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Hawkins consisting of correspondence, inventories, accounts, instructions, invoices, receipts, bills of exchanges, powers of attorney, certificates of sale and transfer, obituaries, portrait, mortgages, treasury notes, membership certificates. Collection is divided into two series: Series I: Norborne Berkeley, Baron de Botetourt estate papers, 1770-1772; and Series II: Miscellaneous Manuscripts, 1787-1877.\u003c/p\u003e","label":"Abstract Or Scope"}},"breadcrumbs":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/vi_vi00745#breadcrumbs","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":{"id":"vi_vi00745","ead_ssi":"vi_vi00745","_root_":"vi_vi00745","_nest_parent_":"vi_vi00745","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/lva/vi00745.xml","title_ssm":["O. A. Hawkins Collection of\n Virginiana, 1770-1877"],"title_tesim":["O. A. Hawkins Collection of\n Virginiana, 1770-1877"],"normalized_title_ssm":["O. A. Hawkins Collection of\n Virginiana, 1770-1877"],"text":["O. A. 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He then\n         worked for the Richmond Trust Company as head of its real\n         estate division. Hawkins also worked for Craig, Miller, and\n         Company, an insurance and real estate firm. He and his wife\n         Ida Wilson Hawkins (1856-1937) had two children. Hawkins died\n         in Richmond 11 September 1934, and was buried in Hollywood\n         Cemetery.","Collection, 1770-1877, of Virginiana collected by Olive A.\n         Hawkins consisting of correspondence, inventories, accounts,\n         instructions, invoices, receipts, bills of exchanges, powers\n         of attorney, certificates of sale and transfer, obituaries,\n         portrait, mortgages, treasury notes, membership certificates.\n         Collection is divided into two series: Series I: Norborne\n         Berkeley, Baron de Botetourt estate papers, 1770-1772; and\n         Series II: Miscellaneous Manuscripts, 1787-1877.","Series I: Norborne Berkeley, Baron de Botetourt estate\n         papers, 1770-1772, contains correspondence between Robert\n         Carter Nicholas, William Nelson, John Randolph, George Wythe,\n         and John Blair on one hand and the Duke of Beaufort on the\n         other regarding the death of Botetourt who was serving as the\n         governor of Virginia; the disposition of his estate in\n         Virginia; his burial; and a monument for Botetourt. Papers\n         include inventory of his library, possessions, and furniture\n         in the Governor's Palace in Williamsburg, Virginia; accounts\n         of William Marshman and Thomas Fuller, managers of Botetourt's\n         estate; receipts; invoices; bill of exchange from Richard\n         Hanson to Lyonel and Samuel Lyde for Robert Carter Nicholas\n         which Nicholas signed over to the Duke of Beaufort; and\n         correspondence concerning a stove ordered by Botetourt before\n         his death and given to the Virginia House of Burgesses.","Series II: Miscellaneous Manuscripts, 1787-1877, contains\n         certificates, correspondence, mortgages, obituaries,\n         portraits, powers of attorney, receipts, and treasury notes.\n         Correspondence contains letter, 22 May 1815, from Alexander J.\n         Dallas, Secretary of War, to Colonel Hugh Brady of Carlisle,\n         Pennsylvania, concerning the military peace establishment of\n         the United States; letter, 6 October 1851, from William A.\n         Graham, Secretary of the Navy, to Dr. Robert A. Ashburn of\n         Norfolk, Virginia, regarding the Navy examining board; letter,\n         7 May 1867, from Benson J. Lossing of Poukeepsie, New York, to\n         J. C. Buttre concerning the signature of Abraham Lincoln;\n         letter, n.d., from Anna Cora Mowatt (Mrs. William A. Ritchie),\n         including a portrait and her obituary dated 17 August 1870;\n         letters from William Eustis, Secretary of War, Albert\n         Gallatin, Secretary of the Treasury, and John Smith, Chief\n         Clerk for the Secretary of War, to Thomas Nelson, Commissioner\n         of Loans for Virginia, Richmond, Virginia, regarding military\n         pensions; letter, 26 October 1877, from Robert Toombs of\n         Washington, Georgia, to J. Burton of New York, New York,\n         acknowledging receipt of letter; and letter, 5 December 1827,\n         from Samuel Southard, Secretary of the Navy, to President John\n         Quincy Adams concerning the claim of Captain William H.