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Johnson to John F.\n Greenlee in Regard to Pattonsburg Mills., 1870/1873","breadcrumbs":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/viu_viu00103_c01_c17386#breadcrumbs","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":{"ref_ssi":"viu_viu00103_c01_c17386","ref_ssm":["viu_viu00103_c01_c17386"],"id":"viu_viu00103_c01_c17386","ead_ssi":"viu_viu00103","_root_":"viu_viu00103","_nest_parent_":"viu_viu00103_c01","parent_ssi":"viu_viu00103_c01","parent_ssim":["Cocke Family Papers, \n 1725-1939","Correspondence"],"parent_ids_ssim":["viu_viu00103","viu_viu00103_c01"],"title_filing_ssi":"12 ALS, John W. Johnson to John F.\n Greenlee in Regard to Pattonsburg Mills.","title_ssm":["12 ALS, John W. Johnson to John F.\n Greenlee in Regard to Pattonsburg Mills."],"title_tesim":["12 ALS, John W. Johnson to John F.\n Greenlee in Regard to Pattonsburg Mills."],"normalized_title_ssm":["12 ALS, John W. Johnson to John F.\n Greenlee in Regard to Pattonsburg Mills., 1870/1873"],"text":["12 ALS, John W. Johnson to John F.\n Greenlee in Regard to Pattonsburg Mills., 1870/1873","Cocke Family Papers, \n 1725-1939","Correspondence","box Box 176"],"parent_unittitles_ssm":["Cocke Family Papers, \n 1725-1939","Correspondence"],"parent_unittitles_tesim":["Cocke Family Papers, \n 1725-1939","Correspondence"],"normalized_date_ssm":["1870/1873"],"unitdate_other_ssim":["1870-1873"],"level_ssm":["Item"],"level_ssim":["Item"],"component_level_isim":[2],"sort_isi":17387,"repository_ssim":["University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept."],"collection_ssim":["Cocke Family Papers, \n 1725-1939"],"containers_ssim":["box Box 176"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"child_component_count_isi":0,"date_range_isim":[1870,1871,1872,1873],"_nest_path_":"/components#0/components#17385","timestamp":"2026-06-23T07:31:58.732Z","collection":{"numFound":1,"start":0,"numFoundExact":true,"docs":[{"id":"viu_viu00103","ead_ssi":"viu_viu00103","_root_":"viu_viu00103","_nest_parent_":"viu_viu00103","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/uva-sc/viu00103.xml","title_ssm":["Cocke Family Papers, \n 1725-1939"],"title_tesim":["Cocke Family Papers, \n 1725-1939"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Cocke Family Papers, \n 1725-1939"],"text":["Cocke Family Papers, \n 1725-1939","640, etc.","This collection\n consists of ca. 25,000 items.","There are no restrictions.","The various Cocke collections that are owned by the University (gifts and purchases) have been interfiled\n chronologically in one series and designated as #640, etc. Correspondence, legal and financial papers, speeches, and\n other types of material are grouped together with material of the same date range in the same boxes. Most of the\n correspondence is single-foldered, with the correspondents identified in the folder listing and in the Cocke sliplist\n located in Special Collections.\n\n The collection includes: Correspondence and other material in order by date(s): Boxes 1-178; Undated\n Correspondence: Boxes 179-181; 3) Undated Miscellaneous Papers re agriculture, architecture, inventions, public\n improvements, medicine and illness, military papers, slavery and abolition, temperance, and the University of\n Virginia: Boxes 182-187; 4) Bound Volumes: Boxes 188-191; 5) Diaries of Louisa Maxwell Holmes Cocke: Boxes 192-194\n (on microfilm M-1676-1678); 6) Oversize Material: 3 boxes.\n\n Excluded from this series are the following Cocke collections, which remain on deposit: PHILIP ST. GEORGE\n COCKE PAPERS: #2433-a (reaccessioned as part of #2433-m), #2433-f, #2433-g, #2433-h, #2433-k (withdrawn; no copies\n retained), #2433-m (withdrawn; copies retained), #2433-p (withdrawn; copies retained). JOHN HARTWELL COCKE PAPERS:\n #5685, #5685-a.","The various Cocke collections that are owned by the University (gifts and purchases) have been interfiled\n chronologically in one series and designated as #640, etc. Correspondence, legal and financial papers, speeches, and\n other types of material are grouped together with material of the same date range in the same boxes. Most of the\n correspondence is single-foldered, with the correspondents identified in the folder listing and in the Cocke sliplist\n located in Special Collections.","The collection includes: Correspondence and other material in order by date(s): Boxes 1-178; Undated\n Correspondence: