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Ann Craig has been ill all spring; reports on friends and relations; mentions that she would like to eat Mrs. Barager's \"sweet apples and apple butter this summer again\"; comments that the crops, especially the wheat are doing poorly; her children are going to school for the summer.","Scope and Contents 2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. William Hilbert describes the journey to Tennessee; reports that he is not sure if he likes the area yet, but there is plenty of work and \"fine farmes\" sic.","Scope and Contents 1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Ann Craig received his letter with the note and check; reports on a great deal of sickness in the area; asks to be remembered to her \"old mother\" Jane Patterson.","Scope and Contents 2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. H.M. Bell has been examining the settlement of George Craig's estate from March 1819, and found that James Patterson bought land from William Craig, but it is unclear whether full payment was made; needs information concerning a bond transaction involving the Craigs and the Pattersons; he SB will be summoned to have his deposition taken in this case between the Patterson Administrators and the Craig Executors.","Scope and Contents 2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. P. Shumacke states his daughter's claim to the servant girl Katy as a gift from the deceased James Patterson to his PS first wife Margaret Patterson; intends to pursue claim in the courts if the executors of James Patterson's estate SB and JP do not turn over the servant girl to him.","Scope and Contents 2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Samuel Life reports that the boy, Samuel, has run away from school to avoid a whipping.","1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Discusses in great detail the original settlement of James Patterson's estate, and the present settlement.","3 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Peter S. Baker has received cash and a bond from Virginia and is not sure how to split them up; finds it difficult to have a resident of Virginia as his security for the money coming to his children; has no further information on his appointment as guardian of Ann Craig's minor heirs; has divided the money equally between the seven heirs.","Scope and Contents 2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Peter S. Baker discusses a problem over a bond to the commonwealth; is confused about how the four youngest children are to get their money.","Scope and Contents 1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Peter S. Baker has had the bond notarized; asks to have the money sent by mail and says that \"any solvent bank will answer either Virginia, Kentucky, or Missouri paper.\"","Scope and Contents 2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Robert M. Craig plans to continue as a schoolteacher for a year or two if \"I can not make something else pay better\"; has sown wheat on his farm and rented some of the land; the weather is as cold as he has ever experienced in Texas; will send his power of attorney so that their money can be drawn; asks that the money be sent by check or draft on New York, New Orleans, or Philadelphia; reports on prices for corn, oats, and wheat.","Scope and Contents 1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Peter S. Baker has received the eighty dollars and encloses receipts for each estate; complains about the expense involved in procuring the money for the heirs.","1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. N. K. Trunk has a power of attorney from Robert Craig's heirs to collect the money from James Patterson's estate.","Scope and Contents 4 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Jonathan and Jane Ann Stover have moved to Uncle Jacob Stover's farm; does not look like a war is going on as the \"stores are crowded with goods-they are higher than when the war first began\"; James Byers is very satisfied with the area and the rich land; reports on Jane Ann's trip through the mountains; gives news of family and friends in Indiana; sorry to hear of Grandfather Stover's death.","Scope and Contents 2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. John A. Johnston insists that the bed left with him RB and cousin Becca belongs to him JAJ; gives a detailed account of why his dead mother intended that he should have the bed; also insists that the money from the sale of the wardrobe was intended to be used to fix Ida Bell's teeth","Scope and Contents 2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Hester Horner chastises her RB for calling her HH brother, John Johnston, a rascal; insists that their mother intended the bed go to John Johnston; has sent money to Ida Bell.","1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. S. B. Weller describes the climate in Texas; reports that he has received a letter from Frank Weller; sends his regards to the family.","2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. S. B. Weller asks if he will be able to get any of his money from the lawsuit by spring because of a business opportunity.","Scope and Contents 1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Thomas D. Ranson discusses the settlement of his RCB account as guardian of S. B. Weller.","Scope and Contents 2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. George Oler? has started planting his corn; mother Jane Ann Stove? is planning to leave for Virginia on May 13.","Scope and Contents 3 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Nannie Oler reports that her mother Jane Ann Stover? is ill; discusses the outlook for the crops of wheat and corn and the sale of hogs; gives prices on eggs and butter; asks if Lelice Byers us going to school.","1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. J. N. Van Deranter asking for contributions to the Old Stone Church.","Scope and Contents 4 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Mary McClung returned from her trip to Old Mexico and Phoenix, Arizona on Dec. 11, having traveled eight thousand miles; describes the visit with family members and the weather in Arizona; sorry to hear of the illness in her family; complains that it has been snowing since the return home; reports that Hallie and Louisa McClung? are in school; Mr. McClung has been on jury duty for over a month; he has presently gone \"to hitch up to take a sleigh ride.\"","Scope and Contents 1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Poverty plans to go away for a week, and asks if Charley can stay with the Byers.","Scope and Contents 4 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Alice complains of the freezing weather and pipes bursting; asks about a wedding she was unable to attend due to the poor weather; reports that the \"comfort\" has been pieced, but \"lacks about 2 ½ yds. to join it with\" before it can then be quilted; reports on the deaths and illnesses in the neighborhood; \"hens are laying quite well\" and mentions the good price turkeys are getting; mentions that she \"saw a piece in the paper about your big dinner, and it gave it quite a puff\"; asks about family and friends.","Scope and Contents 4 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Katherine complains of the heat; reports on a party of twenty-seven young people who went to Jump Mountain on horseback; was unable to attend the \"Roller commencement\"; asks her to visit after the harvest; complains of being lonesome since school is out.","2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Bessie Anderson sends her thanks for the good visit she had with them; mentions Cousin Sally Poague; asks to be remembered to various family members.","Scope and Contents 2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Robert Byers? asks his father to send money to pay his \"second term fees\" at Virginia Polytechnic Institute, and to pay for board at $91.50.","Scope and Contents 1 page. Typewritten Letter. Byers has brought the machinery to put in a corn mill and a feed mill; has the agency for \"the Foos Gas and Gasoline engine\" and will get a commission for sales; asks to have a note for $750 at the National Valley Bank renewed for six months.","2 pages. Typewritten Letter Signed. H. C. Barrett explains the advantages of patronizing Eastern Normal College.","Scope and Contents 2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Lelia B. Byers wants to know who the boys were who waved at her when she walked by the Academy; talks about various friends.","Scope and Contents 4 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Lelia Byers reports that her lessons are going well; talks about various friends; mentions that when she walked by the Academy \"two of the boys ran out on the porch and yelled at us\"; has had fun out riding; asks for the hats to be sent by Sunday.","53 items. Business correspondence of the Byers family, Augusta County, Virginia, including Samuel Byer's correspondence with various individuals concerning payment of debts; use of a gate near Mt. Sidney, Augusta County, Virginia; execution of bonds; and purchase of land, 1834-1878; also including correspondence of Robert and Rebecca Byers, Fort Defiance, Augusta County, Virginia, with commission merchants and other individuals concerning the sale of farm products and livestock, such as butter, hay, cattle and hogs; concerning the hiring of farm laborers and lawsuit by a laborer; building a barn; payment on notes; sale, rental, and taxes on farm land; and correspondence with a farm machinery co. concerning machinery and fertilizers, 1880-1894, and n.d.","Scope and Contents 83 items. Accounts, receipts and promissory notes of Joseph and Samuel Byers, Augusta County, Virginia for taxes paid; sale or purchase of household and farm items including cart wheels and axel, a buggy, shoes, clothing, cloth, hinges, screws, flour, wheat and corn; rent; payment of judgements; boarding horses; sale and repair of shoes and well pumps; and hire and payments of laborers. Also including receipts for a land transaction between William Craig and James Patterson.","104 items. Accounts, receipts and promissory notes of Joseph and Samuel Byers, Augusta County, Virginia for the purchase of food, household items, and farm implements; payment of tuition; hire and payment of laborers; sale and repair of well pumps and parts; and wheat shipment and miller's accounts.","Scope and Contents 67 items. Accounts, receipts and promissory notes of Samuel Byers, Augusta County, Virginia for the purchase of food, cloth, spices, hardware goods, household items, and farm implements; accounts with millers; accounts for making shoes; purchase or sale of farm products, including straw, butter, beef and hogs; the hire and payment of farm laborers and sharpening of shears. Also including James Patterson's accounts with millers.","56 items. Accounts, receipts and promissory notes of Samuel Byers, Augusta County, Virginia for the purchase of food, cloth, hardware goods, and other household and farm items; accounts with millers; receipts for the sale of land; purchase or sale of farm products, accounts for the sharpening of shears and repair of shoes and wagons; receipts for the purchase of slaves; receipt for the receipts and promissory notes for James Samuel Patterson; and court receipts involving the Patterson estate.","Scope and Contents 55 items. Accounts, receipts and promissory notes of Samuel and Nancy Patterson Byers, Augusta County, Virginia for the purchase of cloth, beef, sugar, and other household items; accounts for flour sold; record of grain raised; doctor's receipts; tuition receipts; accounts for the sharpening of shears and shoe repair; and receipts for the subscription to the Staunton Spectator; also including receipts for the settlement of James Patterson's and Ann Craig's estates, and records for the valuation of James Patterson's property.","Scope and Contents 88 items. Accounts, receipts and promissory notes of Samuel, Robert C., and Rebecca Byers, Augusta County, Virginia for the purchase of food, household items, hardware items, seeds, cloth and furniture; accounts with farm laborers; accounts with millers for flour, corn and rye; receipts for payment of tolls; accounts for the repair of shoes and farm implements; accounts for the stabling of horses; doctor's receipts, tax receipts; a list of contributions to be made to a family whose house burned; and Samuel Byers' accounts as administrator of Nancy Patterson Byers' estate.","62 items. Accounts, receipts and promissory notes of Samuel and Robert C. Byers, Augusta County, Virginia, including printed pictures on promissory notes and bills; receipts for the purchase of cloth, food, spices, livestock, furniture, and hardware items; receipts for the purchase and repair of farm machinery and implements; bank deposit slips for the National Valley Bank of Staunton; tax and insurance receipts; and bills for the sale and transportation of hay.","42 items. Accounts, receipts and promissory notes of Robert C. Byers, Augusta County,Virginia, including printed pictures of birds, farm machinery, and other items on several receipts; receipts for the sale and transportation of hay; receipts and bills for the purchase of corn, flour, seeds, shoes, oil, food, spices, plaster, and hardware items; receipts for school and dentist fees; tax and insurance receipts; records of protest for non-payment of notes; deposit slips for the National Valley Bank of Staunton; an insurance policy from the Western Assurance County. Physical Location: See Also Oversized File.","Scope and Contents 35 items. Accounts, receipts and promissory notes of Robert C. Byers, and Robert? M. Byers Augusta County,Virginia, for the purchase of shoes, hardware items, and seeds; cancelled checks; accounts with millers; shipping charges for farm products; deposit slips for the National Valley Bank of Staunton; receipts for insurance and the satisfaction of judgments; tuition receipt for Virginia Polytechnic Institute; and receipts with printed pictures on them.","Scope and Contents 71 items. Accounts, receipts and promissory notes of Robert C. Byers, and Robert? M. Byers Augusta County,Virginia, for the purchase of food, houseware items, hardware items, school books and supplies, seed, and livestock; also including laborers' records.","Scope and Contents 22 items. Legal papers of Samuel C. Byers including record of appointment as surveyor; summons to appear in court; and papers dealing with settlement of James Patterson's and William Craig's estates involving the sale and rental of land, and sale and hiring out of slaves; of Samuel Clarke for a claim to money owed by William A. Truck; of Sarah A. Finley for the rental of a farm to Joseph Altapher; Robert C. Byers dealing with the settlement of Samuel B. Weller's inheritance and arbitration over a land dispute; of Howard S. Byers including a partner ship agreement with Frank Winter and J. D. Creager to become a firm of general merchants; sample draft of an inventory of an estate; lists of taxable property including white males, slaves, livestock, wagons, and home furnishings; indenture of bargain and sale between William and Matilda Craig, and the legal heirs of James Patterson for 180 acres of land in Augusta County, Virginia. Physical Location: See Also Oversized File.","Scope and Contents 36 items. Printed material, including an electoral ticket for John Quincy Adams and Richard Rush, 1828; Abstract of the Laws relating to the\u0026#8230;Surveyors of Roadsfor Augusta County, Virginia; list commissioner's sale of lands; advertisements for farm implements, pianos, livestock, shoes, medicine, and a plant nursery, some including printed pictures; electoral tickets for Middle River Township; broadsides containing weekly price lists for produce, livestock, furs, etc. in Richmond; religious material including daily lessons, a manual for the Presbyterian Progressive Program (1922-23), and financial information for home missions; an Eastern Normal College Catalogue; fiscal report for Staunton National Valley Bank; and a personal property tax form.","Scope and Contents 63 items. Miscellaneous material including a letter, 1 Jan. 1839, from Briscoe G. Baldwin, to William Shumate, Mount Sidney, Virginia, concerning the hire of \"a smart, healthy, and likely Negro fellow\u0026#8230;as a blacksmith\"; report cards, 1890-1893, of Edwin C. and Howard S. Byers at Augusta Classical and Military Academy, Fort Defiance, Virginia; blue print of the \"Holbrook Transition Spiral condensed for practical work,\" 1906; assorted recipes, grocery lists, laborer's records; and school and penmanship exercises, some by Samuel B. Weller.","Manuscript Volumes. MsV. 1-14","16 pages. Manuscript Volume 1 Ledger contains accounts for the sale of parts for wells and the repair of wells.","8 pages. Manuscript Volume 2 Ledger contains accounts for the sale of parts for wells and the repair of wells.","12 pages. Manuscript Volume 3 Ledger contains accounts for the sale of parts for wells and the repair of wells.","28 pages. Manuscript Volume 4 Ledger contains varied farm and labor accounts, 1832-1840; also including accounts for the sale of parts for wells and the repair of wells, 1816.","12 pages. Manuscript Volume 5 Ledger contains accounts for the sale of parts for wells and the repair of wells.","90 pages. Manuscript Volume 6 Ledger includes sale of farm products and records of laborers; also including record of costs for schooling 3 scholars, 1848.","21 pages. Manuscript Volume 7 Ledger contains accounts for the sale of parts for wells and the repair of wells.","5 pages. Manuscript Volume 8 Ledger includes mention of the sale of parts for wells or the repair of wells","100 pages. Manuscript Volume 9 Handwritten textbook in mathematics and bookkeeping, containing various mathematical rules and principles as applied to Federal money and English money; different rules on weighing for various products such as fuel, gold, or medicine; and rules for measuring cloth, land, dry substances or liquid substances; including practice exercises; also including an insert of additional practice exercises, intricate lettering, and poetry, completed by James A. Frame, 1843.","12 pages. Manuscript Volume 10 Ledger concerns the sale of grain.","7 pages. Manuscript Volume 11 Ledger contains miscellaneous farm and labor accounts.","Scope and Contents 62 pages. Manuscript Volume 12 Account book containing records of taxes, licenses, and clerks fees kept by the deputy treasurers for Augusta County, Virginia? including C. S. Byers, J. R. N. Speck, S. B. Stover, S. N. Patterson, and others. Includes an index.","Scope and Contents 8 pages. Manuscript Volume 13 Reportbook was signed by Rebecca Byers and Robert C. Byers.","17 pages. Manuscript Volume 14 Pierce's Memorandum and Account Bookcontains printed advertising for various medicines, including \"Dr. Pierce's Compound Extract of Smart Weed,\" and several others.","Before reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.","Special Collections Research Center","Byers Family","Byers family","Byers, Joseph","Byers, Robert C.","Byers, Samuel C.","Byers, Howard","Byers, Samuel C","English"],"unitid_tesim":["Mss. 65 B99","/repositories/2/resources/8524"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Byers Family Papers"],"collection_title_tesim":["Byers Family Papers"],"collection_ssim":["Byers Family Papers"],"repository_ssm":["College of William and Mary"],"repository_ssim":["College of William and Mary"],"geogname_ssm":["Augusta County (Va.)--History--19th century"],"geogname_ssim":["Augusta County (Va.)--History--19th century"],"creator_ssm":["Byers Family","Byers, Joseph","Byers, Robert C.","Byers, Samuel C."],"creator_ssim":["Byers Family","Byers, Joseph","Byers, Robert C.","Byers, Samuel C."],"creator_persname_ssim":["Byers, Joseph","Byers, Robert C.","Byers, Samuel C."],"creator_famname_ssim":["Byers Family"],"creators_ssim":["Byers, Joseph","Byers, Robert C.","Byers, Samuel C.","Byers Family"],"places_ssim":["Augusta County (Va.)--History--19th century"],"access_terms_ssm":["Before reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library."],"access_subjects_ssim":["Wells","Account books","Correspondence","Financial records"],"access_subjects_ssm":["Wells","Account books","Correspondence","Financial records"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"physdesc_tesim":["814 items"],"extent_ssm":["2.50 Linear Feet"],"extent_tesim":["2.50 Linear Feet"],"genreform_ssim":["Account books","Correspondence","Financial records"],"date_range_isim":[1806,1807,1808,1809,1810,1811,1812,1813,1814,1815,1816,1817,1818,1819,1820,1821,1822,1823,1824,1825,1826,1827,1828,1829,1830,1831,1832,1833,1834,1835,1836,1837,1838,1839,1840,1841,1842,1843,1844,1845,1846,1847,1848,1849,1850,1851,1852,1853,1854,1855,1856,1857,1858,1859,1860,1861,1862,1863,1864,1865,1866,1867,1868,1869,1870,1871,1872,1873,1874,1875,1876,1877,1878,1879,1880,1881,1882,1883,1884,1885,1886,1887,1888,1889,1890,1891,1892,1893,1894,1895,1896,1897,1898,1899,1900,1901,1902,1903,1904,1905,1906,1907,1908,1909,1910,1911,1912,1913,1914,1915,1916,1917,1918,1919,1920,1921,1922,1923,1924,1925,1926,1927,1928,1929],"accessrestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eCollection is open to all researchers. 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Byers; and Robert C. Byers. This collection also includes report cards, 1890-1893, of Edwin C. and Howard Byers, and a few letters of James C. Byers, and Leila Byers.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents 2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Heard that they had gone to Ohio; describes his business of \"making pumps and borring of pipes to conduct water\"; explains the manner in which he was swindled out of property he had obtained from John Blaire and their mother following his confinement in jail? for failing to pay a debt owed to William Blaire; hopes to be able to visit them in May; asks that James and his spouse read the letter but not Jenny.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents 1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Reports that he detained David until morning and hopes that he SCB will excuse the boy for being late.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents 1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. James Byers has returned home and found his family well; passed through Staunton and spoke to James Bell, who reported that Mr. Kenny, the clerk of County Court, had some information for him, possibly relating to the \"claim for your servisses sic in the revolutionary struggle.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents 2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Ann Craig has been ill all spring; reports on friends and relations; mentions that she would like to eat Mrs. Barager's \"sweet apples and apple butter this summer again\"; comments that the crops, especially the wheat are doing poorly; her children are going to school for the summer.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents 2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. William Hilbert describes the journey to Tennessee; reports that he is not sure if he likes the area yet, but there is plenty of work and \"fine farmes\" sic.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents 1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Ann Craig received his letter with the note and check; reports on a great deal of sickness in the area; asks to be remembered to her \"old mother\" Jane Patterson.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents 2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. H.M. Bell has been examining the settlement of George Craig's estate from March 1819, and found that James Patterson bought land from William Craig, but it is unclear whether full payment was made; needs information concerning a bond transaction involving the Craigs and the Pattersons; he SB will be summoned to have his deposition taken in this case between the Patterson Administrators and the Craig Executors.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents 2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. P. Shumacke states his daughter's claim to the servant girl Katy as a gift from the deceased James Patterson to his PS first wife Margaret Patterson; intends to pursue claim in the courts if the executors of James Patterson's estate SB and JP do not turn over the servant girl to him.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents 2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Samuel Life reports that the boy, Samuel, has run away from school to avoid a whipping.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Discusses in great detail the original settlement of James Patterson's estate, and the present settlement.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e3 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Peter S. Baker has received cash and a bond from Virginia and is not sure how to split them up; finds it difficult to have a resident of Virginia as his security for the money coming to his children; has no further information on his appointment as guardian of Ann Craig's minor heirs; has divided the money equally between the seven heirs.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents 2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Peter S. Baker discusses a problem over a bond to the commonwealth; is confused about how the four youngest children are to get their money.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents 1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Peter S. Baker has had the bond notarized; asks to have the money sent by mail and says that \"any solvent bank will answer either Virginia, Kentucky, or Missouri paper.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents 2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Robert M. Craig plans to continue as a schoolteacher for a year or two if \"I can not make something else pay better\"; has sown wheat on his farm and rented some of the land; the weather is as cold as he has ever experienced in Texas; will send his power of attorney so that their money can be drawn; asks that the money be sent by check or draft on New York, New Orleans, or Philadelphia; reports on prices for corn, oats, and wheat.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents 1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Peter S. Baker has received the eighty dollars and encloses receipts for each estate; complains about the expense involved in procuring the money for the heirs.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. N. K. Trunk has a power of attorney from Robert Craig's heirs to collect the money from James Patterson's estate.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents 4 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Jonathan and Jane Ann Stover have moved to Uncle Jacob Stover's farm; does not look like a war is going on as the \"stores are crowded with goods-they are higher than when the war first began\"; James Byers is very satisfied with the area and the rich land; reports on Jane Ann's trip through the mountains; gives news of family and friends in Indiana; sorry to hear of Grandfather Stover's death.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents 2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. John A. Johnston insists that the bed left with him RB and cousin Becca belongs to him JAJ; gives a detailed account of why his dead mother intended that he should have the bed; also insists that the money from the sale of the wardrobe was intended to be used to fix Ida Bell's teeth\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents 2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Hester Horner chastises her RB for calling her HH brother, John Johnston, a rascal; insists that their mother intended the bed go to John Johnston; has sent money to Ida Bell.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. S. B. Weller describes the climate in Texas; reports that he has received a letter from Frank Weller; sends his regards to the family.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. S. B. Weller asks if he will be able to get any of his money from the lawsuit by spring because of a business opportunity.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents 1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Thomas D. Ranson discusses the settlement of his RCB account as guardian of S. B. Weller.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents 2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. George Oler? has started planting his corn; mother Jane Ann Stove? is planning to leave for Virginia on May 13.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents 3 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Nannie Oler reports that her mother Jane Ann Stover? is ill; discusses the outlook for the crops of wheat and corn and the sale of hogs; gives prices on eggs and butter; asks if Lelice Byers us going to school.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. J. N. Van Deranter asking for contributions to the Old Stone Church.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents 4 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Mary McClung returned from her trip to Old Mexico and Phoenix, Arizona on Dec. 11, having traveled eight thousand miles; describes the visit with family members and the weather in Arizona; sorry to hear of the illness in her family; complains that it has been snowing since the return home; reports that Hallie and Louisa McClung? are in school; Mr. McClung has been on jury duty for over a month; he has presently gone \"to hitch up to take a sleigh ride.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents 1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Poverty plans to go away for a week, and asks if Charley can stay with the Byers.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents 4 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Alice complains of the freezing weather and pipes bursting; asks about a wedding she was unable to attend due to the poor weather; reports that the \"comfort\" has been pieced, but \"lacks about 2 ½ yds. to join it with\" before it can then be quilted; reports on the deaths and illnesses in the neighborhood; \"hens are laying quite well\" and mentions the good price turkeys are getting; mentions that she \"saw a piece in the paper about your big dinner, and it gave it quite a puff\"; asks about family and friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents 4 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Katherine complains of the heat; reports on a party of twenty-seven young people who went to Jump Mountain on horseback; was unable to attend the \"Roller commencement\"; asks her to visit after the harvest; complains of being lonesome since school is out.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Bessie Anderson sends her thanks for the good visit she had with them; mentions Cousin Sally Poague; asks to be remembered to various family members.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents 2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Robert Byers? asks his father to send money to pay his \"second term fees\" at Virginia Polytechnic Institute, and to pay for board at $91.50.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents 1 page. Typewritten Letter. Byers has brought the machinery to put in a corn mill and a feed mill; has the agency for \"the Foos Gas and Gasoline engine\" and will get a commission for sales; asks to have a note for $750 at the National Valley Bank renewed for six months.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 pages. Typewritten Letter Signed. H. C. Barrett explains the advantages of patronizing Eastern Normal College.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents 2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Lelia B. Byers wants to know who the boys were who waved at her when she walked by the Academy; talks about various friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents 4 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Lelia Byers reports that her lessons are going well; talks about various friends; mentions that when she walked by the Academy \"two of the boys ran out on the porch and yelled at us\"; has had fun out riding; asks for the hats to be sent by Sunday.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e53 items. Business correspondence of the Byers family, Augusta County, Virginia, including Samuel Byer's correspondence with various individuals concerning payment of debts; use of a gate near Mt. Sidney, Augusta County, Virginia; execution of bonds; and purchase of land, 1834-1878; also including correspondence of Robert and Rebecca Byers, Fort Defiance, Augusta County, Virginia, with commission merchants and other individuals concerning the sale of farm products and livestock, such as butter, hay, cattle and hogs; concerning the hiring of farm laborers and lawsuit by a laborer; building a barn; payment on notes; sale, rental, and taxes on farm land; and correspondence with a farm machinery co. concerning machinery and fertilizers, 1880-1894, and n.d.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents 83 items. Accounts, receipts and promissory notes of Joseph and Samuel Byers, Augusta County, Virginia for taxes paid; sale or purchase of household and farm items including cart wheels and axel, a buggy, shoes, clothing, cloth, hinges, screws, flour, wheat and corn; rent; payment of judgements; boarding horses; sale and repair of shoes and well pumps; and hire and payments of laborers. Also including receipts for a land transaction between William Craig and James Patterson.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e104 items. Accounts, receipts and promissory notes of Joseph and Samuel Byers, Augusta County, Virginia for the purchase of food, household items, and farm implements; payment of tuition; hire and payment of laborers; sale and repair of well pumps and parts; and wheat shipment and miller's accounts.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents 67 items. Accounts, receipts and promissory notes of Samuel Byers, Augusta County, Virginia for the purchase of food, cloth, spices, hardware goods, household items, and farm implements; accounts with millers; accounts for making shoes; purchase or sale of farm products, including straw, butter, beef and hogs; the hire and payment of farm laborers and sharpening of shears. Also including James Patterson's accounts with millers.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e56 items. Accounts, receipts and promissory notes of Samuel Byers, Augusta County, Virginia for the purchase of food, cloth, hardware goods, and other household and farm items; accounts with millers; receipts for the sale of land; purchase or sale of farm products, accounts for the sharpening of shears and repair of shoes and wagons; receipts for the purchase of slaves; receipt for the receipts and promissory notes for James Samuel Patterson; and court receipts involving the Patterson estate.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents 55 items. Accounts, receipts and promissory notes of Samuel and Nancy Patterson Byers, Augusta County, Virginia for the purchase of cloth, beef, sugar, and other household items; accounts for flour sold; record of grain raised; doctor's receipts; tuition receipts; accounts for the sharpening of shears and shoe repair; and receipts for the subscription to the Staunton Spectator; also including receipts for the settlement of James Patterson's and Ann Craig's estates, and records for the valuation of James Patterson's property.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents 88 items. Accounts, receipts and promissory notes of Samuel, Robert C., and Rebecca Byers, Augusta County, Virginia for the purchase of food, household items, hardware items, seeds, cloth and furniture; accounts with farm laborers; accounts with millers for flour, corn and rye; receipts for payment of tolls; accounts for the repair of shoes and farm implements; accounts for the stabling of horses; doctor's receipts, tax receipts; a list of contributions to be made to a family whose house burned; and Samuel Byers' accounts as administrator of Nancy Patterson Byers' estate.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e62 items. Accounts, receipts and promissory notes of Samuel and Robert C. Byers, Augusta County, Virginia, including printed pictures on promissory notes and bills; receipts for the purchase of cloth, food, spices, livestock, furniture, and hardware items; receipts for the purchase and repair of farm machinery and implements; bank deposit slips for the National Valley Bank of Staunton; tax and insurance receipts; and bills for the sale and transportation of hay.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e42 items. Accounts, receipts and promissory notes of Robert C. Byers, Augusta County,Virginia, including printed pictures of birds, farm machinery, and other items on several receipts; receipts for the sale and transportation of hay; receipts and bills for the purchase of corn, flour, seeds, shoes, oil, food, spices, plaster, and hardware items; receipts for school and dentist fees; tax and insurance receipts; records of protest for non-payment of notes; deposit slips for the National Valley Bank of Staunton; an insurance policy from the Western Assurance County. Physical Location: See Also Oversized File.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents 35 items. Accounts, receipts and promissory notes of Robert C. Byers, and Robert? M. Byers Augusta County,Virginia, for the purchase of shoes, hardware items, and seeds; cancelled checks; accounts with millers; shipping charges for farm products; deposit slips for the National Valley Bank of Staunton; receipts for insurance and the satisfaction of judgments; tuition receipt for Virginia Polytechnic Institute; and receipts with printed pictures on them.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents 71 items. Accounts, receipts and promissory notes of Robert C. Byers, and Robert? M. Byers Augusta County,Virginia, for the purchase of food, houseware items, hardware items, school books and supplies, seed, and livestock; also including laborers' records.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents 22 items. Legal papers of Samuel C. Byers including record of appointment as surveyor; summons to appear in court; and papers dealing with settlement of James Patterson's and William Craig's estates involving the sale and rental of land, and sale and hiring out of slaves; of Samuel Clarke for a claim to money owed by William A. Truck; of Sarah A. Finley for the rental of a farm to Joseph Altapher; Robert C. Byers dealing with the settlement of Samuel B. Weller's inheritance and arbitration over a land dispute; of Howard S. Byers including a partner ship agreement with Frank Winter and J. D. Creager to become a firm of general merchants; sample draft of an inventory of an estate; lists of taxable property including white males, slaves, livestock, wagons, and home furnishings; indenture of bargain and sale between William and Matilda Craig, and the legal heirs of James Patterson for 180 acres of land in Augusta County, Virginia. Physical Location: See Also Oversized File.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents 36 items. Printed material, including an electoral ticket for John Quincy Adams and Richard Rush, 1828; Abstract of the Laws relating to the\u0026amp;#8230;Surveyors of Roadsfor Augusta County, Virginia; list commissioner's sale of lands; advertisements for farm implements, pianos, livestock, shoes, medicine, and a plant nursery, some including printed pictures; electoral tickets for Middle River Township; broadsides containing weekly price lists for produce, livestock, furs, etc. in Richmond; religious material including daily lessons, a manual for the Presbyterian Progressive Program (1922-23), and financial information for home missions; an Eastern Normal College Catalogue; fiscal report for Staunton National Valley Bank; and a personal property tax form.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents 63 items. Miscellaneous material including a letter, 1 Jan. 1839, from Briscoe G. Baldwin, to William Shumate, Mount Sidney, Virginia, concerning the hire of \"a smart, healthy, and likely Negro fellow\u0026amp;#8230;as a blacksmith\"; report cards, 1890-1893, of Edwin C. and Howard S. Byers at Augusta Classical and Military Academy, Fort Defiance, Virginia; blue print of the \"Holbrook Transition Spiral condensed for practical work,\" 1906; assorted recipes, grocery lists, laborer's records; and school and penmanship exercises, some by Samuel B. Weller.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eManuscript Volumes. MsV. 1-14\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e16 pages. Manuscript Volume 1 Ledger contains accounts for the sale of parts for wells and the repair of wells.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e8 pages. Manuscript Volume 2 Ledger contains accounts for the sale of parts for wells and the repair of wells.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e12 pages. Manuscript Volume 3 Ledger contains accounts for the sale of parts for wells and the repair of wells.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e28 pages. Manuscript Volume 4 Ledger contains varied farm and labor accounts, 1832-1840; also including accounts for the sale of parts for wells and the repair of wells, 1816.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e12 pages. Manuscript Volume 5 Ledger contains accounts for the sale of parts for wells and the repair of wells.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e90 pages. Manuscript Volume 6 Ledger includes sale of farm products and records of laborers; also including record of costs for schooling 3 scholars, 1848.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e21 pages. Manuscript Volume 7 Ledger contains accounts for the sale of parts for wells and the repair of wells.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e5 pages. Manuscript Volume 8 Ledger includes mention of the sale of parts for wells or the repair of wells\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e100 pages. Manuscript Volume 9 Handwritten textbook in mathematics and bookkeeping, containing various mathematical rules and principles as applied to Federal money and English money; different rules on weighing for various products such as fuel, gold, or medicine; and rules for measuring cloth, land, dry substances or liquid substances; including practice exercises; also including an insert of additional practice exercises, intricate lettering, and poetry, completed by James A. Frame, 1843.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e12 pages. Manuscript Volume 10 Ledger concerns the sale of grain.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e7 pages. Manuscript Volume 11 Ledger contains miscellaneous farm and labor accounts.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents 62 pages. Manuscript Volume 12 Account book containing records of taxes, licenses, and clerks fees kept by the deputy treasurers for Augusta County, Virginia? including C. S. Byers, J. R. N. Speck, S. B. Stover, S. N. Patterson, and others. Includes an index.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents 8 pages. Manuscript Volume 13 Reportbook was signed by Rebecca Byers and Robert C. Byers.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e17 pages. Manuscript Volume 14 Pierce's Memorandum and Account Bookcontains printed advertising for various medicines, including \"Dr. Pierce's Compound Extract of Smart Weed,\" and several others.\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents"],"scopecontent_tesim":["The Byers Family Papers include personal and business correspondence; accounts, and business records of the members of the Byers family of Augusta County, Virginia, especially those papers belonging to Joseph Byers, who repaired wells; Samuel C. Byers; and Robert C. Byers. This collection also includes report cards, 1890-1893, of Edwin C. and Howard Byers, and a few letters of James C. Byers, and Leila Byers.","Scope and Contents 2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Heard that they had gone to Ohio; describes his business of \"making pumps and borring of pipes to conduct water\"; explains the manner in which he was swindled out of property he had obtained from John Blaire and their mother following his confinement in jail? for failing to pay a debt owed to William Blaire; hopes to be able to visit them in May; asks that James and his spouse read the letter but not Jenny.","Scope and Contents 1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Reports that he detained David until morning and hopes that he SCB will excuse the boy for being late.","Scope and Contents 1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. James Byers has returned home and found his family well; passed through Staunton and spoke to James Bell, who reported that Mr. Kenny, the clerk of County Court, had some information for him, possibly relating to the \"claim for your servisses sic in the revolutionary struggle.\"","Scope and Contents 2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Ann Craig has been ill all spring; reports on friends and relations; mentions that she would like to eat Mrs. Barager's \"sweet apples and apple butter this summer again\"; comments that the crops, especially the wheat are doing poorly; her children are going to school for the summer.","Scope and Contents 2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. William Hilbert describes the journey to Tennessee; reports that he is not sure if he likes the area yet, but there is plenty of work and \"fine farmes\" sic.","Scope and Contents 1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Ann Craig received his letter with the note and check; reports on a great deal of sickness in the area; asks to be remembered to her \"old mother\" Jane Patterson.","Scope and Contents 2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. H.M. Bell has been examining the settlement of George Craig's estate from March 1819, and found that James Patterson bought land from William Craig, but it is unclear whether full payment was made; needs information concerning a bond transaction involving the Craigs and the Pattersons; he SB will be summoned to have his deposition taken in this case between the Patterson Administrators and the Craig Executors.","Scope and Contents 2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. P. Shumacke states his daughter's claim to the servant girl Katy as a gift from the deceased James Patterson to his PS first wife Margaret Patterson; intends to pursue claim in the courts if the executors of James Patterson's estate SB and JP do not turn over the servant girl to him.","Scope and Contents 2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Samuel Life reports that the boy, Samuel, has run away from school to avoid a whipping.","1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Discusses in great detail the original settlement of James Patterson's estate, and the present settlement.","3 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Peter S. Baker has received cash and a bond from Virginia and is not sure how to split them up; finds it difficult to have a resident of Virginia as his security for the money coming to his children; has no further information on his appointment as guardian of Ann Craig's minor heirs; has divided the money equally between the seven heirs.","Scope and Contents 2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Peter S. Baker discusses a problem over a bond to the commonwealth; is confused about how the four youngest children are to get their money.","Scope and Contents 1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Peter S. Baker has had the bond notarized; asks to have the money sent by mail and says that \"any solvent bank will answer either Virginia, Kentucky, or Missouri paper.\"","Scope and Contents 2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Robert M. Craig plans to continue as a schoolteacher for a year or two if \"I can not make something else pay better\"; has sown wheat on his farm and rented some of the land; the weather is as cold as he has ever experienced in Texas; will send his power of attorney so that their money can be drawn; asks that the money be sent by check or draft on New York, New Orleans, or Philadelphia; reports on prices for corn, oats, and wheat.","Scope and Contents 1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Peter S. Baker has received the eighty dollars and encloses receipts for each estate; complains about the expense involved in procuring the money for the heirs.","1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. N. K. Trunk has a power of attorney from Robert Craig's heirs to collect the money from James Patterson's estate.","Scope and Contents 4 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Jonathan and Jane Ann Stover have moved to Uncle Jacob Stover's farm; does not look like a war is going on as the \"stores are crowded with goods-they are higher than when the war first began\"; James Byers is very satisfied with the area and the rich land; reports on Jane Ann's trip through the mountains; gives news of family and friends in Indiana; sorry to hear of Grandfather Stover's death.","Scope and Contents 2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. John A. Johnston insists that the bed left with him RB and cousin Becca belongs to him JAJ; gives a detailed account of why his dead mother intended that he should have the bed; also insists that the money from the sale of the wardrobe was intended to be used to fix Ida Bell's teeth","Scope and Contents 2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Hester Horner chastises her RB for calling her HH brother, John Johnston, a rascal; insists that their mother intended the bed go to John Johnston; has sent money to Ida Bell.","1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. S. B. Weller describes the climate in Texas; reports that he has received a letter from Frank Weller; sends his regards to the family.","2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. S. B. Weller asks if he will be able to get any of his money from the lawsuit by spring because of a business opportunity.","Scope and Contents 1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Thomas D. Ranson discusses the settlement of his RCB account as guardian of S. B. Weller.","Scope and Contents 2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. George Oler? has started planting his corn; mother Jane Ann Stove? is planning to leave for Virginia on May 13.","Scope and Contents 3 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Nannie Oler reports that her mother Jane Ann Stover? is ill; discusses the outlook for the crops of wheat and corn and the sale of hogs; gives prices on eggs and butter; asks if Lelice Byers us going to school.","1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. J. N. Van Deranter asking for contributions to the Old Stone Church.","Scope and Contents 4 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Mary McClung returned from her trip to Old Mexico and Phoenix, Arizona on Dec. 11, having traveled eight thousand miles; describes the visit with family members and the weather in Arizona; sorry to hear of the illness in her family; complains that it has been snowing since the return home; reports that Hallie and Louisa McClung? are in school; Mr. McClung has been on jury duty for over a month; he has presently gone \"to hitch up to take a sleigh ride.\"","Scope and Contents 1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Poverty plans to go away for a week, and asks if Charley can stay with the Byers.","Scope and Contents 4 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Alice complains of the freezing weather and pipes bursting; asks about a wedding she was unable to attend due to the poor weather; reports that the \"comfort\" has been pieced, but \"lacks about 2 ½ yds. to join it with\" before it can then be quilted; reports on the deaths and illnesses in the neighborhood; \"hens are laying quite well\" and mentions the good price turkeys are getting; mentions that she \"saw a piece in the paper about your big dinner, and it gave it quite a puff\"; asks about family and friends.","Scope and Contents 4 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Katherine complains of the heat; reports on a party of twenty-seven young people who went to Jump Mountain on horseback; was unable to attend the \"Roller commencement\"; asks her to visit after the harvest; complains of being lonesome since school is out.","2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Bessie Anderson sends her thanks for the good visit she had with them; mentions Cousin Sally Poague; asks to be remembered to various family members.","Scope and Contents 2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Robert Byers? asks his father to send money to pay his \"second term fees\" at Virginia Polytechnic Institute, and to pay for board at $91.50.","Scope and Contents 1 page. Typewritten Letter. Byers has brought the machinery to put in a corn mill and a feed mill; has the agency for \"the Foos Gas and Gasoline engine\" and will get a commission for sales; asks to have a note for $750 at the National Valley Bank renewed for six months.","2 pages. Typewritten Letter Signed. H. C. Barrett explains the advantages of patronizing Eastern Normal College.","Scope and Contents 2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Lelia B. Byers wants to know who the boys were who waved at her when she walked by the Academy; talks about various friends.","Scope and Contents 4 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Lelia Byers reports that her lessons are going well; talks about various friends; mentions that when she walked by the Academy \"two of the boys ran out on the porch and yelled at us\"; has had fun out riding; asks for the hats to be sent by Sunday.","53 items. Business correspondence of the Byers family, Augusta County, Virginia, including Samuel Byer's correspondence with various individuals concerning payment of debts; use of a gate near Mt. Sidney, Augusta County, Virginia; execution of bonds; and purchase of land, 1834-1878; also including correspondence of Robert and Rebecca Byers, Fort Defiance, Augusta County, Virginia, with commission merchants and other individuals concerning the sale of farm products and livestock, such as butter, hay, cattle and hogs; concerning the hiring of farm laborers and lawsuit by a laborer; building a barn; payment on notes; sale, rental, and taxes on farm land; and correspondence with a farm machinery co. concerning machinery and fertilizers, 1880-1894, and n.d.","Scope and Contents 83 items. Accounts, receipts and promissory notes of Joseph and Samuel Byers, Augusta County, Virginia for taxes paid; sale or purchase of household and farm items including cart wheels and axel, a buggy, shoes, clothing, cloth, hinges, screws, flour, wheat and corn; rent; payment of judgements; boarding horses; sale and repair of shoes and well pumps; and hire and payments of laborers. Also including receipts for a land transaction between William Craig and James Patterson.","104 items. Accounts, receipts and promissory notes of Joseph and Samuel Byers, Augusta County, Virginia for the purchase of food, household items, and farm implements; payment of tuition; hire and payment of laborers; sale and repair of well pumps and parts; and wheat shipment and miller's accounts.","Scope and Contents 67 items. Accounts, receipts and promissory notes of Samuel Byers, Augusta County, Virginia for the purchase of food, cloth, spices, hardware goods, household items, and farm implements; accounts with millers; accounts for making shoes; purchase or sale of farm products, including straw, butter, beef and hogs; the hire and payment of farm laborers and sharpening of shears. Also including James Patterson's accounts with millers.","56 items. Accounts, receipts and promissory notes of Samuel Byers, Augusta County, Virginia for the purchase of food, cloth, hardware goods, and other household and farm items; accounts with millers; receipts for the sale of land; purchase or sale of farm products, accounts for the sharpening of shears and repair of shoes and wagons; receipts for the purchase of slaves; receipt for the receipts and promissory notes for James Samuel Patterson; and court receipts involving the Patterson estate.","Scope and Contents 55 items. Accounts, receipts and promissory notes of Samuel and Nancy Patterson Byers, Augusta County, Virginia for the purchase of cloth, beef, sugar, and other household items; accounts for flour sold; record of grain raised; doctor's receipts; tuition receipts; accounts for the sharpening of shears and shoe repair; and receipts for the subscription to the Staunton Spectator; also including receipts for the settlement of James Patterson's and Ann Craig's estates, and records for the valuation of James Patterson's property.","Scope and Contents 88 items. Accounts, receipts and promissory notes of Samuel, Robert C., and Rebecca Byers, Augusta County, Virginia for the purchase of food, household items, hardware items, seeds, cloth and furniture; accounts with farm laborers; accounts with millers for flour, corn and rye; receipts for payment of tolls; accounts for the repair of shoes and farm implements; accounts for the stabling of horses; doctor's receipts, tax receipts; a list of contributions to be made to a family whose house burned; and Samuel Byers' accounts as administrator of Nancy Patterson Byers' estate.","62 items. Accounts, receipts and promissory notes of Samuel and Robert C. Byers, Augusta County, Virginia, including printed pictures on promissory notes and bills; receipts for the purchase of cloth, food, spices, livestock, furniture, and hardware items; receipts for the purchase and repair of farm machinery and implements; bank deposit slips for the National Valley Bank of Staunton; tax and insurance receipts; and bills for the sale and transportation of hay.","42 items. Accounts, receipts and promissory notes of Robert C. Byers, Augusta County,Virginia, including printed pictures of birds, farm machinery, and other items on several receipts; receipts for the sale and transportation of hay; receipts and bills for the purchase of corn, flour, seeds, shoes, oil, food, spices, plaster, and hardware items; receipts for school and dentist fees; tax and insurance receipts; records of protest for non-payment of notes; deposit slips for the National Valley Bank of Staunton; an insurance policy from the Western Assurance County. Physical Location: See Also Oversized File.","Scope and Contents 35 items. Accounts, receipts and promissory notes of Robert C. Byers, and Robert? M. Byers Augusta County,Virginia, for the purchase of shoes, hardware items, and seeds; cancelled checks; accounts with millers; shipping charges for farm products; deposit slips for the National Valley Bank of Staunton; receipts for insurance and the satisfaction of judgments; tuition receipt for Virginia Polytechnic Institute; and receipts with printed pictures on them.","Scope and Contents 71 items. Accounts, receipts and promissory notes of Robert C. Byers, and Robert? M. Byers Augusta County,Virginia, for the purchase of food, houseware items, hardware items, school books and supplies, seed, and livestock; also including laborers' records.","Scope and Contents 22 items. Legal papers of Samuel C. Byers including record of appointment as surveyor; summons to appear in court; and papers dealing with settlement of James Patterson's and William Craig's estates involving the sale and rental of land, and sale and hiring out of slaves; of Samuel Clarke for a claim to money owed by William A. Truck; of Sarah A. Finley for the rental of a farm to Joseph Altapher; Robert C. Byers dealing with the settlement of Samuel B. Weller's inheritance and arbitration over a land dispute; of Howard S. Byers including a partner ship agreement with Frank Winter and J. D. Creager to become a firm of general merchants; sample draft of an inventory of an estate; lists of taxable property including white males, slaves, livestock, wagons, and home furnishings; indenture of bargain and sale between William and Matilda Craig, and the legal heirs of James Patterson for 180 acres of land in Augusta County, Virginia. Physical Location: See Also Oversized File.","Scope and Contents 36 items. Printed material, including an electoral ticket for John Quincy Adams and Richard Rush, 1828; Abstract of the Laws relating to the\u0026#8230;Surveyors of Roadsfor Augusta County, Virginia; list commissioner's sale of lands; advertisements for farm implements, pianos, livestock, shoes, medicine, and a plant nursery, some including printed pictures; electoral tickets for Middle River Township; broadsides containing weekly price lists for produce, livestock, furs, etc. in Richmond; religious material including daily lessons, a manual for the Presbyterian Progressive Program (1922-23), and financial information for home missions; an Eastern Normal College Catalogue; fiscal report for Staunton National Valley Bank; and a personal property tax form.","Scope and Contents 63 items. Miscellaneous material including a letter, 1 Jan. 1839, from Briscoe G. Baldwin, to William Shumate, Mount Sidney, Virginia, concerning the hire of \"a smart, healthy, and likely Negro fellow\u0026#8230;as a blacksmith\"; report cards, 1890-1893, of Edwin C. and Howard S. Byers at Augusta Classical and Military Academy, Fort Defiance, Virginia; blue print of the \"Holbrook Transition Spiral condensed for practical work,\" 1906; assorted recipes, grocery lists, laborer's records; and school and penmanship exercises, some by Samuel B. Weller.","Manuscript Volumes. MsV. 1-14","16 pages. Manuscript Volume 1 Ledger contains accounts for the sale of parts for wells and the repair of wells.","8 pages. Manuscript Volume 2 Ledger contains accounts for the sale of parts for wells and the repair of wells.","12 pages. Manuscript Volume 3 Ledger contains accounts for the sale of parts for wells and the repair of wells.","28 pages. Manuscript Volume 4 Ledger contains varied farm and labor accounts, 1832-1840; also including accounts for the sale of parts for wells and the repair of wells, 1816.","12 pages. Manuscript Volume 5 Ledger contains accounts for the sale of parts for wells and the repair of wells.","90 pages. Manuscript Volume 6 Ledger includes sale of farm products and records of laborers; also including record of costs for schooling 3 scholars, 1848.","21 pages. Manuscript Volume 7 Ledger contains accounts for the sale of parts for wells and the repair of wells.","5 pages. Manuscript Volume 8 Ledger includes mention of the sale of parts for wells or the repair of wells","100 pages. Manuscript Volume 9 Handwritten textbook in mathematics and bookkeeping, containing various mathematical rules and principles as applied to Federal money and English money; different rules on weighing for various products such as fuel, gold, or medicine; and rules for measuring cloth, land, dry substances or liquid substances; including practice exercises; also including an insert of additional practice exercises, intricate lettering, and poetry, completed by James A. Frame, 1843.","12 pages. Manuscript Volume 10 Ledger concerns the sale of grain.","7 pages. Manuscript Volume 11 Ledger contains miscellaneous farm and labor accounts.","Scope and Contents 62 pages. Manuscript Volume 12 Account book containing records of taxes, licenses, and clerks fees kept by the deputy treasurers for Augusta County, Virginia? including C. S. Byers, J. R. N. Speck, S. B. Stover, S. N. Patterson, and others. Includes an index.","Scope and Contents 8 pages. Manuscript Volume 13 Reportbook was signed by Rebecca Byers and Robert C. Byers.","17 pages. 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Jones","Box 2","folder 3","Bills, invoices and receipts for  items purchased by Richard P. Jones.  Businesses and others include Thomas B. Taliaferro (household items), Mitchell and Tyler of Richmond, Chris Heirsch, Potter and Middleton of Baltimore (furniture), G. Earnest \u0026 W. Cowles of Baltimore (China), Gwyn \u0026 Co. of Baltimore (cloth), Monroe Nicolson (cloth, household items), Heywood Smith (general store), J. T. Guy (house repair) and Sam M. Price \u0026 Co (sewing supplies)."],"title_filing_ssi":"Accounts - Richard P. Jones","title_ssm":["Accounts - Richard P. Jones"],"title_tesim":["Accounts - Richard P. Jones"],"unitdate_inclusive_ssm":["1830-1861"],"normalized_date_ssm":["1830/1861"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Accounts - Richard P. 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Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility.","Subseries were not used with this collection due to difficulty separating papers into their family of origin. When possible, the papers have been grouped either by recipient or creator, whether individual or family. Most of the correspondence is arranged chronologically and is a mix of the Jones, Curtis, Taliaferro, Page and related families. Most envelopes were missing which made it difficult to ascertain not only who received the letters, but who wrote them.","Further processing and completion of inventory done by Anne Johnson in 2011.","Mss. 39.1 J75  Warner T. Jones Papers\nMss. 65 Ar6 Armistead-Cocke Family Papers","Papers, 1826-1916, of the Jones family of \"Land's End,\" Gloucester County, Virginia, and related families of Curtis, Taliaferro, Page and Harrison. Includes correspondence, genealogical notes, obituaries, legal files, real estate material, notes concerning Land's End, Petsworth Parish (Gloucester County), Yorktown, and the homes of the Cringan family and the Mackenzie family, and Bible records of the Jones and Fauntleroy families.","The first two accessions, which compose the bulk of the material, are gifts of Mrs. Jackson  L. Fray, Jr.","Addition Mss. Acc. 1955.001 was given by Maria Talcott, but the material deals with the same family, so it has been included with the Fray gift accessions.  She was a first cousin of Mary Fauntleroy Cocke Fray and granddaughter of Harriet Jones and Charles Curtis.","Mary Fauntleroy Cocke Fray was the daughter of William Fauntleroy Cocke and great granddaughter of Harriet Jones and Charles Curtis.  The 1969 accessions are family papers and documents from both the Jones and Curtis families with some material relating to the Cocke family.","Harriet's parents were Richard and Martha Washington Throckmorton Jones and her siblings were William Langborne, Mary Lanborne, Lucy Ann (married Mann Page), John James Emanuel, Richard P. (married Maria Greenhow Curtis) and Warner Throckmorton Jones (never married and lived with both his Curtis relations through the years).  Harriet Jones Curtis's children were Martha, Harriet, Lucy, Mary, Fanny and Charles Curtis.","Papers, 1826-1916, of the Jones family of \"Land's End,\" Gloucester County, Virginia, and related families of Curtis, Taliaferro, Page and Harrison. Includes correspondence, genealogical notes, obituaries, legal files, real estate material, notes concerning Land's End, Petsworth Parish (Gloucester County), Yorktown, and the homes of the Cringan family and the Mackenzie family, and Bible records of the Jones and Fauntleroy families.","The first two accessions, which compose the bulk of the material, are gifts of Mrs. Jackson  L. Fray, Jr.","13 items which include correspondence from F. Du-Veil, Warner T. Jones, Mary B. Curtis.","12 items which include letters from Charles M. Jones, M.G. Jones, Emma G. De Sausseur, L.A. Page, E.M. Wellford, Ella B. Howard and Mary T. Davies.","18 items including letters from Warner T. Jones, E.H. Dabney, Julia Meredith, Jos. Bryan, Susan E. Maury, St. G.T.C. Bryan and Preston Cocke.","35 items including letters fro M.G. Jones, M.G. Clarke, Leah T. Taliaferro and Mag. S. Smith.","26 items which include letters from M.G. Jones (Civil War comment), Sue Byrd, Mary C. Mason, Mary F. Jones and Fannie Curtis.","Genealogy correspondence, notes, printed material on the Blackburne, Booth, Curtis, Elizabeth (Queen), Fitzhugh, Jones, Langborn, Lawson, Payne, Pemberton, Throckmorton and Warner Families.","Handwritten story.","3 stories:  \"John Marshall\" (3 pages); \"Francesca, the Venetian Bride\" (4 pages); and \"The Love of Marie Rayneval\" (20 pages).","\"The Salon of Madame Necker\" the Standard Series:  Volume II, Parts III and IV, 1880, Volume III, Parts V and VI, 1881. Signed on covers \"Martha T. Jones, Land's End, Gloucester Co., Va.\"  Booklet, \"Easy Questions for a little child, etc.\" published by Gen. Prot. Episcopal Sunday School Union, New York, undated, 40 pages.","One page of births (1828-1868) and one page of deaths (1830-1939); obituaries of Miss Martha T. Jones (d. 1952 January 16) and Fanny Curtis Jones (d. 1954 October 28); 1 page of marriages, Curtis-Fauntleroy-Jones; and 1 memo from C. Nelson to Miss Jones.","Expansive notes on a possible biographical paper which includes thoughts on a variety of topics such as politics, religion, the South, Banks and much more.","1833 payment from Mann Page, 1846 invoice of C. C. Curtis, 1849 invoice from Beers and Poindexter, 1858 receipt for Robert Armistead, 1878 receipt for Marg. T. Jones for a Saratoga Trunk, 1878 letter to Bangy about items purchased, 1915 receipt of the Misses Jones with The Gloucester Pharmacy, 1927 bill from Dr. Windells for Martha T. Jones, 1940 bank receipt and Curtis receipt in regards to Thomas Fauntleroy's will (undated).","Accounts of estate and an account of a sale of estate items with buyers and items listed with their prices.","Bills, invoices and receipts for  items purchased by Richard P. Jones.  Businesses and others include Thomas B. Taliaferro (household items), Mitchell and Tyler of Richmond, Chris Heirsch, Potter and Middleton of Baltimore (furniture), G. Earnest \u0026 W. Cowles of Baltimore (China), Gwyn \u0026 Co. of Baltimore (cloth), Monroe Nicolson (cloth, household items), Heywood Smith (general store), J. T. Guy (house repair) and Sam M. Price \u0026 Co (sewing supplies).","1842 invoice from Augustine Owen, 1846 receipt from Diggs' Hotel, 1855 account with R. B. Taliaferro, 1860 account with Oscar Granz of Richmond, 1863 note saying A. Grady will deliver...twelve servants, 1861 invoice from John C. Shafer,","Letter to Armistead from Warner Lewis J[ones], 16 May 1768.  Possibly a copy of the letter.","1805 letter written from Lynchburg to Uncle, partial letter written from Upton in 1811 and an 1821 letter from A. Sheldon in Rubert to Jacob Sheldon in Williamsburg.","1834 letter from M. Southgate to Elizabeth Page, his sister, about the shock of his wife's death (Louisa) and 1838 letter from Uncle Richard Jones to Cadet Francis W. Page at West Point Military Academy.","Fragments of letter to Cadet Frank N. Page at West Point from Warner T. Jones, January 12, 1849.","1851 letter from Unknown in Newport, Rhode Island to Major about his visit to Capon Springs and his health problems. 1855 letter from Julia in Alexandria to Maria, 1858 letter to Mother from Daughter and an 1859 letter from D.B. Page of Carybrook to \"friend\" sending condolences about the death of her baby. Includes 1859 letter to Jones from St. G. Tucker in Ashland about Jones request for his copy of \"Journal and Documents,\" which Tucker explains is usually only borrowed by new members during the Journal Session. Tucker also explains his view on new bill about \"ordinary\" and \"Merchants License\" and how McCue of Augusta and Haywood of Marion \"concocted an amendment to each of them\"...\" to extend the promises of the bill to trading with free negroes as well as slaves.\"","Undated (circa 1861) letter from H. Baytop in Gloucester to Col. Jones, in which he states \"I have been offered the Captaincy of a uniform Rifle Company and I had rather accept of that than to be ... I am perfectly willing to serve under you but am not willing to be under any underling\"... \"let me know if I can get the situation of Paymaster...\" January 1861 letter to \"Aunt\" from Fannie Harrison at Carter Hall about family and friends with a few references to the war. January 1861 letter to \"Brother\" from sibling in Richmond about the weather preventing the nominations of representatives to the Convention and resulting in too many candidates ...\"to the cause of immediate state secession,\" he is convinced \"is the path of safety and of honor\" and \"immediate secession is gaining ground rapidly.\" He also mentions different areas of the state and their feelings about secession and how some of them lean towards the Union and others choosing Whigs as their representatives. Letter is unfinished. January 1861 letter to Warner from P. R. Page at the Ship Yard giving details of the election process in selecting a representative to the Convention, with Seawell getting 132 votes and William Taliaferro getting 38. February 1861 letter from J.C. Sheldon at Wilson's Creek to Cal about the property and Mr. Langborn's will. August 1862 letter to Maria from a friend in Richmond about family news. July 1862 letter from D. M. Taliaferro in Gloucester to Warner T. Jones in Richmond about the circumstances of John Richard White leaving Richmond because of sick relatives. Series of letters to Cousin Maria from Mary L. Browning of Greenfield about family affairs. Letters are undated, but probably written in the 1860s. 1864 letter to Maria Jones from Cousin Mary Harrison about the death of Mary's Aunt and family news. July 1864 letter to Martha from Mary L. Browning mostly about the War: who died, who is on disability and where friends are or have been during the war. July 4, 1864 letter from sister MBC (Mary Booth Curtis) in Richmond, Virginia to her sister, Mrs. R. P. Jones (Marie Curtis Jones) about the war with comments such as \"I think today may be the most important of the war as it is supposed Grant will try and do something...,\" \" I have no doubt of the issue but the loss of life sickens me.\" She also mentions prices of food in Richmond and the whereabouts of family and friends. Two August 1864 letters from Fannie in Nelson's Creek to Emily Kemp about visiting, illness of Martha and family news. February 4, 1865 letter from D.B. Page in Carybrook as part of the military to \"friend,\" mostly about friends, family and missing Gloucester. Letter is torn, stained and fragile. March 12, 1865 letter from Joel Thomas to wife, Indiana E. Thomas, with location \"In the Trenches.\" He explains the cost system of sending packages and people stealing from personal shipments. On the second page of the letter he says that his regiment is out of the trenches and living in cabins near Dinwiddie Court House, 10 miles from Petersburg. He writes of movement of troops, news of his and her brothers and his good wishes to his and her family. January 15, 1866 letter written from Greenfield to cousin about death of Aunt Judy in Montgomery, hard times after the war such that \"the gentlemen look worse than they did during the war\" and \"my faithful Hillary and Hannah went off, could not induce them to stay and all through the war, Hillary was as faithful and good as possible...\" January 15, 1866 letter from Aunt MBC (Martha Booth Curtis) to Bangy (Mary) asking her to visit and \"got a letter from Mrs. Coleman...in which she said she would open her school in Wmsburg the 15th of March\" and encourages Bangy to go. 1866 letter from Cousin Louis West in Pensacola, Florida to Cousin Mary about the death of Mrs. Caldwell. July 1866 letter from Maria at Hunting Quarter to Cousin about \"Papa going to Clarke to live\" with Henry Harrison and they will follow, plus other family news. September 1966 letter from Richmond to \"Mother\" about where she is living. March 1867 letter from Burwell to cousin about paying her to care for his Aunt. August 30, 1867 letter from Cynthia B. T. Coleman in Aldie, Loudoun County to Maria about teaching her daughter English and Music for free, but can't afford to give free board plus news of her visits to friends. 1869 letter to B about family and being homesick. 1869 letter from Martha Throgmorton to her sister, with postscript by her Mother about family news. 1869 letter from E. Browning to Charlie about a fire in their house that killed their granddaughter, Anna. 1869 letter from Rebecca Tabb to Charlie about the coat he gave LLoyd.","Many letters to and from Curtis and Jones family members. Writers include Mary Booth Curtis, C. C. Curtis, Susan, George O. Nicholson, Allie, sister, Maggie Locke, Martha T. Jones, Huntingdon, Bassett French, David N. Baldwin, M. Curtis, Aunt Lea Page, Barney, Maria Cocke, Preston Cocke, Emily and other indecipherable names. Recipients include Sister, Brother, Cousin, Julia and M. Thompson, Martha (sister), Mary, Emily, Mrs. Semple, Cousin Martha, Matty, Bangy (Mary), Richard Jones, B, Mary Jones, Charlie, Fanny, C.C. Curtis and others. Content is mostly news of family and friends.","Letters are between members of the Jones and Curtis families. Writers include John R. Page, S.S. Page, Annie (Blaxton), W. T. Williams (to Bangie about her Mother's death) and Philip A. Taliaferro. Recipients include Maria, Martha, Fannie, Bangie, Sister and Cousin Martha. Mostly concerns family news.","Letters between Jones and Curtis family members. Writers and recipients include Thomas Nelson Page to Cousin Mrs. M. T. P. Vandergrift (about a story she wrote), P. M. Thompson in Williamsburg to Mary about the death of her Uncle, H. B. Kendig (sending checks to Miss Jones) and Sally Nelson Robins (of the Virginia Historical Society) to Mary about some documents.","1932 letter to Martha and Fanny from Cousin M. J. Vandegrift about family news, and a 1948 letter to Martha from Mrs. H. O. Sanders of Gloucester, saying she found some of \"Mama's diaries and was having them typed.\"","Writers include E. Browning, Elizabeth Byrd Nichols, F.L. B. Cocke, Mother, MBG, unknown Taliaferro, Sister, friend, M.F. Jones, Fanny, Lilly Page, Lizzie Archer, Martha, Mr. Cocke, Aunt Booth, Child and Marion. Recipients include Friend , Bangy (Mary), Miss Jones, Bangy, B. and Sister M, Mother, Sister, Friend, MBC, B, Martha, Mary, Mrs. R.P. Jones, Maria Jones, Children, Niece, Fanny and Miss Jones. Includes a copy of a letter of George Herberts to \"Dear Sick Sister,\" a letter fragment about Florida and assuming government funding to remove native population, letter to Maria from Mr. Cocke where he sends her a four leaf clover (no longer with letter) and a wedding invitation. Topics include all areas of family life and news of friends, family and neighbors.","Undated correspondence to a son or daughter, written either from Richmond, Virginia or Lands End in Gloucester, Virginia. Writer is probably Harriet Throckmorton Curtis and/or Martha T. Jones. Topic is mostly news of family, friends and neighbors.","1840s letters from his sister, Harriet Throckmorton Jones, of Lowlands Cottage, to Richard Jones in Baltimore, telling of local and family news; 1849 letter about finances from Thomas W. Fauntleroy; 1851 letter from C. Lebaron about an account with L. Fauntleroy; 1853 letter from cousin A. Dabney in Raymond, Mississippi; 1853 and 1860 letters from Robert B. Armistead of Alabama about the estate of George Fauntleroy; 1869 letter from Henry Harrison of Millwood about a bond; 1874 letter from M. B. C. about death and God; 1882 note to Mrs. Richard Jones from Cynthia B. T. Coleman mentioning a 50th anniversary; and an undated invitation from Dr. and Mrs. Tabb.","Includes an 1860 letter from P. R. Page in Gloucester about not getting paid as an officer in the Army, giving examples and ranting about the unfairness of the system; 1860 letter from a ? W. Power in Yorktown about Jones' solicitation on behalf of the Volunteer Companies of Gloucester to erect a permanent memorial at Yorktown; 1861 letter from John W. C. Catlett, asking Jones to pick up an earring he left at a shop in Richmond; 1864 letter from C. C. Curtis about the will of Cora Harriet Shelden; 1867 letter from John R. Page about applying before the Members of the Board; 1871 letter from Henry Harrison recommending John R. Page as County Judge; 1873 letter from John R. Page, professor of Natural History at The University of Virginia, about the resolution to fund the University; 1884 letter to Judge W. Crump about a meeting to discuss the finances of William and Mary; 1886 letters about a deed of trust; 1890 letter from Joseph Bryan and an 1890 letter from W. C. Throckmorton of Danville, Virginia about Throckmorton genealogy.","1884 letter to Miss M. F. Jones from S. G. Fauntleroy about coat of arms and other family information; 1894 letters from S. Bassett French to Richard Jones about genealogy; and a 1901 letter to Miss Jones from Edwin Hawley, about the Throckmorton Family. Notes and charts about families; obituaries of Burgh Taliaferro, Rev. Charles Mann, Virginia Throckmorton and Fielding L. Taylor; a correction of the genealogy done by Miss Hary Fauntleroy by unknown person; notes on descendants of Mary Warner; notes on Read and Warner families; genealogy article about connection between the Queen, Washington and Lee, gravestone inscriptions of William Langhorne of King William County and Sarah Ann Weatherby Smith.","1835 note for purchases at estate sale by Warner T. Taliaferro; 1849 note to the Commissioner of Revenue of Gloucester County, transferring 802 acres from C.S. Jones to Richard P. Jones; 1844 indenture between the company of Curtis Jones and Robert C. Curtis; 1845-6 bonds; 1851 final payment for the purchase of Lands End; 1863 list of \"negroes and their ages\"; 1875 appraisal by Richard P. Jones and R. M. Page for personal estate of Sam Bolling; and a 1877 payment by Richard W. Jones to James D. Pointer for Richard P. Jones' coffin. Also includes an 1890 letter to Mary from George B. Harrison, about English property of Coryndon Carpenter, which by his 1776 will \"devised two small farms in Cornwall to his brother Nathaniel Carpenter...of King and Queen County...after his death to be sold and the proceeds to be divided between the four sons of Dr. Carpenter: Coryndon, William Fauntleroy, Bushrod and Nathaniel; and 1830-1852 guardian account records for Maria G. Curtis and R. P. Jones with C. C. Curtis the guardian of Maria.","Includes receipts from purchases, notes and real estate; an accounting of an estate for Miss Maria G. Curtis and R. P. Jones (1830-1852); indenture between Robert C. Curtis and Charles C. Curtis, Richard P. Jones and Philip E. Tabb (business) for $744.72 (1844); \"List of Richd P. Jones' negroes and their ages in 1863; indenture inventory of the estate of Sam Bolling (1875); and receipt for coffin of W. T. Jones from Richard W. Jones (1877).","1859 letter by Jno A. B. Thornton certifying that Warner T. Jones was elected to represent Gloucester in the House of Delegates; 1859 form letter to the Alumni of William and Mary Collection, asking for donations; 1880 letter from George B. Harrison asking for help in an English deposition; 1882 Power of Attorney given to Warner Jones for Martha T. Vandergrift; and an 1891 resolution from the Faculty of the College of William and Mary on their appreciation of the character of the late Judge Warner T. Jones.","\"A Review of the Circular Letter of the Attorney General...to the Marshals...in Relation to Elections,\" possibly 1863. June 30, 1929 Richmond Times-Dispatch about the Wells Cathedral in England; February 11, 1912 Times-Dispatch \"Our Confederate Column\"; and clippings on religion and wedding announcements.","Four handwritten business cards for C. C. Curtis (one with a note); weekly reports from \"Lane and Meade's School\"in Richmond, Virginia for C.C. Curtis (1868); and newspaper article about Court of Appeals session where John Poindexter's conviction of killing C. C. Curtis on March 3, 1879 was affirmed.","1873 certificate for Miss Mary T. Jones who is \"authorized to teach in the Public Free Schools of Gloucester County...1874\" and list of \"Mary's pallbearers.\"","1863 Confederate Bonds for Five Hundred Dollars belonging to L. A. and R. M. Page.","Business Card for \"The Davis Carriage Company\" with \"lines...found on the walls of Old Blandford Church...,\" small Christmas card, printed funeral service for Catherine Elizabeth Murray (1940), 1932 News Leader \"In By-gone Days\" about \"William and Mary College...to be revived and continue as a State Normal School...General William B. Taliaferro and Judge Warner T. Jones have been indefatigable in the cause\"; and a calling card for Misses Jones.","William Langhorn's 1823 will in King William County, leaving property in England, \"Fox Court,\" to his Throckmorton cousins. The will was not recognized by English Law and his property was considered intestate. Mostly correspondence about determining the legality of the heirs and the division of the estate, but also includes rental receipts, deeds, agreements and accounts. One document, \"Case,\" says that the English property was willed to William Langborn by Mary Langborn in 1783 and his heirs were the children of his sister, a Throckmorton. Family members involved in the settlement are: Warner T. Taliaferro, Alexander G. Taliaferro, William Taliaferro, Richard P. Jones, Nancy T. Jones, Lucy Anne and Mann Page, Anne Jones, Harriet T. Curtis, John and Lucy M. Page and Henry and Fanny T. Harrison. Other names include Mrs. Sheldon, John and Sally Throckmorton Dixon.","Typescript of \"Record of Major William Langborn's Revolutionary War Service\"; 1838 Revolutionary War Claim by heirs of William Langborn; 1840 survey of Ohio land granted William Lanborn on reverse of a letter to Charles C. Curtis; and an April 7, 1840 indenture between Charles C. and Harret T. Jones Curtis and Warmer T. Jones giving Warner T. Jones all interest in the King William County land once owned by William Langborn.","Poems and stories written by various members of all the families, though the writer is usually not identified. Includes \"Mr. Adam Foster's Letters describing 'old times in Gloucester Co., Va'\" in 1848, sent to Mary and belonging to M. L. Tabb of St. Catherine's School; poem written for Maria Greenhow of Williamsburg by Leander, fragment of text,\" copied by F. B. Macaulay in 1854; Romeo and Juliet (revised and improved), a story about a cat named Dolly by F. C. J.; \"Female Character\" by Mary F. Jones; handwritten obituary for a pet bird (1874); \"popular sayings from Pope\"; fragment of notes, poem on the death of \"Little Lizzie\"; calculation of crop rotation and profits using \"The Henley Four Field System\"; prose story about Lands End; note that describes \"...romantic delusion that the south was inhabited exclusively by aristocrats and picturesque negroes...\"; fragment of a story about a young girl at a ball; notes on Spanish and European religious and political history; page from a book with a poem entitled \"Stillness,\" which is addressed to Bangy; recipe for \"Tomatoe Catsup,\" and a typescript manuscript of \"Cousin Martha's recollections\" of Eagle Point, Lands End and other areas of Gloucester.","Papers of the Jones Family and collateral families, the Fauntleroy Family, the Taliaferro Family, the Sheldon Family, and others. Includes printed material, obituaries and writings. This accession was a gift of Maria Talcott. Mss. Acc. 1955.001 Addition.","October 28, 1825 letter from Mary L. Fauntleroy in Oakley to Miss Apphia B. Fauntleroy in Richmond, Virginia about her sadness because of the death of their sister and brother. Undated letter to Mother from Maria Greenhow (tear) about her activities in Richmond. August 11, 1873 letter to Mary from Janet, telling about attending the Virginia Council in Winchester, Virginia with her father. Undated letter to Mrs. Mary Lewis Browning from Sally Taliaferro about news of weddings and friends. Partial Last Will and Testament of Thomas Fauntleroy, dated February 1820.","Letters and documents spanning from 1859 to 1916. Documents concerning Warner T. Jones include an 1859 invoice from E.B. Spence; 1861 invitation to a Ball at Rosewell by the Gentlemen of Gloucester; 1861 bill for room and other items at the Spotswood Hotel in Richmond; 1862 receipt for the American Hotel in Richmond; 1865 check from Pugh; 1866 letter from unknown at Millhouse to Warner about property (Sheldon?) and news of friends; undated (after 1887) opinion from T.G. Jones to Hon. W.T. Jones about the \"matter of the old dragon Bridge and causeway now pending in Gloucester County Court\" in Middlesex and Gloucester Counties; May 12th, 186? letter from Capt. Chs. Garnett to Col. Jones about \"Scouts from Gwynn's Island report persons landing \u0026 marching towards ...women \u0026 children leaving for mainland in night...\"; a 1873 card for free travel on the Atlantic Mississippi and Ohio Railroad; and a partial undated letter from W. T. Jones while at William and Mary; August 1863 letter to \"My Very Dear Sister\" from her sister in Chatham telling of news of friends, deaths in the war, Mr. Gringam's whereabouts, the hot summer, her garden in Richmond and the Yankees stopping the mail; 1884 letter from son P. E. Jones to his Mother, Maria Jones, about family news; a 1916 envelope addressed to Richard Jones, and a 1922 paper on the Throckmorton family by William Carter Stubbs. Undated material includes a genealogical note about the Warner and Smith families; a report on the Throckmorton family; undated letter between two Jones sisters; small poetry notebook; and a handwritten copy of a letter written by Emanuel Jones, Petsworth Parish, Gloucester County with a \"list of questions sent out by the Bishop of London in 1724,\" with answers.","April 13, 1864 Confederate Bond for J. C. Sheldon; typed \"Story of Land's End\" about Captain John Sinclair; 1869 and 1871 court judgments in the cases of Spencer Forrest vs. William T. Hicks, William Lane vs. William T. Hicks and others against William T. Hicks.","Undated wedding invitation between Olivia Clarke Bridges and Robert Colgate Selden; 1899 Circuit Court judgment in Gloucester, Virginia in Smith vs. Taliaferro; a 1901 booklet about Philip Alexander Taliaferro; undated document about the division of the estate of William Langborn and his heirs, the Taliaferro and Jones families, with a \"Memoranda relative to Capt. Philip Taliaferro and Major Wm Langbourne\" about Langborn not receiving pay during his military service.","Obituaries for Dr. E. C. S. Taliaferro and Mary Fauntleroy Jones.","1864 pamphlet, signed by M. B. Custis, entitled \"Our Father's Care. a Ballad. by Mrs. Sewell,\" printed by the Presbyterian Committee of Publication in Richmond, Virginia. Religious pamphlet entitled, \"Morning Watches.\" \"Vital Facts about Jamestown, Yorktown, Williamsburg, College of William and Mary,\" revised 1932.","Notes and draft entitled \"A History of Petsworth Parish.\" Petsworth Parish is in Gloucester County, Virginia. Possibly written by Mary Fauntleroy Jones.","Handwritten partial stories and a poem, \"The Little Flower Maiden.\"  Pages of the stories are numbered, but many seem to be missing.  These stories were possibly written by Mary F. Jones since they arrived in an envelope addressed to Miss Mary F. Jones.","A small book, \"Teacher's Pocket Record,\" with some records kept, but most are covered by newspaper clippings.","Before reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.","Special Collections Research Center","Jones family","Curtis family","Page family","Taliaferro family.","Cringan family","Fauntleroy family","Harrison family","Hicks family","Mackenzie family","Sheldon family","Sinclair family","Taliaferro family","Coleman, Cynthia Beverley Tucker Washington, 1832-1908","Foster, Adam","Jones, Mary Fauntleroy","Jones, Mary Throckmorton","Jones, Richard P.","Jones, Warner Throckmorton","Tucker, St. George, 1752-1827","Langborn, William","English"],"unitid_tesim":["Mss. 69 J71","/repositories/2/resources/1280"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Jones Family Papers"],"collection_title_tesim":["Jones Family Papers"],"collection_ssim":["Jones Family Papers"],"repository_ssm":["College of William and Mary"],"repository_ssim":["College of William and Mary"],"geogname_ssm":["Land's End (Gloucester County, Va.)","Petsworth Parish (Gloucester County, Va.)","Virginia--Religious history","Yorktown (Va.)--History--19th century"],"geogname_ssim":["Land's End (Gloucester County, Va.)","Petsworth Parish (Gloucester County, Va.)","Virginia--Religious history","Yorktown (Va.)--History--19th century"],"creator_ssm":["Jones family","Coleman, Cynthia Beverley Tucker Washington, 1832-1908","Curtis family","Foster, Adam","Jones, Mary Fauntleroy","Jones, Mary Throckmorton","Jones, Richard P.","Jones, Warner Throckmorton","Page family","Taliaferro family.","Tucker, St. George, 1752-1827"],"creator_ssim":["Jones family","Coleman, Cynthia Beverley Tucker Washington, 1832-1908","Curtis family","Foster, Adam","Jones, Mary Fauntleroy","Jones, Mary Throckmorton","Jones, Richard P.","Jones, Warner Throckmorton","Page family","Taliaferro family.","Tucker, St. George, 1752-1827"],"creator_persname_ssim":["Coleman, Cynthia Beverley Tucker Washington, 1832-1908","Foster, Adam","Jones, Mary Fauntleroy","Jones, Mary Throckmorton","Jones, Richard P.","Jones, Warner Throckmorton","Tucker, St. George, 1752-1827"],"creator_famname_ssim":["Jones family","Curtis family","Page family","Taliaferro family."],"creators_ssim":["Coleman, Cynthia Beverley Tucker Washington, 1832-1908","Foster, Adam","Jones, Mary Fauntleroy","Jones, Mary Throckmorton","Jones, Richard P.","Jones, Warner Throckmorton","Tucker, St. George, 1752-1827","Jones family","Curtis family","Page family","Taliaferro family."],"places_ssim":["Land's End (Gloucester County, Va.)","Petsworth Parish (Gloucester County, Va.)","Virginia--Religious history","Yorktown (Va.)--History--19th century"],"access_terms_ssm":["Before reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library."],"acqinfo_ssim":["Gifts of 1969 and 1976 were made by Mrs. Jackson L. 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Fray, Jr.","Addition Mss. Acc. 1955.001 was given by Maria Talcott, but the material deals with the same family, so it has been included with the Fray gift accessions.  She was a first cousin of Mary Fauntleroy Cocke Fray and granddaughter of Harriet Jones and Charles Curtis.","Mary Fauntleroy Cocke Fray was the daughter of William Fauntleroy Cocke and great granddaughter of Harriet Jones and Charles Curtis.  The 1969 accessions are family papers and documents from both the Jones and Curtis families with some material relating to the Cocke family.","Harriet's parents were Richard and Martha Washington Throckmorton Jones and her siblings were William Langborne, Mary Lanborne, Lucy Ann (married Mann Page), John James Emanuel, Richard P. (married Maria Greenhow Curtis) and Warner Throckmorton Jones (never married and lived with both his Curtis relations through the years).  Harriet Jones Curtis's children were Martha, Harriet, Lucy, Mary, Fanny and Charles Curtis.","Papers, 1826-1916, of the Jones family of \"Land's End,\" Gloucester County, Virginia, and related families of Curtis, Taliaferro, Page and Harrison. Includes correspondence, genealogical notes, obituaries, legal files, real estate material, notes concerning Land's End, Petsworth Parish (Gloucester County), Yorktown, and the homes of the Cringan family and the Mackenzie family, and Bible records of the Jones and Fauntleroy families.","The first two accessions, which compose the bulk of the material, are gifts of Mrs. Jackson  L. Fray, Jr.","13 items which include correspondence from F. Du-Veil, Warner T. Jones, Mary B. Curtis.","12 items which include letters from Charles M. Jones, M.G. Jones, Emma G. De Sausseur, L.A. Page, E.M. Wellford, Ella B. Howard and Mary T. Davies.","18 items including letters from Warner T. Jones, E.H. Dabney, Julia Meredith, Jos. Bryan, Susan E. Maury, St. G.T.C. Bryan and Preston Cocke.","35 items including letters fro M.G. Jones, M.G. Clarke, Leah T. Taliaferro and Mag. S. Smith.","26 items which include letters from M.G. Jones (Civil War comment), Sue Byrd, Mary C. Mason, Mary F. Jones and Fannie Curtis.","Genealogy correspondence, notes, printed material on the Blackburne, Booth, Curtis, Elizabeth (Queen), Fitzhugh, Jones, Langborn, Lawson, Payne, Pemberton, Throckmorton and Warner Families.","Handwritten story.","3 stories:  \"John Marshall\" (3 pages); \"Francesca, the Venetian Bride\" (4 pages); and \"The Love of Marie Rayneval\" (20 pages).","\"The Salon of Madame Necker\" the Standard Series:  Volume II, Parts III and IV, 1880, Volume III, Parts V and VI, 1881. Signed on covers \"Martha T. Jones, Land's End, Gloucester Co., Va.\"  Booklet, \"Easy Questions for a little child, etc.\" published by Gen. Prot. Episcopal Sunday School Union, New York, undated, 40 pages.","One page of births (1828-1868) and one page of deaths (1830-1939); obituaries of Miss Martha T. Jones (d. 1952 January 16) and Fanny Curtis Jones (d. 1954 October 28); 1 page of marriages, Curtis-Fauntleroy-Jones; and 1 memo from C. Nelson to Miss Jones.","Expansive notes on a possible biographical paper which includes thoughts on a variety of topics such as politics, religion, the South, Banks and much more.","1833 payment from Mann Page, 1846 invoice of C. C. Curtis, 1849 invoice from Beers and Poindexter, 1858 receipt for Robert Armistead, 1878 receipt for Marg. T. Jones for a Saratoga Trunk, 1878 letter to Bangy about items purchased, 1915 receipt of the Misses Jones with The Gloucester Pharmacy, 1927 bill from Dr. Windells for Martha T. Jones, 1940 bank receipt and Curtis receipt in regards to Thomas Fauntleroy's will (undated).","Accounts of estate and an account of a sale of estate items with buyers and items listed with their prices.","Bills, invoices and receipts for  items purchased by Richard P. Jones.  Businesses and others include Thomas B. Taliaferro (household items), Mitchell and Tyler of Richmond, Chris Heirsch, Potter and Middleton of Baltimore (furniture), G. Earnest \u0026 W. Cowles of Baltimore (China), Gwyn \u0026 Co. of Baltimore (cloth), Monroe Nicolson (cloth, household items), Heywood Smith (general store), J. T. Guy (house repair) and Sam M. Price \u0026 Co (sewing supplies).","1842 invoice from Augustine Owen, 1846 receipt from Diggs' Hotel, 1855 account with R. B. Taliaferro, 1860 account with Oscar Granz of Richmond, 1863 note saying A. Grady will deliver...twelve servants, 1861 invoice from John C. Shafer,","Letter to Armistead from Warner Lewis J[ones], 16 May 1768.  Possibly a copy of the letter.","1805 letter written from Lynchburg to Uncle, partial letter written from Upton in 1811 and an 1821 letter from A. Sheldon in Rubert to Jacob Sheldon in Williamsburg.","1834 letter from M. Southgate to Elizabeth Page, his sister, about the shock of his wife's death (Louisa) and 1838 letter from Uncle Richard Jones to Cadet Francis W. Page at West Point Military Academy.","Fragments of letter to Cadet Frank N. Page at West Point from Warner T. Jones, January 12, 1849.","1851 letter from Unknown in Newport, Rhode Island to Major about his visit to Capon Springs and his health problems. 1855 letter from Julia in Alexandria to Maria, 1858 letter to Mother from Daughter and an 1859 letter from D.B. Page of Carybrook to \"friend\" sending condolences about the death of her baby. Includes 1859 letter to Jones from St. G. Tucker in Ashland about Jones request for his copy of \"Journal and Documents,\" which Tucker explains is usually only borrowed by new members during the Journal Session. Tucker also explains his view on new bill about \"ordinary\" and \"Merchants License\" and how McCue of Augusta and Haywood of Marion \"concocted an amendment to each of them\"...\" to extend the promises of the bill to trading with free negroes as well as slaves.\"","Undated (circa 1861) letter from H. Baytop in Gloucester to Col. Jones, in which he states \"I have been offered the Captaincy of a uniform Rifle Company and I had rather accept of that than to be ... I am perfectly willing to serve under you but am not willing to be under any underling\"... \"let me know if I can get the situation of Paymaster...\" January 1861 letter to \"Aunt\" from Fannie Harrison at Carter Hall about family and friends with a few references to the war. January 1861 letter to \"Brother\" from sibling in Richmond about the weather preventing the nominations of representatives to the Convention and resulting in too many candidates ...\"to the cause of immediate state secession,\" he is convinced \"is the path of safety and of honor\" and \"immediate secession is gaining ground rapidly.\" He also mentions different areas of the state and their feelings about secession and how some of them lean towards the Union and others choosing Whigs as their representatives. Letter is unfinished. January 1861 letter to Warner from P. R. Page at the Ship Yard giving details of the election process in selecting a representative to the Convention, with Seawell getting 132 votes and William Taliaferro getting 38. February 1861 letter from J.C. Sheldon at Wilson's Creek to Cal about the property and Mr. Langborn's will. August 1862 letter to Maria from a friend in Richmond about family news. July 1862 letter from D. M. Taliaferro in Gloucester to Warner T. Jones in Richmond about the circumstances of John Richard White leaving Richmond because of sick relatives. Series of letters to Cousin Maria from Mary L. Browning of Greenfield about family affairs. Letters are undated, but probably written in the 1860s. 1864 letter to Maria Jones from Cousin Mary Harrison about the death of Mary's Aunt and family news. July 1864 letter to Martha from Mary L. Browning mostly about the War: who died, who is on disability and where friends are or have been during the war. July 4, 1864 letter from sister MBC (Mary Booth Curtis) in Richmond, Virginia to her sister, Mrs. R. P. Jones (Marie Curtis Jones) about the war with comments such as \"I think today may be the most important of the war as it is supposed Grant will try and do something...,\" \" I have no doubt of the issue but the loss of life sickens me.\" She also mentions prices of food in Richmond and the whereabouts of family and friends. Two August 1864 letters from Fannie in Nelson's Creek to Emily Kemp about visiting, illness of Martha and family news. February 4, 1865 letter from D.B. Page in Carybrook as part of the military to \"friend,\" mostly about friends, family and missing Gloucester. Letter is torn, stained and fragile. March 12, 1865 letter from Joel Thomas to wife, Indiana E. Thomas, with location \"In the Trenches.\" He explains the cost system of sending packages and people stealing from personal shipments. On the second page of the letter he says that his regiment is out of the trenches and living in cabins near Dinwiddie Court House, 10 miles from Petersburg. He writes of movement of troops, news of his and her brothers and his good wishes to his and her family. January 15, 1866 letter written from Greenfield to cousin about death of Aunt Judy in Montgomery, hard times after the war such that \"the gentlemen look worse than they did during the war\" and \"my faithful Hillary and Hannah went off, could not induce them to stay and all through the war, Hillary was as faithful and good as possible...\" January 15, 1866 letter from Aunt MBC (Martha Booth Curtis) to Bangy (Mary) asking her to visit and \"got a letter from Mrs. Coleman...in which she said she would open her school in Wmsburg the 15th of March\" and encourages Bangy to go. 1866 letter from Cousin Louis West in Pensacola, Florida to Cousin Mary about the death of Mrs. Caldwell. July 1866 letter from Maria at Hunting Quarter to Cousin about \"Papa going to Clarke to live\" with Henry Harrison and they will follow, plus other family news. September 1966 letter from Richmond to \"Mother\" about where she is living. March 1867 letter from Burwell to cousin about paying her to care for his Aunt. August 30, 1867 letter from Cynthia B. T. Coleman in Aldie, Loudoun County to Maria about teaching her daughter English and Music for free, but can't afford to give free board plus news of her visits to friends. 1869 letter to B about family and being homesick. 1869 letter from Martha Throgmorton to her sister, with postscript by her Mother about family news. 1869 letter from E. Browning to Charlie about a fire in their house that killed their granddaughter, Anna. 1869 letter from Rebecca Tabb to Charlie about the coat he gave LLoyd.","Many letters to and from Curtis and Jones family members. Writers include Mary Booth Curtis, C. C. Curtis, Susan, George O. Nicholson, Allie, sister, Maggie Locke, Martha T. Jones, Huntingdon, Bassett French, David N. Baldwin, M. Curtis, Aunt Lea Page, Barney, Maria Cocke, Preston Cocke, Emily and other indecipherable names. Recipients include Sister, Brother, Cousin, Julia and M. Thompson, Martha (sister), Mary, Emily, Mrs. Semple, Cousin Martha, Matty, Bangy (Mary), Richard Jones, B, Mary Jones, Charlie, Fanny, C.C. Curtis and others. Content is mostly news of family and friends.","Letters are between members of the Jones and Curtis families. Writers include John R. Page, S.S. Page, Annie (Blaxton), W. T. Williams (to Bangie about her Mother's death) and Philip A. Taliaferro. Recipients include Maria, Martha, Fannie, Bangie, Sister and Cousin Martha. Mostly concerns family news.","Letters between Jones and Curtis family members. Writers and recipients include Thomas Nelson Page to Cousin Mrs. M. T. P. Vandergrift (about a story she wrote), P. M. Thompson in Williamsburg to Mary about the death of her Uncle, H. B. Kendig (sending checks to Miss Jones) and Sally Nelson Robins (of the Virginia Historical Society) to Mary about some documents.","1932 letter to Martha and Fanny from Cousin M. J. Vandegrift about family news, and a 1948 letter to Martha from Mrs. H. O. Sanders of Gloucester, saying she found some of \"Mama's diaries and was having them typed.