{"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bcreators%5D%5B%5D=Governor%27s+Office\u0026view=compact","last":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bcreators%5D%5B%5D=Governor%27s+Office\u0026page=1\u0026view=compact"},"meta":{"pages":{"current_page":1,"next_page":null,"prev_page":null,"total_pages":1,"limit_value":10,"offset_value":0,"total_count":6,"first_page?":true,"last_page?":true}},"data":[{"id":"vi_vi00523","type":"collection","attributes":{"title":"Executive Papers, \n         \n         1786-1788","creator":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/vi_vi00523#creator","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":"Governor's Office","label":"Creator"}},"abstract_or_scope":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/vi_vi00523#abstract_or_scope","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":"\u003cp\u003eGovernor Randolph's Executive papers are organized chronologically with undated items arranged at the end of each year. These papers primarily consist of incoming correspondence during Randolph's two one-year terms as governor between 30 November 1786 until 12 November 1788. These records include correspondence written to Beverley Randolph who acted as Lieutenant Governor while Edmund served as a member of the U.S. Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia in 1787. The correspondence in this collection relates to a variety of topics including appointments for state positions; the Point of Fork Arsenal; Indian attacks in the western country \u0026amp; peace treaties; Shay's Rebellion in Massachusetts; arms \u0026amp; ammunition; the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia; the State Boats Patriot \u0026amp; Liberty; Revolutionary claims against Virginia and the United States; the Public Jail \u0026amp; prisoners; militia; the U.S. Board of Treasury; searchers; public finances; the state of Franklin; the independence of Vermont; tobacco; elections; the Northwestern territory; the District of Kentucky; and others. In addition to correspondence, there are resolutions from Congress and the Virginia Senate \u0026amp; House of Delegates; orders of the Council of State; accounts; oaths; pardons; lists or calendars of criminals; depositions; proclamations; petitions; reports; appointments; bonds; circulars; proceedings; applications; agreements; extracts of journals \u0026amp; minutes; registers of ships; and other sundry items.\u003c/p\u003e","label":"Abstract Or Scope"}},"breadcrumbs":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/vi_vi00523#breadcrumbs","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":{"id":"vi_vi00523","ead_ssi":"vi_vi00523","_root_":"vi_vi00523","_nest_parent_":"vi_vi00523","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/lva/vi00523.xml","title_ssm":["Executive Papers, \n         \n         1786-1788"],"title_tesim":["Executive Papers, \n         \n         1786-1788"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["40084"],"text":["40084","Executive Papers, \n         \n         1786-1788","3.88 cubic\n         feet","There are no restrictions.","Also available on microfilm - Miscellaneous Reel 4922-4928.\n","Miscellaneous Reel 4922 - 1786 Dec.-1787 Mar. 10\n Miscellaneous Reel 4923 - 1787 Mar. 12-May 19\n Miscellaneous Reel 4924 - 1787 May 21-Sept. 29\n Miscellaneous Reel 4925 - 1787 Oct.-Dec.\n Miscellaneous Reel 4926 - 1788 Jan.-May\n Miscellaneous Reel 4927 - 1788 June-Oct.\n Miscellaneous Reel 4928 - 1788 Nov.\n","Material arranged chronologically with undated items\n         arranged at the end of each year.","Edmund Jenings Randolph was born is Williamsburg, Virginia,\n         on 10 August 1753. Randolph was the son of John \u0026 Ariana\n         Jenings Randolph and nephew of Peyton Randolph, a member of\n         the Continental Congress from 1774 to 1775. Edmund graduated\n         from the College of William \u0026 Mary and proceeded to study\n         law in Williamsburg. At the outbreak of the Revolutionary War,\n         Randolph served as aide-de-camp to George Washington in the\n         Continental Army. The following year, he married Elizabeth\n         Nicholas and served as both the youngest delegate to\n         Virginia's first Constitutional Convention \u0026 Mayor of\n         Williamsburg. Randolph was elected the first Attorney General\n         of Virginia and served until 1782. In addition, Randolph acted\n         as a delegate to the Continental Congress for the years 1779,\n         1781, \u0026 1782. He was elected by the General Assembly to\n         two one-year terms as Governor from 30 November 1786 until 12\n         November 1788. During his first term as Governor, Randolph\n         represented Virginia as a member of the U.S. Constitutional\n         Convention in 1787. During the Convention, Randolph proposed\n         his Virginia Plan for the Constitution with a strong central\n         government and representation based on population. He opposed\n         the final version of the Constitution, but later advocated its\n         ratification with the proposed amendments. He was appointed\n         the first Attorney General of the United States under\n         President Washington serving from 1789 until 1794. Randolph\n         then became Secretary of State, but was forced to resign on 19\n         August 1795. Following his political career, Randolph served\n         as senior counsel to Aaron Burr during his trial for treason\n         in 1807. Randolph died in Clarke County, Virginia, on 12\n         September 1813, and is buried in Old Chapel Cemetery,\n         Millwood, Va.","Governor Randolph'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 Randolph's two one-year terms as\n         governor between 30 November 1786 until 12 November 1788.\n         These records include correspondence written to Beverley\n         Randolph who acted as Lieutenant Governor while Edmund served\n         as a member of the U.S. Constitutional Convention in\n         Philadelphia in 1787. The correspondence in this collection\n         relates to a variety of topics including appointments for\n         state positions; the Point of Fork Arsenal; Indian attacks in\n         the western country \u0026 peace treaties; Shay's Rebellion in\n         Massachusetts; arms \u0026 ammunition; the Constitutional\n         Convention in Philadelphia; the State Boats Patriot \u0026\n         Liberty; Revolutionary claims against Virginia and the United\n         States; the Public Jail \u0026 prisoners; militia; the U.S.\n         Board of Treasury; searchers; public finances; the state of\n         Franklin; the independence of Vermont; tobacco; elections; the\n         Northwestern territory; the District of Kentucky; and others.\n         In addition to correspondence, there are resolutions from\n         Congress and the Virginia Senate \u0026 House of Delegates;\n         orders of the Council of State; accounts; oaths; pardons;\n         lists or calendars of criminals; depositions; proclamations;\n         petitions; reports; appointments; bonds; circulars;\n         proceedings; applications; agreements; extracts of journals\n         \u0026 minutes; registers of ships; and other sundry items.","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 Thomas Jefferson, Minister of France;\n         Charles Thomson, Secretary of Congress; John Jay, Secretary of\n         Foreign Affairs; Henry Knox, Secretary of War; Joseph Martin,\n         Agent of Indian Affairs; Samuel Osgood, Walter Livingston,\n         \u0026 Arthur Lee, U.S. Board of Treasury; and the Virginia\n         Delegates to Congress including Edward Carrington, William\n         Grayson, James Madison, Jr., Henry Lee, William Heth, John\n         Brown, Cyrus Griffin, \u0026 Richard Henry Lee.","Thomas Jefferson, as Minister of France, writes to Governor\n         Randolph on 7 February 1787 regarding the inauguration\n         ceremony of the bust of the Marquis de Lafayette. Jefferson\n         also writes about shipments of arms from Bordeaux and payments\n         to Houdon for the statue of General Washington and a second\n         bust of Lafayette (1787 August 3). Lastly, Governor Randolph\n         forwards to Beverley Randolph on 27 May 1787, a dispatch of W.\n         Short enclosing the proceedings of the City of Paris on the\n         reception of Lafayette's bust presented by the state of\n         Virginia. This letter also encloses another letter from John\n         Bondfield to Gen. George Washington concerning a shipment of\n         arms to Dumfries.","Charles Thomson, Secretary of Congress, corresponds often\n         with Randolph. He transmits Congressional journals,\n         resolutions and acts of Congress, monthly States of\n         Representation, extracts of important letters, etc.\n         Significant documents transmitted by Thomson include the\n         following: a letter regarding disorder in Massachusetts (1786\n         Dec. 14); a resolution for a Convention of delegates to meet\n         in May 1787 to revise the Articles of Confederation (1787 Feb.\n         21); resolutions regarding a treaty of peace with Great\n         Britain (1787 April 13); resolutions empowering the Board of\n         Treasury to contract for coining copper, the sale of lands\n         surveyed in the Western Territory, \u0026 the extension of the\n         ''franking'' privilege to members of the Constitutional\n         Convention (1787 April 25); a treaty between the U.S. and the\n         Kingdom of Morocco (1787 July 21); a letter informing the\n         Governor of the election of Cyrus Griffin as President of the\n         Continental Congress (1788 Jan. 23); a resolution on the\n         claims of David Henley, Commissioner for the Claims of\n         Virginia on Account of the Western Territory (1788 June 4);\n         and a letter regarding the proceedings of Congress on the\n         independence of the District of Kentucky (1788 July 3).","John Jay, as Secretary of Foreign Affairs, communicates to\n         Governor Randolph issues abroad. He encloses an extract of a\n         letter he received from John Adams, Minister Plenipotentiary\n         of the U.S. in London, regarding the counterfeiting of\n         Carolina money (1787 July 3). Jay also encloses a copy of the\n         signals agreed upon between the U.S. \u0026 Morocco for their\n         vessels at sea (1787 July 27). On 26 May 1788, Jay drafted a\n         letter to the Governor regarding a note from Schultz von\n         Asheraden, Envoy Extraordinary of the King of Sweden, in\n         reference to Capt. Adolph Frederick Dahlberg. Similarly, there\n         is also a letter from Jay regarding notes from the Minister of\n         France on the conduct of J.M. Ferrier (1788 June 13). Lastly,\n         there is a letter respecting foreign consuls (1788 Sept.\n         24).","Henry Knox, Secretary of War, corresponds with the Governor\n         on 12 February 1787 on the subject of the Board of Treasury's\n         plan to provide for the establishment of troops and the\n         insurrection in Massachusetts. There is also a letter from\n         Knox concerning the appointment of Joseph Martin as Indian\n         Agent for the Cherokee Nation (1788 June 23).","Joseph Martin, Agent for Indian Affairs and later Indian\n         Agent for the Cherokee Nation, corresponds with Governor\n         Randolph on many occasions. Martin writes the Governor on 16\n         March 1787 concerning the opening of the land office of the\n         state of Franklin and Benjamin Logan's attack on Crow Town. On\n         March 21, Martin's letter mentions the Chota Indians and the\n         taking of land by the ''Franklynists.'' His letter of June 28\n         encloses Indian talks from Cherokee chiefs including King\n         Fisher, Old Corn Tassle, \u0026 Tuskegetchee. He writes about\n         the dispute between North Carolina and the state of Franklin\n         in April 1788 and encloses a letter from John Sevier \u0026 the\n         Cherokees. Finally, he informs the Governor of attacks against\n         the Cherokee nation and encloses letters from Andrew\n         McGilveray regarding Indian affairs (1788 June 11).","Samuel Osgood, Walter Livingston, \u0026 Arthur Lee of the\n         U.S. Board of Treasury transmit a statement of the contingent\n         expenditures of the U.S. from 1 January to 31 December 1786\n         (1787 Feb. 2). They also enclose an act of Congress regarding\n         the repeal of another act to open a loan on the credit of the\n         requisition (1787 May 15). On May 25, the Board writes the\n         Governor concerning an ordinance of Congress for the\n         settlement of accounts between individual states and the U.S.\n         Finally, the Board encloses a letter \u0026 report to the state\n         of Connecticut regarding invalid pensions (1788 Sept. 19).","The various members of Virginia's delegation to Congress\n         regularly communicated with Governor Randolph on a variety of\n         national concerns. The delegation to the Continental Congress\n         during Randolph's administration consisted of Edward\n         Carrington, William Grayson, James Madison, Richard H. Lee,\n         Cyrus Griffin, Henry Lee, \u0026 John Brown. Significant\n         correspondence from these delegates relate to Shay's Rebellion\n         in Massachusetts (1786 December 8); the need for military\n         stores in the Western Country (1786 December 24); Gen. Knox\n         and arms for the state of Virginia (1787 Feb. 19); the treaty\n         between the U.S. and United Netherlands (1787 March 5); the\n         progress of the appointments to the Convention and the\n         admission of Vermont to the Union (1787 March 19); trade laws,\n         an act to ratify \u0026 confirm the independence of Vermont,\n         the appointment of John Pierce as Commissioner for Settlement\n         of the Illinois Accounts, the discharge of troops under the\n         act of October 1786, the death of Vergennes, \u0026 hostilities\n         in the Western Country (1787 April 2, 12, 13, \u0026 July 17);\n         the inadequacy of the government due to the irregular\n         representation in Congress, commercial deputies, \u0026 indents\n         for 1786 \u0026 1787 (1787 May 7, 15, \u0026 June 8);\n         communications from Col. Evan Shelby, the dismemberment of\n         states, Vermont, North Carolina, \u0026 problems in the\n         Kaskaskies \u0026 Post Vincent (1787 June 12); the defense of\n         the frontiers of Kentucky and elsewhere (1787 June 25, 27,\n         \u0026 July 7); the Board of Treasury (1787 July 1787); an\n         ordinance for establishing a temporary government in the\n         Western Territory, a resolution concerning copper coinage,\n         \u0026 an ordinance for settling the accounts between the U.S.\n         and individual states (1787 Nov. 3); the claim of Virginia to\n         the Northwestern Territory (1788 March 23); the settlement of\n         the accounts of the state against the U.S. (1788 May 8); an\n         act to extend the time to settle these accounts (1788 June 9);\n         and rations for rangers called into service in Bourbon County\n         (1788 June 30).","The various members of Virginia's delegation to Congress\n         regularly communicated with Governor Randolph on a variety of\n         national concerns. The delegation to the Continental Congress\n         during Randolph's administration consisted of Edward\n         Carrington, William Grayson, James Madison, Richard H. Lee,\n         Cyrus Griffin, Henry Lee, \u0026 John Brown. Significant\n         correspondence from these delegates relate to Shay's Rebellion\n         in Massachusetts (1786 December 8); the need for military\n         stores in the Western Country (1786 December 24); Gen. Knox\n         and arms for the state of Virginia (1787 Feb. 19); the treaty\n         between the U.S. and United Netherlands (1787 March 5); the\n         progress of the appointments to the Convention and the\n         admission of Vermont to the Union (1787 March 19); trade laws,\n         an act to ratify \u0026 confirm the independence of Vermont,\n         the appointment of John Pierce as Commissioner for Settlement\n         of the Illinois Accounts, the discharge of troops under the\n         act of October 1786, the death of Vergennes, \u0026 hostilities\n         in the Western Country (1787 April 2, 12, 13, \u0026 July 17);\n         the inadequacy of the government due to the irregular\n         representation in Congress, commercial deputies, \u0026 indents\n         for 1786 \u0026 1787 (1787 May 7, 15, \u0026 June 8);\n         communications from Col. Evan Shelby, the dismemberment of\n         states, Vermont, North Carolina, \u0026 problems in the\n         Kaskaskies \u0026 Post Vincent (1787 June 12); the defense of\n         the frontiers of Kentucky and elsewhere (1787 June 25, 27,\n         \u0026 July 7); the Board of Treasury (1787 July 1787); an\n         ordinance for establishing a temporary government in the\n         Western Territory, a resolution concerning copper coinage,\n         \u0026 an ordinance for settling the accounts between the U.S.\n         and individual states (1787 Nov. 3); the claim of Virginia to\n         the Northwestern Territory (1788 March 23); the settlement of\n         the accounts of the state against the U.S. (1788 May 8); an\n         act to extend the time to settle these accounts (1788 June 9);\n         and rations for rangers called into service in Bourbon County\n         (1788 June 30).","Significant correspondents from Virginia State government\n         include John Beckley, Clerk of the House of Delegates,\n         Humphrey Brooke, Clerk of the Senate; Archibald Blair, Clerk\n         of the Council of State; Capt. John Peyton \u0026 Capt. Elias\n         Langham, Superintendent of the Military Stores, Arms, \u0026\n         Ammunition at Point of Fork Arsenal; Col. Thomas Meriwether,\n         Commissioner of Army Accounts; Benjamin Logan, County\n         Lieutenant of Lincoln County; Arthur Campbell, County\n         Lieutenant of Washington County; Levi Todd, County Lieutenant\n         of Fayette County; Alexander Barnett, County Lieutenant of\n         Russell County; David Shepherd, County Lieutenant of Ohio\n         County; Walter Crockett, County Lieutenant of Montgomery\n         County; William Rose, Keeper of the Public Jail; James Innes,\n         Attorney General; Leighton Wood, Jr., Solicitor General;\n         Andrew Dunscomb, Assistant Commissioner of Military Claims;\n         Capt. James Barron \u0026 Capt. Richard Taylor, Virginia Navy;\n         Beverley Randolph, Lieutenant Governor; and Jacquelin Ambler,\n         Treasurer.","John Beckley, Clerk of the House of Delegates, \u0026\n         Humphrey Brooke, Clerk of the Senate, regularly enclose\n         resolutions from their respective bodies to the Governor. On 1\n         December 1786, Beckley submits the appointment of Henry Lee as\n         Delegate to Congress. He provides resolutions regarding the\n         claims of the state of Virginia against the United States and\n         the election of Andrew Dunscomb to serve as Commissioner to\n         settle these accounts (1787 Jan. 5). On 23 October 1787,\n         Beckley transmits an extract of the journal of the House of\n         Delegates containing the ballot for five delegates in Congress\n         including James Madison, Edward Carrington, Henry Lee, John\n         Brown, \u0026 Cyrus Griffin. On 31 October 1788, he presents\n         the ballot for the election of Cyrus Griffin, John Brown,\n         James Madison, Jr., John Dawson, \u0026 Mann Page. In addition,\n         an extract of the journal of the House of Delegates from 8\n         November 1788 reports on the election of Richard Henry Lee\n         \u0026 William Grayson as Virginia's first senators in\n         Congress. Beckley \u0026 Brooke also inform the Governor about\n         appointments to the Privy Council including William Heth \u0026\n         Joseph Eggleston (1787 November 7) and Andrew Moore \u0026\n         Robert Goode (1788 June 28). Lastly, the clerks inform the\n         Governor of the election of Edmund Winston as judge of the\n         General Court (1788 June 28).","Archibald Blair, as Clerk of the Council of State, encloses\n         orders of the Council to the Governor. In December 1786, the\n         Council orders Col. Meriwether to contract for repairs to the\n         Public Jail \u0026 the Governor's House, to employ someone to\n         convey arms from France, \u0026 to purchase a sword for Capt.\n         Jouett (1786 Dec. 14). Meriwether also receives orders related\n         to the distribution of Articles of War (1787 May 2). His\n         letter dated 2 May 1787 also relates to alterations in the\n         Public Jail. The Council sends a list of grants to be signed\n         by the Governor (1787 April 30 \u0026 25 May). Lastly, the\n         Council provides advice on the requisition of militia in the\n         western counties including a resolution of Congress concerning\n         orders for militia in Virginia \u0026 Pennsylvania to be ready\n         to protect the inhabitants (1788 Oct. 15).","Capt. John Peyton resigns as Commissary of Stores at Point\n         of Fork on 20 November 1786. Peyton writes to Col. Thomas\n         Meriwether on 10 December 1786 recommending William Price, his\n         former clerk, to succeed him. Additionally, there are letters\n         from other individuals applying for the position. Elias\n         Langham, however, successfully applies to the Governor on 13\n         December 1786. As Commissary of Military Stores, Langham\n         corresponds with Col. Meriwether regarding provisions (1786\n         Dec. 25); contracts to supply rations (1787 April 26); an\n         estimate of clothing for guards and state negroes (1787 July\n         5); \u0026 land belonging to David Ross near Point of Fork in\n         Fluvanna County (1787 June 26 \u0026 Dec. 21). In turn, Col.\n         Meriwether corresponds with Governor Randolph offering an\n         estimate of the cost of transporting arms from Point of Fork\n         to Redstone (1786 Dec. 26), a report of Capt. Peyton's last\n         returns (1787 Feb. 22), delinquencies of militia officers\n         (1787 March 1), payrolls of Point of Fork (1787 April 7), a\n         list of his official duties (1787 May 8), a report of the\n         militia (1787 Oct. 22), and reports on the Point of Fork\n         Arsenal (1787 Oct. 4 \u0026 1788 Oct. 3).","County lieutenants including Levi Todd, Benjamin Logan,\n         Arthur Campbell, David Shepherd, Alexander Barnett, \u0026\n         Walter Crockett from the western counties correspond with\n         Governor Randolph on numerous occasions primarily regarding\n         Indian affairs. Levi Todd writes about the strength of the\n         militia in Fayette County and Shawnee attacks in the area\n         (1786 Dec. 7); the need for officers \u0026 a lack of\n         ammunition and provision (1787 Feb. 14); the defenselessness\n         of Kentucky (1787 April 30); \u0026 war with the Indians (1788\n         March 29). Benjamin Logan writes about an attack on the\n         Shawnee towns in the District of Kentucky (1786 Dec. 17);\n         Indian outrages in Kentucky (1787 April 14); the sense of the\n         people of Kentucky regarding the Cherokee Indians (1787 May\n         17); intelligence concerning the Cherokee Indians sent to\n         Arthur Campbell (1787 May 18); \u0026 the proceedings of a\n         meeting of the commanding officers of the District of Kentucky\n         (1787 Sept. 24). Arthur Campbell communicates a list of field\n         officers \u0026 captains proposed to command two regiments of\n         militia in Washington County (1787 Feb. 14); the implications\n         of the recent treaty with Spain (1787 Feb. 16); an attack by\n         Col. John Logan on friendly Indians (1787 March 9); the\n         militia in Washington County and the apprehended danger from\n         the Cherokee Indians (1787 March 17); westward expansion,\n         Topoka, Chief of the Chocta Nation, \u0026 the navigation of\n         the Mississippi (1787 April 15); movements of the Cherokee\n         Indians (1787 Aug. 16); the boundary between Virginia \u0026\n         North Carolina (1787 Dec. 10); \u0026 consideration for the\n         position as Superintendent of the Southern Department (1787\n         Dec. 31). David Shepherd expresses his concerns in relation to\n         Indian outrages in Monongalia (1787 April 30); Indian attacks\n         \u0026 the state of the militia in Ohio County (1787 May 24\n         \u0026 1787 Nov. 10). Finally, Alexander Barnett writes on\n         Indian attacks in Russell County (1787 May 19 \u0026 1787 Aug.\n         29) \u0026 Walter Crockett relates incidents with natives in\n         Montgomery County (1787 June 11 \u0026 1788 March 15).","William Rose as Keeper of the Public Jail periodically\n         transmits lists or calendars of criminals convicted at the\n         General Court (1786 Dec. 16, 1787 March 28, 1787 April 30,\n         1787 June 11, 1787 Dec. 6, 1788 March 31, 1788 April 26, 1788\n         June 10, 1788 Oct. 27). Rose also writes to the Governor\n         regarding specific criminals in his jail (1787 Jan. 24 \u0026\n         1787 July 26). Lastly, he send his remarks on a contract to\n         furnish the Public Jail with provisions (1788 Jan. 30).","James Innes served as Attorney General to the Commonwealth\n         during Randolph's administration as Governor. Innes provides\n         his opinion on various issues including the repeal of the act\n         of 1785 for approving, confirming, \u0026 ratifying the compact\n         between Virginia \u0026 Maryland (1787 Feb. 28 \u0026 1787 Aug.\n         3); tobacco inspection at Lynch's Ferry (1787 June 26 \u0026\n         1787 Sept. 1); \u0026 foreign creditors (1787 March 19).","Andrew Dunscomb's correspondence relates to his position as\n         Assistant Commissioner of Military Claims. Included is his\n         oath of office and a letter regarding the same (1787 Jan. 13\n         \u0026 15). He also writes on the state of claims of the\n         Commonwealth with the U.S. (1787 June 13, 18, \u0026 Nov. 15).\n         On 6 July 1787, he requests additional clerks, and later, he\n         asks the Governor for a salary increase (1787 Nov. 13).\n         Similarly, there is extensive correspondence from Leighton\n         Wood, Jr., Solicitor General, regarding claims against the\n         state, delinquencies of sheriffs in paying taxes, etc. Present\n         is Wood's bond \u0026 security for his position as Solicitor\n         (1787 Jan. 26 \u0026 Feb. 1). Treasurer, Jacquelin Ambler's\n         letters too relate to the financial matters of the state.\n         Ambler reveals a lack of money in the Contingent Fund for\n         William Rose's warrants for the support of the Public Jail\n         (1787 March 5).","Capt. James Barron, Virginia State Navy, died in May 1787.\n         Applications can be found to replace him as commander of the\n         state boats (1787 June 4). Before his death, Barron comments\n         on the transport of small arms from Norfolk (1786 Dec. 6) and\n         discusses the employment of a surgeon \u0026 pilots on his\n         boats (1787 April 27). Barron was replaced by Capt. Richard\n         Taylor in June 1787. Noteworthy among his correspondence,\n         Taylor encloses an inventory of the articles on board the\n         Liberty and Patriot on 12 August 1787. He also remarks on the\n         poor state of the boats in his letter dated 7 September 1787.\n         On 14 November 1787, Taylor complains to the Governor about\n         his pay \u0026 pension. Lastly, Taylor talks about damage\n         sustained to the Schooner Patriot in a storm while harbored at\n         Portsmouth (1788 July 24).","Additional significant documents include the following: the\n         oath of fidelity to Governor Randolph by John Harvie (1786\n         Dec. 1); an oath of fidelity to Bolling Starke as Privy\n         Councilor (1786 Dec. 4); a proclamation by the governor\n         outlawing certain escaped prisoners (1786 Dec. 23); a letter\n         from Samuel Huntingdon, Governor of Connecticut, appointing\n         commissioners to assemble in Convention in Philadelphia (1786\n         Dec. 23); a letter from John Blair regarding his appointment\n         as a member of the committee to meet in Philadelphia in May\n         (1786 Dec. 25); a letter from David Ross concerning his claim\n         for the use of his property at Point of Fork (1787 Jan. 30); a\n         proclamation by the Governor authorizing surveys to be made on\n         the lands allotted to the Virginia Line on Continental\n         Establishment (1787 Jan. 25); a letter from Piomingo, Chief of\n         the Chickasaw Nation, regarding the Treaty at Kieve (1787 Feb.\n         15); a proclamation concerning the seizure of Spanish property\n         by George Rogers Clark (1787 Feb. 28); the bond of John\n         Pendleton as Auditor of Public Accounts (1787 March 1); a\n         proclamation offering a reward for the capture of Presley Hunt\n         \u0026 Ephraim Andrews, escaped prisoners (1787 March 2); a\n         letter from Monsieur Oster, French Consul, applying for an\n         order to prevent the departure of M.S. Deschamps to France\n         (1787 April 1); a letter from William Smith enclosing a list\n         of field officers in the Northampton County militia (1787\n         April 4); a letter from George Mason regarding payment as a\n         delegate of the Constitutional Convention (1787 April 23); a\n         proclamation for the reward \u0026 capture of Irby Philips\n         (1787 April 28); a list of tobacco saved from Byrd Warehouse\n         (1787 June 6); a letter from Governor Randolph to the\n         lieutenant governor regarding a warrant for the expense of\n         transporting his family to Philadelphia (1787 June 6); a\n         letter from Governor Randolph enclosing George Wythe's\n         resignation (1787 June 21); a letter from George Mason\n         concerning the resignation of George Wythe as a delegate to\n         the Convention (1787 June 30); a letter from the Governor\n         providing his account for the Constitutional Convention (1787\n         July 12); an agreement between David Ross \u0026 Col.\n         Meriwether for Point of Fork including a valuation of the 24\n         acres of land (1787 Aug. 8); a letter from Randolph forwarding\n         a copy of the National Constitution and expressing his\n         opposition to it (1787 Sept. 18); a letter from George Rogers\n         Clark regarding the settlement of western accounts (1787 Oct.\n         8); a letter from Samuel Johnston, Governor of North Carolina,\n         regarding an act to hold a Convention in Virginia in June\n         (1788 Jan. 22); the proceedings of the Massachusetts\n         Constitutional Convention to ratify the U.S. Constitution\n         (1788 Feb. 6); the proceedings of the Georgia Constitutional\n         Convention (1788 Feb. 5); a letter from John Sevier, Governor\n         of Franklin, regarding the dispute between the state of\n         Franklin \u0026 North Carolina (1788 March 27); a letter from Benjamin Franklin   \tregarding the sanity of Mr. Elam (1788 May 12); a proclamation\n         regarding the act establishing district courts as\n         unconstitutional (1788 May 14); a letter from William Heth\n         \u0026 David Henley, Commissioners of the Western Territory,\n         enclosing their report on the claims of Virginia for the\n         territory ceded to Congress (1788 May 15); a circular from\n         Thomas Pinckney, Governor of South Carolina, regarding the\n         ratification of the Constitution by a Convention in South\n         Carolina (1788 May 24); a letter from Andrew Limonin regarding the bust of the Marquis de Lafayette (1788 Nov. 11); and a letter from the Council of State\n         regarding Governor Randolph's departure from office (1788 Nov.\n         13).","There are no restrictions.","State Records Collection,\n         Governor's Office (Record Group 3)","English"],"unitid_tesim":["40084"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Executive Papers, \n         \n         1786-1788"],"collection_title_tesim":["Executive Papers, \n         \n         1786-1788"],"collection_ssim":["Executive Papers, \n         \n         1786-1788"],"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":["3.88 cubic\n         feet"],"accessrestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThere are no restrictions.\u003c/p\u003e"],"accessrestrict_heading_ssm":["Access Restrictions"],"accessrestrict_tesim":["There are no restrictions."],"altformavail_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eAlso available on microfilm - Miscellaneous Reel 4922-4928.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003clist type=\"simple\"\u003e\n          \u003citem\u003eMiscellaneous Reel 4922 - 1786 Dec.-1787 Mar. 10\n\u003c/item\u003e\n          \u003citem\u003eMiscellaneous Reel 4923 - 1787 Mar. 12-May 19\n\u003c/item\u003e\n          \u003citem\u003eMiscellaneous Reel 4924 - 1787 May 21-Sept. 29\n\u003c/item\u003e\n          \u003citem\u003eMiscellaneous Reel 4925 - 1787 Oct.-Dec.\n\u003c/item\u003e\n          \u003citem\u003eMiscellaneous Reel 4926 - 1788 Jan.-May\n\u003c/item\u003e\n          \u003citem\u003eMiscellaneous Reel 4927 - 1788 June-Oct.\n\u003c/item\u003e\n          \u003citem\u003eMiscellaneous Reel 4928 - 1788 Nov.\n\u003c/item\u003e\n        \u003c/list\u003e"],"altformavail_heading_ssm":["Alternative Form Available\n"],"altformavail_tesim":["Also available on microfilm - Miscellaneous Reel 4922-4928.\n","Miscellaneous Reel 4922 - 1786 Dec.-1787 Mar. 10\n Miscellaneous Reel 4923 - 1787 Mar. 12-May 19\n Miscellaneous Reel 4924 - 1787 May 21-Sept. 29\n Miscellaneous Reel 4925 - 1787 Oct.-Dec.\n Miscellaneous Reel 4926 - 1788 Jan.-May\n Miscellaneous Reel 4927 - 1788 June-Oct.\n Miscellaneous Reel 4928 - 1788 Nov.\n"],"arrangement_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eMaterial arranged chronologically with undated items\n         arranged at the end of each year.\u003c/p\u003e"],"arrangement_heading_ssm":["Arrangement"],"arrangement_tesim":["Material arranged chronologically with undated items\n         arranged at the end of each year."],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eEdmund Jenings Randolph was born is Williamsburg, Virginia,\n         on 10 August 1753. Randolph was the son of John \u0026amp; Ariana\n         Jenings Randolph and nephew of Peyton Randolph, a member of\n         the Continental Congress from 1774 to 1775. Edmund graduated\n         from the College of William \u0026amp; Mary and proceeded to study\n         law in Williamsburg. At the outbreak of the Revolutionary War,\n         Randolph served as aide-de-camp to George Washington in the\n         Continental Army. The following year, he married Elizabeth\n         Nicholas and served as both the youngest delegate to\n         Virginia's first Constitutional Convention \u0026amp; Mayor of\n         Williamsburg. Randolph was elected the first Attorney General\n         of Virginia and served until 1782. In addition, Randolph acted\n         as a delegate to the Continental Congress for the years 1779,\n         1781, \u0026amp; 1782. He was elected by the General Assembly to\n         two one-year terms as Governor from 30 November 1786 until 12\n         November 1788. During his first term as Governor, Randolph\n         represented Virginia as a member of the U.S. Constitutional\n         Convention in 1787. During the Convention, Randolph proposed\n         his Virginia Plan for the Constitution with a strong central\n         government and representation based on population. He opposed\n         the final version of the Constitution, but later advocated its\n         ratification with the proposed amendments. He was appointed\n         the first Attorney General of the United States under\n         President Washington serving from 1789 until 1794. Randolph\n         then became Secretary of State, but was forced to resign on 19\n         August 1795. Following his political career, Randolph served\n         as senior counsel to Aaron Burr during his trial for treason\n         in 1807. Randolph died in Clarke County, Virginia, on 12\n         September 1813, and is buried in Old Chapel Cemetery,\n         Millwood, Va.\u003c/p\u003e"],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical Information"],"bioghist_tesim":["Edmund Jenings Randolph was born is Williamsburg, Virginia,\n         on 10 August 1753. Randolph was the son of John \u0026 Ariana\n         Jenings Randolph and nephew of Peyton Randolph, a member of\n         the Continental Congress from 1774 to 1775. Edmund graduated\n         from the College of William \u0026 Mary and proceeded to study\n         law in Williamsburg. At the outbreak of the Revolutionary War,\n         Randolph served as aide-de-camp to George Washington in the\n         Continental Army. The following year, he married Elizabeth\n         Nicholas and served as both the youngest delegate to\n         Virginia's first Constitutional Convention \u0026 Mayor of\n         Williamsburg. Randolph was elected the first Attorney General\n         of Virginia and served until 1782. In addition, Randolph acted\n         as a delegate to the Continental Congress for the years 1779,\n         1781, \u0026 1782. He was elected by the General Assembly to\n         two one-year terms as Governor from 30 November 1786 until 12\n         November 1788. During his first term as Governor, Randolph\n         represented Virginia as a member of the U.S. Constitutional\n         Convention in 1787. During the Convention, Randolph proposed\n         his Virginia Plan for the Constitution with a strong central\n         government and representation based on population. He opposed\n         the final version of the Constitution, but later advocated its\n         ratification with the proposed amendments. He was appointed\n         the first Attorney General of the United States under\n         President Washington serving from 1789 until 1794. Randolph\n         then became Secretary of State, but was forced to resign on 19\n         August 1795. Following his political career, Randolph served\n         as senior counsel to Aaron Burr during his trial for treason\n         in 1807. Randolph died in Clarke County, Virginia, on 12\n         September 1813, and is buried in Old Chapel Cemetery,\n         Millwood, Va."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eVirginia. Governor's Office. Edmund Randolph Executive\n            Papers, 1786-1788. Accession 40084. State Records\n            Collection. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va.\u003c/p\u003e"],"prefercite_tesim":["Virginia. Governor's Office. Edmund Randolph Executive\n            Papers, 1786-1788. Accession 40084. State Records\n            Collection. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va."],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content Information"],"scopecontent_tesim":["Governor Randolph'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 Randolph's two one-year terms as\n         governor between 30 November 1786 until 12 November 1788.\n         These records include correspondence written to Beverley\n         Randolph who acted as Lieutenant Governor while Edmund served\n         as a member of the U.S. Constitutional Convention in\n         Philadelphia in 1787. The correspondence in this collection\n         relates to a variety of topics including appointments for\n         state positions; the Point of Fork Arsenal; Indian attacks in\n         the western country \u0026 peace treaties; Shay's Rebellion in\n         Massachusetts; arms \u0026 ammunition; the Constitutional\n         Convention in Philadelphia; the State Boats Patriot \u0026\n         Liberty; Revolutionary claims against Virginia and the United\n         States; the Public Jail \u0026 prisoners; militia; the U.S.\n         Board of Treasury; searchers; public finances; the state of\n         Franklin; the independence of Vermont; tobacco; elections; the\n         Northwestern territory; the District of Kentucky; and others.\n         In addition to correspondence, there are resolutions from\n         Congress and the Virginia Senate \u0026 House of Delegates;\n         orders of the Council of State; accounts; oaths; pardons;\n         lists or calendars of criminals; depositions; proclamations;\n         petitions; reports; appointments; bonds; circulars;\n         proceedings; applications; agreements; extracts of journals\n         \u0026 minutes; registers of ships; and other sundry items.","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 Thomas Jefferson, Minister of France;\n         Charles Thomson, Secretary of Congress; John Jay, Secretary of\n         Foreign Affairs; Henry Knox, Secretary of War; Joseph Martin,\n         Agent of Indian Affairs; Samuel Osgood, Walter Livingston,\n         \u0026 Arthur Lee, U.S. Board of Treasury; and the Virginia\n         Delegates to Congress including Edward Carrington, William\n         Grayson, James Madison, Jr., Henry Lee, William Heth, John\n         Brown, Cyrus Griffin, \u0026 Richard Henry Lee.","Thomas Jefferson, as Minister of France, writes to Governor\n         Randolph on 7 February 1787 regarding the inauguration\n         ceremony of the bust of the Marquis de Lafayette. Jefferson\n         also writes about shipments of arms from Bordeaux and payments\n         to Houdon for the statue of General Washington and a second\n         bust of Lafayette (1787 August 3). Lastly, Governor Randolph\n         forwards to Beverley Randolph on 27 May 1787, a dispatch of W.\n         Short enclosing the proceedings of the City of Paris on the\n         reception of Lafayette's bust presented by the state of\n         Virginia. This letter also encloses another letter from John\n         Bondfield to Gen. George Washington concerning a shipment of\n         arms to Dumfries.","Charles Thomson, Secretary of Congress, corresponds often\n         with Randolph. He transmits Congressional journals,\n         resolutions and acts of Congress, monthly States of\n         Representation, extracts of important letters, etc.\n         Significant documents transmitted by Thomson include the\n         following: a letter regarding disorder in Massachusetts (1786\n         Dec. 14); a resolution for a Convention of delegates to meet\n         in May 1787 to revise the Articles of Confederation (1787 Feb.\n         21); resolutions regarding a treaty of peace with Great\n         Britain (1787 April 13); resolutions empowering the Board of\n         Treasury to contract for coining copper, the sale of lands\n         surveyed in the Western Territory, \u0026 the extension of the\n         ''franking'' privilege to members of the Constitutional\n         Convention (1787 April 25); a treaty between the U.S. and the\n         Kingdom of Morocco (1787 July 21); a letter informing the\n         Governor of the election of Cyrus Griffin as President of the\n         Continental Congress (1788 Jan. 23); a resolution on the\n         claims of David Henley, Commissioner for the Claims of\n         Virginia on Account of the Western Territory (1788 June 4);\n         and a letter regarding the proceedings of Congress on the\n         independence of the District of Kentucky (1788 July 3).","John Jay, as Secretary of Foreign Affairs, communicates to\n         Governor Randolph issues abroad. He encloses an extract of a\n         letter he received from John Adams, Minister Plenipotentiary\n         of the U.S. in London, regarding the counterfeiting of\n         Carolina money (1787 July 3). Jay also encloses a copy of the\n         signals agreed upon between the U.S. \u0026 Morocco for their\n         vessels at sea (1787 July 27). On 26 May 1788, Jay drafted a\n         letter to the Governor regarding a note from Schultz von\n         Asheraden, Envoy Extraordinary of the King of Sweden, in\n         reference to Capt. Adolph Frederick Dahlberg. Similarly, there\n         is also a letter from Jay regarding notes from the Minister of\n         France on the conduct of J.M. Ferrier (1788 June 13). Lastly,\n         there is a letter respecting foreign consuls (1788 Sept.\n         24).","Henry Knox, Secretary of War, corresponds with the Governor\n         on 12 February 1787 on the subject of the Board of Treasury's\n         plan to provide for the establishment of troops and the\n         insurrection in Massachusetts. There is also a letter from\n         Knox concerning the appointment of Joseph Martin as Indian\n         Agent for the Cherokee Nation (1788 June 23).","Joseph Martin, Agent for Indian Affairs and later Indian\n         Agent for the Cherokee Nation, corresponds with Governor\n         Randolph on many occasions. Martin writes the Governor on 16\n         March 1787 concerning the opening of the land office of the\n         state of Franklin and Benjamin Logan's attack on Crow Town. On\n         March 21, Martin's letter mentions the Chota Indians and the\n         taking of land by the ''Franklynists.'' His letter of June 28\n         encloses Indian talks from Cherokee chiefs including King\n         Fisher, Old Corn Tassle, \u0026 Tuskegetchee. He writes about\n         the dispute between North Carolina and the state of Franklin\n         in April 1788 and encloses a letter from John Sevier \u0026 the\n         Cherokees. Finally, he informs the Governor of attacks against\n         the Cherokee nation and encloses letters from Andrew\n         McGilveray regarding Indian affairs (1788 June 11).","Samuel Osgood, Walter Livingston, \u0026 Arthur Lee of the\n         U.S. Board of Treasury transmit a statement of the contingent\n         expenditures of the U.S. from 1 January to 31 December 1786\n         (1787 Feb. 2). They also enclose an act of Congress regarding\n         the repeal of another act to open a loan on the credit of the\n         requisition (1787 May 15). On May 25, the Board writes the\n         Governor concerning an ordinance of Congress for the\n         settlement of accounts between individual states and the U.S.\n         Finally, the Board encloses a letter \u0026 report to the state\n         of Connecticut regarding invalid pensions (1788 Sept. 19).","The various members of Virginia's delegation to Congress\n         regularly communicated with Governor Randolph on a variety of\n         national concerns. The delegation to the Continental Congress\n         during Randolph's administration consisted of Edward\n         Carrington, William Grayson, James Madison, Richard H. Lee,\n         Cyrus Griffin, Henry Lee, \u0026 John Brown. Significant\n         correspondence from these delegates relate to Shay's Rebellion\n         in Massachusetts (1786 December 8); the need for military\n         stores in the Western Country (1786 December 24); Gen. Knox\n         and arms for the state of Virginia (1787 Feb. 19); the treaty\n         between the U.S. and United Netherlands (1787 March 5); the\n         progress of the appointments to the Convention and the\n         admission of Vermont to the Union (1787 March 19); trade laws,\n         an act to ratify \u0026 confirm the independence of Vermont,\n         the appointment of John Pierce as Commissioner for Settlement\n         of the Illinois Accounts, the discharge of troops under the\n         act of October 1786, the death of Vergennes, \u0026 hostilities\n         in the Western Country (1787 April 2, 12, 13, \u0026 July 17);\n         the inadequacy of the government due to the irregular\n         representation in Congress, commercial deputies, \u0026 indents\n         for 1786 \u0026 1787 (1787 May 7, 15, \u0026 June 8);\n         communications from Col. Evan Shelby, the dismemberment of\n         states, Vermont, North Carolina, \u0026 problems in the\n         Kaskaskies \u0026 Post Vincent (1787 June 12); the defense of\n         the frontiers of Kentucky and elsewhere (1787 June 25, 27,\n         \u0026 July 7); the Board of Treasury (1787 July 1787); an\n         ordinance for establishing a temporary government in the\n         Western Territory, a resolution concerning copper coinage,\n         \u0026 an ordinance for settling the accounts between the U.S.\n         and individual states (1787 Nov. 3); the claim of Virginia to\n         the Northwestern Territory (1788 March 23); the settlement of\n         the accounts of the state against the U.S. (1788 May 8); an\n         act to extend the time to settle these accounts (1788 June 9);\n         and rations for rangers called into service in Bourbon County\n         (1788 June 30).","The various members of Virginia's delegation to Congress\n         regularly communicated with Governor Randolph on a variety of\n         national concerns. The delegation to the Continental Congress\n         during Randolph's administration consisted of Edward\n         Carrington, William Grayson, James Madison, Richard H. Lee,\n         Cyrus Griffin, Henry Lee, \u0026 John Brown. Significant\n         correspondence from these delegates relate to Shay's Rebellion\n         in Massachusetts (1786 December 8); the need for military\n         stores in the Western Country (1786 December 24); Gen. Knox\n         and arms for the state of Virginia (1787 Feb. 19); the treaty\n         between the U.S. and United Netherlands (1787 March 5); the\n         progress of the appointments to the Convention and the\n         admission of Vermont to the Union (1787 March 19); trade laws,\n         an act to ratify \u0026 confirm the independence of Vermont,\n         the appointment of John Pierce as Commissioner for Settlement\n         of the Illinois Accounts, the discharge of troops under the\n         act of October 1786, the death of Vergennes, \u0026 hostilities\n         in the Western Country (1787 April 2, 12, 13, \u0026 July 17);\n         the inadequacy of the government due to the irregular\n         representation in Congress, commercial deputies, \u0026 indents\n         for 1786 \u0026 1787 (1787 May 7, 15, \u0026 June 8);\n         communications from Col. Evan Shelby, the dismemberment of\n         states, Vermont, North Carolina, \u0026 problems in the\n         Kaskaskies \u0026 Post Vincent (1787 June 12); the defense of\n         the frontiers of Kentucky and elsewhere (1787 June 25, 27,\n         \u0026 July 7); the Board of Treasury (1787 July 1787); an\n         ordinance for establishing a temporary government in the\n         Western Territory, a resolution concerning copper coinage,\n         \u0026 an ordinance for settling the accounts between the U.S.\n         and individual states (1787 Nov. 3); the claim of Virginia to\n         the Northwestern Territory (1788 March 23); the settlement of\n         the accounts of the state against the U.S. (1788 May 8); an\n         act to extend the time to settle these accounts (1788 June 9);\n         and rations for rangers called into service in Bourbon County\n         (1788 June 30).","Significant correspondents from Virginia State government\n         include John Beckley, Clerk of the House of Delegates,\n         Humphrey Brooke, Clerk of the Senate; Archibald Blair, Clerk\n         of the Council of State; Capt. John Peyton \u0026 Capt. Elias\n         Langham, Superintendent of the Military Stores, Arms, \u0026\n         Ammunition at Point of Fork Arsenal; Col. Thomas Meriwether,\n         Commissioner of Army Accounts; Benjamin Logan, County\n         Lieutenant of Lincoln County; Arthur Campbell, County\n         Lieutenant of Washington County; Levi Todd, County Lieutenant\n         of Fayette County; Alexander Barnett, County Lieutenant of\n         Russell County; David Shepherd, County Lieutenant of Ohio\n         County; Walter Crockett, County Lieutenant of Montgomery\n         County; William Rose, Keeper of the Public Jail; James Innes,\n         Attorney General; Leighton Wood, Jr., Solicitor General;\n         Andrew Dunscomb, Assistant Commissioner of Military Claims;\n         Capt. James Barron \u0026 Capt. Richard Taylor, Virginia Navy;\n         Beverley Randolph, Lieutenant Governor; and Jacquelin Ambler,\n         Treasurer.","John Beckley, Clerk of the House of Delegates, \u0026\n         Humphrey Brooke, Clerk of the Senate, regularly enclose\n         resolutions from their respective bodies to the Governor. On 1\n         December 1786, Beckley submits the appointment of Henry Lee as\n         Delegate to Congress. He provides resolutions regarding the\n         claims of the state of Virginia against the United States and\n         the election of Andrew Dunscomb to serve as Commissioner to\n         settle these accounts (1787 Jan. 5). On 23 October 1787,\n         Beckley transmits an extract of the journal of the House of\n         Delegates containing the ballot for five delegates in Congress\n         including James Madison, Edward Carrington, Henry Lee, John\n         Brown, \u0026 Cyrus Griffin. On 31 October 1788, he presents\n         the ballot for the election of Cyrus Griffin, John Brown,\n         James Madison, Jr., John Dawson, \u0026 Mann Page. In addition,\n         an extract of the journal of the House of Delegates from 8\n         November 1788 reports on the election of Richard Henry Lee\n         \u0026 William Grayson as Virginia's first senators in\n         Congress. Beckley \u0026 Brooke also inform the Governor about\n         appointments to the Privy Council including William Heth \u0026\n         Joseph Eggleston (1787 November 7) and Andrew Moore \u0026\n         Robert Goode (1788 June 28). Lastly, the clerks inform the\n         Governor of the election of Edmund Winston as judge of the\n         General Court (1788 June 28).","Archibald Blair, as Clerk of the Council of State, encloses\n         orders of the Council to the Governor. In December 1786, the\n         Council orders Col. Meriwether to contract for repairs to the\n         Public Jail \u0026 the Governor's House, to employ someone to\n         convey arms from France, \u0026 to purchase a sword for Capt.\n         Jouett (1786 Dec. 14). Meriwether also receives orders related\n         to the distribution of Articles of War (1787 May 2). His\n         letter dated 2 May 1787 also relates to alterations in the\n         Public Jail. The Council sends a list of grants to be signed\n         by the Governor (1787 April 30 \u0026 25 May). Lastly, the\n         Council provides advice on the requisition of militia in the\n         western counties including a resolution of Congress concerning\n         orders for militia in Virginia \u0026 Pennsylvania to be ready\n         to protect the inhabitants (1788 Oct. 15).","Capt. John Peyton resigns as Commissary of Stores at Point\n         of Fork on 20 November 1786. Peyton writes to Col. Thomas\n         Meriwether on 10 December 1786 recommending William Price, his\n         former clerk, to succeed him. Additionally, there are letters\n         from other individuals applying for the position. Elias\n         Langham, however, successfully applies to the Governor on 13\n         December 1786. As Commissary of Military Stores, Langham\n         corresponds with Col. Meriwether regarding provisions (1786\n         Dec. 25); contracts to supply rations (1787 April 26); an\n         estimate of clothing for guards and state negroes (1787 July\n         5); \u0026 land belonging to David Ross near Point of Fork in\n         Fluvanna County (1787 June 26 \u0026 Dec. 21). In turn, Col.\n         Meriwether corresponds with Governor Randolph offering an\n         estimate of the cost of transporting arms from Point of Fork\n         to Redstone (1786 Dec. 26), a report of Capt. Peyton's last\n         returns (1787 Feb. 22), delinquencies of militia officers\n         (1787 March 1), payrolls of Point of Fork (1787 April 7), a\n         list of his official duties (1787 May 8), a report of the\n         militia (1787 Oct. 22), and reports on the Point of Fork\n         Arsenal (1787 Oct. 4 \u0026 1788 Oct. 3).","County lieutenants including Levi Todd, Benjamin Logan,\n         Arthur Campbell, David Shepherd, Alexander Barnett, \u0026\n         Walter Crockett from the western counties correspond with\n         Governor Randolph on numerous occasions primarily regarding\n         Indian affairs. Levi Todd writes about the strength of the\n         militia in Fayette County and Shawnee attacks in the area\n         (1786 Dec. 7); the need for officers \u0026 a lack of\n         ammunition and provision (1787 Feb. 14); the defenselessness\n         of Kentucky (1787 April 30); \u0026 war with the Indians (1788\n         March 29). Benjamin Logan writes about an attack on the\n         Shawnee towns in the District of Kentucky (1786 Dec. 17);\n         Indian outrages in Kentucky (1787 April 14); the sense of the\n         people of Kentucky regarding the Cherokee Indians (1787 May\n         17); intelligence concerning the Cherokee Indians sent to\n         Arthur Campbell (1787 May 18); \u0026 the proceedings of a\n         meeting of the commanding officers of the District of Kentucky\n         (1787 Sept. 24). Arthur Campbell communicates a list of field\n         officers \u0026 captains proposed to command two regiments of\n         militia in Washington County (1787 Feb. 14); the implications\n         of the recent treaty with Spain (1787 Feb. 16); an attack by\n         Col. John Logan on friendly Indians (1787 March 9); the\n         militia in Washington County and the apprehended danger from\n         the Cherokee Indians (1787 March 17); westward expansion,\n         Topoka, Chief of the Chocta Nation, \u0026 the navigation of\n         the Mississippi (1787 April 15); movements of the Cherokee\n         Indians (1787 Aug. 16); the boundary between Virginia \u0026\n         North Carolina (1787 Dec. 10); \u0026 consideration for the\n         position as Superintendent of the Southern Department (1787\n         Dec. 31). David Shepherd expresses his concerns in relation to\n         Indian outrages in Monongalia (1787 April 30); Indian attacks\n         \u0026 the state of the militia in Ohio County (1787 May 24\n         \u0026 1787 Nov. 10). Finally, Alexander Barnett writes on\n         Indian attacks in Russell County (1787 May 19 \u0026 1787 Aug.\n         29) \u0026 Walter Crockett relates incidents with natives in\n         Montgomery County (1787 June 11 \u0026 1788 March 15).","William Rose as Keeper of the Public Jail periodically\n         transmits lists or calendars of criminals convicted at the\n         General Court (1786 Dec. 16, 1787 March 28, 1787 April 30,\n         1787 June 11, 1787 Dec. 6, 1788 March 31, 1788 April 26, 1788\n         June 10, 1788 Oct. 27). Rose also writes to the Governor\n         regarding specific criminals in his jail (1787 Jan. 24 \u0026\n         1787 July 26). Lastly, he send his remarks on a contract to\n         furnish the Public Jail with provisions (1788 Jan. 30).","James Innes served as Attorney General to the Commonwealth\n         during Randolph's administration as Governor. Innes provides\n         his opinion on various issues including the repeal of the act\n         of 1785 for approving, confirming, \u0026 ratifying the compact\n         between Virginia \u0026 Maryland (1787 Feb. 28 \u0026 1787 Aug.\n         3); tobacco inspection at Lynch's Ferry (1787 June 26 \u0026\n         1787 Sept. 1); \u0026 foreign creditors (1787 March 19).","Andrew Dunscomb's correspondence relates to his position as\n         Assistant Commissioner of Military Claims. Included is his\n         oath of office and a letter regarding the same (1787 Jan. 13\n         \u0026 15). He also writes on the state of claims of the\n         Commonwealth with the U.S. (1787 June 13, 18, \u0026 Nov. 15).\n         On 6 July 1787, he requests additional clerks, and later, he\n         asks the Governor for a salary increase (1787 Nov. 13).\n         Similarly, there is extensive correspondence from Leighton\n         Wood, Jr., Solicitor General, regarding claims against the\n         state, delinquencies of sheriffs in paying taxes, etc. Present\n         is Wood's bond \u0026 security for his position as Solicitor\n         (1787 Jan. 26 \u0026 Feb. 1). Treasurer, Jacquelin Ambler's\n         letters too relate to the financial matters of the state.\n         Ambler reveals a lack of money in the Contingent Fund for\n         William Rose's warrants for the support of the Public Jail\n         (1787 March 5).","Capt. James Barron, Virginia State Navy, died in May 1787.\n         Applications can be found to replace him as commander of the\n         state boats (1787 June 4). Before his death, Barron comments\n         on the transport of small arms from Norfolk (1786 Dec. 6) and\n         discusses the employment of a surgeon \u0026 pilots on his\n         boats (1787 April 27). Barron was replaced by Capt. Richard\n         Taylor in June 1787. Noteworthy among his correspondence,\n         Taylor encloses an inventory of the articles on board the\n         Liberty and Patriot on 12 August 1787. He also remarks on the\n         poor state of the boats in his letter dated 7 September 1787.\n         On 14 November 1787, Taylor complains to the Governor about\n         his pay \u0026 pension. Lastly, Taylor talks about damage\n         sustained to the Schooner Patriot in a storm while harbored at\n         Portsmouth (1788 July 24).","Additional significant documents include the following: the\n         oath of fidelity to Governor Randolph by John Harvie (1786\n         Dec. 1); an oath of fidelity to Bolling Starke as Privy\n         Councilor (1786 Dec. 4); a proclamation by the governor\n         outlawing certain escaped prisoners (1786 Dec. 23); a letter\n         from Samuel Huntingdon, Governor of Connecticut, appointing\n         commissioners to assemble in Convention in Philadelphia (1786\n         Dec. 23); a letter from John Blair regarding his appointment\n         as a member of the committee to meet in Philadelphia in May\n         (1786 Dec. 25); a letter from David Ross concerning his claim\n         for the use of his property at Point of Fork (1787 Jan. 30); a\n         proclamation by the Governor authorizing surveys to be made on\n         the lands allotted to the Virginia Line on Continental\n         Establishment (1787 Jan. 25); a letter from Piomingo, Chief of\n         the Chickasaw Nation, regarding the Treaty at Kieve (1787 Feb.\n         15); a proclamation concerning the seizure of Spanish property\n         by George Rogers Clark (1787 Feb. 28); the bond of John\n         Pendleton as Auditor of Public Accounts (1787 March 1); a\n         proclamation offering a reward for the capture of Presley Hunt\n         \u0026 Ephraim Andrews, escaped prisoners (1787 March 2); a\n         letter from Monsieur Oster, French Consul, applying for an\n         order to prevent the departure of M.S. Deschamps to France\n         (1787 April 1); a letter from William Smith enclosing a list\n         of field officers in the Northampton County militia (1787\n         April 4); a letter from George Mason regarding payment as a\n         delegate of the Constitutional Convention (1787 April 23); a\n         proclamation for the reward \u0026 capture of Irby Philips\n         (1787 April 28); a list of tobacco saved from Byrd Warehouse\n         (1787 June 6); a letter from Governor Randolph to the\n         lieutenant governor regarding a warrant for the expense of\n         transporting his family to Philadelphia (1787 June 6); a\n         letter from Governor Randolph enclosing George Wythe's\n         resignation (1787 June 21); a letter from George Mason\n         concerning the resignation of George Wythe as a delegate to\n         the Convention (1787 June 30); a letter from the Governor\n         providing his account for the Constitutional Convention (1787\n         July 12); an agreement between David Ross \u0026 Col.\n         Meriwether for Point of Fork including a valuation of the 24\n         acres of land (1787 Aug. 8); a letter from Randolph forwarding\n         a copy of the National Constitution and expressing his\n         opposition to it (1787 Sept. 18); a letter from George Rogers\n         Clark regarding the settlement of western accounts (1787 Oct.\n         8); a letter from Samuel Johnston, Governor of North Carolina,\n         regarding an act to hold a Convention in Virginia in June\n         (1788 Jan. 22); the proceedings of the Massachusetts\n         Constitutional Convention to ratify the U.S. Constitution\n         (1788 Feb. 6); the proceedings of the Georgia Constitutional\n         Convention (1788 Feb. 5); a letter from John Sevier, Governor\n         of Franklin, regarding the dispute between the state of\n         Franklin \u0026 North Carolina (1788 March 27); a letter from Benjamin Franklin   \tregarding the sanity of Mr. Elam (1788 May 12); a proclamation\n         regarding the act establishing district courts as\n         unconstitutional (1788 May 14); a letter from William Heth\n         \u0026 David Henley, Commissioners of the Western Territory,\n         enclosing their report on the claims of Virginia for the\n         territory ceded to Congress (1788 May 15); a circular from\n         Thomas Pinckney, Governor of South Carolina, regarding the\n         ratification of the Constitution by a Convention in South\n         Carolina (1788 May 24); a letter from Andrew Limonin regarding the bust of the Marquis de Lafayette (1788 Nov. 11); and a letter from the Council of State\n         regarding Governor Randolph's departure from office (1788 Nov.\n         13)."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThere are no restrictions.\u003c/p\u003e"],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Use Restrictions"],"userestrict_tesim":["There are no restrictions."],"physloc_html_tesm":["\u003cphysloc label=\"Physical Location\"\u003eState Records Collection,\n         Governor's Office (Record Group 3)\u003c/physloc\u003e"],"physloc_tesim":["State Records Collection,\n         Governor's Office (Record Group 3)"],"language_ssim":["English"],"total_component_count_is":190,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-05-21T08:55:00.289Z","scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eGovernor Randolph'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 Randolph's two one-year terms as\n         governor between 30 November 1786 until 12 November 1788.\n         These records include correspondence written to Beverley\n         Randolph who acted as Lieutenant Governor while Edmund served\n         as a member of the U.S. Constitutional Convention in\n         Philadelphia in 1787. The correspondence in this collection\n         relates to a variety of topics including appointments for\n         state positions; the Point of Fork Arsenal; Indian attacks in\n         the western country \u0026amp; peace treaties; Shay's Rebellion in\n         Massachusetts; arms \u0026amp; ammunition; the Constitutional\n         Convention in Philadelphia; the State Boats Patriot \u0026amp;\n         Liberty; Revolutionary claims against Virginia and the United\n         States; the Public Jail \u0026amp; prisoners; militia; the U.S.\n         Board of Treasury; searchers; public finances; the state of\n         Franklin; the independence of Vermont; tobacco; elections; the\n         Northwestern territory; the District of Kentucky; and others.\n         In addition to correspondence, there are resolutions from\n         Congress and the Virginia Senate \u0026amp; House of Delegates;\n         orders of the Council of State; accounts; oaths; pardons;\n         lists or calendars of criminals; depositions; proclamations;\n         petitions; reports; appointments; bonds; circulars;\n         proceedings; applications; agreements; extracts of journals\n         \u0026amp; minutes; registers of ships; and other sundry items.\u003c/p\u003e","\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 Thomas Jefferson, Minister of France;\n         Charles Thomson, Secretary of Congress; John Jay, Secretary of\n         Foreign Affairs; Henry Knox, Secretary of War; Joseph Martin,\n         Agent of Indian Affairs; Samuel Osgood, Walter Livingston,\n         \u0026amp; Arthur Lee, U.S. Board of Treasury; and the Virginia\n         Delegates to Congress including Edward Carrington, William\n         Grayson, James Madison, Jr., Henry Lee, William Heth, John\n         Brown, Cyrus Griffin, \u0026amp; Richard Henry Lee.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThomas Jefferson, as Minister of France, writes to Governor\n         Randolph on 7 February 1787 regarding the inauguration\n         ceremony of the bust of the Marquis de Lafayette. Jefferson\n         also writes about shipments of arms from Bordeaux and payments\n         to Houdon for the statue of General Washington and a second\n         bust of Lafayette (1787 August 3). Lastly, Governor Randolph\n         forwards to Beverley Randolph on 27 May 1787, a dispatch of W.\n         Short enclosing the proceedings of the City of Paris on the\n         reception of Lafayette's bust presented by the state of\n         Virginia. This letter also encloses another letter from John\n         Bondfield to Gen. George Washington concerning a shipment of\n         arms to Dumfries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCharles Thomson, Secretary of Congress, corresponds often\n         with Randolph. He transmits Congressional journals,\n         resolutions and acts of Congress, monthly States of\n         Representation, extracts of important letters, etc.\n         Significant documents transmitted by Thomson include the\n         following: a letter regarding disorder in Massachusetts (1786\n         Dec. 14); a resolution for a Convention of delegates to meet\n         in May 1787 to revise the Articles of Confederation (1787 Feb.\n         21); resolutions regarding a treaty of peace with Great\n         Britain (1787 April 13); resolutions empowering the Board of\n         Treasury to contract for coining copper, the sale of lands\n         surveyed in the Western Territory, \u0026amp; the extension of the\n         ''franking'' privilege to members of the Constitutional\n         Convention (1787 April 25); a treaty between the U.S. and the\n         Kingdom of Morocco (1787 July 21); a letter informing the\n         Governor of the election of Cyrus Griffin as President of the\n         Continental Congress (1788 Jan. 23); a resolution on the\n         claims of David Henley, Commissioner for the Claims of\n         Virginia on Account of the Western Territory (1788 June 4);\n         and a letter regarding the proceedings of Congress on the\n         independence of the District of Kentucky (1788 July 3).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn Jay, as Secretary of Foreign Affairs, communicates to\n         Governor Randolph issues abroad. He encloses an extract of a\n         letter he received from John Adams, Minister Plenipotentiary\n         of the U.S. in London, regarding the counterfeiting of\n         Carolina money (1787 July 3). Jay also encloses a copy of the\n         signals agreed upon between the U.S. \u0026amp; Morocco for their\n         vessels at sea (1787 July 27). On 26 May 1788, Jay drafted a\n         letter to the Governor regarding a note from Schultz von\n         Asheraden, Envoy Extraordinary of the King of Sweden, in\n         reference to Capt. Adolph Frederick Dahlberg. Similarly, there\n         is also a letter from Jay regarding notes from the Minister of\n         France on the conduct of J.M. Ferrier (1788 June 13). Lastly,\n         there is a letter respecting foreign consuls (1788 Sept.\n         24).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHenry Knox, Secretary of War, corresponds with the Governor\n         on 12 February 1787 on the subject of the Board of Treasury's\n         plan to provide for the establishment of troops and the\n         insurrection in Massachusetts. There is also a letter from\n         Knox concerning the appointment of Joseph Martin as Indian\n         Agent for the Cherokee Nation (1788 June 23).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJoseph Martin, Agent for Indian Affairs and later Indian\n         Agent for the Cherokee Nation, corresponds with Governor\n         Randolph on many occasions. Martin writes the Governor on 16\n         March 1787 concerning the opening of the land office of the\n         state of Franklin and Benjamin Logan's attack on Crow Town. On\n         March 21, Martin's letter mentions the Chota Indians and the\n         taking of land by the ''Franklynists.'' His letter of June 28\n         encloses Indian talks from Cherokee chiefs including King\n         Fisher, Old Corn Tassle, \u0026amp; Tuskegetchee. He writes about\n         the dispute between North Carolina and the state of Franklin\n         in April 1788 and encloses a letter from John Sevier \u0026amp; the\n         Cherokees. Finally, he informs the Governor of attacks against\n         the Cherokee nation and encloses letters from Andrew\n         McGilveray regarding Indian affairs (1788 June 11).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSamuel Osgood, Walter Livingston, \u0026amp; Arthur Lee of the\n         U.S. Board of Treasury transmit a statement of the contingent\n         expenditures of the U.S. from 1 January to 31 December 1786\n         (1787 Feb. 2). They also enclose an act of Congress regarding\n         the repeal of another act to open a loan on the credit of the\n         requisition (1787 May 15). On May 25, the Board writes the\n         Governor concerning an ordinance of Congress for the\n         settlement of accounts between individual states and the U.S.\n         Finally, the Board encloses a letter \u0026amp; report to the state\n         of Connecticut regarding invalid pensions (1788 Sept. 19).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe various members of Virginia's delegation to Congress\n         regularly communicated with Governor Randolph on a variety of\n         national concerns. The delegation to the Continental Congress\n         during Randolph's administration consisted of Edward\n         Carrington, William Grayson, James Madison, Richard H. Lee,\n         Cyrus Griffin, Henry Lee, \u0026amp; John Brown. Significant\n         correspondence from these delegates relate to Shay's Rebellion\n         in Massachusetts (1786 December 8); the need for military\n         stores in the Western Country (1786 December 24); Gen. Knox\n         and arms for the state of Virginia (1787 Feb. 19); the treaty\n         between the U.S. and United Netherlands (1787 March 5); the\n         progress of the appointments to the Convention and the\n         admission of Vermont to the Union (1787 March 19); trade laws,\n         an act to ratify \u0026amp; confirm the independence of Vermont,\n         the appointment of John Pierce as Commissioner for Settlement\n         of the Illinois Accounts, the discharge of troops under the\n         act of October 1786, the death of Vergennes, \u0026amp; hostilities\n         in the Western Country (1787 April 2, 12, 13, \u0026amp; July 17);\n         the inadequacy of the government due to the irregular\n         representation in Congress, commercial deputies, \u0026amp; indents\n         for 1786 \u0026amp; 1787 (1787 May 7, 15, \u0026amp; June 8);\n         communications from Col. Evan Shelby, the dismemberment of\n         states, Vermont, North Carolina, \u0026amp; problems in the\n         Kaskaskies \u0026amp; Post Vincent (1787 June 12); the defense of\n         the frontiers of Kentucky and elsewhere (1787 June 25, 27,\n         \u0026amp; July 7); the Board of Treasury (1787 July 1787); an\n         ordinance for establishing a temporary government in the\n         Western Territory, a resolution concerning copper coinage,\n         \u0026amp; an ordinance for settling the accounts between the U.S.\n         and individual states (1787 Nov. 3); the claim of Virginia to\n         the Northwestern Territory (1788 March 23); the settlement of\n         the accounts of the state against the U.S. (1788 May 8); an\n         act to extend the time to settle these accounts (1788 June 9);\n         and rations for rangers called into service in Bourbon County\n         (1788 June 30).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe various members of Virginia's delegation to Congress\n         regularly communicated with Governor Randolph on a variety of\n         national concerns. The delegation to the Continental Congress\n         during Randolph's administration consisted of Edward\n         Carrington, William Grayson, James Madison, Richard H. Lee,\n         Cyrus Griffin, Henry Lee, \u0026amp; John Brown. Significant\n         correspondence from these delegates relate to Shay's Rebellion\n         in Massachusetts (1786 December 8); the need for military\n         stores in the Western Country (1786 December 24); Gen. Knox\n         and arms for the state of Virginia (1787 Feb. 19); the treaty\n         between the U.S. and United Netherlands (1787 March 5); the\n         progress of the appointments to the Convention and the\n         admission of Vermont to the Union (1787 March 19); trade laws,\n         an act to ratify \u0026amp; confirm the independence of Vermont,\n         the appointment of John Pierce as Commissioner for Settlement\n         of the Illinois Accounts, the discharge of troops under the\n         act of October 1786, the death of Vergennes, \u0026amp; hostilities\n         in the Western Country (1787 April 2, 12, 13, \u0026amp; July 17);\n         the inadequacy of the government due to the irregular\n         representation in Congress, commercial deputies, \u0026amp; indents\n         for 1786 \u0026amp; 1787 (1787 May 7, 15, \u0026amp; June 8);\n         communications from Col. Evan Shelby, the dismemberment of\n         states, Vermont, North Carolina, \u0026amp; problems in the\n         Kaskaskies \u0026amp; Post Vincent (1787 June 12); the defense of\n         the frontiers of Kentucky and elsewhere (1787 June 25, 27,\n         \u0026amp; July 7); the Board of Treasury (1787 July 1787); an\n         ordinance for establishing a temporary government in the\n         Western Territory, a resolution concerning copper coinage,\n         \u0026amp; an ordinance for settling the accounts between the U.S.\n         and individual states (1787 Nov. 3); the claim of Virginia to\n         the Northwestern Territory (1788 March 23); the settlement of\n         the accounts of the state against the U.S. (1788 May 8); an\n         act to extend the time to settle these accounts (1788 June 9);\n         and rations for rangers called into service in Bourbon County\n         (1788 June 30).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSignificant correspondents from Virginia State government\n         include John Beckley, Clerk of the House of Delegates,\n         Humphrey Brooke, Clerk of the Senate; Archibald Blair, Clerk\n         of the Council of State; Capt. John Peyton \u0026amp; Capt. Elias\n         Langham, Superintendent of the Military Stores, Arms, \u0026amp;\n         Ammunition at Point of Fork Arsenal; Col. Thomas Meriwether,\n         Commissioner of Army Accounts; Benjamin Logan, County\n         Lieutenant of Lincoln County; Arthur Campbell, County\n         Lieutenant of Washington County; Levi Todd, County Lieutenant\n         of Fayette County; Alexander Barnett, County Lieutenant of\n         Russell County; David Shepherd, County Lieutenant of Ohio\n         County; Walter Crockett, County Lieutenant of Montgomery\n         County; William Rose, Keeper of the Public Jail; James Innes,\n         Attorney General; Leighton Wood, Jr., Solicitor General;\n         Andrew Dunscomb, Assistant Commissioner of Military Claims;\n         Capt. James Barron \u0026amp; Capt. Richard Taylor, Virginia Navy;\n         Beverley Randolph, Lieutenant Governor; and Jacquelin Ambler,\n         Treasurer.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn Beckley, Clerk of the House of Delegates, \u0026amp;\n         Humphrey Brooke, Clerk of the Senate, regularly enclose\n         resolutions from their respective bodies to the Governor. On 1\n         December 1786, Beckley submits the appointment of Henry Lee as\n         Delegate to Congress. He provides resolutions regarding the\n         claims of the state of Virginia against the United States and\n         the election of Andrew Dunscomb to serve as Commissioner to\n         settle these accounts (1787 Jan. 5). On 23 October 1787,\n         Beckley transmits an extract of the journal of the House of\n         Delegates containing the ballot for five delegates in Congress\n         including James Madison, Edward Carrington, Henry Lee, John\n         Brown, \u0026amp; Cyrus Griffin. On 31 October 1788, he presents\n         the ballot for the election of Cyrus Griffin, John Brown,\n         James Madison, Jr., John Dawson, \u0026amp; Mann Page. In addition,\n         an extract of the journal of the House of Delegates from 8\n         November 1788 reports on the election of Richard Henry Lee\n         \u0026amp; William Grayson as Virginia's first senators in\n         Congress. Beckley \u0026amp; Brooke also inform the Governor about\n         appointments to the Privy Council including William Heth \u0026amp;\n         Joseph Eggleston (1787 November 7) and Andrew Moore \u0026amp;\n         Robert Goode (1788 June 28). Lastly, the clerks inform the\n         Governor of the election of Edmund Winston as judge of the\n         General Court (1788 June 28).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eArchibald Blair, as Clerk of the Council of State, encloses\n         orders of the Council to the Governor. In December 1786, the\n         Council orders Col. Meriwether to contract for repairs to the\n         Public Jail \u0026amp; the Governor's House, to employ someone to\n         convey arms from France, \u0026amp; to purchase a sword for Capt.\n         Jouett (1786 Dec. 14). Meriwether also receives orders related\n         to the distribution of Articles of War (1787 May 2). His\n         letter dated 2 May 1787 also relates to alterations in the\n         Public Jail. The Council sends a list of grants to be signed\n         by the Governor (1787 April 30 \u0026amp; 25 May). Lastly, the\n         Council provides advice on the requisition of militia in the\n         western counties including a resolution of Congress concerning\n         orders for militia in Virginia \u0026amp; Pennsylvania to be ready\n         to protect the inhabitants (1788 Oct. 15).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCapt. John Peyton resigns as Commissary of Stores at Point\n         of Fork on 20 November 1786. Peyton writes to Col. Thomas\n         Meriwether on 10 December 1786 recommending William Price, his\n         former clerk, to succeed him. Additionally, there are letters\n         from other individuals applying for the position. Elias\n         Langham, however, successfully applies to the Governor on 13\n         December 1786. As Commissary of Military Stores, Langham\n         corresponds with Col. Meriwether regarding provisions (1786\n         Dec. 25); contracts to supply rations (1787 April 26); an\n         estimate of clothing for guards and state negroes (1787 July\n         5); \u0026amp; land belonging to David Ross near Point of Fork in\n         Fluvanna County (1787 June 26 \u0026amp; Dec. 21). In turn, Col.\n         Meriwether corresponds with Governor Randolph offering an\n         estimate of the cost of transporting arms from Point of Fork\n         to Redstone (1786 Dec. 26), a report of Capt. Peyton's last\n         returns (1787 Feb. 22), delinquencies of militia officers\n         (1787 March 1), payrolls of Point of Fork (1787 April 7), a\n         list of his official duties (1787 May 8), a report of the\n         militia (1787 Oct. 22), and reports on the Point of Fork\n         Arsenal (1787 Oct. 4 \u0026amp; 1788 Oct. 3).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCounty lieutenants including Levi Todd, Benjamin Logan,\n         Arthur Campbell, David Shepherd, Alexander Barnett, \u0026amp;\n         Walter Crockett from the western counties correspond with\n         Governor Randolph on numerous occasions primarily regarding\n         Indian affairs. Levi Todd writes about the strength of the\n         militia in Fayette County and Shawnee attacks in the area\n         (1786 Dec. 7); the need for officers \u0026amp; a lack of\n         ammunition and provision (1787 Feb. 14); the defenselessness\n         of Kentucky (1787 April 30); \u0026amp; war with the Indians (1788\n         March 29). Benjamin Logan writes about an attack on the\n         Shawnee towns in the District of Kentucky (1786 Dec. 17);\n         Indian outrages in Kentucky (1787 April 14); the sense of the\n         people of Kentucky regarding the Cherokee Indians (1787 May\n         17); intelligence concerning the Cherokee Indians sent to\n         Arthur Campbell (1787 May 18); \u0026amp; the proceedings of a\n         meeting of the commanding officers of the District of Kentucky\n         (1787 Sept. 24). Arthur Campbell communicates a list of field\n         officers \u0026amp; captains proposed to command two regiments of\n         militia in Washington County (1787 Feb. 14); the implications\n         of the recent treaty with Spain (1787 Feb. 16); an attack by\n         Col. John Logan on friendly Indians (1787 March 9); the\n         militia in Washington County and the apprehended danger from\n         the Cherokee Indians (1787 March 17); westward expansion,\n         Topoka, Chief of the Chocta Nation, \u0026amp; the navigation of\n         the Mississippi (1787 April 15); movements of the Cherokee\n         Indians (1787 Aug. 16); the boundary between Virginia \u0026amp;\n         North Carolina (1787 Dec. 10); \u0026amp; consideration for the\n         position as Superintendent of the Southern Department (1787\n         Dec. 31). David Shepherd expresses his concerns in relation to\n         Indian outrages in Monongalia (1787 April 30); Indian attacks\n         \u0026amp; the state of the militia in Ohio County (1787 May 24\n         \u0026amp; 1787 Nov. 10). Finally, Alexander Barnett writes on\n         Indian attacks in Russell County (1787 May 19 \u0026amp; 1787 Aug.\n         29) \u0026amp; Walter Crockett relates incidents with natives in\n         Montgomery County (1787 June 11 \u0026amp; 1788 March 15).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam Rose as Keeper of the Public Jail periodically\n         transmits lists or calendars of criminals convicted at the\n         General Court (1786 Dec. 16, 1787 March 28, 1787 April 30,\n         1787 June 11, 1787 Dec. 6, 1788 March 31, 1788 April 26, 1788\n         June 10, 1788 Oct. 27). Rose also writes to the Governor\n         regarding specific criminals in his jail (1787 Jan. 24 \u0026amp;\n         1787 July 26). Lastly, he send his remarks on a contract to\n         furnish the Public Jail with provisions (1788 Jan. 30).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJames Innes served as Attorney General to the Commonwealth\n         during Randolph's administration as Governor. Innes provides\n         his opinion on various issues including the repeal of the act\n         of 1785 for approving, confirming, \u0026amp; ratifying the compact\n         between Virginia \u0026amp; Maryland (1787 Feb. 28 \u0026amp; 1787 Aug.\n         3); tobacco inspection at Lynch's Ferry (1787 June 26 \u0026amp;\n         1787 Sept. 1); \u0026amp; foreign creditors (1787 March 19).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAndrew Dunscomb's correspondence relates to his position as\n         Assistant Commissioner of Military Claims. Included is his\n         oath of office and a letter regarding the same (1787 Jan. 13\n         \u0026amp; 15). He also writes on the state of claims of the\n         Commonwealth with the U.S. (1787 June 13, 18, \u0026amp; Nov. 15).\n         On 6 July 1787, he requests additional clerks, and later, he\n         asks the Governor for a salary increase (1787 Nov. 13).\n         Similarly, there is extensive correspondence from Leighton\n         Wood, Jr., Solicitor General, regarding claims against the\n         state, delinquencies of sheriffs in paying taxes, etc. Present\n         is Wood's bond \u0026amp; security for his position as Solicitor\n         (1787 Jan. 26 \u0026amp; Feb. 1). Treasurer, Jacquelin Ambler's\n         letters too relate to the financial matters of the state.\n         Ambler reveals a lack of money in the Contingent Fund for\n         William Rose's warrants for the support of the Public Jail\n         (1787 March 5).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCapt. James Barron, Virginia State Navy, died in May 1787.\n         Applications can be found to replace him as commander of the\n         state boats (1787 June 4). Before his death, Barron comments\n         on the transport of small arms from Norfolk (1786 Dec. 6) and\n         discusses the employment of a surgeon \u0026amp; pilots on his\n         boats (1787 April 27). Barron was replaced by Capt. Richard\n         Taylor in June 1787. Noteworthy among his correspondence,\n         Taylor encloses an inventory of the articles on board the\n         Liberty and Patriot on 12 August 1787. He also remarks on the\n         poor state of the boats in his letter dated 7 September 1787.\n         On 14 November 1787, Taylor complains to the Governor about\n         his pay \u0026amp; pension. Lastly, Taylor talks about damage\n         sustained to the Schooner Patriot in a storm while harbored at\n         Portsmouth (1788 July 24).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAdditional significant documents include the following: the\n         oath of fidelity to Governor Randolph by John Harvie (1786\n         Dec. 1); an oath of fidelity to Bolling Starke as Privy\n         Councilor (1786 Dec. 4); a proclamation by the governor\n         outlawing certain escaped prisoners (1786 Dec. 23); a letter\n         from Samuel Huntingdon, Governor of Connecticut, appointing\n         commissioners to assemble in Convention in Philadelphia (1786\n         Dec. 23); a letter from John Blair regarding his appointment\n         as a member of the committee to meet in Philadelphia in May\n         (1786 Dec. 25); a letter from David Ross concerning his claim\n         for the use of his property at Point of Fork (1787 Jan. 30); a\n         proclamation by the Governor authorizing surveys to be made on\n         the lands allotted to the Virginia Line on Continental\n         Establishment (1787 Jan. 25); a letter from Piomingo, Chief of\n         the Chickasaw Nation, regarding the Treaty at Kieve (1787 Feb.\n         15); a proclamation concerning the seizure of Spanish property\n         by George Rogers Clark (1787 Feb. 28); the bond of John\n         Pendleton as Auditor of Public Accounts (1787 March 1); a\n         proclamation offering a reward for the capture of Presley Hunt\n         \u0026amp; Ephraim Andrews, escaped prisoners (1787 March 2); a\n         letter from Monsieur Oster, French Consul, applying for an\n         order to prevent the departure of M.S. Deschamps to France\n         (1787 April 1); a letter from William Smith enclosing a list\n         of field officers in the Northampton County militia (1787\n         April 4); a letter from George Mason regarding payment as a\n         delegate of the Constitutional Convention (1787 April 23); a\n         proclamation for the reward \u0026amp; capture of Irby Philips\n         (1787 April 28); a list of tobacco saved from Byrd Warehouse\n         (1787 June 6); a letter from Governor Randolph to the\n         lieutenant governor regarding a warrant for the expense of\n         transporting his family to Philadelphia (1787 June 6); a\n         letter from Governor Randolph enclosing George Wythe's\n         resignation (1787 June 21); a letter from George Mason\n         concerning the resignation of George Wythe as a delegate to\n         the Convention (1787 June 30); a letter from the Governor\n         providing his account for the Constitutional Convention (1787\n         July 12); an agreement between David Ross \u0026amp; Col.\n         Meriwether for Point of Fork including a valuation of the 24\n         acres of land (1787 Aug. 8); a letter from Randolph forwarding\n         a copy of the National Constitution and expressing his\n         opposition to it (1787 Sept. 18); a letter from George Rogers\n         Clark regarding the settlement of western accounts (1787 Oct.\n         8); a letter from Samuel Johnston, Governor of North Carolina,\n         regarding an act to hold a Convention in Virginia in June\n         (1788 Jan. 22); the proceedings of the Massachusetts\n         Constitutional Convention to ratify the U.S. Constitution\n         (1788 Feb. 6); the proceedings of the Georgia Constitutional\n         Convention (1788 Feb. 5); a letter from John Sevier, Governor\n         of Franklin, regarding the dispute between the state of\n         Franklin \u0026amp; North Carolina (1788 March 27); a letter from Benjamin Franklin   \tregarding the sanity of Mr. Elam (1788 May 12); a proclamation\n         regarding the act establishing district courts as\n         unconstitutional (1788 May 14); a letter from William Heth\n         \u0026amp; David Henley, Commissioners of the Western Territory,\n         enclosing their report on the claims of Virginia for the\n         territory ceded to Congress (1788 May 15); a circular from\n         Thomas Pinckney, Governor of South Carolina, regarding the\n         ratification of the Constitution by a Convention in South\n         Carolina (1788 May 24); a letter from Andrew Limonin regarding the bust of the Marquis de Lafayette (1788 Nov. 11); and a letter from the Council of State\n         regarding Governor Randolph's departure from office (1788 Nov.\n         13).\u003c/p\u003e"],"collection":{"numFound":1,"start":0,"numFoundExact":true,"docs":[{"id":"vi_vi00523","ead_ssi":"vi_vi00523","_root_":"vi_vi00523","_nest_parent_":"vi_vi00523","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/lva/vi00523.xml","title_ssm":["Executive Papers, \n         \n         1786-1788"],"title_tesim":["Executive Papers, \n         \n         1786-1788"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["40084"],"text":["40084","Executive Papers, \n         \n         1786-1788","3.88 cubic\n         feet","There are no restrictions.","Also available on microfilm - Miscellaneous Reel 4922-4928.\n","Miscellaneous Reel 4922 - 1786 Dec.-1787 Mar. 10\n Miscellaneous Reel 4923 - 1787 Mar. 12-May 19\n Miscellaneous Reel 4924 - 1787 May 21-Sept. 29\n Miscellaneous Reel 4925 - 1787 Oct.-Dec.\n Miscellaneous Reel 4926 - 1788 Jan.-May\n Miscellaneous Reel 4927 - 1788 June-Oct.\n Miscellaneous Reel 4928 - 1788 Nov.\n","Material arranged chronologically with undated items\n         arranged at the end of each year.","Edmund Jenings Randolph was born is Williamsburg, Virginia,\n         on 10 August 1753. Randolph was the son of John \u0026 Ariana\n         Jenings Randolph and nephew of Peyton Randolph, a member of\n         the Continental Congress from 1774 to 1775. Edmund graduated\n         from the College of William \u0026 Mary and proceeded to study\n         law in Williamsburg. At the outbreak of the Revolutionary War,\n         Randolph served as aide-de-camp to George Washington in the\n         Continental Army. The following year, he married Elizabeth\n         Nicholas and served as both the youngest delegate to\n         Virginia's first Constitutional Convention \u0026 Mayor of\n         Williamsburg. Randolph was elected the first Attorney General\n         of Virginia and served until 1782. In addition, Randolph acted\n         as a delegate to the Continental Congress for the years 1779,\n         1781, \u0026 1782. He was elected by the General Assembly to\n         two one-year terms as Governor from 30 November 1786 until 12\n         November 1788. During his first term as Governor, Randolph\n         represented Virginia as a member of the U.S. Constitutional\n         Convention in 1787. During the Convention, Randolph proposed\n         his Virginia Plan for the Constitution with a strong central\n         government and representation based on population. He opposed\n         the final version of the Constitution, but later advocated its\n         ratification with the proposed amendments. He was appointed\n         the first Attorney General of the United States under\n         President Washington serving from 1789 until 1794. Randolph\n         then became Secretary of State, but was forced to resign on 19\n         August 1795. Following his political career, Randolph served\n         as senior counsel to Aaron Burr during his trial for treason\n         in 1807. Randolph died in Clarke County, Virginia, on 12\n         September 1813, and is buried in Old Chapel Cemetery,\n         Millwood, Va.","Governor Randolph'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 Randolph's two one-year terms as\n         governor between 30 November 1786 until 12 November 1788.\n         These records include correspondence written to Beverley\n         Randolph who acted as Lieutenant Governor while Edmund served\n         as a member of the U.S. Constitutional Convention in\n         Philadelphia in 1787. The correspondence in this collection\n         relates to a variety of topics including appointments for\n         state positions; the Point of Fork Arsenal; Indian attacks in\n         the western country \u0026 peace treaties; Shay's Rebellion in\n         Massachusetts; arms \u0026 ammunition; the Constitutional\n         Convention in Philadelphia; the State Boats Patriot \u0026\n         Liberty; Revolutionary claims against Virginia and the United\n         States; the Public Jail \u0026 prisoners; militia; the U.S.\n         Board of Treasury; searchers; public finances; the state of\n         Franklin; the independence of Vermont; tobacco; elections; the\n         Northwestern territory; the District of Kentucky; and others.\n         In addition to correspondence, there are resolutions from\n         Congress and the Virginia Senate \u0026 House of Delegates;\n         orders of the Council of State; accounts; oaths; pardons;\n         lists or calendars of criminals; depositions; proclamations;\n         petitions; reports; appointments; bonds; circulars;\n         proceedings; applications; agreements; extracts of journals\n         \u0026 minutes; registers of ships; and other sundry items.","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 Thomas Jefferson, Minister of France;\n         Charles Thomson, Secretary of Congress; John Jay, Secretary of\n         Foreign Affairs; Henry Knox, Secretary of War; Joseph Martin,\n         Agent of Indian Affairs; Samuel Osgood, Walter Livingston,\n         \u0026 Arthur Lee, U.S. Board of Treasury; and the Virginia\n         Delegates to Congress including Edward Carrington, William\n         Grayson, James Madison, Jr., Henry Lee, William Heth, John\n         Brown, Cyrus Griffin, \u0026 Richard Henry Lee.","Thomas Jefferson, as Minister of France, writes to Governor\n         Randolph on 7 February 1787 regarding the inauguration\n         ceremony of the bust of the Marquis de Lafayette. Jefferson\n         also writes about shipments of arms from Bordeaux and payments\n         to Houdon for the statue of General Washington and a second\n         bust of Lafayette (1787 August 3). Lastly, Governor Randolph\n         forwards to Beverley Randolph on 27 May 1787, a dispatch of W.\n         Short enclosing the proceedings of the City of Paris on the\n         reception of Lafayette's bust presented by the state of\n         Virginia. This letter also encloses another letter from John\n         Bondfield to Gen. George Washington concerning a shipment of\n         arms to Dumfries.","Charles Thomson, Secretary of Congress, corresponds often\n         with Randolph. He transmits Congressional journals,\n         resolutions and acts of Congress, monthly States of\n         Representation, extracts of important letters, etc.\n         Significant documents transmitted by Thomson include the\n         following: a letter regarding disorder in Massachusetts (1786\n         Dec. 14); a resolution for a Convention of delegates to meet\n         in May 1787 to revise the Articles of Confederation (1787 Feb.\n         21); resolutions regarding a treaty of peace with Great\n         Britain (1787 April 13); resolutions empowering the Board of\n         Treasury to contract for coining copper, the sale of lands\n         surveyed in the Western Territory, \u0026 the extension of the\n         ''franking'' privilege to members of the Constitutional\n         Convention (1787 April 25); a treaty between the U.S. and the\n         Kingdom of Morocco (1787 July 21); a letter informing the\n         Governor of the election of Cyrus Griffin as President of the\n         Continental Congress (1788 Jan. 23); a resolution on the\n         claims of David Henley, Commissioner for the Claims of\n         Virginia on Account of the Western Territory (1788 June 4);\n         and a letter regarding the proceedings of Congress on the\n         independence of the District of Kentucky (1788 July 3).","John Jay, as Secretary of Foreign Affairs, communicates to\n         Governor Randolph issues abroad. He encloses an extract of a\n         letter he received from John Adams, Minister Plenipotentiary\n         of the U.S. in London, regarding the counterfeiting of\n         Carolina money (1787 July 3). Jay also encloses a copy of the\n         signals agreed upon between the U.S. \u0026 Morocco for their\n         vessels at sea (1787 July 27). On 26 May 1788, Jay drafted a\n         letter to the Governor regarding a note from Schultz von\n         Asheraden, Envoy Extraordinary of the King of Sweden, in\n         reference to Capt. Adolph Frederick Dahlberg. Similarly, there\n         is also a letter from Jay regarding notes from the Minister of\n         France on the conduct of J.M. Ferrier (1788 June 13). Lastly,\n         there is a letter respecting foreign consuls (1788 Sept.\n         24).","Henry Knox, Secretary of War, corresponds with the Governor\n         on 12 February 1787 on the subject of the Board of Treasury's\n         plan to provide for the establishment of troops and the\n         insurrection in Massachusetts. There is also a letter from\n         Knox concerning the appointment of Joseph Martin as Indian\n         Agent for the Cherokee Nation (1788 June 23).","Joseph Martin, Agent for Indian Affairs and later Indian\n         Agent for the Cherokee Nation, corresponds with Governor\n         Randolph on many occasions. Martin writes the Governor on 16\n         March 1787 concerning the opening of the land office of the\n         state of Franklin and Benjamin Logan's attack on Crow Town. On\n         March 21, Martin's letter mentions the Chota Indians and the\n         taking of land by the ''Franklynists.'' His letter of June 28\n         encloses Indian talks from Cherokee chiefs including King\n         Fisher, Old Corn Tassle, \u0026 Tuskegetchee. He writes about\n         the dispute between North Carolina and the state of Franklin\n         in April 1788 and encloses a letter from John Sevier \u0026 the\n         Cherokees. Finally, he informs the Governor of attacks against\n         the Cherokee nation and encloses letters from Andrew\n         McGilveray regarding Indian affairs (1788 June 11).","Samuel Osgood, Walter Livingston, \u0026 Arthur Lee of the\n         U.S. Board of Treasury transmit a statement of the contingent\n         expenditures of the U.S. from 1 January to 31 December 1786\n         (1787 Feb. 2). They also enclose an act of Congress regarding\n         the repeal of another act to open a loan on the credit of the\n         requisition (1787 May 15). On May 25, the Board writes the\n         Governor concerning an ordinance of Congress for the\n         settlement of accounts between individual states and the U.S.\n         Finally, the Board encloses a letter \u0026 report to the state\n         of Connecticut regarding invalid pensions (1788 Sept. 19).","The various members of Virginia's delegation to Congress\n         regularly communicated with Governor Randolph on a variety of\n         national concerns. The delegation to the Continental Congress\n         during Randolph's administration consisted of Edward\n         Carrington, William Grayson, James Madison, Richard H. Lee,\n         Cyrus Griffin, Henry Lee, \u0026 John Brown. Significant\n         correspondence from these delegates relate to Shay's Rebellion\n         in Massachusetts (1786 December 8); the need for military\n         stores in the Western Country (1786 December 24); Gen. Knox\n         and arms for the state of Virginia (1787 Feb. 19); the treaty\n         between the U.S. and United Netherlands (1787 March 5); the\n         progress of the appointments to the Convention and the\n         admission of Vermont to the Union (1787 March 19); trade laws,\n         an act to ratify \u0026 confirm the independence of Vermont,\n         the appointment of John Pierce as Commissioner for Settlement\n         of the Illinois Accounts, the discharge of troops under the\n         act of October 1786, the death of Vergennes, \u0026 hostilities\n         in the Western Country (1787 April 2, 12, 13, \u0026 July 17);\n         the inadequacy of the government due to the irregular\n         representation in Congress, commercial deputies, \u0026 indents\n         for 1786 \u0026 1787 (1787 May 7, 15, \u0026 June 8);\n         communications from Col. Evan Shelby, the dismemberment of\n         states, Vermont, North Carolina, \u0026 problems in the\n         Kaskaskies \u0026 Post Vincent (1787 June 12); the defense of\n         the frontiers of Kentucky and elsewhere (1787 June 25, 27,\n         \u0026 July 7); the Board of Treasury (1787 July 1787); an\n         ordinance for establishing a temporary government in the\n         Western Territory, a resolution concerning copper coinage,\n         \u0026 an ordinance for settling the accounts between the U.S.\n         and individual states (1787 Nov. 3); the claim of Virginia to\n         the Northwestern Territory (1788 March 23); the settlement of\n         the accounts of the state against the U.S. (1788 May 8); an\n         act to extend the time to settle these accounts (1788 June 9);\n         and rations for rangers called into service in Bourbon County\n         (1788 June 30).","The various members of Virginia's delegation to Congress\n         regularly communicated with Governor Randolph on a variety of\n         national concerns. The delegation to the Continental Congress\n         during Randolph's administration consisted of Edward\n         Carrington, William Grayson, James Madison, Richard H. Lee,\n         Cyrus Griffin, Henry Lee, \u0026 John Brown. Significant\n         correspondence from these delegates relate to Shay's Rebellion\n         in Massachusetts (1786 December 8); the need for military\n         stores in the Western Country (1786 December 24); Gen. Knox\n         and arms for the state of Virginia (1787 Feb. 19); the treaty\n         between the U.S. and United Netherlands (1787 March 5); the\n         progress of the appointments to the Convention and the\n         admission of Vermont to the Union (1787 March 19); trade laws,\n         an act to ratify \u0026 confirm the independence of Vermont,\n         the appointment of John Pierce as Commissioner for Settlement\n         of the Illinois Accounts, the discharge of troops under the\n         act of October 1786, the death of Vergennes, \u0026 hostilities\n         in the Western Country (1787 April 2, 12, 13, \u0026 July 17);\n         the inadequacy of the government due to the irregular\n         representation in Congress, commercial deputies, \u0026 indents\n         for 1786 \u0026 1787 (1787 May 7, 15, \u0026 June 8);\n         communications from Col. Evan Shelby, the dismemberment of\n         states, Vermont, North Carolina, \u0026 problems in the\n         Kaskaskies \u0026 Post Vincent (1787 June 12); the defense of\n         the frontiers of Kentucky and elsewhere (1787 June 25, 27,\n         \u0026 July 7); the Board of Treasury (1787 July 1787); an\n         ordinance for establishing a temporary government in the\n         Western Territory, a resolution concerning copper coinage,\n         \u0026 an ordinance for settling the accounts between the U.S.\n         and individual states (1787 Nov. 3); the claim of Virginia to\n         the Northwestern Territory (1788 March 23); the settlement of\n         the accounts of the state against the U.S. (1788 May 8); an\n         act to extend the time to settle these accounts (1788 June 9);\n         and rations for rangers called into service in Bourbon County\n         (1788 June 30).","Significant correspondents from Virginia State government\n         include John Beckley, Clerk of the House of Delegates,\n         Humphrey Brooke, Clerk of the Senate; Archibald Blair, Clerk\n         of the Council of State; Capt. John Peyton \u0026 Capt. Elias\n         Langham, Superintendent of the Military Stores, Arms, \u0026\n         Ammunition at Point of Fork Arsenal; Col. Thomas Meriwether,\n         Commissioner of Army Accounts; Benjamin Logan, County\n         Lieutenant of Lincoln County; Arthur Campbell, County\n         Lieutenant of Washington County; Levi Todd, County Lieutenant\n         of Fayette County; Alexander Barnett, County Lieutenant of\n         Russell County; David Shepherd, County Lieutenant of Ohio\n         County; Walter Crockett, County Lieutenant of Montgomery\n         County; William Rose, Keeper of the Public Jail; James Innes,\n         Attorney General; Leighton Wood, Jr., Solicitor General;\n         Andrew Dunscomb, Assistant Commissioner of Military Claims;\n         Capt. James Barron \u0026 Capt. Richard Taylor, Virginia Navy;\n         Beverley Randolph, Lieutenant Governor; and Jacquelin Ambler,\n         Treasurer.","John Beckley, Clerk of the House of Delegates, \u0026\n         Humphrey Brooke, Clerk of the Senate, regularly enclose\n         resolutions from their respective bodies to the Governor. On 1\n         December 1786, Beckley submits the appointment of Henry Lee as\n         Delegate to Congress. He provides resolutions regarding the\n         claims of the state of Virginia against the United States and\n         the election of Andrew Dunscomb to serve as Commissioner to\n         settle these accounts (1787 Jan. 5). On 23 October 1787,\n         Beckley transmits an extract of the journal of the House of\n         Delegates containing the ballot for five delegates in Congress\n         including James Madison, Edward Carrington, Henry Lee, John\n         Brown, \u0026 Cyrus Griffin. On 31 October 1788, he presents\n         the ballot for the election of Cyrus Griffin, John Brown,\n         James Madison, Jr., John Dawson, \u0026 Mann Page. In addition,\n         an extract of the journal of the House of Delegates from 8\n         November 1788 reports on the election of Richard Henry Lee\n         \u0026 William Grayson as Virginia's first senators in\n         Congress. Beckley \u0026 Brooke also inform the Governor about\n         appointments to the Privy Council including William Heth \u0026\n         Joseph Eggleston (1787 November 7) and Andrew Moore \u0026\n         Robert Goode (1788 June 28). Lastly, the clerks inform the\n         Governor of the election of Edmund Winston as judge of the\n         General Court (1788 June 28).","Archibald Blair, as Clerk of the Council of State, encloses\n         orders of the Council to the Governor. In December 1786, the\n         Council orders Col. Meriwether to contract for repairs to the\n         Public Jail \u0026 the Governor's House, to employ someone to\n         convey arms from France, \u0026 to purchase a sword for Capt.\n         Jouett (1786 Dec. 14). Meriwether also receives orders related\n         to the distribution of Articles of War (1787 May 2). His\n         letter dated 2 May 1787 also relates to alterations in the\n         Public Jail. The Council sends a list of grants to be signed\n         by the Governor (1787 April 30 \u0026 25 May). Lastly, the\n         Council provides advice on the requisition of militia in the\n         western counties including a resolution of Congress concerning\n         orders for militia in Virginia \u0026 Pennsylvania to be ready\n         to protect the inhabitants (1788 Oct. 15).","Capt. John Peyton resigns as Commissary of Stores at Point\n         of Fork on 20 November 1786. Peyton writes to Col. Thomas\n         Meriwether on 10 December 1786 recommending William Price, his\n         former clerk, to succeed him. Additionally, there are letters\n         from other individuals applying for the position. Elias\n         Langham, however, successfully applies to the Governor on 13\n         December 1786. As Commissary of Military Stores, Langham\n         corresponds with Col. Meriwether regarding provisions (1786\n         Dec. 25); contracts to supply rations (1787 April 26); an\n         estimate of clothing for guards and state negroes (1787 July\n         5); \u0026 land belonging to David Ross near Point of Fork in\n         Fluvanna County (1787 June 26 \u0026 Dec. 21). In turn, Col.\n         Meriwether corresponds with Governor Randolph offering an\n         estimate of the cost of transporting arms from Point of Fork\n         to Redstone (1786 Dec. 26), a report of Capt. Peyton's last\n         returns (1787 Feb. 22), delinquencies of militia officers\n         (1787 March 1), payrolls of Point of Fork (1787 April 7), a\n         list of his official duties (1787 May 8), a report of the\n         militia (1787 Oct. 22), and reports on the Point of Fork\n         Arsenal (1787 Oct. 4 \u0026 1788 Oct. 3).","County lieutenants including Levi Todd, Benjamin Logan,\n         Arthur Campbell, David Shepherd, Alexander Barnett, \u0026\n         Walter Crockett from the western counties correspond with\n         Governor Randolph on numerous occasions primarily regarding\n         Indian affairs. Levi Todd writes about the strength of the\n         militia in Fayette County and Shawnee attacks in the area\n         (1786 Dec. 7); the need for officers \u0026 a lack of\n         ammunition and provision (1787 Feb. 14); the defenselessness\n         of Kentucky (1787 April 30); \u0026 war with the Indians (1788\n         March 29). Benjamin Logan writes about an attack on the\n         Shawnee towns in the District of Kentucky (1786 Dec. 17);\n         Indian outrages in Kentucky (1787 April 14); the sense of the\n         people of Kentucky regarding the Cherokee Indians (1787 May\n         17); intelligence concerning the Cherokee Indians sent to\n         Arthur Campbell (1787 May 18); \u0026 the proceedings of a\n         meeting of the commanding officers of the District of Kentucky\n         (1787 Sept. 24). Arthur Campbell communicates a list of field\n         officers \u0026 captains proposed to command two regiments of\n         militia in Washington County (1787 Feb. 14); the implications\n         of the recent treaty with Spain (1787 Feb. 16); an attack by\n         Col. John Logan on friendly Indians (1787 March 9); the\n         militia in Washington County and the apprehended danger from\n         the Cherokee Indians (1787 March 17); westward expansion,\n         Topoka, Chief of the Chocta Nation, \u0026 the navigation of\n         the Mississippi (1787 April 15); movements of the Cherokee\n         Indians (1787 Aug. 16); the boundary between Virginia \u0026\n         North Carolina (1787 Dec. 10); \u0026 consideration for the\n         position as Superintendent of the Southern Department (1787\n         Dec. 31). David Shepherd expresses his concerns in relation to\n         Indian outrages in Monongalia (1787 April 30); Indian attacks\n         \u0026 the state of the militia in Ohio County (1787 May 24\n         \u0026 1787 Nov. 10). Finally, Alexander Barnett writes on\n         Indian attacks in Russell County (1787 May 19 \u0026 1787 Aug.\n         29) \u0026 Walter Crockett relates incidents with natives in\n         Montgomery County (1787 June 11 \u0026 1788 March 15).","William Rose as Keeper of the Public Jail periodically\n         transmits lists or calendars of criminals convicted at the\n         General Court (1786 Dec. 16, 1787 March 28, 1787 April 30,\n         1787 June 11, 1787 Dec. 6, 1788 March 31, 1788 April 26, 1788\n         June 10, 1788 Oct. 27). Rose also writes to the Governor\n         regarding specific criminals in his jail (1787 Jan. 24 \u0026\n         1787 July 26). Lastly, he send his remarks on a contract to\n         furnish the Public Jail with provisions (1788 Jan. 30).","James Innes served as Attorney General to the Commonwealth\n         during Randolph's administration as Governor. Innes provides\n         his opinion on various issues including the repeal of the act\n         of 1785 for approving, confirming, \u0026 ratifying the compact\n         between Virginia \u0026 Maryland (1787 Feb. 28 \u0026 1787 Aug.\n         3); tobacco inspection at Lynch's Ferry (1787 June 26 \u0026\n         1787 Sept. 1); \u0026 foreign creditors (1787 March 19).","Andrew Dunscomb's correspondence relates to his position as\n         Assistant Commissioner of Military Claims. Included is his\n         oath of office and a letter regarding the same (1787 Jan. 13\n         \u0026 15). He also writes on the state of claims of the\n         Commonwealth with the U.S. (1787 June 13, 18, \u0026 Nov. 15).\n         On 6 July 1787, he requests additional clerks, and later, he\n         asks the Governor for a salary increase (1787 Nov. 13).\n         Similarly, there is extensive correspondence from Leighton\n         Wood, Jr., Solicitor General, regarding claims against the\n         state, delinquencies of sheriffs in paying taxes, etc. Present\n         is Wood's bond \u0026 security for his position as Solicitor\n         (1787 Jan. 26 \u0026 Feb. 1). Treasurer, Jacquelin Ambler's\n         letters too relate to the financial matters of the state.\n         Ambler reveals a lack of money in the Contingent Fund for\n         William Rose's warrants for the support of the Public Jail\n         (1787 March 5).","Capt. James Barron, Virginia State Navy, died in May 1787.\n         Applications can be found to replace him as commander of the\n         state boats (1787 June 4). Before his death, Barron comments\n         on the transport of small arms from Norfolk (1786 Dec. 6) and\n         discusses the employment of a surgeon \u0026 pilots on his\n         boats (1787 April 27). Barron was replaced by Capt. Richard\n         Taylor in June 1787. Noteworthy among his correspondence,\n         Taylor encloses an inventory of the articles on board the\n         Liberty and Patriot on 12 August 1787. He also remarks on the\n         poor state of the boats in his letter dated 7 September 1787.\n         On 14 November 1787, Taylor complains to the Governor about\n         his pay \u0026 pension. Lastly, Taylor talks about damage\n         sustained to the Schooner Patriot in a storm while harbored at\n         Portsmouth (1788 July 24).","Additional significant documents include the following: the\n         oath of fidelity to Governor Randolph by John Harvie (1786\n         Dec. 1); an oath of fidelity to Bolling Starke as Privy\n         Councilor (1786 Dec. 4); a proclamation by the governor\n         outlawing certain escaped prisoners (1786 Dec. 23); a letter\n         from Samuel Huntingdon, Governor of Connecticut, appointing\n         commissioners to assemble in Convention in Philadelphia (1786\n         Dec. 23); a letter from John Blair regarding his appointment\n         as a member of the committee to meet in Philadelphia in May\n         (1786 Dec. 25); a letter from David Ross concerning his claim\n         for the use of his property at Point of Fork (1787 Jan. 30); a\n         proclamation by the Governor authorizing surveys to be made on\n         the lands allotted to the Virginia Line on Continental\n         Establishment (1787 Jan. 25); a letter from Piomingo, Chief of\n         the Chickasaw Nation, regarding the Treaty at Kieve (1787 Feb.\n         15); a proclamation concerning the seizure of Spanish property\n         by George Rogers Clark (1787 Feb. 28); the bond of John\n         Pendleton as Auditor of Public Accounts (1787 March 1); a\n         proclamation offering a reward for the capture of Presley Hunt\n         \u0026 Ephraim Andrews, escaped prisoners (1787 March 2); a\n         letter from Monsieur Oster, French Consul, applying for an\n         order to prevent the departure of M.S. Deschamps to France\n         (1787 April 1); a letter from William Smith enclosing a list\n         of field officers in the Northampton County militia (1787\n         April 4); a letter from George Mason regarding payment as a\n         delegate of the Constitutional Convention (1787 April 23); a\n         proclamation for the reward \u0026 capture of Irby Philips\n         (1787 April 28); a list of tobacco saved from Byrd Warehouse\n         (1787 June 6); a letter from Governor Randolph to the\n         lieutenant governor regarding a warrant for the expense of\n         transporting his family to Philadelphia (1787 June 6); a\n         letter from Governor Randolph enclosing George Wythe's\n         resignation (1787 June 21); a letter from George Mason\n         concerning the resignation of George Wythe as a delegate to\n         the Convention (1787 June 30); a letter from the Governor\n         providing his account for the Constitutional Convention (1787\n         July 12); an agreement between David Ross \u0026 Col.\n         Meriwether for Point of Fork including a valuation of the 24\n         acres of land (1787 Aug. 8); a letter from Randolph forwarding\n         a copy of the National Constitution and expressing his\n         opposition to it (1787 Sept. 18); a letter from George Rogers\n         Clark regarding the settlement of western accounts (1787 Oct.\n         8); a letter from Samuel Johnston, Governor of North Carolina,\n         regarding an act to hold a Convention in Virginia in June\n         (1788 Jan. 22); the proceedings of the Massachusetts\n         Constitutional Convention to ratify the U.S. Constitution\n         (1788 Feb. 6); the proceedings of the Georgia Constitutional\n         Convention (1788 Feb. 5); a letter from John Sevier, Governor\n         of Franklin, regarding the dispute between the state of\n         Franklin \u0026 North Carolina (1788 March 27); a letter from Benjamin Franklin   \tregarding the sanity of Mr. Elam (1788 May 12); a proclamation\n         regarding the act establishing district courts as\n         unconstitutional (1788 May 14); a letter from William Heth\n         \u0026 David Henley, Commissioners of the Western Territory,\n         enclosing their report on the claims of Virginia for the\n         territory ceded to Congress (1788 May 15); a circular from\n         Thomas Pinckney, Governor of South Carolina, regarding the\n         ratification of the Constitution by a Convention in South\n         Carolina (1788 May 24); a letter from Andrew Limonin regarding the bust of the Marquis de Lafayette (1788 Nov. 11); and a letter from the Council of State\n         regarding Governor Randolph's departure from office (1788 Nov.\n         13).","There are no restrictions.","State Records Collection,\n         Governor's Office (Record Group 3)","English"],"unitid_tesim":["40084"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Executive Papers, \n         \n         1786-1788"],"collection_title_tesim":["Executive Papers, \n         \n         1786-1788"],"collection_ssim":["Executive Papers, \n         \n         1786-1788"],"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":["3.88 cubic\n         feet"],"accessrestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThere are no restrictions.\u003c/p\u003e"],"accessrestrict_heading_ssm":["Access Restrictions"],"accessrestrict_tesim":["There are no restrictions."],"altformavail_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eAlso available on microfilm - Miscellaneous Reel 4922-4928.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003clist type=\"simple\"\u003e\n          \u003citem\u003eMiscellaneous Reel 4922 - 1786 Dec.-1787 Mar. 10\n\u003c/item\u003e\n          \u003citem\u003eMiscellaneous Reel 4923 - 1787 Mar. 12-May 19\n\u003c/item\u003e\n          \u003citem\u003eMiscellaneous Reel 4924 - 1787 May 21-Sept. 29\n\u003c/item\u003e\n          \u003citem\u003eMiscellaneous Reel 4925 - 1787 Oct.-Dec.\n\u003c/item\u003e\n          \u003citem\u003eMiscellaneous Reel 4926 - 1788 Jan.-May\n\u003c/item\u003e\n          \u003citem\u003eMiscellaneous Reel 4927 - 1788 June-Oct.\n\u003c/item\u003e\n          \u003citem\u003eMiscellaneous Reel 4928 - 1788 Nov.\n\u003c/item\u003e\n        \u003c/list\u003e"],"altformavail_heading_ssm":["Alternative Form Available\n"],"altformavail_tesim":["Also available on microfilm - Miscellaneous Reel 4922-4928.\n","Miscellaneous Reel 4922 - 1786 Dec.-1787 Mar. 10\n Miscellaneous Reel 4923 - 1787 Mar. 12-May 19\n Miscellaneous Reel 4924 - 1787 May 21-Sept. 29\n Miscellaneous Reel 4925 - 1787 Oct.-Dec.\n Miscellaneous Reel 4926 - 1788 Jan.-May\n Miscellaneous Reel 4927 - 1788 June-Oct.\n Miscellaneous Reel 4928 - 1788 Nov.\n"],"arrangement_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eMaterial arranged chronologically with undated items\n         arranged at the end of each year.\u003c/p\u003e"],"arrangement_heading_ssm":["Arrangement"],"arrangement_tesim":["Material arranged chronologically with undated items\n         arranged at the end of each year."],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eEdmund Jenings Randolph was born is Williamsburg, Virginia,\n         on 10 August 1753. Randolph was the son of John \u0026amp; Ariana\n         Jenings Randolph and nephew of Peyton Randolph, a member of\n         the Continental Congress from 1774 to 1775. Edmund graduated\n         from the College of William \u0026amp; Mary and proceeded to study\n         law in Williamsburg. At the outbreak of the Revolutionary War,\n         Randolph served as aide-de-camp to George Washington in the\n         Continental Army. The following year, he married Elizabeth\n         Nicholas and served as both the youngest delegate to\n         Virginia's first Constitutional Convention \u0026amp; Mayor of\n         Williamsburg. Randolph was elected the first Attorney General\n         of Virginia and served until 1782. In addition, Randolph acted\n         as a delegate to the Continental Congress for the years 1779,\n         1781, \u0026amp; 1782. He was elected by the General Assembly to\n         two one-year terms as Governor from 30 November 1786 until 12\n         November 1788. During his first term as Governor, Randolph\n         represented Virginia as a member of the U.S. Constitutional\n         Convention in 1787. During the Convention, Randolph proposed\n         his Virginia Plan for the Constitution with a strong central\n         government and representation based on population. He opposed\n         the final version of the Constitution, but later advocated its\n         ratification with the proposed amendments. He was appointed\n         the first Attorney General of the United States under\n         President Washington serving from 1789 until 1794. Randolph\n         then became Secretary of State, but was forced to resign on 19\n         August 1795. Following his political career, Randolph served\n         as senior counsel to Aaron Burr during his trial for treason\n         in 1807. Randolph died in Clarke County, Virginia, on 12\n         September 1813, and is buried in Old Chapel Cemetery,\n         Millwood, Va.\u003c/p\u003e"],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical Information"],"bioghist_tesim":["Edmund Jenings Randolph was born is Williamsburg, Virginia,\n         on 10 August 1753. Randolph was the son of John \u0026 Ariana\n         Jenings Randolph and nephew of Peyton Randolph, a member of\n         the Continental Congress from 1774 to 1775. Edmund graduated\n         from the College of William \u0026 Mary and proceeded to study\n         law in Williamsburg. At the outbreak of the Revolutionary War,\n         Randolph served as aide-de-camp to George Washington in the\n         Continental Army. The following year, he married Elizabeth\n         Nicholas and served as both the youngest delegate to\n         Virginia's first Constitutional Convention \u0026 Mayor of\n         Williamsburg. Randolph was elected the first Attorney General\n         of Virginia and served until 1782. In addition, Randolph acted\n         as a delegate to the Continental Congress for the years 1779,\n         1781, \u0026 1782. He was elected by the General Assembly to\n         two one-year terms as Governor from 30 November 1786 until 12\n         November 1788. During his first term as Governor, Randolph\n         represented Virginia as a member of the U.S. Constitutional\n         Convention in 1787. During the Convention, Randolph proposed\n         his Virginia Plan for the Constitution with a strong central\n         government and representation based on population. He opposed\n         the final version of the Constitution, but later advocated its\n         ratification with the proposed amendments. He was appointed\n         the first Attorney General of the United States under\n         President Washington serving from 1789 until 1794. Randolph\n         then became Secretary of State, but was forced to resign on 19\n         August 1795. Following his political career, Randolph served\n         as senior counsel to Aaron Burr during his trial for treason\n         in 1807. Randolph died in Clarke County, Virginia, on 12\n         September 1813, and is buried in Old Chapel Cemetery,\n         Millwood, Va."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eVirginia. Governor's Office. Edmund Randolph Executive\n            Papers, 1786-1788. Accession 40084. State Records\n            Collection. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va.\u003c/p\u003e"],"prefercite_tesim":["Virginia. Governor's Office. Edmund Randolph Executive\n            Papers, 1786-1788. Accession 40084. State Records\n            Collection. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va."],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content Information"],"scopecontent_tesim":["Governor Randolph'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 Randolph's two one-year terms as\n         governor between 30 November 1786 until 12 November 1788.\n         These records include correspondence written to Beverley\n         Randolph who acted as Lieutenant Governor while Edmund served\n         as a member of the U.S. Constitutional Convention in\n         Philadelphia in 1787. The correspondence in this collection\n         relates to a variety of topics including appointments for\n         state positions; the Point of Fork Arsenal; Indian attacks in\n         the western country \u0026 peace treaties; Shay's Rebellion in\n         Massachusetts; arms \u0026 ammunition; the Constitutional\n         Convention in Philadelphia; the State Boats Patriot \u0026\n         Liberty; Revolutionary claims against Virginia and the United\n         States; the Public Jail \u0026 prisoners; militia; the U.S.\n         Board of Treasury; searchers; public finances; the state of\n         Franklin; the independence of Vermont; tobacco; elections; the\n         Northwestern territory; the District of Kentucky; and others.\n         In addition to correspondence, there are resolutions from\n         Congress and the Virginia Senate \u0026 House of Delegates;\n         orders of the Council of State; accounts; oaths; pardons;\n         lists or calendars of criminals; depositions; proclamations;\n         petitions; reports; appointments; bonds; circulars;\n         proceedings; applications; agreements; extracts of journals\n         \u0026 minutes; registers of ships; and other sundry items.","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 Thomas Jefferson, Minister of France;\n         Charles Thomson, Secretary of Congress; John Jay, Secretary of\n         Foreign Affairs; Henry Knox, Secretary of War; Joseph Martin,\n         Agent of Indian Affairs; Samuel Osgood, Walter Livingston,\n         \u0026 Arthur Lee, U.S. Board of Treasury; and the Virginia\n         Delegates to Congress including Edward Carrington, William\n         Grayson, James Madison, Jr., Henry Lee, William Heth, John\n         Brown, Cyrus Griffin, \u0026 Richard Henry Lee.","Thomas Jefferson, as Minister of France, writes to Governor\n         Randolph on 7 February 1787 regarding the inauguration\n         ceremony of the bust of the Marquis de Lafayette. Jefferson\n         also writes about shipments of arms from Bordeaux and payments\n         to Houdon for the statue of General Washington and a second\n         bust of Lafayette (1787 August 3). Lastly, Governor Randolph\n         forwards to Beverley Randolph on 27 May 1787, a dispatch of W.\n         Short enclosing the proceedings of the City of Paris on the\n         reception of Lafayette's bust presented by the state of\n         Virginia. This letter also encloses another letter from John\n         Bondfield to Gen. George Washington concerning a shipment of\n         arms to Dumfries.","Charles Thomson, Secretary of Congress, corresponds often\n         with Randolph. He transmits Congressional journals,\n         resolutions and acts of Congress, monthly States of\n         Representation, extracts of important letters, etc.\n         Significant documents transmitted by Thomson include the\n         following: a letter regarding disorder in Massachusetts (1786\n         Dec. 14); a resolution for a Convention of delegates to meet\n         in May 1787 to revise the Articles of Confederation (1787 Feb.\n         21); resolutions regarding a treaty of peace with Great\n         Britain (1787 April 13); resolutions empowering the Board of\n         Treasury to contract for coining copper, the sale of lands\n         surveyed in the Western Territory, \u0026 the extension of the\n         ''franking'' privilege to members of the Constitutional\n         Convention (1787 April 25); a treaty between the U.S. and the\n         Kingdom of Morocco (1787 July 21); a letter informing the\n         Governor of the election of Cyrus Griffin as President of the\n         Continental Congress (1788 Jan. 23); a resolution on the\n         claims of David Henley, Commissioner for the Claims of\n         Virginia on Account of the Western Territory (1788 June 4);\n         and a letter regarding the proceedings of Congress on the\n         independence of the District of Kentucky (1788 July 3).","John Jay, as Secretary of Foreign Affairs, communicates to\n         Governor Randolph issues abroad. He encloses an extract of a\n         letter he received from John Adams, Minister Plenipotentiary\n         of the U.S. in London, regarding the counterfeiting of\n         Carolina money (1787 July 3). Jay also encloses a copy of the\n         signals agreed upon between the U.S. \u0026 Morocco for their\n         vessels at sea (1787 July 27). On 26 May 1788, Jay drafted a\n         letter to the Governor regarding a note from Schultz von\n         Asheraden, Envoy Extraordinary of the King of Sweden, in\n         reference to Capt. Adolph Frederick Dahlberg. Similarly, there\n         is also a letter from Jay regarding notes from the Minister of\n         France on the conduct of J.M. Ferrier (1788 June 13). Lastly,\n         there is a letter respecting foreign consuls (1788 Sept.\n         24).","Henry Knox, Secretary of War, corresponds with the Governor\n         on 12 February 1787 on the subject of the Board of Treasury's\n         plan to provide for the establishment of troops and the\n         insurrection in Massachusetts. There is also a letter from\n         Knox concerning the appointment of Joseph Martin as Indian\n         Agent for the Cherokee Nation (1788 June 23).","Joseph Martin, Agent for Indian Affairs and later Indian\n         Agent for the Cherokee Nation, corresponds with Governor\n         Randolph on many occasions. Martin writes the Governor on 16\n         March 1787 concerning the opening of the land office of the\n         state of Franklin and Benjamin Logan's attack on Crow Town. On\n         March 21, Martin's letter mentions the Chota Indians and the\n         taking of land by the ''Franklynists.'' His letter of June 28\n         encloses Indian talks from Cherokee chiefs including King\n         Fisher, Old Corn Tassle, \u0026 Tuskegetchee. He writes about\n         the dispute between North Carolina and the state of Franklin\n         in April 1788 and encloses a letter from John Sevier \u0026 the\n         Cherokees. Finally, he informs the Governor of attacks against\n         the Cherokee nation and encloses letters from Andrew\n         McGilveray regarding Indian affairs (1788 June 11).","Samuel Osgood, Walter Livingston, \u0026 Arthur Lee of the\n         U.S. Board of Treasury transmit a statement of the contingent\n         expenditures of the U.S. from 1 January to 31 December 1786\n         (1787 Feb. 2). They also enclose an act of Congress regarding\n         the repeal of another act to open a loan on the credit of the\n         requisition (1787 May 15). On May 25, the Board writes the\n         Governor concerning an ordinance of Congress for the\n         settlement of accounts between individual states and the U.S.\n         Finally, the Board encloses a letter \u0026 report to the state\n         of Connecticut regarding invalid pensions (1788 Sept. 19).","The various members of Virginia's delegation to Congress\n         regularly communicated with Governor Randolph on a variety of\n         national concerns. The delegation to the Continental Congress\n         during Randolph's administration consisted of Edward\n         Carrington, William Grayson, James Madison, Richard H. Lee,\n         Cyrus Griffin, Henry Lee, \u0026 John Brown. Significant\n         correspondence from these delegates relate to Shay's Rebellion\n         in Massachusetts (1786 December 8); the need for military\n         stores in the Western Country (1786 December 24); Gen. Knox\n         and arms for the state of Virginia (1787 Feb. 19); the treaty\n         between the U.S. and United Netherlands (1787 March 5); the\n         progress of the appointments to the Convention and the\n         admission of Vermont to the Union (1787 March 19); trade laws,\n         an act to ratify \u0026 confirm the independence of Vermont,\n         the appointment of John Pierce as Commissioner for Settlement\n         of the Illinois Accounts, the discharge of troops under the\n         act of October 1786, the death of Vergennes, \u0026 hostilities\n         in the Western Country (1787 April 2, 12, 13, \u0026 July 17);\n         the inadequacy of the government due to the irregular\n         representation in Congress, commercial deputies, \u0026 indents\n         for 1786 \u0026 1787 (1787 May 7, 15, \u0026 June 8);\n         communications from Col. Evan Shelby, the dismemberment of\n         states, Vermont, North Carolina, \u0026 problems in the\n         Kaskaskies \u0026 Post Vincent (1787 June 12); the defense of\n         the frontiers of Kentucky and elsewhere (1787 June 25, 27,\n         \u0026 July 7); the Board of Treasury (1787 July 1787); an\n         ordinance for establishing a temporary government in the\n         Western Territory, a resolution concerning copper coinage,\n         \u0026 an ordinance for settling the accounts between the U.S.