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Educated in\n Edinburgh, Scotland, during the Revolutionary War, Brooke\n returned to Virginia in 1780 where he enlisted in a volunteer\n cavalry troop and was captured by the British at Westham in\n January 1781. Brooke returned to Spotsylvania County to\n practice law, later moving his office to Fredericksburg. In\n 1786, Brooke married Mary Ritchie Hopper (d. 1796) and settled\n on an estate in Fredericksburg which became known as Federal\n Hill. Brooke represented Spotsylvania County in the House of\n Delegates from 1791 until 1794. Upon the vacancy of the office\n of governor by Henry Lee to suppress the Whiskey Rebellion,\n the General Assembly elected Brooke governor on 20 November\n 1794. He was reelected for a second one-year term on 26\n November 1795. Brooke County, now in West Virginia, was named\n after Robert Brooke when it was formed from part of Ohio\n County in 1796. Following his second term as governor, Brooke\n was elected to replace James Innes as attorney general of\n Virginia on 16 November 1796. He served as attorney general\n until his death on 27 February 1800.","Robert Brooke's Executive papers are organized\n chronologically with undated items arranged at the end of each\n year. These papers primarily consist of incoming\n correspondence during Brooke's two one-year terms as governor\n between 1 December 1794 until 1 December 1796. These records\n include correspondence written to James Wood who acted as\n Lieutenant Governor while Brooke was temporarily absent from\n office. The correspondence in this collection relates to a\n variety of topics including appointments for state positions;\n the Point of Fork Arsenal; defense of the frontier;\n resignations; arms \u0026 ammunition; Indian attacks; British\n \u0026 French ships in Virginia ports; the boundary line\n between Kentucky \u0026 Virginia; extraditions; the Houdon\n statue of Washington; state expenses \u0026 revenue; quarantine\n of vessels; foreign affairs; Revolutionary claims; elections;\n Presidential electors; the Capitol Building; the militia; and\n others. In addition to correspondence, there are resolutions\n from Congress and the Virginia Senate \u0026 House of\n Delegates; muster \u0026 pay rolls; accounts; oaths; pardons;\n receipts; election returns \u0026 certificates; qualifications;\n lists; depositions; proclamations; petitions; reports;\n appointments; resignations; treaties; bonds; commissions;\n orders; proceedings; applications; lists; opinions; and other\n sundry items. Note that files related to county officers for\n 1795 have been arranged alphabetically by county and separated\n to the end of the papers for that year.","Noteworthy correspondence originates from the United States\n government, Virginia State government, and miscellaneous\n sources. Prominent correspondents from the United States\n government include Henry Knox, Timothy Pickering, \u0026 James\n McHenry, Secretaries of War; Edmund Randolph \u0026 Timothy\n Pickering, Secretaries of State; Alexander Campbell, U.S.\n District Attorney General, Samuel A. Otis \u0026 John\n Beckley, Clerks of the Senate \u0026 House of\n Representatives, and President George Washington.","Governor Brooke received correspondence on numerous\n occasions from the United States War Department. On 5 December\n 1794, Henry Knox transmitted a resolution by John Beckley,\n Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives, thanking the\n Virginia Militia for their service during the Whiskey\n Rebellion. Timothy Pickering replaced Knox as Secretary of War\n in 1795. Pickering writes on 6 January 1795 regarding the\n French ship Les Jumeaux which was armed and equipped at\n Philadelphia in violation of the U.S. neutrality law.\n Pickering also writes respecting bounty lands on the northwest\n side of the Ohio River for officers \u0026 soldiers of the\n Virginia Line on Continental Establishment (1795 June 13). In\n addition, Pickering responds to a letter from the Governor\n concerning establishing a small garrison of militia at\n Norfolk. According to Pickering, the President has no\n authority to call out the militia for the preservation of\n peace (1795 July 3). Lastly, Pickering writes regarding the\n pay of Charles Cist for printing regulations for the order and\n discipline of U.S. troops (1795 Sept. 14). James McHenry\n replaced Pickering as Secretary of War in 1796. In a letter\n dated 4 March 1796, McHenry acknowledges the receipt of the\n Governor's letter, along with the account \u0026 vouchers for\n militia \u0026 scouts on the Western frontier. William Simmons,\n in the Dept. of War Accountant's Office, corresponds with the\n Governor concerning the compensation by the United States to\n Virginia for the pay \u0026 subsistence of the militia,\n ammunition, and contingent expenses in the protection of the\n frontiers (1795 Sept. 17). On 14 March 1796, Simmons encloses\n a statement of differences on examination of the Virginia\n claims for pay, etc., in 1795. A letter from President George Washington dated 1796 Sept. 15 asks that his shares in the James River Company be applied to Liberty Hall Academy in rockbridge County (letter removed to the Vault - George Washington Papers).","Edmund Randolph, former Governor of Virginia, corresponds\n as Secretary of State. On 3 January 1795, Randolph transmits a\n proclamation of thanksgiving from the President (proclamation\n not included). In another letter of the same date, Randolph\n remarks on a letter from the Governor regarding the embargo.\n On 16 February 1795, Randolph writes about the capture of a\n pilot boat belonging to the British Consul at Norfolk.\n Randolph encloses copies of letters from Gen. Thomas Mathews\n to Governor Lee, Alexander Hamilton, Sec. of the Treasury, and\n orders from Mathews to Lt. Vaughan. On 8 May 1795, Randolph\n encloses letters and papers from George Hammond, British\n Minister Plenipotentiary, concerning French prizes taken by\n Rear Admiral Murray and an order for foreign ships to depart\n American ports. Included is a copy of a letter from Thomas\n Jefferson to Hammond regarding French \u0026 British ships in\n American ports and the treaty with France to admit prizes\n \u0026 repair French ships in U.S. ports. The next day,\n Randolph encloses additional copies of letters from Hammond,\n along with a declaration \u0026 affidavit by Thomas Butler\n regarding the French prizes taken by Admiral Murray. Finally,\n Randolph discusses the practice of British ships of war\n impressing American seamen (1795 May 20). All copies of\n letters were transcribed by George Taylor, Jr., Chief Clerk of\n the Department of State. Timothy Pickering served as Secretary\n of State upon the resignation of Randolph on 19 August 1795.\n On 20 January 1796, Pickering writes to Pierre A. Adet, French\n Minister Plenipotentiary, with respect to U.S. neutrality.\n Pickering also encloses a translation of a letter he received\n from Adet regarding the purchase of flour \u0026 horses by the\n English in Virginia.","Alexander Campbell, District U.S. Attorney, provides his\n opinion on the following subjects: the unlawful detention of a\n mariner by a British vessel of war (1795 Jan. 25), the\n delivery of a fugitive of justice from Pennsylvania and\n deserters from a British ship of war at Norfolk (1795 Jan.\n 25), and the Unicorn, a suspected privateer outfitting at\n Gloucester (1795 June 26). In addition, Samuel A. Otis \u0026\n John Beckley periodically transmit journals of the proceedings\n of the U.S. Senate \u0026 House of Representatives (1795 April\n 13 \u0026 25, \u0026 1796 July 28).","Significant correspondents from Virginia State government\n include Archibald Blair, Clerk of the Council; Samuel Coleman,\n Assistant Clerk of the Council of State; James Innes, Attorney\n General; Charles Hay, Clerk of the House of Delegates;\n Humphrey Brooke, Clerk of the Senate; William Hay, Robert\n Goode, \u0026 William Foushee, etc., Directors of Public\n Buildings; Robert Quarles, Superintendent of the Point of Fork\n Arsenal; Thomas Newton \u0026 Willis Wilson, County\n Lieutenants; John Pendleton, Jr., Auditor of Public Accounts;\n and Jacquelin Ambler, Treasurer.","Archibald Blair \u0026 Samuel Coleman, as Clerk \u0026\n Assistant Clerk of the Council, communicate with the Governor\n frequently through the Council Office. Blair offers the advice\n of the Council regarding the account against the U.S. for the\n Western defense, reimbursement for the Springfield expedition,\n the printing of German military regulations, and orders for\n scouts in Ohio \u0026 Harrison Counties (1795 Jan. 14). Blair\n also writes G. Deneale denying his request to keep arms given\n to the light infantry under his command at Winchester to use\n against the insurgents (1795 Feb. 11). On 14 July 1795, Blair\n submits the order of the Council for ordering out the militia\n from Norfolk \u0026 Portsmouth to prevent disorder or\n insurrections from the frequent migrations of negroes. Lastly,\n Blair provides the advice of the Council concerning witnesses\n against Archer Branch in North Carolina (1796 Feb. 15).\n Coleman mainly writes concerning military finances including\n the account of Hugh Caperton for ammunition (1794 Dec. 2) and\n Capt. William Lowther's pay abstract \u0026 muster roll (1795\n March 5). On 12 May 1795, Coleman writes the Governor\n requesting that the office of Keeper of the Capitol not be\n taken from his father, Wyatt Coleman. His father writes a\n similar letter on the same date. On 4 December 1795, Coleman\n requests additional compensation for completing a list of\n officers \u0026 privates of the Continental Line. Shortly\n thereafter, Coleman was appointed Adjutant General and asks\n the Lieutenant Governor for an apartment in the Capitol to\n perform his new duties (1795 Dec. 14).","During James Innes' absence in 1794 \u0026 1795, John\n Marshall provides his opinion on the militia law as Attorney\n General of Virginia (1794 Undated). Upon Innes' return,\n Marshall writes as counsel to Lord Fairfax concerning the case\n of the Commonwealth against him in the Court of Appeals (1795\n March 2). On 23 April 1795, Innes writes that he will be\n unable to attend this trial in the Court of Appeals due to\n illness. Innes provides an opinion on such topics as the\n improper trial of William John Thweatt who was found guilty of\n horse stealing (1795 April 7), proceedings against Mr. Johnson\n for the alleged murder of Mr. Jeffers (1796 Jan. 13), and the\n power of the Governor to procure the attendance of necessary\n witnesses from the Territory South of the Ohio River (1796\n Feb. 3). On 21 June 1796, he remarks on the assignment of the\n Solicitor's Office for the use of the Attorney General. Again,\n on 17 July 1796, Innes writes that he must be absent from\n office because of health problems. He adds that he has asked\n Mr. Warden to discharge the duties of his office. Innes was\n forced to resign in a letter to the Governor dated 13 November\n 1796.","Charles Hay, Clerk of the House of Delegates, and Humphrey\n Brooke, Clerk of the Senate, often submit legislation and\n qualifications of election to the Governor. Noteworthy\n legislation includes a resolution to inquire about the\n \"lucrative office\" accepted by James Innes in the General\n Government (1794 Dec. 16). Included in these papers are the\n qualifications for the election of Spencer Roane as Judge of\n the Court of Appeals in place of Henry Tazewell (1794 Dec. 2),\n the election of Jaquelin Ambler as Treasurer (1794 Dec. 17),\n Paul Carrington as Judge of the General Court in place of\n Spencer Roane (1794 Dec. 17), Robert Brooke as Governor (1795\n Nov. 26), Robert Brooke as Attorney General (1796 Nov. 16),\n and Samuel Shepard as Auditor of Public Accounts in place of\n John Pendleton (1796 Nov. 16). A letter from John Wise,\n Speaker of the House of Delegates, encloses sundry resolutions\n for proposing certain amendments to the U.S. Constitution\n (1795 Dec. 19).","William Hay, Robert Goode, \u0026 William Foushee, etc.,\n Directors of Public Buildings, provide information on work\n done to the Capitol Building and the settlement of accounts.\n On 28 November 1795, William Hay writes regarding the account\n of Samuel Dobie for superintending \u0026 directing the\n execution of the steps outside the Capitol, as well as the\n staircase, conference, and other work done inside the Capitol\n from 1793 to 1794. Hay also encloses accounts and a letter\n from Dobie indicating the amount of balances due him. On 30\n March 1796, the Directors write regarding the repair of the\n roof of the Capitol and surplus materials.","Maj. Robert Quarles submits quarterly returns of ordnance\n \u0026 public stores at Point of Fork (1795 Jan. 2, 1795 March\n 31, 1795 June 30, 1795 Oct. 6, 1795 Dec. 31, 1796 March 31,\n 1796 June 30, \u0026 1796 Sept. 30). In addition, Quarles'\n correspondence concerns a contract for provisions at Point of\n Fork (1795 May 5 \u0026 25), an increase in salary (1795 Oct.\n 6), the bond of William Weaver to provide rations for the\n State Arsenal (1796 May 27), the supply of timber \u0026\n firewood contract with David Ross (1796 Sept. 12), and the\n bond of Matthew \u0026 Elias Wills for the Office of Contractor\n to supply the State Arsenal with rations (1796 Oct. 27).","Thomas Newton, Jr., County Lieutenant for Norfolk Borough,\n frequently writes the Governor on a variety of concerns. On 11\n January 1795, Newton encloses copies of letters from the\n British \u0026 French Consuls regarding disturbances between\n British \u0026 French crews in Norfolk Harbor. On 14 January,\n Newton discusses the case of Daniel Raybourn, an American\n seamen taken by the Lynx, a British ship of war, from a Danish\n Brig. He encloses the opinion of Alexander Campbell to the\n Lieutenant Governor on the same matter on 25 January 1795. In\n another letter, he remarks on Campbell's opinion on British\n deserters and the extradition of the fugitive Joseph Larelle\n back to Pennsylvania (1795 Feb. 1). Newton communicates\n Campbell's opinion to John Hamilton, British Consul, stating\n that it is the duty of the magistrates to apprehend deserters\n (1795 Feb. 2). An incident occurred in February 1795 when a\n group of armed men from the British ship Thetis marched into\n Norfolk committing illegal searches in the homes of citizens\n for deserters. Newton informs the Governor of this incident\n and encloses an account by the Captain of the Watch, a copy of\n a letter from John Hamilton, and depositions (1795 Feb. 17).\n He writes again on this matter on 25 February 1795 enclosing\n letters from Alexander F. Cochrane, Captain of the Thetis,\n \u0026 John Hamilton. Much of Newton's correspondence with\n Governor Brooke relates to the spread of diseases to Norfolk\n \u0026 the quarantine of vessels (1795 April 28; 1795 May 5,\n 16, 26; 1795 Aug. 22; 1795 Oct. 3; 1795 Nov. 4, 5, \u0026 17;\n 1796 May 15 \u0026 29; 1796 July 8; 1796 Aug. 13 \u0026 28; 1796\n Sept. 12 \u0026 28; 1796 Oct. 27; \u0026 1796 Nov. 7). On 28\n February 1796, Newton writes regarding the purchase of two\n acres of land for building houses for the reception of goods\n and for accommodating the persons performing quarantine. On 17\n April 1795, Newton informs the Governor of American citizens\n detained on board Admiral Murray's ship the Resolution, a\n British ship of war. His letters of 1796 Feb. 7 \u0026 9 relate\n to letters from Henry McGeary, an American citizen impressed\n on the Resolution. Later, Newton encloses a letter from Judge\n Cyrus Griffin respecting the case of McGeary (1796 Feb. 21).\n Newton remarks on the arrival of three French ships from\n Guadalupe and the defenseless condition of the port due to the\n incompletion of the forts and the insufficient garrison there\n (1795 May 24). On 9 June 1795, Newton relates the capture of\n two French ships off the coast by the British ships Thetis\n \u0026 Hussar. In addition, he mentions the arrival of a French\n ship from Dominique with French citizens and a number of\n negroes which they claim as servants. A few days later, Newton\n informs the Governor of the arrival of the Sloop Industry from\n Boston which carried negro slaves on board in violation of the\n non-importation laws (1795 June 11). In a letter dated 21 June\n 1795, Newton encloses the deposition of Francis Marshal\n concerning two brigs taken off the coast of Virginia by a\n Bermudian privateer. Another significant event occurred in\n January 1796 when horses were purchased by British officers in\n the United States for mounting their troops against the French\n in the West Indies. Newton writes the Governor that this is a\n violation of the treaty with France \u0026 Holland (1796 Jan.\n 20). Shortly thereafter, he encloses a letter from Mr. Oster,\n French Consul, complaining of the shipment of horses by the\n British (1796 Jan. 23). The next day, he encloses one from\n John Hamilton denying that the shipment of horses is a\n military preparation (1795 Jan. 24).","Willis Wilson, County Lieutenant for Portsmouth,\n corresponds with the Governor regarding similar subjects as\n Thomas Newton. On 29 April 1795, Wilson suggests that a boat\n be armed at Hampton Roads for the purpose of preventing\n violators of U.S. neutrality and to liberate the men impressed\n on board Rear Admiral Murray's Squadron. He encloses the\n deposition of Capt. Hatten whose ship was boarded by the Lynx.\n A letter from Wilson to Admiral Murray relates to hostile\n expeditions by ships of any belligerent nation in Virginia\n waters. In this letter, he orders the ships to depart Virginia\n waters and to liberate any American citizens detained on board\n (1795 April 27). Wilson encloses a letter from John Hamilton\n informing him that the vessels Diana \u0026 Thomas are waiting\n to embark with their cargo of horses. On 24 June 1795, Wilson\n writes about the small pox epidemic in Portsmouth and the\n impressment of John Underwood \u0026 John Lloyd on board the\n British ship Lynx. Finally, Wilson writes the Governor\n regarding the formation of an artillery company in Portsmouth\n under the command of John Cowper (1796 Feb. 23 \u0026 March\n 27).","Governor Randolph corresponds often with John Pendleton,\n Jr., Auditor of Public Accounts, and Jaquelin Ambler,\n Treasurer, regarding various financial matters. Pendleton\n regularly encloses lists of warrants issued by him through the\n Auditor's Office (1795 March 31, 1795 July 1, 1795 Nov. 5,\n 1795 Dec. 31, 1796 July 1). Additionally, Pendleton writes\n regarding the suspicion of a fraudulent sale against Robert\n Craig, former sheriff of Washington County (1794 Dec. 18).\n Pendleton encloses the report of John Taylor and the opinion\n of John Marshall on the matter. Pendleton also writes to the\n Governor enclosing accounts of expenses of his office (1795\n May 10). On 14 May 1795, Pendleton provided a report on the\n final settlement of William Davies' accounts as Commissioner\n of Virginia for Claims Against the United States. Pendleton\n submits his letter of resignation on 5 August 1796 effective\n at the end of the month. The next day, Pendleton recommends\n Samuel Shepard to replace him as Auditor. Pendleton's official\n letter of resignation was submitted on 30 Sept. 1796. Ambler\n encloses a statement of monies belonging to claimants for the\n defense of the Western frontier (1795 Aug. 27). In addition,\n on 24 September 1795, he encloses a copy of a letter from\n Samuel Meredith, U.S. Treasurer, regarding a warrant from the\n Secretary of War for the full balance due the State of\n Virginia for the settlement of their account for the pay \u0026\n subsistence of militia, scouts, ammunition, and contingent\n expenses in the protection of the frontiers.","Notable correspondents from miscellaneous sources include\n the following: Andrew Dunscomb, Mayor of Richmond; John\n Hamilton, British Consul at Norfolk; and Thomas Mifflin,\n Governor of Pennsylvania.","Andrew Dunscomb mainly writes the Governor regarding the\n prevention of infectious disease to the City of Richmond. On\n 27 August 1795, he encloses resolutions of the Common Hall\n relative to the quarantine of vessels from Norfolk.\n Additionally, he discusses a law prohibiting the migration of\n free negroes from the West Indies into the Commonwealth (1795\n Sept. 18). Dunscomb also transmits a letter from William\n Richardson \u0026 Jacob I. Cohen regarding allowing passage of\n vessels from Norfolk, but stopping vessels from New York (1795\n Oct. 6).","John Hamilton, British Consul, frequently writes the\n Governor regarding British affairs. On 2 January 1795,\n Hamilton requests permission for the British ships Thetis\n \u0026 Cleopatra to make repairs in Norfolk Harbor. Hamilton\n also writes at length regarding British desertions,\n particularly the incident involving the attempt by British\n sailors on board the Thetis to recapture deserters in Norfolk\n (1795 Feb. 18, 25, \u0026 May 8). Hamilton was also\n particularly concerned with privateers preying on British\n ships. He specifically mentions a ship called the Unicorn\n which plundered a Danish vessel (1795 June 26 \u0026 July 30).\n In addition, Hamilton communicates his intelligence regarding\n vessels from Baltimore arming in the Chesapeake as privateers\n (1795 Aug. 15 \u0026 Sept. 24). His letter to the Lieutenant\n Governor relates to the prevention of illegal equipment for\n ships in the waters of Virginia (1795 July 3 \u0026 Oct. 6).\n Yet another incident occurred in January 1796 when the\n American Sloop Diana, loaded with British goods and bound for\n a British port in the West Indies, was forcibly boarded and\n her cargo carried away. Hamilton sends a letter to the\n Governor complaining about this incident, along with a similar\n letter to Willis Wilson (1796 Jan. 29). Finally, on 15\n February 1796, Hamilton writes regarding his inquiry to the\n President on the shipment of horses and the neutrality\n laws.","As Governor of Pennsylvania, Thomas Mifflin often\n corresponds with Governor Brooke with respect to fugitives\n from justice. On 29 December 1794, Mifflin transmits the\n affidavit of Stephen Girard affirming that Joseph Larelle had\n taken a mulatto boy named Crispin from his service with an\n intention of selling him into slavery. He writes again on 10\n February 1795 concerning the apprehension of Larelle. In a\n letter dated 12 March 1795, Mifflin informs the Governor of\n the appointment of Laurence Maher as Agent for Pennsylvania to\n bring Joseph Larelle back to Pennsylvania. Similarly, Mifflin\n transmits a copy of an affidavit by Robert Ross respecting\n Langford Herring who was accused of forgery and removed to\n Virginia (1795 Oct. 12). Mifflin also acknowledges the receipt\n of the revised laws from Virginia (1795 May 14 \u0026 1796 Aug.\n 25) and a resolution from Virginia proposing certain\n amendments to the U.S. Constitution (1796 Jan. 6). Mifflin\n responds to another letter on 22 January 1796 regarding an\n annual interchange of the laws passed by Pennsylvania \u0026\n Virginia.","Additional significant correspondence includes the\n following: George Clendenin regarding pay \u0026 subsistence of\n a company employed for the defense of Greenbrier \u0026 Kanawha\n (1794 Dec. 20); Paul Carrington accepting a commission as\n Judge of the General Court (1794 Dec. 18); Andrew Lewis\n regarding the discharge of the troops under his command on the\n southwestern frontiers (1794 Dec. 28); Thomas Mathews\n regarding the admission of two British ship of war into\n Norfolk (1795 Jan. 9); William Price, Register of the Land\n Office, regarding two additional clerk (1795 Jan. 15); Edward\n Carrington regarding the quota of militia called from Gen.\n Martin's Brigade for the late expeditions against the\n insurgents (1795 Feb. 8); William Lowther regarding the\n discharge of scouts \u0026 rangers under his command (1795 Feb.\n 21); Andrew Lewis regarding the settlement of his accounts\n (1795 March 3); John Steele regarding his tardiness in\n settling the Western accounts (1795 April 29); Andrew Lewis\n regarding his application to replace Gen. Tate as paymaster\n (1795 May 5); Daniel Bedinger responding to charges against\n him by George Hammond, regarding his deposition of the pilot\n Thomas Butler (1795 May 26); John Steele regarding the account\n of Virginia against the United States (1795 June 23); Henry\n Lee regarding his failure to execute orders by the Lt. Gov.\n concerning the privateer at Gloucester (1795 July 6); H. Young\n enclosing a letter from John Page regarding the Unicorn (1795\n July 7); John Dawson regarding Indian depredations in Harrison\n County (1795 Aug. 17); James Monroe, Paris, regarding the\n statue of Gen. Washington left unfinished while Thomas\n Jefferson was Minister to France (1795 Aug. 20); William\n Lowther regarding depredations by Indians in Harrison County\n (1795 Aug. 24); George Peachey, Mayor of Petersburg regarding\n two cases of yellow fever brought from Norfolk (1795 Aug. 26);\n George Clendenin resigning his commission as County Lieutenant\n for Kanawha County (1795 Nov. 14); Governor Brooke to the\n Clerk of the Council indicating his temporary absence from\n office (1795 Dec. 9); Robert Johnson to the Commissioners for\n Virginia regarding approval of the proceedings of the\n Commissioners concerning the boundary line between Virginia\n \u0026 Kentucky (1796 Jan. 1); Isaac Shelby, Governor of\n Kentucky, regarding the boundary line and enclosing an act of\n the Kentucky Legislature (1796 Feb. 15); William Pennock\n enclosing a bill of lading from Ve. Homberg \u0026 Homberg\n Freres for three cases containing the marble pedester statue\n of Gen. Washington and the marble pedestal (1796 April 10);\n Isaac Shelby enclosing a letter from Alexander Smyth regarding\n the boundary line between Virginia \u0026 Kentucky (1796 May\n 6); John Hoskins Stone, Governor of Maryland, regarding the\n extradition of Robert Osborn, a fugitive of justice (1796 June\n 16); John Dawson regarding obtaining arms for the State of\n Virginia from Europe (1796 Sept. 11 \u0026 12); Archibald\n Stuart regarding the agreement with the Kentucky Commissioners\n on the boundary line (1796 Sept. 27); Houdon regarding his\n payment for creating a marble statue of Washington (1796 Oct.\n 8); and Edmund Randolph regarding the case of Fairfax versus\n the Commonwealth (1796 Oct. 22).","Other noteworthy items include: oath of Robert Brooke by J.\n Pendleton as Governor (1794 Dec. 1); a list of persons who\n have migrated to Virginia and given oath to reside therein\n (1794 Dec. 17); receipts from William Morris, Contractor, for\n rations to soldiers under the command of Hugh Caperton (1794\n Dec. 17); proclamation revoking the previous proclamation of\n Lt. Gov. James Wood regarding the quarantine of vessels from\n certain ports (1794 Dec. 19); receipts from Samuel Shepard for\n the sale of the mace (1794 Dec. 3); order from Will Russell,\n Clerk of the Court of Directors of the Lunatic Hospital,\n applying for warrants from the Auditor of Public Accounts\n (1795 March 31 \u0026 1796 July 12); muster roll of scouts\n called into service for the protection of Randolph County\n (1795 May 20); proclamation by the Governor regarding the\n yellow fever outbreak in the West Indies and the quarantine of\n vessels from those areas (1795 May 21); petition from French\n refugees from St. Domingo at Norfolk regarding a plan to send\n back their negroes (1795 July N.D.); oath issued by John\n Pendleton to Robert Brooke as Governor (1795 Dec. 1); printed\n copy of the Treaty of Greenville signed by Timothy Pickering\n (1795 Dec. 22); proclamation by Lt. Gov. James Wood offering a\n reward for the capture of John Williford for the murder of\n Josiah Worrell (1795 Sept. 19); list of commissions of the\n peace for Southampton County (1796 Feb. 12); list of\n commissions of the peace for New Kent County (1796 March 4);\n account of William Hodgson for erecting the statue of\n Washington \u0026 repairing (1796 June 8); appointment of John\n Robertson by James Wood as Superintendent of Quarantine for\n Bermuda Hundred \u0026 City Point (1796 July 9); bond of Samuel\n Shepard as Auditor of Public Accounts (1796 Oct. 1);\n certificate of Samuel Moseley, Mayor of Norfolk, as elector\n for President \u0026 Vice President (1796 Nov. 7); and muster\n fines of the 22nd Regiment Virginia Militia, Mecklenburg\n County (1796 Nov. 5).","State Records Collection,\n Office of the Governor (Record Group 3)","English"],"collection_title_tesim":["Governor Robert Brooke Executive\n Papers, 1794-1796"],"collection_ssim":["Governor Robert Brooke Executive\n Papers, 1794-1796"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["40723"],"unitid_tesim":["40723"],"repository_ssm":["Library of Virginia"],"repository_ssim":["Library of Virginia"],"creator_ssm":["Governor's Office"],"creator_ssim":["Governor's Office"],"acqinfo_ssim":["Acquired prior to 1905."],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"physdesc_tesim":["2.23 cubic\n feet"],"arrangement_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eArranged chronologically by date of document with undated\n items arranged to the rear.\u003c/p\u003e\n "],"arrangement_heading_ssm":["Arrangement"],"arrangement_tesim":["Arranged chronologically by date of document with undated\n items arranged to the rear."],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eRobert Brooke was born in Spotsylvania County to Richard\n Brooke and Ann Hay Taliaferro Brooke around 1760. Educated in\n Edinburgh, Scotland, during the Revolutionary War, Brooke\n returned to Virginia in 1780 where he enlisted in a volunteer\n cavalry troop and was captured by the British at Westham in\n January 1781. Brooke returned to Spotsylvania County to\n practice law, later moving his office to Fredericksburg. In\n 1786, Brooke married Mary Ritchie Hopper (d. 1796) and settled\n on an estate in Fredericksburg which became known as Federal\n Hill. Brooke represented Spotsylvania County in the House of\n Delegates from 1791 until 1794. Upon the vacancy of the office\n of governor by Henry Lee to suppress the Whiskey Rebellion,\n the General Assembly elected Brooke governor on 20 November\n 1794. He was reelected for a second one-year term on 26\n November 1795. Brooke County, now in West Virginia, was named\n after Robert Brooke when it was formed from part of Ohio\n County in 1796. Following his second term as governor, Brooke\n was elected to replace James Innes as attorney general of\n Virginia on 16 November 1796. He served as attorney general\n until his death on 27 February 1800.\u003c/p\u003e\n "],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical Information"],"bioghist_tesim":["Robert Brooke was born in Spotsylvania County to Richard\n Brooke and Ann Hay Taliaferro Brooke around 1760. Educated in\n Edinburgh, Scotland, during the Revolutionary War, Brooke\n returned to Virginia in 1780 where he enlisted in a volunteer\n cavalry troop and was captured by the British at Westham in\n January 1781. Brooke returned to Spotsylvania County to\n practice law, later moving his office to Fredericksburg. In\n 1786, Brooke married Mary Ritchie Hopper (d. 1796) and settled\n on an estate in Fredericksburg which became known as Federal\n Hill. Brooke represented Spotsylvania County in the House of\n Delegates from 1791 until 1794. Upon the vacancy of the office\n of governor by Henry Lee to suppress the Whiskey Rebellion,\n the General Assembly elected Brooke governor on 20 November\n 1794. He was reelected for a second one-year term on 26\n November 1795. Brooke County, now in West Virginia, was named\n after Robert Brooke when it was formed from part of Ohio\n County in 1796. Following his second term as governor, Brooke\n was elected to replace James Innes as attorney general of\n Virginia on 16 November 1796. He served as attorney general\n until his death on 27 February 1800."],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content Information"],"scopecontent_tesim":["Robert Brooke's Executive papers are organized\n chronologically with undated items arranged at the end of each\n year. These papers primarily consist of incoming\n correspondence during Brooke's two one-year terms as governor\n between 1 December 1794 until 1 December 1796. These records\n include correspondence written to James Wood who acted as\n Lieutenant Governor while Brooke was temporarily absent from\n office. The correspondence in this collection relates to a\n variety of topics including appointments for state positions;\n the Point of Fork Arsenal; defense of the frontier;\n resignations; arms \u0026 ammunition; Indian attacks; British\n \u0026 French ships in Virginia ports; the boundary line\n between Kentucky \u0026 Virginia; extraditions; the Houdon\n statue of Washington; state expenses \u0026 revenue; quarantine\n of vessels; foreign affairs; Revolutionary claims; elections;\n Presidential electors; the Capitol Building; the militia; and\n others. In addition to correspondence, there are resolutions\n from Congress and the Virginia Senate \u0026 House of\n Delegates; muster \u0026 pay rolls; accounts; oaths; pardons;\n receipts; election returns \u0026 certificates; qualifications;\n lists; depositions; proclamations; petitions; reports;\n appointments; resignations; treaties; bonds; commissions;\n orders; proceedings; applications; lists; opinions; and other\n sundry items. Note that files related to county officers for\n 1795 have been arranged alphabetically by county and separated\n to the end of the papers for that year.","Noteworthy correspondence originates from the United States\n government, Virginia State government, and miscellaneous\n sources. Prominent correspondents from the United States\n government include Henry Knox, Timothy Pickering, \u0026 James\n McHenry, Secretaries of War; Edmund Randolph \u0026 Timothy\n Pickering, Secretaries of State; Alexander Campbell, U.S.\n District Attorney General, Samuel A. Otis \u0026 John\n Beckley, Clerks of the Senate \u0026 House of\n Representatives, and President George Washington.","Governor Brooke received correspondence on numerous\n occasions from the United States War Department. On 5 December\n 1794, Henry Knox transmitted a resolution by John Beckley,\n Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives, thanking the\n Virginia Militia for their service during the Whiskey\n Rebellion. Timothy Pickering replaced Knox as Secretary of War\n in 1795. Pickering writes on 6 January 1795 regarding the\n French ship Les Jumeaux which was armed and equipped at\n Philadelphia in violation of the U.S. neutrality law.\n Pickering also writes respecting bounty lands on the northwest\n side of the Ohio River for officers \u0026 soldiers of the\n Virginia Line on Continental Establishment (1795 June 13). In\n addition, Pickering responds to a letter from the Governor\n concerning establishing a small garrison of militia at\n Norfolk. According to Pickering, the President has no\n authority to call out the militia for the preservation of\n peace (1795 July 3). Lastly, Pickering writes regarding the\n pay of Charles Cist for printing regulations for the order and\n discipline of U.S. troops (1795 Sept. 14). James McHenry\n replaced Pickering as Secretary of War in 1796. In a letter\n dated 4 March 1796, McHenry acknowledges the receipt of the\n Governor's letter, along with the account \u0026 vouchers for\n militia \u0026 scouts on the Western frontier. William Simmons,\n in the Dept. of War Accountant's Office, corresponds with the\n Governor concerning the compensation by the United States to\n Virginia for the pay \u0026 subsistence of the militia,\n ammunition, and contingent expenses in the protection of the\n frontiers (1795 Sept. 17). On 14 March 1796, Simmons encloses\n a statement of differences on examination of the Virginia\n claims for pay, etc., in 1795. A letter from President George Washington dated 1796 Sept. 15 asks that his shares in the James River Company be applied to Liberty Hall Academy in rockbridge County (letter removed to the Vault - George Washington Papers).","Edmund Randolph, former Governor of Virginia, corresponds\n as Secretary of State. On 3 January 1795, Randolph transmits a\n proclamation of thanksgiving from the President (proclamation\n not included). In another letter of the same date, Randolph\n remarks on a letter from the Governor regarding the embargo.\n On 16 February 1795, Randolph writes about the capture of a\n pilot boat belonging to the British Consul at Norfolk.\n Randolph encloses copies of letters from Gen. Thomas Mathews\n to Governor Lee, Alexander Hamilton, Sec. of the Treasury, and\n orders from Mathews to Lt. Vaughan. On 8 May 1795, Randolph\n encloses letters and papers from George Hammond, British\n Minister Plenipotentiary, concerning French prizes taken by\n Rear Admiral Murray and an order for foreign ships to depart\n American ports. Included is a copy of a letter from Thomas\n Jefferson to Hammond regarding French \u0026 British ships in\n American ports and the treaty with France to admit prizes\n \u0026 repair French ships in U.S. ports. The next day,\n Randolph encloses additional copies of letters from Hammond,\n along with a declaration \u0026 affidavit by Thomas Butler\n regarding the French prizes taken by Admiral Murray. Finally,\n Randolph discusses the practice of British ships of war\n impressing American seamen (1795 May 20). All copies of\n letters were transcribed by George Taylor, Jr., Chief Clerk of\n the Department of State. Timothy Pickering served as Secretary\n of State upon the resignation of Randolph on 19 August 1795.\n On 20 January 1796, Pickering writes to Pierre A. Adet, French\n Minister Plenipotentiary, with respect to U.S. neutrality.\n Pickering also encloses a translation of a letter he received\n from Adet regarding the purchase of flour \u0026 horses by the\n English in Virginia.","Alexander Campbell, District U.S. Attorney, provides his\n opinion on the following subjects: the unlawful detention of a\n mariner by a British vessel of war (1795 Jan. 25), the\n delivery of a fugitive of justice from Pennsylvania and\n deserters from a British ship of war at Norfolk (1795 Jan.\n 25), and the Unicorn, a suspected privateer outfitting at\n Gloucester (1795 June 26). In addition, Samuel A. Otis \u0026\n John Beckley periodically transmit journals of the proceedings\n of the U.S. Senate \u0026 House of Representatives (1795 April\n 13 \u0026 25, \u0026 1796 July 28).","Significant correspondents from Virginia State government\n include Archibald Blair, Clerk of the Council; Samuel Coleman,\n Assistant Clerk of the Council of State; James Innes, Attorney\n General; Charles Hay, Clerk of the House of Delegates;\n Humphrey Brooke, Clerk of the Senate; William Hay, Robert\n Goode, \u0026 William Foushee, etc., Directors of Public\n Buildings; Robert Quarles, Superintendent of the Point of Fork\n Arsenal; Thomas Newton \u0026 Willis Wilson, County\n Lieutenants; John Pendleton, Jr., Auditor of Public Accounts;\n and Jacquelin Ambler, Treasurer.","Archibald Blair \u0026 Samuel Coleman, as Clerk \u0026\n Assistant Clerk of the Council, communicate with the Governor\n frequently through the Council Office. Blair offers the advice\n of the Council regarding the account against the U.S. for the\n Western defense, reimbursement for the Springfield expedition,\n the printing of German military regulations, and orders for\n scouts in Ohio \u0026 Harrison Counties (1795 Jan. 14). Blair\n also writes G. Deneale denying his request to keep arms given\n to the light infantry under his command at Winchester to use\n against the insurgents (1795 Feb. 11). On 14 July 1795, Blair\n submits the order of the Council for ordering out the militia\n from Norfolk \u0026 Portsmouth to prevent disorder or\n insurrections from the frequent migrations of negroes. Lastly,\n Blair provides the advice of the Council concerning witnesses\n against Archer Branch in North Carolina (1796 Feb. 15).\n Coleman mainly writes concerning military finances including\n the account of Hugh Caperton for ammunition (1794 Dec. 2) and\n Capt. William Lowther's pay abstract \u0026 muster roll (1795\n March 5). On 12 May 1795, Coleman writes the Governor\n requesting that the office of Keeper of the Capitol not be\n taken from his father, Wyatt Coleman. His father writes a\n similar letter on the same date. On 4 December 1795, Coleman\n requests additional compensation for completing a list of\n officers \u0026 privates of the Continental Line. Shortly\n thereafter, Coleman was appointed Adjutant General and asks\n the Lieutenant Governor for an apartment in the Capitol to\n perform his new duties (1795 Dec. 14).","During James Innes' absence in 1794 \u0026 1795, John\n Marshall provides his opinion on the militia law as Attorney\n General of Virginia (1794 Undated). Upon Innes' return,\n Marshall writes as counsel to Lord Fairfax concerning the case\n of the Commonwealth against him in the Court of Appeals (1795\n March 2). On 23 April 1795, Innes writes that he will be\n unable to attend this trial in the Court of Appeals due to\n illness. Innes provides an opinion on such topics as the\n improper trial of William John Thweatt who was found guilty of\n horse stealing (1795 April 7), proceedings against Mr. Johnson\n for the alleged murder of Mr. Jeffers (1796 Jan. 13), and the\n power of the Governor to procure the attendance of necessary\n witnesses from the Territory South of the Ohio River (1796\n Feb. 3). On 21 June 1796, he remarks on the assignment of the\n Solicitor's Office for the use of the Attorney General. Again,\n on 17 July 1796, Innes writes that he must be absent from\n office because of health problems. He adds that he has asked\n Mr. Warden to discharge the duties of his office. Innes was\n forced to resign in a letter to the Governor dated 13 November\n 1796.","Charles Hay, Clerk of the House of Delegates, and Humphrey\n Brooke, Clerk of the Senate, often submit legislation and\n qualifications of election to the Governor. Noteworthy\n legislation includes a resolution to inquire about the\n \"lucrative office\" accepted by James Innes in the General\n Government (1794 Dec. 16). Included in these papers are the\n qualifications for the election of Spencer Roane as Judge of\n the Court of Appeals in place of Henry Tazewell (1794 Dec. 2),\n the election of Jaquelin Ambler as Treasurer (1794 Dec. 17),\n Paul Carrington as Judge of the General Court in place of\n Spencer Roane (1794 Dec. 17), Robert Brooke as Governor (1795\n Nov. 26), Robert Brooke as Attorney General (1796 Nov. 16),\n and Samuel Shepard as Auditor of Public Accounts in place of\n John Pendleton (1796 Nov. 16). A letter from John Wise,\n Speaker of the House of Delegates, encloses sundry resolutions\n for proposing certain amendments to the U.S. Constitution\n (1795 Dec. 19).","William Hay, Robert Goode, \u0026 William Foushee, etc.,\n Directors of Public Buildings, provide information on work\n done to the Capitol Building and the settlement of accounts.\n On 28 November 1795, William Hay writes regarding the account\n of Samuel Dobie for superintending \u0026 directing the\n execution of the steps outside the Capitol, as well as the\n staircase, conference, and other work done inside the Capitol\n from 1793 to 1794. Hay also encloses accounts and a letter\n from Dobie indicating the amount of balances due him. On 30\n March 1796, the Directors write regarding the repair of the\n roof of the Capitol and surplus materials.","Maj. Robert Quarles submits quarterly returns of ordnance\n \u0026 public stores at Point of Fork (1795 Jan. 2, 1795 March\n 31, 1795 June 30, 1795 Oct. 6, 1795 Dec. 31, 1796 March 31,\n 1796 June 30, \u0026 1796 Sept. 30). In addition, Quarles'\n correspondence concerns a contract for provisions at Point of\n Fork (1795 May 5 \u0026 25), an increase in salary (1795 Oct.\n 6), the bond of William Weaver to provide rations for the\n State Arsenal (1796 May 27), the supply of timber \u0026\n firewood contract with David Ross (1796 Sept. 12), and the\n bond of Matthew \u0026 Elias Wills for the Office of Contractor\n to supply the State Arsenal with rations (1796 Oct. 27).","Thomas Newton, Jr., County Lieutenant for Norfolk Borough,\n frequently writes the Governor on a variety of concerns. On 11\n January 1795, Newton encloses copies of letters from the\n British \u0026 French Consuls regarding disturbances between\n British \u0026 French crews in Norfolk Harbor. On 14 January,\n Newton discusses the case of Daniel Raybourn, an American\n seamen taken by the Lynx, a British ship of war, from a Danish\n Brig. He encloses the opinion of Alexander Campbell to the\n Lieutenant Governor on the same matter on 25 January 1795. In\n another letter, he remarks on Campbell's opinion on British\n deserters and the extradition of the fugitive Joseph Larelle\n back to Pennsylvania (1795 Feb. 1). Newton communicates\n Campbell's opinion to John Hamilton, British Consul, stating\n that it is the duty of the magistrates to apprehend deserters\n (1795 Feb. 2). An incident occurred in February 1795 when a\n group of armed men from the British ship Thetis marched into\n Norfolk committing illegal searches in the homes of citizens\n for deserters. Newton informs the Governor of this incident\n and encloses an account by the Captain of the Watch, a copy of\n a letter from John Hamilton, and depositions (1795 Feb. 17).\n He writes again on this matter on 25 February 1795 enclosing\n letters from Alexander F. Cochrane, Captain of the Thetis,\n \u0026 John Hamilton. Much of Newton's correspondence with\n Governor Brooke relates to the spread of diseases to Norfolk\n \u0026 the quarantine of vessels (1795 April 28; 1795 May 5,\n 16, 26; 1795 Aug. 22; 1795 Oct. 3; 1795 Nov. 4, 5, \u0026 17;\n 1796 May 15 \u0026 29; 1796 July 8; 1796 Aug. 13 \u0026 28; 1796\n Sept. 12 \u0026 28; 1796 Oct. 27; \u0026 1796 Nov. 7). On 28\n February 1796, Newton writes regarding the purchase of two\n acres of land for building houses for the reception of goods\n and for accommodating the persons performing quarantine. On 17\n April 1795, Newton informs the Governor of American citizens\n detained on board Admiral Murray's ship the Resolution, a\n British ship of war. His letters of 1796 Feb. 7 \u0026 9 relate\n to letters from Henry McGeary, an American citizen impressed\n on the Resolution. Later, Newton encloses a letter from Judge\n Cyrus Griffin respecting the case of McGeary (1796 Feb. 21).\n Newton remarks on the arrival of three French ships from\n Guadalupe and the defenseless condition of the port due to the\n incompletion of the forts and the insufficient garrison there\n (1795 May 24). On 9 June 1795, Newton relates the capture of\n two French ships off the coast by the British ships Thetis\n \u0026 Hussar. In addition, he mentions the arrival of a French\n ship from Dominique with French citizens and a number of\n negroes which they claim as servants. A few days later, Newton\n informs the Governor of the arrival of the Sloop Industry from\n Boston which carried negro slaves on board in violation of the\n non-importation laws (1795 June 11). In a letter dated 21 June\n 1795, Newton encloses the deposition of Francis Marshal\n concerning two brigs taken off the coast of Virginia by a\n Bermudian privateer. Another significant event occurred in\n January 1796 when horses were purchased by British officers in\n the United States for mounting their troops against the French\n in the West Indies. Newton writes the Governor that this is a\n violation of the treaty with France \u0026 Holland (1796 Jan.\n 20). Shortly thereafter, he encloses a letter from Mr. Oster,\n French Consul, complaining of the shipment of horses by the\n British (1796 Jan. 23). The next day, he encloses one from\n John Hamilton denying that the shipment of horses is a\n military preparation (1795 Jan. 24).","Willis Wilson, County Lieutenant for Portsmouth,\n corresponds with the Governor regarding similar subjects as\n Thomas Newton. On 29 April 1795, Wilson suggests that a boat\n be armed at Hampton Roads for the purpose of preventing\n violators of U.S. neutrality and to liberate the men impressed\n on board Rear Admiral Murray's Squadron. He encloses the\n deposition of Capt. Hatten whose ship was boarded by the Lynx.\n A letter from Wilson to Admiral Murray relates to hostile\n expeditions by ships of any belligerent nation in Virginia\n waters. In this letter, he orders the ships to depart Virginia\n waters and to liberate any American citizens detained on board\n (1795 April 27). Wilson encloses a letter from John Hamilton\n informing him that the vessels Diana \u0026 Thomas are waiting\n to embark with their cargo of horses. On 24 June 1795, Wilson\n writes about the small pox epidemic in Portsmouth and the\n impressment of John Underwood \u0026 John Lloyd on board the\n British ship Lynx. Finally, Wilson writes the Governor\n regarding the formation of an artillery company in Portsmouth\n under the command of John Cowper (1796 Feb. 23 \u0026 March\n 27).","Governor Randolph corresponds often with John Pendleton,\n Jr., Auditor of Public Accounts, and Jaquelin Ambler,\n Treasurer, regarding various financial matters. Pendleton\n regularly encloses lists of warrants issued by him through the\n Auditor's Office (1795 March 31, 1795 July 1, 1795 Nov. 5,\n 1795 Dec. 31, 1796 July 1). Additionally, Pendleton writes\n regarding the suspicion of a fraudulent sale against Robert\n Craig, former sheriff of Washington County (1794 Dec. 18).\n Pendleton encloses the report of John Taylor and the opinion\n of John Marshall on the matter. Pendleton also writes to the\n Governor enclosing accounts of expenses of his office (1795\n May 10). On 14 May 1795, Pendleton provided a report on the\n final settlement of William Davies' accounts as Commissioner\n of Virginia for Claims Against the United States. Pendleton\n submits his letter of resignation on 5 August 1796 effective\n at the end of the month. The next day, Pendleton recommends\n Samuel Shepard to replace him as Auditor. Pendleton's official\n letter of resignation was submitted on 30 Sept. 1796. Ambler\n encloses a statement of monies belonging to claimants for the\n defense of the Western frontier (1795 Aug. 27). In addition,\n on 24 September 1795, he encloses a copy of a letter from\n Samuel Meredith, U.S. Treasurer, regarding a warrant from the\n Secretary of War for the full balance due the State of\n Virginia for the settlement of their account for the pay \u0026\n subsistence of militia, scouts, ammunition, and contingent\n expenses in the protection of the frontiers.","Notable correspondents from miscellaneous sources include\n the following: Andrew Dunscomb, Mayor of Richmond; John\n Hamilton, British Consul at Norfolk; and Thomas Mifflin,\n Governor of Pennsylvania.","Andrew Dunscomb mainly writes the Governor regarding the\n prevention of infectious disease to the City of Richmond. On\n 27 August 1795, he encloses resolutions of the Common Hall\n relative to the quarantine of vessels from Norfolk.\n Additionally, he discusses a law prohibiting the migration of\n free negroes from the West Indies into the Commonwealth (1795\n Sept. 18). Dunscomb also transmits a letter from William\n Richardson \u0026 Jacob I. Cohen regarding allowing passage of\n vessels from Norfolk, but stopping vessels from New York (1795\n Oct. 6).","John Hamilton, British Consul, frequently writes the\n Governor regarding British affairs. On 2 January 1795,\n Hamilton requests permission for the British ships Thetis\n \u0026 Cleopatra to make repairs in Norfolk Harbor. Hamilton\n also writes at length regarding British desertions,\n particularly the incident involving the attempt by British\n sailors on board the Thetis to recapture deserters in Norfolk\n (1795 Feb. 18, 25, \u0026 May 8). Hamilton was also\n particularly concerned with privateers preying on British\n ships. He specifically mentions a ship called the Unicorn\n which plundered a Danish vessel (1795 June 26 \u0026 July 30).\n In addition, Hamilton communicates his intelligence regarding\n vessels from Baltimore arming in the Chesapeake as privateers\n (1795 Aug. 15 \u0026 Sept. 24). His letter to the Lieutenant\n Governor relates to the prevention of illegal equipment for\n ships in the waters of Virginia (1795 July 3 \u0026 Oct. 6).\n Yet another incident occurred in January 1796 when the\n American Sloop Diana, loaded with British goods and bound for\n a British port in the West Indies, was forcibly boarded and\n her cargo carried away. Hamilton sends a letter to the\n Governor complaining about this incident, along with a similar\n letter to Willis Wilson (1796 Jan. 29). Finally, on 15\n February 1796, Hamilton writes regarding his inquiry to the\n President on the shipment of horses and the neutrality\n laws.","As Governor of Pennsylvania, Thomas Mifflin often\n corresponds with Governor Brooke with respect to fugitives\n from justice. On 29 December 1794, Mifflin transmits the\n affidavit of Stephen Girard affirming that Joseph Larelle had\n taken a mulatto boy named Crispin from his service with an\n intention of selling him into slavery. He writes again on 10\n February 1795 concerning the apprehension of Larelle. In a\n letter dated 12 March 1795, Mifflin informs the Governor of\n the appointment of Laurence Maher as Agent for Pennsylvania to\n bring Joseph Larelle back to Pennsylvania. Similarly, Mifflin\n transmits a copy of an affidavit by Robert Ross respecting\n Langford Herring who was accused of forgery and removed to\n Virginia (1795 Oct. 12). Mifflin also acknowledges the receipt\n of the revised laws from Virginia (1795 May 14 \u0026 1796 Aug.\n 25) and a resolution from Virginia proposing certain\n amendments to the U.S. Constitution (1796 Jan. 6). Mifflin\n responds to another letter on 22 January 1796 regarding an\n annual interchange of the laws passed by Pennsylvania \u0026\n Virginia.","Additional significant correspondence includes the\n following: George Clendenin regarding pay \u0026 subsistence of\n a company employed for the defense of Greenbrier \u0026 Kanawha\n (1794 Dec. 20); Paul Carrington accepting a commission as\n Judge of the General Court (1794 Dec. 18); Andrew Lewis\n regarding the discharge of the troops under his command on the\n southwestern frontiers (1794 Dec. 28); Thomas Mathews\n regarding the admission of two British ship of war into\n Norfolk (1795 Jan. 9); William Price, Register of the Land\n Office, regarding two additional clerk (1795 Jan. 15); Edward\n Carrington regarding the quota of militia called from Gen.\n Martin's Brigade for the late expeditions against the\n insurgents (1795 Feb. 8); William Lowther regarding the\n discharge of scouts \u0026 rangers under his command (1795 Feb.\n 21); Andrew Lewis regarding the settlement of his accounts\n (1795 March 3); John Steele regarding his tardiness in\n settling the Western accounts (1795 April 29); Andrew Lewis\n regarding his application to replace Gen. Tate as paymaster\n (1795 May 5); Daniel Bedinger responding to charges against\n him by George Hammond, regarding his deposition of the pilot\n Thomas Butler (1795 May 26); John Steele regarding the account\n of Virginia against the United States (1795 June 23); Henry\n Lee regarding his failure to execute orders by the Lt. Gov.\n concerning the privateer at Gloucester (1795 July 6); H. Young\n enclosing a letter from John Page regarding the Unicorn (1795\n July 7); John Dawson regarding Indian depredations in Harrison\n County (1795 Aug. 17); James Monroe, Paris, regarding the\n statue of Gen. Washington left unfinished while Thomas\n Jefferson was Minister to France (1795 Aug. 20); William\n Lowther regarding depredations by Indians in Harrison County\n (1795 Aug. 24); George Peachey, Mayor of Petersburg regarding\n two cases of yellow fever brought from Norfolk (1795 Aug. 26);\n George Clendenin resigning his commission as County Lieutenant\n for Kanawha County (1795 Nov. 14); Governor Brooke to the\n Clerk of the Council indicating his temporary absence from\n office (1795 Dec. 9); Robert Johnson to the Commissioners for\n Virginia regarding approval of the proceedings of the\n Commissioners concerning the boundary line between Virginia\n \u0026 Kentucky (1796 Jan. 1); Isaac Shelby, Governor of\n Kentucky, regarding the boundary line and enclosing an act of\n the Kentucky Legislature (1796 Feb. 15); William Pennock\n enclosing a bill of lading from Ve. Homberg \u0026 Homberg\n Freres for three cases containing the marble pedester statue\n of Gen. Washington and the marble pedestal (1796 April 10);\n Isaac Shelby enclosing a letter from Alexander Smyth regarding\n the boundary line between Virginia \u0026 Kentucky (1796 May\n 6); John Hoskins Stone, Governor of Maryland, regarding the\n extradition of Robert Osborn, a fugitive of justice (1796 June\n 16); John Dawson regarding obtaining arms for the State of\n Virginia from Europe (1796 Sept. 11 \u0026 12); Archibald\n Stuart regarding the agreement with the Kentucky Commissioners\n on the boundary line (1796 Sept. 27); Houdon regarding his\n payment for creating a marble statue of Washington (1796 Oct.\n 8); and Edmund Randolph regarding the case of Fairfax versus\n the Commonwealth (1796 Oct. 22).","Other noteworthy items include: oath of Robert Brooke by J.\n Pendleton as Governor (1794 Dec. 1); a list of persons who\n have migrated to Virginia and given oath to reside therein\n (1794 Dec. 17); receipts from William Morris, Contractor, for\n rations to soldiers under the command of Hugh Caperton (1794\n Dec. 17); proclamation revoking the previous proclamation of\n Lt. Gov. James Wood regarding the quarantine of vessels from\n certain ports (1794 Dec. 19); receipts from Samuel Shepard for\n the sale of the mace (1794 Dec. 3); order from Will Russell,\n Clerk of the Court of Directors of the Lunatic Hospital,\n applying for warrants from the Auditor of Public Accounts\n (1795 March 31 \u0026 1796 July 12); muster roll of scouts\n called into service for the protection of Randolph County\n (1795 May 20); proclamation by the Governor regarding the\n yellow fever outbreak in the West Indies and the quarantine of\n vessels from those areas (1795 May 21); petition from French\n refugees from St. Domingo at Norfolk regarding a plan to send\n back their negroes (1795 July N.D.); oath issued by John\n Pendleton to Robert Brooke as Governor (1795 Dec. 1); printed\n copy of the Treaty of Greenville signed by Timothy Pickering\n (1795 Dec. 22); proclamation by Lt. Gov. James Wood offering a\n reward for the capture of John Williford for the murder of\n Josiah Worrell (1795 Sept. 19); list of commissions of the\n peace for Southampton County (1796 Feb. 12); list of\n commissions of the peace for New Kent County (1796 March 4);\n account of William Hodgson for erecting the statue of\n Washington \u0026 repairing (1796 June 8); appointment of John\n Robertson by James Wood as Superintendent of Quarantine for\n Bermuda Hundred \u0026 City Point (1796 July 9); bond of Samuel\n Shepard as Auditor of Public Accounts (1796 Oct. 1);\n certificate of Samuel Moseley, Mayor of Norfolk, as elector\n for President \u0026 Vice President (1796 Nov. 7); and muster\n fines of the 22nd Regiment Virginia Militia, Mecklenburg\n County (1796 Nov. 5)."],"physloc_html_tesm":["\u003cphysloc label=\"Physical Location\"\u003eState Records Collection,\n Office of the Governor (Record Group 3)\u003c/physloc\u003e\n "],"physloc_tesim":["State Records Collection,\n Office of the Governor (Record Group 3)"],"language_ssim":["English"],"total_component_count_is":134,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-07-23T21:08:53.750Z","scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eRobert Brooke's Executive papers are organized\n chronologically with undated items arranged at the end of each\n year. These papers primarily consist of incoming\n correspondence during Brooke's two one-year terms as governor\n between 1 December 1794 until 1 December 1796. These records\n include correspondence written to James Wood who acted as\n Lieutenant Governor while Brooke was temporarily absent from\n office. The correspondence in this collection relates to a\n variety of topics including appointments for state positions;\n the Point of Fork Arsenal; defense of the frontier;\n resignations; arms \u0026amp; ammunition; Indian attacks; British\n \u0026amp; French ships in Virginia ports; the boundary line\n between Kentucky \u0026amp; Virginia; extraditions; the Houdon\n statue of Washington; state expenses \u0026amp; revenue; quarantine\n of vessels; foreign affairs; Revolutionary claims; elections;\n Presidential electors; the Capitol Building; the militia; and\n others. In addition to correspondence, there are resolutions\n from Congress and the Virginia Senate \u0026amp; House of\n Delegates; muster \u0026amp; pay rolls; accounts; oaths; pardons;\n receipts; election returns \u0026amp; certificates; qualifications;\n lists; depositions; proclamations; petitions; reports;\n appointments; resignations; treaties; bonds; commissions;\n orders; proceedings; applications; lists; opinions; and other\n sundry items. Note that files related to county officers for\n 1795 have been arranged alphabetically by county and separated\n to the end of the papers for that year.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eNoteworthy correspondence originates from the United States\n government, Virginia State government, and miscellaneous\n sources. Prominent correspondents from the United States\n government include Henry Knox, Timothy Pickering, \u0026amp; James\n McHenry, Secretaries of War; Edmund Randolph \u0026amp; Timothy\n Pickering, Secretaries of State; Alexander Campbell, U.S.\n District Attorney General, Samuel A. Otis \u0026amp; John\n Beckley, Clerks of the Senate \u0026amp; House of\n Representatives, and President George Washington.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eGovernor Brooke received correspondence on numerous\n occasions from the United States War Department. On 5 December\n 1794, Henry Knox transmitted a resolution by John Beckley,\n Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives, thanking the\n Virginia Militia for their service during the Whiskey\n Rebellion. Timothy Pickering replaced Knox as Secretary of War\n in 1795. Pickering writes on 6 January 1795 regarding the\n French ship Les Jumeaux which was armed and equipped at\n Philadelphia in violation of the U.S. neutrality law.\n Pickering also writes respecting bounty lands on the northwest\n side of the Ohio River for officers \u0026amp; soldiers of the\n Virginia Line on Continental Establishment (1795 June 13). In\n addition, Pickering responds to a letter from the Governor\n concerning establishing a small garrison of militia at\n Norfolk. According to Pickering, the President has no\n authority to call out the militia for the preservation of\n peace (1795 July 3). Lastly, Pickering writes regarding the\n pay of Charles Cist for printing regulations for the order and\n discipline of U.S. troops (1795 Sept. 14). James McHenry\n replaced Pickering as Secretary of War in 1796. In a letter\n dated 4 March 1796, McHenry acknowledges the receipt of the\n Governor's letter, along with the account \u0026amp; vouchers for\n militia \u0026amp; scouts on the Western frontier. William Simmons,\n in the Dept. of War Accountant's Office, corresponds with the\n Governor concerning the compensation by the United States to\n Virginia for the pay \u0026amp; subsistence of the militia,\n ammunition, and contingent expenses in the protection of the\n frontiers (1795 Sept. 17). On 14 March 1796, Simmons encloses\n a statement of differences on examination of the Virginia\n claims for pay, etc., in 1795. A letter from President George Washington dated 1796 Sept. 15 asks that his shares in the James River Company be applied to Liberty Hall Academy in rockbridge County (letter removed to the Vault - George Washington Papers).\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eEdmund Randolph, former Governor of Virginia, corresponds\n as Secretary of State. On 3 January 1795, Randolph transmits a\n proclamation of thanksgiving from the President (proclamation\n not included). In another letter of the same date, Randolph\n remarks on a letter from the Governor regarding the embargo.\n On 16 February 1795, Randolph writes about the capture of a\n pilot boat belonging to the British Consul at Norfolk.\n Randolph encloses copies of letters from Gen. Thomas Mathews\n to Governor Lee, Alexander Hamilton, Sec. of the Treasury, and\n orders from Mathews to Lt. Vaughan. On 8 May 1795, Randolph\n encloses letters and papers from George Hammond, British\n Minister Plenipotentiary, concerning French prizes taken by\n Rear Admiral Murray and an order for foreign ships to depart\n American ports. Included is a copy of a letter from Thomas\n Jefferson to Hammond regarding French \u0026amp; British ships in\n American ports and the treaty with France to admit prizes\n \u0026amp; repair French ships in U.S. ports. The next day,\n Randolph encloses additional copies of letters from Hammond,\n along with a declaration \u0026amp; affidavit by Thomas Butler\n regarding the French prizes taken by Admiral Murray. Finally,\n Randolph discusses the practice of British ships of war\n impressing American seamen (1795 May 20). All copies of\n letters were transcribed by George Taylor, Jr., Chief Clerk of\n the Department of State. Timothy Pickering served as Secretary\n of State upon the resignation of Randolph on 19 August 1795.\n On 20 January 1796, Pickering writes to Pierre A. Adet, French\n Minister Plenipotentiary, with respect to U.S. neutrality.\n Pickering also encloses a translation of a letter he received\n from Adet regarding the purchase of flour \u0026amp; horses by the\n English in Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eAlexander Campbell, District U.S. Attorney, provides his\n opinion on the following subjects: the unlawful detention of a\n mariner by a British vessel of war (1795 Jan. 25), the\n delivery of a fugitive of justice from Pennsylvania and\n deserters from a British ship of war at Norfolk (1795 Jan.\n 25), and the Unicorn, a suspected privateer outfitting at\n Gloucester (1795 June 26). In addition, Samuel A. Otis \u0026amp;\n John Beckley periodically transmit journals of the proceedings\n of the U.S. Senate \u0026amp; House of Representatives (1795 April\n 13 \u0026amp; 25, \u0026amp; 1796 July 28).\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eSignificant correspondents from Virginia State government\n include Archibald Blair, Clerk of the Council; Samuel Coleman,\n Assistant Clerk of the Council of State; James Innes, Attorney\n General; Charles Hay, Clerk of the House of Delegates;\n Humphrey Brooke, Clerk of the Senate; William Hay, Robert\n Goode, \u0026amp; William Foushee, etc., Directors of Public\n Buildings; Robert Quarles, Superintendent of the Point of Fork\n Arsenal; Thomas Newton \u0026amp; Willis Wilson, County\n Lieutenants; John Pendleton, Jr., Auditor of Public Accounts;\n and Jacquelin Ambler, Treasurer.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eArchibald Blair \u0026amp; Samuel Coleman, as Clerk \u0026amp;\n Assistant Clerk of the Council, communicate with the Governor\n frequently through the Council Office. Blair offers the advice\n of the Council regarding the account against the U.S. for the\n Western defense, reimbursement for the Springfield expedition,\n the printing of German military regulations, and orders for\n scouts in Ohio \u0026amp; Harrison Counties (1795 Jan. 14). Blair\n also writes G. Deneale denying his request to keep arms given\n to the light infantry under his command at Winchester to use\n against the insurgents (1795 Feb. 11). On 14 July 1795, Blair\n submits the order of the Council for ordering out the militia\n from Norfolk \u0026amp; Portsmouth to prevent disorder or\n insurrections from the frequent migrations of negroes. Lastly,\n Blair provides the advice of the Council concerning witnesses\n against Archer Branch in North Carolina (1796 Feb. 15).\n Coleman mainly writes concerning military finances including\n the account of Hugh Caperton for ammunition (1794 Dec. 2) and\n Capt. William Lowther's pay abstract \u0026amp; muster roll (1795\n March 5). On 12 May 1795, Coleman writes the Governor\n requesting that the office of Keeper of the Capitol not be\n taken from his father, Wyatt Coleman. His father writes a\n similar letter on the same date. On 4 December 1795, Coleman\n requests additional compensation for completing a list of\n officers \u0026amp; privates of the Continental Line. Shortly\n thereafter, Coleman was appointed Adjutant General and asks\n the Lieutenant Governor for an apartment in the Capitol to\n perform his new duties (1795 Dec. 14).\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eDuring James Innes' absence in 1794 \u0026amp; 1795, John\n Marshall provides his opinion on the militia law as Attorney\n General of Virginia (1794 Undated). Upon Innes' return,\n Marshall writes as counsel to Lord Fairfax concerning the case\n of the Commonwealth against him in the Court of Appeals (1795\n March 2). On 23 April 1795, Innes writes that he will be\n unable to attend this trial in the Court of Appeals due to\n illness. Innes provides an opinion on such topics as the\n improper trial of William John Thweatt who was found guilty of\n horse stealing (1795 April 7), proceedings against Mr. Johnson\n for the alleged murder of Mr. Jeffers (1796 Jan. 13), and the\n power of the Governor to procure the attendance of necessary\n witnesses from the Territory South of the Ohio River (1796\n Feb. 3). On 21 June 1796, he remarks on the assignment of the\n Solicitor's Office for the use of the Attorney General. Again,\n on 17 July 1796, Innes writes that he must be absent from\n office because of health problems. He adds that he has asked\n Mr. Warden to discharge the duties of his office. Innes was\n forced to resign in a letter to the Governor dated 13 November\n 1796.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eCharles Hay, Clerk of the House of Delegates, and Humphrey\n Brooke, Clerk of the Senate, often submit legislation and\n qualifications of election to the Governor. Noteworthy\n legislation includes a resolution to inquire about the\n \"lucrative office\" accepted by James Innes in the General\n Government (1794 Dec. 16). Included in these papers are the\n qualifications for the election of Spencer Roane as Judge of\n the Court of Appeals in place of Henry Tazewell (1794 Dec. 2),\n the election of Jaquelin Ambler as Treasurer (1794 Dec. 17),\n Paul Carrington as Judge of the General Court in place of\n Spencer Roane (1794 Dec. 17), Robert Brooke as Governor (1795\n Nov. 26), Robert Brooke as Attorney General (1796 Nov. 16),\n and Samuel Shepard as Auditor of Public Accounts in place of\n John Pendleton (1796 Nov. 16). A letter from John Wise,\n Speaker of the House of Delegates, encloses sundry resolutions\n for proposing certain amendments to the U.S. Constitution\n (1795 Dec. 19).\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eWilliam Hay, Robert Goode, \u0026amp; William Foushee, etc.,\n Directors of Public Buildings, provide information on work\n done to the Capitol Building and the settlement of accounts.\n On 28 November 1795, William Hay writes regarding the account\n of Samuel Dobie for superintending \u0026amp; directing the\n execution of the steps outside the Capitol, as well as the\n staircase, conference, and other work done inside the Capitol\n from 1793 to 1794. Hay also encloses accounts and a letter\n from Dobie indicating the amount of balances due him. On 30\n March 1796, the Directors write regarding the repair of the\n roof of the Capitol and surplus materials.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eMaj. Robert Quarles submits quarterly returns of ordnance\n \u0026amp; public stores at Point of Fork (1795 Jan. 2, 1795 March\n 31, 1795 June 30, 1795 Oct. 6, 1795 Dec. 31, 1796 March 31,\n 1796 June 30, \u0026amp; 1796 Sept. 30). In addition, Quarles'\n correspondence concerns a contract for provisions at Point of\n Fork (1795 May 5 \u0026amp; 25), an increase in salary (1795 Oct.\n 6), the bond of William Weaver to provide rations for the\n State Arsenal (1796 May 27), the supply of timber \u0026amp;\n firewood contract with David Ross (1796 Sept. 12), and the\n bond of Matthew \u0026amp; Elias Wills for the Office of Contractor\n to supply the State Arsenal with rations (1796 Oct. 27).\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eThomas Newton, Jr., County Lieutenant for Norfolk Borough,\n frequently writes the Governor on a variety of concerns. On 11\n January 1795, Newton encloses copies of letters from the\n British \u0026amp; French Consuls regarding disturbances between\n British \u0026amp; French crews in Norfolk Harbor. On 14 January,\n Newton discusses the case of Daniel Raybourn, an American\n seamen taken by the Lynx, a British ship of war, from a Danish\n Brig. He encloses the opinion of Alexander Campbell to the\n Lieutenant Governor on the same matter on 25 January 1795. In\n another letter, he remarks on Campbell's opinion on British\n deserters and the extradition of the fugitive Joseph Larelle\n back to Pennsylvania (1795 Feb. 1). Newton communicates\n Campbell's opinion to John Hamilton, British Consul, stating\n that it is the duty of the magistrates to apprehend deserters\n (1795 Feb. 2). An incident occurred in February 1795 when a\n group of armed men from the British ship Thetis marched into\n Norfolk committing illegal searches in the homes of citizens\n for deserters. Newton informs the Governor of this incident\n and encloses an account by the Captain of the Watch, a copy of\n a letter from John Hamilton, and depositions (1795 Feb. 17).\n He writes again on this matter on 25 February 1795 enclosing\n letters from Alexander F. Cochrane, Captain of the Thetis,\n \u0026amp; John Hamilton. Much of Newton's correspondence with\n Governor Brooke relates to the spread of diseases to Norfolk\n \u0026amp; the quarantine of vessels (1795 April 28; 1795 May 5,\n 16, 26; 1795 Aug. 22; 1795 Oct. 3; 1795 Nov. 4, 5, \u0026amp; 17;\n 1796 May 15 \u0026amp; 29; 1796 July 8; 1796 Aug. 13 \u0026amp; 28; 1796\n Sept. 12 \u0026amp; 28; 1796 Oct. 27; \u0026amp; 1796 Nov. 7). On 28\n February 1796, Newton writes regarding the purchase of two\n acres of land for building houses for the reception of goods\n and for accommodating the persons performing quarantine. On 17\n April 1795, Newton informs the Governor of American citizens\n detained on board Admiral Murray's ship the Resolution, a\n British ship of war. His letters of 1796 Feb. 7 \u0026amp; 9 relate\n to letters from Henry McGeary, an American citizen impressed\n on the Resolution. Later, Newton encloses a letter from Judge\n Cyrus Griffin respecting the case of McGeary (1796 Feb. 21).\n Newton remarks on the arrival of three French ships from\n Guadalupe and the defenseless condition of the port due to the\n incompletion of the forts and the insufficient garrison there\n (1795 May 24). On 9 June 1795, Newton relates the capture of\n two French ships off the coast by the British ships Thetis\n \u0026amp; Hussar. In addition, he mentions the arrival of a French\n ship from Dominique with French citizens and a number of\n negroes which they claim as servants. A few days later, Newton\n informs the Governor of the arrival of the Sloop Industry from\n Boston which carried negro slaves on board in violation of the\n non-importation laws (1795 June 11). In a letter dated 21 June\n 1795, Newton encloses the deposition of Francis Marshal\n concerning two brigs taken off the coast of Virginia by a\n Bermudian privateer. Another significant event occurred in\n January 1796 when horses were purchased by British officers in\n the United States for mounting their troops against the French\n in the West Indies. Newton writes the Governor that this is a\n violation of the treaty with France \u0026amp; Holland (1796 Jan.\n 20). Shortly thereafter, he encloses a letter from Mr. Oster,\n French Consul, complaining of the shipment of horses by the\n British (1796 Jan. 23). The next day, he encloses one from\n John Hamilton denying that the shipment of horses is a\n military preparation (1795 Jan. 24).\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eWillis Wilson, County Lieutenant for Portsmouth,\n corresponds with the Governor regarding similar subjects as\n Thomas Newton. On 29 April 1795, Wilson suggests that a boat\n be armed at Hampton Roads for the purpose of preventing\n violators of U.S. neutrality and to liberate the men impressed\n on board Rear Admiral Murray's Squadron. He encloses the\n deposition of Capt. Hatten whose ship was boarded by the Lynx.\n A letter from Wilson to Admiral Murray relates to hostile\n expeditions by ships of any belligerent nation in Virginia\n waters. In this letter, he orders the ships to depart Virginia\n waters and to liberate any American citizens detained on board\n (1795 April 27). Wilson encloses a letter from John Hamilton\n informing him that the vessels Diana \u0026amp; Thomas are waiting\n to embark with their cargo of horses. On 24 June 1795, Wilson\n writes about the small pox epidemic in Portsmouth and the\n impressment of John Underwood \u0026amp; John Lloyd on board the\n British ship Lynx. Finally, Wilson writes the Governor\n regarding the formation of an artillery company in Portsmouth\n under the command of John Cowper (1796 Feb. 23 \u0026amp; March\n 27).\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eGovernor Randolph corresponds often with John Pendleton,\n Jr., Auditor of Public Accounts, and Jaquelin Ambler,\n Treasurer, regarding various financial matters. Pendleton\n regularly encloses lists of warrants issued by him through the\n Auditor's Office (1795 March 31, 1795 July 1, 1795 Nov. 5,\n 1795 Dec. 31, 1796 July 1). Additionally, Pendleton writes\n regarding the suspicion of a fraudulent sale against Robert\n Craig, former sheriff of Washington County (1794 Dec. 18).\n Pendleton encloses the report of John Taylor and the opinion\n of John Marshall on the matter. Pendleton also writes to the\n Governor enclosing accounts of expenses of his office (1795\n May 10). On 14 May 1795, Pendleton provided a report on the\n final settlement of William Davies' accounts as Commissioner\n of Virginia for Claims Against the United States. Pendleton\n submits his letter of resignation on 5 August 1796 effective\n at the end of the month. The next day, Pendleton recommends\n Samuel Shepard to replace him as Auditor. Pendleton's official\n letter of resignation was submitted on 30 Sept. 1796. Ambler\n encloses a statement of monies belonging to claimants for the\n defense of the Western frontier (1795 Aug. 27). In addition,\n on 24 September 1795, he encloses a copy of a letter from\n Samuel Meredith, U.S. Treasurer, regarding a warrant from the\n Secretary of War for the full balance due the State of\n Virginia for the settlement of their account for the pay \u0026amp;\n subsistence of militia, scouts, ammunition, and contingent\n expenses in the protection of the frontiers.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eNotable correspondents from miscellaneous sources include\n the following: Andrew Dunscomb, Mayor of Richmond; John\n Hamilton, British Consul at Norfolk; and Thomas Mifflin,\n Governor of Pennsylvania.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eAndrew Dunscomb mainly writes the Governor regarding the\n prevention of infectious disease to the City of Richmond. On\n 27 August 1795, he encloses resolutions of the Common Hall\n relative to the quarantine of vessels from Norfolk.\n Additionally, he discusses a law prohibiting the migration of\n free negroes from the West Indies into the Commonwealth (1795\n Sept. 18). Dunscomb also transmits a letter from William\n Richardson \u0026amp; Jacob I. Cohen regarding allowing passage of\n vessels from Norfolk, but stopping vessels from New York (1795\n Oct. 6).\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eJohn Hamilton, British Consul, frequently writes the\n Governor regarding British affairs. On 2 January 1795,\n Hamilton requests permission for the British ships Thetis\n \u0026amp; Cleopatra to make repairs in Norfolk Harbor. Hamilton\n also writes at length regarding British desertions,\n particularly the incident involving the attempt by British\n sailors on board the Thetis to recapture deserters in Norfolk\n (1795 Feb. 18, 25, \u0026amp; May 8). Hamilton was also\n particularly concerned with privateers preying on British\n ships. He specifically mentions a ship called the Unicorn\n which plundered a Danish vessel (1795 June 26 \u0026amp; July 30).\n In addition, Hamilton communicates his intelligence regarding\n vessels from Baltimore arming in the Chesapeake as privateers\n (1795 Aug. 15 \u0026amp; Sept. 24). His letter to the Lieutenant\n Governor relates to the prevention of illegal equipment for\n ships in the waters of Virginia (1795 July 3 \u0026amp; Oct. 6).\n Yet another incident occurred in January 1796 when the\n American Sloop Diana, loaded with British goods and bound for\n a British port in the West Indies, was forcibly boarded and\n her cargo carried away. Hamilton sends a letter to the\n Governor complaining about this incident, along with a similar\n letter to Willis Wilson (1796 Jan. 29). Finally, on 15\n February 1796, Hamilton writes regarding his inquiry to the\n President on the shipment of horses and the neutrality\n laws.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eAs Governor of Pennsylvania, Thomas Mifflin often\n corresponds with Governor Brooke with respect to fugitives\n from justice. On 29 December 1794, Mifflin transmits the\n affidavit of Stephen Girard affirming that Joseph Larelle had\n taken a mulatto boy named Crispin from his service with an\n intention of selling him into slavery. He writes again on 10\n February 1795 concerning the apprehension of Larelle. In a\n letter dated 12 March 1795, Mifflin informs the Governor of\n the appointment of Laurence Maher as Agent for Pennsylvania to\n bring Joseph Larelle back to Pennsylvania. Similarly, Mifflin\n transmits a copy of an affidavit by Robert Ross respecting\n Langford Herring who was accused of forgery and removed to\n Virginia (1795 Oct. 12). Mifflin also acknowledges the receipt\n of the revised laws from Virginia (1795 May 14 \u0026amp; 1796 Aug.\n 25) and a resolution from Virginia proposing certain\n amendments to the U.S. Constitution (1796 Jan. 6). Mifflin\n responds to another letter on 22 January 1796 regarding an\n annual interchange of the laws passed by Pennsylvania \u0026amp;\n Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eAdditional significant correspondence includes the\n following: George Clendenin regarding pay \u0026amp; subsistence of\n a company employed for the defense of Greenbrier \u0026amp; Kanawha\n (1794 Dec. 20); Paul Carrington accepting a commission as\n Judge of the General Court (1794 Dec. 18); Andrew Lewis\n regarding the discharge of the troops under his command on the\n southwestern frontiers (1794 Dec. 28); Thomas Mathews\n regarding the admission of two British ship of war into\n Norfolk (1795 Jan. 9); William Price, Register of the Land\n Office, regarding two additional clerk (1795 Jan. 15); Edward\n Carrington regarding the quota of militia called from Gen.\n Martin's Brigade for the late expeditions against the\n insurgents (1795 Feb. 8); William Lowther regarding the\n discharge of scouts \u0026amp; rangers under his command (1795 Feb.\n 21); Andrew Lewis regarding the settlement of his accounts\n (1795 March 3); John Steele regarding his tardiness in\n settling the Western accounts (1795 April 29); Andrew Lewis\n regarding his application to replace Gen. Tate as paymaster\n (1795 May 5); Daniel Bedinger responding to charges against\n him by George Hammond, regarding his deposition of the pilot\n Thomas Butler (1795 May 26); John Steele regarding the account\n of Virginia against the United States (1795 June 23); Henry\n Lee regarding his failure to execute orders by the Lt. Gov.\n concerning the privateer at Gloucester (1795 July 6); H. Young\n enclosing a letter from John Page regarding the Unicorn (1795\n July 7); John Dawson regarding Indian depredations in Harrison\n County (1795 Aug. 17); James Monroe, Paris, regarding the\n statue of Gen. Washington left unfinished while Thomas\n Jefferson was Minister to France (1795 Aug. 20); William\n Lowther regarding depredations by Indians in Harrison County\n (1795 Aug. 24); George Peachey, Mayor of Petersburg regarding\n two cases of yellow fever brought from Norfolk (1795 Aug. 26);\n George Clendenin resigning his commission as County Lieutenant\n for Kanawha County (1795 Nov. 14); Governor Brooke to the\n Clerk of the Council indicating his temporary absence from\n office (1795 Dec. 9); Robert Johnson to the Commissioners for\n Virginia regarding approval of the proceedings of the\n Commissioners concerning the boundary line between Virginia\n \u0026amp; Kentucky (1796 Jan. 1); Isaac Shelby, Governor of\n Kentucky, regarding the boundary line and enclosing an act of\n the Kentucky Legislature (1796 Feb. 15); William Pennock\n enclosing a bill of lading from Ve. Homberg \u0026amp; Homberg\n Freres for three cases containing the marble pedester statue\n of Gen. Washington and the marble pedestal (1796 April 10);\n Isaac Shelby enclosing a letter from Alexander Smyth regarding\n the boundary line between Virginia \u0026amp; Kentucky (1796 May\n 6); John Hoskins Stone, Governor of Maryland, regarding the\n extradition of Robert Osborn, a fugitive of justice (1796 June\n 16); John Dawson regarding obtaining arms for the State of\n Virginia from Europe (1796 Sept. 11 \u0026amp; 12); Archibald\n Stuart regarding the agreement with the Kentucky Commissioners\n on the boundary line (1796 Sept. 27); Houdon regarding his\n payment for creating a marble statue of Washington (1796 Oct.\n 8); and Edmund Randolph regarding the case of Fairfax versus\n the Commonwealth (1796 Oct. 22).\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eOther noteworthy items include: oath of Robert Brooke by J.\n Pendleton as Governor (1794 Dec. 1); a list of persons who\n have migrated to Virginia and given oath to reside therein\n (1794 Dec. 17); receipts from William Morris, Contractor, for\n rations to soldiers under the command of Hugh Caperton (1794\n Dec. 17); proclamation revoking the previous proclamation of\n Lt. Gov. James Wood regarding the quarantine of vessels from\n certain ports (1794 Dec. 19); receipts from Samuel Shepard for\n the sale of the mace (1794 Dec. 3); order from Will Russell,\n Clerk of the Court of Directors of the Lunatic Hospital,\n applying for warrants from the Auditor of Public Accounts\n (1795 March 31 \u0026amp; 1796 July 12); muster roll of scouts\n called into service for the protection of Randolph County\n (1795 May 20); proclamation by the Governor regarding the\n yellow fever outbreak in the West Indies and the quarantine of\n vessels from those areas (1795 May 21); petition from French\n refugees from St. Domingo at Norfolk regarding a plan to send\n back their negroes (1795 July N.D.); oath issued by John\n Pendleton to Robert Brooke as Governor (1795 Dec. 1); printed\n copy of the Treaty of Greenville signed by Timothy Pickering\n (1795 Dec. 22); proclamation by Lt. Gov. James Wood offering a\n reward for the capture of John Williford for the murder of\n Josiah Worrell (1795 Sept. 19); list of commissions of the\n peace for Southampton County (1796 Feb. 12); list of\n commissions of the peace for New Kent County (1796 March 4);\n account of William Hodgson for erecting the statue of\n Washington \u0026amp; repairing (1796 June 8); appointment of John\n Robertson by James Wood as Superintendent of Quarantine for\n Bermuda Hundred \u0026amp; City Point (1796 July 9); bond of Samuel\n Shepard as Auditor of Public Accounts (1796 Oct. 1);\n certificate of Samuel Moseley, Mayor of Norfolk, as elector\n for President \u0026amp; Vice President (1796 Nov. 7); and muster\n fines of the 22nd Regiment Virginia Militia, Mecklenburg\n County (1796 Nov. 5).\u003c/p\u003e\n "]}]}},"label":"Breadcrumbs"}}},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/vi_vi00866_c02"}},{"id":"vi_vi00866_c06","type":"Series","attributes":{"title":"1794","breadcrumbs":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/vi_vi00866_c06#breadcrumbs","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":{"ref_ssi":"vi_vi00866_c06","ref_ssm":["vi_vi00866_c06"],"id":"vi_vi00866_c06","ead_ssi":"vi_vi00866","_root_":"vi_vi00866","_nest_parent_":"vi_vi00866","parent_ssi":"vi_vi00866","parent_ssim":["Governor Robert Brooke Executive\n Papers, 1794-1796"],"parent_ids_ssim":["vi_vi00866"],"title_filing_ssi":"1794","title_ssm":["1794"],"title_tesim":["1794"],"normalized_title_ssm":["1794"],"text":["1794","Governor Robert Brooke Executive\n Papers, 1794-1796"],"parent_unittitles_ssm":["Governor Robert Brooke Executive\n Papers, 1794-1796"],"parent_unittitles_tesim":["Governor Robert Brooke Executive\n Papers, 1794-1796"],"level_ssm":["Series"],"level_ssim":["Series"],"component_level_isim":[1],"sort_isi":79,"repository_ssim":["Library of Virginia"],"collection_ssim":["Governor Robert Brooke Executive\n Papers, 1794-1796"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"child_component_count_isi":5,"_nest_path_":"/components#5","timestamp":"2026-07-23T21:08:53.750Z","collection":{"numFound":1,"start":0,"numFoundExact":true,"docs":[{"id":"vi_vi00866","ead_ssi":"vi_vi00866","_root_":"vi_vi00866","_nest_parent_":"vi_vi00866","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/lva/vi00866.xml","title_ssm":["Governor Robert Brooke Executive\n Papers, 1794-1796"],"title_tesim":["Governor Robert Brooke Executive\n Papers, 1794-1796"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Governor Robert Brooke Executive\n Papers, 1794-1796"],"text":["Governor Robert Brooke Executive\n Papers, 1794-1796","40723","2.23 cubic\n feet","Arranged chronologically by date of document with undated\n items arranged to the rear.","Robert Brooke was born in Spotsylvania County to Richard\n Brooke and Ann Hay Taliaferro Brooke around 1760. Educated in\n Edinburgh, Scotland, during the Revolutionary War, Brooke\n returned to Virginia in 1780 where he enlisted in a volunteer\n cavalry troop and was captured by the British at Westham in\n January 1781. Brooke returned to Spotsylvania County to\n practice law, later moving his office to Fredericksburg. In\n 1786, Brooke married Mary Ritchie Hopper (d. 1796) and settled\n on an estate in Fredericksburg which became known as Federal\n Hill. Brooke represented Spotsylvania County in the House of\n Delegates from 1791 until 1794. Upon the vacancy of the office\n of governor by Henry Lee to suppress the Whiskey Rebellion,\n the General Assembly elected Brooke governor on 20 November\n 1794. He was reelected for a second one-year term on 26\n November 1795. Brooke County, now in West Virginia, was named\n after Robert Brooke when it was formed from part of Ohio\n County in 1796. Following his second term as governor, Brooke\n was elected to replace James Innes as attorney general of\n Virginia on 16 November 1796. He served as attorney general\n until his death on 27 February 1800.","Robert Brooke's Executive papers are organized\n chronologically with undated items arranged at the end of each\n year. These papers primarily consist of incoming\n correspondence during Brooke's two one-year terms as governor\n between 1 December 1794 until 1 December 1796. These records\n include correspondence written to James Wood who acted as\n Lieutenant Governor while Brooke was temporarily absent from\n office. The correspondence in this collection relates to a\n variety of topics including appointments for state positions;\n the Point of Fork Arsenal; defense of the frontier;\n resignations; arms \u0026 ammunition; Indian attacks; British\n \u0026 French ships in Virginia ports; the boundary line\n between Kentucky \u0026 Virginia; extraditions; the Houdon\n statue of Washington; state expenses \u0026 revenue; quarantine\n of vessels; foreign affairs; Revolutionary claims; elections;\n Presidential electors; the Capitol Building; the militia; and\n others. In addition to correspondence, there are resolutions\n from Congress and the Virginia Senate \u0026 House of\n Delegates; muster \u0026 pay rolls; accounts; oaths; pardons;\n receipts; election returns \u0026 certificates; qualifications;\n lists; depositions; proclamations; petitions; reports;\n appointments; resignations; treaties; bonds; commissions;\n orders; proceedings; applications; lists; opinions; and other\n sundry items. Note that files related to county officers for\n 1795 have been arranged alphabetically by county and separated\n to the end of the papers for that year.","Noteworthy correspondence originates from the United States\n government, Virginia State government, and miscellaneous\n sources. Prominent correspondents from the United States\n government include Henry Knox, Timothy Pickering, \u0026 James\n McHenry, Secretaries of War; Edmund Randolph \u0026 Timothy\n Pickering, Secretaries of State; Alexander Campbell, U.S.\n District Attorney General, Samuel A. Otis \u0026 John\n Beckley, Clerks of the Senate \u0026 House of\n Representatives, and President George Washington.","Governor Brooke received correspondence on numerous\n occasions from the United States War Department. On 5 December\n 1794, Henry Knox transmitted a resolution by John Beckley,\n Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives, thanking the\n Virginia Militia for their service during the Whiskey\n Rebellion. Timothy Pickering replaced Knox as Secretary of War\n in 1795. Pickering writes on 6 January 1795 regarding the\n French ship Les Jumeaux which was armed and equipped at\n Philadelphia in violation of the U.S. neutrality law.\n Pickering also writes respecting bounty lands on the northwest\n side of the Ohio River for officers \u0026 soldiers of the\n Virginia Line on Continental Establishment (1795 June 13). In\n addition, Pickering responds to a letter from the Governor\n concerning establishing a small garrison of militia at\n Norfolk. According to Pickering, the President has no\n authority to call out the militia for the preservation of\n peace (1795 July 3). Lastly, Pickering writes regarding the\n pay of Charles Cist for printing regulations for the order and\n discipline of U.S. troops (1795 Sept. 14). James McHenry\n replaced Pickering as Secretary of War in 1796. In a letter\n dated 4 March 1796, McHenry acknowledges the receipt of the\n Governor's letter, along with the account \u0026 vouchers for\n militia \u0026 scouts on the Western frontier. William Simmons,\n in the Dept. of War Accountant's Office, corresponds with the\n Governor concerning the compensation by the United States to\n Virginia for the pay \u0026 subsistence of the militia,\n ammunition, and contingent expenses in the protection of the\n frontiers (1795 Sept. 17). On 14 March 1796, Simmons encloses\n a statement of differences on examination of the Virginia\n claims for pay, etc., in 1795. A letter from President George Washington dated 1796 Sept. 15 asks that his shares in the James River Company be applied to Liberty Hall Academy in rockbridge County (letter removed to the Vault - George Washington Papers).","Edmund Randolph, former Governor of Virginia, corresponds\n as Secretary of State. On 3 January 1795, Randolph transmits a\n proclamation of thanksgiving from the President (proclamation\n not included). In another letter of the same date, Randolph\n remarks on a letter from the Governor regarding the embargo.\n On 16 February 1795, Randolph writes about the capture of a\n pilot boat belonging to the British Consul at Norfolk.\n Randolph encloses copies of letters from Gen. Thomas Mathews\n to Governor Lee, Alexander Hamilton, Sec. of the Treasury, and\n orders from Mathews to Lt. Vaughan. On 8 May 1795, Randolph\n encloses letters and papers from George Hammond, British\n Minister Plenipotentiary, concerning French prizes taken by\n Rear Admiral Murray and an order for foreign ships to depart\n American ports. Included is a copy of a letter from Thomas\n Jefferson to Hammond regarding French \u0026 British ships in\n American ports and the treaty with France to admit prizes\n \u0026 repair French ships in U.S. ports. The next day,\n Randolph encloses additional copies of letters from Hammond,\n along with a declaration \u0026 affidavit by Thomas Butler\n regarding the French prizes taken by Admiral Murray. Finally,\n Randolph discusses the practice of British ships of war\n impressing American seamen (1795 May 20). All copies of\n letters were transcribed by George Taylor, Jr., Chief Clerk of\n the Department of State. Timothy Pickering served as Secretary\n of State upon the resignation of Randolph on 19 August 1795.\n On 20 January 1796, Pickering writes to Pierre A. Adet, French\n Minister Plenipotentiary, with respect to U.S. neutrality.\n Pickering also encloses a translation of a letter he received\n from Adet regarding the purchase of flour \u0026 horses by the\n English in Virginia.","Alexander Campbell, District U.S. Attorney, provides his\n opinion on the following subjects: the unlawful detention of a\n mariner by a British vessel of war (1795 Jan. 25), the\n delivery of a fugitive of justice from Pennsylvania and\n deserters from a British ship of war at Norfolk (1795 Jan.\n 25), and the Unicorn, a suspected privateer outfitting at\n Gloucester (1795 June 26). In addition, Samuel A. Otis \u0026\n John Beckley periodically transmit journals of the proceedings\n of the U.S. Senate \u0026 House of Representatives (1795 April\n 13 \u0026 25, \u0026 1796 July 28).","Significant correspondents from Virginia State government\n include Archibald Blair, Clerk of the Council; Samuel Coleman,\n Assistant Clerk of the Council of State; James Innes, Attorney\n General; Charles Hay, Clerk of the House of Delegates;\n Humphrey Brooke, Clerk of the Senate; William Hay, Robert\n Goode, \u0026 William Foushee, etc., Directors of Public\n Buildings; Robert Quarles, Superintendent of the Point of Fork\n Arsenal; Thomas Newton \u0026 Willis Wilson, County\n Lieutenants; John Pendleton, Jr., Auditor of Public Accounts;\n and Jacquelin Ambler, Treasurer.","Archibald Blair \u0026 Samuel Coleman, as Clerk \u0026\n Assistant Clerk of the Council, communicate with the Governor\n frequently through the Council Office. Blair offers the advice\n of the Council regarding the account against the U.S. for the\n Western defense, reimbursement for the Springfield expedition,\n the printing of German military regulations, and orders for\n scouts in Ohio \u0026 Harrison Counties (1795 Jan. 14). Blair\n also writes G. Deneale denying his request to keep arms given\n to the light infantry under his command at Winchester to use\n against the insurgents (1795 Feb. 11). On 14 July 1795, Blair\n submits the order of the Council for ordering out the militia\n from Norfolk \u0026 Portsmouth to prevent disorder or\n insurrections from the frequent migrations of negroes. Lastly,\n Blair provides the advice of the Council concerning witnesses\n against Archer Branch in North Carolina (1796 Feb. 15).\n Coleman mainly writes concerning military finances including\n the account of Hugh Caperton for ammunition (1794 Dec. 2) and\n Capt. William Lowther's pay abstract \u0026 muster roll (1795\n March 5). On 12 May 1795, Coleman writes the Governor\n requesting that the office of Keeper of the Capitol not be\n taken from his father, Wyatt Coleman. His father writes a\n similar letter on the same date. On 4 December 1795, Coleman\n requests additional compensation for completing a list of\n officers \u0026 privates of the Continental Line. Shortly\n thereafter, Coleman was appointed Adjutant General and asks\n the Lieutenant Governor for an apartment in the Capitol to\n perform his new duties (1795 Dec. 14).","During James Innes' absence in 1794 \u0026 1795, John\n Marshall provides his opinion on the militia law as Attorney\n General of Virginia (1794 Undated). Upon Innes' return,\n Marshall writes as counsel to Lord Fairfax concerning the case\n of the Commonwealth against him in the Court of Appeals (1795\n March 2). On 23 April 1795, Innes writes that he will be\n unable to attend this trial in the Court of Appeals due to\n illness. Innes provides an opinion on such topics as the\n improper trial of William John Thweatt who was found guilty of\n horse stealing (1795 April 7), proceedings against Mr. Johnson\n for the alleged murder of Mr. Jeffers (1796 Jan. 13), and the\n power of the Governor to procure the attendance of necessary\n witnesses from the Territory South of the Ohio River (1796\n Feb. 3). On 21 June 1796, he remarks on the assignment of the\n Solicitor's Office for the use of the Attorney General. Again,\n on 17 July 1796, Innes writes that he must be absent from\n office because of health problems. He adds that he has asked\n Mr. Warden to discharge the duties of his office. Innes was\n forced to resign in a letter to the Governor dated 13 November\n 1796.","Charles Hay, Clerk of the House of Delegates, and Humphrey\n Brooke, Clerk of the Senate, often submit legislation and\n qualifications of election to the Governor. Noteworthy\n legislation includes a resolution to inquire about the\n \"lucrative office\" accepted by James Innes in the General\n Government (1794 Dec. 16). Included in these papers are the\n qualifications for the election of Spencer Roane as Judge of\n the Court of Appeals in place of Henry Tazewell (1794 Dec. 2),\n the election of Jaquelin Ambler as Treasurer (1794 Dec. 17),\n Paul Carrington as Judge of the General Court in place of\n Spencer Roane (1794 Dec. 17), Robert Brooke as Governor (1795\n Nov. 26), Robert Brooke as Attorney General (1796 Nov. 16),\n and Samuel Shepard as Auditor of Public Accounts in place of\n John Pendleton (1796 Nov. 16). A letter from John Wise,\n Speaker of the House of Delegates, encloses sundry resolutions\n for proposing certain amendments to the U.S. Constitution\n (1795 Dec. 19).","William Hay, Robert Goode, \u0026 William Foushee, etc.,\n Directors of Public Buildings, provide information on work\n done to the Capitol Building and the settlement of accounts.\n On 28 November 1795, William Hay writes regarding the account\n of Samuel Dobie for superintending \u0026 directing the\n execution of the steps outside the Capitol, as well as the\n staircase, conference, and other work done inside the Capitol\n from 1793 to 1794. Hay also encloses accounts and a letter\n from Dobie indicating the amount of balances due him. On 30\n March 1796, the Directors write regarding the repair of the\n roof of the Capitol and surplus materials.","Maj. Robert Quarles submits quarterly returns of ordnance\n \u0026 public stores at Point of Fork (1795 Jan. 2, 1795 March\n 31, 1795 June 30, 1795 Oct. 6, 1795 Dec. 31, 1796 March 31,\n 1796 June 30, \u0026 1796 Sept. 30). In addition, Quarles'\n correspondence concerns a contract for provisions at Point of\n Fork (1795 May 5 \u0026 25), an increase in salary (1795 Oct.\n 6), the bond of William Weaver to provide rations for the\n State Arsenal (1796 May 27), the supply of timber \u0026\n firewood contract with David Ross (1796 Sept. 12), and the\n bond of Matthew \u0026 Elias Wills for the Office of Contractor\n to supply the State Arsenal with rations (1796 Oct. 27).","Thomas Newton, Jr., County Lieutenant for Norfolk Borough,\n frequently writes the Governor on a variety of concerns. On 11\n January 1795, Newton encloses copies of letters from the\n British \u0026 French Consuls regarding disturbances between\n British \u0026 French crews in Norfolk Harbor. On 14 January,\n Newton discusses the case of Daniel Raybourn, an American\n seamen taken by the Lynx, a British ship of war, from a Danish\n Brig. He encloses the opinion of Alexander Campbell to the\n Lieutenant Governor on the same matter on 25 January 1795. In\n another letter, he remarks on Campbell's opinion on British\n deserters and the extradition of the fugitive Joseph Larelle\n back to Pennsylvania (1795 Feb. 1). Newton communicates\n Campbell's opinion to John Hamilton, British Consul, stating\n that it is the duty of the magistrates to apprehend deserters\n (1795 Feb. 2). An incident occurred in February 1795 when a\n group of armed men from the British ship Thetis marched into\n Norfolk committing illegal searches in the homes of citizens\n for deserters. Newton informs the Governor of this incident\n and encloses an account by the Captain of the Watch, a copy of\n a letter from John Hamilton, and depositions (1795 Feb. 17).\n He writes again on this matter on 25 February 1795 enclosing\n letters from Alexander F. Cochrane, Captain of the Thetis,\n \u0026 John Hamilton. Much of Newton's correspondence with\n Governor Brooke relates to the spread of diseases to Norfolk\n \u0026 the quarantine of vessels (1795 April 28; 1795 May 5,\n 16, 26; 1795 Aug. 22; 1795 Oct. 3; 1795 Nov. 4, 5, \u0026 17;\n 1796 May 15 \u0026 29; 1796 July 8; 1796 Aug. 13 \u0026 28; 1796\n Sept. 12 \u0026 28; 1796 Oct. 27; \u0026 1796 Nov. 7). On 28\n February 1796, Newton writes regarding the purchase of two\n acres of land for building houses for the reception of goods\n and for accommodating the persons performing quarantine. On 17\n April 1795, Newton informs the Governor of American citizens\n detained on board Admiral Murray's ship the Resolution, a\n British ship of war. His letters of 1796 Feb. 7 \u0026 9 relate\n to letters from Henry McGeary, an American citizen impressed\n on the Resolution. Later, Newton encloses a letter from Judge\n Cyrus Griffin respecting the case of McGeary (1796 Feb. 21).\n Newton remarks on the arrival of three French ships from\n Guadalupe and the defenseless condition of the port due to the\n incompletion of the forts and the insufficient garrison there\n (1795 May 24). On 9 June 1795, Newton relates the capture of\n two French ships off the coast by the British ships Thetis\n \u0026 Hussar. In addition, he mentions the arrival of a French\n ship from Dominique with French citizens and a number of\n negroes which they claim as servants. A few days later, Newton\n informs the Governor of the arrival of the Sloop Industry from\n Boston which carried negro slaves on board in violation of the\n non-importation laws (1795 June 11). In a letter dated 21 June\n 1795, Newton encloses the deposition of Francis Marshal\n concerning two brigs taken off the coast of Virginia by a\n Bermudian privateer. Another significant event occurred in\n January 1796 when horses were purchased by British officers in\n the United States for mounting their troops against the French\n in the West Indies. Newton writes the Governor that this is a\n violation of the treaty with France \u0026 Holland (1796 Jan.\n 20). Shortly thereafter, he encloses a letter from Mr. Oster,\n French Consul, complaining of the shipment of horses by the\n British (1796 Jan. 23). The next day, he encloses one from\n John Hamilton denying that the shipment of horses is a\n military preparation (1795 Jan. 24).","Willis Wilson, County Lieutenant for Portsmouth,\n corresponds with the Governor regarding similar subjects as\n Thomas Newton. On 29 April 1795, Wilson suggests that a boat\n be armed at Hampton Roads for the purpose of preventing\n violators of U.S. neutrality and to liberate the men impressed\n on board Rear Admiral Murray's Squadron. He encloses the\n deposition of Capt. Hatten whose ship was boarded by the Lynx.\n A letter from Wilson to Admiral Murray relates to hostile\n expeditions by ships of any belligerent nation in Virginia\n waters. In this letter, he orders the ships to depart Virginia\n waters and to liberate any American citizens detained on board\n (1795 April 27). Wilson encloses a letter from John Hamilton\n informing him that the vessels Diana \u0026 Thomas are waiting\n to embark with their cargo of horses. On 24 June 1795, Wilson\n writes about the small pox epidemic in Portsmouth and the\n impressment of John Underwood \u0026 John Lloyd on board the\n British ship Lynx. Finally, Wilson writes the Governor\n regarding the formation of an artillery company in Portsmouth\n under the command of John Cowper (1796 Feb. 23 \u0026 March\n 27).","Governor Randolph corresponds often with John Pendleton,\n Jr., Auditor of Public Accounts, and Jaquelin Ambler,\n Treasurer, regarding various financial matters. Pendleton\n regularly encloses lists of warrants issued by him through the\n Auditor's Office (1795 March 31, 1795 July 1, 1795 Nov. 5,\n 1795 Dec. 31, 1796 July 1). Additionally, Pendleton writes\n regarding the suspicion of a fraudulent sale against Robert\n Craig, former sheriff of Washington County (1794 Dec. 18).\n Pendleton encloses the report of John Taylor and the opinion\n of John Marshall on the matter. Pendleton also writes to the\n Governor enclosing accounts of expenses of his office (1795\n May 10). On 14 May 1795, Pendleton provided a report on the\n final settlement of William Davies' accounts as Commissioner\n of Virginia for Claims Against the United States. Pendleton\n submits his letter of resignation on 5 August 1796 effective\n at the end of the month. The next day, Pendleton recommends\n Samuel Shepard to replace him as Auditor. Pendleton's official\n letter of resignation was submitted on 30 Sept. 1796. Ambler\n encloses a statement of monies belonging to claimants for the\n defense of the Western frontier (1795 Aug. 27). In addition,\n on 24 September 1795, he encloses a copy of a letter from\n Samuel Meredith, U.S. Treasurer, regarding a warrant from the\n Secretary of War for the full balance due the State of\n Virginia for the settlement of their account for the pay \u0026\n subsistence of militia, scouts, ammunition, and contingent\n expenses in the protection of the frontiers.","Notable correspondents from miscellaneous sources include\n the following: Andrew Dunscomb, Mayor of Richmond; John\n Hamilton, British Consul at Norfolk; and Thomas Mifflin,\n Governor of Pennsylvania.","Andrew Dunscomb mainly writes the Governor regarding the\n prevention of infectious disease to the City of Richmond. On\n 27 August 1795, he encloses resolutions of the Common Hall\n relative to the quarantine of vessels from Norfolk.\n Additionally, he discusses a law prohibiting the migration of\n free negroes from the West Indies into the Commonwealth (1795\n Sept. 18). Dunscomb also transmits a letter from William\n Richardson \u0026 Jacob I. Cohen regarding allowing passage of\n vessels from Norfolk, but stopping vessels from New York (1795\n Oct. 6).","John Hamilton, British Consul, frequently writes the\n Governor regarding British affairs. On 2 January 1795,\n Hamilton requests permission for the British ships Thetis\n \u0026 Cleopatra to make repairs in Norfolk Harbor. Hamilton\n also writes at length regarding British desertions,\n particularly the incident involving the attempt by British\n sailors on board the Thetis to recapture deserters in Norfolk\n (1795 Feb. 18, 25, \u0026 May 8). Hamilton was also\n particularly concerned with privateers preying on British\n ships. He specifically mentions a ship called the Unicorn\n which plundered a Danish vessel (1795 June 26 \u0026 July 30).\n In addition, Hamilton communicates his intelligence regarding\n vessels from Baltimore arming in the Chesapeake as privateers\n (1795 Aug. 15 \u0026 Sept. 24). His letter to the Lieutenant\n Governor relates to the prevention of illegal equipment for\n ships in the waters of Virginia (1795 July 3 \u0026 Oct. 6).\n Yet another incident occurred in January 1796 when the\n American Sloop Diana, loaded with British goods and bound for\n a British port in the West Indies, was forcibly boarded and\n her cargo carried away. Hamilton sends a letter to the\n Governor complaining about this incident, along with a similar\n letter to Willis Wilson (1796 Jan. 29). Finally, on 15\n February 1796, Hamilton writes regarding his inquiry to the\n President on the shipment of horses and the neutrality\n laws.","As Governor of Pennsylvania, Thomas Mifflin often\n corresponds with Governor Brooke with respect to fugitives\n from justice. On 29 December 1794, Mifflin transmits the\n affidavit of Stephen Girard affirming that Joseph Larelle had\n taken a mulatto boy named Crispin from his service with an\n intention of selling him into slavery. He writes again on 10\n February 1795 concerning the apprehension of Larelle. In a\n letter dated 12 March 1795, Mifflin informs the Governor of\n the appointment of Laurence Maher as Agent for Pennsylvania to\n bring Joseph Larelle back to Pennsylvania. Similarly, Mifflin\n transmits a copy of an affidavit by Robert Ross respecting\n Langford Herring who was accused of forgery and removed to\n Virginia (1795 Oct. 12). Mifflin also acknowledges the receipt\n of the revised laws from Virginia (1795 May 14 \u0026 1796 Aug.