\"","Writers include E. Browning, Elizabeth Byrd Nichols, F.L. B. Cocke, Mother, MBG, unknown Taliaferro, Sister, friend, M.F. Jones, Fanny, Lilly Page, Lizzie Archer, Martha, Mr. Cocke, Aunt Booth, Child and Marion. Recipients include Friend , Bangy (Mary), Miss Jones, Bangy, B. and Sister M, Mother, Sister, Friend, MBC, B, Martha, Mary, Mrs. R.P. Jones, Maria Jones, Children, Niece, Fanny and Miss Jones. Includes a copy of a letter of George Herberts to \"Dear Sick Sister,\" a letter fragment about Florida and assuming government funding to remove native population, letter to Maria from Mr. Cocke where he sends her a four leaf clover (no longer with letter) and a wedding invitation. Topics include all areas of family life and news of friends, family and neighbors.","Undated correspondence to a son or daughter, written either from Richmond, Virginia or Lands End in Gloucester, Virginia. Writer is probably Harriet Throckmorton Curtis and/or Martha T. Jones. Topic is mostly news of family, friends and neighbors.","1840s letters from his sister, Harriet Throckmorton Jones, of Lowlands Cottage, to Richard Jones in Baltimore, telling of local and family news; 1849 letter about finances from Thomas W. Fauntleroy; 1851 letter from C. Lebaron about an account with L. Fauntleroy; 1853 letter from cousin A. Dabney in Raymond, Mississippi; 1853 and 1860 letters from Robert B. Armistead of Alabama about the estate of George Fauntleroy; 1869 letter from Henry Harrison of Millwood about a bond; 1874 letter from M. B. C. about death and God; 1882 note to Mrs. Richard Jones from Cynthia B. T. Coleman mentioning a 50th anniversary; and an undated invitation from Dr. and Mrs. Tabb.","Includes an 1860 letter from P. R. Page in Gloucester about not getting paid as an officer in the Army, giving examples and ranting about the unfairness of the system; 1860 letter from a ? W. Power in Yorktown about Jones' solicitation on behalf of the Volunteer Companies of Gloucester to erect a permanent memorial at Yorktown; 1861 letter from John W. C. Catlett, asking Jones to pick up an earring he left at a shop in Richmond; 1864 letter from C. C. Curtis about the will of Cora Harriet Shelden; 1867 letter from John R. Page about applying before the Members of the Board; 1871 letter from Henry Harrison recommending John R. Page as County Judge; 1873 letter from John R. Page, professor of Natural History at The University of Virginia, about the resolution to fund the University; 1884 letter to Judge W. Crump about a meeting to discuss the finances of William and Mary; 1886 letters about a deed of trust; 1890 letter from Joseph Bryan and an 1890 letter from W. C. Throckmorton of Danville, Virginia about Throckmorton genealogy.","1884 letter to Miss M. F. Jones from S. G. Fauntleroy about coat of arms and other family information; 1894 letters from S. Bassett French to Richard Jones about genealogy; and a 1901 letter to Miss Jones from Edwin Hawley, about the Throckmorton Family. Notes and charts about families; obituaries of Burgh Taliaferro, Rev. Charles Mann, Virginia Throckmorton and Fielding L. Taylor; a correction of the genealogy done by Miss Hary Fauntleroy by unknown person; notes on descendants of Mary Warner; notes on Read and Warner families; genealogy article about connection between the Queen, Washington and Lee, gravestone inscriptions of William Langhorne of King William County and Sarah Ann Weatherby Smith.","1835 note for purchases at estate sale by Warner T. Taliaferro; 1849 note to the Commissioner of Revenue of Gloucester County, transferring 802 acres from C.S. Jones to Richard P. Jones; 1844 indenture between the company of Curtis Jones and Robert C. Curtis; 1845-6 bonds; 1851 final payment for the purchase of Lands End; 1863 list of \"negroes and their ages\"; 1875 appraisal by Richard P. Jones and R. M. Page for personal estate of Sam Bolling; and a 1877 payment by Richard W. Jones to James D. Pointer for Richard P. Jones' coffin. Also includes an 1890 letter to Mary from George B. Harrison, about English property of Coryndon Carpenter, which by his 1776 will \"devised two small farms in Cornwall to his brother Nathaniel Carpenter...of King and Queen County...after his death to be sold and the proceeds to be divided between the four sons of Dr. Carpenter: Coryndon, William Fauntleroy, Bushrod and Nathaniel; and 1830-1852 guardian account records for Maria G. Curtis and R. P. Jones with C. C. Curtis the guardian of Maria.","Includes receipts from purchases, notes and real estate; an accounting of an estate for Miss Maria G. Curtis and R. P. Jones (1830-1852); indenture between Robert C. Curtis and Charles C. Curtis, Richard P. Jones and Philip E. Tabb (business) for $744.72 (1844); \"List of Richd P. Jones' negroes and their ages in 1863; indenture inventory of the estate of Sam Bolling (1875); and receipt for coffin of W. T. Jones from Richard W. Jones (1877).","1859 letter by Jno A. B. Thornton certifying that Warner T. Jones was elected to represent Gloucester in the House of Delegates; 1859 form letter to the Alumni of William and Mary Collection, asking for donations; 1880 letter from George B. Harrison asking for help in an English deposition; 1882 Power of Attorney given to Warner Jones for Martha T. Vandergrift; and an 1891 resolution from the Faculty of the College of William and Mary on their appreciation of the character of the late Judge Warner T. Jones.","\"A Review of the Circular Letter of the Attorney General...to the Marshals...in Relation to Elections,\" possibly 1863. June 30, 1929 Richmond Times-Dispatch about the Wells Cathedral in England; February 11, 1912 Times-Dispatch \"Our Confederate Column\"; and clippings on religion and wedding announcements.","Four handwritten business cards for C. C. Curtis (one with a note); weekly reports from \"Lane and Meade's School\"in Richmond, Virginia for C.C. Curtis (1868); and newspaper article about Court of Appeals session where John Poindexter's conviction of killing C. C. Curtis on March 3, 1879 was affirmed.","1873 certificate for Miss Mary T. Jones who is \"authorized to teach in the Public Free Schools of Gloucester County...1874\" and list of \"Mary's pallbearers.\"","1863 Confederate Bonds for Five Hundred Dollars belonging to L. A. and R. M. Page.","Business Card for \"The Davis Carriage Company\" with \"lines...found on the walls of Old Blandford Church...,\" small Christmas card, printed funeral service for Catherine Elizabeth Murray (1940), 1932 News Leader \"In By-gone Days\" about \"William and Mary College...to be revived and continue as a State Normal School...General William B. Taliaferro and Judge Warner T. Jones have been indefatigable in the cause\"; and a calling card for Misses Jones.","William Langhorn's 1823 will in King William County, leaving property in England, \"Fox Court,\" to his Throckmorton cousins. The will was not recognized by English Law and his property was considered intestate. Mostly correspondence about determining the legality of the heirs and the division of the estate, but also includes rental receipts, deeds, agreements and accounts. One document, \"Case,\" says that the English property was willed to William Langborn by Mary Langborn in 1783 and his heirs were the children of his sister, a Throckmorton. Family members involved in the settlement are: Warner T. Taliaferro, Alexander G. Taliaferro, William Taliaferro, Richard P. Jones, Nancy T. Jones, Lucy Anne and Mann Page, Anne Jones, Harriet T. Curtis, John and Lucy M. Page and Henry and Fanny T. Harrison. Other names include Mrs. Sheldon, John and Sally Throckmorton Dixon.","Typescript of \"Record of Major William Langborn's Revolutionary War Service\"; 1838 Revolutionary War Claim by heirs of William Langborn; 1840 survey of Ohio land granted William Lanborn on reverse of a letter to Charles C. Curtis; and an April 7, 1840 indenture between Charles C. and Harret T. Jones Curtis and Warmer T. Jones giving Warner T. Jones all interest in the King William County land once owned by William Langborn.","Poems and stories written by various members of all the families, though the writer is usually not identified. Includes \"Mr. Adam Foster's Letters describing 'old times in Gloucester Co., Va'\" in 1848, sent to Mary and belonging to M. L. Tabb of St. Catherine's School; poem written for Maria Greenhow of Williamsburg by Leander, fragment of text,\" copied by F. B. Macaulay in 1854; Romeo and Juliet (revised and improved), a story about a cat named Dolly by F. C. J.; \"Female Character\" by Mary F. Jones; handwritten obituary for a pet bird (1874); \"popular sayings from Pope\"; fragment of notes, poem on the death of \"Little Lizzie\"; calculation of crop rotation and profits using \"The Henley Four Field System\"; prose story about Lands End; note that describes \"...romantic delusion that the south was inhabited exclusively by aristocrats and picturesque negroes...\"; fragment of a story about a young girl at a ball; notes on Spanish and European religious and political history; page from a book with a poem entitled \"Stillness,\" which is addressed to Bangy; recipe for \"Tomatoe Catsup,\" and a typescript manuscript of \"Cousin Martha's recollections\" of Eagle Point, Lands End and other areas of Gloucester.","Papers of the Jones Family and collateral families, the Fauntleroy Family, the Taliaferro Family, the Sheldon Family, and others. Includes printed material, obituaries and writings. This accession was a gift of Maria Talcott. Mss. Acc. 1955.001 Addition.","October 28, 1825 letter from Mary L. Fauntleroy in Oakley to Miss Apphia B. Fauntleroy in Richmond, Virginia about her sadness because of the death of their sister and brother. Undated letter to Mother from Maria Greenhow (tear) about her activities in Richmond. August 11, 1873 letter to Mary from Janet, telling about attending the Virginia Council in Winchester, Virginia with her father. Undated letter to Mrs. Mary Lewis Browning from Sally Taliaferro about news of weddings and friends. Partial Last Will and Testament of Thomas Fauntleroy, dated February 1820.","Letters and documents spanning from 1859 to 1916. Documents concerning Warner T. Jones include an 1859 invoice from E.B. Spence; 1861 invitation to a Ball at Rosewell by the Gentlemen of Gloucester; 1861 bill for room and other items at the Spotswood Hotel in Richmond; 1862 receipt for the American Hotel in Richmond; 1865 check from Pugh; 1866 letter from unknown at Millhouse to Warner about property (Sheldon?) and news of friends; undated (after 1887) opinion from T.G. Jones to Hon. W.T. Jones about the \"matter of the old dragon Bridge and causeway now pending in Gloucester County Court\" in Middlesex and Gloucester Counties; May 12th, 186? letter from Capt. Chs. Garnett to Col. Jones about \"Scouts from Gwynn's Island report persons landing \u0026 marching towards ...women \u0026 children leaving for mainland in night...\"; a 1873 card for free travel on the Atlantic Mississippi and Ohio Railroad; and a partial undated letter from W. T. Jones while at William and Mary; August 1863 letter to \"My Very Dear Sister\" from her sister in Chatham telling of news of friends, deaths in the war, Mr. Gringam's whereabouts, the hot summer, her garden in Richmond and the Yankees stopping the mail; 1884 letter from son P. E. Jones to his Mother, Maria Jones, about family news; a 1916 envelope addressed to Richard Jones, and a 1922 paper on the Throckmorton family by William Carter Stubbs. Undated material includes a genealogical note about the Warner and Smith families; a report on the Throckmorton family; undated letter between two Jones sisters; small poetry notebook; and a handwritten copy of a letter written by Emanuel Jones, Petsworth Parish, Gloucester County with a \"list of questions sent out by the Bishop of London in 1724,\" with answers.","April 13, 1864 Confederate Bond for J. C. Sheldon; typed \"Story of Land's End\" about Captain John Sinclair; 1869 and 1871 court judgments in the cases of Spencer Forrest vs. William T. Hicks, William Lane vs. William T. Hicks and others against William T. Hicks.","Undated wedding invitation between Olivia Clarke Bridges and Robert Colgate Selden; 1899 Circuit Court judgment in Gloucester, Virginia in Smith vs. Taliaferro; a 1901 booklet about Philip Alexander Taliaferro; undated document about the division of the estate of William Langborn and his heirs, the Taliaferro and Jones families, with a \"Memoranda relative to Capt. Philip Taliaferro and Major Wm Langbourne\" about Langborn not receiving pay during his military service.","Obituaries for Dr. E. C. S. Taliaferro and Mary Fauntleroy Jones.","1864 pamphlet, signed by M. B. Custis, entitled \"Our Father's Care. a Ballad. by Mrs. Sewell,\" printed by the Presbyterian Committee of Publication in Richmond, Virginia. Religious pamphlet entitled, \"Morning Watches.\" \"Vital Facts about Jamestown, Yorktown, Williamsburg, College of William and Mary,\" revised 1932.","Notes and draft entitled \"A History of Petsworth Parish.\" Petsworth Parish is in Gloucester County, Virginia. Possibly written by Mary Fauntleroy Jones.","Handwritten partial stories and a poem, \"The Little Flower Maiden.\"  Pages of the stories are numbered, but many seem to be missing.  These stories were possibly written by Mary F. Jones since they arrived in an envelope addressed to Miss Mary F. Jones.","A small book, \"Teacher's Pocket Record,\" with some records kept, but most are covered by newspaper clippings."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eBefore reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.\u003c/p\u003e"],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Conditions Governing Use:"],"userestrict_tesim":["Before reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library."],"names_ssim":["Special Collections Research Center","Jones family","Curtis family","Page family","Taliaferro family.","Cringan family","Fauntleroy family","Harrison family","Hicks family","Mackenzie family","Sheldon family","Sinclair family","Taliaferro family","Coleman, Cynthia Beverley Tucker Washington, 1832-1908","Foster, Adam","Jones, Mary Fauntleroy","Jones, Mary Throckmorton","Jones, Richard P.","Jones, Warner Throckmorton","Tucker, St. George, 1752-1827","Langborn, William"],"corpname_ssim":["Special Collections Research Center"],"names_coll_ssim":["Cringan family","Curtis family","Fauntleroy family","Harrison family","Hicks family","Jones family","Mackenzie family","Page family","Sheldon family","Sinclair family","Taliaferro family","Langborn, William"],"famname_ssim":["Jones family","Curtis family","Page family","Taliaferro family.","Cringan family","Fauntleroy family","Harrison family","Hicks family","Mackenzie family","Sheldon family","Sinclair family","Taliaferro family"],"persname_ssim":["Coleman, Cynthia Beverley Tucker Washington, 1832-1908","Foster, Adam","Jones, Mary Fauntleroy","Jones, Mary Throckmorton","Jones, Richard P.","Jones, Warner Throckmorton","Tucker, St. George, 1752-1827","Langborn, William"],"language_ssim":["English"],"total_component_count_is":60,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-05-21T04:36:39.414Z","scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003ePapers, 1826-1916, of the Jones family of \"Land's End,\" Gloucester County, Virginia, and related families of Curtis, Taliaferro, Page and Harrison. Includes correspondence, genealogical notes, obituaries, legal files, real estate material, notes concerning Land's End, Petsworth Parish (Gloucester County), Yorktown, and the homes of the Cringan family and the Mackenzie family, and Bible records of the Jones and Fauntleroy families.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThe first two accessions, which compose the bulk of the material, are gifts of Mrs. Jackson  L. Fray, Jr.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eAddition Mss. Acc. 1955.001 was given by Maria Talcott, but the material deals with the same family, so it has been included with the Fray gift accessions.  She was a first cousin of Mary Fauntleroy Cocke Fray and granddaughter of Harriet Jones and Charles Curtis.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eMary Fauntleroy Cocke Fray was the daughter of William Fauntleroy Cocke and great granddaughter of Harriet Jones and Charles Curtis.  The 1969 accessions are family papers and documents from both the Jones and Curtis families with some material relating to the Cocke family.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eHarriet's parents were Richard and Martha Washington Throckmorton Jones and her siblings were William Langborne, Mary Lanborne, Lucy Ann (married Mann Page), John James Emanuel, Richard P. (married Maria Greenhow Curtis) and Warner Throckmorton Jones (never married and lived with both his Curtis relations through the years).  Harriet Jones Curtis's children were Martha, Harriet, Lucy, Mary, Fanny and Charles Curtis.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePapers, 1826-1916, of the Jones family of \"Land's End,\" Gloucester County, Virginia, and related families of Curtis, Taliaferro, Page and Harrison. Includes correspondence, genealogical notes, obituaries, legal files, real estate material, notes concerning Land's End, Petsworth Parish (Gloucester County), Yorktown, and the homes of the Cringan family and the Mackenzie family, and Bible records of the Jones and Fauntleroy families.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThe first two accessions, which compose the bulk of the material, are gifts of Mrs. Jackson  L. Fray, Jr.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e13 items which include correspondence from F. Du-Veil, Warner T. Jones, Mary B. Curtis.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e12 items which include letters from Charles M. Jones, M.G. Jones, Emma G. De Sausseur, L.A. Page, E.M. Wellford, Ella B. Howard and Mary T. Davies.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e18 items including letters from Warner T. Jones, E.H. Dabney, Julia Meredith, Jos. Bryan, Susan E. Maury, St. G.T.C. Bryan and Preston Cocke.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e35 items including letters fro M.G. Jones, M.G. Clarke, Leah T. Taliaferro and Mag. S. Smith.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e26 items which include letters from M.G. Jones (Civil War comment), Sue Byrd, Mary C. Mason, Mary F. Jones and Fannie Curtis.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGenealogy correspondence, notes, printed material on the Blackburne, Booth, Curtis, Elizabeth (Queen), Fitzhugh, Jones, Langborn, Lawson, Payne, Pemberton, Throckmorton and Warner Families.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHandwritten story.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e3 stories:  \"John Marshall\" (3 pages); \"Francesca, the Venetian Bride\" (4 pages); and \"The Love of Marie Rayneval\" (20 pages).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\"The Salon of Madame Necker\" the Standard Series:  Volume II, Parts III and IV, 1880, Volume III, Parts V and VI, 1881. Signed on covers \"Martha T. Jones, Land's End, Gloucester Co., Va.\"  Booklet, \"Easy Questions for a little child, etc.\" published by Gen. Prot. Episcopal Sunday School Union, New York, undated, 40 pages.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOne page of births (1828-1868) and one page of deaths (1830-1939); obituaries of Miss Martha T. Jones (d. 1952 January 16) and Fanny Curtis Jones (d. 1954 October 28); 1 page of marriages, Curtis-Fauntleroy-Jones; and 1 memo from C. Nelson to Miss Jones.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eExpansive notes on a possible biographical paper which includes thoughts on a variety of topics such as politics, religion, the South, Banks and much more.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1833 payment from Mann Page, 1846 invoice of C. C. Curtis, 1849 invoice from Beers and Poindexter, 1858 receipt for Robert Armistead, 1878 receipt for Marg. T. Jones for a Saratoga Trunk, 1878 letter to Bangy about items purchased, 1915 receipt of the Misses Jones with The Gloucester Pharmacy, 1927 bill from Dr. Windells for Martha T. Jones, 1940 bank receipt and Curtis receipt in regards to Thomas Fauntleroy's will (undated).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAccounts of estate and an account of a sale of estate items with buyers and items listed with their prices.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBills, invoices and receipts for  items purchased by Richard P. Jones.  Businesses and others include Thomas B. Taliaferro (household items), Mitchell and Tyler of Richmond, Chris Heirsch, Potter and Middleton of Baltimore (furniture), G. Earnest \u0026amp; W. Cowles of Baltimore (China), Gwyn \u0026amp; Co. of Baltimore (cloth), Monroe Nicolson (cloth, household items), Heywood Smith (general store), J. T. Guy (house repair) and Sam M. Price \u0026amp; Co (sewing supplies).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1842 invoice from Augustine Owen, 1846 receipt from Diggs' Hotel, 1855 account with R. B. Taliaferro, 1860 account with Oscar Granz of Richmond, 1863 note saying A. Grady will deliver...twelve servants, 1861 invoice from John C. Shafer,\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter to Armistead from Warner Lewis J[ones], 16 May 1768.  Possibly a copy of the letter.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1805 letter written from Lynchburg to Uncle, partial letter written from Upton in 1811 and an 1821 letter from A. Sheldon in Rubert to Jacob Sheldon in Williamsburg.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1834 letter from M. Southgate to Elizabeth Page, his sister, about the shock of his wife's death (Louisa) and 1838 letter from Uncle Richard Jones to Cadet Francis W. Page at West Point Military Academy.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFragments of letter to Cadet Frank N. Page at West Point from Warner T. Jones, January 12, 1849.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1851 letter from Unknown in Newport, Rhode Island to Major about his visit to Capon Springs and his health problems. 1855 letter from Julia in Alexandria to Maria, 1858 letter to Mother from Daughter and an 1859 letter from D.B. Page of Carybrook to \"friend\" sending condolences about the death of her baby. Includes 1859 letter to Jones from St. G. Tucker in Ashland about Jones request for his copy of \"Journal and Documents,\" which Tucker explains is usually only borrowed by new members during the Journal Session. Tucker also explains his view on new bill about \"ordinary\" and \"Merchants License\" and how McCue of Augusta and Haywood of Marion \"concocted an amendment to each of them\"...\" to extend the promises of the bill to trading with free negroes as well as slaves.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eUndated (circa 1861) letter from H. Baytop in Gloucester to Col. Jones, in which he states \"I have been offered the Captaincy of a uniform Rifle Company and I had rather accept of that than to be ... I am perfectly willing to serve under you but am not willing to be under any underling\"... \"let me know if I can get the situation of Paymaster...\" January 1861 letter to \"Aunt\" from Fannie Harrison at Carter Hall about family and friends with a few references to the war. January 1861 letter to \"Brother\" from sibling in Richmond about the weather preventing the nominations of representatives to the Convention and resulting in too many candidates ...\"to the cause of immediate state secession,\" he is convinced \"is the path of safety and of honor\" and \"immediate secession is gaining ground rapidly.\" He also mentions different areas of the state and their feelings about secession and how some of them lean towards the Union and others choosing Whigs as their representatives. Letter is unfinished. January 1861 letter to Warner from P. R. Page at the Ship Yard giving details of the election process in selecting a representative to the Convention, with Seawell getting 132 votes and William Taliaferro getting 38. February 1861 letter from J.C. Sheldon at Wilson's Creek to Cal about the property and Mr. Langborn's will. August 1862 letter to Maria from a friend in Richmond about family news. July 1862 letter from D. M. Taliaferro in Gloucester to Warner T. Jones in Richmond about the circumstances of John Richard White leaving Richmond because of sick relatives. Series of letters to Cousin Maria from Mary L. Browning of Greenfield about family affairs. Letters are undated, but probably written in the 1860s. 1864 letter to Maria Jones from Cousin Mary Harrison about the death of Mary's Aunt and family news. July 1864 letter to Martha from Mary L. Browning mostly about the War: who died, who is on disability and where friends are or have been during the war. July 4, 1864 letter from sister MBC (Mary Booth Curtis) in Richmond, Virginia to her sister, Mrs. R. P. Jones (Marie Curtis Jones) about the war with comments such as \"I think today may be the most important of the war as it is supposed Grant will try and do something...,\" \" I have no doubt of the issue but the loss of life sickens me.\" She also mentions prices of food in Richmond and the whereabouts of family and friends. Two August 1864 letters from Fannie in Nelson's Creek to Emily Kemp about visiting, illness of Martha and family news. February 4, 1865 letter from D.B. Page in Carybrook as part of the military to \"friend,\" mostly about friends, family and missing Gloucester. Letter is torn, stained and fragile. March 12, 1865 letter from Joel Thomas to wife, Indiana E. Thomas, with location \"In the Trenches.\" He explains the cost system of sending packages and people stealing from personal shipments. On the second page of the letter he says that his regiment is out of the trenches and living in cabins near Dinwiddie Court House, 10 miles from Petersburg. He writes of movement of troops, news of his and her brothers and his good wishes to his and her family. January 15, 1866 letter written from Greenfield to cousin about death of Aunt Judy in Montgomery, hard times after the war such that \"the gentlemen look worse than they did during the war\" and \"my faithful Hillary and Hannah went off, could not induce them to stay and all through the war, Hillary was as faithful and good as possible...\" January 15, 1866 letter from Aunt MBC (Martha Booth Curtis) to Bangy (Mary) asking her to visit and \"got a letter from Mrs. Coleman...in which she said she would open her school in Wmsburg the 15th of March\" and encourages Bangy to go. 1866 letter from Cousin Louis West in Pensacola, Florida to Cousin Mary about the death of Mrs. Caldwell. July 1866 letter from Maria at Hunting Quarter to Cousin about \"Papa going to Clarke to live\" with Henry Harrison and they will follow, plus other family news. September 1966 letter from Richmond to \"Mother\" about where she is living. March 1867 letter from Burwell to cousin about paying her to care for his Aunt. August 30, 1867 letter from Cynthia B. T. Coleman in Aldie, Loudoun County to Maria about teaching her daughter English and Music for free, but can't afford to give free board plus news of her visits to friends. 1869 letter to B about family and being homesick. 1869 letter from Martha Throgmorton to her sister, with postscript by her Mother about family news. 1869 letter from E. Browning to Charlie about a fire in their house that killed their granddaughter, Anna. 1869 letter from Rebecca Tabb to Charlie about the coat he gave LLoyd.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMany letters to and from Curtis and Jones family members. Writers include Mary Booth Curtis, C. C. Curtis, Susan, George O. Nicholson, Allie, sister, Maggie Locke, Martha T. Jones, Huntingdon, Bassett French, David N. Baldwin, M. Curtis, Aunt Lea Page, Barney, Maria Cocke, Preston Cocke, Emily and other indecipherable names. Recipients include Sister, Brother, Cousin, Julia and M. Thompson, Martha (sister), Mary, Emily, Mrs. Semple, Cousin Martha, Matty, Bangy (Mary), Richard Jones, B, Mary Jones, Charlie, Fanny, C.C. Curtis and others. Content is mostly news of family and friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters are between members of the Jones and Curtis families. Writers include John R. Page, S.S. Page, Annie (Blaxton), W. T. Williams (to Bangie about her Mother's death) and Philip A. Taliaferro. Recipients include Maria, Martha, Fannie, Bangie, Sister and Cousin Martha. Mostly concerns family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters between Jones and Curtis family members. Writers and recipients include Thomas Nelson Page to Cousin Mrs. M. T. P. Vandergrift (about a story she wrote), P. M. Thompson in Williamsburg to Mary about the death of her Uncle, H. B. Kendig (sending checks to Miss Jones) and Sally Nelson Robins (of the Virginia Historical Society) to Mary about some documents.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1932 letter to Martha and Fanny from Cousin M. J. Vandegrift about family news, and a 1948 letter to Martha from Mrs. H. O. Sanders of Gloucester, saying she found some of \"Mama's diaries and was having them typed.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWriters include E. Browning, Elizabeth Byrd Nichols, F.L. B. Cocke, Mother, MBG, unknown Taliaferro, Sister, friend, M.F. Jones, Fanny, Lilly Page, Lizzie Archer, Martha, Mr. Cocke, Aunt Booth, Child and Marion. Recipients include Friend , Bangy (Mary), Miss Jones, Bangy, B. and Sister M, Mother, Sister, Friend, MBC, B, Martha, Mary, Mrs. R.P. Jones, Maria Jones, Children, Niece, Fanny and Miss Jones. Includes a copy of a letter of George Herberts to \"Dear Sick Sister,\" a letter fragment about Florida and assuming government funding to remove native population, letter to Maria from Mr. Cocke where he sends her a four leaf clover (no longer with letter) and a wedding invitation. Topics include all areas of family life and news of friends, family and neighbors.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eUndated correspondence to a son or daughter, written either from Richmond, Virginia or Lands End in Gloucester, Virginia. Writer is probably Harriet Throckmorton Curtis and/or Martha T. Jones. Topic is mostly news of family, friends and neighbors.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1840s letters from his sister, Harriet Throckmorton Jones, of Lowlands Cottage, to Richard Jones in Baltimore, telling of local and family news; 1849 letter about finances from Thomas W. Fauntleroy; 1851 letter from C. Lebaron about an account with L. Fauntleroy; 1853 letter from cousin A. Dabney in Raymond, Mississippi; 1853 and 1860 letters from Robert B. Armistead of Alabama about the estate of George Fauntleroy; 1869 letter from Henry Harrison of Millwood about a bond; 1874 letter from M. B. C. about death and God; 1882 note to Mrs. Richard Jones from Cynthia B. T. Coleman mentioning a 50th anniversary; and an undated invitation from Dr. and Mrs. Tabb.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes an 1860 letter from P. R. Page in Gloucester about not getting paid as an officer in the Army, giving examples and ranting about the unfairness of the system; 1860 letter from a ? W. Power in Yorktown about Jones' solicitation on behalf of the Volunteer Companies of Gloucester to erect a permanent memorial at Yorktown; 1861 letter from John W. C. Catlett, asking Jones to pick up an earring he left at a shop in Richmond; 1864 letter from C. C. Curtis about the will of Cora Harriet Shelden; 1867 letter from John R. Page about applying before the Members of the Board; 1871 letter from Henry Harrison recommending John R. Page as County Judge; 1873 letter from John R. Page, professor of Natural History at The University of Virginia, about the resolution to fund the University; 1884 letter to Judge W. Crump about a meeting to discuss the finances of William and Mary; 1886 letters about a deed of trust; 1890 letter from Joseph Bryan and an 1890 letter from W. C. Throckmorton of Danville, Virginia about Throckmorton genealogy.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1884 letter to Miss M. F. Jones from S. G. Fauntleroy about coat of arms and other family information; 1894 letters from S. Bassett French to Richard Jones about genealogy; and a 1901 letter to Miss Jones from Edwin Hawley, about the Throckmorton Family. Notes and charts about families; obituaries of Burgh Taliaferro, Rev. Charles Mann, Virginia Throckmorton and Fielding L. 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Harrison, about English property of Coryndon Carpenter, which by his 1776 will \"devised two small farms in Cornwall to his brother Nathaniel Carpenter...of King and Queen County...after his death to be sold and the proceeds to be divided between the four sons of Dr. Carpenter: Coryndon, William Fauntleroy, Bushrod and Nathaniel; and 1830-1852 guardian account records for Maria G. Curtis and R. P. Jones with C. C. Curtis the guardian of Maria.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes receipts from purchases, notes and real estate; an accounting of an estate for Miss Maria G. Curtis and R. P. Jones (1830-1852); indenture between Robert C. Curtis and Charles C. Curtis, Richard P. Jones and Philip E. Tabb (business) for $744.72 (1844); \"List of Richd P. Jones' negroes and their ages in 1863; indenture inventory of the estate of Sam Bolling (1875); and receipt for coffin of W. T. Jones from Richard W. Jones (1877).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1859 letter by Jno A. B. 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Acc. 1955.001 Addition.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOctober 28, 1825 letter from Mary L. Fauntleroy in Oakley to Miss Apphia B. Fauntleroy in Richmond, Virginia about her sadness because of the death of their sister and brother. Undated letter to Mother from Maria Greenhow (tear) about her activities in Richmond. August 11, 1873 letter to Mary from Janet, telling about attending the Virginia Council in Winchester, Virginia with her father. Undated letter to Mrs. Mary Lewis Browning from Sally Taliaferro about news of weddings and friends. Partial Last Will and Testament of Thomas Fauntleroy, dated February 1820.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters and documents spanning from 1859 to 1916. Documents concerning Warner T. Jones include an 1859 invoice from E.B. 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Jones while at William and Mary; August 1863 letter to \"My Very Dear Sister\" from her sister in Chatham telling of news of friends, deaths in the war, Mr. Gringam's whereabouts, the hot summer, her garden in Richmond and the Yankees stopping the mail; 1884 letter from son P. E. Jones to his Mother, Maria Jones, about family news; a 1916 envelope addressed to Richard Jones, and a 1922 paper on the Throckmorton family by William Carter Stubbs. Undated material includes a genealogical note about the Warner and Smith families; a report on the Throckmorton family; undated letter between two Jones sisters; small poetry notebook; and a handwritten copy of a letter written by Emanuel Jones, Petsworth Parish, Gloucester County with a \"list of questions sent out by the Bishop of London in 1724,\" with answers.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eApril 13, 1864 Confederate Bond for J. C. 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Strong in 2002.  Sorted by Matthew Niendorf in 2014.  Revised and updated by Del Moore in 2015.","More than 600 items from the period 1757 to 1922, with the bulk falling between 1780 and 1870.  Most items reference members of the Wilkin/Wilkins family of Shenandoah County, Virginia, particularly Godfrey, John, Philip, Benomi, and Benjamin Wilkin.  Other surnames include Gochenauer, Layman, Funkhauser, Koock, and Miller.  Most documents are financial or legal, such as receipts, promissory notes, account statements, and probate records.  There is some correspondence, as well as a few documents relating to military service in the Revolutionary period and the affairs of the German Reformed Church.  Numerous items are written in the German language.","These include tax documents, receipts, promissory notes, and account statements.","Most items are receipts for payment of parish levies and taxes on real estate and personal property.","Receipts acknowledge payments for purchases, services, and debts.","Promissory notes indicate terms for the repayment of loans or payments for services provided.","These items range from brief mention of an item purchased to several pages from a firm's account book.","These include probate records, copies of deeds and indentures, receipts for recording or issuing court documents, and orders to a sheriff to summon witnesses.","In most cases the deceased are members of the Wilkin family or Wilkin family members are administrators of the estates.  Among the deceased are Jacob Coffman, multiple Godfrey Wilkins, Benjamin Layman, John Wilkin, Jacob Wilkin, and Peter Miller.","These include copies of deeds, receipts for recording deeds or registering inherited land, boundary descriptions, and a property sale notice.","Included are a guardian indenture, an apprentice indenture, receipts for issuing and recording court documents, vouchers for payments to witnesses, orders to a sheriff to summon witnesses, and receipts for payment of court settlements.","There are about thirty letters and notes and four empty envelopes.","John Wilkin is the writer or recipient of many items. Some are to or from relatives who have moved to the Midwest. Topics include land, crops, finding wives, and money. Some correspondence with a Mr. E. Duvall involves forming a Branch Society related to alchemy and mining.","There are four empty envelopes; addressees are Isaiah Funkhauser, Dr. E. Duvall, and John Wilkins.","This material includes items relating to military service, church business, medicine, and poetry. There also are newspaper clippings and other printed ephemera, as well as numerous fragments and scribbles.","These ten items include certificates for service, supplies, and attendance at a Court Martial during or just after the Revolution. A return for May 1815 of a company of Virginia militia commanded by Captain Samuel Bare has numbers only – no names.","These three items include an 1841 letter (without signatures) to the German Reformed Church of Woodstock stating why thirty-nine members are withdrawing their membership, an 1854 request for subscribers to pay for a new preacher in German and English in North Mountain Gorge, and a petition signed by more than one hundred members of Evangelic German Reformed congregations in Shenandoah County asking that the German-speaking Rev. John Kessler be given permission to take charge as their minister.","These eight items include medical prescriptions and lists of chemicals.","There are three poems of unknown origin, though one has three or four names on the back, including Edwina V. 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Some are to or from relatives who have moved to the Midwest. Topics include land, crops, finding wives, and money. Some correspondence with a Mr. E. Duvall involves forming a Branch Society related to alchemy and mining.","There are four empty envelopes; addressees are Isaiah Funkhauser, Dr. E. Duvall, and John Wilkins.","This material includes items relating to military service, church business, medicine, and poetry. There also are newspaper clippings and other printed ephemera, as well as numerous fragments and scribbles.","These ten items include certificates for service, supplies, and attendance at a Court Martial during or just after the Revolution. A return for May 1815 of a company of Virginia militia commanded by Captain Samuel Bare has numbers only – no names.","These three items include an 1841 letter (without signatures) to the German Reformed Church of Woodstock stating why thirty-nine members are withdrawing their membership, an 1854 request for subscribers to pay for a new preacher in German and English in North Mountain Gorge, and a petition signed by more than one hundred members of Evangelic German Reformed congregations in Shenandoah County asking that the German-speaking Rev. John Kessler be given permission to take charge as their minister.","These eight items include medical prescriptions and lists of chemicals.","There are three poems of unknown origin, though one has three or four names on the back, including Edwina V. 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Each series arranged by type of material and then placed in chronological order. ","Series I: Gordon Cloyd Bell, Sr. Papers, 1917-1962\t\t\t\t","Series II: Edgar Withrow Bell Papers, 1919-1970\t","Series III: Gordon Cloyd Bell, Jr. Papers, 1921-1967\t","Series IV: David Kent Bell Papers, 1925-1978\t","Series V: Bell Family Papers, 1834-1841\t","Series VI: James Withrow Papers, 1848-1910","Series VII: Edgar D. Withrow Papers, 1864-1936","Series VIII: Annie Withrow Papers, 1889-1981","Series IX: Withrow Family Papers, 1870-1941","Series X: Kent Family Papers, 1814-1881","Series XI: Cloyd Family Papers, 1792-1866","Series XII: Other Family Papers, 1780-1998","Series XIII: Other Materials, 1901-1997","Gen. Gordon Cloyd was a descendant of David Cloyd. In 1764, Indians attacked the homestead of David Cloyd in Rockbridge County, Virginia. His wife, Margaret, was killed, as well as his son, John. Another son, Joseph Cloyd was away from the house at the time of the attack and was thus spared. David Cloyd passed away in 1792; Joseph Cloyd bought land and settled in Back Creek in present day Pulaski County in 1773. During the American Revolution, Joseph Cloyd served under Col. William Preston of Montgomery County. He is credited with saving Col. Preston's life when Preston was thrown from his horse during a skirmish at Wetzell's Mill in North Carolina. Following the war, Joseph Cloyd bought up more land in Pulaski County and built a brick house on Back Creek. ","Joseph Cloyd married Mary Gordon and together they had three sons, Gordon, David, and Thomas. Gordon and David married two sisters, Sallie and Elizabeth McGavock. The McGavock sisters were the daughters of James McGavock and Mary Cloyd, Joseph Cloyd's sister. James and Mary McGavock also had a third daughter, Margaret, who married Joseph Kent.","David Cloyd and Sallie McGavock had five children: Margaret, Joseph, Gordon, Cynthia, and James McGavock. James McGavock Cloyd married Frances E. McNutt on November 5, 1853, together they had on child, David, in January of 1855. Frances died on December 21, 1858. James then married Harriet J. Ernest on January 10, 1861. They had four children: Fanny Ernest, Lucy McGavock, Sally, and Harriet Gordon. James Cloyd lived at the homestead on Back Creek in Pulaski County that was originally settled by Col. Joseph Cloyd.","Gordon Cloyd commanded the 19th Brigade of the Virginia Militia during the War of 1812; he was later promoted to Major-General and thereafter was known as General Cloyd. He later served as a land surveyor for the Montgomery County area, and together with his brothers, purchased a tract of land along the New River know as Buchanan's Bottom. Gen. Gordon Cloyd and Elizabeth McGavock Cloyd together had six children, only two daughters, Mary and Elizabeth Cloyd survived. The two sisters married two brothers, James Randal and David Fenton Kent. David and James were the sons of Joseph Kent and Margaret McGavock Kent. Gordon Cloyd left the Buchanan's Bottom land to his daughter, Mary, and her husband, James Randal Kent. Elizabeth Kent and David Fenton Kent received the land at Back Creek and the house known as Springfield.","David Fenton Kent and Elizabeth Cloyd were married on January 2, 1834. Together they had seven children: Gordon Cloyd, born December 7, 1834, died November 11, 1837; an unnamed son, April 23, 1836 who lived eight days; Mary Elizabeth, born May 17, 1837, died December 14, 1837; James Randal, born August 15, 1838, died September 4, 1861; Sarah McGavock, born November 5, 1839, died March 9, 1891; Joseph Gordon, born March 22, 1841, died July 15, 1886; David Fenton, born May 17, 1844, died October 18, 1878. David F. Kent lived at the Springfield property and ran businesses with a Thomas Miller. He was reputed to have been an entertaining storyteller. David Fenton Kent died on January 28, 1850. Elizabeth Cloyd Kent outlived him by nineteen years, dying February 7, 1869.","James Randal Kent and Mary Cloyd Kent moved to Buchanan's Bottom and lived at first in the old Trigg house. Later, they built Kentland mansion, which stands to this day. Together James and Mary had five daughters, Elizabeth Cloyd, born 1819, Sarah James, born 1822, Mary Louisa, born 1824, Cynthia, born 1827, and Margaret Gordon, born 1840. James Randal Kent was an enslaver, prominent landowner, and successful farmer. He also held several minor public offices including Sheriff of Montgomery County from 1822 to 1823, he also served as a Justice and a land surveyor. Throughout the 1830s and 1840s, James Randal Kent bought up land, he owned around 8000 acres in 1860. In 1855, construction began on a resort at Montgomery White Sulphur Springs, a hotel that later served as a hospital during the American Civil War. In 1860, James Randal Kent became a founder of the Preston and Olin Institute, a Methodist school in Blacksburg that was the predecessor to present day Virginia Tech. He was among the wealthiest men in Montgomery County with an estimated wealth of $196,000. Kent was a staunch supporter of the Confederacy, he enslaved more than 100 people at the start of the war. He served as an organizer for the Confederate Army, as well as a supplier of foodstuffs, providing grain and beef to the Confederate Army all the way up to the day Lee surrendered at Appomattox. Though Kentland survived the war, many barns and out-buildings were burned, including the plantation office with the majority of James Kent's personal papers, and in 1867 his land was valued at 41% less than it had been in 1860. James Randal Kent died on May 29, 1867. ","Sarah James Kent, daughter of James Randal Kent, married Francis Bell, a cattle buyer from Staunton, in 1855. Together Sarah and Francis had four surviving children: twin sons, James Randal Kent Bell and Samuel Hays Bell in 1858, a daughter, Mary Louisa Bell in 1861, and Francis \"Frank\" Bell in 1864. They built a home on the land in Pulaski given to Sarah by her father. They lived at Mountain Home until the mid-1870s, when in 1872 Francis Bell purchased land from the Darsts and the Cloyds, their new home, Rockwood, was built c. 1876.","The four Bell children were well educated and all attended college for some period of time. Public schools were non-existent at this time, so a governess, Mary Eliza Sedgewick taught them while they lived at Mountain Home. James Randal Kent and Samuel Hays Bell both attended Washington College in Lexington from 1875 to 1877. Mary Louisa Bell went to Mary Baldwin College in Staunton. Frank Bell attended the Virginia Polytechnic Institute before transferring to the Virginia Military Institute and graduating with the class of 1885.","Sarah James Kent Bell died in April of 1884; Francis Bell followed her nine years later in 1893. In their will, all their land and properties were to be divided by the four children as they saw fit. James Randal Kent Bell received the Mountain Home properties, Samuel inherited the land in Augusta County, and Rockwood was split between Frank Bell and Mary Louisa Bell.","James Randal Kent Bell married three times. His first wife was Maria L. Sedgwick, the daughter of their governess, Mary Eliza Sedgewick, Maria died shortly after the birth of their daughter, Mary Peck Bell. His second wife was Lida Howell Whitsett, Lida died in January of 1902. Together they had five children, Amelia Louise, Elizabeth Kent, Sarah Frances, James, and Francis Joseph. The name of James R. K. Bell's third wife is unknown. All of his children were born at Mountain Home and grew up there.","Samuel Hays Bell married Bessie Arbuthnot on May 18, 1893. Together they had four daughters, Sarah James, Elizabeth, Mary Lou, and Margaret. They lived in Staunton on the land inherited from Francis Bell. Samuel Bell died in Staunton on June 26, 1903.","Mary Louisa Bell married Dr. Kent Black at Rockwood November 14, 1894. Dr. Black graduated from the Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College in 1875, he worked as physician and surgeon at the school until 1890. Dr. Black died in 1909, following his death Mary Louisa Bell Black moved back to Pulaski to live with her family, she died at Rockwood December 12, 1943.","Frank Bell married Ellen Gordan Kent, the granddaughter of David Fenton Kent, in 1889. They had eight children: Sarah Kent Bell born September 28, 1890, Gordon Cloyd Bell born January 16, 1892, Ellen Howe Bell born February 12, 1893, Francis Bell born August 16, 1894, Mary Lou Bell born July 1, 1896, Elizabeth Cloyd Bell born September 7, 1897, Samuel Hays Bell born May 16, 1901, and Agnes McGavock Bell born September 1, 1905. Frank Bell worked in the cattle business just like his father and grandfather, he was an accomplished business man and over the years he bought up the rest of the Rockwood property from his sister, Mary Louisa Bell Black. He died at Rockwood on December 21, 1939, just a few months after the celebration of his fiftieth wedding anniversary.","Frank Bell's son, Gordon Cloyd Bell married Mary Eliza Withrow on November 16, 1918. They had four sons, Edgar Withrow Bell, Gordon Cloyd Bell Jr., David Kent Bell, and Andrew Mathews Bell. Gordon Bell Sr. was a farmer and overseer of farm lands, he also served as the President of the Bank of Dublin. Mary Withrow Bell died September 30, 1938. Gordon Cloyd Sr. then married Lucy Preston King in October of 1942, they lived for a time in Phoenix, Arizona where Gordon Cloyd Bell Sr. died in 1965.","Edgar Withrow Bell, the eldest son of Gordon Cloyd and Mary Withrow Bell was born on October 27, 1919. He grew up in Dublin and attended Lees-McCrea College in North Carolina. He wrote articles about music trends and opened \"The Record Bar\" at Wysor Electric Appliance Co. in Dublin. He also served as a postal worker in Arlington where he died in November of 1971.","Gordon Cloyd Bell Jr. was born in Dublin on May 13, 1921. He was a farmer and overseer of the Withrow and Bell lands in Pulaski County, VA. He also served on the board of the Bank of Dublin. He attended the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and Furman College before entering the armed services in January of 1943 and served with the Black Panther Division during World War II. Gordon Cloyd Bell Jr. died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound in September of 1967.","David Kent Bell was born in Dublin on April 5, 1925. David attended the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and graduated with the Class of 1949. He also served in the armed services during World War II. He married Beverly Ann Gould from Baltimore, together they had two children: Sheri Lynn Bell born April 30, 1957 and James Gordon Bell born March 3, 1959. David Kent and Beverly Gould divorced and he married Helga Lewandowski. David Kent Bell died January 26, 2003.","Andrew Mathews Bell was born in Dublin on July 14, 1932. He died October 26, 1948.","Ellen Howe Bell was born February 12, 1893. She attended Mary Baldwin College. Ellen married Orrin Rankin Magill on September 30, 1915. Through the National YMCA, they moved to China where they lived for many years. Upon retiring, they moved to Blacksburg where they often entertained Chinese students attending Virginia Tech. Ellen Howe Bell Magill was elected the 1962 Mother of the Year in Blacksburg. She died January 19, 1968.","In 1918, Gordon Cloyd Bell married Mary Eliza Withrow. She was the granddaughter of James W. Withrow of Greenbrier County. James Withrow was born in Lewisburg, in what is now West Virginia, on October 23, 1818. Though not a licensed attorney he served as a judge and for many years, the Master Commissioner of the Circuit Court. He also represented the county in the state legislature where he served on the Judiciary Committee. He married Mary Jane Kincaid and had two sons, Edgar Daingerfield Withrow and Heber K. Withrow, and three daughters, Mrs. Helen Feamster, Miss Mary J. Withrow, and Mrs. Lucy Withrow Montgomery. James Withrow died June 26, 1901.","Edgar Daingerfield Withrow was born December 9, 1845. He married Mary See Renick on November 3, 1886. Edgar served in the Civil War as a member of Confederate company E of the 14th Virginia Cavalry. Edgar was captured at Berryville in 1864 and spent the end of the war at Camp Chare in Ohio. Following the War, Edgar went into business with his father, and later ran his own business selling agricultural implements. Together with Mary Renick, he had six daughters and one son: Mary Mathews Withrow, born September 16, 1887, died October 3, 1892; Annie Primrose Withrow, born January 26, 1889, died June 16, 1982; Mary Eliza Withrow, born November 29, 1892, died September 29, 1938; Helen Cameron Withrow, born January 9, 1895, died July 25, 1903; Letitia Renick Withrow, born July 1, 1897, died December 24, 1922; Geraldine Withrow, born August 1, 1901, died July 8, 1902; Edgar D. Withrow Jr., born July 8, 1903, died October 2, 1913. The Withrows moved to Pulaski County sometime around 1910. Edgar Withrow died March 9, 1926 and Mary Renick Withrow died January 7, 1929. ","Annie P. Withrow never married. She was very close with her nephews, Edgar, Gordon, David and Andrew Bell, and much of their correspondence was written to her. She attended the Lewisburg Female Institute beginning in 1907. Annie Withrow died in June of 1982.","Letitia R. Withrow was born July 1, 1897. She moved with her family to Dublin and graduated from Dublin High School. She then attended Stonewall Jackson College in Abingdon until the school burned in 1914. She then entered Hollins College in Roanoke, VA, following graduation she became a special student of voice under Professor A. Y. Cornell of New York for two years. In 1919, she took a job as Assistant Voice Teacher at Greenville Women's College in Greenville, South Carolina. She taught there for two years, and one year at Annville College in Annville, Pennsylvania. She left Annville College to return to New York in order to resume her training with Professor Cornell in preparation for a singing career. Shortly thereafter she returned home, where she died from influenza on December 24, 1922.","The guide to the the Bell, Kent, Cloyd, Withrow Family Collection by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 ( https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/ ).","The processing, arrangement, and description of the Bell, Kent, Cloyd, Withrow Family Collection began in June 2008 and was completed in October 2008.","A listing of individuals and families in the Biographical Vertical Files at Virginia Tech Special Collections and University Archives is available online,  but files of particular interest may include:","Bentley family (related to the Cloyd, Kent, and McGavock families)--this file contains a 2014 update to: Robert Gray's  The McGavock Family. A Genealogical History of James McGavock and His Descendants from 1760 to 1903 . Richmond: W.E. Jones, 1903. CS 71 .M144 1903 (copies in Special Collections and University Archives and Newman Library).  The 2014 update is also available online. Kent","See the following materials related to these families, which are also at Virginia Tech Special Collections and University Archives:","Black, Kent, and Apperson Family Papers, Ms1974-003","James Randal Kent Papers, Ms1987-031","Elizabeth Kent Adams Papers, Ms1990-045","\"Whitethorne Photographs of Kentland for Margaret K. Cowan\" Photograph Album, Ms2021-020","Francis Bell Letter, Ms2024-088","The Bell, Kent, Cloyd, Withrow Family Collection spans the dates 1780 to 1998. The collection contains the papers and business records of four prominent families from Montgomery County and Pulaski County, Virginia and Greenbrier County, West Virginia. Also included are documents relating to numerous other individuals and families from across Southwest Virginia and Southern West Virginia. Documents include correspondence, land deeds and warrants, as well as financial records including debt statements, receipts, account statements, and money orders. The collection is divided into thirteen major series: Gordon Cloyd Bell Sr. Papers, Edgar Withrow Bell Papers, Gordon Cloyd Bell Jr. Papers, David Kent Bell Papers, Bell Family Papers, James Withrow Papers, Edgar D. Withrow Papers, Annie P. Withrow Papers, Withrow Family Papers, Kent Family Papers, Cloyd Family Papers, Other Family Papers, and Other Materials. ","Series I: Gordon Cloyd Bell Sr. Papers: This series spans the years 1917 to 1962 and includes personal correspondence to and from Gordon Cloyd Bell Sr. as well as business correspondence and materials from Bell's time as the President of the Bank of Dublin in Dublin, VA. The series also contains bank statements from 1940 to 1941.","Series II: Edgar Withrow Bell Papers: This series contains materials dating from 1919 to 1970, including a birth certificate for Edgar W. Bell. The papers are mainly personal in nature. There is extensive correspondence, dating from 1934 to 1970 as well as a scrapbook and some newspaper clippings. There is a limited amount of Edgar Bell's financial records including bank statements dating from 1942 to 1945.","Series III: Gordon Cloyd Bell Jr. Papers: these papers date from 1921 to 1967. These papers include a birth certificate and academic records, as well as, land deeds, tax documents, and financial records. Also included are materials from Gordon Bell Jr.'s time in the military including correspondence from the time of his service in World War II. World War II materials also include a \"Save Conduct Leaflet.\" These leaflets were air dropped in Western Europe by Allied forces in order to aid in the surrender of German Soldiers, the leaflet in this collection was most likely the version distributed from December 1944 through April 1945, it contains both English and German text.","Series IV: David Kent Bell Papers: These papers date from 1925 to 1978. They range in scope from David Bell's birth certificate and education records to financial records and insurance documents. Also included is correspondence, some of which dates from David Bell's service in World War II. Also from this period are military documents dating from 1943 to 1948.","Series V: Bell Family Papers: This series is composed for documents from various members of the Bell family including James Bell, Mary Withrow Bell, Andrew Bell, Francis Bell, and Ellen Howe Bell Magill. These items range in date from 1834 to 1967. They include financial records for James Bell, along with correspondence from Mary Withrow Bell, Andrew Bell, and Ellen Howe Bell Magill. This series also contains information regarding the settlement of the estates of both Francis Bell and Mary Withrow Bell.","Series VI: James Withrow Papers: This series contains material ranging in date from 1848 to 1910. The bulk of the material in this series is financial records for James Withrow's business in agriculture, including contracts, correspondence, checks, receipts, money orders, debt statements, and account statements. Also present are documents relating to the settlement of James Withrow's estate.","Series VII: Edgar D. Withrow Papers: This series spans the dates 1864 through 1936. Included in this series are personal items including correspondence from Edgar Withrow's time as a Confederate Prisoner of War. Also included are records from the Greenbrier Light Infantry Grays of which Edgar Withrow was a member. The majority of this series is composed of financial records and business records from Edgar Withrow's business as an agricultural implements salesman.","Series VIII: Annie Primrose Withrow Papers: These papers consist of personal correspondence and items dating from 1889 to 1981, including land deeds and other legal documents as well as a 1908 \"Greenbrier\" yearbook from the Lewisburg Female Institute.","Series IX: The Withrow Family Papers: This series spans from 1870 to 1941, it contains materials from members of the Withrow family including business records from various businesses run by James Withrow and his son, Edgar, in addition to this are papers from Heber K. Withrow, Mary Renick Withrow, Helen Withrow, Mary E. Withrow, Mary J. Withrow, Letitia Withrow, and papers from Withrow Place as well as the Withrow Tourist Home.","Series X: The Kent Family Papers: This series includes materials dating from 1814 to 1881. The series includes the correspondence and financial records of two prominent Southwest Virginia landowners, James Randal Kent and David Fenton Kent.","Series XI: The Cloyd Family Papers: The Cloyd family papers include correspondence and financial records for Gordon, Mary, and James Cloyd. Also included are several land surveys done by Gordon Cloyd, a land surveyor for Southwest Virginia. These materials date from 1792 to 1866.","Series XII: Other Family Papers: This series is composed of land warrants and deeds, financial records, and personal correspondence from numerous individuals and families from Southwest Virginia and what is now, Southern West Virginia. These materials range in date from 1780 to 1998 and are dived into two categories, those materials sorted by individual or family and items organized by category.","Series XIII: Other Materials: This series is composed of magazines, booklets, brochures, and photographs that could not be identified as belonging to any one person or family. The series spans the dates 1901 through 1997.","The copyright status of this collection is unknown. Copyright restrictions may apply. Contact Special Collections and University Archives for assistance in determining the use of these materials. ","Reproduction or digitization of materials for personal or research use can be requested using our reproduction/digitization form:  http://bit.ly/scuareproduction . Reproduction or digitization of materials for publication or exhibit use can be requested using our publication/exhibition form:  http://bit.ly/scuapublication . Please contact Special Collections and University Archives (specref@vt.edu or 540-231-6308) if you need assistance with forms or to submit a completed form.","The Bell, Kent, Cloyd, Withrow Family Collection contains the personal papers and financial records of members of four prominent families. Included are members of the Bell, Kent, Cloyd, and Withrow families, as well as, materials from related families and acquaintances. This is a diverse collection containing materials dating from 1780 to 1998. Items of interest include several Land Deeds and Warrant from the late 18th Century, including one signed by Benjamin Harrison, then Governor of Virginia; American Civil War correspondence from Confederate POW, Edgar Withrow; Regimental listings from the 19th Brigade of the Virginia Militia; and correspondence and military documents dating from World War II. The main collection contains materials from Gen. Gordon Cloyd, James Randal Kent, David Fenton Kent, Gordon Cloyd Bell Sr., David Kent Bell, James and Edgar Withrow, and many others.","Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech","Withrow family","Cloyd family","Kent family","Bell family","The materials in the collection are in English."],"unitid_tesim":["Ms.2008.040"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Bell, Kent, Cloyd, Withrow Family Collection"],"collection_title_tesim":["Bell, Kent, Cloyd, Withrow Family Collection"],"collection_ssim":["Bell, Kent, Cloyd, Withrow Family Collection"],"repository_ssm":["Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University"],"repository_ssim":["Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University"],"creator_ssm":["Withrow family","Cloyd family","Kent family","Bell family"],"creator_ssim":["Withrow family","Cloyd family","Kent family","Bell family"],"creator_famname_ssim":["Withrow family","Cloyd family","Kent family","Bell family"],"creators_ssim":["Withrow family","Cloyd family","Kent family","Bell family"],"access_terms_ssm":["The copyright status of this collection is unknown. 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","Series I: Gordon Cloyd Bell, Sr. Papers, 1917-1962\t\t\t\t","Series II: Edgar Withrow Bell Papers, 1919-1970\t","Series III: Gordon Cloyd Bell, Jr. Papers, 1921-1967\t","Series IV: David Kent Bell Papers, 1925-1978\t","Series V: Bell Family Papers, 1834-1841\t","Series VI: James Withrow Papers, 1848-1910","Series VII: Edgar D. Withrow Papers, 1864-1936","Series VIII: Annie Withrow Papers, 1889-1981","Series IX: Withrow Family Papers, 1870-1941","Series X: Kent Family Papers, 1814-1881","Series XI: Cloyd Family Papers, 1792-1866","Series XII: Other Family Papers, 1780-1998","Series XIII: Other Materials, 1901-1997"],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eGen. Gordon Cloyd was a descendant of David Cloyd. In 1764, Indians attacked the homestead of David Cloyd in Rockbridge County, Virginia. His wife, Margaret, was killed, as well as his son, John. Another son, Joseph Cloyd was away from the house at the time of the attack and was thus spared. David Cloyd passed away in 1792; Joseph Cloyd bought land and settled in Back Creek in present day Pulaski County in 1773. During the American Revolution, Joseph Cloyd served under Col. William Preston of Montgomery County. He is credited with saving Col. Preston's life when Preston was thrown from his horse during a skirmish at Wetzell's Mill in North Carolina. Following the war, Joseph Cloyd bought up more land in Pulaski County and built a brick house on Back Creek. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eJoseph Cloyd married Mary Gordon and together they had three sons, Gordon, David, and Thomas. Gordon and David married two sisters, Sallie and Elizabeth McGavock. The McGavock sisters were the daughters of James McGavock and Mary Cloyd, Joseph Cloyd's sister. James and Mary McGavock also had a third daughter, Margaret, who married Joseph Kent.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eDavid Cloyd and Sallie McGavock had five children: Margaret, Joseph, Gordon, Cynthia, and James McGavock. James McGavock Cloyd married Frances E. McNutt on November 5, 1853, together they had on child, David, in January of 1855. Frances died on December 21, 1858. James then married Harriet J. Ernest on January 10, 1861. They had four children: Fanny Ernest, Lucy McGavock, Sally, and Harriet Gordon. James Cloyd lived at the homestead on Back Creek in Pulaski County that was originally settled by Col. Joseph Cloyd.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eGordon Cloyd commanded the 19th Brigade of the Virginia Militia during the War of 1812; he was later promoted to Major-General and thereafter was known as General Cloyd. He later served as a land surveyor for the Montgomery County area, and together with his brothers, purchased a tract of land along the New River know as Buchanan's Bottom. Gen. Gordon Cloyd and Elizabeth McGavock Cloyd together had six children, only two daughters, Mary and Elizabeth Cloyd survived. The two sisters married two brothers, James Randal and David Fenton Kent. David and James were the sons of Joseph Kent and Margaret McGavock Kent. Gordon Cloyd left the Buchanan's Bottom land to his daughter, Mary, and her husband, James Randal Kent. Elizabeth Kent and David Fenton Kent received the land at Back Creek and the house known as Springfield.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eDavid Fenton Kent and Elizabeth Cloyd were married on January 2, 1834. Together they had seven children: Gordon Cloyd, born December 7, 1834, died November 11, 1837; an unnamed son, April 23, 1836 who lived eight days; Mary Elizabeth, born May 17, 1837, died December 14, 1837; James Randal, born August 15, 1838, died September 4, 1861; Sarah McGavock, born November 5, 1839, died March 9, 1891; Joseph Gordon, born March 22, 1841, died July 15, 1886; David Fenton, born May 17, 1844, died October 18, 1878. David F. Kent lived at the Springfield property and ran businesses with a Thomas Miller. He was reputed to have been an entertaining storyteller. David Fenton Kent died on January 28, 1850. Elizabeth Cloyd Kent outlived him by nineteen years, dying February 7, 1869.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eJames Randal Kent and Mary Cloyd Kent moved to Buchanan's Bottom and lived at first in the old Trigg house. Later, they built Kentland mansion, which stands to this day. Together James and Mary had five daughters, Elizabeth Cloyd, born 1819, Sarah James, born 1822, Mary Louisa, born 1824, Cynthia, born 1827, and Margaret Gordon, born 1840. James Randal Kent was an enslaver, prominent landowner, and successful farmer. He also held several minor public offices including Sheriff of Montgomery County from 1822 to 1823, he also served as a Justice and a land surveyor. Throughout the 1830s and 1840s, James Randal Kent bought up land, he owned around 8000 acres in 1860. In 1855, construction began on a resort at Montgomery White Sulphur Springs, a hotel that later served as a hospital during the American Civil War. In 1860, James Randal Kent became a founder of the Preston and Olin Institute, a Methodist school in Blacksburg that was the predecessor to present day Virginia Tech. He was among the wealthiest men in Montgomery County with an estimated wealth of $196,000. Kent was a staunch supporter of the Confederacy, he enslaved more than 100 people at the start of the war. He served as an organizer for the Confederate Army, as well as a supplier of foodstuffs, providing grain and beef to the Confederate Army all the way up to the day Lee surrendered at Appomattox. Though Kentland survived the war, many barns and out-buildings were burned, including the plantation office with the majority of James Kent's personal papers, and in 1867 his land was valued at 41% less than it had been in 1860. James Randal Kent died on May 29, 1867. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSarah James Kent, daughter of James Randal Kent, married Francis Bell, a cattle buyer from Staunton, in 1855. Together Sarah and Francis had four surviving children: twin sons, James Randal Kent Bell and Samuel Hays Bell in 1858, a daughter, Mary Louisa Bell in 1861, and Francis \"Frank\" Bell in 1864. They built a home on the land in Pulaski given to Sarah by her father. They lived at Mountain Home until the mid-1870s, when in 1872 Francis Bell purchased land from the Darsts and the Cloyds, their new home, Rockwood, was built c. 1876.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThe four Bell children were well educated and all attended college for some period of time. Public schools were non-existent at this time, so a governess, Mary Eliza Sedgewick taught them while they lived at Mountain Home. James Randal Kent and Samuel Hays Bell both attended Washington College in Lexington from 1875 to 1877. Mary Louisa Bell went to Mary Baldwin College in Staunton. Frank Bell attended the Virginia Polytechnic Institute before transferring to the Virginia Military Institute and graduating with the class of 1885.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSarah James Kent Bell died in April of 1884; Francis Bell followed her nine years later in 1893. In their will, all their land and properties were to be divided by the four children as they saw fit. James Randal Kent Bell received the Mountain Home properties, Samuel inherited the land in Augusta County, and Rockwood was split between Frank Bell and Mary Louisa Bell.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eJames Randal Kent Bell married three times. His first wife was Maria L. Sedgwick, the daughter of their governess, Mary Eliza Sedgewick, Maria died shortly after the birth of their daughter, Mary Peck Bell. His second wife was Lida Howell Whitsett, Lida died in January of 1902. Together they had five children, Amelia Louise, Elizabeth Kent, Sarah Frances, James, and Francis Joseph. The name of James R. K. Bell's third wife is unknown. All of his children were born at Mountain Home and grew up there.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSamuel Hays Bell married Bessie Arbuthnot on May 18, 1893. Together they had four daughters, Sarah James, Elizabeth, Mary Lou, and Margaret. They lived in Staunton on the land inherited from Francis Bell. Samuel Bell died in Staunton on June 26, 1903.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eMary Louisa Bell married Dr. Kent Black at Rockwood November 14, 1894. Dr. Black graduated from the Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College in 1875, he worked as physician and surgeon at the school until 1890. Dr. Black died in 1909, following his death Mary Louisa Bell Black moved back to Pulaski to live with her family, she died at Rockwood December 12, 1943.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eFrank Bell married Ellen Gordan Kent, the granddaughter of David Fenton Kent, in 1889. They had eight children: Sarah Kent Bell born September 28, 1890, Gordon Cloyd Bell born January 16, 1892, Ellen Howe Bell born February 12, 1893, Francis Bell born August 16, 1894, Mary Lou Bell born July 1, 1896, Elizabeth Cloyd Bell born September 7, 1897, Samuel Hays Bell born May 16, 1901, and Agnes McGavock Bell born September 1, 1905. Frank Bell worked in the cattle business just like his father and grandfather, he was an accomplished business man and over the years he bought up the rest of the Rockwood property from his sister, Mary Louisa Bell Black. He died at Rockwood on December 21, 1939, just a few months after the celebration of his fiftieth wedding anniversary.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eFrank Bell's son, Gordon Cloyd Bell married Mary Eliza Withrow on November 16, 1918. They had four sons, Edgar Withrow Bell, Gordon Cloyd Bell Jr., David Kent Bell, and Andrew Mathews Bell. Gordon Bell Sr. was a farmer and overseer of farm lands, he also served as the President of the Bank of Dublin. Mary Withrow Bell died September 30, 1938. Gordon Cloyd Sr. then married Lucy Preston King in October of 1942, they lived for a time in Phoenix, Arizona where Gordon Cloyd Bell Sr. died in 1965.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eEdgar Withrow Bell, the eldest son of Gordon Cloyd and Mary Withrow Bell was born on October 27, 1919. He grew up in Dublin and attended Lees-McCrea College in North Carolina. He wrote articles about music trends and opened \"The Record Bar\" at Wysor Electric Appliance Co. in Dublin. He also served as a postal worker in Arlington where he died in November of 1971.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eGordon Cloyd Bell Jr. was born in Dublin on May 13, 1921. He was a farmer and overseer of the Withrow and Bell lands in Pulaski County, VA. He also served on the board of the Bank of Dublin. He attended the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and Furman College before entering the armed services in January of 1943 and served with the Black Panther Division during World War II. Gordon Cloyd Bell Jr. died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound in September of 1967.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eDavid Kent Bell was born in Dublin on April 5, 1925. David attended the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and graduated with the Class of 1949. He also served in the armed services during World War II. He married Beverly Ann Gould from Baltimore, together they had two children: Sheri Lynn Bell born April 30, 1957 and James Gordon Bell born March 3, 1959. David Kent and Beverly Gould divorced and he married Helga Lewandowski. David Kent Bell died January 26, 2003.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eAndrew Mathews Bell was born in Dublin on July 14, 1932. He died October 26, 1948.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eEllen Howe Bell was born February 12, 1893. She attended Mary Baldwin College. Ellen married Orrin Rankin Magill on September 30, 1915. Through the National YMCA, they moved to China where they lived for many years. Upon retiring, they moved to Blacksburg where they often entertained Chinese students attending Virginia Tech. Ellen Howe Bell Magill was elected the 1962 Mother of the Year in Blacksburg. She died January 19, 1968.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eIn 1918, Gordon Cloyd Bell married Mary Eliza Withrow. She was the granddaughter of James W. Withrow of Greenbrier County. James Withrow was born in Lewisburg, in what is now West Virginia, on October 23, 1818. Though not a licensed attorney he served as a judge and for many years, the Master Commissioner of the Circuit Court. He also represented the county in the state legislature where he served on the Judiciary Committee. He married Mary Jane Kincaid and had two sons, Edgar Daingerfield Withrow and Heber K. Withrow, and three daughters, Mrs. Helen Feamster, Miss Mary J. Withrow, and Mrs. Lucy Withrow Montgomery. James Withrow died June 26, 1901.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eEdgar Daingerfield Withrow was born December 9, 1845. He married Mary See Renick on November 3, 1886. Edgar served in the Civil War as a member of Confederate company E of the 14th Virginia Cavalry. Edgar was captured at Berryville in 1864 and spent the end of the war at Camp Chare in Ohio. Following the War, Edgar went into business with his father, and later ran his own business selling agricultural implements. Together with Mary Renick, he had six daughters and one son: Mary Mathews Withrow, born September 16, 1887, died October 3, 1892; Annie Primrose Withrow, born January 26, 1889, died June 16, 1982; Mary Eliza Withrow, born November 29, 1892, died September 29, 1938; Helen Cameron Withrow, born January 9, 1895, died July 25, 1903; Letitia Renick Withrow, born July 1, 1897, died December 24, 1922; Geraldine Withrow, born August 1, 1901, died July 8, 1902; Edgar D. Withrow Jr., born July 8, 1903, died October 2, 1913. The Withrows moved to Pulaski County sometime around 1910. Edgar Withrow died March 9, 1926 and Mary Renick Withrow died January 7, 1929. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eAnnie P. Withrow never married. She was very close with her nephews, Edgar, Gordon, David and Andrew Bell, and much of their correspondence was written to her. She attended the Lewisburg Female Institute beginning in 1907. Annie Withrow died in June of 1982.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eLetitia R. Withrow was born July 1, 1897. She moved with her family to Dublin and graduated from Dublin High School. She then attended Stonewall Jackson College in Abingdon until the school burned in 1914. She then entered Hollins College in Roanoke, VA, following graduation she became a special student of voice under Professor A. Y. Cornell of New York for two years. In 1919, she took a job as Assistant Voice Teacher at Greenville Women's College in Greenville, South Carolina. She taught there for two years, and one year at Annville College in Annville, Pennsylvania. She left Annville College to return to New York in order to resume her training with Professor Cornell in preparation for a singing career. Shortly thereafter she returned home, where she died from influenza on December 24, 1922.\u003c/p\u003e"],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Family History"],"bioghist_tesim":["Gen. Gordon Cloyd was a descendant of David Cloyd. In 1764, Indians attacked the homestead of David Cloyd in Rockbridge County, Virginia. His wife, Margaret, was killed, as well as his son, John. Another son, Joseph Cloyd was away from the house at the time of the attack and was thus spared. David Cloyd passed away in 1792; Joseph Cloyd bought land and settled in Back Creek in present day Pulaski County in 1773. During the American Revolution, Joseph Cloyd served under Col. William Preston of Montgomery County. He is credited with saving Col. Preston's life when Preston was thrown from his horse during a skirmish at Wetzell's Mill in North Carolina. Following the war, Joseph Cloyd bought up more land in Pulaski County and built a brick house on Back Creek. ","Joseph Cloyd married Mary Gordon and together they had three sons, Gordon, David, and Thomas. Gordon and David married two sisters, Sallie and Elizabeth McGavock. The McGavock sisters were the daughters of James McGavock and Mary Cloyd, Joseph Cloyd's sister. James and Mary McGavock also had a third daughter, Margaret, who married Joseph Kent.","David Cloyd and Sallie McGavock had five children: Margaret, Joseph, Gordon, Cynthia, and James McGavock. James McGavock Cloyd married Frances E. McNutt on November 5, 1853, together they had on child, David, in January of 1855. Frances died on December 21, 1858. James then married Harriet J. Ernest on January 10, 1861. They had four children: Fanny Ernest, Lucy McGavock, Sally, and Harriet Gordon. James Cloyd lived at the homestead on Back Creek in Pulaski County that was originally settled by Col. Joseph Cloyd.","Gordon Cloyd commanded the 19th Brigade of the Virginia Militia during the War of 1812; he was later promoted to Major-General and thereafter was known as General Cloyd. He later served as a land surveyor for the Montgomery County area, and together with his brothers, purchased a tract of land along the New River know as Buchanan's Bottom. Gen. Gordon Cloyd and Elizabeth McGavock Cloyd together had six children, only two daughters, Mary and Elizabeth Cloyd survived. The two sisters married two brothers, James Randal and David Fenton Kent. David and James were the sons of Joseph Kent and Margaret McGavock Kent. Gordon Cloyd left the Buchanan's Bottom land to his daughter, Mary, and her husband, James Randal Kent. Elizabeth Kent and David Fenton Kent received the land at Back Creek and the house known as Springfield.","David Fenton Kent and Elizabeth Cloyd were married on January 2, 1834. Together they had seven children: Gordon Cloyd, born December 7, 1834, died November 11, 1837; an unnamed son, April 23, 1836 who lived eight days; Mary Elizabeth, born May 17, 1837, died December 14, 1837; James Randal, born August 15, 1838, died September 4, 1861; Sarah McGavock, born November 5, 1839, died March 9, 1891; Joseph Gordon, born March 22, 1841, died July 15, 1886; David Fenton, born May 17, 1844, died October 18, 1878. David F. Kent lived at the Springfield property and ran businesses with a Thomas Miller. He was reputed to have been an entertaining storyteller. David Fenton Kent died on January 28, 1850. Elizabeth Cloyd Kent outlived him by nineteen years, dying February 7, 1869.","James Randal Kent and Mary Cloyd Kent moved to Buchanan's Bottom and lived at first in the old Trigg house. Later, they built Kentland mansion, which stands to this day. Together James and Mary had five daughters, Elizabeth Cloyd, born 1819, Sarah James, born 1822, Mary Louisa, born 1824, Cynthia, born 1827, and Margaret Gordon, born 1840. James Randal Kent was an enslaver, prominent landowner, and successful farmer. He also held several minor public offices including Sheriff of Montgomery County from 1822 to 1823, he also served as a Justice and a land surveyor. Throughout the 1830s and 1840s, James Randal Kent bought up land, he owned around 8000 acres in 1860. In 1855, construction began on a resort at Montgomery White Sulphur Springs, a hotel that later served as a hospital during the American Civil War. In 1860, James Randal Kent became a founder of the Preston and Olin Institute, a Methodist school in Blacksburg that was the predecessor to present day Virginia Tech. He was among the wealthiest men in Montgomery County with an estimated wealth of $196,000. Kent was a staunch supporter of the Confederacy, he enslaved more than 100 people at the start of the war. He served as an organizer for the Confederate Army, as well as a supplier of foodstuffs, providing grain and beef to the Confederate Army all the way up to the day Lee surrendered at Appomattox. Though Kentland survived the war, many barns and out-buildings were burned, including the plantation office with the majority of James Kent's personal papers, and in 1867 his land was valued at 41% less than it had been in 1860. James Randal Kent died on May 29, 1867. ","Sarah James Kent, daughter of James Randal Kent, married Francis Bell, a cattle buyer from Staunton, in 1855. Together Sarah and Francis had four surviving children: twin sons, James Randal Kent Bell and Samuel Hays Bell in 1858, a daughter, Mary Louisa Bell in 1861, and Francis \"Frank\" Bell in 1864. They built a home on the land in Pulaski given to Sarah by her father. They lived at Mountain Home until the mid-1870s, when in 1872 Francis Bell purchased land from the Darsts and the Cloyds, their new home, Rockwood, was built c. 1876.","The four Bell children were well educated and all attended college for some period of time. Public schools were non-existent at this time, so a governess, Mary Eliza Sedgewick taught them while they lived at Mountain Home. James Randal Kent and Samuel Hays Bell both attended Washington College in Lexington from 1875 to 1877. Mary Louisa Bell went to Mary Baldwin College in Staunton. Frank Bell attended the Virginia Polytechnic Institute before transferring to the Virginia Military Institute and graduating with the class of 1885.","Sarah James Kent Bell died in April of 1884; Francis Bell followed her nine years later in 1893. In their will, all their land and properties were to be divided by the four children as they saw fit. James Randal Kent Bell received the Mountain Home properties, Samuel inherited the land in Augusta County, and Rockwood was split between Frank Bell and Mary Louisa Bell.","James Randal Kent Bell married three times. His first wife was Maria L. Sedgwick, the daughter of their governess, Mary Eliza Sedgewick, Maria died shortly after the birth of their daughter, Mary Peck Bell. His second wife was Lida Howell Whitsett, Lida died in January of 1902. Together they had five children, Amelia Louise, Elizabeth Kent, Sarah Frances, James, and Francis Joseph. The name of James R. K. Bell's third wife is unknown. All of his children were born at Mountain Home and grew up there.","Samuel Hays Bell married Bessie Arbuthnot on May 18, 1893. Together they had four daughters, Sarah James, Elizabeth, Mary Lou, and Margaret. They lived in Staunton on the land inherited from Francis Bell. Samuel Bell died in Staunton on June 26, 1903.","Mary Louisa Bell married Dr. Kent Black at Rockwood November 14, 1894. Dr. Black graduated from the Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College in 1875, he worked as physician and surgeon at the school until 1890. Dr. Black died in 1909, following his death Mary Louisa Bell Black moved back to Pulaski to live with her family, she died at Rockwood December 12, 1943.","Frank Bell married Ellen Gordan Kent, the granddaughter of David Fenton Kent, in 1889. They had eight children: Sarah Kent Bell born September 28, 1890, Gordon Cloyd Bell born January 16, 1892, Ellen Howe Bell born February 12, 1893, Francis Bell born August 16, 1894, Mary Lou Bell born July 1, 1896, Elizabeth Cloyd Bell born September 7, 1897, Samuel Hays Bell born May 16, 1901, and Agnes McGavock Bell born September 1, 1905. Frank Bell worked in the cattle business just like his father and grandfather, he was an accomplished business man and over the years he bought up the rest of the Rockwood property from his sister, Mary Louisa Bell Black. He died at Rockwood on December 21, 1939, just a few months after the celebration of his fiftieth wedding anniversary.","Frank Bell's son, Gordon Cloyd Bell married Mary Eliza Withrow on November 16, 1918. They had four sons, Edgar Withrow Bell, Gordon Cloyd Bell Jr., David Kent Bell, and Andrew Mathews Bell. Gordon Bell Sr. was a farmer and overseer of farm lands, he also served as the President of the Bank of Dublin. Mary Withrow Bell died September 30, 1938. Gordon Cloyd Sr. then married Lucy Preston King in October of 1942, they lived for a time in Phoenix, Arizona where Gordon Cloyd Bell Sr. died in 1965.","Edgar Withrow Bell, the eldest son of Gordon Cloyd and Mary Withrow Bell was born on October 27, 1919. He grew up in Dublin and attended Lees-McCrea College in North Carolina. He wrote articles about music trends and opened \"The Record Bar\" at Wysor Electric Appliance Co. in Dublin. He also served as a postal worker in Arlington where he died in November of 1971.","Gordon Cloyd Bell Jr. was born in Dublin on May 13, 1921. He was a farmer and overseer of the Withrow and Bell lands in Pulaski County, VA. He also served on the board of the Bank of Dublin. He attended the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and Furman College before entering the armed services in January of 1943 and served with the Black Panther Division during World War II. Gordon Cloyd Bell Jr. died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound in September of 1967.","David Kent Bell was born in Dublin on April 5, 1925. David attended the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and graduated with the Class of 1949. He also served in the armed services during World War II. He married Beverly Ann Gould from Baltimore, together they had two children: Sheri Lynn Bell born April 30, 1957 and James Gordon Bell born March 3, 1959. David Kent and Beverly Gould divorced and he married Helga Lewandowski. David Kent Bell died January 26, 2003.","Andrew Mathews Bell was born in Dublin on July 14, 1932. He died October 26, 1948.","Ellen Howe Bell was born February 12, 1893. She attended Mary Baldwin College. Ellen married Orrin Rankin Magill on September 30, 1915. Through the National YMCA, they moved to China where they lived for many years. Upon retiring, they moved to Blacksburg where they often entertained Chinese students attending Virginia Tech. Ellen Howe Bell Magill was elected the 1962 Mother of the Year in Blacksburg. She died January 19, 1968.","In 1918, Gordon Cloyd Bell married Mary Eliza Withrow. She was the granddaughter of James W. Withrow of Greenbrier County. James Withrow was born in Lewisburg, in what is now West Virginia, on October 23, 1818. Though not a licensed attorney he served as a judge and for many years, the Master Commissioner of the Circuit Court. He also represented the county in the state legislature where he served on the Judiciary Committee. He married Mary Jane Kincaid and had two sons, Edgar Daingerfield Withrow and Heber K. Withrow, and three daughters, Mrs. Helen Feamster, Miss Mary J. Withrow, and Mrs. Lucy Withrow Montgomery. James Withrow died June 26, 1901.","Edgar Daingerfield Withrow was born December 9, 1845. He married Mary See Renick on November 3, 1886. Edgar served in the Civil War as a member of Confederate company E of the 14th Virginia Cavalry. Edgar was captured at Berryville in 1864 and spent the end of the war at Camp Chare in Ohio. Following the War, Edgar went into business with his father, and later ran his own business selling agricultural implements. Together with Mary Renick, he had six daughters and one son: Mary Mathews Withrow, born September 16, 1887, died October 3, 1892; Annie Primrose Withrow, born January 26, 1889, died June 16, 1982; Mary Eliza Withrow, born November 29, 1892, died September 29, 1938; Helen Cameron Withrow, born January 9, 1895, died July 25, 1903; Letitia Renick Withrow, born July 1, 1897, died December 24, 1922; Geraldine Withrow, born August 1, 1901, died July 8, 1902; Edgar D. Withrow Jr., born July 8, 1903, died October 2, 1913. The Withrows moved to Pulaski County sometime around 1910. Edgar Withrow died March 9, 1926 and Mary Renick Withrow died January 7, 1929. ","Annie P. Withrow never married. She was very close with her nephews, Edgar, Gordon, David and Andrew Bell, and much of their correspondence was written to her. She attended the Lewisburg Female Institute beginning in 1907. Annie Withrow died in June of 1982.","Letitia R. Withrow was born July 1, 1897. She moved with her family to Dublin and graduated from Dublin High School. She then attended Stonewall Jackson College in Abingdon until the school burned in 1914. She then entered Hollins College in Roanoke, VA, following graduation she became a special student of voice under Professor A. Y. Cornell of New York for two years. In 1919, she took a job as Assistant Voice Teacher at Greenville Women's College in Greenville, South Carolina. She taught there for two years, and one year at Annville College in Annville, Pennsylvania. She left Annville College to return to New York in order to resume her training with Professor Cornell in preparation for a singing career. Shortly thereafter she returned home, where she died from influenza on December 24, 1922."],"odd_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe guide to the the Bell, Kent, Cloyd, Withrow Family Collection by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 (\u003ca href=\"https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/\"\u003ehttps://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/\u003c/a\u003e).\u003c/p\u003e"],"odd_heading_ssm":["Rights Statement for Archival Description"],"odd_tesim":["The guide to the the Bell, Kent, Cloyd, Withrow Family Collection by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 ( https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/ )."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eResearchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], the Bell, Kent, Cloyd, Withrow Family Collection, Ms2008-040, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.\u003c/p\u003e"],"prefercite_tesim":["Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], the Bell, Kent, Cloyd, Withrow Family Collection, Ms2008-040, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va."],"processinfo_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe processing, arrangement, and description of the Bell, Kent, Cloyd, Withrow Family Collection began in June 2008 and was completed in October 2008.\u003c/p\u003e"],"processinfo_heading_ssm":["Processing Information"],"processinfo_tesim":["The processing, arrangement, and description of the Bell, Kent, Cloyd, Withrow Family Collection began in June 2008 and was completed in October 2008."],"relatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e\u003ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=oai/VT/repositories_2_resources_3149.xml\"\u003eA listing of individuals and families in the Biographical Vertical Files at Virginia Tech Special Collections and University Archives is available online,\u003c/a\u003e but files of particular interest may include:\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003clist\u003e\n\u003citem\u003eBentley family (related to the Cloyd, Kent, and McGavock families)--this file contains a 2014 update to: Robert Gray's \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eThe McGavock Family. A Genealogical History of James McGavock and His Descendants from 1760 to 1903\u003c/title\u003e. Richmond: W.E. Jones, 1903. CS 71 .M144 1903 (copies in Special Collections and University Archives and Newman Library). \u003ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/items/show/2684\"\u003eThe 2014 update is also available online.\u003c/a\u003e \u003c/item\u003e\n\u003citem\u003eKent\u003c/item\u003e\n\u003c/list\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSee the following materials related to these families, which are also at Virginia Tech Special Collections and University Archives:\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=oai/VT/repositories_2_resources_1290.xml\"\u003eBlack, Kent, and Apperson Family Papers, Ms1974-003\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=oai/VT/repositories_2_resources_1474.xml\"\u003eJames Randal Kent Papers, Ms1987-031\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=oai/VT/repositories_2_resources_1779.xml\"\u003eElizabeth Kent Adams Papers, Ms1990-045\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=oai/VT/repositories_2_resources_3537.xml\"\u003e\"Whitethorne Photographs of Kentland for Margaret K. Cowan\" Photograph Album, Ms2021-020\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=oai/VT/repositories_2_resources_4314.xml\"\u003eFrancis Bell Letter, Ms2024-088\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e"],"relatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Related Archival Materials"],"relatedmaterial_tesim":["A listing of individuals and families in the Biographical Vertical Files at Virginia Tech Special Collections and University Archives is available online,  but files of particular interest may include:","Bentley family (related to the Cloyd, Kent, and McGavock families)--this file contains a 2014 update to: Robert Gray's  The McGavock Family. A Genealogical History of James McGavock and His Descendants from 1760 to 1903 . Richmond: W.E. Jones, 1903. CS 71 .M144 1903 (copies in Special Collections and University Archives and Newman Library).  The 2014 update is also available online. Kent","See the following materials related to these families, which are also at Virginia Tech Special Collections and University Archives:","Black, Kent, and Apperson Family Papers, Ms1974-003","James Randal Kent Papers, Ms1987-031","Elizabeth Kent Adams Papers, Ms1990-045","\"Whitethorne Photographs of Kentland for Margaret K. Cowan\" Photograph Album, Ms2021-020","Francis Bell Letter, Ms2024-088"],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe Bell, Kent, Cloyd, Withrow Family Collection spans the dates 1780 to 1998. The collection contains the papers and business records of four prominent families from Montgomery County and Pulaski County, Virginia and Greenbrier County, West Virginia. Also included are documents relating to numerous other individuals and families from across Southwest Virginia and Southern West Virginia. Documents include correspondence, land deeds and warrants, as well as financial records including debt statements, receipts, account statements, and money orders. The collection is divided into thirteen major series: Gordon Cloyd Bell Sr. Papers, Edgar Withrow Bell Papers, Gordon Cloyd Bell Jr. Papers, David Kent Bell Papers, Bell Family Papers, James Withrow Papers, Edgar D. Withrow Papers, Annie P. Withrow Papers, Withrow Family Papers, Kent Family Papers, Cloyd Family Papers, Other Family Papers, and Other Materials. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSeries I: Gordon Cloyd Bell Sr. Papers: This series spans the years 1917 to 1962 and includes personal correspondence to and from Gordon Cloyd Bell Sr. as well as business correspondence and materials from Bell's time as the President of the Bank of Dublin in Dublin, VA. The series also contains bank statements from 1940 to 1941.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSeries II: Edgar Withrow Bell Papers: This series contains materials dating from 1919 to 1970, including a birth certificate for Edgar W. Bell. The papers are mainly personal in nature. There is extensive correspondence, dating from 1934 to 1970 as well as a scrapbook and some newspaper clippings. There is a limited amount of Edgar Bell's financial records including bank statements dating from 1942 to 1945.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSeries III: Gordon Cloyd Bell Jr. Papers: these papers date from 1921 to 1967. These papers include a birth certificate and academic records, as well as, land deeds, tax documents, and financial records. Also included are materials from Gordon Bell Jr.'s time in the military including correspondence from the time of his service in World War II. World War II materials also include a \"Save Conduct Leaflet.\" These leaflets were air dropped in Western Europe by Allied forces in order to aid in the surrender of German Soldiers, the leaflet in this collection was most likely the version distributed from December 1944 through April 1945, it contains both English and German text.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSeries IV: David Kent Bell Papers: These papers date from 1925 to 1978. They range in scope from David Bell's birth certificate and education records to financial records and insurance documents. Also included is correspondence, some of which dates from David Bell's service in World War II. Also from this period are military documents dating from 1943 to 1948.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSeries V: Bell Family Papers: This series is composed for documents from various members of the Bell family including James Bell, Mary Withrow Bell, Andrew Bell, Francis Bell, and Ellen Howe Bell Magill. These items range in date from 1834 to 1967. They include financial records for James Bell, along with correspondence from Mary Withrow Bell, Andrew Bell, and Ellen Howe Bell Magill. This series also contains information regarding the settlement of the estates of both Francis Bell and Mary Withrow Bell.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSeries VI: James Withrow Papers: This series contains material ranging in date from 1848 to 1910. The bulk of the material in this series is financial records for James Withrow's business in agriculture, including contracts, correspondence, checks, receipts, money orders, debt statements, and account statements. Also present are documents relating to the settlement of James Withrow's estate.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSeries VII: Edgar D. Withrow Papers: This series spans the dates 1864 through 1936. Included in this series are personal items including correspondence from Edgar Withrow's time as a Confederate Prisoner of War. Also included are records from the Greenbrier Light Infantry Grays of which Edgar Withrow was a member. The majority of this series is composed of financial records and business records from Edgar Withrow's business as an agricultural implements salesman.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSeries VIII: Annie Primrose Withrow Papers: These papers consist of personal correspondence and items dating from 1889 to 1981, including land deeds and other legal documents as well as a 1908 \"Greenbrier\" yearbook from the Lewisburg Female Institute.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSeries IX: The Withrow Family Papers: This series spans from 1870 to 1941, it contains materials from members of the Withrow family including business records from various businesses run by James Withrow and his son, Edgar, in addition to this are papers from Heber K. Withrow, Mary Renick Withrow, Helen Withrow, Mary E. Withrow, Mary J. Withrow, Letitia Withrow, and papers from Withrow Place as well as the Withrow Tourist Home.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSeries X: The Kent Family Papers: This series includes materials dating from 1814 to 1881. The series includes the correspondence and financial records of two prominent Southwest Virginia landowners, James Randal Kent and David Fenton Kent.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSeries XI: The Cloyd Family Papers: The Cloyd family papers include correspondence and financial records for Gordon, Mary, and James Cloyd. Also included are several land surveys done by Gordon Cloyd, a land surveyor for Southwest Virginia. These materials date from 1792 to 1866.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSeries XII: Other Family Papers: This series is composed of land warrants and deeds, financial records, and personal correspondence from numerous individuals and families from Southwest Virginia and what is now, Southern West Virginia. These materials range in date from 1780 to 1998 and are dived into two categories, those materials sorted by individual or family and items organized by category.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSeries XIII: Other Materials: This series is composed of magazines, booklets, brochures, and photographs that could not be identified as belonging to any one person or family. The series spans the dates 1901 through 1997.\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content"],"scopecontent_tesim":["The Bell, Kent, Cloyd, Withrow Family Collection spans the dates 1780 to 1998. The collection contains the papers and business records of four prominent families from Montgomery County and Pulaski County, Virginia and Greenbrier County, West Virginia. Also included are documents relating to numerous other individuals and families from across Southwest Virginia and Southern West Virginia. Documents include correspondence, land deeds and warrants, as well as financial records including debt statements, receipts, account statements, and money orders. The collection is divided into thirteen major series: Gordon Cloyd Bell Sr. Papers, Edgar Withrow Bell Papers, Gordon Cloyd Bell Jr. Papers, David Kent Bell Papers, Bell Family Papers, James Withrow Papers, Edgar D. Withrow Papers, Annie P. Withrow Papers, Withrow Family Papers, Kent Family Papers, Cloyd Family Papers, Other Family Papers, and Other Materials. ","Series I: Gordon Cloyd Bell Sr. Papers: This series spans the years 1917 to 1962 and includes personal correspondence to and from Gordon Cloyd Bell Sr. as well as business correspondence and materials from Bell's time as the President of the Bank of Dublin in Dublin, VA. The series also contains bank statements from 1940 to 1941.","Series II: Edgar Withrow Bell Papers: This series contains materials dating from 1919 to 1970, including a birth certificate for Edgar W. Bell. The papers are mainly personal in nature. There is extensive correspondence, dating from 1934 to 1970 as well as a scrapbook and some newspaper clippings. There is a limited amount of Edgar Bell's financial records including bank statements dating from 1942 to 1945.","Series III: Gordon Cloyd Bell Jr. Papers: these papers date from 1921 to 1967. These papers include a birth certificate and academic records, as well as, land deeds, tax documents, and financial records. Also included are materials from Gordon Bell Jr.'s time in the military including correspondence from the time of his service in World War II. World War II materials also include a \"Save Conduct Leaflet.