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Acc. 1996.41"],"text":["Mss. Acc. 1996.41","William Sterrett Papers, \n \n 1782-1881","Slavery--West Virginia-- History.","1,520 items.","Collection is open to all researchers.","Organization Collection is arranged chronologically.","Collection is arranged chronologically.","Arrangement The collection has been divided into series. Series 1\n are the letters of William Sterrett, series 2 are business\n and legal documents and series 3 are maps.","The collection has been divided into series. Series 1\n are the letters of William Sterrett, series 2 are business\n and legal documents and series 3 are maps.","William Sterrett of Point Pleasant, Virginia. (now West\n Virginia), was a lawyer, real estate agent, property manager\n and county clerk of Mason County. He represented interests in\n the District of Columbia, Maryland, Virginia and West\n Virginia.","Business papers of Sterrett who was a lawyer, real estate\n agent and county clerk of Mason County, Virginia (now West\n Virginia) includes letters, accounts, deeds, promissory notes,\n legal records, wills and other business records. Most of the\n letters are from Colin Auld of Alexandria, Va. Note:\n Correspondents include James Hall of Harrisonburg Va., John A.\n Marmaduke of Hillsborough and Shepherdstown, West Virginia,\n George W. Peter, John P. C. Peter, Thomas Peter of Georgetown,\n D. C., John Roberts of Alexandria, Va. and James Swan and\n Jonathan Swan of Baltimore, Md., Robert Swan of Cumberland,\n Md. and Robert Worthington of Charlestown, Va. (now West\n Virginia.)","Subjects covered by the papers include internal\n improvements, land speculation, runaway slaves, Board of\n Public Works, contracts for the construction of log cabins and\n for the clearing of brush, court case against James White\n Brackenridge. One document concerns Lawrence Washington.","The letters discuss occupants who owe rent, the\n sale of lands, and money collected by Sterrett,\n owed to Auld. Mention of James W. Brackenridge of\n Mason County, Virginia","The letters discuss the division of land plots,\n back rent payments owed, deeds of sale, and the\n advantages of advertising in Dutch and English.\n One letter includes a hand-drawn map of a lot in\n Graham's Station, Virginia, where Auld owns land.\n Auld mentions a convention for the Chesapeake and\n Ohio Canal, which he believes will be built soon.\n He hopes that the canal, along with the Baltimore\n and Ohio Railroad, will increase the value of his\n property. Financial disagreements with James White\n Brackenridge and his father, Rev. John\n Brackenridge, are discussed at length.","The letters discuss potential land buyers, land\n sales and mortgages; includes discourse concerning\n legal dispute with J.W. Brackenridge, who spends\n time in jail during 1823. Henry Strider buys land\n in Mason County, Virginia, and is later suspected\n to be aligned with J.W. Brackenridge. Auld\n mentions the possibility of a railroad connection\n to the Blue Ridge Mountains. Documents include\n notification of bond penalties between Auld and\n John Ramsey, notification of a deposition hearing\n with Henry Strider, and notification that Auld is\n the overseer of a road in Alexandria, Virginia,\n and appropriated land in Alexandria.","Correspondence focuses on the long-running\n trial with J.W. Brackenridge; discuss preparing\n for the court appeal, how much Brackenridge owes,\n and other details of the case; mention disputes\n with Henry Strider and John Ramsey. Auld is\n ill--has been run over by a horse; has eye\n ailment. Includes letter from Henry Strider in\n defense of his actions; wishes for\n reconciliation.","Letters discuss in detail the legal dispute\n with J.W. Brackenridge; court observations,\n records of financial transactions, contracts,\n power of attorney, and court receipts in favor of\n Henry Strider and James W. Brackenridge of Mason\n County, Virginia against Colin Auld. Last four\n letters from Auld's estate attorney, William\n Page.","Discuss legal dispute with J.W. Brackenridge\n and his father Rev. John Brackenridge, and their\n attorney. Case is tried in local appeals and upper\n courts; discussed at length.","Discuss legal dispute over financial transactions\n with Isaac Larowe of Mason County, Virginia; sale of\n land and slaves. Seven blacks ran away to Ohio.\n Marmaduke proposes that the blacks return and buy\n their freedom: $100 per male, $50 per female,, or\n $500 for the group of seven. If they refused to\n return he authorized his attorney, Sterrett, to have\n them \". . .taken and disposed of in any way. .\n .proper for my use and benefit.\" Letters discuss\n clearing land, fence building, house repair, crop\n planting, and squatters. Marmaduke is ill with\n rheumatic fever; postpones visit to Mason County,\n Virginia William Sterrett's father dies","Correspondents include Colin Auld, Thomas Peter,\n John A. Marmaduke, John Roberts, Rudolph Roberts, and\n Auss Buckner. Contains a marriage certificate,\n complaints about goods and services, rent and debt\n notices, financial statements and records.","Includes financial records, accounts of business\n transactions, and discussion of planned visit to\n Mason County, Virginia","Includes notification and receipts of payments,\n discussion of leasing land and collecting rent. Peter\n suggests that W. Sterrett find a new western agent to\n replace him in his duties.","Includes notification and receipts of payments\n made and due. Discuss purchasing and renting land.\n Increased use of banks for financial\n transactions.","Discourse begins with W. Sterrett becoming J.\n Roberts' western agent with power of attorney.\n Letters include financial transactions and\n notification and receipts of payments made and due.\n Discuss the debts and travails of J. Roberts' son,\n Rudolph Roberts, who lives near Point Pleasant.","Includes discussion of land and horse purchases,\n along with other financial transactions.","Sterrett becomes J. Swan's western agent and is\n granted power of attorney; he can sell and divide\n land plots in Swan's name. Includes discussion of the\n sale of Swan's property and horses in Mason County,\n Virginia; he held nearly 9,000 acres.","Includes detailed financial records, notification\n of receipts \u0026payments made and due. Some involve\n trading cattle for property. R. Swan threatens to\n take legal action against W. Sterrett for late\n payments.","Discuss debts owed to R. Worthington by his\n tenants in Mason County, Virginia; mentions taking\n legal action towards the debtors. Mention receipts of\n payments and other financial matters. R. Worthington\n is in the process of closing down his estate in Mason\n County, Virginia; W. Sterrett is serving as his\n western land agent.","General business correspondence of William\n Sterrett of Point Pleasant, Mason County, Virginia\n from various clients. Early letters contain requests\n for W. Sterrett to serve as a western land agent; his\n job evolves to the search for tenants, the collection\n of rent, the forwarding of money, the sale of land,\n the settlement of debts along with other forms of\n financial transactions typical of a frontier agent.