\n 25) and a resolution from Virginia proposing certain\n amendments to the U.S. Constitution (1796 Jan. 6). Mifflin\n responds to another letter on 22 January 1796 regarding an\n annual interchange of the laws passed by Pennsylvania \u0026\n Virginia.","Additional significant correspondence includes the\n following: George Clendenin regarding pay \u0026 subsistence of\n a company employed for the defense of Greenbrier \u0026 Kanawha\n (1794 Dec. 20); Paul Carrington accepting a commission as\n Judge of the General Court (1794 Dec. 18); Andrew Lewis\n regarding the discharge of the troops under his command on the\n southwestern frontiers (1794 Dec. 28); Thomas Mathews\n regarding the admission of two British ship of war into\n Norfolk (1795 Jan. 9); William Price, Register of the Land\n Office, regarding two additional clerk (1795 Jan. 15); Edward\n Carrington regarding the quota of militia called from Gen.\n Martin's Brigade for the late expeditions against the\n insurgents (1795 Feb. 8); William Lowther regarding the\n discharge of scouts \u0026 rangers under his command (1795 Feb.\n 21); Andrew Lewis regarding the settlement of his accounts\n (1795 March 3); John Steele regarding his tardiness in\n settling the Western accounts (1795 April 29); Andrew Lewis\n regarding his application to replace Gen. Tate as paymaster\n (1795 May 5); Daniel Bedinger responding to charges against\n him by George Hammond, regarding his deposition of the pilot\n Thomas Butler (1795 May 26); John Steele regarding the account\n of Virginia against the United States (1795 June 23); Henry\n Lee regarding his failure to execute orders by the Lt. Gov.\n concerning the privateer at Gloucester (1795 July 6); H. Young\n enclosing a letter from John Page regarding the Unicorn (1795\n July 7); John Dawson regarding Indian depredations in Harrison\n County (1795 Aug. 17); James Monroe, Paris, regarding the\n statue of Gen. Washington left unfinished while Thomas\n Jefferson was Minister to France (1795 Aug. 20); William\n Lowther regarding depredations by Indians in Harrison County\n (1795 Aug. 24); George Peachey, Mayor of Petersburg regarding\n two cases of yellow fever brought from Norfolk (1795 Aug. 26);\n George Clendenin resigning his commission as County Lieutenant\n for Kanawha County (1795 Nov. 14); Governor Brooke to the\n Clerk of the Council indicating his temporary absence from\n office (1795 Dec. 9); Robert Johnson to the Commissioners for\n Virginia regarding approval of the proceedings of the\n Commissioners concerning the boundary line between Virginia\n \u0026 Kentucky (1796 Jan. 1); Isaac Shelby, Governor of\n Kentucky, regarding the boundary line and enclosing an act of\n the Kentucky Legislature (1796 Feb. 15); William Pennock\n enclosing a bill of lading from Ve. Homberg \u0026 Homberg\n Freres for three cases containing the marble pedester statue\n of Gen. Washington and the marble pedestal (1796 April 10);\n Isaac Shelby enclosing a letter from Alexander Smyth regarding\n the boundary line between Virginia \u0026 Kentucky (1796 May\n 6); John Hoskins Stone, Governor of Maryland, regarding the\n extradition of Robert Osborn, a fugitive of justice (1796 June\n 16); John Dawson regarding obtaining arms for the State of\n Virginia from Europe (1796 Sept. 11 \u0026 12); Archibald\n Stuart regarding the agreement with the Kentucky Commissioners\n on the boundary line (1796 Sept. 27); Houdon regarding his\n payment for creating a marble statue of Washington (1796 Oct.\n 8); and Edmund Randolph regarding the case of Fairfax versus\n the Commonwealth (1796 Oct. 22).","Other noteworthy items include: oath of Robert Brooke by J.\n Pendleton as Governor (1794 Dec. 1); a list of persons who\n have migrated to Virginia and given oath to reside therein\n (1794 Dec. 17); receipts from William Morris, Contractor, for\n rations to soldiers under the command of Hugh Caperton (1794\n Dec. 17); proclamation revoking the previous proclamation of\n Lt. Gov. James Wood regarding the quarantine of vessels from\n certain ports (1794 Dec. 19); receipts from Samuel Shepard for\n the sale of the mace (1794 Dec. 3); order from Will Russell,\n Clerk of the Court of Directors of the Lunatic Hospital,\n applying for warrants from the Auditor of Public Accounts\n (1795 March 31 \u0026 1796 July 12); muster roll of scouts\n called into service for the protection of Randolph County\n (1795 May 20); proclamation by the Governor regarding the\n yellow fever outbreak in the West Indies and the quarantine of\n vessels from those areas (1795 May 21); petition from French\n refugees from St. Domingo at Norfolk regarding a plan to send\n back their negroes (1795 July N.D.); oath issued by John\n Pendleton to Robert Brooke as Governor (1795 Dec. 1); printed\n copy of the Treaty of Greenville signed by Timothy Pickering\n (1795 Dec. 22); proclamation by Lt. Gov. James Wood offering a\n reward for the capture of John Williford for the murder of\n Josiah Worrell (1795 Sept. 19); list of commissions of the\n peace for Southampton County (1796 Feb. 12); list of\n commissions of the peace for New Kent County (1796 March 4);\n account of William Hodgson for erecting the statue of\n Washington \u0026 repairing (1796 June 8); appointment of John\n Robertson by James Wood as Superintendent of Quarantine for\n Bermuda Hundred \u0026 City Point (1796 July 9); bond of Samuel\n Shepard as Auditor of Public Accounts (1796 Oct. 1);\n certificate of Samuel Moseley, Mayor of Norfolk, as elector\n for President \u0026 Vice President (1796 Nov. 7); and muster\n fines of the 22nd Regiment Virginia Militia, Mecklenburg\n County (1796 Nov. 5).","State Records Collection,\n Office of the Governor (Record Group 3)","English"],"collection_title_tesim":["Governor Robert Brooke Executive\n Papers, 1794-1796"],"collection_ssim":["Governor Robert Brooke Executive\n Papers, 1794-1796"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["40723"],"unitid_tesim":["40723"],"repository_ssm":["Library of Virginia"],"repository_ssim":["Library of Virginia"],"creator_ssm":["Governor's Office"],"creator_ssim":["Governor's Office"],"acqinfo_ssim":["Acquired prior to 1905."],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"physdesc_tesim":["2.23 cubic\n feet"],"arrangement_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eArranged chronologically by date of document with undated\n items arranged to the rear.\u003c/p\u003e\n "],"arrangement_heading_ssm":["Arrangement"],"arrangement_tesim":["Arranged chronologically by date of document with undated\n items arranged to the rear."],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eRobert Brooke was born in Spotsylvania County to Richard\n Brooke and Ann Hay Taliaferro Brooke around 1760. Educated in\n Edinburgh, Scotland, during the Revolutionary War, Brooke\n returned to Virginia in 1780 where he enlisted in a volunteer\n cavalry troop and was captured by the British at Westham in\n January 1781. Brooke returned to Spotsylvania County to\n practice law, later moving his office to Fredericksburg. In\n 1786, Brooke married Mary Ritchie Hopper (d. 1796) and settled\n on an estate in Fredericksburg which became known as Federal\n Hill. Brooke represented Spotsylvania County in the House of\n Delegates from 1791 until 1794. Upon the vacancy of the office\n of governor by Henry Lee to suppress the Whiskey Rebellion,\n the General Assembly elected Brooke governor on 20 November\n 1794. He was reelected for a second one-year term on 26\n November 1795. Brooke County, now in West Virginia, was named\n after Robert Brooke when it was formed from part of Ohio\n County in 1796. Following his second term as governor, Brooke\n was elected to replace James Innes as attorney general of\n Virginia on 16 November 1796. He served as attorney general\n until his death on 27 February 1800.\u003c/p\u003e\n "],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical Information"],"bioghist_tesim":["Robert Brooke was born in Spotsylvania County to Richard\n Brooke and Ann Hay Taliaferro Brooke around 1760. Educated in\n Edinburgh, Scotland, during the Revolutionary War, Brooke\n returned to Virginia in 1780 where he enlisted in a volunteer\n cavalry troop and was captured by the British at Westham in\n January 1781. Brooke returned to Spotsylvania County to\n practice law, later moving his office to Fredericksburg. In\n 1786, Brooke married Mary Ritchie Hopper (d. 1796) and settled\n on an estate in Fredericksburg which became known as Federal\n Hill. Brooke represented Spotsylvania County in the House of\n Delegates from 1791 until 1794. Upon the vacancy of the office\n of governor by Henry Lee to suppress the Whiskey Rebellion,\n the General Assembly elected Brooke governor on 20 November\n 1794. He was reelected for a second one-year term on 26\n November 1795. Brooke County, now in West Virginia, was named\n after Robert Brooke when it was formed from part of Ohio\n County in 1796. Following his second term as governor, Brooke\n was elected to replace James Innes as attorney general of\n Virginia on 16 November 1796. He served as attorney general\n until his death on 27 February 1800."],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content Information"],"scopecontent_tesim":["Robert Brooke's Executive papers are organized\n chronologically with undated items arranged at the end of each\n year. These papers primarily consist of incoming\n correspondence during Brooke's two one-year terms as governor\n between 1 December 1794 until 1 December 1796. These records\n include correspondence written to James Wood who acted as\n Lieutenant Governor while Brooke was temporarily absent from\n office. The correspondence in this collection relates to a\n variety of topics including appointments for state positions;\n the Point of Fork Arsenal; defense of the frontier;\n resignations; arms \u0026 ammunition; Indian attacks; British\n \u0026 French ships in Virginia ports; the boundary line\n between Kentucky \u0026 Virginia; extraditions; the Houdon\n statue of Washington; state expenses \u0026 revenue; quarantine\n of vessels; foreign affairs; Revolutionary claims; elections;\n Presidential electors; the Capitol Building; the militia; and\n others. In addition to correspondence, there are resolutions\n from Congress and the Virginia Senate \u0026 House of\n Delegates; muster \u0026 pay rolls; accounts; oaths; pardons;\n receipts; election returns \u0026 certificates; qualifications;\n lists; depositions; proclamations; petitions; reports;\n appointments; resignations; treaties; bonds; commissions;\n orders; proceedings; applications; lists; opinions; and other\n sundry items. Note that files related to county officers for\n 1795 have been arranged alphabetically by county and separated\n to the end of the papers for that year.","Noteworthy correspondence originates from the United States\n government, Virginia State government, and miscellaneous\n sources. Prominent correspondents from the United States\n government include Henry Knox, Timothy Pickering, \u0026 James\n McHenry, Secretaries of War; Edmund Randolph \u0026 Timothy\n Pickering, Secretaries of State; Alexander Campbell, U.S.\n District Attorney General, Samuel A. Otis \u0026 John\n Beckley, Clerks of the Senate \u0026 House of\n Representatives, and President George Washington.","Governor Brooke received correspondence on numerous\n occasions from the United States War Department. On 5 December\n 1794, Henry Knox transmitted a resolution by John Beckley,\n Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives, thanking the\n Virginia Militia for their service during the Whiskey\n Rebellion. Timothy Pickering replaced Knox as Secretary of War\n in 1795. Pickering writes on 6 January 1795 regarding the\n French ship Les Jumeaux which was armed and equipped at\n Philadelphia in violation of the U.S. neutrality law.\n Pickering also writes respecting bounty lands on the northwest\n side of the Ohio River for officers \u0026 soldiers of the\n Virginia Line on Continental Establishment (1795 June 13). In\n addition, Pickering responds to a letter from the Governor\n concerning establishing a small garrison of militia at\n Norfolk. According to Pickering, the President has no\n authority to call out the militia for the preservation of\n peace (1795 July 3). Lastly, Pickering writes regarding the\n pay of Charles Cist for printing regulations for the order and\n discipline of U.S. troops (1795 Sept. 14). James McHenry\n replaced Pickering as Secretary of War in 1796. In a letter\n dated 4 March 1796, McHenry acknowledges the receipt of the\n Governor's letter, along with the account \u0026 vouchers for\n militia \u0026 scouts on the Western frontier. William Simmons,\n in the Dept. of War Accountant's Office, corresponds with the\n Governor concerning the compensation by the United States to\n Virginia for the pay \u0026 subsistence of the militia,\n ammunition, and contingent expenses in the protection of the\n frontiers (1795 Sept. 17). On 14 March 1796, Simmons encloses\n a statement of differences on examination of the Virginia\n claims for pay, etc., in 1795. A letter from President George Washington dated 1796 Sept. 15 asks that his shares in the James River Company be applied to Liberty Hall Academy in rockbridge County (letter removed to the Vault - George Washington Papers).","Edmund Randolph, former Governor of Virginia, corresponds\n as Secretary of State. On 3 January 1795, Randolph transmits a\n proclamation of thanksgiving from the President (proclamation\n not included). In another letter of the same date, Randolph\n remarks on a letter from the Governor regarding the embargo.\n On 16 February 1795, Randolph writes about the capture of a\n pilot boat belonging to the British Consul at Norfolk.\n Randolph encloses copies of letters from Gen. Thomas Mathews\n to Governor Lee, Alexander Hamilton, Sec. of the Treasury, and\n orders from Mathews to Lt. Vaughan. On 8 May 1795, Randolph\n encloses letters and papers from George Hammond, British\n Minister Plenipotentiary, concerning French prizes taken by\n Rear Admiral Murray and an order for foreign ships to depart\n American ports. Included is a copy of a letter from Thomas\n Jefferson to Hammond regarding French \u0026 British ships in\n American ports and the treaty with France to admit prizes\n \u0026 repair French ships in U.S. ports. The next day,\n Randolph encloses additional copies of letters from Hammond,\n along with a declaration \u0026 affidavit by Thomas Butler\n regarding the French prizes taken by Admiral Murray. Finally,\n Randolph discusses the practice of British ships of war\n impressing American seamen (1795 May 20). All copies of\n letters were transcribed by George Taylor, Jr., Chief Clerk of\n the Department of State. Timothy Pickering served as Secretary\n of State upon the resignation of Randolph on 19 August 1795.\n On 20 January 1796, Pickering writes to Pierre A. Adet, French\n Minister Plenipotentiary, with respect to U.S. neutrality.\n Pickering also encloses a translation of a letter he received\n from Adet regarding the purchase of flour \u0026 horses by the\n English in Virginia.","Alexander Campbell, District U.S. Attorney, provides his\n opinion on the following subjects: the unlawful detention of a\n mariner by a British vessel of war (1795 Jan. 25), the\n delivery of a fugitive of justice from Pennsylvania and\n deserters from a British ship of war at Norfolk (1795 Jan.\n 25), and the Unicorn, a suspected privateer outfitting at\n Gloucester (1795 June 26). In addition, Samuel A. Otis \u0026\n John Beckley periodically transmit journals of the proceedings\n of the U.S. Senate \u0026 House of Representatives (1795 April\n 13 \u0026 25, \u0026 1796 July 28).","Significant correspondents from Virginia State government\n include Archibald Blair, Clerk of the Council; Samuel Coleman,\n Assistant Clerk of the Council of State; James Innes, Attorney\n General; Charles Hay, Clerk of the House of Delegates;\n Humphrey Brooke, Clerk of the Senate; William Hay, Robert\n Goode, \u0026 William Foushee, etc., Directors of Public\n Buildings; Robert Quarles, Superintendent of the Point of Fork\n Arsenal; Thomas Newton \u0026 Willis Wilson, County\n Lieutenants; John Pendleton, Jr., Auditor of Public Accounts;\n and Jacquelin Ambler, Treasurer.","Archibald Blair \u0026 Samuel Coleman, as Clerk \u0026\n Assistant Clerk of the Council, communicate with the Governor\n frequently through the Council Office. Blair offers the advice\n of the Council regarding the account against the U.S. for the\n Western defense, reimbursement for the Springfield expedition,\n the printing of German military regulations, and orders for\n scouts in Ohio \u0026 Harrison Counties (1795 Jan. 14). Blair\n also writes G. Deneale denying his request to keep arms given\n to the light infantry under his command at Winchester to use\n against the insurgents (1795 Feb. 11). On 14 July 1795, Blair\n submits the order of the Council for ordering out the militia\n from Norfolk \u0026 Portsmouth to prevent disorder or\n insurrections from the frequent migrations of negroes. Lastly,\n Blair provides the advice of the Council concerning witnesses\n against Archer Branch in North Carolina (1796 Feb. 15).\n Coleman mainly writes concerning military finances including\n the account of Hugh Caperton for ammunition (1794 Dec. 2) and\n Capt. William Lowther's pay abstract \u0026 muster roll (1795\n March 5). On 12 May 1795, Coleman writes the Governor\n requesting that the office of Keeper of the Capitol not be\n taken from his father, Wyatt Coleman. His father writes a\n similar letter on the same date. On 4 December 1795, Coleman\n requests additional compensation for completing a list of\n officers \u0026 privates of the Continental Line. Shortly\n thereafter, Coleman was appointed Adjutant General and asks\n the Lieutenant Governor for an apartment in the Capitol to\n perform his new duties (1795 Dec. 14).","During James Innes' absence in 1794 \u0026 1795, John\n Marshall provides his opinion on the militia law as Attorney\n General of Virginia (1794 Undated). Upon Innes' return,\n Marshall writes as counsel to Lord Fairfax concerning the case\n of the Commonwealth against him in the Court of Appeals (1795\n March 2). On 23 April 1795, Innes writes that he will be\n unable to attend this trial in the Court of Appeals due to\n illness. Innes provides an opinion on such topics as the\n improper trial of William John Thweatt who was found guilty of\n horse stealing (1795 April 7), proceedings against Mr. Johnson\n for the alleged murder of Mr. Jeffers (1796 Jan. 13), and the\n power of the Governor to procure the attendance of necessary\n witnesses from the Territory South of the Ohio River (1796\n Feb. 3). On 21 June 1796, he remarks on the assignment of the\n Solicitor's Office for the use of the Attorney General. Again,\n on 17 July 1796, Innes writes that he must be absent from\n office because of health problems. He adds that he has asked\n Mr. Warden to discharge the duties of his office. Innes was\n forced to resign in a letter to the Governor dated 13 November\n 1796.","Charles Hay, Clerk of the House of Delegates, and Humphrey\n Brooke, Clerk of the Senate, often submit legislation and\n qualifications of election to the Governor. Noteworthy\n legislation includes a resolution to inquire about the\n \"lucrative office\" accepted by James Innes in the General\n Government (1794 Dec. 16). Included in these papers are the\n qualifications for the election of Spencer Roane as Judge of\n the Court of Appeals in place of Henry Tazewell (1794 Dec. 2),\n the election of Jaquelin Ambler as Treasurer (1794 Dec. 17),\n Paul Carrington as Judge of the General Court in place of\n Spencer Roane (1794 Dec. 17), Robert Brooke as Governor (1795\n Nov. 26), Robert Brooke as Attorney General (1796 Nov. 16),\n and Samuel Shepard as Auditor of Public Accounts in place of\n John Pendleton (1796 Nov. 16). A letter from John Wise,\n Speaker of the House of Delegates, encloses sundry resolutions\n for proposing certain amendments to the U.S. Constitution\n (1795 Dec. 19).","William Hay, Robert Goode, \u0026 William Foushee, etc.,\n Directors of Public Buildings, provide information on work\n done to the Capitol Building and the settlement of accounts.\n On 28 November 1795, William Hay writes regarding the account\n of Samuel Dobie for superintending \u0026 directing the\n execution of the steps outside the Capitol, as well as the\n staircase, conference, and other work done inside the Capitol\n from 1793 to 1794. Hay also encloses accounts and a letter\n from Dobie indicating the amount of balances due him. On 30\n March 1796, the Directors write regarding the repair of the\n roof of the Capitol and surplus materials.","Maj. Robert Quarles submits quarterly returns of ordnance\n \u0026 public stores at Point of Fork (1795 Jan. 2, 1795 March\n 31, 1795 June 30, 1795 Oct. 6, 1795 Dec. 31, 1796 March 31,\n 1796 June 30, \u0026 1796 Sept. 30). In addition, Quarles'\n correspondence concerns a contract for provisions at Point of\n Fork (1795 May 5 \u0026 25), an increase in salary (1795 Oct.\n 6), the bond of William Weaver to provide rations for the\n State Arsenal (1796 May 27), the supply of timber \u0026\n firewood contract with David Ross (1796 Sept. 12), and the\n bond of Matthew \u0026 Elias Wills for the Office of Contractor\n to supply the State Arsenal with rations (1796 Oct. 27).","Thomas Newton, Jr., County Lieutenant for Norfolk Borough,\n frequently writes the Governor on a variety of concerns. On 11\n January 1795, Newton encloses copies of letters from the\n British \u0026 French Consuls regarding disturbances between\n British \u0026 French crews in Norfolk Harbor. On 14 January,\n Newton discusses the case of Daniel Raybourn, an American\n seamen taken by the Lynx, a British ship of war, from a Danish\n Brig. He encloses the opinion of Alexander Campbell to the\n Lieutenant Governor on the same matter on 25 January 1795. In\n another letter, he remarks on Campbell's opinion on British\n deserters and the extradition of the fugitive Joseph Larelle\n back to Pennsylvania (1795 Feb. 1). Newton communicates\n Campbell's opinion to John Hamilton, British Consul, stating\n that it is the duty of the magistrates to apprehend deserters\n (1795 Feb. 2). An incident occurred in February 1795 when a\n group of armed men from the British ship Thetis marched into\n Norfolk committing illegal searches in the homes of citizens\n for deserters. Newton informs the Governor of this incident\n and encloses an account by the Captain of the Watch, a copy of\n a letter from John Hamilton, and depositions (1795 Feb. 17).\n He writes again on this matter on 25 February 1795 enclosing\n letters from Alexander F. Cochrane, Captain of the Thetis,\n \u0026 John Hamilton. Much of Newton's correspondence with\n Governor Brooke relates to the spread of diseases to Norfolk\n \u0026 the quarantine of vessels (1795 April 28; 1795 May 5,\n 16, 26; 1795 Aug. 22; 1795 Oct. 3; 1795 Nov. 4, 5, \u0026 17;\n 1796 May 15 \u0026 29; 1796 July 8; 1796 Aug. 13 \u0026 28; 1796\n Sept. 12 \u0026 28; 1796 Oct. 27; \u0026 1796 Nov. 7). On 28\n February 1796, Newton writes regarding the purchase of two\n acres of land for building houses for the reception of goods\n and for accommodating the persons performing quarantine. On 17\n April 1795, Newton informs the Governor of American citizens\n detained on board Admiral Murray's ship the Resolution, a\n British ship of war. His letters of 1796 Feb. 7 \u0026 9 relate\n to letters from Henry McGeary, an American citizen impressed\n on the Resolution. Later, Newton encloses a letter from Judge\n Cyrus Griffin respecting the case of McGeary (1796 Feb. 21).\n Newton remarks on the arrival of three French ships from\n Guadalupe and the defenseless condition of the port due to the\n incompletion of the forts and the insufficient garrison there\n (1795 May 24). On 9 June 1795, Newton relates the capture of\n two French ships off the coast by the British ships Thetis\n \u0026 Hussar. In addition, he mentions the arrival of a French\n ship from Dominique with French citizens and a number of\n negroes which they claim as servants. A few days later, Newton\n informs the Governor of the arrival of the Sloop Industry from\n Boston which carried negro slaves on board in violation of the\n non-importation laws (1795 June 11). In a letter dated 21 June\n 1795, Newton encloses the deposition of Francis Marshal\n concerning two brigs taken off the coast of Virginia by a\n Bermudian privateer. Another significant event occurred in\n January 1796 when horses were purchased by British officers in\n the United States for mounting their troops against the French\n in the West Indies. Newton writes the Governor that this is a\n violation of the treaty with France \u0026 Holland (1796 Jan.\n 20). Shortly thereafter, he encloses a letter from Mr. Oster,\n French Consul, complaining of the shipment of horses by the\n British (1796 Jan. 23). The next day, he encloses one from\n John Hamilton denying that the shipment of horses is a\n military preparation (1795 Jan. 24).","Willis Wilson, County Lieutenant for Portsmouth,\n corresponds with the Governor regarding similar subjects as\n Thomas Newton. On 29 April 1795, Wilson suggests that a boat\n be armed at Hampton Roads for the purpose of preventing\n violators of U.S. neutrality and to liberate the men impressed\n on board Rear Admiral Murray's Squadron. He encloses the\n deposition of Capt. Hatten whose ship was boarded by the Lynx.\n A letter from Wilson to Admiral Murray relates to hostile\n expeditions by ships of any belligerent nation in Virginia\n waters. In this letter, he orders the ships to depart Virginia\n waters and to liberate any American citizens detained on board\n (1795 April 27). Wilson encloses a letter from John Hamilton\n informing him that the vessels Diana \u0026 Thomas are waiting\n to embark with their cargo of horses. On 24 June 1795, Wilson\n writes about the small pox epidemic in Portsmouth and the\n impressment of John Underwood \u0026 John Lloyd on board the\n British ship Lynx. Finally, Wilson writes the Governor\n regarding the formation of an artillery company in Portsmouth\n under the command of John Cowper (1796 Feb. 23 \u0026 March\n 27).","Governor Randolph corresponds often with John Pendleton,\n Jr., Auditor of Public Accounts, and Jaquelin Ambler,\n Treasurer, regarding various financial matters. Pendleton\n regularly encloses lists of warrants issued by him through the\n Auditor's Office (1795 March 31, 1795 July 1, 1795 Nov. 5,\n 1795 Dec. 31, 1796 July 1). Additionally, Pendleton writes\n regarding the suspicion of a fraudulent sale against Robert\n Craig, former sheriff of Washington County (1794 Dec. 18).\n Pendleton encloses the report of John Taylor and the opinion\n of John Marshall on the matter. Pendleton also writes to the\n Governor enclosing accounts of expenses of his office (1795\n May 10). On 14 May 1795, Pendleton provided a report on the\n final settlement of William Davies' accounts as Commissioner\n of Virginia for Claims Against the United States. Pendleton\n submits his letter of resignation on 5 August 1796 effective\n at the end of the month. The next day, Pendleton recommends\n Samuel Shepard to replace him as Auditor. Pendleton's official\n letter of resignation was submitted on 30 Sept. 1796. Ambler\n encloses a statement of monies belonging to claimants for the\n defense of the Western frontier (1795 Aug. 27). In addition,\n on 24 September 1795, he encloses a copy of a letter from\n Samuel Meredith, U.S. Treasurer, regarding a warrant from the\n Secretary of War for the full balance due the State of\n Virginia for the settlement of their account for the pay \u0026\n subsistence of militia, scouts, ammunition, and contingent\n expenses in the protection of the frontiers.","Notable correspondents from miscellaneous sources include\n the following: Andrew Dunscomb, Mayor of Richmond; John\n Hamilton, British Consul at Norfolk; and Thomas Mifflin,\n Governor of Pennsylvania.","Andrew Dunscomb mainly writes the Governor regarding the\n prevention of infectious disease to the City of Richmond. On\n 27 August 1795, he encloses resolutions of the Common Hall\n relative to the quarantine of vessels from Norfolk.\n Additionally, he discusses a law prohibiting the migration of\n free negroes from the West Indies into the Commonwealth (1795\n Sept. 18). Dunscomb also transmits a letter from William\n Richardson \u0026 Jacob I. Cohen regarding allowing passage of\n vessels from Norfolk, but stopping vessels from New York (1795\n Oct. 6).","John Hamilton, British Consul, frequently writes the\n Governor regarding British affairs. On 2 January 1795,\n Hamilton requests permission for the British ships Thetis\n \u0026 Cleopatra to make repairs in Norfolk Harbor. Hamilton\n also writes at length regarding British desertions,\n particularly the incident involving the attempt by British\n sailors on board the Thetis to recapture deserters in Norfolk\n (1795 Feb. 18, 25, \u0026 May 8). Hamilton was also\n particularly concerned with privateers preying on British\n ships. He specifically mentions a ship called the Unicorn\n which plundered a Danish vessel (1795 June 26 \u0026 July 30).\n In addition, Hamilton communicates his intelligence regarding\n vessels from Baltimore arming in the Chesapeake as privateers\n (1795 Aug. 15 \u0026 Sept. 24). His letter to the Lieutenant\n Governor relates to the prevention of illegal equipment for\n ships in the waters of Virginia (1795 July 3 \u0026 Oct. 6).\n Yet another incident occurred in January 1796 when the\n American Sloop Diana, loaded with British goods and bound for\n a British port in the West Indies, was forcibly boarded and\n her cargo carried away. Hamilton sends a letter to the\n Governor complaining about this incident, along with a similar\n letter to Willis Wilson (1796 Jan. 29). Finally, on 15\n February 1796, Hamilton writes regarding his inquiry to the\n President on the shipment of horses and the neutrality\n laws.","As Governor of Pennsylvania, Thomas Mifflin often\n corresponds with Governor Brooke with respect to fugitives\n from justice. On 29 December 1794, Mifflin transmits the\n affidavit of Stephen Girard affirming that Joseph Larelle had\n taken a mulatto boy named Crispin from his service with an\n intention of selling him into slavery. He writes again on 10\n February 1795 concerning the apprehension of Larelle. In a\n letter dated 12 March 1795, Mifflin informs the Governor of\n the appointment of Laurence Maher as Agent for Pennsylvania to\n bring Joseph Larelle back to Pennsylvania. Similarly, Mifflin\n transmits a copy of an affidavit by Robert Ross respecting\n Langford Herring who was accused of forgery and removed to\n Virginia (1795 Oct. 12). Mifflin also acknowledges the receipt\n of the revised laws from Virginia (1795 May 14 \u0026 1796 Aug.\n 25) and a resolution from Virginia proposing certain\n amendments to the U.S. Constitution (1796 Jan. 6). Mifflin\n responds to another letter on 22 January 1796 regarding an\n annual interchange of the laws passed by Pennsylvania \u0026\n Virginia.","Additional significant correspondence includes the\n following: George Clendenin regarding pay \u0026 subsistence of\n a company employed for the defense of Greenbrier \u0026 Kanawha\n (1794 Dec. 20); Paul Carrington accepting a commission as\n Judge of the General Court (1794 Dec. 18); Andrew Lewis\n regarding the discharge of the troops under his command on the\n southwestern frontiers (1794 Dec. 28); Thomas Mathews\n regarding the admission of two British ship of war into\n Norfolk (1795 Jan. 9); William Price, Register of the Land\n Office, regarding two additional clerk (1795 Jan. 15); Edward\n Carrington regarding the quota of militia called from Gen.\n Martin's Brigade for the late expeditions against the\n insurgents (1795 Feb. 8); William Lowther regarding the\n discharge of scouts \u0026 rangers under his command (1795 Feb.\n 21); Andrew Lewis regarding the settlement of his accounts\n (1795 March 3); John Steele regarding his tardiness in\n settling the Western accounts (1795 April 29); Andrew Lewis\n regarding his application to replace Gen. Tate as paymaster\n (1795 May 5); Daniel Bedinger responding to charges against\n him by George Hammond, regarding his deposition of the pilot\n Thomas Butler (1795 May 26); John Steele regarding the account\n of Virginia against the United States (1795 June 23); Henry\n Lee regarding his failure to execute orders by the Lt. Gov.\n concerning the privateer at Gloucester (1795 July 6); H. Young\n enclosing a letter from John Page regarding the Unicorn (1795\n July 7); John Dawson regarding Indian depredations in Harrison\n County (1795 Aug. 17); James Monroe, Paris, regarding the\n statue of Gen. Washington left unfinished while Thomas\n Jefferson was Minister to France (1795 Aug. 20); William\n Lowther regarding depredations by Indians in Harrison County\n (1795 Aug. 24); George Peachey, Mayor of Petersburg regarding\n two cases of yellow fever brought from Norfolk (1795 Aug. 26);\n George Clendenin resigning his commission as County Lieutenant\n for Kanawha County (1795 Nov. 14); Governor Brooke to the\n Clerk of the Council indicating his temporary absence from\n office (1795 Dec. 9); Robert Johnson to the Commissioners for\n Virginia regarding approval of the proceedings of the\n Commissioners concerning the boundary line between Virginia\n \u0026 Kentucky (1796 Jan. 1); Isaac Shelby, Governor of\n Kentucky, regarding the boundary line and enclosing an act of\n the Kentucky Legislature (1796 Feb. 15); William Pennock\n enclosing a bill of lading from Ve. Homberg \u0026 Homberg\n Freres for three cases containing the marble pedester statue\n of Gen. Washington and the marble pedestal (1796 April 10);\n Isaac Shelby enclosing a letter from Alexander Smyth regarding\n the boundary line between Virginia \u0026 Kentucky (1796 May\n 6); John Hoskins Stone, Governor of Maryland, regarding the\n extradition of Robert Osborn, a fugitive of justice (1796 June\n 16); John Dawson regarding obtaining arms for the State of\n Virginia from Europe (1796 Sept. 11 \u0026 12); Archibald\n Stuart regarding the agreement with the Kentucky Commissioners\n on the boundary line (1796 Sept. 27); Houdon regarding his\n payment for creating a marble statue of Washington (1796 Oct.\n 8); and Edmund Randolph regarding the case of Fairfax versus\n the Commonwealth (1796 Oct. 22).","Other noteworthy items include: oath of Robert Brooke by J.\n Pendleton as Governor (1794 Dec. 1); a list of persons who\n have migrated to Virginia and given oath to reside therein\n (1794 Dec. 17); receipts from William Morris, Contractor, for\n rations to soldiers under the command of Hugh Caperton (1794\n Dec. 17); proclamation revoking the previous proclamation of\n Lt. Gov. James Wood regarding the quarantine of vessels from\n certain ports (1794 Dec. 19); receipts from Samuel Shepard for\n the sale of the mace (1794 Dec. 3); order from Will Russell,\n Clerk of the Court of Directors of the Lunatic Hospital,\n applying for warrants from the Auditor of Public Accounts\n (1795 March 31 \u0026 1796 July 12); muster roll of scouts\n called into service for the protection of Randolph County\n (1795 May 20); proclamation by the Governor regarding the\n yellow fever outbreak in the West Indies and the quarantine of\n vessels from those areas (1795 May 21); petition from French\n refugees from St. Domingo at Norfolk regarding a plan to send\n back their negroes (1795 July N.D.); oath issued by John\n Pendleton to Robert Brooke as Governor (1795 Dec. 1); printed\n copy of the Treaty of Greenville signed by Timothy Pickering\n (1795 Dec. 22); proclamation by Lt. Gov. James Wood offering a\n reward for the capture of John Williford for the murder of\n Josiah Worrell (1795 Sept. 19); list of commissions of the\n peace for Southampton County (1796 Feb. 12); list of\n commissions of the peace for New Kent County (1796 March 4);\n account of William Hodgson for erecting the statue of\n Washington \u0026 repairing (1796 June 8); appointment of John\n Robertson by James Wood as Superintendent of Quarantine for\n Bermuda Hundred \u0026 City Point (1796 July 9); bond of Samuel\n Shepard as Auditor of Public Accounts (1796 Oct. 1);\n certificate of Samuel Moseley, Mayor of Norfolk, as elector\n for President \u0026 Vice President (1796 Nov. 7); and muster\n fines of the 22nd Regiment Virginia Militia, Mecklenburg\n County (1796 Nov. 5)."],"physloc_html_tesm":["\u003cphysloc label=\"Physical Location\"\u003eState Records Collection,\n Office of the Governor (Record Group 3)\u003c/physloc\u003e\n "],"physloc_tesim":["State Records Collection,\n Office of the Governor (Record Group 3)"],"language_ssim":["English"],"total_component_count_is":134,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-07-23T21:08:53.750Z","scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eRobert Brooke's Executive papers are organized\n chronologically with undated items arranged at the end of each\n year. These papers primarily consist of incoming\n correspondence during Brooke's two one-year terms as governor\n between 1 December 1794 until 1 December 1796. These records\n include correspondence written to James Wood who acted as\n Lieutenant Governor while Brooke was temporarily absent from\n office. The correspondence in this collection relates to a\n variety of topics including appointments for state positions;\n the Point of Fork Arsenal; defense of the frontier;\n resignations; arms \u0026amp; ammunition; Indian attacks; British\n \u0026amp; French ships in Virginia ports; the boundary line\n between Kentucky \u0026amp; Virginia; extraditions; the Houdon\n statue of Washington; state expenses \u0026amp; revenue; quarantine\n of vessels; foreign affairs; Revolutionary claims; elections;\n Presidential electors; the Capitol Building; the militia; and\n others. In addition to correspondence, there are resolutions\n from Congress and the Virginia Senate \u0026amp; House of\n Delegates; muster \u0026amp; pay rolls; accounts; oaths; pardons;\n receipts; election returns \u0026amp; certificates; qualifications;\n lists; depositions; proclamations; petitions; reports;\n appointments; resignations; treaties; bonds; commissions;\n orders; proceedings; applications; lists; opinions; and other\n sundry items. Note that files related to county officers for\n 1795 have been arranged alphabetically by county and separated\n to the end of the papers for that year.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eNoteworthy correspondence originates from the United States\n government, Virginia State government, and miscellaneous\n sources. Prominent correspondents from the United States\n government include Henry Knox, Timothy Pickering, \u0026amp; James\n McHenry, Secretaries of War; Edmund Randolph \u0026amp; Timothy\n Pickering, Secretaries of State; Alexander Campbell, U.S.\n District Attorney General, Samuel A. Otis \u0026amp; John\n Beckley, Clerks of the Senate \u0026amp; House of\n Representatives, and President George Washington.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eGovernor Brooke received correspondence on numerous\n occasions from the United States War Department. On 5 December\n 1794, Henry Knox transmitted a resolution by John Beckley,\n Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives, thanking the\n Virginia Militia for their service during the Whiskey\n Rebellion. Timothy Pickering replaced Knox as Secretary of War\n in 1795. Pickering writes on 6 January 1795 regarding the\n French ship Les Jumeaux which was armed and equipped at\n Philadelphia in violation of the U.S. neutrality law.\n Pickering also writes respecting bounty lands on the northwest\n side of the Ohio River for officers \u0026amp; soldiers of the\n Virginia Line on Continental Establishment (1795 June 13). In\n addition, Pickering responds to a letter from the Governor\n concerning establishing a small garrison of militia at\n Norfolk. According to Pickering, the President has no\n authority to call out the militia for the preservation of\n peace (1795 July 3). Lastly, Pickering writes regarding the\n pay of Charles Cist for printing regulations for the order and\n discipline of U.S. troops (1795 Sept. 14). James McHenry\n replaced Pickering as Secretary of War in 1796. In a letter\n dated 4 March 1796, McHenry acknowledges the receipt of the\n Governor's letter, along with the account \u0026amp; vouchers for\n militia \u0026amp; scouts on the Western frontier. William Simmons,\n in the Dept. of War Accountant's Office, corresponds with the\n Governor concerning the compensation by the United States to\n Virginia for the pay \u0026amp; subsistence of the militia,\n ammunition, and contingent expenses in the protection of the\n frontiers (1795 Sept. 17). On 14 March 1796, Simmons encloses\n a statement of differences on examination of the Virginia\n claims for pay, etc., in 1795. A letter from President George Washington dated 1796 Sept. 15 asks that his shares in the James River Company be applied to Liberty Hall Academy in rockbridge County (letter removed to the Vault - George Washington Papers).\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eEdmund Randolph, former Governor of Virginia, corresponds\n as Secretary of State. On 3 January 1795, Randolph transmits a\n proclamation of thanksgiving from the President (proclamation\n not included). In another letter of the same date, Randolph\n remarks on a letter from the Governor regarding the embargo.\n On 16 February 1795, Randolph writes about the capture of a\n pilot boat belonging to the British Consul at Norfolk.\n Randolph encloses copies of letters from Gen. Thomas Mathews\n to Governor Lee, Alexander Hamilton, Sec. of the Treasury, and\n orders from Mathews to Lt. Vaughan. On 8 May 1795, Randolph\n encloses letters and papers from George Hammond, British\n Minister Plenipotentiary, concerning French prizes taken by\n Rear Admiral Murray and an order for foreign ships to depart\n American ports. Included is a copy of a letter from Thomas\n Jefferson to Hammond regarding French \u0026amp; British ships in\n American ports and the treaty with France to admit prizes\n \u0026amp; repair French ships in U.S. ports. The next day,\n Randolph encloses additional copies of letters from Hammond,\n along with a declaration \u0026amp; affidavit by Thomas Butler\n regarding the French prizes taken by Admiral Murray. Finally,\n Randolph discusses the practice of British ships of war\n impressing American seamen (1795 May 20). All copies of\n letters were transcribed by George Taylor, Jr., Chief Clerk of\n the Department of State. Timothy Pickering served as Secretary\n of State upon the resignation of Randolph on 19 August 1795.\n On 20 January 1796, Pickering writes to Pierre A. Adet, French\n Minister Plenipotentiary, with respect to U.S. neutrality.\n Pickering also encloses a translation of a letter he received\n from Adet regarding the purchase of flour \u0026amp; horses by the\n English in Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eAlexander Campbell, District U.S. Attorney, provides his\n opinion on the following subjects: the unlawful detention of a\n mariner by a British vessel of war (1795 Jan. 25), the\n delivery of a fugitive of justice from Pennsylvania and\n deserters from a British ship of war at Norfolk (1795 Jan.\n 25), and the Unicorn, a suspected privateer outfitting at\n Gloucester (1795 June 26). In addition, Samuel A. Otis \u0026amp;\n John Beckley periodically transmit journals of the proceedings\n of the U.S. Senate \u0026amp; House of Representatives (1795 April\n 13 \u0026amp; 25, \u0026amp; 1796 July 28).\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eSignificant correspondents from Virginia State government\n include Archibald Blair, Clerk of the Council; Samuel Coleman,\n Assistant Clerk of the Council of State; James Innes, Attorney\n General; Charles Hay, Clerk of the House of Delegates;\n Humphrey Brooke, Clerk of the Senate; William Hay, Robert\n Goode, \u0026amp; William Foushee, etc., Directors of Public\n Buildings; Robert Quarles, Superintendent of the Point of Fork\n Arsenal; Thomas Newton \u0026amp; Willis Wilson, County\n Lieutenants; John Pendleton, Jr., Auditor of Public Accounts;\n and Jacquelin Ambler, Treasurer.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eArchibald Blair \u0026amp; Samuel Coleman, as Clerk \u0026amp;\n Assistant Clerk of the Council, communicate with the Governor\n frequently through the Council Office. Blair offers the advice\n of the Council regarding the account against the U.S. for the\n Western defense, reimbursement for the Springfield expedition,\n the printing of German military regulations, and orders for\n scouts in Ohio \u0026amp; Harrison Counties (1795 Jan. 14). Blair\n also writes G. Deneale denying his request to keep arms given\n to the light infantry under his command at Winchester to use\n against the insurgents (1795 Feb. 11). On 14 July 1795, Blair\n submits the order of the Council for ordering out the militia\n from Norfolk \u0026amp; Portsmouth to prevent disorder or\n insurrections from the frequent migrations of negroes. Lastly,\n Blair provides the advice of the Council concerning witnesses\n against Archer Branch in North Carolina (1796 Feb. 15).\n Coleman mainly writes concerning military finances including\n the account of Hugh Caperton for ammunition (1794 Dec. 2) and\n Capt. William Lowther's pay abstract \u0026amp; muster roll (1795\n March 5). On 12 May 1795, Coleman writes the Governor\n requesting that the office of Keeper of the Capitol not be\n taken from his father, Wyatt Coleman. His father writes a\n similar letter on the same date. On 4 December 1795, Coleman\n requests additional compensation for completing a list of\n officers \u0026amp; privates of the Continental Line. Shortly\n thereafter, Coleman was appointed Adjutant General and asks\n the Lieutenant Governor for an apartment in the Capitol to\n perform his new duties (1795 Dec. 14).\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eDuring James Innes' absence in 1794 \u0026amp; 1795, John\n Marshall provides his opinion on the militia law as Attorney\n General of Virginia (1794 Undated). Upon Innes' return,\n Marshall writes as counsel to Lord Fairfax concerning the case\n of the Commonwealth against him in the Court of Appeals (1795\n March 2). On 23 April 1795, Innes writes that he will be\n unable to attend this trial in the Court of Appeals due to\n illness. Innes provides an opinion on such topics as the\n improper trial of William John Thweatt who was found guilty of\n horse stealing (1795 April 7), proceedings against Mr. Johnson\n for the alleged murder of Mr. Jeffers (1796 Jan. 13), and the\n power of the Governor to procure the attendance of necessary\n witnesses from the Territory South of the Ohio River (1796\n Feb. 3). On 21 June 1796, he remarks on the assignment of the\n Solicitor's Office for the use of the Attorney General. Again,\n on 17 July 1796, Innes writes that he must be absent from\n office because of health problems. He adds that he has asked\n Mr. Warden to discharge the duties of his office. Innes was\n forced to resign in a letter to the Governor dated 13 November\n 1796.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eCharles Hay, Clerk of the House of Delegates, and Humphrey\n Brooke, Clerk of the Senate, often submit legislation and\n qualifications of election to the Governor. Noteworthy\n legislation includes a resolution to inquire about the\n \"lucrative office\" accepted by James Innes in the General\n Government (1794 Dec. 16). Included in these papers are the\n qualifications for the election of Spencer Roane as Judge of\n the Court of Appeals in place of Henry Tazewell (1794 Dec. 2),\n the election of Jaquelin Ambler as Treasurer (1794 Dec. 17),\n Paul Carrington as Judge of the General Court in place of\n Spencer Roane (1794 Dec. 17), Robert Brooke as Governor (1795\n Nov. 26), Robert Brooke as Attorney General (1796 Nov. 16),\n and Samuel Shepard as Auditor of Public Accounts in place of\n John Pendleton (1796 Nov. 16). A letter from John Wise,\n Speaker of the House of Delegates, encloses sundry resolutions\n for proposing certain amendments to the U.S. Constitution\n (1795 Dec. 19).\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eWilliam Hay, Robert Goode, \u0026amp; William Foushee, etc.,\n Directors of Public Buildings, provide information on work\n done to the Capitol Building and the settlement of accounts.\n On 28 November 1795, William Hay writes regarding the account\n of Samuel Dobie for superintending \u0026amp; directing the\n execution of the steps outside the Capitol, as well as the\n staircase, conference, and other work done inside the Capitol\n from 1793 to 1794. Hay also encloses accounts and a letter\n from Dobie indicating the amount of balances due him. On 30\n March 1796, the Directors write regarding the repair of the\n roof of the Capitol and surplus materials.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eMaj. Robert Quarles submits quarterly returns of ordnance\n \u0026amp; public stores at Point of Fork (1795 Jan. 2, 1795 March\n 31, 1795 June 30, 1795 Oct. 6, 1795 Dec. 31, 1796 March 31,\n 1796 June 30, \u0026amp; 1796 Sept. 30). In addition, Quarles'\n correspondence concerns a contract for provisions at Point of\n Fork (1795 May 5 \u0026amp; 25), an increase in salary (1795 Oct.\n 6), the bond of William Weaver to provide rations for the\n State Arsenal (1796 May 27), the supply of timber \u0026amp;\n firewood contract with David Ross (1796 Sept. 12), and the\n bond of Matthew \u0026amp; Elias Wills for the Office of Contractor\n to supply the State Arsenal with rations (1796 Oct. 27).\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eThomas Newton, Jr., County Lieutenant for Norfolk Borough,\n frequently writes the Governor on a variety of concerns. On 11\n January 1795, Newton encloses copies of letters from the\n British \u0026amp; French Consuls regarding disturbances between\n British \u0026amp; French crews in Norfolk Harbor. On 14 January,\n Newton discusses the case of Daniel Raybourn, an American\n seamen taken by the Lynx, a British ship of war, from a Danish\n Brig. He encloses the opinion of Alexander Campbell to the\n Lieutenant Governor on the same matter on 25 January 1795. In\n another letter, he remarks on Campbell's opinion on British\n deserters and the extradition of the fugitive Joseph Larelle\n back to Pennsylvania (1795 Feb. 1). Newton communicates\n Campbell's opinion to John Hamilton, British Consul, stating\n that it is the duty of the magistrates to apprehend deserters\n (1795 Feb. 2). An incident occurred in February 1795 when a\n group of armed men from the British ship Thetis marched into\n Norfolk committing illegal searches in the homes of citizens\n for deserters. Newton informs the Governor of this incident\n and encloses an account by the Captain of the Watch, a copy of\n a letter from John Hamilton, and depositions (1795 Feb. 17).\n He writes again on this matter on 25 February 1795 enclosing\n letters from Alexander F. Cochrane, Captain of the Thetis,\n \u0026amp; John Hamilton. Much of Newton's correspondence with\n Governor Brooke relates to the spread of diseases to Norfolk\n \u0026amp; the quarantine of vessels (1795 April 28; 1795 May 5,\n 16, 26; 1795 Aug. 22; 1795 Oct. 3; 1795 Nov. 4, 5, \u0026amp; 17;\n 1796 May 15 \u0026amp; 29; 1796 July 8; 1796 Aug. 13 \u0026amp; 28; 1796\n Sept. 12 \u0026amp; 28; 1796 Oct. 27; \u0026amp; 1796 Nov. 7). On 28\n February 1796, Newton writes regarding the purchase of two\n acres of land for building houses for the reception of goods\n and for accommodating the persons performing quarantine. On 17\n April 1795, Newton informs the Governor of American citizens\n detained on board Admiral Murray's ship the Resolution, a\n British ship of war. His letters of 1796 Feb. 7 \u0026amp; 9 relate\n to letters from Henry McGeary, an American citizen impressed\n on the Resolution. Later, Newton encloses a letter from Judge\n Cyrus Griffin respecting the case of McGeary (1796 Feb. 21).\n Newton remarks on the arrival of three French ships from\n Guadalupe and the defenseless condition of the port due to the\n incompletion of the forts and the insufficient garrison there\n (1795 May 24). On 9 June 1795, Newton relates the capture of\n two French ships off the coast by the British ships Thetis\n \u0026amp; Hussar. In addition, he mentions the arrival of a French\n ship from Dominique with French citizens and a number of\n negroes which they claim as servants. A few days later, Newton\n informs the Governor of the arrival of the Sloop Industry from\n Boston which carried negro slaves on board in violation of the\n non-importation laws (1795 June 11). In a letter dated 21 June\n 1795, Newton encloses the deposition of Francis Marshal\n concerning two brigs taken off the coast of Virginia by a\n Bermudian privateer. Another significant event occurred in\n January 1796 when horses were purchased by British officers in\n the United States for mounting their troops against the French\n in the West Indies. Newton writes the Governor that this is a\n violation of the treaty with France \u0026amp; Holland (1796 Jan.\n 20). Shortly thereafter, he encloses a letter from Mr. Oster,\n French Consul, complaining of the shipment of horses by the\n British (1796 Jan. 23). The next day, he encloses one from\n John Hamilton denying that the shipment of horses is a\n military preparation (1795 Jan. 24).\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eWillis Wilson, County Lieutenant for Portsmouth,\n corresponds with the Governor regarding similar subjects as\n Thomas Newton. On 29 April 1795, Wilson suggests that a boat\n be armed at Hampton Roads for the purpose of preventing\n violators of U.S. neutrality and to liberate the men impressed\n on board Rear Admiral Murray's Squadron. He encloses the\n deposition of Capt. Hatten whose ship was boarded by the Lynx.\n A letter from Wilson to Admiral Murray relates to hostile\n expeditions by ships of any belligerent nation in Virginia\n waters. In this letter, he orders the ships to depart Virginia\n waters and to liberate any American citizens detained on board\n (1795 April 27). Wilson encloses a letter from John Hamilton\n informing him that the vessels Diana \u0026amp; Thomas are waiting\n to embark with their cargo of horses. On 24 June 1795, Wilson\n writes about the small pox epidemic in Portsmouth and the\n impressment of John Underwood \u0026amp; John Lloyd on board the\n British ship Lynx. Finally, Wilson writes the Governor\n regarding the formation of an artillery company in Portsmouth\n under the command of John Cowper (1796 Feb. 23 \u0026amp; March\n 27).\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eGovernor Randolph corresponds often with John Pendleton,\n Jr., Auditor of Public Accounts, and Jaquelin Ambler,\n Treasurer, regarding various financial matters. Pendleton\n regularly encloses lists of warrants issued by him through the\n Auditor's Office (1795 March 31, 1795 July 1, 1795 Nov. 5,\n 1795 Dec. 31, 1796 July 1). Additionally, Pendleton writes\n regarding the suspicion of a fraudulent sale against Robert\n Craig, former sheriff of Washington County (1794 Dec. 18).\n Pendleton encloses the report of John Taylor and the opinion\n of John Marshall on the matter. Pendleton also writes to the\n Governor enclosing accounts of expenses of his office (1795\n May 10). On 14 May 1795, Pendleton provided a report on the\n final settlement of William Davies' accounts as Commissioner\n of Virginia for Claims Against the United States. Pendleton\n submits his letter of resignation on 5 August 1796 effective\n at the end of the month. The next day, Pendleton recommends\n Samuel Shepard to replace him as Auditor. Pendleton's official\n letter of resignation was submitted on 30 Sept. 1796. Ambler\n encloses a statement of monies belonging to claimants for the\n defense of the Western frontier (1795 Aug. 27). In addition,\n on 24 September 1795, he encloses a copy of a letter from\n Samuel Meredith, U.S. Treasurer, regarding a warrant from the\n Secretary of War for the full balance due the State of\n Virginia for the settlement of their account for the pay \u0026amp;\n subsistence of militia, scouts, ammunition, and contingent\n expenses in the protection of the frontiers.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eNotable correspondents from miscellaneous sources include\n the following: Andrew Dunscomb, Mayor of Richmond; John\n Hamilton, British Consul at Norfolk; and Thomas Mifflin,\n Governor of Pennsylvania.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eAndrew Dunscomb mainly writes the Governor regarding the\n prevention of infectious disease to the City of Richmond. On\n 27 August 1795, he encloses resolutions of the Common Hall\n relative to the quarantine of vessels from Norfolk.\n Additionally, he discusses a law prohibiting the migration of\n free negroes from the West Indies into the Commonwealth (1795\n Sept. 18). Dunscomb also transmits a letter from William\n Richardson \u0026amp; Jacob I. Cohen regarding allowing passage of\n vessels from Norfolk, but stopping vessels from New York (1795\n Oct. 6).\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eJohn Hamilton, British Consul, frequently writes the\n Governor regarding British affairs. On 2 January 1795,\n Hamilton requests permission for the British ships Thetis\n \u0026amp; Cleopatra to make repairs in Norfolk Harbor. Hamilton\n also writes at length regarding British desertions,\n particularly the incident involving the attempt by British\n sailors on board the Thetis to recapture deserters in Norfolk\n (1795 Feb. 18, 25, \u0026amp; May 8). Hamilton was also\n particularly concerned with privateers preying on British\n ships. He specifically mentions a ship called the Unicorn\n which plundered a Danish vessel (1795 June 26 \u0026amp; July 30).\n In addition, Hamilton communicates his intelligence regarding\n vessels from Baltimore arming in the Chesapeake as privateers\n (1795 Aug. 15 \u0026amp; Sept. 24). His letter to the Lieutenant\n Governor relates to the prevention of illegal equipment for\n ships in the waters of Virginia (1795 July 3 \u0026amp; Oct. 6).\n Yet another incident occurred in January 1796 when the\n American Sloop Diana, loaded with British goods and bound for\n a British port in the West Indies, was forcibly boarded and\n her cargo carried away. Hamilton sends a letter to the\n Governor complaining about this incident, along with a similar\n letter to Willis Wilson (1796 Jan. 29). Finally, on 15\n February 1796, Hamilton writes regarding his inquiry to the\n President on the shipment of horses and the neutrality\n laws.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eAs Governor of Pennsylvania, Thomas Mifflin often\n corresponds with Governor Brooke with respect to fugitives\n from justice. On 29 December 1794, Mifflin transmits the\n affidavit of Stephen Girard affirming that Joseph Larelle had\n taken a mulatto boy named Crispin from his service with an\n intention of selling him into slavery. He writes again on 10\n February 1795 concerning the apprehension of Larelle. In a\n letter dated 12 March 1795, Mifflin informs the Governor of\n the appointment of Laurence Maher as Agent for Pennsylvania to\n bring Joseph Larelle back to Pennsylvania. Similarly, Mifflin\n transmits a copy of an affidavit by Robert Ross respecting\n Langford Herring who was accused of forgery and removed to\n Virginia (1795 Oct. 12). Mifflin also acknowledges the receipt\n of the revised laws from Virginia (1795 May 14 \u0026amp; 1796 Aug.\n 25) and a resolution from Virginia proposing certain\n amendments to the U.S. Constitution (1796 Jan. 6). Mifflin\n responds to another letter on 22 January 1796 regarding an\n annual interchange of the laws passed by Pennsylvania \u0026amp;\n Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eAdditional significant correspondence includes the\n following: George Clendenin regarding pay \u0026amp; subsistence of\n a company employed for the defense of Greenbrier \u0026amp; Kanawha\n (1794 Dec. 20); Paul Carrington accepting a commission as\n Judge of the General Court (1794 Dec. 18); Andrew Lewis\n regarding the discharge of the troops under his command on the\n southwestern frontiers (1794 Dec. 28); Thomas Mathews\n regarding the admission of two British ship of war into\n Norfolk (1795 Jan. 9); William Price, Register of the Land\n Office, regarding two additional clerk (1795 Jan. 15); Edward\n Carrington regarding the quota of militia called from Gen.\n Martin's Brigade for the late expeditions against the\n insurgents (1795 Feb. 8); William Lowther regarding the\n discharge of scouts \u0026amp; rangers under his command (1795 Feb.\n 21); Andrew Lewis regarding the settlement of his accounts\n (1795 March 3); John Steele regarding his tardiness in\n settling the Western accounts (1795 April 29); Andrew Lewis\n regarding his application to replace Gen. Tate as paymaster\n (1795 May 5); Daniel Bedinger responding to charges against\n him by George Hammond, regarding his deposition of the pilot\n Thomas Butler (1795 May 26); John Steele regarding the account\n of Virginia against the United States (1795 June 23); Henry\n Lee regarding his failure to execute orders by the Lt. Gov.\n concerning the privateer at Gloucester (1795 July 6); H. Young\n enclosing a letter from John Page regarding the Unicorn (1795\n July 7); John Dawson regarding Indian depredations in Harrison\n County (1795 Aug. 17); James Monroe, Paris, regarding the\n statue of Gen. Washington left unfinished while Thomas\n Jefferson was Minister to France (1795 Aug. 20); William\n Lowther regarding depredations by Indians in Harrison County\n (1795 Aug. 24); George Peachey, Mayor of Petersburg regarding\n two cases of yellow fever brought from Norfolk (1795 Aug. 26);\n George Clendenin resigning his commission as County Lieutenant\n for Kanawha County (1795 Nov. 14); Governor Brooke to the\n Clerk of the Council indicating his temporary absence from\n office (1795 Dec. 9); Robert Johnson to the Commissioners for\n Virginia regarding approval of the proceedings of the\n Commissioners concerning the boundary line between Virginia\n \u0026amp; Kentucky (1796 Jan. 1); Isaac Shelby, Governor of\n Kentucky, regarding the boundary line and enclosing an act of\n the Kentucky Legislature (1796 Feb. 15); William Pennock\n enclosing a bill of lading from Ve. Homberg \u0026amp; Homberg\n Freres for three cases containing the marble pedester statue\n of Gen. Washington and the marble pedestal (1796 April 10);\n Isaac Shelby enclosing a letter from Alexander Smyth regarding\n the boundary line between Virginia \u0026amp; Kentucky (1796 May\n 6); John Hoskins Stone, Governor of Maryland, regarding the\n extradition of Robert Osborn, a fugitive of justice (1796 June\n 16); John Dawson regarding obtaining arms for the State of\n Virginia from Europe (1796 Sept. 11 \u0026amp; 12); Archibald\n Stuart regarding the agreement with the Kentucky Commissioners\n on the boundary line (1796 Sept. 27); Houdon regarding his\n payment for creating a marble statue of Washington (1796 Oct.\n 8); and Edmund Randolph regarding the case of Fairfax versus\n the Commonwealth (1796 Oct. 22).\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eOther noteworthy items include: oath of Robert Brooke by J.\n Pendleton as Governor (1794 Dec. 1); a list of persons who\n have migrated to Virginia and given oath to reside therein\n (1794 Dec. 17); receipts from William Morris, Contractor, for\n rations to soldiers under the command of Hugh Caperton (1794\n Dec. 17); proclamation revoking the previous proclamation of\n Lt. Gov. James Wood regarding the quarantine of vessels from\n certain ports (1794 Dec. 19); receipts from Samuel Shepard for\n the sale of the mace (1794 Dec. 3); order from Will Russell,\n Clerk of the Court of Directors of the Lunatic Hospital,\n applying for warrants from the Auditor of Public Accounts\n (1795 March 31 \u0026amp; 1796 July 12); muster roll of scouts\n called into service for the protection of Randolph County\n (1795 May 20); proclamation by the Governor regarding the\n yellow fever outbreak in the West Indies and the quarantine of\n vessels from those areas (1795 May 21); petition from French\n refugees from St. Domingo at Norfolk regarding a plan to send\n back their negroes (1795 July N.D.); oath issued by John\n Pendleton to Robert Brooke as Governor (1795 Dec. 1); printed\n copy of the Treaty of Greenville signed by Timothy Pickering\n (1795 Dec. 22); proclamation by Lt. Gov. James Wood offering a\n reward for the capture of John Williford for the murder of\n Josiah Worrell (1795 Sept. 19); list of commissions of the\n peace for Southampton County (1796 Feb. 12); list of\n commissions of the peace for New Kent County (1796 March 4);\n account of William Hodgson for erecting the statue of\n Washington \u0026amp; repairing (1796 June 8); appointment of John\n Robertson by James Wood as Superintendent of Quarantine for\n Bermuda Hundred \u0026amp; City Point (1796 July 9); bond of Samuel\n Shepard as Auditor of Public Accounts (1796 Oct. 1);\n certificate of Samuel Moseley, Mayor of Norfolk, as elector\n for President \u0026amp; Vice President (1796 Nov. 7); and muster\n fines of the 22nd Regiment Virginia Militia, Mecklenburg\n County (1796 Nov. 5).\u003c/p\u003e\n "]}]}},"label":"Breadcrumbs"}}},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/vi_vi00866_c06"}},{"id":"vi_vi00866_c03","type":"Series","attributes":{"title":"1795","breadcrumbs":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/vi_vi00866_c03#breadcrumbs","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":{"ref_ssi":"vi_vi00866_c03","ref_ssm":["vi_vi00866_c03"],"id":"vi_vi00866_c03","ead_ssi":"vi_vi00866","_root_":"vi_vi00866","_nest_parent_":"vi_vi00866","parent_ssi":"vi_vi00866","parent_ssim":["Governor Robert Brooke Executive\n Papers, 1794-1796"],"parent_ids_ssim":["vi_vi00866"],"title_filing_ssi":"1795","title_ssm":["1795"],"title_tesim":["1795"],"normalized_title_ssm":["1795"],"text":["1795","Governor Robert Brooke Executive\n Papers, 1794-1796"],"parent_unittitles_ssm":["Governor Robert Brooke Executive\n Papers, 1794-1796"],"parent_unittitles_tesim":["Governor Robert Brooke Executive\n Papers, 1794-1796"],"level_ssm":["Series"],"level_ssim":["Series"],"component_level_isim":[1],"sort_isi":8,"repository_ssim":["Library of Virginia"],"collection_ssim":["Governor Robert Brooke Executive\n Papers, 1794-1796"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"child_component_count_isi":14,"_nest_path_":"/components#2","timestamp":"2026-07-23T21:08:53.750Z","collection":{"numFound":1,"start":0,"numFoundExact":true,"docs":[{"id":"vi_vi00866","ead_ssi":"vi_vi00866","_root_":"vi_vi00866","_nest_parent_":"vi_vi00866","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/lva/vi00866.xml","title_ssm":["Governor Robert Brooke Executive\n Papers, 1794-1796"],"title_tesim":["Governor Robert Brooke Executive\n Papers, 1794-1796"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Governor Robert Brooke Executive\n Papers, 1794-1796"],"text":["Governor Robert Brooke Executive\n Papers, 1794-1796","40723","2.23 cubic\n feet","Arranged chronologically by date of document with undated\n items arranged to the rear.","Robert Brooke was born in Spotsylvania County to Richard\n Brooke and Ann Hay Taliaferro Brooke around 1760. Educated in\n Edinburgh, Scotland, during the Revolutionary War, Brooke\n returned to Virginia in 1780 where he enlisted in a volunteer\n cavalry troop and was captured by the British at Westham in\n January 1781. Brooke returned to Spotsylvania County to\n practice law, later moving his office to Fredericksburg. In\n 1786, Brooke married Mary Ritchie Hopper (d. 1796) and settled\n on an estate in Fredericksburg which became known as Federal\n Hill. Brooke represented Spotsylvania County in the House of\n Delegates from 1791 until 1794. Upon the vacancy of the office\n of governor by Henry Lee to suppress the Whiskey Rebellion,\n the General Assembly elected Brooke governor on 20 November\n 1794. He was reelected for a second one-year term on 26\n November 1795. Brooke County, now in West Virginia, was named\n after Robert Brooke when it was formed from part of Ohio\n County in 1796. Following his second term as governor, Brooke\n was elected to replace James Innes as attorney general of\n Virginia on 16 November 1796. He served as attorney general\n until his death on 27 February 1800.","Robert Brooke's Executive papers are organized\n chronologically with undated items arranged at the end of each\n year. These papers primarily consist of incoming\n correspondence during Brooke's two one-year terms as governor\n between 1 December 1794 until 1 December 1796. These records\n include correspondence written to James Wood who acted as\n Lieutenant Governor while Brooke was temporarily absent from\n office. The correspondence in this collection relates to a\n variety of topics including appointments for state positions;\n the Point of Fork Arsenal; defense of the frontier;\n resignations; arms \u0026 ammunition; Indian attacks; British\n \u0026 French ships in Virginia ports; the boundary line\n between Kentucky \u0026 Virginia; extraditions; the Houdon\n statue of Washington; state expenses \u0026 revenue; quarantine\n of vessels; foreign affairs; Revolutionary claims; elections;\n Presidential electors; the Capitol Building; the militia; and\n others. In addition to correspondence, there are resolutions\n from Congress and the Virginia Senate \u0026 House of\n Delegates; muster \u0026 pay rolls; accounts; oaths; pardons;\n receipts; election returns \u0026 certificates; qualifications;\n lists; depositions; proclamations; petitions; reports;\n appointments; resignations; treaties; bonds; commissions;\n orders; proceedings; applications; lists; opinions; and other\n sundry items. Note that files related to county officers for\n 1795 have been arranged alphabetically by county and separated\n to the end of the papers for that year.","Noteworthy correspondence originates from the United States\n government, Virginia State government, and miscellaneous\n sources. Prominent correspondents from the United States\n government include Henry Knox, Timothy Pickering, \u0026 James\n McHenry, Secretaries of War; Edmund Randolph \u0026 Timothy\n Pickering, Secretaries of State; Alexander Campbell, U.S.\n District Attorney General, Samuel A. Otis \u0026 John\n Beckley, Clerks of the Senate \u0026 House of\n Representatives, and President George Washington.","Governor Brooke received correspondence on numerous\n occasions from the United States War Department. On 5 December\n 1794, Henry Knox transmitted a resolution by John Beckley,\n Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives, thanking the\n Virginia Militia for their service during the Whiskey\n Rebellion. Timothy Pickering replaced Knox as Secretary of War\n in 1795. Pickering writes on 6 January 1795 regarding the\n French ship Les Jumeaux which was armed and equipped at\n Philadelphia in violation of the U.S. neutrality law.\n Pickering also writes respecting bounty lands on the northwest\n side of the Ohio River for officers \u0026 soldiers of the\n Virginia Line on Continental Establishment (1795 June 13). In\n addition, Pickering responds to a letter from the Governor\n concerning establishing a small garrison of militia at\n Norfolk. According to Pickering, the President has no\n authority to call out the militia for the preservation of\n peace (1795 July 3). Lastly, Pickering writes regarding the\n pay of Charles Cist for printing regulations for the order and\n discipline of U.S. troops (1795 Sept. 14). James McHenry\n replaced Pickering as Secretary of War in 1796. In a letter\n dated 4 March 1796, McHenry acknowledges the receipt of the\n Governor's letter, along with the account \u0026 vouchers for\n militia \u0026 scouts on the Western frontier. William Simmons,\n in the Dept. of War Accountant's Office, corresponds with the\n Governor concerning the compensation by the United States to\n Virginia for the pay \u0026 subsistence of the militia,\n ammunition, and contingent expenses in the protection of the\n frontiers (1795 Sept. 17). On 14 March 1796, Simmons encloses\n a statement of differences on examination of the Virginia\n claims for pay, etc., in 1795. A letter from President George Washington dated 1796 Sept. 15 asks that his shares in the James River Company be applied to Liberty Hall Academy in rockbridge County (letter removed to the Vault - George Washington Papers).","Edmund Randolph, former Governor of Virginia, corresponds\n as Secretary of State. On 3 January 1795, Randolph transmits a\n proclamation of thanksgiving from the President (proclamation\n not included). In another letter of the same date, Randolph\n remarks on a letter from the Governor regarding the embargo.\n On 16 February 1795, Randolph writes about the capture of a\n pilot boat belonging to the British Consul at Norfolk.\n Randolph encloses copies of letters from Gen. Thomas Mathews\n to Governor Lee, Alexander Hamilton, Sec. of the Treasury, and\n orders from Mathews to Lt. Vaughan. On 8 May 1795, Randolph\n encloses letters and papers from George Hammond, British\n Minister Plenipotentiary, concerning French prizes taken by\n Rear Admiral Murray and an order for foreign ships to depart\n American ports. Included is a copy of a letter from Thomas\n Jefferson to Hammond regarding French \u0026 British ships in\n American ports and the treaty with France to admit prizes\n \u0026 repair French ships in U.S. ports. The next day,\n Randolph encloses additional copies of letters from Hammond,\n along with a declaration \u0026 affidavit by Thomas Butler\n regarding the French prizes taken by Admiral Murray. Finally,\n Randolph discusses the practice of British ships of war\n impressing American seamen (1795 May 20). All copies of\n letters were transcribed by George Taylor, Jr., Chief Clerk of\n the Department of State. Timothy Pickering served as Secretary\n of State upon the resignation of Randolph on 19 August 1795.\n On 20 January 1796, Pickering writes to Pierre A. Adet, French\n Minister Plenipotentiary, with respect to U.S. neutrality.\n Pickering also encloses a translation of a letter he received\n from Adet regarding the purchase of flour \u0026 horses by the\n English in Virginia.","Alexander Campbell, District U.S. Attorney, provides his\n opinion on the following subjects: the unlawful detention of a\n mariner by a British vessel of war (1795 Jan. 25), the\n delivery of a fugitive of justice from Pennsylvania and\n deserters from a British ship of war at Norfolk (1795 Jan.\n 25), and the Unicorn, a suspected privateer outfitting at\n Gloucester (1795 June 26). In addition, Samuel A. Otis \u0026\n John Beckley periodically transmit journals of the proceedings\n of the U.S. Senate \u0026 House of Representatives (1795 April\n 13 \u0026 25, \u0026 1796 July 28).","Significant correspondents from Virginia State government\n include Archibald Blair, Clerk of the Council; Samuel Coleman,\n Assistant Clerk of the Council of State; James Innes, Attorney\n General; Charles Hay, Clerk of the House of Delegates;\n Humphrey Brooke, Clerk of the Senate; William Hay, Robert\n Goode, \u0026 William Foushee, etc., Directors of Public\n Buildings; Robert Quarles, Superintendent of the Point of Fork\n Arsenal; Thomas Newton \u0026 Willis Wilson, County\n Lieutenants; John Pendleton, Jr., Auditor of Public Accounts;\n and Jacquelin Ambler, Treasurer.","Archibald Blair \u0026 Samuel Coleman, as Clerk \u0026\n Assistant Clerk of the Council, communicate with the Governor\n frequently through the Council Office. Blair offers the advice\n of the Council regarding the account against the U.S. for the\n Western defense, reimbursement for the Springfield expedition,\n the printing of German military regulations, and orders for\n scouts in Ohio \u0026 Harrison Counties (1795 Jan. 14). Blair\n also writes G. Deneale denying his request to keep arms given\n to the light infantry under his command at Winchester to use\n against the insurgents (1795 Feb. 11). On 14 July 1795, Blair\n submits the order of the Council for ordering out the militia\n from Norfolk \u0026 Portsmouth to prevent disorder or\n insurrections from the frequent migrations of negroes. Lastly,\n Blair provides the advice of the Council concerning witnesses\n against Archer Branch in North Carolina (1796 Feb. 15).\n Coleman mainly writes concerning military finances including\n the account of Hugh Caperton for ammunition (1794 Dec. 2) and\n Capt. William Lowther's pay abstract \u0026 muster roll (1795\n March 5). On 12 May 1795, Coleman writes the Governor\n requesting that the office of Keeper of the Capitol not be\n taken from his father, Wyatt Coleman. His father writes a\n similar letter on the same date. On 4 December 1795, Coleman\n requests additional compensation for completing a list of\n officers \u0026 privates of the Continental Line. Shortly\n thereafter, Coleman was appointed Adjutant General and asks\n the Lieutenant Governor for an apartment in the Capitol to\n perform his new duties (1795 Dec. 14).","During James Innes' absence in 1794 \u0026 1795, John\n Marshall provides his opinion on the militia law as Attorney\n General of Virginia (1794 Undated). Upon Innes' return,\n Marshall writes as counsel to Lord Fairfax concerning the case\n of the Commonwealth against him in the Court of Appeals (1795\n March 2). On 23 April 1795, Innes writes that he will be\n unable to attend this trial in the Court of Appeals due to\n illness. Innes provides an opinion on such topics as the\n improper trial of William John Thweatt who was found guilty of\n horse stealing (1795 April 7), proceedings against Mr. Johnson\n for the alleged murder of Mr. Jeffers (1796 Jan. 13), and the\n power of the Governor to procure the attendance of necessary\n witnesses from the Territory South of the Ohio River (1796\n Feb. 3). On 21 June 1796, he remarks on the assignment of the\n Solicitor's Office for the use of the Attorney General. Again,\n on 17 July 1796, Innes writes that he must be absent from\n office because of health problems. He adds that he has asked\n Mr. Warden to discharge the duties of his office. Innes was\n forced to resign in a letter to the Governor dated 13 November\n 1796.","Charles Hay, Clerk of the House of Delegates, and Humphrey\n Brooke, Clerk of the Senate, often submit legislation and\n qualifications of election to the Governor. Noteworthy\n legislation includes a resolution to inquire about the\n \"lucrative office\" accepted by James Innes in the General\n Government (1794 Dec. 16). Included in these papers are the\n qualifications for the election of Spencer Roane as Judge of\n the Court of Appeals in place of Henry Tazewell (1794 Dec. 2),\n the election of Jaquelin Ambler as Treasurer (1794 Dec. 17),\n Paul Carrington as Judge of the General Court in place of\n Spencer Roane (1794 Dec. 17), Robert Brooke as Governor (1795\n Nov. 26), Robert Brooke as Attorney General (1796 Nov. 16),\n and Samuel Shepard as Auditor of Public Accounts in place of\n John Pendleton (1796 Nov. 16). A letter from John Wise,\n Speaker of the House of Delegates, encloses sundry resolutions\n for proposing certain amendments to the U.S. Constitution\n (1795 Dec. 19).","William Hay, Robert Goode, \u0026 William Foushee, etc.,\n Directors of Public Buildings, provide information on work\n done to the Capitol Building and the settlement of accounts.\n On 28 November 1795, William Hay writes regarding the account\n of Samuel Dobie for superintending \u0026 directing the\n execution of the steps outside the Capitol, as well as the\n staircase, conference, and other work done inside the Capitol\n from 1793 to 1794. Hay also encloses accounts and a letter\n from Dobie indicating the amount of balances due him. On 30\n March 1796, the Directors write regarding the repair of the\n roof of the Capitol and surplus materials.","Maj. Robert Quarles submits quarterly returns of ordnance\n \u0026 public stores at Point of Fork (1795 Jan. 2, 1795 March\n 31, 1795 June 30, 1795 Oct. 6, 1795 Dec. 31, 1796 March 31,\n 1796 June 30, \u0026 1796 Sept. 30). In addition, Quarles'\n correspondence concerns a contract for provisions at Point of\n Fork (1795 May 5 \u0026 25), an increase in salary (1795 Oct.\n 6), the bond of William Weaver to provide rations for the\n State Arsenal (1796 May 27), the supply of timber \u0026\n firewood contract with David Ross (1796 Sept. 12), and the\n bond of Matthew \u0026 Elias Wills for the Office of Contractor\n to supply the State Arsenal with rations (1796 Oct. 27).","Thomas Newton, Jr., County Lieutenant for Norfolk Borough,\n frequently writes the Governor on a variety of concerns. On 11\n January 1795, Newton encloses copies of letters from the\n British \u0026 French Consuls regarding disturbances between\n British \u0026 French crews in Norfolk Harbor. On 14 January,\n Newton discusses the case of Daniel Raybourn, an American\n seamen taken by the Lynx, a British ship of war, from a Danish\n Brig. He encloses the opinion of Alexander Campbell to the\n Lieutenant Governor on the same matter on 25 January 1795. In\n another letter, he remarks on Campbell's opinion on British\n deserters and the extradition of the fugitive Joseph Larelle\n back to Pennsylvania (1795 Feb. 1). Newton communicates\n Campbell's opinion to John Hamilton, British Consul, stating\n that it is the duty of the magistrates to apprehend deserters\n (1795 Feb. 2). An incident occurred in February 1795 when a\n group of armed men from the British ship Thetis marched into\n Norfolk committing illegal searches in the homes of citizens\n for deserters. Newton informs the Governor of this incident\n and encloses an account by the Captain of the Watch, a copy of\n a letter from John Hamilton, and depositions (1795 Feb. 17).\n He writes again on this matter on 25 February 1795 enclosing\n letters from Alexander F. Cochrane, Captain of the Thetis,\n \u0026 John Hamilton. Much of Newton's correspondence with\n Governor Brooke relates to the spread of diseases to Norfolk\n \u0026 the quarantine of vessels (1795 April 28; 1795 May 5,\n 16, 26; 1795 Aug. 22; 1795 Oct. 3; 1795 Nov. 4, 5, \u0026 17;\n 1796 May 15 \u0026 29; 1796 July 8; 1796 Aug. 13 \u0026 28; 1796\n Sept. 12 \u0026 28; 1796 Oct. 27; \u0026 1796 Nov. 7). On 28\n February 1796, Newton writes regarding the purchase of two\n acres of land for building houses for the reception of goods\n and for accommodating the persons performing quarantine. On 17\n April 1795, Newton informs the Governor of American citizens\n detained on board Admiral Murray's ship the Resolution, a\n British ship of war. His letters of 1796 Feb. 7 \u0026 9 relate\n to letters from Henry McGeary, an American citizen impressed\n on the Resolution. Later, Newton encloses a letter from Judge\n Cyrus Griffin respecting the case of McGeary (1796 Feb. 21).\n Newton remarks on the arrival of three French ships from\n Guadalupe and the defenseless condition of the port due to the\n incompletion of the forts and the insufficient garrison there\n (1795 May 24). On 9 June 1795, Newton relates the capture of\n two French ships off the coast by the British ships Thetis\n \u0026 Hussar. In addition, he mentions the arrival of a French\n ship from Dominique with French citizens and a number of\n negroes which they claim as servants. A few days later, Newton\n informs the Governor of the arrival of the Sloop Industry from\n Boston which carried negro slaves on board in violation of the\n non-importation laws (1795 June 11). In a letter dated 21 June\n 1795, Newton encloses the deposition of Francis Marshal\n concerning two brigs taken off the coast of Virginia by a\n Bermudian privateer. Another significant event occurred in\n January 1796 when horses were purchased by British officers in\n the United States for mounting their troops against the French\n in the West Indies. Newton writes the Governor that this is a\n violation of the treaty with France \u0026 Holland (1796 Jan.\n 20). Shortly thereafter, he encloses a letter from Mr. Oster,\n French Consul, complaining of the shipment of horses by the\n British (1796 Jan. 23). The next day, he encloses one from\n John Hamilton denying that the shipment of horses is a\n military preparation (1795 Jan. 24).","Willis Wilson, County Lieutenant for Portsmouth,\n corresponds with the Governor regarding similar subjects as\n Thomas Newton. On 29 April 1795, Wilson suggests that a boat\n be armed at Hampton Roads for the purpose of preventing\n violators of U.S. neutrality and to liberate the men impressed\n on board Rear Admiral Murray's Squadron. He encloses the\n deposition of Capt. Hatten whose ship was boarded by the Lynx.\n A letter from Wilson to Admiral Murray relates to hostile\n expeditions by ships of any belligerent nation in Virginia\n waters. In this letter, he orders the ships to depart Virginia\n waters and to liberate any American citizens detained on board\n (1795 April 27). Wilson encloses a letter from John Hamilton\n informing him that the vessels Diana \u0026 Thomas are waiting\n to embark with their cargo of horses. On 24 June 1795, Wilson\n writes about the small pox epidemic in Portsmouth and the\n impressment of John Underwood \u0026 John Lloyd on board the\n British ship Lynx. Finally, Wilson writes the Governor\n regarding the formation of an artillery company in Portsmouth\n under the command of John Cowper (1796 Feb. 23 \u0026 March\n 27).","Governor Randolph corresponds often with John Pendleton,\n Jr., Auditor of Public Accounts, and Jaquelin Ambler,\n Treasurer, regarding various financial matters. Pendleton\n regularly encloses lists of warrants issued by him through the\n Auditor's Office (1795 March 31, 1795 July 1, 1795 Nov. 5,\n 1795 Dec. 31, 1796 July 1). Additionally, Pendleton writes\n regarding the suspicion of a fraudulent sale against Robert\n Craig, former sheriff of Washington County (1794 Dec. 18).\n Pendleton encloses the report of John Taylor and the opinion\n of John Marshall on the matter. Pendleton also writes to the\n Governor enclosing accounts of expenses of his office (1795\n May 10). On 14 May 1795, Pendleton provided a report on the\n final settlement of William Davies' accounts as Commissioner\n of Virginia for Claims Against the United States. Pendleton\n submits his letter of resignation on 5 August 1796 effective\n at the end of the month. The next day, Pendleton recommends\n Samuel Shepard to replace him as Auditor. Pendleton's official\n letter of resignation was submitted on 30 Sept. 1796. Ambler\n encloses a statement of monies belonging to claimants for the\n defense of the Western frontier (1795 Aug. 27). In addition,\n on 24 September 1795, he encloses a copy of a letter from\n Samuel Meredith, U.S. Treasurer, regarding a warrant from the\n Secretary of War for the full balance due the State of\n Virginia for the settlement of their account for the pay \u0026\n subsistence of militia, scouts, ammunition, and contingent\n expenses in the protection of the frontiers.","Notable correspondents from miscellaneous sources include\n the following: Andrew Dunscomb, Mayor of Richmond; John\n Hamilton, British Consul at Norfolk; and Thomas Mifflin,\n Governor of Pennsylvania.","Andrew Dunscomb mainly writes the Governor regarding the\n prevention of infectious disease to the City of Richmond. On\n 27 August 1795, he encloses resolutions of the Common Hall\n relative to the quarantine of vessels from Norfolk.\n Additionally, he discusses a law prohibiting the migration of\n free negroes from the West Indies into the Commonwealth (1795\n Sept. 18). Dunscomb also transmits a letter from William\n Richardson \u0026 Jacob I. Cohen regarding allowing passage of\n vessels from Norfolk, but stopping vessels from New York (1795\n Oct. 6).","John Hamilton, British Consul, frequently writes the\n Governor regarding British affairs. On 2 January 1795,\n Hamilton requests permission for the British ships Thetis\n \u0026 Cleopatra to make repairs in Norfolk Harbor. Hamilton\n also writes at length regarding British desertions,\n particularly the incident involving the attempt by British\n sailors on board the Thetis to recapture deserters in Norfolk\n (1795 Feb. 18, 25, \u0026 May 8). Hamilton was also\n particularly concerned with privateers preying on British\n ships. He specifically mentions a ship called the Unicorn\n which plundered a Danish vessel (1795 June 26 \u0026 July 30).\n In addition, Hamilton communicates his intelligence regarding\n vessels from Baltimore arming in the Chesapeake as privateers\n (1795 Aug. 15 \u0026 Sept. 24). His letter to the Lieutenant\n Governor relates to the prevention of illegal equipment for\n ships in the waters of Virginia (1795 July 3 \u0026 Oct. 6).\n Yet another incident occurred in January 1796 when the\n American Sloop Diana, loaded with British goods and bound for\n a British port in the West Indies, was forcibly boarded and\n her cargo carried away. Hamilton sends a letter to the\n Governor complaining about this incident, along with a similar\n letter to Willis Wilson (1796 Jan. 29). Finally, on 15\n February 1796, Hamilton writes regarding his inquiry to the\n President on the shipment of horses and the neutrality\n laws.","As Governor of Pennsylvania, Thomas Mifflin often\n corresponds with Governor Brooke with respect to fugitives\n from justice. On 29 December 1794, Mifflin transmits the\n affidavit of Stephen Girard affirming that Joseph Larelle had\n taken a mulatto boy named Crispin from his service with an\n intention of selling him into slavery. He writes again on 10\n February 1795 concerning the apprehension of Larelle. In a\n letter dated 12 March 1795, Mifflin informs the Governor of\n the appointment of Laurence Maher as Agent for Pennsylvania to\n bring Joseph Larelle back to Pennsylvania. Similarly, Mifflin\n transmits a copy of an affidavit by Robert Ross respecting\n Langford Herring who was accused of forgery and removed to\n Virginia (1795 Oct. 12). Mifflin also acknowledges the receipt\n of the revised laws from Virginia (1795 May 14 \u0026 1796 Aug.\n 25) and a resolution from Virginia proposing certain\n amendments to the U.S. Constitution (1796 Jan. 6). Mifflin\n responds to another letter on 22 January 1796 regarding an\n annual interchange of the laws passed by Pennsylvania \u0026\n Virginia.","Additional significant correspondence includes the\n following: George Clendenin regarding pay \u0026 subsistence of\n a company employed for the defense of Greenbrier \u0026 Kanawha\n (1794 Dec. 20); Paul Carrington accepting a commission as\n Judge of the General Court (1794 Dec. 18); Andrew Lewis\n regarding the discharge of the troops under his command on the\n southwestern frontiers (1794 Dec. 28); Thomas Mathews\n regarding the admission of two British ship of war into\n Norfolk (1795 Jan. 9); William Price, Register of the Land\n Office, regarding two additional clerk (1795 Jan. 15); Edward\n Carrington regarding the quota of militia called from Gen.\n Martin's Brigade for the late expeditions against the\n insurgents (1795 Feb. 8); William Lowther regarding the\n discharge of scouts \u0026 rangers under his command (1795 Feb.\n 21); Andrew Lewis regarding the settlement of his accounts\n (1795 March 3); John Steele regarding his tardiness in\n settling the Western accounts (1795 April 29); Andrew Lewis\n regarding his application to replace Gen. Tate as paymaster\n (1795 May 5); Daniel Bedinger responding to charges against\n him by George Hammond, regarding his deposition of the pilot\n Thomas Butler (1795 May 26); John Steele regarding the account\n of Virginia against the United States (1795 June 23); Henry\n Lee regarding his failure to execute orders by the Lt. Gov.\n concerning the privateer at Gloucester (1795 July 6); H. Young\n enclosing a letter from John Page regarding the Unicorn (1795\n July 7); John Dawson regarding Indian depredations in Harrison\n County (1795 Aug. 17); James Monroe, Paris, regarding the\n statue of Gen. Washington left unfinished while Thomas\n Jefferson was Minister to France (1795 Aug. 20); William\n Lowther regarding depredations by Indians in Harrison County\n (1795 Aug. 24); George Peachey, Mayor of Petersburg regarding\n two cases of yellow fever brought from Norfolk (1795 Aug. 26);\n George Clendenin resigning his commission as County Lieutenant\n for Kanawha County (1795 Nov. 14); Governor Brooke to the\n Clerk of the Council indicating his temporary absence from\n office (1795 Dec. 9); Robert Johnson to the Commissioners for\n Virginia regarding approval of the proceedings of the\n Commissioners concerning the boundary line between Virginia\n \u0026 Kentucky (1796 Jan. 1); Isaac Shelby, Governor of\n Kentucky, regarding the boundary line and enclosing an act of\n the Kentucky Legislature (1796 Feb. 15); William Pennock\n enclosing a bill of lading from Ve. Homberg \u0026 Homberg\n Freres for three cases containing the marble pedester statue\n of Gen. Washington and the marble pedestal (1796 April 10);\n Isaac Shelby enclosing a letter from Alexander Smyth regarding\n the boundary line between Virginia \u0026 Kentucky (1796 May\n 6); John Hoskins Stone, Governor of Maryland, regarding the\n extradition of Robert Osborn, a fugitive of justice (1796 June\n 16); John Dawson regarding obtaining arms for the State of\n Virginia from Europe (1796 Sept. 11 \u0026 12); Archibald\n Stuart regarding the agreement with the Kentucky Commissioners\n on the boundary line (1796 Sept. 27); Houdon regarding his\n payment for creating a marble statue of Washington (1796 Oct.\n 8); and Edmund Randolph regarding the case of Fairfax versus\n the Commonwealth (1796 Oct. 22).","Other noteworthy items include: oath of Robert Brooke by J.\n Pendleton as Governor (1794 Dec. 1); a list of persons who\n have migrated to Virginia and given oath to reside therein\n (1794 Dec. 17); receipts from William Morris, Contractor, for\n rations to soldiers under the command of Hugh Caperton (1794\n Dec. 17); proclamation revoking the previous proclamation of\n Lt. Gov. James Wood regarding the quarantine of vessels from\n certain ports (1794 Dec. 19); receipts from Samuel Shepard for\n the sale of the mace (1794 Dec. 3); order from Will Russell,\n Clerk of the Court of Directors of the Lunatic Hospital,\n applying for warrants from the Auditor of Public Accounts\n (1795 March 31 \u0026 1796 July 12); muster roll of scouts\n called into service for the protection of Randolph County\n (1795 May 20); proclamation by the Governor regarding the\n yellow fever outbreak in the West Indies and the quarantine of\n vessels from those areas (1795 May 21); petition from French\n refugees from St. Domingo at Norfolk regarding a plan to send\n back their negroes (1795 July N.D.); oath issued by John\n Pendleton to Robert Brooke as Governor (1795 Dec. 1); printed\n copy of the Treaty of Greenville signed by Timothy Pickering\n (1795 Dec. 22); proclamation by Lt. Gov. James Wood offering a\n reward for the capture of John Williford for the murder of\n Josiah Worrell (1795 Sept. 19); list of commissions of the\n peace for Southampton County (1796 Feb. 12); list of\n commissions of the peace for New Kent County (1796 March 4);\n account of William Hodgson for erecting the statue of\n Washington \u0026 repairing (1796 June 8); appointment of John\n Robertson by James Wood as Superintendent of Quarantine for\n Bermuda Hundred \u0026 City Point (1796 July 9); bond of Samuel\n Shepard as Auditor of Public Accounts (1796 Oct. 1);\n certificate of Samuel Moseley, Mayor of Norfolk, as elector\n for President \u0026 Vice President (1796 Nov. 7); and muster\n fines of the 22nd Regiment Virginia Militia, Mecklenburg\n County (1796 Nov. 5).","State Records Collection,\n Office of the Governor (Record Group 3)","English"],"collection_title_tesim":["Governor Robert Brooke Executive\n Papers, 1794-1796"],"collection_ssim":["Governor Robert Brooke Executive\n Papers, 1794-1796"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["40723"],"unitid_tesim":["40723"],"repository_ssm":["Library of Virginia"],"repository_ssim":["Library of Virginia"],"creator_ssm":["Governor's Office"],"creator_ssim":["Governor's Office"],"acqinfo_ssim":["Acquired prior to 1905."],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"physdesc_tesim":["2.23 cubic\n feet"],"arrangement_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eArranged chronologically by date of document with undated\n items arranged to the rear.\u003c/p\u003e\n "],"arrangement_heading_ssm":["Arrangement"],"arrangement_tesim":["Arranged chronologically by date of document with undated\n items arranged to the rear."],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eRobert Brooke was born in Spotsylvania County to Richard\n Brooke and Ann Hay Taliaferro Brooke around 1760. Educated in\n Edinburgh, Scotland, during the Revolutionary War, Brooke\n returned to Virginia in 1780 where he enlisted in a volunteer\n cavalry troop and was captured by the British at Westham in\n January 1781. Brooke returned to Spotsylvania County to\n practice law, later moving his office to Fredericksburg. In\n 1786, Brooke married Mary Ritchie Hopper (d. 1796) and settled\n on an estate in Fredericksburg which became known as Federal\n Hill. Brooke represented Spotsylvania County in the House of\n Delegates from 1791 until 1794. Upon the vacancy of the office\n of governor by Henry Lee to suppress the Whiskey Rebellion,\n the General Assembly elected Brooke governor on 20 November\n 1794. He was reelected for a second one-year term on 26\n November 1795. Brooke County, now in West Virginia, was named\n after Robert Brooke when it was formed from part of Ohio\n County in 1796. Following his second term as governor, Brooke\n was elected to replace James Innes as attorney general of\n Virginia on 16 November 1796. He served as attorney general\n until his death on 27 February 1800.\u003c/p\u003e\n "],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical Information"],"bioghist_tesim":["Robert Brooke was born in Spotsylvania County to Richard\n Brooke and Ann Hay Taliaferro Brooke around 1760. Educated in\n Edinburgh, Scotland, during the Revolutionary War, Brooke\n returned to Virginia in 1780 where he enlisted in a volunteer\n cavalry troop and was captured by the British at Westham in\n January 1781. Brooke returned to Spotsylvania County to\n practice law, later moving his office to Fredericksburg. In\n 1786, Brooke married Mary Ritchie Hopper (d. 1796) and settled\n on an estate in Fredericksburg which became known as Federal\n Hill. Brooke represented Spotsylvania County in the House of\n Delegates from 1791 until 1794. Upon the vacancy of the office\n of governor by Henry Lee to suppress the Whiskey Rebellion,\n the General Assembly elected Brooke governor on 20 November\n 1794. He was reelected for a second one-year term on 26\n November 1795. Brooke County, now in West Virginia, was named\n after Robert Brooke when it was formed from part of Ohio\n County in 1796. Following his second term as governor, Brooke\n was elected to replace James Innes as attorney general of\n Virginia on 16 November 1796. He served as attorney general\n until his death on 27 February 1800."],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content Information"],"scopecontent_tesim":["Robert Brooke's Executive papers are organized\n chronologically with undated items arranged at the end of each\n year. These papers primarily consist of incoming\n correspondence during Brooke's two one-year terms as governor\n between 1 December 1794 until 1 December 1796. These records\n include correspondence written to James Wood who acted as\n Lieutenant Governor while Brooke was temporarily absent from\n office. The correspondence in this collection relates to a\n variety of topics including appointments for state positions;\n the Point of Fork Arsenal; defense of the frontier;\n resignations; arms \u0026 ammunition; Indian attacks; British\n \u0026 French ships in Virginia ports; the boundary line\n between Kentucky \u0026 Virginia; extraditions; the Houdon\n statue of Washington; state expenses \u0026 revenue; quarantine\n of vessels; foreign affairs; Revolutionary claims; elections;\n Presidential electors; the Capitol Building; the militia; and\n others. In addition to correspondence, there are resolutions\n from Congress and the Virginia Senate \u0026 House of\n Delegates; muster \u0026 pay rolls; accounts; oaths; pardons;\n receipts; election returns \u0026 certificates; qualifications;\n lists; depositions; proclamations; petitions; reports;\n appointments; resignations; treaties; bonds; commissions;\n orders; proceedings; applications; lists; opinions; and other\n sundry items. Note that files related to county officers for\n 1795 have been arranged alphabetically by county and separated\n to the end of the papers for that year.","Noteworthy correspondence originates from the United States\n government, Virginia State government, and miscellaneous\n sources. Prominent correspondents from the United States\n government include Henry Knox, Timothy Pickering, \u0026 James\n McHenry, Secretaries of War; Edmund Randolph \u0026 Timothy\n Pickering, Secretaries of State; Alexander Campbell, U.S.\n District Attorney General, Samuel A. Otis \u0026 John\n Beckley, Clerks of the Senate \u0026 House of\n Representatives, and President George Washington.","Governor Brooke received correspondence on numerous\n occasions from the United States War Department. On 5 December\n 1794, Henry Knox transmitted a resolution by John Beckley,\n Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives, thanking the\n Virginia Militia for their service during the Whiskey\n Rebellion. Timothy Pickering replaced Knox as Secretary of War\n in 1795. Pickering writes on 6 January 1795 regarding the\n French ship Les Jumeaux which was armed and equipped at\n Philadelphia in violation of the U.S. neutrality law.\n Pickering also writes respecting bounty lands on the northwest\n side of the Ohio River for officers \u0026 soldiers of the\n Virginia Line on Continental Establishment (1795 June 13). In\n addition, Pickering responds to a letter from the Governor\n concerning establishing a small garrison of militia at\n Norfolk. According to Pickering, the President has no\n authority to call out the militia for the preservation of\n peace (1795 July 3). Lastly, Pickering writes regarding the\n pay of Charles Cist for printing regulations for the order and\n discipline of U.S. troops (1795 Sept. 14). James McHenry\n replaced Pickering as Secretary of War in 1796. In a letter\n dated 4 March 1796, McHenry acknowledges the receipt of the\n Governor's letter, along with the account \u0026 vouchers for\n militia \u0026 scouts on the Western frontier. William Simmons,\n in the Dept. of War Accountant's Office, corresponds with the\n Governor concerning the compensation by the United States to\n Virginia for the pay \u0026 subsistence of the militia,\n ammunition, and contingent expenses in the protection of the\n frontiers (1795 Sept. 17). On 14 March 1796, Simmons encloses\n a statement of differences on examination of the Virginia\n claims for pay, etc., in 1795. A letter from President George Washington dated 1796 Sept. 15 asks that his shares in the James River Company be applied to Liberty Hall Academy in rockbridge County (letter removed to the Vault - George Washington Papers).","Edmund Randolph, former Governor of Virginia, corresponds\n as Secretary of State. On 3 January 1795, Randolph transmits a\n proclamation of thanksgiving from the President (proclamation\n not included). In another letter of the same date, Randolph\n remarks on a letter from the Governor regarding the embargo.\n On 16 February 1795, Randolph writes about the capture of a\n pilot boat belonging to the British Consul at Norfolk.\n Randolph encloses copies of letters from Gen. Thomas Mathews\n to Governor Lee, Alexander Hamilton, Sec. of the Treasury, and\n orders from Mathews to Lt. Vaughan. On 8 May 1795, Randolph\n encloses letters and papers from George Hammond, British\n Minister Plenipotentiary, concerning French prizes taken by\n Rear Admiral Murray and an order for foreign ships to depart\n American ports. Included is a copy of a letter from Thomas\n Jefferson to Hammond regarding French \u0026 British ships in\n American ports and the treaty with France to admit prizes\n \u0026 repair French ships in U.S. ports. The next day,\n Randolph encloses additional copies of letters from Hammond,\n along with a declaration \u0026 affidavit by Thomas Butler\n regarding the French prizes taken by Admiral Murray. Finally,\n Randolph discusses the practice of British ships of war\n impressing American seamen (1795 May 20). All copies of\n letters were transcribed by George Taylor, Jr., Chief Clerk of\n the Department of State. Timothy Pickering served as Secretary\n of State upon the resignation of Randolph on 19 August 1795.\n On 20 January 1796, Pickering writes to Pierre A. Adet, French\n Minister Plenipotentiary, with respect to U.S. neutrality.\n Pickering also encloses a translation of a letter he received\n from Adet regarding the purchase of flour \u0026 horses by the\n English in Virginia.","Alexander Campbell, District U.S. Attorney, provides his\n opinion on the following subjects: the unlawful detention of a\n mariner by a British vessel of war (1795 Jan. 25), the\n delivery of a fugitive of justice from Pennsylvania and\n deserters from a British ship of war at Norfolk (1795 Jan.\n 25), and the Unicorn, a suspected privateer outfitting at\n Gloucester (1795 June 26). In addition, Samuel A. Otis \u0026\n John Beckley periodically transmit journals of the proceedings\n of the U.S. Senate \u0026 House of Representatives (1795 April\n 13 \u0026 25, \u0026 1796 July 28).","Significant correspondents from Virginia State government\n include Archibald Blair, Clerk of the Council; Samuel Coleman,\n Assistant Clerk of the Council of State; James Innes, Attorney\n General; Charles Hay, Clerk of the House of Delegates;\n Humphrey Brooke, Clerk of the Senate; William Hay, Robert\n Goode, \u0026 William Foushee, etc., Directors of Public\n Buildings; Robert Quarles, Superintendent of the Point of Fork\n Arsenal; Thomas Newton \u0026 Willis Wilson, County\n Lieutenants; John Pendleton, Jr., Auditor of Public Accounts;\n and Jacquelin Ambler, Treasurer.","Archibald Blair \u0026 Samuel Coleman, as Clerk \u0026\n Assistant Clerk of the Council, communicate with the Governor\n frequently through the Council Office. Blair offers the advice\n of the Council regarding the account against the U.S. for the\n Western defense, reimbursement for the Springfield expedition,\n the printing of German military regulations, and orders for\n scouts in Ohio \u0026 Harrison Counties (1795 Jan. 14). Blair\n also writes G. Deneale denying his request to keep arms given\n to the light infantry under his command at Winchester to use\n against the insurgents (1795 Feb. 11). On 14 July 1795, Blair\n submits the order of the Council for ordering out the militia\n from Norfolk \u0026 Portsmouth to prevent disorder or\n insurrections from the frequent migrations of negroes. Lastly,\n Blair provides the advice of the Council concerning witnesses\n against Archer Branch in North Carolina (1796 Feb. 15).\n Coleman mainly writes concerning military finances including\n the account of Hugh Caperton for ammunition (1794 Dec. 2) and\n Capt. William Lowther's pay abstract \u0026 muster roll (1795\n March 5). On 12 May 1795, Coleman writes the Governor\n requesting that the office of Keeper of the Capitol not be\n taken from his father, Wyatt Coleman. His father writes a\n similar letter on the same date. On 4 December 1795, Coleman\n requests additional compensation for completing a list of\n officers \u0026 privates of the Continental Line. Shortly\n thereafter, Coleman was appointed Adjutant General and asks\n the Lieutenant Governor for an apartment in the Capitol to\n perform his new duties (1795 Dec. 14).","During James Innes' absence in 1794 \u0026 1795, John\n Marshall provides his opinion on the militia law as Attorney\n General of Virginia (1794 Undated). Upon Innes' return,\n Marshall writes as counsel to Lord Fairfax concerning the case\n of the Commonwealth against him in the Court of Appeals (1795\n March 2). On 23 April 1795, Innes writes that he will be\n unable to attend this trial in the Court of Appeals due to\n illness. Innes provides an opinion on such topics as the\n improper trial of William John Thweatt who was found guilty of\n horse stealing (1795 April 7), proceedings against Mr. Johnson\n for the alleged murder of Mr. Jeffers (1796 Jan. 13), and the\n power of the Governor to procure the attendance of necessary\n witnesses from the Territory South of the Ohio River (1796\n Feb. 3). On 21 June 1796, he remarks on the assignment of the\n Solicitor's Office for the use of the Attorney General. Again,\n on 17 July 1796, Innes writes that he must be absent from\n office because of health problems. He adds that he has asked\n Mr. Warden to discharge the duties of his office. Innes was\n forced to resign in a letter to the Governor dated 13 November\n 1796.","Charles Hay, Clerk of the House of Delegates, and Humphrey\n Brooke, Clerk of the Senate, often submit legislation and\n qualifications of election to the Governor. Noteworthy\n legislation includes a resolution to inquire about the\n \"lucrative office\" accepted by James Innes in the General\n Government (1794 Dec. 16). Included in these papers are the\n qualifications for the election of Spencer Roane as Judge of\n the Court of Appeals in place of Henry Tazewell (1794 Dec. 2),\n the election of Jaquelin Ambler as Treasurer (1794 Dec. 17),\n Paul Carrington as Judge of the General Court in place of\n Spencer Roane (1794 Dec. 17), Robert Brooke as Governor (1795\n Nov. 26), Robert Brooke as Attorney General (1796 Nov. 16),\n and Samuel Shepard as Auditor of Public Accounts in place of\n John Pendleton (1796 Nov. 16). A letter from John Wise,\n Speaker of the House of Delegates, encloses sundry resolutions\n for proposing certain amendments to the U.S. Constitution\n (1795 Dec. 19).","William Hay, Robert Goode, \u0026 William Foushee, etc.,\n Directors of Public Buildings, provide information on work\n done to the Capitol Building and the settlement of accounts.\n On 28 November 1795, William Hay writes regarding the account\n of Samuel Dobie for superintending \u0026 directing the\n execution of the steps outside the Capitol, as well as the\n staircase, conference, and other work done inside the Capitol\n from 1793 to 1794. Hay also encloses accounts and a letter\n from Dobie indicating the amount of balances due him. On 30\n March 1796, the Directors write regarding the repair of the\n roof of the Capitol and surplus materials.","Maj. Robert Quarles submits quarterly returns of ordnance\n \u0026 public stores at Point of Fork (1795 Jan. 2, 1795 March\n 31, 1795 June 30, 1795 Oct. 6, 1795 Dec. 31, 1796 March 31,\n 1796 June 30, \u0026 1796 Sept. 30). In addition, Quarles'\n correspondence concerns a contract for provisions at Point of\n Fork (1795 May 5 \u0026 25), an increase in salary (1795 Oct.\n 6), the bond of William Weaver to provide rations for the\n State Arsenal (1796 May 27), the supply of timber \u0026\n firewood contract with David Ross (1796 Sept. 12), and the\n bond of Matthew \u0026 Elias Wills for the Office of Contractor\n to supply the State Arsenal with rations (1796 Oct. 27).","Thomas Newton, Jr., County Lieutenant for Norfolk Borough,\n frequently writes the Governor on a variety of concerns. On 11\n January 1795, Newton encloses copies of letters from the\n British \u0026 French Consuls regarding disturbances between\n British \u0026 French crews in Norfolk Harbor. On 14 January,\n Newton discusses the case of Daniel Raybourn, an American\n seamen taken by the Lynx, a British ship of war, from a Danish\n Brig. He encloses the opinion of Alexander Campbell to the\n Lieutenant Governor on the same matter on 25 January 1795. In\n another letter, he remarks on Campbell's opinion on British\n deserters and the extradition of the fugitive Joseph Larelle\n back to Pennsylvania (1795 Feb. 1). Newton communicates\n Campbell's opinion to John Hamilton, British Consul, stating\n that it is the duty of the magistrates to apprehend deserters\n (1795 Feb. 2). An incident occurred in February 1795 when a\n group of armed men from the British ship Thetis marched into\n Norfolk committing illegal searches in the homes of citizens\n for deserters. Newton informs the Governor of this incident\n and encloses an account by the Captain of the Watch, a copy of\n a letter from John Hamilton, and depositions (1795 Feb. 17).