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Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility.","The Myers-Burrage-Graham Papers (I) has been divided into three groups, A, B, and C. This finding aid is for Group A only. Overall, the papers of the Myers, Burrage and Graham families document six generations of a prominent Jewish family of Norfolk, Va. The bulk of the collection relates to Moses Myers and his children, particularly Samuel (1790-1829), John Myers (1787-1830) and his grandson Barton Myers (1853-1927). There are papers of collateral relatives Col. James Duncan Graham (1799-1865), topographical engineer and Vice-Admiral Guy Hamilton Burrage (1867-1954).","Moses Myers (1752-1835) was born in New York City. He was a prominent Jewish merchant in Norfolk, Va. moving there in 1787. He was consul for the Netherlands, vice-consul for Denmark and served as collector of customs for the district of Norfolk and Portsmouth. He served in the Revolutionary War and later in the Virginia militia. He was President of the Norfolk Common Council.","Processed by Antonio Bly in 2000.","See also; Gustavus A. Myers Papers, 1834-1869, Samuel Myers Papers, 1796-1845, and the Myers-Burrage-Graham Papers (I) Groups B and C, Myers Papers (II), all at Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary."," Mss. Acc. 2008.147 Myers Papers of the Chrysler Museum of Art","Cy of ALS. 1 p.","Pass allows safe-passage through the Province of Quebec to the colonies. Signed by Frederic Haldimand and R. Mathews. XCy and Photo of DS. 1 p.","DS. 2 pp.","Scope and Contents There, goods imported from \"Europe or other parts of the world\" would be sold. DS and XCy. 10 pp.","Assures Nicholas of his choice to locate his investment in Virginia with them; outlines reasons why Virginia is an excellent site for their business. XCy of DS. 1 p.","Mentions Moses Myers. frag. of D. 1 p.","Insurance company— Mutual Assurance Society. Policy holder— David Simons. Frederick District no. 82. DS. 1 p.","Insurance company— Mutual Assurance Society. Policy holder—David Simons. Fredericksburg district no. 83. DS. 1 p.","Statement confirms the prices of several staple/farm products.","DS. 1 p.","Booklet/oration eulogizing the death of George Washington. P. 20 pp.","Signed by Ja[me]s Monroe. DS. 1 p.","ADS. 2 pp.","Scope and Contents Includes document of March 10, 1804, stating that Moses Myers has given one hundred dollars \"for his subscription toward building\" the Court House in Portsmouth. Signed by Tubman Laws. DS. 1 p.","Sk. 1 p.","Signed by Alexander Stuart. DS. 1 p.","Cy of DS. 2 pp.","Scope and Contents Recommends not purchasing oranges unless \"remarkably fine and cheap\"; sends draft on Moses Myers for $100 which applies to his credit; has had troubles collecting amount due Murphy \u0026 Blackburn. ALS. 1 p.","Nws. 1 p.","Nws. 1 p.","Cy of DS. 2 pp.","Informs Myers of a duel between Cabell and Jones; Jones was wounded in the thigh. Mentions a prospect to buy cider. ALS. 1 p.","1 p.","Propose to appoint Myers as Danish Vice Consul. ALS. 1 p.","Informing Myers that he \"Will receive his father's trunk, case, cain \u0026 hat,\" etc. ALS. 1 p.","Signed by James Madison and Robert Smith, Secretary of State. DS. 1 p.","D. 1 p.","ALS. 4 pp.","Sending Myers a complete copying book, pistols, etc.","Scope and Contents John Myers's intent to visit Europe; Samuel Myers has not contacts; gives him a commission to buy a set of \"glass\" and \"floor cloth.\" ALS. 2 pp.","Scope and Contents John has gone to London. MM and the family are \"extremely anxious to hear\" from him; business here is dull including ship sales. ALS. 4 pp.","Scope and Contents Mentions letter he (John) wrote to his brother on the \"15th\" with a present. Mrs. Wickham's health; philosophizes a crisis in Europe; compares to America; war would bring unity to us. ALS. 3 pp.","Mentions the sale of vessel, Victory; business notes, news of family and acquaintances. ALS. 5 pp.","Discusses revolutions in Europe; John Myers being a merchant not held in high regard; shipping; cargoes; computing houses; foodstuffs for sale. ALS. 5 pp.","Recommends acquiring a knowledge of the arts of the countries during a brief tour of England; keeping a journal on national and local politics in America. ALS. 7 pp.","Discusses foreign affairs between America and England; approaching dissolution of the U.S. Bank. ALS. 4 pp.","DS. 1 p.","3 cards.","Probably acquired by John Myers during the trip to England in 1810/1811. PM. 1 p.","PM. 1 p.","PM. 1 p.","PM. 1 p.","Nws. 4 pp.","Nws. 4 pp.","Nws. 4 pp.","Scope and Contents Discuss foreign affairs among the French, English and America; non-importation against England \"great events have generated this chaos\"; \"great events can restore\" political peace. ALS. 3 pp.","Nws. 4 pp.","Nws. 4 pp.","Nws. 4 pp.","Shipping concerns; mercantile business; banking matters, list of ayes and noes \"for striking out.\" ALS. 5 pp.","Nws. 4 pp.","Nws. 4 pp.","U.S. Cabinet; people clamor for war; public improvements. ALS. 5 pp.","Mentions the purchase of a new ship, the Norfolk Pucket, and other shipping news; increase in business; burning of French privateer at Gosport; Monroe as Secretary of State, probably next President. ALS. 3 pp.","Scope and Contents Mentions how the French are \"confiscating all American property\"; we are a \"sinking nation\"; critical of President Madison; \"cripled commerce of the world\"; farmers producing tobacco; party every night in Norfolk. ALS. 4 pp.","PM. 3 pp.","PM. 1 p.","Also a list of names of the \"stewards for the Trinity breakfast.\" PM. 2 pp.","Dull trade; shipping news; news of family. ALS. 2 pp.","(Collected by John Myers.) PM. 9 pp.","(Collected by John Myers). PM. 9 pp.","Moses Myers's health is better; business dull; money matters, Mr. Foster in correspondence with [James] Monroe. ALS. 1 p.","DS. 1 p.","Mentions Myers's letters to his father, and his application to restore goods he deposited in the Custom House from the frigate Constitution. Includes list of articles sent to Custom House. ALS. 4 pp.","Signed by President and faculty of Harvard. ADS. 1 p.","Purchase of corn. ALS. 1 p.","Samuel is going to England on the Packet; severe battle between French and the allies at Leipzig. ALS. 1 p.","Taylor accepts their approbation. ALS. 1 p.","Expression of friendship. ALS. 2 pp.","Signed by W[ilson] C[ary] Nicholas. DS. 1 p.","Have not met with the king yet, still waiting in Vienna; return of Napoleon to France; European affairs; Danish \"will not adventure much to America.\" ALS. 3 pp.","Letter of introduction for the son of a mutual acquaintance. ALS. 1 p.","Informs Myers that he has been \"elected a director of the office of Discount \u0026 Deposit of the Bank of the United States at Norfolk.\" ALS. 1 p.","Passport for Myer Myers to enter France signed by Myers and John Quincy Adams. DS. 3 pp.","Including a note by \"W.B. Lamb,\" 11 August 1817. DS. 1 p.","Including document of statement John Marshall is Chief Justice signed by Richard Reed. Including John Marshall's ALS attesting to Moses, John, Samuel, Myers as merchants in Norfolk and citizens of the U.S., 12 September 1817. 2 DS \u0026 ALS. 3 pp.","frag. of DS. 2 pp.","Thanks him for writing him, importance of family and friendship; mention of W. Etting, Mrs. French's music; duty calls him to support his family; fifteen years younger he would be a novel writer. ALS. 3 pp.","Signed by James P. preston. DS. 1 p.","His little girl is poisoned by a ring of debased metal; Governor Ridgely wants Wirt to join in working a mine in Botetourt, Virginia. Needs a coachman. ALS. 3 pp.","Scope and Contents Writes about his own \"afflictions\"; healthwise and other burdens; refers to an appointment in Pennsylvania and the importance of a personal application. Mention of the Etting family. ALS. 2 pp.","Expresses his pleasure in writing to him (Myers). Has recommended him to be a commissioner to settle claims under Spanish treaty. Mention of Judge Washington, Mr. Patterson, and General Taylor. ALS. 4 pp.","Mentions John Myers's application to the commissioner under the late Spanish treaty for the adjustment of American claims. ALS. 2 pp.","In Dutch. DS. 2 pp.","The Myers application for the commissionership for settling claims; definition of professional man; discussion of regulations of Spanish treaty; U.S. President comes to Norfolk; mention of Ettings. ALS. 7 pp.","Mutual friends; visit of U.S. President to Norfolk. ALS. 2 pp.","Signed by James Monroe and John Quincy Adams. DS. 1 p.","Concerning purchases of American editions of books; includes list of legal titles and prices. ALS. 3 pp.","Selected a revised code of law for him. ALS. 1 p.","Scope and Contents Captain Downes of U.S. ship Macedonian is \"authorized\" to being home \"specie.\" ALS. 1 p.","Thanks Myer for the \"foreign newspapers,\" containing opinion in slave case. AL. 1 p.","Scope and Contents Discusses Myers's account against Dr. George Buzman\" in debt case. ALS. 1 p.","Scope and Contents He is authorized to practice law. Signed by Spencer Roane and William Brockenbrough.","Signed by Thomas M. Randolph. DS. 1 p.","DS. 3 pp.","Regrets missing his visit concerning financial relief for Myers. ALS. 1 p.","News. 4 pp.","Discuss the route that Perderver intends to take when he returns north. Engage passage on the Miss George Packet. ALS. 1 p.","Concerning representing John Myers and his father in case before comptroller. ALS. 3 pp.","At Charlotte's Villa. PM. 1 p.","Sending enclosed [not enclosed] by M.M. Robinson. ALS. 1 p.","On board the Constitution. Naval case. ALS. 4 pp.","NewsCl. 1 p.","Accepts Myers's loan of his pistols. ALS. 1 p.","Signed by William P. DuVal. DS. 1 p.","Commemorating forty-seventh anniversary of American independence.","PM. 1 p.","Discusses the formation of volunteer militia. ALS. 1 p.","Concerning the selection by the President of claim by Myers. ALS. 1 p.","Signed by William DuVal. APsS. 2 pp.","Myers has been elected as the representative of the ward of Pensacola. ALS. 1 p.","Concerning lottery. PM including ALS. 1 p.","Letter Myers left for President sent to him. ALS. 1 p.","Letter of recommendation for Samuel Myers. ALS; includes postcard. 1 p.","Mentions the illness of \"Mr. C.\" Offers to assist Myers. ALS. 1 p.","Scope and Contents Discuss his meeting with AlexanderBrown. Tells Myers not to hurry his suit. ALS. 2 pp.","Signed by James Pleasants. DS. 1 p.","Concerning trade. ALS includig note by Michael Lazarus to Brooke Cosby. ALS. 3 pp.","frag. 1 p.","ADS. 1 p.","Apologizes for not writing him back sooner. Situation prevents him from complying with Myers's request. ALS. 1 p.","ADS. 1 p.","Nws. 4 pp.","Activities of day. ALS. 3 pp.","Discusses the \"system of customs.\" ALS. 1 p.","Turns down his request for a recommendation for collector of customs in Norfolk as he [Giles] is not in the favor of the administration. ALS. 2 pp.","ANS. 1 p.","Mentions writing \"Mr. Rush.\" ALS. 1 p.","Concerning the appointment of the collection of customs in Norfolk. ALS. 2 pp.","Reference to favor for Moses Myers. Discusses planting a cotton crop next year. ALS. 1 p.","Reference to collectorship. ALS. 1 p.","Signed by John Quincy Adams and Richard Rush. DS. 1 p.","Signed John Q. Adams and H. Clay. DS. 1 p.","ADS. 1 p.","Cannot find the papers he (Myers) requested in regards to his father's appointment to \"Collector at Norfolk.\" Isn't sure whether name of father Moses Myers has been sent to the president or not. ALS. 2 pp.","Scope and Contents Mentions the re-election of \"Gov. [Joseph] Kent\" of Maryland. ALS. 1 p.","Myers's father's appointment has been approved by the Senate. ALS. 1 p.","Document also signed by Richard Rush, Secretary of the Treasury. DS. 1 p.","frag. 1 p.","Refers to case on the docket of Reuben M. Whitney v. the United States. ALS. 1 p.","ANS. 1 p.","ALS. 4 pp.","Included is a poetic newspaper clipping. D. 2 p.","NwsCl.","Instructions concerning customs. LS. 1 p.","Address leaf.","Mentions his memorial to the committee of commerce. ALS. 1 p.","Scope and Contents Moses Myers from the secretary of the Treasury Samuel D. Ingham. PDS. 2 pp.","Concerning memorial about Moses Myers, collector of customs, and no intention to remove him. ALS. 1 p.","Thanks him for conveying liberal benefaction from donor. ALS. 1 p.","Frederick Myers of Norfolk. DS. 1 p.","DS. 1 p.","Signed by John Floyd. DS. 1 p.","Srock certificate entitling holder to five shares of stock in the Virginia and North Carolina Transportation Co. DS. 1 p.","Concerning health, banking, and European politics including Ireland. ALS. 4 pp.","Concerning health and business. ALS. 1 p.","DS. 1 p.","PM. 1 p.","Signed by Wyndham Robertson. DS. 1 p.","Scope and Contents Including letter by Myer Myers. ALS. 3 pp.","Signed by Wyndham Robertson. DS. 1 p.","Travelling and travel plans. ALS. 4 pp.","Family news. Illness of child. ALS. 3 pp.","Illness of father. Mention of Mr. Etting; social news. ALS. 4 pp.","Scope and Contents Mentions a \"convention\" of which Myers was the host. Social and family news. ALS. 3 pp.","Signed by John M. Gregory. DS. 1 p.","Among a number of these concerned citizens appear M[yer] Myers's and Moses Myers's signatures. D. 3 pp.","Petition states that the city will not pave Free Mason Street. Signed by M. Myers, Executor, among others. DS. 1 p.","Discusses an ongoing chess game between two with plays. ALS. 4 pp.","Social, family news, weather, flowers. ALS. 4 pp.","ALS. 4 pp.","DS. 1 p.","Civil War military news of John B. Floyd and Henry A. Wise. AMS. 2 pp.","Accepts Myers's resignation of his commission as 1st lieutenant \"4 Reg. Cavalry.\" ALS. 1 p.","Scope and Contents Commissions Olinger \"First Lieutenant of Riflemen in the 94th\" Regiment. DS. 1 p.","Gives orders for the regiment to move from Camp Jackson at 10 o'clock AM in the direction of Kanawha Valley. ALS. 1 p.","Signed by John Letcher on verso. Is a note from William Lamb certifying Moses Myers's commission. D. 2 pp.","Has written the Whig as Hughes suggested.","\"Dispose of me as you see fit and accept my heart-felt sympathy.\" ALS. 1 p.","Mentions an overruling on the part of the judge. ALS. 1 p.","Discusses the appointment of an unnamed person to an \"officer.\" Will check facts with Judge Rives. ALS. 1 p.","Refers to a charter that has become a law. ALS. 1 p.","Mentions an examination of Daniel's paper on the appointment of the Inspector of Borders. ALS. 1 p.","Refers the action of some mischievous school boys during the Easter holiday. Including note by James Barron Hope, 16 April 1887. ALS. 2 pp.","Refers Arthur's appointment as the Brazilian consulate general of New York and hopes for Barton Myers's cooperation and friendship. TLS. 1 p.","Mentions the change within the Brazilian government from empire to republic. TLS. 1 p.","Turns down social invitation. Looks forward to discussing with Hughes law, literature, etc. ALS. 2 pp.","Holiday declines Myers's invitation to him and his wife. ALS. 2 pp.","Is obliged to you for the address on \"Editors of the Past,\" which I have read with great interest. TLS. 1 p.","Refers to an appointment of Paymaster in the Navy. ALS. 1 p.","ADS. 2 pp.","Acknowledges condolences of British residents on the death of Queen Victoria. TLS. 1 p.","Mentions Marquis of Lansdowne and Myers's telegram on the queen's death. ALS. 2 pp.","Refers to the president of Jamestown Exposition Company, Incorporated, account. Marked \"Confidential.\" ALS. 3 pp.","Thanks Barton Myers for the copy of the book, The Life of Stonewall Jackson. Comments on Lee and Jackson. ALS. 3 pp.","Addresses the subject of tickets for a White House reception. TLS 1 p.","Dewey declines Myers's invitation to address the Naval Young Men's Christian Association. TLS. 1 p.","Metcalf declines Myers's invitation to be his guest at the opening of the Jamestown Exposition. TLS 1 p.","Declines invitation. ALS. 3 pp.","PM. 4 pp.","Discussion of Miss Heyl's promotion in Bureau of Engraving and Printing. Since it is a civil service job Martin has little influence. TLS. 1 p.","Mentions an appointment of Judge White to fill the vacancy occasioned by Judge Boykin's death. TLS. 1 p.","Makes reference to Hughes's letter of the 15th. TLS. 1 p.","Penal codes. TLS. 1 p.","Scope and Contents Thanks Myers for his \"elegant hospitality\" during his visit. TLS. 2 pp.","C. 1 p.","Mentions the war, and an appointment of William Stanley Edmonds as vice-consul to the post of Norfolk to replace Myers. TLS. 2 pp.","Acknowledges receipt of Rice's dispatch of the 7th. Mentions Myers's acceptance of Mr. Edmonds as vice-consul. Details of office of vice-consul. TL. 2 pp.","Letter discusses Mr. Edmond's position as vice-consul and something of his salary arrangement. Details of office of vice-consul. ALS. 2 pp.","Acknowledges letters of the \"17th/25th.\" Also indicates a change in vice-consul; rather than Edmonds, Will Royds has been appointed the position to assist Myers. Adf. 3 pp.","To Myers visiting him and German ships. ALS. 2 pp.","Acknowledges the receipt of Rice's letter of 11th, mentions \"consular business.\" ALS. 2 pp.","\"Sorry out of town unless specially urgent could you come Wednesday.\" Telegram. 1 p.","Scope and Contents Reports on the \"consular business\"; Meyers expresses his satisfaction with Mr. Royds. Details of consular business. TL. 4 pp.","Discusses the reallocation of work within the consular office. TLS. 2 pp.","Acknowledges the receipt of Cecil's letter of the 23rd. Also conveys Myers's apprval of the arrangement of the vice-consul office. TL. 1 p.","Promised to send Taylor's book. Travel plans. ALS. 1 p.","Registers the Admiralty's great appreciation of Myers's assistance given to Commodore Wells. TLS. 1 p.","Concerning the destruction of Old Fort Norfolk. TLS. 2 pp.","Family and social news.","Letter of instruction for Mr. and Mrs. Norman Williams.","Concerning death of friend. ALS. 2 pp.","Discussion of accusation and prejudice against the Myers brothers. ALS. 3 pp.","Ms. 1 p.","AMs. 1 p.","Signed imprint by Meyer Myers and others. PDoc. 1 p.","DS. 1 p.","Concerning consular duties. ALS. 1 p.","ADoc. 2 pp.","Marital problems. Family news. ALS. 3 pp.","Signed in print by Moses Myers, president. See Oversize Box. PDoc. 1 p.","See Oversize Folder. ADS. 1 p.","Accomplishments of Barton Myers, Sr. Sketches of Barton Myers, Sr. for National Encyclopedia of American Biography. Speech, 1907, by Barton Myers concerning Young Men's Christian Association. Notes for a speech dedicating a church building. Genealogy of the late Archibald Stuart Baldwin.","Writings of Barton Myers, Sr. including a toast to the coronation of George V., notes concerning a contract to build a grain elevator in Norfolk, Va., report, 1919, to the congregation concerning the removal of St. Luke's Episcopal Church, memorandum concerning purchase or lease for the Army Supply Base, speech concerning Tidewater Women's Associations, notes concerning Rev. James Blair, and notes concerning erection of a monument at Blackwall, England.","Writings of Barton Myers. Most concern religious subjects but there are notes concerning liquidation of the debt of Virginia, Myers genealogy, liquor on election days, Henry Clay's ideas on tariffs, the shipyard at norfolk, English legal history, and a daily schedule for Myers.","Speech of Barton Myers, Sr. to Norfolk Chamber of Commerce, excerpt of a Speech of Barton Myers, Sr. to the Norfolk Chamber of Commerce, statement concerning the Jamestown Exposition, Myers to Norfolk Ledger-Dispatch and to Portsmouth Star concerning advocating of Claude A. Swanson as Senator, and advocating of Col. E. E. Holland for Congress, speech to League of Virginia Municipalities.","Report of a committee to argue why the office of customs should be located at Norfolk and not Newport News, speech of Barton Myers, Sr. outlining Norfolk Chamber of Commerce activities during the past year (during World War I), resolution opposing the lease of the Virginian Railway to Norfolk and Western Railroad (by Barton Myers as chairman of Norfolk Port Commission), committee report on building of wharves and docks (Norfolk \u0026 Portsmouth Belt Line Company), testimony of S. Heth Tyler and Barton Myers concerning application of the Norfolk and Western Railway to acquire control by lease of the ... Virginia Railway Company., notes concerning the needs of the city of Norfolk, Va. for development in 1912, report of a committee on the suitable location for union terminals, docks, and warehouse and railroad routes (Myers as chair), bill to amend the charter and extend and define the boundaries of Norfolk, Printed report of a committee and editorials concerning the port of Baltimore, speech, 1915, to the Norfolk Chamber of Commerce, deposition 7 June 1894, concerning the election of 1894 and black voters in Norfolk, Va., and applications for First Families of America.","Annual Report, 10 February 1891, of the trade and commerce of the Port of Norfolk, Virginia, U.S.A.","Includes several written to him as vice-consul for the Netherlands written in Dutch. includes business cards from his sons Baldwin Myers and Barton Myers, Jr.","Edward Thornton (concerning the mother of Joesph D. Pinner), Frances Caperton Preston, Barton Myers, Jr. (at the University of Virginia), ToTo to uncle [Barton Myers, Sr.], Katherine Barton Myers (describing a Liberty Loan Parade), Frances Stuart Myers, Dayman O. Holmes (concerning Myers portraits), A. W. Sully (concerning Myers portraits), E. Lee Trinkle, Mrs. Benjamin Mordecai Siegel, T.W. Harrison, Robert M. Hughes, letter transmitting an admission to the House of Commons.","Frances Stuart Myers, Robertson-Northrop Sport Shop, Inc., D. T. Bohun Company, Sarah B. Killam, J. M. Barton, Tiffany \u0026 Co., Willie Galt, M.J.G. (regarding a prospective suitor for a family member).","Some concern Myers desire to continue as vice-consul at Norfolk, Va. Includes blueprints of Fort Norfolk.","Correspondence of Barton Myers with Josephus Daniels, Secretary of the Navy and other documents relating to the Norfolk Navy Yard as well as invitations to naval events. Herbert Hoover letter as Secretary of Commerce.","Letters to Barton Myers concerning Fort Norfolk, condemnation of Cape Henry land, and appointment of Myers as a member of the Atlantic Deeper Waterways Association convention.","Correspondence, 1916-1918, as member of Norfolk Dock Commission (Myers as president) and minutes of the commission concerning proposals to build a dock in Nofolk, Va., and 1917 dock commission blueprint.","Correspondence and documents, 1916-1923-24 concerning pleas for Barton Myers to remain active in the Norfolk Chamber of Commerce and Norfolk Dock Commission.","Memo includes addresses, expenses on trips, and notes concerning real estate; handwritten birthday card and a list.","Back is labeled \"Myers.\" Included is a photograph of Myers from a book.","Includes tickets to events as well as a souvenir anchor made from iron of the \"Merrimack.\"","Includes tickets to events.","Includes engravings of \"Landing at Jamestown,\" \"Braddock's Retreat,\" and \"Perils of our Forefathers,\" all by Dempsey \u0026 Carroll, N.Y.","2 copies.","Letters from Barton Myers, Jr. to his parents and family. Includes letters written from Woodberry Forest School, the University of Virginia and Cornell University.","Letters written by Barton Myers, Jr. to his family while serving in the Quartermaster Corps in World War I. Includes letters from Fort Myer, Fort Thomas, Ky., Newport News, Va., in France and in London, Eng.","Letters written by R. Baldwin Myers to his family. Includes letters written form Winchester, Salem Willows, Staunton, Woodberry Forest, London and France. Includes letter, 1914, to Baldwin from John Scott Walker concerning Woodberry Forest Reunion. Includes letter and material concerning his service in World War I.","One issue of a weekly newsletter, \"Music in the Camps,\" Vol. 1, No. 37, July 13, 1918. and war camp community service worker notices. Toast from World War I. Probably from the papers of either Barton Myers, Jr. or R. Baldwin Myers while serving in World War I.","Scope and Contents Letters from Louisa \"Loutie\" Barton Myers Lloyd (wife of, James Hubard Lloyd, a Protestant Episcopal missionary to Japan). Letter written from Kyoto. Includes letters, 1921, exchanged between James Hubard Lloyd and W. E. Rollings concerning Japanese students studying in America. Includes letter written by Japanese student studying English in Japan.","Letters of C. M. Barton to grandchildren Katherine and Willie; letter of Miss Cary M. Barton to Kate; L. B. B. Lloyd to Kate; Mary D. Whitlow to Miss Katherine Myers.","New York Surrogate's Court.","Soda coupons, Libby Prison Escape postcard, paint samples, typescript of letter written from Winchester, 1799, by Mrs. Susanna Knox, ad for foods for diabetes and other ailments, Norfolk Southern Railroad Company Electric Division, Sunday School lessons, list of pledges, program, 1921, League of Virginia Municipalities, Practice of Prayer by James J. McConkey, admission ticket, Governor's Island Boat, fertilizer mixtures, invitation, fireside club, from S. L. Taylor, Automobile Association of America and Rules of the Road in Norfolk, and envelopes.","(Alternative Form). Photocopies of newspaper clipping relating to the Jamestown Exposition of 1907.","Typescript. 8 pp. Apparently published in the Ledger-Dispatch, Norfolk, Va.","Located with Oversize.","Scope and Contents Delegate to the National Rivers and Harbours Congress, 1910; Delegate to the Seventh Annual Convention of the Atlantic Deeper Waterways Association 1914, 1915 and 1926; Representative to the Virginia Child Welfare Conference, 1911; Representative to the National Conference of Charities and Corrections, 1911, 1912; Representative to the Southern Socialogical Conference, 1912; Certificate for contributing to the campaign of Woodrow Wilson, 1912; City Council of Norfolk resolutions by Barton Myers, 1886 (2 copies); Certificate appointing Barton Myers as a Councilman for the City of Norfolk, 1881; Lay Readers License from the Diocese of Southern Virginia, 1919, 1920, 1926; Appointment, with seal, of Barton Myers as British Vice Consul, 1877; Handwritten document, with seal, appointing Barton Myers as British Pro Vice-Consul at the Port of Norfolk and Portsmouth. 1876; Certification that Barton Myers paid his dues for the \"Company 'A' 4th Regt. Infantry (\"Lee Rifles\") Virginia Volunteers, Norfolk, Virginia. 