\n         and individual states (1787 Nov. 3); the claim of Virginia to\n         the Northwestern Territory (1788 March 23); the settlement of\n         the accounts of the state against the U.S. (1788 May 8); an\n         act to extend the time to settle these accounts (1788 June 9);\n         and rations for rangers called into service in Bourbon County\n         (1788 June 30).","The various members of Virginia's delegation to Congress\n         regularly communicated with Governor Randolph on a variety of\n         national concerns. The delegation to the Continental Congress\n         during Randolph's administration consisted of Edward\n         Carrington, William Grayson, James Madison, Richard H. Lee,\n         Cyrus Griffin, Henry Lee, \u0026 John Brown. Significant\n         correspondence from these delegates relate to Shay's Rebellion\n         in Massachusetts (1786 December 8); the need for military\n         stores in the Western Country (1786 December 24); Gen. Knox\n         and arms for the state of Virginia (1787 Feb. 19); the treaty\n         between the U.S. and United Netherlands (1787 March 5); the\n         progress of the appointments to the Convention and the\n         admission of Vermont to the Union (1787 March 19); trade laws,\n         an act to ratify \u0026 confirm the independence of Vermont,\n         the appointment of John Pierce as Commissioner for Settlement\n         of the Illinois Accounts, the discharge of troops under the\n         act of October 1786, the death of Vergennes, \u0026 hostilities\n         in the Western Country (1787 April 2, 12, 13, \u0026 July 17);\n         the inadequacy of the government due to the irregular\n         representation in Congress, commercial deputies, \u0026 indents\n         for 1786 \u0026 1787 (1787 May 7, 15, \u0026 June 8);\n         communications from Col. Evan Shelby, the dismemberment of\n         states, Vermont, North Carolina, \u0026 problems in the\n         Kaskaskies \u0026 Post Vincent (1787 June 12); the defense of\n         the frontiers of Kentucky and elsewhere (1787 June 25, 27,\n         \u0026 July 7); the Board of Treasury (1787 July 1787); an\n         ordinance for establishing a temporary government in the\n         Western Territory, a resolution concerning copper coinage,\n         \u0026 an ordinance for settling the accounts between the U.S.\n         and individual states (1787 Nov. 3); the claim of Virginia to\n         the Northwestern Territory (1788 March 23); the settlement of\n         the accounts of the state against the U.S. (1788 May 8); an\n         act to extend the time to settle these accounts (1788 June 9);\n         and rations for rangers called into service in Bourbon County\n         (1788 June 30).","Significant correspondents from Virginia State government\n         include John Beckley, Clerk of the House of Delegates,\n         Humphrey Brooke, Clerk of the Senate; Archibald Blair, Clerk\n         of the Council of State; Capt. John Peyton \u0026 Capt. Elias\n         Langham, Superintendent of the Military Stores, Arms, \u0026\n         Ammunition at Point of Fork Arsenal; Col. Thomas Meriwether,\n         Commissioner of Army Accounts; Benjamin Logan, County\n         Lieutenant of Lincoln County; Arthur Campbell, County\n         Lieutenant of Washington County; Levi Todd, County Lieutenant\n         of Fayette County; Alexander Barnett, County Lieutenant of\n         Russell County; David Shepherd, County Lieutenant of Ohio\n         County; Walter Crockett, County Lieutenant of Montgomery\n         County; William Rose, Keeper of the Public Jail; James Innes,\n         Attorney General; Leighton Wood, Jr., Solicitor General;\n         Andrew Dunscomb, Assistant Commissioner of Military Claims;\n         Capt. James Barron \u0026 Capt. Richard Taylor, Virginia Navy;\n         Beverley Randolph, Lieutenant Governor; and Jacquelin Ambler,\n         Treasurer.","John Beckley, Clerk of the House of Delegates, \u0026\n         Humphrey Brooke, Clerk of the Senate, regularly enclose\n         resolutions from their respective bodies to the Governor. On 1\n         December 1786, Beckley submits the appointment of Henry Lee as\n         Delegate to Congress. He provides resolutions regarding the\n         claims of the state of Virginia against the United States and\n         the election of Andrew Dunscomb to serve as Commissioner to\n         settle these accounts (1787 Jan. 5). On 23 October 1787,\n         Beckley transmits an extract of the journal of the House of\n         Delegates containing the ballot for five delegates in Congress\n         including James Madison, Edward Carrington, Henry Lee, John\n         Brown, \u0026 Cyrus Griffin. On 31 October 1788, he presents\n         the ballot for the election of Cyrus Griffin, John Brown,\n         James Madison, Jr., John Dawson, \u0026 Mann Page. In addition,\n         an extract of the journal of the House of Delegates from 8\n         November 1788 reports on the election of Richard Henry Lee\n         \u0026 William Grayson as Virginia's first senators in\n         Congress. Beckley \u0026 Brooke also inform the Governor about\n         appointments to the Privy Council including William Heth \u0026\n         Joseph Eggleston (1787 November 7) and Andrew Moore \u0026\n         Robert Goode (1788 June 28). Lastly, the clerks inform the\n         Governor of the election of Edmund Winston as judge of the\n         General Court (1788 June 28).","Archibald Blair, as Clerk of the Council of State, encloses\n         orders of the Council to the Governor. In December 1786, the\n         Council orders Col. Meriwether to contract for repairs to the\n         Public Jail \u0026 the Governor's House, to employ someone to\n         convey arms from France, \u0026 to purchase a sword for Capt.\n         Jouett (1786 Dec. 14). Meriwether also receives orders related\n         to the distribution of Articles of War (1787 May 2). His\n         letter dated 2 May 1787 also relates to alterations in the\n         Public Jail. The Council sends a list of grants to be signed\n         by the Governor (1787 April 30 \u0026 25 May). Lastly, the\n         Council provides advice on the requisition of militia in the\n         western counties including a resolution of Congress concerning\n         orders for militia in Virginia \u0026 Pennsylvania to be ready\n         to protect the inhabitants (1788 Oct. 15).","Capt. John Peyton resigns as Commissary of Stores at Point\n         of Fork on 20 November 1786. Peyton writes to Col. Thomas\n         Meriwether on 10 December 1786 recommending William Price, his\n         former clerk, to succeed him. Additionally, there are letters\n         from other individuals applying for the position. Elias\n         Langham, however, successfully applies to the Governor on 13\n         December 1786. As Commissary of Military Stores, Langham\n         corresponds with Col. Meriwether regarding provisions (1786\n         Dec. 25); contracts to supply rations (1787 April 26); an\n         estimate of clothing for guards and state negroes (1787 July\n         5); \u0026 land belonging to David Ross near Point of Fork in\n         Fluvanna County (1787 June 26 \u0026 Dec. 21). In turn, Col.\n         Meriwether corresponds with Governor Randolph offering an\n         estimate of the cost of transporting arms from Point of Fork\n         to Redstone (1786 Dec. 26), a report of Capt. Peyton's last\n         returns (1787 Feb. 22), delinquencies of militia officers\n         (1787 March 1), payrolls of Point of Fork (1787 April 7), a\n         list of his official duties (1787 May 8), a report of the\n         militia (1787 Oct. 22), and reports on the Point of Fork\n         Arsenal (1787 Oct. 4 \u0026 1788 Oct. 3).","County lieutenants including Levi Todd, Benjamin Logan,\n         Arthur Campbell, David Shepherd, Alexander Barnett, \u0026\n         Walter Crockett from the western counties correspond with\n         Governor Randolph on numerous occasions primarily regarding\n         Indian affairs. Levi Todd writes about the strength of the\n         militia in Fayette County and Shawnee attacks in the area\n         (1786 Dec. 7); the need for officers \u0026 a lack of\n         ammunition and provision (1787 Feb. 14); the defenselessness\n         of Kentucky (1787 April 30); \u0026 war with the Indians (1788\n         March 29). Benjamin Logan writes about an attack on the\n         Shawnee towns in the District of Kentucky (1786 Dec. 17);\n         Indian outrages in Kentucky (1787 April 14); the sense of the\n         people of Kentucky regarding the Cherokee Indians (1787 May\n         17); intelligence concerning the Cherokee Indians sent to\n         Arthur Campbell (1787 May 18); \u0026 the proceedings of a\n         meeting of the commanding officers of the District of Kentucky\n         (1787 Sept. 24). Arthur Campbell communicates a list of field\n         officers \u0026 captains proposed to command two regiments of\n         militia in Washington County (1787 Feb. 14); the implications\n         of the recent treaty with Spain (1787 Feb. 16); an attack by\n         Col. John Logan on friendly Indians (1787 March 9); the\n         militia in Washington County and the apprehended danger from\n         the Cherokee Indians (1787 March 17); westward expansion,\n         Topoka, Chief of the Chocta Nation, \u0026 the navigation of\n         the Mississippi (1787 April 15); movements of the Cherokee\n         Indians (1787 Aug. 16); the boundary between Virginia \u0026\n         North Carolina (1787 Dec. 10); \u0026 consideration for the\n         position as Superintendent of the Southern Department (1787\n         Dec. 31). David Shepherd expresses his concerns in relation to\n         Indian outrages in Monongalia (1787 April 30); Indian attacks\n         \u0026 the state of the militia in Ohio County (1787 May 24\n         \u0026 1787 Nov. 10). Finally, Alexander Barnett writes on\n         Indian attacks in Russell County (1787 May 19 \u0026 1787 Aug.\n         29) \u0026 Walter Crockett relates incidents with natives in\n         Montgomery County (1787 June 11 \u0026 1788 March 15).","William Rose as Keeper of the Public Jail periodically\n         transmits lists or calendars of criminals convicted at the\n         General Court (1786 Dec. 16, 1787 March 28, 1787 April 30,\n         1787 June 11, 1787 Dec. 6, 1788 March 31, 1788 April 26, 1788\n         June 10, 1788 Oct. 27). Rose also writes to the Governor\n         regarding specific criminals in his jail (1787 Jan. 24 \u0026\n         1787 July 26). Lastly, he send his remarks on a contract to\n         furnish the Public Jail with provisions (1788 Jan. 30).","James Innes served as Attorney General to the Commonwealth\n         during Randolph's administration as Governor. Innes provides\n         his opinion on various issues including the repeal of the act\n         of 1785 for approving, confirming, \u0026 ratifying the compact\n         between Virginia \u0026 Maryland (1787 Feb. 28 \u0026 1787 Aug.\n         3); tobacco inspection at Lynch's Ferry (1787 June 26 \u0026\n         1787 Sept. 1); \u0026 foreign creditors (1787 March 19).","Andrew Dunscomb's correspondence relates to his position as\n         Assistant Commissioner of Military Claims. Included is his\n         oath of office and a letter regarding the same (1787 Jan. 13\n         \u0026 15). He also writes on the state of claims of the\n         Commonwealth with the U.S. (1787 June 13, 18, \u0026 Nov. 15).\n         On 6 July 1787, he requests additional clerks, and later, he\n         asks the Governor for a salary increase (1787 Nov. 13).\n         Similarly, there is extensive correspondence from Leighton\n         Wood, Jr., Solicitor General, regarding claims against the\n         state, delinquencies of sheriffs in paying taxes, etc. Present\n         is Wood's bond \u0026 security for his position as Solicitor\n         (1787 Jan. 26 \u0026 Feb. 1). Treasurer, Jacquelin Ambler's\n         letters too relate to the financial matters of the state.\n         Ambler reveals a lack of money in the Contingent Fund for\n         William Rose's warrants for the support of the Public Jail\n         (1787 March 5).","Capt. James Barron, Virginia State Navy, died in May 1787.\n         Applications can be found to replace him as commander of the\n         state boats (1787 June 4). Before his death, Barron comments\n         on the transport of small arms from Norfolk (1786 Dec. 6) and\n         discusses the employment of a surgeon \u0026 pilots on his\n         boats (1787 April 27). Barron was replaced by Capt. Richard\n         Taylor in June 1787. Noteworthy among his correspondence,\n         Taylor encloses an inventory of the articles on board the\n         Liberty and Patriot on 12 August 1787. He also remarks on the\n         poor state of the boats in his letter dated 7 September 1787.\n         On 14 November 1787, Taylor complains to the Governor about\n         his pay \u0026 pension. Lastly, Taylor talks about damage\n         sustained to the Schooner Patriot in a storm while harbored at\n         Portsmouth (1788 July 24).","Additional significant documents include the following: the\n         oath of fidelity to Governor Randolph by John Harvie (1786\n         Dec. 1); an oath of fidelity to Bolling Starke as Privy\n         Councilor (1786 Dec. 4); a proclamation by the governor\n         outlawing certain escaped prisoners (1786 Dec. 23); a letter\n         from Samuel Huntingdon, Governor of Connecticut, appointing\n         commissioners to assemble in Convention in Philadelphia (1786\n         Dec. 23); a letter from John Blair regarding his appointment\n         as a member of the committee to meet in Philadelphia in May\n         (1786 Dec. 25); a letter from David Ross concerning his claim\n         for the use of his property at Point of Fork (1787 Jan. 30); a\n         proclamation by the Governor authorizing surveys to be made on\n         the lands allotted to the Virginia Line on Continental\n         Establishment (1787 Jan. 25); a letter from Piomingo, Chief of\n         the Chickasaw Nation, regarding the Treaty at Kieve (1787 Feb.\n         15); a proclamation concerning the seizure of Spanish property\n         by George Rogers Clark (1787 Feb. 28); the bond of John\n         Pendleton as Auditor of Public Accounts (1787 March 1); a\n         proclamation offering a reward for the capture of Presley Hunt\n         \u0026 Ephraim Andrews, escaped prisoners (1787 March 2); a\n         letter from Monsieur Oster, French Consul, applying for an\n         order to prevent the departure of M.S. Deschamps to France\n         (1787 April 1); a letter from William Smith enclosing a list\n         of field officers in the Northampton County militia (1787\n         April 4); a letter from George Mason regarding payment as a\n         delegate of the Constitutional Convention (1787 April 23); a\n         proclamation for the reward \u0026 capture of Irby Philips\n         (1787 April 28); a list of tobacco saved from Byrd Warehouse\n         (1787 June 6); a letter from Governor Randolph to the\n         lieutenant governor regarding a warrant for the expense of\n         transporting his family to Philadelphia (1787 June 6); a\n         letter from Governor Randolph enclosing George Wythe's\n         resignation (1787 June 21); a letter from George Mason\n         concerning the resignation of George Wythe as a delegate to\n         the Convention (1787 June 30); a letter from the Governor\n         providing his account for the Constitutional Convention (1787\n         July 12); an agreement between David Ross \u0026 Col.\n         Meriwether for Point of Fork including a valuation of the 24\n         acres of land (1787 Aug. 8); a letter from Randolph forwarding\n         a copy of the National Constitution and expressing his\n         opposition to it (1787 Sept. 18); a letter from George Rogers\n         Clark regarding the settlement of western accounts (1787 Oct.\n         8); a letter from Samuel Johnston, Governor of North Carolina,\n         regarding an act to hold a Convention in Virginia in June\n         (1788 Jan. 22); the proceedings of the Massachusetts\n         Constitutional Convention to ratify the U.S. Constitution\n         (1788 Feb. 6); the proceedings of the Georgia Constitutional\n         Convention (1788 Feb. 5); a letter from John Sevier, Governor\n         of Franklin, regarding the dispute between the state of\n         Franklin \u0026 North Carolina (1788 March 27); a letter from Benjamin Franklin   \tregarding the sanity of Mr. Elam (1788 May 12); a proclamation\n         regarding the act establishing district courts as\n         unconstitutional (1788 May 14); a letter from William Heth\n         \u0026 David Henley, Commissioners of the Western Territory,\n         enclosing their report on the claims of Virginia for the\n         territory ceded to Congress (1788 May 15); a circular from\n         Thomas Pinckney, Governor of South Carolina, regarding the\n         ratification of the Constitution by a Convention in South\n         Carolina (1788 May 24); a letter from Andrew Limonin regarding the bust of the Marquis de Lafayette (1788 Nov. 11); and a letter from the Council of State\n         regarding Governor Randolph's departure from office (1788 Nov.\n         13)."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThere are no restrictions.\u003c/p\u003e"],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Use Restrictions"],"userestrict_tesim":["There are no restrictions."],"physloc_html_tesm":["\u003cphysloc label=\"Physical Location\"\u003eState Records Collection,\n         Governor's Office (Record Group 3)\u003c/physloc\u003e"],"physloc_tesim":["State Records Collection,\n         Governor's Office (Record Group 3)"],"language_ssim":["English"],"total_component_count_is":190,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-05-21T08:55:00.289Z","scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eGovernor Randolph'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 Randolph's two one-year terms as\n         governor between 30 November 1786 until 12 November 1788.\n         These records include correspondence written to Beverley\n         Randolph who acted as Lieutenant Governor while Edmund served\n         as a member of the U.S. Constitutional Convention in\n         Philadelphia in 1787. The correspondence in this collection\n         relates to a variety of topics including appointments for\n         state positions; the Point of Fork Arsenal; Indian attacks in\n         the western country \u0026amp; peace treaties; Shay's Rebellion in\n         Massachusetts; arms \u0026amp; ammunition; the Constitutional\n         Convention in Philadelphia; the State Boats Patriot \u0026amp;\n         Liberty; Revolutionary claims against Virginia and the United\n         States; the Public Jail \u0026amp; prisoners; militia; the U.S.\n         Board of Treasury; searchers; public finances; the state of\n         Franklin; the independence of Vermont; tobacco; elections; the\n         Northwestern territory; the District of Kentucky; and others.\n         In addition to correspondence, there are resolutions from\n         Congress and the Virginia Senate \u0026amp; House of Delegates;\n         orders of the Council of State; accounts; oaths; pardons;\n         lists or calendars of criminals; depositions; proclamations;\n         petitions; reports; appointments; bonds; circulars;\n         proceedings; applications; agreements; extracts of journals\n         \u0026amp; minutes; registers of ships; and other sundry items.\u003c/p\u003e","\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 Thomas Jefferson, Minister of France;\n         Charles Thomson, Secretary of Congress; John Jay, Secretary of\n         Foreign Affairs; Henry Knox, Secretary of War; Joseph Martin,\n         Agent of Indian Affairs; Samuel Osgood, Walter Livingston,\n         \u0026amp; Arthur Lee, U.S. Board of Treasury; and the Virginia\n         Delegates to Congress including Edward Carrington, William\n         Grayson, James Madison, Jr., Henry Lee, William Heth, John\n         Brown, Cyrus Griffin, \u0026amp; Richard Henry Lee.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThomas Jefferson, as Minister of France, writes to Governor\n         Randolph on 7 February 1787 regarding the inauguration\n         ceremony of the bust of the Marquis de Lafayette. Jefferson\n         also writes about shipments of arms from Bordeaux and payments\n         to Houdon for the statue of General Washington and a second\n         bust of Lafayette (1787 August 3). Lastly, Governor Randolph\n         forwards to Beverley Randolph on 27 May 1787, a dispatch of W.\n         Short enclosing the proceedings of the City of Paris on the\n         reception of Lafayette's bust presented by the state of\n         Virginia. This letter also encloses another letter from John\n         Bondfield to Gen. George Washington concerning a shipment of\n         arms to Dumfries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCharles Thomson, Secretary of Congress, corresponds often\n         with Randolph. He transmits Congressional journals,\n         resolutions and acts of Congress, monthly States of\n         Representation, extracts of important letters, etc.\n         Significant documents transmitted by Thomson include the\n         following: a letter regarding disorder in Massachusetts (1786\n         Dec. 14); a resolution for a Convention of delegates to meet\n         in May 1787 to revise the Articles of Confederation (1787 Feb.\n         21); resolutions regarding a treaty of peace with Great\n         Britain (1787 April 13); resolutions empowering the Board of\n         Treasury to contract for coining copper, the sale of lands\n         surveyed in the Western Territory, \u0026amp; the extension of the\n         ''franking'' privilege to members of the Constitutional\n         Convention (1787 April 25); a treaty between the U.S. and the\n         Kingdom of Morocco (1787 July 21); a letter informing the\n         Governor of the election of Cyrus Griffin as President of the\n         Continental Congress (1788 Jan. 23); a resolution on the\n         claims of David Henley, Commissioner for the Claims of\n         Virginia on Account of the Western Territory (1788 June 4);\n         and a letter regarding the proceedings of Congress on the\n         independence of the District of Kentucky (1788 July 3).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn Jay, as Secretary of Foreign Affairs, communicates to\n         Governor Randolph issues abroad. He encloses an extract of a\n         letter he received from John Adams, Minister Plenipotentiary\n         of the U.S. in London, regarding the counterfeiting of\n         Carolina money (1787 July 3). Jay also encloses a copy of the\n         signals agreed upon between the U.S. \u0026amp; Morocco for their\n         vessels at sea (1787 July 27). On 26 May 1788, Jay drafted a\n         letter to the Governor regarding a note from Schultz von\n         Asheraden, Envoy Extraordinary of the King of Sweden, in\n         reference to Capt. Adolph Frederick Dahlberg. Similarly, there\n         is also a letter from Jay regarding notes from the Minister of\n         France on the conduct of J.M. Ferrier (1788 June 13). Lastly,\n         there is a letter respecting foreign consuls (1788 Sept.\n         24).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHenry Knox, Secretary of War, corresponds with the Governor\n         on 12 February 1787 on the subject of the Board of Treasury's\n         plan to provide for the establishment of troops and the\n         insurrection in Massachusetts. There is also a letter from\n         Knox concerning the appointment of Joseph Martin as Indian\n         Agent for the Cherokee Nation (1788 June 23).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJoseph Martin, Agent for Indian Affairs and later Indian\n         Agent for the Cherokee Nation, corresponds with Governor\n         Randolph on many occasions. Martin writes the Governor on 16\n         March 1787 concerning the opening of the land office of the\n         state of Franklin and Benjamin Logan's attack on Crow Town. On\n         March 21, Martin's letter mentions the Chota Indians and the\n         taking of land by the ''Franklynists.'' His letter of June 28\n         encloses Indian talks from Cherokee chiefs including King\n         Fisher, Old Corn Tassle, \u0026amp; Tuskegetchee. He writes about\n         the dispute between North Carolina and the state of Franklin\n         in April 1788 and encloses a letter from John Sevier \u0026amp; the\n         Cherokees. Finally, he informs the Governor of attacks against\n         the Cherokee nation and encloses letters from Andrew\n         McGilveray regarding Indian affairs (1788 June 11).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSamuel Osgood, Walter Livingston, \u0026amp; Arthur Lee of the\n         U.S. Board of Treasury transmit a statement of the contingent\n         expenditures of the U.S. from 1 January to 31 December 1786\n         (1787 Feb. 2). They also enclose an act of Congress regarding\n         the repeal of another act to open a loan on the credit of the\n         requisition (1787 May 15). On May 25, the Board writes the\n         Governor concerning an ordinance of Congress for the\n         settlement of accounts between individual states and the U.S.\n         Finally, the Board encloses a letter \u0026amp; report to the state\n         of Connecticut regarding invalid pensions (1788 Sept. 19).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe various members of Virginia's delegation to Congress\n         regularly communicated with Governor Randolph on a variety of\n         national concerns. The delegation to the Continental Congress\n         during Randolph's administration consisted of Edward\n         Carrington, William Grayson, James Madison, Richard H. Lee,\n         Cyrus Griffin, Henry Lee, \u0026amp; John Brown. Significant\n         correspondence from these delegates relate to Shay's Rebellion\n         in Massachusetts (1786 December 8); the need for military\n         stores in the Western Country (1786 December 24); Gen. Knox\n         and arms for the state of Virginia (1787 Feb. 19); the treaty\n         between the U.S. and United Netherlands (1787 March 5); the\n         progress of the appointments to the Convention and the\n         admission of Vermont to the Union (1787 March 19); trade laws,\n         an act to ratify \u0026amp; confirm the independence of Vermont,\n         the appointment of John Pierce as Commissioner for Settlement\n         of the Illinois Accounts, the discharge of troops under the\n         act of October 1786, the death of Vergennes, \u0026amp; hostilities\n         in the Western Country (1787 April 2, 12, 13, \u0026amp; July 17);\n         the inadequacy of the government due to the irregular\n         representation in Congress, commercial deputies, \u0026amp; indents\n         for 1786 \u0026amp; 1787 (1787 May 7, 15, \u0026amp; June 8);\n         communications from Col. Evan Shelby, the dismemberment of\n         states, Vermont, North Carolina, \u0026amp; problems in the\n         Kaskaskies \u0026amp; Post Vincent (1787 June 12); the defense of\n         the frontiers of Kentucky and elsewhere (1787 June 25, 27,\n         \u0026amp; July 7); the Board of Treasury (1787 July 1787); an\n         ordinance for establishing a temporary government in the\n         Western Territory, a resolution concerning copper coinage,\n         \u0026amp; an ordinance for settling the accounts between the U.S.\n         and individual states (1787 Nov. 3); the claim of Virginia to\n         the Northwestern Territory (1788 March 23); the settlement of\n         the accounts of the state against the U.S. (1788 May 8); an\n         act to extend the time to settle these accounts (1788 June 9);\n         and rations for rangers called into service in Bourbon County\n         (1788 June 30).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe various members of Virginia's delegation to Congress\n         regularly communicated with Governor Randolph on a variety of\n         national concerns. The delegation to the Continental Congress\n         during Randolph's administration consisted of Edward\n         Carrington, William Grayson, James Madison, Richard H. Lee,\n         Cyrus Griffin, Henry Lee, \u0026amp; John Brown. Significant\n         correspondence from these delegates relate to Shay's Rebellion\n         in Massachusetts (1786 December 8); the need for military\n         stores in the Western Country (1786 December 24); Gen. Knox\n         and arms for the state of Virginia (1787 Feb. 19); the treaty\n         between the U.S. and United Netherlands (1787 March 5); the\n         progress of the appointments to the Convention and the\n         admission of Vermont to the Union (1787 March 19); trade laws,\n         an act to ratify \u0026amp; confirm the independence of Vermont,\n         the appointment of John Pierce as Commissioner for Settlement\n         of the Illinois Accounts, the discharge of troops under the\n         act of October 1786, the death of Vergennes, \u0026amp; hostilities\n         in the Western Country (1787 April 2, 12, 13, \u0026amp; July 17);\n         the inadequacy of the government due to the irregular\n         representation in Congress, commercial deputies, \u0026amp; indents\n         for 1786 \u0026amp; 1787 (1787 May 7, 15, \u0026amp; June 8);\n         communications from Col. Evan Shelby, the dismemberment of\n         states, Vermont, North Carolina, \u0026amp; problems in the\n         Kaskaskies \u0026amp; Post Vincent (1787 June 12); the defense of\n         the frontiers of Kentucky and elsewhere (1787 June 25, 27,\n         \u0026amp; July 7); the Board of Treasury (1787 July 1787); an\n         ordinance for establishing a temporary government in the\n         Western Territory, a resolution concerning copper coinage,\n         \u0026amp; an ordinance for settling the accounts between the U.S.\n         and individual states (1787 Nov. 3); the claim of Virginia to\n         the Northwestern Territory (1788 March 23); the settlement of\n         the accounts of the state against the U.S. (1788 May 8); an\n         act to extend the time to settle these accounts (1788 June 9);\n         and rations for rangers called into service in Bourbon County\n         (1788 June 30).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSignificant correspondents from Virginia State government\n         include John Beckley, Clerk of the House of Delegates,\n         Humphrey Brooke, Clerk of the Senate; Archibald Blair, Clerk\n         of the Council of State; Capt. John Peyton \u0026amp; Capt. Elias\n         Langham, Superintendent of the Military Stores, Arms, \u0026amp;\n         Ammunition at Point of Fork Arsenal; Col. Thomas Meriwether,\n         Commissioner of Army Accounts; Benjamin Logan, County\n         Lieutenant of Lincoln County; Arthur Campbell, County\n         Lieutenant of Washington County; Levi Todd, County Lieutenant\n         of Fayette County; Alexander Barnett, County Lieutenant of\n         Russell County; David Shepherd, County Lieutenant of Ohio\n         County; Walter Crockett, County Lieutenant of Montgomery\n         County; William Rose, Keeper of the Public Jail; James Innes,\n         Attorney General; Leighton Wood, Jr., Solicitor General;\n         Andrew Dunscomb, Assistant Commissioner of Military Claims;\n         Capt. James Barron \u0026amp; Capt. Richard Taylor, Virginia Navy;\n         Beverley Randolph, Lieutenant Governor; and Jacquelin Ambler,\n         Treasurer.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn Beckley, Clerk of the House of Delegates, \u0026amp;\n         Humphrey Brooke, Clerk of the Senate, regularly enclose\n         resolutions from their respective bodies to the Governor. On 1\n         December 1786, Beckley submits the appointment of Henry Lee as\n         Delegate to Congress. He provides resolutions regarding the\n         claims of the state of Virginia against the United States and\n         the election of Andrew Dunscomb to serve as Commissioner to\n         settle these accounts (1787 Jan. 5). On 23 October 1787,\n         Beckley transmits an extract of the journal of the House of\n         Delegates containing the ballot for five delegates in Congress\n         including James Madison, Edward Carrington, Henry Lee, John\n         Brown, \u0026amp; Cyrus Griffin. On 31 October 1788, he presents\n         the ballot for the election of Cyrus Griffin, John Brown,\n         James Madison, Jr., John Dawson, \u0026amp; Mann Page. In addition,\n         an extract of the journal of the House of Delegates from 8\n         November 1788 reports on the election of Richard Henry Lee\n         \u0026amp; William Grayson as Virginia's first senators in\n         Congress. Beckley \u0026amp; Brooke also inform the Governor about\n         appointments to the Privy Council including William Heth \u0026amp;\n         Joseph Eggleston (1787 November 7) and Andrew Moore \u0026amp;\n         Robert Goode (1788 June 28). Lastly, the clerks inform the\n         Governor of the election of Edmund Winston as judge of the\n         General Court (1788 June 28).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eArchibald Blair, as Clerk of the Council of State, encloses\n         orders of the Council to the Governor. In December 1786, the\n         Council orders Col. Meriwether to contract for repairs to the\n         Public Jail \u0026amp; the Governor's House, to employ someone to\n         convey arms from France, \u0026amp; to purchase a sword for Capt.\n         Jouett (1786 Dec. 14). Meriwether also receives orders related\n         to the distribution of Articles of War (1787 May 2). His\n         letter dated 2 May 1787 also relates to alterations in the\n         Public Jail. The Council sends a list of grants to be signed\n         by the Governor (1787 April 30 \u0026amp; 25 May). Lastly, the\n         Council provides advice on the requisition of militia in the\n         western counties including a resolution of Congress concerning\n         orders for militia in Virginia \u0026amp; Pennsylvania to be ready\n         to protect the inhabitants (1788 Oct. 15).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCapt. John Peyton resigns as Commissary of Stores at Point\n         of Fork on 20 November 1786. Peyton writes to Col. Thomas\n         Meriwether on 10 December 1786 recommending William Price, his\n         former clerk, to succeed him. Additionally, there are letters\n         from other individuals applying for the position. Elias\n         Langham, however, successfully applies to the Governor on 13\n         December 1786. As Commissary of Military Stores, Langham\n         corresponds with Col. Meriwether regarding provisions (1786\n         Dec. 25); contracts to supply rations (1787 April 26); an\n         estimate of clothing for guards and state negroes (1787 July\n         5); \u0026amp; land belonging to David Ross near Point of Fork in\n         Fluvanna County (1787 June 26 \u0026amp; Dec. 21). In turn, Col.\n         Meriwether corresponds with Governor Randolph offering an\n         estimate of the cost of transporting arms from Point of Fork\n         to Redstone (1786 Dec. 26), a report of Capt. Peyton's last\n         returns (1787 Feb. 22), delinquencies of militia officers\n         (1787 March 1), payrolls of Point of Fork (1787 April 7), a\n         list of his official duties (1787 May 8), a report of the\n         militia (1787 Oct. 22), and reports on the Point of Fork\n         Arsenal (1787 Oct. 4 \u0026amp; 1788 Oct. 3).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCounty lieutenants including Levi Todd, Benjamin Logan,\n         Arthur Campbell, David Shepherd, Alexander Barnett, \u0026amp;\n         Walter Crockett from the western counties correspond with\n         Governor Randolph on numerous occasions primarily regarding\n         Indian affairs. Levi Todd writes about the strength of the\n         militia in Fayette County and Shawnee attacks in the area\n         (1786 Dec. 7); the need for officers \u0026amp; a lack of\n         ammunition and provision (1787 Feb. 14); the defenselessness\n         of Kentucky (1787 April 30); \u0026amp; war with the Indians (1788\n         March 29). Benjamin Logan writes about an attack on the\n         Shawnee towns in the District of Kentucky (1786 Dec. 17);\n         Indian outrages in Kentucky (1787 April 14); the sense of the\n         people of Kentucky regarding the Cherokee Indians (1787 May\n         17); intelligence concerning the Cherokee Indians sent to\n         Arthur Campbell (1787 May 18); \u0026amp; the proceedings of a\n         meeting of the commanding officers of the District of Kentucky\n         (1787 Sept. 24). Arthur Campbell communicates a list of field\n         officers \u0026amp; captains proposed to command two regiments of\n         militia in Washington County (1787 Feb. 14); the implications\n         of the recent treaty with Spain (1787 Feb. 16); an attack by\n         Col. John Logan on friendly Indians (1787 March 9); the\n         militia in Washington County and the apprehended danger from\n         the Cherokee Indians (1787 March 17); westward expansion,\n         Topoka, Chief of the Chocta Nation, \u0026amp; the navigation of\n         the Mississippi (1787 April 15); movements of the Cherokee\n         Indians (1787 Aug. 16); the boundary between Virginia \u0026amp;\n         North Carolina (1787 Dec. 10); \u0026amp; consideration for the\n         position as Superintendent of the Southern Department (1787\n         Dec. 31). David Shepherd expresses his concerns in relation to\n         Indian outrages in Monongalia (1787 April 30); Indian attacks\n         \u0026amp; the state of the militia in Ohio County (1787 May 24\n         \u0026amp; 1787 Nov. 10). Finally, Alexander Barnett writes on\n         Indian attacks in Russell County (1787 May 19 \u0026amp; 1787 Aug.\n         29) \u0026amp; Walter Crockett relates incidents with natives in\n         Montgomery County (1787 June 11 \u0026amp; 1788 March 15).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam Rose as Keeper of the Public Jail periodically\n         transmits lists or calendars of criminals convicted at the\n         General Court (1786 Dec. 16, 1787 March 28, 1787 April 30,\n         1787 June 11, 1787 Dec. 6, 1788 March 31, 1788 April 26, 1788\n         June 10, 1788 Oct. 27). Rose also writes to the Governor\n         regarding specific criminals in his jail (1787 Jan. 24 \u0026amp;\n         1787 July 26). Lastly, he send his remarks on a contract to\n         furnish the Public Jail with provisions (1788 Jan. 30).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJames Innes served as Attorney General to the Commonwealth\n         during Randolph's administration as Governor. Innes provides\n         his opinion on various issues including the repeal of the act\n         of 1785 for approving, confirming, \u0026amp; ratifying the compact\n         between Virginia \u0026amp; Maryland (1787 Feb. 28 \u0026amp; 1787 Aug.\n         3); tobacco inspection at Lynch's Ferry (1787 June 26 \u0026amp;\n         1787 Sept. 1); \u0026amp; foreign creditors (1787 March 19).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAndrew Dunscomb's correspondence relates to his position as\n         Assistant Commissioner of Military Claims. Included is his\n         oath of office and a letter regarding the same (1787 Jan. 13\n         \u0026amp; 15). He also writes on the state of claims of the\n         Commonwealth with the U.S. (1787 June 13, 18, \u0026amp; Nov. 15).\n         On 6 July 1787, he requests additional clerks, and later, he\n         asks the Governor for a salary increase (1787 Nov. 13).\n         Similarly, there is extensive correspondence from Leighton\n         Wood, Jr., Solicitor General, regarding claims against the\n         state, delinquencies of sheriffs in paying taxes, etc. Present\n         is Wood's bond \u0026amp; security for his position as Solicitor\n         (1787 Jan. 26 \u0026amp; Feb. 1). Treasurer, Jacquelin Ambler's\n         letters too relate to the financial matters of the state.\n         Ambler reveals a lack of money in the Contingent Fund for\n         William Rose's warrants for the support of the Public Jail\n         (1787 March 5).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCapt. James Barron, Virginia State Navy, died in May 1787.\n         Applications can be found to replace him as commander of the\n         state boats (1787 June 4). Before his death, Barron comments\n         on the transport of small arms from Norfolk (1786 Dec. 6) and\n         discusses the employment of a surgeon \u0026amp; pilots on his\n         boats (1787 April 27). Barron was replaced by Capt. Richard\n         Taylor in June 1787. Noteworthy among his correspondence,\n         Taylor encloses an inventory of the articles on board the\n         Liberty and Patriot on 12 August 1787. He also remarks on the\n         poor state of the boats in his letter dated 7 September 1787.\n         On 14 November 1787, Taylor complains to the Governor about\n         his pay \u0026amp; pension. Lastly, Taylor talks about damage\n         sustained to the Schooner Patriot in a storm while harbored at\n         Portsmouth (1788 July 24).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAdditional significant documents include the following: the\n         oath of fidelity to Governor Randolph by John Harvie (1786\n         Dec. 1); an oath of fidelity to Bolling Starke as Privy\n         Councilor (1786 Dec. 4); a proclamation by the governor\n         outlawing certain escaped prisoners (1786 Dec. 23); a letter\n         from Samuel Huntingdon, Governor of Connecticut, appointing\n         commissioners to assemble in Convention in Philadelphia (1786\n         Dec. 23); a letter from John Blair regarding his appointment\n         as a member of the committee to meet in Philadelphia in May\n         (1786 Dec. 25); a letter from David Ross concerning his claim\n         for the use of his property at Point of Fork (1787 Jan. 30); a\n         proclamation by the Governor authorizing surveys to be made on\n         the lands allotted to the Virginia Line on Continental\n         Establishment (1787 Jan. 25); a letter from Piomingo, Chief of\n         the Chickasaw Nation, regarding the Treaty at Kieve (1787 Feb.\n         15); a proclamation concerning the seizure of Spanish property\n         by George Rogers Clark (1787 Feb. 28); the bond of John\n         Pendleton as Auditor of Public Accounts (1787 March 1); a\n         proclamation offering a reward for the capture of Presley Hunt\n         \u0026amp; Ephraim Andrews, escaped prisoners (1787 March 2); a\n         letter from Monsieur Oster, French Consul, applying for an\n         order to prevent the departure of M.S. Deschamps to France\n         (1787 April 1); a letter from William Smith enclosing a list\n         of field officers in the Northampton County militia (1787\n         April 4); a letter from George Mason regarding payment as a\n         delegate of the Constitutional Convention (1787 April 23); a\n         proclamation for the reward \u0026amp; capture of Irby Philips\n         (1787 April 28); a list of tobacco saved from Byrd Warehouse\n         (1787 June 6); a letter from Governor Randolph to the\n         lieutenant governor regarding a warrant for the expense of\n         transporting his family to Philadelphia (1787 June 6); a\n         letter from Governor Randolph enclosing George Wythe's\n         resignation (1787 June 21); a letter from George Mason\n         concerning the resignation of George Wythe as a delegate to\n         the Convention (1787 June 30); a letter from the Governor\n         providing his account for the Constitutional Convention (1787\n         July 12); an agreement between David Ross \u0026amp; Col.\n         Meriwether for Point of Fork including a valuation of the 24\n         acres of land (1787 Aug. 8); a letter from Randolph forwarding\n         a copy of the National Constitution and expressing his\n         opposition to it (1787 Sept. 18); a letter from George Rogers\n         Clark regarding the settlement of western accounts (1787 Oct.\n         8); a letter from Samuel Johnston, Governor of North Carolina,\n         regarding an act to hold a Convention in Virginia in June\n         (1788 Jan. 22); the proceedings of the Massachusetts\n         Constitutional Convention to ratify the U.S. Constitution\n         (1788 Feb. 6); the proceedings of the Georgia Constitutional\n         Convention (1788 Feb. 5); a letter from John Sevier, Governor\n         of Franklin, regarding the dispute between the state of\n         Franklin \u0026amp; North Carolina (1788 March 27); a letter from Benjamin Franklin   \tregarding the sanity of Mr. Elam (1788 May 12); a proclamation\n         regarding the act establishing district courts as\n         unconstitutional (1788 May 14); a letter from William Heth\n         \u0026amp; David Henley, Commissioners of the Western Territory,\n         enclosing their report on the claims of Virginia for the\n         territory ceded to Congress (1788 May 15); a circular from\n         Thomas Pinckney, Governor of South Carolina, regarding the\n         ratification of the Constitution by a Convention in South\n         Carolina (1788 May 24); a letter from Andrew Limonin regarding the bust of the Marquis de Lafayette (1788 Nov. 11); and a letter from the Council of State\n         regarding Governor Randolph's departure from office (1788 Nov.\n         13).\u003c/p\u003e"]}]}},"label":"Breadcrumbs"}}},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/vi_vi00523"}},{"id":"vi_vi00854","type":"collection","attributes":{"title":"Executive Papers, \n         \n         1788-1791","creator":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/vi_vi00854#creator","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":"Governor's Office","label":"Creator"}},"abstract_or_scope":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/vi_vi00854#abstract_or_scope","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":"\u003cp\u003eGovernor Randolph's Executive papers are organized into two series. Series have been designated for Chronological files and Subject files. The bulk of the material can be found in the Chronological files' series which primarily consists of incoming correspondence during Randolph's three one-year terms as governor between 12 November 1788 and 1 December 1791. In addition to correspondence, there are acts \u0026amp; resolutions from Congress and the Virginia Senate \u0026amp; House of Delegates, orders of the Council of State, accounts, oaths, pardons, lists or calendars of criminals, depositions, proclamations, petitions, reports, appointments, bonds, circulars, proceedings, applications, agreements, extracts of journals \u0026amp; minutes, court records, certificates, returns, receipts, and other sundry items.\u003c/p\u003e","label":"Abstract Or Scope"}},"breadcrumbs":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/vi_vi00854#breadcrumbs","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":{"id":"vi_vi00854","ead_ssi":"vi_vi00854","_root_":"vi_vi00854","_nest_parent_":"vi_vi00854","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/lva/vi00854.xml","title_ssm":["Executive Papers, \n         \n         1788-1791"],"title_tesim":["Executive Papers, \n         \n         1788-1791"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["40287"],"text":["40287","Executive Papers, \n         \n         1788-1791","5.39 cubic\n         feet","There are no restrictions.","Also available on microfilm - Miscellaneous Reel 5027-5034.\n","Miscellaneous Reel 5027 - Chronological Files, 1788 Nov. 10-1789 Feb. 27\n Miscellaneous Reel 5028 - Chronological Files, 1789 Presidential Electors-July 31\n Miscellaneous Reel 5029 - Chronological Files, 1789 Aug.1-Dec. 19\n Miscellaneous Reel 5030 - Chronological Files, 1789 Dec. 21-1790 May 31\n Miscellaneous Reel 5031 - Chronological Files, 1789 June 1-Oct. 20\n Miscellaneous Reel 5032 - Chronological Files, 1789 Oct. 22-1791 Apr.\n Miscellaneous Reel 5033 - Chronological Files, 1791 Apr. 22-Nov. 30\n Miscellaneous Reel 5034 - Subject Files, Point of Fork Arsenal, 1789-1791\n","Arrangement Series I is arranged chronologically by date of document\n            and Series II is arranged alphabetically by subject.","Series I is arranged chronologically by date of document\n            and Series II is arranged alphabetically by subject.","Organization Organized into two (2) series: I. Chronological Files\n            and II. Subject Files.","Organized into two (2) series: I. Chronological Files\n            and II. Subject Files.","Beverley Randolph was born in 1754 in Chatsworth, Henrico\n         County, to Peter and Lucy Bolling Randolph. His father served\n         in the House of Burgesses and as Surveyor General of Customs.\n         Randolph attended William and Mary College where he graduated\n         in 1771, and was later appointed to the Board of Visitors in\n         1784. He married Martha Cocke, daughter of James Cocke of\n         Williamsburg, in 1775. Randolph also served on the Cumberland\n         County Committee of Safety and commanded a regiment of cavalry\n         as a colonel in the militia between 1776 and 1779. He\n         represented Cumberland County in the House of Delegates in\n         1777 and 1779-1781. A member of the Council of State from\n         1781, Randolph was elected president of the Council of State\n         in 1783, and 1786 through 1788. As president of the Council,\n         Randolph served as Lieutenant Governor of Virginia.\n         Consequently, Randolph performed the duties of Governor while\n         Governor Randolph represented Virginia in the Constitutional\n         Convention during the summer of 1787. Randolph succeeded\n         Edmund Randolph as Governor on 12 November 1788. In addition,\n         he was re-elected in 1789 and 1790 to two one-year terms as\n         Governor. Randolph's administration was marked by the defense\n         of the frontiers against Indian incursions, the fight to\n         collect Virginia's Revolutionary claims from the United\n         States, and the initiative to build a lighthouse at the\n         entrance to the Chesapeake Bay. Following his governorship,\n         Randolph was appointed by President Washington as one of the\n         commissioners to treat with the Indians in the Northwest\n         Territory in 1793. The Commissioners failed to reach a\n         peaceful resolution with the Indians and Randolph retired from\n         public life. Randolph died in February 1797 at his estate\n         \"Green Creek\" in Cumberland County. His remains were moved\n         from his estate to the Westview Cemetery in Farmville, Va., in\n         1909.","Governor Randolph's Executive papers are organized into two\n         series. Series have been designated for Chronological files\n         and Subject files. The bulk of the material can be found in\n         the Chronological files' series which primarily consists of\n         incoming correspondence during Randolph's three one-year terms\n         as governor between 12 November 1788 and 1 December 1791. In\n         addition to correspondence, there are acts \u0026 resolutions\n         from Congress and the Virginia Senate \u0026 House of\n         Delegates, orders of the Council of State, accounts, oaths,\n         pardons, lists or calendars of criminals, depositions,\n         proclamations, petitions, reports, appointments, bonds,\n         circulars, proceedings, applications, agreements, extracts of\n         journals \u0026 minutes, court records, certificates, returns,\n         receipts, and other sundry items.","Series I: Chronological Files. The correspondence in this\n         series relates to a variety of topics including state expenses\n         \u0026 revenue, militia, recommendations for state positions,\n         pardons, legislation, public tobacco, Revolutionary claims\n         \u0026 pensioners, Presidential electors, Indian affairs,\n         navigation, revisal of laws, resignations, elections,\n         appointments, criminals \u0026 the Public Jail, the Cape Henry\n         Lighthouse, the Point of Fork Arsenal, and the Marine\n         Hospital. Noteworthy correspondence originates from the United\n         States government, Virginia State government, and\n         miscellaneous sources. Prominent correspondents from the\n         United States government include President George Washington; Henry Knox, Secretary of War;\n         Alexander Hamilton, Secretary of the Treasury; Thomas\n         Jefferson, Secretary of State; Edmund Randolph, Attorney\n         General; and the Virginia Delegates to Congress including\n         Samuel Griffin, James Monroe, Richard Henry Lee, John Walker,\n         William Grayson, and others.","President George Washington transmits acts of Congress to Governor Beverley Randolph. His letter of 11 August 1789 transmits an act to provide for the government of the territory north west of the Ohio River.  His letter of 24 August 1789 transmits the act providing for the expenses attending the treaties with Indian Tribes and the appointment of commissioners. Lastly, his letter of 8 October 1789 transmits duplicate acts to establish a Judicial Court of the United States, an act for registering \u0026 clearing vessels, and others. On 22 January 1790, the President simply writes to forward an important letter to Thomas Jefferson at Monticello. Finally, Washington's letter of 29 January 1790 relates to Gen. Wood's report respecting the materials placed at Cape Henry for the purpose of building a lighthouse and the need for a cession of the land from Virginia to the United States. (Note that these letters from Washington have separated to the Vault - George Washington Papers).\n\t","As Secretary of War, Henry Knox communicates frequently with Governor Randolph predominantly concerning Indian affairs and the defense of the frontier (1788 Dec. 29, 1790 July 28, 1790 Sept. 2, 1791 Feb. 26, 1791 June 11, \u0026 1791 Nov. 16). This correspondence also relates to raising militia (1791 July 15 \u0026 1791 Oct. 28), employing scouts \u0026 rangers (1790 April 14, 1790 June 10, 1790 July 17), gunpowder \u0026 lead for the Chickasaw Nation (1789 Dec. 24), and General Harmar's expedition against the Indians on the Ohio River (1790 March 3 \u0026 1790 July 19). Knox also writes the Governor about Revolutionary War pensioners from Virginia (1789 April 25, 1789 Oct. 19, 1790 Feb. 8, 1790 April 15, \u0026 1790 Sept. 15). On 15 October 1789, Knox encloses an extract of the act to recognize and adapt to the Constitution the establishment of the troops raised under the resolves of the United States. This act specifically relates to the presidential authority to raise militia to protect the frontiers. On 10 December 1789, he writes requesting a map of Kentucky and western Virginia. Finally, Knox often transmits letters to the Governor intended for William Blount, Governor of the territory ceded by North Carolina, Harry Innes, District Judge of Kentucky, and others, especially in the District of Kentucky. ","Alexander Hamilton writes Governor Randolph with respect to statements of the public debt \u0026 loan office certificates (1789 Sept. 26, 1789 Oct. 29, 1789 Dec. 24, \u0026 1791 June 27), statements of agents for settling the accounts of their respective lines in the late Army (1791 Jan. 14), and other financial matters (1790 Jan. 27 \u0026 1790 Sept. 28). On 10 February 1790, Hamilton informs the Governor that the United States requires 2 acres of land to be ceded by Virginia for a lighthouse near the entrance of the Chesapeake Bay. On 8 May 1790, Hamilton writes that Edward Carrington has been requested to visit Cape Henry and make a selection for the location of the lighthouse. According to his letter from 19 June 1790, Hamilton notes that Thomas Newton of Norfolk replaced Carrington in this duty. His letter from 19 August 1790 relates to the receipt of the Governor's letter containing the cession of 2 acres on Cape Henry to the United States. ","Throughout the collection are acts and resolutions of\n         Congress signed by Thomas Jefferson as Secretary of State.\n         Noteworthy is an act to provide for the unlading of ships in\n         cases of obstruction by ice (1791 Jan. 7); an act declaring\n         the consent of Congress that a new state be formed by the name\n         of Kentucky (1791 Feb. 4); a resolution that Andrew Brown be\n         appointed printer (1791 Feb. 18); an act for regulating the\n         number of representatives to be chosen by the states of\n         Kentucky \u0026 Vermont (1791 Feb. 25); and an act for raising\n         an additional regiment to the military establishment of the\n         United States (1791 March 10). The few pieces of\n         correspondence from Jefferson include a brief note regarding\n         the receipt of a letter from Joseph Clarke endorsed by the\n         President and forwarded to the Governor (1790 Feb. 6) and a\n         letter enclosing a collection of acts of Congress passed in\n         their second session and all the treaties promulgated by the\n         United States (1790 Aug. 30).","Following his governorship, Edmund Randolph served as the\n         first Attorney General of the United States. In this capacity,\n         Randolph writes the Governor with respect to the claims of\n         Beauregard \u0026 Bourgeois against Oliver Pollock (1790 Feb. 7\n         \u0026 10); treaties belonging to the Governor (1790 July 23);\n         and Virginia land claims within the limits of Pennsylvania\n         (1790 Sept. 9).","The various members of Virginia's delegation to the First \u0026 Second Congresses regularly communicated with Governor Randolph on a variety of national concerns. Significant correspondence from these delegates include a letter from Josiah Parker resigning his position as naval officer of Elizabeth River at Portsmouth to take his seat in Congress (1789 Feb. 9);  a letter from Samuel Griffin accepting his appointment to Congress (1789 Feb. 24); a letter from James Madison, Jr., regarding the inspection law and the separation of state debts from National debts (1790 May 11); a letter from Richard Henry Lee \u0026 John Walker regarding speculators in arrears of soldiers' pay (1790 May 25); James Madison, Jr., regarding the act of Congress concerning arrears to the Virginia line (1790 May 25); James Madison, Jr., enclosing a letter from Alexander Hamilton regarding the tobacco inspection law (1790 May 26); a letter from Frederick Augustus Muhlenberg, Speaker of the House of Representatives, enclosing proceedings concerning the death of Representative Theodorick Bland (1790 June 3); a letter from James Monroe regarding his arrival in Philadelphia (1790 Dec. 10); and another letter from Monroe regarding Harmar's unsuccessful expedition against the Indians between the Ohio and the Great Lakes including the amount of casualties (1790 Dec. 16).","Significant correspondents from Virginia State government\n         include William Davies, Commissioner of Virginia for Claims\n         Against the United States; Harry Heth, State Agent of Public\n         Tobacco; William Hay, Director of Public Buildings; John\n         Beckley \u0026 Charles Hay, Clerks of the House of Delegates;\n         Humphrey Brooke, Clerk of the Senate; Archibald Blair, Col.\n         Thomas Meriwether, \u0026 Samuel Coleman, Clerks \u0026\n         Assistant Clerk of the Council of State; Capt. Elias Langham,\n         Superintendent of the Military Stores, Arms, \u0026 Ammunition\n         at Point of Fork Arsenal; various county lieutenants; William\n         Rose, Keeper of the Public Jail; James Innes, Attorney\n         General; Leighton Wood, Jr., \u0026 Samuel Shepard, Solicitors\n         General; John Pendleton, Jr., Auditor of Public Accounts; and\n         Jacquelin Ambler, Treasurer.","As Commissioner of Virginia for Claims Against the United States, Col. William Davies corresponds regularly with Governor Randolph. Davies accepted this position from Governor Edmund Randolph on 27 Sept. 1788. His correspondence relates to his salary (1789 Jan. 1), instructions for persons to be employed to collect accounts \u0026 vouchers (1789 Jan. 10), examination of claims (1789 Jan. 24), pensioners (1789 Feb. 23), Andrew Dunscomb's complaints (1789 March 23), his arrival in New York (1789 April 23), the removal of the Auditor \u0026 Treasurer's Books prior to 1781 to New York (1789 Aug. 11), additional clerks (1789 Aug. 19), a plan for the final settlement of continental accounts (1790 July 12), and numerous other topics. Most of Davies' correspondence relates to particulars in the settlement of Virginia's claim against the United States for expenditures during the Revolutionary War.","On 27 Jan. 1789, a bond was posted for Harry Heth to serve\n         as agent to dispose of public tobacco in the Treasury Office\n         in discharge of public taxes. He encloses a letter from\n         Benjamin Harrison, Jr., on 22 Jan. 1789, to purchase public\n         tobacco. Heth often writes the Governor submitting reports on\n         the sales of public tobacco (1789 May 20, 1789 Nov. 9, 1790\n         Jan. 5 \u0026 9, 1790 March 18, \u0026 1791 Oct. 6). He also\n         specifically deals with the settlement of the accounts of the\n         Westham Foundry (1789 March 3 \u0026 5, 1789 June 13, \u0026\n         1790 June 23).","William Hay, one of the Directors of Public Buildings,\n         corresponds with the Governor regarding the claim on the\n         estate of Col. Archibald Cary for monies advanced in 1785\n         (1789 Jan. 31); the completion of the offices for the\n         Executive Board (1789 June 18); a contract to cover the roof\n         of the Capitol with lead, etc. (1790 Jan. 6, April 12, \u0026\n         May 11); statements of an estimate of the sum necessary for\n         paying the debts due the directors of public buildings (1791\n         Jan. 17); and money for the completion of the Capitol (1791\n         Oct. 15).","John Beckley (later Clerk of the U.S. House of\n         Representatives) \u0026 Charles Hay, Clerks of the House of\n         Delegates, \u0026 Humphrey Brooke, Clerk of the Senate,\n         regularly enclose resolutions from their respective bodies to\n         the Governor. Noteworthy resolutions include a proclamation\n         for the Governor to appoint electors to choose a president and\n         for representatives to serve in Congress (1788 Nov. 9 \u0026\n         22); the free navigation of the Mississippi River (1788 Dec.\n         1); the election of Beverley Randolph as Governor (1788 Dec.\n         6); an additional sum to William Heth in the settlement of\n         Virginia's claim against the U.S. for the North Western\n         Territory (1788 Dec. 3); the election of Richard Cary, John\n         Tyler, \u0026 James Henry as judges of the General Court (1788\n         Dec. 24); the election of Cuthbert Bullitt as judge of the\n         General Court \u0026 Cyrus Griffin as Privy Councilor (1788\n         Dec. 27); attacks by the Creek Indians against the Chickasaws\n         and furnishing them with gun powder (1789 Oct. 23); the\n         election of James Mercer as judge of the Court of Appeals to\n         replace John Blair (1789 Nov. 18); the election of Joseph\n         Jones \u0026 Spencer Roane as judges of the General Court (1789\n         Nov. 19); the re-election \u0026 qualification of Beverley\n         Randolph as Governor (1789 Nov. 28); an appointment to examine\n         the materials provided by the State to erect a lighthouse\n         (1789 Dec. 14); the disposal of the materials used for the\n         erection of the lighthouse (1790 Nov. 5); the election of\n         George Nicholas as Attorney General for the District of\n         Kentucky in place of Harry Innes (1790 Nov. 9); the election\n         of James Monroe in the U.S. Senate to replace William Grayson\n         (1790 Nov. 9); the election of John Steele, Miles Selden,\n         \u0026 Hardin Burnley to the Privy Council (1790 Nov. 26); the\n         protection of citizens on the frontiers (1790 Dec. 20); and\n         the election of Henry Lee as Governor (1791 Nov. 2).","Archibald Blair, as Clerk of the Council of State, encloses\n         extracts of minutes and orders of the Council to the Governor.\n         On 26 Nov. 1788, Blair writes regarding the request that Col.\n         Thomas Meriwether consult with printers for 500 copies of the\n         acts to appoint presidential electors. Meriwether, who\n         resigned as clerk of the Council on 30 June 1789, writes\n         regarding pensioners (1788 Dec. 9); quarterly returns and\n         payrolls of Elias Langham at Point of Fork (1789 Jan. 5);\n         Capt. Young's books and papers as successor of the Commercial\n         Agent (1789 Jan. 22); estimates by Elias Langham to enclose\n         the arsenals and magazines at Point of Fork with a stone wall,\n         etc. (1789 April 6); and his resignation (1789 June 27).\n         Samuel Coleman was appointed Assistant Clerk of the Council on\n         26 Dec. 1786. Following the resignation of Thomas Meriwether\n         on 27 June 1789, Coleman requested to fill the vacancy. He\n         writes the Governor respecting militia returns (1789 Nov. 3\n         \u0026 30; 1790 Jan. 1; 1790 Feb. 2; 1790 April 1; 1790 June 1;\n         1790 Aug. 4; 1790 Oct. 12; 1791 Jan. 18; 1791 July 30; \u0026\n         1791 Oct. 5); the accounts, provisions, payrolls, \u0026\n         returns of Elias Langham from the Point of Fork Arsenal (1789\n         July 6, 1790 April 5, 1790 July 3, 1790 Oct. 1, 1791 Jan. 4,\n         1791 Feb. 23, 1791 April 4, 1791 June 19, 1791 July 5, \u0026\n         1791 Oct. 4); his resignation on account of his health (1789\n         April 3); the accounts of James McGavock for public lead\n         delivered at Fort Chiswell (1790 Feb. 25); the claims of\n         scouts \u0026 rangers (1790 June 7, 21, \u0026 29; 1790 Oct. 9\n         \u0026 25; 1790 Dec. 11; \u0026 1791 June 20); and the\n         indebtedness of James Hunter, deceased, former Superintendent\n         of the Public Foundry (1791 Aug. 27).","Capt. Elias Langham, Superintendent of the Military Stores,\n         Arms, \u0026 Ammunition at Point of Fork Arsenal, writes to\n         Governor Randolph regarding the cannon at Taylor's Ferry (1788\n         Nov. 21); the contractor for provisions (1789 Jan. 6); public\n         negroes at Point of Fork (1789 Feb. 7); a recommendation for\n         an appointment to the Dept. of Military Stores when\n         established by Congress (1789 April 11); ammunition for the\n         Chief of the Chickasaw Nation and an application from Chief\n         Piomingo for 40 gallons of rum (1789 Nov. 2); a letter from\n         Piomingo concerning a change in his route (1789 Nov. 4);\n         powder \u0026 lead furnished the Indians at New London (1790\n         Feb. 26); the complaint of Thomas Harris for his punishment\n         \u0026 dismissal (1790 Oct. 1); opinions on his conduct (1790\n         Dec. 19); a contract for furnishing rations at Point of Fork\n         and an addition built to the public mill (1791 Jan. 4); and\n         the purchase of iron to forge bayonets (1791 July 1). Note\n         that additional materials relating to the Point of Fork\n         Arsenal can be found in Series II.","County lieutenants including David Shepherd, Alexander\n         Barnett, George Clendenin, Walter Crockett, John Evans,\n         Benjamin Wilson, Benjamin Harrison, John P. Duvall, Levi Todd,\n         Robert Johnson, \u0026 Arthur Campbell correspond with Governor\n         Randolph on numerous occasions primarily regarding Indian\n         affairs in the western counties. David Shepherd, Ohio Co.,\n         writes regarding a treaty with the Indians at the falls of\n         Muskingum (1788 Nov. 26); a general return of militia (1789\n         April 17); the raising of a company of rangers and Indian\n         attacks at Dunkard Creek (1789 May 12); the account for\n         raising troops (1789 June 8); a return of spies \u0026 rangers\n         (1789 Sept. 13); and continued depredations by the Indians on\n         the frontier (1791 May 9). Alexander Barnett, Russell Co.,\n         encloses court-martial proceedings for the trial of James\n         Gibson \u0026 Richard Thompson for disobeying orders (1788 Dec.\n         10). George Clendenin, Greenbrier Co. (later Kanawha Co.),\n         requests an augmentation of scouts \u0026 rangers in Washington\n         Co. (1788 Dec. 18); writes of the treaty and atrocities by the\n         Indians west of the Ohio (1789 May 6); the new county of\n         Kanawha, recommendations for magistrates, Indian atrocities on\n         Clinch Settlement, etc. (1789 Aug. 10); depredations by the\n         Indians (1790 April 15); and the need for scouts in Kanawha\n         Co. (1791 Jan. 1). Walter Crockett, Montgomery Co., remarks on\n         the state of the frontier and the potential of Indian\n         hostilities in the spring (1789 Feb. 16). John Evans,\n         Monongalia Co., reports on Indian hostilities and the ordering\n         of scouts (1789 April 25). Benjamin Wilson \u0026 John P.\n         Duvall, Harrison Co., enclose a deposition concerning Indian\n         attacks (1789 May 22); provide a list of \"mischief\" done by\n         the Indians (1789 Sept. 28); and report on Indian attacks\n         (1791 Nov. 27). Benjamin Harrison, Rockingham Co., writes in\n         relation to the strength of militia and militia fines (1789\n         May 27). Levi Todd, Fayette Co., notes the need for additional\n         magistrates, the attack on Federal troops by the Indians, and\n         the separation of Kentucky (1789 May 27). Robert Johnson,\n         Woodford Co., writes about the recommendation of the court for\n         militia officers and Indian \"mischief\" (1789 June 15). Lastly,\n         Arthur Campbell, Washington Co., chronicles Indian attacks in\n         Russell Co. (1789 July 20); a confrontation between the Creek\n         Indians \u0026 Spaniards (1789 Aug. 1); and submits a return of\n         militia (1789 Nov. 3).","William Rose as Keeper of the Public Jail periodically\n         transmits lists or calendars of criminals convicted at the\n         General Court (1788 Dec. 8, 1789 March 14, \u0026 1789 Aug.\n         31). Rose also writes the Governor regarding specific inmates\n         including Littlebury Cotton charged with horse stealing (1789\n         April 13 \u0026 23) and John Rose imprisoned for debts (1790\n         Dec. 22).","James Innes served as Attorney General to the Commonwealth\n         during Randolph's administration as Governor. Innes provides\n         his opinion on various issues including the case of Catherine\n         Crull sentenced to death for the murder of her husband (1789\n         Jan. 28); the memorial of Joseph Latil regarding the revenue\n         law (1789 March 2); the act for granting relief to sheriffs\n         \u0026 collectors of revenue (1789 March 2); prisoners in the\n         new district jails of New London \u0026 Dumfries (1789 March\n         28); the case of Ephraim Willard \u0026 John Whitney for\n         counterfeiting (1789 May 23); the case of George Byrd\n         sentenced to death for horse stealing (1789 May 25); warrants\n         issued to scouts \u0026 rangers (1789 Dec. 23); the oath to\n         support the U.S. Constitution (1790 March 20); the Governor's\n         right to withhold his signature from patents claiming property\n         over the waters of the James River between the Rocky Islands\n         (1790 April 4); the case of the executors of Archibald Cary\n         (1790 June 4); commissioner's fees (1790 Aug. 27); the case of\n         Caleb Hill sentenced to death for horse stealing (1791 April\n         27); and the case of Hunter Banks \u0026 Co. (1791 June 8).","Governor Randolph corresponds often with Leighton Wood,\n         Jr., \u0026 Samuel Shepard (formerly Clerk), Solicitors\n         General; John Pendleton, Jr., Auditor of Public Accounts; and\n         Jacquelin Ambler, Treasurer, regarding various financial\n         matters. Leighton Wood \u0026 Samuel Shepard submit lists of\n         inspectors bonds in the Solicitor's Office (1789 Jan. 24) and\n         reports of delinquent sheriffs (1789 April 23, 1789 May 22).\n         On 6 Jan. 1790, Wood writes the Governor regarding the sale of\n         the state Boats Liberty \u0026 Patriot by James Heron of\n         Norfolk. In addition, the Solicitors often write the Governor\n         with respect to specific accounts, especially sheriff accounts\n         of revenue. Wood also writes in support of Samuel Shepard to\n         serve as Solicitor General during his absence due to illness\n         (1790 March 29). Leighton Wood eventually submits his\n         resignation as Solicitor General on 6 July 1791 (See also 1791\n         May 29). John Pendleton encloses accounts of sundry expenses\n         in protecting \u0026 defending the frontier from the Indians in\n         the lands west of the Ohio River (1789 Feb. 19); lists of\n         balances from inspectors \u0026 county court clerks (1789 Jan.\n         29); the account of the expense of the two expeditions against\n         the Shawnee \u0026 Wabash Indians (1789 Dec. 17); the claim of\n         Oliver Pollock (1790 Jan. 4). In addition, Pendleton\n         administers oaths to various state officers including John\n         Dawson \u0026 John H. Briggs to the Privy Council (1789 Dec.\n         21) and Beverley Randolph as Governor (1790 Dec. 3). Ambler\n         encloses accounts of monies paid in part of the expenses\n         attending scouts \u0026 rangers (1789 Jan. 1); accounts of\n         payments made into the Treasury by the Superior \u0026 County\n         Court Clerks (1789 Feb. 6); accounts of payments by inspectors\n         of tobacco (1789 Jan. 28). He writes regarding unpaid expenses\n         of the General Assembly (1788 Dec. 31); security for the\n         Treasury in the new Capitol including iron bars for the\n         windows (1789 June 15); the balance of specie in the Treasury\n         (1789 June 30, 1789 Aug. 11, 1789 Oct. 15, 1789 Dec. 23 \u0026\n         31, 1790 Feb. 1, 1790 April 27, \u0026 1791 Jan. 14); his\n         resignation as one of the Directors of the Public Buildings\n         (1791 Jan. 3); and crop and transfer tobacco in the Treasury\n         for arrears of taxes (1791 May 10).","Additional significant correspondence includes the following: Edmund Randolph to the Council of State regarding his leaving office (1788 Nov. 17); the Judges of the General Court enclosing a list of persons convicted of capital offenses (1788 Dec. 16); John Blair accepting his commission as a judge of the Court of Appeals (1789 Jan. 16); John Dawson regarding the Convention of Kentucky on the navigation of the Mississippi and surrendering the river to Spain (1789 Jan. 29); Martin Oster, French Consul regarding the controversy between Henry Cugneau \u0026 Jean Alexis Subercaseaux and John Cauvey (1789 Jan. 31, 1789 March 2 \u0026 22); William Fleming \u0026 Peter Lyons regarding their appointments as Judges of the Court of Appeals (1789 Feb. 10); Paul Carrington regarding his appointment to the General Court (1789 Feb. 20); Cyrus Griffin regarding the appointment of William Davies (1789 March 9); Andrew Dunscomb to Davies regarding job \u0026 salary (1789 March 17); William Russell regarding the relinquishment to the public of the Capitol Square in Williamsburg and the buildings thereon (1789 May 1); a letter from James Madison, President of Board of Directors, regarding funds to support the Lunatic Hospital in Williamsburg (1789 June 7); Samuel McDowell regarding a remonstrance from inhabitants of the District of Kentucky against discharging the militia from service (1789 July 36); John Hancock regarding the conveyance of the bodies of James Brown \u0026 William Davis charged with piracy (1789 Sept. 13); David Ross recommending Piomingo, Chief of the Chickasaws, to pass through the country to New York (1789 Oct. 12); Patrick Henry regarding rifles \u0026 expenses for Indians (1789 Oct. 27); John Fitzgerald enclosing an address of the people of Georgetown \u0026 Alexandria on the advantages of the Potomac River for the permanent seat of the Federal Government (1789 Dec. 22); George Nicholas regarding his appointment as Attorney General for the District of Kentucky (1790 Jan. 30); William Tatham regarding Hutchin's map, etc. (1790 Feb. 24, April 13, \u0026 Aug. 10); James Taylor concerning the proceedings of the Commissioners of the Marine Hospital (1790 March 26, 1790 Oct. 9, \u0026 1791 May 18); Thomas Newton, Jr., regarding a plat of the 2 acres for the Cape Henry Lighthouse (1790 July 25); Simon Fraser regarding an attempt to burn the town of Petersburg (1790 Aug. 10); Gov. J.E. Howard, Maryland, regarding the erection of a lighthouse and disposal of the materials provided for the construction (1791 Jan. 7); Thomas Newton, Jr., regarding McComb's excavation for the lighthouse (1791 July 18); John McComb regarding the foundation for the lighthouse at Cape Henry (1791 July 22); Thomas Johnson, David, Stuart, \u0026 Daniel Carroll regarding a draft for the construction of the federal buildings (1791 Aug. 2); David Stuart regarding financial problems in constructing the federal buildings (1791 Aug. 5); and James Madison enclosing proceedings of the Directors of the Hospital for Lunatics (1791 Oct. 26).","Other noteworthy items include: an act regarding the\n         credentials of the senators (1788 Dec. 28); a court order\n         recommending Wilson Cary Nicholas as county lieutenant of\n         Albemarle Co. (1789 Jan. 8); the bond of William Lindsay as\n         Naval Officer of the Elizabeth River District (1789 Feb. 23);\n         a return of the State Electoral College \u0026 election\n         certificates from the first Presidential election (1789 Feb.);\n         a report of the Committee as to the Removal into the New\n         Capitol regarding apartments (1789 June 9); proclamations by\n         the Governor (1789 June 5, 1789 July 21, 1791 May 3); the\n         sales at auction of the State Boats Liberty \u0026 Patriot by\n         Capt. Richard Taylor (1789 Aug. 6); the oath of allegiance to\n         Cyrus Griffin as Privy Councilor (1789 Oct. 29); oath of\n         allegiance to Charles Carter as Privy Councilor (1789 Nov.\n         30); a report of the committee regarding appropriations for\n         the building of the Capitol in Richmond (1789 Dec. 14); an\n         account with Bassett Mosely to construct the lighthouse at\n         Cape Henry (1790 Jan. 9); the report of Lt. Gov. James Wood\n         regarding the lighthouse (1790 Jan. 13); the oath of Thomas\n         Madison as Privy Councilor (1790 Jan. 19); the meeting of the\n         Directors of the Lunatic Hospital regarding the resignations\n         of John Blair \u0026 James Innes (1790 Feb. 16); the deed of\n         cession from Virginia to the United States for 2 acres of land\n         at Cape Henry for the purpose of erecting a lighthouse (1790\n         Aug. 9); a proclamation of President George Washington of a\n         treaty between the U.S. and Creek Nation (1790 Aug. 13); and a\n         speech of George Washington regarding public credit, the\n         District of Kentucky \u0026 statehood, Indian incursions on\n         frontier settlements, etc. (1790 Dec. 8).","Series II: Subject Files. This series is arranged\n         alphabetically by subject and relates to the Point of Fork\n         Arsenal in Fluvanna Co., Virginia. The series contains\n         accounts of cash \u0026 provisions, pay rolls of artificers\n         \u0026 state guard, quarterly accounts of muskets, quarter\n         master stores, \u0026 clothing, returns of ordnance \u0026\n         military stores, and vouchers between 1789 and 1791. Note that\n         not all materials related to the Point of Fork Arsenal have\n         been separated to this series. 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His father served\n         in the House of Burgesses and as Surveyor General of Customs.\n         Randolph attended William and Mary College where he graduated\n         in 1771, and was later appointed to the Board of Visitors in\n         1784. He married Martha Cocke, daughter of James Cocke of\n         Williamsburg, in 1775. Randolph also served on the Cumberland\n         County Committee of Safety and commanded a regiment of cavalry\n         as a colonel in the militia between 1776 and 1779. He\n         represented Cumberland County in the House of Delegates in\n         1777 and 1779-1781. A member of the Council of State from\n         1781, Randolph was elected president of the Council of State\n         in 1783, and 1786 through 1788. As president of the Council,\n         Randolph served as Lieutenant Governor of Virginia.\n         Consequently, Randolph performed the duties of Governor while\n         Governor Randolph represented Virginia in the Constitutional\n         Convention during the summer of 1787. Randolph succeeded\n         Edmund Randolph as Governor on 12 November 1788. In addition,\n         he was re-elected in 1789 and 1790 to two one-year terms as\n         Governor. Randolph's administration was marked by the defense\n         of the frontiers against Indian incursions, the fight to\n         collect Virginia's Revolutionary claims from the United\n         States, and the initiative to build a lighthouse at the\n         entrance to the Chesapeake Bay. Following his governorship,\n         Randolph was appointed by President Washington as one of the\n         commissioners to treat with the Indians in the Northwest\n         Territory in 1793. The Commissioners failed to reach a\n         peaceful resolution with the Indians and Randolph retired from\n         public life. Randolph died in February 1797 at his estate\n         \"Green Creek\" in Cumberland County. His remains were moved\n         from his estate to the Westview Cemetery in Farmville, Va., in\n         1909.\u003c/p\u003e"],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical Information"],"bioghist_tesim":["Beverley Randolph was born in 1754 in Chatsworth, Henrico\n         County, to Peter and Lucy Bolling Randolph. His father served\n         in the House of Burgesses and as Surveyor General of Customs.\n         Randolph attended William and Mary College where he graduated\n         in 1771, and was later appointed to the Board of Visitors in\n         1784. He married Martha Cocke, daughter of James Cocke of\n         Williamsburg, in 1775. Randolph also served on the Cumberland\n         County Committee of Safety and commanded a regiment of cavalry\n         as a colonel in the militia between 1776 and 1779. He\n         represented Cumberland County in the House of Delegates in\n         1777 and 1779-1781. A member of the Council of State from\n         1781, Randolph was elected president of the Council of State\n         in 1783, and 1786 through 1788. As president of the Council,\n         Randolph served as Lieutenant Governor of Virginia.\n         Consequently, Randolph performed the duties of Governor while\n         Governor Randolph represented Virginia in the Constitutional\n         Convention during the summer of 1787. Randolph succeeded\n         Edmund Randolph as Governor on 12 November 1788. In addition,\n         he was re-elected in 1789 and 1790 to two one-year terms as\n         Governor. Randolph's administration was marked by the defense\n         of the frontiers against Indian incursions, the fight to\n         collect Virginia's Revolutionary claims from the United\n         States, and the initiative to build a lighthouse at the\n         entrance to the Chesapeake Bay. Following his governorship,\n         Randolph was appointed by President Washington as one of the\n         commissioners to treat with the Indians in the Northwest\n         Territory in 1793. The Commissioners failed to reach a\n         peaceful resolution with the Indians and Randolph retired from\n         public life. Randolph died in February 1797 at his estate\n         \"Green Creek\" in Cumberland County. His remains were moved\n         from his estate to the Westview Cemetery in Farmville, Va., in\n         1909."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eVirginia. Governor's Office. Beverley Randolph Executive\n            Papers, 1788-1791 (bulk 1789-1791). Accession 40287. State\n            Records Collection, The Library of Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e"],"prefercite_tesim":["Virginia. Governor's Office. Beverley Randolph Executive\n            Papers, 1788-1791 (bulk 1789-1791). Accession 40287. State\n            Records Collection, The Library of Virginia."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eGovernor Randolph's Executive papers are organized into two\n         series. Series have been designated for Chronological files\n         and Subject files. The bulk of the material can be found in\n         the Chronological files' series which primarily consists of\n         incoming correspondence during Randolph's three one-year terms\n         as governor between 12 November 1788 and 1 December 1791. In\n         addition to correspondence, there are acts \u0026amp; resolutions\n         from Congress and the Virginia Senate \u0026amp; House of\n         Delegates, orders of the Council of State, accounts, oaths,\n         pardons, lists or calendars of criminals, depositions,\n         proclamations, petitions, reports, appointments, bonds,\n         circulars, proceedings, applications, agreements, extracts of\n         journals \u0026amp; minutes, court records, certificates, returns,\n         receipts, and other sundry items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries I: Chronological Files. The correspondence in this\n         series relates to a variety of topics including state expenses\n         \u0026amp; revenue, militia, recommendations for state positions,\n         pardons, legislation, public tobacco, Revolutionary claims\n         \u0026amp; pensioners, Presidential electors, Indian affairs,\n         navigation, revisal of laws, resignations, elections,\n         appointments, criminals \u0026amp; the Public Jail, the Cape Henry\n         Lighthouse, the Point of Fork Arsenal, and the Marine\n         Hospital. Noteworthy correspondence originates from the United\n         States government, Virginia State government, and\n         miscellaneous sources. Prominent correspondents from the\n         United States government include President George Washington; Henry Knox, Secretary of War;\n         Alexander Hamilton, Secretary of the Treasury; Thomas\n         Jefferson, Secretary of State; Edmund Randolph, Attorney\n         General; and the Virginia Delegates to Congress including\n         Samuel Griffin, James Monroe, Richard Henry Lee, John Walker,\n         William Grayson, and others.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePresident George Washington transmits acts of Congress to Governor Beverley Randolph. His letter of 11 August 1789 transmits an act to provide for the government of the territory north west of the Ohio River.  His letter of 24 August 1789 transmits the act providing for the expenses attending the treaties with Indian Tribes and the appointment of commissioners. Lastly, his letter of 8 October 1789 transmits duplicate acts to establish a Judicial Court of the United States, an act for registering \u0026amp; clearing vessels, and others. On 22 January 1790, the President simply writes to forward an important letter to Thomas Jefferson at Monticello. Finally, Washington's letter of 29 January 1790 relates to Gen. Wood's report respecting the materials placed at Cape Henry for the purpose of building a lighthouse and the need for a cession of the land from Virginia to the United States. (Note that these letters from Washington have separated to the Vault - George Washington Papers).\n\t\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAs Secretary of War, Henry Knox communicates frequently with Governor Randolph predominantly concerning Indian affairs and the defense of the frontier (1788 Dec. 29, 1790 July 28, 1790 Sept. 2, 1791 Feb. 26, 1791 June 11, \u0026amp; 1791 Nov. 16). This correspondence also relates to raising militia (1791 July 15 \u0026amp; 1791 Oct. 28), employing scouts \u0026amp; rangers (1790 April 14, 1790 June 10, 1790 July 17), gunpowder \u0026amp; lead for the Chickasaw Nation (1789 Dec. 24), and General Harmar's expedition against the Indians on the Ohio River (1790 March 3 \u0026amp; 1790 July 19). Knox also writes the Governor about Revolutionary War pensioners from Virginia (1789 April 25, 1789 Oct. 19, 1790 Feb. 8, 1790 April 15, \u0026amp; 1790 Sept. 15). On 15 October 1789, Knox encloses an extract of the act to recognize and adapt to the Constitution the establishment of the troops raised under the resolves of the United States. This act specifically relates to the presidential authority to raise militia to protect the frontiers. On 10 December 1789, he writes requesting a map of Kentucky and western Virginia. Finally, Knox often transmits letters to the Governor intended for William Blount, Governor of the territory ceded by North Carolina, Harry Innes, District Judge of Kentucky, and others, especially in the District of Kentucky. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAlexander Hamilton writes Governor Randolph with respect to statements of the public debt \u0026amp; loan office certificates (1789 Sept. 26, 1789 Oct. 29, 1789 Dec. 24, \u0026amp; 1791 June 27), statements of agents for settling the accounts of their respective lines in the late Army (1791 Jan. 14), and other financial matters (1790 Jan. 27 \u0026amp; 1790 Sept. 28). On 10 February 1790, Hamilton informs the Governor that the United States requires 2 acres of land to be ceded by Virginia for a lighthouse near the entrance of the Chesapeake Bay. On 8 May 1790, Hamilton writes that Edward Carrington has been requested to visit Cape Henry and make a selection for the location of the lighthouse. According to his letter from 19 June 1790, Hamilton notes that Thomas Newton of Norfolk replaced Carrington in this duty. His letter from 19 August 1790 relates to the receipt of the Governor's letter containing the cession of 2 acres on Cape Henry to the United States. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThroughout the collection are acts and resolutions of\n         Congress signed by Thomas Jefferson as Secretary of State.\n         Noteworthy is an act to provide for the unlading of ships in\n         cases of obstruction by ice (1791 Jan. 7); an act declaring\n         the consent of Congress that a new state be formed by the name\n         of Kentucky (1791 Feb. 4); a resolution that Andrew Brown be\n         appointed printer (1791 Feb. 18); an act for regulating the\n         number of representatives to be chosen by the states of\n         Kentucky \u0026amp; Vermont (1791 Feb. 25); and an act for raising\n         an additional regiment to the military establishment of the\n         United States (1791 March 10). The few pieces of\n         correspondence from Jefferson include a brief note regarding\n         the receipt of a letter from Joseph Clarke endorsed by the\n         President and forwarded to the Governor (1790 Feb. 6) and a\n         letter enclosing a collection of acts of Congress passed in\n         their second session and all the treaties promulgated by the\n         United States (1790 Aug. 30).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFollowing his governorship, Edmund Randolph served as the\n         first Attorney General of the United States. In this capacity,\n         Randolph writes the Governor with respect to the claims of\n         Beauregard \u0026amp; Bourgeois against Oliver Pollock (1790 Feb. 7\n         \u0026amp; 10); treaties belonging to the Governor (1790 July 23);\n         and Virginia land claims within the limits of Pennsylvania\n         (1790 Sept. 9).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe various members of Virginia's delegation to the First \u0026amp; Second Congresses regularly communicated with Governor Randolph on a variety of national concerns. Significant correspondence from these delegates include a letter from Josiah Parker resigning his position as naval officer of Elizabeth River at Portsmouth to take his seat in Congress (1789 Feb. 9);  a letter from Samuel Griffin accepting his appointment to Congress (1789 Feb. 24); a letter from James Madison, Jr., regarding the inspection law and the separation of state debts from National debts (1790 May 11); a letter from Richard Henry Lee \u0026amp; John Walker regarding speculators in arrears of soldiers' pay (1790 May 25); James Madison, Jr., regarding the act of Congress concerning arrears to the Virginia line (1790 May 25); James Madison, Jr., enclosing a letter from Alexander Hamilton regarding the tobacco inspection law (1790 May 26); a letter from Frederick Augustus Muhlenberg, Speaker of the House of Representatives, enclosing proceedings concerning the death of Representative Theodorick Bland (1790 June 3); a letter from James Monroe regarding his arrival in Philadelphia (1790 Dec. 10); and another letter from Monroe regarding Harmar's unsuccessful expedition against the Indians between the Ohio and the Great Lakes including the amount of casualties (1790 Dec. 16).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSignificant correspondents from Virginia State government\n         include William Davies, Commissioner of Virginia for Claims\n         Against the United States; Harry Heth, State Agent of Public\n         Tobacco; William Hay, Director of Public Buildings; John\n         Beckley \u0026amp; Charles Hay, Clerks of the House of Delegates;\n         Humphrey Brooke, Clerk of the Senate; Archibald Blair, Col.\n         Thomas Meriwether, \u0026amp; Samuel Coleman, Clerks \u0026amp;\n         Assistant Clerk of the Council of State; Capt. Elias Langham,\n         Superintendent of the Military Stores, Arms, \u0026amp; Ammunition\n         at Point of Fork Arsenal; various county lieutenants; William\n         Rose, Keeper of the Public Jail; James Innes, Attorney\n         General; Leighton Wood, Jr., \u0026amp; Samuel Shepard, Solicitors\n         General; John Pendleton, Jr., Auditor of Public Accounts; and\n         Jacquelin Ambler, Treasurer.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAs Commissioner of Virginia for Claims Against the United States, Col. William Davies corresponds regularly with Governor Randolph. Davies accepted this position from Governor Edmund Randolph on 27 Sept. 1788. His correspondence relates to his salary (1789 Jan. 1), instructions for persons to be employed to collect accounts \u0026amp; vouchers (1789 Jan. 10), examination of claims (1789 Jan. 24), pensioners (1789 Feb. 23), Andrew Dunscomb's complaints (1789 March 23), his arrival in New York (1789 April 23), the removal of the Auditor \u0026amp; Treasurer's Books prior to 1781 to New York (1789 Aug. 11), additional clerks (1789 Aug. 19), a plan for the final settlement of continental accounts (1790 July 12), and numerous other topics. Most of Davies' correspondence relates to particulars in the settlement of Virginia's claim against the United States for expenditures during the Revolutionary War.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOn 27 Jan. 1789, a bond was posted for Harry Heth to serve\n         as agent to dispose of public tobacco in the Treasury Office\n         in discharge of public taxes. He encloses a letter from\n         Benjamin Harrison, Jr., on 22 Jan. 1789, to purchase public\n         tobacco. Heth often writes the Governor submitting reports on\n         the sales of public tobacco (1789 May 20, 1789 Nov. 9, 1790\n         Jan. 5 \u0026amp; 9, 1790 March 18, \u0026amp; 1791 Oct. 6). He also\n         specifically deals with the settlement of the accounts of the\n         Westham Foundry (1789 March 3 \u0026amp; 5, 1789 June 13, \u0026amp;\n         1790 June 23).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam Hay, one of the Directors of Public Buildings,\n         corresponds with the Governor regarding the claim on the\n         estate of Col. Archibald Cary for monies advanced in 1785\n         (1789 Jan. 31); the completion of the offices for the\n         Executive Board (1789 June 18); a contract to cover the roof\n         of the Capitol with lead, etc. (1790 Jan. 6, April 12, \u0026amp;\n         May 11); statements of an estimate of the sum necessary for\n         paying the debts due the directors of public buildings (1791\n         Jan. 17); and money for the completion of the Capitol (1791\n         Oct. 15).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn Beckley (later Clerk of the U.S. House of\n         Representatives) \u0026amp; Charles Hay, Clerks of the House of\n         Delegates, \u0026amp; Humphrey Brooke, Clerk of the Senate,\n         regularly enclose resolutions from their respective bodies to\n         the Governor. Noteworthy resolutions include a proclamation\n         for the Governor to appoint electors to choose a president and\n         for representatives to serve in Congress (1788 Nov. 9 \u0026amp;\n         22); the free navigation of the Mississippi River (1788 Dec.\n         1); the election of Beverley Randolph as Governor (1788 Dec.\n         6); an additional sum to William Heth in the settlement of\n         Virginia's claim against the U.S. for the North Western\n         Territory (1788 Dec. 3); the election of Richard Cary, John\n         Tyler, \u0026amp; James Henry as judges of the General Court (1788\n         Dec. 24); the election of Cuthbert Bullitt as judge of the\n         General Court \u0026amp; Cyrus Griffin as Privy Councilor (1788\n         Dec. 27); attacks by the Creek Indians against the Chickasaws\n         and furnishing them with gun powder (1789 Oct. 23); the\n         election of James Mercer as judge of the Court of Appeals to\n         replace John Blair (1789 Nov. 18); the election of Joseph\n         Jones \u0026amp; Spencer Roane as judges of the General Court (1789\n         Nov. 19); the re-election \u0026amp; qualification of Beverley\n         Randolph as Governor (1789 Nov. 28); an appointment to examine\n         the materials provided by the State to erect a lighthouse\n         (1789 Dec. 14); the disposal of the materials used for the\n         erection of the lighthouse (1790 Nov. 5); the election of\n         George Nicholas as Attorney General for the District of\n         Kentucky in place of Harry Innes (1790 Nov. 9); the election\n         of James Monroe in the U.S. Senate to replace William Grayson\n         (1790 Nov. 9); the election of John Steele, Miles Selden,\n         \u0026amp; Hardin Burnley to the Privy Council (1790 Nov. 26); the\n         protection of citizens on the frontiers (1790 Dec. 20); and\n         the election of Henry Lee as Governor (1791 Nov. 2).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eArchibald Blair, as Clerk of the Council of State, encloses\n         extracts of minutes and orders of the Council to the Governor.\n         On 26 Nov. 1788, Blair writes regarding the request that Col.\n         Thomas Meriwether consult with printers for 500 copies of the\n         acts to appoint presidential electors. Meriwether, who\n         resigned as clerk of the Council on 30 June 1789, writes\n         regarding pensioners (1788 Dec. 9); quarterly returns and\n         payrolls of Elias Langham at Point of Fork (1789 Jan. 5);\n         Capt. Young's books and papers as successor of the Commercial\n         Agent (1789 Jan. 22); estimates by Elias Langham to enclose\n         the arsenals and magazines at Point of Fork with a stone wall,\n         etc. (1789 April 6); and his resignation (1789 June 27).\n         Samuel Coleman was appointed Assistant Clerk of the Council on\n         26 Dec. 1786. Following the resignation of Thomas Meriwether\n         on 27 June 1789, Coleman requested to fill the vacancy. He\n         writes the Governor respecting militia returns (1789 Nov. 3\n         \u0026amp; 30; 1790 Jan. 1; 1790 Feb. 2; 1790 April 1; 1790 June 1;\n         1790 Aug. 4; 1790 Oct. 12; 1791 Jan. 18; 1791 July 30; \u0026amp;\n         1791 Oct. 5); the accounts, provisions, payrolls, \u0026amp;\n         returns of Elias Langham from the Point of Fork Arsenal (1789\n         July 6, 1790 April 5, 1790 July 3, 1790 Oct. 1, 1791 Jan. 4,\n         1791 Feb. 23, 1791 April 4, 1791 June 19, 1791 July 5, \u0026amp;\n         1791 Oct. 4); his resignation on account of his health (1789\n         April 3); the accounts of James McGavock for public lead\n         delivered at Fort Chiswell (1790 Feb. 25); the claims of\n         scouts \u0026amp; rangers (1790 June 7, 21, \u0026amp; 29; 1790 Oct. 9\n         \u0026amp; 25; 1790 Dec. 11; \u0026amp; 1791 June 20); and the\n         indebtedness of James Hunter, deceased, former Superintendent\n         of the Public Foundry (1791 Aug. 27).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCapt. Elias Langham, Superintendent of the Military Stores,\n         Arms, \u0026amp; Ammunition at Point of Fork Arsenal, writes to\n         Governor Randolph regarding the cannon at Taylor's Ferry (1788\n         Nov. 21); the contractor for provisions (1789 Jan. 6); public\n         negroes at Point of Fork (1789 Feb. 7); a recommendation for\n         an appointment to the Dept. of Military Stores when\n         established by Congress (1789 April 11); ammunition for the\n         Chief of the Chickasaw Nation and an application from Chief\n         Piomingo for 40 gallons of rum (1789 Nov. 2); a letter from\n         Piomingo concerning a change in his route (1789 Nov. 4);\n         powder \u0026amp; lead furnished the Indians at New London (1790\n         Feb. 26); the complaint of Thomas Harris for his punishment\n         \u0026amp; dismissal (1790 Oct. 1); opinions on his conduct (1790\n         Dec. 19); a contract for furnishing rations at Point of Fork\n         and an addition built to the public mill (1791 Jan. 4); and\n         the purchase of iron to forge bayonets (1791 July 1). Note\n         that additional materials relating to the Point of Fork\n         Arsenal can be found in Series II.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCounty lieutenants including David Shepherd, Alexander\n         Barnett, George Clendenin, Walter Crockett, John Evans,\n         Benjamin Wilson, Benjamin Harrison, John P. Duvall, Levi Todd,\n         Robert Johnson, \u0026amp; Arthur Campbell correspond with Governor\n         Randolph on numerous occasions primarily regarding Indian\n         affairs in the western counties. David Shepherd, Ohio Co.,\n         writes regarding a treaty with the Indians at the falls of\n         Muskingum (1788 Nov. 26); a general return of militia (1789\n         April 17); the raising of a company of rangers and Indian\n         attacks at Dunkard Creek (1789 May 12); the account for\n         raising troops (1789 June 8); a return of spies \u0026amp; rangers\n         (1789 Sept. 13); and continued depredations by the Indians on\n         the frontier (1791 May 9). Alexander Barnett, Russell Co.,\n         encloses court-martial proceedings for the trial of James\n         Gibson \u0026amp; Richard Thompson for disobeying orders (1788 Dec.\n         10). George Clendenin, Greenbrier Co. (later Kanawha Co.),\n         requests an augmentation of scouts \u0026amp; rangers in Washington\n         Co. (1788 Dec. 18); writes of the treaty and atrocities by the\n         Indians west of the Ohio (1789 May 6); the new county of\n         Kanawha, recommendations for magistrates, Indian atrocities on\n         Clinch Settlement, etc. (1789 Aug. 10); depredations by the\n         Indians (1790 April 15); and the need for scouts in Kanawha\n         Co. (1791 Jan. 1). Walter Crockett, Montgomery Co., remarks on\n         the state of the frontier and the potential of Indian\n         hostilities in the spring (1789 Feb. 16). John Evans,\n         Monongalia Co., reports on Indian hostilities and the ordering\n         of scouts (1789 April 25). Benjamin Wilson \u0026amp; John P.\n         Duvall, Harrison Co., enclose a deposition concerning Indian\n         attacks (1789 May 22); provide a list of \"mischief\" done by\n         the Indians (1789 Sept. 28); and report on Indian attacks\n         (1791 Nov. 27). Benjamin Harrison, Rockingham Co., writes in\n         relation to the strength of militia and militia fines (1789\n         May 27). Levi Todd, Fayette Co., notes the need for additional\n         magistrates, the attack on Federal troops by the Indians, and\n         the separation of Kentucky (1789 May 27). Robert Johnson,\n         Woodford Co., writes about the recommendation of the court for\n         militia officers and Indian \"mischief\" (1789 June 15). Lastly,\n         Arthur Campbell, Washington Co., chronicles Indian attacks in\n         Russell Co. (1789 July 20); a confrontation between the Creek\n         Indians \u0026amp; Spaniards (1789 Aug. 1); and submits a return of\n         militia (1789 Nov. 3).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam Rose as Keeper of the Public Jail periodically\n         transmits lists or calendars of criminals convicted at the\n         General Court (1788 Dec. 8, 1789 March 14, \u0026amp; 1789 Aug.\n         31). Rose also writes the Governor regarding specific inmates\n         including Littlebury Cotton charged with horse stealing (1789\n         April 13 \u0026amp; 23) and John Rose imprisoned for debts (1790\n         Dec. 22).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJames Innes served as Attorney General to the Commonwealth\n         during Randolph's administration as Governor. Innes provides\n         his opinion on various issues including the case of Catherine\n         Crull sentenced to death for the murder of her husband (1789\n         Jan. 28); the memorial of Joseph Latil regarding the revenue\n         law (1789 March 2); the act for granting relief to sheriffs\n         \u0026amp; collectors of revenue (1789 March 2); prisoners in the\n         new district jails of New London \u0026amp; Dumfries (1789 March\n         28); the case of Ephraim Willard \u0026amp; John Whitney for\n         counterfeiting (1789 May 23); the case of George Byrd\n         sentenced to death for horse stealing (1789 May 25); warrants\n         issued to scouts \u0026amp; rangers (1789 Dec. 23); the oath to\n         support the U.S. Constitution (1790 March 20); the Governor's\n         right to withhold his signature from patents claiming property\n         over the waters of the James River between the Rocky Islands\n         (1790 April 4); the case of the executors of Archibald Cary\n         (1790 June 4); commissioner's fees (1790 Aug. 27); the case of\n         Caleb Hill sentenced to death for horse stealing (1791 April\n         27); and the case of Hunter Banks \u0026amp; Co. (1791 June 8).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGovernor Randolph corresponds often with Leighton Wood,\n         Jr., \u0026amp; Samuel Shepard (formerly Clerk), Solicitors\n         General; John Pendleton, Jr., Auditor of Public Accounts; and\n         Jacquelin Ambler, Treasurer, regarding various financial\n         matters. Leighton Wood \u0026amp; Samuel Shepard submit lists of\n         inspectors bonds in the Solicitor's Office (1789 Jan. 24) and\n         reports of delinquent sheriffs (1789 April 23, 1789 May 22).\n         On 6 Jan. 1790, Wood writes the Governor regarding the sale of\n         the state Boats Liberty \u0026amp; Patriot by James Heron of\n         Norfolk. In addition, the Solicitors often write the Governor\n         with respect to specific accounts, especially sheriff accounts\n         of revenue. Wood also writes in support of Samuel Shepard to\n         serve as Solicitor General during his absence due to illness\n         (1790 March 29). Leighton Wood eventually submits his\n         resignation as Solicitor General on 6 July 1791 (See also 1791\n         May 29). John Pendleton encloses accounts of sundry expenses\n         in protecting \u0026amp; defending the frontier from the Indians in\n         the lands west of the Ohio River (1789 Feb. 19); lists of\n         balances from inspectors \u0026amp; county court clerks (1789 Jan.\n         29); the account of the expense of the two expeditions against\n         the Shawnee \u0026amp; Wabash Indians (1789 Dec. 17); the claim of\n         Oliver Pollock (1790 Jan. 4). In addition, Pendleton\n         administers oaths to various state officers including John\n         Dawson \u0026amp; John H. Briggs to the Privy Council (1789 Dec.\n         21) and Beverley Randolph as Governor (1790 Dec. 3). Ambler\n         encloses accounts of monies paid in part of the expenses\n         attending scouts \u0026amp; rangers (1789 Jan. 1); accounts of\n         payments made into the Treasury by the Superior \u0026amp; County\n         Court Clerks (1789 Feb. 6); accounts of payments by inspectors\n         of tobacco (1789 Jan. 28). He writes regarding unpaid expenses\n         of the General Assembly (1788 Dec. 31); security for the\n         Treasury in the new Capitol including iron bars for the\n         windows (1789 June 15); the balance of specie in the Treasury\n         (1789 June 30, 1789 Aug. 11, 1789 Oct. 15, 1789 Dec. 23 \u0026amp;\n         31, 1790 Feb. 1, 1790 April 27, \u0026amp; 1791 Jan. 14); his\n         resignation as one of the Directors of the Public Buildings\n         (1791 Jan. 3); and crop and transfer tobacco in the Treasury\n         for arrears of taxes (1791 May 10).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAdditional significant correspondence includes the following: Edmund Randolph to the Council of State regarding his leaving office (1788 Nov. 17); the Judges of the General Court enclosing a list of persons convicted of capital offenses (1788 Dec. 16); John Blair accepting his commission as a judge of the Court of Appeals (1789 Jan. 16); John Dawson regarding the Convention of Kentucky on the navigation of the Mississippi and surrendering the river to Spain (1789 Jan. 29); Martin Oster, French Consul regarding the controversy between Henry Cugneau \u0026amp; Jean Alexis Subercaseaux and John Cauvey (1789 Jan. 31, 1789 March 2 \u0026amp; 22); William Fleming \u0026amp; Peter Lyons regarding their appointments as Judges of the Court of Appeals (1789 Feb. 10); Paul Carrington regarding his appointment to the General Court (1789 Feb. 20); Cyrus Griffin regarding the appointment of William Davies (1789 March 9); Andrew Dunscomb to Davies regarding job \u0026amp; salary (1789 March 17); William Russell regarding the relinquishment to the public of the Capitol Square in Williamsburg and the buildings thereon (1789 May 1); a letter from James Madison, President of Board of Directors, regarding funds to support the Lunatic Hospital in Williamsburg (1789 June 7); Samuel McDowell regarding a remonstrance from inhabitants of the District of Kentucky against discharging the militia from service (1789 July 36); John Hancock regarding the conveyance of the bodies of James Brown \u0026amp; William Davis charged with piracy (1789 Sept. 13); David Ross recommending Piomingo, Chief of the Chickasaws, to pass through the country to New York (1789 Oct. 12); Patrick Henry regarding rifles \u0026amp; expenses for Indians (1789 Oct. 27); John Fitzgerald enclosing an address of the people of Georgetown \u0026amp; Alexandria on the advantages of the Potomac River for the permanent seat of the Federal Government (1789 Dec. 22); George Nicholas regarding his appointment as Attorney General for the District of Kentucky (1790 Jan. 30); William Tatham regarding Hutchin's map, etc. (1790 Feb. 24, April 13, \u0026amp; Aug. 10); James Taylor concerning the proceedings of the Commissioners of the Marine Hospital (1790 March 26, 1790 Oct. 9, \u0026amp; 1791 May 18); Thomas Newton, Jr., regarding a plat of the 2 acres for the Cape Henry Lighthouse (1790 July 25); Simon Fraser regarding an attempt to burn the town of Petersburg (1790 Aug. 10); Gov. J.E. Howard, Maryland, regarding the erection of a lighthouse and disposal of the materials provided for the construction (1791 Jan. 7); Thomas Newton, Jr., regarding McComb's excavation for the lighthouse (1791 July 18); John McComb regarding the foundation for the lighthouse at Cape Henry (1791 July 22); Thomas Johnson, David, Stuart, \u0026amp; Daniel Carroll regarding a draft for the construction of the federal buildings (1791 Aug. 2); David Stuart regarding financial problems in constructing the federal buildings (1791 Aug. 5); and James Madison enclosing proceedings of the Directors of the Hospital for Lunatics (1791 Oct. 26).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOther noteworthy items include: an act regarding the\n         credentials of the senators (1788 Dec. 28); a court order\n         recommending Wilson Cary Nicholas as county lieutenant of\n         Albemarle Co. (1789 Jan. 8); the bond of William Lindsay as\n         Naval Officer of the Elizabeth River District (1789 Feb. 23);\n         a return of the State Electoral College \u0026amp; election\n         certificates from the first Presidential election (1789 Feb.);\n         a report of the Committee as to the Removal into the New\n         Capitol regarding apartments (1789 June 9); proclamations by\n         the Governor (1789 June 5, 1789 July 21, 1791 May 3); the\n         sales at auction of the State Boats Liberty \u0026amp; Patriot by\n         Capt. Richard Taylor (1789 Aug. 6); the oath of allegiance to\n         Cyrus Griffin as Privy Councilor (1789 Oct. 29); oath of\n         allegiance to Charles Carter as Privy Councilor (1789 Nov.\n         30); a report of the committee regarding appropriations for\n         the building of the Capitol in Richmond (1789 Dec. 14); an\n         account with Bassett Mosely to construct the lighthouse at\n         Cape Henry (1790 Jan. 9); the report of Lt. Gov. James Wood\n         regarding the lighthouse (1790 Jan. 13); the oath of Thomas\n         Madison as Privy Councilor (1790 Jan. 19); the meeting of the\n         Directors of the Lunatic Hospital regarding the resignations\n         of John Blair \u0026amp; James Innes (1790 Feb. 16); the deed of\n         cession from Virginia to the United States for 2 acres of land\n         at Cape Henry for the purpose of erecting a lighthouse (1790\n         Aug. 9); a proclamation of President George Washington of a\n         treaty between the U.S. and Creek Nation (1790 Aug. 13); and a\n         speech of George Washington regarding public credit, the\n         District of Kentucky \u0026amp; statehood, Indian incursions on\n         frontier settlements, etc. (1790 Dec. 8).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries II: Subject Files. This series is arranged\n         alphabetically by subject and relates to the Point of Fork\n         Arsenal in Fluvanna Co., Virginia. The series contains\n         accounts of cash \u0026amp; provisions, pay rolls of artificers\n         \u0026amp; state guard, quarterly accounts of muskets, quarter\n         master stores, \u0026amp; clothing, returns of ordnance \u0026amp;\n         military stores, and vouchers between 1789 and 1791. Note that\n         not all materials related to the Point of Fork Arsenal have\n         been separated to this series. Correspondence related to the\n         Arsenal can be found in Series I.\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content Information"],"scopecontent_tesim":["Governor Randolph's Executive papers are organized into two\n         series. Series have been designated for Chronological files\n         and Subject files. The bulk of the material can be found in\n         the Chronological files' series which primarily consists of\n         incoming correspondence during Randolph's three one-year terms\n         as governor between 12 November 1788 and 1 December 1791. In\n         addition to correspondence, there are acts \u0026 resolutions\n         from Congress and the Virginia Senate \u0026 House of\n         Delegates, orders of the Council of State, accounts, oaths,\n         pardons, lists or calendars of criminals, depositions,\n         proclamations, petitions, reports, appointments, bonds,\n         circulars, proceedings, applications, agreements, extracts of\n         journals \u0026 minutes, court records, certificates, returns,\n         receipts, and other sundry items.","Series I: Chronological Files. The correspondence in this\n         series relates to a variety of topics including state expenses\n         \u0026 revenue, militia, recommendations for state positions,\n         pardons, legislation, public tobacco, Revolutionary claims\n         \u0026 pensioners, Presidential electors, Indian affairs,\n         navigation, revisal of laws, resignations, elections,\n         appointments, criminals \u0026 the Public Jail, the Cape Henry\n         Lighthouse, the Point of Fork Arsenal, and the Marine\n         Hospital. Noteworthy correspondence originates from the United\n         States government, Virginia State government, and\n         miscellaneous sources. Prominent correspondents from the\n         United States government include President George Washington; Henry Knox, Secretary of War;\n         Alexander Hamilton, Secretary of the Treasury; Thomas\n         Jefferson, Secretary of State; Edmund Randolph, Attorney\n         General; and the Virginia Delegates to Congress including\n         Samuel Griffin, James Monroe, Richard Henry Lee, John Walker,\n         William Grayson, and others.","President George Washington transmits acts of Congress to Governor Beverley Randolph. His letter of 11 August 1789 transmits an act to provide for the government of the territory north west of the Ohio River.  His letter of 24 August 1789 transmits the act providing for the expenses attending the treaties with Indian Tribes and the appointment of commissioners. Lastly, his letter of 8 October 1789 transmits duplicate acts to establish a Judicial Court of the United States, an act for registering \u0026 clearing vessels, and others. On 22 January 1790, the President simply writes to forward an important letter to Thomas Jefferson at Monticello. Finally, Washington's letter of 29 January 1790 relates to Gen. Wood's report respecting the materials placed at Cape Henry for the purpose of building a lighthouse and the need for a cession of the land from Virginia to the United States. (Note that these letters from Washington have separated to the Vault - George Washington Papers).\n\t","As Secretary of War, Henry Knox communicates frequently with Governor Randolph predominantly concerning Indian affairs and the defense of the frontier (1788 Dec. 29, 1790 July 28, 1790 Sept. 2, 1791 Feb. 26, 1791 June 11, \u0026 1791 Nov. 16). This correspondence also relates to raising militia (1791 July 15 \u0026 1791 Oct. 28), employing scouts \u0026 rangers (1790 April 14, 1790 June 10, 1790 July 17), gunpowder \u0026 lead for the Chickasaw Nation (1789 Dec. 24), and General Harmar's expedition against the Indians on the Ohio River (1790 March 3 \u0026 1790 July 19). Knox also writes the Governor about Revolutionary War pensioners from Virginia (1789 April 25, 1789 Oct. 19, 1790 Feb. 8, 1790 April 15, \u0026 1790 Sept. 15). On 15 October 1789, Knox encloses an extract of the act to recognize and adapt to the Constitution the establishment of the troops raised under the resolves of the United States. This act specifically relates to the presidential authority to raise militia to protect the frontiers. On 10 December 1789, he writes requesting a map of Kentucky and western Virginia. Finally, Knox often transmits letters to the Governor intended for William Blount, Governor of the territory ceded by North Carolina, Harry Innes, District Judge of Kentucky, and others, especially in the District of Kentucky. ","Alexander Hamilton writes Governor Randolph with respect to statements of the public debt \u0026 loan office certificates (1789 Sept. 26, 1789 Oct. 29, 1789 Dec. 24, \u0026 1791 June 27), statements of agents for settling the accounts of their respective lines in the late Army (1791 Jan. 14), and other financial matters (1790 Jan. 27 \u0026 1790 Sept. 28). On 10 February 1790, Hamilton informs the Governor that the United States requires 2 acres of land to be ceded by Virginia for a lighthouse near the entrance of the Chesapeake Bay. On 8 May 1790, Hamilton writes that Edward Carrington has been requested to visit Cape Henry and make a selection for the location of the lighthouse. According to his letter from 19 June 1790, Hamilton notes that Thomas Newton of Norfolk replaced Carrington in this duty. His letter from 19 August 1790 relates to the receipt of the Governor's letter containing the cession of 2 acres on Cape Henry to the United States. ","Throughout the collection are acts and resolutions of\n         Congress signed by Thomas Jefferson as Secretary of State.\n         Noteworthy is an act to provide for the unlading of ships in\n         cases of obstruction by ice (1791 Jan. 7); an act declaring\n         the consent of Congress that a new state be formed by the name\n         of Kentucky (1791 Feb. 4); a resolution that Andrew Brown be\n         appointed printer (1791 Feb. 18); an act for regulating the\n         number of representatives to be chosen by the states of\n         Kentucky \u0026 Vermont (1791 Feb. 25); and an act for raising\n         an additional regiment to the military establishment of the\n         United States (1791 March 10). The few pieces of\n         correspondence from Jefferson include a brief note regarding\n         the receipt of a letter from Joseph Clarke endorsed by the\n         President and forwarded to the Governor (1790 Feb. 6) and a\n         letter enclosing a collection of acts of Congress passed in\n         their second session and all the treaties promulgated by the\n         United States (1790 Aug. 30).","Following his governorship, Edmund Randolph served as the\n         first Attorney General of the United States. In this capacity,\n         Randolph writes the Governor with respect to the claims of\n         Beauregard \u0026 Bourgeois against Oliver Pollock (1790 Feb. 7\n         \u0026 10); treaties belonging to the Governor (1790 July 23);\n         and Virginia land claims within the limits of Pennsylvania\n         (1790 Sept. 9).","The various members of Virginia's delegation to the First \u0026 Second Congresses regularly communicated with Governor Randolph on a variety of national concerns. Significant correspondence from these delegates include a letter from Josiah Parker resigning his position as naval officer of Elizabeth River at Portsmouth to take his seat in Congress (1789 Feb. 9);  a letter from Samuel Griffin accepting his appointment to Congress (1789 Feb. 24); a letter from James Madison, Jr., regarding the inspection law and the separation of state debts from National debts (1790 May 11); a letter from Richard Henry Lee \u0026 John Walker regarding speculators in arrears of soldiers' pay (1790 May 25); James Madison, Jr., regarding the act of Congress concerning arrears to the Virginia line (1790 May 25); James Madison, Jr., enclosing a letter from Alexander Hamilton regarding the tobacco inspection law (1790 May 26); a letter from Frederick Augustus Muhlenberg, Speaker of the House of Representatives, enclosing proceedings concerning the death of Representative Theodorick Bland (1790 June 3); a letter from James Monroe regarding his arrival in Philadelphia (1790 Dec. 10); and another letter from Monroe regarding Harmar's unsuccessful expedition against the Indians between the Ohio and the Great Lakes including the amount of casualties (1790 Dec. 16).","Significant correspondents from Virginia State government\n         include William Davies, Commissioner of Virginia for Claims\n         Against the United States; Harry Heth, State Agent of Public\n         Tobacco; William Hay, Director of Public Buildings; John\n         Beckley \u0026 Charles Hay, Clerks of the House of Delegates;\n         Humphrey Brooke, Clerk of the Senate; Archibald Blair, Col.\n         Thomas Meriwether, \u0026 Samuel Coleman, Clerks \u0026\n         Assistant Clerk of the Council of State; Capt. Elias Langham,\n         Superintendent of the Military Stores, Arms, \u0026 Ammunition\n         at Point of Fork Arsenal; various county lieutenants; William\n         Rose, Keeper of the Public Jail; James Innes, Attorney\n         General; Leighton Wood, Jr., \u0026 Samuel Shepard, Solicitors\n         General; John Pendleton, Jr., Auditor of Public Accounts; and\n         Jacquelin Ambler, Treasurer.","As Commissioner of Virginia for Claims Against the United States, Col. William Davies corresponds regularly with Governor Randolph. Davies accepted this position from Governor Edmund Randolph on 27 Sept. 1788. His correspondence relates to his salary (1789 Jan. 1), instructions for persons to be employed to collect accounts \u0026 vouchers (1789 Jan. 10), examination of claims (1789 Jan. 24), pensioners (1789 Feb. 23), Andrew Dunscomb's complaints (1789 March 23), his arrival in New York (1789 April 23), the removal of the Auditor \u0026 Treasurer's Books prior to 1781 to New York (1789 Aug. 11), additional clerks (1789 Aug. 19), a plan for the final settlement of continental accounts (1790 July 12), and numerous other topics. Most of Davies' correspondence relates to particulars in the settlement of Virginia's claim against the United States for expenditures during the Revolutionary War.","On 27 Jan. 1789, a bond was posted for Harry Heth to serve\n         as agent to dispose of public tobacco in the Treasury Office\n         in discharge of public taxes. He encloses a letter from\n         Benjamin Harrison, Jr., on 22 Jan. 1789, to purchase public\n         tobacco. Heth often writes the Governor submitting reports on\n         the sales of public tobacco (1789 May 20, 1789 Nov. 9, 1790\n         Jan. 5 \u0026 9, 1790 March 18, \u0026 1791 Oct. 6). He also\n         specifically deals with the settlement of the accounts of the\n         Westham Foundry (1789 March 3 \u0026 5, 1789 June 13, \u0026\n         1790 June 23).","William Hay, one of the Directors of Public Buildings,\n         corresponds with the Governor regarding the claim on the\n         estate of Col. Archibald Cary for monies advanced in 1785\n         (1789 Jan. 31); the completion of the offices for the\n         Executive Board (1789 June 18); a contract to cover the roof\n         of the Capitol with lead, etc. (1790 Jan. 6, April 12, \u0026\n         May 11); statements of an estimate of the sum necessary for\n         paying the debts due the directors of public buildings (1791\n         Jan. 17); and money for the completion of the Capitol (1791\n         Oct. 15).","John Beckley (later Clerk of the U.S. House of\n         Representatives) \u0026 Charles Hay, Clerks of the House of\n         Delegates, \u0026 Humphrey Brooke, Clerk of the Senate,\n         regularly enclose resolutions from their respective bodies to\n         the Governor. Noteworthy resolutions include a proclamation\n         for the Governor to appoint electors to choose a president and\n         for representatives to serve in Congress (1788 Nov. 9 \u0026\n         22); the free navigation of the Mississippi River (1788 Dec.\n         1); the election of Beverley Randolph as Governor (1788 Dec.\n         6); an additional sum to William Heth in the settlement of\n         Virginia's claim against the U.S. for the North Western\n         Territory (1788 Dec. 3); the election of Richard Cary, John\n         Tyler, \u0026 James Henry as judges of the General Court (1788\n         Dec. 24); the election of Cuthbert Bullitt as judge of the\n         General Court \u0026 Cyrus Griffin as Privy Councilor (1788\n         Dec. 27); attacks by the Creek Indians against the Chickasaws\n         and furnishing them with gun powder (1789 Oct. 23); the\n         election of James Mercer as judge of the Court of Appeals to\n         replace John Blair (1789 Nov. 18); the election of Joseph\n         Jones \u0026 Spencer Roane as judges of the General Court (1789\n         Nov. 19); the re-election \u0026 qualification of Beverley\n         Randolph as Governor (1789 Nov. 28); an appointment to examine\n         the materials provided by the State to erect a lighthouse\n         (1789 Dec. 14); the disposal of the materials used for the\n         erection of the lighthouse (1790 Nov. 5); the election of\n         George Nicholas as Attorney General for the District of\n         Kentucky in place of Harry Innes (1790 Nov. 9); the election\n         of James Monroe in the U.S. Senate to replace William Grayson\n         (1790 Nov. 9); the election of John Steele, Miles Selden,\n         \u0026 Hardin Burnley to the Privy Council (1790 Nov. 26); the\n         protection of citizens on the frontiers (1790 Dec. 20); and\n         the election of Henry Lee as Governor (1791 Nov. 2).","Archibald Blair, as Clerk of the Council of State, encloses\n         extracts of minutes and orders of the Council to the Governor.\n         On 26 Nov. 1788, Blair writes regarding the request that Col.\n         Thomas Meriwether consult with printers for 500 copies of the\n         acts to appoint presidential electors. Meriwether, who\n         resigned as clerk of the Council on 30 June 1789, writes\n         regarding pensioners (1788 Dec. 9); quarterly returns and\n         payrolls of Elias Langham at Point of Fork (1789 Jan. 5);\n         Capt. Young's books and papers as successor of the Commercial\n         Agent (1789 Jan. 22); estimates by Elias Langham to enclose\n         the arsenals and magazines at Point of Fork with a stone wall,\n         etc. (1789 April 6); and his resignation (1789 June 27).\n         Samuel Coleman was appointed Assistant Clerk of the Council on\n         26 Dec. 1786. Following the resignation of Thomas Meriwether\n         on 27 June 1789, Coleman requested to fill the vacancy. He\n         writes the Governor respecting militia returns (1789 Nov. 3\n         \u0026 30; 1790 Jan. 1; 1790 Feb. 2; 1790 April 1; 1790 June 1;\n         1790 Aug. 4; 1790 Oct. 12; 1791 Jan. 18; 1791 July 30; \u0026\n         1791 Oct. 5); the accounts, provisions, payrolls, \u0026\n         returns of Elias Langham from the Point of Fork Arsenal (1789\n         July 6, 1790 April 5, 1790 July 3, 1790 Oct. 1, 1791 Jan. 4,\n         1791 Feb. 23, 1791 April 4, 1791 June 19, 1791 July 5, \u0026\n         1791 Oct. 4); his resignation on account of his health (1789\n         April 3); the accounts of James McGavock for public lead\n         delivered at Fort Chiswell (1790 Feb. 25); the claims of\n         scouts \u0026 rangers (1790 June 7, 21, \u0026 29; 1790 Oct. 9\n         \u0026 25; 1790 Dec. 11; \u0026 1791 June 20); and the\n         indebtedness of James Hunter, deceased, former Superintendent\n         of the Public Foundry (1791 Aug. 27).","Capt. Elias Langham, Superintendent of the Military Stores,\n         Arms, \u0026 Ammunition at Point of Fork Arsenal, writes to\n         Governor Randolph regarding the cannon at Taylor's Ferry (1788\n         Nov. 21); the contractor for provisions (1789 Jan. 6); public\n         negroes at Point of Fork (1789 Feb. 7); a recommendation for\n         an appointment to the Dept. of Military Stores when\n         established by Congress (1789 April 11); ammunition for the\n         Chief of the Chickasaw Nation and an application from Chief\n         Piomingo for 40 gallons of rum (1789 Nov. 2); a letter from\n         Piomingo concerning a change in his route (1789 Nov. 4);\n         powder \u0026 lead furnished the Indians at New London (1790\n         Feb. 26); the complaint of Thomas Harris for his punishment\n         \u0026 dismissal (1790 Oct. 1); opinions on his conduct (1790\n         Dec. 19); a contract for furnishing rations at Point of Fork\n         and an addition built to the public mill (1791 Jan. 4); and\n         the purchase of iron to forge bayonets (1791 July 1). Note\n         that additional materials relating to the Point of Fork\n         Arsenal can be found in Series II.","County lieutenants including David Shepherd, Alexander\n         Barnett, George Clendenin, Walter Crockett, John Evans,\n         Benjamin Wilson, Benjamin Harrison, John P. Duvall, Levi Todd,\n         Robert Johnson, \u0026 Arthur Campbell correspond with Governor\n         Randolph on numerous occasions primarily regarding Indian\n         affairs in the western counties. David Shepherd, Ohio Co.,\n         writes regarding a treaty with the Indians at the falls of\n         Muskingum (1788 Nov. 26); a general return of militia (1789\n         April 17); the raising of a company of rangers and Indian\n         attacks at Dunkard Creek (1789 May 12); the account for\n         raising troops (1789 June 8); a return of spies \u0026 rangers\n         (1789 Sept. 13); and continued depredations by the Indians on\n         the frontier (1791 May 9). Alexander Barnett, Russell Co.,\n         encloses court-martial proceedings for the trial of James\n         Gibson \u0026 Richard Thompson for disobeying orders (1788 Dec.\n         10). George Clendenin, Greenbrier Co. (later Kanawha Co.),\n         requests an augmentation of scouts \u0026 rangers in Washington\n         Co. (1788 Dec. 18); writes of the treaty and atrocities by the\n         Indians west of the Ohio (1789 May 6); the new county of\n         Kanawha, recommendations for magistrates, Indian atrocities on\n         Clinch Settlement, etc. (1789 Aug. 10); depredations by the\n         Indians (1790 April 15); and the need for scouts in Kanawha\n         Co. (1791 Jan. 1). Walter Crockett, Montgomery Co., remarks on\n         the state of the frontier and the potential of Indian\n         hostilities in the spring (1789 Feb. 16). John Evans,\n         Monongalia Co., reports on Indian hostilities and the ordering\n         of scouts (1789 April 25). Benjamin Wilson \u0026 John P.\n         Duvall, Harrison Co., enclose a deposition concerning Indian\n         attacks (1789 May 22); provide a list of \"mischief\" done by\n         the Indians (1789 Sept. 28); and report on Indian attacks\n         (1791 Nov. 27). Benjamin Harrison, Rockingham Co., writes in\n         relation to the strength of militia and militia fines (1789\n         May 27). Levi Todd, Fayette Co., notes the need for additional\n         magistrates, the attack on Federal troops by the Indians, and\n         the separation of Kentucky (1789 May 27). Robert Johnson,\n         Woodford Co., writes about the recommendation of the court for\n         militia officers and Indian \"mischief\" (1789 June 15). Lastly,\n         Arthur Campbell, Washington Co., chronicles Indian attacks in\n         Russell Co. (1789 July 20); a confrontation between the Creek\n         Indians \u0026 Spaniards (1789 Aug. 1); and submits a return of\n         militia (1789 Nov. 3).","William Rose as Keeper of the Public Jail periodically\n         transmits lists or calendars of criminals convicted at the\n         General Court (1788 Dec. 8, 1789 March 14, \u0026 1789 Aug.\n         31). Rose also writes the Governor regarding specific inmates\n         including Littlebury Cotton charged with horse stealing (1789\n         April 13 \u0026 23) and John Rose imprisoned for debts (1790\n         Dec. 22).","James Innes served as Attorney General to the Commonwealth\n         during Randolph's administration as Governor. Innes provides\n         his opinion on various issues including the case of Catherine\n         Crull sentenced to death for the murder of her husband (1789\n         Jan. 28); the memorial of Joseph Latil regarding the revenue\n         law (1789 March 2); the act for granting relief to sheriffs\n         \u0026 collectors of revenue (1789 March 2); prisoners in the\n         new district jails of New London \u0026 Dumfries (1789 March\n         28); the case of Ephraim Willard \u0026 John Whitney for\n         counterfeiting (1789 May 23); the case of George Byrd\n         sentenced to death for horse stealing (1789 May 25); warrants\n         issued to scouts \u0026 rangers (1789 Dec. 23); the oath to\n         support the U.S. Constitution (1790 March 20); the Governor's\n         right to withhold his signature from patents claiming property\n         over the waters of the James River between the Rocky Islands\n         (1790 April 4); the case of the executors of Archibald Cary\n         (1790 June 4); commissioner's fees (1790 Aug. 27); the case of\n         Caleb Hill sentenced to death for horse stealing (1791 April\n         27); and the case of Hunter Banks \u0026 Co. (1791 June 8).","Governor Randolph corresponds often with Leighton Wood,\n         Jr., \u0026 Samuel Shepard (formerly Clerk), Solicitors\n         General; John Pendleton, Jr., Auditor of Public Accounts; and\n         Jacquelin Ambler, Treasurer, regarding various financial\n         matters. Leighton Wood \u0026 Samuel Shepard submit lists of\n         inspectors bonds in the Solicitor's Office (1789 Jan. 24) and\n         reports of delinquent sheriffs (1789 April 23, 1789 May 22).\n         On 6 Jan. 1790, Wood writes the Governor regarding the sale of\n         the state Boats Liberty \u0026 Patriot by James Heron of\n         Norfolk. In addition, the Solicitors often write the Governor\n         with respect to specific accounts, especially sheriff accounts\n         of revenue. Wood also writes in support of Samuel Shepard to\n         serve as Solicitor General during his absence due to illness\n         (1790 March 29). Leighton Wood eventually submits his\n         resignation as Solicitor General on 6 July 1791 (See also 1791\n         May 29). John Pendleton encloses accounts of sundry expenses\n         in protecting \u0026 defending the frontier from the Indians in\n         the lands west of the Ohio River (1789 Feb. 19); lists of\n         balances from inspectors \u0026 county court clerks (1789 Jan.