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Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility.","Alphabetical order by subject.","An artificial collection of papers created from material acquired during the 1930's and 1940's.","Printed facsimiles of autograph documents and signatures from the eighteenth and nineteenth century from \"Pages from an Autograph Collection\" and other sources. Undated.","The Critical Review Title pages removed from books. On the 1797 title page, a handwritten note about the 1807 comet. 15 pages. 1792-1803. Gibbon's \"Rome\" Notes made on James Gibbon's \"Rome.\" 1806. Language – Word Definitions Scrap papers with words and their definitions. Undated, but possibly 1800's. Bookseller A twelve page advertising pamphlet, \"Proclamation by Charles I and James I of England Concerning the Colonies\"  from Orion Booksellers, Ltd. London, England. Undated. Scuffling her Way Copy of Scuffling Her Way, by Sally Nelson Robbins, cut out of periodicals and pasted into a book. Presented by Mrs. William G. Stanard to the Woman's Club. Richmond, Virginia. March 1912. The Virginia Quarterly Typed article entitled, \"The Gentleman from Indiana\" by A.A. Roger. Undated.","Chemistry Letter from Berlin, Prussia where writer tells of his chemistry training in Europe. March 21, 1867 Math Notes and geometric drawings. Algebra and Geometry. Note in front of notes: \"Figures and Demonstrations in Gummere's Surveying\" and \"Bonnycastle's Application of Algebra to Geometry.\"","These envelopes are from collections, not from letters addressed to John Hart.  John Hart was a dealer in manuscripts. Addressed to: Mrs. C.M. Thornton, Woodville, Rappahannock, Virginia. August 7. William G. Allen, Richmond, Virginia. Undated. John C. Davis, Warrenton, North Carolina. Undated. Honorable William Nelson, Virginia (Possibly Norfolk, Virginia). Undated but probably 1700's. Major Perkins.","Notes on \"Blackstone's Commentaries.\" Undated. Notes on \"Evidence (Greenleaf)\" and \"Robinson's Practice.\" Includes notes on Executors of Administration, Application Payments and definitions.  Undated.","Recipe for Scrofula by Dr. W. Shisler of New Market, Virginia, Shenandoah Valley. February 20, 1852 Treatment of Scrofula by Dr. Nicholas Longworth. Undated. Dentist Accounts. 1841-1842. Dove and Isaacs of Richmond, Virginia to Dr. Charles Quarles, Trevillians Depot about his medical order and other items available. November 4, 1847. Secretary of the Maryland State Board of Health, W.W. Chancellor, to a Doctor on the National Board of Health, regarding \"qualifications and registration of physicians\" and problems of licensing practitioners. Mentions sanitizing issues. Comments that these reasons were why he resigned as chair in the Washington University in Baltimore, Maryland. March 14, 1884. Letters to Andrew G. Grinnan from Samuel Ayres of Richmond, Virginia and Dr. J. Welford of Richmond, Virginia about a new truss. 1868. Prescription order from Meade and Baker's of Richmond, Virginia. Undated. Prescription or recipe for rheumatism by W.M. Sibert. Undated. Label for Oxalic Acid from the Druggist and Pharmacist, L.H. Ott, Harrisonburg, Virginia. Undated. Snake bite cure by Mr. Wilkins. Undated.","Letter to Honorable St. Lawrence Adam of Petersburg, Virginia from Theodore B. Smiley in Camp Buena Vista, Mexico about the Virginia Regiment in the Mexican-American War. October 16, 1847.","Utes Pen and Ink watercolor of Ouray, Chief of the Utes and Chopeta, his wife. Undated.","Recipe for Lafayette Ginger Bread with the story of how it got its name. Printed by the Washington-Lewis Chapter of the DAR, Fredericksburg, Virginia. 1924. Recipe for making tomato catsup by A. Farmer. August 11, 1829. Fondue Recipe. Note at bottom: de la Physiologie de Gout. Undated. Parker House rolls recipe. 1933.","Partial letter to Beloved Brethren about differences between Redeemer's Kindom and the Baptist cause. Second Baptist Church in Groton. March 10, 1838. Baptist Church History in Virginia. 8 original letters, many about certification of membership for transfer to another church. Beaverdam Baptist Church, Exerpts from Old Registers of Members by Annie and Maggie McMannaway Lickinghole Church, Goochland. Resignation letter from H.M. Barker. Undated. Scottsville Baptist Church. Albemarle County. Certification letter for Sister L.M. Pitts. 1891. Certification letter for Brother Winfield S. Beale, signed by Byron Hoge, Clerk. 1854. The Fork Baptist Church. Fluvanna County. Certification letter for Bro. N.H. Mills and wife, signed by Thos. F. Bashaw, church clerk. 1887. Baptist Church of Christ. Mt. Gilead. Goochland County. Certification letter for Sister Cassandra W. Miller, signed by Wm. A. Gray, Clerk. 1856. Dover Church. Certification letter for Brother Benj. F. Bowles. 1853. Letters to Brother Dudley from L.W. Allen about family, neighborhood and church news. 1853 and 1854.","Letter to Colonel Dayton at Elizabeth Town from Lord Stirling at Aquakanock regarding enemy troops. October 5, 1778. (Note: Colonel Dayton was of the 2nd New Jersey Regiment. Lord Stirling is William Alexander, American Major General during the Revolutionary War and in the New Jersey Militia. In 1781, George Washington appointed him Commander of the Northern Army and Commander of the entire Continental Army when Washington was on personal business.)","Letter to Mrs. J.M. McCrabb of Georgetown, Washington, D.C. from Captain Hill and another Captain.  States \"about to discharge all the negroes in government employ.\"  He is discharging her \"boy Bill\" and has paid Major Lee for his services. Note on back, \"For Clement Coxe, Esq., Gay St.\"  August 16, 1842. Agreements signed by John F. Parker and A.S. Parker to hire negroes.  Gives price and conditions of the hire.  1860, 1863, 1867. Printed bill of sale of a slave.  Handwriting is illegible. Broadside for public hire of negroes belonging to Mariana Bolling.  Possibly in Virginia.  December 1821. Slave manifest for Jonathan Cooper, Master of the Sloop Delight in Charleston, South Carolina, to ship one female slave to Savannah, Georgia.  Slave owned by Thomas Folker of Charleston.  March 3, 1823.","Stamps, Revenue Embossed Revenue Stamps. Virginia Issue, 1779 and U.S. Issue, 1800. Early Revenue Tax Stamp which was first issued July 6, 1797. William W. Weymouth for shipping flour from Richmond, Virginia to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. November 11, 1791. Revenue Stamps of Virginia. Photostat copies of stamps, some glued onto paper. Typed report, \"Virginia Embossed Revenue Stamps\" by James F. Magee, Jr. 6 pages. Stamps Pomeroy and Company Express Stamps. New York. Ca. 1861. Letter sending one of the first Tokyo cancelled stamps. September 1, 1945. Two Sesquicentennial Exposition United Post Office Stamps embossed on envelopes. 2 cents. 1926 Stamp collector's book. Stamps from all over the world. Possibly 1880's.","Publications, \"Fifty Years of Shipbuilding\" published in August 1, 1940, \"For National Defense\" published in 1941 and \"The Shipyard in Peace and War\" published in 1944.","Photostat copy of a mail coach schedule from Washington, D.C. to Georgia.  Undated.Account of Stage expenses to Richmond, Virginia.  UndatedMail Coach Schedule.  Fredericksburg, Virginia.  1825.Shenandoah Valley Railroad timetable.  Virginia.  1882.Check from Bank of the State of New York to Central Railroad and Banks for $2,000.  November, 1837.Letter about the interest in building a railroad between Bristol and New Hampton, New Hampshire.  E.B. Smith to G.W. Nesmith.  April 26, 1848.Notepaper from the Seaboard and Roanoke Railroad Company.  Portsmouth, Virginia.  1860's.A trace for items sent to Greensboro, North Carolina by Southern Express Company.  Richmond, Virginia.  September 21, 1864.Railroad bill of laden for three rolls of leather. Places mentioned are Richmond, Virginia, Yorktown Station, Virginia, Bristol, Tennessee and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 1868.Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad freight invoice for F.H. Bayley.  Richmond, Virginia.  March 8, 1875.Bill of laden for Atlantic Coastline Freight for tobacco fertilizer.  Sent by P. Zell and Sons for F.B. Harrison in Gaston, North Carolina.  Portsmouth, Virginia and Wilmington, North Carolina.  March 27, 1877.Newspaper article about Claudius Crozet and Virginia's transportation system.  August 6, 1881.North Carolina State Highway Commission Courtesy card issued to G.P. Coleman.  June 3 to June 10, 1924.","Letter from G. Parker of Worcester, Massachusetts, to Douglas and Brothers of Thompsonville, Connecticut., Steamboat Builders, giving some details for two boats he wants built. Mr. Parker is in Norfolk, Virginia. December 15, 1848.   Bill of sale for John Crawford, London merchant, to John Speakman, also a London merchant, for a sloop. Includes stamps and seals. November 4, 1725.   Orders, receipts and manifests from the Noah Steamer Barge in 1879. Places mentioned: College Landing in Williamsburg, Virginia; Richmond, Virginia; Eastern Lunatic Asylum in Williamsburg, Virginia, Clover Hill Depot, and Morris Creek. Names mentioned are: Lucado's Daily Line of Boats, A.L. Shepherd and Co., Mrs. M.S. Jones of College Landing,, Samuel Smith of College Landing, R.S. Morecock of College Landing, J.S. Hazlegrove of College Landing, R.B. Servant of Williamsburg, B.B. Wolfe of College Landing, O.M. Southall, George E. Bush of Richmond, Spotts and Gibson, Purcell, Ladd and Co., J.B. Lacy and Mrs. C.B.T. Coleman. Many items were for shipment to the Eastern Lunatic Asylum in Williamsburg, Virginia. Masters included Charles Clifford.   Shipping order for ship, Jannet, from Liverpool, England to Port Royal, Virginia. August 5, 1791.   Document giving Robert Marsh permission to sell or dispose the Brig Ajax. Norfolk, Virginia. 1837.   Charles Robinson, Norfolk, Virginia to Mr. Adams, President of the Ocean…Office in Boston, Massachusetts saying his ship, Pocahontas, was damaged. December 7, 1839.   \"An Account of wood sold for Mr. W.G. Birchett.\" Lists price beside names of schooners. Daniel Epps is mentioned. 1850.   Newspaper article from the Illustrated News about the loss of the ship, William and Mary. May 28, 1853. Two copies, one a partial copy.","General Agent H.L. Kenney of Washington City to Reuben H. Grant in Mississippi giving him authorization to raise a regiment of 300 men for the service of the \"Central American Republic.\" Gives description of his job as General Agent of the Central American Republic and tells how each man shall be paid with land. December 21, 1854.","Pay Account for Ensign C.W. Bowie. Civil War. 1865. Bond for Benjamin Beck and Davis Tinsley and others of Milledgeville, Georgia to Governor Jos. E. Brown. List of items procured. April 1861. Pass for James Bonner of Milledgeville, Georgia to purchase lead. Signed by D. Mitchell, Governor of Georgia, with the state seal. October 6, 1813. Command order given to Samuel Walker as Captain of the Bladwin Blues as of May 29, 1888. Signed by Governor John B. Gordon, Governor of Georgia, with the state seal. Certificate. June 7, 1888. Return of warrants by James Meriwether of Augusta, Georgia to Governor Telfair. 1790. Proclamation for a Day of Thanksgiving in Georgia by Governor Joseph M. Terrell. Seal. November 26, 1903.","Official Oath of D. Bard Rack as Constable for Whiteside County, Illinois. April 14. No Year. Annual Account of the Highway Commissioners, Sterling, Illinois. March 1865. Receipts and oaths from Sterling, Illinois. 1861, 1864 and 1865.","Program for the Teatro Scalo, Terzo Gran Concerto. May 10, 1896. An Italian lire, dated 1884.","Typed carbon copy of Volume I, \"Brides and Parents of Early Kentucky and Their Marriage Date with name of Groom\" compiled by Annie Walker Burns Bell of Washington, D.C. 1935. A - Bell of bride's surnames.","Typed carbon copy of \"Anne Arundel County, Maryland, General Index to Inventories of Deceased Persons, 1777 to 1893\" compiled by Annie Walker Burns of Washington, D.C. October 5, 1850 Maryland Tract Society report.","Article, \"The Conquest is Complete,\" from the News and Courier, South Carolina. December 27, 1893.","Surveyors List of Surveyors elected by U.S. Congress, one from each state, \"in conformity to the 'Ordinance for ascertaining the mode of lands in the Western Territory'.\" Signed by Charles Thompson, Secretary of Congress. May 27, 1785. United States Treasury Office Copy of a letter from John Skelton Williams, Comptroller of Currency, to Honorable William E. Cox, Congressman from Indiana, about criticisms. Washington, D.C. October 17, 1916.","Coat of Arms: 6\" x 8\" page with a printed Coat of Arms and \"Virginia Council Chamber\" printed on the bottom. 5 copies. Undated. Coat of Arms and Great Seal: A pamphlet, \"The Great Seal of Virginia\" submitted to the General Assembly on February 20, 1930. Letter to Dr. Earl Gregg Swem and a letter to Dr. John E. Pomfret, President of the College of William and Mary, from E.M. Simon who designed a pre-revolutionary Coat of Arms and Seal for Colonial Williamsburg, found on the title page of the Frenchman's Map. A copy of the engraving is included. 1945. Gravesites of Distinguished Virginians: Copy of a typed report. Undated, but probably 1930's or 40's. Historical Pageants: Two copies of the official program from the Virginia Historical Pageant held in Richmond, VA, from May 22-28, 1922. \"Book of Words: The Pageant of Virginia,\" a script written by Thomas Wood Stevens, the Director of the Pageant. 1922. Legal Forms used in Harrison County and other Virginia Counties: Commission to Examine Witness, Subpoena in Chancery, Summons Petition and two others. 1800-1820. Lotteries: Virginia State Navigation Lottery ticket, Lynchburg, Virginia. 1827. Lottery advertisement from Wheeling, Virginia. Ca 1830. Military Passes: Fort Eustis, Virginia. Passes to military events. 1942 and 1943. Photographs of Virginia Houses: Booklet, \"Colonial Homes on the Historic James\" with photographs and a group of 27 photographs of houses in Virginia, with a typed list of the history of each house, sent in 1938 to Earl Gregg Swem. Tidewater Area: Map of Colonial Tidewater Virginia with a chart that shows the changing boundary lines of the counties in the 1700's. Made by William Buckner McGroarty. Sent to Earl Gregg Swem in 1947. Handwritten and typed notes by Edward W. Dodd, mainly about the Tidewater area of Virginia in the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries. Virginia Writer's Project: Copies of two plays. \"James Monroe of Virginia\", sponsored by The Monroe Birthplace and Monument Association and State Board of Education in 1940 and \"Let Freedom Ring, A Drama of Democracy\" sponsored by the Hopewell Chamber of Commerce in 1941.","Scope and Contents Aspen Hill High School near Pendleton Station, 1885-1886 Catalogue. Atlantic University, Virginia Beach, Bulletin for Summer Session. 1931. Blackstone Female Institute, \"Programme of...Commencement Exercises....Blackstone Female Institute, Session 1898-'99\" College of Henrico, pamphlet of an address delivered by W. Gordon McCabe on May 31, 1911, \"The First University of America,\" typed extracts concerning Henricopolis and the college on the site, carbon copy of a report on the College of Henrico, Richmond Times-Dispatch article dated December 7, 1930 about the \"Colonial Dames' Prize Essay, Henricopolis and the College by Angie E. Turner\" and an undated Sunday Magazine Section story written by Priscilla Williams on \"Henricopolis, America's First College.\" Episcopal Female Institute, Winchester, Virginia, cover for 1890-1891 catalogue. Hampton Institute, music programs from 1944-1949. Hampton-Sydney, 1942 Honor Roll booklet, a newspaper article on the 1904 pledge signing, and a 1944 Alumni Association newsletter about the beginning of the college. Norfolk Academy, booklet with all attendees from 1728-1927. Radford Normal School, Radford, Virginia, bound stenographic report of the arguments in the investigation of charges brought by the Radford Record against R.J. Noell, Secretary-Treasurer of the Radford State Normal School. Contains arguments of E. Lee Trinkle and Richard E. Byrd. December 16, 1913. Randolph-Macon College, Ashland, Virginia, brochure. Handwritten note on the cover, \"Disappointed again. R.E. Blackwell.\" Undated. Richmond Female Institute, stock shares ledger sheets from 1854 and a June 2, 1893 Commencement Invitation. Roanoke College, catalogs for 1887-1888 and 1889-1890. South Carrenton University School, Warrenton, VA, Prespectus, 1891-1892 Theological Seminary in Virginia, Booklet entitled \"History \"Of the Old Seminary on 'The Hill'\". 1923. University of Richmond, printed photographs of the Canon Memorial Chapel. 1 sheet. Undated. University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia. 1949 invitation to Founder's Day exercises, newspaper article on \"Changed Requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts, the Views of Professor R.H. Dabney, dated October 4, 1891, minutes of the December 19, 1947 meeting of the Bibliographical Society of the University of Virginia, circular of the Young Men's Christian Association at the University of Virginia dated October 1, 1866 and brochure with the poem, \"The Fostering Mother\" delivered June 14, 1898 \"at the Inauguration of the New Buildings of the University of Virginia, Replacing those Destroyed by Fire October 27, 1895\" by Armistead C. Gordon. Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College, catalogues for 1886-1887 and 1889-1890. Virginia Mechanics Institute, Richmond, Virginia, appointment letter, signed by B.A. Myers, to be on the \"Committee of Judges\" at the 3rd Annual Exhibition, dated October 21, 1857. 4 copies, addressed to four different people. Flyer announcing the fourth Annual Exhibition on October 19, 1857. Undated newspaper article about reestablishing the school after the war. Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia, Military Ball Invitation. July 4, 1856. Virginia School for the Deaf and the Blind, Staunton, Virginia, March 19, 1909, issue of the Goodson Gazette, Staunton, VA, with an article on the School for the Blind and a printed page with pictures of the school, undated. Virginia Teacher's Cooperative League, photostat of the 1898 Charter. Two page report \"Genesis of the Virginia Teacher's League, Progenitor of the Virginia Education Association,\" Mt. Jackson, July-August, 1898 by J. Luther Kibler. Washington and Lee, Lexington, Virginia, booklet about the 1939 fancy dress ball.","Post Office: Documents addressed to the Postmasters in Langerville, Augusta County, Virginia and Spartapolis, Rockingham County, Virginia. 1841-1860. 3 items. Postal Route: Letter to Col. C.C. Herbert of Richmond, Virginia from A. Betts, Wharton, concerning the mail run between Brownsville (Texas) and Wharton. September 23, 1862.","Announcement of semi-monthly meeting, addressed to Henry Wheatland. April 11, 1851.","Announcement of Stockholder meeting. Jersey City, New York. 1920.","Richmond Times-Dispatch article, \"Berkeley is Restored.\" Richmond, Virginia. Undated.","Meeting announcement of the Bibliographic Society, Richmond, Virginia. October 9, 1946.","Performance Program for sixth anniversary. September 26, 1806.","Typed rough draft of a letter about reunions for Camp Sequoyan in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, Norfolk, Virginia and other places. Undated.","Illustrated broadside advertising subscriptions for rebuilding the Kotoku-In Buddhist temple in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, best known for its 13th-century Daibutsu (Great Buddha statue). Also includes a receipt from the Director of Kotoku-In for a donation for rebuilding the temple.","The front and back cover of the Farmer's Register, published in Petersburg, Virginia.  The editor and proprietor is Edmund Ruffin. Samuel Fauntleroy or J. H. Cocke are written on the top of some issues.  Complete issue for December 31, 1838.  1837-1842.","Meeting announcement of the Huguenot Society, Richmond, Virginia. October 17, 1942.","One programs for 1946 and one invitation for 1944. Newport News, Virginia.","Invitation and certificates for C.P. Matthaci. 1883, 1886 and 1895.","List of Company's legal correspondents, by state. June 1867.","Coal Office of the Morris Canal and Banking Company of Newark, New Jersey to a Boston, Massachusetts client about commission costs. April 1, 1939.","Includes a printed information sheet about the National Home Finding Society who search for \"waifs and foundlings, born and unborn and deserted and abused children and finding real homes for all orphans…\" Among other things, the sheet tells how to dress and how to talk with people at their door when canvassing for children. A postcard with an airplane view of \"Plan, Beach, River, Yorktown, Boats, Planes, Stock, Farm and some Buildings needed.\" Banner in postcard, \"National Orphanage Home and Grounds, All Races and Denominations.\" Bottom of postcard says, National Orphanage, Gloucester Point, Virginia, Rev. M.M. Smith, Field Supt. The back is filled with printed information from their 1921-22 report.","Letter by Richmond Virginian to Manufacturer's Paper Company for a paper order. Richmond, Virginia. March 16, 1911.","Sons of Temperance Financial Report. Virginia. 1854.","Articles of the Union Bank of Georgetown in Virginia. On the back, there is a note signed by Robert Beverley. September, 1809.","Catalogue of \"Exhibition of Contemporary Portraits.\" 1929. Resolutions of the Virginia Historical Society for Funds. Richmond, Virginia. Sent to P.R. Carrington in Richmond, Virginia. June 25, 1881.","Announcement of a public festival for \"Harrison and Reform\" by the Whigs of Berkeley County, Virginia to be held September 10, 1840. Included on the announcement is a letter to Philip R. Fendall, Washington City from Charles Janus Faulkner of Berkeley Springs, Virginia. Mr. Fendall was a lawyer and a senator. Letter to Mrs. Louisa…of Portsmouth, Virginia sending the minutes of the Whig's Ladies Meeting in Richmond, Virginia which discuss erecting a statue of Henry Clay. 1844. Letter from Reverdy Johnson in Baltimore, Maryland to Jonathan Chapman in Boston, Massachusetts about the Whig Party convention. August, 1844. Letter from William Pennington to Jonathan Chapman about the Whig Party. September 9, 1844.","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"],"unitid_tesim":["Mss. 39.2 Man3b","/repositories/2/resources/1026"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Manuscripts - Geographic Names, Business Names and Subjects"],"collection_title_tesim":["Manuscripts - Geographic Names, Business Names and Subjects"],"collection_ssim":["Manuscripts - Geographic Names, Business Names and Subjects"],"repository_ssm":["College of William and Mary"],"repository_ssim":["College of William and Mary"],"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":["This collection is an artificial grouping of material given to Special Collections or purchased by Special Collections during the 1930's and 1940's."],"access_subjects_ssim":["Shipping--History--18th century.","Slavery"],"access_subjects_ssm":["Shipping--History--18th century.","Slavery"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"extent_ssm":["4.00 Linear Feet"],"extent_tesim":["4.00 Linear Feet"],"date_range_isim":[1725,1726,1727,1728,1729,1730,1731,1732,1733,1734,1735,1736,1737,1738,1739,1740,1741,1742,1743,1744,1745,1746,1747,1748,1749,1750,1751,1752,1753,1754,1755,1756,1757,1758,1759,1760,1761,1762,1763,1764,1765,1766,1767,1768,1769,1770,1771,1772,1773,1774,1775,1776,1777,1778,1779,1780,1781,1782,1783,1784,1785,1786,1787,1788,1789,1790,1791,1792,1793,1794,1795,1796,1797,1798,1799,1800,1801,1802,1803,1804,1805,1806,1807,1808,1809,1810,1811,1812,1813,1814,1815,1816,1817,1818,1819,1820,1821,1822,1823,1824,1825,1826,1827,1828,1829,1830,1831,1832,1833,1834,1835,1836,1837,1838,1839,1840,1841,1842,1843,1844,1845,1846,1847,1848,1849,1850,1851,1852,1853,1854,1855,1856,1857,1858,1859,1860,1861,1862,1863,1864,1865,1866,1867,1868,1869,1870,1871,1872,1873,1874,1875,1876,1877,1878,1879,1880,1881,1882,1883,1884,1885,1886,1887,1888,1889,1890,1891,1892,1893,1894,1895,1896,1897,1898,1899,1900,1901,1902,1903,1904,1905,1906,1907,1908,1909,1910,1911,1912,1913,1914,1915,1916,1917,1918,1919,1920,1921,1922,1923,1924,1925,1926,1927,1928,1929,1930,1931,1932,1933,1934,1935,1936,1937,1938,1939,1940,1941,1942,1943,1944,1945,1946,1947,1948,1949],"accessrestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eCollection is open to all researchers. 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Undated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe Critical Review Title pages removed from books. On the 1797 title page, a handwritten note about the 1807 comet. 15 pages. 1792-1803. Gibbon's \"Rome\" Notes made on James Gibbon's \"Rome.\" 1806. Language – Word Definitions Scrap papers with words and their definitions. Undated, but possibly 1800's. Bookseller A twelve page advertising pamphlet, \"Proclamation by Charles I and James I of England Concerning the Colonies\"  from Orion Booksellers, Ltd. London, England. Undated. Scuffling her Way Copy of Scuffling Her Way, by Sally Nelson Robbins, cut out of periodicals and pasted into a book. Presented by Mrs. William G. Stanard to the Woman's Club. Richmond, Virginia. March 1912. The Virginia Quarterly Typed article entitled, \"The Gentleman from Indiana\" by A.A. Roger. Undated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eChemistry Letter from Berlin, Prussia where writer tells of his chemistry training in Europe. March 21, 1867 Math Notes and geometric drawings. Algebra and Geometry. Note in front of notes: \"Figures and Demonstrations in Gummere's Surveying\" and \"Bonnycastle's Application of Algebra to Geometry.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThese envelopes are from collections, not from letters addressed to John Hart.  John Hart was a dealer in manuscripts. Addressed to: Mrs. C.M. Thornton, Woodville, Rappahannock, Virginia. August 7. William G. Allen, Richmond, Virginia. Undated. John C. Davis, Warrenton, North Carolina. Undated. Honorable William Nelson, Virginia (Possibly Norfolk, Virginia). Undated but probably 1700's. Major Perkins.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNotes on \"Blackstone's Commentaries.\" Undated. Notes on \"Evidence (Greenleaf)\" and \"Robinson's Practice.\" Includes notes on Executors of Administration, Application Payments and definitions.  Undated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRecipe for Scrofula by Dr. W. Shisler of New Market, Virginia, Shenandoah Valley. February 20, 1852 Treatment of Scrofula by Dr. Nicholas Longworth. Undated. Dentist Accounts. 1841-1842. Dove and Isaacs of Richmond, Virginia to Dr. Charles Quarles, Trevillians Depot about his medical order and other items available. November 4, 1847. Secretary of the Maryland State Board of Health, W.W. Chancellor, to a Doctor on the National Board of Health, regarding \"qualifications and registration of physicians\" and problems of licensing practitioners. Mentions sanitizing issues. Comments that these reasons were why he resigned as chair in the Washington University in Baltimore, Maryland. March 14, 1884. Letters to Andrew G. Grinnan from Samuel Ayres of Richmond, Virginia and Dr. J. Welford of Richmond, Virginia about a new truss. 1868. Prescription order from Meade and Baker's of Richmond, Virginia. Undated. Prescription or recipe for rheumatism by W.M. Sibert. Undated. Label for Oxalic Acid from the Druggist and Pharmacist, L.H. Ott, Harrisonburg, Virginia. Undated. Snake bite cure by Mr. Wilkins. Undated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter to Honorable St. Lawrence Adam of Petersburg, Virginia from Theodore B. Smiley in Camp Buena Vista, Mexico about the Virginia Regiment in the Mexican-American War. October 16, 1847.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eUtes Pen and Ink watercolor of Ouray, Chief of the Utes and Chopeta, his wife. Undated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRecipe for Lafayette Ginger Bread with the story of how it got its name. Printed by the Washington-Lewis Chapter of the DAR, Fredericksburg, Virginia. 1924. Recipe for making tomato catsup by A. Farmer. August 11, 1829. Fondue Recipe. Note at bottom: de la Physiologie de Gout. Undated. Parker House rolls recipe. 1933.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePartial letter to Beloved Brethren about differences between Redeemer's Kindom and the Baptist cause. Second Baptist Church in Groton. March 10, 1838. Baptist Church History in Virginia. 8 original letters, many about certification of membership for transfer to another church. Beaverdam Baptist Church, Exerpts from Old Registers of Members by Annie and Maggie McMannaway Lickinghole Church, Goochland. Resignation letter from H.M. Barker. Undated. Scottsville Baptist Church. Albemarle County. Certification letter for Sister L.M. Pitts. 1891. Certification letter for Brother Winfield S. Beale, signed by Byron Hoge, Clerk. 1854. The Fork Baptist Church. Fluvanna County. Certification letter for Bro. N.H. Mills and wife, signed by Thos. F. Bashaw, church clerk. 1887. Baptist Church of Christ. Mt. Gilead. Goochland County. Certification letter for Sister Cassandra W. Miller, signed by Wm. A. Gray, Clerk. 1856. Dover Church. Certification letter for Brother Benj. F. Bowles. 1853. Letters to Brother Dudley from L.W. Allen about family, neighborhood and church news. 1853 and 1854.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter to Colonel Dayton at Elizabeth Town from Lord Stirling at Aquakanock regarding enemy troops. October 5, 1778. (Note: Colonel Dayton was of the 2nd New Jersey Regiment. Lord Stirling is William Alexander, American Major General during the Revolutionary War and in the New Jersey Militia. In 1781, George Washington appointed him Commander of the Northern Army and Commander of the entire Continental Army when Washington was on personal business.)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter to Mrs. J.M. McCrabb of Georgetown, Washington, D.C. from Captain Hill and another Captain.  States \"about to discharge all the negroes in government employ.\"  He is discharging her \"boy Bill\" and has paid Major Lee for his services. Note on back, \"For Clement Coxe, Esq., Gay St.\"  August 16, 1842. Agreements signed by John F. Parker and A.S. Parker to hire negroes.  Gives price and conditions of the hire.  1860, 1863, 1867. Printed bill of sale of a slave.  Handwriting is illegible. Broadside for public hire of negroes belonging to Mariana Bolling.  Possibly in Virginia.  December 1821. Slave manifest for Jonathan Cooper, Master of the Sloop Delight in Charleston, South Carolina, to ship one female slave to Savannah, Georgia.  Slave owned by Thomas Folker of Charleston.  March 3, 1823.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eStamps, Revenue Embossed Revenue Stamps. Virginia Issue, 1779 and U.S. Issue, 1800. Early Revenue Tax Stamp which was first issued July 6, 1797. William W. Weymouth for shipping flour from Richmond, Virginia to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. November 11, 1791. Revenue Stamps of Virginia. Photostat copies of stamps, some glued onto paper. Typed report, \"Virginia Embossed Revenue Stamps\" by James F. Magee, Jr. 6 pages. Stamps Pomeroy and Company Express Stamps. New York. Ca. 1861. Letter sending one of the first Tokyo cancelled stamps. September 1, 1945. Two Sesquicentennial Exposition United Post Office Stamps embossed on envelopes. 2 cents. 1926 Stamp collector's book. Stamps from all over the world. Possibly 1880's.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePublications, \"Fifty Years of Shipbuilding\" published in August 1, 1940, \"For National Defense\" published in 1941 and \"The Shipyard in Peace and War\" published in 1944.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePhotostat copy of a mail coach schedule from Washington, D.C. to Georgia.  Undated.Account of Stage expenses to Richmond, Virginia.  UndatedMail Coach Schedule.  Fredericksburg, Virginia.  1825.Shenandoah Valley Railroad timetable.  Virginia.  1882.Check from Bank of the State of New York to Central Railroad and Banks for $2,000.  November, 1837.Letter about the interest in building a railroad between Bristol and New Hampton, New Hampshire.  E.B. Smith to G.W. Nesmith.  April 26, 1848.Notepaper from the Seaboard and Roanoke Railroad Company.  Portsmouth, Virginia.  1860's.A trace for items sent to Greensboro, North Carolina by Southern Express Company.  Richmond, Virginia.  September 21, 1864.Railroad bill of laden for three rolls of leather. Places mentioned are Richmond, Virginia, Yorktown Station, Virginia, Bristol, Tennessee and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 1868.Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad freight invoice for F.H. Bayley.  Richmond, Virginia.  March 8, 1875.Bill of laden for Atlantic Coastline Freight for tobacco fertilizer.  Sent by P. Zell and Sons for F.B. Harrison in Gaston, North Carolina.  Portsmouth, Virginia and Wilmington, North Carolina.  March 27, 1877.Newspaper article about Claudius Crozet and Virginia's transportation system.  August 6, 1881.North Carolina State Highway Commission Courtesy card issued to G.P. Coleman.  June 3 to June 10, 1924.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from G. Parker of Worcester, Massachusetts, to Douglas and Brothers of Thompsonville, Connecticut., Steamboat Builders, giving some details for two boats he wants built. Mr. Parker is in Norfolk, Virginia. December 15, 1848.   Bill of sale for John Crawford, London merchant, to John Speakman, also a London merchant, for a sloop. Includes stamps and seals. November 4, 1725.   Orders, receipts and manifests from the Noah Steamer Barge in 1879. Places mentioned: College Landing in Williamsburg, Virginia; Richmond, Virginia; Eastern Lunatic Asylum in Williamsburg, Virginia, Clover Hill Depot, and Morris Creek. Names mentioned are: Lucado's Daily Line of Boats, A.L. Shepherd and Co., Mrs. M.S. Jones of College Landing,, Samuel Smith of College Landing, R.S. Morecock of College Landing, J.S. Hazlegrove of College Landing, R.B. Servant of Williamsburg, B.B. Wolfe of College Landing, O.M. Southall, George E. Bush of Richmond, Spotts and Gibson, Purcell, Ladd and Co., J.B. Lacy and Mrs. C.B.T. Coleman. Many items were for shipment to the Eastern Lunatic Asylum in Williamsburg, Virginia. Masters included Charles Clifford.   Shipping order for ship, Jannet, from Liverpool, England to Port Royal, Virginia. August 5, 1791.   Document giving Robert Marsh permission to sell or dispose the Brig Ajax. Norfolk, Virginia. 1837.   Charles Robinson, Norfolk, Virginia to Mr. Adams, President of the Ocean…Office in Boston, Massachusetts saying his ship, Pocahontas, was damaged. December 7, 1839.   \"An Account of wood sold for Mr. W.G. Birchett.\" Lists price beside names of schooners. Daniel Epps is mentioned. 1850.   Newspaper article from the Illustrated News about the loss of the ship, William and Mary. May 28, 1853. Two copies, one a partial copy.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGeneral Agent H.L. Kenney of Washington City to Reuben H. Grant in Mississippi giving him authorization to raise a regiment of 300 men for the service of the \"Central American Republic.\" Gives description of his job as General Agent of the Central American Republic and tells how each man shall be paid with land. December 21, 1854.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePay Account for Ensign C.W. Bowie. Civil War. 1865. Bond for Benjamin Beck and Davis Tinsley and others of Milledgeville, Georgia to Governor Jos. E. Brown. List of items procured. April 1861. Pass for James Bonner of Milledgeville, Georgia to purchase lead. Signed by D. Mitchell, Governor of Georgia, with the state seal. October 6, 1813. Command order given to Samuel Walker as Captain of the Bladwin Blues as of May 29, 1888. Signed by Governor John B. Gordon, Governor of Georgia, with the state seal. Certificate. June 7, 1888. Return of warrants by James Meriwether of Augusta, Georgia to Governor Telfair. 