1913; and Indenture, with a seal, between Mount Hebron Cemetery Company and Dr. Robert F. Baldwin of Staunton, Virginia for a cemetery lot. undated.","Correspondence concerning stock, insurance, property negotiations and good wishes after an operation.","Correspondence with organizers, exhibitors and attendees of the Jamestown Exposition held in Norfolk, Virginia. Barton Myers was the auditor of the Jamestown Exposition Corporation.","1865 and 1876 letter to his father from Barton Myers, 1877 letter to Willie from his brother and 1878 postcard sent to William B. Muyres of Fauquier County, Virginia to show him how foreign postmarks look.","Family letters, personal letters and condolence letters after the death of Barton Myers.  14 letters.","Scope and Contents Partial and fragile diary from a trip to France and England. undated.","Scope and Contents Broadside for an antique sale; flyer for war loans; constitution, rules and regulations of The Ocean View Company...adopted November 1854; Norfolk, Virginia Chamber of Commerce dinner program in honor of the \"Secretary of the Navy\" in 1913; pamphlet \"The Norfolk Song 'I'm Crazy 'Bout Norfolk'\" printed for the City of Norfolk, Atlantic Deeper Wayerways' Association Convention in 1923; printed speech of Hon. Henry St. George Tucker in the House of Representatives on March 3, 1926 and Vol. 1 No. 1 edition of \"Norfolk Commerce\" bulletin of the Chamber of Commerce for 1914.","Scope and Contents Hand drawn architectural house plans with various views and a handpainted picture of the house signed by G.H. Burrage, Vice Admiral, USN. undated.","Letters and telegrams written to Barton Myers by his son, R. Baldwin Myers, from his early days as Major in the 104th Motor Supply Train at Camp McClellan in Anniston, Alabama to his deployment to Bourbonne les Bains in December.","Invitation from the Norfolk Museum of Arts and Science (Virginia) to a presentation made \"by S.J.L. Olver, H.M. Consul General, British Embasy...honoring the members of the Myers Family who for three generations held the office of British Consul in Norfolk.\"","Obituaries for Moses Myers, Barton Myers and Robert F. Baldwin.","Includes articles on the Moses Myers and Barton Myers homes in Norfolk, Virginia.","Correspondence, reports and flyers related to Barton Myers' positions as Mayor and City Councilman of Norfolk, Virginia.","Scope and Contents Blurred photograph of older lady holding a baby, business cards for Barton Myers (3), newspaper clipping with a table showing \"value of one dollar in Gold as compared with Treasury Notes during each month of the war, from May 1861 to April 1, 1865,\" War Department pass for Barton Myers and party as representatives of the Norfolk Chamber of Commerce, 1922 pamphlet from the American Society of Civil Engineers as a memoir to Archibald Stuart Baldwin who died on June 26, 1922 and a November 1885 \"Monthly Examination\" for \"2nd Class N.C.\" with \"Burrage\" written on reverse.","Scope and Contents 1917 deed and paperwork for the sale of \"Pig Point\" to the City of Norfolk for the war effort and undated deed for sale of Texas property.","Correspondence and deed about the sale of land in Norfolk by Capt. James W. Gerow and Barton Myers to the City of Norfolk for a boulevard.","Blueprint of property owners along the Elizabeth River and a 1910 plat of \"Ghent Residence, Incorporated and adjacent properties.\"","A partial draft of a history of Hampton Roads, typed with handwritten notes.","Board Minutes for the Infant Sanitarium in Virginia Beach, Virginia. Mrs. Barton Myers was president. Includes many newspaper clippings with details of the annual reports. Quotation from an article in The Virginian-Pilot (October 4, 2010): \"For nearly 60 years, sickly children were sent to the Infant Sanitarium on Atlantic Avenue at 18th Street [...] and tended to by medical staff, free of charge. The facility was founded in 1888 by Kate Baldwin Myers, the wife of Barton Myers, who served as Norfolk's mayor from 1886 to 1888.\"","Scrapbook of newspaper clippings with some pamphlets and personal written material included, created by Barton Myers.","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","Infant Sanitarium (Virginia Beach, Va.)","Myers family","Myers, Moses, 1752-1835","Myers, Barton, 1853-1927","Myers, Kate Baldwin","Myers, R. Baldwin, 1883-","Myers, Samuel, 1790-1829","Myers, John, 1787-1830","English"],"unitid_tesim":["Mss. 98 M99 Group A","/repositories/2/resources/8553"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Myers-Burrage-Graham papers (I), Group A"],"collection_title_tesim":["Myers-Burrage-Graham papers (I), Group A"],"collection_ssim":["Myers-Burrage-Graham papers (I), Group A"],"repository_ssm":["College of William and Mary"],"repository_ssim":["College of William and Mary"],"geogname_ssm":["Virginia--Militia"],"geogname_ssim":["Virginia--Militia"],"creator_ssm":["Myers, Moses, 1752-1835","Myers, Barton, 1853-1927","Myers, Kate Baldwin","Myers, R. Baldwin, 1883-","Myers family","Infant Sanitarium (Virginia Beach, Va.)","Myers, Samuel, 1790-1829","Myers, John, 1787-1830"],"creator_ssim":["Myers, Moses, 1752-1835","Myers, Barton, 1853-1927","Myers, Kate Baldwin","Myers, R. 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Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility.\u003c/p\u003e"],"accessrestrict_heading_ssm":["Conditions Governing Access:"],"accessrestrict_tesim":["Collection is open to all researchers. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility."],"arrangement_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe Myers-Burrage-Graham Papers (I) has been divided into three groups, A, B, and C. This finding aid is for Group A only. Overall, the papers of the Myers, Burrage and Graham families document six generations of a prominent Jewish family of Norfolk, Va. The bulk of the collection relates to Moses Myers and his children, particularly Samuel (1790-1829), John Myers (1787-1830) and his grandson Barton Myers (1853-1927). There are papers of collateral relatives Col. James Duncan Graham (1799-1865), topographical engineer and Vice-Admiral Guy Hamilton Burrage (1867-1954).\u003c/p\u003e"],"arrangement_heading_ssm":["Arrangement of Materials:"],"arrangement_tesim":["The Myers-Burrage-Graham Papers (I) has been divided into three groups, A, B, and C. This finding aid is for Group A only. Overall, the papers of the Myers, Burrage and Graham families document six generations of a prominent Jewish family of Norfolk, Va. The bulk of the collection relates to Moses Myers and his children, particularly Samuel (1790-1829), John Myers (1787-1830) and his grandson Barton Myers (1853-1927). There are papers of collateral relatives Col. James Duncan Graham (1799-1865), topographical engineer and Vice-Admiral Guy Hamilton Burrage (1867-1954)."],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eMoses Myers (1752-1835) was born in New York City. He was a prominent Jewish merchant in Norfolk, Va. moving there in 1787. He was consul for the Netherlands, vice-consul for Denmark and served as collector of customs for the district of Norfolk and Portsmouth. He served in the Revolutionary War and later in the Virginia militia. He was President of the Norfolk Common Council.\u003c/p\u003e"],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical Information:"],"bioghist_tesim":["Moses Myers (1752-1835) was born in New York City. He was a prominent Jewish merchant in Norfolk, Va. moving there in 1787. He was consul for the Netherlands, vice-consul for Denmark and served as collector of customs for the district of Norfolk and Portsmouth. He served in the Revolutionary War and later in the Virginia militia. He was President of the Norfolk Common Council."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eMyers-Burrage-Graham Papers (I) Group A, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.\u003c/p\u003e"],"prefercite_tesim":["Myers-Burrage-Graham Papers (I) Group A, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary."],"processinfo_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eProcessed by Antonio Bly in 2000.\u003c/p\u003e"],"processinfo_heading_ssm":["Processing Information:"],"processinfo_tesim":["Processed by Antonio Bly in 2000."],"relatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eSee also; Gustavus A. Myers Papers, 1834-1869, Samuel Myers Papers, 1796-1845, and the Myers-Burrage-Graham Papers (I) Groups B and C, Myers Papers (II), all at Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Mss. Acc. 2008.147 Myers Papers of the Chrysler Museum of Art\u003c/p\u003e"],"relatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Related Materials:"],"relatedmaterial_tesim":["See also; Gustavus A. Myers Papers, 1834-1869, Samuel Myers Papers, 1796-1845, and the Myers-Burrage-Graham Papers (I) Groups B and C, Myers Papers (II), all at Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary."," Mss. Acc. 2008.147 Myers Papers of the Chrysler Museum of Art"],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eCy of ALS. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePass allows safe-passage through the Province of Quebec to the colonies. Signed by Frederic Haldimand and R. Mathews. XCy and Photo of DS. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDS. 2 pp.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents There, goods imported from \"Europe or other parts of the world\" would be sold. DS and XCy. 10 pp.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAssures Nicholas of his choice to locate his investment in Virginia with them; outlines reasons why Virginia is an excellent site for their business. XCy of DS. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMentions Moses Myers. frag. of D. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInsurance company— Mutual Assurance Society. Policy holder— David Simons. Frederick District no. 82. DS. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInsurance company— Mutual Assurance Society. Policy holder—David Simons. Fredericksburg district no. 83. DS. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eStatement confirms the prices of several staple/farm products.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDS. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBooklet/oration eulogizing the death of George Washington. P. 20 pp.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSigned by Ja[me]s Monroe. DS. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eADS. 2 pp.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Includes document of March 10, 1804, stating that Moses Myers has given one hundred dollars \"for his subscription toward building\" the Court House in Portsmouth. Signed by Tubman Laws. DS. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSk. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSigned by Alexander Stuart. DS. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCy of DS. 2 pp.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Recommends not purchasing oranges unless \"remarkably fine and cheap\"; sends draft on Moses Myers for $100 which applies to his credit; has had troubles collecting amount due Murphy \u0026amp; Blackburn. ALS. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNws. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNws. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCy of DS. 2 pp.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInforms Myers of a duel between Cabell and Jones; Jones was wounded in the thigh. Mentions a prospect to buy cider. ALS. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePropose to appoint Myers as Danish Vice Consul. ALS. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInforming Myers that he \"Will receive his father's trunk, case, cain \u0026amp; hat,\" etc. ALS. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSigned by James Madison and Robert Smith, Secretary of State. DS. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eD. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eALS. 4 pp.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSending Myers a complete copying book, pistols, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents John Myers's intent to visit Europe; Samuel Myers has not contacts; gives him a commission to buy a set of \"glass\" and \"floor cloth.\" ALS. 2 pp.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents John has gone to London. MM and the family are \"extremely anxious to hear\" from him; business here is dull including ship sales. ALS. 4 pp.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Mentions letter he (John) wrote to his brother on the \"15th\" with a present. Mrs. Wickham's health; philosophizes a crisis in Europe; compares to America; war would bring unity to us. ALS. 3 pp.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMentions the sale of vessel, Victory; business notes, news of family and acquaintances. ALS. 5 pp.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses revolutions in Europe; John Myers being a merchant not held in high regard; shipping; cargoes; computing houses; foodstuffs for sale. ALS. 5 pp.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRecommends acquiring a knowledge of the arts of the countries during a brief tour of England; keeping a journal on national and local politics in America. ALS. 7 pp.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses foreign affairs between America and England; approaching dissolution of the U.S. Bank. ALS. 4 pp.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDS. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e3 cards.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eProbably acquired by John Myers during the trip to England in 1810/1811. PM. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePM. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePM. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePM. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNws. 4 pp.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNws. 4 pp.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNws. 4 pp.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Discuss foreign affairs among the French, English and America; non-importation against England \"great events have generated this chaos\"; \"great events can restore\" political peace. ALS. 3 pp.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNws. 4 pp.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNws. 4 pp.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNws. 4 pp.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eShipping concerns; mercantile business; banking matters, list of ayes and noes \"for striking out.\" ALS. 5 pp.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNws. 4 pp.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNws. 4 pp.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eU.S. Cabinet; people clamor for war; public improvements. ALS. 5 pp.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMentions the purchase of a new ship, the Norfolk Pucket, and other shipping news; increase in business; burning of French privateer at Gosport; Monroe as Secretary of State, probably next President. ALS. 3 pp.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Mentions how the French are \"confiscating all American property\"; we are a \"sinking nation\"; critical of President Madison; \"cripled commerce of the world\"; farmers producing tobacco; party every night in Norfolk. ALS. 4 pp.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePM. 3 pp.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePM. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAlso a list of names of the \"stewards for the Trinity breakfast.\" PM. 2 pp.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDull trade; shipping news; news of family. ALS. 2 pp.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e(Collected by John Myers.) PM. 9 pp.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e(Collected by John Myers). PM. 9 pp.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMoses Myers's health is better; business dull; money matters, Mr. Foster in correspondence with [James] Monroe. ALS. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDS. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMentions Myers's letters to his father, and his application to restore goods he deposited in the Custom House from the frigate Constitution. Includes list of articles sent to Custom House. ALS. 4 pp.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSigned by President and faculty of Harvard. ADS. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePurchase of corn. ALS. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSamuel is going to England on the Packet; severe battle between French and the allies at Leipzig. ALS. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTaylor accepts their approbation. ALS. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eExpression of friendship. ALS. 2 pp.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSigned by W[ilson] C[ary] Nicholas. DS. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHave not met with the king yet, still waiting in Vienna; return of Napoleon to France; European affairs; Danish \"will not adventure much to America.\" ALS. 3 pp.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter of introduction for the son of a mutual acquaintance. ALS. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInforms Myers that he has been \"elected a director of the office of Discount \u0026amp; Deposit of the Bank of the United States at Norfolk.\" ALS. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePassport for Myer Myers to enter France signed by Myers and John Quincy Adams. DS. 3 pp.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncluding a note by \"W.B. Lamb,\" 11 August 1817. DS. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncluding document of statement John Marshall is Chief Justice signed by Richard Reed. Including John Marshall's ALS attesting to Moses, John, Samuel, Myers as merchants in Norfolk and citizens of the U.S., 12 September 1817. 2 DS \u0026amp; ALS. 3 pp.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003efrag. of DS. 2 pp.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThanks him for writing him, importance of family and friendship; mention of W. Etting, Mrs. French's music; duty calls him to support his family; fifteen years younger he would be a novel writer. ALS. 3 pp.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSigned by James P. preston. DS. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHis little girl is poisoned by a ring of debased metal; Governor Ridgely wants Wirt to join in working a mine in Botetourt, Virginia. Needs a coachman. ALS. 3 pp.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Writes about his own \"afflictions\"; healthwise and other burdens; refers to an appointment in Pennsylvania and the importance of a personal application. Mention of the Etting family. ALS. 2 pp.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eExpresses his pleasure in writing to him (Myers). Has recommended him to be a commissioner to settle claims under Spanish treaty. Mention of Judge Washington, Mr. Patterson, and General Taylor. ALS. 4 pp.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMentions John Myers's application to the commissioner under the late Spanish treaty for the adjustment of American claims. ALS. 2 pp.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIn Dutch. DS. 2 pp.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe Myers application for the commissionership for settling claims; definition of professional man; discussion of regulations of Spanish treaty; U.S. President comes to Norfolk; mention of Ettings. ALS. 7 pp.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMutual friends; visit of U.S. President to Norfolk. ALS. 2 pp.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSigned by James Monroe and John Quincy Adams. DS. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning purchases of American editions of books; includes list of legal titles and prices. ALS. 3 pp.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSelected a revised code of law for him. ALS. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Captain Downes of U.S. ship Macedonian is \"authorized\" to being home \"specie.\" ALS. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThanks Myer for the \"foreign newspapers,\" containing opinion in slave case. AL. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Discusses Myers's account against Dr. George Buzman\" in debt case. ALS. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents He is authorized to practice law. Signed by Spencer Roane and William Brockenbrough.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSigned by Thomas M. Randolph. DS. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDS. 3 pp.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRegrets missing his visit concerning financial relief for Myers. ALS. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNews. 4 pp.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscuss the route that Perderver intends to take when he returns north. Engage passage on the Miss George Packet. ALS. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning representing John Myers and his father in case before comptroller. ALS. 3 pp.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAt Charlotte's Villa. PM. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSending enclosed [not enclosed] by M.M. Robinson. ALS. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOn board the Constitution. Naval case. ALS. 4 pp.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNewsCl. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAccepts Myers's loan of his pistols. ALS. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSigned by William P. DuVal. DS. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCommemorating forty-seventh anniversary of American independence.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePM. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses the formation of volunteer militia. ALS. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning the selection by the President of claim by Myers. ALS. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSigned by William DuVal. APsS. 2 pp.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMyers has been elected as the representative of the ward of Pensacola. ALS. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning lottery. PM including ALS. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter Myers left for President sent to him. ALS. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter of recommendation for Samuel Myers. ALS; includes postcard. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMentions the illness of \"Mr. C.\" Offers to assist Myers. ALS. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Discuss his meeting with AlexanderBrown. Tells Myers not to hurry his suit. ALS. 2 pp.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSigned by James Pleasants. DS. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning trade. ALS includig note by Michael Lazarus to Brooke Cosby. ALS. 3 pp.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003efrag. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eADS. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eApologizes for not writing him back sooner. Situation prevents him from complying with Myers's request. ALS. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eADS. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNws. 4 pp.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eActivities of day. ALS. 3 pp.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses the \"system of customs.\" ALS. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTurns down his request for a recommendation for collector of customs in Norfolk as he [Giles] is not in the favor of the administration. ALS. 2 pp.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eANS. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMentions writing \"Mr. Rush.\" ALS. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning the appointment of the collection of customs in Norfolk. ALS. 2 pp.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReference to favor for Moses Myers. Discusses planting a cotton crop next year. ALS. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReference to collectorship. ALS. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSigned by John Quincy Adams and Richard Rush. DS. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSigned John Q. Adams and H. Clay. DS. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eADS. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCannot find the papers he (Myers) requested in regards to his father's appointment to \"Collector at Norfolk.\" Isn't sure whether name of father Moses Myers has been sent to the president or not. ALS. 2 pp.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Mentions the re-election of \"Gov. [Joseph] Kent\" of Maryland. ALS. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMyers's father's appointment has been approved by the Senate. ALS. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDocument also signed by Richard Rush, Secretary of the Treasury. DS. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003efrag. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRefers to case on the docket of Reuben M. Whitney v. the United States. ALS. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eANS. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eALS. 4 pp.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncluded is a poetic newspaper clipping. D. 2 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNwsCl.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInstructions concerning customs. LS. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAddress leaf.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMentions his memorial to the committee of commerce. ALS. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Moses Myers from the secretary of the Treasury Samuel D. Ingham. PDS. 2 pp.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning memorial about Moses Myers, collector of customs, and no intention to remove him. ALS. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThanks him for conveying liberal benefaction from donor. ALS. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFrederick Myers of Norfolk. DS. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDS. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSigned by John Floyd. DS. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSrock certificate entitling holder to five shares of stock in the Virginia and North Carolina Transportation Co. DS. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning health, banking, and European politics including Ireland. ALS. 4 pp.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning health and business. ALS. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDS. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePM. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSigned by Wyndham Robertson. DS. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Including letter by Myer Myers. ALS. 3 pp.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSigned by Wyndham Robertson. DS. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTravelling and travel plans. ALS. 4 pp.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFamily news. Illness of child. ALS. 3 pp.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIllness of father. Mention of Mr. Etting; social news. ALS. 4 pp.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Mentions a \"convention\" of which Myers was the host. Social and family news. ALS. 3 pp.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSigned by John M. Gregory. DS. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAmong a number of these concerned citizens appear M[yer] Myers's and Moses Myers's signatures. D. 3 pp.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePetition states that the city will not pave Free Mason Street. Signed by M. Myers, Executor, among others. DS. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses an ongoing chess game between two with plays. ALS. 4 pp.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSocial, family news, weather, flowers. ALS. 4 pp.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eALS. 4 pp.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDS. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCivil War military news of John B. Floyd and Henry A. Wise. AMS. 2 pp.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAccepts Myers's resignation of his commission as 1st lieutenant \"4 Reg. Cavalry.\" ALS. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Commissions Olinger \"First Lieutenant of Riflemen in the 94th\" Regiment. DS. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGives orders for the regiment to move from Camp Jackson at 10 o'clock AM in the direction of Kanawha Valley. ALS. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSigned by John Letcher on verso. Is a note from William Lamb certifying Moses Myers's commission. D. 2 pp.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHas written the Whig as Hughes suggested.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\"Dispose of me as you see fit and accept my heart-felt sympathy.\" ALS. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMentions an overruling on the part of the judge. ALS. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses the appointment of an unnamed person to an \"officer.\" Will check facts with Judge Rives. ALS. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRefers to a charter that has become a law. ALS. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMentions an examination of Daniel's paper on the appointment of the Inspector of Borders. ALS. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRefers the action of some mischievous school boys during the Easter holiday. Including note by James Barron Hope, 16 April 1887. ALS. 2 pp.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRefers Arthur's appointment as the Brazilian consulate general of New York and hopes for Barton Myers's cooperation and friendship. TLS. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMentions the change within the Brazilian government from empire to republic. TLS. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTurns down social invitation. Looks forward to discussing with Hughes law, literature, etc. ALS. 2 pp.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHoliday declines Myers's invitation to him and his wife. ALS. 2 pp.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIs obliged to you for the address on \"Editors of the Past,\" which I have read with great interest. TLS. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRefers to an appointment of Paymaster in the Navy. ALS. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eADS. 2 pp.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAcknowledges condolences of British residents on the death of Queen Victoria. TLS. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMentions Marquis of Lansdowne and Myers's telegram on the queen's death. ALS. 2 pp.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRefers to the president of Jamestown Exposition Company, Incorporated, account. Marked \"Confidential.\" ALS. 3 pp.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThanks Barton Myers for the copy of the book, The Life of Stonewall Jackson. Comments on Lee and Jackson. ALS. 3 pp.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAddresses the subject of tickets for a White House reception. TLS 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDewey declines Myers's invitation to address the Naval Young Men's Christian Association. TLS. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMetcalf declines Myers's invitation to be his guest at the opening of the Jamestown Exposition. TLS 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDeclines invitation. ALS. 3 pp.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePM. 4 pp.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscussion of Miss Heyl's promotion in Bureau of Engraving and Printing. Since it is a civil service job Martin has little influence. TLS. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMentions an appointment of Judge White to fill the vacancy occasioned by Judge Boykin's death. TLS. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMakes reference to Hughes's letter of the 15th. TLS. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePenal codes. TLS. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Thanks Myers for his \"elegant hospitality\" during his visit. TLS. 2 pp.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eC. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMentions the war, and an appointment of William Stanley Edmonds as vice-consul to the post of Norfolk to replace Myers. TLS. 2 pp.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAcknowledges receipt of Rice's dispatch of the 7th. Mentions Myers's acceptance of Mr. Edmonds as vice-consul. Details of office of vice-consul. TL. 2 pp.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter discusses Mr. Edmond's position as vice-consul and something of his salary arrangement. Details of office of vice-consul. ALS. 2 pp.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAcknowledges letters of the \"17th/25th.\" Also indicates a change in vice-consul; rather than Edmonds, Will Royds has been appointed the position to assist Myers. Adf. 3 pp.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTo Myers visiting him and German ships. ALS. 2 pp.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAcknowledges the receipt of Rice's letter of 11th, mentions \"consular business.\" ALS. 2 pp.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\"Sorry out of town unless specially urgent could you come Wednesday.\" Telegram. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Reports on the \"consular business\"; Meyers expresses his satisfaction with Mr. Royds. Details of consular business. TL. 4 pp.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses the reallocation of work within the consular office. TLS. 2 pp.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAcknowledges the receipt of Cecil's letter of the 23rd. Also conveys Myers's apprval of the arrangement of the vice-consul office. TL. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePromised to send Taylor's book. Travel plans. ALS. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRegisters the Admiralty's great appreciation of Myers's assistance given to Commodore Wells. TLS. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning the destruction of Old Fort Norfolk. TLS. 2 pp.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFamily and social news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter of instruction for Mr. and Mrs. Norman Williams.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning death of friend. ALS. 2 pp.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscussion of accusation and prejudice against the Myers brothers. ALS. 3 pp.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMs. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAMs. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSigned imprint by Meyer Myers and others. PDoc. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDS. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning consular duties. ALS. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eADoc. 2 pp.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMarital problems. Family news. ALS. 3 pp.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSigned in print by Moses Myers, president. See Oversize Box. PDoc. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSee Oversize Folder. ADS. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAccomplishments of Barton Myers, Sr. Sketches of Barton Myers, Sr. for National Encyclopedia of American Biography. Speech, 1907, by Barton Myers concerning Young Men's Christian Association. Notes for a speech dedicating a church building. Genealogy of the late Archibald Stuart Baldwin.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWritings of Barton Myers, Sr. including a toast to the coronation of George V., notes concerning a contract to build a grain elevator in Norfolk, Va., report, 1919, to the congregation concerning the removal of St. Luke's Episcopal Church, memorandum concerning purchase or lease for the Army Supply Base, speech concerning Tidewater Women's Associations, notes concerning Rev. James Blair, and notes concerning erection of a monument at Blackwall, England.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWritings of Barton Myers. Most concern religious subjects but there are notes concerning liquidation of the debt of Virginia, Myers genealogy, liquor on election days, Henry Clay's ideas on tariffs, the shipyard at norfolk, English legal history, and a daily schedule for Myers.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSpeech of Barton Myers, Sr. to Norfolk Chamber of Commerce, excerpt of a Speech of Barton Myers, Sr. to the Norfolk Chamber of Commerce, statement concerning the Jamestown Exposition, Myers to Norfolk Ledger-Dispatch and to Portsmouth Star concerning advocating of Claude A. Swanson as Senator, and advocating of Col. E. E. Holland for Congress, speech to League of Virginia Municipalities.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReport of a committee to argue why the office of customs should be located at Norfolk and not Newport News, speech of Barton Myers, Sr. outlining Norfolk Chamber of Commerce activities during the past year (during World War I), resolution opposing the lease of the Virginian Railway to Norfolk and Western Railroad (by Barton Myers as chairman of Norfolk Port Commission), committee report on building of wharves and docks (Norfolk \u0026amp; Portsmouth Belt Line Company), testimony of S. Heth Tyler and Barton Myers concerning application of the Norfolk and Western Railway to acquire control by lease of the ... Virginia Railway Company., notes concerning the needs of the city of Norfolk, Va. for development in 1912, report of a committee on the suitable location for union terminals, docks, and warehouse and railroad routes (Myers as chair), bill to amend the charter and extend and define the boundaries of Norfolk, Printed report of a committee and editorials concerning the port of Baltimore, speech, 1915, to the Norfolk Chamber of Commerce, deposition 7 June 1894, concerning the election of 1894 and black voters in Norfolk, Va., and applications for First Families of America.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAnnual Report, 10 February 1891, of the trade and commerce of the Port of Norfolk, Virginia, U.S.A.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes several written to him as vice-consul for the Netherlands written in Dutch. includes business cards from his sons Baldwin Myers and Barton Myers, Jr.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEdward Thornton (concerning the mother of Joesph D. Pinner), Frances Caperton Preston, Barton Myers, Jr. (at the University of Virginia), ToTo to uncle [Barton Myers, Sr.], Katherine Barton Myers (describing a Liberty Loan Parade), Frances Stuart Myers, Dayman O. Holmes (concerning Myers portraits), A. W. Sully (concerning Myers portraits), E. Lee Trinkle, Mrs. Benjamin Mordecai Siegel, T.W. Harrison, Robert M. Hughes, letter transmitting an admission to the House of Commons.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFrances Stuart Myers, Robertson-Northrop Sport Shop, Inc., D. T. Bohun Company, Sarah B. Killam, J. M. Barton, Tiffany \u0026amp; Co., Willie Galt, M.J.G. (regarding a prospective suitor for a family member).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSome concern Myers desire to continue as vice-consul at Norfolk, Va. Includes blueprints of Fort Norfolk.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence of Barton Myers with Josephus Daniels, Secretary of the Navy and other documents relating to the Norfolk Navy Yard as well as invitations to naval events. Herbert Hoover letter as Secretary of Commerce.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters to Barton Myers concerning Fort Norfolk, condemnation of Cape Henry land, and appointment of Myers as a member of the Atlantic Deeper Waterways Association convention.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence, 1916-1918, as member of Norfolk Dock Commission (Myers as president) and minutes of the commission concerning proposals to build a dock in Nofolk, Va., and 1917 dock commission blueprint.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence and documents, 1916-1923-24 concerning pleas for Barton Myers to remain active in the Norfolk Chamber of Commerce and Norfolk Dock Commission.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMemo includes addresses, expenses on trips, and notes concerning real estate; handwritten birthday card and a list.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBack is labeled \"Myers.\" Included is a photograph of Myers from a book.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes tickets to events as well as a souvenir anchor made from iron of the \"Merrimack.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes tickets to events.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes engravings of \"Landing at Jamestown,\" \"Braddock's Retreat,\" and \"Perils of our Forefathers,\" all by Dempsey \u0026amp; Carroll, N.Y.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 copies.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters from Barton Myers, Jr. to his parents and family. Includes letters written from Woodberry Forest School, the University of Virginia and Cornell University.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters written by Barton Myers, Jr. to his family while serving in the Quartermaster Corps in World War I. Includes letters from Fort Myer, Fort Thomas, Ky., Newport News, Va., in France and in London, Eng.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters written by R. Baldwin Myers to his family. Includes letters written form Winchester, Salem Willows, Staunton, Woodberry Forest, London and France. Includes letter, 1914, to Baldwin from John Scott Walker concerning Woodberry Forest Reunion. Includes letter and material concerning his service in World War I.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOne issue of a weekly newsletter, \"Music in the Camps,\" Vol. 1, No. 37, July 13, 1918. and war camp community service worker notices. Toast from World War I. Probably from the papers of either Barton Myers, Jr. or R. Baldwin Myers while serving in World War I.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Letters from Louisa \"Loutie\" Barton Myers Lloyd (wife of, James Hubard Lloyd, a Protestant Episcopal missionary to Japan). Letter written from Kyoto. Includes letters, 1921, exchanged between James Hubard Lloyd and W. E. Rollings concerning Japanese students studying in America. Includes letter written by Japanese student studying English in Japan.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters of C. M. Barton to grandchildren Katherine and Willie; letter of Miss Cary M. Barton to Kate; L. B. B. Lloyd to Kate; Mary D. Whitlow to Miss Katherine Myers.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNew York Surrogate's Court.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSoda coupons, Libby Prison Escape postcard, paint samples, typescript of letter written from Winchester, 1799, by Mrs. Susanna Knox, ad for foods for diabetes and other ailments, Norfolk Southern Railroad Company Electric Division, Sunday School lessons, list of pledges, program, 1921, League of Virginia Municipalities, Practice of Prayer by James J. McConkey, admission ticket, Governor's Island Boat, fertilizer mixtures, invitation, fireside club, from S. L. Taylor, Automobile Association of America and Rules of the Road in Norfolk, and envelopes.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e(Alternative Form). Photocopies of newspaper clipping relating to the Jamestown Exposition of 1907.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTypescript. 8 pp. Apparently published in the Ledger-Dispatch, Norfolk, Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLocated with Oversize.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Delegate to the National Rivers and Harbours Congress, 1910; Delegate to the Seventh Annual Convention of the Atlantic Deeper Waterways Association 1914, 1915 and 1926; Representative to the Virginia Child Welfare Conference, 1911; Representative to the National Conference of Charities and Corrections, 1911, 1912; Representative to the Southern Socialogical Conference, 1912; Certificate for contributing to the campaign of Woodrow Wilson, 1912; City Council of Norfolk resolutions by Barton Myers, 1886 (2 copies); Certificate appointing Barton Myers as a Councilman for the City of Norfolk, 1881; Lay Readers License from the Diocese of Southern Virginia, 1919, 1920, 1926; Appointment, with seal, of Barton Myers as British Vice Consul, 1877; Handwritten document, with seal, appointing Barton Myers as British Pro Vice-Consul at the Port of Norfolk and Portsmouth. 1876; Certification that Barton Myers paid his dues for the \"Company 'A' 4th Regt. Infantry (\"Lee Rifles\") Virginia Volunteers, Norfolk, Virginia. 1913; and Indenture, with a seal, between Mount Hebron Cemetery Company and Dr. Robert F. Baldwin of Staunton, Virginia for a cemetery lot. undated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence concerning stock, insurance, property negotiations and good wishes after an operation.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence with organizers, exhibitors and attendees of the Jamestown Exposition held in Norfolk, Virginia. Barton Myers was the auditor of the Jamestown Exposition Corporation.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1865 and 1876 letter to his father from Barton Myers, 1877 letter to Willie from his brother and 1878 postcard sent to William B. Muyres of Fauquier County, Virginia to show him how foreign postmarks look.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFamily letters, personal letters and condolence letters after the death of Barton Myers.  14 letters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Partial and fragile diary from a trip to France and England. undated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Broadside for an antique sale; flyer for war loans; constitution, rules and regulations of The Ocean View Company...adopted November 1854; Norfolk, Virginia Chamber of Commerce dinner program in honor of the \"Secretary of the Navy\" in 1913; pamphlet \"The Norfolk Song 'I'm Crazy 'Bout Norfolk'\" printed for the City of Norfolk, Atlantic Deeper Wayerways' Association Convention in 1923; printed speech of Hon. Henry St. George Tucker in the House of Representatives on March 3, 1926 and Vol. 1 No. 1 edition of \"Norfolk Commerce\" bulletin of the Chamber of Commerce for 1914.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Hand drawn architectural house plans with various views and a handpainted picture of the house signed by G.H. Burrage, Vice Admiral, USN. undated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters and telegrams written to Barton Myers by his son, R. Baldwin Myers, from his early days as Major in the 104th Motor Supply Train at Camp McClellan in Anniston, Alabama to his deployment to Bourbonne les Bains in December.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInvitation from the Norfolk Museum of Arts and Science (Virginia) to a presentation made \"by S.J.L. Olver, H.M. Consul General, British Embasy...honoring the members of the Myers Family who for three generations held the office of British Consul in Norfolk.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eObituaries for Moses Myers, Barton Myers and Robert F. Baldwin.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes articles on the Moses Myers and Barton Myers homes in Norfolk, Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence, reports and flyers related to Barton Myers' positions as Mayor and City Councilman of Norfolk, Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Blurred photograph of older lady holding a baby, business cards for Barton Myers (3), newspaper clipping with a table showing \"value of one dollar in Gold as compared with Treasury Notes during each month of the war, from May 1861 to April 1, 1865,\" War Department pass for Barton Myers and party as representatives of the Norfolk Chamber of Commerce, 1922 pamphlet from the American Society of Civil Engineers as a memoir to Archibald Stuart Baldwin who died on June 26, 1922 and a November 1885 \"Monthly Examination\" for \"2nd Class N.C.\" with \"Burrage\" written on reverse.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents 1917 deed and paperwork for the sale of \"Pig Point\" to the City of Norfolk for the war effort and undated deed for sale of Texas property.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence and deed about the sale of land in Norfolk by Capt. James W. Gerow and Barton Myers to the City of Norfolk for a boulevard.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBlueprint of property owners along the Elizabeth River and a 1910 plat of \"Ghent Residence, Incorporated and adjacent properties.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA partial draft of a history of Hampton Roads, typed with handwritten notes.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBoard Minutes for the Infant Sanitarium in Virginia Beach, Virginia. Mrs. Barton Myers was president. Includes many newspaper clippings with details of the annual reports. Quotation from an article in The Virginian-Pilot (October 4, 2010): \"For nearly 60 years, sickly children were sent to the Infant Sanitarium on Atlantic Avenue at 18th Street [...] and tended to by medical staff, free of charge. 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Signed by Frederic Haldimand and R. Mathews. XCy and Photo of DS. 1 p.","DS. 2 pp.","Scope and Contents There, goods imported from \"Europe or other parts of the world\" would be sold. DS and XCy. 10 pp.","Assures Nicholas of his choice to locate his investment in Virginia with them; outlines reasons why Virginia is an excellent site for their business. XCy of DS. 1 p.","Mentions Moses Myers. frag. of D. 1 p.","Insurance company— Mutual Assurance Society. Policy holder— David Simons. Frederick District no. 82. DS. 1 p.","Insurance company— Mutual Assurance Society. Policy holder—David Simons. Fredericksburg district no. 83. DS. 1 p.","Statement confirms the prices of several staple/farm products.","DS. 1 p.","Booklet/oration eulogizing the death of George Washington. P. 20 pp.","Signed by Ja[me]s Monroe. DS. 1 p.","ADS. 2 pp.","Scope and Contents Includes document of March 10, 1804, stating that Moses Myers has given one hundred dollars \"for his subscription toward building\" the Court House in Portsmouth. Signed by Tubman Laws. DS. 1 p.","Sk. 1 p.","Signed by Alexander Stuart. DS. 1 p.","Cy of DS. 2 pp.","Scope and Contents Recommends not purchasing oranges unless \"remarkably fine and cheap\"; sends draft on Moses Myers for $100 which applies to his credit; has had troubles collecting amount due Murphy \u0026 Blackburn. ALS. 1 p.","Nws. 1 p.","Nws. 1 p.","Cy of DS. 2 pp.","Informs Myers of a duel between Cabell and Jones; Jones was wounded in the thigh. Mentions a prospect to buy cider. ALS. 1 p.","1 p.","Propose to appoint Myers as Danish Vice Consul. ALS. 1 p.","Informing Myers that he \"Will receive his father's trunk, case, cain \u0026 hat,\" etc. ALS. 1 p.","Signed by James Madison and Robert Smith, Secretary of State. DS. 1 p.","D. 1 p.","ALS. 4 pp.","Sending Myers a complete copying book, pistols, etc.","Scope and Contents John Myers's intent to visit Europe; Samuel Myers has not contacts; gives him a commission to buy a set of \"glass\" and \"floor cloth.\" ALS. 2 pp.","Scope and Contents John has gone to London. MM and the family are \"extremely anxious to hear\" from him; business here is dull including ship sales. ALS. 4 pp.","Scope and Contents Mentions letter he (John) wrote to his brother on the \"15th\" with a present. Mrs. Wickham's health; philosophizes a crisis in Europe; compares to America; war would bring unity to us. ALS. 3 pp.","Mentions the sale of vessel, Victory; business notes, news of family and acquaintances. ALS. 5 pp.","Discusses revolutions in Europe; John Myers being a merchant not held in high regard; shipping; cargoes; computing houses; foodstuffs for sale. ALS. 5 pp.","Recommends acquiring a knowledge of the arts of the countries during a brief tour of England; keeping a journal on national and local politics in America. ALS. 7 pp.","Discusses foreign affairs between America and England; approaching dissolution of the U.S. Bank. ALS. 4 pp.","DS. 1 p.","3 cards.","Probably acquired by John Myers during the trip to England in 1810/1811. PM. 1 p.","PM. 1 p.","PM. 1 p.","PM. 1 p.","Nws. 4 pp.","Nws. 4 pp.","Nws. 4 pp.","Scope and Contents Discuss foreign affairs among the French, English and America; non-importation against England \"great events have generated this chaos\"; \"great events can restore\" political peace. ALS. 3 pp.","Nws. 4 pp.","Nws. 4 pp.","Nws. 4 pp.","Shipping concerns; mercantile business; banking matters, list of ayes and noes \"for striking out.