\n Documents include a detailed record of money\n collected from clients ; discussion of dowry\n property, a poem from the collection of Boyd B.\n Sterrett entitled \"The Home of my Childhood,\" and a\n receipt of a court payment made by James W.\n Brackenridge of Mason County to Augustus L.M. Damarin\n of Pittsburgh, Pa. Also included are contracts for\n activities such as the construction of a log cabin\n and the clearing of brush. The letter from Samuel F.\n Vinton, Ohio congressman, discusses congressional\n politics. Mentions the \"internal improvement Bill,\" a\n survey of the \"great and leading channels of\n communication throughout the United States, with a\n view to their improvement,\" along with the \"Greek\n Resolution,\" a \"development of European policy.\" Also\n mentions debate over the laws of presidential\n nomination, explaining that there is a game of \"Fast\n and Loose\" on both sides. Also contains receipts and\n request of legal payment in favor of J.J. and F.J. de\n Moyne paid by Martin Noniffs by order of the county\n court of Mason County, Virginia","Most letters discuss financial transactions in the\n form of transfer and forwarding money, settling\n debts, collecting rent and interest, bonds; and the\n purchase of land. One letter includes the exact\n dimensions and price of a barn being built for W.\n Sterrett. Later letters provide instructions about\n filling out bank checks. J. Stuart Thornton declares\n that \"the board of Publik [sic] works have [sic]\n mentioned Point Pleasant as a place that will be of\n considerable importance,\" suggesting an increase in\n value of Sterrett's land holdings.","These letters contain financial records in list or\n long hand form; include receipts of payments,\n requests for payment, promissory notes, transfer of\n money, and the mention of the Bank of Virginia at\n Richmond. A declaration of bond of William Trotter of\n Mason County, Virginia, to Henry C. Dade of Fauquier\n County, Virginia","Sterrett was a lawyer and county clerk besides\n being a land agent, and he received requests and\n advice about legal documents. The Executive\n Department of Mason County, Virginia requested a\n certificate of summons. The Auditor's Office\n (probably of the State of Virginia) advised W.\n Sterrett about issuing executions against the estate\n of a convict. The Executive Department of Richmond,\n Virginia rejected the recommendations of Mason\n County, Virginia justices for information of request.\n Folder also contains a letter closing out the estate\n of Edward H. Donough of Mason County, Virginia,\n addressed to Sterrett, his legal administer of\n state.","Includes request from Lawrence Washington.","Before publishing quotations or excerpts from any\n materials, permission must be obtained from the Curator of\n Manuscripts and Rare Books, and the holder of the\n copyright, if not Swem Library.","Business papers of Sterrett who was\n a lawyer, real estate agent and county clerk of Mason County,\n Virginia (now West Virginia).","Washington, Lawrence, 1791- 1875.","English"],"unitid_tesim":["Mss. 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C., John Roberts of Alexandria, Va. and James Swan and\n Jonathan Swan of Baltimore, Md., Robert Swan of Cumberland,\n Md. and Robert Worthington of Charlestown, Va. (now West\n Virginia.)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSubjects covered by the papers include internal\n improvements, land speculation, runaway slaves, Board of\n Public Works, contracts for the construction of log cabins and\n for the clearing of brush, court case against James White\n Brackenridge. One document concerns Lawrence Washington.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe letters discuss occupants who owe rent, the\n sale of lands, and money collected by Sterrett,\n owed to Auld. Mention of James W. Brackenridge of\n Mason County, Virginia\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe letters discuss the division of land plots,\n back rent payments owed, deeds of sale, and the\n advantages of advertising in Dutch and English.\n One letter includes a hand-drawn map of a lot in\n Graham's Station, Virginia, where Auld owns land.\n Auld mentions a convention for the Chesapeake and\n Ohio Canal, which he believes will be built soon.\n He hopes that the canal, along with the Baltimore\n and Ohio Railroad, will increase the value of his\n property. Financial disagreements with James White\n Brackenridge and his father, Rev. John\n Brackenridge, are discussed at length.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe letters discuss potential land buyers, land\n sales and mortgages; includes discourse concerning\n legal dispute with J.W. Brackenridge, who spends\n time in jail during 1823. Henry Strider buys land\n in Mason County, Virginia, and is later suspected\n to be aligned with J.W. Brackenridge. Auld\n mentions the possibility of a railroad connection\n to the Blue Ridge Mountains. Documents include\n notification of bond penalties between Auld and\n John Ramsey, notification of a deposition hearing\n with Henry Strider, and notification that Auld is\n the overseer of a road in Alexandria, Virginia,\n and appropriated land in Alexandria.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence focuses on the long-running\n trial with J.W. Brackenridge; discuss preparing\n for the court appeal, how much Brackenridge owes,\n and other details of the case; mention disputes\n with Henry Strider and John Ramsey. Auld is\n ill--has been run over by a horse; has eye\n ailment. Includes letter from Henry Strider in\n defense of his actions; wishes for\n reconciliation.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters discuss in detail the legal dispute\n with J.W. Brackenridge; court observations,\n records of financial transactions, contracts,\n power of attorney, and court receipts in favor of\n Henry Strider and James W. Brackenridge of Mason\n County, Virginia against Colin Auld. Last four\n letters from Auld's estate attorney, William\n Page.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscuss legal dispute with J.W. Brackenridge\n and his father Rev. John Brackenridge, and their\n attorney. Case is tried in local appeals and upper\n courts; discussed at length.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscuss legal dispute over financial transactions\n with Isaac Larowe of Mason County, Virginia; sale of\n land and slaves. Seven blacks ran away to Ohio.\n Marmaduke proposes that the blacks return and buy\n their freedom: $100 per male, $50 per female,, or\n $500 for the group of seven. If they refused to\n return he authorized his attorney, Sterrett, to have\n them \". . .taken and disposed of in any way. .\n .proper for my use and benefit.\" Letters discuss\n clearing land, fence building, house repair, crop\n planting, and squatters. Marmaduke is ill with\n rheumatic fever; postpones visit to Mason County,\n Virginia William Sterrett's father dies\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondents include Colin Auld, Thomas Peter,\n John A. Marmaduke, John Roberts, Rudolph Roberts, and\n Auss Buckner. Contains a marriage certificate,\n complaints about goods and services, rent and debt\n notices, financial statements and records.