Boxes 179-181; 3) Undated Miscellaneous Papers re agriculture, architecture, inventions, public\n improvements, medicine and illness, military papers, slavery and abolition, temperance, and the University of\n Virginia: Boxes 182-187; 4) Bound Volumes: Boxes 188-191; 5) Diaries of Louisa Maxwell Holmes Cocke: Boxes 192-194\n (on microfilm M-1676-1678); 6) Oversize Material: 3 boxes.","Excluded from this series are the following Cocke collections, which remain on deposit: PHILIP ST. GEORGE\n COCKE PAPERS: #2433-a (reaccessioned as part of #2433-m), #2433-f, #2433-g, #2433-h, #2433-k (withdrawn; no copies\n retained), #2433-m (withdrawn; copies retained), #2433-p (withdrawn; copies retained). JOHN HARTWELL COCKE PAPERS:\n #5685, #5685-a.","John Hartwell Cocke was born in 1780 in the Tidewater county of Surry, the son of John Hartwell and Elizabeth\n (Kennon) Cocke. By the age of twenty-one, Cocke was the master of over 5,500 acres of land in Surry and Fluvanna counties. A\n few years after Cocke married Anne Blaws Barraud (\"Nancy\") of Norfolk, Virginia in 1802, he sold his Surry County holdings\n and moved to a frame dwelling at Bremo Recess, Fluvanna County, and began work on a finer home, \"Bremo.\" He owned\n three large plantations along the James River, Bremo Recess, Upper Bremo, and Lower Bremo, each containing over a thousand\n acres of land. During the War of 1812, Cocke served in the Virginia militia, rising from captain to brigadier general in\n eighteen months. His first wife, Anne Blaws Barraud Cocke (1785-1816) did not live to see the completion of \"Bremo\" in\n 1820, but Cocke and his second wife, Louisa Maxwell Holmes (m. 1821), lived there until their deaths.","Other milestones in the life of John Hartwell Cocke include his elections as Vice-President of the Virginia Temperance\n Society in 1830 and as President in 1834; his election as President of the United States Temperance Union in 1836; his\n membership on the University of Virginia Board of Visitors from its inception as Central College in 1819 until 1852;\n membership on the Virginia Board of Public Works, 1823-1829; his primary role in the founding of the Agricultural Society\n of Albemarle in 1817; and service on the James River and Kanawha Canal Company Board of Directors. John Hartwell Cocke\n was greatly troubled by the issue of slavery, and he concentrated his time and money in promoting the American\n Colonization Society, and preparing his slaves for gradual emancipation through vocational training and teaching them to\n read and write.","The papers of the Cocke family of Fluvanna County, Virginia, and related Barraud family, Faulcon family, and\n other families, consist of ca. 25,000 items, (194 Hollinger boxes, ca. 64.5 linear shelf feet), 1725- 1939, and contains\n correspondence, legal and financial papers, diaries of John Hartwell Cocke, Louisa Maxwell Holmes Cocke, and Lucy Cocke,\n minutes of the Board of Visitors of the University ofVirginia, diagrams and sketches concerning the University,\n bound volumes, sketches and drawings, college and school notes, poetry, orations and speeches, essays, genealogy, and\n lists pertaining to agriculture, music and other subjects.","Major topics covered by the collection include: the development of agriculture in Virginia, merino sheep, horse\n breeding and purchases, slavery, the American Colonization Society, temperance movement, other religious and reform\n groups, book dealers, religion, the War of 1812, the Civil War, public education (including the Bremo Seminary), the\n founding and development of the University of Virginia and public improvements. The bulk of the papers were generated by\n General John Hartwell Cocke (1780-1866) and his immediate descendants.","Contains \"List of Negroes Born\" 1791-1806, which includes an entry for the birth of Robert Kennon.","\"For Keeping Beck \u0026 children\" [Robert Kennon]","Mentions British landing, War of 1812.","Concerning Robert Kennon's inheritance.","Surveys the family structures, occupations, places of residence, and religious beliefs of Cocke's over 200 slaves. Only the 108 \"working slaves\" were questioned regarding whether they professed Christianity. Cocke began manumitting deserving Christian slaves in 1832, an additional incentive for belief among his bondsmen and a possible motivation for the survey.","Entry for 1853 January 26 includes Cocke's comments on Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings","Entry