1790. Proclamation for a Day of Thanksgiving in Georgia by Governor Joseph M. Terrell. Seal. November 26, 1903.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOfficial Oath of D. Bard Rack as Constable for Whiteside County, Illinois. April 14. No Year. Annual Account of the Highway Commissioners, Sterling, Illinois. March 1865. Receipts and oaths from Sterling, Illinois. 1861, 1864 and 1865.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eProgram for the Teatro Scalo, Terzo Gran Concerto. May 10, 1896. An Italian lire, dated 1884.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTyped carbon copy of Volume I, \"Brides and Parents of Early Kentucky and Their Marriage Date with name of Groom\" compiled by Annie Walker Burns Bell of Washington, D.C. 1935. A - Bell of bride's surnames.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTyped carbon copy of \"Anne Arundel County, Maryland, General Index to Inventories of Deceased Persons, 1777 to 1893\" compiled by Annie Walker Burns of Washington, D.C. October 5, 1850 Maryland Tract Society report.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eArticle, \"The Conquest is Complete,\" from the News and Courier, South Carolina. December 27, 1893.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSurveyors List of Surveyors elected by U.S. Congress, one from each state, \"in conformity to the 'Ordinance for ascertaining the mode of lands in the Western Territory'.\" Signed by Charles Thompson, Secretary of Congress. May 27, 1785. United States Treasury Office Copy of a letter from John Skelton Williams, Comptroller of Currency, to Honorable William E. Cox, Congressman from Indiana, about criticisms. Washington, D.C. October 17, 1916.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCoat of Arms: 6\" x 8\" page with a printed Coat of Arms and \"Virginia Council Chamber\" printed on the bottom. 5 copies. Undated. Coat of Arms and Great Seal: A pamphlet, \"The Great Seal of Virginia\" submitted to the General Assembly on February 20, 1930. Letter to Dr. Earl Gregg Swem and a letter to Dr. John E. Pomfret, President of the College of William and Mary, from E.M. Simon who designed a pre-revolutionary Coat of Arms and Seal for Colonial Williamsburg, found on the title page of the Frenchman's Map. A copy of the engraving is included. 1945. Gravesites of Distinguished Virginians: Copy of a typed report. Undated, but probably 1930's or 40's. Historical Pageants: Two copies of the official program from the Virginia Historical Pageant held in Richmond, VA, from May 22-28, 1922. \"Book of Words: The Pageant of Virginia,\" a script written by Thomas Wood Stevens, the Director of the Pageant. 1922. Legal Forms used in Harrison County and other Virginia Counties: Commission to Examine Witness, Subpoena in Chancery, Summons Petition and two others. 1800-1820. Lotteries: Virginia State Navigation Lottery ticket, Lynchburg, Virginia. 1827. Lottery advertisement from Wheeling, Virginia. Ca 1830. Military Passes: Fort Eustis, Virginia. Passes to military events. 1942 and 1943. Photographs of Virginia Houses: Booklet, \"Colonial Homes on the Historic James\" with photographs and a group of 27 photographs of houses in Virginia, with a typed list of the history of each house, sent in 1938 to Earl Gregg Swem. Tidewater Area: Map of Colonial Tidewater Virginia with a chart that shows the changing boundary lines of the counties in the 1700's. Made by William Buckner McGroarty. Sent to Earl Gregg Swem in 1947. Handwritten and typed notes by Edward W. Dodd, mainly about the Tidewater area of Virginia in the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries. Virginia Writer's Project: Copies of two plays. \"James Monroe of Virginia\", sponsored by The Monroe Birthplace and Monument Association and State Board of Education in 1940 and \"Let Freedom Ring, A Drama of Democracy\" sponsored by the Hopewell Chamber of Commerce in 1941.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Aspen Hill High School near Pendleton Station, 1885-1886 Catalogue. Atlantic University, Virginia Beach, Bulletin for Summer Session. 1931. Blackstone Female Institute, \"Programme of...Commencement Exercises....Blackstone Female Institute, Session 1898-'99\" College of Henrico, pamphlet of an address delivered by W. Gordon McCabe on May 31, 1911, \"The First University of America,\" typed extracts concerning Henricopolis and the college on the site, carbon copy of a report on the College of Henrico, Richmond Times-Dispatch article dated December 7, 1930 about the \"Colonial Dames' Prize Essay, Henricopolis and the College by Angie E. Turner\" and an undated Sunday Magazine Section story written by Priscilla Williams on \"Henricopolis, America's First College.\" Episcopal Female Institute, Winchester, Virginia, cover for 1890-1891 catalogue. Hampton Institute, music programs from 1944-1949. Hampton-Sydney, 1942 Honor Roll booklet, a newspaper article on the 1904 pledge signing, and a 1944 Alumni Association newsletter about the beginning of the college. Norfolk Academy, booklet with all attendees from 1728-1927. Radford Normal School, Radford, Virginia, bound stenographic report of the arguments in the investigation of charges brought by the Radford Record against R.J. Noell, Secretary-Treasurer of the Radford State Normal School. Contains arguments of E. Lee Trinkle and Richard E. Byrd. December 16, 1913. Randolph-Macon College, Ashland, Virginia, brochure. Handwritten note on the cover, \"Disappointed again. R.E. Blackwell.\" Undated. Richmond Female Institute, stock shares ledger sheets from 1854 and a June 2, 1893 Commencement Invitation. Roanoke College, catalogs for 1887-1888 and 1889-1890. South Carrenton University School, Warrenton, VA, Prespectus, 1891-1892 Theological Seminary in Virginia, Booklet entitled \"History \"Of the Old Seminary on 'The Hill'\". 1923. University of Richmond, printed photographs of the Canon Memorial Chapel. 1 sheet. Undated. University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia. 1949 invitation to Founder's Day exercises, newspaper article on \"Changed Requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts, the Views of Professor R.H. Dabney, dated October 4, 1891, minutes of the December 19, 1947 meeting of the Bibliographical Society of the University of Virginia, circular of the Young Men's Christian Association at the University of Virginia dated October 1, 1866 and brochure with the poem, \"The Fostering Mother\" delivered June 14, 1898 \"at the Inauguration of the New Buildings of the University of Virginia, Replacing those Destroyed by Fire October 27, 1895\" by Armistead C. Gordon. Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College, catalogues for 1886-1887 and 1889-1890. Virginia Mechanics Institute, Richmond, Virginia, appointment letter, signed by B.A. Myers, to be on the \"Committee of Judges\" at the 3rd Annual Exhibition, dated October 21, 1857. 4 copies, addressed to four different people. Flyer announcing the fourth Annual Exhibition on October 19, 1857. Undated newspaper article about reestablishing the school after the war. Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia, Military Ball Invitation. July 4, 1856. Virginia School for the Deaf and the Blind, Staunton, Virginia, March 19, 1909, issue of the Goodson Gazette, Staunton, VA, with an article on the School for the Blind and a printed page with pictures of the school, undated. Virginia Teacher's Cooperative League, photostat of the 1898 Charter. Two page report \"Genesis of the Virginia Teacher's League, Progenitor of the Virginia Education Association,\" Mt. Jackson, July-August, 1898 by J. Luther Kibler. Washington and Lee, Lexington, Virginia, booklet about the 1939 fancy dress ball.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePost Office: Documents addressed to the Postmasters in Langerville, Augusta County, Virginia and Spartapolis, Rockingham County, Virginia. 1841-1860. 3 items. Postal Route: Letter to Col. C.C. Herbert of Richmond, Virginia from A. Betts, Wharton, concerning the mail run between Brownsville (Texas) and Wharton. September 23, 1862.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAnnouncement of semi-monthly meeting, addressed to Henry Wheatland. April 11, 1851.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAnnouncement of Stockholder meeting. Jersey City, New York. 1920.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRichmond Times-Dispatch article, \"Berkeley is Restored.\" Richmond, Virginia. Undated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMeeting announcement of the Bibliographic Society, Richmond, Virginia. October 9, 1946.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePerformance Program for sixth anniversary. September 26, 1806.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTyped rough draft of a letter about reunions for Camp Sequoyan in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, Norfolk, Virginia and other places. Undated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIllustrated broadside advertising subscriptions for rebuilding the Kotoku-In Buddhist temple in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, best known for its 13th-century Daibutsu (Great Buddha statue). Also includes a receipt from the Director of Kotoku-In for a donation for rebuilding the temple.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe front and back cover of the Farmer's Register, published in Petersburg, Virginia.  The editor and proprietor is Edmund Ruffin. Samuel Fauntleroy or J. H. Cocke are written on the top of some issues.  Complete issue for December 31, 1838.  1837-1842.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMeeting announcement of the Huguenot Society, Richmond, Virginia. October 17, 1942.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOne programs for 1946 and one invitation for 1944. Newport News, Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInvitation and certificates for C.P. Matthaci. 1883, 1886 and 1895.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eList of Company's legal correspondents, by state. June 1867.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCoal Office of the Morris Canal and Banking Company of Newark, New Jersey to a Boston, Massachusetts client about commission costs. April 1, 1939.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes a printed information sheet about the National Home Finding Society who search for \"waifs and foundlings, born and unborn and deserted and abused children and finding real homes for all orphans…\" Among other things, the sheet tells how to dress and how to talk with people at their door when canvassing for children. A postcard with an airplane view of \"Plan, Beach, River, Yorktown, Boats, Planes, Stock, Farm and some Buildings needed.\" Banner in postcard, \"National Orphanage Home and Grounds, All Races and Denominations.\" Bottom of postcard says, National Orphanage, Gloucester Point, Virginia, Rev. M.M. Smith, Field Supt. The back is filled with printed information from their 1921-22 report.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter by Richmond Virginian to Manufacturer's Paper Company for a paper order. Richmond, Virginia. March 16, 1911.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSons of Temperance Financial Report. Virginia. 1854.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eArticles of the Union Bank of Georgetown in Virginia. On the back, there is a note signed by Robert Beverley. September, 1809.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCatalogue of \"Exhibition of Contemporary Portraits.\" 1929. Resolutions of the Virginia Historical Society for Funds. Richmond, Virginia. Sent to P.R. Carrington in Richmond, Virginia. June 25, 1881.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAnnouncement of a public festival for \"Harrison and Reform\" by the Whigs of Berkeley County, Virginia to be held September 10, 1840. Included on the announcement is a letter to Philip R. Fendall, Washington City from Charles Janus Faulkner of Berkeley Springs, Virginia. Mr. Fendall was a lawyer and a senator. Letter to Mrs. Louisa…of Portsmouth, Virginia sending the minutes of the Whig's Ladies Meeting in Richmond, Virginia which discuss erecting a statue of Henry Clay. 1844. Letter from Reverdy Johnson in Baltimore, Maryland to Jonathan Chapman in Boston, Massachusetts about the Whig Party convention. August, 1844. Letter from William Pennington to Jonathan Chapman about the Whig Party. September 9, 1844.\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"],"scopecontent_tesim":["An artificial collection of papers created from material acquired during the 1930's and 1940's.","Printed facsimiles of autograph documents and signatures from the eighteenth and nineteenth century from \"Pages from an Autograph Collection\" and other sources. Undated.","The Critical Review Title pages removed from books. On the 1797 title page, a handwritten note about the 1807 comet. 15 pages. 1792-1803. Gibbon's \"Rome\" Notes made on James Gibbon's \"Rome.\" 1806. Language – Word Definitions Scrap papers with words and their definitions. Undated, but possibly 1800's. Bookseller A twelve page advertising pamphlet, \"Proclamation by Charles I and James I of England Concerning the Colonies\"  from Orion Booksellers, Ltd. London, England. Undated. Scuffling her Way Copy of Scuffling Her Way, by Sally Nelson Robbins, cut out of periodicals and pasted into a book. Presented by Mrs. William G. Stanard to the Woman's Club. Richmond, Virginia. March 1912. The Virginia Quarterly Typed article entitled, \"The Gentleman from Indiana\" by A.A. Roger. Undated.","Chemistry Letter from Berlin, Prussia where writer tells of his chemistry training in Europe. March 21, 1867 Math Notes and geometric drawings. Algebra and Geometry. Note in front of notes: \"Figures and Demonstrations in Gummere's Surveying\" and \"Bonnycastle's Application of Algebra to Geometry.\"","These envelopes are from collections, not from letters addressed to John Hart.  John Hart was a dealer in manuscripts. Addressed to: Mrs. C.M. Thornton, Woodville, Rappahannock, Virginia. August 7. William G. Allen, Richmond, Virginia. Undated. John C. Davis, Warrenton, North Carolina. Undated. Honorable William Nelson, Virginia (Possibly Norfolk, Virginia). Undated but probably 1700's. Major Perkins.","Notes on \"Blackstone's Commentaries.\" Undated. Notes on \"Evidence (Greenleaf)\" and \"Robinson's Practice.\" Includes notes on Executors of Administration, Application Payments and definitions.  Undated.","Recipe for Scrofula by Dr. W. Shisler of New Market, Virginia, Shenandoah Valley. February 20, 1852 Treatment of Scrofula by Dr. Nicholas Longworth. Undated. Dentist Accounts. 1841-1842. Dove and Isaacs of Richmond, Virginia to Dr. Charles Quarles, Trevillians Depot about his medical order and other items available. November 4, 1847. Secretary of the Maryland State Board of Health, W.W. Chancellor, to a Doctor on the National Board of Health, regarding \"qualifications and registration of physicians\" and problems of licensing practitioners. Mentions sanitizing issues. Comments that these reasons were why he resigned as chair in the Washington University in Baltimore, Maryland. March 14, 1884. Letters to Andrew G. Grinnan from Samuel Ayres of Richmond, Virginia and Dr. J. Welford of Richmond, Virginia about a new truss. 1868. Prescription order from Meade and Baker's of Richmond, Virginia. Undated. Prescription or recipe for rheumatism by W.M. Sibert. Undated. Label for Oxalic Acid from the Druggist and Pharmacist, L.H. Ott, Harrisonburg, Virginia. Undated. Snake bite cure by Mr. Wilkins. Undated.","Letter to Honorable St. Lawrence Adam of Petersburg, Virginia from Theodore B. Smiley in Camp Buena Vista, Mexico about the Virginia Regiment in the Mexican-American War. October 16, 1847.","Utes Pen and Ink watercolor of Ouray, Chief of the Utes and Chopeta, his wife. Undated.","Recipe for Lafayette Ginger Bread with the story of how it got its name. Printed by the Washington-Lewis Chapter of the DAR, Fredericksburg, Virginia. 1924. Recipe for making tomato catsup by A. Farmer. August 11, 1829. Fondue Recipe. Note at bottom: de la Physiologie de Gout. Undated. Parker House rolls recipe. 1933.","Partial letter to Beloved Brethren about differences between Redeemer's Kindom and the Baptist cause. Second Baptist Church in Groton. March 10, 1838. Baptist Church History in Virginia. 8 original letters, many about certification of membership for transfer to another church. Beaverdam Baptist Church, Exerpts from Old Registers of Members by Annie and Maggie McMannaway Lickinghole Church, Goochland. Resignation letter from H.M. Barker. Undated. Scottsville Baptist Church. Albemarle County. Certification letter for Sister L.M. Pitts. 1891. Certification letter for Brother Winfield S. Beale, signed by Byron Hoge, Clerk. 1854. The Fork Baptist Church. Fluvanna County. Certification letter for Bro. N.H. Mills and wife, signed by Thos. F. Bashaw, church clerk. 1887. Baptist Church of Christ. Mt. Gilead. Goochland County. Certification letter for Sister Cassandra W. Miller, signed by Wm. A. Gray, Clerk. 1856. Dover Church. Certification letter for Brother Benj. F. Bowles. 1853. Letters to Brother Dudley from L.W. Allen about family, neighborhood and church news. 1853 and 1854.","Letter to Colonel Dayton at Elizabeth Town from Lord Stirling at Aquakanock regarding enemy troops. October 5, 1778. (Note: Colonel Dayton was of the 2nd New Jersey Regiment. Lord Stirling is William Alexander, American Major General during the Revolutionary War and in the New Jersey Militia. In 1781, George Washington appointed him Commander of the Northern Army and Commander of the entire Continental Army when Washington was on personal business.)","Letter to Mrs. J.M. McCrabb of Georgetown, Washington, D.C. from Captain Hill and another Captain.  States \"about to discharge all the negroes in government employ.