\n         Freeman of the Marine Corps.","Series II: also include certificates containing one from\n         James Maury, United States Consul in Liverpool, England, for\n         sale and transfer of the \"Aurora,\" and one for membership to\n         Dean S. Howard in the Washington Monument Society. Collection\n         also contains a power of attorney, 13 June 1806, from Richard\n         Dobson to Benjamin Day; receipt from Senator R. M. T. Hunter\n         of Virginia to Asbury Dickins, Clerk of the Senate, for\n         journals; mortgage, 9 March 1787, from Buckner and Ann Stith\n         of Fairfax County, Virginia, to William Herbert of Alexandria,\n         Virginia; and two treasury notes, 1838, from the government of\n         Texas.","There are no restrictions.","Personal Papers Collection,\n         Acc. 14038","English"],"collection_title_tesim":["O. A. Hawkins Collection of\n Virginiana, 1770-1877"],"collection_ssim":["O. A. Hawkins Collection of\n Virginiana, 1770-1877"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["14038"],"unitid_tesim":["14038"],"repository_ssm":["Library of Virginia"],"repository_ssim":["Library of Virginia"],"creator_ssm":["O. A. Hawkins"],"creator_ssim":["O. A. Hawkins"],"access_terms_ssm":["There are no restrictions."],"acqinfo_ssim":["Purchased from the Anderson Galleries, New York, New\n            York, 2 May 1921."],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"physdesc_tesim":[".225 cubic\n         feet"],"accessrestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThere are no restrictions.\u003c/p\u003e\n      "],"accessrestrict_heading_ssm":["Access Restrictions"],"accessrestrict_tesim":["There are no restrictions."],"arrangement_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eCollection is arranged into the following two series:\n         Series I: Norborne Berkeley, Baron de Botetourt estate papers,\n         1770-1772; and Series II: Miscellaneous Manuscripts,\n         1787-1877. Series I is filed in Box 1 and Series II is filed\n         in Box 2.\u003c/p\u003e\n    "],"arrangement_heading_ssm":["Organization"],"arrangement_tesim":["Collection is arranged into the following two series:\n         Series I: Norborne Berkeley, Baron de Botetourt estate papers,\n         1770-1772; and Series II: Miscellaneous Manuscripts,\n         1787-1877. Series I is filed in Box 1 and Series II is filed\n         in Box 2."],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eOlive A. Hawkins was born in Richmond, Virginia, 10\n         December 1855. Educated in local schools, he graduated with a\n         degree from the Medical College of Virginia and became a\n         pharmacist. Hawkins then became a salesman for a clothing\n         company before joining the grocery firm of Wirt E. Taylor. In\n         1890, he became commissioner of revenue for Richmond and\n         served in that capacity for twelve years. Hawkins then became\n         part of a real estate firm called Buford and Hawkins. He then\n         worked for the Richmond Trust Company as head of its real\n         estate division. Hawkins also worked for Craig, Miller, and\n         Company, an insurance and real estate firm. He and his wife\n         Ida Wilson Hawkins (1856-1937) had two children. Hawkins died\n         in Richmond 11 September 1934, and was buried in Hollywood\n         Cemetery.\u003c/p\u003e\n    "],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical Information"],"bioghist_tesim":["Olive A. Hawkins was born in Richmond, Virginia, 10\n         December 1855. Educated in local schools, he graduated with a\n         degree from the Medical College of Virginia and became a\n         pharmacist. Hawkins then became a salesman for a clothing\n         company before joining the grocery firm of Wirt E. Taylor. In\n         1890, he became commissioner of revenue for Richmond and\n         served in that capacity for twelve years. Hawkins then became\n         part of a real estate firm called Buford and Hawkins. He then\n         worked for the Richmond Trust Company as head of its real\n         estate division. Hawkins also worked for Craig, Miller, and\n         Company, an insurance and real estate firm. He and his wife\n         Ida Wilson Hawkins (1856-1937) had two children. Hawkins died\n         in Richmond 11 September 1934, and was buried in Hollywood\n         Cemetery."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eO. A. Hawkins. Collection of Virginiana, 1770-1877.\n            Accession 14038. Personal papers collection. The Library of\n            Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e\n      "],"prefercite_tesim":["O. A. Hawkins. Collection of Virginiana, 1770-1877.\n            Accession 14038. Personal papers collection. 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Papers\n         include inventory of his library, possessions, and furniture\n         in the Governor's Palace in Williamsburg, Virginia; accounts\n         of William Marshman and Thomas Fuller, managers of Botetourt's\n         estate; receipts; invoices; bill of exchange from Richard\n         Hanson to Lyonel and Samuel Lyde for Robert Carter Nicholas\n         which Nicholas signed over to the Duke of Beaufort; and\n         correspondence concerning a stove ordered by Botetourt before\n         his death and given to the Virginia House of Burgesses.