\" ALS. 5 pp.","Nws. 4 pp.","Nws. 4 pp.","U.S. Cabinet; people clamor for war; public improvements. ALS. 5 pp.","Mentions the purchase of a new ship, the Norfolk Pucket, and other shipping news; increase in business; burning of French privateer at Gosport; Monroe as Secretary of State, probably next President. ALS. 3 pp.","Scope and Contents Mentions how the French are \"confiscating all American property\"; we are a \"sinking nation\"; critical of President Madison; \"cripled commerce of the world\"; farmers producing tobacco; party every night in Norfolk. ALS. 4 pp.","PM. 3 pp.","PM. 1 p.","Also a list of names of the \"stewards for the Trinity breakfast.\" PM. 2 pp.","Dull trade; shipping news; news of family. ALS. 2 pp.","(Collected by John Myers.) PM. 9 pp.","(Collected by John Myers). PM. 9 pp.","Moses Myers's health is better; business dull; money matters, Mr. Foster in correspondence with [James] Monroe. ALS. 1 p.","DS. 1 p.","Mentions Myers's letters to his father, and his application to restore goods he deposited in the Custom House from the frigate Constitution. Includes list of articles sent to Custom House. ALS. 4 pp.","Signed by President and faculty of Harvard. ADS. 1 p.","Purchase of corn. ALS. 1 p.","Samuel is going to England on the Packet; severe battle between French and the allies at Leipzig. ALS. 1 p.","Taylor accepts their approbation. ALS. 1 p.","Expression of friendship. ALS. 2 pp.","Signed by W[ilson] C[ary] Nicholas. DS. 1 p.","Have not met with the king yet, still waiting in Vienna; return of Napoleon to France; European affairs; Danish \"will not adventure much to America.\" ALS. 3 pp.","Letter of introduction for the son of a mutual acquaintance. ALS. 1 p.","Informs Myers that he has been \"elected a director of the office of Discount \u0026 Deposit of the Bank of the United States at Norfolk.\" ALS. 1 p.","Passport for Myer Myers to enter France signed by Myers and John Quincy Adams. DS. 3 pp.","Including a note by \"W.B. Lamb,\" 11 August 1817. DS. 1 p.","Including document of statement John Marshall is Chief Justice signed by Richard Reed. Including John Marshall's ALS attesting to Moses, John, Samuel, Myers as merchants in Norfolk and citizens of the U.S., 12 September 1817. 2 DS \u0026 ALS. 3 pp.","frag. of DS. 2 pp.","Thanks him for writing him, importance of family and friendship; mention of W. Etting, Mrs. French's music; duty calls him to support his family; fifteen years younger he would be a novel writer. ALS. 3 pp.","Signed by James P. preston. DS. 1 p.","His little girl is poisoned by a ring of debased metal; Governor Ridgely wants Wirt to join in working a mine in Botetourt, Virginia. Needs a coachman. ALS. 3 pp.","Scope and Contents Writes about his own \"afflictions\"; healthwise and other burdens; refers to an appointment in Pennsylvania and the importance of a personal application. Mention of the Etting family. ALS. 2 pp.","Expresses his pleasure in writing to him (Myers). Has recommended him to be a commissioner to settle claims under Spanish treaty. Mention of Judge Washington, Mr. Patterson, and General Taylor. ALS. 4 pp.","Mentions John Myers's application to the commissioner under the late Spanish treaty for the adjustment of American claims. ALS. 2 pp.","In Dutch. DS. 2 pp.","The Myers application for the commissionership for settling claims; definition of professional man; discussion of regulations of Spanish treaty; U.S. President comes to Norfolk; mention of Ettings. ALS. 7 pp.","Mutual friends; visit of U.S. President to Norfolk. ALS. 2 pp.","Signed by James Monroe and John Quincy Adams. DS. 1 p.","Concerning purchases of American editions of books; includes list of legal titles and prices. ALS. 3 pp.","Selected a revised code of law for him. ALS. 1 p.","Scope and Contents Captain Downes of U.S. ship Macedonian is \"authorized\" to being home \"specie.\" ALS. 1 p.","Thanks Myer for the \"foreign newspapers,\" containing opinion in slave case. AL. 1 p.","Scope and Contents Discusses Myers's account against Dr. George Buzman\" in debt case. ALS. 1 p.","Scope and Contents He is authorized to practice law. Signed by Spencer Roane and William Brockenbrough.","Signed by Thomas M. Randolph. DS. 1 p.","DS. 3 pp.","Regrets missing his visit concerning financial relief for Myers. ALS. 1 p.","News. 4 pp.","Discuss the route that Perderver intends to take when he returns north. Engage passage on the Miss George Packet. ALS. 1 p.","Concerning representing John Myers and his father in case before comptroller. ALS. 3 pp.","At Charlotte's Villa. PM. 1 p.","Sending enclosed [not enclosed] by M.M. Robinson. ALS. 1 p.","On board the Constitution. Naval case. ALS. 4 pp.","NewsCl. 1 p.","Accepts Myers's loan of his pistols. ALS. 1 p.","Signed by William P. DuVal. DS. 1 p.","Commemorating forty-seventh anniversary of American independence.","PM. 1 p.","Discusses the formation of volunteer militia. ALS. 1 p.","Concerning the selection by the President of claim by Myers. ALS. 1 p.","Signed by William DuVal. APsS. 2 pp.","Myers has been elected as the representative of the ward of Pensacola. ALS. 1 p.","Concerning lottery. PM including ALS. 1 p.","Letter Myers left for President sent to him. ALS. 1 p.","Letter of recommendation for Samuel Myers. ALS; includes postcard. 1 p.","Mentions the illness of \"Mr. C.\" Offers to assist Myers. ALS. 1 p.","Scope and Contents Discuss his meeting with AlexanderBrown. Tells Myers not to hurry his suit. ALS. 2 pp.","Signed by James Pleasants. DS. 1 p.","Concerning trade. ALS includig note by Michael Lazarus to Brooke Cosby. ALS. 3 pp.","frag. 1 p.","ADS. 1 p.","Apologizes for not writing him back sooner. Situation prevents him from complying with Myers's request. ALS. 1 p.","ADS. 1 p.","Nws. 4 pp.","Activities of day. ALS. 3 pp.","Discusses the \"system of customs.\" ALS. 1 p.","Turns down his request for a recommendation for collector of customs in Norfolk as he [Giles] is not in the favor of the administration. ALS. 2 pp.","ANS. 1 p.","Mentions writing \"Mr. Rush.\" ALS. 1 p.","Concerning the appointment of the collection of customs in Norfolk. ALS. 2 pp.","Reference to favor for Moses Myers. Discusses planting a cotton crop next year. ALS. 1 p.","Reference to collectorship. ALS. 1 p.","Signed by John Quincy Adams and Richard Rush. DS. 1 p.","Signed John Q. Adams and H. Clay. DS. 1 p.","ADS. 1 p.","Cannot find the papers he (Myers) requested in regards to his father's appointment to \"Collector at Norfolk.\" Isn't sure whether name of father Moses Myers has been sent to the president or not. ALS. 2 pp.","Scope and Contents Mentions the re-election of \"Gov. [Joseph] Kent\" of Maryland. ALS. 1 p.","Myers's father's appointment has been approved by the Senate. ALS. 1 p.","Document also signed by Richard Rush, Secretary of the Treasury. DS. 1 p.","frag. 1 p.","Refers to case on the docket of Reuben M. Whitney v. the United States. ALS. 1 p.","ANS. 1 p.","ALS. 4 pp.","Included is a poetic newspaper clipping. D. 2 p.","NwsCl.","Instructions concerning customs. LS. 1 p.","Address leaf.","Mentions his memorial to the committee of commerce. ALS. 1 p.","Scope and Contents Moses Myers from the secretary of the Treasury Samuel D. Ingham. PDS. 2 pp.","Concerning memorial about Moses Myers, collector of customs, and no intention to remove him. ALS. 1 p.","Thanks him for conveying liberal benefaction from donor. ALS. 1 p.","Frederick Myers of Norfolk. DS. 1 p.","DS. 1 p.","Signed by John Floyd. DS. 1 p.","Srock certificate entitling holder to five shares of stock in the Virginia and North Carolina Transportation Co. DS. 1 p.","Concerning health, banking, and European politics including Ireland. ALS. 4 pp.","Concerning health and business. ALS. 1 p.","DS. 1 p.","PM. 1 p.","Signed by Wyndham Robertson. DS. 1 p.","Scope and Contents Including letter by Myer Myers. ALS. 3 pp.","Signed by Wyndham Robertson. DS. 1 p.","Travelling and travel plans. ALS. 4 pp.","Family news. Illness of child. ALS. 3 pp.","Illness of father. Mention of Mr. Etting; social news. ALS. 4 pp.","Scope and Contents Mentions a \"convention\" of which Myers was the host. Social and family news. ALS. 3 pp.","Signed by John M. Gregory. DS. 1 p.","Among a number of these concerned citizens appear M[yer] Myers's and Moses Myers's signatures. D. 3 pp.","Petition states that the city will not pave Free Mason Street. Signed by M. Myers, Executor, among others. DS. 1 p.","Discusses an ongoing chess game between two with plays. ALS. 4 pp.","Social, family news, weather, flowers. ALS. 4 pp.","ALS. 4 pp.","DS. 1 p.","Civil War military news of John B. Floyd and Henry A. Wise. AMS. 2 pp.","Accepts Myers's resignation of his commission as 1st lieutenant \"4 Reg. Cavalry.\" ALS. 1 p.","Scope and Contents Commissions Olinger \"First Lieutenant of Riflemen in the 94th\" Regiment. DS. 1 p.","Gives orders for the regiment to move from Camp Jackson at 10 o'clock AM in the direction of Kanawha Valley. ALS. 1 p.","Signed by John Letcher on verso. Is a note from William Lamb certifying Moses Myers's commission. D. 2 pp.","Has written the Whig as Hughes suggested.","\"Dispose of me as you see fit and accept my heart-felt sympathy.\" ALS. 1 p.","Mentions an overruling on the part of the judge. ALS. 1 p.","Discusses the appointment of an unnamed person to an \"officer.\" Will check facts with Judge Rives. ALS. 1 p.","Refers to a charter that has become a law. ALS. 1 p.","Mentions an examination of Daniel's paper on the appointment of the Inspector of Borders. ALS. 1 p.","Refers the action of some mischievous school boys during the Easter holiday. Including note by James Barron Hope, 16 April 1887. ALS. 2 pp.","Refers Arthur's appointment as the Brazilian consulate general of New York and hopes for Barton Myers's cooperation and friendship. TLS. 1 p.","Mentions the change within the Brazilian government from empire to republic. TLS. 1 p.","Turns down social invitation. Looks forward to discussing with Hughes law, literature, etc. ALS. 2 pp.","Holiday declines Myers's invitation to him and his wife. ALS. 2 pp.","Is obliged to you for the address on \"Editors of the Past,\" which I have read with great interest. TLS. 1 p.","Refers to an appointment of Paymaster in the Navy. ALS. 1 p.","ADS. 2 pp.","Acknowledges condolences of British residents on the death of Queen Victoria. TLS. 1 p.","Mentions Marquis of Lansdowne and Myers's telegram on the queen's death. ALS. 2 pp.","Refers to the president of Jamestown Exposition Company, Incorporated, account. Marked \"Confidential.\" ALS. 3 pp.","Thanks Barton Myers for the copy of the book, The Life of Stonewall Jackson. Comments on Lee and Jackson. ALS. 3 pp.","Addresses the subject of tickets for a White House reception. TLS 1 p.","Dewey declines Myers's invitation to address the Naval Young Men's Christian Association. TLS. 1 p.","Metcalf declines Myers's invitation to be his guest at the opening of the Jamestown Exposition. TLS 1 p.","Declines invitation. ALS. 3 pp.","PM. 4 pp.","Discussion of Miss Heyl's promotion in Bureau of Engraving and Printing. Since it is a civil service job Martin has little influence. TLS. 1 p.","Mentions an appointment of Judge White to fill the vacancy occasioned by Judge Boykin's death. TLS. 1 p.","Makes reference to Hughes's letter of the 15th. TLS. 1 p.","Penal codes. TLS. 1 p.","Scope and Contents Thanks Myers for his \"elegant hospitality\" during his visit. TLS. 2 pp.","C. 1 p.","Mentions the war, and an appointment of William Stanley Edmonds as vice-consul to the post of Norfolk to replace Myers. TLS. 2 pp.","Acknowledges receipt of Rice's dispatch of the 7th. Mentions Myers's acceptance of Mr. Edmonds as vice-consul. Details of office of vice-consul. TL. 2 pp.","Letter discusses Mr. Edmond's position as vice-consul and something of his salary arrangement. Details of office of vice-consul. ALS. 2 pp.","Acknowledges letters of the \"17th/25th.\" Also indicates a change in vice-consul; rather than Edmonds, Will Royds has been appointed the position to assist Myers. Adf. 3 pp.","To Myers visiting him and German ships. ALS. 2 pp.","Acknowledges the receipt of Rice's letter of 11th, mentions \"consular business.\" ALS. 2 pp.","\"Sorry out of town unless specially urgent could you come Wednesday.\" Telegram. 1 p.","Scope and Contents Reports on the \"consular business\"; Meyers expresses his satisfaction with Mr. Royds. Details of consular business. TL. 4 pp.","Discusses the reallocation of work within the consular office. TLS. 2 pp.","Acknowledges the receipt of Cecil's letter of the 23rd. Also conveys Myers's apprval of the arrangement of the vice-consul office. TL. 1 p.","Promised to send Taylor's book. Travel plans. ALS. 1 p.","Registers the Admiralty's great appreciation of Myers's assistance given to Commodore Wells. TLS. 1 p.","Concerning the destruction of Old Fort Norfolk. TLS. 2 pp.","Family and social news.","Letter of instruction for Mr. and Mrs. Norman Williams.","Concerning death of friend. ALS. 2 pp.","Discussion of accusation and prejudice against the Myers brothers. ALS. 3 pp.","Ms. 1 p.","AMs. 1 p.","Signed imprint by Meyer Myers and others. PDoc. 1 p.","DS. 1 p.","Concerning consular duties. ALS. 1 p.","ADoc. 2 pp.","Marital problems. Family news. ALS. 3 pp.","Signed in print by Moses Myers, president. See Oversize Box. PDoc. 1 p.","See Oversize Folder. ADS. 1 p.","Accomplishments of Barton Myers, Sr. Sketches of Barton Myers, Sr. for National Encyclopedia of American Biography. Speech, 1907, by Barton Myers concerning Young Men's Christian Association. Notes for a speech dedicating a church building. Genealogy of the late Archibald Stuart Baldwin.","Writings of Barton Myers, Sr. including a toast to the coronation of George V., notes concerning a contract to build a grain elevator in Norfolk, Va., report, 1919, to the congregation concerning the removal of St. Luke's Episcopal Church, memorandum concerning purchase or lease for the Army Supply Base, speech concerning Tidewater Women's Associations, notes concerning Rev. James Blair, and notes concerning erection of a monument at Blackwall, England.","Writings of Barton Myers. Most concern religious subjects but there are notes concerning liquidation of the debt of Virginia, Myers genealogy, liquor on election days, Henry Clay's ideas on tariffs, the shipyard at norfolk, English legal history, and a daily schedule for Myers.","Speech of Barton Myers, Sr. to Norfolk Chamber of Commerce, excerpt of a Speech of Barton Myers, Sr. to the Norfolk Chamber of Commerce, statement concerning the Jamestown Exposition, Myers to Norfolk Ledger-Dispatch and to Portsmouth Star concerning advocating of Claude A. Swanson as Senator, and advocating of Col. E. E. Holland for Congress, speech to League of Virginia Municipalities.","Report of a committee to argue why the office of customs should be located at Norfolk and not Newport News, speech of Barton Myers, Sr. outlining Norfolk Chamber of Commerce activities during the past year (during World War I), resolution opposing the lease of the Virginian Railway to Norfolk and Western Railroad (by Barton Myers as chairman of Norfolk Port Commission), committee report on building of wharves and docks (Norfolk \u0026 Portsmouth Belt Line Company), testimony of S. Heth Tyler and Barton Myers concerning application of the Norfolk and Western Railway to acquire control by lease of the ... Virginia Railway Company., notes concerning the needs of the city of Norfolk, Va. for development in 1912, report of a committee on the suitable location for union terminals, docks, and warehouse and railroad routes (Myers as chair), bill to amend the charter and extend and define the boundaries of Norfolk, Printed report of a committee and editorials concerning the port of Baltimore, speech, 1915, to the Norfolk Chamber of Commerce, deposition 7 June 1894, concerning the election of 1894 and black voters in Norfolk, Va., and applications for First Families of America.","Annual Report, 10 February 1891, of the trade and commerce of the Port of Norfolk, Virginia, U.S.A.","Includes several written to him as vice-consul for the Netherlands written in Dutch. includes business cards from his sons Baldwin Myers and Barton Myers, Jr.","Edward Thornton (concerning the mother of Joesph D. Pinner), Frances Caperton Preston, Barton Myers, Jr. (at the University of Virginia), ToTo to uncle [Barton Myers, Sr.], Katherine Barton Myers (describing a Liberty Loan Parade), Frances Stuart Myers, Dayman O. Holmes (concerning Myers portraits), A. W. Sully (concerning Myers portraits), E. Lee Trinkle, Mrs. Benjamin Mordecai Siegel, T.W. Harrison, Robert M. Hughes, letter transmitting an admission to the House of Commons.","Frances Stuart Myers, Robertson-Northrop Sport Shop, Inc., D. T. Bohun Company, Sarah B. Killam, J. M. Barton, Tiffany \u0026 Co., Willie Galt, M.J.G. (regarding a prospective suitor for a family member).","Some concern Myers desire to continue as vice-consul at Norfolk, Va. Includes blueprints of Fort Norfolk.","Correspondence of Barton Myers with Josephus Daniels, Secretary of the Navy and other documents relating to the Norfolk Navy Yard as well as invitations to naval events. Herbert Hoover letter as Secretary of Commerce.","Letters to Barton Myers concerning Fort Norfolk, condemnation of Cape Henry land, and appointment of Myers as a member of the Atlantic Deeper Waterways Association convention.","Correspondence, 1916-1918, as member of Norfolk Dock Commission (Myers as president) and minutes of the commission concerning proposals to build a dock in Nofolk, Va., and 1917 dock commission blueprint.","Correspondence and documents, 1916-1923-24 concerning pleas for Barton Myers to remain active in the Norfolk Chamber of Commerce and Norfolk Dock Commission.","Memo includes addresses, expenses on trips, and notes concerning real estate; handwritten birthday card and a list.","Back is labeled \"Myers.\" Included is a photograph of Myers from a book.","Includes tickets to events as well as a souvenir anchor made from iron of the \"Merrimack.\"","Includes tickets to events.","Includes engravings of \"Landing at Jamestown,\" \"Braddock's Retreat,\" and \"Perils of our Forefathers,\" all by Dempsey \u0026 Carroll, N.Y.","2 copies.","Letters from Barton Myers, Jr. to his parents and family. Includes letters written from Woodberry Forest School, the University of Virginia and Cornell University.","Letters written by Barton Myers, Jr. to his family while serving in the Quartermaster Corps in World War I. Includes letters from Fort Myer, Fort Thomas, Ky., Newport News, Va., in France and in London, Eng.","Letters written by R. Baldwin Myers to his family. Includes letters written form Winchester, Salem Willows, Staunton, Woodberry Forest, London and France. Includes letter, 1914, to Baldwin from John Scott Walker concerning Woodberry Forest Reunion. Includes letter and material concerning his service in World War I.","One issue of a weekly newsletter, \"Music in the Camps,\" Vol. 1, No. 37, July 13, 1918. and war camp community service worker notices. Toast from World War I. Probably from the papers of either Barton Myers, Jr. or R. Baldwin Myers while serving in World War I.","Scope and Contents Letters from Louisa \"Loutie\" Barton Myers Lloyd (wife of, James Hubard Lloyd, a Protestant Episcopal missionary to Japan). Letter written from Kyoto. Includes letters, 1921, exchanged between James Hubard Lloyd and W. E. Rollings concerning Japanese students studying in America. Includes letter written by Japanese student studying English in Japan.","Letters of C. M. Barton to grandchildren Katherine and Willie; letter of Miss Cary M. Barton to Kate; L. B. B. Lloyd to Kate; Mary D. Whitlow to Miss Katherine Myers.","New York Surrogate's Court.","Soda coupons, Libby Prison Escape postcard, paint samples, typescript of letter written from Winchester, 1799, by Mrs. Susanna Knox, ad for foods for diabetes and other ailments, Norfolk Southern Railroad Company Electric Division, Sunday School lessons, list of pledges, program, 1921, League of Virginia Municipalities, Practice of Prayer by James J. McConkey, admission ticket, Governor's Island Boat, fertilizer mixtures, invitation, fireside club, from S. L. Taylor, Automobile Association of America and Rules of the Road in Norfolk, and envelopes.","(Alternative Form). Photocopies of newspaper clipping relating to the Jamestown Exposition of 1907.","Typescript. 8 pp. Apparently published in the Ledger-Dispatch, Norfolk, Va.","Located with Oversize.","Scope and Contents Delegate to the National Rivers and Harbours Congress, 1910; Delegate to the Seventh Annual Convention of the Atlantic Deeper Waterways Association 1914, 1915 and 1926; Representative to the Virginia Child Welfare Conference, 1911; Representative to the National Conference of Charities and Corrections, 1911, 1912; Representative to the Southern Socialogical Conference, 1912; Certificate for contributing to the campaign of Woodrow Wilson, 1912; City Council of Norfolk resolutions by Barton Myers, 1886 (2 copies); Certificate appointing Barton Myers as a Councilman for the City of Norfolk, 1881; Lay Readers License from the Diocese of Southern Virginia, 1919, 1920, 1926; Appointment, with seal, of Barton Myers as British Vice Consul, 1877; Handwritten document, with seal, appointing Barton Myers as British Pro Vice-Consul at the Port of Norfolk and Portsmouth. 1876; Certification that Barton Myers paid his dues for the \"Company 'A' 4th Regt. Infantry (\"Lee Rifles\") Virginia Volunteers, Norfolk, Virginia. 1913; and Indenture, with a seal, between Mount Hebron Cemetery Company and Dr. Robert F. Baldwin of Staunton, Virginia for a cemetery lot. undated.","Correspondence concerning stock, insurance, property negotiations and good wishes after an operation.","Correspondence with organizers, exhibitors and attendees of the Jamestown Exposition held in Norfolk, Virginia. Barton Myers was the auditor of the Jamestown Exposition Corporation.","1865 and 1876 letter to his father from Barton Myers, 1877 letter to Willie from his brother and 1878 postcard sent to William B. Muyres of Fauquier County, Virginia to show him how foreign postmarks look.","Family letters, personal letters and condolence letters after the death of Barton Myers.  14 letters.","Scope and Contents Partial and fragile diary from a trip to France and England. undated.","Scope and Contents Broadside for an antique sale; flyer for war loans; constitution, rules and regulations of The Ocean View Company...adopted November 1854; Norfolk, Virginia Chamber of Commerce dinner program in honor of the \"Secretary of the Navy\" in 1913; pamphlet \"The Norfolk Song 'I'm Crazy 'Bout Norfolk'\" printed for the City of Norfolk, Atlantic Deeper Wayerways' Association Convention in 1923; printed speech of Hon. Henry St. George Tucker in the House of Representatives on March 3, 1926 and Vol. 1 No. 1 edition of \"Norfolk Commerce\" bulletin of the Chamber of Commerce for 1914.","Scope and Contents Hand drawn architectural house plans with various views and a handpainted picture of the house signed by G.H. Burrage, Vice Admiral, USN. undated.","Letters and telegrams written to Barton Myers by his son, R. Baldwin Myers, from his early days as Major in the 104th Motor Supply Train at Camp McClellan in Anniston, Alabama to his deployment to Bourbonne les Bains in December.","Invitation from the Norfolk Museum of Arts and Science (Virginia) to a presentation made \"by S.J.L. Olver, H.M. Consul General, British Embasy...honoring the members of the Myers Family who for three generations held the office of British Consul in Norfolk.\"","Obituaries for Moses Myers, Barton Myers and Robert F. Baldwin.","Includes articles on the Moses Myers and Barton Myers homes in Norfolk, Virginia.","Correspondence, reports and flyers related to Barton Myers' positions as Mayor and City Councilman of Norfolk, Virginia.","Scope and Contents Blurred photograph of older lady holding a baby, business cards for Barton Myers (3), newspaper clipping with a table showing \"value of one dollar in Gold as compared with Treasury Notes during each month of the war, from May 1861 to April 1, 1865,\" War Department pass for Barton Myers and party as representatives of the Norfolk Chamber of Commerce, 1922 pamphlet from the American Society of Civil Engineers as a memoir to Archibald Stuart Baldwin who died on June 26, 1922 and a November 1885 \"Monthly Examination\" for \"2nd Class N.C.\" with \"Burrage\" written on reverse.","Scope and Contents 1917 deed and paperwork for the sale of \"Pig Point\" to the City of Norfolk for the war effort and undated deed for sale of Texas property.","Correspondence and deed about the sale of land in Norfolk by Capt. James W. Gerow and Barton Myers to the City of Norfolk for a boulevard.","Blueprint of property owners along the Elizabeth River and a 1910 plat of \"Ghent Residence, Incorporated and adjacent properties.\"","A partial draft of a history of Hampton Roads, typed with handwritten notes.","Board Minutes for the Infant Sanitarium in Virginia Beach, Virginia. Mrs. Barton Myers was president. Includes many newspaper clippings with details of the annual reports. Quotation from an article in The Virginian-Pilot (October 4, 2010): \"For nearly 60 years, sickly children were sent to the Infant Sanitarium on Atlantic Avenue at 18th Street [...] and tended to by medical staff, free of charge. The facility was founded in 1888 by Kate Baldwin Myers, the wife of Barton Myers, who served as Norfolk's mayor from 1886 to 1888.