\"  He is discharging her \"boy Bill\" and has paid Major Lee for his services. Note on back, \"For Clement Coxe, Esq., Gay St.\"  August 16, 1842. Agreements signed by John F. Parker and A.S. Parker to hire negroes.  Gives price and conditions of the hire.  1860, 1863, 1867. Printed bill of sale of a slave.  Handwriting is illegible. Broadside for public hire of negroes belonging to Mariana Bolling.  Possibly in Virginia.  December 1821. Slave manifest for Jonathan Cooper, Master of the Sloop Delight in Charleston, South Carolina, to ship one female slave to Savannah, Georgia.  Slave owned by Thomas Folker of Charleston.  March 3, 1823.","Stamps, Revenue Embossed Revenue Stamps. Virginia Issue, 1779 and U.S. Issue, 1800. Early Revenue Tax Stamp which was first issued July 6, 1797. William W. Weymouth for shipping flour from Richmond, Virginia to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. November 11, 1791. Revenue Stamps of Virginia. Photostat copies of stamps, some glued onto paper. Typed report, \"Virginia Embossed Revenue Stamps\" by James F. Magee, Jr. 6 pages. Stamps Pomeroy and Company Express Stamps. New York. Ca. 1861. Letter sending one of the first Tokyo cancelled stamps. September 1, 1945. Two Sesquicentennial Exposition United Post Office Stamps embossed on envelopes. 2 cents. 1926 Stamp collector's book. Stamps from all over the world. Possibly 1880's.","Publications, \"Fifty Years of Shipbuilding\" published in August 1, 1940, \"For National Defense\" published in 1941 and \"The Shipyard in Peace and War\" published in 1944.","Photostat copy of a mail coach schedule from Washington, D.C. to Georgia.  Undated.Account of Stage expenses to Richmond, Virginia.  UndatedMail Coach Schedule.  Fredericksburg, Virginia.  1825.Shenandoah Valley Railroad timetable.  Virginia.  1882.Check from Bank of the State of New York to Central Railroad and Banks for $2,000.  November, 1837.Letter about the interest in building a railroad between Bristol and New Hampton, New Hampshire.  E.B. Smith to G.W. Nesmith.  April 26, 1848.Notepaper from the Seaboard and Roanoke Railroad Company.  Portsmouth, Virginia.  1860's.A trace for items sent to Greensboro, North Carolina by Southern Express Company.  Richmond, Virginia.  September 21, 1864.Railroad bill of laden for three rolls of leather. Places mentioned are Richmond, Virginia, Yorktown Station, Virginia, Bristol, Tennessee and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 1868.Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad freight invoice for F.H. Bayley.  Richmond, Virginia.  March 8, 1875.Bill of laden for Atlantic Coastline Freight for tobacco fertilizer.  Sent by P. Zell and Sons for F.B. Harrison in Gaston, North Carolina.  Portsmouth, Virginia and Wilmington, North Carolina.  March 27, 1877.Newspaper article about Claudius Crozet and Virginia's transportation system.  August 6, 1881.North Carolina State Highway Commission Courtesy card issued to G.P. Coleman.  June 3 to June 10, 1924.","Letter from G. Parker of Worcester, Massachusetts, to Douglas and Brothers of Thompsonville, Connecticut., Steamboat Builders, giving some details for two boats he wants built. Mr. Parker is in Norfolk, Virginia. December 15, 1848.   Bill of sale for John Crawford, London merchant, to John Speakman, also a London merchant, for a sloop. Includes stamps and seals. November 4, 1725.   Orders, receipts and manifests from the Noah Steamer Barge in 1879. Places mentioned: College Landing in Williamsburg, Virginia; Richmond, Virginia; Eastern Lunatic Asylum in Williamsburg, Virginia, Clover Hill Depot, and Morris Creek. Names mentioned are: Lucado's Daily Line of Boats, A.L. Shepherd and Co., Mrs. M.S. Jones of College Landing,, Samuel Smith of College Landing, R.S. Morecock of College Landing, J.S. Hazlegrove of College Landing, R.B. Servant of Williamsburg, B.B. Wolfe of College Landing, O.M. Southall, George E. Bush of Richmond, Spotts and Gibson, Purcell, Ladd and Co., J.B. Lacy and Mrs. C.B.T. Coleman. Many items were for shipment to the Eastern Lunatic Asylum in Williamsburg, Virginia. Masters included Charles Clifford.   Shipping order for ship, Jannet, from Liverpool, England to Port Royal, Virginia. August 5, 1791.   Document giving Robert Marsh permission to sell or dispose the Brig Ajax. Norfolk, Virginia. 1837.   Charles Robinson, Norfolk, Virginia to Mr. Adams, President of the Ocean…Office in Boston, Massachusetts saying his ship, Pocahontas, was damaged. December 7, 1839.   \"An Account of wood sold for Mr. W.G. Birchett.\" Lists price beside names of schooners. Daniel Epps is mentioned. 1850.   Newspaper article from the Illustrated News about the loss of the ship, William and Mary. May 28, 1853. Two copies, one a partial copy.","General Agent H.L. Kenney of Washington City to Reuben H. Grant in Mississippi giving him authorization to raise a regiment of 300 men for the service of the \"Central American Republic.\" Gives description of his job as General Agent of the Central American Republic and tells how each man shall be paid with land. December 21, 1854.","Pay Account for Ensign C.W. Bowie. Civil War. 1865. Bond for Benjamin Beck and Davis Tinsley and others of Milledgeville, Georgia to Governor Jos. E. Brown. List of items procured. April 1861. Pass for James Bonner of Milledgeville, Georgia to purchase lead. Signed by D. Mitchell, Governor of Georgia, with the state seal. October 6, 1813. Command order given to Samuel Walker as Captain of the Bladwin Blues as of May 29, 1888. Signed by Governor John B. Gordon, Governor of Georgia, with the state seal. Certificate. June 7, 1888. Return of warrants by James Meriwether of Augusta, Georgia to Governor Telfair. 1790. Proclamation for a Day of Thanksgiving in Georgia by Governor Joseph M. Terrell. Seal. November 26, 1903.","Official Oath of D. Bard Rack as Constable for Whiteside County, Illinois. April 14. No Year. Annual Account of the Highway Commissioners, Sterling, Illinois. March 1865. Receipts and oaths from Sterling, Illinois. 1861, 1864 and 1865.","Program for the Teatro Scalo, Terzo Gran Concerto. May 10, 1896. An Italian lire, dated 1884.","Typed carbon copy of Volume I, \"Brides and Parents of Early Kentucky and Their Marriage Date with name of Groom\" compiled by Annie Walker Burns Bell of Washington, D.C. 1935. A - Bell of bride's surnames.","Typed carbon copy of \"Anne Arundel County, Maryland, General Index to Inventories of Deceased Persons, 1777 to 1893\" compiled by Annie Walker Burns of Washington, D.C. October 5, 1850 Maryland Tract Society report.","Article, \"The Conquest is Complete,\" from the News and Courier, South Carolina. December 27, 1893.","Surveyors List of Surveyors elected by U.S. Congress, one from each state, \"in conformity to the 'Ordinance for ascertaining the mode of lands in the Western Territory'.\" Signed by Charles Thompson, Secretary of Congress. May 27, 1785. United States Treasury Office Copy of a letter from John Skelton Williams, Comptroller of Currency, to Honorable William E. Cox, Congressman from Indiana, about criticisms. Washington, D.C. October 17, 1916.","Coat of Arms: 6\" x 8\" page with a printed Coat of Arms and \"Virginia Council Chamber\" printed on the bottom. 5 copies. Undated. Coat of Arms and Great Seal: A pamphlet, \"The Great Seal of Virginia\" submitted to the General Assembly on February 20, 1930. Letter to Dr. Earl Gregg Swem and a letter to Dr. John E. Pomfret, President of the College of William and Mary, from E.M. Simon who designed a pre-revolutionary Coat of Arms and Seal for Colonial Williamsburg, found on the title page of the Frenchman's Map. A copy of the engraving is included. 1945. Gravesites of Distinguished Virginians: Copy of a typed report. Undated, but probably 1930's or 40's. Historical Pageants: Two copies of the official program from the Virginia Historical Pageant held in Richmond, VA, from May 22-28, 1922. \"Book of Words: The Pageant of Virginia,\" a script written by Thomas Wood Stevens, the Director of the Pageant. 1922. Legal Forms used in Harrison County and other Virginia Counties: Commission to Examine Witness, Subpoena in Chancery, Summons Petition and two others. 1800-1820. Lotteries: Virginia State Navigation Lottery ticket, Lynchburg, Virginia. 1827. Lottery advertisement from Wheeling, Virginia. Ca 1830. Military Passes: Fort Eustis, Virginia. Passes to military events. 1942 and 1943. Photographs of Virginia Houses: Booklet, \"Colonial Homes on the Historic James\" with photographs and a group of 27 photographs of houses in Virginia, with a typed list of the history of each house, sent in 1938 to Earl Gregg Swem. Tidewater Area: Map of Colonial Tidewater Virginia with a chart that shows the changing boundary lines of the counties in the 1700's. Made by William Buckner McGroarty. Sent to Earl Gregg Swem in 1947. Handwritten and typed notes by Edward W. Dodd, mainly about the Tidewater area of Virginia in the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries. Virginia Writer's Project: Copies of two plays. \"James Monroe of Virginia\", sponsored by The Monroe Birthplace and Monument Association and State Board of Education in 1940 and \"Let Freedom Ring, A Drama of Democracy\" sponsored by the Hopewell Chamber of Commerce in 1941.","Scope and Contents Aspen Hill High School near Pendleton Station, 1885-1886 Catalogue. Atlantic University, Virginia Beach, Bulletin for Summer Session. 1931. Blackstone Female Institute, \"Programme of...Commencement Exercises....Blackstone Female Institute, Session 1898-'99\" College of Henrico, pamphlet of an address delivered by W. Gordon McCabe on May 31, 1911, \"The First University of America,\" typed extracts concerning Henricopolis and the college on the site, carbon copy of a report on the College of Henrico, Richmond Times-Dispatch article dated December 7, 1930 about the \"Colonial Dames' Prize Essay, Henricopolis and the College by Angie E. Turner\" and an undated Sunday Magazine Section story written by Priscilla Williams on \"Henricopolis, America's First College.\" Episcopal Female Institute, Winchester, Virginia, cover for 1890-1891 catalogue. Hampton Institute, music programs from 1944-1949. Hampton-Sydney, 1942 Honor Roll booklet, a newspaper article on the 1904 pledge signing, and a 1944 Alumni Association newsletter about the beginning of the college. Norfolk Academy, booklet with all attendees from 1728-1927. Radford Normal School, Radford, Virginia, bound stenographic report of the arguments in the investigation of charges brought by the Radford Record against R.J. Noell, Secretary-Treasurer of the Radford State Normal School. Contains arguments of E. Lee Trinkle and Richard E. Byrd. December 16, 1913. Randolph-Macon College, Ashland, Virginia, brochure. Handwritten note on the cover, \"Disappointed again. R.E. Blackwell.\" Undated. Richmond Female Institute, stock shares ledger sheets from 1854 and a June 2, 1893 Commencement Invitation. Roanoke College, catalogs for 1887-1888 and 1889-1890. South Carrenton University School, Warrenton, VA, Prespectus, 1891-1892 Theological Seminary in Virginia, Booklet entitled \"History \"Of the Old Seminary on 'The Hill'\". 1923. University of Richmond, printed photographs of the Canon Memorial Chapel. 1 sheet. Undated. University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia. 1949 invitation to Founder's Day exercises, newspaper article on \"Changed Requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts, the Views of Professor R.H. Dabney, dated October 4, 1891, minutes of the December 19, 1947 meeting of the Bibliographical Society of the University of Virginia, circular of the Young Men's Christian Association at the University of Virginia dated October 1, 1866 and brochure with the poem, \"The Fostering Mother\" delivered June 14, 1898 \"at the Inauguration of the New Buildings of the University of Virginia, Replacing those Destroyed by Fire October 27, 1895\" by Armistead C. Gordon. Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College, catalogues for 1886-1887 and 1889-1890. Virginia Mechanics Institute, Richmond, Virginia, appointment letter, signed by B.A. Myers, to be on the \"Committee of Judges\" at the 3rd Annual Exhibition, dated October 21, 1857. 4 copies, addressed to four different people. Flyer announcing the fourth Annual Exhibition on October 19, 1857. Undated newspaper article about reestablishing the school after the war. Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia, Military Ball Invitation. July 4, 1856. Virginia School for the Deaf and the Blind, Staunton, Virginia, March 19, 1909, issue of the Goodson Gazette, Staunton, VA, with an article on the School for the Blind and a printed page with pictures of the school, undated. Virginia Teacher's Cooperative League, photostat of the 1898 Charter. Two page report \"Genesis of the Virginia Teacher's League, Progenitor of the Virginia Education Association,\" Mt. Jackson, July-August, 1898 by J. Luther Kibler. Washington and Lee, Lexington, Virginia, booklet about the 1939 fancy dress ball.","Post Office: Documents addressed to the Postmasters in Langerville, Augusta County, Virginia and Spartapolis, Rockingham County, Virginia. 1841-1860. 3 items. Postal Route: Letter to Col. C.C. Herbert of Richmond, Virginia from A. Betts, Wharton, concerning the mail run between Brownsville (Texas) and Wharton. September 23, 1862.","Announcement of semi-monthly meeting, addressed to Henry Wheatland. April 11, 1851.","Announcement of Stockholder meeting. Jersey City, New York. 1920.","Richmond Times-Dispatch article, \"Berkeley is Restored.\" Richmond, Virginia. Undated.","Meeting announcement of the Bibliographic Society, Richmond, Virginia. October 9, 1946.","Performance Program for sixth anniversary. September 26, 1806.","Typed rough draft of a letter about reunions for Camp Sequoyan in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, Norfolk, Virginia and other places. Undated.","Illustrated broadside advertising subscriptions for rebuilding the Kotoku-In Buddhist temple in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, best known for its 13th-century Daibutsu (Great Buddha statue). Also includes a receipt from the Director of Kotoku-In for a donation for rebuilding the temple.","The front and back cover of the Farmer's Register, published in Petersburg, Virginia.  The editor and proprietor is Edmund Ruffin. Samuel Fauntleroy or J. H. Cocke are written on the top of some issues.  Complete issue for December 31, 1838.  1837-1842.","Meeting announcement of the Huguenot Society, Richmond, Virginia. October 17, 1942.","One programs for 1946 and one invitation for 1944. Newport News, Virginia.","Invitation and certificates for C.P. Matthaci. 1883, 1886 and 1895.","List of Company's legal correspondents, by state. June 1867.","Coal Office of the Morris Canal and Banking Company of Newark, New Jersey to a Boston, Massachusetts client about commission costs. April 1, 1939.","Includes a printed information sheet about the National Home Finding Society who search for \"waifs and foundlings, born and unborn and deserted and abused children and finding real homes for all orphans…\" Among other things, the sheet tells how to dress and how to talk with people at their door when canvassing for children. A postcard with an airplane view of \"Plan, Beach, River, Yorktown, Boats, Planes, Stock, Farm and some Buildings needed.\" Banner in postcard, \"National Orphanage Home and Grounds, All Races and Denominations.\" Bottom of postcard says, National Orphanage, Gloucester Point, Virginia, Rev. M.M. Smith, Field Supt. The back is filled with printed information from their 1921-22 report.","Letter by Richmond Virginian to Manufacturer's Paper Company for a paper order. Richmond, Virginia. March 16, 1911.","Sons of Temperance Financial Report. Virginia. 1854.","Articles of the Union Bank of Georgetown in Virginia. On the back, there is a note signed by Robert Beverley. September, 1809.","Catalogue of \"Exhibition of Contemporary Portraits.\" 1929. Resolutions of the Virginia Historical Society for Funds. Richmond, Virginia. Sent to P.R. Carrington in Richmond, Virginia. June 25, 1881.","Announcement of a public festival for \"Harrison and Reform\" by the Whigs of Berkeley County, Virginia to be held September 10, 1840. Included on the announcement is a letter to Philip R. Fendall, Washington City from Charles Janus Faulkner of Berkeley Springs, Virginia. Mr. Fendall was a lawyer and a senator. Letter to Mrs. Louisa…of Portsmouth, Virginia sending the minutes of the Whig's Ladies Meeting in Richmond, Virginia which discuss erecting a statue of Henry Clay. 1844. Letter from Reverdy Johnson in Baltimore, Maryland to Jonathan Chapman in Boston, Massachusetts about the Whig Party convention. August, 1844. Letter from William Pennington to Jonathan Chapman about the Whig Party. September 9, 1844."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eBefore reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.\u003c/p\u003e"],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Conditions Governing Use"],"userestrict_tesim":["Before reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library."],"names_ssim":["Special Collections Research Center"],"corpname_ssim":["Special Collections Research Center"],"language_ssim":["English"],"total_component_count_is":53,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-05-21T07:05:04.720Z","collection":{"numFound":1,"start":0,"numFoundExact":true,"docs":[{"id":"viw_repositories_2_resources_1026","ead_ssi":"viw_repositories_2_resources_1026","_root_":"viw_repositories_2_resources_1026","_nest_parent_":"viw_repositories_2_resources_1026","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/oai/WM/repositories_2_resources_1026.xml","title_filing_ssi":"Manuscripts - Geographic Names, Business Names and","title_ssm":["Manuscripts - Geographic Names, Business Names and Subjects"],"title_tesim":["Manuscripts - Geographic Names, Business Names and Subjects"],"unitdate_ssm":["1725-1949"],"unitdate_inclusive_ssm":["1725-1949"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["Mss. 39.2 Man3b","/repositories/2/resources/1026"],"text":["Mss. 39.2 Man3b","/repositories/2/resources/1026","Manuscripts - Geographic Names, Business Names and Subjects","Shipping--History--18th century.","Slavery","Collection is open to all researchers. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility.","Alphabetical order by subject.","An artificial collection of papers created from material acquired during the 1930's and 1940's.","Printed facsimiles of autograph documents and signatures from the eighteenth and nineteenth century from \"Pages from an Autograph Collection\" and other sources. Undated.","The Critical Review Title pages removed from books. On the 1797 title page, a handwritten note about the 1807 comet. 15 pages. 1792-1803. Gibbon's \"Rome\" Notes made on James Gibbon's \"Rome.\" 1806. Language – Word Definitions Scrap papers with words and their definitions. Undated, but possibly 1800's. Bookseller A twelve page advertising pamphlet, \"Proclamation by Charles I and James I of England Concerning the Colonies\"  from Orion Booksellers, Ltd. London, England. Undated. Scuffling her Way Copy of Scuffling Her Way, by Sally Nelson Robbins, cut out of periodicals and pasted into a book. Presented by Mrs. William G. Stanard to the Woman's Club. Richmond, Virginia. March 1912. The Virginia Quarterly Typed article entitled, \"The Gentleman from Indiana\" by A.A. Roger. Undated.","Chemistry Letter from Berlin, Prussia where writer tells of his chemistry training in Europe. March 21, 1867 Math Notes and geometric drawings. Algebra and Geometry. Note in front of notes: \"Figures and Demonstrations in Gummere's Surveying\" and \"Bonnycastle's Application of Algebra to Geometry.\"","These envelopes are from collections, not from letters addressed to John Hart.  John Hart was a dealer in manuscripts. Addressed to: Mrs. C.M. Thornton, Woodville, Rappahannock, Virginia. August 7. William G. Allen, Richmond, Virginia. Undated. John C. Davis, Warrenton, North Carolina. Undated. Honorable William Nelson, Virginia (Possibly Norfolk, Virginia). Undated but probably 1700's. Major Perkins.","Notes on \"Blackstone's Commentaries.\" Undated. Notes on \"Evidence (Greenleaf)\" and \"Robinson's Practice.\" Includes notes on Executors of Administration, Application Payments and definitions.  Undated.","Recipe for Scrofula by Dr. W. Shisler of New Market, Virginia, Shenandoah Valley. February 20, 1852 Treatment of Scrofula by Dr. Nicholas Longworth. Undated. Dentist Accounts. 1841-1842. Dove and Isaacs of Richmond, Virginia to Dr. Charles Quarles, Trevillians Depot about his medical order and other items available. November 4, 1847. Secretary of the Maryland State Board of Health, W.W. Chancellor, to a Doctor on the National Board of Health, regarding \"qualifications and registration of physicians\" and problems of licensing practitioners. Mentions sanitizing issues. Comments that these reasons were why he resigned as chair in the Washington University in Baltimore, Maryland. March 14, 1884. Letters to Andrew G. Grinnan from Samuel Ayres of Richmond, Virginia and Dr. J. Welford of Richmond, Virginia about a new truss. 1868. Prescription order from Meade and Baker's of Richmond, Virginia. Undated. Prescription or recipe for rheumatism by W.M. Sibert. Undated. Label for Oxalic Acid from the Druggist and Pharmacist, L.H. Ott, Harrisonburg, Virginia. Undated. Snake bite cure by Mr. Wilkins. Undated.","Letter to Honorable St. Lawrence Adam of Petersburg, Virginia from Theodore B. Smiley in Camp Buena Vista, Mexico about the Virginia Regiment in the Mexican-American War. October 16, 1847.","Utes Pen and Ink watercolor of Ouray, Chief of the Utes and Chopeta, his wife. Undated.","Recipe for Lafayette Ginger Bread with the story of how it got its name. Printed by the Washington-Lewis Chapter of the DAR, Fredericksburg, Virginia. 1924. Recipe for making tomato catsup by A. Farmer. August 11, 1829. Fondue Recipe. Note at bottom: de la Physiologie de Gout. Undated. Parker House rolls recipe. 1933.","Partial letter to Beloved Brethren about differences between Redeemer's Kindom and the Baptist cause. Second Baptist Church in Groton. March 10, 1838. Baptist Church History in Virginia. 8 original letters, many about certification of membership for transfer to another church. Beaverdam Baptist Church, Exerpts from Old Registers of Members by Annie and Maggie McMannaway Lickinghole Church, Goochland. Resignation letter from H.M. Barker. Undated. Scottsville Baptist Church. Albemarle County. Certification letter for Sister L.M. Pitts. 1891. Certification letter for Brother Winfield S. Beale, signed by Byron Hoge, Clerk. 1854. The Fork Baptist Church. Fluvanna County. Certification letter for Bro. N.H. Mills and wife, signed by Thos. F. Bashaw, church clerk. 1887. Baptist Church of Christ. Mt. Gilead. Goochland County. Certification letter for Sister Cassandra W. Miller, signed by Wm. A. Gray, Clerk. 1856. Dover Church. Certification letter for Brother Benj. F. Bowles. 1853. Letters to Brother Dudley from L.W. Allen about family, neighborhood and church news. 1853 and 1854.","Letter to Colonel Dayton at Elizabeth Town from Lord Stirling at Aquakanock regarding enemy troops. October 5, 1778. (Note: Colonel Dayton was of the 2nd New Jersey Regiment. Lord Stirling is William Alexander, American Major General during the Revolutionary War and in the New Jersey Militia. In 1781, George Washington appointed him Commander of the Northern Army and Commander of the entire Continental Army when Washington was on personal business.)","Letter to Mrs. J.M. McCrabb of Georgetown, Washington, D.C. from Captain Hill and another Captain.  States \"about to discharge all the negroes in government employ.\"  He is discharging her \"boy Bill\" and has paid Major Lee for his services. Note on back, \"For Clement Coxe, Esq., Gay St.\"  August 16, 1842. Agreements signed by John F. Parker and A.S. Parker to hire negroes.  Gives price and conditions of the hire.  1860, 1863, 1867. Printed bill of sale of a slave.  Handwriting is illegible. Broadside for public hire of negroes belonging to Mariana Bolling.  Possibly in Virginia.  December 1821. Slave manifest for Jonathan Cooper, Master of the Sloop Delight in Charleston, South Carolina, to ship one female slave to Savannah, Georgia.  Slave owned by Thomas Folker of Charleston.  March 3, 1823.","Stamps, Revenue Embossed Revenue Stamps. Virginia Issue, 1779 and U.S. Issue, 1800. Early Revenue Tax Stamp which was first issued July 6, 1797. William W. Weymouth for shipping flour from Richmond, Virginia to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. November 11, 1791. Revenue Stamps of Virginia. Photostat copies of stamps, some glued onto paper. Typed report, \"Virginia Embossed Revenue Stamps\" by James F. Magee, Jr. 6 pages. Stamps Pomeroy and Company Express Stamps. New York. Ca. 1861. Letter sending one of the first Tokyo cancelled stamps. September 1, 1945. Two Sesquicentennial Exposition United Post Office Stamps embossed on envelopes. 2 cents. 1926 Stamp collector's book. Stamps from all over the world. Possibly 1880's.","Publications, \"Fifty Years of Shipbuilding\" published in August 1, 1940, \"For National Defense\" published in 1941 and \"The Shipyard in Peace and War\" published in 1944.","Photostat copy of a mail coach schedule from Washington, D.C. to Georgia.  Undated.Account of Stage expenses to Richmond, Virginia.  UndatedMail Coach Schedule.  Fredericksburg, Virginia.  1825.Shenandoah Valley Railroad timetable.  Virginia.  1882.Check from Bank of the State of New York to Central Railroad and Banks for $2,000.  November, 1837.Letter about the interest in building a railroad between Bristol and New Hampton, New Hampshire.  E.B. Smith to G.W. Nesmith.  April 26, 1848.Notepaper from the Seaboard and Roanoke Railroad Company.  Portsmouth, Virginia.  1860's.A trace for items sent to Greensboro, North Carolina by Southern Express Company.  Richmond, Virginia.  September 21, 1864.Railroad bill of laden for three rolls of leather. Places mentioned are Richmond, Virginia, Yorktown Station, Virginia, Bristol, Tennessee and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 1868.Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad freight invoice for F.H. Bayley.  Richmond, Virginia.  March 8, 1875.Bill of laden for Atlantic Coastline Freight for tobacco fertilizer.  Sent by P. Zell and Sons for F.B. Harrison in Gaston, North Carolina.  Portsmouth, Virginia and Wilmington, North Carolina.  March 27, 1877.Newspaper article about Claudius Crozet and Virginia's transportation system.  August 6, 1881.North Carolina State Highway Commission Courtesy card issued to G.P. Coleman.  June 3 to June 10, 1924.","Letter from G. Parker of Worcester, Massachusetts, to Douglas and Brothers of Thompsonville, Connecticut., Steamboat Builders, giving some details for two boats he wants built. Mr. Parker is in Norfolk, Virginia. December 15, 1848.   Bill of sale for John Crawford, London merchant, to John Speakman, also a London merchant, for a sloop. Includes stamps and seals. November 4, 1725.   Orders, receipts and manifests from the Noah Steamer Barge in 1879. Places mentioned: College Landing in Williamsburg, Virginia; Richmond, Virginia; Eastern Lunatic Asylum in Williamsburg, Virginia, Clover Hill Depot, and Morris Creek. Names mentioned are: Lucado's Daily Line of Boats, A.L. Shepherd and Co., Mrs. M.S. Jones of College Landing,, Samuel Smith of College Landing, R.S. Morecock of College Landing, J.S. Hazlegrove of College Landing, R.B. Servant of Williamsburg, B.B. Wolfe of College Landing, O.M. Southall, George E. Bush of Richmond, Spotts and Gibson, Purcell, Ladd and Co., J.B. Lacy and Mrs. C.B.T. Coleman. Many items were for shipment to the Eastern Lunatic Asylum in Williamsburg, Virginia. Masters included Charles Clifford.   Shipping order for ship, Jannet, from Liverpool, England to Port Royal, Virginia. August 5, 1791.   Document giving Robert Marsh permission to sell or dispose the Brig Ajax. Norfolk, Virginia. 1837.   Charles Robinson, Norfolk, Virginia to Mr. Adams, President of the Ocean…Office in Boston, Massachusetts saying his ship, Pocahontas, was damaged. December 7, 1839.   \"An Account of wood sold for Mr. W.G. Birchett.\" Lists price beside names of schooners. Daniel Epps is mentioned. 1850.   Newspaper article from the Illustrated News about the loss of the ship, William and Mary. May 28, 1853. Two copies, one a partial copy.","General Agent H.L. Kenney of Washington City to Reuben H. Grant in Mississippi giving him authorization to raise a regiment of 300 men for the service of the \"Central American Republic.\" Gives description of his job as General Agent of the Central American Republic and tells how each man shall be paid with land. December 21, 1854.","Pay Account for Ensign C.W. Bowie. Civil War. 1865. Bond for Benjamin Beck and Davis Tinsley and others of Milledgeville, Georgia to Governor Jos. E. Brown. List of items procured. April 1861. Pass for James Bonner of Milledgeville, Georgia to purchase lead. Signed by D. Mitchell, Governor of Georgia, with the state seal. October 6, 1813. Command order given to Samuel Walker as Captain of the Bladwin Blues as of May 29, 1888. Signed by Governor John B. Gordon, Governor of Georgia, with the state seal. Certificate. June 7, 1888. Return of warrants by James Meriwether of Augusta, Georgia to Governor Telfair. 1790. Proclamation for a Day of Thanksgiving in Georgia by Governor Joseph M. Terrell. Seal. November 26, 1903.","Official Oath of D. Bard Rack as Constable for Whiteside County, Illinois. April 14. No Year. Annual Account of the Highway Commissioners, Sterling, Illinois. March 1865. Receipts and oaths from Sterling, Illinois. 1861, 1864 and 1865.","Program for the Teatro Scalo, Terzo Gran Concerto. May 10, 1896. An Italian lire, dated 1884.","Typed carbon copy of Volume I, \"Brides and Parents of Early Kentucky and Their Marriage Date with name of Groom\" compiled by Annie Walker Burns Bell of Washington, D.C. 1935. A - Bell of bride's surnames.","Typed carbon copy of \"Anne Arundel County, Maryland, General Index to Inventories of Deceased Persons, 1777 to 1893\" compiled by Annie Walker Burns of Washington, D.C. October 5, 1850 Maryland Tract Society report.","Article, \"The Conquest is Complete,\" from the News and Courier, South Carolina. December 27, 1893.","Surveyors List of Surveyors elected by U.S. Congress, one from each state, \"in conformity to the 'Ordinance for ascertaining the mode of lands in the Western Territory'.\" Signed by Charles Thompson, Secretary of Congress. May 27, 1785. United States Treasury Office Copy of a letter from John Skelton Williams, Comptroller of Currency, to Honorable William E. Cox, Congressman from Indiana, about criticisms. Washington, D.C. October 17, 1916.","Coat of Arms: 6\" x 8\" page with a printed Coat of Arms and \"Virginia Council Chamber\" printed on the bottom. 5 copies. Undated. Coat of Arms and Great Seal: A pamphlet, \"The Great Seal of Virginia\" submitted to the General Assembly on February 20, 1930. Letter to Dr. Earl Gregg Swem and a letter to Dr. John E. Pomfret, President of the College of William and Mary, from E.M. Simon who designed a pre-revolutionary Coat of Arms and Seal for Colonial Williamsburg, found on the title page of the Frenchman's Map. A copy of the engraving is included. 1945. Gravesites of Distinguished Virginians: Copy of a typed report. Undated, but probably 1930's or 40's. Historical Pageants: Two copies of the official program from the Virginia Historical Pageant held in Richmond, VA, from May 22-28, 1922. \"Book of Words: The Pageant of Virginia,\" a script written by Thomas Wood Stevens, the Director of the Pageant. 1922. Legal Forms used in Harrison County and other Virginia Counties: Commission to Examine Witness, Subpoena in Chancery, Summons Petition and two others. 1800-1820. Lotteries: Virginia State Navigation Lottery ticket, Lynchburg, Virginia. 1827. Lottery advertisement from Wheeling, Virginia. Ca 1830. Military Passes: Fort Eustis, Virginia. Passes to military events. 1942 and 1943. Photographs of Virginia Houses: Booklet, \"Colonial Homes on the Historic James\" with photographs and a group of 27 photographs of houses in Virginia, with a typed list of the history of each house, sent in 1938 to Earl Gregg Swem. Tidewater Area: Map of Colonial Tidewater Virginia with a chart that shows the changing boundary lines of the counties in the 1700's. Made by William Buckner McGroarty. Sent to Earl Gregg Swem in 1947. Handwritten and typed notes by Edward W. Dodd, mainly about the Tidewater area of Virginia in the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries. Virginia Writer's Project: Copies of two plays. \"James Monroe of Virginia\", sponsored by The Monroe Birthplace and Monument Association and State Board of Education in 1940 and \"Let Freedom Ring, A Drama of Democracy\" sponsored by the Hopewell Chamber of Commerce in 1941.","Scope and Contents Aspen Hill High School near Pendleton Station, 1885-1886 Catalogue. Atlantic University, Virginia Beach, Bulletin for Summer Session. 1931. Blackstone Female Institute, \"Programme of...Commencement Exercises....Blackstone Female Institute, Session 1898-'99\" College of Henrico, pamphlet of an address delivered by W. Gordon McCabe on May 31, 1911, \"The First University of America,\" typed extracts concerning Henricopolis and the college on the site, carbon copy of a report on the College of Henrico, Richmond Times-Dispatch article dated December 7, 1930 about the \"Colonial Dames' Prize Essay, Henricopolis and the College by Angie E. Turner\" and an undated Sunday Magazine Section story written by Priscilla Williams on \"Henricopolis, America's First College.\" Episcopal Female Institute, Winchester, Virginia, cover for 1890-1891 catalogue. Hampton Institute, music programs from 1944-1949. Hampton-Sydney, 1942 Honor Roll booklet, a newspaper article on the 1904 pledge signing, and a 1944 Alumni Association newsletter about the beginning of the college. Norfolk Academy, booklet with all attendees from 1728-1927. Radford Normal School, Radford, Virginia, bound stenographic report of the arguments in the investigation of charges brought by the Radford Record against R.J. Noell, Secretary-Treasurer of the Radford State Normal School. Contains arguments of E. Lee Trinkle and Richard E. Byrd. December 16, 1913. Randolph-Macon College, Ashland, Virginia, brochure. Handwritten note on the cover, \"Disappointed again. R.E. Blackwell.\" Undated. Richmond Female Institute, stock shares ledger sheets from 1854 and a June 2, 1893 Commencement Invitation. Roanoke College, catalogs for 1887-1888 and 1889-1890. South Carrenton University School, Warrenton, VA, Prespectus, 1891-1892 Theological Seminary in Virginia, Booklet entitled \"History \"Of the Old Seminary on 'The Hill'\". 1923. University of Richmond, printed photographs of the Canon Memorial Chapel. 1 sheet. Undated. University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia. 1949 invitation to Founder's Day exercises, newspaper article on \"Changed Requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts, the Views of Professor R.H. Dabney, dated October 4, 1891, minutes of the December 19, 1947 meeting of the Bibliographical Society of the University of Virginia, circular of the Young Men's Christian Association at the University of Virginia dated October 1, 1866 and brochure with the poem, \"The Fostering Mother\" delivered June 14, 1898 \"at the Inauguration of the New Buildings of the University of Virginia, Replacing those Destroyed by Fire October 27, 1895\" by Armistead C. Gordon. Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College, catalogues for 1886-1887 and 1889-1890. Virginia Mechanics Institute, Richmond, Virginia, appointment letter, signed by B.A. Myers, to be on the \"Committee of Judges\" at the 3rd Annual Exhibition, dated October 21, 1857. 