for 1859 April 27 includes Cocke's comments on Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings.","Removed and cataloged as UF860.M5 1831","See the \n \n University of Virginia Library’s use policy.","English"],"collection_title_tesim":["Cocke Family Papers, \n 1725-1939"],"collection_ssim":["Cocke Family Papers, \n 1725-1939"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["640, etc."],"unitid_tesim":["640, etc."],"repository_ssm":["University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept."],"repository_ssim":["University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept."],"acqinfo_ssim":["The collection of Cocke family papers grouped under the number #640, etc. is comprised of several different\n collections of papers that were formerly on loan to the University of Virginia Library, including: #640, #1335,\n #1431, #1480, #2890, #3604, # 5213, #5680, #6418, and #2433 (except -a, -f, -g, -h, -k, -m, and -p). On April 5 and\n November 10, 1979, accessions #640, #1335, #1480, #2433, #2890, #5680, and #6418 were purchased by the University of\n Virginia Library from John Page Elliott of Charlottesville, Virginia, and Joseph F. Johnston, Trustee of The Bremo\n Trust, of Birmingham, Alabama. Accession #1431 was purchased by the University of Virginia Library from Mrs.\n Raymond Orf, \"Bremo Recess,\" Bremo Bluff, Fluvanna County, Virginia, on July 25, 1972. Accession #3604 was given to\n the Library on November 14, 1950, by Mr. William Cabell Moore, Washington, D.C. and #5213 was given to the Library\n on April 4, 1956, by Richard C. 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GEORGE\n COCKE PAPERS: #2433-a (reaccessioned as part of #2433-m), #2433-f, #2433-g, #2433-h, #2433-k (withdrawn; no copies\n retained), #2433-m (withdrawn; copies retained), #2433-p (withdrawn; copies retained). JOHN HARTWELL COCKE PAPERS:\n #5685, #5685-a.\u003c/p\u003e\n "],"arrangement_heading_ssm":["Arrangement"],"arrangement_tesim":["The various Cocke collections that are owned by the University (gifts and purchases) have been interfiled\n chronologically in one series and designated as #640, etc. Correspondence, legal and financial papers, speeches, and\n other types of material are grouped together with material of the same date range in the same boxes. Most of the\n correspondence is single-foldered, with the correspondents identified in the folder listing and in the Cocke sliplist\n located in Special Collections.\n\n The collection includes: Correspondence and other material in order by date(s): Boxes 1-178; Undated\n Correspondence: Boxes 179-181; 3) Undated Miscellaneous Papers re agriculture, architecture, inventions, public\n improvements, medicine and illness, military papers, slavery and abolition, temperance, and the University of\n Virginia: Boxes 182-187; 4) Bound Volumes: Boxes 188-191; 5) Diaries of Louisa Maxwell Holmes Cocke: Boxes 192-194\n (on microfilm M-1676-1678); 6) Oversize Material: 3 boxes.\n\n Excluded from this series are the following Cocke collections, which remain on deposit: PHILIP ST. GEORGE\n COCKE PAPERS: #2433-a (reaccessioned as part of #2433-m), #2433-f, #2433-g, #2433-h, #2433-k (withdrawn; no copies\n retained), #2433-m (withdrawn; copies retained), #2433-p (withdrawn; copies retained). JOHN HARTWELL COCKE PAPERS:\n #5685, #5685-a.","The various Cocke collections that are owned by the University (gifts and purchases) have been interfiled\n chronologically in one series and designated as #640, etc. Correspondence, legal and financial papers, speeches, and\n other types of material are grouped together with material of the same date range in the same boxes. Most of the\n correspondence is single-foldered, with the correspondents identified in the folder listing and in the Cocke sliplist\n located in Special Collections.","The collection includes: Correspondence and other material in order by date(s): Boxes 1-178; Undated\n Correspondence: Boxes 179-181; 3) Undated Miscellaneous Papers re agriculture, architecture, inventions, public\n improvements, medicine and illness, military papers, slavery and abolition, temperance, and the University of\n Virginia: Boxes 182-187; 4) Bound Volumes: Boxes 188-191; 5) Diaries of Louisa Maxwell Holmes Cocke: Boxes 192-194\n (on microfilm M-1676-1678); 6) Oversize Material: 3 boxes.","Excluded from this series are the following Cocke collections, which remain on