\n         29); the account of the expense of the two expeditions against\n         the Shawnee \u0026 Wabash Indians (1789 Dec. 17); the claim of\n         Oliver Pollock (1790 Jan. 4). In addition, Pendleton\n         administers oaths to various state officers including John\n         Dawson \u0026 John H. Briggs to the Privy Council (1789 Dec.\n         21) and Beverley Randolph as Governor (1790 Dec. 3). Ambler\n         encloses accounts of monies paid in part of the expenses\n         attending scouts \u0026 rangers (1789 Jan. 1); accounts of\n         payments made into the Treasury by the Superior \u0026 County\n         Court Clerks (1789 Feb. 6); accounts of payments by inspectors\n         of tobacco (1789 Jan. 28). He writes regarding unpaid expenses\n         of the General Assembly (1788 Dec. 31); security for the\n         Treasury in the new Capitol including iron bars for the\n         windows (1789 June 15); the balance of specie in the Treasury\n         (1789 June 30, 1789 Aug. 11, 1789 Oct. 15, 1789 Dec. 23 \u0026\n         31, 1790 Feb. 1, 1790 April 27, \u0026 1791 Jan. 14); his\n         resignation as one of the Directors of the Public Buildings\n         (1791 Jan. 3); and crop and transfer tobacco in the Treasury\n         for arrears of taxes (1791 May 10).","Additional significant correspondence includes the following: Edmund Randolph to the Council of State regarding his leaving office (1788 Nov. 17); the Judges of the General Court enclosing a list of persons convicted of capital offenses (1788 Dec. 16); John Blair accepting his commission as a judge of the Court of Appeals (1789 Jan. 16); John Dawson regarding the Convention of Kentucky on the navigation of the Mississippi and surrendering the river to Spain (1789 Jan. 29); Martin Oster, French Consul regarding the controversy between Henry Cugneau \u0026 Jean Alexis Subercaseaux and John Cauvey (1789 Jan. 31, 1789 March 2 \u0026 22); William Fleming \u0026 Peter Lyons regarding their appointments as Judges of the Court of Appeals (1789 Feb. 10); Paul Carrington regarding his appointment to the General Court (1789 Feb. 20); Cyrus Griffin regarding the appointment of William Davies (1789 March 9); Andrew Dunscomb to Davies regarding job \u0026 salary (1789 March 17); William Russell regarding the relinquishment to the public of the Capitol Square in Williamsburg and the buildings thereon (1789 May 1); a letter from James Madison, President of Board of Directors, regarding funds to support the Lunatic Hospital in Williamsburg (1789 June 7); Samuel McDowell regarding a remonstrance from inhabitants of the District of Kentucky against discharging the militia from service (1789 July 36); John Hancock regarding the conveyance of the bodies of James Brown \u0026 William Davis charged with piracy (1789 Sept. 13); David Ross recommending Piomingo, Chief of the Chickasaws, to pass through the country to New York (1789 Oct. 12); Patrick Henry regarding rifles \u0026 expenses for Indians (1789 Oct. 27); John Fitzgerald enclosing an address of the people of Georgetown \u0026 Alexandria on the advantages of the Potomac River for the permanent seat of the Federal Government (1789 Dec. 22); George Nicholas regarding his appointment as Attorney General for the District of Kentucky (1790 Jan. 30); William Tatham regarding Hutchin's map, etc. (1790 Feb. 24, April 13, \u0026 Aug. 10); James Taylor concerning the proceedings of the Commissioners of the Marine Hospital (1790 March 26, 1790 Oct. 9, \u0026 1791 May 18); Thomas Newton, Jr., regarding a plat of the 2 acres for the Cape Henry Lighthouse (1790 July 25); Simon Fraser regarding an attempt to burn the town of Petersburg (1790 Aug. 10); Gov. J.E. Howard, Maryland, regarding the erection of a lighthouse and disposal of the materials provided for the construction (1791 Jan. 7); Thomas Newton, Jr., regarding McComb's excavation for the lighthouse (1791 July 18); John McComb regarding the foundation for the lighthouse at Cape Henry (1791 July 22); Thomas Johnson, David, Stuart, \u0026 Daniel Carroll regarding a draft for the construction of the federal buildings (1791 Aug. 2); David Stuart regarding financial problems in constructing the federal buildings (1791 Aug. 5); and James Madison enclosing proceedings of the Directors of the Hospital for Lunatics (1791 Oct. 26).","Other noteworthy items include: an act regarding the\n         credentials of the senators (1788 Dec. 28); a court order\n         recommending Wilson Cary Nicholas as county lieutenant of\n         Albemarle Co. (1789 Jan. 8); the bond of William Lindsay as\n         Naval Officer of the Elizabeth River District (1789 Feb. 23);\n         a return of the State Electoral College \u0026 election\n         certificates from the first Presidential election (1789 Feb.);\n         a report of the Committee as to the Removal into the New\n         Capitol regarding apartments (1789 June 9); proclamations by\n         the Governor (1789 June 5, 1789 July 21, 1791 May 3); the\n         sales at auction of the State Boats Liberty \u0026 Patriot by\n         Capt. Richard Taylor (1789 Aug. 6); the oath of allegiance to\n         Cyrus Griffin as Privy Councilor (1789 Oct. 29); oath of\n         allegiance to Charles Carter as Privy Councilor (1789 Nov.\n         30); a report of the committee regarding appropriations for\n         the building of the Capitol in Richmond (1789 Dec. 14); an\n         account with Bassett Mosely to construct the lighthouse at\n         Cape Henry (1790 Jan. 9); the report of Lt. Gov. James Wood\n         regarding the lighthouse (1790 Jan. 13); the oath of Thomas\n         Madison as Privy Councilor (1790 Jan. 19); the meeting of the\n         Directors of the Lunatic Hospital regarding the resignations\n         of John Blair \u0026 James Innes (1790 Feb. 16); the deed of\n         cession from Virginia to the United States for 2 acres of land\n         at Cape Henry for the purpose of erecting a lighthouse (1790\n         Aug. 9); a proclamation of President George Washington of a\n         treaty between the U.S. and Creek Nation (1790 Aug. 13); and a\n         speech of George Washington regarding public credit, the\n         District of Kentucky \u0026 statehood, Indian incursions on\n         frontier settlements, etc. (1790 Dec. 8).","Series II: Subject Files. This series is arranged\n         alphabetically by subject and relates to the Point of Fork\n         Arsenal in Fluvanna Co., Virginia. The series contains\n         accounts of cash \u0026 provisions, pay rolls of artificers\n         \u0026 state guard, quarterly accounts of muskets, quarter\n         master stores, \u0026 clothing, returns of ordnance \u0026\n         military stores, and vouchers between 1789 and 1791. Note that\n         not all materials related to the Point of Fork Arsenal have\n         been separated to this series. 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Chronological Files\n            and II. Subject Files.","Organized into two (2) series: I. Chronological Files\n            and II. Subject Files.","Beverley Randolph was born in 1754 in Chatsworth, Henrico\n         County, to Peter and Lucy Bolling Randolph. His father served\n         in the House of Burgesses and as Surveyor General of Customs.\n         Randolph attended William and Mary College where he graduated\n         in 1771, and was later appointed to the Board of Visitors in\n         1784. He married Martha Cocke, daughter of James Cocke of\n         Williamsburg, in 1775. Randolph also served on the Cumberland\n         County Committee of Safety and commanded a regiment of cavalry\n         as a colonel in the militia between 1776 and 1779. He\n         represented Cumberland County in the House of Delegates in\n         1777 and 1779-1781. A member of the Council of State from\n         1781, Randolph was elected president of the Council of State\n         in 1783, and 1786 through 1788. As president of the Council,\n         Randolph served as Lieutenant Governor of Virginia.\n         Consequently, Randolph performed the duties of Governor while\n         Governor Randolph represented Virginia in the Constitutional\n         Convention during the summer of 1787. Randolph succeeded\n         Edmund Randolph as Governor on 12 November 1788. In addition,\n         he was re-elected in 1789 and 1790 to two one-year terms as\n         Governor. Randolph's administration was marked by the defense\n         of the frontiers against Indian incursions, the fight to\n         collect Virginia's Revolutionary claims from the United\n         States, and the initiative to build a lighthouse at the\n         entrance to the Chesapeake Bay. Following his governorship,\n         Randolph was appointed by President Washington as one of the\n         commissioners to treat with the Indians in the Northwest\n         Territory in 1793. The Commissioners failed to reach a\n         peaceful resolution with the Indians and Randolph retired from\n         public life. Randolph died in February 1797 at his estate\n         \"Green Creek\" in Cumberland County. His remains were moved\n         from his estate to the Westview Cemetery in Farmville, Va., in\n         1909.","Governor Randolph's Executive papers are organized into two\n         series. Series have been designated for Chronological files\n         and Subject files. The bulk of the material can be found in\n         the Chronological files' series which primarily consists of\n         incoming correspondence during Randolph's three one-year terms\n         as governor between 12 November 1788 and 1 December 1791. In\n         addition to correspondence, there are acts \u0026 resolutions\n         from Congress and the Virginia Senate \u0026 House of\n         Delegates, orders of the Council of State, accounts, oaths,\n         pardons, lists or calendars of criminals, depositions,\n         proclamations, petitions, reports, appointments, bonds,\n         circulars, proceedings, applications, agreements, extracts of\n         journals \u0026 minutes, court records, certificates, returns,\n         receipts, and other sundry items.","Series I: Chronological Files. The correspondence in this\n         series relates to a variety of topics including state expenses\n         \u0026 revenue, militia, recommendations for state positions,\n         pardons, legislation, public tobacco, Revolutionary claims\n         \u0026 pensioners, Presidential electors, Indian affairs,\n         navigation, revisal of laws, resignations, elections,\n         appointments, criminals \u0026 the Public Jail, the Cape Henry\n         Lighthouse, the Point of Fork Arsenal, and the Marine\n         Hospital. Noteworthy correspondence originates from the United\n         States government, Virginia State government, and\n         miscellaneous sources. Prominent correspondents from the\n         United States government include President George Washington; Henry Knox, Secretary of War;\n         Alexander Hamilton, Secretary of the Treasury; Thomas\n         Jefferson, Secretary of State; Edmund Randolph, Attorney\n         General; and the Virginia Delegates to Congress including\n         Samuel Griffin, James Monroe, Richard Henry Lee, John Walker,\n         William Grayson, and others.","President George Washington transmits acts of Congress to Governor Beverley Randolph. His letter of 11 August 1789 transmits an act to provide for the government of the territory north west of the Ohio River.  His letter of 24 August 1789 transmits the act providing for the expenses attending the treaties with Indian Tribes and the appointment of commissioners. Lastly, his letter of 8 October 1789 transmits duplicate acts to establish a Judicial Court of the United States, an act for registering \u0026 clearing vessels, and others. On 22 January 1790, the President simply writes to forward an important letter to Thomas Jefferson at Monticello. Finally, Washington's letter of 29 January 1790 relates to Gen. Wood's report respecting the materials placed at Cape Henry for the purpose of building a lighthouse and the need for a cession of the land from Virginia to the United States. (Note that these letters from Washington have separated to the Vault - George Washington Papers).\n\t","As Secretary of War, Henry Knox communicates frequently with Governor Randolph predominantly concerning Indian affairs and the defense of the frontier (1788 Dec. 29, 1790 July 28, 1790 Sept. 2, 1791 Feb. 26, 1791 June 11, \u0026 1791 Nov. 16). This correspondence also relates to raising militia (1791 July 15 \u0026 1791 Oct. 28), employing scouts \u0026 rangers (1790 April 14, 1790 June 10, 1790 July 17), gunpowder \u0026 lead for the Chickasaw Nation (1789 Dec. 24), and General Harmar's expedition against the Indians on the Ohio River (1790 March 3 \u0026 1790 July 19). Knox also writes the Governor about Revolutionary War pensioners from Virginia (1789 April 25, 1789 Oct. 19, 1790 Feb. 8, 1790 April 15, \u0026 1790 Sept. 15). On 15 October 1789, Knox encloses an extract of the act to recognize and adapt to the Constitution the establishment of the troops raised under the resolves of the United States. This act specifically relates to the presidential authority to raise militia to protect the frontiers. On 10 December 1789, he writes requesting a map of Kentucky and western Virginia. Finally, Knox often transmits letters to the Governor intended for William Blount, Governor of the territory ceded by North Carolina, Harry Innes, District Judge of Kentucky, and others, especially in the District of Kentucky. ","Alexander Hamilton writes Governor Randolph with respect to statements of the public debt \u0026 loan office certificates (1789 Sept. 26, 1789 Oct. 29, 1789 Dec. 24, \u0026 1791 June 27), statements of agents for settling the accounts of their respective lines in the late Army (1791 Jan. 14), and other financial matters (1790 Jan. 27 \u0026 1790 Sept. 28). On 10 February 1790, Hamilton informs the Governor that the United States requires 2 acres of land to be ceded by Virginia for a lighthouse near the entrance of the Chesapeake Bay. On 8 May 1790, Hamilton writes that Edward Carrington has been requested to visit Cape Henry and make a selection for the location of the lighthouse. According to his letter from 19 June 1790, Hamilton notes that Thomas Newton of Norfolk replaced Carrington in this duty. His letter from 19 August 1790 relates to the receipt of the Governor's letter containing the cession of 2 acres on Cape Henry to the United States. ","Throughout the collection are acts and resolutions of\n         Congress signed by Thomas Jefferson as Secretary of State.\n         Noteworthy is an act to provide for the unlading of ships in\n         cases of obstruction by ice (1791 Jan. 7); an act declaring\n         the consent of Congress that a new state be formed by the name\n         of Kentucky (1791 Feb. 4); a resolution that Andrew Brown be\n         appointed printer (1791 Feb. 18); an act for regulating the\n         number of representatives to be chosen by the states of\n         Kentucky \u0026 Vermont (1791 Feb. 25); and an act for raising\n         an additional regiment to the military establishment of the\n         United States (1791 March 10). The few pieces of\n         correspondence from Jefferson include a brief note regarding\n         the receipt of a letter from Joseph Clarke endorsed by the\n         President and forwarded to the Governor (1790 Feb. 6) and a\n         letter enclosing a collection of acts of Congress passed in\n         their second session and all the treaties promulgated by the\n         United States (1790 Aug. 30).","Following his governorship, Edmund Randolph served as the\n         first Attorney General of the United States. In this capacity,\n         Randolph writes the Governor with respect to the claims of\n         Beauregard \u0026 Bourgeois against Oliver Pollock (1790 Feb. 7\n         \u0026 10); treaties belonging to the Governor (1790 July 23);\n         and Virginia land claims within the limits of Pennsylvania\n         (1790 Sept. 9).","The various members of Virginia's delegation to the First \u0026 Second Congresses regularly communicated with Governor Randolph on a variety of national concerns. Significant correspondence from these delegates include a letter from Josiah Parker resigning his position as naval officer of Elizabeth River at Portsmouth to take his seat in Congress (1789 Feb. 9);  a letter from Samuel Griffin accepting his appointment to Congress (1789 Feb. 24); a letter from James Madison, Jr., regarding the inspection law and the separation of state debts from National debts (1790 May 11); a letter from Richard Henry Lee \u0026 John Walker regarding speculators in arrears of soldiers' pay (1790 May 25); James Madison, Jr., regarding the act of Congress concerning arrears to the Virginia line (1790 May 25); James Madison, Jr., enclosing a letter from Alexander Hamilton regarding the tobacco inspection law (1790 May 26); a letter from Frederick Augustus Muhlenberg, Speaker of the House of Representatives, enclosing proceedings concerning the death of Representative Theodorick Bland (1790 June 3); a letter from James Monroe regarding his arrival in Philadelphia (1790 Dec. 10); and another letter from Monroe regarding Harmar's unsuccessful expedition against the Indians between the Ohio and the Great Lakes including the amount of casualties (1790 Dec. 16).","Significant correspondents from Virginia State government\n         include William Davies, Commissioner of Virginia for Claims\n         Against the United States; Harry Heth, State Agent of Public\n         Tobacco; William Hay, Director of Public Buildings; John\n         Beckley \u0026 Charles Hay, Clerks of the House of Delegates;\n         Humphrey Brooke, Clerk of the Senate; Archibald Blair, Col.\n         Thomas Meriwether, \u0026 Samuel Coleman, Clerks \u0026\n         Assistant Clerk of the Council of State; Capt. Elias Langham,\n         Superintendent of the Military Stores, Arms, \u0026 Ammunition\n         at Point of Fork Arsenal; various county lieutenants; William\n         Rose, Keeper of the Public Jail; James Innes, Attorney\n         General; Leighton Wood, Jr., \u0026 Samuel Shepard, Solicitors\n         General; John Pendleton, Jr., Auditor of Public Accounts; and\n         Jacquelin Ambler, Treasurer.","As Commissioner of Virginia for Claims Against the United States, Col. William Davies corresponds regularly with Governor Randolph. Davies accepted this position from Governor Edmund Randolph on 27 Sept. 1788. His correspondence relates to his salary (1789 Jan. 1), instructions for persons to be employed to collect accounts \u0026 vouchers (1789 Jan. 10), examination of claims (1789 Jan. 24), pensioners (1789 Feb. 23), Andrew Dunscomb's complaints (1789 March 23), his arrival in New York (1789 April 23), the removal of the Auditor \u0026 Treasurer's Books prior to 1781 to New York (1789 Aug. 11), additional clerks (1789 Aug. 19), a plan for the final settlement of continental accounts (1790 July 12), and numerous other topics. Most of Davies' correspondence relates to particulars in the settlement of Virginia's claim against the United States for expenditures during the Revolutionary War.","On 27 Jan. 1789, a bond was posted for Harry Heth to serve\n         as agent to dispose of public tobacco in the Treasury Office\n         in discharge of public taxes. He encloses a letter from\n         Benjamin Harrison, Jr., on 22 Jan. 1789, to purchase public\n         tobacco. Heth often writes the Governor submitting reports on\n         the sales of public tobacco (1789 May 20, 1789 Nov. 9, 1790\n         Jan. 5 \u0026 9, 1790 March 18, \u0026 1791 Oct. 6). He also\n         specifically deals with the settlement of the accounts of the\n         Westham Foundry (1789 March 3 \u0026 5, 1789 June 13, \u0026\n         1790 June 23).","William Hay, one of the Directors of Public Buildings,\n         corresponds with the Governor regarding the claim on the\n         estate of Col. Archibald Cary for monies advanced in 1785\n         (1789 Jan. 31); the completion of the offices for the\n         Executive Board (1789 June 18); a contract to cover the roof\n         of the Capitol with lead, etc. (1790 Jan. 6, April 12, \u0026\n         May 11); statements of an estimate of the sum necessary for\n         paying the debts due the directors of public buildings (1791\n         Jan. 17); and money for the completion of the Capitol (1791\n         Oct. 15).","John Beckley (later Clerk of the U.S. House of\n         Representatives) \u0026 Charles Hay, Clerks of the House of\n         Delegates, \u0026 Humphrey Brooke, Clerk of the Senate,\n         regularly enclose resolutions from their respective bodies to\n         the Governor. Noteworthy resolutions include a proclamation\n         for the Governor to appoint electors to choose a president and\n         for representatives to serve in Congress (1788 Nov. 9 \u0026\n         22); the free navigation of the Mississippi River (1788 Dec.\n         1); the election of Beverley Randolph as Governor (1788 Dec.\n         6); an additional sum to William Heth in the settlement of\n         Virginia's claim against the U.S. for the North Western\n         Territory (1788 Dec. 3); the election of Richard Cary, John\n         Tyler, \u0026 James Henry as judges of the General Court (1788\n         Dec. 24); the election of Cuthbert Bullitt as judge of the\n         General Court \u0026 Cyrus Griffin as Privy Councilor (1788\n         Dec. 27); attacks by the Creek Indians against the Chickasaws\n         and furnishing them with gun powder (1789 Oct. 23); the\n         election of James Mercer as judge of the Court of Appeals to\n         replace John Blair (1789 Nov. 18); the election of Joseph\n         Jones \u0026 Spencer Roane as judges of the General Court (1789\n         Nov. 19); the re-election \u0026 qualification of Beverley\n         Randolph as Governor (1789 Nov. 28); an appointment to examine\n         the materials provided by the State to erect a lighthouse\n         (1789 Dec. 14); the disposal of the materials used for the\n         erection of the lighthouse (1790 Nov. 5); the election of\n         George Nicholas as Attorney General for the District of\n         Kentucky in place of Harry Innes (1790 Nov. 9); the election\n         of James Monroe in the U.S. Senate to replace William Grayson\n         (1790 Nov. 9); the election of John Steele, Miles Selden,\n         \u0026 Hardin Burnley to the Privy Council (1790 Nov. 26); the\n         protection of citizens on the frontiers (1790 Dec. 20); and\n         the election of Henry Lee as Governor (1791 Nov. 2).","Archibald Blair, as Clerk of the Council of State, encloses\n         extracts of minutes and orders of the Council to the Governor.\n         On 26 Nov. 1788, Blair writes regarding the request that Col.\n         Thomas Meriwether consult with printers for 500 copies of the\n         acts to appoint presidential electors. Meriwether, who\n         resigned as clerk of the Council on 30 June 1789, writes\n         regarding pensioners (1788 Dec. 9); quarterly returns and\n         payrolls of Elias Langham at Point of Fork (1789 Jan. 5);\n         Capt. Young's books and papers as successor of the Commercial\n         Agent (1789 Jan. 22); estimates by Elias Langham to enclose\n         the arsenals and magazines at Point of Fork with a stone wall,\n         etc. (1789 April 6); and his resignation (1789 June 27).\n         Samuel Coleman was appointed Assistant Clerk of the Council on\n         26 Dec. 1786. Following the resignation of Thomas Meriwether\n         on 27 June 1789, Coleman requested to fill the vacancy. He\n         writes the Governor respecting militia returns (1789 Nov. 3\n         \u0026 30; 1790 Jan. 1; 1790 Feb. 2; 1790 April 1; 1790 June 1;\n         1790 Aug. 4; 1790 Oct. 12; 1791 Jan. 18; 1791 July 30; \u0026\n         1791 Oct. 5); the accounts, provisions, payrolls, \u0026\n         returns of Elias Langham from the Point of Fork Arsenal (1789\n         July 6, 1790 April 5, 1790 July 3, 1790 Oct. 1, 1791 Jan. 4,\n         1791 Feb. 23, 1791 April 4, 1791 June 19, 1791 July 5, \u0026\n         1791 Oct. 4); his resignation on account of his health (1789\n         April 3); the accounts of James McGavock for public lead\n         delivered at Fort Chiswell (1790 Feb. 25); the claims of\n         scouts \u0026 rangers (1790 June 7, 21, \u0026 29; 1790 Oct. 9\n         \u0026 25; 1790 Dec. 11; \u0026 1791 June 20); and the\n         indebtedness of James Hunter, deceased, former Superintendent\n         of the Public Foundry (1791 Aug. 27).","Capt. Elias Langham, Superintendent of the Military Stores,\n         Arms, \u0026 Ammunition at Point of Fork Arsenal, writes to\n         Governor Randolph regarding the cannon at Taylor's Ferry (1788\n         Nov. 21); the contractor for provisions (1789 Jan. 6); public\n         negroes at Point of Fork (1789 Feb. 7); a recommendation for\n         an appointment to the Dept. of Military Stores when\n         established by Congress (1789 April 11); ammunition for the\n         Chief of the Chickasaw Nation and an application from Chief\n         Piomingo for 40 gallons of rum (1789 Nov. 2); a letter from\n         Piomingo concerning a change in his route (1789 Nov. 4);\n         powder \u0026 lead furnished the Indians at New London (1790\n         Feb. 26); the complaint of Thomas Harris for his punishment\n         \u0026 dismissal (1790 Oct. 1); opinions on his conduct (1790\n         Dec. 19); a contract for furnishing rations at Point of Fork\n         and an addition built to the public mill (1791 Jan. 4); and\n         the purchase of iron to forge bayonets (1791 July 1). Note\n         that additional materials relating to the Point of Fork\n         Arsenal can be found in Series II.","County lieutenants including David Shepherd, Alexander\n         Barnett, George Clendenin, Walter Crockett, John Evans,\n         Benjamin Wilson, Benjamin Harrison, John P. Duvall, Levi Todd,\n         Robert Johnson, \u0026 Arthur Campbell correspond with Governor\n         Randolph on numerous occasions primarily regarding Indian\n         affairs in the western counties. David Shepherd, Ohio Co.,\n         writes regarding a treaty with the Indians at the falls of\n         Muskingum (1788 Nov. 26); a general return of militia (1789\n         April 17); the raising of a company of rangers and Indian\n         attacks at Dunkard Creek (1789 May 12); the account for\n         raising troops (1789 June 8); a return of spies \u0026 rangers\n         (1789 Sept. 13); and continued depredations by the Indians on\n         the frontier (1791 May 9). Alexander Barnett, Russell Co.,\n         encloses court-martial proceedings for the trial of James\n         Gibson \u0026 Richard Thompson for disobeying orders (1788 Dec.\n         10). George Clendenin, Greenbrier Co. (later Kanawha Co.),\n         requests an augmentation of scouts \u0026 rangers in Washington\n         Co. (1788 Dec. 18); writes of the treaty and atrocities by the\n         Indians west of the Ohio (1789 May 6); the new county of\n         Kanawha, recommendations for magistrates, Indian atrocities on\n         Clinch Settlement, etc. (1789 Aug. 10); depredations by the\n         Indians (1790 April 15); and the need for scouts in Kanawha\n         Co. (1791 Jan. 1). Walter Crockett, Montgomery Co., remarks on\n         the state of the frontier and the potential of Indian\n         hostilities in the spring (1789 Feb. 16). John Evans,\n         Monongalia Co., reports on Indian hostilities and the ordering\n         of scouts (1789 April 25). Benjamin Wilson \u0026 John P.\n         Duvall, Harrison Co., enclose a deposition concerning Indian\n         attacks (1789 May 22); provide a list of \"mischief\" done by\n         the Indians (1789 Sept. 28); and report on Indian attacks\n         (1791 Nov. 27). Benjamin Harrison, Rockingham Co., writes in\n         relation to the strength of militia and militia fines (1789\n         May 27). Levi Todd, Fayette Co., notes the need for additional\n         magistrates, the attack on Federal troops by the Indians, and\n         the separation of Kentucky (1789 May 27). Robert Johnson,\n         Woodford Co., writes about the recommendation of the court for\n         militia officers and Indian \"mischief\" (1789 June 15). Lastly,\n         Arthur Campbell, Washington Co., chronicles Indian attacks in\n         Russell Co. (1789 July 20); a confrontation between the Creek\n         Indians \u0026 Spaniards (1789 Aug. 1); and submits a return of\n         militia (1789 Nov. 3).","William Rose as Keeper of the Public Jail periodically\n         transmits lists or calendars of criminals convicted at the\n         General Court (1788 Dec. 8, 1789 March 14, \u0026 1789 Aug.\n         31). Rose also writes the Governor regarding specific inmates\n         including Littlebury Cotton charged with horse stealing (1789\n         April 13 \u0026 23) and John Rose imprisoned for debts (1790\n         Dec. 22).","James Innes served as Attorney General to the Commonwealth\n         during Randolph's administration as Governor. Innes provides\n         his opinion on various issues including the case of Catherine\n         Crull sentenced to death for the murder of her husband (1789\n         Jan. 28); the memorial of Joseph Latil regarding the revenue\n         law (1789 March 2); the act for granting relief to sheriffs\n         \u0026 collectors of revenue (1789 March 2); prisoners in the\n         new district jails of New London \u0026 Dumfries (1789 March\n         28); the case of Ephraim Willard \u0026 John Whitney for\n         counterfeiting (1789 May 23); the case of George Byrd\n         sentenced to death for horse stealing (1789 May 25); warrants\n         issued to scouts \u0026 rangers (1789 Dec. 23); the oath to\n         support the U.S. Constitution (1790 March 20); the Governor's\n         right to withhold his signature from patents claiming property\n         over the waters of the James River between the Rocky Islands\n         (1790 April 4); the case of the executors of Archibald Cary\n         (1790 June 4); commissioner's fees (1790 Aug. 27); the case of\n         Caleb Hill sentenced to death for horse stealing (1791 April\n         27); and the case of Hunter Banks \u0026 Co. (1791 June 8).","Governor Randolph corresponds often with Leighton Wood,\n         Jr., \u0026 Samuel Shepard (formerly Clerk), Solicitors\n         General; John Pendleton, Jr., Auditor of Public Accounts; and\n         Jacquelin Ambler, Treasurer, regarding various financial\n         matters. Leighton Wood \u0026 Samuel Shepard submit lists of\n         inspectors bonds in the Solicitor's Office (1789 Jan. 24) and\n         reports of delinquent sheriffs (1789 April 23, 1789 May 22).\n         On 6 Jan. 1790, Wood writes the Governor regarding the sale of\n         the state Boats Liberty \u0026 Patriot by James Heron of\n         Norfolk. In addition, the Solicitors often write the Governor\n         with respect to specific accounts, especially sheriff accounts\n         of revenue. Wood also writes in support of Samuel Shepard to\n         serve as Solicitor General during his absence due to illness\n         (1790 March 29). Leighton Wood eventually submits his\n         resignation as Solicitor General on 6 July 1791 (See also 1791\n         May 29). John Pendleton encloses accounts of sundry expenses\n         in protecting \u0026 defending the frontier from the Indians in\n         the lands west of the Ohio River (1789 Feb. 19); lists of\n         balances from inspectors \u0026 county court clerks (1789 Jan.\n         29); the account of the expense of the two expeditions against\n         the Shawnee \u0026 Wabash Indians (1789 Dec. 17); the claim of\n         Oliver Pollock (1790 Jan. 4). In addition, Pendleton\n         administers oaths to various state officers including John\n         Dawson \u0026 John H. Briggs to the Privy Council (1789 Dec.\n         21) and Beverley Randolph as Governor (1790 Dec. 3). Ambler\n         encloses accounts of monies paid in part of the expenses\n         attending scouts \u0026 rangers (1789 Jan. 1); accounts of\n         payments made into the Treasury by the Superior \u0026 County\n         Court Clerks (1789 Feb. 6); accounts of payments by inspectors\n         of tobacco (1789 Jan. 28). He writes regarding unpaid expenses\n         of the General Assembly (1788 Dec. 31); security for the\n         Treasury in the new Capitol including iron bars for the\n         windows (1789 June 15); the balance of specie in the Treasury\n         (1789 June 30, 1789 Aug. 11, 1789 Oct. 15, 1789 Dec. 23 \u0026\n         31, 1790 Feb. 1, 1790 April 27, \u0026 1791 Jan. 14); his\n         resignation as one of the Directors of the Public Buildings\n         (1791 Jan. 3); and crop and transfer tobacco in the Treasury\n         for arrears of taxes (1791 May 10).","Additional significant correspondence includes the following: Edmund Randolph to the Council of State regarding his leaving office (1788 Nov. 17); the Judges of the General Court enclosing a list of persons convicted of capital offenses (1788 Dec. 16); John Blair accepting his commission as a judge of the Court of Appeals (1789 Jan. 16); John Dawson regarding the Convention of Kentucky on the navigation of the Mississippi and surrendering the river to Spain (1789 Jan. 29); Martin Oster, French Consul regarding the controversy between Henry Cugneau \u0026 Jean Alexis Subercaseaux and John Cauvey (1789 Jan. 31, 1789 March 2 \u0026 22); William Fleming \u0026 Peter Lyons regarding their appointments as Judges of the Court of Appeals (1789 Feb. 10); Paul Carrington regarding his appointment to the General Court (1789 Feb. 20); Cyrus Griffin regarding the appointment of William Davies (1789 March 9); Andrew Dunscomb to Davies regarding job \u0026 salary (1789 March 17); William Russell regarding the relinquishment to the public of the Capitol Square in Williamsburg and the buildings thereon (1789 May 1); a letter from James Madison, President of Board of Directors, regarding funds to support the Lunatic Hospital in Williamsburg (1789 June 7); Samuel McDowell regarding a remonstrance from inhabitants of the District of Kentucky against discharging the militia from service (1789 July 36); John Hancock regarding the conveyance of the bodies of James Brown \u0026 William Davis charged with piracy (1789 Sept. 13); David Ross recommending Piomingo, Chief of the Chickasaws, to pass through the country to New York (1789 Oct. 12); Patrick Henry regarding rifles \u0026 expenses for Indians (1789 Oct. 27); John Fitzgerald enclosing an address of the people of Georgetown \u0026 Alexandria on the advantages of the Potomac River for the permanent seat of the Federal Government (1789 Dec. 22); George Nicholas regarding his appointment as Attorney General for the District of Kentucky (1790 Jan. 30); William Tatham regarding Hutchin's map, etc. (1790 Feb. 24, April 13, \u0026 Aug. 10); James Taylor concerning the proceedings of the Commissioners of the Marine Hospital (1790 March 26, 1790 Oct. 9, \u0026 1791 May 18); Thomas Newton, Jr., regarding a plat of the 2 acres for the Cape Henry Lighthouse (1790 July 25); Simon Fraser regarding an attempt to burn the town of Petersburg (1790 Aug. 10); Gov. J.E. Howard, Maryland, regarding the erection of a lighthouse and disposal of the materials provided for the construction (1791 Jan. 7); Thomas Newton, Jr., regarding McComb's excavation for the lighthouse (1791 July 18); John McComb regarding the foundation for the lighthouse at Cape Henry (1791 July 22); Thomas Johnson, David, Stuart, \u0026 Daniel Carroll regarding a draft for the construction of the federal buildings (1791 Aug. 2); David Stuart regarding financial problems in constructing the federal buildings (1791 Aug. 5); and James Madison enclosing proceedings of the Directors of the Hospital for Lunatics (1791 Oct. 26).","Other noteworthy items include: an act regarding the\n         credentials of the senators (1788 Dec. 28); a court order\n         recommending Wilson Cary Nicholas as county lieutenant of\n         Albemarle Co. (1789 Jan. 8); the bond of William Lindsay as\n         Naval Officer of the Elizabeth River District (1789 Feb. 23);\n         a return of the State Electoral College \u0026 election\n         certificates from the first Presidential election (1789 Feb.);\n         a report of the Committee as to the Removal into the New\n         Capitol regarding apartments (1789 June 9); proclamations by\n         the Governor (1789 June 5, 1789 July 21, 1791 May 3); the\n         sales at auction of the State Boats Liberty \u0026 Patriot by\n         Capt. Richard Taylor (1789 Aug. 6); the oath of allegiance to\n         Cyrus Griffin as Privy Councilor (1789 Oct. 29); oath of\n         allegiance to Charles Carter as Privy Councilor (1789 Nov.\n         30); a report of the committee regarding appropriations for\n         the building of the Capitol in Richmond (1789 Dec. 14); an\n         account with Bassett Mosely to construct the lighthouse at\n         Cape Henry (1790 Jan. 9); the report of Lt. Gov. James Wood\n         regarding the lighthouse (1790 Jan. 13); the oath of Thomas\n         Madison as Privy Councilor (1790 Jan. 19); the meeting of the\n         Directors of the Lunatic Hospital regarding the resignations\n         of John Blair \u0026 James Innes (1790 Feb. 16); the deed of\n         cession from Virginia to the United States for 2 acres of land\n         at Cape Henry for the purpose of erecting a lighthouse (1790\n         Aug. 9); a proclamation of President George Washington of a\n         treaty between the U.S. and Creek Nation (1790 Aug. 13); and a\n         speech of George Washington regarding public credit, the\n         District of Kentucky \u0026 statehood, Indian incursions on\n         frontier settlements, etc. (1790 Dec. 8).","Series II: Subject Files. This series is arranged\n         alphabetically by subject and relates to the Point of Fork\n         Arsenal in Fluvanna Co., Virginia. The series contains\n         accounts of cash \u0026 provisions, pay rolls of artificers\n         \u0026 state guard, quarterly accounts of muskets, quarter\n         master stores, \u0026 clothing, returns of ordnance \u0026\n         military stores, and vouchers between 1789 and 1791. Note that\n         not all materials related to the Point of Fork Arsenal have\n         been separated to this series. 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His father served\n         in the House of Burgesses and as Surveyor General of Customs.\n         Randolph attended William and Mary College where he graduated\n         in 1771, and was later appointed to the Board of Visitors in\n         1784. He married Martha Cocke, daughter of James Cocke of\n         Williamsburg, in 1775. Randolph also served on the Cumberland\n         County Committee of Safety and commanded a regiment of cavalry\n         as a colonel in the militia between 1776 and 1779. He\n         represented Cumberland County in the House of Delegates in\n         1777 and 1779-1781. A member of the Council of State from\n         1781, Randolph was elected president of the Council of State\n         in 1783, and 1786 through 1788. As president of the Council,\n         Randolph served as Lieutenant Governor of Virginia.\n         Consequently, Randolph performed the duties of Governor while\n         Governor Randolph represented Virginia in the Constitutional\n         Convention during the summer of 1787. Randolph succeeded\n         Edmund Randolph as Governor on 12 November 1788. In addition,\n         he was re-elected in 1789 and 1790 to two one-year terms as\n         Governor. Randolph's administration was marked by the defense\n         of the frontiers against Indian incursions, the fight to\n         collect Virginia's Revolutionary claims from the United\n         States, and the initiative to build a lighthouse at the\n         entrance to the Chesapeake Bay. Following his governorship,\n         Randolph was appointed by President Washington as one of the\n         commissioners to treat with the Indians in the Northwest\n         Territory in 1793. The Commissioners failed to reach a\n         peaceful resolution with the Indians and Randolph retired from\n         public life. Randolph died in February 1797 at his estate\n         \"Green Creek\" in Cumberland County. His remains were moved\n         from his estate to the Westview Cemetery in Farmville, Va., in\n         1909.\u003c/p\u003e"],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical Information"],"bioghist_tesim":["Beverley Randolph was born in 1754 in Chatsworth, Henrico\n         County, to Peter and Lucy Bolling Randolph. His father served\n         in the House of Burgesses and as Surveyor General of Customs.\n         Randolph attended William and Mary College where he graduated\n         in 1771, and was later appointed to the Board of Visitors in\n         1784. He married Martha Cocke, daughter of James Cocke of\n         Williamsburg, in 1775. Randolph also served on the Cumberland\n         County Committee of Safety and commanded a regiment of cavalry\n         as a colonel in the militia between 1776 and 1779. He\n         represented Cumberland County in the House of Delegates in\n         1777 and 1779-1781. A member of the Council of State from\n         1781, Randolph was elected president of the Council of State\n         in 1783, and 1786 through 1788. As president of the Council,\n         Randolph served as Lieutenant Governor of Virginia.\n         Consequently, Randolph performed the duties of Governor while\n         Governor Randolph represented Virginia in the Constitutional\n         Convention during the summer of 1787. Randolph succeeded\n         Edmund Randolph as Governor on 12 November 1788. In addition,\n         he was re-elected in 1789 and 1790 to two one-year terms as\n         Governor. Randolph's administration was marked by the defense\n         of the frontiers against Indian incursions, the fight to\n         collect Virginia's Revolutionary claims from the United\n         States, and the initiative to build a lighthouse at the\n         entrance to the Chesapeake Bay. Following his governorship,\n         Randolph was appointed by President Washington as one of the\n         commissioners to treat with the Indians in the Northwest\n         Territory in 1793. The Commissioners failed to reach a\n         peaceful resolution with the Indians and Randolph retired from\n         public life. Randolph died in February 1797 at his estate\n         \"Green Creek\" in Cumberland County. His remains were moved\n         from his estate to the Westview Cemetery in Farmville, Va., in\n         1909."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eVirginia. Governor's Office. Beverley Randolph Executive\n            Papers, 1788-1791 (bulk 1789-1791). Accession 40287. State\n            Records Collection, The Library of Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e"],"prefercite_tesim":["Virginia. Governor's Office. Beverley Randolph Executive\n            Papers, 1788-1791 (bulk 1789-1791). Accession 40287. State\n            Records Collection, The Library of Virginia."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eGovernor Randolph's Executive papers are organized into two\n         series. Series have been designated for Chronological files\n         and Subject files. The bulk of the material can be found in\n         the Chronological files' series which primarily consists of\n         incoming correspondence during Randolph's three one-year terms\n         as governor between 12 November 1788 and 1 December 1791. In\n         addition to correspondence, there are acts \u0026amp; resolutions\n         from Congress and the Virginia Senate \u0026amp; House of\n         Delegates, orders of the Council of State, accounts, oaths,\n         pardons, lists or calendars of criminals, depositions,\n         proclamations, petitions, reports, appointments, bonds,\n         circulars, proceedings, applications, agreements, extracts of\n         journals \u0026amp; minutes, court records, certificates, returns,\n         receipts, and other sundry items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries I: Chronological Files. The correspondence in this\n         series relates to a variety of topics including state expenses\n         \u0026amp; revenue, militia, recommendations for state positions,\n         pardons, legislation, public tobacco, Revolutionary claims\n         \u0026amp; pensioners, Presidential electors, Indian affairs,\n         navigation, revisal of laws, resignations, elections,\n         appointments, criminals \u0026amp; the Public Jail, the Cape Henry\n         Lighthouse, the Point of Fork Arsenal, and the Marine\n         Hospital. Noteworthy correspondence originates from the United\n         States government, Virginia State government, and\n         miscellaneous sources. Prominent correspondents from the\n         United States government include President George Washington; Henry Knox, Secretary of War;\n         Alexander Hamilton, Secretary of the Treasury; Thomas\n         Jefferson, Secretary of State; Edmund Randolph, Attorney\n         General; and the Virginia Delegates to Congress including\n         Samuel Griffin, James Monroe, Richard Henry Lee, John Walker,\n         William Grayson, and others.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePresident George Washington transmits acts of Congress to Governor Beverley Randolph. His letter of 11 August 1789 transmits an act to provide for the government of the territory north west of the Ohio River.  His letter of 24 August 1789 transmits the act providing for the expenses attending the treaties with Indian Tribes and the appointment of commissioners. Lastly, his letter of 8 October 1789 transmits duplicate acts to establish a Judicial Court of the United States, an act for registering \u0026amp; clearing vessels, and others. On 22 January 1790, the President simply writes to forward an important letter to Thomas Jefferson at Monticello. Finally, Washington's letter of 29 January 1790 relates to Gen. Wood's report respecting the materials placed at Cape Henry for the purpose of building a lighthouse and the need for a cession of the land from Virginia to the United States. (Note that these letters from Washington have separated to the Vault - George Washington Papers).\n\t\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAs Secretary of War, Henry Knox communicates frequently with Governor Randolph predominantly concerning Indian affairs and the defense of the frontier (1788 Dec. 29, 1790 July 28, 1790 Sept. 2, 1791 Feb. 26, 1791 June 11, \u0026amp; 1791 Nov. 16). This correspondence also relates to raising militia (1791 July 15 \u0026amp; 1791 Oct. 28), employing scouts \u0026amp; rangers (1790 April 14, 1790 June 10, 1790 July 17), gunpowder \u0026amp; lead for the Chickasaw Nation (1789 Dec. 24), and General Harmar's expedition against the Indians on the Ohio River (1790 March 3 \u0026amp; 1790 July 19). Knox also writes the Governor about Revolutionary War pensioners from Virginia (1789 April 25, 1789 Oct. 19, 1790 Feb. 8, 1790 April 15, \u0026amp; 1790 Sept. 15). On 15 October 1789, Knox encloses an extract of the act to recognize and adapt to the Constitution the establishment of the troops raised under the resolves of the United States. This act specifically relates to the presidential authority to raise militia to protect the frontiers. On 10 December 1789, he writes requesting a map of Kentucky and western Virginia. Finally, Knox often transmits letters to the Governor intended for William Blount, Governor of the territory ceded by North Carolina, Harry Innes, District Judge of Kentucky, and others, especially in the District of Kentucky. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAlexander Hamilton writes Governor Randolph with respect to statements of the public debt \u0026amp; loan office certificates (1789 Sept. 26, 1789 Oct. 29, 1789 Dec. 24, \u0026amp; 1791 June 27), statements of agents for settling the accounts of their respective lines in the late Army (1791 Jan. 14), and other financial matters (1790 Jan. 27 \u0026amp; 1790 Sept. 28). On 10 February 1790, Hamilton informs the Governor that the United States requires 2 acres of land to be ceded by Virginia for a lighthouse near the entrance of the Chesapeake Bay. On 8 May 1790, Hamilton writes that Edward Carrington has been requested to visit Cape Henry and make a selection for the location of the lighthouse. According to his letter from 19 June 1790, Hamilton notes that Thomas Newton of Norfolk replaced Carrington in this duty. His letter from 19 August 1790 relates to the receipt of the Governor's letter containing the cession of 2 acres on Cape Henry to the United States. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThroughout the collection are acts and resolutions of\n         Congress signed by Thomas Jefferson as Secretary of State.\n         Noteworthy is an act to provide for the unlading of ships in\n         cases of obstruction by ice (1791 Jan. 7); an act declaring\n         the consent of Congress that a new state be formed by the name\n         of Kentucky (1791 Feb. 4); a resolution that Andrew Brown be\n         appointed printer (1791 Feb. 18); an act for regulating the\n         number of representatives to be chosen by the states of\n         Kentucky \u0026amp; Vermont (1791 Feb. 25); and an act for raising\n         an additional regiment to the military establishment of the\n         United States (1791 March 10). The few pieces of\n         correspondence from Jefferson include a brief note regarding\n         the receipt of a letter from Joseph Clarke endorsed by the\n         President and forwarded to the Governor (1790 Feb. 6) and a\n         letter enclosing a collection of acts of Congress passed in\n         their second session and all the treaties promulgated by the\n         United States (1790 Aug. 30).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFollowing his governorship, Edmund Randolph served as the\n         first Attorney General of the United States. In this capacity,\n         Randolph writes the Governor with respect to the claims of\n         Beauregard \u0026amp; Bourgeois against Oliver Pollock (1790 Feb. 7\n         \u0026amp; 10); treaties belonging to the Governor (1790 July 23);\n         and Virginia land claims within the limits of Pennsylvania\n         (1790 Sept. 9).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe various members of Virginia's delegation to the First \u0026amp; Second Congresses regularly communicated with Governor Randolph on a variety of national concerns. Significant correspondence from these delegates include a letter from Josiah Parker resigning his position as naval officer of Elizabeth River at Portsmouth to take his seat in Congress (1789 Feb. 9);  a letter from Samuel Griffin accepting his appointment to Congress (1789 Feb. 24); a letter from James Madison, Jr., regarding the inspection law and the separation of state debts from National debts (1790 May 11); a letter from Richard Henry Lee \u0026amp; John Walker regarding speculators in arrears of soldiers' pay (1790 May 25); James Madison, Jr., regarding the act of Congress concerning arrears to the Virginia line (1790 May 25); James Madison, Jr., enclosing a letter from Alexander Hamilton regarding the tobacco inspection law (1790 May 26); a letter from Frederick Augustus Muhlenberg, Speaker of the House of Representatives, enclosing proceedings concerning the death of Representative Theodorick Bland (1790 June 3); a letter from James Monroe regarding his arrival in Philadelphia (1790 Dec. 10); and another letter from Monroe regarding Harmar's unsuccessful expedition against the Indians between the Ohio and the Great Lakes including the amount of casualties (1790 Dec. 16).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSignificant correspondents from Virginia State government\n         include William Davies, Commissioner of Virginia for Claims\n         Against the United States; Harry Heth, State Agent of Public\n         Tobacco; William Hay, Director of Public Buildings; John\n         Beckley \u0026amp; Charles Hay, Clerks of the House of Delegates;\n         Humphrey Brooke, Clerk of the Senate; Archibald Blair, Col.\n         Thomas Meriwether, \u0026amp; Samuel Coleman, Clerks \u0026amp;\n         Assistant Clerk of the Council of State; Capt. Elias Langham,\n         Superintendent of the Military Stores, Arms, \u0026amp; Ammunition\n         at Point of Fork Arsenal; various county lieutenants; William\n         Rose, Keeper of the Public Jail; James Innes, Attorney\n         General; Leighton Wood, Jr., \u0026amp; Samuel Shepard, Solicitors\n         General; John Pendleton, Jr., Auditor of Public Accounts; and\n         Jacquelin Ambler, Treasurer.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAs Commissioner of Virginia for Claims Against the United States, Col. William Davies corresponds regularly with Governor Randolph. Davies accepted this position from Governor Edmund Randolph on 27 Sept. 1788. His correspondence relates to his salary (1789 Jan. 1), instructions for persons to be employed to collect accounts \u0026amp; vouchers (1789 Jan. 10), examination of claims (1789 Jan. 24), pensioners (1789 Feb. 23), Andrew Dunscomb's complaints (1789 March 23), his arrival in New York (1789 April 23), the removal of the Auditor \u0026amp; Treasurer's Books prior to 1781 to New York (1789 Aug. 11), additional clerks (1789 Aug. 19), a plan for the final settlement of continental accounts (1790 July 12), and numerous other topics. Most of Davies' correspondence relates to particulars in the settlement of Virginia's claim against the United States for expenditures during the Revolutionary War.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOn 27 Jan. 1789, a bond was posted for Harry Heth to serve\n         as agent to dispose of public tobacco in the Treasury Office\n         in discharge of public taxes. He encloses a letter from\n         Benjamin Harrison, Jr., on 22 Jan. 1789, to purchase public\n         tobacco. Heth often writes the Governor submitting reports on\n         the sales of public tobacco (1789 May 20, 1789 Nov. 9, 1790\n         Jan. 5 \u0026amp; 9, 1790 March 18, \u0026amp; 1791 Oct. 6). He also\n         specifically deals with the settlement of the accounts of the\n         Westham Foundry (1789 March 3 \u0026amp; 5, 1789 June 13, \u0026amp;\n         1790 June 23).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam Hay, one of the Directors of Public Buildings,\n         corresponds with the Governor regarding the claim on the\n         estate of Col. Archibald Cary for monies advanced in 1785\n         (1789 Jan. 31); the completion of the offices for the\n         Executive Board (1789 June 18); a contract to cover the roof\n         of the Capitol with lead, etc. (1790 Jan. 6, April 12, \u0026amp;\n         May 11); statements of an estimate of the sum necessary for\n         paying the debts due the directors of public buildings (1791\n         Jan. 17); and money for the completion of the Capitol (1791\n         Oct. 15).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn Beckley (later Clerk of the U.S. House of\n         Representatives) \u0026amp; Charles Hay, Clerks of the House of\n         Delegates, \u0026amp; Humphrey Brooke, Clerk of the Senate,\n         regularly enclose resolutions from their respective bodies to\n         the Governor. Noteworthy resolutions include a proclamation\n         for the Governor to appoint electors to choose a president and\n         for representatives to serve in Congress (1788 Nov. 9 \u0026amp;\n         22); the free navigation of the Mississippi River (1788 Dec.\n         1); the election of Beverley Randolph as Governor (1788 Dec.\n         6); an additional sum to William Heth in the settlement of\n         Virginia's claim against the U.S. for the North Western\n         Territory (1788 Dec. 3); the election of Richard Cary, John\n         Tyler, \u0026amp; James Henry as judges of the General Court (1788\n         Dec. 24); the election of Cuthbert Bullitt as judge of the\n         General Court \u0026amp; Cyrus Griffin as Privy Councilor (1788\n         Dec. 27); attacks by the Creek Indians against the Chickasaws\n         and furnishing them with gun powder (1789 Oct. 23); the\n         election of James Mercer as judge of the Court of Appeals to\n         replace John Blair (1789 Nov. 18); the election of Joseph\n         Jones \u0026amp; Spencer Roane as judges of the General Court (1789\n         Nov. 19); the re-election \u0026amp; qualification of Beverley\n         Randolph as Governor (1789 Nov. 28); an appointment to examine\n         the materials provided by the State to erect a lighthouse\n         (1789 Dec. 14); the disposal of the materials used for the\n         erection of the lighthouse (1790 Nov. 5); the election of\n         George Nicholas as Attorney General for the District of\n         Kentucky in place of Harry Innes (1790 Nov. 9); the election\n         of James Monroe in the U.S. Senate to replace William Grayson\n         (1790 Nov. 9); the election of John Steele, Miles Selden,\n         \u0026amp; Hardin Burnley to the Privy Council (1790 Nov. 26); the\n         protection of citizens on the frontiers (1790 Dec. 20); and\n         the election of Henry Lee as Governor (1791 Nov. 2).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eArchibald Blair, as Clerk of the Council of State, encloses\n         extracts of minutes and orders of the Council to the Governor.\n         On 26 Nov. 1788, Blair writes regarding the request that Col.\n         Thomas Meriwether consult with printers for 500 copies of the\n         acts to appoint presidential electors. Meriwether, who\n         resigned as clerk of the Council on 30 June 1789, writes\n         regarding pensioners (1788 Dec. 9); quarterly returns and\n         payrolls of Elias Langham at Point of Fork (1789 Jan. 5);\n         Capt. Young's books and papers as successor of the Commercial\n         Agent (1789 Jan. 22); estimates by Elias Langham to enclose\n         the arsenals and magazines at Point of Fork with a stone wall,\n         etc. (1789 April 6); and his resignation (1789 June 27).\n         Samuel Coleman was appointed Assistant Clerk of the Council on\n         26 Dec. 1786. Following the resignation of Thomas Meriwether\n         on 27 June 1789, Coleman requested to fill the vacancy. He\n         writes the Governor respecting militia returns (1789 Nov. 3\n         \u0026amp; 30; 1790 Jan. 1; 1790 Feb. 2; 1790 April 1; 1790 June 1;\n         1790 Aug. 4; 1790 Oct. 12; 1791 Jan. 18; 1791 July 30; \u0026amp;\n         1791 Oct. 5); the accounts, provisions, payrolls, \u0026amp;\n         returns of Elias Langham from the Point of Fork Arsenal (1789\n         July 6, 1790 April 5, 1790 July 3, 1790 Oct. 1, 1791 Jan. 4,\n         1791 Feb. 23, 1791 April 4, 1791 June 19, 1791 July 5, \u0026amp;\n         1791 Oct. 4); his resignation on account of his health (1789\n         April 3); the accounts of James McGavock for public lead\n         delivered at Fort Chiswell (1790 Feb. 25); the claims of\n         scouts \u0026amp; rangers (1790 June 7, 21, \u0026amp; 29; 1790 Oct. 9\n         \u0026amp; 25; 1790 Dec. 11; \u0026amp; 1791 June 20); and the\n         indebtedness of James Hunter, deceased, former Superintendent\n         of the Public Foundry (1791 Aug. 27).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCapt. Elias Langham, Superintendent of the Military Stores,\n         Arms, \u0026amp; Ammunition at Point of Fork Arsenal, writes to\n         Governor Randolph regarding the cannon at Taylor's Ferry (1788\n         Nov. 21); the contractor for provisions (1789 Jan. 6); public\n         negroes at Point of Fork (1789 Feb. 7); a recommendation for\n         an appointment to the Dept. of Military Stores when\n         established by Congress (1789 April 11); ammunition for the\n         Chief of the Chickasaw Nation and an application from Chief\n         Piomingo for 40 gallons of rum (1789 Nov. 2); a letter from\n         Piomingo concerning a change in his route (1789 Nov. 4);\n         powder \u0026amp; lead furnished the Indians at New London (1790\n         Feb. 26); the complaint of Thomas Harris for his punishment\n         \u0026amp; dismissal (1790 Oct. 1); opinions on his conduct (1790\n         Dec. 19); a contract for furnishing rations at Point of Fork\n         and an addition built to the public mill (1791 Jan. 4); and\n         the purchase of iron to forge bayonets (1791 July 1). Note\n         that additional materials relating to the Point of Fork\n         Arsenal can be found in Series II.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCounty lieutenants including David Shepherd, Alexander\n         Barnett, George Clendenin, Walter Crockett, John Evans,\n         Benjamin Wilson, Benjamin Harrison, John P. Duvall, Levi Todd,\n         Robert Johnson, \u0026amp; Arthur Campbell correspond with Governor\n         Randolph on numerous occasions primarily regarding Indian\n         affairs in the western counties. David Shepherd, Ohio Co.,\n         writes regarding a treaty with the Indians at the falls of\n         Muskingum (1788 Nov. 26); a general return of militia (1789\n         April 17); the raising of a company of rangers and Indian\n         attacks at Dunkard Creek (1789 May 12); the account for\n         raising troops (1789 June 8); a return of spies \u0026amp; rangers\n         (1789 Sept. 13); and continued depredations by the Indians on\n         the frontier (1791 May 9). Alexander Barnett, Russell Co.,\n         encloses court-martial proceedings for the trial of James\n         Gibson \u0026amp; Richard Thompson for disobeying orders (1788 Dec.\n         10). George Clendenin, Greenbrier Co. (later Kanawha Co.),\n         requests an augmentation of scouts \u0026amp; rangers in Washington\n         Co. (1788 Dec. 18); writes of the treaty and atrocities by the\n         Indians west of the Ohio (1789 May 6); the new county of\n         Kanawha, recommendations for magistrates, Indian atrocities on\n         Clinch Settlement, etc. (1789 Aug. 10); depredations by the\n         Indians (1790 April 15); and the need for scouts in Kanawha\n         Co. (1791 Jan. 1). Walter Crockett, Montgomery Co., remarks on\n         the state of the frontier and the potential of Indian\n         hostilities in the spring (1789 Feb. 16). John Evans,\n         Monongalia Co., reports on Indian hostilities and the ordering\n         of scouts (1789 April 25). Benjamin Wilson \u0026amp; John P.\n         Duvall, Harrison Co., enclose a deposition concerning Indian\n         attacks (1789 May 22); provide a list of \"mischief\" done by\n         the Indians (1789 Sept. 28); and report on Indian attacks\n         (1791 Nov. 27). Benjamin Harrison, Rockingham Co., writes in\n         relation to the strength of militia and militia fines (1789\n         May 27). Levi Todd, Fayette Co., notes the need for additional\n         magistrates, the attack on Federal troops by the Indians, and\n         the separation of Kentucky (1789 May 27). Robert Johnson,\n         Woodford Co., writes about the recommendation of the court for\n         militia officers and Indian \"mischief\" (1789 June 15). Lastly,\n         Arthur Campbell, Washington Co., chronicles Indian attacks in\n         Russell Co. (1789 July 20); a confrontation between the Creek\n         Indians \u0026amp; Spaniards (1789 Aug. 1); and submits a return of\n         militia (1789 Nov. 3).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam Rose as Keeper of the Public Jail periodically\n         transmits lists or calendars of criminals convicted at the\n         General Court (1788 Dec. 8, 1789 March 14, \u0026amp; 1789 Aug.\n         31). Rose also writes the Governor regarding specific inmates\n         including Littlebury Cotton charged with horse stealing (1789\n         April 13 \u0026amp; 23) and John Rose imprisoned for debts (1790\n         Dec. 22).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJames Innes served as Attorney General to the Commonwealth\n         during Randolph's administration as Governor. Innes provides\n         his opinion on various issues including the case of Catherine\n         Crull sentenced to death for the murder of her husband (1789\n         Jan. 28); the memorial of Joseph Latil regarding the revenue\n         law (1789 March 2); the act for granting relief to sheriffs\n         \u0026amp; collectors of revenue (1789 March 2); prisoners in the\n         new district jails of New London \u0026amp; Dumfries (1789 March\n         28); the case of Ephraim Willard \u0026amp; John Whitney for\n         counterfeiting (1789 May 23); the case of George Byrd\n         sentenced to death for horse stealing (1789 May 25); warrants\n         issued to scouts \u0026amp; rangers (1789 Dec. 23); the oath to\n         support the U.S. Constitution (1790 March 20); the Governor's\n         right to withhold his signature from patents claiming property\n         over the waters of the James River between the Rocky Islands\n         (1790 April 4); the case of the executors of Archibald Cary\n         (1790 June 4); commissioner's fees (1790 Aug. 27); the case of\n         Caleb Hill sentenced to death for horse stealing (1791 April\n         27); and the case of Hunter Banks \u0026amp; Co. (1791 June 8).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGovernor Randolph corresponds often with Leighton Wood,\n         Jr., \u0026amp; Samuel Shepard (formerly Clerk), Solicitors\n         General; John Pendleton, Jr., Auditor of Public Accounts; and\n         Jacquelin Ambler, Treasurer, regarding various financial\n         matters. Leighton Wood \u0026amp; Samuel Shepard submit lists of\n         inspectors bonds in the Solicitor's Office (1789 Jan. 24) and\n         reports of delinquent sheriffs (1789 April 23, 1789 May 22).\n         On 6 Jan. 1790, Wood writes the Governor regarding the sale of\n         the state Boats Liberty \u0026amp; Patriot by James Heron of\n         Norfolk. In addition, the Solicitors often write the Governor\n         with respect to specific accounts, especially sheriff accounts\n         of revenue. Wood also writes in support of Samuel Shepard to\n         serve as Solicitor General during his absence due to illness\n         (1790 March 29). Leighton Wood eventually submits his\n         resignation as Solicitor General on 6 July 1791 (See also 1791\n         May 29). John Pendleton encloses accounts of sundry expenses\n         in protecting \u0026amp; defending the frontier from the Indians in\n         the lands west of the Ohio River (1789 Feb. 19); lists of\n         balances from inspectors \u0026amp; county court clerks (1789 Jan.\n         29); the account of the expense of the two expeditions against\n         the Shawnee \u0026amp; Wabash Indians (1789 Dec. 17); the claim of\n         Oliver Pollock (1790 Jan. 4). In addition, Pendleton\n         administers oaths to various state officers including John\n         Dawson \u0026amp; John H. Briggs to the Privy Council (1789 Dec.\n         21) and Beverley Randolph as Governor (1790 Dec. 3). Ambler\n         encloses accounts of monies paid in part of the expenses\n         attending scouts \u0026amp; rangers (1789 Jan. 1); accounts of\n         payments made into the Treasury by the Superior \u0026amp; County\n         Court Clerks (1789 Feb. 6); accounts of payments by inspectors\n         of tobacco (1789 Jan. 28). He writes regarding unpaid expenses\n         of the General Assembly (1788 Dec. 31); security for the\n         Treasury in the new Capitol including iron bars for the\n         windows (1789 June 15); the balance of specie in the Treasury\n         (1789 June 30, 1789 Aug. 11, 1789 Oct. 15, 1789 Dec. 23 \u0026amp;\n         31, 1790 Feb. 1, 1790 April 27, \u0026amp; 1791 Jan. 14); his\n         resignation as one of the Directors of the Public Buildings\n         (1791 Jan. 3); and crop and transfer tobacco in the Treasury\n         for arrears of taxes (1791 May 10).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAdditional significant correspondence includes the following: Edmund Randolph to the Council of State regarding his leaving office (1788 Nov. 17); the Judges of the General Court enclosing a list of persons convicted of capital offenses (1788 Dec. 16); John Blair accepting his commission as a judge of the Court of Appeals (1789 Jan. 16); John Dawson regarding the Convention of Kentucky on the navigation of the Mississippi and surrendering the river to Spain (1789 Jan. 29); Martin Oster, French Consul regarding the controversy between Henry Cugneau \u0026amp; Jean Alexis Subercaseaux and John Cauvey (1789 Jan. 31, 1789 March 2 \u0026amp; 22); William Fleming \u0026amp; Peter Lyons regarding their appointments as Judges of the Court of Appeals (1789 Feb. 10); Paul Carrington regarding his appointment to the General Court (1789 Feb. 20); Cyrus Griffin regarding the appointment of William Davies (1789 March 9); Andrew Dunscomb to Davies regarding job \u0026amp; salary (1789 March 17); William Russell regarding the relinquishment to the public of the Capitol Square in Williamsburg and the buildings thereon (1789 May 1); a letter from James Madison, President of Board of Directors, regarding funds to support the Lunatic Hospital in Williamsburg (1789 June 7); Samuel McDowell regarding a remonstrance from inhabitants of the District of Kentucky against discharging the militia from service (1789 July 36); John Hancock regarding the conveyance of the bodies of James Brown \u0026amp; William Davis charged with piracy (1789 Sept. 13); David Ross recommending Piomingo, Chief of the Chickasaws, to pass through the country to New York (1789 Oct. 12); Patrick Henry regarding rifles \u0026amp; expenses for Indians (1789 Oct. 27); John Fitzgerald enclosing an address of the people of Georgetown \u0026amp; Alexandria on the advantages of the Potomac River for the permanent seat of the Federal Government (1789 Dec. 22); George Nicholas regarding his appointment as Attorney General for the District of Kentucky (1790 Jan. 30); William Tatham regarding Hutchin's map, etc. (1790 Feb. 24, April 13, \u0026amp; Aug. 10); James Taylor concerning the proceedings of the Commissioners of the Marine Hospital (1790 March 26, 1790 Oct. 9, \u0026amp; 1791 May 18); Thomas Newton, Jr., regarding a plat of the 2 acres for the Cape Henry Lighthouse (1790 July 25); Simon Fraser regarding an attempt to burn the town of Petersburg (1790 Aug. 10); Gov. J.E. Howard, Maryland, regarding the erection of a lighthouse and disposal of the materials provided for the construction (1791 Jan. 7); Thomas Newton, Jr., regarding McComb's excavation for the lighthouse (1791 July 18); John McComb regarding the foundation for the lighthouse at Cape Henry (1791 July 22); Thomas Johnson, David, Stuart, \u0026amp; Daniel Carroll regarding a draft for the construction of the federal buildings (1791 Aug. 2); David Stuart regarding financial problems in constructing the federal buildings (1791 Aug. 5); and James Madison enclosing proceedings of the Directors of the Hospital for Lunatics (1791 Oct. 26).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOther noteworthy items include: an act regarding the\n         credentials of the senators (1788 Dec. 28); a court order\n         recommending Wilson Cary Nicholas as county lieutenant of\n         Albemarle Co. (1789 Jan. 8); the bond of William Lindsay as\n         Naval Officer of the Elizabeth River District (1789 Feb. 23);\n         a return of the State Electoral College \u0026amp; election\n         certificates from the first Presidential election (1789 Feb.);\n         a report of the Committee as to the Removal into the New\n         Capitol regarding apartments (1789 June 9); proclamations by\n         the Governor (1789 June 5, 1789 July 21, 1791 May 3); the\n         sales at auction of the State Boats Liberty \u0026amp; Patriot by\n         Capt. Richard Taylor (1789 Aug. 6); the oath of allegiance to\n         Cyrus Griffin as Privy Councilor (1789 Oct. 29); oath of\n         allegiance to Charles Carter as Privy Councilor (1789 Nov.\n         30); a report of the committee regarding appropriations for\n         the building of the Capitol in Richmond (1789 Dec. 14); an\n         account with Bassett Mosely to construct the lighthouse at\n         Cape Henry (1790 Jan. 9); the report of Lt. Gov. James Wood\n         regarding the lighthouse (1790 Jan. 13); the oath of Thomas\n         Madison as Privy Councilor (1790 Jan. 19); the meeting of the\n         Directors of the Lunatic Hospital regarding the resignations\n         of John Blair \u0026amp; James Innes (1790 Feb. 16); the deed of\n         cession from Virginia to the United States for 2 acres of land\n         at Cape Henry for the purpose of erecting a lighthouse (1790\n         Aug. 9); a proclamation of President George Washington of a\n         treaty between the U.S. and Creek Nation (1790 Aug. 13); and a\n         speech of George Washington regarding public credit, the\n         District of Kentucky \u0026amp; statehood, Indian incursions on\n         frontier settlements, etc. (1790 Dec. 8).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries II: Subject Files. This series is arranged\n         alphabetically by subject and relates to the Point of Fork\n         Arsenal in Fluvanna Co., Virginia. The series contains\n         accounts of cash \u0026amp; provisions, pay rolls of artificers\n         \u0026amp; state guard, quarterly accounts of muskets, quarter\n         master stores, \u0026amp; clothing, returns of ordnance \u0026amp;\n         military stores, and vouchers between 1789 and 1791. Note that\n         not all materials related to the Point of Fork Arsenal have\n         been separated to this series. Correspondence related to the\n         Arsenal can be found in Series I.\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content Information"],"scopecontent_tesim":["Governor Randolph's Executive papers are organized into two\n         series. Series have been designated for Chronological files\n         and Subject files. The bulk of the material can be found in\n         the Chronological files' series which primarily consists of\n         incoming correspondence during Randolph's three one-year terms\n         as governor between 12 November 1788 and 1 December 1791. In\n         addition to correspondence, there are acts \u0026 resolutions\n         from Congress and the Virginia Senate \u0026 House of\n         Delegates, orders of the Council of State, accounts, oaths,\n         pardons, lists or calendars of criminals, depositions,\n         proclamations, petitions, reports, appointments, bonds,\n         circulars, proceedings, applications, agreements, extracts of\n         journals \u0026 minutes, court records, certificates, returns,\n         receipts, and other sundry items.","Series I: Chronological Files. The correspondence in this\n         series relates to a variety of topics including state expenses\n         \u0026 revenue, militia, recommendations for state positions,\n         pardons, legislation, public tobacco, Revolutionary claims\n         \u0026 pensioners, Presidential electors, Indian affairs,\n         navigation, revisal of laws, resignations, elections,\n         appointments, criminals \u0026 the Public Jail, the Cape Henry\n         Lighthouse, the Point of Fork Arsenal, and the Marine\n         Hospital. Noteworthy correspondence originates from the United\n         States government, Virginia State government, and\n         miscellaneous sources. Prominent correspondents from the\n         United States government include President George Washington; Henry Knox, Secretary of War;\n         Alexander Hamilton, Secretary of the Treasury; Thomas\n         Jefferson, Secretary of State; Edmund Randolph, Attorney\n         General; and the Virginia Delegates to Congress including\n         Samuel Griffin, James Monroe, Richard Henry Lee, John Walker,\n         William Grayson, and others.","President George Washington transmits acts of Congress to Governor Beverley Randolph. His letter of 11 August 1789 transmits an act to provide for the government of the territory north west of the Ohio River.  His letter of 24 August 1789 transmits the act providing for the expenses attending the treaties with Indian Tribes and the appointment of commissioners. Lastly, his letter of 8 October 1789 transmits duplicate acts to establish a Judicial Court of the United States, an act for registering \u0026 clearing vessels, and others. On 22 January 1790, the President simply writes to forward an important letter to Thomas Jefferson at Monticello. Finally, Washington's letter of 29 January 1790 relates to Gen. Wood's report respecting the materials placed at Cape Henry for the purpose of building a lighthouse and the need for a cession of the land from Virginia to the United States. (Note that these letters from Washington have separated to the Vault - George Washington Papers).\n\t","As Secretary of War, Henry Knox communicates frequently with Governor Randolph predominantly concerning Indian affairs and the defense of the frontier (1788 Dec. 29, 1790 July 28, 1790 Sept. 2, 1791 Feb. 26, 1791 June 11, \u0026 1791 Nov. 16). This correspondence also relates to raising militia (1791 July 15 \u0026 1791 Oct. 28), employing scouts \u0026 rangers (1790 April 14, 1790 June 10, 1790 July 17), gunpowder \u0026 lead for the Chickasaw Nation (1789 Dec. 24), and General Harmar's expedition against the Indians on the Ohio River (1790 March 3 \u0026 1790 July 19). Knox also writes the Governor about Revolutionary War pensioners from Virginia (1789 April 25, 1789 Oct. 19, 1790 Feb. 8, 1790 April 15, \u0026 1790 Sept. 15). On 15 October 1789, Knox encloses an extract of the act to recognize and adapt to the Constitution the establishment of the troops raised under the resolves of the United States. This act specifically relates to the presidential authority to raise militia to protect the frontiers. On 10 December 1789, he writes requesting a map of Kentucky and western Virginia. Finally, Knox often transmits letters to the Governor intended for William Blount, Governor of the territory ceded by North Carolina, Harry Innes, District Judge of Kentucky, and others, especially in the District of Kentucky. ","Alexander Hamilton writes Governor Randolph with respect to statements of the public debt \u0026 loan office certificates (1789 Sept. 26, 1789 Oct. 29, 1789 Dec. 24, \u0026 1791 June 27), statements of agents for settling the accounts of their respective lines in the late Army (1791 Jan. 14), and other financial matters (1790 Jan. 27 \u0026 1790 Sept. 28). On 10 February 1790, Hamilton informs the Governor that the United States requires 2 acres of land to be ceded by Virginia for a lighthouse near the entrance of the Chesapeake Bay. On 8 May 1790, Hamilton writes that Edward Carrington has been requested to visit Cape Henry and make a selection for the location of the lighthouse. According to his letter from 19 June 1790, Hamilton notes that Thomas Newton of Norfolk replaced Carrington in this duty. His letter from 19 August 1790 relates to the receipt of the Governor's letter containing the cession of 2 acres on Cape Henry to the United States. ","Throughout the collection are acts and resolutions of\n         Congress signed by Thomas Jefferson as Secretary of State.\n         Noteworthy is an act to provide for the unlading of ships in\n         cases of obstruction by ice (1791 Jan. 7); an act declaring\n         the consent of Congress that a new state be formed by the name\n         of Kentucky (1791 Feb. 4); a resolution that Andrew Brown be\n         appointed printer (1791 Feb. 18); an act for regulating the\n         number of representatives to be chosen by the states of\n         Kentucky \u0026 Vermont (1791 Feb. 25); and an act for raising\n         an additional regiment to the military establishment of the\n         United States (1791 March 10). The few pieces of\n         correspondence from Jefferson include a brief note regarding\n         the receipt of a letter from Joseph Clarke endorsed by the\n         President and forwarded to the Governor (1790 Feb. 6) and a\n         letter enclosing a collection of acts of Congress passed in\n         their second session and all the treaties promulgated by the\n         United States (1790 Aug. 30).","Following his governorship, Edmund Randolph served as the\n         first Attorney General of the United States. In this capacity,\n         Randolph writes the Governor with respect to the claims of\n         Beauregard \u0026 Bourgeois against Oliver Pollock (1790 Feb. 7\n         \u0026 10); treaties belonging to the Governor (1790 July 23);\n         and Virginia land claims within the limits of Pennsylvania\n         (1790 Sept. 9).","The various members of Virginia's delegation to the First \u0026 Second Congresses regularly communicated with Governor Randolph on a variety of national concerns. Significant correspondence from these delegates include a letter from Josiah Parker resigning his position as naval officer of Elizabeth River at Portsmouth to take his seat in Congress (1789 Feb. 9);  a letter from Samuel Griffin accepting his appointment to Congress (1789 Feb. 24); a letter from James Madison, Jr., regarding the inspection law and the separation of state debts from National debts (1790 May 11); a letter from Richard Henry Lee \u0026 John Walker regarding speculators in arrears of soldiers' pay (1790 May 25); James Madison, Jr., regarding the act of Congress concerning arrears to the Virginia line (1790 May 25); James Madison, Jr., enclosing a letter from Alexander Hamilton regarding the tobacco inspection law (1790 May 26); a letter from Frederick Augustus Muhlenberg, Speaker of the House of Representatives, enclosing proceedings concerning the death of Representative Theodorick Bland (1790 June 3); a letter from James Monroe regarding his arrival in Philadelphia (1790 Dec. 10); and another letter from Monroe regarding Harmar's unsuccessful expedition against the Indians between the Ohio and the Great Lakes including the amount of casualties (1790 Dec. 16).","Significant correspondents from Virginia State government\n         include William Davies, Commissioner of Virginia for Claims\n         Against the United States; Harry Heth, State Agent of Public\n         Tobacco; William Hay, Director of Public Buildings; John\n         Beckley \u0026 Charles Hay, Clerks of the House of Delegates;\n         Humphrey Brooke, Clerk of the Senate; Archibald Blair, Col.\n         Thomas Meriwether, \u0026 Samuel Coleman, Clerks \u0026\n         Assistant Clerk of the Council of State; Capt. Elias Langham,\n         Superintendent of the Military Stores, Arms, \u0026 Ammunition\n         at Point of Fork Arsenal; various county lieutenants; William\n         Rose, Keeper of the Public Jail; James Innes, Attorney\n         General; Leighton Wood, Jr., \u0026 Samuel Shepard, Solicitors\n         General; John Pendleton, Jr., Auditor of Public Accounts; and\n         Jacquelin Ambler, Treasurer.","As Commissioner of Virginia for Claims Against the United States, Col. William Davies corresponds regularly with Governor Randolph. Davies accepted this position from Governor Edmund Randolph on 27 Sept. 1788. His correspondence relates to his salary (1789 Jan. 1), instructions for persons to be employed to collect accounts \u0026 vouchers (1789 Jan. 10), examination of claims (1789 Jan. 24), pensioners (1789 Feb. 23), Andrew Dunscomb's complaints (1789 March 23), his arrival in New York (1789 April 23), the removal of the Auditor \u0026 Treasurer's Books prior to 1781 to New York (1789 Aug. 11), additional clerks (1789 Aug. 19), a plan for the final settlement of continental accounts (1790 July 12), and numerous other topics. Most of Davies' correspondence relates to particulars in the settlement of Virginia's claim against the United States for expenditures during the Revolutionary War.","On 27 Jan. 1789, a bond was posted for Harry Heth to serve\n         as agent to dispose of public tobacco in the Treasury Office\n         in discharge of public taxes. He encloses a letter from\n         Benjamin Harrison, Jr., on 22 Jan. 1789, to purchase public\n         tobacco. Heth often writes the Governor submitting reports on\n         the sales of public tobacco (1789 May 20, 1789 Nov. 9, 1790\n         Jan. 5 \u0026 9, 1790 March 18, \u0026 1791 Oct. 6). He also\n         specifically deals with the settlement of the accounts of the\n         Westham Foundry (1789 March 3 \u0026 5, 1789 June 13, \u0026\n         1790 June 23).","William Hay, one of the Directors of Public Buildings,\n         corresponds with the Governor regarding the claim on the\n         estate of Col. Archibald Cary for monies advanced in 1785\n         (1789 Jan. 31); the completion of the offices for the\n         Executive Board (1789 June 18); a contract to cover the roof\n         of the Capitol with lead, etc. (1790 Jan. 6, April 12, \u0026\n         May 11); statements of an estimate of the sum necessary for\n         paying the debts due the directors of public buildings (1791\n         Jan. 17); and money for the completion of the Capitol (1791\n         Oct. 15).","John Beckley (later Clerk of the U.S. House of\n         Representatives) \u0026 Charles Hay, Clerks of the House of\n         Delegates, \u0026 Humphrey Brooke, Clerk of the Senate,\n         regularly enclose resolutions from their respective bodies to\n         the Governor. Noteworthy resolutions include a proclamation\n         for the Governor to appoint electors to choose a president and\n         for representatives to serve in Congress (1788 Nov. 9 \u0026\n         22); the free navigation of the Mississippi River (1788 Dec.\n         1); the election of Beverley Randolph as Governor (1788 Dec.\n         6); an additional sum to William Heth in the settlement of\n         Virginia's claim against the U.S. for the North Western\n         Territory (1788 Dec. 3); the election of Richard Cary, John\n         Tyler, \u0026 James Henry as judges of the General Court (1788\n         Dec. 24); the election of Cuthbert Bullitt as judge of the\n         General Court \u0026 Cyrus Griffin as Privy Councilor (1788\n         Dec. 27); attacks by the Creek Indians against the Chickasaws\n         and furnishing them with gun powder (1789 Oct. 23); the\n         election of James Mercer as judge of the Court of Appeals to\n         replace John Blair (1789 Nov. 18); the election of Joseph\n         Jones \u0026 Spencer Roane as judges of the General Court (1789\n         Nov. 19); the re-election \u0026 qualification of Beverley\n         Randolph as Governor (1789 Nov. 28); an appointment to examine\n         the materials provided by the State to erect a lighthouse\n         (1789 Dec. 14); the disposal of the materials used for the\n         erection of the lighthouse (1790 Nov. 5); the election of\n         George Nicholas as Attorney General for the District of\n         Kentucky in place of Harry Innes (1790 Nov. 9); the election\n         of James Monroe in the U.S. Senate to replace William Grayson\n         (1790 Nov. 9); the election of John Steele, Miles Selden,\n         \u0026 Hardin Burnley to the Privy Council (1790 Nov. 26); the\n         protection of citizens on the frontiers (1790 Dec. 20); and\n         the election of Henry Lee as Governor (1791 Nov. 2).","Archibald Blair, as Clerk of the Council of State, encloses\n         extracts of minutes and orders of the Council to the Governor.\n         On 26 Nov. 1788, Blair writes regarding the request that Col.\n         Thomas Meriwether consult with printers for 500 copies of the\n         acts to appoint presidential electors. Meriwether, who\n         resigned as clerk of the Council on 30 June 1789, writes\n         regarding pensioners (1788 Dec. 9); quarterly returns and\n         payrolls of Elias Langham at Point of Fork (1789 Jan. 5);\n         Capt. Young's books and papers as successor of the Commercial\n         Agent (1789 Jan. 22); estimates by Elias Langham to enclose\n         the arsenals and magazines at Point of Fork with a stone wall,\n         etc. (1789 April 6); and his resignation (1789 June 27).\n         Samuel Coleman was appointed Assistant Clerk of the Council on\n         26 Dec. 1786. Following the resignation of Thomas Meriwether\n         on 27 June 1789, Coleman requested to fill the vacancy. He\n         writes the Governor respecting militia returns (1789 Nov. 3\n         \u0026 30; 1790 Jan. 1; 1790 Feb. 2; 1790 April 1; 1790 June 1;\n         1790 Aug. 4; 1790 Oct. 12; 1791 Jan. 18; 1791 July 30; \u0026\n         1791 Oct. 5); the accounts, provisions, payrolls, \u0026\n         returns of Elias Langham from the Point of Fork Arsenal (1789\n         July 6, 1790 April 5, 1790 July 3, 1790 Oct. 1, 1791 Jan. 4,\n         1791 Feb. 23, 1791 April 4, 1791 June 19, 1791 July 5, \u0026\n         1791 Oct. 4); his resignation on account of his health (1789\n         April 3); the accounts of James McGavock for public lead\n         delivered at Fort Chiswell (1790 Feb. 25); the claims of\n         scouts \u0026 rangers (1790 June 7, 21, \u0026 29; 1790 Oct. 9\n         \u0026 25; 1790 Dec. 11; \u0026 1791 June 20); and the\n         indebtedness of James Hunter, deceased, former Superintendent\n         of the Public Foundry (1791 Aug. 27).","Capt. Elias Langham, Superintendent of the Military Stores,\n         Arms, \u0026 Ammunition at Point of Fork Arsenal, writes to\n         Governor Randolph regarding the cannon at Taylor's Ferry (1788\n         Nov. 21); the contractor for provisions (1789 Jan. 6); public\n         negroes at Point of Fork (1789 Feb. 7); a recommendation for\n         an appointment to the Dept. of Military Stores when\n         established by Congress (1789 April 11); ammunition for the\n         Chief of the Chickasaw Nation and an application from Chief\n         Piomingo for 40 gallons of rum (1789 Nov. 2); a letter from\n         Piomingo concerning a change in his route (1789 Nov. 4);\n         powder \u0026 lead furnished the Indians at New London (1790\n         Feb. 26); the complaint of Thomas Harris for his punishment\n         \u0026 dismissal (1790 Oct. 1); opinions on his conduct (1790\n         Dec. 19); a contract for furnishing rations at Point of Fork\n         and an addition built to the public mill (1791 Jan. 4); and\n         the purchase of iron to forge bayonets (1791 July 1). Note\n         that additional materials relating to the Point of Fork\n         Arsenal can be found in Series II.","County lieutenants including David Shepherd, Alexander\n         Barnett, George Clendenin, Walter Crockett, John Evans,\n         Benjamin Wilson, Benjamin Harrison, John P. Duvall, Levi Todd,\n         Robert Johnson, \u0026 Arthur Campbell correspond with Governor\n         Randolph on numerous occasions primarily regarding Indian\n         affairs in the western counties. David Shepherd, Ohio Co.,\n         writes regarding a treaty with the Indians at the falls of\n         Muskingum (1788 Nov. 26); a general return of militia (1789\n         April 17); the raising of a company of rangers and Indian\n         attacks at Dunkard Creek (1789 May 12); the account for\n         raising troops (1789 June 8); a return of spies \u0026 rangers\n         (1789 Sept. 13); and continued depredations by the Indians on\n         the frontier (1791 May 9). Alexander Barnett, Russell Co.,\n         encloses court-martial proceedings for the trial of James\n         Gibson \u0026 Richard Thompson for disobeying orders (1788 Dec.\n         10). George Clendenin, Greenbrier Co. (later Kanawha Co.),\n         requests an augmentation of scouts \u0026 rangers in Washington\n         Co. (1788 Dec. 18); writes of the treaty and atrocities by the\n         Indians west of the Ohio (1789 May 6); the new county of\n         Kanawha, recommendations for magistrates, Indian atrocities on\n         Clinch Settlement, etc. (1789 Aug. 10); depredations by the\n         Indians (1790 April 15); and the need for scouts in Kanawha\n         Co. (1791 Jan. 1). Walter Crockett, Montgomery Co., remarks on\n         the state of the frontier and the potential of Indian\n         hostilities in the spring (1789 Feb. 16). John Evans,\n         Monongalia Co., reports on Indian hostilities and the ordering\n         of scouts (1789 April 25). Benjamin Wilson \u0026 John P.\n         Duvall, Harrison Co., enclose a deposition concerning Indian\n         attacks (1789 May 22); provide a list of \"mischief\" done by\n         the Indians (1789 Sept. 28); and report on Indian attacks\n         (1791 Nov. 27). Benjamin Harrison, Rockingham Co., writes in\n         relation to the strength of militia and militia fines (1789\n         May 27). Levi Todd, Fayette Co., notes the need for additional\n         magistrates, the attack on Federal troops by the Indians, and\n         the separation of Kentucky (1789 May 27). Robert Johnson,\n         Woodford Co., writes about the recommendation of the court for\n         militia officers and Indian \"mischief\" (1789 June 15). Lastly,\n         Arthur Campbell, Washington Co., chronicles Indian attacks in\n         Russell Co. (1789 July 20); a confrontation between the Creek\n         Indians \u0026 Spaniards (1789 Aug. 1); and submits a return of\n         militia (1789 Nov. 3).","William Rose as Keeper of the Public Jail periodically\n         transmits lists or calendars of criminals convicted at the\n         General Court (1788 Dec. 8, 1789 March 14, \u0026 1789 Aug.\n         31). Rose also writes the Governor regarding specific inmates\n         including Littlebury Cotton charged with horse stealing (1789\n         April 13 \u0026 23) and John Rose imprisoned for debts (1790\n         Dec. 22).","James Innes served as Attorney General to the Commonwealth\n         during Randolph's administration as Governor. Innes provides\n         his opinion on various issues including the case of Catherine\n         Crull sentenced to death for the murder of her husband (1789\n         Jan. 28); the memorial of Joseph Latil regarding the revenue\n         law (1789 March 2); the act for granting relief to sheriffs\n         \u0026 collectors of revenue (1789 March 2); prisoners in the\n         new district jails of New London \u0026 Dumfries (1789 March\n         28); the case of Ephraim Willard \u0026 John Whitney for\n         counterfeiting (1789 May 23); the case of George Byrd\n         sentenced to death for horse stealing (1789 May 25); warrants\n         issued to scouts \u0026 rangers (1789 Dec. 23); the oath to\n         support the U.S. Constitution (1790 March 20); the Governor's\n         right to withhold his signature from patents claiming property\n         over the waters of the James River between the Rocky Islands\n         (1790 April 4); the case of the executors of Archibald Cary\n         (1790 June 4); commissioner's fees (1790 Aug. 27); the case of\n         Caleb Hill sentenced to death for horse stealing (1791 April\n         27); and the case of Hunter Banks \u0026 Co. (1791 June 8).","Governor Randolph corresponds often with Leighton Wood,\n         Jr., \u0026 Samuel Shepard (formerly Clerk), Solicitors\n         General; John Pendleton, Jr., Auditor of Public Accounts; and\n         Jacquelin Ambler, Treasurer, regarding various financial\n         matters. Leighton Wood \u0026 Samuel Shepard submit lists of\n         inspectors bonds in the Solicitor's Office (1789 Jan. 24) and\n         reports of delinquent sheriffs (1789 April 23, 1789 May 22).\n         On 6 Jan. 1790, Wood writes the Governor regarding the sale of\n         the state Boats Liberty \u0026 Patriot by James Heron of\n         Norfolk. In addition, the Solicitors often write the Governor\n         with respect to specific accounts, especially sheriff accounts\n         of revenue. Wood also writes in support of Samuel Shepard to\n         serve as Solicitor General during his absence due to illness\n         (1790 March 29). Leighton Wood eventually submits his\n         resignation as Solicitor General on 6 July 1791 (See also 1791\n         May 29). John Pendleton encloses accounts of sundry expenses\n         in protecting \u0026 defending the frontier from the Indians in\n         the lands west of the Ohio River (1789 Feb. 19); lists of\n         balances from inspectors \u0026 county court clerks (1789 Jan.\n         29); the account of the expense of the two expeditions against\n         the Shawnee \u0026 Wabash Indians (1789 Dec. 17); the claim of\n         Oliver Pollock (1790 Jan. 4). In addition, Pendleton\n         administers oaths to various state officers including John\n         Dawson \u0026 John H. Briggs to the Privy Council (1789 Dec.\n         21) and Beverley Randolph as Governor (1790 Dec. 3). Ambler\n         encloses accounts of monies paid in part of the expenses\n         attending scouts \u0026 rangers (1789 Jan. 1); accounts of\n         payments made into the Treasury by the Superior \u0026 County\n         Court Clerks (1789 Feb. 6); accounts of payments by inspectors\n         of tobacco (1789 Jan. 28). He writes regarding unpaid expenses\n         of the General Assembly (1788 Dec. 31); security for the\n         Treasury in the new Capitol including iron bars for the\n         windows (1789 June 15); the balance of specie in the Treasury\n         (1789 June 30, 1789 Aug. 11, 1789 Oct. 15, 1789 Dec. 23 \u0026\n         31, 1790 Feb. 1, 1790 April 27, \u0026 1791 Jan. 14); his\n         resignation as one of the Directors of the Public Buildings\n         (1791 Jan. 3); and crop and transfer tobacco in the Treasury\n         for arrears of taxes (1791 May 10).","Additional significant correspondence includes the following: Edmund Randolph to the Council of State regarding his leaving office (1788 Nov. 17); the Judges of the General Court enclosing a list of persons convicted of capital offenses (1788 Dec. 16); John Blair accepting his commission as a judge of the Court of Appeals (1789 Jan. 16); John Dawson regarding the Convention of Kentucky on the navigation of the Mississippi and surrendering the river to Spain (1789 Jan. 29); Martin Oster, French Consul regarding the controversy between Henry Cugneau \u0026 Jean Alexis Subercaseaux and John Cauvey (1789 Jan. 31, 1789 March 2 \u0026 22); William Fleming \u0026 Peter Lyons regarding their appointments as Judges of the Court of Appeals (1789 Feb. 10); Paul Carrington regarding his appointment to the General Court (1789 Feb. 20); Cyrus Griffin regarding the appointment of William Davies (1789 March 9); Andrew Dunscomb to Davies regarding job \u0026 salary (1789 March 17); William Russell regarding the relinquishment to the public of the Capitol Square in Williamsburg and the buildings thereon (1789 May 1); a letter from James Madison, President of Board of Directors, regarding funds to support the Lunatic Hospital in Williamsburg (1789 June 7); Samuel McDowell regarding a remonstrance from inhabitants of the District of Kentucky against discharging the militia from service (1789 July 36); John Hancock regarding the conveyance of the bodies of James Brown \u0026 William Davis charged with piracy (1789 Sept. 13); David Ross recommending Piomingo, Chief of the Chickasaws, to pass through the country to New York (1789 Oct. 12); Patrick Henry regarding rifles \u0026 expenses for Indians (1789 Oct. 27); John Fitzgerald enclosing an address of the people of Georgetown \u0026 Alexandria on the advantages of the Potomac River for the permanent seat of the Federal Government (1789 Dec. 22); George Nicholas regarding his appointment as Attorney General for the District of Kentucky (1790 Jan. 30); William Tatham regarding Hutchin's map, etc. (1790 Feb. 24, April 13, \u0026 Aug. 10); James Taylor concerning the proceedings of the Commissioners of the Marine Hospital (1790 March 26, 1790 Oct. 9, \u0026 1791 May 18); Thomas Newton, Jr., regarding a plat of the 2 acres for the Cape Henry Lighthouse (1790 July 25); Simon Fraser regarding an attempt to burn the town of Petersburg (1790 Aug. 10); Gov. J.E. Howard, Maryland, regarding the erection of a lighthouse and disposal of the materials provided for the construction (1791 Jan. 7); Thomas Newton, Jr., regarding McComb's excavation for the lighthouse (1791 July 18); John McComb regarding the foundation for the lighthouse at Cape Henry (1791 July 22); Thomas Johnson, David, Stuart, \u0026 Daniel Carroll regarding a draft for the construction of the federal buildings (1791 Aug. 2); David Stuart regarding financial problems in constructing the federal buildings (1791 Aug. 5); and James Madison enclosing proceedings of the Directors of the Hospital for Lunatics (1791 Oct. 26).","Other noteworthy items include: an act regarding the\n         credentials of the senators (1788 Dec. 28); a court order\n         recommending Wilson Cary Nicholas as county lieutenant of\n         Albemarle Co. (1789 Jan. 8); the bond of William Lindsay as\n         Naval Officer of the Elizabeth River District (1789 Feb. 23);\n         a return of the State Electoral College \u0026 election\n         certificates from the first Presidential election (1789 Feb.);\n         a report of the Committee as to the Removal into the New\n         Capitol regarding apartments (1789 June 9); proclamations by\n         the Governor (1789 June 5, 1789 July 21, 1791 May 3); the\n         sales at auction of the State Boats Liberty \u0026 Patriot by\n         Capt. Richard Taylor (1789 Aug. 6); the oath of allegiance to\n         Cyrus Griffin as Privy Councilor (1789 Oct. 29); oath of\n         allegiance to Charles Carter as Privy Councilor (1789 Nov.\n         30); a report of the committee regarding appropriations for\n         the building of the Capitol in Richmond (1789 Dec. 14); an\n         account with Bassett Mosely to construct the lighthouse at\n         Cape Henry (1790 Jan. 9); the report of Lt. Gov. James Wood\n         regarding the lighthouse (1790 Jan. 13); the oath of Thomas\n         Madison as Privy Councilor (1790 Jan. 19); the meeting of the\n         Directors of the Lunatic Hospital regarding the resignations\n         of John Blair \u0026 James Innes (1790 Feb. 16); the deed of\n         cession from Virginia to the United States for 2 acres of land\n         at Cape Henry for the purpose of erecting a lighthouse (1790\n         Aug. 9); a proclamation of President George Washington of a\n         treaty between the U.S. and Creek Nation (1790 Aug. 13); and a\n         speech of George Washington regarding public credit, the\n         District of Kentucky \u0026 statehood, Indian incursions on\n         frontier settlements, etc. (1790 Dec. 8).","Series II: Subject Files. This series is arranged\n         alphabetically by subject and relates to the Point of Fork\n         Arsenal in Fluvanna Co., Virginia. The series contains\n         accounts of cash \u0026 provisions, pay rolls of artificers\n         \u0026 state guard, quarterly accounts of muskets, quarter\n         master stores, \u0026 clothing, returns of ordnance \u0026\n         military stores, and vouchers between 1789 and 1791. Note that\n         not all materials related to the Point of Fork Arsenal have\n         been separated to this series. 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These papers primarily consist of incoming correspondence during Lee's three one-year terms as governor between 1 December 1791 until 1 December 1794. These records include correspondence written to James Wood who acted as Lieutenant Governor while Lee traveled to Nashville and again when he served as commander of the United States forces during the Whiskey Rebellion in 1794. The correspondence in this collection relates to a variety of topics including appointments for state positions; the Point of Fork Arsenal; defense of the frontier; the Whiskey Rebellion; resignations; arms \u0026amp; ammunition; Indian attacks; French emigrants; the Federal City; the Lunatic Hospital in Williamsburg; state expenses \u0026amp; revenue; quarantine of vessels; foreign affairs; Revolutionary claims; public tobacco; elections; Presidential electors; the Capitol Building; fortification of Alexandria \u0026amp; Norfolk harbors; the militia; and others. In addition to correspondence, there are resolutions from Congress and the Virginia Senate \u0026amp; House of Delegates; muster \u0026amp; pay rolls; accounts; oaths; pardons; receipts; election returns; election certificates; qualifications; lists; depositions; proclamations; petitions; reports; appointments; bonds; commissions; orders; reports; proceedings; applications; and other sundry items. 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The eldest son of Henry Lee (1729-1787) and Lucy\nGrymes, he graduated from Princeton College in 1773. On 18\nJune 1776, Lee was commissioned by Patrick Henry as a captain\nof Virginia Light Dragoons in Col. Theodorick Bland's\nregiment, which was later attached to the First Continental\nLight Dragoons. The Continental Congress promoted Lee to major\non 7 April 1778 and gave him command of three troops of horse,\nwhich became known as \"Lee's Legion.\" Lee received a gold\nmedal by the Continental Congress for his bravery in an attack\nagainst the British garrison at Paulus Hook, New Jersey, in\nAugust 1779. He served until the end of the war, having been\npromoted to lieutenant colonel on 6 November 1780, and\nmeriting the nickname \"Light Horse Harry Lee.\"","After the war, Lee married his cousin Matilda Lee, daughter\nof Richard Henry Lee, in April 1782. Matilda died in 1790, and\nLee married Anne Hill Carter (1773-1829) from Shirley\nPlantation on 18 June 1793 and had five children, including\nRobert E. Lee. Lee began his political career as a\nrepresentative of Westmoreland County in the Virginia House of\nDelegates, 1785-1786. Additionally, he served in the\nContinental Congress, 1786-1788, followed by a second stint in\nthe General Assembly, 1788-1791. As a member of the Virginia\nConvention of 1788, Lee argued in favor of adopting the new\nfederal Constitution. Lee became Governor of Virginia in 1791,\nserving three consecutive one-year terms. The most significant\nevent of his governorship took place in 1794 when the Whiskey\nRebellion broke out in western Pennsylvania. Given command the\nforces by President Washington in August 1794, Lee\nsuccessfully led the army against the insurgents. Following\nhis terms as Governor, Lee was again elected to represent\nWestmoreland County in the House of Delegates, 1795-1799. His\nlast elected office was as a member of the Federalist Party in\nthe House of Representatives during the Sixth Congress,\n1799-1801.","Lee retired from public service and returned to manage his\nplantation at Stratford Hall. Financial hardships led Lee to\ndebtor's prison in 1809. Here, Lee crafted his Memoirs of the\nWar in the Southern Department. Lee traveled to the West\nIndies in 1816 to recuperate from illness, but died 25 March\n1818 on his return at Cumberland Island, Georgia. Lee's body\nwas re-interred on 30 May 1913 at Lee Chapel at Washington and\nLee University in Lexington, Virginia.","Governor Lee's Executive papers are organized\nchronologically with undated items arranged at the end of each\nyear. These papers primarily consist of incoming\ncorrespondence during Lee's three one-year terms as governor\nbetween 1 December 1791 until 1 December 1794. These records\ninclude correspondence written to James Wood who acted as\nLieutenant Governor while Lee traveled to Nashville and again\nwhen he served as commander of the United States forces during\nthe Whiskey Rebellion in 1794. The correspondence in this\ncollection relates to a variety of topics including\nappointments for state positions; the Point of Fork Arsenal;\ndefense of the frontier; the Whiskey Rebellion; resignations;\narms \u0026 ammunition; Indian attacks; French emigrants; the\nFederal City; the Lunatic Hospital in Williamsburg; state\nexpenses \u0026 revenue; quarantine of vessels; foreign\naffairs; Revolutionary claims; public tobacco; elections;\nPresidential electors; the Capitol Building; fortification of\nAlexandria \u0026 Norfolk harbors; the militia; and others. In\naddition to correspondence, there are resolutions from\nCongress and the Virginia Senate \u0026 House of Delegates;\nmuster \u0026 pay rolls; accounts; oaths; pardons; receipts;\nelection returns; election certificates; qualifications;\nlists; depositions; proclamations; petitions; reports;\nappointments; bonds; commissions; orders; reports;\nproceedings; applications; and other sundry items. Note that\nthe pardons for 1792 have been separated to the end of the\npapers for that year.","Noteworthy correspondence originates from the United States\ngovernment, Virginia State government, and miscellaneous\nsources. Prominent correspondents from the United States\ngovernment include Henry Knox, Secretary of War; Thomas\nJefferson, Secretary of State; Edmund Randolph, Attorney\nGeneral; Alexander Campbell, District Attorney General; Thomas\nJohnson, David Stuart, Daniel Carroll, William Thornton, \u0026\nGustavus Scott, Commissioners of the Federal City; John\nHopkins, Commissioner of Loans for Virginia; John Jacob Ulrich\nRivardi, Engineer in the service of the U.S.; Samuel A. Otis,\nSecretary of the Senate; and the Virginia Delegates to\nCongress including James Monroe, Richard Henry Lee, and\nothers.","Henry Knox, Secretary of War, corresponds the most\nfrequently with Governor Lee from the United States\ngovernment. Knox's correspondence primarily relates to Indian\naffairs and the defense of the frontier (1791 Dec. 5 \u0026 24;\n1792 Feb. 2; 1792 March 17; 1792 April 7; 1792 May 16; 1792\nJune 25 \u0026 30; 1792 July 11; 1792 Sept. 15; 1792 Oct. 9,\n11, 14, \u0026 30; 1792 Nov. 1, 3, \u0026 23; 1793 Feb. 16; 1793\nMay 16; 1793 July 25; 1793 Sept. 3; 1794 Jan. 27). In\naddition, Knox also writes regarding a variety of other\nconcerns including: an escort for Governor Lee \u0026 Governor\nPickens to Nashville (1792 Aug. 13), a treaty with the Indians\nnorth of the Ohio to be held at Lower Sandusky (1793 April\n24), the defense of Norfolk (1793 May 10; 1794 March 19; \u0026\n1794 July 30), the capture of vessels in American waters by\nother powers \u0026 neutrality laws of the U.S. (1793 May 23\n\u0026 24; 1793 Aug. 21; 1793 Nov. 12; 1794 Feb. 11), money to\nthe Commissioners of the Federal Buildings in Washington and\nthe temporary residence of the President in Germantown,\nPennsylvania (1793 Nov. 9), the recommendation of Daniel\nBedinger to make gun carriages in Norfolk (1794 March 24), the\nappointment of Maj. Rivardi by the President to fortify\nBaltimore, Alexandria, \u0026 Norfolk (1794 March 28; 1794\nApril 3; \u0026 1794 June 9), the spoliation at Guadeloupe by\nthe French privateer Preus and British prisoners on parole\n(1794 April 17), the St. Domingo Fleet, the embargo, letters\nof marque, etc. (1794 May 9), an act directing a detachment\nfrom the militia of the U.S. (1794 May 19), the arming of\nvessels belonging to the belligerent powers in the U.S. (1794\nJune 27), the vessel of the British Consul taken possession by\nGen. Thomas Mathews (1794 Aug. 25), and an arsenal or magazine\nwithin Virginia for the U.S. (1794 Nov. 10).","As Secretary of State, Thomas Jefferson writes the Governor\nto transmit acts \u0026 resolutions of Congress. On 1 Feb.\n1792, Jefferson transmits copies of an act carrying into\neffect a contract between the U.S. \u0026 the state of\nPennsylvania, and an act to extend the time for settling the\naccounts of the U.S. with the individual states. He also\nwrites regarding an act concerning certain fisheries of the\nU.S. \u0026 for the regulation and government of the fishermen\nemployed therein, an act to establish the Post Office \u0026\nPost roads, and the ratification by three-quarters of the\nlegislatures of certain articles in addition to and amendment\nto the Constitution (1792 March 1). He transmits an act\nsupplemental to the act for making further provision for the\nprotection of the frontiers, an act establishing a mint \u0026\nregulating the coins of the U.S., and an act for finishing the\nlighthouse on Baldhead at the mouth of the Cape Fear River in\nNorth Carolina (1792 April 10). Note that the original acts\nare no longer included with the above correspondence.","Edmund Randolph, U.S. Attorney General, \u0026 Alexander\nCampbell, District Attorney General, often submit opinions\nrespecting various matters. On 24 June 1793, Randolph writes\nregarding the suit brought by the Indiana Company against the\nstate of Virginia. A circular letter from Randolph, dated 1792\nOct. 10, relates to ships of war bringing in French prizes in\nviolation of the 17th article of the treaty of commerce\nbetween the U.S. \u0026 France. Similarly, Randolph's letter,\ndated 22 Oct. 1794, relates to the complaints of Joseph\nFauchet, Minister Plenipotentiary of the French Republic,\nconcerning French prizes in U.S. ports. Campbell writes the\nLieutenant Governor on 23 Aug. 1793 regarding an insult to the\nBritish Consul at Norfolk. He also provides his opinion in\nfavor of a arming a privateer from Cape Francois (1793 Sept.\n25). On 3 Dec. 1793, Campbell writes that provisions may be\nsold by a neutral people to either belligerent and that\nrepairs of vessels for non-military purposes is permissible.\nHe provides another opinion regarding accusations by the\nBritish Consul at Norfolk respecting violence against the\nBrigantine Ann at Yorktown. The British Consul also accused\npersons at Smithfield of fitting out a ship to serve as a\nprivateer in the present war. Campbell explains that this\nwould be a violation of the laws of the U.S. and require the\nGovernor to arrest the offenders (1794 July 11). Lastly,\nCampbell provides an opinion in favor of a French schooner\nfrom Baltimore that arrived in Norfolk with a prize captured\nat sea (1794 Aug. 15).","Thomas Johnson, David Stuart, Daniel Carroll, William\nThornton, \u0026 Gustavus Scott, Commissioners of the Federal\nCity, write the Governor on several occasions regarding\nVirginia's donation for the Federal Buildings (1792 June 6;\n1793 Feb. 7; 1793 Sept. 23; 1794 Jan. 30; 1794 June 26; 1794\nSept. 16; \u0026 1794 Nov. 7). John Hopkins, as Commissioner of\nLoans for Virginia, also writes the Governor on behalf of\nthese Commissioners (1792 Jan. 25; 1792 May 8; 1793 Feb. 13;\n1793 Sept. 13; 1793 Oct. 29; 1793 Nov. 20; 1794 Feb. 7; \u0026\n1794 Nov. 28). On 12 March 1792, Hopkins encloses a letter\nfrom William Deakins, Treasurer for Federal Buildings,\nregarding the donation. Hopkins also writes with respect to\nthe state debt subscribed to the loan of the U.S. by the act\nof 4 Aug. 1790 (1792 March 12).","John Jacob Ulrich Rivardi, was appointed temporary engineer in the service of the U.S. for the purpose of fortifying the ports and harbors at Baltimore, Alexandria, \u0026 Norfolk. Rivardi writes the Governor on 3 April 1794 \u0026 , enclosing a copy of his instructions from Henry Knox. These instructions provide an estimate of the expenses at Baltimore \u0026 Norfolk. On 9 June 1794, Rivardi encloses a plan of Fort Nelson and writes that drawings of the Craney Island defense are forthcoming (enclosure not included). He writes concerning his progress in Norfolk on 15 June 1794. On 11 July 1794, Rivardi forwards a map of the Elizabeth River (not enclosed) and a return of hands working at Fort Norfolk. Shortly thereafter, Rivardi encloses a plan on Craney Island (not enclosed) and a return of laborers employed at Fort Nelson (1794 July 19). John Vermonnet was later appointed by the War Dept. to fortify Annapolis \u0026 Alexandria. Vermonnet writes on 17 June 1794 that he selected Jones' Point for a battery in Alexandria.","Virginia Delegates to the Second \u0026 Third Congresses\ncorresponded with Governor Lee intermittently throughout his\ntenure. On 20 Dec. 1791, James Monroe transmits the\nproceedings of Congress respecting the representation bill.\nRichard Henry Lee \u0026 Monroe also write on 14 Feb. 1792\nregarding military claims of land, and for services \u0026\nsupplies not yet compensated. Richard Henry Lee's letter of\nresignation, transcribed by Samuel Coleman, can also be found\n(1792 Oct. 8). Samuel A. Otis, as Clerk of the U.S. Senate,\noften transmits the journals of the Senate to the Governor\n(1792 June 1; 1793 May 1; \u0026 1794 June 1). Otis also writes\nrequesting copies of Virginia's laws(1792 Nov. 12).","Significant correspondents from Virginia State government\ninclude Samuel Coleman, Assistant Clerk of the Council of\nState; Simon Morgan, Adjutant General; Wyatt Coleman, Keeper\nof the Capitol; James Wood, Lieutenant Governor; James Innes,\nAttorney General; William Hay, Robert Goode, \u0026 William\nFoushee, etc., Directors of Public Buildings; Charles Hay,\nClerk of the House of Delegates; Humphrey Brooke, Clerk of the\nSenate; Capt. Elias Langham \u0026 Robert Quarles,\nSuperintendents of the Military Stores, Arms, \u0026 Ammunition\nat Point of Fork Arsenal; various county lieutenants; Andrew\nLewis \u0026 Hugh Caperton, Captains of Volunteer Militia;\nJames Madison, Jr., President of the Board of Directors of the\nLunatic Hospital in Williamsburg; Harry Heth, State Agent of\nPublic Tobacco; William Davies, Commissioner of Virginia for\nClaims Against the United States, John Pendleton, Jr., Auditor\nof Public Accounts; and Jacquelin Ambler, Treasurer.","Samuel Coleman, as Assistant Clerk of the Council,\ncommunicates with the Governor frequently through the Council\nOffice. Coleman mainly writes concerning military matters\nincluding the militia (1792 Aug. 2; 1792 Dec. 19 \u0026 31;\n1793 Jan. 9, 24, \u0026 30; 1793 Feb. 2 \u0026 7; 1793 March 29;\n1793 April 2 \u0026 9; 1793 May 7; 1793 June 4; 1793 July 3\n\u0026 9; 1793 Aug. 5; 1793 Sept. 4, 5, 14, 26, \u0026 30; 1793\nOct. 4 \u0026 29; 1793 Nov. 2, 4, \u0026 20; 1793 Dec. 9 \u0026\n22; 1794 March 15 \u0026 24; 1794 June 2; 1794 Aug. 1; 1794\nNov. 18 \u0026 28), an examination of returns from the Point of\nFork Arsenal (1792 Jan. 11; 1792 April 10; 1792 May 25; 1792\nJuly 10; 1792 Oct. 15; 1792 Nov. 1; 1793 Jan. 10; 1793 Feb. 7\n\u0026 20; 1793 April 16; 1793 Aug. 6 \u0026 15; 1793 Oct. 1;\n1793 Nov. 5; 1794 Jan. 2; 1794 April 1 \u0026 11; ), the pay\n\u0026 muster of scouts \u0026 rangers on the frontier (1792\nJan. 31; 1792 March 24; 1792 April 11; 1792 Dec. 5; 1793 Jan.\n7; 1793 Feb. 7; 1794 Jan. 16), accounts on the books of the\nFoundry (1791 Dec. 8; 1792 March 21; 1792 Dec. 27), and claims\nfor military service or supplies (1791 Dec. 10; 1792 Oct. 23;\n1793 Nov. 7; 1794 Sept. 3). On 11 May 1792, Coleman requests\nan appointment as Adjutant General, the duties of which were\nalready annexed to his current position in the Council. He\nagain applies for the position on 1 Dec. 1792, however, Simon\nMorgan was appointed instead. A letter, dated 20 June 1794,\nfrom Morgan encloses general orders to the Division Generals\nof the Militia. Another letter by Morgan requests that John\nStewart be appointed his deputy (1794 Aug. 22).","Coleman also corresponds with the Governor regarding the\nstate of the Capitol Building. On 11 July 1794, he writes on\nthe problems with the roof of the Capitol and includes a rough\ndiagram. Wyatt Coleman, Samuel's father, was appointed Keeper\nof the Capitol in 1793, and too writes the Governor regarding\nthe defective state of the roof (1794 July 10 \u0026 27). His\nearliest letter, dated 1 April 1793, remarks on his duties and\nincludes an account for hiring a person to sweep \u0026 clean\nthe Capitol. Both Samuel \u0026 Wyatt also write requesting\ninstructions of the Keeper of the Capitol (1794 July 16, 24,\n\u0026 25). On 16 July 1794, Wyatt Coleman encloses a memo of\nbroken windows on the Capitol. Samuel also provides a report\non his father's behalf on 11 September 1794 urging repairs to\nthe windows before winter.","James Wood, Lieutenant Governor, traveled to Ohio County on\nthe western frontier in June 1792 for the purpose of making an\narrangement of the volunteer militia and for entering into\ncontracts for their subsistence. He writes the governor on 20\nJune 1792 providing a report of his mission. This letter\nincludes proceedings of the Board of Field Officers of Ohio\nCo.; instructions to Capt. McMachan on augmenting his command;\nthe bond of Archibald \u0026 Robert Woods to furnish rations to\nsupply Capt. McMachan's Company; an order to the county\nlieutenants of Monongalia, Harrison, \u0026 Randolph to make\nreturns; returns of Harrison, Randolph, \u0026 Monongalia;\ninstructions to Capt. Lowther; and charges by John Davis\nagainst John Evans, County Lieutenant of Monongalia. He writes\nagain on 14 June 1793 regarding the state of the frontier in\nthe Monongalia District and encloses instructions to Capt.\nWilliam Lowther.","James Innes, Attorney General of Virginia, provides his\nopinion for the Governor on several occasions. On 3 Jan. 1792,\nInnes confirms his opinion respecting requisitions from\nGovernor Thomas Mifflin for the apprehension of McGuire \u0026\nBrady. He again writes regarding this case on 12 March 1792.\nOn 27 Feb. 1792, he writes that the bond \u0026 mortgage for\nthe public loan made to the French emigrants in Russell County\nis properly drawn. Later, he certifies that the title to\nfifty-five thousand acres sold by Richard Smith to Monsieur\nTibeauf in Russell County is valid (1792 Feb. 28). In 1794,\nInnes was appointed by the President on a mission to deliver\ncommunications to the state of Kentucky. Writing from\nLancaster, PA., dated 20 Nov. 1794, Innes states that he holds\nno office of profit under the United States and encloses a\nletter to Gov. Lee from 14 Aug. and a letter to Lt. Gov. Wood\nfrom 3 Oct. In the latter, Innes notes that General [John]\nMarshall has agreed to discharge his duties during his\nabsence. During Innes' absence, Marshall provides several\nopinions including the purchase \u0026 sale of lands for\narrears of taxes (1794 Oct. 15), fines \u0026 penalties under\nthe militia law (1794 Oct. 15), and the forfeiture of the\ncommission of Elisha White as Sheriff of Hanover (1794 Nov.\n28). Other correspondence from Innes relates to delinquent\nsheriffs (1792 Sept. 7), the ability of individuals to sue the\nstate (1792 Nov. 10), the suit of the Indiana Company against\nVirginia (1793 Jan. 22), the duties of district attorneys in\ncases of escheats (1793 Jan. 29), mortgages on Holt Richeson's\nestate (1794 June 20), and the Buckingham Works (1794 Aug.\n16).","William Hay, Robert Goode, \u0026 William Foushee, etc.,\nDirectors of Public Buildings, kept the Governor informed of\nthe ongoing repairs to the Capitol. On 14 June 1792, the\nDirectors enclose a copy of their proceedings concerning the\ncontract with Moses Austin \u0026 Co. Their letter also\nincludes resolutions, a letter from Hay to Austin regarding\nproblems with the Capitol's roof, and a statement of the\nexpense of wall pipes, plastering, \u0026 covering the Pedestal\ncornice. Robert Goode requests an advance of fifty pounds to\ncomplete the steps of the Capitol (1793 Sept. 12). On 8\nOctober 1794, Hay asks for an order for John Collins \u0026\nGeorge Winston on account of their contracts. Similarly, on 8\nNov. 1794, he solicits the Governor for an order for John\nHart, one of the undertakers of the work on the Capitol.\nFinally, on 17 Jan. 1794, William Hay submits his letter of\nresignation to the Governor.","Charles Hay, Clerk of the House of Delegates, and Humphrey\nBrooke, Clerk of the Senate, often submit legislation and\nqualifications of election to the Governor. Noteworthy\nlegislation includes a resolution to transmit the act to\nappoint electors to chose a president \u0026 vice president\n(1792 Oct. 10), an act to provide more effectually for the\ncollection of the public taxes (1792 Dec. 23), a resolution\nfor the Public Printer to print copies of the act imposing a\npublic tax (1792 Dec. 23), a resolution regarding temporary\ndefensive operations for the protection of the frontier (1793\nNov. 6), a resolution for the affectionate remembrance of the\nmilitia in enforcing obedience to the laws of the United\nStates during the insurrection (1794 Nov. 12), a resolution\nregarding the sale of the mace used by the House of Delegates\n(1794 Nov. 17), and a resolution regarding the request of the\nPresident that Henry Lee take command of the army raised for\nthe purpose of suppressing the insurrection in western\nPennsylvania (1794 Nov. 19). In addition, there are\nqualifications of election for John Taylor to replace Richard\nHenry Lee in the U.S. Senate (1792 Oct. 18), Henry Lee as\nGovernor (1792 Oct. 25), Henry Tazewell as Judge of the Court\nof Appeals to replace James Mercer (1793 Nov. 6), Patrick\nHenry to replace James Monroe in the U.S. Senate (1794 July\n10), and Robert Brooke as Governor to replace Henry Lee (1794\nNov. 20).","Capt. Elias Langham, Superintendent of the Military Stores,\nArms, \u0026 Ammunition at Point of Fork Arsenal, writes the\nGovernor regarding plans for a reduction of the expenses at\nPoint of Fork (1791 Dec. 7), accounts of hirelings' wages\n(1792 Jan. 11), neglect of duty by contractors for provisions\n(1792 Oct. 19), appointment of his brother John Langham as\ncontractor for provisions (1792 Oct. 23), the claim of David\nRoss (1793 July 7), fear of a slave insurrection at Point of\nFork \u0026 the need for a permanent guard (1793 Aug. 3), an\naccount of balance due him for his pay (1793 Oct. 3), and\naccounts of provisions furnished Point of Fork (1794 April 5;\n1794 May 20; 1794 June 11; 1794 Aug. 28; \u0026 1794 Sept. 19).\nOn 4 April 1792, William Price applies to the Governor to\nreplace Langham upon his resignation. Similar applications\nwere also submitted by John Guerrant, Jr., and J.K. Read for\nCol. Samuel Richardson (April 9 \u0026 10). Langham, however,\nremained in office for another year. He writes to the Lt. Gov.\non 24 Aug. 1793 requesting the Board to postpone the\nappointment of a new Superintendent for 15 days. On 26 Oct.\n1793, he states that Maj. Quarles has been appointed to\nsucceed him as Superintendent. Langham requests a certificate\nby the Board regarding his service and the cause of his\nreplacement. On 29 Nov. 1793, Langham complains of the conduct\nof his successor in the contractor's office. Langham also\nincludes certificates by John Peyton \u0026 D. McLaughlan,\nalong with a letter from his brother John Langham. Quarles\nletter in response to these charges can also be found in this\ncollection (1793 Nov. 29).","Maj. Robert Quarles succeeded Langham as Superintendent of\nPoint of Fork in Sept. 1793. Quarles's correspondence relates\nto returns of ordnance \u0026 public stores at Point of Fork\n(1793 Sept. 2 \u0026 5; 1793 Oct. 1; 1794 March 31; 1794 June\n30; \u0026 1794 Oct. 4), the punishment of a guard for neglect\nof duty (1793 Nov. 18); a commissary for the post (1793 Dec.\n20), a request for arms (1794 April 18), an increase in wages\nfor his sergeant for issuing rations (1794 June 2), the death\nof his Armourer Robert Fowler (1794 June 3), the exemption of\nmilitia duty for his garrison (1794 July 28), rations for the\nwives of artisans \u0026 guards (1794 July 28 \u0026 Sept. 2),\nand an increase in his salary (1794 Oct. 1 \u0026 Nov. 14).\nNote that additional materials relating to the Point of Fork\nArsenal can be found at the end of the collection. Included\nare additional correspondence, accounts \u0026 receipts, pay\nrolls of state guard \u0026 artificers, quarterly accounts of\ncash, and returns of ordnance, military stores, etc.","County lieutenants including Arthur Campbell, David Shepherd, George Clendenin, John P. Duvall, John Stuart, Thomas Newton, Jr., \u0026 Smith Snead communicate with the Governor Lee on various topics. Arthur Campbell, Washington Co., writes extensively on Indian affairs and frontier defense (1792 March 28; 1792 July 19 \u0026 20; 1792 Sept. 10; 1792 Oct. 5, 11, \u0026 17; 1792 Nov. 1, 3, \u0026 12; 1792 Dec. 5; 1793 April 24; 1793 June 24 \u0026 30; 1793 July 6; 1793 Oct. 3; 1794 April 15, 21, \u0026 29; 1794 July 9). In addition, Campbell corresponds on the subject of the act of the General Assembly establishing Walker's line as the boundary between North Carolina \u0026 Virginia (1792 June 25), the jurisdiction of William Blount, Governor of the Territory South of the Ohio River (1792 Sept. 4), charges against Capt. Andrew Lewis by Lt. Willoughby of the Washington Militia (1793 Aug. 31; 1793 Oct. 9, 11, \u0026 29; 1794 Jan. 17; 1794 May 8 \u0026 12), and the militia law, insurrection in Pennsylvania, \u0026 movements by the Creek Indians (1794 Aug. 21). David Shepherd, Ohio Co., encloses a letter from Henry Knox on the defense of the frontier, as well as a letter from William McMachan regarding Indian attacks (1792 April 14). John Duvall, Harrison Co., writes of murder committed by the Indians in that county \u0026 the defeat of Gen. St. Claire (1791 Dec. 8). Shortly thereafter, Duvall communicates in relation to troops raised for the defense of Harrison Co. (1792 Dec. 20). George Clendenin, Kanawha Co., too writes about Indian affairs (1792 May 26; 1792 Dec. 10). In addition, he often discusses Hugh Caperton's militia and the defense of the county (1792 March 8; 1792 Sept. 21 \u0026 22; 1793 Jan. 27, 28, \u0026 31; 1793 March 5; 1793 April 12; 1793 Dec. 16). John Stuart, Greenbrier Co., provides information on a company being raised \u0026 commanded by Capt. Caperton for the defense of Greenbrier \u0026 Kanawha counties (1792 Feb. 8 \u0026 1792 Aug. 6). He also mentions the appointment of six scouts on the frontier (1794 June 9) and the receipt of ammunition (1794 July 16). Thomas Newton, Jr., Norfolk, writes extensively about the pestilence in the West Indies \u0026 the quarantine of vessels (1793 June 16, 22, \u0026 30; 1793 Sept. 23 \u0026 28; 1793 Oct. 1, 5, 13, 15, 19-21, 25, 26 \u0026 30; 1793 Nov. 13-15, 19, \u0026 28; 1794 Aug. 7, 10, \u0026 18; 1794 Sept. 24; 1794 Oct. 4, 15, \u0026 21; 1794 Nov. 9 \u0026 21), the Cape Henry Light House (1792 Jan. 9), a slave insurrection (1792 May 10 \u0026 19), arms \u0026 ammunition (1792 June 20; 1793 March 12; 1793 April 29; 1793 Aug. 23; 1794 Oct. 7), Fort Nelson \u0026 coastal defense (1793 May 24 \u0026 25; 1793 Aug. 22; 1794 June 10; 1794 Sept. 21), French ships \u0026 emigrants (1793 July 9; 1793 Aug. 2; 1794 Sept. 10; 1794 Oct. 15), privateers \u0026 the neutrality laws (1793 June 2; 1794 March 19; 1794 Oct. 15; 1794 June 14; 1794 Nov. 28), the Norfolk militia (1794 Feb. 12 \u0026 23; 1794 March 9; 1794 Sept. 10), shots fired from the British ship Daedalus (1793 Feb. 24), the embargo (1794 April 4), and a riot in Norfolk (1794 June 4). Lastly, Smith Snead, Northampton Co., writes concerning ammunition and an attempted slave insurrection (1792 May 5, July 9 \u0026 21).","Andrew Lewis \u0026 Hugh Caperton, Captains of Volunteer\nMilitia in the western counties, were appointed to guard\nVirginia's western frontier. Lewis set out from Richmond on 2\nDecember 1791and frequently corresponds with Governor Lee\nconcerning Indian movements, attacks \u0026 depredations (1792\nApril 27; 1792 June 5; 1792 Aug. 24; 1792 Oct. 3; 1793 April\n9; 1793 May 8; 1793 Sept. 12 \u0026 29; 1793 Nov. 3; 1793 Dec.\n19 \u0026 24; 1794 Feb. 17; 1794 April 17 \u0026 19), rations\n(1792 Feb. 7), arms \u0026 ammunition (1792 Feb. 6; 1793 Jan.\n30), pay (1792 Dec. 22; 1793 Dec. 13 \u0026 23; 1794 Jan. 1),\nrecruiting of troops (1792 Dec. 22; 1794 Feb. 5), the killing\nof friendly Indians by Capt. Baird (1793 June 26), charges\nagainst the Washington Militia \u0026 Arthur Campbell (1793\nAug. 17; 1793 Oct. 13; 1793 Nov. 6, 7, 23, \u0026 26; 1793 Dec.\n19 \u0026 23; 1794 May 9), volunteers for the suppression of\nthe Whiskey Rebellion (1794 Oct. 3), and the general state of\nthe militia \u0026 frontier (1793 Feb. 22 \u0026 25; 1793 March\n11; 1793 Nov. 6; 1794 April 4 \u0026 8; 1794 May 9; 1794 Aug.\n18).","Hugh Caperton was appointed to the command of a company of\nvolunteer militia to defend Greenbrier \u0026 Kanawha counties.\nOn 10 Dec. 1791, Caperton \u0026 Daniel Boone write regarding\nthe volunteer militia to be raised in these counties. A\nstatement of scouts for Kanawha County by Boone can also be\nfound in these papers (1791 Undated). Caperton writes\nconcerning rations, arms, \u0026 ammunition (1792 Oct. 4 \u0026\n30; 1793 Oct. 11), pay (1793 April 20), and the recruiting of\ntroops (1793 Nov. 26). In a letter written with George\nClendenin he encloses a list of his company in service in\nGreenbrier Co. (1792 May 6). Caperton accepts his commission\nas captain of volunteer militia in a letter dated 15 Nov.\n1792. He encloses a pay roll of scouts on 20 April 1793. Col.\nCharles Cameron, Bath Co., writes about Caperton's arrest\n\u0026 trial before a court-martial (1793 Aug. 30 \u0026 1793\nDec. 31). Caperton writes concerning the charges \u0026\ncourt-martial on 25 Feb. 1794. On 2 April and again on 30 Aug.\n1794, Caperton requests a rehearing before another\ncourt-martial. He also submits a petition on 11 Sept. 1794 for\nthe rehearing at his own expense.","James Madison, Jr., Director of the Lunatic Hospital at\nWilliamsburg, \u0026 other members of the Court of Directors,\noften enclose orders to apply to the Auditor of Public\nAccounts for warrants (1792 Jan. 4; 1792 March 20; 1792 Aug.\n11; 1792 Oct. 13; 1793 Feb. 25; 1793 July 19; 1793 Dec. 13;\n1794 May 16). In his letter dated 26 Nov. 1793, Madison\ndeclares two vacancies in the Court of Directors by the deaths\nof Benjamin Harrison \u0026 William Pasteur. Lastly, on 1 Nov.\n1794, James Ruffin was recommended for a vacancy after the\nresignation of Joseph Hornsby.","Harry Heth, Agent for the Sale of Public Tobacco, encloses\nthe amount of sales of the balance of tobacco received by him\n(1791 Dec. 24). Also included is Heth's bond as Agent of the\nSinking Fund (1792 March 17). Heth was appointed to take the\nplace of Anthony Singleton whose letter of resignation can be\nfound in this collection (1792 Jan. 5).","William Davies, Commissioner of Virginia for Claims Against the United States, continues his work in settling the Revolutionary claims. He writes the Governor with respect to additional clerks (1792 April 28); the impending completion of his work (1792 Oct. 1); accounts \u0026 expenses of his office (1793 Jan. 3; 1793 April 1; 1793 July 1; 1793 Oct. 14); the contract with Messrs. Braxton, Herbert, \u0026 Claiborne (1793 Feb. 1); a warrant paid to William Finney (1793 March 20); books \u0026 papers to be sent to the state from Philadelphia (1793 May 28; 1793 July 18); his recommendation as sheriff of Mecklenburg Co. (1793 July 22); and the report of the General Board of Commissioners including an account of supplies \u0026 services during the late war, extracts from the Council Journal, and extracts of correspondence from Virginia governors to him (1794 Feb. 25). Other correspondence from Davies relates to his appointment as agent for the collection of arrears of taxes (1794 Jan. 12); his commission as agent (1794 March 23); and executions against delinquent sheriffs (1794 March 31; 1794 April 8 \u0026 26).","Governor Randolph corresponds often with John Pendleton,\nJr., Auditor of Public Accounts, and Jacquelin Ambler,\nTreasurer, regarding various financial matters. Pendleton\nregularly encloses lists of warrants issued by him through the\nAuditor's Office (1792 Feb. 15; 1792 April 28; 1792 Dec. 31;\n1793 Oct. 1; 1793 Nov. 5). Additionally, Pendleton encloses an\nabstract of the funded debt of the state (1792 June 25), a\nlist of executions returned by sheriffs in several counties\n(1792 Feb. 27), accounts for sending out notices \u0026\nexecutions against public delinquents (1792 April 20), and\nfrontier defense expenses (1793 Feb. 11 \u0026 13). Ambler\nwrites regarding lists of lands purchased for non-payment of\ntaxes (1792 Jan. 11), the amount of transfer tobacco in the\nTreasury (1792 Feb. 14; 1792 June 20), the state of the\nTreasury (1792 Feb. 25; 1792 Nov. 28; 1794 Oct. 20), funds for\nthe Potomack Company (1792 Nov. 28), the purchase of public\ntobacco by Richard Bibb (1792 Dec. 11), certificates from the\nSinking Fund for warrants issued to foreign creditors (1793\nJan. 10), the exchange rates of foreign coins by Congress\n(1793 June 13), additional door, locks, \u0026 other expenses\nfor the Treasury (1793 Aug. 27), the claim of the state on\naccount of the Federal buildings (1794 Aug. 28), disbursements\n\u0026 discounts made at the Treasury (1794 Sept. 25), and a\nwarrant to the Court of Directors of the Lunatic Hospital\n(1794 Nov. 4). On 9 Jan. 1793, Ambler \u0026 Pendleton apply to\nthe Governor requesting that Mrs. Pearson remain in the house\non the public square (1793. Jan. 9).","Additional significant correspondence includes the following: President George Washington re. property carried away by the British (handwritten copy) (1791 Dec. 7); Edward Telfair, Governor of Georgia, transmitting a resolution to keep the Senate doors open to the public (1792 Jan. 31); William Blount, Governor of the Territory South of the Ohio River, re. aid to troops stationed on Virginia's frontiers (1792 March 6); John Harvie \u0026 William Foushee, Directors of the James River Canal re. balance due on shares purchased on public account (1792 May 8); Benjamin R. Morgan, Solicitor of Complaints, to James Innes enclosing a bill of equity from William Grayson \u0026 others re. the tract of land known as Indiana (1792 Aug. 11); William Blount re. the boundary between Virginia and his territory at the Watkins' line (1792 Sept. 2); Gen. Anthony Wayne to Maj. William McMachan re. the protection of the frontiers of Ohio Co. (1793 Jan. 5); Henry Lee to James Wood, Lt. Gov., re. a suit against the state (1792 Feb. 7); Henry Lee to Wood re. peace with the Southwest Indians \u0026 settlement of claims (1793 Feb. 15); Richard E. Lee, Mayor of Norfolk, enclosing a letter from the British Consul re. interference with the civil authority against U.S. citizens engaged in privateering against the British (1793 May 16); Thomas Mifflin, Governor of Pennsylvania, re. the defense of the frontiers (1793 June 23); Robert Taylor, Mayor of Norfolk, re. distressed emigrants from the West Indies (1793 July 13); John Avery, Jr., Secretary, enclosing the proclamation of John Hancock, Governor of Massachusetts, concerning the complaint of William Marshall against the state (1793 July 21); John Hamilton, British Consul, re. an infringement of the President's neutrality proclamation (1793 Aug. 8 \u0026 29); Joseph Jones re. an intended slave insurrection at Petersburg (1793 Aug. 17); Dennis Ramsay, Mayor of Alexandria, re. quarantine of vessels (1793 Sept. 13); Edward Carrington re. the rent of the room in the Capitol formerly occupied by the Solicitor (1793 Sept. 10); Robert Taylor re. measures to prevent the pestilence in Philadelphia \u0026 the West Indies (1793 Sept. 17); Fontaine Maury, Mayor of Fredericksburg, re. the infectious fever brought by trading vessels (1793 Sept. 17 \u0026 22); John Barrett, Mayor of Richmond, re. the spread of the malady from Philadelphia (1793 Sept. 17); John Hamilton re. the French Privateer Republic (1793 Sept. 20 \u0026 27); William Prentis, Mayor of Petersburg, re. two persons escaping from quarantine to Petersburg (1793 Oct. 1); Thomas Mifflin re. the suability of a state (1793 Dec. 19); John Hamilton re. the capture of the British Brigantine Cunningham by a French Privateer in U.S. jurisdiction (1793 Dec. 22); Monsieur P.A. Cherui, Vice-Consul of the France Republic at Alexandria, re. his title papers (1794 Jan. 14); Samuel Huntington, Governor of Connecticut, re. a resolution giving instructions to member in Congress (1794 Jan. 15); Robert Taylor re. relief of French emigrants (1794 Jan. 17 \u0026 Feb. 10); Dennis Ramsay re. statements of French emigrants from St. Domingo (1794 Feb. 1); A.J. Dallas, Secretary of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, transmitting a copy of their laws (1794 Feb. 11); William Prentis re. precautions against small pox (1794 March 20); Robert Taylor re. the British ship Daedalus (1794 March 23); John Hamilton re. the capture of the British Schooner Delight \u0026 Charles taken by a French ship within neutral limits (1794 May 29); John Marshall re. the arrest of the Ship Unicorn, a supposed privateer (1794 July 23 \u0026 28); David Bradford re. opposition to the Excise Law (1794 Aug. 6); Dabney Minor re. leaks in the Capitol roof (1794 Aug. 7); Tench Coxe, Revenue Commissioner, to H.H. Breckinridge re. the Excise Law and the Whiskey Rebellion (1794 Aug. 8); Tench Coxe to H.H. Breckinridge re. a reported dismemberment of Virginia \u0026 Pennsylvania (1794 Aug. 29); Edward Carrington re. military stores and three thousand stand of arms to Winchester for use against the insurgents (1794 Sept. 1 \u0026 16); George Jackson re. the Governor's letter \u0026 proclamation relative to the riotous party in Pennsylvania (1794 Sept. 9); Henry Lee to James Wood re. the fighting force of the insurgent counties (1794 Sept. 19); Mr. Oster, French Consul, re. an English Frigate with two French prizes at Hampton (1794 Sept. 25 \u0026 Oct. 15); Edward Carrington re. insurgents in Maryland, liberty poles, and the arrival of the Governor (1794 Sept. 24); Thomas Mathews re. arms, supplies, troop movements, quotas, desertions, etc. (1794 Oct. 6 \u0026 12); George French, Mayor of Fredericksburg, re. the nomination of James Allan, Jr., as Superintendent of Quarantine (1794 Oct. 19); Edward Carrington re. provision for the return of the militia now in service (1794 Oct. 18); Henry Lee to James Wood stating that he is unable to return in time for the General Assembly (1794 Oct. 23); and Robert Mitchell, Mayor of Richmond, re. small pox (1794 Nov. 13).","Other noteworthy items include: pay roll of Lt. Bladen\nAshby's company of Rangers (1791 Dec. 20); receipt for powder\n\u0026 lead for the use of Daniel Boone's Company (1791 Dec.