\n He writes again on this matter on 25 February 1795 enclosing\n letters from Alexander F. Cochrane, Captain of the Thetis,\n \u0026 John Hamilton. Much of Newton's correspondence with\n Governor Brooke relates to the spread of diseases to Norfolk\n \u0026 the quarantine of vessels (1795 April 28; 1795 May 5,\n 16, 26; 1795 Aug. 22; 1795 Oct. 3; 1795 Nov. 4, 5, \u0026 17;\n 1796 May 15 \u0026 29; 1796 July 8; 1796 Aug. 13 \u0026 28; 1796\n Sept. 12 \u0026 28; 1796 Oct. 27; \u0026 1796 Nov. 7). On 28\n February 1796, Newton writes regarding the purchase of two\n acres of land for building houses for the reception of goods\n and for accommodating the persons performing quarantine. On 17\n April 1795, Newton informs the Governor of American citizens\n detained on board Admiral Murray's ship the Resolution, a\n British ship of war. His letters of 1796 Feb. 7 \u0026 9 relate\n to letters from Henry McGeary, an American citizen impressed\n on the Resolution. Later, Newton encloses a letter from Judge\n Cyrus Griffin respecting the case of McGeary (1796 Feb. 21).\n Newton remarks on the arrival of three French ships from\n Guadalupe and the defenseless condition of the port due to the\n incompletion of the forts and the insufficient garrison there\n (1795 May 24). On 9 June 1795, Newton relates the capture of\n two French ships off the coast by the British ships Thetis\n \u0026 Hussar. In addition, he mentions the arrival of a French\n ship from Dominique with French citizens and a number of\n negroes which they claim as servants. A few days later, Newton\n informs the Governor of the arrival of the Sloop Industry from\n Boston which carried negro slaves on board in violation of the\n non-importation laws (1795 June 11). In a letter dated 21 June\n 1795, Newton encloses the deposition of Francis Marshal\n concerning two brigs taken off the coast of Virginia by a\n Bermudian privateer. Another significant event occurred in\n January 1796 when horses were purchased by British officers in\n the United States for mounting their troops against the French\n in the West Indies. Newton writes the Governor that this is a\n violation of the treaty with France \u0026 Holland (1796 Jan.\n 20). Shortly thereafter, he encloses a letter from Mr. Oster,\n French Consul, complaining of the shipment of horses by the\n British (1796 Jan. 23). The next day, he encloses one from\n John Hamilton denying that the shipment of horses is a\n military preparation (1795 Jan. 24).","Willis Wilson, County Lieutenant for Portsmouth,\n corresponds with the Governor regarding similar subjects as\n Thomas Newton. On 29 April 1795, Wilson suggests that a boat\n be armed at Hampton Roads for the purpose of preventing\n violators of U.S. neutrality and to liberate the men impressed\n on board Rear Admiral Murray's Squadron. He encloses the\n deposition of Capt. Hatten whose ship was boarded by the Lynx.\n A letter from Wilson to Admiral Murray relates to hostile\n expeditions by ships of any belligerent nation in Virginia\n waters. In this letter, he orders the ships to depart Virginia\n waters and to liberate any American citizens detained on board\n (1795 April 27). Wilson encloses a letter from John Hamilton\n informing him that the vessels Diana \u0026 Thomas are waiting\n to embark with their cargo of horses. On 24 June 1795, Wilson\n writes about the small pox epidemic in Portsmouth and the\n impressment of John Underwood \u0026 John Lloyd on board the\n British ship Lynx. Finally, Wilson writes the Governor\n regarding the formation of an artillery company in Portsmouth\n under the command of John Cowper (1796 Feb. 23 \u0026 March\n 27).","Governor Randolph corresponds often with John Pendleton,\n Jr., Auditor of Public Accounts, and Jaquelin Ambler,\n Treasurer, regarding various financial matters. Pendleton\n regularly encloses lists of warrants issued by him through the\n Auditor's Office (1795 March 31, 1795 July 1, 1795 Nov. 5,\n 1795 Dec. 31, 1796 July 1). Additionally, Pendleton writes\n regarding the suspicion of a fraudulent sale against Robert\n Craig, former sheriff of Washington County (1794 Dec. 18).\n Pendleton encloses the report of John Taylor and the opinion\n of John Marshall on the matter. Pendleton also writes to the\n Governor enclosing accounts of expenses of his office (1795\n May 10). On 14 May 1795, Pendleton provided a report on the\n final settlement of William Davies' accounts as Commissioner\n of Virginia for Claims Against the United States. Pendleton\n submits his letter of resignation on 5 August 1796 effective\n at the end of the month. The next day, Pendleton recommends\n Samuel Shepard to replace him as Auditor. Pendleton's official\n letter of resignation was submitted on 30 Sept. 1796. Ambler\n encloses a statement of monies belonging to claimants for the\n defense of the Western frontier (1795 Aug. 27). In addition,\n on 24 September 1795, he encloses a copy of a letter from\n Samuel Meredith, U.S. Treasurer, regarding a warrant from the\n Secretary of War for the full balance due the State of\n Virginia for the settlement of their account for the pay \u0026\n subsistence of militia, scouts, ammunition, and contingent\n expenses in the protection of the frontiers.","Notable correspondents from miscellaneous sources include\n the following: Andrew Dunscomb, Mayor of Richmond; John\n Hamilton, British Consul at Norfolk; and Thomas Mifflin,\n Governor of Pennsylvania.","Andrew Dunscomb mainly writes the Governor regarding the\n prevention of infectious disease to the City of Richmond. On\n 27 August 1795, he encloses resolutions of the Common Hall\n relative to the quarantine of vessels from Norfolk.\n Additionally, he discusses a law prohibiting the migration of\n free negroes from the West Indies into the Commonwealth (1795\n Sept. 18). Dunscomb also transmits a letter from William\n Richardson \u0026 Jacob I. Cohen regarding allowing passage of\n vessels from Norfolk, but stopping vessels from New York (1795\n Oct. 6).","John Hamilton, British Consul, frequently writes the\n Governor regarding British affairs. On 2 January 1795,\n Hamilton requests permission for the British ships Thetis\n \u0026 Cleopatra to make repairs in Norfolk Harbor. Hamilton\n also writes at length regarding British desertions,\n particularly the incident involving the attempt by British\n sailors on board the Thetis to recapture deserters in Norfolk\n (1795 Feb. 18, 25, \u0026 May 8). Hamilton was also\n particularly concerned with privateers preying on British\n ships. He specifically mentions a ship called the Unicorn\n which plundered a Danish vessel (1795 June 26 \u0026 July 30).\n In addition, Hamilton communicates his intelligence regarding\n vessels from Baltimore arming in the Chesapeake as privateers\n (1795 Aug. 15 \u0026 Sept. 24). His letter to the Lieutenant\n Governor relates to the prevention of illegal equipment for\n ships in the waters of Virginia (1795 July 3 \u0026 Oct. 6).\n Yet another incident occurred in January 1796 when the\n American Sloop Diana, loaded with British goods and bound for\n a British port in the West Indies, was forcibly boarded and\n her cargo carried away. Hamilton sends a letter to the\n Governor complaining about this incident, along with a similar\n letter to Willis Wilson (1796 Jan. 29). Finally, on 15\n February 1796, Hamilton writes regarding his inquiry to the\n President on the shipment of horses and the neutrality\n laws.","As Governor of Pennsylvania, Thomas Mifflin often\n corresponds with Governor Brooke with respect to fugitives\n from justice. On 29 December 1794, Mifflin transmits the\n affidavit of Stephen Girard affirming that Joseph Larelle had\n taken a mulatto boy named Crispin from his service with an\n intention of selling him into slavery. He writes again on 10\n February 1795 concerning the apprehension of Larelle. In a\n letter dated 12 March 1795, Mifflin informs the Governor of\n the appointment of Laurence Maher as Agent for Pennsylvania to\n bring Joseph Larelle back to Pennsylvania. Similarly, Mifflin\n transmits a copy of an affidavit by Robert Ross respecting\n Langford Herring who was accused of forgery and removed to\n Virginia (1795 Oct. 12). Mifflin also acknowledges the receipt\n of the revised laws from Virginia (1795 May 14 \u0026 1796 Aug.\n 25) and a resolution from Virginia proposing certain\n amendments to the U.S. Constitution (1796 Jan. 6). Mifflin\n responds to another letter on 22 January 1796 regarding an\n annual interchange of the laws passed by Pennsylvania \u0026\n Virginia.","Additional significant correspondence includes the\n following: George Clendenin regarding pay \u0026 subsistence of\n a company employed for the defense of Greenbrier \u0026 Kanawha\n (1794 Dec. 20); Paul Carrington accepting a commission as\n Judge of the General Court (1794 Dec. 18); Andrew Lewis\n regarding the discharge of the troops under his command on the\n southwestern frontiers (1794 Dec. 28); Thomas Mathews\n regarding the admission of two British ship of war into\n Norfolk (1795 Jan. 9); William Price, Register of the Land\n Office, regarding two additional clerk (1795 Jan. 15); Edward\n Carrington regarding the quota of militia called from Gen.\n Martin's Brigade for the late expeditions against the\n insurgents (1795 Feb. 8); William Lowther regarding the\n discharge of scouts \u0026 rangers under his command (1795 Feb.\n 21); Andrew Lewis regarding the settlement of his accounts\n (1795 March 3); John Steele regarding his tardiness in\n settling the Western accounts (1795 April 29); Andrew Lewis\n regarding his application to replace Gen. Tate as paymaster\n (1795 May 5); Daniel Bedinger responding to charges against\n him by George Hammond, regarding his deposition of the pilot\n Thomas Butler (1795 May 26); John Steele regarding the account\n of Virginia against the United States (1795 June 23); Henry\n Lee regarding his failure to execute orders by the Lt. Gov.\n concerning the privateer at Gloucester (1795 July 6); H. Young\n enclosing a letter from John Page regarding the Unicorn (1795\n July 7); John Dawson regarding Indian depredations in Harrison\n County (1795 Aug. 17); James Monroe, Paris, regarding the\n statue of Gen. Washington left unfinished while Thomas\n Jefferson was Minister to France (1795 Aug. 20); William\n Lowther regarding depredations by Indians in Harrison County\n (1795 Aug. 24); George Peachey, Mayor of Petersburg regarding\n two cases of yellow fever brought from Norfolk (1795 Aug. 26);\n George Clendenin resigning his commission as County Lieutenant\n for Kanawha County (1795 Nov. 14); Governor Brooke to the\n Clerk of the Council indicating his temporary absence from\n office (1795 Dec. 9); Robert Johnson to the Commissioners for\n Virginia regarding approval of the proceedings of the\n Commissioners concerning the boundary line between Virginia\n \u0026 Kentucky (1796 Jan. 1); Isaac Shelby, Governor of\n Kentucky, regarding the boundary line and enclosing an act of\n the Kentucky Legislature (1796 Feb. 15); William Pennock\n enclosing a bill of lading from Ve. Homberg \u0026 Homberg\n Freres for three cases containing the marble pedester statue\n of Gen. Washington and the marble pedestal (1796 April 10);\n Isaac Shelby enclosing a letter from Alexander Smyth regarding\n the boundary line between Virginia \u0026 Kentucky (1796 May\n 6); John Hoskins Stone, Governor of Maryland, regarding the\n extradition of Robert Osborn, a fugitive of justice (1796 June\n 16); John Dawson regarding obtaining arms for the State of\n Virginia from Europe (1796 Sept. 11 \u0026 12); Archibald\n Stuart regarding the agreement with the Kentucky Commissioners\n on the boundary line (1796 Sept. 27); Houdon regarding his\n payment for creating a marble statue of Washington (1796 Oct.\n 8); and Edmund Randolph regarding the case of Fairfax versus\n the Commonwealth (1796 Oct. 22).","Other noteworthy items include: oath of Robert Brooke by J.\n Pendleton as Governor (1794 Dec. 1); a list of persons who\n have migrated to Virginia and given oath to reside therein\n (1794 Dec. 17); receipts from William Morris, Contractor, for\n rations to soldiers under the command of Hugh Caperton (1794\n Dec. 17); proclamation revoking the previous proclamation of\n Lt. Gov. James Wood regarding the quarantine of vessels from\n certain ports (1794 Dec. 19); receipts from Samuel Shepard for\n the sale of the mace (1794 Dec. 3); order from Will Russell,\n Clerk of the Court of Directors of the Lunatic Hospital,\n applying for warrants from the Auditor of Public Accounts\n (1795 March 31 \u0026 1796 July 12); muster roll of scouts\n called into service for the protection of Randolph County\n (1795 May 20); proclamation by the Governor regarding the\n yellow fever outbreak in the West Indies and the quarantine of\n vessels from those areas (1795 May 21); petition from French\n refugees from St. Domingo at Norfolk regarding a plan to send\n back their negroes (1795 July N.D.); oath issued by John\n Pendleton to Robert Brooke as Governor (1795 Dec. 1); printed\n copy of the Treaty of Greenville signed by Timothy Pickering\n (1795 Dec. 22); proclamation by Lt. Gov. James Wood offering a\n reward for the capture of John Williford for the murder of\n Josiah Worrell (1795 Sept. 19); list of commissions of the\n peace for Southampton County (1796 Feb. 12); list of\n commissions of the peace for New Kent County (1796 March 4);\n account of William Hodgson for erecting the statue of\n Washington \u0026 repairing (1796 June 8); appointment of John\n Robertson by James Wood as Superintendent of Quarantine for\n Bermuda Hundred \u0026 City Point (1796 July 9); bond of Samuel\n Shepard as Auditor of Public Accounts (1796 Oct. 1);\n certificate of Samuel Moseley, Mayor of Norfolk, as elector\n for President \u0026 Vice President (1796 Nov. 7); and muster\n fines of the 22nd Regiment Virginia Militia, Mecklenburg\n County (1796 Nov. 5)."],"physloc_html_tesm":["\u003cphysloc label=\"Physical Location\"\u003eState Records Collection,\n Office of the Governor (Record Group 3)\u003c/physloc\u003e\n "],"physloc_tesim":["State Records Collection,\n Office of the Governor (Record Group 3)"],"language_ssim":["English"],"total_component_count_is":134,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-07-23T21:08:53.750Z","scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eRobert Brooke's Executive papers are organized\n chronologically with undated items arranged at the end of each\n year. These papers primarily consist of incoming\n correspondence during Brooke's two one-year terms as governor\n between 1 December 1794 until 1 December 1796. These records\n include correspondence written to James Wood who acted as\n Lieutenant Governor while Brooke was temporarily absent from\n office. The correspondence in this collection relates to a\n variety of topics including appointments for state positions;\n the Point of Fork Arsenal; defense of the frontier;\n resignations; arms \u0026amp; ammunition; Indian attacks; British\n \u0026amp; French ships in Virginia ports; the boundary line\n between Kentucky \u0026amp; Virginia; extraditions; the Houdon\n statue of Washington; state expenses \u0026amp; revenue; quarantine\n of vessels; foreign affairs; Revolutionary claims; elections;\n Presidential electors; the Capitol Building; the militia; and\n others. In addition to correspondence, there are resolutions\n from Congress and the Virginia Senate \u0026amp; House of\n Delegates; muster \u0026amp; pay rolls; accounts; oaths; pardons;\n receipts; election returns \u0026amp; certificates; qualifications;\n lists; depositions; proclamations; petitions; reports;\n appointments; resignations; treaties; bonds; commissions;\n orders; proceedings; applications; lists; opinions; and other\n sundry items. Note that files related to county officers for\n 1795 have been arranged alphabetically by county and separated\n to the end of the papers for that year.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eNoteworthy correspondence originates from the United States\n government, Virginia State government, and miscellaneous\n sources. Prominent correspondents from the United States\n government include Henry Knox, Timothy Pickering, \u0026amp; James\n McHenry, Secretaries of War; Edmund Randolph \u0026amp; Timothy\n Pickering, Secretaries of State; Alexander Campbell, U.S.\n District Attorney General, Samuel A. Otis \u0026amp; John\n Beckley, Clerks of the Senate \u0026amp; House of\n Representatives, and President George Washington.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eGovernor Brooke received correspondence on numerous\n occasions from the United States War Department. On 5 December\n 1794, Henry Knox transmitted a resolution by John Beckley,\n Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives, thanking the\n Virginia Militia for their service during the Whiskey\n Rebellion. Timothy Pickering replaced Knox as Secretary of War\n in 1795. Pickering writes on 6 January 1795 regarding the\n French ship Les Jumeaux which was armed and equipped at\n Philadelphia in violation of the U.S. neutrality law.\n Pickering also writes respecting bounty lands on the northwest\n side of the Ohio River for officers \u0026amp; soldiers of the\n Virginia Line on Continental Establishment (1795 June 13). In\n addition, Pickering responds to a letter from the Governor\n concerning establishing a small garrison of militia at\n Norfolk. According to Pickering, the President has no\n authority to call out the militia for the preservation of\n peace (1795 July 3). Lastly, Pickering writes regarding the\n pay of Charles Cist for printing regulations for the order and\n discipline of U.S. troops (1795 Sept. 14). James McHenry\n replaced Pickering as Secretary of War in 1796. In a letter\n dated 4 March 1796, McHenry acknowledges the receipt of the\n Governor's letter, along with the account \u0026amp; vouchers for\n militia \u0026amp; scouts on the Western frontier. William Simmons,\n in the Dept. of War Accountant's Office, corresponds with the\n Governor concerning the compensation by the United States to\n Virginia for the pay \u0026amp; subsistence of the militia,\n ammunition, and contingent expenses in the protection of the\n frontiers (1795 Sept. 17). On 14 March 1796, Simmons encloses\n a statement of differences on examination of the Virginia\n claims for pay, etc., in 1795. A letter from President George Washington dated 1796 Sept. 15 asks that his shares in the James River Company be applied to Liberty Hall Academy in rockbridge County (letter removed to the Vault - George Washington Papers).\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eEdmund Randolph, former Governor of Virginia, corresponds\n as Secretary of State. On 3 January 1795, Randolph transmits a\n proclamation of thanksgiving from the President (proclamation\n not included). In another letter of the same date, Randolph\n remarks on a letter from the Governor regarding the embargo.\n On 16 February 1795, Randolph writes about the capture of a\n pilot boat belonging to the British Consul at Norfolk.\n Randolph encloses copies of letters from Gen. Thomas Mathews\n to Governor Lee, Alexander Hamilton, Sec. of the Treasury, and\n orders from Mathews to Lt. Vaughan. On 8 May 1795, Randolph\n encloses letters and papers from George Hammond, British\n Minister Plenipotentiary, concerning French prizes taken by\n Rear Admiral Murray and an order for foreign ships to depart\n American ports. Included is a copy of a letter from Thomas\n Jefferson to Hammond regarding French \u0026amp; British ships in\n American ports and the treaty with France to admit prizes\n \u0026amp; repair French ships in U.S. ports. The next day,\n Randolph encloses additional copies of letters from Hammond,\n along with a declaration \u0026amp; affidavit by Thomas Butler\n regarding the French prizes taken by Admiral Murray. Finally,\n Randolph discusses the practice of British ships of war\n impressing American seamen (1795 May 20). All copies of\n letters were transcribed by George Taylor, Jr., Chief Clerk of\n the Department of State. Timothy Pickering served as Secretary\n of State upon the resignation of Randolph on 19 August 1795.\n On 20 January 1796, Pickering writes to Pierre A. Adet, French\n Minister Plenipotentiary, with respect to U.S. neutrality.\n Pickering also encloses a translation of a letter he received\n from Adet regarding the purchase of flour \u0026amp; horses by the\n English in Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eAlexander Campbell, District U.S. Attorney, provides his\n opinion on the following subjects: the unlawful detention of a\n mariner by a British vessel of war (1795 Jan. 25), the\n delivery of a fugitive of justice from Pennsylvania and\n deserters from a British ship of war at Norfolk (1795 Jan.\n 25), and the Unicorn, a suspected privateer outfitting at\n Gloucester (1795 June 26). In addition, Samuel A. Otis \u0026amp;\n John Beckley periodically transmit journals of the proceedings\n of the U.S. Senate \u0026amp; House of Representatives (1795 April\n 13 \u0026amp; 25, \u0026amp; 1796 July 28).\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eSignificant correspondents from Virginia State government\n include Archibald Blair, Clerk of the Council; Samuel Coleman,\n Assistant Clerk of the Council of State; James Innes, Attorney\n General; Charles Hay, Clerk of the House of Delegates;\n Humphrey Brooke, Clerk of the Senate; William Hay, Robert\n Goode, \u0026amp; William Foushee, etc., Directors of Public\n Buildings; Robert Quarles, Superintendent of the Point of Fork\n Arsenal; Thomas Newton \u0026amp; Willis Wilson, County\n Lieutenants; John Pendleton, Jr., Auditor of Public Accounts;\n and Jacquelin Ambler, Treasurer.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eArchibald Blair \u0026amp; Samuel Coleman, as Clerk \u0026amp;\n Assistant Clerk of the Council, communicate with the Governor\n frequently through the Council Office. Blair offers the advice\n of the Council regarding the account against the U.S. for the\n Western defense, reimbursement for the Springfield expedition,\n the printing of German military regulations, and orders for\n scouts in Ohio \u0026amp; Harrison Counties (1795 Jan. 14). Blair\n also writes G. Deneale denying his request to keep arms given\n to the light infantry under his command at Winchester to use\n against the insurgents (1795 Feb. 11). On 14 July 1795, Blair\n submits the order of the Council for ordering out the militia\n from Norfolk \u0026amp; Portsmouth to prevent disorder or\n insurrections from the frequent migrations of negroes. Lastly,\n Blair provides the advice of the Council concerning witnesses\n against Archer Branch in North Carolina (1796 Feb. 15).\n Coleman mainly writes concerning military finances including\n the account of Hugh Caperton for ammunition (1794 Dec. 2) and\n Capt. William Lowther's pay abstract \u0026amp; muster roll (1795\n March 5). On 12 May 1795, Coleman writes the Governor\n requesting that the office of Keeper of the Capitol not be\n taken from his father, Wyatt Coleman. His father writes a\n similar letter on the same date. On 4 December 1795, Coleman\n requests additional compensation for completing a list of\n officers \u0026amp; privates of the Continental Line. Shortly\n thereafter, Coleman was appointed Adjutant General and asks\n the Lieutenant Governor for an apartment in the Capitol to\n perform his new duties (1795 Dec. 14).\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eDuring James Innes' absence in 1794 \u0026amp; 1795, John\n Marshall provides his opinion on the militia law as Attorney\n General of Virginia (1794 Undated). Upon Innes' return,\n Marshall writes as counsel to Lord Fairfax concerning the case\n of the Commonwealth against him in the Court of Appeals (1795\n March 2). On 23 April 1795, Innes writes that he will be\n unable to attend this trial in the Court of Appeals due to\n illness. Innes provides an opinion on such topics as the\n improper trial of William John Thweatt who was found guilty of\n horse stealing (1795 April 7), proceedings against Mr. Johnson\n for the alleged murder of Mr. Jeffers (1796 Jan. 13), and the\n power of the Governor to procure the attendance of necessary\n witnesses from the Territory South of the Ohio River (1796\n Feb. 3). On 21 June 1796, he remarks on the assignment of the\n Solicitor's Office for the use of the Attorney General. Again,\n on 17 July 1796, Innes writes that he must be absent from\n office because of health problems. He adds that he has asked\n Mr. Warden to discharge the duties of his office. Innes was\n forced to resign in a letter to the Governor dated 13 November\n 1796.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eCharles Hay, Clerk of the House of Delegates, and Humphrey\n Brooke, Clerk of the Senate, often submit legislation and\n qualifications of election to the Governor. Noteworthy\n legislation includes a resolution to inquire about the\n \"lucrative office\" accepted by James Innes in the General\n Government (1794 Dec. 16). Included in these papers are the\n qualifications for the election of Spencer Roane as Judge of\n the Court of Appeals in place of Henry Tazewell (1794 Dec. 2),\n the election of Jaquelin Ambler as Treasurer (1794 Dec. 17),\n Paul Carrington as Judge of the General Court in place of\n Spencer Roane (1794 Dec. 17), Robert Brooke as Governor (1795\n Nov. 26), Robert Brooke as Attorney General (1796 Nov. 16),\n and Samuel Shepard as Auditor of Public Accounts in place of\n John Pendleton (1796 Nov. 16). A letter from John Wise,\n Speaker of the House of Delegates, encloses sundry resolutions\n for proposing certain amendments to the U.S. Constitution\n (1795 Dec. 19).\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eWilliam Hay, Robert Goode, \u0026amp; William Foushee, etc.,\n Directors of Public Buildings, provide information on work\n done to the Capitol Building and the settlement of accounts.\n On 28 November 1795, William Hay writes regarding the account\n of Samuel Dobie for superintending \u0026amp; directing the\n execution of the steps outside the Capitol, as well as the\n staircase, conference, and other work done inside the Capitol\n from 1793 to 1794. Hay also encloses accounts and a letter\n from Dobie indicating the amount of balances due him. On 30\n March 1796, the Directors write regarding the repair of the\n roof of the Capitol and surplus materials.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eMaj. Robert Quarles submits quarterly returns of ordnance\n \u0026amp; public stores at Point of Fork (1795 Jan. 2, 1795 March\n 31, 1795 June 30, 1795 Oct. 6, 1795 Dec. 31, 1796 March 31,\n 1796 June 30, \u0026amp; 1796 Sept. 30). In addition, Quarles'\n correspondence concerns a contract for provisions at Point of\n Fork (1795 May 5 \u0026amp; 25), an increase in salary (1795 Oct.\n 6), the bond of William Weaver to provide rations for the\n State Arsenal (1796 May 27), the supply of timber \u0026amp;\n firewood contract with David Ross (1796 Sept. 12), and the\n bond of Matthew \u0026amp; Elias Wills for the Office of Contractor\n to supply the State Arsenal with rations (1796 Oct. 27).\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eThomas Newton, Jr., County Lieutenant for Norfolk Borough,\n frequently writes the Governor on a variety of concerns. On 11\n January 1795, Newton encloses copies of letters from the\n British \u0026amp; French Consuls regarding disturbances between\n British \u0026amp; French crews in Norfolk Harbor. On 14 January,\n Newton discusses the case of Daniel Raybourn, an American\n seamen taken by the Lynx, a British ship of war, from a Danish\n Brig. He encloses the opinion of Alexander Campbell to the\n Lieutenant Governor on the same matter on 25 January 1795. In\n another letter, he remarks on Campbell's opinion on British\n deserters and the extradition of the fugitive Joseph Larelle\n back to Pennsylvania (1795 Feb. 1). Newton communicates\n Campbell's opinion to John Hamilton, British Consul, stating\n that it is the duty of the magistrates to apprehend deserters\n (1795 Feb. 2). An incident occurred in February 1795 when a\n group of armed men from the British ship Thetis marched into\n Norfolk committing illegal searches in the homes of citizens\n for deserters. Newton informs the Governor of this incident\n and encloses an account by the Captain of the Watch, a copy of\n a letter from John Hamilton, and depositions (1795 Feb. 17).\n He writes again on this matter on 25 February 1795 enclosing\n letters from Alexander F. Cochrane, Captain of the Thetis,\n \u0026amp; John Hamilton. Much of Newton's correspondence with\n Governor Brooke relates to the spread of diseases to Norfolk\n \u0026amp; the quarantine of vessels (1795 April 28; 1795 May 5,\n 16, 26; 1795 Aug. 22; 1795 Oct. 3; 1795 Nov. 4, 5, \u0026amp; 17;\n 1796 May 15 \u0026amp; 29; 1796 July 8; 1796 Aug. 13 \u0026amp; 28; 1796\n Sept. 12 \u0026amp; 28; 1796 Oct. 27; \u0026amp; 1796 Nov. 7). On 28\n February 1796, Newton writes regarding the purchase of two\n acres of land for building houses for the reception of goods\n and for accommodating the persons performing quarantine. On 17\n April 1795, Newton informs the Governor of American citizens\n detained on board Admiral Murray's ship the Resolution, a\n British ship of war. His letters of 1796 Feb. 7 \u0026amp; 9 relate\n to letters from Henry McGeary, an American citizen impressed\n on the Resolution. Later, Newton encloses a letter from Judge\n Cyrus Griffin respecting the case of McGeary (1796 Feb. 21).\n Newton remarks on the arrival of three French ships from\n Guadalupe and the defenseless condition of the port due to the\n incompletion of the forts and the insufficient garrison there\n (1795 May 24). On 9 June 1795, Newton relates the capture of\n two French ships off the coast by the British ships Thetis\n \u0026amp; Hussar. In addition, he mentions the arrival of a French\n ship from Dominique with French citizens and a number of\n negroes which they claim as servants. A few days later, Newton\n informs the Governor of the arrival of the Sloop Industry from\n Boston which carried negro slaves on board in violation of the\n non-importation laws (1795 June 11). In a letter dated 21 June\n 1795, Newton encloses the deposition of Francis Marshal\n concerning two brigs taken off the coast of Virginia by a\n Bermudian privateer. Another significant event occurred in\n January 1796 when horses were purchased by British officers in\n the United States for mounting their troops against the French\n in the West Indies. Newton writes the Governor that this is a\n violation of the treaty with France \u0026amp; Holland (1796 Jan.\n 20). Shortly thereafter, he encloses a letter from Mr. Oster,\n French Consul, complaining of the shipment of horses by the\n British (1796 Jan. 23). The next day, he encloses one from\n John Hamilton denying that the shipment of horses is a\n military preparation (1795 Jan. 24).\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eWillis Wilson, County Lieutenant for Portsmouth,\n corresponds with the Governor regarding similar subjects as\n Thomas Newton. On 29 April 1795, Wilson suggests that a boat\n be armed at Hampton Roads for the purpose of preventing\n violators of U.S. neutrality and to liberate the men impressed\n on board Rear Admiral Murray's Squadron. He encloses the\n deposition of Capt. Hatten whose ship was boarded by the Lynx.\n A letter from Wilson to Admiral Murray relates to hostile\n expeditions by ships of any belligerent nation in Virginia\n waters. In this letter, he orders the ships to depart Virginia\n waters and to liberate any American citizens detained on board\n (1795 April 27). Wilson encloses a letter from John Hamilton\n informing him that the vessels Diana \u0026amp; Thomas are waiting\n to embark with their cargo of horses. On 24 June 1795, Wilson\n writes about the small pox epidemic in Portsmouth and the\n impressment of John Underwood \u0026amp; John Lloyd on board the\n British ship Lynx. Finally, Wilson writes the Governor\n regarding the formation of an artillery company in Portsmouth\n under the command of John Cowper (1796 Feb. 23 \u0026amp; March\n 27).\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eGovernor Randolph corresponds often with John Pendleton,\n Jr., Auditor of Public Accounts, and Jaquelin Ambler,\n Treasurer, regarding various financial matters. Pendleton\n regularly encloses lists of warrants issued by him through the\n Auditor's Office (1795 March 31, 1795 July 1, 1795 Nov. 5,\n 1795 Dec. 31, 1796 July 1). Additionally, Pendleton writes\n regarding the suspicion of a fraudulent sale against Robert\n Craig, former sheriff of Washington County (1794 Dec. 18).\n Pendleton encloses the report of John Taylor and the opinion\n of John Marshall on the matter. Pendleton also writes to the\n Governor enclosing accounts of expenses of his office (1795\n May 10). On 14 May 1795, Pendleton provided a report on the\n final settlement of William Davies' accounts as Commissioner\n of Virginia for Claims Against the United States. Pendleton\n submits his letter of resignation on 5 August 1796 effective\n at the end of the month. The next day, Pendleton recommends\n Samuel Shepard to replace him as Auditor. Pendleton's official\n letter of resignation was submitted on 30 Sept. 1796. Ambler\n encloses a statement of monies belonging to claimants for the\n defense of the Western frontier (1795 Aug. 27). In addition,\n on 24 September 1795, he encloses a copy of a letter from\n Samuel Meredith, U.S. Treasurer, regarding a warrant from the\n Secretary of War for the full balance due the State of\n Virginia for the settlement of their account for the pay \u0026amp;\n subsistence of militia, scouts, ammunition, and contingent\n expenses in the protection of the frontiers.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eNotable correspondents from miscellaneous sources include\n the following: Andrew Dunscomb, Mayor of Richmond; John\n Hamilton, British Consul at Norfolk; and Thomas Mifflin,\n Governor of Pennsylvania.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eAndrew Dunscomb mainly writes the Governor regarding the\n prevention of infectious disease to the City of Richmond. On\n 27 August 1795, he encloses resolutions of the Common Hall\n relative to the quarantine of vessels from Norfolk.\n Additionally, he discusses a law prohibiting the migration of\n free negroes from the West Indies into the Commonwealth (1795\n Sept. 18). Dunscomb also transmits a letter from William\n Richardson \u0026amp; Jacob I. Cohen regarding allowing passage of\n vessels from Norfolk, but stopping vessels from New York (1795\n Oct. 6).\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eJohn Hamilton, British Consul, frequently writes the\n Governor regarding British affairs. On 2 January 1795,\n Hamilton requests permission for the British ships Thetis\n \u0026amp; Cleopatra to make repairs in Norfolk Harbor. Hamilton\n also writes at length regarding British desertions,\n particularly the incident involving the attempt by British\n sailors on board the Thetis to recapture deserters in Norfolk\n (1795 Feb. 18, 25, \u0026amp; May 8). Hamilton was also\n particularly concerned with privateers preying on British\n ships. He specifically mentions a ship called the Unicorn\n which plundered a Danish vessel (1795 June 26 \u0026amp; July 30).\n In addition, Hamilton communicates his intelligence regarding\n vessels from Baltimore arming in the Chesapeake as privateers\n (1795 Aug. 15 \u0026amp; Sept. 24). His letter to the Lieutenant\n Governor relates to the prevention of illegal equipment for\n ships in the waters of Virginia (1795 July 3 \u0026amp; Oct. 6).\n Yet another incident occurred in January 1796 when the\n American Sloop Diana, loaded with British goods and bound for\n a British port in the West Indies, was forcibly boarded and\n her cargo carried away. Hamilton sends a letter to the\n Governor complaining about this incident, along with a similar\n letter to Willis Wilson (1796 Jan. 29). Finally, on 15\n February 1796, Hamilton writes regarding his inquiry to the\n President on the shipment of horses and the neutrality\n laws.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eAs Governor of Pennsylvania, Thomas Mifflin often\n corresponds with Governor Brooke with respect to fugitives\n from justice. On 29 December 1794, Mifflin transmits the\n affidavit of Stephen Girard affirming that Joseph Larelle had\n taken a mulatto boy named Crispin from his service with an\n intention of selling him into slavery. He writes again on 10\n February 1795 concerning the apprehension of Larelle. In a\n letter dated 12 March 1795, Mifflin informs the Governor of\n the appointment of Laurence Maher as Agent for Pennsylvania to\n bring Joseph Larelle back to Pennsylvania. Similarly, Mifflin\n transmits a copy of an affidavit by Robert Ross respecting\n Langford Herring who was accused of forgery and removed to\n Virginia (1795 Oct. 12). Mifflin also acknowledges the receipt\n of the revised laws from Virginia (1795 May 14 \u0026amp; 1796 Aug.\n 25) and a resolution from Virginia proposing certain\n amendments to the U.S. Constitution (1796 Jan. 6). Mifflin\n responds to another letter on 22 January 1796 regarding an\n annual interchange of the laws passed by Pennsylvania \u0026amp;\n Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eAdditional significant correspondence includes the\n following: George Clendenin regarding pay \u0026amp; subsistence of\n a company employed for the defense of Greenbrier \u0026amp; Kanawha\n (1794 Dec. 20); Paul Carrington accepting a commission as\n Judge of the General Court (1794 Dec. 18); Andrew Lewis\n regarding the discharge of the troops under his command on the\n southwestern frontiers (1794 Dec. 28); Thomas Mathews\n regarding the admission of two British ship of war into\n Norfolk (1795 Jan. 9); William Price, Register of the Land\n Office, regarding two additional clerk (1795 Jan. 15); Edward\n Carrington regarding the quota of militia called from Gen.\n Martin's Brigade for the late expeditions against the\n insurgents (1795 Feb. 8); William Lowther regarding the\n discharge of scouts \u0026amp; rangers under his command (1795 Feb.\n 21); Andrew Lewis regarding the settlement of his accounts\n (1795 March 3); John Steele regarding his tardiness in\n settling the Western accounts (1795 April 29); Andrew Lewis\n regarding his application to replace Gen. Tate as paymaster\n (1795 May 5); Daniel Bedinger responding to charges against\n him by George Hammond, regarding his deposition of the pilot\n Thomas Butler (1795 May 26); John Steele regarding the account\n of Virginia against the United States (1795 June 23); Henry\n Lee regarding his failure to execute orders by the Lt. Gov.\n concerning the privateer at Gloucester (1795 July 6); H. Young\n enclosing a letter from John Page regarding the Unicorn (1795\n July 7); John Dawson regarding Indian depredations in Harrison\n County (1795 Aug. 17); James Monroe, Paris, regarding the\n statue of Gen. Washington left unfinished while Thomas\n Jefferson was Minister to France (1795 Aug. 20); William\n Lowther regarding depredations by Indians in Harrison County\n (1795 Aug. 24); George Peachey, Mayor of Petersburg regarding\n two cases of yellow fever brought from Norfolk (1795 Aug. 26);\n George Clendenin resigning his commission as County Lieutenant\n for Kanawha County (1795 Nov. 14); Governor Brooke to the\n Clerk of the Council indicating his temporary absence from\n office (1795 Dec. 9); Robert Johnson to the Commissioners for\n Virginia regarding approval of the proceedings of the\n Commissioners concerning the boundary line between Virginia\n \u0026amp; Kentucky (1796 Jan. 1); Isaac Shelby, Governor of\n Kentucky, regarding the boundary line and enclosing an act of\n the Kentucky Legislature (1796 Feb. 15); William Pennock\n enclosing a bill of lading from Ve. Homberg \u0026amp; Homberg\n Freres for three cases containing the marble pedester statue\n of Gen. Washington and the marble pedestal (1796 April 10);\n Isaac Shelby enclosing a letter from Alexander Smyth regarding\n the boundary line between Virginia \u0026amp; Kentucky (1796 May\n 6); John Hoskins Stone, Governor of Maryland, regarding the\n extradition of Robert Osborn, a fugitive of justice (1796 June\n 16); John Dawson regarding obtaining arms for the State of\n Virginia from Europe (1796 Sept. 11 \u0026amp; 12); Archibald\n Stuart regarding the agreement with the Kentucky Commissioners\n on the boundary line (1796 Sept. 27); Houdon regarding his\n payment for creating a marble statue of Washington (1796 Oct.\n 8); and Edmund Randolph regarding the case of Fairfax versus\n the Commonwealth (1796 Oct. 22).\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eOther noteworthy items include: oath of Robert Brooke by J.\n Pendleton as Governor (1794 Dec. 1); a list of persons who\n have migrated to Virginia and given oath to reside therein\n (1794 Dec. 17); receipts from William Morris, Contractor, for\n rations to soldiers under the command of Hugh Caperton (1794\n Dec. 17); proclamation revoking the previous proclamation of\n Lt. Gov. James Wood regarding the quarantine of vessels from\n certain ports (1794 Dec. 19); receipts from Samuel Shepard for\n the sale of the mace (1794 Dec. 3); order from Will Russell,\n Clerk of the Court of Directors of the Lunatic Hospital,\n applying for warrants from the Auditor of Public Accounts\n (1795 March 31 \u0026amp; 1796 July 12); muster roll of scouts\n called into service for the protection of Randolph County\n (1795 May 20); proclamation by the Governor regarding the\n yellow fever outbreak in the West Indies and the quarantine of\n vessels from those areas (1795 May 21); petition from French\n refugees from St. Domingo at Norfolk regarding a plan to send\n back their negroes (1795 July N.D.); oath issued by John\n Pendleton to Robert Brooke as Governor (1795 Dec. 1); printed\n copy of the Treaty of Greenville signed by Timothy Pickering\n (1795 Dec. 22); proclamation by Lt. Gov. James Wood offering a\n reward for the capture of John Williford for the murder of\n Josiah Worrell (1795 Sept. 19); list of commissions of the\n peace for Southampton County (1796 Feb. 12); list of\n commissions of the peace for New Kent County (1796 March 4);\n account of William Hodgson for erecting the statue of\n Washington \u0026amp; repairing (1796 June 8); appointment of John\n Robertson by James Wood as Superintendent of Quarantine for\n Bermuda Hundred \u0026amp; City Point (1796 July 9); bond of Samuel\n Shepard as Auditor of Public Accounts (1796 Oct. 1);\n certificate of Samuel Moseley, Mayor of Norfolk, as elector\n for President \u0026amp; Vice President (1796 Nov. 7); and muster\n fines of the 22nd Regiment Virginia Militia, Mecklenburg\n County (1796 Nov. 5).\u003c/p\u003e\n "]}]}},"label":"Breadcrumbs"}}},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/vi_vi00866_c03"}},{"id":"vi_vi00866_c07","type":"Series","attributes":{"title":"1795","breadcrumbs":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/vi_vi00866_c07#breadcrumbs","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":{"ref_ssi":"vi_vi00866_c07","ref_ssm":["vi_vi00866_c07"],"id":"vi_vi00866_c07","ead_ssi":"vi_vi00866","_root_":"vi_vi00866","_nest_parent_":"vi_vi00866","parent_ssi":"vi_vi00866","parent_ssim":["Governor Robert Brooke Executive\n Papers, 1794-1796"],"parent_ids_ssim":["vi_vi00866"],"title_filing_ssi":"1795","title_ssm":["1795"],"title_tesim":["1795"],"normalized_title_ssm":["1795"],"text":["1795","Governor Robert Brooke Executive\n Papers, 1794-1796"],"parent_unittitles_ssm":["Governor Robert Brooke Executive\n Papers, 1794-1796"],"parent_unittitles_tesim":["Governor Robert Brooke Executive\n Papers, 1794-1796"],"level_ssm":["Series"],"level_ssim":["Series"],"component_level_isim":[1],"sort_isi":85,"repository_ssim":["Library of Virginia"],"collection_ssim":["Governor Robert Brooke Executive\n Papers, 1794-1796"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"child_component_count_isi":21,"_nest_path_":"/components#6","timestamp":"2026-07-23T21:08:53.750Z","collection":{"numFound":1,"start":0,"numFoundExact":true,"docs":[{"id":"vi_vi00866","ead_ssi":"vi_vi00866","_root_":"vi_vi00866","_nest_parent_":"vi_vi00866","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/lva/vi00866.xml","title_ssm":["Governor Robert Brooke Executive\n Papers, 1794-1796"],"title_tesim":["Governor Robert Brooke Executive\n Papers, 1794-1796"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Governor Robert Brooke Executive\n Papers, 1794-1796"],"text":["Governor Robert Brooke Executive\n Papers, 1794-1796","40723","2.23 cubic\n feet","Arranged chronologically by date of document with undated\n items arranged to the rear.","Robert Brooke was born in Spotsylvania County to Richard\n Brooke and Ann Hay Taliaferro Brooke around 1760. Educated in\n Edinburgh, Scotland, during the Revolutionary War, Brooke\n returned to Virginia in 1780 where he enlisted in a volunteer\n cavalry troop and was captured by the British at Westham in\n January 1781. Brooke returned to Spotsylvania County to\n practice law, later moving his office to Fredericksburg. In\n 1786, Brooke married Mary Ritchie Hopper (d. 1796) and settled\n on an estate in Fredericksburg which became known as Federal\n Hill. Brooke represented Spotsylvania County in the House of\n Delegates from 1791 until 1794. Upon the vacancy of the office\n of governor by Henry Lee to suppress the Whiskey Rebellion,\n the General Assembly elected Brooke governor on 20 November\n 1794. He was reelected for a second one-year term on 26\n November 1795. Brooke County, now in West Virginia, was named\n after Robert Brooke when it was formed from part of Ohio\n County in 1796. Following his second term as governor, Brooke\n was elected to replace James Innes as attorney general of\n Virginia on 16 November 1796. He served as attorney general\n until his death on 27 February 1800.","Robert Brooke's Executive papers are organized\n chronologically with undated items arranged at the end of each\n year. These papers primarily consist of incoming\n correspondence during Brooke's two one-year terms as governor\n between 1 December 1794 until 1 December 1796. These records\n include correspondence written to James Wood who acted as\n Lieutenant Governor while Brooke was temporarily absent from\n office. The correspondence in this collection relates to a\n variety of topics including appointments for state positions;\n the Point of Fork Arsenal; defense of the frontier;\n resignations; arms \u0026 ammunition; Indian attacks; British\n \u0026 French ships in Virginia ports; the boundary line\n between Kentucky \u0026 Virginia; extraditions; the Houdon\n statue of Washington; state expenses \u0026 revenue; quarantine\n of vessels; foreign affairs; Revolutionary claims; elections;\n Presidential electors; the Capitol Building; the militia; and\n others. In addition to correspondence, there are resolutions\n from Congress and the Virginia Senate \u0026 House of\n Delegates; muster \u0026 pay rolls; accounts; oaths; pardons;\n receipts; election returns \u0026 certificates; qualifications;\n lists; depositions; proclamations; petitions; reports;\n appointments; resignations; treaties; bonds; commissions;\n orders; proceedings; applications; lists; opinions; and other\n sundry items. Note that files related to county officers for\n 1795 have been arranged alphabetically by county and separated\n to the end of the papers for that year.","Noteworthy correspondence originates from the United States\n government, Virginia State government, and miscellaneous\n sources. Prominent correspondents from the United States\n government include Henry Knox, Timothy Pickering, \u0026 James\n McHenry, Secretaries of War; Edmund Randolph \u0026 Timothy\n Pickering, Secretaries of State; Alexander Campbell, U.S.\n District Attorney General, Samuel A. Otis \u0026 John\n Beckley, Clerks of the Senate \u0026 House of\n Representatives, and President George Washington.","Governor Brooke received correspondence on numerous\n occasions from the United States War Department. On 5 December\n 1794, Henry Knox transmitted a resolution by John Beckley,\n Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives, thanking the\n Virginia Militia for their service during the Whiskey\n Rebellion. Timothy Pickering replaced Knox as Secretary of War\n in 1795. Pickering writes on 6 January 1795 regarding the\n French ship Les Jumeaux which was armed and equipped at\n Philadelphia in violation of the U.S. neutrality law.\n Pickering also writes respecting bounty lands on the northwest\n side of the Ohio River for officers \u0026 soldiers of the\n Virginia Line on Continental Establishment (1795 June 13). In\n addition, Pickering responds to a letter from the Governor\n concerning establishing a small garrison of militia at\n Norfolk. According to Pickering, the President has no\n authority to call out the militia for the preservation of\n peace (1795 July 3). Lastly, Pickering writes regarding the\n pay of Charles Cist for printing regulations for the order and\n discipline of U.S. troops (1795 Sept. 14). James McHenry\n replaced Pickering as Secretary of War in 1796. In a letter\n dated 4 March 1796, McHenry acknowledges the receipt of the\n Governor's letter, along with the account \u0026 vouchers for\n militia \u0026 scouts on the Western frontier. William Simmons,\n in the Dept. of War Accountant's Office, corresponds with the\n Governor concerning the compensation by the United States to\n Virginia for the pay \u0026 subsistence of the militia,\n ammunition, and contingent expenses in the protection of the\n frontiers (1795 Sept. 17). On 14 March 1796, Simmons encloses\n a statement of differences on examination of the Virginia\n claims for pay, etc., in 1795. A letter from President George Washington dated 1796 Sept. 15 asks that his shares in the James River Company be applied to Liberty Hall Academy in rockbridge County (letter removed to the Vault - George Washington Papers).","Edmund Randolph, former Governor of Virginia, corresponds\n as Secretary of State. On 3 January 1795, Randolph transmits a\n proclamation of thanksgiving from the President (proclamation\n not included). In another letter of the same date, Randolph\n remarks on a letter from the Governor regarding the embargo.\n On 16 February 1795, Randolph writes about the capture of a\n pilot boat belonging to the British Consul at Norfolk.\n Randolph encloses copies of letters from Gen. Thomas Mathews\n to Governor Lee, Alexander Hamilton, Sec. of the Treasury, and\n orders from Mathews to Lt. Vaughan. On 8 May 1795, Randolph\n encloses letters and papers from George Hammond, British\n Minister Plenipotentiary, concerning French prizes taken by\n Rear Admiral Murray and an order for foreign ships to depart\n American ports. Included is a copy of a letter from Thomas\n Jefferson to Hammond regarding French \u0026 British ships in\n American ports and the treaty with France to admit prizes\n \u0026 repair French ships in U.S. ports. The next day,\n Randolph encloses additional copies of letters from Hammond,\n along with a declaration \u0026 affidavit by Thomas Butler\n regarding the French prizes taken by Admiral Murray. Finally,\n Randolph discusses the practice of British ships of war\n impressing American seamen (1795 May 20). All copies of\n letters were transcribed by George Taylor, Jr., Chief Clerk of\n the Department of State. Timothy Pickering served as Secretary\n of State upon the resignation of Randolph on 19 August 1795.\n On 20 January 1796, Pickering writes to Pierre A. Adet, French\n Minister Plenipotentiary, with respect to U.S. neutrality.\n Pickering also encloses a translation of a letter he received\n from Adet regarding the purchase of flour \u0026 horses by the\n English in Virginia.","Alexander Campbell, District U.S. Attorney, provides his\n opinion on the following subjects: the unlawful detention of a\n mariner by a British vessel of war (1795 Jan. 25), the\n delivery of a fugitive of justice from Pennsylvania and\n deserters from a British ship of war at Norfolk (1795 Jan.\n 25), and the Unicorn, a suspected privateer outfitting at\n Gloucester (1795 June 26). In addition, Samuel A. Otis \u0026\n John Beckley periodically transmit journals of the proceedings\n of the U.S. Senate \u0026 House of Representatives (1795 April\n 13 \u0026 25, \u0026 1796 July 28).","Significant correspondents from Virginia State government\n include Archibald Blair, Clerk of the Council; Samuel Coleman,\n Assistant Clerk of the Council of State; James Innes, Attorney\n General; Charles Hay, Clerk of the House of Delegates;\n Humphrey Brooke, Clerk of the Senate; William Hay, Robert\n Goode, \u0026 William Foushee, etc., Directors of Public\n Buildings; Robert Quarles, Superintendent of the Point of Fork\n Arsenal; Thomas Newton \u0026 Willis Wilson, County\n Lieutenants; John Pendleton, Jr., Auditor of Public Accounts;\n and Jacquelin Ambler, Treasurer.","Archibald Blair \u0026 Samuel Coleman, as Clerk \u0026\n Assistant Clerk of the Council, communicate with the Governor\n frequently through the Council Office. Blair offers the advice\n of the Council regarding the account against the U.S. for the\n Western defense, reimbursement for the Springfield expedition,\n the printing of German military regulations, and orders for\n scouts in Ohio \u0026 Harrison Counties (1795 Jan. 14). Blair\n also writes G. Deneale denying his request to keep arms given\n to the light infantry under his command at Winchester to use\n against the insurgents (1795 Feb. 11). On 14 July 1795, Blair\n submits the order of the Council for ordering out the militia\n from Norfolk \u0026 Portsmouth to prevent disorder or\n insurrections from the frequent migrations of negroes. Lastly,\n Blair provides the advice of the Council concerning witnesses\n against Archer Branch in North Carolina (1796 Feb. 15).\n Coleman mainly writes concerning military finances including\n the account of Hugh Caperton for ammunition (1794 Dec. 2) and\n Capt. William Lowther's pay abstract \u0026 muster roll (1795\n March 5). On 12 May 1795, Coleman writes the Governor\n requesting that the office of Keeper of the Capitol not be\n taken from his father, Wyatt Coleman. His father writes a\n similar letter on the same date. On 4 December 1795, Coleman\n requests additional compensation for completing a list of\n officers \u0026 privates of the Continental Line. Shortly\n thereafter, Coleman was appointed Adjutant General and asks\n the Lieutenant Governor for an apartment in the Capitol to\n perform his new duties (1795 Dec. 14).","During James Innes' absence in 1794 \u0026 1795, John\n Marshall provides his opinion on the militia law as Attorney\n General of Virginia (1794 Undated). Upon Innes' return,\n Marshall writes as counsel to Lord Fairfax concerning the case\n of the Commonwealth against him in the Court of Appeals (1795\n March 2). On 23 April 1795, Innes writes that he will be\n unable to attend this trial in the Court of Appeals due to\n illness. Innes provides an opinion on such topics as the\n improper trial of William John Thweatt who was found guilty of\n horse stealing (1795 April 7), proceedings against Mr. Johnson\n for the alleged murder of Mr. Jeffers (1796 Jan. 13), and the\n power of the Governor to procure the attendance of necessary\n witnesses from the Territory South of the Ohio River (1796\n Feb. 3). On 21 June 1796, he remarks on the assignment of the\n Solicitor's Office for the use of the Attorney General. Again,\n on 17 July 1796, Innes writes that he must be absent from\n office because of health problems. He adds that he has asked\n Mr. Warden to discharge the duties of his office. Innes was\n forced to resign in a letter to the Governor dated 13 November\n 1796.","Charles Hay, Clerk of the House of Delegates, and Humphrey\n Brooke, Clerk of the Senate, often submit legislation and\n qualifications of election to the Governor. Noteworthy\n legislation includes a resolution to inquire about the\n \"lucrative office\" accepted by James Innes in the General\n Government (1794 Dec. 16). Included in these papers are the\n qualifications for the election of Spencer Roane as Judge of\n the Court of Appeals in place of Henry Tazewell (1794 Dec. 2),\n the election of Jaquelin Ambler as Treasurer (1794 Dec. 17),\n Paul Carrington as Judge of the General Court in place of\n Spencer Roane (1794 Dec. 17), Robert Brooke as Governor (1795\n Nov. 26), Robert Brooke as Attorney General (1796 Nov. 16),\n and Samuel Shepard as Auditor of Public Accounts in place of\n John Pendleton (1796 Nov. 16). A letter from John Wise,\n Speaker of the House of Delegates, encloses sundry resolutions\n for proposing certain amendments to the U.S. Constitution\n (1795 Dec. 19).","William Hay, Robert Goode, \u0026 William Foushee, etc.,\n Directors of Public Buildings, provide information on work\n done to the Capitol Building and the settlement of accounts.\n On 28 November 1795, William Hay writes regarding the account\n of Samuel Dobie for superintending \u0026 directing the\n execution of the steps outside the Capitol, as well as the\n staircase, conference, and other work done inside the Capitol\n from 1793 to 1794. Hay also encloses accounts and a letter\n from Dobie indicating the amount of balances due him. On 30\n March 1796, the Directors write regarding the repair of the\n roof of the Capitol and surplus materials.","Maj. Robert Quarles submits quarterly returns of ordnance\n \u0026 public stores at Point of Fork (1795 Jan. 2, 1795 March\n 31, 1795 June 30, 1795 Oct. 6, 1795 Dec. 31, 1796 March 31,\n 1796 June 30, \u0026 1796 Sept. 30). In addition, Quarles'\n correspondence concerns a contract for provisions at Point of\n Fork (1795 May 5 \u0026 25), an increase in salary (1795 Oct.\n 6), the bond of William Weaver to provide rations for the\n State Arsenal (1796 May 27), the supply of timber \u0026\n firewood contract with David Ross (1796 Sept. 12), and the\n bond of Matthew \u0026 Elias Wills for the Office of Contractor\n to supply the State Arsenal with rations (1796 Oct. 27).","Thomas Newton, Jr., County Lieutenant for Norfolk Borough,\n frequently writes the Governor on a variety of concerns. On 11\n January 1795, Newton encloses copies of letters from the\n British \u0026 French Consuls regarding disturbances between\n British \u0026 French crews in Norfolk Harbor. On 14 January,\n Newton discusses the case of Daniel Raybourn, an American\n seamen taken by the Lynx, a British ship of war, from a Danish\n Brig. He encloses the opinion of Alexander Campbell to the\n Lieutenant Governor on the same matter on 25 January 1795. In\n another letter, he remarks on Campbell's opinion on British\n deserters and the extradition of the fugitive Joseph Larelle\n back to Pennsylvania (1795 Feb. 1). Newton communicates\n Campbell's opinion to John Hamilton, British Consul, stating\n that it is the duty of the magistrates to apprehend deserters\n (1795 Feb. 2). An incident occurred in February 1795 when a\n group of armed men from the British ship Thetis marched into\n Norfolk committing illegal searches in the homes of citizens\n for deserters. Newton informs the Governor of this incident\n and encloses an account by the Captain of the Watch, a copy of\n a letter from John Hamilton, and depositions (1795 Feb. 17).\n He writes again on this matter on 25 February 1795 enclosing\n letters from Alexander F. Cochrane, Captain of the Thetis,\n \u0026 John Hamilton. Much of Newton's correspondence with\n Governor Brooke relates to the spread of diseases to Norfolk\n \u0026 the quarantine of vessels (1795 April 28; 1795 May 5,\n 16, 26; 1795 Aug. 22; 1795 Oct. 3; 1795 Nov. 4, 5, \u0026 17;\n 1796 May 15 \u0026 29; 1796 July 8; 1796 Aug. 13 \u0026 28; 1796\n Sept. 12 \u0026 28; 1796 Oct. 27; \u0026 1796 Nov. 7). On 28\n February 1796, Newton writes regarding the purchase of two\n acres of land for building houses for the reception of goods\n and for accommodating the persons performing quarantine. On 17\n April 1795, Newton informs the Governor of American citizens\n detained on board Admiral Murray's ship the Resolution, a\n British ship of war. His letters of 1796 Feb. 7 \u0026 9 relate\n to letters from Henry McGeary, an American citizen impressed\n on the Resolution. Later, Newton encloses a letter from Judge\n Cyrus Griffin respecting the case of McGeary (1796 Feb. 21).\n Newton remarks on the arrival of three French ships from\n Guadalupe and the defenseless condition of the port due to the\n incompletion of the forts and the insufficient garrison there\n (1795 May 24). On 9 June 1795, Newton relates the capture of\n two French ships off the coast by the British ships Thetis\n \u0026 Hussar. In addition, he mentions the arrival of a French\n ship from Dominique with French citizens and a number of\n negroes which they claim as servants. A few days later, Newton\n informs the Governor of the arrival of the Sloop Industry from\n Boston which carried negro slaves on board in violation of the\n non-importation laws (1795 June 11). In a letter dated 21 June\n 1795, Newton encloses the deposition of Francis Marshal\n concerning two brigs taken off the coast of Virginia by a\n Bermudian privateer. Another significant event occurred in\n January 1796 when horses were purchased by British officers in\n the United States for mounting their troops against the French\n in the West Indies. Newton writes the Governor that this is a\n violation of the treaty with France \u0026 Holland (1796 Jan.\n 20). Shortly thereafter, he encloses a letter from Mr. Oster,\n French Consul, complaining of the shipment of horses by the\n British (1796 Jan. 23). The next day, he encloses one from\n John Hamilton denying that the shipment of horses is a\n military preparation (1795 Jan. 24).","Willis Wilson, County Lieutenant for Portsmouth,\n corresponds with the Governor regarding similar subjects as\n Thomas Newton. On 29 April 1795, Wilson suggests that a boat\n be armed at Hampton Roads for the purpose of preventing\n violators of U.S. neutrality and to liberate the men impressed\n on board Rear Admiral Murray's Squadron. He encloses the\n deposition of Capt. Hatten whose ship was boarded by the Lynx.\n A letter from Wilson to Admiral Murray relates to hostile\n expeditions by ships of any belligerent nation in Virginia\n waters. In this letter, he orders the ships to depart Virginia\n waters and to liberate any American citizens detained on board\n (1795 April 27). Wilson encloses a letter from John Hamilton\n informing him that the vessels Diana \u0026 Thomas are waiting\n to embark with their cargo of horses. On 24 June 1795, Wilson\n writes about the small pox epidemic in Portsmouth and the\n impressment of John Underwood \u0026 John Lloyd on board the\n British ship Lynx. Finally, Wilson writes the Governor\n regarding the formation of an artillery company in Portsmouth\n under the command of John Cowper (1796 Feb. 23 \u0026 March\n 27).","Governor Randolph corresponds often with John Pendleton,\n Jr., Auditor of Public Accounts, and Jaquelin Ambler,\n Treasurer, regarding various financial matters. Pendleton\n regularly encloses lists of warrants issued by him through the\n Auditor's Office (1795 March 31, 1795 July 1, 1795 Nov. 5,\n 1795 Dec. 31, 1796 July 1). Additionally, Pendleton writes\n regarding the suspicion of a fraudulent sale against Robert\n Craig, former sheriff of Washington County (1794 Dec. 18).\n Pendleton encloses the report of John Taylor and the opinion\n of John Marshall on the matter. Pendleton also writes to the\n Governor enclosing accounts of expenses of his office (1795\n May 10). On 14 May 1795, Pendleton provided a report on the\n final settlement of William Davies' accounts as Commissioner\n of Virginia for Claims Against the United States. Pendleton\n submits his letter of resignation on 5 August 1796 effective\n at the end of the month. The next day, Pendleton recommends\n Samuel Shepard to replace him as Auditor. Pendleton's official\n letter of resignation was submitted on 30 Sept. 1796. Ambler\n encloses a statement of monies belonging to claimants for the\n defense of the Western frontier (1795 Aug. 27). In addition,\n on 24 September 1795, he encloses a copy of a letter from\n Samuel Meredith, U.S. Treasurer, regarding a warrant from the\n Secretary of War for the full balance due the State of\n Virginia for the settlement of their account for the pay \u0026\n subsistence of militia, scouts, ammunition, and contingent\n expenses in the protection of the frontiers.","Notable correspondents from miscellaneous sources include\n the following: Andrew Dunscomb, Mayor of Richmond; John\n Hamilton, British Consul at Norfolk; and Thomas Mifflin,\n Governor of Pennsylvania.","Andrew Dunscomb mainly writes the Governor regarding the\n prevention of infectious disease to the City of Richmond. On\n 27 August 1795, he encloses resolutions of the Common Hall\n relative to the quarantine of vessels from Norfolk.\n Additionally, he discusses a law prohibiting the migration of\n free negroes from the West Indies into the Commonwealth (1795\n Sept. 18). Dunscomb also transmits a letter from William\n Richardson \u0026 Jacob I. Cohen regarding allowing passage of\n vessels from Norfolk, but stopping vessels from New York (1795\n Oct. 6).","John Hamilton, British Consul, frequently writes the\n Governor regarding British affairs. On 2 January 1795,\n Hamilton requests permission for the British ships Thetis\n \u0026 Cleopatra to make repairs in Norfolk Harbor. Hamilton\n also writes at length regarding British desertions,\n particularly the incident involving the attempt by British\n sailors on board the Thetis to recapture deserters in Norfolk\n (1795 Feb. 18, 25, \u0026 May 8). Hamilton was also\n particularly concerned with privateers preying on British\n ships. He specifically mentions a ship called the Unicorn\n which plundered a Danish vessel (1795 June 26 \u0026 July 30).\n In addition, Hamilton communicates his intelligence regarding\n vessels from Baltimore arming in the Chesapeake as privateers\n (1795 Aug. 15 \u0026 Sept. 24). His letter to the Lieutenant\n Governor relates to the prevention of illegal equipment for\n ships in the waters of Virginia (1795 July 3 \u0026 Oct. 6).\n Yet another incident occurred in January 1796 when the\n American Sloop Diana, loaded with British goods and bound for\n a British port in the West Indies, was forcibly boarded and\n her cargo carried away. Hamilton sends a letter to the\n Governor complaining about this incident, along with a similar\n letter to Willis Wilson (1796 Jan. 29). Finally, on 15\n February 1796, Hamilton writes regarding his inquiry to the\n President on the shipment of horses and the neutrality\n laws.","As Governor of Pennsylvania, Thomas Mifflin often\n corresponds with Governor Brooke with respect to fugitives\n from justice. On 29 December 1794, Mifflin transmits the\n affidavit of Stephen Girard affirming that Joseph Larelle had\n taken a mulatto boy named Crispin from his service with an\n intention of selling him into slavery. He writes again on 10\n February 1795 concerning the apprehension of Larelle. In a\n letter dated 12 March 1795, Mifflin informs the Governor of\n the appointment of Laurence Maher as Agent for Pennsylvania to\n bring Joseph Larelle back to Pennsylvania. Similarly, Mifflin\n transmits a copy of an affidavit by Robert Ross respecting\n Langford Herring who was accused of forgery and removed to\n Virginia (1795 Oct. 12). Mifflin also acknowledges the receipt\n of the revised laws from Virginia (1795 May 14 \u0026 1796 Aug.\n 25) and a resolution from Virginia proposing certain\n amendments to the U.S. Constitution (1796 Jan. 6). Mifflin\n responds to another letter on 22 January 1796 regarding an\n annual interchange of the laws passed by Pennsylvania \u0026\n Virginia.","Additional significant correspondence includes the\n following: George Clendenin regarding pay \u0026 subsistence of\n a company employed for the defense of Greenbrier \u0026 Kanawha\n (1794 Dec. 20); Paul Carrington accepting a commission as\n Judge of the General Court (1794 Dec. 18); Andrew Lewis\n regarding the discharge of the troops under his command on the\n southwestern frontiers (1794 Dec. 28); Thomas Mathews\n regarding the admission of two British ship of war into\n Norfolk (1795 Jan. 9); William Price, Register of the Land\n Office, regarding two additional clerk (1795 Jan. 15); Edward\n Carrington regarding the quota of militia called from Gen.\n Martin's Brigade for the late expeditions against the\n insurgents (1795 Feb. 8); William Lowther regarding the\n discharge of scouts \u0026 rangers under his command (1795 Feb.\n 21); Andrew Lewis regarding the settlement of his accounts\n (1795 March 3); John Steele regarding his tardiness in\n settling the Western accounts (1795 April 29); Andrew Lewis\n regarding his application to replace Gen. Tate as paymaster\n (1795 May 5); Daniel Bedinger responding to charges against\n him by George Hammond, regarding his deposition of the pilot\n Thomas Butler (1795 May 26); John Steele regarding the account\n of Virginia against the United States (1795 June 23); Henry\n Lee regarding his failure to execute orders by the Lt. Gov.\n concerning the privateer at Gloucester (1795 July 6); H. Young\n enclosing a letter from John Page regarding the Unicorn (1795\n July 7); John Dawson regarding Indian depredations in Harrison\n County (1795 Aug. 17); James Monroe, Paris, regarding the\n statue of Gen. Washington left unfinished while Thomas\n Jefferson was Minister to France (1795 Aug. 20); William\n Lowther regarding depredations by Indians in Harrison County\n (1795 Aug. 24); George Peachey, Mayor of Petersburg regarding\n two cases of yellow fever brought from Norfolk (1795 Aug. 26);\n George Clendenin resigning his commission as County Lieutenant\n for Kanawha County (1795 Nov. 14); Governor Brooke to the\n Clerk of the Council indicating his temporary absence from\n office (1795 Dec. 9); Robert Johnson to the Commissioners for\n Virginia regarding approval of the proceedings of the\n Commissioners concerning the boundary line between Virginia\n \u0026 Kentucky (1796 Jan. 1); Isaac Shelby, Governor of\n Kentucky, regarding the boundary line and enclosing an act of\n the Kentucky Legislature (1796 Feb. 15); William Pennock\n enclosing a bill of lading from Ve. Homberg \u0026 Homberg\n Freres for three cases containing the marble pedester statue\n of Gen. Washington and the marble pedestal (1796 April 10);\n Isaac Shelby enclosing a letter from Alexander Smyth regarding\n the boundary line between Virginia \u0026 Kentucky (1796 May\n 6); John Hoskins Stone, Governor of Maryland, regarding the\n extradition of Robert Osborn, a fugitive of justice (1796 June\n 16); John Dawson regarding obtaining arms for the State of\n Virginia from Europe (1796 Sept. 11 \u0026 12); Archibald\n Stuart regarding the agreement with the Kentucky Commissioners\n on the boundary line (1796 Sept. 27); Houdon regarding his\n payment for creating a marble statue of Washington (1796 Oct.\n 8); and Edmund Randolph regarding the case of Fairfax versus\n the Commonwealth (1796 Oct. 22).","Other noteworthy items include: oath of Robert Brooke by J.\n Pendleton as Governor (1794 Dec. 1); a list of persons who\n have migrated to Virginia and given oath to reside therein\n (1794 Dec. 17); receipts from William Morris, Contractor, for\n rations to soldiers under the command of Hugh Caperton (1794\n Dec. 17); proclamation revoking the previous proclamation of\n Lt. Gov. James Wood regarding the quarantine of vessels from\n certain ports (1794 Dec. 19); receipts from Samuel Shepard for\n the sale of the mace (1794 Dec. 3); order from Will Russell,\n Clerk of the Court of Directors of the Lunatic Hospital,\n applying for warrants from the Auditor of Public Accounts\n (1795 March 31 \u0026 1796 July 12); muster roll of scouts\n called into service for the protection of Randolph County\n (1795 May 20); proclamation by the Governor regarding the\n yellow fever outbreak in the West Indies and the quarantine of\n vessels from those areas (1795 May 21); petition from French\n refugees from St. Domingo at Norfolk regarding a plan to send\n back their negroes (1795 July N.D.); oath issued by John\n Pendleton to Robert Brooke as Governor (1795 Dec. 1); printed\n copy of the Treaty of Greenville signed by Timothy Pickering\n (1795 Dec. 22); proclamation by Lt. Gov. James Wood offering a\n reward for the capture of John Williford for the murder of\n Josiah Worrell (1795 Sept. 19); list of commissions of the\n peace for Southampton County (1796 Feb. 12); list of\n commissions of the peace for New Kent County (1796 March 4);\n account of William Hodgson for erecting the statue of\n Washington \u0026 repairing (1796 June 8); appointment of John\n Robertson by James Wood as Superintendent of Quarantine for\n Bermuda Hundred \u0026 City Point (1796 July 9); bond of Samuel\n Shepard as Auditor of Public Accounts (1796 Oct. 1);\n certificate of Samuel Moseley, Mayor of Norfolk, as elector\n for President \u0026 Vice President (1796 Nov. 7); and muster\n fines of the 22nd Regiment Virginia Militia, Mecklenburg\n County (1796 Nov. 5).","State Records Collection,\n Office of the Governor (Record Group 3)","English"],"collection_title_tesim":["Governor Robert Brooke Executive\n Papers, 1794-1796"],"collection_ssim":["Governor Robert Brooke Executive\n Papers, 1794-1796"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["40723"],"unitid_tesim":["40723"],"repository_ssm":["Library of Virginia"],"repository_ssim":["Library of Virginia"],"creator_ssm":["Governor's Office"],"creator_ssim":["Governor's Office"],"acqinfo_ssim":["Acquired prior to 1905."],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"physdesc_tesim":["2.23 cubic\n feet"],"arrangement_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eArranged chronologically by date of document with undated\n items arranged to the rear.\u003c/p\u003e\n "],"arrangement_heading_ssm":["Arrangement"],"arrangement_tesim":["Arranged chronologically by date of document with undated\n items arranged to the rear."],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eRobert Brooke was born in Spotsylvania County to Richard\n Brooke and Ann Hay Taliaferro Brooke around 1760. Educated in\n Edinburgh, Scotland, during the Revolutionary War, Brooke\n returned to Virginia in 1780 where he enlisted in a volunteer\n cavalry troop and was captured by the British at Westham in\n January 1781. Brooke returned to Spotsylvania County to\n practice law, later moving his office to Fredericksburg. In\n 1786, Brooke married Mary Ritchie Hopper (d. 1796) and settled\n on an estate in Fredericksburg which became known as Federal\n Hill. Brooke represented Spotsylvania County in the House of\n Delegates from 1791 until 1794. Upon the vacancy of the office\n of governor by Henry Lee to suppress the Whiskey Rebellion,\n the General Assembly elected Brooke governor on 20 November\n 1794. He was reelected for a second one-year term on 26\n November 1795. Brooke County, now in West Virginia, was named\n after Robert Brooke when it was formed from part of Ohio\n County in 1796. Following his second term as governor, Brooke\n was elected to replace James Innes as attorney general of\n Virginia on 16 November 1796. He served as attorney general\n until his death on 27 February 1800.\u003c/p\u003e\n "],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical Information"],"bioghist_tesim":["Robert Brooke was born in Spotsylvania County to Richard\n Brooke and Ann Hay Taliaferro Brooke around 1760. Educated in\n Edinburgh, Scotland, during the Revolutionary War, Brooke\n returned to Virginia in 1780 where he enlisted in a volunteer\n cavalry troop and was captured by the British at Westham in\n January 1781. Brooke returned to Spotsylvania County to\n practice law, later moving his office to Fredericksburg. In\n 1786, Brooke married Mary Ritchie Hopper (d. 1796) and settled\n on an estate in Fredericksburg which became known as Federal\n Hill. Brooke represented Spotsylvania County in the House of\n Delegates from 1791 until 1794. Upon the vacancy of the office\n of governor by Henry Lee to suppress the Whiskey Rebellion,\n the General Assembly elected Brooke governor on 20 November\n 1794. He was reelected for a second one-year term on 26\n November 1795. Brooke County, now in West Virginia, was named\n after Robert Brooke when it was formed from part of Ohio\n County in 1796. Following his second term as governor, Brooke\n was elected to replace James Innes as attorney general of\n Virginia on 16 November 1796. He served as attorney general\n until his death on 27 February 1800."],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content Information"],"scopecontent_tesim":["Robert Brooke's Executive papers are organized\n chronologically with undated items arranged at the end of each\n year. These papers primarily consist of incoming\n correspondence during Brooke's two one-year terms as governor\n between 1 December 1794 until 1 December 1796. These records\n include correspondence written to James Wood who acted as\n Lieutenant Governor while Brooke was temporarily absent from\n office. The correspondence in this collection relates to a\n variety of topics including appointments for state positions;\n the Point of Fork Arsenal; defense of the frontier;\n resignations; arms \u0026 ammunition; Indian attacks; British\n \u0026 French ships in Virginia ports; the boundary line\n between Kentucky \u0026 Virginia; extraditions; the Houdon\n statue of Washington; state expenses \u0026 revenue; quarantine\n of vessels; foreign affairs; Revolutionary claims; elections;\n Presidential electors; the Capitol Building; the militia; and\n others. In addition to correspondence, there are resolutions\n from Congress and the Virginia Senate \u0026 House of\n Delegates; muster \u0026 pay rolls; accounts; oaths; pardons;\n receipts; election returns \u0026 certificates; qualifications;\n lists; depositions; proclamations; petitions; reports;\n appointments; resignations; treaties; bonds; commissions;\n orders; proceedings; applications; lists; opinions; and other\n sundry items. Note that files related to county officers for\n 1795 have been arranged alphabetically by county and separated\n to the end of the papers for that year.","Noteworthy correspondence originates from the United States\n government, Virginia State government, and miscellaneous\n sources. Prominent correspondents from the United States\n government include Henry Knox, Timothy Pickering, \u0026 James\n McHenry, Secretaries of War; Edmund Randolph \u0026 Timothy\n Pickering, Secretaries of State; Alexander Campbell, U.S.\n District Attorney General, Samuel A. Otis \u0026 John\n Beckley, Clerks of the Senate \u0026 House of\n Representatives, and President George Washington.","Governor Brooke received correspondence on numerous\n occasions from the United States War Department. On 5 December\n 1794, Henry Knox transmitted a resolution by John Beckley,\n Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives, thanking the\n Virginia Militia for their service during the Whiskey\n Rebellion. Timothy Pickering replaced Knox as Secretary of War\n in 1795. Pickering writes on 6 January 1795 regarding the\n French ship Les Jumeaux which was armed and equipped at\n Philadelphia in violation of the U.S. neutrality law.\n Pickering also writes respecting bounty lands on the northwest\n side of the Ohio River for officers \u0026 soldiers of the\n Virginia Line on Continental Establishment (1795 June 13). In\n addition, Pickering responds to a letter from the Governor\n concerning establishing a small garrison of militia at\n Norfolk. According to Pickering, the President has no\n authority to call out the militia for the preservation of\n peace (1795 July 3). Lastly, Pickering writes regarding the\n pay of Charles Cist for printing regulations for the order and\n discipline of U.S. troops (1795 Sept. 14). James McHenry\n replaced Pickering as Secretary of War in 1796. In a letter\n dated 4 March 1796, McHenry acknowledges the receipt of the\n Governor's letter, along with the account \u0026 vouchers for\n militia \u0026 scouts on the Western frontier. William Simmons,\n in the Dept. of War Accountant's Office, corresponds with the\n Governor concerning the compensation by the United States to\n Virginia for the pay \u0026 subsistence of the militia,\n ammunition, and contingent expenses in the protection of the\n frontiers (1795 Sept. 17). On 14 March 1796, Simmons encloses\n a statement of differences on examination of the Virginia\n claims for pay, etc., in 1795. A letter from President George Washington dated 1796 Sept. 15 asks that his shares in the James River Company be applied to Liberty Hall Academy in rockbridge County (letter removed to the Vault - George Washington Papers).","Edmund Randolph, former Governor of Virginia, corresponds\n as Secretary of State. On 3 January 1795, Randolph transmits a\n proclamation of thanksgiving from the President (proclamation\n not included). In another letter of the same date, Randolph\n remarks on a letter from the Governor regarding the embargo.\n On 16 February 1795, Randolph writes about the capture of a\n pilot boat belonging to the British Consul at Norfolk.\n Randolph encloses copies of letters from Gen. Thomas Mathews\n to Governor Lee, Alexander Hamilton, Sec. of the Treasury, and\n orders from Mathews to Lt. Vaughan. On 8 May 1795, Randolph\n encloses letters and papers from George Hammond, British\n Minister Plenipotentiary, concerning French prizes taken by\n Rear Admiral Murray and an order for foreign ships to depart\n American ports. Included is a copy of a letter from Thomas\n Jefferson to Hammond regarding French \u0026 British ships in\n American ports and the treaty with France to admit prizes\n \u0026 repair French ships in U.S. ports. The next day,\n Randolph encloses additional copies of letters from Hammond,\n along with a declaration \u0026 affidavit by Thomas Butler\n regarding the French prizes taken by Admiral Murray. Finally,\n Randolph discusses the practice of British ships of war\n impressing American seamen (1795 May 20). All copies of\n letters were transcribed by George Taylor, Jr., Chief Clerk of\n the Department of State. Timothy Pickering served as Secretary\n of State upon the resignation of Randolph on 19 August 1795.\n On 20 January 1796, Pickering writes to Pierre A. Adet, French\n Minister Plenipotentiary, with respect to U.S. neutrality.\n Pickering also encloses a translation of a letter he received\n from Adet regarding the purchase of flour \u0026 horses by the\n English in Virginia.","Alexander Campbell, District U.S. Attorney, provides his\n opinion on the following subjects: the unlawful detention of a\n mariner by a British vessel of war (1795 Jan. 25), the\n delivery of a fugitive of justice from Pennsylvania and\n deserters from a British ship of war at Norfolk (1795 Jan.\n 25), and the Unicorn, a suspected privateer outfitting at\n Gloucester (1795 June 26). In addition, Samuel A. Otis \u0026\n John Beckley periodically transmit journals of the proceedings\n of the U.S. Senate \u0026 House of Representatives (1795 April\n 13 \u0026 25, \u0026 1796 July 28).","Significant correspondents from Virginia State government\n include Archibald Blair, Clerk of the Council; Samuel Coleman,\n Assistant Clerk of the Council of State; James Innes, Attorney\n General; Charles Hay, Clerk of the House of Delegates;\n Humphrey Brooke, Clerk of the Senate; William Hay, Robert\n Goode, \u0026 William Foushee, etc., Directors of Public\n Buildings; Robert Quarles, Superintendent of the Point of Fork\n Arsenal; Thomas Newton \u0026 Willis Wilson, County\n Lieutenants; John Pendleton, Jr., Auditor of Public Accounts;\n and Jacquelin Ambler, Treasurer.","Archibald Blair \u0026 Samuel Coleman, as Clerk \u0026\n Assistant Clerk of the Council, communicate with the Governor\n frequently through the Council Office. Blair offers the advice\n of the Council regarding the account against the U.S. for the\n Western defense, reimbursement for the Springfield expedition,\n the printing of German military regulations, and orders for\n scouts in Ohio \u0026 Harrison Counties (1795 Jan. 14). Blair\n also writes G. Deneale denying his request to keep arms given\n to the light infantry under his command at Winchester to use\n against the insurgents (1795 Feb. 11). On 14 July 1795, Blair\n submits the order of the Council for ordering out the militia\n from Norfolk \u0026 Portsmouth to prevent disorder or\n insurrections from the frequent migrations of negroes. Lastly,\n Blair provides the advice of the Council concerning witnesses\n against Archer Branch in North Carolina (1796 Feb. 15).\n Coleman mainly writes concerning military finances including\n the account of Hugh Caperton for ammunition (1794 Dec. 2) and\n Capt. William Lowther's pay abstract \u0026 muster roll (1795\n March 5). On 12 May 1795, Coleman writes the Governor\n requesting that the office of Keeper of the Capitol not be\n taken from his father, Wyatt Coleman. His father writes a\n similar letter on the same date. On 4 December 1795, Coleman\n requests additional compensation for completing a list of\n officers \u0026 privates of the Continental Line. Shortly\n thereafter, Coleman was appointed Adjutant General and asks\n the Lieutenant Governor for an apartment in the Capitol to\n perform his new duties (1795 Dec. 14).","During James Innes' absence in 1794 \u0026 1795, John\n Marshall provides his opinion on the militia law as Attorney\n General of Virginia (1794 Undated). Upon Innes' return,\n Marshall writes as counsel to Lord Fairfax concerning the case\n of the Commonwealth against him in the Court of Appeals (1795\n March 2). On 23 April 1795, Innes writes that he will be\n unable to attend this trial in the Court of Appeals due to\n illness. Innes provides an opinion on such topics as the\n improper trial of William John Thweatt who was found guilty of\n horse stealing (1795 April 7), proceedings against Mr. Johnson\n for the alleged murder of Mr. Jeffers (1796 Jan. 13), and the\n power of the Governor to procure the attendance of necessary\n witnesses from the Territory South of the Ohio River (1796\n Feb. 3). On 21 June 1796, he remarks on the assignment of the\n Solicitor's Office for the use of the Attorney General. Again,\n on 17 July 1796, Innes writes that he must be absent from\n office because of health problems. He adds that he has asked\n Mr. Warden to discharge the duties of his office. Innes was\n forced to resign in a letter to the Governor dated 13 November\n 1796.","Charles Hay, Clerk of the House of Delegates, and Humphrey\n Brooke, Clerk of the Senate, often submit legislation and\n qualifications of election to the Governor. Noteworthy\n legislation includes a resolution to inquire about the\n \"lucrative office\" accepted by James Innes in the General\n Government (1794 Dec. 16). Included in these papers are the\n qualifications for the election of Spencer Roane as Judge of\n the Court of Appeals in place of Henry Tazewell (1794 Dec. 2),\n the election of Jaquelin Ambler as Treasurer (1794 Dec. 17),\n Paul Carrington as Judge of the General Court in place of\n Spencer Roane (1794 Dec. 17), Robert Brooke as Governor (1795\n Nov. 26), Robert Brooke as Attorney General (1796 Nov. 16),\n and Samuel Shepard as Auditor of Public Accounts in place of\n John Pendleton (1796 Nov. 16). A letter from John Wise,\n Speaker of the House of Delegates, encloses sundry resolutions\n for proposing certain amendments to the U.S. Constitution\n (1795 Dec. 19).","William Hay, Robert Goode, \u0026 William Foushee, etc.,\n Directors of Public Buildings, provide information on work\n done to the Capitol Building and the settlement of accounts.\n On 28 November 1795, William Hay writes regarding the account\n of Samuel Dobie for superintending \u0026 directing the\n execution of the steps outside the Capitol, as well as the\n staircase, conference, and other work done inside the Capitol\n from 1793 to 1794. Hay also encloses accounts and a letter\n from Dobie indicating the amount of balances due him. On 30\n March 1796, the Directors write regarding the repair of the\n roof of the Capitol and surplus materials.","Maj. Robert Quarles submits quarterly returns of ordnance\n \u0026 public stores at Point of Fork (1795 Jan. 2, 1795 March\n 31, 1795 June 30, 1795 Oct. 6, 1795 Dec. 31, 1796 March 31,\n 1796 June 30, \u0026 1796 Sept. 30). In addition, Quarles'\n correspondence concerns a contract for provisions at Point of\n Fork (1795 May 5 \u0026 25), an increase in salary (1795 Oct.\n 6), the bond of William Weaver to provide rations for the\n State Arsenal (1796 May 27), the supply of timber \u0026\n firewood contract with David Ross (1796 Sept. 12), and the\n bond of Matthew \u0026 Elias Wills for the Office of Contractor\n to supply the State Arsenal with rations (1796 Oct. 27).","Thomas Newton, Jr., County Lieutenant for Norfolk Borough,\n frequently writes the Governor on a variety of concerns. On 11\n January 1795, Newton encloses copies of letters from the\n British \u0026 French Consuls regarding disturbances between\n British \u0026 French crews in Norfolk Harbor. On 14 January,\n Newton discusses the case of Daniel Raybourn, an American\n seamen taken by the Lynx, a British ship of war, from a Danish\n Brig. He encloses the opinion of Alexander Campbell to the\n Lieutenant Governor on the same matter on 25 January 1795. In\n another letter, he remarks on Campbell's opinion on British\n deserters and the extradition of the fugitive Joseph Larelle\n back to Pennsylvania (1795 Feb. 1). Newton communicates\n Campbell's opinion to John Hamilton, British Consul, stating\n that it is the duty of the magistrates to apprehend deserters\n (1795 Feb. 2). An incident occurred in February 1795 when a\n group of armed men from the British ship Thetis marched into\n Norfolk committing illegal searches in the homes of citizens\n for deserters. Newton informs the Governor of this incident\n and encloses an account by the Captain of the Watch, a copy of\n a letter from John Hamilton, and depositions (1795 Feb. 17).\n He writes again on this matter on 25 February 1795 enclosing\n letters from Alexander F. Cochrane, Captain of the Thetis,\n \u0026 John Hamilton. Much of Newton's correspondence with\n Governor Brooke relates to the spread of diseases to Norfolk\n \u0026 the quarantine of vessels (1795 April 28; 1795 May 5,\n 16, 26; 1795 Aug. 22; 1795 Oct. 3; 1795 Nov. 4, 5, \u0026 17;\n 1796 May 15 \u0026 29; 1796 July 8; 1796 Aug. 13 \u0026 28; 1796\n Sept. 12 \u0026 28; 1796 Oct. 27; \u0026 1796 Nov. 7). On 28\n February 1796, Newton writes regarding the purchase of two\n acres of land for building houses for the reception of goods\n and for accommodating the persons performing quarantine. On 17\n April 1795, Newton informs the Governor of American citizens\n detained on board Admiral Murray's ship the Resolution, a\n British ship of war. His letters of 1796 Feb. 7 \u0026 9 relate\n to letters from Henry McGeary, an American citizen impressed\n on the Resolution. Later, Newton encloses a letter from Judge\n Cyrus Griffin respecting the case of McGeary (1796 Feb. 21).\n Newton remarks on the arrival of three French ships from\n Guadalupe and the defenseless condition of the port due to the\n incompletion of the forts and the insufficient garrison there\n (1795 May 24). On 9 June 1795, Newton relates the capture of\n two French ships off the coast by the British ships Thetis\n \u0026 Hussar. In addition, he mentions the arrival of a French\n ship from Dominique with French citizens and a number of\n negroes which they claim as servants. A few days later, Newton\n informs the Governor of the arrival of the Sloop Industry from\n Boston which carried negro slaves on board in violation of the\n non-importation laws (1795 June 11). In a letter dated 21 June\n 1795, Newton encloses the deposition of Francis Marshal\n concerning two brigs taken off the coast of Virginia by a\n Bermudian privateer. Another significant event occurred in\n January 1796 when horses were purchased by British officers in\n the United States for mounting their troops against the French\n in the West Indies. Newton writes the Governor that this is a\n violation of the treaty with France \u0026 Holland (1796 Jan.\n 20). Shortly thereafter, he encloses a letter from Mr. Oster,\n French Consul, complaining of the shipment of horses by the\n British (1796 Jan. 23). The next day, he encloses one from\n John Hamilton denying that the shipment of horses is a\n military preparation (1795 Jan. 24).","Willis Wilson, County Lieutenant for Portsmouth,\n corresponds with the Governor regarding similar subjects as\n Thomas Newton. On 29 April 1795, Wilson suggests that a boat\n be armed at Hampton Roads for the purpose of preventing\n violators of U.S. neutrality and to liberate the men impressed\n on board Rear Admiral Murray's Squadron. He encloses the\n deposition of Capt. Hatten whose ship was boarded by the Lynx.\n A letter from Wilson to Admiral Murray relates to hostile\n expeditions by ships of any belligerent nation in Virginia\n waters. In this letter, he orders the ships to depart Virginia\n waters and to liberate any American citizens detained on board\n (1795 April 27). Wilson encloses a letter from John Hamilton\n informing him that the vessels Diana \u0026 Thomas are waiting\n to embark with their cargo of horses. On 24 June 1795, Wilson\n writes about the small pox epidemic in Portsmouth and the\n impressment of John Underwood \u0026 John Lloyd on board the\n British ship Lynx. Finally, Wilson writes the Governor\n regarding the formation of an artillery company in Portsmouth\n under the command of John Cowper (1796 Feb. 23 \u0026 March\n 27).","Governor Randolph corresponds often with John Pendleton,\n Jr., Auditor of Public Accounts, and Jaquelin Ambler,\n Treasurer, regarding various financial matters. Pendleton\n regularly encloses lists of warrants issued by him through the\n Auditor's Office (1795 March 31, 1795 July 1, 1795 Nov. 5,\n 1795 Dec. 31, 1796 July 1). Additionally, Pendleton writes\n regarding the suspicion of a fraudulent sale against Robert\n Craig, former sheriff of Washington County (1794 Dec. 18).\n Pendleton encloses the report of John Taylor and the opinion\n of John Marshall on the matter. Pendleton also writes to the\n Governor enclosing accounts of expenses of his office (1795\n May 10). On 14 May 1795, Pendleton provided a report on the\n final settlement of William Davies' accounts as Commissioner\n of Virginia for Claims Against the United States. Pendleton\n submits his letter of resignation on 5 August 1796 effective\n at the end of the month. The next day, Pendleton recommends\n Samuel Shepard to replace him as Auditor. Pendleton's official\n letter of resignation was submitted on 30 Sept. 1796. Ambler\n encloses a statement of monies belonging to claimants for the\n defense of the Western frontier (1795 Aug. 27). In addition,\n on 24 September 1795, he encloses a copy of a letter from\n Samuel Meredith, U.S. Treasurer, regarding a warrant from the\n Secretary of War for the full balance due the State of\n Virginia for the settlement of their account for the pay \u0026\n subsistence of militia, scouts, ammunition, and contingent\n expenses in the protection of the frontiers.","Notable correspondents from miscellaneous sources include\n the following: Andrew Dunscomb, Mayor of Richmond; John\n Hamilton, British Consul at Norfolk; and Thomas Mifflin,\n Governor of Pennsylvania.","Andrew Dunscomb mainly writes the Governor regarding the\n prevention of infectious disease to the City of Richmond. On\n 27 August 1795, he encloses resolutions of the Common Hall\n relative to the quarantine of vessels from Norfolk.\n Additionally, he discusses a law prohibiting the migration of\n free negroes from the West Indies into the Commonwealth (1795\n Sept. 18). Dunscomb also transmits a letter from William\n Richardson \u0026 Jacob I. Cohen regarding allowing passage of\n vessels from Norfolk, but stopping vessels from New York (1795\n Oct. 6).","John Hamilton, British Consul, frequently writes the\n Governor regarding British affairs. On 2 January 1795,\n Hamilton requests permission for the British ships Thetis\n \u0026 Cleopatra to make repairs in Norfolk Harbor. Hamilton\n also writes at length regarding British desertions,\n particularly the incident involving the attempt by British\n sailors on board the Thetis to recapture deserters in Norfolk\n (1795 Feb. 18, 25, \u0026 May 8). Hamilton was also\n particularly concerned with privateers preying on British\n ships. He specifically mentions a ship called the Unicorn\n which plundered a Danish vessel (1795 June 26 \u0026 July 30).\n In addition, Hamilton communicates his intelligence regarding\n vessels from Baltimore arming in the Chesapeake as privateers\n (1795 Aug. 15 \u0026 Sept. 24). His letter to the Lieutenant\n Governor relates to the prevention of illegal equipment for\n ships in the waters of Virginia (1795 July 3 \u0026 Oct. 6).\n Yet another incident occurred in January 1796 when the\n American Sloop Diana, loaded with British goods and bound for\n a British port in the West Indies, was forcibly boarded and\n her cargo carried away. Hamilton sends a letter to the\n Governor complaining about this incident, along with a similar\n letter to Willis Wilson (1796 Jan. 29). Finally, on 15\n February 1796, Hamilton writes regarding his inquiry to the\n President on the shipment of horses and the neutrality\n laws.","As Governor of Pennsylvania, Thomas Mifflin often\n corresponds with Governor Brooke with respect to fugitives\n from justice. On 29 December 1794, Mifflin transmits the\n affidavit of Stephen Girard affirming that Joseph Larelle had\n taken a mulatto boy named Crispin from his service with an\n intention of selling him into slavery. He writes again on 10\n February 1795 concerning the apprehension of Larelle. In a\n letter dated 12 March 1795, Mifflin informs the Governor of\n the appointment of Laurence Maher as Agent for Pennsylvania to\n bring Joseph Larelle back to Pennsylvania. Similarly, Mifflin\n transmits a copy of an affidavit by Robert Ross respecting\n Langford Herring who was accused of forgery and removed to\n Virginia (1795 Oct. 12). Mifflin also acknowledges the receipt\n of the revised laws from Virginia (1795 May 14 \u0026 1796 Aug.\n 25) and a resolution from Virginia proposing certain\n amendments to the U.S. Constitution (1796 Jan. 6). Mifflin\n responds to another letter on 22 January 1796 regarding an\n annual interchange of the laws passed by Pennsylvania \u0026\n Virginia.","Additional significant correspondence includes the\n following: George Clendenin regarding pay \u0026 subsistence of\n a company employed for the defense of Greenbrier \u0026 Kanawha\n (1794 Dec. 20); Paul Carrington accepting a commission as\n Judge of the General Court (1794 Dec. 18); Andrew Lewis\n regarding the discharge of the troops under his command on the\n southwestern frontiers (1794 Dec. 28); Thomas Mathews\n regarding the admission of two British ship of war into\n Norfolk (1795 Jan. 9); William Price, Register of the Land\n Office, regarding two additional clerk (1795 Jan. 15); Edward\n Carrington regarding the quota of militia called from Gen.\n Martin's Brigade for the late expeditions against the\n insurgents (1795 Feb. 8); William Lowther regarding the\n discharge of scouts \u0026 rangers under his command (1795 Feb.\n 21); Andrew Lewis regarding the settlement of his accounts\n (1795 March 3); John Steele regarding his tardiness in\n settling the Western accounts (1795 April 29); Andrew Lewis\n regarding his application to replace Gen. Tate as paymaster\n (1795 May 5); Daniel Bedinger responding to charges against\n him by George Hammond, regarding his deposition of the pilot\n Thomas Butler (1795 May 26); John Steele regarding the account\n of Virginia against the United States (1795 June 23); Henry\n Lee regarding his failure to execute orders by the Lt. Gov.\n concerning the privateer at Gloucester (1795 July 6); H. Young\n enclosing a letter from John Page regarding the Unicorn (1795\n July 7); John Dawson regarding Indian depredations in Harrison\n County (1795 Aug. 17); James Monroe, Paris, regarding the\n statue of Gen. Washington left unfinished while Thomas\n Jefferson was Minister to France (1795 Aug. 20); William\n Lowther regarding depredations by Indians in Harrison County\n (1795 Aug. 24); George Peachey, Mayor of Petersburg regarding\n two cases of yellow fever brought from Norfolk (1795 Aug. 26);\n George Clendenin resigning his commission as County Lieutenant\n for Kanawha County (1795 Nov. 14); Governor Brooke to the\n Clerk of the Council indicating his temporary absence from\n office (1795 Dec. 9); Robert Johnson to the Commissioners for\n Virginia regarding approval of the proceedings of the\n Commissioners concerning the boundary line between Virginia\n \u0026 Kentucky (1796 Jan. 1); Isaac Shelby, Governor of\n Kentucky, regarding the boundary line and enclosing an act of\n the Kentucky Legislature (1796 Feb. 15); William Pennock\n enclosing a bill of lading from Ve. Homberg \u0026 Homberg\n Freres for three cases containing the marble pedester statue\n of Gen. Washington and the marble pedestal (1796 April 10);\n Isaac Shelby enclosing a letter from Alexander Smyth regarding\n the boundary line between Virginia \u0026 Kentucky (1796 May\n 6); John Hoskins Stone, Governor of Maryland, regarding the\n extradition of Robert Osborn, a fugitive of justice (1796 June\n 16); John Dawson regarding obtaining arms for the State of\n Virginia from Europe (1796 Sept. 11 \u0026 12); Archibald\n Stuart regarding the agreement with the Kentucky Commissioners\n on the boundary line (1796 Sept. 27); Houdon regarding his\n payment for creating a marble statue of Washington (1796 Oct.\n 8); and Edmund Randolph regarding the case of Fairfax versus\n the Commonwealth (1796 Oct. 22).","Other noteworthy items include: oath of Robert Brooke by J.\n Pendleton as Governor (1794 Dec. 1); a list of persons who\n have migrated to Virginia and given oath to reside therein\n (1794 Dec. 17); receipts from William Morris, Contractor, for\n rations to soldiers under the command of Hugh Caperton (1794\n Dec. 17); proclamation revoking the previous proclamation of\n Lt. Gov. James Wood regarding the quarantine of vessels from\n certain ports (1794 Dec. 19); receipts from Samuel Shepard for\n the sale of the mace (1794 Dec. 3); order from Will Russell,\n Clerk of the Court of Directors of the Lunatic Hospital,\n applying for warrants from the Auditor of Public Accounts\n (1795 March 31 \u0026 1796 July 12); muster roll of scouts\n called into service for the protection of Randolph County\n (1795 May 20); proclamation by the Governor regarding the\n yellow fever outbreak in the West Indies and the quarantine of\n vessels from those areas (1795 May 21); petition from French\n refugees from St. Domingo at Norfolk regarding a plan to send\n back their negroes (1795 July N.D.); oath issued by John\n Pendleton to Robert Brooke as Governor (1795 Dec. 1); printed\n copy of the Treaty of Greenville signed by Timothy Pickering\n (1795 Dec. 22); proclamation by Lt. Gov. James Wood offering a\n reward for the capture of John Williford for the murder of\n Josiah Worrell (1795 Sept. 19); list of commissions of the\n peace for Southampton County (1796 Feb. 12); list of\n commissions of the peace for New Kent County (1796 March 4);\n account of William Hodgson for erecting the statue of\n Washington \u0026 repairing (1796 June 8); appointment of John\n Robertson by James Wood as Superintendent of Quarantine for\n Bermuda Hundred \u0026 City Point (1796 July 9); bond of Samuel\n Shepard as Auditor of Public Accounts (1796 Oct. 1);\n certificate of Samuel Moseley, Mayor of Norfolk, as elector\n for President \u0026 Vice President (1796 Nov. 7); and muster\n fines of the 22nd Regiment Virginia Militia, Mecklenburg\n County (1796 Nov. 5)."],"physloc_html_tesm":["\u003cphysloc label=\"Physical Location\"\u003eState Records Collection,\n Office of the Governor (Record Group 3)\u003c/physloc\u003e\n "],"physloc_tesim":["State Records Collection,\n Office of the Governor (Record Group 3)"],"language_ssim":["English"],"total_component_count_is":134,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-07-23T21:08:53.750Z","scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eRobert Brooke's Executive papers are organized\n chronologically with undated items arranged at the end of each\n year. These papers primarily consist of incoming\n correspondence during Brooke's two one-year terms as governor\n between 1 December 1794 until 1 December 1796. These records\n include correspondence written to James Wood who acted as\n Lieutenant Governor while Brooke was temporarily absent from\n office. The correspondence in this collection relates to a\n variety of topics including appointments for state positions;\n the Point of Fork Arsenal; defense of the frontier;\n resignations; arms \u0026amp; ammunition; Indian attacks; British\n \u0026amp; French ships in Virginia ports; the boundary line\n between Kentucky \u0026amp; Virginia; extraditions; the Houdon\n statue of Washington; state expenses \u0026amp; revenue; quarantine\n of vessels; foreign affairs; Revolutionary claims; elections;\n Presidential electors; the Capitol Building; the militia; and\n others. In addition to correspondence, there are resolutions\n from Congress and the Virginia Senate \u0026amp; House of\n Delegates; muster \u0026amp; pay rolls; accounts; oaths; pardons;\n receipts; election returns \u0026amp; certificates; qualifications;\n lists; depositions; proclamations; petitions; reports;\n appointments; resignations; treaties; bonds; commissions;\n orders; proceedings; applications; lists; opinions; and other\n sundry items. Note that files related to county officers for\n 1795 have been arranged alphabetically by county and separated\n to the end of the papers for that year.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eNoteworthy correspondence originates from the United States\n government, Virginia State government, and miscellaneous\n sources. Prominent correspondents from the United States\n government include Henry Knox, Timothy Pickering, \u0026amp; James\n McHenry, Secretaries of War; Edmund Randolph \u0026amp; Timothy\n Pickering, Secretaries of State; Alexander Campbell, U.S.\n District Attorney General, Samuel A. Otis \u0026amp; John\n Beckley, Clerks of the Senate \u0026amp; House of\n Representatives, and President George Washington.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eGovernor Brooke received correspondence on numerous\n occasions from the United States War Department. On 5 December\n 1794, Henry Knox transmitted a resolution by John Beckley,\n Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives, thanking the\n Virginia Militia for their service during the Whiskey\n Rebellion. Timothy Pickering replaced Knox as Secretary of War\n in 1795. Pickering writes on 6 January 1795 regarding the\n French ship Les Jumeaux which was armed and equipped at\n Philadelphia in violation of the U.S. neutrality law.\n Pickering also writes respecting bounty lands on the northwest\n side of the Ohio River for officers \u0026amp; soldiers of the\n Virginia Line on Continental Establishment (1795 June 13). In\n addition, Pickering responds to a letter from the Governor\n concerning establishing a small garrison of militia at\n Norfolk. According to Pickering, the President has no\n authority to call out the militia for the preservation of\n peace (1795 July 3). Lastly, Pickering writes regarding the\n pay of Charles Cist for printing regulations for the order and\n discipline of U.S. troops (1795 Sept. 14). James McHenry\n replaced Pickering as Secretary of War in 1796. In a letter\n dated 4 March 1796, McHenry acknowledges the receipt of the\n Governor's letter, along with the account \u0026amp; vouchers for\n militia \u0026amp; scouts on the Western frontier. William Simmons,\n in the Dept. of War Accountant's Office, corresponds with the\n Governor concerning the compensation by the United States to\n Virginia for the pay \u0026amp; subsistence of the militia,\n ammunition, and contingent expenses in the protection of the\n frontiers (1795 Sept. 17). On 14 March 1796, Simmons encloses\n a statement of differences on examination of the Virginia\n claims for pay, etc., in 1795. A letter from President George Washington dated 1796 Sept. 15 asks that his shares in the James River Company be applied to Liberty Hall Academy in rockbridge County (letter removed to the Vault - George Washington Papers).\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eEdmund Randolph, former Governor of Virginia, corresponds\n as Secretary of State. On 3 January 1795, Randolph transmits a\n proclamation of thanksgiving from the President (proclamation\n not included). In another letter of the same date, Randolph\n remarks on a letter from the Governor regarding the embargo.\n On 16 February 1795, Randolph writes about the capture of a\n pilot boat belonging to the British Consul at Norfolk.\n Randolph encloses copies of letters from Gen. Thomas Mathews\n to Governor Lee, Alexander Hamilton, Sec. of the Treasury, and\n orders from Mathews to Lt. Vaughan. On 8 May 1795, Randolph\n encloses letters and papers from George Hammond, British\n Minister Plenipotentiary, concerning French prizes taken by\n Rear Admiral Murray and an order for foreign ships to depart\n American ports. Included is a copy of a letter from Thomas\n Jefferson to Hammond regarding French \u0026amp; British ships in\n American ports and the treaty with France to admit prizes\n \u0026amp; repair French ships in U.S. ports. The next day,\n Randolph encloses additional copies of letters from Hammond,\n along with a declaration \u0026amp; affidavit by Thomas Butler\n regarding the French prizes taken by Admiral Murray. Finally,\n Randolph discusses the practice of British ships of war\n impressing American seamen (1795 May 20). All copies of\n letters were transcribed by George Taylor, Jr., Chief Clerk of\n the Department of State. Timothy Pickering served as Secretary\n of State upon the resignation of Randolph on 19 August 1795.\n On 20 January 1796, Pickering writes to Pierre A. Adet, French\n Minister Plenipotentiary, with respect to U.S. neutrality.\n Pickering also encloses a translation of a letter he received\n from Adet regarding the purchase of flour \u0026amp; horses by the\n English in Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eAlexander Campbell, District U.S. Attorney, provides his\n opinion on the following subjects: the unlawful detention of a\n mariner by a British vessel of war (1795 Jan. 25), the\n delivery of a fugitive of justice from Pennsylvania and\n deserters from a British ship of war at Norfolk (1795 Jan.\n 25), and the Unicorn, a suspected privateer outfitting at\n Gloucester (1795 June 26). In addition, Samuel A. Otis \u0026amp;\n John Beckley periodically transmit journals of the proceedings\n of the U.S. Senate \u0026amp; House of Representatives (1795 April\n 13 \u0026amp; 25, \u0026amp; 1796 July 28).\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eSignificant correspondents from Virginia State government\n include Archibald Blair, Clerk of the Council; Samuel Coleman,\n Assistant Clerk of the Council of State; James Innes, Attorney\n General; Charles Hay, Clerk of the House of Delegates;\n Humphrey Brooke, Clerk of the Senate; William Hay, Robert\n Goode, \u0026amp; William Foushee, etc., Directors of Public\n Buildings; Robert Quarles, Superintendent of the Point of Fork\n Arsenal; Thomas Newton \u0026amp; Willis Wilson, County\n Lieutenants; John Pendleton, Jr., Auditor of Public Accounts;\n and Jacquelin Ambler, Treasurer.