deposit: PHILIP ST. GEORGE\n COCKE PAPERS: #2433-a (reaccessioned as part of #2433-m), #2433-f, #2433-g, #2433-h, #2433-k (withdrawn; no copies\n retained), #2433-m (withdrawn; copies retained), #2433-p (withdrawn; copies retained). JOHN HARTWELL COCKE PAPERS:\n #5685, #5685-a."],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eJohn Hartwell Cocke was born in 1780 in the Tidewater county of Surry, the son of John Hartwell and Elizabeth\n (Kennon) Cocke. By the age of twenty-one, Cocke was the master of over 5,500 acres of land in Surry and Fluvanna counties. A\n few years after Cocke married Anne Blaws Barraud (\"Nancy\") of Norfolk, Virginia in 1802, he sold his Surry County holdings\n and moved to a frame dwelling at Bremo Recess, Fluvanna County, and began work on a finer home, \"Bremo.\" He owned\n three large plantations along the James River, Bremo Recess, Upper Bremo, and Lower Bremo, each containing over a thousand\n acres of land. During the War of 1812, Cocke served in the Virginia militia, rising from captain to brigadier general in\n eighteen months. His first wife, Anne Blaws Barraud Cocke (1785-1816) did not live to see the completion of \"Bremo\" in\n 1820, but Cocke and his second wife, Louisa Maxwell Holmes (m. 1821), lived there until their deaths.\n\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eOther milestones in the life of John Hartwell Cocke include his elections as Vice-President of the Virginia Temperance\n Society in 1830 and as President in 1834; his election as President of the United States Temperance Union in 1836; his\n membership on the University of Virginia Board of Visitors from its inception as Central College in 1819 until 1852;\n membership on the Virginia Board of Public Works, 1823-1829; his primary role in the founding of the Agricultural Society\n of Albemarle in 1817; and service on the James River and Kanawha Canal Company Board of Directors. 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During the War of 1812, Cocke served in the Virginia militia, rising from captain to brigadier general in\n eighteen months. His first wife, Anne Blaws Barraud Cocke (1785-1816) did not live to see the completion of \"Bremo\" in\n 1820, but Cocke and his second wife, Louisa Maxwell Holmes (m. 1821), lived there until their deaths.","Other milestones in the life of John Hartwell Cocke include his elections as Vice-President of the Virginia Temperance\n Society in 1830 and as President in 1834; his election as President of the United States Temperance Union in 1836; his\n membership on the University of Virginia Board of Visitors from its inception as Central College in 1819 until 1852;\n membership on the Virginia Board of Public Works, 1823-1829; his primary role in the founding of the Agricultural Society\n of Albemarle in 1817; and service on the James River and Kanawha Canal Company Board of Directors. John Hartwell Cocke\n was greatly troubled by the issue of slavery, and he concentrated his time and money in promoting the American\n Colonization Society, and preparing his slaves for gradual emancipation through vocational training and teaching them to\n read and write."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eCocke Family Papers, Accession #640, etc., Special\n Collections, University of Virginia Library,\n Charlottesville, Va.\u003c/p\u003e\n "],"prefercite_tesim":["Cocke Family Papers, Accession #640, etc., Special\n Collections, University of Virginia Library,\n Charlottesville, Va."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe papers of the Cocke family of Fluvanna County, Virginia, and related Barraud family, Faulcon family, and\n other families, consist of ca. 25,000 items, (194 Hollinger boxes, ca. 64.5 linear shelf feet), 1725- 1939, and contains\n correspondence, legal and financial papers, diaries of John Hartwell Cocke, Louisa Maxwell Holmes Cocke, and Lucy Cocke,\n minutes of the Board of Visitors of the University ofVirginia, diagrams and sketches concerning the University,\n bound volumes, sketches and drawings, college and school notes, poetry, orations and speeches, essays, genealogy, and\n lists pertaining to agriculture, music and other subjects.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eMajor topics covered by the collection include: the development of agriculture in Virginia, merino sheep, horse\n breeding and purchases, slavery, the American Colonization Society, temperance movement, other religious and reform\n groups, book dealers, religion, the War of 1812, the Civil War, public education (including the Bremo Seminary), the\n founding and development of the University of Virginia and public improvements. 