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes financial records, accounts of business\n transactions, and discussion of planned visit to\n Mason County, Virginia\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes notification and receipts of payments,\n discussion of leasing land and collecting rent. Peter\n suggests that W. 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Includes discussion of the\n sale of Swan's property and horses in Mason County,\n Virginia; he held nearly 9,000 acres.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes detailed financial records, notification\n of receipts \u0026amp;payments made and due. Some involve\n trading cattle for property. R. Swan threatens to\n take legal action against W. Sterrett for late\n payments.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscuss debts owed to R. Worthington by his\n tenants in Mason County, Virginia; mentions taking\n legal action towards the debtors. Mention receipts of\n payments and other financial matters. R. Worthington\n is in the process of closing down his estate in Mason\n County, Virginia; W. Sterrett is serving as his\n western land agent.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGeneral business correspondence of William\n Sterrett of Point Pleasant, Mason County, Virginia\n from various clients. Early letters contain requests\n for W. Sterrett to serve as a western land agent; his\n job evolves to the search for tenants, the collection\n of rent, the forwarding of money, the sale of land,\n the settlement of debts along with other forms of\n financial transactions typical of a frontier agent.\n Documents include a detailed record of money\n collected from clients ; discussion of dowry\n property, a poem from the collection of Boyd B.\n Sterrett entitled \"The Home of my Childhood,\" and a\n receipt of a court payment made by James W.\n Brackenridge of Mason County to Augustus L.M. Damarin\n of Pittsburgh, Pa. Also included are contracts for\n activities such as the construction of a log cabin\n and the clearing of brush. The letter from Samuel F.\n Vinton, Ohio congressman, discusses congressional\n politics. Mentions the \"internal improvement Bill,\" a\n survey of the \"great and leading channels of\n communication throughout the United States, with a\n view to their improvement,\" along with the \"Greek\n Resolution,\" a \"development of European policy.\" Also\n mentions debate over the laws of presidential\n nomination, explaining that there is a game of \"Fast\n and Loose\" on both sides. Also contains receipts and\n request of legal payment in favor of J.J. and F.J. de\n Moyne paid by Martin Noniffs by order of the county\n court of Mason County, Virginia\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMost letters discuss financial transactions in the\n form of transfer and forwarding money, settling\n debts, collecting rent and interest, bonds; and the\n purchase of land. One letter includes the exact\n dimensions and price of a barn being built for W.\n Sterrett. Later letters provide instructions about\n filling out bank checks. J. Stuart Thornton declares\n that \"the board of Publik [sic] works have [sic]\n mentioned Point Pleasant as a place that will be of\n considerable importance,\" suggesting an increase in\n value of Sterrett's land holdings.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThese letters contain financial records in list or\n long hand form; include receipts of payments,\n requests for payment, promissory notes, transfer of\n money, and the mention of the Bank of Virginia at\n Richmond. A declaration of bond of William Trotter of\n Mason County, Virginia, to Henry C. Dade of Fauquier\n County, Virginia\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSterrett was a lawyer and county clerk besides\n being a land agent, and he received requests and\n advice about legal documents. The Executive\n Department of Mason County, Virginia requested a\n certificate of summons. The Auditor's Office\n (probably of the State of Virginia) advised W.\n Sterrett about issuing executions against the estate\n of a convict. The Executive Department of Richmond,\n Virginia rejected the recommendations of Mason\n County, Virginia justices for information of request.\n Folder also contains a letter closing out the estate\n of Edward H. Donough of Mason County, Virginia,\n addressed to Sterrett, his legal administer of\n state.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes request from Lawrence Washington.\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content Information"],"scopecontent_tesim":["Business papers of Sterrett who was a lawyer, real estate\n agent and county clerk of Mason County, Virginia (now West\n Virginia) includes letters, accounts, deeds, promissory notes,\n legal records, wills and other business records. Most of the\n letters are from Colin Auld of Alexandria, Va. Note:\n Correspondents include James Hall of Harrisonburg Va., John A.\n Marmaduke of Hillsborough and Shepherdstown, West Virginia,\n George W. Peter, John P. C. Peter, Thomas Peter of Georgetown,\n D. C., John Roberts of Alexandria, Va. and James Swan and\n Jonathan Swan of Baltimore, Md., Robert Swan of Cumberland,\n Md. and Robert Worthington of Charlestown, Va. (now West\n Virginia.)","Subjects covered by the papers include internal\n improvements, land speculation, runaway slaves, Board of\n Public Works, contracts for the construction of log cabins and\n for the clearing of brush, court case against James White\n Brackenridge. One document concerns Lawrence Washington.","The letters discuss occupants who owe rent, the\n sale of lands, and money collected by Sterrett,\n owed to Auld. Mention of James W. Brackenridge of\n Mason County, Virginia","The letters discuss the division of land plots,\n back rent payments owed, deeds of sale, and the\n advantages of advertising in Dutch and English.\n One letter includes a hand-drawn map of a lot in\n Graham's Station, Virginia, where Auld owns land.\n Auld mentions a convention for the Chesapeake and\n Ohio Canal, which he believes will be built soon.