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eArchibald Blair \u0026amp; Samuel Coleman, as Clerk \u0026amp;\n Assistant Clerk of the Council, communicate with the Governor\n frequently through the Council Office. Blair offers the advice\n of the Council regarding the account against the U.S. for the\n Western defense, reimbursement for the Springfield expedition,\n the printing of German military regulations, and orders for\n scouts in Ohio \u0026amp; Harrison Counties (1795 Jan. 14). Blair\n also writes G. Deneale denying his request to keep arms given\n to the light infantry under his command at Winchester to use\n against the insurgents (1795 Feb. 11). On 14 July 1795, Blair\n submits the order of the Council for ordering out the militia\n from Norfolk \u0026amp; Portsmouth to prevent disorder or\n insurrections from the frequent migrations of negroes. Lastly,\n Blair provides the advice of the Council concerning witnesses\n against Archer Branch in North Carolina (1796 Feb. 15).\n Coleman mainly writes concerning military finances including\n the account of Hugh Caperton for ammunition (1794 Dec. 2) and\n Capt. William Lowther's pay abstract \u0026amp; muster roll (1795\n March 5). On 12 May 1795, Coleman writes the Governor\n requesting that the office of Keeper of the Capitol not be\n taken from his father, Wyatt Coleman. His father writes a\n similar letter on the same date. On 4 December 1795, Coleman\n requests additional compensation for completing a list of\n officers \u0026amp; privates of the Continental Line. Shortly\n thereafter, Coleman was appointed Adjutant General and asks\n the Lieutenant Governor for an apartment in the Capitol to\n perform his new duties (1795 Dec. 14).\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eDuring James Innes' absence in 1794 \u0026amp; 1795, John\n Marshall provides his opinion on the militia law as Attorney\n General of Virginia (1794 Undated). Upon Innes' return,\n Marshall writes as counsel to Lord Fairfax concerning the case\n of the Commonwealth against him in the Court of Appeals (1795\n March 2). On 23 April 1795, Innes writes that he will be\n unable to attend this trial in the Court of Appeals due to\n illness. Innes provides an opinion on such topics as the\n improper trial of William John Thweatt who was found guilty of\n horse stealing (1795 April 7), proceedings against Mr. Johnson\n for the alleged murder of Mr. Jeffers (1796 Jan. 13), and the\n power of the Governor to procure the attendance of necessary\n witnesses from the Territory South of the Ohio River (1796\n Feb. 3). On 21 June 1796, he remarks on the assignment of the\n Solicitor's Office for the use of the Attorney General. Again,\n on 17 July 1796, Innes writes that he must be absent from\n office because of health problems. He adds that he has asked\n Mr. Warden to discharge the duties of his office. Innes was\n forced to resign in a letter to the Governor dated 13 November\n 1796.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eCharles Hay, Clerk of the House of Delegates, and Humphrey\n Brooke, Clerk of the Senate, often submit legislation and\n qualifications of election to the Governor. Noteworthy\n legislation includes a resolution to inquire about the\n \"lucrative office\" accepted by James Innes in the General\n Government (1794 Dec. 16). Included in these papers are the\n qualifications for the election of Spencer Roane as Judge of\n the Court of Appeals in place of Henry Tazewell (1794 Dec. 2),\n the election of Jaquelin Ambler as Treasurer (1794 Dec. 17),\n Paul Carrington as Judge of the General Court in place of\n Spencer Roane (1794 Dec. 17), Robert Brooke as Governor (1795\n Nov. 26), Robert Brooke as Attorney General (1796 Nov. 16),\n and Samuel Shepard as Auditor of Public Accounts in place of\n John Pendleton (1796 Nov. 16). A letter from John Wise,\n Speaker of the House of Delegates, encloses sundry resolutions\n for proposing certain amendments to the U.S. Constitution\n (1795 Dec. 19).\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eWilliam Hay, Robert Goode, \u0026amp; William Foushee, etc.,\n Directors of Public Buildings, provide information on work\n done to the Capitol Building and the settlement of accounts.\n On 28 November 1795, William Hay writes regarding the account\n of Samuel Dobie for superintending \u0026amp; directing the\n execution of the steps outside the Capitol, as well as the\n staircase, conference, and other work done inside the Capitol\n from 1793 to 1794. Hay also encloses accounts and a letter\n from Dobie indicating the amount of balances due him. On 30\n March 1796, the Directors write regarding the repair of the\n roof of the Capitol and surplus materials.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eMaj. Robert Quarles submits quarterly returns of ordnance\n \u0026amp; public stores at Point of Fork (1795 Jan. 2, 1795 March\n 31, 1795 June 30, 1795 Oct. 6, 1795 Dec. 31, 1796 March 31,\n 1796 June 30, \u0026amp; 1796 Sept. 30). In addition, Quarles'\n correspondence concerns a contract for provisions at Point of\n Fork (1795 May 5 \u0026amp; 25), an increase in salary (1795 Oct.\n 6), the bond of William Weaver to provide rations for the\n State Arsenal (1796 May 27), the supply of timber \u0026amp;\n firewood contract with David Ross (1796 Sept. 12), and the\n bond of Matthew \u0026amp; Elias Wills for the Office of Contractor\n to supply the State Arsenal with rations (1796 Oct. 27).\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eThomas Newton, Jr., County Lieutenant for Norfolk Borough,\n frequently writes the Governor on a variety of concerns. On 11\n January 1795, Newton encloses copies of letters from the\n British \u0026amp; French Consuls regarding disturbances between\n British \u0026amp; French crews in Norfolk Harbor. On 14 January,\n Newton discusses the case of Daniel Raybourn, an American\n seamen taken by the Lynx, a British ship of war, from a Danish\n Brig. He encloses the opinion of Alexander Campbell to the\n Lieutenant Governor on the same matter on 25 January 1795. In\n another letter, he remarks on Campbell's opinion on British\n deserters and the extradition of the fugitive Joseph Larelle\n back to Pennsylvania (1795 Feb. 1). Newton communicates\n Campbell's opinion to John Hamilton, British Consul, stating\n that it is the duty of the magistrates to apprehend deserters\n (1795 Feb. 2). An incident occurred in February 1795 when a\n group of armed men from the British ship Thetis marched into\n Norfolk committing illegal searches in the homes of citizens\n for deserters. Newton informs the Governor of this incident\n and encloses an account by the Captain of the Watch, a copy of\n a letter from John Hamilton, and depositions (1795 Feb. 17).\n He writes again on this matter on 25 February 1795 enclosing\n letters from Alexander F. Cochrane, Captain of the Thetis,\n \u0026amp; John Hamilton. Much of Newton's correspondence with\n Governor Brooke relates to the spread of diseases to Norfolk\n \u0026amp; the quarantine of vessels (1795 April 28; 1795 May 5,\n 16, 26; 1795 Aug. 22; 1795 Oct. 3; 1795 Nov. 4, 5, \u0026amp; 17;\n 1796 May 15 \u0026amp; 29; 1796 July 8; 1796 Aug. 13 \u0026amp; 28; 1796\n Sept. 12 \u0026amp; 28; 1796 Oct. 27; \u0026amp; 1796 Nov. 7). On 28\n February 1796, Newton writes regarding the purchase of two\n acres of land for building houses for the reception of goods\n and for accommodating the persons performing quarantine. On 17\n April 1795, Newton informs the Governor of American citizens\n detained on board Admiral Murray's ship the Resolution, a\n British ship of war. His letters of 1796 Feb. 7 \u0026amp; 9 relate\n to letters from Henry McGeary, an American citizen impressed\n on the Resolution. Later, Newton encloses a letter from Judge\n Cyrus Griffin respecting the case of McGeary (1796 Feb. 21).\n Newton remarks on the arrival of three French ships from\n Guadalupe and the defenseless condition of the port due to the\n incompletion of the forts and the insufficient garrison there\n (1795 May 24). On 9 June 1795, Newton relates the capture of\n two French ships off the coast by the British ships Thetis\n \u0026amp; Hussar. In addition, he mentions the arrival of a French\n ship from Dominique with French citizens and a number of\n negroes which they claim as servants. A few days later, Newton\n informs the Governor of the arrival of the Sloop Industry from\n Boston which carried negro slaves on board in violation of the\n non-importation laws (1795 June 11). In a letter dated 21 June\n 1795, Newton encloses the deposition of Francis Marshal\n concerning two brigs taken off the coast of Virginia by a\n Bermudian privateer. Another significant event occurred in\n January 1796 when horses were purchased by British officers in\n the United States for mounting their troops against the French\n in the West Indies. Newton writes the Governor that this is a\n violation of the treaty with France \u0026amp; Holland (1796 Jan.\n 20). Shortly thereafter, he encloses a letter from Mr. Oster,\n French Consul, complaining of the shipment of horses by the\n British (1796 Jan. 23). The next day, he encloses one from\n John Hamilton denying that the shipment of horses is a\n military preparation (1795 Jan. 24).\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eWillis Wilson, County Lieutenant for Portsmouth,\n corresponds with the Governor regarding similar subjects as\n Thomas Newton. On 29 April 1795, Wilson suggests that a boat\n be armed at Hampton Roads for the purpose of preventing\n violators of U.S. neutrality and to liberate the men impressed\n on board Rear Admiral Murray's Squadron. He encloses the\n deposition of Capt. Hatten whose ship was boarded by the Lynx.\n A letter from Wilson to Admiral Murray relates to hostile\n expeditions by ships of any belligerent nation in Virginia\n waters. In this letter, he orders the ships to depart Virginia\n waters and to liberate any American citizens detained on board\n (1795 April 27). Wilson encloses a letter from John Hamilton\n informing him that the vessels Diana \u0026amp; Thomas are waiting\n to embark with their cargo of horses. On 24 June 1795, Wilson\n writes about the small pox epidemic in Portsmouth and the\n impressment of John Underwood \u0026amp; John Lloyd on board the\n British ship Lynx. Finally, Wilson writes the Governor\n regarding the formation of an artillery company in Portsmouth\n under the command of John Cowper (1796 Feb. 23 \u0026amp; March\n 27).\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eGovernor Randolph corresponds often with John Pendleton,\n Jr., Auditor of Public Accounts, and Jaquelin Ambler,\n Treasurer, regarding various financial matters. Pendleton\n regularly encloses lists of warrants issued by him through the\n Auditor's Office (1795 March 31, 1795 July 1, 1795 Nov. 5,\n 1795 Dec. 31, 1796 July 1). Additionally, Pendleton writes\n regarding the suspicion of a fraudulent sale against Robert\n Craig, former sheriff of Washington County (1794 Dec. 18).\n Pendleton encloses the report of John Taylor and the opinion\n of John Marshall on the matter. Pendleton also writes to the\n Governor enclosing accounts of expenses of his office (1795\n May 10). On 14 May 1795, Pendleton provided a report on the\n final settlement of William Davies' accounts as Commissioner\n of Virginia for Claims Against the United States. Pendleton\n submits his letter of resignation on 5 August 1796 effective\n at the end of the month. The next day, Pendleton recommends\n Samuel Shepard to replace him as Auditor. Pendleton's official\n letter of resignation was submitted on 30 Sept. 1796. Ambler\n encloses a statement of monies belonging to claimants for the\n defense of the Western frontier (1795 Aug. 27). In addition,\n on 24 September 1795, he encloses a copy of a letter from\n Samuel Meredith, U.S. Treasurer, regarding a warrant from the\n Secretary of War for the full balance due the State of\n Virginia for the settlement of their account for the pay \u0026amp;\n subsistence of militia, scouts, ammunition, and contingent\n expenses in the protection of the frontiers.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eNotable correspondents from miscellaneous sources include\n the following: Andrew Dunscomb, Mayor of Richmond; John\n Hamilton, British Consul at Norfolk; and Thomas Mifflin,\n Governor of Pennsylvania.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eAndrew Dunscomb mainly writes the Governor regarding the\n prevention of infectious disease to the City of Richmond. On\n 27 August 1795, he encloses resolutions of the Common Hall\n relative to the quarantine of vessels from Norfolk.\n Additionally, he discusses a law prohibiting the migration of\n free negroes from the West Indies into the Commonwealth (1795\n Sept. 18). Dunscomb also transmits a letter from William\n Richardson \u0026amp; Jacob I. Cohen regarding allowing passage of\n vessels from Norfolk, but stopping vessels from New York (1795\n Oct. 6).\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eJohn Hamilton, British Consul, frequently writes the\n Governor regarding British affairs. On 2 January 1795,\n Hamilton requests permission for the British ships Thetis\n \u0026amp; Cleopatra to make repairs in Norfolk Harbor. Hamilton\n also writes at length regarding British desertions,\n particularly the incident involving the attempt by British\n sailors on board the Thetis to recapture deserters in Norfolk\n (1795 Feb. 18, 25, \u0026amp; May 8). Hamilton was also\n particularly concerned with privateers preying on British\n ships. He specifically mentions a ship called the Unicorn\n which plundered a Danish vessel (1795 June 26 \u0026amp; July 30).\n In addition, Hamilton communicates his intelligence regarding\n vessels from Baltimore arming in the Chesapeake as privateers\n (1795 Aug. 15 \u0026amp; Sept. 24). His letter to the Lieutenant\n Governor relates to the prevention of illegal equipment for\n ships in the waters of Virginia (1795 July 3 \u0026amp; Oct. 6).\n Yet another incident occurred in January 1796 when the\n American Sloop Diana, loaded with British goods and bound for\n a British port in the West Indies, was forcibly boarded and\n her cargo carried away. Hamilton sends a letter to the\n Governor complaining about this incident, along with a similar\n letter to Willis Wilson (1796 Jan. 29). Finally, on 15\n February 1796, Hamilton writes regarding his inquiry to the\n President on the shipment of horses and the neutrality\n laws.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eAs Governor of Pennsylvania, Thomas Mifflin often\n corresponds with Governor Brooke with respect to fugitives\n from justice. On 29 December 1794, Mifflin transmits the\n affidavit of Stephen Girard affirming that Joseph Larelle had\n taken a mulatto boy named Crispin from his service with an\n intention of selling him into slavery. He writes again on 10\n February 1795 concerning the apprehension of Larelle. In a\n letter dated 12 March 1795, Mifflin informs the Governor of\n the appointment of Laurence Maher as Agent for Pennsylvania to\n bring Joseph Larelle back to Pennsylvania. Similarly, Mifflin\n transmits a copy of an affidavit by Robert Ross respecting\n Langford Herring who was accused of forgery and removed to\n Virginia (1795 Oct. 12). Mifflin also acknowledges the receipt\n of the revised laws from Virginia (1795 May 14 \u0026amp; 1796 Aug.\n 25) and a resolution from Virginia proposing certain\n amendments to the U.S. Constitution (1796 Jan. 6). Mifflin\n responds to another letter on 22 January 1796 regarding an\n annual interchange of the laws passed by Pennsylvania \u0026amp;\n Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eAdditional significant correspondence includes the\n following: George Clendenin regarding pay \u0026amp; subsistence of\n a company employed for the defense of Greenbrier \u0026amp; Kanawha\n (1794 Dec. 20); Paul Carrington accepting a commission as\n Judge of the General Court (1794 Dec. 18); Andrew Lewis\n regarding the discharge of the troops under his command on the\n southwestern frontiers (1794 Dec. 28); Thomas Mathews\n regarding the admission of two British ship of war into\n Norfolk (1795 Jan. 9); William Price, Register of the Land\n Office, regarding two additional clerk (1795 Jan. 15); Edward\n Carrington regarding the quota of militia called from Gen.\n Martin's Brigade for the late expeditions against the\n insurgents (1795 Feb. 8); William Lowther regarding the\n discharge of scouts \u0026amp; rangers under his command (1795 Feb.\n 21); Andrew Lewis regarding the settlement of his accounts\n (1795 March 3); John Steele regarding his tardiness in\n settling the Western accounts (1795 April 29); Andrew Lewis\n regarding his application to replace Gen. Tate as paymaster\n (1795 May 5); Daniel Bedinger responding to charges against\n him by George Hammond, regarding his deposition of the pilot\n Thomas Butler (1795 May 26); John Steele regarding the account\n of Virginia against the United States (1795 June 23); Henry\n Lee regarding his failure to execute orders by the Lt. Gov.\n concerning the privateer at Gloucester (1795 July 6); H. Young\n enclosing a letter from John Page regarding the Unicorn (1795\n July 7); John Dawson regarding Indian depredations in Harrison\n County (1795 Aug. 17); James Monroe, Paris, regarding the\n statue of Gen. Washington left unfinished while Thomas\n Jefferson was Minister to France (1795 Aug. 20); William\n Lowther regarding depredations by Indians in Harrison County\n (1795 Aug. 24); George Peachey, Mayor of Petersburg regarding\n two cases of yellow fever brought from Norfolk (1795 Aug. 26);\n George Clendenin resigning his commission as County Lieutenant\n for Kanawha County (1795 Nov. 14); Governor Brooke to the\n Clerk of the Council indicating his temporary absence from\n office (1795 Dec. 9); Robert Johnson to the Commissioners for\n Virginia regarding approval of the proceedings of the\n Commissioners concerning the boundary line between Virginia\n \u0026amp; Kentucky (1796 Jan. 1); Isaac Shelby, Governor of\n Kentucky, regarding the boundary line and enclosing an act of\n the Kentucky Legislature (1796 Feb. 15); William Pennock\n enclosing a bill of lading from Ve. Homberg \u0026amp; Homberg\n Freres for three cases containing the marble pedester statue\n of Gen. Washington and the marble pedestal (1796 April 10);\n Isaac Shelby enclosing a letter from Alexander Smyth regarding\n the boundary line between Virginia \u0026amp; Kentucky (1796 May\n 6); John Hoskins Stone, Governor of Maryland, regarding the\n extradition of Robert Osborn, a fugitive of justice (1796 June\n 16); John Dawson regarding obtaining arms for the State of\n Virginia from Europe (1796 Sept. 11 \u0026amp; 12); Archibald\n Stuart regarding the agreement with the Kentucky Commissioners\n on the boundary line (1796 Sept. 27); Houdon regarding his\n payment for creating a marble statue of Washington (1796 Oct.\n 8); and Edmund Randolph regarding the case of Fairfax versus\n the Commonwealth (1796 Oct. 22).\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eOther noteworthy items include: oath of Robert Brooke by J.\n Pendleton as Governor (1794 Dec. 1); a list of persons who\n have migrated to Virginia and given oath to reside therein\n (1794 Dec. 17); receipts from William Morris, Contractor, for\n rations to soldiers under the command of Hugh Caperton (1794\n Dec. 17); proclamation revoking the previous proclamation of\n Lt. Gov. James Wood regarding the quarantine of vessels from\n certain ports (1794 Dec. 19); receipts from Samuel Shepard for\n the sale of the mace (1794 Dec. 3); order from Will Russell,\n Clerk of the Court of Directors of the Lunatic Hospital,\n applying for warrants from the Auditor of Public Accounts\n (1795 March 31 \u0026amp; 1796 July 12); muster roll of scouts\n called into service for the protection of Randolph County\n (1795 May 20); proclamation by the Governor regarding the\n yellow fever outbreak in the West Indies and the quarantine of\n vessels from those areas (1795 May 21); petition from French\n refugees from St. Domingo at Norfolk regarding a plan to send\n back their negroes (1795 July N.D.); oath issued by John\n Pendleton to Robert Brooke as Governor (1795 Dec. 1); printed\n copy of the Treaty of Greenville signed by Timothy Pickering\n (1795 Dec. 22); proclamation by Lt. Gov. James Wood offering a\n reward for the capture of John Williford for the murder of\n Josiah Worrell (1795 Sept. 19); list of commissions of the\n peace for Southampton County (1796 Feb. 12); list of\n commissions of the peace for New Kent County (1796 March 4);\n account of William Hodgson for erecting the statue of\n Washington \u0026amp; repairing (1796 June 8); appointment of John\n Robertson by James Wood as Superintendent of Quarantine for\n Bermuda Hundred \u0026amp; City Point (1796 July 9); bond of Samuel\n Shepard as Auditor of Public Accounts (1796 Oct. 1);\n certificate of Samuel Moseley, Mayor of Norfolk, as elector\n for President \u0026amp; Vice President (1796 Nov. 7); and muster\n fines of the 22nd Regiment Virginia Militia, Mecklenburg\n County (1796 Nov. 5).\u003c/p\u003e\n "]}]}},"label":"Breadcrumbs"}}},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/vi_vi00866_c07"}},{"id":"vi_vi00866_c10","type":"Series","attributes":{"title":"1795","breadcrumbs":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/vi_vi00866_c10#breadcrumbs","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":{"ref_ssi":"vi_vi00866_c10","ref_ssm":["vi_vi00866_c10"],"id":"vi_vi00866_c10","ead_ssi":"vi_vi00866","_root_":"vi_vi00866","_nest_parent_":"vi_vi00866","parent_ssi":"vi_vi00866","parent_ssim":["Governor Robert Brooke Executive\n Papers, 1794-1796"],"parent_ids_ssim":["vi_vi00866"],"title_filing_ssi":"1795","title_ssm":["1795"],"title_tesim":["1795"],"normalized_title_ssm":["1795"],"text":["1795","Governor Robert Brooke Executive\n Papers, 1794-1796"],"parent_unittitles_ssm":["Governor Robert Brooke Executive\n Papers, 1794-1796"],"parent_unittitles_tesim":["Governor Robert Brooke Executive\n Papers, 1794-1796"],"level_ssm":["Series"],"level_ssim":["Series"],"component_level_isim":[1],"sort_isi":128,"repository_ssim":["Library of Virginia"],"collection_ssim":["Governor Robert Brooke Executive\n Papers, 1794-1796"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"child_component_count_isi":3,"_nest_path_":"/components#9","timestamp":"2026-07-23T21:08:53.750Z","collection":{"numFound":1,"start":0,"numFoundExact":true,"docs":[{"id":"vi_vi00866","ead_ssi":"vi_vi00866","_root_":"vi_vi00866","_nest_parent_":"vi_vi00866","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/lva/vi00866.xml","title_ssm":["Governor Robert Brooke Executive\n Papers, 1794-1796"],"title_tesim":["Governor Robert Brooke Executive\n Papers, 1794-1796"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Governor Robert Brooke Executive\n Papers, 1794-1796"],"text":["Governor Robert Brooke Executive\n Papers, 1794-1796","40723","2.23 cubic\n feet","Arranged chronologically by date of document with undated\n items arranged to the rear.","Robert Brooke was born in Spotsylvania County to Richard\n Brooke and Ann Hay Taliaferro Brooke around 1760. Educated in\n Edinburgh, Scotland, during the Revolutionary War, Brooke\n returned to Virginia in 1780 where he enlisted in a volunteer\n cavalry troop and was captured by the British at Westham in\n January 1781. Brooke returned to Spotsylvania County to\n practice law, later moving his office to Fredericksburg. In\n 1786, Brooke married Mary Ritchie Hopper (d. 1796) and settled\n on an estate in Fredericksburg which became known as Federal\n Hill. Brooke represented Spotsylvania County in the House of\n Delegates from 1791 until 1794. Upon the vacancy of the office\n of governor by Henry Lee to suppress the Whiskey Rebellion,\n the General Assembly elected Brooke governor on 20 November\n 1794. He was reelected for a second one-year term on 26\n November 1795. Brooke County, now in West Virginia, was named\n after Robert Brooke when it was formed from part of Ohio\n County in 1796. Following his second term as governor, Brooke\n was elected to replace James Innes as attorney general of\n Virginia on 16 November 1796. He served as attorney general\n until his death on 27 February 1800.","Robert Brooke's Executive papers are organized\n chronologically with undated items arranged at the end of each\n year. These papers primarily consist of incoming\n correspondence during Brooke's two one-year terms as governor\n between 1 December 1794 until 1 December 1796. These records\n include correspondence written to James Wood who acted as\n Lieutenant Governor while Brooke was temporarily absent from\n office. The correspondence in this collection relates to a\n variety of topics including appointments for state positions;\n the Point of Fork Arsenal; defense of the frontier;\n resignations; arms \u0026 ammunition; Indian attacks; British\n \u0026 French ships in Virginia ports; the boundary line\n between Kentucky \u0026 Virginia; extraditions; the Houdon\n statue of Washington; state expenses \u0026 revenue; quarantine\n of vessels; foreign affairs; Revolutionary claims; elections;\n Presidential electors; the Capitol Building; the militia; and\n others. In addition to correspondence, there are resolutions\n from Congress and the Virginia Senate \u0026 House of\n Delegates; muster \u0026 pay rolls; accounts; oaths; pardons;\n receipts; election returns \u0026 certificates; qualifications;\n lists; depositions; proclamations; petitions; reports;\n appointments; resignations; treaties; bonds; commissions;\n orders; proceedings; applications; lists; opinions; and other\n sundry items. Note that files related to county officers for\n 1795 have been arranged alphabetically by county and separated\n to the end of the papers for that year.","Noteworthy correspondence originates from the United States\n government, Virginia State government, and miscellaneous\n sources. Prominent correspondents from the United States\n government include Henry Knox, Timothy Pickering, \u0026 James\n McHenry, Secretaries of War; Edmund Randolph \u0026 Timothy\n Pickering, Secretaries of State; Alexander Campbell, U.S.\n District Attorney General, Samuel A. Otis \u0026 John\n Beckley, Clerks of the Senate \u0026 House of\n Representatives, and President George Washington.","Governor Brooke received correspondence on numerous\n occasions from the United States War Department. On 5 December\n 1794, Henry Knox transmitted a resolution by John Beckley,\n Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives, thanking the\n Virginia Militia for their service during the Whiskey\n Rebellion. Timothy Pickering replaced Knox as Secretary of War\n in 1795. Pickering writes on 6 January 1795 regarding the\n French ship Les Jumeaux which was armed and equipped at\n Philadelphia in violation of the U.S. neutrality law.\n Pickering also writes respecting bounty lands on the northwest\n side of the Ohio River for officers \u0026 soldiers of the\n Virginia Line on Continental Establishment (1795 June 13). In\n addition, Pickering responds to a letter from the Governor\n concerning establishing a small garrison of militia at\n Norfolk. According to Pickering, the President has no\n authority to call out the militia for the preservation of\n peace (1795 July 3). Lastly, Pickering writes regarding the\n pay of Charles Cist for printing regulations for the order and\n discipline of U.S. troops (1795 Sept. 14). James McHenry\n replaced Pickering as Secretary of War in 1796. In a letter\n dated 4 March 1796, McHenry acknowledges the receipt of the\n Governor's letter, along with the account \u0026 vouchers for\n militia \u0026 scouts on the Western frontier. William Simmons,\n in the Dept. of War Accountant's Office, corresponds with the\n Governor concerning the compensation by the United States to\n Virginia for the pay \u0026 subsistence of the militia,\n ammunition, and contingent expenses in the protection of the\n frontiers (1795 Sept. 17). On 14 March 1796, Simmons encloses\n a statement of differences on examination of the Virginia\n claims for pay, etc., in 1795. A letter from President George Washington dated 1796 Sept. 15 asks that his shares in the James River Company be applied to Liberty Hall Academy in rockbridge County (letter removed to the Vault - George Washington Papers).","Edmund Randolph, former Governor of Virginia, corresponds\n as Secretary of State. On 3 January 1795, Randolph transmits a\n proclamation of thanksgiving from the President (proclamation\n not included). In another letter of the same date, Randolph\n remarks on a letter from the Governor regarding the embargo.\n On 16 February 1795, Randolph writes about the capture of a\n pilot boat belonging to the British Consul at Norfolk.\n Randolph encloses copies of letters from Gen. Thomas Mathews\n to Governor Lee, Alexander Hamilton, Sec. of the Treasury, and\n orders from Mathews to Lt. Vaughan. On 8 May 1795, Randolph\n encloses letters and papers from George Hammond, British\n Minister Plenipotentiary, concerning French prizes taken by\n Rear Admiral Murray and an order for foreign ships to depart\n American ports. Included is a copy of a letter from Thomas\n Jefferson to Hammond regarding French \u0026 British ships in\n American ports and the treaty with France to admit prizes\n \u0026 repair French ships in U.S. ports. The next day,\n Randolph encloses additional copies of letters from Hammond,\n along with a declaration \u0026 affidavit by Thomas Butler\n regarding the French prizes taken by Admiral Murray. Finally,\n Randolph discusses the practice of British ships of war\n impressing American seamen (1795 May 20). All copies of\n letters were transcribed by George Taylor, Jr., Chief Clerk of\n the Department of State. Timothy Pickering served as Secretary\n of State upon the resignation of Randolph on 19 August 1795.\n On 20 January 1796, Pickering writes to Pierre A. Adet, French\n Minister Plenipotentiary, with respect to U.S. neutrality.\n Pickering also encloses a translation of a letter he received\n from Adet regarding the purchase of flour \u0026 horses by the\n English in Virginia.","Alexander Campbell, District U.S. Attorney, provides his\n opinion on the following subjects: the unlawful detention of a\n mariner by a British vessel of war (1795 Jan. 25), the\n delivery of a fugitive of justice from Pennsylvania and\n deserters from a British ship of war at Norfolk (1795 Jan.\n 25), and the Unicorn, a suspected privateer outfitting at\n Gloucester (1795 June 26). In addition, Samuel A. Otis \u0026\n John Beckley periodically transmit journals of the proceedings\n of the U.S. Senate \u0026 House of Representatives (1795 April\n 13 \u0026 25, \u0026 1796 July 28).","Significant correspondents from Virginia State government\n include Archibald Blair, Clerk of the Council; Samuel Coleman,\n Assistant Clerk of the Council of State; James Innes, Attorney\n General; Charles Hay, Clerk of the House of Delegates;\n Humphrey Brooke, Clerk of the Senate; William Hay, Robert\n Goode, \u0026 William Foushee, etc., Directors of Public\n Buildings; Robert Quarles, Superintendent of the Point of Fork\n Arsenal; Thomas Newton \u0026 Willis Wilson, County\n Lieutenants; John Pendleton, Jr., Auditor of Public Accounts;\n and Jacquelin Ambler, Treasurer.","Archibald Blair \u0026 Samuel Coleman, as Clerk \u0026\n Assistant Clerk of the Council, communicate with the Governor\n frequently through the Council Office. Blair offers the advice\n of the Council regarding the account against the U.S. for the\n Western defense, reimbursement for the Springfield expedition,\n the printing of German military regulations, and orders for\n scouts in Ohio \u0026 Harrison Counties (1795 Jan. 14). Blair\n also writes G. Deneale denying his request to keep arms given\n to the light infantry under his command at Winchester to use\n against the insurgents (1795 Feb. 11). On 14 July 1795, Blair\n submits the order of the Council for ordering out the militia\n from Norfolk \u0026 Portsmouth to prevent disorder or\n insurrections from the frequent migrations of negroes. Lastly,\n Blair provides the advice of the Council concerning witnesses\n against Archer Branch in North Carolina (1796 Feb. 15).\n Coleman mainly writes concerning military finances including\n the account of Hugh Caperton for ammunition (1794 Dec. 2) and\n Capt. William Lowther's pay abstract \u0026 muster roll (1795\n March 5). On 12 May 1795, Coleman writes the Governor\n requesting that the office of Keeper of the Capitol not be\n taken from his father, Wyatt Coleman. His father writes a\n similar letter on the same date. On 4 December 1795, Coleman\n requests additional compensation for completing a list of\n officers \u0026 privates of the Continental Line. Shortly\n thereafter, Coleman was appointed Adjutant General and asks\n the Lieutenant Governor for an apartment in the Capitol to\n perform his new duties (1795 Dec. 14).","During James Innes' absence in 1794 \u0026 1795, John\n Marshall provides his opinion on the militia law as Attorney\n General of Virginia (1794 Undated). Upon Innes' return,\n Marshall writes as counsel to Lord Fairfax concerning the case\n of the Commonwealth against him in the Court of Appeals (1795\n March 2). On 23 April 1795, Innes writes that he will be\n unable to attend this trial in the Court of Appeals due to\n illness. Innes provides an opinion on such topics as the\n improper trial of William John Thweatt who was found guilty of\n horse stealing (1795 April 7), proceedings against Mr. Johnson\n for the alleged murder of Mr. Jeffers (1796 Jan. 13), and the\n power of the Governor to procure the attendance of necessary\n witnesses from the Territory South of the Ohio River (1796\n Feb. 3). On 21 June 1796, he remarks on the assignment of the\n Solicitor's Office for the use of the Attorney General. Again,\n on 17 July 1796, Innes writes that he must be absent from\n office because of health problems. He adds that he has asked\n Mr. Warden to discharge the duties of his office. Innes was\n forced to resign in a letter to the Governor dated 13 November\n 1796.","Charles Hay, Clerk of the House of Delegates, and Humphrey\n Brooke, Clerk of the Senate, often submit legislation and\n qualifications of election to the Governor. Noteworthy\n legislation includes a resolution to inquire about the\n \"lucrative office\" accepted by James Innes in the General\n Government (1794 Dec. 16). Included in these papers are the\n qualifications for the election of Spencer Roane as Judge of\n the Court of Appeals in place of Henry Tazewell (1794 Dec. 2),\n the election of Jaquelin Ambler as Treasurer (1794 Dec. 17),\n Paul Carrington as Judge of the General Court in place of\n Spencer Roane (1794 Dec. 17), Robert Brooke as Governor (1795\n Nov. 26), Robert Brooke as Attorney General (1796 Nov. 16),\n and Samuel Shepard as Auditor of Public Accounts in place of\n John Pendleton (1796 Nov. 16). A letter from John Wise,\n Speaker of the House of Delegates, encloses sundry resolutions\n for proposing certain amendments to the U.S. Constitution\n (1795 Dec. 19).","William Hay, Robert Goode, \u0026 William Foushee, etc.,\n Directors of Public Buildings, provide information on work\n done to the Capitol Building and the settlement of accounts.\n On 28 November 1795, William Hay writes regarding the account\n of Samuel Dobie for superintending \u0026 directing the\n execution of the steps outside the Capitol, as well as the\n staircase, conference, and other work done inside the Capitol\n from 1793 to 1794. Hay also encloses accounts and a letter\n from Dobie indicating the amount of balances due him. On 30\n March 1796, the Directors write regarding the repair of the\n roof of the Capitol and surplus materials.","Maj. Robert Quarles submits quarterly returns of ordnance\n \u0026 public stores at Point of Fork (1795 Jan. 2, 1795 March\n 31, 1795 June 30, 1795 Oct. 6, 1795 Dec. 31, 1796 March 31,\n 1796 June 30, \u0026 1796 Sept. 30). In addition, Quarles'\n correspondence concerns a contract for provisions at Point of\n Fork (1795 May 5 \u0026 25), an increase in salary (1795 Oct.\n 6), the bond of William Weaver to provide rations for the\n State Arsenal (1796 May 27), the supply of timber \u0026\n firewood contract with David Ross (1796 Sept. 12), and the\n bond of Matthew \u0026 Elias Wills for the Office of Contractor\n to supply the State Arsenal with rations (1796 Oct. 27).","Thomas Newton, Jr., County Lieutenant for Norfolk Borough,\n frequently writes the Governor on a variety of concerns. On 11\n January 1795, Newton encloses copies of letters from the\n British \u0026 French Consuls regarding disturbances between\n British \u0026 French crews in Norfolk Harbor. On 14 January,\n Newton discusses the case of Daniel Raybourn, an American\n seamen taken by the Lynx, a British ship of war, from a Danish\n Brig. He encloses the opinion of Alexander Campbell to the\n Lieutenant Governor on the same matter on 25 January 1795. In\n another letter, he remarks on Campbell's opinion on British\n deserters and the extradition of the fugitive Joseph Larelle\n back to Pennsylvania (1795 Feb. 1). Newton communicates\n Campbell's opinion to John Hamilton, British Consul, stating\n that it is the duty of the magistrates to apprehend deserters\n (1795 Feb. 2). An incident occurred in February 1795 when a\n group of armed men from the British ship Thetis marched into\n Norfolk committing illegal searches in the homes of citizens\n for deserters. Newton informs the Governor of this incident\n and encloses an account by the Captain of the Watch, a copy of\n a letter from John Hamilton, and depositions (1795 Feb. 17).\n He writes again on this matter on 25 February 1795 enclosing\n letters from Alexander F. Cochrane, Captain of the Thetis,\n \u0026 John Hamilton. Much of Newton's correspondence with\n Governor Brooke relates to the spread of diseases to Norfolk\n \u0026 the quarantine of vessels (1795 April 28; 1795 May 5,\n 16, 26; 1795 Aug. 22; 1795 Oct. 3; 1795 Nov. 4, 5, \u0026 17;\n 1796 May 15 \u0026 29; 1796 July 8; 1796 Aug. 13 \u0026 28; 1796\n Sept. 12 \u0026 28; 1796 Oct. 27; \u0026 1796 Nov. 7). On 28\n February 1796, Newton writes regarding the purchase of two\n acres of land for building houses for the reception of goods\n and for accommodating the persons performing quarantine. On 17\n April 1795, Newton informs the Governor of American citizens\n detained on board Admiral Murray's ship the Resolution, a\n British ship of war. His letters of 1796 Feb. 7 \u0026 9 relate\n to letters from Henry McGeary, an American citizen impressed\n on the Resolution. Later, Newton encloses a letter from Judge\n Cyrus Griffin respecting the case of McGeary (1796 Feb. 21).\n Newton remarks on the arrival of three French ships from\n Guadalupe and the defenseless condition of the port due to the\n incompletion of the forts and the insufficient garrison there\n (1795 May 24). On 9 June 1795, Newton relates the capture of\n two French ships off the coast by the British ships Thetis\n \u0026 Hussar. In addition, he mentions the arrival of a French\n ship from Dominique with French citizens and a number of\n negroes which they claim as servants. A few days later, Newton\n informs the Governor of the arrival of the Sloop Industry from\n Boston which carried negro slaves on board in violation of the\n non-importation laws (1795 June 11). In a letter dated 21 June\n 1795, Newton encloses the deposition of Francis Marshal\n concerning two brigs taken off the coast of Virginia by a\n Bermudian privateer. Another significant event occurred in\n January 1796 when horses were purchased by British officers in\n the United States for mounting their troops against the French\n in the West Indies. Newton writes the Governor that this is a\n violation of the treaty with France \u0026 Holland (1796 Jan.\n 20). Shortly thereafter, he encloses a letter from Mr. Oster,\n French Consul, complaining of the shipment of horses by the\n British (1796 Jan. 23). The next day, he encloses one from\n John Hamilton denying that the shipment of horses is a\n military preparation (1795 Jan. 24).","Willis Wilson, County Lieutenant for Portsmouth,\n corresponds with the Governor regarding similar subjects as\n Thomas Newton. On 29 April 1795, Wilson suggests that a boat\n be armed at Hampton Roads for the purpose of preventing\n violators of U.S. neutrality and to liberate the men impressed\n on board Rear Admiral Murray's Squadron. He encloses the\n deposition of Capt. Hatten whose ship was boarded by the Lynx.\n A letter from Wilson to Admiral Murray relates to hostile\n expeditions by ships of any belligerent nation in Virginia\n waters. In this letter, he orders the ships to depart Virginia\n waters and to liberate any American citizens detained on board\n (1795 April 27). Wilson encloses a letter from John Hamilton\n informing him that the vessels Diana \u0026 Thomas are waiting\n to embark with their cargo of horses. On 24 June 1795, Wilson\n writes about the small pox epidemic in Portsmouth and the\n impressment of John Underwood \u0026 John Lloyd on board the\n British ship Lynx. Finally, Wilson writes the Governor\n regarding the formation of an artillery company in Portsmouth\n under the command of John Cowper (1796 Feb. 23 \u0026 March\n 27).","Governor Randolph corresponds often with John Pendleton,\n Jr., Auditor of Public Accounts, and Jaquelin Ambler,\n Treasurer, regarding various financial matters. Pendleton\n regularly encloses lists of warrants issued by him through the\n Auditor's Office (1795 March 31, 1795 July 1, 1795 Nov. 5,\n 1795 Dec. 31, 1796 July 1). Additionally, Pendleton writes\n regarding the suspicion of a fraudulent sale against Robert\n Craig, former sheriff of Washington County (1794 Dec. 18).\n Pendleton encloses the report of John Taylor and the opinion\n of John Marshall on the matter. Pendleton also writes to the\n Governor enclosing accounts of expenses of his office (1795\n May 10). On 14 May 1795, Pendleton provided a report on the\n final settlement of William Davies' accounts as Commissioner\n of Virginia for Claims Against the United States. Pendleton\n submits his letter of resignation on 5 August 1796 effective\n at the end of the month. The next day, Pendleton recommends\n Samuel Shepard to replace him as Auditor. Pendleton's official\n letter of resignation was submitted on 30 Sept. 1796. Ambler\n encloses a statement of monies belonging to claimants for the\n defense of the Western frontier (1795 Aug. 27). In addition,\n on 24 September 1795, he encloses a copy of a letter from\n Samuel Meredith, U.S. Treasurer, regarding a warrant from the\n Secretary of War for the full balance due the State of\n Virginia for the settlement of their account for the pay \u0026\n subsistence of militia, scouts, ammunition, and contingent\n expenses in the protection of the frontiers.","Notable correspondents from miscellaneous sources include\n the following: Andrew Dunscomb, Mayor of Richmond; John\n Hamilton, British Consul at Norfolk; and Thomas Mifflin,\n Governor of Pennsylvania.","Andrew Dunscomb mainly writes the Governor regarding the\n prevention of infectious disease to the City of Richmond. On\n 27 August 1795, he encloses resolutions of the Common Hall\n relative to the quarantine of vessels from Norfolk.\n Additionally, he discusses a law prohibiting the migration of\n free negroes from the West Indies into the Commonwealth (1795\n Sept. 18). Dunscomb also transmits a letter from William\n Richardson \u0026 Jacob I. Cohen regarding allowing passage of\n vessels from Norfolk, but stopping vessels from New York (1795\n Oct. 6).","John Hamilton, British Consul, frequently writes the\n Governor regarding British affairs. On 2 January 1795,\n Hamilton requests permission for the British ships Thetis\n \u0026 Cleopatra to make repairs in Norfolk Harbor. Hamilton\n also writes at length regarding British desertions,\n particularly the incident involving the attempt by British\n sailors on board the Thetis to recapture deserters in Norfolk\n (1795 Feb. 18, 25, \u0026 May 8). Hamilton was also\n particularly concerned with privateers preying on British\n ships. He specifically mentions a ship called the Unicorn\n which plundered a Danish vessel (1795 June 26 \u0026 July 30).\n In addition, Hamilton communicates his intelligence regarding\n vessels from Baltimore arming in the Chesapeake as privateers\n (1795 Aug. 15 \u0026 Sept. 24). His letter to the Lieutenant\n Governor relates to the prevention of illegal equipment for\n ships in the waters of Virginia (1795 July 3 \u0026 Oct. 6).\n Yet another incident occurred in January 1796 when the\n American Sloop Diana, loaded with British goods and bound for\n a British port in the West Indies, was forcibly boarded and\n her cargo carried away. Hamilton sends a letter to the\n Governor complaining about this incident, along with a similar\n letter to Willis Wilson (1796 Jan. 29). Finally, on 15\n February 1796, Hamilton writes regarding his inquiry to the\n President on the shipment of horses and the neutrality\n laws.","As Governor of Pennsylvania, Thomas Mifflin often\n corresponds with Governor Brooke with respect to fugitives\n from justice. On 29 December 1794, Mifflin transmits the\n affidavit of Stephen Girard affirming that Joseph Larelle had\n taken a mulatto boy named Crispin from his service with an\n intention of selling him into slavery. He writes again on 10\n February 1795 concerning the apprehension of Larelle. In a\n letter dated 12 March 1795, Mifflin informs the Governor of\n the appointment of Laurence Maher as Agent for Pennsylvania to\n bring Joseph Larelle back to Pennsylvania. Similarly, Mifflin\n transmits a copy of an affidavit by Robert Ross respecting\n Langford Herring who was accused of forgery and removed to\n Virginia (1795 Oct. 12). Mifflin also acknowledges the receipt\n of the revised laws from Virginia (1795 May 14 \u0026 1796 Aug.\n 25) and a resolution from Virginia proposing certain\n amendments to the U.S. Constitution (1796 Jan. 6). Mifflin\n responds to another letter on 22 January 1796 regarding an\n annual interchange of the laws passed by Pennsylvania \u0026\n Virginia.","Additional significant correspondence includes the\n following: George Clendenin regarding pay \u0026 subsistence of\n a company employed for the defense of Greenbrier \u0026 Kanawha\n (1794 Dec. 20); Paul Carrington accepting a commission as\n Judge of the General Court (1794 Dec. 18); Andrew Lewis\n regarding the discharge of the troops under his command on the\n southwestern frontiers (1794 Dec. 28); Thomas Mathews\n regarding the admission of two British ship of war into\n Norfolk (1795 Jan. 9); William Price, Register of the Land\n Office, regarding two additional clerk (1795 Jan. 15); Edward\n Carrington regarding the quota of militia called from Gen.\n Martin's Brigade for the late expeditions against the\n insurgents (1795 Feb. 8); William Lowther regarding the\n discharge of scouts \u0026 rangers under his command (1795 Feb.\n 21); Andrew Lewis regarding the settlement of his accounts\n (1795 March 3); John Steele regarding his tardiness in\n settling the Western accounts (1795 April 29); Andrew Lewis\n regarding his application to replace Gen. Tate as paymaster\n (1795 May 5); Daniel Bedinger responding to charges against\n him by George Hammond, regarding his deposition of the pilot\n Thomas Butler (1795 May 26); John Steele regarding the account\n of Virginia against the United States (1795 June 23); Henry\n Lee regarding his failure to execute orders by the Lt. Gov.\n concerning the privateer at Gloucester (1795 July 6); H. Young\n enclosing a letter from John Page regarding the Unicorn (1795\n July 7); John Dawson regarding Indian depredations in Harrison\n County (1795 Aug. 17); James Monroe, Paris, regarding the\n statue of Gen. Washington left unfinished while Thomas\n Jefferson was Minister to France (1795 Aug. 20); William\n Lowther regarding depredations by Indians in Harrison County\n (1795 Aug. 24); George Peachey, Mayor of Petersburg regarding\n two cases of yellow fever brought from Norfolk (1795 Aug. 26);\n George Clendenin resigning his commission as County Lieutenant\n for Kanawha County (1795 Nov. 14); Governor Brooke to the\n Clerk of the Council indicating his temporary absence from\n office (1795 Dec. 9); Robert Johnson to the Commissioners for\n Virginia regarding approval of the proceedings of the\n Commissioners concerning the boundary line between Virginia\n \u0026 Kentucky (1796 Jan. 1); Isaac Shelby, Governor of\n Kentucky, regarding the boundary line and enclosing an act of\n the Kentucky Legislature (1796 Feb. 15); William Pennock\n enclosing a bill of lading from Ve. Homberg \u0026 Homberg\n Freres for three cases containing the marble pedester statue\n of Gen. Washington and the marble pedestal (1796 April 10);\n Isaac Shelby enclosing a letter from Alexander Smyth regarding\n the boundary line between Virginia \u0026 Kentucky (1796 May\n 6); John Hoskins Stone, Governor of Maryland, regarding the\n extradition of Robert Osborn, a fugitive of justice (1796 June\n 16); John Dawson regarding obtaining arms for the State of\n Virginia from Europe (1796 Sept. 11 \u0026 12); Archibald\n Stuart regarding the agreement with the Kentucky Commissioners\n on the boundary line (1796 Sept. 27); Houdon regarding his\n payment for creating a marble statue of Washington (1796 Oct.\n 8); and Edmund Randolph regarding the case of Fairfax versus\n the Commonwealth (1796 Oct. 22).","Other noteworthy items include: oath of Robert Brooke by J.\n Pendleton as Governor (1794 Dec. 1); a list of persons who\n have migrated to Virginia and given oath to reside therein\n (1794 Dec. 17); receipts from William Morris, Contractor, for\n rations to soldiers under the command of Hugh Caperton (1794\n Dec. 17); proclamation revoking the previous proclamation of\n Lt. Gov. James Wood regarding the quarantine of vessels from\n certain ports (1794 Dec. 19); receipts from Samuel Shepard for\n the sale of the mace (1794 Dec. 3); order from Will Russell,\n Clerk of the Court of Directors of the Lunatic Hospital,\n applying for warrants from the Auditor of Public Accounts\n (1795 March 31 \u0026 1796 July 12); muster roll of scouts\n called into service for the protection of Randolph County\n (1795 May 20); proclamation by the Governor regarding the\n yellow fever outbreak in the West Indies and the quarantine of\n vessels from those areas (1795 May 21); petition from French\n refugees from St. Domingo at Norfolk regarding a plan to send\n back their negroes (1795 July N.D.); oath issued by John\n Pendleton to Robert Brooke as Governor (1795 Dec. 1); printed\n copy of the Treaty of Greenville signed by Timothy Pickering\n (1795 Dec. 22); proclamation by Lt. Gov. James Wood offering a\n reward for the capture of John Williford for the murder of\n Josiah Worrell (1795 Sept. 19); list of commissions of the\n peace for Southampton County (1796 Feb. 12); list of\n commissions of the peace for New Kent County (1796 March 4);\n account of William Hodgson for erecting the statue of\n Washington \u0026 repairing (1796 June 8); appointment of John\n Robertson by James Wood as Superintendent of Quarantine for\n Bermuda Hundred \u0026 City Point (1796 July 9); bond of Samuel\n Shepard as Auditor of Public Accounts (1796 Oct. 1);\n certificate of Samuel Moseley, Mayor of Norfolk, as elector\n for President \u0026 Vice President (1796 Nov. 7); and muster\n fines of the 22nd Regiment Virginia Militia, Mecklenburg\n County (1796 Nov. 5).","State Records Collection,\n Office of the Governor (Record Group 3)","English"],"collection_title_tesim":["Governor Robert Brooke Executive\n Papers, 1794-1796"],"collection_ssim":["Governor Robert Brooke Executive\n Papers, 1794-1796"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["40723"],"unitid_tesim":["40723"],"repository_ssm":["Library of Virginia"],"repository_ssim":["Library of Virginia"],"creator_ssm":["Governor's Office"],"creator_ssim":["Governor's Office"],"acqinfo_ssim":["Acquired prior to 1905."],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"physdesc_tesim":["2.23 cubic\n feet"],"arrangement_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eArranged chronologically by date of document with undated\n items arranged to the rear.\u003c/p\u003e\n "],"arrangement_heading_ssm":["Arrangement"],"arrangement_tesim":["Arranged chronologically by date of document with undated\n items arranged to the rear."],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eRobert Brooke was born in Spotsylvania County to Richard\n Brooke and Ann Hay Taliaferro Brooke around 1760. Educated in\n Edinburgh, Scotland, during the Revolutionary War, Brooke\n returned to Virginia in 1780 where he enlisted in a volunteer\n cavalry troop and was captured by the British at Westham in\n January 1781. Brooke returned to Spotsylvania County to\n practice law, later moving his office to Fredericksburg. In\n 1786, Brooke married Mary Ritchie Hopper (d. 1796) and settled\n on an estate in Fredericksburg which became known as Federal\n Hill. Brooke represented Spotsylvania County in the House of\n Delegates from 1791 until 1794. Upon the vacancy of the office\n of governor by Henry Lee to suppress the Whiskey Rebellion,\n the General Assembly elected Brooke governor on 20 November\n 1794. He was reelected for a second one-year term on 26\n November 1795. Brooke County, now in West Virginia, was named\n after Robert Brooke when it was formed from part of Ohio\n County in 1796. Following his second term as governor, Brooke\n was elected to replace James Innes as attorney general of\n Virginia on 16 November 1796. He served as attorney general\n until his death on 27 February 1800.\u003c/p\u003e\n "],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical Information"],"bioghist_tesim":["Robert Brooke was born in Spotsylvania County to Richard\n Brooke and Ann Hay Taliaferro Brooke around 1760. Educated in\n Edinburgh, Scotland, during the Revolutionary War, Brooke\n returned to Virginia in 1780 where he enlisted in a volunteer\n cavalry troop and was captured by the British at Westham in\n January 1781. Brooke returned to Spotsylvania County to\n practice law, later moving his office to Fredericksburg. In\n 1786, Brooke married Mary Ritchie Hopper (d. 1796) and settled\n on an estate in Fredericksburg which became known as Federal\n Hill. Brooke represented Spotsylvania County in the House of\n Delegates from 1791 until 1794. Upon the vacancy of the office\n of governor by Henry Lee to suppress the Whiskey Rebellion,\n the General Assembly elected Brooke governor on 20 November\n 1794. He was reelected for a second one-year term on 26\n November 1795. Brooke County, now in West Virginia, was named\n after Robert Brooke when it was formed from part of Ohio\n County in 1796. Following his second term as governor, Brooke\n was elected to replace James Innes as attorney general of\n Virginia on 16 November 1796. He served as attorney general\n until his death on 27 February 1800."],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content Information"],"scopecontent_tesim":["Robert Brooke's Executive papers are organized\n chronologically with undated items arranged at the end of each\n year. These papers primarily consist of incoming\n correspondence during Brooke's two one-year terms as governor\n between 1 December 1794 until 1 December 1796. These records\n include correspondence written to James Wood who acted as\n Lieutenant Governor while Brooke was temporarily absent from\n office. The correspondence in this collection relates to a\n variety of topics including appointments for state positions;\n the Point of Fork Arsenal; defense of the frontier;\n resignations; arms \u0026 ammunition; Indian attacks; British\n \u0026 French ships in Virginia ports; the boundary line\n between Kentucky \u0026 Virginia; extraditions; the Houdon\n statue of Washington; state expenses \u0026 revenue; quarantine\n of vessels; foreign affairs; Revolutionary claims; elections;\n Presidential electors; the Capitol Building; the militia; and\n others. In addition to correspondence, there are resolutions\n from Congress and the Virginia Senate \u0026 House of\n Delegates; muster \u0026 pay rolls; accounts; oaths; pardons;\n receipts; election returns \u0026 certificates; qualifications;\n lists; depositions; proclamations; petitions; reports;\n appointments; resignations; treaties; bonds; commissions;\n orders; proceedings; applications; lists; opinions; and other\n sundry items. Note that files related to county officers for\n 1795 have been arranged alphabetically by county and separated\n to the end of the papers for that year.","Noteworthy correspondence originates from the United States\n government, Virginia State government, and miscellaneous\n sources. Prominent correspondents from the United States\n government include Henry Knox, Timothy Pickering, \u0026 James\n McHenry, Secretaries of War; Edmund Randolph \u0026 Timothy\n Pickering, Secretaries of State; Alexander Campbell, U.S.\n District Attorney General, Samuel A. Otis \u0026 John\n Beckley, Clerks of the Senate \u0026 House of\n Representatives, and President George Washington.","Governor Brooke received correspondence on numerous\n occasions from the United States War Department. On 5 December\n 1794, Henry Knox transmitted a resolution by John Beckley,\n Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives, thanking the\n Virginia Militia for their service during the Whiskey\n Rebellion. Timothy Pickering replaced Knox as Secretary of War\n in 1795. Pickering writes on 6 January 1795 regarding the\n French ship Les Jumeaux which was armed and equipped at\n Philadelphia in violation of the U.S. neutrality law.\n Pickering also writes respecting bounty lands on the northwest\n side of the Ohio River for officers \u0026 soldiers of the\n Virginia Line on Continental Establishment (1795 June 13). In\n addition, Pickering responds to a letter from the Governor\n concerning establishing a small garrison of militia at\n Norfolk. According to Pickering, the President has no\n authority to call out the militia for the preservation of\n peace (1795 July 3). Lastly, Pickering writes regarding the\n pay of Charles Cist for printing regulations for the order and\n discipline of U.S. troops (1795 Sept. 14). James McHenry\n replaced Pickering as Secretary of War in 1796. In a letter\n dated 4 March 1796, McHenry acknowledges the receipt of the\n Governor's letter, along with the account \u0026 vouchers for\n militia \u0026 scouts on the Western frontier. William Simmons,\n in the Dept. of War Accountant's Office, corresponds with the\n Governor concerning the compensation by the United States to\n Virginia for the pay \u0026 subsistence of the militia,\n ammunition, and contingent expenses in the protection of the\n frontiers (1795 Sept. 17). On 14 March 1796, Simmons encloses\n a statement of differences on examination of the Virginia\n claims for pay, etc., in 1795. A letter from President George Washington dated 1796 Sept. 15 asks that his shares in the James River Company be applied to Liberty Hall Academy in rockbridge County (letter removed to the Vault - George Washington Papers).","Edmund Randolph, former Governor of Virginia, corresponds\n as Secretary of State. On 3 January 1795, Randolph transmits a\n proclamation of thanksgiving from the President (proclamation\n not included). In another letter of the same date, Randolph\n remarks on a letter from the Governor regarding the embargo.\n On 16 February 1795, Randolph writes about the capture of a\n pilot boat belonging to the British Consul at Norfolk.\n Randolph encloses copies of letters from Gen. Thomas Mathews\n to Governor Lee, Alexander Hamilton, Sec. of the Treasury, and\n orders from Mathews to Lt. Vaughan. On 8 May 1795, Randolph\n encloses letters and papers from George Hammond, British\n Minister Plenipotentiary, concerning French prizes taken by\n Rear Admiral Murray and an order for foreign ships to depart\n American ports. Included is a copy of a letter from Thomas\n Jefferson to Hammond regarding French \u0026 British ships in\n American ports and the treaty with France to admit prizes\n \u0026 repair French ships in U.S. ports. The next day,\n Randolph encloses additional copies of letters from Hammond,\n along with a declaration \u0026 affidavit by Thomas Butler\n regarding the French prizes taken by Admiral Murray. Finally,\n Randolph discusses the practice of British ships of war\n impressing American seamen (1795 May 20). All copies of\n letters were transcribed by George Taylor, Jr., Chief Clerk of\n the Department of State. Timothy Pickering served as Secretary\n of State upon the resignation of Randolph on 19 August 1795.\n On 20 January 1796, Pickering writes to Pierre A. Adet, French\n Minister Plenipotentiary, with respect to U.S. neutrality.\n Pickering also encloses a translation of a letter he received\n from Adet regarding the purchase of flour \u0026 horses by the\n English in Virginia.","Alexander Campbell, District U.S. Attorney, provides his\n opinion on the following subjects: the unlawful detention of a\n mariner by a British vessel of war (1795 Jan. 25), the\n delivery of a fugitive of justice from Pennsylvania and\n deserters from a British ship of war at Norfolk (1795 Jan.\n 25), and the Unicorn, a suspected privateer outfitting at\n Gloucester (1795 June 26). In addition, Samuel A. Otis \u0026\n John Beckley periodically transmit journals of the proceedings\n of the U.S. Senate \u0026 House of Representatives (1795 April\n 13 \u0026 25, \u0026 1796 July 28).","Significant correspondents from Virginia State government\n include Archibald Blair, Clerk of the Council; Samuel Coleman,\n Assistant Clerk of the Council of State; James Innes, Attorney\n General; Charles Hay, Clerk of the House of Delegates;\n Humphrey Brooke, Clerk of the Senate; William Hay, Robert\n Goode, \u0026 William Foushee, etc., Directors of Public\n Buildings; Robert Quarles, Superintendent of the Point of Fork\n Arsenal; Thomas Newton \u0026 Willis Wilson, County\n Lieutenants; John Pendleton, Jr., Auditor of Public Accounts;\n and Jacquelin Ambler, Treasurer.","Archibald Blair \u0026 Samuel Coleman, as Clerk \u0026\n Assistant Clerk of the Council, communicate with the Governor\n frequently through the Council Office. Blair offers the advice\n of the Council regarding the account against the U.S. for the\n Western defense, reimbursement for the Springfield expedition,\n the printing of German military regulations, and orders for\n scouts in Ohio \u0026 Harrison Counties (1795 Jan. 14). Blair\n also writes G. Deneale denying his request to keep arms given\n to the light infantry under his command at Winchester to use\n against the insurgents (1795 Feb. 11). On 14 July 1795, Blair\n submits the order of the Council for ordering out the militia\n from Norfolk \u0026 Portsmouth to prevent disorder or\n insurrections from the frequent migrations of negroes. Lastly,\n Blair provides the advice of the Council concerning witnesses\n against Archer Branch in North Carolina (1796 Feb. 15).\n Coleman mainly writes concerning military finances including\n the account of Hugh Caperton for ammunition (1794 Dec. 2) and\n Capt. William Lowther's pay abstract \u0026 muster roll (1795\n March 5). On 12 May 1795, Coleman writes the Governor\n requesting that the office of Keeper of the Capitol not be\n taken from his father, Wyatt Coleman. His father writes a\n similar letter on the same date. On 4 December 1795, Coleman\n requests additional compensation for completing a list of\n officers \u0026 privates of the Continental Line. Shortly\n thereafter, Coleman was appointed Adjutant General and asks\n the Lieutenant Governor for an apartment in the Capitol to\n perform his new duties (1795 Dec. 14).","During James Innes' absence in 1794 \u0026 1795, John\n Marshall provides his opinion on the militia law as Attorney\n General of Virginia (1794 Undated). Upon Innes' return,\n Marshall writes as counsel to Lord Fairfax concerning the case\n of the Commonwealth against him in the Court of Appeals (1795\n March 2). On 23 April 1795, Innes writes that he will be\n unable to attend this trial in the Court of Appeals due to\n illness. Innes provides an opinion on such topics as the\n improper trial of William John Thweatt who was found guilty of\n horse stealing (1795 April 7), proceedings against Mr. Johnson\n for the alleged murder of Mr. Jeffers (1796 Jan. 13), and the\n power of the Governor to procure the attendance of necessary\n witnesses from the Territory South of the Ohio River (1796\n Feb. 3). On 21 June 1796, he remarks on the assignment of the\n Solicitor's Office for the use of the Attorney General. Again,\n on 17 July 1796, Innes writes that he must be absent from\n office because of health problems. He adds that he has asked\n Mr. Warden to discharge the duties of his office. Innes was\n forced to resign in a letter to the Governor dated 13 November\n 1796.","Charles Hay, Clerk of the House of Delegates, and Humphrey\n Brooke, Clerk of the Senate, often submit legislation and\n qualifications of election to the Governor. Noteworthy\n legislation includes a resolution to inquire about the\n \"lucrative office\" accepted by James Innes in the General\n Government (1794 Dec. 16). Included in these papers are the\n qualifications for the election of Spencer Roane as Judge of\n the Court of Appeals in place of Henry Tazewell (1794 Dec. 2),\n the election of Jaquelin Ambler as Treasurer (1794 Dec. 17),\n Paul Carrington as Judge of the General Court in place of\n Spencer Roane (1794 Dec. 17), Robert Brooke as Governor (1795\n Nov. 26), Robert Brooke as Attorney General (1796 Nov. 16),\n and Samuel Shepard as Auditor of Public Accounts in place of\n John Pendleton (1796 Nov. 16). A letter from John Wise,\n Speaker of the House of Delegates, encloses sundry resolutions\n for proposing certain amendments to the U.S. Constitution\n (1795 Dec. 19).","William Hay, Robert Goode, \u0026 William Foushee, etc.,\n Directors of Public Buildings, provide information on work\n done to the Capitol Building and the settlement of accounts.\n On 28 November 1795, William Hay writes regarding the account\n of Samuel Dobie for superintending \u0026 directing the\n execution of the steps outside the Capitol, as well as the\n staircase, conference, and other work done inside the Capitol\n from 1793 to 1794. Hay also encloses accounts and a letter\n from Dobie indicating the amount of balances due him. On 30\n March 1796, the Directors write regarding the repair of the\n roof of the Capitol and surplus materials.","Maj. Robert Quarles submits quarterly returns of ordnance\n \u0026 public stores at Point of Fork (1795 Jan. 2, 1795 March\n 31, 1795 June 30, 1795 Oct. 6, 1795 Dec. 31, 1796 March 31,\n 1796 June 30, \u0026 1796 Sept. 30). In addition, Quarles'\n correspondence concerns a contract for provisions at Point of\n Fork (1795 May 5 \u0026 25), an increase in salary (1795 Oct.\n 6), the bond of William Weaver to provide rations for the\n State Arsenal (1796 May 27), the supply of timber \u0026\n firewood contract with David Ross (1796 Sept. 12), and the\n bond of Matthew \u0026 Elias Wills for the Office of Contractor\n to supply the State Arsenal with rations (1796 Oct. 27).","Thomas Newton, Jr., County Lieutenant for Norfolk Borough,\n frequently writes the Governor on a variety of concerns. On 11\n January 1795, Newton encloses copies of letters from the\n British \u0026 French Consuls regarding disturbances between\n British \u0026 French crews in Norfolk Harbor. On 14 January,\n Newton discusses the case of Daniel Raybourn, an American\n seamen taken by the Lynx, a British ship of war, from a Danish\n Brig. He encloses the opinion of Alexander Campbell to the\n Lieutenant Governor on the same matter on 25 January 1795. In\n another letter, he remarks on Campbell's opinion on British\n deserters and the extradition of the fugitive Joseph Larelle\n back to Pennsylvania (1795 Feb. 1). Newton communicates\n Campbell's opinion to John Hamilton, British Consul, stating\n that it is the duty of the magistrates to apprehend deserters\n (1795 Feb. 2). An incident occurred in February 1795 when a\n group of armed men from the British ship Thetis marched into\n Norfolk committing illegal searches in the homes of citizens\n for deserters. Newton informs the Governor of this incident\n and encloses an account by the Captain of the Watch, a copy of\n a letter from John Hamilton, and depositions (1795 Feb. 17).\n He writes again on this matter on 25 February 1795 enclosing\n letters from Alexander F. Cochrane, Captain of the Thetis,\n \u0026 John Hamilton. Much of Newton's correspondence with\n Governor Brooke relates to the spread of diseases to Norfolk\n \u0026 the quarantine of vessels (1795 April 28; 1795 May 5,\n 16, 26; 1795 Aug. 22; 1795 Oct. 3; 1795 Nov. 4, 5, \u0026 17;\n 1796 May 15 \u0026 29; 1796 July 8; 1796 Aug. 13 \u0026 28; 1796\n Sept. 12 \u0026 28; 1796 Oct. 27; \u0026 1796 Nov. 7). On 28\n February 1796, Newton writes regarding the purchase of two\n acres of land for building houses for the reception of goods\n and for accommodating the persons performing quarantine. On 17\n April 1795, Newton informs the Governor of American citizens\n detained on board Admiral Murray's ship the Resolution, a\n British ship of war. His letters of 1796 Feb. 7 \u0026 9 relate\n to letters from Henry McGeary, an American citizen impressed\n on the Resolution. Later, Newton encloses a letter from Judge\n Cyrus Griffin respecting the case of McGeary (1796 Feb. 21).\n Newton remarks on the arrival of three French ships from\n Guadalupe and the defenseless condition of the port due to the\n incompletion of the forts and the insufficient garrison there\n (1795 May 24). On 9 June 1795, Newton relates the capture of\n two French ships off the coast by the British ships Thetis\n \u0026 Hussar. In addition, he mentions the arrival of a French\n ship from Dominique with French citizens and a number of\n negroes which they claim as servants. A few days later, Newton\n informs the Governor of the arrival of the Sloop Industry from\n Boston which carried negro slaves on board in violation of the\n non-importation laws (1795 June 11). In a letter dated 21 June\n 1795, Newton encloses the deposition of Francis Marshal\n concerning two brigs taken off the coast of Virginia by a\n Bermudian privateer. Another significant event occurred in\n January 1796 when horses were purchased by British officers in\n the United States for mounting their troops against the French\n in the West Indies. Newton writes the Governor that this is a\n violation of the treaty with France \u0026 Holland (1796 Jan.\n 20). Shortly thereafter, he encloses a letter from Mr. Oster,\n French Consul, complaining of the shipment of horses by the\n British (1796 Jan. 23). The next day, he encloses one from\n John Hamilton denying that the shipment of horses is a\n military preparation (1795 Jan. 24).","Willis Wilson, County Lieutenant for Portsmouth,\n corresponds with the Governor regarding similar subjects as\n Thomas Newton. On 29 April 1795, Wilson suggests that a boat\n be armed at Hampton Roads for the purpose of preventing\n violators of U.S. neutrality and to liberate the men impressed\n on board Rear Admiral Murray's Squadron. He encloses the\n deposition of Capt. Hatten whose ship was boarded by the Lynx.\n A letter from Wilson to Admiral Murray relates to hostile\n expeditions by ships of any belligerent nation in Virginia\n waters. In this letter, he orders the ships to depart Virginia\n waters and to liberate any American citizens detained on board\n (1795 April 27). Wilson encloses a letter from John Hamilton\n informing him that the vessels Diana \u0026 Thomas are waiting\n to embark with their cargo of horses. On 24 June 1795, Wilson\n writes about the small pox epidemic in Portsmouth and the\n impressment of John Underwood \u0026 John Lloyd on board the\n British ship Lynx. Finally, Wilson writes the Governor\n regarding the formation of an artillery company in Portsmouth\n under the command of John Cowper (1796 Feb. 23 \u0026 March\n 27).","Governor Randolph corresponds often with John Pendleton,\n Jr., Auditor of Public Accounts, and Jaquelin Ambler,\n Treasurer, regarding various financial matters. Pendleton\n regularly encloses lists of warrants issued by him through the\n Auditor's Office (1795 March 31, 1795 July 1, 1795 Nov. 5,\n 1795 Dec. 31, 1796 July 1). Additionally, Pendleton writes\n regarding the suspicion of a fraudulent sale against Robert\n Craig, former sheriff of Washington County (1794 Dec. 18).\n Pendleton encloses the report of John Taylor and the opinion\n of John Marshall on the matter. Pendleton also writes to the\n Governor enclosing accounts of expenses of his office (1795\n May 10). On 14 May 1795, Pendleton provided a report on the\n final settlement of William Davies' accounts as Commissioner\n of Virginia for Claims Against the United States. Pendleton\n submits his letter of resignation on 5 August 1796 effective\n at the end of the month. The next day, Pendleton recommends\n Samuel Shepard to replace him as Auditor. Pendleton's official\n letter of resignation was submitted on 30 Sept. 1796. Ambler\n encloses a statement of monies belonging to claimants for the\n defense of the Western frontier (1795 Aug. 27). In addition,\n on 24 September 1795, he encloses a copy of a letter from\n Samuel Meredith, U.S. Treasurer, regarding a warrant from the\n Secretary of War for the full balance due the State of\n Virginia for the settlement of their account for the pay \u0026\n subsistence of militia, scouts, ammunition, and contingent\n expenses in the protection of the frontiers.","Notable correspondents from miscellaneous sources include\n the following: Andrew Dunscomb, Mayor of Richmond; John\n Hamilton, British Consul at Norfolk; and Thomas Mifflin,\n Governor of Pennsylvania.","Andrew Dunscomb mainly writes the Governor regarding the\n prevention of infectious disease to the City of Richmond. On\n 27 August 1795, he encloses resolutions of the Common Hall\n relative to the quarantine of vessels from Norfolk.\n Additionally, he discusses a law prohibiting the migration of\n free negroes from the West Indies into the Commonwealth (1795\n Sept. 18). Dunscomb also transmits a letter from William\n Richardson \u0026 Jacob I. Cohen regarding allowing passage of\n vessels from Norfolk, but stopping vessels from New York (1795\n Oct. 6).","John Hamilton, British Consul, frequently writes the\n Governor regarding British affairs. On 2 January 1795,\n Hamilton requests permission for the British ships Thetis\n \u0026 Cleopatra to make repairs in Norfolk Harbor. Hamilton\n also writes at length regarding British desertions,\n particularly the incident involving the attempt by British\n sailors on board the Thetis to recapture deserters in Norfolk\n (1795 Feb. 18, 25, \u0026 May 8). Hamilton was also\n particularly concerned with privateers preying on British\n ships. He specifically mentions a ship called the Unicorn\n which plundered a Danish vessel (1795 June 26 \u0026 July 30).\n In addition, Hamilton communicates his intelligence regarding\n vessels from Baltimore arming in the Chesapeake as privateers\n (1795 Aug. 15 \u0026 Sept. 24). His letter to the Lieutenant\n Governor relates to the prevention of illegal equipment for\n ships in the waters of Virginia (1795 July 3 \u0026 Oct. 6).\n Yet another incident occurred in January 1796 when the\n American Sloop Diana, loaded with British goods and bound for\n a British port in the West Indies, was forcibly boarded and\n her cargo carried away. Hamilton sends a letter to the\n Governor complaining about this incident, along with a similar\n letter to Willis Wilson (1796 Jan. 29). Finally, on 15\n February 1796, Hamilton writes regarding his inquiry to the\n President on the shipment of horses and the neutrality\n laws.","As Governor of Pennsylvania, Thomas Mifflin often\n corresponds with Governor Brooke with respect to fugitives\n from justice. On 29 December 1794, Mifflin transmits the\n affidavit of Stephen Girard affirming that Joseph Larelle had\n taken a mulatto boy named Crispin from his service with an\n intention of selling him into slavery. He writes again on 10\n February 1795 concerning the apprehension of Larelle. In a\n letter dated 12 March 1795, Mifflin informs the Governor of\n the appointment of Laurence Maher as Agent for Pennsylvania to\n bring Joseph Larelle back to Pennsylvania. Similarly, Mifflin\n transmits a copy of an affidavit by Robert Ross respecting\n Langford Herring who was accused of forgery and removed to\n Virginia (1795 Oct. 12). Mifflin also acknowledges the receipt\n of the revised laws from Virginia (1795 May 14 \u0026 1796 Aug.\n 25) and a resolution from Virginia proposing certain\n amendments to the U.S. Constitution (1796 Jan. 6). Mifflin\n responds to another letter on 22 January 1796 regarding an\n annual interchange of the laws passed by Pennsylvania \u0026\n Virginia.","Additional significant correspondence includes the\n following: George Clendenin regarding pay \u0026 subsistence of\n a company employed for the defense of Greenbrier \u0026 Kanawha\n (1794 Dec. 20); Paul Carrington accepting a commission as\n Judge of the General Court (1794 Dec. 18); Andrew Lewis\n regarding the discharge of the troops under his command on the\n southwestern frontiers (1794 Dec. 28); Thomas Mathews\n regarding the admission of two British ship of war into\n Norfolk (1795 Jan. 9); William Price, Register of the Land\n Office, regarding two additional clerk (1795 Jan. 15); Edward\n Carrington regarding the quota of militia called from Gen.\n Martin's Brigade for the late expeditions against the\n insurgents (1795 Feb. 8); William Lowther regarding the\n discharge of scouts \u0026 rangers under his command (1795 Feb.\n 21); Andrew Lewis regarding the settlement of his accounts\n (1795 March 3); John Steele regarding his tardiness in\n settling the Western accounts (1795 April 29); Andrew Lewis\n regarding his application to replace Gen. Tate as paymaster\n (1795 May 5); Daniel Bedinger responding to charges against\n him by George Hammond, regarding his deposition of the pilot\n Thomas Butler (1795 May 26); John Steele regarding the account\n of Virginia against the United States (1795 June 23); Henry\n Lee regarding his failure to execute orders by the Lt. Gov.\n concerning the privateer at Gloucester (1795 July 6); H. Young\n enclosing a letter from John Page regarding the Unicorn (1795\n July 7); John Dawson regarding Indian depredations in Harrison\n County (1795 Aug. 17); James Monroe, Paris, regarding the\n statue of Gen. Washington left unfinished while Thomas\n Jefferson was Minister to France (1795 Aug. 20); William\n Lowther regarding depredations by Indians in Harrison County\n (1795 Aug. 24); George Peachey, Mayor of Petersburg regarding\n two cases of yellow fever brought from Norfolk (1795 Aug. 26);\n George Clendenin resigning his commission as County Lieutenant\n for Kanawha County (1795 Nov. 14); Governor Brooke to the\n Clerk of the Council indicating his temporary absence from\n office (1795 Dec. 9); Robert Johnson to the Commissioners for\n Virginia regarding approval of the proceedings of the\n Commissioners concerning the boundary line between Virginia\n \u0026 Kentucky (1796 Jan. 1); Isaac Shelby, Governor of\n Kentucky, regarding the boundary line and enclosing an act of\n the Kentucky Legislature (1796 Feb. 15); William Pennock\n enclosing a bill of lading from Ve. Homberg \u0026 Homberg\n Freres for three cases containing the marble pedester statue\n of Gen. Washington and the marble pedestal (1796 April 10);\n Isaac Shelby enclosing a letter from Alexander Smyth regarding\n the boundary line between Virginia \u0026 Kentucky (1796 May\n 6); John Hoskins Stone, Governor of Maryland, regarding the\n extradition of Robert Osborn, a fugitive of justice (1796 June\n 16); John Dawson regarding obtaining arms for the State of\n Virginia from Europe (1796 Sept. 11 \u0026 12); Archibald\n Stuart regarding the agreement with the Kentucky Commissioners\n on the boundary line (1796 Sept. 27); Houdon regarding his\n payment for creating a marble statue of Washington (1796 Oct.\n 8); and Edmund Randolph regarding the case of Fairfax versus\n the Commonwealth (1796 Oct. 22).","Other noteworthy items include: oath of Robert Brooke by J.\n Pendleton as Governor (1794 Dec. 1); a list of persons who\n have migrated to Virginia and given oath to reside therein\n (1794 Dec. 17); receipts from William Morris, Contractor, for\n rations to soldiers under the command of Hugh Caperton (1794\n Dec. 17); proclamation revoking the previous proclamation of\n Lt. Gov. James Wood regarding the quarantine of vessels from\n certain ports (1794 Dec. 19); receipts from Samuel Shepard for\n the sale of the mace (1794 Dec. 3); order from Will Russell,\n Clerk of the Court of Directors of the Lunatic Hospital,\n applying for warrants from the Auditor of Public Accounts\n (1795 March 31 \u0026 1796 July 12); muster roll of scouts\n called into service for the protection of Randolph County\n (1795 May 20); proclamation by the Governor regarding the\n yellow fever outbreak in the West Indies and the quarantine of\n vessels from those areas (1795 May 21); petition from French\n refugees from St. Domingo at Norfolk regarding a plan to send\n back their negroes (1795 July N.D.); oath issued by John\n Pendleton to Robert Brooke as Governor (1795 Dec. 1); printed\n copy of the Treaty of Greenville signed by Timothy Pickering\n (1795 Dec. 22); proclamation by Lt. Gov. James Wood offering a\n reward for the capture of John Williford for the murder of\n Josiah Worrell (1795 Sept. 19); list of commissions of the\n peace for Southampton County (1796 Feb. 12); list of\n commissions of the peace for New Kent County (1796 March 4);\n account of William Hodgson for erecting the statue of\n Washington \u0026 repairing (1796 June 8); appointment of John\n Robertson by James Wood as Superintendent of Quarantine for\n Bermuda Hundred \u0026 City Point (1796 July 9); bond of Samuel\n Shepard as Auditor of Public Accounts (1796 Oct. 1);\n certificate of Samuel Moseley, Mayor of Norfolk, as elector\n for President \u0026 Vice President (1796 Nov. 7); and muster\n fines of the 22nd Regiment Virginia Militia, Mecklenburg\n County (1796 Nov. 5)."],"physloc_html_tesm":["\u003cphysloc label=\"Physical Location\"\u003eState Records Collection,\n Office of the Governor (Record Group 3)\u003c/physloc\u003e\n "],"physloc_tesim":["State Records Collection,\n Office of the Governor (Record Group 3)"],"language_ssim":["English"],"total_component_count_is":134,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-07-23T21:08:53.750Z","scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eRobert Brooke's Executive papers are organized\n chronologically with undated items arranged at the end of each\n year. These papers primarily consist of incoming\n correspondence during Brooke's two one-year terms as governor\n between 1 December 1794 until 1 December 1796. These records\n include correspondence written to James Wood who acted as\n Lieutenant Governor while Brooke was temporarily absent from\n office. The correspondence in this collection relates to a\n variety of topics including appointments for state positions;\n the Point of Fork Arsenal; defense of the frontier;\n resignations; arms \u0026amp; ammunition; Indian attacks; British\n \u0026amp; French ships in Virginia ports; the boundary line\n between Kentucky \u0026amp; Virginia; extraditions; the Houdon\n statue of Washington; state expenses \u0026amp; revenue; quarantine\n of vessels; foreign affairs; Revolutionary claims; elections;\n Presidential electors; the Capitol Building; the militia; and\n others. In addition to correspondence, there are resolutions\n from Congress and the Virginia Senate \u0026amp; House of\n Delegates; muster \u0026amp; pay rolls; accounts; oaths; pardons;\n receipts; election returns \u0026amp; certificates; qualifications;\n lists; depositions; proclamations; petitions; reports;\n appointments; resignations; treaties; bonds; commissions;\n orders; proceedings; applications; lists; opinions; and other\n sundry items. Note that files related to county officers for\n 1795 have been arranged alphabetically by county and separated\n to the end of the papers for that year.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eNoteworthy correspondence originates from the United States\n government, Virginia State government, and miscellaneous\n sources. Prominent correspondents from the United States\n government include Henry Knox, Timothy Pickering, \u0026amp; James\n McHenry, Secretaries of War; Edmund Randolph \u0026amp; Timothy\n Pickering, Secretaries of State; Alexander Campbell, U.S.\n District Attorney General, Samuel A. Otis \u0026amp; John\n Beckley, Clerks of the Senate \u0026amp; House of\n Representatives, and President George Washington.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eGovernor Brooke received correspondence on numerous\n occasions from the United States War Department. On 5 December\n 1794, Henry Knox transmitted a resolution by John Beckley,\n Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives, thanking the\n Virginia Militia for their service during the Whiskey\n Rebellion. Timothy Pickering replaced Knox as Secretary of War\n in 1795. Pickering writes on 6 January 1795 regarding the\n French ship Les Jumeaux which was armed and equipped at\n Philadelphia in violation of the U.S. neutrality law.\n Pickering also writes respecting bounty lands on the northwest\n side of the Ohio River for officers \u0026amp; soldiers of the\n Virginia Line on Continental Establishment (1795 June 13). In\n addition, Pickering responds to a letter from the Governor\n concerning establishing a small garrison of militia at\n Norfolk. According to Pickering, the President has no\n authority to call out the militia for the preservation of\n peace (1795 July 3). Lastly, Pickering writes regarding the\n pay of Charles Cist for printing regulations for the order and\n discipline of U.S. troops (1795 Sept. 14). James McHenry\n replaced Pickering as Secretary of War in 1796. In a letter\n dated 4 March 1796, McHenry acknowledges the receipt of the\n Governor's letter, along with the account \u0026amp; vouchers for\n militia \u0026amp; scouts on the Western frontier. William Simmons,\n in the Dept. of War Accountant's Office, corresponds with the\n Governor concerning the compensation by the United States to\n Virginia for the pay \u0026amp; subsistence of the militia,\n ammunition, and contingent expenses in the protection of the\n frontiers (1795 Sept. 17). On 14 March 1796, Simmons encloses\n a statement of differences on examination of the Virginia\n claims for pay, etc., in 1795. A letter from President George Washington dated 1796 Sept. 15 asks that his shares in the James River Company be applied to Liberty Hall Academy in rockbridge County (letter removed to the Vault - George Washington Papers).\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eEdmund Randolph, former Governor of Virginia, corresponds\n as Secretary of State. On 3 January 1795, Randolph transmits a\n proclamation of thanksgiving from the President (proclamation\n not included). In another letter of the same date, Randolph\n remarks on a letter from the Governor regarding the embargo.\n On 16 February 1795, Randolph writes about the capture of a\n pilot boat belonging to the British Consul at Norfolk.\n Randolph encloses copies of letters from Gen. Thomas Mathews\n to Governor Lee, Alexander Hamilton, Sec. of the Treasury, and\n orders from Mathews to Lt. Vaughan. On 8 May 1795, Randolph\n encloses letters and papers from George Hammond, British\n Minister Plenipotentiary, concerning French prizes taken by\n Rear Admiral Murray and an order for foreign ships to depart\n American ports. Included is a copy of a letter from Thomas\n Jefferson to Hammond regarding French \u0026amp; British ships in\n American ports and the treaty with France to admit prizes\n \u0026amp; repair French ships in U.S. ports. The next day,\n Randolph encloses additional copies of letters from Hammond,\n along with a declaration \u0026amp; affidavit by Thomas Butler\n regarding the French prizes taken by Admiral Murray. Finally,\n Randolph discusses the practice of British ships of war\n impressing American seamen (1795 May 20). All copies of\n letters were transcribed by George Taylor, Jr., Chief Clerk of\n the Department of State. Timothy Pickering served as Secretary\n of State upon the resignation of Randolph on 19 August 1795.\n On 20 January 1796, Pickering writes to Pierre A. Adet, French\n Minister Plenipotentiary, with respect to U.S. neutrality.\n Pickering also encloses a translation of a letter he received\n from Adet regarding the purchase of flour \u0026amp; horses by the\n English in Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eAlexander Campbell, District U.S. Attorney, provides his\n opinion on the following subjects: the unlawful detention of a\n mariner by a British vessel of war (1795 Jan. 25), the\n delivery of a fugitive of justice from Pennsylvania and\n deserters from a British ship of war at Norfolk (1795 Jan.\n 25), and the Unicorn, a suspected privateer outfitting at\n Gloucester (1795 June 26). In addition, Samuel A. Otis \u0026amp;\n John Beckley periodically transmit journals of the proceedings\n of the U.S. Senate \u0026amp; House of Representatives (1795 April\n 13 \u0026amp; 25, \u0026amp; 1796 July 28).\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eSignificant correspondents from Virginia State government\n include Archibald Blair, Clerk of the Council; Samuel Coleman,\n Assistant Clerk of the Council of State; James Innes, Attorney\n General; Charles Hay, Clerk of the House of Delegates;\n Humphrey Brooke, Clerk of the Senate; William Hay, Robert\n Goode, \u0026amp; William Foushee, etc., Directors of Public\n Buildings; Robert Quarles, Superintendent of the Point of Fork\n Arsenal; Thomas Newton \u0026amp; Willis Wilson, County\n Lieutenants; John Pendleton, Jr., Auditor of Public Accounts;\n and Jacquelin Ambler, Treasurer.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eArchibald Blair \u0026amp; Samuel Coleman, as Clerk \u0026amp;\n Assistant Clerk of the Council, communicate with the Governor\n frequently through the Council Office. Blair offers the advice\n of the Council regarding the account against the U.S. for the\n Western defense, reimbursement for the Springfield expedition,\n the printing of German military regulations, and orders for\n scouts in Ohio \u0026amp; Harrison Counties (1795 Jan. 14). Blair\n also writes G. Deneale denying his request to keep arms given\n to the light infantry under his command at Winchester to use\n against the insurgents (1795 Feb. 11). On 14 July 1795, Blair\n submits the order of the Council for ordering out the militia\n from Norfolk \u0026amp; Portsmouth to prevent disorder or\n insurrections from the frequent migrations of negroes. Lastly,\n Blair provides the advice of the Council concerning witnesses\n against Archer Branch in North Carolina (1796 Feb. 15).\n Coleman mainly writes concerning military finances including\n the account of Hugh Caperton for ammunition (1794 Dec. 2) and\n Capt. William Lowther's pay abstract \u0026amp; muster roll (1795\n March 5). On 12 May 1795, Coleman writes the Governor\n requesting that the office of Keeper of the Capitol not be\n taken from his father, Wyatt Coleman. His father writes a\n similar letter on the same date. On 4 December 1795, Coleman\n requests additional compensation for completing a list of\n officers \u0026amp; privates of the Continental Line. Shortly\n thereafter, Coleman was appointed Adjutant General and asks\n the Lieutenant Governor for an apartment in the Capitol to\n perform his new duties (1795 Dec. 14).\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eDuring James Innes' absence in 1794 \u0026amp; 1795, John\n Marshall provides his opinion on the militia law as Attorney\n General of Virginia (1794 Undated). Upon Innes' return,\n Marshall writes as counsel to Lord Fairfax concerning the case\n of the Commonwealth against him in the Court of Appeals (1795\n March 2). On 23 April 1795, Innes writes that he will be\n unable to attend this trial in the Court of Appeals due to\n illness. Innes provides an opinion on such topics as the\n improper trial of William John Thweatt who was found guilty of\n horse stealing (1795 April 7), proceedings against Mr. Johnson\n for the alleged murder of Mr. Jeffers (1796 Jan. 13), and the\n power of the Governor to procure the attendance of necessary\n witnesses from the Territory South of the Ohio River (1796\n Feb. 3). On 21 June 1796, he remarks on the assignment of the\n Solicitor's Office for the use of the Attorney General. Again,\n on 17 July 1796, Innes writes that he must be absent from\n office because of health problems. He adds that he has asked\n Mr. Warden to discharge the duties of his office. Innes was\n forced to resign in a letter to the Governor dated 13 November\n 1796.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eCharles Hay, Clerk of the House of Delegates, and Humphrey\n Brooke, Clerk of the Senate, often submit legislation and\n qualifications of election to the Governor. Noteworthy\n legislation includes a resolution to inquire about the\n \"lucrative office\" accepted by James Innes in the General\n Government (1794 Dec. 16). Included in these papers are the\n qualifications for the election of Spencer Roane as Judge of\n the Court of Appeals in place of Henry Tazewell (1794 Dec. 2),\n the election of Jaquelin Ambler as Treasurer (1794 Dec. 17),\n Paul Carrington as Judge of the General Court in place of\n Spencer Roane (1794 Dec. 17), Robert Brooke as Governor (1795\n Nov. 26), Robert Brooke as Attorney General (1796 Nov. 16),\n and Samuel Shepard as Auditor of Public Accounts in place of\n John Pendleton (1796 Nov. 16). A letter from John Wise,\n Speaker of the House of Delegates, encloses sundry resolutions\n for proposing certain amendments to the U.S. Constitution\n (1795 Dec. 19).\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eWilliam Hay, Robert Goode, \u0026amp; William Foushee, etc.,\n Directors of Public Buildings, provide information on work\n done to the Capitol Building and the settlement of accounts.\n On 28 November 1795, William Hay writes regarding the account\n of Samuel Dobie for superintending \u0026amp; directing the\n execution of the steps outside the Capitol, as well as the\n staircase, conference, and other work done inside the Capitol\n from 1793 to 1794. Hay also encloses accounts and a letter\n from Dobie indicating the amount of balances due him. On 30\n March 1796, the Directors write regarding the repair of the\n roof of the Capitol and surplus materials.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eMaj. Robert Quarles submits quarterly returns of ordnance\n \u0026amp; public stores at Point of Fork (1795 Jan. 2, 1795 March\n 31, 1795 June 30, 1795 Oct. 6, 1795 Dec. 31, 1796 March 31,\n 1796 June 30, \u0026amp; 1796 Sept. 30). In addition, Quarles'\n correspondence concerns a contract for provisions at Point of\n Fork (1795 May 5 \u0026amp; 25), an increase in salary (1795 Oct.\n 6), the bond of William Weaver to provide rations for the\n State Arsenal (1796 May 27), the supply of timber \u0026amp;\n firewood contract with David Ross (1796 Sept. 12), and the\n bond of Matthew \u0026amp; Elias Wills for the Office of Contractor\n to supply the State Arsenal with rations (1796 Oct. 27).\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eThomas Newton, Jr., County Lieutenant for Norfolk Borough,\n frequently writes the Governor on a variety of concerns. On 11\n January 1795, Newton encloses copies of letters from the\n British \u0026amp; French Consuls regarding disturbances between\n British \u0026amp; French crews in Norfolk Harbor. On 14 January,\n Newton discusses the case of Daniel Raybourn, an American\n seamen taken by the Lynx, a British ship of war, from a Danish\n Brig. He encloses the opinion of Alexander Campbell to the\n Lieutenant Governor on the same matter on 25 January 1795. In\n another letter, he remarks on Campbell's opinion on British\n deserters and the extradition of the fugitive Joseph Larelle\n back to Pennsylvania (1795 Feb. 1). Newton communicates\n Campbell's opinion to John Hamilton, British Consul, stating\n that it is the duty of the magistrates to apprehend deserters\n (1795 Feb. 2). An incident occurred in February 1795 when a\n group of armed men from the British ship Thetis marched into\n Norfolk committing illegal searches in the homes of citizens\n for deserters. Newton informs the Governor of this incident\n and encloses an account by the Captain of the Watch, a copy of\n a letter from John Hamilton, and depositions (1795 Feb. 17).\n He writes again on this matter on 25 February 1795 enclosing\n letters from Alexander F. Cochrane, Captain of the Thetis,\n \u0026amp; John Hamilton. Much of Newton's correspondence with\n Governor Brooke relates to the spread of diseases to Norfolk\n \u0026amp; the quarantine of vessels (1795 April 28; 1795 May 5,\n 16, 26; 1795 Aug. 22; 1795 Oct. 3; 1795 Nov. 4, 5, \u0026amp; 17;\n 1796 May 15 \u0026amp; 29; 1796 July 8; 1796 Aug. 13 \u0026amp; 28; 1796\n Sept. 12 \u0026amp; 28; 1796 Oct. 27; \u0026amp; 1796 Nov. 7). On 28\n February 1796, Newton writes regarding the purchase of two\n acres of land for building houses for the reception of goods\n and for accommodating the persons performing quarantine. On 17\n April 1795, Newton informs the Governor of American citizens\n detained on board Admiral Murray's ship the Resolution, a\n British ship of war. His letters of 1796 Feb. 7 \u0026amp; 9 relate\n to letters from Henry McGeary, an American citizen impressed\n on the Resolution. Later, Newton encloses a letter from Judge\n Cyrus Griffin respecting the case of McGeary (1796 Feb. 21).\n Newton remarks on the arrival of three French ships from\n Guadalupe and the defenseless condition of the port due to the\n incompletion of the forts and the insufficient garrison there\n (1795 May 24). On 9 June 1795, Newton relates the capture of\n two French ships off the coast by the British ships Thetis\n \u0026amp; Hussar. In addition, he mentions the arrival of a French\n ship from Dominique with French citizens and a number of\n negroes which they claim as servants. A few days later, Newton\n informs the Governor of the arrival of the Sloop Industry from\n Boston which carried negro slaves on board in violation of the\n non-importation laws (1795 June 11). In a letter dated 21 June\n 1795, Newton encloses the deposition of Francis Marshal\n concerning two brigs taken off the coast of Virginia by a\n Bermudian privateer. Another significant event occurred in\n January 1796 when horses were purchased by British officers in\n the United States for mounting their troops against the French\n in the West Indies. Newton writes the Governor that this is a\n violation of the treaty with France \u0026amp; Holland (1796 Jan.\n 20). Shortly thereafter, he encloses a letter from Mr. Oster,\n French Consul, complaining of the shipment of horses by the\n British (1796 Jan. 23). The next day, he encloses one from\n John Hamilton denying that the shipment of horses is a\n military preparation (1795 Jan. 24).\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eWillis Wilson, County Lieutenant for Portsmouth,\n corresponds with the Governor regarding similar subjects as\n Thomas Newton. On 29 April 1795, Wilson suggests that a boat\n be armed at Hampton Roads for the purpose of preventing\n violators of U.S. neutrality and to liberate the men impressed\n on board Rear Admiral Murray's Squadron. He encloses the\n deposition of Capt. Hatten whose ship was boarded by the Lynx.\n A letter from Wilson to Admiral Murray relates to hostile\n expeditions by ships of any belligerent nation in Virginia\n waters. In this letter, he orders the ships to depart Virginia\n waters and to liberate any American citizens detained on board\n (1795 April 27). Wilson encloses a letter from John Hamilton\n informing him that the vessels Diana \u0026amp; Thomas are waiting\n to embark with their cargo of horses. On 24 June 1795, Wilson\n writes about the small pox epidemic in Portsmouth and the\n impressment of John Underwood \u0026amp; John Lloyd on board the\n British ship Lynx. Finally, Wilson writes the Governor\n regarding the formation of an artillery company in Portsmouth\n under the command of John Cowper (1796 Feb. 23 \u0026amp; March\n 27).\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eGovernor Randolph corresponds often with John Pendleton,\n Jr., Auditor of Public Accounts, and Jaquelin Ambler,\n Treasurer, regarding various financial matters. Pendleton\n regularly encloses lists of warrants issued by him through the\n Auditor's Office (1795 March 31, 1795 July 1, 1795 Nov. 5,\n 1795 Dec. 31, 1796 July 1). Additionally, Pendleton writes\n regarding the suspicion of a fraudulent sale against Robert\n Craig, former sheriff of Washington County (1794 Dec. 18).\n Pendleton encloses the report of John Taylor and the opinion\n of John Marshall on the matter. Pendleton also writes to the\n Governor enclosing accounts of expenses of his office (1795\n May 10). On 14 May 1795, Pendleton provided a report on the\n final settlement of William Davies' accounts as Commissioner\n of Virginia for Claims Against the United States. Pendleton\n submits his letter of resignation on 5 August 1796 effective\n at the end of the month. The next day, Pendleton recommends\n Samuel Shepard to replace him as Auditor. Pendleton's official\n letter of resignation was submitted on 30 Sept. 1796. Ambler\n encloses a statement of monies belonging to claimants for the\n defense of the Western frontier (1795 Aug. 27). In addition,\n on 24 September 1795, he encloses a copy of a letter from\n Samuel Meredith, U.S. Treasurer, regarding a warrant from the\n Secretary of War for the full balance due the State of\n Virginia for the settlement of their account for the pay \u0026amp;\n subsistence of militia, scouts, ammunition, and contingent\n expenses in the protection of the frontiers.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eNotable correspondents from miscellaneous sources include\n the following: Andrew Dunscomb, Mayor of Richmond; John\n Hamilton, British Consul at Norfolk; and Thomas Mifflin,\n Governor of Pennsylvania.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eAndrew Dunscomb mainly writes the Governor regarding the\n prevention of infectious disease to the City of Richmond. On\n 27 August 1795, he encloses resolutions of the Common Hall\n relative to the quarantine of vessels from Norfolk.\n Additionally, he discusses a law prohibiting the migration of\n free negroes from the West Indies into the Commonwealth (1795\n Sept. 18). Dunscomb also transmits a letter from William\n Richardson \u0026amp; Jacob I. Cohen regarding allowing passage of\n vessels from Norfolk, but stopping vessels from New York (1795\n Oct. 6).\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eJohn Hamilton, British Consul, frequently writes the\n Governor regarding British affairs. On 2 January 1795,\n Hamilton requests permission for the British ships Thetis\n \u0026amp; Cleopatra to make repairs in Norfolk Harbor. Hamilton\n also writes at length regarding British desertions,\n particularly the incident involving the attempt by British\n sailors on board the Thetis to recapture deserters in Norfolk\n (1795 Feb. 18, 25, \u0026amp; May 8). Hamilton was also\n particularly concerned with privateers preying on British\n ships. He specifically mentions a ship called the Unicorn\n which plundered a Danish vessel (1795 June 26 \u0026amp; July 30).\n In addition, Hamilton communicates his intelligence regarding\n vessels from Baltimore arming in the Chesapeake as privateers\n (1795 Aug. 15 \u0026amp; Sept. 24). His letter to the Lieutenant\n Governor relates to the prevention of illegal equipment for\n ships in the waters of Virginia (1795 July 3 \u0026amp; Oct. 6).\n Yet another incident occurred in January 1796 when the\n American Sloop Diana, loaded with British goods and bound for\n a British port in the West Indies, was forcibly boarded and\n her cargo carried away. Hamilton sends a letter to the\n Governor complaining about this incident, along with a similar\n letter to Willis Wilson (1796 Jan. 29). Finally, on 15\n February 1796, Hamilton writes regarding his inquiry to the\n President on the shipment of horses and the neutrality\n laws.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eAs Governor of Pennsylvania, Thomas Mifflin often\n corresponds with Governor Brooke with respect to fugitives\n from justice. On 29 December 1794, Mifflin transmits the\n affidavit of Stephen Girard affirming that Joseph Larelle had\n taken a mulatto boy named Crispin from his service with an\n intention of selling him into slavery. He writes again on 10\n February 1795 concerning the apprehension of Larelle. In a\n letter dated 12 March 1795, Mifflin informs the Governor of\n the appointment of Laurence Maher as Agent for Pennsylvania to\n bring Joseph Larelle back to Pennsylvania. Similarly, Mifflin\n transmits a copy of an affidavit by Robert Ross respecting\n Langford Herring who was accused of forgery and removed to\n Virginia (1795 Oct. 12). Mifflin also acknowledges the receipt\n of the revised laws from Virginia (1795 May 14 \u0026amp; 1796 Aug.\n 25) and a resolution from Virginia proposing certain\n amendments to the U.S. Constitution (1796 Jan. 6). Mifflin\n responds to another letter on 22 January 1796 regarding an\n annual interchange of the laws passed by Pennsylvania \u0026amp;\n Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eAdditional significant correspondence includes the\n following: George Clendenin regarding pay \u0026amp; subsistence of\n a company employed for the defense of Greenbrier \u0026amp; Kanawha\n (1794 Dec. 20); Paul Carrington accepting a commission as\n Judge of the General Court (1794 Dec. 18); Andrew Lewis\n regarding the discharge of the troops under his command on the\n southwestern frontiers (1794 Dec. 28); Thomas Mathews\n regarding the admission of two British ship of war into\n Norfolk (1795 Jan. 9); William Price, Register of the Land\n Office, regarding two additional clerk (1795 Jan. 15); Edward\n Carrington regarding the quota of militia called from Gen.\n Martin's Brigade for the late expeditions against the\n insurgents (1795 Feb. 8); William Lowther regarding the\n discharge of scouts \u0026amp; rangers under his command (1795 Feb.\n 21); Andrew Lewis regarding the settlement of his accounts\n (1795 March 3); John Steele regarding his tardiness in\n settling the Western accounts (1795 April 29); Andrew Lewis\n regarding his application to replace Gen. Tate as paymaster\n (1795 May 5); Daniel Bedinger responding to charges against\n him by George Hammond, regarding his deposition of the pilot\n Thomas Butler (1795 May 26); John Steele regarding the account\n of Virginia against the United States (1795 June 23); Henry\n Lee regarding his failure to execute orders by the Lt. Gov.\n concerning the privateer at Gloucester (1795 July 6); H. Young\n enclosing a letter from John Page regarding the Unicorn (1795\n July 7); John Dawson regarding Indian depredations in Harrison\n County (1795 Aug. 17); James Monroe, Paris, regarding the\n statue of Gen. Washington left unfinished while Thomas\n Jefferson was Minister to France (1795 Aug. 20); William\n Lowther regarding depredations by Indians in Harrison County\n (1795 Aug. 24); George Peachey, Mayor of Petersburg regarding\n two cases of yellow fever brought from Norfolk (1795 Aug. 26);\n George Clendenin resigning his commission as County Lieutenant\n for Kanawha County (1795 Nov. 14); Governor Brooke to the\n Clerk of the Council indicating his temporary absence from\n office (1795 Dec. 9); Robert Johnson to the Commissioners for\n Virginia regarding approval of the proceedings of the\n Commissioners concerning the boundary line between Virginia\n \u0026amp; Kentucky (1796 Jan. 1); Isaac Shelby, Governor of\n Kentucky, regarding the boundary line and enclosing an act of\n the Kentucky Legislature (1796 Feb. 15); William Pennock\n enclosing a bill of lading from Ve. Homberg \u0026amp; Homberg\n Freres for three cases containing the marble pedester statue\n of Gen. Washington and the marble pedestal (1796 April 10);\n Isaac Shelby enclosing a letter from Alexander Smyth regarding\n the boundary line between Virginia \u0026amp; Kentucky (1796 May\n 6); John Hoskins Stone, Governor of Maryland, regarding the\n extradition of Robert Osborn, a fugitive of justice (1796 June\n 16); John Dawson regarding obtaining arms for the State of\n Virginia from Europe (1796 Sept. 11 \u0026amp; 12); Archibald\n Stuart regarding the agreement with the Kentucky Commissioners\n on the boundary line (1796 Sept. 27); Houdon regarding his\n payment for creating a marble statue of Washington (1796 Oct.\n 8); and Edmund Randolph regarding the case of Fairfax versus\n the Commonwealth (1796 Oct. 22).\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eOther noteworthy items include: oath of Robert Brooke by J.\n Pendleton as Governor (1794 Dec. 1); a list of persons who\n have migrated to Virginia and given oath to reside therein\n (1794 Dec. 17); receipts from William Morris, Contractor, for\n rations to soldiers under the command of Hugh Caperton (1794\n Dec. 17); proclamation revoking the previous proclamation of\n Lt. Gov. James Wood regarding the quarantine of vessels from\n certain ports (1794 Dec. 19); receipts from Samuel Shepard for\n the sale of the mace (1794 Dec. 3); order from Will Russell,\n Clerk of the Court of Directors of the Lunatic Hospital,\n applying for warrants from the Auditor of Public Accounts\n (1795 March 31 \u0026amp; 1796 July 12); muster roll of scouts\n called into service for the protection of Randolph County\n (1795 May 20); proclamation by the Governor regarding the\n yellow fever outbreak in the West Indies and the quarantine of\n vessels from those areas (1795 May 21); petition from French\n refugees from St. Domingo at Norfolk regarding a plan to send\n back their negroes (1795 July N.D.); oath issued by John\n Pendleton to Robert Brooke as Governor (1795 Dec. 1); printed\n copy of the Treaty of Greenville signed by Timothy Pickering\n (1795 Dec. 22); proclamation by Lt. Gov. James Wood offering a\n reward for the capture of John Williford for the murder of\n Josiah Worrell (1795 Sept. 19); list of commissions of the\n peace for Southampton County (1796 Feb. 12); list of\n commissions of the peace for New Kent County (1796 March 4);\n account of William Hodgson for erecting the statue of\n Washington \u0026amp; repairing (1796 June 8); appointment of John\n Robertson by James Wood as Superintendent of Quarantine for\n Bermuda Hundred \u0026amp; City Point (1796 July 9); bond of Samuel\n Shepard as Auditor of Public Accounts (1796 Oct. 1);\n certificate of Samuel Moseley, Mayor of Norfolk, as elector\n for President \u0026amp; Vice President (1796 Nov. 7); and muster\n fines of the 22nd Regiment Virginia Militia, Mecklenburg\n County (1796 Nov. 5).