\n22); returns for elections to the House of Representatives\n(1792 Feb. 20 \u0026 23); pay abstract of scouts belonging to\nCapt. Hugh Caperton's Company (1793 Jan. 29); election\ncertificates for electors of the Presidential \u0026 Vice-\nPresidential elections (1792 Nov.); a roll of Capt. Hugh\nCaperton's Company showing residence \u0026 place of duty (1792\nUndated); roll of John Morris' Company of rangers (1793 Jan.\n1); proclamation by Gov. Lee prohibiting hostile incursions\nagainst the Indians north of the Ohio River while a treaty\ntakes place at Lower Sandusky (1793 May 13); list of Capt.\nHugh Caperton's Company at Fort Lee (1793 May 27);\nproclamation by Gov. Lee regarding the quarantine of vessels\ncoming from Philadelphia, the Grenades, \u0026 Tobago (1793\nSept. 17); list of persons who have taken the oath of fidelity\nin Fairfax County (1793 Oct. 1); pay roll of the militia on\nguard over the Public Arsenal at New London (1793 Oct. 19);\nPetersburg resolutions regarding the malignant disease in\nPhiladelphia (1793 Oct. 3); proclamation by Gov. Lee revoking\nhis previous proclamation to perform quarantines (1793 Nov.\n25); proclamation by Gov. Lee regarding an award for the\ncapture of Richard Adams (1793 Dec. 11); pay abstract of\nmilitia from Washington Co. under Capt. Andrew Lewis (1793\nDec. 13); applications for agents for the collection of\narrears of taxes due by delinquent sheriffs (1793 Dec. \u0026\n1794 Jan.); resolutions of the North Carolina Assembly\nregarding the decision of the Federal judiciary that a state\nmay be sued by an individual (1794 Jan. 4); bonds of\nindividuals appointed as agents for collecting taxes \u0026\nduties (1794 Feb.); muster roll of a detachment of Cornelius\nBogard's Company of Rangers commanded by William Wells (1794\nMarch 15); resolution of Congress for an embargo on all ships\nin U.S. ports for thirty days (1794 March 26); return of\nlaborers employed at Fort Nelson \u0026 Fort Norfolk (1794 June\n27); rough general orders \u0026 division orders to militia\n(1794 June 30); proclamation by Lt. Gov. Wood regarding a\ncontagious disease in the West Indies and performing\nquarantines (1794 Aug. 2); report of Maj. G.K. Taylor\nregarding the taking possession of Capt. Sinclair's ship The\nUnicorn suspecting of equipping for the purpose of\nprivateering (1794 Aug. 4); proclamation by Gov. Lee regarding\nbanditti from Western Pennsylvania in Virginia (1794 Aug. 19);\nestimate by Edward Carrington concerning the march of the\nmilitia for the suppression of the Whiskey Insurrection (1794\nSept. 4); and a proclamation by Lt. Gov. Wood revoking his\nproclamation for quarantines (1794 Nov. 4).","There are no restrictions.","State Records Collection,\nOffice of the Governor (Record Group 3)","English"],"unitid_tesim":["40611"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Governor Henry Lee Executive Papers, \n\n1791-1794"],"collection_title_tesim":["Governor Henry Lee Executive Papers, \n\n1791-1794"],"collection_ssim":["Governor Henry Lee Executive Papers, \n\n1791-1794"],"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":["4.83 cubic\nfeet"],"accessrestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThere are no restrictions.\u003c/p\u003e"],"accessrestrict_heading_ssm":["Access Restrictions"],"accessrestrict_tesim":["There are no restrictions."],"altformavail_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eAlso available on microfilm - Miscellaneous Reel 5048-5055.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003clist type=\"simple\"\u003e\n          \u003citem\u003eMiscellaneous Reel 5048 - 1791 Dec.-1792 June 30\n\u003c/item\u003e\n          \u003citem\u003eMiscellaneous Reel 5049 - 1792 July 2-Nov. 30 \u0026amp; Presidential Electors\n\u003c/item\u003e\n          \u003citem\u003eMiscellaneous Reel 5050 - 1792 Dec. 1-1793 Mar. 30\n\u003c/item\u003e\n          \u003citem\u003eMiscellaneous Reel 5051 - 1793 Apr. 1-Aug. 31\n\u003c/item\u003e\n          \u003citem\u003eMiscellaneous Reel 5052 - 1793 Sept. 2-Dec. 31\n\u003c/item\u003e\n          \u003citem\u003eMiscellaneous Reel 5053 - 1794 Jan. 1-Apr. 29\n\u003c/item\u003e\n          \u003citem\u003eMiscellaneous Reel 5054 - 1794 May 2-Aug. 31\n\u003c/item\u003e\n          \u003citem\u003eMiscellaneous Reel 5055 - 1794 Sept. 1-Nov. 30\n\u003c/item\u003e\n        \u003c/list\u003e"],"altformavail_heading_ssm":["Alternative Form Available\n"],"altformavail_tesim":["Also available on microfilm - Miscellaneous Reel 5048-5055.\n","Miscellaneous Reel 5048 - 1791 Dec.-1792 June 30\n Miscellaneous Reel 5049 - 1792 July 2-Nov. 30 \u0026 Presidential Electors\n Miscellaneous Reel 5050 - 1792 Dec. 1-1793 Mar. 30\n Miscellaneous Reel 5051 - 1793 Apr. 1-Aug. 31\n Miscellaneous Reel 5052 - 1793 Sept. 2-Dec. 31\n Miscellaneous Reel 5053 - 1794 Jan. 1-Apr. 29\n Miscellaneous Reel 5054 - 1794 May 2-Aug. 31\n Miscellaneous Reel 5055 - 1794 Sept. 1-Nov. 30\n"],"arrangement_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eArranged chronologically by date of document with undated\nitems arranged to the rear.\u003c/p\u003e"],"arrangement_heading_ssm":["Arrangement"],"arrangement_tesim":["Arranged chronologically by date of document with undated\nitems arranged to the rear."],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eHenry Lee was born on 29 January 1756 at Leesylvania,\nVirginia. The eldest son of Henry Lee (1729-1787) and Lucy\nGrymes, he graduated from Princeton College in 1773. On 18\nJune 1776, Lee was commissioned by Patrick Henry as a captain\nof Virginia Light Dragoons in Col. Theodorick Bland's\nregiment, which was later attached to the First Continental\nLight Dragoons. The Continental Congress promoted Lee to major\non 7 April 1778 and gave him command of three troops of horse,\nwhich became known as \"Lee's Legion.\" Lee received a gold\nmedal by the Continental Congress for his bravery in an attack\nagainst the British garrison at Paulus Hook, New Jersey, in\nAugust 1779. He served until the end of the war, having been\npromoted to lieutenant colonel on 6 November 1780, and\nmeriting the nickname \"Light Horse Harry Lee.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAfter the war, Lee married his cousin Matilda Lee, daughter\nof Richard Henry Lee, in April 1782. Matilda died in 1790, and\nLee married Anne Hill Carter (1773-1829) from Shirley\nPlantation on 18 June 1793 and had five children, including\nRobert E. Lee. Lee began his political career as a\nrepresentative of Westmoreland County in the Virginia House of\nDelegates, 1785-1786. Additionally, he served in the\nContinental Congress, 1786-1788, followed by a second stint in\nthe General Assembly, 1788-1791. As a member of the Virginia\nConvention of 1788, Lee argued in favor of adopting the new\nfederal Constitution. Lee became Governor of Virginia in 1791,\nserving three consecutive one-year terms. The most significant\nevent of his governorship took place in 1794 when the Whiskey\nRebellion broke out in western Pennsylvania. Given command the\nforces by President Washington in August 1794, Lee\nsuccessfully led the army against the insurgents. Following\nhis terms as Governor, Lee was again elected to represent\nWestmoreland County in the House of Delegates, 1795-1799. His\nlast elected office was as a member of the Federalist Party in\nthe House of Representatives during the Sixth Congress,\n1799-1801.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLee retired from public service and returned to manage his\nplantation at Stratford Hall. Financial hardships led Lee to\ndebtor's prison in 1809. Here, Lee crafted his Memoirs of the\nWar in the Southern Department. Lee traveled to the West\nIndies in 1816 to recuperate from illness, but died 25 March\n1818 on his return at Cumberland Island, Georgia. Lee's body\nwas re-interred on 30 May 1913 at Lee Chapel at Washington and\nLee University in Lexington, Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e"],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical Information"],"bioghist_tesim":["Henry Lee was born on 29 January 1756 at Leesylvania,\nVirginia. The eldest son of Henry Lee (1729-1787) and Lucy\nGrymes, he graduated from Princeton College in 1773. On 18\nJune 1776, Lee was commissioned by Patrick Henry as a captain\nof Virginia Light Dragoons in Col. Theodorick Bland's\nregiment, which was later attached to the First Continental\nLight Dragoons. The Continental Congress promoted Lee to major\non 7 April 1778 and gave him command of three troops of horse,\nwhich became known as \"Lee's Legion.\" Lee received a gold\nmedal by the Continental Congress for his bravery in an attack\nagainst the British garrison at Paulus Hook, New Jersey, in\nAugust 1779. He served until the end of the war, having been\npromoted to lieutenant colonel on 6 November 1780, and\nmeriting the nickname \"Light Horse Harry Lee.\"","After the war, Lee married his cousin Matilda Lee, daughter\nof Richard Henry Lee, in April 1782. Matilda died in 1790, and\nLee married Anne Hill Carter (1773-1829) from Shirley\nPlantation on 18 June 1793 and had five children, including\nRobert E. Lee. Lee began his political career as a\nrepresentative of Westmoreland County in the Virginia House of\nDelegates, 1785-1786. Additionally, he served in the\nContinental Congress, 1786-1788, followed by a second stint in\nthe General Assembly, 1788-1791. As a member of the Virginia\nConvention of 1788, Lee argued in favor of adopting the new\nfederal Constitution. Lee became Governor of Virginia in 1791,\nserving three consecutive one-year terms. The most significant\nevent of his governorship took place in 1794 when the Whiskey\nRebellion broke out in western Pennsylvania. Given command the\nforces by President Washington in August 1794, Lee\nsuccessfully led the army against the insurgents. Following\nhis terms as Governor, Lee was again elected to represent\nWestmoreland County in the House of Delegates, 1795-1799. His\nlast elected office was as a member of the Federalist Party in\nthe House of Representatives during the Sixth Congress,\n1799-1801.","Lee retired from public service and returned to manage his\nplantation at Stratford Hall. Financial hardships led Lee to\ndebtor's prison in 1809. Here, Lee crafted his Memoirs of the\nWar in the Southern Department. Lee traveled to the West\nIndies in 1816 to recuperate from illness, but died 25 March\n1818 on his return at Cumberland Island, Georgia. Lee's body\nwas re-interred on 30 May 1913 at Lee Chapel at Washington and\nLee University in Lexington, Virginia."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eVirginia. Governor's Office. Henry Lee Executive Papers,\n1791-1794 (bulk 1792-1794). Accession 40611. State Records\nCollection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond,\nVirginia.\u003c/p\u003e"],"prefercite_tesim":["Virginia. Governor's Office. Henry Lee Executive Papers,\n1791-1794 (bulk 1792-1794). Accession 40611. State Records\nCollection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond,\nVirginia."],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content Information"],"scopecontent_tesim":["Governor Lee's Executive papers are organized\nchronologically with undated items arranged at the end of each\nyear. These papers primarily consist of incoming\ncorrespondence during Lee's three one-year terms as governor\nbetween 1 December 1791 until 1 December 1794. These records\ninclude correspondence written to James Wood who acted as\nLieutenant Governor while Lee traveled to Nashville and again\nwhen he served as commander of the United States forces during\nthe Whiskey Rebellion in 1794. The correspondence in this\ncollection relates to a variety of topics including\nappointments for state positions; the Point of Fork Arsenal;\ndefense of the frontier; the Whiskey Rebellion; resignations;\narms \u0026 ammunition; Indian attacks; French emigrants; the\nFederal City; the Lunatic Hospital in Williamsburg; state\nexpenses \u0026 revenue; quarantine of vessels; foreign\naffairs; Revolutionary claims; public tobacco; elections;\nPresidential electors; the Capitol Building; fortification of\nAlexandria \u0026 Norfolk harbors; the militia; and others. In\naddition to correspondence, there are resolutions from\nCongress and the Virginia Senate \u0026 House of Delegates;\nmuster \u0026 pay rolls; accounts; oaths; pardons; receipts;\nelection returns; election certificates; qualifications;\nlists; depositions; proclamations; petitions; reports;\nappointments; bonds; commissions; orders; reports;\nproceedings; applications; and other sundry items. Note that\nthe pardons for 1792 have been separated to the end of the\npapers for that year.","Noteworthy correspondence originates from the United States\ngovernment, Virginia State government, and miscellaneous\nsources. Prominent correspondents from the United States\ngovernment include Henry Knox, Secretary of War; Thomas\nJefferson, Secretary of State; Edmund Randolph, Attorney\nGeneral; Alexander Campbell, District Attorney General; Thomas\nJohnson, David Stuart, Daniel Carroll, William Thornton, \u0026\nGustavus Scott, Commissioners of the Federal City; John\nHopkins, Commissioner of Loans for Virginia; John Jacob Ulrich\nRivardi, Engineer in the service of the U.S.; Samuel A. Otis,\nSecretary of the Senate; and the Virginia Delegates to\nCongress including James Monroe, Richard Henry Lee, and\nothers.","Henry Knox, Secretary of War, corresponds the most\nfrequently with Governor Lee from the United States\ngovernment. Knox's correspondence primarily relates to Indian\naffairs and the defense of the frontier (1791 Dec. 5 \u0026 24;\n1792 Feb. 2; 1792 March 17; 1792 April 7; 1792 May 16; 1792\nJune 25 \u0026 30; 1792 July 11; 1792 Sept. 15; 1792 Oct. 9,\n11, 14, \u0026 30; 1792 Nov. 1, 3, \u0026 23; 1793 Feb. 16; 1793\nMay 16; 1793 July 25; 1793 Sept. 3; 1794 Jan. 27). In\naddition, Knox also writes regarding a variety of other\nconcerns including: an escort for Governor Lee \u0026 Governor\nPickens to Nashville (1792 Aug. 13), a treaty with the Indians\nnorth of the Ohio to be held at Lower Sandusky (1793 April\n24), the defense of Norfolk (1793 May 10; 1794 March 19; \u0026\n1794 July 30), the capture of vessels in American waters by\nother powers \u0026 neutrality laws of the U.S. (1793 May 23\n\u0026 24; 1793 Aug. 21; 1793 Nov. 12; 1794 Feb. 11), money to\nthe Commissioners of the Federal Buildings in Washington and\nthe temporary residence of the President in Germantown,\nPennsylvania (1793 Nov. 9), the recommendation of Daniel\nBedinger to make gun carriages in Norfolk (1794 March 24), the\nappointment of Maj. Rivardi by the President to fortify\nBaltimore, Alexandria, \u0026 Norfolk (1794 March 28; 1794\nApril 3; \u0026 1794 June 9), the spoliation at Guadeloupe by\nthe French privateer Preus and British prisoners on parole\n(1794 April 17), the St. Domingo Fleet, the embargo, letters\nof marque, etc. (1794 May 9), an act directing a detachment\nfrom the militia of the U.S. (1794 May 19), the arming of\nvessels belonging to the belligerent powers in the U.S. (1794\nJune 27), the vessel of the British Consul taken possession by\nGen. Thomas Mathews (1794 Aug. 25), and an arsenal or magazine\nwithin Virginia for the U.S. (1794 Nov. 10).","As Secretary of State, Thomas Jefferson writes the Governor\nto transmit acts \u0026 resolutions of Congress. On 1 Feb.\n1792, Jefferson transmits copies of an act carrying into\neffect a contract between the U.S. \u0026 the state of\nPennsylvania, and an act to extend the time for settling the\naccounts of the U.S. with the individual states. He also\nwrites regarding an act concerning certain fisheries of the\nU.S. \u0026 for the regulation and government of the fishermen\nemployed therein, an act to establish the Post Office \u0026\nPost roads, and the ratification by three-quarters of the\nlegislatures of certain articles in addition to and amendment\nto the Constitution (1792 March 1). He transmits an act\nsupplemental to the act for making further provision for the\nprotection of the frontiers, an act establishing a mint \u0026\nregulating the coins of the U.S., and an act for finishing the\nlighthouse on Baldhead at the mouth of the Cape Fear River in\nNorth Carolina (1792 April 10). Note that the original acts\nare no longer included with the above correspondence.","Edmund Randolph, U.S. Attorney General, \u0026 Alexander\nCampbell, District Attorney General, often submit opinions\nrespecting various matters. On 24 June 1793, Randolph writes\nregarding the suit brought by the Indiana Company against the\nstate of Virginia. A circular letter from Randolph, dated 1792\nOct. 10, relates to ships of war bringing in French prizes in\nviolation of the 17th article of the treaty of commerce\nbetween the U.S. \u0026 France. Similarly, Randolph's letter,\ndated 22 Oct. 1794, relates to the complaints of Joseph\nFauchet, Minister Plenipotentiary of the French Republic,\nconcerning French prizes in U.S. ports. Campbell writes the\nLieutenant Governor on 23 Aug. 1793 regarding an insult to the\nBritish Consul at Norfolk. He also provides his opinion in\nfavor of a arming a privateer from Cape Francois (1793 Sept.\n25). On 3 Dec. 1793, Campbell writes that provisions may be\nsold by a neutral people to either belligerent and that\nrepairs of vessels for non-military purposes is permissible.\nHe provides another opinion regarding accusations by the\nBritish Consul at Norfolk respecting violence against the\nBrigantine Ann at Yorktown. The British Consul also accused\npersons at Smithfield of fitting out a ship to serve as a\nprivateer in the present war. Campbell explains that this\nwould be a violation of the laws of the U.S. and require the\nGovernor to arrest the offenders (1794 July 11). Lastly,\nCampbell provides an opinion in favor of a French schooner\nfrom Baltimore that arrived in Norfolk with a prize captured\nat sea (1794 Aug. 15).","Thomas Johnson, David Stuart, Daniel Carroll, William\nThornton, \u0026 Gustavus Scott, Commissioners of the Federal\nCity, write the Governor on several occasions regarding\nVirginia's donation for the Federal Buildings (1792 June 6;\n1793 Feb. 7; 1793 Sept. 23; 1794 Jan. 30; 1794 June 26; 1794\nSept. 16; \u0026 1794 Nov. 7). John Hopkins, as Commissioner of\nLoans for Virginia, also writes the Governor on behalf of\nthese Commissioners (1792 Jan. 25; 1792 May 8; 1793 Feb. 13;\n1793 Sept. 13; 1793 Oct. 29; 1793 Nov. 20; 1794 Feb. 7; \u0026\n1794 Nov. 28). On 12 March 1792, Hopkins encloses a letter\nfrom William Deakins, Treasurer for Federal Buildings,\nregarding the donation. Hopkins also writes with respect to\nthe state debt subscribed to the loan of the U.S. by the act\nof 4 Aug. 1790 (1792 March 12).","John Jacob Ulrich Rivardi, was appointed temporary engineer in the service of the U.S. for the purpose of fortifying the ports and harbors at Baltimore, Alexandria, \u0026 Norfolk. Rivardi writes the Governor on 3 April 1794 \u0026 , enclosing a copy of his instructions from Henry Knox. These instructions provide an estimate of the expenses at Baltimore \u0026 Norfolk. On 9 June 1794, Rivardi encloses a plan of Fort Nelson and writes that drawings of the Craney Island defense are forthcoming (enclosure not included). He writes concerning his progress in Norfolk on 15 June 1794. On 11 July 1794, Rivardi forwards a map of the Elizabeth River (not enclosed) and a return of hands working at Fort Norfolk. Shortly thereafter, Rivardi encloses a plan on Craney Island (not enclosed) and a return of laborers employed at Fort Nelson (1794 July 19). John Vermonnet was later appointed by the War Dept. to fortify Annapolis \u0026 Alexandria. Vermonnet writes on 17 June 1794 that he selected Jones' Point for a battery in Alexandria.","Virginia Delegates to the Second \u0026 Third Congresses\ncorresponded with Governor Lee intermittently throughout his\ntenure. On 20 Dec. 1791, James Monroe transmits the\nproceedings of Congress respecting the representation bill.\nRichard Henry Lee \u0026 Monroe also write on 14 Feb. 1792\nregarding military claims of land, and for services \u0026\nsupplies not yet compensated. Richard Henry Lee's letter of\nresignation, transcribed by Samuel Coleman, can also be found\n(1792 Oct. 8). Samuel A. Otis, as Clerk of the U.S. Senate,\noften transmits the journals of the Senate to the Governor\n(1792 June 1; 1793 May 1; \u0026 1794 June 1). Otis also writes\nrequesting copies of Virginia's laws(1792 Nov. 12).","Significant correspondents from Virginia State government\ninclude Samuel Coleman, Assistant Clerk of the Council of\nState; Simon Morgan, Adjutant General; Wyatt Coleman, Keeper\nof the Capitol; James Wood, Lieutenant Governor; James Innes,\nAttorney General; William Hay, Robert Goode, \u0026 William\nFoushee, etc., Directors of Public Buildings; Charles Hay,\nClerk of the House of Delegates; Humphrey Brooke, Clerk of the\nSenate; Capt. Elias Langham \u0026 Robert Quarles,\nSuperintendents of the Military Stores, Arms, \u0026 Ammunition\nat Point of Fork Arsenal; various county lieutenants; Andrew\nLewis \u0026 Hugh Caperton, Captains of Volunteer Militia;\nJames Madison, Jr., President of the Board of Directors of the\nLunatic Hospital in Williamsburg; Harry Heth, State Agent of\nPublic Tobacco; William Davies, Commissioner of Virginia for\nClaims Against the United States, John Pendleton, Jr., Auditor\nof Public Accounts; and Jacquelin Ambler, Treasurer.","Samuel Coleman, as Assistant Clerk of the Council,\ncommunicates with the Governor frequently through the Council\nOffice. Coleman mainly writes concerning military matters\nincluding the militia (1792 Aug. 2; 1792 Dec. 19 \u0026 31;\n1793 Jan. 9, 24, \u0026 30; 1793 Feb. 2 \u0026 7; 1793 March 29;\n1793 April 2 \u0026 9; 1793 May 7; 1793 June 4; 1793 July 3\n\u0026 9; 1793 Aug. 5; 1793 Sept. 4, 5, 14, 26, \u0026 30; 1793\nOct. 4 \u0026 29; 1793 Nov. 2, 4, \u0026 20; 1793 Dec. 9 \u0026\n22; 1794 March 15 \u0026 24; 1794 June 2; 1794 Aug. 1; 1794\nNov. 18 \u0026 28), an examination of returns from the Point of\nFork Arsenal (1792 Jan. 11; 1792 April 10; 1792 May 25; 1792\nJuly 10; 1792 Oct. 15; 1792 Nov. 1; 1793 Jan. 10; 1793 Feb. 7\n\u0026 20; 1793 April 16; 1793 Aug. 6 \u0026 15; 1793 Oct. 1;\n1793 Nov. 5; 1794 Jan. 2; 1794 April 1 \u0026 11; ), the pay\n\u0026 muster of scouts \u0026 rangers on the frontier (1792\nJan. 31; 1792 March 24; 1792 April 11; 1792 Dec. 5; 1793 Jan.\n7; 1793 Feb. 7; 1794 Jan. 16), accounts on the books of the\nFoundry (1791 Dec. 8; 1792 March 21; 1792 Dec. 27), and claims\nfor military service or supplies (1791 Dec. 10; 1792 Oct. 23;\n1793 Nov. 7; 1794 Sept. 3). On 11 May 1792, Coleman requests\nan appointment as Adjutant General, the duties of which were\nalready annexed to his current position in the Council. He\nagain applies for the position on 1 Dec. 1792, however, Simon\nMorgan was appointed instead. A letter, dated 20 June 1794,\nfrom Morgan encloses general orders to the Division Generals\nof the Militia. Another letter by Morgan requests that John\nStewart be appointed his deputy (1794 Aug. 22).","Coleman also corresponds with the Governor regarding the\nstate of the Capitol Building. On 11 July 1794, he writes on\nthe problems with the roof of the Capitol and includes a rough\ndiagram. Wyatt Coleman, Samuel's father, was appointed Keeper\nof the Capitol in 1793, and too writes the Governor regarding\nthe defective state of the roof (1794 July 10 \u0026 27). His\nearliest letter, dated 1 April 1793, remarks on his duties and\nincludes an account for hiring a person to sweep \u0026 clean\nthe Capitol. Both Samuel \u0026 Wyatt also write requesting\ninstructions of the Keeper of the Capitol (1794 July 16, 24,\n\u0026 25). On 16 July 1794, Wyatt Coleman encloses a memo of\nbroken windows on the Capitol. Samuel also provides a report\non his father's behalf on 11 September 1794 urging repairs to\nthe windows before winter.","James Wood, Lieutenant Governor, traveled to Ohio County on\nthe western frontier in June 1792 for the purpose of making an\narrangement of the volunteer militia and for entering into\ncontracts for their subsistence. He writes the governor on 20\nJune 1792 providing a report of his mission. This letter\nincludes proceedings of the Board of Field Officers of Ohio\nCo.; instructions to Capt. McMachan on augmenting his command;\nthe bond of Archibald \u0026 Robert Woods to furnish rations to\nsupply Capt. McMachan's Company; an order to the county\nlieutenants of Monongalia, Harrison, \u0026 Randolph to make\nreturns; returns of Harrison, Randolph, \u0026 Monongalia;\ninstructions to Capt. Lowther; and charges by John Davis\nagainst John Evans, County Lieutenant of Monongalia. He writes\nagain on 14 June 1793 regarding the state of the frontier in\nthe Monongalia District and encloses instructions to Capt.\nWilliam Lowther.","James Innes, Attorney General of Virginia, provides his\nopinion for the Governor on several occasions. On 3 Jan. 1792,\nInnes confirms his opinion respecting requisitions from\nGovernor Thomas Mifflin for the apprehension of McGuire \u0026\nBrady. He again writes regarding this case on 12 March 1792.\nOn 27 Feb. 1792, he writes that the bond \u0026 mortgage for\nthe public loan made to the French emigrants in Russell County\nis properly drawn. Later, he certifies that the title to\nfifty-five thousand acres sold by Richard Smith to Monsieur\nTibeauf in Russell County is valid (1792 Feb. 28). In 1794,\nInnes was appointed by the President on a mission to deliver\ncommunications to the state of Kentucky. Writing from\nLancaster, PA., dated 20 Nov. 1794, Innes states that he holds\nno office of profit under the United States and encloses a\nletter to Gov. Lee from 14 Aug. and a letter to Lt. Gov. Wood\nfrom 3 Oct. In the latter, Innes notes that General [John]\nMarshall has agreed to discharge his duties during his\nabsence. During Innes' absence, Marshall provides several\nopinions including the purchase \u0026 sale of lands for\narrears of taxes (1794 Oct. 15), fines \u0026 penalties under\nthe militia law (1794 Oct. 15), and the forfeiture of the\ncommission of Elisha White as Sheriff of Hanover (1794 Nov.\n28). Other correspondence from Innes relates to delinquent\nsheriffs (1792 Sept. 7), the ability of individuals to sue the\nstate (1792 Nov. 10), the suit of the Indiana Company against\nVirginia (1793 Jan. 22), the duties of district attorneys in\ncases of escheats (1793 Jan. 29), mortgages on Holt Richeson's\nestate (1794 June 20), and the Buckingham Works (1794 Aug.\n16).","William Hay, Robert Goode, \u0026 William Foushee, etc.,\nDirectors of Public Buildings, kept the Governor informed of\nthe ongoing repairs to the Capitol. On 14 June 1792, the\nDirectors enclose a copy of their proceedings concerning the\ncontract with Moses Austin \u0026 Co. Their letter also\nincludes resolutions, a letter from Hay to Austin regarding\nproblems with the Capitol's roof, and a statement of the\nexpense of wall pipes, plastering, \u0026 covering the Pedestal\ncornice. Robert Goode requests an advance of fifty pounds to\ncomplete the steps of the Capitol (1793 Sept. 12). On 8\nOctober 1794, Hay asks for an order for John Collins \u0026\nGeorge Winston on account of their contracts. Similarly, on 8\nNov. 1794, he solicits the Governor for an order for John\nHart, one of the undertakers of the work on the Capitol.\nFinally, on 17 Jan. 1794, William Hay submits his letter of\nresignation to the Governor.","Charles Hay, Clerk of the House of Delegates, and Humphrey\nBrooke, Clerk of the Senate, often submit legislation and\nqualifications of election to the Governor. Noteworthy\nlegislation includes a resolution to transmit the act to\nappoint electors to chose a president \u0026 vice president\n(1792 Oct. 10), an act to provide more effectually for the\ncollection of the public taxes (1792 Dec. 23), a resolution\nfor the Public Printer to print copies of the act imposing a\npublic tax (1792 Dec. 23), a resolution regarding temporary\ndefensive operations for the protection of the frontier (1793\nNov. 6), a resolution for the affectionate remembrance of the\nmilitia in enforcing obedience to the laws of the United\nStates during the insurrection (1794 Nov. 12), a resolution\nregarding the sale of the mace used by the House of Delegates\n(1794 Nov. 17), and a resolution regarding the request of the\nPresident that Henry Lee take command of the army raised for\nthe purpose of suppressing the insurrection in western\nPennsylvania (1794 Nov. 19). In addition, there are\nqualifications of election for John Taylor to replace Richard\nHenry Lee in the U.S. Senate (1792 Oct. 18), Henry Lee as\nGovernor (1792 Oct. 25), Henry Tazewell as Judge of the Court\nof Appeals to replace James Mercer (1793 Nov. 6), Patrick\nHenry to replace James Monroe in the U.S. Senate (1794 July\n10), and Robert Brooke as Governor to replace Henry Lee (1794\nNov. 20).","Capt. Elias Langham, Superintendent of the Military Stores,\nArms, \u0026 Ammunition at Point of Fork Arsenal, writes the\nGovernor regarding plans for a reduction of the expenses at\nPoint of Fork (1791 Dec. 7), accounts of hirelings' wages\n(1792 Jan. 11), neglect of duty by contractors for provisions\n(1792 Oct. 19), appointment of his brother John Langham as\ncontractor for provisions (1792 Oct. 23), the claim of David\nRoss (1793 July 7), fear of a slave insurrection at Point of\nFork \u0026 the need for a permanent guard (1793 Aug. 3), an\naccount of balance due him for his pay (1793 Oct. 3), and\naccounts of provisions furnished Point of Fork (1794 April 5;\n1794 May 20; 1794 June 11; 1794 Aug. 28; \u0026 1794 Sept. 19).\nOn 4 April 1792, William Price applies to the Governor to\nreplace Langham upon his resignation. Similar applications\nwere also submitted by John Guerrant, Jr., and J.K. Read for\nCol. Samuel Richardson (April 9 \u0026 10). Langham, however,\nremained in office for another year. He writes to the Lt. Gov.\non 24 Aug. 1793 requesting the Board to postpone the\nappointment of a new Superintendent for 15 days. On 26 Oct.\n1793, he states that Maj. Quarles has been appointed to\nsucceed him as Superintendent. Langham requests a certificate\nby the Board regarding his service and the cause of his\nreplacement. On 29 Nov. 1793, Langham complains of the conduct\nof his successor in the contractor's office. Langham also\nincludes certificates by John Peyton \u0026 D. McLaughlan,\nalong with a letter from his brother John Langham. Quarles\nletter in response to these charges can also be found in this\ncollection (1793 Nov. 29).","Maj. Robert Quarles succeeded Langham as Superintendent of\nPoint of Fork in Sept. 1793. Quarles's correspondence relates\nto returns of ordnance \u0026 public stores at Point of Fork\n(1793 Sept. 2 \u0026 5; 1793 Oct. 1; 1794 March 31; 1794 June\n30; \u0026 1794 Oct. 4), the punishment of a guard for neglect\nof duty (1793 Nov. 18); a commissary for the post (1793 Dec.\n20), a request for arms (1794 April 18), an increase in wages\nfor his sergeant for issuing rations (1794 June 2), the death\nof his Armourer Robert Fowler (1794 June 3), the exemption of\nmilitia duty for his garrison (1794 July 28), rations for the\nwives of artisans \u0026 guards (1794 July 28 \u0026 Sept. 2),\nand an increase in his salary (1794 Oct. 1 \u0026 Nov. 14).\nNote that additional materials relating to the Point of Fork\nArsenal can be found at the end of the collection. Included\nare additional correspondence, accounts \u0026 receipts, pay\nrolls of state guard \u0026 artificers, quarterly accounts of\ncash, and returns of ordnance, military stores, etc.","County lieutenants including Arthur Campbell, David Shepherd, George Clendenin, John P. Duvall, John Stuart, Thomas Newton, Jr., \u0026 Smith Snead communicate with the Governor Lee on various topics. Arthur Campbell, Washington Co., writes extensively on Indian affairs and frontier defense (1792 March 28; 1792 July 19 \u0026 20; 1792 Sept. 10; 1792 Oct. 5, 11, \u0026 17; 1792 Nov. 1, 3, \u0026 12; 1792 Dec. 5; 1793 April 24; 1793 June 24 \u0026 30; 1793 July 6; 1793 Oct. 3; 1794 April 15, 21, \u0026 29; 1794 July 9). In addition, Campbell corresponds on the subject of the act of the General Assembly establishing Walker's line as the boundary between North Carolina \u0026 Virginia (1792 June 25), the jurisdiction of William Blount, Governor of the Territory South of the Ohio River (1792 Sept. 4), charges against Capt. Andrew Lewis by Lt. Willoughby of the Washington Militia (1793 Aug. 31; 1793 Oct. 9, 11, \u0026 29; 1794 Jan. 17; 1794 May 8 \u0026 12), and the militia law, insurrection in Pennsylvania, \u0026 movements by the Creek Indians (1794 Aug. 21). David Shepherd, Ohio Co., encloses a letter from Henry Knox on the defense of the frontier, as well as a letter from William McMachan regarding Indian attacks (1792 April 14). John Duvall, Harrison Co., writes of murder committed by the Indians in that county \u0026 the defeat of Gen. St. Claire (1791 Dec. 8). Shortly thereafter, Duvall communicates in relation to troops raised for the defense of Harrison Co. (1792 Dec. 20). George Clendenin, Kanawha Co., too writes about Indian affairs (1792 May 26; 1792 Dec. 10). In addition, he often discusses Hugh Caperton's militia and the defense of the county (1792 March 8; 1792 Sept. 21 \u0026 22; 1793 Jan. 27, 28, \u0026 31; 1793 March 5; 1793 April 12; 1793 Dec. 16). John Stuart, Greenbrier Co., provides information on a company being raised \u0026 commanded by Capt. Caperton for the defense of Greenbrier \u0026 Kanawha counties (1792 Feb. 8 \u0026 1792 Aug. 6). He also mentions the appointment of six scouts on the frontier (1794 June 9) and the receipt of ammunition (1794 July 16). Thomas Newton, Jr., Norfolk, writes extensively about the pestilence in the West Indies \u0026 the quarantine of vessels (1793 June 16, 22, \u0026 30; 1793 Sept. 23 \u0026 28; 1793 Oct. 1, 5, 13, 15, 19-21, 25, 26 \u0026 30; 1793 Nov. 13-15, 19, \u0026 28; 1794 Aug. 7, 10, \u0026 18; 1794 Sept. 24; 1794 Oct. 4, 15, \u0026 21; 1794 Nov. 9 \u0026 21), the Cape Henry Light House (1792 Jan. 9), a slave insurrection (1792 May 10 \u0026 19), arms \u0026 ammunition (1792 June 20; 1793 March 12; 1793 April 29; 1793 Aug. 23; 1794 Oct. 7), Fort Nelson \u0026 coastal defense (1793 May 24 \u0026 25; 1793 Aug. 22; 1794 June 10; 1794 Sept. 21), French ships \u0026 emigrants (1793 July 9; 1793 Aug. 2; 1794 Sept. 10; 1794 Oct. 15), privateers \u0026 the neutrality laws (1793 June 2; 1794 March 19; 1794 Oct. 15; 1794 June 14; 1794 Nov. 28), the Norfolk militia (1794 Feb. 12 \u0026 23; 1794 March 9; 1794 Sept. 10), shots fired from the British ship Daedalus (1793 Feb. 24), the embargo (1794 April 4), and a riot in Norfolk (1794 June 4). Lastly, Smith Snead, Northampton Co., writes concerning ammunition and an attempted slave insurrection (1792 May 5, July 9 \u0026 21).","Andrew Lewis \u0026 Hugh Caperton, Captains of Volunteer\nMilitia in the western counties, were appointed to guard\nVirginia's western frontier. Lewis set out from Richmond on 2\nDecember 1791and frequently corresponds with Governor Lee\nconcerning Indian movements, attacks \u0026 depredations (1792\nApril 27; 1792 June 5; 1792 Aug. 24; 1792 Oct. 3; 1793 April\n9; 1793 May 8; 1793 Sept. 12 \u0026 29; 1793 Nov. 3; 1793 Dec.\n19 \u0026 24; 1794 Feb. 17; 1794 April 17 \u0026 19), rations\n(1792 Feb. 7), arms \u0026 ammunition (1792 Feb. 6; 1793 Jan.\n30), pay (1792 Dec. 22; 1793 Dec. 13 \u0026 23; 1794 Jan. 1),\nrecruiting of troops (1792 Dec. 22; 1794 Feb. 5), the killing\nof friendly Indians by Capt. Baird (1793 June 26), charges\nagainst the Washington Militia \u0026 Arthur Campbell (1793\nAug. 17; 1793 Oct. 13; 1793 Nov. 6, 7, 23, \u0026 26; 1793 Dec.\n19 \u0026 23; 1794 May 9), volunteers for the suppression of\nthe Whiskey Rebellion (1794 Oct. 3), and the general state of\nthe militia \u0026 frontier (1793 Feb. 22 \u0026 25; 1793 March\n11; 1793 Nov. 6; 1794 April 4 \u0026 8; 1794 May 9; 1794 Aug.\n18).","Hugh Caperton was appointed to the command of a company of\nvolunteer militia to defend Greenbrier \u0026 Kanawha counties.\nOn 10 Dec. 1791, Caperton \u0026 Daniel Boone write regarding\nthe volunteer militia to be raised in these counties. A\nstatement of scouts for Kanawha County by Boone can also be\nfound in these papers (1791 Undated). Caperton writes\nconcerning rations, arms, \u0026 ammunition (1792 Oct. 4 \u0026\n30; 1793 Oct. 11), pay (1793 April 20), and the recruiting of\ntroops (1793 Nov. 26). In a letter written with George\nClendenin he encloses a list of his company in service in\nGreenbrier Co. (1792 May 6). Caperton accepts his commission\nas captain of volunteer militia in a letter dated 15 Nov.\n1792. He encloses a pay roll of scouts on 20 April 1793. Col.\nCharles Cameron, Bath Co., writes about Caperton's arrest\n\u0026 trial before a court-martial (1793 Aug. 30 \u0026 1793\nDec. 31). Caperton writes concerning the charges \u0026\ncourt-martial on 25 Feb. 1794. On 2 April and again on 30 Aug.\n1794, Caperton requests a rehearing before another\ncourt-martial. He also submits a petition on 11 Sept. 1794 for\nthe rehearing at his own expense.","James Madison, Jr., Director of the Lunatic Hospital at\nWilliamsburg, \u0026 other members of the Court of Directors,\noften enclose orders to apply to the Auditor of Public\nAccounts for warrants (1792 Jan. 4; 1792 March 20; 1792 Aug.\n11; 1792 Oct. 13; 1793 Feb. 25; 1793 July 19; 1793 Dec. 13;\n1794 May 16). In his letter dated 26 Nov. 1793, Madison\ndeclares two vacancies in the Court of Directors by the deaths\nof Benjamin Harrison \u0026 William Pasteur. Lastly, on 1 Nov.\n1794, James Ruffin was recommended for a vacancy after the\nresignation of Joseph Hornsby.","Harry Heth, Agent for the Sale of Public Tobacco, encloses\nthe amount of sales of the balance of tobacco received by him\n(1791 Dec. 24). Also included is Heth's bond as Agent of the\nSinking Fund (1792 March 17). Heth was appointed to take the\nplace of Anthony Singleton whose letter of resignation can be\nfound in this collection (1792 Jan. 5).","William Davies, Commissioner of Virginia for Claims Against the United States, continues his work in settling the Revolutionary claims. He writes the Governor with respect to additional clerks (1792 April 28); the impending completion of his work (1792 Oct. 1); accounts \u0026 expenses of his office (1793 Jan. 3; 1793 April 1; 1793 July 1; 1793 Oct. 14); the contract with Messrs. Braxton, Herbert, \u0026 Claiborne (1793 Feb. 1); a warrant paid to William Finney (1793 March 20); books \u0026 papers to be sent to the state from Philadelphia (1793 May 28; 1793 July 18); his recommendation as sheriff of Mecklenburg Co. (1793 July 22); and the report of the General Board of Commissioners including an account of supplies \u0026 services during the late war, extracts from the Council Journal, and extracts of correspondence from Virginia governors to him (1794 Feb. 25). Other correspondence from Davies relates to his appointment as agent for the collection of arrears of taxes (1794 Jan. 12); his commission as agent (1794 March 23); and executions against delinquent sheriffs (1794 March 31; 1794 April 8 \u0026 26).","Governor Randolph corresponds often with John Pendleton,\nJr., Auditor of Public Accounts, and Jacquelin Ambler,\nTreasurer, regarding various financial matters. Pendleton\nregularly encloses lists of warrants issued by him through the\nAuditor's Office (1792 Feb. 15; 1792 April 28; 1792 Dec. 31;\n1793 Oct. 1; 1793 Nov. 5). Additionally, Pendleton encloses an\nabstract of the funded debt of the state (1792 June 25), a\nlist of executions returned by sheriffs in several counties\n(1792 Feb. 27), accounts for sending out notices \u0026\nexecutions against public delinquents (1792 April 20), and\nfrontier defense expenses (1793 Feb. 11 \u0026 13). Ambler\nwrites regarding lists of lands purchased for non-payment of\ntaxes (1792 Jan. 11), the amount of transfer tobacco in the\nTreasury (1792 Feb. 14; 1792 June 20), the state of the\nTreasury (1792 Feb. 25; 1792 Nov. 28; 1794 Oct. 20), funds for\nthe Potomack Company (1792 Nov. 28), the purchase of public\ntobacco by Richard Bibb (1792 Dec. 11), certificates from the\nSinking Fund for warrants issued to foreign creditors (1793\nJan. 10), the exchange rates of foreign coins by Congress\n(1793 June 13), additional door, locks, \u0026 other expenses\nfor the Treasury (1793 Aug. 27), the claim of the state on\naccount of the Federal buildings (1794 Aug. 28), disbursements\n\u0026 discounts made at the Treasury (1794 Sept. 25), and a\nwarrant to the Court of Directors of the Lunatic Hospital\n(1794 Nov. 4). On 9 Jan. 1793, Ambler \u0026 Pendleton apply to\nthe Governor requesting that Mrs. Pearson remain in the house\non the public square (1793. Jan. 9).","Additional significant correspondence includes the following: President George Washington re. property carried away by the British (handwritten copy) (1791 Dec. 7); Edward Telfair, Governor of Georgia, transmitting a resolution to keep the Senate doors open to the public (1792 Jan. 31); William Blount, Governor of the Territory South of the Ohio River, re. aid to troops stationed on Virginia's frontiers (1792 March 6); John Harvie \u0026 William Foushee, Directors of the James River Canal re. balance due on shares purchased on public account (1792 May 8); Benjamin R. Morgan, Solicitor of Complaints, to James Innes enclosing a bill of equity from William Grayson \u0026 others re. the tract of land known as Indiana (1792 Aug. 11); William Blount re. the boundary between Virginia and his territory at the Watkins' line (1792 Sept. 2); Gen. Anthony Wayne to Maj. William McMachan re. the protection of the frontiers of Ohio Co. (1793 Jan. 5); Henry Lee to James Wood, Lt. Gov., re. a suit against the state (1792 Feb. 7); Henry Lee to Wood re. peace with the Southwest Indians \u0026 settlement of claims (1793 Feb. 15); Richard E. Lee, Mayor of Norfolk, enclosing a letter from the British Consul re. interference with the civil authority against U.S. citizens engaged in privateering against the British (1793 May 16); Thomas Mifflin, Governor of Pennsylvania, re. the defense of the frontiers (1793 June 23); Robert Taylor, Mayor of Norfolk, re. distressed emigrants from the West Indies (1793 July 13); John Avery, Jr., Secretary, enclosing the proclamation of John Hancock, Governor of Massachusetts, concerning the complaint of William Marshall against the state (1793 July 21); John Hamilton, British Consul, re. an infringement of the President's neutrality proclamation (1793 Aug. 8 \u0026 29); Joseph Jones re. an intended slave insurrection at Petersburg (1793 Aug. 17); Dennis Ramsay, Mayor of Alexandria, re. quarantine of vessels (1793 Sept. 13); Edward Carrington re. the rent of the room in the Capitol formerly occupied by the Solicitor (1793 Sept. 10); Robert Taylor re. measures to prevent the pestilence in Philadelphia \u0026 the West Indies (1793 Sept. 17); Fontaine Maury, Mayor of Fredericksburg, re. the infectious fever brought by trading vessels (1793 Sept. 17 \u0026 22); John Barrett, Mayor of Richmond, re. the spread of the malady from Philadelphia (1793 Sept. 17); John Hamilton re. the French Privateer Republic (1793 Sept. 20 \u0026 27); William Prentis, Mayor of Petersburg, re. two persons escaping from quarantine to Petersburg (1793 Oct. 1); Thomas Mifflin re. the suability of a state (1793 Dec. 19); John Hamilton re. the capture of the British Brigantine Cunningham by a French Privateer in U.S. jurisdiction (1793 Dec. 22); Monsieur P.A. Cherui, Vice-Consul of the France Republic at Alexandria, re. his title papers (1794 Jan. 14); Samuel Huntington, Governor of Connecticut, re. a resolution giving instructions to member in Congress (1794 Jan. 15); Robert Taylor re. relief of French emigrants (1794 Jan. 17 \u0026 Feb. 10); Dennis Ramsay re. statements of French emigrants from St. Domingo (1794 Feb. 1); A.J. Dallas, Secretary of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, transmitting a copy of their laws (1794 Feb. 11); William Prentis re. precautions against small pox (1794 March 20); Robert Taylor re. the British ship Daedalus (1794 March 23); John Hamilton re. the capture of the British Schooner Delight \u0026 Charles taken by a French ship within neutral limits (1794 May 29); John Marshall re. the arrest of the Ship Unicorn, a supposed privateer (1794 July 23 \u0026 28); David Bradford re. opposition to the Excise Law (1794 Aug. 6); Dabney Minor re. leaks in the Capitol roof (1794 Aug. 7); Tench Coxe, Revenue Commissioner, to H.H. Breckinridge re. the Excise Law and the Whiskey Rebellion (1794 Aug. 8); Tench Coxe to H.H. Breckinridge re. a reported dismemberment of Virginia \u0026 Pennsylvania (1794 Aug. 29); Edward Carrington re. military stores and three thousand stand of arms to Winchester for use against the insurgents (1794 Sept. 1 \u0026 16); George Jackson re. the Governor's letter \u0026 proclamation relative to the riotous party in Pennsylvania (1794 Sept. 9); Henry Lee to James Wood re. the fighting force of the insurgent counties (1794 Sept. 19); Mr. Oster, French Consul, re. an English Frigate with two French prizes at Hampton (1794 Sept. 25 \u0026 Oct. 15); Edward Carrington re. insurgents in Maryland, liberty poles, and the arrival of the Governor (1794 Sept. 24); Thomas Mathews re. arms, supplies, troop movements, quotas, desertions, etc. (1794 Oct. 6 \u0026 12); George French, Mayor of Fredericksburg, re. the nomination of James Allan, Jr., as Superintendent of Quarantine (1794 Oct. 19); Edward Carrington re. provision for the return of the militia now in service (1794 Oct. 18); Henry Lee to James Wood stating that he is unable to return in time for the General Assembly (1794 Oct. 23); and Robert Mitchell, Mayor of Richmond, re. small pox (1794 Nov. 13).","Other noteworthy items include: pay roll of Lt. Bladen\nAshby's company of Rangers (1791 Dec. 20); receipt for powder\n\u0026 lead for the use of Daniel Boone's Company (1791 Dec.\n22); returns for elections to the House of Representatives\n(1792 Feb. 20 \u0026 23); pay abstract of scouts belonging to\nCapt. Hugh Caperton's Company (1793 Jan. 29); election\ncertificates for electors of the Presidential \u0026 Vice-\nPresidential elections (1792 Nov.); a roll of Capt. Hugh\nCaperton's Company showing residence \u0026 place of duty (1792\nUndated); roll of John Morris' Company of rangers (1793 Jan.\n1); proclamation by Gov. Lee prohibiting hostile incursions\nagainst the Indians north of the Ohio River while a treaty\ntakes place at Lower Sandusky (1793 May 13); list of Capt.\nHugh Caperton's Company at Fort Lee (1793 May 27);\nproclamation by Gov. Lee regarding the quarantine of vessels\ncoming from Philadelphia, the Grenades, \u0026 Tobago (1793\nSept. 17); list of persons who have taken the oath of fidelity\nin Fairfax County (1793 Oct. 1); pay roll of the militia on\nguard over the Public Arsenal at New London (1793 Oct. 19);\nPetersburg resolutions regarding the malignant disease in\nPhiladelphia (1793 Oct. 3); proclamation by Gov. Lee revoking\nhis previous proclamation to perform quarantines (1793 Nov.\n25); proclamation by Gov. Lee regarding an award for the\ncapture of Richard Adams (1793 Dec. 11); pay abstract of\nmilitia from Washington Co. under Capt. Andrew Lewis (1793\nDec. 13); applications for agents for the collection of\narrears of taxes due by delinquent sheriffs (1793 Dec. \u0026\n1794 Jan.); resolutions of the North Carolina Assembly\nregarding the decision of the Federal judiciary that a state\nmay be sued by an individual (1794 Jan. 4); bonds of\nindividuals appointed as agents for collecting taxes \u0026\nduties (1794 Feb.); muster roll of a detachment of Cornelius\nBogard's Company of Rangers commanded by William Wells (1794\nMarch 15); resolution of Congress for an embargo on all ships\nin U.S. ports for thirty days (1794 March 26); return of\nlaborers employed at Fort Nelson \u0026 Fort Norfolk (1794 June\n27); rough general orders \u0026 division orders to militia\n(1794 June 30); proclamation by Lt. Gov. Wood regarding a\ncontagious disease in the West Indies and performing\nquarantines (1794 Aug. 2); report of Maj. G.K. Taylor\nregarding the taking possession of Capt. Sinclair's ship The\nUnicorn suspecting of equipping for the purpose of\nprivateering (1794 Aug. 4); proclamation by Gov. Lee regarding\nbanditti from Western Pennsylvania in Virginia (1794 Aug. 19);\nestimate by Edward Carrington concerning the march of the\nmilitia for the suppression of the Whiskey Insurrection (1794\nSept. 4); and a proclamation by Lt. Gov. Wood revoking his\nproclamation for quarantines (1794 Nov. 4)."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThere are no restrictions.\u003c/p\u003e"],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Use Restrictions"],"userestrict_tesim":["There are no restrictions."],"physloc_html_tesm":["\u003cphysloc label=\"Physical Location\"\u003eState Records Collection,\nOffice of the Governor (Record Group 3)\u003c/physloc\u003e"],"physloc_tesim":["State Records Collection,\nOffice of the Governor (Record Group 3)"],"language_ssim":["English"],"total_component_count_is":266,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-05-21T09:56:51.643Z","scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eGovernor Lee's Executive papers are organized\nchronologically with undated items arranged at the end of each\nyear. These papers primarily consist of incoming\ncorrespondence during Lee's three one-year terms as governor\nbetween 1 December 1791 until 1 December 1794. These records\ninclude correspondence written to James Wood who acted as\nLieutenant Governor while Lee traveled to Nashville and again\nwhen he served as commander of the United States forces during\nthe Whiskey Rebellion in 1794. The correspondence in this\ncollection relates to a variety of topics including\nappointments for state positions; the Point of Fork Arsenal;\ndefense of the frontier; the Whiskey Rebellion; resignations;\narms \u0026amp; ammunition; Indian attacks; French emigrants; the\nFederal City; the Lunatic Hospital in Williamsburg; state\nexpenses \u0026amp; revenue; quarantine of vessels; foreign\naffairs; Revolutionary claims; public tobacco; elections;\nPresidential electors; the Capitol Building; fortification of\nAlexandria \u0026amp; Norfolk harbors; the militia; and others. In\naddition to correspondence, there are resolutions from\nCongress and the Virginia Senate \u0026amp; House of Delegates;\nmuster \u0026amp; pay rolls; accounts; oaths; pardons; receipts;\nelection returns; election certificates; qualifications;\nlists; depositions; proclamations; petitions; reports;\nappointments; bonds; commissions; orders; reports;\nproceedings; applications; and other sundry items. Note that\nthe pardons for 1792 have been separated to the end of the\npapers for that year.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNoteworthy correspondence originates from the United States\ngovernment, Virginia State government, and miscellaneous\nsources. Prominent correspondents from the United States\ngovernment include Henry Knox, Secretary of War; Thomas\nJefferson, Secretary of State; Edmund Randolph, Attorney\nGeneral; Alexander Campbell, District Attorney General; Thomas\nJohnson, David Stuart, Daniel Carroll, William Thornton, \u0026amp;\nGustavus Scott, Commissioners of the Federal City; John\nHopkins, Commissioner of Loans for Virginia; John Jacob Ulrich\nRivardi, Engineer in the service of the U.S.; Samuel A. Otis,\nSecretary of the Senate; and the Virginia Delegates to\nCongress including James Monroe, Richard Henry Lee, and\nothers.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHenry Knox, Secretary of War, corresponds the most\nfrequently with Governor Lee from the United States\ngovernment. Knox's correspondence primarily relates to Indian\naffairs and the defense of the frontier (1791 Dec. 5 \u0026amp; 24;\n1792 Feb. 2; 1792 March 17; 1792 April 7; 1792 May 16; 1792\nJune 25 \u0026amp; 30; 1792 July 11; 1792 Sept. 15; 1792 Oct. 9,\n11, 14, \u0026amp; 30; 1792 Nov. 1, 3, \u0026amp; 23; 1793 Feb. 16; 1793\nMay 16; 1793 July 25; 1793 Sept. 3; 1794 Jan. 27). In\naddition, Knox also writes regarding a variety of other\nconcerns including: an escort for Governor Lee \u0026amp; Governor\nPickens to Nashville (1792 Aug. 13), a treaty with the Indians\nnorth of the Ohio to be held at Lower Sandusky (1793 April\n24), the defense of Norfolk (1793 May 10; 1794 March 19; \u0026amp;\n1794 July 30), the capture of vessels in American waters by\nother powers \u0026amp; neutrality laws of the U.S. (1793 May 23\n\u0026amp; 24; 1793 Aug. 21; 1793 Nov. 12; 1794 Feb. 11), money to\nthe Commissioners of the Federal Buildings in Washington and\nthe temporary residence of the President in Germantown,\nPennsylvania (1793 Nov. 9), the recommendation of Daniel\nBedinger to make gun carriages in Norfolk (1794 March 24), the\nappointment of Maj. Rivardi by the President to fortify\nBaltimore, Alexandria, \u0026amp; Norfolk (1794 March 28; 1794\nApril 3; \u0026amp; 1794 June 9), the spoliation at Guadeloupe by\nthe French privateer Preus and British prisoners on parole\n(1794 April 17), the St. Domingo Fleet, the embargo, letters\nof marque, etc. (1794 May 9), an act directing a detachment\nfrom the militia of the U.S. (1794 May 19), the arming of\nvessels belonging to the belligerent powers in the U.S. (1794\nJune 27), the vessel of the British Consul taken possession by\nGen. Thomas Mathews (1794 Aug. 25), and an arsenal or magazine\nwithin Virginia for the U.S. (1794 Nov. 10).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAs Secretary of State, Thomas Jefferson writes the Governor\nto transmit acts \u0026amp; resolutions of Congress. On 1 Feb.\n1792, Jefferson transmits copies of an act carrying into\neffect a contract between the U.S. \u0026amp; the state of\nPennsylvania, and an act to extend the time for settling the\naccounts of the U.S. with the individual states. He also\nwrites regarding an act concerning certain fisheries of the\nU.S. \u0026amp; for the regulation and government of the fishermen\nemployed therein, an act to establish the Post Office \u0026amp;\nPost roads, and the ratification by three-quarters of the\nlegislatures of certain articles in addition to and amendment\nto the Constitution (1792 March 1). He transmits an act\nsupplemental to the act for making further provision for the\nprotection of the frontiers, an act establishing a mint \u0026amp;\nregulating the coins of the U.S., and an act for finishing the\nlighthouse on Baldhead at the mouth of the Cape Fear River in\nNorth Carolina (1792 April 10). Note that the original acts\nare no longer included with the above correspondence.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEdmund Randolph, U.S. Attorney General, \u0026amp; Alexander\nCampbell, District Attorney General, often submit opinions\nrespecting various matters. On 24 June 1793, Randolph writes\nregarding the suit brought by the Indiana Company against the\nstate of Virginia. A circular letter from Randolph, dated 1792\nOct. 10, relates to ships of war bringing in French prizes in\nviolation of the 17th article of the treaty of commerce\nbetween the U.S. \u0026amp; France. Similarly, Randolph's letter,\ndated 22 Oct. 1794, relates to the complaints of Joseph\nFauchet, Minister Plenipotentiary of the French Republic,\nconcerning French prizes in U.S. ports. Campbell writes the\nLieutenant Governor on 23 Aug. 1793 regarding an insult to the\nBritish Consul at Norfolk. He also provides his opinion in\nfavor of a arming a privateer from Cape Francois (1793 Sept.\n25). On 3 Dec. 1793, Campbell writes that provisions may be\nsold by a neutral people to either belligerent and that\nrepairs of vessels for non-military purposes is permissible.\nHe provides another opinion regarding accusations by the\nBritish Consul at Norfolk respecting violence against the\nBrigantine Ann at Yorktown. The British Consul also accused\npersons at Smithfield of fitting out a ship to serve as a\nprivateer in the present war. Campbell explains that this\nwould be a violation of the laws of the U.S. and require the\nGovernor to arrest the offenders (1794 July 11). Lastly,\nCampbell provides an opinion in favor of a French schooner\nfrom Baltimore that arrived in Norfolk with a prize captured\nat sea (1794 Aug. 15).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThomas Johnson, David Stuart, Daniel Carroll, William\nThornton, \u0026amp; Gustavus Scott, Commissioners of the Federal\nCity, write the Governor on several occasions regarding\nVirginia's donation for the Federal Buildings (1792 June 6;\n1793 Feb. 7; 1793 Sept. 23; 1794 Jan. 30; 1794 June 26; 1794\nSept. 16; \u0026amp; 1794 Nov. 7). John Hopkins, as Commissioner of\nLoans for Virginia, also writes the Governor on behalf of\nthese Commissioners (1792 Jan. 25; 1792 May 8; 1793 Feb. 13;\n1793 Sept. 13; 1793 Oct. 29; 1793 Nov. 20; 1794 Feb. 7; \u0026amp;\n1794 Nov. 28). On 12 March 1792, Hopkins encloses a letter\nfrom William Deakins, Treasurer for Federal Buildings,\nregarding the donation. Hopkins also writes with respect to\nthe state debt subscribed to the loan of the U.S. by the act\nof 4 Aug. 1790 (1792 March 12).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn Jacob Ulrich Rivardi, was appointed temporary engineer in the service of the U.S. for the purpose of fortifying the ports and harbors at Baltimore, Alexandria, \u0026amp; Norfolk. Rivardi writes the Governor on 3 April 1794 \u0026amp; , enclosing a copy of his instructions from Henry Knox. These instructions provide an estimate of the expenses at Baltimore \u0026amp; Norfolk. On 9 June 1794, Rivardi encloses a plan of Fort Nelson and writes that drawings of the Craney Island defense are forthcoming (enclosure not included). He writes concerning his progress in Norfolk on 15 June 1794. On 11 July 1794, Rivardi forwards a map of the Elizabeth River (not enclosed) and a return of hands working at Fort Norfolk. Shortly thereafter, Rivardi encloses a plan on Craney Island (not enclosed) and a return of laborers employed at Fort Nelson (1794 July 19). John Vermonnet was later appointed by the War Dept. to fortify Annapolis \u0026amp; Alexandria. Vermonnet writes on 17 June 1794 that he selected Jones' Point for a battery in Alexandria.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eVirginia Delegates to the Second \u0026amp; Third Congresses\ncorresponded with Governor Lee intermittently throughout his\ntenure. On 20 Dec. 1791, James Monroe transmits the\nproceedings of Congress respecting the representation bill.\nRichard Henry Lee \u0026amp; Monroe also write on 14 Feb. 1792\nregarding military claims of land, and for services \u0026amp;\nsupplies not yet compensated. Richard Henry Lee's letter of\nresignation, transcribed by Samuel Coleman, can also be found\n(1792 Oct. 8). Samuel A. Otis, as Clerk of the U.S. Senate,\noften transmits the journals of the Senate to the Governor\n(1792 June 1; 1793 May 1; \u0026amp; 1794 June 1). Otis also writes\nrequesting copies of Virginia's laws(1792 Nov. 12).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSignificant correspondents from Virginia State government\ninclude Samuel Coleman, Assistant Clerk of the Council of\nState; Simon Morgan, Adjutant General; Wyatt Coleman, Keeper\nof the Capitol; James Wood, Lieutenant Governor; James Innes,\nAttorney General; William Hay, Robert Goode, \u0026amp; William\nFoushee, etc., Directors of Public Buildings; Charles Hay,\nClerk of the House of Delegates; Humphrey Brooke, Clerk of the\nSenate; Capt. Elias Langham \u0026amp; Robert Quarles,\nSuperintendents of the Military Stores, Arms, \u0026amp; Ammunition\nat Point of Fork Arsenal; various county lieutenants; Andrew\nLewis \u0026amp; Hugh Caperton, Captains of Volunteer Militia;\nJames Madison, Jr., President of the Board of Directors of the\nLunatic Hospital in Williamsburg; Harry Heth, State Agent of\nPublic Tobacco; William Davies, Commissioner of Virginia for\nClaims Against the United States, John Pendleton, Jr., Auditor\nof Public Accounts; and Jacquelin Ambler, Treasurer.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSamuel Coleman, as Assistant Clerk of the Council,\ncommunicates with the Governor frequently through the Council\nOffice. Coleman mainly writes concerning military matters\nincluding the militia (1792 Aug. 2; 1792 Dec. 19 \u0026amp; 31;\n1793 Jan. 9, 24, \u0026amp; 30; 1793 Feb. 2 \u0026amp; 7; 1793 March 29;\n1793 April 2 \u0026amp; 9; 1793 May 7; 1793 June 4; 1793 July 3\n\u0026amp; 9; 1793 Aug. 5; 1793 Sept. 4, 5, 14, 26, \u0026amp; 30; 1793\nOct. 4 \u0026amp; 29; 1793 Nov. 2, 4, \u0026amp; 20; 1793 Dec. 9 \u0026amp;\n22; 1794 March 15 \u0026amp; 24; 1794 June 2; 1794 Aug. 1; 1794\nNov. 18 \u0026amp; 28), an examination of returns from the Point of\nFork Arsenal (1792 Jan. 11; 1792 April 10; 1792 May 25; 1792\nJuly 10; 1792 Oct. 15; 1792 Nov. 1; 1793 Jan. 10; 1793 Feb. 7\n\u0026amp; 20; 1793 April 16; 1793 Aug. 6 \u0026amp; 15; 1793 Oct. 1;\n1793 Nov. 5; 1794 Jan. 2; 1794 April 1 \u0026amp; 11; ), the pay\n\u0026amp; muster of scouts \u0026amp; rangers on the frontier (1792\nJan. 31; 1792 March 24; 1792 April 11; 1792 Dec. 5; 1793 Jan.\n7; 1793 Feb. 7; 1794 Jan. 16), accounts on the books of the\nFoundry (1791 Dec. 8; 1792 March 21; 1792 Dec. 27), and claims\nfor military service or supplies (1791 Dec. 10; 1792 Oct. 23;\n1793 Nov. 7; 1794 Sept. 3). On 11 May 1792, Coleman requests\nan appointment as Adjutant General, the duties of which were\nalready annexed to his current position in the Council. He\nagain applies for the position on 1 Dec. 1792, however, Simon\nMorgan was appointed instead. A letter, dated 20 June 1794,\nfrom Morgan encloses general orders to the Division Generals\nof the Militia. Another letter by Morgan requests that John\nStewart be appointed his deputy (1794 Aug. 22).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eColeman also corresponds with the Governor regarding the\nstate of the Capitol Building. On 11 July 1794, he writes on\nthe problems with the roof of the Capitol and includes a rough\ndiagram. Wyatt Coleman, Samuel's father, was appointed Keeper\nof the Capitol in 1793, and too writes the Governor regarding\nthe defective state of the roof (1794 July 10 \u0026amp; 27). His\nearliest letter, dated 1 April 1793, remarks on his duties and\nincludes an account for hiring a person to sweep \u0026amp; clean\nthe Capitol. Both Samuel \u0026amp; Wyatt also write requesting\ninstructions of the Keeper of the Capitol (1794 July 16, 24,\n\u0026amp; 25). On 16 July 1794, Wyatt Coleman encloses a memo of\nbroken windows on the Capitol. Samuel also provides a report\non his father's behalf on 11 September 1794 urging repairs to\nthe windows before winter.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJames Wood, Lieutenant Governor, traveled to Ohio County on\nthe western frontier in June 1792 for the purpose of making an\narrangement of the volunteer militia and for entering into\ncontracts for their subsistence. He writes the governor on 20\nJune 1792 providing a report of his mission. This letter\nincludes proceedings of the Board of Field Officers of Ohio\nCo.; instructions to Capt. McMachan on augmenting his command;\nthe bond of Archibald \u0026amp; Robert Woods to furnish rations to\nsupply Capt. McMachan's Company; an order to the county\nlieutenants of Monongalia, Harrison, \u0026amp; Randolph to make\nreturns; returns of Harrison, Randolph, \u0026amp; Monongalia;\ninstructions to Capt. Lowther; and charges by John Davis\nagainst John Evans, County Lieutenant of Monongalia. He writes\nagain on 14 June 1793 regarding the state of the frontier in\nthe Monongalia District and encloses instructions to Capt.\nWilliam Lowther.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJames Innes, Attorney General of Virginia, provides his\nopinion for the Governor on several occasions. On 3 Jan. 1792,\nInnes confirms his opinion respecting requisitions from\nGovernor Thomas Mifflin for the apprehension of McGuire \u0026amp;\nBrady. He again writes regarding this case on 12 March 1792.\nOn 27 Feb. 1792, he writes that the bond \u0026amp; mortgage for\nthe public loan made to the French emigrants in Russell County\nis properly drawn. Later, he certifies that the title to\nfifty-five thousand acres sold by Richard Smith to Monsieur\nTibeauf in Russell County is valid (1792 Feb. 28). In 1794,\nInnes was appointed by the President on a mission to deliver\ncommunications to the state of Kentucky. Writing from\nLancaster, PA., dated 20 Nov. 1794, Innes states that he holds\nno office of profit under the United States and encloses a\nletter to Gov. Lee from 14 Aug. and a letter to Lt. Gov. Wood\nfrom 3 Oct. In the latter, Innes notes that General [John]\nMarshall has agreed to discharge his duties during his\nabsence. During Innes' absence, Marshall provides several\nopinions including the purchase \u0026amp; sale of lands for\narrears of taxes (1794 Oct. 15), fines \u0026amp; penalties under\nthe militia law (1794 Oct. 15), and the forfeiture of the\ncommission of Elisha White as Sheriff of Hanover (1794 Nov.\n28). Other correspondence from Innes relates to delinquent\nsheriffs (1792 Sept. 7), the ability of individuals to sue the\nstate (1792 Nov. 10), the suit of the Indiana Company against\nVirginia (1793 Jan. 22), the duties of district attorneys in\ncases of escheats (1793 Jan. 29), mortgages on Holt Richeson's\nestate (1794 June 20), and the Buckingham Works (1794 Aug.\n16).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam Hay, Robert Goode, \u0026amp; William Foushee, etc.,\nDirectors of Public Buildings, kept the Governor informed of\nthe ongoing repairs to the Capitol. On 14 June 1792, the\nDirectors enclose a copy of their proceedings concerning the\ncontract with Moses Austin \u0026amp; Co. Their letter also\nincludes resolutions, a letter from Hay to Austin regarding\nproblems with the Capitol's roof, and a statement of the\nexpense of wall pipes, plastering, \u0026amp; covering the Pedestal\ncornice. Robert Goode requests an advance of fifty pounds to\ncomplete the steps of the Capitol (1793 Sept. 12). On 8\nOctober 1794, Hay asks for an order for John Collins \u0026amp;\nGeorge Winston on account of their contracts. Similarly, on 8\nNov. 1794, he solicits the Governor for an order for John\nHart, one of the undertakers of the work on the Capitol.\nFinally, on 17 Jan. 1794, William Hay submits his letter of\nresignation to the Governor.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCharles Hay, Clerk of the House of Delegates, and Humphrey\nBrooke, Clerk of the Senate, often submit legislation and\nqualifications of election to the Governor. Noteworthy\nlegislation includes a resolution to transmit the act to\nappoint electors to chose a president \u0026amp; vice president\n(1792 Oct. 10), an act to provide more effectually for the\ncollection of the public taxes (1792 Dec. 23), a resolution\nfor the Public Printer to print copies of the act imposing a\npublic tax (1792 Dec. 23), a resolution regarding temporary\ndefensive operations for the protection of the frontier (1793\nNov. 6), a resolution for the affectionate remembrance of the\nmilitia in enforcing obedience to the laws of the United\nStates during the insurrection (1794 Nov. 12), a resolution\nregarding the sale of the mace used by the House of Delegates\n(1794 Nov. 17), and a resolution regarding the request of the\nPresident that Henry Lee take command of the army raised for\nthe purpose of suppressing the insurrection in western\nPennsylvania (1794 Nov. 19). In addition, there are\nqualifications of election for John Taylor to replace Richard\nHenry Lee in the U.S. Senate (1792 Oct. 18), Henry Lee as\nGovernor (1792 Oct. 25), Henry Tazewell as Judge of the Court\nof Appeals to replace James Mercer (1793 Nov. 6), Patrick\nHenry to replace James Monroe in the U.S. Senate (1794 July\n10), and Robert Brooke as Governor to replace Henry Lee (1794\nNov. 20).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCapt. Elias Langham, Superintendent of the Military Stores,\nArms, \u0026amp; Ammunition at Point of Fork Arsenal, writes the\nGovernor regarding plans for a reduction of the expenses at\nPoint of Fork (1791 Dec. 7), accounts of hirelings' wages\n(1792 Jan. 11), neglect of duty by contractors for provisions\n(1792 Oct. 19), appointment of his brother John Langham as\ncontractor for provisions (1792 Oct. 23), the claim of David\nRoss (1793 July 7), fear of a slave insurrection at Point of\nFork \u0026amp; the need for a permanent guard (1793 Aug. 3), an\naccount of balance due him for his pay (1793 Oct. 3), and\naccounts of provisions furnished Point of Fork (1794 April 5;\n1794 May 20; 1794 June 11; 1794 Aug. 28; \u0026amp; 1794 Sept. 19).\nOn 4 April 1792, William Price applies to the Governor to\nreplace Langham upon his resignation. Similar applications\nwere also submitted by John Guerrant, Jr., and J.K. Read for\nCol. Samuel Richardson (April 9 \u0026amp; 10). Langham, however,\nremained in office for another year. He writes to the Lt. Gov.\non 24 Aug. 1793 requesting the Board to postpone the\nappointment of a new Superintendent for 15 days. On 26 Oct.\n1793, he states that Maj. Quarles has been appointed to\nsucceed him as Superintendent. Langham requests a certificate\nby the Board regarding his service and the cause of his\nreplacement. On 29 Nov. 1793, Langham complains of the conduct\nof his successor in the contractor's office. Langham also\nincludes certificates by John Peyton \u0026amp; D. McLaughlan,\nalong with a letter from his brother John Langham. Quarles\nletter in response to these charges can also be found in this\ncollection (1793 Nov. 29).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMaj. Robert Quarles succeeded Langham as Superintendent of\nPoint of Fork in Sept. 1793. Quarles's correspondence relates\nto returns of ordnance \u0026amp; public stores at Point of Fork\n(1793 Sept. 2 \u0026amp; 5; 1793 Oct. 1; 1794 March 31; 1794 June\n30; \u0026amp; 1794 Oct. 4), the punishment of a guard for neglect\nof duty (1793 Nov. 18); a commissary for the post (1793 Dec.\n20), a request for arms (1794 April 18), an increase in wages\nfor his sergeant for issuing rations (1794 June 2), the death\nof his Armourer Robert Fowler (1794 June 3), the exemption of\nmilitia duty for his garrison (1794 July 28), rations for the\nwives of artisans \u0026amp; guards (1794 July 28 \u0026amp; Sept. 2),\nand an increase in his salary (1794 Oct. 1 \u0026amp; Nov. 14).\nNote that additional materials relating to the Point of Fork\nArsenal can be found at the end of the collection. Included\nare additional correspondence, accounts \u0026amp; receipts, pay\nrolls of state guard \u0026amp; artificers, quarterly accounts of\ncash, and returns of ordnance, military stores, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCounty lieutenants including Arthur Campbell, David Shepherd, George Clendenin, John P. Duvall, John Stuart, Thomas Newton, Jr., \u0026amp; Smith Snead communicate with the Governor Lee on various topics. Arthur Campbell, Washington Co., writes extensively on Indian affairs and frontier defense (1792 March 28; 1792 July 19 \u0026amp; 20; 1792 Sept. 10; 1792 Oct. 5, 11, \u0026amp; 17; 1792 Nov. 1, 3, \u0026amp; 12; 1792 Dec. 5; 1793 April 24; 1793 June 24 \u0026amp; 30; 1793 July 6; 1793 Oct. 3; 1794 April 15, 21, \u0026amp; 29; 1794 July 9). In addition, Campbell corresponds on the subject of the act of the General Assembly establishing Walker's line as the boundary between North Carolina \u0026amp; Virginia (1792 June 25), the jurisdiction of William Blount, Governor of the Territory South of the Ohio River (1792 Sept. 4), charges against Capt. Andrew Lewis by Lt. Willoughby of the Washington Militia (1793 Aug. 31; 1793 Oct. 9, 11, \u0026amp; 29; 1794 Jan. 17; 1794 May 8 \u0026amp; 12), and the militia law, insurrection in Pennsylvania, \u0026amp; movements by the Creek Indians (1794 Aug. 21). David Shepherd, Ohio Co., encloses a letter from Henry Knox on the defense of the frontier, as well as a letter from William McMachan regarding Indian attacks (1792 April 14). John Duvall, Harrison Co., writes of murder committed by the Indians in that county \u0026amp; the defeat of Gen. St. Claire (1791 Dec. 8). Shortly thereafter, Duvall communicates in relation to troops raised for the defense of Harrison Co. (1792 Dec. 20). George Clendenin, Kanawha Co., too writes about Indian affairs (1792 May 26; 1792 Dec. 10). In addition, he often discusses Hugh Caperton's militia and the defense of the county (1792 March 8; 1792 Sept. 21 \u0026amp; 22; 1793 Jan. 27, 28, \u0026amp; 31; 1793 March 5; 1793 April 12; 1793 Dec. 16). John Stuart, Greenbrier Co., provides information on a company being raised \u0026amp; commanded by Capt. Caperton for the defense of Greenbrier \u0026amp; Kanawha counties (1792 Feb. 8 \u0026amp; 1792 Aug. 6). He also mentions the appointment of six scouts on the frontier (1794 June 9) and the receipt of ammunition (1794 July 16). Thomas Newton, Jr., Norfolk, writes extensively about the pestilence in the West Indies \u0026amp; the quarantine of vessels (1793 June 16, 22, \u0026amp; 30; 1793 Sept. 23 \u0026amp; 28; 1793 Oct. 1, 5, 13, 15, 19-21, 25, 26 \u0026amp; 30; 1793 Nov. 13-15, 19, \u0026amp; 28; 1794 Aug. 7, 10, \u0026amp; 18; 1794 Sept. 24; 1794 Oct. 4, 15, \u0026amp; 21; 1794 Nov. 9 \u0026amp; 21), the Cape Henry Light House (1792 Jan. 9), a slave insurrection (1792 May 10 \u0026amp; 19), arms \u0026amp; ammunition (1792 June 20; 1793 March 12; 1793 April 29; 1793 Aug. 23; 1794 Oct. 7), Fort Nelson \u0026amp; coastal defense (1793 May 24 \u0026amp; 25; 1793 Aug. 22; 1794 June 10; 1794 Sept. 21), French ships \u0026amp; emigrants (1793 July 9; 1793 Aug. 2; 1794 Sept. 10; 1794 Oct. 15), privateers \u0026amp; the neutrality laws (1793 June 2; 1794 March 19; 1794 Oct. 15; 1794 June 14; 1794 Nov. 28), the Norfolk militia (1794 Feb. 12 \u0026amp; 23; 1794 March 9; 1794 Sept. 10), shots fired from the British ship Daedalus (1793 Feb. 24), the embargo (1794 April 4), and a riot in Norfolk (1794 June 4). Lastly, Smith Snead, Northampton Co., writes concerning ammunition and an attempted slave insurrection (1792 May 5, July 9 \u0026amp; 21).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAndrew Lewis \u0026amp; Hugh Caperton, Captains of Volunteer\nMilitia in the western counties, were appointed to guard\nVirginia's western frontier. Lewis set out from Richmond on 2\nDecember 1791and frequently corresponds with Governor Lee\nconcerning Indian movements, attacks \u0026amp; depredations (1792\nApril 27; 1792 June 5; 1792 Aug. 24; 1792 Oct. 3; 1793 April\n9; 1793 May 8; 1793 Sept. 12 \u0026amp; 29; 1793 Nov. 3; 1793 Dec.\n19 \u0026amp; 24; 1794 Feb. 17; 1794 April 17 \u0026amp; 19), rations\n(1792 Feb. 7), arms \u0026amp; ammunition (1792 Feb. 6; 1793 Jan.\n30), pay (1792 Dec. 22; 1793 Dec. 13 \u0026amp; 23; 1794 Jan. 1),\nrecruiting of troops (1792 Dec. 22; 1794 Feb. 5), the killing\nof friendly Indians by Capt. Baird (1793 June 26), charges\nagainst the Washington Militia \u0026amp; Arthur Campbell (1793\nAug. 17; 1793 Oct. 13; 1793 Nov. 6, 7, 23, \u0026amp; 26; 1793 Dec.\n19 \u0026amp; 23; 1794 May 9), volunteers for the suppression of\nthe Whiskey Rebellion (1794 Oct. 3), and the general state of\nthe militia \u0026amp; frontier (1793 Feb. 22 \u0026amp; 25; 1793 March\n11; 1793 Nov. 6; 1794 April 4 \u0026amp; 8; 1794 May 9; 1794 Aug.\n18).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHugh Caperton was appointed to the command of a company of\nvolunteer militia to defend Greenbrier \u0026amp; Kanawha counties.\nOn 10 Dec. 1791, Caperton \u0026amp; Daniel Boone write regarding\nthe volunteer militia to be raised in these counties. A\nstatement of scouts for Kanawha County by Boone can also be\nfound in these papers (1791 Undated). Caperton writes\nconcerning rations, arms, \u0026amp; ammunition (1792 Oct. 4 \u0026amp;\n30; 1793 Oct. 11), pay (1793 April 20), and the recruiting of\ntroops (1793 Nov. 26). In a letter written with George\nClendenin he encloses a list of his company in service in\nGreenbrier Co. (1792 May 6). Caperton accepts his commission\nas captain of volunteer militia in a letter dated 15 Nov.\n1792. He encloses a pay roll of scouts on 20 April 1793. Col.\nCharles Cameron, Bath Co., writes about Caperton's arrest\n\u0026amp; trial before a court-martial (1793 Aug. 30 \u0026amp; 1793\nDec. 31). Caperton writes concerning the charges \u0026amp;\ncourt-martial on 25 Feb. 1794. On 2 April and again on 30 Aug.\n1794, Caperton requests a rehearing before another\ncourt-martial. He also submits a petition on 11 Sept. 1794 for\nthe rehearing at his own expense.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJames Madison, Jr., Director of the Lunatic Hospital at\nWilliamsburg, \u0026amp; other members of the Court of Directors,\noften enclose orders to apply to the Auditor of Public\nAccounts for warrants (1792 Jan. 4; 1792 March 20; 1792 Aug.\n11; 1792 Oct. 13; 1793 Feb. 25; 1793 July 19; 1793 Dec. 13;\n1794 May 16). In his letter dated 26 Nov. 1793, Madison\ndeclares two vacancies in the Court of Directors by the deaths\nof Benjamin Harrison \u0026amp; William Pasteur. Lastly, on 1 Nov.\n1794, James Ruffin was recommended for a vacancy after the\nresignation of Joseph Hornsby.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHarry Heth, Agent for the Sale of Public Tobacco, encloses\nthe amount of sales of the balance of tobacco received by him\n(1791 Dec. 24). Also included is Heth's bond as Agent of the\nSinking Fund (1792 March 17). Heth was appointed to take the\nplace of Anthony Singleton whose letter of resignation can be\nfound in this collection (1792 Jan. 5).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam Davies, Commissioner of Virginia for Claims Against the United States, continues his work in settling the Revolutionary claims. He writes the Governor with respect to additional clerks (1792 April 28); the impending completion of his work (1792 Oct. 1); accounts \u0026amp; expenses of his office (1793 Jan. 3; 1793 April 1; 1793 July 1; 1793 Oct. 14); the contract with Messrs. Braxton, Herbert, \u0026amp; Claiborne (1793 Feb. 1); a warrant paid to William Finney (1793 March 20); books \u0026amp; papers to be sent to the state from Philadelphia (1793 May 28; 1793 July 18); his recommendation as sheriff of Mecklenburg Co. (1793 July 22); and the report of the General Board of Commissioners including an account of supplies \u0026amp; services during the late war, extracts from the Council Journal, and extracts of correspondence from Virginia governors to him (1794 Feb. 25). Other correspondence from Davies relates to his appointment as agent for the collection of arrears of taxes (1794 Jan. 12); his commission as agent (1794 March 23); and executions against delinquent sheriffs (1794 March 31; 1794 April 8 \u0026amp; 26).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGovernor Randolph corresponds often with John Pendleton,\nJr., Auditor of Public Accounts, and Jacquelin Ambler,\nTreasurer, regarding various financial matters. Pendleton\nregularly encloses lists of warrants issued by him through the\nAuditor's Office (1792 Feb. 15; 1792 April 28; 1792 Dec. 31;\n1793 Oct. 1; 1793 Nov. 5). Additionally, Pendleton encloses an\nabstract of the funded debt of the state (1792 June 25), a\nlist of executions returned by sheriffs in several counties\n(1792 Feb. 27), accounts for sending out notices \u0026amp;\nexecutions against public delinquents (1792 April 20), and\nfrontier defense expenses (1793 Feb. 11 \u0026amp; 13). Ambler\nwrites regarding lists of lands purchased for non-payment of\ntaxes (1792 Jan. 11), the amount of transfer tobacco in the\nTreasury (1792 Feb. 14; 1792 June 20), the state of the\nTreasury (1792 Feb. 25; 1792 Nov. 28; 1794 Oct. 20), funds for\nthe Potomack Company (1792 Nov. 28), the purchase of public\ntobacco by Richard Bibb (1792 Dec. 11), certificates from the\nSinking Fund for warrants issued to foreign creditors (1793\nJan. 10), the exchange rates of foreign coins by Congress\n(1793 June 13), additional door, locks, \u0026amp; other expenses\nfor the Treasury (1793 Aug. 27), the claim of the state on\naccount of the Federal buildings (1794 Aug. 28), disbursements\n\u0026amp; discounts made at the Treasury (1794 Sept. 25), and a\nwarrant to the Court of Directors of the Lunatic Hospital\n(1794 Nov. 4). On 9 Jan. 1793, Ambler \u0026amp; Pendleton apply to\nthe Governor requesting that Mrs. Pearson remain in the house\non the public square (1793. Jan. 9).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAdditional significant correspondence includes the following: President George Washington re. property carried away by the British (handwritten copy) (1791 Dec. 7); Edward Telfair, Governor of Georgia, transmitting a resolution to keep the Senate doors open to the public (1792 Jan. 31); William Blount, Governor of the Territory South of the Ohio River, re. aid to troops stationed on Virginia's frontiers (1792 March 6); John Harvie \u0026amp; William Foushee, Directors of the James River Canal re. balance due on shares purchased on public account (1792 May 8); Benjamin R. Morgan, Solicitor of Complaints, to James Innes enclosing a bill of equity from William Grayson \u0026amp; others re. the tract of land known as Indiana (1792 Aug. 11); William Blount re. the boundary between Virginia and his territory at the Watkins' line (1792 Sept. 2); Gen. Anthony Wayne to Maj. William McMachan re. the protection of the frontiers of Ohio Co. (1793 Jan. 5); Henry Lee to James Wood, Lt. Gov., re. a suit against the state (1792 Feb. 7); Henry Lee to Wood re. peace with the Southwest Indians \u0026amp; settlement of claims (1793 Feb. 15); Richard E. Lee, Mayor of Norfolk, enclosing a letter from the British Consul re. interference with the civil authority against U.S. citizens engaged in privateering against the British (1793 May 16); Thomas Mifflin, Governor of Pennsylvania, re. the defense of the frontiers (1793 June 23); Robert Taylor, Mayor of Norfolk, re. distressed emigrants from the West Indies (1793 July 13); John Avery, Jr., Secretary, enclosing the proclamation of John Hancock, Governor of Massachusetts, concerning the complaint of William Marshall against the state (1793 July 21); John Hamilton, British Consul, re. an infringement of the President's neutrality proclamation (1793 Aug. 8 \u0026amp; 29); Joseph Jones re. an intended slave insurrection at Petersburg (1793 Aug. 17); Dennis Ramsay, Mayor of Alexandria, re. quarantine of vessels (1793 Sept. 13); Edward Carrington re. the rent of the room in the Capitol formerly occupied by the Solicitor (1793 Sept. 10); Robert Taylor re. measures to prevent the pestilence in Philadelphia \u0026amp; the West Indies (1793 Sept. 17); Fontaine Maury, Mayor of Fredericksburg, re. the infectious fever brought by trading vessels (1793 Sept. 17 \u0026amp; 22); John Barrett, Mayor of Richmond, re. the spread of the malady from Philadelphia (1793 Sept. 17); John Hamilton re. the French Privateer Republic (1793 Sept. 20 \u0026amp; 27); William Prentis, Mayor of Petersburg, re. two persons escaping from quarantine to Petersburg (1793 Oct. 1); Thomas Mifflin re. the suability of a state (1793 Dec. 19); John Hamilton re. the capture of the British Brigantine Cunningham by a French Privateer in U.S. jurisdiction (1793 Dec. 22); Monsieur P.A. Cherui, Vice-Consul of the France Republic at Alexandria, re. his title papers (1794 Jan. 14); Samuel Huntington, Governor of Connecticut, re. a resolution giving instructions to member in Congress (1794 Jan. 15); Robert Taylor re. relief of French emigrants (1794 Jan. 17 \u0026amp; Feb. 10); Dennis Ramsay re. statements of French emigrants from St. Domingo (1794 Feb. 1); A.J. Dallas, Secretary of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, transmitting a copy of their laws (1794 Feb. 11); William Prentis re. precautions against small pox (1794 March 20); Robert Taylor re. the British ship Daedalus (1794 March 23); John Hamilton re. the capture of the British Schooner Delight \u0026amp; Charles taken by a French ship within neutral limits (1794 May 29); John Marshall re. the arrest of the Ship Unicorn, a supposed privateer (1794 July 23 \u0026amp; 28); David Bradford re. opposition to the Excise Law (1794 Aug. 6); Dabney Minor re. leaks in the Capitol roof (1794 Aug. 7); Tench Coxe, Revenue Commissioner, to H.H. Breckinridge re. the Excise Law and the Whiskey Rebellion (1794 Aug. 8); Tench Coxe to H.H. Breckinridge re. a reported dismemberment of Virginia \u0026amp; Pennsylvania (1794 Aug. 29); Edward Carrington re. military stores and three thousand stand of arms to Winchester for use against the insurgents (1794 Sept. 1 \u0026amp; 16); George Jackson re. the Governor's letter \u0026amp; proclamation relative to the riotous party in Pennsylvania (1794 Sept. 9); Henry Lee to James Wood re. the fighting force of the insurgent counties (1794 Sept. 19); Mr. Oster, French Consul, re. an English Frigate with two French prizes at Hampton (1794 Sept. 25 \u0026amp; Oct. 15); Edward Carrington re. insurgents in Maryland, liberty poles, and the arrival of the Governor (1794 Sept. 24); Thomas Mathews re. arms, supplies, troop movements, quotas, desertions, etc. (1794 Oct. 6 \u0026amp; 12); George French, Mayor of Fredericksburg, re. the nomination of James Allan, Jr., as Superintendent of Quarantine (1794 Oct. 19); Edward Carrington re. provision for the return of the militia now in service (1794 Oct. 18); Henry Lee to James Wood stating that he is unable to return in time for the General Assembly (1794 Oct. 23); and Robert Mitchell, Mayor of Richmond, re. small pox (1794 Nov. 13).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOther noteworthy items include: pay roll of Lt. Bladen\nAshby's company of Rangers (1791 Dec. 20); receipt for powder\n\u0026amp; lead for the use of Daniel Boone's Company (1791 Dec.\n22); returns for elections to the House of Representatives\n(1792 Feb. 20 \u0026amp; 23); pay abstract of scouts belonging to\nCapt. Hugh Caperton's Company (1793 Jan. 29); election\ncertificates for electors of the Presidential \u0026amp; Vice-\nPresidential elections (1792 Nov.); a roll of Capt. Hugh\nCaperton's Company showing residence \u0026amp; place of duty (1792\nUndated); roll of John Morris' Company of rangers (1793 Jan.\n1); proclamation by Gov. Lee prohibiting hostile incursions\nagainst the Indians north of the Ohio River while a treaty\ntakes place at Lower Sandusky (1793 May 13); list of Capt.\nHugh Caperton's Company at Fort Lee (1793 May 27);\nproclamation by Gov. Lee regarding the quarantine of vessels\ncoming from Philadelphia, the Grenades, \u0026amp; Tobago (1793\nSept. 17); list of persons who have taken the oath of fidelity\nin Fairfax County (1793 Oct. 1); pay roll of the militia on\nguard over the Public Arsenal at New London (1793 Oct. 19);\nPetersburg resolutions regarding the malignant disease in\nPhiladelphia (1793 Oct. 3); proclamation by Gov. Lee revoking\nhis previous proclamation to perform quarantines (1793 Nov.\n25); proclamation by Gov. Lee regarding an award for the\ncapture of Richard Adams (1793 Dec. 11); pay abstract of\nmilitia from Washington Co. under Capt. Andrew Lewis (1793\nDec. 13); applications for agents for the collection of\narrears of taxes due by delinquent sheriffs (1793 Dec. \u0026amp;\n1794 Jan.); resolutions of the North Carolina Assembly\nregarding the decision of the Federal judiciary that a state\nmay be sued by an individual (1794 Jan. 4); bonds of\nindividuals appointed as agents for collecting taxes \u0026amp;\nduties (1794 Feb.); muster roll of a detachment of Cornelius\nBogard's Company of Rangers commanded by William Wells (1794\nMarch 15); resolution of Congress for an embargo on all ships\nin U.S. ports for thirty days (1794 March 26); return of\nlaborers employed at Fort Nelson \u0026amp; Fort Norfolk (1794 June\n27); rough general orders \u0026amp; division orders to militia\n(1794 June 30); proclamation by Lt. Gov. Wood regarding a\ncontagious disease in the West Indies and performing\nquarantines (1794 Aug. 2); report of Maj. G.K. Taylor\nregarding the taking possession of Capt. Sinclair's ship The\nUnicorn suspecting of equipping for the purpose of\nprivateering (1794 Aug. 4); proclamation by Gov. Lee regarding\nbanditti from Western Pennsylvania in Virginia (1794 Aug. 19);\nestimate by Edward Carrington concerning the march of the\nmilitia for the suppression of the Whiskey Insurrection (1794\nSept. 4); and a proclamation by Lt. Gov. Wood revoking his\nproclamation for quarantines (1794 Nov. 4).\u003c/p\u003e"],"collection":{"numFound":1,"start":0,"numFoundExact":true,"docs":[{"id":"vi_vi00865","ead_ssi":"vi_vi00865","_root_":"vi_vi00865","_nest_parent_":"vi_vi00865","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/lva/vi00865.xml","title_ssm":["Governor Henry Lee Executive Papers, \n\n1791-1794"],"title_tesim":["Governor Henry Lee Executive Papers, \n\n1791-1794"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["40611"],"text":["40611","Governor Henry Lee Executive Papers, \n\n1791-1794","4.83 cubic\nfeet","There are no restrictions.","Also available on microfilm - Miscellaneous Reel 5048-5055.\n","Miscellaneous Reel 5048 - 1791 Dec.-1792 June 30\n Miscellaneous Reel 5049 - 1792 July 2-Nov. 30 \u0026 Presidential Electors\n Miscellaneous Reel 5050 - 1792 Dec. 1-1793 Mar. 30\n Miscellaneous Reel 5051 - 1793 Apr. 1-Aug. 31\n Miscellaneous Reel 5052 - 1793 Sept. 2-Dec. 31\n Miscellaneous Reel 5053 - 1794 Jan. 1-Apr. 29\n Miscellaneous Reel 5054 - 1794 May 2-Aug. 31\n Miscellaneous Reel 5055 - 1794 Sept. 1-Nov. 30\n","Arranged chronologically by date of document with undated\nitems arranged to the rear.","Henry Lee was born on 29 January 1756 at Leesylvania,\nVirginia. The eldest son of Henry Lee (1729-1787) and Lucy\nGrymes, he graduated from Princeton College in 1773. On 18\nJune 1776, Lee was commissioned by Patrick Henry as a captain\nof Virginia Light Dragoons in Col. Theodorick Bland's\nregiment, which was later attached to the First Continental\nLight Dragoons. The Continental Congress promoted Lee to major\non 7 April 1778 and gave him command of three troops of horse,\nwhich became known as \"Lee's Legion.\" Lee received a gold\nmedal by the Continental Congress for his bravery in an attack\nagainst the British garrison at Paulus Hook, New Jersey, in\nAugust 1779. He served until the end of the war, having been\npromoted to lieutenant colonel on 6 November 1780, and\nmeriting the nickname \"Light Horse Harry Lee.\"","After the war, Lee married his cousin Matilda Lee, daughter\nof Richard Henry Lee, in April 1782. Matilda died in 1790, and\nLee married Anne Hill Carter (1773-1829) from Shirley\nPlantation on 18 June 1793 and had five children, including\nRobert E. Lee. Lee began his political career as a\nrepresentative of Westmoreland County in the Virginia House of\nDelegates, 1785-1786. Additionally, he served in the\nContinental Congress, 1786-1788, followed by a second stint in\nthe General Assembly, 1788-1791. As a member of the Virginia\nConvention of 1788, Lee argued in favor of adopting the new\nfederal Constitution. Lee became Governor of Virginia in 1791,\nserving three consecutive one-year terms. The most significant\nevent of his governorship took place in 1794 when the Whiskey\nRebellion broke out in western Pennsylvania. Given command the\nforces by President Washington in August 1794, Lee\nsuccessfully led the army against the insurgents. Following\nhis terms as Governor, Lee was again elected to represent\nWestmoreland County in the House of Delegates, 1795-1799. His\nlast elected office was as a member of the Federalist Party in\nthe House of Representatives during the Sixth Congress,\n1799-1801.","Lee retired from public service and returned to manage his\nplantation at Stratford Hall. Financial hardships led Lee to\ndebtor's prison in 1809. Here, Lee crafted his Memoirs of the\nWar in the Southern Department. Lee traveled to the West\nIndies in 1816 to recuperate from illness, but died 25 March\n1818 on his return at Cumberland Island, Georgia. Lee's body\nwas re-interred on 30 May 1913 at Lee Chapel at Washington and\nLee University in Lexington, Virginia.","Governor Lee's Executive papers are organized\nchronologically with undated items arranged at the end of each\nyear. These papers primarily consist of incoming\ncorrespondence during Lee's three one-year terms as governor\nbetween 1 December 1791 until 1 December 1794. These records\ninclude correspondence written to James Wood who acted as\nLieutenant Governor while Lee traveled to Nashville and again\nwhen he served as commander of the United States forces during\nthe Whiskey Rebellion in 1794. The correspondence in this\ncollection relates to a variety of topics including\nappointments for state positions; the Point of Fork Arsenal;\ndefense of the frontier; the Whiskey Rebellion; resignations;\narms \u0026 ammunition; Indian attacks; French emigrants; the\nFederal City; the Lunatic Hospital in Williamsburg; state\nexpenses \u0026 revenue; quarantine of vessels; foreign\naffairs; Revolutionary claims; public tobacco; elections;\nPresidential electors; the Capitol Building; fortification of\nAlexandria \u0026 Norfolk harbors; the militia; and others. In\naddition to correspondence, there are resolutions from\nCongress and the Virginia Senate \u0026 House of Delegates;\nmuster \u0026 pay rolls; accounts; oaths; pardons; receipts;\nelection returns; election certificates; qualifications;\nlists; depositions; proclamations; petitions; reports;\nappointments; bonds; commissions; orders; reports;\nproceedings; applications; and other sundry items. Note that\nthe pardons for 1792 have been separated to the end of the\npapers for that year.","Noteworthy correspondence originates from the United States\ngovernment, Virginia State government, and miscellaneous\nsources. Prominent correspondents from the United States\ngovernment include Henry Knox, Secretary of War; Thomas\nJefferson, Secretary of State; Edmund Randolph, Attorney\nGeneral; Alexander Campbell, District Attorney General; Thomas\nJohnson, David Stuart, Daniel Carroll, William Thornton, \u0026\nGustavus Scott, Commissioners of the Federal City; John\nHopkins, Commissioner of Loans for Virginia; John Jacob Ulrich\nRivardi, Engineer in the service of the U.S.; Samuel A. Otis,\nSecretary of the Senate; and the Virginia Delegates to\nCongress including James Monroe, Richard Henry Lee, and\nothers.","Henry Knox, Secretary of War, corresponds the most\nfrequently with Governor Lee from the United States\ngovernment. Knox's correspondence primarily relates to Indian\naffairs and the defense of the frontier (1791 Dec. 5 \u0026 24;\n1792 Feb. 2; 1792 March 17; 1792 April 7; 1792 May 16; 1792\nJune 25 \u0026 30; 1792 July 11; 1792 Sept. 15; 1792 Oct. 9,\n11, 14, \u0026 30; 1792 Nov. 1, 3, \u0026 23; 1793 Feb. 16; 1793\nMay 16; 1793 July 25; 1793 Sept. 3; 1794 Jan. 27). In\naddition, Knox also writes regarding a variety of other\nconcerns including: an escort for Governor Lee \u0026 Governor\nPickens to Nashville (1792 Aug. 13), a treaty with the Indians\nnorth of the Ohio to be held at Lower Sandusky (1793 April\n24), the defense of Norfolk (1793 May 10; 1794 March 19; \u0026\n1794 July 30), the capture of vessels in American waters by\nother powers \u0026 neutrality laws of the U.S. (1793 May 23\n\u0026 24; 1793 Aug. 21; 1793 Nov. 12; 1794 Feb. 11), money to\nthe Commissioners of the Federal Buildings in Washington and\nthe temporary residence of the President in Germantown,\nPennsylvania (1793 Nov. 9), the recommendation of Daniel\nBedinger to make gun carriages in Norfolk (1794 March 24), the\nappointment of Maj. Rivardi by the President to fortify\nBaltimore, Alexandria, \u0026 Norfolk (1794 March 28; 1794\nApril 3; \u0026 1794 June 9), the spoliation at Guadeloupe by\nthe French privateer Preus and British prisoners on parole\n(1794 April 17), the St. Domingo Fleet, the embargo, letters\nof marque, etc. (1794 May 9), an act directing a detachment\nfrom the militia of the U.S. (1794 May 19), the arming of\nvessels belonging to the belligerent powers in the U.S. (1794\nJune 27), the vessel of the British Consul taken possession by\nGen. Thomas Mathews (1794 Aug. 25), and an arsenal or magazine\nwithin Virginia for the U.S. (1794 Nov. 10).","As Secretary of State, Thomas Jefferson writes the Governor\nto transmit acts \u0026 resolutions of Congress. On 1 Feb.\n1792, Jefferson transmits copies of an act carrying into\neffect a contract between the U.S. \u0026 the state of\nPennsylvania, and an act to extend the time for settling the\naccounts of the U.S. with the individual states. He also\nwrites regarding an act concerning certain fisheries of the\nU.S. \u0026 for the regulation and government of the fishermen\nemployed therein, an act to establish the Post Office \u0026\nPost roads, and the ratification by three-quarters of the\nlegislatures of certain articles in addition to and amendment\nto the Constitution (1792 March 1). He transmits an act\nsupplemental to the act for making further provision for the\nprotection of the frontiers, an act establishing a mint \u0026\nregulating the coins of the U.S., and an act for finishing the\nlighthouse on Baldhead at the mouth of the Cape Fear River in\nNorth Carolina (1792 April 10). Note that the original acts\nare no longer included with the above correspondence.","Edmund Randolph, U.S. Attorney General, \u0026 Alexander\nCampbell, District Attorney General, often submit opinions\nrespecting various matters. On 24 June 1793, Randolph writes\nregarding the suit brought by the Indiana Company against the\nstate of Virginia. A circular letter from Randolph, dated 1792\nOct. 10, relates to ships of war bringing in French prizes in\nviolation of the 17th article of the treaty of commerce\nbetween the U.S. \u0026 France. Similarly, Randolph's letter,\ndated 22 Oct. 1794, relates to the complaints of Joseph\nFauchet, Minister Plenipotentiary of the French Republic,\nconcerning French prizes in U.S. ports. Campbell writes the\nLieutenant Governor on 23 Aug. 1793 regarding an insult to the\nBritish Consul at Norfolk. He also provides his opinion in\nfavor of a arming a privateer from Cape Francois (1793 Sept.\n25). On 3 Dec. 1793, Campbell writes that provisions may be\nsold by a neutral people to either belligerent and that\nrepairs of vessels for non-military purposes is permissible.\nHe provides another opinion regarding accusations by the\nBritish Consul at Norfolk respecting violence against the\nBrigantine Ann at Yorktown. The British Consul also accused\npersons at Smithfield of fitting out a ship to serve as a\nprivateer in the present war. Campbell explains that this\nwould be a violation of the laws of the U.S. and require the\nGovernor to arrest the offenders (1794 July 11). Lastly,\nCampbell provides an opinion in favor of a French schooner\nfrom Baltimore that arrived in Norfolk with a prize captured\nat sea (1794 Aug. 15).","Thomas Johnson, David Stuart, Daniel Carroll, William\nThornton, \u0026 Gustavus Scott, Commissioners of the Federal\nCity, write the Governor on several occasions regarding\nVirginia's donation for the Federal Buildings (1792 June 6;\n1793 Feb. 7; 1793 Sept. 23; 1794 Jan. 30; 1794 June 26; 1794\nSept. 16; \u0026 1794 Nov. 7). John Hopkins, as Commissioner of\nLoans for Virginia, also writes the Governor on behalf of\nthese Commissioners (1792 Jan. 25; 1792 May 8; 1793 Feb. 13;\n1793 Sept. 13; 1793 Oct. 29; 1793 Nov. 20; 1794 Feb. 7; \u0026\n1794 Nov. 28). On 12 March 1792, Hopkins encloses a letter\nfrom William Deakins, Treasurer for Federal Buildings,\nregarding the donation. Hopkins also writes with respect to\nthe state debt subscribed to the loan of the U.S. by the act\nof 4 Aug. 1790 (1792 March 12).","John Jacob Ulrich Rivardi, was appointed temporary engineer in the service of the U.S. for the purpose of fortifying the ports and harbors at Baltimore, Alexandria, \u0026 Norfolk. Rivardi writes the Governor on 3 April 1794 \u0026 , enclosing a copy of his instructions from Henry Knox. These instructions provide an estimate of the expenses at Baltimore \u0026 Norfolk. On 9 June 1794, Rivardi encloses a plan of Fort Nelson and writes that drawings of the Craney Island defense are forthcoming (enclosure not included). He writes concerning his progress in Norfolk on 15 June 1794. On 11 July 1794, Rivardi forwards a map of the Elizabeth River (not enclosed) and a return of hands working at Fort Norfolk. Shortly thereafter, Rivardi encloses a plan on Craney Island (not enclosed) and a return of laborers employed at Fort Nelson (1794 July 19). John Vermonnet was later appointed by the War Dept. to fortify Annapolis \u0026 Alexandria. Vermonnet writes on 17 June 1794 that he selected Jones' Point for a battery in Alexandria.","Virginia Delegates to the Second \u0026 Third Congresses\ncorresponded with Governor Lee intermittently throughout his\ntenure. On 20 Dec. 1791, James Monroe transmits the\nproceedings of Congress respecting the representation bill.\nRichard Henry Lee \u0026 Monroe also write on 14 Feb. 1792\nregarding military claims of land, and for services \u0026\nsupplies not yet compensated. Richard Henry Lee's letter of\nresignation, transcribed by Samuel Coleman, can also be found\n(1792 Oct. 8). Samuel A. Otis, as Clerk of the U.S. Senate,\noften transmits the journals of the Senate to the Governor\n(1792 June 1; 1793 May 1; \u0026 1794 June 1). Otis also writes\nrequesting copies of Virginia's laws(1792 Nov. 12).","Significant correspondents from Virginia State government\ninclude Samuel Coleman, Assistant Clerk of the Council of\nState; Simon Morgan, Adjutant General; Wyatt Coleman, Keeper\nof the Capitol; James Wood, Lieutenant Governor; James Innes,\nAttorney General; William Hay, Robert Goode, \u0026 William\nFoushee, etc., Directors of Public Buildings; Charles Hay,\nClerk of the House of Delegates; Humphrey Brooke, Clerk of the\nSenate; Capt. Elias Langham \u0026 Robert Quarles,\nSuperintendents of the Military Stores, Arms, \u0026 Ammunition\nat Point of Fork Arsenal; various county lieutenants; Andrew\nLewis \u0026 Hugh Caperton, Captains of Volunteer Militia;\nJames Madison, Jr., President of the Board of Directors of the\nLunatic Hospital in Williamsburg; Harry Heth, State Agent of\nPublic Tobacco; William Davies, Commissioner of Virginia for\nClaims Against the United States, John Pendleton, Jr., Auditor\nof Public Accounts; and Jacquelin Ambler, Treasurer.","Samuel Coleman, as Assistant Clerk of the Council,\ncommunicates with the Governor frequently through the Council\nOffice. Coleman mainly writes concerning military matters\nincluding the militia (1792 Aug. 2; 1792 Dec. 19 \u0026 31;\n1793 Jan. 9, 24, \u0026 30; 1793 Feb. 2 \u0026 7; 1793 March 29;\n1793 April 2 \u0026 9; 1793 May 7; 1793 June 4; 1793 July 3\n\u0026 9; 1793 Aug. 5; 1793 Sept. 4, 5, 14, 26, \u0026 30; 1793\nOct. 4 \u0026 29; 1793 Nov. 2, 4, \u0026 20; 1793 Dec. 9 \u0026\n22; 1794 March 15 \u0026 24; 1794 June 2; 1794 Aug. 1; 1794\nNov. 18 \u0026 28), an examination of returns from the Point of\nFork Arsenal (1792 Jan. 11; 1792 April 10; 1792 May 25; 1792\nJuly 10; 1792 Oct. 15; 1792 Nov. 1; 1793 Jan. 10; 1793 Feb. 7\n\u0026 20; 1793 April 16; 1793 Aug. 6 \u0026 15; 1793 Oct. 1;\n1793 Nov. 5; 1794 Jan. 2; 1794 April 1 \u0026 11; ), the pay\n\u0026 muster of scouts \u0026 rangers on the frontier (1792\nJan. 31; 1792 March 24; 1792 April 11; 1792 Dec. 5; 1793 Jan.\n7; 1793 Feb. 7; 1794 Jan. 16), accounts on the books of the\nFoundry (1791 Dec. 8; 1792 March 21; 1792 Dec. 27), and claims\nfor military service or supplies (1791 Dec. 10; 1792 Oct. 23;\n1793 Nov. 7; 1794 Sept. 3). On 11 May 1792, Coleman requests\nan appointment as Adjutant General, the duties of which were\nalready annexed to his current position in the Council. He\nagain applies for the position on 1 Dec. 1792, however, Simon\nMorgan was appointed instead. A letter, dated 20 June 1794,\nfrom Morgan encloses general orders to the Division Generals\nof the Militia. Another letter by Morgan requests that John\nStewart be appointed his deputy (1794 Aug. 22).","Coleman also corresponds with the Governor regarding the\nstate of the Capitol Building. On 11 July 1794, he writes on\nthe problems with the roof of the Capitol and includes a rough\ndiagram. Wyatt Coleman, Samuel's father, was appointed Keeper\nof the Capitol in 1793, and too writes the Governor regarding\nthe defective state of the roof (1794 July 10 \u0026 27). His\nearliest letter, dated 1 April 1793, remarks on his duties and\nincludes an account for hiring a person to sweep \u0026 clean\nthe Capitol. Both Samuel \u0026 Wyatt also write requesting\ninstructions of the Keeper of the Capitol (1794 July 16, 24,\n\u0026 25). On 16 July 1794, Wyatt Coleman encloses a memo of\nbroken windows on the Capitol. Samuel also provides a report\non his father's behalf on 11 September 1794 urging repairs to\nthe windows before winter.","James Wood, Lieutenant Governor, traveled to Ohio County on\nthe western frontier in June 1792 for the purpose of making an\narrangement of the volunteer militia and for entering into\ncontracts for their subsistence. He writes the governor on 20\nJune 1792 providing a report of his mission. This letter\nincludes proceedings of the Board of Field Officers of Ohio\nCo.; instructions to Capt. McMachan on augmenting his command;\nthe bond of Archibald \u0026 Robert Woods to furnish rations to\nsupply Capt. McMachan's Company; an order to the county\nlieutenants of Monongalia, Harrison, \u0026 Randolph to make\nreturns; returns of Harrison, Randolph, \u0026 Monongalia;\ninstructions to Capt. Lowther; and charges by John Davis\nagainst John Evans, County Lieutenant of Monongalia. He writes\nagain on 14 June 1793 regarding the state of the frontier in\nthe Monongalia District and encloses instructions to Capt.\nWilliam Lowther.","James Innes, Attorney General of Virginia, provides his\nopinion for the Governor on several occasions. On 3 Jan. 1792,\nInnes confirms his opinion respecting requisitions from\nGovernor Thomas Mifflin for the apprehension of McGuire \u0026\nBrady. He again writes regarding this case on 12 March 1792.\nOn 27 Feb. 1792, he writes that the bond \u0026 mortgage for\nthe public loan made to the French emigrants in Russell County\nis properly drawn. Later, he certifies that the title to\nfifty-five thousand acres sold by Richard Smith to Monsieur\nTibeauf in Russell County is valid (1792 Feb. 28). In 1794,\nInnes was appointed by the President on a mission to deliver\ncommunications to the state of Kentucky. Writing from\nLancaster, PA., dated 20 Nov. 1794, Innes states that he holds\nno office of profit under the United States and encloses a\nletter to Gov. Lee from 14 Aug. and a letter to Lt. Gov. Wood\nfrom 3 Oct. In the latter, Innes notes that General [John]\nMarshall has agreed to discharge his duties during his\nabsence. During Innes' absence, Marshall provides several\nopinions including the purchase \u0026 sale of lands for\narrears of taxes (1794 Oct. 15), fines \u0026 penalties under\nthe militia law (1794 Oct. 15), and the forfeiture of the\ncommission of Elisha White as Sheriff of Hanover (1794 Nov.\n28). Other correspondence from Innes relates to delinquent\nsheriffs (1792 Sept. 7), the ability of individuals to sue the\nstate (1792 Nov. 10), the suit of the Indiana Company against\nVirginia (1793 Jan. 22), the duties of district attorneys in\ncases of escheats (1793 Jan. 29), mortgages on Holt Richeson's\nestate (1794 June 20), and the Buckingham Works (1794 Aug.\n16).","William Hay, Robert Goode, \u0026 William Foushee, etc.,\nDirectors of Public Buildings, kept the Governor informed of\nthe ongoing repairs to the Capitol. On 14 June 1792, the\nDirectors enclose a copy of their proceedings concerning the\ncontract with Moses Austin \u0026 Co. Their letter also\nincludes resolutions, a letter from Hay to Austin regarding\nproblems with the Capitol's roof, and a statement of the\nexpense of wall pipes, plastering, \u0026 covering the Pedestal\ncornice. Robert Goode requests an advance of fifty pounds to\ncomplete the steps of the Capitol (1793 Sept. 12). On 8\nOctober 1794, Hay asks for an order for John Collins \u0026\nGeorge Winston on account of their contracts. Similarly, on 8\nNov. 1794, he solicits the Governor for an order for John\nHart, one of the undertakers of the work on the Capitol.\nFinally, on 17 Jan. 1794, William Hay submits his letter of\nresignation to the Governor.","Charles Hay, Clerk of the House of Delegates, and Humphrey\nBrooke, Clerk of the Senate, often submit legislation and\nqualifications of election to the Governor. Noteworthy\nlegislation includes a resolution to transmit the act to\nappoint electors to chose a president \u0026 vice president\n(1792 Oct. 10), an act to provide more effectually for the\ncollection of the public taxes (1792 Dec. 23), a resolution\nfor the Public Printer to print copies of the act imposing a\npublic tax (1792 Dec. 23), a resolution regarding temporary\ndefensive operations for the protection of the frontier (1793\nNov. 6), a resolution for the affectionate remembrance of the\nmilitia in enforcing obedience to the laws of the United\nStates during the insurrection (1794 Nov. 12), a resolution\nregarding the sale of the mace used by the House of Delegates\n(1794 Nov. 17), and a resolution regarding the request of the\nPresident that Henry Lee take command of the army raised for\nthe purpose of suppressing the insurrection in western\nPennsylvania (1794 Nov. 19). In addition, there are\nqualifications of election for John Taylor to replace Richard\nHenry Lee in the U.S. Senate (1792 Oct. 18), Henry Lee as\nGovernor (1792 Oct. 25), Henry Tazewell as Judge of the Court\nof Appeals to replace James Mercer (1793 Nov. 6), Patrick\nHenry to replace James Monroe in the U.S. Senate (1794 July\n10), and Robert Brooke as Governor to replace Henry Lee (1794\nNov. 20).","Capt. Elias Langham, Superintendent of the Military Stores,\nArms, \u0026 Ammunition at Point of Fork Arsenal, writes the\nGovernor regarding plans for a reduction of the expenses at\nPoint of Fork (1791 Dec. 7), accounts of hirelings' wages\n(1792 Jan. 11), neglect of duty by contractors for provisions\n(1792 Oct. 19), appointment of his brother John Langham as\ncontractor for provisions (1792 Oct. 23), the claim of David\nRoss (1793 July 7), fear of a slave insurrection at Point of\nFork \u0026 the need for a permanent guard (1793 Aug. 3), an\naccount of balance due him for his pay (1793 Oct. 3), and\naccounts of provisions furnished Point of Fork (1794 April 5;\n1794 May 20; 1794 June 11; 1794 Aug. 28; \u0026 1794 Sept. 19).\nOn 4 April 1792, William Price applies to the Governor to\nreplace Langham upon his resignation. Similar applications\nwere also submitted by John Guerrant, Jr., and J.K. Read for\nCol. Samuel Richardson (April 9 \u0026 10). Langham, however,\nremained in office for another year. He writes to the Lt. Gov.\non 24 Aug. 1793 requesting the Board to postpone the\nappointment of a new Superintendent for 15 days. On 26 Oct.\n1793, he states that Maj. Quarles has been appointed to\nsucceed him as Superintendent. Langham requests a certificate\nby the Board regarding his service and the cause of his\nreplacement. On 29 Nov. 1793, Langham complains of the conduct\nof his successor in the contractor's office. Langham also\nincludes certificates by John Peyton \u0026 D. McLaughlan,\nalong with a letter from his brother John Langham. Quarles\nletter in response to these charges can also be found in this\ncollection (1793 Nov. 29).","Maj. Robert Quarles succeeded Langham as Superintendent of\nPoint of Fork in Sept. 1793. Quarles's correspondence relates\nto returns of ordnance \u0026 public stores at Point of Fork\n(1793 Sept. 2 \u0026 5; 1793 Oct. 1; 1794 March 31; 1794 June\n30; \u0026 1794 Oct. 4), the punishment of a guard for neglect\nof duty (1793 Nov. 18); a commissary for the post (1793 Dec.\n20), a request for arms (1794 April 18), an increase in wages\nfor his sergeant for issuing rations (1794 June 2), the death\nof his Armourer Robert Fowler (1794 June 3), the exemption of\nmilitia duty for his garrison (1794 July 28), rations for the\nwives of artisans \u0026 guards (1794 July 28 \u0026 Sept. 2),\nand an increase in his salary (1794 Oct. 1 \u0026 Nov. 14).\nNote that additional materials relating to the Point of Fork\nArsenal can be found at the end of the collection. Included\nare additional correspondence, accounts \u0026 receipts, pay\nrolls of state guard \u0026 artificers, quarterly accounts of\ncash, and returns of ordnance, military stores, etc.","County lieutenants including Arthur Campbell, David Shepherd, George Clendenin, John P. Duvall, John Stuart, Thomas Newton, Jr., \u0026 Smith Snead communicate with the Governor Lee on various topics. Arthur Campbell, Washington Co., writes extensively on Indian affairs and frontier defense (1792 March 28; 1792 July 19 \u0026 20; 1792 Sept. 10; 1792 Oct. 5, 11, \u0026 17; 1792 Nov. 1, 3, \u0026 12; 1792 Dec. 5; 1793 April 24; 1793 June 24 \u0026 30; 1793 July 6; 1793 Oct. 3; 1794 April 15, 21, \u0026 29; 1794 July 9). In addition, Campbell corresponds on the subject of the act of the General Assembly establishing Walker's line as the boundary between North Carolina \u0026 Virginia (1792 June 25), the jurisdiction of William Blount, Governor of the Territory South of the Ohio River (1792 Sept. 4), charges against Capt. Andrew Lewis by Lt. Willoughby of the Washington Militia (1793 Aug. 31; 1793 Oct. 9, 11, \u0026 29; 1794 Jan. 17; 1794 May 8 \u0026 12), and the militia law, insurrection in Pennsylvania, \u0026 movements by the Creek Indians (1794 Aug. 21). David Shepherd, Ohio Co., encloses a letter from Henry Knox on the defense of the frontier, as well as a letter from William McMachan regarding Indian attacks (1792 April 14). John Duvall, Harrison Co., writes of murder committed by the Indians in that county \u0026 the defeat of Gen. St. Claire (1791 Dec. 8). Shortly thereafter, Duvall communicates in relation to troops raised for the defense of Harrison Co. (1792 Dec. 20). George Clendenin, Kanawha Co., too writes about Indian affairs (1792 May 26; 1792 Dec. 10). In addition, he often discusses Hugh Caperton's militia and the defense of the county (1792 March 8; 1792 Sept. 21 \u0026 22; 1793 Jan. 27, 28, \u0026 31; 1793 March 5; 1793 April 12; 1793 Dec. 16). John Stuart, Greenbrier Co., provides information on a company being raised \u0026 commanded by Capt. Caperton for the defense of Greenbrier \u0026 Kanawha counties (1792 Feb. 8 \u0026 1792 Aug. 6). He also mentions the appointment of six scouts on the frontier (1794 June 9) and the receipt of ammunition (1794 July 16). Thomas Newton, Jr., Norfolk, writes extensively about the pestilence in the West Indies \u0026 the quarantine of vessels (1793 June 16, 22, \u0026 30; 1793 Sept. 23 \u0026 28; 1793 Oct. 1, 5, 13, 15, 19-21, 25, 26 \u0026 30; 1793 Nov. 13-15, 19, \u0026 28; 1794 Aug. 7, 10, \u0026 18; 1794 Sept. 24; 1794 Oct. 4, 15, \u0026 21; 1794 Nov. 9 \u0026 21), the Cape Henry Light House (1792 Jan. 9), a slave insurrection (1792 May 10 \u0026 19), arms \u0026 ammunition (1792 June 20; 1793 March 12; 1793 April 29; 1793 Aug. 23; 1794 Oct. 7), Fort Nelson \u0026 coastal defense (1793 May 24 \u0026 25; 1793 Aug. 22; 1794 June 10; 1794 Sept. 21), French ships \u0026 emigrants (1793 July 9; 1793 Aug. 2; 1794 Sept. 10; 1794 Oct. 15), privateers \u0026 the neutrality laws (1793 June 2; 1794 March 19; 1794 Oct. 15; 1794 June 14; 1794 Nov. 28), the Norfolk militia (1794 Feb. 12 \u0026 23; 1794 March 9; 1794 Sept. 10), shots fired from the British ship Daedalus (1793 Feb. 24), the embargo (1794 April 4), and a riot in Norfolk (1794 June 4). Lastly, Smith Snead, Northampton Co., writes concerning ammunition and an attempted slave insurrection (1792 May 5, July 9 \u0026 21).","Andrew Lewis \u0026 Hugh Caperton, Captains of Volunteer\nMilitia in the western counties, were appointed to guard\nVirginia's western frontier. Lewis set out from Richmond on 2\nDecember 1791and frequently corresponds with Governor Lee\nconcerning Indian movements, attacks \u0026 depredations (1792\nApril 27; 1792 June 5; 1792 Aug. 24; 1792 Oct. 3; 1793 April\n9; 1793 May 8; 1793 Sept. 12 \u0026 29; 1793 Nov. 3; 1793 Dec.\n19 \u0026 24; 1794 Feb. 17; 1794 April 17 \u0026 19), rations\n(1792 Feb. 7), arms \u0026 ammunition (1792 Feb. 6; 1793 Jan.\n30), pay (1792 Dec. 22; 1793 Dec. 13 \u0026 23; 1794 Jan. 1),\nrecruiting of troops (1792 Dec. 22; 1794 Feb. 5), the killing\nof friendly Indians by Capt. Baird (1793 June 26), charges\nagainst the Washington Militia \u0026 Arthur Campbell (1793\nAug. 17; 1793 Oct. 13; 1793 Nov. 6, 7, 23, \u0026 26; 1793 Dec.\n19 \u0026 23; 1794 May 9), volunteers for the suppression of\nthe Whiskey Rebellion (1794 Oct. 3), and the general state of\nthe militia \u0026 frontier (1793 Feb. 22 \u0026 25; 1793 March\n11; 1793 Nov. 6; 1794 April 4 \u0026 8; 1794 May 9; 1794 Aug.\n18).","Hugh Caperton was appointed to the command of a company of\nvolunteer militia to defend Greenbrier \u0026 Kanawha counties.\nOn 10 Dec. 1791, Caperton \u0026 Daniel Boone write regarding\nthe volunteer militia to be raised in these counties. A\nstatement of scouts for Kanawha County by Boone can also be\nfound in these papers (1791 Undated). Caperton writes\nconcerning rations, arms, \u0026 ammunition (1792 Oct. 4 \u0026\n30; 1793 Oct. 11), pay (1793 April 20), and the recruiting of\ntroops (1793 Nov. 26). In a letter written with George\nClendenin he encloses a list of his company in service in\nGreenbrier Co. (1792 May 6). Caperton accepts his commission\nas captain of volunteer militia in a letter dated 15 Nov.\n1792. He encloses a pay roll of scouts on 20 April 1793. Col.\nCharles Cameron, Bath Co., writes about Caperton's arrest\n\u0026 trial before a court-martial (1793 Aug. 30 \u0026 1793\nDec. 31). Caperton writes concerning the charges \u0026\ncourt-martial on 25 Feb. 1794. On 2 April and again on 30 Aug.\n1794, Caperton requests a rehearing before another\ncourt-martial. He also submits a petition on 11 Sept. 1794 for\nthe rehearing at his own expense.","James Madison, Jr., Director of the Lunatic Hospital at\nWilliamsburg, \u0026 other members of the Court of Directors,\noften enclose orders to apply to the Auditor of Public\nAccounts for warrants (1792 Jan. 4; 1792 March 20; 1792 Aug.\n11; 1792 Oct. 13; 1793 Feb. 25; 1793 July 19; 1793 Dec. 13;\n1794 May 16). In his letter dated 26 Nov. 1793, Madison\ndeclares two vacancies in the Court of Directors by the deaths\nof Benjamin Harrison \u0026 William Pasteur. Lastly, on 1 Nov.\n1794, James Ruffin was recommended for a vacancy after the\nresignation of Joseph Hornsby.","Harry Heth, Agent for the Sale of Public Tobacco, encloses\nthe amount of sales of the balance of tobacco received by him\n(1791 Dec. 24). Also included is Heth's bond as Agent of the\nSinking Fund (1792 March 17). Heth was appointed to take the\nplace of Anthony Singleton whose letter of resignation can be\nfound in this collection (1792 Jan. 5).","William Davies, Commissioner of Virginia for Claims Against the United States, continues his work in settling the Revolutionary claims. He writes the Governor with respect to additional clerks (1792 April 28); the impending completion of his work (1792 Oct. 1); accounts \u0026 expenses of his office (1793 Jan. 3; 1793 April 1; 1793 July 1; 1793 Oct. 14); the contract with Messrs. Braxton, Herbert, \u0026 Claiborne (1793 Feb. 1); a warrant paid to William Finney (1793 March 20); books \u0026 papers to be sent to the state from Philadelphia (1793 May 28; 1793 July 18); his recommendation as sheriff of Mecklenburg Co. (1793 July 22); and the report of the General Board of Commissioners including an account of supplies \u0026 services during the late war, extracts from the Council Journal, and extracts of correspondence from Virginia governors to him (1794 Feb. 25). Other correspondence from Davies relates to his appointment as agent for the collection of arrears of taxes (1794 Jan. 12); his commission as agent (1794 March 23); and executions against delinquent sheriffs (1794 March 31; 1794 April 8 \u0026 26).","Governor Randolph corresponds often with John Pendleton,\nJr., Auditor of Public Accounts, and Jacquelin Ambler,\nTreasurer, regarding various financial matters. Pendleton\nregularly encloses lists of warrants issued by him through the\nAuditor's Office (1792 Feb. 15; 1792 April 28; 1792 Dec. 31;\n1793 Oct. 1; 1793 Nov. 5). Additionally, Pendleton encloses an\nabstract of the funded debt of the state (1792 June 25), a\nlist of executions returned by sheriffs in several counties\n(1792 Feb. 27), accounts for sending out notices \u0026\nexecutions against public delinquents (1792 April 20), and\nfrontier defense expenses (1793 Feb. 11 \u0026 13). Ambler\nwrites regarding lists of lands purchased for non-payment of\ntaxes (1792 Jan. 11), the amount of transfer tobacco in the\nTreasury (1792 Feb. 14; 1792 June 20), the state of the\nTreasury (1792 Feb. 25; 1792 Nov. 28; 1794 Oct. 20), funds for\nthe Potomack Company (1792 Nov. 28), the purchase of public\ntobacco by Richard Bibb (1792 Dec. 11), certificates from the\nSinking Fund for warrants issued to foreign creditors (1793\nJan. 10), the exchange rates of foreign coins by Congress\n(1793 June 13), additional door, locks, \u0026 other expenses\nfor the Treasury (1793 Aug. 27), the claim of the state on\naccount of the Federal buildings (1794 Aug. 28), disbursements\n\u0026 discounts made at the Treasury (1794 Sept. 25), and a\nwarrant to the Court of Directors of the Lunatic Hospital\n(1794 Nov. 4). On 9 Jan. 1793, Ambler \u0026 Pendleton apply to\nthe Governor requesting that Mrs. Pearson remain in the house\non the public square (1793. Jan. 9).","Additional significant correspondence includes the following: President George Washington re. property carried away by the British (handwritten copy) (1791 Dec. 7); Edward Telfair, Governor of Georgia, transmitting a resolution to keep the Senate doors open to the public (1792 Jan. 31); William Blount, Governor of the Territory South of the Ohio River, re. aid to troops stationed on Virginia's frontiers (1792 March 6); John Harvie \u0026 William Foushee, Directors of the James River Canal re. balance due on shares purchased on public account (1792 May 8); Benjamin R. Morgan, Solicitor of Complaints, to James Innes enclosing a bill of equity from William Grayson \u0026 others re. the tract of land known as Indiana (1792 Aug. 11); William Blount re. the boundary between Virginia and his territory at the Watkins' line (1792 Sept. 2); Gen. Anthony Wayne to Maj. William McMachan re. the protection of the frontiers of Ohio Co. (1793 Jan. 5); Henry Lee to James Wood, Lt. Gov., re. a suit against the state (1792 Feb. 7); Henry Lee to Wood re. peace with the Southwest Indians \u0026 settlement of claims (1793 Feb. 15); Richard E. Lee, Mayor of Norfolk, enclosing a letter from the British Consul re. interference with the civil authority against U.S. citizens engaged in privateering against the British (1793 May 16); Thomas Mifflin, Governor of Pennsylvania, re. the defense of the frontiers (1793 June 23); Robert Taylor, Mayor of Norfolk, re. distressed emigrants from the West Indies (1793 July 13); John Avery, Jr., Secretary, enclosing the proclamation of John Hancock, Governor of Massachusetts, concerning the complaint of William Marshall against the state (1793 July 21); John Hamilton, British Consul, re. an infringement of the President's neutrality proclamation (1793 Aug. 8 \u0026 29); Joseph Jones re. an intended slave insurrection at Petersburg (1793 Aug. 17); Dennis Ramsay, Mayor of Alexandria, re. quarantine of vessels (1793 Sept. 13); Edward Carrington re. the rent of the room in the Capitol formerly occupied by the Solicitor (1793 Sept. 10); Robert Taylor re. measures to prevent the pestilence in Philadelphia \u0026 the West Indies (1793 Sept. 17); Fontaine Maury, Mayor of Fredericksburg, re. the infectious fever brought by trading vessels (1793 Sept. 17 \u0026 22); John Barrett, Mayor of Richmond, re. the spread of the malady from Philadelphia (1793 Sept. 17); John Hamilton re. the French Privateer Republic (1793 Sept. 20 \u0026 27); William Prentis, Mayor of Petersburg, re. two persons escaping from quarantine to Petersburg (1793 Oct. 1); Thomas Mifflin re. the suability of a state (1793 Dec. 19); John Hamilton re. the capture of the British Brigantine Cunningham by a French Privateer in U.S. jurisdiction (1793 Dec. 22); Monsieur P.A. Cherui, Vice-Consul of the France Republic at Alexandria, re. his title papers (1794 Jan. 14); Samuel Huntington, Governor of Connecticut, re. a resolution giving instructions to member in Congress (1794 Jan. 15); Robert Taylor re. relief of French emigrants (1794 Jan. 17 \u0026 Feb. 10); Dennis Ramsay re. statements of French emigrants from St. Domingo (1794 Feb. 1); A.J. Dallas, Secretary of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, transmitting a copy of their laws (1794 Feb. 11); William Prentis re. precautions against small pox (1794 March 20); Robert Taylor re. the British ship Daedalus (1794 March 23); John Hamilton re. the capture of the British Schooner Delight \u0026 Charles taken by a French ship within neutral limits (1794 May 29); John Marshall re. the arrest of the Ship Unicorn, a supposed privateer (1794 July 23 \u0026 28); David Bradford re. opposition to the Excise Law (1794 Aug. 6); Dabney Minor re. leaks in the Capitol roof (1794 Aug. 7); Tench Coxe, Revenue Commissioner, to H.H. Breckinridge re. the Excise Law and the Whiskey Rebellion (1794 Aug. 8); Tench Coxe to H.H. Breckinridge re. a reported dismemberment of Virginia \u0026 Pennsylvania (1794 Aug. 29); Edward Carrington re. military stores and three thousand stand of arms to Winchester for use against the insurgents (1794 Sept. 1 \u0026 16); George Jackson re. the Governor's letter \u0026 proclamation relative to the riotous party in Pennsylvania (1794 Sept. 9); Henry Lee to James Wood re. the fighting force of the insurgent counties (1794 Sept. 19); Mr. Oster, French Consul, re. an English Frigate with two French prizes at Hampton (1794 Sept. 25 \u0026 Oct. 15); Edward Carrington re. insurgents in Maryland, liberty poles, and the arrival of the Governor (1794 Sept. 24); Thomas Mathews re. arms, supplies, troop movements, quotas, desertions, etc. (1794 Oct. 6 \u0026 12); George French, Mayor of Fredericksburg, re. the nomination of James Allan, Jr., as Superintendent of Quarantine (1794 Oct. 19); Edward Carrington re. provision for the return of the militia now in service (1794 Oct. 18); Henry Lee to James Wood stating that he is unable to return in time for the General Assembly (1794 Oct. 23); and Robert Mitchell, Mayor of Richmond, re. small pox (1794 Nov. 13).","Other noteworthy items include: pay roll of Lt. Bladen\nAshby's company of Rangers (1791 Dec. 20); receipt for powder\n\u0026 lead for the use of Daniel Boone's Company (1791 Dec.\n22); returns for elections to the House of Representatives\n(1792 Feb. 20 \u0026 23); pay abstract of scouts belonging to\nCapt. Hugh Caperton's Company (1793 Jan. 29); election\ncertificates for electors of the Presidential \u0026 Vice-\nPresidential elections (1792 Nov.); a roll of Capt. Hugh\nCaperton's Company showing residence \u0026 place of duty (1792\nUndated); roll of John Morris' Company of rangers (1793 Jan.\n1); proclamation by Gov. Lee prohibiting hostile incursions\nagainst the Indians north of the Ohio River while a treaty\ntakes place at Lower Sandusky (1793 May 13); list of Capt.\nHugh Caperton's Company at Fort Lee (1793 May 27);\nproclamation by Gov. Lee regarding the quarantine of vessels\ncoming from Philadelphia, the Grenades, \u0026 Tobago (1793\nSept. 17); list of persons who have taken the oath of fidelity\nin Fairfax County (1793 Oct. 1); pay roll of the militia on\nguard over the Public Arsenal at New London (1793 Oct. 19);\nPetersburg resolutions regarding the malignant disease in\nPhiladelphia (1793 Oct. 3); proclamation by Gov. Lee revoking\nhis previous proclamation to perform quarantines (1793 Nov.\n25); proclamation by Gov. Lee regarding an award for the\ncapture of Richard Adams (1793 Dec. 11); pay abstract of\nmilitia from Washington Co. under Capt. Andrew Lewis (1793\nDec. 13); applications for agents for the collection of\narrears of taxes due by delinquent sheriffs (1793 Dec. \u0026\n1794 Jan.); resolutions of the North Carolina Assembly\nregarding the decision of the Federal judiciary that a state\nmay be sued by an individual (1794 Jan. 4); bonds of\nindividuals appointed as agents for collecting taxes \u0026\nduties (1794 Feb.); muster roll of a detachment of Cornelius\nBogard's Company of Rangers commanded by William Wells (1794\nMarch 15); resolution of Congress for an embargo on all ships\nin U.S. ports for thirty days (1794 March 26); return of\nlaborers employed at Fort Nelson \u0026 Fort Norfolk (1794 June\n27); rough general orders \u0026 division orders to militia\n(1794 June 30); proclamation by Lt. Gov. Wood regarding a\ncontagious disease in the West Indies and performing\nquarantines (1794 Aug. 2); report of Maj. G.K. Taylor\nregarding the taking possession of Capt. Sinclair's ship The\nUnicorn suspecting of equipping for the purpose of\nprivateering (1794 Aug. 4); proclamation by Gov. Lee regarding\nbanditti from Western Pennsylvania in Virginia (1794 Aug. 19);\nestimate by Edward Carrington concerning the march of the\nmilitia for the suppression of the Whiskey Insurrection (1794\nSept. 4); and a proclamation by Lt. Gov. Wood revoking his\nproclamation for quarantines (1794 Nov. 4).","There are no restrictions.","State Records Collection,\nOffice of the Governor (Record Group 3)","English"],"unitid_tesim":["40611"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Governor Henry Lee Executive Papers, \n\n1791-1794"],"collection_title_tesim":["Governor Henry Lee Executive Papers, \n\n1791-1794"],"collection_ssim":["Governor Henry Lee Executive Papers, \n\n1791-1794"],"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":["4.83 cubic\nfeet"],"accessrestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThere are no restrictions.\u003c/p\u003e"],"accessrestrict_heading_ssm":["Access Restrictions"],"accessrestrict_tesim":["There are no restrictions."],"altformavail_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eAlso available on microfilm - Miscellaneous Reel 5048-5055.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003clist type=\"simple\"\u003e\n          \u003citem\u003eMiscellaneous Reel 5048 - 1791 Dec.-1792 June 30\n\u003c/item\u003e\n          \u003citem\u003eMiscellaneous Reel 5049 - 1792 July 2-Nov. 30 \u0026amp; Presidential Electors\n\u003c/item\u003e\n          \u003citem\u003eMiscellaneous Reel 5050 - 1792 Dec. 1-1793 Mar. 30\n\u003c/item\u003e\n          \u003citem\u003eMiscellaneous Reel 5051 - 1793 Apr. 1-Aug. 31\n\u003c/item\u003e\n          \u003citem\u003eMiscellaneous Reel 5052 - 1793 Sept. 2-Dec. 31\n\u003c/item\u003e\n          \u003citem\u003eMiscellaneous Reel 5053 - 1794 Jan. 1-Apr. 29\n\u003c/item\u003e\n          \u003citem\u003eMiscellaneous Reel 5054 - 1794 May 2-Aug. 31\n\u003c/item\u003e\n          \u003citem\u003eMiscellaneous Reel 5055 - 1794 Sept. 1-Nov. 30\n\u003c/item\u003e\n        \u003c/list\u003e"],"altformavail_heading_ssm":["Alternative Form Available\n"],"altformavail_tesim":["Also available on microfilm - Miscellaneous Reel 5048-5055.\n","Miscellaneous Reel 5048 - 1791 Dec.-1792 June 30\n Miscellaneous Reel 5049 - 1792 July 2-Nov. 30 \u0026 Presidential Electors\n Miscellaneous Reel 5050 - 1792 Dec. 1-1793 Mar. 30\n Miscellaneous Reel 5051 - 1793 Apr. 1-Aug. 31\n Miscellaneous Reel 5052 - 1793 Sept. 2-Dec. 31\n Miscellaneous Reel 5053 - 1794 Jan. 1-Apr. 29\n Miscellaneous Reel 5054 - 1794 May 2-Aug. 31\n Miscellaneous Reel 5055 - 1794 Sept. 1-Nov. 30\n"],"arrangement_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eArranged chronologically by date of document with undated\nitems arranged to the rear.\u003c/p\u003e"],"arrangement_heading_ssm":["Arrangement"],"arrangement_tesim":["Arranged chronologically by date of document with undated\nitems arranged to the rear."],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eHenry Lee was born on 29 January 1756 at Leesylvania,\nVirginia. The eldest son of Henry Lee (1729-1787) and Lucy\nGrymes, he graduated from Princeton College in 1773. On 18\nJune 1776, Lee was commissioned by Patrick Henry as a captain\nof Virginia Light Dragoons in Col. Theodorick Bland's\nregiment, which was later attached to the First Continental\nLight Dragoons. The Continental Congress promoted Lee to major\non 7 April 1778 and gave him command of three troops of horse,\nwhich became known as \"Lee's Legion.\" Lee received a gold\nmedal by the Continental Congress for his bravery in an attack\nagainst the British garrison at Paulus Hook, New Jersey, in\nAugust 1779. He served until the end of the war, having been\npromoted to lieutenant colonel on 6 November 1780, and\nmeriting the nickname \"Light Horse Harry Lee.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAfter the war, Lee married his cousin Matilda Lee, daughter\nof Richard Henry Lee, in April 1782. Matilda died in 1790, and\nLee married Anne Hill Carter (1773-1829) from Shirley\nPlantation on 18 June 1793 and had five children, including\nRobert E. Lee. Lee began his political career as a\nrepresentative of Westmoreland County in the Virginia House of\nDelegates, 1785-1786. Additionally, he served in the\nContinental Congress, 1786-1788, followed by a second stint in\nthe General Assembly, 1788-1791. As a member of the Virginia\nConvention of 1788, Lee argued in favor of adopting the new\nfederal Constitution. Lee became Governor of Virginia in 1791,\nserving three consecutive one-year terms. The most significant\nevent of his governorship took place in 1794 when the Whiskey\nRebellion broke out in western Pennsylvania. Given command the\nforces by President Washington in August 1794, Lee\nsuccessfully led the army against the insurgents. Following\nhis terms as Governor, Lee was again elected to represent\nWestmoreland County in the House of Delegates, 1795-1799. His\nlast elected office was as a member of the Federalist Party in\nthe House of Representatives during the Sixth Congress,\n1799-1801.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLee retired from public service and returned to manage his\nplantation at Stratford Hall. Financial hardships led Lee to\ndebtor's prison in 1809. Here, Lee crafted his Memoirs of the\nWar in the Southern Department. Lee traveled to the West\nIndies in 1816 to recuperate from illness, but died 25 March\n1818 on his return at Cumberland Island, Georgia. Lee's body\nwas re-interred on 30 May 1913 at Lee Chapel at Washington and\nLee University in Lexington, Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e"],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical Information"],"bioghist_tesim":["Henry Lee was born on 29 January 1756 at Leesylvania,\nVirginia. The eldest son of Henry Lee (1729-1787) and Lucy\nGrymes, he graduated from Princeton College in 1773. On 18\nJune 1776, Lee was commissioned by Patrick Henry as a captain\nof Virginia Light Dragoons in Col. Theodorick Bland's\nregiment, which was later attached to the First Continental\nLight Dragoons. The Continental Congress promoted Lee to major\non 7 April 1778 and gave him command of three troops of horse,\nwhich became known as \"Lee's Legion.\" Lee received a gold\nmedal by the Continental Congress for his bravery in an attack\nagainst the British garrison at Paulus Hook, New Jersey, in\nAugust 1779. He served until the end of the war, having been\npromoted to lieutenant colonel on 6 November 1780, and\nmeriting the nickname \"Light Horse Harry Lee.\"","After the war, Lee married his cousin Matilda Lee, daughter\nof Richard Henry Lee, in April 1782. Matilda died in 1790, and\nLee married Anne Hill Carter (1773-1829) from Shirley\nPlantation on 18 June 1793 and had five children, including\nRobert E. Lee. Lee began his political career as a\nrepresentative of Westmoreland County in the Virginia House of\nDelegates, 1785-1786. Additionally, he served in the\nContinental Congress, 1786-1788, followed by a second stint in\nthe General Assembly, 1788-1791. As a member of the Virginia\nConvention of 1788, Lee argued in favor of adopting the new\nfederal Constitution. Lee became Governor of Virginia in 1791,\nserving three consecutive one-year terms. The most significant\nevent of his governorship took place in 1794 when the Whiskey\nRebellion broke out in western Pennsylvania. Given command the\nforces by President Washington in August 1794, Lee\nsuccessfully led the army against the insurgents. Following\nhis terms as Governor, Lee was again elected to represent\nWestmoreland County in the House of Delegates, 1795-1799. His\nlast elected office was as a member of the Federalist Party in\nthe House of Representatives during the Sixth Congress,\n1799-1801.","Lee retired from public service and returned to manage his\nplantation at Stratford Hall. Financial hardships led Lee to\ndebtor's prison in 1809. Here, Lee crafted his Memoirs of the\nWar in the Southern Department. Lee traveled to the West\nIndies in 1816 to recuperate from illness, but died 25 March\n1818 on his return at Cumberland Island, Georgia. Lee's body\nwas re-interred on 30 May 1913 at Lee Chapel at Washington and\nLee University in Lexington, Virginia."