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Printed material\n consists of the by-laws of the \n Scottsville [Masonic] Lodge(1872) and a\n catalog of farm machinery (1900).","The account books include: ca. fifty small personal account\n and memorandum books, chiefly of \n James Johnston, 1873-1897; ledgers, a\n journal, and a daybook of Johnston's for the \n Green Mountain Millin \n Albemarle County; other ledgers, a\n journal and a daybook concerning the general store at \n Hardware; and an account book for \"Eldon\n Plantation\" of expenses kept by \n W. E. Sims.","See the \n \n University of Virginia Library’s use policy.","University of Virginia. Library. Special\n Collections Dept.","Green Mountain Mill","Coles Mill","Waynesboro Company","Valley Seminary","Scottsville [Masonic] Lodge","Robert G. Wright","James Johnston","Bob Wright","Sallie (Johnston) Wright","Thomas E. Locke","William Garland","Joshua Martin","W. E. 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Much of the business\n correspondence for 1890-1891 contains Wright's pleas for\n Johnston to accept only cash payments for goods, to collect on\n bad debts, and to furnish him with inventories and orders for\n goods so that he could meet his own obligations.","The few pieces of personal correspondence, 1873-1892, are\n chiefly from Johnston's sisters Mollie [?] and \n Sallie (Johnston) Wright, concerning\n family matters but they also include a letter from \n Thomas E. Locke, a minister, about his\n services and salary (July 14, 1891) and a letter from \n William Garlandto \n Joshua Martin(October 31, 1885)\n concerning the arrival of a \"carpetbagger,\" termed a \"Yanke\n Mahone Emmissary,\" in the black community.","The miscellaneous papers contain undated poems and an\n invitation to the graduation exercises of \n Valley Seminary(1888) at \n Waynesboro, Virginia. Printed material\n consists of the by-laws of the \n Scottsville [Masonic] Lodge(1872) and a\n catalog of farm machinery (1900).","The account books include: ca. fifty small personal account\n and memorandum books, chiefly of \n James Johnston, 1873-1897; ledgers, a\n journal, and a daybook of Johnston's for the \n Green Mountain Millin \n Albemarle County; other ledgers, a\n journal and a daybook concerning the general store at \n Hardware; and an account book for \"Eldon\n Plantation\" of expenses kept by \n W. E. 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The \n John Baylor ledgers, 1719-1755, reveal that John Baylor was a wealthy merchant,\n planter, and shipowner. He also served as a burgess, representing Gloucester County in the 1693 General Assembly and King and Queen County in 1718.\n John Baylor's son, John Baylor (1705-1772), greatly increased the family landholdings when he received a royal\n land grant in 1726 in what was to become Caroline County, Virginia. John Baylor was educated in \n England, at the \n Putney Grammer School and \n Caius College, \n Cambridge. While in \n England, he developed a keen interest\n in thoroughbred horses and horse racing, going so far as to\n name his new home, \" \n Newmarket, \" for the famous English\n racing center. He became an important colonial horse\n importer and breeder whose stables greatly contributed to\n the development of American thoroughbreds. \n John Baylor also rendered public\n service to the newly formed county of \n Caroline, as a colonel in the county\n militia and a burgess in 1742-1749, and 1756-1765.\n All four of the sons of \n John Baylor (1705-1772) contributed in\n some way to the American effort during the Revolutionary\n War. \n John Baylor (1750-1808), the heir of \" \n Newmarket, \" while unable to fight due\n to a childhood injury, gave financial support to the war\n effort. He later had difficulties in shedding his\n reputation as a \"Tory\" because he had gone back to \n England in 1778 to marry his cousin, \n Frances Norton (1760-1815) and had to\n live in \n Europe until they could obtain a return\n passage to \n America.