\"","Scrapbook of newspaper clippings with some pamphlets and personal written material included, created by Barton Myers."],"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","Infant Sanitarium (Virginia Beach, Va.)","Myers family","Myers, Moses, 1752-1835","Myers, Barton, 1853-1927","Myers, Kate Baldwin","Myers, R. Baldwin, 1883-","Myers, Samuel, 1790-1829","Myers, John, 1787-1830"],"corpname_ssim":["Special Collections Research Center","Infant Sanitarium (Virginia Beach, Va.)"],"famname_ssim":["Myers family"],"persname_ssim":["Myers, Moses, 1752-1835","Myers, Barton, 1853-1927","Myers, Kate Baldwin","Myers, R. Baldwin, 1883-","Myers, Samuel, 1790-1829","Myers, John, 1787-1830"],"language_ssim":["English"],"total_component_count_is":318,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-05-21T08:11:04.885Z","collection":{"numFound":1,"start":0,"numFoundExact":true,"docs":[{"id":"viw_repositories_2_resources_8553","ead_ssi":"viw_repositories_2_resources_8553","_root_":"viw_repositories_2_resources_8553","_nest_parent_":"viw_repositories_2_resources_8553","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/oai/WM/repositories_2_resources_8553.xml","title_filing_ssi":"Myers-Burrage-Graham Papers (I) Group A","title_ssm":["Myers-Burrage-Graham papers (I), Group A"],"title_tesim":["Myers-Burrage-Graham papers (I), Group A"],"unitdate_ssm":["1776-1925, and undated"],"unitdate_inclusive_ssm":["1776-1925, and undated"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["Mss. 98 M99 Group A","/repositories/2/resources/8553"],"text":["Mss. 98 M99 Group A","/repositories/2/resources/8553","Myers-Burrage-Graham papers (I), Group A","Virginia--Militia","Episcopal Church--Missions--Japan","Florida--History--19th century","Jamestown Exposition (1907)","Jamestown Ter-centennial Exposition (1907)","Merchants--Virginia--Norfolk","Merchants--Virginia--Portsmouth","Norfolk (Va.)--History--19th century","Norfolk (Va.)--History--20th century","Pensacola (Fla.)--History","Portsmouth (Va.)--History--19th century","United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865","United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783","United States--History--War of 1812","United States--Jewish History","United States--Revolutionary War--1775-1783","World War, 1914-1918","Infant Sanitarium (Virginia Beach, Va.)","Correspondence","Diplomas","Invitations","Reports","Speeches","Collection is open to all researchers. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility.","The Myers-Burrage-Graham Papers (I) has been divided into three groups, A, B, and C. This finding aid is for Group A only. Overall, the papers of the Myers, Burrage and Graham families document six generations of a prominent Jewish family of Norfolk, Va. The bulk of the collection relates to Moses Myers and his children, particularly Samuel (1790-1829), John Myers (1787-1830) and his grandson Barton Myers (1853-1927). There are papers of collateral relatives Col. James Duncan Graham (1799-1865), topographical engineer and Vice-Admiral Guy Hamilton Burrage (1867-1954).","Moses Myers (1752-1835) was born in New York City. He was a prominent Jewish merchant in Norfolk, Va. moving there in 1787. He was consul for the Netherlands, vice-consul for Denmark and served as collector of customs for the district of Norfolk and Portsmouth. He served in the Revolutionary War and later in the Virginia militia. He was President of the Norfolk Common Council.","Processed by Antonio Bly in 2000.","See also; Gustavus A. Myers Papers, 1834-1869, Samuel Myers Papers, 1796-1845, and the Myers-Burrage-Graham Papers (I) Groups B and C, Myers Papers (II), all at Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary."," Mss. Acc. 2008.147 Myers Papers of the Chrysler Museum of Art","Cy of ALS. 1 p.","Pass allows safe-passage through the Province of Quebec to the colonies. Signed by Frederic Haldimand and R. Mathews. XCy and Photo of DS. 1 p.","DS. 2 pp.","Scope and Contents There, goods imported from \"Europe or other parts of the world\" would be sold. DS and XCy. 10 pp.","Assures Nicholas of his choice to locate his investment in Virginia with them; outlines reasons why Virginia is an excellent site for their business. XCy of DS. 1 p.","Mentions Moses Myers. frag. of D. 1 p.","Insurance company— Mutual Assurance Society. Policy holder— David Simons. Frederick District no. 82. DS. 1 p.","Insurance company— Mutual Assurance Society. Policy holder—David Simons. Fredericksburg district no. 83. DS. 1 p.","Statement confirms the prices of several staple/farm products.","DS. 1 p.","Booklet/oration eulogizing the death of George Washington. P. 20 pp.","Signed by Ja[me]s Monroe. DS. 1 p.","ADS. 2 pp.","Scope and Contents Includes document of March 10, 1804, stating that Moses Myers has given one hundred dollars \"for his subscription toward building\" the Court House in Portsmouth. Signed by Tubman Laws. DS. 1 p.","Sk. 1 p.","Signed by Alexander Stuart. DS. 1 p.","Cy of DS. 2 pp.","Scope and Contents Recommends not purchasing oranges unless \"remarkably fine and cheap\"; sends draft on Moses Myers for $100 which applies to his credit; has had troubles collecting amount due Murphy \u0026 Blackburn. ALS. 1 p.","Nws. 1 p.","Nws. 1 p.","Cy of DS. 2 pp.","Informs Myers of a duel between Cabell and Jones; Jones was wounded in the thigh. Mentions a prospect to buy cider. ALS. 1 p.","1 p.","Propose to appoint Myers as Danish Vice Consul. ALS. 1 p.","Informing Myers that he \"Will receive his father's trunk, case, cain \u0026 hat,\" etc. ALS. 1 p.","Signed by James Madison and Robert Smith, Secretary of State. DS. 1 p.","D. 1 p.","ALS. 4 pp.","Sending Myers a complete copying book, pistols, etc.","Scope and Contents John Myers's intent to visit Europe; Samuel Myers has not contacts; gives him a commission to buy a set of \"glass\" and \"floor cloth.\" ALS. 2 pp.","Scope and Contents John has gone to London. MM and the family are \"extremely anxious to hear\" from him; business here is dull including ship sales. ALS. 4 pp.","Scope and Contents Mentions letter he (John) wrote to his brother on the \"15th\" with a present. Mrs. Wickham's health; philosophizes a crisis in Europe; compares to America; war would bring unity to us. ALS. 3 pp.","Mentions the sale of vessel, Victory; business notes, news of family and acquaintances. ALS. 5 pp.","Discusses revolutions in Europe; John Myers being a merchant not held in high regard; shipping; cargoes; computing houses; foodstuffs for sale. ALS. 5 pp.","Recommends acquiring a knowledge of the arts of the countries during a brief tour of England; keeping a journal on national and local politics in America. ALS. 7 pp.","Discusses foreign affairs between America and England; approaching dissolution of the U.S. Bank. ALS. 4 pp.","DS. 1 p.","3 cards.","Probably acquired by John Myers during the trip to England in 1810/1811. PM. 1 p.","PM. 1 p.","PM. 1 p.","PM. 1 p.","Nws. 4 pp.","Nws. 4 pp.","Nws. 4 pp.","Scope and Contents Discuss foreign affairs among the French, English and America; non-importation against England \"great events have generated this chaos\"; \"great events can restore\" political peace. ALS. 3 pp.","Nws. 4 pp.","Nws. 4 pp.","Nws. 4 pp.","Shipping concerns; mercantile business; banking matters, list of ayes and noes \"for striking out.\" ALS. 5 pp.","Nws. 4 pp.","Nws. 4 pp.","U.S. Cabinet; people clamor for war; public improvements. ALS. 5 pp.","Mentions the purchase of a new ship, the Norfolk Pucket, and other shipping news; increase in business; burning of French privateer at Gosport; Monroe as Secretary of State, probably next President. ALS. 3 pp.","Scope and Contents Mentions how the French are \"confiscating all American property\"; we are a \"sinking nation\"; critical of President Madison; \"cripled commerce of the world\"; farmers producing tobacco; party every night in Norfolk. ALS. 4 pp.","PM. 3 pp.","PM. 1 p.","Also a list of names of the \"stewards for the Trinity breakfast.\" PM. 2 pp.","Dull trade; shipping news; news of family. ALS. 2 pp.","(Collected by John Myers.) PM. 9 pp.","(Collected by John Myers). PM. 9 pp.","Moses Myers's health is better; business dull; money matters, Mr. Foster in correspondence with [James] Monroe. ALS. 1 p.","DS. 1 p.","Mentions Myers's letters to his father, and his application to restore goods he deposited in the Custom House from the frigate Constitution. Includes list of articles sent to Custom House. ALS. 4 pp.","Signed by President and faculty of Harvard. ADS. 1 p.","Purchase of corn. ALS. 1 p.","Samuel is going to England on the Packet; severe battle between French and the allies at Leipzig. ALS. 1 p.","Taylor accepts their approbation. ALS. 1 p.","Expression of friendship. ALS. 2 pp.","Signed by W[ilson] C[ary] Nicholas. DS. 1 p.","Have not met with the king yet, still waiting in Vienna; return of Napoleon to France; European affairs; Danish \"will not adventure much to America.\" ALS. 3 pp.","Letter of introduction for the son of a mutual acquaintance. ALS. 1 p.","Informs Myers that he has been \"elected a director of the office of Discount \u0026 Deposit of the Bank of the United States at Norfolk.\" ALS. 1 p.","Passport for Myer Myers to enter France signed by Myers and John Quincy Adams. DS. 3 pp.","Including a note by \"W.B. Lamb,\" 11 August 1817. DS. 1 p.","Including document of statement John Marshall is Chief Justice signed by Richard Reed. Including John Marshall's ALS attesting to Moses, John, Samuel, Myers as merchants in Norfolk and citizens of the U.S., 12 September 1817. 2 DS \u0026 ALS. 3 pp.","frag. of DS. 2 pp.","Thanks him for writing him, importance of family and friendship; mention of W. Etting, Mrs. French's music; duty calls him to support his family; fifteen years younger he would be a novel writer. ALS. 3 pp.","Signed by James P. preston. DS. 1 p.","His little girl is poisoned by a ring of debased metal; Governor Ridgely wants Wirt to join in working a mine in Botetourt, Virginia. Needs a coachman. ALS. 3 pp.","Scope and Contents Writes about his own \"afflictions\"; healthwise and other burdens; refers to an appointment in Pennsylvania and the importance of a personal application. Mention of the Etting family. ALS. 2 pp.","Expresses his pleasure in writing to him (Myers). Has recommended him to be a commissioner to settle claims under Spanish treaty. Mention of Judge Washington, Mr. Patterson, and General Taylor. ALS. 4 pp.","Mentions John Myers's application to the commissioner under the late Spanish treaty for the adjustment of American claims. ALS. 2 pp.","In Dutch. DS. 2 pp.","The Myers application for the commissionership for settling claims; definition of professional man; discussion of regulations of Spanish treaty; U.S. President comes to Norfolk; mention of Ettings. ALS. 7 pp.","Mutual friends; visit of U.S. President to Norfolk. ALS. 2 pp.","Signed by James Monroe and John Quincy Adams. DS. 1 p.","Concerning purchases of American editions of books; includes list of legal titles and prices. ALS. 3 pp.","Selected a revised code of law for him. ALS. 1 p.","Scope and Contents Captain Downes of U.S. ship Macedonian is \"authorized\" to being home \"specie.\" ALS. 1 p.","Thanks Myer for the \"foreign newspapers,\" containing opinion in slave case. AL. 1 p.","Scope and Contents Discusses Myers's account against Dr. George Buzman\" in debt case. ALS. 1 p.","Scope and Contents He is authorized to practice law. Signed by Spencer Roane and William Brockenbrough.","Signed by Thomas M. Randolph. DS. 1 p.","DS. 3 pp.","Regrets missing his visit concerning financial relief for Myers. ALS. 1 p.","News. 4 pp.","Discuss the route that Perderver intends to take when he returns north. Engage passage on the Miss George Packet. ALS. 1 p.","Concerning representing John Myers and his father in case before comptroller. ALS. 3 pp.","At Charlotte's Villa. PM. 1 p.","Sending enclosed [not enclosed] by M.M. Robinson. ALS. 1 p.","On board the Constitution. Naval case. ALS. 4 pp.","NewsCl. 1 p.","Accepts Myers's loan of his pistols. ALS. 1 p.","Signed by William P. DuVal. DS. 1 p.","Commemorating forty-seventh anniversary of American independence.","PM. 1 p.","Discusses the formation of volunteer militia. ALS. 1 p.","Concerning the selection by the President of claim by Myers. ALS. 1 p.","Signed by William DuVal. APsS. 2 pp.","Myers has been elected as the representative of the ward of Pensacola. ALS. 1 p.","Concerning lottery. PM including ALS. 1 p.","Letter Myers left for President sent to him. ALS. 1 p.","Letter of recommendation for Samuel Myers. ALS; includes postcard. 1 p.","Mentions the illness of \"Mr. C.\" Offers to assist Myers. ALS. 1 p.","Scope and Contents Discuss his meeting with AlexanderBrown. Tells Myers not to hurry his suit. ALS. 2 pp.","Signed by James Pleasants. DS. 1 p.","Concerning trade. ALS includig note by Michael Lazarus to Brooke Cosby. ALS. 3 pp.","frag. 1 p.","ADS. 1 p.","Apologizes for not writing him back sooner. Situation prevents him from complying with Myers's request. ALS. 1 p.","ADS. 1 p.","Nws. 4 pp.","Activities of day. ALS. 3 pp.","Discusses the \"system of customs.\" ALS. 1 p.","Turns down his request for a recommendation for collector of customs in Norfolk as he [Giles] is not in the favor of the administration. ALS. 2 pp.","ANS. 1 p.","Mentions writing \"Mr. Rush.\" ALS. 1 p.","Concerning the appointment of the collection of customs in Norfolk. ALS. 2 pp.","Reference to favor for Moses Myers. Discusses planting a cotton crop next year. ALS. 1 p.","Reference to collectorship. ALS. 1 p.","Signed by John Quincy Adams and Richard Rush. DS. 1 p.","Signed John Q. Adams and H. Clay. DS. 1 p.","ADS. 1 p.","Cannot find the papers he (Myers) requested in regards to his father's appointment to \"Collector at Norfolk.\" Isn't sure whether name of father Moses Myers has been sent to the president or not. ALS. 2 pp.","Scope and Contents Mentions the re-election of \"Gov. [Joseph] Kent\" of Maryland. ALS. 1 p.","Myers's father's appointment has been approved by the Senate. ALS. 1 p.","Document also signed by Richard Rush, Secretary of the Treasury. DS. 1 p.","frag. 1 p.","Refers to case on the docket of Reuben M. Whitney v. the United States. ALS. 1 p.","ANS. 1 p.","ALS. 4 pp.","Included is a poetic newspaper clipping. D. 2 p.","NwsCl.","Instructions concerning customs. LS. 1 p.","Address leaf.","Mentions his memorial to the committee of commerce. ALS. 1 p.","Scope and Contents Moses Myers from the secretary of the Treasury Samuel D. Ingham. PDS. 2 pp.","Concerning memorial about Moses Myers, collector of customs, and no intention to remove him. ALS. 1 p.","Thanks him for conveying liberal benefaction from donor. ALS. 1 p.","Frederick Myers of Norfolk. DS. 1 p.","DS. 1 p.","Signed by John Floyd. DS. 1 p.","Srock certificate entitling holder to five shares of stock in the Virginia and North Carolina Transportation Co. DS. 1 p.","Concerning health, banking, and European politics including Ireland. ALS. 4 pp.","Concerning health and business. ALS. 1 p.","DS. 1 p.","PM. 1 p.","Signed by Wyndham Robertson. DS. 1 p.","Scope and Contents Including letter by Myer Myers. ALS. 3 pp.","Signed by Wyndham Robertson. DS. 1 p.","Travelling and travel plans. ALS. 4 pp.","Family news. Illness of child. ALS. 3 pp.","Illness of father. Mention of Mr. Etting; social news. ALS. 4 pp.","Scope and Contents Mentions a \"convention\" of which Myers was the host. Social and family news. ALS. 3 pp.","Signed by John M. Gregory. DS. 1 p.","Among a number of these concerned citizens appear M[yer] Myers's and Moses Myers's signatures. D. 3 pp.","Petition states that the city will not pave Free Mason Street. Signed by M. Myers, Executor, among others. DS. 1 p.","Discusses an ongoing chess game between two with plays. ALS. 4 pp.","Social, family news, weather, flowers. ALS. 4 pp.","ALS. 4 pp.","DS. 1 p.","Civil War military news of John B. Floyd and Henry A. Wise. AMS. 2 pp.","Accepts Myers's resignation of his commission as 1st lieutenant \"4 Reg. Cavalry.\" ALS. 1 p.","Scope and Contents Commissions Olinger \"First Lieutenant of Riflemen in the 94th\" Regiment. DS. 1 p.","Gives orders for the regiment to move from Camp Jackson at 10 o'clock AM in the direction of Kanawha Valley. ALS. 1 p.","Signed by John Letcher on verso. Is a note from William Lamb certifying Moses Myers's commission. D. 2 pp.","Has written the Whig as Hughes suggested.","\"Dispose of me as you see fit and accept my heart-felt sympathy.\" ALS. 1 p.","Mentions an overruling on the part of the judge. ALS. 1 p.","Discusses the appointment of an unnamed person to an \"officer.\" Will check facts with Judge Rives. ALS. 1 p.","Refers to a charter that has become a law. ALS. 1 p.","Mentions an examination of Daniel's paper on the appointment of the Inspector of Borders. ALS. 1 p.","Refers the action of some mischievous school boys during the Easter holiday. Including note by James Barron Hope, 16 April 1887. ALS. 2 pp.","Refers Arthur's appointment as the Brazilian consulate general of New York and hopes for Barton Myers's cooperation and friendship. TLS. 1 p.","Mentions the change within the Brazilian government from empire to republic. TLS. 1 p.","Turns down social invitation. Looks forward to discussing with Hughes law, literature, etc. ALS. 2 pp.","Holiday declines Myers's invitation to him and his wife. ALS. 2 pp.","Is obliged to you for the address on \"Editors of the Past,\" which I have read with great interest. TLS. 1 p.","Refers to an appointment of Paymaster in the Navy. ALS. 1 p.","ADS. 2 pp.","Acknowledges condolences of British residents on the death of Queen Victoria. TLS. 1 p.","Mentions Marquis of Lansdowne and Myers's telegram on the queen's death. ALS. 2 pp.","Refers to the president of Jamestown Exposition Company, Incorporated, account. Marked \"Confidential.\" ALS. 3 pp.","Thanks Barton Myers for the copy of the book, The Life of Stonewall Jackson. Comments on Lee and Jackson. ALS. 3 pp.","Addresses the subject of tickets for a White House reception. TLS 1 p.","Dewey declines Myers's invitation to address the Naval Young Men's Christian Association. TLS. 1 p.","Metcalf declines Myers's invitation to be his guest at the opening of the Jamestown Exposition. TLS 1 p.","Declines invitation. ALS. 3 pp.","PM. 4 pp.","Discussion of Miss Heyl's promotion in Bureau of Engraving and Printing. Since it is a civil service job Martin has little influence. TLS. 1 p.","Mentions an appointment of Judge White to fill the vacancy occasioned by Judge Boykin's death. TLS. 1 p.","Makes reference to Hughes's letter of the 15th. TLS. 1 p.","Penal codes. TLS. 1 p.","Scope and Contents Thanks Myers for his \"elegant hospitality\" during his visit. TLS. 2 pp.","C. 1 p.","Mentions the war, and an appointment of William Stanley Edmonds as vice-consul to the post of Norfolk to replace Myers. TLS. 2 pp.","Acknowledges receipt of Rice's dispatch of the 7th. Mentions Myers's acceptance of Mr. Edmonds as vice-consul. Details of office of vice-consul. TL. 2 pp.","Letter discusses Mr. Edmond's position as vice-consul and something of his salary arrangement. Details of office of vice-consul. ALS. 2 pp.","Acknowledges letters of the \"17th/25th.\" Also indicates a change in vice-consul; rather than Edmonds, Will Royds has been appointed the position to assist Myers. Adf. 3 pp.","To Myers visiting him and German ships. ALS. 2 pp.","Acknowledges the receipt of Rice's letter of 11th, mentions \"consular business.\" ALS. 2 pp.","\"Sorry out of town unless specially urgent could you come Wednesday.\" Telegram. 1 p.","Scope and Contents Reports on the \"consular business\"; Meyers expresses his satisfaction with Mr. Royds. Details of consular business. TL. 4 pp.","Discusses the reallocation of work within the consular office. TLS. 2 pp.","Acknowledges the receipt of Cecil's letter of the 23rd. Also conveys Myers's apprval of the arrangement of the vice-consul office. TL. 1 p.","Promised to send Taylor's book. Travel plans. ALS. 1 p.","Registers the Admiralty's great appreciation of Myers's assistance given to Commodore Wells. TLS. 1 p.","Concerning the destruction of Old Fort Norfolk. TLS. 2 pp.","Family and social news.","Letter of instruction for Mr. and Mrs. Norman Williams.","Concerning death of friend. ALS. 2 pp.","Discussion of accusation and prejudice against the Myers brothers. ALS. 3 pp.","Ms. 1 p.","AMs. 1 p.","Signed imprint by Meyer Myers and others. PDoc. 1 p.","DS. 1 p.","Concerning consular duties. ALS. 1 p.","ADoc. 2 pp.","Marital problems. Family news. ALS. 3 pp.","Signed in print by Moses Myers, president. See Oversize Box. PDoc. 1 p.","See Oversize Folder. ADS. 1 p.","Accomplishments of Barton Myers, Sr. Sketches of Barton Myers, Sr. for National Encyclopedia of American Biography. Speech, 1907, by Barton Myers concerning Young Men's Christian Association. Notes for a speech dedicating a church building. Genealogy of the late Archibald Stuart Baldwin.","Writings of Barton Myers, Sr. including a toast to the coronation of George V., notes concerning a contract to build a grain elevator in Norfolk, Va., report, 1919, to the congregation concerning the removal of St. Luke's Episcopal Church, memorandum concerning purchase or lease for the Army Supply Base, speech concerning Tidewater Women's Associations, notes concerning Rev. James Blair, and notes concerning erection of a monument at Blackwall, England.","Writings of Barton Myers. Most concern religious subjects but there are notes concerning liquidation of the debt of Virginia, Myers genealogy, liquor on election days, Henry Clay's ideas on tariffs, the shipyard at norfolk, English legal history, and a daily schedule for Myers.","Speech of Barton Myers, Sr. to Norfolk Chamber of Commerce, excerpt of a Speech of Barton Myers, Sr. to the Norfolk Chamber of Commerce, statement concerning the Jamestown Exposition, Myers to Norfolk Ledger-Dispatch and to Portsmouth Star concerning advocating of Claude A. Swanson as Senator, and advocating of Col. E. E. Holland for Congress, speech to League of Virginia Municipalities.","Report of a committee to argue why the office of customs should be located at Norfolk and not Newport News, speech of Barton Myers, Sr. outlining Norfolk Chamber of Commerce activities during the past year (during World War I), resolution opposing the lease of the Virginian Railway to Norfolk and Western Railroad (by Barton Myers as chairman of Norfolk Port Commission), committee report on building of wharves and docks (Norfolk \u0026 Portsmouth Belt Line Company), testimony of S. Heth Tyler and Barton Myers concerning application of the Norfolk and Western Railway to acquire control by lease of the ... Virginia Railway Company., notes concerning the needs of the city of Norfolk, Va. for development in 1912, report of a committee on the suitable location for union terminals, docks, and warehouse and railroad routes (Myers as chair), bill to amend the charter and extend and define the boundaries of Norfolk, Printed report of a committee and editorials concerning the port of Baltimore, speech, 1915, to the Norfolk Chamber of Commerce, deposition 7 June 1894, concerning the election of 1894 and black voters in Norfolk, Va., and applications for First Families of America.","Annual Report, 10 February 1891, of the trade and commerce of the Port of Norfolk, Virginia, U.S.A.","Includes several written to him as vice-consul for the Netherlands written in Dutch. includes business cards from his sons Baldwin Myers and Barton Myers, Jr.","Edward Thornton (concerning the mother of Joesph D. Pinner), Frances Caperton Preston, Barton Myers, Jr. (at the University of Virginia), ToTo to uncle [Barton Myers, Sr.], Katherine Barton Myers (describing a Liberty Loan Parade), Frances Stuart Myers, Dayman O. Holmes (concerning Myers portraits), A. W. Sully (concerning Myers portraits), E. Lee Trinkle, Mrs. Benjamin Mordecai Siegel, T.W. Harrison, Robert M. Hughes, letter transmitting an admission to the House of Commons.","Frances Stuart Myers, Robertson-Northrop Sport Shop, Inc., D. T. Bohun Company, Sarah B. Killam, J. M. Barton, Tiffany \u0026 Co., Willie Galt, M.J.G. (regarding a prospective suitor for a family member).","Some concern Myers desire to continue as vice-consul at Norfolk, Va. Includes blueprints of Fort Norfolk.","Correspondence of Barton Myers with Josephus Daniels, Secretary of the Navy and other documents relating to the Norfolk Navy Yard as well as invitations to naval events. Herbert Hoover letter as Secretary of Commerce.","Letters to Barton Myers concerning Fort Norfolk, condemnation of Cape Henry land, and appointment of Myers as a member of the Atlantic Deeper Waterways Association convention.","Correspondence, 1916-1918, as member of Norfolk Dock Commission (Myers as president) and minutes of the commission concerning proposals to build a dock in Nofolk, Va., and 1917 dock commission blueprint.","Correspondence and documents, 1916-1923-24 concerning pleas for Barton Myers to remain active in the Norfolk Chamber of Commerce and Norfolk Dock Commission.","Memo includes addresses, expenses on trips, and notes concerning real estate; handwritten birthday card and a list.","Back is labeled \"Myers.\" Included is a photograph of Myers from a book.","Includes tickets to events as well as a souvenir anchor made from iron of the \"Merrimack.\"","Includes tickets to events.","Includes engravings of \"Landing at Jamestown,\" \"Braddock's Retreat,\" and \"Perils of our Forefathers,\" all by Dempsey \u0026 Carroll, N.Y.","2 copies.","Letters from Barton Myers, Jr. to his parents and family. Includes letters written from Woodberry Forest School, the University of Virginia and Cornell University.","Letters written by Barton Myers, Jr. to his family while serving in the Quartermaster Corps in World War I. Includes letters from Fort Myer, Fort Thomas, Ky., Newport News, Va., in France and in London, Eng.","Letters written by R. Baldwin Myers to his family. Includes letters written form Winchester, Salem Willows, Staunton, Woodberry Forest, London and France. Includes letter, 1914, to Baldwin from John Scott Walker concerning Woodberry Forest Reunion. Includes letter and material concerning his service in World War I.","One issue of a weekly newsletter, \"Music in the Camps,\" Vol. 1, No. 37, July 13, 1918. and war camp community service worker notices. Toast from World War I. Probably from the papers of either Barton Myers, Jr. or R. Baldwin Myers while serving in World War I.","Scope and Contents Letters from Louisa \"Loutie\" Barton Myers Lloyd (wife of, James Hubard Lloyd, a Protestant Episcopal missionary to Japan). Letter written from Kyoto. Includes letters, 1921, exchanged between James Hubard Lloyd and W. E. Rollings concerning Japanese students studying in America. Includes letter written by Japanese student studying English in Japan.","Letters of C. M. Barton to grandchildren Katherine and Willie; letter of Miss Cary M. Barton to Kate; L. B. B. Lloyd to Kate; Mary D. Whitlow to Miss Katherine Myers.","New York Surrogate's Court.","Soda coupons, Libby Prison Escape postcard, paint samples, typescript of letter written from Winchester, 1799, by Mrs. Susanna Knox, ad for foods for diabetes and other ailments, Norfolk Southern Railroad Company Electric Division, Sunday School lessons, list of pledges, program, 1921, League of Virginia Municipalities, Practice of Prayer by James J. McConkey, admission ticket, Governor's Island Boat, fertilizer mixtures, invitation, fireside club, from S. L. Taylor, Automobile Association of America and Rules of the Road in Norfolk, and envelopes.","(Alternative Form). Photocopies of newspaper clipping relating to the Jamestown Exposition of 1907.","Typescript. 