\" These leaflets were air dropped in Western Europe by Allied forces in order to aid in the surrender of German Soldiers, the leaflet in this collection was most likely the version distributed from December 1944 through April 1945, it contains both English and German text.","Series IV: David Kent Bell Papers: These papers date from 1925 to 1978. They range in scope from David Bell's birth certificate and education records to financial records and insurance documents. Also included is correspondence, some of which dates from David Bell's service in World War II. Also from this period are military documents dating from 1943 to 1948.","Series V: Bell Family Papers: This series is composed for documents from various members of the Bell family including James Bell, Mary Withrow Bell, Andrew Bell, Francis Bell, and Ellen Howe Bell Magill. These items range in date from 1834 to 1967. They include financial records for James Bell, along with correspondence from Mary Withrow Bell, Andrew Bell, and Ellen Howe Bell Magill. This series also contains information regarding the settlement of the estates of both Francis Bell and Mary Withrow Bell.","Series VI: James Withrow Papers: This series contains material ranging in date from 1848 to 1910. The bulk of the material in this series is financial records for James Withrow's business in agriculture, including contracts, correspondence, checks, receipts, money orders, debt statements, and account statements. Also present are documents relating to the settlement of James Withrow's estate.","Series VII: Edgar D. Withrow Papers: This series spans the dates 1864 through 1936. Included in this series are personal items including correspondence from Edgar Withrow's time as a Confederate Prisoner of War. Also included are records from the Greenbrier Light Infantry Grays of which Edgar Withrow was a member. The majority of this series is composed of financial records and business records from Edgar Withrow's business as an agricultural implements salesman.","Series VIII: Annie Primrose Withrow Papers: These papers consist of personal correspondence and items dating from 1889 to 1981, including land deeds and other legal documents as well as a 1908 \"Greenbrier\" yearbook from the Lewisburg Female Institute.","Series IX: The Withrow Family Papers: This series spans from 1870 to 1941, it contains materials from members of the Withrow family including business records from various businesses run by James Withrow and his son, Edgar, in addition to this are papers from Heber K. Withrow, Mary Renick Withrow, Helen Withrow, Mary E. Withrow, Mary J. Withrow, Letitia Withrow, and papers from Withrow Place as well as the Withrow Tourist Home.","Series X: The Kent Family Papers: This series includes materials dating from 1814 to 1881. The series includes the correspondence and financial records of two prominent Southwest Virginia landowners, James Randal Kent and David Fenton Kent.","Series XI: The Cloyd Family Papers: The Cloyd family papers include correspondence and financial records for Gordon, Mary, and James Cloyd. Also included are several land surveys done by Gordon Cloyd, a land surveyor for Southwest Virginia. These materials date from 1792 to 1866.","Series XII: Other Family Papers: This series is composed of land warrants and deeds, financial records, and personal correspondence from numerous individuals and families from Southwest Virginia and what is now, Southern West Virginia. These materials range in date from 1780 to 1998 and are dived into two categories, those materials sorted by individual or family and items organized by category.","Series XIII: Other Materials: This series is composed of magazines, booklets, brochures, and photographs that could not be identified as belonging to any one person or family. The series spans the dates 1901 through 1997."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe copyright status of this collection is unknown. Copyright restrictions may apply. Contact Special Collections and University Archives for assistance in determining the use of these materials. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eReproduction or digitization of materials for personal or research use can be requested using our reproduction/digitization form: \u003ca href=\"http://bit.ly/scuareproduction\"\u003ehttp://bit.ly/scuareproduction\u003c/a\u003e. Reproduction or digitization of materials for publication or exhibit use can be requested using our publication/exhibition form: \u003ca href=\"http://bit.ly/scuapublication\"\u003ehttp://bit.ly/scuapublication\u003c/a\u003e. Please contact Special Collections and University Archives (specref@vt.edu or 540-231-6308) if you need assistance with forms or to submit a completed form.\u003c/p\u003e"],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Conditions Governing Reproduction and Use"],"userestrict_tesim":["The copyright status of this collection is unknown. Copyright restrictions may apply. Contact Special Collections and University Archives for assistance in determining the use of these materials. ","Reproduction or digitization of materials for personal or research use can be requested using our reproduction/digitization form:  http://bit.ly/scuareproduction . Reproduction or digitization of materials for publication or exhibit use can be requested using our publication/exhibition form:  http://bit.ly/scuapublication . Please contact Special Collections and University Archives (specref@vt.edu or 540-231-6308) if you need assistance with forms or to submit a completed form."],"abstract_html_tesm":["\u003cabstract id=\"aspace_a5f70c760aaa388e4b03cbb66aec856e\" label=\"Abstract\"\u003eThe Bell, Kent, Cloyd, Withrow Family Collection contains the personal papers and financial records of members of four prominent families. Included are members of the Bell, Kent, Cloyd, and Withrow families, as well as, materials from related families and acquaintances. This is a diverse collection containing materials dating from 1780 to 1998. Items of interest include several Land Deeds and Warrant from the late 18th Century, including one signed by Benjamin Harrison, then Governor of Virginia; American Civil War correspondence from Confederate POW, Edgar Withrow; Regimental listings from the 19th Brigade of the Virginia Militia; and correspondence and military documents dating from World War II. The main collection contains materials from Gen. Gordon Cloyd, James Randal Kent, David Fenton Kent, Gordon Cloyd Bell Sr., David Kent Bell, James and Edgar Withrow, and many others.\u003c/abstract\u003e"],"abstract_tesim":["The Bell, Kent, Cloyd, Withrow Family Collection contains the personal papers and financial records of members of four prominent families. Included are members of the Bell, Kent, Cloyd, and Withrow families, as well as, materials from related families and acquaintances. This is a diverse collection containing materials dating from 1780 to 1998. Items of interest include several Land Deeds and Warrant from the late 18th Century, including one signed by Benjamin Harrison, then Governor of Virginia; American Civil War correspondence from Confederate POW, Edgar Withrow; Regimental listings from the 19th Brigade of the Virginia Militia; and correspondence and military documents dating from World War II. The main collection contains materials from Gen. 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Within each series, materials are generally separated by format and listed chronologically, with undated materials listed last.","Series 1. Papers of George Washington Series 2. Papers of Tobias Lear Series 3. Miscellaneous Series 4. Papers of Martha Washington Series 5. Papers of Eliza Parke Custis Law Series 6. Papers of Thomas Law : Subseries 6.1. Legal Documents, Subseries 6.2. Correspondence Series 7. Papers of William Costin Series 8. Papers of John Law Series 9. Papers of Lloyd Nicholas Rogers Series 10. Papers of Edmund Law Rogers Series 11. Papers of Robert Peter : Subseries 11.1. Accounts, Subseries 11.2. Financial Documents, Subseries 11.3. Legal Documents, Subseries 11.4. Land Documents, Subseries 11.5. Estate Documents Series 12. Papers of Thomas Peter : Subseries 12.1. Financial Documents, Subseries 12.2. Land Documents, Subseries 12.3. Estate Documents, Subseries 12.4. Correspondence Series 13. Papers of Britannia W. Peter Kennon, 1824-1909 : Subseries 13.1. Financial Documents, Subseries 13.2. Legal Documents, Subseries 13.3. Correspondence","The Peters were a prominent family in Washington, D.C. during the eighteenth and nineteen centuries. Martha Parke Custis, Martha Washington's granddaughter, married into the Peter family in 1795.","George Washington (1732-1799) : George Washington was born on February 22, 1732 at a modest farm in Westmoreland County, Virginia to parents Augustine and Mary Ball Washington. In 1749, George Washington was appointed surveyor for Culpepper County. In 1752, he started his military career in the Virginia militia. During the Revolutionary War he was the Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army and later was elected as the first President of the United States of America. He lived with his wife, Martha Washington, at Mount Vernon, where he passed away December 14, 1799.","Martha Washington (1731-1802) : Martha Dandridge Custis Washington was born on June 2, 1731 to parents John and Frances Jones Dandridge. She married her first husband, Daniel Parke Custis, on May 15, 1750. Together they had four children, two of whom died in childhood. On July 8, 1757, her husband unexpectedly died, leaving her a widow with their two remaining children, John Parke Custis and Martha Parke Custis. On January 6, 1759, Martha Dandridge Custis married George Washington. Martha Parke Custis or Patsy, died at the age of 17. On February 3, 1774, John Parke Custis married Eleanor Calvert, and together they had four children who survived to adulthood. However, on November 5, 1781, John Parke Custis passed away, and the younger two of his children went to live at Mount Vernon with their grandmother. Martha Dandridge Custis Washington died on May 22, 1802.","Tobias Lear (1762-1816) : Tobias Lear was born in 1762. He was employed by George Washington in 1786 to manage expense reports to Congress and also as the personal tutor to Martha Washington's grandchildren. In 1790 Tobias Lear married Mary \"Polly\" Long; however she died in 1793. Lear then married Martha Washington's niece, Frances Bassett Washington, but she died shortly they were married. Lear married for a third time to Frances Dandridge Henley, another niece of Martha Washington. He died in 1816.","Elizabeth (Betsy, Beth, Eliza) Parke Custis Law (1776-1831) : Wife to Thomas Law, Eliza Parke Custis Law was born on August 21, 1776. She was the daughter of John (Jacky) Parke Custis and Eleanor (Nelly) Calvert. Upon the death of her father in 1781, Eliza's two younger siblings, George Washington (Washy) Parke Custis and Eleanor (Nelly) Parke Custis went to live with their grandmother, Martha Washington, and her second husband, George Washington. Eliza and her other sister Martha stayed at home with their mother. Shortly after, their mother remarried Dr. David Stuart and had thirteen more children. On March 21, 1796, Eliza Parke Custis Law married Thomas Law and together they had one child, Eliza Law. In 1804, the couple separated and their daughter went to live with her father. They officially divorced in 1811. Eliza Parke Custis Law lived with one of her uncles for a time after the separation, and soon purchased a house in Alexandria called \"Mount Washington.\" Eliza Law Rogers died in 1822, leaving behind a husband (Lloyd Nicholas Rogers) and two children. Eliza Parke Custis Law died on December 31, 1831.","Thomas Law (1756-1834) : Thomas Law was born on October 23, 1756 in Cambridge, England. He started his career working for the East India Trading Company and began building his reputation, as well as his income. In 1794, he left England to start a new life in America where he began to invest in lands, particularly in the nation's capital. Over time, Law became extremely passionate about the arts, particularly poetry, which he wrote and published. He even founded the first dance society, theater, and the Columbian Institute for the Promotion of Arts and Sciences. Thomas Law married Eliza Parke Custis on March 21, 1796. Together they had one child, Eliza Law, who married Lloyd Nicholls Rogers in 1817. Thomas Law died in 1834.","William Costin (1780-1842) : William Costin was a prominent free black man in early 19th-century Washington DC. He was a messenger for the Bank of Washington and ran a hack business in the city. In 1800, he married his cousin Philadelphia (\"Delphy\"), a dower slave of Martha Washington. Upon Martha Washington's death in 1802, Delphy became the property of Eliza Parke Custis Law, wife to Thomas Law. Delphy and their children were granted freedom shortly after, and the couple decided to stay in Washington, D.C. Together the Costins had seven children. He died in 1842.","John Law (1784-1822) : John Law was born in India about 1784 to Thomas Law and an unidentified Indian woman. In 1794 Thomas Law came to America after living about two decades in India; presumably John and his brothers came with him. Thomas Law married Eliza Parke Custis in 1796 and raised the boys until their separation around 1804. John Law graduated from Harvard University in 1804; he was a member of the Columbian Dragoons in 1811; and was the commissioner to adjust the Yazoo claims in 1814. He died on October 4, 1822.","Lloyd Nicholas Rogers (1787 or 1788-1860) : Lloyd Nicholas Rogers was born on September 20, 1788 to parents Nicholas and Eleanor Buchanan Rogers. Lloyd Nicholas Rogers married Eliza Law Rogers in 1817. Together they had two children, Edmund Law Rogers and Eleanor Agnes Rogers. They lived on Druid Hill which had been passed down by Lloyd's Scottish father. Very shortly after the death of Lloyd's father in 1822, Eliza also died. In 1829, Rogers was married to Hortensia Monroe Hay who was the granddaughter of James Monroe. Together, they had an additional three daughters, Harriet, Hortensia, and Mary Custis. Lloyd was a proprietor of his estate and practiced law out of his home on Druid Hill. Hortensia died in the 1850s, leaving Lloyd all alone. All of his children except for Eleanor had already married and moved out. Eleanor would not marry until 1862, following her father's death. Lloyd Nicholas Rogers died on November 12, 1860.","Edmund Law Rogers (1818-1896) : Edmund Law Rogers was born in 1818 to Lloyd Nicholas Rogers and Eliza Law Rogers. He grew up and lived in Baltimore all of his life, and was a founding member of the Maryland and Harvard Club, as well as a member of various other organizations, such as, the Sons of the Revolution and the Baltimore Historical Society. He spoke several different languages and was a lover of the arts. He married Charlotte Matilda Plater and together they had two children, Edmund Law Rogers, Jr., and Charlotte Plater Rogers. He died of paralysis on January 24, 1896.","Robert Peter (1726-1806) : Robert Peter was born in 1726 in Scotland to Thomas Peter and Jean Dunlop, who were prosperous merchants. He immigrated to the United States around 1745, but there is no definite reason why he chose to leave. He first settled in the town, Bladensburg, along the Anacostia River. In 1751, Georgetown was established, and Robert purchased a lot in the town the following year, and slowly began to build up his land holdings. His land holdings grew to be quite extensive, including owning the entire square from M, K, and 31st Streets, and Wisconsin Ave. From 1789 to 1798, Robert Peter was the first mayor of Georgetown. On December 27, 1767, he married Elizabeth Scott, and together they had 10 children, one of whom died as an infant. Their names were: Thomas, Alexander, Elizabeth, Walter, Robert, Jean, Margaret, David, George, and James. He died in 1806.","Thomas Peter (1769-1834) : Thomas Peter was born January 4, 1769 to Robert and Elizabeth Scott Peter. Thomas Peter married Martha Parke Custis, granddaughter to Martha Washington, in 1795. Together, they had eight children. Martha Eliza Eleanor, Columbia Washington, John Parke Custis, Robert Thomas, George Washington, America Pinckney, Martha Custis Castania (who died young), and Britannia Wellington. In 1805, Thomas and Martha purchased eight-and-a-half acres in \"Georgetown Heights.\" [For more information on Tudor Place, see Tudor Place: Historic House and Gardens.] They later hired architect Dr. William Thornton to design and build Tudor Place located in Georgetown. It was completed in 1816 and still stands today. Thomas Peter was a prominent lawyer of the time and was one of the executors of Martha Washington's will. He died April 16, 1834.","Martha (Patty) Parke Custis Peter (1777-1854) : was born to John Parke Custis and Eleanor (Nelly) Calvert Custis on December 31, 1777. She was one of four children in their family to survive to adulthood: Eliza Parke, Martha Parke, Eleanor Parke (Nelly), and George Washington (Washy) Parke. Following the death of their father in 1781, Patty and her older sister, Eliza, lived with their mother and stepfather, Dr. David Stuart, and their large family, while their younger siblings, Nelly and Washy, lived with their grandparents at Mount Vernon. There were frequent visits to Mount Vernon in both childhood and following her marriage to Thomas Peter in 1795. She died July 13 or 15, 1854.","Britannia Wellington Peter Kennon (1815-1911) : Britannia Wellington Peter was born January 28, 1815, as the youngest child of Martha Parke (Patty) Custis Peter and Thomas Peter. In 1842, she married Commodore Beverley Kennon, and together they had one child, Martha Custis Kennon, on October 18, 1843. Commodore Kennon died from a gun explosion on the frigate Princeton on February 28, 1844. Martha Custis Kennon married Dr. Armistead Peter in 1867. When Britannia Wellington Peter Kennon's mother passed in 1854, she inherited Tudor Place, where she lived until her death in 1911.","Major George Peter (1779-1861) : Major George W. Peter was born on September 28, 1779 to Robert and Elizabeth Scott Peter. He was married three times during his life. First, to Ann Plater in 1809. Together they had two children, George and Thomas. His wife and two children all died in 1814. Secondly, in 1815 he married Agnes Buchanon Freeland. They had five children, Robert, Ann, James, Agnes, and David. Agnes, his wife, died in 1825. Only a month later, he again married, this time to Sarah Norfleet Freeland, the sister of his second wife. Together, they had nine children: Sarah Agnes, George, Alexander Scott, Margaret Dick, Elizabeth, Armistead, Walter Gibson, William, and Katherine Norfleet. Major George Peter was an officer in the army, a representative in Congress, and a farmer. During his career in the army, he was first appointed first lieutenant 2nd, Artillery and Engineers on February 16, 1801. He was promoted to Captain on November 3, 1807, and finally was transferred to the Light Artillery in May of 1808. He resigned in June 11, 1809. In 1815, he was elected to Congress to cover the sixth district in Maryland. He would continue this appointment until after 1828. He died June 22, 1861.","Dr. Armistead Peter (1840-1902) : Dr. Armistead Peter was one of George Peter's sons from his third marriage to Sarah Norfleet Freeland Peter. He was born on February 23, 1840. Dr. Armistead Peter was a cousin to his wife Martha Custis Kennon Peter, whom he married in 1867. Together, Martha and Armistead had five children: Walter Gibson, Armistead, Beverley Kennon, George Freeland, and Agnes. He and Martha Custis Kennon Peter both moved into Tudor Place and Dr. Armistead Peter converted a portion of the house for his medical practice. He created a very successful business as one of the best doctors in the city of Washington. During the Civil War he was employed by the U.S. Army as ward surgeon, as well as serving in a smallpox hospital. Martha Custis Kennon Peter died suddenly in 1886. Armistead died in 1902, his mother-in-law, Britannia W. Peter Kennon outliving both of them. The land in Bethesda was divided between their four children. After Britannia W. Peter Kennon died, the house was left to her grandson, Armistead Peter II. Dr. Armistead Peter died on January 28, 1902.","Agnes Peter (1880-1957) : Agnes Peter, born on February 3, 1880, was the daughter of Dr. Armistead Peter and Martha Custis Kennon Peter. She lived in France for a period of time during WWI conducting work for the YMCA. Agnes Peter was the director of a Foyer du Soldat and helped to receive soldiers and refugees. She was also in charge of the Graves Registration Section in Rheims. She was the first woman in France to be awarded the silver Medal of Honor for her distinguished services to the country during the war. In 1946, when she was 73, she married Nobel Prize winner, Dr. John R. Mott, who is most acclaimed for his work creating international Christian programs with a goal to establish peace. She died in 1957.","Peter family owned books are cataloged in the Library Catalog. The 23 titles (36 volumes) are searchable in the\n the Catalog's Peter Family Collection .","see Century Magazine, May 1890, p. 17","This collection consists of papers collected by various members of the Peter families. It includes letters from George Washington, letters of condolence to Martha Washington after George Washington's death, estate documents, Major George Peter's military papers, land plats and surveys, photo albums, letterbooks, and notebooks that tell of the life of this prominent family in Virginia and the City of Washington.","Autograph letter signed from Eliza, Hope Park, asking her grandfather for a picture of him. Docketed in Washington's hand on verso.","Autographed letter signed (signature cut out) George Washington, German Town, to Eliza Parke Custis. Washington offers his granddaughter advice on love and marriage.","Autograph letter in Washington's hand, initialed by both George and Martha. George and Martha Washington, Philadelphia, to Thomas Law. The Washingtons congratulate Law on his marriage to their grandaughter Eliza.","Autograph letter signed by George Washington, Mount Vernon, to Thomas Peter, discussing the purchase of English cattle.","Autograph letter signed with integral free franked address panel. Docketed in Washington's hand.Thomas Peter, George Town, to George Washington, Mount Vernon. Peter asks Washington to secure a spot for his brother in the Army and shares rumors about a bill coming up in Congress.","Autograph letter signed with integral free franked address panel and seal. George Washington, Mount Vernon, to Thomas Peter. Washington writes about the sale of tobacco.","Autograph letter signed with integral free franked address panel.George Washington, Mount Vernon, to Thomas Peter. Washington writes about farming and congratulates Thomas and Patsy on the birth of their son.","Autograph letter signed with integral free franked address panel. John Mercereau, Union Township, to George Washington. John Mercereau, a businessman who served with his brother and nephew in a spy ring during the Revolutionary War, writes to Washington asking if he may come and visit, reflecting that no memories give him greater satisfaction than those he spent \"Devoted to my Countrys Service.\" Tragically, Mercereau did not know that Washington had died 10 days before his letter was sent.","Autograph letter signed with integral free franked address panel. Bartholomew Dandridge, Jr., London, to George Washington.  Bartholomew Dandridge, Jr., writes to his uncle about his business ventures from London. He had not yet received word of Washington's death on December 14, 1799.","Autograph letter unsigned in the hand of Eleanor Calvert Custis Stuart and most likely addressed to Tobias Lear. The letter is dated 7 February with no year but was most likely written in 1790, since it mentions Lear's first marriage, which occured in 1790.","Autograph letter signed, undated, with integral free franked address panel. Eleanor Calvert Custis Stuart to Tobias Lear, New York. Docketed in Lear's hand as received 2 October 1790. Eleanor writes of her unhappiness at being parted from her children Nelly and Wash.","Autograph letter signed with integral free franked address panel. Eleanor Calvert Custis Stuart, Mount Vernon, to Tobias Lear, New York. Eleanor writes about the lottery and her family, noting that \"My Dear Nelly \u0026 Wash. are still spoilt by Grand Mama but chearfully obey every word I say to them.\"","Autograph letter signed with integral free franked address panel. Docketed in hand of George Washington. Lucretia Constance Radcliffe, Charleston, to Martha Washington, Mount Vernon. Mrs. Radcliffe writes seeking an Army commission for her son and sends a packet of crane feathers and melon seeds. She also sends news of Major Pinkney.","Manuscript resolution of the \"Sixth Congress of the United States: At the first session Begun and held at the City of Philadelphia, in the State of Pennsylvania, on Monday, the second of December, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-nine\" stating that a marble monument to George Washington be erected in the City of Washington and that his remains be interred beneath it. It is also resolved that a funeral procession from Comgress Hall to the German Lutheran Church shall take place on Thursday, December 26, 1799, and that the nation will wear crepe arm bands for thirty days of mourning.","Autograph letter signed with integral address panel. Maria S. Ross, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, to Martha Washington, Mount Vernon. A condolence letter from Maria S. Ross of Lancaster, Pennsylvania to Martha Washington on the death of her husband.","Autograph letter, copy. Tobias Lear's, Mount Vernon, response to Maria Ross's condolence letter to Martha Washington.","Autograph letter signed with integral free franked address panel with seal of John Adams. Abigail Adams, Philadelphia, to Martha Washington, Mount Vernon. Condolence letter written by Abigail Adams to Martha Washington on the death of George Washington.","Autograph letter signed. Martha Washington's response to Abigail Adams's condolence letter on the death of George Washington.","Autograph letter signed. Condolence letter from Mary Stead Pinckney, Shepherdstown, West Virginia, to Martha Washington on the death of George Washington. Pinckney also sends her regards and congratulations to Nelly Parke Custis Lewis, who was recovering from the birth of her first child, Frances Parke Lewis.","Autograph letter signed. Condolence letter from Jonathan Trumbull Jr., Governor of Connecticut, Lebanon, Connecticut, to Martha Washington on the death of George Washington.","Autograph letter signed. Condolence letter from Elias Boudinot, New Jersey Congressman and Director of the United States Mint, Philadelphia, to Martha Washington on the death of George Washington.","Autograph letter signed. Tobias Lear, Mount Vernon, to Elias Boudinot. Tobias Lear's response on behalf of Martha Washington to Elias Boudinot's condolence letter.","Autograph letter signed with integral address panel. Bushrod Washington, Walnut Farm, to Martha Washington, Mount Vernon. Bushrod writes to Martha about purchasing corn from Colonel Washington.","Autograph letter signed with integral address panel. Condolence letter written by Ann Huntington, New London, Connecticut,  to Martha Washington, Mount Vernon, on the death of George Washington.","Autograph letter signed. Tobias Lear's, Mount Vernon, response on behalf of Martha to Hamilton's condolence letter.","Autograph letter signed with integral address panel. Condolence letter from Reverend Samuel Miller, New York, to Martha Washington, Mount Vernon, on the death of George Washington. He writes that he is inclosing a discourse he recently delivered on the occasion of Washington's death.","Autograph letter signed. Tobias Lear's, Mount Vernon, response on behalf of Martha to Samuel Miller's, New York, condolence letter on the death of George Washington.","Autograph letter signed with integral address panel. Stephen Williamson, Philadelphia, State Prison, to Martha Washington, Mount Vernon. Stephen Williamson introduces himself as the captain of a company in the Rhode Island Regiment who served under Washington in the Revolutionary War. He recounts a dream he had in which she gives birth to a son following Washington's death. He also tells Martha the details of his arrest for buying a stolen horse and requests her assistance in getting him out of prison.","Autograph letter signed with integral free franked address panel. Former Secretary of War Henry Knox, Montpelier, St. Georges, sends Martha his condolences after the passing of George Washington.","Autograph letter signed. Tobias Lear, Mount Vernon, writes on behalf of Martha in response to Henry Knox's condolence letter on the death of George Washington.","Autograph letter signed. Mayor of New York City Richard Varick offers his condolences to Martha after the death of George Washington. He also incloses, on behalf of the Common Council of New York City, an oration delivered on the occassion of Washington's death by Gouverneur Morris.","Autograph letter signed. Tobias Lear, Mount Vernon, writes on behalf of Martha Washington in response to Richard Varick's, New York, condolence letter after the death of George Washington.","Autograph letter signed with integral free franked address panel. Richard Washington,Bermuda, a former business associate of Washington's in London, offers his condolences to Martha after George Washington's death.","Autograph letter signed. Condolence letter from Theodore Sedgwick, Philadelphia, to Martha Washington on the death of George Washington. Sedgwick writes that he is inclosing a second edition of General Lee's funeral oration.","Autograph letter signed. Tobias Lear, Mount Vernon, writing on behalf of Martha in response to Theodore Sedgwick's condolence letter after the death of George Washington.","Autograph letter signed. Condolence letter written by the Marquis de Lafayette, La Grange, to Martha after the death of George Washington.","Autograph letter signed. A condolence letter from Auguste Belin, Secretary of the Loge Française l'Aménité of Philidelphia, a freemason lodge of French and Saint-Dominguen émigrés. Belin writes that he is inclosing copies of a funeral oration performed at the lodge in honor of George Washington's death.","Autograph letter signed. Tobias Lear, Mount Vernon, writes on behalf of Martha in response to Auguste Belin's, Philadelphia, condolence letter on the death of George Washington.","Autograph letter. Condolence note from Reverend William Rogers, Philadelphia, to Martha on the death of George Washington. Rogers writes that he is enclosing a copy of a funeral oration he delivered in Washington's honor.","Autograph letter signed. Tobias Lear, Mount Vernon, on behalf of Martha Washington, thanks William Rogers for sending \"a copy of the Religious Exercises, at the time of the Eulogy, at the German Reformed Church.\"","Autograph letter signed. Tobias Lear, Mount Vernon, writing on behalf of Martha Washington, requests that Gilbert Stuart's original portrait of Washington be given to Martha, in exchange for fair compensation. Lear writes that Martha has expressed no desire for her own portrait, but Lear thinks it would be nice to display alongside the portrait of Washington.","Autograph letter signed. Condolence note written by Charles Humphrey Atherton, Amherst, New Hampshire, to Martha Washington after the death of George Washington. Atherton writes that he is enclosing a funeral oration delivered at the request of the citizens of Amherst, New Hampshire in Washington's honor.","Autograph letter signed. Tobias Lear, Mount Vernon, writes on behalf of Martha Washington in response to Charles H. Atherton's, Amherst, New Hampshire, condolence letter on the death of George Washington.","Autograph letter signed with integral free franked address panel. Georges Washington de Lafayette, La Grange, son of the Marquis de Lafayette, writes a condolence note to Martha after the death of George Washington. Georges writes of Washington's \"parental kindness\" when he visited Mount Vernon and says, \"How far was I to imagine when I left your family that it would be a last farewell.\"","Autograph letter signed with integral free franked address panel. Condolence letter written by Alexandria merchant Thomas Porter to Martha after the death of George Washington. Porter writes that he is sending an eulogy along with the letter.","Autograph letter signed with integral address panel. A condolence letter written by Revered James Kemp, Cambridge, Maryland, to Martha Washington after the death of George Washington. Kemp writes that he is enclosing a copy of a sermon he delivered on the day appointed by Congress to honor George Washington.","Autograph letter signed. Tobias Lear, Mount Vernon, responds on behalf of Martha Washington to James Kemp's, Cambridge, Maryland, condolence letter after the death of George Washington.","Autograph letter signed. Condolence letter from Peleg Wadsworth, Philadelphia, to Martha Washington on the death of George Washington. Wadsworth requests, on behalf of his daughter, a relic of the late General.","Autograph letter signed. Tobias Lear, Mount Vernon, writes on behalf of Martha in response to Peleg Wadsworth's condolence letter after the death of George Washington. Lear writes that he is enclosing a lock of Washington's hair for Wadsworth's daughter as requested.","Autograph letter signed. Tobias Lear, Mount Vernon, writing on behalf of Martha Washington, thanks Reverend John D. Blair for sending his condolences and two orations delivered in Richmond on February 22 in honor of George Washington.","Autograph letter signed with integral free franked address panel. William Griffiths, Burlington, New Jersey, offers his condolences on behalf of the citizens of Burlington, New Jersey to Martha after the death of George Washington.","Autograph letter signed. Tobias Lear, Mount Vernon, responds on behalf of Martha to William Griffith's, Burlington, New Jersey, condolence letter after the death of George Washington.","Autograph letter signed with integral free franked address panel. Theodore Sedgwick, Philadelphia, to Martha Washington, Mount Vernon","Autograph letter signed \"John Lemayere.\" Jean Pierre Le Mayeur, Sweet Springs, was George Washington's dentist during the Revolutionary War. He writes his condolences to Martha on the death of Washington, apologizing that his servant lost the first condolence letter he had written on February 24.","Autograph letter signed. Tobias Lear, Mount Vernon, to Dr. Jean Pierre Le Mayeur, Sweet Springs","Autograph letter signed with integral free franked address panel. Bartholomew Dandridge, Jr., New York, to Martha Washington, Mount Vernon. Bartholomew Dandridge Jr. writes his aunt inquiring about letters sent to him from Washington before his death that Dandridge never received.","Autograph letter signed. Sir John Sinclair, London, writes to Martha in praise of her late husband and sends her a volume of his letters.","3 letters written by Elizabeth Parke Custis Law Rogers to her mother between December 5, 1819 - November 21, 1821.","7 letters written by Brigadier General Simon Bernard, Washington City, to Eliza Parke Custis Law between March 28, 1828 and May 21, 1830.","Lloyd Rogers to Elizabeth Parke Custis Law, Alexandria","Printed legal document: Statement of the defendant's case. Docketed on verso \"Papers relating to case of Law v. Morris Nicholson \u0026 Greenleaf.\"","Manuscript legal statement of Thomas Law in regards to a property dispute in Washington City between William Mayne Duncason and Tench Ringgold.","Manuscript memoranda regarding property dispute over square 744 in the City of Washington.","Autograph letter signed. Concerning Tench Ringgold and property dealings in the City of Washington.","Manuscript descriptions of the architectural plans for the Thomas Law House, designed by architect William Lovering and built circa 1794 on the 689 square in the City of Washington.","Thomas Law, Washington City, discusses his plan for construction of New Jersey Avenue on lot 744 of Washington City, along the public canal.","Gustavus Scott, William Thornton, and Alexander White, Washington City, to Thomas Law","Autograph letter signed with integral address panel. George Washington Parke Custis, Philadelphia to Thomas Law, Federal City. George Washington Parke Custis writes to Law of the pleasure he will have in serving Washington City, which is to be \"the pride of future ages\" and \"the metropolis of America.\"","A manuscript copy of the address read by W. M. Duncanson at a meeting of the Managers of Washington Canal Lottery - Law, Carroll, Young, and Duncanson. Their reply is copied on the verso.","Autograph letter signed. Duncanson writes that Thomas Law has resigned his title to Lot 744 of Washington City in favor of Tench Ringgold.","Unsigned, undated manuscript, docketed \"Tench Ringgold Arbitration.\"","James Piercy, City of Washington, to Gustavus Scott, William Thornton, and Alexander White. Three manuscript copies by Thomas Munroe of letters written by James Piercy to the Commissioners of the City of Washington about his claims to lot 744.","Manuscript copy made by Thomas Munroe of a letter written by the Commissioners of the City of Washington to James Piercy in response to Piercy's claims on lot 744. Scott and Thornton write to Piercy that \"no intention exists of granting you the square you mention.\"","Autograph letter signed with integral address panel. Elizabeth Parke Custis Law Rogers, Druid Hill, to Thomas Law, City of Washington","Lloyd Rogers, Druid Hill, to Thomas Law, Washington City","Thomas Law to Lloyd Rogers, Baltimore","Writing from New Orleans in 1832, John Taylor reports that fifty to sixty people a day are dying from yellow fever and smallpox.","Elizabeth Parke Custis Law, Washington, to Thomas Law, London","Letter written by Lawrence Lewis to William \"Billy\" Costin requesting Costin's service in transporting his family from Mr. Charles Carter's residence in Culpepper County to their home. Lewis provides a suggested route and expected arrival date stating, 'you must not disappoint me.' A postscript in the hand of Eleanor Parke Custis Lewis requests additional and immediate transportation for herself to Philadelphia. She offers Costin's mother payment in Pork if she will accompany them on the trip. Autograph letter signed, 1 page, with integral address panel.","Undated note from Eleanor Parke Custis Lewis asking \"Billy\" to ask her sister Betsy to send the things by which she [Eleanor] wrote to her for. Directs Billy to be very careful of them as they are easily broken. Autograph note signed E Lewis, 1 page.","Autograph letter signed with integral adddress panel.","Autograph letter signed. George Washington Parke Custis writes William \"Billy\" Costin at the Bank of Washington. He mentions he expects to go with Lafayette to visit Woodlawn.","5 letters from Eliza Custis Law to her stepson John Law. The first letter is addressed to John at George Town College and the other four to Harvard University.","Edmund Law, Washington, to John Law, Baltimore","5 dated letters from Eliza Custis Law to her stepson John Law.","Letter discussing the court martial of Commodore James Barron, who would later kill Commodore Stephen Decatur in duel in 1820.","4 undated letters from Eliza Custis Law to her stepson John Law.","15 undated letters and notes written by Eliza Custis Law to her stepson John Law.","Autograph letter signed with integral address panel. John Law asks William Thornton if he can borrow a book on calvary maneuvers.","2 letters written by William Thornton in response to John Law's August 10, 1807 letter.","An undated letter from John Law to his half sister, Eliza Law. He writes that he is sending sweetmeats from Woodlawn by William, as promised.","William D. Sims, Pittsburgh, to John Law, Washington City","Three letters","A series of four letters and their draft copies written over the course of two days by John Law to his father, criticizing his conduct, particularly in regards to Eliza Law's marriage to Lloyd Nicholas Rogers.","5 letters written by Thomas Law to his son John Law, Washington City, around 1817, addressing John's criticisms of him, his divorce, and his friendship with Elizabeth Bordley Gibson.","Autograph letter signed. A letter of reconciliation sent by John Law to his father.","Draft of letter from Lloyd Nicholas Rogers, New York, to Major-General Henry Lee discussing the life of Baron de Kalb.","2 letters about the sale of property in Washington.Lenman and Brother, Washington City, to Edmund Law Rogers, Baltimore.","Documents related to the sale of property in Washington.","Correspondence about the sale of property in Washington.","2 letters about the sale of property in Washington. N. Callan, Washington, to Edmund Law Rogers, Baltimore.","Bond of conveyance for Lot No. 1 in Square 260 in Washington City, District of Columbia.","1 survey plat of lots in Washington along Canal St, and 2 pages of notes listing the prices of lots and the names of their purchasers.","Letter from the Commisioners of the Sinking Fund of the Corporation of Washington. William McCormick, Registers Office, Washington, to Edmund Law Rogers.","An indenture form reassigning a parcel of property in Washington City. The Deed of Trust form is marked at the top of the first page \"Printed and Sold by Robert A. Waters, D. st., bet. 9th \u0026 10th.\"","1 page autograph letter signed by George Washington Parke Custis to Edmund Law Rogers, with additional letter from Martha Custis Williams, Arlington House, written on verso. Custis writes, \"From the very graphic account you gave Martha Williams of your visit to Mr Fenno, I see but a poor chance of my Drama being brought out [in Baltimore].\" He asks Rogers to inquire of his \"theater going friends\" if any other Baltimore theatres will perform the work. If not, he asks Rogers to return the book care of William Adam Bookseller Pennsylvania Avenie Washington.","In her letter, Williams passes on a request from \"Aunt B\" (Britannia Wellington Peter Kennon) to send the \"little manuscript book, containing an inventory of the Mt Vernon relics at Tudor Place, as she is much at a loss, with regard to the history of many things in the House.\" Britannia Peter had inherited Tudor Place the year before, in 1854. Williams adds to Rogers that she hopes he will not make too much effort to have Uncle Custis's play produced because \"Cousin Mary Lee and all his family are so much opposed to it.\" Williams hopes Custis will focus on finishing his Recollections instead.","Bill for $21 addressed to Edmund Law Rogers for advertising the sale of lots in the City of Washington in the newspaper the National Intelligencer.","Unsigned indenture for the sale of lots in the City of Washington. Docketed in pencil \"sale not made.\"","Invoices, notes, and receipts from accounts between Robert Peter and the firm O'Neill and Dearkins. Includes an invoice for tobacco, sugar, corduroy, gauze, linen, chocolate, silk, muslin, paper, wine, ribbons, pins, cotton, and tea.","Unknown list of accounts, believed to be from Robert Peter.","Pages from account book with the note \"These leaves was received by James S Webber from Mrs. Esther H Webber wife of Mr Levi Webber of Vassalboro Kennebeck Co. Maine being a part of account Book of Charles Webber, my Grand Father, his own handwriting. Received by me June 22 1878.\" The accounts include invoices for cod fish, bacon, molasses, tea, rum, sugar, silk, shoes, brandy, wine, coffee, and corn.","Includes accounts for flour, pork, beef, lamb, and veal.","Bond for the conveyance of a parcel of property called Black Oak Thickett in Frederick County, Maryland.","rent paid","Page of rent payment accounts in unknown hand.","Bond of Thomas Nicholls of John to Robert Peter","Bond of Isaiah and Edward Nicholls to Robert Peter","Lawsuit against Robert Peter by James Gordon, Henry Riddell, John Campbell, John Campbell Junior, Alexander Low, and William Ingram","Three documents related to disputed accounts between Robert Peter and Benjamin Ray. One with a note by John T. Mason dated February 27, 1799, \"He has no shadow of right to one shilling on this [account].\"","List of Robert Peter's court appearances","Court documents and accounts related to Robert Peter, 5 manuscripts.","Court documents and accounts related to Robert Peter, 19 small manuscript receipts","Survey of land called Bealls Plaines in what became Washington City, along Goose Creek, later renamed Tiber Creek.","Manuscript on parchment with large seal attached by a ribbon.","1766, Survey to Forrest, May 12, 1773, (six documents) Bladenburg, Sept., 21, 1766; Rock Creek, Nov. 13, 1766 \"to Robert Peter, merchant in Georgetown.\"","One undated note by Thomas Peter and one letter from William Dearkins and Ben Stoddert to Stephen Chiswell about resurveying about 200 acres called Partnership granted to Elting Williams.","The Resurvey of Brandy and transfer of several named enslaved people.","A letter about resurveying a parcel of propery called Hazard. George Scott to Robert Peter, George Town.","Four autograph documents dealing with land ownership. Two notes on fragments; one half sheet giving history of a property in Prince George's County; and an 8 page survey document, with reference to points on a drawn survey, of Cross Basket, Balantyre, and other properties (9 lots) belonging to Robert Peter and divided amongst George and Thomas Peter.","Certificate and plat for 5 3/4 acres of vacant land granted by special warrant to Robert Peter out of the Western Shore Land Office of Washington County in the District of Columbia. Surveyed by Joseph Elgar, Jr. Autograph document signed, 1 page.","Hand colored survey plat showing the division of Robert Peter's Square in George Town. Docketed on verso \"Plat belonging to Thomas Peter's Square in George Town.\"","Tobacco sales","Tabacco Sales, Real Estate, Transfer of enslaved people","Deed of trust book is dated 1790","One dollar printed in Annapolis by F. Green, 7 December 1775. Two thirds of a dollar printed in Philadelphia by Hall and Sellers, 17 February 1776.","List of items purchased by Martha Washington from Macleod \u0026 Lumsdon, dated at the top 18 February 1800, Alexandria. The accounts, dated 8 July and 9 August, include entries for 47 panes of glass, oil, paint for 30 mahoghany chairs, paint for a wine cooler, varnishing, picture frame gilding, and glazing. Signed by Macleod \u0026 Lumdsdon at the bottom, noting that the above money was received in full 9 October 1800.","Receipt signed \"Daniel Lecock\" for payment received by the hands of James Anderson on behalf of Martha Washington for 790 bushels of corn on 2 May 1800.","Receipt for $25 paid by Thomas Carwood to James Anderson for 100 barrels of fish from Mount Vernon.","Accounts dated February 13, March 11, and April 12, 1800 for newspaper advertisements and handbills purchased by Martha Washington from Ellis Price, printer of The Columbian Mirror and Alexandria Gazette. Items Martha purchased include 26 advertisements for a house to rent, an advertisement about the Mount Vernon fishery, 23 advertisements about the donkey Knight of Malta, and notice about the runaway slave Marcus.","Accounts dated 23 April-23 September 1800 for weaving yards of cotton, wool, and other fabrics. The payments are marked as having been paid \"By balance due the Estate of General Washington,\" by cash, by 41 gallons of whiskey, and barrells of herring. The final payment is marked as received from James Anderson on 10 November 1801.","Bill addressed to the Estate of Mrs. Martha Washington, Deceased for $200 due to James Craik for medical services rendered Mrs. Washington during her last illness and $5 for cash paid Heyskill for the hire of his carriage. A signed oath by Jacob Hoffman testifies to the validity of the charges.","Receipt of payment from Thomas Peter to Lawrence Lewis for three hundred dollars for one hundred barrels of corn sold to Mount Vernon for the use of the estate. Signed by John Anderson.","Receipt written by Dr. David Stuart for the receipt from Thomas Peter for five guineas, the leagcy left by Martha Washington to Eleanor Calvert Custis Stuart.","Payment from Thomas Law to Griffith Coombs for repairs to Martha Washington's townhome in the District Columbia occupied by Henry Dearborn. Payment marked by Coombs as received in full from Thomas Peter on August 23, 1802.","Twenty dollars wages paid to Richard Burnett of the City of Washingon by Thomas Peter for the year 1802.","Payment of $50 received by George Smith of Woodlawn from Thomas Peter on 12 January 1803 for hire as a blacksmith at Mount Vernon in the year 1802. Signed by George Smith (his mark) and Lawrence Lewis. George Smith was one of George Washington's slaves who was freed after Washington's death. His wife, Lydia, was one of Martha Washington's dower slaves and was inherited by Nelly Parke Custis Lewis of Woodlawn.","Receipt for one hundred pounds Virginia currency received by Benjamin Lincoln Lear from Thomas Peter, one of the executors of Martha Washington's estate.","Accounts of Mr. James Dunlop with Thomas Peter, for horses, ploughs, and an enslaved woman named Peg. Peg is likely one of the slaves Martha Parke Custis Peter inherited from the Custis estate.","Receipt for funeral arrangements paid by Thomas Peter to William King on December 4, 1820 following the death of his twenty-three-year-old daughter Columbia Washington Peter. The arrangements include a \"walnut coffin lined,\" silver plate and engraving, and rental of horses, a hearse, and attendants.","H. B. Morris, Philadelphia, to Thomas Peter, Georgetown. Autograph letter signed with integral address panel. A letter about bank accounts and stock certificates.","Bill from Dr. Warfield to Thomas Peter for a visit to a \"black man in the night\" on March 5, 1824 which resulted in the amputation of the man's leg.","Two bills from P.L. Dupont paid by Martha Parke Custis Peter for dancing lessons for her daughter Britannia.","Two stock share certificates for the Patowmack Company (Potomac Company). Share No. 89 is for Martha Peter, and No. 91 for Thomas Peter.","Land office papers for the resurvey of Bear Denn, Daniels Discovery, and Partnership in Maryland","With unknown survey plat on verso.","Aquila Johns to Thomas Peter on sale of Seneca plantation","Autograph letter signed by Sarah Norfleet Freeland Peter, wife of Thomas Peter's brother George, relinquishing right title and interest on a tract of land called Forrest, property of her husband, in order to pay his debts.","Letter about resurveying property owned by George Washington Peter.","List of property in Montgomery County Maryland owned by Thomas Peter","Autograph letter signed with integral address panel. Regarding financial matters.","Horatio Edmondson of Taylor County, Maryland","Pamphlet stitch binding with marbled paper covers. Contains notes about purchases made by Thomas Peter 1813-1814.","Calling card from Le Baron de Maltitz, Secretaire de la Legation Imperiale de Russie. Manuscript date 1823 on verso.","John Dandridge writes to Thomas Peter, George Town, asking to borrow money from the estate of Martha Washington.","Thomas Peter, George Town, to George Peter","Autograph letter signed, with envelope. Josiah Quincy, Cambridge, to Martha Parke Custis Peter, Georgetown. Josiah Quincy thanks Martha Parke Custis Peter for her generous reeption of his children at Tudor Place and thanks her for the relic of George Washington that she sent back with them.","A contemporary manuscript copy of a letter in which Nelly Parke Custis describes having seen George Washington writing his farewell address at Mount Vernon. When the address was finished, she says he asked her to bring him silk string, and she watched him stitch the address together in front of her. Nelly writes this as a rebuke to one of Alexander Hamilton's sons, who claims his father wrote the farewell address.","A list of accounts between the Estate of George Washington and Alexandria apothecary Edward Stabler, including purchases for Turlington's Balsam, castor oil, arsenic, balsam copaiva, British oil, salts, purified Salt Petre, cantharides, ipecacuanha, laudanum, tumeric, and opodildo. Payments are marked as received from James Anderson. Autograph document, 1 page.","Manuscript titled \"A List of Negroes belonging to Mrs. Washington.\" A list of 121 enslaved persons who were Martha's dower slaves. Unlike the slaves owned by George Washington, Martha's slaves were not freed after her death and were inherited by the Custis descendants. Men, boys, women, and girls and listed in separate columns, each further broken down into the places where they worked: Mansion house, River Farm, Muddy Hole, and Union Farm. Five women - Amy, Alice, Peg, Agnes, and Old Judy - are listed as \"Free but yet remain.\"","Signed certificate from the executors of General George Washington to the Clerk of Fairfax.","Accounts from 1802 for furniture and household goods purchased by George Washington Parke Custis from the Estate of Martha Washington. The final payment was made in 1826, and the account is signed by Thomas Peter, executor of the estate.","A list of the household belongings sold by Thomas Peter from the personal estate of Martha Washington. Includes a listing of who purchased each item and the price it sold for.","Signed indenture for sale of land in the City of Washington.","Articles of agreement between George Calvert and Thomas Peter with Thomas Law, agreeing that Thomas Law and his wife Eliza Parke Custis Law will live separately. Eliza will receive $1500 per year from Law, and all the interest from her inheritance from George Washington will go to her and her daughter.","3 sheets of accounts between the estate of Robert Peter and James Dunlop, including the sale of \"5 negroes willed Mrs. Peter.\" These are some of Martha's dower slaves inherited by Martha Parke Custis Peter. One additional account between Jonathan Hicks and the heirs of Robert Peter, dated 1809-1811.","Receipt written by Lawrence Lewis acknowledging receipt from Thomas Peter of three hundred and twenty-six dollars eighteen cent left to his son Lorenzo Lewis as a legacy from Martha Washington.","Receipt signed by George Washington Parke Custis acknowledging the receipt from Thomas Peter of one thousand dollars as a legacy left to his daughter from the late Martha Washington.","Autograph letter signed with integral address panel. Thomas Peter, George Town, to Bushrod Washington, Mount Vernon. Thomas Peter writes to Bushrod about money owed for two purchases he made from the estate of George Washington.","Two documents related to a settlement made by John Dandridge against George Washington Parke Custis and Thomas Peter, executors of Martha Washington's estate. One is a 1829 decree from the U. S. Circuit Court, signed by William Thomas Carroll; and the other is an account of money owed to John Dandridge signed by Benjamin Lincoln Lear, 1830 June 21. Autograph documents signed (2).","3 documents related to the death of Beverley Kennon, husband of Britannia W. Peter Kennon, who died aboard the USS Princeton during the 1844 Peacemaker accident: a newspaper clipping with an excerpt from a sermon by Reverend Mr. Magoon on the Princeton Tragedy, a plan of the burying ground belonging to Mrs. Beverly Kennon, and a certificate from the Vestry of Washington Parish granting Mrs. Beverley Kennon four sites in the Washington Parish Burial Ground.","Receipts for two legacies received of Britannia W. Peter Kennon, executor of Martha Parke Custis Peter's estate. One is for a grandson named Thomas Peter and another for her grandson John Parke Custis Peter.","Manuscript resolution of the Senate of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, offering sympathy to the families of those killed aboard the USS Princeton during the Peacemaker accident. This copy was given by the President of the United States to Britannia W. Peter Kennon, whose husband, Beverley Kennon, was killed in the accident.","Printed form signed by Britannia W. Peter Kennon and witnessed by William Purcell, esquire, Judge of the Orphans' Court of Washington county, District of Columbia.","A list of collections and payments made to sundry persons to settle the estate of Martha Parke Custis Peter.","Document bound with blue ribbon, with envelope. Last will and testament of Ann Gertrude Wightt, a former nun at the Georgetown Visitation Convent who later lived at Tudor Place. Autograph document, 8 pages.","Autograph letter, with envelope. Ann Gertrude Wightt, Rochester, to Britannia W. Peter Kennon, Tudor Place","Papers related to the sale of Lot 9 in Square 72 of Washington City to William A. Gordon. Letter from William E. Edmonston to William A. Gordon, 1891 May 30. Two letters from William A. Gordon to Britannia W. Peter Kennon, 1891 June 3 and 1889 October 4. Typescript signed by William Gordon of Declaration of Trust for sale of Lot Nine, Square Seventy Two in Washington City, D.C..","Indenture made between Britannia Wellington Kennon, party of the first part, and Walter Gibson Peter, Armistead Peter Jr., and George Freeland Peter, parties of the second part, all of the District of Columbia, regarding relics and heirlooms at Tudor Place acquired by Britannia W. Peter Kennon from her mother Martha Custis Peter grand-daughter of Martha the wife of George Washington, known in the family as \"The Mount Vernon Heirlooms.\" Other relics are from the estates of Thomas Peter and Beverley Kennon. Britannia wishes that these relics be preserved by her descendants and that none of them be sold or disposed of.","These include pictures, miniatures, engravings, glass, china, silver, jewelry, furniture, needlework, and other relics, including a sago palm formerly belonging to Martha Parke Custis Peter. The relics and heirlooms are to be divided into five parts after Britannia's death and delivered to her grandchildren.","A Critical Pronouncing Dictionary and Expositor of the English Language (New York : Printed and published by William A. Davies) Inscribed Britannia W. Peter.","Autograph letter signed. Beverley Kennon, Navy Yard, Washington, to Reverend W. Hoff, George Town. Kennon asks Reverend Hoff to be present at Mrs. Peter's place in George Town on the 8th to marry him to Britannia W. Peter.","2 autograph letters signed.","Autograph letter signed on mourning stationary, with envelope and black seal. John Tyler, Washington, to Britannia W. Peter Kennon. President John Tyler offers his condolences to Britannia W. Peter Kennon on the death of her husband, Beverley Kennon, during the Peacemaker accident aboard the USS Princeton.","G. T. Kennon to Britannia W. Peter Kennon, Tudor Place","Autograph letter signed with envelope docketed \"A letter written to Uncle Bev. by my mother while at boarding school given to me after Uncle Bev's death by Aunt G.\". Martha Custis Kennon, Georgetown, to Beverley Kennon Jr. Beverley Kennon Jr. was Martha Custis Kennon's half brother.","According to Martha Custis Peter, this illustration was at the Tudor Place.","W. Van Ness, New York, to Britannia W. Peter Kennon, Tudor Place, Georgetown","Department of the Interior, Pension Office, to Britannia W. Peter Kennon, Tudor Place, Georgetown","Mrs. Charles Carroll Simms to Britannia W. Peter Kennon, Georgetown","Mattie D. Abbot to Britannia W. Peter Kennon, Tudor Place. From the Secretary of the Ladies Aid Society of Christ Church accepting Britannia Kennon's resignation as President.","Letters from James Mackubin, Ellicott City, to Britannia W. Peter Kennon","Two letters from Justine Van Rensselaer Townsend, Vice Regent of New York for the Mount Vernon Ladies Association, to Britannia W. Peter Kennon. In the 26 November 1890 letter, Justine asks Britannia to help the Ladies determine what is genuine at the upcoming 1890 Thomas Birch's Sons sale of Washington relics in Philadelphia. The sale will include \"General Washington's papers, a clock, a punch bowl, and many other things.\"","Invitation from The Board of World's Fair Managers of Virginia inviting Britannia W. Peter Kennon to be present at the ceremonies of Virginia Day at the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago. Enclosed with an envelope and the calling card of Mrs. William Radford Beale.","Calling cards for Martha Custis Kennon and Armistead Peter. At home card with envelope for Britannia W. Peter Kennon, engraved by Dempsey \u0026 O. Toole of Baltimore \u0026 Washington.","Engraved form ceritifying that \"Cream Ladle No 68944 is an exact reproduction of one onwed by General and Mrs. Washington and used for a number of years at Mr. Vernon.\" The ladle was produced by Galt \u0026 Bro. Jewellers, Silversmiths, Stationers, Washington D.C..","Regarding the purchase of a clock.","Typescript lists of letters and items from Mount Vernon that were part of  Britannia W. Peter Kennon's collection at Tudor Place.","Unbound notebook with list of items and letters from Mount Vernon that belonged to Britannia W. Peter Kennon at Tudor Place. Includes a list of how the items were divided amongst Britannia's grandchildren.Includes furniture and household items.","Includes a list of how the items were divided amongst Britannia W. Peter Kennon's grandchildren.","Manuscript list of books, jewelry, and locks of hair at Tudor Place","Includes both manuscript and typescript inventories of books, furniture, and objects from Tudor Place.","Newsclippings and correspondence related to Washington relics loaned by Walter G. Peter to the National Museum in the early 1900s.","Lent by Walter G. Peter from the Britannia W. Peter Kennon Collection of Washington Relics.","R. Davidson, Pinckneyville, to George Peter, George Town","Includes a $5 charge on 23 October 1813 for a coffin \"for a black man.\" On 9 February 1814, Peter was charged $50.00 for a lined coffin covered with black cloth, among other expenses, possibly following the death of his first wife, Ann Plater Peter, or one of their young sons.","Thomas Anderson, Clarksburgh, to George Peter","Autograph letter signed with printed cash form from the Office of Discount and Deposit, Washington.","Joseph Delaplaine, Philadelphia, to George Peter. Deplaine requests Major Peter's portrait for his gallery.","U. McInder, Petersburg, to George Peter","Letter from unidentified, Annapolis, to George Peter","W. Coor, Rockville, to George Peter","Partially printed form from the District of Columbia. Major Peter grants Charles A. Burnett power of attorney to sell, assign, and transfer his 50 shares of stock in the Books of the Washington Turnpike Company.","Letter from unidentified, Annapolis, to George Peter","Charles Bunting, Montgomery County, to George Peter","James H., Georgetown, to George Peter","Autograph letter signed with integral address panel. Benjamin Lincoln Lear, Washington, to George Peter. Lear writes regarding two suits againist Mrs. Sarah Peter.","John Wootton, Rockville, to George Peter","Benjamin Lincoln Lear, Washington, to George Peter. Printed letter with manuscript additions, from B. L. Lear, Attorney of the Bank, Bank of the United States.","W. W. Ramsay, Washington, to George Peter","Letter from unidentified, Washington, to George Peter","Letter from unidentified, Washington City, to George Peter","B. H., Rockville, to George Peter","Clement Cod, Georgetown, to George Peter","William Thompson, Union School, to George Peter","Michael Keepers, Frederick Town, to George Peter","John Wootton, Rockville, to George Peter","G. D., George Town, to George Peter","J. Orme, Georgetown, to George Peter","W. Sellman, Clarksburg, to George Peter","Samuel C. Ulens, Poolesville, to George Peter","J. Higgins, Poolesville, to George Peter","Jesse V., Poolesville, to George Peter, Darnestown","J. Falls, Baltimore, to George Peter","Geo. Howson Mason, Annapolis, to George Peter","Alfred Spates, Cumberland, to George Peter","Letter from unidentified, Baltimore, to George Peter","W. Matthews, George Town, to George Peter","Geo. Hownson Mason, Annapolis, to George Peter","Benj. Fawcett, Colesville, to George Peter","J. Williams, Washington D.C., to George Peter","A letter from the Treasuries Office of the Baltimore and Ohion Railroad Company, offering Peter free tickets to pass over the roads of their company.","Printed election ballot for \"The Constitution and Union Ticket,\" promising \"Civil and Religious Liberty.\" George Peter is listed as the candidate for Commisioner of Public Works.","A list of clothing purchased by Martha Washington from William Jones of Alexandria. Includes suits purchased for enslaved workers Daniel, Marcus, Christopher, and Frank. According to notes on the verso, payments were received from James Anderson on 12 April 1800 and 15 May 1800.","Five receipts for goods and services paid for by James Anderson in 1800, including repairs to old shoes, paper lampblack, freight for one box from Philadelphia, 93 yards of cloth, and leather.","Promissory notes from George Peter","Promissory notes and bank notes from George Peter. Checks, Union Bank of Georgetown.","Bills and bank notes from George Peter. Checks, Union Bank of Georgetown.","Bills and bank notes from George Peter. Checks, Union Bank of Georgetown.","Promissory notes and bank notes from George Peter","Bills and bank notes from George Peter","Bills and bank notes from George Peter","Bills and accounts of George Peter","Bills and accounts of George Peter","Bills and accounts of George Peter","Bills and accounts of George Peter","Bills and accounts of George Peter","Bills and accounts of George Peter","Bills and accounts of George Peter","Bills and accounts of George Peter","Bills and accounts of George Peter with F. S. Poole and Bro","Bills and accounts of George Peter with F. S. Poole and Bro.","Undated Bills and accounts of George Peter","George H. Peter, Carlise, writes to his uncle asking for money for an upcoming vacation.","3 letters from James Peter to his uncle George Peter.","George Peter, George Town","3 letters sent by James Freeland Peter to his father from Alexandria, Buffalo, and Detroit.","Manuscript acrostic written for Uncle George Peter.","Sarah Peter, Georgetown, to George Peter","4 letters from George Peter, Jr., to his father.","Typescript list of \"Things from Mt. Vernon\" with manuscript annotations by George Freeland Peter of which Peter heirs inherited the items.","Typescript and manuscript inventories of items fro Tudor Place, with notes on which Peter heirs inherited them.","Identification key to \"The battle at Bunker's Hill\" engraved by Johann Gotthard Müller after the painting by John Trumbull. Printed in London by A. C. de Poggi.","Accounts for shoes, boots, and repairs, including shoes for enslaved people.","Major George Peter's troops are invited to attend Divine Service. \"It is hoped they will attend \u0026 conduct themselves with a reverence suited to the character of Christian soldiers, who have taken arms in defence of their homes \u0026 country \u0026 who look for success \u0026 preservation to the favor of the Almighty Giver of all victory.\"","Autograph letter signed with integral address panel and red wax seal.","2 letters to George Peter from his brother David Peter, George Town.","Deed of sale for land purchased by Peter on Gay Street and Dumarton Street in George Town.","A list of 322 volumes, showing title, number of volumes, size, and type of bookbinding.","8 letters and 1 receipt, mostly addressed to George Peter from his niece, Jane Beverley and her husband, James.","printed pages","Roger Brooke Taney, Annapolis, to George Peter regarding upcoming elections [December 20] to the U. S. Senate specifically the potential election of Mr. [Alexander C.] Hanson as a means to heal and reconcile the differences in the Federal Party. Also discuss Mr. Washington's 'zeal and industry' in supporting Hanson's candidacy. Autograph letter signed, 2 pages. Docketed 'Roger B. Taney - Hanson \u0026 Washington'","W. Cook, Hyates Town,","William Brewer, Aix la Chapelle, to George Peter","James Summers, New Market, to George Peter","G. Dalls S., Colesville, to George Peter, Poolesville","Elisha Jones, Clarksburg, to George Peter","Includes the papers granting George and Sarah Peter guardianship of David Peter's children Elizabeth, William, Jane, George H., and James.","trust, property, and expenses of land","material and clothing","Receipt for the purchase of Lot No. 15 in Square No. 170 in the City of Washington.","Receipts from Leonard W. Candler, Darnes Town, to George Peter. Receipts for the purchase of dry goods, clothing, and other household goods.","3 copies of the will of Sarah Freeland, George Peter's mother-in-law.","appraisal authorization of Alexander Broome and Samuel Darby","Accounts of Margaret Dick with William Parson. Includes an account for shoes soled and nailed for James Peter.","Medical bills, pharmacy, doctor","tuition bills","Letter, T.H. Paul to George Peter. Letter, Unknown  to the Secretary of the Interior of the United States.","Receipts from Leonard W. Candler, Darnes Town, to George Peter. Receipts for the purchase of dry goods, clothing, and other household goods.","typescript copy","deed of conveyance","Indenture, George Peter to Thomas Peter, Land from estate of Robert Peter, Jr.","copies of letters","Military exemption for Armistead Peter","Bill, George Peter, Esq. to Dr. Armistead Peter, 1869 February 11; Col. Richard L. Maury, Attorney, to Dr. Armistead Peter, 1876 October 10","Includes story of Abraham Lincoln and the Maryland Barbecue by Agnes Peter","Memento for either Walter Gibson Peter or W. Orton Williams from Mrs. Laura Cassaway, small American flag and small ivory mirror with flower [Fragile]","Includes receipt of letter, 1873 January 24. Letter regarding interest in farm from Robert Dick.","lock of hair","From Binder 1","From Binder 1","From Binder 1","Genealogical Studies- From Binder 1","Genealogical Studies- From Binder 1","Genealogical Studies- Fragmented letter - From Binder 1","Genealogical Studies- From Binder 1","Genealogical Studies- From Binder 1","Genealogical Studies- From Binder 1","Four envelopes","Goes up to Britannia W. Peter Kennon -From Binder 1","Condolence letter","Signed by Governor Horatio Sharpe","Indenture, September 30, 1791; Resurvey of Forrest, 1796. Document signed by Gov. Haywood","Resurvey of Pipe Tomhock; Copy of Platt (sic) and Illustrations, August 14, 1798; July 11, 1766, Explanation of Survey, September 19, 1797, May 26, 1796, February 16, 1797","Deed, Elizabeth and John Scrivenor, April 18, 1799, June 11, 1799, Resurvey of Brandy, June 9, 1792, June 18, 1792","December 24, 1871, wrapper","List of enslaved persons, livestock, and tools sold at Slashes, Sugar Lands, and Rock Creek Quarters totaling $9,308.00. Autograph document, 3 pages, with docket.","Bernard Gilpin firmly bound to Thomas Peter for $5520","wove paper","Photocopy, \"Account Book 1, Robert Peter, Esq. with the Commissioners of the Federal Buildings; On division of the Tract, Mexico within the City of Washington, Exclusive of what are called \"Old divisions of squares\" and water lots of which no account is key by the Commissioners. 21 pp. Note from Walter Gibson Peter re: History of book, how it ended up in the Library of Congress Thomas Peter","signed by James Madison, B. Crowninshield, Secretary of the Navy","James Madison signature","The most important ones delivered to F.S. Keys Esq. and recorded in suit pending in Court Dt. Columbia","9 manuscripts","under the orders of Lt. Col. E. Robert, USTE","Building 3044 O Street","copies","Includes Allison's Forrest Enlarged; Fort Grubby Hill, July 1, 1732","Includes Indenture, Daniel Veetch, February 19, 1758 Document signed by Gov. Horatio Sharpe","Bathsheba","First found in Thomas Peter's Letterbooks","Photos, Photos from Survey (4) and Ivory Cross [First found in Papers of Britannia W. Peter Kennon] Interesting small religious carved cross, made from Mother-of-Pearl","Letter, William A. Coffin to Britannia Kennon, February 23, 1889; Brouchure for Exhibition, April 30, 1889; Letter, A. W. Drake to Britannia Kennon, January 29, 1889, May 16, 1889, including: carte de visite of George Washington and calling card of Mr. A. W. Drake (Photo) [First found in Papers of Britannia W. Peter Kennon]","First found in Papers of Britannia W. Peter Kennon","First found in Papers of Major George Peter","First found in Major George Peter's Letterbooks","Frenzel Gallery, Georgetown. Moved from Papers of Dr. Armistead Peter.","Includes Sir Thomas Nicholson, William Scott Blair, General Scott of Malenie, Robert Buchanan, William Dunlop, Elizabeth Roberton, J. Horsburgh, Lord Abbots Hall, Isabel Corbet, Cunningham Scott. First found in Papers of Dr. Armistead Peter.","First found in Papers of Dr. Armistead Peter","Containing photographs of Peter relatives","Pictures of Tudor Place, Vacation, Content Farm, Ellen Beale Peter 1931 (Walter Gibson's Wife) Made by Walter Gibson Peter, [Loose photographs], Half Full.","Elizabeth Peter, wife of Robert Peter. Made by Walter Gibson Peter [Note: Some loose pages]","Book of tobacco sales, list of enslaved persons belonging to Robert Peter, and lots of Robert Peter in the City of Washington with division by squares for the Commissioners and how they are disposed. The bound volume is made up of 178 pages. Pages 52-147 are blank. At some point the volume is flipped and entries are begun at the back of the book from pages 178-154. For viewing purposes those pages have been reoriented and reordered.","\"Tobacco Book,\" All letters received pertaining to his business of selling tobacco in Europe and trading across the Atlantic, including captains, lawyers, and buyers in Europe.","Includes personal letters that were sent to the family, photocopied letters from Thomas and General Washington, various financial papersNot in order [Documents are fragile and book in poor condition]. Made by Walter Gibson Peter.","Contains photographs and letters. Created by Walter Gibson Peter, received documents from Britannia W. Peter Kennon.","Commissions, Letters, Orders, etc. Relating to service in the U.S. Army and Major Georgetown Field Artillery, Created by Walter Gibson Peter. Items signed by John Adams and Thomas Jefferson.","Corps of the Artillerists, New Orleans and Fort McHenry, Garrison and Regimental Orders, Major George Peter; Order and prisoner tries and punishments, List from Fort McHenry, Morning Reports [Note: Book in poor condition]","Ledger of real estate holdings of George Peter with Robert Peter and James Peter [pages 2-17]. Also includes, \"The following Table exhibits a view of the Squares and Lots, the Number of square feet therein contained, and the value of the same, now owned by Capt. George Peter, in the City of Washington\" [pages 74-78]. Stitch binding with marbled paper covers, 88 pages. Real estate accounts appear on pages 2-7, 10-11, 14-17, 74, 76, and 78. The remaining page are blank. In 1813, the ledger is flipped and a single page (page 88) includes a list of names under the title 'Rent Roll for 1813.'","Ledger for the estate of Robert Peter maintained by his son Thomas Peter. The bond volume contains 176 pages, partially completed. Accounts are entered on pages 6-54, pages 55-173 are blank, and pages 174-176 include bank notes at the Bank of Columbia and the Branch Bank of Washington City. A scrap of paper with calculations was found between pages 49 and 50 and is included in the digitization.","First found in Papers of Major George Peter","Lessons and Exercises in Vocal Music by Benjamin Carr","Contains letters, pictures, U.S. Navy Commissions (James Madison, John Tyler, and Franklin Pierce), invitations, and a memorandum of Britannia and Beverley made by Walter Gibson Peter- Grandson to Britannia.","After resigning from the army, notes made from Walter George Peter. Includes letters, a list of enlaved people from Montanaverde, bills, and business transactions.","Repairs made on properties of Robert Peter, Jr.  Stitch binding with marbled paper covers, 98 pages. Real estate accounts appear on pages 2-5, 8-23, and 26-33. The remaining pages are blank.","First found in Papers of Major George Peter","First found in Papers of Major George Peter","Copies made February 1 and 2, 1849 by Edmund Law Rogers at Tudor Place, the residence of his Great-Aunt Martha Peter.","Communion Alms, Christmas and Easter Offerings, June 5, 1850. In Memory of Mrs. Britannia Wellington Kennon, From the Trustees of the Louise Home, 1911.","Four account books. Account Money paid for the Estate of Mrs. Martha Peter","\"Commenced the practice of medicine the latter end of March 1867. Left town the first of May 1867 and returned June 28th- recommended practicing 8th of July, etc., Expense Log and Visiting List\"","First found in Dr. Armistead Peter's files. 9 volumes, dated 1863, 1866, 1870, 1873, 1876, 1878, 1889, 1892, and 1896.","List of patients from practice and paid or unpaid, in alphabetical order, Bills Due, Cash Paid to Mrs. Peter, other accounts, small pox vaccination count","Notes on visits, family seal, copied letters, list of articles from Mount Vernon, notes about clothes and jewelry; Copy of Album was acquired by Martha Custis Peter, great-great granddaughter to Britannia W. Peter Kennon, which Britannia had given to her grandson, Walter Gibson Peter. Her father was Walter Gibson Peter, Jr.","contains dried flowers","Includes folders of France and WWI soldiers","Contains deeds, inventories, and papers pertaining to Robert Peter's estates and his sons, Robert, James, David, George, and Thomas. Various notes about David Peter's death, and letters from George Peter. Made by Walter Gibson Peter. [Note: There are loose pages]","Includes voice and music notes for the saxon ground, will you come to the bower, nobody coming to marry me, the rose, rondo, and others.","First found in Papers of Major George Peter","No. 5116, volume 190, covering the coronation of George VI.","Printed volume, includes a facsimile handwritten section entitled \"accounts, G. Washington with the United States, commencing June 1775, and ending June 1773, comprehending a space of eight years.\"","Special Collections at The George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon","Washington, George, 1732-1799","Lear, Tobias, 1762-1816","Washington, Martha, 1731-1802","Law, Elizabeth Parke Custis, 1776-1831","Law, Thomas, 1756-1834","Costin, William, 1780?-1842","Law, John, 1784?-1822","Rogers, Lloyd Nicholas, approximately 1788-1860","Rogers, Edmund Law","Peter, Robert, 1726-1806","Peter, Thomas, 1769-1834","Peter, Martha Parke Custis, 1777-1854","Kennon, Britannia Wellington Peter, 1815-1911","Peter, George, 1779-1861","Peter, Armistead, 1840-1902","Peter, Agnes, 1840-1902","Mercereau, John, 1732-1820","Dandridge, Bartholomew, approximately 1774-1802","Stuart, Eleanor Calvert Custis, approximately 1758-1811","Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de, 1757-1834","Madison, James, 1751-1836","Adams, Abigail, 1744-1818","Pinckney, Mary Stead, approximately 1751-1812","Trumbull, Jonathan, 1740-1809","Boudinot, Elias, 1740-1821","Washington, Bushrod, 1762-1829","Hamilton, Alexander, 1757-1804","Miller, Samuel, 1769-1850","Knox, Henry, 1750-1806","Varick, Richard, 1753-1831","Sedgwick, Theodore, 1746-1813","Rogers, William, 1751-1824","Stuart, Gilbert, 1755-1828","Atherton, Charles H.  (Charles Humphrey), 1773-1853","Lafayette, Georges Washington Louis Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de, 1779-1849","Kemp, James, 1764-1827","Wadsworth, Peleg, 1748-1829","Blair, John D.  (John Durbarrow), 1759-1823","Griffith, William, 1766-1826","Le Mayeur, Jean Pierre","Sinclair, John, Sir, 1754-1835","Rogers, Elizabeth Parke Custis Law, 1797-1822","Bernard, Simon, 1779-1839","Ringgold, Tench","Lovering, William (Architect)","Scott, Gustavus, 1753-1800","Thornton, William, 1759-1828","White, Alexander, 1738-1804","Custis, George Washington Parke, 1781-1857","Lewis, Lawrence, 1767-1839","Lewis, Eleanor Parke Custis, 1779-1852","Law, Edmund, 1790-1829","Decatur, Susan Wheeler","Hay, George, 1765-1830","Lee, Henry, 1756-1818","De Kalb, Johann, 1721-1780","Elgar, Joseph","Anderson, James, 1745-1807","Craik, James, 1730-1814","Anderson, John","Stuart, David, 1753-1814","Dearborn, Henry, 1751-1829","Smith, George (Blacksmith)","Lear, Benjamin L. (Benjamin Lincoln), 1792-1832","Peter, George Washington, 1801-1877","Maltitz, Apollonius August von, 1795-1870","Quincy, Josiah, 1772-1864","Stabler, Edward, 1769-1831","Lewis, Lorenzo, 1803-1847","Kennon, Beverley, 1793-1844","Peter, Martha Custis Kennon, 1843-1886","Peter, Walter G.  (Walter Gibson), 1868-1945","Peter, Armistead, 1870-1960","Peter, George Freeland, 1875–1953","Tyler, John, 1790-1862","Peter, Walter Gibson, 1842-1863","Townsend, Justine Van Rensselaer, 1828-1912","Taney, Roger Brooke, 1777-1864","Delaplaine, Joseph, 1777-1824","Bunting, Charles","Key, Philip Barton, 1757-1815","Hanson, Alexander Contee, 1786-1819","English \n.    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Papers of Robert Peter : Subseries 11.1. Accounts, Subseries 11.2. Financial Documents, Subseries 11.3. Legal Documents, Subseries 11.4. Land Documents, Subseries 11.5. Estate Documents Series 12. Papers of Thomas Peter : Subseries 12.1. Financial Documents, Subseries 12.2. Land Documents, Subseries 12.3. Estate Documents, Subseries 12.4. Correspondence Series 13. Papers of Britannia W. Peter Kennon, 1824-1909 : Subseries 13.1. Financial Documents, Subseries 13.2. Legal Documents, Subseries 13.3. Correspondence"],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe Peters were a prominent family in Washington, D.C. during the eighteenth and nineteen centuries. Martha Parke Custis, Martha Washington's granddaughter, married into the Peter family in 1795.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eGeorge Washington (1732-1799)\u003c/emph\u003e: George Washington was born on February 22, 1732 at a modest farm in Westmoreland County, Virginia to parents Augustine and Mary Ball Washington. In 1749, George Washington was appointed surveyor for Culpepper County. In 1752, he started his military career in the Virginia militia. During the Revolutionary War he was the Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army and later was elected as the first President of the United States of America. He lived with his wife, Martha Washington, at Mount Vernon, where he passed away December 14, 1799.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eMartha Washington (1731-1802)\u003c/emph\u003e: Martha Dandridge Custis Washington was born on June 2, 1731 to parents John and Frances Jones Dandridge. She married her first husband, Daniel Parke Custis, on May 15, 1750. Together they had four children, two of whom died in childhood. On July 8, 1757, her husband unexpectedly died, leaving her a widow with their two remaining children, John Parke Custis and Martha Parke Custis. On January 6, 1759, Martha Dandridge Custis married George Washington. Martha Parke Custis or Patsy, died at the age of 17. On February 3, 1774, John Parke Custis married Eleanor Calvert, and together they had four children who survived to adulthood. However, on November 5, 1781, John Parke Custis passed away, and the younger two of his children went to live at Mount Vernon with their grandmother. Martha Dandridge Custis Washington died on May 22, 1802.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eTobias Lear (1762-1816)\u003c/emph\u003e: Tobias Lear was born in 1762. He was employed by George Washington in 1786 to manage expense reports to Congress and also as the personal tutor to Martha Washington's grandchildren. In 1790 Tobias Lear married Mary \"Polly\" Long; however she died in 1793. Lear then married Martha Washington's niece, Frances Bassett Washington, but she died shortly they were married. Lear married for a third time to Frances Dandridge Henley, another niece of Martha Washington. He died in 1816.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eElizabeth (Betsy, Beth, Eliza) Parke Custis Law (1776-1831)\u003c/emph\u003e: Wife to Thomas Law, Eliza Parke Custis Law was born on August 21, 1776. She was the daughter of John (Jacky) Parke Custis and Eleanor (Nelly) Calvert. Upon the death of her father in 1781, Eliza's two younger siblings, George Washington (Washy) Parke Custis and Eleanor (Nelly) Parke Custis went to live with their grandmother, Martha Washington, and her second husband, George Washington. Eliza and her other sister Martha stayed at home with their mother. Shortly after, their mother remarried Dr. David Stuart and had thirteen more children. On March 21, 1796, Eliza Parke Custis Law married Thomas Law and together they had one child, Eliza Law. In 1804, the couple separated and their daughter went to live with her father. They officially divorced in 1811. Eliza Parke Custis Law lived with one of her uncles for a time after the separation, and soon purchased a house in Alexandria called \"Mount Washington.\" Eliza Law Rogers died in 1822, leaving behind a husband (Lloyd Nicholas Rogers) and two children. Eliza Parke Custis Law died on December 31, 1831.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eThomas Law (1756-1834)\u003c/emph\u003e: Thomas Law was born on October 23, 1756 in Cambridge, England. He started his career working for the East India Trading Company and began building his reputation, as well as his income. In 1794, he left England to start a new life in America where he began to invest in lands, particularly in the nation's capital. Over time, Law became extremely passionate about the arts, particularly poetry, which he wrote and published. He even founded the first dance society, theater, and the Columbian Institute for the Promotion of Arts and Sciences. Thomas Law married Eliza Parke Custis on March 21, 1796. Together they had one child, Eliza Law, who married Lloyd Nicholls Rogers in 1817. Thomas Law died in 1834.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eWilliam Costin (1780-1842)\u003c/emph\u003e: William Costin was a prominent free black man in early 19th-century Washington DC. He was a messenger for the Bank of Washington and ran a hack business in the city. In 1800, he married his cousin Philadelphia (\"Delphy\"), a dower slave of Martha Washington. Upon Martha Washington's death in 1802, Delphy became the property of Eliza Parke Custis Law, wife to Thomas Law. Delphy and their children were granted freedom shortly after, and the couple decided to stay in Washington, D.C. Together the Costins had seven children. He died in 1842.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eJohn Law (1784-1822)\u003c/emph\u003e: John Law was born in India about 1784 to Thomas Law and an unidentified Indian woman. In 1794 Thomas Law came to America after living about two decades in India; presumably John and his brothers came with him. Thomas Law married Eliza Parke Custis in 1796 and raised the boys until their separation around 1804. John Law graduated from Harvard University in 1804; he was a member of the Columbian Dragoons in 1811; and was the commissioner to adjust the Yazoo claims in 1814. He died on October 4, 1822.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eLloyd Nicholas Rogers (1787 or 1788-1860)\u003c/emph\u003e: Lloyd Nicholas Rogers was born on September 20, 1788 to parents Nicholas and Eleanor Buchanan Rogers. Lloyd Nicholas Rogers married Eliza Law Rogers in 1817. Together they had two children, Edmund Law Rogers and Eleanor Agnes Rogers. They lived on Druid Hill which had been passed down by Lloyd's Scottish father. Very shortly after the death of Lloyd's father in 1822, Eliza also died. In 1829, Rogers was married to Hortensia Monroe Hay who was the granddaughter of James Monroe. Together, they had an additional three daughters, Harriet, Hortensia, and Mary Custis. Lloyd was a proprietor of his estate and practiced law out of his home on Druid Hill. Hortensia died in the 1850s, leaving Lloyd all alone. All of his children except for Eleanor had already married and moved out. Eleanor would not marry until 1862, following her father's death. Lloyd Nicholas Rogers died on November 12, 1860.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eEdmund Law Rogers (1818-1896)\u003c/emph\u003e: Edmund Law Rogers was born in 1818 to Lloyd Nicholas Rogers and Eliza Law Rogers. He grew up and lived in Baltimore all of his life, and was a founding member of the Maryland and Harvard Club, as well as a member of various other organizations, such as, the Sons of the Revolution and the Baltimore Historical Society. He spoke several different languages and was a lover of the arts. He married Charlotte Matilda Plater and together they had two children, Edmund Law Rogers, Jr., and Charlotte Plater Rogers. He died of paralysis on January 24, 1896.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eRobert Peter (1726-1806)\u003c/emph\u003e: Robert Peter was born in 1726 in Scotland to Thomas Peter and Jean Dunlop, who were prosperous merchants. He immigrated to the United States around 1745, but there is no definite reason why he chose to leave. He first settled in the town, Bladensburg, along the Anacostia River. In 1751, Georgetown was established, and Robert purchased a lot in the town the following year, and slowly began to build up his land holdings. His land holdings grew to be quite extensive, including owning the entire square from M, K, and 31st Streets, and Wisconsin Ave. From 1789 to 1798, Robert Peter was the first mayor of Georgetown. On December 27, 1767, he married Elizabeth Scott, and together they had 10 children, one of whom died as an infant. Their names were: Thomas, Alexander, Elizabeth, Walter, Robert, Jean, Margaret, David, George, and James. He died in 1806.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eThomas Peter (1769-1834)\u003c/emph\u003e: Thomas Peter was born January 4, 1769 to Robert and Elizabeth Scott Peter. Thomas Peter married Martha Parke Custis, granddaughter to Martha Washington, in 1795. Together, they had eight children. Martha Eliza Eleanor, Columbia Washington, John Parke Custis, Robert Thomas, George Washington, America Pinckney, Martha Custis Castania (who died young), and Britannia Wellington. In 1805, Thomas and Martha purchased eight-and-a-half acres in \"Georgetown Heights.\" [For more information on Tudor Place, see Tudor Place: Historic House and Gardens.] They later hired architect Dr. William Thornton to design and build Tudor Place located in Georgetown. It was completed in 1816 and still stands today. Thomas Peter was a prominent lawyer of the time and was one of the executors of Martha Washington's will. He died April 16, 1834.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eMartha (Patty) Parke Custis Peter (1777-1854)\u003c/emph\u003e: was born to John Parke Custis and Eleanor (Nelly) Calvert Custis on December 31, 1777. She was one of four children in their family to survive to adulthood: Eliza Parke, Martha Parke, Eleanor Parke (Nelly), and George Washington (Washy) Parke. Following the death of their father in 1781, Patty and her older sister, Eliza, lived with their mother and stepfather, Dr. David Stuart, and their large family, while their younger siblings, Nelly and Washy, lived with their grandparents at Mount Vernon. There were frequent visits to Mount Vernon in both childhood and following her marriage to Thomas Peter in 1795. She died July 13 or 15, 1854.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eBritannia Wellington Peter Kennon (1815-1911)\u003c/emph\u003e: Britannia Wellington Peter was born January 28, 1815, as the youngest child of Martha Parke (Patty) Custis Peter and Thomas Peter. In 1842, she married Commodore Beverley Kennon, and together they had one child, Martha Custis Kennon, on October 18, 1843. Commodore Kennon died from a gun explosion on the frigate Princeton on February 28, 1844. Martha Custis Kennon married Dr. Armistead Peter in 1867. When Britannia Wellington Peter Kennon's mother passed in 1854, she inherited Tudor Place, where she lived until her death in 1911.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eMajor George Peter (1779-1861)\u003c/emph\u003e: Major George W. Peter was born on September 28, 1779 to Robert and Elizabeth Scott Peter. He was married three times during his life. First, to Ann Plater in 1809. Together they had two children, George and Thomas. His wife and two children all died in 1814. Secondly, in 1815 he married Agnes Buchanon Freeland. They had five children, Robert, Ann, James, Agnes, and David. Agnes, his wife, died in 1825. Only a month later, he again married, this time to Sarah Norfleet Freeland, the sister of his second wife. Together, they had nine children: Sarah Agnes, George, Alexander Scott, Margaret Dick, Elizabeth, Armistead, Walter Gibson, William, and Katherine Norfleet. Major George Peter was an officer in the army, a representative in Congress, and a farmer. During his career in the army, he was first appointed first lieutenant 2nd, Artillery and Engineers on February 16, 1801. He was promoted to Captain on November 3, 1807, and finally was transferred to the Light Artillery in May of 1808. He resigned in June 11, 1809. In 1815, he was elected to Congress to cover the sixth district in Maryland. He would continue this appointment until after 1828. He died June 22, 1861.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eDr. Armistead Peter (1840-1902)\u003c/emph\u003e: Dr. Armistead Peter was one of George Peter's sons from his third marriage to Sarah Norfleet Freeland Peter. He was born on February 23, 1840. Dr. Armistead Peter was a cousin to his wife Martha Custis Kennon Peter, whom he married in 1867. Together, Martha and Armistead had five children: Walter Gibson, Armistead, Beverley Kennon, George Freeland, and Agnes. He and Martha Custis Kennon Peter both moved into Tudor Place and Dr. Armistead Peter converted a portion of the house for his medical practice. He created a very successful business as one of the best doctors in the city of Washington. During the Civil War he was employed by the U.S. Army as ward surgeon, as well as serving in a smallpox hospital. Martha Custis Kennon Peter died suddenly in 1886. Armistead died in 1902, his mother-in-law, Britannia W. Peter Kennon outliving both of them. The land in Bethesda was divided between their four children. After Britannia W. Peter Kennon died, the house was left to her grandson, Armistead Peter II. Dr. Armistead Peter died on January 28, 1902.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eAgnes Peter (1880-1957)\u003c/emph\u003e: Agnes Peter, born on February 3, 1880, was the daughter of Dr. Armistead Peter and Martha Custis Kennon Peter. She lived in France for a period of time during WWI conducting work for the YMCA. Agnes Peter was the director of a Foyer du Soldat and helped to receive soldiers and refugees. She was also in charge of the Graves Registration Section in Rheims. She was the first woman in France to be awarded the silver Medal of Honor for her distinguished services to the country during the war. In 1946, when she was 73, she married Nobel Prize winner, Dr. John R. Mott, who is most acclaimed for his work creating international Christian programs with a goal to establish peace. She died in 1957.\u003c/p\u003e"],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical / Historical"],"bioghist_tesim":["The Peters were a prominent family in Washington, D.C. during the eighteenth and nineteen centuries. Martha Parke Custis, Martha Washington's granddaughter, married into the Peter family in 1795.","George Washington (1732-1799) : George Washington was born on February 22, 1732 at a modest farm in Westmoreland County, Virginia to parents Augustine and Mary Ball Washington. In 1749, George Washington was appointed surveyor for Culpepper County. In 1752, he started his military career in the Virginia militia. During the Revolutionary War he was the Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army and later was elected as the first President of the United States of America. He lived with his wife, Martha Washington, at Mount Vernon, where he passed away December 14, 1799.","Martha Washington (1731-1802) : Martha Dandridge Custis Washington was born on June 2, 1731 to parents John and Frances Jones Dandridge. She married her first husband, Daniel Parke Custis, on May 15, 1750. Together they had four children, two of whom died in childhood. On July 8, 1757, her husband unexpectedly died, leaving her a widow with their two remaining children, John Parke Custis and Martha Parke Custis. On January 6, 1759, Martha Dandridge Custis married George Washington. Martha Parke Custis or Patsy, died at the age of 17. On February 3, 1774, John Parke Custis married Eleanor Calvert, and together they had four children who survived to adulthood. However, on November 5, 1781, John Parke Custis passed away, and the younger two of his children went to live at Mount Vernon with their grandmother. Martha Dandridge Custis Washington died on May 22, 1802.","Tobias Lear (1762-1816) : Tobias Lear was born in 1762. He was employed by George Washington in 1786 to manage expense reports to Congress and also as the personal tutor to Martha Washington's grandchildren. In 1790 Tobias Lear married Mary \"Polly\" Long; however she died in 1793. Lear then married Martha Washington's niece, Frances Bassett Washington, but she died shortly they were married. Lear married for a third time to Frances Dandridge Henley, another niece of Martha Washington. He died in 1816.","Elizabeth (Betsy, Beth, Eliza) Parke Custis Law (1776-1831) : Wife to Thomas Law, Eliza Parke Custis Law was born on August 21, 1776. She was the daughter of John (Jacky) Parke Custis and Eleanor (Nelly) Calvert. Upon the death of her father in 1781, Eliza's two younger siblings, George Washington (Washy) Parke Custis and Eleanor (Nelly) Parke Custis went to live with their grandmother, Martha Washington, and her second husband, George Washington. Eliza and her other sister Martha stayed at home with their mother. Shortly after, their mother remarried Dr. David Stuart and had thirteen more children. On March 21, 1796, Eliza Parke Custis Law married Thomas Law and together they had one child, Eliza Law. In 1804, the couple separated and their daughter went to live with her father. They officially divorced in 1811. Eliza Parke Custis Law lived with one of her uncles for a time after the separation, and soon purchased a house in Alexandria called \"Mount Washington.\" Eliza Law Rogers died in 1822, leaving behind a husband (Lloyd Nicholas Rogers) and two children. Eliza Parke Custis Law died on December 31, 1831.","Thomas Law (1756-1834) : Thomas Law was born on October 23, 1756 in Cambridge, England. He started his career working for the East India Trading Company and began building his reputation, as well as his income. In 1794, he left England to start a new life in America where he began to invest in lands, particularly in the nation's capital. Over time, Law became extremely passionate about the arts, particularly poetry, which he wrote and published. He even founded the first dance society, theater, and the Columbian Institute for the Promotion of Arts and Sciences. Thomas Law married Eliza Parke Custis on March 21, 1796. Together they had one child, Eliza Law, who married Lloyd Nicholls Rogers in 1817. Thomas Law died in 1834.","William Costin (1780-1842) : William Costin was a prominent free black man in early 19th-century Washington DC. He was a messenger for the Bank of Washington and ran a hack business in the city. In 1800, he married his cousin Philadelphia (\"Delphy\"), a dower slave of Martha Washington. Upon Martha Washington's death in 1802, Delphy became the property of Eliza Parke Custis Law, wife to Thomas Law. Delphy and their children were granted freedom shortly after, and the couple decided to stay in Washington, D.C. Together the Costins had seven children. He died in 1842.","John Law (1784-1822) : John Law was born in India about 1784 to Thomas Law and an unidentified Indian woman. In 1794 Thomas Law came to America after living about two decades in India; presumably John and his brothers came with him. Thomas Law married Eliza Parke Custis in 1796 and raised the boys until their separation around 1804. John Law graduated from Harvard University in 1804; he was a member of the Columbian Dragoons in 1811; and was the commissioner to adjust the Yazoo claims in 1814. He died on October 4, 1822.","Lloyd Nicholas Rogers (1787 or 1788-1860) : Lloyd Nicholas Rogers was born on September 20, 1788 to parents Nicholas and Eleanor Buchanan Rogers. Lloyd Nicholas Rogers married Eliza Law Rogers in 1817. Together they had two children, Edmund Law Rogers and Eleanor Agnes Rogers. They lived on Druid Hill which had been passed down by Lloyd's Scottish father. Very shortly after the death of Lloyd's father in 1822, Eliza also died. In 1829, Rogers was married to Hortensia Monroe Hay who was the granddaughter of James Monroe. Together, they had an additional three daughters, Harriet, Hortensia, and Mary Custis. Lloyd was a proprietor of his estate and practiced law out of his home on Druid Hill. Hortensia died in the 1850s, leaving Lloyd all alone. All of his children except for Eleanor had already married and moved out. Eleanor would not marry until 1862, following her father's death. Lloyd Nicholas Rogers died on November 12, 1860.","Edmund Law Rogers (1818-1896) : Edmund Law Rogers was born in 1818 to Lloyd Nicholas Rogers and Eliza Law Rogers. He grew up and lived in Baltimore all of his life, and was a founding member of the Maryland and Harvard Club, as well as a member of various other organizations, such as, the Sons of the Revolution and the Baltimore Historical Society. He spoke several different languages and was a lover of the arts. He married Charlotte Matilda Plater and together they had two children, Edmund Law Rogers, Jr., and Charlotte Plater Rogers. He died of paralysis on January 24, 1896.","Robert Peter (1726-1806) : Robert Peter was born in 1726 in Scotland to Thomas Peter and Jean Dunlop, who were prosperous merchants. He immigrated to the United States around 1745, but there is no definite reason why he chose to leave. He first settled in the town, Bladensburg, along the Anacostia River. In 1751, Georgetown was established, and Robert purchased a lot in the town the following year, and slowly began to build up his land holdings. His land holdings grew to be quite extensive, including owning the entire square from M, K, and 31st Streets, and Wisconsin Ave. From 1789 to 1798, Robert Peter was the first mayor of Georgetown. On December 27, 1767, he married Elizabeth Scott, and together they had 10 children, one of whom died as an infant. Their names were: Thomas, Alexander, Elizabeth, Walter, Robert, Jean, Margaret, David, George, and James. He died in 1806.","Thomas Peter (1769-1834) : Thomas Peter was born January 4, 1769 to Robert and Elizabeth Scott Peter. Thomas Peter married Martha Parke Custis, granddaughter to Martha Washington, in 1795. Together, they had eight children. Martha Eliza Eleanor, Columbia Washington, John Parke Custis, Robert Thomas, George Washington, America Pinckney, Martha Custis Castania (who died young), and Britannia Wellington. In 1805, Thomas and Martha purchased eight-and-a-half acres in \"Georgetown Heights.\" [For more information on Tudor Place, see Tudor Place: Historic House and Gardens.] They later hired architect Dr. William Thornton to design and build Tudor Place located in Georgetown. It was completed in 1816 and still stands today. Thomas Peter was a prominent lawyer of the time and was one of the executors of Martha Washington's will. He died April 16, 1834.","Martha (Patty) Parke Custis Peter (1777-1854) : was born to John Parke Custis and Eleanor (Nelly) Calvert Custis on December 31, 1777. She was one of four children in their family to survive to adulthood: Eliza Parke, Martha Parke, Eleanor Parke (Nelly), and George Washington (Washy) Parke. Following the death of their father in 1781, Patty and her older sister, Eliza, lived with their mother and stepfather, Dr. David Stuart, and their large family, while their younger siblings, Nelly and Washy, lived with their grandparents at Mount Vernon. There were frequent visits to Mount Vernon in both childhood and following her marriage to Thomas Peter in 1795. She died July 13 or 15, 1854.","Britannia Wellington Peter Kennon (1815-1911) : Britannia Wellington Peter was born January 28, 1815, as the youngest child of Martha Parke (Patty) Custis Peter and Thomas Peter. In 1842, she married Commodore Beverley Kennon, and together they had one child, Martha Custis Kennon, on October 18, 1843. Commodore Kennon died from a gun explosion on the frigate Princeton on February 28, 1844. Martha Custis Kennon married Dr. Armistead Peter in 1867. When Britannia Wellington Peter Kennon's mother passed in 1854, she inherited Tudor Place, where she lived until her death in 1911.","Major George Peter (1779-1861) : Major George W. Peter was born on September 28, 1779 to Robert and Elizabeth Scott Peter. He was married three times during his life. First, to Ann Plater in 1809. Together they had two children, George and Thomas. His wife and two children all died in 1814. Secondly, in 1815 he married Agnes Buchanon Freeland. They had five children, Robert, Ann, James, Agnes, and David. Agnes, his wife, died in 1825. Only a month later, he again married, this time to Sarah Norfleet Freeland, the sister of his second wife. Together, they had nine children: Sarah Agnes, George, Alexander Scott, Margaret Dick, Elizabeth, Armistead, Walter Gibson, William, and Katherine Norfleet. Major George Peter was an officer in the army, a representative in Congress, and a farmer. During his career in the army, he was first appointed first lieutenant 2nd, Artillery and Engineers on February 16, 1801. He was promoted to Captain on November 3, 1807, and finally was transferred to the Light Artillery in May of 1808. He resigned in June 11, 1809. In 1815, he was elected to Congress to cover the sixth district in Maryland. He would continue this appointment until after 1828. He died June 22, 1861.","Dr. Armistead Peter (1840-1902) : Dr. Armistead Peter was one of George Peter's sons from his third marriage to Sarah Norfleet Freeland Peter. He was born on February 23, 1840. Dr. Armistead Peter was a cousin to his wife Martha Custis Kennon Peter, whom he married in 1867. Together, Martha and Armistead had five children: Walter Gibson, Armistead, Beverley Kennon, George Freeland, and Agnes. He and Martha Custis Kennon Peter both moved into Tudor Place and Dr. Armistead Peter converted a portion of the house for his medical practice. He created a very successful business as one of the best doctors in the city of Washington. During the Civil War he was employed by the U.S. Army as ward surgeon, as well as serving in a smallpox hospital. Martha Custis Kennon Peter died suddenly in 1886. Armistead died in 1902, his mother-in-law, Britannia W. Peter Kennon outliving both of them. The land in Bethesda was divided between their four children. After Britannia W. Peter Kennon died, the house was left to her grandson, Armistead Peter II. Dr. Armistead Peter died on January 28, 1902.","Agnes Peter (1880-1957) : Agnes Peter, born on February 3, 1880, was the daughter of Dr. Armistead Peter and Martha Custis Kennon Peter. She lived in France for a period of time during WWI conducting work for the YMCA. Agnes Peter was the director of a Foyer du Soldat and helped to receive soldiers and refugees. She was also in charge of the Graves Registration Section in Rheims. She was the first woman in France to be awarded the silver Medal of Honor for her distinguished services to the country during the war. In 1946, when she was 73, she married Nobel Prize winner, Dr. John R. Mott, who is most acclaimed for his work creating international Christian programs with a goal to establish peace. She died in 1957."