\n He hopes that the canal, along with the Baltimore\n and Ohio Railroad, will increase the value of his\n property. Financial disagreements with James White\n Brackenridge and his father, Rev. John\n Brackenridge, are discussed at length.","The letters discuss potential land buyers, land\n sales and mortgages; includes discourse concerning\n legal dispute with J.W. Brackenridge, who spends\n time in jail during 1823. Henry Strider buys land\n in Mason County, Virginia, and is later suspected\n to be aligned with J.W. Brackenridge. Auld\n mentions the possibility of a railroad connection\n to the Blue Ridge Mountains. Documents include\n notification of bond penalties between Auld and\n John Ramsey, notification of a deposition hearing\n with Henry Strider, and notification that Auld is\n the overseer of a road in Alexandria, Virginia,\n and appropriated land in Alexandria.","Correspondence focuses on the long-running\n trial with J.W. Brackenridge; discuss preparing\n for the court appeal, how much Brackenridge owes,\n and other details of the case; mention disputes\n with Henry Strider and John Ramsey. Auld is\n ill--has been run over by a horse; has eye\n ailment. Includes letter from Henry Strider in\n defense of his actions; wishes for\n reconciliation.","Letters discuss in detail the legal dispute\n with J.W. Brackenridge; court observations,\n records of financial transactions, contracts,\n power of attorney, and court receipts in favor of\n Henry Strider and James W. Brackenridge of Mason\n County, Virginia against Colin Auld. Last four\n letters from Auld's estate attorney, William\n Page.","Discuss legal dispute with J.W. Brackenridge\n and his father Rev. John Brackenridge, and their\n attorney. Case is tried in local appeals and upper\n courts; discussed at length.","Discuss legal dispute over financial transactions\n with Isaac Larowe of Mason County, Virginia; sale of\n land and slaves. Seven blacks ran away to Ohio.\n Marmaduke proposes that the blacks return and buy\n their freedom: $100 per male, $50 per female,, or\n $500 for the group of seven. If they refused to\n return he authorized his attorney, Sterrett, to have\n them \". . .taken and disposed of in any way. .\n .proper for my use and benefit.\" Letters discuss\n clearing land, fence building, house repair, crop\n planting, and squatters. Marmaduke is ill with\n rheumatic fever; postpones visit to Mason County,\n Virginia William Sterrett's father dies","Correspondents include Colin Auld, Thomas Peter,\n John A. Marmaduke, John Roberts, Rudolph Roberts, and\n Auss Buckner. Contains a marriage certificate,\n complaints about goods and services, rent and debt\n notices, financial statements and records.","Includes financial records, accounts of business\n transactions, and discussion of planned visit to\n Mason County, Virginia","Includes notification and receipts of payments,\n discussion of leasing land and collecting rent. Peter\n suggests that W. Sterrett find a new western agent to\n replace him in his duties.","Includes notification and receipts of payments\n made and due. Discuss purchasing and renting land.\n Increased use of banks for financial\n transactions.","Discourse begins with W. Sterrett becoming J.\n Roberts' western agent with power of attorney.\n Letters include financial transactions and\n notification and receipts of payments made and due.\n Discuss the debts and travails of J. Roberts' son,\n Rudolph Roberts, who lives near Point Pleasant.","Includes discussion of land and horse purchases,\n along with other financial transactions.","Sterrett becomes J. Swan's western agent and is\n granted power of attorney; he can sell and divide\n land plots in Swan's name. Includes discussion of the\n sale of Swan's property and horses in Mason County,\n Virginia; he held nearly 9,000 acres.","Includes detailed financial records, notification\n of receipts \u0026payments made and due. Some involve\n trading cattle for property. R. Swan threatens to\n take legal action against W. Sterrett for late\n payments.","Discuss debts owed to R. Worthington by his\n tenants in Mason County, Virginia; mentions taking\n legal action towards the debtors. Mention receipts of\n payments and other financial matters. R. Worthington\n is in the process of closing down his estate in Mason\n County, Virginia; W. Sterrett is serving as his\n western land agent.","General business correspondence of William\n Sterrett of Point Pleasant, Mason County, Virginia\n from various clients. Early letters contain requests\n for W. Sterrett to serve as a western land agent; his\n job evolves to the search for tenants, the collection\n of rent, the forwarding of money, the sale of land,\n the settlement of debts along with other forms of\n financial transactions typical of a frontier agent.\n Documents include a detailed record of money\n collected from clients ; discussion of dowry\n property, a poem from the collection of Boyd B.\n Sterrett entitled \"The Home of my Childhood,\" and a\n receipt of a court payment made by James W.\n Brackenridge of Mason County to Augustus L.M. Damarin\n of Pittsburgh, Pa. Also included are contracts for\n activities such as the construction of a log cabin\n and the clearing of brush. The letter from Samuel F.\n Vinton, Ohio congressman, discusses congressional\n politics. Mentions the \"internal improvement Bill,\" a\n survey of the \"great and leading channels of\n communication throughout the United States, with a\n view to their improvement,\" along with the \"Greek\n Resolution,\" a \"development of European policy.\" Also\n mentions debate over the laws of presidential\n nomination, explaining that there is a game of \"Fast\n and Loose\" on both sides. Also contains receipts and\n request of legal payment in favor of J.J. and F.J. de\n Moyne paid by Martin Noniffs by order of the county\n court of Mason County, Virginia","Most letters discuss financial transactions in the\n form of transfer and forwarding money, settling\n debts, collecting rent and interest, bonds; and the\n purchase of land. One letter includes the exact\n dimensions and price of a barn being built for W.\n Sterrett. Later letters provide instructions about\n filling out bank checks. J. Stuart Thornton declares\n that \"the board of Publik [sic] works have [sic]\n mentioned Point Pleasant as a place that will be of\n considerable importance,\" suggesting an increase in\n value of Sterrett's land holdings.","These letters contain financial records in list or\n long hand form; include receipts of payments,\n requests for payment, promissory notes, transfer of\n money, and the mention of the Bank of Virginia at\n Richmond. A declaration of bond of William Trotter of\n Mason County, Virginia, to Henry C. Dade of Fauquier\n County, Virginia","Sterrett was a lawyer and county clerk besides\n being a land agent, and he received requests and\n advice about legal documents. The Executive\n Department of Mason County, Virginia requested a\n certificate of summons. The Auditor's Office\n (probably of the State of Virginia) advised W.\n Sterrett about issuing executions against the estate\n of a convict. The Executive Department of Richmond,\n Virginia rejected the recommendations of Mason\n County, Virginia justices for information of request.\n Folder also contains a letter closing out the estate\n of Edward H. Donough of Mason County, Virginia,\n addressed to Sterrett, his legal administer of\n state.","Includes request from Lawrence Washington."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eBefore publishing quotations or excerpts from any\n materials, permission must be obtained from the Curator of\n Manuscripts and Rare Books, and the holder of the\n copyright, if not Swem Library.