4 copies, addressed to four different people. Flyer announcing the fourth Annual Exhibition on October 19, 1857. Undated newspaper article about reestablishing the school after the war. Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia, Military Ball Invitation. July 4, 1856. Virginia School for the Deaf and the Blind, Staunton, Virginia, March 19, 1909, issue of the Goodson Gazette, Staunton, VA, with an article on the School for the Blind and a printed page with pictures of the school, undated. Virginia Teacher's Cooperative League, photostat of the 1898 Charter. Two page report \"Genesis of the Virginia Teacher's League, Progenitor of the Virginia Education Association,\" Mt. Jackson, July-August, 1898 by J. Luther Kibler. Washington and Lee, Lexington, Virginia, booklet about the 1939 fancy dress ball.","Post Office: Documents addressed to the Postmasters in Langerville, Augusta County, Virginia and Spartapolis, Rockingham County, Virginia. 1841-1860. 3 items. Postal Route: Letter to Col. C.C. Herbert of Richmond, Virginia from A. Betts, Wharton, concerning the mail run between Brownsville (Texas) and Wharton. September 23, 1862.","Announcement of semi-monthly meeting, addressed to Henry Wheatland. April 11, 1851.","Announcement of Stockholder meeting. Jersey City, New York. 1920.","Richmond Times-Dispatch article, \"Berkeley is Restored.\" Richmond, Virginia. Undated.","Meeting announcement of the Bibliographic Society, Richmond, Virginia. October 9, 1946.","Performance Program for sixth anniversary. September 26, 1806.","Typed rough draft of a letter about reunions for Camp Sequoyan in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, Norfolk, Virginia and other places. Undated.","Illustrated broadside advertising subscriptions for rebuilding the Kotoku-In Buddhist temple in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, best known for its 13th-century Daibutsu (Great Buddha statue). Also includes a receipt from the Director of Kotoku-In for a donation for rebuilding the temple.","The front and back cover of the Farmer's Register, published in Petersburg, Virginia.  The editor and proprietor is Edmund Ruffin. Samuel Fauntleroy or J. H. Cocke are written on the top of some issues.  Complete issue for December 31, 1838.  1837-1842.","Meeting announcement of the Huguenot Society, Richmond, Virginia. October 17, 1942.","One programs for 1946 and one invitation for 1944. Newport News, Virginia.","Invitation and certificates for C.P. Matthaci. 1883, 1886 and 1895.","List of Company's legal correspondents, by state. June 1867.","Coal Office of the Morris Canal and Banking Company of Newark, New Jersey to a Boston, Massachusetts client about commission costs. April 1, 1939.","Includes a printed information sheet about the National Home Finding Society who search for \"waifs and foundlings, born and unborn and deserted and abused children and finding real homes for all orphans…\" Among other things, the sheet tells how to dress and how to talk with people at their door when canvassing for children. A postcard with an airplane view of \"Plan, Beach, River, Yorktown, Boats, Planes, Stock, Farm and some Buildings needed.\" Banner in postcard, \"National Orphanage Home and Grounds, All Races and Denominations.\" Bottom of postcard says, National Orphanage, Gloucester Point, Virginia, Rev. M.M. Smith, Field Supt. The back is filled with printed information from their 1921-22 report.","Letter by Richmond Virginian to Manufacturer's Paper Company for a paper order. Richmond, Virginia. March 16, 1911.","Sons of Temperance Financial Report. Virginia. 1854.","Articles of the Union Bank of Georgetown in Virginia. On the back, there is a note signed by Robert Beverley. September, 1809.","Catalogue of \"Exhibition of Contemporary Portraits.\" 1929. Resolutions of the Virginia Historical Society for Funds. Richmond, Virginia. Sent to P.R. Carrington in Richmond, Virginia. June 25, 1881.","Announcement of a public festival for \"Harrison and Reform\" by the Whigs of Berkeley County, Virginia to be held September 10, 1840. Included on the announcement is a letter to Philip R. Fendall, Washington City from Charles Janus Faulkner of Berkeley Springs, Virginia. Mr. Fendall was a lawyer and a senator. Letter to Mrs. Louisa…of Portsmouth, Virginia sending the minutes of the Whig's Ladies Meeting in Richmond, Virginia which discuss erecting a statue of Henry Clay. 1844. Letter from Reverdy Johnson in Baltimore, Maryland to Jonathan Chapman in Boston, Massachusetts about the Whig Party convention. August, 1844. Letter from William Pennington to Jonathan Chapman about the Whig Party. September 9, 1844.","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"],"unitid_tesim":["Mss. 39.2 Man3b","/repositories/2/resources/1026"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Manuscripts - Geographic Names, Business Names and Subjects"],"collection_title_tesim":["Manuscripts - Geographic Names, Business Names and Subjects"],"collection_ssim":["Manuscripts - Geographic Names, Business Names and Subjects"],"repository_ssm":["College of William and Mary"],"repository_ssim":["College of William and Mary"],"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":["This collection is an artificial grouping of material given to Special Collections or purchased by Special Collections during the 1930's and 1940's."],"access_subjects_ssim":["Shipping--History--18th century.","Slavery"],"access_subjects_ssm":["Shipping--History--18th century.","Slavery"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"extent_ssm":["4.00 Linear Feet"],"extent_tesim":["4.00 Linear Feet"],"date_range_isim":[1725,1726,1727,1728,1729,1730,1731,1732,1733,1734,1735,1736,1737,1738,1739,1740,1741,1742,1743,1744,1745,1746,1747,1748,1749,1750,1751,1752,1753,1754,1755,1756,1757,1758,1759,1760,1761,1762,1763,1764,1765,1766,1767,1768,1769,1770,1771,1772,1773,1774,1775,1776,1777,1778,1779,1780,1781,1782,1783,1784,1785,1786,1787,1788,1789,1790,1791,1792,1793,1794,1795,1796,1797,1798,1799,1800,1801,1802,1803,1804,1805,1806,1807,1808,1809,1810,1811,1812,1813,1814,1815,1816,1817,1818,1819,1820,1821,1822,1823,1824,1825,1826,1827,1828,1829,1830,1831,1832,1833,1834,1835,1836,1837,1838,1839,1840,1841,1842,1843,1844,1845,1846,1847,1848,1849,1850,1851,1852,1853,1854,1855,1856,1857,1858,1859,1860,1861,1862,1863,1864,1865,1866,1867,1868,1869,1870,1871,1872,1873,1874,1875,1876,1877,1878,1879,1880,1881,1882,1883,1884,1885,1886,1887,1888,1889,1890,1891,1892,1893,1894,1895,1896,1897,1898,1899,1900,1901,1902,1903,1904,1905,1906,1907,1908,1909,1910,1911,1912,1913,1914,1915,1916,1917,1918,1919,1920,1921,1922,1923,1924,1925,1926,1927,1928,1929,1930,1931,1932,1933,1934,1935,1936,1937,1938,1939,1940,1941,1942,1943,1944,1945,1946,1947,1948,1949],"accessrestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eCollection is open to all researchers. 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The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility."],"arrangement_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eAlphabetical order by subject.\u003c/p\u003e"],"arrangement_heading_ssm":["Arrangement"],"arrangement_tesim":["Alphabetical order by subject."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eManuscripts - Group 3 - Subject, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary\u003c/p\u003e"],"prefercite_tesim":["Manuscripts - Group 3 - Subject, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary"],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eAn artificial collection of papers created from material acquired during the 1930's and 1940's.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePrinted facsimiles of autograph documents and signatures from the eighteenth and nineteenth century from \"Pages from an Autograph Collection\" and other sources. Undated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe Critical Review Title pages removed from books. On the 1797 title page, a handwritten note about the 1807 comet. 15 pages. 1792-1803. Gibbon's \"Rome\" Notes made on James Gibbon's \"Rome.\" 1806. Language – Word Definitions Scrap papers with words and their definitions. Undated, but possibly 1800's. Bookseller A twelve page advertising pamphlet, \"Proclamation by Charles I and James I of England Concerning the Colonies\"  from Orion Booksellers, Ltd. London, England. Undated. Scuffling her Way Copy of Scuffling Her Way, by Sally Nelson Robbins, cut out of periodicals and pasted into a book. Presented by Mrs. William G. Stanard to the Woman's Club. Richmond, Virginia. March 1912. The Virginia Quarterly Typed article entitled, \"The Gentleman from Indiana\" by A.A. Roger. Undated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eChemistry Letter from Berlin, Prussia where writer tells of his chemistry training in Europe. March 21, 1867 Math Notes and geometric drawings. Algebra and Geometry. Note in front of notes: \"Figures and Demonstrations in Gummere's Surveying\" and \"Bonnycastle's Application of Algebra to Geometry.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThese envelopes are from collections, not from letters addressed to John Hart.  John Hart was a dealer in manuscripts. Addressed to: Mrs. C.M. Thornton, Woodville, Rappahannock, Virginia. August 7. William G. Allen, Richmond, Virginia. Undated. John C. Davis, Warrenton, North Carolina. Undated. Honorable William Nelson, Virginia (Possibly Norfolk, Virginia). Undated but probably 1700's. Major Perkins.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNotes on \"Blackstone's Commentaries.\" Undated. Notes on \"Evidence (Greenleaf)\" and \"Robinson's Practice.\" Includes notes on Executors of Administration, Application Payments and definitions.  Undated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRecipe for Scrofula by Dr. W. Shisler of New Market, Virginia, Shenandoah Valley. February 20, 1852 Treatment of Scrofula by Dr. Nicholas Longworth. Undated. Dentist Accounts. 1841-1842. Dove and Isaacs of Richmond, Virginia to Dr. Charles Quarles, Trevillians Depot about his medical order and other items available. November 4, 1847. Secretary of the Maryland State Board of Health, W.W. Chancellor, to a Doctor on the National Board of Health, regarding \"qualifications and registration of physicians\" and problems of licensing practitioners. Mentions sanitizing issues. Comments that these reasons were why he resigned as chair in the Washington University in Baltimore, Maryland. March 14, 1884. Letters to Andrew G. Grinnan from Samuel Ayres of Richmond, Virginia and Dr. J. Welford of Richmond, Virginia about a new truss. 1868. Prescription order from Meade and Baker's of Richmond, Virginia. Undated. Prescription or recipe for rheumatism by W.M. Sibert. Undated. Label for Oxalic Acid from the Druggist and Pharmacist, L.H. Ott, Harrisonburg, Virginia. Undated. Snake bite cure by Mr. Wilkins. Undated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter to Honorable St. Lawrence Adam of Petersburg, Virginia from Theodore B. Smiley in Camp Buena Vista, Mexico about the Virginia Regiment in the Mexican-American War. October 16, 1847.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eUtes Pen and Ink watercolor of Ouray, Chief of the Utes and Chopeta, his wife. Undated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRecipe for Lafayette Ginger Bread with the story of how it got its name. Printed by the Washington-Lewis Chapter of the DAR, Fredericksburg, Virginia. 1924. Recipe for making tomato catsup by A. Farmer. August 11, 1829. Fondue Recipe. Note at bottom: de la Physiologie de Gout. Undated. Parker House rolls recipe. 1933.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePartial letter to Beloved Brethren about differences between Redeemer's Kindom and the Baptist cause. Second Baptist Church in Groton. March 10, 1838. Baptist Church History in Virginia. 8 original letters, many about certification of membership for transfer to another church. Beaverdam Baptist Church, Exerpts from Old Registers of Members by Annie and Maggie McMannaway Lickinghole Church, Goochland. Resignation letter from H.M. Barker. Undated. Scottsville Baptist Church. Albemarle County. Certification letter for Sister L.M. Pitts. 1891. Certification letter for Brother Winfield S. Beale, signed by Byron Hoge, Clerk. 1854. The Fork Baptist Church. Fluvanna County. Certification letter for Bro. N.H. Mills and wife, signed by Thos. F. Bashaw, church clerk. 1887. Baptist Church of Christ. Mt. Gilead. Goochland County. Certification letter for Sister Cassandra W. Miller, signed by Wm. A. Gray, Clerk. 1856. Dover Church. Certification letter for Brother Benj. F. Bowles. 1853. Letters to Brother Dudley from L.W. Allen about family, neighborhood and church news. 1853 and 1854.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter to Colonel Dayton at Elizabeth Town from Lord Stirling at Aquakanock regarding enemy troops. October 5, 1778. (Note: Colonel Dayton was of the 2nd New Jersey Regiment. Lord Stirling is William Alexander, American Major General during the Revolutionary War and in the New Jersey Militia. In 1781, George Washington appointed him Commander of the Northern Army and Commander of the entire Continental Army when Washington was on personal business.)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter to Mrs. J.M. McCrabb of Georgetown, Washington, D.C. from Captain Hill and another Captain.  States \"about to discharge all the negroes in government employ.\"  He is discharging her \"boy Bill\" and has paid Major Lee for his services. Note on back, \"For Clement Coxe, Esq., Gay St.\"  August 16, 1842. Agreements signed by John F. Parker and A.S. Parker to hire negroes.  Gives price and conditions of the hire.  1860, 1863, 1867. Printed bill of sale of a slave.  Handwriting is illegible. Broadside for public hire of negroes belonging to Mariana Bolling.  Possibly in Virginia.  December 1821. Slave manifest for Jonathan Cooper, Master of the Sloop Delight in Charleston, South Carolina, to ship one female slave to Savannah, Georgia.  Slave owned by Thomas Folker of Charleston.  March 3, 1823.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eStamps, Revenue Embossed Revenue Stamps. Virginia Issue, 1779 and U.S. Issue, 1800. Early Revenue Tax Stamp which was first issued July 6, 1797. William W. Weymouth for shipping flour from Richmond, Virginia to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. November 11, 1791. Revenue Stamps of Virginia. Photostat copies of stamps, some glued onto paper. Typed report, \"Virginia Embossed Revenue Stamps\" by James F. Magee, Jr. 6 pages. Stamps Pomeroy and Company Express Stamps. New York. Ca. 1861. Letter sending one of the first Tokyo cancelled stamps. September 1, 1945. Two Sesquicentennial Exposition United Post Office Stamps embossed on envelopes. 2 cents. 1926 Stamp collector's book. Stamps from all over the world. Possibly 1880's.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePublications, \"Fifty Years of Shipbuilding\" published in August 1, 1940, \"For National Defense\" published in 1941 and \"The Shipyard in Peace and War\" published in 1944.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePhotostat copy of a mail coach schedule from Washington, D.C. to Georgia.  Undated.Account of Stage expenses to Richmond, Virginia.  UndatedMail Coach Schedule.  Fredericksburg, Virginia.  1825.Shenandoah Valley Railroad timetable.  Virginia.  1882.Check from Bank of the State of New York to Central Railroad and Banks for $2,000.  November, 1837.Letter about the interest in building a railroad between Bristol and New Hampton, New Hampshire.  E.B. Smith to G.W. Nesmith.  April 26, 1848.Notepaper from the Seaboard and Roanoke Railroad Company.  Portsmouth, Virginia.  1860's.A trace for items sent to Greensboro, North Carolina by Southern Express Company.  Richmond, Virginia.  September 21, 1864.Railroad bill of laden for three rolls of leather. Places mentioned are Richmond, Virginia, Yorktown Station, Virginia, Bristol, Tennessee and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 1868.Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad freight invoice for F.H. Bayley.  Richmond, Virginia.  March 8, 1875.Bill of laden for Atlantic Coastline Freight for tobacco fertilizer.  Sent by P. Zell and Sons for F.B. Harrison in Gaston, North Carolina.  Portsmouth, Virginia and Wilmington, North Carolina.  March 27, 1877.Newspaper article about Claudius Crozet and Virginia's transportation system.  August 6, 1881.North Carolina State Highway Commission Courtesy card issued to G.P. Coleman.  June 3 to June 10, 1924.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from G. Parker of Worcester, Massachusetts, to Douglas and Brothers of Thompsonville, Connecticut., Steamboat Builders, giving some details for two boats he wants built. Mr. Parker is in Norfolk, Virginia. December 15, 1848.   Bill of sale for John Crawford, London merchant, to John Speakman, also a London merchant, for a sloop. Includes stamps and seals. November 4, 1725.   Orders, receipts and manifests from the Noah Steamer Barge in 1879. Places mentioned: College Landing in Williamsburg, Virginia; Richmond, Virginia; Eastern Lunatic Asylum in Williamsburg, Virginia, Clover Hill Depot, and Morris Creek. Names mentioned are: Lucado's Daily Line of Boats, A.L. Shepherd and Co., Mrs. M.S. Jones of College Landing,, Samuel Smith of College Landing, R.S. Morecock of College Landing, J.S. Hazlegrove of College Landing, R.B. Servant of Williamsburg, B.B. Wolfe of College Landing, O.M. Southall, George E. Bush of Richmond, Spotts and Gibson, Purcell, Ladd and Co., J.B. Lacy and Mrs. C.B.T. Coleman. Many items were for shipment to the Eastern Lunatic Asylum in Williamsburg, Virginia. Masters included Charles Clifford.   Shipping order for ship, Jannet, from Liverpool, England to Port Royal, Virginia. August 5, 1791.   Document giving Robert Marsh permission to sell or dispose the Brig Ajax. Norfolk, Virginia. 1837.   Charles Robinson, Norfolk, Virginia to Mr. Adams, President of the Ocean…Office in Boston, Massachusetts saying his ship, Pocahontas, was damaged. December 7, 1839.   \"An Account of wood sold for Mr. W.G. Birchett.