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e[Name and date of item], Peter Family papers, [Folder], Special Collections, The George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon [hereafter Washington Library], Mount Vernon, Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e"],"prefercite_tesim":["[Name and date of item], Peter Family papers, [Folder], Special Collections, The George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon [hereafter Washington Library], Mount Vernon, Virginia."],"relatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003ePeter family owned books are cataloged in the Library Catalog. The 23 titles (36 volumes) are searchable in the\n\u003ca href=\"https://mountvernonlibrary.on.worldcat.org/search?queryString=%2A\u0026amp;clusterResults=false\u0026amp;groupVariantRecords=false\u0026amp;subscope=wz%3A46368%3A%3Azs%3A39386\u0026amp;changedFacet=scope\"\u003ethe Catalog's Peter Family Collection\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003esee Century Magazine, May 1890, p. 17\u003c/p\u003e"],"relatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Related Materials","Related Materials"],"relatedmaterial_tesim":["Peter family owned books are cataloged in the Library Catalog. The 23 titles (36 volumes) are searchable in the\n the Catalog's Peter Family Collection .","see Century Magazine, May 1890, p. 17"],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThis collection consists of papers collected by various members of the Peter families. It includes letters from George Washington, letters of condolence to Martha Washington after George Washington's death, estate documents, Major George Peter's military papers, land plats and surveys, photo albums, letterbooks, and notebooks that tell of the life of this prominent family in Virginia and the City of Washington.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed from Eliza, Hope Park, asking her grandfather for a picture of him. Docketed in Washington's hand on verso.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutographed letter signed (signature cut out) George Washington, German Town, to Eliza Parke Custis. Washington offers his granddaughter advice on love and marriage.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter in Washington's hand, initialed by both George and Martha. George and Martha Washington, Philadelphia, to Thomas Law. The Washingtons congratulate Law on his marriage to their grandaughter Eliza.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed by George Washington, Mount Vernon, to Thomas Peter, discussing the purchase of English cattle.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed with integral free franked address panel. Docketed in Washington's hand.Thomas Peter, George Town, to George Washington, Mount Vernon. Peter asks Washington to secure a spot for his brother in the Army and shares rumors about a bill coming up in Congress.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed with integral free franked address panel and seal. George Washington, Mount Vernon, to Thomas Peter. Washington writes about the sale of tobacco.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed with integral free franked address panel.George Washington, Mount Vernon, to Thomas Peter. Washington writes about farming and congratulates Thomas and Patsy on the birth of their son.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed with integral free franked address panel. John Mercereau, Union Township, to George Washington. John Mercereau, a businessman who served with his brother and nephew in a spy ring during the Revolutionary War, writes to Washington asking if he may come and visit, reflecting that no memories give him greater satisfaction than those he spent \"Devoted to my Countrys Service.\" Tragically, Mercereau did not know that Washington had died 10 days before his letter was sent.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed with integral free franked address panel. Bartholomew Dandridge, Jr., London, to George Washington.  Bartholomew Dandridge, Jr., writes to his uncle about his business ventures from London. He had not yet received word of Washington's death on December 14, 1799.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter unsigned in the hand of Eleanor Calvert Custis Stuart and most likely addressed to Tobias Lear. The letter is dated 7 February with no year but was most likely written in 1790, since it mentions Lear's first marriage, which occured in 1790.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed, undated, with integral free franked address panel. Eleanor Calvert Custis Stuart to Tobias Lear, New York. Docketed in Lear's hand as received 2 October 1790. Eleanor writes of her unhappiness at being parted from her children Nelly and Wash.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed with integral free franked address panel. Eleanor Calvert Custis Stuart, Mount Vernon, to Tobias Lear, New York. Eleanor writes about the lottery and her family, noting that \"My Dear Nelly \u0026amp; Wash. are still spoilt by Grand Mama but chearfully obey every word I say to them.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed with integral free franked address panel. Docketed in hand of George Washington. Lucretia Constance Radcliffe, Charleston, to Martha Washington, Mount Vernon. Mrs. Radcliffe writes seeking an Army commission for her son and sends a packet of crane feathers and melon seeds. She also sends news of Major Pinkney.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eManuscript resolution of the \"Sixth Congress of the United States: At the first session Begun and held at the City of Philadelphia, in the State of Pennsylvania, on Monday, the second of December, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-nine\" stating that a marble monument to George Washington be erected in the City of Washington and that his remains be interred beneath it. It is also resolved that a funeral procession from Comgress Hall to the German Lutheran Church shall take place on Thursday, December 26, 1799, and that the nation will wear crepe arm bands for thirty days of mourning.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed with integral address panel. Maria S. Ross, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, to Martha Washington, Mount Vernon. A condolence letter from Maria S. Ross of Lancaster, Pennsylvania to Martha Washington on the death of her husband.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter, copy. Tobias Lear's, Mount Vernon, response to Maria Ross's condolence letter to Martha Washington.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed with integral free franked address panel with seal of John Adams. Abigail Adams, Philadelphia, to Martha Washington, Mount Vernon. Condolence letter written by Abigail Adams to Martha Washington on the death of George Washington.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed. Martha Washington's response to Abigail Adams's condolence letter on the death of George Washington.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed. Condolence letter from Mary Stead Pinckney, Shepherdstown, West Virginia, to Martha Washington on the death of George Washington. Pinckney also sends her regards and congratulations to Nelly Parke Custis Lewis, who was recovering from the birth of her first child, Frances Parke Lewis.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed. Condolence letter from Jonathan Trumbull Jr., Governor of Connecticut, Lebanon, Connecticut, to Martha Washington on the death of George Washington.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed. Condolence letter from Elias Boudinot, New Jersey Congressman and Director of the United States Mint, Philadelphia, to Martha Washington on the death of George Washington.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed. Tobias Lear, Mount Vernon, to Elias Boudinot. Tobias Lear's response on behalf of Martha Washington to Elias Boudinot's condolence letter.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed with integral address panel. Bushrod Washington, Walnut Farm, to Martha Washington, Mount Vernon. Bushrod writes to Martha about purchasing corn from Colonel Washington.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed with integral address panel. Condolence letter written by Ann Huntington, New London, Connecticut,  to Martha Washington, Mount Vernon, on the death of George Washington.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed. Tobias Lear's, Mount Vernon, response on behalf of Martha to Hamilton's condolence letter.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed with integral address panel. Condolence letter from Reverend Samuel Miller, New York, to Martha Washington, Mount Vernon, on the death of George Washington. He writes that he is inclosing a discourse he recently delivered on the occasion of Washington's death.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed. Tobias Lear's, Mount Vernon, response on behalf of Martha to Samuel Miller's, New York, condolence letter on the death of George Washington.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed with integral address panel. Stephen Williamson, Philadelphia, State Prison, to Martha Washington, Mount Vernon. Stephen Williamson introduces himself as the captain of a company in the Rhode Island Regiment who served under Washington in the Revolutionary War. He recounts a dream he had in which she gives birth to a son following Washington's death. He also tells Martha the details of his arrest for buying a stolen horse and requests her assistance in getting him out of prison.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed with integral free franked address panel. Former Secretary of War Henry Knox, Montpelier, St. Georges, sends Martha his condolences after the passing of George Washington.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed. Tobias Lear, Mount Vernon, writes on behalf of Martha in response to Henry Knox's condolence letter on the death of George Washington.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed. Mayor of New York City Richard Varick offers his condolences to Martha after the death of George Washington. He also incloses, on behalf of the Common Council of New York City, an oration delivered on the occassion of Washington's death by Gouverneur Morris.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed. Tobias Lear, Mount Vernon, writes on behalf of Martha Washington in response to Richard Varick's, New York, condolence letter after the death of George Washington.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed with integral free franked address panel. Richard Washington,Bermuda, a former business associate of Washington's in London, offers his condolences to Martha after George Washington's death.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed. Condolence letter from Theodore Sedgwick, Philadelphia, to Martha Washington on the death of George Washington. Sedgwick writes that he is inclosing a second edition of General Lee's funeral oration.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed. Tobias Lear, Mount Vernon, writing on behalf of Martha in response to Theodore Sedgwick's condolence letter after the death of George Washington.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed. Condolence letter written by the Marquis de Lafayette, La Grange, to Martha after the death of George Washington.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed. A condolence letter from Auguste Belin, Secretary of the Loge Française l'Aménité of Philidelphia, a freemason lodge of French and Saint-Dominguen émigrés. Belin writes that he is inclosing copies of a funeral oration performed at the lodge in honor of George Washington's death.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed. Tobias Lear, Mount Vernon, writes on behalf of Martha in response to Auguste Belin's, Philadelphia, condolence letter on the death of George Washington.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter. Condolence note from Reverend William Rogers, Philadelphia, to Martha on the death of George Washington. Rogers writes that he is enclosing a copy of a funeral oration he delivered in Washington's honor.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed. Tobias Lear, Mount Vernon, on behalf of Martha Washington, thanks William Rogers for sending \"a copy of the Religious Exercises, at the time of the Eulogy, at the German Reformed Church.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed. Tobias Lear, Mount Vernon, writing on behalf of Martha Washington, requests that Gilbert Stuart's original portrait of Washington be given to Martha, in exchange for fair compensation. Lear writes that Martha has expressed no desire for her own portrait, but Lear thinks it would be nice to display alongside the portrait of Washington.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed. Condolence note written by Charles Humphrey Atherton, Amherst, New Hampshire, to Martha Washington after the death of George Washington. Atherton writes that he is enclosing a funeral oration delivered at the request of the citizens of Amherst, New Hampshire in Washington's honor.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed. Tobias Lear, Mount Vernon, writes on behalf of Martha Washington in response to Charles H. Atherton's, Amherst, New Hampshire, condolence letter on the death of George Washington.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed with integral free franked address panel. Georges Washington de Lafayette, La Grange, son of the Marquis de Lafayette, writes a condolence note to Martha after the death of George Washington. Georges writes of Washington's \"parental kindness\" when he visited Mount Vernon and says, \"How far was I to imagine when I left your family that it would be a last farewell.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed with integral free franked address panel. Condolence letter written by Alexandria merchant Thomas Porter to Martha after the death of George Washington. Porter writes that he is sending an eulogy along with the letter.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed with integral address panel. A condolence letter written by Revered James Kemp, Cambridge, Maryland, to Martha Washington after the death of George Washington. Kemp writes that he is enclosing a copy of a sermon he delivered on the day appointed by Congress to honor George Washington.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed. Tobias Lear, Mount Vernon, responds on behalf of Martha Washington to James Kemp's, Cambridge, Maryland, condolence letter after the death of George Washington.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed. Condolence letter from Peleg Wadsworth, Philadelphia, to Martha Washington on the death of George Washington. Wadsworth requests, on behalf of his daughter, a relic of the late General.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed. Tobias Lear, Mount Vernon, writes on behalf of Martha in response to Peleg Wadsworth's condolence letter after the death of George Washington. Lear writes that he is enclosing a lock of Washington's hair for Wadsworth's daughter as requested.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed. Tobias Lear, Mount Vernon, writing on behalf of Martha Washington, thanks Reverend John D. Blair for sending his condolences and two orations delivered in Richmond on February 22 in honor of George Washington.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed with integral free franked address panel. William Griffiths, Burlington, New Jersey, offers his condolences on behalf of the citizens of Burlington, New Jersey to Martha after the death of George Washington.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed. Tobias Lear, Mount Vernon, responds on behalf of Martha to William Griffith's, Burlington, New Jersey, condolence letter after the death of George Washington.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed with integral free franked address panel. Theodore Sedgwick, Philadelphia, to Martha Washington, Mount Vernon\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed \"John Lemayere.\" Jean Pierre Le Mayeur, Sweet Springs, was George Washington's dentist during the Revolutionary War. He writes his condolences to Martha on the death of Washington, apologizing that his servant lost the first condolence letter he had written on February 24.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed. Tobias Lear, Mount Vernon, to Dr. Jean Pierre Le Mayeur, Sweet Springs\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed with integral free franked address panel. Bartholomew Dandridge, Jr., New York, to Martha Washington, Mount Vernon. Bartholomew Dandridge Jr. writes his aunt inquiring about letters sent to him from Washington before his death that Dandridge never received.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed. Sir John Sinclair, London, writes to Martha in praise of her late husband and sends her a volume of his letters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e3 letters written by Elizabeth Parke Custis Law Rogers to her mother between December 5, 1819 - November 21, 1821.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e7 letters written by Brigadier General Simon Bernard, Washington City, to Eliza Parke Custis Law between March 28, 1828 and May 21, 1830.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLloyd Rogers to Elizabeth Parke Custis Law, Alexandria\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePrinted legal document: Statement of the defendant's case. Docketed on verso \"Papers relating to case of Law v. Morris Nicholson \u0026amp; Greenleaf.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eManuscript legal statement of Thomas Law in regards to a property dispute in Washington City between William Mayne Duncason and Tench Ringgold.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eManuscript memoranda regarding property dispute over square 744 in the City of Washington.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed. Concerning Tench Ringgold and property dealings in the City of Washington.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eManuscript descriptions of the architectural plans for the Thomas Law House, designed by architect William Lovering and built circa 1794 on the 689 square in the City of Washington.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThomas Law, Washington City, discusses his plan for construction of New Jersey Avenue on lot 744 of Washington City, along the public canal.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGustavus Scott, William Thornton, and Alexander White, Washington City, to Thomas Law\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed with integral address panel. George Washington Parke Custis, Philadelphia to Thomas Law, Federal City. George Washington Parke Custis writes to Law of the pleasure he will have in serving Washington City, which is to be \"the pride of future ages\" and \"the metropolis of America.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA manuscript copy of the address read by W. M. Duncanson at a meeting of the Managers of Washington Canal Lottery - Law, Carroll, Young, and Duncanson. Their reply is copied on the verso.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed. Duncanson writes that Thomas Law has resigned his title to Lot 744 of Washington City in favor of Tench Ringgold.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eUnsigned, undated manuscript, docketed \"Tench Ringgold Arbitration.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJames Piercy, City of Washington, to Gustavus Scott, William Thornton, and Alexander White. Three manuscript copies by Thomas Munroe of letters written by James Piercy to the Commissioners of the City of Washington about his claims to lot 744.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eManuscript copy made by Thomas Munroe of a letter written by the Commissioners of the City of Washington to James Piercy in response to Piercy's claims on lot 744. Scott and Thornton write to Piercy that \"no intention exists of granting you the square you mention.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed with integral address panel. Elizabeth Parke Custis Law Rogers, Druid Hill, to Thomas Law, City of Washington\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLloyd Rogers, Druid Hill, to Thomas Law, Washington City\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThomas Law to Lloyd Rogers, Baltimore\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWriting from New Orleans in 1832, John Taylor reports that fifty to sixty people a day are dying from yellow fever and smallpox.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eElizabeth Parke Custis Law, Washington, to Thomas Law, London\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter written by Lawrence Lewis to William \"Billy\" Costin requesting Costin's service in transporting his family from Mr. Charles Carter's residence in Culpepper County to their home. Lewis provides a suggested route and expected arrival date stating, 'you must not disappoint me.' A postscript in the hand of Eleanor Parke Custis Lewis requests additional and immediate transportation for herself to Philadelphia. She offers Costin's mother payment in Pork if she will accompany them on the trip. Autograph letter signed, 1 page, with integral address panel.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eUndated note from Eleanor Parke Custis Lewis asking \"Billy\" to ask her sister Betsy to send the things by which she [Eleanor] wrote to her for. Directs Billy to be very careful of them as they are easily broken. Autograph note signed E Lewis, 1 page.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed with integral adddress panel.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed. George Washington Parke Custis writes William \"Billy\" Costin at the Bank of Washington. He mentions he expects to go with Lafayette to visit Woodlawn.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e5 letters from Eliza Custis Law to her stepson John Law. The first letter is addressed to John at George Town College and the other four to Harvard University.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEdmund Law, Washington, to John Law, Baltimore\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e5 dated letters from Eliza Custis Law to her stepson John Law.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter discussing the court martial of Commodore James Barron, who would later kill Commodore Stephen Decatur in duel in 1820.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e4 undated letters from Eliza Custis Law to her stepson John Law.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e15 undated letters and notes written by Eliza Custis Law to her stepson John Law.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed with integral address panel. John Law asks William Thornton if he can borrow a book on calvary maneuvers.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 letters written by William Thornton in response to John Law's August 10, 1807 letter.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAn undated letter from John Law to his half sister, Eliza Law. He writes that he is sending sweetmeats from Woodlawn by William, as promised.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam D. Sims, Pittsburgh, to John Law, Washington City\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThree letters\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA series of four letters and their draft copies written over the course of two days by John Law to his father, criticizing his conduct, particularly in regards to Eliza Law's marriage to Lloyd Nicholas Rogers.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e5 letters written by Thomas Law to his son John Law, Washington City, around 1817, addressing John's criticisms of him, his divorce, and his friendship with Elizabeth Bordley Gibson.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed. A letter of reconciliation sent by John Law to his father.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDraft of letter from Lloyd Nicholas Rogers, New York, to Major-General Henry Lee discussing the life of Baron de Kalb.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 letters about the sale of property in Washington.Lenman and Brother, Washington City, to Edmund Law Rogers, Baltimore.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDocuments related to the sale of property in Washington.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence about the sale of property in Washington.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 letters about the sale of property in Washington. N. Callan, Washington, to Edmund Law Rogers, Baltimore.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBond of conveyance for Lot No. 1 in Square 260 in Washington City, District of Columbia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 survey plat of lots in Washington along Canal St, and 2 pages of notes listing the prices of lots and the names of their purchasers.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from the Commisioners of the Sinking Fund of the Corporation of Washington. William McCormick, Registers Office, Washington, to Edmund Law Rogers.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAn indenture form reassigning a parcel of property in Washington City. The Deed of Trust form is marked at the top of the first page \"Printed and Sold by Robert A. Waters, D. st., bet. 9th \u0026amp; 10th.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page autograph letter signed by George Washington Parke Custis to Edmund Law Rogers, with additional letter from Martha Custis Williams, Arlington House, written on verso. Custis writes, \"From the very graphic account you gave Martha Williams of your visit to Mr Fenno, I see but a poor chance of my Drama being brought out [in Baltimore].\" He asks Rogers to inquire of his \"theater going friends\" if any other Baltimore theatres will perform the work. If not, he asks Rogers to return the book care of William Adam Bookseller Pennsylvania Avenie Washington.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eIn her letter, Williams passes on a request from \"Aunt B\" (Britannia Wellington Peter Kennon) to send the \"little manuscript book, containing an inventory of the Mt Vernon relics at Tudor Place, as she is much at a loss, with regard to the history of many things in the House.\" Britannia Peter had inherited Tudor Place the year before, in 1854. Williams adds to Rogers that she hopes he will not make too much effort to have Uncle Custis's play produced because \"Cousin Mary Lee and all his family are so much opposed to it.\" Williams hopes Custis will focus on finishing his Recollections instead.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBill for $21 addressed to Edmund Law Rogers for advertising the sale of lots in the City of Washington in the newspaper the National Intelligencer.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eUnsigned indenture for the sale of lots in the City of Washington. Docketed in pencil \"sale not made.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInvoices, notes, and receipts from accounts between Robert Peter and the firm O'Neill and Dearkins. Includes an invoice for tobacco, sugar, corduroy, gauze, linen, chocolate, silk, muslin, paper, wine, ribbons, pins, cotton, and tea.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eUnknown list of accounts, believed to be from Robert Peter.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePages from account book with the note \"These leaves was received by James S Webber from Mrs. Esther H Webber wife of Mr Levi Webber of Vassalboro Kennebeck Co. Maine being a part of account Book of Charles Webber, my Grand Father, his own handwriting. Received by me June 22 1878.\" The accounts include invoices for cod fish, bacon, molasses, tea, rum, sugar, silk, shoes, brandy, wine, coffee, and corn.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes accounts for flour, pork, beef, lamb, and veal.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBond for the conveyance of a parcel of property called Black Oak Thickett in Frederick County, Maryland.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003erent paid\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePage of rent payment accounts in unknown hand.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBond of Thomas Nicholls of John to Robert Peter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBond of Isaiah and Edward Nicholls to Robert Peter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLawsuit against Robert Peter by James Gordon, Henry Riddell, John Campbell, John Campbell Junior, Alexander Low, and William Ingram\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThree documents related to disputed accounts between Robert Peter and Benjamin Ray. One with a note by John T. Mason dated February 27, 1799, \"He has no shadow of right to one shilling on this [account].\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eList of Robert Peter's court appearances\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCourt documents and accounts related to Robert Peter, 5 manuscripts.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCourt documents and accounts related to Robert Peter, 19 small manuscript receipts\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSurvey of land called Bealls Plaines in what became Washington City, along Goose Creek, later renamed Tiber Creek.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eManuscript on parchment with large seal attached by a ribbon.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1766, Survey to Forrest, May 12, 1773, (six documents) Bladenburg, Sept., 21, 1766; Rock Creek, Nov. 13, 1766 \"to Robert Peter, merchant in Georgetown.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOne undated note by Thomas Peter and one letter from William Dearkins and Ben Stoddert to Stephen Chiswell about resurveying about 200 acres called Partnership granted to Elting Williams.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe Resurvey of Brandy and transfer of several named enslaved people.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA letter about resurveying a parcel of propery called Hazard. George Scott to Robert Peter, George Town.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFour autograph documents dealing with land ownership. Two notes on fragments; one half sheet giving history of a property in Prince George's County; and an 8 page survey document, with reference to points on a drawn survey, of Cross Basket, Balantyre, and other properties (9 lots) belonging to Robert Peter and divided amongst George and Thomas Peter.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCertificate and plat for 5 3/4 acres of vacant land granted by special warrant to Robert Peter out of the Western Shore Land Office of Washington County in the District of Columbia. Surveyed by Joseph Elgar, Jr. Autograph document signed, 1 page.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHand colored survey plat showing the division of Robert Peter's Square in George Town. Docketed on verso \"Plat belonging to Thomas Peter's Square in George Town.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTobacco sales\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTabacco Sales, Real Estate, Transfer of enslaved people\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDeed of trust book is dated 1790\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOne dollar printed in Annapolis by F. Green, 7 December 1775. Two thirds of a dollar printed in Philadelphia by Hall and Sellers, 17 February 1776.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eList of items purchased by Martha Washington from Macleod \u0026amp; Lumsdon, dated at the top 18 February 1800, Alexandria. The accounts, dated 8 July and 9 August, include entries for 47 panes of glass, oil, paint for 30 mahoghany chairs, paint for a wine cooler, varnishing, picture frame gilding, and glazing. Signed by Macleod \u0026amp; Lumdsdon at the bottom, noting that the above money was received in full 9 October 1800.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt signed \"Daniel Lecock\" for payment received by the hands of James Anderson on behalf of Martha Washington for 790 bushels of corn on 2 May 1800.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt for $25 paid by Thomas Carwood to James Anderson for 100 barrels of fish from Mount Vernon.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAccounts dated February 13, March 11, and April 12, 1800 for newspaper advertisements and handbills purchased by Martha Washington from Ellis Price, printer of The Columbian Mirror and Alexandria Gazette. Items Martha purchased include 26 advertisements for a house to rent, an advertisement about the Mount Vernon fishery, 23 advertisements about the donkey Knight of Malta, and notice about the runaway slave Marcus.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAccounts dated 23 April-23 September 1800 for weaving yards of cotton, wool, and other fabrics. The payments are marked as having been paid \"By balance due the Estate of General Washington,\" by cash, by 41 gallons of whiskey, and barrells of herring. The final payment is marked as received from James Anderson on 10 November 1801.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBill addressed to the Estate of Mrs. Martha Washington, Deceased for $200 due to James Craik for medical services rendered Mrs. Washington during her last illness and $5 for cash paid Heyskill for the hire of his carriage. A signed oath by Jacob Hoffman testifies to the validity of the charges.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt of payment from Thomas Peter to Lawrence Lewis for three hundred dollars for one hundred barrels of corn sold to Mount Vernon for the use of the estate. Signed by John Anderson.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt written by Dr. David Stuart for the receipt from Thomas Peter for five guineas, the leagcy left by Martha Washington to Eleanor Calvert Custis Stuart.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePayment from Thomas Law to Griffith Coombs for repairs to Martha Washington's townhome in the District Columbia occupied by Henry Dearborn. Payment marked by Coombs as received in full from Thomas Peter on August 23, 1802.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTwenty dollars wages paid to Richard Burnett of the City of Washingon by Thomas Peter for the year 1802.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePayment of $50 received by George Smith of Woodlawn from Thomas Peter on 12 January 1803 for hire as a blacksmith at Mount Vernon in the year 1802. Signed by George Smith (his mark) and Lawrence Lewis. George Smith was one of George Washington's slaves who was freed after Washington's death. His wife, Lydia, was one of Martha Washington's dower slaves and was inherited by Nelly Parke Custis Lewis of Woodlawn.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt for one hundred pounds Virginia currency received by Benjamin Lincoln Lear from Thomas Peter, one of the executors of Martha Washington's estate.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAccounts of Mr. James Dunlop with Thomas Peter, for horses, ploughs, and an enslaved woman named Peg. Peg is likely one of the slaves Martha Parke Custis Peter inherited from the Custis estate.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt for funeral arrangements paid by Thomas Peter to William King on December 4, 1820 following the death of his twenty-three-year-old daughter Columbia Washington Peter. The arrangements include a \"walnut coffin lined,\" silver plate and engraving, and rental of horses, a hearse, and attendants.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eH. B. Morris, Philadelphia, to Thomas Peter, Georgetown. Autograph letter signed with integral address panel. A letter about bank accounts and stock certificates.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBill from Dr. Warfield to Thomas Peter for a visit to a \"black man in the night\" on March 5, 1824 which resulted in the amputation of the man's leg.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTwo bills from P.L. Dupont paid by Martha Parke Custis Peter for dancing lessons for her daughter Britannia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTwo stock share certificates for the Patowmack Company (Potomac Company). Share No. 89 is for Martha Peter, and No. 91 for Thomas Peter.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLand office papers for the resurvey of Bear Denn, Daniels Discovery, and Partnership in Maryland\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWith unknown survey plat on verso.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAquila Johns to Thomas Peter on sale of Seneca plantation\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed by Sarah Norfleet Freeland Peter, wife of Thomas Peter's brother George, relinquishing right title and interest on a tract of land called Forrest, property of her husband, in order to pay his debts.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter about resurveying property owned by George Washington Peter.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eList of property in Montgomery County Maryland owned by Thomas Peter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed with integral address panel. Regarding financial matters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHoratio Edmondson of Taylor County, Maryland\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePamphlet stitch binding with marbled paper covers. Contains notes about purchases made by Thomas Peter 1813-1814.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCalling card from Le Baron de Maltitz, Secretaire de la Legation Imperiale de Russie. Manuscript date 1823 on verso.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn Dandridge writes to Thomas Peter, George Town, asking to borrow money from the estate of Martha Washington.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThomas Peter, George Town, to George Peter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed, with envelope. Josiah Quincy, Cambridge, to Martha Parke Custis Peter, Georgetown. Josiah Quincy thanks Martha Parke Custis Peter for her generous reeption of his children at Tudor Place and thanks her for the relic of George Washington that she sent back with them.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA contemporary manuscript copy of a letter in which Nelly Parke Custis describes having seen George Washington writing his farewell address at Mount Vernon. When the address was finished, she says he asked her to bring him silk string, and she watched him stitch the address together in front of her. Nelly writes this as a rebuke to one of Alexander Hamilton's sons, who claims his father wrote the farewell address.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA list of accounts between the Estate of George Washington and Alexandria apothecary Edward Stabler, including purchases for Turlington's Balsam, castor oil, arsenic, balsam copaiva, British oil, salts, purified Salt Petre, cantharides, ipecacuanha, laudanum, tumeric, and opodildo. Payments are marked as received from James Anderson. Autograph document, 1 page.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eManuscript titled \"A List of Negroes belonging to Mrs. Washington.\" A list of 121 enslaved persons who were Martha's dower slaves. Unlike the slaves owned by George Washington, Martha's slaves were not freed after her death and were inherited by the Custis descendants. Men, boys, women, and girls and listed in separate columns, each further broken down into the places where they worked: Mansion house, River Farm, Muddy Hole, and Union Farm. Five women - Amy, Alice, Peg, Agnes, and Old Judy - are listed as \"Free but yet remain.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSigned certificate from the executors of General George Washington to the Clerk of Fairfax.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAccounts from 1802 for furniture and household goods purchased by George Washington Parke Custis from the Estate of Martha Washington. The final payment was made in 1826, and the account is signed by Thomas Peter, executor of the estate.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA list of the household belongings sold by Thomas Peter from the personal estate of Martha Washington. Includes a listing of who purchased each item and the price it sold for.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSigned indenture for sale of land in the City of Washington.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eArticles of agreement between George Calvert and Thomas Peter with Thomas Law, agreeing that Thomas Law and his wife Eliza Parke Custis Law will live separately. Eliza will receive $1500 per year from Law, and all the interest from her inheritance from George Washington will go to her and her daughter.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e3 sheets of accounts between the estate of Robert Peter and James Dunlop, including the sale of \"5 negroes willed Mrs. Peter.\" These are some of Martha's dower slaves inherited by Martha Parke Custis Peter. One additional account between Jonathan Hicks and the heirs of Robert Peter, dated 1809-1811.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt written by Lawrence Lewis acknowledging receipt from Thomas Peter of three hundred and twenty-six dollars eighteen cent left to his son Lorenzo Lewis as a legacy from Martha Washington.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt signed by George Washington Parke Custis acknowledging the receipt from Thomas Peter of one thousand dollars as a legacy left to his daughter from the late Martha Washington.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed with integral address panel. Thomas Peter, George Town, to Bushrod Washington, Mount Vernon. Thomas Peter writes to Bushrod about money owed for two purchases he made from the estate of George Washington.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTwo documents related to a settlement made by John Dandridge against George Washington Parke Custis and Thomas Peter, executors of Martha Washington's estate. One is a 1829 decree from the U. S. Circuit Court, signed by William Thomas Carroll; and the other is an account of money owed to John Dandridge signed by Benjamin Lincoln Lear, 1830 June 21. Autograph documents signed (2).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e3 documents related to the death of Beverley Kennon, husband of Britannia W. Peter Kennon, who died aboard the USS Princeton during the 1844 Peacemaker accident: a newspaper clipping with an excerpt from a sermon by Reverend Mr. Magoon on the Princeton Tragedy, a plan of the burying ground belonging to Mrs. Beverly Kennon, and a certificate from the Vestry of Washington Parish granting Mrs. Beverley Kennon four sites in the Washington Parish Burial Ground.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipts for two legacies received of Britannia W. Peter Kennon, executor of Martha Parke Custis Peter's estate. One is for a grandson named Thomas Peter and another for her grandson John Parke Custis Peter.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eManuscript resolution of the Senate of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, offering sympathy to the families of those killed aboard the USS Princeton during the Peacemaker accident. This copy was given by the President of the United States to Britannia W. Peter Kennon, whose husband, Beverley Kennon, was killed in the accident.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePrinted form signed by Britannia W. Peter Kennon and witnessed by William Purcell, esquire, Judge of the Orphans' Court of Washington county, District of Columbia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA list of collections and payments made to sundry persons to settle the estate of Martha Parke Custis Peter.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDocument bound with blue ribbon, with envelope. Last will and testament of Ann Gertrude Wightt, a former nun at the Georgetown Visitation Convent who later lived at Tudor Place. Autograph document, 8 pages.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter, with envelope. Ann Gertrude Wightt, Rochester, to Britannia W. Peter Kennon, Tudor Place\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePapers related to the sale of Lot 9 in Square 72 of Washington City to William A. Gordon. Letter from William E. Edmonston to William A. Gordon, 1891 May 30. Two letters from William A. Gordon to Britannia W. Peter Kennon, 1891 June 3 and 1889 October 4. Typescript signed by William Gordon of Declaration of Trust for sale of Lot Nine, Square Seventy Two in Washington City, D.C..\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIndenture made between Britannia Wellington Kennon, party of the first part, and Walter Gibson Peter, Armistead Peter Jr., and George Freeland Peter, parties of the second part, all of the District of Columbia, regarding relics and heirlooms at Tudor Place acquired by Britannia W. Peter Kennon from her mother Martha Custis Peter grand-daughter of Martha the wife of George Washington, known in the family as \"The Mount Vernon Heirlooms.\" Other relics are from the estates of Thomas Peter and Beverley Kennon. Britannia wishes that these relics be preserved by her descendants and that none of them be sold or disposed of.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThese include pictures, miniatures, engravings, glass, china, silver, jewelry, furniture, needlework, and other relics, including a sago palm formerly belonging to Martha Parke Custis Peter. The relics and heirlooms are to be divided into five parts after Britannia's death and delivered to her grandchildren.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA Critical Pronouncing Dictionary and Expositor of the English Language (New York : Printed and published by William A. Davies) Inscribed Britannia W. Peter.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed. Beverley Kennon, Navy Yard, Washington, to Reverend W. Hoff, George Town. Kennon asks Reverend Hoff to be present at Mrs. Peter's place in George Town on the 8th to marry him to Britannia W. Peter.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 autograph letters signed.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed on mourning stationary, with envelope and black seal. John Tyler, Washington, to Britannia W. Peter Kennon. President John Tyler offers his condolences to Britannia W. Peter Kennon on the death of her husband, Beverley Kennon, during the Peacemaker accident aboard the USS Princeton.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eG. T. Kennon to Britannia W. Peter Kennon, Tudor Place\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed with envelope docketed \"A letter written to Uncle Bev. by my mother while at boarding school given to me after Uncle Bev's death by Aunt G.\". Martha Custis Kennon, Georgetown, to Beverley Kennon Jr. Beverley Kennon Jr. was Martha Custis Kennon's half brother.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAccording to Martha Custis Peter, this illustration was at the Tudor Place.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eW. Van Ness, New York, to Britannia W. Peter Kennon, Tudor Place, Georgetown\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDepartment of the Interior, Pension Office, to Britannia W. Peter Kennon, Tudor Place, Georgetown\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMrs. Charles Carroll Simms to Britannia W. Peter Kennon, Georgetown\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMattie D. Abbot to Britannia W. Peter Kennon, Tudor Place. From the Secretary of the Ladies Aid Society of Christ Church accepting Britannia Kennon's resignation as President.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters from James Mackubin, Ellicott City, to Britannia W. Peter Kennon\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTwo letters from Justine Van Rensselaer Townsend, Vice Regent of New York for the Mount Vernon Ladies Association, to Britannia W. Peter Kennon. In the 26 November 1890 letter, Justine asks Britannia to help the Ladies determine what is genuine at the upcoming 1890 Thomas Birch's Sons sale of Washington relics in Philadelphia. The sale will include \"General Washington's papers, a clock, a punch bowl, and many other things.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInvitation from The Board of World's Fair Managers of Virginia inviting Britannia W. Peter Kennon to be present at the ceremonies of Virginia Day at the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago. Enclosed with an envelope and the calling card of Mrs. William Radford Beale.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCalling cards for Martha Custis Kennon and Armistead Peter. At home card with envelope for Britannia W. Peter Kennon, engraved by Dempsey \u0026amp; O. Toole of Baltimore \u0026amp; Washington.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEngraved form ceritifying that \"Cream Ladle No 68944 is an exact reproduction of one onwed by General and Mrs. Washington and used for a number of years at Mr. Vernon.\" The ladle was produced by Galt \u0026amp; Bro. Jewellers, Silversmiths, Stationers, Washington D.C..\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRegarding the purchase of a clock.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTypescript lists of letters and items from Mount Vernon that were part of  Britannia W. Peter Kennon's collection at Tudor Place.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eUnbound notebook with list of items and letters from Mount Vernon that belonged to Britannia W. Peter Kennon at Tudor Place. Includes a list of how the items were divided amongst Britannia's grandchildren.Includes furniture and household items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes a list of how the items were divided amongst Britannia W. Peter Kennon's grandchildren.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eManuscript list of books, jewelry, and locks of hair at Tudor Place\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes both manuscript and typescript inventories of books, furniture, and objects from Tudor Place.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNewsclippings and correspondence related to Washington relics loaned by Walter G. Peter to the National Museum in the early 1900s.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLent by Walter G. Peter from the Britannia W. Peter Kennon Collection of Washington Relics.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eR. Davidson, Pinckneyville, to George Peter, George Town\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes a $5 charge on 23 October 1813 for a coffin \"for a black man.\" On 9 February 1814, Peter was charged $50.00 for a lined coffin covered with black cloth, among other expenses, possibly following the death of his first wife, Ann Plater Peter, or one of their young sons.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThomas Anderson, Clarksburgh, to George Peter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed with printed cash form from the Office of Discount and Deposit, Washington.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJoseph Delaplaine, Philadelphia, to George Peter. Deplaine requests Major Peter's portrait for his gallery.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eU. McInder, Petersburg, to George Peter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from unidentified, Annapolis, to George Peter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eW. Coor, Rockville, to George Peter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePartially printed form from the District of Columbia. Major Peter grants Charles A. Burnett power of attorney to sell, assign, and transfer his 50 shares of stock in the Books of the Washington Turnpike Company.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from unidentified, Annapolis, to George Peter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCharles Bunting, Montgomery County, to George Peter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJames H., Georgetown, to George Peter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed with integral address panel. Benjamin Lincoln Lear, Washington, to George Peter. Lear writes regarding two suits againist Mrs. Sarah Peter.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn Wootton, Rockville, to George Peter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBenjamin Lincoln Lear, Washington, to George Peter. Printed letter with manuscript additions, from B. L. Lear, Attorney of the Bank, Bank of the United States.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eW. W. Ramsay, Washington, to George Peter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from unidentified, Washington, to George Peter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from unidentified, Washington City, to George Peter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eB. H., Rockville, to George Peter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eClement Cod, Georgetown, to George Peter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam Thompson, Union School, to George Peter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMichael Keepers, Frederick Town, to George Peter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn Wootton, Rockville, to George Peter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eG. D., George Town, to George Peter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJ. Orme, Georgetown, to George Peter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eW. Sellman, Clarksburg, to George Peter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSamuel C. Ulens, Poolesville, to George Peter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJ. Higgins, Poolesville, to George Peter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJesse V., Poolesville, to George Peter, Darnestown\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJ. Falls, Baltimore, to George Peter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGeo. Howson Mason, Annapolis, to George Peter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAlfred Spates, Cumberland, to George Peter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from unidentified, Baltimore, to George Peter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eW. Matthews, George Town, to George Peter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGeo. Hownson Mason, Annapolis, to George Peter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBenj. Fawcett, Colesville, to George Peter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJ. Williams, Washington D.C., to George Peter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA letter from the Treasuries Office of the Baltimore and Ohion Railroad Company, offering Peter free tickets to pass over the roads of their company.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePrinted election ballot for \"The Constitution and Union Ticket,\" promising \"Civil and Religious Liberty.\" George Peter is listed as the candidate for Commisioner of Public Works.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA list of clothing purchased by Martha Washington from William Jones of Alexandria. Includes suits purchased for enslaved workers Daniel, Marcus, Christopher, and Frank. According to notes on the verso, payments were received from James Anderson on 12 April 1800 and 15 May 1800.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFive receipts for goods and services paid for by James Anderson in 1800, including repairs to old shoes, paper lampblack, freight for one box from Philadelphia, 93 yards of cloth, and leather.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePromissory notes from George Peter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePromissory notes and bank notes from George Peter. Checks, Union Bank of Georgetown.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBills and bank notes from George Peter. Checks, Union Bank of Georgetown.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBills and bank notes from George Peter. Checks, Union Bank of Georgetown.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePromissory notes and bank notes from George Peter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBills and bank notes from George Peter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBills and bank notes from George Peter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBills and accounts of George Peter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBills and accounts of George Peter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBills and accounts of George Peter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBills and accounts of George Peter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBills and accounts of George Peter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBills and accounts of George Peter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBills and accounts of George Peter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBills and accounts of George Peter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBills and accounts of George Peter with F. S. Poole and Bro\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBills and accounts of George Peter with F. S. Poole and Bro.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eUndated Bills and accounts of George Peter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGeorge H. Peter, Carlise, writes to his uncle asking for money for an upcoming vacation.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e3 letters from James Peter to his uncle George Peter.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGeorge Peter, George Town\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e3 letters sent by James Freeland Peter to his father from Alexandria, Buffalo, and Detroit.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eManuscript acrostic written for Uncle George Peter.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSarah Peter, Georgetown, to George Peter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e4 letters from George Peter, Jr., to his father.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTypescript list of \"Things from Mt. Vernon\" with manuscript annotations by George Freeland Peter of which Peter heirs inherited the items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTypescript and manuscript inventories of items fro Tudor Place, with notes on which Peter heirs inherited them.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIdentification key to \"The battle at Bunker's Hill\" engraved by Johann Gotthard Müller after the painting by John Trumbull. Printed in London by A. C. de Poggi.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAccounts for shoes, boots, and repairs, including shoes for enslaved people.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMajor George Peter's troops are invited to attend Divine Service. \"It is hoped they will attend \u0026amp; conduct themselves with a reverence suited to the character of Christian soldiers, who have taken arms in defence of their homes \u0026amp; country \u0026amp; who look for success \u0026amp; preservation to the favor of the Almighty Giver of all victory.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed with integral address panel and red wax seal.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 letters to George Peter from his brother David Peter, George Town.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDeed of sale for land purchased by Peter on Gay Street and Dumarton Street in George Town.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA list of 322 volumes, showing title, number of volumes, size, and type of bookbinding.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e8 letters and 1 receipt, mostly addressed to George Peter from his niece, Jane Beverley and her husband, James.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eprinted pages\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRoger Brooke Taney, Annapolis, to George Peter regarding upcoming elections [December 20] to the U. S. Senate specifically the potential election of Mr. [Alexander C.] Hanson as a means to heal and reconcile the differences in the Federal Party. Also discuss Mr. Washington's 'zeal and industry' in supporting Hanson's candidacy. Autograph letter signed, 2 pages. Docketed 'Roger B. Taney - Hanson \u0026amp; Washington'\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eW. Cook, Hyates Town,\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam Brewer, Aix la Chapelle, to George Peter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJames Summers, New Market, to George Peter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eG. Dalls S., Colesville, to George Peter, Poolesville\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eElisha Jones, Clarksburg, to George Peter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes the papers granting George and Sarah Peter guardianship of David Peter's children Elizabeth, William, Jane, George H., and James.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003etrust, property, and expenses of land\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ematerial and clothing\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt for the purchase of Lot No. 15 in Square No. 170 in the City of Washington.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipts from Leonard W. Candler, Darnes Town, to George Peter. Receipts for the purchase of dry goods, clothing, and other household goods.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e3 copies of the will of Sarah Freeland, George Peter's mother-in-law.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eappraisal authorization of Alexander Broome and Samuel Darby\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAccounts of Margaret Dick with William Parson. Includes an account for shoes soled and nailed for James Peter.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMedical bills, pharmacy, doctor\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003etuition bills\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter, T.H. Paul to George Peter. Letter, Unknown  to the Secretary of the Interior of the United States.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipts from Leonard W. Candler, Darnes Town, to George Peter. Receipts for the purchase of dry goods, clothing, and other household goods.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003etypescript copy\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003edeed of conveyance\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIndenture, George Peter to Thomas Peter, Land from estate of Robert Peter, Jr.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ecopies of letters\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMilitary exemption for Armistead Peter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBill, George Peter, Esq. to Dr. Armistead Peter, 1869 February 11; Col. Richard L. Maury, Attorney, to Dr. Armistead Peter, 1876 October 10\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes story of Abraham Lincoln and the Maryland Barbecue by Agnes Peter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMemento for either Walter Gibson Peter or W. Orton Williams from Mrs. Laura Cassaway, small American flag and small ivory mirror with flower [Fragile]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes receipt of letter, 1873 January 24. Letter regarding interest in farm from Robert Dick.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003elock of hair\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFrom Binder 1\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFrom Binder 1\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFrom Binder 1\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGenealogical Studies- From Binder 1\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGenealogical Studies- From Binder 1\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGenealogical Studies- Fragmented letter - From Binder 1\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGenealogical Studies- From Binder 1\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGenealogical Studies- From Binder 1\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGenealogical Studies- From Binder 1\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFour envelopes\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGoes up to Britannia W. Peter Kennon -From Binder 1\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCondolence letter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSigned by Governor Horatio Sharpe\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIndenture, September 30, 1791; Resurvey of Forrest, 1796. Document signed by Gov. Haywood\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eResurvey of Pipe Tomhock; Copy of Platt (sic) and Illustrations, August 14, 1798; July 11, 1766, Explanation of Survey, September 19, 1797, May 26, 1796, February 16, 1797\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDeed, Elizabeth and John Scrivenor, April 18, 1799, June 11, 1799, Resurvey of Brandy, June 9, 1792, June 18, 1792\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDecember 24, 1871, wrapper\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eList of enslaved persons, livestock, and tools sold at Slashes, Sugar Lands, and Rock Creek Quarters totaling $9,308.00. Autograph document, 3 pages, with docket.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBernard Gilpin firmly bound to Thomas Peter for $5520\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ewove paper\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePhotocopy, \"Account Book 1, Robert Peter, Esq. with the Commissioners of the Federal Buildings; On division of the Tract, Mexico within the City of Washington, Exclusive of what are called \"Old divisions of squares\" and water lots of which no account is key by the Commissioners. 21 pp. Note from Walter Gibson Peter re: History of book, how it ended up in the Library of Congress Thomas Peter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003esigned by James Madison, B. Crowninshield, Secretary of the Navy\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJames Madison signature\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe most important ones delivered to F.S. Keys Esq. and recorded in suit pending in Court Dt. Columbia\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e9 manuscripts\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eunder the orders of Lt. Col. E. Robert, USTE\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBuilding 3044 O Street\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ecopies\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes Allison's Forrest Enlarged; Fort Grubby Hill, July 1, 1732\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes Indenture, Daniel Veetch, February 19, 1758 Document signed by Gov. Horatio Sharpe\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBathsheba\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFirst found in Thomas Peter's Letterbooks\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePhotos, Photos from Survey (4) and Ivory Cross [First found in Papers of Britannia W. Peter Kennon] Interesting small religious carved cross, made from Mother-of-Pearl\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter, William A. Coffin to Britannia Kennon, February 23, 1889; Brouchure for Exhibition, April 30, 1889; Letter, A. W. Drake to Britannia Kennon, January 29, 1889, May 16, 1889, including: carte de visite of George Washington and calling card of Mr. A. W. Drake (Photo) [First found in Papers of Britannia W. Peter Kennon]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFirst found in Papers of Britannia W. Peter Kennon\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFirst found in Papers of Major George Peter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFirst found in Major George Peter's Letterbooks\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFrenzel Gallery, Georgetown. Moved from Papers of Dr. Armistead Peter.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes Sir Thomas Nicholson, William Scott Blair, General Scott of Malenie, Robert Buchanan, William Dunlop, Elizabeth Roberton, J. Horsburgh, Lord Abbots Hall, Isabel Corbet, Cunningham Scott. First found in Papers of Dr. Armistead Peter.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFirst found in Papers of Dr. Armistead Peter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eContaining photographs of Peter relatives\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePictures of Tudor Place, Vacation, Content Farm, Ellen Beale Peter 1931 (Walter Gibson's Wife) Made by Walter Gibson Peter, [Loose photographs], Half Full.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eElizabeth Peter, wife of Robert Peter. Made by Walter Gibson Peter [Note: Some loose pages]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBook of tobacco sales, list of enslaved persons belonging to Robert Peter, and lots of Robert Peter in the City of Washington with division by squares for the Commissioners and how they are disposed. The bound volume is made up of 178 pages. Pages 52-147 are blank. At some point the volume is flipped and entries are begun at the back of the book from pages 178-154. For viewing purposes those pages have been reoriented and reordered.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\"Tobacco Book,\" All letters received pertaining to his business of selling tobacco in Europe and trading across the Atlantic, including captains, lawyers, and buyers in Europe.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes personal letters that were sent to the family, photocopied letters from Thomas and General Washington, various financial papersNot in order [Documents are fragile and book in poor condition]. Made by Walter Gibson Peter.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eContains photographs and letters. Created by Walter Gibson Peter, received documents from Britannia W. Peter Kennon.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCommissions, Letters, Orders, etc. Relating to service in the U.S. Army and Major Georgetown Field Artillery, Created by Walter Gibson Peter. Items signed by John Adams and Thomas Jefferson.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorps of the Artillerists, New Orleans and Fort McHenry, Garrison and Regimental Orders, Major George Peter; Order and prisoner tries and punishments, List from Fort McHenry, Morning Reports [Note: Book in poor condition]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLedger of real estate holdings of George Peter with Robert Peter and James Peter [pages 2-17]. Also includes, \"The following Table exhibits a view of the Squares and Lots, the Number of square feet therein contained, and the value of the same, now owned by Capt. George Peter, in the City of Washington\" [pages 74-78]. Stitch binding with marbled paper covers, 88 pages. Real estate accounts appear on pages 2-7, 10-11, 14-17, 74, 76, and 78. The remaining page are blank. In 1813, the ledger is flipped and a single page (page 88) includes a list of names under the title 'Rent Roll for 1813.'\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLedger for the estate of Robert Peter maintained by his son Thomas Peter. The bond volume contains 176 pages, partially completed. Accounts are entered on pages 6-54, pages 55-173 are blank, and pages 174-176 include bank notes at the Bank of Columbia and the Branch Bank of Washington City. A scrap of paper with calculations was found between pages 49 and 50 and is included in the digitization.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFirst found in Papers of Major George Peter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLessons and Exercises in Vocal Music by Benjamin Carr\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eContains letters, pictures, U.S. Navy Commissions (James Madison, John Tyler, and Franklin Pierce), invitations, and a memorandum of Britannia and Beverley made by Walter Gibson Peter- Grandson to Britannia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAfter resigning from the army, notes made from Walter George Peter. Includes letters, a list of enlaved people from Montanaverde, bills, and business transactions.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRepairs made on properties of Robert Peter, Jr.  Stitch binding with marbled paper covers, 98 pages. Real estate accounts appear on pages 2-5, 8-23, and 26-33. The remaining pages are blank.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFirst found in Papers of Major George Peter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFirst found in Papers of Major George Peter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCopies made February 1 and 2, 1849 by Edmund Law Rogers at Tudor Place, the residence of his Great-Aunt Martha Peter.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCommunion Alms, Christmas and Easter Offerings, June 5, 1850. In Memory of Mrs. Britannia Wellington Kennon, From the Trustees of the Louise Home, 1911.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFour account books. Account Money paid for the Estate of Mrs. Martha Peter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\"Commenced the practice of medicine the latter end of March 1867. Left town the first of May 1867 and returned June 28th- recommended practicing 8th of July, etc., Expense Log and Visiting List\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFirst found in Dr. Armistead Peter's files. 9 volumes, dated 1863, 1866, 1870, 1873, 1876, 1878, 1889, 1892, and 1896.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eList of patients from practice and paid or unpaid, in alphabetical order, Bills Due, Cash Paid to Mrs. Peter, other accounts, small pox vaccination count\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNotes on visits, family seal, copied letters, list of articles from Mount Vernon, notes about clothes and jewelry; Copy of Album was acquired by Martha Custis Peter, great-great granddaughter to Britannia W. Peter Kennon, which Britannia had given to her grandson, Walter Gibson Peter. Her father was Walter Gibson Peter, Jr.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003econtains dried flowers\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes folders of France and WWI soldiers\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eContains deeds, inventories, and papers pertaining to Robert Peter's estates and his sons, Robert, James, David, George, and Thomas. Various notes about David Peter's death, and letters from George Peter. Made by Walter Gibson Peter. [Note: There are loose pages]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes voice and music notes for the saxon ground, will you come to the bower, nobody coming to marry me, the rose, rondo, and others.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFirst found in Papers of Major George Peter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNo. 5116, volume 190, covering the coronation of George VI.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePrinted volume, includes a facsimile handwritten section entitled \"accounts, G. 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It includes letters from George Washington, letters of condolence to Martha Washington after George Washington's death, estate documents, Major George Peter's military papers, land plats and surveys, photo albums, letterbooks, and notebooks that tell of the life of this prominent family in Virginia and the City of Washington.","Autograph letter signed from Eliza, Hope Park, asking her grandfather for a picture of him. Docketed in Washington's hand on verso.","Autographed letter signed (signature cut out) George Washington, German Town, to Eliza Parke Custis. Washington offers his granddaughter advice on love and marriage.","Autograph letter in Washington's hand, initialed by both George and Martha. George and Martha Washington, Philadelphia, to Thomas Law. The Washingtons congratulate Law on his marriage to their grandaughter Eliza.","Autograph letter signed by George Washington, Mount Vernon, to Thomas Peter, discussing the purchase of English cattle.","Autograph letter signed with integral free franked address panel. Docketed in Washington's hand.Thomas Peter, George Town, to George Washington, Mount Vernon. Peter asks Washington to secure a spot for his brother in the Army and shares rumors about a bill coming up in Congress.","Autograph letter signed with integral free franked address panel and seal. George Washington, Mount Vernon, to Thomas Peter. Washington writes about the sale of tobacco.","Autograph letter signed with integral free franked address panel.George Washington, Mount Vernon, to Thomas Peter. Washington writes about farming and congratulates Thomas and Patsy on the birth of their son.","Autograph letter signed with integral free franked address panel. John Mercereau, Union Township, to George Washington. John Mercereau, a businessman who served with his brother and nephew in a spy ring during the Revolutionary War, writes to Washington asking if he may come and visit, reflecting that no memories give him greater satisfaction than those he spent \"Devoted to my Countrys Service.\" Tragically, Mercereau did not know that Washington had died 10 days before his letter was sent.","Autograph letter signed with integral free franked address panel. Bartholomew Dandridge, Jr., London, to George Washington.  Bartholomew Dandridge, Jr., writes to his uncle about his business ventures from London. He had not yet received word of Washington's death on December 14, 1799.","Autograph letter unsigned in the hand of Eleanor Calvert Custis Stuart and most likely addressed to Tobias Lear. The letter is dated 7 February with no year but was most likely written in 1790, since it mentions Lear's first marriage, which occured in 1790.","Autograph letter signed, undated, with integral free franked address panel. Eleanor Calvert Custis Stuart to Tobias Lear, New York. Docketed in Lear's hand as received 2 October 1790. Eleanor writes of her unhappiness at being parted from her children Nelly and Wash.","Autograph letter signed with integral free franked address panel. Eleanor Calvert Custis Stuart, Mount Vernon, to Tobias Lear, New York. Eleanor writes about the lottery and her family, noting that \"My Dear Nelly \u0026 Wash. are still spoilt by Grand Mama but chearfully obey every word I say to them.\"","Autograph letter signed with integral free franked address panel. Docketed in hand of George Washington. Lucretia Constance Radcliffe, Charleston, to Martha Washington, Mount Vernon. Mrs. Radcliffe writes seeking an Army commission for her son and sends a packet of crane feathers and melon seeds. She also sends news of Major Pinkney.","Manuscript resolution of the \"Sixth Congress of the United States: At the first session Begun and held at the City of Philadelphia, in the State of Pennsylvania, on Monday, the second of December, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-nine\" stating that a marble monument to George Washington be erected in the City of Washington and that his remains be interred beneath it. It is also resolved that a funeral procession from Comgress Hall to the German Lutheran Church shall take place on Thursday, December 26, 1799, and that the nation will wear crepe arm bands for thirty days of mourning.","Autograph letter signed with integral address panel. Maria S. Ross, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, to Martha Washington, Mount Vernon. A condolence letter from Maria S. Ross of Lancaster, Pennsylvania to Martha Washington on the death of her husband.","Autograph letter, copy. Tobias Lear's, Mount Vernon, response to Maria Ross's condolence letter to Martha Washington.","Autograph letter signed with integral free franked address panel with seal of John Adams. Abigail Adams, Philadelphia, to Martha Washington, Mount Vernon. Condolence letter written by Abigail Adams to Martha Washington on the death of George Washington.","Autograph letter signed. Martha Washington's response to Abigail Adams's condolence letter on the death of George Washington.","Autograph letter signed. Condolence letter from Mary Stead Pinckney, Shepherdstown, West Virginia, to Martha Washington on the death of George Washington. Pinckney also sends her regards and congratulations to Nelly Parke Custis Lewis, who was recovering from the birth of her first child, Frances Parke Lewis.","Autograph letter signed. Condolence letter from Jonathan Trumbull Jr., Governor of Connecticut, Lebanon, Connecticut, to Martha Washington on the death of George Washington.","Autograph letter signed. Condolence letter from Elias Boudinot, New Jersey Congressman and Director of the United States Mint, Philadelphia, to Martha Washington on the death of George Washington.","Autograph letter signed. Tobias Lear, Mount Vernon, to Elias Boudinot. Tobias Lear's response on behalf of Martha Washington to Elias Boudinot's condolence letter.","Autograph letter signed with integral address panel. Bushrod Washington, Walnut Farm, to Martha Washington, Mount Vernon. Bushrod writes to Martha about purchasing corn from Colonel Washington.","Autograph letter signed with integral address panel. Condolence letter written by Ann Huntington, New London, Connecticut,  to Martha Washington, Mount Vernon, on the death of George Washington.","Autograph letter signed. Tobias Lear's, Mount Vernon, response on behalf of Martha to Hamilton's condolence letter.","Autograph letter signed with integral address panel. Condolence letter from Reverend Samuel Miller, New York, to Martha Washington, Mount Vernon, on the death of George Washington. He writes that he is inclosing a discourse he recently delivered on the occasion of Washington's death.","Autograph letter signed. Tobias Lear's, Mount Vernon, response on behalf of Martha to Samuel Miller's, New York, condolence letter on the death of George Washington.","Autograph letter signed with integral address panel. Stephen Williamson, Philadelphia, State Prison, to Martha Washington, Mount Vernon. Stephen Williamson introduces himself as the captain of a company in the Rhode Island Regiment who served under Washington in the Revolutionary War. He recounts a dream he had in which she gives birth to a son following Washington's death. He also tells Martha the details of his arrest for buying a stolen horse and requests her assistance in getting him out of prison.","Autograph letter signed with integral free franked address panel. Former Secretary of War Henry Knox, Montpelier, St. Georges, sends Martha his condolences after the passing of George Washington.","Autograph letter signed. Tobias Lear, Mount Vernon, writes on behalf of Martha in response to Henry Knox's condolence letter on the death of George Washington.","Autograph letter signed. Mayor of New York City Richard Varick offers his condolences to Martha after the death of George Washington. He also incloses, on behalf of the Common Council of New York City, an oration delivered on the occassion of Washington's death by Gouverneur Morris.","Autograph letter signed. Tobias Lear, Mount Vernon, writes on behalf of Martha Washington in response to Richard Varick's, New York, condolence letter after the death of George Washington.","Autograph letter signed with integral free franked address panel. Richard Washington,Bermuda, a former business associate of Washington's in London, offers his condolences to Martha after George Washington's death.","Autograph letter signed. Condolence letter from Theodore Sedgwick, Philadelphia, to Martha Washington on the death of George Washington. Sedgwick writes that he is inclosing a second edition of General Lee's funeral oration.","Autograph letter signed. Tobias Lear, Mount Vernon, writing on behalf of Martha in response to Theodore Sedgwick's condolence letter after the death of George Washington.","Autograph letter signed. Condolence letter written by the Marquis de Lafayette, La Grange, to Martha after the death of George Washington.","Autograph letter signed. A condolence letter from Auguste Belin, Secretary of the Loge Française l'Aménité of Philidelphia, a freemason lodge of French and Saint-Dominguen émigrés. Belin writes that he is inclosing copies of a funeral oration performed at the lodge in honor of George Washington's death.","Autograph letter signed. Tobias Lear, Mount Vernon, writes on behalf of Martha in response to Auguste Belin's, Philadelphia, condolence letter on the death of George Washington.","Autograph letter. Condolence note from Reverend William Rogers, Philadelphia, to Martha on the death of George Washington. Rogers writes that he is enclosing a copy of a funeral oration he delivered in Washington's honor.","Autograph letter signed. Tobias Lear, Mount Vernon, on behalf of Martha Washington, thanks William Rogers for sending \"a copy of the Religious Exercises, at the time of the Eulogy, at the German Reformed Church.\"","Autograph letter signed. Tobias Lear, Mount Vernon, writing on behalf of Martha Washington, requests that Gilbert Stuart's original portrait of Washington be given to Martha, in exchange for fair compensation. Lear writes that Martha has expressed no desire for her own portrait, but Lear thinks it would be nice to display alongside the portrait of Washington.","Autograph letter signed. Condolence note written by Charles Humphrey Atherton, Amherst, New Hampshire, to Martha Washington after the death of George Washington. Atherton writes that he is enclosing a funeral oration delivered at the request of the citizens of Amherst, New Hampshire in Washington's honor.","Autograph letter signed. Tobias Lear, Mount Vernon, writes on behalf of Martha Washington in response to Charles H. Atherton's, Amherst, New Hampshire, condolence letter on the death of George Washington.","Autograph letter signed with integral free franked address panel. Georges Washington de Lafayette, La Grange, son of the Marquis de Lafayette, writes a condolence note to Martha after the death of George Washington. Georges writes of Washington's \"parental kindness\" when he visited Mount Vernon and says, \"How far was I to imagine when I left your family that it would be a last farewell.\"","Autograph letter signed with integral free franked address panel. Condolence letter written by Alexandria merchant Thomas Porter to Martha after the death of George Washington. Porter writes that he is sending an eulogy along with the letter.","Autograph letter signed with integral address panel. A condolence letter written by Revered James Kemp, Cambridge, Maryland, to Martha Washington after the death of George Washington. Kemp writes that he is enclosing a copy of a sermon he delivered on the day appointed by Congress to honor George Washington.","Autograph letter signed. Tobias Lear, Mount Vernon, responds on behalf of Martha Washington to James Kemp's, Cambridge, Maryland, condolence letter after the death of George Washington.","Autograph letter signed. Condolence letter from Peleg Wadsworth, Philadelphia, to Martha Washington on the death of George Washington. Wadsworth requests, on behalf of his daughter, a relic of the late General.","Autograph letter signed. Tobias Lear, Mount Vernon, writes on behalf of Martha in response to Peleg Wadsworth's condolence letter after the death of George Washington. Lear writes that he is enclosing a lock of Washington's hair for Wadsworth's daughter as requested.","Autograph letter signed. Tobias Lear, Mount Vernon, writing on behalf of Martha Washington, thanks Reverend John D. Blair for sending his condolences and two orations delivered in Richmond on February 22 in honor of George Washington.","Autograph letter signed with integral free franked address panel. William Griffiths, Burlington, New Jersey, offers his condolences on behalf of the citizens of Burlington, New Jersey to Martha after the death of George Washington.","Autograph letter signed. Tobias Lear, Mount Vernon, responds on behalf of Martha to William Griffith's, Burlington, New Jersey, condolence letter after the death of George Washington.","Autograph letter signed with integral free franked address panel. Theodore Sedgwick, Philadelphia, to Martha Washington, Mount Vernon","Autograph letter signed \"John Lemayere.\" Jean Pierre Le Mayeur, Sweet Springs, was George Washington's dentist during the Revolutionary War. He writes his condolences to Martha on the death of Washington, apologizing that his servant lost the first condolence letter he had written on February 24.","Autograph letter signed. Tobias Lear, Mount Vernon, to Dr. Jean Pierre Le Mayeur, Sweet Springs","Autograph letter signed with integral free franked address panel. Bartholomew Dandridge, Jr., New York, to Martha Washington, Mount Vernon. Bartholomew Dandridge Jr. writes his aunt inquiring about letters sent to him from Washington before his death that Dandridge never received.","Autograph letter signed. Sir John Sinclair, London, writes to Martha in praise of her late husband and sends her a volume of his letters.","3 letters written by Elizabeth Parke Custis Law Rogers to her mother between December 5, 1819 - November 21, 1821.","7 letters written by Brigadier General Simon Bernard, Washington City, to Eliza Parke Custis Law between March 28, 1828 and May 21, 1830.","Lloyd Rogers to Elizabeth Parke Custis Law, Alexandria","Printed legal document: Statement of the defendant's case. Docketed on verso \"Papers relating to case of Law v. Morris Nicholson \u0026 Greenleaf.\"","Manuscript legal statement of Thomas Law in regards to a property dispute in Washington City between William Mayne Duncason and Tench Ringgold.","Manuscript memoranda regarding property dispute over square 744 in the City of Washington.","Autograph letter signed. Concerning Tench Ringgold and property dealings in the City of Washington.","Manuscript descriptions of the architectural plans for the Thomas Law House, designed by architect William Lovering and built circa 1794 on the 689 square in the City of Washington.","Thomas Law, Washington City, discusses his plan for construction of New Jersey Avenue on lot 744 of Washington City, along the public canal.","Gustavus Scott, William Thornton, and Alexander White, Washington City, to Thomas Law","Autograph letter signed with integral address panel. George Washington Parke Custis, Philadelphia to Thomas Law, Federal City. George Washington Parke Custis writes to Law of the pleasure he will have in serving Washington City, which is to be \"the pride of future ages\" and \"the metropolis of America.\"","A manuscript copy of the address read by W. M. Duncanson at a meeting of the Managers of Washington Canal Lottery - Law, Carroll, Young, and Duncanson. Their reply is copied on the verso.","Autograph letter signed. Duncanson writes that Thomas Law has resigned his title to Lot 744 of Washington City in favor of Tench Ringgold.","Unsigned, undated manuscript, docketed \"Tench Ringgold Arbitration.\"","James Piercy, City of Washington, to Gustavus Scott, William Thornton, and Alexander White. Three manuscript copies by Thomas Munroe of letters written by James Piercy to the Commissioners of the City of Washington about his claims to lot 744.","Manuscript copy made by Thomas Munroe of a letter written by the Commissioners of the City of Washington to James Piercy in response to Piercy's claims on lot 744. Scott and Thornton write to Piercy that \"no intention exists of granting you the square you mention.\"","Autograph letter signed with integral address panel. Elizabeth Parke Custis Law Rogers, Druid Hill, to Thomas Law, City of Washington","Lloyd Rogers, Druid Hill, to Thomas Law, Washington City","Thomas Law to Lloyd Rogers, Baltimore","Writing from New Orleans in 1832, John Taylor reports that fifty to sixty people a day are dying from yellow fever and smallpox.","Elizabeth Parke Custis Law, Washington, to Thomas Law, London","Letter written by Lawrence Lewis to William \"Billy\" Costin requesting Costin's service in transporting his family from Mr. Charles Carter's residence in Culpepper County to their home. Lewis provides a suggested route and expected arrival date stating, 'you must not disappoint me.' A postscript in the hand of Eleanor Parke Custis Lewis requests additional and immediate transportation for herself to Philadelphia. She offers Costin's mother payment in Pork if she will accompany them on the trip. Autograph letter signed, 1 page, with integral address panel.","Undated note from Eleanor Parke Custis Lewis asking \"Billy\" to ask her sister Betsy to send the things by which she [Eleanor] wrote to her for. Directs Billy to be very careful of them as they are easily broken. Autograph note signed E Lewis, 1 page.","Autograph letter signed with integral adddress panel.","Autograph letter signed. George Washington Parke Custis writes William \"Billy\" Costin at the Bank of Washington. He mentions he expects to go with Lafayette to visit Woodlawn.","5 letters from Eliza Custis Law to her stepson John Law. The first letter is addressed to John at George Town College and the other four to Harvard University.","Edmund Law, Washington, to John Law, Baltimore","5 dated letters from Eliza Custis Law to her stepson John Law.","Letter discussing the court martial of Commodore James Barron, who would later kill Commodore Stephen Decatur in duel in 1820.","4 undated letters from Eliza Custis Law to her stepson John Law.","15 undated letters and notes written by Eliza Custis Law to her stepson John Law.","Autograph letter signed with integral address panel. John Law asks William Thornton if he can borrow a book on calvary maneuvers.","2 letters written by William Thornton in response to John Law's August 10, 1807 letter.","An undated letter from John Law to his half sister, Eliza Law. He writes that he is sending sweetmeats from Woodlawn by William, as promised.","William D. Sims, Pittsburgh, to John Law, Washington City","Three letters","A series of four letters and their draft copies written over the course of two days by John Law to his father, criticizing his conduct, particularly in regards to Eliza Law's marriage to Lloyd Nicholas Rogers.","5 letters written by Thomas Law to his son John Law, Washington City, around 1817, addressing John's criticisms of him, his divorce, and his friendship with Elizabeth Bordley Gibson.","Autograph letter signed. A letter of reconciliation sent by John Law to his father.","Draft of letter from Lloyd Nicholas Rogers, New York, to Major-General Henry Lee discussing the life of Baron de Kalb.","2 letters about the sale of property in Washington.Lenman and Brother, Washington City, to Edmund Law Rogers, Baltimore.","Documents related to the sale of property in Washington.","Correspondence about the sale of property in Washington.","2 letters about the sale of property in Washington. N. Callan, Washington, to Edmund Law Rogers, Baltimore.","Bond of conveyance for Lot No. 1 in Square 260 in Washington City, District of Columbia.","1 survey plat of lots in Washington along Canal St, and 2 pages of notes listing the prices of lots and the names of their purchasers.","Letter from the Commisioners of the Sinking Fund of the Corporation of Washington. William McCormick, Registers Office, Washington, to Edmund Law Rogers.","An indenture form reassigning a parcel of property in Washington City. The Deed of Trust form is marked at the top of the first page \"Printed and Sold by Robert A. Waters, D. st., bet. 9th \u0026 10th.\"","1 page autograph letter signed by George Washington Parke Custis to Edmund Law Rogers, with additional letter from Martha Custis Williams, Arlington House, written on verso. Custis writes, \"From the very graphic account you gave Martha Williams of your visit to Mr Fenno, I see but a poor chance of my Drama being brought out [in Baltimore].\" He asks Rogers to inquire of his \"theater going friends\" if any other Baltimore theatres will perform the work. If not, he asks Rogers to return the book care of William Adam Bookseller Pennsylvania Avenie Washington.","In her letter, Williams passes on a request from \"Aunt B\" (Britannia Wellington Peter Kennon) to send the \"little manuscript book, containing an inventory of the Mt Vernon relics at Tudor Place, as she is much at a loss, with regard to the history of many things in the House.\" Britannia Peter had inherited Tudor Place the year before, in 1854. Williams adds to Rogers that she hopes he will not make too much effort to have Uncle Custis's play produced because \"Cousin Mary Lee and all his family are so much opposed to it.\" Williams hopes Custis will focus on finishing his Recollections instead.","Bill for $21 addressed to Edmund Law Rogers for advertising the sale of lots in the City of Washington in the newspaper the National Intelligencer.","Unsigned indenture for the sale of lots in the City of Washington. Docketed in pencil \"sale not made.\"","Invoices, notes, and receipts from accounts between Robert Peter and the firm O'Neill and Dearkins. Includes an invoice for tobacco, sugar, corduroy, gauze, linen, chocolate, silk, muslin, paper, wine, ribbons, pins, cotton, and tea.","Unknown list of accounts, believed to be from Robert Peter.","Pages from account book with the note \"These leaves was received by James S Webber from Mrs. Esther H Webber wife of Mr Levi Webber of Vassalboro Kennebeck Co. Maine being a part of account Book of Charles Webber, my Grand Father, his own handwriting. Received by me June 22 1878.\" The accounts include invoices for cod fish, bacon, molasses, tea, rum, sugar, silk, shoes, brandy, wine, coffee, and corn.","Includes accounts for flour, pork, beef, lamb, and veal.","Bond for the conveyance of a parcel of property called Black Oak Thickett in Frederick County, Maryland.","rent paid","Page of rent payment accounts in unknown hand.","Bond of Thomas Nicholls of John to Robert Peter","Bond of Isaiah and Edward Nicholls to Robert Peter","Lawsuit against Robert Peter by James Gordon, Henry Riddell, John Campbell, John Campbell Junior, Alexander Low, and William Ingram","Three documents related to disputed accounts between Robert Peter and Benjamin Ray. One with a note by John T. Mason dated February 27, 1799, \"He has no shadow of right to one shilling on this [account].\"","List of Robert Peter's court appearances","Court documents and accounts related to Robert Peter, 5 manuscripts.","Court documents and accounts related to Robert Peter, 19 small manuscript receipts","Survey of land called Bealls Plaines in what became Washington City, along Goose Creek, later renamed Tiber Creek.","Manuscript on parchment with large seal attached by a ribbon.","1766, Survey to Forrest, May 12, 1773, (six documents) Bladenburg, Sept., 21, 1766; Rock Creek, Nov. 13, 1766 \"to Robert Peter, merchant in Georgetown.\"","One undated note by Thomas Peter and one letter from William Dearkins and Ben Stoddert to Stephen Chiswell about resurveying about 200 acres called Partnership granted to Elting Williams.","The Resurvey of Brandy and transfer of several named enslaved people.","A letter about resurveying a parcel of propery called Hazard. George Scott to Robert Peter, George Town.","Four autograph documents dealing with land ownership. Two notes on fragments; one half sheet giving history of a property in Prince George's County; and an 8 page survey document, with reference to points on a drawn survey, of Cross Basket, Balantyre, and other properties (9 lots) belonging to Robert Peter and divided amongst George and Thomas Peter.","Certificate and plat for 5 3/4 acres of vacant land granted by special warrant to Robert Peter out of the Western Shore Land Office of Washington County in the District of Columbia. Surveyed by Joseph Elgar, Jr. Autograph document signed, 1 page.","Hand colored survey plat showing the division of Robert Peter's Square in George Town. Docketed on verso \"Plat belonging to Thomas Peter's Square in George Town.\"","Tobacco sales","Tabacco Sales, Real Estate, Transfer of enslaved people","Deed of trust book is dated 1790","One dollar printed in Annapolis by F. Green, 7 December 1775. Two thirds of a dollar printed in Philadelphia by Hall and Sellers, 17 February 1776.","List of items purchased by Martha Washington from Macleod \u0026 Lumsdon, dated at the top 18 February 1800, Alexandria. The accounts, dated 8 July and 9 August, include entries for 47 panes of glass, oil, paint for 30 mahoghany chairs, paint for a wine cooler, varnishing, picture frame gilding, and glazing. Signed by Macleod \u0026 Lumdsdon at the bottom, noting that the above money was received in full 9 October 1800.","Receipt signed \"Daniel Lecock\" for payment received by the hands of James Anderson on behalf of Martha Washington for 790 bushels of corn on 2 May 1800.","Receipt for $25 paid by Thomas Carwood to James Anderson for 100 barrels of fish from Mount Vernon.","Accounts dated February 13, March 11, and April 12, 1800 for newspaper advertisements and handbills purchased by Martha Washington from Ellis Price, printer of The Columbian Mirror and Alexandria Gazette. Items Martha purchased include 26 advertisements for a house to rent, an advertisement about the Mount Vernon fishery, 23 advertisements about the donkey Knight of Malta, and notice about the runaway slave Marcus.","Accounts dated 23 April-23 September 1800 for weaving yards of cotton, wool, and other fabrics. The payments are marked as having been paid \"By balance due the Estate of General Washington,\" by cash, by 41 gallons of whiskey, and barrells of herring. The final payment is marked as received from James Anderson on 10 November 1801.","Bill addressed to the Estate of Mrs. Martha Washington, Deceased for $200 due to James Craik for medical services rendered Mrs. Washington during her last illness and $5 for cash paid Heyskill for the hire of his carriage. A signed oath by Jacob Hoffman testifies to the validity of the charges.","Receipt of payment from Thomas Peter to Lawrence Lewis for three hundred dollars for one hundred barrels of corn sold to Mount Vernon for the use of the estate. Signed by John Anderson.","Receipt written by Dr. David Stuart for the receipt from Thomas Peter for five guineas, the leagcy left by Martha Washington to Eleanor Calvert Custis Stuart.","Payment from Thomas Law to Griffith Coombs for repairs to Martha Washington's townhome in the District Columbia occupied by Henry Dearborn. Payment marked by Coombs as received in full from Thomas Peter on August 23, 1802.","Twenty dollars wages paid to Richard Burnett of the City of Washingon by Thomas Peter for the year 1802.","Payment of $50 received by George Smith of Woodlawn from Thomas Peter on 12 January 1803 for hire as a blacksmith at Mount Vernon in the year 1802. Signed by George Smith (his mark) and Lawrence Lewis. George Smith was one of George Washington's slaves who was freed after Washington's death. His wife, Lydia, was one of Martha Washington's dower slaves and was inherited by Nelly Parke Custis Lewis of Woodlawn.","Receipt for one hundred pounds Virginia currency received by Benjamin Lincoln Lear from Thomas Peter, one of the executors of Martha Washington's estate.","Accounts of Mr. James Dunlop with Thomas Peter, for horses, ploughs, and an enslaved woman named Peg. Peg is likely one of the slaves Martha Parke Custis Peter inherited from the Custis estate.","Receipt for funeral arrangements paid by Thomas Peter to William King on December 4, 1820 following the death of his twenty-three-year-old daughter Columbia Washington Peter. The arrangements include a \"walnut coffin lined,\" silver plate and engraving, and rental of horses, a hearse, and attendants.","H. B. Morris, Philadelphia, to Thomas Peter, Georgetown. Autograph letter signed with integral address panel. A letter about bank accounts and stock certificates.","Bill from Dr. Warfield to Thomas Peter for a visit to a \"black man in the night\" on March 5, 1824 which resulted in the amputation of the man's leg.","Two bills from P.L. Dupont paid by Martha Parke Custis Peter for dancing lessons for her daughter Britannia.","Two stock share certificates for the Patowmack Company (Potomac Company). Share No. 89 is for Martha Peter, and No. 91 for Thomas Peter.","Land office papers for the resurvey of Bear Denn, Daniels Discovery, and Partnership in Maryland","With unknown survey plat on verso.","Aquila Johns to Thomas Peter on sale of Seneca plantation","Autograph letter signed by Sarah Norfleet Freeland Peter, wife of Thomas Peter's brother George, relinquishing right title and interest on a tract of land called Forrest, property of her husband, in order to pay his debts.","Letter about resurveying property owned by George Washington Peter.","List of property in Montgomery County Maryland owned by Thomas Peter","Autograph letter signed with integral address panel. Regarding financial matters.","Horatio Edmondson of Taylor County, Maryland","Pamphlet stitch binding with marbled paper covers. Contains notes about purchases made by Thomas Peter 1813-1814.","Calling card from Le Baron de Maltitz, Secretaire de la Legation Imperiale de Russie. Manuscript date 1823 on verso.","John Dandridge writes to Thomas Peter, George Town, asking to borrow money from the estate of Martha Washington.","Thomas Peter, George Town, to George Peter","Autograph letter signed, with envelope. Josiah Quincy, Cambridge, to Martha Parke Custis Peter, Georgetown. Josiah Quincy thanks Martha Parke Custis Peter for her generous reeption of his children at Tudor Place and thanks her for the relic of George Washington that she sent back with them.","A contemporary manuscript copy of a letter in which Nelly Parke Custis describes having seen George Washington writing his farewell address at Mount Vernon. When the address was finished, she says he asked her to bring him silk string, and she watched him stitch the address together in front of her. Nelly writes this as a rebuke to one of Alexander Hamilton's sons, who claims his father wrote the farewell address.","A list of accounts between the Estate of George Washington and Alexandria apothecary Edward Stabler, including purchases for Turlington's Balsam, castor oil, arsenic, balsam copaiva, British oil, salts, purified Salt Petre, cantharides, ipecacuanha, laudanum, tumeric, and opodildo. Payments are marked as received from James Anderson. Autograph document, 1 page.","Manuscript titled \"A List of Negroes belonging to Mrs. Washington.\" A list of 121 enslaved persons who were Martha's dower slaves. Unlike the slaves owned by George Washington, Martha's slaves were not freed after her death and were inherited by the Custis descendants. Men, boys, women, and girls and listed in separate columns, each further broken down into the places where they worked: Mansion house, River Farm, Muddy Hole, and Union Farm. Five women - Amy, Alice, Peg, Agnes, and Old Judy - are listed as \"Free but yet remain.