\u003c/p\u003e"],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Publication Rights/Restrictions on Use"],"userestrict_tesim":["Before publishing quotations or excerpts from any\n materials, permission must be obtained from the Curator of\n Manuscripts and Rare Books, and the holder of the\n copyright, if not Swem Library."],"abstract_html_tesm":["\u003cabstract label=\"Abstract\"\u003eBusiness papers of Sterrett who was\n a lawyer, real estate agent and county clerk of Mason County,\n Virginia (now West Virginia).\u003c/abstract\u003e"],"abstract_tesim":["Business papers of Sterrett who was\n a lawyer, real estate agent and county clerk of Mason County,\n Virginia (now West Virginia)."],"names_ssim":["Washington, Lawrence, 1791- 1875."],"persname_ssim":["Washington, Lawrence, 1791- 1875."],"language_ssim":["English"],"total_component_count_is":87,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-05-21T15:05:41.285Z","collection":{"numFound":1,"start":0,"numFoundExact":true,"docs":[{"id":"viw_viw00057","ead_ssi":"viw_viw00057","_root_":"viw_viw00057","_nest_parent_":"viw_viw00057","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/wm/viw00057.xml","title_ssm":["William Sterrett Papers, \n \n 1782-1881"],"title_tesim":["William Sterrett Papers, \n \n 1782-1881"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["Mss. Acc. 1996.41"],"text":["Mss. Acc. 1996.41","William Sterrett Papers, \n \n 1782-1881","Slavery--West Virginia-- History.","1,520 items.","Collection is open to all researchers.","Organization Collection is arranged chronologically.","Collection is arranged chronologically.","Arrangement The collection has been divided into series. Series 1\n are the letters of William Sterrett, series 2 are business\n and legal documents and series 3 are maps.","The collection has been divided into series. Series 1\n are the letters of William Sterrett, series 2 are business\n and legal documents and series 3 are maps.","William Sterrett of Point Pleasant, Virginia. (now West\n Virginia), was a lawyer, real estate agent, property manager\n and county clerk of Mason County. He represented interests in\n the District of Columbia, Maryland, Virginia and West\n Virginia.","Business papers of Sterrett who was a lawyer, real estate\n agent and county clerk of Mason County, Virginia (now West\n Virginia) includes letters, accounts, deeds, promissory notes,\n legal records, wills and other business records. Most of the\n letters are from Colin Auld of Alexandria, Va. Note:\n Correspondents include James Hall of Harrisonburg Va., John A.\n Marmaduke of Hillsborough and Shepherdstown, West Virginia,\n George W. Peter, John P. C. Peter, Thomas Peter of Georgetown,\n D. C., John Roberts of Alexandria, Va. and James Swan and\n Jonathan Swan of Baltimore, Md., Robert Swan of Cumberland,\n Md. and Robert Worthington of Charlestown, Va. (now West\n Virginia.)","Subjects covered by the papers include internal\n improvements, land speculation, runaway slaves, Board of\n Public Works, contracts for the construction of log cabins and\n for the clearing of brush, court case against James White\n Brackenridge. One document concerns Lawrence Washington.","The letters discuss occupants who owe rent, the\n sale of lands, and money collected by Sterrett,\n owed to Auld. Mention of James W. Brackenridge of\n Mason County, Virginia","The letters discuss the division of land plots,\n back rent payments owed, deeds of sale, and the\n advantages of advertising in Dutch and English.\n One letter includes a hand-drawn map of a lot in\n Graham's Station, Virginia, where Auld owns land.\n Auld mentions a convention for the Chesapeake and\n Ohio Canal, which he believes will be built soon.\n He hopes that the canal, along with the Baltimore\n and Ohio Railroad, will increase the value of his\n property. Financial disagreements with James White\n Brackenridge and his father, Rev. John\n Brackenridge, are discussed at length.","The letters discuss potential land buyers, land\n sales and mortgages; includes discourse concerning\n legal dispute with J.W. Brackenridge, who spends\n time in jail during 1823. Henry Strider buys land\n in Mason County, Virginia, and is later suspected\n to be aligned with J.W. Brackenridge. Auld\n mentions the possibility of a railroad connection\n to the Blue Ridge Mountains. Documents include\n notification of bond penalties between Auld and\n John Ramsey, notification of a deposition hearing\n with Henry Strider, and notification that Auld is\n the overseer of a road in Alexandria, Virginia,\n and appropriated land in Alexandria.","Correspondence focuses on the long-running\n trial with J.W. Brackenridge; discuss preparing\n for the court appeal, how much Brackenridge owes,\n and other details of the case; mention disputes\n with Henry Strider and John Ramsey. Auld is\n ill--has been run over by a horse; has eye\n ailment. Includes letter from Henry Strider in\n defense of his actions; wishes for\n reconciliation.","Letters discuss in detail the legal dispute\n with J.W. Brackenridge; court observations,\n records of financial transactions, contracts,\n power of attorney, and court receipts in favor of\n Henry Strider and James W. Brackenridge of Mason\n County, Virginia against Colin Auld. Last four\n letters from Auld's estate attorney, William\n Page.","Discuss legal dispute with J.W. Brackenridge\n and his father Rev. John Brackenridge, and their\n attorney. Case is tried in local appeals and upper\n courts; discussed at length.","Discuss legal dispute over financial transactions\n with Isaac Larowe of Mason County, Virginia; sale of\n land and slaves. Seven blacks ran away to Ohio.\n Marmaduke proposes that the blacks return and buy\n their freedom: $100 per male, $50 per female,, or\n $500 for the group of seven. If they refused to\n return he authorized his attorney, Sterrett, to have\n them \". . .taken and disposed of in any way. .\n .proper for my use and benefit.\" Letters discuss\n clearing land, fence building, house repair, crop\n planting, and squatters. Marmaduke is ill with\n rheumatic fever; postpones visit to Mason County,\n Virginia William Sterrett's father dies","Correspondents include Colin Auld, Thomas Peter,\n John A. Marmaduke, John Roberts, Rudolph Roberts, and\n Auss Buckner. Contains a marriage certificate,\n complaints about goods and services, rent and debt\n notices, financial statements and records.","Includes financial records, accounts of business\n transactions, and discussion of planned visit to\n Mason County, Virginia","Includes notification and receipts of payments,\n discussion of leasing land and collecting rent. Peter\n suggests that W. Sterrett find a new western agent to\n replace him in his duties.","Includes notification and receipts of payments\n made and due. Discuss purchasing and renting land.\n Increased use of banks for financial\n transactions.","Discourse begins with W. Sterrett becoming J.\n Roberts' western agent with power of attorney.\n Letters include financial transactions and\n notification and receipts of payments made and due.