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eSeries II: Miscellaneous Manuscripts, 1787-1877, contains\n         certificates, correspondence, mortgages, obituaries,\n         portraits, powers of attorney, receipts, and treasury notes.\n         Correspondence contains letter, 22 May 1815, from Alexander J.\n         Dallas, Secretary of War, to Colonel Hugh Brady of Carlisle,\n         Pennsylvania, concerning the military peace establishment of\n         the United States; letter, 6 October 1851, from William A.\n         Graham, Secretary of the Navy, to Dr. Robert A. Ashburn of\n         Norfolk, Virginia, regarding the Navy examining board; letter,\n         7 May 1867, from Benson J. Lossing of Poukeepsie, New York, to\n         J. C. Buttre concerning the signature of Abraham Lincoln;\n         letter, n.d., from Anna Cora Mowatt (Mrs. William A. Ritchie),\n         including a portrait and her obituary dated 17 August 1870;\n         letters from William Eustis, Secretary of War, Albert\n         Gallatin, Secretary of the Treasury, and John Smith, Chief\n         Clerk for the Secretary of War, to Thomas Nelson, Commissioner\n         of Loans for Virginia, Richmond, Virginia, regarding military\n         pensions; letter, 26 October 1877, from Robert Toombs of\n         Washington, Georgia, to J. Burton of New York, New York,\n         acknowledging receipt of letter; and letter, 5 December 1827,\n         from Samuel Southard, Secretary of the Navy, to President John\n         Quincy Adams concerning the claim of Captain William H.\n         Freeman of the Marine Corps.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eSeries II: also include certificates containing one from\n         James Maury, United States Consul in Liverpool, England, for\n         sale and transfer of the \"Aurora,\" and one for membership to\n         Dean S. Howard in the Washington Monument Society. Collection\n         also contains a power of attorney, 13 June 1806, from Richard\n         Dobson to Benjamin Day; receipt from Senator R. M. T. Hunter\n         of Virginia to Asbury Dickins, Clerk of the Senate, for\n         journals; mortgage, 9 March 1787, from Buckner and Ann Stith\n         of Fairfax County, Virginia, to William Herbert of Alexandria,\n         Virginia; and two treasury notes, 1838, from the government of\n         Texas.\u003c/p\u003e\n    "],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content Information"],"scopecontent_tesim":["Collection, 1770-1877, of Virginiana collected by Olive A.\n         Hawkins consisting of correspondence, inventories, accounts,\n         instructions, invoices, receipts, bills of exchanges, powers\n         of attorney, certificates of sale and transfer, obituaries,\n         portrait, mortgages, treasury notes, membership certificates.\n         Collection is divided into two series: Series I: Norborne\n         Berkeley, Baron de Botetourt estate papers, 1770-1772; and\n         Series II: Miscellaneous Manuscripts, 1787-1877.","Series I: Norborne Berkeley, Baron de Botetourt estate\n         papers, 1770-1772, contains correspondence between Robert\n         Carter Nicholas, William Nelson, John Randolph, George Wythe,\n         and John Blair on one hand and the Duke of Beaufort on the\n         other regarding the death of Botetourt who was serving as the\n         governor of Virginia; the disposition of his estate in\n         Virginia; his burial; and a monument for Botetourt. Papers\n         include inventory of his library, possessions, and furniture\n         in the Governor's Palace in Williamsburg, Virginia; accounts\n         of William Marshman and Thomas Fuller, managers of Botetourt's\n         estate; receipts; invoices; bill of exchange from Richard\n         Hanson to Lyonel and Samuel Lyde for Robert Carter Nicholas\n         which Nicholas signed over to the Duke of Beaufort; and\n         correspondence concerning a stove ordered by Botetourt before\n         his death and given to the Virginia House of Burgesses.","Series II: Miscellaneous Manuscripts, 1787-1877, contains\n         certificates, correspondence, mortgages, obituaries,\n         portraits, powers of attorney, receipts, and treasury notes.\n         Correspondence contains letter, 22 May 1815, from Alexander J.\n         Dallas, Secretary of War, to Colonel Hugh Brady of Carlisle,\n         Pennsylvania, concerning the military peace establishment of\n         the United States; letter, 6 October 1851, from William A.