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eVirginia. Governor's Office. Henry Lee Executive Papers,\n1791-1794 (bulk 1792-1794). Accession 40611. State Records\nCollection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond,\nVirginia.\u003c/p\u003e"],"prefercite_tesim":["Virginia. Governor's Office. Henry Lee Executive Papers,\n1791-1794 (bulk 1792-1794). Accession 40611. State Records\nCollection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond,\nVirginia."],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content Information"],"scopecontent_tesim":["Governor Lee's Executive papers are organized\nchronologically with undated items arranged at the end of each\nyear. These papers primarily consist of incoming\ncorrespondence during Lee's three one-year terms as governor\nbetween 1 December 1791 until 1 December 1794. These records\ninclude correspondence written to James Wood who acted as\nLieutenant Governor while Lee traveled to Nashville and again\nwhen he served as commander of the United States forces during\nthe Whiskey Rebellion in 1794. The correspondence in this\ncollection relates to a variety of topics including\nappointments for state positions; the Point of Fork Arsenal;\ndefense of the frontier; the Whiskey Rebellion; resignations;\narms \u0026 ammunition; Indian attacks; French emigrants; the\nFederal City; the Lunatic Hospital in Williamsburg; state\nexpenses \u0026 revenue; quarantine of vessels; foreign\naffairs; Revolutionary claims; public tobacco; elections;\nPresidential electors; the Capitol Building; fortification of\nAlexandria \u0026 Norfolk harbors; the militia; and others. In\naddition to correspondence, there are resolutions from\nCongress and the Virginia Senate \u0026 House of Delegates;\nmuster \u0026 pay rolls; accounts; oaths; pardons; receipts;\nelection returns; election certificates; qualifications;\nlists; depositions; proclamations; petitions; reports;\nappointments; bonds; commissions; orders; reports;\nproceedings; applications; and other sundry items. Note that\nthe pardons for 1792 have been separated to the end of the\npapers for that year.","Noteworthy correspondence originates from the United States\ngovernment, Virginia State government, and miscellaneous\nsources. Prominent correspondents from the United States\ngovernment include Henry Knox, Secretary of War; Thomas\nJefferson, Secretary of State; Edmund Randolph, Attorney\nGeneral; Alexander Campbell, District Attorney General; Thomas\nJohnson, David Stuart, Daniel Carroll, William Thornton, \u0026\nGustavus Scott, Commissioners of the Federal City; John\nHopkins, Commissioner of Loans for Virginia; John Jacob Ulrich\nRivardi, Engineer in the service of the U.S.; Samuel A. Otis,\nSecretary of the Senate; and the Virginia Delegates to\nCongress including James Monroe, Richard Henry Lee, and\nothers.","Henry Knox, Secretary of War, corresponds the most\nfrequently with Governor Lee from the United States\ngovernment. Knox's correspondence primarily relates to Indian\naffairs and the defense of the frontier (1791 Dec. 5 \u0026 24;\n1792 Feb. 2; 1792 March 17; 1792 April 7; 1792 May 16; 1792\nJune 25 \u0026 30; 1792 July 11; 1792 Sept. 15; 1792 Oct. 9,\n11, 14, \u0026 30; 1792 Nov. 1, 3, \u0026 23; 1793 Feb. 16; 1793\nMay 16; 1793 July 25; 1793 Sept. 3; 1794 Jan. 27). In\naddition, Knox also writes regarding a variety of other\nconcerns including: an escort for Governor Lee \u0026 Governor\nPickens to Nashville (1792 Aug. 13), a treaty with the Indians\nnorth of the Ohio to be held at Lower Sandusky (1793 April\n24), the defense of Norfolk (1793 May 10; 1794 March 19; \u0026\n1794 July 30), the capture of vessels in American waters by\nother powers \u0026 neutrality laws of the U.S. (1793 May 23\n\u0026 24; 1793 Aug. 21; 1793 Nov. 12; 1794 Feb. 11), money to\nthe Commissioners of the Federal Buildings in Washington and\nthe temporary residence of the President in Germantown,\nPennsylvania (1793 Nov. 9), the recommendation of Daniel\nBedinger to make gun carriages in Norfolk (1794 March 24), the\nappointment of Maj. Rivardi by the President to fortify\nBaltimore, Alexandria, \u0026 Norfolk (1794 March 28; 1794\nApril 3; \u0026 1794 June 9), the spoliation at Guadeloupe by\nthe French privateer Preus and British prisoners on parole\n(1794 April 17), the St. Domingo Fleet, the embargo, letters\nof marque, etc. (1794 May 9), an act directing a detachment\nfrom the militia of the U.S. (1794 May 19), the arming of\nvessels belonging to the belligerent powers in the U.S. (1794\nJune 27), the vessel of the British Consul taken possession by\nGen. Thomas Mathews (1794 Aug. 25), and an arsenal or magazine\nwithin Virginia for the U.S. (1794 Nov. 10).","As Secretary of State, Thomas Jefferson writes the Governor\nto transmit acts \u0026 resolutions of Congress. On 1 Feb.\n1792, Jefferson transmits copies of an act carrying into\neffect a contract between the U.S. \u0026 the state of\nPennsylvania, and an act to extend the time for settling the\naccounts of the U.S. with the individual states. He also\nwrites regarding an act concerning certain fisheries of the\nU.S. \u0026 for the regulation and government of the fishermen\nemployed therein, an act to establish the Post Office \u0026\nPost roads, and the ratification by three-quarters of the\nlegislatures of certain articles in addition to and amendment\nto the Constitution (1792 March 1). He transmits an act\nsupplemental to the act for making further provision for the\nprotection of the frontiers, an act establishing a mint \u0026\nregulating the coins of the U.S., and an act for finishing the\nlighthouse on Baldhead at the mouth of the Cape Fear River in\nNorth Carolina (1792 April 10). Note that the original acts\nare no longer included with the above correspondence.","Edmund Randolph, U.S. Attorney General, \u0026 Alexander\nCampbell, District Attorney General, often submit opinions\nrespecting various matters. On 24 June 1793, Randolph writes\nregarding the suit brought by the Indiana Company against the\nstate of Virginia. A circular letter from Randolph, dated 1792\nOct. 10, relates to ships of war bringing in French prizes in\nviolation of the 17th article of the treaty of commerce\nbetween the U.S. \u0026 France. Similarly, Randolph's letter,\ndated 22 Oct. 1794, relates to the complaints of Joseph\nFauchet, Minister Plenipotentiary of the French Republic,\nconcerning French prizes in U.S. ports. Campbell writes the\nLieutenant Governor on 23 Aug. 1793 regarding an insult to the\nBritish Consul at Norfolk. He also provides his opinion in\nfavor of a arming a privateer from Cape Francois (1793 Sept.\n25). On 3 Dec. 1793, Campbell writes that provisions may be\nsold by a neutral people to either belligerent and that\nrepairs of vessels for non-military purposes is permissible.\nHe provides another opinion regarding accusations by the\nBritish Consul at Norfolk respecting violence against the\nBrigantine Ann at Yorktown. The British Consul also accused\npersons at Smithfield of fitting out a ship to serve as a\nprivateer in the present war. Campbell explains that this\nwould be a violation of the laws of the U.S. and require the\nGovernor to arrest the offenders (1794 July 11). Lastly,\nCampbell provides an opinion in favor of a French schooner\nfrom Baltimore that arrived in Norfolk with a prize captured\nat sea (1794 Aug. 15).","Thomas Johnson, David Stuart, Daniel Carroll, William\nThornton, \u0026 Gustavus Scott, Commissioners of the Federal\nCity, write the Governor on several occasions regarding\nVirginia's donation for the Federal Buildings (1792 June 6;\n1793 Feb. 7; 1793 Sept. 23; 1794 Jan. 30; 1794 June 26; 1794\nSept. 16; \u0026 1794 Nov. 7). John Hopkins, as Commissioner of\nLoans for Virginia, also writes the Governor on behalf of\nthese Commissioners (1792 Jan. 25; 1792 May 8; 1793 Feb. 13;\n1793 Sept. 13; 1793 Oct. 29; 1793 Nov. 20; 1794 Feb. 7; \u0026\n1794 Nov. 28). On 12 March 1792, Hopkins encloses a letter\nfrom William Deakins, Treasurer for Federal Buildings,\nregarding the donation. Hopkins also writes with respect to\nthe state debt subscribed to the loan of the U.S. by the act\nof 4 Aug. 1790 (1792 March 12).","John Jacob Ulrich Rivardi, was appointed temporary engineer in the service of the U.S. for the purpose of fortifying the ports and harbors at Baltimore, Alexandria, \u0026 Norfolk. Rivardi writes the Governor on 3 April 1794 \u0026 , enclosing a copy of his instructions from Henry Knox. These instructions provide an estimate of the expenses at Baltimore \u0026 Norfolk. On 9 June 1794, Rivardi encloses a plan of Fort Nelson and writes that drawings of the Craney Island defense are forthcoming (enclosure not included). He writes concerning his progress in Norfolk on 15 June 1794. On 11 July 1794, Rivardi forwards a map of the Elizabeth River (not enclosed) and a return of hands working at Fort Norfolk. Shortly thereafter, Rivardi encloses a plan on Craney Island (not enclosed) and a return of laborers employed at Fort Nelson (1794 July 19). John Vermonnet was later appointed by the War Dept. to fortify Annapolis \u0026 Alexandria. Vermonnet writes on 17 June 1794 that he selected Jones' Point for a battery in Alexandria.","Virginia Delegates to the Second \u0026 Third Congresses\ncorresponded with Governor Lee intermittently throughout his\ntenure. On 20 Dec. 1791, James Monroe transmits the\nproceedings of Congress respecting the representation bill.\nRichard Henry Lee \u0026 Monroe also write on 14 Feb. 1792\nregarding military claims of land, and for services \u0026\nsupplies not yet compensated. Richard Henry Lee's letter of\nresignation, transcribed by Samuel Coleman, can also be found\n(1792 Oct. 8). Samuel A. Otis, as Clerk of the U.S. Senate,\noften transmits the journals of the Senate to the Governor\n(1792 June 1; 1793 May 1; \u0026 1794 June 1). Otis also writes\nrequesting copies of Virginia's laws(1792 Nov. 12).","Significant correspondents from Virginia State government\ninclude Samuel Coleman, Assistant Clerk of the Council of\nState; Simon Morgan, Adjutant General; Wyatt Coleman, Keeper\nof the Capitol; James Wood, Lieutenant Governor; James Innes,\nAttorney General; William Hay, Robert Goode, \u0026 William\nFoushee, etc., Directors of Public Buildings; Charles Hay,\nClerk of the House of Delegates; Humphrey Brooke, Clerk of the\nSenate; Capt. Elias Langham \u0026 Robert Quarles,\nSuperintendents of the Military Stores, Arms, \u0026 Ammunition\nat Point of Fork Arsenal; various county lieutenants; Andrew\nLewis \u0026 Hugh Caperton, Captains of Volunteer Militia;\nJames Madison, Jr., President of the Board of Directors of the\nLunatic Hospital in Williamsburg; Harry Heth, State Agent of\nPublic Tobacco; William Davies, Commissioner of Virginia for\nClaims Against the United States, John Pendleton, Jr., Auditor\nof Public Accounts; and Jacquelin Ambler, Treasurer.","Samuel Coleman, as Assistant Clerk of the Council,\ncommunicates with the Governor frequently through the Council\nOffice. Coleman mainly writes concerning military matters\nincluding the militia (1792 Aug. 2; 1792 Dec. 19 \u0026 31;\n1793 Jan. 9, 24, \u0026 30; 1793 Feb. 2 \u0026 7; 1793 March 29;\n1793 April 2 \u0026 9; 1793 May 7; 1793 June 4; 1793 July 3\n\u0026 9; 1793 Aug. 5; 1793 Sept. 4, 5, 14, 26, \u0026 30; 1793\nOct. 4 \u0026 29; 1793 Nov. 2, 4, \u0026 20; 1793 Dec. 9 \u0026\n22; 1794 March 15 \u0026 24; 1794 June 2; 1794 Aug. 1; 1794\nNov. 18 \u0026 28), an examination of returns from the Point of\nFork Arsenal (1792 Jan. 11; 1792 April 10; 1792 May 25; 1792\nJuly 10; 1792 Oct. 15; 1792 Nov. 1; 1793 Jan. 10; 1793 Feb. 7\n\u0026 20; 1793 April 16; 1793 Aug. 6 \u0026 15; 1793 Oct. 1;\n1793 Nov. 5; 1794 Jan. 2; 1794 April 1 \u0026 11; ), the pay\n\u0026 muster of scouts \u0026 rangers on the frontier (1792\nJan. 31; 1792 March 24; 1792 April 11; 1792 Dec. 5; 1793 Jan.\n7; 1793 Feb. 7; 1794 Jan. 16), accounts on the books of the\nFoundry (1791 Dec. 8; 1792 March 21; 1792 Dec. 27), and claims\nfor military service or supplies (1791 Dec. 10; 1792 Oct. 23;\n1793 Nov. 7; 1794 Sept. 3). On 11 May 1792, Coleman requests\nan appointment as Adjutant General, the duties of which were\nalready annexed to his current position in the Council. He\nagain applies for the position on 1 Dec. 1792, however, Simon\nMorgan was appointed instead. A letter, dated 20 June 1794,\nfrom Morgan encloses general orders to the Division Generals\nof the Militia. Another letter by Morgan requests that John\nStewart be appointed his deputy (1794 Aug. 22).","Coleman also corresponds with the Governor regarding the\nstate of the Capitol Building. On 11 July 1794, he writes on\nthe problems with the roof of the Capitol and includes a rough\ndiagram. Wyatt Coleman, Samuel's father, was appointed Keeper\nof the Capitol in 1793, and too writes the Governor regarding\nthe defective state of the roof (1794 July 10 \u0026 27). His\nearliest letter, dated 1 April 1793, remarks on his duties and\nincludes an account for hiring a person to sweep \u0026 clean\nthe Capitol. Both Samuel \u0026 Wyatt also write requesting\ninstructions of the Keeper of the Capitol (1794 July 16, 24,\n\u0026 25). On 16 July 1794, Wyatt Coleman encloses a memo of\nbroken windows on the Capitol. Samuel also provides a report\non his father's behalf on 11 September 1794 urging repairs to\nthe windows before winter.","James Wood, Lieutenant Governor, traveled to Ohio County on\nthe western frontier in June 1792 for the purpose of making an\narrangement of the volunteer militia and for entering into\ncontracts for their subsistence. He writes the governor on 20\nJune 1792 providing a report of his mission. This letter\nincludes proceedings of the Board of Field Officers of Ohio\nCo.; instructions to Capt. McMachan on augmenting his command;\nthe bond of Archibald \u0026 Robert Woods to furnish rations to\nsupply Capt. McMachan's Company; an order to the county\nlieutenants of Monongalia, Harrison, \u0026 Randolph to make\nreturns; returns of Harrison, Randolph, \u0026 Monongalia;\ninstructions to Capt. Lowther; and charges by John Davis\nagainst John Evans, County Lieutenant of Monongalia. He writes\nagain on 14 June 1793 regarding the state of the frontier in\nthe Monongalia District and encloses instructions to Capt.\nWilliam Lowther.","James Innes, Attorney General of Virginia, provides his\nopinion for the Governor on several occasions. On 3 Jan. 1792,\nInnes confirms his opinion respecting requisitions from\nGovernor Thomas Mifflin for the apprehension of McGuire \u0026\nBrady. He again writes regarding this case on 12 March 1792.\nOn 27 Feb. 1792, he writes that the bond \u0026 mortgage for\nthe public loan made to the French emigrants in Russell County\nis properly drawn. Later, he certifies that the title to\nfifty-five thousand acres sold by Richard Smith to Monsieur\nTibeauf in Russell County is valid (1792 Feb. 28). In 1794,\nInnes was appointed by the President on a mission to deliver\ncommunications to the state of Kentucky. Writing from\nLancaster, PA., dated 20 Nov. 1794, Innes states that he holds\nno office of profit under the United States and encloses a\nletter to Gov. Lee from 14 Aug. and a letter to Lt. Gov. Wood\nfrom 3 Oct. In the latter, Innes notes that General [John]\nMarshall has agreed to discharge his duties during his\nabsence. During Innes' absence, Marshall provides several\nopinions including the purchase \u0026 sale of lands for\narrears of taxes (1794 Oct. 15), fines \u0026 penalties under\nthe militia law (1794 Oct. 15), and the forfeiture of the\ncommission of Elisha White as Sheriff of Hanover (1794 Nov.\n28). Other correspondence from Innes relates to delinquent\nsheriffs (1792 Sept. 7), the ability of individuals to sue the\nstate (1792 Nov. 10), the suit of the Indiana Company against\nVirginia (1793 Jan. 22), the duties of district attorneys in\ncases of escheats (1793 Jan. 29), mortgages on Holt Richeson's\nestate (1794 June 20), and the Buckingham Works (1794 Aug.\n16).","William Hay, Robert Goode, \u0026 William Foushee, etc.,\nDirectors of Public Buildings, kept the Governor informed of\nthe ongoing repairs to the Capitol. On 14 June 1792, the\nDirectors enclose a copy of their proceedings concerning the\ncontract with Moses Austin \u0026 Co. Their letter also\nincludes resolutions, a letter from Hay to Austin regarding\nproblems with the Capitol's roof, and a statement of the\nexpense of wall pipes, plastering, \u0026 covering the Pedestal\ncornice. Robert Goode requests an advance of fifty pounds to\ncomplete the steps of the Capitol (1793 Sept. 12). On 8\nOctober 1794, Hay asks for an order for John Collins \u0026\nGeorge Winston on account of their contracts. Similarly, on 8\nNov. 1794, he solicits the Governor for an order for John\nHart, one of the undertakers of the work on the Capitol.\nFinally, on 17 Jan. 1794, William Hay submits his letter of\nresignation to the Governor.","Charles Hay, Clerk of the House of Delegates, and Humphrey\nBrooke, Clerk of the Senate, often submit legislation and\nqualifications of election to the Governor. Noteworthy\nlegislation includes a resolution to transmit the act to\nappoint electors to chose a president \u0026 vice president\n(1792 Oct. 10), an act to provide more effectually for the\ncollection of the public taxes (1792 Dec. 23), a resolution\nfor the Public Printer to print copies of the act imposing a\npublic tax (1792 Dec. 23), a resolution regarding temporary\ndefensive operations for the protection of the frontier (1793\nNov. 6), a resolution for the affectionate remembrance of the\nmilitia in enforcing obedience to the laws of the United\nStates during the insurrection (1794 Nov. 12), a resolution\nregarding the sale of the mace used by the House of Delegates\n(1794 Nov. 17), and a resolution regarding the request of the\nPresident that Henry Lee take command of the army raised for\nthe purpose of suppressing the insurrection in western\nPennsylvania (1794 Nov. 19). In addition, there are\nqualifications of election for John Taylor to replace Richard\nHenry Lee in the U.S. Senate (1792 Oct. 18), Henry Lee as\nGovernor (1792 Oct. 25), Henry Tazewell as Judge of the Court\nof Appeals to replace James Mercer (1793 Nov. 6), Patrick\nHenry to replace James Monroe in the U.S. Senate (1794 July\n10), and Robert Brooke as Governor to replace Henry Lee (1794\nNov. 20).","Capt. Elias Langham, Superintendent of the Military Stores,\nArms, \u0026 Ammunition at Point of Fork Arsenal, writes the\nGovernor regarding plans for a reduction of the expenses at\nPoint of Fork (1791 Dec. 7), accounts of hirelings' wages\n(1792 Jan. 11), neglect of duty by contractors for provisions\n(1792 Oct. 19), appointment of his brother John Langham as\ncontractor for provisions (1792 Oct. 23), the claim of David\nRoss (1793 July 7), fear of a slave insurrection at Point of\nFork \u0026 the need for a permanent guard (1793 Aug. 3), an\naccount of balance due him for his pay (1793 Oct. 3), and\naccounts of provisions furnished Point of Fork (1794 April 5;\n1794 May 20; 1794 June 11; 1794 Aug. 28; \u0026 1794 Sept. 19).\nOn 4 April 1792, William Price applies to the Governor to\nreplace Langham upon his resignation. Similar applications\nwere also submitted by John Guerrant, Jr., and J.K. Read for\nCol. Samuel Richardson (April 9 \u0026 10). Langham, however,\nremained in office for another year. He writes to the Lt. Gov.\non 24 Aug. 1793 requesting the Board to postpone the\nappointment of a new Superintendent for 15 days. On 26 Oct.\n1793, he states that Maj. Quarles has been appointed to\nsucceed him as Superintendent. Langham requests a certificate\nby the Board regarding his service and the cause of his\nreplacement. On 29 Nov. 1793, Langham complains of the conduct\nof his successor in the contractor's office. Langham also\nincludes certificates by John Peyton \u0026 D. McLaughlan,\nalong with a letter from his brother John Langham. Quarles\nletter in response to these charges can also be found in this\ncollection (1793 Nov. 29).","Maj. Robert Quarles succeeded Langham as Superintendent of\nPoint of Fork in Sept. 1793. Quarles's correspondence relates\nto returns of ordnance \u0026 public stores at Point of Fork\n(1793 Sept. 2 \u0026 5; 1793 Oct. 1; 1794 March 31; 1794 June\n30; \u0026 1794 Oct. 4), the punishment of a guard for neglect\nof duty (1793 Nov. 18); a commissary for the post (1793 Dec.\n20), a request for arms (1794 April 18), an increase in wages\nfor his sergeant for issuing rations (1794 June 2), the death\nof his Armourer Robert Fowler (1794 June 3), the exemption of\nmilitia duty for his garrison (1794 July 28), rations for the\nwives of artisans \u0026 guards (1794 July 28 \u0026 Sept. 2),\nand an increase in his salary (1794 Oct. 1 \u0026 Nov. 14).\nNote that additional materials relating to the Point of Fork\nArsenal can be found at the end of the collection. Included\nare additional correspondence, accounts \u0026 receipts, pay\nrolls of state guard \u0026 artificers, quarterly accounts of\ncash, and returns of ordnance, military stores, etc.","County lieutenants including Arthur Campbell, David Shepherd, George Clendenin, John P. Duvall, John Stuart, Thomas Newton, Jr., \u0026 Smith Snead communicate with the Governor Lee on various topics. Arthur Campbell, Washington Co., writes extensively on Indian affairs and frontier defense (1792 March 28; 1792 July 19 \u0026 20; 1792 Sept. 10; 1792 Oct. 5, 11, \u0026 17; 1792 Nov. 1, 3, \u0026 12; 1792 Dec. 5; 1793 April 24; 1793 June 24 \u0026 30; 1793 July 6; 1793 Oct. 3; 1794 April 15, 21, \u0026 29; 1794 July 9). In addition, Campbell corresponds on the subject of the act of the General Assembly establishing Walker's line as the boundary between North Carolina \u0026 Virginia (1792 June 25), the jurisdiction of William Blount, Governor of the Territory South of the Ohio River (1792 Sept. 4), charges against Capt. Andrew Lewis by Lt. Willoughby of the Washington Militia (1793 Aug. 31; 1793 Oct. 9, 11, \u0026 29; 1794 Jan. 17; 1794 May 8 \u0026 12), and the militia law, insurrection in Pennsylvania, \u0026 movements by the Creek Indians (1794 Aug. 21). David Shepherd, Ohio Co., encloses a letter from Henry Knox on the defense of the frontier, as well as a letter from William McMachan regarding Indian attacks (1792 April 14). John Duvall, Harrison Co., writes of murder committed by the Indians in that county \u0026 the defeat of Gen. St. Claire (1791 Dec. 8). Shortly thereafter, Duvall communicates in relation to troops raised for the defense of Harrison Co. (1792 Dec. 20). George Clendenin, Kanawha Co., too writes about Indian affairs (1792 May 26; 1792 Dec. 10). In addition, he often discusses Hugh Caperton's militia and the defense of the county (1792 March 8; 1792 Sept. 21 \u0026 22; 1793 Jan. 27, 28, \u0026 31; 1793 March 5; 1793 April 12; 1793 Dec. 16). John Stuart, Greenbrier Co., provides information on a company being raised \u0026 commanded by Capt. Caperton for the defense of Greenbrier \u0026 Kanawha counties (1792 Feb. 8 \u0026 1792 Aug. 6). He also mentions the appointment of six scouts on the frontier (1794 June 9) and the receipt of ammunition (1794 July 16). Thomas Newton, Jr., Norfolk, writes extensively about the pestilence in the West Indies \u0026 the quarantine of vessels (1793 June 16, 22, \u0026 30; 1793 Sept. 23 \u0026 28; 1793 Oct. 1, 5, 13, 15, 19-21, 25, 26 \u0026 30; 1793 Nov. 13-15, 19, \u0026 28; 1794 Aug. 7, 10, \u0026 18; 1794 Sept. 24; 1794 Oct. 4, 15, \u0026 21; 1794 Nov. 9 \u0026 21), the Cape Henry Light House (1792 Jan. 9), a slave insurrection (1792 May 10 \u0026 19), arms \u0026 ammunition (1792 June 20; 1793 March 12; 1793 April 29; 1793 Aug. 23; 1794 Oct. 7), Fort Nelson \u0026 coastal defense (1793 May 24 \u0026 25; 1793 Aug. 22; 1794 June 10; 1794 Sept. 21), French ships \u0026 emigrants (1793 July 9; 1793 Aug. 2; 1794 Sept. 10; 1794 Oct. 15), privateers \u0026 the neutrality laws (1793 June 2; 1794 March 19; 1794 Oct. 15; 1794 June 14; 1794 Nov. 28), the Norfolk militia (1794 Feb. 12 \u0026 23; 1794 March 9; 1794 Sept. 10), shots fired from the British ship Daedalus (1793 Feb. 24), the embargo (1794 April 4), and a riot in Norfolk (1794 June 4). Lastly, Smith Snead, Northampton Co., writes concerning ammunition and an attempted slave insurrection (1792 May 5, July 9 \u0026 21).","Andrew Lewis \u0026 Hugh Caperton, Captains of Volunteer\nMilitia in the western counties, were appointed to guard\nVirginia's western frontier. Lewis set out from Richmond on 2\nDecember 1791and frequently corresponds with Governor Lee\nconcerning Indian movements, attacks \u0026 depredations (1792\nApril 27; 1792 June 5; 1792 Aug. 24; 1792 Oct. 3; 1793 April\n9; 1793 May 8; 1793 Sept. 12 \u0026 29; 1793 Nov. 3; 1793 Dec.\n19 \u0026 24; 1794 Feb. 17; 1794 April 17 \u0026 19), rations\n(1792 Feb. 7), arms \u0026 ammunition (1792 Feb. 6; 1793 Jan.\n30), pay (1792 Dec. 22; 1793 Dec. 13 \u0026 23; 1794 Jan. 1),\nrecruiting of troops (1792 Dec. 22; 1794 Feb. 5), the killing\nof friendly Indians by Capt. Baird (1793 June 26), charges\nagainst the Washington Militia \u0026 Arthur Campbell (1793\nAug. 17; 1793 Oct. 13; 1793 Nov. 6, 7, 23, \u0026 26; 1793 Dec.\n19 \u0026 23; 1794 May 9), volunteers for the suppression of\nthe Whiskey Rebellion (1794 Oct. 3), and the general state of\nthe militia \u0026 frontier (1793 Feb. 22 \u0026 25; 1793 March\n11; 1793 Nov. 6; 1794 April 4 \u0026 8; 1794 May 9; 1794 Aug.\n18).","Hugh Caperton was appointed to the command of a company of\nvolunteer militia to defend Greenbrier \u0026 Kanawha counties.\nOn 10 Dec. 1791, Caperton \u0026 Daniel Boone write regarding\nthe volunteer militia to be raised in these counties. A\nstatement of scouts for Kanawha County by Boone can also be\nfound in these papers (1791 Undated). Caperton writes\nconcerning rations, arms, \u0026 ammunition (1792 Oct. 4 \u0026\n30; 1793 Oct. 11), pay (1793 April 20), and the recruiting of\ntroops (1793 Nov. 26). In a letter written with George\nClendenin he encloses a list of his company in service in\nGreenbrier Co. (1792 May 6). Caperton accepts his commission\nas captain of volunteer militia in a letter dated 15 Nov.\n1792. He encloses a pay roll of scouts on 20 April 1793. Col.\nCharles Cameron, Bath Co., writes about Caperton's arrest\n\u0026 trial before a court-martial (1793 Aug. 30 \u0026 1793\nDec. 31). Caperton writes concerning the charges \u0026\ncourt-martial on 25 Feb. 1794. On 2 April and again on 30 Aug.\n1794, Caperton requests a rehearing before another\ncourt-martial. He also submits a petition on 11 Sept. 1794 for\nthe rehearing at his own expense.","James Madison, Jr., Director of the Lunatic Hospital at\nWilliamsburg, \u0026 other members of the Court of Directors,\noften enclose orders to apply to the Auditor of Public\nAccounts for warrants (1792 Jan. 4; 1792 March 20; 1792 Aug.\n11; 1792 Oct. 13; 1793 Feb. 25; 1793 July 19; 1793 Dec. 13;\n1794 May 16). In his letter dated 26 Nov. 1793, Madison\ndeclares two vacancies in the Court of Directors by the deaths\nof Benjamin Harrison \u0026 William Pasteur. Lastly, on 1 Nov.\n1794, James Ruffin was recommended for a vacancy after the\nresignation of Joseph Hornsby.","Harry Heth, Agent for the Sale of Public Tobacco, encloses\nthe amount of sales of the balance of tobacco received by him\n(1791 Dec. 24). Also included is Heth's bond as Agent of the\nSinking Fund (1792 March 17). Heth was appointed to take the\nplace of Anthony Singleton whose letter of resignation can be\nfound in this collection (1792 Jan. 5).","William Davies, Commissioner of Virginia for Claims Against the United States, continues his work in settling the Revolutionary claims. He writes the Governor with respect to additional clerks (1792 April 28); the impending completion of his work (1792 Oct. 1); accounts \u0026 expenses of his office (1793 Jan. 3; 1793 April 1; 1793 July 1; 1793 Oct. 14); the contract with Messrs. Braxton, Herbert, \u0026 Claiborne (1793 Feb. 1); a warrant paid to William Finney (1793 March 20); books \u0026 papers to be sent to the state from Philadelphia (1793 May 28; 1793 July 18); his recommendation as sheriff of Mecklenburg Co. (1793 July 22); and the report of the General Board of Commissioners including an account of supplies \u0026 services during the late war, extracts from the Council Journal, and extracts of correspondence from Virginia governors to him (1794 Feb. 25). Other correspondence from Davies relates to his appointment as agent for the collection of arrears of taxes (1794 Jan. 12); his commission as agent (1794 March 23); and executions against delinquent sheriffs (1794 March 31; 1794 April 8 \u0026 26).","Governor Randolph corresponds often with John Pendleton,\nJr., Auditor of Public Accounts, and Jacquelin Ambler,\nTreasurer, regarding various financial matters. Pendleton\nregularly encloses lists of warrants issued by him through the\nAuditor's Office (1792 Feb. 15; 1792 April 28; 1792 Dec. 31;\n1793 Oct. 1; 1793 Nov. 5). Additionally, Pendleton encloses an\nabstract of the funded debt of the state (1792 June 25), a\nlist of executions returned by sheriffs in several counties\n(1792 Feb. 27), accounts for sending out notices \u0026\nexecutions against public delinquents (1792 April 20), and\nfrontier defense expenses (1793 Feb. 11 \u0026 13). Ambler\nwrites regarding lists of lands purchased for non-payment of\ntaxes (1792 Jan. 11), the amount of transfer tobacco in the\nTreasury (1792 Feb. 14; 1792 June 20), the state of the\nTreasury (1792 Feb. 25; 1792 Nov. 28; 1794 Oct. 20), funds for\nthe Potomack Company (1792 Nov. 28), the purchase of public\ntobacco by Richard Bibb (1792 Dec. 11), certificates from the\nSinking Fund for warrants issued to foreign creditors (1793\nJan. 10), the exchange rates of foreign coins by Congress\n(1793 June 13), additional door, locks, \u0026 other expenses\nfor the Treasury (1793 Aug. 27), the claim of the state on\naccount of the Federal buildings (1794 Aug. 28), disbursements\n\u0026 discounts made at the Treasury (1794 Sept. 25), and a\nwarrant to the Court of Directors of the Lunatic Hospital\n(1794 Nov. 4). On 9 Jan. 1793, Ambler \u0026 Pendleton apply to\nthe Governor requesting that Mrs. Pearson remain in the house\non the public square (1793. Jan. 9).","Additional significant correspondence includes the following: President George Washington re. property carried away by the British (handwritten copy) (1791 Dec. 7); Edward Telfair, Governor of Georgia, transmitting a resolution to keep the Senate doors open to the public (1792 Jan. 31); William Blount, Governor of the Territory South of the Ohio River, re. aid to troops stationed on Virginia's frontiers (1792 March 6); John Harvie \u0026 William Foushee, Directors of the James River Canal re. balance due on shares purchased on public account (1792 May 8); Benjamin R. Morgan, Solicitor of Complaints, to James Innes enclosing a bill of equity from William Grayson \u0026 others re. the tract of land known as Indiana (1792 Aug. 11); William Blount re. the boundary between Virginia and his territory at the Watkins' line (1792 Sept. 2); Gen. Anthony Wayne to Maj. William McMachan re. the protection of the frontiers of Ohio Co. (1793 Jan. 5); Henry Lee to James Wood, Lt. Gov., re. a suit against the state (1792 Feb. 7); Henry Lee to Wood re. peace with the Southwest Indians \u0026 settlement of claims (1793 Feb. 15); Richard E. Lee, Mayor of Norfolk, enclosing a letter from the British Consul re. interference with the civil authority against U.S. citizens engaged in privateering against the British (1793 May 16); Thomas Mifflin, Governor of Pennsylvania, re. the defense of the frontiers (1793 June 23); Robert Taylor, Mayor of Norfolk, re. distressed emigrants from the West Indies (1793 July 13); John Avery, Jr., Secretary, enclosing the proclamation of John Hancock, Governor of Massachusetts, concerning the complaint of William Marshall against the state (1793 July 21); John Hamilton, British Consul, re. an infringement of the President's neutrality proclamation (1793 Aug. 8 \u0026 29); Joseph Jones re. an intended slave insurrection at Petersburg (1793 Aug. 17); Dennis Ramsay, Mayor of Alexandria, re. quarantine of vessels (1793 Sept. 13); Edward Carrington re. the rent of the room in the Capitol formerly occupied by the Solicitor (1793 Sept. 10); Robert Taylor re. measures to prevent the pestilence in Philadelphia \u0026 the West Indies (1793 Sept. 17); Fontaine Maury, Mayor of Fredericksburg, re. the infectious fever brought by trading vessels (1793 Sept. 17 \u0026 22); John Barrett, Mayor of Richmond, re. the spread of the malady from Philadelphia (1793 Sept. 17); John Hamilton re. the French Privateer Republic (1793 Sept. 20 \u0026 27); William Prentis, Mayor of Petersburg, re. two persons escaping from quarantine to Petersburg (1793 Oct. 1); Thomas Mifflin re. the suability of a state (1793 Dec. 19); John Hamilton re. the capture of the British Brigantine Cunningham by a French Privateer in U.S. jurisdiction (1793 Dec. 22); Monsieur P.A. Cherui, Vice-Consul of the France Republic at Alexandria, re. his title papers (1794 Jan. 14); Samuel Huntington, Governor of Connecticut, re. a resolution giving instructions to member in Congress (1794 Jan. 15); Robert Taylor re. relief of French emigrants (1794 Jan. 17 \u0026 Feb. 10); Dennis Ramsay re. statements of French emigrants from St. Domingo (1794 Feb. 1); A.J. Dallas, Secretary of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, transmitting a copy of their laws (1794 Feb. 11); William Prentis re. precautions against small pox (1794 March 20); Robert Taylor re. the British ship Daedalus (1794 March 23); John Hamilton re. the capture of the British Schooner Delight \u0026 Charles taken by a French ship within neutral limits (1794 May 29); John Marshall re. the arrest of the Ship Unicorn, a supposed privateer (1794 July 23 \u0026 28); David Bradford re. opposition to the Excise Law (1794 Aug. 6); Dabney Minor re. leaks in the Capitol roof (1794 Aug. 7); Tench Coxe, Revenue Commissioner, to H.H. Breckinridge re. the Excise Law and the Whiskey Rebellion (1794 Aug. 8); Tench Coxe to H.H. Breckinridge re. a reported dismemberment of Virginia \u0026 Pennsylvania (1794 Aug. 29); Edward Carrington re. military stores and three thousand stand of arms to Winchester for use against the insurgents (1794 Sept. 1 \u0026 16); George Jackson re. the Governor's letter \u0026 proclamation relative to the riotous party in Pennsylvania (1794 Sept. 9); Henry Lee to James Wood re. the fighting force of the insurgent counties (1794 Sept. 19); Mr. Oster, French Consul, re. an English Frigate with two French prizes at Hampton (1794 Sept. 25 \u0026 Oct. 15); Edward Carrington re. insurgents in Maryland, liberty poles, and the arrival of the Governor (1794 Sept. 24); Thomas Mathews re. arms, supplies, troop movements, quotas, desertions, etc. (1794 Oct. 6 \u0026 12); George French, Mayor of Fredericksburg, re. the nomination of James Allan, Jr., as Superintendent of Quarantine (1794 Oct. 19); Edward Carrington re. provision for the return of the militia now in service (1794 Oct. 18); Henry Lee to James Wood stating that he is unable to return in time for the General Assembly (1794 Oct. 23); and Robert Mitchell, Mayor of Richmond, re. small pox (1794 Nov. 13).","Other noteworthy items include: pay roll of Lt. Bladen\nAshby's company of Rangers (1791 Dec. 20); receipt for powder\n\u0026 lead for the use of Daniel Boone's Company (1791 Dec.\n22); returns for elections to the House of Representatives\n(1792 Feb. 20 \u0026 23); pay abstract of scouts belonging to\nCapt. Hugh Caperton's Company (1793 Jan. 29); election\ncertificates for electors of the Presidential \u0026 Vice-\nPresidential elections (1792 Nov.); a roll of Capt. Hugh\nCaperton's Company showing residence \u0026 place of duty (1792\nUndated); roll of John Morris' Company of rangers (1793 Jan.\n1); proclamation by Gov. Lee prohibiting hostile incursions\nagainst the Indians north of the Ohio River while a treaty\ntakes place at Lower Sandusky (1793 May 13); list of Capt.\nHugh Caperton's Company at Fort Lee (1793 May 27);\nproclamation by Gov. Lee regarding the quarantine of vessels\ncoming from Philadelphia, the Grenades, \u0026 Tobago (1793\nSept. 17); list of persons who have taken the oath of fidelity\nin Fairfax County (1793 Oct. 1); pay roll of the militia on\nguard over the Public Arsenal at New London (1793 Oct. 19);\nPetersburg resolutions regarding the malignant disease in\nPhiladelphia (1793 Oct. 3); proclamation by Gov. Lee revoking\nhis previous proclamation to perform quarantines (1793 Nov.\n25); proclamation by Gov. Lee regarding an award for the\ncapture of Richard Adams (1793 Dec. 11); pay abstract of\nmilitia from Washington Co. under Capt. Andrew Lewis (1793\nDec. 13); applications for agents for the collection of\narrears of taxes due by delinquent sheriffs (1793 Dec. \u0026\n1794 Jan.); resolutions of the North Carolina Assembly\nregarding the decision of the Federal judiciary that a state\nmay be sued by an individual (1794 Jan. 4); bonds of\nindividuals appointed as agents for collecting taxes \u0026\nduties (1794 Feb.); muster roll of a detachment of Cornelius\nBogard's Company of Rangers commanded by William Wells (1794\nMarch 15); resolution of Congress for an embargo on all ships\nin U.S. ports for thirty days (1794 March 26); return of\nlaborers employed at Fort Nelson \u0026 Fort Norfolk (1794 June\n27); rough general orders \u0026 division orders to militia\n(1794 June 30); proclamation by Lt. Gov. Wood regarding a\ncontagious disease in the West Indies and performing\nquarantines (1794 Aug. 2); report of Maj. G.K. Taylor\nregarding the taking possession of Capt. Sinclair's ship The\nUnicorn suspecting of equipping for the purpose of\nprivateering (1794 Aug. 4); proclamation by Gov. Lee regarding\nbanditti from Western Pennsylvania in Virginia (1794 Aug. 19);\nestimate by Edward Carrington concerning the march of the\nmilitia for the suppression of the Whiskey Insurrection (1794\nSept. 4); and a proclamation by Lt. Gov. Wood revoking his\nproclamation for quarantines (1794 Nov. 4)."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThere are no restrictions.\u003c/p\u003e"],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Use Restrictions"],"userestrict_tesim":["There are no restrictions."],"physloc_html_tesm":["\u003cphysloc label=\"Physical Location\"\u003eState Records Collection,\nOffice of the Governor (Record Group 3)\u003c/physloc\u003e"],"physloc_tesim":["State Records Collection,\nOffice of the Governor (Record Group 3)"],"language_ssim":["English"],"total_component_count_is":266,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-05-21T09:56:51.643Z","scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eGovernor Lee's Executive papers are organized\nchronologically with undated items arranged at the end of each\nyear. These papers primarily consist of incoming\ncorrespondence during Lee's three one-year terms as governor\nbetween 1 December 1791 until 1 December 1794. These records\ninclude correspondence written to James Wood who acted as\nLieutenant Governor while Lee traveled to Nashville and again\nwhen he served as commander of the United States forces during\nthe Whiskey Rebellion in 1794. The correspondence in this\ncollection relates to a variety of topics including\nappointments for state positions; the Point of Fork Arsenal;\ndefense of the frontier; the Whiskey Rebellion; resignations;\narms \u0026amp; ammunition; Indian attacks; French emigrants; the\nFederal City; the Lunatic Hospital in Williamsburg; state\nexpenses \u0026amp; revenue; quarantine of vessels; foreign\naffairs; Revolutionary claims; public tobacco; elections;\nPresidential electors; the Capitol Building; fortification of\nAlexandria \u0026amp; Norfolk harbors; the militia; and others. In\naddition to correspondence, there are resolutions from\nCongress and the Virginia Senate \u0026amp; House of Delegates;\nmuster \u0026amp; pay rolls; accounts; oaths; pardons; receipts;\nelection returns; election certificates; qualifications;\nlists; depositions; proclamations; petitions; reports;\nappointments; bonds; commissions; orders; reports;\nproceedings; applications; and other sundry items. Note that\nthe pardons for 1792 have been separated to the end of the\npapers for that year.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNoteworthy correspondence originates from the United States\ngovernment, Virginia State government, and miscellaneous\nsources. Prominent correspondents from the United States\ngovernment include Henry Knox, Secretary of War; Thomas\nJefferson, Secretary of State; Edmund Randolph, Attorney\nGeneral; Alexander Campbell, District Attorney General; Thomas\nJohnson, David Stuart, Daniel Carroll, William Thornton, \u0026amp;\nGustavus Scott, Commissioners of the Federal City; John\nHopkins, Commissioner of Loans for Virginia; John Jacob Ulrich\nRivardi, Engineer in the service of the U.S.; Samuel A. Otis,\nSecretary of the Senate; and the Virginia Delegates to\nCongress including James Monroe, Richard Henry Lee, and\nothers.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHenry Knox, Secretary of War, corresponds the most\nfrequently with Governor Lee from the United States\ngovernment. Knox's correspondence primarily relates to Indian\naffairs and the defense of the frontier (1791 Dec. 5 \u0026amp; 24;\n1792 Feb. 2; 1792 March 17; 1792 April 7; 1792 May 16; 1792\nJune 25 \u0026amp; 30; 1792 July 11; 1792 Sept. 15; 1792 Oct. 9,\n11, 14, \u0026amp; 30; 1792 Nov. 1, 3, \u0026amp; 23; 1793 Feb. 16; 1793\nMay 16; 1793 July 25; 1793 Sept. 3; 1794 Jan. 27). In\naddition, Knox also writes regarding a variety of other\nconcerns including: an escort for Governor Lee \u0026amp; Governor\nPickens to Nashville (1792 Aug. 13), a treaty with the Indians\nnorth of the Ohio to be held at Lower Sandusky (1793 April\n24), the defense of Norfolk (1793 May 10; 1794 March 19; \u0026amp;\n1794 July 30), the capture of vessels in American waters by\nother powers \u0026amp; neutrality laws of the U.S. (1793 May 23\n\u0026amp; 24; 1793 Aug. 21; 1793 Nov. 12; 1794 Feb. 11), money to\nthe Commissioners of the Federal Buildings in Washington and\nthe temporary residence of the President in Germantown,\nPennsylvania (1793 Nov. 9), the recommendation of Daniel\nBedinger to make gun carriages in Norfolk (1794 March 24), the\nappointment of Maj. Rivardi by the President to fortify\nBaltimore, Alexandria, \u0026amp; Norfolk (1794 March 28; 1794\nApril 3; \u0026amp; 1794 June 9), the spoliation at Guadeloupe by\nthe French privateer Preus and British prisoners on parole\n(1794 April 17), the St. Domingo Fleet, the embargo, letters\nof marque, etc. (1794 May 9), an act directing a detachment\nfrom the militia of the U.S. (1794 May 19), the arming of\nvessels belonging to the belligerent powers in the U.S. (1794\nJune 27), the vessel of the British Consul taken possession by\nGen. Thomas Mathews (1794 Aug. 25), and an arsenal or magazine\nwithin Virginia for the U.S. (1794 Nov. 10).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAs Secretary of State, Thomas Jefferson writes the Governor\nto transmit acts \u0026amp; resolutions of Congress. On 1 Feb.\n1792, Jefferson transmits copies of an act carrying into\neffect a contract between the U.S. \u0026amp; the state of\nPennsylvania, and an act to extend the time for settling the\naccounts of the U.S. with the individual states. He also\nwrites regarding an act concerning certain fisheries of the\nU.S. \u0026amp; for the regulation and government of the fishermen\nemployed therein, an act to establish the Post Office \u0026amp;\nPost roads, and the ratification by three-quarters of the\nlegislatures of certain articles in addition to and amendment\nto the Constitution (1792 March 1). He transmits an act\nsupplemental to the act for making further provision for the\nprotection of the frontiers, an act establishing a mint \u0026amp;\nregulating the coins of the U.S., and an act for finishing the\nlighthouse on Baldhead at the mouth of the Cape Fear River in\nNorth Carolina (1792 April 10). Note that the original acts\nare no longer included with the above correspondence.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEdmund Randolph, U.S. Attorney General, \u0026amp; Alexander\nCampbell, District Attorney General, often submit opinions\nrespecting various matters. On 24 June 1793, Randolph writes\nregarding the suit brought by the Indiana Company against the\nstate of Virginia. A circular letter from Randolph, dated 1792\nOct. 10, relates to ships of war bringing in French prizes in\nviolation of the 17th article of the treaty of commerce\nbetween the U.S. \u0026amp; France. Similarly, Randolph's letter,\ndated 22 Oct. 1794, relates to the complaints of Joseph\nFauchet, Minister Plenipotentiary of the French Republic,\nconcerning French prizes in U.S. ports. Campbell writes the\nLieutenant Governor on 23 Aug. 1793 regarding an insult to the\nBritish Consul at Norfolk. He also provides his opinion in\nfavor of a arming a privateer from Cape Francois (1793 Sept.\n25). On 3 Dec. 1793, Campbell writes that provisions may be\nsold by a neutral people to either belligerent and that\nrepairs of vessels for non-military purposes is permissible.\nHe provides another opinion regarding accusations by the\nBritish Consul at Norfolk respecting violence against the\nBrigantine Ann at Yorktown. The British Consul also accused\npersons at Smithfield of fitting out a ship to serve as a\nprivateer in the present war. Campbell explains that this\nwould be a violation of the laws of the U.S. and require the\nGovernor to arrest the offenders (1794 July 11). Lastly,\nCampbell provides an opinion in favor of a French schooner\nfrom Baltimore that arrived in Norfolk with a prize captured\nat sea (1794 Aug. 15).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThomas Johnson, David Stuart, Daniel Carroll, William\nThornton, \u0026amp; Gustavus Scott, Commissioners of the Federal\nCity, write the Governor on several occasions regarding\nVirginia's donation for the Federal Buildings (1792 June 6;\n1793 Feb. 7; 1793 Sept. 23; 1794 Jan. 30; 1794 June 26; 1794\nSept. 16; \u0026amp; 1794 Nov. 7). John Hopkins, as Commissioner of\nLoans for Virginia, also writes the Governor on behalf of\nthese Commissioners (1792 Jan. 25; 1792 May 8; 1793 Feb. 13;\n1793 Sept. 13; 1793 Oct. 29; 1793 Nov. 20; 1794 Feb. 7; \u0026amp;\n1794 Nov. 28). On 12 March 1792, Hopkins encloses a letter\nfrom William Deakins, Treasurer for Federal Buildings,\nregarding the donation. Hopkins also writes with respect to\nthe state debt subscribed to the loan of the U.S. by the act\nof 4 Aug. 1790 (1792 March 12).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn Jacob Ulrich Rivardi, was appointed temporary engineer in the service of the U.S. for the purpose of fortifying the ports and harbors at Baltimore, Alexandria, \u0026amp; Norfolk. Rivardi writes the Governor on 3 April 1794 \u0026amp; , enclosing a copy of his instructions from Henry Knox. These instructions provide an estimate of the expenses at Baltimore \u0026amp; Norfolk. On 9 June 1794, Rivardi encloses a plan of Fort Nelson and writes that drawings of the Craney Island defense are forthcoming (enclosure not included). He writes concerning his progress in Norfolk on 15 June 1794. On 11 July 1794, Rivardi forwards a map of the Elizabeth River (not enclosed) and a return of hands working at Fort Norfolk. Shortly thereafter, Rivardi encloses a plan on Craney Island (not enclosed) and a return of laborers employed at Fort Nelson (1794 July 19). John Vermonnet was later appointed by the War Dept. to fortify Annapolis \u0026amp; Alexandria. Vermonnet writes on 17 June 1794 that he selected Jones' Point for a battery in Alexandria.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eVirginia Delegates to the Second \u0026amp; Third Congresses\ncorresponded with Governor Lee intermittently throughout his\ntenure. On 20 Dec. 1791, James Monroe transmits the\nproceedings of Congress respecting the representation bill.\nRichard Henry Lee \u0026amp; Monroe also write on 14 Feb. 1792\nregarding military claims of land, and for services \u0026amp;\nsupplies not yet compensated. Richard Henry Lee's letter of\nresignation, transcribed by Samuel Coleman, can also be found\n(1792 Oct. 8). Samuel A. Otis, as Clerk of the U.S. Senate,\noften transmits the journals of the Senate to the Governor\n(1792 June 1; 1793 May 1; \u0026amp; 1794 June 1). Otis also writes\nrequesting copies of Virginia's laws(1792 Nov. 12).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSignificant correspondents from Virginia State government\ninclude Samuel Coleman, Assistant Clerk of the Council of\nState; Simon Morgan, Adjutant General; Wyatt Coleman, Keeper\nof the Capitol; James Wood, Lieutenant Governor; James Innes,\nAttorney General; William Hay, Robert Goode, \u0026amp; William\nFoushee, etc., Directors of Public Buildings; Charles Hay,\nClerk of the House of Delegates; Humphrey Brooke, Clerk of the\nSenate; Capt. Elias Langham \u0026amp; Robert Quarles,\nSuperintendents of the Military Stores, Arms, \u0026amp; Ammunition\nat Point of Fork Arsenal; various county lieutenants; Andrew\nLewis \u0026amp; Hugh Caperton, Captains of Volunteer Militia;\nJames Madison, Jr., President of the Board of Directors of the\nLunatic Hospital in Williamsburg; Harry Heth, State Agent of\nPublic Tobacco; William Davies, Commissioner of Virginia for\nClaims Against the United States, John Pendleton, Jr., Auditor\nof Public Accounts; and Jacquelin Ambler, Treasurer.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSamuel Coleman, as Assistant Clerk of the Council,\ncommunicates with the Governor frequently through the Council\nOffice. Coleman mainly writes concerning military matters\nincluding the militia (1792 Aug. 2; 1792 Dec. 19 \u0026amp; 31;\n1793 Jan. 9, 24, \u0026amp; 30; 1793 Feb. 2 \u0026amp; 7; 1793 March 29;\n1793 April 2 \u0026amp; 9; 1793 May 7; 1793 June 4; 1793 July 3\n\u0026amp; 9; 1793 Aug. 5; 1793 Sept. 4, 5, 14, 26, \u0026amp; 30; 1793\nOct. 4 \u0026amp; 29; 1793 Nov. 2, 4, \u0026amp; 20; 1793 Dec. 9 \u0026amp;\n22; 1794 March 15 \u0026amp; 24; 1794 June 2; 1794 Aug. 1; 1794\nNov. 18 \u0026amp; 28), an examination of returns from the Point of\nFork Arsenal (1792 Jan. 11; 1792 April 10; 1792 May 25; 1792\nJuly 10; 1792 Oct. 15; 1792 Nov. 1; 1793 Jan. 10; 1793 Feb. 7\n\u0026amp; 20; 1793 April 16; 1793 Aug. 6 \u0026amp; 15; 1793 Oct. 1;\n1793 Nov. 5; 1794 Jan. 2; 1794 April 1 \u0026amp; 11; ), the pay\n\u0026amp; muster of scouts \u0026amp; rangers on the frontier (1792\nJan. 31; 1792 March 24; 1792 April 11; 1792 Dec. 5; 1793 Jan.\n7; 1793 Feb. 7; 1794 Jan. 16), accounts on the books of the\nFoundry (1791 Dec. 8; 1792 March 21; 1792 Dec. 27), and claims\nfor military service or supplies (1791 Dec. 10; 1792 Oct. 23;\n1793 Nov. 7; 1794 Sept. 3). On 11 May 1792, Coleman requests\nan appointment as Adjutant General, the duties of which were\nalready annexed to his current position in the Council. He\nagain applies for the position on 1 Dec. 1792, however, Simon\nMorgan was appointed instead. A letter, dated 20 June 1794,\nfrom Morgan encloses general orders to the Division Generals\nof the Militia. Another letter by Morgan requests that John\nStewart be appointed his deputy (1794 Aug. 22).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eColeman also corresponds with the Governor regarding the\nstate of the Capitol Building. On 11 July 1794, he writes on\nthe problems with the roof of the Capitol and includes a rough\ndiagram. Wyatt Coleman, Samuel's father, was appointed Keeper\nof the Capitol in 1793, and too writes the Governor regarding\nthe defective state of the roof (1794 July 10 \u0026amp; 27). His\nearliest letter, dated 1 April 1793, remarks on his duties and\nincludes an account for hiring a person to sweep \u0026amp; clean\nthe Capitol. Both Samuel \u0026amp; Wyatt also write requesting\ninstructions of the Keeper of the Capitol (1794 July 16, 24,\n\u0026amp; 25). On 16 July 1794, Wyatt Coleman encloses a memo of\nbroken windows on the Capitol. Samuel also provides a report\non his father's behalf on 11 September 1794 urging repairs to\nthe windows before winter.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJames Wood, Lieutenant Governor, traveled to Ohio County on\nthe western frontier in June 1792 for the purpose of making an\narrangement of the volunteer militia and for entering into\ncontracts for their subsistence. He writes the governor on 20\nJune 1792 providing a report of his mission. This letter\nincludes proceedings of the Board of Field Officers of Ohio\nCo.; instructions to Capt. McMachan on augmenting his command;\nthe bond of Archibald \u0026amp; Robert Woods to furnish rations to\nsupply Capt. McMachan's Company; an order to the county\nlieutenants of Monongalia, Harrison, \u0026amp; Randolph to make\nreturns; returns of Harrison, Randolph, \u0026amp; Monongalia;\ninstructions to Capt. Lowther; and charges by John Davis\nagainst John Evans, County Lieutenant of Monongalia. He writes\nagain on 14 June 1793 regarding the state of the frontier in\nthe Monongalia District and encloses instructions to Capt.\nWilliam Lowther.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJames Innes, Attorney General of Virginia, provides his\nopinion for the Governor on several occasions. On 3 Jan. 1792,\nInnes confirms his opinion respecting requisitions from\nGovernor Thomas Mifflin for the apprehension of McGuire \u0026amp;\nBrady. He again writes regarding this case on 12 March 1792.\nOn 27 Feb. 1792, he writes that the bond \u0026amp; mortgage for\nthe public loan made to the French emigrants in Russell County\nis properly drawn. Later, he certifies that the title to\nfifty-five thousand acres sold by Richard Smith to Monsieur\nTibeauf in Russell County is valid (1792 Feb. 28). In 1794,\nInnes was appointed by the President on a mission to deliver\ncommunications to the state of Kentucky. Writing from\nLancaster, PA., dated 20 Nov. 1794, Innes states that he holds\nno office of profit under the United States and encloses a\nletter to Gov. Lee from 14 Aug. and a letter to Lt. Gov. Wood\nfrom 3 Oct. In the latter, Innes notes that General [John]\nMarshall has agreed to discharge his duties during his\nabsence. During Innes' absence, Marshall provides several\nopinions including the purchase \u0026amp; sale of lands for\narrears of taxes (1794 Oct. 15), fines \u0026amp; penalties under\nthe militia law (1794 Oct. 15), and the forfeiture of the\ncommission of Elisha White as Sheriff of Hanover (1794 Nov.\n28). Other correspondence from Innes relates to delinquent\nsheriffs (1792 Sept. 7), the ability of individuals to sue the\nstate (1792 Nov. 10), the suit of the Indiana Company against\nVirginia (1793 Jan. 22), the duties of district attorneys in\ncases of escheats (1793 Jan. 29), mortgages on Holt Richeson's\nestate (1794 June 20), and the Buckingham Works (1794 Aug.\n16).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam Hay, Robert Goode, \u0026amp; William Foushee, etc.,\nDirectors of Public Buildings, kept the Governor informed of\nthe ongoing repairs to the Capitol. On 14 June 1792, the\nDirectors enclose a copy of their proceedings concerning the\ncontract with Moses Austin \u0026amp; Co. Their letter also\nincludes resolutions, a letter from Hay to Austin regarding\nproblems with the Capitol's roof, and a statement of the\nexpense of wall pipes, plastering, \u0026amp; covering the Pedestal\ncornice. Robert Goode requests an advance of fifty pounds to\ncomplete the steps of the Capitol (1793 Sept. 12). On 8\nOctober 1794, Hay asks for an order for John Collins \u0026amp;\nGeorge Winston on account of their contracts. Similarly, on 8\nNov. 1794, he solicits the Governor for an order for John\nHart, one of the undertakers of the work on the Capitol.\nFinally, on 17 Jan. 1794, William Hay submits his letter of\nresignation to the Governor.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCharles Hay, Clerk of the House of Delegates, and Humphrey\nBrooke, Clerk of the Senate, often submit legislation and\nqualifications of election to the Governor. Noteworthy\nlegislation includes a resolution to transmit the act to\nappoint electors to chose a president \u0026amp; vice president\n(1792 Oct. 10), an act to provide more effectually for the\ncollection of the public taxes (1792 Dec. 23), a resolution\nfor the Public Printer to print copies of the act imposing a\npublic tax (1792 Dec. 23), a resolution regarding temporary\ndefensive operations for the protection of the frontier (1793\nNov. 6), a resolution for the affectionate remembrance of the\nmilitia in enforcing obedience to the laws of the United\nStates during the insurrection (1794 Nov. 12), a resolution\nregarding the sale of the mace used by the House of Delegates\n(1794 Nov. 17), and a resolution regarding the request of the\nPresident that Henry Lee take command of the army raised for\nthe purpose of suppressing the insurrection in western\nPennsylvania (1794 Nov. 19). In addition, there are\nqualifications of election for John Taylor to replace Richard\nHenry Lee in the U.S. Senate (1792 Oct. 18), Henry Lee as\nGovernor (1792 Oct. 25), Henry Tazewell as Judge of the Court\nof Appeals to replace James Mercer (1793 Nov. 6), Patrick\nHenry to replace James Monroe in the U.S. Senate (1794 July\n10), and Robert Brooke as Governor to replace Henry Lee (1794\nNov. 20).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCapt. Elias Langham, Superintendent of the Military Stores,\nArms, \u0026amp; Ammunition at Point of Fork Arsenal, writes the\nGovernor regarding plans for a reduction of the expenses at\nPoint of Fork (1791 Dec. 7), accounts of hirelings' wages\n(1792 Jan. 11), neglect of duty by contractors for provisions\n(1792 Oct. 19), appointment of his brother John Langham as\ncontractor for provisions (1792 Oct. 23), the claim of David\nRoss (1793 July 7), fear of a slave insurrection at Point of\nFork \u0026amp; the need for a permanent guard (1793 Aug. 3), an\naccount of balance due him for his pay (1793 Oct. 3), and\naccounts of provisions furnished Point of Fork (1794 April 5;\n1794 May 20; 1794 June 11; 1794 Aug. 28; \u0026amp; 1794 Sept. 19).\nOn 4 April 1792, William Price applies to the Governor to\nreplace Langham upon his resignation. Similar applications\nwere also submitted by John Guerrant, Jr., and J.K. Read for\nCol. Samuel Richardson (April 9 \u0026amp; 10). Langham, however,\nremained in office for another year. He writes to the Lt. Gov.\non 24 Aug. 1793 requesting the Board to postpone the\nappointment of a new Superintendent for 15 days. On 26 Oct.\n1793, he states that Maj. Quarles has been appointed to\nsucceed him as Superintendent. Langham requests a certificate\nby the Board regarding his service and the cause of his\nreplacement. On 29 Nov. 1793, Langham complains of the conduct\nof his successor in the contractor's office. Langham also\nincludes certificates by John Peyton \u0026amp; D. McLaughlan,\nalong with a letter from his brother John Langham. Quarles\nletter in response to these charges can also be found in this\ncollection (1793 Nov. 29).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMaj. Robert Quarles succeeded Langham as Superintendent of\nPoint of Fork in Sept. 1793. Quarles's correspondence relates\nto returns of ordnance \u0026amp; public stores at Point of Fork\n(1793 Sept. 2 \u0026amp; 5; 1793 Oct. 1; 1794 March 31; 1794 June\n30; \u0026amp; 1794 Oct. 4), the punishment of a guard for neglect\nof duty (1793 Nov. 18); a commissary for the post (1793 Dec.\n20), a request for arms (1794 April 18), an increase in wages\nfor his sergeant for issuing rations (1794 June 2), the death\nof his Armourer Robert Fowler (1794 June 3), the exemption of\nmilitia duty for his garrison (1794 July 28), rations for the\nwives of artisans \u0026amp; guards (1794 July 28 \u0026amp; Sept. 2),\nand an increase in his salary (1794 Oct. 1 \u0026amp; Nov. 14).\nNote that additional materials relating to the Point of Fork\nArsenal can be found at the end of the collection. Included\nare additional correspondence, accounts \u0026amp; receipts, pay\nrolls of state guard \u0026amp; artificers, quarterly accounts of\ncash, and returns of ordnance, military stores, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCounty lieutenants including Arthur Campbell, David Shepherd, George Clendenin, John P. Duvall, John Stuart, Thomas Newton, Jr., \u0026amp; Smith Snead communicate with the Governor Lee on various topics. Arthur Campbell, Washington Co., writes extensively on Indian affairs and frontier defense (1792 March 28; 1792 July 19 \u0026amp; 20; 1792 Sept. 10; 1792 Oct. 5, 11, \u0026amp; 17; 1792 Nov. 1, 3, \u0026amp; 12; 1792 Dec. 5; 1793 April 24; 1793 June 24 \u0026amp; 30; 1793 July 6; 1793 Oct. 3; 1794 April 15, 21, \u0026amp; 29; 1794 July 9). In addition, Campbell corresponds on the subject of the act of the General Assembly establishing Walker's line as the boundary between North Carolina \u0026amp; Virginia (1792 June 25), the jurisdiction of William Blount, Governor of the Territory South of the Ohio River (1792 Sept. 4), charges against Capt. Andrew Lewis by Lt. Willoughby of the Washington Militia (1793 Aug. 31; 1793 Oct. 9, 11, \u0026amp; 29; 1794 Jan. 17; 1794 May 8 \u0026amp; 12), and the militia law, insurrection in Pennsylvania, \u0026amp; movements by the Creek Indians (1794 Aug. 21). David Shepherd, Ohio Co., encloses a letter from Henry Knox on the defense of the frontier, as well as a letter from William McMachan regarding Indian attacks (1792 April 14). John Duvall, Harrison Co., writes of murder committed by the Indians in that county \u0026amp; the defeat of Gen. St. Claire (1791 Dec. 8). Shortly thereafter, Duvall communicates in relation to troops raised for the defense of Harrison Co. (1792 Dec. 20). George Clendenin, Kanawha Co., too writes about Indian affairs (1792 May 26; 1792 Dec. 10). In addition, he often discusses Hugh Caperton's militia and the defense of the county (1792 March 8; 1792 Sept. 21 \u0026amp; 22; 1793 Jan. 27, 28, \u0026amp; 31; 1793 March 5; 1793 April 12; 1793 Dec. 16). John Stuart, Greenbrier Co., provides information on a company being raised \u0026amp; commanded by Capt. Caperton for the defense of Greenbrier \u0026amp; Kanawha counties (1792 Feb. 8 \u0026amp; 1792 Aug. 6). He also mentions the appointment of six scouts on the frontier (1794 June 9) and the receipt of ammunition (1794 July 16). Thomas Newton, Jr., Norfolk, writes extensively about the pestilence in the West Indies \u0026amp; the quarantine of vessels (1793 June 16, 22, \u0026amp; 30; 1793 Sept. 23 \u0026amp; 28; 1793 Oct. 1, 5, 13, 15, 19-21, 25, 26 \u0026amp; 30; 1793 Nov. 13-15, 19, \u0026amp; 28; 1794 Aug. 7, 10, \u0026amp; 18; 1794 Sept. 24; 1794 Oct. 4, 15, \u0026amp; 21; 1794 Nov. 9 \u0026amp; 21), the Cape Henry Light House (1792 Jan. 9), a slave insurrection (1792 May 10 \u0026amp; 19), arms \u0026amp; ammunition (1792 June 20; 1793 March 12; 1793 April 29; 1793 Aug. 23; 1794 Oct. 7), Fort Nelson \u0026amp; coastal defense (1793 May 24 \u0026amp; 25; 1793 Aug. 22; 1794 June 10; 1794 Sept. 21), French ships \u0026amp; emigrants (1793 July 9; 1793 Aug. 2; 1794 Sept. 10; 1794 Oct. 15), privateers \u0026amp; the neutrality laws (1793 June 2; 1794 March 19; 1794 Oct. 15; 1794 June 14; 1794 Nov. 28), the Norfolk militia (1794 Feb. 12 \u0026amp; 23; 1794 March 9; 1794 Sept. 10), shots fired from the British ship Daedalus (1793 Feb. 24), the embargo (1794 April 4), and a riot in Norfolk (1794 June 4). Lastly, Smith Snead, Northampton Co., writes concerning ammunition and an attempted slave insurrection (1792 May 5, July 9 \u0026amp; 21).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAndrew Lewis \u0026amp; Hugh Caperton, Captains of Volunteer\nMilitia in the western counties, were appointed to guard\nVirginia's western frontier. Lewis set out from Richmond on 2\nDecember 1791and frequently corresponds with Governor Lee\nconcerning Indian movements, attacks \u0026amp; depredations (1792\nApril 27; 1792 June 5; 1792 Aug. 24; 1792 Oct. 3; 1793 April\n9; 1793 May 8; 1793 Sept. 12 \u0026amp; 29; 1793 Nov. 3; 1793 Dec.\n19 \u0026amp; 24; 1794 Feb. 17; 1794 April 17 \u0026amp; 19), rations\n(1792 Feb. 7), arms \u0026amp; ammunition (1792 Feb. 6; 1793 Jan.\n30), pay (1792 Dec. 22; 1793 Dec. 13 \u0026amp; 23; 1794 Jan. 1),\nrecruiting of troops (1792 Dec. 22; 1794 Feb. 5), the killing\nof friendly Indians by Capt. Baird (1793 June 26), charges\nagainst the Washington Militia \u0026amp; Arthur Campbell (1793\nAug. 17; 1793 Oct. 13; 1793 Nov. 6, 7, 23, \u0026amp; 26; 1793 Dec.\n19 \u0026amp; 23; 1794 May 9), volunteers for the suppression of\nthe Whiskey Rebellion (1794 Oct. 3), and the general state of\nthe militia \u0026amp; frontier (1793 Feb. 22 \u0026amp; 25; 1793 March\n11; 1793 Nov. 6; 1794 April 4 \u0026amp; 8; 1794 May 9; 1794 Aug.\n18).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHugh Caperton was appointed to the command of a company of\nvolunteer militia to defend Greenbrier \u0026amp; Kanawha counties.\nOn 10 Dec. 1791, Caperton \u0026amp; Daniel Boone write regarding\nthe volunteer militia to be raised in these counties. A\nstatement of scouts for Kanawha County by Boone can also be\nfound in these papers (1791 Undated). Caperton writes\nconcerning rations, arms, \u0026amp; ammunition (1792 Oct. 4 \u0026amp;\n30; 1793 Oct. 11), pay (1793 April 20), and the recruiting of\ntroops (1793 Nov. 26). In a letter written with George\nClendenin he encloses a list of his company in service in\nGreenbrier Co. (1792 May 6). Caperton accepts his commission\nas captain of volunteer militia in a letter dated 15 Nov.\n1792. He encloses a pay roll of scouts on 20 April 1793. Col.\nCharles Cameron, Bath Co., writes about Caperton's arrest\n\u0026amp; trial before a court-martial (1793 Aug. 30 \u0026amp; 1793\nDec. 31). Caperton writes concerning the charges \u0026amp;\ncourt-martial on 25 Feb. 1794. On 2 April and again on 30 Aug.\n1794, Caperton requests a rehearing before another\ncourt-martial. He also submits a petition on 11 Sept. 1794 for\nthe rehearing at his own expense.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJames Madison, Jr., Director of the Lunatic Hospital at\nWilliamsburg, \u0026amp; other members of the Court of Directors,\noften enclose orders to apply to the Auditor of Public\nAccounts for warrants (1792 Jan. 4; 1792 March 20; 1792 Aug.\n11; 1792 Oct. 13; 1793 Feb. 25; 1793 July 19; 1793 Dec. 13;\n1794 May 16). In his letter dated 26 Nov. 1793, Madison\ndeclares two vacancies in the Court of Directors by the deaths\nof Benjamin Harrison \u0026amp; William Pasteur. Lastly, on 1 Nov.\n1794, James Ruffin was recommended for a vacancy after the\nresignation of Joseph Hornsby.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHarry Heth, Agent for the Sale of Public Tobacco, encloses\nthe amount of sales of the balance of tobacco received by him\n(1791 Dec. 24). Also included is Heth's bond as Agent of the\nSinking Fund (1792 March 17). Heth was appointed to take the\nplace of Anthony Singleton whose letter of resignation can be\nfound in this collection (1792 Jan. 5).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam Davies, Commissioner of Virginia for Claims Against the United States, continues his work in settling the Revolutionary claims. He writes the Governor with respect to additional clerks (1792 April 28); the impending completion of his work (1792 Oct. 1); accounts \u0026amp; expenses of his office (1793 Jan. 3; 1793 April 1; 1793 July 1; 1793 Oct. 14); the contract with Messrs. Braxton, Herbert, \u0026amp; Claiborne (1793 Feb. 1); a warrant paid to William Finney (1793 March 20); books \u0026amp; papers to be sent to the state from Philadelphia (1793 May 28; 1793 July 18); his recommendation as sheriff of Mecklenburg Co. (1793 July 22); and the report of the General Board of Commissioners including an account of supplies \u0026amp; services during the late war, extracts from the Council Journal, and extracts of correspondence from Virginia governors to him (1794 Feb. 25). Other correspondence from Davies relates to his appointment as agent for the collection of arrears of taxes (1794 Jan. 12); his commission as agent (1794 March 23); and executions against delinquent sheriffs (1794 March 31; 1794 April 8 \u0026amp; 26).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGovernor Randolph corresponds often with John Pendleton,\nJr., Auditor of Public Accounts, and Jacquelin Ambler,\nTreasurer, regarding various financial matters. Pendleton\nregularly encloses lists of warrants issued by him through the\nAuditor's Office (1792 Feb. 15; 1792 April 28; 1792 Dec. 31;\n1793 Oct. 1; 1793 Nov. 5). Additionally, Pendleton encloses an\nabstract of the funded debt of the state (1792 June 25), a\nlist of executions returned by sheriffs in several counties\n(1792 Feb. 27), accounts for sending out notices \u0026amp;\nexecutions against public delinquents (1792 April 20), and\nfrontier defense expenses (1793 Feb. 11 \u0026amp; 13). Ambler\nwrites regarding lists of lands purchased for non-payment of\ntaxes (1792 Jan. 11), the amount of transfer tobacco in the\nTreasury (1792 Feb. 14; 1792 June 20), the state of the\nTreasury (1792 Feb. 25; 1792 Nov. 28; 1794 Oct. 20), funds for\nthe Potomack Company (1792 Nov. 28), the purchase of public\ntobacco by Richard Bibb (1792 Dec. 11), certificates from the\nSinking Fund for warrants issued to foreign creditors (1793\nJan. 10), the exchange rates of foreign coins by Congress\n(1793 June 13), additional door, locks, \u0026amp; other expenses\nfor the Treasury (1793 Aug. 27), the claim of the state on\naccount of the Federal buildings (1794 Aug. 28), disbursements\n\u0026amp; discounts made at the Treasury (1794 Sept. 25), and a\nwarrant to the Court of Directors of the Lunatic Hospital\n(1794 Nov. 4). On 9 Jan. 1793, Ambler \u0026amp; Pendleton apply to\nthe Governor requesting that Mrs. Pearson remain in the house\non the public square (1793. Jan. 9).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAdditional significant correspondence includes the following: President George Washington re. property carried away by the British (handwritten copy) (1791 Dec. 7); Edward Telfair, Governor of Georgia, transmitting a resolution to keep the Senate doors open to the public (1792 Jan. 31); William Blount, Governor of the Territory South of the Ohio River, re. aid to troops stationed on Virginia's frontiers (1792 March 6); John Harvie \u0026amp; William Foushee, Directors of the James River Canal re. balance due on shares purchased on public account (1792 May 8); Benjamin R. Morgan, Solicitor of Complaints, to James Innes enclosing a bill of equity from William Grayson \u0026amp; others re. the tract of land known as Indiana (1792 Aug. 11); William Blount re. the boundary between Virginia and his territory at the Watkins' line (1792 Sept. 2); Gen. Anthony Wayne to Maj. William McMachan re. the protection of the frontiers of Ohio Co. (1793 Jan. 5); Henry Lee to James Wood, Lt. Gov., re. a suit against the state (1792 Feb. 7); Henry Lee to Wood re. peace with the Southwest Indians \u0026amp; settlement of claims (1793 Feb. 15); Richard E. Lee, Mayor of Norfolk, enclosing a letter from the British Consul re. interference with the civil authority against U.S. citizens engaged in privateering against the British (1793 May 16); Thomas Mifflin, Governor of Pennsylvania, re. the defense of the frontiers (1793 June 23); Robert Taylor, Mayor of Norfolk, re. distressed emigrants from the West Indies (1793 July 13); John Avery, Jr., Secretary, enclosing the proclamation of John Hancock, Governor of Massachusetts, concerning the complaint of William Marshall against the state (1793 July 21); John Hamilton, British Consul, re. an infringement of the President's neutrality proclamation (1793 Aug. 8 \u0026amp; 29); Joseph Jones re. an intended slave insurrection at Petersburg (1793 Aug. 17); Dennis Ramsay, Mayor of Alexandria, re. quarantine of vessels (1793 Sept. 13); Edward Carrington re. the rent of the room in the Capitol formerly occupied by the Solicitor (1793 Sept. 10); Robert Taylor re. measures to prevent the pestilence in Philadelphia \u0026amp; the West Indies (1793 Sept. 17); Fontaine Maury, Mayor of Fredericksburg, re. the infectious fever brought by trading vessels (1793 Sept. 17 \u0026amp; 22); John Barrett, Mayor of Richmond, re. the spread of the malady from Philadelphia (1793 Sept. 17); John Hamilton re. the French Privateer Republic (1793 Sept. 20 \u0026amp; 27); William Prentis, Mayor of Petersburg, re. two persons escaping from quarantine to Petersburg (1793 Oct. 1); Thomas Mifflin re. the suability of a state (1793 Dec. 19); John Hamilton re. the capture of the British Brigantine Cunningham by a French Privateer in U.S. jurisdiction (1793 Dec. 22); Monsieur P.A. Cherui, Vice-Consul of the France Republic at Alexandria, re. his title papers (1794 Jan. 14); Samuel Huntington, Governor of Connecticut, re. a resolution giving instructions to member in Congress (1794 Jan. 15); Robert Taylor re. relief of French emigrants (1794 Jan. 17 \u0026amp; Feb. 10); Dennis Ramsay re. statements of French emigrants from St. Domingo (1794 Feb. 1); A.J. Dallas, Secretary of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, transmitting a copy of their laws (1794 Feb. 11); William Prentis re. precautions against small pox (1794 March 20); Robert Taylor re. the British ship Daedalus (1794 March 23); John Hamilton re. the capture of the British Schooner Delight \u0026amp; Charles taken by a French ship within neutral limits (1794 May 29); John Marshall re. the arrest of the Ship Unicorn, a supposed privateer (1794 July 23 \u0026amp; 28); David Bradford re. opposition to the Excise Law (1794 Aug. 6); Dabney Minor re. leaks in the Capitol roof (1794 Aug. 7); Tench Coxe, Revenue Commissioner, to H.H. Breckinridge re. the Excise Law and the Whiskey Rebellion (1794 Aug. 8); Tench Coxe to H.H. Breckinridge re. a reported dismemberment of Virginia \u0026amp; Pennsylvania (1794 Aug. 29); Edward Carrington re. military stores and three thousand stand of arms to Winchester for use against the insurgents (1794 Sept. 1 \u0026amp; 16); George Jackson re. the Governor's letter \u0026amp; proclamation relative to the riotous party in Pennsylvania (1794 Sept. 9); Henry Lee to James Wood re. the fighting force of the insurgent counties (1794 Sept. 19); Mr. Oster, French Consul, re. an English Frigate with two French prizes at Hampton (1794 Sept. 25 \u0026amp; Oct. 15); Edward Carrington re. insurgents in Maryland, liberty poles, and the arrival of the Governor (1794 Sept. 24); Thomas Mathews re. arms, supplies, troop movements, quotas, desertions, etc. (1794 Oct. 6 \u0026amp; 12); George French, Mayor of Fredericksburg, re. the nomination of James Allan, Jr., as Superintendent of Quarantine (1794 Oct. 19); Edward Carrington re. provision for the return of the militia now in service (1794 Oct. 18); Henry Lee to James Wood stating that he is unable to return in time for the General Assembly (1794 Oct. 23); and Robert Mitchell, Mayor of Richmond, re. small pox (1794 Nov. 13).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOther noteworthy items include: pay roll of Lt. Bladen\nAshby's company of Rangers (1791 Dec. 20); receipt for powder\n\u0026amp; lead for the use of Daniel Boone's Company (1791 Dec.\n22); returns for elections to the House of Representatives\n(1792 Feb. 20 \u0026amp; 23); pay abstract of scouts belonging to\nCapt. Hugh Caperton's Company (1793 Jan. 29); election\ncertificates for electors of the Presidential \u0026amp; Vice-\nPresidential elections (1792 Nov.); a roll of Capt. Hugh\nCaperton's Company showing residence \u0026amp; place of duty (1792\nUndated); roll of John Morris' Company of rangers (1793 Jan.\n1); proclamation by Gov. Lee prohibiting hostile incursions\nagainst the Indians north of the Ohio River while a treaty\ntakes place at Lower Sandusky (1793 May 13); list of Capt.\nHugh Caperton's Company at Fort Lee (1793 May 27);\nproclamation by Gov. Lee regarding the quarantine of vessels\ncoming from Philadelphia, the Grenades, \u0026amp; Tobago (1793\nSept. 17); list of persons who have taken the oath of fidelity\nin Fairfax County (1793 Oct. 1); pay roll of the militia on\nguard over the Public Arsenal at New London (1793 Oct. 19);\nPetersburg resolutions regarding the malignant disease in\nPhiladelphia (1793 Oct. 3); proclamation by Gov. Lee revoking\nhis previous proclamation to perform quarantines (1793 Nov.\n25); proclamation by Gov. Lee regarding an award for the\ncapture of Richard Adams (1793 Dec. 11); pay abstract of\nmilitia from Washington Co. under Capt. Andrew Lewis (1793\nDec. 13); applications for agents for the collection of\narrears of taxes due by delinquent sheriffs (1793 Dec. \u0026amp;\n1794 Jan.); resolutions of the North Carolina Assembly\nregarding the decision of the Federal judiciary that a state\nmay be sued by an individual (1794 Jan. 4); bonds of\nindividuals appointed as agents for collecting taxes \u0026amp;\nduties (1794 Feb.); muster roll of a detachment of Cornelius\nBogard's Company of Rangers commanded by William Wells (1794\nMarch 15); resolution of Congress for an embargo on all ships\nin U.S. ports for thirty days (1794 March 26); return of\nlaborers employed at Fort Nelson \u0026amp; Fort Norfolk (1794 June\n27); rough general orders \u0026amp; division orders to militia\n(1794 June 30); proclamation by Lt. Gov. Wood regarding a\ncontagious disease in the West Indies and performing\nquarantines (1794 Aug. 2); report of Maj. G.K. Taylor\nregarding the taking possession of Capt. Sinclair's ship The\nUnicorn suspecting of equipping for the purpose of\nprivateering (1794 Aug. 4); proclamation by Gov. Lee regarding\nbanditti from Western Pennsylvania in Virginia (1794 Aug. 19);\nestimate by Edward Carrington concerning the march of the\nmilitia for the suppression of the Whiskey Insurrection (1794\nSept. 4); and a proclamation by Lt. Gov. Wood revoking his\nproclamation for quarantines (1794 Nov. 4).\u003c/p\u003e"]}]}},"label":"Breadcrumbs"}}},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/vi_vi00865"}},{"id":"vi_vi00868","type":"collection","attributes":{"title":"Governor James Monroe Executive\n         Papers, \n         \n         1799-1802","creator":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/vi_vi00868#creator","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":"Governor's Office","label":"Creator"}},"abstract_or_scope":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/vi_vi00868#abstract_or_scope","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":"\u003cp\u003eJames Monroe's Executive papers are organized into two series. Series have been designated for Chronological files and Subject files. 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Series have been designated for Chronological files\n         and Subject files. Each series is arranged\n         chronologically.","James Monroe was born on 28 April 1758 in Westmoreland\n         County, Virginia, to Spence Monroe and Elizabeth Jones. A\n         graduate of William and Mary College in 1776, Monroe enlisted\n         as a lieutenant in the Third Virginia Regiment of the\n         Continental Army. Monroe was promoted to major following the\n         Battle of Trenton, and served as a colonel and aid to General\n         William Alexander from 1777 to 1778. Monroe studied law under\n         Governor Thomas Jefferson and was elected to the House of\n         Delegates in 1782, however, he vacated his seat when he was\n         appointed to the Council of State. In 1783, Monroe was chosen\n         as a delegate to represent Virginia in the Confederation\n         Congress which he served until 1786. He returned to the House\n         of Delegates in 1787 and represented Spotsylvania County in\n         the Convention of 1788 to ratify the Federal Constitution. He\n         lost an election to James Madison in the First Congress, but\n         was later elected to the United States Senate on 9 November\n         1790 to replace the deceased William Grayson. He was reelected\n         in 1791 and served in the Senate until his resignation on 27\n         May 1794. President George Washington appointed Monroe\n         Minister Plenipotentiary to France on 28 May 1794.","Monroe became Governor of Virginia on 19 December 1799.\n         During his first one-year term in office, Monroe successfully\n         quelled Gabriel's Insurrection, the largest slave uprising in\n         Virginia's history until that time. Monroe's governorship too\n         saw the completion of the Virginia Penitentiary and the\n         Manufactory of Arms. Monroe was elected to two additional\n         one-year terms as governor. Following his governorship, in\n         1803, Monroe was appointed by President Thomas Jefferson as\n         Minister Plenipotentiary to France, and later Minister\n         Plenipotentiary to England from 1803 until 1807. Monroe\n         returned to the House of Delegates in 1810 and was again\n         elected governor on 19 January 1811. Monroe's second stint as\n         governor, however, was short-lived as he resigned following\n         his appointment by President James Madison as Secretary of\n         State. Simultaneously, Monroe replaced John Armstrong as\n         Secretary of War from 1814 to 1815. The culmination of\n         Monroe's political career occurred with his election and\n         subsequent reelection as the fifth President of the United\n         States from 4 March 1817 to 3 March 1825. Monroe's last\n         significant public position took place when he was elected\n         president of the Virginia Constitutional Convention in\n         1829.","Monroe married Elizabeth Kortright in 1786. They had two\n         daughters, Elizabeth and Maria Hester. He died at the home of\n         his youngest daughter in New York City on 4 July 1831.\n         Originally interred at the Marble Cemetery, Monroe's remains\n         were later reinterred twenty-five years later in Richmond's\n         Hollywood Cemetery after appeals by Governor Henry A. Wise and\n         the Virginia Legislature.","James Monroe's Executive papers are organized into two\n         series. Series have been designated for Chronological files\n         and Subject files. The bulk of the material can be found in\n         the Chronological files' series.","The Chronological Files series primarily consists of\n         incoming correspondence during Monroe's three one-year terms\n         as governor between 19 December 1799 until 24 December 1802.\n         The correspondence in this collection relates to a variety of\n         topics including appointments \u0026 recommendations for state\n         positions; slave insurrections; the construction of the\n         Virginia Penitentiary \u0026 Manufactory of Arms; the Point of\n         Fork Arsenal; the boundary between Tennessee \u0026 Virginia;\n         public improvements; resignations; extraditions; state\n         expenses \u0026 revenue; quarantine of vessels; elections;\n         Presidential electors; and others. In addition to\n         correspondence, there are resolutions from the Virginia Senate\n         \u0026 House of Delegates; accounts; oaths; contracts; pardons;\n         proposals; receipts; election returns \u0026 certificates;\n         qualifications; lists; proclamations; petitions; reports;\n         appointments; resignations; bonds; commissions; orders;\n         proceedings; applications; opinions; and other sundry\n         items.","The Governor received correspondence from three main\n         sources: the Federal government, Virginia State government,\n         and Governors from other states. Federal government\n         correspondents include Presidents John Adams \u0026 Thomas\n         Jefferson; John Marshall \u0026 James Madison, Secretaries of\n         State; Samuel Dexter, Secretary of War; and Virginia's\n         delegates in Congress. President John Adams writes Governor\n         Monroe on 25 Aug. 1800 concerning the cession of the Marine\n         Hospital at Norfolk to the United States on condition that the\n         government pays the balance due commissioners. Additionally,\n         on 3 June 1802, President Thomas Jefferson writes regarding\n         the resolution of Virginia to look for a proper place,\n         specifically Sierra Leone, Africa, to send insurgent negroes.\n         Jefferson also communicates on the subject of upheaval in the\n         French West Indies (1802 Nov. 24). John Marshall, Secretary of\n         State, forwards laws from the last session of Congress (1800\n         Sept. N.D.). Later, James Madison writes enclosing a complaint\n         by the agent of the U.S. at Jamaica of certain frauds in flour\n         shipped there (1802 Jan. 2). Samuel Dexter, Secretary of War,\n         acknowledges receipt of a list of land warrants issued from\n         the Virginia Land Office to the officers \u0026 soldiers who\n         served during the Revolutionary War on Continental\n         Establishment (1800 June 16). As senators from Virginia,\n         Stevens Thomson Mason \u0026 Wilson Cary Nicholas write the\n         Governor regarding an attempt to repeal the Sedition Law, the\n         closing of the contract with Robert McCormick for the delivery\n         of arms to Virginia, and the inspection of the arms by John\n         Shee of Philadelphia (1800 April 29). In another letter, Mason\n         encloses the bonds of John Shee and Robert McCormick (1800 May\n         15).","The majority of correspondence in James Monroe's Executive\n         Papers originates from Virginia State government. Significant\n         correspondents from Virginia State government include John\n         Clarke, Superintendent of Public Buildings; Martin Mims,\n         Keeper of the Penitentiary; Archibald Blair, Clerk of the\n         Council; Samuel Coleman, Assistant Clerk of the Council of\n         State; Philip Norborne Nicholas, Attorney General; William\n         Wirt, Clerk of the House of Delegates; Humphrey Brooke, Clerk\n         of the Senate; Robert Quarles, Superintendent of the Point of\n         Fork Arsenal; Thomas Newton, County Lieutenant \u0026\n         Superintendent of Quarantine for Norfolk; Samuel Shepard,\n         Auditor of Public Accounts; and William Berkeley,\n         Treasurer.","Two significant building projects which began by Governor\n         James Wood continued during Monroe's governorship with work on\n         the Penitentiary and Manufactory of Arms. John Clarke, the\n         Superintendent of these two building projects, corresponded\n         frequently with the Governor. Included are the following\n         subjects respecting the Penitentiary: proposals for furnishing\n         lime (1800 Jan. 21); proposals for painting (1800 March 15); a\n         report on the state of the public jail for the reception of\n         criminals sent from the district jails (1800 March 26); an\n         advance for Charles Cox as undertaker of the painting work\n         (1800 April 11); the kitchen (1800 April 16); an alteration in\n         Latrobe's original plan (1800 June 7 ); problems with the\n         militia guard posted at the Penitentiary (1800 Oct. 15);\n         carpenter's work on the Keeper's house (1800 Dec. 20);\n         woodwork on the interior of the cells \u0026 the removal of\n         gunpowder from the Penitentiary (1801 March 28); an advance to\n         John Harvie for furnishing bricks, lime, etc., for the\n         Penitentiary \u0026 Manufactory (1801 April 26); the purchase\n         of window glass, iron, paint, etc., for the Penitentiary \u0026\n         Manufactory (1801 June 20); contracts by John Harvie \u0026\n         Martin Mims for furnishing bricks \u0026 lime for the\n         Penitentiary \u0026 Manufactory (1801 Oct. 18); iron apparatus\n         for cooking (1801 Nov. 28); the status of the Penitentiary\n         \u0026 Manufactory (1801 Dec. 4); an alteration to the\n         Penitentiary so that it can be easily cleansed for the health\n         of the convicts (1802 May 8); the employment of negroes\n         confined in the Penitentiary in the yard stone-cutting (1802\n         May 22); the digging of the well at the Penitentiary (1802 May\n         24); the inscription over the entrance to the Penitentiary\n         (1802 Aug. 7); the removal of gunpowder from the Capitol to\n         the Penitentiary (1802 Nov. 27); and lime furnished by John\n         Harvie (1802 Nov. 27).","John Clarke also devoted substantial correspondence to the\n         construction, employment, and materials for the Manufactory of\n         Arms. On 30 May 1801, Clarke writes Monroe regarding a trip\n         north to locate artificers to work in the Manufactory. In his\n         absence, he names William McKim as supervisor. Subsequently,\n         on 12 June 1801, Clarke writes concerning the number of\n         workmen to be employed in the Manufactory and the manner he\n         proposes to conduct it after its completion. Clarke also\n         provides details of the number of men required for various\n         branches in the Manufactory. Similarly, in his letter dated 27\n         Nov. 1801, Clarke writes concerning the precise number of\n         master armorers, clerks, commissaries, \u0026 machinists\n         necessary for the Manufactory, along with their duties. On 23\n         Dec. 1801, Clarke writes the Governor defending his conduct as\n         superintendent of the Manufactory following an inquiry by the\n         General Assembly. On 4 Jan. 1802, Clarke encloses an estimate\n         of the expense in the completion of the Manufactory of Arms\n         \u0026 Penitentiary, as well as for the purchase of tools.\n         Lastly, on 21 Aug. 1802, Clarke informs the Governor of the\n         death of George Prosser who served as Assistant Superintendent\n         for the Erection of Public Buildings. Additional subjects\n         include: the digging of the foundations for the trip-hammer\n         forge, etc., by Moses Bates (1800 March 28, April 4, \u0026\n         1801 Jan. 16); work employed on the machinery (1800 April 5);\n         the roofs of the Manufactory buildings (1800 April 18);\n         contracts for shingles (1800 April 18 \u0026 May 9); the\n         contract of George Williamson to clean \u0026 stamp state arms\n         (1800 May 23, 30, \u0026 7 June); masonry work by Niman Wise\n         \u0026 James Carney (1800 April 6, June 27, Sept. 23, Oct. 5,\n         \u0026 1801 Nov. 13); the distribution of public arms to the\n         militia of the several counties (1800 July 23, Aug. 10, \u0026\n         Sept. 25); examination of arms sent by James Swan for the\n         militia (1800 Oct. 2); additional bricks (1800 Oct. 6);\n         proposal by George Williamson to repair old arms at the\n         Penitentiary (1800 Oct. 7); the contracts of Jesse Payne to\n         furnish timber and John Harvie for bricks \u0026 lime (1800\n         Nov. 1 \u0026 14); arms sent to the Penitentiary (1801 Jan. 7);\n         the rental of a house for the accommodation of machinery of\n         the Manufactory (1801 Jan. 20); the removal of arms from the\n         Point of Fork Arsenal to Richmond (1801 Feb. 4); the\n         preparation of the garret of the Capitol to receive arms from\n         Point of Fork (1801 Feb. 14); barracks for the Armory Guard at\n         the former hemp inspection warehouse near Rocketts (1801 Feb.\n         15 \u0026 17); the appointment of a superintendent \u0026 his\n         salary (1801 April 17); the employment of artificers at the\n         Point of Fork Arsenal to repair arms until the Manufactory is\n         ready (1801 May 9); contracts for artificers (1801 July 6);\n         artificers \u0026 materials for the Manufactory at Philadelphia\n         (1801 July 23); gunsmiths in New York \u0026 the examination of\n         the state prison there (1801 July 27); proposals for the\n         manufacture of arms (1801 Oct. 13); the employment of\n         artificers (1801 Sept. 25 \u0026 Nov. 13); the procurement of\n         armorers from Springfield, Massachusetts (1801 Oct. 31);\n         neglected pieces of ordnance throughout the state (1801 Dec.\n         23); rations for soldiers (1802 Jan. 9 \u0026 30); cut stone\n         for the steeple (1802 Jan. 18); bells for the Manufactory,\n         Penitentiary, \u0026 Capitol Building (1801 April 27, May 2,\n         \u0026 1802 Feb. 25); timber for fixing up the apparatus (1802\n         Feb. 13 \u0026 24); an invoice of items furnished by John\n         Hodson of Birmingham, England (1802 Feb. 25); the examination\n         of arms sent by George Wheeler (1802 March 11); musket stocks\n         \u0026 the employment of gunsmiths to clean the arms stored in\n         the Capitol (1802 March 12 \u0026 27); Henry Foxall's\n         improvements for casting ordnance (1802 March 12 \u0026 May\n         22); apprentices to work in the Manufactory (1802 April 10);\n         the account of Jesse Payne for timber (1802 May 12); the\n         receipt of gun flints (1802 May 22); the examination of the\n         public arms in the roof of the Capitol by Barlow \u0026 Hayes\n         (1802 June 5); the foundation for the boring mill for ordnance\n         (1802 July 24); the purchase of walnut timber for gun stocks\n         from the United States (1802 July 23 \u0026 24); reimbursement\n         to artificers for travel expenses (1802 Aug. 7); the walls of\n         the Foundry House \u0026 Armory (1802 Oct. 2); and the kitchens\n         of the Manufactory (1802 Nov. 7).","John Clarke was also involved in miscellaneous projects\n         including a project to construct a new tobacco warehouse along\n         the James River Canal in Richmond. On 28 March 1801, Clarke\n         enclosed proposals to the Governor for the tobacco warehouse.\n         Shortly thereafter, he submitted proposals for building the\n         walls (1801 June 13). On 24 July 1802, Clarke writes the\n         Governor concerning the posts for the warehouse . He also\n         writes regarding the purchase of slate from either New York or\n         Philadelphia (1802 Sept. 18 \u0026 Nov. 8).","Martin Mims, Keeper of the Penitentiary, communicates with\n         Governor Monroe regarding numerous subjects related to\n         prisoners and the Penitentiary. Included in these papers is\n         Mims' bond as Keeper of the Penitentiary (1800 March 25),\n         along with a memorandum of negroes sentenced for\n         transportation \u0026 sent to the Penitentiary for safekeeping\n         (1802 Oct. 17). Among his correspondence are the following\n         topics: extra brick work done in the Penitentiary in 1799\n         (1800 Jan. 4); the employment of George Anderson Stile to\n         instruct the prisoners in making nails at the Penitentiary\n         (1800 July 12); the employment of additional guards at the\n         Penitentiary (1800 Sept. 6); rations for prisoners an escape\n         attempt (1802 Jan. 13); a statement of the distribution of\n         public arms to the militia (1802 May 4); an escape attempt by\n         five prisoners (1802 July 24); the number of criminals who\n         have been sent to the Penitentiary from each term since Fall\n         1800 (1802 Nov. 18); and a report of the Board of Inspectors\n         of the Penitentiary re. the his conduct (1802 July 12).","Archibald Blair \u0026 Samuel Coleman, as Clerk \u0026\n         Assistant Clerk of the Council, communicate with the Governor\n         regularly through the Council Office. Blair encloses\n         proceedings of the Council regarding topics such as the\n         appointment of John Cowper as Vice Consul of Sweden (1800\n         March 15) and the calling out a proportion of the militia of\n         Henrico, Chesterfield, \u0026 Richmond (1800 Sept. 6). Also,\n         Blair writes on 7 June 1800 regarding a motion to remove him\n         as Clerk of the Council during his absence. Samuel Coleman, as\n         Assistant Clerk to the Council, both sent and received letters\n         from Governor Monroe. Monroe informed the Council on several\n         occasions of his temporary absence from office (1800 March 5,\n         1800 May 11, \u0026 1800 Sept. 26). On 21 Feb. 1801, Monroe\n         encloses a letter from Philip Sheppard requesting $500 for\n         Pharaoh, one of his slaves who discovered the intended\n         insurrection. Monroe also discusses an act to purchase the\n         freedom of Pharaoh \u0026 Tom as a reward for their service.\n         Coleman's letter in response also relates to these slaves who\n         assisted in the prevention of the insurrection (1801 Feb.\n         28).","Attorney General Robert Brooke died in office on 27\n         February 1800. Edmund Randolph assisted the Governor with\n         opinions during Brooke's absence with illness and until a\n         replacement was appointed. On 8 January 1800, Governor Monroe\n         requests Randolph's opinion on the legality of trying slaves\n         brought from Maryland into Southampton where they murdered\n         their masters. Randolph's letter in reply on the same date\n         indicates that these slaves were properly tried since they\n         were not in the Commonwealth for the 12-month period required\n         by the law of December 1792. Randolph also served as counsel\n         for the Commonwealth in its negotiations with Robert Pollard\n         concerning payment for arms furnished by him (1800 Feb. 8).\n         Lastly, Randolph informs the Governor of the suit in the\n         Federal Court of Hamilton vs. Newton in favor of the defendant\n         (1800 June 5). Philip Norborne Nicholas was appointed Attorney\n         General on 15 March 1800. In a letter dated 6 June 1800,\n         Nicholas encloses a letter from David Robertson, County\n         Attorney for the District of Brunswick, regarding a fine\n         imposed on Washington Crofts. Nicholas provides his opinion on\n         several subjects including: the case of Thomas Carter, a\n         revenue collector for the United States, who wished to serve\n         as a militia officer in Virginia (1800 Aug. 3); the right of\n         the Executive to condemn lands for the use of sick in cases of\n         quarantine (1800 Sept. 6); the admission of negroes into\n         Virginia who were taken as a prize to a U.S. vessel of war\n         (1801 Feb. 11); the emancipation of the slaves Pharaoh \u0026\n         Tom (1801 March 10); his prosecution in the case against Dr.\n         J.K. Read (1801 April 30 \u0026 1801 May 20); the\n         transportation of seamen under contract to perform a voyage\n         (1801 May 20); the suit of De Beaumarchais (1801 Dec. 11 \u0026\n         24, 1802 Feb. 20); public lands in Buckingham County purchased\n         for supporting a blast furnace by Balentine \u0026 Reveley\n         (1802 Feb. 20); deputies or assistants for Martin Mims as\n         Keeper of the Penitentiary (1802 May 23); and the Little River\n         Turnpike Company (1802 Dec. 6).","William Wirt, 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. Wirt submits a\n         resolution requesting a statement of arms which have been\n         issued from the public arsenal to the militia (1799 Dec. 20).\n         Also included are notices for the following elections: John\n         Clopton \u0026 James Wood to the Privy Council (1799 Dec. 11);\n         Samuel McCraw \u0026 John Mayo to the Privy Council (1799 Dec.\n         11); Alexander Stewart to the Privy Council in place of Hardin\n         Burnley (1799 Dec. 12); William Foushee to the Privy Council\n         in place of John Allen (1799 Dec. 12); James Monroe as\n         Governor (1799 Dec. 19); William Berkeley as Treasurer (1799\n         Dec. 21 \u0026 1802 Jan. 5); Archibald Stuart as Judge of the\n         General Court in place of James Henry (1800 Jan. 13); James\n         Wood as Privy Councilor (1800 May 29); David Coleman, John\n         Shore, David Carroll Brent, \u0026 John Bowyer as electors for\n         the Presidential \u0026 Vice Presidential election (1800 Dec.\n         2); Meriwether Jones as Public Printer (1800 Dec. 4 \u0026 1801\n         Dec. 9); Philip Norborne Nicholas as Attorney General in place\n         of Robert Brooke (1800 Dec. 4); James Monroe as Governor (1801\n         Dec. 10); Samuel Tyler \u0026 John Clopton to the Privy Council\n         (1801 Dec. 12); John Brown as Judge of the District Court of\n         Chancery at Staunton (1802 Jan. 27); and William Wirt as Judge\n         of the District Court of Chancery at Williamsburg (1802 Jan.\n         28).","Maj. Robert Quarles submits quarterly returns of arms,\n         ordnance, \u0026 public stores at Point of Fork (1800 Jan. 1,\n         1800 April 1, 1800 July 1, \u0026 1800 Oct. 1). In addition,\n         Quarles writes concerning powder to be sent to Richmond (1800\n         Jan. 4); an advance for contingent expenses (1800 April 2);\n         rations for the additional guard (1800 Sept. 3); enlistments,\n         an advance for clothing, \u0026 a contract for rations (1800\n         Sept. 27); contractor's bond for rations during the ensuing\n         year (1800 Oct. 18); public property at the Point of Fork\n         (1801 March 6); the completion of the removal of arms from the\n         Point of Fork to Richmond (1801 April 12).contracts for rent\n         of public lands \u0026 houses at Point of Fork (1801 July 4);\n         payment to John Gray for boxing up lumber from the Arsenal to\n         Richmond (1802 Aug. 14); and renting out public lands at the\n         Arsenal (1802 Sept. 27).","Thomas Newton, Jr., County Lieutenant \u0026 Superintendent\n         of Quarantine for Norfolk Borough, frequently writes the\n         Governor concerning infectious diseases \u0026 the quarantine\n         of vessels (1800 July 12, 13, \u0026 30, 1800 Aug. 22 \u0026 29,\n         1800 Sept. 6, 1800 Oct. 9, 1801 Sept. 30, \u0026 1802 Aug. 13).\n         Newton's letter on 8 May 1800 relates to the valuation of the\n         Gosport lands in Norfolk. In his letter dated 1800 Aug. 22,\n         Newton mentions his commission for holding the election of\n         electors for President \u0026 Vice President. On 2 Sept. 1800,\n         he provides a list of persons who died from disease since his\n         last return. In addition, Newton sometimes encloses reports of\n         vessels visited \u0026 examined by Dr. J.K. Read (1802 Sept.\n         17, 1802 Oct. 18 \u0026 26). Newton also writes regarding a\n         prize vessel belonging to one of the New England governments\n         with a cargo of thirty slaves bound for Havana from Guinea\n         which was captured by Capt. Baron of the frigate Chesapeake.\n         Several letters by Newton relate to the quarantine of a\n         Spanish vessel called the Brig Ann (1801 May 16, 17, \u0026\n         27). Newton was also involved in the Dismal Swamp Company and\n         reports on its progress (1801 Oct. 28, 1801 Nov. 14 \u0026 20,\n         1802 Sept. 27).","Governor Wood corresponds often with Samuel Shepard,\n         Auditor of Public Accounts, and William Berkeley, Treasurer,\n         regarding various financial matters. Shepard regularly\n         encloses accounts of expenses for forwarding notices,\n         executions, etc. (1800 April 19, 1800 Sept. 6, 1800 Nov. 8,\n         1801 April 11, 1802 April 10, \u0026 1802 Sept. 3). On 17 Jan.\n         1801, Shepard provides a list of counties where there is no\n         Collector of the Public Taxes. Additionally, John Carter,\n         Clerk of the Auditor's Office, submits lists of warrants\n         issued through the Auditor's Office (1800 Feb. 10, 1800 April\n         30, 1800 Aug. 9, 1800 Oct. 10, \u0026 1801 Aug. 7). As\n         Treasurer, William Berkeley regularly communicates reports and\n         balances of specie in the Treasury (1800 Feb. 24, 1800 March\n         1, 1800 July 5,12,19, \u0026 26, 1800 Dec. 23, 1801 Jan. 31,\n         1801 March 21, 1801 May 9 \u0026 16, 1801 June 13, \u0026 1801\n         Aug. 29). On 11 Feb. 1800, Berkeley encloses a letter from\n         Edmund Randolph, in the absence of the Attorney General,\n         regarding tobacco burned in one of the warehouses in\n         Petersburg (1800 Feb. 11). In another letter, dated 14 June\n         1800, Berkeley writes concerning the establishment of a guard\n         at the Capitol. Following Gabriel's Insurrection, Berkeley\n         managed the discharge of claims for executed slaves. He writes\n         on 31 Dec. 1800 that the sum for these claims is exhausted and\n         will be increased by the late insurrection. On several\n         occasions, Berkeley advises the Governor on the sale of the\n         public tobacco in the Treasury (1801 Jan. 16 \u0026 1801 May\n         2). The bonds of William Berkeley as Treasurer can also be\n         found in these papers (1799 Dec. 31, 1801 Jan. 7, \u0026 1802\n         Jan. 6).","Governors from other states comprise a significant amount\n         of correspondence received by the Governor. This\n         correspondence mostly relates to extraditions and the exchange\n         of laws. Included are letters from the following governors:\n         John Drayton, Governor of South Carolina; Ben Ogle \u0026 John\n         F. Mercer, Governors of Maryland; John Jay, Governor of New\n         York; Benjamin Williams, Governor of North Carolina; Thomas\n         McKean, Governor of Pennsylvania; James Garrard, Governor of\n         Kentucky; John Sevier \u0026 Archibald Roane, Governors of\n         Tennessee; Caleb Strong, Governor of Massachusetts; Joseph\n         Bloomfield, Governor of New Jersey; and John Trumball,\n         Governor of Connecticut. John Drayton writes regarding the\n         delivery of Elijah Hill for horse stealing (1800 Feb. 24); the\n         transmission of South Carolina laws passed in 1799 (1800 May\n         5); and information on the negro insurrection in Virginia in\n         order to prevent a similar conspiracy in South Carolina (1801\n         Sept. 27). Ben Ogle encloses a letter from Governor Richard\n         Basset of Delaware regarding the negroes convicted in\n         Southampton County (1800 April 26). Subsequently, his\n         successor, John Francis Mercer, encloses a resolution passed\n         to incorporate a company for establishing a turnpike road\n         (1801 Dec. 31) and requests the requisition of Newell Walton\n         (1802 Aug. 13). Benjamin Williams transmits a resolution (1801\n         Dec. 26) and a copy of public acts (1802 March 8). On 3 June\n         1800, John Jay discusses the regulations of the Penitentiary\n         in New York and advises the Director of the Penitentiary in\n         Virginia to visit the prisons in New York \u0026 Philadelphia.\n         Thomas McKean writes concerning capital offenses and a\n         pamphlet concerning crimes \u0026 punishments containing an\n         account of the jail \u0026 Penitentiary House in Philadelphia\n         (1800 June 16). James Garrard's correspondence relates to an\n         act establishing the boundary between Virginia \u0026 Kentucky\n         (1800 Dec. 27); a proclamation re. the capture of William\n         Lamme (1801 Feb. 21); and copies of the acts passed at the\n         last session (1802 Sept. 1). Both John Sevier \u0026 Archibald\n         Roane write regarding the adjustment of the boundary line\n         between Virginia \u0026 Tennessee and the meeting of the\n         commissioners (1801 June 21, 1802 March 3, \u0026 1802 Aug. 7).\n         Lastly, Caleb Strong, Joseph Bloomfield, \u0026 John Trumball,\n         transmit copies of acts, etc., from their respective\n         legislatures (1801 May 8, 1802 Feb. 20, \u0026 1802 June\n         18).","Additional significant correspondence includes the\n         following: George Winston proposing to make bricks for the\n         Penitentiary (1799 Dec. 9); Robert McCormick \u0026 Company\n         proposing to furnish four thousand stand of arms to Virginia\n         (1799 Dec. 30); James Swan re. the condition of arms furnished\n         the Commonwealth in his first contract (1799 Dec. 31);\n         Alexander Quarrier re. the enlistment of a sergeant \u0026 5\n         privates for one month to guard the arms in the Capitol (1800\n         Jan. 21); James Latimer re. taking under his care the land\n         belonging to the Commonwealth at Old Point Comfort (1800 Feb.\n         7); Charles Cox proposing to paint the Penitentiary (1800 Feb.\n         7); G.K. Taylor applying for the position of Attorney General\n         (1800 March 5); Robert Pollard re. payment to James Swan for\n         arms (1800 March 8,11, 18, \u0026 29); John Cowper re. his\n         appointment by the President as Vice Council for Sweden (1800\n         March 11); Andrew Dunscomb \u0026 Samuel Parsons, Acting\n         Inspectors, encl. a copy of the minutes of the Board of\n         Inspectors of the Penitentiary House (1800 April 26); William\n         Hay \u0026 William Berkeley encl. a resolution that the Acting\n         Inspectors of the Penitentiary be requested to cause the lower\n         range of cells in the east end to be fitted up as dungeons for\n         confining prisoners (1800 May 28); John Marshall re. his\n         appointment by the President as Secretary of State (1800 June\n         7); J. Grammer to Augustine Davis re. a potential insurrection\n         (1800 Aug. 9 ); Dr. James McClurg re. the intelligence\n         received by Augustine Davis re. an intended insurrection (1800\n         Aug. 10); Edmund Randolph \u0026 Daniel Call re. filling up the\n         stagnant pond on the Public Square (1800 Aug. 30); Mosby\n         Sheppard re. intelligence of a slave insurrection led by\n         Gabriel (1800 Aug. 30); Amos Alexander, Mayor of Norfolk, re.\n         cases of yellow fever \u0026 the probably election of Thomas\n         Jefferson as President (1800 Sept. 6); Amos Alexander re.\n         proceedings for aiding the health officer \u0026 the Governor's\n         proclamation re. Gabriel (1800 Sept. 13); James Taylor encl. a\n         copy of a letter from Oliver Wolcott, Treasury Dept., re. the\n         Marine Hospital (1800 Oct. 24); Edmund Pendleton, Jr., re.\n         four of seven slaves committed to the jail of Caroline County\n         for conspiracy based on the testimony of Ben Woolfolk (1800\n         Oct. 22); James McClurg, Mayor of Richmond, re. accommodating\n         the Government with the corporation bell (1800 Dec. 3);\n         Benjamin DuVal re. the necessity of patrols in Norfolk (1800\n         Dec. 26); Benjamin Stoddert, Navy Dept., to John Hopkins re.\n         approval of the deed for conveyance of the Gosport lands to\n         the United States (1801 March 3); Creed Taylor re. his\n         acceptance of an appointment as Commissioner for Virginia to\n         adjust the boundary line between Virginia \u0026 Tennessee\n         (1801 April 25); John Miles presenting pistols to manufacture\n         for the State of Virginia along with muskets \u0026 swords\n         (17801 July 28); Creed Taylor re. the boundary line between\n         Virginia \u0026 Tennessee (1801 Oct. 10); James Keith re.\n         progress made by the Potomack Company in rendering the river\n         navigable (1801 Nov. 13); William Foushee reporting on the\n         James River Company and the improvement of the James River\n         (1801 Nov. 26); Moses Bates re. the digging of the foundation\n         for the Armory (1801 Dec. 2); James Tilton encl. extracts from\n         the journals of the Senate of Delaware (1802 Jan. 17); Joseph\n         Martin \u0026 Creed Taylor requesting another commissioner to\n         settle the boundary between Virginia \u0026 Tennessee (1802\n         Jan. 26); Richard Jones re. an intended insurrection in\n         Nottoway County \u0026 Petersburg (1802 Jan. 2); Moses Greer\n         \u0026 John Prunty soliciting appointment as commissioners to\n         run the boundary line between Virginia \u0026 Maryland (1802\n         Feb. 1\u0026 2); Du Pont de Nemours re. Houdon statue of\n         Washington (in French) (1802 Feb. 23); Thomas Mathews re.\n         reports of an insurrection (1802 March 10 \u0026 13, 1802 June\n         15); John Cowper, Mayor of Norfolk, re. inhabitants of the\n         French islands who sought refuge in Norfolk along with their\n         slaves (1802 Jan. 11); Creed Taylor re. the meeting to run the\n         boundary line between Virginia \u0026 Tennessee (1802 March 27\n         \u0026 29); John Clarke re. the broken bell formerly belonging\n         to the Capitol proposing to be purchased by John Taylor (1802\n         April 8); John Cowper, Mayor of Norfolk, re. a rumored\n         insurrection on Easter Monday, and the trial \u0026 execution\n         of leaders involved in the conspiracy (1802 April 17 \u0026 27,\n         1802 May 8, 1802 June 1); John B. Scott re. the trial of\n         people plotting a proposed insurrection in Halifax County\n         (1802 April 21, 23, \u0026 30); George Goosley proposing to\n         transport the slaves confined in the Penitentiary to either\n         Surinam or Havana (1802 June 5 \u0026 8); Christopher Gore,\n         Commissioner to England, to Thomas Jefferson re. the\n         emancipation of negroes for settlement in Sierra Leone (1802\n         Oct. 10); Saguaresa, Indian Chief, re. land belonging to the\n         Pamunkey Indians (1802 Nov. 15); and Governor Monroe re. his\n         retirement from office (1802 Dec. 7).","Other noteworthy items include: a report by Nathaniel\n         Quarles \u0026 Jesse Bowles on the number of bricks laid in the\n         Penitentiary (1799 Dec. 24); court proceeding of Southampton\n         County of the slaves Sam \u0026 Hatter Isaac for the murder of\n         Harris Spears \u0026 Joshua Butte (1800 Jan. 21); statement on\n         the Tobacco Fund from 25 Nov. 1789 to 30 Sept. 1799 by\n         Nathaniel Shepard (1800 March 4); schedule of guns examined\n         \u0026 proved by Jacob Cooke (1800 March 29); report of Martin\n         Mims \u0026 William Rawleigh re. the foundation of the tilt\n         hammer forge at the Manufactory of Arms (1800 April 3); list\n         of commissioners in each county for supervising the\n         Presidential election (1800 July 29); proceedings of the\n         Corporation of Richmond re. the infectious disease at Norfolk\n         (1800 Aug. 28); return of election for electors in Norfolk\n         County (1800 Nov. 5); list of electors appointed by the\n         Governor (1800 Dec. 3); oath of Daniel Hylton as Clerk of the\n         Privy Council (1801 Jan. 20); proclamation by Governor Monroe\n         for a reward for the capture of a slaves named Greenock (1801\n         Feb. 7); deeds from Philip Sheppard \u0026 Elizabeth Sheppard,\n         etc., for the sale of slaves Pharaoh \u0026 Tom (1801 March\n         15); proclamation of Governor Monroe for a reward for the\n         capture of Isaac Venie (1801 March 16); proclamation by\n         Governor Monroe for a reward for the capture of John Anderson\n         (1801 May 30); bond of Pickett, Pollard, \u0026 Johnson as\n         agents to James Swan for the purchase of arms by the\n         Commonwealth (1801 July 3); account of clothing delivered to\n         the Public Guard including the names of officers \u0026\n         privates (1801 July 10); proclamation of Governor Monroe for a\n         reward for the capture of Peter Brookman (1801 Aug. 31); bills\n         of lading for castings for the Penitentiary (1801 Oct. 21);\n         list of arms distributed to the militia (1801 Nov. 13);\n         schedule of the census for Eastern Virginia (1802 Jan. 20);\n         proclamation by Governor Monroe for the apprehension of Isaac\n         Farrow \u0026 Jacob Hersher (1802 Jan. 23); proclamation of\n         Governor Monroe for a reward for the capture of John Dunn\n         (1802 Feb. 6); proclamation of Governor Monroe for a reward\n         for the capture of Obadiah Williams, Moses Burbridge, \u0026\n         Benjamin Sullivan (1802 May 20); report of the committee\n         respecting the Penitentiary Building advising Clarke's\n         alteration of the building by James Wood \u0026 William Foushee\n         (1802 May 20); applications for the superintendence of the\n         Public Tobacco Warehouse in Richmond (1802 June 7);\n         proclamation of Governor Monroe for a reward for the capture\n         of Thomas Gillespie (1802 June 7); proclamations by Governor\n         Monroe for the apprehension of James \u0026 Mary Martin \u0026\n         John Franklin (1802 July 10); Commissioner's report on the\n         state of the Treasury (1802 Oct. 2); return of clothing due\n         the Public Guard (1802 Nov. 26 \u0026 27); and an act\n         concerning the title papers of lands in the forks of the Big\n         Sandy from the Kentucky Legislature (1802 Dec. 22).","The Subject Files series contains subject files separated\n         from Governor Monroe's Executive Papers related to three\n         topics: Gabriel's Insurrection, the McCormick-Miles-Haslett\n         Arms Contract, and Receipts for Pamphlets. Note that documents\n         related to these subjects may still been found in the\n         Chronological files. These files were originally separated to\n         provide a ready-reference to researchers.","Gabriel's Insurrection was the most significant historical\n         event during James Monroe's time in office. Included are court\n         records, trials, condemnations, confessions, pardons,\n         proceedings, and correspondence regarding the slaves involved\n         in the conspiracy \u0026 insurrection led by Gabriel, the\n         property of Thomas Prosser of Henrico County. Significant\n         documents include: a letter from James McClurg, Mayor of\n         Richmond, re. an intended insurrection (1800 Sept. 1); a\n         letter from Joseph Jones warning of an intended rebellion of\n         slaves, free negroes, and mulattoes (1800 Sept. 8); a\n         resolution of the Common Hall of Richmond by Adam Craig re. an\n         intended insurrection (1800 Sept. 9); Adam Craig, aid-de-camp\n         to the Governor, requesting a temporary exemption from guard\n         duty (1800 Sept. 13); a letter from Thomas Newton re. the\n         capture of Gabriel on board the Schooner Mary and the conduct\n         of its master, Richardson Taylor (1800 Sept. 24); a letter\n         from Richard E. Lee, re. the arrival \u0026 apprehension of\n         Gabriel in Norfolk (1800 Sept. 25); a letter from James Monroe\n         to the Council re. the delivery of Gabriel to the Penitentiary\n         (1800 Sept. 28); minutes of the Council re. the confession of\n         Gabriel and advice that extra guard be dismissed (1800 Sept.\n         28); a letter from William Wilkinson re. an apprehended\n         insurrection and the ordering up of part of the militia at\n         Suffolk (1800 Oct. 1); and a letter from Thomas Newton re.\n         accounts of an insurrection at Norfolk (1800 Dec. 29).","The McCormick-Miles-Haslett Arms Contract consists of\n         correspondence, receipts, bills of lading, contracts, bonds,\n         and other documents related to the contract between Robert\n         McCormick \u0026 Company of Philadelphia, Pa., and the\n         Commonwealth of Virginia for 4,000 muskets. McCormick sold his\n         arms factory in May 1801 to John Miles who took over and\n         completed the contract in 1803. General John Shee served as\n         agent for the State of Virginia. Much of the correspondence,\n         bills of lading, and receipts were sent by Shee in\n         Philadelphia to Samuel Coleman in Richmond. There are also\n         receipts from James Haslett, the superintendent of McCormick's\n         works who continued employment when the factory was sold to\n         John Miles.","Lastly, the Receipts for Pamphlets, are simply receipts\n         from individuals who delivered documents from the Governor.\n         The receipts provide the name of the recipient, the county,\n         and the amount of miles traveled. In April 1800, Governor\n         Monroe arranged for the delivery of reports of a select\n         committee of the House of Delegates with copies of answers of\n         several states to a resolution of the General Assembly of 21\n         December 1798 on the United States Alien \u0026 Sedition Laws.\n         Other receipts document the delivery of dispatches to militia\n         commanders and letters to Commissioners for Equalizing the\n         Land Tax between August \u0026 September 1800.","There are no restrictions.","State Records Collection,\n         Office of the Governor (Record Group 3)","English"],"unitid_tesim":["40936"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Governor James Monroe Executive\n         Papers, \n         \n         1799-1802"],"collection_title_tesim":["Governor James Monroe Executive\n         Papers, \n         \n         1799-1802"],"collection_ssim":["Governor James Monroe Executive\n         Papers, \n         \n         1799-1802"],"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":["5.28 cubic\n         feet"],"accessrestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThere are no restrictions.\u003c/p\u003e"],"accessrestrict_heading_ssm":["Access Restrictions"],"accessrestrict_tesim":["There are no restrictions."],"altformavail_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eAlso available on microfilm - Miscellaneous Reel 5332-5350.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003clist type=\"simple\"\u003e\n          \u003citem\u003eMiscellaneous Reel 5332 - Chronological Files, 1799 Dec. 7-1800 Feb. 27\n\u003c/item\u003e\n          \u003citem\u003eMiscellaneous Reel 5333 - Chronological Files, 1800 Mar. 1-May 31\n\u003c/item\u003e\n          \u003citem\u003eMiscellaneous Reel 5334 - Chronological Files, 1800 June 1-Aug. 31\n\u003c/item\u003e\n          \u003citem\u003eMiscellaneous Reel 5335 - Chronological Files, 1800 Sept. 1-Oct. 31\n\u003c/item\u003e\n          \u003citem\u003eMiscellaneous Reel 5336 - Chronological Files, 1800 Nov.-1801 Jan. 31 \n\u003c/item\u003e\n          \u003citem\u003eMiscellaneous Reel 5337 - Chronological Files, 1801 Feb. 2-Apr. 30\n\u003c/item\u003e\n          \u003citem\u003eMiscellaneous Reel 5338 - Chronological Files, 1801 May 2-June 20\n\u003c/item\u003e\n          \u003citem\u003eMiscellaneous Reel 5339 - Chronological Files, 1801 June 21-Aug. 31\n\u003c/item\u003e\n          \u003citem\u003eMiscellaneous Reel 5340 - Chronological Files, 1801 Sept. 6-Oct. 31\n\u003c/item\u003e\n          \u003citem\u003eMiscellaneous Reel 5341 - Chronological Files, 1801 Nov. 2-Dec. 30\n\u003c/item\u003e\n          \u003citem\u003eMiscellaneous Reel 5342 - Chronological Files, 1802 Jan. 2-Feb. 28\n\u003c/item\u003e\n          \u003citem\u003eMiscellaneous Reel 5343 - Chronological Files, 1802 Mar. 1-Apr. 30\n\u003c/item\u003e\n          \u003citem\u003eMiscellaneous Reel 5344 - Chronological Files, 1802 May 1-June 29\n\u003c/item\u003e\n          \u003citem\u003eMiscellaneous Reel 5345 - Chronological Files, 1802 July 1-Aug. 31\n\u003c/item\u003e\n          \u003citem\u003eMiscellaneous Reel 5346 - Chronological Files, 1802 Sept. 1-Oct. 31\n\u003c/item\u003e\n          \u003citem\u003eMiscellaneous Reel 5347 - Chronological Files, 1802 Nov.-Dec. 24 \u0026amp; 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Series have been designated for Chronological files\n         and Subject files. Each series is arranged\n         chronologically.\u003c/p\u003e"],"arrangement_heading_ssm":["Arrangement"],"arrangement_tesim":["James Monroe's Executive papers are organized into two\n         series. Series have been designated for Chronological files\n         and Subject files. Each series is arranged\n         chronologically."],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eJames Monroe was born on 28 April 1758 in Westmoreland\n         County, Virginia, to Spence Monroe and Elizabeth Jones. A\n         graduate of William and Mary College in 1776, Monroe enlisted\n         as a lieutenant in the Third Virginia Regiment of the\n         Continental Army. Monroe was promoted to major following the\n         Battle of Trenton, and served as a colonel and aid to General\n         William Alexander from 1777 to 1778. Monroe studied law under\n         Governor Thomas Jefferson and was elected to the House of\n         Delegates in 1782, however, he vacated his seat when he was\n         appointed to the Council of State. In 1783, Monroe was chosen\n         as a delegate to represent Virginia in the Confederation\n         Congress which he served until 1786. He returned to the House\n         of Delegates in 1787 and represented Spotsylvania County in\n         the Convention of 1788 to ratify the Federal Constitution. He\n         lost an election to James Madison in the First Congress, but\n         was later elected to the United States Senate on 9 November\n         1790 to replace the deceased William Grayson. He was reelected\n         in 1791 and served in the Senate until his resignation on 27\n         May 1794. President George Washington appointed Monroe\n         Minister Plenipotentiary to France on 28 May 1794.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMonroe became Governor of Virginia on 19 December 1799.\n         During his first one-year term in office, Monroe successfully\n         quelled Gabriel's Insurrection, the largest slave uprising in\n         Virginia's history until that time. Monroe's governorship too\n         saw the completion of the Virginia Penitentiary and the\n         Manufactory of Arms. Monroe was elected to two additional\n         one-year terms as governor. Following his governorship, in\n         1803, Monroe was appointed by President Thomas Jefferson as\n         Minister Plenipotentiary to France, and later Minister\n         Plenipotentiary to England from 1803 until 1807. Monroe\n         returned to the House of Delegates in 1810 and was again\n         elected governor on 19 January 1811. Monroe's second stint as\n         governor, however, was short-lived as he resigned following\n         his appointment by President James Madison as Secretary of\n         State. Simultaneously, Monroe replaced John Armstrong as\n         Secretary of War from 1814 to 1815. The culmination of\n         Monroe's political career occurred with his election and\n         subsequent reelection as the fifth President of the United\n         States from 4 March 1817 to 3 March 1825. Monroe's last\n         significant public position took place when he was elected\n         president of the Virginia Constitutional Convention in\n         1829.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMonroe married Elizabeth Kortright in 1786. They had two\n         daughters, Elizabeth and Maria Hester. He died at the home of\n         his youngest daughter in New York City on 4 July 1831.\n         Originally interred at the Marble Cemetery, Monroe's remains\n         were later reinterred twenty-five years later in Richmond's\n         Hollywood Cemetery after appeals by Governor Henry A. Wise and\n         the Virginia Legislature.\u003c/p\u003e"],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical Information"],"bioghist_tesim":["James Monroe was born on 28 April 1758 in Westmoreland\n         County, Virginia, to Spence Monroe and Elizabeth Jones. A\n         graduate of William and Mary College in 1776, Monroe enlisted\n         as a lieutenant in the Third Virginia Regiment of the\n         Continental Army. Monroe was promoted to major following the\n         Battle of Trenton, and served as a colonel and aid to General\n         William Alexander from 1777 to 1778. Monroe studied law under\n         Governor Thomas Jefferson and was elected to the House of\n         Delegates in 1782, however, he vacated his seat when he was\n         appointed to the Council of State. In 1783, Monroe was chosen\n         as a delegate to represent Virginia in the Confederation\n         Congress which he served until 1786. He returned to the House\n         of Delegates in 1787 and represented Spotsylvania County in\n         the Convention of 1788 to ratify the Federal Constitution. He\n         lost an election to James Madison in the First Congress, but\n         was later elected to the United States Senate on 9 November\n         1790 to replace the deceased William Grayson. He was reelected\n         in 1791 and served in the Senate until his resignation on 27\n         May 1794. President George Washington appointed Monroe\n         Minister Plenipotentiary to France on 28 May 1794.","Monroe became Governor of Virginia on 19 December 1799.\n         During his first one-year term in office, Monroe successfully\n         quelled Gabriel's Insurrection, the largest slave uprising in\n         Virginia's history until that time. Monroe's governorship too\n         saw the completion of the Virginia Penitentiary and the\n         Manufactory of Arms. Monroe was elected to two additional\n         one-year terms as governor. Following his governorship, in\n         1803, Monroe was appointed by President Thomas Jefferson as\n         Minister Plenipotentiary to France, and later Minister\n         Plenipotentiary to England from 1803 until 1807. Monroe\n         returned to the House of Delegates in 1810 and was again\n         elected governor on 19 January 1811. Monroe's second stint as\n         governor, however, was short-lived as he resigned following\n         his appointment by President James Madison as Secretary of\n         State. Simultaneously, Monroe replaced John Armstrong as\n         Secretary of War from 1814 to 1815. The culmination of\n         Monroe's political career occurred with his election and\n         subsequent reelection as the fifth President of the United\n         States from 4 March 1817 to 3 March 1825. Monroe's last\n         significant public position took place when he was elected\n         president of the Virginia Constitutional Convention in\n         1829.","Monroe married Elizabeth Kortright in 1786. They had two\n         daughters, Elizabeth and Maria Hester. He died at the home of\n         his youngest daughter in New York City on 4 July 1831.\n         Originally interred at the Marble Cemetery, Monroe's remains\n         were later reinterred twenty-five years later in Richmond's\n         Hollywood Cemetery after appeals by Governor Henry A. Wise and\n         the Virginia Legislature."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eVirginia. Governor's Office. James Monroe Executive\n            Papers, 1799-1802 (bulk 1800-1802). Accession 40936, The\n            Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e"],"prefercite_tesim":["Virginia. Governor's Office. James Monroe Executive\n            Papers, 1799-1802 (bulk 1800-1802). Accession 40936, The\n            Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia."],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content Information"],"scopecontent_tesim":["James Monroe's Executive papers are organized into two\n         series. Series have been designated for Chronological files\n         and Subject files. The bulk of the material can be found in\n         the Chronological files' series.","The Chronological Files series primarily consists of\n         incoming correspondence during Monroe's three one-year terms\n         as governor between 19 December 1799 until 24 December 1802.\n         The correspondence in this collection relates to a variety of\n         topics including appointments \u0026 recommendations for state\n         positions; slave insurrections; the construction of the\n         Virginia Penitentiary \u0026 Manufactory of Arms; the Point of\n         Fork Arsenal; the boundary between Tennessee \u0026 Virginia;\n         public improvements; resignations; extraditions; state\n         expenses \u0026 revenue; quarantine of vessels; elections;\n         Presidential electors; and others. In addition to\n         correspondence, there are resolutions from the Virginia Senate\n         \u0026 House of Delegates; accounts; oaths; contracts; pardons;\n         proposals; receipts; election returns \u0026 certificates;\n         qualifications; lists; proclamations; petitions; reports;\n         appointments; resignations; bonds; commissions; orders;\n         proceedings; applications; opinions; and other sundry\n         items.","The Governor received correspondence from three main\n         sources: the Federal government, Virginia State government,\n         and Governors from other states. Federal government\n         correspondents include Presidents John Adams \u0026 Thomas\n         Jefferson; John Marshall \u0026 James Madison, Secretaries of\n         State; Samuel Dexter, Secretary of War; and Virginia's\n         delegates in Congress. President John Adams writes Governor\n         Monroe on 25 Aug. 1800 concerning the cession of the Marine\n         Hospital at Norfolk to the United States on condition that the\n         government pays the balance due commissioners. Additionally,\n         on 3 June 1802, President Thomas Jefferson writes regarding\n         the resolution of Virginia to look for a proper place,\n         specifically Sierra Leone, Africa, to send insurgent negroes.\n         Jefferson also communicates on the subject of upheaval in the\n         French West Indies (1802 Nov. 24). John Marshall, Secretary of\n         State, forwards laws from the last session of Congress (1800\n         Sept. N.D.). Later, James Madison writes enclosing a complaint\n         by the agent of the U.S. at Jamaica of certain frauds in flour\n         shipped there (1802 Jan. 2). Samuel Dexter, Secretary of War,\n         acknowledges receipt of a list of land warrants issued from\n         the Virginia Land Office to the officers \u0026 soldiers who\n         served during the Revolutionary War on Continental\n         Establishment (1800 June 16). As senators from Virginia,\n         Stevens Thomson Mason \u0026 Wilson Cary Nicholas write the\n         Governor regarding an attempt to repeal the Sedition Law, the\n         closing of the contract with Robert McCormick for the delivery\n         of arms to Virginia, and the inspection of the arms by John\n         Shee of Philadelphia (1800 April 29). In another letter, Mason\n         encloses the bonds of John Shee and Robert McCormick (1800 May\n         15).","The majority of correspondence in James Monroe's Executive\n         Papers originates from Virginia State government. Significant\n         correspondents from Virginia State government include John\n         Clarke, Superintendent of Public Buildings; Martin Mims,\n         Keeper of the Penitentiary; Archibald Blair, Clerk of the\n         Council; Samuel Coleman, Assistant Clerk of the Council of\n         State; Philip Norborne Nicholas, Attorney General; William\n         Wirt, Clerk of the House of Delegates; Humphrey Brooke, Clerk\n         of the Senate; Robert Quarles, Superintendent of the Point of\n         Fork Arsenal; Thomas Newton, County Lieutenant \u0026\n         Superintendent of Quarantine for Norfolk; Samuel Shepard,\n         Auditor of Public Accounts; and William Berkeley,\n         Treasurer.","Two significant building projects which began by Governor\n         James Wood continued during Monroe's governorship with work on\n         the Penitentiary and Manufactory of Arms. John Clarke, the\n         Superintendent of these two building projects, corresponded\n         frequently with the Governor. Included are the following\n         subjects respecting the Penitentiary: proposals for furnishing\n         lime (1800 Jan. 21); proposals for painting (1800 March 15); a\n         report on the state of the public jail for the reception of\n         criminals sent from the district jails (1800 March 26); an\n         advance for Charles Cox as undertaker of the painting work\n         (1800 April 11); the kitchen (1800 April 16); an alteration in\n         Latrobe's original plan (1800 June 7 ); problems with the\n         militia guard posted at the Penitentiary (1800 Oct. 15);\n         carpenter's work on the Keeper's house (1800 Dec. 20);\n         woodwork on the interior of the cells \u0026 the removal of\n         gunpowder from the Penitentiary (1801 March 28); an advance to\n         John Harvie for furnishing bricks, lime, etc., for the\n         Penitentiary \u0026 Manufactory (1801 April 26); the purchase\n         of window glass, iron, paint, etc., for the Penitentiary \u0026\n         Manufactory (1801 June 20); contracts by John Harvie \u0026\n         Martin Mims for furnishing bricks \u0026 lime for the\n         Penitentiary \u0026 Manufactory (1801 Oct. 18); iron apparatus\n         for cooking (1801 Nov. 28); the status of the Penitentiary\n         \u0026 Manufactory (1801 Dec. 4); an alteration to the\n         Penitentiary so that it can be easily cleansed for the health\n         of the convicts (1802 May 8); the employment of negroes\n         confined in the Penitentiary in the yard stone-cutting (1802\n         May 22); the digging of the well at the Penitentiary (1802 May\n         24); the inscription over the entrance to the Penitentiary\n         (1802 Aug. 7); the removal of gunpowder from the Capitol to\n         the Penitentiary (1802 Nov. 27); and lime furnished by John\n         Harvie (1802 Nov. 27).","John Clarke also devoted substantial correspondence to the\n         construction, employment, and materials for the Manufactory of\n         Arms. On 30 May 1801, Clarke writes Monroe regarding a trip\n         north to locate artificers to work in the Manufactory. In his\n         absence, he names William McKim as supervisor. Subsequently,\n         on 12 June 1801, Clarke writes concerning the number of\n         workmen to be employed in the Manufactory and the manner he\n         proposes to conduct it after its completion. Clarke also\n         provides details of the number of men required for various\n         branches in the Manufactory. Similarly, in his letter dated 27\n         Nov. 1801, Clarke writes concerning the precise number of\n         master armorers, clerks, commissaries, \u0026 machinists\n         necessary for the Manufactory, along with their duties. On 23\n         Dec. 1801, Clarke writes the Governor defending his conduct as\n         superintendent of the Manufactory following an inquiry by the\n         General Assembly. On 4 Jan. 1802, Clarke encloses an estimate\n         of the expense in the completion of the Manufactory of Arms\n         \u0026 Penitentiary, as well as for the purchase of tools.