\n Discuss the debts and travails of J. Roberts' son,\n Rudolph Roberts, who lives near Point Pleasant.","Includes discussion of land and horse purchases,\n along with other financial transactions.","Sterrett becomes J. Swan's western agent and is\n granted power of attorney; he can sell and divide\n land plots in Swan's name. Includes discussion of the\n sale of Swan's property and horses in Mason County,\n Virginia; he held nearly 9,000 acres.","Includes detailed financial records, notification\n of receipts \u0026payments made and due. Some involve\n trading cattle for property. R. Swan threatens to\n take legal action against W. Sterrett for late\n payments.","Discuss debts owed to R. Worthington by his\n tenants in Mason County, Virginia; mentions taking\n legal action towards the debtors. Mention receipts of\n payments and other financial matters. R. Worthington\n is in the process of closing down his estate in Mason\n County, Virginia; W. Sterrett is serving as his\n western land agent.","General business correspondence of William\n Sterrett of Point Pleasant, Mason County, Virginia\n from various clients. Early letters contain requests\n for W. Sterrett to serve as a western land agent; his\n job evolves to the search for tenants, the collection\n of rent, the forwarding of money, the sale of land,\n the settlement of debts along with other forms of\n financial transactions typical of a frontier agent.\n Documents include a detailed record of money\n collected from clients ; discussion of dowry\n property, a poem from the collection of Boyd B.\n Sterrett entitled \"The Home of my Childhood,\" and a\n receipt of a court payment made by James W.\n Brackenridge of Mason County to Augustus L.M. Damarin\n of Pittsburgh, Pa. Also included are contracts for\n activities such as the construction of a log cabin\n and the clearing of brush. The letter from Samuel F.\n Vinton, Ohio congressman, discusses congressional\n politics. Mentions the \"internal improvement Bill,\" a\n survey of the \"great and leading channels of\n communication throughout the United States, with a\n view to their improvement,\" along with the \"Greek\n Resolution,\" a \"development of European policy.\" Also\n mentions debate over the laws of presidential\n nomination, explaining that there is a game of \"Fast\n and Loose\" on both sides. Also contains receipts and\n request of legal payment in favor of J.J. and F.J. de\n Moyne paid by Martin Noniffs by order of the county\n court of Mason County, Virginia","Most letters discuss financial transactions in the\n form of transfer and forwarding money, settling\n debts, collecting rent and interest, bonds; and the\n purchase of land. One letter includes the exact\n dimensions and price of a barn being built for W.\n Sterrett. Later letters provide instructions about\n filling out bank checks. J. Stuart Thornton declares\n that \"the board of Publik [sic] works have [sic]\n mentioned Point Pleasant as a place that will be of\n considerable importance,\" suggesting an increase in\n value of Sterrett's land holdings.","These letters contain financial records in list or\n long hand form; include receipts of payments,\n requests for payment, promissory notes, transfer of\n money, and the mention of the Bank of Virginia at\n Richmond. A declaration of bond of William Trotter of\n Mason County, Virginia, to Henry C. Dade of Fauquier\n County, Virginia","Sterrett was a lawyer and county clerk besides\n being a land agent, and he received requests and\n advice about legal documents. The Executive\n Department of Mason County, Virginia requested a\n certificate of summons. The Auditor's Office\n (probably of the State of Virginia) advised W.\n Sterrett about issuing executions against the estate\n of a convict. The Executive Department of Richmond,\n Virginia rejected the recommendations of Mason\n County, Virginia justices for information of request.\n Folder also contains a letter closing out the estate\n of Edward H. Donough of Mason County, Virginia,\n addressed to Sterrett, his legal administer of\n state.","Includes request from Lawrence Washington.","Before publishing quotations or excerpts from any\n materials, permission must be obtained from the Curator of\n Manuscripts and Rare Books, and the holder of the\n copyright, if not Swem Library.","Business papers of Sterrett who was\n a lawyer, real estate agent and county clerk of Mason County,\n Virginia (now West Virginia).","Washington, Lawrence, 1791- 1875.","English"],"unitid_tesim":["Mss. 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Auld\n mentions the possibility of a railroad connection\n to the Blue Ridge Mountains. Documents include\n notification of bond penalties between Auld and\n John Ramsey, notification of a deposition hearing\n with Henry Strider, and notification that Auld is\n the overseer of a road in Alexandria, Virginia,\n and appropriated land in Alexandria.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence focuses on the long-running\n trial with J.W. Brackenridge; discuss preparing\n for the court appeal, how much Brackenridge owes,\n and other details of the case; mention disputes\n with Henry Strider and John Ramsey. Auld is\n ill--has been run over by a horse; has eye\n ailment. Includes letter from Henry Strider in\n defense of his actions; wishes for\n reconciliation.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters discuss in detail the legal dispute\n with J.W. Brackenridge; court observations,\n records of financial transactions, contracts,\n power of attorney, and court receipts in favor of\n Henry Strider and James W. Brackenridge of Mason\n County, Virginia against Colin Auld. Last four\n letters from Auld's estate attorney, William\n Page.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscuss legal dispute with J.W. Brackenridge\n and his father Rev. John Brackenridge, and their\n attorney. Case is tried in local appeals and upper\n courts; discussed at length.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscuss legal dispute over financial transactions\n with Isaac Larowe of Mason County, Virginia; sale of\n land and slaves. Seven blacks ran away to Ohio.\n Marmaduke proposes that the blacks return and buy\n their freedom: $100 per male, $50 per female,, or\n $500 for the group of seven. If they refused to\n return he authorized his attorney, Sterrett, to have\n them \". . .taken and disposed of in any way. .\n .proper for my use and benefit.\" Letters discuss\n clearing land, fence building, house repair, crop\n planting, and squatters. Marmaduke is ill with\n rheumatic fever; postpones visit to Mason County,\n Virginia William Sterrett's father dies\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondents include Colin Auld, Thomas Peter,\n John A. Marmaduke, John Roberts, Rudolph Roberts, and\n Auss Buckner. Contains a marriage certificate,\n complaints about goods and services, rent and debt\n notices, financial statements and records.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes financial records, accounts of business\n transactions, and discussion of planned visit to\n Mason County, Virginia\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes notification and receipts of payments,\n discussion of leasing land and collecting rent. Peter\n suggests that W. 