\"","Signed certificate from the executors of General George Washington to the Clerk of Fairfax.","Accounts from 1802 for furniture and household goods purchased by George Washington Parke Custis from the Estate of Martha Washington. The final payment was made in 1826, and the account is signed by Thomas Peter, executor of the estate.","A list of the household belongings sold by Thomas Peter from the personal estate of Martha Washington. Includes a listing of who purchased each item and the price it sold for.","Signed indenture for sale of land in the City of Washington.","Articles of agreement between George Calvert and Thomas Peter with Thomas Law, agreeing that Thomas Law and his wife Eliza Parke Custis Law will live separately. Eliza will receive $1500 per year from Law, and all the interest from her inheritance from George Washington will go to her and her daughter.","3 sheets of accounts between the estate of Robert Peter and James Dunlop, including the sale of \"5 negroes willed Mrs. Peter.\" These are some of Martha's dower slaves inherited by Martha Parke Custis Peter. One additional account between Jonathan Hicks and the heirs of Robert Peter, dated 1809-1811.","Receipt written by Lawrence Lewis acknowledging receipt from Thomas Peter of three hundred and twenty-six dollars eighteen cent left to his son Lorenzo Lewis as a legacy from Martha Washington.","Receipt signed by George Washington Parke Custis acknowledging the receipt from Thomas Peter of one thousand dollars as a legacy left to his daughter from the late Martha Washington.","Autograph letter signed with integral address panel. Thomas Peter, George Town, to Bushrod Washington, Mount Vernon. Thomas Peter writes to Bushrod about money owed for two purchases he made from the estate of George Washington.","Two documents related to a settlement made by John Dandridge against George Washington Parke Custis and Thomas Peter, executors of Martha Washington's estate. One is a 1829 decree from the U. S. Circuit Court, signed by William Thomas Carroll; and the other is an account of money owed to John Dandridge signed by Benjamin Lincoln Lear, 1830 June 21. Autograph documents signed (2).","3 documents related to the death of Beverley Kennon, husband of Britannia W. Peter Kennon, who died aboard the USS Princeton during the 1844 Peacemaker accident: a newspaper clipping with an excerpt from a sermon by Reverend Mr. Magoon on the Princeton Tragedy, a plan of the burying ground belonging to Mrs. Beverly Kennon, and a certificate from the Vestry of Washington Parish granting Mrs. Beverley Kennon four sites in the Washington Parish Burial Ground.","Receipts for two legacies received of Britannia W. Peter Kennon, executor of Martha Parke Custis Peter's estate. One is for a grandson named Thomas Peter and another for her grandson John Parke Custis Peter.","Manuscript resolution of the Senate of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, offering sympathy to the families of those killed aboard the USS Princeton during the Peacemaker accident. This copy was given by the President of the United States to Britannia W. Peter Kennon, whose husband, Beverley Kennon, was killed in the accident.","Printed form signed by Britannia W. Peter Kennon and witnessed by William Purcell, esquire, Judge of the Orphans' Court of Washington county, District of Columbia.","A list of collections and payments made to sundry persons to settle the estate of Martha Parke Custis Peter.","Document bound with blue ribbon, with envelope. Last will and testament of Ann Gertrude Wightt, a former nun at the Georgetown Visitation Convent who later lived at Tudor Place. Autograph document, 8 pages.","Autograph letter, with envelope. Ann Gertrude Wightt, Rochester, to Britannia W. Peter Kennon, Tudor Place","Papers related to the sale of Lot 9 in Square 72 of Washington City to William A. Gordon. Letter from William E. Edmonston to William A. Gordon, 1891 May 30. Two letters from William A. Gordon to Britannia W. Peter Kennon, 1891 June 3 and 1889 October 4. Typescript signed by William Gordon of Declaration of Trust for sale of Lot Nine, Square Seventy Two in Washington City, D.C..","Indenture made between Britannia Wellington Kennon, party of the first part, and Walter Gibson Peter, Armistead Peter Jr., and George Freeland Peter, parties of the second part, all of the District of Columbia, regarding relics and heirlooms at Tudor Place acquired by Britannia W. Peter Kennon from her mother Martha Custis Peter grand-daughter of Martha the wife of George Washington, known in the family as \"The Mount Vernon Heirlooms.\" Other relics are from the estates of Thomas Peter and Beverley Kennon. Britannia wishes that these relics be preserved by her descendants and that none of them be sold or disposed of.","These include pictures, miniatures, engravings, glass, china, silver, jewelry, furniture, needlework, and other relics, including a sago palm formerly belonging to Martha Parke Custis Peter. The relics and heirlooms are to be divided into five parts after Britannia's death and delivered to her grandchildren.","A Critical Pronouncing Dictionary and Expositor of the English Language (New York : Printed and published by William A. Davies) Inscribed Britannia W. Peter.","Autograph letter signed. Beverley Kennon, Navy Yard, Washington, to Reverend W. Hoff, George Town. Kennon asks Reverend Hoff to be present at Mrs. Peter's place in George Town on the 8th to marry him to Britannia W. Peter.","2 autograph letters signed.","Autograph letter signed on mourning stationary, with envelope and black seal. John Tyler, Washington, to Britannia W. Peter Kennon. President John Tyler offers his condolences to Britannia W. Peter Kennon on the death of her husband, Beverley Kennon, during the Peacemaker accident aboard the USS Princeton.","G. T. Kennon to Britannia W. Peter Kennon, Tudor Place","Autograph letter signed with envelope docketed \"A letter written to Uncle Bev. by my mother while at boarding school given to me after Uncle Bev's death by Aunt G.\". Martha Custis Kennon, Georgetown, to Beverley Kennon Jr. Beverley Kennon Jr. was Martha Custis Kennon's half brother.","According to Martha Custis Peter, this illustration was at the Tudor Place.","W. Van Ness, New York, to Britannia W. Peter Kennon, Tudor Place, Georgetown","Department of the Interior, Pension Office, to Britannia W. Peter Kennon, Tudor Place, Georgetown","Mrs. Charles Carroll Simms to Britannia W. Peter Kennon, Georgetown","Mattie D. Abbot to Britannia W. Peter Kennon, Tudor Place. From the Secretary of the Ladies Aid Society of Christ Church accepting Britannia Kennon's resignation as President.","Letters from James Mackubin, Ellicott City, to Britannia W. Peter Kennon","Two letters from Justine Van Rensselaer Townsend, Vice Regent of New York for the Mount Vernon Ladies Association, to Britannia W. Peter Kennon. In the 26 November 1890 letter, Justine asks Britannia to help the Ladies determine what is genuine at the upcoming 1890 Thomas Birch's Sons sale of Washington relics in Philadelphia. The sale will include \"General Washington's papers, a clock, a punch bowl, and many other things.\"","Invitation from The Board of World's Fair Managers of Virginia inviting Britannia W. Peter Kennon to be present at the ceremonies of Virginia Day at the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago. Enclosed with an envelope and the calling card of Mrs. William Radford Beale.","Calling cards for Martha Custis Kennon and Armistead Peter. At home card with envelope for Britannia W. Peter Kennon, engraved by Dempsey \u0026 O. Toole of Baltimore \u0026 Washington.","Engraved form ceritifying that \"Cream Ladle No 68944 is an exact reproduction of one onwed by General and Mrs. Washington and used for a number of years at Mr. Vernon.\" The ladle was produced by Galt \u0026 Bro. Jewellers, Silversmiths, Stationers, Washington D.C..","Regarding the purchase of a clock.","Typescript lists of letters and items from Mount Vernon that were part of  Britannia W. Peter Kennon's collection at Tudor Place.","Unbound notebook with list of items and letters from Mount Vernon that belonged to Britannia W. Peter Kennon at Tudor Place. Includes a list of how the items were divided amongst Britannia's grandchildren.Includes furniture and household items.","Includes a list of how the items were divided amongst Britannia W. Peter Kennon's grandchildren.","Manuscript list of books, jewelry, and locks of hair at Tudor Place","Includes both manuscript and typescript inventories of books, furniture, and objects from Tudor Place.","Newsclippings and correspondence related to Washington relics loaned by Walter G. Peter to the National Museum in the early 1900s.","Lent by Walter G. Peter from the Britannia W. Peter Kennon Collection of Washington Relics.","R. Davidson, Pinckneyville, to George Peter, George Town","Includes a $5 charge on 23 October 1813 for a coffin \"for a black man.\" On 9 February 1814, Peter was charged $50.00 for a lined coffin covered with black cloth, among other expenses, possibly following the death of his first wife, Ann Plater Peter, or one of their young sons.","Thomas Anderson, Clarksburgh, to George Peter","Autograph letter signed with printed cash form from the Office of Discount and Deposit, Washington.","Joseph Delaplaine, Philadelphia, to George Peter. Deplaine requests Major Peter's portrait for his gallery.","U. McInder, Petersburg, to George Peter","Letter from unidentified, Annapolis, to George Peter","W. Coor, Rockville, to George Peter","Partially printed form from the District of Columbia. Major Peter grants Charles A. Burnett power of attorney to sell, assign, and transfer his 50 shares of stock in the Books of the Washington Turnpike Company.","Letter from unidentified, Annapolis, to George Peter","Charles Bunting, Montgomery County, to George Peter","James H., Georgetown, to George Peter","Autograph letter signed with integral address panel. Benjamin Lincoln Lear, Washington, to George Peter. Lear writes regarding two suits againist Mrs. Sarah Peter.","John Wootton, Rockville, to George Peter","Benjamin Lincoln Lear, Washington, to George Peter. Printed letter with manuscript additions, from B. L. Lear, Attorney of the Bank, Bank of the United States.","W. W. Ramsay, Washington, to George Peter","Letter from unidentified, Washington, to George Peter","Letter from unidentified, Washington City, to George Peter","B. H., Rockville, to George Peter","Clement Cod, Georgetown, to George Peter","William Thompson, Union School, to George Peter","Michael Keepers, Frederick Town, to George Peter","John Wootton, Rockville, to George Peter","G. D., George Town, to George Peter","J. Orme, Georgetown, to George Peter","W. Sellman, Clarksburg, to George Peter","Samuel C. Ulens, Poolesville, to George Peter","J. Higgins, Poolesville, to George Peter","Jesse V., Poolesville, to George Peter, Darnestown","J. Falls, Baltimore, to George Peter","Geo. Howson Mason, Annapolis, to George Peter","Alfred Spates, Cumberland, to George Peter","Letter from unidentified, Baltimore, to George Peter","W. Matthews, George Town, to George Peter","Geo. Hownson Mason, Annapolis, to George Peter","Benj. Fawcett, Colesville, to George Peter","J. Williams, Washington D.C., to George Peter","A letter from the Treasuries Office of the Baltimore and Ohion Railroad Company, offering Peter free tickets to pass over the roads of their company.","Printed election ballot for \"The Constitution and Union Ticket,\" promising \"Civil and Religious Liberty.\" George Peter is listed as the candidate for Commisioner of Public Works.","A list of clothing purchased by Martha Washington from William Jones of Alexandria. Includes suits purchased for enslaved workers Daniel, Marcus, Christopher, and Frank. According to notes on the verso, payments were received from James Anderson on 12 April 1800 and 15 May 1800.","Five receipts for goods and services paid for by James Anderson in 1800, including repairs to old shoes, paper lampblack, freight for one box from Philadelphia, 93 yards of cloth, and leather.","Promissory notes from George Peter","Promissory notes and bank notes from George Peter. Checks, Union Bank of Georgetown.","Bills and bank notes from George Peter. Checks, Union Bank of Georgetown.","Bills and bank notes from George Peter. Checks, Union Bank of Georgetown.","Promissory notes and bank notes from George Peter","Bills and bank notes from George Peter","Bills and bank notes from George Peter","Bills and accounts of George Peter","Bills and accounts of George Peter","Bills and accounts of George Peter","Bills and accounts of George Peter","Bills and accounts of George Peter","Bills and accounts of George Peter","Bills and accounts of George Peter","Bills and accounts of George Peter","Bills and accounts of George Peter with F. S. Poole and Bro","Bills and accounts of George Peter with F. S. Poole and Bro.","Undated Bills and accounts of George Peter","George H. Peter, Carlise, writes to his uncle asking for money for an upcoming vacation.","3 letters from James Peter to his uncle George Peter.","George Peter, George Town","3 letters sent by James Freeland Peter to his father from Alexandria, Buffalo, and Detroit.","Manuscript acrostic written for Uncle George Peter.","Sarah Peter, Georgetown, to George Peter","4 letters from George Peter, Jr., to his father.","Typescript list of \"Things from Mt. Vernon\" with manuscript annotations by George Freeland Peter of which Peter heirs inherited the items.","Typescript and manuscript inventories of items fro Tudor Place, with notes on which Peter heirs inherited them.","Identification key to \"The battle at Bunker's Hill\" engraved by Johann Gotthard Müller after the painting by John Trumbull. Printed in London by A. C. de Poggi.","Accounts for shoes, boots, and repairs, including shoes for enslaved people.","Major George Peter's troops are invited to attend Divine Service. \"It is hoped they will attend \u0026 conduct themselves with a reverence suited to the character of Christian soldiers, who have taken arms in defence of their homes \u0026 country \u0026 who look for success \u0026 preservation to the favor of the Almighty Giver of all victory.\"","Autograph letter signed with integral address panel and red wax seal.","2 letters to George Peter from his brother David Peter, George Town.","Deed of sale for land purchased by Peter on Gay Street and Dumarton Street in George Town.","A list of 322 volumes, showing title, number of volumes, size, and type of bookbinding.","8 letters and 1 receipt, mostly addressed to George Peter from his niece, Jane Beverley and her husband, James.","printed pages","Roger Brooke Taney, Annapolis, to George Peter regarding upcoming elections [December 20] to the U. S. Senate specifically the potential election of Mr. [Alexander C.] Hanson as a means to heal and reconcile the differences in the Federal Party. Also discuss Mr. Washington's 'zeal and industry' in supporting Hanson's candidacy. Autograph letter signed, 2 pages. Docketed 'Roger B. Taney - Hanson \u0026 Washington'","W. Cook, Hyates Town,","William Brewer, Aix la Chapelle, to George Peter","James Summers, New Market, to George Peter","G. Dalls S., Colesville, to George Peter, Poolesville","Elisha Jones, Clarksburg, to George Peter","Includes the papers granting George and Sarah Peter guardianship of David Peter's children Elizabeth, William, Jane, George H., and James.","trust, property, and expenses of land","material and clothing","Receipt for the purchase of Lot No. 15 in Square No. 170 in the City of Washington.","Receipts from Leonard W. Candler, Darnes Town, to George Peter. Receipts for the purchase of dry goods, clothing, and other household goods.","3 copies of the will of Sarah Freeland, George Peter's mother-in-law.","appraisal authorization of Alexander Broome and Samuel Darby","Accounts of Margaret Dick with William Parson. Includes an account for shoes soled and nailed for James Peter.","Medical bills, pharmacy, doctor","tuition bills","Letter, T.H. Paul to George Peter. Letter, Unknown  to the Secretary of the Interior of the United States.","Receipts from Leonard W. Candler, Darnes Town, to George Peter. Receipts for the purchase of dry goods, clothing, and other household goods.","typescript copy","deed of conveyance","Indenture, George Peter to Thomas Peter, Land from estate of Robert Peter, Jr.","copies of letters","Military exemption for Armistead Peter","Bill, George Peter, Esq. to Dr. Armistead Peter, 1869 February 11; Col. Richard L. 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Made by Walter Gibson Peter [Note: Some loose pages]","Book of tobacco sales, list of enslaved persons belonging to Robert Peter, and lots of Robert Peter in the City of Washington with division by squares for the Commissioners and how they are disposed. The bound volume is made up of 178 pages. Pages 52-147 are blank. At some point the volume is flipped and entries are begun at the back of the book from pages 178-154. For viewing purposes those pages have been reoriented and reordered.","\"Tobacco Book,\" All letters received pertaining to his business of selling tobacco in Europe and trading across the Atlantic, including captains, lawyers, and buyers in Europe.","Includes personal letters that were sent to the family, photocopied letters from Thomas and General Washington, various financial papersNot in order [Documents are fragile and book in poor condition]. Made by Walter Gibson Peter.","Contains photographs and letters. 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In 1813, the ledger is flipped and a single page (page 88) includes a list of names under the title 'Rent Roll for 1813.'","Ledger for the estate of Robert Peter maintained by his son Thomas Peter. The bond volume contains 176 pages, partially completed. Accounts are entered on pages 6-54, pages 55-173 are blank, and pages 174-176 include bank notes at the Bank of Columbia and the Branch Bank of Washington City. A scrap of paper with calculations was found between pages 49 and 50 and is included in the digitization.","First found in Papers of Major George Peter","Lessons and Exercises in Vocal Music by Benjamin Carr","Contains letters, pictures, U.S. Navy Commissions (James Madison, John Tyler, and Franklin Pierce), invitations, and a memorandum of Britannia and Beverley made by Walter Gibson Peter- Grandson to Britannia.","After resigning from the army, notes made from Walter George Peter. 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Left town the first of May 1867 and returned June 28th- recommended practicing 8th of July, etc., Expense Log and Visiting List\"","First found in Dr. Armistead Peter's files. 9 volumes, dated 1863, 1866, 1870, 1873, 1876, 1878, 1889, 1892, and 1896.","List of patients from practice and paid or unpaid, in alphabetical order, Bills Due, Cash Paid to Mrs. Peter, other accounts, small pox vaccination count","Notes on visits, family seal, copied letters, list of articles from Mount Vernon, notes about clothes and jewelry; Copy of Album was acquired by Martha Custis Peter, great-great granddaughter to Britannia W. Peter Kennon, which Britannia had given to her grandson, Walter Gibson Peter. Her father was Walter Gibson Peter, Jr.","contains dried flowers","Includes folders of France and WWI soldiers","Contains deeds, inventories, and papers pertaining to Robert Peter's estates and his sons, Robert, James, David, George, and Thomas. 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Series 1. Family Correspondence, Series 2. Genealogy, History and letters of James and Dolley Madison, Series 3. Documents related to enslavement, Series 4. Legal and Financial papers, Subseries A. Indentures, Subseries B. Marriage agreements, petitions, statements, and wills, Subseries C. Letters about collecting debts, Subseries D. Receipts for goods and services of the Watts family, Series 5. Newspaper clippings and miscellaneous family papers and oversize photographs, Series 6. Family Bibles, Series 7. Roanoke Gun Club Inc. land, Series 8. Showalter transcriptions on digital materials and a flash drive. Box 1 contains folders with some transcription of the letters in the collection and a folder with biographical information. Box 12 contains folders with an index and a folder of miscellaneous information about the collection. ","Added existing collection MSS 12170 (3 folders) of Breckinridge, Gamble and Watts families into this addition of Watts family papers MSS 12170. ","The Watts family has been part of the Roanoke Valley (also called \"Big Lick\") in Virginia for six generations. General Edward Watts was born on 7 April 1779, in Prince Edward, Virginia. He was the son of William Watts (1742-1797), and Mary Scott (1758-1836). He married Elizabeth Breckinridge, the daughter of James Breckinridge on 6 May 1811 and they had 10 children, including William Watts (1817-1877), Mary Scott Gamble (1814-1840), Ann Selden Watts Holcombe (1820-1888), Alice Watts Robertson (1832-1914), Emma Gilmer Watts Carr (1834-1872) and Letitia Watts Sorrell (1829-1900). Edward Watts purchased 400 acres of land from his father-in-law, James Breckinridge (called The Barrens) where he built his home \"Oaklands\" in 1817. General Edward Watts died in 1859 at age 59. The Watts and Breckinridge families were well-known families in southwest Virginia who enslaved people during the American Revolution and the American Civil War. They were admired by their peers as influential attorneys, politicians, and land owners who often opened their house to the community.","General Edward Watts was educated at Liberty Hall Academy (Washington \u0026 Lee), and Princeton. He was an officer in the War of 1812 and was the Commonwealth attorney for Roanoke County from 1839 to 1845. His son, William Watts (1817-1877) was a Colonel in the 28th Infantry of the Confederate Army (Roanoke Greys). He was educated in medicine and law at the University of Virginia. ","After the war, he followed in his father's path as the Commonwealth attorney from 1845 to 1854. He was in the State Constitutional Convention (1850-1851), and was president of the Exchange Bank of Virginia. He also ran for governor in 1834 and 1842. He served in the legislature for one term in 1875. He married Mary Allen in 1850 and they had one living son, John Allen Watts (1855-1904). Mary Allen died following his birth in 1855. Colonel William Watts was also a farmer who enslaved over 100 people. He was said to have one enslaved person as his \"body servant\" through the war and gave him a home for life. Research of the collection has not yet provided his name.","John Allen Watts (1855-1904) nicknamed \"Squat\" was also a student at the University of Virginia and became an attorney. He married Gertrude Lee and they had a son named William. John Allen Watts sold Oaklands to a develpment company and it burned down in 1897. Descendants Jean Staples Showalter, English Showalter, and Katherine Watts donated this collection of their family's papers. ","Sources:\n\"Roanoke and Western Virginia: Glimpses of the Pst: Oaklands\" http://showalter.blogspot.com/2010/12/oaklands.html","Barnes, Raymond. \"Confederates of Roanoke-V: General Edward Watts and Colonel William Watts Founded Clan\" Roanoke World News. 5 April 1961. The Historical Society of Western Virginia. O. Winston Link Museum. History Museum of Western Virginia\nhttps://hswv.pastperfectonline.com/archive/94647C8F-8806-4D18-8A04-445143233613#gallery","\nBarnes, Raymond. 'Oaklands' Was Hospitable Seat of Watts Family for Generations: Needed Big Staff\" Roanoke World News. 21 May 1958. The Historical Society of Western Virginia. O. Winston Link Museum. History Museum of Western Virginia\nhttps://hswv.pastperfectonline.com/archive/53DC8EB0-DBE3-4B95-B4AF-027946626463#gallery","\nWatts, Katherine. \"The Roanoke Valley and the Watts Family\" June 1984.","There is a website at the O. Winston Link Museum (History Museum of West Virginia) that has many of the Watts family letters online ","https://hswv.pastperfectonline.com/byperson?page=3\u0026keyword=Watts%2C%20William\u0026searchType=person\u0026showsearch=True","Related collections include MSS 4111-a,-b,-c,-d,-e,-f; MSS 8914, and MSS 653.","MSS 38-33 Irvine, Saunders, Davis, and Watts families (William Watts daybooks 1768-1786); MSS 259; MSS 653; MSS 9715 Abram Penn Staples.","The Watts family papers of Roanoke County, Virginia at \"Oaklands\" in Flat Creek, Campbell County) consist of correspondence and documents related to the American Revolution, the War of 1812, the United States Civil War, war with Osceola and Seminole tribes in Florida, Virginia politics, economic and social history (including enslavement),land ownership, farming, court cases and debt from 1786 to 1950 in southwest Virginia. The Watts are related to many other Virginia families including James and Dolley Madison. This collection represents a great view into historical and social events of the eighteenth and nineteenth century in Virginia.","The papers of this family of landowners, farmers, politicians, and attorneys portray the rich southern antebellum life on the Oaklands plantation. Despite the told and true characteristics of the kindness of the Watts family, they were nineteenth century southern plantation owners who owned hundreds of enslaved persons. The letters and receipts in the collection include many first names and some last names. One enslaved person, Henry Langhorne, a lifetime attendant of Colonel William Watts was bequeathed $1,000 and a home for life. ","Some letters mention the Watt's efforts to keep enslaved families from being separated by intervening in the sales of enslaved persons. There are many references to enslaved people among their households and farm, including descriptions of providing their clothing, housing, and nurturing them when they were sick, like family members. It is important to note that the collection also contains receipts for their purchase and loan. ","The issue of enslavement is discussed in local meetings that Watts attended. There are also letters from former enslaved persons such as [Malinda] Langhorne and William Langhorne to Watts family members and photographs of enslaved persons, Aunt Sally and Aunt Phoebe standing together, and a photograph of Uncle Lou with the Watts children. ","There is also correspondence about financial and legal matters as Colonel William Watts (1817-1877) and his father, General Edward Watts (1779-1859), were attorneys. Much of their correspondence relates to collecting debts, indentures, land surveys, receipts, and politics (Whig party, Commonwealth Attorney, Constitutional Convention, Virginia Delegates, and candidacy for Governor), and religion. The papers contain discussions about the popular faith of Presbyterians and Episcopalians). The University of Virginia, Washington \u0026 Lee, and William \u0026 Mary College are also mentioned.","The collection spans six generations of the Watts family including General Edward Watts and his wife Elizabeth Breckinridge (1794-1862), their son Colonel William Watts (1817-1877) and his wife Mary Jane Allen (1825-1855). Also included is their son, John Allen Watts and his wife Gertrude Lee. ","Other related families include Madison, Breckenridge, Allen, Jackson, Watson, Morris, Gamble, Payne, Washington, Meigs, and Saunders. (MSS 653) Other related collections include MSS 4111-a,-b,-c,-d,-e,-f; MSS 38-33 Irvine, Saunders, Davis, and Watts families (William Watts daybooks 1768-1786); MSS 259; MSS 9715 Abram Penn Staples..(see related materials note)","The papers of Mary Scott Watts Gamble have been combined into this collection. These letters contain her accounts of attacks by Osceola and Seminole people in Florida. She mentions that Robert [Watts?] and Robert Gamble joined the local militia to remove the Seminoles from the swamps and send them out West. (1835) ","Box 1 contains a folder of transcriptions for some of the collection letters and a folder of biographical information.","Letter dated 1819 mentions \"Joshua\" who rode Edward Watts' horse for him.","There are newspaper clippings about the Watts family. Included is a newspaper article, \"Number of Colored Residents Have Been Here for 50 Years,\" 28 January, 1934 about families in Roanoke that were enslaved 50 years earlier. Nettie Simms Calloway claims that her father, L. M. Simm, was owned by Colonel William Watts and that her great-grandmother was enslaved by General Edward Watts at Oaklands. Other family names of enslaved persons are named in the article. ","An obituary for Colonel William Watts mentions that a large group enslaved people were around him at his death including Henry Langhorne who had attended him during the war and throughout his life. Colonel Watts left him $1,000 in his will and a permanent home. ","There is an address by John Allen Watts and  newspaper clippings about the Watts family.","A. Indentures, deeds, plats, receipts, tax statements,petitions, and wills. B. Letters about debt collection. C.Stocks D. Receipt for goods and services for Watts family","[Leather Bound] Reverend Washington Erben and Reverend Clement Butler, Reverend Alfred Nevin, Gustave Dore\nErben, Washington; Butler, Clement, Nevin, Alfred; Dore, Gustave [Illustrator]\nPublished by John E. Potter and Company, 1880","Autographed Elizabeth Watts, with date January 1817. Written note \"December 29, [1846] I commenced.\" Paste down on inside front cover, obituary of General Edward Watts, August 9, 1859.","This series consists of the correspondence of the Breckinridge, Gamble, and Watts families, ca.1794-1850, but chiefly that of Mary Scott Watts Gamble (1814-1840)daughter of General Edward Watts. The name has been changed to Watts family papers as of March 2023. There are many related collections of the Watts family papers. MSS 38-33 Irvine, Saunders, Davis, and Watts families (William Watts daybooks 1768-1786); MSS 259; MSS 653; and MSS 9715 Abram Penn Staples.","Mary Gamble wrote to her aunt, Emma W. Breckinridge, Grove Hill, Fincastle, Botetourt County, Virginia; her mother, Elizabeth Breckinridge Watts and her father, General Edward Watts, Oakland, near Big Lick, Botetourt County, Virginia; her brothers, William and James B. Watts; and her sisters, Ann S. Watts and Letitia G. Watts. ","Most of the letters to her immediate family were written after her marriage and move to Welaunee, Florida, located near Tallahassee, except for several to her brother William Watts while he was away at the New London Academy, Campbell County, Virginia. Many of Mary Watts Gamble's letters are to her aunt, Mrs. Cary Breckinridge (Emma W. Gilmer), 1831-1838, and most of them were written prior to her marriage in 1834. All of her undated letters to her aunt appear to have been written before her marriage and are filed at the beginning of the year 1834 as [ante 1834]. ","Mary Watts Gamble at Flat Creek writes about the purchase of 34 enslaved persons by Uncle Gamble to prepare the ground for cotton. Her letters also describe her experiences of the conflicts with the Osceola and Seminole warriors in Florida (causing her to learn how to load and shoot a gun). She mentions the Second Seminole War in Florida. Robert [Watts?] and Robert Gamble joined the local militia to remove the Seminoles from the swamps and send them out West. (1835) ","There are details of her accounts of the interactions of the Seminoles  on women, children, and enslaved persons including one on the property of Judge Randall, including the burning of buildings in Magnolia and Hickstown and upon the home, family, and enslaved persons of Mrs. Purifoy, wife of a Methodist minister and daughter of Captain Byrd, just four miles away from Welaunee (April 13, 1838). She mentions the removal of the Apalachicola tribe to the West; the actions of Territorial Governor Richard Keith Call (1792-1862), and the Gambles forced evacuation from Welaunee to Tallahassee for safety. (May 9, 1836) They planned to sail on the Brig Orion from St. Marks to New Orleans, taking a steamboat to Louisville, and then proceeding by mail [coach?] to White Sulphur Springs, [West] Virginia (May 21, 1836). ","She also mentions her disapproval of the plans of General [Winfield?] Scott for delaying the pursuit of the Seminole War to a later time. She writes about the recent Texas disasters at [the Alamo?] and the loss of [James Walker] Fannin's detachment at the Massacre at La Bahia (Goliad), including concern about the fate of her acquaintances Burr and John Duval. A website on the history of Texas records that Burr and Duval were captured and executed (April 24, 1836). ","Her letters also include the health and news of famly members; her marriage to her cousin James Gamble; her attendance at three days of preaching at the Academy (May 19, 1832); the unpopularity of the Reverend [Gyng?] in Tallahasseethe family's concern for William and Robert over an outbreak of scarlet fever near New London Academy(January 12, 1833); and the illness and death of her grandfather, General James Breckinridge.   (May 15, 1833).","\nAdditional subjects include  attempts to persuade her her attempts to convince her brother James to begin his law practice in Tallahassee and comments about the presidential election.She describes the romantic affairs of her brother James; her illness and plans to recover in Virginia (May 15, 1837); her stay in St. Joseph [Bay?] for the summer because of her health, reading the works of Hannah More (1745-1833) while staying in St. Joseph, especially The History of Hester Wilmot and description of the area (July 30, 1838); her return to Tallahassee, and her husband's new store (October 22, 1838); and her stay in a boarding house near the store (December 15, 1838). ","Correspondents in the folder of general correspondence of the Breckinridge, Gamble, and Watts families include: Robert Breckinridge to James Breckinridge concerning business matters (March 20 and July 23, 1794; n.d.); John Breckinridge to James Breckinridge concerning business matters, his lawsuit with Isaac Robinson, and a reference to the Whisky Rebellion at Pittsburg, Pennsylvania (August 19, 1794); William Breckinridge to James Breckinridge (September 1794); James Breckinridge to Ann Breckinridge discussing the sickness of Lewis and news about others of their acquaintance (January 24, 1819); James Breckinridge to Edward Watts mentions the James River bill and the death of Judge Fleming which left a vacancy on the court (February 22, 1824). ","Mary Page Randolph discusses her unexpected trip to Montpelier, Orange County, and Edgehill, Albemarle County, Virginia, with Thomas Jefferson Randolph, and sympathy for Mary S. Watts' \"late bereavement\" (July 22, 1833); Robert Gamble to Colonel Edward Watts discusses the visit of Mary Scott Watts and the death of his niece Laura (January 13, 1834); Edward Watts to his daughter, Elizabeth B. Watts, announcing the death of Mary Watts Gamble on May 22, 1840 (1840); Emma W. Breckinridge to her niece Letty [Letitia G. Watts?] (December 21, 1850); and John Wickham to James Breckinridge, notifying them of a death which has greatly distressed Betsy (August 14, n.y.). ","There are several letters from Nannie Gamble to her cousin, Letitia G. Watts, in which she describes her return visit from New York to Savannah, Georgia by ship (November 13, 1843) furnishes news of the family while in the mountains, near Abingdon, Virginia (January 20, 1845); expresses her sorrow at the news of the death of their friend, Lizzie Peyton, and describes the difficult journey home from Abingdon to Tallahassee which took five weeks (March 4, 1845); mentions the death of Lucy Gilmer (May 31, 1845); and a final letter from Nannie Gamble with a note written by Letitia on the bottom, \"The last letter ever received from my darling cousin N.S.G. who is now numbered with the dead\" (September 9, 1845). 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Series 1. Family Correspondence, Series 2. Genealogy, History and letters of James and Dolley Madison, Series 3. Documents related to enslavement, Series 4. Legal and Financial papers, Subseries A. Indentures, Subseries B. Marriage agreements, petitions, statements, and wills, Subseries C. Letters about collecting debts, Subseries D. Receipts for goods and services of the Watts family, Series 5. Newspaper clippings and miscellaneous family papers and oversize photographs, Series 6. Family Bibles, Series 7. Roanoke Gun Club Inc. land, Series 8. Showalter transcriptions on digital materials and a flash drive. Box 1 contains folders with some transcription of the letters in the collection and a folder with biographical information. Box 12 contains folders with an index and a folder of miscellaneous information about the collection. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eAdded existing collection MSS 12170 (3 folders) of Breckinridge, Gamble and Watts families into this addition of Watts family papers MSS 12170. \u003c/p\u003e"],"arrangement_heading_ssm":["Arrangement"],"arrangement_tesim":["The Watts family papers are arranged into 9 series. Series 1. Family Correspondence, Series 2. Genealogy, History and letters of James and Dolley Madison, Series 3. Documents related to enslavement, Series 4. Legal and Financial papers, Subseries A. Indentures, Subseries B. Marriage agreements, petitions, statements, and wills, Subseries C. Letters about collecting debts, Subseries D. Receipts for goods and services of the Watts family, Series 5. Newspaper clippings and miscellaneous family papers and oversize photographs, Series 6. Family Bibles, Series 7. Roanoke Gun Club Inc. land, Series 8. Showalter transcriptions on digital materials and a flash drive. Box 1 contains folders with some transcription of the letters in the collection and a folder with biographical information. Box 12 contains folders with an index and a folder of miscellaneous information about the collection. ","Added existing collection MSS 12170 (3 folders) of Breckinridge, Gamble and Watts families into this addition of Watts family papers MSS 12170. "],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe Watts family has been part of the Roanoke Valley (also called \"Big Lick\") in Virginia for six generations. General Edward Watts was born on 7 April 1779, in Prince Edward, Virginia. He was the son of William Watts (1742-1797), and Mary Scott (1758-1836). He married Elizabeth Breckinridge, the daughter of James Breckinridge on 6 May 1811 and they had 10 children, including William Watts (1817-1877), Mary Scott Gamble (1814-1840), Ann Selden Watts Holcombe (1820-1888), Alice Watts Robertson (1832-1914), Emma Gilmer Watts Carr (1834-1872) and Letitia Watts Sorrell (1829-1900). Edward Watts purchased 400 acres of land from his father-in-law, James Breckinridge (called The Barrens) where he built his home \"Oaklands\" in 1817. General Edward Watts died in 1859 at age 59. The Watts and Breckinridge families were well-known families in southwest Virginia who enslaved people during the American Revolution and the American Civil War. They were admired by their peers as influential attorneys, politicians, and land owners who often opened their house to the community.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eGeneral Edward Watts was educated at Liberty Hall Academy (Washington \u0026amp; Lee), and Princeton. He was an officer in the War of 1812 and was the Commonwealth attorney for Roanoke County from 1839 to 1845. His son, William Watts (1817-1877) was a Colonel in the 28th Infantry of the Confederate Army (Roanoke Greys). He was educated in medicine and law at the University of Virginia. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eAfter the war, he followed in his father's path as the Commonwealth attorney from 1845 to 1854. He was in the State Constitutional Convention (1850-1851), and was president of the Exchange Bank of Virginia. He also ran for governor in 1834 and 1842. He served in the legislature for one term in 1875. He married Mary Allen in 1850 and they had one living son, John Allen Watts (1855-1904). Mary Allen died following his birth in 1855. Colonel William Watts was also a farmer who enslaved over 100 people. He was said to have one enslaved person as his \"body servant\" through the war and gave him a home for life. Research of the collection has not yet provided his name.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eJohn Allen Watts (1855-1904) nicknamed \"Squat\" was also a student at the University of Virginia and became an attorney. He married Gertrude Lee and they had a son named William. John Allen Watts sold Oaklands to a develpment company and it burned down in 1897. Descendants Jean Staples Showalter, English Showalter, and Katherine Watts donated this collection of their family's papers. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSources:\n\"Roanoke and Western Virginia: Glimpses of the Pst: Oaklands\" http://showalter.blogspot.com/2010/12/oaklands.html\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eBarnes, Raymond. \"Confederates of Roanoke-V: General Edward Watts and Colonel William Watts Founded Clan\" Roanoke World News. 5 April 1961. The Historical Society of Western Virginia. O. Winston Link Museum. History Museum of Western Virginia\nhttps://hswv.pastperfectonline.com/archive/94647C8F-8806-4D18-8A04-445143233613#gallery\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\nBarnes, Raymond. 'Oaklands' Was Hospitable Seat of Watts Family for Generations: Needed Big Staff\" Roanoke World News. 21 May 1958. The Historical Society of Western Virginia. O. Winston Link Museum. History Museum of Western Virginia\nhttps://hswv.pastperfectonline.com/archive/53DC8EB0-DBE3-4B95-B4AF-027946626463#gallery\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\nWatts, Katherine. \"The Roanoke Valley and the Watts Family\" June 1984.\u003c/p\u003e"],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical / Historical"],"bioghist_tesim":["The Watts family has been part of the Roanoke Valley (also called \"Big Lick\") in Virginia for six generations. General Edward Watts was born on 7 April 1779, in Prince Edward, Virginia. He was the son of William Watts (1742-1797), and Mary Scott (1758-1836). He married Elizabeth Breckinridge, the daughter of James Breckinridge on 6 May 1811 and they had 10 children, including William Watts (1817-1877), Mary Scott Gamble (1814-1840), Ann Selden Watts Holcombe (1820-1888), Alice Watts Robertson (1832-1914), Emma Gilmer Watts Carr (1834-1872) and Letitia Watts Sorrell (1829-1900). Edward Watts purchased 400 acres of land from his father-in-law, James Breckinridge (called The Barrens) where he built his home \"Oaklands\" in 1817. General Edward Watts died in 1859 at age 59. The Watts and Breckinridge families were well-known families in southwest Virginia who enslaved people during the American Revolution and the American Civil War. They were admired by their peers as influential attorneys, politicians, and land owners who often opened their house to the community.","General Edward Watts was educated at Liberty Hall Academy (Washington \u0026 Lee), and Princeton. He was an officer in the War of 1812 and was the Commonwealth attorney for Roanoke County from 1839 to 1845. His son, William Watts (1817-1877) was a Colonel in the 28th Infantry of the Confederate Army (Roanoke Greys). He was educated in medicine and law at the University of Virginia. ","After the war, he followed in his father's path as the Commonwealth attorney from 1845 to 1854. He was in the State Constitutional Convention (1850-1851), and was president of the Exchange Bank of Virginia. He also ran for governor in 1834 and 1842. He served in the legislature for one term in 1875. He married Mary Allen in 1850 and they had one living son, John Allen Watts (1855-1904). Mary Allen died following his birth in 1855. Colonel William Watts was also a farmer who enslaved over 100 people. He was said to have one enslaved person as his \"body servant\" through the war and gave him a home for life. Research of the collection has not yet provided his name.","John Allen Watts (1855-1904) nicknamed \"Squat\" was also a student at the University of Virginia and became an attorney. He married Gertrude Lee and they had a son named William. John Allen Watts sold Oaklands to a develpment company and it burned down in 1897. Descendants Jean Staples Showalter, English Showalter, and Katherine Watts donated this collection of their family's papers. ","Sources:\n\"Roanoke and Western Virginia: Glimpses of the Pst: Oaklands\" http://showalter.blogspot.com/2010/12/oaklands.html","Barnes, Raymond. \"Confederates of Roanoke-V: General Edward Watts and Colonel William Watts Founded Clan\" Roanoke World News. 5 April 1961. The Historical Society of Western Virginia. O. Winston Link Museum. History Museum of Western Virginia\nhttps://hswv.pastperfectonline.com/archive/94647C8F-8806-4D18-8A04-445143233613#gallery","\nBarnes, Raymond. 'Oaklands' Was Hospitable Seat of Watts Family for Generations: Needed Big Staff\" Roanoke World News. 21 May 1958. The Historical Society of Western Virginia. O. Winston Link Museum. History Museum of Western Virginia\nhttps://hswv.pastperfectonline.com/archive/53DC8EB0-DBE3-4B95-B4AF-027946626463#gallery","\nWatts, Katherine. \"The Roanoke Valley and the Watts Family\" June 1984."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eMSS 12170, Watts family papers, Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library, University of Virginia Library.\u003c/p\u003e"],"prefercite_tesim":["MSS 12170, Watts family papers, Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library, University of Virginia Library."],"relatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThere is a website at the O. Winston Link Museum (History Museum of West Virginia) that has many of the Watts family letters online \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003ehttps://hswv.pastperfectonline.com/byperson?page=3\u0026amp;keyword=Watts%2C%20William\u0026amp;searchType=person\u0026amp;showsearch=True\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eRelated collections include MSS 4111-a,-b,-c,-d,-e,-f; MSS 8914, and MSS 653.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMSS 38-33 Irvine, Saunders, Davis, and Watts families (William Watts daybooks 1768-1786); MSS 259; MSS 653; MSS 9715 Abram Penn Staples.\u003c/p\u003e"],"relatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Related Materials","Related Materials"],"relatedmaterial_tesim":["There is a website at the O. Winston Link Museum (History Museum of West Virginia) that has many of the Watts family letters online ","https://hswv.pastperfectonline.com/byperson?page=3\u0026keyword=Watts%2C%20William\u0026searchType=person\u0026showsearch=True","Related collections include MSS 4111-a,-b,-c,-d,-e,-f; MSS 8914, and MSS 653.","MSS 38-33 Irvine, Saunders, Davis, and Watts families (William Watts daybooks 1768-1786); MSS 259; MSS 653; MSS 9715 Abram Penn Staples."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe Watts family papers of Roanoke County, Virginia at \"Oaklands\" in Flat Creek, Campbell County) consist of correspondence and documents related to the American Revolution, the War of 1812, the United States Civil War, war with Osceola and Seminole tribes in Florida, Virginia politics, economic and social history (including enslavement),land ownership, farming, court cases and debt from 1786 to 1950 in southwest Virginia. The Watts are related to many other Virginia families including James and Dolley Madison. This collection represents a great view into historical and social events of the eighteenth and nineteenth century in Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThe papers of this family of landowners, farmers, politicians, and attorneys portray the rich southern antebellum life on the Oaklands plantation. Despite the told and true characteristics of the kindness of the Watts family, they were nineteenth century southern plantation owners who owned hundreds of enslaved persons. The letters and receipts in the collection include many first names and some last names. One enslaved person, Henry Langhorne, a lifetime attendant of Colonel William Watts was bequeathed $1,000 and a home for life. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSome letters mention the Watt's efforts to keep enslaved families from being separated by intervening in the sales of enslaved persons. There are many references to enslaved people among their households and farm, including descriptions of providing their clothing, housing, and nurturing them when they were sick, like family members. It is important to note that the collection also contains receipts for their purchase and loan. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThe issue of enslavement is discussed in local meetings that Watts attended. There are also letters from former enslaved persons such as [Malinda] Langhorne and William Langhorne to Watts family members and photographs of enslaved persons, Aunt Sally and Aunt Phoebe standing together, and a photograph of Uncle Lou with the Watts children. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThere is also correspondence about financial and legal matters as Colonel William Watts (1817-1877) and his father, General Edward Watts (1779-1859), were attorneys. Much of their correspondence relates to collecting debts, indentures, land surveys, receipts, and politics (Whig party, Commonwealth Attorney, Constitutional Convention, Virginia Delegates, and candidacy for Governor), and religion. The papers contain discussions about the popular faith of Presbyterians and Episcopalians). The University of Virginia, Washington \u0026amp; Lee, and William \u0026amp; Mary College are also mentioned.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThe collection spans six generations of the Watts family including General Edward Watts and his wife Elizabeth Breckinridge (1794-1862), their son Colonel William Watts (1817-1877) and his wife Mary Jane Allen (1825-1855). Also included is their son, John Allen Watts and his wife Gertrude Lee. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eOther related families include Madison, Breckenridge, Allen, Jackson, Watson, Morris, Gamble, Payne, Washington, Meigs, and Saunders. (MSS 653) Other related collections include MSS 4111-a,-b,-c,-d,-e,-f; MSS 38-33 Irvine, Saunders, Davis, and Watts families (William Watts daybooks 1768-1786); MSS 259; MSS 9715 Abram Penn Staples..(see related materials note)\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThe papers of Mary Scott Watts Gamble have been combined into this collection. These letters contain her accounts of attacks by Osceola and Seminole people in Florida. She mentions that Robert [Watts?] and Robert Gamble joined the local militia to remove the Seminoles from the swamps and send them out West. (1835) \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBox 1 contains a folder of transcriptions for some of the collection letters and a folder of biographical information.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter dated 1819 mentions \"Joshua\" who rode Edward Watts' horse for him.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThere are newspaper clippings about the Watts family. Included is a newspaper article, \"Number of Colored Residents Have Been Here for 50 Years,\" 28 January, 1934 about families in Roanoke that were enslaved 50 years earlier. Nettie Simms Calloway claims that her father, L. M. Simm, was owned by Colonel William Watts and that her great-grandmother was enslaved by General Edward Watts at Oaklands. Other family names of enslaved persons are named in the article. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eAn obituary for Colonel William Watts mentions that a large group enslaved people were around him at his death including Henry Langhorne who had attended him during the war and throughout his life. Colonel Watts left him $1,000 in his will and a permanent home. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThere is an address by John Allen Watts and  newspaper clippings about the Watts family.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA. Indentures, deeds, plats, receipts, tax statements,petitions, and wills. B. Letters about debt collection. C.Stocks D. Receipt for goods and services for Watts family\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Leather Bound] Reverend Washington Erben and Reverend Clement Butler, Reverend Alfred Nevin, Gustave Dore\nErben, Washington; Butler, Clement, Nevin, Alfred; Dore, Gustave [Illustrator]\nPublished by John E. Potter and Company, 1880\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutographed Elizabeth Watts, with date January 1817. Written note \"December 29, [1846] I commenced.\" Paste down on inside front cover, obituary of General Edward Watts, August 9, 1859.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series consists of the correspondence of the Breckinridge, Gamble, and Watts families, ca.1794-1850, but chiefly that of Mary Scott Watts Gamble (1814-1840)daughter of General Edward Watts. The name has been changed to Watts family papers as of March 2023. There are many related collections of the Watts family papers. MSS 38-33 Irvine, Saunders, Davis, and Watts families (William Watts daybooks 1768-1786); MSS 259; MSS 653; and MSS 9715 Abram Penn Staples.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eMary Gamble wrote to her aunt, Emma W. Breckinridge, Grove Hill, Fincastle, Botetourt County, Virginia; her mother, Elizabeth Breckinridge Watts and her father, General Edward Watts, Oakland, near Big Lick, Botetourt County, Virginia; her brothers, William and James B. Watts; and her sisters, Ann S. Watts and Letitia G. Watts. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eMost of the letters to her immediate family were written after her marriage and move to Welaunee, Florida, located near Tallahassee, except for several to her brother William Watts while he was away at the New London Academy, Campbell County, Virginia. Many of Mary Watts Gamble's letters are to her aunt, Mrs. Cary Breckinridge (Emma W. Gilmer), 1831-1838, and most of them were written prior to her marriage in 1834. 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(1835) \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThere are details of her accounts of the interactions of the Seminoles  on women, children, and enslaved persons including one on the property of Judge Randall, including the burning of buildings in Magnolia and Hickstown and upon the home, family, and enslaved persons of Mrs. Purifoy, wife of a Methodist minister and daughter of Captain Byrd, just four miles away from Welaunee (April 13, 1838). She mentions the removal of the Apalachicola tribe to the West; the actions of Territorial Governor Richard Keith Call (1792-1862), and the Gambles forced evacuation from Welaunee to Tallahassee for safety. (May 9, 1836) They planned to sail on the Brig Orion from St. Marks to New Orleans, taking a steamboat to Louisville, and then proceeding by mail [coach?] to White Sulphur Springs, [West] Virginia (May 21, 1836). \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eShe also mentions her disapproval of the plans of General [Winfield?] Scott for delaying the pursuit of the Seminole War to a later time. She writes about the recent Texas disasters at [the Alamo?] and the loss of [James Walker] Fannin's detachment at the Massacre at La Bahia (Goliad), including concern about the fate of her acquaintances Burr and John Duval. A website on the history of Texas records that Burr and Duval were captured and executed (April 24, 1836). \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eHer letters also include the health and news of famly members; her marriage to her cousin James Gamble; her attendance at three days of preaching at the Academy (May 19, 1832); the unpopularity of the Reverend [Gyng?] in Tallahasseethe family's concern for William and Robert over an outbreak of scarlet fever near New London Academy(January 12, 1833); and the illness and death of her grandfather, General James Breckinridge.   (May 15, 1833).\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\nAdditional subjects include  attempts to persuade her her attempts to convince her brother James to begin his law practice in Tallahassee and comments about the presidential election.She describes the romantic affairs of her brother James; her illness and plans to recover in Virginia (May 15, 1837); her stay in St. Joseph [Bay?] for the summer because of her health, reading the works of Hannah More (1745-1833) while staying in St. Joseph, especially The History of Hester Wilmot and description of the area (July 30, 1838); her return to Tallahassee, and her husband's new store (October 22, 1838); and her stay in a boarding house near the store (December 15, 1838). \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondents in the folder of general correspondence of the Breckinridge, Gamble, and Watts families include: Robert Breckinridge to James Breckinridge concerning business matters (March 20 and July 23, 1794; n.d.); John Breckinridge to James Breckinridge concerning business matters, his lawsuit with Isaac Robinson, and a reference to the Whisky Rebellion at Pittsburg, Pennsylvania (August 19, 1794); William Breckinridge to James Breckinridge (September 1794); James Breckinridge to Ann Breckinridge discussing the sickness of Lewis and news about others of their acquaintance (January 24, 1819); James Breckinridge to Edward Watts mentions the James River bill and the death of Judge Fleming which left a vacancy on the court (February 22, 1824). \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eMary Page Randolph discusses her unexpected trip to Montpelier, Orange County, and Edgehill, Albemarle County, Virginia, with Thomas Jefferson Randolph, and sympathy for Mary S. Watts' \"late bereavement\" (July 22, 1833); Robert Gamble to Colonel Edward Watts discusses the visit of Mary Scott Watts and the death of his niece Laura (January 13, 1834); Edward Watts to his daughter, Elizabeth B. Watts, announcing the death of Mary Watts Gamble on May 22, 1840 (1840); Emma W. Breckinridge to her niece Letty [Letitia G. Watts?] (December 21, 1850); and John Wickham to James Breckinridge, notifying them of a death which has greatly distressed Betsy (August 14, n.y.). \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThere are several letters from Nannie Gamble to her cousin, Letitia G. Watts, in which she describes her return visit from New York to Savannah, Georgia by ship (November 13, 1843) furnishes news of the family while in the mountains, near Abingdon, Virginia (January 20, 1845); expresses her sorrow at the news of the death of their friend, Lizzie Peyton, and describes the difficult journey home from Abingdon to Tallahassee which took five weeks (March 4, 1845); mentions the death of Lucy Gilmer (May 31, 1845); and a final letter from Nannie Gamble with a note written by Letitia on the bottom, \"The last letter ever received from my darling cousin N.S.G. who is now numbered with the dead\" (September 9, 1845). \u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Content Description","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents"],"scopecontent_tesim":["The Watts family papers of Roanoke County, Virginia at \"Oaklands\" in Flat Creek, Campbell County) consist of correspondence and documents related to the American Revolution, the War of 1812, the United States Civil War, war with Osceola and Seminole tribes in Florida, Virginia politics, economic and social history (including enslavement),land ownership, farming, court cases and debt from 1786 to 1950 in southwest Virginia. The Watts are related to many other Virginia families including James and Dolley Madison. This collection represents a great view into historical and social events of the eighteenth and nineteenth century in Virginia.","The papers of this family of landowners, farmers, politicians, and attorneys portray the rich southern antebellum life on the Oaklands plantation. Despite the told and true characteristics of the kindness of the Watts family, they were nineteenth century southern plantation owners who owned hundreds of enslaved persons. The letters and receipts in the collection include many first names and some last names. One enslaved person, Henry Langhorne, a lifetime attendant of Colonel William Watts was bequeathed $1,000 and a home for life. ","Some letters mention the Watt's efforts to keep enslaved families from being separated by intervening in the sales of enslaved persons. There are many references to enslaved people among their households and farm, including descriptions of providing their clothing, housing, and nurturing them when they were sick, like family members. It is important to note that the collection also contains receipts for their purchase and loan. ","The issue of enslavement is discussed in local meetings that Watts attended. There are also letters from former enslaved persons such as [Malinda] Langhorne and William Langhorne to Watts family members and photographs of enslaved persons, Aunt Sally and Aunt Phoebe standing together, and a photograph of Uncle Lou with the Watts children. ","There is also correspondence about financial and legal matters as Colonel William Watts (1817-1877) and his father, General Edward Watts (1779-1859), were attorneys. Much of their correspondence relates to collecting debts, indentures, land surveys, receipts, and politics (Whig party, Commonwealth Attorney, Constitutional Convention, Virginia Delegates, and candidacy for Governor), and religion. The papers contain discussions about the popular faith of Presbyterians and Episcopalians). The University of Virginia, Washington \u0026 Lee, and William \u0026 Mary College are also mentioned.","The collection spans six generations of the Watts family including General Edward Watts and his wife Elizabeth Breckinridge (1794-1862), their son Colonel William Watts (1817-1877) and his wife Mary Jane Allen (1825-1855). Also included is their son, John Allen Watts and his wife Gertrude Lee. ","Other related families include Madison, Breckenridge, Allen, Jackson, Watson, Morris, Gamble, Payne, Washington, Meigs, and Saunders. (MSS 653) Other related collections include MSS 4111-a,-b,-c,-d,-e,-f; MSS 38-33 Irvine, Saunders, Davis, and Watts families (William Watts daybooks 1768-1786); MSS 259; MSS 9715 Abram Penn Staples..(see related materials note)","The papers of Mary Scott Watts Gamble have been combined into this collection. These letters contain her accounts of attacks by Osceola and Seminole people in Florida. She mentions that Robert [Watts?] and Robert Gamble joined the local militia to remove the Seminoles from the swamps and send them out West. (1835) ","Box 1 contains a folder of transcriptions for some of the collection letters and a folder of biographical information.","Letter dated 1819 mentions \"Joshua\" who rode Edward Watts' horse for him.","There are newspaper clippings about the Watts family. Included is a newspaper article, \"Number of Colored Residents Have Been Here for 50 Years,\" 28 January, 1934 about families in Roanoke that were enslaved 50 years earlier. Nettie Simms Calloway claims that her father, L. M. Simm, was owned by Colonel William Watts and that her great-grandmother was enslaved by General Edward Watts at Oaklands. Other family names of enslaved persons are named in the article. ","An obituary for Colonel William Watts mentions that a large group enslaved people were around him at his death including Henry Langhorne who had attended him during the war and throughout his life. Colonel Watts left him $1,000 in his will and a permanent home. ","There is an address by John Allen Watts and  newspaper clippings about the Watts family.","A. Indentures, deeds, plats, receipts, tax statements,petitions, and wills. B. Letters about debt collection. C.Stocks D. Receipt for goods and services for Watts family","[Leather Bound] Reverend Washington Erben and Reverend Clement Butler, Reverend Alfred Nevin, Gustave Dore\nErben, Washington; Butler, Clement, Nevin, Alfred; Dore, Gustave [Illustrator]\nPublished by John E. Potter and Company, 1880","Autographed Elizabeth Watts, with date January 1817. Written note \"December 29, [1846] I commenced.\" Paste down on inside front cover, obituary of General Edward Watts, August 9, 1859.","This series consists of the correspondence of the Breckinridge, Gamble, and Watts families, ca.1794-1850, but chiefly that of Mary Scott Watts Gamble (1814-1840)daughter of General Edward Watts. The name has been changed to Watts family papers as of March 2023. There are many related collections of the Watts family papers. MSS 38-33 Irvine, Saunders, Davis, and Watts families (William Watts daybooks 1768-1786); MSS 259; MSS 653; and MSS 9715 Abram Penn Staples.","Mary Gamble wrote to her aunt, Emma W. Breckinridge, Grove Hill, Fincastle, Botetourt County, Virginia; her mother, Elizabeth Breckinridge Watts and her father, General Edward Watts, Oakland, near Big Lick, Botetourt County, Virginia; her brothers, William and James B. Watts; and her sisters, Ann S. Watts and Letitia G. Watts. ","Most of the letters to her immediate family were written after her marriage and move to Welaunee, Florida, located near Tallahassee, except for several to her brother William Watts while he was away at the New London Academy, Campbell County, Virginia. Many of Mary Watts Gamble's letters are to her aunt, Mrs. Cary Breckinridge (Emma W. Gilmer), 1831-1838, and most of them were written prior to her marriage in 1834. All of her undated letters to her aunt appear to have been written before her marriage and are filed at the beginning of the year 1834 as [ante 1834]. ","Mary Watts Gamble at Flat Creek writes about the purchase of 34 enslaved persons by Uncle Gamble to prepare the ground for cotton. Her letters also describe her experiences of the conflicts with the Osceola and Seminole warriors in Florida (causing her to learn how to load and shoot a gun). She mentions the Second Seminole War in Florida. Robert [Watts?] and Robert Gamble joined the local militia to remove the Seminoles from the swamps and send them out West. (1835) ","There are details of her accounts of the interactions of the Seminoles  on women, children, and enslaved persons including one on the property of Judge Randall, including the burning of buildings in Magnolia and Hickstown and upon the home, family, and enslaved persons of Mrs. Purifoy, wife of a Methodist minister and daughter of Captain Byrd, just four miles away from Welaunee (April 13, 1838). She mentions the removal of the Apalachicola tribe to the West; the actions of Territorial Governor Richard Keith Call (1792-1862), and the Gambles forced evacuation from Welaunee to Tallahassee for safety. (May 9, 1836) They planned to sail on the Brig Orion from St. Marks to New Orleans, taking a steamboat to Louisville, and then proceeding by mail [coach?] to White Sulphur Springs, [West] Virginia (May 21, 1836). ","She also mentions her disapproval of the plans of General [Winfield?] Scott for delaying the pursuit of the Seminole War to a later time. She writes about the recent Texas disasters at [the Alamo?] and the loss of [James Walker] Fannin's detachment at the Massacre at La Bahia (Goliad), including concern about the fate of her acquaintances Burr and John Duval. A website on the history of Texas records that Burr and Duval were captured and executed (April 24, 1836). ","Her letters also include the health and news of famly members; her marriage to her cousin James Gamble; her attendance at three days of preaching at the Academy (May 19, 1832); the unpopularity of the Reverend [Gyng?] in Tallahasseethe family's concern for William and Robert over an outbreak of scarlet fever near New London Academy(January 12, 1833); and the illness and death of her grandfather, General James Breckinridge.   (May 15, 1833).","\nAdditional subjects include  attempts to persuade her her attempts to convince her brother James to begin his law practice in Tallahassee and comments about the presidential election.She describes the romantic affairs of her brother James; her illness and plans to recover in Virginia (May 15, 1837); her stay in St. Joseph [Bay?] for the summer because of her health, reading the works of Hannah More (1745-1833) while staying in St. Joseph, especially The History of Hester Wilmot and description of the area (July 30, 1838); her return to Tallahassee, and her husband's new store (October 22, 1838); and her stay in a boarding house near the store (December 15, 1838). ","Correspondents in the folder of general correspondence of the Breckinridge, Gamble, and Watts families include: Robert Breckinridge to James Breckinridge concerning business matters (March 20 and July 23, 1794; n.d.); John Breckinridge to James Breckinridge concerning business matters, his lawsuit with Isaac Robinson, and a reference to the Whisky Rebellion at Pittsburg, Pennsylvania (August 19, 1794); William Breckinridge to James Breckinridge (September 1794); James Breckinridge to Ann Breckinridge discussing the sickness of Lewis and news about others of their acquaintance (January 24, 1819); James Breckinridge to Edward Watts mentions the James River bill and the death of Judge Fleming which left a vacancy on the court (February 22, 1824). ","Mary Page Randolph discusses her unexpected trip to Montpelier, Orange County, and Edgehill, Albemarle County, Virginia, with Thomas Jefferson Randolph, and sympathy for Mary S. Watts' \"late bereavement\" (July 22, 1833); Robert Gamble to Colonel Edward Watts discusses the visit of Mary Scott Watts and the death of his niece Laura (January 13, 1834); Edward Watts to his daughter, Elizabeth B. Watts, announcing the death of Mary Watts Gamble on May 22, 1840 (1840); Emma W. Breckinridge to her niece Letty [Letitia G. Watts?] (December 21, 1850); and John Wickham to James Breckinridge, notifying them of a death which has greatly distressed Betsy (August 14, n.y.). ","There are several letters from Nannie Gamble to her cousin, Letitia G. Watts, in which she describes her return visit from New York to Savannah, Georgia by ship (November 13, 1843) furnishes news of the family while in the mountains, near Abingdon, Virginia (January 20, 1845); expresses her sorrow at the news of the death of their friend, Lizzie Peyton, and describes the difficult journey home from Abingdon to Tallahassee which took five weeks (March 4, 1845); mentions the death of Lucy Gilmer (May 31, 1845); and a final letter from Nannie Gamble with a note written by Letitia on the bottom, \"The last letter ever received from my darling cousin N.S.G. who is now numbered with the dead\" (September 9, 1845). 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Navy--History--19th century","United States. Navy--History--Tripolitan War, 1801-1805","Correspondence","Manuscripts (document genre)","Typescripts","1043 items","Collection is open to all researchers. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility.","Arrangement: This collection is arranged mostly by date with certain subjects and materials being grouped together. These subjects include: The Leopard-Chesapeake Affair, Box-folder: 1:50-82; Undated Material, Box-folder: 12:1-35; Letters and drafts sent by James Barron, Box-folder: 12: 27-50; Manuscripts, Box-folder: 12:51-81; Accounts, Box-folder: 12:82-87; Papers connected with the inventions of James Barron, Box-folder: 14:1- 15; Pictorial Images, Box-folder: 14:16-22; and Newspaper Articles, Box: 15. Organization: This collection is organized into fifteen series, one series for each of the fifteen boxes in this collection.","Commodore James Barron, born 15 September 1768 in Hampton, Virginia, died 21 April 1851 in Norfolk, served under his father, Commodore James Barron the Elder, in the Revolutionary War. He was made Captain in the Virginia Navy in 1799 and transferred to the newly formed U.S. Navy in 1803. During the War with Tripoli he commanded the U.S. Frigates New Yorkand Presidentwhen his brother, Commodore Samuel Barron, was commander of the Mediterranean Squadron. He assisted his brother in that command when the latter's health failed and returned with him to Norfolk in 1805."," Appointed Commander of the Mediterranean Squadron in 1806 with the rank of Commodore, which title he retained for the rest of his life, he sailed aboard the U.S. Chesapeake.The British ship Leopardattacked the Chesapeakewhen Barron refused to allow his ship to be boarded in a search for British deserters. After a brief battle, Barron surrendered and on the request of his junior officers he was brought before a Naval court martial. The command was turned over to Capt. Stephen Decatur who in the Algerian War of 1815 became a national hero. Barron was suspended from the Navy for five years in a decision criticized by many, including B. Cocke of Washington and Robert Saunders of Williamsburg."," Barron took command of the merchant ship Portia, and after several voyages was caught in a Danish port by the outbreak of the War of 1812. He attempted to get passage home but was refused it because of the Danish neutrality and remained in Copenhagen until 1819. During this period he supported himself with his inventions including a new type of mill, a rope spinning machine, a cork cutter, and a dough kneading machine. Upon his return he sought a command in the Navy and in the course of this an argument by mail with Decatur resulted in the famous duel in which Barron was seriously injured and Decatur fatally. His second in the duel, Capt. J. D. Elliott was coupled with Barron in responsibility for the duel, though perhaps unfairly."," A Naval Court of Enquiry was held in 1821 to clear the name of Barron for his absence in the War of 1812 and other charges brought against him. The decision was very noncommittal and was criticized by many, including Carter Beverley and John Taliaferro of Williamsburg."," In 1824, Barron was given the command of the Philadelphia Navy Yard, largely through the influence of his friend, General Andrew Jackson. While there he participated in the entertaining of General Lafayette when he visited the U.S."," Commodore Barron took command of the Gosport Navy Yard in 1825 where he remained until 1831 when he returned to the command of the Philadelphia Navy Yard. In 1837, he resigned that command because an officer junior to him had been appointed President of the Naval Board in Washington, and was without command until 1842. From 13 March to 30 November 1842 he commanded the Navy Asylum, a retirement home for Naval men in Philadelphia. In that position he was also in charge of the training and examination of Midshipmen for the Navy, and his advice was asked when plans were being made for organization of the Naval Academy at Annapolis in 1847. In 1845, he returned to Norfolk where he lived in retirement until his death in 1851."," During all this time he continued his interest in inventions which included a new type of pump and bellows ventilator for ships, a steam-powered battleship, a new type of dry dock, and a cylinder steam for ships developed with Amos Kendali. He was instrumental in the development of the Naval flag signal, which he first revised in 1798."," Commodore Barron supported the education of his grandson, James Barron Hope, whose early letters, a poem on Washington, and other poems are included at the end of Box 11. (See the James Barron Hope Papers for a continuation of these papers, and the Samuel Barron Papers for a chart to the genealogy of the Barron family.) Further information about this individual or organization may be available in the Special Collections Research Center Wiki:  http://scrc.swem.wm.edu/wiki/index.php/James Barron","Other Information:"," Additional information may be found at http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/published/wm/viw00021.frame","Materials related to this collection can be found under the James Barron Hope Papers and the Samuel Barron Papers, Manuscripts and Rare Books Department, Swem Library, College of William and Mary."," Samuel Barron Papers, Manuscripts and Rare Books Department, Swem Library, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia. Samuel Barron Papers, 1793-1942.538 items.Collection number: Mss. 65 B29."," James Barron Hope Papers, Manuscripts and Rare Books Department, Swem Library, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia. James Barron Hope Papers, 1790-1965, 1847-1887.  993 items.  Collection number: Mss. 65 H77.","Correspondence and papers of Commodore James Barron relating to his career in the United States Navy, and especially relating to The Chesapeake-Leopard Affair in 1807 and to his duel with Stephen Decatur. Collection includes photocopies of patents issued to Barron for his inventions and a typescript of William Oliver Stevens' An Affair of Honor, a biography of Barron. Correspondents include John Adams, Jesse Duncan Elliott, Andrew Jackson, Thomas Jefferson, Amos Kendall, Duff Green and Abel P. Upshur. 753 items.","Two Additions:","Mss. 87 B28  (Acc. 1987.29)","Archives of the Chesapeake-Leopard Affair, 1807-1808.  300 pages of correspondence, attorneys' interrogations, court testimony of court material of Commodore James Barron.  Rough drafts of published material, and some material not published.","Mss. Acc. 1999.44","ALS from Thomas Truxton, Norfolk, Virginia, to Capt. James Sever, 26 April 1800 regarding sending the Chesapeake (ship) to sea.  Mention of James Barron Sever is to turn over his crew to the Chesapeake, Chesapeake heading towards Craney Island, court of inquiry no hinderance to \"this business\u0026quot;.","Scope and Contents","Genealogical notes on the Barron Family are to be found in this box together with an autobiographical note by James Barron (1768-1851) and \"Revolutionary Reminiscences\" by his father, James Barron the Elder (d. 1787). (A genealogical chart of the Barron Family is to be found in the Samuel Barron Papers, Box 1, folder 1.) Naval commissions of James Barron together with his personal and naval correspondence from 1803 to 1807 are included in this first box. Correspondence of 1803 to 1805 covers the period from Barron's first commission through his command of the U.S. Frigates New York and President in the Mediterranean Squadron during the war with Tripoli. Several letters concern his duties as assistant to his brother, Commodore Samuel Barron, who was commander of the Squadron before relinquishing the command to Capt. John Rodgers because of ill health. The papers of the 1806-1807 period begin with the preparations for Barron to leave Norfolk on the U.S. Ship Chesapeake to take command of the Mediterranean Squadron with the rank of Commodore. The correspondence with Comm. Rodgers, which nearly ended in a duel but was amicably settled by the seconds is included. A description of the affair with the British warship Leopard describes the brief skirmish and the capitulation of Barron. The request of his officers for his arrest as a result of the capitulation, the passing of the command of his ship to Capt. Stephen Decatur, the preparations for the Court Martial, the testimony, and the sentence of suspension are in the material found in this box. Opinions regarding the unfairness of the sentence by B. Cocke of Washington and Robert Saunders, President of William and Mary College, and others, are included.","2 pages. Autograph Draft, E.","Scope and Contents","\"Jan. 17, 1961 . . . Note at top is Janey Hope Marr's\" signed A[nne] W. Marr.","Autograph Draft. Typed Draft. Typed copy included.","Autograph Draft,E.","Autograph Draft.","1 page. Autograph Draft.","2 items. \"Memoir of Comd're Jas. Barron,\" 2 pages; and a memorandum regarding the writing of such a memoir.","Scope and Contents","3 pages. ACopE. Re: naval engagements in the War, in one of which \"the two Captains Barron\" were involved.","4 pages. Autograph Draft. Re: \"the remarkable escape of the private armed Ship Marquis La Fayette,\" 1779-to 1781.","3 pages. Autograph Document Signed.","1 page. Autograph Document Signed.","1 page. Autograph Document Signed.","3 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Item concerns the recommendation of Capt. James Barron, who is seeking a promotion.","2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: Barron's new post.","2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: ship which is being completed; Kentucky papers [for war bounty lands] sent by Mr. Saunders; and inquiry about their value.","1 page. Autograph draft signed. Item is criticizing the U.S. ship, Insurgentby stating, \" . . . would not go to sea in her for the world . . . .\"","1 page. Autograph copy signed. Re: completion of the signals.","1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Includes a draft payment.","3 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: Instructions to bring the ship up the Potomac to Washington.","Autograph copy.","Scope and Contents","Robert Smith writes that no Captain is available for such a secondary position aboard ship. He accepts Truxton's resignation and appoints Capt. Morris to command the Chesapeake.","Comm. Truxton denies that he intended to resign his commission but only meant to be relieved of the command of the Mediterranean Squadron.","1 page. Autograph Draft. Re: Comm. Dale and sailing plans.","3 items. Autograph Document Signed.","2 pages. Printed Material.","Scope and Contents","3 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: war in the Mediterranean; expectation to sail for Tripoli; criticism of way war is carried on; Algiers and Tangiers both threatening war; his order to give up command of the New Yorkand take command of a \"much neglected and horribly disciplined\" ship; message to Bainbridge, etc.","1 page. Printed Material.","1 page. Autograph Document Signed.","5 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: a horse for which he wants $5,000.","1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. The letter accompanied a gift of a Damascus saber.","2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: Orders for the taking command of the Presidentand future movements of the ship and Squadron.","1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: Orders for the collection of the Squadron, \"If the Business here is Settled.\"","7 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: affairs in the Mediterranean after James Barron left. News of Col. Lear and Comm. Rodgers at Tunis, Lear negotiating to avoid war, Rodgers continuing to fire on Tunisian vessels. News of the duplicity of Comm. Rodgers; of Lord Nelson's unsuccessful pursuit of the French; of 9 American ships at Gibraltar, prizes of the British.","Autograph Letter Signed. Orders: after delivering the President to Capt. Tingey, James Barron is to prepare for the construction of a 74 gun ship at Portsmouth.","32 pages. Autograph Volume Signed. Item contains 4 letters and 16 poems.","2 letters. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: Arab horse, Selim, which was sent to America.","4 items. Autograph Letter Signed. An order to hold himself ready to sail on the frigate Chesapeakefor the purpose of taking the command of the American Squadron in the Mediterranean; suspension of the orders because the Chesapeakewas not ready to sail.","2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Felicitation on appointment to command the Mediterranean Squadron; re: a brother who was a Midshipman on the Constitution.","Autograph Document Signed.","2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: the affair between Barron and Comm. Rodgers concerning which \"much anxiety is excited among...your friends.\"","10 letters. Autograph Letters Signed. Relative to threatened duel between Barron and Rodgers; printed terms of settlement published 31 January 1807.","20 letters. Autograph copy. Arrangements are made to meet at Havre de Grace, Maryland, for the duel of Barron and Rodgers, despite the orders of the Secretary of the Navy; news that agreement to a settlement has been reached.","1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: new orders shortly to come to Capt. Barron, until which time he \"will not move from that place without special orders from me.\"","Scope and Contents","8 letters. Autograph Letter Signed. Preparations for the sailing on the Chesapeake, including a question regarding the powder which was \"not fit for service\" and was to be remanufactured at Malta, 23 March 1807; endorsement by James Barron, \"The Chesapeake's Powder, an important paper.\"","Autograph Letter Signed.","2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. He is sending up the Seamen for the Chesapeake.","1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: deserters from the newly assembled crew.","3 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: attempted sale of James Barron's Dry Dock plan; news of Norfolk business interests.","Scope and Contents","1 page. Autograph Letter Signed,E. Request that James Barron take an enclosed letter to Mr. Niggins at Malta and ask him to send back a pipe of Marsala Madeira if conveyance is available. Endorsement: \"From that infamous Hypocrite, T. Jefferson\" and \"No consequence.\"","2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: the Arabian horse, Selim.","1 page. Autograph draft. Re: the conduct of James Cosgrove, who had been a gunman on the U.S.S. Essex: \"most perverse.\"","2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Letter by Mrs. Cole asking that her husband be released from service on the Chesapeake.","1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. A letter sent by Comm. Barron to Gibraltar (never delivered to Col. H.M.Clavering).","3 pages. Autograph Document Signed. \"Sensible of the disgrace . . . in the premature surrender of the U.S. Ship Chesapeaketo the English Ship of Leopard. . . request that an order be issued for the arrest of Commander James Barron . . . .\"","1 page. Autograph Document Signed.","1 page. Autograph Draft. He (Comdr. James Barron) has forwarded a copy of the letter of accusations, as requested.","3 pages. Autograph draft signed. An account of the half hour battle in which 3 men were killed and 16 wounded.","1 page. Autograph draft signed. Re: the letter sent by his officers and his inability to travel due to his wounds.","2 pages. Typewritten copy. Explaining the action between the Chesapeake and the English Warship Leopard.","2 pages. Autograph draft. Re: divisions of cabins aboard ship.","1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Order to turn over command of the Frigate Chesapeake to Capt. Decatur.","Scope and Contents","1 page. Autograph Letter. Re: information needed for the Court of Enquiry of the Affair of the Chesapeake and Leopard, involving his brother James Barron.","Scope and Contents","3 pages. Autograph Document. Item was sent to Robert Smith, Secretary of the Navy, by James Barron, by way of Capt. Gordon.","1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Enclosing a call for a Court of Enquiry to investigate conduct of James Barron, for October 5.","2 pages. Autograph draft.","1 page. Typewritten copy. Re: the chance that the Chesapeake affair might be cause for a declaration of war.","2 pages. Autograph Document Signed.","5 pages. Autograph draft. Re: his wound, which makes it impossible for him to sit up; and his comments on the affair of the Chesapeake and the Leopard.","2 pages. Autograph draft signed. Re: the action of the Chesapeake on 22 of June.","1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. A list of the armament and complement of officers and men on the Ship Leopard; and a copy of the order of 1 June 1807 given by G. Berkeley, given in Halifax, Nova Scotia, under which the attack was made by the Leopard.","1 page. Autograph Draft.","1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: postponement of the trial to Friday the 16th, due to Barron's \"feeble state of health.\"","2 pages. Autograph draft signed. Re: the taking of Mr. Saunders to assist Taylor in the defense of James Barron.","2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: the day fixed for the Court Martial.","2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: the Report of the Court of Enquiry . . . \"Rascally . . .grounded with prejudice.","6 pages. Autograph Document.","Scope and Contents","pages. Autograph draft. Testimony of Captain Gordon in \"Chesapeake-Leopard\" trial. Autograph draft; Testimony of Captain Hall in \"Chesapeake-Leopard\" trial. 8 pages. Autograph draft; Capt. Gordon's 2nd dep'n. 4 pages. Autograph draft; \"Testimony\" at the Chesapeake- Leopard trial. Autograph draft. (See printed report of the Court Martial Proceedings, Box 13.)","3 pages.","4 pages.","3 pages.","Scope and Contents","3 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: rumors of war with England; suggesting that subscriptions be raised for a ship of commerce to be commanded by James Barron, and that the President might remit his sentence.","1 page. Letter Signed. Re: Madison's appearance as a witness to the trial of Commodore James Barron.","Scope and Contents","22 pages. Autograph Document,E. The charges and decisions are given in detail; part of page 22, the last paragraph has been cut away. Endorsement by James Barron: \"The Congress of the U. States took up this affair and appointed a Committee to examine into my conduct. That Committee acquited (sic) me of all sort of blame; their report is to be found on their records.\"","1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. States that \"Doct. Bullus has been your decided enemy.\"","2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: the decision of the Court Martial, which has not yet appeared.","3 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: Charges against Fitz. H. Babbit.","5 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: the chance of the President's remitting the sentence of the Court Martial of James Barron, the President is expected hourly from Monticello.","Scope and Contents","2 letters. Original-6 pages. Copy-8 pages.Autograph Letter Signed. Copy included. Re: dissatisfaction with the outcome of the Court Martial of James Barron, criticism of the trial and \"this unhallowed sentence against you\"; and hopes for a full publication of the trial. Copy of the above included.","4 pages. Autograph draft.","1 page. Autograph draft.","Newspaper Clipping.","At the beginning of this box is to be found a curious ten page document from John Peake to Lord Gambier, 4 June 1811; in it he recommends \"an entirely new system for naval vessels.\" Also from this period, 7 September 1811 is the letter from W. Lewis to Chas. W. Goldsborough, Secretary of the Navy, which formed the basis for one of the accusations in the later Naval Enquiry on James Barron. The remainder of the material is from the years that Barron spent in exile in Copenhagen. Having arrived there in command of a commercial ship, Portia, in 1812, he was forced to sell the ship and remain in Denmark. His correspondence in connection with his attempts to make a living by his inventions show that he received patents on machines for spinning hemp into rope, cutting cork, kneading dough, and an improvised wind mill. His letter to Wm. Jones, Secretary of the Navy, asking an opportunity to serve his country at the conclusion of his sentence, 22 July 1813, remained unanswered. His correspondence of 1814 when he sold his European patents in expectation of an opportunity to return to the U.S. ended in disappointment. Much correspondence with his daughter, Jane A. Barron is from this period.","1 page. Autograph Document.","10 sheets. Autograph Letter Signed. (A copy, taken 10 April 1812).","Scope and Contents","20 pages. Incomplete. Autograph Letter Signed. A long discussion of \"Naval imbecility\" etc.","Scope and Contents","2 pages. Autograph copy. The report of the remarks made by Capt. James Barron to Mr. Lyons, British Consul, re: The Chesapeake-Leopard Affair. \"I am now convinced that he is not only a coward, but a traitor....\"","5 letters. Autograph copy signed. Re: Business matters.","9 letters. Autograph copy signed. Concerned with the sale of the ship formerly commanded by Barron and other business matters.","6 letters. Autograph Letters Signed. Re: the sale of the ship Portia, formerly commanded by Barron and other business matters.","1 pages. Autograph Document Signed.","1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: a previous letter.","Autograph Document Signed.","1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: battles, \"Lord Wellington's victory over the Marmont.\"","1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: a suit against Capt. A. Murray in the District Court, District of Delaware.","3 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: \"Declaration of War on our part of 14th inst.\" And Capt. Hull's successful encounter with the Guerrier.","2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: the purchase of Barron's ship.","2 items. Autograph Document.","2 letters. Autograph Letters Signed. Re: business affairs connected with the hemp spinning machine.","12 items. Autograph draft.","letter enclosing a commission as Brig.General of Militia","Number 4 as noted in state of December 24, 1813","A note to evacuate Craney Island off Norfolk, if the enemy should attack; officers are listed by name. Number 2 and 3 as noted in statement of December 24, 1813","The attack on Craney Island by the British on June 22, 1813","Morning reports for Regiment Infantry commanded by Lt Col Henry Beatty; 1st Regiment commanded by Major Wiley Campbell; 2nd Regiment commanded by Lt. Col. WM Sharp; 5th Regiment VA Militia; Troops under command of Col Thomas Read of Artillery,; Strength and state of the three troops of Cavalry commanded by Captain Carr","3 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: his activity on a ship of Capt. Bradley and his desire to return to Barron.","4 pages. Autograph copy signed. A petition to have his naval recommendation put into practice.","4 pages. Autograph draft signed. A defense of his action [in The Chesapeake-Leopard Affair] and an accusation against his accusers, especially Capt. Gordon.","1 page. Autograph draft signed. The term of his suspension having expired, Barron asks for opportunity to serve his country.","6 items. Autograph Letters Signed. In one he mentions that he is writing to the Secretary of the Navy to offer his services to his country in the War.","5 pages. Autograph draft. Re: defense of Virginia, with mention of the Peninsula, Richmond, Petersburg, etc.","Autograph Document.","3 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: patent for rope machine.","1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Offer to carry communications to America on his next trip.","4 pages. Autograph Document Signed. Agreement to sell to John Murray Forbes the patent to a hemp spinning machine, patented in Denmark, Sweden, and Russia.","4 pages. Autograph Document Signed. Sale of the rights to the machine outside Denmark to James Barron.","2 pages. Autograph Document Signed with Autograph Copy signed.","7 pages. Autograph draft,E. Addressed to \"Commodore Murray, at the Collector of Delaware.\" Re: duties on the cargo of the British ship Superior.","2 pages. Autograph Letters Signed. Re: Barron's attempts to return home and sale of his European patents.","3 letters. Autograph Letters Signed. Written when Barron expected to get passage back to the U.S. from Gothenberg when he sold his European patents to Forbes.","4 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Personal affairs.","1 page. Document Signed. Grants permission to Capt. James Barron for the construction of a wind mill on which he, Forbes, holds patent rights.","1 page. Autograph copy signed. Re: chance for employment in France.","3 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Preliminaries of peace were signed at Ghent between the British and American ministers.","4 pages. Printed Document.","3 pages. Autograph draft.","3 pages. Autograph copy. \"Taylor . . . is my brother.\"","3 letters. Autograph Letters Signed. Appeals to Barron to aid him, and a letter after his release from prison.","4 letters. Autograph Letters Signed. News of his attempts to set up in business in Europe and of his new invention, a cork-cutting machine.","12 letters. Autograph Letters Signed. Business letters in which Ferrau expresses the sympathy in Copenhagen with the cause of Napoleon, and disappointed at his defeat.","2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Business affairs.","1 page. 3 items. Autograph copy signed. Re: transactions in tobacco. Enclosed: 2 receipts.","2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: Barron's right of reinstatement among his countrymen.","2 pages. Autograph copy signed. For a patent on a machine for cutting corks.","The correspondence of 1816 through 1820 begins with business and family letters received in Copenhagen. After his return to the U.S. in 1819 there is correspondence with the Navy Department and President Monroe regarding the reinstatement of Barron in a naval command. The correspondence of June 1819 to March 1820 with Capt. Stephen Decatur is preserved, along with an account of the duel in which Barron was gravely injured and Decatur killed. (See \"The History of a transaction which there ought never to have been occasion for,\" an account of the duel written by James Barron in the Samuel Barron Papers, Box 1, Folder 8.) The correspondence with Capt. J. D. Elliott, his second, and reports of the controversies which followed the duel are included. Family letters include many from his daughter, Mrs. Jane Barron Hope.","3 letters. Autograph Letters Signed. Re: his life in the West Indies where he has gone from Copenhagen.","2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Business affairs; permission granted to import refined sugar into Russia.","1 page. Autograph copy signed. Business affairs.","3 letters. Autograph Letters Signed. Re: his hope of returning to U.S. within the year; and of the impending marriage of Jane.","Scope and Contents","4 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. News from home: re: Capt. Johnson and lucrative business in the Dismal Swamp Canal; trade with St. Iago De Cuba; Capt. Sinclair; plans to move the Naval Yard from Gosport to York, still undecided; Capt. Fawn's misfortune; flourishing condition of Norfolk; $100,000 subscribed to open the \"Roan Oak Canal\"; Chs. K. Mallory, Collector; Barron's family living in town after their country house burned.","3 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: his machine for cutting corks now successful, and his desire for a patent on it.","9 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: her husband; detailed explanations of his cork cutting machine and his mill which \"will grind 100 bushels of corn in 24 hours, can be completed for little more than a common pidgeon house.\"","1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: a knife [for the cork cutting machine].","2 items. Autograph Letter Signed. Contracts in Danish.","2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Contract for Elliptical Valve Pump Boxes, to be made and sold by Barron after getting a Danish patent.","2 items. Autograph Letters Signed. Authorization for the accountant of the U.S. Navy to pay the balance of his half-pay to Mrs. Elizabeth M. Barron or Mr. Wilton Hope (his son-in-law).","2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Introducing a Mr. Poulson.","1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: commission given to Capt. Leech by Barron.","1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Document in Danish.","Scope and Contents","1 page. Autograph Document Signed, E. Statement re: his \"new invented Pump\" which he has offered to the Secretary of State.","2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Wishing him a pleasant passage.","4 pages. Autograph copy. Will Recorded at above date.","2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: St. Croix; and Barron's imminent departure.","3 letters. Autograph Letters Signed. Written to Barron as he is waiting to sail and after his arrival in Virginia.","Printed Autograph Document Signed. Document in Danish.","2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. James L. Ferrau having taken the degree of M.D. is returning to Copenhagen.","2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. An offer for the purchase of the copyright of the cork cutting machine in Great Britain.","3 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. \"The President (James Monroe) takes a deep interest in your welfare . . . come on immediately to Washington and see the President himself . . ..\" Re: the debate in General Jackson's case.","2 pages. Autograph Copy. Re: that Capt. James Barron applied for passage to the U.S. from Gothenberg to offer his services in the war; was refused passage because the ship was under a neutral cartel, in June 1814.","1 page. Autograph copy. Re: that he saw letter addressed by Capt. Barron to the U.S. Secretary of the Navy, in 1813 offering his services to the U.S. and that Barron sought passage to the U.S. in 1814.","6 pages. Autograph draft signed. Request for readmission to the Navy, detailed denial of accusation which was contained in letter of Capt. William Lewis, 7 September 1811; he was in this country in September 1811 to April 1812.","1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. A welcome home letter.","2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed.","3 letters. Autograph Letters Signed. Enclosing half-pay vouchers.","19 letters. Autograph Draft Signed, Autograph Letters Signed.","1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: warrants for land in Kentucky issued to James Barron's father for Revolutionary War service, being 7777 2/3 acres on the Cumberland River and for 1777 2/3 acres on Hartland Creek.","1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Encouragement and best wishes.","2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed.","3 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Details of duel and of conversation between Barron and Decatur: re: Barron's condition.","2 letters. Autograph Letters Signed. Re: his nephew, Samuel [Barron] who is at sea as a 4 year old Midshipman on a U.S. warship; and re: bounty lands in Kentucky.","5 letters. Autograph Letters Signed. Written to Barron while he is recovering from wound received in duel; and comment on the outcome of the duel and public opinion re: the death of Decatur.","4 letters. Autograph Letters Signed. Elliott, who was the second for Barron in his duel, writes about public opinion of the duel and Barron's coming Court of Enquiry in New York.","8 letters. Autograph Letters Signed. Finds that public opinion is strongly in favor of Barron after the Barron-Decatur correspondence has been published by the friends of the late Stephen Decatur.","4 letters. Autograph Letters Signed. Vouchers for pay sustenance and medical costs.","1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. His respects.","1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: the published correspondence of Decatur, which appears to be helping Barron.","Newspaper Clipping. A lead editorial stating \" . . . Com. Barron stands acquitted of all blame.\"","2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: American group in Copenhagen.","2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Sent with other letters from friends from Copenhagen.","Two letters written by James Barron to James Monroe. The first letter is eight pages, autograph draft signed, and an appeal for exoneration from the accusations made against him. The second letter is also eight pages, and a copy of a letter sent to the President of the U.S. informing him of Barron's reason for absence from the late war, also dated 1820 April.","2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: a newly invented plough of Barron's.","4 pages. Printed Material.","2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: Barron's wound.","1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: a visit to Washington.","2 letters. Autograph Letters Signed. Re: affairs in Denmark and the reception of the news of the duel.","1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: attacks by Mr. King.","3 pages. Autograph Document Signed. Countersigned by John Rainals, U.S. Consul. Power to collect debts in the U.S.","2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. The reaction in New York, \"your conduct has been applauded.\"","2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Account for the sale of his corkwood, 1817-1820.","2 copies. Autograph Letter Signed, Enc. Enclosed: power of Attorney. Re: land on Old Point in which an interest was held by Jane Barron, daughter of Samuel Barron (1) wife of G. Armistead.","1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: Revolutionary War bounty land of Samuel Barron, father of James Barron.","This box contains the papers of 1821 which are concerned almost entirely with correspondence and other material related to the Naval Court of Enquiry held at the Brooklyn Naval Yard. The enquiry covered (1) the accusation made by W. Lewis in a letter of 7 September 1811 to the Secretary of the Navy, regarding remarks reported to have been made by Barron while in Portugal on a commercial trip regarding the Chesapeake- Leopard Affair and (2) the desire of Barron to return to active service in the War of 1812 upon the expiration of his sentence of suspension from the Navy. Statements of the trial and reactions to the verdict are included. See also: the Proceedings of the Court of Enquiry held at the Navy Yard, Brooklyn, New York, upon Captain James Barron of the United States Navy in May, 1821.Published in Washington City by Jacob Gideon, Junior, 1822. 111 pages.; \"Notes to the Trial of Commodore Barron, 1808.\" 8 pages. and; \"Proceedings of the General Court Martial convened for the trial of Commodore James Barron, Captain Charles Gordon, Mr. William Hook, and Captain John Hall of the United States Ship Chesapeakein the month of January, 1808.\" 496 pages. All are included in one volume in Box 13, folder 1 of the James Barron Papers (1).","Scope and Contents","2 copies. Autograph Document Signed. Attested Thomas Latimore.","3 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Bill allowing five years pay for Barron's father's Revolutionary services has passed the House of Delegates; the President [of the U.S.] has not directed a Court of Enquiry, but has forced Barron to demand one for himself.","2 letters. Autograph Letters Signed. Re: the sending of a pair of spectacles to Barron.","1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Marked \"Private.