\n         Graham, Secretary of the Navy, to Dr. Robert A. Ashburn of\n         Norfolk, Virginia, regarding the Navy examining board; letter,\n         7 May 1867, from Benson J. Lossing of Poukeepsie, New York, to\n         J. C. Buttre concerning the signature of Abraham Lincoln;\n         letter, n.d., from Anna Cora Mowatt (Mrs. William A. Ritchie),\n         including a portrait and her obituary dated 17 August 1870;\n         letters from William Eustis, Secretary of War, Albert\n         Gallatin, Secretary of the Treasury, and John Smith, Chief\n         Clerk for the Secretary of War, to Thomas Nelson, Commissioner\n         of Loans for Virginia, Richmond, Virginia, regarding military\n         pensions; letter, 26 October 1877, from Robert Toombs of\n         Washington, Georgia, to J. Burton of New York, New York,\n         acknowledging receipt of letter; and letter, 5 December 1827,\n         from Samuel Southard, Secretary of the Navy, to President John\n         Quincy Adams concerning the claim of Captain William H.\n         Freeman of the Marine Corps.","Series II: also include certificates containing one from\n         James Maury, United States Consul in Liverpool, England, for\n         sale and transfer of the \"Aurora,\" and one for membership to\n         Dean S. Howard in the Washington Monument Society. Collection\n         also contains a power of attorney, 13 June 1806, from Richard\n         Dobson to Benjamin Day; receipt from Senator R. M. T. Hunter\n         of Virginia to Asbury Dickins, Clerk of the Senate, for\n         journals; mortgage, 9 March 1787, from Buckner and Ann Stith\n         of Fairfax County, Virginia, to William Herbert of Alexandria,\n         Virginia; and two treasury notes, 1838, from the government of\n         Texas."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThere are no restrictions.\u003c/p\u003e\n      "],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Use Restrictions"],"userestrict_tesim":["There are no restrictions."],"physloc_html_tesm":["\u003cphysloc label=\"Physical Location\"\u003ePersonal Papers Collection,\n         Acc. 14038\u003c/physloc\u003e\n      "],"physloc_tesim":["Personal Papers Collection,\n         Acc. 14038"],"language_ssim":["English"],"total_component_count_is":26,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-08-14T22:23:18.440Z","collection":{"numFound":1,"start":0,"numFoundExact":true,"docs":[{"id":"vi_vi00745","ead_ssi":"vi_vi00745","_root_":"vi_vi00745","_nest_parent_":"vi_vi00745","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/lva/vi00745.xml","title_ssm":["O. A. Hawkins Collection of\n Virginiana, 1770-1877"],"title_tesim":["O. A. Hawkins Collection of\n Virginiana, 1770-1877"],"normalized_title_ssm":["O. A. Hawkins Collection of\n Virginiana, 1770-1877"],"text":["O. A. Hawkins Collection of\n Virginiana, 1770-1877","14038",".225 cubic\n         feet","There are no restrictions.","Collection is arranged into the following two series:\n         Series I: Norborne Berkeley, Baron de Botetourt estate papers,\n         1770-1772; and Series II: Miscellaneous Manuscripts,\n         1787-1877. Series I is filed in Box 1 and Series II is filed\n         in Box 2.","Olive A. Hawkins was born in Richmond, Virginia, 10\n         December 1855. Educated in local schools, he graduated with a\n         degree from the Medical College of Virginia and became a\n         pharmacist. Hawkins then became a salesman for a clothing\n         company before joining the grocery firm of Wirt E. Taylor. In\n         1890, he became commissioner of revenue for Richmond and\n         served in that capacity for twelve years. Hawkins then became\n         part of a real estate firm called Buford and Hawkins. He then\n         worked for the Richmond Trust Company as head of its real\n         estate division. Hawkins also worked for Craig, Miller, and\n         Company, an insurance and real estate firm. He and his wife\n         Ida Wilson Hawkins (1856-1937) had two children. Hawkins died\n         in Richmond 11 September 1934, and was buried in Hollywood\n         Cemetery.","Collection, 1770-1877, of Virginiana collected by Olive A.\n         Hawkins consisting of correspondence, inventories, accounts,\n         instructions, invoices, receipts, bills of exchanges, powers\n         of attorney, certificates of sale and transfer, obituaries,\n         portrait, mortgages, treasury notes, membership certificates.