\n \n George Baylor (1752-1784) was a member\n of the \n Caroline County Committee of Safety,\n 1775-1776, and from 1775-1777, he was aide-de-camp of\n General \n George Washington. He was commanding\n officer of the \n 3rd Regiment Light Dragoons when he was\n wounded and captured on September 28, 1778. He was\n eventually exchanged and his regiment was consolidated with\n the \n First Continental Dragoons on November\n 9, 1782, which he commanded until the end of the war. On\n September 30, 1783, he received his commission as a Brevet\n Brigadier General.\n \n Walker Baylor served as a lieutenant\n and captain of the \n 3rd Regiment Light Dragoons during the\n Revolution. He along with his other brother \n Robert Baylor, who also served in the\n Revolution, immigrated to \n Kentucky. Later \n Robert Baylor apparently settled in the\n Pearl River area of the \n Mississippi Territory.\n The estate of \n John Baylor (1750-1808) was hopelessly\n entangled when he inherited it from his father in 1772 and\n much of it was lost through his own ineptitude as a\n businessman and the dishonesty of others. However, the\n house and two thousand acres were entailed and could not be\n alienated; these were passed on to his son, \n John Baylor ( ? ), who married \n Maria Ann Roy and produced Dr. \n John Roy Baylor (1821-1897). It was Dr.\n John Roy Baylor's son, Captain \n James Bowen Baylor (1848-1924), who was\n a member of the \n United States Coast and Geodetic\n Survey team.\n The correspondence series contains the correspondence\n from family members, friends, and business associates of\n all the above generations of the \n Baylor family, beginning with Colonel \n John Baylor (1705-1772). Letters\n pertaining to the sojourn of \n John Baylor (1750-1808) in \n England prior to and during the\n Revolutionary War include the following: a reference to\n Colonel \n John Baylor's son at school in \n Caius College, \n Cambridge (August 12,1769); his\n intentions of returning to the \n United States (December 28, 1770); the\n advice of \n William Bond, a former teacher of \n John Baylor, for him to seek further\n educational opportunities upon the continent rather than to\n return to college studies (July 15, 1773); \n William Bond's request for \n John Baylor to ignore \"national evils\"\n and to visit \n England (May 4, 1778); \n John Baylor's trip to \n England to wed his cousin, \n Frances Norton (1778); a reference to\n the Baylor's leaving \n England, and comments concerning the\n fashions and decadence of \n England (May 4, 1779).\n Correspondence concerning events leading up to and\n including the Revolutionary War includes: \n Sam Waterman's support of the Stamp\n Act repeal and the danger of shipping livestock from \n London to \n John Baylor (March 6, 1766); a Mr.\n Grand's letter refusing to advise \n John Baylor due to threat of prison\n (March 28, [1772]): copies of \n Committee of Correspondence letters to \n John Norton asking him to keep them\n informed regarding events in \n England and Acts of \n Parliament and his reply (April 6,\n \u0026 July 6, 1773); a recommendation for the Baron of\n [Bonstetten] who served in the Danish and Prussian Wars\n (September 27,1777); \n John Baylor as a prisoner aboard a\n British ship, Thomas [Thortican], possibly due to suspicion\n that he was reportedly carrying a treaty between \n France and the \n United States (February 5, 1778); the\n birth of Colonel \n George Baylor's son (May 6, 1779); \n Walker Baylor asking his brother to\n send him some money to cover his expenses incurred in\n fighting in the Revolution (August 13, 1779); a statement\n of \n Edmund Pendleton, the Chairman of the \n Caroline Committee of Correspondence,\n regarding the loyalty of \n John Baylor to the colonial cause,\n relating that \n John Baylor supported the actions of\n the Americans at \n Lexington, and returned to \n England only to marry (October 13,\n 1779); the statement of \n George Baylor regarding the loyalty of\n his brother evidenced by his opinion of events at \n Lexington, and his recommendation of\n Baron de Wolfen in the service of the \n American Army, and concluding with the\n explanation that \n John Baylor did not fight due to a\n physical infirmity acquired in his youth (October 14,1779);\n John Wormeley requests \n John Baylor to use his influence to\n give him an escort to visit his father in \n Virginia (August 16, 1782); and a\n request for \n George Baylor to help recover money\n form one of the officers of his regiment for Mr. Alexander\n (September 3, 1783).