\" Lists price beside names of schooners. Daniel Epps is mentioned. 1850.   Newspaper article from the Illustrated News about the loss of the ship, William and Mary. May 28, 1853. Two copies, one a partial copy.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGeneral Agent H.L. Kenney of Washington City to Reuben H. Grant in Mississippi giving him authorization to raise a regiment of 300 men for the service of the \"Central American Republic.\" Gives description of his job as General Agent of the Central American Republic and tells how each man shall be paid with land. December 21, 1854.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePay Account for Ensign C.W. Bowie. Civil War. 1865. Bond for Benjamin Beck and Davis Tinsley and others of Milledgeville, Georgia to Governor Jos. E. Brown. List of items procured. April 1861. Pass for James Bonner of Milledgeville, Georgia to purchase lead. Signed by D. Mitchell, Governor of Georgia, with the state seal. October 6, 1813. Command order given to Samuel Walker as Captain of the Bladwin Blues as of May 29, 1888. Signed by Governor John B. Gordon, Governor of Georgia, with the state seal. Certificate. June 7, 1888. Return of warrants by James Meriwether of Augusta, Georgia to Governor Telfair. 1790. Proclamation for a Day of Thanksgiving in Georgia by Governor Joseph M. Terrell. Seal. November 26, 1903.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOfficial Oath of D. Bard Rack as Constable for Whiteside County, Illinois. April 14. No Year. Annual Account of the Highway Commissioners, Sterling, Illinois. March 1865. Receipts and oaths from Sterling, Illinois. 1861, 1864 and 1865.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eProgram for the Teatro Scalo, Terzo Gran Concerto. May 10, 1896. An Italian lire, dated 1884.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTyped carbon copy of Volume I, \"Brides and Parents of Early Kentucky and Their Marriage Date with name of Groom\" compiled by Annie Walker Burns Bell of Washington, D.C. 1935. A - Bell of bride's surnames.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTyped carbon copy of \"Anne Arundel County, Maryland, General Index to Inventories of Deceased Persons, 1777 to 1893\" compiled by Annie Walker Burns of Washington, D.C. October 5, 1850 Maryland Tract Society report.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eArticle, \"The Conquest is Complete,\" from the News and Courier, South Carolina. December 27, 1893.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSurveyors List of Surveyors elected by U.S. Congress, one from each state, \"in conformity to the 'Ordinance for ascertaining the mode of lands in the Western Territory'.\" Signed by Charles Thompson, Secretary of Congress. May 27, 1785. United States Treasury Office Copy of a letter from John Skelton Williams, Comptroller of Currency, to Honorable William E. Cox, Congressman from Indiana, about criticisms. Washington, D.C. October 17, 1916.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCoat of Arms: 6\" x 8\" page with a printed Coat of Arms and \"Virginia Council Chamber\" printed on the bottom. 5 copies. Undated. Coat of Arms and Great Seal: A pamphlet, \"The Great Seal of Virginia\" submitted to the General Assembly on February 20, 1930. Letter to Dr. Earl Gregg Swem and a letter to Dr. John E. Pomfret, President of the College of William and Mary, from E.M. Simon who designed a pre-revolutionary Coat of Arms and Seal for Colonial Williamsburg, found on the title page of the Frenchman's Map. A copy of the engraving is included. 1945. Gravesites of Distinguished Virginians: Copy of a typed report. Undated, but probably 1930's or 40's. Historical Pageants: Two copies of the official program from the Virginia Historical Pageant held in Richmond, VA, from May 22-28, 1922. \"Book of Words: The Pageant of Virginia,\" a script written by Thomas Wood Stevens, the Director of the Pageant. 1922. Legal Forms used in Harrison County and other Virginia Counties: Commission to Examine Witness, Subpoena in Chancery, Summons Petition and two others. 1800-1820. Lotteries: Virginia State Navigation Lottery ticket, Lynchburg, Virginia. 1827. Lottery advertisement from Wheeling, Virginia. Ca 1830. Military Passes: Fort Eustis, Virginia. Passes to military events. 1942 and 1943. Photographs of Virginia Houses: Booklet, \"Colonial Homes on the Historic James\" with photographs and a group of 27 photographs of houses in Virginia, with a typed list of the history of each house, sent in 1938 to Earl Gregg Swem. Tidewater Area: Map of Colonial Tidewater Virginia with a chart that shows the changing boundary lines of the counties in the 1700's. Made by William Buckner McGroarty. Sent to Earl Gregg Swem in 1947. Handwritten and typed notes by Edward W. Dodd, mainly about the Tidewater area of Virginia in the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries. Virginia Writer's Project: Copies of two plays. \"James Monroe of Virginia\", sponsored by The Monroe Birthplace and Monument Association and State Board of Education in 1940 and \"Let Freedom Ring, A Drama of Democracy\" sponsored by the Hopewell Chamber of Commerce in 1941.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Aspen Hill High School near Pendleton Station, 1885-1886 Catalogue. Atlantic University, Virginia Beach, Bulletin for Summer Session. 1931. Blackstone Female Institute, \"Programme of...Commencement Exercises....Blackstone Female Institute, Session 1898-'99\" College of Henrico, pamphlet of an address delivered by W. Gordon McCabe on May 31, 1911, \"The First University of America,\" typed extracts concerning Henricopolis and the college on the site, carbon copy of a report on the College of Henrico, Richmond Times-Dispatch article dated December 7, 1930 about the \"Colonial Dames' Prize Essay, Henricopolis and the College by Angie E. Turner\" and an undated Sunday Magazine Section story written by Priscilla Williams on \"Henricopolis, America's First College.\" Episcopal Female Institute, Winchester, Virginia, cover for 1890-1891 catalogue. Hampton Institute, music programs from 1944-1949. Hampton-Sydney, 1942 Honor Roll booklet, a newspaper article on the 1904 pledge signing, and a 1944 Alumni Association newsletter about the beginning of the college. Norfolk Academy, booklet with all attendees from 1728-1927. Radford Normal School, Radford, Virginia, bound stenographic report of the arguments in the investigation of charges brought by the Radford Record against R.J. Noell, Secretary-Treasurer of the Radford State Normal School. Contains arguments of E. Lee Trinkle and Richard E. Byrd. December 16, 1913. Randolph-Macon College, Ashland, Virginia, brochure. Handwritten note on the cover, \"Disappointed again. R.E. Blackwell.\" Undated. Richmond Female Institute, stock shares ledger sheets from 1854 and a June 2, 1893 Commencement Invitation. Roanoke College, catalogs for 1887-1888 and 1889-1890. South Carrenton University School, Warrenton, VA, Prespectus, 1891-1892 Theological Seminary in Virginia, Booklet entitled \"History \"Of the Old Seminary on 'The Hill'\". 1923. University of Richmond, printed photographs of the Canon Memorial Chapel. 1 sheet. Undated. University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia. 1949 invitation to Founder's Day exercises, newspaper article on \"Changed Requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts, the Views of Professor R.H. Dabney, dated October 4, 1891, minutes of the December 19, 1947 meeting of the Bibliographical Society of the University of Virginia, circular of the Young Men's Christian Association at the University of Virginia dated October 1, 1866 and brochure with the poem, \"The Fostering Mother\" delivered June 14, 1898 \"at the Inauguration of the New Buildings of the University of Virginia, Replacing those Destroyed by Fire October 27, 1895\" by Armistead C. Gordon. Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College, catalogues for 1886-1887 and 1889-1890. Virginia Mechanics Institute, Richmond, Virginia, appointment letter, signed by B.A. Myers, to be on the \"Committee of Judges\" at the 3rd Annual Exhibition, dated October 21, 1857. 4 copies, addressed to four different people. Flyer announcing the fourth Annual Exhibition on October 19, 1857. Undated newspaper article about reestablishing the school after the war. Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia, Military Ball Invitation. July 4, 1856. Virginia School for the Deaf and the Blind, Staunton, Virginia, March 19, 1909, issue of the Goodson Gazette, Staunton, VA, with an article on the School for the Blind and a printed page with pictures of the school, undated. Virginia Teacher's Cooperative League, photostat of the 1898 Charter. Two page report \"Genesis of the Virginia Teacher's League, Progenitor of the Virginia Education Association,\" Mt. Jackson, July-August, 1898 by J. Luther Kibler. Washington and Lee, Lexington, Virginia, booklet about the 1939 fancy dress ball.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePost Office: Documents addressed to the Postmasters in Langerville, Augusta County, Virginia and Spartapolis, Rockingham County, Virginia. 1841-1860. 3 items. Postal Route: Letter to Col. C.C. Herbert of Richmond, Virginia from A. Betts, Wharton, concerning the mail run between Brownsville (Texas) and Wharton. September 23, 1862.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAnnouncement of semi-monthly meeting, addressed to Henry Wheatland. April 11, 1851.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAnnouncement of Stockholder meeting. Jersey City, New York. 1920.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRichmond Times-Dispatch article, \"Berkeley is Restored.\" Richmond, Virginia. Undated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMeeting announcement of the Bibliographic Society, Richmond, Virginia. October 9, 1946.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePerformance Program for sixth anniversary. September 26, 1806.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTyped rough draft of a letter about reunions for Camp Sequoyan in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, Norfolk, Virginia and other places. Undated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIllustrated broadside advertising subscriptions for rebuilding the Kotoku-In Buddhist temple in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, best known for its 13th-century Daibutsu (Great Buddha statue). Also includes a receipt from the Director of Kotoku-In for a donation for rebuilding the temple.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe front and back cover of the Farmer's Register, published in Petersburg, Virginia.  The editor and proprietor is Edmund Ruffin. Samuel Fauntleroy or J. H. Cocke are written on the top of some issues.  Complete issue for December 31, 1838.  1837-1842.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMeeting announcement of the Huguenot Society, Richmond, Virginia. October 17, 1942.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOne programs for 1946 and one invitation for 1944. Newport News, Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInvitation and certificates for C.P. Matthaci. 1883, 1886 and 1895.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eList of Company's legal correspondents, by state. June 1867.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCoal Office of the Morris Canal and Banking Company of Newark, New Jersey to a Boston, Massachusetts client about commission costs. April 1, 1939.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes a printed information sheet about the National Home Finding Society who search for \"waifs and foundlings, born and unborn and deserted and abused children and finding real homes for all orphans…\" Among other things, the sheet tells how to dress and how to talk with people at their door when canvassing for children. A postcard with an airplane view of \"Plan, Beach, River, Yorktown, Boats, Planes, Stock, Farm and some Buildings needed.\" Banner in postcard, \"National Orphanage Home and Grounds, All Races and Denominations.\" Bottom of postcard says, National Orphanage, Gloucester Point, Virginia, Rev. M.M. Smith, Field Supt. The back is filled with printed information from their 1921-22 report.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter by Richmond Virginian to Manufacturer's Paper Company for a paper order. Richmond, Virginia. March 16, 1911.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSons of Temperance Financial Report. Virginia. 1854.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eArticles of the Union Bank of Georgetown in Virginia. On the back, there is a note signed by Robert Beverley. September, 1809.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCatalogue of \"Exhibition of Contemporary Portraits.\" 1929. Resolutions of the Virginia Historical Society for Funds. Richmond, Virginia. Sent to P.R. Carrington in Richmond, Virginia. June 25, 1881.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAnnouncement of a public festival for \"Harrison and Reform\" by the Whigs of Berkeley County, Virginia to be held September 10, 1840. Included on the announcement is a letter to Philip R. Fendall, Washington City from Charles Janus Faulkner of Berkeley Springs, Virginia. Mr. Fendall was a lawyer and a senator. Letter to Mrs. Louisa…of Portsmouth, Virginia sending the minutes of the Whig's Ladies Meeting in Richmond, Virginia which discuss erecting a statue of Henry Clay. 1844. Letter from Reverdy Johnson in Baltimore, Maryland to Jonathan Chapman in Boston, Massachusetts about the Whig Party convention. August, 1844. Letter from William Pennington to Jonathan Chapman about the Whig Party. September 9, 1844.\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"],"scopecontent_tesim":["An artificial collection of papers created from material acquired during the 1930's and 1940's.","Printed facsimiles of autograph documents and signatures from the eighteenth and nineteenth century from \"Pages from an Autograph Collection\" and other sources. Undated.","The Critical Review Title pages removed from books. On the 1797 title page, a handwritten note about the 1807 comet. 15 pages. 1792-1803. Gibbon's \"Rome\" Notes made on James Gibbon's \"Rome.\" 1806. Language – Word Definitions Scrap papers with words and their definitions. Undated, but possibly 1800's. Bookseller A twelve page advertising pamphlet, \"Proclamation by Charles I and James I of England Concerning the Colonies\"  from Orion Booksellers, Ltd. London, England. Undated. Scuffling her Way Copy of Scuffling Her Way, by Sally Nelson Robbins, cut out of periodicals and pasted into a book. Presented by Mrs. William G. Stanard to the Woman's Club. Richmond, Virginia. March 1912. The Virginia Quarterly Typed article entitled, \"The Gentleman from Indiana\" by A.A. Roger. Undated.","Chemistry Letter from Berlin, Prussia where writer tells of his chemistry training in Europe. March 21, 1867 Math Notes and geometric drawings. Algebra and Geometry. Note in front of notes: \"Figures and Demonstrations in Gummere's Surveying\" and \"Bonnycastle's Application of Algebra to Geometry.\"","These envelopes are from collections, not from letters addressed to John Hart.  John Hart was a dealer in manuscripts. Addressed to: Mrs. C.M. Thornton, Woodville, Rappahannock, Virginia. August 7. William G. Allen, Richmond, Virginia. Undated. John C. Davis, Warrenton, North Carolina. Undated. Honorable William Nelson, Virginia (Possibly Norfolk, Virginia). Undated but probably 1700's. Major Perkins.","Notes on \"Blackstone's Commentaries.\" Undated. Notes on \"Evidence (Greenleaf)\" and \"Robinson's Practice.\" Includes notes on Executors of Administration, Application Payments and definitions.  Undated.","Recipe for Scrofula by Dr. W. Shisler of New Market, Virginia, Shenandoah Valley. February 20, 1852 Treatment of Scrofula by Dr. Nicholas Longworth. Undated. Dentist Accounts. 1841-1842. Dove and Isaacs of Richmond, Virginia to Dr. Charles Quarles, Trevillians Depot about his medical order and other items available. November 4, 1847. Secretary of the Maryland State Board of Health, W.W. Chancellor, to a Doctor on the National Board of Health, regarding \"qualifications and registration of physicians\" and problems of licensing practitioners. Mentions sanitizing issues. Comments that these reasons were why he resigned as chair in the Washington University in Baltimore, Maryland. March 14, 1884. Letters to Andrew G. Grinnan from Samuel Ayres of Richmond, Virginia and Dr. J. Welford of Richmond, Virginia about a new truss. 1868. Prescription order from Meade and Baker's of Richmond, Virginia. Undated. Prescription or recipe for rheumatism by W.M. Sibert. Undated. Label for Oxalic Acid from the Druggist and Pharmacist, L.H. Ott, Harrisonburg, Virginia. Undated. Snake bite cure by Mr. Wilkins. Undated.","Letter to Honorable St. Lawrence Adam of Petersburg, Virginia from Theodore B. Smiley in Camp Buena Vista, Mexico about the Virginia Regiment in the Mexican-American War. October 16, 1847.","Utes Pen and Ink watercolor of Ouray, Chief of the Utes and Chopeta, his wife. Undated.","Recipe for Lafayette Ginger Bread with the story of how it got its name. Printed by the Washington-Lewis Chapter of the DAR, Fredericksburg, Virginia. 1924. Recipe for making tomato catsup by A. Farmer. August 11, 1829. Fondue Recipe. Note at bottom: de la Physiologie de Gout. Undated. Parker House rolls recipe. 1933.","Partial letter to Beloved Brethren about differences between Redeemer's Kindom and the Baptist cause. Second Baptist Church in Groton. March 10, 1838. Baptist Church History in Virginia. 8 original letters, many about certification of membership for transfer to another church. Beaverdam Baptist Church, Exerpts from Old Registers of Members by Annie and Maggie McMannaway Lickinghole Church, Goochland. Resignation letter from H.M. Barker. Undated. Scottsville Baptist Church. Albemarle County. Certification letter for Sister L.M. Pitts. 