\n         Lastly, on 21 Aug. 1802, Clarke informs the Governor of the\n         death of George Prosser who served as Assistant Superintendent\n         for the Erection of Public Buildings. Additional subjects\n         include: the digging of the foundations for the trip-hammer\n         forge, etc., by Moses Bates (1800 March 28, April 4, \u0026\n         1801 Jan. 16); work employed on the machinery (1800 April 5);\n         the roofs of the Manufactory buildings (1800 April 18);\n         contracts for shingles (1800 April 18 \u0026 May 9); the\n         contract of George Williamson to clean \u0026 stamp state arms\n         (1800 May 23, 30, \u0026 7 June); masonry work by Niman Wise\n         \u0026 James Carney (1800 April 6, June 27, Sept. 23, Oct. 5,\n         \u0026 1801 Nov. 13); the distribution of public arms to the\n         militia of the several counties (1800 July 23, Aug. 10, \u0026\n         Sept. 25); examination of arms sent by James Swan for the\n         militia (1800 Oct. 2); additional bricks (1800 Oct. 6);\n         proposal by George Williamson to repair old arms at the\n         Penitentiary (1800 Oct. 7); the contracts of Jesse Payne to\n         furnish timber and John Harvie for bricks \u0026 lime (1800\n         Nov. 1 \u0026 14); arms sent to the Penitentiary (1801 Jan. 7);\n         the rental of a house for the accommodation of machinery of\n         the Manufactory (1801 Jan. 20); the removal of arms from the\n         Point of Fork Arsenal to Richmond (1801 Feb. 4); the\n         preparation of the garret of the Capitol to receive arms from\n         Point of Fork (1801 Feb. 14); barracks for the Armory Guard at\n         the former hemp inspection warehouse near Rocketts (1801 Feb.\n         15 \u0026 17); the appointment of a superintendent \u0026 his\n         salary (1801 April 17); the employment of artificers at the\n         Point of Fork Arsenal to repair arms until the Manufactory is\n         ready (1801 May 9); contracts for artificers (1801 July 6);\n         artificers \u0026 materials for the Manufactory at Philadelphia\n         (1801 July 23); gunsmiths in New York \u0026 the examination of\n         the state prison there (1801 July 27); proposals for the\n         manufacture of arms (1801 Oct. 13); the employment of\n         artificers (1801 Sept. 25 \u0026 Nov. 13); the procurement of\n         armorers from Springfield, Massachusetts (1801 Oct. 31);\n         neglected pieces of ordnance throughout the state (1801 Dec.\n         23); rations for soldiers (1802 Jan. 9 \u0026 30); cut stone\n         for the steeple (1802 Jan. 18); bells for the Manufactory,\n         Penitentiary, \u0026 Capitol Building (1801 April 27, May 2,\n         \u0026 1802 Feb. 25); timber for fixing up the apparatus (1802\n         Feb. 13 \u0026 24); an invoice of items furnished by John\n         Hodson of Birmingham, England (1802 Feb. 25); the examination\n         of arms sent by George Wheeler (1802 March 11); musket stocks\n         \u0026 the employment of gunsmiths to clean the arms stored in\n         the Capitol (1802 March 12 \u0026 27); Henry Foxall's\n         improvements for casting ordnance (1802 March 12 \u0026 May\n         22); apprentices to work in the Manufactory (1802 April 10);\n         the account of Jesse Payne for timber (1802 May 12); the\n         receipt of gun flints (1802 May 22); the examination of the\n         public arms in the roof of the Capitol by Barlow \u0026 Hayes\n         (1802 June 5); the foundation for the boring mill for ordnance\n         (1802 July 24); the purchase of walnut timber for gun stocks\n         from the United States (1802 July 23 \u0026 24); reimbursement\n         to artificers for travel expenses (1802 Aug. 7); the walls of\n         the Foundry House \u0026 Armory (1802 Oct. 2); and the kitchens\n         of the Manufactory (1802 Nov. 7).","John Clarke was also involved in miscellaneous projects\n         including a project to construct a new tobacco warehouse along\n         the James River Canal in Richmond. On 28 March 1801, Clarke\n         enclosed proposals to the Governor for the tobacco warehouse.\n         Shortly thereafter, he submitted proposals for building the\n         walls (1801 June 13). On 24 July 1802, Clarke writes the\n         Governor concerning the posts for the warehouse . He also\n         writes regarding the purchase of slate from either New York or\n         Philadelphia (1802 Sept. 18 \u0026 Nov. 8).","Martin Mims, Keeper of the Penitentiary, communicates with\n         Governor Monroe regarding numerous subjects related to\n         prisoners and the Penitentiary. Included in these papers is\n         Mims' bond as Keeper of the Penitentiary (1800 March 25),\n         along with a memorandum of negroes sentenced for\n         transportation \u0026 sent to the Penitentiary for safekeeping\n         (1802 Oct. 17). Among his correspondence are the following\n         topics: extra brick work done in the Penitentiary in 1799\n         (1800 Jan. 4); the employment of George Anderson Stile to\n         instruct the prisoners in making nails at the Penitentiary\n         (1800 July 12); the employment of additional guards at the\n         Penitentiary (1800 Sept. 6); rations for prisoners an escape\n         attempt (1802 Jan. 13); a statement of the distribution of\n         public arms to the militia (1802 May 4); an escape attempt by\n         five prisoners (1802 July 24); the number of criminals who\n         have been sent to the Penitentiary from each term since Fall\n         1800 (1802 Nov. 18); and a report of the Board of Inspectors\n         of the Penitentiary re. the his conduct (1802 July 12).","Archibald Blair \u0026 Samuel Coleman, as Clerk \u0026\n         Assistant Clerk of the Council, communicate with the Governor\n         regularly through the Council Office. Blair encloses\n         proceedings of the Council regarding topics such as the\n         appointment of John Cowper as Vice Consul of Sweden (1800\n         March 15) and the calling out a proportion of the militia of\n         Henrico, Chesterfield, \u0026 Richmond (1800 Sept. 6). Also,\n         Blair writes on 7 June 1800 regarding a motion to remove him\n         as Clerk of the Council during his absence. Samuel Coleman, as\n         Assistant Clerk to the Council, both sent and received letters\n         from Governor Monroe. Monroe informed the Council on several\n         occasions of his temporary absence from office (1800 March 5,\n         1800 May 11, \u0026 1800 Sept. 26). On 21 Feb. 1801, Monroe\n         encloses a letter from Philip Sheppard requesting $500 for\n         Pharaoh, one of his slaves who discovered the intended\n         insurrection. Monroe also discusses an act to purchase the\n         freedom of Pharaoh \u0026 Tom as a reward for their service.\n         Coleman's letter in response also relates to these slaves who\n         assisted in the prevention of the insurrection (1801 Feb.\n         28).","Attorney General Robert Brooke died in office on 27\n         February 1800. Edmund Randolph assisted the Governor with\n         opinions during Brooke's absence with illness and until a\n         replacement was appointed. On 8 January 1800, Governor Monroe\n         requests Randolph's opinion on the legality of trying slaves\n         brought from Maryland into Southampton where they murdered\n         their masters. Randolph's letter in reply on the same date\n         indicates that these slaves were properly tried since they\n         were not in the Commonwealth for the 12-month period required\n         by the law of December 1792. Randolph also served as counsel\n         for the Commonwealth in its negotiations with Robert Pollard\n         concerning payment for arms furnished by him (1800 Feb. 8).\n         Lastly, Randolph informs the Governor of the suit in the\n         Federal Court of Hamilton vs. Newton in favor of the defendant\n         (1800 June 5). Philip Norborne Nicholas was appointed Attorney\n         General on 15 March 1800. In a letter dated 6 June 1800,\n         Nicholas encloses a letter from David Robertson, County\n         Attorney for the District of Brunswick, regarding a fine\n         imposed on Washington Crofts. Nicholas provides his opinion on\n         several subjects including: the case of Thomas Carter, a\n         revenue collector for the United States, who wished to serve\n         as a militia officer in Virginia (1800 Aug. 3); the right of\n         the Executive to condemn lands for the use of sick in cases of\n         quarantine (1800 Sept. 6); the admission of negroes into\n         Virginia who were taken as a prize to a U.S. vessel of war\n         (1801 Feb. 11); the emancipation of the slaves Pharaoh \u0026\n         Tom (1801 March 10); his prosecution in the case against Dr.\n         J.K. Read (1801 April 30 \u0026 1801 May 20); the\n         transportation of seamen under contract to perform a voyage\n         (1801 May 20); the suit of De Beaumarchais (1801 Dec. 11 \u0026\n         24, 1802 Feb. 20); public lands in Buckingham County purchased\n         for supporting a blast furnace by Balentine \u0026 Reveley\n         (1802 Feb. 20); deputies or assistants for Martin Mims as\n         Keeper of the Penitentiary (1802 May 23); and the Little River\n         Turnpike Company (1802 Dec. 6).","William Wirt, 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. Wirt submits a\n         resolution requesting a statement of arms which have been\n         issued from the public arsenal to the militia (1799 Dec. 20).\n         Also included are notices for the following elections: John\n         Clopton \u0026 James Wood to the Privy Council (1799 Dec. 11);\n         Samuel McCraw \u0026 John Mayo to the Privy Council (1799 Dec.\n         11); Alexander Stewart to the Privy Council in place of Hardin\n         Burnley (1799 Dec. 12); William Foushee to the Privy Council\n         in place of John Allen (1799 Dec. 12); James Monroe as\n         Governor (1799 Dec. 19); William Berkeley as Treasurer (1799\n         Dec. 21 \u0026 1802 Jan. 5); Archibald Stuart as Judge of the\n         General Court in place of James Henry (1800 Jan. 13); James\n         Wood as Privy Councilor (1800 May 29); David Coleman, John\n         Shore, David Carroll Brent, \u0026 John Bowyer as electors for\n         the Presidential \u0026 Vice Presidential election (1800 Dec.\n         2); Meriwether Jones as Public Printer (1800 Dec. 4 \u0026 1801\n         Dec. 9); Philip Norborne Nicholas as Attorney General in place\n         of Robert Brooke (1800 Dec. 4); James Monroe as Governor (1801\n         Dec. 10); Samuel Tyler \u0026 John Clopton to the Privy Council\n         (1801 Dec. 12); John Brown as Judge of the District Court of\n         Chancery at Staunton (1802 Jan. 27); and William Wirt as Judge\n         of the District Court of Chancery at Williamsburg (1802 Jan.\n         28).","Maj. Robert Quarles submits quarterly returns of arms,\n         ordnance, \u0026 public stores at Point of Fork (1800 Jan. 1,\n         1800 April 1, 1800 July 1, \u0026 1800 Oct. 1). In addition,\n         Quarles writes concerning powder to be sent to Richmond (1800\n         Jan. 4); an advance for contingent expenses (1800 April 2);\n         rations for the additional guard (1800 Sept. 3); enlistments,\n         an advance for clothing, \u0026 a contract for rations (1800\n         Sept. 27); contractor's bond for rations during the ensuing\n         year (1800 Oct. 18); public property at the Point of Fork\n         (1801 March 6); the completion of the removal of arms from the\n         Point of Fork to Richmond (1801 April 12).contracts for rent\n         of public lands \u0026 houses at Point of Fork (1801 July 4);\n         payment to John Gray for boxing up lumber from the Arsenal to\n         Richmond (1802 Aug. 14); and renting out public lands at the\n         Arsenal (1802 Sept. 27).","Thomas Newton, Jr., County Lieutenant \u0026 Superintendent\n         of Quarantine for Norfolk Borough, frequently writes the\n         Governor concerning infectious diseases \u0026 the quarantine\n         of vessels (1800 July 12, 13, \u0026 30, 1800 Aug. 22 \u0026 29,\n         1800 Sept. 6, 1800 Oct. 9, 1801 Sept. 30, \u0026 1802 Aug. 13).\n         Newton's letter on 8 May 1800 relates to the valuation of the\n         Gosport lands in Norfolk. In his letter dated 1800 Aug. 22,\n         Newton mentions his commission for holding the election of\n         electors for President \u0026 Vice President. On 2 Sept. 1800,\n         he provides a list of persons who died from disease since his\n         last return. In addition, Newton sometimes encloses reports of\n         vessels visited \u0026 examined by Dr. J.K. Read (1802 Sept.\n         17, 1802 Oct. 18 \u0026 26). Newton also writes regarding a\n         prize vessel belonging to one of the New England governments\n         with a cargo of thirty slaves bound for Havana from Guinea\n         which was captured by Capt. Baron of the frigate Chesapeake.\n         Several letters by Newton relate to the quarantine of a\n         Spanish vessel called the Brig Ann (1801 May 16, 17, \u0026\n         27). Newton was also involved in the Dismal Swamp Company and\n         reports on its progress (1801 Oct. 28, 1801 Nov. 14 \u0026 20,\n         1802 Sept. 27).","Governor Wood corresponds often with Samuel Shepard,\n         Auditor of Public Accounts, and William Berkeley, Treasurer,\n         regarding various financial matters. Shepard regularly\n         encloses accounts of expenses for forwarding notices,\n         executions, etc. (1800 April 19, 1800 Sept. 6, 1800 Nov. 8,\n         1801 April 11, 1802 April 10, \u0026 1802 Sept. 3). On 17 Jan.\n         1801, Shepard provides a list of counties where there is no\n         Collector of the Public Taxes. Additionally, John Carter,\n         Clerk of the Auditor's Office, submits lists of warrants\n         issued through the Auditor's Office (1800 Feb. 10, 1800 April\n         30, 1800 Aug. 9, 1800 Oct. 10, \u0026 1801 Aug. 7). As\n         Treasurer, William Berkeley regularly communicates reports and\n         balances of specie in the Treasury (1800 Feb. 24, 1800 March\n         1, 1800 July 5,12,19, \u0026 26, 1800 Dec. 23, 1801 Jan. 31,\n         1801 March 21, 1801 May 9 \u0026 16, 1801 June 13, \u0026 1801\n         Aug. 29). On 11 Feb. 1800, Berkeley encloses a letter from\n         Edmund Randolph, in the absence of the Attorney General,\n         regarding tobacco burned in one of the warehouses in\n         Petersburg (1800 Feb. 11). In another letter, dated 14 June\n         1800, Berkeley writes concerning the establishment of a guard\n         at the Capitol. Following Gabriel's Insurrection, Berkeley\n         managed the discharge of claims for executed slaves. He writes\n         on 31 Dec. 1800 that the sum for these claims is exhausted and\n         will be increased by the late insurrection. On several\n         occasions, Berkeley advises the Governor on the sale of the\n         public tobacco in the Treasury (1801 Jan. 16 \u0026 1801 May\n         2). The bonds of William Berkeley as Treasurer can also be\n         found in these papers (1799 Dec. 31, 1801 Jan. 7, \u0026 1802\n         Jan. 6).","Governors from other states comprise a significant amount\n         of correspondence received by the Governor. This\n         correspondence mostly relates to extraditions and the exchange\n         of laws. Included are letters from the following governors:\n         John Drayton, Governor of South Carolina; Ben Ogle \u0026 John\n         F. Mercer, Governors of Maryland; John Jay, Governor of New\n         York; Benjamin Williams, Governor of North Carolina; Thomas\n         McKean, Governor of Pennsylvania; James Garrard, Governor of\n         Kentucky; John Sevier \u0026 Archibald Roane, Governors of\n         Tennessee; Caleb Strong, Governor of Massachusetts; Joseph\n         Bloomfield, Governor of New Jersey; and John Trumball,\n         Governor of Connecticut. John Drayton writes regarding the\n         delivery of Elijah Hill for horse stealing (1800 Feb. 24); the\n         transmission of South Carolina laws passed in 1799 (1800 May\n         5); and information on the negro insurrection in Virginia in\n         order to prevent a similar conspiracy in South Carolina (1801\n         Sept. 27). Ben Ogle encloses a letter from Governor Richard\n         Basset of Delaware regarding the negroes convicted in\n         Southampton County (1800 April 26). Subsequently, his\n         successor, John Francis Mercer, encloses a resolution passed\n         to incorporate a company for establishing a turnpike road\n         (1801 Dec. 31) and requests the requisition of Newell Walton\n         (1802 Aug. 13). Benjamin Williams transmits a resolution (1801\n         Dec. 26) and a copy of public acts (1802 March 8). On 3 June\n         1800, John Jay discusses the regulations of the Penitentiary\n         in New York and advises the Director of the Penitentiary in\n         Virginia to visit the prisons in New York \u0026 Philadelphia.\n         Thomas McKean writes concerning capital offenses and a\n         pamphlet concerning crimes \u0026 punishments containing an\n         account of the jail \u0026 Penitentiary House in Philadelphia\n         (1800 June 16). James Garrard's correspondence relates to an\n         act establishing the boundary between Virginia \u0026 Kentucky\n         (1800 Dec. 27); a proclamation re. the capture of William\n         Lamme (1801 Feb. 21); and copies of the acts passed at the\n         last session (1802 Sept. 1). Both John Sevier \u0026 Archibald\n         Roane write regarding the adjustment of the boundary line\n         between Virginia \u0026 Tennessee and the meeting of the\n         commissioners (1801 June 21, 1802 March 3, \u0026 1802 Aug. 7).\n         Lastly, Caleb Strong, Joseph Bloomfield, \u0026 John Trumball,\n         transmit copies of acts, etc., from their respective\n         legislatures (1801 May 8, 1802 Feb. 20, \u0026 1802 June\n         18).","Additional significant correspondence includes the\n         following: George Winston proposing to make bricks for the\n         Penitentiary (1799 Dec. 9); Robert McCormick \u0026 Company\n         proposing to furnish four thousand stand of arms to Virginia\n         (1799 Dec. 30); James Swan re. the condition of arms furnished\n         the Commonwealth in his first contract (1799 Dec. 31);\n         Alexander Quarrier re. the enlistment of a sergeant \u0026 5\n         privates for one month to guard the arms in the Capitol (1800\n         Jan. 21); James Latimer re. taking under his care the land\n         belonging to the Commonwealth at Old Point Comfort (1800 Feb.\n         7); Charles Cox proposing to paint the Penitentiary (1800 Feb.\n         7); G.K. Taylor applying for the position of Attorney General\n         (1800 March 5); Robert Pollard re. payment to James Swan for\n         arms (1800 March 8,11, 18, \u0026 29); John Cowper re. his\n         appointment by the President as Vice Council for Sweden (1800\n         March 11); Andrew Dunscomb \u0026 Samuel Parsons, Acting\n         Inspectors, encl. a copy of the minutes of the Board of\n         Inspectors of the Penitentiary House (1800 April 26); William\n         Hay \u0026 William Berkeley encl. a resolution that the Acting\n         Inspectors of the Penitentiary be requested to cause the lower\n         range of cells in the east end to be fitted up as dungeons for\n         confining prisoners (1800 May 28); John Marshall re. his\n         appointment by the President as Secretary of State (1800 June\n         7); J. Grammer to Augustine Davis re. a potential insurrection\n         (1800 Aug. 9 ); Dr. James McClurg re. the intelligence\n         received by Augustine Davis re. an intended insurrection (1800\n         Aug. 10); Edmund Randolph \u0026 Daniel Call re. filling up the\n         stagnant pond on the Public Square (1800 Aug. 30); Mosby\n         Sheppard re. intelligence of a slave insurrection led by\n         Gabriel (1800 Aug. 30); Amos Alexander, Mayor of Norfolk, re.\n         cases of yellow fever \u0026 the probably election of Thomas\n         Jefferson as President (1800 Sept. 6); Amos Alexander re.\n         proceedings for aiding the health officer \u0026 the Governor's\n         proclamation re. Gabriel (1800 Sept. 13); James Taylor encl. a\n         copy of a letter from Oliver Wolcott, Treasury Dept., re. the\n         Marine Hospital (1800 Oct. 24); Edmund Pendleton, Jr., re.\n         four of seven slaves committed to the jail of Caroline County\n         for conspiracy based on the testimony of Ben Woolfolk (1800\n         Oct. 22); James McClurg, Mayor of Richmond, re. accommodating\n         the Government with the corporation bell (1800 Dec. 3);\n         Benjamin DuVal re. the necessity of patrols in Norfolk (1800\n         Dec. 26); Benjamin Stoddert, Navy Dept., to John Hopkins re.\n         approval of the deed for conveyance of the Gosport lands to\n         the United States (1801 March 3); Creed Taylor re. his\n         acceptance of an appointment as Commissioner for Virginia to\n         adjust the boundary line between Virginia \u0026 Tennessee\n         (1801 April 25); John Miles presenting pistols to manufacture\n         for the State of Virginia along with muskets \u0026 swords\n         (17801 July 28); Creed Taylor re. the boundary line between\n         Virginia \u0026 Tennessee (1801 Oct. 10); James Keith re.\n         progress made by the Potomack Company in rendering the river\n         navigable (1801 Nov. 13); William Foushee reporting on the\n         James River Company and the improvement of the James River\n         (1801 Nov. 26); Moses Bates re. the digging of the foundation\n         for the Armory (1801 Dec. 2); James Tilton encl. extracts from\n         the journals of the Senate of Delaware (1802 Jan. 17); Joseph\n         Martin \u0026 Creed Taylor requesting another commissioner to\n         settle the boundary between Virginia \u0026 Tennessee (1802\n         Jan. 26); Richard Jones re. an intended insurrection in\n         Nottoway County \u0026 Petersburg (1802 Jan. 2); Moses Greer\n         \u0026 John Prunty soliciting appointment as commissioners to\n         run the boundary line between Virginia \u0026 Maryland (1802\n         Feb. 1\u0026 2); Du Pont de Nemours re. Houdon statue of\n         Washington (in French) (1802 Feb. 23); Thomas Mathews re.\n         reports of an insurrection (1802 March 10 \u0026 13, 1802 June\n         15); John Cowper, Mayor of Norfolk, re. inhabitants of the\n         French islands who sought refuge in Norfolk along with their\n         slaves (1802 Jan. 11); Creed Taylor re. the meeting to run the\n         boundary line between Virginia \u0026 Tennessee (1802 March 27\n         \u0026 29); John Clarke re. the broken bell formerly belonging\n         to the Capitol proposing to be purchased by John Taylor (1802\n         April 8); John Cowper, Mayor of Norfolk, re. a rumored\n         insurrection on Easter Monday, and the trial \u0026 execution\n         of leaders involved in the conspiracy (1802 April 17 \u0026 27,\n         1802 May 8, 1802 June 1); John B. Scott re. the trial of\n         people plotting a proposed insurrection in Halifax County\n         (1802 April 21, 23, \u0026 30); George Goosley proposing to\n         transport the slaves confined in the Penitentiary to either\n         Surinam or Havana (1802 June 5 \u0026 8); Christopher Gore,\n         Commissioner to England, to Thomas Jefferson re. the\n         emancipation of negroes for settlement in Sierra Leone (1802\n         Oct. 10); Saguaresa, Indian Chief, re. land belonging to the\n         Pamunkey Indians (1802 Nov. 15); and Governor Monroe re. his\n         retirement from office (1802 Dec. 7).","Other noteworthy items include: a report by Nathaniel\n         Quarles \u0026 Jesse Bowles on the number of bricks laid in the\n         Penitentiary (1799 Dec. 24); court proceeding of Southampton\n         County of the slaves Sam \u0026 Hatter Isaac for the murder of\n         Harris Spears \u0026 Joshua Butte (1800 Jan. 21); statement on\n         the Tobacco Fund from 25 Nov. 1789 to 30 Sept. 1799 by\n         Nathaniel Shepard (1800 March 4); schedule of guns examined\n         \u0026 proved by Jacob Cooke (1800 March 29); report of Martin\n         Mims \u0026 William Rawleigh re. the foundation of the tilt\n         hammer forge at the Manufactory of Arms (1800 April 3); list\n         of commissioners in each county for supervising the\n         Presidential election (1800 July 29); proceedings of the\n         Corporation of Richmond re. the infectious disease at Norfolk\n         (1800 Aug. 28); return of election for electors in Norfolk\n         County (1800 Nov. 5); list of electors appointed by the\n         Governor (1800 Dec. 3); oath of Daniel Hylton as Clerk of the\n         Privy Council (1801 Jan. 20); proclamation by Governor Monroe\n         for a reward for the capture of a slaves named Greenock (1801\n         Feb. 7); deeds from Philip Sheppard \u0026 Elizabeth Sheppard,\n         etc., for the sale of slaves Pharaoh \u0026 Tom (1801 March\n         15); proclamation of Governor Monroe for a reward for the\n         capture of Isaac Venie (1801 March 16); proclamation by\n         Governor Monroe for a reward for the capture of John Anderson\n         (1801 May 30); bond of Pickett, Pollard, \u0026 Johnson as\n         agents to James Swan for the purchase of arms by the\n         Commonwealth (1801 July 3); account of clothing delivered to\n         the Public Guard including the names of officers \u0026\n         privates (1801 July 10); proclamation of Governor Monroe for a\n         reward for the capture of Peter Brookman (1801 Aug. 31); bills\n         of lading for castings for the Penitentiary (1801 Oct. 21);\n         list of arms distributed to the militia (1801 Nov. 13);\n         schedule of the census for Eastern Virginia (1802 Jan. 20);\n         proclamation by Governor Monroe for the apprehension of Isaac\n         Farrow \u0026 Jacob Hersher (1802 Jan. 23); proclamation of\n         Governor Monroe for a reward for the capture of John Dunn\n         (1802 Feb. 6); proclamation of Governor Monroe for a reward\n         for the capture of Obadiah Williams, Moses Burbridge, \u0026\n         Benjamin Sullivan (1802 May 20); report of the committee\n         respecting the Penitentiary Building advising Clarke's\n         alteration of the building by James Wood \u0026 William Foushee\n         (1802 May 20); applications for the superintendence of the\n         Public Tobacco Warehouse in Richmond (1802 June 7);\n         proclamation of Governor Monroe for a reward for the capture\n         of Thomas Gillespie (1802 June 7); proclamations by Governor\n         Monroe for the apprehension of James \u0026 Mary Martin \u0026\n         John Franklin (1802 July 10); Commissioner's report on the\n         state of the Treasury (1802 Oct. 2); return of clothing due\n         the Public Guard (1802 Nov. 26 \u0026 27); and an act\n         concerning the title papers of lands in the forks of the Big\n         Sandy from the Kentucky Legislature (1802 Dec. 22).","The Subject Files series contains subject files separated\n         from Governor Monroe's Executive Papers related to three\n         topics: Gabriel's Insurrection, the McCormick-Miles-Haslett\n         Arms Contract, and Receipts for Pamphlets. Note that documents\n         related to these subjects may still been found in the\n         Chronological files. These files were originally separated to\n         provide a ready-reference to researchers.","Gabriel's Insurrection was the most significant historical\n         event during James Monroe's time in office. Included are court\n         records, trials, condemnations, confessions, pardons,\n         proceedings, and correspondence regarding the slaves involved\n         in the conspiracy \u0026 insurrection led by Gabriel, the\n         property of Thomas Prosser of Henrico County. Significant\n         documents include: a letter from James McClurg, Mayor of\n         Richmond, re. an intended insurrection (1800 Sept. 1); a\n         letter from Joseph Jones warning of an intended rebellion of\n         slaves, free negroes, and mulattoes (1800 Sept. 8); a\n         resolution of the Common Hall of Richmond by Adam Craig re. an\n         intended insurrection (1800 Sept. 9); Adam Craig, aid-de-camp\n         to the Governor, requesting a temporary exemption from guard\n         duty (1800 Sept. 13); a letter from Thomas Newton re. the\n         capture of Gabriel on board the Schooner Mary and the conduct\n         of its master, Richardson Taylor (1800 Sept. 24); a letter\n         from Richard E. Lee, re. the arrival \u0026 apprehension of\n         Gabriel in Norfolk (1800 Sept. 25); a letter from James Monroe\n         to the Council re. the delivery of Gabriel to the Penitentiary\n         (1800 Sept. 28); minutes of the Council re. the confession of\n         Gabriel and advice that extra guard be dismissed (1800 Sept.\n         28); a letter from William Wilkinson re. an apprehended\n         insurrection and the ordering up of part of the militia at\n         Suffolk (1800 Oct. 1); and a letter from Thomas Newton re.\n         accounts of an insurrection at Norfolk (1800 Dec. 29).","The McCormick-Miles-Haslett Arms Contract consists of\n         correspondence, receipts, bills of lading, contracts, bonds,\n         and other documents related to the contract between Robert\n         McCormick \u0026 Company of Philadelphia, Pa., and the\n         Commonwealth of Virginia for 4,000 muskets. McCormick sold his\n         arms factory in May 1801 to John Miles who took over and\n         completed the contract in 1803. General John Shee served as\n         agent for the State of Virginia. Much of the correspondence,\n         bills of lading, and receipts were sent by Shee in\n         Philadelphia to Samuel Coleman in Richmond. There are also\n         receipts from James Haslett, the superintendent of McCormick's\n         works who continued employment when the factory was sold to\n         John Miles.","Lastly, the Receipts for Pamphlets, are simply receipts\n         from individuals who delivered documents from the Governor.\n         The receipts provide the name of the recipient, the county,\n         and the amount of miles traveled. In April 1800, Governor\n         Monroe arranged for the delivery of reports of a select\n         committee of the House of Delegates with copies of answers of\n         several states to a resolution of the General Assembly of 21\n         December 1798 on the United States Alien \u0026 Sedition Laws.\n         Other receipts document the delivery of dispatches to militia\n         commanders and letters to Commissioners for Equalizing the\n         Land Tax between August \u0026 September 1800."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThere are no restrictions.\u003c/p\u003e"],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Use Restrictions"],"userestrict_tesim":["There are no restrictions."],"physloc_html_tesm":["\u003cphysloc label=\"Physical Location\"\u003eState Records Collection,\n         Office of the Governor (Record Group 3)\u003c/physloc\u003e"],"physloc_tesim":["State Records Collection,\n         Office of the Governor (Record Group 3)"],"language_ssim":["English"],"total_component_count_is":208,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-05-21T08:56:38.271Z","scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eJames Monroe's Executive papers are organized into two\n         series. Series have been designated for Chronological files\n         and Subject files. The bulk of the material can be found in\n         the Chronological files' series.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe Chronological Files series primarily consists of\n         incoming correspondence during Monroe's three one-year terms\n         as governor between 19 December 1799 until 24 December 1802.\n         The correspondence in this collection relates to a variety of\n         topics including appointments \u0026amp; recommendations for state\n         positions; slave insurrections; the construction of the\n         Virginia Penitentiary \u0026amp; Manufactory of Arms; the Point of\n         Fork Arsenal; the boundary between Tennessee \u0026amp; Virginia;\n         public improvements; resignations; extraditions; state\n         expenses \u0026amp; revenue; quarantine of vessels; elections;\n         Presidential electors; and others. In addition to\n         correspondence, there are resolutions from the Virginia Senate\n         \u0026amp; House of Delegates; accounts; oaths; contracts; pardons;\n         proposals; receipts; election returns \u0026amp; certificates;\n         qualifications; lists; proclamations; petitions; reports;\n         appointments; resignations; bonds; commissions; orders;\n         proceedings; applications; opinions; and other sundry\n         items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe Governor received correspondence from three main\n         sources: the Federal government, Virginia State government,\n         and Governors from other states. Federal government\n         correspondents include Presidents John Adams \u0026amp; Thomas\n         Jefferson; John Marshall \u0026amp; James Madison, Secretaries of\n         State; Samuel Dexter, Secretary of War; and Virginia's\n         delegates in Congress. President John Adams writes Governor\n         Monroe on 25 Aug. 1800 concerning the cession of the Marine\n         Hospital at Norfolk to the United States on condition that the\n         government pays the balance due commissioners. Additionally,\n         on 3 June 1802, President Thomas Jefferson writes regarding\n         the resolution of Virginia to look for a proper place,\n         specifically Sierra Leone, Africa, to send insurgent negroes.\n         Jefferson also communicates on the subject of upheaval in the\n         French West Indies (1802 Nov. 24). John Marshall, Secretary of\n         State, forwards laws from the last session of Congress (1800\n         Sept. N.D.). Later, James Madison writes enclosing a complaint\n         by the agent of the U.S. at Jamaica of certain frauds in flour\n         shipped there (1802 Jan. 2). Samuel Dexter, Secretary of War,\n         acknowledges receipt of a list of land warrants issued from\n         the Virginia Land Office to the officers \u0026amp; soldiers who\n         served during the Revolutionary War on Continental\n         Establishment (1800 June 16). As senators from Virginia,\n         Stevens Thomson Mason \u0026amp; Wilson Cary Nicholas write the\n         Governor regarding an attempt to repeal the Sedition Law, the\n         closing of the contract with Robert McCormick for the delivery\n         of arms to Virginia, and the inspection of the arms by John\n         Shee of Philadelphia (1800 April 29). In another letter, Mason\n         encloses the bonds of John Shee and Robert McCormick (1800 May\n         15).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe majority of correspondence in James Monroe's Executive\n         Papers originates from Virginia State government. Significant\n         correspondents from Virginia State government include John\n         Clarke, Superintendent of Public Buildings; Martin Mims,\n         Keeper of the Penitentiary; Archibald Blair, Clerk of the\n         Council; Samuel Coleman, Assistant Clerk of the Council of\n         State; Philip Norborne Nicholas, Attorney General; William\n         Wirt, Clerk of the House of Delegates; Humphrey Brooke, Clerk\n         of the Senate; Robert Quarles, Superintendent of the Point of\n         Fork Arsenal; Thomas Newton, County Lieutenant \u0026amp;\n         Superintendent of Quarantine for Norfolk; Samuel Shepard,\n         Auditor of Public Accounts; and William Berkeley,\n         Treasurer.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTwo significant building projects which began by Governor\n         James Wood continued during Monroe's governorship with work on\n         the Penitentiary and Manufactory of Arms. John Clarke, the\n         Superintendent of these two building projects, corresponded\n         frequently with the Governor. Included are the following\n         subjects respecting the Penitentiary: proposals for furnishing\n         lime (1800 Jan. 21); proposals for painting (1800 March 15); a\n         report on the state of the public jail for the reception of\n         criminals sent from the district jails (1800 March 26); an\n         advance for Charles Cox as undertaker of the painting work\n         (1800 April 11); the kitchen (1800 April 16); an alteration in\n         Latrobe's original plan (1800 June 7 ); problems with the\n         militia guard posted at the Penitentiary (1800 Oct. 15);\n         carpenter's work on the Keeper's house (1800 Dec. 20);\n         woodwork on the interior of the cells \u0026amp; the removal of\n         gunpowder from the Penitentiary (1801 March 28); an advance to\n         John Harvie for furnishing bricks, lime, etc., for the\n         Penitentiary \u0026amp; Manufactory (1801 April 26); the purchase\n         of window glass, iron, paint, etc., for the Penitentiary \u0026amp;\n         Manufactory (1801 June 20); contracts by John Harvie \u0026amp;\n         Martin Mims for furnishing bricks \u0026amp; lime for the\n         Penitentiary \u0026amp; Manufactory (1801 Oct. 18); iron apparatus\n         for cooking (1801 Nov. 28); the status of the Penitentiary\n         \u0026amp; Manufactory (1801 Dec. 4); an alteration to the\n         Penitentiary so that it can be easily cleansed for the health\n         of the convicts (1802 May 8); the employment of negroes\n         confined in the Penitentiary in the yard stone-cutting (1802\n         May 22); the digging of the well at the Penitentiary (1802 May\n         24); the inscription over the entrance to the Penitentiary\n         (1802 Aug. 7); the removal of gunpowder from the Capitol to\n         the Penitentiary (1802 Nov. 27); and lime furnished by John\n         Harvie (1802 Nov. 27).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn Clarke also devoted substantial correspondence to the\n         construction, employment, and materials for the Manufactory of\n         Arms. On 30 May 1801, Clarke writes Monroe regarding a trip\n         north to locate artificers to work in the Manufactory. In his\n         absence, he names William McKim as supervisor. Subsequently,\n         on 12 June 1801, Clarke writes concerning the number of\n         workmen to be employed in the Manufactory and the manner he\n         proposes to conduct it after its completion. Clarke also\n         provides details of the number of men required for various\n         branches in the Manufactory. Similarly, in his letter dated 27\n         Nov. 1801, Clarke writes concerning the precise number of\n         master armorers, clerks, commissaries, \u0026amp; machinists\n         necessary for the Manufactory, along with their duties. On 23\n         Dec. 1801, Clarke writes the Governor defending his conduct as\n         superintendent of the Manufactory following an inquiry by the\n         General Assembly. On 4 Jan. 1802, Clarke encloses an estimate\n         of the expense in the completion of the Manufactory of Arms\n         \u0026amp; Penitentiary, as well as for the purchase of tools.\n         Lastly, on 21 Aug. 1802, Clarke informs the Governor of the\n         death of George Prosser who served as Assistant Superintendent\n         for the Erection of Public Buildings. Additional subjects\n         include: the digging of the foundations for the trip-hammer\n         forge, etc., by Moses Bates (1800 March 28, April 4, \u0026amp;\n         1801 Jan. 16); work employed on the machinery (1800 April 5);\n         the roofs of the Manufactory buildings (1800 April 18);\n         contracts for shingles (1800 April 18 \u0026amp; May 9); the\n         contract of George Williamson to clean \u0026amp; stamp state arms\n         (1800 May 23, 30, \u0026amp; 7 June); masonry work by Niman Wise\n         \u0026amp; James Carney (1800 April 6, June 27, Sept. 23, Oct. 5,\n         \u0026amp; 1801 Nov. 13); the distribution of public arms to the\n         militia of the several counties (1800 July 23, Aug. 10, \u0026amp;\n         Sept. 25); examination of arms sent by James Swan for the\n         militia (1800 Oct. 2); additional bricks (1800 Oct. 6);\n         proposal by George Williamson to repair old arms at the\n         Penitentiary (1800 Oct. 7); the contracts of Jesse Payne to\n         furnish timber and John Harvie for bricks \u0026amp; lime (1800\n         Nov. 1 \u0026amp; 14); arms sent to the Penitentiary (1801 Jan. 7);\n         the rental of a house for the accommodation of machinery of\n         the Manufactory (1801 Jan. 20); the removal of arms from the\n         Point of Fork Arsenal to Richmond (1801 Feb. 4); the\n         preparation of the garret of the Capitol to receive arms from\n         Point of Fork (1801 Feb. 14); barracks for the Armory Guard at\n         the former hemp inspection warehouse near Rocketts (1801 Feb.\n         15 \u0026amp; 17); the appointment of a superintendent \u0026amp; his\n         salary (1801 April 17); the employment of artificers at the\n         Point of Fork Arsenal to repair arms until the Manufactory is\n         ready (1801 May 9); contracts for artificers (1801 July 6);\n         artificers \u0026amp; materials for the Manufactory at Philadelphia\n         (1801 July 23); gunsmiths in New York \u0026amp; the examination of\n         the state prison there (1801 July 27); proposals for the\n         manufacture of arms (1801 Oct. 13); the employment of\n         artificers (1801 Sept. 25 \u0026amp; Nov. 13); the procurement of\n         armorers from Springfield, Massachusetts (1801 Oct. 31);\n         neglected pieces of ordnance throughout the state (1801 Dec.\n         23); rations for soldiers (1802 Jan. 9 \u0026amp; 30); cut stone\n         for the steeple (1802 Jan. 18); bells for the Manufactory,\n         Penitentiary, \u0026amp; Capitol Building (1801 April 27, May 2,\n         \u0026amp; 1802 Feb. 25); timber for fixing up the apparatus (1802\n         Feb. 13 \u0026amp; 24); an invoice of items furnished by John\n         Hodson of Birmingham, England (1802 Feb. 25); the examination\n         of arms sent by George Wheeler (1802 March 11); musket stocks\n         \u0026amp; the employment of gunsmiths to clean the arms stored in\n         the Capitol (1802 March 12 \u0026amp; 27); Henry Foxall's\n         improvements for casting ordnance (1802 March 12 \u0026amp; May\n         22); apprentices to work in the Manufactory (1802 April 10);\n         the account of Jesse Payne for timber (1802 May 12); the\n         receipt of gun flints (1802 May 22); the examination of the\n         public arms in the roof of the Capitol by Barlow \u0026amp; Hayes\n         (1802 June 5); the foundation for the boring mill for ordnance\n         (1802 July 24); the purchase of walnut timber for gun stocks\n         from the United States (1802 July 23 \u0026amp; 24); reimbursement\n         to artificers for travel expenses (1802 Aug. 7); the walls of\n         the Foundry House \u0026amp; Armory (1802 Oct. 2); and the kitchens\n         of the Manufactory (1802 Nov. 7).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn Clarke was also involved in miscellaneous projects\n         including a project to construct a new tobacco warehouse along\n         the James River Canal in Richmond. On 28 March 1801, Clarke\n         enclosed proposals to the Governor for the tobacco warehouse.\n         Shortly thereafter, he submitted proposals for building the\n         walls (1801 June 13). On 24 July 1802, Clarke writes the\n         Governor concerning the posts for the warehouse . He also\n         writes regarding the purchase of slate from either New York or\n         Philadelphia (1802 Sept. 18 \u0026amp; Nov. 8).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMartin Mims, Keeper of the Penitentiary, communicates with\n         Governor Monroe regarding numerous subjects related to\n         prisoners and the Penitentiary. Included in these papers is\n         Mims' bond as Keeper of the Penitentiary (1800 March 25),\n         along with a memorandum of negroes sentenced for\n         transportation \u0026amp; sent to the Penitentiary for safekeeping\n         (1802 Oct. 17). Among his correspondence are the following\n         topics: extra brick work done in the Penitentiary in 1799\n         (1800 Jan. 4); the employment of George Anderson Stile to\n         instruct the prisoners in making nails at the Penitentiary\n         (1800 July 12); the employment of additional guards at the\n         Penitentiary (1800 Sept. 6); rations for prisoners an escape\n         attempt (1802 Jan. 13); a statement of the distribution of\n         public arms to the militia (1802 May 4); an escape attempt by\n         five prisoners (1802 July 24); the number of criminals who\n         have been sent to the Penitentiary from each term since Fall\n         1800 (1802 Nov. 18); and a report of the Board of Inspectors\n         of the Penitentiary re. the his conduct (1802 July 12).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eArchibald Blair \u0026amp; Samuel Coleman, as Clerk \u0026amp;\n         Assistant Clerk of the Council, communicate with the Governor\n         regularly through the Council Office. Blair encloses\n         proceedings of the Council regarding topics such as the\n         appointment of John Cowper as Vice Consul of Sweden (1800\n         March 15) and the calling out a proportion of the militia of\n         Henrico, Chesterfield, \u0026amp; Richmond (1800 Sept. 6). Also,\n         Blair writes on 7 June 1800 regarding a motion to remove him\n         as Clerk of the Council during his absence. Samuel Coleman, as\n         Assistant Clerk to the Council, both sent and received letters\n         from Governor Monroe. Monroe informed the Council on several\n         occasions of his temporary absence from office (1800 March 5,\n         1800 May 11, \u0026amp; 1800 Sept. 26). On 21 Feb. 1801, Monroe\n         encloses a letter from Philip Sheppard requesting $500 for\n         Pharaoh, one of his slaves who discovered the intended\n         insurrection. Monroe also discusses an act to purchase the\n         freedom of Pharaoh \u0026amp; Tom as a reward for their service.\n         Coleman's letter in response also relates to these slaves who\n         assisted in the prevention of the insurrection (1801 Feb.\n         28).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAttorney General Robert Brooke died in office on 27\n         February 1800. Edmund Randolph assisted the Governor with\n         opinions during Brooke's absence with illness and until a\n         replacement was appointed. On 8 January 1800, Governor Monroe\n         requests Randolph's opinion on the legality of trying slaves\n         brought from Maryland into Southampton where they murdered\n         their masters. Randolph's letter in reply on the same date\n         indicates that these slaves were properly tried since they\n         were not in the Commonwealth for the 12-month period required\n         by the law of December 1792. Randolph also served as counsel\n         for the Commonwealth in its negotiations with Robert Pollard\n         concerning payment for arms furnished by him (1800 Feb. 8).\n         Lastly, Randolph informs the Governor of the suit in the\n         Federal Court of Hamilton vs. Newton in favor of the defendant\n         (1800 June 5). Philip Norborne Nicholas was appointed Attorney\n         General on 15 March 1800. In a letter dated 6 June 1800,\n         Nicholas encloses a letter from David Robertson, County\n         Attorney for the District of Brunswick, regarding a fine\n         imposed on Washington Crofts. Nicholas provides his opinion on\n         several subjects including: the case of Thomas Carter, a\n         revenue collector for the United States, who wished to serve\n         as a militia officer in Virginia (1800 Aug. 3); the right of\n         the Executive to condemn lands for the use of sick in cases of\n         quarantine (1800 Sept. 6); the admission of negroes into\n         Virginia who were taken as a prize to a U.S. vessel of war\n         (1801 Feb. 11); the emancipation of the slaves Pharaoh \u0026amp;\n         Tom (1801 March 10); his prosecution in the case against Dr.\n         J.K. Read (1801 April 30 \u0026amp; 1801 May 20); the\n         transportation of seamen under contract to perform a voyage\n         (1801 May 20); the suit of De Beaumarchais (1801 Dec. 11 \u0026amp;\n         24, 1802 Feb. 20); public lands in Buckingham County purchased\n         for supporting a blast furnace by Balentine \u0026amp; Reveley\n         (1802 Feb. 20); deputies or assistants for Martin Mims as\n         Keeper of the Penitentiary (1802 May 23); and the Little River\n         Turnpike Company (1802 Dec. 6).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam Wirt, 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. Wirt submits a\n         resolution requesting a statement of arms which have been\n         issued from the public arsenal to the militia (1799 Dec. 20).\n         Also included are notices for the following elections: John\n         Clopton \u0026amp; James Wood to the Privy Council (1799 Dec. 11);\n         Samuel McCraw \u0026amp; John Mayo to the Privy Council (1799 Dec.\n         11); Alexander Stewart to the Privy Council in place of Hardin\n         Burnley (1799 Dec. 12); William Foushee to the Privy Council\n         in place of John Allen (1799 Dec. 12); James Monroe as\n         Governor (1799 Dec. 19); William Berkeley as Treasurer (1799\n         Dec. 21 \u0026amp; 1802 Jan. 5); Archibald Stuart as Judge of the\n         General Court in place of James Henry (1800 Jan. 13); James\n         Wood as Privy Councilor (1800 May 29); David Coleman, John\n         Shore, David Carroll Brent, \u0026amp; John Bowyer as electors for\n         the Presidential \u0026amp; Vice Presidential election (1800 Dec.\n         2); Meriwether Jones as Public Printer (1800 Dec. 4 \u0026amp; 1801\n         Dec. 9); Philip Norborne Nicholas as Attorney General in place\n         of Robert Brooke (1800 Dec. 4); James Monroe as Governor (1801\n         Dec. 10); Samuel Tyler \u0026amp; John Clopton to the Privy Council\n         (1801 Dec. 12); John Brown as Judge of the District Court of\n         Chancery at Staunton (1802 Jan. 27); and William Wirt as Judge\n         of the District Court of Chancery at Williamsburg (1802 Jan.\n         28).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMaj. Robert Quarles submits quarterly returns of arms,\n         ordnance, \u0026amp; public stores at Point of Fork (1800 Jan. 1,\n         1800 April 1, 1800 July 1, \u0026amp; 1800 Oct. 1). In addition,\n         Quarles writes concerning powder to be sent to Richmond (1800\n         Jan. 4); an advance for contingent expenses (1800 April 2);\n         rations for the additional guard (1800 Sept. 3); enlistments,\n         an advance for clothing, \u0026amp; a contract for rations (1800\n         Sept. 27); contractor's bond for rations during the ensuing\n         year (1800 Oct. 18); public property at the Point of Fork\n         (1801 March 6); the completion of the removal of arms from the\n         Point of Fork to Richmond (1801 April 12).contracts for rent\n         of public lands \u0026amp; houses at Point of Fork (1801 July 4);\n         payment to John Gray for boxing up lumber from the Arsenal to\n         Richmond (1802 Aug. 14); and renting out public lands at the\n         Arsenal (1802 Sept. 27).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThomas Newton, Jr., County Lieutenant \u0026amp; Superintendent\n         of Quarantine for Norfolk Borough, frequently writes the\n         Governor concerning infectious diseases \u0026amp; the quarantine\n         of vessels (1800 July 12, 13, \u0026amp; 30, 1800 Aug. 22 \u0026amp; 29,\n         1800 Sept. 6, 1800 Oct. 9, 1801 Sept. 30, \u0026amp; 1802 Aug. 13).\n         Newton's letter on 8 May 1800 relates to the valuation of the\n         Gosport lands in Norfolk. In his letter dated 1800 Aug. 22,\n         Newton mentions his commission for holding the election of\n         electors for President \u0026amp; Vice President. On 2 Sept. 1800,\n         he provides a list of persons who died from disease since his\n         last return. In addition, Newton sometimes encloses reports of\n         vessels visited \u0026amp; examined by Dr. J.K. Read (1802 Sept.\n         17, 1802 Oct. 18 \u0026amp; 26). Newton also writes regarding a\n         prize vessel belonging to one of the New England governments\n         with a cargo of thirty slaves bound for Havana from Guinea\n         which was captured by Capt. Baron of the frigate Chesapeake.\n         Several letters by Newton relate to the quarantine of a\n         Spanish vessel called the Brig Ann (1801 May 16, 17, \u0026amp;\n         27). Newton was also involved in the Dismal Swamp Company and\n         reports on its progress (1801 Oct. 28, 1801 Nov. 14 \u0026amp; 20,\n         1802 Sept. 27).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGovernor Wood corresponds often with Samuel Shepard,\n         Auditor of Public Accounts, and William Berkeley, Treasurer,\n         regarding various financial matters. Shepard regularly\n         encloses accounts of expenses for forwarding notices,\n         executions, etc. (1800 April 19, 1800 Sept. 6, 1800 Nov. 8,\n         1801 April 11, 1802 April 10, \u0026amp; 1802 Sept. 3). On 17 Jan.\n         1801, Shepard provides a list of counties where there is no\n         Collector of the Public Taxes. Additionally, John Carter,\n         Clerk of the Auditor's Office, submits lists of warrants\n         issued through the Auditor's Office (1800 Feb. 10, 1800 April\n         30, 1800 Aug. 9, 1800 Oct. 10, \u0026amp; 1801 Aug. 7). As\n         Treasurer, William Berkeley regularly communicates reports and\n         balances of specie in the Treasury (1800 Feb. 24, 1800 March\n         1, 1800 July 5,12,19, \u0026amp; 26, 1800 Dec. 23, 1801 Jan. 31,\n         1801 March 21, 1801 May 9 \u0026amp; 16, 1801 June 13, \u0026amp; 1801\n         Aug. 29). On 11 Feb. 1800, Berkeley encloses a letter from\n         Edmund Randolph, in the absence of the Attorney General,\n         regarding tobacco burned in one of the warehouses in\n         Petersburg (1800 Feb. 11). In another letter, dated 14 June\n         1800, Berkeley writes concerning the establishment of a guard\n         at the Capitol. Following Gabriel's Insurrection, Berkeley\n         managed the discharge of claims for executed slaves. He writes\n         on 31 Dec. 1800 that the sum for these claims is exhausted and\n         will be increased by the late insurrection. On several\n         occasions, Berkeley advises the Governor on the sale of the\n         public tobacco in the Treasury (1801 Jan. 16 \u0026amp; 1801 May\n         2). The bonds of William Berkeley as Treasurer can also be\n         found in these papers (1799 Dec. 31, 1801 Jan. 7, \u0026amp; 1802\n         Jan. 6).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGovernors from other states comprise a significant amount\n         of correspondence received by the Governor. This\n         correspondence mostly relates to extraditions and the exchange\n         of laws. Included are letters from the following governors:\n         John Drayton, Governor of South Carolina; Ben Ogle \u0026amp; John\n         F. Mercer, Governors of Maryland; John Jay, Governor of New\n         York; Benjamin Williams, Governor of North Carolina; Thomas\n         McKean, Governor of Pennsylvania; James Garrard, Governor of\n         Kentucky; John Sevier \u0026amp; Archibald Roane, Governors of\n         Tennessee; Caleb Strong, Governor of Massachusetts; Joseph\n         Bloomfield, Governor of New Jersey; and John Trumball,\n         Governor of Connecticut. John Drayton writes regarding the\n         delivery of Elijah Hill for horse stealing (1800 Feb. 24); the\n         transmission of South Carolina laws passed in 1799 (1800 May\n         5); and information on the negro insurrection in Virginia in\n         order to prevent a similar conspiracy in South Carolina (1801\n         Sept. 27). Ben Ogle encloses a letter from Governor Richard\n         Basset of Delaware regarding the negroes convicted in\n         Southampton County (1800 April 26). Subsequently, his\n         successor, John Francis Mercer, encloses a resolution passed\n         to incorporate a company for establishing a turnpike road\n         (1801 Dec. 31) and requests the requisition of Newell Walton\n         (1802 Aug. 13). Benjamin Williams transmits a resolution (1801\n         Dec. 26) and a copy of public acts (1802 March 8). On 3 June\n         1800, John Jay discusses the regulations of the Penitentiary\n         in New York and advises the Director of the Penitentiary in\n         Virginia to visit the prisons in New York \u0026amp; Philadelphia.\n         Thomas McKean writes concerning capital offenses and a\n         pamphlet concerning crimes \u0026amp; punishments containing an\n         account of the jail \u0026amp; Penitentiary House in Philadelphia\n         (1800 June 16). James Garrard's correspondence relates to an\n         act establishing the boundary between Virginia \u0026amp; Kentucky\n         (1800 Dec. 27); a proclamation re. the capture of William\n         Lamme (1801 Feb. 21); and copies of the acts passed at the\n         last session (1802 Sept. 1). Both John Sevier \u0026amp; Archibald\n         Roane write regarding the adjustment of the boundary line\n         between Virginia \u0026amp; Tennessee and the meeting of the\n         commissioners (1801 June 21, 1802 March 3, \u0026amp; 1802 Aug. 7).\n         Lastly, Caleb Strong, Joseph Bloomfield, \u0026amp; John Trumball,\n         transmit copies of acts, etc., from their respective\n         legislatures (1801 May 8, 1802 Feb. 20, \u0026amp; 1802 June\n         18).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAdditional significant correspondence includes the\n         following: George Winston proposing to make bricks for the\n         Penitentiary (1799 Dec. 9); Robert McCormick \u0026amp; Company\n         proposing to furnish four thousand stand of arms to Virginia\n         (1799 Dec. 30); James Swan re. the condition of arms furnished\n         the Commonwealth in his first contract (1799 Dec. 31);\n         Alexander Quarrier re. the enlistment of a sergeant \u0026amp; 5\n         privates for one month to guard the arms in the Capitol (1800\n         Jan. 21); James Latimer re. taking under his care the land\n         belonging to the Commonwealth at Old Point Comfort (1800 Feb.\n         7); Charles Cox proposing to paint the Penitentiary (1800 Feb.\n         7); G.K. Taylor applying for the position of Attorney General\n         (1800 March 5); Robert Pollard re. payment to James Swan for\n         arms (1800 March 8,11, 18, \u0026amp; 29); John Cowper re. his\n         appointment by the President as Vice Council for Sweden (1800\n         March 11); Andrew Dunscomb \u0026amp; Samuel Parsons, Acting\n         Inspectors, encl. a copy of the minutes of the Board of\n         Inspectors of the Penitentiary House (1800 April 26); William\n         Hay \u0026amp; William Berkeley encl. a resolution that the Acting\n         Inspectors of the Penitentiary be requested to cause the lower\n         range of cells in the east end to be fitted up as dungeons for\n         confining prisoners (1800 May 28); John Marshall re. his\n         appointment by the President as Secretary of State (1800 June\n         7); J. Grammer to Augustine Davis re. a potential insurrection\n         (1800 Aug. 9 ); Dr. James McClurg re. the intelligence\n         received by Augustine Davis re. an intended insurrection (1800\n         Aug. 10); Edmund Randolph \u0026amp; Daniel Call re. filling up the\n         stagnant pond on the Public Square (1800 Aug. 30); Mosby\n         Sheppard re. intelligence of a slave insurrection led by\n         Gabriel (1800 Aug. 30); Amos Alexander, Mayor of Norfolk, re.\n         cases of yellow fever \u0026amp; the probably election of Thomas\n         Jefferson as President (1800 Sept. 6); Amos Alexander re.\n         proceedings for aiding the health officer \u0026amp; the Governor's\n         proclamation re. Gabriel (1800 Sept. 13); James Taylor encl. a\n         copy of a letter from Oliver Wolcott, Treasury Dept., re. the\n         Marine Hospital (1800 Oct. 24); Edmund Pendleton, Jr., re.\n         four of seven slaves committed to the jail of Caroline County\n         for conspiracy based on the testimony of Ben Woolfolk (1800\n         Oct. 22); James McClurg, Mayor of Richmond, re. accommodating\n         the Government with the corporation bell (1800 Dec. 3);\n         Benjamin DuVal re. the necessity of patrols in Norfolk (1800\n         Dec. 26); Benjamin Stoddert, Navy Dept., to John Hopkins re.\n         approval of the deed for conveyance of the Gosport lands to\n         the United States (1801 March 3); Creed Taylor re. his\n         acceptance of an appointment as Commissioner for Virginia to\n         adjust the boundary line between Virginia \u0026amp; Tennessee\n         (1801 April 25); John Miles presenting pistols to manufacture\n         for the State of Virginia along with muskets \u0026amp; swords\n         (17801 July 28); Creed Taylor re. the boundary line between\n         Virginia \u0026amp; Tennessee (1801 Oct. 10); James Keith re.\n         progress made by the Potomack Company in rendering the river\n         navigable (1801 Nov. 13); William Foushee reporting on the\n         James River Company and the improvement of the James River\n         (1801 Nov. 26); Moses Bates re. the digging of the foundation\n         for the Armory (1801 Dec. 2); James Tilton encl. extracts from\n         the journals of the Senate of Delaware (1802 Jan. 17); Joseph\n         Martin \u0026amp; Creed Taylor requesting another commissioner to\n         settle the boundary between Virginia \u0026amp; Tennessee (1802\n         Jan. 26); Richard Jones re. an intended insurrection in\n         Nottoway County \u0026amp; Petersburg (1802 Jan. 2); Moses Greer\n         \u0026amp; John Prunty soliciting appointment as commissioners to\n         run the boundary line between Virginia \u0026amp; Maryland (1802\n         Feb. 1\u0026amp; 2); Du Pont de Nemours re. Houdon statue of\n         Washington (in French) (1802 Feb. 23); Thomas Mathews re.\n         reports of an insurrection (1802 March 10 \u0026amp; 13, 1802 June\n         15); John Cowper, Mayor of Norfolk, re. inhabitants of the\n         French islands who sought refuge in Norfolk along with their\n         slaves (1802 Jan. 11); Creed Taylor re. the meeting to run the\n         boundary line between Virginia \u0026amp; Tennessee (1802 March 27\n         \u0026amp; 29); John Clarke re. the broken bell formerly belonging\n         to the Capitol proposing to be purchased by John Taylor (1802\n         April 8); John Cowper, Mayor of Norfolk, re. a rumored\n         insurrection on Easter Monday, and the trial \u0026amp; execution\n         of leaders involved in the conspiracy (1802 April 17 \u0026amp; 27,\n         1802 May 8, 1802 June 1); John B. Scott re. the trial of\n         people plotting a proposed insurrection in Halifax County\n         (1802 April 21, 23, \u0026amp; 30); George Goosley proposing to\n         transport the slaves confined in the Penitentiary to either\n         Surinam or Havana (1802 June 5 \u0026amp; 8); Christopher Gore,\n         Commissioner to England, to Thomas Jefferson re. the\n         emancipation of negroes for settlement in Sierra Leone (1802\n         Oct. 10); Saguaresa, Indian Chief, re. land belonging to the\n         Pamunkey Indians (1802 Nov. 15); and Governor Monroe re. his\n         retirement from office (1802 Dec. 7).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOther noteworthy items include: a report by Nathaniel\n         Quarles \u0026amp; Jesse Bowles on the number of bricks laid in the\n         Penitentiary (1799 Dec. 24); court proceeding of Southampton\n         County of the slaves Sam \u0026amp; Hatter Isaac for the murder of\n         Harris Spears \u0026amp; Joshua Butte (1800 Jan. 21); statement on\n         the Tobacco Fund from 25 Nov. 1789 to 30 Sept. 1799 by\n         Nathaniel Shepard (1800 March 4); schedule of guns examined\n         \u0026amp; proved by Jacob Cooke (1800 March 29); report of Martin\n         Mims \u0026amp; William Rawleigh re. the foundation of the tilt\n         hammer forge at the Manufactory of Arms (1800 April 3); list\n         of commissioners in each county for supervising the\n         Presidential election (1800 July 29); proceedings of the\n         Corporation of Richmond re. the infectious disease at Norfolk\n         (1800 Aug. 28); return of election for electors in Norfolk\n         County (1800 Nov. 5); list of electors appointed by the\n         Governor (1800 Dec. 3); oath of Daniel Hylton as Clerk of the\n         Privy Council (1801 Jan. 20); proclamation by Governor Monroe\n         for a reward for the capture of a slaves named Greenock (1801\n         Feb. 7); deeds from Philip Sheppard \u0026amp; Elizabeth Sheppard,\n         etc., for the sale of slaves Pharaoh \u0026amp; Tom (1801 March\n         15); proclamation of Governor Monroe for a reward for the\n         capture of Isaac Venie (1801 March 16); proclamation by\n         Governor Monroe for a reward for the capture of John Anderson\n         (1801 May 30); bond of Pickett, Pollard, \u0026amp; Johnson as\n         agents to James Swan for the purchase of arms by the\n         Commonwealth (1801 July 3); account of clothing delivered to\n         the Public Guard including the names of officers \u0026amp;\n         privates (1801 July 10); proclamation of Governor Monroe for a\n         reward for the capture of Peter Brookman (1801 Aug. 31); bills\n         of lading for castings for the Penitentiary (1801 Oct. 21);\n         list of arms distributed to the militia (1801 Nov. 13);\n         schedule of the census for Eastern Virginia (1802 Jan. 20);\n         proclamation by Governor Monroe for the apprehension of Isaac\n         Farrow \u0026amp; Jacob Hersher (1802 Jan. 23); proclamation of\n         Governor Monroe for a reward for the capture of John Dunn\n         (1802 Feb. 6); proclamation of Governor Monroe for a reward\n         for the capture of Obadiah Williams, Moses Burbridge, \u0026amp;\n         Benjamin Sullivan (1802 May 20); report of the committee\n         respecting the Penitentiary Building advising Clarke's\n         alteration of the building by James Wood \u0026amp; William Foushee\n         (1802 May 20); applications for the superintendence of the\n         Public Tobacco Warehouse in Richmond (1802 June 7);\n         proclamation of Governor Monroe for a reward for the capture\n         of Thomas Gillespie (1802 June 7); proclamations by Governor\n         Monroe for the apprehension of James \u0026amp; Mary Martin \u0026amp;\n         John Franklin (1802 July 10); Commissioner's report on the\n         state of the Treasury (1802 Oct. 2); return of clothing due\n         the Public Guard (1802 Nov. 26 \u0026amp; 27); and an act\n         concerning the title papers of lands in the forks of the Big\n         Sandy from the Kentucky Legislature (1802 Dec. 22).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe Subject Files series contains subject files separated\n         from Governor Monroe's Executive Papers related to three\n         topics: Gabriel's Insurrection, the McCormick-Miles-Haslett\n         Arms Contract, and Receipts for Pamphlets. Note that documents\n         related to these subjects may still been found in the\n         Chronological files. These files were originally separated to\n         provide a ready-reference to researchers.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGabriel's Insurrection was the most significant historical\n         event during James Monroe's time in office. Included are court\n         records, trials, condemnations, confessions, pardons,\n         proceedings, and correspondence regarding the slaves involved\n         in the conspiracy \u0026amp; insurrection led by Gabriel, the\n         property of Thomas Prosser of Henrico County. Significant\n         documents include: a letter from James McClurg, Mayor of\n         Richmond, re. an intended insurrection (1800 Sept. 1); a\n         letter from Joseph Jones warning of an intended rebellion of\n         slaves, free negroes, and mulattoes (1800 Sept. 8); a\n         resolution of the Common Hall of Richmond by Adam Craig re. an\n         intended insurrection (1800 Sept. 9); Adam Craig, aid-de-camp\n         to the Governor, requesting a temporary exemption from guard\n         duty (1800 Sept. 13); a letter from Thomas Newton re. the\n         capture of Gabriel on board the Schooner Mary and the conduct\n         of its master, Richardson Taylor (1800 Sept. 24); a letter\n         from Richard E. Lee, re. the arrival \u0026amp; apprehension of\n         Gabriel in Norfolk (1800 Sept. 25); a letter from James Monroe\n         to the Council re. the delivery of Gabriel to the Penitentiary\n         (1800 Sept. 28); minutes of the Council re. the confession of\n         Gabriel and advice that extra guard be dismissed (1800 Sept.\n         28); a letter from William Wilkinson re. an apprehended\n         insurrection and the ordering up of part of the militia at\n         Suffolk (1800 Oct. 1); and a letter from Thomas Newton re.\n         accounts of an insurrection at Norfolk (1800 Dec. 29).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe McCormick-Miles-Haslett Arms Contract consists of\n         correspondence, receipts, bills of lading, contracts, bonds,\n         and other documents related to the contract between Robert\n         McCormick \u0026amp; Company of Philadelphia, Pa., and the\n         Commonwealth of Virginia for 4,000 muskets. McCormick sold his\n         arms factory in May 1801 to John Miles who took over and\n         completed the contract in 1803. General John Shee served as\n         agent for the State of Virginia. Much of the correspondence,\n         bills of lading, and receipts were sent by Shee in\n         Philadelphia to Samuel Coleman in Richmond. There are also\n         receipts from James Haslett, the superintendent of McCormick's\n         works who continued employment when the factory was sold to\n         John Miles.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLastly, the Receipts for Pamphlets, are simply receipts\n         from individuals who delivered documents from the Governor.\n         The receipts provide the name of the recipient, the county,\n         and the amount of miles traveled. In April 1800, Governor\n         Monroe arranged for the delivery of reports of a select\n         committee of the House of Delegates with copies of answers of\n         several states to a resolution of the General Assembly of 21\n         December 1798 on the United States Alien \u0026amp; Sedition Laws.\n         Other receipts document the delivery of dispatches to militia\n         commanders and letters to Commissioners for Equalizing the\n         Land Tax between August \u0026amp; September 1800.\u003c/p\u003e"],"collection":{"numFound":1,"start":0,"numFoundExact":true,"docs":[{"id":"vi_vi00868","ead_ssi":"vi_vi00868","_root_":"vi_vi00868","_nest_parent_":"vi_vi00868","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/lva/vi00868.xml","title_ssm":["Governor James Monroe Executive\n         Papers, \n         \n         1799-1802"],"title_tesim":["Governor James Monroe Executive\n         Papers, \n         \n         1799-1802"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["40936"],"text":["40936","Governor James Monroe Executive\n         Papers, \n         \n         1799-1802","5.28 cubic\n         feet","There are no restrictions.","Also available on microfilm - Miscellaneous Reel 5332-5350.\n","Miscellaneous Reel 5332 - Chronological Files, 1799 Dec. 7-1800 Feb. 27\n Miscellaneous Reel 5333 - Chronological Files, 1800 Mar. 1-May 31\n Miscellaneous Reel 5334 - Chronological Files, 1800 June 1-Aug. 31\n Miscellaneous Reel 5335 - Chronological Files, 1800 Sept. 1-Oct. 31\n Miscellaneous Reel 5336 - Chronological Files, 1800 Nov.-1801 Jan. 31 \n Miscellaneous Reel 5337 - Chronological Files, 1801 Feb. 2-Apr. 30\n Miscellaneous Reel 5338 - Chronological Files, 1801 May 2-June 20\n Miscellaneous Reel 5339 - Chronological Files, 1801 June 21-Aug. 31\n Miscellaneous Reel 5340 - Chronological Files, 1801 Sept. 6-Oct. 31\n Miscellaneous Reel 5341 - Chronological Files, 1801 Nov. 2-Dec. 30\n Miscellaneous Reel 5342 - Chronological Files, 1802 Jan. 2-Feb. 28\n Miscellaneous Reel 5343 - Chronological Files, 1802 Mar. 1-Apr. 30\n Miscellaneous Reel 5344 - Chronological Files, 1802 May 1-June 29\n Miscellaneous Reel 5345 - Chronological Files, 1802 July 1-Aug. 31\n Miscellaneous Reel 5346 - Chronological Files, 1802 Sept. 1-Oct. 31\n Miscellaneous Reel 5347 - Chronological Files, 1802 Nov.-Dec. 24 \u0026 Pardons, A-I\n Miscellaneous Reel 5348 - Chronological Files, 1802 Pardons, J-P-Undated\n Miscellaneous Reel 5349 - Subject Files, Gabriel's Insurrection/McCormick-Miles-Haslett Arms Contract\n Miscellaneous Reel 5350 - Subject Files, McCormick-Miles-Haslett Arms Contract/Receipt for Pamphlets\n","James Monroe's Executive papers are organized into two\n         series. Series have been designated for Chronological files\n         and Subject files. Each series is arranged\n         chronologically.","James Monroe was born on 28 April 1758 in Westmoreland\n         County, Virginia, to Spence Monroe and Elizabeth Jones. A\n         graduate of William and Mary College in 1776, Monroe enlisted\n         as a lieutenant in the Third Virginia Regiment of the\n         Continental Army. Monroe was promoted to major following the\n         Battle of Trenton, and served as a colonel and aid to General\n         William Alexander from 1777 to 1778. Monroe studied law under\n         Governor Thomas Jefferson and was elected to the House of\n         Delegates in 1782, however, he vacated his seat when he was\n         appointed to the Council of State. In 1783, Monroe was chosen\n         as a delegate to represent Virginia in the Confederation\n         Congress which he served until 1786. He returned to the House\n         of Delegates in 1787 and represented Spotsylvania County in\n         the Convention of 1788 to ratify the Federal Constitution. He\n         lost an election to James Madison in the First Congress, but\n         was later elected to the United States Senate on 9 November\n         1790 to replace the deceased William Grayson. He was reelected\n         in 1791 and served in the Senate until his resignation on 27\n         May 1794. President George Washington appointed Monroe\n         Minister Plenipotentiary to France on 28 May 1794.","Monroe became Governor of Virginia on 19 December 1799.\n         During his first one-year term in office, Monroe successfully\n         quelled Gabriel's Insurrection, the largest slave uprising in\n         Virginia's history until that time. Monroe's governorship too\n         saw the completion of the Virginia Penitentiary and the\n         Manufactory of Arms. Monroe was elected to two additional\n         one-year terms as governor. Following his governorship, in\n         1803, Monroe was appointed by President Thomas Jefferson as\n         Minister Plenipotentiary to France, and later Minister\n         Plenipotentiary to England from 1803 until 1807. Monroe\n         returned to the House of Delegates in 1810 and was again\n         elected governor on 19 January 1811. Monroe's second stint as\n         governor, however, was short-lived as he resigned following\n         his appointment by President James Madison as Secretary of\n         State. Simultaneously, Monroe replaced John Armstrong as\n         Secretary of War from 1814 to 1815. The culmination of\n         Monroe's political career occurred with his election and\n         subsequent reelection as the fifth President of the United\n         States from 4 March 1817 to 3 March 1825. Monroe's last\n         significant public position took place when he was elected\n         president of the Virginia Constitutional Convention in\n         1829.","Monroe married Elizabeth Kortright in 1786. They had two\n         daughters, Elizabeth and Maria Hester. He died at the home of\n         his youngest daughter in New York City on 4 July 1831.\n         Originally interred at the Marble Cemetery, Monroe's remains\n         were later reinterred twenty-five years later in Richmond's\n         Hollywood Cemetery after appeals by Governor Henry A. Wise and\n         the Virginia Legislature.","James Monroe's Executive papers are organized into two\n         series. Series have been designated for Chronological files\n         and Subject files. The bulk of the material can be found in\n         the Chronological files' series.","The Chronological Files series primarily consists of\n         incoming correspondence during Monroe's three one-year terms\n         as governor between 19 December 1799 until 24 December 1802.\n         The correspondence in this collection relates to a variety of\n         topics including appointments \u0026 recommendations for state\n         positions; slave insurrections; the construction of the\n         Virginia Penitentiary \u0026 Manufactory of Arms; the Point of\n         Fork Arsenal; the boundary between Tennessee \u0026 Virginia;\n         public improvements; resignations; extraditions; state\n         expenses \u0026 revenue; quarantine of vessels; elections;\n         Presidential electors; and others. In addition to\n         correspondence, there are resolutions from the Virginia Senate\n         \u0026 House of Delegates; accounts; oaths; contracts; pardons;\n         proposals; receipts; election returns \u0026 certificates;\n         qualifications; lists; proclamations; petitions; reports;\n         appointments; resignations; bonds; commissions; orders;\n         proceedings; applications; opinions; and other sundry\n         items.","The Governor received correspondence from three main\n         sources: the Federal government, Virginia State government,\n         and Governors from other states. Federal government\n         correspondents include Presidents John Adams \u0026 Thomas\n         Jefferson; John Marshall \u0026 James Madison, Secretaries of\n         State; Samuel Dexter, Secretary of War; and Virginia's\n         delegates in Congress. President John Adams writes Governor\n         Monroe on 25 Aug. 1800 concerning the cession of the Marine\n         Hospital at Norfolk to the United States on condition that the\n         government pays the balance due commissioners. Additionally,\n         on 3 June 1802, President Thomas Jefferson writes regarding\n         the resolution of Virginia to look for a proper place,\n         specifically Sierra Leone, Africa, to send insurgent negroes.\n         Jefferson also communicates on the subject of upheaval in the\n         French West Indies (1802 Nov. 24). John Marshall, Secretary of\n         State, forwards laws from the last session of Congress (1800\n         Sept. N.D.). Later, James Madison writes enclosing a complaint\n         by the agent of the U.S. at Jamaica of certain frauds in flour\n         shipped there (1802 Jan. 2). Samuel Dexter, Secretary of War,\n         acknowledges receipt of a list of land warrants issued from\n         the Virginia Land Office to the officers \u0026 soldiers who\n         served during the Revolutionary War on Continental\n         Establishment (1800 June 16). As senators from Virginia,\n         Stevens Thomson Mason \u0026 Wilson Cary Nicholas write the\n         Governor regarding an attempt to repeal the Sedition Law, the\n         closing of the contract with Robert McCormick for the delivery\n         of arms to Virginia, and the inspection of the arms by John\n         Shee of Philadelphia (1800 April 29). In another letter, Mason\n         encloses the bonds of John Shee and Robert McCormick (1800 May\n         15).","The majority of correspondence in James Monroe's Executive\n         Papers originates from Virginia State government. Significant\n         correspondents from Virginia State government include John\n         Clarke, Superintendent of Public Buildings; Martin Mims,\n         Keeper of the Penitentiary; Archibald Blair, Clerk of the\n         Council; Samuel Coleman, Assistant Clerk of the Council of\n         State; Philip Norborne Nicholas, Attorney General; William\n         Wirt, Clerk of the House of Delegates; Humphrey Brooke, Clerk\n         of the Senate; Robert Quarles, Superintendent of the Point of\n         Fork Arsenal; Thomas Newton, County Lieutenant \u0026\n         Superintendent of Quarantine for Norfolk; Samuel Shepard,\n         Auditor of Public Accounts; and William Berkeley,\n         Treasurer.","Two significant building projects which began by Governor\n         James Wood continued during Monroe's governorship with work on\n         the Penitentiary and Manufactory of Arms. John Clarke, the\n         Superintendent of these two building projects, corresponded\n         frequently with the Governor. Included are the following\n         subjects respecting the Penitentiary: proposals for furnishing\n         lime (1800 Jan. 21); proposals for painting (1800 March 15); a\n         report on the state of the public jail for the reception of\n         criminals sent from the district jails (1800 March 26); an\n         advance for Charles Cox as undertaker of the painting work\n         (1800 April 11); the kitchen (1800 April 16); an alteration in\n         Latrobe's original plan (1800 June 7 ); problems with the\n         militia guard posted at the Penitentiary (1800 Oct. 15);\n         carpenter's work on the Keeper's house (1800 Dec. 20);\n         woodwork on the interior of the cells \u0026 the removal of\n         gunpowder from the Penitentiary (1801 March 28); an advance to\n         John Harvie for furnishing bricks, lime, etc., for the\n         Penitentiary \u0026 Manufactory (1801 April 26); the purchase\n         of window glass, iron, paint, etc., for the Penitentiary \u0026\n         Manufactory (1801 June 20); contracts by John Harvie \u0026\n         Martin Mims for furnishing bricks \u0026 lime for the\n         Penitentiary \u0026 Manufactory (1801 Oct. 18); iron apparatus\n         for cooking (1801 Nov. 28); the status of the Penitentiary\n         \u0026 Manufactory (1801 Dec. 4); an alteration to the\n         Penitentiary so that it can be easily cleansed for the health\n         of the convicts (1802 May 8); the employment of negroes\n         confined in the Penitentiary in the yard stone-cutting (1802\n         May 22); the digging of the well at the Penitentiary (1802 May\n         24); the inscription over the entrance to the Penitentiary\n         (1802 Aug. 7); the removal of gunpowder from the Capitol to\n         the Penitentiary (1802 Nov. 27); and lime furnished by John\n         Harvie (1802 Nov. 27).","John Clarke also devoted substantial correspondence to the\n         construction, employment, and materials for the Manufactory of\n         Arms. On 30 May 1801, Clarke writes Monroe regarding a trip\n         north to locate artificers to work in the Manufactory. In his\n         absence, he names William McKim as supervisor. Subsequently,\n         on 12 June 1801, Clarke writes concerning the number of\n         workmen to be employed in the Manufactory and the manner he\n         proposes to conduct it after its completion. Clarke also\n         provides details of the number of men required for various\n         branches in the Manufactory. Similarly, in his letter dated 27\n         Nov. 1801, Clarke writes concerning the precise number of\n         master armorers, clerks, commissaries, \u0026 machinists\n         necessary for the Manufactory, along with their duties. On 23\n         Dec. 1801, Clarke writes the Governor defending his conduct as\n         superintendent of the Manufactory following an inquiry by the\n         General Assembly. On 4 Jan. 1802, Clarke encloses an estimate\n         of the expense in the completion of the Manufactory of Arms\n         \u0026 Penitentiary, as well as for the purchase of tools.\n         Lastly, on 21 Aug. 1802, Clarke informs the Governor of the\n         death of George Prosser who served as Assistant Superintendent\n         for the Erection of Public Buildings. Additional subjects\n         include: the digging of the foundations for the trip-hammer\n         forge, etc., by Moses Bates (1800 March 28, April 4, \u0026\n         1801 Jan. 16); work employed on the machinery (1800 April 5);\n         the roofs of the Manufactory buildings (1800 April 18);\n         contracts for shingles (1800 April 18 \u0026 May 9); the\n         contract of George Williamson to clean \u0026 stamp state arms\n         (1800 May 23, 30, \u0026 7 June); masonry work by Niman Wise\n         \u0026 James Carney (1800 April 6, June 27, Sept. 23, Oct. 5,\n         \u0026 1801 Nov. 13); the distribution of public arms to the\n         militia of the several counties (1800 July 23, Aug. 10, \u0026\n         Sept. 25); examination of arms sent by James Swan for the\n         militia (1800 Oct. 2); additional bricks (1800 Oct. 6);\n         proposal by George Williamson to repair old arms at the\n         Penitentiary (1800 Oct. 7); the contracts of Jesse Payne to\n         furnish timber and John Harvie for bricks \u0026 lime (1800\n         Nov. 1 \u0026 14); arms sent to the Penitentiary (1801 Jan. 7);\n         the rental of a house for the accommodation of machinery of\n         the Manufactory (1801 Jan. 20); the removal of arms from the\n         Point of Fork Arsenal to Richmond (1801 Feb. 4); the\n         preparation of the garret of the Capitol to receive arms from\n         Point of Fork (1801 Feb. 14); barracks for the Armory Guard at\n         the former hemp inspection warehouse near Rocketts (1801 Feb.\n         15 \u0026 17); the appointment of a superintendent \u0026 his\n         salary (1801 April 17); the employment of artificers at the\n         Point of Fork Arsenal to repair arms until the Manufactory is\n         ready (1801 May 9); contracts for artificers (1801 July 6);\n         artificers \u0026 materials for the Manufactory at Philadelphia\n         (1801 July 23); gunsmiths in New York \u0026 the examination of\n         the state prison there (1801 July 27); proposals for the\n         manufacture of arms (1801 Oct. 13); the employment of\n         artificers (1801 Sept. 25 \u0026 Nov. 13); the procurement of\n         armorers from Springfield, Massachusetts (1801 Oct. 31);\n         neglected pieces of ordnance throughout the state (1801 Dec.\n         23); rations for soldiers (1802 Jan. 9 \u0026 30); cut stone\n         for the steeple (1802 Jan. 18); bells for the Manufactory,\n         Penitentiary, \u0026 Capitol Building (1801 April 27, May 2,\n         \u0026 1802 Feb. 25); timber for fixing up the apparatus (1802\n         Feb. 13 \u0026 24); an invoice of items furnished by John\n         Hodson of Birmingham, England (1802 Feb. 25); the examination\n         of arms sent by George Wheeler (1802 March 11); musket stocks\n         \u0026 the employment of gunsmiths to clean the arms stored in\n         the Capitol (1802 March 12 \u0026 27); Henry Foxall's\n         improvements for casting ordnance (1802 March 12 \u0026 May\n         22); apprentices to work in the Manufactory (1802 April 10);\n         the account of Jesse Payne for timber (1802 May 12); the\n         receipt of gun flints (1802 May 22); the examination of the\n         public arms in the roof of the Capitol by Barlow \u0026 Hayes\n         (1802 June 5); the foundation for the boring mill for ordnance\n         (1802 July 24); the purchase of walnut timber for gun stocks\n         from the United States (1802 July 23 \u0026 24); reimbursement\n         to artificers for travel expenses (1802 Aug. 7); the walls of\n         the Foundry House \u0026 Armory (1802 Oct. 2); and the kitchens\n         of the Manufactory (1802 Nov. 7).","John Clarke was also involved in miscellaneous projects\n         including a project to construct a new tobacco warehouse along\n         the James River Canal in Richmond. On 28 March 1801, Clarke\n         enclosed proposals to the Governor for the tobacco warehouse.\n         Shortly thereafter, he submitted proposals for building the\n         walls (1801 June 13). On 24 July 1802, Clarke writes the\n         Governor concerning the posts for the warehouse . He also\n         writes regarding the purchase of slate from either New York or\n         Philadelphia (1802 Sept. 18 \u0026 Nov. 8).","Martin Mims, Keeper of the Penitentiary, communicates with\n         Governor Monroe regarding numerous subjects related to\n         prisoners and the Penitentiary. Included in these papers is\n         Mims' bond as Keeper of the Penitentiary (1800 March 25),\n         along with a memorandum of negroes sentenced for\n         transportation \u0026 sent to the Penitentiary for safekeeping\n         (1802 Oct. 17). Among his correspondence are the following\n         topics: extra brick work done in the Penitentiary in 1799\n         (1800 Jan. 4); the employment of George Anderson Stile to\n         instruct the prisoners in making nails at the Penitentiary\n         (1800 July 12); the employment of additional guards at the\n         Penitentiary (1800 Sept. 6); rations for prisoners an escape\n         attempt (1802 Jan. 13); a statement of the distribution of\n         public arms to the militia (1802 May 4); an escape attempt by\n         five prisoners (1802 July 24); the number of criminals who\n         have been sent to the Penitentiary from each term since Fall\n         1800 (1802 Nov. 18); and a report of the Board of Inspectors\n         of the Penitentiary re. the his conduct (1802 July 12).","Archibald Blair \u0026 Samuel Coleman, as Clerk \u0026\n         Assistant Clerk of the Council, communicate with the Governor\n         regularly through the Council Office. Blair encloses\n         proceedings of the Council regarding topics such as the\n         appointment of John Cowper as Vice Consul of Sweden (1800\n         March 15) and the calling out a proportion of the militia of\n         Henrico, Chesterfield, \u0026 Richmond (1800 Sept. 6). Also,\n         Blair writes on 7 June 1800 regarding a motion to remove him\n         as Clerk of the Council during his absence. Samuel Coleman, as\n         Assistant Clerk to the Council, both sent and received letters\n         from Governor Monroe. Monroe informed the Council on several\n         occasions of his temporary absence from office (1800 March 5,\n         1800 May 11, \u0026 1800 Sept. 26). On 21 Feb. 1801, Monroe\n         encloses a letter from Philip Sheppard requesting $500 for\n         Pharaoh, one of his slaves who discovered the intended\n         insurrection. Monroe also discusses an act to purchase the\n         freedom of Pharaoh \u0026 Tom as a reward for their service.\n         Coleman's letter in response also relates to these slaves who\n         assisted in the prevention of the insurrection (1801 Feb.\n         28).","Attorney General Robert Brooke died in office on 27\n         February 1800. Edmund Randolph assisted the Governor with\n         opinions during Brooke's absence with illness and until a\n         replacement was appointed. On 8 January 1800, Governor Monroe\n         requests Randolph's opinion on the legality of trying slaves\n         brought from Maryland into Southampton where they murdered\n         their masters. Randolph's letter in reply on the same date\n         indicates that these slaves were properly tried since they\n         were not in the Commonwealth for the 12-month period required\n         by the law of December 1792. Randolph also served as counsel\n         for the Commonwealth in its negotiations with Robert Pollard\n         concerning payment for arms furnished by him (1800 Feb. 8).\n         Lastly, Randolph informs the Governor of the suit in the\n         Federal Court of Hamilton vs. Newton in favor of the defendant\n         (1800 June 5). Philip Norborne Nicholas was appointed Attorney\n         General on 15 March 1800. In a letter dated 6 June 1800,\n         Nicholas encloses a letter from David Robertson, County\n         Attorney for the District of Brunswick, regarding a fine\n         imposed on Washington Crofts. Nicholas provides his opinion on\n         several subjects including: the case of Thomas Carter, a\n         revenue collector for the United States, who wished to serve\n         as a militia officer in Virginia (1800 Aug. 3); the right of\n         the Executive to condemn lands for the use of sick in cases of\n         quarantine (1800 Sept. 6); the admission of negroes into\n         Virginia who were taken as a prize to a U.S. vessel of war\n         (1801 Feb. 11); the emancipation of the slaves Pharaoh \u0026\n         Tom (1801 March 10); his prosecution in the case against Dr.\n         J.K. Read (1801 April 30 \u0026 1801 May 20); the\n         transportation of seamen under contract to perform a voyage\n         (1801 May 20); the suit of De Beaumarchais (1801 Dec. 11 \u0026\n         24, 1802 Feb. 20); public lands in Buckingham County purchased\n         for supporting a blast furnace by Balentine \u0026 Reveley\n         (1802 Feb. 20); deputies or assistants for Martin Mims as\n         Keeper of the Penitentiary (1802 May 23); and the Little River\n         Turnpike Company (1802 Dec. 6).","William Wirt, 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. Wirt submits a\n         resolution requesting a statement of arms which have been\n         issued from the public arsenal to the militia (1799 Dec. 20).\n         Also included are notices for the following elections: John\n         Clopton \u0026 James Wood to the Privy Council (1799 Dec. 11);\n         Samuel McCraw \u0026 John Mayo to the Privy Council (1799 Dec.\n         11); Alexander Stewart to the Privy Council in place of Hardin\n         Burnley (1799 Dec. 12); William Foushee to the Privy Council\n         in place of John Allen (1799 Dec. 12); James Monroe as\n         Governor (1799 Dec. 19); William Berkeley as Treasurer (1799\n         Dec. 21 \u0026 1802 Jan. 5); Archibald Stuart as Judge of the\n         General Court in place of James Henry (1800 Jan. 13); James\n         Wood as Privy Councilor (1800 May 29); David Coleman, John\n         Shore, David Carroll Brent, \u0026 John Bowyer as electors for\n         the Presidential \u0026 Vice Presidential election (1800 Dec.\n         2); Meriwether Jones as Public Printer (1800 Dec. 4 \u0026 1801\n         Dec. 9); Philip Norborne Nicholas as Attorney General in place\n         of Robert Brooke (1800 Dec. 4); James Monroe as Governor (1801\n         Dec. 10); Samuel Tyler \u0026 John Clopton to the Privy Council\n         (1801 Dec. 12); John Brown as Judge of the District Court of\n         Chancery at Staunton (1802 Jan. 27); and William Wirt as Judge\n         of the District Court of Chancery at Williamsburg (1802 Jan.\n         28).","Maj. Robert Quarles submits quarterly returns of arms,\n         ordnance, \u0026 public stores at Point of Fork (1800 Jan. 1,\n         1800 April 1, 1800 July 1, \u0026 1800 Oct. 1). In addition,\n         Quarles writes concerning powder to be sent to Richmond (1800\n         Jan. 4); an advance for contingent expenses (1800 April 2);\n         rations for the additional guard (1800 Sept. 3); enlistments,\n         an advance for clothing, \u0026 a contract for rations (1800\n         Sept. 27); contractor's bond for rations during the ensuing\n         year (1800 Oct. 18); public property at the Point of Fork\n         (1801 March 6); the completion of the removal of arms from the\n         Point of Fork to Richmond (1801 April 12).contracts for rent\n         of public lands \u0026 houses at Point of Fork (1801 July 4);\n         payment to John Gray for boxing up lumber from the Arsenal to\n         Richmond (1802 Aug. 14); and renting out public lands at the\n         Arsenal (1802 Sept. 27).","Thomas Newton, Jr., County Lieutenant \u0026 Superintendent\n         of Quarantine for Norfolk Borough, frequently writes the\n         Governor concerning infectious diseases \u0026 the quarantine\n         of vessels (1800 July 12, 13, \u0026 30, 1800 Aug. 22 \u0026 29,\n         1800 Sept. 6, 1800 Oct. 9, 1801 Sept. 30, \u0026 1802 Aug. 13).\n         Newton's letter on 8 May 1800 relates to the valuation of the\n         Gosport lands in Norfolk. In his letter dated 1800 Aug. 22,\n         Newton mentions his commission for holding the election of\n         electors for President \u0026 Vice President. On 2 Sept. 1800,\n         he provides a list of persons who died from disease since his\n         last return. In addition, Newton sometimes encloses reports of\n         vessels visited \u0026 examined by Dr. J.K. Read (1802 Sept.\n         17, 1802 Oct. 18 \u0026 26). Newton also writes regarding a\n         prize vessel belonging to one of the New England governments\n         with a cargo of thirty slaves bound for Havana from Guinea\n         which was captured by Capt. Baron of the frigate Chesapeake.\n         Several letters by Newton relate to the quarantine of a\n         Spanish vessel called the Brig Ann (1801 May 16, 17, \u0026\n         27). Newton was also involved in the Dismal Swamp Company and\n         reports on its progress (1801 Oct. 28, 1801 Nov. 14 \u0026 20,\n         1802 Sept. 27).","Governor Wood corresponds often with Samuel Shepard,\n         Auditor of Public Accounts, and William Berkeley, Treasurer,\n         regarding various financial matters. Shepard regularly\n         encloses accounts of expenses for forwarding notices,\n         executions, etc. (1800 April 19, 1800 Sept. 6, 1800 Nov. 8,\n         1801 April 11, 1802 April 10, \u0026 1802 Sept. 3). On 17 Jan.\n         1801, Shepard provides a list of counties where there is no\n         Collector of the Public Taxes. Additionally, John Carter,\n         Clerk of the Auditor's Office, submits lists of warrants\n         issued through the Auditor's Office (1800 Feb. 10, 1800 April\n         30, 1800 Aug. 9, 1800 Oct. 10, \u0026 1801 Aug. 7). As\n         Treasurer, William Berkeley regularly communicates reports and\n         balances of specie in the Treasury (1800 Feb. 24, 1800 March\n         1, 1800 July 5,12,19, \u0026 26, 1800 Dec. 23, 1801 Jan. 31,\n         1801 March 21, 1801 May 9 \u0026 16, 1801 June 13, \u0026 1801\n         Aug. 29). On 11 Feb. 1800, Berkeley encloses a letter from\n         Edmund Randolph, in the absence of the Attorney General,\n         regarding tobacco burned in one of the warehouses in\n         Petersburg (1800 Feb. 11). In another letter, dated 14 June\n         1800, Berkeley writes concerning the establishment of a guard\n         at the Capitol. Following Gabriel's Insurrection, Berkeley\n         managed the discharge of claims for executed slaves. He writes\n         on 31 Dec. 1800 that the sum for these claims is exhausted and\n         will be increased by the late insurrection. On several\n         occasions, Berkeley advises the Governor on the sale of the\n         public tobacco in the Treasury (1801 Jan. 16 \u0026 1801 May\n         2). The bonds of William Berkeley as Treasurer can also be\n         found in these papers (1799 Dec. 31, 1801 Jan. 7, \u0026 1802\n         Jan. 6).","Governors from other states comprise a significant amount\n         of correspondence received by the Governor. This\n         correspondence mostly relates to extraditions and the exchange\n         of laws. Included are letters from the following governors:\n         John Drayton, Governor of South Carolina; Ben Ogle \u0026 John\n         F. Mercer, Governors of Maryland; John Jay, Governor of New\n         York; Benjamin Williams, Governor of North Carolina; Thomas\n         McKean, Governor of Pennsylvania; James Garrard, Governor of\n         Kentucky; John Sevier \u0026 Archibald Roane, Governors of\n         Tennessee; Caleb Strong, Governor of Massachusetts; Joseph\n         Bloomfield, Governor of New Jersey; and John Trumball,\n         Governor of Connecticut. John Drayton writes regarding the\n         delivery of Elijah Hill for horse stealing (1800 Feb. 24); the\n         transmission of South Carolina laws passed in 1799 (1800 May\n         5); and information on the negro insurrection in Virginia in\n         order to prevent a similar conspiracy in South Carolina (1801\n         Sept. 27). Ben Ogle encloses a letter from Governor Richard\n         Basset of Delaware regarding the negroes convicted in\n         Southampton County (1800 April 26). Subsequently, his\n         successor, John Francis Mercer, encloses a resolution passed\n         to incorporate a company for establishing a turnpike road\n         (1801 Dec. 31) and requests the requisition of Newell Walton\n         (1802 Aug. 13). Benjamin Williams transmits a resolution (1801\n         Dec. 26) and a copy of public acts (1802 March 8). On 3 June\n         1800, John Jay discusses the regulations of the Penitentiary\n         in New York and advises the Director of the Penitentiary in\n         Virginia to visit the prisons in New York \u0026 Philadelphia.\n         Thomas McKean writes concerning capital offenses and a\n         pamphlet concerning crimes \u0026 punishments containing an\n         account of the jail \u0026 Penitentiary House in Philadelphia\n         (1800 June 16). James Garrard's correspondence relates to an\n         act establishing the boundary between Virginia \u0026 Kentucky\n         (1800 Dec. 27); a proclamation re. the capture of William\n         Lamme (1801 Feb. 21); and copies of the acts passed at the\n         last session (1802 Sept. 1). Both John Sevier \u0026 Archibald\n         Roane write regarding the adjustment of the boundary line\n         between Virginia \u0026 Tennessee and the meeting of the\n         commissioners (1801 June 21, 1802 March 3, \u0026 1802 Aug. 7).\n         Lastly, Caleb Strong, Joseph Bloomfield, \u0026 John Trumball,\n         transmit copies of acts, etc., from their respective\n         legislatures (1801 May 8, 1802 Feb. 20, \u0026 1802 June\n         18).","Additional significant correspondence includes the\n         following: George Winston proposing to make bricks for the\n         Penitentiary (1799 Dec. 9); Robert McCormick \u0026 Company\n         proposing to furnish four thousand stand of arms to Virginia\n         (1799 Dec. 30); James Swan re. the condition of arms furnished\n         the Commonwealth in his first contract (1799 Dec. 31);\n         Alexander Quarrier re. the enlistment of a sergeant \u0026 5\n         privates for one month to guard the arms in the Capitol (1800\n         Jan. 21); James Latimer re. taking under his care the land\n         belonging to the Commonwealth at Old Point Comfort (1800 Feb.\n         7); Charles Cox proposing to paint the Penitentiary (1800 Feb.\n         7); G.K. Taylor applying for the position of Attorney General\n         (1800 March 5); Robert Pollard re. payment to James Swan for\n         arms (1800 March 8,11, 18, \u0026 29); John Cowper re. his\n         appointment by the President as Vice Council for Sweden (1800\n         March 11); Andrew Dunscomb \u0026 Samuel Parsons, Acting\n         Inspectors, encl. a copy of the minutes of the Board of\n         Inspectors of the Penitentiary House (1800 April 26); William\n         Hay \u0026 William Berkeley encl. a resolution that the Acting\n         Inspectors of the Penitentiary be requested to cause the lower\n         range of cells in the east end to be fitted up as dungeons for\n         confining prisoners (1800 May 28); John Marshall re. his\n         appointment by the President as Secretary of State (1800 June\n         7); J. Grammer to Augustine Davis re. a potential insurrection\n         (1800 Aug. 9 ); Dr. James McClurg re. the intelligence\n         received by Augustine Davis re. an intended insurrection (1800\n         Aug. 10); Edmund Randolph \u0026 Daniel Call re. filling up the\n         stagnant pond on the Public Square (1800 Aug. 30); Mosby\n         Sheppard re. intelligence of a slave insurrection led by\n         Gabriel (1800 Aug. 30); Amos Alexander, Mayor of Norfolk, re.\n         cases of yellow fever \u0026 the probably election of Thomas\n         Jefferson as President (1800 Sept. 6); Amos Alexander re.\n         proceedings for aiding the health officer \u0026 the Governor's\n         proclamation re. Gabriel (1800 Sept. 13); James Taylor encl. a\n         copy of a letter from Oliver Wolcott, Treasury Dept., re. the\n         Marine Hospital (1800 Oct. 24); Edmund Pendleton, Jr., re.\n         four of seven slaves committed to the jail of Caroline County\n         for conspiracy based on the testimony of Ben Woolfolk (1800\n         Oct. 22); James McClurg, Mayor of Richmond, re. accommodating\n         the Government with the corporation bell (1800 Dec. 3);\n         Benjamin DuVal re. the necessity of patrols in Norfolk (1800\n         Dec. 26); Benjamin Stoddert, Navy Dept., to John Hopkins re.\n         approval of the deed for conveyance of the Gosport lands to\n         the United States (1801 March 3); Creed Taylor re. his\n         acceptance of an appointment as Commissioner for Virginia to\n         adjust the boundary line between Virginia \u0026 Tennessee\n         (1801 April 25); John Miles presenting pistols to manufacture\n         for the State of Virginia along with muskets \u0026 swords\n         (17801 July 28); Creed Taylor re. the boundary line between\n         Virginia \u0026 Tennessee (1801 Oct. 10); James Keith re.\n         progress made by the Potomack Company in rendering the river\n         navigable (1801 Nov. 13); William Foushee reporting on the\n         James River Company and the improvement of the James River\n         (1801 Nov. 26); Moses Bates re. the digging of the foundation\n         for the Armory (1801 Dec. 2); James Tilton encl. extracts from\n         the journals of the Senate of Delaware (1802 Jan. 17); Joseph\n         Martin \u0026 Creed Taylor requesting another commissioner to\n         settle the boundary between Virginia \u0026 Tennessee (1802\n         Jan. 26); Richard Jones re. an intended insurrection in\n         Nottoway County \u0026 Petersburg (1802 Jan. 2); Moses Greer\n         \u0026 John Prunty soliciting appointment as commissioners to\n         run the boundary line between Virginia \u0026 Maryland (1802\n         Feb. 1\u0026 2); Du Pont de Nemours re. Houdon statue of\n         Washington (in French) (1802 Feb. 23); Thomas Mathews re.\n         reports of an insurrection (1802 March 10 \u0026 13, 1802 June\n         15); John Cowper, Mayor of Norfolk, re. inhabitants of the\n         French islands who sought refuge in Norfolk along with their\n         slaves (1802 Jan. 11); Creed Taylor re. the meeting to run the\n         boundary line between Virginia \u0026 Tennessee (1802 March 27\n         \u0026 29); John Clarke re. the broken bell formerly belonging\n         to the Capitol proposing to be purchased by John Taylor (1802\n         April 8); John Cowper, Mayor of Norfolk, re. a rumored\n         insurrection on Easter Monday, and the trial \u0026 execution\n         of leaders involved in the conspiracy (1802 April 17 \u0026 27,\n         1802 May 8, 1802 June 1); John B. Scott re. the trial of\n         people plotting a proposed insurrection in Halifax County\n         (1802 April 21, 23, \u0026 30); George Goosley proposing to\n         transport the slaves confined in the Penitentiary to either\n         Surinam or Havana (1802 June 5 \u0026 8); Christopher Gore,\n         Commissioner to England, to Thomas Jefferson re. the\n         emancipation of negroes for settlement in Sierra Leone (1802\n         Oct. 10); Saguaresa, Indian Chief, re. land belonging to the\n         Pamunkey Indians (1802 Nov. 15); and Governor Monroe re. his\n         retirement from office (1802 Dec. 7).","Other noteworthy items include: a report by Nathaniel\n         Quarles \u0026 Jesse Bowles on the number of bricks laid in the\n         Penitentiary (1799 Dec. 24); court proceeding of Southampton\n         County of the slaves Sam \u0026 Hatter Isaac for the murder of\n         Harris Spears \u0026 Joshua Butte (1800 Jan. 21); statement on\n         the Tobacco Fund from 25 Nov. 1789 to 30 Sept. 1799 by\n         Nathaniel Shepard (1800 March 4); schedule of guns examined\n         \u0026 proved by Jacob Cooke (1800 March 29); report of Martin\n         Mims \u0026 William Rawleigh re. the foundation of the tilt\n         hammer forge at the Manufactory of Arms (1800 April 3); list\n         of commissioners in each county for supervising the\n         Presidential election (1800 July 29); proceedings of the\n         Corporation of Richmond re. the infectious disease at Norfolk\n         (1800 Aug. 28); return of election for electors in Norfolk\n         County (1800 Nov. 5); list of electors appointed by the\n         Governor (1800 Dec. 3); oath of Daniel Hylton as Clerk of the\n         Privy Council (1801 Jan. 20); proclamation by Governor Monroe\n         for a reward for the capture of a slaves named Greenock (1801\n         Feb. 7); deeds from Philip Sheppard \u0026 Elizabeth Sheppard,\n         etc., for the sale of slaves Pharaoh \u0026 Tom (1801 March\n         15); proclamation of Governor Monroe for a reward for the\n         capture of Isaac Venie (1801 March 16); proclamation by\n         Governor Monroe for a reward for the capture of John Anderson\n         (1801 May 30); bond of Pickett, Pollard, \u0026 Johnson as\n         agents to James Swan for the purchase of arms by the\n         Commonwealth (1801 July 3); account of clothing delivered to\n         the Public Guard including the names of officers \u0026\n         privates (1801 July 10); proclamation of Governor Monroe for a\n         reward for the capture of Peter Brookman (1801 Aug. 31); bills\n         of lading for castings for the Penitentiary (1801 Oct. 21);\n         list of arms distributed to the militia (1801 Nov. 13);\n         schedule of the census for Eastern Virginia (1802 Jan. 20);\n         proclamation by Governor Monroe for the apprehension of Isaac\n         Farrow \u0026 Jacob Hersher (1802 Jan. 23); proclamation of\n         Governor Monroe for a reward for the capture of John Dunn\n         (1802 Feb. 6); proclamation of Governor Monroe for a reward\n         for the capture of Obadiah Williams, Moses Burbridge, \u0026\n         Benjamin Sullivan (1802 May 20); report of the committee\n         respecting the Penitentiary Building advising Clarke's\n         alteration of the building by James Wood \u0026 William Foushee\n         (1802 May 20); applications for the superintendence of the\n         Public Tobacco Warehouse in Richmond (1802 June 7);\n         proclamation of Governor Monroe for a reward for the capture\n         of Thomas Gillespie (1802 June 7); proclamations by Governor\n         Monroe for the apprehension of James \u0026 Mary Martin \u0026\n         John Franklin (1802 July 10); Commissioner's report on the\n         state of the Treasury (1802 Oct. 2); return of clothing due\n         the Public Guard (1802 Nov. 26 \u0026 27); and an act\n         concerning the title papers of lands in the forks of the Big\n         Sandy from the Kentucky Legislature (1802 Dec. 22).","The Subject Files series contains subject files separated\n         from Governor Monroe's Executive Papers related to three\n         topics: Gabriel's Insurrection, the McCormick-Miles-Haslett\n         Arms Contract, and Receipts for Pamphlets. Note that documents\n         related to these subjects may still been found in the\n         Chronological files. These files were originally separated to\n         provide a ready-reference to researchers.","Gabriel's Insurrection was the most significant historical\n         event during James Monroe's time in office. Included are court\n         records, trials, condemnations, confessions, pardons,\n         proceedings, and correspondence regarding the slaves involved\n         in the conspiracy \u0026 insurrection led by Gabriel, the\n         property of Thomas Prosser of Henrico County. Significant\n         documents include: a letter from James McClurg, Mayor of\n         Richmond, re. an intended insurrection (1800 Sept. 1); a\n         letter from Joseph Jones warning of an intended rebellion of\n         slaves, free negroes, and mulattoes (1800 Sept. 8); a\n         resolution of the Common Hall of Richmond by Adam Craig re. an\n         intended insurrection (1800 Sept. 9); Adam Craig, aid-de-camp\n         to the Governor, requesting a temporary exemption from guard\n         duty (1800 Sept. 13); a letter from Thomas Newton re. the\n         capture of Gabriel on board the Schooner Mary and the conduct\n         of its master, Richardson Taylor (1800 Sept. 24); a letter\n         from Richard E. Lee, re. the arrival \u0026 apprehension of\n         Gabriel in Norfolk (1800 Sept. 25); a letter from James Monroe\n         to the Council re. the delivery of Gabriel to the Penitentiary\n         (1800 Sept. 28); minutes of the Council re. the confession of\n         Gabriel and advice that extra guard be dismissed (1800 Sept.\n         28); a letter from William Wilkinson re. an apprehended\n         insurrection and the ordering up of part of the militia at\n         Suffolk (1800 Oct. 1); and a letter from Thomas Newton re.\n         accounts of an insurrection at Norfolk (1800 Dec. 29).","The McCormick-Miles-Haslett Arms Contract consists of\n         correspondence, receipts, bills of lading, contracts, bonds,\n         and other documents related to the contract between Robert\n         McCormick \u0026 Company of Philadelphia, Pa., and the\n         Commonwealth of Virginia for 4,000 muskets. McCormick sold his\n         arms factory in May 1801 to John Miles who took over and\n         completed the contract in 1803. General John Shee served as\n         agent for the State of Virginia. Much of the correspondence,\n         bills of lading, and receipts were sent by Shee in\n         Philadelphia to Samuel Coleman in Richmond. There are also\n         receipts from James Haslett, the superintendent of McCormick's\n         works who continued employment when the factory was sold to\n         John Miles.","Lastly, the Receipts for Pamphlets, are simply receipts\n         from individuals who delivered documents from the Governor.\n         The receipts provide the name of the recipient, the county,\n         and the amount of miles traveled. In April 1800, Governor\n         Monroe arranged for the delivery of reports of a select\n         committee of the House of Delegates with copies of answers of\n         several states to a resolution of the General Assembly of 21\n         December 1798 on the United States Alien \u0026 Sedition Laws.\n         Other receipts document the delivery of dispatches to militia\n         commanders and letters to Commissioners for Equalizing the\n         Land Tax between August \u0026 September 1800.","There are no restrictions.","State Records Collection,\n         Office of the Governor (Record Group 3)","English"],"unitid_tesim":["40936"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Governor James Monroe Executive\n         Papers, \n         \n         1799-1802"],"collection_title_tesim":["Governor James Monroe Executive\n         Papers, \n         \n         1799-1802"],"collection_ssim":["Governor James Monroe Executive\n         Papers, \n         \n         1799-1802"],"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":["5.28 cubic\n         feet"],"accessrestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThere are no restrictions.\u003c/p\u003e"],"accessrestrict_heading_ssm":["Access Restrictions"],"accessrestrict_tesim":["There are no restrictions."],"altformavail_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eAlso available on microfilm - Miscellaneous Reel 5332-5350.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003clist type=\"simple\"\u003e\n          \u003citem\u003eMiscellaneous Reel 5332 - Chronological Files, 1799 Dec. 7-1800 Feb. 27\n\u003c/item\u003e\n          \u003citem\u003eMiscellaneous Reel 5333 - Chronological Files, 1800 Mar. 1-May 31\n\u003c/item\u003e\n          \u003citem\u003eMiscellaneous Reel 5334 - Chronological Files, 1800 June 1-Aug. 31\n\u003c/item\u003e\n          \u003citem\u003eMiscellaneous Reel 5335 - Chronological Files, 1800 Sept. 1-Oct. 31\n\u003c/item\u003e\n          \u003citem\u003eMiscellaneous Reel 5336 - Chronological Files, 1800 Nov.-1801 Jan. 31 \n\u003c/item\u003e\n          \u003citem\u003eMiscellaneous Reel 5337 - Chronological Files, 1801 Feb. 2-Apr. 30\n\u003c/item\u003e\n          \u003citem\u003eMiscellaneous Reel 5338 - Chronological Files, 1801 May 2-June 20\n\u003c/item\u003e\n          \u003citem\u003eMiscellaneous Reel 5339 - Chronological Files, 1801 June 21-Aug. 31\n\u003c/item\u003e\n          \u003citem\u003eMiscellaneous Reel 5340 - Chronological Files, 1801 Sept. 6-Oct. 31\n\u003c/item\u003e\n          \u003citem\u003eMiscellaneous Reel 5341 - Chronological Files, 1801 Nov. 2-Dec. 30\n\u003c/item\u003e\n          \u003citem\u003eMiscellaneous Reel 5342 - Chronological Files, 1802 Jan. 2-Feb. 28\n\u003c/item\u003e\n          \u003citem\u003eMiscellaneous Reel 5343 - Chronological Files, 1802 Mar. 1-Apr. 30\n\u003c/item\u003e\n          \u003citem\u003eMiscellaneous Reel 5344 - Chronological Files, 1802 May 1-June 29\n\u003c/item\u003e\n          \u003citem\u003eMiscellaneous Reel 5345 - Chronological Files, 1802 July 1-Aug. 31\n\u003c/item\u003e\n          \u003citem\u003eMiscellaneous Reel 5346 - Chronological Files, 1802 Sept. 1-Oct. 31\n\u003c/item\u003e\n          \u003citem\u003eMiscellaneous Reel 5347 - Chronological Files, 1802 Nov.-Dec. 24 \u0026amp; 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Monroe studied law under\n         Governor Thomas Jefferson and was elected to the House of\n         Delegates in 1782, however, he vacated his seat when he was\n         appointed to the Council of State. In 1783, Monroe was chosen\n         as a delegate to represent Virginia in the Confederation\n         Congress which he served until 1786. He returned to the House\n         of Delegates in 1787 and represented Spotsylvania County in\n         the Convention of 1788 to ratify the Federal Constitution. He\n         lost an election to James Madison in the First Congress, but\n         was later elected to the United States Senate on 9 November\n         1790 to replace the deceased William Grayson. He was reelected\n         in 1791 and served in the Senate until his resignation on 27\n         May 1794. President George Washington appointed Monroe\n         Minister Plenipotentiary to France on 28 May 1794.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMonroe became Governor of Virginia on 19 December 1799.\n         During his first one-year term in office, Monroe successfully\n         quelled Gabriel's Insurrection, the largest slave uprising in\n         Virginia's history until that time. Monroe's governorship too\n         saw the completion of the Virginia Penitentiary and the\n         Manufactory of Arms. Monroe was elected to two additional\n         one-year terms as governor. Following his governorship, in\n         1803, Monroe was appointed by President Thomas Jefferson as\n         Minister Plenipotentiary to France, and later Minister\n         Plenipotentiary to England from 1803 until 1807. Monroe\n         returned to the House of Delegates in 1810 and was again\n         elected governor on 19 January 1811. Monroe's second stint as\n         governor, however, was short-lived as he resigned following\n         his appointment by President James Madison as Secretary of\n         State. Simultaneously, Monroe replaced John Armstrong as\n         Secretary of War from 1814 to 1815. The culmination of\n         Monroe's political career occurred with his election and\n         subsequent reelection as the fifth President of the United\n         States from 4 March 1817 to 3 March 1825. Monroe's last\n         significant public position took place when he was elected\n         president of the Virginia Constitutional Convention in\n         1829.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMonroe married Elizabeth Kortright in 1786. They had two\n         daughters, Elizabeth and Maria Hester. He died at the home of\n         his youngest daughter in New York City on 4 July 1831.\n         Originally interred at the Marble Cemetery, Monroe's remains\n         were later reinterred twenty-five years later in Richmond's\n         Hollywood Cemetery after appeals by Governor Henry A. Wise and\n         the Virginia Legislature.\u003c/p\u003e"],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical Information"],"bioghist_tesim":["James Monroe was born on 28 April 1758 in Westmoreland\n         County, Virginia, to Spence Monroe and Elizabeth Jones. A\n         graduate of William and Mary College in 1776, Monroe enlisted\n         as a lieutenant in the Third Virginia Regiment of the\n         Continental Army. Monroe was promoted to major following the\n         Battle of Trenton, and served as a colonel and aid to General\n         William Alexander from 1777 to 1778. Monroe studied law under\n         Governor Thomas Jefferson and was elected to the House of\n         Delegates in 1782, however, he vacated his seat when he was\n         appointed to the Council of State. In 1783, Monroe was chosen\n         as a delegate to represent Virginia in the Confederation\n         Congress which he served until 1786. He returned to the House\n         of Delegates in 1787 and represented Spotsylvania County in\n         the Convention of 1788 to ratify the Federal Constitution. He\n         lost an election to James Madison in the First Congress, but\n         was later elected to the United States Senate on 9 November\n         1790 to replace the deceased William Grayson. He was reelected\n         in 1791 and served in the Senate until his resignation on 27\n         May 1794. President George Washington appointed Monroe\n         Minister Plenipotentiary to France on 28 May 1794.","Monroe became Governor of Virginia on 19 December 1799.\n         During his first one-year term in office, Monroe successfully\n         quelled Gabriel's Insurrection, the largest slave uprising in\n         Virginia's history until that time. Monroe's governorship too\n         saw the completion of the Virginia Penitentiary and the\n         Manufactory of Arms. Monroe was elected to two additional\n         one-year terms as governor. Following his governorship, in\n         1803, Monroe was appointed by President Thomas Jefferson as\n         Minister Plenipotentiary to France, and later Minister\n         Plenipotentiary to England from 1803 until 1807. Monroe\n         returned to the House of Delegates in 1810 and was again\n         elected governor on 19 January 1811. Monroe's second stint as\n         governor, however, was short-lived as he resigned following\n         his appointment by President James Madison as Secretary of\n         State. Simultaneously, Monroe replaced John Armstrong as\n         Secretary of War from 1814 to 1815. The culmination of\n         Monroe's political career occurred with his election and\n         subsequent reelection as the fifth President of the United\n         States from 4 March 1817 to 3 March 1825. Monroe's last\n         significant public position took place when he was elected\n         president of the Virginia Constitutional Convention in\n         1829.","Monroe married Elizabeth Kortright in 1786. They had two\n         daughters, Elizabeth and Maria Hester. He died at the home of\n         his youngest daughter in New York City on 4 July 1831.\n         Originally interred at the Marble Cemetery, Monroe's remains\n         were later reinterred twenty-five years later in Richmond's\n         Hollywood Cemetery after appeals by Governor Henry A. Wise and\n         the Virginia Legislature."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eVirginia. Governor's Office. James Monroe Executive\n            Papers, 1799-1802 (bulk 1800-1802). Accession 40936, The\n            Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e"],"prefercite_tesim":["Virginia. Governor's Office. James Monroe Executive\n            Papers, 1799-1802 (bulk 1800-1802). Accession 40936, The\n            Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia."],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content Information"],"scopecontent_tesim":["James Monroe's Executive papers are organized into two\n         series. Series have been designated for Chronological files\n         and Subject files. The bulk of the material can be found in\n         the Chronological files' series.","The Chronological Files series primarily consists of\n         incoming correspondence during Monroe's three one-year terms\n         as governor between 19 December 1799 until 24 December 1802.\n         The correspondence in this collection relates to a variety of\n         topics including appointments \u0026 recommendations for state\n         positions; slave insurrections; the construction of the\n         Virginia Penitentiary \u0026 Manufactory of Arms; the Point of\n         Fork Arsenal; the boundary between Tennessee \u0026 Virginia;\n         public improvements; resignations; extraditions; state\n         expenses \u0026 revenue; quarantine of vessels; elections;\n         Presidential electors; and others. In addition to\n         correspondence, there are resolutions from the Virginia Senate\n         \u0026 House of Delegates; accounts; oaths; contracts; pardons;\n         proposals; receipts; election returns \u0026 certificates;\n         qualifications; lists; proclamations; petitions; reports;\n         appointments; resignations; bonds; commissions; orders;\n         proceedings; applications; opinions; and other sundry\n         items.","The Governor received correspondence from three main\n         sources: the Federal government, Virginia State government,\n         and Governors from other states. Federal government\n         correspondents include Presidents John Adams \u0026 Thomas\n         Jefferson; John Marshall \u0026 James Madison, Secretaries of\n         State; Samuel Dexter, Secretary of War; and Virginia's\n         delegates in Congress. President John Adams writes Governor\n         Monroe on 25 Aug. 1800 concerning the cession of the Marine\n         Hospital at Norfolk to the United States on condition that the\n         government pays the balance due commissioners. Additionally,\n         on 3 June 1802, President Thomas Jefferson writes regarding\n         the resolution of Virginia to look for a proper place,\n         specifically Sierra Leone, Africa, to send insurgent negroes.\n         Jefferson also communicates on the subject of upheaval in the\n         French West Indies (1802 Nov. 24). John Marshall, Secretary of\n         State, forwards laws from the last session of Congress (1800\n         Sept. N.D.). Later, James Madison writes enclosing a complaint\n         by the agent of the U.S. at Jamaica of certain frauds in flour\n         shipped there (1802 Jan. 2). Samuel Dexter, Secretary of War,\n         acknowledges receipt of a list of land warrants issued from\n         the Virginia Land Office to the officers \u0026 soldiers who\n         served during the Revolutionary War on Continental\n         Establishment (1800 June 16). As senators from Virginia,\n         Stevens Thomson Mason \u0026 Wilson Cary Nicholas write the\n         Governor regarding an attempt to repeal the Sedition Law, the\n         closing of the contract with Robert McCormick for the delivery\n         of arms to Virginia, and the inspection of the arms by John\n         Shee of Philadelphia (1800 April 29). In another letter, Mason\n         encloses the bonds of John Shee and Robert McCormick (1800 May\n         15).","The majority of correspondence in James Monroe's Executive\n         Papers originates from Virginia State government. Significant\n         correspondents from Virginia State government include John\n         Clarke, Superintendent of Public Buildings; Martin Mims,\n         Keeper of the Penitentiary; Archibald Blair, Clerk of the\n         Council; Samuel Coleman, Assistant Clerk of the Council of\n         State; Philip Norborne Nicholas, Attorney General; William\n         Wirt, Clerk of the House of Delegates; Humphrey Brooke, Clerk\n         of the Senate; Robert Quarles, Superintendent of the Point of\n         Fork Arsenal; Thomas Newton, County Lieutenant \u0026\n         Superintendent of Quarantine for Norfolk; Samuel Shepard,\n         Auditor of Public Accounts; and William Berkeley,\n         Treasurer.","Two significant building projects which began by Governor\n         James Wood continued during Monroe's governorship with work on\n         the Penitentiary and Manufactory of Arms. John Clarke, the\n         Superintendent of these two building projects, corresponded\n         frequently with the Governor. Included are the following\n         subjects respecting the Penitentiary: proposals for furnishing\n         lime (1800 Jan. 21); proposals for painting (1800 March 15); a\n         report on the state of the public jail for the reception of\n         criminals sent from the district jails (1800 March 26); an\n         advance for Charles Cox as undertaker of the painting work\n         (1800 April 11); the kitchen (1800 April 16); an alteration in\n         Latrobe's original plan (1800 June 7 ); problems with the\n         militia guard posted at the Penitentiary (1800 Oct. 15);\n         carpenter's work on the Keeper's house (1800 Dec. 20);\n         woodwork on the interior of the cells \u0026 the removal of\n         gunpowder from the Penitentiary (1801 March 28); an advance to\n         John Harvie for furnishing bricks, lime, etc., for the\n         Penitentiary \u0026 Manufactory (1801 April 26); the purchase\n         of window glass, iron, paint, etc., for the Penitentiary \u0026\n         Manufactory (1801 June 20); contracts by John Harvie \u0026\n         Martin Mims for furnishing bricks \u0026 lime for the\n         Penitentiary \u0026 Manufactory (1801 Oct. 18); iron apparatus\n         for cooking (1801 Nov. 28); the status of the Penitentiary\n         \u0026 Manufactory (1801 Dec. 4); an alteration to the\n         Penitentiary so that it can be easily cleansed for the health\n         of the convicts (1802 May 8); the employment of negroes\n         confined in the Penitentiary in the yard stone-cutting (1802\n         May 22); the digging of the well at the Penitentiary (1802 May\n         24); the inscription over the entrance to the Penitentiary\n         (1802 Aug. 7); the removal of gunpowder from the Capitol to\n         the Penitentiary (1802 Nov. 27); and lime furnished by John\n         Harvie (1802 Nov. 27).","John Clarke also devoted substantial correspondence to the\n         construction, employment, and materials for the Manufactory of\n         Arms. On 30 May 1801, Clarke writes Monroe regarding a trip\n         north to locate artificers to work in the Manufactory. In his\n         absence, he names William McKim as supervisor. Subsequently,\n         on 12 June 1801, Clarke writes concerning the number of\n         workmen to be employed in the Manufactory and the manner he\n         proposes to conduct it after its completion. Clarke also\n         provides details of the number of men required for various\n         branches in the Manufactory. Similarly, in his letter dated 27\n         Nov. 1801, Clarke writes concerning the precise number of\n         master armorers, clerks, commissaries, \u0026 machinists\n         necessary for the Manufactory, along with their duties. On 23\n         Dec. 1801, Clarke writes the Governor defending his conduct as\n         superintendent of the Manufactory following an inquiry by the\n         General Assembly. On 4 Jan. 1802, Clarke encloses an estimate\n         of the expense in the completion of the Manufactory of Arms\n         \u0026 Penitentiary, as well as for the purchase of tools.\n         Lastly, on 21 Aug. 1802, Clarke informs the Governor of the\n         death of George Prosser who served as Assistant Superintendent\n         for the Erection of Public Buildings. Additional subjects\n         include: the digging of the foundations for the trip-hammer\n         forge, etc., by Moses Bates (1800 March 28, April 4, \u0026\n         1801 Jan. 16); work employed on the machinery (1800 April 5);\n         the roofs of the Manufactory buildings (1800 April 18);\n         contracts for shingles (1800 April 18 \u0026 May 9); the\n         contract of George Williamson to clean \u0026 stamp state arms\n         (1800 May 23, 30, \u0026 7 June); masonry work by Niman Wise\n         \u0026 James Carney (1800 April 6, June 27, Sept. 23, Oct. 5,\n         \u0026 1801 Nov. 13); the distribution of public arms to the\n         militia of the several counties (1800 July 23, Aug. 10, \u0026\n         Sept. 25); examination of arms sent by James Swan for the\n         militia (1800 Oct. 2); additional bricks (1800 Oct. 6);\n         proposal by George Williamson to repair old arms at the\n         Penitentiary (1800 Oct. 7); the contracts of Jesse Payne to\n         furnish timber and John Harvie for bricks \u0026 lime (1800\n         Nov. 1 \u0026 14); arms sent to the Penitentiary (1801 Jan. 7);\n         the rental of a house for the accommodation of machinery of\n         the Manufactory (1801 Jan. 20); the removal of arms from the\n         Point of Fork Arsenal to Richmond (1801 Feb. 4); the\n         preparation of the garret of the Capitol to receive arms from\n         Point of Fork (1801 Feb. 14); barracks for the Armory Guard at\n         the former hemp inspection warehouse near Rocketts (1801 Feb.\n         15 \u0026 17); the appointment of a superintendent \u0026 his\n         salary (1801 April 17); the employment of artificers at the\n         Point of Fork Arsenal to repair arms until the Manufactory is\n         ready (1801 May 9); contracts for artificers (1801 July 6);\n         artificers \u0026 materials for the Manufactory at Philadelphia\n         (1801 July 23); gunsmiths in New York \u0026 the examination of\n         the state prison there (1801 July 27); proposals for the\n         manufacture of arms (1801 Oct. 13); the employment of\n         artificers (1801 Sept. 25 \u0026 Nov. 13); the procurement of\n         armorers from Springfield, Massachusetts (1801 Oct. 31);\n         neglected pieces of ordnance throughout the state (1801 Dec.\n         23); rations for soldiers (1802 Jan. 9 \u0026 30); cut stone\n         for the steeple (1802 Jan. 18); bells for the Manufactory,\n         Penitentiary, \u0026 Capitol Building (1801 April 27, May 2,\n         \u0026 1802 Feb. 25); timber for fixing up the apparatus (1802\n         Feb. 13 \u0026 24); an invoice of items furnished by John\n         Hodson of Birmingham, England (1802 Feb. 25); the examination\n         of arms sent by George Wheeler (1802 March 11); musket stocks\n         \u0026 the employment of gunsmiths to clean the arms stored in\n         the Capitol (1802 March 12 \u0026 27); Henry Foxall's\n         improvements for casting ordnance (1802 March 12 \u0026 May\n         22); apprentices to work in the Manufactory (1802 April 10);\n         the account of Jesse Payne for timber (1802 May 12); the\n         receipt of gun flints (1802 May 22); the examination of the\n         public arms in the roof of the Capitol by Barlow \u0026 Hayes\n         (1802 June 5); the foundation for the boring mill for ordnance\n         (1802 July 24); the purchase of walnut timber for gun stocks\n         from the United States (1802 July 23 \u0026 24); reimbursement\n         to artificers for travel expenses (1802 Aug. 7); the walls of\n         the Foundry House \u0026 Armory (1802 Oct. 2); and the kitchens\n         of the Manufactory (1802 Nov. 7).","John Clarke was also involved in miscellaneous projects\n         including a project to construct a new tobacco warehouse along\n         the James River Canal in Richmond. On 28 March 1801, Clarke\n         enclosed proposals to the Governor for the tobacco warehouse.\n         Shortly thereafter, he submitted proposals for building the\n         walls (1801 June 13). On 24 July 1802, Clarke writes the\n         Governor concerning the posts for the warehouse . He also\n         writes regarding the purchase of slate from either New York or\n         Philadelphia (1802 Sept. 18 \u0026 Nov. 8).","Martin Mims, Keeper of the Penitentiary, communicates with\n         Governor Monroe regarding numerous subjects related to\n         prisoners and the Penitentiary. Included in these papers is\n         Mims' bond as Keeper of the Penitentiary (1800 March 25),\n         along with a memorandum of negroes sentenced for\n         transportation \u0026 sent to the Penitentiary for safekeeping\n         (1802 Oct. 17). Among his correspondence are the following\n         topics: extra brick work done in the Penitentiary in 1799\n         (1800 Jan. 4); the employment of George Anderson Stile to\n         instruct the prisoners in making nails at the Penitentiary\n         (1800 July 12); the employment of additional guards at the\n         Penitentiary (1800 Sept. 6); rations for prisoners an escape\n         attempt (1802 Jan. 13); a statement of the distribution of\n         public arms to the militia (1802 May 4); an escape attempt by\n         five prisoners (1802 July 24); the number of criminals who\n         have been sent to the Penitentiary from each term since Fall\n         1800 (1802 Nov. 18); and a report of the Board of Inspectors\n         of the Penitentiary re. the his conduct (1802 July 12).","Archibald Blair \u0026 Samuel Coleman, as Clerk \u0026\n         Assistant Clerk of the Council, communicate with the Governor\n         regularly through the Council Office. Blair encloses\n         proceedings of the Council regarding topics such as the\n         appointment of John Cowper as Vice Consul of Sweden (1800\n         March 15) and the calling out a proportion of the militia of\n         Henrico, Chesterfield, \u0026 Richmond (1800 Sept. 6). Also,\n         Blair writes on 7 June 1800 regarding a motion to remove him\n         as Clerk of the Council during his absence. Samuel Coleman, as\n         Assistant Clerk to the Council, both sent and received letters\n         from Governor Monroe. Monroe informed the Council on several\n         occasions of his temporary absence from office (1800 March 5,\n         1800 May 11, \u0026 1800 Sept. 26). On 21 Feb. 1801, Monroe\n         encloses a letter from Philip Sheppard requesting $500 for\n         Pharaoh, one of his slaves who discovered the intended\n         insurrection. Monroe also discusses an act to purchase the\n         freedom of Pharaoh \u0026 Tom as a reward for their service.\n         Coleman's letter in response also relates to these slaves who\n         assisted in the prevention of the insurrection (1801 Feb.