\n         Collection is divided into two series: Series I: Norborne\n         Berkeley, Baron de Botetourt estate papers, 1770-1772; and\n         Series II: Miscellaneous Manuscripts, 1787-1877.","Series I: Norborne Berkeley, Baron de Botetourt estate\n         papers, 1770-1772, contains correspondence between Robert\n         Carter Nicholas, William Nelson, John Randolph, George Wythe,\n         and John Blair on one hand and the Duke of Beaufort on the\n         other regarding the death of Botetourt who was serving as the\n         governor of Virginia; the disposition of his estate in\n         Virginia; his burial; and a monument for Botetourt. Papers\n         include inventory of his library, possessions, and furniture\n         in the Governor's Palace in Williamsburg, Virginia; accounts\n         of William Marshman and Thomas Fuller, managers of Botetourt's\n         estate; receipts; invoices; bill of exchange from Richard\n         Hanson to Lyonel and Samuel Lyde for Robert Carter Nicholas\n         which Nicholas signed over to the Duke of Beaufort; and\n         correspondence concerning a stove ordered by Botetourt before\n         his death and given to the Virginia House of Burgesses.","Series II: Miscellaneous Manuscripts, 1787-1877, contains\n         certificates, correspondence, mortgages, obituaries,\n         portraits, powers of attorney, receipts, and treasury notes.\n         Correspondence contains letter, 22 May 1815, from Alexander J.\n         Dallas, Secretary of War, to Colonel Hugh Brady of Carlisle,\n         Pennsylvania, concerning the military peace establishment of\n         the United States; letter, 6 October 1851, from William A.\n         Graham, Secretary of the Navy, to Dr. Robert A. Ashburn of\n         Norfolk, Virginia, regarding the Navy examining board; letter,\n         7 May 1867, from Benson J. Lossing of Poukeepsie, New York, to\n         J. C. Buttre concerning the signature of Abraham Lincoln;\n         letter, n.d., from Anna Cora Mowatt (Mrs. William A. Ritchie),\n         including a portrait and her obituary dated 17 August 1870;\n         letters from William Eustis, Secretary of War, Albert\n         Gallatin, Secretary of the Treasury, and John Smith, Chief\n         Clerk for the Secretary of War, to Thomas Nelson, Commissioner\n         of Loans for Virginia, Richmond, Virginia, regarding military\n         pensions; letter, 26 October 1877, from Robert Toombs of\n         Washington, Georgia, to J. Burton of New York, New York,\n         acknowledging receipt of letter; and letter, 5 December 1827,\n         from Samuel Southard, Secretary of the Navy, to President John\n         Quincy Adams concerning the claim of Captain William H.\n         Freeman of the Marine Corps.","Series II: also include certificates containing one from\n         James Maury, United States Consul in Liverpool, England, for\n         sale and transfer of the \"Aurora,\" and one for membership to\n         Dean S. Howard in the Washington Monument Society. Collection\n         also contains a power of attorney, 13 June 1806, from Richard\n         Dobson to Benjamin Day; receipt from Senator R. M. T. Hunter\n         of Virginia to Asbury Dickins, Clerk of the Senate, for\n         journals; mortgage, 9 March 1787, from Buckner and Ann Stith\n         of Fairfax County, Virginia, to William Herbert of Alexandria,\n         Virginia; and two treasury notes, 1838, from the government of\n         Texas.","There are no restrictions.","Personal Papers Collection,\n         Acc. 14038","English"],"collection_title_tesim":["O. A. Hawkins Collection of\n Virginiana, 1770-1877"],"collection_ssim":["O. A. Hawkins Collection of\n Virginiana, 1770-1877"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["14038"],"unitid_tesim":["14038"],"repository_ssm":["Library of Virginia"],"repository_ssim":["Library of Virginia"],"creator_ssm":["O. A. Hawkins"],"creator_ssim":["O. A. 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Hawkins then became\n         part of a real estate firm called Buford and Hawkins. He then\n         worked for the Richmond Trust Company as head of its real\n         estate division. Hawkins also worked for Craig, Miller, and\n         Company, an insurance and real estate firm. He and his wife\n         Ida Wilson Hawkins (1856-1937) had two children. Hawkins died\n         in Richmond 11 September 1934, and was buried in Hollywood\n         Cemetery.\u003c/p\u003e\n    "],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical Information"],"bioghist_tesim":["Olive A. Hawkins was born in Richmond, Virginia, 10\n         December 1855. Educated in local schools, he graduated with a\n         degree from the Medical College of Virginia and became a\n         pharmacist. Hawkins then became a salesman for a clothing\n         company before joining the grocery firm of Wirt E. Taylor. In\n         1890, he became commissioner of revenue for Richmond and\n         served in that capacity for twelve years. Hawkins then became\n         part of a real estate firm called Buford and Hawkins. He then\n         worked for the Richmond Trust Company as head of its real\n         estate division. Hawkins also worked for Craig, Miller, and\n         Company, an insurance and real estate firm. He and his wife\n         Ida Wilson Hawkins (1856-1937) had two children. Hawkins died\n         in Richmond 11 September 1934, and was buried in Hollywood\n         Cemetery."