\u003c/p\u003e\n "]}]}},"label":"Breadcrumbs"}}},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/vi_vi00866_c10"}},{"id":"vi_vi00866_c04","type":"Series","attributes":{"title":"1796","breadcrumbs":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/vi_vi00866_c04#breadcrumbs","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":{"ref_ssi":"vi_vi00866_c04","ref_ssm":["vi_vi00866_c04"],"id":"vi_vi00866_c04","ead_ssi":"vi_vi00866","_root_":"vi_vi00866","_nest_parent_":"vi_vi00866","parent_ssi":"vi_vi00866","parent_ssim":["Governor Robert Brooke Executive\n Papers, 1794-1796"],"parent_ids_ssim":["vi_vi00866"],"title_filing_ssi":"1796","title_ssm":["1796"],"title_tesim":["1796"],"normalized_title_ssm":["1796"],"text":["1796","Governor Robert Brooke Executive\n Papers, 1794-1796"],"parent_unittitles_ssm":["Governor Robert Brooke Executive\n Papers, 1794-1796"],"parent_unittitles_tesim":["Governor Robert Brooke Executive\n Papers, 1794-1796"],"level_ssm":["Series"],"level_ssim":["Series"],"component_level_isim":[1],"sort_isi":54,"repository_ssim":["Library of Virginia"],"collection_ssim":["Governor Robert Brooke Executive\n Papers, 1794-1796"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"child_component_count_isi":12,"_nest_path_":"/components#3","timestamp":"2026-07-23T21:08:53.750Z","collection":{"numFound":1,"start":0,"numFoundExact":true,"docs":[{"id":"vi_vi00866","ead_ssi":"vi_vi00866","_root_":"vi_vi00866","_nest_parent_":"vi_vi00866","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/lva/vi00866.xml","title_ssm":["Governor Robert Brooke Executive\n Papers, 1794-1796"],"title_tesim":["Governor Robert Brooke Executive\n Papers, 1794-1796"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Governor Robert Brooke Executive\n Papers, 1794-1796"],"text":["Governor Robert Brooke Executive\n Papers, 1794-1796","40723","2.23 cubic\n feet","Arranged chronologically by date of document with undated\n items arranged to the rear.","Robert Brooke was born in Spotsylvania County to Richard\n Brooke and Ann Hay Taliaferro Brooke around 1760. Educated in\n Edinburgh, Scotland, during the Revolutionary War, Brooke\n returned to Virginia in 1780 where he enlisted in a volunteer\n cavalry troop and was captured by the British at Westham in\n January 1781. Brooke returned to Spotsylvania County to\n practice law, later moving his office to Fredericksburg. In\n 1786, Brooke married Mary Ritchie Hopper (d. 1796) and settled\n on an estate in Fredericksburg which became known as Federal\n Hill. Brooke represented Spotsylvania County in the House of\n Delegates from 1791 until 1794. Upon the vacancy of the office\n of governor by Henry Lee to suppress the Whiskey Rebellion,\n the General Assembly elected Brooke governor on 20 November\n 1794. He was reelected for a second one-year term on 26\n November 1795. Brooke County, now in West Virginia, was named\n after Robert Brooke when it was formed from part of Ohio\n County in 1796. Following his second term as governor, Brooke\n was elected to replace James Innes as attorney general of\n Virginia on 16 November 1796. He served as attorney general\n until his death on 27 February 1800.","Robert Brooke's Executive papers are organized\n chronologically with undated items arranged at the end of each\n year. These papers primarily consist of incoming\n correspondence during Brooke's two one-year terms as governor\n between 1 December 1794 until 1 December 1796. These records\n include correspondence written to James Wood who acted as\n Lieutenant Governor while Brooke was temporarily absent from\n office. The correspondence in this collection relates to a\n variety of topics including appointments for state positions;\n the Point of Fork Arsenal; defense of the frontier;\n resignations; arms \u0026 ammunition; Indian attacks; British\n \u0026 French ships in Virginia ports; the boundary line\n between Kentucky \u0026 Virginia; extraditions; the Houdon\n statue of Washington; state expenses \u0026 revenue; quarantine\n of vessels; foreign affairs; Revolutionary claims; elections;\n Presidential electors; the Capitol Building; the militia; and\n others. In addition to correspondence, there are resolutions\n from Congress and the Virginia Senate \u0026 House of\n Delegates; muster \u0026 pay rolls; accounts; oaths; pardons;\n receipts; election returns \u0026 certificates; qualifications;\n lists; depositions; proclamations; petitions; reports;\n appointments; resignations; treaties; bonds; commissions;\n orders; proceedings; applications; lists; opinions; and other\n sundry items. Note that files related to county officers for\n 1795 have been arranged alphabetically by county and separated\n to the end of the papers for that year.","Noteworthy correspondence originates from the United States\n government, Virginia State government, and miscellaneous\n sources. Prominent correspondents from the United States\n government include Henry Knox, Timothy Pickering, \u0026 James\n McHenry, Secretaries of War; Edmund Randolph \u0026 Timothy\n Pickering, Secretaries of State; Alexander Campbell, U.S.\n District Attorney General, Samuel A. Otis \u0026 John\n Beckley, Clerks of the Senate \u0026 House of\n Representatives, and President George Washington.","Governor Brooke received correspondence on numerous\n occasions from the United States War Department. On 5 December\n 1794, Henry Knox transmitted a resolution by John Beckley,\n Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives, thanking the\n Virginia Militia for their service during the Whiskey\n Rebellion. Timothy Pickering replaced Knox as Secretary of War\n in 1795. Pickering writes on 6 January 1795 regarding the\n French ship Les Jumeaux which was armed and equipped at\n Philadelphia in violation of the U.S. neutrality law.\n Pickering also writes respecting bounty lands on the northwest\n side of the Ohio River for officers \u0026 soldiers of the\n Virginia Line on Continental Establishment (1795 June 13). In\n addition, Pickering responds to a letter from the Governor\n concerning establishing a small garrison of militia at\n Norfolk. According to Pickering, the President has no\n authority to call out the militia for the preservation of\n peace (1795 July 3). Lastly, Pickering writes regarding the\n pay of Charles Cist for printing regulations for the order and\n discipline of U.S. troops (1795 Sept. 14). James McHenry\n replaced Pickering as Secretary of War in 1796. In a letter\n dated 4 March 1796, McHenry acknowledges the receipt of the\n Governor's letter, along with the account \u0026 vouchers for\n militia \u0026 scouts on the Western frontier. William Simmons,\n in the Dept. of War Accountant's Office, corresponds with the\n Governor concerning the compensation by the United States to\n Virginia for the pay \u0026 subsistence of the militia,\n ammunition, and contingent expenses in the protection of the\n frontiers (1795 Sept. 17). On 14 March 1796, Simmons encloses\n a statement of differences on examination of the Virginia\n claims for pay, etc., in 1795. A letter from President George Washington dated 1796 Sept. 15 asks that his shares in the James River Company be applied to Liberty Hall Academy in rockbridge County (letter removed to the Vault - George Washington Papers).","Edmund Randolph, former Governor of Virginia, corresponds\n as Secretary of State. On 3 January 1795, Randolph transmits a\n proclamation of thanksgiving from the President (proclamation\n not included). In another letter of the same date, Randolph\n remarks on a letter from the Governor regarding the embargo.\n On 16 February 1795, Randolph writes about the capture of a\n pilot boat belonging to the British Consul at Norfolk.\n Randolph encloses copies of letters from Gen. Thomas Mathews\n to Governor Lee, Alexander Hamilton, Sec. of the Treasury, and\n orders from Mathews to Lt. Vaughan. On 8 May 1795, Randolph\n encloses letters and papers from George Hammond, British\n Minister Plenipotentiary, concerning French prizes taken by\n Rear Admiral Murray and an order for foreign ships to depart\n American ports. Included is a copy of a letter from Thomas\n Jefferson to Hammond regarding French \u0026 British ships in\n American ports and the treaty with France to admit prizes\n \u0026 repair French ships in U.S. ports. The next day,\n Randolph encloses additional copies of letters from Hammond,\n along with a declaration \u0026 affidavit by Thomas Butler\n regarding the French prizes taken by Admiral Murray. Finally,\n Randolph discusses the practice of British ships of war\n impressing American seamen (1795 May 20). All copies of\n letters were transcribed by George Taylor, Jr., Chief Clerk of\n the Department of State. Timothy Pickering served as Secretary\n of State upon the resignation of Randolph on 19 August 1795.\n On 20 January 1796, Pickering writes to Pierre A. Adet, French\n Minister Plenipotentiary, with respect to U.S. neutrality.\n Pickering also encloses a translation of a letter he received\n from Adet regarding the purchase of flour \u0026 horses by the\n English in Virginia.","Alexander Campbell, District U.S. Attorney, provides his\n opinion on the following subjects: the unlawful detention of a\n mariner by a British vessel of war (1795 Jan. 25), the\n delivery of a fugitive of justice from Pennsylvania and\n deserters from a British ship of war at Norfolk (1795 Jan.\n 25), and the Unicorn, a suspected privateer outfitting at\n Gloucester (1795 June 26). In addition, Samuel A. Otis \u0026\n John Beckley periodically transmit journals of the proceedings\n of the U.S. Senate \u0026 House of Representatives (1795 April\n 13 \u0026 25, \u0026 1796 July 28).","Significant correspondents from Virginia State government\n include Archibald Blair, Clerk of the Council; Samuel Coleman,\n Assistant Clerk of the Council of State; James Innes, Attorney\n General; Charles Hay, Clerk of the House of Delegates;\n Humphrey Brooke, Clerk of the Senate; William Hay, Robert\n Goode, \u0026 William Foushee, etc., Directors of Public\n Buildings; Robert Quarles, Superintendent of the Point of Fork\n Arsenal; Thomas Newton \u0026 Willis Wilson, County\n Lieutenants; John Pendleton, Jr., Auditor of Public Accounts;\n and Jacquelin Ambler, Treasurer.","Archibald Blair \u0026 Samuel Coleman, as Clerk \u0026\n Assistant Clerk of the Council, communicate with the Governor\n frequently through the Council Office. Blair offers the advice\n of the Council regarding the account against the U.S. for the\n Western defense, reimbursement for the Springfield expedition,\n the printing of German military regulations, and orders for\n scouts in Ohio \u0026 Harrison Counties (1795 Jan. 14). Blair\n also writes G. Deneale denying his request to keep arms given\n to the light infantry under his command at Winchester to use\n against the insurgents (1795 Feb. 11). On 14 July 1795, Blair\n submits the order of the Council for ordering out the militia\n from Norfolk \u0026 Portsmouth to prevent disorder or\n insurrections from the frequent migrations of negroes. Lastly,\n Blair provides the advice of the Council concerning witnesses\n against Archer Branch in North Carolina (1796 Feb. 15).\n Coleman mainly writes concerning military finances including\n the account of Hugh Caperton for ammunition (1794 Dec. 2) and\n Capt. William Lowther's pay abstract \u0026 muster roll (1795\n March 5). On 12 May 1795, Coleman writes the Governor\n requesting that the office of Keeper of the Capitol not be\n taken from his father, Wyatt Coleman. His father writes a\n similar letter on the same date. On 4 December 1795, Coleman\n requests additional compensation for completing a list of\n officers \u0026 privates of the Continental Line. Shortly\n thereafter, Coleman was appointed Adjutant General and asks\n the Lieutenant Governor for an apartment in the Capitol to\n perform his new duties (1795 Dec. 14).","During James Innes' absence in 1794 \u0026 1795, John\n Marshall provides his opinion on the militia law as Attorney\n General of Virginia (1794 Undated). Upon Innes' return,\n Marshall writes as counsel to Lord Fairfax concerning the case\n of the Commonwealth against him in the Court of Appeals (1795\n March 2). On 23 April 1795, Innes writes that he will be\n unable to attend this trial in the Court of Appeals due to\n illness. Innes provides an opinion on such topics as the\n improper trial of William John Thweatt who was found guilty of\n horse stealing (1795 April 7), proceedings against Mr. Johnson\n for the alleged murder of Mr. Jeffers (1796 Jan. 13), and the\n power of the Governor to procure the attendance of necessary\n witnesses from the Territory South of the Ohio River (1796\n Feb. 3). On 21 June 1796, he remarks on the assignment of the\n Solicitor's Office for the use of the Attorney General. Again,\n on 17 July 1796, Innes writes that he must be absent from\n office because of health problems. He adds that he has asked\n Mr. Warden to discharge the duties of his office. Innes was\n forced to resign in a letter to the Governor dated 13 November\n 1796.","Charles Hay, Clerk of the House of Delegates, and Humphrey\n Brooke, Clerk of the Senate, often submit legislation and\n qualifications of election to the Governor. Noteworthy\n legislation includes a resolution to inquire about the\n \"lucrative office\" accepted by James Innes in the General\n Government (1794 Dec. 16). Included in these papers are the\n qualifications for the election of Spencer Roane as Judge of\n the Court of Appeals in place of Henry Tazewell (1794 Dec. 2),\n the election of Jaquelin Ambler as Treasurer (1794 Dec. 17),\n Paul Carrington as Judge of the General Court in place of\n Spencer Roane (1794 Dec. 17), Robert Brooke as Governor (1795\n Nov. 26), Robert Brooke as Attorney General (1796 Nov. 16),\n and Samuel Shepard as Auditor of Public Accounts in place of\n John Pendleton (1796 Nov. 16). A letter from John Wise,\n Speaker of the House of Delegates, encloses sundry resolutions\n for proposing certain amendments to the U.S. Constitution\n (1795 Dec. 19).","William Hay, Robert Goode, \u0026 William Foushee, etc.,\n Directors of Public Buildings, provide information on work\n done to the Capitol Building and the settlement of accounts.\n On 28 November 1795, William Hay writes regarding the account\n of Samuel Dobie for superintending \u0026 directing the\n execution of the steps outside the Capitol, as well as the\n staircase, conference, and other work done inside the Capitol\n from 1793 to 1794. Hay also encloses accounts and a letter\n from Dobie indicating the amount of balances due him. On 30\n March 1796, the Directors write regarding the repair of the\n roof of the Capitol and surplus materials.","Maj. Robert Quarles submits quarterly returns of ordnance\n \u0026 public stores at Point of Fork (1795 Jan. 2, 1795 March\n 31, 1795 June 30, 1795 Oct. 6, 1795 Dec. 31, 1796 March 31,\n 1796 June 30, \u0026 1796 Sept. 30). In addition, Quarles'\n correspondence concerns a contract for provisions at Point of\n Fork (1795 May 5 \u0026 25), an increase in salary (1795 Oct.\n 6), the bond of William Weaver to provide rations for the\n State Arsenal (1796 May 27), the supply of timber \u0026\n firewood contract with David Ross (1796 Sept. 12), and the\n bond of Matthew \u0026 Elias Wills for the Office of Contractor\n to supply the State Arsenal with rations (1796 Oct. 27).","Thomas Newton, Jr., County Lieutenant for Norfolk Borough,\n frequently writes the Governor on a variety of concerns. On 11\n January 1795, Newton encloses copies of letters from the\n British \u0026 French Consuls regarding disturbances between\n British \u0026 French crews in Norfolk Harbor. On 14 January,\n Newton discusses the case of Daniel Raybourn, an American\n seamen taken by the Lynx, a British ship of war, from a Danish\n Brig. He encloses the opinion of Alexander Campbell to the\n Lieutenant Governor on the same matter on 25 January 1795. In\n another letter, he remarks on Campbell's opinion on British\n deserters and the extradition of the fugitive Joseph Larelle\n back to Pennsylvania (1795 Feb. 1). Newton communicates\n Campbell's opinion to John Hamilton, British Consul, stating\n that it is the duty of the magistrates to apprehend deserters\n (1795 Feb. 2). An incident occurred in February 1795 when a\n group of armed men from the British ship Thetis marched into\n Norfolk committing illegal searches in the homes of citizens\n for deserters. Newton informs the Governor of this incident\n and encloses an account by the Captain of the Watch, a copy of\n a letter from John Hamilton, and depositions (1795 Feb. 17).\n He writes again on this matter on 25 February 1795 enclosing\n letters from Alexander F. Cochrane, Captain of the Thetis,\n \u0026 John Hamilton. Much of Newton's correspondence with\n Governor Brooke relates to the spread of diseases to Norfolk\n \u0026 the quarantine of vessels (1795 April 28; 1795 May 5,\n 16, 26; 1795 Aug. 22; 1795 Oct. 3; 1795 Nov. 4, 5, \u0026 17;\n 1796 May 15 \u0026 29; 1796 July 8; 1796 Aug. 13 \u0026 28; 1796\n Sept. 12 \u0026 28; 1796 Oct. 27; \u0026 1796 Nov. 7). On 28\n February 1796, Newton writes regarding the purchase of two\n acres of land for building houses for the reception of goods\n and for accommodating the persons performing quarantine. On 17\n April 1795, Newton informs the Governor of American citizens\n detained on board Admiral Murray's ship the Resolution, a\n British ship of war. His letters of 1796 Feb. 7 \u0026 9 relate\n to letters from Henry McGeary, an American citizen impressed\n on the Resolution. Later, Newton encloses a letter from Judge\n Cyrus Griffin respecting the case of McGeary (1796 Feb. 21).\n Newton remarks on the arrival of three French ships from\n Guadalupe and the defenseless condition of the port due to the\n incompletion of the forts and the insufficient garrison there\n (1795 May 24). On 9 June 1795, Newton relates the capture of\n two French ships off the coast by the British ships Thetis\n \u0026 Hussar. In addition, he mentions the arrival of a French\n ship from Dominique with French citizens and a number of\n negroes which they claim as servants. A few days later, Newton\n informs the Governor of the arrival of the Sloop Industry from\n Boston which carried negro slaves on board in violation of the\n non-importation laws (1795 June 11). In a letter dated 21 June\n 1795, Newton encloses the deposition of Francis Marshal\n concerning two brigs taken off the coast of Virginia by a\n Bermudian privateer. Another significant event occurred in\n January 1796 when horses were purchased by British officers in\n the United States for mounting their troops against the French\n in the West Indies. Newton writes the Governor that this is a\n violation of the treaty with France \u0026 Holland (1796 Jan.\n 20). Shortly thereafter, he encloses a letter from Mr. Oster,\n French Consul, complaining of the shipment of horses by the\n British (1796 Jan. 23). The next day, he encloses one from\n John Hamilton denying that the shipment of horses is a\n military preparation (1795 Jan. 24).","Willis Wilson, County Lieutenant for Portsmouth,\n corresponds with the Governor regarding similar subjects as\n Thomas Newton. On 29 April 1795, Wilson suggests that a boat\n be armed at Hampton Roads for the purpose of preventing\n violators of U.S. neutrality and to liberate the men impressed\n on board Rear Admiral Murray's Squadron. He encloses the\n deposition of Capt. Hatten whose ship was boarded by the Lynx.\n A letter from Wilson to Admiral Murray relates to hostile\n expeditions by ships of any belligerent nation in Virginia\n waters. In this letter, he orders the ships to depart Virginia\n waters and to liberate any American citizens detained on board\n (1795 April 27). Wilson encloses a letter from John Hamilton\n informing him that the vessels Diana \u0026 Thomas are waiting\n to embark with their cargo of horses. On 24 June 1795, Wilson\n writes about the small pox epidemic in Portsmouth and the\n impressment of John Underwood \u0026 John Lloyd on board the\n British ship Lynx. Finally, Wilson writes the Governor\n regarding the formation of an artillery company in Portsmouth\n under the command of John Cowper (1796 Feb. 23 \u0026 March\n 27).","Governor Randolph corresponds often with John Pendleton,\n Jr., Auditor of Public Accounts, and Jaquelin Ambler,\n Treasurer, regarding various financial matters. Pendleton\n regularly encloses lists of warrants issued by him through the\n Auditor's Office (1795 March 31, 1795 July 1, 1795 Nov. 5,\n 1795 Dec. 31, 1796 July 1). Additionally, Pendleton writes\n regarding the suspicion of a fraudulent sale against Robert\n Craig, former sheriff of Washington County (1794 Dec. 18).\n Pendleton encloses the report of John Taylor and the opinion\n of John Marshall on the matter. Pendleton also writes to the\n Governor enclosing accounts of expenses of his office (1795\n May 10). On 14 May 1795, Pendleton provided a report on the\n final settlement of William Davies' accounts as Commissioner\n of Virginia for Claims Against the United States. Pendleton\n submits his letter of resignation on 5 August 1796 effective\n at the end of the month. The next day, Pendleton recommends\n Samuel Shepard to replace him as Auditor. Pendleton's official\n letter of resignation was submitted on 30 Sept. 1796. Ambler\n encloses a statement of monies belonging to claimants for the\n defense of the Western frontier (1795 Aug. 27). In addition,\n on 24 September 1795, he encloses a copy of a letter from\n Samuel Meredith, U.S. Treasurer, regarding a warrant from the\n Secretary of War for the full balance due the State of\n Virginia for the settlement of their account for the pay \u0026\n subsistence of militia, scouts, ammunition, and contingent\n expenses in the protection of the frontiers.","Notable correspondents from miscellaneous sources include\n the following: Andrew Dunscomb, Mayor of Richmond; John\n Hamilton, British Consul at Norfolk; and Thomas Mifflin,\n Governor of Pennsylvania.","Andrew Dunscomb mainly writes the Governor regarding the\n prevention of infectious disease to the City of Richmond. On\n 27 August 1795, he encloses resolutions of the Common Hall\n relative to the quarantine of vessels from Norfolk.\n Additionally, he discusses a law prohibiting the migration of\n free negroes from the West Indies into the Commonwealth (1795\n Sept. 18). Dunscomb also transmits a letter from William\n Richardson \u0026 Jacob I. Cohen regarding allowing passage of\n vessels from Norfolk, but stopping vessels from New York (1795\n Oct. 6).","John Hamilton, British Consul, frequently writes the\n Governor regarding British affairs. On 2 January 1795,\n Hamilton requests permission for the British ships Thetis\n \u0026 Cleopatra to make repairs in Norfolk Harbor. Hamilton\n also writes at length regarding British desertions,\n particularly the incident involving the attempt by British\n sailors on board the Thetis to recapture deserters in Norfolk\n (1795 Feb. 18, 25, \u0026 May 8). Hamilton was also\n particularly concerned with privateers preying on British\n ships. He specifically mentions a ship called the Unicorn\n which plundered a Danish vessel (1795 June 26 \u0026 July 30).\n In addition, Hamilton communicates his intelligence regarding\n vessels from Baltimore arming in the Chesapeake as privateers\n (1795 Aug. 15 \u0026 Sept. 24). His letter to the Lieutenant\n Governor relates to the prevention of illegal equipment for\n ships in the waters of Virginia (1795 July 3 \u0026 Oct. 6).\n Yet another incident occurred in January 1796 when the\n American Sloop Diana, loaded with British goods and bound for\n a British port in the West Indies, was forcibly boarded and\n her cargo carried away. Hamilton sends a letter to the\n Governor complaining about this incident, along with a similar\n letter to Willis Wilson (1796 Jan. 29). Finally, on 15\n February 1796, Hamilton writes regarding his inquiry to the\n President on the shipment of horses and the neutrality\n laws.","As Governor of Pennsylvania, Thomas Mifflin often\n corresponds with Governor Brooke with respect to fugitives\n from justice. On 29 December 1794, Mifflin transmits the\n affidavit of Stephen Girard affirming that Joseph Larelle had\n taken a mulatto boy named Crispin from his service with an\n intention of selling him into slavery. He writes again on 10\n February 1795 concerning the apprehension of Larelle. In a\n letter dated 12 March 1795, Mifflin informs the Governor of\n the appointment of Laurence Maher as Agent for Pennsylvania to\n bring Joseph Larelle back to Pennsylvania. Similarly, Mifflin\n transmits a copy of an affidavit by Robert Ross respecting\n Langford Herring who was accused of forgery and removed to\n Virginia (1795 Oct. 12). Mifflin also acknowledges the receipt\n of the revised laws from Virginia (1795 May 14 \u0026 1796 Aug.\n 25) and a resolution from Virginia proposing certain\n amendments to the U.S. Constitution (1796 Jan. 6). Mifflin\n responds to another letter on 22 January 1796 regarding an\n annual interchange of the laws passed by Pennsylvania \u0026\n Virginia.","Additional significant correspondence includes the\n following: George Clendenin regarding pay \u0026 subsistence of\n a company employed for the defense of Greenbrier \u0026 Kanawha\n (1794 Dec. 20); Paul Carrington accepting a commission as\n Judge of the General Court (1794 Dec. 18); Andrew Lewis\n regarding the discharge of the troops under his command on the\n southwestern frontiers (1794 Dec. 28); Thomas Mathews\n regarding the admission of two British ship of war into\n Norfolk (1795 Jan. 9); William Price, Register of the Land\n Office, regarding two additional clerk (1795 Jan. 15); Edward\n Carrington regarding the quota of militia called from Gen.\n Martin's Brigade for the late expeditions against the\n insurgents (1795 Feb. 8); William Lowther regarding the\n discharge of scouts \u0026 rangers under his command (1795 Feb.\n 21); Andrew Lewis regarding the settlement of his accounts\n (1795 March 3); John Steele regarding his tardiness in\n settling the Western accounts (1795 April 29); Andrew Lewis\n regarding his application to replace Gen. Tate as paymaster\n (1795 May 5); Daniel Bedinger responding to charges against\n him by George Hammond, regarding his deposition of the pilot\n Thomas Butler (1795 May 26); John Steele regarding the account\n of Virginia against the United States (1795 June 23); Henry\n Lee regarding his failure to execute orders by the Lt. Gov.\n concerning the privateer at Gloucester (1795 July 6); H. Young\n enclosing a letter from John Page regarding the Unicorn (1795\n July 7); John Dawson regarding Indian depredations in Harrison\n County (1795 Aug. 17); James Monroe, Paris, regarding the\n statue of Gen. Washington left unfinished while Thomas\n Jefferson was Minister to France (1795 Aug. 20); William\n Lowther regarding depredations by Indians in Harrison County\n (1795 Aug. 24); George Peachey, Mayor of Petersburg regarding\n two cases of yellow fever brought from Norfolk (1795 Aug. 26);\n George Clendenin resigning his commission as County Lieutenant\n for Kanawha County (1795 Nov. 14); Governor Brooke to the\n Clerk of the Council indicating his temporary absence from\n office (1795 Dec. 9); Robert Johnson to the Commissioners for\n Virginia regarding approval of the proceedings of the\n Commissioners concerning the boundary line between Virginia\n \u0026 Kentucky (1796 Jan. 1); Isaac Shelby, Governor of\n Kentucky, regarding the boundary line and enclosing an act of\n the Kentucky Legislature (1796 Feb. 15); William Pennock\n enclosing a bill of lading from Ve. Homberg \u0026 Homberg\n Freres for three cases containing the marble pedester statue\n of Gen. Washington and the marble pedestal (1796 April 10);\n Isaac Shelby enclosing a letter from Alexander Smyth regarding\n the boundary line between Virginia \u0026 Kentucky (1796 May\n 6); John Hoskins Stone, Governor of Maryland, regarding the\n extradition of Robert Osborn, a fugitive of justice (1796 June\n 16); John Dawson regarding obtaining arms for the State of\n Virginia from Europe (1796 Sept. 11 \u0026 12); Archibald\n Stuart regarding the agreement with the Kentucky Commissioners\n on the boundary line (1796 Sept. 27); Houdon regarding his\n payment for creating a marble statue of Washington (1796 Oct.\n 8); and Edmund Randolph regarding the case of Fairfax versus\n the Commonwealth (1796 Oct. 22).","Other noteworthy items include: oath of Robert Brooke by J.\n Pendleton as Governor (1794 Dec. 1); a list of persons who\n have migrated to Virginia and given oath to reside therein\n (1794 Dec. 17); receipts from William Morris, Contractor, for\n rations to soldiers under the command of Hugh Caperton (1794\n Dec. 17); proclamation revoking the previous proclamation of\n Lt. Gov. James Wood regarding the quarantine of vessels from\n certain ports (1794 Dec. 19); receipts from Samuel Shepard for\n the sale of the mace (1794 Dec. 3); order from Will Russell,\n Clerk of the Court of Directors of the Lunatic Hospital,\n applying for warrants from the Auditor of Public Accounts\n (1795 March 31 \u0026 1796 July 12); muster roll of scouts\n called into service for the protection of Randolph County\n (1795 May 20); proclamation by the Governor regarding the\n yellow fever outbreak in the West Indies and the quarantine of\n vessels from those areas (1795 May 21); petition from French\n refugees from St. Domingo at Norfolk regarding a plan to send\n back their negroes (1795 July N.D.); oath issued by John\n Pendleton to Robert Brooke as Governor (1795 Dec. 1); printed\n copy of the Treaty of Greenville signed by Timothy Pickering\n (1795 Dec. 22); proclamation by Lt. Gov. James Wood offering a\n reward for the capture of John Williford for the murder of\n Josiah Worrell (1795 Sept. 19); list of commissions of the\n peace for Southampton County (1796 Feb. 12); list of\n commissions of the peace for New Kent County (1796 March 4);\n account of William Hodgson for erecting the statue of\n Washington \u0026 repairing (1796 June 8); appointment of John\n Robertson by James Wood as Superintendent of Quarantine for\n Bermuda Hundred \u0026 City Point (1796 July 9); bond of Samuel\n Shepard as Auditor of Public Accounts (1796 Oct. 1);\n certificate of Samuel Moseley, Mayor of Norfolk, as elector\n for President \u0026 Vice President (1796 Nov. 7); and muster\n fines of the 22nd Regiment Virginia Militia, Mecklenburg\n County (1796 Nov. 5).","State Records Collection,\n Office of the Governor (Record Group 3)","English"],"collection_title_tesim":["Governor Robert Brooke Executive\n Papers, 1794-1796"],"collection_ssim":["Governor Robert Brooke Executive\n Papers, 1794-1796"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["40723"],"unitid_tesim":["40723"],"repository_ssm":["Library of Virginia"],"repository_ssim":["Library of Virginia"],"creator_ssm":["Governor's Office"],"creator_ssim":["Governor's Office"],"acqinfo_ssim":["Acquired prior to 1905."],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"physdesc_tesim":["2.23 cubic\n feet"],"arrangement_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eArranged chronologically by date of document with undated\n items arranged to the rear.\u003c/p\u003e\n "],"arrangement_heading_ssm":["Arrangement"],"arrangement_tesim":["Arranged chronologically by date of document with undated\n items arranged to the rear."],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eRobert Brooke was born in Spotsylvania County to Richard\n Brooke and Ann Hay Taliaferro Brooke around 1760. Educated in\n Edinburgh, Scotland, during the Revolutionary War, Brooke\n returned to Virginia in 1780 where he enlisted in a volunteer\n cavalry troop and was captured by the British at Westham in\n January 1781. Brooke returned to Spotsylvania County to\n practice law, later moving his office to Fredericksburg. In\n 1786, Brooke married Mary Ritchie Hopper (d. 1796) and settled\n on an estate in Fredericksburg which became known as Federal\n Hill. Brooke represented Spotsylvania County in the House of\n Delegates from 1791 until 1794. Upon the vacancy of the office\n of governor by Henry Lee to suppress the Whiskey Rebellion,\n the General Assembly elected Brooke governor on 20 November\n 1794. He was reelected for a second one-year term on 26\n November 1795. Brooke County, now in West Virginia, was named\n after Robert Brooke when it was formed from part of Ohio\n County in 1796. Following his second term as governor, Brooke\n was elected to replace James Innes as attorney general of\n Virginia on 16 November 1796. He served as attorney general\n until his death on 27 February 1800.\u003c/p\u003e\n "],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical Information"],"bioghist_tesim":["Robert Brooke was born in Spotsylvania County to Richard\n Brooke and Ann Hay Taliaferro Brooke around 1760. Educated in\n Edinburgh, Scotland, during the Revolutionary War, Brooke\n returned to Virginia in 1780 where he enlisted in a volunteer\n cavalry troop and was captured by the British at Westham in\n January 1781. Brooke returned to Spotsylvania County to\n practice law, later moving his office to Fredericksburg. In\n 1786, Brooke married Mary Ritchie Hopper (d. 1796) and settled\n on an estate in Fredericksburg which became known as Federal\n Hill. Brooke represented Spotsylvania County in the House of\n Delegates from 1791 until 1794. Upon the vacancy of the office\n of governor by Henry Lee to suppress the Whiskey Rebellion,\n the General Assembly elected Brooke governor on 20 November\n 1794. He was reelected for a second one-year term on 26\n November 1795. Brooke County, now in West Virginia, was named\n after Robert Brooke when it was formed from part of Ohio\n County in 1796. Following his second term as governor, Brooke\n was elected to replace James Innes as attorney general of\n Virginia on 16 November 1796. He served as attorney general\n until his death on 27 February 1800."],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content Information"],"scopecontent_tesim":["Robert Brooke's Executive papers are organized\n chronologically with undated items arranged at the end of each\n year. These papers primarily consist of incoming\n correspondence during Brooke's two one-year terms as governor\n between 1 December 1794 until 1 December 1796. These records\n include correspondence written to James Wood who acted as\n Lieutenant Governor while Brooke was temporarily absent from\n office. The correspondence in this collection relates to a\n variety of topics including appointments for state positions;\n the Point of Fork Arsenal; defense of the frontier;\n resignations; arms \u0026 ammunition; Indian attacks; British\n \u0026 French ships in Virginia ports; the boundary line\n between Kentucky \u0026 Virginia; extraditions; the Houdon\n statue of Washington; state expenses \u0026 revenue; quarantine\n of vessels; foreign affairs; Revolutionary claims; elections;\n Presidential electors; the Capitol Building; the militia; and\n others. In addition to correspondence, there are resolutions\n from Congress and the Virginia Senate \u0026 House of\n Delegates; muster \u0026 pay rolls; accounts; oaths; pardons;\n receipts; election returns \u0026 certificates; qualifications;\n lists; depositions; proclamations; petitions; reports;\n appointments; resignations; treaties; bonds; commissions;\n orders; proceedings; applications; lists; opinions; and other\n sundry items. Note that files related to county officers for\n 1795 have been arranged alphabetically by county and separated\n to the end of the papers for that year.","Noteworthy correspondence originates from the United States\n government, Virginia State government, and miscellaneous\n sources. Prominent correspondents from the United States\n government include Henry Knox, Timothy Pickering, \u0026 James\n McHenry, Secretaries of War; Edmund Randolph \u0026 Timothy\n Pickering, Secretaries of State; Alexander Campbell, U.S.\n District Attorney General, Samuel A. Otis \u0026 John\n Beckley, Clerks of the Senate \u0026 House of\n Representatives, and President George Washington.","Governor Brooke received correspondence on numerous\n occasions from the United States War Department. On 5 December\n 1794, Henry Knox transmitted a resolution by John Beckley,\n Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives, thanking the\n Virginia Militia for their service during the Whiskey\n Rebellion. Timothy Pickering replaced Knox as Secretary of War\n in 1795. Pickering writes on 6 January 1795 regarding the\n French ship Les Jumeaux which was armed and equipped at\n Philadelphia in violation of the U.S. neutrality law.\n Pickering also writes respecting bounty lands on the northwest\n side of the Ohio River for officers \u0026 soldiers of the\n Virginia Line on Continental Establishment (1795 June 13). In\n addition, Pickering responds to a letter from the Governor\n concerning establishing a small garrison of militia at\n Norfolk. According to Pickering, the President has no\n authority to call out the militia for the preservation of\n peace (1795 July 3). Lastly, Pickering writes regarding the\n pay of Charles Cist for printing regulations for the order and\n discipline of U.S. troops (1795 Sept. 14). James McHenry\n replaced Pickering as Secretary of War in 1796. In a letter\n dated 4 March 1796, McHenry acknowledges the receipt of the\n Governor's letter, along with the account \u0026 vouchers for\n militia \u0026 scouts on the Western frontier. William Simmons,\n in the Dept. of War Accountant's Office, corresponds with the\n Governor concerning the compensation by the United States to\n Virginia for the pay \u0026 subsistence of the militia,\n ammunition, and contingent expenses in the protection of the\n frontiers (1795 Sept. 17). On 14 March 1796, Simmons encloses\n a statement of differences on examination of the Virginia\n claims for pay, etc., in 1795. A letter from President George Washington dated 1796 Sept. 15 asks that his shares in the James River Company be applied to Liberty Hall Academy in rockbridge County (letter removed to the Vault - George Washington Papers).","Edmund Randolph, former Governor of Virginia, corresponds\n as Secretary of State. On 3 January 1795, Randolph transmits a\n proclamation of thanksgiving from the President (proclamation\n not included). In another letter of the same date, Randolph\n remarks on a letter from the Governor regarding the embargo.\n On 16 February 1795, Randolph writes about the capture of a\n pilot boat belonging to the British Consul at Norfolk.\n Randolph encloses copies of letters from Gen. Thomas Mathews\n to Governor Lee, Alexander Hamilton, Sec. of the Treasury, and\n orders from Mathews to Lt. Vaughan. On 8 May 1795, Randolph\n encloses letters and papers from George Hammond, British\n Minister Plenipotentiary, concerning French prizes taken by\n Rear Admiral Murray and an order for foreign ships to depart\n American ports. Included is a copy of a letter from Thomas\n Jefferson to Hammond regarding French \u0026 British ships in\n American ports and the treaty with France to admit prizes\n \u0026 repair French ships in U.S. ports. The next day,\n Randolph encloses additional copies of letters from Hammond,\n along with a declaration \u0026 affidavit by Thomas Butler\n regarding the French prizes taken by Admiral Murray. Finally,\n Randolph discusses the practice of British ships of war\n impressing American seamen (1795 May 20). All copies of\n letters were transcribed by George Taylor, Jr., Chief Clerk of\n the Department of State. Timothy Pickering served as Secretary\n of State upon the resignation of Randolph on 19 August 1795.\n On 20 January 1796, Pickering writes to Pierre A. Adet, French\n Minister Plenipotentiary, with respect to U.S. neutrality.\n Pickering also encloses a translation of a letter he received\n from Adet regarding the purchase of flour \u0026 horses by the\n English in Virginia.","Alexander Campbell, District U.S. Attorney, provides his\n opinion on the following subjects: the unlawful detention of a\n mariner by a British vessel of war (1795 Jan. 25), the\n delivery of a fugitive of justice from Pennsylvania and\n deserters from a British ship of war at Norfolk (1795 Jan.\n 25), and the Unicorn, a suspected privateer outfitting at\n Gloucester (1795 June 26). In addition, Samuel A. Otis \u0026\n John Beckley periodically transmit journals of the proceedings\n of the U.S. Senate \u0026 House of Representatives (1795 April\n 13 \u0026 25, \u0026 1796 July 28).","Significant correspondents from Virginia State government\n include Archibald Blair, Clerk of the Council; Samuel Coleman,\n Assistant Clerk of the Council of State; James Innes, Attorney\n General; Charles Hay, Clerk of the House of Delegates;\n Humphrey Brooke, Clerk of the Senate; William Hay, Robert\n Goode, \u0026 William Foushee, etc., Directors of Public\n Buildings; Robert Quarles, Superintendent of the Point of Fork\n Arsenal; Thomas Newton \u0026 Willis Wilson, County\n Lieutenants; John Pendleton, Jr., Auditor of Public Accounts;\n and Jacquelin Ambler, Treasurer.","Archibald Blair \u0026 Samuel Coleman, as Clerk \u0026\n Assistant Clerk of the Council, communicate with the Governor\n frequently through the Council Office. Blair offers the advice\n of the Council regarding the account against the U.S. for the\n Western defense, reimbursement for the Springfield expedition,\n the printing of German military regulations, and orders for\n scouts in Ohio \u0026 Harrison Counties (1795 Jan. 14). Blair\n also writes G. Deneale denying his request to keep arms given\n to the light infantry under his command at Winchester to use\n against the insurgents (1795 Feb. 11). On 14 July 1795, Blair\n submits the order of the Council for ordering out the militia\n from Norfolk \u0026 Portsmouth to prevent disorder or\n insurrections from the frequent migrations of negroes. Lastly,\n Blair provides the advice of the Council concerning witnesses\n against Archer Branch in North Carolina (1796 Feb. 15).\n Coleman mainly writes concerning military finances including\n the account of Hugh Caperton for ammunition (1794 Dec. 2) and\n Capt. William Lowther's pay abstract \u0026 muster roll (1795\n March 5). On 12 May 1795, Coleman writes the Governor\n requesting that the office of Keeper of the Capitol not be\n taken from his father, Wyatt Coleman. His father writes a\n similar letter on the same date. On 4 December 1795, Coleman\n requests additional compensation for completing a list of\n officers \u0026 privates of the Continental Line. Shortly\n thereafter, Coleman was appointed Adjutant General and asks\n the Lieutenant Governor for an apartment in the Capitol to\n perform his new duties (1795 Dec. 14).","During James Innes' absence in 1794 \u0026 1795, John\n Marshall provides his opinion on the militia law as Attorney\n General of Virginia (1794 Undated). Upon Innes' return,\n Marshall writes as counsel to Lord Fairfax concerning the case\n of the Commonwealth against him in the Court of Appeals (1795\n March 2). On 23 April 1795, Innes writes that he will be\n unable to attend this trial in the Court of Appeals due to\n illness. Innes provides an opinion on such topics as the\n improper trial of William John Thweatt who was found guilty of\n horse stealing (1795 April 7), proceedings against Mr. Johnson\n for the alleged murder of Mr. Jeffers (1796 Jan. 13), and the\n power of the Governor to procure the attendance of necessary\n witnesses from the Territory South of the Ohio River (1796\n Feb. 3). On 21 June 1796, he remarks on the assignment of the\n Solicitor's Office for the use of the Attorney General. Again,\n on 17 July 1796, Innes writes that he must be absent from\n office because of health problems. He adds that he has asked\n Mr. Warden to discharge the duties of his office. Innes was\n forced to resign in a letter to the Governor dated 13 November\n 1796.","Charles Hay, Clerk of the House of Delegates, and Humphrey\n Brooke, Clerk of the Senate, often submit legislation and\n qualifications of election to the Governor. Noteworthy\n legislation includes a resolution to inquire about the\n \"lucrative office\" accepted by James Innes in the General\n Government (1794 Dec. 16). Included in these papers are the\n qualifications for the election of Spencer Roane as Judge of\n the Court of Appeals in place of Henry Tazewell (1794 Dec. 2),\n the election of Jaquelin Ambler as Treasurer (1794 Dec. 17),\n Paul Carrington as Judge of the General Court in place of\n Spencer Roane (1794 Dec. 17), Robert Brooke as Governor (1795\n Nov. 26), Robert Brooke as Attorney General (1796 Nov. 16),\n and Samuel Shepard as Auditor of Public Accounts in place of\n John Pendleton (1796 Nov. 16). A letter from John Wise,\n Speaker of the House of Delegates, encloses sundry resolutions\n for proposing certain amendments to the U.S. Constitution\n (1795 Dec. 19).","William Hay, Robert Goode, \u0026 William Foushee, etc.,\n Directors of Public Buildings, provide information on work\n done to the Capitol Building and the settlement of accounts.\n On 28 November 1795, William Hay writes regarding the account\n of Samuel Dobie for superintending \u0026 directing the\n execution of the steps outside the Capitol, as well as the\n staircase, conference, and other work done inside the Capitol\n from 1793 to 1794. Hay also encloses accounts and a letter\n from Dobie indicating the amount of balances due him. On 30\n March 1796, the Directors write regarding the repair of the\n roof of the Capitol and surplus materials.","Maj. Robert Quarles submits quarterly returns of ordnance\n \u0026 public stores at Point of Fork (1795 Jan. 2, 1795 March\n 31, 1795 June 30, 1795 Oct. 6, 1795 Dec. 31, 1796 March 31,\n 1796 June 30, \u0026 1796 Sept. 30). In addition, Quarles'\n correspondence concerns a contract for provisions at Point of\n Fork (1795 May 5 \u0026 25), an increase in salary (1795 Oct.\n 6), the bond of William Weaver to provide rations for the\n State Arsenal (1796 May 27), the supply of timber \u0026\n firewood contract with David Ross (1796 Sept. 12), and the\n bond of Matthew \u0026 Elias Wills for the Office of Contractor\n to supply the State Arsenal with rations (1796 Oct. 27).","Thomas Newton, Jr., County Lieutenant for Norfolk Borough,\n frequently writes the Governor on a variety of concerns. On 11\n January 1795, Newton encloses copies of letters from the\n British \u0026 French Consuls regarding disturbances between\n British \u0026 French crews in Norfolk Harbor. On 14 January,\n Newton discusses the case of Daniel Raybourn, an American\n seamen taken by the Lynx, a British ship of war, from a Danish\n Brig. He encloses the opinion of Alexander Campbell to the\n Lieutenant Governor on the same matter on 25 January 1795. In\n another letter, he remarks on Campbell's opinion on British\n deserters and the extradition of the fugitive Joseph Larelle\n back to Pennsylvania (1795 Feb. 1). Newton communicates\n Campbell's opinion to John Hamilton, British Consul, stating\n that it is the duty of the magistrates to apprehend deserters\n (1795 Feb. 2). An incident occurred in February 1795 when a\n group of armed men from the British ship Thetis marched into\n Norfolk committing illegal searches in the homes of citizens\n for deserters. Newton informs the Governor of this incident\n and encloses an account by the Captain of the Watch, a copy of\n a letter from John Hamilton, and depositions (1795 Feb. 17).\n He writes again on this matter on 25 February 1795 enclosing\n letters from Alexander F. Cochrane, Captain of the Thetis,\n \u0026 John Hamilton. Much of Newton's correspondence with\n Governor Brooke relates to the spread of diseases to Norfolk\n \u0026 the quarantine of vessels (1795 April 28; 1795 May 5,\n 16, 26; 1795 Aug. 22; 1795 Oct. 3; 1795 Nov. 4, 5, \u0026 17;\n 1796 May 15 \u0026 29; 1796 July 8; 1796 Aug. 13 \u0026 28; 1796\n Sept. 12 \u0026 28; 1796 Oct. 27; \u0026 1796 Nov. 7). On 28\n February 1796, Newton writes regarding the purchase of two\n acres of land for building houses for the reception of goods\n and for accommodating the persons performing quarantine. On 17\n April 1795, Newton informs the Governor of American citizens\n detained on board Admiral Murray's ship the Resolution, a\n British ship of war. His letters of 1796 Feb. 7 \u0026 9 relate\n to letters from Henry McGeary, an American citizen impressed\n on the Resolution. Later, Newton encloses a letter from Judge\n Cyrus Griffin respecting the case of McGeary (1796 Feb. 21).\n Newton remarks on the arrival of three French ships from\n Guadalupe and the defenseless condition of the port due to the\n incompletion of the forts and the insufficient garrison there\n (1795 May 24). On 9 June 1795, Newton relates the capture of\n two French ships off the coast by the British ships Thetis\n \u0026 Hussar. In addition, he mentions the arrival of a French\n ship from Dominique with French citizens and a number of\n negroes which they claim as servants. A few days later, Newton\n informs the Governor of the arrival of the Sloop Industry from\n Boston which carried negro slaves on board in violation of the\n non-importation laws (1795 June 11). In a letter dated 21 June\n 1795, Newton encloses the deposition of Francis Marshal\n concerning two brigs taken off the coast of Virginia by a\n Bermudian privateer. Another significant event occurred in\n January 1796 when horses were purchased by British officers in\n the United States for mounting their troops against the French\n in the West Indies. Newton writes the Governor that this is a\n violation of the treaty with France \u0026 Holland (1796 Jan.\n 20). Shortly thereafter, he encloses a letter from Mr. Oster,\n French Consul, complaining of the shipment of horses by the\n British (1796 Jan. 23). The next day, he encloses one from\n John Hamilton denying that the shipment of horses is a\n military preparation (1795 Jan. 24).","Willis Wilson, County Lieutenant for Portsmouth,\n corresponds with the Governor regarding similar subjects as\n Thomas Newton. On 29 April 1795, Wilson suggests that a boat\n be armed at Hampton Roads for the purpose of preventing\n violators of U.S. neutrality and to liberate the men impressed\n on board Rear Admiral Murray's Squadron. He encloses the\n deposition of Capt. Hatten whose ship was boarded by the Lynx.\n A letter from Wilson to Admiral Murray relates to hostile\n expeditions by ships of any belligerent nation in Virginia\n waters. In this letter, he orders the ships to depart Virginia\n waters and to liberate any American citizens detained on board\n (1795 April 27). Wilson encloses a letter from John Hamilton\n informing him that the vessels Diana \u0026 Thomas are waiting\n to embark with their cargo of horses. On 24 June 1795, Wilson\n writes about the small pox epidemic in Portsmouth and the\n impressment of John Underwood \u0026 John Lloyd on board the\n British ship Lynx. Finally, Wilson writes the Governor\n regarding the formation of an artillery company in Portsmouth\n under the command of John Cowper (1796 Feb. 23 \u0026 March\n 27).","Governor Randolph corresponds often with John Pendleton,\n Jr., Auditor of Public Accounts, and Jaquelin Ambler,\n Treasurer, regarding various financial matters. Pendleton\n regularly encloses lists of warrants issued by him through the\n Auditor's Office (1795 March 31, 1795 July 1, 1795 Nov. 5,\n 1795 Dec. 31, 1796 July 1). Additionally, Pendleton writes\n regarding the suspicion of a fraudulent sale against Robert\n Craig, former sheriff of Washington County (1794 Dec. 18).\n Pendleton encloses the report of John Taylor and the opinion\n of John Marshall on the matter. Pendleton also writes to the\n Governor enclosing accounts of expenses of his office (1795\n May 10). On 14 May 1795, Pendleton provided a report on the\n final settlement of William Davies' accounts as Commissioner\n of Virginia for Claims Against the United States. Pendleton\n submits his letter of resignation on 5 August 1796 effective\n at the end of the month. The next day, Pendleton recommends\n Samuel Shepard to replace him as Auditor. Pendleton's official\n letter of resignation was submitted on 30 Sept. 1796. Ambler\n encloses a statement of monies belonging to claimants for the\n defense of the Western frontier (1795 Aug. 27). In addition,\n on 24 September 1795, he encloses a copy of a letter from\n Samuel Meredith, U.S. Treasurer, regarding a warrant from the\n Secretary of War for the full balance due the State of\n Virginia for the settlement of their account for the pay \u0026\n subsistence of militia, scouts, ammunition, and contingent\n expenses in the protection of the frontiers.","Notable correspondents from miscellaneous sources include\n the following: Andrew Dunscomb, Mayor of Richmond; John\n Hamilton, British Consul at Norfolk; and Thomas Mifflin,\n Governor of Pennsylvania.","Andrew Dunscomb mainly writes the Governor regarding the\n prevention of infectious disease to the City of Richmond. On\n 27 August 1795, he encloses resolutions of the Common Hall\n relative to the quarantine of vessels from Norfolk.\n Additionally, he discusses a law prohibiting the migration of\n free negroes from the West Indies into the Commonwealth (1795\n Sept. 18). Dunscomb also transmits a letter from William\n Richardson \u0026 Jacob I. Cohen regarding allowing passage of\n vessels from Norfolk, but stopping vessels from New York (1795\n Oct. 6).","John Hamilton, British Consul, frequently writes the\n Governor regarding British affairs. On 2 January 1795,\n Hamilton requests permission for the British ships Thetis\n \u0026 Cleopatra to make repairs in Norfolk Harbor. Hamilton\n also writes at length regarding British desertions,\n particularly the incident involving the attempt by British\n sailors on board the Thetis to recapture deserters in Norfolk\n (1795 Feb. 18, 25, \u0026 May 8). Hamilton was also\n particularly concerned with privateers preying on British\n ships. He specifically mentions a ship called the Unicorn\n which plundered a Danish vessel (1795 June 26 \u0026 July 30).\n In addition, Hamilton communicates his intelligence regarding\n vessels from Baltimore arming in the Chesapeake as privateers\n (1795 Aug. 15 \u0026 Sept. 24). His letter to the Lieutenant\n Governor relates to the prevention of illegal equipment for\n ships in the waters of Virginia (1795 July 3 \u0026 Oct. 6).\n Yet another incident occurred in January 1796 when the\n American Sloop Diana, loaded with British goods and bound for\n a British port in the West Indies, was forcibly boarded and\n her cargo carried away. Hamilton sends a letter to the\n Governor complaining about this incident, along with a similar\n letter to Willis Wilson (1796 Jan. 29). Finally, on 15\n February 1796, Hamilton writes regarding his inquiry to the\n President on the shipment of horses and the neutrality\n laws.","As Governor of Pennsylvania, Thomas Mifflin often\n corresponds with Governor Brooke with respect to fugitives\n from justice. On 29 December 1794, Mifflin transmits the\n affidavit of Stephen Girard affirming that Joseph Larelle had\n taken a mulatto boy named Crispin from his service with an\n intention of selling him into slavery. He writes again on 10\n February 1795 concerning the apprehension of Larelle. In a\n letter dated 12 March 1795, Mifflin informs the Governor of\n the appointment of Laurence Maher as Agent for Pennsylvania to\n bring Joseph Larelle back to Pennsylvania. Similarly, Mifflin\n transmits a copy of an affidavit by Robert Ross respecting\n Langford Herring who was accused of forgery and removed to\n Virginia (1795 Oct. 12). Mifflin also acknowledges the receipt\n of the revised laws from Virginia (1795 May 14 \u0026 1796 Aug.\n 25) and a resolution from Virginia proposing certain\n amendments to the U.S. Constitution (1796 Jan. 6). Mifflin\n responds to another letter on 22 January 1796 regarding an\n annual interchange of the laws passed by Pennsylvania \u0026\n Virginia.","Additional significant correspondence includes the\n following: George Clendenin regarding pay \u0026 subsistence of\n a company employed for the defense of Greenbrier \u0026 Kanawha\n (1794 Dec. 20); Paul Carrington accepting a commission as\n Judge of the General Court (1794 Dec. 18); Andrew Lewis\n regarding the discharge of the troops under his command on the\n southwestern frontiers (1794 Dec. 28); Thomas Mathews\n regarding the admission of two British ship of war into\n Norfolk (1795 Jan. 9); William Price, Register of the Land\n Office, regarding two additional clerk (1795 Jan. 15); Edward\n Carrington regarding the quota of militia called from Gen.\n Martin's Brigade for the late expeditions against the\n insurgents (1795 Feb. 8); William Lowther regarding the\n discharge of scouts \u0026 rangers under his command (1795 Feb.\n 21); Andrew Lewis regarding the settlement of his accounts\n (1795 March 3); John Steele regarding his tardiness in\n settling the Western accounts (1795 April 29); Andrew Lewis\n regarding his application to replace Gen. Tate as paymaster\n (1795 May 5); Daniel Bedinger responding to charges against\n him by George Hammond, regarding his deposition of the pilot\n Thomas Butler (1795 May 26); John Steele regarding the account\n of Virginia against the United States (1795 June 23); Henry\n Lee regarding his failure to execute orders by the Lt. Gov.\n concerning the privateer at Gloucester (1795 July 6); H. Young\n enclosing a letter from John Page regarding the Unicorn (1795\n July 7); John Dawson regarding Indian depredations in Harrison\n County (1795 Aug. 17); James Monroe, Paris, regarding the\n statue of Gen. Washington left unfinished while Thomas\n Jefferson was Minister to France (1795 Aug. 20); William\n Lowther regarding depredations by Indians in Harrison County\n (1795 Aug. 24); George Peachey, Mayor of Petersburg regarding\n two cases of yellow fever brought from Norfolk (1795 Aug. 26);\n George Clendenin resigning his commission as County Lieutenant\n for Kanawha County (1795 Nov. 14); Governor Brooke to the\n Clerk of the Council indicating his temporary absence from\n office (1795 Dec. 9); Robert Johnson to the Commissioners for\n Virginia regarding approval of the proceedings of the\n Commissioners concerning the boundary line between Virginia\n \u0026 Kentucky (1796 Jan. 1); Isaac Shelby, Governor of\n Kentucky, regarding the boundary line and enclosing an act of\n the Kentucky Legislature (1796 Feb. 15); William Pennock\n enclosing a bill of lading from Ve. Homberg \u0026 Homberg\n Freres for three cases containing the marble pedester statue\n of Gen. Washington and the marble pedestal (1796 April 10);\n Isaac Shelby enclosing a letter from Alexander Smyth regarding\n the boundary line between Virginia \u0026 Kentucky (1796 May\n 6); John Hoskins Stone, Governor of Maryland, regarding the\n extradition of Robert Osborn, a fugitive of justice (1796 June\n 16); John Dawson regarding obtaining arms for the State of\n Virginia from Europe (1796 Sept. 11 \u0026 12); Archibald\n Stuart regarding the agreement with the Kentucky Commissioners\n on the boundary line (1796 Sept. 27); Houdon regarding his\n payment for creating a marble statue of Washington (1796 Oct.\n 8); and Edmund Randolph regarding the case of Fairfax versus\n the Commonwealth (1796 Oct. 22).","Other noteworthy items include: oath of Robert Brooke by J.\n Pendleton as Governor (1794 Dec. 1); a list of persons who\n have migrated to Virginia and given oath to reside therein\n (1794 Dec. 17); receipts from William Morris, Contractor, for\n rations to soldiers under the command of Hugh Caperton (1794\n Dec. 17); proclamation revoking the previous proclamation of\n Lt. Gov. James Wood regarding the quarantine of vessels from\n certain ports (1794 Dec. 19); receipts from Samuel Shepard for\n the sale of the mace (1794 Dec. 3); order from Will Russell,\n Clerk of the Court of Directors of the Lunatic Hospital,\n applying for warrants from the Auditor of Public Accounts\n (1795 March 31 \u0026 1796 July 12); muster roll of scouts\n called into service for the protection of Randolph County\n (1795 May 20); proclamation by the Governor regarding the\n yellow fever outbreak in the West Indies and the quarantine of\n vessels from those areas (1795 May 21); petition from French\n refugees from St. Domingo at Norfolk regarding a plan to send\n back their negroes (1795 July N.D.); oath issued by John\n Pendleton to Robert Brooke as Governor (1795 Dec. 1); printed\n copy of the Treaty of Greenville signed by Timothy Pickering\n (1795 Dec. 22); proclamation by Lt. Gov. James Wood offering a\n reward for the capture of John Williford for the murder of\n Josiah Worrell (1795 Sept. 19); list of commissions of the\n peace for Southampton County (1796 Feb. 12); list of\n commissions of the peace for New Kent County (1796 March 4);\n account of William Hodgson for erecting the statue of\n Washington \u0026 repairing (1796 June 8); appointment of John\n Robertson by James Wood as Superintendent of Quarantine for\n Bermuda Hundred \u0026 City Point (1796 July 9); bond of Samuel\n Shepard as Auditor of Public Accounts (1796 Oct. 1);\n certificate of Samuel Moseley, Mayor of Norfolk, as elector\n for President \u0026 Vice President (1796 Nov. 7); and muster\n fines of the 22nd Regiment Virginia Militia, Mecklenburg\n County (1796 Nov. 5)."],"physloc_html_tesm":["\u003cphysloc label=\"Physical Location\"\u003eState Records Collection,\n Office of the Governor (Record Group 3)\u003c/physloc\u003e\n "],"physloc_tesim":["State Records Collection,\n Office of the Governor (Record Group 3)"],"language_ssim":["English"],"total_component_count_is":134,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-07-23T21:08:53.750Z","scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eRobert Brooke's Executive papers are organized\n chronologically with undated items arranged at the end of each\n year. These papers primarily consist of incoming\n correspondence during Brooke's two one-year terms as governor\n between 1 December 1794 until 1 December 1796. These records\n include correspondence written to James Wood who acted as\n Lieutenant Governor while Brooke was temporarily absent from\n office. The correspondence in this collection relates to a\n variety of topics including appointments for state positions;\n the Point of Fork Arsenal; defense of the frontier;\n resignations; arms \u0026amp; ammunition; Indian attacks; British\n \u0026amp; French ships in Virginia ports; the boundary line\n between Kentucky \u0026amp; Virginia; extraditions; the Houdon\n statue of Washington; state expenses \u0026amp; revenue; quarantine\n of vessels; foreign affairs; Revolutionary claims; elections;\n Presidential electors; the Capitol Building; the militia; and\n others. In addition to correspondence, there are resolutions\n from Congress and the Virginia Senate \u0026amp; House of\n Delegates; muster \u0026amp; pay rolls; accounts; oaths; pardons;\n receipts; election returns \u0026amp; certificates; qualifications;\n lists; depositions; proclamations; petitions; reports;\n appointments; resignations; treaties; bonds; commissions;\n orders; proceedings; applications; lists; opinions; and other\n sundry items. Note that files related to county officers for\n 1795 have been arranged alphabetically by county and separated\n to the end of the papers for that year.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eNoteworthy correspondence originates from the United States\n government, Virginia State government, and miscellaneous\n sources. Prominent correspondents from the United States\n government include Henry Knox, Timothy Pickering, \u0026amp; James\n McHenry, Secretaries of War; Edmund Randolph \u0026amp; Timothy\n Pickering, Secretaries of State; Alexander Campbell, U.S.\n District Attorney General, Samuel A. Otis \u0026amp; John\n Beckley, Clerks of the Senate \u0026amp; House of\n Representatives, and President George Washington.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eGovernor Brooke received correspondence on numerous\n occasions from the United States War Department. On 5 December\n 1794, Henry Knox transmitted a resolution by John Beckley,\n Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives, thanking the\n Virginia Militia for their service during the Whiskey\n Rebellion. Timothy Pickering replaced Knox as Secretary of War\n in 1795. Pickering writes on 6 January 1795 regarding the\n French ship Les Jumeaux which was armed and equipped at\n Philadelphia in violation of the U.S. neutrality law.\n Pickering also writes respecting bounty lands on the northwest\n side of the Ohio River for officers \u0026amp; soldiers of the\n Virginia Line on Continental Establishment (1795 June 13). In\n addition, Pickering responds to a letter from the Governor\n concerning establishing a small garrison of militia at\n Norfolk. According to Pickering, the President has no\n authority to call out the militia for the preservation of\n peace (1795 July 3). Lastly, Pickering writes regarding the\n pay of Charles Cist for printing regulations for the order and\n discipline of U.S. troops (1795 Sept. 14). James McHenry\n replaced Pickering as Secretary of War in 1796. In a letter\n dated 4 March 1796, McHenry acknowledges the receipt of the\n Governor's letter, along with the account \u0026amp; vouchers for\n militia \u0026amp; scouts on the Western frontier. William Simmons,\n in the Dept. of War Accountant's Office, corresponds with the\n Governor concerning the compensation by the United States to\n Virginia for the pay \u0026amp; subsistence of the militia,\n ammunition, and contingent expenses in the protection of the\n frontiers (1795 Sept. 17). On 14 March 1796, Simmons encloses\n a statement of differences on examination of the Virginia\n claims for pay, etc., in 1795. A letter from President George Washington dated 1796 Sept. 15 asks that his shares in the James River Company be applied to Liberty Hall Academy in rockbridge County (letter removed to the Vault - George Washington Papers).\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eEdmund Randolph, former Governor of Virginia, corresponds\n as Secretary of State. On 3 January 1795, Randolph transmits a\n proclamation of thanksgiving from the President (proclamation\n not included). In another letter of the same date, Randolph\n remarks on a letter from the Governor regarding the embargo.\n On 16 February 1795, Randolph writes about the capture of a\n pilot boat belonging to the British Consul at Norfolk.\n Randolph encloses copies of letters from Gen. Thomas Mathews\n to Governor Lee, Alexander Hamilton, Sec. of the Treasury, and\n orders from Mathews to Lt. Vaughan. On 8 May 1795, Randolph\n encloses letters and papers from George Hammond, British\n Minister Plenipotentiary, concerning French prizes taken by\n Rear Admiral Murray and an order for foreign ships to depart\n American ports. Included is a copy of a letter from Thomas\n Jefferson to Hammond regarding French \u0026amp; British ships in\n American ports and the treaty with France to admit prizes\n \u0026amp; repair French ships in U.S. ports. The next day,\n Randolph encloses additional copies of letters from Hammond,\n along with a declaration \u0026amp; affidavit by Thomas Butler\n regarding the French prizes taken by Admiral Murray. Finally,\n Randolph discusses the practice of British ships of war\n impressing American seamen (1795 May 20). All copies of\n letters were transcribed by George Taylor, Jr., Chief Clerk of\n the Department of State. Timothy Pickering served as Secretary\n of State upon the resignation of Randolph on 19 August 1795.\n On 20 January 1796, Pickering writes to Pierre A. Adet, French\n Minister Plenipotentiary, with respect to U.S. neutrality.\n Pickering also encloses a translation of a letter he received\n from Adet regarding the purchase of flour \u0026amp; horses by the\n English in Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eAlexander Campbell, District U.S. Attorney, provides his\n opinion on the following subjects: the unlawful detention of a\n mariner by a British vessel of war (1795 Jan. 25), the\n delivery of a fugitive of justice from Pennsylvania and\n deserters from a British ship of war at Norfolk (1795 Jan.\n 25), and the Unicorn, a suspected privateer outfitting at\n Gloucester (1795 June 26). In addition, Samuel A. Otis \u0026amp;\n John Beckley periodically transmit journals of the proceedings\n of the U.S. Senate \u0026amp; House of Representatives (1795 April\n 13 \u0026amp; 25, \u0026amp; 1796 July 28).\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eSignificant correspondents from Virginia State government\n include Archibald Blair, Clerk of the Council; Samuel Coleman,\n Assistant Clerk of the Council of State; James Innes, Attorney\n General; Charles Hay, Clerk of the House of Delegates;\n Humphrey Brooke, Clerk of the Senate; William Hay, Robert\n Goode, \u0026amp; William Foushee, etc., Directors of Public\n Buildings; Robert Quarles, Superintendent of the Point of Fork\n Arsenal; Thomas Newton \u0026amp; Willis Wilson, County\n Lieutenants; John Pendleton, Jr., Auditor of Public Accounts;\n and Jacquelin Ambler, Treasurer.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eArchibald Blair \u0026amp; Samuel Coleman, as Clerk \u0026amp;\n Assistant Clerk of the Council, communicate with the Governor\n frequently through the Council Office. Blair offers the advice\n of the Council regarding the account against the U.S. for the\n Western defense, reimbursement for the Springfield expedition,\n the printing of German military regulations, and orders for\n scouts in Ohio \u0026amp; Harrison Counties (1795 Jan. 14). Blair\n also writes G. Deneale denying his request to keep arms given\n to the light infantry under his command at Winchester to use\n against the insurgents (1795 Feb. 11). On 14 July 1795, Blair\n submits the order of the Council for ordering out the militia\n from Norfolk \u0026amp; Portsmouth to prevent disorder or\n insurrections from the frequent migrations of negroes. Lastly,\n Blair provides the advice of the Council concerning witnesses\n against Archer Branch in North Carolina (1796 Feb. 15).\n Coleman mainly writes concerning military finances including\n the account of Hugh Caperton for ammunition (1794 Dec. 2) and\n Capt. William Lowther's pay abstract \u0026amp; muster roll (1795\n March 5). On 12 May 1795, Coleman writes the Governor\n requesting that the office of Keeper of the Capitol not be\n taken from his father, Wyatt Coleman. His father writes a\n similar letter on the same date. On 4 December 1795, Coleman\n requests additional compensation for completing a list of\n officers \u0026amp; privates of the Continental Line. Shortly\n thereafter, Coleman was appointed Adjutant General and asks\n the Lieutenant Governor for an apartment in the Capitol to\n perform his new duties (1795 Dec. 14).\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eDuring James Innes' absence in 1794 \u0026amp; 1795, John\n Marshall provides his opinion on the militia law as Attorney\n General of Virginia (1794 Undated). Upon Innes' return,\n Marshall writes as counsel to Lord Fairfax concerning the case\n of the Commonwealth against him in the Court of Appeals (1795\n March 2). On 23 April 1795, Innes writes that he will be\n unable to attend this trial in the Court of Appeals due to\n illness. Innes provides an opinion on such topics as the\n improper trial of William John Thweatt who was found guilty of\n horse stealing (1795 April 7), proceedings against Mr. Johnson\n for the alleged murder of Mr. Jeffers (1796 Jan. 13), and the\n power of the Governor to procure the attendance of necessary\n witnesses from the Territory South of the Ohio River (1796\n Feb. 3). On 21 June 1796, he remarks on the assignment of the\n Solicitor's Office for the use of the Attorney General. Again,\n on 17 July 1796, Innes writes that he must be absent from\n office because of health problems. He adds that he has asked\n Mr. Warden to discharge the duties of his office. Innes was\n forced to resign in a letter to the Governor dated 13 November\n 1796.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eCharles Hay, Clerk of the House of Delegates, and Humphrey\n Brooke, Clerk of the Senate, often submit legislation and\n qualifications of election to the Governor. Noteworthy\n legislation includes a resolution to inquire about the\n \"lucrative office\" accepted by James Innes in the General\n Government (1794 Dec. 16). Included in these papers are the\n qualifications for the election of Spencer Roane as Judge of\n the Court of Appeals in place of Henry Tazewell (1794 Dec. 2),\n the election of Jaquelin Ambler as Treasurer (1794 Dec. 17),\n Paul Carrington as Judge of the General Court in place of\n Spencer Roane (1794 Dec. 17), Robert Brooke as Governor (1795\n Nov. 26), Robert Brooke as Attorney General (1796 Nov. 16),\n and Samuel Shepard as Auditor of Public Accounts in place of\n John Pendleton (1796 Nov. 16). A letter from John Wise,\n Speaker of the House of Delegates, encloses sundry resolutions\n for proposing certain amendments to the U.S. Constitution\n (1795 Dec. 19).\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eWilliam Hay, Robert Goode, \u0026amp; William Foushee, etc.,\n Directors of Public Buildings, provide information on work\n done to the Capitol Building and the settlement of accounts.\n On 28 November 1795, William Hay writes regarding the account\n of Samuel Dobie for superintending \u0026amp; directing the\n execution of the steps outside the Capitol, as well as the\n staircase, conference, and other work done inside the Capitol\n from 1793 to 1794. Hay also encloses accounts and a letter\n from Dobie indicating the amount of balances due him. On 30\n March 1796, the Directors write regarding the repair of the\n roof of the Capitol and surplus materials.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eMaj. Robert Quarles submits quarterly returns of ordnance\n \u0026amp; public stores at Point of Fork (1795 Jan. 2, 1795 March\n 31, 1795 June 30, 1795 Oct. 6, 1795 Dec. 31, 1796 March 31,\n 1796 June 30, \u0026amp; 1796 Sept. 30). In addition, Quarles'\n correspondence concerns a contract for provisions at Point of\n Fork (1795 May 5 \u0026amp; 25), an increase in salary (1795 Oct.\n 6), the bond of William Weaver to provide rations for the\n State Arsenal (1796 May 27), the supply of timber \u0026amp;\n firewood contract with David Ross (1796 Sept. 12), and the\n bond of Matthew \u0026amp; Elias Wills for the Office of Contractor\n to supply the State Arsenal with rations (1796 Oct. 27).\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eThomas Newton, Jr., County Lieutenant for Norfolk Borough,\n frequently writes the Governor on a variety of concerns. On 11\n January 1795, Newton encloses copies of letters from the\n British \u0026amp; French Consuls regarding disturbances between\n British \u0026amp; French crews in Norfolk Harbor. On 14 January,\n Newton discusses the case of Daniel Raybourn, an American\n seamen taken by the Lynx, a British ship of war, from a Danish\n Brig. He encloses the opinion of Alexander Campbell to the\n Lieutenant Governor on the same matter on 25 January 1795. In\n another letter, he remarks on Campbell's opinion on British\n deserters and the extradition of the fugitive Joseph Larelle\n back to Pennsylvania (1795 Feb. 1). Newton communicates\n Campbell's opinion to John Hamilton, British Consul, stating\n that it is the duty of the magistrates to apprehend deserters\n (1795 Feb. 2). An incident occurred in February 1795 when a\n group of armed men from the British ship Thetis marched into\n Norfolk committing illegal searches in the homes of citizens\n for deserters. Newton informs the Governor of this incident\n and encloses an account by the Captain of the Watch, a copy of\n a letter from John Hamilton, and depositions (1795 Feb. 17).\n He writes again on this matter on 25 February 1795 enclosing\n letters from Alexander F. Cochrane, Captain of the Thetis,\n \u0026amp; John Hamilton. Much of Newton's correspondence with\n Governor Brooke relates to the spread of diseases to Norfolk\n \u0026amp; the quarantine of vessels (1795 April 28; 1795 May 5,\n 16, 26; 1795 Aug. 22; 1795 Oct. 3; 1795 Nov. 4, 5, \u0026amp; 17;\n 1796 May 15 \u0026amp; 29; 1796 July 8; 1796 Aug. 13 \u0026amp; 28; 1796\n Sept. 12 \u0026amp; 28; 1796 Oct. 27; \u0026amp; 1796 Nov. 7). On 28\n February 1796, Newton writes regarding the purchase of two\n acres of land for building houses for the reception of goods\n and for accommodating the persons performing quarantine. On 17\n April 1795, Newton informs the Governor of American citizens\n detained on board Admiral Murray's ship the Resolution, a\n British ship of war. His letters of 1796 Feb. 7 \u0026amp; 9 relate\n to letters from Henry McGeary, an American citizen impressed\n on the Resolution. Later, Newton encloses a letter from Judge\n Cyrus Griffin respecting the case of McGeary (1796 Feb. 21).\n Newton remarks on the arrival of three French ships from\n Guadalupe and the defenseless condition of the port due to the\n incompletion of the forts and the insufficient garrison there\n (1795 May 24). On 9 June 1795, Newton relates the capture of\n two French ships off the coast by the British ships Thetis\n \u0026amp; Hussar. In addition, he mentions the arrival of a French\n ship from Dominique with French citizens and a number of\n negroes which they claim as servants. A few days later, Newton\n informs the Governor of the arrival of the Sloop Industry from\n Boston which carried negro slaves on board in violation of the\n non-importation laws (1795 June 11). In a letter dated 21 June\n 1795, Newton encloses the deposition of Francis Marshal\n concerning two brigs taken off the coast of Virginia by a\n Bermudian privateer. Another significant event occurred in\n January 1796 when horses were purchased by British officers in\n the United States for mounting their troops against the French\n in the West Indies. Newton writes the Governor that this is a\n violation of the treaty with France \u0026amp; Holland (1796 Jan.\n 20). Shortly thereafter, he encloses a letter from Mr. Oster,\n French Consul, complaining of the shipment of horses by the\n British (1796 Jan. 23). The next day, he encloses one from\n John Hamilton denying that the shipment of horses is a\n military preparation (1795 Jan. 24).\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eWillis Wilson, County Lieutenant for Portsmouth,\n corresponds with the Governor regarding similar subjects as\n Thomas Newton. On 29 April 1795, Wilson suggests that a boat\n be armed at Hampton Roads for the purpose of preventing\n violators of U.S. neutrality and to liberate the men impressed\n on board Rear Admiral Murray's Squadron. He encloses the\n deposition of Capt. Hatten whose ship was boarded by the Lynx.\n A letter from Wilson to Admiral Murray relates to hostile\n expeditions by ships of any belligerent nation in Virginia\n waters. In this letter, he orders the ships to depart Virginia\n waters and to liberate any American citizens detained on board\n (1795 April 27). Wilson encloses a letter from John Hamilton\n informing him that the vessels Diana \u0026amp; Thomas are waiting\n to embark with their cargo of horses. On 24 June 1795, Wilson\n writes about the small pox epidemic in Portsmouth and the\n impressment of John Underwood \u0026amp; John Lloyd on board the\n British ship Lynx. Finally, Wilson writes the Governor\n regarding the formation of an artillery company in Portsmouth\n under the command of John Cowper (1796 Feb. 23 \u0026amp; March\n 27).\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eGovernor Randolph corresponds often with John Pendleton,\n Jr., Auditor of Public Accounts, and Jaquelin Ambler,\n Treasurer, regarding various financial matters. Pendleton\n regularly encloses lists of warrants issued by him through the\n Auditor's Office (1795 March 31, 1795 July 1, 1795 Nov. 5,\n 1795 Dec. 31, 1796 July 1). Additionally, Pendleton writes\n regarding the suspicion of a fraudulent sale against Robert\n Craig, former sheriff of Washington County (1794 Dec. 18).\n Pendleton encloses the report of John Taylor and the opinion\n of John Marshall on the matter. Pendleton also writes to the\n Governor enclosing accounts of expenses of his office (1795\n May 10). On 14 May 1795, Pendleton provided a report on the\n final settlement of William Davies' accounts as Commissioner\n of Virginia for Claims Against the United States. Pendleton\n submits his letter of resignation on 5 August 1796 effective\n at the end of the month. The next day, Pendleton recommends\n Samuel Shepard to replace him as Auditor. Pendleton's official\n letter of resignation was submitted on 30 Sept. 1796. Ambler\n encloses a statement of monies belonging to claimants for the\n defense of the Western frontier (1795 Aug. 27). In addition,\n on 24 September 1795, he encloses a copy of a letter from\n Samuel Meredith, U.S. Treasurer, regarding a warrant from the\n Secretary of War for the full balance due the State of\n Virginia for the settlement of their account for the pay \u0026amp;\n subsistence of militia, scouts, ammunition, and contingent\n expenses in the protection of the frontiers.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eNotable correspondents from miscellaneous sources include\n the following: Andrew Dunscomb, Mayor of Richmond; John\n Hamilton, British Consul at Norfolk; and Thomas Mifflin,\n Governor of Pennsylvania.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eAndrew Dunscomb mainly writes the Governor regarding the\n prevention of infectious disease to the City of Richmond. On\n 27 August 1795, he encloses resolutions of the Common Hall\n relative to the quarantine of vessels from Norfolk.\n Additionally, he discusses a law prohibiting the migration of\n free negroes from the West Indies into the Commonwealth (1795\n Sept. 18). Dunscomb also transmits a letter from William\n Richardson \u0026amp; Jacob I. Cohen regarding allowing passage of\n vessels from Norfolk, but stopping vessels from New York (1795\n Oct. 6).\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eJohn Hamilton, British Consul, frequently writes the\n Governor regarding British affairs. On 2 January 1795,\n Hamilton requests permission for the British ships Thetis\n \u0026amp; Cleopatra to make repairs in Norfolk Harbor. Hamilton\n also writes at length regarding British desertions,\n particularly the incident involving the attempt by British\n sailors on board the Thetis to recapture deserters in Norfolk\n (1795 Feb. 18, 25, \u0026amp; May 8). Hamilton was also\n particularly concerned with privateers preying on British\n ships. He specifically mentions a ship called the Unicorn\n which plundered a Danish vessel (1795 June 26 \u0026amp; July 30).\n In addition, Hamilton communicates his intelligence regarding\n vessels from Baltimore arming in the Chesapeake as privateers\n (1795 Aug. 15 \u0026amp; Sept. 24). His letter to the Lieutenant\n Governor relates to the prevention of illegal equipment for\n ships in the waters of Virginia (1795 July 3 \u0026amp; Oct. 6).\n Yet another incident occurred in January 1796 when the\n American Sloop Diana, loaded with British goods and bound for\n a British port in the West Indies, was forcibly boarded and\n her cargo carried away. Hamilton sends a letter to the\n Governor complaining about this incident, along with a similar\n letter to Willis Wilson (1796 Jan. 29). Finally, on 15\n February 1796, Hamilton writes regarding his inquiry to the\n President on the shipment of horses and the neutrality\n laws.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eAs Governor of Pennsylvania, Thomas Mifflin often\n corresponds with Governor Brooke with respect to fugitives\n from justice. On 29 December 1794, Mifflin transmits the\n affidavit of Stephen Girard affirming that Joseph Larelle had\n taken a mulatto boy named Crispin from his service with an\n intention of selling him into slavery. He writes again on 10\n February 1795 concerning the apprehension of Larelle. In a\n letter dated 12 March 1795, Mifflin informs the Governor of\n the appointment of Laurence Maher as Agent for Pennsylvania to\n bring Joseph Larelle back to Pennsylvania. Similarly, Mifflin\n transmits a copy of an affidavit by Robert Ross respecting\n Langford Herring who was accused of forgery and removed to\n Virginia (1795 Oct. 12). Mifflin also acknowledges the receipt\n of the revised laws from Virginia (1795 May 14 \u0026amp; 1796 Aug.\n 25) and a resolution from Virginia proposing certain\n amendments to the U.S. Constitution (1796 Jan. 6). Mifflin\n responds to another letter on 22 January 1796 regarding an\n annual interchange of the laws passed by Pennsylvania \u0026amp;\n Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eAdditional significant correspondence includes the\n following: George Clendenin regarding pay \u0026amp; subsistence of\n a company employed for the defense of Greenbrier \u0026amp; Kanawha\n (1794 Dec. 20); Paul Carrington accepting a commission as\n Judge of the General Court (1794 Dec. 18); Andrew Lewis\n regarding the discharge of the troops under his command on the\n southwestern frontiers (1794 Dec. 28); Thomas Mathews\n regarding the admission of two British ship of war into\n Norfolk (1795 Jan. 9); William Price, Register of the Land\n Office, regarding two additional clerk (1795 Jan. 15); Edward\n Carrington regarding the quota of militia called from Gen.\n Martin's Brigade for the late expeditions against the\n insurgents (1795 Feb. 8); William Lowther regarding the\n discharge of scouts \u0026amp; rangers under his command (1795 Feb.\n 21); Andrew Lewis regarding the settlement of his accounts\n (1795 March 3); John Steele regarding his tardiness in\n settling the Western accounts (1795 April 29); Andrew Lewis\n regarding his application to replace Gen. Tate as paymaster\n (1795 May 5); Daniel Bedinger responding to charges against\n him by George Hammond, regarding his deposition of the pilot\n Thomas Butler (1795 May 26); John Steele regarding the account\n of Virginia against the United States (1795 June 23); Henry\n Lee regarding his failure to execute orders by the Lt. Gov.\n concerning the privateer at Gloucester (1795 July 6); H. Young\n enclosing a letter from John Page regarding the Unicorn (1795\n July 7); John Dawson regarding Indian depredations in Harrison\n County (1795 Aug. 17); James Monroe, Paris, regarding the\n statue of Gen. Washington left unfinished while Thomas\n Jefferson was Minister to France (1795 Aug. 20); William\n Lowther regarding depredations by Indians in Harrison County\n (1795 Aug. 24); George Peachey, Mayor of Petersburg regarding\n two cases of yellow fever brought from Norfolk (1795 Aug. 26);\n George Clendenin resigning his commission as County Lieutenant\n for Kanawha County (1795 Nov. 14); Governor Brooke to the\n Clerk of the Council indicating his temporary absence from\n office (1795 Dec. 9); Robert Johnson to the Commissioners for\n Virginia regarding approval of the proceedings of the\n Commissioners concerning the boundary line between Virginia\n \u0026amp; Kentucky (1796 Jan. 1); Isaac Shelby, Governor of\n Kentucky, regarding the boundary line and enclosing an act of\n the Kentucky Legislature (1796 Feb. 15); William Pennock\n enclosing a bill of lading from Ve. Homberg \u0026amp; Homberg\n Freres for three cases containing the marble pedester statue\n of Gen. Washington and the marble pedestal (1796 April 10);\n Isaac Shelby enclosing a letter from Alexander Smyth regarding\n the boundary line between Virginia \u0026amp; Kentucky (1796 May\n 6); John Hoskins Stone, Governor of Maryland, regarding the\n extradition of Robert Osborn, a fugitive of justice (1796 June\n 16); John Dawson regarding obtaining arms for the State of\n Virginia from Europe (1796 Sept. 11 \u0026amp; 12); Archibald\n Stuart regarding the agreement with the Kentucky Commissioners\n on the boundary line (1796 Sept. 27); Houdon regarding his\n payment for creating a marble statue of Washington (1796 Oct.\n 8); and Edmund Randolph regarding the case of Fairfax versus\n the Commonwealth (1796 Oct. 22).\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eOther noteworthy items include: oath of Robert Brooke by J.\n Pendleton as Governor (1794 Dec. 1); a list of persons who\n have migrated to Virginia and given oath to reside therein\n (1794 Dec. 17); receipts from William Morris, Contractor, for\n rations to soldiers under the command of Hugh Caperton (1794\n Dec. 17); proclamation revoking the previous proclamation of\n Lt. Gov. James Wood regarding the quarantine of vessels from\n certain ports (1794 Dec. 19); receipts from Samuel Shepard for\n the sale of the mace (1794 Dec. 3); order from Will Russell,\n Clerk of the Court of Directors of the Lunatic Hospital,\n applying for warrants from the Auditor of Public Accounts\n (1795 March 31 \u0026amp; 1796 July 12); muster roll of scouts\n called into service for the protection of Randolph County\n (1795 May 20); proclamation by the Governor regarding the\n yellow fever outbreak in the West Indies and the quarantine of\n vessels from those areas (1795 May 21); petition from French\n refugees from St. Domingo at Norfolk regarding a plan to send\n back their negroes (1795 July N.D.); oath issued by John\n Pendleton to Robert Brooke as Governor (1795 Dec. 1); printed\n copy of the Treaty of Greenville signed by Timothy Pickering\n (1795 Dec. 22); proclamation by Lt. Gov. James Wood offering a\n reward for the capture of John Williford for the murder of\n Josiah Worrell (1795 Sept. 19); list of commissions of the\n peace for Southampton County (1796 Feb. 12); list of\n commissions of the peace for New Kent County (1796 March 4);\n account of William Hodgson for erecting the statue of\n Washington \u0026amp; repairing (1796 June 8); appointment of John\n Robertson by James Wood as Superintendent of Quarantine for\n Bermuda Hundred \u0026amp; City Point (1796 July 9); bond of Samuel\n Shepard as Auditor of Public Accounts (1796 Oct. 1);\n certificate of Samuel Moseley, Mayor of Norfolk, as elector\n for President \u0026amp; Vice President (1796 Nov. 7); and muster\n fines of the 22nd Regiment Virginia Militia, Mecklenburg\n County (1796 Nov. 5).\u003c/p\u003e\n "]}]}},"label":"Breadcrumbs"}}},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/vi_vi00866_c04"}},{"id":"vi_vi00866_c08","type":"Series","attributes":{"title":"1796","breadcrumbs":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/vi_vi00866_c08#breadcrumbs","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":{"ref_ssi":"vi_vi00866_c08","ref_ssm":["vi_vi00866_c08"],"id":"vi_vi00866_c08","ead_ssi":"vi_vi00866","_root_":"vi_vi00866","_nest_parent_":"vi_vi00866","parent_ssi":"vi_vi00866","parent_ssim":["Governor Robert Brooke Executive\n Papers, 1794-1796"],"parent_ids_ssim":["vi_vi00866"],"title_filing_ssi":"1796","title_ssm":["1796"],"title_tesim":["1796"],"normalized_title_ssm":["1796"],"text":["1796","Governor Robert Brooke Executive\n Papers, 1794-1796"],"parent_unittitles_ssm":["Governor Robert Brooke Executive\n Papers, 1794-1796"],"parent_unittitles_tesim":["Governor Robert Brooke Executive\n Papers, 1794-1796"],"level_ssm":["Series"],"level_ssim":["Series"],"component_level_isim":[1],"sort_isi":107,"repository_ssim":["Library of Virginia"],"collection_ssim":["Governor Robert Brooke Executive\n Papers, 1794-1796"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"child_component_count_isi":19,"_nest_path_":"/components#7","timestamp":"2026-07-23T21:08:53.750Z","collection":{"numFound":1,"start":0,"numFoundExact":true,"docs":[{"id":"vi_vi00866","ead_ssi":"vi_vi00866","_root_":"vi_vi00866","_nest_parent_":"vi_vi00866","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/lva/vi00866.xml","title_ssm":["Governor Robert Brooke Executive\n Papers, 1794-1796"],"title_tesim":["Governor Robert Brooke Executive\n Papers, 1794-1796"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Governor Robert Brooke Executive\n Papers, 1794-1796"],"text":["Governor Robert Brooke Executive\n Papers, 1794-1796","40723","2.23 cubic\n feet","Arranged chronologically by date of document with undated\n items arranged to the rear.","Robert Brooke was born in Spotsylvania County to Richard\n Brooke and Ann Hay Taliaferro Brooke around 1760. Educated in\n Edinburgh, Scotland, during the Revolutionary War, Brooke\n returned to Virginia in 1780 where he enlisted in a volunteer\n cavalry troop and was captured by the British at Westham in\n January 1781. Brooke returned to Spotsylvania County to\n practice law, later moving his office to Fredericksburg. In\n 1786, Brooke married Mary Ritchie Hopper (d. 1796) and settled\n on an estate in Fredericksburg which became known as Federal\n Hill. Brooke represented Spotsylvania County in the House of\n Delegates from 1791 until 1794. Upon the vacancy of the office\n of governor by Henry Lee to suppress the Whiskey Rebellion,\n the General Assembly elected Brooke governor on 20 November\n 1794. He was reelected for a second one-year term on 26\n November 1795. Brooke County, now in West Virginia, was named\n after Robert Brooke when it was formed from part of Ohio\n County in 1796. Following his second term as governor, Brooke\n was elected to replace James Innes as attorney general of\n Virginia on 16 November 1796. He served as attorney general\n until his death on 27 February 1800.","Robert Brooke's Executive papers are organized\n chronologically with undated items arranged at the end of each\n year. These papers primarily consist of incoming\n correspondence during Brooke's two one-year terms as governor\n between 1 December 1794 until 1 December 1796. These records\n include correspondence written to James Wood who acted as\n Lieutenant Governor while Brooke was temporarily absent from\n office. The correspondence in this collection relates to a\n variety of topics including appointments for state positions;\n the Point of Fork Arsenal; defense of the frontier;\n resignations; arms \u0026 ammunition; Indian attacks; British\n \u0026 French ships in Virginia ports; the boundary line\n between Kentucky \u0026 Virginia; extraditions; the Houdon\n statue of Washington; state expenses \u0026 revenue; quarantine\n of vessels; foreign affairs; Revolutionary claims; elections;\n Presidential electors; the Capitol Building; the militia; and\n others. In addition to correspondence, there are resolutions\n from Congress and the Virginia Senate \u0026 House of\n Delegates; muster \u0026 pay rolls; accounts; oaths; pardons;\n receipts; election returns \u0026 certificates; qualifications;\n lists; depositions; proclamations; petitions; reports;\n appointments; resignations; treaties; bonds; commissions;\n orders; proceedings; applications; lists; opinions; and other\n sundry items. Note that files related to county officers for\n 1795 have been arranged alphabetically by county and separated\n to the end of the papers for that year.","Noteworthy correspondence originates from the United States\n government, Virginia State government, and miscellaneous\n sources. Prominent correspondents from the United States\n government include Henry Knox, Timothy Pickering, \u0026 James\n McHenry, Secretaries of War; Edmund Randolph \u0026 Timothy\n Pickering, Secretaries of State; Alexander Campbell, U.S.\n District Attorney General, Samuel A. Otis \u0026 John\n Beckley, Clerks of the Senate \u0026 House of\n Representatives, and President George Washington.","Governor Brooke received correspondence on numerous\n occasions from the United States War Department. On 5 December\n 1794, Henry Knox transmitted a resolution by John Beckley,\n Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives, thanking the\n Virginia Militia for their service during the Whiskey\n Rebellion. Timothy Pickering replaced Knox as Secretary of War\n in 1795. Pickering writes on 6 January 1795 regarding the\n French ship Les Jumeaux which was armed and equipped at\n Philadelphia in violation of the U.S. neutrality law.\n Pickering also writes respecting bounty lands on the northwest\n side of the Ohio River for officers \u0026 soldiers of the\n Virginia Line on Continental Establishment (1795 June 13). In\n addition, Pickering responds to a letter from the Governor\n concerning establishing a small garrison of militia at\n Norfolk. According to Pickering, the President has no\n authority to call out the militia for the preservation of\n peace (1795 July 3). Lastly, Pickering writes regarding the\n pay of Charles Cist for printing regulations for the order and\n discipline of U.S. troops (1795 Sept. 14). James McHenry\n replaced Pickering as Secretary of War in 1796. In a letter\n dated 4 March 1796, McHenry acknowledges the receipt of the\n Governor's letter, along with the account \u0026 vouchers for\n militia \u0026 scouts on the Western frontier. William Simmons,\n in the Dept. of War Accountant's Office, corresponds with the\n Governor concerning the compensation by the United States to\n Virginia for the pay \u0026 subsistence of the militia,\n ammunition, and contingent expenses in the protection of the\n frontiers (1795 Sept. 17). On 14 March 1796, Simmons encloses\n a statement of differences on examination of the Virginia\n claims for pay, etc., in 1795. A letter from President George Washington dated 1796 Sept. 15 asks that his shares in the James River Company be applied to Liberty Hall Academy in rockbridge County (letter removed to the Vault - George Washington Papers).","Edmund Randolph, former Governor of Virginia, corresponds\n as Secretary of State. On 3 January 1795, Randolph transmits a\n proclamation of thanksgiving from the President (proclamation\n not included). In another letter of the same date, Randolph\n remarks on a letter from the Governor regarding the embargo.\n On 16 February 1795, Randolph writes about the capture of a\n pilot boat belonging to the British Consul at Norfolk.\n Randolph encloses copies of letters from Gen. Thomas Mathews\n to Governor Lee, Alexander Hamilton, Sec. of the Treasury, and\n orders from Mathews to Lt. Vaughan. On 8 May 1795, Randolph\n encloses letters and papers from George Hammond, British\n Minister Plenipotentiary, concerning French prizes taken by\n Rear Admiral Murray and an order for foreign ships to depart\n American ports. Included is a copy of a letter from Thomas\n Jefferson to Hammond regarding French \u0026 British ships in\n American ports and the treaty with France to admit prizes\n \u0026 repair French ships in U.S. ports. The next day,\n Randolph encloses additional copies of letters from Hammond,\n along with a declaration \u0026 affidavit by Thomas Butler\n regarding the French prizes taken by Admiral Murray. Finally,\n Randolph discusses the practice of British ships of war\n impressing American seamen (1795 May 20). All copies of\n letters were transcribed by George Taylor, Jr., Chief Clerk of\n the Department of State. Timothy Pickering served as Secretary\n of State upon the resignation of Randolph on 19 August 1795.\n On 20 January 1796, Pickering writes to Pierre A. Adet, French\n Minister Plenipotentiary, with respect to U.S. neutrality.\n Pickering also encloses a translation of a letter he received\n from Adet regarding the purchase of flour \u0026 horses by the\n English in Virginia.","Alexander Campbell, District U.S. Attorney, provides his\n opinion on the following subjects: the unlawful detention of a\n mariner by a British vessel of war (1795 Jan. 25), the\n delivery of a fugitive of justice from Pennsylvania and\n deserters from a British ship of war at Norfolk (1795 Jan.\n 25), and the Unicorn, a suspected privateer outfitting at\n Gloucester (1795 June 26). In addition, Samuel A. Otis \u0026\n John Beckley periodically transmit journals of the proceedings\n of the U.S. Senate \u0026 House of Representatives (1795 April\n 13 \u0026 25, \u0026 1796 July 28).","Significant correspondents from Virginia State government\n include Archibald Blair, Clerk of the Council; Samuel Coleman,\n Assistant Clerk of the Council of State; James Innes, Attorney\n General; Charles Hay, Clerk of the House of Delegates;\n Humphrey Brooke, Clerk of the Senate; William Hay, Robert\n Goode, \u0026 William Foushee, etc., Directors of Public\n Buildings; Robert Quarles, Superintendent of the Point of Fork\n Arsenal; Thomas Newton \u0026 Willis Wilson, County\n Lieutenants; John Pendleton, Jr., Auditor of Public Accounts;\n and Jacquelin Ambler, Treasurer.","Archibald Blair \u0026 Samuel Coleman, as Clerk \u0026\n Assistant Clerk of the Council, communicate with the Governor\n frequently through the Council Office. Blair offers the advice\n of the Council regarding the account against the U.S. for the\n Western defense, reimbursement for the Springfield expedition,\n the printing of German military regulations, and orders for\n scouts in Ohio \u0026 Harrison Counties (1795 Jan. 14). Blair\n also writes G. Deneale denying his request to keep arms given\n to the light infantry under his command at Winchester to use\n against the insurgents (1795 Feb. 11). On 14 July 1795, Blair\n submits the order of the Council for ordering out the militia\n from Norfolk \u0026 Portsmouth to prevent disorder or\n insurrections from the frequent migrations of negroes. Lastly,\n Blair provides the advice of the Council concerning witnesses\n against Archer Branch in North Carolina (1796 Feb. 15).\n Coleman mainly writes concerning military finances including\n the account of Hugh Caperton for ammunition (1794 Dec. 2) and\n Capt. William Lowther's pay abstract \u0026 muster roll (1795\n March 5). On 12 May 1795, Coleman writes the Governor\n requesting that the office of Keeper of the Capitol not be\n taken from his father, Wyatt Coleman. His father writes a\n similar letter on the same date. On 4 December 1795, Coleman\n requests additional compensation for completing a list of\n officers \u0026 privates of the Continental Line. Shortly\n thereafter, Coleman was appointed Adjutant General and asks\n the Lieutenant Governor for an apartment in the Capitol to\n perform his new duties (1795 Dec. 14).","During James Innes' absence in 1794 \u0026 1795, John\n Marshall provides his opinion on the militia law as Attorney\n General of Virginia (1794 Undated). Upon Innes' return,\n Marshall writes as counsel to Lord Fairfax concerning the case\n of the Commonwealth against him in the Court of Appeals (1795\n March 2). On 23 April 1795, Innes writes that he will be\n unable to attend this trial in the Court of Appeals due to\n illness. Innes provides an opinion on such topics as the\n improper trial of William John Thweatt who was found guilty of\n horse stealing (1795 April 7), proceedings against Mr. Johnson\n for the alleged murder of Mr. Jeffers (1796 Jan. 13), and the\n power of the Governor to procure the attendance of necessary\n witnesses from the Territory South of the Ohio River (1796\n Feb. 3). On 21 June 1796, he remarks on the assignment of the\n Solicitor's Office for the use of the Attorney General. Again,\n on 17 July 1796, Innes writes that he must be absent from\n office because of health problems. He adds that he has asked\n Mr. Warden to discharge the duties of his office. Innes was\n forced to resign in a letter to the Governor dated 13 November\n 1796.","Charles Hay, Clerk of the House of Delegates, and Humphrey\n Brooke, Clerk of the Senate, often submit legislation and\n qualifications of election to the Governor. Noteworthy\n legislation includes a resolution to inquire about the\n \"lucrative office\" accepted by James Innes in the General\n Government (1794 Dec. 16). Included in these papers are the\n qualifications for the election of Spencer Roane as Judge of\n the Court of Appeals in place of Henry Tazewell (1794 Dec. 2),\n the election of Jaquelin Ambler as Treasurer (1794 Dec. 17),\n Paul Carrington as Judge of the General Court in place of\n Spencer Roane (1794 Dec. 17), Robert Brooke as Governor (1795\n Nov. 26), Robert Brooke as Attorney General (1796 Nov. 16),\n and Samuel Shepard as Auditor of Public Accounts in place of\n John Pendleton (1796 Nov. 16). A letter from John Wise,\n Speaker of the House of Delegates, encloses sundry resolutions\n for proposing certain amendments to the U.S. Constitution\n (1795 Dec. 19).","William Hay, Robert Goode, \u0026 William Foushee, etc.,\n Directors of Public Buildings, provide information on work\n done to the Capitol Building and the settlement of accounts.\n On 28 November 1795, William Hay writes regarding the account\n of Samuel Dobie for superintending \u0026 directing the\n execution of the steps outside the Capitol, as well as the\n staircase, conference, and other work done inside the Capitol\n from 1793 to 1794. Hay also encloses accounts and a letter\n from Dobie indicating the amount of balances due him. On 30\n March 1796, the Directors write regarding the repair of the\n roof of the Capitol and surplus materials.","Maj. Robert Quarles submits quarterly returns of ordnance\n \u0026 public stores at Point of Fork (1795 Jan. 2, 1795 March\n 31, 1795 June 30, 1795 Oct. 6, 1795 Dec. 31, 1796 March 31,\n 1796 June 30, \u0026 1796 Sept. 30). In addition, Quarles'\n correspondence concerns a contract for provisions at Point of\n Fork (1795 May 5 \u0026 25), an increase in salary (1795 Oct.\n 6), the bond of William Weaver to provide rations for the\n State Arsenal (1796 May 27), the supply of timber \u0026\n firewood contract with David Ross (1796 Sept. 12), and the\n bond of Matthew \u0026 Elias Wills for the Office of Contractor\n to supply the State Arsenal with rations (1796 Oct. 27).","Thomas Newton, Jr., County Lieutenant for Norfolk Borough,\n frequently writes the Governor on a variety of concerns. On 11\n January 1795, Newton encloses copies of letters from the\n British \u0026 French Consuls regarding disturbances between\n British \u0026 French crews in Norfolk Harbor. On 14 January,\n Newton discusses the case of Daniel Raybourn, an American\n seamen taken by the Lynx, a British ship of war, from a Danish\n Brig. He encloses the opinion of Alexander Campbell to the\n Lieutenant Governor on the same matter on 25 January 1795. In\n another letter, he remarks on Campbell's opinion on British\n deserters and the extradition of the fugitive Joseph Larelle\n back to Pennsylvania (1795 Feb. 1). Newton communicates\n Campbell's opinion to John Hamilton, British Consul, stating\n that it is the duty of the magistrates to apprehend deserters\n (1795 Feb. 2). An incident occurred in February 1795 when a\n group of armed men from the British ship Thetis marched into\n Norfolk committing illegal searches in the homes of citizens\n for deserters. Newton informs the Governor of this incident\n and encloses an account by the Captain of the Watch, a copy of\n a letter from John Hamilton, and depositions (1795 Feb. 17).\n He writes again on this matter on 25 February 1795 enclosing\n letters from Alexander F. Cochrane, Captain of the Thetis,\n \u0026 John Hamilton. Much of Newton's correspondence with\n Governor Brooke relates to the spread of diseases to Norfolk\n \u0026 the quarantine of vessels (1795 April 28; 1795 May 5,\n 16, 26; 1795 Aug. 22; 1795 Oct. 3; 1795 Nov. 4, 5, \u0026 17;\n 1796 May 15 \u0026 29; 1796 July 8; 1796 Aug. 13 \u0026 28; 1796\n Sept. 12 \u0026 28; 1796 Oct. 27; \u0026 1796 Nov. 7). On 28\n February 1796, Newton writes regarding the purchase of two\n acres of land for building houses for the reception of goods\n and for accommodating the persons performing quarantine. On 17\n April 1795, Newton informs the Governor of American citizens\n detained on board Admiral Murray's ship the Resolution, a\n British ship of war. His letters of 1796 Feb. 7 \u0026 9 relate\n to letters from Henry McGeary, an American citizen impressed\n on the Resolution. Later, Newton encloses a letter from Judge\n Cyrus Griffin respecting the case of McGeary (1796 Feb. 21).\n Newton remarks on the arrival of three French ships from\n Guadalupe and the defenseless condition of the port due to the\n incompletion of the forts and the insufficient garrison there\n (1795 May 24). On 9 June 1795, Newton relates the capture of\n two French ships off the coast by the British ships Thetis\n \u0026 Hussar. In addition, he mentions the arrival of a French\n ship from Dominique with French citizens and a number of\n negroes which they claim as servants. A few days later, Newton\n informs the Governor of the arrival of the Sloop Industry from\n Boston which carried negro slaves on board in violation of the\n non-importation laws (1795 June 11). In a letter dated 21 June\n 1795, Newton encloses the deposition of Francis Marshal\n concerning two brigs taken off the coast of Virginia by a\n Bermudian privateer. Another significant event occurred in\n January 1796 when horses were purchased by British officers in\n the United States for mounting their troops against the French\n in the West Indies. Newton writes the Governor that this is a\n violation of the treaty with France \u0026 Holland (1796 Jan.\n 20). Shortly thereafter, he encloses a letter from Mr. Oster,\n French Consul, complaining of the shipment of horses by the\n British (1796 Jan. 23). The next day, he encloses one from\n John Hamilton denying that the shipment of horses is a\n military preparation (1795 Jan. 24).","Willis Wilson, County Lieutenant for Portsmouth,\n corresponds with the Governor regarding similar subjects as\n Thomas Newton. On 29 April 1795, Wilson suggests that a boat\n be armed at Hampton Roads for the purpose of preventing\n violators of U.S. neutrality and to liberate the men impressed\n on board Rear Admiral Murray's Squadron. He encloses the\n deposition of Capt. Hatten whose ship was boarded by the Lynx.\n A letter from Wilson to Admiral Murray relates to hostile\n expeditions by ships of any belligerent nation in Virginia\n waters. In this letter, he orders the ships to depart Virginia\n waters and to liberate any American citizens detained on board\n (1795 April 27). Wilson encloses a letter from John Hamilton\n informing him that the vessels Diana \u0026 Thomas are waiting\n to embark with their cargo of horses. On 24 June 1795, Wilson\n writes about the small pox epidemic in Portsmouth and the\n impressment of John Underwood \u0026 John Lloyd on board the\n British ship Lynx. Finally, Wilson writes the Governor\n regarding the formation of an artillery company in Portsmouth\n under the command of John Cowper (1796 Feb. 23 \u0026 March\n 27).","Governor Randolph corresponds often with John Pendleton,\n Jr., Auditor of Public Accounts, and Jaquelin Ambler,\n Treasurer, regarding various financial matters. Pendleton\n regularly encloses lists of warrants issued by him through the\n Auditor's Office (1795 March 31, 1795 July 1, 1795 Nov. 5,\n 1795 Dec. 31, 1796 July 1). Additionally, Pendleton writes\n regarding the suspicion of a fraudulent sale against Robert\n Craig, former sheriff of Washington County (1794 Dec. 18).\n Pendleton encloses the report of John Taylor and the opinion\n of John Marshall on the matter. Pendleton also writes to the\n Governor enclosing accounts of expenses of his office (1795\n May 10). On 14 May 1795, Pendleton provided a report on the\n final settlement of William Davies' accounts as Commissioner\n of Virginia for Claims Against the United States. Pendleton\n submits his letter of resignation on 5 August 1796 effective\n at the end of the month. The next day, Pendleton recommends\n Samuel Shepard to replace him as Auditor. Pendleton's official\n letter of resignation was submitted on 30 Sept. 1796. Ambler\n encloses a statement of monies belonging to claimants for the\n defense of the Western frontier (1795 Aug. 27). In addition,\n on 24 September 1795, he encloses a copy of a letter from\n Samuel Meredith, U.S. Treasurer, regarding a warrant from the\n Secretary of War for the full balance due the State of\n Virginia for the settlement of their account for the pay \u0026\n subsistence of militia, scouts, ammunition, and contingent\n expenses in the protection of the frontiers.","Notable correspondents from miscellaneous sources include\n the following: Andrew Dunscomb, Mayor of Richmond; John\n Hamilton, British Consul at Norfolk; and Thomas Mifflin,\n Governor of Pennsylvania.","Andrew Dunscomb mainly writes the Governor regarding the\n prevention of infectious disease to the City of Richmond. On\n 27 August 1795, he encloses resolutions of the Common Hall\n relative to the quarantine of vessels from Norfolk.\n Additionally, he discusses a law prohibiting the migration of\n free negroes from the West Indies into the Commonwealth (1795\n Sept. 18). Dunscomb also transmits a letter from William\n Richardson \u0026 Jacob I. Cohen regarding allowing passage of\n vessels from Norfolk, but stopping vessels from New York (1795\n Oct. 6).","John Hamilton, British Consul, frequently writes the\n Governor regarding British affairs. On 2 January 1795,\n Hamilton requests permission for the British ships Thetis\n \u0026 Cleopatra to make repairs in Norfolk Harbor. Hamilton\n also writes at length regarding British desertions,\n particularly the incident involving the attempt by British\n sailors on board the Thetis to recapture deserters in Norfolk\n (1795 Feb. 18, 25, \u0026 May 8). Hamilton was also\n particularly concerned with privateers preying on British\n ships. He specifically mentions a ship called the Unicorn\n which plundered a Danish vessel (1795 June 26 \u0026 July 30).\n In addition, Hamilton communicates his intelligence regarding\n vessels from Baltimore arming in the Chesapeake as privateers\n (1795 Aug. 15 \u0026 Sept. 24). His letter to the Lieutenant\n Governor relates to the prevention of illegal equipment for\n ships in the waters of Virginia (1795 July 3 \u0026 Oct. 6).