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Includes discussion of the\n sale of Swan's property and horses in Mason County,\n Virginia; he held nearly 9,000 acres.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes detailed financial records, notification\n of receipts \u0026amp;payments made and due. Some involve\n trading cattle for property. R. Swan threatens to\n take legal action against W. Sterrett for late\n payments.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscuss debts owed to R. Worthington by his\n tenants in Mason County, Virginia; mentions taking\n legal action towards the debtors. Mention receipts of\n payments and other financial matters. R. Worthington\n is in the process of closing down his estate in Mason\n County, Virginia; W. Sterrett is serving as his\n western land agent.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGeneral business correspondence of William\n Sterrett of Point Pleasant, Mason County, Virginia\n from various clients. Early letters contain requests\n for W. Sterrett to serve as a western land agent; his\n job evolves to the search for tenants, the collection\n of rent, the forwarding of money, the sale of land,\n the settlement of debts along with other forms of\n financial transactions typical of a frontier agent.\n Documents include a detailed record of money\n collected from clients ; discussion of dowry\n property, a poem from the collection of Boyd B.\n Sterrett entitled \"The Home of my Childhood,\" and a\n receipt of a court payment made by James W.\n Brackenridge of Mason County to Augustus L.M. Damarin\n of Pittsburgh, Pa. Also included are contracts for\n activities such as the construction of a log cabin\n and the clearing of brush. The letter from Samuel F.\n Vinton, Ohio congressman, discusses congressional\n politics. Mentions the \"internal improvement Bill,\" a\n survey of the \"great and leading channels of\n communication throughout the United States, with a\n view to their improvement,\" along with the \"Greek\n Resolution,\" a \"development of European policy.\" Also\n mentions debate over the laws of presidential\n nomination, explaining that there is a game of \"Fast\n and Loose\" on both sides. Also contains receipts and\n request of legal payment in favor of J.J. and F.J. de\n Moyne paid by Martin Noniffs by order of the county\n court of Mason County, Virginia\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMost letters discuss financial transactions in the\n form of transfer and forwarding money, settling\n debts, collecting rent and interest, bonds; and the\n purchase of land. One letter includes the exact\n dimensions and price of a barn being built for W.\n Sterrett. Later letters provide instructions about\n filling out bank checks. J. Stuart Thornton declares\n that \"the board of Publik [sic] works have [sic]\n mentioned Point Pleasant as a place that will be of\n considerable importance,\" suggesting an increase in\n value of Sterrett's land holdings.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThese letters contain financial records in list or\n long hand form; include receipts of payments,\n requests for payment, promissory notes, transfer of\n money, and the mention of the Bank of Virginia at\n Richmond. A declaration of bond of William Trotter of\n Mason County, Virginia, to Henry C. Dade of Fauquier\n County, Virginia\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSterrett was a lawyer and county clerk besides\n being a land agent, and he received requests and\n advice about legal documents. The Executive\n Department of Mason County, Virginia requested a\n certificate of summons. The Auditor's Office\n (probably of the State of Virginia) advised W.\n Sterrett about issuing executions against the estate\n of a convict. The Executive Department of Richmond,\n Virginia rejected the recommendations of Mason\n County, Virginia justices for information of request.\n Folder also contains a letter closing out the estate\n of Edward H. Donough of Mason County, Virginia,\n addressed to Sterrett, his legal administer of\n state.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes request from Lawrence Washington.\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content Information"],"scopecontent_tesim":["Business papers of Sterrett who was a lawyer, real estate\n agent and county clerk of Mason County, Virginia (now West\n Virginia) includes letters, accounts, deeds, promissory notes,\n legal records, wills and other business records. Most of the\n letters are from Colin Auld of Alexandria, Va. Note:\n Correspondents include James Hall of Harrisonburg Va., John A.\n Marmaduke of Hillsborough and Shepherdstown, West Virginia,\n George W. Peter, John P. C. Peter, Thomas Peter of Georgetown,\n D. C., John Roberts of Alexandria, Va. and James Swan and\n Jonathan Swan of Baltimore, Md., Robert Swan of Cumberland,\n Md. and Robert Worthington of Charlestown, Va. (now West\n Virginia.)","Subjects covered by the papers include internal\n improvements, land speculation, runaway slaves, Board of\n Public Works, contracts for the construction of log cabins and\n for the clearing of brush, court case against James White\n Brackenridge. One document concerns Lawrence Washington.","The letters discuss occupants who owe rent, the\n sale of lands, and money collected by Sterrett,\n owed to Auld. Mention of James W. Brackenridge of\n Mason County, Virginia","The letters discuss the division of land plots,\n back rent payments owed, deeds of sale, and the\n advantages of advertising in Dutch and English.\n One letter includes a hand-drawn map of a lot in\n Graham's Station, Virginia, where Auld owns land.\n Auld mentions a convention for the Chesapeake and\n Ohio Canal, which he believes will be built soon.\n He hopes that the canal, along with the Baltimore\n and Ohio Railroad, will increase the value of his\n property. Financial disagreements with James White\n Brackenridge and his father, Rev. John\n Brackenridge, are discussed at length.","The letters discuss potential land buyers, land\n sales and mortgages; includes discourse concerning\n legal dispute with J.W. Brackenridge, who spends\n time in jail during 1823. Henry Strider buys land\n in Mason County, Virginia, and is later suspected\n to be aligned with J.W. Brackenridge. Auld\n mentions the possibility of a railroad connection\n to the Blue Ridge Mountains. Documents include\n notification of bond penalties between Auld and\n John Ramsey, notification of a deposition hearing\n with Henry Strider, and notification that Auld is\n the overseer of a road in Alexandria, Virginia,\n and appropriated land in Alexandria.","Correspondence focuses on the long-running\n trial with J.W. Brackenridge; discuss preparing\n for the court appeal, how much Brackenridge owes,\n and other details of the case; mention disputes\n with Henry Strider and John Ramsey. Auld is\n ill--has been run over by a horse; has eye\n ailment. Includes letter from Henry Strider in\n defense of his actions; wishes for\n reconciliation.","Letters discuss in detail the legal dispute\n with J.W. Brackenridge; court observations,\n records of financial transactions, contracts,\n power of attorney, and court receipts in favor of\n Henry Strider and James W. Brackenridge of Mason\n County, Virginia against Colin Auld. Last four\n letters from Auld's estate attorney, William\n Page.","Discuss legal dispute with J.W. Brackenridge\n and his father Rev. John Brackenridge, and their\n attorney. Case is tried in local appeals and upper\n courts; discussed at length.","Discuss legal dispute over financial transactions\n with Isaac Larowe of Mason County, Virginia; sale of\n land and slaves. Seven blacks ran away to Ohio.