8 pp. Apparently published in the Ledger-Dispatch, Norfolk, Va.","Located with Oversize.","Scope and Contents Delegate to the National Rivers and Harbours Congress, 1910; Delegate to the Seventh Annual Convention of the Atlantic Deeper Waterways Association 1914, 1915 and 1926; Representative to the Virginia Child Welfare Conference, 1911; Representative to the National Conference of Charities and Corrections, 1911, 1912; Representative to the Southern Socialogical Conference, 1912; Certificate for contributing to the campaign of Woodrow Wilson, 1912; City Council of Norfolk resolutions by Barton Myers, 1886 (2 copies); Certificate appointing Barton Myers as a Councilman for the City of Norfolk, 1881; Lay Readers License from the Diocese of Southern Virginia, 1919, 1920, 1926; Appointment, with seal, of Barton Myers as British Vice Consul, 1877; Handwritten document, with seal, appointing Barton Myers as British Pro Vice-Consul at the Port of Norfolk and Portsmouth. 1876; Certification that Barton Myers paid his dues for the \"Company 'A' 4th Regt. Infantry (\"Lee Rifles\") Virginia Volunteers, Norfolk, Virginia. 1913; and Indenture, with a seal, between Mount Hebron Cemetery Company and Dr. Robert F. Baldwin of Staunton, Virginia for a cemetery lot. undated.","Correspondence concerning stock, insurance, property negotiations and good wishes after an operation.","Correspondence with organizers, exhibitors and attendees of the Jamestown Exposition held in Norfolk, Virginia. Barton Myers was the auditor of the Jamestown Exposition Corporation.","1865 and 1876 letter to his father from Barton Myers, 1877 letter to Willie from his brother and 1878 postcard sent to William B. Muyres of Fauquier County, Virginia to show him how foreign postmarks look.","Family letters, personal letters and condolence letters after the death of Barton Myers.  14 letters.","Scope and Contents Partial and fragile diary from a trip to France and England. undated.","Scope and Contents Broadside for an antique sale; flyer for war loans; constitution, rules and regulations of The Ocean View Company...adopted November 1854; Norfolk, Virginia Chamber of Commerce dinner program in honor of the \"Secretary of the Navy\" in 1913; pamphlet \"The Norfolk Song 'I'm Crazy 'Bout Norfolk'\" printed for the City of Norfolk, Atlantic Deeper Wayerways' Association Convention in 1923; printed speech of Hon. Henry St. George Tucker in the House of Representatives on March 3, 1926 and Vol. 1 No. 1 edition of \"Norfolk Commerce\" bulletin of the Chamber of Commerce for 1914.","Scope and Contents Hand drawn architectural house plans with various views and a handpainted picture of the house signed by G.H. Burrage, Vice Admiral, USN. undated.","Letters and telegrams written to Barton Myers by his son, R. Baldwin Myers, from his early days as Major in the 104th Motor Supply Train at Camp McClellan in Anniston, Alabama to his deployment to Bourbonne les Bains in December.","Invitation from the Norfolk Museum of Arts and Science (Virginia) to a presentation made \"by S.J.L. Olver, H.M. Consul General, British Embasy...honoring the members of the Myers Family who for three generations held the office of British Consul in Norfolk.\"","Obituaries for Moses Myers, Barton Myers and Robert F. Baldwin.","Includes articles on the Moses Myers and Barton Myers homes in Norfolk, Virginia.","Correspondence, reports and flyers related to Barton Myers' positions as Mayor and City Councilman of Norfolk, Virginia.","Scope and Contents Blurred photograph of older lady holding a baby, business cards for Barton Myers (3), newspaper clipping with a table showing \"value of one dollar in Gold as compared with Treasury Notes during each month of the war, from May 1861 to April 1, 1865,\" War Department pass for Barton Myers and party as representatives of the Norfolk Chamber of Commerce, 1922 pamphlet from the American Society of Civil Engineers as a memoir to Archibald Stuart Baldwin who died on June 26, 1922 and a November 1885 \"Monthly Examination\" for \"2nd Class N.C.\" with \"Burrage\" written on reverse.","Scope and Contents 1917 deed and paperwork for the sale of \"Pig Point\" to the City of Norfolk for the war effort and undated deed for sale of Texas property.","Correspondence and deed about the sale of land in Norfolk by Capt. James W. Gerow and Barton Myers to the City of Norfolk for a boulevard.","Blueprint of property owners along the Elizabeth River and a 1910 plat of \"Ghent Residence, Incorporated and adjacent properties.\"","A partial draft of a history of Hampton Roads, typed with handwritten notes.","Board Minutes for the Infant Sanitarium in Virginia Beach, Virginia. Mrs. Barton Myers was president. Includes many newspaper clippings with details of the annual reports. Quotation from an article in The Virginian-Pilot (October 4, 2010): \"For nearly 60 years, sickly children were sent to the Infant Sanitarium on Atlantic Avenue at 18th Street [...] and tended to by medical staff, free of charge. The facility was founded in 1888 by Kate Baldwin Myers, the wife of Barton Myers, who served as Norfolk's mayor from 1886 to 1888.\"","Scrapbook of newspaper clippings with some pamphlets and personal written material included, created by Barton Myers.","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","Infant Sanitarium (Virginia Beach, Va.)","Myers family","Myers, Moses, 1752-1835","Myers, Barton, 1853-1927","Myers, Kate Baldwin","Myers, R. 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Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility.\u003c/p\u003e"],"accessrestrict_heading_ssm":["Conditions Governing Access:"],"accessrestrict_tesim":["Collection is open to all researchers. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility."],"arrangement_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe Myers-Burrage-Graham Papers (I) has been divided into three groups, A, B, and C. This finding aid is for Group A only. Overall, the papers of the Myers, Burrage and Graham families document six generations of a prominent Jewish family of Norfolk, Va. The bulk of the collection relates to Moses Myers and his children, particularly Samuel (1790-1829), John Myers (1787-1830) and his grandson Barton Myers (1853-1927). There are papers of collateral relatives Col. James Duncan Graham (1799-1865), topographical engineer and Vice-Admiral Guy Hamilton Burrage (1867-1954).\u003c/p\u003e"],"arrangement_heading_ssm":["Arrangement of Materials:"],"arrangement_tesim":["The Myers-Burrage-Graham Papers (I) has been divided into three groups, A, B, and C. This finding aid is for Group A only. Overall, the papers of the Myers, Burrage and Graham families document six generations of a prominent Jewish family of Norfolk, Va. The bulk of the collection relates to Moses Myers and his children, particularly Samuel (1790-1829), John Myers (1787-1830) and his grandson Barton Myers (1853-1927). There are papers of collateral relatives Col. James Duncan Graham (1799-1865), topographical engineer and Vice-Admiral Guy Hamilton Burrage (1867-1954)."],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eMoses Myers (1752-1835) was born in New York City. He was a prominent Jewish merchant in Norfolk, Va. moving there in 1787. He was consul for the Netherlands, vice-consul for Denmark and served as collector of customs for the district of Norfolk and Portsmouth. He served in the Revolutionary War and later in the Virginia militia. He was President of the Norfolk Common Council.\u003c/p\u003e"],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical Information:"],"bioghist_tesim":["Moses Myers (1752-1835) was born in New York City. He was a prominent Jewish merchant in Norfolk, Va. moving there in 1787. He was consul for the Netherlands, vice-consul for Denmark and served as collector of customs for the district of Norfolk and Portsmouth. He served in the Revolutionary War and later in the Virginia militia. He was President of the Norfolk Common Council."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eMyers-Burrage-Graham Papers (I) Group A, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.\u003c/p\u003e"],"prefercite_tesim":["Myers-Burrage-Graham Papers (I) Group A, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary."],"processinfo_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eProcessed by Antonio Bly in 2000.\u003c/p\u003e"],"processinfo_heading_ssm":["Processing Information:"],"processinfo_tesim":["Processed by Antonio Bly in 2000."],"relatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eSee also; Gustavus A. Myers Papers, 1834-1869, Samuel Myers Papers, 1796-1845, and the Myers-Burrage-Graham Papers (I) Groups B and C, Myers Papers (II), all at Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Mss. Acc. 2008.147 Myers Papers of the Chrysler Museum of Art\u003c/p\u003e"],"relatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Related Materials:"],"relatedmaterial_tesim":["See also; Gustavus A. Myers Papers, 1834-1869, Samuel Myers Papers, 1796-1845, and the Myers-Burrage-Graham Papers (I) Groups B and C, Myers Papers (II), all at Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary."," Mss. Acc. 2008.147 Myers Papers of the Chrysler Museum of Art"],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eCy of ALS. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePass allows safe-passage through the Province of Quebec to the colonies. Signed by Frederic Haldimand and R. Mathews. XCy and Photo of DS. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDS. 2 pp.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents There, goods imported from \"Europe or other parts of the world\" would be sold. DS and XCy. 10 pp.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAssures Nicholas of his choice to locate his investment in Virginia with them; outlines reasons why Virginia is an excellent site for their business. XCy of DS. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMentions Moses Myers. frag. of D. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInsurance company— Mutual Assurance Society. Policy holder— David Simons. Frederick District no. 82. DS. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInsurance company— Mutual Assurance Society. Policy holder—David Simons. Fredericksburg district no. 83. DS. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eStatement confirms the prices of several staple/farm products.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDS. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBooklet/oration eulogizing the death of George Washington. P. 20 pp.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSigned by Ja[me]s Monroe. DS. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eADS. 2 pp.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Includes document of March 10, 1804, stating that Moses Myers has given one hundred dollars \"for his subscription toward building\" the Court House in Portsmouth. Signed by Tubman Laws. DS. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSk. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSigned by Alexander Stuart. DS. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCy of DS. 2 pp.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Recommends not purchasing oranges unless \"remarkably fine and cheap\"; sends draft on Moses Myers for $100 which applies to his credit; has had troubles collecting amount due Murphy \u0026amp; Blackburn. ALS. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNws. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNws. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCy of DS. 2 pp.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInforms Myers of a duel between Cabell and Jones; Jones was wounded in the thigh. Mentions a prospect to buy cider. ALS. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePropose to appoint Myers as Danish Vice Consul. ALS. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInforming Myers that he \"Will receive his father's trunk, case, cain \u0026amp; hat,\" etc. ALS. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSigned by James Madison and Robert Smith, Secretary of State. DS. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eD. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eALS. 4 pp.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSending Myers a complete copying book, pistols, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents John Myers's intent to visit Europe; Samuel Myers has not contacts; gives him a commission to buy a set of \"glass\" and \"floor cloth.\" ALS. 2 pp.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents John has gone to London. MM and the family are \"extremely anxious to hear\" from him; business here is dull including ship sales. ALS. 4 pp.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Mentions letter he (John) wrote to his brother on the \"15th\" with a present. Mrs. Wickham's health; philosophizes a crisis in Europe; compares to America; war would bring unity to us. ALS. 3 pp.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMentions the sale of vessel, Victory; business notes, news of family and acquaintances. ALS. 5 pp.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses revolutions in Europe; John Myers being a merchant not held in high regard; shipping; cargoes; computing houses; foodstuffs for sale. ALS. 5 pp.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRecommends acquiring a knowledge of the arts of the countries during a brief tour of England; keeping a journal on national and local politics in America. ALS. 7 pp.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses foreign affairs between America and England; approaching dissolution of the U.S. Bank. ALS. 4 pp.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDS. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e3 cards.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eProbably acquired by John Myers during the trip to England in 1810/1811. PM. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePM. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePM. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePM. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNws. 4 pp.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNws. 4 pp.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNws. 4 pp.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Discuss foreign affairs among the French, English and America; non-importation against England \"great events have generated this chaos\"; \"great events can restore\" political peace. ALS. 3 pp.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNws. 4 pp.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNws. 4 pp.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNws. 4 pp.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eShipping concerns; mercantile business; banking matters, list of ayes and noes \"for striking out.\" ALS. 5 pp.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNws. 4 pp.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNws. 4 pp.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eU.S. Cabinet; people clamor for war; public improvements. ALS. 5 pp.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMentions the purchase of a new ship, the Norfolk Pucket, and other shipping news; increase in business; burning of French privateer at Gosport; Monroe as Secretary of State, probably next President. ALS. 3 pp.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Mentions how the French are \"confiscating all American property\"; we are a \"sinking nation\"; critical of President Madison; \"cripled commerce of the world\"; farmers producing tobacco; party every night in Norfolk. ALS. 4 pp.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePM. 3 pp.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePM. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAlso a list of names of the \"stewards for the Trinity breakfast.\" PM. 2 pp.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDull trade; shipping news; news of family. ALS. 2 pp.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e(Collected by John Myers.) PM. 9 pp.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e(Collected by John Myers). PM. 9 pp.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMoses Myers's health is better; business dull; money matters, Mr. Foster in correspondence with [James] Monroe. ALS. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDS. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMentions Myers's letters to his father, and his application to restore goods he deposited in the Custom House from the frigate Constitution. Includes list of articles sent to Custom House. ALS. 4 pp.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSigned by President and faculty of Harvard. ADS. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePurchase of corn. ALS. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSamuel is going to England on the Packet; severe battle between French and the allies at Leipzig. ALS. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTaylor accepts their approbation. ALS. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eExpression of friendship. ALS. 2 pp.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSigned by W[ilson] C[ary] Nicholas. DS. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHave not met with the king yet, still waiting in Vienna; return of Napoleon to France; European affairs; Danish \"will not adventure much to America.\" ALS. 3 pp.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter of introduction for the son of a mutual acquaintance. ALS. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInforms Myers that he has been \"elected a director of the office of Discount \u0026amp; Deposit of the Bank of the United States at Norfolk.\" ALS. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePassport for Myer Myers to enter France signed by Myers and John Quincy Adams. DS. 3 pp.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncluding a note by \"W.B. Lamb,\" 11 August 1817. DS. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncluding document of statement John Marshall is Chief Justice signed by Richard Reed. Including John Marshall's ALS attesting to Moses, John, Samuel, Myers as merchants in Norfolk and citizens of the U.S., 12 September 1817. 2 DS \u0026amp; ALS. 3 pp.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003efrag. of DS. 2 pp.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThanks him for writing him, importance of family and friendship; mention of W. Etting, Mrs. French's music; duty calls him to support his family; fifteen years younger he would be a novel writer. ALS. 3 pp.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSigned by James P. preston. DS. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHis little girl is poisoned by a ring of debased metal; Governor Ridgely wants Wirt to join in working a mine in Botetourt, Virginia. Needs a coachman. ALS. 3 pp.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Writes about his own \"afflictions\"; healthwise and other burdens; refers to an appointment in Pennsylvania and the importance of a personal application. Mention of the Etting family. ALS. 2 pp.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eExpresses his pleasure in writing to him (Myers). Has recommended him to be a commissioner to settle claims under Spanish treaty. Mention of Judge Washington, Mr. Patterson, and General Taylor. ALS. 4 pp.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMentions John Myers's application to the commissioner under the late Spanish treaty for the adjustment of American claims. ALS. 2 pp.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIn Dutch. DS. 2 pp.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe Myers application for the commissionership for settling claims; definition of professional man; discussion of regulations of Spanish treaty; U.S. President comes to Norfolk; mention of Ettings. ALS. 7 pp.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMutual friends; visit of U.S. President to Norfolk. ALS. 2 pp.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSigned by James Monroe and John Quincy Adams. DS. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning purchases of American editions of books; includes list of legal titles and prices. ALS. 3 pp.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSelected a revised code of law for him. ALS. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Captain Downes of U.S. ship Macedonian is \"authorized\" to being home \"specie.\" ALS. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThanks Myer for the \"foreign newspapers,\" containing opinion in slave case. AL. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Discusses Myers's account against Dr. George Buzman\" in debt case. ALS. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents He is authorized to practice law. Signed by Spencer Roane and William Brockenbrough.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSigned by Thomas M. Randolph. DS. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDS. 3 pp.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRegrets missing his visit concerning financial relief for Myers. ALS. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNews. 4 pp.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscuss the route that Perderver intends to take when he returns north. Engage passage on the Miss George Packet. ALS. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning representing John Myers and his father in case before comptroller. ALS. 3 pp.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAt Charlotte's Villa. PM. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSending enclosed [not enclosed] by M.M. Robinson. ALS. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOn board the Constitution. Naval case. ALS. 4 pp.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNewsCl. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAccepts Myers's loan of his pistols. ALS. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSigned by William P. DuVal. DS. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCommemorating forty-seventh anniversary of American independence.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePM. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses the formation of volunteer militia. ALS. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning the selection by the President of claim by Myers. ALS. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSigned by William DuVal. APsS. 2 pp.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMyers has been elected as the representative of the ward of Pensacola. ALS. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning lottery. PM including ALS. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter Myers left for President sent to him. ALS. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter of recommendation for Samuel Myers. ALS; includes postcard. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMentions the illness of \"Mr. C.\" Offers to assist Myers. ALS. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Discuss his meeting with AlexanderBrown. Tells Myers not to hurry his suit. ALS. 2 pp.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSigned by James Pleasants. DS. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning trade. ALS includig note by Michael Lazarus to Brooke Cosby. ALS. 3 pp.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003efrag. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eADS. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eApologizes for not writing him back sooner. Situation prevents him from complying with Myers's request. ALS. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eADS. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNws. 4 pp.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eActivities of day. ALS. 3 pp.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses the \"system of customs.\" ALS. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTurns down his request for a recommendation for collector of customs in Norfolk as he [Giles] is not in the favor of the administration. ALS. 2 pp.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eANS. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMentions writing \"Mr. Rush.\" ALS. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning the appointment of the collection of customs in Norfolk. ALS. 2 pp.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReference to favor for Moses Myers. Discusses planting a cotton crop next year. ALS. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReference to collectorship. ALS. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSigned by John Quincy Adams and Richard Rush. DS. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSigned John Q. Adams and H. Clay. DS. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eADS. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCannot find the papers he (Myers) requested in regards to his father's appointment to \"Collector at Norfolk.\" Isn't sure whether name of father Moses Myers has been sent to the president or not. ALS. 2 pp.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Mentions the re-election of \"Gov. [Joseph] Kent\" of Maryland. ALS. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMyers's father's appointment has been approved by the Senate. ALS. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDocument also signed by Richard Rush, Secretary of the Treasury. DS. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003efrag. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRefers to case on the docket of Reuben M. Whitney v. the United States. ALS. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eANS. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eALS. 4 pp.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncluded is a poetic newspaper clipping. D. 2 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNwsCl.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInstructions concerning customs. LS. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAddress leaf.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMentions his memorial to the committee of commerce. ALS. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Moses Myers from the secretary of the Treasury Samuel D. Ingham. PDS. 2 pp.