\n Yet another incident occurred in January 1796 when the\n American Sloop Diana, loaded with British goods and bound for\n a British port in the West Indies, was forcibly boarded and\n her cargo carried away. Hamilton sends a letter to the\n Governor complaining about this incident, along with a similar\n letter to Willis Wilson (1796 Jan. 29). Finally, on 15\n February 1796, Hamilton writes regarding his inquiry to the\n President on the shipment of horses and the neutrality\n laws.","As Governor of Pennsylvania, Thomas Mifflin often\n corresponds with Governor Brooke with respect to fugitives\n from justice. On 29 December 1794, Mifflin transmits the\n affidavit of Stephen Girard affirming that Joseph Larelle had\n taken a mulatto boy named Crispin from his service with an\n intention of selling him into slavery. He writes again on 10\n February 1795 concerning the apprehension of Larelle. In a\n letter dated 12 March 1795, Mifflin informs the Governor of\n the appointment of Laurence Maher as Agent for Pennsylvania to\n bring Joseph Larelle back to Pennsylvania. Similarly, Mifflin\n transmits a copy of an affidavit by Robert Ross respecting\n Langford Herring who was accused of forgery and removed to\n Virginia (1795 Oct. 12). Mifflin also acknowledges the receipt\n of the revised laws from Virginia (1795 May 14 \u0026 1796 Aug.\n 25) and a resolution from Virginia proposing certain\n amendments to the U.S. Constitution (1796 Jan. 6). Mifflin\n responds to another letter on 22 January 1796 regarding an\n annual interchange of the laws passed by Pennsylvania \u0026\n Virginia.","Additional significant correspondence includes the\n following: George Clendenin regarding pay \u0026 subsistence of\n a company employed for the defense of Greenbrier \u0026 Kanawha\n (1794 Dec. 20); Paul Carrington accepting a commission as\n Judge of the General Court (1794 Dec. 18); Andrew Lewis\n regarding the discharge of the troops under his command on the\n southwestern frontiers (1794 Dec. 28); Thomas Mathews\n regarding the admission of two British ship of war into\n Norfolk (1795 Jan. 9); William Price, Register of the Land\n Office, regarding two additional clerk (1795 Jan. 15); Edward\n Carrington regarding the quota of militia called from Gen.\n Martin's Brigade for the late expeditions against the\n insurgents (1795 Feb. 8); William Lowther regarding the\n discharge of scouts \u0026 rangers under his command (1795 Feb.\n 21); Andrew Lewis regarding the settlement of his accounts\n (1795 March 3); John Steele regarding his tardiness in\n settling the Western accounts (1795 April 29); Andrew Lewis\n regarding his application to replace Gen. Tate as paymaster\n (1795 May 5); Daniel Bedinger responding to charges against\n him by George Hammond, regarding his deposition of the pilot\n Thomas Butler (1795 May 26); John Steele regarding the account\n of Virginia against the United States (1795 June 23); Henry\n Lee regarding his failure to execute orders by the Lt. Gov.\n concerning the privateer at Gloucester (1795 July 6); H. Young\n enclosing a letter from John Page regarding the Unicorn (1795\n July 7); John Dawson regarding Indian depredations in Harrison\n County (1795 Aug. 17); James Monroe, Paris, regarding the\n statue of Gen. Washington left unfinished while Thomas\n Jefferson was Minister to France (1795 Aug. 20); William\n Lowther regarding depredations by Indians in Harrison County\n (1795 Aug. 24); George Peachey, Mayor of Petersburg regarding\n two cases of yellow fever brought from Norfolk (1795 Aug. 26);\n George Clendenin resigning his commission as County Lieutenant\n for Kanawha County (1795 Nov. 14); Governor Brooke to the\n Clerk of the Council indicating his temporary absence from\n office (1795 Dec. 9); Robert Johnson to the Commissioners for\n Virginia regarding approval of the proceedings of the\n Commissioners concerning the boundary line between Virginia\n \u0026 Kentucky (1796 Jan. 1); Isaac Shelby, Governor of\n Kentucky, regarding the boundary line and enclosing an act of\n the Kentucky Legislature (1796 Feb. 15); William Pennock\n enclosing a bill of lading from Ve. Homberg \u0026 Homberg\n Freres for three cases containing the marble pedester statue\n of Gen. Washington and the marble pedestal (1796 April 10);\n Isaac Shelby enclosing a letter from Alexander Smyth regarding\n the boundary line between Virginia \u0026 Kentucky (1796 May\n 6); John Hoskins Stone, Governor of Maryland, regarding the\n extradition of Robert Osborn, a fugitive of justice (1796 June\n 16); John Dawson regarding obtaining arms for the State of\n Virginia from Europe (1796 Sept. 11 \u0026 12); Archibald\n Stuart regarding the agreement with the Kentucky Commissioners\n on the boundary line (1796 Sept. 27); Houdon regarding his\n payment for creating a marble statue of Washington (1796 Oct.\n 8); and Edmund Randolph regarding the case of Fairfax versus\n the Commonwealth (1796 Oct. 22).","Other noteworthy items include: oath of Robert Brooke by J.\n Pendleton as Governor (1794 Dec. 1); a list of persons who\n have migrated to Virginia and given oath to reside therein\n (1794 Dec. 17); receipts from William Morris, Contractor, for\n rations to soldiers under the command of Hugh Caperton (1794\n Dec. 17); proclamation revoking the previous proclamation of\n Lt. Gov. James Wood regarding the quarantine of vessels from\n certain ports (1794 Dec. 19); receipts from Samuel Shepard for\n the sale of the mace (1794 Dec. 3); order from Will Russell,\n Clerk of the Court of Directors of the Lunatic Hospital,\n applying for warrants from the Auditor of Public Accounts\n (1795 March 31 \u0026 1796 July 12); muster roll of scouts\n called into service for the protection of Randolph County\n (1795 May 20); proclamation by the Governor regarding the\n yellow fever outbreak in the West Indies and the quarantine of\n vessels from those areas (1795 May 21); petition from French\n refugees from St. Domingo at Norfolk regarding a plan to send\n back their negroes (1795 July N.D.); oath issued by John\n Pendleton to Robert Brooke as Governor (1795 Dec. 1); printed\n copy of the Treaty of Greenville signed by Timothy Pickering\n (1795 Dec. 22); proclamation by Lt. Gov. James Wood offering a\n reward for the capture of John Williford for the murder of\n Josiah Worrell (1795 Sept. 19); list of commissions of the\n peace for Southampton County (1796 Feb. 12); list of\n commissions of the peace for New Kent County (1796 March 4);\n account of William Hodgson for erecting the statue of\n Washington \u0026 repairing (1796 June 8); appointment of John\n Robertson by James Wood as Superintendent of Quarantine for\n Bermuda Hundred \u0026 City Point (1796 July 9); bond of Samuel\n Shepard as Auditor of Public Accounts (1796 Oct. 1);\n certificate of Samuel Moseley, Mayor of Norfolk, as elector\n for President \u0026 Vice President (1796 Nov. 7); and muster\n fines of the 22nd Regiment Virginia Militia, Mecklenburg\n County (1796 Nov. 5).","State Records Collection,\n Office of the Governor (Record Group 3)","English"],"collection_title_tesim":["Governor Robert Brooke Executive\n Papers, 1794-1796"],"collection_ssim":["Governor Robert Brooke Executive\n Papers, 1794-1796"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["40723"],"unitid_tesim":["40723"],"repository_ssm":["Library of Virginia"],"repository_ssim":["Library of Virginia"],"creator_ssm":["Governor's Office"],"creator_ssim":["Governor's Office"],"acqinfo_ssim":["Acquired prior to 1905."],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"physdesc_tesim":["2.23 cubic\n feet"],"arrangement_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eArranged chronologically by date of document with undated\n items arranged to the rear.\u003c/p\u003e\n "],"arrangement_heading_ssm":["Arrangement"],"arrangement_tesim":["Arranged chronologically by date of document with undated\n items arranged to the rear."],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eRobert Brooke was born in Spotsylvania County to Richard\n Brooke and Ann Hay Taliaferro Brooke around 1760. Educated in\n Edinburgh, Scotland, during the Revolutionary War, Brooke\n returned to Virginia in 1780 where he enlisted in a volunteer\n cavalry troop and was captured by the British at Westham in\n January 1781. Brooke returned to Spotsylvania County to\n practice law, later moving his office to Fredericksburg. In\n 1786, Brooke married Mary Ritchie Hopper (d. 1796) and settled\n on an estate in Fredericksburg which became known as Federal\n Hill. Brooke represented Spotsylvania County in the House of\n Delegates from 1791 until 1794. Upon the vacancy of the office\n of governor by Henry Lee to suppress the Whiskey Rebellion,\n the General Assembly elected Brooke governor on 20 November\n 1794. He was reelected for a second one-year term on 26\n November 1795. Brooke County, now in West Virginia, was named\n after Robert Brooke when it was formed from part of Ohio\n County in 1796. Following his second term as governor, Brooke\n was elected to replace James Innes as attorney general of\n Virginia on 16 November 1796. He served as attorney general\n until his death on 27 February 1800.\u003c/p\u003e\n "],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical Information"],"bioghist_tesim":["Robert Brooke was born in Spotsylvania County to Richard\n Brooke and Ann Hay Taliaferro Brooke around 1760. Educated in\n Edinburgh, Scotland, during the Revolutionary War, Brooke\n returned to Virginia in 1780 where he enlisted in a volunteer\n cavalry troop and was captured by the British at Westham in\n January 1781. Brooke returned to Spotsylvania County to\n practice law, later moving his office to Fredericksburg. In\n 1786, Brooke married Mary Ritchie Hopper (d. 1796) and settled\n on an estate in Fredericksburg which became known as Federal\n Hill. Brooke represented Spotsylvania County in the House of\n Delegates from 1791 until 1794. Upon the vacancy of the office\n of governor by Henry Lee to suppress the Whiskey Rebellion,\n the General Assembly elected Brooke governor on 20 November\n 1794. He was reelected for a second one-year term on 26\n November 1795. Brooke County, now in West Virginia, was named\n after Robert Brooke when it was formed from part of Ohio\n County in 1796. Following his second term as governor, Brooke\n was elected to replace James Innes as attorney general of\n Virginia on 16 November 1796. He served as attorney general\n until his death on 27 February 1800."],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content Information"],"scopecontent_tesim":["Robert Brooke's Executive papers are organized\n chronologically with undated items arranged at the end of each\n year. These papers primarily consist of incoming\n correspondence during Brooke's two one-year terms as governor\n between 1 December 1794 until 1 December 1796. These records\n include correspondence written to James Wood who acted as\n Lieutenant Governor while Brooke was temporarily absent from\n office. The correspondence in this collection relates to a\n variety of topics including appointments for state positions;\n the Point of Fork Arsenal; defense of the frontier;\n resignations; arms \u0026 ammunition; Indian attacks; British\n \u0026 French ships in Virginia ports; the boundary line\n between Kentucky \u0026 Virginia; extraditions; the Houdon\n statue of Washington; state expenses \u0026 revenue; quarantine\n of vessels; foreign affairs; Revolutionary claims; elections;\n Presidential electors; the Capitol Building; the militia; and\n others. In addition to correspondence, there are resolutions\n from Congress and the Virginia Senate \u0026 House of\n Delegates; muster \u0026 pay rolls; accounts; oaths; pardons;\n receipts; election returns \u0026 certificates; qualifications;\n lists; depositions; proclamations; petitions; reports;\n appointments; resignations; treaties; bonds; commissions;\n orders; proceedings; applications; lists; opinions; and other\n sundry items. Note that files related to county officers for\n 1795 have been arranged alphabetically by county and separated\n to the end of the papers for that year.","Noteworthy correspondence originates from the United States\n government, Virginia State government, and miscellaneous\n sources. Prominent correspondents from the United States\n government include Henry Knox, Timothy Pickering, \u0026 James\n McHenry, Secretaries of War; Edmund Randolph \u0026 Timothy\n Pickering, Secretaries of State; Alexander Campbell, U.S.\n District Attorney General, Samuel A. Otis \u0026 John\n Beckley, Clerks of the Senate \u0026 House of\n Representatives, and President George Washington.","Governor Brooke received correspondence on numerous\n occasions from the United States War Department. On 5 December\n 1794, Henry Knox transmitted a resolution by John Beckley,\n Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives, thanking the\n Virginia Militia for their service during the Whiskey\n Rebellion. Timothy Pickering replaced Knox as Secretary of War\n in 1795. Pickering writes on 6 January 1795 regarding the\n French ship Les Jumeaux which was armed and equipped at\n Philadelphia in violation of the U.S. neutrality law.\n Pickering also writes respecting bounty lands on the northwest\n side of the Ohio River for officers \u0026 soldiers of the\n Virginia Line on Continental Establishment (1795 June 13). In\n addition, Pickering responds to a letter from the Governor\n concerning establishing a small garrison of militia at\n Norfolk. According to Pickering, the President has no\n authority to call out the militia for the preservation of\n peace (1795 July 3). Lastly, Pickering writes regarding the\n pay of Charles Cist for printing regulations for the order and\n discipline of U.S. troops (1795 Sept. 14). James McHenry\n replaced Pickering as Secretary of War in 1796. In a letter\n dated 4 March 1796, McHenry acknowledges the receipt of the\n Governor's letter, along with the account \u0026 vouchers for\n militia \u0026 scouts on the Western frontier. William Simmons,\n in the Dept. of War Accountant's Office, corresponds with the\n Governor concerning the compensation by the United States to\n Virginia for the pay \u0026 subsistence of the militia,\n ammunition, and contingent expenses in the protection of the\n frontiers (1795 Sept. 17). On 14 March 1796, Simmons encloses\n a statement of differences on examination of the Virginia\n claims for pay, etc., in 1795. A letter from President George Washington dated 1796 Sept. 15 asks that his shares in the James River Company be applied to Liberty Hall Academy in rockbridge County (letter removed to the Vault - George Washington Papers).","Edmund Randolph, former Governor of Virginia, corresponds\n as Secretary of State. On 3 January 1795, Randolph transmits a\n proclamation of thanksgiving from the President (proclamation\n not included). In another letter of the same date, Randolph\n remarks on a letter from the Governor regarding the embargo.\n On 16 February 1795, Randolph writes about the capture of a\n pilot boat belonging to the British Consul at Norfolk.\n Randolph encloses copies of letters from Gen. Thomas Mathews\n to Governor Lee, Alexander Hamilton, Sec. of the Treasury, and\n orders from Mathews to Lt. Vaughan. On 8 May 1795, Randolph\n encloses letters and papers from George Hammond, British\n Minister Plenipotentiary, concerning French prizes taken by\n Rear Admiral Murray and an order for foreign ships to depart\n American ports. Included is a copy of a letter from Thomas\n Jefferson to Hammond regarding French \u0026 British ships in\n American ports and the treaty with France to admit prizes\n \u0026 repair French ships in U.S. ports. The next day,\n Randolph encloses additional copies of letters from Hammond,\n along with a declaration \u0026 affidavit by Thomas Butler\n regarding the French prizes taken by Admiral Murray. Finally,\n Randolph discusses the practice of British ships of war\n impressing American seamen (1795 May 20). All copies of\n letters were transcribed by George Taylor, Jr., Chief Clerk of\n the Department of State. Timothy Pickering served as Secretary\n of State upon the resignation of Randolph on 19 August 1795.\n On 20 January 1796, Pickering writes to Pierre A. Adet, French\n Minister Plenipotentiary, with respect to U.S. neutrality.\n Pickering also encloses a translation of a letter he received\n from Adet regarding the purchase of flour \u0026 horses by the\n English in Virginia.","Alexander Campbell, District U.S. Attorney, provides his\n opinion on the following subjects: the unlawful detention of a\n mariner by a British vessel of war (1795 Jan. 25), the\n delivery of a fugitive of justice from Pennsylvania and\n deserters from a British ship of war at Norfolk (1795 Jan.\n 25), and the Unicorn, a suspected privateer outfitting at\n Gloucester (1795 June 26). In addition, Samuel A. Otis \u0026\n John Beckley periodically transmit journals of the proceedings\n of the U.S. Senate \u0026 House of Representatives (1795 April\n 13 \u0026 25, \u0026 1796 July 28).","Significant correspondents from Virginia State government\n include Archibald Blair, Clerk of the Council; Samuel Coleman,\n Assistant Clerk of the Council of State; James Innes, Attorney\n General; Charles Hay, Clerk of the House of Delegates;\n Humphrey Brooke, Clerk of the Senate; William Hay, Robert\n Goode, \u0026 William Foushee, etc., Directors of Public\n Buildings; Robert Quarles, Superintendent of the Point of Fork\n Arsenal; Thomas Newton \u0026 Willis Wilson, County\n Lieutenants; John Pendleton, Jr., Auditor of Public Accounts;\n and Jacquelin Ambler, Treasurer.","Archibald Blair \u0026 Samuel Coleman, as Clerk \u0026\n Assistant Clerk of the Council, communicate with the Governor\n frequently through the Council Office. Blair offers the advice\n of the Council regarding the account against the U.S. for the\n Western defense, reimbursement for the Springfield expedition,\n the printing of German military regulations, and orders for\n scouts in Ohio \u0026 Harrison Counties (1795 Jan. 14). Blair\n also writes G. Deneale denying his request to keep arms given\n to the light infantry under his command at Winchester to use\n against the insurgents (1795 Feb. 11). On 14 July 1795, Blair\n submits the order of the Council for ordering out the militia\n from Norfolk \u0026 Portsmouth to prevent disorder or\n insurrections from the frequent migrations of negroes. Lastly,\n Blair provides the advice of the Council concerning witnesses\n against Archer Branch in North Carolina (1796 Feb. 15).\n Coleman mainly writes concerning military finances including\n the account of Hugh Caperton for ammunition (1794 Dec. 2) and\n Capt. William Lowther's pay abstract \u0026 muster roll (1795\n March 5). On 12 May 1795, Coleman writes the Governor\n requesting that the office of Keeper of the Capitol not be\n taken from his father, Wyatt Coleman. His father writes a\n similar letter on the same date. On 4 December 1795, Coleman\n requests additional compensation for completing a list of\n officers \u0026 privates of the Continental Line. Shortly\n thereafter, Coleman was appointed Adjutant General and asks\n the Lieutenant Governor for an apartment in the Capitol to\n perform his new duties (1795 Dec. 14).","During James Innes' absence in 1794 \u0026 1795, John\n Marshall provides his opinion on the militia law as Attorney\n General of Virginia (1794 Undated). Upon Innes' return,\n Marshall writes as counsel to Lord Fairfax concerning the case\n of the Commonwealth against him in the Court of Appeals (1795\n March 2). On 23 April 1795, Innes writes that he will be\n unable to attend this trial in the Court of Appeals due to\n illness. Innes provides an opinion on such topics as the\n improper trial of William John Thweatt who was found guilty of\n horse stealing (1795 April 7), proceedings against Mr. Johnson\n for the alleged murder of Mr. Jeffers (1796 Jan. 13), and the\n power of the Governor to procure the attendance of necessary\n witnesses from the Territory South of the Ohio River (1796\n Feb. 3). On 21 June 1796, he remarks on the assignment of the\n Solicitor's Office for the use of the Attorney General. Again,\n on 17 July 1796, Innes writes that he must be absent from\n office because of health problems. He adds that he has asked\n Mr. Warden to discharge the duties of his office. Innes was\n forced to resign in a letter to the Governor dated 13 November\n 1796.","Charles Hay, Clerk of the House of Delegates, and Humphrey\n Brooke, Clerk of the Senate, often submit legislation and\n qualifications of election to the Governor. Noteworthy\n legislation includes a resolution to inquire about the\n \"lucrative office\" accepted by James Innes in the General\n Government (1794 Dec. 16). Included in these papers are the\n qualifications for the election of Spencer Roane as Judge of\n the Court of Appeals in place of Henry Tazewell (1794 Dec. 2),\n the election of Jaquelin Ambler as Treasurer (1794 Dec. 17),\n Paul Carrington as Judge of the General Court in place of\n Spencer Roane (1794 Dec. 17), Robert Brooke as Governor (1795\n Nov. 26), Robert Brooke as Attorney General (1796 Nov. 16),\n and Samuel Shepard as Auditor of Public Accounts in place of\n John Pendleton (1796 Nov. 16). A letter from John Wise,\n Speaker of the House of Delegates, encloses sundry resolutions\n for proposing certain amendments to the U.S. Constitution\n (1795 Dec. 19).","William Hay, Robert Goode, \u0026 William Foushee, etc.,\n Directors of Public Buildings, provide information on work\n done to the Capitol Building and the settlement of accounts.\n On 28 November 1795, William Hay writes regarding the account\n of Samuel Dobie for superintending \u0026 directing the\n execution of the steps outside the Capitol, as well as the\n staircase, conference, and other work done inside the Capitol\n from 1793 to 1794. Hay also encloses accounts and a letter\n from Dobie indicating the amount of balances due him. On 30\n March 1796, the Directors write regarding the repair of the\n roof of the Capitol and surplus materials.","Maj. Robert Quarles submits quarterly returns of ordnance\n \u0026 public stores at Point of Fork (1795 Jan. 2, 1795 March\n 31, 1795 June 30, 1795 Oct. 6, 1795 Dec. 31, 1796 March 31,\n 1796 June 30, \u0026 1796 Sept. 30). In addition, Quarles'\n correspondence concerns a contract for provisions at Point of\n Fork (1795 May 5 \u0026 25), an increase in salary (1795 Oct.\n 6), the bond of William Weaver to provide rations for the\n State Arsenal (1796 May 27), the supply of timber \u0026\n firewood contract with David Ross (1796 Sept. 12), and the\n bond of Matthew \u0026 Elias Wills for the Office of Contractor\n to supply the State Arsenal with rations (1796 Oct. 27).","Thomas Newton, Jr., County Lieutenant for Norfolk Borough,\n frequently writes the Governor on a variety of concerns. On 11\n January 1795, Newton encloses copies of letters from the\n British \u0026 French Consuls regarding disturbances between\n British \u0026 French crews in Norfolk Harbor. On 14 January,\n Newton discusses the case of Daniel Raybourn, an American\n seamen taken by the Lynx, a British ship of war, from a Danish\n Brig. He encloses the opinion of Alexander Campbell to the\n Lieutenant Governor on the same matter on 25 January 1795. In\n another letter, he remarks on Campbell's opinion on British\n deserters and the extradition of the fugitive Joseph Larelle\n back to Pennsylvania (1795 Feb. 1). Newton communicates\n Campbell's opinion to John Hamilton, British Consul, stating\n that it is the duty of the magistrates to apprehend deserters\n (1795 Feb. 2). An incident occurred in February 1795 when a\n group of armed men from the British ship Thetis marched into\n Norfolk committing illegal searches in the homes of citizens\n for deserters. Newton informs the Governor of this incident\n and encloses an account by the Captain of the Watch, a copy of\n a letter from John Hamilton, and depositions (1795 Feb. 17).\n He writes again on this matter on 25 February 1795 enclosing\n letters from Alexander F. Cochrane, Captain of the Thetis,\n \u0026 John Hamilton. Much of Newton's correspondence with\n Governor Brooke relates to the spread of diseases to Norfolk\n \u0026 the quarantine of vessels (1795 April 28; 1795 May 5,\n 16, 26; 1795 Aug. 22; 1795 Oct. 3; 1795 Nov. 4, 5, \u0026 17;\n 1796 May 15 \u0026 29; 1796 July 8; 1796 Aug. 13 \u0026 28; 1796\n Sept. 12 \u0026 28; 1796 Oct. 27; \u0026 1796 Nov. 7). On 28\n February 1796, Newton writes regarding the purchase of two\n acres of land for building houses for the reception of goods\n and for accommodating the persons performing quarantine. On 17\n April 1795, Newton informs the Governor of American citizens\n detained on board Admiral Murray's ship the Resolution, a\n British ship of war. His letters of 1796 Feb. 7 \u0026 9 relate\n to letters from Henry McGeary, an American citizen impressed\n on the Resolution. Later, Newton encloses a letter from Judge\n Cyrus Griffin respecting the case of McGeary (1796 Feb. 21).\n Newton remarks on the arrival of three French ships from\n Guadalupe and the defenseless condition of the port due to the\n incompletion of the forts and the insufficient garrison there\n (1795 May 24). On 9 June 1795, Newton relates the capture of\n two French ships off the coast by the British ships Thetis\n \u0026 Hussar. In addition, he mentions the arrival of a French\n ship from Dominique with French citizens and a number of\n negroes which they claim as servants. A few days later, Newton\n informs the Governor of the arrival of the Sloop Industry from\n Boston which carried negro slaves on board in violation of the\n non-importation laws (1795 June 11). In a letter dated 21 June\n 1795, Newton encloses the deposition of Francis Marshal\n concerning two brigs taken off the coast of Virginia by a\n Bermudian privateer. Another significant event occurred in\n January 1796 when horses were purchased by British officers in\n the United States for mounting their troops against the French\n in the West Indies. Newton writes the Governor that this is a\n violation of the treaty with France \u0026 Holland (1796 Jan.\n 20). Shortly thereafter, he encloses a letter from Mr. Oster,\n French Consul, complaining of the shipment of horses by the\n British (1796 Jan. 23). The next day, he encloses one from\n John Hamilton denying that the shipment of horses is a\n military preparation (1795 Jan. 24).","Willis Wilson, County Lieutenant for Portsmouth,\n corresponds with the Governor regarding similar subjects as\n Thomas Newton. On 29 April 1795, Wilson suggests that a boat\n be armed at Hampton Roads for the purpose of preventing\n violators of U.S. neutrality and to liberate the men impressed\n on board Rear Admiral Murray's Squadron. He encloses the\n deposition of Capt. Hatten whose ship was boarded by the Lynx.\n A letter from Wilson to Admiral Murray relates to hostile\n expeditions by ships of any belligerent nation in Virginia\n waters. In this letter, he orders the ships to depart Virginia\n waters and to liberate any American citizens detained on board\n (1795 April 27). Wilson encloses a letter from John Hamilton\n informing him that the vessels Diana \u0026 Thomas are waiting\n to embark with their cargo of horses. On 24 June 1795, Wilson\n writes about the small pox epidemic in Portsmouth and the\n impressment of John Underwood \u0026 John Lloyd on board the\n British ship Lynx. Finally, Wilson writes the Governor\n regarding the formation of an artillery company in Portsmouth\n under the command of John Cowper (1796 Feb. 23 \u0026 March\n 27).","Governor Randolph corresponds often with John Pendleton,\n Jr., Auditor of Public Accounts, and Jaquelin Ambler,\n Treasurer, regarding various financial matters. Pendleton\n regularly encloses lists of warrants issued by him through the\n Auditor's Office (1795 March 31, 1795 July 1, 1795 Nov. 5,\n 1795 Dec. 31, 1796 July 1). Additionally, Pendleton writes\n regarding the suspicion of a fraudulent sale against Robert\n Craig, former sheriff of Washington County (1794 Dec. 18).\n Pendleton encloses the report of John Taylor and the opinion\n of John Marshall on the matter. Pendleton also writes to the\n Governor enclosing accounts of expenses of his office (1795\n May 10). On 14 May 1795, Pendleton provided a report on the\n final settlement of William Davies' accounts as Commissioner\n of Virginia for Claims Against the United States. Pendleton\n submits his letter of resignation on 5 August 1796 effective\n at the end of the month. The next day, Pendleton recommends\n Samuel Shepard to replace him as Auditor. Pendleton's official\n letter of resignation was submitted on 30 Sept. 1796. Ambler\n encloses a statement of monies belonging to claimants for the\n defense of the Western frontier (1795 Aug. 27). In addition,\n on 24 September 1795, he encloses a copy of a letter from\n Samuel Meredith, U.S. Treasurer, regarding a warrant from the\n Secretary of War for the full balance due the State of\n Virginia for the settlement of their account for the pay \u0026\n subsistence of militia, scouts, ammunition, and contingent\n expenses in the protection of the frontiers.","Notable correspondents from miscellaneous sources include\n the following: Andrew Dunscomb, Mayor of Richmond; John\n Hamilton, British Consul at Norfolk; and Thomas Mifflin,\n Governor of Pennsylvania.","Andrew Dunscomb mainly writes the Governor regarding the\n prevention of infectious disease to the City of Richmond. On\n 27 August 1795, he encloses resolutions of the Common Hall\n relative to the quarantine of vessels from Norfolk.\n Additionally, he discusses a law prohibiting the migration of\n free negroes from the West Indies into the Commonwealth (1795\n Sept. 18). Dunscomb also transmits a letter from William\n Richardson \u0026 Jacob I. Cohen regarding allowing passage of\n vessels from Norfolk, but stopping vessels from New York (1795\n Oct. 6).","John Hamilton, British Consul, frequently writes the\n Governor regarding British affairs. On 2 January 1795,\n Hamilton requests permission for the British ships Thetis\n \u0026 Cleopatra to make repairs in Norfolk Harbor. Hamilton\n also writes at length regarding British desertions,\n particularly the incident involving the attempt by British\n sailors on board the Thetis to recapture deserters in Norfolk\n (1795 Feb. 18, 25, \u0026 May 8). Hamilton was also\n particularly concerned with privateers preying on British\n ships. He specifically mentions a ship called the Unicorn\n which plundered a Danish vessel (1795 June 26 \u0026 July 30).\n In addition, Hamilton communicates his intelligence regarding\n vessels from Baltimore arming in the Chesapeake as privateers\n (1795 Aug. 15 \u0026 Sept. 24). His letter to the Lieutenant\n Governor relates to the prevention of illegal equipment for\n ships in the waters of Virginia (1795 July 3 \u0026 Oct. 6).\n Yet another incident occurred in January 1796 when the\n American Sloop Diana, loaded with British goods and bound for\n a British port in the West Indies, was forcibly boarded and\n her cargo carried away. Hamilton sends a letter to the\n Governor complaining about this incident, along with a similar\n letter to Willis Wilson (1796 Jan. 29). Finally, on 15\n February 1796, Hamilton writes regarding his inquiry to the\n President on the shipment of horses and the neutrality\n laws.","As Governor of Pennsylvania, Thomas Mifflin often\n corresponds with Governor Brooke with respect to fugitives\n from justice. On 29 December 1794, Mifflin transmits the\n affidavit of Stephen Girard affirming that Joseph Larelle had\n taken a mulatto boy named Crispin from his service with an\n intention of selling him into slavery. He writes again on 10\n February 1795 concerning the apprehension of Larelle. In a\n letter dated 12 March 1795, Mifflin informs the Governor of\n the appointment of Laurence Maher as Agent for Pennsylvania to\n bring Joseph Larelle back to Pennsylvania. Similarly, Mifflin\n transmits a copy of an affidavit by Robert Ross respecting\n Langford Herring who was accused of forgery and removed to\n Virginia (1795 Oct. 12). Mifflin also acknowledges the receipt\n of the revised laws from Virginia (1795 May 14 \u0026 1796 Aug.\n 25) and a resolution from Virginia proposing certain\n amendments to the U.S. Constitution (1796 Jan. 6). Mifflin\n responds to another letter on 22 January 1796 regarding an\n annual interchange of the laws passed by Pennsylvania \u0026\n Virginia.","Additional significant correspondence includes the\n following: George Clendenin regarding pay \u0026 subsistence of\n a company employed for the defense of Greenbrier \u0026 Kanawha\n (1794 Dec. 20); Paul Carrington accepting a commission as\n Judge of the General Court (1794 Dec. 18); Andrew Lewis\n regarding the discharge of the troops under his command on the\n southwestern frontiers (1794 Dec. 28); Thomas Mathews\n regarding the admission of two British ship of war into\n Norfolk (1795 Jan. 9); William Price, Register of the Land\n Office, regarding two additional clerk (1795 Jan. 15); Edward\n Carrington regarding the quota of militia called from Gen.\n Martin's Brigade for the late expeditions against the\n insurgents (1795 Feb. 8); William Lowther regarding the\n discharge of scouts \u0026 rangers under his command (1795 Feb.\n 21); Andrew Lewis regarding the settlement of his accounts\n (1795 March 3); John Steele regarding his tardiness in\n settling the Western accounts (1795 April 29); Andrew Lewis\n regarding his application to replace Gen. Tate as paymaster\n (1795 May 5); Daniel Bedinger responding to charges against\n him by George Hammond, regarding his deposition of the pilot\n Thomas Butler (1795 May 26); John Steele regarding the account\n of Virginia against the United States (1795 June 23); Henry\n Lee regarding his failure to execute orders by the Lt. Gov.\n concerning the privateer at Gloucester (1795 July 6); H. Young\n enclosing a letter from John Page regarding the Unicorn (1795\n July 7); John Dawson regarding Indian depredations in Harrison\n County (1795 Aug. 17); James Monroe, Paris, regarding the\n statue of Gen. Washington left unfinished while Thomas\n Jefferson was Minister to France (1795 Aug. 20); William\n Lowther regarding depredations by Indians in Harrison County\n (1795 Aug. 24); George Peachey, Mayor of Petersburg regarding\n two cases of yellow fever brought from Norfolk (1795 Aug. 26);\n George Clendenin resigning his commission as County Lieutenant\n for Kanawha County (1795 Nov. 14); Governor Brooke to the\n Clerk of the Council indicating his temporary absence from\n office (1795 Dec. 9); Robert Johnson to the Commissioners for\n Virginia regarding approval of the proceedings of the\n Commissioners concerning the boundary line between Virginia\n \u0026 Kentucky (1796 Jan. 1); Isaac Shelby, Governor of\n Kentucky, regarding the boundary line and enclosing an act of\n the Kentucky Legislature (1796 Feb. 15); William Pennock\n enclosing a bill of lading from Ve. Homberg \u0026 Homberg\n Freres for three cases containing the marble pedester statue\n of Gen. Washington and the marble pedestal (1796 April 10);\n Isaac Shelby enclosing a letter from Alexander Smyth regarding\n the boundary line between Virginia \u0026 Kentucky (1796 May\n 6); John Hoskins Stone, Governor of Maryland, regarding the\n extradition of Robert Osborn, a fugitive of justice (1796 June\n 16); John Dawson regarding obtaining arms for the State of\n Virginia from Europe (1796 Sept. 11 \u0026 12); Archibald\n Stuart regarding the agreement with the Kentucky Commissioners\n on the boundary line (1796 Sept. 27); Houdon regarding his\n payment for creating a marble statue of Washington (1796 Oct.\n 8); and Edmund Randolph regarding the case of Fairfax versus\n the Commonwealth (1796 Oct. 22).","Other noteworthy items include: oath of Robert Brooke by J.\n Pendleton as Governor (1794 Dec. 1); a list of persons who\n have migrated to Virginia and given oath to reside therein\n (1794 Dec. 17); receipts from William Morris, Contractor, for\n rations to soldiers under the command of Hugh Caperton (1794\n Dec. 17); proclamation revoking the previous proclamation of\n Lt. Gov. James Wood regarding the quarantine of vessels from\n certain ports (1794 Dec. 19); receipts from Samuel Shepard for\n the sale of the mace (1794 Dec. 3); order from Will Russell,\n Clerk of the Court of Directors of the Lunatic Hospital,\n applying for warrants from the Auditor of Public Accounts\n (1795 March 31 \u0026 1796 July 12); muster roll of scouts\n called into service for the protection of Randolph County\n (1795 May 20); proclamation by the Governor regarding the\n yellow fever outbreak in the West Indies and the quarantine of\n vessels from those areas (1795 May 21); petition from French\n refugees from St. Domingo at Norfolk regarding a plan to send\n back their negroes (1795 July N.D.); oath issued by John\n Pendleton to Robert Brooke as Governor (1795 Dec. 1); printed\n copy of the Treaty of Greenville signed by Timothy Pickering\n (1795 Dec. 22); proclamation by Lt. Gov. James Wood offering a\n reward for the capture of John Williford for the murder of\n Josiah Worrell (1795 Sept. 19); list of commissions of the\n peace for Southampton County (1796 Feb. 12); list of\n commissions of the peace for New Kent County (1796 March 4);\n account of William Hodgson for erecting the statue of\n Washington \u0026 repairing (1796 June 8); appointment of John\n Robertson by James Wood as Superintendent of Quarantine for\n Bermuda Hundred \u0026 City Point (1796 July 9); bond of Samuel\n Shepard as Auditor of Public Accounts (1796 Oct. 1);\n certificate of Samuel Moseley, Mayor of Norfolk, as elector\n for President \u0026 Vice President (1796 Nov. 7); and muster\n fines of the 22nd Regiment Virginia Militia, Mecklenburg\n County (1796 Nov. 5)."],"physloc_html_tesm":["\u003cphysloc label=\"Physical Location\"\u003eState Records Collection,\n Office of the Governor (Record Group 3)\u003c/physloc\u003e\n "],"physloc_tesim":["State Records Collection,\n Office of the Governor (Record Group 3)"],"language_ssim":["English"],"total_component_count_is":134,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-07-23T21:08:53.750Z","scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eRobert Brooke's Executive papers are organized\n chronologically with undated items arranged at the end of each\n year. These papers primarily consist of incoming\n correspondence during Brooke's two one-year terms as governor\n between 1 December 1794 until 1 December 1796. These records\n include correspondence written to James Wood who acted as\n Lieutenant Governor while Brooke was temporarily absent from\n office. The correspondence in this collection relates to a\n variety of topics including appointments for state positions;\n the Point of Fork Arsenal; defense of the frontier;\n resignations; arms \u0026amp; ammunition; Indian attacks; British\n \u0026amp; French ships in Virginia ports; the boundary line\n between Kentucky \u0026amp; Virginia; extraditions; the Houdon\n statue of Washington; state expenses \u0026amp; revenue; quarantine\n of vessels; foreign affairs; Revolutionary claims; elections;\n Presidential electors; the Capitol Building; the militia; and\n others. In addition to correspondence, there are resolutions\n from Congress and the Virginia Senate \u0026amp; House of\n Delegates; muster \u0026amp; pay rolls; accounts; oaths; pardons;\n receipts; election returns \u0026amp; certificates; qualifications;\n lists; depositions; proclamations; petitions; reports;\n appointments; resignations; treaties; bonds; commissions;\n orders; proceedings; applications; lists; opinions; and other\n sundry items. Note that files related to county officers for\n 1795 have been arranged alphabetically by county and separated\n to the end of the papers for that year.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eNoteworthy correspondence originates from the United States\n government, Virginia State government, and miscellaneous\n sources. Prominent correspondents from the United States\n government include Henry Knox, Timothy Pickering, \u0026amp; James\n McHenry, Secretaries of War; Edmund Randolph \u0026amp; Timothy\n Pickering, Secretaries of State; Alexander Campbell, U.S.\n District Attorney General, Samuel A. Otis \u0026amp; John\n Beckley, Clerks of the Senate \u0026amp; House of\n Representatives, and President George Washington.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eGovernor Brooke received correspondence on numerous\n occasions from the United States War Department. On 5 December\n 1794, Henry Knox transmitted a resolution by John Beckley,\n Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives, thanking the\n Virginia Militia for their service during the Whiskey\n Rebellion. Timothy Pickering replaced Knox as Secretary of War\n in 1795. Pickering writes on 6 January 1795 regarding the\n French ship Les Jumeaux which was armed and equipped at\n Philadelphia in violation of the U.S. neutrality law.\n Pickering also writes respecting bounty lands on the northwest\n side of the Ohio River for officers \u0026amp; soldiers of the\n Virginia Line on Continental Establishment (1795 June 13). In\n addition, Pickering responds to a letter from the Governor\n concerning establishing a small garrison of militia at\n Norfolk. According to Pickering, the President has no\n authority to call out the militia for the preservation of\n peace (1795 July 3). Lastly, Pickering writes regarding the\n pay of Charles Cist for printing regulations for the order and\n discipline of U.S. troops (1795 Sept. 14). James McHenry\n replaced Pickering as Secretary of War in 1796. In a letter\n dated 4 March 1796, McHenry acknowledges the receipt of the\n Governor's letter, along with the account \u0026amp; vouchers for\n militia \u0026amp; scouts on the Western frontier. William Simmons,\n in the Dept. of War Accountant's Office, corresponds with the\n Governor concerning the compensation by the United States to\n Virginia for the pay \u0026amp; subsistence of the militia,\n ammunition, and contingent expenses in the protection of the\n frontiers (1795 Sept. 17). On 14 March 1796, Simmons encloses\n a statement of differences on examination of the Virginia\n claims for pay, etc., in 1795. A letter from President George Washington dated 1796 Sept. 15 asks that his shares in the James River Company be applied to Liberty Hall Academy in rockbridge County (letter removed to the Vault - George Washington Papers).\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eEdmund Randolph, former Governor of Virginia, corresponds\n as Secretary of State. On 3 January 1795, Randolph transmits a\n proclamation of thanksgiving from the President (proclamation\n not included). In another letter of the same date, Randolph\n remarks on a letter from the Governor regarding the embargo.\n On 16 February 1795, Randolph writes about the capture of a\n pilot boat belonging to the British Consul at Norfolk.\n Randolph encloses copies of letters from Gen. Thomas Mathews\n to Governor Lee, Alexander Hamilton, Sec. of the Treasury, and\n orders from Mathews to Lt. Vaughan. On 8 May 1795, Randolph\n encloses letters and papers from George Hammond, British\n Minister Plenipotentiary, concerning French prizes taken by\n Rear Admiral Murray and an order for foreign ships to depart\n American ports. Included is a copy of a letter from Thomas\n Jefferson to Hammond regarding French \u0026amp; British ships in\n American ports and the treaty with France to admit prizes\n \u0026amp; repair French ships in U.S. ports. The next day,\n Randolph encloses additional copies of letters from Hammond,\n along with a declaration \u0026amp; affidavit by Thomas Butler\n regarding the French prizes taken by Admiral Murray. Finally,\n Randolph discusses the practice of British ships of war\n impressing American seamen (1795 May 20). All copies of\n letters were transcribed by George Taylor, Jr., Chief Clerk of\n the Department of State. Timothy Pickering served as Secretary\n of State upon the resignation of Randolph on 19 August 1795.\n On 20 January 1796, Pickering writes to Pierre A. Adet, French\n Minister Plenipotentiary, with respect to U.S. neutrality.\n Pickering also encloses a translation of a letter he received\n from Adet regarding the purchase of flour \u0026amp; horses by the\n English in Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eAlexander Campbell, District U.S. Attorney, provides his\n opinion on the following subjects: the unlawful detention of a\n mariner by a British vessel of war (1795 Jan. 25), the\n delivery of a fugitive of justice from Pennsylvania and\n deserters from a British ship of war at Norfolk (1795 Jan.\n 25), and the Unicorn, a suspected privateer outfitting at\n Gloucester (1795 June 26). In addition, Samuel A. Otis \u0026amp;\n John Beckley periodically transmit journals of the proceedings\n of the U.S. Senate \u0026amp; House of Representatives (1795 April\n 13 \u0026amp; 25, \u0026amp; 1796 July 28).\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eSignificant correspondents from Virginia State government\n include Archibald Blair, Clerk of the Council; Samuel Coleman,\n Assistant Clerk of the Council of State; James Innes, Attorney\n General; Charles Hay, Clerk of the House of Delegates;\n Humphrey Brooke, Clerk of the Senate; William Hay, Robert\n Goode, \u0026amp; William Foushee, etc., Directors of Public\n Buildings; Robert Quarles, Superintendent of the Point of Fork\n Arsenal; Thomas Newton \u0026amp; Willis Wilson, County\n Lieutenants; John Pendleton, Jr., Auditor of Public Accounts;\n and Jacquelin Ambler, Treasurer.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eArchibald Blair \u0026amp; Samuel Coleman, as Clerk \u0026amp;\n Assistant Clerk of the Council, communicate with the Governor\n frequently through the Council Office. Blair offers the advice\n of the Council regarding the account against the U.S. for the\n Western defense, reimbursement for the Springfield expedition,\n the printing of German military regulations, and orders for\n scouts in Ohio \u0026amp; Harrison Counties (1795 Jan. 14). Blair\n also writes G. Deneale denying his request to keep arms given\n to the light infantry under his command at Winchester to use\n against the insurgents (1795 Feb. 11). On 14 July 1795, Blair\n submits the order of the Council for ordering out the militia\n from Norfolk \u0026amp; Portsmouth to prevent disorder or\n insurrections from the frequent migrations of negroes. Lastly,\n Blair provides the advice of the Council concerning witnesses\n against Archer Branch in North Carolina (1796 Feb. 15).\n Coleman mainly writes concerning military finances including\n the account of Hugh Caperton for ammunition (1794 Dec. 2) and\n Capt. William Lowther's pay abstract \u0026amp; muster roll (1795\n March 5). On 12 May 1795, Coleman writes the Governor\n requesting that the office of Keeper of the Capitol not be\n taken from his father, Wyatt Coleman. His father writes a\n similar letter on the same date. On 4 December 1795, Coleman\n requests additional compensation for completing a list of\n officers \u0026amp; privates of the Continental Line. Shortly\n thereafter, Coleman was appointed Adjutant General and asks\n the Lieutenant Governor for an apartment in the Capitol to\n perform his new duties (1795 Dec. 14).\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eDuring James Innes' absence in 1794 \u0026amp; 1795, John\n Marshall provides his opinion on the militia law as Attorney\n General of Virginia (1794 Undated). Upon Innes' return,\n Marshall writes as counsel to Lord Fairfax concerning the case\n of the Commonwealth against him in the Court of Appeals (1795\n March 2). On 23 April 1795, Innes writes that he will be\n unable to attend this trial in the Court of Appeals due to\n illness. Innes provides an opinion on such topics as the\n improper trial of William John Thweatt who was found guilty of\n horse stealing (1795 April 7), proceedings against Mr. Johnson\n for the alleged murder of Mr. Jeffers (1796 Jan. 13), and the\n power of the Governor to procure the attendance of necessary\n witnesses from the Territory South of the Ohio River (1796\n Feb. 3). On 21 June 1796, he remarks on the assignment of the\n Solicitor's Office for the use of the Attorney General. Again,\n on 17 July 1796, Innes writes that he must be absent from\n office because of health problems. He adds that he has asked\n Mr. Warden to discharge the duties of his office. Innes was\n forced to resign in a letter to the Governor dated 13 November\n 1796.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eCharles Hay, Clerk of the House of Delegates, and Humphrey\n Brooke, Clerk of the Senate, often submit legislation and\n qualifications of election to the Governor. Noteworthy\n legislation includes a resolution to inquire about the\n \"lucrative office\" accepted by James Innes in the General\n Government (1794 Dec. 16). Included in these papers are the\n qualifications for the election of Spencer Roane as Judge of\n the Court of Appeals in place of Henry Tazewell (1794 Dec. 2),\n the election of Jaquelin Ambler as Treasurer (1794 Dec. 17),\n Paul Carrington as Judge of the General Court in place of\n Spencer Roane (1794 Dec. 17), Robert Brooke as Governor (1795\n Nov. 26), Robert Brooke as Attorney General (1796 Nov. 16),\n and Samuel Shepard as Auditor of Public Accounts in place of\n John Pendleton (1796 Nov. 16). A letter from John Wise,\n Speaker of the House of Delegates, encloses sundry resolutions\n for proposing certain amendments to the U.S. Constitution\n (1795 Dec. 19).\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eWilliam Hay, Robert Goode, \u0026amp; William Foushee, etc.,\n Directors of Public Buildings, provide information on work\n done to the Capitol Building and the settlement of accounts.\n On 28 November 1795, William Hay writes regarding the account\n of Samuel Dobie for superintending \u0026amp; directing the\n execution of the steps outside the Capitol, as well as the\n staircase, conference, and other work done inside the Capitol\n from 1793 to 1794. Hay also encloses accounts and a letter\n from Dobie indicating the amount of balances due him. On 30\n March 1796, the Directors write regarding the repair of the\n roof of the Capitol and surplus materials.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eMaj. Robert Quarles submits quarterly returns of ordnance\n \u0026amp; public stores at Point of Fork (1795 Jan. 2, 1795 March\n 31, 1795 June 30, 1795 Oct. 6, 1795 Dec. 31, 1796 March 31,\n 1796 June 30, \u0026amp; 1796 Sept. 30). In addition, Quarles'\n correspondence concerns a contract for provisions at Point of\n Fork (1795 May 5 \u0026amp; 25), an increase in salary (1795 Oct.\n 6), the bond of William Weaver to provide rations for the\n State Arsenal (1796 May 27), the supply of timber \u0026amp;\n firewood contract with David Ross (1796 Sept. 12), and the\n bond of Matthew \u0026amp; Elias Wills for the Office of Contractor\n to supply the State Arsenal with rations (1796 Oct. 27).\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eThomas Newton, Jr., County Lieutenant for Norfolk Borough,\n frequently writes the Governor on a variety of concerns. On 11\n January 1795, Newton encloses copies of letters from the\n British \u0026amp; French Consuls regarding disturbances between\n British \u0026amp; French crews in Norfolk Harbor. On 14 January,\n Newton discusses the case of Daniel Raybourn, an American\n seamen taken by the Lynx, a British ship of war, from a Danish\n Brig. He encloses the opinion of Alexander Campbell to the\n Lieutenant Governor on the same matter on 25 January 1795. In\n another letter, he remarks on Campbell's opinion on British\n deserters and the extradition of the fugitive Joseph Larelle\n back to Pennsylvania (1795 Feb. 1). Newton communicates\n Campbell's opinion to John Hamilton, British Consul, stating\n that it is the duty of the magistrates to apprehend deserters\n (1795 Feb. 2). An incident occurred in February 1795 when a\n group of armed men from the British ship Thetis marched into\n Norfolk committing illegal searches in the homes of citizens\n for deserters. Newton informs the Governor of this incident\n and encloses an account by the Captain of the Watch, a copy of\n a letter from John Hamilton, and depositions (1795 Feb. 17).\n He writes again on this matter on 25 February 1795 enclosing\n letters from Alexander F. Cochrane, Captain of the Thetis,\n \u0026amp; John Hamilton. Much of Newton's correspondence with\n Governor Brooke relates to the spread of diseases to Norfolk\n \u0026amp; the quarantine of vessels (1795 April 28; 1795 May 5,\n 16, 26; 1795 Aug. 22; 1795 Oct. 3; 1795 Nov. 4, 5, \u0026amp; 17;\n 1796 May 15 \u0026amp; 29; 1796 July 8; 1796 Aug. 13 \u0026amp; 28; 1796\n Sept. 12 \u0026amp; 28; 1796 Oct. 27; \u0026amp; 1796 Nov. 7). On 28\n February 1796, Newton writes regarding the purchase of two\n acres of land for building houses for the reception of goods\n and for accommodating the persons performing quarantine. On 17\n April 1795, Newton informs the Governor of American citizens\n detained on board Admiral Murray's ship the Resolution, a\n British ship of war. His letters of 1796 Feb. 7 \u0026amp; 9 relate\n to letters from Henry McGeary, an American citizen impressed\n on the Resolution. Later, Newton encloses a letter from Judge\n Cyrus Griffin respecting the case of McGeary (1796 Feb. 21).\n Newton remarks on the arrival of three French ships from\n Guadalupe and the defenseless condition of the port due to the\n incompletion of the forts and the insufficient garrison there\n (1795 May 24). On 9 June 1795, Newton relates the capture of\n two French ships off the coast by the British ships Thetis\n \u0026amp; Hussar. In addition, he mentions the arrival of a French\n ship from Dominique with French citizens and a number of\n negroes which they claim as servants. A few days later, Newton\n informs the Governor of the arrival of the Sloop Industry from\n Boston which carried negro slaves on board in violation of the\n non-importation laws (1795 June 11). In a letter dated 21 June\n 1795, Newton encloses the deposition of Francis Marshal\n concerning two brigs taken off the coast of Virginia by a\n Bermudian privateer. Another significant event occurred in\n January 1796 when horses were purchased by British officers in\n the United States for mounting their troops against the French\n in the West Indies. Newton writes the Governor that this is a\n violation of the treaty with France \u0026amp; Holland (1796 Jan.\n 20). Shortly thereafter, he encloses a letter from Mr. Oster,\n French Consul, complaining of the shipment of horses by the\n British (1796 Jan. 23). The next day, he encloses one from\n John Hamilton denying that the shipment of horses is a\n military preparation (1795 Jan. 24).\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eWillis Wilson, County Lieutenant for Portsmouth,\n corresponds with the Governor regarding similar subjects as\n Thomas Newton. On 29 April 1795, Wilson suggests that a boat\n be armed at Hampton Roads for the purpose of preventing\n violators of U.S. neutrality and to liberate the men impressed\n on board Rear Admiral Murray's Squadron. He encloses the\n deposition of Capt. Hatten whose ship was boarded by the Lynx.\n A letter from Wilson to Admiral Murray relates to hostile\n expeditions by ships of any belligerent nation in Virginia\n waters. In this letter, he orders the ships to depart Virginia\n waters and to liberate any American citizens detained on board\n (1795 April 27). Wilson encloses a letter from John Hamilton\n informing him that the vessels Diana \u0026amp; Thomas are waiting\n to embark with their cargo of horses. On 24 June 1795, Wilson\n writes about the small pox epidemic in Portsmouth and the\n impressment of John Underwood \u0026amp; John Lloyd on board the\n British ship Lynx. Finally, Wilson writes the Governor\n regarding the formation of an artillery company in Portsmouth\n under the command of John Cowper (1796 Feb. 23 \u0026amp; March\n 27).\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eGovernor Randolph corresponds often with John Pendleton,\n Jr., Auditor of Public Accounts, and Jaquelin Ambler,\n Treasurer, regarding various financial matters. Pendleton\n regularly encloses lists of warrants issued by him through the\n Auditor's Office (1795 March 31, 1795 July 1, 1795 Nov. 5,\n 1795 Dec. 31, 1796 July 1). Additionally, Pendleton writes\n regarding the suspicion of a fraudulent sale against Robert\n Craig, former sheriff of Washington County (1794 Dec. 18).\n Pendleton encloses the report of John Taylor and the opinion\n of John Marshall on the matter. Pendleton also writes to the\n Governor enclosing accounts of expenses of his office (1795\n May 10). On 14 May 1795, Pendleton provided a report on the\n final settlement of William Davies' accounts as Commissioner\n of Virginia for Claims Against the United States. Pendleton\n submits his letter of resignation on 5 August 1796 effective\n at the end of the month. The next day, Pendleton recommends\n Samuel Shepard to replace him as Auditor. Pendleton's official\n letter of resignation was submitted on 30 Sept. 1796. Ambler\n encloses a statement of monies belonging to claimants for the\n defense of the Western frontier (1795 Aug. 27). In addition,\n on 24 September 1795, he encloses a copy of a letter from\n Samuel Meredith, U.S. Treasurer, regarding a warrant from the\n Secretary of War for the full balance due the State of\n Virginia for the settlement of their account for the pay \u0026amp;\n subsistence of militia, scouts, ammunition, and contingent\n expenses in the protection of the frontiers.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eNotable correspondents from miscellaneous sources include\n the following: Andrew Dunscomb, Mayor of Richmond; John\n Hamilton, British Consul at Norfolk; and Thomas Mifflin,\n Governor of Pennsylvania.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eAndrew Dunscomb mainly writes the Governor regarding the\n prevention of infectious disease to the City of Richmond. On\n 27 August 1795, he encloses resolutions of the Common Hall\n relative to the quarantine of vessels from Norfolk.\n Additionally, he discusses a law prohibiting the migration of\n free negroes from the West Indies into the Commonwealth (1795\n Sept. 18). Dunscomb also transmits a letter from William\n Richardson \u0026amp; Jacob I. Cohen regarding allowing passage of\n vessels from Norfolk, but stopping vessels from New York (1795\n Oct. 6).\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eJohn Hamilton, British Consul, frequently writes the\n Governor regarding British affairs. On 2 January 1795,\n Hamilton requests permission for the British ships Thetis\n \u0026amp; Cleopatra to make repairs in Norfolk Harbor. Hamilton\n also writes at length regarding British desertions,\n particularly the incident involving the attempt by British\n sailors on board the Thetis to recapture deserters in Norfolk\n (1795 Feb. 18, 25, \u0026amp; May 8). Hamilton was also\n particularly concerned with privateers preying on British\n ships. He specifically mentions a ship called the Unicorn\n which plundered a Danish vessel (1795 June 26 \u0026amp; July 30).\n In addition, Hamilton communicates his intelligence regarding\n vessels from Baltimore arming in the Chesapeake as privateers\n (1795 Aug. 15 \u0026amp; Sept. 24). His letter to the Lieutenant\n Governor relates to the prevention of illegal equipment for\n ships in the waters of Virginia (1795 July 3 \u0026amp; Oct. 6).\n Yet another incident occurred in January 1796 when the\n American Sloop Diana, loaded with British goods and bound for\n a British port in the West Indies, was forcibly boarded and\n her cargo carried away. Hamilton sends a letter to the\n Governor complaining about this incident, along with a similar\n letter to Willis Wilson (1796 Jan. 29). Finally, on 15\n February 1796, Hamilton writes regarding his inquiry to the\n President on the shipment of horses and the neutrality\n laws.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eAs Governor of Pennsylvania, Thomas Mifflin often\n corresponds with Governor Brooke with respect to fugitives\n from justice. On 29 December 1794, Mifflin transmits the\n affidavit of Stephen Girard affirming that Joseph Larelle had\n taken a mulatto boy named Crispin from his service with an\n intention of selling him into slavery. He writes again on 10\n February 1795 concerning the apprehension of Larelle. In a\n letter dated 12 March 1795, Mifflin informs the Governor of\n the appointment of Laurence Maher as Agent for Pennsylvania to\n bring Joseph Larelle back to Pennsylvania. Similarly, Mifflin\n transmits a copy of an affidavit by Robert Ross respecting\n Langford Herring who was accused of forgery and removed to\n Virginia (1795 Oct. 12). Mifflin also acknowledges the receipt\n of the revised laws from Virginia (1795 May 14 \u0026amp; 1796 Aug.\n 25) and a resolution from Virginia proposing certain\n amendments to the U.S. Constitution (1796 Jan. 6). Mifflin\n responds to another letter on 22 January 1796 regarding an\n annual interchange of the laws passed by Pennsylvania \u0026amp;\n Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eAdditional significant correspondence includes the\n following: George Clendenin regarding pay \u0026amp; subsistence of\n a company employed for the defense of Greenbrier \u0026amp; Kanawha\n (1794 Dec. 20); Paul Carrington accepting a commission as\n Judge of the General Court (1794 Dec. 18); Andrew Lewis\n regarding the discharge of the troops under his command on the\n southwestern frontiers (1794 Dec. 28); Thomas Mathews\n regarding the admission of two British ship of war into\n Norfolk (1795 Jan. 9); William Price, Register of the Land\n Office, regarding two additional clerk (1795 Jan. 15); Edward\n Carrington regarding the quota of militia called from Gen.\n Martin's Brigade for the late expeditions against the\n insurgents (1795 Feb. 8); William Lowther regarding the\n discharge of scouts \u0026amp; rangers under his command (1795 Feb.\n 21); Andrew Lewis regarding the settlement of his accounts\n (1795 March 3); John Steele regarding his tardiness in\n settling the Western accounts (1795 April 29); Andrew Lewis\n regarding his application to replace Gen. Tate as paymaster\n (1795 May 5); Daniel Bedinger responding to charges against\n him by George Hammond, regarding his deposition of the pilot\n Thomas Butler (1795 May 26); John Steele regarding the account\n of Virginia against the United States (1795 June 23); Henry\n Lee regarding his failure to execute orders by the Lt. Gov.\n concerning the privateer at Gloucester (1795 July 6); H. Young\n enclosing a letter from John Page regarding the Unicorn (1795\n July 7); John Dawson regarding Indian depredations in Harrison\n County (1795 Aug. 17); James Monroe, Paris, regarding the\n statue of Gen. Washington left unfinished while Thomas\n Jefferson was Minister to France (1795 Aug. 20); William\n Lowther regarding depredations by Indians in Harrison County\n (1795 Aug. 24); George Peachey, Mayor of Petersburg regarding\n two cases of yellow fever brought from Norfolk (1795 Aug. 26);\n George Clendenin resigning his commission as County Lieutenant\n for Kanawha County (1795 Nov. 14); Governor Brooke to the\n Clerk of the Council indicating his temporary absence from\n office (1795 Dec. 9); Robert Johnson to the Commissioners for\n Virginia regarding approval of the proceedings of the\n Commissioners concerning the boundary line between Virginia\n \u0026amp; Kentucky (1796 Jan. 1); Isaac Shelby, Governor of\n Kentucky, regarding the boundary line and enclosing an act of\n the Kentucky Legislature (1796 Feb. 15); William Pennock\n enclosing a bill of lading from Ve. Homberg \u0026amp; Homberg\n Freres for three cases containing the marble pedester statue\n of Gen. Washington and the marble pedestal (1796 April 10);\n Isaac Shelby enclosing a letter from Alexander Smyth regarding\n the boundary line between Virginia \u0026amp; Kentucky (1796 May\n 6); John Hoskins Stone, Governor of Maryland, regarding the\n extradition of Robert Osborn, a fugitive of justice (1796 June\n 16); John Dawson regarding obtaining arms for the State of\n Virginia from Europe (1796 Sept. 11 \u0026amp; 12); Archibald\n Stuart regarding the agreement with the Kentucky Commissioners\n on the boundary line (1796 Sept. 27); Houdon regarding his\n payment for creating a marble statue of Washington (1796 Oct.\n 8); and Edmund Randolph regarding the case of Fairfax versus\n the Commonwealth (1796 Oct. 22).\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eOther noteworthy items include: oath of Robert Brooke by J.\n Pendleton as Governor (1794 Dec. 1); a list of persons who\n have migrated to Virginia and given oath to reside therein\n (1794 Dec. 17); receipts from William Morris, Contractor, for\n rations to soldiers under the command of Hugh Caperton (1794\n Dec. 17); proclamation revoking the previous proclamation of\n Lt. Gov. James Wood regarding the quarantine of vessels from\n certain ports (1794 Dec. 19); receipts from Samuel Shepard for\n the sale of the mace (1794 Dec. 3); order from Will Russell,\n Clerk of the Court of Directors of the Lunatic Hospital,\n applying for warrants from the Auditor of Public Accounts\n (1795 March 31 \u0026amp; 1796 July 12); muster roll of scouts\n called into service for the protection of Randolph County\n (1795 May 20); proclamation by the Governor regarding the\n yellow fever outbreak in the West Indies and the quarantine of\n vessels from those areas (1795 May 21); petition from French\n refugees from St. Domingo at Norfolk regarding a plan to send\n back their negroes (1795 July N.D.); oath issued by John\n Pendleton to Robert Brooke as Governor (1795 Dec. 1); printed\n copy of the Treaty of Greenville signed by Timothy Pickering\n (1795 Dec. 22); proclamation by Lt. Gov. James Wood offering a\n reward for the capture of John Williford for the murder of\n Josiah Worrell (1795 Sept. 19); list of commissions of the\n peace for Southampton County (1796 Feb. 12); list of\n commissions of the peace for New Kent County (1796 March 4);\n account of William Hodgson for erecting the statue of\n Washington \u0026amp; repairing (1796 June 8); appointment of John\n Robertson by James Wood as Superintendent of Quarantine for\n Bermuda Hundred \u0026amp; City Point (1796 July 9); bond of Samuel\n Shepard as Auditor of Public Accounts (1796 Oct. 1);\n certificate of Samuel Moseley, Mayor of Norfolk, as elector\n for President \u0026amp; Vice President (1796 Nov. 7); and muster\n fines of the 22nd Regiment Virginia Militia, Mecklenburg\n County (1796 Nov. 5).\u003c/p\u003e\n "]}]}},"label":"Breadcrumbs"}}},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/vi_vi00866_c08"}},{"id":"vi_vi00866_c11","type":"Series","attributes":{"title":"1796","breadcrumbs":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/vi_vi00866_c11#breadcrumbs","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":{"ref_ssi":"vi_vi00866_c11","ref_ssm":["vi_vi00866_c11"],"id":"vi_vi00866_c11","ead_ssi":"vi_vi00866","_root_":"vi_vi00866","_nest_parent_":"vi_vi00866","parent_ssi":"vi_vi00866","parent_ssim":["Governor Robert Brooke Executive\n Papers, 1794-1796"],"parent_ids_ssim":["vi_vi00866"],"title_filing_ssi":"1796","title_ssm":["1796"],"title_tesim":["1796"],"normalized_title_ssm":["1796"],"text":["1796","Governor Robert Brooke Executive\n Papers, 1794-1796"],"parent_unittitles_ssm":["Governor Robert Brooke Executive\n Papers, 1794-1796"],"parent_unittitles_tesim":["Governor Robert Brooke Executive\n Papers, 1794-1796"],"level_ssm":["Series"],"level_ssim":["Series"],"component_level_isim":[1],"sort_isi":132,"repository_ssim":["Library of Virginia"],"collection_ssim":["Governor Robert Brooke Executive\n Papers, 1794-1796"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"child_component_count_isi":2,"_nest_path_":"/components#10","timestamp":"2026-07-23T21:08:53.750Z","collection":{"numFound":1,"start":0,"numFoundExact":true,"docs":[{"id":"vi_vi00866","ead_ssi":"vi_vi00866","_root_":"vi_vi00866","_nest_parent_":"vi_vi00866","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/lva/vi00866.xml","title_ssm":["Governor Robert Brooke Executive\n Papers, 1794-1796"],"title_tesim":["Governor Robert Brooke Executive\n Papers, 1794-1796"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Governor Robert Brooke Executive\n Papers, 1794-1796"],"text":["Governor Robert Brooke Executive\n Papers, 1794-1796","40723","2.23 cubic\n feet","Arranged chronologically by date of document with undated\n items arranged to the rear.","Robert Brooke was born in Spotsylvania County to Richard\n Brooke and Ann Hay Taliaferro Brooke around 1760. Educated in\n Edinburgh, Scotland, during the Revolutionary War, Brooke\n returned to Virginia in 1780 where he enlisted in a volunteer\n cavalry troop and was captured by the British at Westham in\n January 1781. Brooke returned to Spotsylvania County to\n practice law, later moving his office to Fredericksburg. In\n 1786, Brooke married Mary Ritchie Hopper (d. 1796) and settled\n on an estate in Fredericksburg which became known as Federal\n Hill. Brooke represented Spotsylvania County in the House of\n Delegates from 1791 until 1794. Upon the vacancy of the office\n of governor by Henry Lee to suppress the Whiskey Rebellion,\n the General Assembly elected Brooke governor on 20 November\n 1794. He was reelected for a second one-year term on 26\n November 1795. Brooke County, now in West Virginia, was named\n after Robert Brooke when it was formed from part of Ohio\n County in 1796. Following his second term as governor, Brooke\n was elected to replace James Innes as attorney general of\n Virginia on 16 November 1796. He served as attorney general\n until his death on 27 February 1800.","Robert Brooke's Executive papers are organized\n chronologically with undated items arranged at the end of each\n year. These papers primarily consist of incoming\n correspondence during Brooke's two one-year terms as governor\n between 1 December 1794 until 1 December 1796. These records\n include correspondence written to James Wood who acted as\n Lieutenant Governor while Brooke was temporarily absent from\n office. The correspondence in this collection relates to a\n variety of topics including appointments for state positions;\n the Point of Fork Arsenal; defense of the frontier;\n resignations; arms \u0026 ammunition; Indian attacks; British\n \u0026 French ships in Virginia ports; the boundary line\n between Kentucky \u0026 Virginia; extraditions; the Houdon\n statue of Washington; state expenses \u0026 revenue; quarantine\n of vessels; foreign affairs; Revolutionary claims; elections;\n Presidential electors; the Capitol Building; the militia; and\n others. In addition to correspondence, there are resolutions\n from Congress and the Virginia Senate \u0026 House of\n Delegates; muster \u0026 pay rolls; accounts; oaths; pardons;\n receipts; election returns \u0026 certificates; qualifications;\n lists; depositions; proclamations; petitions; reports;\n appointments; resignations; treaties; bonds; commissions;\n orders; proceedings; applications; lists; opinions; and other\n sundry items. Note that files related to county officers for\n 1795 have been arranged alphabetically by county and separated\n to the end of the papers for that year.","Noteworthy correspondence originates from the United States\n government, Virginia State government, and miscellaneous\n sources. Prominent correspondents from the United States\n government include Henry Knox, Timothy Pickering, \u0026 James\n McHenry, Secretaries of War; Edmund Randolph \u0026 Timothy\n Pickering, Secretaries of State; Alexander Campbell, U.S.\n District Attorney General, Samuel A. Otis \u0026 John\n Beckley, Clerks of the Senate \u0026 House of\n Representatives, and President George Washington.","Governor Brooke received correspondence on numerous\n occasions from the United States War Department. On 5 December\n 1794, Henry Knox transmitted a resolution by John Beckley,\n Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives, thanking the\n Virginia Militia for their service during the Whiskey\n Rebellion. Timothy Pickering replaced Knox as Secretary of War\n in 1795. Pickering writes on 6 January 1795 regarding the\n French ship Les Jumeaux which was armed and equipped at\n Philadelphia in violation of the U.S. neutrality law.\n Pickering also writes respecting bounty lands on the northwest\n side of the Ohio River for officers \u0026 soldiers of the\n Virginia Line on Continental Establishment (1795 June 13). In\n addition, Pickering responds to a letter from the Governor\n concerning establishing a small garrison of militia at\n Norfolk. According to Pickering, the President has no\n authority to call out the militia for the preservation of\n peace (1795 July 3). Lastly, Pickering writes regarding the\n pay of Charles Cist for printing regulations for the order and\n discipline of U.S. troops (1795 Sept. 14). James McHenry\n replaced Pickering as Secretary of War in 1796. In a letter\n dated 4 March 1796, McHenry acknowledges the receipt of the\n Governor's letter, along with the account \u0026 vouchers for\n militia \u0026 scouts on the Western frontier. William Simmons,\n in the Dept. of War Accountant's Office, corresponds with the\n Governor concerning the compensation by the United States to\n Virginia for the pay \u0026 subsistence of the militia,\n ammunition, and contingent expenses in the protection of the\n frontiers (1795 Sept. 17). On 14 March 1796, Simmons encloses\n a statement of differences on examination of the Virginia\n claims for pay, etc., in 1795. A letter from President George Washington dated 1796 Sept. 15 asks that his shares in the James River Company be applied to Liberty Hall Academy in rockbridge County (letter removed to the Vault - George Washington Papers).","Edmund Randolph, former Governor of Virginia, corresponds\n as Secretary of State. On 3 January 1795, Randolph transmits a\n proclamation of thanksgiving from the President (proclamation\n not included). In another letter of the same date, Randolph\n remarks on a letter from the Governor regarding the embargo.\n On 16 February 1795, Randolph writes about the capture of a\n pilot boat belonging to the British Consul at Norfolk.\n Randolph encloses copies of letters from Gen. Thomas Mathews\n to Governor Lee, Alexander Hamilton, Sec. of the Treasury, and\n orders from Mathews to Lt. Vaughan. On 8 May 1795, Randolph\n encloses letters and papers from George Hammond, British\n Minister Plenipotentiary, concerning French prizes taken by\n Rear Admiral Murray and an order for foreign ships to depart\n American ports. Included is a copy of a letter from Thomas\n Jefferson to Hammond regarding French \u0026 British ships in\n American ports and the treaty with France to admit prizes\n \u0026 repair French ships in U.S. ports. The next day,\n Randolph encloses additional copies of letters from Hammond,\n along with a declaration \u0026 affidavit by Thomas Butler\n regarding the French prizes taken by Admiral Murray. Finally,\n Randolph discusses the practice of British ships of war\n impressing American seamen (1795 May 20). All copies of\n letters were transcribed by George Taylor, Jr., Chief Clerk of\n the Department of State. Timothy Pickering served as Secretary\n of State upon the resignation of Randolph on 19 August 1795.\n On 20 January 1796, Pickering writes to Pierre A. Adet, French\n Minister Plenipotentiary, with respect to U.S. neutrality.\n Pickering also encloses a translation of a letter he received\n from Adet regarding the purchase of flour \u0026 horses by the\n English in Virginia.","Alexander Campbell, District U.S. Attorney, provides his\n opinion on the following subjects: the unlawful detention of a\n mariner by a British vessel of war (1795 Jan. 25), the\n delivery of a fugitive of justice from Pennsylvania and\n deserters from a British ship of war at Norfolk (1795 Jan.\n 25), and the Unicorn, a suspected privateer outfitting at\n Gloucester (1795 June 26). In addition, Samuel A. Otis \u0026\n John Beckley periodically transmit journals of the proceedings\n of the U.S. Senate \u0026 House of Representatives (1795 April\n 13 \u0026 25, \u0026 1796 July 28).","Significant correspondents from Virginia State government\n include Archibald Blair, Clerk of the Council; Samuel Coleman,\n Assistant Clerk of the Council of State; James Innes, Attorney\n General; Charles Hay, Clerk of the House of Delegates;\n Humphrey Brooke, Clerk of the Senate; William Hay, Robert\n Goode, \u0026 William Foushee, etc., Directors of Public\n Buildings; Robert Quarles, Superintendent of the Point of Fork\n Arsenal; Thomas Newton \u0026 Willis Wilson, County\n Lieutenants; John Pendleton, Jr., Auditor of Public Accounts;\n and Jacquelin Ambler, Treasurer.","Archibald Blair \u0026 Samuel Coleman, as Clerk \u0026\n Assistant Clerk of the Council, communicate with the Governor\n frequently through the Council Office. Blair offers the advice\n of the Council regarding the account against the U.S. for the\n Western defense, reimbursement for the Springfield expedition,\n the printing of German military regulations, and orders for\n scouts in Ohio \u0026 Harrison Counties (1795 Jan. 14). Blair\n also writes G. Deneale denying his request to keep arms given\n to the light infantry under his command at Winchester to use\n against the insurgents (1795 Feb. 11). On 14 July 1795, Blair\n submits the order of the Council for ordering out the militia\n from Norfolk \u0026 Portsmouth to prevent disorder or\n insurrections from the frequent migrations of negroes. Lastly,\n Blair provides the advice of the Council concerning witnesses\n against Archer Branch in North Carolina (1796 Feb. 15).\n Coleman mainly writes concerning military finances including\n the account of Hugh Caperton for ammunition (1794 Dec. 2) and\n Capt. William Lowther's pay abstract \u0026 muster roll (1795\n March 5). On 12 May 1795, Coleman writes the Governor\n requesting that the office of Keeper of the Capitol not be\n taken from his father, Wyatt Coleman. His father writes a\n similar letter on the same date. On 4 December 1795, Coleman\n requests additional compensation for completing a list of\n officers \u0026 privates of the Continental Line. Shortly\n thereafter, Coleman was appointed Adjutant General and asks\n the Lieutenant Governor for an apartment in the Capitol to\n perform his new duties (1795 Dec. 14).","During James Innes' absence in 1794 \u0026 1795, John\n Marshall provides his opinion on the militia law as Attorney\n General of Virginia (1794 Undated). Upon Innes' return,\n Marshall writes as counsel to Lord Fairfax concerning the case\n of the Commonwealth against him in the Court of Appeals (1795\n March 2). On 23 April 1795, Innes writes that he will be\n unable to attend this trial in the Court of Appeals due to\n illness. Innes provides an opinion on such topics as the\n improper trial of William John Thweatt who was found guilty of\n horse stealing (1795 April 7), proceedings against Mr. Johnson\n for the alleged murder of Mr. Jeffers (1796 Jan. 13), and the\n power of the Governor to procure the attendance of necessary\n witnesses from the Territory South of the Ohio River (1796\n Feb. 3). On 21 June 1796, he remarks on the assignment of the\n Solicitor's Office for the use of the Attorney General. Again,\n on 17 July 1796, Innes writes that he must be absent from\n office because of health problems. He adds that he has asked\n Mr. Warden to discharge the duties of his office. Innes was\n forced to resign in a letter to the Governor dated 13 November\n 1796.","Charles Hay, Clerk of the House of Delegates, and Humphrey\n Brooke, Clerk of the Senate, often submit legislation and\n qualifications of election to the Governor. Noteworthy\n legislation includes a resolution to inquire about the\n \"lucrative office\" accepted by James Innes in the General\n Government (1794 Dec. 16). Included in these papers are the\n qualifications for the election of Spencer Roane as Judge of\n the Court of Appeals in place of Henry Tazewell (1794 Dec. 2),\n the election of Jaquelin Ambler as Treasurer (1794 Dec. 17),\n Paul Carrington as Judge of the General Court in place of\n Spencer Roane (1794 Dec. 17), Robert Brooke as Governor (1795\n Nov. 26), Robert Brooke as Attorney General (1796 Nov. 16),\n and Samuel Shepard as Auditor of Public Accounts in place of\n John Pendleton (1796 Nov. 16). A letter from John Wise,\n Speaker of the House of Delegates, encloses sundry resolutions\n for proposing certain amendments to the U.S. Constitution\n (1795 Dec. 19).","William Hay, Robert Goode, \u0026 William Foushee, etc.,\n Directors of Public Buildings, provide information on work\n done to the Capitol Building and the settlement of accounts.\n On 28 November 1795, William Hay writes regarding the account\n of Samuel Dobie for superintending \u0026 directing the\n execution of the steps outside the Capitol, as well as the\n staircase, conference, and other work done inside the Capitol\n from 1793 to 1794. Hay also encloses accounts and a letter\n from Dobie indicating the amount of balances due him. On 30\n March 1796, the Directors write regarding the repair of the\n roof of the Capitol and surplus materials.","Maj. Robert Quarles submits quarterly returns of ordnance\n \u0026 public stores at Point of Fork (1795 Jan. 2, 1795 March\n 31, 1795 June 30, 1795 Oct. 6, 1795 Dec. 31, 1796 March 31,\n 1796 June 30, \u0026 1796 Sept. 30). In addition, Quarles'\n correspondence concerns a contract for provisions at Point of\n Fork (1795 May 5 \u0026 25), an increase in salary (1795 Oct.\n 6), the bond of William Weaver to provide rations for the\n State Arsenal (1796 May 27), the supply of timber \u0026\n firewood contract with David Ross (1796 Sept. 12), and the\n bond of Matthew \u0026 Elias Wills for the Office of Contractor\n to supply the State Arsenal with rations (1796 Oct. 27).","Thomas Newton, Jr., County Lieutenant for Norfolk Borough,\n frequently writes the Governor on a variety of concerns. On 11\n January 1795, Newton encloses copies of letters from the\n British \u0026 French Consuls regarding disturbances between\n British \u0026 French crews in Norfolk Harbor. On 14 January,\n Newton discusses the case of Daniel Raybourn, an American\n seamen taken by the Lynx, a British ship of war, from a Danish\n Brig. He encloses the opinion of Alexander Campbell to the\n Lieutenant Governor on the same matter on 25 January 1795. In\n another letter, he remarks on Campbell's opinion on British\n deserters and the extradition of the fugitive Joseph Larelle\n back to Pennsylvania (1795 Feb. 1). Newton communicates\n Campbell's opinion to John Hamilton, British Consul, stating\n that it is the duty of the magistrates to apprehend deserters\n (1795 Feb. 2). An incident occurred in February 1795 when a\n group of armed men from the British ship Thetis marched into\n Norfolk committing illegal searches in the homes of citizens\n for deserters. Newton informs the Governor of this incident\n and encloses an account by the Captain of the Watch, a copy of\n a letter from John Hamilton, and depositions (1795 Feb. 17).\n He writes again on this matter on 25 February 1795 enclosing\n letters from Alexander F. Cochrane, Captain of the Thetis,\n \u0026 John Hamilton. Much of Newton's correspondence with\n Governor Brooke relates to the spread of diseases to Norfolk\n \u0026 the quarantine of vessels (1795 April 28; 1795 May 5,\n 16, 26; 1795 Aug. 22; 1795 Oct. 3; 1795 Nov. 4, 5, \u0026 17;\n 1796 May 15 \u0026 29; 1796 July 8; 1796 Aug. 13 \u0026 28; 1796\n Sept. 12 \u0026 28; 1796 Oct. 27; \u0026 1796 Nov. 7). On 28\n February 1796, Newton writes regarding the purchase of two\n acres of land for building houses for the reception of goods\n and for accommodating the persons performing quarantine. On 17\n April 1795, Newton informs the Governor of American citizens\n detained on board Admiral Murray's ship the Resolution, a\n British ship of war. His letters of 1796 Feb. 7 \u0026 9 relate\n to letters from Henry McGeary, an American citizen impressed\n on the Resolution. Later, Newton encloses a letter from Judge\n Cyrus Griffin respecting the case of McGeary (1796 Feb. 21).\n Newton remarks on the arrival of three French ships from\n Guadalupe and the defenseless condition of the port due to the\n incompletion of the forts and the insufficient garrison there\n (1795 May 24). On 9 June 1795, Newton relates the capture of\n two French ships off the coast by the British ships Thetis\n \u0026 Hussar. In addition, he mentions the arrival of a French\n ship from Dominique with French citizens and a number of\n negroes which they claim as servants. A few days later, Newton\n informs the Governor of the arrival of the Sloop Industry from\n Boston which carried negro slaves on board in violation of the\n non-importation laws (1795 June 11). In a letter dated 21 June\n 1795, Newton encloses the deposition of Francis Marshal\n concerning two brigs taken off the coast of Virginia by a\n Bermudian privateer. Another significant event occurred in\n January 1796 when horses were purchased by British officers in\n the United States for mounting their troops against the French\n in the West Indies. Newton writes the Governor that this is a\n violation of the treaty with France \u0026 Holland (1796 Jan.\n 20). Shortly thereafter, he encloses a letter from Mr. Oster,\n French Consul, complaining of the shipment of horses by the\n British (1796 Jan. 23). The next day, he encloses one from\n John Hamilton denying that the shipment of horses is a\n military preparation (1795 Jan. 24).","Willis Wilson, County Lieutenant for Portsmouth,\n corresponds with the Governor regarding similar subjects as\n Thomas Newton. On 29 April 1795, Wilson suggests that a boat\n be armed at Hampton Roads for the purpose of preventing\n violators of U.S. neutrality and to liberate the men impressed\n on board Rear Admiral Murray's Squadron. He encloses the\n deposition of Capt. Hatten whose ship was boarded by the Lynx.\n A letter from Wilson to Admiral Murray relates to hostile\n expeditions by ships of any belligerent nation in Virginia\n waters. In this letter, he orders the ships to depart Virginia\n waters and to liberate any American citizens detained on board\n (1795 April 27). Wilson encloses a letter from John Hamilton\n informing him that the vessels Diana \u0026 Thomas are waiting\n to embark with their cargo of horses. On 24 June 1795, Wilson\n writes about the small pox epidemic in Portsmouth and the\n impressment of John Underwood \u0026 John Lloyd on board the\n British ship Lynx. Finally, Wilson writes the Governor\n regarding the formation of an artillery company in Portsmouth\n under the command of John Cowper (1796 Feb. 23 \u0026 March\n 27).","Governor Randolph corresponds often with John Pendleton,\n Jr., Auditor of Public Accounts, and Jaquelin Ambler,\n Treasurer, regarding various financial matters. Pendleton\n regularly encloses lists of warrants issued by him through the\n Auditor's Office (1795 March 31, 1795 July 1, 1795 Nov. 5,\n 1795 Dec. 31, 1796 July 1). Additionally, Pendleton writes\n regarding the suspicion of a fraudulent sale against Robert\n Craig, former sheriff of Washington County (1794 Dec. 18).\n Pendleton encloses the report of John Taylor and the opinion\n of John Marshall on the matter. Pendleton also writes to the\n Governor enclosing accounts of expenses of his office (1795\n May 10). On 14 May 1795, Pendleton provided a report on the\n final settlement of William Davies' accounts as Commissioner\n of Virginia for Claims Against the United States. Pendleton\n submits his letter of resignation on 5 August 1796 effective\n at the end of the month. The next day, Pendleton recommends\n Samuel Shepard to replace him as Auditor. Pendleton's official\n letter of resignation was submitted on 30 Sept. 1796. Ambler\n encloses a statement of monies belonging to claimants for the\n defense of the Western frontier (1795 Aug. 27). In addition,\n on 24 September 1795, he encloses a copy of a letter from\n Samuel Meredith, U.S. Treasurer, regarding a warrant from the\n Secretary of War for the full balance due the State of\n Virginia for the settlement of their account for the pay \u0026\n subsistence of militia, scouts, ammunition, and contingent\n expenses in the protection of the frontiers.","Notable correspondents from miscellaneous sources include\n the following: Andrew Dunscomb, Mayor of Richmond; John\n Hamilton, British Consul at Norfolk; and Thomas Mifflin,\n Governor of Pennsylvania.","Andrew Dunscomb mainly writes the Governor regarding the\n prevention of infectious disease to the City of Richmond. On\n 27 August 1795, he encloses resolutions of the Common Hall\n relative to the quarantine of vessels from Norfolk.\n Additionally, he discusses a law prohibiting the migration of\n free negroes from the West Indies into the Commonwealth (1795\n Sept. 18). Dunscomb also transmits a letter from William\n Richardson \u0026 Jacob I. Cohen regarding allowing passage of\n vessels from Norfolk, but stopping vessels from New York (1795\n Oct. 6).","John Hamilton, British Consul, frequently writes the\n Governor regarding British affairs. On 2 January 1795,\n Hamilton requests permission for the British ships Thetis\n \u0026 Cleopatra to make repairs in Norfolk Harbor. Hamilton\n also writes at length regarding British desertions,\n particularly the incident involving the attempt by British\n sailors on board the Thetis to recapture deserters in Norfolk\n (1795 Feb. 18, 25, \u0026 May 8). Hamilton was also\n particularly concerned with privateers preying on British\n ships. He specifically mentions a ship called the Unicorn\n which plundered a Danish vessel (1795 June 26 \u0026 July 30).\n In addition, Hamilton communicates his intelligence regarding\n vessels from Baltimore arming in the Chesapeake as privateers\n (1795 Aug. 15 \u0026 Sept. 24). His letter to the Lieutenant\n Governor relates to the prevention of illegal equipment for\n ships in the waters of Virginia (1795 July 3 \u0026 Oct. 6).\n Yet another incident occurred in January 1796 when the\n American Sloop Diana, loaded with British goods and bound for\n a British port in the West Indies, was forcibly boarded and\n her cargo carried away. Hamilton sends a letter to the\n Governor complaining about this incident, along with a similar\n letter to Willis Wilson (1796 Jan. 29). Finally, on 15\n February 1796, Hamilton writes regarding his inquiry to the\n President on the shipment of horses and the neutrality\n laws.","As Governor of Pennsylvania, Thomas Mifflin often\n corresponds with Governor Brooke with respect to fugitives\n from justice. On 29 December 1794, Mifflin transmits the\n affidavit of Stephen Girard affirming that Joseph Larelle had\n taken a mulatto boy named Crispin from his service with an\n intention of selling him into slavery. He writes again on 10\n February 1795 concerning the apprehension of Larelle. In a\n letter dated 12 March 1795, Mifflin informs the Governor of\n the appointment of Laurence Maher as Agent for Pennsylvania to\n bring Joseph Larelle back to Pennsylvania. Similarly, Mifflin\n transmits a copy of an affidavit by Robert Ross respecting\n Langford Herring who was accused of forgery and removed to\n Virginia (1795 Oct. 12). Mifflin also acknowledges the receipt\n of the revised laws from Virginia (1795 May 14 \u0026 1796 Aug.\n 25) and a resolution from Virginia proposing certain\n amendments to the U.S. Constitution (1796 Jan. 6). Mifflin\n responds to another letter on 22 January 1796 regarding an\n annual interchange of the laws passed by Pennsylvania \u0026\n Virginia.","Additional significant correspondence includes the\n following: George Clendenin regarding pay \u0026 subsistence of\n a company employed for the defense of Greenbrier \u0026 Kanawha\n (1794 Dec. 20); Paul Carrington accepting a commission as\n Judge of the General Court (1794 Dec. 18); Andrew Lewis\n regarding the discharge of the troops under his command on the\n southwestern frontiers (1794 Dec. 28); Thomas Mathews\n regarding the admission of two British ship of war into\n Norfolk (1795 Jan. 9); William Price, Register of the Land\n Office, regarding two additional clerk (1795 Jan. 15); Edward\n Carrington regarding the quota of militia called from Gen.\n Martin's Brigade for the late expeditions against the\n insurgents (1795 Feb. 8); William Lowther regarding the\n discharge of scouts \u0026 rangers under his command (1795 Feb.\n 21); Andrew Lewis regarding the settlement of his accounts\n (1795 March 3); John Steele regarding his tardiness in\n settling the Western accounts (1795 April 29); Andrew Lewis\n regarding his application to replace Gen. Tate as paymaster\n (1795 May 5); Daniel Bedinger responding to charges against\n him by George Hammond, regarding his deposition of the pilot\n Thomas Butler (1795 May 26); John Steele regarding the account\n of Virginia against the United States (1795 June 23); Henry\n Lee regarding his failure to execute orders by the Lt. Gov.\n concerning the privateer at Gloucester (1795 July 6); H. Young\n enclosing a letter from John Page regarding the Unicorn (1795\n July 7); John Dawson regarding Indian depredations in Harrison\n County (1795 Aug. 17); James Monroe, Paris, regarding the\n statue of Gen. Washington left unfinished while Thomas\n Jefferson was Minister to France (1795 Aug. 20); William\n Lowther regarding depredations by Indians in Harrison County\n (1795 Aug. 24); George Peachey, Mayor of Petersburg regarding\n two cases of yellow fever brought from Norfolk (1795 Aug. 26);\n George Clendenin resigning his commission as County Lieutenant\n for Kanawha County (1795 Nov. 14); Governor Brooke to the\n Clerk of the Council indicating his temporary absence from\n office (1795 Dec. 9); Robert Johnson to the Commissioners for\n Virginia regarding approval of the proceedings of the\n Commissioners concerning the boundary line between Virginia\n \u0026 Kentucky (1796 Jan. 1); Isaac Shelby, Governor of\n Kentucky, regarding the boundary line and enclosing an act of\n the Kentucky Legislature (1796 Feb. 15); William Pennock\n enclosing a bill of lading from Ve. Homberg \u0026 Homberg\n Freres for three cases containing the marble pedester statue\n of Gen. Washington and the marble pedestal (1796 April 10);\n Isaac Shelby enclosing a letter from Alexander Smyth regarding\n the boundary line between Virginia \u0026 Kentucky (1796 May\n 6); John Hoskins Stone, Governor of Maryland, regarding the\n extradition of Robert Osborn, a fugitive of justice (1796 June\n 16); John Dawson regarding obtaining arms for the State of\n Virginia from Europe (1796 Sept. 11 \u0026 12); Archibald\n Stuart regarding the agreement with the Kentucky Commissioners\n on the boundary line (1796 Sept. 27); Houdon regarding his\n payment for creating a marble statue of Washington (1796 Oct.\n 8); and Edmund Randolph regarding the case of Fairfax versus\n the Commonwealth (1796 Oct. 22).","Other noteworthy items include: oath of Robert Brooke by J.\n Pendleton as Governor (1794 Dec. 1); a list of persons who\n have migrated to Virginia and given oath to reside therein\n (1794 Dec. 17); receipts from William Morris, Contractor, for\n rations to soldiers under the command of Hugh Caperton (1794\n Dec. 17); proclamation revoking the previous proclamation of\n Lt. Gov. James Wood regarding the quarantine of vessels from\n certain ports (1794 Dec. 19); receipts from Samuel Shepard for\n the sale of the mace (1794 Dec. 3); order from Will Russell,\n Clerk of the Court of Directors of the Lunatic Hospital,\n applying for warrants from the Auditor of Public Accounts\n (1795 March 31 \u0026 1796 July 12); muster roll of scouts\n called into service for the protection of Randolph County\n (1795 May 20); proclamation by the Governor regarding the\n yellow fever outbreak in the West Indies and the quarantine of\n vessels from those areas (1795 May 21); petition from French\n refugees from St. Domingo at Norfolk regarding a plan to send\n back their negroes (1795 July N.D.); oath issued by John\n Pendleton to Robert Brooke as Governor (1795 Dec. 1); printed\n copy of the Treaty of Greenville signed by Timothy Pickering\n (1795 Dec. 22); proclamation by Lt. Gov. James Wood offering a\n reward for the capture of John Williford for the murder of\n Josiah Worrell (1795 Sept. 19); list of commissions of the\n peace for Southampton County (1796 Feb. 12); list of\n commissions of the peace for New Kent County (1796 March 4);\n account of William Hodgson for erecting the statue of\n Washington \u0026 repairing (1796 June 8); appointment of John\n Robertson by James Wood as Superintendent of Quarantine for\n Bermuda Hundred \u0026 City Point (1796 July 9); bond of Samuel\n Shepard as Auditor of Public Accounts (1796 Oct. 1);\n certificate of Samuel Moseley, Mayor of Norfolk, as elector\n for President \u0026 Vice President (1796 Nov. 7); and muster\n fines of the 22nd Regiment Virginia Militia, Mecklenburg\n County (1796 Nov. 5).","State Records Collection,\n Office of the Governor (Record Group 3)","English"],"collection_title_tesim":["Governor Robert Brooke Executive\n Papers, 1794-1796"],"collection_ssim":["Governor Robert Brooke Executive\n Papers, 1794-1796"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["40723"],"unitid_tesim":["40723"],"repository_ssm":["Library of Virginia"],"repository_ssim":["Library of Virginia"],"creator_ssm":["Governor's Office"],"creator_ssim":["Governor's Office"],"acqinfo_ssim":["Acquired prior to 1905."],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"physdesc_tesim":["2.23 cubic\n feet"],"arrangement_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eArranged chronologically by date of document with undated\n items arranged to the rear.\u003c/p\u003e\n "],"arrangement_heading_ssm":["Arrangement"],"arrangement_tesim":["Arranged chronologically by date of document with undated\n items arranged to the rear."],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eRobert Brooke was born in Spotsylvania County to Richard\n Brooke and Ann Hay Taliaferro Brooke around 1760. Educated in\n Edinburgh, Scotland, during the Revolutionary War, Brooke\n returned to Virginia in 1780 where he enlisted in a volunteer\n cavalry troop and was captured by the British at Westham in\n January 1781. Brooke returned to Spotsylvania County to\n practice law, later moving his office to Fredericksburg. In\n 1786, Brooke married Mary Ritchie Hopper (d. 1796) and settled\n on an estate in Fredericksburg which became known as Federal\n Hill. Brooke represented Spotsylvania County in the House of\n Delegates from 1791 until 1794. Upon the vacancy of the office\n of governor by Henry Lee to suppress the Whiskey Rebellion,\n the General Assembly elected Brooke governor on 20 November\n 1794. He was reelected for a second one-year term on 26\n November 1795. Brooke County, now in West Virginia, was named\n after Robert Brooke when it was formed from part of Ohio\n County in 1796. Following his second term as governor, Brooke\n was elected to replace James Innes as attorney general of\n Virginia on 16 November 1796. He served as attorney general\n until his death on 27 February 1800.\u003c/p\u003e\n "],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical Information"],"bioghist_tesim":["Robert Brooke was born in Spotsylvania County to Richard\n Brooke and Ann Hay Taliaferro Brooke around 1760. Educated in\n Edinburgh, Scotland, during the Revolutionary War, Brooke\n returned to Virginia in 1780 where he enlisted in a volunteer\n cavalry troop and was captured by the British at Westham in\n January 1781. Brooke returned to Spotsylvania County to\n practice law, later moving his office to Fredericksburg. In\n 1786, Brooke married Mary Ritchie Hopper (d. 1796) and settled\n on an estate in Fredericksburg which became known as Federal\n Hill. Brooke represented Spotsylvania County in the House of\n Delegates from 1791 until 1794. Upon the vacancy of the office\n of governor by Henry Lee to suppress the Whiskey Rebellion,\n the General Assembly elected Brooke governor on 20 November\n 1794. He was reelected for a second one-year term on 26\n November 1795. Brooke County, now in West Virginia, was named\n after Robert Brooke when it was formed from part of Ohio\n County in 1796. Following his second term as governor, Brooke\n was elected to replace James Innes as attorney general of\n Virginia on 16 November 1796. He served as attorney general\n until his death on 27 February 1800."],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content Information"],"scopecontent_tesim":["Robert Brooke's Executive papers are organized\n chronologically with undated items arranged at the end of each\n year. These papers primarily consist of incoming\n correspondence during Brooke's two one-year terms as governor\n between 1 December 1794 until 1 December 1796. These records\n include correspondence written to James Wood who acted as\n Lieutenant Governor while Brooke was temporarily absent from\n office. The correspondence in this collection relates to a\n variety of topics including appointments for state positions;\n the Point of Fork Arsenal; defense of the frontier;\n resignations; arms \u0026 ammunition; Indian attacks; British\n \u0026 French ships in Virginia ports; the boundary line\n between Kentucky \u0026 Virginia; extraditions; the Houdon\n statue of Washington; state expenses \u0026 revenue; quarantine\n of vessels; foreign affairs; Revolutionary claims; elections;\n Presidential electors; the Capitol Building; the militia; and\n others. In addition to correspondence, there are resolutions\n from Congress and the Virginia Senate \u0026 House of\n Delegates; muster \u0026 pay rolls; accounts; oaths; pardons;\n receipts; election returns \u0026 certificates; qualifications;\n lists; depositions; proclamations; petitions; reports;\n appointments; resignations; treaties; bonds; commissions;\n orders; proceedings; applications; lists; opinions; and other\n sundry items. Note that files related to county officers for\n 1795 have been arranged alphabetically by county and separated\n to the end of the papers for that year.","Noteworthy correspondence originates from the United States\n government, Virginia State government, and miscellaneous\n sources. Prominent correspondents from the United States\n government include Henry Knox, Timothy Pickering, \u0026 James\n McHenry, Secretaries of War; Edmund Randolph \u0026 Timothy\n Pickering, Secretaries of State; Alexander Campbell, U.S.\n District Attorney General, Samuel A. Otis \u0026 John\n Beckley, Clerks of the Senate \u0026 House of\n Representatives, and President George Washington.","Governor Brooke received correspondence on numerous\n occasions from the United States War Department. On 5 December\n 1794, Henry Knox transmitted a resolution by John Beckley,\n Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives, thanking the\n Virginia Militia for their service during the Whiskey\n Rebellion. Timothy Pickering replaced Knox as Secretary of War\n in 1795. Pickering writes on 6 January 1795 regarding the\n French ship Les Jumeaux which was armed and equipped at\n Philadelphia in violation of the U.S. neutrality law.\n Pickering also writes respecting bounty lands on the northwest\n side of the Ohio River for officers \u0026 soldiers of the\n Virginia Line on Continental Establishment (1795 June 13). In\n addition, Pickering responds to a letter from the Governor\n concerning establishing a small garrison of militia at\n Norfolk. According to Pickering, the President has no\n authority to call out the militia for the preservation of\n peace (1795 July 3). Lastly, Pickering writes regarding the\n pay of Charles Cist for printing regulations for the order and\n discipline of U.S. troops (1795 Sept. 14). James McHenry\n replaced Pickering as Secretary of War in 1796. In a letter\n dated 4 March 1796, McHenry acknowledges the receipt of the\n Governor's letter, along with the account \u0026 vouchers for\n militia \u0026 scouts on the Western frontier. William Simmons,\n in the Dept. of War Accountant's Office, corresponds with the\n Governor concerning the compensation by the United States to\n Virginia for the pay \u0026 subsistence of the militia,\n ammunition, and contingent expenses in the protection of the\n frontiers (1795 Sept. 17). On 14 March 1796, Simmons encloses\n a statement of differences on examination of the Virginia\n claims for pay, etc., in 1795. A letter from President George Washington dated 1796 Sept. 15 asks that his shares in the James River Company be applied to Liberty Hall Academy in rockbridge County (letter removed to the Vault - George Washington Papers).","Edmund Randolph, former Governor of Virginia, corresponds\n as Secretary of State. On 3 January 1795, Randolph transmits a\n proclamation of thanksgiving from the President (proclamation\n not included). In another letter of the same date, Randolph\n remarks on a letter from the Governor regarding the embargo.\n On 16 February 1795, Randolph writes about the capture of a\n pilot boat belonging to the British Consul at Norfolk.\n Randolph encloses copies of letters from Gen. Thomas Mathews\n to Governor Lee, Alexander Hamilton, Sec. of the Treasury, and\n orders from Mathews to Lt. Vaughan. On 8 May 1795, Randolph\n encloses letters and papers from George Hammond, British\n Minister Plenipotentiary, concerning French prizes taken by\n Rear Admiral Murray and an order for foreign ships to depart\n American ports. Included is a copy of a letter from Thomas\n Jefferson to Hammond regarding French \u0026 British ships in\n American ports and the treaty with France to admit prizes\n \u0026 repair French ships in U.S. ports. The next day,\n Randolph encloses additional copies of letters from Hammond,\n along with a declaration \u0026 affidavit by Thomas Butler\n regarding the French prizes taken by Admiral Murray. Finally,\n Randolph discusses the practice of British ships of war\n impressing American seamen (1795 May 20). All copies of\n letters were transcribed by George Taylor, Jr., Chief Clerk of\n the Department of State. Timothy Pickering served as Secretary\n of State upon the resignation of Randolph on 19 August 1795.\n On 20 January 1796, Pickering writes to Pierre A. Adet, French\n Minister Plenipotentiary, with respect to U.S. neutrality.\n Pickering also encloses a translation of a letter he received\n from Adet regarding the purchase of flour \u0026 horses by the\n English in Virginia.","Alexander Campbell, District U.S. Attorney, provides his\n opinion on the following subjects: the unlawful detention of a\n mariner by a British vessel of war (1795 Jan. 25), the\n delivery of a fugitive of justice from Pennsylvania and\n deserters from a British ship of war at Norfolk (1795 Jan.\n 25), and the Unicorn, a suspected privateer outfitting at\n Gloucester (1795 June 26). In addition, Samuel A. Otis \u0026\n John Beckley periodically transmit journals of the proceedings\n of the U.S. Senate \u0026 House of Representatives (1795 April\n 13 \u0026 25, \u0026 1796 July 28).","Significant correspondents from Virginia State government\n include Archibald Blair, Clerk of the Council; Samuel Coleman,\n Assistant Clerk of the Council of State; James Innes, Attorney\n General; Charles Hay, Clerk of the House of Delegates;\n Humphrey Brooke, Clerk of the Senate; William Hay, Robert\n Goode, \u0026 William Foushee, etc., Directors of Public\n Buildings; Robert Quarles, Superintendent of the Point of Fork\n Arsenal; Thomas Newton \u0026 Willis Wilson, County\n Lieutenants; John Pendleton, Jr., Auditor of Public Accounts;\n and Jacquelin Ambler, Treasurer.","Archibald Blair \u0026 Samuel Coleman, as Clerk \u0026\n Assistant Clerk of the Council, communicate with the Governor\n frequently through the Council Office. Blair offers the advice\n of the Council regarding the account against the U.S. for the\n Western defense, reimbursement for the Springfield expedition,\n the printing of German military regulations, and orders for\n scouts in Ohio \u0026 Harrison Counties (1795 Jan. 14). Blair\n also writes G. Deneale denying his request to keep arms given\n to the light infantry under his command at Winchester to use\n against the insurgents (1795 Feb. 11). On 14 July 1795, Blair\n submits the order of the Council for ordering out the militia\n from Norfolk \u0026 Portsmouth to prevent disorder or\n insurrections from the frequent migrations of negroes. Lastly,\n Blair provides the advice of the Council concerning witnesses\n against Archer Branch in North Carolina (1796 Feb. 15).\n Coleman mainly writes concerning military finances including\n the account of Hugh Caperton for ammunition (1794 Dec. 2) and\n Capt. William Lowther's pay abstract \u0026 muster roll (1795\n March 5). On 12 May 1795, Coleman writes the Governor\n requesting that the office of Keeper of the Capitol not be\n taken from his father, Wyatt Coleman. His father writes a\n similar letter on the same date. On 4 December 1795, Coleman\n requests additional compensation for completing a list of\n officers \u0026 privates of the Continental Line. Shortly\n thereafter, Coleman was appointed Adjutant General and asks\n the Lieutenant Governor for an apartment in the Capitol to\n perform his new duties (1795 Dec. 14).","During James Innes' absence in 1794 \u0026 1795, John\n Marshall provides his opinion on the militia law as Attorney\n General of Virginia (1794 Undated). Upon Innes' return,\n Marshall writes as counsel to Lord Fairfax concerning the case\n of the Commonwealth against him in the Court of Appeals (1795\n March 2). On 23 April 1795, Innes writes that he will be\n unable to attend this trial in the Court of Appeals due to\n illness. Innes provides an opinion on such topics as the\n improper trial of William John Thweatt who was found guilty of\n horse stealing (1795 April 7), proceedings against Mr. Johnson\n for the alleged murder of Mr. Jeffers (1796 Jan. 13), and the\n power of the Governor to procure the attendance of necessary\n witnesses from the Territory South of the Ohio River (1796\n Feb. 3). On 21 June 1796, he remarks on the assignment of the\n Solicitor's Office for the use of the Attorney General. Again,\n on 17 July 1796, Innes writes that he must be absent from\n office because of health problems. He adds that he has asked\n Mr. Warden to discharge the duties of his office. Innes was\n forced to resign in a letter to the Governor dated 13 November\n 1796.","Charles Hay, Clerk of the House of Delegates, and Humphrey\n Brooke, Clerk of the Senate, often submit legislation and\n qualifications of election to the Governor. Noteworthy\n legislation includes a resolution to inquire about the\n \"lucrative office\" accepted by James Innes in the General\n Government (1794 Dec. 16). Included in these papers are the\n qualifications for the election of Spencer Roane as Judge of\n the Court of Appeals in place of Henry Tazewell (1794 Dec. 2),\n the election of Jaquelin Ambler as Treasurer (1794 Dec. 17),\n Paul Carrington as Judge of the General Court in place of\n Spencer Roane (1794 Dec. 17), Robert Brooke as Governor (1795\n Nov. 26), Robert Brooke as Attorney General (1796 Nov. 16),\n and Samuel Shepard as Auditor of Public Accounts in place of\n John Pendleton (1796 Nov. 16). A letter from John Wise,\n Speaker of the House of Delegates, encloses sundry resolutions\n for proposing certain amendments to the U.S. Constitution\n (1795 Dec. 19).","William Hay, Robert Goode, \u0026 William Foushee, etc.,\n Directors of Public Buildings, provide information on work\n done to the Capitol Building and the settlement of accounts.\n On 28 November 1795, William Hay writes regarding the account\n of Samuel Dobie for superintending \u0026 directing the\n execution of the steps outside the Capitol, as well as the\n staircase, conference, and other work done inside the Capitol\n from 1793 to 1794. Hay also encloses accounts and a letter\n from Dobie indicating the amount of balances due him. On 30\n March 1796, the Directors write regarding the repair of the\n roof of the Capitol and surplus materials.","Maj. Robert Quarles submits quarterly returns of ordnance\n \u0026 public stores at Point of Fork (1795 Jan. 2, 1795 March\n 31, 1795 June 30, 1795 Oct. 6, 1795 Dec. 31, 1796 March 31,\n 1796 June 30, \u0026 1796 Sept. 30). In addition, Quarles'\n correspondence concerns a contract for provisions at Point of\n Fork (1795 May 5 \u0026 25), an increase in salary (1795 Oct.