\n Marmaduke proposes that the blacks return and buy\n their freedom: $100 per male, $50 per female,, or\n $500 for the group of seven. If they refused to\n return he authorized his attorney, Sterrett, to have\n them \". . .taken and disposed of in any way. .\n .proper for my use and benefit.\" Letters discuss\n clearing land, fence building, house repair, crop\n planting, and squatters. Marmaduke is ill with\n rheumatic fever; postpones visit to Mason County,\n Virginia William Sterrett's father dies","Correspondents include Colin Auld, Thomas Peter,\n John A. Marmaduke, John Roberts, Rudolph Roberts, and\n Auss Buckner. Contains a marriage certificate,\n complaints about goods and services, rent and debt\n notices, financial statements and records.","Includes financial records, accounts of business\n transactions, and discussion of planned visit to\n Mason County, Virginia","Includes notification and receipts of payments,\n discussion of leasing land and collecting rent. Peter\n suggests that W. Sterrett find a new western agent to\n replace him in his duties.","Includes notification and receipts of payments\n made and due. Discuss purchasing and renting land.\n Increased use of banks for financial\n transactions.","Discourse begins with W. Sterrett becoming J.\n Roberts' western agent with power of attorney.\n Letters include financial transactions and\n notification and receipts of payments made and due.\n Discuss the debts and travails of J. Roberts' son,\n Rudolph Roberts, who lives near Point Pleasant.","Includes discussion of land and horse purchases,\n along with other financial transactions.","Sterrett becomes J. Swan's western agent and is\n granted power of attorney; he can sell and divide\n land plots in Swan's name. Includes discussion of the\n sale of Swan's property and horses in Mason County,\n Virginia; he held nearly 9,000 acres.","Includes detailed financial records, notification\n of receipts \u0026payments made and due. Some involve\n trading cattle for property. R. Swan threatens to\n take legal action against W. Sterrett for late\n payments.","Discuss debts owed to R. Worthington by his\n tenants in Mason County, Virginia; mentions taking\n legal action towards the debtors. Mention receipts of\n payments and other financial matters. R. Worthington\n is in the process of closing down his estate in Mason\n County, Virginia; W. Sterrett is serving as his\n western land agent.","General business correspondence of William\n Sterrett of Point Pleasant, Mason County, Virginia\n from various clients. Early letters contain requests\n for W. Sterrett to serve as a western land agent; his\n job evolves to the search for tenants, the collection\n of rent, the forwarding of money, the sale of land,\n the settlement of debts along with other forms of\n financial transactions typical of a frontier agent.\n Documents include a detailed record of money\n collected from clients ; discussion of dowry\n property, a poem from the collection of Boyd B.\n Sterrett entitled \"The Home of my Childhood,\" and a\n receipt of a court payment made by James W.\n Brackenridge of Mason County to Augustus L.M. Damarin\n of Pittsburgh, Pa. Also included are contracts for\n activities such as the construction of a log cabin\n and the clearing of brush. The letter from Samuel F.\n Vinton, Ohio congressman, discusses congressional\n politics. Mentions the \"internal improvement Bill,\" a\n survey of the \"great and leading channels of\n communication throughout the United States, with a\n view to their improvement,\" along with the \"Greek\n Resolution,\" a \"development of European policy.\" Also\n mentions debate over the laws of presidential\n nomination, explaining that there is a game of \"Fast\n and Loose\" on both sides. Also contains receipts and\n request of legal payment in favor of J.J. and F.J. de\n Moyne paid by Martin Noniffs by order of the county\n court of Mason County, Virginia","Most letters discuss financial transactions in the\n form of transfer and forwarding money, settling\n debts, collecting rent and interest, bonds; and the\n purchase of land. One letter includes the exact\n dimensions and price of a barn being built for W.\n Sterrett. Later letters provide instructions about\n filling out bank checks. J. Stuart Thornton declares\n that \"the board of Publik [sic] works have [sic]\n mentioned Point Pleasant as a place that will be of\n considerable importance,\" suggesting an increase in\n value of Sterrett's land holdings.","These letters contain financial records in list or\n long hand form; include receipts of payments,\n requests for payment, promissory notes, transfer of\n money, and the mention of the Bank of Virginia at\n Richmond. A declaration of bond of William Trotter of\n Mason County, Virginia, to Henry C. Dade of Fauquier\n County, Virginia","Sterrett was a lawyer and county clerk besides\n being a land agent, and he received requests and\n advice about legal documents. The Executive\n Department of Mason County, Virginia requested a\n certificate of summons. The Auditor's Office\n (probably of the State of Virginia) advised W.\n Sterrett about issuing executions against the estate\n of a convict. The Executive Department of Richmond,\n Virginia rejected the recommendations of Mason\n County, Virginia justices for information of request.\n Folder also contains a letter closing out the estate\n of Edward H. Donough of Mason County, Virginia,\n addressed to Sterrett, his legal administer of\n state.","Includes request from Lawrence Washington."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eBefore publishing quotations or excerpts from any\n materials, permission must be obtained from the Curator of\n Manuscripts and Rare Books, and the holder of the\n copyright, if not Swem Library.\u003c/p\u003e"],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Publication Rights/Restrictions on Use"],"userestrict_tesim":["Before publishing quotations or excerpts from any\n materials, permission must be obtained from the Curator of\n Manuscripts and Rare Books, and the holder of the\n copyright, if not Swem Library."],"abstract_html_tesm":["\u003cabstract label=\"Abstract\"\u003eBusiness papers of Sterrett who was\n a lawyer, real estate agent and county clerk of Mason County,\n Virginia (now West Virginia).\u003c/abstract\u003e"],"abstract_tesim":["Business papers of Sterrett who was\n a lawyer, real estate agent and county clerk 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