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning memorial about Moses Myers, collector of customs, and no intention to remove him. ALS. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThanks him for conveying liberal benefaction from donor. ALS. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFrederick Myers of Norfolk. DS. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDS. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSigned by John Floyd. DS. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSrock certificate entitling holder to five shares of stock in the Virginia and North Carolina Transportation Co. DS. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning health, banking, and European politics including Ireland. ALS. 4 pp.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning health and business. ALS. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDS. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePM. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSigned by Wyndham Robertson. DS. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Including letter by Myer Myers. ALS. 3 pp.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSigned by Wyndham Robertson. DS. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTravelling and travel plans. ALS. 4 pp.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFamily news. Illness of child. ALS. 3 pp.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIllness of father. Mention of Mr. Etting; social news. ALS. 4 pp.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Mentions a \"convention\" of which Myers was the host. Social and family news. ALS. 3 pp.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSigned by John M. Gregory. DS. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAmong a number of these concerned citizens appear M[yer] Myers's and Moses Myers's signatures. D. 3 pp.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePetition states that the city will not pave Free Mason Street. Signed by M. Myers, Executor, among others. DS. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses an ongoing chess game between two with plays. ALS. 4 pp.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSocial, family news, weather, flowers. ALS. 4 pp.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eALS. 4 pp.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDS. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCivil War military news of John B. Floyd and Henry A. Wise. AMS. 2 pp.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAccepts Myers's resignation of his commission as 1st lieutenant \"4 Reg. Cavalry.\" ALS. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Commissions Olinger \"First Lieutenant of Riflemen in the 94th\" Regiment. DS. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGives orders for the regiment to move from Camp Jackson at 10 o'clock AM in the direction of Kanawha Valley. ALS. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSigned by John Letcher on verso. Is a note from William Lamb certifying Moses Myers's commission. D. 2 pp.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHas written the Whig as Hughes suggested.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\"Dispose of me as you see fit and accept my heart-felt sympathy.\" ALS. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMentions an overruling on the part of the judge. ALS. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses the appointment of an unnamed person to an \"officer.\" Will check facts with Judge Rives. ALS. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRefers to a charter that has become a law. ALS. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMentions an examination of Daniel's paper on the appointment of the Inspector of Borders. ALS. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRefers the action of some mischievous school boys during the Easter holiday. Including note by James Barron Hope, 16 April 1887. ALS. 2 pp.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRefers Arthur's appointment as the Brazilian consulate general of New York and hopes for Barton Myers's cooperation and friendship. TLS. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMentions the change within the Brazilian government from empire to republic. TLS. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTurns down social invitation. Looks forward to discussing with Hughes law, literature, etc. ALS. 2 pp.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHoliday declines Myers's invitation to him and his wife. ALS. 2 pp.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIs obliged to you for the address on \"Editors of the Past,\" which I have read with great interest. TLS. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRefers to an appointment of Paymaster in the Navy. ALS. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eADS. 2 pp.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAcknowledges condolences of British residents on the death of Queen Victoria. TLS. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMentions Marquis of Lansdowne and Myers's telegram on the queen's death. ALS. 2 pp.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRefers to the president of Jamestown Exposition Company, Incorporated, account. Marked \"Confidential.\" ALS. 3 pp.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThanks Barton Myers for the copy of the book, The Life of Stonewall Jackson. Comments on Lee and Jackson. ALS. 3 pp.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAddresses the subject of tickets for a White House reception. TLS 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDewey declines Myers's invitation to address the Naval Young Men's Christian Association. TLS. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMetcalf declines Myers's invitation to be his guest at the opening of the Jamestown Exposition. TLS 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDeclines invitation. ALS. 3 pp.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePM. 4 pp.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscussion of Miss Heyl's promotion in Bureau of Engraving and Printing. Since it is a civil service job Martin has little influence. TLS. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMentions an appointment of Judge White to fill the vacancy occasioned by Judge Boykin's death. TLS. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMakes reference to Hughes's letter of the 15th. TLS. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePenal codes. TLS. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Thanks Myers for his \"elegant hospitality\" during his visit. TLS. 2 pp.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eC. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMentions the war, and an appointment of William Stanley Edmonds as vice-consul to the post of Norfolk to replace Myers. TLS. 2 pp.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAcknowledges receipt of Rice's dispatch of the 7th. Mentions Myers's acceptance of Mr. Edmonds as vice-consul. Details of office of vice-consul. TL. 2 pp.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter discusses Mr. Edmond's position as vice-consul and something of his salary arrangement. Details of office of vice-consul. ALS. 2 pp.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAcknowledges letters of the \"17th/25th.\" Also indicates a change in vice-consul; rather than Edmonds, Will Royds has been appointed the position to assist Myers. Adf. 3 pp.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTo Myers visiting him and German ships. ALS. 2 pp.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAcknowledges the receipt of Rice's letter of 11th, mentions \"consular business.\" ALS. 2 pp.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\"Sorry out of town unless specially urgent could you come Wednesday.\" Telegram. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Reports on the \"consular business\"; Meyers expresses his satisfaction with Mr. Royds. Details of consular business. TL. 4 pp.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses the reallocation of work within the consular office. TLS. 2 pp.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAcknowledges the receipt of Cecil's letter of the 23rd. Also conveys Myers's apprval of the arrangement of the vice-consul office. TL. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePromised to send Taylor's book. Travel plans. ALS. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRegisters the Admiralty's great appreciation of Myers's assistance given to Commodore Wells. TLS. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning the destruction of Old Fort Norfolk. TLS. 2 pp.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFamily and social news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter of instruction for Mr. and Mrs. Norman Williams.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning death of friend. ALS. 2 pp.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscussion of accusation and prejudice against the Myers brothers. ALS. 3 pp.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMs. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAMs. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSigned imprint by Meyer Myers and others. PDoc. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDS. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning consular duties. ALS. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eADoc. 2 pp.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMarital problems. Family news. ALS. 3 pp.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSigned in print by Moses Myers, president. See Oversize Box. PDoc. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSee Oversize Folder. ADS. 1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAccomplishments of Barton Myers, Sr. Sketches of Barton Myers, Sr. for National Encyclopedia of American Biography. Speech, 1907, by Barton Myers concerning Young Men's Christian Association. Notes for a speech dedicating a church building. Genealogy of the late Archibald Stuart Baldwin.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWritings of Barton Myers, Sr. including a toast to the coronation of George V., notes concerning a contract to build a grain elevator in Norfolk, Va., report, 1919, to the congregation concerning the removal of St. Luke's Episcopal Church, memorandum concerning purchase or lease for the Army Supply Base, speech concerning Tidewater Women's Associations, notes concerning Rev. James Blair, and notes concerning erection of a monument at Blackwall, England.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWritings of Barton Myers. Most concern religious subjects but there are notes concerning liquidation of the debt of Virginia, Myers genealogy, liquor on election days, Henry Clay's ideas on tariffs, the shipyard at norfolk, English legal history, and a daily schedule for Myers.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSpeech of Barton Myers, Sr. to Norfolk Chamber of Commerce, excerpt of a Speech of Barton Myers, Sr. to the Norfolk Chamber of Commerce, statement concerning the Jamestown Exposition, Myers to Norfolk Ledger-Dispatch and to Portsmouth Star concerning advocating of Claude A. Swanson as Senator, and advocating of Col. E. E. Holland for Congress, speech to League of Virginia Municipalities.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReport of a committee to argue why the office of customs should be located at Norfolk and not Newport News, speech of Barton Myers, Sr. outlining Norfolk Chamber of Commerce activities during the past year (during World War I), resolution opposing the lease of the Virginian Railway to Norfolk and Western Railroad (by Barton Myers as chairman of Norfolk Port Commission), committee report on building of wharves and docks (Norfolk \u0026amp; Portsmouth Belt Line Company), testimony of S. Heth Tyler and Barton Myers concerning application of the Norfolk and Western Railway to acquire control by lease of the ... Virginia Railway Company., notes concerning the needs of the city of Norfolk, Va. for development in 1912, report of a committee on the suitable location for union terminals, docks, and warehouse and railroad routes (Myers as chair), bill to amend the charter and extend and define the boundaries of Norfolk, Printed report of a committee and editorials concerning the port of Baltimore, speech, 1915, to the Norfolk Chamber of Commerce, deposition 7 June 1894, concerning the election of 1894 and black voters in Norfolk, Va., and applications for First Families of America.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAnnual Report, 10 February 1891, of the trade and commerce of the Port of Norfolk, Virginia, U.S.A.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes several written to him as vice-consul for the Netherlands written in Dutch. includes business cards from his sons Baldwin Myers and Barton Myers, Jr.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEdward Thornton (concerning the mother of Joesph D. Pinner), Frances Caperton Preston, Barton Myers, Jr. (at the University of Virginia), ToTo to uncle [Barton Myers, Sr.], Katherine Barton Myers (describing a Liberty Loan Parade), Frances Stuart Myers, Dayman O. Holmes (concerning Myers portraits), A. W. Sully (concerning Myers portraits), E. Lee Trinkle, Mrs. Benjamin Mordecai Siegel, T.W. Harrison, Robert M. Hughes, letter transmitting an admission to the House of Commons.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFrances Stuart Myers, Robertson-Northrop Sport Shop, Inc., D. T. Bohun Company, Sarah B. Killam, J. M. Barton, Tiffany \u0026amp; Co., Willie Galt, M.J.G. (regarding a prospective suitor for a family member).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSome concern Myers desire to continue as vice-consul at Norfolk, Va. Includes blueprints of Fort Norfolk.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence of Barton Myers with Josephus Daniels, Secretary of the Navy and other documents relating to the Norfolk Navy Yard as well as invitations to naval events. Herbert Hoover letter as Secretary of Commerce.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters to Barton Myers concerning Fort Norfolk, condemnation of Cape Henry land, and appointment of Myers as a member of the Atlantic Deeper Waterways Association convention.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence, 1916-1918, as member of Norfolk Dock Commission (Myers as president) and minutes of the commission concerning proposals to build a dock in Nofolk, Va., and 1917 dock commission blueprint.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence and documents, 1916-1923-24 concerning pleas for Barton Myers to remain active in the Norfolk Chamber of Commerce and Norfolk Dock Commission.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMemo includes addresses, expenses on trips, and notes concerning real estate; handwritten birthday card and a list.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBack is labeled \"Myers.\" Included is a photograph of Myers from a book.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes tickets to events as well as a souvenir anchor made from iron of the \"Merrimack.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes tickets to events.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes engravings of \"Landing at Jamestown,\" \"Braddock's Retreat,\" and \"Perils of our Forefathers,\" all by Dempsey \u0026amp; Carroll, N.Y.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 copies.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters from Barton Myers, Jr. to his parents and family. Includes letters written from Woodberry Forest School, the University of Virginia and Cornell University.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters written by Barton Myers, Jr. to his family while serving in the Quartermaster Corps in World War I. Includes letters from Fort Myer, Fort Thomas, Ky., Newport News, Va., in France and in London, Eng.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters written by R. Baldwin Myers to his family. Includes letters written form Winchester, Salem Willows, Staunton, Woodberry Forest, London and France. Includes letter, 1914, to Baldwin from John Scott Walker concerning Woodberry Forest Reunion. Includes letter and material concerning his service in World War I.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOne issue of a weekly newsletter, \"Music in the Camps,\" Vol. 1, No. 37, July 13, 1918. and war camp community service worker notices. Toast from World War I. Probably from the papers of either Barton Myers, Jr. or R. Baldwin Myers while serving in World War I.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Letters from Louisa \"Loutie\" Barton Myers Lloyd (wife of, James Hubard Lloyd, a Protestant Episcopal missionary to Japan). Letter written from Kyoto. Includes letters, 1921, exchanged between James Hubard Lloyd and W. E. Rollings concerning Japanese students studying in America. Includes letter written by Japanese student studying English in Japan.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters of C. M. Barton to grandchildren Katherine and Willie; letter of Miss Cary M. Barton to Kate; L. B. B. Lloyd to Kate; Mary D. Whitlow to Miss Katherine Myers.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNew York Surrogate's Court.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSoda coupons, Libby Prison Escape postcard, paint samples, typescript of letter written from Winchester, 1799, by Mrs. Susanna Knox, ad for foods for diabetes and other ailments, Norfolk Southern Railroad Company Electric Division, Sunday School lessons, list of pledges, program, 1921, League of Virginia Municipalities, Practice of Prayer by James J. McConkey, admission ticket, Governor's Island Boat, fertilizer mixtures, invitation, fireside club, from S. L. Taylor, Automobile Association of America and Rules of the Road in Norfolk, and envelopes.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e(Alternative Form). Photocopies of newspaper clipping relating to the Jamestown Exposition of 1907.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTypescript. 8 pp. Apparently published in the Ledger-Dispatch, Norfolk, Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLocated with Oversize.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Delegate to the National Rivers and Harbours Congress, 1910; Delegate to the Seventh Annual Convention of the Atlantic Deeper Waterways Association 1914, 1915 and 1926; Representative to the Virginia Child Welfare Conference, 1911; Representative to the National Conference of Charities and Corrections, 1911, 1912; Representative to the Southern Socialogical Conference, 1912; Certificate for contributing to the campaign of Woodrow Wilson, 1912; City Council of Norfolk resolutions by Barton Myers, 1886 (2 copies); Certificate appointing Barton Myers as a Councilman for the City of Norfolk, 1881; Lay Readers License from the Diocese of Southern Virginia, 1919, 1920, 1926; Appointment, with seal, of Barton Myers as British Vice Consul, 1877; Handwritten document, with seal, appointing Barton Myers as British Pro Vice-Consul at the Port of Norfolk and Portsmouth. 1876; Certification that Barton Myers paid his dues for the \"Company 'A' 4th Regt. Infantry (\"Lee Rifles\") Virginia Volunteers, Norfolk, Virginia. 1913; and Indenture, with a seal, between Mount Hebron Cemetery Company and Dr. Robert F. Baldwin of Staunton, Virginia for a cemetery lot. undated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence concerning stock, insurance, property negotiations and good wishes after an operation.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence with organizers, exhibitors and attendees of the Jamestown Exposition held in Norfolk, Virginia. Barton Myers was the auditor of the Jamestown Exposition Corporation.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1865 and 1876 letter to his father from Barton Myers, 1877 letter to Willie from his brother and 1878 postcard sent to William B. Muyres of Fauquier County, Virginia to show him how foreign postmarks look.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFamily letters, personal letters and condolence letters after the death of Barton Myers.  14 letters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Partial and fragile diary from a trip to France and England. undated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Broadside for an antique sale; flyer for war loans; constitution, rules and regulations of The Ocean View Company...adopted November 1854; Norfolk, Virginia Chamber of Commerce dinner program in honor of the \"Secretary of the Navy\" in 1913; pamphlet \"The Norfolk Song 'I'm Crazy 'Bout Norfolk'\" printed for the City of Norfolk, Atlantic Deeper Wayerways' Association Convention in 1923; printed speech of Hon. Henry St. George Tucker in the House of Representatives on March 3, 1926 and Vol. 1 No. 1 edition of \"Norfolk Commerce\" bulletin of the Chamber of Commerce for 1914.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Hand drawn architectural house plans with various views and a handpainted picture of the house signed by G.H. Burrage, Vice Admiral, USN. undated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters and telegrams written to Barton Myers by his son, R. Baldwin Myers, from his early days as Major in the 104th Motor Supply Train at Camp McClellan in Anniston, Alabama to his deployment to Bourbonne les Bains in December.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInvitation from the Norfolk Museum of Arts and Science (Virginia) to a presentation made \"by S.J.L. Olver, H.M. Consul General, British Embasy...honoring the members of the Myers Family who for three generations held the office of British Consul in Norfolk.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eObituaries for Moses Myers, Barton Myers and Robert F. Baldwin.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes articles on the Moses Myers and Barton Myers homes in Norfolk, Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence, reports and flyers related to Barton Myers' positions as Mayor and City Councilman of Norfolk, Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Blurred photograph of older lady holding a baby, business cards for Barton Myers (3), newspaper clipping with a table showing \"value of one dollar in Gold as compared with Treasury Notes during each month of the war, from May 1861 to April 1, 1865,\" War Department pass for Barton Myers and party as representatives of the Norfolk Chamber of Commerce, 1922 pamphlet from the American Society of Civil Engineers as a memoir to Archibald Stuart Baldwin who died on June 26, 1922 and a November 1885 \"Monthly Examination\" for \"2nd Class N.C.\" with \"Burrage\" written on reverse.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents 1917 deed and paperwork for the sale of \"Pig Point\" to the City of Norfolk for the war effort and undated deed for sale of Texas property.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence and deed about the sale of land in Norfolk by Capt. James W. Gerow and Barton Myers to the City of Norfolk for a boulevard.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBlueprint of property owners along the Elizabeth River and a 1910 plat of \"Ghent Residence, Incorporated and adjacent properties.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA partial draft of a history of Hampton Roads, typed with handwritten notes.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBoard Minutes for the Infant Sanitarium in Virginia Beach, Virginia. Mrs. Barton Myers was president. Includes many newspaper clippings with details of the annual reports. Quotation from an article in The Virginian-Pilot (October 4, 2010): \"For nearly 60 years, sickly children were sent to the Infant Sanitarium on Atlantic Avenue at 18th Street [...] and tended to by medical staff, free of charge. The facility was founded in 1888 by Kate Baldwin Myers, the wife of Barton Myers, who served as Norfolk's mayor from 1886 to 1888.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScrapbook of newspaper clippings with some pamphlets and personal written material included, created by Barton Myers.\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 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Signed by Frederic Haldimand and R. Mathews. XCy and Photo of DS. 1 p.","DS. 2 pp.","Scope and Contents There, goods imported from \"Europe or other parts of the world\" would be sold. DS and XCy. 10 pp.","Assures Nicholas of his choice to locate his investment in Virginia with them; outlines reasons why Virginia is an excellent site for their business. XCy of DS. 1 p.","Mentions Moses Myers. frag. of D. 1 p.","Insurance company— Mutual Assurance Society. Policy holder— David Simons. Frederick District no. 82. DS. 1 p.","Insurance company— Mutual Assurance Society. Policy holder—David Simons. Fredericksburg district no. 83. DS. 1 p.","Statement confirms the prices of several staple/farm products.","DS. 1 p.","Booklet/oration eulogizing the death of George Washington. P. 20 pp.","Signed by Ja[me]s Monroe. DS. 1 p.","ADS. 2 pp.","Scope and Contents Includes document of March 10, 1804, stating that Moses Myers has given one hundred dollars \"for his subscription toward building\" the Court House in Portsmouth. Signed by Tubman Laws. DS. 1 p.","Sk. 1 p.","Signed by Alexander Stuart. DS. 1 p.","Cy of DS. 2 pp.","Scope and Contents Recommends not purchasing oranges unless \"remarkably fine and cheap\"; sends draft on Moses Myers for $100 which applies to his credit; has had troubles collecting amount due Murphy \u0026 Blackburn. ALS. 1 p.","Nws. 1 p.","Nws. 1 p.","Cy of DS. 2 pp.","Informs Myers of a duel between Cabell and Jones; Jones was wounded in the thigh. Mentions a prospect to buy cider. ALS. 1 p.","1 p.","Propose to appoint Myers as Danish Vice Consul. ALS. 1 p.","Informing Myers that he \"Will receive his father's trunk, case, cain \u0026 hat,\" etc. ALS. 1 p.","Signed by James Madison and Robert Smith, Secretary of State. DS. 1 p.","D. 1 p.","ALS. 4 pp.","Sending Myers a complete copying book, pistols, etc.","Scope and Contents John Myers's intent to visit Europe; Samuel Myers has not contacts; gives him a commission to buy a set of \"glass\" and \"floor cloth.