\n 6), the bond of William Weaver to provide rations for the\n State Arsenal (1796 May 27), the supply of timber \u0026\n firewood contract with David Ross (1796 Sept. 12), and the\n bond of Matthew \u0026 Elias Wills for the Office of Contractor\n to supply the State Arsenal with rations (1796 Oct. 27).","Thomas Newton, Jr., County Lieutenant for Norfolk Borough,\n frequently writes the Governor on a variety of concerns. On 11\n January 1795, Newton encloses copies of letters from the\n British \u0026 French Consuls regarding disturbances between\n British \u0026 French crews in Norfolk Harbor. On 14 January,\n Newton discusses the case of Daniel Raybourn, an American\n seamen taken by the Lynx, a British ship of war, from a Danish\n Brig. He encloses the opinion of Alexander Campbell to the\n Lieutenant Governor on the same matter on 25 January 1795. In\n another letter, he remarks on Campbell's opinion on British\n deserters and the extradition of the fugitive Joseph Larelle\n back to Pennsylvania (1795 Feb. 1). Newton communicates\n Campbell's opinion to John Hamilton, British Consul, stating\n that it is the duty of the magistrates to apprehend deserters\n (1795 Feb. 2). An incident occurred in February 1795 when a\n group of armed men from the British ship Thetis marched into\n Norfolk committing illegal searches in the homes of citizens\n for deserters. Newton informs the Governor of this incident\n and encloses an account by the Captain of the Watch, a copy of\n a letter from John Hamilton, and depositions (1795 Feb. 17).\n He writes again on this matter on 25 February 1795 enclosing\n letters from Alexander F. Cochrane, Captain of the Thetis,\n \u0026 John Hamilton. Much of Newton's correspondence with\n Governor Brooke relates to the spread of diseases to Norfolk\n \u0026 the quarantine of vessels (1795 April 28; 1795 May 5,\n 16, 26; 1795 Aug. 22; 1795 Oct. 3; 1795 Nov. 4, 5, \u0026 17;\n 1796 May 15 \u0026 29; 1796 July 8; 1796 Aug. 13 \u0026 28; 1796\n Sept. 12 \u0026 28; 1796 Oct. 27; \u0026 1796 Nov. 7). On 28\n February 1796, Newton writes regarding the purchase of two\n acres of land for building houses for the reception of goods\n and for accommodating the persons performing quarantine. On 17\n April 1795, Newton informs the Governor of American citizens\n detained on board Admiral Murray's ship the Resolution, a\n British ship of war. His letters of 1796 Feb. 7 \u0026 9 relate\n to letters from Henry McGeary, an American citizen impressed\n on the Resolution. Later, Newton encloses a letter from Judge\n Cyrus Griffin respecting the case of McGeary (1796 Feb. 21).\n Newton remarks on the arrival of three French ships from\n Guadalupe and the defenseless condition of the port due to the\n incompletion of the forts and the insufficient garrison there\n (1795 May 24). On 9 June 1795, Newton relates the capture of\n two French ships off the coast by the British ships Thetis\n \u0026 Hussar. In addition, he mentions the arrival of a French\n ship from Dominique with French citizens and a number of\n negroes which they claim as servants. A few days later, Newton\n informs the Governor of the arrival of the Sloop Industry from\n Boston which carried negro slaves on board in violation of the\n non-importation laws (1795 June 11). In a letter dated 21 June\n 1795, Newton encloses the deposition of Francis Marshal\n concerning two brigs taken off the coast of Virginia by a\n Bermudian privateer. Another significant event occurred in\n January 1796 when horses were purchased by British officers in\n the United States for mounting their troops against the French\n in the West Indies. Newton writes the Governor that this is a\n violation of the treaty with France \u0026 Holland (1796 Jan.\n 20). Shortly thereafter, he encloses a letter from Mr. Oster,\n French Consul, complaining of the shipment of horses by the\n British (1796 Jan. 23). The next day, he encloses one from\n John Hamilton denying that the shipment of horses is a\n military preparation (1795 Jan. 24).","Willis Wilson, County Lieutenant for Portsmouth,\n corresponds with the Governor regarding similar subjects as\n Thomas Newton. On 29 April 1795, Wilson suggests that a boat\n be armed at Hampton Roads for the purpose of preventing\n violators of U.S. neutrality and to liberate the men impressed\n on board Rear Admiral Murray's Squadron. He encloses the\n deposition of Capt. Hatten whose ship was boarded by the Lynx.\n A letter from Wilson to Admiral Murray relates to hostile\n expeditions by ships of any belligerent nation in Virginia\n waters. In this letter, he orders the ships to depart Virginia\n waters and to liberate any American citizens detained on board\n (1795 April 27). Wilson encloses a letter from John Hamilton\n informing him that the vessels Diana \u0026 Thomas are waiting\n to embark with their cargo of horses. On 24 June 1795, Wilson\n writes about the small pox epidemic in Portsmouth and the\n impressment of John Underwood \u0026 John Lloyd on board the\n British ship Lynx. Finally, Wilson writes the Governor\n regarding the formation of an artillery company in Portsmouth\n under the command of John Cowper (1796 Feb. 23 \u0026 March\n 27).","Governor Randolph corresponds often with John Pendleton,\n Jr., Auditor of Public Accounts, and Jaquelin Ambler,\n Treasurer, regarding various financial matters. Pendleton\n regularly encloses lists of warrants issued by him through the\n Auditor's Office (1795 March 31, 1795 July 1, 1795 Nov. 5,\n 1795 Dec. 31, 1796 July 1). Additionally, Pendleton writes\n regarding the suspicion of a fraudulent sale against Robert\n Craig, former sheriff of Washington County (1794 Dec. 18).\n Pendleton encloses the report of John Taylor and the opinion\n of John Marshall on the matter. Pendleton also writes to the\n Governor enclosing accounts of expenses of his office (1795\n May 10). On 14 May 1795, Pendleton provided a report on the\n final settlement of William Davies' accounts as Commissioner\n of Virginia for Claims Against the United States. Pendleton\n submits his letter of resignation on 5 August 1796 effective\n at the end of the month. The next day, Pendleton recommends\n Samuel Shepard to replace him as Auditor. Pendleton's official\n letter of resignation was submitted on 30 Sept. 1796. Ambler\n encloses a statement of monies belonging to claimants for the\n defense of the Western frontier (1795 Aug. 27). In addition,\n on 24 September 1795, he encloses a copy of a letter from\n Samuel Meredith, U.S. Treasurer, regarding a warrant from the\n Secretary of War for the full balance due the State of\n Virginia for the settlement of their account for the pay \u0026\n subsistence of militia, scouts, ammunition, and contingent\n expenses in the protection of the frontiers.","Notable correspondents from miscellaneous sources include\n the following: Andrew Dunscomb, Mayor of Richmond; John\n Hamilton, British Consul at Norfolk; and Thomas Mifflin,\n Governor of Pennsylvania.","Andrew Dunscomb mainly writes the Governor regarding the\n prevention of infectious disease to the City of Richmond. On\n 27 August 1795, he encloses resolutions of the Common Hall\n relative to the quarantine of vessels from Norfolk.\n Additionally, he discusses a law prohibiting the migration of\n free negroes from the West Indies into the Commonwealth (1795\n Sept. 18). Dunscomb also transmits a letter from William\n Richardson \u0026 Jacob I. Cohen regarding allowing passage of\n vessels from Norfolk, but stopping vessels from New York (1795\n Oct. 6).","John Hamilton, British Consul, frequently writes the\n Governor regarding British affairs. On 2 January 1795,\n Hamilton requests permission for the British ships Thetis\n \u0026 Cleopatra to make repairs in Norfolk Harbor. Hamilton\n also writes at length regarding British desertions,\n particularly the incident involving the attempt by British\n sailors on board the Thetis to recapture deserters in Norfolk\n (1795 Feb. 18, 25, \u0026 May 8). Hamilton was also\n particularly concerned with privateers preying on British\n ships. He specifically mentions a ship called the Unicorn\n which plundered a Danish vessel (1795 June 26 \u0026 July 30).\n In addition, Hamilton communicates his intelligence regarding\n vessels from Baltimore arming in the Chesapeake as privateers\n (1795 Aug. 15 \u0026 Sept. 24). His letter to the Lieutenant\n Governor relates to the prevention of illegal equipment for\n ships in the waters of Virginia (1795 July 3 \u0026 Oct. 6).\n Yet another incident occurred in January 1796 when the\n American Sloop Diana, loaded with British goods and bound for\n a British port in the West Indies, was forcibly boarded and\n her cargo carried away. Hamilton sends a letter to the\n Governor complaining about this incident, along with a similar\n letter to Willis Wilson (1796 Jan. 29). Finally, on 15\n February 1796, Hamilton writes regarding his inquiry to the\n President on the shipment of horses and the neutrality\n laws.","As Governor of Pennsylvania, Thomas Mifflin often\n corresponds with Governor Brooke with respect to fugitives\n from justice. On 29 December 1794, Mifflin transmits the\n affidavit of Stephen Girard affirming that Joseph Larelle had\n taken a mulatto boy named Crispin from his service with an\n intention of selling him into slavery. He writes again on 10\n February 1795 concerning the apprehension of Larelle. In a\n letter dated 12 March 1795, Mifflin informs the Governor of\n the appointment of Laurence Maher as Agent for Pennsylvania to\n bring Joseph Larelle back to Pennsylvania. Similarly, Mifflin\n transmits a copy of an affidavit by Robert Ross respecting\n Langford Herring who was accused of forgery and removed to\n Virginia (1795 Oct. 12). Mifflin also acknowledges the receipt\n of the revised laws from Virginia (1795 May 14 \u0026 1796 Aug.\n 25) and a resolution from Virginia proposing certain\n amendments to the U.S. Constitution (1796 Jan. 6). Mifflin\n responds to another letter on 22 January 1796 regarding an\n annual interchange of the laws passed by Pennsylvania \u0026\n Virginia.","Additional significant correspondence includes the\n following: George Clendenin regarding pay \u0026 subsistence of\n a company employed for the defense of Greenbrier \u0026 Kanawha\n (1794 Dec. 20); Paul Carrington accepting a commission as\n Judge of the General Court (1794 Dec. 18); Andrew Lewis\n regarding the discharge of the troops under his command on the\n southwestern frontiers (1794 Dec. 28); Thomas Mathews\n regarding the admission of two British ship of war into\n Norfolk (1795 Jan. 9); William Price, Register of the Land\n Office, regarding two additional clerk (1795 Jan. 15); Edward\n Carrington regarding the quota of militia called from Gen.\n Martin's Brigade for the late expeditions against the\n insurgents (1795 Feb. 8); William Lowther regarding the\n discharge of scouts \u0026 rangers under his command (1795 Feb.\n 21); Andrew Lewis regarding the settlement of his accounts\n (1795 March 3); John Steele regarding his tardiness in\n settling the Western accounts (1795 April 29); Andrew Lewis\n regarding his application to replace Gen. Tate as paymaster\n (1795 May 5); Daniel Bedinger responding to charges against\n him by George Hammond, regarding his deposition of the pilot\n Thomas Butler (1795 May 26); John Steele regarding the account\n of Virginia against the United States (1795 June 23); Henry\n Lee regarding his failure to execute orders by the Lt. Gov.\n concerning the privateer at Gloucester (1795 July 6); H. Young\n enclosing a letter from John Page regarding the Unicorn (1795\n July 7); John Dawson regarding Indian depredations in Harrison\n County (1795 Aug. 17); James Monroe, Paris, regarding the\n statue of Gen. Washington left unfinished while Thomas\n Jefferson was Minister to France (1795 Aug. 20); William\n Lowther regarding depredations by Indians in Harrison County\n (1795 Aug. 24); George Peachey, Mayor of Petersburg regarding\n two cases of yellow fever brought from Norfolk (1795 Aug. 26);\n George Clendenin resigning his commission as County Lieutenant\n for Kanawha County (1795 Nov. 14); Governor Brooke to the\n Clerk of the Council indicating his temporary absence from\n office (1795 Dec. 9); Robert Johnson to the Commissioners for\n Virginia regarding approval of the proceedings of the\n Commissioners concerning the boundary line between Virginia\n \u0026 Kentucky (1796 Jan. 1); Isaac Shelby, Governor of\n Kentucky, regarding the boundary line and enclosing an act of\n the Kentucky Legislature (1796 Feb. 15); William Pennock\n enclosing a bill of lading from Ve. Homberg \u0026 Homberg\n Freres for three cases containing the marble pedester statue\n of Gen. Washington and the marble pedestal (1796 April 10);\n Isaac Shelby enclosing a letter from Alexander Smyth regarding\n the boundary line between Virginia \u0026 Kentucky (1796 May\n 6); John Hoskins Stone, Governor of Maryland, regarding the\n extradition of Robert Osborn, a fugitive of justice (1796 June\n 16); John Dawson regarding obtaining arms for the State of\n Virginia from Europe (1796 Sept. 11 \u0026 12); Archibald\n Stuart regarding the agreement with the Kentucky Commissioners\n on the boundary line (1796 Sept. 27); Houdon regarding his\n payment for creating a marble statue of Washington (1796 Oct.\n 8); and Edmund Randolph regarding the case of Fairfax versus\n the Commonwealth (1796 Oct. 22).","Other noteworthy items include: oath of Robert Brooke by J.\n Pendleton as Governor (1794 Dec. 1); a list of persons who\n have migrated to Virginia and given oath to reside therein\n (1794 Dec. 17); receipts from William Morris, Contractor, for\n rations to soldiers under the command of Hugh Caperton (1794\n Dec. 17); proclamation revoking the previous proclamation of\n Lt. Gov. James Wood regarding the quarantine of vessels from\n certain ports (1794 Dec. 19); receipts from Samuel Shepard for\n the sale of the mace (1794 Dec. 3); order from Will Russell,\n Clerk of the Court of Directors of the Lunatic Hospital,\n applying for warrants from the Auditor of Public Accounts\n (1795 March 31 \u0026 1796 July 12); muster roll of scouts\n called into service for the protection of Randolph County\n (1795 May 20); proclamation by the Governor regarding the\n yellow fever outbreak in the West Indies and the quarantine of\n vessels from those areas (1795 May 21); petition from French\n refugees from St. Domingo at Norfolk regarding a plan to send\n back their negroes (1795 July N.D.); oath issued by John\n Pendleton to Robert Brooke as Governor (1795 Dec. 1); printed\n copy of the Treaty of Greenville signed by Timothy Pickering\n (1795 Dec. 22); proclamation by Lt. Gov. James Wood offering a\n reward for the capture of John Williford for the murder of\n Josiah Worrell (1795 Sept. 19); list of commissions of the\n peace for Southampton County (1796 Feb. 12); list of\n commissions of the peace for New Kent County (1796 March 4);\n account of William Hodgson for erecting the statue of\n Washington \u0026 repairing (1796 June 8); appointment of John\n Robertson by James Wood as Superintendent of Quarantine for\n Bermuda Hundred \u0026 City Point (1796 July 9); bond of Samuel\n Shepard as Auditor of Public Accounts (1796 Oct. 1);\n certificate of Samuel Moseley, Mayor of Norfolk, as elector\n for President \u0026 Vice President (1796 Nov. 7); and muster\n fines of the 22nd Regiment Virginia Militia, Mecklenburg\n County (1796 Nov. 5)."],"physloc_html_tesm":["\u003cphysloc label=\"Physical Location\"\u003eState Records Collection,\n Office of the Governor (Record Group 3)\u003c/physloc\u003e\n "],"physloc_tesim":["State Records Collection,\n Office of the Governor (Record Group 3)"],"language_ssim":["English"],"total_component_count_is":134,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-07-23T21:08:53.750Z","scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eRobert Brooke's Executive papers are organized\n chronologically with undated items arranged at the end of each\n year. These papers primarily consist of incoming\n correspondence during Brooke's two one-year terms as governor\n between 1 December 1794 until 1 December 1796. These records\n include correspondence written to James Wood who acted as\n Lieutenant Governor while Brooke was temporarily absent from\n office. The correspondence in this collection relates to a\n variety of topics including appointments for state positions;\n the Point of Fork Arsenal; defense of the frontier;\n resignations; arms \u0026amp; ammunition; Indian attacks; British\n \u0026amp; French ships in Virginia ports; the boundary line\n between Kentucky \u0026amp; Virginia; extraditions; the Houdon\n statue of Washington; state expenses \u0026amp; revenue; quarantine\n of vessels; foreign affairs; Revolutionary claims; elections;\n Presidential electors; the Capitol Building; the militia; and\n others. In addition to correspondence, there are resolutions\n from Congress and the Virginia Senate \u0026amp; House of\n Delegates; muster \u0026amp; pay rolls; accounts; oaths; pardons;\n receipts; election returns \u0026amp; certificates; qualifications;\n lists; depositions; proclamations; petitions; reports;\n appointments; resignations; treaties; bonds; commissions;\n orders; proceedings; applications; lists; opinions; and other\n sundry items. Note that files related to county officers for\n 1795 have been arranged alphabetically by county and separated\n to the end of the papers for that year.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eNoteworthy correspondence originates from the United States\n government, Virginia State government, and miscellaneous\n sources. Prominent correspondents from the United States\n government include Henry Knox, Timothy Pickering, \u0026amp; James\n McHenry, Secretaries of War; Edmund Randolph \u0026amp; Timothy\n Pickering, Secretaries of State; Alexander Campbell, U.S.\n District Attorney General, Samuel A. Otis \u0026amp; John\n Beckley, Clerks of the Senate \u0026amp; House of\n Representatives, and President George Washington.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eGovernor Brooke received correspondence on numerous\n occasions from the United States War Department. On 5 December\n 1794, Henry Knox transmitted a resolution by John Beckley,\n Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives, thanking the\n Virginia Militia for their service during the Whiskey\n Rebellion. Timothy Pickering replaced Knox as Secretary of War\n in 1795. Pickering writes on 6 January 1795 regarding the\n French ship Les Jumeaux which was armed and equipped at\n Philadelphia in violation of the U.S. neutrality law.\n Pickering also writes respecting bounty lands on the northwest\n side of the Ohio River for officers \u0026amp; soldiers of the\n Virginia Line on Continental Establishment (1795 June 13). In\n addition, Pickering responds to a letter from the Governor\n concerning establishing a small garrison of militia at\n Norfolk. According to Pickering, the President has no\n authority to call out the militia for the preservation of\n peace (1795 July 3). Lastly, Pickering writes regarding the\n pay of Charles Cist for printing regulations for the order and\n discipline of U.S. troops (1795 Sept. 14). James McHenry\n replaced Pickering as Secretary of War in 1796. In a letter\n dated 4 March 1796, McHenry acknowledges the receipt of the\n Governor's letter, along with the account \u0026amp; vouchers for\n militia \u0026amp; scouts on the Western frontier. William Simmons,\n in the Dept. of War Accountant's Office, corresponds with the\n Governor concerning the compensation by the United States to\n Virginia for the pay \u0026amp; subsistence of the militia,\n ammunition, and contingent expenses in the protection of the\n frontiers (1795 Sept. 17). On 14 March 1796, Simmons encloses\n a statement of differences on examination of the Virginia\n claims for pay, etc., in 1795. A letter from President George Washington dated 1796 Sept. 15 asks that his shares in the James River Company be applied to Liberty Hall Academy in rockbridge County (letter removed to the Vault - George Washington Papers).\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eEdmund Randolph, former Governor of Virginia, corresponds\n as Secretary of State. On 3 January 1795, Randolph transmits a\n proclamation of thanksgiving from the President (proclamation\n not included). In another letter of the same date, Randolph\n remarks on a letter from the Governor regarding the embargo.\n On 16 February 1795, Randolph writes about the capture of a\n pilot boat belonging to the British Consul at Norfolk.\n Randolph encloses copies of letters from Gen. Thomas Mathews\n to Governor Lee, Alexander Hamilton, Sec. of the Treasury, and\n orders from Mathews to Lt. Vaughan. On 8 May 1795, Randolph\n encloses letters and papers from George Hammond, British\n Minister Plenipotentiary, concerning French prizes taken by\n Rear Admiral Murray and an order for foreign ships to depart\n American ports. Included is a copy of a letter from Thomas\n Jefferson to Hammond regarding French \u0026amp; British ships in\n American ports and the treaty with France to admit prizes\n \u0026amp; repair French ships in U.S. ports. The next day,\n Randolph encloses additional copies of letters from Hammond,\n along with a declaration \u0026amp; affidavit by Thomas Butler\n regarding the French prizes taken by Admiral Murray. Finally,\n Randolph discusses the practice of British ships of war\n impressing American seamen (1795 May 20). All copies of\n letters were transcribed by George Taylor, Jr., Chief Clerk of\n the Department of State. Timothy Pickering served as Secretary\n of State upon the resignation of Randolph on 19 August 1795.\n On 20 January 1796, Pickering writes to Pierre A. Adet, French\n Minister Plenipotentiary, with respect to U.S. neutrality.\n Pickering also encloses a translation of a letter he received\n from Adet regarding the purchase of flour \u0026amp; horses by the\n English in Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eAlexander Campbell, District U.S. Attorney, provides his\n opinion on the following subjects: the unlawful detention of a\n mariner by a British vessel of war (1795 Jan. 25), the\n delivery of a fugitive of justice from Pennsylvania and\n deserters from a British ship of war at Norfolk (1795 Jan.\n 25), and the Unicorn, a suspected privateer outfitting at\n Gloucester (1795 June 26). In addition, Samuel A. Otis \u0026amp;\n John Beckley periodically transmit journals of the proceedings\n of the U.S. Senate \u0026amp; House of Representatives (1795 April\n 13 \u0026amp; 25, \u0026amp; 1796 July 28).\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eSignificant correspondents from Virginia State government\n include Archibald Blair, Clerk of the Council; Samuel Coleman,\n Assistant Clerk of the Council of State; James Innes, Attorney\n General; Charles Hay, Clerk of the House of Delegates;\n Humphrey Brooke, Clerk of the Senate; William Hay, Robert\n Goode, \u0026amp; William Foushee, etc., Directors of Public\n Buildings; Robert Quarles, Superintendent of the Point of Fork\n Arsenal; Thomas Newton \u0026amp; Willis Wilson, County\n Lieutenants; John Pendleton, Jr., Auditor of Public Accounts;\n and Jacquelin Ambler, Treasurer.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eArchibald Blair \u0026amp; Samuel Coleman, as Clerk \u0026amp;\n Assistant Clerk of the Council, communicate with the Governor\n frequently through the Council Office. Blair offers the advice\n of the Council regarding the account against the U.S. for the\n Western defense, reimbursement for the Springfield expedition,\n the printing of German military regulations, and orders for\n scouts in Ohio \u0026amp; Harrison Counties (1795 Jan. 14). Blair\n also writes G. Deneale denying his request to keep arms given\n to the light infantry under his command at Winchester to use\n against the insurgents (1795 Feb. 11). On 14 July 1795, Blair\n submits the order of the Council for ordering out the militia\n from Norfolk \u0026amp; Portsmouth to prevent disorder or\n insurrections from the frequent migrations of negroes. Lastly,\n Blair provides the advice of the Council concerning witnesses\n against Archer Branch in North Carolina (1796 Feb. 15).\n Coleman mainly writes concerning military finances including\n the account of Hugh Caperton for ammunition (1794 Dec. 2) and\n Capt. William Lowther's pay abstract \u0026amp; muster roll (1795\n March 5). On 12 May 1795, Coleman writes the Governor\n requesting that the office of Keeper of the Capitol not be\n taken from his father, Wyatt Coleman. His father writes a\n similar letter on the same date. On 4 December 1795, Coleman\n requests additional compensation for completing a list of\n officers \u0026amp; privates of the Continental Line. Shortly\n thereafter, Coleman was appointed Adjutant General and asks\n the Lieutenant Governor for an apartment in the Capitol to\n perform his new duties (1795 Dec. 14).\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eDuring James Innes' absence in 1794 \u0026amp; 1795, John\n Marshall provides his opinion on the militia law as Attorney\n General of Virginia (1794 Undated). Upon Innes' return,\n Marshall writes as counsel to Lord Fairfax concerning the case\n of the Commonwealth against him in the Court of Appeals (1795\n March 2). On 23 April 1795, Innes writes that he will be\n unable to attend this trial in the Court of Appeals due to\n illness. Innes provides an opinion on such topics as the\n improper trial of William John Thweatt who was found guilty of\n horse stealing (1795 April 7), proceedings against Mr. Johnson\n for the alleged murder of Mr. Jeffers (1796 Jan. 13), and the\n power of the Governor to procure the attendance of necessary\n witnesses from the Territory South of the Ohio River (1796\n Feb. 3). On 21 June 1796, he remarks on the assignment of the\n Solicitor's Office for the use of the Attorney General. Again,\n on 17 July 1796, Innes writes that he must be absent from\n office because of health problems. He adds that he has asked\n Mr. Warden to discharge the duties of his office. Innes was\n forced to resign in a letter to the Governor dated 13 November\n 1796.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eCharles Hay, Clerk of the House of Delegates, and Humphrey\n Brooke, Clerk of the Senate, often submit legislation and\n qualifications of election to the Governor. Noteworthy\n legislation includes a resolution to inquire about the\n \"lucrative office\" accepted by James Innes in the General\n Government (1794 Dec. 16). Included in these papers are the\n qualifications for the election of Spencer Roane as Judge of\n the Court of Appeals in place of Henry Tazewell (1794 Dec. 2),\n the election of Jaquelin Ambler as Treasurer (1794 Dec. 17),\n Paul Carrington as Judge of the General Court in place of\n Spencer Roane (1794 Dec. 17), Robert Brooke as Governor (1795\n Nov. 26), Robert Brooke as Attorney General (1796 Nov. 16),\n and Samuel Shepard as Auditor of Public Accounts in place of\n John Pendleton (1796 Nov. 16). A letter from John Wise,\n Speaker of the House of Delegates, encloses sundry resolutions\n for proposing certain amendments to the U.S. Constitution\n (1795 Dec. 19).\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eWilliam Hay, Robert Goode, \u0026amp; William Foushee, etc.,\n Directors of Public Buildings, provide information on work\n done to the Capitol Building and the settlement of accounts.\n On 28 November 1795, William Hay writes regarding the account\n of Samuel Dobie for superintending \u0026amp; directing the\n execution of the steps outside the Capitol, as well as the\n staircase, conference, and other work done inside the Capitol\n from 1793 to 1794. Hay also encloses accounts and a letter\n from Dobie indicating the amount of balances due him. On 30\n March 1796, the Directors write regarding the repair of the\n roof of the Capitol and surplus materials.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eMaj. Robert Quarles submits quarterly returns of ordnance\n \u0026amp; public stores at Point of Fork (1795 Jan. 2, 1795 March\n 31, 1795 June 30, 1795 Oct. 6, 1795 Dec. 31, 1796 March 31,\n 1796 June 30, \u0026amp; 1796 Sept. 30). In addition, Quarles'\n correspondence concerns a contract for provisions at Point of\n Fork (1795 May 5 \u0026amp; 25), an increase in salary (1795 Oct.\n 6), the bond of William Weaver to provide rations for the\n State Arsenal (1796 May 27), the supply of timber \u0026amp;\n firewood contract with David Ross (1796 Sept. 12), and the\n bond of Matthew \u0026amp; Elias Wills for the Office of Contractor\n to supply the State Arsenal with rations (1796 Oct. 27).\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eThomas Newton, Jr., County Lieutenant for Norfolk Borough,\n frequently writes the Governor on a variety of concerns. On 11\n January 1795, Newton encloses copies of letters from the\n British \u0026amp; French Consuls regarding disturbances between\n British \u0026amp; French crews in Norfolk Harbor. On 14 January,\n Newton discusses the case of Daniel Raybourn, an American\n seamen taken by the Lynx, a British ship of war, from a Danish\n Brig. He encloses the opinion of Alexander Campbell to the\n Lieutenant Governor on the same matter on 25 January 1795. In\n another letter, he remarks on Campbell's opinion on British\n deserters and the extradition of the fugitive Joseph Larelle\n back to Pennsylvania (1795 Feb. 1). Newton communicates\n Campbell's opinion to John Hamilton, British Consul, stating\n that it is the duty of the magistrates to apprehend deserters\n (1795 Feb. 2). An incident occurred in February 1795 when a\n group of armed men from the British ship Thetis marched into\n Norfolk committing illegal searches in the homes of citizens\n for deserters. Newton informs the Governor of this incident\n and encloses an account by the Captain of the Watch, a copy of\n a letter from John Hamilton, and depositions (1795 Feb. 17).\n He writes again on this matter on 25 February 1795 enclosing\n letters from Alexander F. Cochrane, Captain of the Thetis,\n \u0026amp; John Hamilton. Much of Newton's correspondence with\n Governor Brooke relates to the spread of diseases to Norfolk\n \u0026amp; the quarantine of vessels (1795 April 28; 1795 May 5,\n 16, 26; 1795 Aug. 22; 1795 Oct. 3; 1795 Nov. 4, 5, \u0026amp; 17;\n 1796 May 15 \u0026amp; 29; 1796 July 8; 1796 Aug. 13 \u0026amp; 28; 1796\n Sept. 12 \u0026amp; 28; 1796 Oct. 27; \u0026amp; 1796 Nov. 7). On 28\n February 1796, Newton writes regarding the purchase of two\n acres of land for building houses for the reception of goods\n and for accommodating the persons performing quarantine. On 17\n April 1795, Newton informs the Governor of American citizens\n detained on board Admiral Murray's ship the Resolution, a\n British ship of war. His letters of 1796 Feb. 7 \u0026amp; 9 relate\n to letters from Henry McGeary, an American citizen impressed\n on the Resolution. Later, Newton encloses a letter from Judge\n Cyrus Griffin respecting the case of McGeary (1796 Feb. 21).\n Newton remarks on the arrival of three French ships from\n Guadalupe and the defenseless condition of the port due to the\n incompletion of the forts and the insufficient garrison there\n (1795 May 24). On 9 June 1795, Newton relates the capture of\n two French ships off the coast by the British ships Thetis\n \u0026amp; Hussar. In addition, he mentions the arrival of a French\n ship from Dominique with French citizens and a number of\n negroes which they claim as servants. A few days later, Newton\n informs the Governor of the arrival of the Sloop Industry from\n Boston which carried negro slaves on board in violation of the\n non-importation laws (1795 June 11). In a letter dated 21 June\n 1795, Newton encloses the deposition of Francis Marshal\n concerning two brigs taken off the coast of Virginia by a\n Bermudian privateer. Another significant event occurred in\n January 1796 when horses were purchased by British officers in\n the United States for mounting their troops against the French\n in the West Indies. Newton writes the Governor that this is a\n violation of the treaty with France \u0026amp; Holland (1796 Jan.\n 20). Shortly thereafter, he encloses a letter from Mr. Oster,\n French Consul, complaining of the shipment of horses by the\n British (1796 Jan. 23). The next day, he encloses one from\n John Hamilton denying that the shipment of horses is a\n military preparation (1795 Jan. 24).\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eWillis Wilson, County Lieutenant for Portsmouth,\n corresponds with the Governor regarding similar subjects as\n Thomas Newton. On 29 April 1795, Wilson suggests that a boat\n be armed at Hampton Roads for the purpose of preventing\n violators of U.S. neutrality and to liberate the men impressed\n on board Rear Admiral Murray's Squadron. He encloses the\n deposition of Capt. Hatten whose ship was boarded by the Lynx.\n A letter from Wilson to Admiral Murray relates to hostile\n expeditions by ships of any belligerent nation in Virginia\n waters. In this letter, he orders the ships to depart Virginia\n waters and to liberate any American citizens detained on board\n (1795 April 27). Wilson encloses a letter from John Hamilton\n informing him that the vessels Diana \u0026amp; Thomas are waiting\n to embark with their cargo of horses. On 24 June 1795, Wilson\n writes about the small pox epidemic in Portsmouth and the\n impressment of John Underwood \u0026amp; John Lloyd on board the\n British ship Lynx. Finally, Wilson writes the Governor\n regarding the formation of an artillery company in Portsmouth\n under the command of John Cowper (1796 Feb. 23 \u0026amp; March\n 27).\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eGovernor Randolph corresponds often with John Pendleton,\n Jr., Auditor of Public Accounts, and Jaquelin Ambler,\n Treasurer, regarding various financial matters. Pendleton\n regularly encloses lists of warrants issued by him through the\n Auditor's Office (1795 March 31, 1795 July 1, 1795 Nov. 5,\n 1795 Dec. 31, 1796 July 1). Additionally, Pendleton writes\n regarding the suspicion of a fraudulent sale against Robert\n Craig, former sheriff of Washington County (1794 Dec. 18).\n Pendleton encloses the report of John Taylor and the opinion\n of John Marshall on the matter. Pendleton also writes to the\n Governor enclosing accounts of expenses of his office (1795\n May 10). On 14 May 1795, Pendleton provided a report on the\n final settlement of William Davies' accounts as Commissioner\n of Virginia for Claims Against the United States. Pendleton\n submits his letter of resignation on 5 August 1796 effective\n at the end of the month. The next day, Pendleton recommends\n Samuel Shepard to replace him as Auditor. Pendleton's official\n letter of resignation was submitted on 30 Sept. 1796. Ambler\n encloses a statement of monies belonging to claimants for the\n defense of the Western frontier (1795 Aug. 27). In addition,\n on 24 September 1795, he encloses a copy of a letter from\n Samuel Meredith, U.S. Treasurer, regarding a warrant from the\n Secretary of War for the full balance due the State of\n Virginia for the settlement of their account for the pay \u0026amp;\n subsistence of militia, scouts, ammunition, and contingent\n expenses in the protection of the frontiers.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eNotable correspondents from miscellaneous sources include\n the following: Andrew Dunscomb, Mayor of Richmond; John\n Hamilton, British Consul at Norfolk; and Thomas Mifflin,\n Governor of Pennsylvania.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eAndrew Dunscomb mainly writes the Governor regarding the\n prevention of infectious disease to the City of Richmond. On\n 27 August 1795, he encloses resolutions of the Common Hall\n relative to the quarantine of vessels from Norfolk.\n Additionally, he discusses a law prohibiting the migration of\n free negroes from the West Indies into the Commonwealth (1795\n Sept. 18). Dunscomb also transmits a letter from William\n Richardson \u0026amp; Jacob I. Cohen regarding allowing passage of\n vessels from Norfolk, but stopping vessels from New York (1795\n Oct. 6).\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eJohn Hamilton, British Consul, frequently writes the\n Governor regarding British affairs. On 2 January 1795,\n Hamilton requests permission for the British ships Thetis\n \u0026amp; Cleopatra to make repairs in Norfolk Harbor. Hamilton\n also writes at length regarding British desertions,\n particularly the incident involving the attempt by British\n sailors on board the Thetis to recapture deserters in Norfolk\n (1795 Feb. 18, 25, \u0026amp; May 8). Hamilton was also\n particularly concerned with privateers preying on British\n ships. He specifically mentions a ship called the Unicorn\n which plundered a Danish vessel (1795 June 26 \u0026amp; July 30).\n In addition, Hamilton communicates his intelligence regarding\n vessels from Baltimore arming in the Chesapeake as privateers\n (1795 Aug. 15 \u0026amp; Sept. 24). His letter to the Lieutenant\n Governor relates to the prevention of illegal equipment for\n ships in the waters of Virginia (1795 July 3 \u0026amp; Oct. 6).\n Yet another incident occurred in January 1796 when the\n American Sloop Diana, loaded with British goods and bound for\n a British port in the West Indies, was forcibly boarded and\n her cargo carried away. Hamilton sends a letter to the\n Governor complaining about this incident, along with a similar\n letter to Willis Wilson (1796 Jan. 29). Finally, on 15\n February 1796, Hamilton writes regarding his inquiry to the\n President on the shipment of horses and the neutrality\n laws.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eAs Governor of Pennsylvania, Thomas Mifflin often\n corresponds with Governor Brooke with respect to fugitives\n from justice. On 29 December 1794, Mifflin transmits the\n affidavit of Stephen Girard affirming that Joseph Larelle had\n taken a mulatto boy named Crispin from his service with an\n intention of selling him into slavery. He writes again on 10\n February 1795 concerning the apprehension of Larelle. In a\n letter dated 12 March 1795, Mifflin informs the Governor of\n the appointment of Laurence Maher as Agent for Pennsylvania to\n bring Joseph Larelle back to Pennsylvania. Similarly, Mifflin\n transmits a copy of an affidavit by Robert Ross respecting\n Langford Herring who was accused of forgery and removed to\n Virginia (1795 Oct. 12). Mifflin also acknowledges the receipt\n of the revised laws from Virginia (1795 May 14 \u0026amp; 1796 Aug.\n 25) and a resolution from Virginia proposing certain\n amendments to the U.S. Constitution (1796 Jan. 6). Mifflin\n responds to another letter on 22 January 1796 regarding an\n annual interchange of the laws passed by Pennsylvania \u0026amp;\n Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eAdditional significant correspondence includes the\n following: George Clendenin regarding pay \u0026amp; subsistence of\n a company employed for the defense of Greenbrier \u0026amp; Kanawha\n (1794 Dec. 20); Paul Carrington accepting a commission as\n Judge of the General Court (1794 Dec. 18); Andrew Lewis\n regarding the discharge of the troops under his command on the\n southwestern frontiers (1794 Dec. 28); Thomas Mathews\n regarding the admission of two British ship of war into\n Norfolk (1795 Jan. 9); William Price, Register of the Land\n Office, regarding two additional clerk (1795 Jan. 15); Edward\n Carrington regarding the quota of militia called from Gen.\n Martin's Brigade for the late expeditions against the\n insurgents (1795 Feb. 8); William Lowther regarding the\n discharge of scouts \u0026amp; rangers under his command (1795 Feb.\n 21); Andrew Lewis regarding the settlement of his accounts\n (1795 March 3); John Steele regarding his tardiness in\n settling the Western accounts (1795 April 29); Andrew Lewis\n regarding his application to replace Gen. Tate as paymaster\n (1795 May 5); Daniel Bedinger responding to charges against\n him by George Hammond, regarding his deposition of the pilot\n Thomas Butler (1795 May 26); John Steele regarding the account\n of Virginia against the United States (1795 June 23); Henry\n Lee regarding his failure to execute orders by the Lt. Gov.\n concerning the privateer at Gloucester (1795 July 6); H. Young\n enclosing a letter from John Page regarding the Unicorn (1795\n July 7); John Dawson regarding Indian depredations in Harrison\n County (1795 Aug. 17); James Monroe, Paris, regarding the\n statue of Gen. Washington left unfinished while Thomas\n Jefferson was Minister to France (1795 Aug. 20); William\n Lowther regarding depredations by Indians in Harrison County\n (1795 Aug. 24); George Peachey, Mayor of Petersburg regarding\n two cases of yellow fever brought from Norfolk (1795 Aug. 26);\n George Clendenin resigning his commission as County Lieutenant\n for Kanawha County (1795 Nov. 14); Governor Brooke to the\n Clerk of the Council indicating his temporary absence from\n office (1795 Dec. 9); Robert Johnson to the Commissioners for\n Virginia regarding approval of the proceedings of the\n Commissioners concerning the boundary line between Virginia\n \u0026amp; Kentucky (1796 Jan. 1); Isaac Shelby, Governor of\n Kentucky, regarding the boundary line and enclosing an act of\n the Kentucky Legislature (1796 Feb. 15); William Pennock\n enclosing a bill of lading from Ve. Homberg \u0026amp; Homberg\n Freres for three cases containing the marble pedester statue\n of Gen. Washington and the marble pedestal (1796 April 10);\n Isaac Shelby enclosing a letter from Alexander Smyth regarding\n the boundary line between Virginia \u0026amp; Kentucky (1796 May\n 6); John Hoskins Stone, Governor of Maryland, regarding the\n extradition of Robert Osborn, a fugitive of justice (1796 June\n 16); John Dawson regarding obtaining arms for the State of\n Virginia from Europe (1796 Sept. 11 \u0026amp; 12); Archibald\n Stuart regarding the agreement with the Kentucky Commissioners\n on the boundary line (1796 Sept. 27); Houdon regarding his\n payment for creating a marble statue of Washington (1796 Oct.\n 8); and Edmund Randolph regarding the case of Fairfax versus\n the Commonwealth (1796 Oct. 22).\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eOther noteworthy items include: oath of Robert Brooke by J.\n Pendleton as Governor (1794 Dec. 1); a list of persons who\n have migrated to Virginia and given oath to reside therein\n (1794 Dec. 17); receipts from William Morris, Contractor, for\n rations to soldiers under the command of Hugh Caperton (1794\n Dec. 17); proclamation revoking the previous proclamation of\n Lt. Gov. James Wood regarding the quarantine of vessels from\n certain ports (1794 Dec. 19); receipts from Samuel Shepard for\n the sale of the mace (1794 Dec. 3); order from Will Russell,\n Clerk of the Court of Directors of the Lunatic Hospital,\n applying for warrants from the Auditor of Public Accounts\n (1795 March 31 \u0026amp; 1796 July 12); muster roll of scouts\n called into service for the protection of Randolph County\n (1795 May 20); proclamation by the Governor regarding the\n yellow fever outbreak in the West Indies and the quarantine of\n vessels from those areas (1795 May 21); petition from French\n refugees from St. Domingo at Norfolk regarding a plan to send\n back their negroes (1795 July N.D.); oath issued by John\n Pendleton to Robert Brooke as Governor (1795 Dec. 1); printed\n copy of the Treaty of Greenville signed by Timothy Pickering\n (1795 Dec. 22); proclamation by Lt. Gov. James Wood offering a\n reward for the capture of John Williford for the murder of\n Josiah Worrell (1795 Sept. 19); list of commissions of the\n peace for Southampton County (1796 Feb. 12); list of\n commissions of the peace for New Kent County (1796 March 4);\n account of William Hodgson for erecting the statue of\n Washington \u0026amp; repairing (1796 June 8); appointment of John\n Robertson by James Wood as Superintendent of Quarantine for\n Bermuda Hundred \u0026amp; City Point (1796 July 9); bond of Samuel\n Shepard as Auditor of Public Accounts (1796 Oct. 1);\n certificate of Samuel Moseley, Mayor of Norfolk, as elector\n for President \u0026amp; Vice President (1796 Nov. 7); and muster\n fines of the 22nd Regiment Virginia Militia, Mecklenburg\n County (1796 Nov. 5).\u003c/p\u003e\n "]}]}},"label":"Breadcrumbs"}}},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/vi_vi00866_c11"}},{"id":"vi_vi00866_c05","type":"Series","attributes":{"title":"Oversized (Clamshell Box)","breadcrumbs":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/vi_vi00866_c05#breadcrumbs","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":{"ref_ssi":"vi_vi00866_c05","ref_ssm":["vi_vi00866_c05"],"id":"vi_vi00866_c05","ead_ssi":"vi_vi00866","_root_":"vi_vi00866","_nest_parent_":"vi_vi00866","parent_ssi":"vi_vi00866","parent_ssim":["Governor Robert Brooke Executive\n Papers, 1794-1796"],"parent_ids_ssim":["vi_vi00866"],"title_filing_ssi":"Oversized (Clamshell Box)","title_ssm":["Oversized (Clamshell Box)"],"title_tesim":["Oversized (Clamshell Box)"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Oversized (Clamshell Box)"],"text":["Oversized (Clamshell Box)","Governor Robert Brooke Executive\n Papers, 1794-1796"],"parent_unittitles_ssm":["Governor Robert Brooke Executive\n Papers, 1794-1796"],"parent_unittitles_tesim":["Governor Robert Brooke Executive\n Papers, 1794-1796"],"level_ssm":["Series"],"level_ssim":["Series"],"component_level_isim":[1],"sort_isi":78,"repository_ssim":["Library of Virginia"],"collection_ssim":["Governor Robert Brooke Executive\n Papers, 1794-1796"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"child_component_count_isi":0,"_nest_path_":"/components#4","timestamp":"2026-07-23T21:08:53.750Z","collection":{"numFound":1,"start":0,"numFoundExact":true,"docs":[{"id":"vi_vi00866","ead_ssi":"vi_vi00866","_root_":"vi_vi00866","_nest_parent_":"vi_vi00866","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/lva/vi00866.xml","title_ssm":["Governor Robert Brooke Executive\n Papers, 1794-1796"],"title_tesim":["Governor Robert Brooke Executive\n Papers, 1794-1796"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Governor Robert Brooke Executive\n Papers, 1794-1796"],"text":["Governor Robert Brooke Executive\n Papers, 1794-1796","40723","2.23 cubic\n feet","Arranged chronologically by date of document with undated\n items arranged to the rear.","Robert Brooke was born in Spotsylvania County to Richard\n Brooke and Ann Hay Taliaferro Brooke around 1760. Educated in\n Edinburgh, Scotland, during the Revolutionary War, Brooke\n returned to Virginia in 1780 where he enlisted in a volunteer\n cavalry troop and was captured by the British at Westham in\n January 1781. Brooke returned to Spotsylvania County to\n practice law, later moving his office to Fredericksburg. In\n 1786, Brooke married Mary Ritchie Hopper (d. 1796) and settled\n on an estate in Fredericksburg which became known as Federal\n Hill. Brooke represented Spotsylvania County in the House of\n Delegates from 1791 until 1794. Upon the vacancy of the office\n of governor by Henry Lee to suppress the Whiskey Rebellion,\n the General Assembly elected Brooke governor on 20 November\n 1794. He was reelected for a second one-year term on 26\n November 1795. Brooke County, now in West Virginia, was named\n after Robert Brooke when it was formed from part of Ohio\n County in 1796. Following his second term as governor, Brooke\n was elected to replace James Innes as attorney general of\n Virginia on 16 November 1796. He served as attorney general\n until his death on 27 February 1800.","Robert Brooke's Executive papers are organized\n chronologically with undated items arranged at the end of each\n year. These papers primarily consist of incoming\n correspondence during Brooke's two one-year terms as governor\n between 1 December 1794 until 1 December 1796. These records\n include correspondence written to James Wood who acted as\n Lieutenant Governor while Brooke was temporarily absent from\n office. The correspondence in this collection relates to a\n variety of topics including appointments for state positions;\n the Point of Fork Arsenal; defense of the frontier;\n resignations; arms \u0026 ammunition; Indian attacks; British\n \u0026 French ships in Virginia ports; the boundary line\n between Kentucky \u0026 Virginia; extraditions; the Houdon\n statue of Washington; state expenses \u0026 revenue; quarantine\n of vessels; foreign affairs; Revolutionary claims; elections;\n Presidential electors; the Capitol Building; the militia; and\n others. In addition to correspondence, there are resolutions\n from Congress and the Virginia Senate \u0026 House of\n Delegates; muster \u0026 pay rolls; accounts; oaths; pardons;\n receipts; election returns \u0026 certificates; qualifications;\n lists; depositions; proclamations; petitions; reports;\n appointments; resignations; treaties; bonds; commissions;\n orders; proceedings; applications; lists; opinions; and other\n sundry items. Note that files related to county officers for\n 1795 have been arranged alphabetically by county and separated\n to the end of the papers for that year.","Noteworthy correspondence originates from the United States\n government, Virginia State government, and miscellaneous\n sources. Prominent correspondents from the United States\n government include Henry Knox, Timothy Pickering, \u0026 James\n McHenry, Secretaries of War; Edmund Randolph \u0026 Timothy\n Pickering, Secretaries of State; Alexander Campbell, U.S.\n District Attorney General, Samuel A. Otis \u0026 John\n Beckley, Clerks of the Senate \u0026 House of\n Representatives, and President George Washington.","Governor Brooke received correspondence on numerous\n occasions from the United States War Department. On 5 December\n 1794, Henry Knox transmitted a resolution by John Beckley,\n Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives, thanking the\n Virginia Militia for their service during the Whiskey\n Rebellion. Timothy Pickering replaced Knox as Secretary of War\n in 1795. Pickering writes on 6 January 1795 regarding the\n French ship Les Jumeaux which was armed and equipped at\n Philadelphia in violation of the U.S. neutrality law.\n Pickering also writes respecting bounty lands on the northwest\n side of the Ohio River for officers \u0026 soldiers of the\n Virginia Line on Continental Establishment (1795 June 13). In\n addition, Pickering responds to a letter from the Governor\n concerning establishing a small garrison of militia at\n Norfolk. According to Pickering, the President has no\n authority to call out the militia for the preservation of\n peace (1795 July 3). Lastly, Pickering writes regarding the\n pay of Charles Cist for printing regulations for the order and\n discipline of U.S. troops (1795 Sept. 14). James McHenry\n replaced Pickering as Secretary of War in 1796. In a letter\n dated 4 March 1796, McHenry acknowledges the receipt of the\n Governor's letter, along with the account \u0026 vouchers for\n militia \u0026 scouts on the Western frontier. William Simmons,\n in the Dept. of War Accountant's Office, corresponds with the\n Governor concerning the compensation by the United States to\n Virginia for the pay \u0026 subsistence of the militia,\n ammunition, and contingent expenses in the protection of the\n frontiers (1795 Sept. 17). On 14 March 1796, Simmons encloses\n a statement of differences on examination of the Virginia\n claims for pay, etc., in 1795. A letter from President George Washington dated 1796 Sept. 15 asks that his shares in the James River Company be applied to Liberty Hall Academy in rockbridge County (letter removed to the Vault - George Washington Papers).","Edmund Randolph, former Governor of Virginia, corresponds\n as Secretary of State. On 3 January 1795, Randolph transmits a\n proclamation of thanksgiving from the President (proclamation\n not included). In another letter of the same date, Randolph\n remarks on a letter from the Governor regarding the embargo.\n On 16 February 1795, Randolph writes about the capture of a\n pilot boat belonging to the British Consul at Norfolk.\n Randolph encloses copies of letters from Gen. Thomas Mathews\n to Governor Lee, Alexander Hamilton, Sec. of the Treasury, and\n orders from Mathews to Lt. Vaughan. On 8 May 1795, Randolph\n encloses letters and papers from George Hammond, British\n Minister Plenipotentiary, concerning French prizes taken by\n Rear Admiral Murray and an order for foreign ships to depart\n American ports. Included is a copy of a letter from Thomas\n Jefferson to Hammond regarding French \u0026 British ships in\n American ports and the treaty with France to admit prizes\n \u0026 repair French ships in U.S. ports. The next day,\n Randolph encloses additional copies of letters from Hammond,\n along with a declaration \u0026 affidavit by Thomas Butler\n regarding the French prizes taken by Admiral Murray. Finally,\n Randolph discusses the practice of British ships of war\n impressing American seamen (1795 May 20). All copies of\n letters were transcribed by George Taylor, Jr., Chief Clerk of\n the Department of State. Timothy Pickering served as Secretary\n of State upon the resignation of Randolph on 19 August 1795.\n On 20 January 1796, Pickering writes to Pierre A. Adet, French\n Minister Plenipotentiary, with respect to U.S. neutrality.\n Pickering also encloses a translation of a letter he received\n from Adet regarding the purchase of flour \u0026 horses by the\n English in Virginia.","Alexander Campbell, District U.S. Attorney, provides his\n opinion on the following subjects: the unlawful detention of a\n mariner by a British vessel of war (1795 Jan. 25), the\n delivery of a fugitive of justice from Pennsylvania and\n deserters from a British ship of war at Norfolk (1795 Jan.\n 25), and the Unicorn, a suspected privateer outfitting at\n Gloucester (1795 June 26). In addition, Samuel A. Otis \u0026\n John Beckley periodically transmit journals of the proceedings\n of the U.S. Senate \u0026 House of Representatives (1795 April\n 13 \u0026 25, \u0026 1796 July 28).","Significant correspondents from Virginia State government\n include Archibald Blair, Clerk of the Council; Samuel Coleman,\n Assistant Clerk of the Council of State; James Innes, Attorney\n General; Charles Hay, Clerk of the House of Delegates;\n Humphrey Brooke, Clerk of the Senate; William Hay, Robert\n Goode, \u0026 William Foushee, etc., Directors of Public\n Buildings; Robert Quarles, Superintendent of the Point of Fork\n Arsenal; Thomas Newton \u0026 Willis Wilson, County\n Lieutenants; John Pendleton, Jr., Auditor of Public Accounts;\n and Jacquelin Ambler, Treasurer.","Archibald Blair \u0026 Samuel Coleman, as Clerk \u0026\n Assistant Clerk of the Council, communicate with the Governor\n frequently through the Council Office. Blair offers the advice\n of the Council regarding the account against the U.S. for the\n Western defense, reimbursement for the Springfield expedition,\n the printing of German military regulations, and orders for\n scouts in Ohio \u0026 Harrison Counties (1795 Jan. 14). Blair\n also writes G. Deneale denying his request to keep arms given\n to the light infantry under his command at Winchester to use\n against the insurgents (1795 Feb. 11). On 14 July 1795, Blair\n submits the order of the Council for ordering out the militia\n from Norfolk \u0026 Portsmouth to prevent disorder or\n insurrections from the frequent migrations of negroes. Lastly,\n Blair provides the advice of the Council concerning witnesses\n against Archer Branch in North Carolina (1796 Feb. 15).\n Coleman mainly writes concerning military finances including\n the account of Hugh Caperton for ammunition (1794 Dec. 2) and\n Capt. William Lowther's pay abstract \u0026 muster roll (1795\n March 5). On 12 May 1795, Coleman writes the Governor\n requesting that the office of Keeper of the Capitol not be\n taken from his father, Wyatt Coleman. His father writes a\n similar letter on the same date. On 4 December 1795, Coleman\n requests additional compensation for completing a list of\n officers \u0026 privates of the Continental Line. Shortly\n thereafter, Coleman was appointed Adjutant General and asks\n the Lieutenant Governor for an apartment in the Capitol to\n perform his new duties (1795 Dec. 14).","During James Innes' absence in 1794 \u0026 1795, John\n Marshall provides his opinion on the militia law as Attorney\n General of Virginia (1794 Undated). Upon Innes' return,\n Marshall writes as counsel to Lord Fairfax concerning the case\n of the Commonwealth against him in the Court of Appeals (1795\n March 2). On 23 April 1795, Innes writes that he will be\n unable to attend this trial in the Court of Appeals due to\n illness. Innes provides an opinion on such topics as the\n improper trial of William John Thweatt who was found guilty of\n horse stealing (1795 April 7), proceedings against Mr. Johnson\n for the alleged murder of Mr. Jeffers (1796 Jan. 13), and the\n power of the Governor to procure the attendance of necessary\n witnesses from the Territory South of the Ohio River (1796\n Feb. 3). On 21 June 1796, he remarks on the assignment of the\n Solicitor's Office for the use of the Attorney General. Again,\n on 17 July 1796, Innes writes that he must be absent from\n office because of health problems. He adds that he has asked\n Mr. Warden to discharge the duties of his office. Innes was\n forced to resign in a letter to the Governor dated 13 November\n 1796.","Charles Hay, Clerk of the House of Delegates, and Humphrey\n Brooke, Clerk of the Senate, often submit legislation and\n qualifications of election to the Governor. Noteworthy\n legislation includes a resolution to inquire about the\n \"lucrative office\" accepted by James Innes in the General\n Government (1794 Dec. 16). Included in these papers are the\n qualifications for the election of Spencer Roane as Judge of\n the Court of Appeals in place of Henry Tazewell (1794 Dec. 2),\n the election of Jaquelin Ambler as Treasurer (1794 Dec. 17),\n Paul Carrington as Judge of the General Court in place of\n Spencer Roane (1794 Dec. 17), Robert Brooke as Governor (1795\n Nov. 26), Robert Brooke as Attorney General (1796 Nov. 16),\n and Samuel Shepard as Auditor of Public Accounts in place of\n John Pendleton (1796 Nov. 16). A letter from John Wise,\n Speaker of the House of Delegates, encloses sundry resolutions\n for proposing certain amendments to the U.S. Constitution\n (1795 Dec. 19).","William Hay, Robert Goode, \u0026 William Foushee, etc.,\n Directors of Public Buildings, provide information on work\n done to the Capitol Building and the settlement of accounts.\n On 28 November 1795, William Hay writes regarding the account\n of Samuel Dobie for superintending \u0026 directing the\n execution of the steps outside the Capitol, as well as the\n staircase, conference, and other work done inside the Capitol\n from 1793 to 1794. Hay also encloses accounts and a letter\n from Dobie indicating the amount of balances due him. On 30\n March 1796, the Directors write regarding the repair of the\n roof of the Capitol and surplus materials.","Maj. Robert Quarles submits quarterly returns of ordnance\n \u0026 public stores at Point of Fork (1795 Jan. 2, 1795 March\n 31, 1795 June 30, 1795 Oct. 6, 1795 Dec. 31, 1796 March 31,\n 1796 June 30, \u0026 1796 Sept. 30). In addition, Quarles'\n correspondence concerns a contract for provisions at Point of\n Fork (1795 May 5 \u0026 25), an increase in salary (1795 Oct.\n 6), the bond of William Weaver to provide rations for the\n State Arsenal (1796 May 27), the supply of timber \u0026\n firewood contract with David Ross (1796 Sept. 12), and the\n bond of Matthew \u0026 Elias Wills for the Office of Contractor\n to supply the State Arsenal with rations (1796 Oct. 27).","Thomas Newton, Jr., County Lieutenant for Norfolk Borough,\n frequently writes the Governor on a variety of concerns. On 11\n January 1795, Newton encloses copies of letters from the\n British \u0026 French Consuls regarding disturbances between\n British \u0026 French crews in Norfolk Harbor. On 14 January,\n Newton discusses the case of Daniel Raybourn, an American\n seamen taken by the Lynx, a British ship of war, from a Danish\n Brig. He encloses the opinion of Alexander Campbell to the\n Lieutenant Governor on the same matter on 25 January 1795. In\n another letter, he remarks on Campbell's opinion on British\n deserters and the extradition of the fugitive Joseph Larelle\n back to Pennsylvania (1795 Feb. 1). Newton communicates\n Campbell's opinion to John Hamilton, British Consul, stating\n that it is the duty of the magistrates to apprehend deserters\n (1795 Feb. 2). An incident occurred in February 1795 when a\n group of armed men from the British ship Thetis marched into\n Norfolk committing illegal searches in the homes of citizens\n for deserters. Newton informs the Governor of this incident\n and encloses an account by the Captain of the Watch, a copy of\n a letter from John Hamilton, and depositions (1795 Feb. 17).\n He writes again on this matter on 25 February 1795 enclosing\n letters from Alexander F. Cochrane, Captain of the Thetis,\n \u0026 John Hamilton. Much of Newton's correspondence with\n Governor Brooke relates to the spread of diseases to Norfolk\n \u0026 the quarantine of vessels (1795 April 28; 1795 May 5,\n 16, 26; 1795 Aug. 22; 1795 Oct. 3; 1795 Nov. 4, 5, \u0026 17;\n 1796 May 15 \u0026 29; 1796 July 8; 1796 Aug. 13 \u0026 28; 1796\n Sept. 12 \u0026 28; 1796 Oct. 27; \u0026 1796 Nov. 7). On 28\n February 1796, Newton writes regarding the purchase of two\n acres of land for building houses for the reception of goods\n and for accommodating the persons performing quarantine. On 17\n April 1795, Newton informs the Governor of American citizens\n detained on board Admiral Murray's ship the Resolution, a\n British ship of war. His letters of 1796 Feb. 7 \u0026 9 relate\n to letters from Henry McGeary, an American citizen impressed\n on the Resolution. Later, Newton encloses a letter from Judge\n Cyrus Griffin respecting the case of McGeary (1796 Feb. 21).\n Newton remarks on the arrival of three French ships from\n Guadalupe and the defenseless condition of the port due to the\n incompletion of the forts and the insufficient garrison there\n (1795 May 24). On 9 June 1795, Newton relates the capture of\n two French ships off the coast by the British ships Thetis\n \u0026 Hussar. In addition, he mentions the arrival of a French\n ship from Dominique with French citizens and a number of\n negroes which they claim as servants. A few days later, Newton\n informs the Governor of the arrival of the Sloop Industry from\n Boston which carried negro slaves on board in violation of the\n non-importation laws (1795 June 11). In a letter dated 21 June\n 1795, Newton encloses the deposition of Francis Marshal\n concerning two brigs taken off the coast of Virginia by a\n Bermudian privateer. Another significant event occurred in\n January 1796 when horses were purchased by British officers in\n the United States for mounting their troops against the French\n in the West Indies. Newton writes the Governor that this is a\n violation of the treaty with France \u0026 Holland (1796 Jan.\n 20). Shortly thereafter, he encloses a letter from Mr. Oster,\n French Consul, complaining of the shipment of horses by the\n British (1796 Jan. 23). The next day, he encloses one from\n John Hamilton denying that the shipment of horses is a\n military preparation (1795 Jan. 24).","Willis Wilson, County Lieutenant for Portsmouth,\n corresponds with the Governor regarding similar subjects as\n Thomas Newton. On 29 April 1795, Wilson suggests that a boat\n be armed at Hampton Roads for the purpose of preventing\n violators of U.S. neutrality and to liberate the men impressed\n on board Rear Admiral Murray's Squadron. He encloses the\n deposition of Capt. Hatten whose ship was boarded by the Lynx.\n A letter from Wilson to Admiral Murray relates to hostile\n expeditions by ships of any belligerent nation in Virginia\n waters. In this letter, he orders the ships to depart Virginia\n waters and to liberate any American citizens detained on board\n (1795 April 27). Wilson encloses a letter from John Hamilton\n informing him that the vessels Diana \u0026 Thomas are waiting\n to embark with their cargo of horses. On 24 June 1795, Wilson\n writes about the small pox epidemic in Portsmouth and the\n impressment of John Underwood \u0026 John Lloyd on board the\n British ship Lynx. Finally, Wilson writes the Governor\n regarding the formation of an artillery company in Portsmouth\n under the command of John Cowper (1796 Feb. 23 \u0026 March\n 27).","Governor Randolph corresponds often with John Pendleton,\n Jr., Auditor of Public Accounts, and Jaquelin Ambler,\n Treasurer, regarding various financial matters. Pendleton\n regularly encloses lists of warrants issued by him through the\n Auditor's Office (1795 March 31, 1795 July 1, 1795 Nov. 5,\n 1795 Dec. 31, 1796 July 1). Additionally, Pendleton writes\n regarding the suspicion of a fraudulent sale against Robert\n Craig, former sheriff of Washington County (1794 Dec. 18).\n Pendleton encloses the report of John Taylor and the opinion\n of John Marshall on the matter. Pendleton also writes to the\n Governor enclosing accounts of expenses of his office (1795\n May 10). On 14 May 1795, Pendleton provided a report on the\n final settlement of William Davies' accounts as Commissioner\n of Virginia for Claims Against the United States. Pendleton\n submits his letter of resignation on 5 August 1796 effective\n at the end of the month. The next day, Pendleton recommends\n Samuel Shepard to replace him as Auditor. Pendleton's official\n letter of resignation was submitted on 30 Sept. 1796. Ambler\n encloses a statement of monies belonging to claimants for the\n defense of the Western frontier (1795 Aug. 27). In addition,\n on 24 September 1795, he encloses a copy of a letter from\n Samuel Meredith, U.S. Treasurer, regarding a warrant from the\n Secretary of War for the full balance due the State of\n Virginia for the settlement of their account for the pay \u0026\n subsistence of militia, scouts, ammunition, and contingent\n expenses in the protection of the frontiers.","Notable correspondents from miscellaneous sources include\n the following: Andrew Dunscomb, Mayor of Richmond; John\n Hamilton, British Consul at Norfolk; and Thomas Mifflin,\n Governor of Pennsylvania.","Andrew Dunscomb mainly writes the Governor regarding the\n prevention of infectious disease to the City of Richmond. On\n 27 August 1795, he encloses resolutions of the Common Hall\n relative to the quarantine of vessels from Norfolk.\n Additionally, he discusses a law prohibiting the migration of\n free negroes from the West Indies into the Commonwealth (1795\n Sept. 18). Dunscomb also transmits a letter from William\n Richardson \u0026 Jacob I. Cohen regarding allowing passage of\n vessels from Norfolk, but stopping vessels from New York (1795\n Oct. 6).","John Hamilton, British Consul, frequently writes the\n Governor regarding British affairs. On 2 January 1795,\n Hamilton requests permission for the British ships Thetis\n \u0026 Cleopatra to make repairs in Norfolk Harbor. Hamilton\n also writes at length regarding British desertions,\n particularly the incident involving the attempt by British\n sailors on board the Thetis to recapture deserters in Norfolk\n (1795 Feb. 18, 25, \u0026 May 8). Hamilton was also\n particularly concerned with privateers preying on British\n ships. He specifically mentions a ship called the Unicorn\n which plundered a Danish vessel (1795 June 26 \u0026 July 30).\n In addition, Hamilton communicates his intelligence regarding\n vessels from Baltimore arming in the Chesapeake as privateers\n (1795 Aug. 15 \u0026 Sept. 24). His letter to the Lieutenant\n Governor relates to the prevention of illegal equipment for\n ships in the waters of Virginia (1795 July 3 \u0026 Oct. 6).\n Yet another incident occurred in January 1796 when the\n American Sloop Diana, loaded with British goods and bound for\n a British port in the West Indies, was forcibly boarded and\n her cargo carried away. Hamilton sends a letter to the\n Governor complaining about this incident, along with a similar\n letter to Willis Wilson (1796 Jan. 29). Finally, on 15\n February 1796, Hamilton writes regarding his inquiry to the\n President on the shipment of horses and the neutrality\n laws.","As Governor of Pennsylvania, Thomas Mifflin often\n corresponds with Governor Brooke with respect to fugitives\n from justice. On 29 December 1794, Mifflin transmits the\n affidavit of Stephen Girard affirming that Joseph Larelle had\n taken a mulatto boy named Crispin from his service with an\n intention of selling him into slavery. He writes again on 10\n February 1795 concerning the apprehension of Larelle. In a\n letter dated 12 March 1795, Mifflin informs the Governor of\n the appointment of Laurence Maher as Agent for Pennsylvania to\n bring Joseph Larelle back to Pennsylvania. Similarly, Mifflin\n transmits a copy of an affidavit by Robert Ross respecting\n Langford Herring who was accused of forgery and removed to\n Virginia (1795 Oct. 12). Mifflin also acknowledges the receipt\n of the revised laws from Virginia (1795 May 14 \u0026 1796 Aug.\n 25) and a resolution from Virginia proposing certain\n amendments to the U.S. Constitution (1796 Jan. 6). Mifflin\n responds to another letter on 22 January 1796 regarding an\n annual interchange of the laws passed by Pennsylvania \u0026\n Virginia.","Additional significant correspondence includes the\n following: George Clendenin regarding pay \u0026 subsistence of\n a company employed for the defense of Greenbrier \u0026 Kanawha\n (1794 Dec. 20); Paul Carrington accepting a commission as\n Judge of the General Court (1794 Dec. 18); Andrew Lewis\n regarding the discharge of the troops under his command on the\n southwestern frontiers (1794 Dec. 28); Thomas Mathews\n regarding the admission of two British ship of war into\n Norfolk (1795 Jan. 9); William Price, Register of the Land\n Office, regarding two additional clerk (1795 Jan. 15); Edward\n Carrington regarding the quota of militia called from Gen.\n Martin's Brigade for the late expeditions against the\n insurgents (1795 Feb. 8); William Lowther regarding the\n discharge of scouts \u0026 rangers under his command (1795 Feb.\n 21); Andrew Lewis regarding the settlement of his accounts\n (1795 March 3); John Steele regarding his tardiness in\n settling the Western accounts (1795 April 29); Andrew Lewis\n regarding his application to replace Gen. Tate as paymaster\n (1795 May 5); Daniel Bedinger responding to charges against\n him by George Hammond, regarding his deposition of the pilot\n Thomas Butler (1795 May 26); John Steele regarding the account\n of Virginia against the United States (1795 June 23); Henry\n Lee regarding his failure to execute orders by the Lt. Gov.\n concerning the privateer at Gloucester (1795 July 6); H. Young\n enclosing a letter from John Page regarding the Unicorn (1795\n July 7); John Dawson regarding Indian depredations in Harrison\n County (1795 Aug. 17); James Monroe, Paris, regarding the\n statue of Gen. Washington left unfinished while Thomas\n Jefferson was Minister to France (1795 Aug. 20); William\n Lowther regarding depredations by Indians in Harrison County\n (1795 Aug. 24); George Peachey, Mayor of Petersburg regarding\n two cases of yellow fever brought from Norfolk (1795 Aug. 26);\n George Clendenin resigning his commission as County Lieutenant\n for Kanawha County (1795 Nov. 14); Governor Brooke to the\n Clerk of the Council indicating his temporary absence from\n office (1795 Dec. 9); Robert Johnson to the Commissioners for\n Virginia regarding approval of the proceedings of the\n Commissioners concerning the boundary line between Virginia\n \u0026 Kentucky (1796 Jan. 1); Isaac Shelby, Governor of\n Kentucky, regarding the boundary line and enclosing an act of\n the Kentucky Legislature (1796 Feb. 15); William Pennock\n enclosing a bill of lading from Ve. Homberg \u0026 Homberg\n Freres for three cases containing the marble pedester statue\n of Gen. Washington and the marble pedestal (1796 April 10);\n Isaac Shelby enclosing a letter from Alexander Smyth regarding\n the boundary line between Virginia \u0026 Kentucky (1796 May\n 6); John Hoskins Stone, Governor of Maryland, regarding the\n extradition of Robert Osborn, a fugitive of justice (1796 June\n 16); John Dawson regarding obtaining arms for the State of\n Virginia from Europe (1796 Sept. 11 \u0026 12); Archibald\n Stuart regarding the agreement with the Kentucky Commissioners\n on the boundary line (1796 Sept. 27); Houdon regarding his\n payment for creating a marble statue of Washington (1796 Oct.\n 8); and Edmund Randolph regarding the case of Fairfax versus\n the Commonwealth (1796 Oct. 22).","Other noteworthy items include: oath of Robert Brooke by J.\n Pendleton as Governor (1794 Dec. 1); a list of persons who\n have migrated to Virginia and given oath to reside therein\n (1794 Dec. 17); receipts from William Morris, Contractor, for\n rations to soldiers under the command of Hugh Caperton (1794\n Dec. 17); proclamation revoking the previous proclamation of\n Lt. Gov. James Wood regarding the quarantine of vessels from\n certain ports (1794 Dec. 19); receipts from Samuel Shepard for\n the sale of the mace (1794 Dec. 3); order from Will Russell,\n Clerk of the Court of Directors of the Lunatic Hospital,\n applying for warrants from the Auditor of Public Accounts\n (1795 March 31 \u0026 1796 July 12); muster roll of scouts\n called into service for the protection of Randolph County\n (1795 May 20); proclamation by the Governor regarding the\n yellow fever outbreak in the West Indies and the quarantine of\n vessels from those areas (1795 May 21); petition from French\n refugees from St. Domingo at Norfolk regarding a plan to send\n back their negroes (1795 July N.D.); oath issued by John\n Pendleton to Robert Brooke as Governor (1795 Dec. 1); printed\n copy of the Treaty of Greenville signed by Timothy Pickering\n (1795 Dec. 22); proclamation by Lt. Gov. James Wood offering a\n reward for the capture of John Williford for the murder of\n Josiah Worrell (1795 Sept. 19); list of commissions of the\n peace for Southampton County (1796 Feb. 12); list of\n commissions of the peace for New Kent County (1796 March 4);\n account of William Hodgson for erecting the statue of\n Washington \u0026 repairing (1796 June 8); appointment of John\n Robertson by James Wood as Superintendent of Quarantine for\n Bermuda Hundred \u0026 City Point (1796 July 9); bond of Samuel\n Shepard as Auditor of Public Accounts (1796 Oct. 1);\n certificate of Samuel Moseley, Mayor of Norfolk, as elector\n for President \u0026 Vice President (1796 Nov. 7); and muster\n fines of the 22nd Regiment Virginia Militia, Mecklenburg\n County (1796 Nov. 5).","State Records Collection,\n Office of the Governor (Record Group 3)","English"],"collection_title_tesim":["Governor Robert Brooke Executive\n Papers, 1794-1796"],"collection_ssim":["Governor Robert Brooke Executive\n Papers, 1794-1796"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["40723"],"unitid_tesim":["40723"],"repository_ssm":["Library of Virginia"],"repository_ssim":["Library of Virginia"],"creator_ssm":["Governor's Office"],"creator_ssim":["Governor's Office"],"acqinfo_ssim":["Acquired prior to 1905."],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"physdesc_tesim":["2.23 cubic\n feet"],"arrangement_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eArranged chronologically by date of document with undated\n items arranged to the rear.\u003c/p\u003e\n "],"arrangement_heading_ssm":["Arrangement"],"arrangement_tesim":["Arranged chronologically by date of document with undated\n items arranged to the rear."],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eRobert Brooke was born in Spotsylvania County to Richard\n Brooke and Ann Hay Taliaferro Brooke around 1760. Educated in\n Edinburgh, Scotland, during the Revolutionary War, Brooke\n returned to Virginia in 1780 where he enlisted in a volunteer\n cavalry troop and was captured by the British at Westham in\n January 1781. Brooke returned to Spotsylvania County to\n practice law, later moving his office to Fredericksburg. In\n 1786, Brooke married Mary Ritchie Hopper (d. 1796) and settled\n on an estate in Fredericksburg which became known as Federal\n Hill. Brooke represented Spotsylvania County in the House of\n Delegates from 1791 until 1794. Upon the vacancy of the office\n of governor by Henry Lee to suppress the Whiskey Rebellion,\n the General Assembly elected Brooke governor on 20 November\n 1794. He was reelected for a second one-year term on 26\n November 1795. Brooke County, now in West Virginia, was named\n after Robert Brooke when it was formed from part of Ohio\n County in 1796. Following his second term as governor, Brooke\n was elected to replace James Innes as attorney general of\n Virginia on 16 November 1796. He served as attorney general\n until his death on 27 February 1800.\u003c/p\u003e\n "],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical Information"],"bioghist_tesim":["Robert Brooke was born in Spotsylvania County to Richard\n Brooke and Ann Hay Taliaferro Brooke around 1760. Educated in\n Edinburgh, Scotland, during the Revolutionary War, Brooke\n returned to Virginia in 1780 where he enlisted in a volunteer\n cavalry troop and was captured by the British at Westham in\n January 1781. Brooke returned to Spotsylvania County to\n practice law, later moving his office to Fredericksburg. In\n 1786, Brooke married Mary Ritchie Hopper (d. 1796) and settled\n on an estate in Fredericksburg which became known as Federal\n Hill. Brooke represented Spotsylvania County in the House of\n Delegates from 1791 until 1794. Upon the vacancy of the office\n of governor by Henry Lee to suppress the Whiskey Rebellion,\n the General Assembly elected Brooke governor on 20 November\n 1794. He was reelected for a second one-year term on 26\n November 1795. Brooke County, now in West Virginia, was named\n after Robert Brooke when it was formed from part of Ohio\n County in 1796. Following his second term as governor, Brooke\n was elected to replace James Innes as attorney general of\n Virginia on 16 November 1796. He served as attorney general\n until his death on 27 February 1800."],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content Information"],"scopecontent_tesim":["Robert Brooke's Executive papers are organized\n chronologically with undated items arranged at the end of each\n year. These papers primarily consist of incoming\n correspondence during Brooke's two one-year terms as governor\n between 1 December 1794 until 1 December 1796. These records\n include correspondence written to James Wood who acted as\n Lieutenant Governor while Brooke was temporarily absent from\n office. The correspondence in this collection relates to a\n variety of topics including appointments for state positions;\n the Point of Fork Arsenal; defense of the frontier;\n resignations; arms \u0026 ammunition; Indian attacks; British\n \u0026 French ships in Virginia ports; the boundary line\n between Kentucky \u0026 Virginia; extraditions; the Houdon\n statue of Washington; state expenses \u0026 revenue; quarantine\n of vessels; foreign affairs; Revolutionary claims; elections;\n Presidential electors; the Capitol Building; the militia; and\n others. In addition to correspondence, there are resolutions\n from Congress and the Virginia Senate \u0026 House of\n Delegates; muster \u0026 pay rolls; accounts; oaths; pardons;\n receipts; election returns \u0026 certificates; qualifications;\n lists; depositions; proclamations; petitions; reports;\n appointments; resignations; treaties; bonds; commissions;\n orders; proceedings; applications; lists; opinions; and other\n sundry items. Note that files related to county officers for\n 1795 have been arranged alphabetically by county and separated\n to the end of the papers for that year.","Noteworthy correspondence originates from the United States\n government, Virginia State government, and miscellaneous\n sources. Prominent correspondents from the United States\n government include Henry Knox, Timothy Pickering, \u0026 James\n McHenry, Secretaries of War; Edmund Randolph \u0026 Timothy\n Pickering, Secretaries of State; Alexander Campbell, U.S.\n District Attorney General, Samuel A. Otis \u0026 John\n Beckley, Clerks of the Senate \u0026 House of\n Representatives, and President George Washington.","Governor Brooke received correspondence on numerous\n occasions from the United States War Department. On 5 December\n 1794, Henry Knox transmitted a resolution by John Beckley,\n Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives, thanking the\n Virginia Militia for their service during the Whiskey\n Rebellion. Timothy Pickering replaced Knox as Secretary of War\n in 1795. Pickering writes on 6 January 1795 regarding the\n French ship Les Jumeaux which was armed and equipped at\n Philadelphia in violation of the U.S. neutrality law.\n Pickering also writes respecting bounty lands on the northwest\n side of the Ohio River for officers \u0026 soldiers of the\n Virginia Line on Continental Establishment (1795 June 13). In\n addition, Pickering responds to a letter from the Governor\n concerning establishing a small garrison of militia at\n Norfolk. According to Pickering, the President has no\n authority to call out the militia for the preservation of\n peace (1795 July 3). Lastly, Pickering writes regarding the\n pay of Charles Cist for printing regulations for the order and\n discipline of U.S. troops (1795 Sept. 14). James McHenry\n replaced Pickering as Secretary of War in 1796. In a letter\n dated 4 March 1796, McHenry acknowledges the receipt of the\n Governor's letter, along with the account \u0026 vouchers for\n militia \u0026 scouts on the Western frontier. William Simmons,\n in the Dept. of War Accountant's Office, corresponds with the\n Governor concerning the compensation by the United States to\n Virginia for the pay \u0026 subsistence of the militia,\n ammunition, and contingent expenses in the protection of the\n frontiers (1795 Sept. 17). On 14 March 1796, Simmons encloses\n a statement of differences on examination of the Virginia\n claims for pay, etc., in 1795. A letter from President George Washington dated 1796 Sept. 15 asks that his shares in the James River Company be applied to Liberty Hall Academy in rockbridge County (letter removed to the Vault - George Washington Papers).","Edmund Randolph, former Governor of Virginia, corresponds\n as Secretary of State. On 3 January 1795, Randolph transmits a\n proclamation of thanksgiving from the President (proclamation\n not included). In another letter of the same date, Randolph\n remarks on a letter from the Governor regarding the embargo.\n On 16 February 1795, Randolph writes about the capture of a\n pilot boat belonging to the British Consul at Norfolk.\n Randolph encloses copies of letters from Gen. Thomas Mathews\n to Governor Lee, Alexander Hamilton, Sec. of the Treasury, and\n orders from Mathews to Lt. Vaughan. On 8 May 1795, Randolph\n encloses letters and papers from George Hammond, British\n Minister Plenipotentiary, concerning French prizes taken by\n Rear Admiral Murray and an order for foreign ships to depart\n American ports. Included is a copy of a letter from Thomas\n Jefferson to Hammond regarding French \u0026 British ships in\n American ports and the treaty with France to admit prizes\n \u0026 repair French ships in U.S. ports. The next day,\n Randolph encloses additional copies of letters from Hammond,\n along with a declaration \u0026 affidavit by Thomas Butler\n regarding the French prizes taken by Admiral Murray. Finally,\n Randolph discusses the practice of British ships of war\n impressing American seamen (1795 May 20). All copies of\n letters were transcribed by George Taylor, Jr., Chief Clerk of\n the Department of State. Timothy Pickering served as Secretary\n of State upon the resignation of Randolph on 19 August 1795.\n On 20 January 1796, Pickering writes to Pierre A. Adet, French\n Minister Plenipotentiary, with respect to U.S. neutrality.\n Pickering also encloses a translation of a letter he received\n from Adet regarding the purchase of flour \u0026 horses by the\n English in Virginia.","Alexander Campbell, District U.S. Attorney, provides his\n opinion on the following subjects: the unlawful detention of a\n mariner by a British vessel of war (1795 Jan. 25), the\n delivery of a fugitive of justice from Pennsylvania and\n deserters from a British ship of war at Norfolk (1795 Jan.\n 25), and the Unicorn, a suspected privateer outfitting at\n Gloucester (1795 June 26). In addition, Samuel A. Otis \u0026\n John Beckley periodically transmit journals of the proceedings\n of the U.S. Senate \u0026 House of Representatives (1795 April\n 13 \u0026 25, \u0026 1796 July 28).","Significant correspondents from Virginia State government\n include Archibald Blair, Clerk of the Council; Samuel Coleman,\n Assistant Clerk of the Council of State; James Innes, Attorney\n General; Charles Hay, Clerk of the House of Delegates;\n Humphrey Brooke, Clerk of the Senate; William Hay, Robert\n Goode, \u0026 William Foushee, etc., Directors of Public\n Buildings; Robert Quarles, Superintendent of the Point of Fork\n Arsenal; Thomas Newton \u0026 Willis Wilson, County\n Lieutenants; John Pendleton, Jr., Auditor of Public Accounts;\n and Jacquelin Ambler, Treasurer.","Archibald Blair \u0026 Samuel Coleman, as Clerk \u0026\n Assistant Clerk of the Council, communicate with the Governor\n frequently through the Council Office. Blair offers the advice\n of the Council regarding the account against the U.S. for the\n Western defense, reimbursement for the Springfield expedition,\n the printing of German military regulations, and orders for\n scouts in Ohio \u0026 Harrison Counties (1795 Jan. 14). Blair\n also writes G. Deneale denying his request to keep arms given\n to the light infantry under his command at Winchester to use\n against the insurgents (1795 Feb. 11). On 14 July 1795, Blair\n submits the order of the Council for ordering out the militia\n from Norfolk \u0026 Portsmouth to prevent disorder or\n insurrections from the frequent migrations of negroes. Lastly,\n Blair provides the advice of the Council concerning witnesses\n against Archer Branch in North Carolina (1796 Feb. 15).\n Coleman mainly writes concerning military finances including\n the account of Hugh Caperton for ammunition (1794 Dec. 2) and\n Capt. William Lowther's pay abstract \u0026 muster roll (1795\n March 5). On 12 May 1795, Coleman writes the Governor\n requesting that the office of Keeper of the Capitol not be\n taken from his father, Wyatt Coleman. His father writes a\n similar letter on the same date. On 4 December 1795, Coleman\n requests additional compensation for completing a list of\n officers \u0026 privates of the Continental Line. Shortly\n thereafter, Coleman was appointed Adjutant General and asks\n the Lieutenant Governor for an apartment in the Capitol to\n perform his new duties (1795 Dec. 14).","During James Innes' absence in 1794 \u0026 1795, John\n Marshall provides his opinion on the militia law as Attorney\n General of Virginia (1794 Undated). Upon Innes' return,\n Marshall writes as counsel to Lord Fairfax concerning the case\n of the Commonwealth against him in the Court of Appeals (1795\n March 2). On 23 April 1795, Innes writes that he will be\n unable to attend this trial in the Court of Appeals due to\n illness. Innes provides an opinion on such topics as the\n improper trial of William John Thweatt who was found guilty of\n horse stealing (1795 April 7), proceedings against Mr. Johnson\n for the alleged murder of Mr. Jeffers (1796 Jan. 13), and the\n power of the Governor to procure the attendance of necessary\n witnesses from the Territory South of the Ohio River (1796\n Feb. 3). On 21 June 1796, he remarks on the assignment of the\n Solicitor's Office for the use of the Attorney General. Again,\n on 17 July 1796, Innes writes that he must be absent from\n office because of health problems. He adds that he has asked\n Mr. Warden to discharge the duties of his office. Innes was\n forced to resign in a letter to the Governor dated 13 November\n 1796.","Charles Hay, Clerk of the House of Delegates, and Humphrey\n Brooke, Clerk of the Senate, often submit legislation and\n qualifications of election to the Governor. Noteworthy\n legislation includes a resolution to inquire about the\n \"lucrative office\" accepted by James Innes in the General\n Government (1794 Dec. 16). Included in these papers are the\n qualifications for the election of Spencer Roane as Judge of\n the Court of Appeals in place of Henry Tazewell (1794 Dec. 2),\n the election of Jaquelin Ambler as Treasurer (1794 Dec. 17),\n Paul Carrington as Judge of the General Court in place of\n Spencer Roane (1794 Dec. 17), Robert Brooke as Governor (1795\n Nov. 26), Robert Brooke as Attorney General (1796 Nov. 16),\n and Samuel Shepard as Auditor of Public Accounts in place of\n John Pendleton (1796 Nov. 16). A letter from John Wise,\n Speaker of the House of Delegates, encloses sundry resolutions\n for proposing certain amendments to the U.S. Constitution\n (1795 Dec. 19).","William Hay, Robert Goode, \u0026 William Foushee, etc.,\n Directors of Public Buildings, provide information on work\n done to the Capitol Building and the settlement of accounts.\n On 28 November 1795, William Hay writes regarding the account\n of Samuel Dobie for superintending \u0026 directing the\n execution of the steps outside the Capitol, as well as the\n staircase, conference, and other work done inside the Capitol\n from 1793 to 1794. Hay also encloses accounts and a letter\n from Dobie indicating the amount of balances due him. On 30\n March 1796, the Directors write regarding the repair of the\n roof of the Capitol and surplus materials.","Maj. Robert Quarles submits quarterly returns of ordnance\n \u0026 public stores at Point of Fork (1795 Jan. 2, 1795 March\n 31, 1795 June 30, 1795 Oct. 6, 1795 Dec. 31, 1796 March 31,\n 1796 June 30, \u0026 1796 Sept. 30). In addition, Quarles'\n correspondence concerns a contract for provisions at Point of\n Fork (1795 May 5 \u0026 25), an increase in salary (1795 Oct.\n 6), the bond of William Weaver to provide rations for the\n State Arsenal (1796 May 27), the supply of timber \u0026\n firewood contract with David Ross (1796 Sept. 12), and the\n bond of Matthew \u0026 Elias Wills for the Office of Contractor\n to supply the State Arsenal with rations (1796 Oct. 27).","Thomas Newton, Jr., County Lieutenant for Norfolk Borough,\n frequently writes the Governor on a variety of concerns. On 11\n January 1795, Newton encloses copies of letters from the\n British \u0026 French Consuls regarding disturbances between\n British \u0026 French crews in Norfolk Harbor. On 14 January,\n Newton discusses the case of Daniel Raybourn, an American\n seamen taken by the Lynx, a British ship of war, from a Danish\n Brig. He encloses the opinion of Alexander Campbell to the\n Lieutenant Governor on the same matter on 25 January 1795. In\n another letter, he remarks on Campbell's opinion on British\n deserters and the extradition of the fugitive Joseph Larelle\n back to Pennsylvania (1795 Feb. 1). Newton communicates\n Campbell's opinion to John Hamilton, British Consul, stating\n that it is the duty of the magistrates to apprehend deserters\n (1795 Feb. 2). An incident occurred in February 1795 when a\n group of armed men from the British ship Thetis marched into\n Norfolk committing illegal searches in the homes of citizens\n for deserters. Newton informs the Governor of this incident\n and encloses an account by the Captain of the Watch, a copy of\n a letter from John Hamilton, and depositions (1795 Feb. 17).\n He writes again on this matter on 25 February 1795 enclosing\n letters from Alexander F. Cochrane, Captain of the Thetis,\n \u0026 John Hamilton. Much of Newton's correspondence with\n Governor Brooke relates to the spread of diseases to Norfolk\n \u0026 the quarantine of vessels (1795 April 28; 1795 May 5,\n 16, 26; 1795 Aug. 22; 1795 Oct. 3; 1795 Nov. 4, 5, \u0026 17;\n 1796 May 15 \u0026 29; 1796 July 8; 1796 Aug. 13 \u0026 28; 1796\n Sept. 12 \u0026 28; 1796 Oct. 27; \u0026 1796 Nov. 7). On 28\n February 1796, Newton writes regarding the purchase of two\n acres of land for building houses for the reception of goods\n and for accommodating the persons performing quarantine. On 17\n April 1795, Newton informs the Governor of American citizens\n detained on board Admiral Murray's ship the Resolution, a\n British ship of war. His letters of 1796 Feb. 7 \u0026 9 relate\n to letters from Henry McGeary, an American citizen impressed\n on the Resolution. Later, Newton encloses a letter from Judge\n Cyrus Griffin respecting the case of McGeary (1796 Feb. 21).\n Newton remarks on the arrival of three French ships from\n Guadalupe and the defenseless condition of the port due to the\n incompletion of the forts and the insufficient garrison there\n (1795 May 24). On 9 June 1795, Newton relates the capture of\n two French ships off the coast by the British ships Thetis\n \u0026 Hussar. In addition, he mentions the arrival of a French\n ship from Dominique with French citizens and a number of\n negroes which they claim as servants. A few days later, Newton\n informs the Governor of the arrival of the Sloop Industry from\n Boston which carried negro slaves on board in violation of the\n non-importation laws (1795 June 11). In a letter dated 21 June\n 1795, Newton encloses the deposition of Francis Marshal\n concerning two brigs taken off the coast of Virginia by a\n Bermudian privateer. Another significant event occurred in\n January 1796 when horses were purchased by British officers in\n the United States for mounting their troops against the French\n in the West Indies. Newton writes the Governor that this is a\n violation of the treaty with France \u0026 Holland (1796 Jan.\n 20). Shortly thereafter, he encloses a letter from Mr. Oster,\n French Consul, complaining of the shipment of horses by the\n British (1796 Jan. 23). The next day, he encloses one from\n John Hamilton denying that the shipment of horses is a\n military preparation (1795 Jan. 24).","Willis Wilson, County Lieutenant for Portsmouth,\n corresponds with the Governor regarding similar subjects as\n Thomas Newton. On 29 April 1795, Wilson suggests that a boat\n be armed at Hampton Roads for the purpose of preventing\n violators of U.S. neutrality and to liberate the men impressed\n on board Rear Admiral Murray's Squadron. He encloses the\n deposition of Capt. Hatten whose ship was boarded by the Lynx.\n A letter from Wilson to Admiral Murray relates to hostile\n expeditions by ships of any belligerent nation in Virginia\n waters. In this letter, he orders the ships to depart Virginia\n waters and to liberate any American citizens detained on board\n (1795 April 27). Wilson encloses a letter from John Hamilton\n informing him that the vessels Diana \u0026 Thomas are waiting\n to embark with their cargo of horses. On 24 June 1795, Wilson\n writes about the small pox epidemic in Portsmouth and the\n impressment of John Underwood \u0026 John Lloyd on board the\n British ship Lynx. Finally, Wilson writes the Governor\n regarding the formation of an artillery company in Portsmouth\n under the command of John Cowper (1796 Feb. 23 \u0026 March\n 27).","Governor Randolph corresponds often with John Pendleton,\n Jr., Auditor of Public Accounts, and Jaquelin Ambler,\n Treasurer, regarding various financial matters. Pendleton\n regularly encloses lists of warrants issued by him through the\n Auditor's Office (1795 March 31, 1795 July 1, 1795 Nov. 5,\n 1795 Dec. 31, 1796 July 1). Additionally, Pendleton writes\n regarding the suspicion of a fraudulent sale against Robert\n Craig, former sheriff of Washington County (1794 Dec. 18).\n Pendleton encloses the report of John Taylor and the opinion\n of John Marshall on the matter. Pendleton also writes to the\n Governor enclosing accounts of expenses of his office (1795\n May 10). On 14 May 1795, Pendleton provided a report on the\n final settlement of William Davies' accounts as Commissioner\n of Virginia for Claims Against the United States. Pendleton\n submits his letter of resignation on 5 August 1796 effective\n at the end of the month. The next day, Pendleton recommends\n Samuel Shepard to replace him as Auditor. Pendleton's official\n letter of resignation was submitted on 30 Sept. 1796. Ambler\n encloses a statement of monies belonging to claimants for the\n defense of the Western frontier (1795 Aug. 27). In addition,\n on 24 September 1795, he encloses a copy of a letter from\n Samuel Meredith, U.S. Treasurer, regarding a warrant from the\n Secretary of War for the full balance due the State of\n Virginia for the settlement of their account for the pay \u0026\n subsistence of militia, scouts, ammunition, and contingent\n expenses in the protection of the frontiers.","Notable correspondents from miscellaneous sources include\n the following: Andrew Dunscomb, Mayor of Richmond; John\n Hamilton, British Consul at Norfolk; and Thomas Mifflin,\n Governor of Pennsylvania.","Andrew Dunscomb mainly writes the Governor regarding the\n prevention of infectious disease to the City of Richmond. On\n 27 August 1795, he encloses resolutions of the Common Hall\n relative to the quarantine of vessels from Norfolk.\n Additionally, he discusses a law prohibiting the migration of\n free negroes from the West Indies into the Commonwealth (1795\n Sept. 18). Dunscomb also transmits a letter from William\n Richardson \u0026 Jacob I. Cohen regarding allowing passage of\n vessels from Norfolk, but stopping vessels from New York (1795\n Oct. 6).","John Hamilton, British Consul, frequently writes the\n Governor regarding British affairs. On 2 January 1795,\n Hamilton requests permission for the British ships Thetis\n \u0026 Cleopatra to make repairs in Norfolk Harbor. Hamilton\n also writes at length regarding British desertions,\n particularly the incident involving the attempt by British\n sailors on board the Thetis to recapture deserters in Norfolk\n (1795 Feb. 18, 25, \u0026 May 8). Hamilton was also\n particularly concerned with privateers preying on British\n ships. He specifically mentions a ship called the Unicorn\n which plundered a Danish vessel (1795 June 26 \u0026 July 30).\n In addition, Hamilton communicates his intelligence regarding\n vessels from Baltimore arming in the Chesapeake as privateers\n (1795 Aug. 15 \u0026 Sept. 24). His letter to the Lieutenant\n Governor relates to the prevention of illegal equipment for\n ships in the waters of Virginia (1795 July 3 \u0026 Oct. 6).\n Yet another incident occurred in January 1796 when the\n American Sloop Diana, loaded with British goods and bound for\n a British port in the West Indies, was forcibly boarded and\n her cargo carried away. Hamilton sends a letter to the\n Governor complaining about this incident, along with a similar\n letter to Willis Wilson (1796 Jan. 29). Finally, on 15\n February 1796, Hamilton writes regarding his inquiry to the\n President on the shipment of horses and the neutrality\n laws.","As Governor of Pennsylvania, Thomas Mifflin often\n corresponds with Governor Brooke with respect to fugitives\n from justice. On 29 December 1794, Mifflin transmits the\n affidavit of Stephen Girard affirming that Joseph Larelle had\n taken a mulatto boy named Crispin from his service with an\n intention of selling him into slavery. He writes again on 10\n February 1795 concerning the apprehension of Larelle. In a\n letter dated 12 March 1795, Mifflin informs the Governor of\n the appointment of Laurence Maher as Agent for Pennsylvania to\n bring Joseph Larelle back to Pennsylvania. Similarly, Mifflin\n transmits a copy of an affidavit by Robert Ross respecting\n Langford Herring who was accused of forgery and removed to\n Virginia (1795 Oct. 12). Mifflin also acknowledges the receipt\n of the revised laws from Virginia (1795 May 14 \u0026 1796 Aug.\n 25) and a resolution from Virginia proposing certain\n amendments to the U.S. Constitution (1796 Jan. 6). Mifflin\n responds to another letter on 22 January 1796 regarding an\n annual interchange of the laws passed by Pennsylvania \u0026\n Virginia.","Additional significant correspondence includes the\n following: George Clendenin regarding pay \u0026 subsistence of\n a company employed for the defense of Greenbrier \u0026 Kanawha\n (1794 Dec. 20); Paul Carrington accepting a commission as\n Judge of the General Court (1794 Dec. 18); Andrew Lewis\n regarding the discharge of the troops under his command on the\n southwestern frontiers (1794 Dec. 28); Thomas Mathews\n regarding the admission of two British ship of war into\n Norfolk (1795 Jan. 9); William Price, Register of the Land\n Office, regarding two additional clerk (1795 Jan. 15); Edward\n Carrington regarding the quota of militia called from Gen.\n Martin's Brigade for the late expeditions against the\n insurgents (1795 Feb. 8); William Lowther regarding the\n discharge of scouts \u0026 rangers under his command (1795 Feb.\n 21); Andrew Lewis regarding the settlement of his accounts\n (1795 March 3); John Steele regarding his tardiness in\n settling the Western accounts (1795 April 29); Andrew Lewis\n regarding his application to replace Gen. Tate as paymaster\n (1795 May 5); Daniel Bedinger responding to charges against\n him by George Hammond, regarding his deposition of the pilot\n Thomas Butler (1795 May 26); John Steele regarding the account\n of Virginia against the United States (1795 June 23); Henry\n Lee regarding his failure to execute orders by the Lt. Gov.\n concerning the privateer at Gloucester (1795 July 6); H. Young\n enclosing a letter from John Page regarding the Unicorn (1795\n July 7); John Dawson regarding Indian depredations in Harrison\n County (1795 Aug. 17); James Monroe, Paris, regarding the\n statue of Gen. Washington left unfinished while Thomas\n Jefferson was Minister to France (1795 Aug. 20); William\n Lowther regarding depredations by Indians in Harrison County\n (1795 Aug. 24); George Peachey, Mayor of Petersburg regarding\n two cases of yellow fever brought from Norfolk (1795 Aug. 26);\n George Clendenin resigning his commission as County Lieutenant\n for Kanawha County (1795 Nov. 14); Governor Brooke to the\n Clerk of the Council indicating his temporary absence from\n office (1795 Dec. 9); Robert Johnson to the Commissioners for\n Virginia regarding approval of the proceedings of the\n Commissioners concerning the boundary line between Virginia\n \u0026 Kentucky (1796 Jan. 1); Isaac Shelby, Governor of\n Kentucky, regarding the boundary line and enclosing an act of\n the Kentucky Legislature (1796 Feb. 15); William Pennock\n enclosing a bill of lading from Ve. Homberg \u0026 Homberg\n Freres for three cases containing the marble pedester statue\n of Gen. Washington and the marble pedestal (1796 April 10);\n Isaac Shelby enclosing a letter from Alexander Smyth regarding\n the boundary line between Virginia \u0026 Kentucky (1796 May\n 6); John Hoskins Stone, Governor of Maryland, regarding the\n extradition of Robert Osborn, a fugitive of justice (1796 June\n 16); John Dawson regarding obtaining arms for the State of\n Virginia from Europe (1796 Sept. 11 \u0026 12); Archibald\n Stuart regarding the agreement with the Kentucky Commissioners\n on the boundary line (1796 Sept. 27); Houdon regarding his\n payment for creating a marble statue of Washington (1796 Oct.\n 8); and Edmund Randolph regarding the case of Fairfax versus\n the Commonwealth (1796 Oct. 22).","Other noteworthy items include: oath of Robert Brooke by J.\n Pendleton as Governor (1794 Dec. 1); a list of persons who\n have migrated to Virginia and given oath to reside therein\n (1794 Dec. 17); receipts from William Morris, Contractor, for\n rations to soldiers under the command of Hugh Caperton (1794\n Dec. 17); proclamation revoking the previous proclamation of\n Lt. Gov. James Wood regarding the quarantine of vessels from\n certain ports (1794 Dec. 19); receipts from Samuel Shepard for\n the sale of the mace (1794 Dec. 3); order from Will Russell,\n Clerk of the Court of Directors of the Lunatic Hospital,\n applying for warrants from the Auditor of Public Accounts\n (1795 March 31 \u0026 1796 July 12); muster roll of scouts\n called into service for the protection of Randolph County\n (1795 May 20); proclamation by the Governor regarding the\n yellow fever outbreak in the West Indies and the quarantine of\n vessels from those areas (1795 May 21); petition from French\n refugees from St. Domingo at Norfolk regarding a plan to send\n back their negroes (1795 July N.D.); oath issued by John\n Pendleton to Robert Brooke as Governor (1795 Dec. 1); printed\n copy of the Treaty of Greenville signed by Timothy Pickering\n (1795 Dec. 22); proclamation by Lt. Gov. James Wood offering a\n reward for the capture of John Williford for the murder of\n Josiah Worrell (1795 Sept. 19); list of commissions of the\n peace for Southampton County (1796 Feb. 12); list of\n commissions of the peace for New Kent County (1796 March 4);\n account of William Hodgson for erecting the statue of\n Washington \u0026 repairing (1796 June 8); appointment of John\n Robertson by James Wood as Superintendent of Quarantine for\n Bermuda Hundred \u0026 City Point (1796 July 9); bond of Samuel\n Shepard as Auditor of Public Accounts (1796 Oct. 1);\n certificate of Samuel Moseley, Mayor of Norfolk, as elector\n for President \u0026 Vice President (1796 Nov. 7); and muster\n fines of the 22nd Regiment Virginia Militia, Mecklenburg\n County (1796 Nov. 5)."],"physloc_html_tesm":["\u003cphysloc label=\"Physical Location\"\u003eState Records Collection,\n Office of the Governor (Record Group 3)\u003c/physloc\u003e\n "],"physloc_tesim":["State Records Collection,\n Office of the Governor (Record Group 3)"],"language_ssim":["English"],"total_component_count_is":134,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-07-23T21:08:53.750Z","scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eRobert Brooke's Executive papers are organized\n chronologically with undated items arranged at the end of each\n year. These papers primarily consist of incoming\n correspondence during Brooke's two one-year terms as governor\n between 1 December 1794 until 1 December 1796. These records\n include correspondence written to James Wood who acted as\n Lieutenant Governor while Brooke was temporarily absent from\n office. The correspondence in this collection relates to a\n variety of topics including appointments for state positions;\n the Point of Fork Arsenal; defense of the frontier;\n resignations; arms \u0026amp; ammunition; Indian attacks; British\n \u0026amp; French ships in Virginia ports; the boundary line\n between Kentucky \u0026amp; Virginia; extraditions; the Houdon\n statue of Washington; state expenses \u0026amp; revenue; quarantine\n of vessels; foreign affairs; Revolutionary claims; elections;\n Presidential electors; the Capitol Building; the militia; and\n others. In addition to correspondence, there are resolutions\n from Congress and the Virginia Senate \u0026amp; House of\n Delegates; muster \u0026amp; pay rolls; accounts; oaths; pardons;\n receipts; election returns \u0026amp; certificates; qualifications;\n lists; depositions; proclamations; petitions; reports;\n appointments; resignations; treaties; bonds; commissions;\n orders; proceedings; applications; lists; opinions; and other\n sundry items. Note that files related to county officers for\n 1795 have been arranged alphabetically by county and separated\n to the end of the papers for that year.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eNoteworthy correspondence originates from the United States\n government, Virginia State government, and miscellaneous\n sources. Prominent correspondents from the United States\n government include Henry Knox, Timothy Pickering, \u0026amp; James\n McHenry, Secretaries of War; Edmund Randolph \u0026amp; Timothy\n Pickering, Secretaries of State; Alexander Campbell, U.S.\n District Attorney General, Samuel A. Otis \u0026amp; John\n Beckley, Clerks of the Senate \u0026amp; House of\n Representatives, and President George Washington.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eGovernor Brooke received correspondence on numerous\n occasions from the United States War Department. On 5 December\n 1794, Henry Knox transmitted a resolution by John Beckley,\n Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives, thanking the\n Virginia Militia for their service during the Whiskey\n Rebellion. Timothy Pickering replaced Knox as Secretary of War\n in 1795. Pickering writes on 6 January 1795 regarding the\n French ship Les Jumeaux which was armed and equipped at\n Philadelphia in violation of the U.S. neutrality law.\n Pickering also writes respecting bounty lands on the northwest\n side of the Ohio River for officers \u0026amp; soldiers of the\n Virginia Line on Continental Establishment (1795 June 13). In\n addition, Pickering responds to a letter from the Governor\n concerning establishing a small garrison of militia at\n Norfolk. According to Pickering, the President has no\n authority to call out the militia for the preservation of\n peace (1795 July 3). Lastly, Pickering writes regarding the\n pay of Charles Cist for printing regulations for the order and\n discipline of U.S. troops (1795 Sept. 14). James McHenry\n replaced Pickering as Secretary of War in 1796. In a letter\n dated 4 March 1796, McHenry acknowledges the receipt of the\n Governor's letter, along with the account \u0026amp; vouchers for\n militia \u0026amp; scouts on the Western frontier. William Simmons,\n in the Dept. of War Accountant's Office, corresponds with the\n Governor concerning the compensation by the United States to\n Virginia for the pay \u0026amp; subsistence of the militia,\n ammunition, and contingent expenses in the protection of the\n frontiers (1795 Sept. 17). On 14 March 1796, Simmons encloses\n a statement of differences on examination of the Virginia\n claims for pay, etc., in 1795. A letter from President George Washington dated 1796 Sept. 15 asks that his shares in the James River Company be applied to Liberty Hall Academy in rockbridge County (letter removed to the Vault - George Washington Papers).\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eEdmund Randolph, former Governor of Virginia, corresponds\n as Secretary of State. On 3 January 1795, Randolph transmits a\n proclamation of thanksgiving from the President (proclamation\n not included). In another letter of the same date, Randolph\n remarks on a letter from the Governor regarding the embargo.\n On 16 February 1795, Randolph writes about the capture of a\n pilot boat belonging to the British Consul at Norfolk.\n Randolph encloses copies of letters from Gen. Thomas Mathews\n to Governor Lee, Alexander Hamilton, Sec. of the Treasury, and\n orders from Mathews to Lt. Vaughan. On 8 May 1795, Randolph\n encloses letters and papers from George Hammond, British\n Minister Plenipotentiary, concerning French prizes taken by\n Rear Admiral Murray and an order for foreign ships to depart\n American ports. Included is a copy of a letter from Thomas\n Jefferson to Hammond regarding French \u0026amp; British ships in\n American ports and the treaty with France to admit prizes\n \u0026amp; repair French ships in U.S. ports. The next day,\n Randolph encloses additional copies of letters from Hammond,\n along with a declaration \u0026amp; affidavit by Thomas Butler\n regarding the French prizes taken by Admiral Murray. Finally,\n Randolph discusses the practice of British ships of war\n impressing American seamen (1795 May 20). All copies of\n letters were transcribed by George Taylor, Jr., Chief Clerk of\n the Department of State. Timothy Pickering served as Secretary\n of State upon the resignation of Randolph on 19 August 1795.\n On 20 January 1796, Pickering writes to Pierre A. Adet, French\n Minister Plenipotentiary, with respect to U.S. neutrality.\n Pickering also encloses a translation of a letter he received\n from Adet regarding the purchase of flour \u0026amp; horses by the\n English in Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eAlexander Campbell, District U.S. Attorney, provides his\n opinion on the following subjects: the unlawful detention of a\n mariner by a British vessel of war (1795 Jan. 25), the\n delivery of a fugitive of justice from Pennsylvania and\n deserters from a British ship of war at Norfolk (1795 Jan.