\n Other subjects of note include: the tobacco growing and\n export business (May 8, 1741; March 6, 1766; August 12,\n 1769; February 5, 1778; June 29, 1788; March 10, 1789; June\n 6, 1789; March 15, 1793; \u0026 February 5, 1790); iron and\n forge business (October 11, 1771; \u0026 April 13, 1774);\n horses and horse breeding (\"Sober John\"-October25, 1754;\n \"Fearnought\"-March 21, 1771; October 30, 1756; March 6,\n 1766; and July 17, 1800); and a discussion about whether\n the Spanish will allow free trade up the \n Mississippi River and \n Ohio River ([December 4], 1783).\n Several letters mention slaves and slavery. Among these\n are: slaves for sale (April 14, 1770; March 21, 1771;\n September 14, 1771; \u0026 June 19, 1811); mention of slave\n passes, a slave detained on the road for lack of one, and a\n visit of slaves with the family in \n Gloucester County, Virginia (July 12,\n 1813); the prices of slaves in the \n Pearl River area of the \n Mississippi Territory and prices of\n hire (November 28, 1816); and a letter from a Quaker, \n George Boone, of \n Berks County, Pennsylvania, attempting\n to verify that \n James Martin, a black man who claimed\n to have been born to free parents and wrongly sold as part\n of Colonel \n John Baylor's estate, was indeed a\n free black and not legally owned by \n Thomas Adams of \n Orange County, Virginia (August 12,\n 1818).\n There is a group of letters between \n John Baylor, \n John Frere, and \n John Baylor's former teacher in \n England, \n William Bond, concerning education for\n his two sons, \n John Baylor and \n George Daniel Baylor. This\n correspondence sheds some light on the attempts of\n Americans to educate their sons following the Revolution\n and includes: a discussion of \n Eton and \n Rugby and changes that have occurred at\n Cambridge (August 17, 1793); a\n suggestion to try \n Glasgow in \n Scotland (March 1, 1796); the\n possibility of using a tutor (February 27, 1797); terms to\n secure a tutor from \n England and his opinion of \n Eton (October 2, 1797); and a\n suggestion to use an American clergyman for a tutor (June\n 22, 1799 \u0026 June 30, 1800).\n Other subjects mentioned include: the French Revolution\n (July 2, August 17, and [September 18], 1793); a\n description of fashions ([September 18], 1793); a\n description of \n Warm Springs, \n Bath County, Virginia (August 26,\n 1805); the career of \n Napoleon Bonaparte (June 30 \u0026 July\n 17, 1800); the settlement of \n John Baylor's estate (December 26,\n 1801; \u0026 January 3, 1804); the \n Louisiana Purchase (September 17,\n 1803); a woman's viewpoint and thoughts (April 9, 1802);\n the interdiction of His Majesty's ships from American ports\n and the War of 1812 (August 29, 1808; March 25, 1812; and\n July 18, 1813); an excellent discussion of social and\n economic life in \n Pearl River, \n Mississippi Territory (November 28,\n 1816); the financial difficulties of the \n Baylor family (September 1, 1819; \u0026\n July 25, 1820); a meteorite falling in \n Washington, D.C. (March 18, 1821); the\n celebration in \n Richmond of the French victory over the\n Turkish Dey of \n Algiers (September 13, 1830); the\n medical studies of \n John Roy Baylor (January 31, 1842);\n discussion of \n George Catlin's book about American\n Indians and the explorations of \n John C. Fremont and \n Charles Wilkes (April 30, 1846); a\n detailed description of \n William P. Palmer's trip to \n Europe (October 30, 1865); and the\n voyage of Presbyterian missionary \n E. Lanc[aster] to \n Rio De Janeiro (August 26, 1869).\n Events during the Civil War period are represented by\n the following: \n William P. Palmer's comments\n concerning \n John Brown's raid at \n Harper's Ferry and the preparations for\n his hanging (November 22 \u0026 December 1, 1859); the\n struggle for possession of the \n Fredericksburg Water Power\n Company (March 17 \u0026 November 3, 1863; \u0026\n September 5, 1865); the building of \n Confederate stables and cabins for a\n camp in \n Louisa near the gold mines of \n Louisa County's \n Walnut Grove and \n Slate Grove, formerly owned by Yankee\n speculators (December 30, 1863); requests for donations of\n flour and foodstuffs for soldiers (February 25, 1865); and\n the assassination of \n Abraham Lincoln deplored (April 25,\n 1865). Related topics include the mention of seeing \n Robert E. Lee at \n White Sulpher Springs, West\n Virginia (August 17, 1867) and a letter from \n Henry Stephens Randall declining to\n visit the Old Dominion until the scars of the Civil War are\n healed (n.d.).