\" Instructed by the President of the U. States to enquire whether it would be agreeable to Barron to take command of the Navy Yard in Philadelphia.","3 pages. Autograph copies. Re: James Barron, to be held at the Brooklyn Navy Yard on or before 10 May.","2 pages. Autograph Document Signed. Re: the residence of James Barron in Copenhagen, his trips in 1811 and 1812, and his desire to be of use to his country in the War, after he was detained in Copenhagen.","3 pages. Autograph Copy. Re: Commo. James Barron, orig. dated 20 April 1820.","10 letters. Autograph Letters Signed. Correspondence regarding the Court of Enquiry on Barron and the pamphlet [on the duel] that Elliot is publishing.","6 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: the arrangements for the Court of Enquiry and the discussions between Smith Thompson and James Barron which have led up to it; mention of the President's interest in the case. n.d. Typed copy of the above. TCop. 3 pages.","2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Asking the influence of Barron toward the candidacy of Gen'l Pryor for a Marshallship.","2 pages. Autograph Draft. Re: representing Barron at the Court of Enquiry in New York.","3 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Purchased from Charles Hamilton, 1974. n.d. Typed copy of the above. Typed Copy. 1 page.","Scope and Contents","1 page. Autograph Document Signed. \"That, the want of funds alone kept him (James Barron) from returning to his country\" during the war. Folder 12 [1821]. Testimony of James Barron at the trial. ADr. 4 pages. (incomplete). See printed report of the Court of Enquiry. Proceedings, Box 13.","2 copies. Autograph Draft.","Pages 9-11. Autograph Draft.","Scope and Contents","1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Request for appointment to sail under James Barron.","Autograph Letter Signed. Re: survey of land of Comm. Barron. Enclosure: surveyor's plot.","3 letters. Autograph Letters Signed. Re: this interest of the people in Norfolk in the results of the Court of Enquiry.","6 letters. Autograph Letters Signed. Re: the appearance of Cleveland at the Court of Enquiry, and criticism of the \"stupid, unmeaning, milk and water decision of the Court.\"","5 letters. Autograph Letters Signed. Re: the Court of Enquiry and the Sentence of the Court in which one member did not concur and which [President] Monroe did not sign.","2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. A report of the attempts of James Barron to return to the U.S. from Sweden on the John Adams.","2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: affairs in Copenhagen.","1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Best wishes for the outcome of the enquiry.","6 pages. Autograph Document Signed. Countersigned by Ino E. Hall, Mayor. Answers to questions put by Lt. Wheaton, Judge Advocate.","Scope and Contents","14 letters. Autograph Letters Signed. Re: the attacks of \"the Decatur faction\" on Barron, the results of the Court of Enquiry, and the action of the U.S. Congress on the case.","2 pages. Autograph draft. His final testimony at the Board of Enquiry.","1 page. Autograph Copy. He has been informed that the testimony has ended at the Board of Enquiry; he will remain in the city until he hears the verdict.","2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Letter in which the opinion of the Court is quoted in full; James Barron is not completely exonerated.","1 page. Autograph Draft Signed. Protest against the decision of the Court.","2 pages.","1 page. Autograph Draft signed. Requests a full copy of the proceedings of the Court.","2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: the sending of a rhubarb plant which Barron admired.","1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: a machine designed by Barron.","2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. He reports the rumor that Barron is to be returned to command \"very speedily.\"","2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: his family and a receipt for Barron's ailment - numatic and nitric acid in warm water drunk with meals.","1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Requesting the loan of Capt. Elliot's dueling pistols.","1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. An invitation to dine.","2 pages. Autograph copy. Re: his newly invented washing machine.","Correspondence of the year 1822, much of it concerned with the sentence of the Court of Enquiry and opinions regarding it, including several letters each from A. McLane, Wilmington, Del., R. J. Cleveland, Lancaster, Massachuetts, Wm. Craig, Philadelphia, and Capt. J.D. Elliott, Barron's second in the duel with Decatur. Included is correspondence with Barron's daughters, Mary and Margaretha, and his son-in-law, Capt. John P. Tuttle, and business correspondence in connections with his inventions, a washing machine and a new type of oil lamp.","1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Family affairs.","17 letters. Autograph Letters Signed. Correspondence concerning the results of the Court of Enquiry, the actions of the enemies of Barron, and a suggestion that he demand a Court Martial to clear his name; and discussion of Barron's new invention, a washing machine.","2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: Barron's claim against the Commonwealth of Virginia.","2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: Barron's claim for his father's bounty lands or for compensation.","2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. \"Your washing machine answers admirably well both for washing and ironing, it only wants to be known to become generally used...\"","2 pages. Autograph Draft Signed. Request for a return of duty paid on models of his machinery, which he brought to U.S. in 1815.","1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: indemnity for the capture of the ship Jane, commanded by Barron.","4 letters. Autograph Letters Signed. Re: the reactions to the case of Barron in the Boston area; a scandal concerning the building of gunboats and the trial of Lt. Abbott; and interest in the washing machine invented by Barron.","5 letters. Autograph Letters Signed. Re: reports of the Court of Enquiry; the publication of his correspondence connected with the Barron-Decatur duel; and a description of his going overboard on a trip to New York and being 1 l/2 hours in the water before rescue.","4 letters. Autograph Letters Signed. Asking for the hand of Margaretta Barron in marriage, and naval news.","12 letters. Autograph Letters Signed. Correspondence concerning commercial matters and inventions of Barron including windlass, cutting machine for straw, oil lantern, and pump.","3 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: her sister, Mrs. Christmas, whose husband has recently died; and of her desire to return to Copenhagen.","2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: a recently published pamphlet, which concerns Barron; and the attitude of Congress toward Barron's claims.","1 page. Autograph Letter Signed.","1 page. Autograph Draft Signed. A request that a decision be made on his case.","4 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: patent on windlass invented by Barron; and disaster of \"the loss of the Albion with her passengers and quarter part of the crew.\"","4 letters. Autograph Letters Signed. Re: the receipt in England of models of machines invented by Barron and the showing of them to prospective buyers.","1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Requesting a recommendation for his son to be admitted as a Cadet at West Point.","2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: selling his windlass machine in England.","1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: a receipt.","2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Business concerned with the windlass machine of Barron.","1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Sent with the gift of a spyglass.","3 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Business matters and news of Navy affairs.","3 items. Autograph Documents Signed.","2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Request that Barron recommend a young man to be commissioned First Lieutenant.","3 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: the completion of gunboats.","1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: the model for a windmill invented by Barron.","1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: an oil lamp invented by Barron.","Scope and Contents","1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: the \"bad times\" in Baltimore.","2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: canvas sent to U.S. and problem of payment for it.","4 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: affairs in Copenhagen.","1 page. Copy of Autograph Letter Signed. Introducing Mr. Brien and Captain McPharron.","1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Request for a loan.","1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Invitation to meet the son of John Marshall.","7 letters. Autograph Letters Signed. Business letters; mention of a spinning machine invented by Barron.","1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Enclosing payment for a requisition signed by the Secretary of the Navy plus his regular pay.","2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Barron is in Philadelphia to consult Dr. Phisicle.","7 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: his faith in Barron and his defense of him in private conversations.","2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: personal affairs.","1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: personal affairs.","3 letters. Autograph Letters Signed. Personal affairs concerned with friends in Copenhagen.","Scope and Contents","2 copies. Printed Letter, ES. Announcement of the \"United States Naval Chronicle\" with endorsement, signed.","Autograph Letter Signed. This letter was enclosed with the above announcement, located in Box-folder: 6:10.","4 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. \"The course . . . of the Executive of our country against you calls loudly for . . . indignation.\"","2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: some great sorrow that has befallen the family.","1 page. Autograph Letter Signed, E. Introducing Dr. French; endorsement, \"who married Miss Elizabeth Barron.\"","2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: canvas sold in America for which he has not been paid; and sympathy for Barron and \"the intrigues of your enemies.\"","Scope and Contents","4 pages. Autograph Draft Signed. Re: his \"miserable situation\": his constant application for some employment, his visits with [President Monroe], and the lack of any response from the Navy Department.","3 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Reports in detail his losses in a disastrous sailing venture in the Pacific.","Autograph Letter Signed. 2 pages. Gives hope that \"the next incumbent of the White House may venture to look to your claim.\"","2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: Barron's trip to Washington to claim his rights; and possibility that General Jackson will be Pennsylvania's candidate for the Presidency.","1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. He has commended Barron to Mr. Forsythe of the U.S. Congress.","2 pages. Copy of Autograph Letter. Re: the bellows invented by Barron for ventilating ships.","1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Asks horticultural information.","3 letters. Autograph Letters Signed. Re: the support that Gen'l Jackson has given Barron; and Jackson's candidacy for President.","4 letters. Autograph Letters Signed. Re: Barron's claims in Washington, his support by Gen'l Jackson, and his appointment as Commander to the Philadelphia Navy Yard.","3 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: his wife, the former Margaretta Barron, and his family.","Scope and Contents","2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. He expresses his sympathy with James Barron in his persecution and states his intention of bringing the matter before the Secretary of the Navy.","1 page. Autograph Draft Signed. Re: the installation of bellows [for ventilation] on the ship commanded by Capt. Kennedy.","5 letters. Autograph Letters Signed. Re: the Navy Bill before Congress; the nomination of Jackson as the candidate for President of the U.S.; add Barron's appointment to the Commander of the Philadelphia Navy Yard.","2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Concerning his ancestors and his present predicament.","1 page. Autograph Letter. Reports, \"we feel confident now we shall have the notes of Georgia.\"","1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. An invitation to dinner.","4 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: Naval matters.","Scope and Contents","1 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. A letter of introduction for Comm. James Barron.","1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Social note.","5 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: the availability of corkwood for the making of bottle corks.","1 page. Printed Letter Signed. To meet General Lafayette, signed by John Adams, Mayor, and by Wm. Fitzwhylson and Tho. Brockenbrough.","1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Application for the position of Secretary to Barron should he be called back into active service, which seems to be imminent.","2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Expresses gratification that Barron has been called into active service by the \"good old President.\"","1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: twilled cotton; and congratulations \"on your recent change of situation.\"","1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Expresses \"joy at the termination of your unmerited persecution.\"","1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: an order for corkwood.","1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Rejoices \"that you are restored to a station in the Service to which you have been so long and so justly entitled.\"","1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Appreciation for the gift of a spyglass.","2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: \"the friendly manner the good old President received you,\" and \"the conduct of the two scoundrels that has come out against you in Philadelphia.\"","1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Complaining about too heavy duties in the Navy Yard (of which Barron is commander).","3 letters. Autograph Letters Signed. Re: the appointment of Barron as Commander of the Philadelphia Navy Yard and of the resentment of some persons in Philadelphia.","1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. \"If my candor to Mr. Monroe had any effect in the application of the Golden Law (of justice) be assured it is a great satisfaction to me.\"","2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Accusation against some of the officers of the Yard.","1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. An invitation to meet General Lafayette.","2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Gratitude from the committee appointed to receive General Lafayette, for the Naval salutes ordered by Barron.","1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: a request by General Lafayette that a visit be made to the Naval Yard. (under the Command of Barron).","2 tickets. Printed Autograph Material. Signed by J.A.S. Lewis, Chairman. Enclosed envelopes in which the tickers were enclosed, endorsed. AC.","2 pages. Autograph Document, E. Endorsed: \"List of invited guests to dine with General Lafayette.\"","3 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. \"Your appointment gives all the people of this county much satisfaction.\"","3 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: events around Norfolk.","1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Sympathy with Barron and daughters in their bereavement; and a notice of a runaway servant.","2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Sympathy in his sorrow.","1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: a planned visit to Yorktown.","1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: a leave of absence.","1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. An invitation to a ball honoring General Lafayette. Card of admission enclosed.","3 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: the Yorktown celebration and social news.","2 pages. Copy of Autograph Letter. A report on the ship's ventilators invented by Barron.","2 pages. Copy of Autograph Letter. A covering letter for the above.","Scope and Contents","2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed, Printed. Re: a book on \"System of Pyrotechny\" by her late husband, James Cutbush, written on fold of the printed prospectus.","1 page. Autograph Letter Signed.","1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Request for recommendation for position of Sergeant at Arms of the House of Representatives.","1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Largely illegible, but begins, \"My father gives me the agreeable task of answering your letter . . . .\"","Scope and Contents","4 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: acts before Congress, including \"Col. Johnson's for the abolition of imprisonment for debt and of Mr. Johnson from Louisiana to appropriate all the public land to internal improvement and education in the United States\"; and that \"either General Jackson or Mr. Adams must be elected (to the Presidency) by Congress.\"","1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: the drafting of an unspecified memorial.","1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: a memorial to Congress concerned with claims under the Florida Treaty.","3 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Congratulations on his appointment; re: his cruise and the independence of Peru.","1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: A Negro Man Ned, about who Gen'l Andrew Jackson was concerned.","18 letters. Autograph Letters Signed. Much news of Naval events in Norfolk, including criticism of the Admiral, the trial of Stewart, letter of Gen'l Jackson to Mr. Clay, and the movement of warships in and out of Norfolk.","3 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: the raising of an army.","1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: the nephew of Barron, Midshipman [Samuel] Barron.","1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: a representation he made to Congress.","1 pages. Printed Autograph Document Signed. Notice of election to the Musical Fund Society of Philadelphia.","14 letters. Autograph Letters Signed. Family letters covering the period in Philadelphia where he commanded the Navy Yard, and his time in Washington as Chairman of a Naval Court Martial.","7 letters. Autograph Letters Signed. A. McLane, a Revolutionary war veteran, writes of his experiences accompanying Gen'l Lafayette on his visits to America.","1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. A plea for more regular payment of wages.","1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Report of his journey to report for duty.","1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: the outfitting of ships; and of Barron's ventilation system, \"it may be hailed as the salvation of our Navy.\"","2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: affairs in Copenhagen.","1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Introducing John Geddes.","1 page. Autograph Draft Signed. Recommending Henry Crabb.","1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Supporting the claims of William Crabb, Assistant Navy Store Keeper.","1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Requesting assistance for the appointment of his son, George, to the Service.","1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Notice of transfer of Barron to the command of the Gosport Navy Yard in Virginia.","1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Request for leave.","2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Request to be placed under the command of Barron.","2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Invitation to a testimonial dinner to be given for Barron on the occasion of his removal from Philadelphia. Enclosure: a toast to Philadelphia.","3 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: family affairs.","1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Regret at Barron's departure from Philadelphia.","2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Request advice regarding the milling of flour.","3 letters. Autograph Letters Signed. He writes of his difficult situation in the Navy.","1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Invitation to a dinner.","3 letters. Autograph Letters Signed. Re: the pump invented by Barron.","1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: the Florida Treaty.","3 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Request for an assignment.","2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Offers self as Secretary to Barron who it is rumored is to command the Frigate Brandywine conveying Gen. Lafayette to France.","1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Request for help in getting his back wages from the Navy.","1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Reporting as a witness at the court martial of Charles Stewart.","3 letters. Autograph letters signed. Re: his brother, Dr. Richard Kennon, who is relieved of sea duty and placed under the command of Barron.","1 page. Autograph letter signed. Submitting his bust of Gen'l Lafayette to the Public Inspector at Washington.","2 pages. Autograph letter signed. Re: the romance of Lt. Pendergrast and Virginia Barron.","2 pages. Autograph letter signed. Re: the suitor for the hand of Virginia Barron.","2 items. Autograph letter signed, Enclosed. Enclosing account for services in taking out a patent for Barron on angle-lever-windlass.","3 pages. Autograph letter signed. Re: some affairs before Congress - - largely illegible.","1 page. Autograph letter signed. Re: verbal message given as ships passed, but not heard.","1 page. Autograph letter signed. \"We all rejoiced in what must have been so gratifying to yourself after so long and so painful a period of suspense.\"","3 pages. Copy of Autograph letter signed. Forwarded to Captain Edmund P. Kennedy then to James Barron. A report of valuable use of the bellows invented by Barron in changing air below decks and in the control of disease there.","2 pages. Autograph letter signed. Request for leave of absence.","1 page. Autograph letter signed. Report on return from his leave.","Scope and Contents","2 pages. Autograph letter signed, Enclosed. Re: the use of the title, \"Commodore\" honorary since the Navy has no such rank.","1 pages. Autograph letter signed. Re: transportation of powder to Richmond","1 page. Copy of Autograph letter. Defense of the Navy Constructor at the Yard.","2 pages. Autograph letter signed. Re: the ventilation on ships and suggestions for improvements.","Scope and Contents","1 page. Autograph letter signed. Report of speech by John Randolph in which he \"abused everybody\" including Barron in regard to the Chesapeakeaffair and the duel with Decatur. Added note: \"Burn it as soon as you read it.\"","2 pages. Autograph letter signed. Re: his cruise, Naval discipline, and injustice the President's message recommending a Naval Academy. Re: South American politics and the fall of Callas.","2 pages. Autograph letter signed. Re: the completion of ships being built to order.","pages. Autograph letter signed. Re: the build-up of the Navy.","1 page. Autograph letter signed. Report that all is quiet in that area, that no piracies are heard of.","2 letters. Autograph letters signed. Correspondence regarding the new type wooden docks and new type dry docks, invented by Barron.","1 page. Autograph letter signed. Re: his invention of a new type of dock.","Autograph letter signed. Invitation to dinner.","2 pages. Autograph letter signed. Re: the estate of John B. Osborn, grandson of David Barron.","2 pages. Autograph letter signed. Social news.","1 page. Printed Autograph Document Signed.","2 pages. Autograph letter signed. Declining to get involved in more controversy concerning his treatment by the Navy in the past years.","1 page. Autograph letter signed. A recommendation of the bearer, T.H. Yateman.","Cop of Autograph letter. Relating to affairs of the Navy Yard, Gosport, Virginia.","3 pages. Autograph letter signed. Re: a recommendation to the Treasury Department relative to a \"system of telegraph for the United States.\"","3 pages. Autograph letter signed. Re: the \"automatic chess player.\"","3 pages. Autograph letter signed. Sending a greeting to Commo. Barron from his friends in Denmark.","2 page. Autograph letter signed. Re: a Mr. Butler.","4 pages. Autograph letter signed. Re: social news of Norfolk.","2 pages. Autograph letter signed. Re: shipping around the Cape.","2 pages. Copy of Autograph letter. Accepting position of godfather to Kennedy's son and approving the choice of James Barron as his proxy; statement of his high regard for the Navy.","2 pages. Autograph letter signed. Family and Naval news.","2 pages. Autograph letter signed. Re: the log boats invented by Barron.","2 pages. Autograph letter signed. Request for the service of Coxwain Parker, sympathy at death of Lieut. Tuttle.","1 page. Autograph letter signed. Invitation to tea.","1 page. Autograph letter signed. Re: the success of the ventilating bellows invented by Barron.","Scope and Contents","1 page. Autograph letter signed. A recommendation that he leave the area in the \"sickly season\" for the sake of his health.","1 page. Autograph letter signed. Re: an appointment marked \"Private.\"","2 pages. Autograph letter signed. Re: personal and Naval affairs.","4 pages. Autograph letter signed. Re: personal matters.","1 page. Autograph letter signed. Introducing Capt. Basil Hall of the British Navy.","3 pages. Autograph letter signed. News that he has received an appropriation of $50,000 from the Congress for an exploration.","3 pages. Autograph Draft. Re: the drowning of Mr. Slidwell, Mr. Rodgers, and Mr. Harrison.","2 pages. Autograph letter signed. Appreciation for an introduction.","1 page. Autograph letter signed. Introducing Wm. Barrister.","1 page. Autograph letter signed. Application to serve as a midshipman under Barron.","2 pages. Autograph letter signed. Re: his son who is to report to Barron for service.","1 page. Printed letter. Re: claims under the Treaty of Ghent.","4 pages. Autograph letter signed. Re: shipments of wine.","1 page. Autograph Draft Signed. Enclosed with a pamphlet on dry rot (now lost).","1 page. Autograph letter signed. Request that her letters be forwarded to her son who is serving on a ship in the Pacific.","1 page. Autograph letter signed. Request for dimensions of the moveable crane invented by Barron.","2 pages. Autograph letter signed. Request that Midshipman Joyner return to the Department.","2 pages. Autograph letter signed. Request for information on a \"Denmark stove.\"","2 pages. Autograph letter signed. Recommendation for Barry Hayes.","4 pages. Autograph letter signed. Commending the ship's ventilators invented by Barron.","1 page. Autograph letter signed. Appointment of Barron to the command of the U.S. Frigate Guerriere, flagship of the Pacific Fleet.","1 page. Autograph Draft. Asking to be excused from Pacific Command because of his business in establishing claims for his father's Bounty Lands.","3 pages. Autograph letter signed. Re: the curative values of wearing a steel plate next to the body.","1 page. Copy of Autograph letter signed.","Incomplete copy of the above is located in folder 21. Autograph Draft. 1 page.","1 page. Autograph letter signed. Introduction of Midshipman Petway.","1 page. Autograph letter signed. Re: Barron's refusal of the command of the Guerriere.","3 pages. Autograph letter signed, card. Marked \"Private.\" Re: an epidemic of yellow fever on his ship which he attributes to the removal of the bellows air pump which had been removed from his ship at the last overhaul. \"It is the invention of Commo. Barron . . . I consider it a thorough safe guard from local fever, and shall not willingly go to sea without one.\"","4 pages. Autograph letter signed. Congratulations to Barron On the election of his friend Andrew Jackson as President of the U.S.; news of events and ships in the Pensacola Navy Yard.","3 pages. Autograph letter signed. Personal matters.","3 pages. Autograph letter signed.","4 pages. Autograph letter signed. Smith, a former Marine, writes for \"a Common pension in the country of my adoption,\" thanks Barron and Lieut. Pendergast for their kindness to him, and sends greetings to Gen'l Andrew Jackson and his nephew Maj. Andrew J. Donaldson.","Scope and Contents","2 pages. Autograph letter signed. A tumor that has been removed from Barron's son-in-law Pendergrass, and Re: Barron's visit with \"your old Favorite General\" (Pres. Jackson).","1 page. Autograph letter signed. Re: a delivery of stone on the orders of Commo. Warrington.","4 pages. A strong letter of censure for Smoot's actions in the Yard.","2 pages. Autograph letter signed, reply. A call for the repayment of a loan made by the father of McLane; Barron's reply is copied on the reverse.","1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: his orders to report to the Constellation, under the command of Barron.","2 pages. Autograph letter signed. Re: his orders to report to Barron for duty on the Constellation.","3 pages. Autograph letter signed. Re: gossip regarding them and Barron's romantic interest elsewhere.","3 pages. Autograph letter signed. Requesting help in his attempt to receive another commission in the Navy.","2 pages. Autograph letter signed. Asking a recommendation to the President [of the U.S.].","3 pages. Autograph letter signed. Request for help in placing the son of Hansen in a U.S. Mercantile House, and asking the assistance of Commo. Barron.","3 pages. Autograph Draft. Complaint regarding a letter received from Rodgers and defense of his own position in regard to material for building at the Navy Yard.","1 page. Autograph letter signed. Sent with a tobacco box which was to be a gift for Gen'l Jackson.","1 pages. Autograph letter signed. Re: cotton duck.","1 page. Autograph letter signed. Regrets that he is unable to accept invitation.","1 page. Autograph draft. Re: something, which Eaton has requested, unnamed.","2 pages. Autograph letter signed. En route to Chile where a revolution is reported; and Re: a difficulty with the ship St. Peter, at sea.","Autograph document.","2 pages. Printed material.","112 pages used. Autograph Volume. The copies of letters are written in Barron's hand and are signed, and cover the period from 14 May 1829 through 17 May 1831.","Autograph letter signed. Request that Barron send relief, for their boat is stuck on a sand bar at the Point of Shoals.","Scope and Contents","Autograph letter signed. Written at \"4 o'clock in the morning\" a second appeal for relief.","Autograph letter signed. A letter of appreciation for Barron's \"kindness and good offices.\"","1 page. Printed Autograph Letter Signed. Notice of pay due the late John P. Tuttle on the 11th June 1827, the day he died.","2 pages. Autograph letter signed. Re: the settling of claims, the Navy Bill, and the trial of Creighton.","1 page. Autograph letter signed. Re: activities of Tyler and Eaton.","2 pages. Autograph letter signed. Re: the death of Commo. Chauncy, and threat of assassination of Van Buren.","2 pages. Autograph letter signed. Re: the appointment of Kennedy to command the Frigate U. States on a two-year cruise, and of the opposition of Tazewell to the Navy Bill.","Autograph letter signed. Introducing Midshipman Pitcher, son of the Governor of New York.","2 letters. Autograph letters signed. Re: supplies received at the Navy Yard.","1 page. Autograph letter signed. Reports that he has received orders to transfer to the Brazil station.","1 page. Autograph draft. Re: the death of Barron's grandson, son of Mrs. [Jane Barron] Hope.","2 pages. Autograph letter signed. Re: the cork cutter invented by Barron.","4 pages. Autograph letter signed. An appeal to Barron to intercede with the President against the dismissal of the U.S. Consul in Malta.","1 page. Autograph letter signed. Re: information desired from Commo. Sinclair.","3 pages. Autograph letter signed. Re: standards of Army and Navy rank.","1 page. Autograph letter signed. Re: Barron's fixtures on the ship.","1 page. Autograph draft signed. Re: some invention.","2 pages. Autograph letter signed. Re: the purchase of a boat.","3 pages. Autograph document signed. Application for a patent on a fan.","1 page. Autograph note. Re: Barron's cork cutter, his automatic fan; and recollections of her father Re: Barron's command office the Norfolk Navy Yard.","1 page. Autograph draft.","Scope and Contents","3 pages. Autograph draft. Dated at Pensacola, signed by William H. Chase and Thomas Wright.","3 pages. Autograph letter signed. Requesting a personal commendation, which might serve to influence the President in reversing a court martial sentence.","3 pages. Autograph letter signed. Requesting a personal commendation, which might serve to influence the President in reversing a court martial sentence.","2 pages. Autograph letter signed. Re: rumor that Commo. Bainbridge will be restored to the command of the Philadelphia Navy Yard.","2 pages. Autograph letter signed. Re: Barron's move to the command of the Philadelphia Navy Yard and chance of the reinstatement of Commo. Bainbridge at that post.","1 page. Autograph letter signed. A description of the U.S. ship John Adams.","4 pages. Autograph letter signed. Re: affairs at Washington and General Jackson's good offices.","2 pages. Autograph letter signed. Report on the good condition of the ship, as tried under sail.","1 page. Autograph letter signed. A letter of appreciation.","1 page. Autograph letter signed. Regret expressed that Barron is leaving the Gosport Station to take charge of another.","1 page. Autograph document.","2 pages. Autograph letter signed. Re: orders for his son.","Printed Autograph Document Signed,Card.","1 page. Autograph letter signed. Re: \"the model of a machine intended for the transportation of the U. States' mail.\"","2 letters. Autograph letters signed. Re: a government appointment; and fresh fish and oysters from the Norfolk area.","Scope and Contents","8 pages. Autograph Draft. Endorsement on reverse of page 4, \"Essays upon Naval Subjects by Commo. Barron.\" A cover note/enclosure: 11 December 1831. James Barron, Philadelphia, to Louis McLane. Autograph Draft. 1 page.","2 items. Autograph letter signed. Complaining of being held as insane in the hospital. 2 pages.","2 pages. Autograph letter signed. Urging Barron to not let it be known that he is willing to leave the Station, because of his enemies there.","Autograph letter.","3 pages. Autograph document. Endorsed: on reverse-side of page 2, \"Essays upon Naval Subjects by Como. Barron.\" Re: the Naval Bill before Congress re: naval grades and the new grade of Admiral.","2 letters. Autograph letters signed. Re: his difficulties in obtaining a government appointment.","3 letters. Autograph letters signed. Re: publications concerning the Barron-Decatur duel and articles on the subject in the Baltimore Sun.","1 page. Autograph draft signed. Re: an article in the Globe regarding John Thompson, a contractor at the Navy Yard.","1 page. Autograph letter signed. Re: a claim made by Thompson before the Committee of Claims of the Congress.","1 page. Autograph letter signed. Regret at being unable to participate in February 22 civic ceremonies.","4 pages. Autograph letter signed. Mention of Barron's (second) wife; re: difficulties between Comm. Elliott and Capt. Dallas; opposition to Barron in Philadelphia; other naval news.","1 page. Autograph letter signed. \"The President has dismissed Bryne and all the officers involved in the late duel at Philadelphia.\"","Copy of Autograph letter signed. Exonerating Elliott of charges brought by Dallas. Also, copy sent to Capt. A. Dallas.","1 page. Autograph letter signed. Re: payment for land warrants.","1 page. Autograph draft. Re: his letterbooks which he is refusing to turn over to the Department.","2 pages. Autograph letter signed. Marked \"Confidential.\" Report of his difficulties with Capt. Dallas.","2 pages. Autograph draft. Marked \"Personal and confidential.\" Request to be transferred from his command in Philadelphia.","Scope and Contents","2 pages. Autograph letter signed. Sent with \"Murray's list\" and an epitome of his life.","3 pages. Autograph document signed.","1 page. Autograph letter signed. Re: her father who is so ill that he cannot write.","2 pages. Autograph letter signed. Re: the Revolutionary War service of Richard Tool.","1 page. Autograph letter signed. Re: the ventilators for ships invented by Barron.","1 page. Autograph letter signed. Re: repairs needed on the ship \"Ruth and Mary.\"","1 page. Autograph letter signed. Apologies for the non-delivery of the Norfolk Herald.","1 page. Autograph letter signed. Invitation to attend the lectures of the Geological Society of Pennsylvania.","1 page. Autograph letter signed. Re: the Arabian horse Selim (brought to U.S. by Barron after Tripolitan War).","Scope and Contents","11 pages. Autograph letter signed. Re: \"The South Carolina Sedition\" and the dangers of the Nullification.","Scope and Contents","4 pages. Autograph letter signed. Re: Thomas Boucher, Commodore in Virginia Navy in 1776; the logbook of James Barron, Sr., recently discovered; and the chance that the northern manufacturers will force the \"Dissolution of the Union\" forming a \"Southern Republic.\"","2 letters. Autograph letters signed. Newsy letters of family and naval affairs.","4 pages. Autograph letter signed. Asking his support in conflict with the Naval Department.","1 page. Autograph letter signed. Complaint that his pay in the Navy Yard has been reduced to $1.00 per day.","5 pages. 2 copies. Autograph draft. Petition for a patent on the log construction of ships.","1 page. Autograph draft.","1 page. Autograph letter signed. Re: the death by cholera of William Thaler, Consul to Cuba; and his desire to have the post -- asking Barron's recommendation.","1 page. Autograph letter, E. An appointment given for \"this evening or early tomorrow morning.\" Endorsement with list of things which Barron was to discuss with the President.","2 pages. Autograph letter signed. Plan for building a ship according to Barron's plan on the Ohio River; funds needed.","4 pages. Autograph letter signed. Re: the need for Barron's ship of logs, to avoid disasters.","1 page. Autograph letter signed. Re: a certificate to be signed.","3 pages. Autograph letter signed. Family affairs.","1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: the grappling hooks used by the ancients in sea battles about which Barron had enquired.","1 page. Autograph letter signed. Re: a ship coming into the Navy Yard to discharge the crew.","Scope and Contents","1 page. Autograph letter signed. Acknowledgments of receipt of specifications for patent of \"Prow Ship\" or \"application of steam power to the purposes of War.\"","2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: value of the air pump invented by Barron, as used on a cruise off the coast of Brazil.","1 page. Autograph letter signed. Printed copy included. Certificate of the value of the valve pump invented by Barron.","1 page. Autograph draft.","3 pages. Autograph letter signed. Requesting a recommendation for the position of Purser.","1 page. Autograph letter signed. Enquiry regarding the \"prospect of a reorganization of the Marine Corps.\"","1 page. Autograph letter signed. Request that he sign a certificate \"to prosecute Cousin Judy's claim for her father's services.\"","1 page. Autograph draft signed. Re: the steam prow ship that was invented by Barron.","1 page. Autograph letter signed. Agrees that Barron should seek the consideration of Congress of his steam prow invention.","3 pages. Autograph letter signed. Complaint of new rates of pay in the Navy Yard.","1 page. Autograph letter signed. Report that warrant has been issued for his Revolutionary War services.","1 page. Autograph draft signed. Asking that his steam prow for battleships be presented to the House for consideration.","2 pages. Autograph letter signed. Asking his support in keeping civilian workers at the Navy Yard.","1 page. Autograph letter signed. Invitation to explain his steam prow ship to the Committee on Naval Affairs.","Copy of Autograph letter signed. Re: \"bellows ventilator which have been used in Naval Ships of the U.S. for eight or ten years, with no reward given to Barron, the inventor.\"","1 page. Autograph draft signed. Asking consideration of his bellows ventilator for use on Naval ships.","1 page. Autograph draft signed. Submitting his invention of ships ventilator for consideration by the Congress.","14 letters. Autograph letters signed. News letters about the family of Barron and Naval events in Norfolk; re: his trouble with a Navy agent, of Dr. Cowdery, of Lt. William Cunningham's Revolutionary War service; re: his son Phil[emon] in the Naval service.","4 letters. Autograph letters signed. Correspondence concerning bounty for Revolutionary War service.","2 letters. Autograph draft signed. Re: filtering machine invented by Barron.","Scope and Contents","2 letters. Autograph letters signed. Re: filtering machine invented by James Barron and submitted to the Navy.","2 letters. Autograph letters signed. Re: filtering machine submitted to the Navy.","2 pages. Autograph letter signed. Recommendation for the ship's ventilator invented by Barron.","2 pages. Autograph letter signed. Re: completion of his pump before a committee on inventions.","2 pages. Autograph letter signed. Complaint regarding the rating that the Navy gives to Master Workmen in its yards.","Autograph draft signed. Re: a new edition of the book on naval flag signals, the first book having been prepared by Barron. Also second copy of the same.","Scope and Contents","3 letters. Autograph letters signed. Correspondence regarding patents on a ship ventilator and \"cast iron blocks\" [for making shells].","3 pages. Autograph letter signed. Recollection of meeting Barron at an oyster supper given by Col. Bassett in Williamsburg during the visit of Gen'l Lafayette in 1824; enquiry concerning Byrd Chamberlayne's service in the Revolutionary War.","6 letters. Autograph letters signed. Re: a steam powered ship invented by Kendall about which there is a patent controversy with Dr. Planton (Platon).","1 page. Autograph draft signed. Re: floating dry dock and new type pump invented by Barron.","3 pages. Autograph letter signed. Re: new Navy regulations and back pay for self and Barron.","4 letters. Autograph letters signed. Re: Barron's actions during the War of 1812 and continuing controversy which concerned Elliott's part in the Barron-Decatur duel.","2 letters. Autograph letters signed. Re: Revolutionary War bounties for services of Barron, his father, and Godfrey Ragsdale.","1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: pump invented by Barron.","1 page. Autograph letter signed. Requests support for her son who is seeking an appointment to West Point.","12 pages. Autograph letter signed.","Scope and Contents","6 items. Autograph draft signed. Discussions of the \"steam cylinder craft\" invented by Kendall.","1 page. Printed Autograph Draft Signed. Bill to pay Ann Mortimer Barron, the daughter of William Barron, for services in the Revolutionary War.","1 page. Autograph letter signed. Re: letters forwarded to Barron.","1 page. Autograph draft signed. \"On the subject of Armed Steam Vessels.\"","2 pages. Autograph document signed. An application for a patent on the process for making shells of blocks of cast iron.","5 pages. Copy of Autograph letter signed. \"On the [ship] Portia's business,\" which was sold in Copenhagen because it was impounded there due to the war with Great Britain.","2 pages. Autograph letter signed. Re: a descendant's war pay claim to be paid by Miss Barron.","1 page. Autograph letter signed. Re: the pump invented by Barron.","3 pages. Autograph letter signed. Description of Maine coastline.","1 page. Autograph draft. Re: \"on Prow Ship.\"","Scope and Contents","pages. Autograph letter signed, Copy of Autograph letter signed. Evaluation of the \"Prow Ship\" invented by Barron.","1 page. Autograph letter signed. Thanking Barron for information regarding the steam boat.","2 pages. Autograph draft. \"Copy of a letter written by me for the S[ecretary] of the Navy on the pay of officers.\" He urges increases in Navy pay in all grades.","2 pages. Autograph letter signed. Comment on the steam prow ship.","1 page. Autograph draft. Re: the cork cutting machine and the pump invented by Barron.","3 pages. Autograph letter signed. Re: the opposition of the local whig party to him as a Jackson man.","1 page. Autograph Draft Signed. Re: the claim of John Thompson.","2 pages. Printed material. Re: the pump and cork-cutter.","2 pages. Autograph draft.","3 pages. Autograph letter signed. Family Affairs.","4 pages. Autograph letter signed. Re: an order on him from Taylor.","15 pages. Autograph Draft Signed. Re: the steam prow war ship.","1 page. Printed Autograph Document Signed.","1 page. Printed Autograph Document Signed. Letterhead has engraving of the hotel front.","3 pages. Autograph letter signed. Re: a portrait of Barron.","2 pages. Autograph draft. Re: wind mill improved by Barron.","1 page. Autograph letter signed. Enclosing a letter from Adm. Sir Isaac Coffin Bart.","2 pages. Autograph letter signed. Re: steam prow ship.","1 page. Autograph draft signed. Re: steam prow ship.","2 letters. Autograph letters signed. Re: the sharing of profits on the invention of the cylinder steam boat and plans for building such a craft.","2 letters. Autograph drafts. Re: the cylinder steam boat.","2 pages. Autograph letter signed. Requesting the plans of the U.S. Ship John Adams to serve as a model for war ships being built by Spain.","3 letters. Autograph letters signed. Family letters, including notice of the death of Mrs. Pendergast, the daughter of Barron, and of Barron's grandchild.","1 page. Autograph draft. Re: the model of a boat which is to be built.","1 page. Autograph draft. Re: Revolutionary War claims.","2 pages. Autograph draft. Re: patent rights to the pump invented by Barron.","2 Autograph drafts. Re: problems of armed steam vessels.","1 page. Autograph draft. Re: on the subject of armed steam vessels.","1 page. Autograph document signed.","1 page. Autograph document signed.","Autograph document signed. 1 p. Engraving of the interior of the store is on the letterhead.","2 pages. Autograph letter signed. Re: War bounties which have run out because of lapsed time.","1 page. Autograph draft. Re: pay of ship masters.","1 page. Autograph draft signed. Re: letter of Capt. [H.A.] Mix of the Navy.","1 page. Autograph draft signed. Re: the renewal of patents on the cork cutter and pump.","1 page. Printed material.","1 page. Autograph draft signed. An appeal for the command of a ship or permission to build his steam prow warship \"when a war was considered inevitable.\"","1 page. Autograph draft signed. Re: the case of John Thompson.","1 page. Autograph Draft Signed. Re: Barron's business before the Committee of Claims.","3 pages. Autograph letter signed. Re: need for the increase in the Navy.","3 pages. Autograph letter signed. Norfolk news.","Autograph document. \"Estimate for a floating dock for repairing Schooners of 175 tons burthen.\"","1 page. Autograph draft signed. A reference to [Henry A.] Wise.","1 page. Autograph letter signed. Re: money sent from Mr. Pendergast, Barron's son-in-law.","2 pages. Autograph letter signed. Re: floating dry dock invented by Barron.","1 page. Autograph draft signed. Re: a new type of dock.","1 page. Autograph letter signed. Receipt for the model of the floating dock invented by Barron.","2 pages. Autograph letter signed. Appreciation for Barron's interest in him.","1 page. Autograph draft. Power of attorney for land claims.","1 page. Printed Autograph Document Signed. Receipt for the description of a valve-board pump.","2 pages. Autograph letter signed. Appreciation for a portrait.","4 pages. Autograph letter signed. Accounts of experiments made with bellows invented by Barron.","1 page. Autograph letter signed. Signs self as commanding the East India and Asia [?].","1 page. Autograph letter signed Receipt for \"additional remarks on your galley.\"","1 page. Autograph letter signed. Re: samples of cork.","2 copies. Autograph drafts signed. Petition concerning the Navy signals which Barron first reorganized in 1798 and 1799.","3 pages. Autograph letter signed. Enclosing a sketch of \"Floating Dry Dock at Smithland on the Ohio River, mouth of Cumberland.\"","5 letters. Autograph letters signed. Re: the galley invented by Barron.","3 letters. Autograph letters signed. Re: a galley invented by Barron.","Scope and Contents","1 page. Autograph letter signed. Re: the \"Bill reported for the Ventilator\" [to Congress].","Printed autograph material, Card.","2 pages. Copy of Autograph letter signed. Re: repairs to U.S. Ship Pennsylvania.","3 letters. Autograph letters signed. Family and other news from Norfolk, including reaction to his resignation from the command of the Navy Yard in Philadelphia.","1 page. Autograph letter signed. Appreciation for a box sent her by Barron.","1 page. Autograph draft signed. Re: the rumor that Comm. Rodgers has resigned the presidency of the Board of Naval Commissioners and that an officer junior to Barron may be appointed to the position.","1 page. Autograph letter signed. Request for an autograph for his collection.","1 page. Autograph draft signed. Resigning his command because a junior officer who has served him as a Lieutenant is being placed over him.","2 pages. Autograph letter signed. Re: the patent for the floating dry dock.","1 page. Autograph document signed. An account sheet.","3 pages. Autograph letter signed. A farewell letter as Barron left the command of the Yard.","1 page. Autograph draft signed. Appreciation for an affectionate letter of farewell from these.","2 pages. Autograph draft signed. Appreciation of a letter of farewell from these.","Autograph letter, Autograph draft. Re: Miles King.","1 page. Autograph letter signed. Re: his readiness to act in Barron's behalf.","2 pages. Autograph draft signed. Complaining about his treatment by the Navy.","Printed Autograph Document Signed. For Life of Burr.","2 pages. Autograph letter signed. Re: articles and letters received for Barron after his departure from Philadelphia.","2 pages. Autograph letter signed. Re: gun carriage invented by Barron.","1 page. Autograph letter signed. Offering his assistance needed by Barron that he can render.","2 pages. Autograph letter signed. Re: stoves left by Barron.","2 letters. Autograph letters signed. Re: the pump invented by Barron.","1 page. Autograph letter signed. Introducing Capt. Von Shanter of the Russian Imperial Navy.","4 pages. Autograph letter signed. Re: the conditions of (sailing) Masters in the Navy and a memorial on the subject which was before Congress.","1 page. Autograph letter signed. Re: \"my connexion [sic] with that unhappy duel.\"","3 pages. Autograph letter signed. Re: the Polar Expedition and regret at Barron's leaving Philadelphia.","3 pages. Autograph letter signed. Family affairs, with greetings to her father, James Barron.","2 pages. Autograph letter signed. Re: the gun carriage and steam vessels.","1 page. Autograph letter signed.","2 letters. Autograph letters signed. Re: family and Norfolk affairs.","4 pages. Autograph letter signed. A report at the end of a cruise of three years and six months.","3 pages. Autograph letter signed. Family affairs.","3 letters. Autograph letters signed. Complaining against continued slander in the newspapers.","2 pages. Autograph letter signed. Re: the services of Barron's father in the Revolutionary War.","1 page. Autograph letter signed. Re: the importing of Jack Asses by the Commanders of Squadrons.","1 page. Autograph letter signed. Applying for the position of chief clerk for Barron when he becomes President of the Navy Board. Enclosed: newspaper clipping announcing the rumor that Barron is to be appointed President of the Navy Board.","2 pages. Autograph draft. Explanation for the importation of \"Jack Asses and other animals.\" Enclosure: \"Extract from Hon. Sam'l L. Southard,\" signed Dan[ie]l F. Patten. Re: animals, seeds, and plants.","3 pages. Autograph letter signed. Report on the political situation in South America.","3 pages. Autograph letter signed. Complaints about the Navy Board.","6 letters. Autograph letters signed. Re: troubles that Elliott had experienced on his last cruise with his officers and Marines; of the conflict that he was having with Mr. Paulding, Secretary of the Navy; and of rumors of arrangements for the trial of Elliott.","2 pages. Autograph draft signed. A statement regarding his claims on the Navy.","2 pages. Autograph letter signed. Re: the death of his son, Philemon.","2 letters. Autograph letters signed. Complaints about his treatment by the Navy; and valuable information on the \" Portia,\" the commercial ship captained by Barron which was held in Copenhagen by the outbreak of the War of 1812.","1 page. Autograph letter signed. A note sent with \"Judy, a colored woman,\" who is proceeding to Germantown, [Pennsylvania], where she is to be the servant of Commodore James Barron and family.","Autograph document signed. Tuition and board for Master J. Hope (grandson of JB).","Autograph letter signed, R. Inquiry concerning land owned by Barron's father (war bounty lands). Reply regarding the sale of some land by his brother, Samuel Barron, as the administrator of their father's estate.","Printed material. Suggesting that steam vessels, made 400 feet long by 100 feet wide, drawing 20 feet of water, could make the passage to Europe in eight days.","Autograph letter signed. Re: 2,000 acres of land for which $1000 is offered.","Autograph letter signed, R. New President of the Navy Department thanks Barron for a letter in which he asks Pres. William Henry Harrison for an appointment.","Autograph letter signed, Card. The Secretary of the Navy writes, sending the greetings of the President.","Autograph letter signed. Re: the death of General Harrison and of Gov. Tyler, his successor.","Autograph letter signed. Re: Barron's chances under the new President, Tyler.","Autograph letter signed. Re: the calling of attention of the Secretary of the Navy to articles by Barron on naval subject; the articles are listed.","Autograph letter signed. Re: his preparations to sail for Rio.","Autograph letter signed. Re: Navy Department and reappointment of Barron.","Autograph letter signed, E. Endorsed \"Commo B's 2nd wife, formerly Mary Anne Wilson.\"","Autograph letter signed. Navy news.","Autograph letter signed. \"The engines will be ready to be tried in 8 days...\"","Autograph letter signed. Family affairs, with endorsement of explanation.","2 copies. Autograph letter signed, E. Endorsement: \"The secretary of the Navy to Commo. Biddle approving his discharging of Joshua Parker, a Pensioner for bad conduct as complained of by the Commodore in his letter of January 19. A precedent for like cases.\"","Autograph document signed. Bounty lands for Revolutionary War service of JB (1).","Autograph copies. Orders to assume command of the Naval Asylum at Philadelphia.","Autograph letter signed. Norfolk news.","Autograph letter signed. Offering services as Secretary.","Autograph draft signed. Expressing the need for a carpenter.","Autograph letter signed. Re: the \"solid-bottomed steamboat.\"","2 copies. Autograph draft signed. Request for a boat for the inmates.","Card,E.","Autograph letter signed, E. Endorsement by Miss Janey Hope Marr.","Autograph letter signed. Family affairs.","Autograph letter signed. Recommending Edward Higgins.","Autograph letter signed. Re: a presidential review of the decision in the court martial of Elliott.","Scope and Contents","Autograph letter signed. \"You have had a rough time of it ever since the battle of Lake Erie....\" Comments on Cooper, \"undoubtedly the finest among our Literary Men\" and on the necessity of reform in the Court Martial system.","Autograph letter signed. Re: his removal from office by the President of the U.S.","Autograph letter signed. Re: letters received and letter of Noah in which there is \"Cooper's explanation of the Erie Affair.\"","Autograph letter signed. Introducing Midsh. John Guest, \"who is about commencing his studies at the Naval Asylum.\"","Autograph draft signed. Report that he has expelled Daniel Conway and Joshua Parker.","Autograph letter signed. Order to readmit Conway and Parker to the Asylum.","Autograph draft signed. Reply concerning Conway and Parker.","Autograph letter signed. Personal affairs.","Autograph letter signed. Re: some cider he has sent; and decrying the state of the country with failing banks, etc.","Autograph draft signed.","Autograph draft signed. Re: pay for the Carpenter's Mate at the Asylum.","Autograph draft signed. Re: an inmate, Patrick Malloy.","Card. Re: medical officer's reports.","2 copies. Autograph letter signed, R. Asking a report on all employees at the Naval Asylum and Hospital. Reply that the reports are being prepared.","Autograph letter signed. Introducing John F. Abbott.","2 copies. Autograph draft signed. Letter enclosing reports on the personnel of the Asylum.","Copy of Autograph letter signed. Directs the discharge of Patrick Malloy.","Autograph draft signed. Re: orders sent without the approval of Barron.","Scope and Contents","Autograph draft signed. Resentment for addressing Barron as \"Captain\" instead of ''Commodore.''","Autograph letter signed. Stating that all letters from Chiefs of Bureaus are to be considered official.","Autograph letter signed. Letter concerns Patrick Malloy Reply Re: 12 November 1842. JB to Wp. Cb Autograph Draft Signed. Reply to the above.","Copies of Autograph letter signed. Re: Patrick Maley.","Autograph letter signed. Re: plans for the building of the Asylum.","Copy of Autograph letter signed. Re: Patrick Maley.","Autograph draft signed. Requesting a leave of absence.","Copy of Autograph letter signed. Re: report of the Purser, Mr. Pettit.","Autograph letter signed. Giving permission for Barron to retire from the Asylum.","Autograph draft signed. Returning letter which is \"unworthy of my notice.\"","Autograph document signed. Includes tuition for Jas. Barron Hope for one year.","Autograph letter signed. Granting leave of absence for three months from November 30.","Autograph document.","Autograph letter signed. Re: Navy affairs, esp. Dr. Barton.","Autograph copy. Re: the trouble caused by Dr. Barton, in contrast to good offices of Commo. Biddle and Commo. Barron.","Autograph letter signed. Re: a naval engagement of the Revolutionary War between the barge Victory of Accomac and six barges of Capt. Kidd of which only Barron has memory. Enclosed is newspaper clipping of the engagement.","Autograph document signed.","Autograph letter signed. Family news.","Autograph letter signed. Re: introduction to Chas. A. Magwood and Joseph R. Payne.","Autograph letter signed. Re: arrangement of the rooms of the forward officers.","Autograph letter signed. Request for a loan.","Autograph letter signed. Appreciation for a loan.","Autograph letter signed. Re: references to Commo. Barron in \"Commo. Elliott's book.\"","Autograph letter signed. Re: \"Revolutionary Pensions.\"","Autograph letter signed.","Autograph letter signed. Personal letter. Re: Barron's building a new house in Norfolk.","Autograph letter signed. Family letter.","Autograph letter signed. Re: a recent storm in Hampton.","Autograph letter signed. Re: pump invented by Barron and need for a loan of $2000 to go into business.","Autograph draft signed. Re: a claim for his father's \"commutation pay and land bounty.\"","Autograph letter signed. Family letter from the son-in-law of Barron.","Autograph letter signed. Enquiry concerning past practice in examining Midshipmen (Barron did this when he was in charge of the Naval Asylum in Philadelphia) in connection with the establishment of the Naval Academy.","Autograph letter signed.","Autograph letter signed. Incomplete. Incomplete.","Autograph letter signed. Note accompanying 2 sketches (not enclosed).","3 items. 11-16 April 1848. Robt. W. Land, Phila., to Capt. Blake, U.S. Navy, Walnut St., [Phila.]. ALS,R. Offering a place near Germantown for sale.","Autograph letter signed,R. Offering a place near Germantown for sale.","He has no desire to buy a place in Germantown.","Autograph letter signed. Re: his collegiate activities and expenses at [the College of William and Mary].","Autograph letter signed. Appreciation for a letter of sympathy.","Autograph letter signed. Re: seniority of Barron in the Navy, having been made Captain in May 1799.","Autograph letter signed. Marked \"Private and Confidential.\" Personal matters.","Scope and Contents","Autograph letter signed. Written while visiting \"Papa\" (his grandfather, Commo. James Barron).","Autograph letter signed. Re: Barron's claim.","2 copies. Autograph draft signed. Letter to a newspaper concerning an article which concerned his stay in Denmark during the War of 1812.","Autograph letter signed. Family and personal affairs; and concerning preservation of the Union under General Taylor.","Autograph letter signed. A long discussion of the danger of the Southern threat for the dissolution of the Union and the determination of the Northerners to preserve it; and concerning the freeing of the slaves in the District of Columbia by constitutional means.","Autograph letter signed. A request for his autograph.","Autograph letter signed, Card. Armouring that he has documents establishing the war claims of these men and will furnish them for \"one fourth of the recovery.\"","Autograph letter signed,R. A servant of madam magino writes to Barron thanking him for his kindness to her years before at the Gosport Navy Yard. Reply [from J.B.] in a very shaky hand.","Printed autograph letter, Card. Inviting Commo. James Barron to join the procession in tribute in Norfolk.","Autograph letter signed. A family letter.","Autograph letter signed. Report that Capt. Sam. Barron has sailed for Africa with his son as Secretary and Clerk; and concerning his own children, one of whom is in business in San Francisco.","2 copies. 17 pages.Autograph document signed,Card. The History of a transaction which there ought never to have been occasion for, the duel with Decatur on 22 March 1820. Dictated 11 August 1842 at the Naval Asylum in the presence of J.L. Watson. Also included are other papers marked, A Document to precede the History of the Duel.2 pieces.","Scope and Contents","23 pages. Autograph document signed, E. Endorsement \"Copy by Mrs. Annie B. Hope\" (Probably a poem of James Barron Hope, grandson of Commo. James Barron).","Autograph letter signed. Family letter.","Autograph letter signed. Re: family affairs.","Scope and Contents","Autograph letter signed. Appointing him President of a Naval Court of Enquiry on the destruction of C.S. Steamers \"Brenville,\" \"Carondelet,\" and \"Pamlico\" in the waters of Lake Porchetrain.","Autograph letter signed. An account for James Barron, a student; and concerning the retreat of the Army from Manassas.","Autograph draft. Titles included are listed as the following: Three Names, George the Third at Kent, John Smith, Sir Walter Raleigh, Pockahontas.","Printed Autograph Document Signed.","Autograph letter signed. Re: Dr. Thos. G. Peachy of Williamsburg who reported that Capt. Gordon (of the U.S. Ship Chesapeakeat the time of The Chesapeake-Leopard Affair) felt that Barron was \"an injured man.\"","Scope and Contents","Autograph letter signed. Request for the loan of a \"Handsome Flag\" for the visit of Gen. Lafayette.","Autograph letter.","Autograph letter. An invitation to dinner.","Autograph letter signed. Re: an illness of the daughter of Barron.","Autograph letter. An invitation to dinner.","Autograph letter signed. Personal letter.","Printed Material.","Autograph letter signed. Re. the washing machine invented by Barron.","12 letters. Autograph letters signed.","6 pages. Autograph letter signed. A comparison of the advances of the French Navy over the practices of the American and English navies.","Autograph letter signed. Re: a letter to Mr. Thompson.","2 letters. Autograph letter signed.","Printed Autograph Material Signed. A printed broadsheet, Highly important to Commerce and the Navigation of the Pacific.","Autograph letter signed. Re: D.M. Randolph.","Autograph letter signed. An invitation.","Autograph letter signed. Re: An enclosed bill.","Autograph letter signed. Re: business matters. Endorsement re: \"Lieut. Godon.\"","Autograph letter signed. Introducing his brother.","Autograph letter signed.","Autograph letter signed. Re: the repairs on the ship Constellation.","6 letters. Autograph letters signed.","Autograph letter signed.","Autograph letter signed.","Autograph letter signed. Re: Barron's bride.","Autograph letter signed. Re: Commo. Rodgers and a procession.","Autograph letter signed.","Autograph letter signed. Re: affairs at the Navy Yard.","Autograph letter signed. Re: \"two pieces of timber.\"","Autograph letter signed. Enquiry about the activities of Gen'l Thomas Nelson in the Revolutionary War, made by the son of Gov. John Page. Reply of to be directed in care of Thos. N. Page in Richmond.","Autograph letter signed. Re: General Taylor and the defense of Coney Island.","Printed autograph document signed. Three invitations to dinner (the President is not named).","Autograph letter. Re: dimensions of a barge and dining bell.","Autograph letter signed. Introducing John Ambler.","Autograph draft.","Autograph draft.","Autograph draft signed. 2 drafts on one sheet.","Autograph draft signed.","Autograph draft.","Autograph draft.","Autograph draft.","Autograph draft signed.","Autograph draft.","Autograph draft.","Autograph draft.","Autograph draft.","Autograph draft.","Autograph draft.","Autograph document. Re: \"Inventions and essays on Naval Subjects by Commodore James Barron....\"","8 items. Autograph drafts. Re: the reorganization of the Board of Navy Commissioners.","7 pages. Autograph draft. Also enclosed are drawings of telegraph positions. 3 pages.","Autograph draft.","Autograph draft.","Autograph draft.","Autograph draft.","Autograph draft. Re: the need for a school ship to train Americans.","Autograph draft. Extension of patents, remuneration for code signals, ventilators and prow ships, claim for father's bounty land vs. the claims of John Thompson.","Autograph draft.","5 pages. Autograph draft.","Autograph draft. Lord Dunmore is mentioned.","5 pages. Autograph Volume.","Autograph document.","Autograph draft.","Autograph draft.","Autograph draft. Re: \"the Raise and Capt. Egery in Tripoli.\"","2 items. Autograph draft.","Autograph draft.","Autograph draft.","Autograph draft.","Autograph draft.","Autograph draft.","Autograph draft.","Autograph draft.","Autograph draft. Re: Allen McLane.","Autograph draft.","Autograph draft.","Autograph draft.","Autograph draft.","Autograph draft. Re: Susan B. Anthony.","2 items. Autograph document. Endorsement: \"A Memorandum showing the difference between the price asked and that paid for building a Carriage House.\"","Autograph document.","Autograph document.","Autograph document signed,E. Endorsed: Commo. J. Barron's floating dock.","Autograph document.","Autograph document.","Autograph document.","11 pages. Printed volume.","8 pages.","496 pages.","111 pages. Pritned volume, E. Autograph endorsement of 3 pages is included.","Printed material. Includes a long letter from Ro. Saunders, Williamsburg, June 30, 1808, condemning the decision of the Court.","92 pages. Autograph volume.","Numbered pages included are as follows: 9, 10, 15, 16, 19-22, 25-32, 43-46. Printed material. Re: Jamestown celebrations, with remarks made by G. Baidwin and John Madison.","Autograph material. Endorsed, \"Mrs. Hope. For my dear Mrs. Hope to keep Memoranda or Letters in.\"","Autograph draft.","Autograph draft.","Autograph draft. See correspondence of February 1834.","Scope and Contents","7 items. Autograph draft. Original letter on signals by James Barron. A review of the work done by Barron on signals. Draft of a resolution before the Senate and House of Representatives and the report of the committee on Naval Affairs. Charts and instructions on the use of Flag signals.","4 pages. Autograph draft. Sketch included.","Autograph draft signed. A description of the log ship. Typescript copy of the above also included, 1848. Endorsed: \"Southern Argus.\"","5 items. Autograph draft.","Scope and Contents","3 photographs. Photograph. \"Submitted to the Navy Dep't by Commo. James Barron, U.S.N.\"","3 items. Autograph draft.","Autograph volume. A 15 page booklet explaining that foul air is the cause of dry rot in the timber of vessels and of sickness among the crew with detailed plans for a more open construction of ships, with ventilators and bellows to change the air.","Autograph draft.","Autograph draft.","Printed autograph document signed.","Printed autograph document signed.","Printed autograph document signed.","2 items. Photograph, E.","Photograph, E. The original image is signed by Thomas Jefferson, as Governor of Virginia, and framed in piece of the 'Constitution.'","2 copies. Photograph, E.","Photograph, E.","Photograph.","Copper plate.","Photograph, Card, E. The photographs were enclosed in a cover, endorsed: \" 'Uncle' 'Sam' Barron, nephew of Commo. Jas. Barron and son of Commo. Samuel Barron.\" \"Mary Barron, daughter of Commo. James Barron, U.S.N. and wife of Commo. Geo. S. Blake, U.S.N. who remained on the Northern side.\" \"Frank Blake, son of Mary Barron and Geo. S. Blake.\"","Newspaper. Time of newspaper issue: 2 o'clock P.M. Mailed to Commo. Barron, U.S. Navy, Beal's Hotel, Washington.","Scope and Contents","6 items. Newspaper Clipping. The newspaper clippings include the following: Georgetown [Metropolitan],23 March 1820; Baltimore Fed. Rep., 23 March 1820, and Baltimore American, 24 March 1820; National Intelligencer, Washington City Gazette, and Georgetown Metropolitan, [22-23 March 1820]; National Messenger, 24 March 1820; Niles Register, 25 March 1820; An one undated account.","Newspaper clipping. Re: mourning for Decatur and withdrawn for lack of support.","Newspaper clipping.","3 items. Newspaper clipping.","3 items. Newspaper clipping.","2 items. Newspaper clipping. Articles taken from The Herald and Norfolk.","2 items. Newspaper clipping. The Herald and the National Intelligencer reports.","Newspaper clipping.","Scope and Contents","6 items. Newspaper clipping. The newspaper clippings include the following: American Beacon, 8 April 1820; Norfolk, 11 April 1820; The Gazette, Winchester, 15 April 1820; American Advocate, 22 April 1820; and two undated articles.","2 items. Newspaper clipping.","3 items.","Scope and Contents","4 items. Autograph draft. The \"Rodney Urn\" was a silver urn, given to Caesar Rodney, a former Attorney General of the U.S. who had defended James Barron at the Court of Enquiry without pay. The newspaper articles include the following: Norfolk Ledger-Dispatch, 10 January 1947; Norfolk Virginian-Pilot, 14 November 1954; Norfolk Virginian-Pilot, 1 January 1955.","Newspaper. This includes an editorial opinion of the Court of Enquiry upon Commo. Barron.","Newspaper. This contains the obituary of Mrs. Elizabeth Moseley Barron, late wife of Commo. James Barron.","Newspaper. This includes an editorial on the testimonial dinner offered to Commo. James Barron upon his assuming the command of the Philadelphia Naval Yard and his declining of it due to his wish \"to avoid all appearance of ostentation or triumph.\"","Newspaper. This includes an account of the landing of General Lafayette in New York.","Newspaper. This includes an editorial on Lafayette, \"good man, sincere Patriot, and distinguished Soldier of our Revolution.\"","Newspaper. This includes a report of the visit of General Lafayette to New York, Brooklyn, and New Haven.","Newspaper. This includes an announcement of the expected arrival of General Lafayette in Philadelphia with the order of Civic Procession.","Newspaper. This includes reports of the departure of General Lafayette from New York and his reception in Troy, New York.","Newspaper. This includes an account of the continuing journeys of \"The Nation's Guest,\" General Lafayette.","Newspaper. This includes an account of the visit of General Lafayette to the Philadelphia Naval Yard, Commo. James Barron, commanding.","Scope and Contents","Newspaper. This includes an account of the visit of \"The Nation's Guest\" General Lafayette, to the Philadelphia Naval Yard.","Newspaper. This includes a report of the visit of General Lafayette to Philadelphia and of his further journey to Chester, Pa., and on to Delaware.","Newspaper. This includes a report of the reception of General Lafayette by the United States Congress.","Newspaper clipping. Re: Naval Courts, printed in The Herald.","Newspaper clipping.","2 items. Newspaper clipping.","Newspaper. This includes the obituary of Commo. James Barron.","Newspaper clipping.","Scope and Contents","Physical Location: Filed with the 1999 accessions. Number: 1999.44. 1 page. Autograph letter signed. Orders Sever to take over the Chesapeake toward the end of May as Capt. James Barron says it will be ready then; he is to take his crew, the marine officer and marines, the master and about thirty seamen, such midshipmen and \"pettee officers\" as he thinks proper, and two or three warrant officers. The Chesapeake will move down to the Cran[e]y Island. It is essential to get the ship out as early as possible.","Before reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.","Special Collections Research Center","Barron, James, 1769-1851","Adams, John, 1735-1826","Elliott, Jesse Duncan, 1782-1845","Green, Duff, 1791-1875","Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845","Kendall, Amos, 1789-1869","Stevens, William Oliver, 1878-1955","Upshur, A. P. (Abel Parker), 1790-1844","Decatur, Stephen, 1779-1820","Elliott, Jesse D. (Jesse Duncan), 1782-1845","Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826","English"],"unitid_tesim":["Mss. 65 B27","/repositories/2/resources/9368"],"normalized_title_ssm":["James Barron Papers (I)"],"collection_title_tesim":["James Barron Papers (I)"],"collection_ssim":["James Barron Papers (I)"],"repository_ssm":["College of William and Mary"],"repository_ssim":["College of William and Mary"],"creator_ssm":["Barron, James, 1769-1851","Adams, John, 1735-1826","Elliott, Jesse Duncan, 1782-1845","Green, Duff, 1791-1875","Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845","Kendall, Amos, 1789-1869","Stevens, William Oliver, 1878-1955","Upshur, A. P. (Abel Parker), 1790-1844"],"creator_ssim":["Barron, James, 1769-1851","Adams, John, 1735-1826","Elliott, Jesse Duncan, 1782-1845","Green, Duff, 1791-1875","Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845","Kendall, Amos, 1789-1869","Stevens, William Oliver, 1878-1955","Upshur, A. P. (Abel Parker), 1790-1844"],"creator_persname_ssim":["Barron, James, 1769-1851","Adams, John, 1735-1826","Elliott, Jesse Duncan, 1782-1845","Green, Duff, 1791-1875","Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845","Kendall, Amos, 1789-1869","Stevens, William Oliver, 1878-1955","Upshur, A. P. (Abel Parker), 1790-1844"],"creators_ssim":["Barron, James, 1769-1851","Adams, John, 1735-1826","Elliott, Jesse Duncan, 1782-1845","Green, Duff, 1791-1875","Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845","Kendall, Amos, 1789-1869","Stevens, William Oliver, 1878-1955","Upshur, A. P. (Abel Parker), 1790-1844"],"access_terms_ssm":["Before reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library."],"acqinfo_ssim":["Gift: 2,739 items, 04/24/1945. Purchased: 1 item, 05/00/1969. Purchased: 1 item, 04/00/1970. Purchased: 1 item, 08/13/1979. Purchased:  300 items, 05/27/1987. Purchased: 1 item, 09/15/1999."],"access_subjects_ssim":["Chesapeake-Leopard Affair, 1807","Courts-martial and courts of inquiry--United States","Dueling--Virginia","Inventions--History--United States","Patents--United States","Tripolitan War, 1801-1805","United States. Navy--History--19th century","United States. Navy--History--Tripolitan War, 1801-1805","Correspondence","Manuscripts (document genre)","Typescripts"],"access_subjects_ssm":["Chesapeake-Leopard Affair, 1807","Courts-martial and courts of inquiry--United States","Dueling--Virginia","Inventions--History--United States","Patents--United States","Tripolitan War, 1801-1805","United States. Navy--History--19th century","United States. 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Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility.\u003c/p\u003e"],"accessrestrict_heading_ssm":["Conditions Governing Access:"],"accessrestrict_tesim":["Collection is open to all researchers. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility."],"arrangement_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eArrangement: This collection is arranged mostly by date with certain subjects and materials being grouped together. These subjects include: The Leopard-Chesapeake Affair, Box-folder: 1:50-82; Undated Material, Box-folder: 12:1-35; Letters and drafts sent by James Barron, Box-folder: 12: 27-50; Manuscripts, Box-folder: 12:51-81; Accounts, Box-folder: 12:82-87; Papers connected with the inventions of James Barron, Box-folder: 14:1- 15; Pictorial Images, Box-folder: 14:16-22; and Newspaper Articles, Box: 15. Organization: This collection is organized into fifteen series, one series for each of the fifteen boxes in this collection.\u003c/p\u003e"],"arrangement_heading_ssm":["Arrangement of Materials:"],"arrangement_tesim":["Arrangement: This collection is arranged mostly by date with certain subjects and materials being grouped together. These subjects include: The Leopard-Chesapeake Affair, Box-folder: 1:50-82; Undated Material, Box-folder: 12:1-35; Letters and drafts sent by James Barron, Box-folder: 12: 27-50; Manuscripts, Box-folder: 12:51-81; Accounts, Box-folder: 12:82-87; Papers connected with the inventions of James Barron, Box-folder: 14:1- 15; Pictorial Images, Box-folder: 14:16-22; and Newspaper Articles, Box: 15. Organization: This collection is organized into fifteen series, one series for each of the fifteen boxes in this collection."],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eCommodore James Barron, born 15 September 1768 in Hampton, Virginia, died 21 April 1851 in Norfolk, served under his father, Commodore James Barron the Elder, in the Revolutionary War. He was made Captain in the Virginia Navy in 1799 and transferred to the newly formed U.S. Navy in 1803. During the War with Tripoli he commanded the U.S. Frigates New Yorkand Presidentwhen his brother, Commodore Samuel Barron, was commander of the Mediterranean Squadron. He assisted his brother in that command when the latter's health failed and returned with him to Norfolk in 1805.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Appointed Commander of the Mediterranean Squadron in 1806 with the rank of Commodore, which title he retained for the rest of his life, he sailed aboard the U.S. Chesapeake.The British ship Leopardattacked the Chesapeakewhen Barron refused to allow his ship to be boarded in a search for British deserters. After a brief battle, Barron surrendered and on the request of his junior officers he was brought before a Naval court martial. The command was turned over to Capt. Stephen Decatur who in the Algerian War of 1815 became a national hero. Barron was suspended from the Navy for five years in a decision criticized by many, including B. Cocke of Washington and Robert Saunders of Williamsburg.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Barron took command of the merchant ship Portia, and after several voyages was caught in a Danish port by the outbreak of the War of 1812. He attempted to get passage home but was refused it because of the Danish neutrality and remained in Copenhagen until 1819. During this period he supported himself with his inventions including a new type of mill, a rope spinning machine, a cork cutter, and a dough kneading machine. Upon his return he sought a command in the Navy and in the course of this an argument by mail with Decatur resulted in the famous duel in which Barron was seriously injured and Decatur fatally. His second in the duel, Capt. J. D. Elliott was coupled with Barron in responsibility for the duel, though perhaps unfairly.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e A Naval Court of Enquiry was held in 1821 to clear the name of Barron for his absence in the War of 1812 and other charges brought against him. The decision was very noncommittal and was criticized by many, including Carter Beverley and John Taliaferro of Williamsburg.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e In 1824, Barron was given the command of the Philadelphia Navy Yard, largely through the influence of his friend, General Andrew Jackson. While there he participated in the entertaining of General Lafayette when he visited the U.S.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Commodore Barron took command of the Gosport Navy Yard in 1825 where he remained until 1831 when he returned to the command of the Philadelphia Navy Yard. In 1837, he resigned that command because an officer junior to him had been appointed President of the Naval Board in Washington, and was without command until 1842. From 13 March to 30 November 1842 he commanded the Navy Asylum, a retirement home for Naval men in Philadelphia. In that position he was also in charge of the training and examination of Midshipmen for the Navy, and his advice was asked when plans were being made for organization of the Naval Academy at Annapolis in 1847. In 1845, he returned to Norfolk where he lived in retirement until his death in 1851.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e During all this time he continued his interest in inventions which included a new type of pump and bellows ventilator for ships, a steam-powered battleship, a new type of dry dock, and a cylinder steam for ships developed with Amos Kendali. 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He assisted his brother in that command when the latter's health failed and returned with him to Norfolk in 1805."," Appointed Commander of the Mediterranean Squadron in 1806 with the rank of Commodore, which title he retained for the rest of his life, he sailed aboard the U.S. Chesapeake.The British ship Leopardattacked the Chesapeakewhen Barron refused to allow his ship to be boarded in a search for British deserters. After a brief battle, Barron surrendered and on the request of his junior officers he was brought before a Naval court martial. The command was turned over to Capt. Stephen Decatur who in the Algerian War of 1815 became a national hero. Barron was suspended from the Navy for five years in a decision criticized by many, including B. Cocke of Washington and Robert Saunders of Williamsburg."," Barron took command of the merchant ship Portia, and after several voyages was caught in a Danish port by the outbreak of the War of 1812. He attempted to get passage home but was refused it because of the Danish neutrality and remained in Copenhagen until 1819. During this period he supported himself with his inventions including a new type of mill, a rope spinning machine, a cork cutter, and a dough kneading machine. Upon his return he sought a command in the Navy and in the course of this an argument by mail with Decatur resulted in the famous duel in which Barron was seriously injured and Decatur fatally. His second in the duel, Capt. J. D. Elliott was coupled with Barron in responsibility for the duel, though perhaps unfairly."," A Naval Court of Enquiry was held in 1821 to clear the name of Barron for his absence in the War of 1812 and other charges brought against him. The decision was very noncommittal and was criticized by many, including Carter Beverley and John Taliaferro of Williamsburg."," In 1824, Barron was given the command of the Philadelphia Navy Yard, largely through the influence of his friend, General Andrew Jackson. While there he participated in the entertaining of General Lafayette when he visited the U.S."," Commodore Barron took command of the Gosport Navy Yard in 1825 where he remained until 1831 when he returned to the command of the Philadelphia Navy Yard. In 1837, he resigned that command because an officer junior to him had been appointed President of the Naval Board in Washington, and was without command until 1842. From 13 March to 30 November 1842 he commanded the Navy Asylum, a retirement home for Naval men in Philadelphia. In that position he was also in charge of the training and examination of Midshipmen for the Navy, and his advice was asked when plans were being made for organization of the Naval Academy at Annapolis in 1847. In 1845, he returned to Norfolk where he lived in retirement until his death in 1851."," During all this time he continued his interest in inventions which included a new type of pump and bellows ventilator for ships, a steam-powered battleship, a new type of dry dock, and a cylinder steam for ships developed with Amos Kendali. He was instrumental in the development of the Naval flag signal, which he first revised in 1798."," Commodore Barron supported the education of his grandson, James Barron Hope, whose early letters, a poem on Washington, and other poems are included at the end of Box 11. (See the James Barron Hope Papers for a continuation of these papers, and the Samuel Barron Papers for a chart to the genealogy of the Barron family.) Further information about this individual or organization may be available in the Special Collections Research Center Wiki:  http://scrc.swem.wm.edu/wiki/index.php/James Barron"],"odd_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eOther Information:\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Additional information may be found at http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/published/wm/viw00021.frame\u003c/p\u003e"],"odd_heading_ssm":["General"],"odd_tesim":["Other Information:"," Additional information may be found at http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/published/wm/viw00021.frame"],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eJames Barron Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.\u003c/p\u003e"],"prefercite_tesim":["James Barron Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary."],"relatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eMaterials related to this collection can be found under the James Barron Hope Papers and the Samuel Barron Papers, Manuscripts and Rare Books Department, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Samuel Barron Papers, Manuscripts and Rare Books Department, Swem Library, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia. Samuel Barron Papers, 1793-1942.538 items.Collection number: Mss. 65 B29.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e James Barron Hope Papers, Manuscripts and Rare Books Department, Swem Library, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia. James Barron Hope Papers, 1790-1965, 1847-1887.  993 items.  Collection number: Mss. 65 H77.\u003c/p\u003e"],"relatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Related Materials:"],"relatedmaterial_tesim":["Materials related to this collection can be found under the James Barron Hope Papers and the Samuel Barron Papers, Manuscripts and Rare Books Department, Swem Library, College of William and Mary."," Samuel Barron Papers, Manuscripts and Rare Books Department, Swem Library, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia. Samuel Barron Papers, 1793-1942.538 items.Collection number: Mss. 65 B29."," James Barron Hope Papers, Manuscripts and Rare Books Department, Swem Library, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia. James Barron Hope Papers, 1790-1965, 1847-1887.  993 items.  Collection number: Mss. 65 H77."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence and papers of Commodore James Barron relating to his career in the United States Navy, and especially relating to The Chesapeake-Leopard Affair in 1807 and to his duel with Stephen Decatur. Collection includes photocopies of patents issued to Barron for his inventions and a typescript of William Oliver Stevens' An Affair of Honor, a biography of Barron. Correspondents include John Adams, Jesse Duncan Elliott, Andrew Jackson, Thomas Jefferson, Amos Kendall, Duff Green and Abel P. 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James Sever, 26 April 1800 regarding sending the Chesapeake (ship) to sea.  Mention of James Barron Sever is to turn over his crew to the Chesapeake, Chesapeake heading towards Craney Island, court of inquiry no hinderance to \"this business\u0026amp;quot;.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eGenealogical notes on the Barron Family are to be found in this box together with an autobiographical note by James Barron (1768-1851) and \"Revolutionary Reminiscences\" by his father, James Barron the Elder (d. 1787). (A genealogical chart of the Barron Family is to be found in the Samuel Barron Papers, Box 1, folder 1.) Naval commissions of James Barron together with his personal and naval correspondence from 1803 to 1807 are included in this first box. Correspondence of 1803 to 1805 covers the period from Barron's first commission through his command of the U.S. Frigates New York and President in the Mediterranean Squadron during the war with Tripoli. Several letters concern his duties as assistant to his brother, Commodore Samuel Barron, who was commander of the Squadron before relinquishing the command to Capt. John Rodgers because of ill health. The papers of the 1806-1807 period begin with the preparations for Barron to leave Norfolk on the U.S. Ship Chesapeake to take command of the Mediterranean Squadron with the rank of Commodore. The correspondence with Comm. Rodgers, which nearly ended in a duel but was amicably settled by the seconds is included. A description of the affair with the British warship Leopard describes the brief skirmish and the capitulation of Barron. The request of his officers for his arrest as a result of the capitulation, the passing of the command of his ship to Capt. Stephen Decatur, the preparations for the Court Martial, the testimony, and the sentence of suspension are in the material found in this box. Opinions regarding the unfairness of the sentence by B. Cocke of Washington and Robert Saunders, President of William and Mary College, and others, are included.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 pages. Autograph Draft, E.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\"Jan. 17, 1961 . . . Note at top is Janey Hope Marr's\" signed A[nne] W. Marr.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph Draft. Typed Draft. Typed copy included.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph Draft,E.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph Draft.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph Draft.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 items. \"Memoir of Comd're Jas. Barron,\" 2 pages; and a memorandum regarding the writing of such a memoir.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e3 pages. ACopE. Re: naval engagements in the War, in one of which \"the two Captains Barron\" were involved.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e4 pages. Autograph Draft. Re: \"the remarkable escape of the private armed Ship Marquis La Fayette,\" 1779-to 1781.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e3 pages. Autograph Document Signed.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph Document Signed.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph Document Signed.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e3 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Item concerns the recommendation of Capt. James Barron, who is seeking a promotion.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: Barron's new post.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: ship which is being completed; Kentucky papers [for war bounty lands] sent by Mr. Saunders; and inquiry about their value.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph draft signed. Item is criticizing the U.S. ship, Insurgentby stating, \" . . . would not go to sea in her for the world . . . .\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph copy signed. Re: completion of the signals.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Includes a draft payment.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e3 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: Instructions to bring the ship up the Potomac to Washington.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph copy.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eRobert Smith writes that no Captain is available for such a secondary position aboard ship. He accepts Truxton's resignation and appoints Capt. Morris to command the Chesapeake.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eComm. Truxton denies that he intended to resign his commission but only meant to be relieved of the command of the Mediterranean Squadron.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph Draft. Re: Comm. Dale and sailing plans.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e3 items. Autograph Document Signed.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 pages. Printed Material.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e3 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: war in the Mediterranean; expectation to sail for Tripoli; criticism of way war is carried on; Algiers and Tangiers both threatening war; his order to give up command of the New Yorkand take command of a \"much neglected and horribly disciplined\" ship; message to Bainbridge, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Printed Material.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph Document Signed.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e5 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: a horse for which he wants $5,000.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. The letter accompanied a gift of a Damascus saber.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: Orders for the taking command of the Presidentand future movements of the ship and Squadron.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: Orders for the collection of the Squadron, \"If the Business here is Settled.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e7 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: affairs in the Mediterranean after James Barron left. News of Col. Lear and Comm. Rodgers at Tunis, Lear negotiating to avoid war, Rodgers continuing to fire on Tunisian vessels. News of the duplicity of Comm. Rodgers; of Lord Nelson's unsuccessful pursuit of the French; of 9 American ships at Gibraltar, prizes of the British.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph Letter Signed. Orders: after delivering the President to Capt. Tingey, James Barron is to prepare for the construction of a 74 gun ship at Portsmouth.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e32 pages. Autograph Volume Signed. Item contains 4 letters and 16 poems.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 letters. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: Arab horse, Selim, which was sent to America.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e4 items. Autograph Letter Signed. An order to hold himself ready to sail on the frigate Chesapeakefor the purpose of taking the command of the American Squadron in the Mediterranean; suspension of the orders because the Chesapeakewas not ready to sail.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Felicitation on appointment to command the Mediterranean Squadron; re: a brother who was a Midshipman on the Constitution.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph Document Signed.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: the affair between Barron and Comm. Rodgers concerning which \"much anxiety is excited among...your friends.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e10 letters. Autograph Letters Signed. Relative to threatened duel between Barron and Rodgers; printed terms of settlement published 31 January 1807.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e20 letters. Autograph copy. Arrangements are made to meet at Havre de Grace, Maryland, for the duel of Barron and Rodgers, despite the orders of the Secretary of the Navy; news that agreement to a settlement has been reached.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: new orders shortly to come to Capt. Barron, until which time he \"will not move from that place without special orders from me.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e8 letters. Autograph Letter Signed. Preparations for the sailing on the Chesapeake, including a question regarding the powder which was \"not fit for service\" and was to be remanufactured at Malta, 23 March 1807; endorsement by James Barron, \"The Chesapeake's Powder, an important paper.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph Letter Signed.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. He is sending up the Seamen for the Chesapeake.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: deserters from the newly assembled crew.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e3 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: attempted sale of James Barron's Dry Dock plan; news of Norfolk business interests.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph Letter Signed,E. Request that James Barron take an enclosed letter to Mr. Niggins at Malta and ask him to send back a pipe of Marsala Madeira if conveyance is available. Endorsement: \"From that infamous Hypocrite, T. Jefferson\" and \"No consequence.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: the Arabian horse, Selim.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph draft. Re: the conduct of James Cosgrove, who had been a gunman on the U.S.S. Essex: \"most perverse.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Letter by Mrs. Cole asking that her husband be released from service on the Chesapeake.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. A letter sent by Comm. Barron to Gibraltar (never delivered to Col. H.M.Clavering).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e3 pages. Autograph Document Signed. \"Sensible of the disgrace . . . in the premature surrender of the U.S. Ship Chesapeaketo the English Ship of Leopard. . . request that an order be issued for the arrest of Commander James Barron . . . .\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph Document Signed.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph Draft. He (Comdr. James Barron) has forwarded a copy of the letter of accusations, as requested.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e3 pages. Autograph draft signed. An account of the half hour battle in which 3 men were killed and 16 wounded.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph draft signed. Re: the letter sent by his officers and his inability to travel due to his wounds.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 pages. Typewritten copy. Explaining the action between the Chesapeake and the English Warship Leopard.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 pages. Autograph draft. Re: divisions of cabins aboard ship.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Order to turn over command of the Frigate Chesapeake to Capt. Decatur.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph Letter. Re: information needed for the Court of Enquiry of the Affair of the Chesapeake and Leopard, involving his brother James Barron.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e3 pages. Autograph Document. Item was sent to Robert Smith, Secretary of the Navy, by James Barron, by way of Capt. Gordon.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Enclosing a call for a Court of Enquiry to investigate conduct of James Barron, for October 5.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 pages. Autograph draft.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Typewritten copy. Re: the chance that the Chesapeake affair might be cause for a declaration of war.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 pages. Autograph Document Signed.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e5 pages. Autograph draft. Re: his wound, which makes it impossible for him to sit up; and his comments on the affair of the Chesapeake and the Leopard.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 pages. Autograph draft signed. Re: the action of the Chesapeake on 22 of June.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. A list of the armament and complement of officers and men on the Ship Leopard; and a copy of the order of 1 June 1807 given by G. Berkeley, given in Halifax, Nova Scotia, under which the attack was made by the Leopard.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph Draft.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: postponement of the trial to Friday the 16th, due to Barron's \"feeble state of health.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 pages. Autograph draft signed. Re: the taking of Mr. Saunders to assist Taylor in the defense of James Barron.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: the day fixed for the Court Martial.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: the Report of the Court of Enquiry . . . \"Rascally . . .grounded with prejudice.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e6 pages. Autograph Document.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003epages. Autograph draft. Testimony of Captain Gordon in \"Chesapeake-Leopard\" trial. Autograph draft; Testimony of Captain Hall in \"Chesapeake-Leopard\" trial. 8 pages. Autograph draft; Capt. Gordon's 2nd dep'n. 4 pages. Autograph draft; \"Testimony\" at the Chesapeake- Leopard trial. Autograph draft. (See printed report of the Court Martial Proceedings, Box 13.)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e3 pages.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e4 pages.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e3 pages.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e3 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: rumors of war with England; suggesting that subscriptions be raised for a ship of commerce to be commanded by James Barron, and that the President might remit his sentence.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Letter Signed. Re: Madison's appearance as a witness to the trial of Commodore James Barron.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e22 pages. Autograph Document,E. The charges and decisions are given in detail; part of page 22, the last paragraph has been cut away. Endorsement by James Barron: \"The Congress of the U. States took up this affair and appointed a Committee to examine into my conduct. That Committee acquited (sic) me of all sort of blame; their report is to be found on their records.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. States that \"Doct. Bullus has been your decided enemy.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: the decision of the Court Martial, which has not yet appeared.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e3 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: Charges against Fitz. H. Babbit.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e5 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: the chance of the President's remitting the sentence of the Court Martial of James Barron, the President is expected hourly from Monticello.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e2 letters. Original-6 pages. Copy-8 pages.Autograph Letter Signed. Copy included. Re: dissatisfaction with the outcome of the Court Martial of James Barron, criticism of the trial and \"this unhallowed sentence against you\"; and hopes for a full publication of the trial. Copy of the above included.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e4 pages. Autograph draft.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph draft.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNewspaper Clipping.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAt the beginning of this box is to be found a curious ten page document from John Peake to Lord Gambier, 4 June 1811; in it he recommends \"an entirely new system for naval vessels.\" Also from this period, 7 September 1811 is the letter from W. Lewis to Chas. W. Goldsborough, Secretary of the Navy, which formed the basis for one of the accusations in the later Naval Enquiry on James Barron. The remainder of the material is from the years that Barron spent in exile in Copenhagen. Having arrived there in command of a commercial ship, Portia, in 1812, he was forced to sell the ship and remain in Denmark. His correspondence in connection with his attempts to make a living by his inventions show that he received patents on machines for spinning hemp into rope, cutting cork, kneading dough, and an improvised wind mill. His letter to Wm. Jones, Secretary of the Navy, asking an opportunity to serve his country at the conclusion of his sentence, 22 July 1813, remained unanswered. His correspondence of 1814 when he sold his European patents in expectation of an opportunity to return to the U.S. ended in disappointment. Much correspondence with his daughter, Jane A. Barron is from this period.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph Document.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e10 sheets. Autograph Letter Signed. (A copy, taken 10 April 1812).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e20 pages. Incomplete. Autograph Letter Signed. A long discussion of \"Naval imbecility\" etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e2 pages. Autograph copy. The report of the remarks made by Capt. James Barron to Mr. Lyons, British Consul, re: The Chesapeake-Leopard Affair. \"I am now convinced that he is not only a coward, but a traitor....\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e5 letters. Autograph copy signed. Re: Business matters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e9 letters. Autograph copy signed. Concerned with the sale of the ship formerly commanded by Barron and other business matters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e6 letters. Autograph Letters Signed. Re: the sale of the ship Portia, formerly commanded by Barron and other business matters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 pages. Autograph Document Signed.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: a previous letter.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph Document Signed.