\n 25), and the Unicorn, a suspected privateer outfitting at\n Gloucester (1795 June 26). In addition, Samuel A. Otis \u0026amp;\n John Beckley periodically transmit journals of the proceedings\n of the U.S. Senate \u0026amp; House of Representatives (1795 April\n 13 \u0026amp; 25, \u0026amp; 1796 July 28).\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eSignificant correspondents from Virginia State government\n include Archibald Blair, Clerk of the Council; Samuel Coleman,\n Assistant Clerk of the Council of State; James Innes, Attorney\n General; Charles Hay, Clerk of the House of Delegates;\n Humphrey Brooke, Clerk of the Senate; William Hay, Robert\n Goode, \u0026amp; William Foushee, etc., Directors of Public\n Buildings; Robert Quarles, Superintendent of the Point of Fork\n Arsenal; Thomas Newton \u0026amp; Willis Wilson, County\n Lieutenants; John Pendleton, Jr., Auditor of Public Accounts;\n and Jacquelin Ambler, Treasurer.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eArchibald Blair \u0026amp; Samuel Coleman, as Clerk \u0026amp;\n Assistant Clerk of the Council, communicate with the Governor\n frequently through the Council Office. Blair offers the advice\n of the Council regarding the account against the U.S. for the\n Western defense, reimbursement for the Springfield expedition,\n the printing of German military regulations, and orders for\n scouts in Ohio \u0026amp; Harrison Counties (1795 Jan. 14). Blair\n also writes G. Deneale denying his request to keep arms given\n to the light infantry under his command at Winchester to use\n against the insurgents (1795 Feb. 11). On 14 July 1795, Blair\n submits the order of the Council for ordering out the militia\n from Norfolk \u0026amp; Portsmouth to prevent disorder or\n insurrections from the frequent migrations of negroes. Lastly,\n Blair provides the advice of the Council concerning witnesses\n against Archer Branch in North Carolina (1796 Feb. 15).\n Coleman mainly writes concerning military finances including\n the account of Hugh Caperton for ammunition (1794 Dec. 2) and\n Capt. William Lowther's pay abstract \u0026amp; muster roll (1795\n March 5). On 12 May 1795, Coleman writes the Governor\n requesting that the office of Keeper of the Capitol not be\n taken from his father, Wyatt Coleman. His father writes a\n similar letter on the same date. On 4 December 1795, Coleman\n requests additional compensation for completing a list of\n officers \u0026amp; privates of the Continental Line. Shortly\n thereafter, Coleman was appointed Adjutant General and asks\n the Lieutenant Governor for an apartment in the Capitol to\n perform his new duties (1795 Dec. 14).\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eDuring James Innes' absence in 1794 \u0026amp; 1795, John\n Marshall provides his opinion on the militia law as Attorney\n General of Virginia (1794 Undated). Upon Innes' return,\n Marshall writes as counsel to Lord Fairfax concerning the case\n of the Commonwealth against him in the Court of Appeals (1795\n March 2). On 23 April 1795, Innes writes that he will be\n unable to attend this trial in the Court of Appeals due to\n illness. Innes provides an opinion on such topics as the\n improper trial of William John Thweatt who was found guilty of\n horse stealing (1795 April 7), proceedings against Mr. Johnson\n for the alleged murder of Mr. Jeffers (1796 Jan. 13), and the\n power of the Governor to procure the attendance of necessary\n witnesses from the Territory South of the Ohio River (1796\n Feb. 3). On 21 June 1796, he remarks on the assignment of the\n Solicitor's Office for the use of the Attorney General. Again,\n on 17 July 1796, Innes writes that he must be absent from\n office because of health problems. He adds that he has asked\n Mr. Warden to discharge the duties of his office. Innes was\n forced to resign in a letter to the Governor dated 13 November\n 1796.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eCharles Hay, Clerk of the House of Delegates, and Humphrey\n Brooke, Clerk of the Senate, often submit legislation and\n qualifications of election to the Governor. Noteworthy\n legislation includes a resolution to inquire about the\n \"lucrative office\" accepted by James Innes in the General\n Government (1794 Dec. 16). Included in these papers are the\n qualifications for the election of Spencer Roane as Judge of\n the Court of Appeals in place of Henry Tazewell (1794 Dec. 2),\n the election of Jaquelin Ambler as Treasurer (1794 Dec. 17),\n Paul Carrington as Judge of the General Court in place of\n Spencer Roane (1794 Dec. 17), Robert Brooke as Governor (1795\n Nov. 26), Robert Brooke as Attorney General (1796 Nov. 16),\n and Samuel Shepard as Auditor of Public Accounts in place of\n John Pendleton (1796 Nov. 16). A letter from John Wise,\n Speaker of the House of Delegates, encloses sundry resolutions\n for proposing certain amendments to the U.S. Constitution\n (1795 Dec. 19).\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eWilliam Hay, Robert Goode, \u0026amp; William Foushee, etc.,\n Directors of Public Buildings, provide information on work\n done to the Capitol Building and the settlement of accounts.\n On 28 November 1795, William Hay writes regarding the account\n of Samuel Dobie for superintending \u0026amp; directing the\n execution of the steps outside the Capitol, as well as the\n staircase, conference, and other work done inside the Capitol\n from 1793 to 1794. Hay also encloses accounts and a letter\n from Dobie indicating the amount of balances due him. On 30\n March 1796, the Directors write regarding the repair of the\n roof of the Capitol and surplus materials.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eMaj. Robert Quarles submits quarterly returns of ordnance\n \u0026amp; public stores at Point of Fork (1795 Jan. 2, 1795 March\n 31, 1795 June 30, 1795 Oct. 6, 1795 Dec. 31, 1796 March 31,\n 1796 June 30, \u0026amp; 1796 Sept. 30). In addition, Quarles'\n correspondence concerns a contract for provisions at Point of\n Fork (1795 May 5 \u0026amp; 25), an increase in salary (1795 Oct.\n 6), the bond of William Weaver to provide rations for the\n State Arsenal (1796 May 27), the supply of timber \u0026amp;\n firewood contract with David Ross (1796 Sept. 12), and the\n bond of Matthew \u0026amp; Elias Wills for the Office of Contractor\n to supply the State Arsenal with rations (1796 Oct. 27).\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eThomas Newton, Jr., County Lieutenant for Norfolk Borough,\n frequently writes the Governor on a variety of concerns. On 11\n January 1795, Newton encloses copies of letters from the\n British \u0026amp; French Consuls regarding disturbances between\n British \u0026amp; French crews in Norfolk Harbor. On 14 January,\n Newton discusses the case of Daniel Raybourn, an American\n seamen taken by the Lynx, a British ship of war, from a Danish\n Brig. He encloses the opinion of Alexander Campbell to the\n Lieutenant Governor on the same matter on 25 January 1795. In\n another letter, he remarks on Campbell's opinion on British\n deserters and the extradition of the fugitive Joseph Larelle\n back to Pennsylvania (1795 Feb. 1). Newton communicates\n Campbell's opinion to John Hamilton, British Consul, stating\n that it is the duty of the magistrates to apprehend deserters\n (1795 Feb. 2). An incident occurred in February 1795 when a\n group of armed men from the British ship Thetis marched into\n Norfolk committing illegal searches in the homes of citizens\n for deserters. Newton informs the Governor of this incident\n and encloses an account by the Captain of the Watch, a copy of\n a letter from John Hamilton, and depositions (1795 Feb. 17).\n He writes again on this matter on 25 February 1795 enclosing\n letters from Alexander F. Cochrane, Captain of the Thetis,\n \u0026amp; John Hamilton. Much of Newton's correspondence with\n Governor Brooke relates to the spread of diseases to Norfolk\n \u0026amp; the quarantine of vessels (1795 April 28; 1795 May 5,\n 16, 26; 1795 Aug. 22; 1795 Oct. 3; 1795 Nov. 4, 5, \u0026amp; 17;\n 1796 May 15 \u0026amp; 29; 1796 July 8; 1796 Aug. 13 \u0026amp; 28; 1796\n Sept. 12 \u0026amp; 28; 1796 Oct. 27; \u0026amp; 1796 Nov. 7). On 28\n February 1796, Newton writes regarding the purchase of two\n acres of land for building houses for the reception of goods\n and for accommodating the persons performing quarantine. On 17\n April 1795, Newton informs the Governor of American citizens\n detained on board Admiral Murray's ship the Resolution, a\n British ship of war. His letters of 1796 Feb. 7 \u0026amp; 9 relate\n to letters from Henry McGeary, an American citizen impressed\n on the Resolution. Later, Newton encloses a letter from Judge\n Cyrus Griffin respecting the case of McGeary (1796 Feb. 21).\n Newton remarks on the arrival of three French ships from\n Guadalupe and the defenseless condition of the port due to the\n incompletion of the forts and the insufficient garrison there\n (1795 May 24). On 9 June 1795, Newton relates the capture of\n two French ships off the coast by the British ships Thetis\n \u0026amp; Hussar. In addition, he mentions the arrival of a French\n ship from Dominique with French citizens and a number of\n negroes which they claim as servants. A few days later, Newton\n informs the Governor of the arrival of the Sloop Industry from\n Boston which carried negro slaves on board in violation of the\n non-importation laws (1795 June 11). In a letter dated 21 June\n 1795, Newton encloses the deposition of Francis Marshal\n concerning two brigs taken off the coast of Virginia by a\n Bermudian privateer. Another significant event occurred in\n January 1796 when horses were purchased by British officers in\n the United States for mounting their troops against the French\n in the West Indies. Newton writes the Governor that this is a\n violation of the treaty with France \u0026amp; Holland (1796 Jan.\n 20). Shortly thereafter, he encloses a letter from Mr. Oster,\n French Consul, complaining of the shipment of horses by the\n British (1796 Jan. 23). The next day, he encloses one from\n John Hamilton denying that the shipment of horses is a\n military preparation (1795 Jan. 24).\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eWillis Wilson, County Lieutenant for Portsmouth,\n corresponds with the Governor regarding similar subjects as\n Thomas Newton. On 29 April 1795, Wilson suggests that a boat\n be armed at Hampton Roads for the purpose of preventing\n violators of U.S. neutrality and to liberate the men impressed\n on board Rear Admiral Murray's Squadron. He encloses the\n deposition of Capt. Hatten whose ship was boarded by the Lynx.\n A letter from Wilson to Admiral Murray relates to hostile\n expeditions by ships of any belligerent nation in Virginia\n waters. In this letter, he orders the ships to depart Virginia\n waters and to liberate any American citizens detained on board\n (1795 April 27). Wilson encloses a letter from John Hamilton\n informing him that the vessels Diana \u0026amp; Thomas are waiting\n to embark with their cargo of horses. On 24 June 1795, Wilson\n writes about the small pox epidemic in Portsmouth and the\n impressment of John Underwood \u0026amp; John Lloyd on board the\n British ship Lynx. Finally, Wilson writes the Governor\n regarding the formation of an artillery company in Portsmouth\n under the command of John Cowper (1796 Feb. 23 \u0026amp; March\n 27).\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eGovernor Randolph corresponds often with John Pendleton,\n Jr., Auditor of Public Accounts, and Jaquelin Ambler,\n Treasurer, regarding various financial matters. Pendleton\n regularly encloses lists of warrants issued by him through the\n Auditor's Office (1795 March 31, 1795 July 1, 1795 Nov. 5,\n 1795 Dec. 31, 1796 July 1). Additionally, Pendleton writes\n regarding the suspicion of a fraudulent sale against Robert\n Craig, former sheriff of Washington County (1794 Dec. 18).\n Pendleton encloses the report of John Taylor and the opinion\n of John Marshall on the matter. Pendleton also writes to the\n Governor enclosing accounts of expenses of his office (1795\n May 10). On 14 May 1795, Pendleton provided a report on the\n final settlement of William Davies' accounts as Commissioner\n of Virginia for Claims Against the United States. Pendleton\n submits his letter of resignation on 5 August 1796 effective\n at the end of the month. The next day, Pendleton recommends\n Samuel Shepard to replace him as Auditor. Pendleton's official\n letter of resignation was submitted on 30 Sept. 1796. Ambler\n encloses a statement of monies belonging to claimants for the\n defense of the Western frontier (1795 Aug. 27). In addition,\n on 24 September 1795, he encloses a copy of a letter from\n Samuel Meredith, U.S. Treasurer, regarding a warrant from the\n Secretary of War for the full balance due the State of\n Virginia for the settlement of their account for the pay \u0026amp;\n subsistence of militia, scouts, ammunition, and contingent\n expenses in the protection of the frontiers.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eNotable correspondents from miscellaneous sources include\n the following: Andrew Dunscomb, Mayor of Richmond; John\n Hamilton, British Consul at Norfolk; and Thomas Mifflin,\n Governor of Pennsylvania.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eAndrew Dunscomb mainly writes the Governor regarding the\n prevention of infectious disease to the City of Richmond. On\n 27 August 1795, he encloses resolutions of the Common Hall\n relative to the quarantine of vessels from Norfolk.\n Additionally, he discusses a law prohibiting the migration of\n free negroes from the West Indies into the Commonwealth (1795\n Sept. 18). Dunscomb also transmits a letter from William\n Richardson \u0026amp; Jacob I. Cohen regarding allowing passage of\n vessels from Norfolk, but stopping vessels from New York (1795\n Oct. 6).\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eJohn Hamilton, British Consul, frequently writes the\n Governor regarding British affairs. On 2 January 1795,\n Hamilton requests permission for the British ships Thetis\n \u0026amp; Cleopatra to make repairs in Norfolk Harbor. Hamilton\n also writes at length regarding British desertions,\n particularly the incident involving the attempt by British\n sailors on board the Thetis to recapture deserters in Norfolk\n (1795 Feb. 18, 25, \u0026amp; May 8). Hamilton was also\n particularly concerned with privateers preying on British\n ships. He specifically mentions a ship called the Unicorn\n which plundered a Danish vessel (1795 June 26 \u0026amp; July 30).\n In addition, Hamilton communicates his intelligence regarding\n vessels from Baltimore arming in the Chesapeake as privateers\n (1795 Aug. 15 \u0026amp; Sept. 24). His letter to the Lieutenant\n Governor relates to the prevention of illegal equipment for\n ships in the waters of Virginia (1795 July 3 \u0026amp; Oct. 6).\n Yet another incident occurred in January 1796 when the\n American Sloop Diana, loaded with British goods and bound for\n a British port in the West Indies, was forcibly boarded and\n her cargo carried away. Hamilton sends a letter to the\n Governor complaining about this incident, along with a similar\n letter to Willis Wilson (1796 Jan. 29). Finally, on 15\n February 1796, Hamilton writes regarding his inquiry to the\n President on the shipment of horses and the neutrality\n laws.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eAs Governor of Pennsylvania, Thomas Mifflin often\n corresponds with Governor Brooke with respect to fugitives\n from justice. On 29 December 1794, Mifflin transmits the\n affidavit of Stephen Girard affirming that Joseph Larelle had\n taken a mulatto boy named Crispin from his service with an\n intention of selling him into slavery. He writes again on 10\n February 1795 concerning the apprehension of Larelle. In a\n letter dated 12 March 1795, Mifflin informs the Governor of\n the appointment of Laurence Maher as Agent for Pennsylvania to\n bring Joseph Larelle back to Pennsylvania. Similarly, Mifflin\n transmits a copy of an affidavit by Robert Ross respecting\n Langford Herring who was accused of forgery and removed to\n Virginia (1795 Oct. 12). Mifflin also acknowledges the receipt\n of the revised laws from Virginia (1795 May 14 \u0026amp; 1796 Aug.\n 25) and a resolution from Virginia proposing certain\n amendments to the U.S. Constitution (1796 Jan. 6). Mifflin\n responds to another letter on 22 January 1796 regarding an\n annual interchange of the laws passed by Pennsylvania \u0026amp;\n Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eAdditional significant correspondence includes the\n following: George Clendenin regarding pay \u0026amp; subsistence of\n a company employed for the defense of Greenbrier \u0026amp; Kanawha\n (1794 Dec. 20); Paul Carrington accepting a commission as\n Judge of the General Court (1794 Dec. 18); Andrew Lewis\n regarding the discharge of the troops under his command on the\n southwestern frontiers (1794 Dec. 28); Thomas Mathews\n regarding the admission of two British ship of war into\n Norfolk (1795 Jan. 9); William Price, Register of the Land\n Office, regarding two additional clerk (1795 Jan. 15); Edward\n Carrington regarding the quota of militia called from Gen.\n Martin's Brigade for the late expeditions against the\n insurgents (1795 Feb. 8); William Lowther regarding the\n discharge of scouts \u0026amp; rangers under his command (1795 Feb.\n 21); Andrew Lewis regarding the settlement of his accounts\n (1795 March 3); John Steele regarding his tardiness in\n settling the Western accounts (1795 April 29); Andrew Lewis\n regarding his application to replace Gen. Tate as paymaster\n (1795 May 5); Daniel Bedinger responding to charges against\n him by George Hammond, regarding his deposition of the pilot\n Thomas Butler (1795 May 26); John Steele regarding the account\n of Virginia against the United States (1795 June 23); Henry\n Lee regarding his failure to execute orders by the Lt. Gov.\n concerning the privateer at Gloucester (1795 July 6); H. Young\n enclosing a letter from John Page regarding the Unicorn (1795\n July 7); John Dawson regarding Indian depredations in Harrison\n County (1795 Aug. 17); James Monroe, Paris, regarding the\n statue of Gen. Washington left unfinished while Thomas\n Jefferson was Minister to France (1795 Aug. 20); William\n Lowther regarding depredations by Indians in Harrison County\n (1795 Aug. 24); George Peachey, Mayor of Petersburg regarding\n two cases of yellow fever brought from Norfolk (1795 Aug. 26);\n George Clendenin resigning his commission as County Lieutenant\n for Kanawha County (1795 Nov. 14); Governor Brooke to the\n Clerk of the Council indicating his temporary absence from\n office (1795 Dec. 9); Robert Johnson to the Commissioners for\n Virginia regarding approval of the proceedings of the\n Commissioners concerning the boundary line between Virginia\n \u0026amp; Kentucky (1796 Jan. 1); Isaac Shelby, Governor of\n Kentucky, regarding the boundary line and enclosing an act of\n the Kentucky Legislature (1796 Feb. 15); William Pennock\n enclosing a bill of lading from Ve. Homberg \u0026amp; Homberg\n Freres for three cases containing the marble pedester statue\n of Gen. Washington and the marble pedestal (1796 April 10);\n Isaac Shelby enclosing a letter from Alexander Smyth regarding\n the boundary line between Virginia \u0026amp; Kentucky (1796 May\n 6); John Hoskins Stone, Governor of Maryland, regarding the\n extradition of Robert Osborn, a fugitive of justice (1796 June\n 16); John Dawson regarding obtaining arms for the State of\n Virginia from Europe (1796 Sept. 11 \u0026amp; 12); Archibald\n Stuart regarding the agreement with the Kentucky Commissioners\n on the boundary line (1796 Sept. 27); Houdon regarding his\n payment for creating a marble statue of Washington (1796 Oct.\n 8); and Edmund Randolph regarding the case of Fairfax versus\n the Commonwealth (1796 Oct. 22).\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eOther noteworthy items include: oath of Robert Brooke by J.\n Pendleton as Governor (1794 Dec. 1); a list of persons who\n have migrated to Virginia and given oath to reside therein\n (1794 Dec. 17); receipts from William Morris, Contractor, for\n rations to soldiers under the command of Hugh Caperton (1794\n Dec. 17); proclamation revoking the previous proclamation of\n Lt. Gov. James Wood regarding the quarantine of vessels from\n certain ports (1794 Dec. 19); receipts from Samuel Shepard for\n the sale of the mace (1794 Dec. 3); order from Will Russell,\n Clerk of the Court of Directors of the Lunatic Hospital,\n applying for warrants from the Auditor of Public Accounts\n (1795 March 31 \u0026amp; 1796 July 12); muster roll of scouts\n called into service for the protection of Randolph County\n (1795 May 20); proclamation by the Governor regarding the\n yellow fever outbreak in the West Indies and the quarantine of\n vessels from those areas (1795 May 21); petition from French\n refugees from St. Domingo at Norfolk regarding a plan to send\n back their negroes (1795 July N.D.); oath issued by John\n Pendleton to Robert Brooke as Governor (1795 Dec. 1); printed\n copy of the Treaty of Greenville signed by Timothy Pickering\n (1795 Dec. 22); proclamation by Lt. Gov. James Wood offering a\n reward for the capture of John Williford for the murder of\n Josiah Worrell (1795 Sept. 19); list of commissions of the\n peace for Southampton County (1796 Feb. 12); list of\n commissions of the peace for New Kent County (1796 March 4);\n account of William Hodgson for erecting the statue of\n Washington \u0026amp; repairing (1796 June 8); appointment of John\n Robertson by James Wood as Superintendent of Quarantine for\n Bermuda Hundred \u0026amp; City Point (1796 July 9); bond of Samuel\n Shepard as Auditor of Public Accounts (1796 Oct. 1);\n certificate of Samuel Moseley, Mayor of Norfolk, as elector\n for President \u0026amp; Vice President (1796 Nov. 7); and muster\n fines of the 22nd Regiment Virginia Militia, Mecklenburg\n County (1796 Nov. 5).\u003c/p\u003e\n "]}]}},"label":"Breadcrumbs"}}},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/vi_vi00866_c05"}},{"id":"vi_vi00866_c09","type":"Series","attributes":{"title":"Oversized (Newspaper Box)","breadcrumbs":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/vi_vi00866_c09#breadcrumbs","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":{"ref_ssi":"vi_vi00866_c09","ref_ssm":["vi_vi00866_c09"],"id":"vi_vi00866_c09","ead_ssi":"vi_vi00866","_root_":"vi_vi00866","_nest_parent_":"vi_vi00866","parent_ssi":"vi_vi00866","parent_ssim":["Governor Robert Brooke Executive\n Papers, 1794-1796"],"parent_ids_ssim":["vi_vi00866"],"title_filing_ssi":"Oversized (Newspaper Box)","title_ssm":["Oversized (Newspaper Box)"],"title_tesim":["Oversized (Newspaper Box)"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Oversized (Newspaper Box)"],"text":["Oversized (Newspaper Box)","Governor Robert Brooke Executive\n Papers, 1794-1796"],"parent_unittitles_ssm":["Governor Robert Brooke Executive\n Papers, 1794-1796"],"parent_unittitles_tesim":["Governor Robert Brooke Executive\n Papers, 1794-1796"],"level_ssm":["Series"],"level_ssim":["Series"],"component_level_isim":[1],"sort_isi":127,"repository_ssim":["Library of Virginia"],"collection_ssim":["Governor Robert Brooke Executive\n Papers, 1794-1796"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"child_component_count_isi":0,"_nest_path_":"/components#8","timestamp":"2026-07-23T21:08:53.750Z","collection":{"numFound":1,"start":0,"numFoundExact":true,"docs":[{"id":"vi_vi00866","ead_ssi":"vi_vi00866","_root_":"vi_vi00866","_nest_parent_":"vi_vi00866","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/lva/vi00866.xml","title_ssm":["Governor Robert Brooke Executive\n Papers, 1794-1796"],"title_tesim":["Governor Robert Brooke Executive\n Papers, 1794-1796"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Governor Robert Brooke Executive\n Papers, 1794-1796"],"text":["Governor Robert Brooke Executive\n Papers, 1794-1796","40723","2.23 cubic\n feet","Arranged chronologically by date of document with undated\n items arranged to the rear.","Robert Brooke was born in Spotsylvania County to Richard\n Brooke and Ann Hay Taliaferro Brooke around 1760. Educated in\n Edinburgh, Scotland, during the Revolutionary War, Brooke\n returned to Virginia in 1780 where he enlisted in a volunteer\n cavalry troop and was captured by the British at Westham in\n January 1781. Brooke returned to Spotsylvania County to\n practice law, later moving his office to Fredericksburg. In\n 1786, Brooke married Mary Ritchie Hopper (d. 1796) and settled\n on an estate in Fredericksburg which became known as Federal\n Hill. Brooke represented Spotsylvania County in the House of\n Delegates from 1791 until 1794. Upon the vacancy of the office\n of governor by Henry Lee to suppress the Whiskey Rebellion,\n the General Assembly elected Brooke governor on 20 November\n 1794. He was reelected for a second one-year term on 26\n November 1795. Brooke County, now in West Virginia, was named\n after Robert Brooke when it was formed from part of Ohio\n County in 1796. Following his second term as governor, Brooke\n was elected to replace James Innes as attorney general of\n Virginia on 16 November 1796. He served as attorney general\n until his death on 27 February 1800.","Robert Brooke's Executive papers are organized\n chronologically with undated items arranged at the end of each\n year. These papers primarily consist of incoming\n correspondence during Brooke's two one-year terms as governor\n between 1 December 1794 until 1 December 1796. These records\n include correspondence written to James Wood who acted as\n Lieutenant Governor while Brooke was temporarily absent from\n office. The correspondence in this collection relates to a\n variety of topics including appointments for state positions;\n the Point of Fork Arsenal; defense of the frontier;\n resignations; arms \u0026 ammunition; Indian attacks; British\n \u0026 French ships in Virginia ports; the boundary line\n between Kentucky \u0026 Virginia; extraditions; the Houdon\n statue of Washington; state expenses \u0026 revenue; quarantine\n of vessels; foreign affairs; Revolutionary claims; elections;\n Presidential electors; the Capitol Building; the militia; and\n others. In addition to correspondence, there are resolutions\n from Congress and the Virginia Senate \u0026 House of\n Delegates; muster \u0026 pay rolls; accounts; oaths; pardons;\n receipts; election returns \u0026 certificates; qualifications;\n lists; depositions; proclamations; petitions; reports;\n appointments; resignations; treaties; bonds; commissions;\n orders; proceedings; applications; lists; opinions; and other\n sundry items. Note that files related to county officers for\n 1795 have been arranged alphabetically by county and separated\n to the end of the papers for that year.","Noteworthy correspondence originates from the United States\n government, Virginia State government, and miscellaneous\n sources. Prominent correspondents from the United States\n government include Henry Knox, Timothy Pickering, \u0026 James\n McHenry, Secretaries of War; Edmund Randolph \u0026 Timothy\n Pickering, Secretaries of State; Alexander Campbell, U.S.\n District Attorney General, Samuel A. Otis \u0026 John\n Beckley, Clerks of the Senate \u0026 House of\n Representatives, and President George Washington.","Governor Brooke received correspondence on numerous\n occasions from the United States War Department. On 5 December\n 1794, Henry Knox transmitted a resolution by John Beckley,\n Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives, thanking the\n Virginia Militia for their service during the Whiskey\n Rebellion. Timothy Pickering replaced Knox as Secretary of War\n in 1795. Pickering writes on 6 January 1795 regarding the\n French ship Les Jumeaux which was armed and equipped at\n Philadelphia in violation of the U.S. neutrality law.\n Pickering also writes respecting bounty lands on the northwest\n side of the Ohio River for officers \u0026 soldiers of the\n Virginia Line on Continental Establishment (1795 June 13). In\n addition, Pickering responds to a letter from the Governor\n concerning establishing a small garrison of militia at\n Norfolk. According to Pickering, the President has no\n authority to call out the militia for the preservation of\n peace (1795 July 3). Lastly, Pickering writes regarding the\n pay of Charles Cist for printing regulations for the order and\n discipline of U.S. troops (1795 Sept. 14). James McHenry\n replaced Pickering as Secretary of War in 1796. In a letter\n dated 4 March 1796, McHenry acknowledges the receipt of the\n Governor's letter, along with the account \u0026 vouchers for\n militia \u0026 scouts on the Western frontier. William Simmons,\n in the Dept. of War Accountant's Office, corresponds with the\n Governor concerning the compensation by the United States to\n Virginia for the pay \u0026 subsistence of the militia,\n ammunition, and contingent expenses in the protection of the\n frontiers (1795 Sept. 17). On 14 March 1796, Simmons encloses\n a statement of differences on examination of the Virginia\n claims for pay, etc., in 1795. A letter from President George Washington dated 1796 Sept. 15 asks that his shares in the James River Company be applied to Liberty Hall Academy in rockbridge County (letter removed to the Vault - George Washington Papers).","Edmund Randolph, former Governor of Virginia, corresponds\n as Secretary of State. On 3 January 1795, Randolph transmits a\n proclamation of thanksgiving from the President (proclamation\n not included). In another letter of the same date, Randolph\n remarks on a letter from the Governor regarding the embargo.\n On 16 February 1795, Randolph writes about the capture of a\n pilot boat belonging to the British Consul at Norfolk.\n Randolph encloses copies of letters from Gen. Thomas Mathews\n to Governor Lee, Alexander Hamilton, Sec. of the Treasury, and\n orders from Mathews to Lt. Vaughan. On 8 May 1795, Randolph\n encloses letters and papers from George Hammond, British\n Minister Plenipotentiary, concerning French prizes taken by\n Rear Admiral Murray and an order for foreign ships to depart\n American ports. Included is a copy of a letter from Thomas\n Jefferson to Hammond regarding French \u0026 British ships in\n American ports and the treaty with France to admit prizes\n \u0026 repair French ships in U.S. ports. The next day,\n Randolph encloses additional copies of letters from Hammond,\n along with a declaration \u0026 affidavit by Thomas Butler\n regarding the French prizes taken by Admiral Murray. Finally,\n Randolph discusses the practice of British ships of war\n impressing American seamen (1795 May 20). All copies of\n letters were transcribed by George Taylor, Jr., Chief Clerk of\n the Department of State. Timothy Pickering served as Secretary\n of State upon the resignation of Randolph on 19 August 1795.\n On 20 January 1796, Pickering writes to Pierre A. Adet, French\n Minister Plenipotentiary, with respect to U.S. neutrality.\n Pickering also encloses a translation of a letter he received\n from Adet regarding the purchase of flour \u0026 horses by the\n English in Virginia.","Alexander Campbell, District U.S. Attorney, provides his\n opinion on the following subjects: the unlawful detention of a\n mariner by a British vessel of war (1795 Jan. 25), the\n delivery of a fugitive of justice from Pennsylvania and\n deserters from a British ship of war at Norfolk (1795 Jan.\n 25), and the Unicorn, a suspected privateer outfitting at\n Gloucester (1795 June 26). In addition, Samuel A. Otis \u0026\n John Beckley periodically transmit journals of the proceedings\n of the U.S. Senate \u0026 House of Representatives (1795 April\n 13 \u0026 25, \u0026 1796 July 28).","Significant correspondents from Virginia State government\n include Archibald Blair, Clerk of the Council; Samuel Coleman,\n Assistant Clerk of the Council of State; James Innes, Attorney\n General; Charles Hay, Clerk of the House of Delegates;\n Humphrey Brooke, Clerk of the Senate; William Hay, Robert\n Goode, \u0026 William Foushee, etc., Directors of Public\n Buildings; Robert Quarles, Superintendent of the Point of Fork\n Arsenal; Thomas Newton \u0026 Willis Wilson, County\n Lieutenants; John Pendleton, Jr., Auditor of Public Accounts;\n and Jacquelin Ambler, Treasurer.","Archibald Blair \u0026 Samuel Coleman, as Clerk \u0026\n Assistant Clerk of the Council, communicate with the Governor\n frequently through the Council Office. Blair offers the advice\n of the Council regarding the account against the U.S. for the\n Western defense, reimbursement for the Springfield expedition,\n the printing of German military regulations, and orders for\n scouts in Ohio \u0026 Harrison Counties (1795 Jan. 14). Blair\n also writes G. Deneale denying his request to keep arms given\n to the light infantry under his command at Winchester to use\n against the insurgents (1795 Feb. 11). On 14 July 1795, Blair\n submits the order of the Council for ordering out the militia\n from Norfolk \u0026 Portsmouth to prevent disorder or\n insurrections from the frequent migrations of negroes. Lastly,\n Blair provides the advice of the Council concerning witnesses\n against Archer Branch in North Carolina (1796 Feb. 15).\n Coleman mainly writes concerning military finances including\n the account of Hugh Caperton for ammunition (1794 Dec. 2) and\n Capt. William Lowther's pay abstract \u0026 muster roll (1795\n March 5). On 12 May 1795, Coleman writes the Governor\n requesting that the office of Keeper of the Capitol not be\n taken from his father, Wyatt Coleman. His father writes a\n similar letter on the same date. On 4 December 1795, Coleman\n requests additional compensation for completing a list of\n officers \u0026 privates of the Continental Line. Shortly\n thereafter, Coleman was appointed Adjutant General and asks\n the Lieutenant Governor for an apartment in the Capitol to\n perform his new duties (1795 Dec. 14).","During James Innes' absence in 1794 \u0026 1795, John\n Marshall provides his opinion on the militia law as Attorney\n General of Virginia (1794 Undated). Upon Innes' return,\n Marshall writes as counsel to Lord Fairfax concerning the case\n of the Commonwealth against him in the Court of Appeals (1795\n March 2). On 23 April 1795, Innes writes that he will be\n unable to attend this trial in the Court of Appeals due to\n illness. Innes provides an opinion on such topics as the\n improper trial of William John Thweatt who was found guilty of\n horse stealing (1795 April 7), proceedings against Mr. Johnson\n for the alleged murder of Mr. Jeffers (1796 Jan. 13), and the\n power of the Governor to procure the attendance of necessary\n witnesses from the Territory South of the Ohio River (1796\n Feb. 3). On 21 June 1796, he remarks on the assignment of the\n Solicitor's Office for the use of the Attorney General. Again,\n on 17 July 1796, Innes writes that he must be absent from\n office because of health problems. He adds that he has asked\n Mr. Warden to discharge the duties of his office. Innes was\n forced to resign in a letter to the Governor dated 13 November\n 1796.","Charles Hay, Clerk of the House of Delegates, and Humphrey\n Brooke, Clerk of the Senate, often submit legislation and\n qualifications of election to the Governor. Noteworthy\n legislation includes a resolution to inquire about the\n \"lucrative office\" accepted by James Innes in the General\n Government (1794 Dec. 16). Included in these papers are the\n qualifications for the election of Spencer Roane as Judge of\n the Court of Appeals in place of Henry Tazewell (1794 Dec. 2),\n the election of Jaquelin Ambler as Treasurer (1794 Dec. 17),\n Paul Carrington as Judge of the General Court in place of\n Spencer Roane (1794 Dec. 17), Robert Brooke as Governor (1795\n Nov. 26), Robert Brooke as Attorney General (1796 Nov. 16),\n and Samuel Shepard as Auditor of Public Accounts in place of\n John Pendleton (1796 Nov. 16). A letter from John Wise,\n Speaker of the House of Delegates, encloses sundry resolutions\n for proposing certain amendments to the U.S. Constitution\n (1795 Dec. 19).","William Hay, Robert Goode, \u0026 William Foushee, etc.,\n Directors of Public Buildings, provide information on work\n done to the Capitol Building and the settlement of accounts.\n On 28 November 1795, William Hay writes regarding the account\n of Samuel Dobie for superintending \u0026 directing the\n execution of the steps outside the Capitol, as well as the\n staircase, conference, and other work done inside the Capitol\n from 1793 to 1794. Hay also encloses accounts and a letter\n from Dobie indicating the amount of balances due him. On 30\n March 1796, the Directors write regarding the repair of the\n roof of the Capitol and surplus materials.","Maj. Robert Quarles submits quarterly returns of ordnance\n \u0026 public stores at Point of Fork (1795 Jan. 2, 1795 March\n 31, 1795 June 30, 1795 Oct. 6, 1795 Dec. 31, 1796 March 31,\n 1796 June 30, \u0026 1796 Sept. 30). In addition, Quarles'\n correspondence concerns a contract for provisions at Point of\n Fork (1795 May 5 \u0026 25), an increase in salary (1795 Oct.\n 6), the bond of William Weaver to provide rations for the\n State Arsenal (1796 May 27), the supply of timber \u0026\n firewood contract with David Ross (1796 Sept. 12), and the\n bond of Matthew \u0026 Elias Wills for the Office of Contractor\n to supply the State Arsenal with rations (1796 Oct. 27).","Thomas Newton, Jr., County Lieutenant for Norfolk Borough,\n frequently writes the Governor on a variety of concerns. On 11\n January 1795, Newton encloses copies of letters from the\n British \u0026 French Consuls regarding disturbances between\n British \u0026 French crews in Norfolk Harbor. On 14 January,\n Newton discusses the case of Daniel Raybourn, an American\n seamen taken by the Lynx, a British ship of war, from a Danish\n Brig. He encloses the opinion of Alexander Campbell to the\n Lieutenant Governor on the same matter on 25 January 1795. In\n another letter, he remarks on Campbell's opinion on British\n deserters and the extradition of the fugitive Joseph Larelle\n back to Pennsylvania (1795 Feb. 1). Newton communicates\n Campbell's opinion to John Hamilton, British Consul, stating\n that it is the duty of the magistrates to apprehend deserters\n (1795 Feb. 2). An incident occurred in February 1795 when a\n group of armed men from the British ship Thetis marched into\n Norfolk committing illegal searches in the homes of citizens\n for deserters. Newton informs the Governor of this incident\n and encloses an account by the Captain of the Watch, a copy of\n a letter from John Hamilton, and depositions (1795 Feb. 17).\n He writes again on this matter on 25 February 1795 enclosing\n letters from Alexander F. Cochrane, Captain of the Thetis,\n \u0026 John Hamilton. Much of Newton's correspondence with\n Governor Brooke relates to the spread of diseases to Norfolk\n \u0026 the quarantine of vessels (1795 April 28; 1795 May 5,\n 16, 26; 1795 Aug. 22; 1795 Oct. 3; 1795 Nov. 4, 5, \u0026 17;\n 1796 May 15 \u0026 29; 1796 July 8; 1796 Aug. 13 \u0026 28; 1796\n Sept. 12 \u0026 28; 1796 Oct. 27; \u0026 1796 Nov. 7). On 28\n February 1796, Newton writes regarding the purchase of two\n acres of land for building houses for the reception of goods\n and for accommodating the persons performing quarantine. On 17\n April 1795, Newton informs the Governor of American citizens\n detained on board Admiral Murray's ship the Resolution, a\n British ship of war. His letters of 1796 Feb. 7 \u0026 9 relate\n to letters from Henry McGeary, an American citizen impressed\n on the Resolution. Later, Newton encloses a letter from Judge\n Cyrus Griffin respecting the case of McGeary (1796 Feb. 21).\n Newton remarks on the arrival of three French ships from\n Guadalupe and the defenseless condition of the port due to the\n incompletion of the forts and the insufficient garrison there\n (1795 May 24). On 9 June 1795, Newton relates the capture of\n two French ships off the coast by the British ships Thetis\n \u0026 Hussar. In addition, he mentions the arrival of a French\n ship from Dominique with French citizens and a number of\n negroes which they claim as servants. A few days later, Newton\n informs the Governor of the arrival of the Sloop Industry from\n Boston which carried negro slaves on board in violation of the\n non-importation laws (1795 June 11). In a letter dated 21 June\n 1795, Newton encloses the deposition of Francis Marshal\n concerning two brigs taken off the coast of Virginia by a\n Bermudian privateer. Another significant event occurred in\n January 1796 when horses were purchased by British officers in\n the United States for mounting their troops against the French\n in the West Indies. Newton writes the Governor that this is a\n violation of the treaty with France \u0026 Holland (1796 Jan.\n 20). Shortly thereafter, he encloses a letter from Mr. Oster,\n French Consul, complaining of the shipment of horses by the\n British (1796 Jan. 23). The next day, he encloses one from\n John Hamilton denying that the shipment of horses is a\n military preparation (1795 Jan. 24).","Willis Wilson, County Lieutenant for Portsmouth,\n corresponds with the Governor regarding similar subjects as\n Thomas Newton. On 29 April 1795, Wilson suggests that a boat\n be armed at Hampton Roads for the purpose of preventing\n violators of U.S. neutrality and to liberate the men impressed\n on board Rear Admiral Murray's Squadron. He encloses the\n deposition of Capt. Hatten whose ship was boarded by the Lynx.\n A letter from Wilson to Admiral Murray relates to hostile\n expeditions by ships of any belligerent nation in Virginia\n waters. In this letter, he orders the ships to depart Virginia\n waters and to liberate any American citizens detained on board\n (1795 April 27). Wilson encloses a letter from John Hamilton\n informing him that the vessels Diana \u0026 Thomas are waiting\n to embark with their cargo of horses. On 24 June 1795, Wilson\n writes about the small pox epidemic in Portsmouth and the\n impressment of John Underwood \u0026 John Lloyd on board the\n British ship Lynx. Finally, Wilson writes the Governor\n regarding the formation of an artillery company in Portsmouth\n under the command of John Cowper (1796 Feb. 23 \u0026 March\n 27).","Governor Randolph corresponds often with John Pendleton,\n Jr., Auditor of Public Accounts, and Jaquelin Ambler,\n Treasurer, regarding various financial matters. Pendleton\n regularly encloses lists of warrants issued by him through the\n Auditor's Office (1795 March 31, 1795 July 1, 1795 Nov. 5,\n 1795 Dec. 31, 1796 July 1). Additionally, Pendleton writes\n regarding the suspicion of a fraudulent sale against Robert\n Craig, former sheriff of Washington County (1794 Dec. 18).\n Pendleton encloses the report of John Taylor and the opinion\n of John Marshall on the matter. Pendleton also writes to the\n Governor enclosing accounts of expenses of his office (1795\n May 10). On 14 May 1795, Pendleton provided a report on the\n final settlement of William Davies' accounts as Commissioner\n of Virginia for Claims Against the United States. Pendleton\n submits his letter of resignation on 5 August 1796 effective\n at the end of the month. The next day, Pendleton recommends\n Samuel Shepard to replace him as Auditor. Pendleton's official\n letter of resignation was submitted on 30 Sept. 1796. Ambler\n encloses a statement of monies belonging to claimants for the\n defense of the Western frontier (1795 Aug. 27). In addition,\n on 24 September 1795, he encloses a copy of a letter from\n Samuel Meredith, U.S. Treasurer, regarding a warrant from the\n Secretary of War for the full balance due the State of\n Virginia for the settlement of their account for the pay \u0026\n subsistence of militia, scouts, ammunition, and contingent\n expenses in the protection of the frontiers.","Notable correspondents from miscellaneous sources include\n the following: Andrew Dunscomb, Mayor of Richmond; John\n Hamilton, British Consul at Norfolk; and Thomas Mifflin,\n Governor of Pennsylvania.","Andrew Dunscomb mainly writes the Governor regarding the\n prevention of infectious disease to the City of Richmond. On\n 27 August 1795, he encloses resolutions of the Common Hall\n relative to the quarantine of vessels from Norfolk.\n Additionally, he discusses a law prohibiting the migration of\n free negroes from the West Indies into the Commonwealth (1795\n Sept. 18). Dunscomb also transmits a letter from William\n Richardson \u0026 Jacob I. Cohen regarding allowing passage of\n vessels from Norfolk, but stopping vessels from New York (1795\n Oct. 6).","John Hamilton, British Consul, frequently writes the\n Governor regarding British affairs. On 2 January 1795,\n Hamilton requests permission for the British ships Thetis\n \u0026 Cleopatra to make repairs in Norfolk Harbor. Hamilton\n also writes at length regarding British desertions,\n particularly the incident involving the attempt by British\n sailors on board the Thetis to recapture deserters in Norfolk\n (1795 Feb. 18, 25, \u0026 May 8). Hamilton was also\n particularly concerned with privateers preying on British\n ships. He specifically mentions a ship called the Unicorn\n which plundered a Danish vessel (1795 June 26 \u0026 July 30).\n In addition, Hamilton communicates his intelligence regarding\n vessels from Baltimore arming in the Chesapeake as privateers\n (1795 Aug. 15 \u0026 Sept. 24). His letter to the Lieutenant\n Governor relates to the prevention of illegal equipment for\n ships in the waters of Virginia (1795 July 3 \u0026 Oct. 6).\n Yet another incident occurred in January 1796 when the\n American Sloop Diana, loaded with British goods and bound for\n a British port in the West Indies, was forcibly boarded and\n her cargo carried away. Hamilton sends a letter to the\n Governor complaining about this incident, along with a similar\n letter to Willis Wilson (1796 Jan. 29). Finally, on 15\n February 1796, Hamilton writes regarding his inquiry to the\n President on the shipment of horses and the neutrality\n laws.","As Governor of Pennsylvania, Thomas Mifflin often\n corresponds with Governor Brooke with respect to fugitives\n from justice. On 29 December 1794, Mifflin transmits the\n affidavit of Stephen Girard affirming that Joseph Larelle had\n taken a mulatto boy named Crispin from his service with an\n intention of selling him into slavery. He writes again on 10\n February 1795 concerning the apprehension of Larelle. In a\n letter dated 12 March 1795, Mifflin informs the Governor of\n the appointment of Laurence Maher as Agent for Pennsylvania to\n bring Joseph Larelle back to Pennsylvania. Similarly, Mifflin\n transmits a copy of an affidavit by Robert Ross respecting\n Langford Herring who was accused of forgery and removed to\n Virginia (1795 Oct. 12). Mifflin also acknowledges the receipt\n of the revised laws from Virginia (1795 May 14 \u0026 1796 Aug.\n 25) and a resolution from Virginia proposing certain\n amendments to the U.S. Constitution (1796 Jan. 6). Mifflin\n responds to another letter on 22 January 1796 regarding an\n annual interchange of the laws passed by Pennsylvania \u0026\n Virginia.","Additional significant correspondence includes the\n following: George Clendenin regarding pay \u0026 subsistence of\n a company employed for the defense of Greenbrier \u0026 Kanawha\n (1794 Dec. 20); Paul Carrington accepting a commission as\n Judge of the General Court (1794 Dec. 18); Andrew Lewis\n regarding the discharge of the troops under his command on the\n southwestern frontiers (1794 Dec. 28); Thomas Mathews\n regarding the admission of two British ship of war into\n Norfolk (1795 Jan. 9); William Price, Register of the Land\n Office, regarding two additional clerk (1795 Jan. 15); Edward\n Carrington regarding the quota of militia called from Gen.\n Martin's Brigade for the late expeditions against the\n insurgents (1795 Feb. 8); William Lowther regarding the\n discharge of scouts \u0026 rangers under his command (1795 Feb.\n 21); Andrew Lewis regarding the settlement of his accounts\n (1795 March 3); John Steele regarding his tardiness in\n settling the Western accounts (1795 April 29); Andrew Lewis\n regarding his application to replace Gen. Tate as paymaster\n (1795 May 5); Daniel Bedinger responding to charges against\n him by George Hammond, regarding his deposition of the pilot\n Thomas Butler (1795 May 26); John Steele regarding the account\n of Virginia against the United States (1795 June 23); Henry\n Lee regarding his failure to execute orders by the Lt. Gov.\n concerning the privateer at Gloucester (1795 July 6); H. Young\n enclosing a letter from John Page regarding the Unicorn (1795\n July 7); John Dawson regarding Indian depredations in Harrison\n County (1795 Aug. 17); James Monroe, Paris, regarding the\n statue of Gen. Washington left unfinished while Thomas\n Jefferson was Minister to France (1795 Aug. 20); William\n Lowther regarding depredations by Indians in Harrison County\n (1795 Aug. 24); George Peachey, Mayor of Petersburg regarding\n two cases of yellow fever brought from Norfolk (1795 Aug. 26);\n George Clendenin resigning his commission as County Lieutenant\n for Kanawha County (1795 Nov. 14); Governor Brooke to the\n Clerk of the Council indicating his temporary absence from\n office (1795 Dec. 9); Robert Johnson to the Commissioners for\n Virginia regarding approval of the proceedings of the\n Commissioners concerning the boundary line between Virginia\n \u0026 Kentucky (1796 Jan. 1); Isaac Shelby, Governor of\n Kentucky, regarding the boundary line and enclosing an act of\n the Kentucky Legislature (1796 Feb. 15); William Pennock\n enclosing a bill of lading from Ve. Homberg \u0026 Homberg\n Freres for three cases containing the marble pedester statue\n of Gen. Washington and the marble pedestal (1796 April 10);\n Isaac Shelby enclosing a letter from Alexander Smyth regarding\n the boundary line between Virginia \u0026 Kentucky (1796 May\n 6); John Hoskins Stone, Governor of Maryland, regarding the\n extradition of Robert Osborn, a fugitive of justice (1796 June\n 16); John Dawson regarding obtaining arms for the State of\n Virginia from Europe (1796 Sept. 11 \u0026 12); Archibald\n Stuart regarding the agreement with the Kentucky Commissioners\n on the boundary line (1796 Sept. 27); Houdon regarding his\n payment for creating a marble statue of Washington (1796 Oct.\n 8); and Edmund Randolph regarding the case of Fairfax versus\n the Commonwealth (1796 Oct. 22).","Other noteworthy items include: oath of Robert Brooke by J.\n Pendleton as Governor (1794 Dec. 1); a list of persons who\n have migrated to Virginia and given oath to reside therein\n (1794 Dec. 17); receipts from William Morris, Contractor, for\n rations to soldiers under the command of Hugh Caperton (1794\n Dec. 17); proclamation revoking the previous proclamation of\n Lt. Gov. James Wood regarding the quarantine of vessels from\n certain ports (1794 Dec. 19); receipts from Samuel Shepard for\n the sale of the mace (1794 Dec. 3); order from Will Russell,\n Clerk of the Court of Directors of the Lunatic Hospital,\n applying for warrants from the Auditor of Public Accounts\n (1795 March 31 \u0026 1796 July 12); muster roll of scouts\n called into service for the protection of Randolph County\n (1795 May 20); proclamation by the Governor regarding the\n yellow fever outbreak in the West Indies and the quarantine of\n vessels from those areas (1795 May 21); petition from French\n refugees from St. Domingo at Norfolk regarding a plan to send\n back their negroes (1795 July N.D.); oath issued by John\n Pendleton to Robert Brooke as Governor (1795 Dec. 1); printed\n copy of the Treaty of Greenville signed by Timothy Pickering\n (1795 Dec. 22); proclamation by Lt. Gov. James Wood offering a\n reward for the capture of John Williford for the murder of\n Josiah Worrell (1795 Sept. 19); list of commissions of the\n peace for Southampton County (1796 Feb. 12); list of\n commissions of the peace for New Kent County (1796 March 4);\n account of William Hodgson for erecting the statue of\n Washington \u0026 repairing (1796 June 8); appointment of John\n Robertson by James Wood as Superintendent of Quarantine for\n Bermuda Hundred \u0026 City Point (1796 July 9); bond of Samuel\n Shepard as Auditor of Public Accounts (1796 Oct. 1);\n certificate of Samuel Moseley, Mayor of Norfolk, as elector\n for President \u0026 Vice President (1796 Nov. 7); and muster\n fines of the 22nd Regiment Virginia Militia, Mecklenburg\n County (1796 Nov. 5).","State Records Collection,\n Office of the Governor (Record Group 3)","English"],"collection_title_tesim":["Governor Robert Brooke Executive\n Papers, 1794-1796"],"collection_ssim":["Governor Robert Brooke Executive\n Papers, 1794-1796"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["40723"],"unitid_tesim":["40723"],"repository_ssm":["Library of Virginia"],"repository_ssim":["Library of Virginia"],"creator_ssm":["Governor's Office"],"creator_ssim":["Governor's Office"],"acqinfo_ssim":["Acquired prior to 1905."],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"physdesc_tesim":["2.23 cubic\n feet"],"arrangement_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eArranged chronologically by date of document with undated\n items arranged to the rear.\u003c/p\u003e\n "],"arrangement_heading_ssm":["Arrangement"],"arrangement_tesim":["Arranged chronologically by date of document with undated\n items arranged to the rear."],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eRobert Brooke was born in Spotsylvania County to Richard\n Brooke and Ann Hay Taliaferro Brooke around 1760. Educated in\n Edinburgh, Scotland, during the Revolutionary War, Brooke\n returned to Virginia in 1780 where he enlisted in a volunteer\n cavalry troop and was captured by the British at Westham in\n January 1781. Brooke returned to Spotsylvania County to\n practice law, later moving his office to Fredericksburg. In\n 1786, Brooke married Mary Ritchie Hopper (d. 1796) and settled\n on an estate in Fredericksburg which became known as Federal\n Hill. Brooke represented Spotsylvania County in the House of\n Delegates from 1791 until 1794. Upon the vacancy of the office\n of governor by Henry Lee to suppress the Whiskey Rebellion,\n the General Assembly elected Brooke governor on 20 November\n 1794. He was reelected for a second one-year term on 26\n November 1795. Brooke County, now in West Virginia, was named\n after Robert Brooke when it was formed from part of Ohio\n County in 1796. Following his second term as governor, Brooke\n was elected to replace James Innes as attorney general of\n Virginia on 16 November 1796. He served as attorney general\n until his death on 27 February 1800.\u003c/p\u003e\n "],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical Information"],"bioghist_tesim":["Robert Brooke was born in Spotsylvania County to Richard\n Brooke and Ann Hay Taliaferro Brooke around 1760. Educated in\n Edinburgh, Scotland, during the Revolutionary War, Brooke\n returned to Virginia in 1780 where he enlisted in a volunteer\n cavalry troop and was captured by the British at Westham in\n January 1781. Brooke returned to Spotsylvania County to\n practice law, later moving his office to Fredericksburg. In\n 1786, Brooke married Mary Ritchie Hopper (d. 1796) and settled\n on an estate in Fredericksburg which became known as Federal\n Hill. Brooke represented Spotsylvania County in the House of\n Delegates from 1791 until 1794. Upon the vacancy of the office\n of governor by Henry Lee to suppress the Whiskey Rebellion,\n the General Assembly elected Brooke governor on 20 November\n 1794. He was reelected for a second one-year term on 26\n November 1795. Brooke County, now in West Virginia, was named\n after Robert Brooke when it was formed from part of Ohio\n County in 1796. Following his second term as governor, Brooke\n was elected to replace James Innes as attorney general of\n Virginia on 16 November 1796. He served as attorney general\n until his death on 27 February 1800."],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content Information"],"scopecontent_tesim":["Robert Brooke's Executive papers are organized\n chronologically with undated items arranged at the end of each\n year. These papers primarily consist of incoming\n correspondence during Brooke's two one-year terms as governor\n between 1 December 1794 until 1 December 1796. These records\n include correspondence written to James Wood who acted as\n Lieutenant Governor while Brooke was temporarily absent from\n office. The correspondence in this collection relates to a\n variety of topics including appointments for state positions;\n the Point of Fork Arsenal; defense of the frontier;\n resignations; arms \u0026 ammunition; Indian attacks; British\n \u0026 French ships in Virginia ports; the boundary line\n between Kentucky \u0026 Virginia; extraditions; the Houdon\n statue of Washington; state expenses \u0026 revenue; quarantine\n of vessels; foreign affairs; Revolutionary claims; elections;\n Presidential electors; the Capitol Building; the militia; and\n others. In addition to correspondence, there are resolutions\n from Congress and the Virginia Senate \u0026 House of\n Delegates; muster \u0026 pay rolls; accounts; oaths; pardons;\n receipts; election returns \u0026 certificates; qualifications;\n lists; depositions; proclamations; petitions; reports;\n appointments; resignations; treaties; bonds; commissions;\n orders; proceedings; applications; lists; opinions; and other\n sundry items. Note that files related to county officers for\n 1795 have been arranged alphabetically by county and separated\n to the end of the papers for that year.","Noteworthy correspondence originates from the United States\n government, Virginia State government, and miscellaneous\n sources. Prominent correspondents from the United States\n government include Henry Knox, Timothy Pickering, \u0026 James\n McHenry, Secretaries of War; Edmund Randolph \u0026 Timothy\n Pickering, Secretaries of State; Alexander Campbell, U.S.\n District Attorney General, Samuel A. Otis \u0026 John\n Beckley, Clerks of the Senate \u0026 House of\n Representatives, and President George Washington.","Governor Brooke received correspondence on numerous\n occasions from the United States War Department. On 5 December\n 1794, Henry Knox transmitted a resolution by John Beckley,\n Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives, thanking the\n Virginia Militia for their service during the Whiskey\n Rebellion. Timothy Pickering replaced Knox as Secretary of War\n in 1795. Pickering writes on 6 January 1795 regarding the\n French ship Les Jumeaux which was armed and equipped at\n Philadelphia in violation of the U.S. neutrality law.\n Pickering also writes respecting bounty lands on the northwest\n side of the Ohio River for officers \u0026 soldiers of the\n Virginia Line on Continental Establishment (1795 June 13). In\n addition, Pickering responds to a letter from the Governor\n concerning establishing a small garrison of militia at\n Norfolk. According to Pickering, the President has no\n authority to call out the militia for the preservation of\n peace (1795 July 3). Lastly, Pickering writes regarding the\n pay of Charles Cist for printing regulations for the order and\n discipline of U.S. troops (1795 Sept. 14). James McHenry\n replaced Pickering as Secretary of War in 1796. In a letter\n dated 4 March 1796, McHenry acknowledges the receipt of the\n Governor's letter, along with the account \u0026 vouchers for\n militia \u0026 scouts on the Western frontier. William Simmons,\n in the Dept. of War Accountant's Office, corresponds with the\n Governor concerning the compensation by the United States to\n Virginia for the pay \u0026 subsistence of the militia,\n ammunition, and contingent expenses in the protection of the\n frontiers (1795 Sept. 17). On 14 March 1796, Simmons encloses\n a statement of differences on examination of the Virginia\n claims for pay, etc., in 1795. A letter from President George Washington dated 1796 Sept. 15 asks that his shares in the James River Company be applied to Liberty Hall Academy in rockbridge County (letter removed to the Vault - George Washington Papers).","Edmund Randolph, former Governor of Virginia, corresponds\n as Secretary of State. On 3 January 1795, Randolph transmits a\n proclamation of thanksgiving from the President (proclamation\n not included). In another letter of the same date, Randolph\n remarks on a letter from the Governor regarding the embargo.\n On 16 February 1795, Randolph writes about the capture of a\n pilot boat belonging to the British Consul at Norfolk.\n Randolph encloses copies of letters from Gen. Thomas Mathews\n to Governor Lee, Alexander Hamilton, Sec. of the Treasury, and\n orders from Mathews to Lt. Vaughan. On 8 May 1795, Randolph\n encloses letters and papers from George Hammond, British\n Minister Plenipotentiary, concerning French prizes taken by\n Rear Admiral Murray and an order for foreign ships to depart\n American ports. Included is a copy of a letter from Thomas\n Jefferson to Hammond regarding French \u0026 British ships in\n American ports and the treaty with France to admit prizes\n \u0026 repair French ships in U.S. ports. The next day,\n Randolph encloses additional copies of letters from Hammond,\n along with a declaration \u0026 affidavit by Thomas Butler\n regarding the French prizes taken by Admiral Murray. Finally,\n Randolph discusses the practice of British ships of war\n impressing American seamen (1795 May 20). All copies of\n letters were transcribed by George Taylor, Jr., Chief Clerk of\n the Department of State. Timothy Pickering served as Secretary\n of State upon the resignation of Randolph on 19 August 1795.\n On 20 January 1796, Pickering writes to Pierre A. Adet, French\n Minister Plenipotentiary, with respect to U.S. neutrality.\n Pickering also encloses a translation of a letter he received\n from Adet regarding the purchase of flour \u0026 horses by the\n English in Virginia.","Alexander Campbell, District U.S. Attorney, provides his\n opinion on the following subjects: the unlawful detention of a\n mariner by a British vessel of war (1795 Jan. 25), the\n delivery of a fugitive of justice from Pennsylvania and\n deserters from a British ship of war at Norfolk (1795 Jan.\n 25), and the Unicorn, a suspected privateer outfitting at\n Gloucester (1795 June 26). In addition, Samuel A. Otis \u0026\n John Beckley periodically transmit journals of the proceedings\n of the U.S. Senate \u0026 House of Representatives (1795 April\n 13 \u0026 25, \u0026 1796 July 28).","Significant correspondents from Virginia State government\n include Archibald Blair, Clerk of the Council; Samuel Coleman,\n Assistant Clerk of the Council of State; James Innes, Attorney\n General; Charles Hay, Clerk of the House of Delegates;\n Humphrey Brooke, Clerk of the Senate; William Hay, Robert\n Goode, \u0026 William Foushee, etc., Directors of Public\n Buildings; Robert Quarles, Superintendent of the Point of Fork\n Arsenal; Thomas Newton \u0026 Willis Wilson, County\n Lieutenants; John Pendleton, Jr., Auditor of Public Accounts;\n and Jacquelin Ambler, Treasurer.","Archibald Blair \u0026 Samuel Coleman, as Clerk \u0026\n Assistant Clerk of the Council, communicate with the Governor\n frequently through the Council Office. Blair offers the advice\n of the Council regarding the account against the U.S. for the\n Western defense, reimbursement for the Springfield expedition,\n the printing of German military regulations, and orders for\n scouts in Ohio \u0026 Harrison Counties (1795 Jan. 14). Blair\n also writes G. Deneale denying his request to keep arms given\n to the light infantry under his command at Winchester to use\n against the insurgents (1795 Feb. 11). On 14 July 1795, Blair\n submits the order of the Council for ordering out the militia\n from Norfolk \u0026 Portsmouth to prevent disorder or\n insurrections from the frequent migrations of negroes. Lastly,\n Blair provides the advice of the Council concerning witnesses\n against Archer Branch in North Carolina (1796 Feb. 15).\n Coleman mainly writes concerning military finances including\n the account of Hugh Caperton for ammunition (1794 Dec. 2) and\n Capt. William Lowther's pay abstract \u0026 muster roll (1795\n March 5). On 12 May 1795, Coleman writes the Governor\n requesting that the office of Keeper of the Capitol not be\n taken from his father, Wyatt Coleman. His father writes a\n similar letter on the same date. On 4 December 1795, Coleman\n requests additional compensation for completing a list of\n officers \u0026 privates of the Continental Line. Shortly\n thereafter, Coleman was appointed Adjutant General and asks\n the Lieutenant Governor for an apartment in the Capitol to\n perform his new duties (1795 Dec. 14).","During James Innes' absence in 1794 \u0026 1795, John\n Marshall provides his opinion on the militia law as Attorney\n General of Virginia (1794 Undated). Upon Innes' return,\n Marshall writes as counsel to Lord Fairfax concerning the case\n of the Commonwealth against him in the Court of Appeals (1795\n March 2). On 23 April 1795, Innes writes that he will be\n unable to attend this trial in the Court of Appeals due to\n illness. Innes provides an opinion on such topics as the\n improper trial of William John Thweatt who was found guilty of\n horse stealing (1795 April 7), proceedings against Mr. Johnson\n for the alleged murder of Mr. Jeffers (1796 Jan. 13), and the\n power of the Governor to procure the attendance of necessary\n witnesses from the Territory South of the Ohio River (1796\n Feb. 3). On 21 June 1796, he remarks on the assignment of the\n Solicitor's Office for the use of the Attorney General. Again,\n on 17 July 1796, Innes writes that he must be absent from\n office because of health problems. He adds that he has asked\n Mr. Warden to discharge the duties of his office. Innes was\n forced to resign in a letter to the Governor dated 13 November\n 1796.","Charles Hay, Clerk of the House of Delegates, and Humphrey\n Brooke, Clerk of the Senate, often submit legislation and\n qualifications of election to the Governor. Noteworthy\n legislation includes a resolution to inquire about the\n \"lucrative office\" accepted by James Innes in the General\n Government (1794 Dec. 16). Included in these papers are the\n qualifications for the election of Spencer Roane as Judge of\n the Court of Appeals in place of Henry Tazewell (1794 Dec. 2),\n the election of Jaquelin Ambler as Treasurer (1794 Dec. 17),\n Paul Carrington as Judge of the General Court in place of\n Spencer Roane (1794 Dec. 17), Robert Brooke as Governor (1795\n Nov. 26), Robert Brooke as Attorney General (1796 Nov. 16),\n and Samuel Shepard as Auditor of Public Accounts in place of\n John Pendleton (1796 Nov. 16). A letter from John Wise,\n Speaker of the House of Delegates, encloses sundry resolutions\n for proposing certain amendments to the U.S. Constitution\n (1795 Dec. 19).","William Hay, Robert Goode, \u0026 William Foushee, etc.,\n Directors of Public Buildings, provide information on work\n done to the Capitol Building and the settlement of accounts.\n On 28 November 1795, William Hay writes regarding the account\n of Samuel Dobie for superintending \u0026 directing the\n execution of the steps outside the Capitol, as well as the\n staircase, conference, and other work done inside the Capitol\n from 1793 to 1794. Hay also encloses accounts and a letter\n from Dobie indicating the amount of balances due him. On 30\n March 1796, the Directors write regarding the repair of the\n roof of the Capitol and surplus materials.","Maj. Robert Quarles submits quarterly returns of ordnance\n \u0026 public stores at Point of Fork (1795 Jan. 2, 1795 March\n 31, 1795 June 30, 1795 Oct. 6, 1795 Dec. 31, 1796 March 31,\n 1796 June 30, \u0026 1796 Sept. 30). In addition, Quarles'\n correspondence concerns a contract for provisions at Point of\n Fork (1795 May 5 \u0026 25), an increase in salary (1795 Oct.\n 6), the bond of William Weaver to provide rations for the\n State Arsenal (1796 May 27), the supply of timber \u0026\n firewood contract with David Ross (1796 Sept. 12), and the\n bond of Matthew \u0026 Elias Wills for the Office of Contractor\n to supply the State Arsenal with rations (1796 Oct. 27).","Thomas Newton, Jr., County Lieutenant for Norfolk Borough,\n frequently writes the Governor on a variety of concerns. On 11\n January 1795, Newton encloses copies of letters from the\n British \u0026 French Consuls regarding disturbances between\n British \u0026 French crews in Norfolk Harbor. On 14 January,\n Newton discusses the case of Daniel Raybourn, an American\n seamen taken by the Lynx, a British ship of war, from a Danish\n Brig. He encloses the opinion of Alexander Campbell to the\n Lieutenant Governor on the same matter on 25 January 1795. In\n another letter, he remarks on Campbell's opinion on British\n deserters and the extradition of the fugitive Joseph Larelle\n back to Pennsylvania (1795 Feb. 1). Newton communicates\n Campbell's opinion to John Hamilton, British Consul, stating\n that it is the duty of the magistrates to apprehend deserters\n (1795 Feb. 2). An incident occurred in February 1795 when a\n group of armed men from the British ship Thetis marched into\n Norfolk committing illegal searches in the homes of citizens\n for deserters. Newton informs the Governor of this incident\n and encloses an account by the Captain of the Watch, a copy of\n a letter from John Hamilton, and depositions (1795 Feb. 17).\n He writes again on this matter on 25 February 1795 enclosing\n letters from Alexander F. Cochrane, Captain of the Thetis,\n \u0026 John Hamilton. Much of Newton's correspondence with\n Governor Brooke relates to the spread of diseases to Norfolk\n \u0026 the quarantine of vessels (1795 April 28; 1795 May 5,\n 16, 26; 1795 Aug. 22; 1795 Oct. 3; 1795 Nov. 4, 5, \u0026 17;\n 1796 May 15 \u0026 29; 1796 July 8; 1796 Aug. 13 \u0026 28; 1796\n Sept. 12 \u0026 28; 1796 Oct. 27; \u0026 1796 Nov. 7). On 28\n February 1796, Newton writes regarding the purchase of two\n acres of land for building houses for the reception of goods\n and for accommodating the persons performing quarantine. On 17\n April 1795, Newton informs the Governor of American citizens\n detained on board Admiral Murray's ship the Resolution, a\n British ship of war. His letters of 1796 Feb. 7 \u0026 9 relate\n to letters from Henry McGeary, an American citizen impressed\n on the Resolution. Later, Newton encloses a letter from Judge\n Cyrus Griffin respecting the case of McGeary (1796 Feb. 21).\n Newton remarks on the arrival of three French ships from\n Guadalupe and the defenseless condition of the port due to the\n incompletion of the forts and the insufficient garrison there\n (1795 May 24). On 9 June 1795, Newton relates the capture of\n two French ships off the coast by the British ships Thetis\n \u0026 Hussar. In addition, he mentions the arrival of a French\n ship from Dominique with French citizens and a number of\n negroes which they claim as servants. A few days later, Newton\n informs the Governor of the arrival of the Sloop Industry from\n Boston which carried negro slaves on board in violation of the\n non-importation laws (1795 June 11). In a letter dated 21 June\n 1795, Newton encloses the deposition of Francis Marshal\n concerning two brigs taken off the coast of Virginia by a\n Bermudian privateer. Another significant event occurred in\n January 1796 when horses were purchased by British officers in\n the United States for mounting their troops against the French\n in the West Indies. Newton writes the Governor that this is a\n violation of the treaty with France \u0026 Holland (1796 Jan.\n 20). Shortly thereafter, he encloses a letter from Mr. Oster,\n French Consul, complaining of the shipment of horses by the\n British (1796 Jan. 23). The next day, he encloses one from\n John Hamilton denying that the shipment of horses is a\n military preparation (1795 Jan. 24).","Willis Wilson, County Lieutenant for Portsmouth,\n corresponds with the Governor regarding similar subjects as\n Thomas Newton. On 29 April 1795, Wilson suggests that a boat\n be armed at Hampton Roads for the purpose of preventing\n violators of U.S. neutrality and to liberate the men impressed\n on board Rear Admiral Murray's Squadron. He encloses the\n deposition of Capt. Hatten whose ship was boarded by the Lynx.\n A letter from Wilson to Admiral Murray relates to hostile\n expeditions by ships of any belligerent nation in Virginia\n waters. In this letter, he orders the ships to depart Virginia\n waters and to liberate any American citizens detained on board\n (1795 April 27). Wilson encloses a letter from John Hamilton\n informing him that the vessels Diana \u0026 Thomas are waiting\n to embark with their cargo of horses. On 24 June 1795, Wilson\n writes about the small pox epidemic in Portsmouth and the\n impressment of John Underwood \u0026 John Lloyd on board the\n British ship Lynx. Finally, Wilson writes the Governor\n regarding the formation of an artillery company in Portsmouth\n under the command of John Cowper (1796 Feb. 23 \u0026 March\n 27).","Governor Randolph corresponds often with John Pendleton,\n Jr., Auditor of Public Accounts, and Jaquelin Ambler,\n Treasurer, regarding various financial matters. Pendleton\n regularly encloses lists of warrants issued by him through the\n Auditor's Office (1795 March 31, 1795 July 1, 1795 Nov. 5,\n 1795 Dec. 31, 1796 July 1). Additionally, Pendleton writes\n regarding the suspicion of a fraudulent sale against Robert\n Craig, former sheriff of Washington County (1794 Dec. 18).\n Pendleton encloses the report of John Taylor and the opinion\n of John Marshall on the matter. Pendleton also writes to the\n Governor enclosing accounts of expenses of his office (1795\n May 10). On 14 May 1795, Pendleton provided a report on the\n final settlement of William Davies' accounts as Commissioner\n of Virginia for Claims Against the United States. Pendleton\n submits his letter of resignation on 5 August 1796 effective\n at the end of the month. The next day, Pendleton recommends\n Samuel Shepard to replace him as Auditor. Pendleton's official\n letter of resignation was submitted on 30 Sept. 1796. Ambler\n encloses a statement of monies belonging to claimants for the\n defense of the Western frontier (1795 Aug. 27). In addition,\n on 24 September 1795, he encloses a copy of a letter from\n Samuel Meredith, U.S. Treasurer, regarding a warrant from the\n Secretary of War for the full balance due the State of\n Virginia for the settlement of their account for the pay \u0026\n subsistence of militia, scouts, ammunition, and contingent\n expenses in the protection of the frontiers.","Notable correspondents from miscellaneous sources include\n the following: Andrew Dunscomb, Mayor of Richmond; John\n Hamilton, British Consul at Norfolk; and Thomas Mifflin,\n Governor of Pennsylvania.","Andrew Dunscomb mainly writes the Governor regarding the\n prevention of infectious disease to the City of Richmond. On\n 27 August 1795, he encloses resolutions of the Common Hall\n relative to the quarantine of vessels from Norfolk.\n Additionally, he discusses a law prohibiting the migration of\n free negroes from the West Indies into the Commonwealth (1795\n Sept. 18). Dunscomb also transmits a letter from William\n Richardson \u0026 Jacob I. Cohen regarding allowing passage of\n vessels from Norfolk, but stopping vessels from New York (1795\n Oct. 6).","John Hamilton, British Consul, frequently writes the\n Governor regarding British affairs. On 2 January 1795,\n Hamilton requests permission for the British ships Thetis\n \u0026 Cleopatra to make repairs in Norfolk Harbor. Hamilton\n also writes at length regarding British desertions,\n particularly the incident involving the attempt by British\n sailors on board the Thetis to recapture deserters in Norfolk\n (1795 Feb. 18, 25, \u0026 May 8). Hamilton was also\n particularly concerned with privateers preying on British\n ships. He specifically mentions a ship called the Unicorn\n which plundered a Danish vessel (1795 June 26 \u0026 July 30).\n In addition, Hamilton communicates his intelligence regarding\n vessels from Baltimore arming in the Chesapeake as privateers\n (1795 Aug. 15 \u0026 Sept. 24). His letter to the Lieutenant\n Governor relates to the prevention of illegal equipment for\n ships in the waters of Virginia (1795 July 3 \u0026 Oct. 6).\n Yet another incident occurred in January 1796 when the\n American Sloop Diana, loaded with British goods and bound for\n a British port in the West Indies, was forcibly boarded and\n her cargo carried away. Hamilton sends a letter to the\n Governor complaining about this incident, along with a similar\n letter to Willis Wilson (1796 Jan. 29). Finally, on 15\n February 1796, Hamilton writes regarding his inquiry to the\n President on the shipment of horses and the neutrality\n laws.","As Governor of Pennsylvania, Thomas Mifflin often\n corresponds with Governor Brooke with respect to fugitives\n from justice. On 29 December 1794, Mifflin transmits the\n affidavit of Stephen Girard affirming that Joseph Larelle had\n taken a mulatto boy named Crispin from his service with an\n intention of selling him into slavery. He writes again on 10\n February 1795 concerning the apprehension of Larelle. In a\n letter dated 12 March 1795, Mifflin informs the Governor of\n the appointment of Laurence Maher as Agent for Pennsylvania to\n bring Joseph Larelle back to Pennsylvania. Similarly, Mifflin\n transmits a copy of an affidavit by Robert Ross respecting\n Langford Herring who was accused of forgery and removed to\n Virginia (1795 Oct. 12). Mifflin also acknowledges the receipt\n of the revised laws from Virginia (1795 May 14 \u0026 1796 Aug.\n 25) and a resolution from Virginia proposing certain\n amendments to the U.S. Constitution (1796 Jan. 6). Mifflin\n responds to another letter on 22 January 1796 regarding an\n annual interchange of the laws passed by Pennsylvania \u0026\n Virginia.","Additional significant correspondence includes the\n following: George Clendenin regarding pay \u0026 subsistence of\n a company employed for the defense of Greenbrier \u0026 Kanawha\n (1794 Dec. 20); Paul Carrington accepting a commission as\n Judge of the General Court (1794 Dec. 18); Andrew Lewis\n regarding the discharge of the troops under his command on the\n southwestern frontiers (1794 Dec. 28); Thomas Mathews\n regarding the admission of two British ship of war into\n Norfolk (1795 Jan. 9); William Price, Register of the Land\n Office, regarding two additional clerk (1795 Jan. 15); Edward\n Carrington regarding the quota of militia called from Gen.\n Martin's Brigade for the late expeditions against the\n insurgents (1795 Feb. 8); William Lowther regarding the\n discharge of scouts \u0026 rangers under his command (1795 Feb.\n 21); Andrew Lewis regarding the settlement of his accounts\n (1795 March 3); John Steele regarding his tardiness in\n settling the Western accounts (1795 April 29); Andrew Lewis\n regarding his application to replace Gen. Tate as paymaster\n (1795 May 5); Daniel Bedinger responding to charges against\n him by George Hammond, regarding his deposition of the pilot\n Thomas Butler (1795 May 26); John Steele regarding the account\n of Virginia against the United States (1795 June 23); Henry\n Lee regarding his failure to execute orders by the Lt. Gov.\n concerning the privateer at Gloucester (1795 July 6); H. Young\n enclosing a letter from John Page regarding the Unicorn (1795\n July 7); John Dawson regarding Indian depredations in Harrison\n County (1795 Aug. 17); James Monroe, Paris, regarding the\n statue of Gen. Washington left unfinished while Thomas\n Jefferson was Minister to France (1795 Aug. 20); William\n Lowther regarding depredations by Indians in Harrison County\n (1795 Aug. 24); George Peachey, Mayor of Petersburg regarding\n two cases of yellow fever brought from Norfolk (1795 Aug. 26);\n George Clendenin resigning his commission as County Lieutenant\n for Kanawha County (1795 Nov. 14); Governor Brooke to the\n Clerk of the Council indicating his temporary absence from\n office (1795 Dec. 9); Robert Johnson to the Commissioners for\n Virginia regarding approval of the proceedings of the\n Commissioners concerning the boundary line between Virginia\n \u0026 Kentucky (1796 Jan. 1); Isaac Shelby, Governor of\n Kentucky, regarding the boundary line and enclosing an act of\n the Kentucky Legislature (1796 Feb. 15); William Pennock\n enclosing a bill of lading from Ve. Homberg \u0026 Homberg\n Freres for three cases containing the marble pedester statue\n of Gen. Washington and the marble pedestal (1796 April 10);\n Isaac Shelby enclosing a letter from Alexander Smyth regarding\n the boundary line between Virginia \u0026 Kentucky (1796 May\n 6); John Hoskins Stone, Governor of Maryland, regarding the\n extradition of Robert Osborn, a fugitive of justice (1796 June\n 16); John Dawson regarding obtaining arms for the State of\n Virginia from Europe (1796 Sept. 11 \u0026 12); Archibald\n Stuart regarding the agreement with the Kentucky Commissioners\n on the boundary line (1796 Sept. 27); Houdon regarding his\n payment for creating a marble statue of Washington (1796 Oct.\n 8); and Edmund Randolph regarding the case of Fairfax versus\n the Commonwealth (1796 Oct. 22).","Other noteworthy items include: oath of Robert Brooke by J.\n Pendleton as Governor (1794 Dec. 1); a list of persons who\n have migrated to Virginia and given oath to reside therein\n (1794 Dec. 17); receipts from William Morris, Contractor, for\n rations to soldiers under the command of Hugh Caperton (1794\n Dec. 17); proclamation revoking the previous proclamation of\n Lt. Gov. James Wood regarding the quarantine of vessels from\n certain ports (1794 Dec. 19); receipts from Samuel Shepard for\n the sale of the mace (1794 Dec. 3); order from Will Russell,\n Clerk of the Court of Directors of the Lunatic Hospital,\n applying for warrants from the Auditor of Public Accounts\n (1795 March 31 \u0026 1796 July 12); muster roll of scouts\n called into service for the protection of Randolph County\n (1795 May 20); proclamation by the Governor regarding the\n yellow fever outbreak in the West Indies and the quarantine of\n vessels from those areas (1795 May 21); petition from French\n refugees from St. Domingo at Norfolk regarding a plan to send\n back their negroes (1795 July N.D.); oath issued by John\n Pendleton to Robert Brooke as Governor (1795 Dec. 1); printed\n copy of the Treaty of Greenville signed by Timothy Pickering\n (1795 Dec. 22); proclamation by Lt. Gov. James Wood offering a\n reward for the capture of John Williford for the murder of\n Josiah Worrell (1795 Sept. 19); list of commissions of the\n peace for Southampton County (1796 Feb. 12); list of\n commissions of the peace for New Kent County (1796 March 4);\n account of William Hodgson for erecting the statue of\n Washington \u0026 repairing (1796 June 8); appointment of John\n Robertson by James Wood as Superintendent of Quarantine for\n Bermuda Hundred \u0026 City Point (1796 July 9); bond of Samuel\n Shepard as Auditor of Public Accounts (1796 Oct. 1);\n certificate of Samuel Moseley, Mayor of Norfolk, as elector\n for President \u0026 Vice President (1796 Nov. 7); and muster\n fines of the 22nd Regiment Virginia Militia, Mecklenburg\n County (1796 Nov. 5)."],"physloc_html_tesm":["\u003cphysloc label=\"Physical Location\"\u003eState Records Collection,\n Office of the Governor (Record Group 3)\u003c/physloc\u003e\n "],"physloc_tesim":["State Records Collection,\n Office of the Governor (Record Group 3)"],"language_ssim":["English"],"total_component_count_is":134,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-07-23T21:08:53.750Z","scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eRobert Brooke's Executive papers are organized\n chronologically with undated items arranged at the end of each\n year. These papers primarily consist of incoming\n correspondence during Brooke's two one-year terms as governor\n between 1 December 1794 until 1 December 1796. These records\n include correspondence written to James Wood who acted as\n Lieutenant Governor while Brooke was temporarily absent from\n office. The correspondence in this collection relates to a\n variety of topics including appointments for state positions;\n the Point of Fork Arsenal; defense of the frontier;\n resignations; arms \u0026amp; ammunition; Indian attacks; British\n \u0026amp; French ships in Virginia ports; the boundary line\n between Kentucky \u0026amp; Virginia; extraditions; the Houdon\n statue of Washington; state expenses \u0026amp; revenue; quarantine\n of vessels; foreign affairs; Revolutionary claims; elections;\n Presidential electors; the Capitol Building; the militia; and\n others. In addition to correspondence, there are resolutions\n from Congress and the Virginia Senate \u0026amp; House of\n Delegates; muster \u0026amp; pay rolls; accounts; oaths; pardons;\n receipts; election returns \u0026amp; certificates; qualifications;\n lists; depositions; proclamations; petitions; reports;\n appointments; resignations; treaties; bonds; commissions;\n orders; proceedings; applications; lists; opinions; and other\n sundry items. Note that files related to county officers for\n 1795 have been arranged alphabetically by county and separated\n to the end of the papers for that year.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eNoteworthy correspondence originates from the United States\n government, Virginia State government, and miscellaneous\n sources. Prominent correspondents from the United States\n government include Henry Knox, Timothy Pickering, \u0026amp; James\n McHenry, Secretaries of War; Edmund Randolph \u0026amp; Timothy\n Pickering, Secretaries of State; Alexander Campbell, U.S.\n District Attorney General, Samuel A. Otis \u0026amp; John\n Beckley, Clerks of the Senate \u0026amp; House of\n Representatives, and President George Washington.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eGovernor Brooke received correspondence on numerous\n occasions from the United States War Department. On 5 December\n 1794, Henry Knox transmitted a resolution by John Beckley,\n Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives, thanking the\n Virginia Militia for their service during the Whiskey\n Rebellion. Timothy Pickering replaced Knox as Secretary of War\n in 1795. Pickering writes on 6 January 1795 regarding the\n French ship Les Jumeaux which was armed and equipped at\n Philadelphia in violation of the U.S. neutrality law.\n Pickering also writes respecting bounty lands on the northwest\n side of the Ohio River for officers \u0026amp; soldiers of the\n Virginia Line on Continental Establishment (1795 June 13). In\n addition, Pickering responds to a letter from the Governor\n concerning establishing a small garrison of militia at\n Norfolk. According to Pickering, the President has no\n authority to call out the militia for the preservation of\n peace (1795 July 3). Lastly, Pickering writes regarding the\n pay of Charles Cist for printing regulations for the order and\n discipline of U.S. troops (1795 Sept. 14). James McHenry\n replaced Pickering as Secretary of War in 1796. In a letter\n dated 4 March 1796, McHenry acknowledges the receipt of the\n Governor's letter, along with the account \u0026amp; vouchers for\n militia \u0026amp; scouts on the Western frontier. William Simmons,\n in the Dept. of War Accountant's Office, corresponds with the\n Governor concerning the compensation by the United States to\n Virginia for the pay \u0026amp; subsistence of the militia,\n ammunition, and contingent expenses in the protection of the\n frontiers (1795 Sept. 17). On 14 March 1796, Simmons encloses\n a statement of differences on examination of the Virginia\n claims for pay, etc., in 1795. A letter from President George Washington dated 1796 Sept. 15 asks that his shares in the James River Company be applied to Liberty Hall Academy in rockbridge County (letter removed to the Vault - George Washington Papers).\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eEdmund Randolph, former Governor of Virginia, corresponds\n as Secretary of State. On 3 January 1795, Randolph transmits a\n proclamation of thanksgiving from the President (proclamation\n not included). In another letter of the same date, Randolph\n remarks on a letter from the Governor regarding the embargo.\n On 16 February 1795, Randolph writes about the capture of a\n pilot boat belonging to the British Consul at Norfolk.\n Randolph encloses copies of letters from Gen. Thomas Mathews\n to Governor Lee, Alexander Hamilton, Sec. of the Treasury, and\n orders from Mathews to Lt. Vaughan. On 8 May 1795, Randolph\n encloses letters and papers from George Hammond, British\n Minister Plenipotentiary, concerning French prizes taken by\n Rear Admiral Murray and an order for foreign ships to depart\n American ports. Included is a copy of a letter from Thomas\n Jefferson to Hammond regarding French \u0026amp; British ships in\n American ports and the treaty with France to admit prizes\n \u0026amp; repair French ships in U.S. ports. The next day,\n Randolph encloses additional copies of letters from Hammond,\n along with a declaration \u0026amp; affidavit by Thomas Butler\n regarding the French prizes taken by Admiral Murray. Finally,\n Randolph discusses the practice of British ships of war\n impressing American seamen (1795 May 20). All copies of\n letters were transcribed by George Taylor, Jr., Chief Clerk of\n the Department of State. Timothy Pickering served as Secretary\n of State upon the resignation of Randolph on 19 August 1795.\n On 20 January 1796, Pickering writes to Pierre A. Adet, French\n Minister Plenipotentiary, with respect to U.S. neutrality.\n Pickering also encloses a translation of a letter he received\n from Adet regarding the purchase of flour \u0026amp; horses by the\n English in Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eAlexander Campbell, District U.S. Attorney, provides his\n opinion on the following subjects: the unlawful detention of a\n mariner by a British vessel of war (1795 Jan. 25), the\n delivery of a fugitive of justice from Pennsylvania and\n deserters from a British ship of war at Norfolk (1795 Jan.\n 25), and the Unicorn, a suspected privateer outfitting at\n Gloucester (1795 June 26). In addition, Samuel A. Otis \u0026amp;\n John Beckley periodically transmit journals of the proceedings\n of the U.S. Senate \u0026amp; House of Representatives (1795 April\n 13 \u0026amp; 25, \u0026amp; 1796 July 28).\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eSignificant correspondents from Virginia State government\n include Archibald Blair, Clerk of the Council; Samuel Coleman,\n Assistant Clerk of the Council of State; James Innes, Attorney\n General; Charles Hay, Clerk of the House of Delegates;\n Humphrey Brooke, Clerk of the Senate; William Hay, Robert\n Goode, \u0026amp; William Foushee, etc., Directors of Public\n Buildings; Robert Quarles, Superintendent of the Point of Fork\n Arsenal; Thomas Newton \u0026amp; Willis Wilson, County\n Lieutenants; John Pendleton, Jr., Auditor of Public Accounts;\n and Jacquelin Ambler, Treasurer.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eArchibald Blair \u0026amp; Samuel Coleman, as Clerk \u0026amp;\n Assistant Clerk of the Council, communicate with the Governor\n frequently through the Council Office. Blair offers the advice\n of the Council regarding the account against the U.S. for the\n Western defense, reimbursement for the Springfield expedition,\n the printing of German military regulations, and orders for\n scouts in Ohio \u0026amp; Harrison Counties (1795 Jan. 14). Blair\n also writes G. Deneale denying his request to keep arms given\n to the light infantry under his command at Winchester to use\n against the insurgents (1795 Feb. 11). On 14 July 1795, Blair\n submits the order of the Council for ordering out the militia\n from Norfolk \u0026amp; Portsmouth to prevent disorder or\n insurrections from the frequent migrations of negroes. Lastly,\n Blair provides the advice of the Council concerning witnesses\n against Archer Branch in North Carolina (1796 Feb. 15).\n Coleman mainly writes concerning military finances including\n the account of Hugh Caperton for ammunition (1794 Dec. 2) and\n Capt. William Lowther's pay abstract \u0026amp; muster roll (1795\n March 5). On 12 May 1795, Coleman writes the Governor\n requesting that the office of Keeper of the Capitol not be\n taken from his father, Wyatt Coleman. His father writes a\n similar letter on the same date. On 4 December 1795, Coleman\n requests additional compensation for completing a list of\n officers \u0026amp; privates of the Continental Line. Shortly\n thereafter, Coleman was appointed Adjutant General and asks\n the Lieutenant Governor for an apartment in the Capitol to\n perform his new duties (1795 Dec. 14).\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eDuring James Innes' absence in 1794 \u0026amp; 1795, John\n Marshall provides his opinion on the militia law as Attorney\n General of Virginia (1794 Undated). Upon Innes' return,\n Marshall writes as counsel to Lord Fairfax concerning the case\n of the Commonwealth against him in the Court of Appeals (1795\n March 2). On 23 April 1795, Innes writes that he will be\n unable to attend this trial in the Court of Appeals due to\n illness. Innes provides an opinion on such topics as the\n improper trial of William John Thweatt who was found guilty of\n horse stealing (1795 April 7), proceedings against Mr. Johnson\n for the alleged murder of Mr. Jeffers (1796 Jan. 13), and the\n power of the Governor to procure the attendance of necessary\n witnesses from the Territory South of the Ohio River (1796\n Feb. 3). On 21 June 1796, he remarks on the assignment of the\n Solicitor's Office for the use of the Attorney General. Again,\n on 17 July 1796, Innes writes that he must be absent from\n office because of health problems. He adds that he has asked\n Mr. Warden to discharge the duties of his office. Innes was\n forced to resign in a letter to the Governor dated 13 November\n 1796.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eCharles Hay, Clerk of the House of Delegates, and Humphrey\n Brooke, Clerk of the Senate, often submit legislation and\n qualifications of election to the Governor. Noteworthy\n legislation includes a resolution to inquire about the\n \"lucrative office\" accepted by James Innes in the General\n Government (1794 Dec. 16). Included in these papers are the\n qualifications for the election of Spencer Roane as Judge of\n the Court of Appeals in place of Henry Tazewell (1794 Dec. 2),\n the election of Jaquelin Ambler as Treasurer (1794 Dec. 17),\n Paul Carrington as Judge of the General Court in place of\n Spencer Roane (1794 Dec. 17), Robert Brooke as Governor (1795\n Nov. 26), Robert Brooke as Attorney General (1796 Nov. 16),\n and Samuel Shepard as Auditor of Public Accounts in place of\n John Pendleton (1796 Nov. 16). A letter from John Wise,\n Speaker of the House of Delegates, encloses sundry resolutions\n for proposing certain amendments to the U.S. Constitution\n (1795 Dec. 19).\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eWilliam Hay, Robert Goode, \u0026amp; William Foushee, etc.,\n Directors of Public Buildings, provide information on work\n done to the Capitol Building and the settlement of accounts.\n On 28 November 1795, William Hay writes regarding the account\n of Samuel Dobie for superintending \u0026amp; directing the\n execution of the steps outside the Capitol, as well as the\n staircase, conference, and other work done inside the Capitol\n from 1793 to 1794. Hay also encloses accounts and a letter\n from Dobie indicating the amount of balances due him. On 30\n March 1796, the Directors write regarding the repair of the\n roof of the Capitol and surplus materials.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eMaj. Robert Quarles submits quarterly returns of ordnance\n \u0026amp; public stores at Point of Fork (1795 Jan. 2, 1795 March\n 31, 1795 June 30, 1795 Oct. 6, 1795 Dec. 31, 1796 March 31,\n 1796 June 30, \u0026amp; 1796 Sept. 30). In addition, Quarles'\n correspondence concerns a contract for provisions at Point of\n Fork (1795 May 5 \u0026amp; 25), an increase in salary (1795 Oct.\n 6), the bond of William Weaver to provide rations for the\n State Arsenal (1796 May 27), the supply of timber \u0026amp;\n firewood contract with David Ross (1796 Sept. 12), and the\n bond of Matthew \u0026amp; Elias Wills for the Office of Contractor\n to supply the State Arsenal with rations (1796 Oct. 27).\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eThomas Newton, Jr., County Lieutenant for Norfolk Borough,\n frequently writes the Governor on a variety of concerns. On 11\n January 1795, Newton encloses copies of letters from the\n British \u0026amp; French Consuls regarding disturbances between\n British \u0026amp; French crews in Norfolk Harbor. On 14 January,\n Newton discusses the case of Daniel Raybourn, an American\n seamen taken by the Lynx, a British ship of war, from a Danish\n Brig. He encloses the opinion of Alexander Campbell to the\n Lieutenant Governor on the same matter on 25 January 1795. In\n another letter, he remarks on Campbell's opinion on British\n deserters and the extradition of the fugitive Joseph Larelle\n back to Pennsylvania (1795 Feb. 1). Newton communicates\n Campbell's opinion to John Hamilton, British Consul, stating\n that it is the duty of the magistrates to apprehend deserters\n (1795 Feb. 2). An incident occurred in February 1795 when a\n group of armed men from the British ship Thetis marched into\n Norfolk committing illegal searches in the homes of citizens\n for deserters. Newton informs the Governor of this incident\n and encloses an account by the Captain of the Watch, a copy of\n a letter from John Hamilton, and depositions (1795 Feb. 17).\n He writes again on this matter on 25 February 1795 enclosing\n letters from Alexander F. Cochrane, Captain of the Thetis,\n \u0026amp; John Hamilton. Much of Newton's correspondence with\n Governor Brooke relates to the spread of diseases to Norfolk\n \u0026amp; the quarantine of vessels (1795 April 28; 1795 May 5,\n 16, 26; 1795 Aug. 22; 1795 Oct. 3; 1795 Nov. 4, 5, \u0026amp; 17;\n 1796 May 15 \u0026amp; 29; 1796 July 8; 1796 Aug. 13 \u0026amp; 28; 1796\n Sept. 12 \u0026amp; 28; 1796 Oct. 27; \u0026amp; 1796 Nov. 7). On 28\n February 1796, Newton writes regarding the purchase of two\n acres of land for building houses for the reception of goods\n and for accommodating the persons performing quarantine. On 17\n April 1795, Newton informs the Governor of American citizens\n detained on board Admiral Murray's ship the Resolution, a\n British ship of war. His letters of 1796 Feb. 7 \u0026amp; 9 relate\n to letters from Henry McGeary, an American citizen impressed\n on the Resolution. Later, Newton encloses a letter from Judge\n Cyrus Griffin respecting the case of McGeary (1796 Feb. 21).\n Newton remarks on the arrival of three French ships from\n Guadalupe and the defenseless condition of the port due to the\n incompletion of the forts and the insufficient garrison there\n (1795 May 24). On 9 June 1795, Newton relates the capture of\n two French ships off the coast by the British ships Thetis\n \u0026amp; Hussar. In addition, he mentions the arrival of a French\n ship from Dominique with French citizens and a number of\n negroes which they claim as servants. A few days later, Newton\n informs the Governor of the arrival of the Sloop Industry from\n Boston which carried negro slaves on board in violation of the\n non-importation laws (1795 June 11). In a letter dated 21 June\n 1795, Newton encloses the deposition of Francis Marshal\n concerning two brigs taken off the coast of Virginia by a\n Bermudian privateer. Another significant event occurred in\n January 1796 when horses were purchased by British officers in\n the United States for mounting their troops against the French\n in the West Indies. Newton writes the Governor that this is a\n violation of the treaty with France \u0026amp; Holland (1796 Jan.\n 20). Shortly thereafter, he encloses a letter from Mr. Oster,\n French Consul, complaining of the shipment of horses by the\n British (1796 Jan. 23). The next day, he encloses one from\n John Hamilton denying that the shipment of horses is a\n military preparation (1795 Jan. 24).\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eWillis Wilson, County Lieutenant for Portsmouth,\n corresponds with the Governor regarding similar subjects as\n Thomas Newton. On 29 April 1795, Wilson suggests that a boat\n be armed at Hampton Roads for the purpose of preventing\n violators of U.S. neutrality and to liberate the men impressed\n on board Rear Admiral Murray's Squadron. He encloses the\n deposition of Capt. Hatten whose ship was boarded by the Lynx.\n A letter from Wilson to Admiral Murray relates to hostile\n expeditions by ships of any belligerent nation in Virginia\n waters. In this letter, he orders the ships to depart Virginia\n waters and to liberate any American citizens detained on board\n (1795 April 27). Wilson encloses a letter from John Hamilton\n informing him that the vessels Diana \u0026amp; Thomas are waiting\n to embark with their cargo of horses. On 24 June 1795, Wilson\n writes about the small pox epidemic in Portsmouth and the\n impressment of John Underwood \u0026amp; John Lloyd on board the\n British ship Lynx. Finally, Wilson writes the Governor\n regarding the formation of an artillery company in Portsmouth\n under the command of John Cowper (1796 Feb. 23 \u0026amp; March\n 27).\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eGovernor Randolph corresponds often with John Pendleton,\n Jr., Auditor of Public Accounts, and Jaquelin Ambler,\n Treasurer, regarding various financial matters. Pendleton\n regularly encloses lists of warrants issued by him through the\n Auditor's Office (1795 March 31, 1795 July 1, 1795 Nov. 5,\n 1795 Dec. 31, 1796 July 1). Additionally, Pendleton writes\n regarding the suspicion of a fraudulent sale against Robert\n Craig, former sheriff of Washington County (1794 Dec. 18).\n Pendleton encloses the report of John Taylor and the opinion\n of John Marshall on the matter. Pendleton also writes to the\n Governor enclosing accounts of expenses of his office (1795\n May 10). On 14 May 1795, Pendleton provided a report on the\n final settlement of William Davies' accounts as Commissioner\n of Virginia for Claims Against the United States. Pendleton\n submits his letter of resignation on 5 August 1796 effective\n at the end of the month. The next day, Pendleton recommends\n Samuel Shepard to replace him as Auditor. Pendleton's official\n letter of resignation was submitted on 30 Sept. 1796. Ambler\n encloses a statement of monies belonging to claimants for the\n defense of the Western frontier (1795 Aug. 27). In addition,\n on 24 September 1795, he encloses a copy of a letter from\n Samuel Meredith, U.S. Treasurer, regarding a warrant from the\n Secretary of War for the full balance due the State of\n Virginia for the settlement of their account for the pay \u0026amp;\n subsistence of militia, scouts, ammunition, and contingent\n expenses in the protection of the frontiers.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eNotable correspondents from miscellaneous sources include\n the following: Andrew Dunscomb, Mayor of Richmond; John\n Hamilton, British Consul at Norfolk; and Thomas Mifflin,\n Governor of Pennsylvania.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eAndrew Dunscomb mainly writes the Governor regarding the\n prevention of infectious disease to the City of Richmond. On\n 27 August 1795, he encloses resolutions of the Common Hall\n relative to the quarantine of vessels from Norfolk.\n Additionally, he discusses a law prohibiting the migration of\n free negroes from the West Indies into the Commonwealth (1795\n Sept. 18). Dunscomb also transmits a letter from William\n Richardson \u0026amp; Jacob I. Cohen regarding allowing passage of\n vessels from Norfolk, but stopping vessels from New York (1795\n Oct. 6).\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eJohn Hamilton, British Consul, frequently writes the\n Governor regarding British affairs. On 2 January 1795,\n Hamilton requests permission for the British ships Thetis\n \u0026amp; Cleopatra to make repairs in Norfolk Harbor. Hamilton\n also writes at length regarding British desertions,\n particularly the incident involving the attempt by British\n sailors on board the Thetis to recapture deserters in Norfolk\n (1795 Feb. 18, 25, \u0026amp; May 8). Hamilton was also\n particularly concerned with privateers preying on British\n ships. He specifically mentions a ship called the Unicorn\n which plundered a Danish vessel (1795 June 26 \u0026amp; July 30).\n In addition, Hamilton communicates his intelligence regarding\n vessels from Baltimore arming in the Chesapeake as privateers\n (1795 Aug. 15 \u0026amp; Sept. 24). His letter to the Lieutenant\n Governor relates to the prevention of illegal equipment for\n ships in the waters of Virginia (1795 July 3 \u0026amp; Oct. 6).\n Yet another incident occurred in January 1796 when the\n American Sloop Diana, loaded with British goods and bound for\n a British port in the West Indies, was forcibly boarded and\n her cargo carried away. Hamilton sends a letter to the\n Governor complaining about this incident, along with a similar\n letter to Willis Wilson (1796 Jan. 29). Finally, on 15\n February 1796, Hamilton writes regarding his inquiry to the\n President on the shipment of horses and the neutrality\n laws.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eAs Governor of Pennsylvania, Thomas Mifflin often\n corresponds with Governor Brooke with respect to fugitives\n from justice. On 29 December 1794, Mifflin transmits the\n affidavit of Stephen Girard affirming that Joseph Larelle had\n taken a mulatto boy named Crispin from his service with an\n intention of selling him into slavery. He writes again on 10\n February 1795 concerning the apprehension of Larelle. In a\n letter dated 12 March 1795, Mifflin informs the Governor of\n the appointment of Laurence Maher as Agent for Pennsylvania to\n bring Joseph Larelle back to Pennsylvania. Similarly, Mifflin\n transmits a copy of an affidavit by Robert Ross respecting\n Langford Herring who was accused of forgery and removed to\n Virginia (1795 Oct. 12). Mifflin also acknowledges the receipt\n of the revised laws from Virginia (1795 May 14 \u0026amp; 1796 Aug.\n 25) and a resolution from Virginia proposing certain\n amendments to the U.S. Constitution (1796 Jan. 6). Mifflin\n responds to another letter on 22 January 1796 regarding an\n annual interchange of the laws passed by Pennsylvania \u0026amp;\n Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eAdditional significant correspondence includes the\n following: George Clendenin regarding pay \u0026amp; subsistence of\n a company employed for the defense of Greenbrier \u0026amp; Kanawha\n (1794 Dec. 20); Paul Carrington accepting a commission as\n Judge of the General Court (1794 Dec. 18); Andrew Lewis\n regarding the discharge of the troops under his command on the\n southwestern frontiers (1794 Dec. 28); Thomas Mathews\n regarding the admission of two British ship of war into\n Norfolk (1795 Jan. 9); William Price, Register of the Land\n Office, regarding two additional clerk (1795 Jan. 15); Edward\n Carrington regarding the quota of militia called from Gen.\n Martin's Brigade for the late expeditions against the\n insurgents (1795 Feb. 8); William Lowther regarding the\n discharge of scouts \u0026amp; rangers under his command (1795 Feb.\n 21); Andrew Lewis regarding the settlement of his accounts\n (1795 March 3); John Steele regarding his tardiness in\n settling the Western accounts (1795 April 29); Andrew Lewis\n regarding his application to replace Gen. Tate as paymaster\n (1795 May 5); Daniel Bedinger responding to charges against\n him by George Hammond, regarding his deposition of the pilot\n Thomas Butler (1795 May 26); John Steele regarding the account\n of Virginia against the United States (1795 June 23); Henry\n Lee regarding his failure to execute orders by the Lt. Gov.\n concerning the privateer at Gloucester (1795 July 6); H. Young\n enclosing a letter from John Page regarding the Unicorn (1795\n July 7); John Dawson regarding Indian depredations in Harrison\n County (1795 Aug. 17); James Monroe, Paris, regarding the\n statue of Gen. Washington left unfinished while Thomas\n Jefferson was Minister to France (1795 Aug. 20); William\n Lowther regarding depredations by Indians in Harrison County\n (1795 Aug. 24); George Peachey, Mayor of Petersburg regarding\n two cases of yellow fever brought from Norfolk (1795 Aug. 26);\n George Clendenin resigning his commission as County Lieutenant\n for Kanawha County (1795 Nov. 14); Governor Brooke to the\n Clerk of the Council indicating his temporary absence from\n office (1795 Dec. 9); Robert Johnson to the Commissioners for\n Virginia regarding approval of the proceedings of the\n Commissioners concerning the boundary line between Virginia\n \u0026amp; Kentucky (1796 Jan. 1); Isaac Shelby, Governor of\n Kentucky, regarding the boundary line and enclosing an act of\n the Kentucky Legislature (1796 Feb. 15); William Pennock\n enclosing a bill of lading from Ve. Homberg \u0026amp; Homberg\n Freres for three cases containing the marble pedester statue\n of Gen. Washington and the marble pedestal (1796 April 10);\n Isaac Shelby enclosing a letter from Alexander Smyth regarding\n the boundary line between Virginia \u0026amp; Kentucky (1796 May\n 6); John Hoskins Stone, Governor of Maryland, regarding the\n extradition of Robert Osborn, a fugitive of justice (1796 June\n 16); John Dawson regarding obtaining arms for the State of\n Virginia from Europe (1796 Sept. 11 \u0026amp; 12); Archibald\n Stuart regarding the agreement with the Kentucky Commissioners\n on the boundary line (1796 Sept. 27); Houdon regarding his\n payment for creating a marble statue of Washington (1796 Oct.\n 8); and Edmund Randolph regarding the case of Fairfax versus\n the Commonwealth (1796 Oct. 22).\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eOther noteworthy items include: oath of Robert Brooke by J.\n Pendleton as Governor (1794 Dec. 1); a list of persons who\n have migrated to Virginia and given oath to reside therein\n (1794 Dec. 17); receipts from William Morris, Contractor, for\n rations to soldiers under the command of Hugh Caperton (1794\n Dec. 17); proclamation revoking the previous proclamation of\n Lt. Gov. James Wood regarding the quarantine of vessels from\n certain ports (1794 Dec. 19); receipts from Samuel Shepard for\n the sale of the mace (1794 Dec. 3); order from Will Russell,\n Clerk of the Court of Directors of the Lunatic Hospital,\n applying for warrants from the Auditor of Public Accounts\n (1795 March 31 \u0026amp; 1796 July 12); muster roll of scouts\n called into service for the protection of Randolph County\n (1795 May 20); proclamation by the Governor regarding the\n yellow fever outbreak in the West Indies and the quarantine of\n vessels from those areas (1795 May 21); petition from French\n refugees from St. Domingo at Norfolk regarding a plan to send\n back their negroes (1795 July N.D.); oath issued by John\n Pendleton to Robert Brooke as Governor (1795 Dec. 1); printed\n copy of the Treaty of Greenville signed by Timothy Pickering\n (1795 Dec. 22); proclamation by Lt. Gov. James Wood offering a\n reward for the capture of John Williford for the murder of\n Josiah Worrell (1795 Sept. 19); list of commissions of the\n peace for Southampton County (1796 Feb. 12); list of\n commissions of the peace for New Kent County (1796 March 4);\n account of William Hodgson for erecting the statue of\n Washington \u0026amp; repairing (1796 June 8); appointment of John\n Robertson by James Wood as Superintendent of Quarantine for\n Bermuda Hundred \u0026amp; City Point (1796 July 9); bond of Samuel\n Shepard as Auditor of Public Accounts (1796 Oct. 1);\n certificate of Samuel Moseley, Mayor of Norfolk, as elector\n for President \u0026amp; Vice President (1796 Nov. 7); and muster\n fines of the 22nd Regiment Virginia Militia, Mecklenburg\n County (1796 Nov. 5).\u003c/p\u003e\n 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