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eO. A. Hawkins. Collection of Virginiana, 1770-1877.\n            Accession 14038. Personal papers collection. The Library of\n            Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e\n      "],"prefercite_tesim":["O. A. Hawkins. Collection of Virginiana, 1770-1877.\n            Accession 14038. Personal papers collection. 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Papers\n         include inventory of his library, possessions, and furniture\n         in the Governor's Palace in Williamsburg, Virginia; accounts\n         of William Marshman and Thomas Fuller, managers of Botetourt's\n         estate; receipts; invoices; bill of exchange from Richard\n         Hanson to Lyonel and Samuel Lyde for Robert Carter Nicholas\n         which Nicholas signed over to the Duke of Beaufort; and\n         correspondence concerning a stove ordered by Botetourt before\n         his death and given to the Virginia House of Burgesses.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eSeries II: Miscellaneous Manuscripts, 1787-1877, contains\n         certificates, correspondence, mortgages, obituaries,\n         portraits, powers of attorney, receipts, and treasury notes.\n         Correspondence contains letter, 22 May 1815, from Alexander J.\n         Dallas, Secretary of War, to Colonel Hugh Brady of Carlisle,\n         Pennsylvania, concerning the military peace establishment of\n         the United States; letter, 6 October 1851, from William A.\n         Graham, Secretary of the Navy, to Dr. Robert A. Ashburn of\n         Norfolk, Virginia, regarding the Navy examining board; letter,\n         7 May 1867, from Benson J. Lossing of Poukeepsie, New York, to\n         J. C. Buttre concerning the signature of Abraham Lincoln;\n         letter, n.d., from Anna Cora Mowatt (Mrs. William A. Ritchie),\n         including a portrait and her obituary dated 17 August 1870;\n         letters from William Eustis, Secretary of War, Albert\n         Gallatin, Secretary of the Treasury, and John Smith, Chief\n         Clerk for the Secretary of War, to Thomas Nelson, Commissioner\n         of Loans for Virginia, Richmond, Virginia, regarding military\n         pensions; letter, 26 October 1877, from Robert Toombs of\n         Washington, Georgia, to J. Burton of New York, New York,\n         acknowledging receipt of letter; and letter, 5 December 1827,\n         from Samuel Southard, Secretary of the Navy, to President John\n         Quincy Adams concerning the claim of Captain William H.\n         Freeman of the Marine Corps.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eSeries II: also include certificates containing one from\n         James Maury, United States Consul in Liverpool, England, for\n         sale and transfer of the \"Aurora,\" and one for membership to\n         Dean S. Howard in the Washington Monument Society. Collection\n         also contains a power of attorney, 13 June 1806, from Richard\n         Dobson to Benjamin Day; receipt from Senator R. M. T. Hunter\n         of Virginia to Asbury Dickins, Clerk of the Senate, for\n         journals; mortgage, 9 March 1787, from Buckner and Ann Stith\n         of Fairfax County, Virginia, to William Herbert of Alexandria,\n         Virginia; and two treasury notes, 1838, from the government of\n         Texas.\u003c/p\u003e\n    "],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content Information"],"scopecontent_tesim":["Collection, 1770-1877, of Virginiana collected by Olive A.\n         Hawkins consisting of correspondence, inventories, accounts,\n         instructions, invoices, receipts, bills of exchanges, powers\n         of attorney, certificates of sale and transfer, obituaries,\n         portrait, mortgages, treasury notes, membership certificates.\n         Collection is divided into two series: Series I: Norborne\n         Berkeley, Baron de Botetourt estate papers, 1770-1772; and\n         Series II: Miscellaneous Manuscripts, 1787-1877.","Series I: Norborne Berkeley, Baron de Botetourt estate\n         papers, 1770-1772, contains correspondence between Robert\n         Carter Nicholas, William Nelson, John Randolph, George Wythe,\n         and John Blair on one hand and the Duke of Beaufort on the\n         other regarding the death of Botetourt who was serving as the\n         governor of Virginia; the disposition of his estate in\n         Virginia; his burial; and a monument for Botetourt. 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