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: battles, \"Lord Wellington's victory over the Marmont.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: a suit against Capt. A. Murray in the District Court, District of Delaware.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e3 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: \"Declaration of War on our part of 14th inst.\" And Capt. Hull's successful encounter with the Guerrier.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: the purchase of Barron's ship.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 items. Autograph Document.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 letters. Autograph Letters Signed. Re: business affairs connected with the hemp spinning machine.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e12 items. Autograph draft.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eletter enclosing a commission as Brig.General of Militia\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNumber 4 as noted in state of December 24, 1813\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA note to evacuate Craney Island off Norfolk, if the enemy should attack; officers are listed by name. Number 2 and 3 as noted in statement of December 24, 1813\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe attack on Craney Island by the British on June 22, 1813\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMorning reports for Regiment Infantry commanded by Lt Col Henry Beatty; 1st Regiment commanded by Major Wiley Campbell; 2nd Regiment commanded by Lt. Col. WM Sharp; 5th Regiment VA Militia; Troops under command of Col Thomas Read of Artillery,; Strength and state of the three troops of Cavalry commanded by Captain Carr\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e3 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: his activity on a ship of Capt. Bradley and his desire to return to Barron.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e4 pages. Autograph copy signed. A petition to have his naval recommendation put into practice.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e4 pages. Autograph draft signed. A defense of his action [in The Chesapeake-Leopard Affair] and an accusation against his accusers, especially Capt. Gordon.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph draft signed. The term of his suspension having expired, Barron asks for opportunity to serve his country.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e6 items. Autograph Letters Signed. In one he mentions that he is writing to the Secretary of the Navy to offer his services to his country in the War.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e5 pages. Autograph draft. Re: defense of Virginia, with mention of the Peninsula, Richmond, Petersburg, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph Document.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e3 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: patent for rope machine.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Offer to carry communications to America on his next trip.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e4 pages. Autograph Document Signed. Agreement to sell to John Murray Forbes the patent to a hemp spinning machine, patented in Denmark, Sweden, and Russia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e4 pages. Autograph Document Signed. Sale of the rights to the machine outside Denmark to James Barron.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 pages. Autograph Document Signed with Autograph Copy signed.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e7 pages. Autograph draft,E. Addressed to \"Commodore Murray, at the Collector of Delaware.\" Re: duties on the cargo of the British ship Superior.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 pages. Autograph Letters Signed. Re: Barron's attempts to return home and sale of his European patents.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e3 letters. Autograph Letters Signed. Written when Barron expected to get passage back to the U.S. from Gothenberg when he sold his European patents to Forbes.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e4 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Personal affairs.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Document Signed. Grants permission to Capt. James Barron for the construction of a wind mill on which he, Forbes, holds patent rights.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph copy signed. Re: chance for employment in France.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e3 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Preliminaries of peace were signed at Ghent between the British and American ministers.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e4 pages. Printed Document.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e3 pages. Autograph draft.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e3 pages. Autograph copy. \"Taylor . . . is my brother.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e3 letters. Autograph Letters Signed. Appeals to Barron to aid him, and a letter after his release from prison.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e4 letters. Autograph Letters Signed. News of his attempts to set up in business in Europe and of his new invention, a cork-cutting machine.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e12 letters. Autograph Letters Signed. Business letters in which Ferrau expresses the sympathy in Copenhagen with the cause of Napoleon, and disappointed at his defeat.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Business affairs.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. 3 items. Autograph copy signed. Re: transactions in tobacco. Enclosed: 2 receipts.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: Barron's right of reinstatement among his countrymen.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 pages. Autograph copy signed. For a patent on a machine for cutting corks.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe correspondence of 1816 through 1820 begins with business and family letters received in Copenhagen. After his return to the U.S. in 1819 there is correspondence with the Navy Department and President Monroe regarding the reinstatement of Barron in a naval command. The correspondence of June 1819 to March 1820 with Capt. Stephen Decatur is preserved, along with an account of the duel in which Barron was gravely injured and Decatur killed. (See \"The History of a transaction which there ought never to have been occasion for,\" an account of the duel written by James Barron in the Samuel Barron Papers, Box 1, Folder 8.) The correspondence with Capt. J. D. Elliott, his second, and reports of the controversies which followed the duel are included. Family letters include many from his daughter, Mrs. Jane Barron Hope.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e3 letters. Autograph Letters Signed. Re: his life in the West Indies where he has gone from Copenhagen.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Business affairs; permission granted to import refined sugar into Russia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph copy signed. Business affairs.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e3 letters. Autograph Letters Signed. Re: his hope of returning to U.S. within the year; and of the impending marriage of Jane.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e4 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. News from home: re: Capt. Johnson and lucrative business in the Dismal Swamp Canal; trade with St. Iago De Cuba; Capt. Sinclair; plans to move the Naval Yard from Gosport to York, still undecided; Capt. Fawn's misfortune; flourishing condition of Norfolk; $100,000 subscribed to open the \"Roan Oak Canal\"; Chs. K. Mallory, Collector; Barron's family living in town after their country house burned.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e3 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: his machine for cutting corks now successful, and his desire for a patent on it.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e9 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: her husband; detailed explanations of his cork cutting machine and his mill which \"will grind 100 bushels of corn in 24 hours, can be completed for little more than a common pidgeon house.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: a knife [for the cork cutting machine].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 items. Autograph Letter Signed. Contracts in Danish.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Contract for Elliptical Valve Pump Boxes, to be made and sold by Barron after getting a Danish patent.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 items. Autograph Letters Signed. Authorization for the accountant of the U.S. Navy to pay the balance of his half-pay to Mrs. Elizabeth M. Barron or Mr. Wilton Hope (his son-in-law).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Introducing a Mr. Poulson.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: commission given to Capt. Leech by Barron.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Document in Danish.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph Document Signed, E. Statement re: his \"new invented Pump\" which he has offered to the Secretary of State.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Wishing him a pleasant passage.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e4 pages. Autograph copy. Will Recorded at above date.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: St. Croix; and Barron's imminent departure.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e3 letters. Autograph Letters Signed. Written to Barron as he is waiting to sail and after his arrival in Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePrinted Autograph Document Signed. Document in Danish.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. James L. Ferrau having taken the degree of M.D. is returning to Copenhagen.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. An offer for the purchase of the copyright of the cork cutting machine in Great Britain.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e3 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. \"The President (James Monroe) takes a deep interest in your welfare . . . come on immediately to Washington and see the President himself . . ..\" Re: the debate in General Jackson's case.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 pages. Autograph Copy. Re: that Capt. James Barron applied for passage to the U.S. from Gothenberg to offer his services in the war; was refused passage because the ship was under a neutral cartel, in June 1814.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph copy. Re: that he saw letter addressed by Capt. Barron to the U.S. Secretary of the Navy, in 1813 offering his services to the U.S. and that Barron sought passage to the U.S. in 1814.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e6 pages. Autograph draft signed. Request for readmission to the Navy, detailed denial of accusation which was contained in letter of Capt. William Lewis, 7 September 1811; he was in this country in September 1811 to April 1812.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. A welcome home letter.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e3 letters. Autograph Letters Signed. Enclosing half-pay vouchers.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e19 letters. Autograph Draft Signed, Autograph Letters Signed.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: warrants for land in Kentucky issued to James Barron's father for Revolutionary War service, being 7777 2/3 acres on the Cumberland River and for 1777 2/3 acres on Hartland Creek.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Encouragement and best wishes.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e3 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Details of duel and of conversation between Barron and Decatur: re: Barron's condition.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 letters. Autograph Letters Signed. Re: his nephew, Samuel [Barron] who is at sea as a 4 year old Midshipman on a U.S. warship; and re: bounty lands in Kentucky.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e5 letters. Autograph Letters Signed. Written to Barron while he is recovering from wound received in duel; and comment on the outcome of the duel and public opinion re: the death of Decatur.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e4 letters. Autograph Letters Signed. Elliott, who was the second for Barron in his duel, writes about public opinion of the duel and Barron's coming Court of Enquiry in New York.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e8 letters. Autograph Letters Signed. Finds that public opinion is strongly in favor of Barron after the Barron-Decatur correspondence has been published by the friends of the late Stephen Decatur.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e4 letters. Autograph Letters Signed. Vouchers for pay sustenance and medical costs.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. His respects.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: the published correspondence of Decatur, which appears to be helping Barron.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNewspaper Clipping. A lead editorial stating \" . . . Com. Barron stands acquitted of all blame.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: American group in Copenhagen.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Sent with other letters from friends from Copenhagen.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTwo letters written by James Barron to James Monroe. The first letter is eight pages, autograph draft signed, and an appeal for exoneration from the accusations made against him. The second letter is also eight pages, and a copy of a letter sent to the President of the U.S. informing him of Barron's reason for absence from the late war, also dated 1820 April.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: a newly invented plough of Barron's.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e4 pages. Printed Material.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: Barron's wound.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: a visit to Washington.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 letters. Autograph Letters Signed. Re: affairs in Denmark and the reception of the news of the duel.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: attacks by Mr. King.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e3 pages. Autograph Document Signed. Countersigned by John Rainals, U.S. Consul. Power to collect debts in the U.S.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. The reaction in New York, \"your conduct has been applauded.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Account for the sale of his corkwood, 1817-1820.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 copies. Autograph Letter Signed, Enc. Enclosed: power of Attorney. Re: land on Old Point in which an interest was held by Jane Barron, daughter of Samuel Barron (1) wife of G. Armistead.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: Revolutionary War bounty land of Samuel Barron, father of James Barron.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis box contains the papers of 1821 which are concerned almost entirely with correspondence and other material related to the Naval Court of Enquiry held at the Brooklyn Naval Yard. The enquiry covered (1) the accusation made by W. Lewis in a letter of 7 September 1811 to the Secretary of the Navy, regarding remarks reported to have been made by Barron while in Portugal on a commercial trip regarding the Chesapeake- Leopard Affair and (2) the desire of Barron to return to active service in the War of 1812 upon the expiration of his sentence of suspension from the Navy. Statements of the trial and reactions to the verdict are included. See also: the Proceedings of the Court of Enquiry held at the Navy Yard, Brooklyn, New York, upon Captain James Barron of the United States Navy in May, 1821.Published in Washington City by Jacob Gideon, Junior, 1822. 111 pages.; \"Notes to the Trial of Commodore Barron, 1808.\" 8 pages. and; \"Proceedings of the General Court Martial convened for the trial of Commodore James Barron, Captain Charles Gordon, Mr. William Hook, and Captain John Hall of the United States Ship Chesapeakein the month of January, 1808.\" 496 pages. All are included in one volume in Box 13, folder 1 of the James Barron Papers (1).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e2 copies. Autograph Document Signed. Attested Thomas Latimore.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e3 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Bill allowing five years pay for Barron's father's Revolutionary services has passed the House of Delegates; the President [of the U.S.] has not directed a Court of Enquiry, but has forced Barron to demand one for himself.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 letters. Autograph Letters Signed. Re: the sending of a pair of spectacles to Barron.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Marked \"Private.\" Instructed by the President of the U. States to enquire whether it would be agreeable to Barron to take command of the Navy Yard in Philadelphia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e3 pages. Autograph copies. Re: James Barron, to be held at the Brooklyn Navy Yard on or before 10 May.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 pages. Autograph Document Signed. Re: the residence of James Barron in Copenhagen, his trips in 1811 and 1812, and his desire to be of use to his country in the War, after he was detained in Copenhagen.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e3 pages. Autograph Copy. Re: Commo. James Barron, orig. dated 20 April 1820.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e10 letters. Autograph Letters Signed. Correspondence regarding the Court of Enquiry on Barron and the pamphlet [on the duel] that Elliot is publishing.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e6 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: the arrangements for the Court of Enquiry and the discussions between Smith Thompson and James Barron which have led up to it; mention of the President's interest in the case. n.d. Typed copy of the above. TCop. 3 pages.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Asking the influence of Barron toward the candidacy of Gen'l Pryor for a Marshallship.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 pages. Autograph Draft. Re: representing Barron at the Court of Enquiry in New York.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e3 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Purchased from Charles Hamilton, 1974. n.d. Typed copy of the above. Typed Copy. 1 page.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph Document Signed. \"That, the want of funds alone kept him (James Barron) from returning to his country\" during the war. Folder 12 [1821]. Testimony of James Barron at the trial. ADr. 4 pages. (incomplete). See printed report of the Court of Enquiry. Proceedings, Box 13.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 copies. Autograph Draft.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePages 9-11. Autograph Draft.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Request for appointment to sail under James Barron.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph Letter Signed. Re: survey of land of Comm. Barron. Enclosure: surveyor's plot.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e3 letters. Autograph Letters Signed. Re: this interest of the people in Norfolk in the results of the Court of Enquiry.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e6 letters. Autograph Letters Signed. Re: the appearance of Cleveland at the Court of Enquiry, and criticism of the \"stupid, unmeaning, milk and water decision of the Court.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e5 letters. Autograph Letters Signed. Re: the Court of Enquiry and the Sentence of the Court in which one member did not concur and which [President] Monroe did not sign.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. A report of the attempts of James Barron to return to the U.S. from Sweden on the John Adams.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: affairs in Copenhagen.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Best wishes for the outcome of the enquiry.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e6 pages. Autograph Document Signed. Countersigned by Ino E. Hall, Mayor. Answers to questions put by Lt. Wheaton, Judge Advocate.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e14 letters. Autograph Letters Signed. Re: the attacks of \"the Decatur faction\" on Barron, the results of the Court of Enquiry, and the action of the U.S. Congress on the case.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 pages. Autograph draft. His final testimony at the Board of Enquiry.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph Copy. He has been informed that the testimony has ended at the Board of Enquiry; he will remain in the city until he hears the verdict.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Letter in which the opinion of the Court is quoted in full; James Barron is not completely exonerated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph Draft Signed. Protest against the decision of the Court.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 pages.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph Draft signed. Requests a full copy of the proceedings of the Court.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: the sending of a rhubarb plant which Barron admired.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: a machine designed by Barron.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. He reports the rumor that Barron is to be returned to command \"very speedily.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: his family and a receipt for Barron's ailment - numatic and nitric acid in warm water drunk with meals.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Requesting the loan of Capt. Elliot's dueling pistols.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. An invitation to dine.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 pages. Autograph copy. Re: his newly invented washing machine.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence of the year 1822, much of it concerned with the sentence of the Court of Enquiry and opinions regarding it, including several letters each from A. McLane, Wilmington, Del., R. J. Cleveland, Lancaster, Massachuetts, Wm. Craig, Philadelphia, and Capt. J.D. Elliott, Barron's second in the duel with Decatur. Included is correspondence with Barron's daughters, Mary and Margaretha, and his son-in-law, Capt. John P. Tuttle, and business correspondence in connections with his inventions, a washing machine and a new type of oil lamp.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Family affairs.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e17 letters. Autograph Letters Signed. Correspondence concerning the results of the Court of Enquiry, the actions of the enemies of Barron, and a suggestion that he demand a Court Martial to clear his name; and discussion of Barron's new invention, a washing machine.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: Barron's claim against the Commonwealth of Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: Barron's claim for his father's bounty lands or for compensation.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. \"Your washing machine answers admirably well both for washing and ironing, it only wants to be known to become generally used...\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 pages. Autograph Draft Signed. Request for a return of duty paid on models of his machinery, which he brought to U.S. in 1815.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: indemnity for the capture of the ship Jane, commanded by Barron.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e4 letters. Autograph Letters Signed. Re: the reactions to the case of Barron in the Boston area; a scandal concerning the building of gunboats and the trial of Lt. Abbott; and interest in the washing machine invented by Barron.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e5 letters. Autograph Letters Signed. Re: reports of the Court of Enquiry; the publication of his correspondence connected with the Barron-Decatur duel; and a description of his going overboard on a trip to New York and being 1 l/2 hours in the water before rescue.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e4 letters. Autograph Letters Signed. Asking for the hand of Margaretta Barron in marriage, and naval news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e12 letters. Autograph Letters Signed. Correspondence concerning commercial matters and inventions of Barron including windlass, cutting machine for straw, oil lantern, and pump.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e3 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: her sister, Mrs. Christmas, whose husband has recently died; and of her desire to return to Copenhagen.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: a recently published pamphlet, which concerns Barron; and the attitude of Congress toward Barron's claims.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph Letter Signed.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph Draft Signed. A request that a decision be made on his case.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e4 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: patent on windlass invented by Barron; and disaster of \"the loss of the Albion with her passengers and quarter part of the crew.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e4 letters. Autograph Letters Signed. Re: the receipt in England of models of machines invented by Barron and the showing of them to prospective buyers.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Requesting a recommendation for his son to be admitted as a Cadet at West Point.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: selling his windlass machine in England.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: a receipt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Business concerned with the windlass machine of Barron.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Sent with the gift of a spyglass.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e3 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Business matters and news of Navy affairs.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e3 items. Autograph Documents Signed.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Request that Barron recommend a young man to be commissioned First Lieutenant.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e3 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: the completion of gunboats.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: the model for a windmill invented by Barron.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: an oil lamp invented by Barron.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: the \"bad times\" in Baltimore.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: canvas sent to U.S. and problem of payment for it.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e4 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: affairs in Copenhagen.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Copy of Autograph Letter Signed. Introducing Mr. Brien and Captain McPharron.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Request for a loan.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Invitation to meet the son of John Marshall.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e7 letters. Autograph Letters Signed. Business letters; mention of a spinning machine invented by Barron.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Enclosing payment for a requisition signed by the Secretary of the Navy plus his regular pay.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Barron is in Philadelphia to consult Dr. Phisicle.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e7 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: his faith in Barron and his defense of him in private conversations.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: personal affairs.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: personal affairs.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e3 letters. Autograph Letters Signed. Personal affairs concerned with friends in Copenhagen.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e2 copies. Printed Letter, ES. Announcement of the \"United States Naval Chronicle\" with endorsement, signed.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph Letter Signed. This letter was enclosed with the above announcement, located in Box-folder: 6:10.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e4 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. \"The course . . . of the Executive of our country against you calls loudly for . . . indignation.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: some great sorrow that has befallen the family.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph Letter Signed, E. Introducing Dr. French; endorsement, \"who married Miss Elizabeth Barron.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: canvas sold in America for which he has not been paid; and sympathy for Barron and \"the intrigues of your enemies.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e4 pages. Autograph Draft Signed. Re: his \"miserable situation\": his constant application for some employment, his visits with [President Monroe], and the lack of any response from the Navy Department.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e3 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Reports in detail his losses in a disastrous sailing venture in the Pacific.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph Letter Signed. 2 pages. Gives hope that \"the next incumbent of the White House may venture to look to your claim.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: Barron's trip to Washington to claim his rights; and possibility that General Jackson will be Pennsylvania's candidate for the Presidency.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. He has commended Barron to Mr. Forsythe of the U.S. Congress.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 pages. Copy of Autograph Letter. Re: the bellows invented by Barron for ventilating ships.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Asks horticultural information.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e3 letters. Autograph Letters Signed. Re: the support that Gen'l Jackson has given Barron; and Jackson's candidacy for President.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e4 letters. Autograph Letters Signed. Re: Barron's claims in Washington, his support by Gen'l Jackson, and his appointment as Commander to the Philadelphia Navy Yard.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e3 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: his wife, the former Margaretta Barron, and his family.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. He expresses his sympathy with James Barron in his persecution and states his intention of bringing the matter before the Secretary of the Navy.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph Draft Signed. Re: the installation of bellows [for ventilation] on the ship commanded by Capt. Kennedy.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e5 letters. Autograph Letters Signed. Re: the Navy Bill before Congress; the nomination of Jackson as the candidate for President of the U.S.; add Barron's appointment to the Commander of the Philadelphia Navy Yard.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Concerning his ancestors and his present predicament.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph Letter. Reports, \"we feel confident now we shall have the notes of Georgia.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. An invitation to dinner.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e4 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: Naval matters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e1 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. A letter of introduction for Comm. James Barron.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Social note.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e5 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: the availability of corkwood for the making of bottle corks.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Printed Letter Signed. To meet General Lafayette, signed by John Adams, Mayor, and by Wm. Fitzwhylson and Tho. Brockenbrough.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Application for the position of Secretary to Barron should he be called back into active service, which seems to be imminent.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Expresses gratification that Barron has been called into active service by the \"good old President.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: twilled cotton; and congratulations \"on your recent change of situation.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Expresses \"joy at the termination of your unmerited persecution.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: an order for corkwood.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Rejoices \"that you are restored to a station in the Service to which you have been so long and so justly entitled.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Appreciation for the gift of a spyglass.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: \"the friendly manner the good old President received you,\" and \"the conduct of the two scoundrels that has come out against you in Philadelphia.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Complaining about too heavy duties in the Navy Yard (of which Barron is commander).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e3 letters. Autograph Letters Signed. Re: the appointment of Barron as Commander of the Philadelphia Navy Yard and of the resentment of some persons in Philadelphia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. \"If my candor to Mr. Monroe had any effect in the application of the Golden Law (of justice) be assured it is a great satisfaction to me.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Accusation against some of the officers of the Yard.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. An invitation to meet General Lafayette.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Gratitude from the committee appointed to receive General Lafayette, for the Naval salutes ordered by Barron.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: a request by General Lafayette that a visit be made to the Naval Yard. (under the Command of Barron).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 tickets. Printed Autograph Material. Signed by J.A.S. Lewis, Chairman. Enclosed envelopes in which the tickers were enclosed, endorsed. AC.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 pages. Autograph Document, E. Endorsed: \"List of invited guests to dine with General Lafayette.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e3 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. \"Your appointment gives all the people of this county much satisfaction.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e3 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: events around Norfolk.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Sympathy with Barron and daughters in their bereavement; and a notice of a runaway servant.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Sympathy in his sorrow.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: a planned visit to Yorktown.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: a leave of absence.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. An invitation to a ball honoring General Lafayette. Card of admission enclosed.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e3 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: the Yorktown celebration and social news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 pages. Copy of Autograph Letter. A report on the ship's ventilators invented by Barron.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 pages. Copy of Autograph Letter. A covering letter for the above.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed, Printed. Re: a book on \"System of Pyrotechny\" by her late husband, James Cutbush, written on fold of the printed prospectus.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph Letter Signed.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Request for recommendation for position of Sergeant at Arms of the House of Representatives.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Largely illegible, but begins, \"My father gives me the agreeable task of answering your letter . . . .\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e4 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: acts before Congress, including \"Col. Johnson's for the abolition of imprisonment for debt and of Mr. Johnson from Louisiana to appropriate all the public land to internal improvement and education in the United States\"; and that \"either General Jackson or Mr. Adams must be elected (to the Presidency) by Congress.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: the drafting of an unspecified memorial.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: a memorial to Congress concerned with claims under the Florida Treaty.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e3 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Congratulations on his appointment; re: his cruise and the independence of Peru.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: A Negro Man Ned, about who Gen'l Andrew Jackson was concerned.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e18 letters. Autograph Letters Signed. Much news of Naval events in Norfolk, including criticism of the Admiral, the trial of Stewart, letter of Gen'l Jackson to Mr. Clay, and the movement of warships in and out of Norfolk.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e3 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: the raising of an army.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: the nephew of Barron, Midshipman [Samuel] Barron.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: a representation he made to Congress.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 pages. Printed Autograph Document Signed. Notice of election to the Musical Fund Society of Philadelphia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e14 letters. Autograph Letters Signed. Family letters covering the period in Philadelphia where he commanded the Navy Yard, and his time in Washington as Chairman of a Naval Court Martial.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e7 letters. Autograph Letters Signed. A. McLane, a Revolutionary war veteran, writes of his experiences accompanying Gen'l Lafayette on his visits to America.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. A plea for more regular payment of wages.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Report of his journey to report for duty.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: the outfitting of ships; and of Barron's ventilation system, \"it may be hailed as the salvation of our Navy.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: affairs in Copenhagen.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Introducing John Geddes.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph Draft Signed. Recommending Henry Crabb.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Supporting the claims of William Crabb, Assistant Navy Store Keeper.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Requesting assistance for the appointment of his son, George, to the Service.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Notice of transfer of Barron to the command of the Gosport Navy Yard in Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Request for leave.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Request to be placed under the command of Barron.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Invitation to a testimonial dinner to be given for Barron on the occasion of his removal from Philadelphia. Enclosure: a toast to Philadelphia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e3 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: family affairs.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Regret at Barron's departure from Philadelphia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Request advice regarding the milling of flour.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e3 letters. Autograph Letters Signed. He writes of his difficult situation in the Navy.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Invitation to a dinner.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e3 letters. Autograph Letters Signed. Re: the pump invented by Barron.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: the Florida Treaty.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e3 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Request for an assignment.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Offers self as Secretary to Barron who it is rumored is to command the Frigate Brandywine conveying Gen. Lafayette to France.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Request for help in getting his back wages from the Navy.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Reporting as a witness at the court martial of Charles Stewart.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e3 letters. Autograph letters signed. Re: his brother, Dr. Richard Kennon, who is relieved of sea duty and placed under the command of Barron.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph letter signed. Submitting his bust of Gen'l Lafayette to the Public Inspector at Washington.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 pages. Autograph letter signed. Re: the romance of Lt. Pendergrast and Virginia Barron.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 pages. Autograph letter signed. Re: the suitor for the hand of Virginia Barron.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 items. Autograph letter signed, Enclosed. Enclosing account for services in taking out a patent for Barron on angle-lever-windlass.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e3 pages. Autograph letter signed. Re: some affairs before Congress - - largely illegible.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph letter signed. Re: verbal message given as ships passed, but not heard.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph letter signed. \"We all rejoiced in what must have been so gratifying to yourself after so long and so painful a period of suspense.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e3 pages. Copy of Autograph letter signed. Forwarded to Captain Edmund P. Kennedy then to James Barron. A report of valuable use of the bellows invented by Barron in changing air below decks and in the control of disease there.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 pages. Autograph letter signed. Request for leave of absence.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph letter signed. Report on return from his leave.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e2 pages. Autograph letter signed, Enclosed. Re: the use of the title, \"Commodore\" honorary since the Navy has no such rank.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 pages. Autograph letter signed. Re: transportation of powder to Richmond\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Copy of Autograph letter. Defense of the Navy Constructor at the Yard.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 pages. Autograph letter signed. Re: the ventilation on ships and suggestions for improvements.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph letter signed. Report of speech by John Randolph in which he \"abused everybody\" including Barron in regard to the Chesapeakeaffair and the duel with Decatur. Added note: \"Burn it as soon as you read it.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 pages. Autograph letter signed. Re: his cruise, Naval discipline, and injustice the President's message recommending a Naval Academy. Re: South American politics and the fall of Callas.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 pages. Autograph letter signed. Re: the completion of ships being built to order.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003epages. Autograph letter signed. Re: the build-up of the Navy.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph letter signed. Report that all is quiet in that area, that no piracies are heard of.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 letters. Autograph letters signed. Correspondence regarding the new type wooden docks and new type dry docks, invented by Barron.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph letter signed. Re: his invention of a new type of dock.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed. Invitation to dinner.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 pages. Autograph letter signed. Re: the estate of John B. Osborn, grandson of David Barron.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 pages. Autograph letter signed. Social news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Printed Autograph Document Signed.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 pages. Autograph letter signed. Declining to get involved in more controversy concerning his treatment by the Navy in the past years.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph letter signed. A recommendation of the bearer, T.H. Yateman.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCop of Autograph letter. Relating to affairs of the Navy Yard, Gosport, Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e3 pages. Autograph letter signed. Re: a recommendation to the Treasury Department relative to a \"system of telegraph for the United States.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e3 pages. Autograph letter signed. Re: the \"automatic chess player.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e3 pages. Autograph letter signed. Sending a greeting to Commo. Barron from his friends in Denmark.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 page. Autograph letter signed. Re: a Mr. Butler.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e4 pages. Autograph letter signed. Re: social news of Norfolk.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 pages. Autograph letter signed. Re: shipping around the Cape.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 pages. Copy of Autograph letter. Accepting position of godfather to Kennedy's son and approving the choice of James Barron as his proxy; statement of his high regard for the Navy.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 pages. Autograph letter signed. Family and Naval news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 pages. Autograph letter signed. Re: the log boats invented by Barron.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 pages. Autograph letter signed. Request for the service of Coxwain Parker, sympathy at death of Lieut. Tuttle.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph letter signed. Invitation to tea.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph letter signed. Re: the success of the ventilating bellows invented by Barron.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph letter signed. A recommendation that he leave the area in the \"sickly season\" for the sake of his health.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph letter signed. Re: an appointment marked \"Private.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 pages. Autograph letter signed. Re: personal and Naval affairs.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e4 pages. Autograph letter signed. Re: personal matters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph letter signed. Introducing Capt. Basil Hall of the British Navy.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e3 pages. Autograph letter signed. News that he has received an appropriation of $50,000 from the Congress for an exploration.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e3 pages. Autograph Draft. Re: the drowning of Mr. Slidwell, Mr. Rodgers, and Mr. Harrison.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 pages. Autograph letter signed. Appreciation for an introduction.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph letter signed. Introducing Wm. Barrister.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph letter signed. Application to serve as a midshipman under Barron.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 pages. Autograph letter signed. Re: his son who is to report to Barron for service.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Printed letter. Re: claims under the Treaty of Ghent.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e4 pages. Autograph letter signed. Re: shipments of wine.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph Draft Signed. Enclosed with a pamphlet on dry rot (now lost).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph letter signed. Request that her letters be forwarded to her son who is serving on a ship in the Pacific.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph letter signed. Request for dimensions of the moveable crane invented by Barron.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 pages. Autograph letter signed. Request that Midshipman Joyner return to the Department.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 pages. Autograph letter signed. Request for information on a \"Denmark stove.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 pages. Autograph letter signed. Recommendation for Barry Hayes.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e4 pages. Autograph letter signed. Commending the ship's ventilators invented by Barron.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph letter signed. Appointment of Barron to the command of the U.S. Frigate Guerriere, flagship of the Pacific Fleet.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph Draft. Asking to be excused from Pacific Command because of his business in establishing claims for his father's Bounty Lands.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e3 pages. Autograph letter signed. Re: the curative values of wearing a steel plate next to the body.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Copy of Autograph letter signed.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncomplete copy of the above is located in folder 21. Autograph Draft. 1 page.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph letter signed. Introduction of Midshipman Petway.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph letter signed. Re: Barron's refusal of the command of the Guerriere.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e3 pages. Autograph letter signed, card. Marked \"Private.\" Re: an epidemic of yellow fever on his ship which he attributes to the removal of the bellows air pump which had been removed from his ship at the last overhaul. \"It is the invention of Commo. Barron . . . I consider it a thorough safe guard from local fever, and shall not willingly go to sea without one.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e4 pages. Autograph letter signed. Congratulations to Barron On the election of his friend Andrew Jackson as President of the U.S.; news of events and ships in the Pensacola Navy Yard.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e3 pages. Autograph letter signed. Personal matters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e3 pages. Autograph letter signed.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e4 pages. Autograph letter signed. Smith, a former Marine, writes for \"a Common pension in the country of my adoption,\" thanks Barron and Lieut. Pendergast for their kindness to him, and sends greetings to Gen'l Andrew Jackson and his nephew Maj. Andrew J. Donaldson.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e2 pages. Autograph letter signed. A tumor that has been removed from Barron's son-in-law Pendergrass, and Re: Barron's visit with \"your old Favorite General\" (Pres. Jackson).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph letter signed. Re: a delivery of stone on the orders of Commo. Warrington.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e4 pages. A strong letter of censure for Smoot's actions in the Yard.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 pages. Autograph letter signed, reply. A call for the repayment of a loan made by the father of McLane; Barron's reply is copied on the reverse.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: his orders to report to the Constellation, under the command of Barron.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 pages. Autograph letter signed. Re: his orders to report to Barron for duty on the Constellation.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e3 pages. Autograph letter signed. Re: gossip regarding them and Barron's romantic interest elsewhere.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e3 pages. Autograph letter signed. Requesting help in his attempt to receive another commission in the Navy.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 pages. Autograph letter signed. Asking a recommendation to the President [of the U.S.].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e3 pages. Autograph letter signed. Request for help in placing the son of Hansen in a U.S. Mercantile House, and asking the assistance of Commo. Barron.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e3 pages. Autograph Draft. Complaint regarding a letter received from Rodgers and defense of his own position in regard to material for building at the Navy Yard.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph letter signed. Sent with a tobacco box which was to be a gift for Gen'l Jackson.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 pages. Autograph letter signed. Re: cotton duck.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph letter signed. Regrets that he is unable to accept invitation.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph draft. Re: something, which Eaton has requested, unnamed.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 pages. Autograph letter signed. En route to Chile where a revolution is reported; and Re: a difficulty with the ship St. Peter, at sea.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph document.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 pages. Printed material.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e112 pages used. Autograph Volume. The copies of letters are written in Barron's hand and are signed, and cover the period from 14 May 1829 through 17 May 1831.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed. Request that Barron send relief, for their boat is stuck on a sand bar at the Point of Shoals.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed. Written at \"4 o'clock in the morning\" a second appeal for relief.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed. A letter of appreciation for Barron's \"kindness and good offices.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Printed Autograph Letter Signed. Notice of pay due the late John P. Tuttle on the 11th June 1827, the day he died.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 pages. Autograph letter signed. Re: the settling of claims, the Navy Bill, and the trial of Creighton.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph letter signed. Re: activities of Tyler and Eaton.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 pages. Autograph letter signed. Re: the death of Commo. Chauncy, and threat of assassination of Van Buren.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 pages. Autograph letter signed. Re: the appointment of Kennedy to command the Frigate U. States on a two-year cruise, and of the opposition of Tazewell to the Navy Bill.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed. Introducing Midshipman Pitcher, son of the Governor of New York.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 letters. Autograph letters signed. Re: supplies received at the Navy Yard.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph letter signed. Reports that he has received orders to transfer to the Brazil station.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph draft. Re: the death of Barron's grandson, son of Mrs. [Jane Barron] Hope.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 pages. Autograph letter signed. Re: the cork cutter invented by Barron.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e4 pages. Autograph letter signed. An appeal to Barron to intercede with the President against the dismissal of the U.S. Consul in Malta.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph letter signed. Re: information desired from Commo. Sinclair.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e3 pages. Autograph letter signed. Re: standards of Army and Navy rank.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph letter signed. Re: Barron's fixtures on the ship.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph draft signed. Re: some invention.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 pages. Autograph letter signed. Re: the purchase of a boat.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e3 pages. Autograph document signed. Application for a patent on a fan.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph note. Re: Barron's cork cutter, his automatic fan; and recollections of her father Re: Barron's command office the Norfolk Navy Yard.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph draft.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e3 pages. Autograph draft. Dated at Pensacola, signed by William H. Chase and Thomas Wright.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e3 pages. Autograph letter signed. Requesting a personal commendation, which might serve to influence the President in reversing a court martial sentence.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e3 pages. Autograph letter signed. Requesting a personal commendation, which might serve to influence the President in reversing a court martial sentence.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 pages. Autograph letter signed. Re: rumor that Commo. Bainbridge will be restored to the command of the Philadelphia Navy Yard.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 pages. Autograph letter signed. Re: Barron's move to the command of the Philadelphia Navy Yard and chance of the reinstatement of Commo. Bainbridge at that post.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph letter signed. A description of the U.S. ship John Adams.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e4 pages. Autograph letter signed. Re: affairs at Washington and General Jackson's good offices.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 pages. Autograph letter signed. Report on the good condition of the ship, as tried under sail.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph letter signed. A letter of appreciation.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph letter signed. Regret expressed that Barron is leaving the Gosport Station to take charge of another.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph document.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 pages. Autograph letter signed. Re: orders for his son.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePrinted Autograph Document Signed,Card.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph letter signed. Re: \"the model of a machine intended for the transportation of the U. States' mail.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 letters. Autograph letters signed. Re: a government appointment; and fresh fish and oysters from the Norfolk area.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e8 pages. Autograph Draft. Endorsement on reverse of page 4, \"Essays upon Naval Subjects by Commo. Barron.\" A cover note/enclosure: 11 December 1831. James Barron, Philadelphia, to Louis McLane. Autograph Draft. 1 page.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 items. Autograph letter signed. Complaining of being held as insane in the hospital. 2 pages.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 pages. Autograph letter signed. Urging Barron to not let it be known that he is willing to leave the Station, because of his enemies there.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e3 pages. Autograph document. Endorsed: on reverse-side of page 2, \"Essays upon Naval Subjects by Como. Barron.\" Re: the Naval Bill before Congress re: naval grades and the new grade of Admiral.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 letters. Autograph letters signed. Re: his difficulties in obtaining a government appointment.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e3 letters. Autograph letters signed. Re: publications concerning the Barron-Decatur duel and articles on the subject in the Baltimore Sun.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph draft signed. Re: an article in the Globe regarding John Thompson, a contractor at the Navy Yard.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph letter signed. Re: a claim made by Thompson before the Committee of Claims of the Congress.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph letter signed. Regret at being unable to participate in February 22 civic ceremonies.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e4 pages. Autograph letter signed. Mention of Barron's (second) wife; re: difficulties between Comm. Elliott and Capt. Dallas; opposition to Barron in Philadelphia; other naval news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph letter signed. \"The President has dismissed Bryne and all the officers involved in the late duel at Philadelphia.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCopy of Autograph letter signed. Exonerating Elliott of charges brought by Dallas. Also, copy sent to Capt. A. Dallas.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph letter signed. Re: payment for land warrants.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph draft. Re: his letterbooks which he is refusing to turn over to the Department.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 pages. Autograph letter signed. Marked \"Confidential.\" Report of his difficulties with Capt. Dallas.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 pages. Autograph draft. Marked \"Personal and confidential.\" Request to be transferred from his command in Philadelphia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e2 pages. Autograph letter signed. Sent with \"Murray's list\" and an epitome of his life.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e3 pages. Autograph document signed.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph letter signed. Re: her father who is so ill that he cannot write.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 pages. Autograph letter signed. Re: the Revolutionary War service of Richard Tool.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph letter signed. Re: the ventilators for ships invented by Barron.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph letter signed. Re: repairs needed on the ship \"Ruth and Mary.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph letter signed. Apologies for the non-delivery of the Norfolk Herald.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph letter signed. Invitation to attend the lectures of the Geological Society of Pennsylvania.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph letter signed. Re: the Arabian horse Selim (brought to U.S. by Barron after Tripolitan War).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e11 pages. Autograph letter signed. Re: \"The South Carolina Sedition\" and the dangers of the Nullification.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e4 pages. Autograph letter signed. Re: Thomas Boucher, Commodore in Virginia Navy in 1776; the logbook of James Barron, Sr., recently discovered; and the chance that the northern manufacturers will force the \"Dissolution of the Union\" forming a \"Southern Republic.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 letters. Autograph letters signed. Newsy letters of family and naval affairs.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e4 pages. Autograph letter signed. Asking his support in conflict with the Naval Department.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph letter signed. Complaint that his pay in the Navy Yard has been reduced to $1.00 per day.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e5 pages. 2 copies. Autograph draft. Petition for a patent on the log construction of ships.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph draft.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph letter signed. Re: the death by cholera of William Thaler, Consul to Cuba; and his desire to have the post -- asking Barron's recommendation.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph letter, E. An appointment given for \"this evening or early tomorrow morning.\" Endorsement with list of things which Barron was to discuss with the President.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 pages. Autograph letter signed. Plan for building a ship according to Barron's plan on the Ohio River; funds needed.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e4 pages. Autograph letter signed. Re: the need for Barron's ship of logs, to avoid disasters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph letter signed. Re: a certificate to be signed.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e3 pages. Autograph letter signed. Family affairs.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: the grappling hooks used by the ancients in sea battles about which Barron had enquired.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph letter signed. Re: a ship coming into the Navy Yard to discharge the crew.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph letter signed. Acknowledgments of receipt of specifications for patent of \"Prow Ship\" or \"application of steam power to the purposes of War.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: value of the air pump invented by Barron, as used on a cruise off the coast of Brazil.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph letter signed. Printed copy included. Certificate of the value of the valve pump invented by Barron.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph draft.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e3 pages. Autograph letter signed. Requesting a recommendation for the position of Purser.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph letter signed. Enquiry regarding the \"prospect of a reorganization of the Marine Corps.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph letter signed. Request that he sign a certificate \"to prosecute Cousin Judy's claim for her father's services.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph draft signed. Re: the steam prow ship that was invented by Barron.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph letter signed. Agrees that Barron should seek the consideration of Congress of his steam prow invention.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e3 pages. Autograph letter signed. Complaint of new rates of pay in the Navy Yard.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph letter signed. Report that warrant has been issued for his Revolutionary War services.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph draft signed. Asking that his steam prow for battleships be presented to the House for consideration.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 pages. Autograph letter signed. Asking his support in keeping civilian workers at the Navy Yard.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph letter signed. Invitation to explain his steam prow ship to the Committee on Naval Affairs.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCopy of Autograph letter signed. Re: \"bellows ventilator which have been used in Naval Ships of the U.S. for eight or ten years, with no reward given to Barron, the inventor.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph draft signed. Asking consideration of his bellows ventilator for use on Naval ships.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph draft signed. Submitting his invention of ships ventilator for consideration by the Congress.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e14 letters. Autograph letters signed. News letters about the family of Barron and Naval events in Norfolk; re: his trouble with a Navy agent, of Dr. Cowdery, of Lt. William Cunningham's Revolutionary War service; re: his son Phil[emon] in the Naval service.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e4 letters. Autograph letters signed. Correspondence concerning bounty for Revolutionary War service.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 letters. Autograph draft signed. Re: filtering machine invented by Barron.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e2 letters. Autograph letters signed. Re: filtering machine invented by James Barron and submitted to the Navy.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 letters. Autograph letters signed. Re: filtering machine submitted to the Navy.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 pages. Autograph letter signed. Recommendation for the ship's ventilator invented by Barron.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 pages. Autograph letter signed. Re: completion of his pump before a committee on inventions.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 pages. Autograph letter signed. Complaint regarding the rating that the Navy gives to Master Workmen in its yards.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph draft signed. Re: a new edition of the book on naval flag signals, the first book having been prepared by Barron. Also second copy of the same.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e3 letters. Autograph letters signed. Correspondence regarding patents on a ship ventilator and \"cast iron blocks\" [for making shells].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e3 pages. Autograph letter signed. Recollection of meeting Barron at an oyster supper given by Col. Bassett in Williamsburg during the visit of Gen'l Lafayette in 1824; enquiry concerning Byrd Chamberlayne's service in the Revolutionary War.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e6 letters. Autograph letters signed. Re: a steam powered ship invented by Kendall about which there is a patent controversy with Dr. Planton (Platon).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph draft signed. Re: floating dry dock and new type pump invented by Barron.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e3 pages. Autograph letter signed. Re: new Navy regulations and back pay for self and Barron.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e4 letters. Autograph letters signed. Re: Barron's actions during the War of 1812 and continuing controversy which concerned Elliott's part in the Barron-Decatur duel.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 letters. Autograph letters signed. Re: Revolutionary War bounties for services of Barron, his father, and Godfrey Ragsdale.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: pump invented by Barron.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph letter signed. Requests support for her son who is seeking an appointment to West Point.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e12 pages. Autograph letter signed.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e6 items. Autograph draft signed. Discussions of the \"steam cylinder craft\" invented by Kendall.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Printed Autograph Draft Signed. Bill to pay Ann Mortimer Barron, the daughter of William Barron, for services in the Revolutionary War.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph letter signed. Re: letters forwarded to Barron.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph draft signed. \"On the subject of Armed Steam Vessels.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 pages. Autograph document signed. An application for a patent on the process for making shells of blocks of cast iron.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e5 pages. Copy of Autograph letter signed. \"On the [ship] Portia's business,\" which was sold in Copenhagen because it was impounded there due to the war with Great Britain.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 pages. Autograph letter signed. Re: a descendant's war pay claim to be paid by Miss Barron.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph letter signed. Re: the pump invented by Barron.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e3 pages. Autograph letter signed. Description of Maine coastline.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph draft. Re: \"on Prow Ship.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003epages. Autograph letter signed, Copy of Autograph letter signed. Evaluation of the \"Prow Ship\" invented by Barron.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph letter signed. Thanking Barron for information regarding the steam boat.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 pages. Autograph draft. \"Copy of a letter written by me for the S[ecretary] of the Navy on the pay of officers.\" He urges increases in Navy pay in all grades.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 pages. Autograph letter signed. Comment on the steam prow ship.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph draft. Re: the cork cutting machine and the pump invented by Barron.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e3 pages. Autograph letter signed. Re: the opposition of the local whig party to him as a Jackson man.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph Draft Signed. Re: the claim of John Thompson.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 pages. Printed material. Re: the pump and cork-cutter.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 pages. Autograph draft.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e3 pages. Autograph letter signed. Family Affairs.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e4 pages. Autograph letter signed. Re: an order on him from Taylor.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e15 pages. Autograph Draft Signed. Re: the steam prow war ship.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Printed Autograph Document Signed.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Printed Autograph Document Signed. Letterhead has engraving of the hotel front.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e3 pages. Autograph letter signed. Re: a portrait of Barron.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 pages. Autograph draft. Re: wind mill improved by Barron.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph letter signed. Enclosing a letter from Adm. Sir Isaac Coffin Bart.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 pages. Autograph letter signed. Re: steam prow ship.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph draft signed. Re: steam prow ship.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 letters. Autograph letters signed. Re: the sharing of profits on the invention of the cylinder steam boat and plans for building such a craft.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 letters. Autograph drafts. Re: the cylinder steam boat.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 pages. Autograph letter signed. Requesting the plans of the U.S. Ship John Adams to serve as a model for war ships being built by Spain.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e3 letters. Autograph letters signed. Family letters, including notice of the death of Mrs. Pendergast, the daughter of Barron, and of Barron's grandchild.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph draft. Re: the model of a boat which is to be built.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph draft. Re: Revolutionary War claims.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 pages. Autograph draft. Re: patent rights to the pump invented by Barron.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 Autograph drafts. Re: problems of armed steam vessels.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph draft. Re: on the subject of armed steam vessels.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph document signed.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph document signed.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph document signed. 1 p. Engraving of the interior of the store is on the letterhead.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 pages. Autograph letter signed. Re: War bounties which have run out because of lapsed time.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph draft. Re: pay of ship masters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph draft signed. Re: letter of Capt. [H.A.] Mix of the Navy.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph draft signed. Re: the renewal of patents on the cork cutter and pump.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Printed material.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph draft signed. An appeal for the command of a ship or permission to build his steam prow warship \"when a war was considered inevitable.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph draft signed. Re: the case of John Thompson.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph Draft Signed. Re: Barron's business before the Committee of Claims.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e3 pages. Autograph letter signed. Re: need for the increase in the Navy.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e3 pages. Autograph letter signed. Norfolk news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph document. \"Estimate for a floating dock for repairing Schooners of 175 tons burthen.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph draft signed. A reference to [Henry A.] Wise.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph letter signed. Re: money sent from Mr. Pendergast, Barron's son-in-law.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 pages. Autograph letter signed. Re: floating dry dock invented by Barron.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph draft signed. Re: a new type of dock.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph letter signed. Receipt for the model of the floating dock invented by Barron.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 pages. Autograph letter signed. Appreciation for Barron's interest in him.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph draft. Power of attorney for land claims.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Printed Autograph Document Signed. Receipt for the description of a valve-board pump.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 pages. Autograph letter signed. Appreciation for a portrait.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e4 pages. Autograph letter signed. Accounts of experiments made with bellows invented by Barron.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph letter signed. Signs self as commanding the East India and Asia [?].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph letter signed Receipt for \"additional remarks on your galley.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph letter signed. Re: samples of cork.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 copies. Autograph drafts signed. Petition concerning the Navy signals which Barron first reorganized in 1798 and 1799.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e3 pages. Autograph letter signed. Enclosing a sketch of \"Floating Dry Dock at Smithland on the Ohio River, mouth of Cumberland.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e5 letters. Autograph letters signed. Re: the galley invented by Barron.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e3 letters. Autograph letters signed. Re: a galley invented by Barron.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph letter signed. Re: the \"Bill reported for the Ventilator\" [to Congress].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePrinted autograph material, Card.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 pages. Copy of Autograph letter signed. Re: repairs to U.S. Ship Pennsylvania.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e3 letters. Autograph letters signed. Family and other news from Norfolk, including reaction to his resignation from the command of the Navy Yard in Philadelphia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph letter signed. Appreciation for a box sent her by Barron.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph draft signed. Re: the rumor that Comm. Rodgers has resigned the presidency of the Board of Naval Commissioners and that an officer junior to Barron may be appointed to the position.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph letter signed. Request for an autograph for his collection.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph draft signed. Resigning his command because a junior officer who has served him as a Lieutenant is being placed over him.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 pages. Autograph letter signed. Re: the patent for the floating dry dock.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph document signed. An account sheet.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e3 pages. Autograph letter signed. A farewell letter as Barron left the command of the Yard.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph draft signed. Appreciation for an affectionate letter of farewell from these.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 pages. Autograph draft signed. Appreciation of a letter of farewell from these.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter, Autograph draft. Re: Miles King.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph letter signed. Re: his readiness to act in Barron's behalf.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 pages. Autograph draft signed. Complaining about his treatment by the Navy.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePrinted Autograph Document Signed. For Life of Burr.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 pages. Autograph letter signed. Re: articles and letters received for Barron after his departure from Philadelphia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 pages. Autograph letter signed. Re: gun carriage invented by Barron.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph letter signed. Offering his assistance needed by Barron that he can render.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 pages. Autograph letter signed. Re: stoves left by Barron.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 letters. Autograph letters signed. Re: the pump invented by Barron.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph letter signed. Introducing Capt. Von Shanter of the Russian Imperial Navy.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e4 pages. Autograph letter signed. Re: the conditions of (sailing) Masters in the Navy and a memorial on the subject which was before Congress.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph letter signed. Re: \"my connexion [sic] with that unhappy duel.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e3 pages. Autograph letter signed. Re: the Polar Expedition and regret at Barron's leaving Philadelphia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e3 pages. Autograph letter signed. Family affairs, with greetings to her father, James Barron.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 pages. Autograph letter signed. Re: the gun carriage and steam vessels.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph letter signed.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 letters. Autograph letters signed. Re: family and Norfolk affairs.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e4 pages. Autograph letter signed. A report at the end of a cruise of three years and six months.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e3 pages. Autograph letter signed. Family affairs.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e3 letters. Autograph letters signed. Complaining against continued slander in the newspapers.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 pages. Autograph letter signed. Re: the services of Barron's father in the Revolutionary War.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph letter signed. Re: the importing of Jack Asses by the Commanders of Squadrons.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph letter signed. Applying for the position of chief clerk for Barron when he becomes President of the Navy Board. Enclosed: newspaper clipping announcing the rumor that Barron is to be appointed President of the Navy Board.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 pages. Autograph draft. Explanation for the importation of \"Jack Asses and other animals.\" Enclosure: \"Extract from Hon. Sam'l L. Southard,\" signed Dan[ie]l F. Patten. Re: animals, seeds, and plants.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e3 pages. Autograph letter signed. Report on the political situation in South America.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e3 pages. Autograph letter signed. Complaints about the Navy Board.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e6 letters. Autograph letters signed. Re: troubles that Elliott had experienced on his last cruise with his officers and Marines; of the conflict that he was having with Mr. Paulding, Secretary of the Navy; and of rumors of arrangements for the trial of Elliott.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 pages. Autograph draft signed. A statement regarding his claims on the Navy.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 pages. Autograph letter signed. Re: the death of his son, Philemon.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 letters. Autograph letters signed. Complaints about his treatment by the Navy; and valuable information on the \" Portia,\" the commercial ship captained by Barron which was held in Copenhagen by the outbreak of the War of 1812.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page. Autograph letter signed. A note sent with \"Judy, a colored woman,\" who is proceeding to Germantown, [Pennsylvania], where she is to be the servant of Commodore James Barron and family.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph document signed. Tuition and board for Master J. Hope (grandson of JB).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed, R. Inquiry concerning land owned by Barron's father (war bounty lands). Reply regarding the sale of some land by his brother, Samuel Barron, as the administrator of their father's estate.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePrinted material. Suggesting that steam vessels, made 400 feet long by 100 feet wide, drawing 20 feet of water, could make the passage to Europe in eight days.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed. Re: 2,000 acres of land for which $1000 is offered.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed, R. New President of the Navy Department thanks Barron for a letter in which he asks Pres. William Henry Harrison for an appointment.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed, Card. The Secretary of the Navy writes, sending the greetings of the President.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed. Re: the death of General Harrison and of Gov. Tyler, his successor.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed. Re: Barron's chances under the new President, Tyler.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed. Re: the calling of attention of the Secretary of the Navy to articles by Barron on naval subject; the articles are listed.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed. Re: his preparations to sail for Rio.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed. Re: Navy Department and reappointment of Barron.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed, E. Endorsed \"Commo B's 2nd wife, formerly Mary Anne Wilson.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed. Navy news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed. \"The engines will be ready to be tried in 8 days...\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed. Family affairs, with endorsement of explanation.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 copies. Autograph letter signed, E. Endorsement: \"The secretary of the Navy to Commo. Biddle approving his discharging of Joshua Parker, a Pensioner for bad conduct as complained of by the Commodore in his letter of January 19. A precedent for like cases.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph document signed. Bounty lands for Revolutionary War service of JB (1).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph copies. Orders to assume command of the Naval Asylum at Philadelphia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed. Norfolk news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed. Offering services as Secretary.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph draft signed. Expressing the need for a carpenter.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed. Re: the \"solid-bottomed steamboat.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 copies. Autograph draft signed. Request for a boat for the inmates.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCard,E.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed, E. Endorsement by Miss Janey Hope Marr.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed. Family affairs.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed. Recommending Edward Higgins.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed. Re: a presidential review of the decision in the court martial of Elliott.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed. \"You have had a rough time of it ever since the battle of Lake Erie....\" Comments on Cooper, \"undoubtedly the finest among our Literary Men\" and on the necessity of reform in the Court Martial system.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed. Re: his removal from office by the President of the U.S.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed. Re: letters received and letter of Noah in which there is \"Cooper's explanation of the Erie Affair.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed. Introducing Midsh. John Guest, \"who is about commencing his studies at the Naval Asylum.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph draft signed. Report that he has expelled Daniel Conway and Joshua Parker.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed. Order to readmit Conway and Parker to the Asylum.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph draft signed. Reply concerning Conway and Parker.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed. Personal affairs.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed. Re: some cider he has sent; and decrying the state of the country with failing banks, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph draft signed.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph draft signed. Re: pay for the Carpenter's Mate at the Asylum.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph draft signed. Re: an inmate, Patrick Malloy.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCard. Re: medical officer's reports.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 copies. Autograph letter signed, R. Asking a report on all employees at the Naval Asylum and Hospital. Reply that the reports are being prepared.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed. Introducing John F. Abbott.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 copies. Autograph draft signed. Letter enclosing reports on the personnel of the Asylum.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCopy of Autograph letter signed. Directs the discharge of Patrick Malloy.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph draft signed. Re: orders sent without the approval of Barron.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eAutograph draft signed. Resentment for addressing Barron as \"Captain\" instead of ''Commodore.''\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed. Stating that all letters from Chiefs of Bureaus are to be considered official.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed. Letter concerns Patrick Malloy Reply Re: 12 November 1842. JB to Wp. Cb Autograph Draft Signed. Reply to the above.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCopies of Autograph letter signed. Re: Patrick Maley.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed. Re: plans for the building of the Asylum.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCopy of Autograph letter signed. Re: Patrick Maley.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph draft signed. Requesting a leave of absence.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCopy of Autograph letter signed. Re: report of the Purser, Mr. Pettit.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed. Giving permission for Barron to retire from the Asylum.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph draft signed. Returning letter which is \"unworthy of my notice.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph document signed. Includes tuition for Jas. Barron Hope for one year.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed. Granting leave of absence for three months from November 30.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph document.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed. Re: Navy affairs, esp. Dr. Barton.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph copy. Re: the trouble caused by Dr. Barton, in contrast to good offices of Commo. Biddle and Commo. Barron.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed. Re: a naval engagement of the Revolutionary War between the barge Victory of Accomac and six barges of Capt. Kidd of which only Barron has memory. Enclosed is newspaper clipping of the engagement.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph document signed.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed. Family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed. Re: introduction to Chas. A. Magwood and Joseph R. Payne.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed. Re: arrangement of the rooms of the forward officers.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed. Request for a loan.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed. Appreciation for a loan.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed. Re: references to Commo. Barron in \"Commo. Elliott's book.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed. Re: \"Revolutionary Pensions.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed. Personal letter. Re: Barron's building a new house in Norfolk.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed. Family letter.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed. Re: a recent storm in Hampton.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed. Re: pump invented by Barron and need for a loan of $2000 to go into business.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph draft signed. Re: a claim for his father's \"commutation pay and land bounty.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed. Family letter from the son-in-law of Barron.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed. Enquiry concerning past practice in examining Midshipmen (Barron did this when he was in charge of the Naval Asylum in Philadelphia) in connection with the establishment of the Naval Academy.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed. Incomplete. Incomplete.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed. Note accompanying 2 sketches (not enclosed).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e3 items. 11-16 April 1848. Robt. W. Land, Phila., to Capt. Blake, U.S. Navy, Walnut St., [Phila.]. ALS,R. Offering a place near Germantown for sale.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed,R. Offering a place near Germantown for sale.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHe has no desire to buy a place in Germantown.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed. Re: his collegiate activities and expenses at [the College of William and Mary].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed. Appreciation for a letter of sympathy.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed. Re: seniority of Barron in the Navy, having been made Captain in May 1799.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed. Marked \"Private and Confidential.\" Personal matters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed. Written while visiting \"Papa\" (his grandfather, Commo. James Barron).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed. Re: Barron's claim.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 copies. Autograph draft signed. Letter to a newspaper concerning an article which concerned his stay in Denmark during the War of 1812.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed. Family and personal affairs; and concerning preservation of the Union under General Taylor.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed. A long discussion of the danger of the Southern threat for the dissolution of the Union and the determination of the Northerners to preserve it; and concerning the freeing of the slaves in the District of Columbia by constitutional means.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed. A request for his autograph.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed, Card. Armouring that he has documents establishing the war claims of these men and will furnish them for \"one fourth of the recovery.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed,R. A servant of madam magino writes to Barron thanking him for his kindness to her years before at the Gosport Navy Yard. Reply [from J.B.] in a very shaky hand.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePrinted autograph letter, Card. Inviting Commo. James Barron to join the procession in tribute in Norfolk.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed. A family letter.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed. Report that Capt. Sam. Barron has sailed for Africa with his son as Secretary and Clerk; and concerning his own children, one of whom is in business in San Francisco.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 copies. 17 pages.Autograph document signed,Card. The History of a transaction which there ought never to have been occasion for, the duel with Decatur on 22 March 1820. Dictated 11 August 1842 at the Naval Asylum in the presence of J.L. Watson. Also included are other papers marked, A Document to precede the History of the Duel.2 pieces.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e23 pages. Autograph document signed, E. Endorsement \"Copy by Mrs. Annie B. Hope\" (Probably a poem of James Barron Hope, grandson of Commo. James Barron).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed. Family letter.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed. Re: family affairs.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed. Appointing him President of a Naval Court of Enquiry on the destruction of C.S. Steamers \"Brenville,\" \"Carondelet,\" and \"Pamlico\" in the waters of Lake Porchetrain.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed. An account for James Barron, a student; and concerning the retreat of the Army from Manassas.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph draft. Titles included are listed as the following: Three Names, George the Third at Kent, John Smith, Sir Walter Raleigh, Pockahontas.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePrinted Autograph Document Signed.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed. Re: Dr. Thos. G. Peachy of Williamsburg who reported that Capt. Gordon (of the U.S. Ship Chesapeakeat the time of The Chesapeake-Leopard Affair) felt that Barron was \"an injured man.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed. Request for the loan of a \"Handsome Flag\" for the visit of Gen. Lafayette.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter. An invitation to dinner.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed. Re: an illness of the daughter of Barron.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter. An invitation to dinner.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed. Personal letter.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePrinted Material.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed. Re. the washing machine invented by Barron.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e12 letters. Autograph letters signed.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e6 pages. Autograph letter signed. A comparison of the advances of the French Navy over the practices of the American and English navies.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed. Re: a letter to Mr. Thompson.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 letters. Autograph letter signed.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePrinted Autograph Material Signed. A printed broadsheet, Highly important to Commerce and the Navigation of the Pacific.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed. Re: D.M. Randolph.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed. An invitation.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed. Re: An enclosed bill.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed. Re: business matters. Endorsement re: \"Lieut. Godon.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed. Introducing his brother.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed. Re: the repairs on the ship Constellation.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e6 letters. Autograph letters signed.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed. Re: Barron's bride.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed. Re: Commo. Rodgers and a procession.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed. Re: affairs at the Navy Yard.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed. Re: \"two pieces of timber.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed. Enquiry about the activities of Gen'l Thomas Nelson in the Revolutionary War, made by the son of Gov. John Page. Reply of to be directed in care of Thos. N. Page in Richmond.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed. Re: General Taylor and the defense of Coney Island.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePrinted autograph document signed. Three invitations to dinner (the President is not named).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter. Re: dimensions of a barge and dining bell.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed. Introducing John Ambler.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph draft.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph draft.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph draft signed. 2 drafts on one sheet.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph draft signed.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph draft.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph draft.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph draft.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph draft signed.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph draft.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph draft.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph draft.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph draft.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph draft.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph draft.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph document. Re: \"Inventions and essays on Naval Subjects by Commodore James Barron....\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e8 items. Autograph drafts. Re: the reorganization of the Board of Navy Commissioners.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e7 pages. Autograph draft. Also enclosed are drawings of telegraph positions. 3 pages.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph draft.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph draft.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph draft.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph draft.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph draft. Re: the need for a school ship to train Americans.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph draft. Extension of patents, remuneration for code signals, ventilators and prow ships, claim for father's bounty land vs. the claims of John Thompson.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph draft.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e5 pages. Autograph draft.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph draft. Lord Dunmore is mentioned.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e5 pages. Autograph Volume.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph document.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph draft.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph draft.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph draft. Re: \"the Raise and Capt. Egery in Tripoli.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 items. Autograph draft.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph draft.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph draft.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph draft.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph draft.