1891. Certification letter for Brother Winfield S. Beale, signed by Byron Hoge, Clerk. 1854. The Fork Baptist Church. Fluvanna County. Certification letter for Bro. N.H. Mills and wife, signed by Thos. F. Bashaw, church clerk. 1887. Baptist Church of Christ. Mt. Gilead. Goochland County. Certification letter for Sister Cassandra W. Miller, signed by Wm. A. Gray, Clerk. 1856. Dover Church. Certification letter for Brother Benj. F. Bowles. 1853. Letters to Brother Dudley from L.W. Allen about family, neighborhood and church news. 1853 and 1854.","Letter to Colonel Dayton at Elizabeth Town from Lord Stirling at Aquakanock regarding enemy troops. October 5, 1778. (Note: Colonel Dayton was of the 2nd New Jersey Regiment. Lord Stirling is William Alexander, American Major General during the Revolutionary War and in the New Jersey Militia. In 1781, George Washington appointed him Commander of the Northern Army and Commander of the entire Continental Army when Washington was on personal business.)","Letter to Mrs. J.M. McCrabb of Georgetown, Washington, D.C. from Captain Hill and another Captain.  States \"about to discharge all the negroes in government employ.\"  He is discharging her \"boy Bill\" and has paid Major Lee for his services. Note on back, \"For Clement Coxe, Esq., Gay St.\"  August 16, 1842. Agreements signed by John F. Parker and A.S. Parker to hire negroes.  Gives price and conditions of the hire.  1860, 1863, 1867. Printed bill of sale of a slave.  Handwriting is illegible. Broadside for public hire of negroes belonging to Mariana Bolling.  Possibly in Virginia.  December 1821. Slave manifest for Jonathan Cooper, Master of the Sloop Delight in Charleston, South Carolina, to ship one female slave to Savannah, Georgia.  Slave owned by Thomas Folker of Charleston.  March 3, 1823.","Stamps, Revenue Embossed Revenue Stamps. Virginia Issue, 1779 and U.S. Issue, 1800. Early Revenue Tax Stamp which was first issued July 6, 1797. William W. Weymouth for shipping flour from Richmond, Virginia to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. November 11, 1791. Revenue Stamps of Virginia. Photostat copies of stamps, some glued onto paper. Typed report, \"Virginia Embossed Revenue Stamps\" by James F. Magee, Jr. 6 pages. Stamps Pomeroy and Company Express Stamps. New York. Ca. 1861. Letter sending one of the first Tokyo cancelled stamps. September 1, 1945. Two Sesquicentennial Exposition United Post Office Stamps embossed on envelopes. 2 cents. 1926 Stamp collector's book. Stamps from all over the world. Possibly 1880's.","Publications, \"Fifty Years of Shipbuilding\" published in August 1, 1940, \"For National Defense\" published in 1941 and \"The Shipyard in Peace and War\" published in 1944.","Photostat copy of a mail coach schedule from Washington, D.C. to Georgia.  Undated.Account of Stage expenses to Richmond, Virginia.  UndatedMail Coach Schedule.  Fredericksburg, Virginia.  1825.Shenandoah Valley Railroad timetable.  Virginia.  1882.Check from Bank of the State of New York to Central Railroad and Banks for $2,000.  November, 1837.Letter about the interest in building a railroad between Bristol and New Hampton, New Hampshire.  E.B. Smith to G.W. Nesmith.  April 26, 1848.Notepaper from the Seaboard and Roanoke Railroad Company.  Portsmouth, Virginia.  1860's.A trace for items sent to Greensboro, North Carolina by Southern Express Company.  Richmond, Virginia.  September 21, 1864.Railroad bill of laden for three rolls of leather. Places mentioned are Richmond, Virginia, Yorktown Station, Virginia, Bristol, Tennessee and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 1868.Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad freight invoice for F.H. Bayley.  Richmond, Virginia.  March 8, 1875.Bill of laden for Atlantic Coastline Freight for tobacco fertilizer.  Sent by P. Zell and Sons for F.B. Harrison in Gaston, North Carolina.  Portsmouth, Virginia and Wilmington, North Carolina.  March 27, 1877.Newspaper article about Claudius Crozet and Virginia's transportation system.  August 6, 1881.North Carolina State Highway Commission Courtesy card issued to G.P. Coleman.  June 3 to June 10, 1924.","Letter from G. Parker of Worcester, Massachusetts, to Douglas and Brothers of Thompsonville, Connecticut., Steamboat Builders, giving some details for two boats he wants built. Mr. Parker is in Norfolk, Virginia. December 15, 1848.   Bill of sale for John Crawford, London merchant, to John Speakman, also a London merchant, for a sloop. Includes stamps and seals. November 4, 1725.   Orders, receipts and manifests from the Noah Steamer Barge in 1879. Places mentioned: College Landing in Williamsburg, Virginia; Richmond, Virginia; Eastern Lunatic Asylum in Williamsburg, Virginia, Clover Hill Depot, and Morris Creek. Names mentioned are: Lucado's Daily Line of Boats, A.L. Shepherd and Co., Mrs. M.S. Jones of College Landing,, Samuel Smith of College Landing, R.S. Morecock of College Landing, J.S. Hazlegrove of College Landing, R.B. Servant of Williamsburg, B.B. Wolfe of College Landing, O.M. Southall, George E. Bush of Richmond, Spotts and Gibson, Purcell, Ladd and Co., J.B. Lacy and Mrs. C.B.T. Coleman. Many items were for shipment to the Eastern Lunatic Asylum in Williamsburg, Virginia. Masters included Charles Clifford.   Shipping order for ship, Jannet, from Liverpool, England to Port Royal, Virginia. August 5, 1791.   Document giving Robert Marsh permission to sell or dispose the Brig Ajax. Norfolk, Virginia. 1837.   Charles Robinson, Norfolk, Virginia to Mr. Adams, President of the Ocean…Office in Boston, Massachusetts saying his ship, Pocahontas, was damaged. December 7, 1839.   \"An Account of wood sold for Mr. W.G. Birchett.\" Lists price beside names of schooners. Daniel Epps is mentioned. 1850.   Newspaper article from the Illustrated News about the loss of the ship, William and Mary. May 28, 1853. Two copies, one a partial copy.","General Agent H.L. Kenney of Washington City to Reuben H. Grant in Mississippi giving him authorization to raise a regiment of 300 men for the service of the \"Central American Republic.\" Gives description of his job as General Agent of the Central American Republic and tells how each man shall be paid with land. December 21, 1854.","Pay Account for Ensign C.W. Bowie. Civil War. 1865. Bond for Benjamin Beck and Davis Tinsley and others of Milledgeville, Georgia to Governor Jos. E. Brown. List of items procured. April 1861. Pass for James Bonner of Milledgeville, Georgia to purchase lead. Signed by D. Mitchell, Governor of Georgia, with the state seal. October 6, 1813. Command order given to Samuel Walker as Captain of the Bladwin Blues as of May 29, 1888. Signed by Governor John B. Gordon, Governor of Georgia, with the state seal. Certificate. June 7, 1888. Return of warrants by James Meriwether of Augusta, Georgia to Governor Telfair. 1790. Proclamation for a Day of Thanksgiving in Georgia by Governor Joseph M. Terrell. Seal. November 26, 1903.","Official Oath of D. Bard Rack as Constable for Whiteside County, Illinois. April 14. No Year. Annual Account of the Highway Commissioners, Sterling, Illinois. March 1865. Receipts and oaths from Sterling, Illinois. 1861, 1864 and 1865.","Program for the Teatro Scalo, Terzo Gran Concerto. May 10, 1896. An Italian lire, dated 1884.","Typed carbon copy of Volume I, \"Brides and Parents of Early Kentucky and Their Marriage Date with name of Groom\" compiled by Annie Walker Burns Bell of Washington, D.C. 1935. A - Bell of bride's surnames.","Typed carbon copy of \"Anne Arundel County, Maryland, General Index to Inventories of Deceased Persons, 1777 to 1893\" compiled by Annie Walker Burns of Washington, D.C. October 5, 1850 Maryland Tract Society report.","Article, \"The Conquest is Complete,\" from the News and Courier, South Carolina. December 27, 1893.","Surveyors List of Surveyors elected by U.S. Congress, one from each state, \"in conformity to the 'Ordinance for ascertaining the mode of lands in the Western Territory'.\" Signed by Charles Thompson, Secretary of Congress. May 27, 1785. United States Treasury Office Copy of a letter from John Skelton Williams, Comptroller of Currency, to Honorable William E. Cox, Congressman from Indiana, about criticisms. Washington, D.C. October 17, 1916.","Coat of Arms: 6\" x 8\" page with a printed Coat of Arms and \"Virginia Council Chamber\" printed on the bottom. 5 copies. Undated. Coat of Arms and Great Seal: A pamphlet, \"The Great Seal of Virginia\" submitted to the General Assembly on February 20, 1930. Letter to Dr. Earl Gregg Swem and a letter to Dr. John E. Pomfret, President of the College of William and Mary, from E.M. Simon who designed a pre-revolutionary Coat of Arms and Seal for Colonial Williamsburg, found on the title page of the Frenchman's Map. A copy of the engraving is included. 1945. Gravesites of Distinguished Virginians: Copy of a typed report. Undated, but probably 1930's or 40's. Historical Pageants: Two copies of the official program from the Virginia Historical Pageant held in Richmond, VA, from May 22-28, 1922. \"Book of Words: The Pageant of Virginia,\" a script written by Thomas Wood Stevens, the Director of the Pageant. 1922. Legal Forms used in Harrison County and other Virginia Counties: Commission to Examine Witness, Subpoena in Chancery, Summons Petition and two others. 1800-1820. Lotteries: Virginia State Navigation Lottery ticket, Lynchburg, Virginia. 1827. Lottery advertisement from Wheeling, Virginia. Ca 1830. Military Passes: Fort Eustis, Virginia. Passes to military events. 1942 and 1943. Photographs of Virginia Houses: Booklet, \"Colonial Homes on the Historic James\" with photographs and a group of 27 photographs of houses in Virginia, with a typed list of the history of each house, sent in 1938 to Earl Gregg Swem. Tidewater Area: Map of Colonial Tidewater Virginia with a chart that shows the changing boundary lines of the counties in the 1700's. Made by William Buckner McGroarty. Sent to Earl Gregg Swem in 1947. Handwritten and typed notes by Edward W. Dodd, mainly about the Tidewater area of Virginia in the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries. Virginia Writer's Project: Copies of two plays. \"James Monroe of Virginia\", sponsored by The Monroe Birthplace and Monument Association and State Board of Education in 1940 and \"Let Freedom Ring, A Drama of Democracy\" sponsored by the Hopewell Chamber of Commerce in 1941.","Scope and Contents Aspen Hill High School near Pendleton Station, 1885-1886 Catalogue. Atlantic University, Virginia Beach, Bulletin for Summer Session. 1931. Blackstone Female Institute, \"Programme of...Commencement Exercises....Blackstone Female Institute, Session 1898-'99\" College of Henrico, pamphlet of an address delivered by W. Gordon McCabe on May 31, 1911, \"The First University of America,\" typed extracts concerning Henricopolis and the college on the site, carbon copy of a report on the College of Henrico, Richmond Times-Dispatch article dated December 7, 1930 about the \"Colonial Dames' Prize Essay, Henricopolis and the College by Angie E. Turner\" and an undated Sunday Magazine Section story written by Priscilla Williams on \"Henricopolis, America's First College.\" Episcopal Female Institute, Winchester, Virginia, cover for 1890-1891 catalogue. Hampton Institute, music programs from 1944-1949. Hampton-Sydney, 1942 Honor Roll booklet, a newspaper article on the 1904 pledge signing, and a 1944 Alumni Association newsletter about the beginning of the college. Norfolk Academy, booklet with all attendees from 1728-1927. Radford Normal School, Radford, Virginia, bound stenographic report of the arguments in the investigation of charges brought by the Radford Record against R.J. Noell, Secretary-Treasurer of the Radford State Normal School. Contains arguments of E. Lee Trinkle and Richard E. Byrd. December 16, 1913. Randolph-Macon College, Ashland, Virginia, brochure. Handwritten note on the cover, \"Disappointed again. R.E. Blackwell.\" Undated. Richmond Female Institute, stock shares ledger sheets from 1854 and a June 2, 1893 Commencement Invitation. Roanoke College, catalogs for 1887-1888 and 1889-1890. South Carrenton University School, Warrenton, VA, Prespectus, 1891-1892 Theological Seminary in Virginia, Booklet entitled \"History \"Of the Old Seminary on 'The Hill'\". 1923. University of Richmond, printed photographs of the Canon Memorial Chapel. 1 sheet. Undated. University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia. 1949 invitation to Founder's Day exercises, newspaper article on \"Changed Requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts, the Views of Professor R.H. Dabney, dated October 4, 1891, minutes of the December 19, 1947 meeting of the Bibliographical Society of the University of Virginia, circular of the Young Men's Christian Association at the University of Virginia dated October 1, 1866 and brochure with the poem, \"The Fostering Mother\" delivered June 14, 1898 \"at the Inauguration of the New Buildings of the University of Virginia, Replacing those Destroyed by Fire October 27, 1895\" by Armistead C. Gordon. Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College, catalogues for 1886-1887 and 1889-1890. Virginia Mechanics Institute, Richmond, Virginia, appointment letter, signed by B.A. Myers, to be on the \"Committee of Judges\" at the 3rd Annual Exhibition, dated October 21, 1857. 4 copies, addressed to four different people. Flyer announcing the fourth Annual Exhibition on October 19, 1857. Undated newspaper article about reestablishing the school after the war. Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia, Military Ball Invitation. July 4, 1856. Virginia School for the Deaf and the Blind, Staunton, Virginia, March 19, 1909, issue of the Goodson Gazette, Staunton, VA, with an article on the School for the Blind and a printed page with pictures of the school, undated. Virginia Teacher's Cooperative League, photostat of the 1898 Charter. Two page report \"Genesis of the Virginia Teacher's League, Progenitor of the Virginia Education Association,\" Mt. Jackson, July-August, 1898 by J. Luther Kibler. Washington and Lee, Lexington, Virginia, booklet about the 1939 fancy dress ball.","Post Office: Documents addressed to the Postmasters in Langerville, Augusta County, Virginia and Spartapolis, Rockingham County, Virginia. 1841-1860. 3 items. Postal Route: Letter to Col. C.C. Herbert of Richmond, Virginia from A. Betts, Wharton, concerning the mail run between Brownsville (Texas) and Wharton. September 23, 1862.","Announcement of semi-monthly meeting, addressed to Henry Wheatland. April 11, 1851.","Announcement of Stockholder meeting. Jersey City, New York. 1920.","Richmond Times-Dispatch article, \"Berkeley is Restored.\" Richmond, Virginia. Undated.","Meeting announcement of the Bibliographic Society, Richmond, Virginia. October 9, 1946.","Performance Program for sixth anniversary. September 26, 1806.","Typed rough draft of a letter about reunions for Camp Sequoyan in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, Norfolk, Virginia and other places. Undated.","Illustrated broadside advertising subscriptions for rebuilding the Kotoku-In Buddhist temple in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, best known for its 13th-century Daibutsu (Great Buddha statue). Also includes a receipt from the Director of Kotoku-In for a donation for rebuilding the temple.","The front and back cover of the Farmer's Register, published in Petersburg, Virginia.  The editor and proprietor is Edmund Ruffin. Samuel Fauntleroy or J. H. Cocke are written on the top of some issues.  Complete issue for December 31, 1838.  1837-1842.","Meeting announcement of the Huguenot Society, Richmond, Virginia. October 17, 1942.","One programs for 1946 and one invitation for 1944. Newport News, Virginia.","Invitation and certificates for C.P. Matthaci. 1883, 1886 and 1895.","List of Company's legal correspondents, by state. June 1867.","Coal Office of the Morris Canal and Banking Company of Newark, New Jersey to a Boston, Massachusetts client about commission costs. April 1, 1939.","Includes a printed information sheet about the National Home Finding Society who search for \"waifs and foundlings, born and unborn and deserted and abused children and finding real homes for all orphans…\" Among other things, the sheet tells how to dress and how to talk with people at their door when canvassing for children. A postcard with an airplane view of \"Plan, Beach, River, Yorktown, Boats, Planes, Stock, Farm and some Buildings needed.\" Banner in postcard, \"National Orphanage Home and Grounds, All Races and Denominations.\" Bottom of postcard says, National Orphanage, Gloucester Point, Virginia, Rev. M.M. Smith, Field Supt. The back is filled with printed information from their 1921-22 report.","Letter by Richmond Virginian to Manufacturer's Paper Company for a paper order. Richmond, Virginia. March 16, 1911.","Sons of Temperance Financial Report. Virginia. 1854.","Articles of the Union Bank of Georgetown in Virginia. On the back, there is a note signed by Robert Beverley. September, 1809.","Catalogue of \"Exhibition of Contemporary Portraits.\" 1929. Resolutions of the Virginia Historical Society for Funds. Richmond, Virginia. Sent to P.R. Carrington in Richmond, Virginia. June 25, 1881.","Announcement of a public festival for \"Harrison and Reform\" by the Whigs of Berkeley County, Virginia to be held September 10, 1840. Included on the announcement is a letter to Philip R. Fendall, Washington City from Charles Janus Faulkner of Berkeley Springs, Virginia. Mr. Fendall was a lawyer and a senator. Letter to Mrs. Louisa…of Portsmouth, Virginia sending the minutes of the Whig's Ladies Meeting in Richmond, Virginia which discuss erecting a statue of Henry Clay. 1844. Letter from Reverdy Johnson in Baltimore, Maryland to Jonathan Chapman in Boston, Massachusetts about the Whig Party convention. August, 1844. Letter from William Pennington to Jonathan Chapman about the Whig Party. 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