\n         28).","Attorney General Robert Brooke died in office on 27\n         February 1800. Edmund Randolph assisted the Governor with\n         opinions during Brooke's absence with illness and until a\n         replacement was appointed. On 8 January 1800, Governor Monroe\n         requests Randolph's opinion on the legality of trying slaves\n         brought from Maryland into Southampton where they murdered\n         their masters. Randolph's letter in reply on the same date\n         indicates that these slaves were properly tried since they\n         were not in the Commonwealth for the 12-month period required\n         by the law of December 1792. Randolph also served as counsel\n         for the Commonwealth in its negotiations with Robert Pollard\n         concerning payment for arms furnished by him (1800 Feb. 8).\n         Lastly, Randolph informs the Governor of the suit in the\n         Federal Court of Hamilton vs. Newton in favor of the defendant\n         (1800 June 5). Philip Norborne Nicholas was appointed Attorney\n         General on 15 March 1800. In a letter dated 6 June 1800,\n         Nicholas encloses a letter from David Robertson, County\n         Attorney for the District of Brunswick, regarding a fine\n         imposed on Washington Crofts. Nicholas provides his opinion on\n         several subjects including: the case of Thomas Carter, a\n         revenue collector for the United States, who wished to serve\n         as a militia officer in Virginia (1800 Aug. 3); the right of\n         the Executive to condemn lands for the use of sick in cases of\n         quarantine (1800 Sept. 6); the admission of negroes into\n         Virginia who were taken as a prize to a U.S. vessel of war\n         (1801 Feb. 11); the emancipation of the slaves Pharaoh \u0026\n         Tom (1801 March 10); his prosecution in the case against Dr.\n         J.K. Read (1801 April 30 \u0026 1801 May 20); the\n         transportation of seamen under contract to perform a voyage\n         (1801 May 20); the suit of De Beaumarchais (1801 Dec. 11 \u0026\n         24, 1802 Feb. 20); public lands in Buckingham County purchased\n         for supporting a blast furnace by Balentine \u0026 Reveley\n         (1802 Feb. 20); deputies or assistants for Martin Mims as\n         Keeper of the Penitentiary (1802 May 23); and the Little River\n         Turnpike Company (1802 Dec. 6).","William Wirt, 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. Wirt submits a\n         resolution requesting a statement of arms which have been\n         issued from the public arsenal to the militia (1799 Dec. 20).\n         Also included are notices for the following elections: John\n         Clopton \u0026 James Wood to the Privy Council (1799 Dec. 11);\n         Samuel McCraw \u0026 John Mayo to the Privy Council (1799 Dec.\n         11); Alexander Stewart to the Privy Council in place of Hardin\n         Burnley (1799 Dec. 12); William Foushee to the Privy Council\n         in place of John Allen (1799 Dec. 12); James Monroe as\n         Governor (1799 Dec. 19); William Berkeley as Treasurer (1799\n         Dec. 21 \u0026 1802 Jan. 5); Archibald Stuart as Judge of the\n         General Court in place of James Henry (1800 Jan. 13); James\n         Wood as Privy Councilor (1800 May 29); David Coleman, John\n         Shore, David Carroll Brent, \u0026 John Bowyer as electors for\n         the Presidential \u0026 Vice Presidential election (1800 Dec.\n         2); Meriwether Jones as Public Printer (1800 Dec. 4 \u0026 1801\n         Dec. 9); Philip Norborne Nicholas as Attorney General in place\n         of Robert Brooke (1800 Dec. 4); James Monroe as Governor (1801\n         Dec. 10); Samuel Tyler \u0026 John Clopton to the Privy Council\n         (1801 Dec. 12); John Brown as Judge of the District Court of\n         Chancery at Staunton (1802 Jan. 27); and William Wirt as Judge\n         of the District Court of Chancery at Williamsburg (1802 Jan.\n         28).","Maj. Robert Quarles submits quarterly returns of arms,\n         ordnance, \u0026 public stores at Point of Fork (1800 Jan. 1,\n         1800 April 1, 1800 July 1, \u0026 1800 Oct. 1). In addition,\n         Quarles writes concerning powder to be sent to Richmond (1800\n         Jan. 4); an advance for contingent expenses (1800 April 2);\n         rations for the additional guard (1800 Sept. 3); enlistments,\n         an advance for clothing, \u0026 a contract for rations (1800\n         Sept. 27); contractor's bond for rations during the ensuing\n         year (1800 Oct. 18); public property at the Point of Fork\n         (1801 March 6); the completion of the removal of arms from the\n         Point of Fork to Richmond (1801 April 12).contracts for rent\n         of public lands \u0026 houses at Point of Fork (1801 July 4);\n         payment to John Gray for boxing up lumber from the Arsenal to\n         Richmond (1802 Aug. 14); and renting out public lands at the\n         Arsenal (1802 Sept. 27).","Thomas Newton, Jr., County Lieutenant \u0026 Superintendent\n         of Quarantine for Norfolk Borough, frequently writes the\n         Governor concerning infectious diseases \u0026 the quarantine\n         of vessels (1800 July 12, 13, \u0026 30, 1800 Aug. 22 \u0026 29,\n         1800 Sept. 6, 1800 Oct. 9, 1801 Sept. 30, \u0026 1802 Aug. 13).\n         Newton's letter on 8 May 1800 relates to the valuation of the\n         Gosport lands in Norfolk. In his letter dated 1800 Aug. 22,\n         Newton mentions his commission for holding the election of\n         electors for President \u0026 Vice President. On 2 Sept. 1800,\n         he provides a list of persons who died from disease since his\n         last return. In addition, Newton sometimes encloses reports of\n         vessels visited \u0026 examined by Dr. J.K. Read (1802 Sept.\n         17, 1802 Oct. 18 \u0026 26). Newton also writes regarding a\n         prize vessel belonging to one of the New England governments\n         with a cargo of thirty slaves bound for Havana from Guinea\n         which was captured by Capt. Baron of the frigate Chesapeake.\n         Several letters by Newton relate to the quarantine of a\n         Spanish vessel called the Brig Ann (1801 May 16, 17, \u0026\n         27). Newton was also involved in the Dismal Swamp Company and\n         reports on its progress (1801 Oct. 28, 1801 Nov. 14 \u0026 20,\n         1802 Sept. 27).","Governor Wood corresponds often with Samuel Shepard,\n         Auditor of Public Accounts, and William Berkeley, Treasurer,\n         regarding various financial matters. Shepard regularly\n         encloses accounts of expenses for forwarding notices,\n         executions, etc. (1800 April 19, 1800 Sept. 6, 1800 Nov. 8,\n         1801 April 11, 1802 April 10, \u0026 1802 Sept. 3). On 17 Jan.\n         1801, Shepard provides a list of counties where there is no\n         Collector of the Public Taxes. Additionally, John Carter,\n         Clerk of the Auditor's Office, submits lists of warrants\n         issued through the Auditor's Office (1800 Feb. 10, 1800 April\n         30, 1800 Aug. 9, 1800 Oct. 10, \u0026 1801 Aug. 7). As\n         Treasurer, William Berkeley regularly communicates reports and\n         balances of specie in the Treasury (1800 Feb. 24, 1800 March\n         1, 1800 July 5,12,19, \u0026 26, 1800 Dec. 23, 1801 Jan. 31,\n         1801 March 21, 1801 May 9 \u0026 16, 1801 June 13, \u0026 1801\n         Aug. 29). On 11 Feb. 1800, Berkeley encloses a letter from\n         Edmund Randolph, in the absence of the Attorney General,\n         regarding tobacco burned in one of the warehouses in\n         Petersburg (1800 Feb. 11). In another letter, dated 14 June\n         1800, Berkeley writes concerning the establishment of a guard\n         at the Capitol. Following Gabriel's Insurrection, Berkeley\n         managed the discharge of claims for executed slaves. He writes\n         on 31 Dec. 1800 that the sum for these claims is exhausted and\n         will be increased by the late insurrection. On several\n         occasions, Berkeley advises the Governor on the sale of the\n         public tobacco in the Treasury (1801 Jan. 16 \u0026 1801 May\n         2). The bonds of William Berkeley as Treasurer can also be\n         found in these papers (1799 Dec. 31, 1801 Jan. 7, \u0026 1802\n         Jan. 6).","Governors from other states comprise a significant amount\n         of correspondence received by the Governor. This\n         correspondence mostly relates to extraditions and the exchange\n         of laws. Included are letters from the following governors:\n         John Drayton, Governor of South Carolina; Ben Ogle \u0026 John\n         F. Mercer, Governors of Maryland; John Jay, Governor of New\n         York; Benjamin Williams, Governor of North Carolina; Thomas\n         McKean, Governor of Pennsylvania; James Garrard, Governor of\n         Kentucky; John Sevier \u0026 Archibald Roane, Governors of\n         Tennessee; Caleb Strong, Governor of Massachusetts; Joseph\n         Bloomfield, Governor of New Jersey; and John Trumball,\n         Governor of Connecticut. John Drayton writes regarding the\n         delivery of Elijah Hill for horse stealing (1800 Feb. 24); the\n         transmission of South Carolina laws passed in 1799 (1800 May\n         5); and information on the negro insurrection in Virginia in\n         order to prevent a similar conspiracy in South Carolina (1801\n         Sept. 27). Ben Ogle encloses a letter from Governor Richard\n         Basset of Delaware regarding the negroes convicted in\n         Southampton County (1800 April 26). Subsequently, his\n         successor, John Francis Mercer, encloses a resolution passed\n         to incorporate a company for establishing a turnpike road\n         (1801 Dec. 31) and requests the requisition of Newell Walton\n         (1802 Aug. 13). Benjamin Williams transmits a resolution (1801\n         Dec. 26) and a copy of public acts (1802 March 8). On 3 June\n         1800, John Jay discusses the regulations of the Penitentiary\n         in New York and advises the Director of the Penitentiary in\n         Virginia to visit the prisons in New York \u0026 Philadelphia.\n         Thomas McKean writes concerning capital offenses and a\n         pamphlet concerning crimes \u0026 punishments containing an\n         account of the jail \u0026 Penitentiary House in Philadelphia\n         (1800 June 16). James Garrard's correspondence relates to an\n         act establishing the boundary between Virginia \u0026 Kentucky\n         (1800 Dec. 27); a proclamation re. the capture of William\n         Lamme (1801 Feb. 21); and copies of the acts passed at the\n         last session (1802 Sept. 1). Both John Sevier \u0026 Archibald\n         Roane write regarding the adjustment of the boundary line\n         between Virginia \u0026 Tennessee and the meeting of the\n         commissioners (1801 June 21, 1802 March 3, \u0026 1802 Aug. 7).\n         Lastly, Caleb Strong, Joseph Bloomfield, \u0026 John Trumball,\n         transmit copies of acts, etc., from their respective\n         legislatures (1801 May 8, 1802 Feb. 20, \u0026 1802 June\n         18).","Additional significant correspondence includes the\n         following: George Winston proposing to make bricks for the\n         Penitentiary (1799 Dec. 9); Robert McCormick \u0026 Company\n         proposing to furnish four thousand stand of arms to Virginia\n         (1799 Dec. 30); James Swan re. the condition of arms furnished\n         the Commonwealth in his first contract (1799 Dec. 31);\n         Alexander Quarrier re. the enlistment of a sergeant \u0026 5\n         privates for one month to guard the arms in the Capitol (1800\n         Jan. 21); James Latimer re. taking under his care the land\n         belonging to the Commonwealth at Old Point Comfort (1800 Feb.\n         7); Charles Cox proposing to paint the Penitentiary (1800 Feb.\n         7); G.K. Taylor applying for the position of Attorney General\n         (1800 March 5); Robert Pollard re. payment to James Swan for\n         arms (1800 March 8,11, 18, \u0026 29); John Cowper re. his\n         appointment by the President as Vice Council for Sweden (1800\n         March 11); Andrew Dunscomb \u0026 Samuel Parsons, Acting\n         Inspectors, encl. a copy of the minutes of the Board of\n         Inspectors of the Penitentiary House (1800 April 26); William\n         Hay \u0026 William Berkeley encl. a resolution that the Acting\n         Inspectors of the Penitentiary be requested to cause the lower\n         range of cells in the east end to be fitted up as dungeons for\n         confining prisoners (1800 May 28); John Marshall re. his\n         appointment by the President as Secretary of State (1800 June\n         7); J. Grammer to Augustine Davis re. a potential insurrection\n         (1800 Aug. 9 ); Dr. James McClurg re. the intelligence\n         received by Augustine Davis re. an intended insurrection (1800\n         Aug. 10); Edmund Randolph \u0026 Daniel Call re. filling up the\n         stagnant pond on the Public Square (1800 Aug. 30); Mosby\n         Sheppard re. intelligence of a slave insurrection led by\n         Gabriel (1800 Aug. 30); Amos Alexander, Mayor of Norfolk, re.\n         cases of yellow fever \u0026 the probably election of Thomas\n         Jefferson as President (1800 Sept. 6); Amos Alexander re.\n         proceedings for aiding the health officer \u0026 the Governor's\n         proclamation re. Gabriel (1800 Sept. 13); James Taylor encl. a\n         copy of a letter from Oliver Wolcott, Treasury Dept., re. the\n         Marine Hospital (1800 Oct. 24); Edmund Pendleton, Jr., re.\n         four of seven slaves committed to the jail of Caroline County\n         for conspiracy based on the testimony of Ben Woolfolk (1800\n         Oct. 22); James McClurg, Mayor of Richmond, re. accommodating\n         the Government with the corporation bell (1800 Dec. 3);\n         Benjamin DuVal re. the necessity of patrols in Norfolk (1800\n         Dec. 26); Benjamin Stoddert, Navy Dept., to John Hopkins re.\n         approval of the deed for conveyance of the Gosport lands to\n         the United States (1801 March 3); Creed Taylor re. his\n         acceptance of an appointment as Commissioner for Virginia to\n         adjust the boundary line between Virginia \u0026 Tennessee\n         (1801 April 25); John Miles presenting pistols to manufacture\n         for the State of Virginia along with muskets \u0026 swords\n         (17801 July 28); Creed Taylor re. the boundary line between\n         Virginia \u0026 Tennessee (1801 Oct. 10); James Keith re.\n         progress made by the Potomack Company in rendering the river\n         navigable (1801 Nov. 13); William Foushee reporting on the\n         James River Company and the improvement of the James River\n         (1801 Nov. 26); Moses Bates re. the digging of the foundation\n         for the Armory (1801 Dec. 2); James Tilton encl. extracts from\n         the journals of the Senate of Delaware (1802 Jan. 17); Joseph\n         Martin \u0026 Creed Taylor requesting another commissioner to\n         settle the boundary between Virginia \u0026 Tennessee (1802\n         Jan. 26); Richard Jones re. an intended insurrection in\n         Nottoway County \u0026 Petersburg (1802 Jan. 2); Moses Greer\n         \u0026 John Prunty soliciting appointment as commissioners to\n         run the boundary line between Virginia \u0026 Maryland (1802\n         Feb. 1\u0026 2); Du Pont de Nemours re. Houdon statue of\n         Washington (in French) (1802 Feb. 23); Thomas Mathews re.\n         reports of an insurrection (1802 March 10 \u0026 13, 1802 June\n         15); John Cowper, Mayor of Norfolk, re. inhabitants of the\n         French islands who sought refuge in Norfolk along with their\n         slaves (1802 Jan. 11); Creed Taylor re. the meeting to run the\n         boundary line between Virginia \u0026 Tennessee (1802 March 27\n         \u0026 29); John Clarke re. the broken bell formerly belonging\n         to the Capitol proposing to be purchased by John Taylor (1802\n         April 8); John Cowper, Mayor of Norfolk, re. a rumored\n         insurrection on Easter Monday, and the trial \u0026 execution\n         of leaders involved in the conspiracy (1802 April 17 \u0026 27,\n         1802 May 8, 1802 June 1); John B. Scott re. the trial of\n         people plotting a proposed insurrection in Halifax County\n         (1802 April 21, 23, \u0026 30); George Goosley proposing to\n         transport the slaves confined in the Penitentiary to either\n         Surinam or Havana (1802 June 5 \u0026 8); Christopher Gore,\n         Commissioner to England, to Thomas Jefferson re. the\n         emancipation of negroes for settlement in Sierra Leone (1802\n         Oct. 10); Saguaresa, Indian Chief, re. land belonging to the\n         Pamunkey Indians (1802 Nov. 15); and Governor Monroe re. his\n         retirement from office (1802 Dec. 7).","Other noteworthy items include: a report by Nathaniel\n         Quarles \u0026 Jesse Bowles on the number of bricks laid in the\n         Penitentiary (1799 Dec. 24); court proceeding of Southampton\n         County of the slaves Sam \u0026 Hatter Isaac for the murder of\n         Harris Spears \u0026 Joshua Butte (1800 Jan. 21); statement on\n         the Tobacco Fund from 25 Nov. 1789 to 30 Sept. 1799 by\n         Nathaniel Shepard (1800 March 4); schedule of guns examined\n         \u0026 proved by Jacob Cooke (1800 March 29); report of Martin\n         Mims \u0026 William Rawleigh re. the foundation of the tilt\n         hammer forge at the Manufactory of Arms (1800 April 3); list\n         of commissioners in each county for supervising the\n         Presidential election (1800 July 29); proceedings of the\n         Corporation of Richmond re. the infectious disease at Norfolk\n         (1800 Aug. 28); return of election for electors in Norfolk\n         County (1800 Nov. 5); list of electors appointed by the\n         Governor (1800 Dec. 3); oath of Daniel Hylton as Clerk of the\n         Privy Council (1801 Jan. 20); proclamation by Governor Monroe\n         for a reward for the capture of a slaves named Greenock (1801\n         Feb. 7); deeds from Philip Sheppard \u0026 Elizabeth Sheppard,\n         etc., for the sale of slaves Pharaoh \u0026 Tom (1801 March\n         15); proclamation of Governor Monroe for a reward for the\n         capture of Isaac Venie (1801 March 16); proclamation by\n         Governor Monroe for a reward for the capture of John Anderson\n         (1801 May 30); bond of Pickett, Pollard, \u0026 Johnson as\n         agents to James Swan for the purchase of arms by the\n         Commonwealth (1801 July 3); account of clothing delivered to\n         the Public Guard including the names of officers \u0026\n         privates (1801 July 10); proclamation of Governor Monroe for a\n         reward for the capture of Peter Brookman (1801 Aug. 31); bills\n         of lading for castings for the Penitentiary (1801 Oct. 21);\n         list of arms distributed to the militia (1801 Nov. 13);\n         schedule of the census for Eastern Virginia (1802 Jan. 20);\n         proclamation by Governor Monroe for the apprehension of Isaac\n         Farrow \u0026 Jacob Hersher (1802 Jan. 23); proclamation of\n         Governor Monroe for a reward for the capture of John Dunn\n         (1802 Feb. 6); proclamation of Governor Monroe for a reward\n         for the capture of Obadiah Williams, Moses Burbridge, \u0026\n         Benjamin Sullivan (1802 May 20); report of the committee\n         respecting the Penitentiary Building advising Clarke's\n         alteration of the building by James Wood \u0026 William Foushee\n         (1802 May 20); applications for the superintendence of the\n         Public Tobacco Warehouse in Richmond (1802 June 7);\n         proclamation of Governor Monroe for a reward for the capture\n         of Thomas Gillespie (1802 June 7); proclamations by Governor\n         Monroe for the apprehension of James \u0026 Mary Martin \u0026\n         John Franklin (1802 July 10); Commissioner's report on the\n         state of the Treasury (1802 Oct. 2); return of clothing due\n         the Public Guard (1802 Nov. 26 \u0026 27); and an act\n         concerning the title papers of lands in the forks of the Big\n         Sandy from the Kentucky Legislature (1802 Dec. 22).","The Subject Files series contains subject files separated\n         from Governor Monroe's Executive Papers related to three\n         topics: Gabriel's Insurrection, the McCormick-Miles-Haslett\n         Arms Contract, and Receipts for Pamphlets. Note that documents\n         related to these subjects may still been found in the\n         Chronological files. These files were originally separated to\n         provide a ready-reference to researchers.","Gabriel's Insurrection was the most significant historical\n         event during James Monroe's time in office. Included are court\n         records, trials, condemnations, confessions, pardons,\n         proceedings, and correspondence regarding the slaves involved\n         in the conspiracy \u0026 insurrection led by Gabriel, the\n         property of Thomas Prosser of Henrico County. Significant\n         documents include: a letter from James McClurg, Mayor of\n         Richmond, re. an intended insurrection (1800 Sept. 1); a\n         letter from Joseph Jones warning of an intended rebellion of\n         slaves, free negroes, and mulattoes (1800 Sept. 8); a\n         resolution of the Common Hall of Richmond by Adam Craig re. an\n         intended insurrection (1800 Sept. 9); Adam Craig, aid-de-camp\n         to the Governor, requesting a temporary exemption from guard\n         duty (1800 Sept. 13); a letter from Thomas Newton re. the\n         capture of Gabriel on board the Schooner Mary and the conduct\n         of its master, Richardson Taylor (1800 Sept. 24); a letter\n         from Richard E. Lee, re. the arrival \u0026 apprehension of\n         Gabriel in Norfolk (1800 Sept. 25); a letter from James Monroe\n         to the Council re. the delivery of Gabriel to the Penitentiary\n         (1800 Sept. 28); minutes of the Council re. the confession of\n         Gabriel and advice that extra guard be dismissed (1800 Sept.\n         28); a letter from William Wilkinson re. an apprehended\n         insurrection and the ordering up of part of the militia at\n         Suffolk (1800 Oct. 1); and a letter from Thomas Newton re.\n         accounts of an insurrection at Norfolk (1800 Dec. 29).","The McCormick-Miles-Haslett Arms Contract consists of\n         correspondence, receipts, bills of lading, contracts, bonds,\n         and other documents related to the contract between Robert\n         McCormick \u0026 Company of Philadelphia, Pa., and the\n         Commonwealth of Virginia for 4,000 muskets. McCormick sold his\n         arms factory in May 1801 to John Miles who took over and\n         completed the contract in 1803. General John Shee served as\n         agent for the State of Virginia. Much of the correspondence,\n         bills of lading, and receipts were sent by Shee in\n         Philadelphia to Samuel Coleman in Richmond. There are also\n         receipts from James Haslett, the superintendent of McCormick's\n         works who continued employment when the factory was sold to\n         John Miles.","Lastly, the Receipts for Pamphlets, are simply receipts\n         from individuals who delivered documents from the Governor.\n         The receipts provide the name of the recipient, the county,\n         and the amount of miles traveled. In April 1800, Governor\n         Monroe arranged for the delivery of reports of a select\n         committee of the House of Delegates with copies of answers of\n         several states to a resolution of the General Assembly of 21\n         December 1798 on the United States Alien \u0026 Sedition Laws.\n         Other receipts document the delivery of dispatches to militia\n         commanders and letters to Commissioners for Equalizing the\n         Land Tax between August \u0026 September 1800."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThere are no restrictions.\u003c/p\u003e"],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Use Restrictions"],"userestrict_tesim":["There are no restrictions."],"physloc_html_tesm":["\u003cphysloc label=\"Physical Location\"\u003eState Records Collection,\n         Office of the Governor (Record Group 3)\u003c/physloc\u003e"],"physloc_tesim":["State Records Collection,\n         Office of the Governor (Record Group 3)"],"language_ssim":["English"],"total_component_count_is":208,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-05-21T08:56:38.271Z","scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eJames Monroe's Executive papers are organized into two\n         series. Series have been designated for Chronological files\n         and Subject files. The bulk of the material can be found in\n         the Chronological files' series.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe Chronological Files series primarily consists of\n         incoming correspondence during Monroe's three one-year terms\n         as governor between 19 December 1799 until 24 December 1802.\n         The correspondence in this collection relates to a variety of\n         topics including appointments \u0026amp; recommendations for state\n         positions; slave insurrections; the construction of the\n         Virginia Penitentiary \u0026amp; Manufactory of Arms; the Point of\n         Fork Arsenal; the boundary between Tennessee \u0026amp; Virginia;\n         public improvements; resignations; extraditions; state\n         expenses \u0026amp; revenue; quarantine of vessels; elections;\n         Presidential electors; and others. In addition to\n         correspondence, there are resolutions from the Virginia Senate\n         \u0026amp; House of Delegates; accounts; oaths; contracts; pardons;\n         proposals; receipts; election returns \u0026amp; certificates;\n         qualifications; lists; proclamations; petitions; reports;\n         appointments; resignations; bonds; commissions; orders;\n         proceedings; applications; opinions; and other sundry\n         items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe Governor received correspondence from three main\n         sources: the Federal government, Virginia State government,\n         and Governors from other states. Federal government\n         correspondents include Presidents John Adams \u0026amp; Thomas\n         Jefferson; John Marshall \u0026amp; James Madison, Secretaries of\n         State; Samuel Dexter, Secretary of War; and Virginia's\n         delegates in Congress. President John Adams writes Governor\n         Monroe on 25 Aug. 1800 concerning the cession of the Marine\n         Hospital at Norfolk to the United States on condition that the\n         government pays the balance due commissioners. Additionally,\n         on 3 June 1802, President Thomas Jefferson writes regarding\n         the resolution of Virginia to look for a proper place,\n         specifically Sierra Leone, Africa, to send insurgent negroes.\n         Jefferson also communicates on the subject of upheaval in the\n         French West Indies (1802 Nov. 24). John Marshall, Secretary of\n         State, forwards laws from the last session of Congress (1800\n         Sept. N.D.). Later, James Madison writes enclosing a complaint\n         by the agent of the U.S. at Jamaica of certain frauds in flour\n         shipped there (1802 Jan. 2). Samuel Dexter, Secretary of War,\n         acknowledges receipt of a list of land warrants issued from\n         the Virginia Land Office to the officers \u0026amp; soldiers who\n         served during the Revolutionary War on Continental\n         Establishment (1800 June 16). As senators from Virginia,\n         Stevens Thomson Mason \u0026amp; Wilson Cary Nicholas write the\n         Governor regarding an attempt to repeal the Sedition Law, the\n         closing of the contract with Robert McCormick for the delivery\n         of arms to Virginia, and the inspection of the arms by John\n         Shee of Philadelphia (1800 April 29). In another letter, Mason\n         encloses the bonds of John Shee and Robert McCormick (1800 May\n         15).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe majority of correspondence in James Monroe's Executive\n         Papers originates from Virginia State government. Significant\n         correspondents from Virginia State government include John\n         Clarke, Superintendent of Public Buildings; Martin Mims,\n         Keeper of the Penitentiary; Archibald Blair, Clerk of the\n         Council; Samuel Coleman, Assistant Clerk of the Council of\n         State; Philip Norborne Nicholas, Attorney General; William\n         Wirt, Clerk of the House of Delegates; Humphrey Brooke, Clerk\n         of the Senate; Robert Quarles, Superintendent of the Point of\n         Fork Arsenal; Thomas Newton, County Lieutenant \u0026amp;\n         Superintendent of Quarantine for Norfolk; Samuel Shepard,\n         Auditor of Public Accounts; and William Berkeley,\n         Treasurer.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTwo significant building projects which began by Governor\n         James Wood continued during Monroe's governorship with work on\n         the Penitentiary and Manufactory of Arms. John Clarke, the\n         Superintendent of these two building projects, corresponded\n         frequently with the Governor. Included are the following\n         subjects respecting the Penitentiary: proposals for furnishing\n         lime (1800 Jan. 21); proposals for painting (1800 March 15); a\n         report on the state of the public jail for the reception of\n         criminals sent from the district jails (1800 March 26); an\n         advance for Charles Cox as undertaker of the painting work\n         (1800 April 11); the kitchen (1800 April 16); an alteration in\n         Latrobe's original plan (1800 June 7 ); problems with the\n         militia guard posted at the Penitentiary (1800 Oct. 15);\n         carpenter's work on the Keeper's house (1800 Dec. 20);\n         woodwork on the interior of the cells \u0026amp; the removal of\n         gunpowder from the Penitentiary (1801 March 28); an advance to\n         John Harvie for furnishing bricks, lime, etc., for the\n         Penitentiary \u0026amp; Manufactory (1801 April 26); the purchase\n         of window glass, iron, paint, etc., for the Penitentiary \u0026amp;\n         Manufactory (1801 June 20); contracts by John Harvie \u0026amp;\n         Martin Mims for furnishing bricks \u0026amp; lime for the\n         Penitentiary \u0026amp; Manufactory (1801 Oct. 18); iron apparatus\n         for cooking (1801 Nov. 28); the status of the Penitentiary\n         \u0026amp; Manufactory (1801 Dec. 4); an alteration to the\n         Penitentiary so that it can be easily cleansed for the health\n         of the convicts (1802 May 8); the employment of negroes\n         confined in the Penitentiary in the yard stone-cutting (1802\n         May 22); the digging of the well at the Penitentiary (1802 May\n         24); the inscription over the entrance to the Penitentiary\n         (1802 Aug. 7); the removal of gunpowder from the Capitol to\n         the Penitentiary (1802 Nov. 27); and lime furnished by John\n         Harvie (1802 Nov. 27).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn Clarke also devoted substantial correspondence to the\n         construction, employment, and materials for the Manufactory of\n         Arms. On 30 May 1801, Clarke writes Monroe regarding a trip\n         north to locate artificers to work in the Manufactory. In his\n         absence, he names William McKim as supervisor. Subsequently,\n         on 12 June 1801, Clarke writes concerning the number of\n         workmen to be employed in the Manufactory and the manner he\n         proposes to conduct it after its completion. Clarke also\n         provides details of the number of men required for various\n         branches in the Manufactory. Similarly, in his letter dated 27\n         Nov. 1801, Clarke writes concerning the precise number of\n         master armorers, clerks, commissaries, \u0026amp; machinists\n         necessary for the Manufactory, along with their duties. On 23\n         Dec. 1801, Clarke writes the Governor defending his conduct as\n         superintendent of the Manufactory following an inquiry by the\n         General Assembly. On 4 Jan. 1802, Clarke encloses an estimate\n         of the expense in the completion of the Manufactory of Arms\n         \u0026amp; Penitentiary, as well as for the purchase of tools.\n         Lastly, on 21 Aug. 1802, Clarke informs the Governor of the\n         death of George Prosser who served as Assistant Superintendent\n         for the Erection of Public Buildings. Additional subjects\n         include: the digging of the foundations for the trip-hammer\n         forge, etc., by Moses Bates (1800 March 28, April 4, \u0026amp;\n         1801 Jan. 16); work employed on the machinery (1800 April 5);\n         the roofs of the Manufactory buildings (1800 April 18);\n         contracts for shingles (1800 April 18 \u0026amp; May 9); the\n         contract of George Williamson to clean \u0026amp; stamp state arms\n         (1800 May 23, 30, \u0026amp; 7 June); masonry work by Niman Wise\n         \u0026amp; James Carney (1800 April 6, June 27, Sept. 23, Oct. 5,\n         \u0026amp; 1801 Nov. 13); the distribution of public arms to the\n         militia of the several counties (1800 July 23, Aug. 10, \u0026amp;\n         Sept. 25); examination of arms sent by James Swan for the\n         militia (1800 Oct. 2); additional bricks (1800 Oct. 6);\n         proposal by George Williamson to repair old arms at the\n         Penitentiary (1800 Oct. 7); the contracts of Jesse Payne to\n         furnish timber and John Harvie for bricks \u0026amp; lime (1800\n         Nov. 1 \u0026amp; 14); arms sent to the Penitentiary (1801 Jan. 7);\n         the rental of a house for the accommodation of machinery of\n         the Manufactory (1801 Jan. 20); the removal of arms from the\n         Point of Fork Arsenal to Richmond (1801 Feb. 4); the\n         preparation of the garret of the Capitol to receive arms from\n         Point of Fork (1801 Feb. 14); barracks for the Armory Guard at\n         the former hemp inspection warehouse near Rocketts (1801 Feb.\n         15 \u0026amp; 17); the appointment of a superintendent \u0026amp; his\n         salary (1801 April 17); the employment of artificers at the\n         Point of Fork Arsenal to repair arms until the Manufactory is\n         ready (1801 May 9); contracts for artificers (1801 July 6);\n         artificers \u0026amp; materials for the Manufactory at Philadelphia\n         (1801 July 23); gunsmiths in New York \u0026amp; the examination of\n         the state prison there (1801 July 27); proposals for the\n         manufacture of arms (1801 Oct. 13); the employment of\n         artificers (1801 Sept. 25 \u0026amp; Nov. 13); the procurement of\n         armorers from Springfield, Massachusetts (1801 Oct. 31);\n         neglected pieces of ordnance throughout the state (1801 Dec.\n         23); rations for soldiers (1802 Jan. 9 \u0026amp; 30); cut stone\n         for the steeple (1802 Jan. 18); bells for the Manufactory,\n         Penitentiary, \u0026amp; Capitol Building (1801 April 27, May 2,\n         \u0026amp; 1802 Feb. 25); timber for fixing up the apparatus (1802\n         Feb. 13 \u0026amp; 24); an invoice of items furnished by John\n         Hodson of Birmingham, England (1802 Feb. 25); the examination\n         of arms sent by George Wheeler (1802 March 11); musket stocks\n         \u0026amp; the employment of gunsmiths to clean the arms stored in\n         the Capitol (1802 March 12 \u0026amp; 27); Henry Foxall's\n         improvements for casting ordnance (1802 March 12 \u0026amp; May\n         22); apprentices to work in the Manufactory (1802 April 10);\n         the account of Jesse Payne for timber (1802 May 12); the\n         receipt of gun flints (1802 May 22); the examination of the\n         public arms in the roof of the Capitol by Barlow \u0026amp; Hayes\n         (1802 June 5); the foundation for the boring mill for ordnance\n         (1802 July 24); the purchase of walnut timber for gun stocks\n         from the United States (1802 July 23 \u0026amp; 24); reimbursement\n         to artificers for travel expenses (1802 Aug. 7); the walls of\n         the Foundry House \u0026amp; Armory (1802 Oct. 2); and the kitchens\n         of the Manufactory (1802 Nov. 7).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn Clarke was also involved in miscellaneous projects\n         including a project to construct a new tobacco warehouse along\n         the James River Canal in Richmond. On 28 March 1801, Clarke\n         enclosed proposals to the Governor for the tobacco warehouse.\n         Shortly thereafter, he submitted proposals for building the\n         walls (1801 June 13). On 24 July 1802, Clarke writes the\n         Governor concerning the posts for the warehouse . He also\n         writes regarding the purchase of slate from either New York or\n         Philadelphia (1802 Sept. 18 \u0026amp; Nov. 8).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMartin Mims, Keeper of the Penitentiary, communicates with\n         Governor Monroe regarding numerous subjects related to\n         prisoners and the Penitentiary. Included in these papers is\n         Mims' bond as Keeper of the Penitentiary (1800 March 25),\n         along with a memorandum of negroes sentenced for\n         transportation \u0026amp; sent to the Penitentiary for safekeeping\n         (1802 Oct. 17). Among his correspondence are the following\n         topics: extra brick work done in the Penitentiary in 1799\n         (1800 Jan. 4); the employment of George Anderson Stile to\n         instruct the prisoners in making nails at the Penitentiary\n         (1800 July 12); the employment of additional guards at the\n         Penitentiary (1800 Sept. 6); rations for prisoners an escape\n         attempt (1802 Jan. 13); a statement of the distribution of\n         public arms to the militia (1802 May 4); an escape attempt by\n         five prisoners (1802 July 24); the number of criminals who\n         have been sent to the Penitentiary from each term since Fall\n         1800 (1802 Nov. 18); and a report of the Board of Inspectors\n         of the Penitentiary re. the his conduct (1802 July 12).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eArchibald Blair \u0026amp; Samuel Coleman, as Clerk \u0026amp;\n         Assistant Clerk of the Council, communicate with the Governor\n         regularly through the Council Office. Blair encloses\n         proceedings of the Council regarding topics such as the\n         appointment of John Cowper as Vice Consul of Sweden (1800\n         March 15) and the calling out a proportion of the militia of\n         Henrico, Chesterfield, \u0026amp; Richmond (1800 Sept. 6). Also,\n         Blair writes on 7 June 1800 regarding a motion to remove him\n         as Clerk of the Council during his absence. Samuel Coleman, as\n         Assistant Clerk to the Council, both sent and received letters\n         from Governor Monroe. Monroe informed the Council on several\n         occasions of his temporary absence from office (1800 March 5,\n         1800 May 11, \u0026amp; 1800 Sept. 26). On 21 Feb. 1801, Monroe\n         encloses a letter from Philip Sheppard requesting $500 for\n         Pharaoh, one of his slaves who discovered the intended\n         insurrection. Monroe also discusses an act to purchase the\n         freedom of Pharaoh \u0026amp; Tom as a reward for their service.\n         Coleman's letter in response also relates to these slaves who\n         assisted in the prevention of the insurrection (1801 Feb.\n         28).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAttorney General Robert Brooke died in office on 27\n         February 1800. Edmund Randolph assisted the Governor with\n         opinions during Brooke's absence with illness and until a\n         replacement was appointed. On 8 January 1800, Governor Monroe\n         requests Randolph's opinion on the legality of trying slaves\n         brought from Maryland into Southampton where they murdered\n         their masters. Randolph's letter in reply on the same date\n         indicates that these slaves were properly tried since they\n         were not in the Commonwealth for the 12-month period required\n         by the law of December 1792. Randolph also served as counsel\n         for the Commonwealth in its negotiations with Robert Pollard\n         concerning payment for arms furnished by him (1800 Feb. 8).\n         Lastly, Randolph informs the Governor of the suit in the\n         Federal Court of Hamilton vs. Newton in favor of the defendant\n         (1800 June 5). Philip Norborne Nicholas was appointed Attorney\n         General on 15 March 1800. In a letter dated 6 June 1800,\n         Nicholas encloses a letter from David Robertson, County\n         Attorney for the District of Brunswick, regarding a fine\n         imposed on Washington Crofts. Nicholas provides his opinion on\n         several subjects including: the case of Thomas Carter, a\n         revenue collector for the United States, who wished to serve\n         as a militia officer in Virginia (1800 Aug. 3); the right of\n         the Executive to condemn lands for the use of sick in cases of\n         quarantine (1800 Sept. 6); the admission of negroes into\n         Virginia who were taken as a prize to a U.S. vessel of war\n         (1801 Feb. 11); the emancipation of the slaves Pharaoh \u0026amp;\n         Tom (1801 March 10); his prosecution in the case against Dr.\n         J.K. Read (1801 April 30 \u0026amp; 1801 May 20); the\n         transportation of seamen under contract to perform a voyage\n         (1801 May 20); the suit of De Beaumarchais (1801 Dec. 11 \u0026amp;\n         24, 1802 Feb. 20); public lands in Buckingham County purchased\n         for supporting a blast furnace by Balentine \u0026amp; Reveley\n         (1802 Feb. 20); deputies or assistants for Martin Mims as\n         Keeper of the Penitentiary (1802 May 23); and the Little River\n         Turnpike Company (1802 Dec. 6).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam Wirt, 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. Wirt submits a\n         resolution requesting a statement of arms which have been\n         issued from the public arsenal to the militia (1799 Dec. 20).\n         Also included are notices for the following elections: John\n         Clopton \u0026amp; James Wood to the Privy Council (1799 Dec. 11);\n         Samuel McCraw \u0026amp; John Mayo to the Privy Council (1799 Dec.\n         11); Alexander Stewart to the Privy Council in place of Hardin\n         Burnley (1799 Dec. 12); William Foushee to the Privy Council\n         in place of John Allen (1799 Dec. 12); James Monroe as\n         Governor (1799 Dec. 19); William Berkeley as Treasurer (1799\n         Dec. 21 \u0026amp; 1802 Jan. 5); Archibald Stuart as Judge of the\n         General Court in place of James Henry (1800 Jan. 13); James\n         Wood as Privy Councilor (1800 May 29); David Coleman, John\n         Shore, David Carroll Brent, \u0026amp; John Bowyer as electors for\n         the Presidential \u0026amp; Vice Presidential election (1800 Dec.\n         2); Meriwether Jones as Public Printer (1800 Dec. 4 \u0026amp; 1801\n         Dec. 9); Philip Norborne Nicholas as Attorney General in place\n         of Robert Brooke (1800 Dec. 4); James Monroe as Governor (1801\n         Dec. 10); Samuel Tyler \u0026amp; John Clopton to the Privy Council\n         (1801 Dec. 12); John Brown as Judge of the District Court of\n         Chancery at Staunton (1802 Jan. 27); and William Wirt as Judge\n         of the District Court of Chancery at Williamsburg (1802 Jan.\n         28).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMaj. Robert Quarles submits quarterly returns of arms,\n         ordnance, \u0026amp; public stores at Point of Fork (1800 Jan. 1,\n         1800 April 1, 1800 July 1, \u0026amp; 1800 Oct. 1). In addition,\n         Quarles writes concerning powder to be sent to Richmond (1800\n         Jan. 4); an advance for contingent expenses (1800 April 2);\n         rations for the additional guard (1800 Sept. 3); enlistments,\n         an advance for clothing, \u0026amp; a contract for rations (1800\n         Sept. 27); contractor's bond for rations during the ensuing\n         year (1800 Oct. 18); public property at the Point of Fork\n         (1801 March 6); the completion of the removal of arms from the\n         Point of Fork to Richmond (1801 April 12).contracts for rent\n         of public lands \u0026amp; houses at Point of Fork (1801 July 4);\n         payment to John Gray for boxing up lumber from the Arsenal to\n         Richmond (1802 Aug. 14); and renting out public lands at the\n         Arsenal (1802 Sept. 27).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThomas Newton, Jr., County Lieutenant \u0026amp; Superintendent\n         of Quarantine for Norfolk Borough, frequently writes the\n         Governor concerning infectious diseases \u0026amp; the quarantine\n         of vessels (1800 July 12, 13, \u0026amp; 30, 1800 Aug. 22 \u0026amp; 29,\n         1800 Sept. 6, 1800 Oct. 9, 1801 Sept. 30, \u0026amp; 1802 Aug. 13).\n         Newton's letter on 8 May 1800 relates to the valuation of the\n         Gosport lands in Norfolk. In his letter dated 1800 Aug. 22,\n         Newton mentions his commission for holding the election of\n         electors for President \u0026amp; Vice President. On 2 Sept. 1800,\n         he provides a list of persons who died from disease since his\n         last return. In addition, Newton sometimes encloses reports of\n         vessels visited \u0026amp; examined by Dr. J.K. Read (1802 Sept.\n         17, 1802 Oct. 18 \u0026amp; 26). Newton also writes regarding a\n         prize vessel belonging to one of the New England governments\n         with a cargo of thirty slaves bound for Havana from Guinea\n         which was captured by Capt. Baron of the frigate Chesapeake.\n         Several letters by Newton relate to the quarantine of a\n         Spanish vessel called the Brig Ann (1801 May 16, 17, \u0026amp;\n         27). Newton was also involved in the Dismal Swamp Company and\n         reports on its progress (1801 Oct. 28, 1801 Nov. 14 \u0026amp; 20,\n         1802 Sept. 27).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGovernor Wood corresponds often with Samuel Shepard,\n         Auditor of Public Accounts, and William Berkeley, Treasurer,\n         regarding various financial matters. Shepard regularly\n         encloses accounts of expenses for forwarding notices,\n         executions, etc. (1800 April 19, 1800 Sept. 6, 1800 Nov. 8,\n         1801 April 11, 1802 April 10, \u0026amp; 1802 Sept. 3). On 17 Jan.\n         1801, Shepard provides a list of counties where there is no\n         Collector of the Public Taxes. Additionally, John Carter,\n         Clerk of the Auditor's Office, submits lists of warrants\n         issued through the Auditor's Office (1800 Feb. 10, 1800 April\n         30, 1800 Aug. 9, 1800 Oct. 10, \u0026amp; 1801 Aug. 7). As\n         Treasurer, William Berkeley regularly communicates reports and\n         balances of specie in the Treasury (1800 Feb. 24, 1800 March\n         1, 1800 July 5,12,19, \u0026amp; 26, 1800 Dec. 23, 1801 Jan. 31,\n         1801 March 21, 1801 May 9 \u0026amp; 16, 1801 June 13, \u0026amp; 1801\n         Aug. 29). On 11 Feb. 1800, Berkeley encloses a letter from\n         Edmund Randolph, in the absence of the Attorney General,\n         regarding tobacco burned in one of the warehouses in\n         Petersburg (1800 Feb. 11). In another letter, dated 14 June\n         1800, Berkeley writes concerning the establishment of a guard\n         at the Capitol. Following Gabriel's Insurrection, Berkeley\n         managed the discharge of claims for executed slaves. He writes\n         on 31 Dec. 1800 that the sum for these claims is exhausted and\n         will be increased by the late insurrection. On several\n         occasions, Berkeley advises the Governor on the sale of the\n         public tobacco in the Treasury (1801 Jan. 16 \u0026amp; 1801 May\n         2). The bonds of William Berkeley as Treasurer can also be\n         found in these papers (1799 Dec. 31, 1801 Jan. 7, \u0026amp; 1802\n         Jan. 6).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGovernors from other states comprise a significant amount\n         of correspondence received by the Governor. This\n         correspondence mostly relates to extraditions and the exchange\n         of laws. Included are letters from the following governors:\n         John Drayton, Governor of South Carolina; Ben Ogle \u0026amp; John\n         F. Mercer, Governors of Maryland; John Jay, Governor of New\n         York; Benjamin Williams, Governor of North Carolina; Thomas\n         McKean, Governor of Pennsylvania; James Garrard, Governor of\n         Kentucky; John Sevier \u0026amp; Archibald Roane, Governors of\n         Tennessee; Caleb Strong, Governor of Massachusetts; Joseph\n         Bloomfield, Governor of New Jersey; and John Trumball,\n         Governor of Connecticut. John Drayton writes regarding the\n         delivery of Elijah Hill for horse stealing (1800 Feb. 24); the\n         transmission of South Carolina laws passed in 1799 (1800 May\n         5); and information on the negro insurrection in Virginia in\n         order to prevent a similar conspiracy in South Carolina (1801\n         Sept. 27). Ben Ogle encloses a letter from Governor Richard\n         Basset of Delaware regarding the negroes convicted in\n         Southampton County (1800 April 26). Subsequently, his\n         successor, John Francis Mercer, encloses a resolution passed\n         to incorporate a company for establishing a turnpike road\n         (1801 Dec. 31) and requests the requisition of Newell Walton\n         (1802 Aug. 13). Benjamin Williams transmits a resolution (1801\n         Dec. 26) and a copy of public acts (1802 March 8). On 3 June\n         1800, John Jay discusses the regulations of the Penitentiary\n         in New York and advises the Director of the Penitentiary in\n         Virginia to visit the prisons in New York \u0026amp; Philadelphia.\n         Thomas McKean writes concerning capital offenses and a\n         pamphlet concerning crimes \u0026amp; punishments containing an\n         account of the jail \u0026amp; Penitentiary House in Philadelphia\n         (1800 June 16). James Garrard's correspondence relates to an\n         act establishing the boundary between Virginia \u0026amp; Kentucky\n         (1800 Dec. 27); a proclamation re. the capture of William\n         Lamme (1801 Feb. 21); and copies of the acts passed at the\n         last session (1802 Sept. 1). Both John Sevier \u0026amp; Archibald\n         Roane write regarding the adjustment of the boundary line\n         between Virginia \u0026amp; Tennessee and the meeting of the\n         commissioners (1801 June 21, 1802 March 3, \u0026amp; 1802 Aug. 7).\n         Lastly, Caleb Strong, Joseph Bloomfield, \u0026amp; John Trumball,\n         transmit copies of acts, etc., from their respective\n         legislatures (1801 May 8, 1802 Feb. 20, \u0026amp; 1802 June\n         18).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAdditional significant correspondence includes the\n         following: George Winston proposing to make bricks for the\n         Penitentiary (1799 Dec. 9); Robert McCormick \u0026amp; Company\n         proposing to furnish four thousand stand of arms to Virginia\n         (1799 Dec. 30); James Swan re. the condition of arms furnished\n         the Commonwealth in his first contract (1799 Dec. 31);\n         Alexander Quarrier re. the enlistment of a sergeant \u0026amp; 5\n         privates for one month to guard the arms in the Capitol (1800\n         Jan. 21); James Latimer re. taking under his care the land\n         belonging to the Commonwealth at Old Point Comfort (1800 Feb.\n         7); Charles Cox proposing to paint the Penitentiary (1800 Feb.\n         7); G.K. Taylor applying for the position of Attorney General\n         (1800 March 5); Robert Pollard re. payment to James Swan for\n         arms (1800 March 8,11, 18, \u0026amp; 29); John Cowper re. his\n         appointment by the President as Vice Council for Sweden (1800\n         March 11); Andrew Dunscomb \u0026amp; Samuel Parsons, Acting\n         Inspectors, encl. a copy of the minutes of the Board of\n         Inspectors of the Penitentiary House (1800 April 26); William\n         Hay \u0026amp; William Berkeley encl. a resolution that the Acting\n         Inspectors of the Penitentiary be requested to cause the lower\n         range of cells in the east end to be fitted up as dungeons for\n         confining prisoners (1800 May 28); John Marshall re. his\n         appointment by the President as Secretary of State (1800 June\n         7); J. Grammer to Augustine Davis re. a potential insurrection\n         (1800 Aug. 9 ); Dr. James McClurg re. the intelligence\n         received by Augustine Davis re. an intended insurrection (1800\n         Aug. 10); Edmund Randolph \u0026amp; Daniel Call re. filling up the\n         stagnant pond on the Public Square (1800 Aug. 30); Mosby\n         Sheppard re. intelligence of a slave insurrection led by\n         Gabriel (1800 Aug. 30); Amos Alexander, Mayor of Norfolk, re.\n         cases of yellow fever \u0026amp; the probably election of Thomas\n         Jefferson as President (1800 Sept. 6); Amos Alexander re.\n         proceedings for aiding the health officer \u0026amp; the Governor's\n         proclamation re. Gabriel (1800 Sept. 13); James Taylor encl. a\n         copy of a letter from Oliver Wolcott, Treasury Dept., re. the\n         Marine Hospital (1800 Oct. 24); Edmund Pendleton, Jr., re.\n         four of seven slaves committed to the jail of Caroline County\n         for conspiracy based on the testimony of Ben Woolfolk (1800\n         Oct. 22); James McClurg, Mayor of Richmond, re. accommodating\n         the Government with the corporation bell (1800 Dec. 3);\n         Benjamin DuVal re. the necessity of patrols in Norfolk (1800\n         Dec. 26); Benjamin Stoddert, Navy Dept., to John Hopkins re.\n         approval of the deed for conveyance of the Gosport lands to\n         the United States (1801 March 3); Creed Taylor re. his\n         acceptance of an appointment as Commissioner for Virginia to\n         adjust the boundary line between Virginia \u0026amp; Tennessee\n         (1801 April 25); John Miles presenting pistols to manufacture\n         for the State of Virginia along with muskets \u0026amp; swords\n         (17801 July 28); Creed Taylor re. the boundary line between\n         Virginia \u0026amp; Tennessee (1801 Oct. 10); James Keith re.\n         progress made by the Potomack Company in rendering the river\n         navigable (1801 Nov. 13); William Foushee reporting on the\n         James River Company and the improvement of the James River\n         (1801 Nov. 26); Moses Bates re. the digging of the foundation\n         for the Armory (1801 Dec. 2); James Tilton encl. extracts from\n         the journals of the Senate of Delaware (1802 Jan. 17); Joseph\n         Martin \u0026amp; Creed Taylor requesting another commissioner to\n         settle the boundary between Virginia \u0026amp; Tennessee (1802\n         Jan. 26); Richard Jones re. an intended insurrection in\n         Nottoway County \u0026amp; Petersburg (1802 Jan. 2); Moses Greer\n         \u0026amp; John Prunty soliciting appointment as commissioners to\n         run the boundary line between Virginia \u0026amp; Maryland (1802\n         Feb. 1\u0026amp; 2); Du Pont de Nemours re. Houdon statue of\n         Washington (in French) (1802 Feb. 23); Thomas Mathews re.\n         reports of an insurrection (1802 March 10 \u0026amp; 13, 1802 June\n         15); John Cowper, Mayor of Norfolk, re. inhabitants of the\n         French islands who sought refuge in Norfolk along with their\n         slaves (1802 Jan. 11); Creed Taylor re. the meeting to run the\n         boundary line between Virginia \u0026amp; Tennessee (1802 March 27\n         \u0026amp; 29); John Clarke re. the broken bell formerly belonging\n         to the Capitol proposing to be purchased by John Taylor (1802\n         April 8); John Cowper, Mayor of Norfolk, re. a rumored\n         insurrection on Easter Monday, and the trial \u0026amp; execution\n         of leaders involved in the conspiracy (1802 April 17 \u0026amp; 27,\n         1802 May 8, 1802 June 1); John B. Scott re. the trial of\n         people plotting a proposed insurrection in Halifax County\n         (1802 April 21, 23, \u0026amp; 30); George Goosley proposing to\n         transport the slaves confined in the Penitentiary to either\n         Surinam or Havana (1802 June 5 \u0026amp; 8); Christopher Gore,\n         Commissioner to England, to Thomas Jefferson re. the\n         emancipation of negroes for settlement in Sierra Leone (1802\n         Oct. 10); Saguaresa, Indian Chief, re. land belonging to the\n         Pamunkey Indians (1802 Nov. 15); and Governor Monroe re. his\n         retirement from office (1802 Dec. 7).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOther noteworthy items include: a report by Nathaniel\n         Quarles \u0026amp; Jesse Bowles on the number of bricks laid in the\n         Penitentiary (1799 Dec. 24); court proceeding of Southampton\n         County of the slaves Sam \u0026amp; Hatter Isaac for the murder of\n         Harris Spears \u0026amp; Joshua Butte (1800 Jan. 21); statement on\n         the Tobacco Fund from 25 Nov. 1789 to 30 Sept. 1799 by\n         Nathaniel Shepard (1800 March 4); schedule of guns examined\n         \u0026amp; proved by Jacob Cooke (1800 March 29); report of Martin\n         Mims \u0026amp; William Rawleigh re. the foundation of the tilt\n         hammer forge at the Manufactory of Arms (1800 April 3); list\n         of commissioners in each county for supervising the\n         Presidential election (1800 July 29); proceedings of the\n         Corporation of Richmond re. the infectious disease at Norfolk\n         (1800 Aug. 28); return of election for electors in Norfolk\n         County (1800 Nov. 5); list of electors appointed by the\n         Governor (1800 Dec. 3); oath of Daniel Hylton as Clerk of the\n         Privy Council (1801 Jan. 20); proclamation by Governor Monroe\n         for a reward for the capture of a slaves named Greenock (1801\n         Feb. 7); deeds from Philip Sheppard \u0026amp; Elizabeth Sheppard,\n         etc., for the sale of slaves Pharaoh \u0026amp; Tom (1801 March\n         15); proclamation of Governor Monroe for a reward for the\n         capture of Isaac Venie (1801 March 16); proclamation by\n         Governor Monroe for a reward for the capture of John Anderson\n         (1801 May 30); bond of Pickett, Pollard, \u0026amp; Johnson as\n         agents to James Swan for the purchase of arms by the\n         Commonwealth (1801 July 3); account of clothing delivered to\n         the Public Guard including the names of officers \u0026amp;\n         privates (1801 July 10); proclamation of Governor Monroe for a\n         reward for the capture of Peter Brookman (1801 Aug. 31); bills\n         of lading for castings for the Penitentiary (1801 Oct. 21);\n         list of arms distributed to the militia (1801 Nov. 13);\n         schedule of the census for Eastern Virginia (1802 Jan. 20);\n         proclamation by Governor Monroe for the apprehension of Isaac\n         Farrow \u0026amp; Jacob Hersher (1802 Jan. 23); proclamation of\n         Governor Monroe for a reward for the capture of John Dunn\n         (1802 Feb. 6); proclamation of Governor Monroe for a reward\n         for the capture of Obadiah Williams, Moses Burbridge, \u0026amp;\n         Benjamin Sullivan (1802 May 20); report of the committee\n         respecting the Penitentiary Building advising Clarke's\n         alteration of the building by James Wood \u0026amp; William Foushee\n         (1802 May 20); applications for the superintendence of the\n         Public Tobacco Warehouse in Richmond (1802 June 7);\n         proclamation of Governor Monroe for a reward for the capture\n         of Thomas Gillespie (1802 June 7); proclamations by Governor\n         Monroe for the apprehension of James \u0026amp; Mary Martin \u0026amp;\n         John Franklin (1802 July 10); Commissioner's report on the\n         state of the Treasury (1802 Oct. 2); return of clothing due\n         the Public Guard (1802 Nov. 26 \u0026amp; 27); and an act\n         concerning the title papers of lands in the forks of the Big\n         Sandy from the Kentucky Legislature (1802 Dec. 22).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe Subject Files series contains subject files separated\n         from Governor Monroe's Executive Papers related to three\n         topics: Gabriel's Insurrection, the McCormick-Miles-Haslett\n         Arms Contract, and Receipts for Pamphlets. Note that documents\n         related to these subjects may still been found in the\n         Chronological files. These files were originally separated to\n         provide a ready-reference to researchers.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGabriel's Insurrection was the most significant historical\n         event during James Monroe's time in office. Included are court\n         records, trials, condemnations, confessions, pardons,\n         proceedings, and correspondence regarding the slaves involved\n         in the conspiracy \u0026amp; insurrection led by Gabriel, the\n         property of Thomas Prosser of Henrico County. Significant\n         documents include: a letter from James McClurg, Mayor of\n         Richmond, re. an intended insurrection (1800 Sept. 1); a\n         letter from Joseph Jones warning of an intended rebellion of\n         slaves, free negroes, and mulattoes (1800 Sept. 8); a\n         resolution of the Common Hall of Richmond by Adam Craig re. an\n         intended insurrection (1800 Sept. 9); Adam Craig, aid-de-camp\n         to the Governor, requesting a temporary exemption from guard\n         duty (1800 Sept. 13); a letter from Thomas Newton re. the\n         capture of Gabriel on board the Schooner Mary and the conduct\n         of its master, Richardson Taylor (1800 Sept. 24); a letter\n         from Richard E. Lee, re. the arrival \u0026amp; apprehension of\n         Gabriel in Norfolk (1800 Sept. 25); a letter from James Monroe\n         to the Council re. the delivery of Gabriel to the Penitentiary\n         (1800 Sept. 28); minutes of the Council re. the confession of\n         Gabriel and advice that extra guard be dismissed (1800 Sept.\n         28); a letter from William Wilkinson re. an apprehended\n         insurrection and the ordering up of part of the militia at\n         Suffolk (1800 Oct. 1); and a letter from Thomas Newton re.\n         accounts of an insurrection at Norfolk (1800 Dec. 29).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe McCormick-Miles-Haslett Arms Contract consists of\n         correspondence, receipts, bills of lading, contracts, bonds,\n         and other documents related to the contract between Robert\n         McCormick \u0026amp; Company of Philadelphia, Pa., and the\n         Commonwealth of Virginia for 4,000 muskets. McCormick sold his\n         arms factory in May 1801 to John Miles who took over and\n         completed the contract in 1803. General John Shee served as\n         agent for the State of Virginia. Much of the correspondence,\n         bills of lading, and receipts were sent by Shee in\n         Philadelphia to Samuel Coleman in Richmond. There are also\n         receipts from James Haslett, the superintendent of McCormick's\n         works who continued employment when the factory was sold to\n         John Miles.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLastly, the Receipts for Pamphlets, are simply receipts\n         from individuals who delivered documents from the Governor.\n         The receipts provide the name of the recipient, the county,\n         and the amount of miles traveled. In April 1800, Governor\n         Monroe arranged for the delivery of reports of a select\n         committee of the House of Delegates with copies of answers of\n         several states to a resolution of the General Assembly of 21\n         December 1798 on the United States Alien \u0026amp; Sedition Laws.\n         Other receipts document the delivery of dispatches to militia\n         commanders and letters to Commissioners for Equalizing the\n         Land Tax between August \u0026amp; September 1800.\u003c/p\u003e"]}]}},"label":"Breadcrumbs"}}},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/vi_vi00868"}},{"id":"vi_vi00867","type":"collection","attributes":{"title":"Governor James Wood Executive Papers,\n         \n         1796-1799","creator":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/vi_vi00867#creator","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":"Governor's Office","label":"Creator"}},"abstract_or_scope":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/vi_vi00867#abstract_or_scope","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":"\u003cp\u003eJames Wood's Executive papers are organized chronologically with undated items arranged at the end of each year. These papers primarily consist of incoming correspondence during Wood's three one-year terms as governor between 1 December 1796 until 6 December 1799. The correspondence in this collection relates to a variety of topics including appointments \u0026amp; recommendations for state positions; the construction of the Virginia Penitentiary \u0026amp; Manufactory of Arms; the Point of Fork Arsenal; foreign vessels in Virginia waters; resignations; arms \u0026amp; ammunition; the boundary line between Kentucky \u0026amp; Virginia; extraditions; state expenses \u0026amp; revenue; quarantine of vessels; elections; Presidential electors; the Capitol Building; the militia; and others. In addition to correspondence, there are resolutions from Congress and the Virginia Senate \u0026amp; House of Delegates; accounts; oaths; contracts; pardons; proposals; receipts; election returns \u0026amp; certificates; qualifications; lists; proclamations; petitions; reports; appointments; resignations; bonds; commissions; orders; proceedings; applications; opinions; and other sundry items.\u003c/p\u003e","label":"Abstract Or Scope"}},"breadcrumbs":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/vi_vi00867#breadcrumbs","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":{"id":"vi_vi00867","ead_ssi":"vi_vi00867","_root_":"vi_vi00867","_nest_parent_":"vi_vi00867","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/lva/vi00867.xml","title_ssm":["Governor James Wood Executive Papers,\n         \n         1796-1799"],"title_tesim":["Governor James Wood Executive Papers,\n         \n         1796-1799"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["40844"],"text":["40844","Governor James Wood Executive Papers,\n         \n         1796-1799","3.18 cubic\n         feet","There are no restrictions.","Also available on microfilm - Miscellaneous Reel 5215-5222.\n","Miscellaneous Reel 5215 - 1796 Dec. 1-1797 July 29\n Miscellaneous Reel 5216 - 1797 Aug. 1-1798 Mar. 15\n Miscellaneous Reel 5217 - 1798 Mar. 16-May 31\n Miscellaneous Reel 5218 - 1798 June 1-Sept. 29\n Miscellaneous Reel 5219 - 1798 Oct.-1799 Jan. 29\n Miscellaneous Reel 5220 - 1799 Feb. 1-June 15\n Miscellaneous Reel 5221 - 1799 June 16-Aug. 31\n Miscellaneous Reel 5222 - 1799 Sept. 1-Dec. 6\n","Arranged chronologically by date of document with undated\n         items arranged to the rear.","James Wood, Jr., was born in Winchester, Virginia, on 28\n         January 1741, to Col. James Wood and Mary Rutherford. His\n         public service began at a young age as deputy clerk and deputy\n         surveyor for Frederick County, while also serving as clerk of\n         the vestry of Frederick Parish. In 1766, Wood began his first\n         term as a representative to Frederick County in the House of\n         Burgesses, serving in that capacity until 1775. Wood married\n         Jean Moncure of Stafford County in 1775 and settled at\n         Hawthorn, the home built on his family's estate of Glen Burnie\n         in Winchester. Wood had a distinguished military career\n         beginning as a captain during Dunmore's War and continuing as\n         colonel of the 8th Virginia Regiment Continental Line during\n         the Revolution. In 1779, Wood became Post Commandant of the\n         Albemarle Barracks in Charlottesville which accommodated the\n         Convention Army Guard created to guard the prisoners taken\n         from John Burgoyne's army on 17 October 1777.In 1781, he was\n         named Commissioner of Prisoners for Virginia and Maryland. By\n         the end of the war, Wood had obtained the rank of brigadier\n         general of Virginia troops. Wood was also a member of the 1st\n         (1774) and 5th (1776) Virginia Conventions. He served two\n         terms in the House of Delegates in 1776 and 1784-1785. During\n         the interim, Wood was a member of the Council of State,\n         serving as Lieutenant Governor, the head of that body, for\n         several terms. As Lieutenant Governor, Wood performed the\n         duties as governor on a number of occasions, most notably\n         during the long absence of Governor Henry Lee in 1794. The\n         pinnacle of Wood's long public service came on 1 December 1796\n         when he was elected by the General Assembly to succeed Robert\n         Brooke as governor of Virginia. Wood was reelected for two\n         additional one-year terms until 6 December 1799 and his\n         governorship was distinguished by the construction of the\n         Virginia Penitentiary and Manufactory of Arms. Following his\n         terms as governor, Wood returned to service on the Council of\n         State until his death on 17 June 1813. Wood is buried at St.\n         John's Church in Richmond.","James Wood's Executive papers are organized chronologically\n         with undated items arranged at the end of each year. These\n         papers primarily consist of incoming correspondence during\n         Wood's three one-year terms as governor between 1 December\n         1796 until 6 December 1799. The correspondence in this\n         collection relates to a variety of topics including\n         appointments \u0026 recommendations for state positions; the\n         construction of the Virginia Penitentiary \u0026 Manufactory of\n         Arms; the Point of Fork Arsenal; foreign vessels in Virginia\n         waters; resignations; arms \u0026 ammunition; the boundary line\n         between Kentucky \u0026 Virginia; extraditions; state expenses\n         \u0026 revenue; quarantine of vessels; elections; Presidential\n         electors; the Capitol Building; the militia; and others. In\n         addition to correspondence, there are resolutions from\n         Congress and the Virginia Senate \u0026 House of Delegates;\n         accounts; oaths; contracts; pardons; proposals; receipts;\n         election returns \u0026 certificates; qualifications; lists;\n         proclamations; petitions; reports; appointments; resignations;\n         bonds; commissions; orders; proceedings; applications;\n         opinions; and other sundry items.","The majority of correspondence relates to two significant\n         building projects commenced during Wood's terms in office: the\n         Virginia Penitentiary and the Virginia Manufactory of Arms.\n         The Governor received numerous letters of application and\n         recommendations for architects and superintendents for the\n         construction of the Penitentiary. Benjamin Henry Latrobe was\n         eventually named architect and Thomas Callis as superintendent\n         of the project. Included is a letter from John Barret offering\n         lots on the street opposite Hay Market for the site of the\n         Penitentiary (1797 Jan. 11). Especially valuable is Thomas\n         Jefferson's letter to the Governor on 31 March 1797 regarding\n         his design of a prison which includes notes and an estimate\n         for its construction. Many individuals submitted proposals for\n         such tasks as laying bricks (1797 March 27, July 14 \u0026 20,\n         Oct. 9), furnishing bar iron (1798 June 4), and woodwork (1798\n         July 28). In addition, on 12 June 1798, John Mills and John\n         Atkerson write agreeing to undertake the digging of the\n         foundation. Thomas Callis also writes regarding laying the\n         foundation (1797 Aug. 3), an estimate of the whole expense of\n         erecting the Penitentiary (1797 Dec. 5), an account of the\n         carpenter's work and an estimate for framing the roof (1798\n         May 26), the contract for the doors \u0026 window frames and\n         slate for the roof (1798 July 3), the account of Reuben George\n         for timber plank \u0026 scantling (1798 Nov. 30), and an\n         account of the receipts given Harvie \u0026 Winston (1799 Feb.\n         14). Benjamin Latrobe periodically reports on topics including\n         the foundation (1797 Aug. 7), his bill as architect (1798 Feb.\n         14), directions for the stone \u0026 brickwork (1798 March 10),\n         the account of slate for the roof including a small sketch\n         with measurements (1798 July 10), the arch of the cellar under\n         the kitchen and the proposal for carpenter's work (1798 July\n         9), the new road to the Penitentiary and sewers including a\n         rough drawing (1798 Sept. 3 \u0026 8), an account of the stone\n         work and an estimate of the expense for altering the design of\n         the roof to a gable roof (1798 Sept. 22), the conduct of a\n         blacksmith who assaulted some workmen (1798 Oct. 26), the\n         progress in the Penitentiary since 1797 with specific work\n         done on the east \u0026 west wings, the gate, and the men's\n         court including the expense of the work (1798 Nov. 28), and a\n         request for a leave of absence until Christmas (1798 Nov. 30).\n         Latrobe's letter dated 1798 Sept. 8 also discusses the\n         Council's proposition to remove him as architect. In another\n         letter dated 23 Feb. 1799, Latrobe communicates the completion\n         of his work on the Penitentiary, problems with his work in\n         Philadelphia on the Bank of Pennsylvania which has delayed his\n         return to Richmond, instructions to the bricklayer, and a\n         recommendation for William Callis as Superintendent. Other\n         miscellaneous items regarding the Penitentiary include letters\n         from John Harvie regarding a draft from the Treasury to\n         purchase oyster shells for lime in the construction (1797 May\n         11), an account of Augustine Davis for various work (1797 July\n         10); a letter from Samuel Dobie requesting compensation for\n         his plan of the Penitentiary submitted to the Council (1797\n         Aug. 17); a recommendation of Harry Tetherston as blacksmith\n         for the iron work (1798 March 6); prices for scantling and\n         plank from Ebenezer Maule (1798 March 10); letters from John\n         Clarke concerning bricklayers and a supply of iron for the\n         blacksmiths (1799 June 22), shingling (1799 Sept. 14), and an\n         estimate of bricks \u0026 lime to complete the building (1799\n         Sept. 28); and letters from Jesse Bowles \u0026 Nathaniel\n         Quarles on the walls, arches, etc. (1798 Aug. 16) and the east\n         \u0026 west wings (1799 Aug. 17).","The Virginia Manufactory of Arms is the other major\n         building project during Wood's governorship. In 1796, the\n         House of Delegates passed resolutions for employing additional\n         artificers at the Point of Fork Arsenal and for ascertaining\n         the best location in Richmond for an arsenal \u0026 manufactory\n         of arms (1796 Dec. 26). John Clarke was appointed\n         superintendent of the armory in 1798. Clarke visited the\n         armory in Springfield, Massachusetts, and the Cecil Iron Works\n         in Maryland. He writes the Governor on 7 March 1798 from\n         Philadelphia regarding his trip. He again writes on March 10\n         concerning his failure to have 4,000 stand of arms\n         manufactured in Philadelphia and considers the possibility of\n         having arms imported from France. On 10 April 1798, Clarke\n         informs Wood about his delay in reaching Springfield. On 23\n         July 1798, Clarke remarks on the cost of the houses, water\n         works, etc., for the manufactory of small arms. Shortly\n         thereafter, he comments on the cost of stonework (1798 July\n         27). Lastly, Clarke writes on several occasions respecting the\n         digging of the foundation by Moses Bates (1798 Nov. 19, 1799\n         March 21, June 15, \u0026 Aug. 20, Oct. 19). Other items\n         related to the Manufactory include a letter from John Hardien\n         \u0026 Benjamin Hailey proposing to furnish bricks for the\n         armory (1798 Aug. 21); the bond of Jesse Payne, James Mann,\n         Daniel Burton, \u0026 William G. Payne to furnish timber \u0026\n         plank for the machinery (1798 Nov. 20), a report of the\n         Committee of the Executive appointed to examine the progress\n         \u0026 quality of the masonry (1799 Aug. 27), and Ninnan Wyse's\n         stonework contract (1799 Nov. 16).","Other public projects continued during Wood's tenure as\n         governor with work on the Capitol Building. The Directors of\n         Public Buildings, including Daniel L. Hylton, William Foushee,\n         William Hay, Richard Adams, Robert Goode, and Robert Mitchell,\n         provide the Governor with periodic updates on the status of\n         repairs to the Capitol, particularly the roof. On 31 August\n         1797, the Directors write regarding an advance with the\n         undertaker to finish the outside of the Capitol and the\n         problems with the slate roof. The Directors request additional\n         warrants for funds on 11 Oct. 1797, 12 Dec. 1797, and 24 July\n         1798. An abstract of the proceedings of the Directors from\n         William Hay provides an excellent summary of their activities\n         between 1779 and 1793. On 5 Feb. 1798, the Directors enclose a\n         report with a general account of transactions and the probable\n         estimate to finish the Capitol. Goode \u0026 Foushee also write\n         on 27 Aug. 1798 regarding the construction of two reservoirs\n         on the Public Square. Additionally, the Directors write\n         concerning the sale of public lead, as well as compensation to\n         the directors \u0026 commissioners (1798 Oct. 20). Finally,\n         Foushee writes regarding the completion of the Capitol roof\n         and a warrant for $1000 for Henry Robertson to finish the\n         outside of the Capitol (1798 Oct. 23). Other miscellaneous\n         documents relating to the Capitol include a letter from John\n         Johnson offering to contract to fill up the ravine near the\n         Capitol (1797 Oct. 5), a letter from William Foushee regarding\n         compensation for the Directors of Public Buildings (1798 Feb.\n         5), the account of Wyse \u0026 Hope for rebuilding the stone\n         wall near the Capitol (1798 April 18), a letter from William\n         Hay recommending Benjamin Latrobe to inspect the Capitol's\n         roof (1798 Aug. 9), and a letter from William Hay regarding\n         the plans \u0026 drawings of the Capitol \u0026 Public Prison\n         sent from Paris by Thomas Jefferson (1799 March 18).","Governor Wood's Executive Papers also include\n         correspondence from the United States government. Wood\n         received letters from Timothy Pickering, Secretary of State;\n         James McHenry, Secretary of War; Samuel A. Otis, Secretary of\n         the Senate, John Beckley \u0026 Jonathan W. Cody, Clerks of the\n         House of Representatives, Thomas Jefferson, Vice-President,\n         and Virginia Delegates in Congress.","Timothy Pickering writes the Governor on 26 June 1797\n         enclosing an \"act to provide for the further defense of the\n         ports \u0026 harbors of the United States.\" Pickering also\n         transmits sets of acts passed in the 1st session of the 5th\n         Congress on 26 Oct. 1797, as well as the first volume of the\n         acts of Congress on 8 May 1798. On 28 Sept. 1798, Pickering\n         requests the Governor to convey a piece of land to the U.S. at\n         Old Point Comfort for the purpose of building a\n         lighthouse.","James McHenry, on 1 August 1797, remarks on the act\n         authorizing a detachment from the militia of the United States\n         passed 24 June 1797. On 14 January 1798, he writes Wood\n         recommending Robert McCormick to establish a manufactory of\n         arms in Virginia. McHenry also writes regarding field\n         artillery belonging to the federal government and the sale of\n         cannon to the War Office (1798 Aug. 3).","Samuel A. Otis, John Beckley, \u0026 Jonathan Cody\n         periodically transmit journals of the proceedings of the U.S.\n         Senate \u0026 House of Representatives (1797 April 22, 1797 May\n         1, 1797 July 10, 1797 Aug. 16, 1799 March 31). In addition,\n         Otis \u0026 Beckley write on 31 Jan. 1797 regarding the\n         amendment to the Constitution on the suability of states. Otis\n         submits a resolution on 24 Jan. 1799 notifying the Governor of\n         the death of Henry Tazewell, U.S. Senator from Virginia.\n         Similarly, both Thomas Jefferson and the Virginia Delegates in\n         Congress write letters informing Governor Wood of Tazewell's\n         death (1799 Jan. 24).","As senators from Virginia, Henry Tazewell \u0026 Stevens\n         Thomson Mason write the Governor concerning an amendment to\n         the U.S. Constitution (1797 March 2). In a letter dated 10\n         July 1797, Tazewell discusses the exemption of arms imported\n         by the state from duties, as well as Governor William Blount's\n         plan to invade the Spanish Territories on the Mississippi and\n         his impeachment. In another letter from 7 February 1798,\n         Tazewell remarks on the contract with James Swan for arms,\n         Pennsylvania laws, foreign affairs, the cession of western\n         territory to the U.S., and the amendment to the Constitution\n         concerning the suability of the states.","Significant correspondents from Virginia State government\n         include Archibald Blair, Clerk of the Council; Samuel Coleman,\n         Assistant Clerk of the Council of State; Robert Brooke,\n         Attorney General; John Stewart, Clerk of the House of\n         Delegates; Humphrey Brooke, Clerk of the Senate; Robert\n         Quarles, Superintendent of the Point of Fork Arsenal; Thomas\n         Newton, County Lieutenant \u0026 Superintendent of Quarantine\n         for Norfolk; Samuel Shepard, Auditor of Public Accounts; and\n         Jaquelin Ambler \u0026 William Berkeley, Treasurers.","Archibald Blair \u0026 Samuel Coleman, as Clerk \u0026\n         Assistant Clerk of the Council, communicate with the Governor\n         regularly through the Council Office. Blair submits the advice\n         of council on such issues as the petition of the Mayor of\n         Alexandria for the Superintendent of Quarantine to provide\n         nurses (1798 Oct. 27) and the appointment of Jesse Bowles\n         \u0026 Nathaniel Quarles to count the number of bricks laid in\n         the walls of the Penitentiary according to the contract of\n         Harvie \u0026 Winston (1799 March 30 \u0026 1799 Aug. 13). On 7\n         July 1798, Blair submitted a circular directing the Deputy\n         Adjutant General to order the commanding officers of regiments\n         to appoint a field officer to inspect the arms received from\n         the public arsenals. Samuel Coleman encloses a return of arms\n         issued to the militia including brigade, regiment, county in\n         which the officer resides, names of officers receiving the\n         arms, number of arms issues, number of arms returned, and\n         number of arms still to be accounted for (1798 July 6). He\n         also writes on 27 June 1798 on behalf of Simon Morgan,\n         Adjutant General, regarding a general order to Col.\n         Lambert.","As Attorney General of Virginia, Robert Brooke writes the\n         Governor on several occasions. On 20 January 1797, Brooke\n         remarks on the land entered by General Clarke in Kentucky on\n         behalf of Virginia, as well as his appointment as commissioner\n         to adjust the boundary line between Virginia \u0026 Maryland.\n         Brooke also provides his opinion regarding the claim of land\n         in Kentucky within the territory ceded to the Chickasaw Nation\n         by treaty (1797 Feb. 21) and the revision of the Arsenal Act\n         (1798 March 10). On 20 August 1798, Brooke requests papers\n         from the clerks of courts in criminal cases to be sent to the\n         Attorney General's Office. On 15 February 1799, Brooke writes\n         Governor Wood concerning the settlement of the account of\n         James Reveley as Superintendent of the Foundry and the\n         indebtedness of John Ballandine \u0026 the Buckingham\n         Furnace.","John Stewart, 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. Stewart \u0026\n         Brooke transmit a resolution regarding the boundary line\n         between Kentucky \u0026 Virginia (1796 Dec. 13). Stewart also\n         transmits resolutions related to the appointment of Henry\n         Tazewell as U.S. Senator (1798 Dec. 12); arms distributed from\n         the Point of Fork Arsenal (1799 Jan. 7); and the printing of\n         the Declaration of Independence, U.S. Constitution, the\n         Amendments, and the Alien \u0026 Sedition Acts (1799 Jan. 24).\n         Included are notices for the following elections: Meriwether\n         Jones, John Pendleton, \u0026 John Mayo to the Council of State\n         (1796 Dec. 6); John Guerrant, Jr., \u0026 Alexander McRae to\n         the Council of State (1796 Dec. 8); Jaquelin Ambler as\n         Treasurer (1796 Dec. 23); James Wood as Governor (1797 Dec. 7\n         \u0026 1798 Dec. 7); George Conway Taylor \u0026 Samuel McCraw\n         as members of the Privy Council (1798 Jan. 10); Meriwether\n         Jones \u0026 John Dixon as Public Printers (1798 Dec. 6); Henry\n         Tazewell as U.S. Senator (1798 Dec. 12); John Allen as a\n         member of the Privy Council to replace Meriwether Jones (1798\n         Dec. 14); John White as a member of the Privy Council to\n         replace George C. Taylor (1798 Dec. 28); William Berkeley as\n         Treasurer (1798 Dec. 31); John B. Scott as Brigadier General\n         of the 11th Brigade (1799 Jan. 5); John Brown as Brigadier\n         General of the Brigade composed of Hampshire, Hardy, \u0026\n         Pendleton (1799 Jan. 24); John Preston as Brigadier General of\n         the district composed of Wythe, Montgomery, \u0026 Monroe (1799\n         Jan. 24); Wilson Cary Nicholas as Senator to supply the\n         vacancy occasioned by the death of Henry Tazewell (1799 Dec.\n         5); and James Monroe as Governor (1799 Dec. 6).","Maj. Robert Quarles submits quarterly returns of arms,\n         ordnance, \u0026 public stores at Point of Fork (1796 Dec. 31,\n         1797 March 31, 1797 July 1, 1797 Sept. 30, 1797 Dec. 31, 1798\n         July 1, 1798 Oct. 1, 1799 April 1, \u0026 1799 July 1). In\n         addition, Quarles writes on such topics as the employment of\n         additional artificers (1797 Jan. 16), contracts for rations\n         (1797 Oct. 30, 1798 Oct. 13, 1798 Nov. 7, 1799 Oct. 1 \u0026\n         28), payment for a contract for timber to erect a stockade\n         around the arsenal (1798 March 30), the shipment of 250 arms\n         to Richmond (1798 June 18), an inventory of the boxes of arms\n         sent to Richmond (1798 July 31), artificers at Point of Fork\n         (1798 Aug. 14), medical attendance \u0026 medicines for the\n         soldiers (1798 Oct. 1), and the receipt of arms (1799 Oct.\n         10). Additionally, Quarles writes the Governor on 12 April\n         1798 applying for the appointment of Major Commandant of the\n         State Arsenals.","Thomas Newton, Jr., County Lieutenant \u0026 Superintendent\n         of Quarantine for Norfolk Borough, frequently writes the\n         Governor concerning the quarantine of vessels. On 5 May 1797,\n         Newton informs the Governor of the purchase of five acres of\n         land to perform quarantine. The following month, Newton\n         comments on the house to be built on the land he purchased for\n         performing quarantine (1797 June 2). He also notifies the\n         Governor of the payment to William Willoughby as undertaker to\n         build the house (1797 July 1). Newton also often informs the\n         Governor of possible infectious diseases in the West Indies\n         and other places (1797 July 17 \u0026 28, 1797 Aug. 28, \u0026\n         1798 Aug. 2). On 16 November 1799, he requests to discharge\n         the quarantine boat from service. Lastly, Newton encloses a\n         letter from Dr. J. K. Read along with a report of vessels\n         entered \u0026 examined by the health officer (1799 Nov. 14\n         \u0026 27). Other sundry correspondence from Newton includes\n         information on the suit of John Hamilton \u0026 Co. against him\n         (1797 Nov. 11) and a warrant for the Dismal Swamp Company\n         (1799 April 7).","Governor Wood corresponds often with Samuel Shepard,\n         Auditor of Public Accounts, and Jaquelin Ambler \u0026 William\n         Berkeley, Treasurers, regarding various financial matters.\n         Shepard regularly encloses accounts of expenses for forwarding\n         notices, executions, etc. (1797 March 16, 1797 Sept. 7, 1798\n         Sept. 1, \u0026 1799 April 5). Additionally, John Carter\n         submits lists of warrants issued through the Auditor's Office\n         (1797 April 1, 1797 July 6, 1797 Oct. 17, 1798 Feb. 1, 1799\n         March 8, 1799 April 6, 1799 Aug. 29, \u0026 1799 Nov. 10).\n         Jaquelin Ambler reports to the Governor on attempted robberies\n         into the Treasury and suggests alterations to the building to\n         prevent theft (1797 May 5). William Berkeley was appointed\n         Treasurer upon the death of Jaquelin Ambler in 1798. Berkeley\n         writes the Governor on 9 November 1799 requesting a wooden\n         chest to hold receipts until the iron one arrives.","Additional significant correspondence includes the\n         following: Robert Brooke enclosing a list of furniture in the\n         Government House (1796 Dec. 19); William Price, Register of\n         the Land Office, regarding an estimate of the time to record\n         the plats \u0026 certificates of survey (1797 Jan. 16); James\n         Garrard enclosing resolutions of the Kentucky Legislature on\n         the report of the commissioners for ascertaining \u0026 fixing\n         the boundary line between Virginia \u0026 Kentucky (1797 Jan.\n         2); James Breckinridge, Attorney General of Kentucky,\n         regarding a claim in that state (1797 Feb. 2); James Penn\n         regarding the New London Armory and the manufacture of arms in\n         Virginia (1797 Feb. 20); William Lindsay regarding the\n         suspected privateer Neptune (1797 March 16); Harry Toulmin,\n         Secretary of Kentucky, regarding the boundary line between\n         Kentucky \u0026 Virginia (1797 March 23); Edmund Randolph\n         regarding the title of Dr. Philip Turpin to the garden in the\n         Governor's possession (1797 April 12); Louis-Etienne Duhail,\n         Vice-Consul of the French Republic at Norfolk, to Gen. Thomas\n         Mathews regarding the blockade of two French frigates in\n         Norfolk by the British (1797 May 29); Thomas Mathews to\n         Timothy Pickering enclosing a letter received from Governor\n         Wood and a letter from Duhail regarding armed vessels within\n         U.S. jurisdiction (1797 May 30); Brig. Gen. Thomas Mathews\n         regarding letters from Louis-Etienne Duhail concerning the\n         rules for foreign ships departing U.S. waters (1797 June 19);\n         Samuel Ashe, Governor of North Carolina, regarding Robert\n         Wheatley, committed to one of the jails in Virginia for horse\n         stealing (1797 June 27); Thomas Mathews enclosing his letter\n         to the commanding officers of the French \u0026 British ships\n         of war within Virginia to prevent any violation of the rights\n         of the United States as a neutral nation (1797 July 10);\n         Robert Johnson to Archibald Stuart regarding the boundary line\n         between Kentucky \u0026 Virginia and settling claims in the\n         disputed area (1797 Aug. 9); James Robertson regarding\n         possible quarantine of vessels from Philadelphia at City Point\n         (1797 Aug. 31); Archibald Stuart, Joseph Martin, \u0026 Creed\n         Taylor, Commissioners of Kentucky, regarding the boundary line\n         between Kentucky \u0026 Virginia (1797 Sept. 18); James\n         McClurg, Mayor of Richmond, enclosing a resolution of the\n         Common Hall regarding protecting Richmond from the spread of\n         infectious disease (1797 Sept. 19); James Allan, Jr.,\n         Superintendent of Quarantine in Fredericksburg, regarding\n         yellow fever in Philadelphia, Baltimore, \u0026 Norfolk (1797\n         Sept. 25); Vice-Consul Duhail regarding French ships of war\n         (1797 Oct. 26); John Dawson recommending Robert McCormick to\n         establish a manufactory of arms in Virginia (1798 Jan. 12);\n         Edmund Randolph regarding his opinion on the refusal of the\n         clerk of the District Court of Henrico to issue a writ of ad\n         quod damnum for the Arsenal (1798 Feb. 1); Charles Lee\n         regarding the dismissal of the suit by the Indiana Company\n         against the State of Virginia by the Supreme Court (1798 Feb.\n         14); Robert McCormick proposing to manufacture 4,000 stand of\n         arms (1798 Feb. 23); Elisha White applying to be Director of\n         the Penitentiary House (1798 Feb. 27); William B. Wallace\n         applying for Superintendent of the Arsenal created by an act\n         of Congress (1798 March 5); John Steele regarding progress in\n         settling the accounts of Virginia with the U.S. (1798 March 23\n         \u0026 April 12); Henry Lee recommending William B. Wallace as\n         Commandant of the State Arsenal (1798 May 8); Lawrence H.\n         Wells, Robert Gwathmey, \u0026 Edward Johnston regarding the\n         formation of the Richmond Light Infantry Blues (1798 June 28);\n         John Dawson regarding the claim of the Executive against the\n         United States (1798 July 19 \u0026 20); James Garrard, Governor\n         of Kentucky, regarding a free negro boy purchased by Brian\n         Stone (1798 Aug. 27); Samuel Mulford, Superintendent of\n         Quarantine at Rockett's Landing, regarding the quarantine of\n         the Sloop Johns (1798 Sept. 6 \u0026 8); James Talley asking\n         permission for the water from his grist mill to pass down a\n         run on part of public ground to the river including a map\n         (1798 Sept. 7); Elisha C. Dick, Superintendent of Quarantine\n         at Alexandria regarding a house for quarantine and yellow\n         fever (1798 Oct. 10); William B. Giles resigning his seat in\n         the House of Representatives (1798 Oct. 2); John Dundas, Mayor\n         of Alexandria, regarding the petition for the establishment of\n         Craney Island as a permanent place for quarantine on the\n         Potomac (1798 Nov. 14); John Taylor Gilman, Governor of New\n         Hampshire, regarding resolutions from Virginia (1799 Jan. 19);\n         Creed Taylor enclosing a letter from the Commissioners of\n         Kentucky for ascertaining the boundary line with the state of\n         Virginia (1799 June 23); Alexander Quarrier regarding shingles\n         purchased for public buildings in Richmond (1799 Sept. 7);\n         Archibald Stuart, Joseph Martin, \u0026 Creed Taylor enclosing\n         a report, map, \u0026 survey of the commissioners with respect\n         to the boundary line between Virginia \u0026 Kentucky (1799\n         Dec. 4).","Other noteworthy items include: proceedings of a meeting of\n         the President \u0026 Vice-President electors from Benjamin\n         Temple (1796 Dec. 7); certificate of the oaths administered to\n         Meriwether Jones \u0026 John Pendleton as Privy Councilors\n         (1796 Dec. 7); certificate of the oath administered to James\n         Wood as Governor (1796 Dec. 7); certificate of the oath taken\n         by John Mayo as Privy Councilor (1796 Dec. 28); bond of\n         William Price \u0026 John Harvie to record all grants, plats,\n         \u0026 certificates of survey in the Land Office (1797 Jan.\n         30); certificate of election for Thomas Evans as a member of\n         the U.S. House of Representatives for York District (1797\n         March 27); order for a warrant from the Auditor for the\n         Lunatic Hospital in Williamsburg (1797 April 21); proclamation\n         by Governor Wood regarding a reward for the capture of William\n         Compton, alias Smith, convicted of murder (1797 May 18);\n         articles of agreement between the Governor \u0026 James Swan of\n         Boston to furnish 4,000 stand of arms for Virginia (1797 May\n         N.D., 1798 Jan. 16, \u0026 1798 April 10); certificate of\n         Alexander McRae as a member of the Privy Council (1797 June\n         1); list of persons who qualified as citizens at Richmond\n         District Court (1797 Aug. 31); bond of William Berkeley as\n         Treasurer (1798 Jan. 12); report of the state of the Treasury\n         at the death of Jaquelin Ambler (1798 Jan. 10); report of John\n         Guerrant \u0026 Samuel McCraw on the Arsenal at Point of Fork\n         and recommend the erection of a stockade (1798 Feb. 6);\n         resolutions of the Massachusetts House of Representatives\n         regarding an amendment to the Constitution concerning the\n         eligibility of the President, Vice President, etc., as natural\n         born citizens at the time of the Declaration (1798 June 28);\n         proclamation calling the General Assembly into session on 3\n         September (1798 July 7); account of James Breckinridge for\n         iron purchased by the Director of the Penitentiary Building\n         (1798 Oct. 13); bond of William Berkeley as Treasurer (1799\n         Jan. 4); certificate of oath to John Allen \u0026 John White as\n         Privy Councilors (1799 Jan. 24); statements of arms issued\n         from the Public Arsenal to the militia since 1792 (1799 April\n         17 \u0026 June 22); election certificate of Henry Lee to the\n         U.S. House of Representatives (1799 May 2); and bills of\n         lading for shingles to the Penitentiary House (1799 Sept.\n         16).","There are no restrictions.","State Records Collection,\n         Office of the Governor (Record Group 3)","English"],"unitid_tesim":["40844"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Governor James Wood Executive Papers,\n         \n         1796-1799"],"collection_title_tesim":["Governor James Wood Executive Papers,\n         \n         1796-1799"],"collection_ssim":["Governor James Wood Executive Papers,\n         \n         1796-1799"],"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":["3.18 cubic\n         feet"],"accessrestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThere are no restrictions.\u003c/p\u003e"],"accessrestrict_heading_ssm":["Access Restrictions"],"accessrestrict_tesim":["There are no restrictions."],"altformavail_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eAlso available on microfilm - Miscellaneous Reel 5215-5222.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003clist type=\"simple\"\u003e\n          \u003citem\u003eMiscellaneous Reel 5215 - 1796 Dec. 1-1797 July 29\n\u003c/item\u003e\n          \u003citem\u003eMiscellaneous Reel 5216 - 1797 Aug. 1-1798 Mar. 15\n\u003c/item\u003e\n          \u003citem\u003eMiscellaneous Reel 5217 - 1798 Mar. 16-May 31\n\u003c/item\u003e\n          \u003citem\u003eMiscellaneous Reel 5218 - 1798 June 1-Sept. 29\n\u003c/item\u003e\n          \u003citem\u003eMiscellaneous Reel 5219 - 1798 Oct.-1799 Jan. 29\n\u003c/item\u003e\n          \u003citem\u003eMiscellaneous Reel 5220 - 1799 Feb. 1-June 15\n\u003c/item\u003e\n          \u003citem\u003eMiscellaneous Reel 5221 - 1799 June 16-Aug. 31\n\u003c/item\u003e\n          \u003citem\u003eMiscellaneous Reel 5222 - 1799 Sept. 1-Dec. 6\n\u003c/item\u003e\n        \u003c/list\u003e"],"altformavail_heading_ssm":["Alternative Form Available\n"],"altformavail_tesim":["Also available on microfilm - Miscellaneous Reel 5215-5222.\n","Miscellaneous Reel 5215 - 1796 Dec. 1-1797 July 29\n Miscellaneous Reel 5216 - 1797 Aug. 1-1798 Mar. 15\n Miscellaneous Reel 5217 - 1798 Mar. 16-May 31\n Miscellaneous Reel 5218 - 1798 June 1-Sept. 29\n Miscellaneous Reel 5219 - 1798 Oct.-1799 Jan. 29\n Miscellaneous Reel 5220 - 1799 Feb. 1-June 15\n Miscellaneous Reel 5221 - 1799 June 16-Aug. 31\n Miscellaneous Reel 5222 - 1799 Sept. 1-Dec. 6\n"],"arrangement_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eArranged chronologically by date of document with undated\n         items arranged to the rear.\u003c/p\u003e"],"arrangement_heading_ssm":["Arrangement"],"arrangement_tesim":["Arranged chronologically by date of document with undated\n         items arranged to the rear."],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eJames Wood, Jr., was born in Winchester, Virginia, on 28\n         January 1741, to Col. James Wood and Mary Rutherford. His\n         public service began at a young age as deputy clerk and deputy\n         surveyor for Frederick County, while also serving as clerk of\n         the vestry of Frederick Parish. In 1766, Wood began his first\n         term as a representative to Frederick County in the House of\n         Burgesses, serving in that capacity until 1775. Wood married\n         Jean Moncure of Stafford County in 1775 and settled at\n         Hawthorn, the home built on his family's estate of Glen Burnie\n         in Winchester. Wood had a distinguished military career\n         beginning as a captain during Dunmore's War and continuing as\n         colonel of the 8th Virginia Regiment Continental Line during\n         the Revolution. In 1779, Wood became Post Commandant of the\n         Albemarle Barracks in Charlottesville which accommodated the\n         Convention Army Guard created to guard the prisoners taken\n         from John Burgoyne's army on 17 October 1777.In 1781, he was\n         named Commissioner of Prisoners for Virginia and Maryland. By\n         the end of the war, Wood had obtained the rank of brigadier\n         general of Virginia troops. Wood was also a member of the 1st\n         (1774) and 5th (1776) Virginia Conventions. He served two\n         terms in the House of Delegates in 1776 and 1784-1785. During\n         the interim, Wood was a member of the Council of State,\n         serving as Lieutenant Governor, the head of that body, for\n         several terms. As Lieutenant Governor, Wood performed the\n         duties as governor on a number of occasions, most notably\n         during the long absence of Governor Henry Lee in 1794. The\n         pinnacle of Wood's long public service came on 1 December 1796\n         when he was elected by the General Assembly to succeed Robert\n         Brooke as governor of Virginia. Wood was reelected for two\n         additional one-year terms until 6 December 1799 and his\n         governorship was distinguished by the construction of the\n         Virginia Penitentiary and Manufactory of Arms. Following his\n         terms as governor, Wood returned to service on the Council of\n         State until his death on 17 June 1813. Wood is buried at St.\n         John's Church in Richmond.\u003c/p\u003e"],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical Information"],"bioghist_tesim":["James Wood, Jr., was born in Winchester, Virginia, on 28\n         January 1741, to Col. James Wood and Mary Rutherford. His\n         public service began at a young age as deputy clerk and deputy\n         surveyor for Frederick County, while also serving as clerk of\n         the vestry of Frederick Parish. In 1766, Wood began his first\n         term as a representative to Frederick County in the House of\n         Burgesses, serving in that capacity until 1775. Wood married\n         Jean Moncure of Stafford County in 1775 and settled at\n         Hawthorn, the home built on his family's estate of Glen Burnie\n         in Winchester. Wood had a distinguished military career\n         beginning as a captain during Dunmore's War and continuing as\n         colonel of the 8th Virginia Regiment Continental Line during\n         the Revolution. In 1779, Wood became Post Commandant of the\n         Albemarle Barracks in Charlottesville which accommodated the\n         Convention Army Guard created to guard the prisoners taken\n         from John Burgoyne's army on 17 October 1777.In 1781, he was\n         named Commissioner of Prisoners for Virginia and Maryland. By\n         the end of the war, Wood had obtained the rank of brigadier\n         general of Virginia troops. Wood was also a member of the 1st\n         (1774) and 5th (1776) Virginia Conventions. He served two\n         terms in the House of Delegates in 1776 and 1784-1785. During\n         the interim, Wood was a member of the Council of State,\n         serving as Lieutenant Governor, the head of that body, for\n         several terms. As Lieutenant Governor, Wood performed the\n         duties as governor on a number of occasions, most notably\n         during the long absence of Governor Henry Lee in 1794. The\n         pinnacle of Wood's long public service came on 1 December 1796\n         when he was elected by the General Assembly to succeed Robert\n         Brooke as governor of Virginia. Wood was reelected for two\n         additional one-year terms until 6 December 1799 and his\n         governorship was distinguished by the construction of the\n         Virginia Penitentiary and Manufactory of Arms. Following his\n         terms as governor, Wood returned to service on the Council of\n         State until his death on 17 June 1813. Wood is buried at St.\n         John's Church in Richmond."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eVirginia. Governor's Office. James Wood Executive\n            Papers, 1796-1799 (bulk 1797-1799). Accession 40844. State\n            Records Collection, The Library of Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e"],"prefercite_tesim":["Virginia. Governor's Office. James Wood Executive\n            Papers, 1796-1799 (bulk 1797-1799). Accession 40844. State\n            Records Collection, The Library of Virginia."],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content Information"],"scopecontent_tesim":["James Wood's Executive papers are organized chronologically\n         with undated items arranged at the end of each year. These\n         papers primarily consist of incoming correspondence during\n         Wood's three one-year terms as governor between 1 December\n         1796 until 6 December 1799. The correspondence in this\n         collection relates to a variety of topics including\n         appointments \u0026 recommendations for state positions; the\n         construction of the Virginia Penitentiary \u0026 Manufactory of\n         Arms; the Point of Fork Arsenal; foreign vessels in Virginia\n         waters; resignations; arms \u0026 ammunition; the boundary line\n         between Kentucky \u0026 Virginia; extraditions; state expenses\n         \u0026 revenue; quarantine of vessels; elections; Presidential\n         electors; the Capitol Building; the militia; and others. In\n         addition to correspondence, there are resolutions from\n         Congress and the Virginia Senate \u0026 House of Delegates;\n         accounts; oaths; contracts; pardons; proposals; receipts;\n         election returns \u0026 certificates; qualifications; lists;\n         proclamations; petitions; reports; appointments; resignations;\n         bonds; commissions; orders; proceedings; applications;\n         opinions; and other sundry items.","The majority of correspondence relates to two significant\n         building projects commenced during Wood's terms in office: the\n         Virginia Penitentiary and the Virginia Manufactory of Arms.\n         The Governor received numerous letters of application and\n         recommendations for architects and superintendents for the\n         construction of the Penitentiary. Benjamin Henry Latrobe was\n         eventually named architect and Thomas Callis as superintendent\n         of the project. Included is a letter from John Barret offering\n         lots on the street opposite Hay Market for the site of the\n         Penitentiary (1797 Jan. 11). Especially valuable is Thomas\n         Jefferson's letter to the Governor on 31 March 1797 regarding\n         his design of a prison which includes notes and an estimate\n         for its construction. Many individuals submitted proposals for\n         such tasks as laying bricks (1797 March 27, July 14 \u0026 20,\n         Oct. 9), furnishing bar iron (1798 June 4), and woodwork (1798\n         July 28). In addition, on 12 June 1798, John Mills and John\n         Atkerson write agreeing to undertake the digging of the\n         foundation. Thomas Callis also writes regarding laying the\n         foundation (1797 Aug. 3), an estimate of the whole expense of\n         erecting the Penitentiary (1797 Dec. 5), an account of the\n         carpenter's work and an estimate for framing the roof (1798\n         May 26), the contract for the doors \u0026 window frames and\n         slate for the roof (1798 July 3), the account of Reuben George\n         for timber plank \u0026 scantling (1798 Nov. 30), and an\n         account of the receipts given Harvie \u0026 Winston (1799 Feb.\n         14). Benjamin Latrobe periodically reports on topics including\n         the foundation (1797 Aug. 7), his bill as architect (1798 Feb.\n         14), directions for the stone \u0026 brickwork (1798 March 10),\n         the account of slate for the roof including a small sketch\n         with measurements (1798 July 10), the arch of the cellar under\n         the kitchen and the proposal for carpenter's work (1798 July\n         9), the new road to the Penitentiary and sewers including a\n         rough drawing (1798 Sept. 3 \u0026 8), an account of the stone\n         work and an estimate of the expense for altering the design of\n         the roof to a gable roof (1798 Sept. 22), the conduct of a\n         blacksmith who assaulted some workmen (1798 Oct. 26), the\n         progress in the Penitentiary since 1797 with specific work\n         done on the east \u0026 west wings, the gate, and the men's\n         court including the expense of the work (1798 Nov. 28), and a\n         request for a leave of absence until Christmas (1798 Nov. 30).\n         Latrobe's letter dated 1798 Sept. 8 also discusses the\n         Council's proposition to remove him as architect. In another\n         letter dated 23 Feb. 1799, Latrobe communicates the completion\n         of his work on the Penitentiary, problems with his work in\n         Philadelphia on the Bank of Pennsylvania which has delayed his\n         return to Richmond, instructions to the bricklayer, and a\n         recommendation for William Callis as Superintendent. Other\n         miscellaneous items regarding the Penitentiary include letters\n         from John Harvie regarding a draft from the Treasury to\n         purchase oyster shells for lime in the construction (1797 May\n         11), an account of Augustine Davis for various work (1797 July\n         10); a letter from Samuel Dobie requesting compensation for\n         his plan of the Penitentiary submitted to the Council (1797\n         Aug. 17); a recommendation of Harry Tetherston as blacksmith\n         for the iron work (1798 March 6); prices for scantling and\n         plank from Ebenezer Maule (1798 March 10); letters from John\n         Clarke concerning bricklayers and a supply of iron for the\n         blacksmiths (1799 June 22), shingling (1799 Sept. 14), and an\n         estimate of bricks \u0026 lime to complete the building (1799\n         Sept. 28); and letters from Jesse Bowles \u0026 Nathaniel\n         Quarles on the walls, arches, etc. (1798 Aug. 16) and the east\n         \u0026 west wings (1799 Aug. 17).","The Virginia Manufactory of Arms is the other major\n         building project during Wood's governorship. In 1796, the\n         House of Delegates passed resolutions for employing additional\n         artificers at the Point of Fork Arsenal and for ascertaining\n         the best location in Richmond for an arsenal \u0026 manufactory\n         of arms (1796 Dec. 26). John Clarke was appointed\n         superintendent of the armory in 1798. Clarke visited the\n         armory in Springfield, Massachusetts, and the Cecil Iron Works\n         in Maryland. He writes the Governor on 7 March 1798 from\n         Philadelphia regarding his trip. He again writes on March 10\n         concerning his failure to have 4,000 stand of arms\n         manufactured in Philadelphia and considers the possibility of\n         having arms imported from France. On 10 April 1798, Clarke\n         informs Wood about his delay in reaching Springfield. On 23\n         July 1798, Clarke remarks on the cost of the houses, water\n         works, etc., for the manufactory of small arms. Shortly\n         thereafter, he comments on the cost of stonework (1798 July\n         27). Lastly, Clarke writes on several occasions respecting the\n         digging of the foundation by Moses Bates (1798 Nov. 19, 1799\n         March 21, June 15, \u0026 Aug. 20, Oct. 19). Other items\n         related to the Manufactory include a letter from John Hardien\n         \u0026 Benjamin Hailey proposing to furnish bricks for the\n         armory (1798 Aug. 21); the bond of Jesse Payne, James Mann,\n         Daniel Burton, \u0026 William G. Payne to furnish timber \u0026\n         plank for the machinery (1798 Nov. 20), a report of the\n         Committee of the Executive appointed to examine the progress\n         \u0026 quality of the masonry (1799 Aug. 27), and Ninnan Wyse's\n         stonework contract (1799 Nov. 16).","Other public projects continued during Wood's tenure as\n         governor with work on the Capitol Building. The Directors of\n         Public Buildings, including Daniel L. Hylton, William Foushee,\n         William Hay, Richard Adams, Robert Goode, and Robert Mitchell,\n         provide the Governor with periodic updates on the status of\n         repairs to the Capitol, particularly the roof. On 31 August\n         1797, the Directors write regarding an advance with the\n         undertaker to finish the outside of the Capitol and the\n         problems with the slate roof. The Directors request additional\n         warrants for funds on 11 Oct. 1797, 12 Dec. 1797, and 24 July\n         1798. An abstract of the proceedings of the Directors from\n         William Hay provides an excellent summary of their activities\n         between 1779 and 1793. On 5 Feb. 1798, the Directors enclose a\n         report with a general account of transactions and the probable\n         estimate to finish the Capitol. Goode \u0026 Foushee also write\n         on 27 Aug. 1798 regarding the construction of two reservoirs\n         on the Public Square. Additionally, the Directors write\n         concerning the sale of public lead, as well as compensation to\n         the directors \u0026 commissioners (1798 Oct. 20). Finally,\n         Foushee writes regarding the completion of the Capitol roof\n         and a warrant for $1000 for Henry Robertson to finish the\n         outside of the Capitol (1798 Oct. 23). Other miscellaneous\n         documents relating to the Capitol include a letter from John\n         Johnson offering to contract to fill up the ravine near the\n         Capitol (1797 Oct. 5), a letter from William Foushee regarding\n         compensation for the Directors of Public Buildings (1798 Feb.\n         5), the account of Wyse \u0026 Hope for rebuilding the stone\n         wall near the Capitol (1798 April 18), a letter from William\n         Hay recommending Benjamin Latrobe to inspect the Capitol's\n         roof (1798 Aug. 9), and a letter from William Hay regarding\n         the plans \u0026 drawings of the Capitol \u0026 Public Prison\n         sent from Paris by Thomas Jefferson (1799 March 18).","Governor Wood's Executive Papers also include\n         correspondence from the United States government. Wood\n         received letters from Timothy Pickering, Secretary of State;\n         James McHenry, Secretary of War; Samuel A. Otis, Secretary of\n         the Senate, John Beckley \u0026 Jonathan W. Cody, Clerks of the\n         House of Representatives, Thomas Jefferson, Vice-President,\n         and Virginia Delegates in Congress.","Timothy Pickering writes the Governor on 26 June 1797\n         enclosing an \"act to provide for the further defense of the\n         ports \u0026 harbors of the United States.\" Pickering also\n         transmits sets of acts passed in the 1st session of the 5th\n         Congress on 26 Oct. 1797, as well as the first volume of the\n         acts of Congress on 8 May 1798. On 28 Sept. 1798, Pickering\n         requests the Governor to convey a piece of land to the U.S. at\n         Old Point Comfort for the purpose of building a\n         lighthouse.","James McHenry, on 1 August 1797, remarks on the act\n         authorizing a detachment from the militia of the United States\n         passed 24 June 1797. On 14 January 1798, he writes Wood\n         recommending Robert McCormick to establish a manufactory of\n         arms in Virginia. McHenry also writes regarding field\n         artillery belonging to the federal government and the sale of\n         cannon to the War Office (1798 Aug. 3).","Samuel A. Otis, John Beckley, \u0026 Jonathan Cody\n         periodically transmit journals of the proceedings of the U.S.\n         Senate \u0026 House of Representatives (1797 April 22, 1797 May\n         1, 1797 July 10, 1797 Aug. 16, 1799 March 31). In addition,\n         Otis \u0026 Beckley write on 31 Jan. 1797 regarding the\n         amendment to the Constitution on the suability of states. Otis\n         submits a resolution on 24 Jan. 1799 notifying the Governor of\n         the death of Henry Tazewell, U.S. Senator from Virginia.\n         Similarly, both Thomas Jefferson and the Virginia Delegates in\n         Congress write letters informing Governor Wood of Tazewell's\n         death (1799 Jan. 24).","As senators from Virginia, Henry Tazewell \u0026 Stevens\n         Thomson Mason write the Governor concerning an amendment to\n         the U.S. Constitution (1797 March 2). In a letter dated 10\n         July 1797, Tazewell discusses the exemption of arms imported\n         by the state from duties, as well as Governor William Blount's\n         plan to invade the Spanish Territories on the Mississippi and\n         his impeachment. In another letter from 7 February 1798,\n         Tazewell remarks on the contract with James Swan for arms,\n         Pennsylvania laws, foreign affairs, the cession of western\n         territory to the U.S., and the amendment to the Constitution\n         concerning the suability of the states.","Significant correspondents from Virginia State government\n         include Archibald Blair, Clerk of the Council; Samuel Coleman,\n         Assistant Clerk of the Council of State; Robert Brooke,\n         Attorney General; John Stewart, Clerk of the House of\n         Delegates; Humphrey Brooke, Clerk of the Senate; Robert\n         Quarles, Superintendent of the Point of Fork Arsenal; Thomas\n         Newton, County Lieutenant \u0026 Superintendent of Quarantine\n         for Norfolk; Samuel Shepard, Auditor of Public Accounts; and\n         Jaquelin Ambler \u0026 William Berkeley, Treasurers.","Archibald Blair \u0026 Samuel Coleman, as Clerk \u0026\n         Assistant Clerk of the Council, communicate with the Governor\n         regularly through the Council Office. Blair submits the advice\n         of council on such issues as the petition of the Mayor of\n         Alexandria for the Superintendent of Quarantine to provide\n         nurses (1798 Oct. 27) and the appointment of Jesse Bowles\n         \u0026 Nathaniel Quarles to count the number of bricks laid in\n         the walls of the Penitentiary according to the contract of\n         Harvie \u0026 Winston (1799 March 30 \u0026 1799 Aug. 13). On 7\n         July 1798, Blair submitted a circular directing the Deputy\n         Adjutant General to order the commanding officers of regiments\n         to appoint a field officer to inspect the arms received from\n         the public arsenals. Samuel Coleman encloses a return of arms\n         issued to the militia including brigade, regiment, county in\n         which the officer resides, names of officers receiving the\n         arms, number of arms issues, number of arms returned, and\n         number of arms still to be accounted for (1798 July 6). He\n         also writes on 27 June 1798 on behalf of Simon Morgan,\n         Adjutant General, regarding a general order to Col.\n         Lambert.","As Attorney General of Virginia, Robert Brooke writes the\n         Governor on several occasions. On 20 January 1797, Brooke\n         remarks on the land entered by General Clarke in Kentucky on\n         behalf of Virginia, as well as his appointment as commissioner\n         to adjust the boundary line between Virginia \u0026 Maryland.\n         Brooke also provides his opinion regarding the claim of land\n         in Kentucky within the territory ceded to the Chickasaw Nation\n         by treaty (1797 Feb. 21) and the revision of the Arsenal Act\n         (1798 March 10). On 20 August 1798, Brooke requests papers\n         from the clerks of courts in criminal cases to be sent to the\n         Attorney General's Office. On 15 February 1799, Brooke writes\n         Governor Wood concerning the settlement of the account of\n         James Reveley as Superintendent of the Foundry and the\n         indebtedness of John Ballandine \u0026 the Buckingham\n         Furnace.","John Stewart, 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. Stewart \u0026\n         Brooke transmit a resolution regarding the boundary line\n         between Kentucky \u0026 Virginia (1796 Dec. 13). Stewart also\n         transmits resolutions related to the appointment of Henry\n         Tazewell as U.S. Senator (1798 Dec. 12); arms distributed from\n         the Point of Fork Arsenal (1799 Jan. 7); and the printing of\n         the Declaration of Independence, U.S. Constitution, the\n         Amendments, and the Alien \u0026 Sedition Acts (1799 Jan. 24).\n         Included are notices for the following elections: Meriwether\n         Jones, John Pendleton, \u0026 John Mayo to the Council of State\n         (1796 Dec. 6); John Guerrant, Jr., \u0026 Alexander McRae to\n         the Council of State (1796 Dec. 8); Jaquelin Ambler as\n         Treasurer (1796 Dec. 23); James Wood as Governor (1797 Dec. 7\n         \u0026 1798 Dec. 7); George Conway Taylor \u0026 Samuel McCraw\n         as members of the Privy Council (1798 Jan. 10); Meriwether\n         Jones \u0026 John Dixon as Public Printers (1798 Dec. 6); Henry\n         Tazewell as U.S. Senator (1798 Dec. 12); John Allen as a\n         member of the Privy Council to replace Meriwether Jones (1798\n         Dec. 14); John White as a member of the Privy Council to\n         replace George C. Taylor (1798 Dec. 28); William Berkeley as\n         Treasurer (1798 Dec. 31); John B. Scott as Brigadier General\n         of the 11th Brigade (1799 Jan. 5); John Brown as Brigadier\n         General of the Brigade composed of Hampshire, Hardy, \u0026\n         Pendleton (1799 Jan. 24); John Preston as Brigadier General of\n         the district composed of Wythe, Montgomery, \u0026 Monroe (1799\n         Jan. 24); Wilson Cary Nicholas as Senator to supply the\n         vacancy occasioned by the death of Henry Tazewell (1799 Dec.\n         5); and James Monroe as Governor (1799 Dec. 6).","Maj. Robert Quarles submits quarterly returns of arms,\n         ordnance, \u0026 public stores at Point of Fork (1796 Dec. 31,\n         1797 March 31, 1797 July 1, 1797 Sept. 30, 1797 Dec. 31, 1798\n         July 1, 1798 Oct. 1, 1799 April 1, \u0026 1799 July 1). In\n         addition, Quarles writes on such topics as the employment of\n         additional artificers (1797 Jan. 16), contracts for rations\n         (1797 Oct. 30, 1798 Oct. 13, 1798 Nov. 7, 1799 Oct. 1 \u0026\n         28), payment for a contract for timber to erect a stockade\n         around the arsenal (1798 March 30), the shipment of 250 arms\n         to Richmond (1798 June 18), an inventory of the boxes of arms\n         sent to Richmond (1798 July 31), artificers at Point of Fork\n         (1798 Aug. 14), medical attendance \u0026 medicines for the\n         soldiers (1798 Oct. 1), and the receipt of arms (1799 Oct.\n         10). Additionally, Quarles writes the Governor on 12 April\n         1798 applying for the appointment of Major Commandant of the\n         State Arsenals.","Thomas Newton, Jr., County Lieutenant \u0026 Superintendent\n         of Quarantine for Norfolk Borough, frequently writes the\n         Governor concerning the quarantine of vessels. On 5 May 1797,\n         Newton informs the Governor of the purchase of five acres of\n         land to perform quarantine. The following month, Newton\n         comments on the house to be built on the land he purchased for\n         performing quarantine (1797 June 2). He also notifies the\n         Governor of the payment to William Willoughby as undertaker to\n         build the house (1797 July 1). Newton also often informs the\n         Governor of possible infectious diseases in the West Indies\n         and other places (1797 July 17 \u0026 28, 1797 Aug. 28, \u0026\n         1798 Aug. 2). On 16 November 1799, he requests to discharge\n         the quarantine boat from service. Lastly, Newton encloses a\n         letter from Dr. J. K. Read along with a report of vessels\n         entered \u0026 examined by the health officer (1799 Nov. 14\n         \u0026 27). Other sundry correspondence from Newton includes\n         information on the suit of John Hamilton \u0026 Co. against him\n         (1797 Nov. 11) and a warrant for the Dismal Swamp Company\n         (1799 April 7).","Governor Wood corresponds often with Samuel Shepard,\n         Auditor of Public Accounts, and Jaquelin Ambler \u0026 William\n         Berkeley, Treasurers, regarding various financial matters.\n         Shepard regularly encloses accounts of expenses for forwarding\n         notices, executions, etc. (1797 March 16, 1797 Sept. 7, 1798\n         Sept. 1, \u0026 1799 April 5). Additionally, John Carter\n         submits lists of warrants issued through the Auditor's Office\n         (1797 April 1, 1797 July 6, 1797 Oct. 17, 1798 Feb. 1, 1799\n         March 8, 1799 April 6, 1799 Aug. 29, \u0026 1799 Nov. 10).\n         Jaquelin Ambler reports to the Governor on attempted robberies\n         into the Treasury and suggests alterations to the building to\n         prevent theft (1797 May 5). William Berkeley was appointed\n         Treasurer upon the death of Jaquelin Ambler in 1798. Berkeley\n         writes the Governor on 9 November 1799 requesting a wooden\n         chest to hold receipts until the iron one arrives.","Additional significant correspondence includes the\n         following: Robert Brooke enclosing a list of furniture in the\n         Government House (1796 Dec. 19); William Price, Register of\n         the Land Office, regarding an estimate of the time to record\n         the plats \u0026 certificates of survey (1797 Jan. 16); James\n         Garrard enclosing resolutions of the Kentucky Legislature on\n         the report of the commissioners for ascertaining \u0026 fixing\n         the boundary line between Virginia \u0026 Kentucky (1797 Jan.\n         2); James Breckinridge, Attorney General of Kentucky,\n         regarding a claim in that state (1797 Feb. 2); James Penn\n         regarding the New London Armory and the manufacture of arms in\n         Virginia (1797 Feb. 20); William Lindsay regarding the\n         suspected privateer Neptune (1797 March 16); Harry Toulmin,\n         Secretary of Kentucky, regarding the boundary line between\n         Kentucky \u0026 Virginia (1797 March 23); Edmund Randolph\n         regarding the title of Dr. Philip Turpin to the garden in the\n         Governor's possession (1797 April 12); Louis-Etienne Duhail,\n         Vice-Consul of the French Republic at Norfolk, to Gen. Thomas\n         Mathews regarding the blockade of two French frigates in\n         Norfolk by the British (1797 May 29); Thomas Mathews to\n         Timothy Pickering enclosing a letter received from Governor\n         Wood and a letter from Duhail regarding armed vessels within\n         U.S. jurisdiction (1797 May 30); Brig. Gen. Thomas Mathews\n         regarding letters from Louis-Etienne Duhail concerning the\n         rules for foreign ships departing U.S. waters (1797 June 19);\n         Samuel Ashe, Governor of North Carolina, regarding Robert\n         Wheatley, committed to one of the jails in Virginia for horse\n         stealing (1797 June 27); Thomas Mathews enclosing his letter\n         to the commanding officers of the French \u0026 British ships\n         of war within Virginia to prevent any violation of the rights\n         of the United States as a neutral nation (1797 July 10);\n         Robert Johnson to Archibald Stuart regarding the boundary line\n         between Kentucky \u0026 Virginia and settling claims in the\n         disputed area (1797 Aug. 9); James Robertson regarding\n         possible quarantine of vessels from Philadelphia at City Point\n         (1797 Aug. 31); Archibald Stuart, Joseph Martin, \u0026 Creed\n         Taylor, Commissioners of Kentucky, regarding the boundary line\n         between Kentucky \u0026 Virginia (1797 Sept. 18); James\n         McClurg, Mayor of Richmond, enclosing a resolution of the\n         Common Hall regarding protecting Richmond from the spread of\n         infectious disease (1797 Sept. 19); James Allan, Jr.,\n         Superintendent of Quarantine in Fredericksburg, regarding\n         yellow fever in Philadelphia, Baltimore, \u0026 Norfolk (1797\n         Sept. 25); Vice-Consul Duhail regarding French ships of war\n         (1797 Oct. 26); John Dawson recommending Robert McCormick to\n         establish a manufactory of arms in Virginia (1798 Jan. 12);\n         Edmund Randolph regarding his opinion on the refusal of the\n         clerk of the District Court of Henrico to issue a writ of ad\n         quod damnum for the Arsenal (1798 Feb. 1); Charles Lee\n         regarding the dismissal of the suit by the Indiana Company\n         against the State of Virginia by the Supreme Court (1798 Feb.\n         14); Robert McCormick proposing to manufacture 4,000 stand of\n         arms (1798 Feb. 23); Elisha White applying to be Director of\n         the Penitentiary House (1798 Feb. 27); William B. Wallace\n         applying for Superintendent of the Arsenal created by an act\n         of Congress (1798 March 5); John Steele regarding progress in\n         settling the accounts of Virginia with the U.S. (1798 March 23\n         \u0026 April 12); Henry Lee recommending William B. Wallace as\n         Commandant of the State Arsenal (1798 May 8); Lawrence H.\n         Wells, Robert Gwathmey, \u0026 Edward Johnston regarding the\n         formation of the Richmond Light Infantry Blues (1798 June 28);\n         John Dawson regarding the claim of the Executive against the\n         United States (1798 July 19 \u0026 20); James Garrard, Governor\n         of Kentucky, regarding a free negro boy purchased by Brian\n         Stone (1798 Aug. 27); Samuel Mulford, Superintendent of\n         Quarantine at Rockett's Landing, regarding the quarantine of\n         the Sloop Johns (1798 Sept. 6 \u0026 8); James Talley asking\n         permission for the water from his grist mill to pass down a\n         run on part of public ground to the river including a map\n         (1798 Sept. 7); Elisha C. Dick, Superintendent of Quarantine\n         at Alexandria regarding a house for quarantine and yellow\n         fever (1798 Oct. 10); William B. Giles resigning his seat in\n         the House of Representatives (1798 Oct. 2); John Dundas, Mayor\n         of Alexandria, regarding the petition for the establishment of\n         Craney Island as a permanent place for quarantine on the\n         Potomac (1798 Nov. 14); John Taylor Gilman, Governor of New\n         Hampshire, regarding resolutions from Virginia (1799 Jan. 19);\n         Creed Taylor enclosing a letter from the Commissioners of\n         Kentucky for ascertaining the boundary line with the state of\n         Virginia (1799 June 23); Alexander Quarrier regarding shingles\n         purchased for public buildings in Richmond (1799 Sept. 7);\n         Archibald Stuart, Joseph Martin, \u0026 Creed Taylor enclosing\n         a report, map, \u0026 survey of the commissioners with respect\n         to the boundary line between Virginia \u0026 Kentucky (1799\n         Dec. 4).","Other noteworthy items include: proceedings of a meeting of\n         the President \u0026 Vice-President electors from Benjamin\n         Temple (1796 Dec. 7); certificate of the oaths administered to\n         Meriwether Jones \u0026 John Pendleton as Privy Councilors\n         (1796 Dec. 7); certificate of the oath administered to James\n         Wood as Governor (1796 Dec. 7); certificate of the oath taken\n         by John Mayo as Privy Councilor (1796 Dec. 28); bond of\n         William Price \u0026 John Harvie to record all grants, plats,\n         \u0026 certificates of survey in the Land Office (1797 Jan.\n         30); certificate of election for Thomas Evans as a member of\n         the U.S. House of Representatives for York District (1797\n         March 27); order for a warrant from the Auditor for the\n         Lunatic Hospital in Williamsburg (1797 April 21); proclamation\n         by Governor Wood regarding a reward for the capture of William\n         Compton, alias Smith, convicted of murder (1797 May 18);\n         articles of agreement between the Governor \u0026 James Swan of\n         Boston to furnish 4,000 stand of arms for Virginia (1797 May\n         N.D., 1798 Jan. 16, \u0026 1798 April 10); certificate of\n         Alexander McRae as a member of the Privy Council (1797 June\n         1); list of persons who qualified as citizens at Richmond\n         District Court (1797 Aug. 31); bond of William Berkeley as\n         Treasurer (1798 Jan. 12); report of the state of the Treasury\n         at the death of Jaquelin Ambler (1798 Jan. 10); report of John\n         Guerrant \u0026 Samuel McCraw on the Arsenal at Point of Fork\n         and recommend the erection of a stockade (1798 Feb. 6);\n         resolutions of the Massachusetts House of Representatives\n         regarding an amendment to the Constitution concerning the\n         eligibility of the President, Vice President, etc., as natural\n         born citizens at the time of the Declaration (1798 June 28);\n         proclamation calling the General Assembly into session on 3\n         September (1798 July 7); account of James Breckinridge for\n         iron purchased by the Director of the Penitentiary Building\n         (1798 Oct. 13); bond of William Berkeley as Treasurer (1799\n         Jan. 4); certificate of oath to John Allen \u0026 John White as\n         Privy Councilors (1799 Jan. 24); statements of arms issued\n         from the Public Arsenal to the militia since 1792 (1799 April\n         17 \u0026 June 22); election certificate of Henry Lee to the\n         U.S. House of Representatives (1799 May 2); and bills of\n         lading for shingles to the Penitentiary House (1799 Sept.\n         16)."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThere are no restrictions.\u003c/p\u003e"],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Use Restrictions"],"userestrict_tesim":["There are no restrictions."],"physloc_html_tesm":["\u003cphysloc label=\"Physical Location\"\u003eState Records Collection,\n         Office of the Governor (Record Group 3)\u003c/physloc\u003e"],"physloc_tesim":["State Records Collection,\n         Office of the Governor (Record Group 3)"],"language_ssim":["English"],"total_component_count_is":184,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-05-21T10:59:09.088Z","scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eJames Wood's Executive papers are organized chronologically\n         with undated items arranged at the end of each year. These\n         papers primarily consist of incoming correspondence during\n         Wood's three one-year terms as governor between 1 December\n         1796 until 6 December 1799. The correspondence in this\n         collection relates to a variety of topics including\n         appointments \u0026amp; recommendations for state positions; the\n         construction of the Virginia Penitentiary \u0026amp; Manufactory of\n         Arms; the Point of Fork Arsenal; foreign vessels in Virginia\n         waters; resignations; arms \u0026amp; ammunition; the boundary line\n         between Kentucky \u0026amp; Virginia; extraditions; state expenses\n         \u0026amp; revenue; quarantine of vessels; elections; Presidential\n         electors; the Capitol Building; the militia; and others. In\n         addition to correspondence, there are resolutions from\n         Congress and the Virginia Senate \u0026amp; House of Delegates;\n         accounts; oaths; contracts; pardons; proposals; receipts;\n         election returns \u0026amp; certificates; qualifications; lists;\n         proclamations; petitions; reports; appointments; resignations;\n         bonds; commissions; orders; proceedings; applications;\n         opinions; and other sundry items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe majority of correspondence relates to two significant\n         building projects commenced during Wood's terms in office: the\n         Virginia Penitentiary and the Virginia Manufactory of Arms.