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph draft.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph draft.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph draft.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph draft. Re: Allen McLane.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph draft.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph draft.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph draft.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph draft.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph draft. Re: Susan B. Anthony.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 items. Autograph document. Endorsement: \"A Memorandum showing the difference between the price asked and that paid for building a Carriage House.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph document.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph document.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph document signed,E. Endorsed: Commo. J. Barron's floating dock.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph document.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph document.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph document.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e11 pages. Printed volume.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e8 pages.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e496 pages.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e111 pages. Pritned volume, E. Autograph endorsement of 3 pages is included.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePrinted material. Includes a long letter from Ro. Saunders, Williamsburg, June 30, 1808, condemning the decision of the Court.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e92 pages. Autograph volume.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNumbered pages included are as follows: 9, 10, 15, 16, 19-22, 25-32, 43-46. Printed material. Re: Jamestown celebrations, with remarks made by G. Baidwin and John Madison.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph material. Endorsed, \"Mrs. Hope. For my dear Mrs. Hope to keep Memoranda or Letters in.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph draft.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph draft.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph draft. See correspondence of February 1834.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e7 items. Autograph draft. Original letter on signals by James Barron. A review of the work done by Barron on signals. Draft of a resolution before the Senate and House of Representatives and the report of the committee on Naval Affairs. Charts and instructions on the use of Flag signals.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e4 pages. Autograph draft. Sketch included.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph draft signed. A description of the log ship. Typescript copy of the above also included, 1848. Endorsed: \"Southern Argus.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e5 items. Autograph draft.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e3 photographs. Photograph. \"Submitted to the Navy Dep't by Commo. James Barron, U.S.N.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e3 items. Autograph draft.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph volume. A 15 page booklet explaining that foul air is the cause of dry rot in the timber of vessels and of sickness among the crew with detailed plans for a more open construction of ships, with ventilators and bellows to change the air.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph draft.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph draft.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePrinted autograph document signed.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePrinted autograph document signed.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePrinted autograph document signed.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 items. Photograph, E.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePhotograph, E. The original image is signed by Thomas Jefferson, as Governor of Virginia, and framed in piece of the 'Constitution.'\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 copies. Photograph, E.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePhotograph, E.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePhotograph.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCopper plate.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePhotograph, Card, E. The photographs were enclosed in a cover, endorsed: \" 'Uncle' 'Sam' Barron, nephew of Commo. Jas. Barron and son of Commo. Samuel Barron.\" \"Mary Barron, daughter of Commo. James Barron, U.S.N. and wife of Commo. Geo. S. Blake, U.S.N. who remained on the Northern side.\" \"Frank Blake, son of Mary Barron and Geo. S. Blake.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNewspaper. Time of newspaper issue: 2 o'clock P.M. Mailed to Commo. Barron, U.S. Navy, Beal's Hotel, Washington.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e6 items. Newspaper Clipping. The newspaper clippings include the following: Georgetown [Metropolitan],23 March 1820; Baltimore Fed. Rep., 23 March 1820, and Baltimore American, 24 March 1820; National Intelligencer, Washington City Gazette, and Georgetown Metropolitan, [22-23 March 1820]; National Messenger, 24 March 1820; Niles Register, 25 March 1820; An one undated account.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNewspaper clipping. Re: mourning for Decatur and withdrawn for lack of support.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNewspaper clipping.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e3 items. Newspaper clipping.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e3 items. Newspaper clipping.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 items. Newspaper clipping. Articles taken from The Herald and Norfolk.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 items. Newspaper clipping. The Herald and the National Intelligencer reports.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNewspaper clipping.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e6 items. Newspaper clipping. The newspaper clippings include the following: American Beacon, 8 April 1820; Norfolk, 11 April 1820; The Gazette, Winchester, 15 April 1820; American Advocate, 22 April 1820; and two undated articles.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 items. Newspaper clipping.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e3 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e4 items. Autograph draft. The \"Rodney Urn\" was a silver urn, given to Caesar Rodney, a former Attorney General of the U.S. who had defended James Barron at the Court of Enquiry without pay. The newspaper articles include the following: Norfolk Ledger-Dispatch, 10 January 1947; Norfolk Virginian-Pilot, 14 November 1954; Norfolk Virginian-Pilot, 1 January 1955.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNewspaper. This includes an editorial opinion of the Court of Enquiry upon Commo. Barron.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNewspaper. This contains the obituary of Mrs. Elizabeth Moseley Barron, late wife of Commo. James Barron.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNewspaper. This includes an editorial on the testimonial dinner offered to Commo. James Barron upon his assuming the command of the Philadelphia Naval Yard and his declining of it due to his wish \"to avoid all appearance of ostentation or triumph.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNewspaper. This includes an account of the landing of General Lafayette in New York.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNewspaper. This includes an editorial on Lafayette, \"good man, sincere Patriot, and distinguished Soldier of our Revolution.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNewspaper. This includes a report of the visit of General Lafayette to New York, Brooklyn, and New Haven.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNewspaper. This includes an announcement of the expected arrival of General Lafayette in Philadelphia with the order of Civic Procession.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNewspaper. This includes reports of the departure of General Lafayette from New York and his reception in Troy, New York.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNewspaper. This includes an account of the continuing journeys of \"The Nation's Guest,\" General Lafayette.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNewspaper. This includes an account of the visit of General Lafayette to the Philadelphia Naval Yard, Commo. 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Collection includes photocopies of patents issued to Barron for his inventions and a typescript of William Oliver Stevens' An Affair of Honor, a biography of Barron. Correspondents include John Adams, Jesse Duncan Elliott, Andrew Jackson, Thomas Jefferson, Amos Kendall, Duff Green and Abel P. Upshur. 753 items.","Two Additions:","Mss. 87 B28  (Acc. 1987.29)","Archives of the Chesapeake-Leopard Affair, 1807-1808.  300 pages of correspondence, attorneys' interrogations, court testimony of court material of Commodore James Barron.  Rough drafts of published material, and some material not published.","Mss. Acc. 1999.44","ALS from Thomas Truxton, Norfolk, Virginia, to Capt. James Sever, 26 April 1800 regarding sending the Chesapeake (ship) to sea.  Mention of James Barron Sever is to turn over his crew to the Chesapeake, Chesapeake heading towards Craney Island, court of inquiry no hinderance to \"this business\u0026quot;.","Scope and Contents","Genealogical notes on the Barron Family are to be found in this box together with an autobiographical note by James Barron (1768-1851) and \"Revolutionary Reminiscences\" by his father, James Barron the Elder (d. 1787). (A genealogical chart of the Barron Family is to be found in the Samuel Barron Papers, Box 1, folder 1.) Naval commissions of James Barron together with his personal and naval correspondence from 1803 to 1807 are included in this first box. Correspondence of 1803 to 1805 covers the period from Barron's first commission through his command of the U.S. Frigates New York and President in the Mediterranean Squadron during the war with Tripoli. Several letters concern his duties as assistant to his brother, Commodore Samuel Barron, who was commander of the Squadron before relinquishing the command to Capt. John Rodgers because of ill health. The papers of the 1806-1807 period begin with the preparations for Barron to leave Norfolk on the U.S. Ship Chesapeake to take command of the Mediterranean Squadron with the rank of Commodore. The correspondence with Comm. Rodgers, which nearly ended in a duel but was amicably settled by the seconds is included. A description of the affair with the British warship Leopard describes the brief skirmish and the capitulation of Barron. The request of his officers for his arrest as a result of the capitulation, the passing of the command of his ship to Capt. Stephen Decatur, the preparations for the Court Martial, the testimony, and the sentence of suspension are in the material found in this box. Opinions regarding the unfairness of the sentence by B. Cocke of Washington and Robert Saunders, President of William and Mary College, and others, are included.","2 pages. Autograph Draft, E.","Scope and Contents","\"Jan. 17, 1961 . . . Note at top is Janey Hope Marr's\" signed A[nne] W. Marr.","Autograph Draft. Typed Draft. Typed copy included.","Autograph Draft,E.","Autograph Draft.","1 page. Autograph Draft.","2 items. \"Memoir of Comd're Jas. Barron,\" 2 pages; and a memorandum regarding the writing of such a memoir.","Scope and Contents","3 pages. ACopE. Re: naval engagements in the War, in one of which \"the two Captains Barron\" were involved.","4 pages. Autograph Draft. Re: \"the remarkable escape of the private armed Ship Marquis La Fayette,\" 1779-to 1781.","3 pages. Autograph Document Signed.","1 page. Autograph Document Signed.","1 page. Autograph Document Signed.","3 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Item concerns the recommendation of Capt. James Barron, who is seeking a promotion.","2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: Barron's new post.","2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: ship which is being completed; Kentucky papers [for war bounty lands] sent by Mr. Saunders; and inquiry about their value.","1 page. Autograph draft signed. Item is criticizing the U.S. ship, Insurgentby stating, \" . . . would not go to sea in her for the world . . . .\"","1 page. Autograph copy signed. Re: completion of the signals.","1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Includes a draft payment.","3 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: Instructions to bring the ship up the Potomac to Washington.","Autograph copy.","Scope and Contents","Robert Smith writes that no Captain is available for such a secondary position aboard ship. He accepts Truxton's resignation and appoints Capt. Morris to command the Chesapeake.","Comm. Truxton denies that he intended to resign his commission but only meant to be relieved of the command of the Mediterranean Squadron.","1 page. Autograph Draft. Re: Comm. Dale and sailing plans.","3 items. Autograph Document Signed.","2 pages. Printed Material.","Scope and Contents","3 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: war in the Mediterranean; expectation to sail for Tripoli; criticism of way war is carried on; Algiers and Tangiers both threatening war; his order to give up command of the New Yorkand take command of a \"much neglected and horribly disciplined\" ship; message to Bainbridge, etc.","1 page. Printed Material.","1 page. Autograph Document Signed.","5 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: a horse for which he wants $5,000.","1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. The letter accompanied a gift of a Damascus saber.","2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: Orders for the taking command of the Presidentand future movements of the ship and Squadron.","1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: Orders for the collection of the Squadron, \"If the Business here is Settled.\"","7 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: affairs in the Mediterranean after James Barron left. News of Col. Lear and Comm. Rodgers at Tunis, Lear negotiating to avoid war, Rodgers continuing to fire on Tunisian vessels. News of the duplicity of Comm. Rodgers; of Lord Nelson's unsuccessful pursuit of the French; of 9 American ships at Gibraltar, prizes of the British.","Autograph Letter Signed. Orders: after delivering the President to Capt. Tingey, James Barron is to prepare for the construction of a 74 gun ship at Portsmouth.","32 pages. Autograph Volume Signed. Item contains 4 letters and 16 poems.","2 letters. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: Arab horse, Selim, which was sent to America.","4 items. Autograph Letter Signed. An order to hold himself ready to sail on the frigate Chesapeakefor the purpose of taking the command of the American Squadron in the Mediterranean; suspension of the orders because the Chesapeakewas not ready to sail.","2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Felicitation on appointment to command the Mediterranean Squadron; re: a brother who was a Midshipman on the Constitution.","Autograph Document Signed.","2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: the affair between Barron and Comm. Rodgers concerning which \"much anxiety is excited among...your friends.\"","10 letters. Autograph Letters Signed. Relative to threatened duel between Barron and Rodgers; printed terms of settlement published 31 January 1807.","20 letters. Autograph copy. Arrangements are made to meet at Havre de Grace, Maryland, for the duel of Barron and Rodgers, despite the orders of the Secretary of the Navy; news that agreement to a settlement has been reached.","1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: new orders shortly to come to Capt. Barron, until which time he \"will not move from that place without special orders from me.\"","Scope and Contents","8 letters. Autograph Letter Signed. Preparations for the sailing on the Chesapeake, including a question regarding the powder which was \"not fit for service\" and was to be remanufactured at Malta, 23 March 1807; endorsement by James Barron, \"The Chesapeake's Powder, an important paper.\"","Autograph Letter Signed.","2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. He is sending up the Seamen for the Chesapeake.","1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: deserters from the newly assembled crew.","3 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: attempted sale of James Barron's Dry Dock plan; news of Norfolk business interests.","Scope and Contents","1 page. Autograph Letter Signed,E. Request that James Barron take an enclosed letter to Mr. Niggins at Malta and ask him to send back a pipe of Marsala Madeira if conveyance is available. Endorsement: \"From that infamous Hypocrite, T. Jefferson\" and \"No consequence.\"","2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: the Arabian horse, Selim.","1 page. Autograph draft. Re: the conduct of James Cosgrove, who had been a gunman on the U.S.S. Essex: \"most perverse.\"","2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Letter by Mrs. Cole asking that her husband be released from service on the Chesapeake.","1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. A letter sent by Comm. Barron to Gibraltar (never delivered to Col. H.M.Clavering).","3 pages. Autograph Document Signed. \"Sensible of the disgrace . . . in the premature surrender of the U.S. Ship Chesapeaketo the English Ship of Leopard. . . request that an order be issued for the arrest of Commander James Barron . . . .\"","1 page. Autograph Document Signed.","1 page. Autograph Draft. He (Comdr. James Barron) has forwarded a copy of the letter of accusations, as requested.","3 pages. Autograph draft signed. An account of the half hour battle in which 3 men were killed and 16 wounded.","1 page. Autograph draft signed. Re: the letter sent by his officers and his inability to travel due to his wounds.","2 pages. Typewritten copy. Explaining the action between the Chesapeake and the English Warship Leopard.","2 pages. Autograph draft. Re: divisions of cabins aboard ship.","1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Order to turn over command of the Frigate Chesapeake to Capt. Decatur.","Scope and Contents","1 page. Autograph Letter. Re: information needed for the Court of Enquiry of the Affair of the Chesapeake and Leopard, involving his brother James Barron.","Scope and Contents","3 pages. Autograph Document. Item was sent to Robert Smith, Secretary of the Navy, by James Barron, by way of Capt. Gordon.","1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Enclosing a call for a Court of Enquiry to investigate conduct of James Barron, for October 5.","2 pages. Autograph draft.","1 page. Typewritten copy. Re: the chance that the Chesapeake affair might be cause for a declaration of war.","2 pages. Autograph Document Signed.","5 pages. Autograph draft. Re: his wound, which makes it impossible for him to sit up; and his comments on the affair of the Chesapeake and the Leopard.","2 pages. Autograph draft signed. Re: the action of the Chesapeake on 22 of June.","1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. A list of the armament and complement of officers and men on the Ship Leopard; and a copy of the order of 1 June 1807 given by G. Berkeley, given in Halifax, Nova Scotia, under which the attack was made by the Leopard.","1 page. Autograph Draft.","1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: postponement of the trial to Friday the 16th, due to Barron's \"feeble state of health.\"","2 pages. Autograph draft signed. Re: the taking of Mr. Saunders to assist Taylor in the defense of James Barron.","2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: the day fixed for the Court Martial.","2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: the Report of the Court of Enquiry . . . \"Rascally . . .grounded with prejudice.","6 pages. Autograph Document.","Scope and Contents","pages. Autograph draft. Testimony of Captain Gordon in \"Chesapeake-Leopard\" trial. Autograph draft; Testimony of Captain Hall in \"Chesapeake-Leopard\" trial. 8 pages. Autograph draft; Capt. Gordon's 2nd dep'n. 4 pages. Autograph draft; \"Testimony\" at the Chesapeake- Leopard trial. Autograph draft. (See printed report of the Court Martial Proceedings, Box 13.)","3 pages.","4 pages.","3 pages.","Scope and Contents","3 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: rumors of war with England; suggesting that subscriptions be raised for a ship of commerce to be commanded by James Barron, and that the President might remit his sentence.","1 page. Letter Signed. Re: Madison's appearance as a witness to the trial of Commodore James Barron.","Scope and Contents","22 pages. Autograph Document,E. The charges and decisions are given in detail; part of page 22, the last paragraph has been cut away. Endorsement by James Barron: \"The Congress of the U. States took up this affair and appointed a Committee to examine into my conduct. That Committee acquited (sic) me of all sort of blame; their report is to be found on their records.\"","1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. States that \"Doct. Bullus has been your decided enemy.\"","2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: the decision of the Court Martial, which has not yet appeared.","3 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: Charges against Fitz. H. Babbit.","5 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: the chance of the President's remitting the sentence of the Court Martial of James Barron, the President is expected hourly from Monticello.","Scope and Contents","2 letters. Original-6 pages. Copy-8 pages.Autograph Letter Signed. Copy included. Re: dissatisfaction with the outcome of the Court Martial of James Barron, criticism of the trial and \"this unhallowed sentence against you\"; and hopes for a full publication of the trial. Copy of the above included.","4 pages. Autograph draft.","1 page. Autograph draft.","Newspaper Clipping.","At the beginning of this box is to be found a curious ten page document from John Peake to Lord Gambier, 4 June 1811; in it he recommends \"an entirely new system for naval vessels.\" Also from this period, 7 September 1811 is the letter from W. Lewis to Chas. W. Goldsborough, Secretary of the Navy, which formed the basis for one of the accusations in the later Naval Enquiry on James Barron. The remainder of the material is from the years that Barron spent in exile in Copenhagen. Having arrived there in command of a commercial ship, Portia, in 1812, he was forced to sell the ship and remain in Denmark. His correspondence in connection with his attempts to make a living by his inventions show that he received patents on machines for spinning hemp into rope, cutting cork, kneading dough, and an improvised wind mill. His letter to Wm. Jones, Secretary of the Navy, asking an opportunity to serve his country at the conclusion of his sentence, 22 July 1813, remained unanswered. His correspondence of 1814 when he sold his European patents in expectation of an opportunity to return to the U.S. ended in disappointment. Much correspondence with his daughter, Jane A. Barron is from this period.","1 page. Autograph Document.","10 sheets. Autograph Letter Signed. (A copy, taken 10 April 1812).","Scope and Contents","20 pages. Incomplete. Autograph Letter Signed. A long discussion of \"Naval imbecility\" etc.","Scope and Contents","2 pages. Autograph copy. The report of the remarks made by Capt. James Barron to Mr. Lyons, British Consul, re: The Chesapeake-Leopard Affair. \"I am now convinced that he is not only a coward, but a traitor....\"","5 letters. Autograph copy signed. Re: Business matters.","9 letters. Autograph copy signed. Concerned with the sale of the ship formerly commanded by Barron and other business matters.","6 letters. Autograph Letters Signed. Re: the sale of the ship Portia, formerly commanded by Barron and other business matters.","1 pages. Autograph Document Signed.","1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: a previous letter.","Autograph Document Signed.","1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: battles, \"Lord Wellington's victory over the Marmont.\"","1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: a suit against Capt. A. Murray in the District Court, District of Delaware.","3 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: \"Declaration of War on our part of 14th inst.\" And Capt. Hull's successful encounter with the Guerrier.","2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: the purchase of Barron's ship.","2 items. Autograph Document.","2 letters. Autograph Letters Signed. Re: business affairs connected with the hemp spinning machine.","12 items. Autograph draft.","letter enclosing a commission as Brig.General of Militia","Number 4 as noted in state of December 24, 1813","A note to evacuate Craney Island off Norfolk, if the enemy should attack; officers are listed by name. Number 2 and 3 as noted in statement of December 24, 1813","The attack on Craney Island by the British on June 22, 1813","Morning reports for Regiment Infantry commanded by Lt Col Henry Beatty; 1st Regiment commanded by Major Wiley Campbell; 2nd Regiment commanded by Lt. Col. WM Sharp; 5th Regiment VA Militia; Troops under command of Col Thomas Read of Artillery,; Strength and state of the three troops of Cavalry commanded by Captain Carr","3 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: his activity on a ship of Capt. Bradley and his desire to return to Barron.","4 pages. Autograph copy signed. A petition to have his naval recommendation put into practice.","4 pages. Autograph draft signed. A defense of his action [in The Chesapeake-Leopard Affair] and an accusation against his accusers, especially Capt. Gordon.","1 page. Autograph draft signed. The term of his suspension having expired, Barron asks for opportunity to serve his country.","6 items. Autograph Letters Signed. In one he mentions that he is writing to the Secretary of the Navy to offer his services to his country in the War.","5 pages. Autograph draft. Re: defense of Virginia, with mention of the Peninsula, Richmond, Petersburg, etc.","Autograph Document.","3 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: patent for rope machine.","1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Offer to carry communications to America on his next trip.","4 pages. Autograph Document Signed. Agreement to sell to John Murray Forbes the patent to a hemp spinning machine, patented in Denmark, Sweden, and Russia.","4 pages. Autograph Document Signed. Sale of the rights to the machine outside Denmark to James Barron.","2 pages. Autograph Document Signed with Autograph Copy signed.","7 pages. Autograph draft,E. Addressed to \"Commodore Murray, at the Collector of Delaware.\" Re: duties on the cargo of the British ship Superior.","2 pages. Autograph Letters Signed. Re: Barron's attempts to return home and sale of his European patents.","3 letters. Autograph Letters Signed. Written when Barron expected to get passage back to the U.S. from Gothenberg when he sold his European patents to Forbes.","4 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Personal affairs.","1 page. Document Signed. Grants permission to Capt. James Barron for the construction of a wind mill on which he, Forbes, holds patent rights.","1 page. Autograph copy signed. Re: chance for employment in France.","3 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Preliminaries of peace were signed at Ghent between the British and American ministers.","4 pages. Printed Document.","3 pages. Autograph draft.","3 pages. Autograph copy. \"Taylor . . . is my brother.\"","3 letters. Autograph Letters Signed. Appeals to Barron to aid him, and a letter after his release from prison.","4 letters. Autograph Letters Signed. News of his attempts to set up in business in Europe and of his new invention, a cork-cutting machine.","12 letters. Autograph Letters Signed. Business letters in which Ferrau expresses the sympathy in Copenhagen with the cause of Napoleon, and disappointed at his defeat.","2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Business affairs.","1 page. 3 items. Autograph copy signed. Re: transactions in tobacco. Enclosed: 2 receipts.","2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: Barron's right of reinstatement among his countrymen.","2 pages. Autograph copy signed. For a patent on a machine for cutting corks.","The correspondence of 1816 through 1820 begins with business and family letters received in Copenhagen. After his return to the U.S. in 1819 there is correspondence with the Navy Department and President Monroe regarding the reinstatement of Barron in a naval command. The correspondence of June 1819 to March 1820 with Capt. Stephen Decatur is preserved, along with an account of the duel in which Barron was gravely injured and Decatur killed. (See \"The History of a transaction which there ought never to have been occasion for,\" an account of the duel written by James Barron in the Samuel Barron Papers, Box 1, Folder 8.) The correspondence with Capt. J. D. Elliott, his second, and reports of the controversies which followed the duel are included. Family letters include many from his daughter, Mrs. Jane Barron Hope.","3 letters. Autograph Letters Signed. Re: his life in the West Indies where he has gone from Copenhagen.","2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Business affairs; permission granted to import refined sugar into Russia.","1 page. Autograph copy signed. Business affairs.","3 letters. Autograph Letters Signed. Re: his hope of returning to U.S. within the year; and of the impending marriage of Jane.","Scope and Contents","4 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. News from home: re: Capt. Johnson and lucrative business in the Dismal Swamp Canal; trade with St. Iago De Cuba; Capt. Sinclair; plans to move the Naval Yard from Gosport to York, still undecided; Capt. Fawn's misfortune; flourishing condition of Norfolk; $100,000 subscribed to open the \"Roan Oak Canal\"; Chs. K. Mallory, Collector; Barron's family living in town after their country house burned.","3 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: his machine for cutting corks now successful, and his desire for a patent on it.","9 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: her husband; detailed explanations of his cork cutting machine and his mill which \"will grind 100 bushels of corn in 24 hours, can be completed for little more than a common pidgeon house.\"","1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: a knife [for the cork cutting machine].","2 items. Autograph Letter Signed. Contracts in Danish.","2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Contract for Elliptical Valve Pump Boxes, to be made and sold by Barron after getting a Danish patent.","2 items. Autograph Letters Signed. Authorization for the accountant of the U.S. Navy to pay the balance of his half-pay to Mrs. Elizabeth M. Barron or Mr. Wilton Hope (his son-in-law).","2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Introducing a Mr. Poulson.","1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: commission given to Capt. Leech by Barron.","1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Document in Danish.","Scope and Contents","1 page. Autograph Document Signed, E. Statement re: his \"new invented Pump\" which he has offered to the Secretary of State.","2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Wishing him a pleasant passage.","4 pages. Autograph copy. Will Recorded at above date.","2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: St. Croix; and Barron's imminent departure.","3 letters. Autograph Letters Signed. Written to Barron as he is waiting to sail and after his arrival in Virginia.","Printed Autograph Document Signed. Document in Danish.","2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. James L. Ferrau having taken the degree of M.D. is returning to Copenhagen.","2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. An offer for the purchase of the copyright of the cork cutting machine in Great Britain.","3 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. \"The President (James Monroe) takes a deep interest in your welfare . . . come on immediately to Washington and see the President himself . . ..\" Re: the debate in General Jackson's case.","2 pages. Autograph Copy. Re: that Capt. James Barron applied for passage to the U.S. from Gothenberg to offer his services in the war; was refused passage because the ship was under a neutral cartel, in June 1814.","1 page. Autograph copy. Re: that he saw letter addressed by Capt. Barron to the U.S. Secretary of the Navy, in 1813 offering his services to the U.S. and that Barron sought passage to the U.S. in 1814.","6 pages. Autograph draft signed. Request for readmission to the Navy, detailed denial of accusation which was contained in letter of Capt. William Lewis, 7 September 1811; he was in this country in September 1811 to April 1812.","1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. A welcome home letter.","2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed.","3 letters. Autograph Letters Signed. Enclosing half-pay vouchers.","19 letters. Autograph Draft Signed, Autograph Letters Signed.","1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: warrants for land in Kentucky issued to James Barron's father for Revolutionary War service, being 7777 2/3 acres on the Cumberland River and for 1777 2/3 acres on Hartland Creek.","1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Encouragement and best wishes.","2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed.","3 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Details of duel and of conversation between Barron and Decatur: re: Barron's condition.","2 letters. Autograph Letters Signed. Re: his nephew, Samuel [Barron] who is at sea as a 4 year old Midshipman on a U.S. warship; and re: bounty lands in Kentucky.","5 letters. Autograph Letters Signed. Written to Barron while he is recovering from wound received in duel; and comment on the outcome of the duel and public opinion re: the death of Decatur.","4 letters. Autograph Letters Signed. Elliott, who was the second for Barron in his duel, writes about public opinion of the duel and Barron's coming Court of Enquiry in New York.","8 letters. Autograph Letters Signed. Finds that public opinion is strongly in favor of Barron after the Barron-Decatur correspondence has been published by the friends of the late Stephen Decatur.","4 letters. Autograph Letters Signed. Vouchers for pay sustenance and medical costs.","1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. His respects.","1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: the published correspondence of Decatur, which appears to be helping Barron.","Newspaper Clipping. A lead editorial stating \" . . . Com. Barron stands acquitted of all blame.\"","2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: American group in Copenhagen.","2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Sent with other letters from friends from Copenhagen.","Two letters written by James Barron to James Monroe. The first letter is eight pages, autograph draft signed, and an appeal for exoneration from the accusations made against him. The second letter is also eight pages, and a copy of a letter sent to the President of the U.S. informing him of Barron's reason for absence from the late war, also dated 1820 April.","2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: a newly invented plough of Barron's.","4 pages. Printed Material.","2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: Barron's wound.","1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: a visit to Washington.","2 letters. Autograph Letters Signed. Re: affairs in Denmark and the reception of the news of the duel.","1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: attacks by Mr. King.","3 pages. Autograph Document Signed. Countersigned by John Rainals, U.S. Consul. Power to collect debts in the U.S.","2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. The reaction in New York, \"your conduct has been applauded.\"","2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Account for the sale of his corkwood, 1817-1820.","2 copies. Autograph Letter Signed, Enc. Enclosed: power of Attorney. Re: land on Old Point in which an interest was held by Jane Barron, daughter of Samuel Barron (1) wife of G. Armistead.","1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: Revolutionary War bounty land of Samuel Barron, father of James Barron.","This box contains the papers of 1821 which are concerned almost entirely with correspondence and other material related to the Naval Court of Enquiry held at the Brooklyn Naval Yard. The enquiry covered (1) the accusation made by W. Lewis in a letter of 7 September 1811 to the Secretary of the Navy, regarding remarks reported to have been made by Barron while in Portugal on a commercial trip regarding the Chesapeake- Leopard Affair and (2) the desire of Barron to return to active service in the War of 1812 upon the expiration of his sentence of suspension from the Navy. Statements of the trial and reactions to the verdict are included. See also: the Proceedings of the Court of Enquiry held at the Navy Yard, Brooklyn, New York, upon Captain James Barron of the United States Navy in May, 1821.Published in Washington City by Jacob Gideon, Junior, 1822. 111 pages.; \"Notes to the Trial of Commodore Barron, 1808.\" 8 pages. and; \"Proceedings of the General Court Martial convened for the trial of Commodore James Barron, Captain Charles Gordon, Mr. William Hook, and Captain John Hall of the United States Ship Chesapeakein the month of January, 1808.\" 496 pages. All are included in one volume in Box 13, folder 1 of the James Barron Papers (1).","Scope and Contents","2 copies. Autograph Document Signed. Attested Thomas Latimore.","3 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Bill allowing five years pay for Barron's father's Revolutionary services has passed the House of Delegates; the President [of the U.S.] has not directed a Court of Enquiry, but has forced Barron to demand one for himself.","2 letters. Autograph Letters Signed. Re: the sending of a pair of spectacles to Barron.","1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Marked \"Private.\" Instructed by the President of the U. States to enquire whether it would be agreeable to Barron to take command of the Navy Yard in Philadelphia.","3 pages. Autograph copies. Re: James Barron, to be held at the Brooklyn Navy Yard on or before 10 May.","2 pages. Autograph Document Signed. Re: the residence of James Barron in Copenhagen, his trips in 1811 and 1812, and his desire to be of use to his country in the War, after he was detained in Copenhagen.","3 pages. Autograph Copy. Re: Commo. James Barron, orig. dated 20 April 1820.","10 letters. Autograph Letters Signed. Correspondence regarding the Court of Enquiry on Barron and the pamphlet [on the duel] that Elliot is publishing.","6 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: the arrangements for the Court of Enquiry and the discussions between Smith Thompson and James Barron which have led up to it; mention of the President's interest in the case. n.d. Typed copy of the above. TCop. 3 pages.","2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Asking the influence of Barron toward the candidacy of Gen'l Pryor for a Marshallship.","2 pages. Autograph Draft. Re: representing Barron at the Court of Enquiry in New York.","3 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Purchased from Charles Hamilton, 1974. n.d. Typed copy of the above. Typed Copy. 1 page.","Scope and Contents","1 page. Autograph Document Signed. \"That, the want of funds alone kept him (James Barron) from returning to his country\" during the war. Folder 12 [1821]. Testimony of James Barron at the trial. ADr. 4 pages. (incomplete). See printed report of the Court of Enquiry. Proceedings, Box 13.","2 copies. Autograph Draft.","Pages 9-11. Autograph Draft.","Scope and Contents","1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Request for appointment to sail under James Barron.","Autograph Letter Signed. Re: survey of land of Comm. Barron. Enclosure: surveyor's plot.","3 letters. Autograph Letters Signed. Re: this interest of the people in Norfolk in the results of the Court of Enquiry.","6 letters. Autograph Letters Signed. Re: the appearance of Cleveland at the Court of Enquiry, and criticism of the \"stupid, unmeaning, milk and water decision of the Court.\"","5 letters. Autograph Letters Signed. Re: the Court of Enquiry and the Sentence of the Court in which one member did not concur and which [President] Monroe did not sign.","2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. A report of the attempts of James Barron to return to the U.S. from Sweden on the John Adams.","2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: affairs in Copenhagen.","1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Best wishes for the outcome of the enquiry.","6 pages. Autograph Document Signed. Countersigned by Ino E. Hall, Mayor. Answers to questions put by Lt. Wheaton, Judge Advocate.","Scope and Contents","14 letters. Autograph Letters Signed. Re: the attacks of \"the Decatur faction\" on Barron, the results of the Court of Enquiry, and the action of the U.S. Congress on the case.","2 pages. Autograph draft. His final testimony at the Board of Enquiry.","1 page. Autograph Copy. He has been informed that the testimony has ended at the Board of Enquiry; he will remain in the city until he hears the verdict.","2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Letter in which the opinion of the Court is quoted in full; James Barron is not completely exonerated.","1 page. Autograph Draft Signed. Protest against the decision of the Court.","2 pages.","1 page. Autograph Draft signed. Requests a full copy of the proceedings of the Court.","2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: the sending of a rhubarb plant which Barron admired.","1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: a machine designed by Barron.","2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. He reports the rumor that Barron is to be returned to command \"very speedily.\"","2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: his family and a receipt for Barron's ailment - numatic and nitric acid in warm water drunk with meals.","1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Requesting the loan of Capt. Elliot's dueling pistols.","1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. An invitation to dine.","2 pages. Autograph copy. Re: his newly invented washing machine.","Correspondence of the year 1822, much of it concerned with the sentence of the Court of Enquiry and opinions regarding it, including several letters each from A. McLane, Wilmington, Del., R. J. Cleveland, Lancaster, Massachuetts, Wm. Craig, Philadelphia, and Capt. J.D. Elliott, Barron's second in the duel with Decatur. Included is correspondence with Barron's daughters, Mary and Margaretha, and his son-in-law, Capt. John P. Tuttle, and business correspondence in connections with his inventions, a washing machine and a new type of oil lamp.","1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Family affairs.","17 letters. Autograph Letters Signed. Correspondence concerning the results of the Court of Enquiry, the actions of the enemies of Barron, and a suggestion that he demand a Court Martial to clear his name; and discussion of Barron's new invention, a washing machine.","2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: Barron's claim against the Commonwealth of Virginia.","2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: Barron's claim for his father's bounty lands or for compensation.","2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. \"Your washing machine answers admirably well both for washing and ironing, it only wants to be known to become generally used...\"","2 pages. Autograph Draft Signed. Request for a return of duty paid on models of his machinery, which he brought to U.S. in 1815.","1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: indemnity for the capture of the ship Jane, commanded by Barron.","4 letters. Autograph Letters Signed. Re: the reactions to the case of Barron in the Boston area; a scandal concerning the building of gunboats and the trial of Lt. Abbott; and interest in the washing machine invented by Barron.","5 letters. Autograph Letters Signed. Re: reports of the Court of Enquiry; the publication of his correspondence connected with the Barron-Decatur duel; and a description of his going overboard on a trip to New York and being 1 l/2 hours in the water before rescue.","4 letters. Autograph Letters Signed. Asking for the hand of Margaretta Barron in marriage, and naval news.","12 letters. Autograph Letters Signed. Correspondence concerning commercial matters and inventions of Barron including windlass, cutting machine for straw, oil lantern, and pump.","3 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: her sister, Mrs. Christmas, whose husband has recently died; and of her desire to return to Copenhagen.","2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: a recently published pamphlet, which concerns Barron; and the attitude of Congress toward Barron's claims.","1 page. Autograph Letter Signed.","1 page. Autograph Draft Signed. A request that a decision be made on his case.","4 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: patent on windlass invented by Barron; and disaster of \"the loss of the Albion with her passengers and quarter part of the crew.\"","4 letters. Autograph Letters Signed. Re: the receipt in England of models of machines invented by Barron and the showing of them to prospective buyers.","1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Requesting a recommendation for his son to be admitted as a Cadet at West Point.","2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: selling his windlass machine in England.","1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: a receipt.","2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Business concerned with the windlass machine of Barron.","1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Sent with the gift of a spyglass.","3 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Business matters and news of Navy affairs.","3 items. Autograph Documents Signed.","2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Request that Barron recommend a young man to be commissioned First Lieutenant.","3 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: the completion of gunboats.","1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: the model for a windmill invented by Barron.","1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: an oil lamp invented by Barron.","Scope and Contents","1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: the \"bad times\" in Baltimore.","2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: canvas sent to U.S. and problem of payment for it.","4 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: affairs in Copenhagen.","1 page. Copy of Autograph Letter Signed. Introducing Mr. Brien and Captain McPharron.","1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Request for a loan.","1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Invitation to meet the son of John Marshall.","7 letters. Autograph Letters Signed. Business letters; mention of a spinning machine invented by Barron.","1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Enclosing payment for a requisition signed by the Secretary of the Navy plus his regular pay.","2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Barron is in Philadelphia to consult Dr. Phisicle.","7 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: his faith in Barron and his defense of him in private conversations.","2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: personal affairs.","1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: personal affairs.","3 letters. Autograph Letters Signed. Personal affairs concerned with friends in Copenhagen.","Scope and Contents","2 copies. Printed Letter, ES. Announcement of the \"United States Naval Chronicle\" with endorsement, signed.","Autograph Letter Signed. This letter was enclosed with the above announcement, located in Box-folder: 6:10.","4 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. \"The course . . . of the Executive of our country against you calls loudly for . . . indignation.\"","2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: some great sorrow that has befallen the family.","1 page. Autograph Letter Signed, E. Introducing Dr. French; endorsement, \"who married Miss Elizabeth Barron.\"","2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: canvas sold in America for which he has not been paid; and sympathy for Barron and \"the intrigues of your enemies.\"","Scope and Contents","4 pages. Autograph Draft Signed. Re: his \"miserable situation\": his constant application for some employment, his visits with [President Monroe], and the lack of any response from the Navy Department.","3 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Reports in detail his losses in a disastrous sailing venture in the Pacific.","Autograph Letter Signed. 2 pages. Gives hope that \"the next incumbent of the White House may venture to look to your claim.\"","2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: Barron's trip to Washington to claim his rights; and possibility that General Jackson will be Pennsylvania's candidate for the Presidency.","1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. He has commended Barron to Mr. Forsythe of the U.S. Congress.","2 pages. Copy of Autograph Letter. Re: the bellows invented by Barron for ventilating ships.","1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Asks horticultural information.","3 letters. Autograph Letters Signed. Re: the support that Gen'l Jackson has given Barron; and Jackson's candidacy for President.","4 letters. Autograph Letters Signed. Re: Barron's claims in Washington, his support by Gen'l Jackson, and his appointment as Commander to the Philadelphia Navy Yard.","3 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: his wife, the former Margaretta Barron, and his family.","Scope and Contents","2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. He expresses his sympathy with James Barron in his persecution and states his intention of bringing the matter before the Secretary of the Navy.","1 page. Autograph Draft Signed. Re: the installation of bellows [for ventilation] on the ship commanded by Capt. Kennedy.","5 letters. Autograph Letters Signed. Re: the Navy Bill before Congress; the nomination of Jackson as the candidate for President of the U.S.; add Barron's appointment to the Commander of the Philadelphia Navy Yard.","2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Concerning his ancestors and his present predicament.","1 page. Autograph Letter. Reports, \"we feel confident now we shall have the notes of Georgia.\"","1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. An invitation to dinner.","4 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: Naval matters.","Scope and Contents","1 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. A letter of introduction for Comm. James Barron.","1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Social note.","5 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: the availability of corkwood for the making of bottle corks.","1 page. Printed Letter Signed. To meet General Lafayette, signed by John Adams, Mayor, and by Wm. Fitzwhylson and Tho. Brockenbrough.","1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Application for the position of Secretary to Barron should he be called back into active service, which seems to be imminent.","2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Expresses gratification that Barron has been called into active service by the \"good old President.\"","1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: twilled cotton; and congratulations \"on your recent change of situation.\"","1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Expresses \"joy at the termination of your unmerited persecution.\"","1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: an order for corkwood.","1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Rejoices \"that you are restored to a station in the Service to which you have been so long and so justly entitled.\"","1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Appreciation for the gift of a spyglass.","2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: \"the friendly manner the good old President received you,\" and \"the conduct of the two scoundrels that has come out against you in Philadelphia.\"","1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Complaining about too heavy duties in the Navy Yard (of which Barron is commander).","3 letters. Autograph Letters Signed. Re: the appointment of Barron as Commander of the Philadelphia Navy Yard and of the resentment of some persons in Philadelphia.","1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. \"If my candor to Mr. Monroe had any effect in the application of the Golden Law (of justice) be assured it is a great satisfaction to me.\"","2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Accusation against some of the officers of the Yard.","1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. An invitation to meet General Lafayette.","2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Gratitude from the committee appointed to receive General Lafayette, for the Naval salutes ordered by Barron.","1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: a request by General Lafayette that a visit be made to the Naval Yard. (under the Command of Barron).","2 tickets. Printed Autograph Material. Signed by J.A.S. Lewis, Chairman. Enclosed envelopes in which the tickers were enclosed, endorsed. AC.","2 pages. Autograph Document, E. Endorsed: \"List of invited guests to dine with General Lafayette.\"","3 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. \"Your appointment gives all the people of this county much satisfaction.\"","3 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: events around Norfolk.","1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Sympathy with Barron and daughters in their bereavement; and a notice of a runaway servant.","2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Sympathy in his sorrow.","1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: a planned visit to Yorktown.","1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: a leave of absence.","1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. An invitation to a ball honoring General Lafayette. Card of admission enclosed.","3 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: the Yorktown celebration and social news.","2 pages. Copy of Autograph Letter. A report on the ship's ventilators invented by Barron.","2 pages. Copy of Autograph Letter. A covering letter for the above.","Scope and Contents","2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed, Printed. Re: a book on \"System of Pyrotechny\" by her late husband, James Cutbush, written on fold of the printed prospectus.","1 page. Autograph Letter Signed.","1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Request for recommendation for position of Sergeant at Arms of the House of Representatives.","1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Largely illegible, but begins, \"My father gives me the agreeable task of answering your letter . . . .\"","Scope and Contents","4 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: acts before Congress, including \"Col. Johnson's for the abolition of imprisonment for debt and of Mr. Johnson from Louisiana to appropriate all the public land to internal improvement and education in the United States\"; and that \"either General Jackson or Mr. Adams must be elected (to the Presidency) by Congress.\"","1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: the drafting of an unspecified memorial.","1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: a memorial to Congress concerned with claims under the Florida Treaty.","3 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Congratulations on his appointment; re: his cruise and the independence of Peru.","1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: A Negro Man Ned, about who Gen'l Andrew Jackson was concerned.","18 letters. Autograph Letters Signed. Much news of Naval events in Norfolk, including criticism of the Admiral, the trial of Stewart, letter of Gen'l Jackson to Mr. Clay, and the movement of warships in and out of Norfolk.","3 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: the raising of an army.","1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: the nephew of Barron, Midshipman [Samuel] Barron.","1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: a representation he made to Congress.","1 pages. Printed Autograph Document Signed. Notice of election to the Musical Fund Society of Philadelphia.","14 letters. Autograph Letters Signed. Family letters covering the period in Philadelphia where he commanded the Navy Yard, and his time in Washington as Chairman of a Naval Court Martial.","7 letters. Autograph Letters Signed. A. McLane, a Revolutionary war veteran, writes of his experiences accompanying Gen'l Lafayette on his visits to America.","1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. A plea for more regular payment of wages.","1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Report of his journey to report for duty.","1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: the outfitting of ships; and of Barron's ventilation system, \"it may be hailed as the salvation of our Navy.\"","2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: affairs in Copenhagen.","1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Introducing John Geddes.","1 page. Autograph Draft Signed. Recommending Henry Crabb.","1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Supporting the claims of William Crabb, Assistant Navy Store Keeper.","1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Requesting assistance for the appointment of his son, George, to the Service.","1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Notice of transfer of Barron to the command of the Gosport Navy Yard in Virginia.","1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Request for leave.","2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Request to be placed under the command of Barron.","2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Invitation to a testimonial dinner to be given for Barron on the occasion of his removal from Philadelphia. Enclosure: a toast to Philadelphia.","3 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: family affairs.","1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Regret at Barron's departure from Philadelphia.","2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Request advice regarding the milling of flour.","3 letters. Autograph Letters Signed. He writes of his difficult situation in the Navy.","1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Invitation to a dinner.","3 letters. Autograph Letters Signed. Re: the pump invented by Barron.","1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: the Florida Treaty.","3 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Request for an assignment.","2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Offers self as Secretary to Barron who it is rumored is to command the Frigate Brandywine conveying Gen. Lafayette to France.","1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Request for help in getting his back wages from the Navy.","1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Reporting as a witness at the court martial of Charles Stewart.","3 letters. Autograph letters signed. Re: his brother, Dr. Richard Kennon, who is relieved of sea duty and placed under the command of Barron.","1 page. Autograph letter signed. Submitting his bust of Gen'l Lafayette to the Public Inspector at Washington.","2 pages. Autograph letter signed. Re: the romance of Lt. Pendergrast and Virginia Barron.","2 pages. Autograph letter signed. Re: the suitor for the hand of Virginia Barron.","2 items. Autograph letter signed, Enclosed. Enclosing account for services in taking out a patent for Barron on angle-lever-windlass.","3 pages. Autograph letter signed. Re: some affairs before Congress - - largely illegible.","1 page. Autograph letter signed. Re: verbal message given as ships passed, but not heard.","1 page. Autograph letter signed. \"We all rejoiced in what must have been so gratifying to yourself after so long and so painful a period of suspense.\"","3 pages. Copy of Autograph letter signed. Forwarded to Captain Edmund P. Kennedy then to James Barron. A report of valuable use of the bellows invented by Barron in changing air below decks and in the control of disease there.","2 pages. Autograph letter signed. Request for leave of absence.","1 page. Autograph letter signed. Report on return from his leave.","Scope and Contents","2 pages. Autograph letter signed, Enclosed. Re: the use of the title, \"Commodore\" honorary since the Navy has no such rank.","1 pages. Autograph letter signed. Re: transportation of powder to Richmond","1 page. Copy of Autograph letter. Defense of the Navy Constructor at the Yard.","2 pages. Autograph letter signed. Re: the ventilation on ships and suggestions for improvements.","Scope and Contents","1 page. Autograph letter signed. Report of speech by John Randolph in which he \"abused everybody\" including Barron in regard to the Chesapeakeaffair and the duel with Decatur. Added note: \"Burn it as soon as you read it.\"","2 pages. Autograph letter signed. Re: his cruise, Naval discipline, and injustice the President's message recommending a Naval Academy. Re: South American politics and the fall of Callas.","2 pages. Autograph letter signed. Re: the completion of ships being built to order.","pages. Autograph letter signed. Re: the build-up of the Navy.","1 page. Autograph letter signed. Report that all is quiet in that area, that no piracies are heard of.","2 letters. Autograph letters signed. Correspondence regarding the new type wooden docks and new type dry docks, invented by Barron.","1 page. Autograph letter signed. Re: his invention of a new type of dock.","Autograph letter signed. Invitation to dinner.","2 pages. Autograph letter signed. Re: the estate of John B. Osborn, grandson of David Barron.","2 pages. Autograph letter signed. Social news.","1 page. Printed Autograph Document Signed.","2 pages. Autograph letter signed. Declining to get involved in more controversy concerning his treatment by the Navy in the past years.","1 page. Autograph letter signed. A recommendation of the bearer, T.H. Yateman.","Cop of Autograph letter. Relating to affairs of the Navy Yard, Gosport, Virginia.","3 pages. Autograph letter signed. Re: a recommendation to the Treasury Department relative to a \"system of telegraph for the United States.\"","3 pages. Autograph letter signed. Re: the \"automatic chess player.\"","3 pages. Autograph letter signed. Sending a greeting to Commo. Barron from his friends in Denmark.","2 page. Autograph letter signed. Re: a Mr. Butler.","4 pages. Autograph letter signed. Re: social news of Norfolk.","2 pages. Autograph letter signed. Re: shipping around the Cape.","2 pages. Copy of Autograph letter. Accepting position of godfather to Kennedy's son and approving the choice of James Barron as his proxy; statement of his high regard for the Navy.","2 pages. Autograph letter signed. Family and Naval news.","2 pages. Autograph letter signed. Re: the log boats invented by Barron.","2 pages. Autograph letter signed. Request for the service of Coxwain Parker, sympathy at death of Lieut. Tuttle.","1 page. Autograph letter signed. Invitation to tea.","1 page. Autograph letter signed. Re: the success of the ventilating bellows invented by Barron.","Scope and Contents","1 page. Autograph letter signed. A recommendation that he leave the area in the \"sickly season\" for the sake of his health.","1 page. Autograph letter signed. Re: an appointment marked \"Private.\"","2 pages. Autograph letter signed. Re: personal and Naval affairs.","4 pages. Autograph letter signed. Re: personal matters.","1 page. Autograph letter signed. Introducing Capt. Basil Hall of the British Navy.","3 pages. Autograph letter signed. News that he has received an appropriation of $50,000 from the Congress for an exploration.","3 pages. Autograph Draft. Re: the drowning of Mr. Slidwell, Mr. Rodgers, and Mr. Harrison.","2 pages. Autograph letter signed. Appreciation for an introduction.","1 page. Autograph letter signed. Introducing Wm. Barrister.","1 page. Autograph letter signed. Application to serve as a midshipman under Barron.","2 pages. Autograph letter signed. Re: his son who is to report to Barron for service.","1 page. Printed letter. Re: claims under the Treaty of Ghent.","4 pages. Autograph letter signed. Re: shipments of wine.","1 page. Autograph Draft Signed. Enclosed with a pamphlet on dry rot (now lost).","1 page. Autograph letter signed. Request that her letters be forwarded to her son who is serving on a ship in the Pacific.","1 page. Autograph letter signed. Request for dimensions of the moveable crane invented by Barron.","2 pages. Autograph letter signed. Request that Midshipman Joyner return to the Department.","2 pages. Autograph letter signed. Request for information on a \"Denmark stove.\"","2 pages. Autograph letter signed. Recommendation for Barry Hayes.","4 pages. Autograph letter signed. Commending the ship's ventilators invented by Barron.","1 page. Autograph letter signed. Appointment of Barron to the command of the U.S. Frigate Guerriere, flagship of the Pacific Fleet.","1 page. Autograph Draft. Asking to be excused from Pacific Command because of his business in establishing claims for his father's Bounty Lands.","3 pages. Autograph letter signed. Re: the curative values of wearing a steel plate next to the body.","1 page. Copy of Autograph letter signed.","Incomplete copy of the above is located in folder 21. Autograph Draft. 1 page.","1 page. Autograph letter signed. Introduction of Midshipman Petway.","1 page. Autograph letter signed. Re: Barron's refusal of the command of the Guerriere.","3 pages. Autograph letter signed, card. Marked \"Private.\" Re: an epidemic of yellow fever on his ship which he attributes to the removal of the bellows air pump which had been removed from his ship at the last overhaul. \"It is the invention of Commo. Barron . . . I consider it a thorough safe guard from local fever, and shall not willingly go to sea without one.\"","4 pages. Autograph letter signed. Congratulations to Barron On the election of his friend Andrew Jackson as President of the U.S.; news of events and ships in the Pensacola Navy Yard.","3 pages. Autograph letter signed. Personal matters.","3 pages. Autograph letter signed.","4 pages. Autograph letter signed. Smith, a former Marine, writes for \"a Common pension in the country of my adoption,\" thanks Barron and Lieut. Pendergast for their kindness to him, and sends greetings to Gen'l Andrew Jackson and his nephew Maj. Andrew J. Donaldson.","Scope and Contents","2 pages. Autograph letter signed. A tumor that has been removed from Barron's son-in-law Pendergrass, and Re: Barron's visit with \"your old Favorite General\" (Pres. Jackson).","1 page. Autograph letter signed. Re: a delivery of stone on the orders of Commo. Warrington.","4 pages. A strong letter of censure for Smoot's actions in the Yard.","2 pages. Autograph letter signed, reply. A call for the repayment of a loan made by the father of McLane; Barron's reply is copied on the reverse.","1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: his orders to report to the Constellation, under the command of Barron.","2 pages. Autograph letter signed. Re: his orders to report to Barron for duty on the Constellation.","3 pages. Autograph letter signed. Re: gossip regarding them and Barron's romantic interest elsewhere.","3 pages. Autograph letter signed. Requesting help in his attempt to receive another commission in the Navy.","2 pages. Autograph letter signed. Asking a recommendation to the President [of the U.S.].","3 pages. Autograph letter signed. Request for help in placing the son of Hansen in a U.S. Mercantile House, and asking the assistance of Commo. Barron.","3 pages. Autograph Draft. Complaint regarding a letter received from Rodgers and defense of his own position in regard to material for building at the Navy Yard.","1 page. Autograph letter signed. Sent with a tobacco box which was to be a gift for Gen'l Jackson.","1 pages. Autograph letter signed. Re: cotton duck.","1 page. Autograph letter signed. Regrets that he is unable to accept invitation.","1 page. Autograph draft. Re: something, which Eaton has requested, unnamed.","2 pages. Autograph letter signed. En route to Chile where a revolution is reported; and Re: a difficulty with the ship St. Peter, at sea.","Autograph document.","2 pages. Printed material.","112 pages used. Autograph Volume. The copies of letters are written in Barron's hand and are signed, and cover the period from 14 May 1829 through 17 May 1831.","Autograph letter signed. Request that Barron send relief, for their boat is stuck on a sand bar at the Point of Shoals.","Scope and Contents","Autograph letter signed. Written at \"4 o'clock in the morning\" a second appeal for relief.","Autograph letter signed. A letter of appreciation for Barron's \"kindness and good offices.\"","1 page. Printed Autograph Letter Signed. Notice of pay due the late John P. Tuttle on the 11th June 1827, the day he died.","2 pages. Autograph letter signed. Re: the settling of claims, the Navy Bill, and the trial of Creighton.","1 page. Autograph letter signed. Re: activities of Tyler and Eaton.","2 pages. Autograph letter signed. Re: the death of Commo. Chauncy, and threat of assassination of Van Buren.","2 pages. Autograph letter signed. Re: the appointment of Kennedy to command the Frigate U. States on a two-year cruise, and of the opposition of Tazewell to the Navy Bill.","Autograph letter signed. Introducing Midshipman Pitcher, son of the Governor of New York.","2 letters. Autograph letters signed. Re: supplies received at the Navy Yard.","1 page. Autograph letter signed. Reports that he has received orders to transfer to the Brazil station.","1 page. Autograph draft. Re: the death of Barron's grandson, son of Mrs. [Jane Barron] Hope.","2 pages. Autograph letter signed. Re: the cork cutter invented by Barron.","4 pages. Autograph letter signed. An appeal to Barron to intercede with the President against the dismissal of the U.S. Consul in Malta.","1 page. Autograph letter signed. Re: information desired from Commo. Sinclair.","3 pages. Autograph letter signed. Re: standards of Army and Navy rank.","1 page. Autograph letter signed. Re: Barron's fixtures on the ship.","1 page. Autograph draft signed. Re: some invention.","2 pages. Autograph letter signed. Re: the purchase of a boat.","3 pages. Autograph document signed. Application for a patent on a fan.","1 page. Autograph note. Re: Barron's cork cutter, his automatic fan; and recollections of her father Re: Barron's command office the Norfolk Navy Yard.","1 page. Autograph draft.","Scope and Contents","3 pages. Autograph draft. Dated at Pensacola, signed by William H. Chase and Thomas Wright.","3 pages. Autograph letter signed. Requesting a personal commendation, which might serve to influence the President in reversing a court martial sentence.","3 pages. Autograph letter signed. Requesting a personal commendation, which might serve to influence the President in reversing a court martial sentence.","2 pages. Autograph letter signed. Re: rumor that Commo. Bainbridge will be restored to the command of the Philadelphia Navy Yard.","2 pages. Autograph letter signed. Re: Barron's move to the command of the Philadelphia Navy Yard and chance of the reinstatement of Commo. Bainbridge at that post.","1 page. Autograph letter signed. A description of the U.S. ship John Adams.","4 pages. Autograph letter signed. Re: affairs at Washington and General Jackson's good offices.","2 pages. Autograph letter signed. Report on the good condition of the ship, as tried under sail.","1 page. Autograph letter signed. A letter of appreciation.","1 page. Autograph letter signed. Regret expressed that Barron is leaving the Gosport Station to take charge of another.","1 page. Autograph document.","2 pages. Autograph letter signed. Re: orders for his son.","Printed Autograph Document Signed,Card.","1 page. Autograph letter signed. Re: \"the model of a machine intended for the transportation of the U. States' mail.\"","2 letters. Autograph letters signed. Re: a government appointment; and fresh fish and oysters from the Norfolk area.","Scope and Contents","8 pages. Autograph Draft. Endorsement on reverse of page 4, \"Essays upon Naval Subjects by Commo. Barron.\" A cover note/enclosure: 11 December 1831. James Barron, Philadelphia, to Louis McLane. Autograph Draft. 1 page.","2 items. Autograph letter signed. Complaining of being held as insane in the hospital. 2 pages.","2 pages. Autograph letter signed. Urging Barron to not let it be known that he is willing to leave the Station, because of his enemies there.","Autograph letter.","3 pages. Autograph document. Endorsed: on reverse-side of page 2, \"Essays upon Naval Subjects by Como. Barron.\" Re: the Naval Bill before Congress re: naval grades and the new grade of Admiral.","2 letters. Autograph letters signed. Re: his difficulties in obtaining a government appointment.","3 letters. Autograph letters signed. Re: publications concerning the Barron-Decatur duel and articles on the subject in the Baltimore Sun.","1 page. Autograph draft signed. Re: an article in the Globe regarding John Thompson, a contractor at the Navy Yard.","1 page. Autograph letter signed. Re: a claim made by Thompson before the Committee of Claims of the Congress.","1 page. Autograph letter signed. Regret at being unable to participate in February 22 civic ceremonies.","4 pages. Autograph letter signed. Mention of Barron's (second) wife; re: difficulties between Comm. Elliott and Capt. Dallas; opposition to Barron in Philadelphia; other naval news.","1 page. Autograph letter signed. \"The President has dismissed Bryne and all the officers involved in the late duel at Philadelphia.\"","Copy of Autograph letter signed. Exonerating Elliott of charges brought by Dallas. Also, copy sent to Capt. A. Dallas.","1 page. Autograph letter signed. Re: payment for land warrants.","1 page. Autograph draft. Re: his letterbooks which he is refusing to turn over to the Department.","2 pages. Autograph letter signed. Marked \"Confidential.\" Report of his difficulties with Capt. Dallas.","2 pages. Autograph draft. Marked \"Personal and confidential.\" Request to be transferred from his command in Philadelphia.","Scope and Contents","2 pages. Autograph letter signed. Sent with \"Murray's list\" and an epitome of his life.","3 pages. Autograph document signed.","1 page. Autograph letter signed. Re: her father who is so ill that he cannot write.","2 pages. Autograph letter signed. Re: the Revolutionary War service of Richard Tool.","1 page. Autograph letter signed. Re: the ventilators for ships invented by Barron.","1 page. Autograph letter signed. Re: repairs needed on the ship \"Ruth and Mary.\"","1 page. Autograph letter signed. Apologies for the non-delivery of the Norfolk Herald.","1 page. Autograph letter signed. Invitation to attend the lectures of the Geological Society of Pennsylvania.","1 page. Autograph letter signed. Re: the Arabian horse Selim (brought to U.S. by Barron after Tripolitan War).","Scope and Contents","11 pages. Autograph letter signed. Re: \"The South Carolina Sedition\" and the dangers of the Nullification.","Scope and Contents","4 pages. Autograph letter signed. Re: Thomas Boucher, Commodore in Virginia Navy in 1776; the logbook of James Barron, Sr., recently discovered; and the chance that the northern manufacturers will force the \"Dissolution of the Union\" forming a \"Southern Republic.\"","2 letters. Autograph letters signed. Newsy letters of family and naval affairs.","4 pages. Autograph letter signed. Asking his support in conflict with the Naval Department.","1 page. Autograph letter signed. Complaint that his pay in the Navy Yard has been reduced to $1.00 per day.","5 pages. 2 copies. Autograph draft. Petition for a patent on the log construction of ships.","1 page. Autograph draft.","1 page. Autograph letter signed. Re: the death by cholera of William Thaler, Consul to Cuba; and his desire to have the post -- asking Barron's recommendation.","1 page. Autograph letter, E. An appointment given for \"this evening or early tomorrow morning.\" Endorsement with list of things which Barron was to discuss with the President.","2 pages. Autograph letter signed. Plan for building a ship according to Barron's plan on the Ohio River; funds needed.","4 pages. Autograph letter signed. Re: the need for Barron's ship of logs, to avoid disasters.","1 page. Autograph letter signed. Re: a certificate to be signed.","3 pages. Autograph letter signed. Family affairs.","1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: the grappling hooks used by the ancients in sea battles about which Barron had enquired.","1 page. Autograph letter signed. Re: a ship coming into the Navy Yard to discharge the crew.","Scope and Contents","1 page. Autograph letter signed. Acknowledgments of receipt of specifications for patent of \"Prow Ship\" or \"application of steam power to the purposes of War.\"","2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: value of the air pump invented by Barron, as used on a cruise off the coast of Brazil.","1 page. Autograph letter signed. Printed copy included. Certificate of the value of the valve pump invented by Barron.","1 page. Autograph draft.","3 pages. Autograph letter signed. Requesting a recommendation for the position of Purser.","1 page. Autograph letter signed. Enquiry regarding the \"prospect of a reorganization of the Marine Corps.\"","1 page. Autograph letter signed. Request that he sign a certificate \"to prosecute Cousin Judy's claim for her father's services.\"","1 page. Autograph draft signed. Re: the steam prow ship that was invented by Barron.","1 page. Autograph letter signed. Agrees that Barron should seek the consideration of Congress of his steam prow invention.","3 pages. Autograph letter signed. Complaint of new rates of pay in the Navy Yard.","1 page. Autograph letter signed. Report that warrant has been issued for his Revolutionary War services.","1 page. Autograph draft signed. Asking that his steam prow for battleships be presented to the House for consideration.","2 pages. Autograph letter signed. Asking his support in keeping civilian workers at the Navy Yard.","1 page. Autograph letter signed. Invitation to explain his steam prow ship to the Committee on Naval Affairs.","Copy of Autograph letter signed. Re: \"bellows ventilator which have been used in Naval Ships of the U.S. for eight or ten years, with no reward given to Barron, the inventor.\"","1 page. Autograph draft signed. Asking consideration of his bellows ventilator for use on Naval ships.","1 page. Autograph draft signed. Submitting his invention of ships ventilator for consideration by the Congress.","14 letters. Autograph letters signed. News letters about the family of Barron and Naval events in Norfolk; re: his trouble with a Navy agent, of Dr. Cowdery, of Lt. William Cunningham's Revolutionary War service; re: his son Phil[emon] in the Naval service.","4 letters. Autograph letters signed. Correspondence concerning bounty for Revolutionary War service.","2 letters. Autograph draft signed. Re: filtering machine invented by Barron.","Scope and Contents","2 letters. Autograph letters signed. Re: filtering machine invented by James Barron and submitted to the Navy.","2 letters. Autograph letters signed. Re: filtering machine submitted to the Navy.","2 pages. Autograph letter signed. Recommendation for the ship's ventilator invented by Barron.","2 pages. Autograph letter signed. Re: completion of his pump before a committee on inventions.","2 pages. Autograph letter signed. Complaint regarding the rating that the Navy gives to Master Workmen in its yards.","Autograph draft signed. Re: a new edition of the book on naval flag signals, the first book having been prepared by Barron. Also second copy of the same.","Scope and Contents","3 letters. Autograph letters signed. Correspondence regarding patents on a ship ventilator and \"cast iron blocks\" [for making shells].","3 pages. Autograph letter signed. Recollection of meeting Barron at an oyster supper given by Col. Bassett in Williamsburg during the visit of Gen'l Lafayette in 1824; enquiry concerning Byrd Chamberlayne's service in the Revolutionary War.","6 letters. Autograph letters signed. Re: a steam powered ship invented by Kendall about which there is a patent controversy with Dr. Planton (Platon).","1 page. Autograph draft signed. Re: floating dry dock and new type pump invented by Barron.","3 pages. Autograph letter signed. Re: new Navy regulations and back pay for self and Barron.","4 letters. Autograph letters signed. Re: Barron's actions during the War of 1812 and continuing controversy which concerned Elliott's part in the Barron-Decatur duel.","2 letters. Autograph letters signed. Re: Revolutionary War bounties for services of Barron, his father, and Godfrey Ragsdale.","1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Re: pump invented by Barron.","1 page. Autograph letter signed. Requests support for her son who is seeking an appointment to West Point.","12 pages. Autograph letter signed.","Scope and Contents","6 items. Autograph draft signed. Discussions of the \"steam cylinder craft\" invented by Kendall.","1 page. Printed Autograph Draft Signed. Bill to pay Ann Mortimer Barron, the daughter of William Barron, for services in the Revolutionary War.","1 page. Autograph letter signed. Re: letters forwarded to Barron.","1 page. Autograph draft signed. \"On the subject of Armed Steam Vessels.\"","2 pages. Autograph document signed. An application for a patent on the process for making shells of blocks of cast iron.","5 pages. Copy of Autograph letter signed. \"On the [ship] Portia's business,\" which was sold in Copenhagen because it was impounded there due to the war with Great Britain.","2 pages. Autograph letter signed. Re: a descendant's war pay claim to be paid by Miss Barron.","1 page. Autograph letter signed. Re: the pump invented by Barron.","3 pages. Autograph letter signed. Description of Maine coastline.","1 page. Autograph draft. Re: \"on Prow Ship.\"","Scope and Contents","pages. Autograph letter signed, Copy of Autograph letter signed. Evaluation of the \"Prow Ship\" invented by Barron.","1 page. Autograph letter signed. Thanking Barron for information regarding the steam boat.","2 pages. Autograph draft. \"Copy of a letter written by me for the S[ecretary] of the Navy on the pay of officers.\" He urges increases in Navy pay in all grades.","2 pages. Autograph letter signed. Comment on the steam prow ship.","1 page. Autograph draft. Re: the cork cutting machine and the pump invented by Barron.","3 pages. Autograph letter signed. Re: the opposition of the local whig party to him as a Jackson man.","1 page. Autograph Draft Signed. Re: the claim of John Thompson.","2 pages. Printed material. Re: the pump and cork-cutter.","2 pages. Autograph draft.","3 pages. Autograph letter signed. Family Affairs.","4 pages. Autograph letter signed. Re: an order on him from Taylor.","15 pages. Autograph Draft Signed. Re: the steam prow war ship.","1 page. Printed Autograph Document Signed.","1 page. Printed Autograph Document Signed. Letterhead has engraving of the hotel front.","3 pages. Autograph letter signed. Re: a portrait of Barron.","2 pages. Autograph draft. Re: wind mill improved by Barron.","1 page. Autograph letter signed. Enclosing a letter from Adm. Sir Isaac Coffin Bart.","2 pages. Autograph letter signed. Re: steam prow ship.","1 page. Autograph draft signed. Re: steam prow ship.","2 letters. Autograph letters signed. Re: the sharing of profits on the invention of the cylinder steam boat and plans for building such a craft.","2 letters. Autograph drafts. Re: the cylinder steam boat.","2 pages. Autograph letter signed. Requesting the plans of the U.S. Ship John Adams to serve as a model for war ships being built by Spain.","3 letters. Autograph letters signed. Family letters, including notice of the death of Mrs. Pendergast, the daughter of Barron, and of Barron's grandchild.","1 page. Autograph draft. Re: the model of a boat which is to be built.","1 page. Autograph draft. Re: Revolutionary War claims.","2 pages. Autograph draft. Re: patent rights to the pump invented by Barron.","2 Autograph drafts. Re: problems of armed steam vessels.","1 page. Autograph draft. Re: on the subject of armed steam vessels.","1 page. Autograph document signed.","1 page. Autograph document signed.","Autograph document signed. 1 p. Engraving of the interior of the store is on the letterhead.","2 pages. Autograph letter signed. Re: War bounties which have run out because of lapsed time.","1 page. Autograph draft. Re: pay of ship masters.","1 page. Autograph draft signed. Re: letter of Capt. [H.A.] Mix of the Navy.","1 page. Autograph draft signed. Re: the renewal of patents on the cork cutter and pump.","1 page. Printed material.","1 page. Autograph draft signed. An appeal for the command of a ship or permission to build his steam prow warship \"when a war was considered inevitable.\"","1 page. Autograph draft signed. Re: the case of John Thompson.","1 page. Autograph Draft Signed. Re: Barron's business before the Committee of Claims.","3 pages. Autograph letter signed. Re: need for the increase in the Navy.","3 pages. Autograph letter signed. Norfolk news.","Autograph document. \"Estimate for a floating dock for repairing Schooners of 175 tons burthen.\"","1 page. Autograph draft signed. A reference to [Henry A.] Wise.","1 page. Autograph letter signed. Re: money sent from Mr. Pendergast, Barron's son-in-law.","2 pages. Autograph letter signed. Re: floating dry dock invented by Barron.","1 page. Autograph draft signed. Re: a new type of dock.","1 page. Autograph letter signed. Receipt for the model of the floating dock invented by Barron.","2 pages. Autograph letter signed. Appreciation for Barron's interest in him.","1 page. Autograph draft. Power of attorney for land claims.","1 page. Printed Autograph Document Signed. Receipt for the description of a valve-board pump.","2 pages. Autograph letter signed. Appreciation for a portrait.","4 pages. Autograph letter signed. Accounts of experiments made with bellows invented by Barron.","1 page. Autograph letter signed. Signs self as commanding the East India and Asia [?].","1 page. Autograph letter signed Receipt for \"additional remarks on your galley.\"","1 page. Autograph letter signed. Re: samples of cork.","2 copies. Autograph drafts signed. Petition concerning the Navy signals which Barron first reorganized in 1798 and 1799.","3 pages. Autograph letter signed. Enclosing a sketch of \"Floating Dry Dock at Smithland on the Ohio River, mouth of Cumberland.\"","5 letters. Autograph letters signed. Re: the galley invented by Barron.","3 letters. Autograph letters signed. Re: a galley invented by Barron.","Scope and Contents","1 page. Autograph letter signed. Re: the \"Bill reported for the Ventilator\" [to Congress].","Printed autograph material, Card.","2 pages. Copy of Autograph letter signed. Re: repairs to U.S. Ship Pennsylvania.","3 letters. Autograph letters signed. Family and other news from Norfolk, including reaction to his resignation from the command of the Navy Yard in Philadelphia.","1 page. Autograph letter signed. Appreciation for a box sent her by Barron.","1 page. Autograph draft signed. Re: the rumor that Comm. Rodgers has resigned the presidency of the Board of Naval Commissioners and that an officer junior to Barron may be appointed to the position.","1 page. Autograph letter signed. Request for an autograph for his collection.","1 page. Autograph draft signed. Resigning his command because a junior officer who has served him as a Lieutenant is being placed over him.","2 pages. Autograph letter signed. Re: the patent for the floating dry dock.","1 page. Autograph document signed. An account sheet.","3 pages. Autograph letter signed. A farewell letter as Barron left the command of the Yard.","1 page. Autograph draft signed. Appreciation for an affectionate letter of farewell from these.","2 pages. Autograph draft signed. Appreciation of a letter of farewell from these.","Autograph letter, Autograph draft. Re: Miles King.","1 page. Autograph letter signed. Re: his readiness to act in Barron's behalf.","2 pages. Autograph draft signed. Complaining about his treatment by the Navy.","Printed Autograph Document Signed. For Life of Burr.","2 pages. Autograph letter signed. Re: articles and letters received for Barron after his departure from Philadelphia.","2 pages. Autograph letter signed. Re: gun carriage invented by Barron.","1 page. Autograph letter signed. Offering his assistance needed by Barron that he can render.","2 pages. Autograph letter signed. Re: stoves left by Barron.","2 letters. Autograph letters signed. Re: the pump invented by Barron.","1 page. Autograph letter signed. Introducing Capt. Von Shanter of the Russian Imperial Navy.","4 pages. Autograph letter signed. Re: the conditions of (sailing) Masters in the Navy and a memorial on the subject which was before Congress.","1 page. Autograph letter signed. Re: \"my connexion [sic] with that unhappy duel.\"","3 pages. Autograph letter signed. Re: the Polar Expedition and regret at Barron's leaving Philadelphia.","3 pages. Autograph letter signed. Family affairs, with greetings to her father, James Barron.","2 pages. Autograph letter signed. Re: the gun carriage and steam vessels.","1 page. Autograph letter signed.","2 letters. Autograph letters signed. Re: family and Norfolk affairs.","4 pages. Autograph letter signed. A report at the end of a cruise of three years and six months.","3 pages. Autograph letter signed. Family affairs.","3 letters. Autograph letters signed. Complaining against continued slander in the newspapers.","2 pages. Autograph letter signed. Re: the services of Barron's father in the Revolutionary War.","1 page. Autograph letter signed. Re: the importing of Jack Asses by the Commanders of Squadrons.","1 page. Autograph letter signed. Applying for the position of chief clerk for Barron when he becomes President of the Navy Board. Enclosed: newspaper clipping announcing the rumor that Barron is to be appointed President of the Navy Board.","2 pages. Autograph draft. Explanation for the importation of \"Jack Asses and other animals.\" Enclosure: \"Extract from Hon. Sam'l L. Southard,\" signed Dan[ie]l F. Patten. Re: animals, seeds, and plants.","3 pages. Autograph letter signed. Report on the political situation in South America.","3 pages. Autograph letter signed. Complaints about the Navy Board.","6 letters. Autograph letters signed. Re: troubles that Elliott had experienced on his last cruise with his officers and Marines; of the conflict that he was having with Mr. Paulding, Secretary of the Navy; and of rumors of arrangements for the trial of Elliott.","2 pages. Autograph draft signed. A statement regarding his claims on the Navy.","2 pages. Autograph letter signed. Re: the death of his son, Philemon.","2 letters. Autograph letters signed. Complaints about his treatment by the Navy; and valuable information on the \" Portia,\" the commercial ship captained by Barron which was held in Copenhagen by the outbreak of the War of 1812.","1 page. Autograph letter signed. A note sent with \"Judy, a colored woman,\" who is proceeding to Germantown, [Pennsylvania], where she is to be the servant of Commodore James Barron and family.","Autograph document signed. Tuition and board for Master J. Hope (grandson of JB).","Autograph letter signed, R. Inquiry concerning land owned by Barron's father (war bounty lands). Reply regarding the sale of some land by his brother, Samuel Barron, as the administrator of their father's estate.","Printed material. Suggesting that steam vessels, made 400 feet long by 100 feet wide, drawing 20 feet of water, could make the passage to Europe in eight days.","Autograph letter signed. Re: 2,000 acres of land for which $1000 is offered.","Autograph letter signed, R. New President of the Navy Department thanks Barron for a letter in which he asks Pres. William Henry Harrison for an appointment.","Autograph letter signed, Card. The Secretary of the Navy writes, sending the greetings of the President.","Autograph letter signed. Re: the death of General Harrison and of Gov. Tyler, his successor.","Autograph letter signed. Re: Barron's chances under the new President, Tyler.","Autograph letter signed. Re: the calling of attention of the Secretary of the Navy to articles by Barron on naval subject; the articles are listed.","Autograph letter signed. Re: his preparations to sail for Rio.","Autograph letter signed. Re: Navy Department and reappointment of Barron.","Autograph letter signed, E. Endorsed \"Commo B's 2nd wife, formerly Mary Anne Wilson.\"","Autograph letter signed. Navy news.","Autograph letter signed. \"The engines will be ready to be tried in 8 days...\"","Autograph letter signed. Family affairs, with endorsement of explanation.","2 copies. Autograph letter signed, E. Endorsement: \"The secretary of the Navy to Commo. Biddle approving his discharging of Joshua Parker, a Pensioner for bad conduct as complained of by the Commodore in his letter of January 19. A precedent for like cases.\"","Autograph document signed. Bounty lands for Revolutionary War service of JB (1).","Autograph copies. Orders to assume command of the Naval Asylum at Philadelphia.","Autograph letter signed. Norfolk news.","Autograph letter signed. Offering services as Secretary.","Autograph draft signed. Expressing the need for a carpenter.","Autograph letter signed. Re: the \"solid-bottomed steamboat.\"","2 copies. Autograph draft signed. Request for a boat for the inmates.","Card,E.","Autograph letter signed, E. Endorsement by Miss Janey Hope Marr.","Autograph letter signed. Family affairs.","Autograph letter signed. Recommending Edward Higgins.","Autograph letter signed. Re: a presidential review of the decision in the court martial of Elliott.","Scope and Contents","Autograph letter signed. \"You have had a rough time of it ever since the battle of Lake Erie....\" Comments on Cooper, \"undoubtedly the finest among our Literary Men\" and on the necessity of reform in the Court Martial system.","Autograph letter signed. Re: his removal from office by the President of the U.S.","Autograph letter signed. Re: letters received and letter of Noah in which there is \"Cooper's explanation of the Erie Affair.\"","Autograph letter signed. Introducing Midsh. John Guest, \"who is about commencing his studies at the Naval Asylum.\"","Autograph draft signed. Report that he has expelled Daniel Conway and Joshua Parker.","Autograph letter signed. Order to readmit Conway and Parker to the Asylum.","Autograph draft signed. Reply concerning Conway and Parker.","Autograph letter signed. Personal affairs.","Autograph letter signed. Re: some cider he has sent; and decrying the state of the country with failing banks, etc.","Autograph draft signed.","Autograph draft signed. Re: pay for the Carpenter's Mate at the Asylum.","Autograph draft signed. Re: an inmate, Patrick Malloy.","Card. Re: medical officer's reports.","2 copies. Autograph letter signed, R. Asking a report on all employees at the Naval Asylum and Hospital. Reply that the reports are being prepared.","Autograph letter signed. Introducing John F. Abbott.","2 copies. Autograph draft signed. Letter enclosing reports on the personnel of the Asylum.","Copy of Autograph letter signed. Directs the discharge of Patrick Malloy.","Autograph draft signed. Re: orders sent without the approval of Barron.","Scope and Contents","Autograph draft signed. Resentment for addressing Barron as \"Captain\" instead of ''Commodore.''","Autograph letter signed. Stating that all letters from Chiefs of Bureaus are to be considered official.","Autograph letter signed. Letter concerns Patrick Malloy Reply Re: 12 November 1842. JB to Wp. Cb Autograph Draft Signed. Reply to the above.","Copies of Autograph letter signed. Re: Patrick Maley.","Autograph letter signed. Re: plans for the building of the Asylum.","Copy of Autograph letter signed. Re: Patrick Maley.","Autograph draft signed. Requesting a leave of absence.","Copy of Autograph letter signed. Re: report of the Purser, Mr. Pettit.","Autograph letter signed. Giving permission for Barron to retire from the Asylum.","Autograph draft signed. Returning letter which is \"unworthy of my notice.\"","Autograph document signed. Includes tuition for Jas. Barron Hope for one year.","Autograph letter signed. Granting leave of absence for three months from November 30.","Autograph document.","Autograph letter signed. Re: Navy affairs, esp. Dr. Barton.","Autograph copy. Re: the trouble caused by Dr. Barton, in contrast to good offices of Commo. Biddle and Commo. Barron.","Autograph letter signed. Re: a naval engagement of the Revolutionary War between the barge Victory of Accomac and six barges of Capt. Kidd of which only Barron has memory. Enclosed is newspaper clipping of the engagement.","Autograph document signed.","Autograph letter signed. Family news.","Autograph letter signed. Re: introduction to Chas. A. Magwood and Joseph R. Payne.","Autograph letter signed. Re: arrangement of the rooms of the forward officers.","Autograph letter signed. Request for a loan.","Autograph letter signed. Appreciation for a loan.","Autograph letter signed. Re: references to Commo. Barron in \"Commo. Elliott's book.\"","Autograph letter signed. Re: \"Revolutionary Pensions.\"","Autograph letter signed.","Autograph letter signed. Personal letter. Re: Barron's building a new house in Norfolk.","Autograph letter signed. Family letter.","Autograph letter signed. Re: a recent storm in Hampton.","Autograph letter signed. Re: pump invented by Barron and need for a loan of $2000 to go into business.","Autograph draft signed. Re: a claim for his father's \"commutation pay and land bounty.\"","Autograph letter signed. Family letter from the son-in-law of Barron.","Autograph letter signed. Enquiry concerning past practice in examining Midshipmen (Barron did this when he was in charge of the Naval Asylum in Philadelphia) in connection with the establishment of the Naval Academy.","Autograph letter signed.","Autograph letter signed. Incomplete. Incomplete.","Autograph letter signed. Note accompanying 2 sketches (not enclosed).","3 items. 11-16 April 1848. Robt. W. Land, Phila., to Capt. Blake, U.S. Navy, Walnut St., [Phila.]. ALS,R. Offering a place near Germantown for sale.","Autograph letter signed,R. Offering a place near Germantown for sale.","He has no desire to buy a place in Germantown.","Autograph letter signed. Re: his collegiate activities and expenses at [the College of William and Mary].","Autograph letter signed. Appreciation for a letter of sympathy.","Autograph letter signed. Re: seniority of Barron in the Navy, having been made Captain in May 1799.","Autograph letter signed. Marked \"Private and Confidential.\" Personal matters.","Scope and Contents","Autograph letter signed. Written while visiting \"Papa\" (his grandfather, Commo. James Barron).","Autograph letter signed. Re: Barron's claim.","2 copies. Autograph draft signed. Letter to a newspaper concerning an article which concerned his stay in Denmark during the War of 1812.","Autograph letter signed. Family and personal affairs; and concerning preservation of the Union under General Taylor.","Autograph letter signed. A long discussion of the danger of the Southern threat for the dissolution of the Union and the determination of the Northerners to preserve it; and concerning the freeing of the slaves in the District of Columbia by constitutional means.","Autograph letter signed. A request for his autograph.","Autograph letter signed, Card. Armouring that he has documents establishing the war claims of these men and will furnish them for \"one fourth of the recovery.\"","Autograph letter signed,R. A servant of madam magino writes to Barron thanking him for his kindness to her years before at the Gosport Navy Yard. Reply [from J.B.] in a very shaky hand.","Printed autograph letter, Card. Inviting Commo. James Barron to join the procession in tribute in Norfolk.","Autograph letter signed. A family letter.","Autograph letter signed. Report that Capt. Sam. Barron has sailed for Africa with his son as Secretary and Clerk; and concerning his own children, one of whom is in business in San Francisco.","2 copies. 17 pages.Autograph document signed,Card. The History of a transaction which there ought never to have been occasion for, the duel with Decatur on 22 March 1820. Dictated 11 August 1842 at the Naval Asylum in the presence of J.L. Watson. Also included are other papers marked, A Document to precede the History of the Duel.2 pieces.","Scope and Contents","23 pages. Autograph document signed, E. Endorsement \"Copy by Mrs. Annie B. Hope\" (Probably a poem of James Barron Hope, grandson of Commo. James Barron).","Autograph letter signed. Family letter.","Autograph letter signed. Re: family affairs.","Scope and Contents","Autograph letter signed. Appointing him President of a Naval Court of Enquiry on the destruction of C.S. Steamers \"Brenville,\" \"Carondelet,\" and \"Pamlico\" in the waters of Lake Porchetrain.","Autograph letter signed. An account for James Barron, a student; and concerning the retreat of the Army from Manassas.","Autograph draft. Titles included are listed as the following: Three Names, George the Third at Kent, John Smith, Sir Walter Raleigh, Pockahontas.","Printed Autograph Document Signed.","Autograph letter signed. Re: Dr. Thos. G. Peachy of Williamsburg who reported that Capt. Gordon (of the U.S. Ship Chesapeakeat the time of The Chesapeake-Leopard Affair) felt that Barron was \"an injured man.\"","Scope and Contents","Autograph letter signed. Request for the loan of a \"Handsome Flag\" for the visit of Gen. Lafayette.","Autograph letter.","Autograph letter. An invitation to dinner.","Autograph letter signed. Re: an illness of the daughter of Barron.","Autograph letter. An invitation to dinner.","Autograph letter signed. Personal letter.","Printed Material.","Autograph letter signed. Re. the washing machine invented by Barron.","12 letters. Autograph letters signed.","6 pages. Autograph letter signed. A comparison of the advances of the French Navy over the practices of the American and English navies.","Autograph letter signed. Re: a letter to Mr. Thompson.","2 letters. Autograph letter signed.","Printed Autograph Material Signed. A printed broadsheet, Highly important to Commerce and the Navigation of the Pacific.","Autograph letter signed. Re: D.M. Randolph.","Autograph letter signed. An invitation.","Autograph letter signed. Re: An enclosed bill.","Autograph letter signed. Re: business matters. Endorsement re: \"Lieut. Godon.\"","Autograph letter signed. Introducing his brother.","Autograph letter signed.","Autograph letter signed. Re: the repairs on the ship Constellation.","6 letters. Autograph letters signed.","Autograph letter signed.","Autograph letter signed.","Autograph letter signed. Re: Barron's bride.","Autograph letter signed. Re: Commo. Rodgers and a procession.","Autograph letter signed.","Autograph letter signed. Re: affairs at the Navy Yard.","Autograph letter signed. Re: \"two pieces of timber.\"","Autograph letter signed. Enquiry about the activities of Gen'l Thomas Nelson in the Revolutionary War, made by the son of Gov. John Page. Reply of to be directed in care of Thos. N. Page in Richmond.","Autograph letter signed. Re: General Taylor and the defense of Coney Island.","Printed autograph document signed. Three invitations to dinner (the President is not named).","Autograph letter. Re: dimensions of a barge and dining bell.","Autograph letter signed. Introducing John Ambler.","Autograph draft.","Autograph draft.","Autograph draft signed. 2 drafts on one sheet.","Autograph draft signed.","Autograph draft.","Autograph draft.","Autograph draft.","Autograph draft signed.","Autograph draft.","Autograph draft.","Autograph draft.","Autograph draft.","Autograph draft.","Autograph draft.","Autograph document. Re: \"Inventions and essays on Naval Subjects by Commodore James Barron....\"","8 items. Autograph drafts. Re: the reorganization of the Board of Navy Commissioners.","7 pages. Autograph draft. Also enclosed are drawings of telegraph positions. 3 pages.","Autograph draft.","Autograph draft.","Autograph draft.","Autograph draft.","Autograph draft. Re: the need for a school ship to train Americans.","Autograph draft. Extension of patents, remuneration for code signals, ventilators and prow ships, claim for father's bounty land vs. the claims of John Thompson.","Autograph draft.","5 pages. Autograph draft.","Autograph draft. Lord Dunmore is mentioned.","5 pages. Autograph Volume.","Autograph document.","Autograph draft.","Autograph draft.","Autograph draft. Re: \"the Raise and Capt. Egery in Tripoli.\"","2 items. Autograph draft.","Autograph draft.","Autograph draft.","Autograph draft.","Autograph draft.","Autograph draft.","Autograph draft.","Autograph draft.","Autograph draft. Re: Allen McLane.","Autograph draft.","Autograph draft.","Autograph draft.","Autograph draft.","Autograph draft. Re: Susan B. Anthony.","2 items. Autograph document. Endorsement: \"A Memorandum showing the difference between the price asked and that paid for building a Carriage House.\"","Autograph document.","Autograph document.","Autograph document signed,E. Endorsed: Commo. J. Barron's floating dock.","Autograph document.","Autograph document.","Autograph document.","11 pages. Printed volume.","8 pages.","496 pages.","111 pages. Pritned volume, E. Autograph endorsement of 3 pages is included.","Printed material. 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