\" ALS. 2 pp.","Scope and Contents John has gone to London. MM and the family are \"extremely anxious to hear\" from him; business here is dull including ship sales. ALS. 4 pp.","Scope and Contents Mentions letter he (John) wrote to his brother on the \"15th\" with a present. Mrs. Wickham's health; philosophizes a crisis in Europe; compares to America; war would bring unity to us. ALS. 3 pp.","Mentions the sale of vessel, Victory; business notes, news of family and acquaintances. ALS. 5 pp.","Discusses revolutions in Europe; John Myers being a merchant not held in high regard; shipping; cargoes; computing houses; foodstuffs for sale. ALS. 5 pp.","Recommends acquiring a knowledge of the arts of the countries during a brief tour of England; keeping a journal on national and local politics in America. ALS. 7 pp.","Discusses foreign affairs between America and England; approaching dissolution of the U.S. Bank. ALS. 4 pp.","DS. 1 p.","3 cards.","Probably acquired by John Myers during the trip to England in 1810/1811. PM. 1 p.","PM. 1 p.","PM. 1 p.","PM. 1 p.","Nws. 4 pp.","Nws. 4 pp.","Nws. 4 pp.","Scope and Contents Discuss foreign affairs among the French, English and America; non-importation against England \"great events have generated this chaos\"; \"great events can restore\" political peace. ALS. 3 pp.","Nws. 4 pp.","Nws. 4 pp.","Nws. 4 pp.","Shipping concerns; mercantile business; banking matters, list of ayes and noes \"for striking out.\" ALS. 5 pp.","Nws. 4 pp.","Nws. 4 pp.","U.S. Cabinet; people clamor for war; public improvements. ALS. 5 pp.","Mentions the purchase of a new ship, the Norfolk Pucket, and other shipping news; increase in business; burning of French privateer at Gosport; Monroe as Secretary of State, probably next President. ALS. 3 pp.","Scope and Contents Mentions how the French are \"confiscating all American property\"; we are a \"sinking nation\"; critical of President Madison; \"cripled commerce of the world\"; farmers producing tobacco; party every night in Norfolk. ALS. 4 pp.","PM. 3 pp.","PM. 1 p.","Also a list of names of the \"stewards for the Trinity breakfast.\" PM. 2 pp.","Dull trade; shipping news; news of family. ALS. 2 pp.","(Collected by John Myers.) PM. 9 pp.","(Collected by John Myers). PM. 9 pp.","Moses Myers's health is better; business dull; money matters, Mr. Foster in correspondence with [James] Monroe. ALS. 1 p.","DS. 1 p.","Mentions Myers's letters to his father, and his application to restore goods he deposited in the Custom House from the frigate Constitution. Includes list of articles sent to Custom House. ALS. 4 pp.","Signed by President and faculty of Harvard. ADS. 1 p.","Purchase of corn. ALS. 1 p.","Samuel is going to England on the Packet; severe battle between French and the allies at Leipzig. ALS. 1 p.","Taylor accepts their approbation. ALS. 1 p.","Expression of friendship. ALS. 2 pp.","Signed by W[ilson] C[ary] Nicholas. DS. 1 p.","Have not met with the king yet, still waiting in Vienna; return of Napoleon to France; European affairs; Danish \"will not adventure much to America.\" ALS. 3 pp.","Letter of introduction for the son of a mutual acquaintance. ALS. 1 p.","Informs Myers that he has been \"elected a director of the office of Discount \u0026 Deposit of the Bank of the United States at Norfolk.\" ALS. 1 p.","Passport for Myer Myers to enter France signed by Myers and John Quincy Adams. DS. 3 pp.","Including a note by \"W.B. Lamb,\" 11 August 1817. DS. 1 p.","Including document of statement John Marshall is Chief Justice signed by Richard Reed. Including John Marshall's ALS attesting to Moses, John, Samuel, Myers as merchants in Norfolk and citizens of the U.S., 12 September 1817. 2 DS \u0026 ALS. 3 pp.","frag. of DS. 2 pp.","Thanks him for writing him, importance of family and friendship; mention of W. Etting, Mrs. French's music; duty calls him to support his family; fifteen years younger he would be a novel writer. ALS. 3 pp.","Signed by James P. preston. DS. 1 p.","His little girl is poisoned by a ring of debased metal; Governor Ridgely wants Wirt to join in working a mine in Botetourt, Virginia. Needs a coachman. ALS. 3 pp.","Scope and Contents Writes about his own \"afflictions\"; healthwise and other burdens; refers to an appointment in Pennsylvania and the importance of a personal application. Mention of the Etting family. ALS. 2 pp.","Expresses his pleasure in writing to him (Myers). Has recommended him to be a commissioner to settle claims under Spanish treaty. Mention of Judge Washington, Mr. Patterson, and General Taylor. ALS. 4 pp.","Mentions John Myers's application to the commissioner under the late Spanish treaty for the adjustment of American claims. ALS. 2 pp.","In Dutch. DS. 2 pp.","The Myers application for the commissionership for settling claims; definition of professional man; discussion of regulations of Spanish treaty; U.S. President comes to Norfolk; mention of Ettings. ALS. 7 pp.","Mutual friends; visit of U.S. President to Norfolk. ALS. 2 pp.","Signed by James Monroe and John Quincy Adams. DS. 1 p.","Concerning purchases of American editions of books; includes list of legal titles and prices. ALS. 3 pp.","Selected a revised code of law for him. ALS. 1 p.","Scope and Contents Captain Downes of U.S. ship Macedonian is \"authorized\" to being home \"specie.\" ALS. 1 p.","Thanks Myer for the \"foreign newspapers,\" containing opinion in slave case. AL. 1 p.","Scope and Contents Discusses Myers's account against Dr. George Buzman\" in debt case. ALS. 1 p.","Scope and Contents He is authorized to practice law. Signed by Spencer Roane and William Brockenbrough.","Signed by Thomas M. Randolph. DS. 1 p.","DS. 3 pp.","Regrets missing his visit concerning financial relief for Myers. ALS. 1 p.","News. 4 pp.","Discuss the route that Perderver intends to take when he returns north. Engage passage on the Miss George Packet. ALS. 1 p.","Concerning representing John Myers and his father in case before comptroller. ALS. 3 pp.","At Charlotte's Villa. PM. 1 p.","Sending enclosed [not enclosed] by M.M. Robinson. ALS. 1 p.","On board the Constitution. Naval case. ALS. 4 pp.","NewsCl. 1 p.","Accepts Myers's loan of his pistols. ALS. 1 p.","Signed by William P. DuVal. DS. 1 p.","Commemorating forty-seventh anniversary of American independence.","PM. 1 p.","Discusses the formation of volunteer militia. ALS. 1 p.","Concerning the selection by the President of claim by Myers. ALS. 1 p.","Signed by William DuVal. APsS. 2 pp.","Myers has been elected as the representative of the ward of Pensacola. ALS. 1 p.","Concerning lottery. PM including ALS. 1 p.","Letter Myers left for President sent to him. ALS. 1 p.","Letter of recommendation for Samuel Myers. ALS; includes postcard. 1 p.","Mentions the illness of \"Mr. C.\" Offers to assist Myers. ALS. 1 p.","Scope and Contents Discuss his meeting with AlexanderBrown. Tells Myers not to hurry his suit. ALS. 2 pp.","Signed by James Pleasants. DS. 1 p.","Concerning trade. ALS includig note by Michael Lazarus to Brooke Cosby. ALS. 3 pp.","frag. 1 p.","ADS. 1 p.","Apologizes for not writing him back sooner. Situation prevents him from complying with Myers's request. ALS. 1 p.","ADS. 1 p.","Nws. 4 pp.","Activities of day. ALS. 3 pp.","Discusses the \"system of customs.\" ALS. 1 p.","Turns down his request for a recommendation for collector of customs in Norfolk as he [Giles] is not in the favor of the administration. ALS. 2 pp.","ANS. 1 p.","Mentions writing \"Mr. Rush.\" ALS. 1 p.","Concerning the appointment of the collection of customs in Norfolk. ALS. 2 pp.","Reference to favor for Moses Myers. Discusses planting a cotton crop next year. ALS. 1 p.","Reference to collectorship. ALS. 1 p.","Signed by John Quincy Adams and Richard Rush. DS. 1 p.","Signed John Q. Adams and H. Clay. DS. 1 p.","ADS. 1 p.","Cannot find the papers he (Myers) requested in regards to his father's appointment to \"Collector at Norfolk.\" Isn't sure whether name of father Moses Myers has been sent to the president or not. ALS. 2 pp.","Scope and Contents Mentions the re-election of \"Gov. [Joseph] Kent\" of Maryland. ALS. 1 p.","Myers's father's appointment has been approved by the Senate. ALS. 1 p.","Document also signed by Richard Rush, Secretary of the Treasury. DS. 1 p.","frag. 1 p.","Refers to case on the docket of Reuben M. Whitney v. the United States. ALS. 1 p.","ANS. 1 p.","ALS. 4 pp.","Included is a poetic newspaper clipping. D. 2 p.","NwsCl.","Instructions concerning customs. LS. 1 p.","Address leaf.","Mentions his memorial to the committee of commerce. ALS. 1 p.","Scope and Contents Moses Myers from the secretary of the Treasury Samuel D. Ingham. PDS. 2 pp.","Concerning memorial about Moses Myers, collector of customs, and no intention to remove him. ALS. 1 p.","Thanks him for conveying liberal benefaction from donor. ALS. 1 p.","Frederick Myers of Norfolk. DS. 1 p.","DS. 1 p.","Signed by John Floyd. DS. 1 p.","Srock certificate entitling holder to five shares of stock in the Virginia and North Carolina Transportation Co. DS. 1 p.","Concerning health, banking, and European politics including Ireland. ALS. 4 pp.","Concerning health and business. ALS. 1 p.","DS. 1 p.","PM. 1 p.","Signed by Wyndham Robertson. DS. 1 p.","Scope and Contents Including letter by Myer Myers. ALS. 3 pp.","Signed by Wyndham Robertson. DS. 1 p.","Travelling and travel plans. ALS. 4 pp.","Family news. Illness of child. ALS. 3 pp.","Illness of father. Mention of Mr. Etting; social news. ALS. 4 pp.","Scope and Contents Mentions a \"convention\" of which Myers was the host. Social and family news. ALS. 3 pp.","Signed by John M. Gregory. DS. 1 p.","Among a number of these concerned citizens appear M[yer] Myers's and Moses Myers's signatures. D. 3 pp.","Petition states that the city will not pave Free Mason Street. Signed by M. Myers, Executor, among others. DS. 1 p.","Discusses an ongoing chess game between two with plays. ALS. 4 pp.","Social, family news, weather, flowers. ALS. 4 pp.","ALS. 4 pp.","DS. 1 p.","Civil War military news of John B. Floyd and Henry A. Wise. AMS. 2 pp.","Accepts Myers's resignation of his commission as 1st lieutenant \"4 Reg. Cavalry.\" ALS. 1 p.","Scope and Contents Commissions Olinger \"First Lieutenant of Riflemen in the 94th\" Regiment. DS. 1 p.","Gives orders for the regiment to move from Camp Jackson at 10 o'clock AM in the direction of Kanawha Valley. ALS. 1 p.","Signed by John Letcher on verso. Is a note from William Lamb certifying Moses Myers's commission. D. 2 pp.","Has written the Whig as Hughes suggested.","\"Dispose of me as you see fit and accept my heart-felt sympathy.\" ALS. 1 p.","Mentions an overruling on the part of the judge. ALS. 1 p.","Discusses the appointment of an unnamed person to an \"officer.\" Will check facts with Judge Rives. ALS. 1 p.","Refers to a charter that has become a law. ALS. 1 p.","Mentions an examination of Daniel's paper on the appointment of the Inspector of Borders. ALS. 1 p.","Refers the action of some mischievous school boys during the Easter holiday. Including note by James Barron Hope, 16 April 1887. ALS. 2 pp.","Refers Arthur's appointment as the Brazilian consulate general of New York and hopes for Barton Myers's cooperation and friendship. TLS. 1 p.","Mentions the change within the Brazilian government from empire to republic. TLS. 1 p.","Turns down social invitation. Looks forward to discussing with Hughes law, literature, etc. ALS. 2 pp.","Holiday declines Myers's invitation to him and his wife. ALS. 2 pp.","Is obliged to you for the address on \"Editors of the Past,\" which I have read with great interest. TLS. 1 p.","Refers to an appointment of Paymaster in the Navy. ALS. 1 p.","ADS. 2 pp.","Acknowledges condolences of British residents on the death of Queen Victoria. TLS. 1 p.","Mentions Marquis of Lansdowne and Myers's telegram on the queen's death. ALS. 2 pp.","Refers to the president of Jamestown Exposition Company, Incorporated, account. Marked \"Confidential.\" ALS. 3 pp.","Thanks Barton Myers for the copy of the book, The Life of Stonewall Jackson. Comments on Lee and Jackson. ALS. 3 pp.","Addresses the subject of tickets for a White House reception. TLS 1 p.","Dewey declines Myers's invitation to address the Naval Young Men's Christian Association. TLS. 1 p.","Metcalf declines Myers's invitation to be his guest at the opening of the Jamestown Exposition. TLS 1 p.","Declines invitation. ALS. 3 pp.","PM. 4 pp.","Discussion of Miss Heyl's promotion in Bureau of Engraving and Printing. Since it is a civil service job Martin has little influence. TLS. 1 p.","Mentions an appointment of Judge White to fill the vacancy occasioned by Judge Boykin's death. TLS. 1 p.","Makes reference to Hughes's letter of the 15th. TLS. 1 p.","Penal codes. TLS. 1 p.","Scope and Contents Thanks Myers for his \"elegant hospitality\" during his visit. TLS. 2 pp.","C. 1 p.","Mentions the war, and an appointment of William Stanley Edmonds as vice-consul to the post of Norfolk to replace Myers. TLS. 2 pp.","Acknowledges receipt of Rice's dispatch of the 7th. Mentions Myers's acceptance of Mr. Edmonds as vice-consul. Details of office of vice-consul. TL. 2 pp.","Letter discusses Mr. Edmond's position as vice-consul and something of his salary arrangement. Details of office of vice-consul. ALS. 2 pp.","Acknowledges letters of the \"17th/25th.\" Also indicates a change in vice-consul; rather than Edmonds, Will Royds has been appointed the position to assist Myers. Adf. 3 pp.","To Myers visiting him and German ships. ALS. 2 pp.","Acknowledges the receipt of Rice's letter of 11th, mentions \"consular business.\" ALS. 2 pp.","\"Sorry out of town unless specially urgent could you come Wednesday.\" Telegram. 1 p.","Scope and Contents Reports on the \"consular business\"; Meyers expresses his satisfaction with Mr. Royds. Details of consular business. TL. 4 pp.","Discusses the reallocation of work within the consular office. TLS. 2 pp.","Acknowledges the receipt of Cecil's letter of the 23rd. Also conveys Myers's apprval of the arrangement of the vice-consul office. TL. 1 p.","Promised to send Taylor's book. Travel plans. ALS. 1 p.","Registers the Admiralty's great appreciation of Myers's assistance given to Commodore Wells. TLS. 1 p.","Concerning the destruction of Old Fort Norfolk. TLS. 2 pp.","Family and social news.","Letter of instruction for Mr. and Mrs. Norman Williams.","Concerning death of friend. ALS. 2 pp.","Discussion of accusation and prejudice against the Myers brothers. ALS. 3 pp.","Ms. 1 p.","AMs. 1 p.","Signed imprint by Meyer Myers and others. PDoc. 1 p.","DS. 1 p.","Concerning consular duties. ALS. 1 p.","ADoc. 2 pp.","Marital problems. Family news. ALS. 3 pp.","Signed in print by Moses Myers, president. See Oversize Box. PDoc. 1 p.","See Oversize Folder. ADS. 1 p.","Accomplishments of Barton Myers, Sr. Sketches of Barton Myers, Sr. for National Encyclopedia of American Biography. Speech, 1907, by Barton Myers concerning Young Men's Christian Association. Notes for a speech dedicating a church building. Genealogy of the late Archibald Stuart Baldwin.","Writings of Barton Myers, Sr. including a toast to the coronation of George V., notes concerning a contract to build a grain elevator in Norfolk, Va., report, 1919, to the congregation concerning the removal of St. Luke's Episcopal Church, memorandum concerning purchase or lease for the Army Supply Base, speech concerning Tidewater Women's Associations, notes concerning Rev. James Blair, and notes concerning erection of a monument at Blackwall, England.","Writings of Barton Myers. Most concern religious subjects but there are notes concerning liquidation of the debt of Virginia, Myers genealogy, liquor on election days, Henry Clay's ideas on tariffs, the shipyard at norfolk, English legal history, and a daily schedule for Myers.","Speech of Barton Myers, Sr. to Norfolk Chamber of Commerce, excerpt of a Speech of Barton Myers, Sr. to the Norfolk Chamber of Commerce, statement concerning the Jamestown Exposition, Myers to Norfolk Ledger-Dispatch and to Portsmouth Star concerning advocating of Claude A. Swanson as Senator, and advocating of Col. E. E. Holland for Congress, speech to League of Virginia Municipalities.","Report of a committee to argue why the office of customs should be located at Norfolk and not Newport News, speech of Barton Myers, Sr. outlining Norfolk Chamber of Commerce activities during the past year (during World War I), resolution opposing the lease of the Virginian Railway to Norfolk and Western Railroad (by Barton Myers as chairman of Norfolk Port Commission), committee report on building of wharves and docks (Norfolk \u0026 Portsmouth Belt Line Company), testimony of S. Heth Tyler and Barton Myers concerning application of the Norfolk and Western Railway to acquire control by lease of the ... Virginia Railway Company., notes concerning the needs of the city of Norfolk, Va. for development in 1912, report of a committee on the suitable location for union terminals, docks, and warehouse and railroad routes (Myers as chair), bill to amend the charter and extend and define the boundaries of Norfolk, Printed report of a committee and editorials concerning the port of Baltimore, speech, 1915, to the Norfolk Chamber of Commerce, deposition 7 June 1894, concerning the election of 1894 and black voters in Norfolk, Va., and applications for First Families of America.","Annual Report, 10 February 1891, of the trade and commerce of the Port of Norfolk, Virginia, U.S.A.","Includes several written to him as vice-consul for the Netherlands written in Dutch. includes business cards from his sons Baldwin Myers and Barton Myers, Jr.","Edward Thornton (concerning the mother of Joesph D. Pinner), Frances Caperton Preston, Barton Myers, Jr. (at the University of Virginia), ToTo to uncle [Barton Myers, Sr.], Katherine Barton Myers (describing a Liberty Loan Parade), Frances Stuart Myers, Dayman O. Holmes (concerning Myers portraits), A. W. Sully (concerning Myers portraits), E. Lee Trinkle, Mrs. Benjamin Mordecai Siegel, T.W. Harrison, Robert M. Hughes, letter transmitting an admission to the House of Commons.","Frances Stuart Myers, Robertson-Northrop Sport Shop, Inc., D. T. Bohun Company, Sarah B. Killam, J. M. Barton, Tiffany \u0026 Co., Willie Galt, M.J.G. (regarding a prospective suitor for a family member).","Some concern Myers desire to continue as vice-consul at Norfolk, Va. Includes blueprints of Fort Norfolk.","Correspondence of Barton Myers with Josephus Daniels, Secretary of the Navy and other documents relating to the Norfolk Navy Yard as well as invitations to naval events. Herbert Hoover letter as Secretary of Commerce.","Letters to Barton Myers concerning Fort Norfolk, condemnation of Cape Henry land, and appointment of Myers as a member of the Atlantic Deeper Waterways Association convention.","Correspondence, 1916-1918, as member of Norfolk Dock Commission (Myers as president) and minutes of the commission concerning proposals to build a dock in Nofolk, Va., and 1917 dock commission blueprint.","Correspondence and documents, 1916-1923-24 concerning pleas for Barton Myers to remain active in the Norfolk Chamber of Commerce and Norfolk Dock Commission.","Memo includes addresses, expenses on trips, and notes concerning real estate; handwritten birthday card and a list.","Back is labeled \"Myers.\" Included is a photograph of Myers from a book.","Includes tickets to events as well as a souvenir anchor made from iron of the \"Merrimack.\"","Includes tickets to events.","Includes engravings of \"Landing at Jamestown,\" \"Braddock's Retreat,\" and \"Perils of our Forefathers,\" all by Dempsey \u0026 Carroll, N.Y.","2 copies.","Letters from Barton Myers, Jr. to his parents and family. Includes letters written from Woodberry Forest School, the University of Virginia and Cornell University.","Letters written by Barton Myers, Jr. to his family while serving in the Quartermaster Corps in World War I. Includes letters from Fort Myer, Fort Thomas, Ky., Newport News, Va., in France and in London, Eng.","Letters written by R. Baldwin Myers to his family. Includes letters written form Winchester, Salem Willows, Staunton, Woodberry Forest, London and France. Includes letter, 1914, to Baldwin from John Scott Walker concerning Woodberry Forest Reunion. Includes letter and material concerning his service in World War I.","One issue of a weekly newsletter, \"Music in the Camps,\" Vol. 1, No. 37, July 13, 1918. and war camp community service worker notices. Toast from World War I. Probably from the papers of either Barton Myers, Jr. or R. Baldwin Myers while serving in World War I.","Scope and Contents Letters from Louisa \"Loutie\" Barton Myers Lloyd (wife of, James Hubard Lloyd, a Protestant Episcopal missionary to Japan). Letter written from Kyoto. Includes letters, 1921, exchanged between James Hubard Lloyd and W. E. Rollings concerning Japanese students studying in America. Includes letter written by Japanese student studying English in Japan.","Letters of C. M. Barton to grandchildren Katherine and Willie; letter of Miss Cary M. Barton to Kate; L. B. B. Lloyd to Kate; Mary D. Whitlow to Miss Katherine Myers.","New York Surrogate's Court.","Soda coupons, Libby Prison Escape postcard, paint samples, typescript of letter written from Winchester, 1799, by Mrs. Susanna Knox, ad for foods for diabetes and other ailments, Norfolk Southern Railroad Company Electric Division, Sunday School lessons, list of pledges, program, 1921, League of Virginia Municipalities, Practice of Prayer by James J. McConkey, admission ticket, Governor's Island Boat, fertilizer mixtures, invitation, fireside club, from S. L. Taylor, Automobile Association of America and Rules of the Road in Norfolk, and envelopes.","(Alternative Form). Photocopies of newspaper clipping relating to the Jamestown Exposition of 1907.","Typescript. 8 pp. Apparently published in the Ledger-Dispatch, Norfolk, Va.","Located with Oversize.","Scope and Contents Delegate to the National Rivers and Harbours Congress, 1910; Delegate to the Seventh Annual Convention of the Atlantic Deeper Waterways Association 1914, 1915 and 1926; Representative to the Virginia Child Welfare Conference, 1911; Representative to the National Conference of Charities and Corrections, 1911, 1912; Representative to the Southern Socialogical Conference, 1912; Certificate for contributing to the campaign of Woodrow Wilson, 1912; City Council of Norfolk resolutions by Barton Myers, 1886 (2 copies); Certificate appointing Barton Myers as a Councilman for the City of Norfolk, 1881; Lay Readers License from the Diocese of Southern Virginia, 1919, 1920, 1926; Appointment, with seal, of Barton Myers as British Vice Consul, 1877; Handwritten document, with seal, appointing Barton Myers as British Pro Vice-Consul at the Port of Norfolk and Portsmouth. 1876; Certification that Barton Myers paid his dues for the \"Company 'A' 4th Regt. Infantry (\"Lee Rifles\") Virginia Volunteers, Norfolk, Virginia. 1913; and Indenture, with a seal, between Mount Hebron Cemetery Company and Dr. Robert F. Baldwin of Staunton, Virginia for a cemetery lot. undated.","Correspondence concerning stock, insurance, property negotiations and good wishes after an operation.","Correspondence with organizers, exhibitors and attendees of the Jamestown Exposition held in Norfolk, Virginia. Barton Myers was the auditor of the Jamestown Exposition Corporation.","1865 and 1876 letter to his father from Barton Myers, 1877 letter to Willie from his brother and 1878 postcard sent to William B. Muyres of Fauquier County, Virginia to show him how foreign postmarks look.","Family letters, personal letters and condolence letters after the death of Barton Myers.  14 letters.","Scope and Contents Partial and fragile diary from a trip to France and England. undated.","Scope and Contents Broadside for an antique sale; flyer for war loans; constitution, rules and regulations of The Ocean View Company...adopted November 1854; Norfolk, Virginia Chamber of Commerce dinner program in honor of the \"Secretary of the Navy\" in 1913; pamphlet \"The Norfolk Song 'I'm Crazy 'Bout Norfolk'\" printed for the City of Norfolk, Atlantic Deeper Wayerways' Association Convention in 1923; printed speech of Hon. Henry St. George Tucker in the House of Representatives on March 3, 1926 and Vol. 1 No. 1 edition of \"Norfolk Commerce\" bulletin of the Chamber of Commerce for 1914.","Scope and Contents Hand drawn architectural house plans with various views and a handpainted picture of the house signed by G.H. Burrage, Vice Admiral, USN. undated.","Letters and telegrams written to Barton Myers by his son, R. Baldwin Myers, from his early days as Major in the 104th Motor Supply Train at Camp McClellan in Anniston, Alabama to his deployment to Bourbonne les Bains in December.","Invitation from the Norfolk Museum of Arts and Science (Virginia) to a presentation made \"by S.J.L. Olver, H.M. Consul General, British Embasy...honoring the members of the Myers Family who for three generations held the office of British Consul in Norfolk.\"","Obituaries for Moses Myers, Barton Myers and Robert F. Baldwin.","Includes articles on the Moses Myers and Barton Myers homes in Norfolk, Virginia.","Correspondence, reports and flyers related to Barton Myers' positions as Mayor and City Councilman of Norfolk, Virginia.","Scope and Contents Blurred photograph of older lady holding a baby, business cards for Barton Myers (3), newspaper clipping with a table showing \"value of one dollar in Gold as compared with Treasury Notes during each month of the war, from May 1861 to April 1, 1865,\" War Department pass for Barton Myers and party as representatives of the Norfolk Chamber of Commerce, 1922 pamphlet from the American Society of Civil Engineers as a memoir to Archibald Stuart Baldwin who died on June 26, 1922 and a November 1885 \"Monthly Examination\" for \"2nd Class N.C.\" with \"Burrage\" written on reverse.","Scope and Contents 1917 deed and paperwork for the sale of \"Pig Point\" to the City of Norfolk for the war effort and undated deed for sale of Texas property.","Correspondence and deed about the sale of land in Norfolk by Capt. James W. Gerow and Barton Myers to the City of Norfolk for a boulevard.","Blueprint of property owners along the Elizabeth River and a 1910 plat of \"Ghent Residence, Incorporated and adjacent properties.\"","A partial draft of a history of Hampton Roads, typed with handwritten notes.","Board Minutes for the Infant Sanitarium in Virginia Beach, Virginia. Mrs. Barton Myers was president. Includes many newspaper clippings with details of the annual reports. Quotation from an article in The Virginian-Pilot (October 4, 2010): \"For nearly 60 years, sickly children were sent to the Infant Sanitarium on Atlantic Avenue at 18th Street [...] and tended to by medical staff, free of charge. 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