\n         The Governor received numerous letters of application and\n         recommendations for architects and superintendents for the\n         construction of the Penitentiary. Benjamin Henry Latrobe was\n         eventually named architect and Thomas Callis as superintendent\n         of the project. Included is a letter from John Barret offering\n         lots on the street opposite Hay Market for the site of the\n         Penitentiary (1797 Jan. 11). Especially valuable is Thomas\n         Jefferson's letter to the Governor on 31 March 1797 regarding\n         his design of a prison which includes notes and an estimate\n         for its construction. Many individuals submitted proposals for\n         such tasks as laying bricks (1797 March 27, July 14 \u0026amp; 20,\n         Oct. 9), furnishing bar iron (1798 June 4), and woodwork (1798\n         July 28). In addition, on 12 June 1798, John Mills and John\n         Atkerson write agreeing to undertake the digging of the\n         foundation. Thomas Callis also writes regarding laying the\n         foundation (1797 Aug. 3), an estimate of the whole expense of\n         erecting the Penitentiary (1797 Dec. 5), an account of the\n         carpenter's work and an estimate for framing the roof (1798\n         May 26), the contract for the doors \u0026amp; window frames and\n         slate for the roof (1798 July 3), the account of Reuben George\n         for timber plank \u0026amp; scantling (1798 Nov. 30), and an\n         account of the receipts given Harvie \u0026amp; Winston (1799 Feb.\n         14). Benjamin Latrobe periodically reports on topics including\n         the foundation (1797 Aug. 7), his bill as architect (1798 Feb.\n         14), directions for the stone \u0026amp; brickwork (1798 March 10),\n         the account of slate for the roof including a small sketch\n         with measurements (1798 July 10), the arch of the cellar under\n         the kitchen and the proposal for carpenter's work (1798 July\n         9), the new road to the Penitentiary and sewers including a\n         rough drawing (1798 Sept. 3 \u0026amp; 8), an account of the stone\n         work and an estimate of the expense for altering the design of\n         the roof to a gable roof (1798 Sept. 22), the conduct of a\n         blacksmith who assaulted some workmen (1798 Oct. 26), the\n         progress in the Penitentiary since 1797 with specific work\n         done on the east \u0026amp; west wings, the gate, and the men's\n         court including the expense of the work (1798 Nov. 28), and a\n         request for a leave of absence until Christmas (1798 Nov. 30).\n         Latrobe's letter dated 1798 Sept. 8 also discusses the\n         Council's proposition to remove him as architect. In another\n         letter dated 23 Feb. 1799, Latrobe communicates the completion\n         of his work on the Penitentiary, problems with his work in\n         Philadelphia on the Bank of Pennsylvania which has delayed his\n         return to Richmond, instructions to the bricklayer, and a\n         recommendation for William Callis as Superintendent. Other\n         miscellaneous items regarding the Penitentiary include letters\n         from John Harvie regarding a draft from the Treasury to\n         purchase oyster shells for lime in the construction (1797 May\n         11), an account of Augustine Davis for various work (1797 July\n         10); a letter from Samuel Dobie requesting compensation for\n         his plan of the Penitentiary submitted to the Council (1797\n         Aug. 17); a recommendation of Harry Tetherston as blacksmith\n         for the iron work (1798 March 6); prices for scantling and\n         plank from Ebenezer Maule (1798 March 10); letters from John\n         Clarke concerning bricklayers and a supply of iron for the\n         blacksmiths (1799 June 22), shingling (1799 Sept. 14), and an\n         estimate of bricks \u0026amp; lime to complete the building (1799\n         Sept. 28); and letters from Jesse Bowles \u0026amp; Nathaniel\n         Quarles on the walls, arches, etc. (1798 Aug. 16) and the east\n         \u0026amp; west wings (1799 Aug. 17).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe Virginia Manufactory of Arms is the other major\n         building project during Wood's governorship. In 1796, the\n         House of Delegates passed resolutions for employing additional\n         artificers at the Point of Fork Arsenal and for ascertaining\n         the best location in Richmond for an arsenal \u0026amp; manufactory\n         of arms (1796 Dec. 26). John Clarke was appointed\n         superintendent of the armory in 1798. Clarke visited the\n         armory in Springfield, Massachusetts, and the Cecil Iron Works\n         in Maryland. He writes the Governor on 7 March 1798 from\n         Philadelphia regarding his trip. He again writes on March 10\n         concerning his failure to have 4,000 stand of arms\n         manufactured in Philadelphia and considers the possibility of\n         having arms imported from France. On 10 April 1798, Clarke\n         informs Wood about his delay in reaching Springfield. On 23\n         July 1798, Clarke remarks on the cost of the houses, water\n         works, etc., for the manufactory of small arms. Shortly\n         thereafter, he comments on the cost of stonework (1798 July\n         27). Lastly, Clarke writes on several occasions respecting the\n         digging of the foundation by Moses Bates (1798 Nov. 19, 1799\n         March 21, June 15, \u0026amp; Aug. 20, Oct. 19). Other items\n         related to the Manufactory include a letter from John Hardien\n         \u0026amp; Benjamin Hailey proposing to furnish bricks for the\n         armory (1798 Aug. 21); the bond of Jesse Payne, James Mann,\n         Daniel Burton, \u0026amp; William G. Payne to furnish timber \u0026amp;\n         plank for the machinery (1798 Nov. 20), a report of the\n         Committee of the Executive appointed to examine the progress\n         \u0026amp; quality of the masonry (1799 Aug. 27), and Ninnan Wyse's\n         stonework contract (1799 Nov. 16).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOther public projects continued during Wood's tenure as\n         governor with work on the Capitol Building. The Directors of\n         Public Buildings, including Daniel L. Hylton, William Foushee,\n         William Hay, Richard Adams, Robert Goode, and Robert Mitchell,\n         provide the Governor with periodic updates on the status of\n         repairs to the Capitol, particularly the roof. On 31 August\n         1797, the Directors write regarding an advance with the\n         undertaker to finish the outside of the Capitol and the\n         problems with the slate roof. The Directors request additional\n         warrants for funds on 11 Oct. 1797, 12 Dec. 1797, and 24 July\n         1798. An abstract of the proceedings of the Directors from\n         William Hay provides an excellent summary of their activities\n         between 1779 and 1793. On 5 Feb. 1798, the Directors enclose a\n         report with a general account of transactions and the probable\n         estimate to finish the Capitol. Goode \u0026amp; Foushee also write\n         on 27 Aug. 1798 regarding the construction of two reservoirs\n         on the Public Square. Additionally, the Directors write\n         concerning the sale of public lead, as well as compensation to\n         the directors \u0026amp; commissioners (1798 Oct. 20). Finally,\n         Foushee writes regarding the completion of the Capitol roof\n         and a warrant for $1000 for Henry Robertson to finish the\n         outside of the Capitol (1798 Oct. 23). Other miscellaneous\n         documents relating to the Capitol include a letter from John\n         Johnson offering to contract to fill up the ravine near the\n         Capitol (1797 Oct. 5), a letter from William Foushee regarding\n         compensation for the Directors of Public Buildings (1798 Feb.\n         5), the account of Wyse \u0026amp; Hope for rebuilding the stone\n         wall near the Capitol (1798 April 18), a letter from William\n         Hay recommending Benjamin Latrobe to inspect the Capitol's\n         roof (1798 Aug. 9), and a letter from William Hay regarding\n         the plans \u0026amp; drawings of the Capitol \u0026amp; Public Prison\n         sent from Paris by Thomas Jefferson (1799 March 18).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGovernor Wood's Executive Papers also include\n         correspondence from the United States government. Wood\n         received letters from Timothy Pickering, Secretary of State;\n         James McHenry, Secretary of War; Samuel A. Otis, Secretary of\n         the Senate, John Beckley \u0026amp; Jonathan W. Cody, Clerks of the\n         House of Representatives, Thomas Jefferson, Vice-President,\n         and Virginia Delegates in Congress.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTimothy Pickering writes the Governor on 26 June 1797\n         enclosing an \"act to provide for the further defense of the\n         ports \u0026amp; harbors of the United States.\" Pickering also\n         transmits sets of acts passed in the 1st session of the 5th\n         Congress on 26 Oct. 1797, as well as the first volume of the\n         acts of Congress on 8 May 1798. On 28 Sept. 1798, Pickering\n         requests the Governor to convey a piece of land to the U.S. at\n         Old Point Comfort for the purpose of building a\n         lighthouse.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJames McHenry, on 1 August 1797, remarks on the act\n         authorizing a detachment from the militia of the United States\n         passed 24 June 1797. On 14 January 1798, he writes Wood\n         recommending Robert McCormick to establish a manufactory of\n         arms in Virginia. McHenry also writes regarding field\n         artillery belonging to the federal government and the sale of\n         cannon to the War Office (1798 Aug. 3).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSamuel A. Otis, John Beckley, \u0026amp; Jonathan Cody\n         periodically transmit journals of the proceedings of the U.S.\n         Senate \u0026amp; House of Representatives (1797 April 22, 1797 May\n         1, 1797 July 10, 1797 Aug. 16, 1799 March 31). In addition,\n         Otis \u0026amp; Beckley write on 31 Jan. 1797 regarding the\n         amendment to the Constitution on the suability of states. Otis\n         submits a resolution on 24 Jan. 1799 notifying the Governor of\n         the death of Henry Tazewell, U.S. Senator from Virginia.\n         Similarly, both Thomas Jefferson and the Virginia Delegates in\n         Congress write letters informing Governor Wood of Tazewell's\n         death (1799 Jan. 24).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAs senators from Virginia, Henry Tazewell \u0026amp; Stevens\n         Thomson Mason write the Governor concerning an amendment to\n         the U.S. Constitution (1797 March 2). In a letter dated 10\n         July 1797, Tazewell discusses the exemption of arms imported\n         by the state from duties, as well as Governor William Blount's\n         plan to invade the Spanish Territories on the Mississippi and\n         his impeachment. In another letter from 7 February 1798,\n         Tazewell remarks on the contract with James Swan for arms,\n         Pennsylvania laws, foreign affairs, the cession of western\n         territory to the U.S., and the amendment to the Constitution\n         concerning the suability of the states.\u003c/p\u003e","\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; Robert Brooke,\n         Attorney General; John Stewart, Clerk of the House of\n         Delegates; Humphrey Brooke, Clerk of the Senate; Robert\n         Quarles, Superintendent of the Point of Fork Arsenal; Thomas\n         Newton, County Lieutenant \u0026amp; Superintendent of Quarantine\n         for Norfolk; Samuel Shepard, Auditor of Public Accounts; and\n         Jaquelin Ambler \u0026amp; William Berkeley, Treasurers.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eArchibald Blair \u0026amp; Samuel Coleman, as Clerk \u0026amp;\n         Assistant Clerk of the Council, communicate with the Governor\n         regularly through the Council Office. Blair submits the advice\n         of council on such issues as the petition of the Mayor of\n         Alexandria for the Superintendent of Quarantine to provide\n         nurses (1798 Oct. 27) and the appointment of Jesse Bowles\n         \u0026amp; Nathaniel Quarles to count the number of bricks laid in\n         the walls of the Penitentiary according to the contract of\n         Harvie \u0026amp; Winston (1799 March 30 \u0026amp; 1799 Aug. 13). On 7\n         July 1798, Blair submitted a circular directing the Deputy\n         Adjutant General to order the commanding officers of regiments\n         to appoint a field officer to inspect the arms received from\n         the public arsenals. Samuel Coleman encloses a return of arms\n         issued to the militia including brigade, regiment, county in\n         which the officer resides, names of officers receiving the\n         arms, number of arms issues, number of arms returned, and\n         number of arms still to be accounted for (1798 July 6). He\n         also writes on 27 June 1798 on behalf of Simon Morgan,\n         Adjutant General, regarding a general order to Col.\n         Lambert.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAs Attorney General of Virginia, Robert Brooke writes the\n         Governor on several occasions. On 20 January 1797, Brooke\n         remarks on the land entered by General Clarke in Kentucky on\n         behalf of Virginia, as well as his appointment as commissioner\n         to adjust the boundary line between Virginia \u0026amp; Maryland.\n         Brooke also provides his opinion regarding the claim of land\n         in Kentucky within the territory ceded to the Chickasaw Nation\n         by treaty (1797 Feb. 21) and the revision of the Arsenal Act\n         (1798 March 10). On 20 August 1798, Brooke requests papers\n         from the clerks of courts in criminal cases to be sent to the\n         Attorney General's Office. On 15 February 1799, Brooke writes\n         Governor Wood concerning the settlement of the account of\n         James Reveley as Superintendent of the Foundry and the\n         indebtedness of John Ballandine \u0026amp; the Buckingham\n         Furnace.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn Stewart, 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. Stewart \u0026amp;\n         Brooke transmit a resolution regarding the boundary line\n         between Kentucky \u0026amp; Virginia (1796 Dec. 13). Stewart also\n         transmits resolutions related to the appointment of Henry\n         Tazewell as U.S. Senator (1798 Dec. 12); arms distributed from\n         the Point of Fork Arsenal (1799 Jan. 7); and the printing of\n         the Declaration of Independence, U.S. Constitution, the\n         Amendments, and the Alien \u0026amp; Sedition Acts (1799 Jan. 24).\n         Included are notices for the following elections: Meriwether\n         Jones, John Pendleton, \u0026amp; John Mayo to the Council of State\n         (1796 Dec. 6); John Guerrant, Jr., \u0026amp; Alexander McRae to\n         the Council of State (1796 Dec. 8); Jaquelin Ambler as\n         Treasurer (1796 Dec. 23); James Wood as Governor (1797 Dec. 7\n         \u0026amp; 1798 Dec. 7); George Conway Taylor \u0026amp; Samuel McCraw\n         as members of the Privy Council (1798 Jan. 10); Meriwether\n         Jones \u0026amp; John Dixon as Public Printers (1798 Dec. 6); Henry\n         Tazewell as U.S. Senator (1798 Dec. 12); John Allen as a\n         member of the Privy Council to replace Meriwether Jones (1798\n         Dec. 14); John White as a member of the Privy Council to\n         replace George C. Taylor (1798 Dec. 28); William Berkeley as\n         Treasurer (1798 Dec. 31); John B. Scott as Brigadier General\n         of the 11th Brigade (1799 Jan. 5); John Brown as Brigadier\n         General of the Brigade composed of Hampshire, Hardy, \u0026amp;\n         Pendleton (1799 Jan. 24); John Preston as Brigadier General of\n         the district composed of Wythe, Montgomery, \u0026amp; Monroe (1799\n         Jan. 24); Wilson Cary Nicholas as Senator to supply the\n         vacancy occasioned by the death of Henry Tazewell (1799 Dec.\n         5); and James Monroe as Governor (1799 Dec. 6).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMaj. Robert Quarles submits quarterly returns of arms,\n         ordnance, \u0026amp; public stores at Point of Fork (1796 Dec. 31,\n         1797 March 31, 1797 July 1, 1797 Sept. 30, 1797 Dec. 31, 1798\n         July 1, 1798 Oct. 1, 1799 April 1, \u0026amp; 1799 July 1). In\n         addition, Quarles writes on such topics as the employment of\n         additional artificers (1797 Jan. 16), contracts for rations\n         (1797 Oct. 30, 1798 Oct. 13, 1798 Nov. 7, 1799 Oct. 1 \u0026amp;\n         28), payment for a contract for timber to erect a stockade\n         around the arsenal (1798 March 30), the shipment of 250 arms\n         to Richmond (1798 June 18), an inventory of the boxes of arms\n         sent to Richmond (1798 July 31), artificers at Point of Fork\n         (1798 Aug. 14), medical attendance \u0026amp; medicines for the\n         soldiers (1798 Oct. 1), and the receipt of arms (1799 Oct.\n         10). Additionally, Quarles writes the Governor on 12 April\n         1798 applying for the appointment of Major Commandant of the\n         State Arsenals.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThomas Newton, Jr., County Lieutenant \u0026amp; Superintendent\n         of Quarantine for Norfolk Borough, frequently writes the\n         Governor concerning the quarantine of vessels. On 5 May 1797,\n         Newton informs the Governor of the purchase of five acres of\n         land to perform quarantine. The following month, Newton\n         comments on the house to be built on the land he purchased for\n         performing quarantine (1797 June 2). He also notifies the\n         Governor of the payment to William Willoughby as undertaker to\n         build the house (1797 July 1). Newton also often informs the\n         Governor of possible infectious diseases in the West Indies\n         and other places (1797 July 17 \u0026amp; 28, 1797 Aug. 28, \u0026amp;\n         1798 Aug. 2). On 16 November 1799, he requests to discharge\n         the quarantine boat from service. Lastly, Newton encloses a\n         letter from Dr. J. K. Read along with a report of vessels\n         entered \u0026amp; examined by the health officer (1799 Nov. 14\n         \u0026amp; 27). Other sundry correspondence from Newton includes\n         information on the suit of John Hamilton \u0026amp; Co. against him\n         (1797 Nov. 11) and a warrant for the Dismal Swamp Company\n         (1799 April 7).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGovernor Wood corresponds often with Samuel Shepard,\n         Auditor of Public Accounts, and Jaquelin Ambler \u0026amp; William\n         Berkeley, Treasurers, regarding various financial matters.\n         Shepard regularly encloses accounts of expenses for forwarding\n         notices, executions, etc. (1797 March 16, 1797 Sept. 7, 1798\n         Sept. 1, \u0026amp; 1799 April 5). Additionally, John Carter\n         submits lists of warrants issued through the Auditor's Office\n         (1797 April 1, 1797 July 6, 1797 Oct. 17, 1798 Feb. 1, 1799\n         March 8, 1799 April 6, 1799 Aug. 29, \u0026amp; 1799 Nov. 10).\n         Jaquelin Ambler reports to the Governor on attempted robberies\n         into the Treasury and suggests alterations to the building to\n         prevent theft (1797 May 5). William Berkeley was appointed\n         Treasurer upon the death of Jaquelin Ambler in 1798. Berkeley\n         writes the Governor on 9 November 1799 requesting a wooden\n         chest to hold receipts until the iron one arrives.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAdditional significant correspondence includes the\n         following: Robert Brooke enclosing a list of furniture in the\n         Government House (1796 Dec. 19); William Price, Register of\n         the Land Office, regarding an estimate of the time to record\n         the plats \u0026amp; certificates of survey (1797 Jan. 16); James\n         Garrard enclosing resolutions of the Kentucky Legislature on\n         the report of the commissioners for ascertaining \u0026amp; fixing\n         the boundary line between Virginia \u0026amp; Kentucky (1797 Jan.\n         2); James Breckinridge, Attorney General of Kentucky,\n         regarding a claim in that state (1797 Feb. 2); James Penn\n         regarding the New London Armory and the manufacture of arms in\n         Virginia (1797 Feb. 20); William Lindsay regarding the\n         suspected privateer Neptune (1797 March 16); Harry Toulmin,\n         Secretary of Kentucky, regarding the boundary line between\n         Kentucky \u0026amp; Virginia (1797 March 23); Edmund Randolph\n         regarding the title of Dr. Philip Turpin to the garden in the\n         Governor's possession (1797 April 12); Louis-Etienne Duhail,\n         Vice-Consul of the French Republic at Norfolk, to Gen. Thomas\n         Mathews regarding the blockade of two French frigates in\n         Norfolk by the British (1797 May 29); Thomas Mathews to\n         Timothy Pickering enclosing a letter received from Governor\n         Wood and a letter from Duhail regarding armed vessels within\n         U.S. jurisdiction (1797 May 30); Brig. Gen. Thomas Mathews\n         regarding letters from Louis-Etienne Duhail concerning the\n         rules for foreign ships departing U.S. waters (1797 June 19);\n         Samuel Ashe, Governor of North Carolina, regarding Robert\n         Wheatley, committed to one of the jails in Virginia for horse\n         stealing (1797 June 27); Thomas Mathews enclosing his letter\n         to the commanding officers of the French \u0026amp; British ships\n         of war within Virginia to prevent any violation of the rights\n         of the United States as a neutral nation (1797 July 10);\n         Robert Johnson to Archibald Stuart regarding the boundary line\n         between Kentucky \u0026amp; Virginia and settling claims in the\n         disputed area (1797 Aug. 9); James Robertson regarding\n         possible quarantine of vessels from Philadelphia at City Point\n         (1797 Aug. 31); Archibald Stuart, Joseph Martin, \u0026amp; Creed\n         Taylor, Commissioners of Kentucky, regarding the boundary line\n         between Kentucky \u0026amp; Virginia (1797 Sept. 18); James\n         McClurg, Mayor of Richmond, enclosing a resolution of the\n         Common Hall regarding protecting Richmond from the spread of\n         infectious disease (1797 Sept. 19); James Allan, Jr.,\n         Superintendent of Quarantine in Fredericksburg, regarding\n         yellow fever in Philadelphia, Baltimore, \u0026amp; Norfolk (1797\n         Sept. 25); Vice-Consul Duhail regarding French ships of war\n         (1797 Oct. 26); John Dawson recommending Robert McCormick to\n         establish a manufactory of arms in Virginia (1798 Jan. 12);\n         Edmund Randolph regarding his opinion on the refusal of the\n         clerk of the District Court of Henrico to issue a writ of ad\n         quod damnum for the Arsenal (1798 Feb. 1); Charles Lee\n         regarding the dismissal of the suit by the Indiana Company\n         against the State of Virginia by the Supreme Court (1798 Feb.\n         14); Robert McCormick proposing to manufacture 4,000 stand of\n         arms (1798 Feb. 23); Elisha White applying to be Director of\n         the Penitentiary House (1798 Feb. 27); William B. Wallace\n         applying for Superintendent of the Arsenal created by an act\n         of Congress (1798 March 5); John Steele regarding progress in\n         settling the accounts of Virginia with the U.S. (1798 March 23\n         \u0026amp; April 12); Henry Lee recommending William B. Wallace as\n         Commandant of the State Arsenal (1798 May 8); Lawrence H.\n         Wells, Robert Gwathmey, \u0026amp; Edward Johnston regarding the\n         formation of the Richmond Light Infantry Blues (1798 June 28);\n         John Dawson regarding the claim of the Executive against the\n         United States (1798 July 19 \u0026amp; 20); James Garrard, Governor\n         of Kentucky, regarding a free negro boy purchased by Brian\n         Stone (1798 Aug. 27); Samuel Mulford, Superintendent of\n         Quarantine at Rockett's Landing, regarding the quarantine of\n         the Sloop Johns (1798 Sept. 6 \u0026amp; 8); James Talley asking\n         permission for the water from his grist mill to pass down a\n         run on part of public ground to the river including a map\n         (1798 Sept. 7); Elisha C. Dick, Superintendent of Quarantine\n         at Alexandria regarding a house for quarantine and yellow\n         fever (1798 Oct. 10); William B. Giles resigning his seat in\n         the House of Representatives (1798 Oct. 2); John Dundas, Mayor\n         of Alexandria, regarding the petition for the establishment of\n         Craney Island as a permanent place for quarantine on the\n         Potomac (1798 Nov. 14); John Taylor Gilman, Governor of New\n         Hampshire, regarding resolutions from Virginia (1799 Jan. 19);\n         Creed Taylor enclosing a letter from the Commissioners of\n         Kentucky for ascertaining the boundary line with the state of\n         Virginia (1799 June 23); Alexander Quarrier regarding shingles\n         purchased for public buildings in Richmond (1799 Sept. 7);\n         Archibald Stuart, Joseph Martin, \u0026amp; Creed Taylor enclosing\n         a report, map, \u0026amp; survey of the commissioners with respect\n         to the boundary line between Virginia \u0026amp; Kentucky (1799\n         Dec. 4).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOther noteworthy items include: proceedings of a meeting of\n         the President \u0026amp; Vice-President electors from Benjamin\n         Temple (1796 Dec. 7); certificate of the oaths administered to\n         Meriwether Jones \u0026amp; John Pendleton as Privy Councilors\n         (1796 Dec. 7); certificate of the oath administered to James\n         Wood as Governor (1796 Dec. 7); certificate of the oath taken\n         by John Mayo as Privy Councilor (1796 Dec. 28); bond of\n         William Price \u0026amp; John Harvie to record all grants, plats,\n         \u0026amp; certificates of survey in the Land Office (1797 Jan.\n         30); certificate of election for Thomas Evans as a member of\n         the U.S. House of Representatives for York District (1797\n         March 27); order for a warrant from the Auditor for the\n         Lunatic Hospital in Williamsburg (1797 April 21); proclamation\n         by Governor Wood regarding a reward for the capture of William\n         Compton, alias Smith, convicted of murder (1797 May 18);\n         articles of agreement between the Governor \u0026amp; James Swan of\n         Boston to furnish 4,000 stand of arms for Virginia (1797 May\n         N.D., 1798 Jan. 16, \u0026amp; 1798 April 10); certificate of\n         Alexander McRae as a member of the Privy Council (1797 June\n         1); list of persons who qualified as citizens at Richmond\n         District Court (1797 Aug. 31); bond of William Berkeley as\n         Treasurer (1798 Jan. 12); report of the state of the Treasury\n         at the death of Jaquelin Ambler (1798 Jan. 10); report of John\n         Guerrant \u0026amp; Samuel McCraw on the Arsenal at Point of Fork\n         and recommend the erection of a stockade (1798 Feb. 6);\n         resolutions of the Massachusetts House of Representatives\n         regarding an amendment to the Constitution concerning the\n         eligibility of the President, Vice President, etc., as natural\n         born citizens at the time of the Declaration (1798 June 28);\n         proclamation calling the General Assembly into session on 3\n         September (1798 July 7); account of James Breckinridge for\n         iron purchased by the Director of the Penitentiary Building\n         (1798 Oct. 13); bond of William Berkeley as Treasurer (1799\n         Jan. 4); certificate of oath to John Allen \u0026amp; John White as\n         Privy Councilors (1799 Jan. 24); statements of arms issued\n         from the Public Arsenal to the militia since 1792 (1799 April\n         17 \u0026amp; June 22); election certificate of Henry Lee to the\n         U.S. House of Representatives (1799 May 2); and bills of\n         lading for shingles to the Penitentiary House (1799 Sept.\n         16).\u003c/p\u003e"],"collection":{"numFound":1,"start":0,"numFoundExact":true,"docs":[{"id":"vi_vi00867","ead_ssi":"vi_vi00867","_root_":"vi_vi00867","_nest_parent_":"vi_vi00867","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/lva/vi00867.xml","title_ssm":["Governor James Wood Executive Papers,\n         \n         1796-1799"],"title_tesim":["Governor James Wood Executive Papers,\n         \n         1796-1799"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["40844"],"text":["40844","Governor James Wood Executive Papers,\n         \n         1796-1799","3.18 cubic\n         feet","There are no restrictions.","Also available on microfilm - Miscellaneous Reel 5215-5222.\n","Miscellaneous Reel 5215 - 1796 Dec. 1-1797 July 29\n Miscellaneous Reel 5216 - 1797 Aug. 1-1798 Mar. 15\n Miscellaneous Reel 5217 - 1798 Mar. 16-May 31\n Miscellaneous Reel 5218 - 1798 June 1-Sept. 29\n Miscellaneous Reel 5219 - 1798 Oct.-1799 Jan. 29\n Miscellaneous Reel 5220 - 1799 Feb. 1-June 15\n Miscellaneous Reel 5221 - 1799 June 16-Aug. 31\n Miscellaneous Reel 5222 - 1799 Sept. 1-Dec. 6\n","Arranged chronologically by date of document with undated\n         items arranged to the rear.","James Wood, Jr., was born in Winchester, Virginia, on 28\n         January 1741, to Col. James Wood and Mary Rutherford. His\n         public service began at a young age as deputy clerk and deputy\n         surveyor for Frederick County, while also serving as clerk of\n         the vestry of Frederick Parish. In 1766, Wood began his first\n         term as a representative to Frederick County in the House of\n         Burgesses, serving in that capacity until 1775. Wood married\n         Jean Moncure of Stafford County in 1775 and settled at\n         Hawthorn, the home built on his family's estate of Glen Burnie\n         in Winchester. Wood had a distinguished military career\n         beginning as a captain during Dunmore's War and continuing as\n         colonel of the 8th Virginia Regiment Continental Line during\n         the Revolution. In 1779, Wood became Post Commandant of the\n         Albemarle Barracks in Charlottesville which accommodated the\n         Convention Army Guard created to guard the prisoners taken\n         from John Burgoyne's army on 17 October 1777.In 1781, he was\n         named Commissioner of Prisoners for Virginia and Maryland. By\n         the end of the war, Wood had obtained the rank of brigadier\n         general of Virginia troops. Wood was also a member of the 1st\n         (1774) and 5th (1776) Virginia Conventions. He served two\n         terms in the House of Delegates in 1776 and 1784-1785. During\n         the interim, Wood was a member of the Council of State,\n         serving as Lieutenant Governor, the head of that body, for\n         several terms. As Lieutenant Governor, Wood performed the\n         duties as governor on a number of occasions, most notably\n         during the long absence of Governor Henry Lee in 1794. The\n         pinnacle of Wood's long public service came on 1 December 1796\n         when he was elected by the General Assembly to succeed Robert\n         Brooke as governor of Virginia. Wood was reelected for two\n         additional one-year terms until 6 December 1799 and his\n         governorship was distinguished by the construction of the\n         Virginia Penitentiary and Manufactory of Arms. Following his\n         terms as governor, Wood returned to service on the Council of\n         State until his death on 17 June 1813. Wood is buried at St.\n         John's Church in Richmond.","James Wood's Executive papers are organized chronologically\n         with undated items arranged at the end of each year. These\n         papers primarily consist of incoming correspondence during\n         Wood's three one-year terms as governor between 1 December\n         1796 until 6 December 1799. The correspondence in this\n         collection relates to a variety of topics including\n         appointments \u0026 recommendations for state positions; the\n         construction of the Virginia Penitentiary \u0026 Manufactory of\n         Arms; the Point of Fork Arsenal; foreign vessels in Virginia\n         waters; resignations; arms \u0026 ammunition; the boundary line\n         between Kentucky \u0026 Virginia; extraditions; state expenses\n         \u0026 revenue; quarantine of vessels; elections; Presidential\n         electors; the Capitol Building; the militia; and others. In\n         addition to correspondence, there are resolutions from\n         Congress and the Virginia Senate \u0026 House of Delegates;\n         accounts; oaths; contracts; pardons; proposals; receipts;\n         election returns \u0026 certificates; qualifications; lists;\n         proclamations; petitions; reports; appointments; resignations;\n         bonds; commissions; orders; proceedings; applications;\n         opinions; and other sundry items.","The majority of correspondence relates to two significant\n         building projects commenced during Wood's terms in office: the\n         Virginia Penitentiary and the Virginia Manufactory of Arms.\n         The Governor received numerous letters of application and\n         recommendations for architects and superintendents for the\n         construction of the Penitentiary. Benjamin Henry Latrobe was\n         eventually named architect and Thomas Callis as superintendent\n         of the project. Included is a letter from John Barret offering\n         lots on the street opposite Hay Market for the site of the\n         Penitentiary (1797 Jan. 11). Especially valuable is Thomas\n         Jefferson's letter to the Governor on 31 March 1797 regarding\n         his design of a prison which includes notes and an estimate\n         for its construction. Many individuals submitted proposals for\n         such tasks as laying bricks (1797 March 27, July 14 \u0026 20,\n         Oct. 9), furnishing bar iron (1798 June 4), and woodwork (1798\n         July 28). In addition, on 12 June 1798, John Mills and John\n         Atkerson write agreeing to undertake the digging of the\n         foundation. Thomas Callis also writes regarding laying the\n         foundation (1797 Aug. 3), an estimate of the whole expense of\n         erecting the Penitentiary (1797 Dec. 5), an account of the\n         carpenter's work and an estimate for framing the roof (1798\n         May 26), the contract for the doors \u0026 window frames and\n         slate for the roof (1798 July 3), the account of Reuben George\n         for timber plank \u0026 scantling (1798 Nov. 30), and an\n         account of the receipts given Harvie \u0026 Winston (1799 Feb.\n         14). Benjamin Latrobe periodically reports on topics including\n         the foundation (1797 Aug. 7), his bill as architect (1798 Feb.\n         14), directions for the stone \u0026 brickwork (1798 March 10),\n         the account of slate for the roof including a small sketch\n         with measurements (1798 July 10), the arch of the cellar under\n         the kitchen and the proposal for carpenter's work (1798 July\n         9), the new road to the Penitentiary and sewers including a\n         rough drawing (1798 Sept. 3 \u0026 8), an account of the stone\n         work and an estimate of the expense for altering the design of\n         the roof to a gable roof (1798 Sept. 22), the conduct of a\n         blacksmith who assaulted some workmen (1798 Oct. 26), the\n         progress in the Penitentiary since 1797 with specific work\n         done on the east \u0026 west wings, the gate, and the men's\n         court including the expense of the work (1798 Nov. 28), and a\n         request for a leave of absence until Christmas (1798 Nov. 30).\n         Latrobe's letter dated 1798 Sept. 8 also discusses the\n         Council's proposition to remove him as architect. In another\n         letter dated 23 Feb. 1799, Latrobe communicates the completion\n         of his work on the Penitentiary, problems with his work in\n         Philadelphia on the Bank of Pennsylvania which has delayed his\n         return to Richmond, instructions to the bricklayer, and a\n         recommendation for William Callis as Superintendent. Other\n         miscellaneous items regarding the Penitentiary include letters\n         from John Harvie regarding a draft from the Treasury to\n         purchase oyster shells for lime in the construction (1797 May\n         11), an account of Augustine Davis for various work (1797 July\n         10); a letter from Samuel Dobie requesting compensation for\n         his plan of the Penitentiary submitted to the Council (1797\n         Aug. 17); a recommendation of Harry Tetherston as blacksmith\n         for the iron work (1798 March 6); prices for scantling and\n         plank from Ebenezer Maule (1798 March 10); letters from John\n         Clarke concerning bricklayers and a supply of iron for the\n         blacksmiths (1799 June 22), shingling (1799 Sept. 14), and an\n         estimate of bricks \u0026 lime to complete the building (1799\n         Sept. 28); and letters from Jesse Bowles \u0026 Nathaniel\n         Quarles on the walls, arches, etc. (1798 Aug. 16) and the east\n         \u0026 west wings (1799 Aug. 17).","The Virginia Manufactory of Arms is the other major\n         building project during Wood's governorship. In 1796, the\n         House of Delegates passed resolutions for employing additional\n         artificers at the Point of Fork Arsenal and for ascertaining\n         the best location in Richmond for an arsenal \u0026 manufactory\n         of arms (1796 Dec. 26). John Clarke was appointed\n         superintendent of the armory in 1798. Clarke visited the\n         armory in Springfield, Massachusetts, and the Cecil Iron Works\n         in Maryland. He writes the Governor on 7 March 1798 from\n         Philadelphia regarding his trip. He again writes on March 10\n         concerning his failure to have 4,000 stand of arms\n         manufactured in Philadelphia and considers the possibility of\n         having arms imported from France. On 10 April 1798, Clarke\n         informs Wood about his delay in reaching Springfield. On 23\n         July 1798, Clarke remarks on the cost of the houses, water\n         works, etc., for the manufactory of small arms. Shortly\n         thereafter, he comments on the cost of stonework (1798 July\n         27). Lastly, Clarke writes on several occasions respecting the\n         digging of the foundation by Moses Bates (1798 Nov. 19, 1799\n         March 21, June 15, \u0026 Aug. 20, Oct. 19). Other items\n         related to the Manufactory include a letter from John Hardien\n         \u0026 Benjamin Hailey proposing to furnish bricks for the\n         armory (1798 Aug. 21); the bond of Jesse Payne, James Mann,\n         Daniel Burton, \u0026 William G. Payne to furnish timber \u0026\n         plank for the machinery (1798 Nov. 20), a report of the\n         Committee of the Executive appointed to examine the progress\n         \u0026 quality of the masonry (1799 Aug. 27), and Ninnan Wyse's\n         stonework contract (1799 Nov. 16).","Other public projects continued during Wood's tenure as\n         governor with work on the Capitol Building. The Directors of\n         Public Buildings, including Daniel L. Hylton, William Foushee,\n         William Hay, Richard Adams, Robert Goode, and Robert Mitchell,\n         provide the Governor with periodic updates on the status of\n         repairs to the Capitol, particularly the roof. On 31 August\n         1797, the Directors write regarding an advance with the\n         undertaker to finish the outside of the Capitol and the\n         problems with the slate roof. The Directors request additional\n         warrants for funds on 11 Oct. 1797, 12 Dec. 1797, and 24 July\n         1798. An abstract of the proceedings of the Directors from\n         William Hay provides an excellent summary of their activities\n         between 1779 and 1793. On 5 Feb. 1798, the Directors enclose a\n         report with a general account of transactions and the probable\n         estimate to finish the Capitol. Goode \u0026 Foushee also write\n         on 27 Aug. 1798 regarding the construction of two reservoirs\n         on the Public Square. Additionally, the Directors write\n         concerning the sale of public lead, as well as compensation to\n         the directors \u0026 commissioners (1798 Oct. 20). Finally,\n         Foushee writes regarding the completion of the Capitol roof\n         and a warrant for $1000 for Henry Robertson to finish the\n         outside of the Capitol (1798 Oct. 23). Other miscellaneous\n         documents relating to the Capitol include a letter from John\n         Johnson offering to contract to fill up the ravine near the\n         Capitol (1797 Oct. 5), a letter from William Foushee regarding\n         compensation for the Directors of Public Buildings (1798 Feb.\n         5), the account of Wyse \u0026 Hope for rebuilding the stone\n         wall near the Capitol (1798 April 18), a letter from William\n         Hay recommending Benjamin Latrobe to inspect the Capitol's\n         roof (1798 Aug. 9), and a letter from William Hay regarding\n         the plans \u0026 drawings of the Capitol \u0026 Public Prison\n         sent from Paris by Thomas Jefferson (1799 March 18).","Governor Wood's Executive Papers also include\n         correspondence from the United States government. Wood\n         received letters from Timothy Pickering, Secretary of State;\n         James McHenry, Secretary of War; Samuel A. Otis, Secretary of\n         the Senate, John Beckley \u0026 Jonathan W. Cody, Clerks of the\n         House of Representatives, Thomas Jefferson, Vice-President,\n         and Virginia Delegates in Congress.","Timothy Pickering writes the Governor on 26 June 1797\n         enclosing an \"act to provide for the further defense of the\n         ports \u0026 harbors of the United States.\" Pickering also\n         transmits sets of acts passed in the 1st session of the 5th\n         Congress on 26 Oct. 1797, as well as the first volume of the\n         acts of Congress on 8 May 1798. On 28 Sept. 1798, Pickering\n         requests the Governor to convey a piece of land to the U.S. at\n         Old Point Comfort for the purpose of building a\n         lighthouse.","James McHenry, on 1 August 1797, remarks on the act\n         authorizing a detachment from the militia of the United States\n         passed 24 June 1797. On 14 January 1798, he writes Wood\n         recommending Robert McCormick to establish a manufactory of\n         arms in Virginia. McHenry also writes regarding field\n         artillery belonging to the federal government and the sale of\n         cannon to the War Office (1798 Aug. 3).","Samuel A. Otis, John Beckley, \u0026 Jonathan Cody\n         periodically transmit journals of the proceedings of the U.S.\n         Senate \u0026 House of Representatives (1797 April 22, 1797 May\n         1, 1797 July 10, 1797 Aug. 16, 1799 March 31). In addition,\n         Otis \u0026 Beckley write on 31 Jan. 1797 regarding the\n         amendment to the Constitution on the suability of states. Otis\n         submits a resolution on 24 Jan. 1799 notifying the Governor of\n         the death of Henry Tazewell, U.S. Senator from Virginia.\n         Similarly, both Thomas Jefferson and the Virginia Delegates in\n         Congress write letters informing Governor Wood of Tazewell's\n         death (1799 Jan. 24).","As senators from Virginia, Henry Tazewell \u0026 Stevens\n         Thomson Mason write the Governor concerning an amendment to\n         the U.S. Constitution (1797 March 2). In a letter dated 10\n         July 1797, Tazewell discusses the exemption of arms imported\n         by the state from duties, as well as Governor William Blount's\n         plan to invade the Spanish Territories on the Mississippi and\n         his impeachment. In another letter from 7 February 1798,\n         Tazewell remarks on the contract with James Swan for arms,\n         Pennsylvania laws, foreign affairs, the cession of western\n         territory to the U.S., and the amendment to the Constitution\n         concerning the suability of the states.","Significant correspondents from Virginia State government\n         include Archibald Blair, Clerk of the Council; Samuel Coleman,\n         Assistant Clerk of the Council of State; Robert Brooke,\n         Attorney General; John Stewart, Clerk of the House of\n         Delegates; Humphrey Brooke, Clerk of the Senate; Robert\n         Quarles, Superintendent of the Point of Fork Arsenal; Thomas\n         Newton, County Lieutenant \u0026 Superintendent of Quarantine\n         for Norfolk; Samuel Shepard, Auditor of Public Accounts; and\n         Jaquelin Ambler \u0026 William Berkeley, Treasurers.","Archibald Blair \u0026 Samuel Coleman, as Clerk \u0026\n         Assistant Clerk of the Council, communicate with the Governor\n         regularly through the Council Office. Blair submits the advice\n         of council on such issues as the petition of the Mayor of\n         Alexandria for the Superintendent of Quarantine to provide\n         nurses (1798 Oct. 27) and the appointment of Jesse Bowles\n         \u0026 Nathaniel Quarles to count the number of bricks laid in\n         the walls of the Penitentiary according to the contract of\n         Harvie \u0026 Winston (1799 March 30 \u0026 1799 Aug. 13). On 7\n         July 1798, Blair submitted a circular directing the Deputy\n         Adjutant General to order the commanding officers of regiments\n         to appoint a field officer to inspect the arms received from\n         the public arsenals. Samuel Coleman encloses a return of arms\n         issued to the militia including brigade, regiment, county in\n         which the officer resides, names of officers receiving the\n         arms, number of arms issues, number of arms returned, and\n         number of arms still to be accounted for (1798 July 6). He\n         also writes on 27 June 1798 on behalf of Simon Morgan,\n         Adjutant General, regarding a general order to Col.\n         Lambert.","As Attorney General of Virginia, Robert Brooke writes the\n         Governor on several occasions. On 20 January 1797, Brooke\n         remarks on the land entered by General Clarke in Kentucky on\n         behalf of Virginia, as well as his appointment as commissioner\n         to adjust the boundary line between Virginia \u0026 Maryland.\n         Brooke also provides his opinion regarding the claim of land\n         in Kentucky within the territory ceded to the Chickasaw Nation\n         by treaty (1797 Feb. 21) and the revision of the Arsenal Act\n         (1798 March 10). On 20 August 1798, Brooke requests papers\n         from the clerks of courts in criminal cases to be sent to the\n         Attorney General's Office. On 15 February 1799, Brooke writes\n         Governor Wood concerning the settlement of the account of\n         James Reveley as Superintendent of the Foundry and the\n         indebtedness of John Ballandine \u0026 the Buckingham\n         Furnace.","John Stewart, 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. Stewart \u0026\n         Brooke transmit a resolution regarding the boundary line\n         between Kentucky \u0026 Virginia (1796 Dec. 13). Stewart also\n         transmits resolutions related to the appointment of Henry\n         Tazewell as U.S. Senator (1798 Dec. 12); arms distributed from\n         the Point of Fork Arsenal (1799 Jan. 7); and the printing of\n         the Declaration of Independence, U.S. Constitution, the\n         Amendments, and the Alien \u0026 Sedition Acts (1799 Jan. 24).\n         Included are notices for the following elections: Meriwether\n         Jones, John Pendleton, \u0026 John Mayo to the Council of State\n         (1796 Dec. 6); John Guerrant, Jr., \u0026 Alexander McRae to\n         the Council of State (1796 Dec. 8); Jaquelin Ambler as\n         Treasurer (1796 Dec. 23); James Wood as Governor (1797 Dec. 7\n         \u0026 1798 Dec. 7); George Conway Taylor \u0026 Samuel McCraw\n         as members of the Privy Council (1798 Jan. 10); Meriwether\n         Jones \u0026 John Dixon as Public Printers (1798 Dec. 6); Henry\n         Tazewell as U.S. Senator (1798 Dec. 12); John Allen as a\n         member of the Privy Council to replace Meriwether Jones (1798\n         Dec. 14); John White as a member of the Privy Council to\n         replace George C. Taylor (1798 Dec. 28); William Berkeley as\n         Treasurer (1798 Dec. 31); John B. Scott as Brigadier General\n         of the 11th Brigade (1799 Jan. 5); John Brown as Brigadier\n         General of the Brigade composed of Hampshire, Hardy, \u0026\n         Pendleton (1799 Jan. 24); John Preston as Brigadier General of\n         the district composed of Wythe, Montgomery, \u0026 Monroe (1799\n         Jan. 24); Wilson Cary Nicholas as Senator to supply the\n         vacancy occasioned by the death of Henry Tazewell (1799 Dec.\n         5); and James Monroe as Governor (1799 Dec. 6).","Maj. Robert Quarles submits quarterly returns of arms,\n         ordnance, \u0026 public stores at Point of Fork (1796 Dec. 31,\n         1797 March 31, 1797 July 1, 1797 Sept. 30, 1797 Dec. 31, 1798\n         July 1, 1798 Oct. 1, 1799 April 1, \u0026 1799 July 1). In\n         addition, Quarles writes on such topics as the employment of\n         additional artificers (1797 Jan. 16), contracts for rations\n         (1797 Oct. 30, 1798 Oct. 13, 1798 Nov. 7, 1799 Oct. 1 \u0026\n         28), payment for a contract for timber to erect a stockade\n         around the arsenal (1798 March 30), the shipment of 250 arms\n         to Richmond (1798 June 18), an inventory of the boxes of arms\n         sent to Richmond (1798 July 31), artificers at Point of Fork\n         (1798 Aug. 14), medical attendance \u0026 medicines for the\n         soldiers (1798 Oct. 1), and the receipt of arms (1799 Oct.\n         10). Additionally, Quarles writes the Governor on 12 April\n         1798 applying for the appointment of Major Commandant of the\n         State Arsenals.","Thomas Newton, Jr., County Lieutenant \u0026 Superintendent\n         of Quarantine for Norfolk Borough, frequently writes the\n         Governor concerning the quarantine of vessels. On 5 May 1797,\n         Newton informs the Governor of the purchase of five acres of\n         land to perform quarantine. The following month, Newton\n         comments on the house to be built on the land he purchased for\n         performing quarantine (1797 June 2). He also notifies the\n         Governor of the payment to William Willoughby as undertaker to\n         build the house (1797 July 1). Newton also often informs the\n         Governor of possible infectious diseases in the West Indies\n         and other places (1797 July 17 \u0026 28, 1797 Aug. 28, \u0026\n         1798 Aug. 2). On 16 November 1799, he requests to discharge\n         the quarantine boat from service. Lastly, Newton encloses a\n         letter from Dr. J. K. Read along with a report of vessels\n         entered \u0026 examined by the health officer (1799 Nov. 14\n         \u0026 27). Other sundry correspondence from Newton includes\n         information on the suit of John Hamilton \u0026 Co. against him\n         (1797 Nov. 11) and a warrant for the Dismal Swamp Company\n         (1799 April 7).","Governor Wood corresponds often with Samuel Shepard,\n         Auditor of Public Accounts, and Jaquelin Ambler \u0026 William\n         Berkeley, Treasurers, regarding various financial matters.\n         Shepard regularly encloses accounts of expenses for forwarding\n         notices, executions, etc. (1797 March 16, 1797 Sept. 7, 1798\n         Sept. 1, \u0026 1799 April 5). Additionally, John Carter\n         submits lists of warrants issued through the Auditor's Office\n         (1797 April 1, 1797 July 6, 1797 Oct. 17, 1798 Feb. 1, 1799\n         March 8, 1799 April 6, 1799 Aug. 29, \u0026 1799 Nov. 10).\n         Jaquelin Ambler reports to the Governor on attempted robberies\n         into the Treasury and suggests alterations to the building to\n         prevent theft (1797 May 5). William Berkeley was appointed\n         Treasurer upon the death of Jaquelin Ambler in 1798. Berkeley\n         writes the Governor on 9 November 1799 requesting a wooden\n         chest to hold receipts until the iron one arrives.","Additional significant correspondence includes the\n         following: Robert Brooke enclosing a list of furniture in the\n         Government House (1796 Dec. 19); William Price, Register of\n         the Land Office, regarding an estimate of the time to record\n         the plats \u0026 certificates of survey (1797 Jan. 16); James\n         Garrard enclosing resolutions of the Kentucky Legislature on\n         the report of the commissioners for ascertaining \u0026 fixing\n         the boundary line between Virginia \u0026 Kentucky (1797 Jan.\n         2); James Breckinridge, Attorney General of Kentucky,\n         regarding a claim in that state (1797 Feb. 2); James Penn\n         regarding the New London Armory and the manufacture of arms in\n         Virginia (1797 Feb. 20); William Lindsay regarding the\n         suspected privateer Neptune (1797 March 16); Harry Toulmin,\n         Secretary of Kentucky, regarding the boundary line between\n         Kentucky \u0026 Virginia (1797 March 23); Edmund Randolph\n         regarding the title of Dr. Philip Turpin to the garden in the\n         Governor's possession (1797 April 12); Louis-Etienne Duhail,\n         Vice-Consul of the French Republic at Norfolk, to Gen. Thomas\n         Mathews regarding the blockade of two French frigates in\n         Norfolk by the British (1797 May 29); Thomas Mathews to\n         Timothy Pickering enclosing a letter received from Governor\n         Wood and a letter from Duhail regarding armed vessels within\n         U.S. jurisdiction (1797 May 30); Brig. Gen. Thomas Mathews\n         regarding letters from Louis-Etienne Duhail concerning the\n         rules for foreign ships departing U.S. waters (1797 June 19);\n         Samuel Ashe, Governor of North Carolina, regarding Robert\n         Wheatley, committed to one of the jails in Virginia for horse\n         stealing (1797 June 27); Thomas Mathews enclosing his letter\n         to the commanding officers of the French \u0026 British ships\n         of war within Virginia to prevent any violation of the rights\n         of the United States as a neutral nation (1797 July 10);\n         Robert Johnson to Archibald Stuart regarding the boundary line\n         between Kentucky \u0026 Virginia and settling claims in the\n         disputed area (1797 Aug. 9); James Robertson regarding\n         possible quarantine of vessels from Philadelphia at City Point\n         (1797 Aug. 31); Archibald Stuart, Joseph Martin, \u0026 Creed\n         Taylor, Commissioners of Kentucky, regarding the boundary line\n         between Kentucky \u0026 Virginia (1797 Sept. 18); James\n         McClurg, Mayor of Richmond, enclosing a resolution of the\n         Common Hall regarding protecting Richmond from the spread of\n         infectious disease (1797 Sept. 19); James Allan, Jr.,\n         Superintendent of Quarantine in Fredericksburg, regarding\n         yellow fever in Philadelphia, Baltimore, \u0026 Norfolk (1797\n         Sept. 25); Vice-Consul Duhail regarding French ships of war\n         (1797 Oct. 26); John Dawson recommending Robert McCormick to\n         establish a manufactory of arms in Virginia (1798 Jan. 12);\n         Edmund Randolph regarding his opinion on the refusal of the\n         clerk of the District Court of Henrico to issue a writ of ad\n         quod damnum for the Arsenal (1798 Feb. 1); Charles Lee\n         regarding the dismissal of the suit by the Indiana Company\n         against the State of Virginia by the Supreme Court (1798 Feb.\n         14); Robert McCormick proposing to manufacture 4,000 stand of\n         arms (1798 Feb. 23); Elisha White applying to be Director of\n         the Penitentiary House (1798 Feb. 27); William B. Wallace\n         applying for Superintendent of the Arsenal created by an act\n         of Congress (1798 March 5); John Steele regarding progress in\n         settling the accounts of Virginia with the U.S. (1798 March 23\n         \u0026 April 12); Henry Lee recommending William B. Wallace as\n         Commandant of the State Arsenal (1798 May 8); Lawrence H.\n         Wells, Robert Gwathmey, \u0026 Edward Johnston regarding the\n         formation of the Richmond Light Infantry Blues (1798 June 28);\n         John Dawson regarding the claim of the Executive against the\n         United States (1798 July 19 \u0026 20); James Garrard, Governor\n         of Kentucky, regarding a free negro boy purchased by Brian\n         Stone (1798 Aug. 27); Samuel Mulford, Superintendent of\n         Quarantine at Rockett's Landing, regarding the quarantine of\n         the Sloop Johns (1798 Sept. 6 \u0026 8); James Talley asking\n         permission for the water from his grist mill to pass down a\n         run on part of public ground to the river including a map\n         (1798 Sept. 7); Elisha C. Dick, Superintendent of Quarantine\n         at Alexandria regarding a house for quarantine and yellow\n         fever (1798 Oct. 10); William B. Giles resigning his seat in\n         the House of Representatives (1798 Oct. 2); John Dundas, Mayor\n         of Alexandria, regarding the petition for the establishment of\n         Craney Island as a permanent place for quarantine on the\n         Potomac (1798 Nov. 14); John Taylor Gilman, Governor of New\n         Hampshire, regarding resolutions from Virginia (1799 Jan. 19);\n         Creed Taylor enclosing a letter from the Commissioners of\n         Kentucky for ascertaining the boundary line with the state of\n         Virginia (1799 June 23); Alexander Quarrier regarding shingles\n         purchased for public buildings in Richmond (1799 Sept. 7);\n         Archibald Stuart, Joseph Martin, \u0026 Creed Taylor enclosing\n         a report, map, \u0026 survey of the commissioners with respect\n         to the boundary line between Virginia \u0026 Kentucky (1799\n         Dec. 4).","Other noteworthy items include: proceedings of a meeting of\n         the President \u0026 Vice-President electors from Benjamin\n         Temple (1796 Dec. 7); certificate of the oaths administered to\n         Meriwether Jones \u0026 John Pendleton as Privy Councilors\n         (1796 Dec. 7); certificate of the oath administered to James\n         Wood as Governor (1796 Dec. 7); certificate of the oath taken\n         by John Mayo as Privy Councilor (1796 Dec. 28); bond of\n         William Price \u0026 John Harvie to record all grants, plats,\n         \u0026 certificates of survey in the Land Office (1797 Jan.\n         30); certificate of election for Thomas Evans as a member of\n         the U.S. House of Representatives for York District (1797\n         March 27); order for a warrant from the Auditor for the\n         Lunatic Hospital in Williamsburg (1797 April 21); proclamation\n         by Governor Wood regarding a reward for the capture of William\n         Compton, alias Smith, convicted of murder (1797 May 18);\n         articles of agreement between the Governor \u0026 James Swan of\n         Boston to furnish 4,000 stand of arms for Virginia (1797 May\n         N.D., 1798 Jan. 16, \u0026 1798 April 10); certificate of\n         Alexander McRae as a member of the Privy Council (1797 June\n         1); list of persons who qualified as citizens at Richmond\n         District Court (1797 Aug. 31); bond of William Berkeley as\n         Treasurer (1798 Jan. 12); report of the state of the Treasury\n         at the death of Jaquelin Ambler (1798 Jan. 10); report of John\n         Guerrant \u0026 Samuel McCraw on the Arsenal at Point of Fork\n         and recommend the erection of a stockade (1798 Feb. 6);\n         resolutions of the Massachusetts House of Representatives\n         regarding an amendment to the Constitution concerning the\n         eligibility of the President, Vice President, etc., as natural\n         born citizens at the time of the Declaration (1798 June 28);\n         proclamation calling the General Assembly into session on 3\n         September (1798 July 7); account of James Breckinridge for\n         iron purchased by the Director of the Penitentiary Building\n         (1798 Oct. 13); bond of William Berkeley as Treasurer (1799\n         Jan. 4); certificate of oath to John Allen \u0026 John White as\n         Privy Councilors (1799 Jan. 24); statements of arms issued\n         from the Public Arsenal to the militia since 1792 (1799 April\n         17 \u0026 June 22); election certificate of Henry Lee to the\n         U.S. House of Representatives (1799 May 2); and bills of\n         lading for shingles to the Penitentiary House (1799 Sept.\n         16).","There are no restrictions.","State Records Collection,\n         Office of the Governor (Record Group 3)","English"],"unitid_tesim":["40844"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Governor James Wood Executive Papers,\n         \n         1796-1799"],"collection_title_tesim":["Governor James Wood Executive Papers,\n         \n         1796-1799"],"collection_ssim":["Governor James Wood Executive Papers,\n         \n         1796-1799"],"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":["3.18 cubic\n         feet"],"accessrestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThere are no restrictions.\u003c/p\u003e"],"accessrestrict_heading_ssm":["Access Restrictions"],"accessrestrict_tesim":["There are no restrictions."],"altformavail_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eAlso available on microfilm - Miscellaneous Reel 5215-5222.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003clist type=\"simple\"\u003e\n          \u003citem\u003eMiscellaneous Reel 5215 - 1796 Dec. 1-1797 July 29\n\u003c/item\u003e\n          \u003citem\u003eMiscellaneous Reel 5216 - 1797 Aug. 1-1798 Mar. 15\n\u003c/item\u003e\n          \u003citem\u003eMiscellaneous Reel 5217 - 1798 Mar. 16-May 31\n\u003c/item\u003e\n          \u003citem\u003eMiscellaneous Reel 5218 - 1798 June 1-Sept. 29\n\u003c/item\u003e\n          \u003citem\u003eMiscellaneous Reel 5219 - 1798 Oct.-1799 Jan. 29\n\u003c/item\u003e\n          \u003citem\u003eMiscellaneous Reel 5220 - 1799 Feb. 1-June 15\n\u003c/item\u003e\n          \u003citem\u003eMiscellaneous Reel 5221 - 1799 June 16-Aug. 31\n\u003c/item\u003e\n          \u003citem\u003eMiscellaneous Reel 5222 - 1799 Sept. 1-Dec. 6\n\u003c/item\u003e\n        \u003c/list\u003e"],"altformavail_heading_ssm":["Alternative Form Available\n"],"altformavail_tesim":["Also available on microfilm - Miscellaneous Reel 5215-5222.\n","Miscellaneous Reel 5215 - 1796 Dec. 1-1797 July 29\n Miscellaneous Reel 5216 - 1797 Aug. 1-1798 Mar. 15\n Miscellaneous Reel 5217 - 1798 Mar. 16-May 31\n Miscellaneous Reel 5218 - 1798 June 1-Sept. 29\n Miscellaneous Reel 5219 - 1798 Oct.-1799 Jan. 29\n Miscellaneous Reel 5220 - 1799 Feb. 1-June 15\n Miscellaneous Reel 5221 - 1799 June 16-Aug. 31\n Miscellaneous Reel 5222 - 1799 Sept. 1-Dec. 6\n"],"arrangement_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eArranged chronologically by date of document with undated\n         items arranged to the rear.\u003c/p\u003e"],"arrangement_heading_ssm":["Arrangement"],"arrangement_tesim":["Arranged chronologically by date of document with undated\n         items arranged to the rear."],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eJames Wood, Jr., was born in Winchester, Virginia, on 28\n         January 1741, to Col. James Wood and Mary Rutherford. His\n         public service began at a young age as deputy clerk and deputy\n         surveyor for Frederick County, while also serving as clerk of\n         the vestry of Frederick Parish. In 1766, Wood began his first\n         term as a representative to Frederick County in the House of\n         Burgesses, serving in that capacity until 1775. Wood married\n         Jean Moncure of Stafford County in 1775 and settled at\n         Hawthorn, the home built on his family's estate of Glen Burnie\n         in Winchester. Wood had a distinguished military career\n         beginning as a captain during Dunmore's War and continuing as\n         colonel of the 8th Virginia Regiment Continental Line during\n         the Revolution. In 1779, Wood became Post Commandant of the\n         Albemarle Barracks in Charlottesville which accommodated the\n         Convention Army Guard created to guard the prisoners taken\n         from John Burgoyne's army on 17 October 1777.In 1781, he was\n         named Commissioner of Prisoners for Virginia and Maryland. By\n         the end of the war, Wood had obtained the rank of brigadier\n         general of Virginia troops. Wood was also a member of the 1st\n         (1774) and 5th (1776) Virginia Conventions. He served two\n         terms in the House of Delegates in 1776 and 1784-1785. During\n         the interim, Wood was a member of the Council of State,\n         serving as Lieutenant Governor, the head of that body, for\n         several terms. As Lieutenant Governor, Wood performed the\n         duties as governor on a number of occasions, most notably\n         during the long absence of Governor Henry Lee in 1794. The\n         pinnacle of Wood's long public service came on 1 December 1796\n         when he was elected by the General Assembly to succeed Robert\n         Brooke as governor of Virginia. Wood was reelected for two\n         additional one-year terms until 6 December 1799 and his\n         governorship was distinguished by the construction of the\n         Virginia Penitentiary and Manufactory of Arms. Following his\n         terms as governor, Wood returned to service on the Council of\n         State until his death on 17 June 1813. Wood is buried at St.\n         John's Church in Richmond.\u003c/p\u003e"],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical Information"],"bioghist_tesim":["James Wood, Jr., was born in Winchester, Virginia, on 28\n         January 1741, to Col. James Wood and Mary Rutherford. His\n         public service began at a young age as deputy clerk and deputy\n         surveyor for Frederick County, while also serving as clerk of\n         the vestry of Frederick Parish. In 1766, Wood began his first\n         term as a representative to Frederick County in the House of\n         Burgesses, serving in that capacity until 1775. Wood married\n         Jean Moncure of Stafford County in 1775 and settled at\n         Hawthorn, the home built on his family's estate of Glen Burnie\n         in Winchester. Wood had a distinguished military career\n         beginning as a captain during Dunmore's War and continuing as\n         colonel of the 8th Virginia Regiment Continental Line during\n         the Revolution. In 1779, Wood became Post Commandant of the\n         Albemarle Barracks in Charlottesville which accommodated the\n         Convention Army Guard created to guard the prisoners taken\n         from John Burgoyne's army on 17 October 1777.In 1781, he was\n         named Commissioner of Prisoners for Virginia and Maryland. By\n         the end of the war, Wood had obtained the rank of brigadier\n         general of Virginia troops. Wood was also a member of the 1st\n         (1774) and 5th (1776) Virginia Conventions. He served two\n         terms in the House of Delegates in 1776 and 1784-1785. During\n         the interim, Wood was a member of the Council of State,\n         serving as Lieutenant Governor, the head of that body, for\n         several terms. As Lieutenant Governor, Wood performed the\n         duties as governor on a number of occasions, most notably\n         during the long absence of Governor Henry Lee in 1794. The\n         pinnacle of Wood's long public service came on 1 December 1796\n         when he was elected by the General Assembly to succeed Robert\n         Brooke as governor of Virginia. Wood was reelected for two\n         additional one-year terms until 6 December 1799 and his\n         governorship was distinguished by the construction of the\n         Virginia Penitentiary and Manufactory of Arms. Following his\n         terms as governor, Wood returned to service on the Council of\n         State until his death on 17 June 1813. Wood is buried at St.\n         John's Church in Richmond."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eVirginia. Governor's Office. James Wood Executive\n            Papers, 1796-1799 (bulk 1797-1799). Accession 40844. State\n            Records Collection, The Library of Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e"],"prefercite_tesim":["Virginia. Governor's Office. James Wood Executive\n            Papers, 1796-1799 (bulk 1797-1799). Accession 40844. State\n            Records Collection, The Library of Virginia."],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content Information"],"scopecontent_tesim":["James Wood's Executive papers are organized chronologically\n         with undated items arranged at the end of each year. These\n         papers primarily consist of incoming correspondence during\n         Wood's three one-year terms as governor between 1 December\n         1796 until 6 December 1799. The correspondence in this\n         collection relates to a variety of topics including\n         appointments \u0026 recommendations for state positions; the\n         construction of the Virginia Penitentiary \u0026 Manufactory of\n         Arms; the Point of Fork Arsenal; foreign vessels in Virginia\n         waters; resignations; arms \u0026 ammunition; the boundary line\n         between Kentucky \u0026 Virginia; extraditions; state expenses\n         \u0026 revenue; quarantine of vessels; elections; Presidential\n         electors; the Capitol Building; the militia; and others. In\n         addition to correspondence, there are resolutions from\n         Congress and the Virginia Senate \u0026 House of Delegates;\n         accounts; oaths; contracts; pardons; proposals; receipts;\n         election returns \u0026 certificates; qualifications; lists;\n         proclamations; petitions; reports; appointments; resignations;\n         bonds; commissions; orders; proceedings; applications;\n         opinions; and other sundry items.","The majority of correspondence relates to two significant\n         building projects commenced during Wood's terms in office: the\n         Virginia Penitentiary and the Virginia Manufactory of Arms.\n         The Governor received numerous letters of application and\n         recommendations for architects and superintendents for the\n         construction of the Penitentiary. Benjamin Henry Latrobe was\n         eventually named architect and Thomas Callis as superintendent\n         of the project. Included is a letter from John Barret offering\n         lots on the street opposite Hay Market for the site of the\n         Penitentiary (1797 Jan. 11). Especially valuable is Thomas\n         Jefferson's letter to the Governor on 31 March 1797 regarding\n         his design of a prison which includes notes and an estimate\n         for its construction. Many individuals submitted proposals for\n         such tasks as laying bricks (1797 March 27, July 14 \u0026 20,\n         Oct. 9), furnishing bar iron (1798 June 4), and woodwork (1798\n         July 28). In addition, on 12 June 1798, John Mills and John\n         Atkerson write agreeing to undertake the digging of the\n         foundation. Thomas Callis also writes regarding laying the\n         foundation (1797 Aug. 3), an estimate of the whole expense of\n         erecting the Penitentiary (1797 Dec. 5), an account of the\n         carpenter's work and an estimate for framing the roof (1798\n         May 26), the contract for the doors \u0026 window frames and\n         slate for the roof (1798 July 3), the account of Reuben George\n         for timber plank \u0026 scantling (1798 Nov. 30), and an\n         account of the receipts given Harvie \u0026 Winston (1799 Feb.\n         14). Benjamin Latrobe periodically reports on topics including\n         the foundation (1797 Aug. 7), his bill as architect (1798 Feb.\n         14), directions for the stone \u0026 brickwork (1798 March 10),\n         the account of slate for the roof including a small sketch\n         with measurements (1798 July 10), the arch of the cellar under\n         the kitchen and the proposal for carpenter's work (1798 July\n         9), the new road to the Penitentiary and sewers including a\n         rough drawing (1798 Sept. 3 \u0026 8), an account of the stone\n         work and an estimate of the expense for altering the design of\n         the roof to a gable roof (1798 Sept. 22), the conduct of a\n         blacksmith who assaulted some workmen (1798 Oct. 26), the\n         progress in the Penitentiary since 1797 with specific work\n         done on the east \u0026 west wings, the gate, and the men's\n         court including the expense of the work (1798 Nov. 28), and a\n         request for a leave of absence until Christmas (1798 Nov. 30).\n         Latrobe's letter dated 1798 Sept. 8 also discusses the\n         Council's proposition to remove him as architect. In another\n         letter dated 23 Feb. 1799, Latrobe communicates the completion\n         of his work on the Penitentiary, problems with his work in\n         Philadelphia on the Bank of Pennsylvania which has delayed his\n         return to Richmond, instructions to the bricklayer, and a\n         recommendation for William Callis as Superintendent. Other\n         miscellaneous items regarding the Penitentiary include letters\n         from John Harvie regarding a draft from the Treasury to\n         purchase oyster shells for lime in the construction (1797 May\n         11), an account of Augustine Davis for various work (1797 July\n         10); a letter from Samuel Dobie requesting compensation for\n         his plan of the Penitentiary submitted to the Council (1797\n         Aug. 17); a recommendation of Harry Tetherston as blacksmith\n         for the iron work (1798 March 6); prices for scantling and\n         plank from Ebenezer Maule (1798 March 10); letters from John\n         Clarke concerning bricklayers and a supply of iron for the\n         blacksmiths (1799 June 22), shingling (1799 Sept. 14), and an\n         estimate of bricks \u0026 lime to complete the building (1799\n         Sept. 28); and letters from Jesse Bowles \u0026 Nathaniel\n         Quarles on the walls, arches, etc. (1798 Aug. 16) and the east\n         \u0026 west wings (1799 Aug. 17).","The Virginia Manufactory of Arms is the other major\n         building project during Wood's governorship. In 1796, the\n         House of Delegates passed resolutions for employing additional\n         artificers at the Point of Fork Arsenal and for ascertaining\n         the best location in Richmond for an arsenal \u0026 manufactory\n         of arms (1796 Dec. 26). John Clarke was appointed\n         superintendent of the armory in 1798. Clarke visited the\n         armory in Springfield, Massachusetts, and the Cecil Iron Works\n         in Maryland. He writes the Governor on 7 March 1798 from\n         Philadelphia regarding his trip. He again writes on March 10\n         concerning his failure to have 4,000 stand of arms\n         manufactured in Philadelphia and considers the possibility of\n         having arms imported from France. On 10 April 1798, Clarke\n         informs Wood about his delay in reaching Springfield. On 23\n         July 1798, Clarke remarks on the cost of the houses, water\n         works, etc., for the manufactory of small arms. Shortly\n         thereafter, he comments on the cost of stonework (1798 July\n         27). Lastly, Clarke writes on several occasions respecting the\n         digging of the foundation by Moses Bates (1798 Nov. 19, 1799\n         March 21, June 15, \u0026 Aug. 20, Oct. 19). Other items\n         related to the Manufactory include a letter from John Hardien\n         \u0026 Benjamin Hailey proposing to furnish bricks for the\n         armory (1798 Aug. 21); the bond of Jesse Payne, James Mann,\n         Daniel Burton, \u0026 William G. Payne to furnish timber \u0026\n         plank for the machinery (1798 Nov. 20), a report of the\n         Committee of the Executive appointed to examine the progress\n         \u0026 quality of the masonry (1799 Aug. 27), and Ninnan Wyse's\n         stonework contract (1799 Nov. 16).","Other public projects continued during Wood's tenure as\n         governor with work on the Capitol Building. The Directors of\n         Public Buildings, including Daniel L. Hylton, William Foushee,\n         William Hay, Richard Adams, Robert Goode, and Robert Mitchell,\n         provide the Governor with periodic updates on the status of\n         repairs to the Capitol, particularly the roof. On 31 August\n         1797, the Directors write regarding an advance with the\n         undertaker to finish the outside of the Capitol and the\n         problems with the slate roof. The Directors request additional\n         warrants for funds on 11 Oct. 1797, 12 Dec. 1797, and 24 July\n         1798. An abstract of the proceedings of the Directors from\n         William Hay provides an excellent summary of their activities\n         between 1779 and 1793. On 5 Feb. 1798, the Directors enclose a\n         report with a general account of transactions and the probable\n         estimate to finish the Capitol. Goode \u0026 Foushee also write\n         on 27 Aug. 1798 regarding the construction of two reservoirs\n         on the Public Square. Additionally, the Directors write\n         concerning the sale of public lead, as well as compensation to\n         the directors \u0026 commissioners (1798 Oct. 20). Finally,\n         Foushee writes regarding the completion of the Capitol roof\n         and a warrant for $1000 for Henry Robertson to finish the\n         outside of the Capitol (1798 Oct. 23). Other miscellaneous\n         documents relating to the Capitol include a letter from John\n         Johnson offering to contract to fill up the ravine near the\n         Capitol (1797 Oct. 5), a letter from William Foushee regarding\n         compensation for the Directors of Public Buildings (1798 Feb.\n         5), the account of Wyse \u0026 Hope for rebuilding the stone\n         wall near the Capitol (1798 April 18), a letter from William\n         Hay recommending Benjamin Latrobe to inspect the Capitol's\n         roof (1798 Aug. 9), and a letter from William Hay regarding\n         the plans \u0026 drawings of the Capitol \u0026 Public Prison\n         sent from Paris by Thomas Jefferson (1799 March 18).","Governor Wood's Executive Papers also include\n         correspondence from the United States government. Wood\n         received letters from Timothy Pickering, Secretary of State;\n         James McHenry, Secretary of War; Samuel A. Otis, Secretary of\n         the Senate, John Beckley \u0026 Jonathan W. Cody, Clerks of the\n         House of Representatives, Thomas Jefferson, Vice-President,\n         and Virginia Delegates in Congress.","Timothy Pickering writes the Governor on 26 June 1797\n         enclosing an \"act to provide for the further defense of the\n         ports \u0026 harbors of the United States.\" Pickering also\n         transmits sets of acts passed in the 1st session of the 5th\n         Congress on 26 Oct. 1797, as well as the first volume of the\n         acts of Congress on 8 May 1798. On 28 Sept. 1798, Pickering\n         requests the Governor to convey a piece of land to the U.S. at\n         Old Point Comfort for the purpose of building a\n         lighthouse.","James McHenry, on 1 August 1797, remarks on the act\n         authorizing a detachment from the militia of the United States\n         passed 24 June 1797. On 14 January 1798, he writes Wood\n         recommending Robert McCormick to establish a manufactory of\n         arms in Virginia. McHenry also writes regarding field\n         artillery belonging to the federal government and the sale of\n         cannon to the War Office (1798 Aug. 3).","Samuel A. Otis, John Beckley, \u0026 Jonathan Cody\n         periodically transmit journals of the proceedings of the U.S.\n         Senate \u0026 House of Representatives (1797 April 22, 1797 May\n         1, 1797 July 10, 1797 Aug. 16, 1799 March 31). In addition,\n         Otis \u0026 Beckley write on 31 Jan. 1797 regarding the\n         amendment to the Constitution on the suability of states. Otis\n         submits a resolution on 24 Jan. 1799 notifying the Governor of\n         the death of Henry Tazewell, U.S. Senator from Virginia.\n         Similarly, both Thomas Jefferson and the Virginia Delegates in\n         Congress write letters informing Governor Wood of Tazewell's\n         death (1799 Jan. 24).","As senators from Virginia, Henry Tazewell \u0026 Stevens\n         Thomson Mason write the Governor concerning an amendment to\n         the U.S. Constitution (1797 March 2). In a letter dated 10\n         July 1797, Tazewell discusses the exemption of arms imported\n         by the state from duties, as well as Governor William Blount's\n         plan to invade the Spanish Territories on the Mississippi and\n         his impeachment. In another letter from 7 February 1798,\n         Tazewell remarks on the contract with James Swan for arms,\n         Pennsylvania laws, foreign affairs, the cession of western\n         territory to the U.S., and the amendment to the Constitution\n         concerning the suability of the states.","Significant correspondents from Virginia State government\n         include Archibald Blair, Clerk of the Council; Samuel Coleman,\n         Assistant Clerk of the Council of State; Robert Brooke,\n         Attorney General; John Stewart, Clerk of the House of\n         Delegates; Humphrey Brooke, Clerk of the Senate; Robert\n         Quarles, Superintendent of the Point of Fork Arsenal; Thomas\n         Newton, County Lieutenant \u0026 Superintendent of Quarantine\n         for Norfolk; Samuel Shepard, Auditor of Public Accounts; and\n         Jaquelin Ambler \u0026 William Berkeley, Treasurers.","Archibald Blair \u0026 Samuel Coleman, as Clerk \u0026\n         Assistant Clerk of the Council, communicate with the Governor\n         regularly through the Council Office. Blair submits the advice\n         of council on such issues as the petition of the Mayor of\n         Alexandria for the Superintendent of Quarantine to provide\n         nurses (1798 Oct. 27) and the appointment of Jesse Bowles\n         \u0026 Nathaniel Quarles to count the number of bricks laid in\n         the walls of the Penitentiary according to the contract of\n         Harvie \u0026 Winston (1799 March 30 \u0026 1799 Aug. 13). On 7\n         July 1798, Blair submitted a circular directing the Deputy\n         Adjutant General to order the commanding officers of regiments\n         to appoint a field officer to inspect the arms received from\n         the public arsenals. Samuel Coleman encloses a return of arms\n         issued to the militia including brigade, regiment, county in\n         which the officer resides, names of officers receiving the\n         arms, number of arms issues, number of arms returned, and\n         number of arms still to be accounted for (1798 July 6). He\n         also writes on 27 June 1798 on behalf of Simon Morgan,\n         Adjutant General, regarding a general order to Col.\n         Lambert.","As Attorney General of Virginia, Robert Brooke writes the\n         Governor on several occasions. On 20 January 1797, Brooke\n         remarks on the land entered by General Clarke in Kentucky on\n         behalf of Virginia, as well as his appointment as commissioner\n         to adjust the boundary line between Virginia \u0026 Maryland.\n         Brooke also provides his opinion regarding the claim of land\n         in Kentucky within the territory ceded to the Chickasaw Nation\n         by treaty (1797 Feb. 21) and the revision of the Arsenal Act\n         (1798 March 10). On 20 August 1798, Brooke requests papers\n         from the clerks of courts in criminal cases to be sent to the\n         Attorney General's Office. On 15 February 1799, Brooke writes\n         Governor Wood concerning the settlement of the account of\n         James Reveley as Superintendent of the Foundry and the\n         indebtedness of John Ballandine \u0026 the Buckingham\n         Furnace.","John Stewart, 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. Stewart \u0026\n         Brooke transmit a resolution regarding the boundary line\n         between Kentucky \u0026 Virginia (1796 Dec. 13). Stewart also\n         transmits resolutions related to the appointment of Henry\n         Tazewell as U.S. Senator (1798 Dec. 12); arms distributed from\n         the Point of Fork Arsenal (1799 Jan. 7); and the printing of\n         the Declaration of Independence, U.S. Constitution, the\n         Amendments, and the Alien \u0026 Sedition Acts (1799 Jan. 24).\n         Included are notices for the following elections: Meriwether\n         Jones, John Pendleton, \u0026 John Mayo to the Council of State\n         (1796 Dec. 6); John Guerrant, Jr., \u0026 Alexander McRae to\n         the Council of State (1796 Dec. 8); Jaquelin Ambler as\n         Treasurer (1796 Dec. 23); James Wood as Governor (1797 Dec. 7\n         \u0026 1798 Dec. 7); George Conway Taylor \u0026 Samuel McCraw\n         as members of the Privy Council (1798 Jan. 10); Meriwether\n         Jones \u0026 John Dixon as Public Printers (1798 Dec. 6); Henry\n         Tazewell as U.S. Senator (1798 Dec. 12); John Allen as a\n         member of the Privy Council to replace Meriwether Jones (1798\n         Dec. 14); John White as a member of the Privy Council to\n         replace George C. Taylor (1798 Dec. 28); William Berkeley as\n         Treasurer (1798 Dec. 31); John B. Scott as Brigadier General\n         of the 11th Brigade (1799 Jan. 5); John Brown as Brigadier\n         General of the Brigade composed of Hampshire, Hardy, \u0026\n         Pendleton (1799 Jan. 24); John Preston as Brigadier General of\n         the district composed of Wythe, Montgomery, \u0026 Monroe (1799\n         Jan. 24); Wilson Cary Nicholas as Senator to supply the\n         vacancy occasioned by the death of Henry Tazewell (1799 Dec.\n         5); and James Monroe as Governor (1799 Dec. 6).","Maj. Robert Quarles submits quarterly returns of arms,\n         ordnance, \u0026 public stores at Point of Fork (1796 Dec. 31,\n         1797 March 31, 1797 July 1, 1797 Sept. 30, 1797 Dec. 31, 1798\n         July 1, 1798 Oct. 1, 1799 April 1, \u0026 1799 July 1). In\n         addition, Quarles writes on such topics as the employment of\n         additional artificers (1797 Jan. 16), contracts for rations\n         (1797 Oct. 30, 1798 Oct. 13, 1798 Nov. 7, 1799 Oct. 1 \u0026\n         28), payment for a contract for timber to erect a stockade\n         around the arsenal (1798 March 30), the shipment of 250 arms\n         to Richmond (1798 June 18), an inventory of the boxes of arms\n         sent to Richmond (1798 July 31), artificers at Point of Fork\n         (1798 Aug. 14), medical attendance \u0026 medicines for the\n         soldiers (1798 Oct. 1), and the receipt of arms (1799 Oct.\n         10). Additionally, Quarles writes the Governor on 12 April\n         1798 applying for the appointment of Major Commandant of the\n         State Arsenals.","Thomas Newton, Jr., County Lieutenant \u0026 Superintendent\n         of Quarantine for Norfolk Borough, frequently writes the\n         Governor concerning the quarantine of vessels. On 5 May 1797,\n         Newton informs the Governor of the purchase of five acres of\n         land to perform quarantine. The following month, Newton\n         comments on the house to be built on the land he purchased for\n         performing quarantine (1797 June 2). He also notifies the\n         Governor of the payment to William Willoughby as undertaker to\n         build the house (1797 July 1). Newton also often informs the\n         Governor of possible infectious diseases in the West Indies\n         and other places (1797 July 17 \u0026 28, 1797 Aug. 28, \u0026\n         1798 Aug. 2). On 16 November 1799, he requests to discharge\n         the quarantine boat from service. Lastly, Newton encloses a\n         letter from Dr. J. K. Read along with a report of vessels\n         entered \u0026 examined by the health officer (1799 Nov. 14\n         \u0026 27). Other sundry correspondence from Newton includes\n         information on the suit of John Hamilton \u0026 Co. against him\n         (1797 Nov. 11) and a warrant for the Dismal Swamp Company\n         (1799 April 7).","Governor Wood corresponds often with Samuel Shepard,\n         Auditor of Public Accounts, and Jaquelin Ambler \u0026 William\n         Berkeley, Treasurers, regarding various financial matters.\n         Shepard regularly encloses accounts of expenses for forwarding\n         notices, executions, etc. (1797 March 16, 1797 Sept. 7, 1798\n         Sept. 1, \u0026 1799 April 5). Additionally, John Carter\n         submits lists of warrants issued through the Auditor's Office\n         (1797 April 1, 1797 July 6, 1797 Oct. 17, 1798 Feb. 1, 1799\n         March 8, 1799 April 6, 1799 Aug. 29, \u0026 1799 Nov. 10).\n         Jaquelin Ambler reports to the Governor on attempted robberies\n         into the Treasury and suggests alterations to the building to\n         prevent theft (1797 May 5). William Berkeley was appointed\n         Treasurer upon the death of Jaquelin Ambler in 1798. Berkeley\n         writes the Governor on 9 November 1799 requesting a wooden\n         chest to hold receipts until the iron one arrives.","Additional significant correspondence includes the\n         following: Robert Brooke enclosing a list of furniture in the\n         Government House (1796 Dec. 19); William Price, Register of\n         the Land Office, regarding an estimate of the time to record\n         the plats \u0026 certificates of survey (1797 Jan. 16); James\n         Garrard enclosing resolutions of the Kentucky Legislature on\n         the report of the commissioners for ascertaining \u0026 fixing\n         the boundary line between Virginia \u0026 Kentucky (1797 Jan.\n         2); James Breckinridge, Attorney General of Kentucky,\n         regarding a claim in that state (1797 Feb. 2); James Penn\n         regarding the New London Armory and the manufacture of arms in\n         Virginia (1797 Feb. 20); William Lindsay regarding the\n         suspected privateer Neptune (1797 March 16); Harry Toulmin,\n         Secretary of Kentucky, regarding the boundary line between\n         Kentucky \u0026 Virginia (1797 March 23); Edmund Randolph\n         regarding the title of Dr. Philip Turpin to the garden in the\n         Governor's possession (1797 April 12); Louis-Etienne Duhail,\n         Vice-Consul of the French Republic at Norfolk, to Gen. Thomas\n         Mathews regarding the blockade of two French frigates in\n         Norfolk by the British (1797 May 29); Thomas Mathews to\n         Timothy Pickering enclosing a letter received from Governor\n         Wood and a letter from Duhail regarding armed vessels within\n         U.S. jurisdiction (1797 May 30); Brig. Gen. Thomas Mathews\n         regarding letters from Louis-Etienne Duhail concerning the\n         rules for foreign ships departing U.S. waters (1797 June 19);\n         Samuel Ashe, Governor of North Carolina, regarding Robert\n         Wheatley, committed to one of the jails in Virginia for horse\n         stealing (1797 June 27); Thomas Mathews enclosing his letter\n         to the commanding officers of the French \u0026 British ships\n         of war within Virginia to prevent any violation of the rights\n         of the United States as a neutral nation (1797 July 10);\n         Robert Johnson to Archibald Stuart regarding the boundary line\n         between Kentucky \u0026 Virginia and settling claims in the\n         disputed area (1797 Aug. 9); James Robertson regarding\n         possible quarantine of vessels from Philadelphia at City Point\n         (1797 Aug. 31); Archibald Stuart, Joseph Martin, \u0026 Creed\n         Taylor, Commissioners of Kentucky, regarding the boundary line\n         between Kentucky \u0026 Virginia (1797 Sept. 18); James\n         McClurg, Mayor of Richmond, enclosing a resolution of the\n         Common Hall regarding protecting Richmond from the spread of\n         infectious disease (1797 Sept. 19); James Allan, Jr.,\n         Superintendent of Quarantine in Fredericksburg, regarding\n         yellow fever in Philadelphia, Baltimore, \u0026 Norfolk (1797\n         Sept. 25); Vice-Consul Duhail regarding French ships of war\n         (1797 Oct. 26); John Dawson recommending Robert McCormick to\n         establish a manufactory of arms in Virginia (1798 Jan. 12);\n         Edmund Randolph regarding his opinion on the refusal of the\n         clerk of the District Court of Henrico to issue a writ of ad\n         quod damnum for the Arsenal (1798 Feb. 1); Charles Lee\n         regarding the dismissal of the suit by the Indiana Company\n         against the State of Virginia by the Supreme Court (1798 Feb.\n         14); Robert McCormick proposing to manufacture 4,000 stand of\n         arms (1798 Feb. 23); Elisha White applying to be Director of\n         the Penitentiary House (1798 Feb. 27); William B. Wallace\n         applying for Superintendent of the Arsenal created by an act\n         of Congress (1798 March 5); John Steele regarding progress in\n         settling the accounts of Virginia with the U.S. (1798 March 23\n         \u0026 April 12); Henry Lee recommending William B. Wallace as\n         Commandant of the State Arsenal (1798 May 8); Lawrence H.\n         Wells, Robert Gwathmey, \u0026 Edward Johnston regarding the\n         formation of the Richmond Light Infantry Blues (1798 June 28);\n         John Dawson regarding the claim of the Executive against the\n         United States (1798 July 19 \u0026 20); James Garrard, Governor\n         of Kentucky, regarding a free negro boy purchased by Brian\n         Stone (1798 Aug. 27); Samuel Mulford, Superintendent of\n         Quarantine at Rockett's Landing, regarding the quarantine of\n         the Sloop Johns (1798 Sept. 6 \u0026 8); James Talley asking\n         permission for the water from his grist mill to pass down a\n         run on part of public ground to the river including a map\n         (1798 Sept. 7); Elisha C. Dick, Superintendent of Quarantine\n         at Alexandria regarding a house for quarantine and yellow\n         fever (1798 Oct. 10); William B. Giles resigning his seat in\n         the House of Representatives (1798 Oct. 2); John Dundas, Mayor\n         of Alexandria, regarding the petition for the establishment of\n         Craney Island as a permanent place for quarantine on the\n         Potomac (1798 Nov. 14); John Taylor Gilman, Governor of New\n         Hampshire, regarding resolutions from Virginia (1799 Jan. 19);\n         Creed Taylor enclosing a letter from the Commissioners of\n         Kentucky for ascertaining the boundary line with the state of\n         Virginia (1799 June 23); Alexander Quarrier regarding shingles\n         purchased for public buildings in Richmond (1799 Sept. 7);\n         Archibald Stuart, Joseph Martin, \u0026 Creed Taylor enclosing\n         a report, map, \u0026 survey of the commissioners with respect\n         to the boundary line between Virginia \u0026 Kentucky (1799\n         Dec. 4).","Other noteworthy items include: proceedings of a meeting of\n         the President \u0026 Vice-President electors from Benjamin\n         Temple (1796 Dec. 7); certificate of the oaths administered to\n         Meriwether Jones \u0026 John Pendleton as Privy Councilors\n         (1796 Dec. 7); certificate of the oath administered to James\n         Wood as Governor (1796 Dec. 7); certificate of the oath taken\n         by John Mayo as Privy Councilor (1796 Dec. 28); bond of\n         William Price \u0026 John Harvie to record all grants, plats,\n         \u0026 certificates of survey in the Land Office (1797 Jan.\n         30); certificate of election for Thomas Evans as a member of\n         the U.S. House of Representatives for York District (1797\n         March 27); order for a warrant from the Auditor for the\n         Lunatic Hospital in Williamsburg (1797 April 21); proclamation\n         by Governor Wood regarding a reward for the capture of William\n         Compton, alias Smith, convicted of murder (1797 May 18);\n         articles of agreement between the Governor \u0026 James Swan of\n         Boston to furnish 4,000 stand of arms for Virginia (1797 May\n         N.D., 1798 Jan. 16, \u0026 1798 April 10); certificate of\n         Alexander McRae as a member of the Privy Council (1797 June\n         1); list of persons who qualified as citizens at Richmond\n         District Court (1797 Aug. 31); bond of William Berkeley as\n         Treasurer (1798 Jan. 12); report of the state of the Treasury\n         at the death of Jaquelin Ambler (1798 Jan. 10); report of John\n         Guerrant \u0026 Samuel McCraw on the Arsenal at Point of Fork\n         and recommend the erection of a stockade (1798 Feb. 6);\n         resolutions of the Massachusetts House of Representatives\n         regarding an amendment to the Constitution concerning the\n         eligibility of the President, Vice President, etc., as natural\n         born citizens at the time of the Declaration (1798 June 28);\n         proclamation calling the General Assembly into session on 3\n         September (1798 July 7); account of James Breckinridge for\n         iron purchased by the Director of the Penitentiary Building\n         (1798 Oct. 13); bond of William Berkeley as Treasurer (1799\n         Jan. 4); certificate of oath to John Allen \u0026 John White as\n         Privy Councilors (1799 Jan. 24); statements of arms issued\n         from the Public Arsenal to the militia since 1792 (1799 April\n         17 \u0026 June 22); election certificate of Henry Lee to the\n         U.S. House of Representatives (1799 May 2); and bills of\n         lading for shingles to the Penitentiary House (1799 Sept.\n         16)."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThere are no restrictions.\u003c/p\u003e"],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Use Restrictions"],"userestrict_tesim":["There are no restrictions."],"physloc_html_tesm":["\u003cphysloc label=\"Physical Location\"\u003eState Records Collection,\n         Office of the Governor (Record Group 3)\u003c/physloc\u003e"],"physloc_tesim":["State Records Collection,\n         Office of the Governor (Record Group 3)"],"language_ssim":["English"],"total_component_count_is":184,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-05-21T10:59:09.088Z","scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eJames Wood's Executive papers are organized chronologically\n         with undated items arranged at the end of each year. These\n         papers primarily consist of incoming correspondence during\n         Wood's three one-year terms as governor between 1 December\n         1796 until 6 December 1799. The correspondence in this\n         collection relates to a variety of topics including\n         appointments \u0026amp; recommendations for state positions; the\n         construction of the Virginia Penitentiary \u0026amp; Manufactory of\n         Arms; the Point of Fork Arsenal; foreign vessels in Virginia\n         waters; resignations; arms \u0026amp; ammunition; the boundary line\n         between Kentucky \u0026amp; Virginia; extraditions; state expenses\n         \u0026amp; revenue; quarantine of vessels; elections; Presidential\n         electors; the Capitol Building; the militia; and others. In\n         addition to correspondence, there are resolutions from\n         Congress and the Virginia Senate \u0026amp; House of Delegates;\n         accounts; oaths; contracts; pardons; proposals; receipts;\n         election returns \u0026amp; certificates; qualifications; lists;\n         proclamations; petitions; reports; appointments; resignations;\n         bonds; commissions; orders; proceedings; applications;\n         opinions; and other sundry items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe majority of correspondence relates to two significant\n         building projects commenced during Wood's terms in office: the\n         Virginia Penitentiary and the Virginia Manufactory of Arms.\n         The Governor received numerous letters of application and\n         recommendations for architects and superintendents for the\n         construction of the Penitentiary. Benjamin Henry Latrobe was\n         eventually named architect and Thomas Callis as superintendent\n         of the project. Included is a letter from John Barret offering\n         lots on the street opposite Hay Market for the site of the\n         Penitentiary (1797 Jan. 11). Especially valuable is Thomas\n         Jefferson's letter to the Governor on 31 March 1797 regarding\n         his design of a prison which includes notes and an estimate\n         for its construction. Many individuals submitted proposals for\n         such tasks as laying bricks (1797 March 27, July 14 \u0026amp; 20,\n         Oct. 9), furnishing bar iron (1798 June 4), and woodwork (1798\n         July 28). In addition, on 12 June 1798, John Mills and John\n         Atkerson write agreeing to undertake the digging of the\n         foundation. Thomas Callis also writes regarding laying the\n         foundation (1797 Aug. 3), an estimate of the whole expense of\n         erecting the Penitentiary (1797 Dec. 5), an account of the\n         carpenter's work and an estimate for framing the roof (1798\n         May 26), the contract for the doors \u0026amp; window frames and\n         slate for the roof (1798 July 3), the account of Reuben George\n         for timber plank \u0026amp; scantling (1798 Nov. 30), and an\n         account of the receipts given Harvie \u0026amp; Winston (1799 Feb.\n         14). Benjamin Latrobe periodically reports on topics including\n         the foundation (1797 Aug. 7), his bill as architect (1798 Feb.\n         14), directions for the stone \u0026amp; brickwork (1798 March 10),\n         the account of slate for the roof including a small sketch\n         with measurements (1798 July 10), the arch of the cellar under\n         the kitchen and the proposal for carpenter's work (1798 July\n         9), the new road to the Penitentiary and sewers including a\n         rough drawing (1798 Sept. 3 \u0026amp; 8), an account of the stone\n         work and an estimate of the expense for altering the design of\n         the roof to a gable roof (1798 Sept. 22), the conduct of a\n         blacksmith who assaulted some workmen (1798 Oct. 26), the\n         progress in the Penitentiary since 1797 with specific work\n         done on the east \u0026amp; west wings, the gate, and the men's\n         court including the expense of the work (1798 Nov. 28), and a\n         request for a leave of absence until Christmas (1798 Nov. 30).\n         Latrobe's letter dated 1798 Sept. 8 also discusses the\n         Council's proposition to remove him as architect. In another\n         letter dated 23 Feb. 1799, Latrobe communicates the completion\n         of his work on the Penitentiary, problems with his work in\n         Philadelphia on the Bank of Pennsylvania which has delayed his\n         return to Richmond, instructions to the bricklayer, and a\n         recommendation for William Callis as Superintendent. Other\n         miscellaneous items regarding the Penitentiary include letters\n         from John Harvie regarding a draft from the Treasury to\n         purchase oyster shells for lime in the construction (1797 May\n         11), an account of Augustine Davis for various work (1797 July\n         10); a letter from Samuel Dobie requesting compensation for\n         his plan of the Penitentiary submitted to the Council (1797\n         Aug. 17); a recommendation of Harry Tetherston as blacksmith\n         for the iron work (1798 March 6); prices for scantling and\n         plank from Ebenezer Maule (1798 March 10); letters from John\n         Clarke concerning bricklayers and a supply of iron for the\n         blacksmiths (1799 June 22), shingling (1799 Sept. 14), and an\n         estimate of bricks \u0026amp; lime to complete the building (1799\n         Sept. 28); and letters from Jesse Bowles \u0026amp; Nathaniel\n         Quarles on the walls, arches, etc. (1798 Aug. 16) and the east\n         \u0026amp; west wings (1799 Aug. 17).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe Virginia Manufactory of Arms is the other major\n         building project during Wood's governorship. In 1796, the\n         House of Delegates passed resolutions for employing additional\n         artificers at the Point of Fork Arsenal and for ascertaining\n         the best location in Richmond for an arsenal \u0026amp; manufactory\n         of arms (1796 Dec. 26). John Clarke was appointed\n         superintendent of the armory in 1798. Clarke visited the\n         armory in Springfield, Massachusetts, and the Cecil Iron Works\n         in Maryland. He writes the Governor on 7 March 1798 from\n         Philadelphia regarding his trip. He again writes on March 10\n         concerning his failure to have 4,000 stand of arms\n         manufactured in Philadelphia and considers the possibility of\n         having arms imported from France. On 10 April 1798, Clarke\n         informs Wood about his delay in reaching Springfield. On 23\n         July 1798, Clarke remarks on the cost of the houses, water\n         works, etc., for the manufactory of small arms. Shortly\n         thereafter, he comments on the cost of stonework (1798 July\n         27). Lastly, Clarke writes on several occasions respecting the\n         digging of the foundation by Moses Bates (1798 Nov. 19, 1799\n         March 21, June 15, \u0026amp; Aug. 20, Oct. 19). Other items\n         related to the Manufactory include a letter from John Hardien\n         \u0026amp; Benjamin Hailey proposing to furnish bricks for the\n         armory (1798 Aug. 21); the bond of Jesse Payne, James Mann,\n         Daniel Burton, \u0026amp; William G. Payne to furnish timber \u0026amp;\n         plank for the machinery (1798 Nov. 20), a report of the\n         Committee of the Executive appointed to examine the progress\n         \u0026amp; quality of the masonry (1799 Aug. 27), and Ninnan Wyse's\n         stonework contract (1799 Nov. 16).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOther public projects continued during Wood's tenure as\n         governor with work on the Capitol Building. The Directors of\n         Public Buildings, including Daniel L. Hylton, William Foushee,\n         William Hay, Richard Adams, Robert Goode, and Robert Mitchell,\n         provide the Governor with periodic updates on the status of\n         repairs to the Capitol, particularly the roof. On 31 August\n         1797, the Directors write regarding an advance with the\n         undertaker to finish the outside of the Capitol and the\n         problems with the slate roof. The Directors request additional\n         warrants for funds on 11 Oct. 1797, 12 Dec. 1797, and 24 July\n         1798. An abstract of the proceedings of the Directors from\n         William Hay provides an excellent summary of their activities\n         between 1779 and 1793. On 5 Feb. 1798, the Directors enclose a\n         report with a general account of transactions and the probable\n         estimate to finish the Capitol. Goode \u0026amp; Foushee also write\n         on 27 Aug. 1798 regarding the construction of two reservoirs\n         on the Public Square. Additionally, the Directors write\n         concerning the sale of public lead, as well as compensation to\n         the directors \u0026amp; commissioners (1798 Oct. 20). Finally,\n         Foushee writes regarding the completion of the Capitol roof\n         and a warrant for $1000 for Henry Robertson to finish the\n         outside of the Capitol (1798 Oct. 23). Other miscellaneous\n         documents relating to the Capitol include a letter from John\n         Johnson offering to contract to fill up the ravine near the\n         Capitol (1797 Oct. 5), a letter from William Foushee regarding\n         compensation for the Directors of Public Buildings (1798 Feb.\n         5), the account of Wyse \u0026amp; Hope for rebuilding the stone\n         wall near the Capitol (1798 April 18), a letter from William\n         Hay recommending Benjamin Latrobe to inspect the Capitol's\n         roof (1798 Aug. 9), and a letter from William Hay regarding\n         the plans \u0026amp; drawings of the Capitol \u0026amp; Public Prison\n         sent from Paris by Thomas Jefferson (1799 March 18).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGovernor Wood's Executive Papers also include\n         correspondence from the United States government. Wood\n         received letters from Timothy Pickering, Secretary of State;\n         James McHenry, Secretary of War; Samuel A. Otis, Secretary of\n         the Senate, John Beckley \u0026amp; Jonathan W. Cody, Clerks of the\n         House of Representatives, Thomas Jefferson, Vice-President,\n         and Virginia Delegates in Congress.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTimothy Pickering writes the Governor on 26 June 1797\n         enclosing an \"act to provide for the further defense of the\n         ports \u0026amp; harbors of the United States.\" Pickering also\n         transmits sets of acts passed in the 1st session of the 5th\n         Congress on 26 Oct. 1797, as well as the first volume of the\n         acts of Congress on 8 May 1798. On 28 Sept. 1798, Pickering\n         requests the Governor to convey a piece of land to the U.S. at\n         Old Point Comfort for the purpose of building a\n         lighthouse.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJames McHenry, on 1 August 1797, remarks on the act\n         authorizing a detachment from the militia of the United States\n         passed 24 June 1797. On 14 January 1798, he writes Wood\n         recommending Robert McCormick to establish a manufactory of\n         arms in Virginia. McHenry also writes regarding field\n         artillery belonging to the federal government and the sale of\n         cannon to the War Office (1798 Aug. 3).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSamuel A. Otis, John Beckley, \u0026amp; Jonathan Cody\n         periodically transmit journals of the proceedings of the U.S.\n         Senate \u0026amp; House of Representatives (1797 April 22, 1797 May\n         1, 1797 July 10, 1797 Aug. 16, 1799 March 31). In addition,\n         Otis \u0026amp; Beckley write on 31 Jan. 1797 regarding the\n         amendment to the Constitution on the suability of states. Otis\n         submits a resolution on 24 Jan. 1799 notifying the Governor of\n         the death of Henry Tazewell, U.S. Senator from Virginia.\n         Similarly, both Thomas Jefferson and the Virginia Delegates in\n         Congress write letters informing Governor Wood of Tazewell's\n         death (1799 Jan. 24).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAs senators from Virginia, Henry Tazewell \u0026amp; Stevens\n         Thomson Mason write the Governor concerning an amendment to\n         the U.S. Constitution (1797 March 2). In a letter dated 10\n         July 1797, Tazewell discusses the exemption of arms imported\n         by the state from duties, as well as Governor William Blount's\n         plan to invade the Spanish Territories on the Mississippi and\n         his impeachment. In another letter from 7 February 1798,\n         Tazewell remarks on the contract with James Swan for arms,\n         Pennsylvania laws, foreign affairs, the cession of western\n         territory to the U.S., and the amendment to the Constitution\n         concerning the suability of the states.\u003c/p\u003e","\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; Robert Brooke,\n         Attorney General; John Stewart, Clerk of the House of\n         Delegates; Humphrey Brooke, Clerk of the Senate; Robert\n         Quarles, Superintendent of the Point of Fork Arsenal; Thomas\n         Newton, County Lieutenant \u0026amp; Superintendent of Quarantine\n         for Norfolk; Samuel Shepard, Auditor of Public Accounts; and\n         Jaquelin Ambler \u0026amp; William Berkeley, Treasurers.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eArchibald Blair \u0026amp; Samuel Coleman, as Clerk \u0026amp;\n         Assistant Clerk of the Council, communicate with the Governor\n         regularly through the Council Office. Blair submits the advice\n         of council on such issues as the petition of the Mayor of\n         Alexandria for the Superintendent of Quarantine to provide\n         nurses (1798 Oct. 27) and the appointment of Jesse Bowles\n         \u0026amp; Nathaniel Quarles to count the number of bricks laid in\n         the walls of the Penitentiary according to the contract of\n         Harvie \u0026amp; Winston (1799 March 30 \u0026amp; 1799 Aug. 13). On 7\n         July 1798, Blair submitted a circular directing the Deputy\n         Adjutant General to order the commanding officers of regiments\n         to appoint a field officer to inspect the arms received from\n         the public arsenals. Samuel Coleman encloses a return of arms\n         issued to the militia including brigade, regiment, county in\n         which the officer resides, names of officers receiving the\n         arms, number of arms issues, number of arms returned, and\n         number of arms still to be accounted for (1798 July 6). He\n         also writes on 27 June 1798 on behalf of Simon Morgan,\n         Adjutant General, regarding a general order to Col.\n         Lambert.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAs Attorney General of Virginia, Robert Brooke writes the\n         Governor on several occasions. On 20 January 1797, Brooke\n         remarks on the land entered by General Clarke in Kentucky on\n         behalf of Virginia, as well as his appointment as commissioner\n         to adjust the boundary line between Virginia \u0026amp; Maryland.\n         Brooke also provides his opinion regarding the claim of land\n         in Kentucky within the territory ceded to the Chickasaw Nation\n         by treaty (1797 Feb. 21) and the revision of the Arsenal Act\n         (1798 March 10). On 20 August 1798, Brooke requests papers\n         from the clerks of courts in criminal cases to be sent to the\n         Attorney General's Office. On 15 February 1799, Brooke writes\n         Governor Wood concerning the settlement of the account of\n         James Reveley as Superintendent of the Foundry and the\n         indebtedness of John Ballandine \u0026amp; the Buckingham\n         Furnace.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn Stewart, 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. Stewart \u0026amp;\n         Brooke transmit a resolution regarding the boundary line\n         between Kentucky \u0026amp; Virginia (1796 Dec. 13). Stewart also\n         transmits resolutions related to the appointment of Henry\n         Tazewell as U.S. Senator (1798 Dec. 12); arms distributed from\n         the Point of Fork Arsenal (1799 Jan. 7); and the printing of\n         the Declaration of Independence, U.S. Constitution, the\n         Amendments, and the Alien \u0026amp; Sedition Acts (1799 Jan. 24).\n         Included are notices for the following elections: Meriwether\n         Jones, John Pendleton, \u0026amp; John Mayo to the Council of State\n         (1796 Dec. 6); John Guerrant, Jr., \u0026amp; Alexander McRae to\n         the Council of State (1796 Dec. 8); Jaquelin Ambler as\n         Treasurer (1796 Dec. 23); James Wood as Governor (1797 Dec. 7\n         \u0026amp; 1798 Dec. 7); George Conway Taylor \u0026amp; Samuel McCraw\n         as members of the Privy Council (1798 Jan. 10); Meriwether\n         Jones \u0026amp; John Dixon as Public Printers (1798 Dec. 6); Henry\n         Tazewell as U.S. Senator (1798 Dec. 12); John Allen as a\n         member of the Privy Council to replace Meriwether Jones (1798\n         Dec. 14); John White as a member of the Privy Council to\n         replace George C. Taylor (1798 Dec. 28); William Berkeley as\n         Treasurer (1798 Dec. 31); John B. Scott as Brigadier General\n         of the 11th Brigade (1799 Jan. 5); John Brown as Brigadier\n         General of the Brigade composed of Hampshire, Hardy, \u0026amp;\n         Pendleton (1799 Jan. 24); John Preston as Brigadier General of\n         the district composed of Wythe, Montgomery, \u0026amp; Monroe (1799\n         Jan. 24); Wilson Cary Nicholas as Senator to supply the\n         vacancy occasioned by the death of Henry Tazewell (1799 Dec.\n         5); and James Monroe as Governor (1799 Dec. 6).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMaj. Robert Quarles submits quarterly returns of arms,\n         ordnance, \u0026amp; public stores at Point of Fork (1796 Dec. 31,\n         1797 March 31, 1797 July 1, 1797 Sept. 30, 1797 Dec. 31, 1798\n         July 1, 1798 Oct. 1, 1799 April 1, \u0026amp; 1799 July 1). In\n         addition, Quarles writes on such topics as the employment of\n         additional artificers (1797 Jan. 16), contracts for rations\n         (1797 Oct. 30, 1798 Oct. 13, 1798 Nov. 7, 1799 Oct. 1 \u0026amp;\n         28), payment for a contract for timber to erect a stockade\n         around the arsenal (1798 March 30), the shipment of 250 arms\n         to Richmond (1798 June 18), an inventory of the boxes of arms\n         sent to Richmond (1798 July 31), artificers at Point of Fork\n         (1798 Aug. 14), medical attendance \u0026amp; medicines for the\n         soldiers (1798 Oct. 1), and the receipt of arms (1799 Oct.\n         10). Additionally, Quarles writes the Governor on 12 April\n         1798 applying for the appointment of Major Commandant of the\n         State Arsenals.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThomas Newton, Jr., County Lieutenant \u0026amp; Superintendent\n         of Quarantine for Norfolk Borough, frequently writes the\n         Governor concerning the quarantine of vessels. On 5 May 1797,\n         Newton informs the Governor of the purchase of five acres of\n         land to perform quarantine. The following month, Newton\n         comments on the house to be built on the land he purchased for\n         performing quarantine (1797 June 2). He also notifies the\n         Governor of the payment to William Willoughby as undertaker to\n         build the house (1797 July 1). Newton also often informs the\n         Governor of possible infectious diseases in the West Indies\n         and other places (1797 July 17 \u0026amp; 28, 1797 Aug. 28, \u0026amp;\n         1798 Aug. 2). On 16 November 1799, he requests to discharge\n         the quarantine boat from service. Lastly, Newton encloses a\n         letter from Dr. J. K. Read along with a report of vessels\n         entered \u0026amp; examined by the health officer (1799 Nov. 14\n         \u0026amp; 27). Other sundry correspondence from Newton includes\n         information on the suit of John Hamilton \u0026amp; Co. against him\n         (1797 Nov. 11) and a warrant for the Dismal Swamp Company\n         (1799 April 7).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGovernor Wood corresponds often with Samuel Shepard,\n         Auditor of Public Accounts, and Jaquelin Ambler \u0026amp; William\n         Berkeley, Treasurers, regarding various financial matters.\n         Shepard regularly encloses accounts of expenses for forwarding\n         notices, executions, etc. (1797 March 16, 1797 Sept. 7, 1798\n         Sept. 1, \u0026amp; 1799 April 5). Additionally, John Carter\n         submits lists of warrants issued through the Auditor's Office\n         (1797 April 1, 1797 July 6, 1797 Oct. 17, 1798 Feb. 1, 1799\n         March 8, 1799 April 6, 1799 Aug. 29, \u0026amp; 1799 Nov. 10).\n         Jaquelin Ambler reports to the Governor on attempted robberies\n         into the Treasury and suggests alterations to the building to\n         prevent theft (1797 May 5). William Berkeley was appointed\n         Treasurer upon the death of Jaquelin Ambler in 1798. Berkeley\n         writes the Governor on 9 November 1799 requesting a wooden\n         chest to hold receipts until the iron one arrives.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAdditional significant correspondence includes the\n         following: Robert Brooke enclosing a list of furniture in the\n         Government House (1796 Dec. 19); William Price, Register of\n         the Land Office, regarding an estimate of the time to record\n         the plats \u0026amp; certificates of survey (1797 Jan. 16); James\n         Garrard enclosing resolutions of the Kentucky Legislature on\n         the report of the commissioners for ascertaining \u0026amp; fixing\n         the boundary line between Virginia \u0026amp; Kentucky (1797 Jan.\n         2); James Breckinridge, Attorney General of Kentucky,\n         regarding a claim in that state (1797 Feb. 2); James Penn\n         regarding the New London Armory and the manufacture of arms in\n         Virginia (1797 Feb. 20); William Lindsay regarding the\n         suspected privateer Neptune (1797 March 16); Harry Toulmin,\n         Secretary of Kentucky, regarding the boundary line between\n         Kentucky \u0026amp; Virginia (1797 March 23); Edmund Randolph\n         regarding the title of Dr. Philip Turpin to the garden in the\n         Governor's possession (1797 April 12); Louis-Etienne Duhail,\n         Vice-Consul of the French Republic at Norfolk, to Gen. Thomas\n         Mathews regarding the blockade of two French frigates in\n         Norfolk by the British (1797 May 29); Thomas Mathews to\n         Timothy Pickering enclosing a letter received from Governor\n         Wood and a letter from Duhail regarding armed vessels within\n         U.S. jurisdiction (1797 May 30); Brig. Gen. Thomas Mathews\n         regarding letters from Louis-Etienne Duhail concerning the\n         rules for foreign ships departing U.S. waters (1797 June 19);\n         Samuel Ashe, Governor of North Carolina, regarding Robert\n         Wheatley, committed to one of the jails in Virginia for horse\n         stealing (1797 June 27); Thomas Mathews enclosing his letter\n         to the commanding officers of the French \u0026amp; British ships\n         of war within Virginia to prevent any violation of the rights\n         of the United States as a neutral nation (1797 July 10);\n         Robert Johnson to Archibald Stuart regarding the boundary line\n         between Kentucky \u0026amp; Virginia and settling claims in the\n         disputed area (1797 Aug. 9); James Robertson regarding\n         possible quarantine of vessels from Philadelphia at City Point\n         (1797 Aug. 31); Archibald Stuart, Joseph Martin, \u0026amp; Creed\n         Taylor, Commissioners of Kentucky, regarding the boundary line\n         between Kentucky \u0026amp; Virginia (1797 Sept. 18); James\n         McClurg, Mayor of Richmond, enclosing a resolution of the\n         Common Hall regarding protecting Richmond from the spread of\n         infectious disease (1797 Sept. 19); James Allan, Jr.,\n         Superintendent of Quarantine in Fredericksburg, regarding\n         yellow fever in Philadelphia, Baltimore, \u0026amp; Norfolk (1797\n         Sept. 25); Vice-Consul Duhail regarding French ships of war\n         (1797 Oct. 26); John Dawson recommending Robert McCormick to\n         establish a manufactory of arms in Virginia (1798 Jan. 12);\n         Edmund Randolph regarding his opinion on the refusal of the\n         clerk of the District Court of Henrico to issue a writ of ad\n         quod damnum for the Arsenal (1798 Feb. 1); Charles Lee\n         regarding the dismissal of the suit by the Indiana Company\n         against the State of Virginia by the Supreme Court (1798 Feb.\n         14); Robert McCormick proposing to manufacture 4,000 stand of\n         arms (1798 Feb. 23); Elisha White applying to be Director of\n         the Penitentiary House (1798 Feb. 27); William B. Wallace\n         applying for Superintendent of the Arsenal created by an act\n         of Congress (1798 March 5); John Steele regarding progress in\n         settling the accounts of Virginia with the U.S. (1798 March 23\n         \u0026amp; April 12); Henry Lee recommending William B. Wallace as\n         Commandant of the State Arsenal (1798 May 8); Lawrence H.\n         Wells, Robert Gwathmey, \u0026amp; Edward Johnston regarding the\n         formation of the Richmond Light Infantry Blues (1798 June 28);\n         John Dawson regarding the claim of the Executive against the\n         United States (1798 July 19 \u0026amp; 20); James Garrard, Governor\n         of Kentucky, regarding a free negro boy purchased by Brian\n         Stone (1798 Aug. 27); Samuel Mulford, Superintendent of\n         Quarantine at Rockett's Landing, regarding the quarantine of\n         the Sloop Johns (1798 Sept. 6 \u0026amp; 8); James Talley asking\n         permission for the water from his grist mill to pass down a\n         run on part of public ground to the river including a map\n         (1798 Sept. 7); Elisha C. Dick, Superintendent of Quarantine\n         at Alexandria regarding a house for quarantine and yellow\n         fever (1798 Oct. 10); William B. Giles resigning his seat in\n         the House of Representatives (1798 Oct. 2); John Dundas, Mayor\n         of Alexandria, regarding the petition for the establishment of\n         Craney Island as a permanent place for quarantine on the\n         Potomac (1798 Nov. 14); John Taylor Gilman, Governor of New\n         Hampshire, regarding resolutions from Virginia (1799 Jan. 19);\n         Creed Taylor enclosing a letter from the Commissioners of\n         Kentucky for ascertaining the boundary line with the state of\n         Virginia (1799 June 23); Alexander Quarrier regarding shingles\n         purchased for public buildings in Richmond (1799 Sept. 7);\n         Archibald Stuart, Joseph Martin, \u0026amp; Creed Taylor enclosing\n         a report, map, \u0026amp; survey of the commissioners with respect\n         to the boundary line between Virginia \u0026amp; Kentucky (1799\n         Dec. 4).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOther noteworthy items include: proceedings of a meeting of\n         the President \u0026amp; Vice-President electors from Benjamin\n         Temple (1796 Dec. 7); certificate of the oaths administered to\n         Meriwether Jones \u0026amp; John Pendleton as Privy Councilors\n         (1796 Dec. 7); certificate of the oath administered to James\n         Wood as Governor (1796 Dec. 7); certificate of the oath taken\n         by John Mayo as Privy Councilor (1796 Dec. 28); bond of\n         William Price \u0026amp; John Harvie to record all grants, plats,\n         \u0026amp; certificates of survey in the Land Office (1797 Jan.\n         30); certificate of election for Thomas Evans as a member of\n         the U.S. House of Representatives for York District (1797\n         March 27); order for a warrant from the Auditor for the\n         Lunatic Hospital in Williamsburg (1797 April 21); proclamation\n         by Governor Wood regarding a reward for the capture of William\n         Compton, alias Smith, convicted of murder (1797 May 18);\n         articles of agreement between the Governor \u0026amp; James Swan of\n         Boston to furnish 4,000 stand of arms for Virginia (1797 May\n         N.D., 1798 Jan. 16, \u0026amp; 1798 April 10); certificate of\n         Alexander McRae as a member of the Privy Council (1797 June\n         1); list of persons who qualified as citizens at Richmond\n         District Court (1797 Aug. 31); bond of William Berkeley as\n         Treasurer (1798 Jan. 12); report of the state of the Treasury\n         at the death of Jaquelin Ambler (1798 Jan. 10); report of John\n         Guerrant \u0026amp; Samuel McCraw on the Arsenal at Point of Fork\n         and recommend the erection of a stockade (1798 Feb. 6);\n         resolutions of the Massachusetts House of Representatives\n         regarding an amendment to the Constitution concerning the\n         eligibility of the President, Vice President, etc., as natural\n         born citizens at the time of the Declaration (1798 June 28);\n         proclamation calling the General Assembly into session on 3\n         September (1798 July 7); account of James Breckinridge for\n         iron purchased by the Director of the Penitentiary Building\n         (1798 Oct. 13); bond of William Berkeley as Treasurer (1799\n         Jan. 4); certificate of oath to John Allen \u0026amp; John White as\n         Privy Councilors (1799 Jan. 24); statements of arms issued\n         from the Public Arsenal to the militia since 1792 (1799 April\n         17 \u0026amp; June 22); election certificate of Henry Lee to the\n         U.S. House of Representatives (1799 May 2); and bills of\n         lading for shingles to the Penitentiary House (1799 Sept.\n         16).\u003c/p\u003e"]}]}},"label":"Breadcrumbs"}}},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/vi_vi00867"}},{"id":"vi_vi00866","type":"collection","attributes":{"title":"Governor Robert Brooke Executive\n         Papers, \n         \n         1794-1796","creator":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/vi_vi00866#creator","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":"Governor's Office","label":"Creator"}},"abstract_or_scope":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/vi_vi00866#abstract_or_scope","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":"\u003cp\u003eRobert Brooke's Executive papers are organized chronologically with undated items arranged at the end of each year. These papers primarily consist of incoming correspondence during Brooke's two one-year terms as governor between 1 December 1794 until 1 December 1796. These records include correspondence written to James Wood who acted as Lieutenant Governor while Brooke was temporarily absent from office. The correspondence in this collection relates to a variety of topics including appointments for state positions; the Point of Fork Arsenal; defense of the frontier; resignations; arms \u0026amp; ammunition; Indian attacks; British \u0026amp; French ships in Virginia ports; the boundary line between Kentucky \u0026amp; Virginia; extraditions; the Houdon statue of Washington; state expenses \u0026amp; revenue; quarantine of vessels; foreign affairs; Revolutionary claims; elections; Presidential electors; the Capitol Building; the militia; and others. In addition to correspondence, there are resolutions from Congress and the Virginia Senate \u0026amp; House of Delegates; muster \u0026amp; pay rolls; accounts; oaths; pardons; receipts; election returns \u0026amp; certificates; qualifications; lists; depositions; proclamations; petitions; reports; appointments; resignations; treaties; bonds; commissions; orders; proceedings; applications; lists; opinions; and other sundry items. Note that files related to county officers for 1795 have been arranged alphabetically by county and separated to the end of the papers for that year.\u003c/p\u003e","label":"Abstract Or Scope"}},"breadcrumbs":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/vi_vi00866#breadcrumbs","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":{"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, \n         \n         1794-1796"],"title_tesim":["Governor Robert Brooke Executive\n         Papers, \n         \n         1794-1796"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["40723"],"text":["40723","Governor Robert Brooke Executive\n         Papers, \n         \n         1794-1796","2.23 cubic\n         feet","There are no restrictions.","Also available on microfilm - Miscellaneous Reel 5211-5214.\n","Miscellaneous Reel 5211 - 1794 Dec. 1-1795 May 31\n Miscellaneous Reel 5212 - 1795 June 2-Dec. 31\n Miscellaneous Reel 5213 - 1795 County Officers-1796 June 30\n Miscellaneous Reel 5214 - 1796 July 1-Nov. 25\n","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).","There are no restrictions.","State Records Collection,\n         Office of the Governor (Record Group 3)","English"],"unitid_tesim":["40723"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Governor Robert Brooke Executive\n         Papers, \n         \n         1794-1796"],"collection_title_tesim":["Governor Robert Brooke Executive\n         Papers, \n         \n         1794-1796"],"collection_ssim":["Governor Robert Brooke Executive\n         Papers, \n         \n         1794-1796"],"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"],"accessrestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThere are no restrictions.\u003c/p\u003e"],"accessrestrict_heading_ssm":["Access Restrictions"],"accessrestrict_tesim":["There are no restrictions."],"altformavail_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eAlso available on microfilm - Miscellaneous Reel 5211-5214.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003clist type=\"simple\"\u003e\n          \u003citem\u003eMiscellaneous Reel 5211 - 1794 Dec. 1-1795 May 31\n\u003c/item\u003e\n          \u003citem\u003eMiscellaneous Reel 5212 - 1795 June 2-Dec. 31\n\u003c/item\u003e\n          \u003citem\u003eMiscellaneous Reel 5213 - 1795 County Officers-1796 June 30\n\u003c/item\u003e\n          \u003citem\u003eMiscellaneous Reel 5214 - 1796 July 1-Nov. 25\n\u003c/item\u003e\n        \u003c/list\u003e"],"altformavail_heading_ssm":["Alternative Form Available\n"],"altformavail_tesim":["Also available on microfilm - Miscellaneous Reel 5211-5214.\n","Miscellaneous Reel 5211 - 1794 Dec. 1-1795 May 31\n Miscellaneous Reel 5212 - 1795 June 2-Dec. 31\n Miscellaneous Reel 5213 - 1795 County Officers-1796 June 30\n Miscellaneous Reel 5214 - 1796 July 1-Nov. 25\n"],"arrangement_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eArranged chronologically by date of document with undated\n         items arranged to the rear.\u003c/p\u003e"],"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"],"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."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eVirginia. Governor's Office. Robert Brooke Executive\n            Papers, 1794-1796 (bulk 1795-1796). Accession 40723. State\n            Records Collection, The Library of Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e"],"prefercite_tesim":["Virginia. Governor's Office. Robert Brooke Executive\n            Papers, 1794-1796 (bulk 1795-1796). Accession 40723. State\n            Records Collection, The Library of Virginia."],"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)."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThere are no restrictions.\u003c/p\u003e"],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Use Restrictions"],"userestrict_tesim":["There are no restrictions."],"physloc_html_tesm":["\u003cphysloc label=\"Physical Location\"\u003eState Records Collection,\n         Office of the Governor (Record Group 3)\u003c/physloc\u003e"],"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":"2026-05-21T09:09:57.333Z","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","\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","\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","\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","\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","\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","\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","\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","\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","\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","\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","\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","\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","\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","\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","\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","\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","\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","\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","\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"],"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, \n         \n         1794-1796"],"title_tesim":["Governor Robert Brooke Executive\n         Papers, \n         \n         1794-1796"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["40723"],"text":["40723","Governor Robert Brooke Executive\n         Papers, \n         \n         1794-1796","2.23 cubic\n         feet","There are no restrictions.","Also available on microfilm - Miscellaneous Reel 5211-5214.\n","Miscellaneous Reel 5211 - 1794 Dec. 1-1795 May 31\n Miscellaneous Reel 5212 - 1795 June 2-Dec. 31\n Miscellaneous Reel 5213 - 1795 County Officers-1796 June 30\n Miscellaneous Reel 5214 - 1796 July 1-Nov. 25\n","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. 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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.\u003c/p\u003e"],"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."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eVirginia. Governor's Office. Robert Brooke Executive\n            Papers, 1794-1796 (bulk 1795-1796). Accession 40723. State\n            Records Collection, The Library of Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e"],"prefercite_tesim":["Virginia. Governor's Office. Robert Brooke Executive\n            Papers, 1794-1796 (bulk 1795-1796). Accession 40723. State\n            Records Collection, The Library of Virginia."],"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)."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThere are no restrictions.\u003c/p\u003e"],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Use Restrictions"],"userestrict_tesim":["There are no restrictions."],"physloc_html_tesm":["\u003cphysloc label=\"Physical Location\"\u003eState Records Collection,\n         Office of the Governor (Record Group 3)\u003c/physloc\u003e"],"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":"2026-05-21T09:09:57.333Z","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","\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","\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","\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","\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","\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","\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","\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","\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","\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","\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","\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","\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","\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","\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","\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","\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","\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","\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","\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. 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