\n Other post-Civil War subjects include: racial tensions\n (August 11, 1878) and the \n Richmond riots during which a white\n policeman was killed in \n Old Market Hall (March 20, 1870); \n John Roy Baylor's assurances that his\n black tenant farmers were not involved in the violence in \n Caroline County (n.d.); life in \n St. Louis, Missouri (September \u0026\n July 3, 1873); a description of a shoot-out in \n Uvalde County, Texas (May 10, 1881);\n the black vote during Reconstruction in \n Virginia (October 28, 1889); mention of\n Micajah Woods, the \n University of Virginia, and \n Monticello (October 21, 1887); and the \n Richmond, Fredericksburg, \u0026 Potomac Railroad\n Company (March 21, 1873; \u0026 May 20, 1881).\n Letters containing genealogical information include the\n following families: the \n Norton family (June 22, 1828); \n Robert Baylor's (August 14, 1828); the\n Frere family (June 28, 1872 \u0026 n.d.);\n the \n Roy family (March 21, 1887 \u0026 January\n 8, 1885); the \n Braxton family (April 20, 1810); the \n Baylor family (February 20, 1895); and\n the \n Texas \n Baylor family (April 28 \u0026 May 2,\n 1894).\n For a list of individual correspondents, please consult\n the \n Baylor family sliplist.\n The next series of papers contain the legal and\n financial papers of the \n Baylor family. These include: the\n amnesty papers of Dr. \n John Roy Baylor (1865); land plats and\n surveys (1701-1841) of \n Virginia lands in \n King William County, \n King and Queen County, \n Spotsylvania County, \n Caroline County, \n Pocahontas County, and \n Orange County, many of which were done\n by surveyor, \n James Taylor; and other legal\n documents such as indentures, bonds, deeds, land grants,\n and bills of complaint. Items of special note are: copies\n of land grants signed by \n Alexander Spotswood (July 20, 1722) and\n Hugh Drysdale (July 16, 1726); a list\n of named slaves sold to \n John Baylor (December 12, 1751);\n charges against \n Philip Easter, overseer for \n John Baylor, particularly for\n \"constantly driving of the Negroes for which I paid a great\n deal of tobacco,\" especially old \n Sarah, a midwife (ca. 1757); agreement\n of \n John Hatley Norton to buy \n John Baylor's tobacco (December 12,\n 1776); a water lot rental (June 12, 1794); articles of\n agreement concerning a grist mill in \n Caroline County (June 18, 1813); the\n pardon of \n John Crowley signed by \n James Madison and \n James Monroe (September 11, 1815); an\n indenture of 1820 with named slaves; a schedule of property\n with a named slave (December 17, 1822); an agreement\n concerning a mill with \n P. Harrison as the miller (1831); a\n certificate of exemption from active service in the \n Confederate Army as an agriculturalist\n (November 10, 1864); and a copy of a receipt concerning\n work done on a gravel pit for the \n Richmond, Fredericksburg, \u0026 Potomac\n Railroad (June 2, 1870).\n This series also contains copies of the wills of \n John Baylor (1705-1772), dated February\n 19, 1770, and \n Frances Baylor (1760-1815), dated June\n 12, 1815, both mentioning family slaves by name.\n The financial papers of the \n Baylor family contain six small account\n books, 1859-1870, listing payment to hired hands, one of\n which contains the \n Tiverton Farm Stockbook (1866); bank\n statements; a farm book for the \n Greenwood Farm; \n John Baylor's receipt book, 1792-1795,\n which mentions Negroes purchased (December 5, 1790), \n George Baylor's estate (February 17,\n 1792), and Negroes sold (February 23, 1795); and other\n miscellaneous financial papers.\n Topics in the financial papers include the following: an\n account with \n Donald Robertson for \n Robert Baylor and \n Walker Baylor's schooling (April 1,\n 1772); Colonel Braxton's smith works (April 1736); the \n Rappahannock River Forge belonging to \n James Hunter (March 31, 1784); tobacco\n accounts (1775-1776; 1782; June \u0026 August 1782, October\n 2, 1789; February 24, 1784; March 19 \u0026 December 11,\n 1875; and n.d.); horses and racing (January 16, 1741; July\n 11, 1777, May 29, 1767; November 15, 1774; April 1, 1756;\n and list of horses, n.d.); an account for carpenter and\n house work [1726]; an account with the \n Swan Tavern (September 23, 1815); the\n settling of \n John Baylor's estate (1750-1808)\n (January 5, 1812; May 29, 1811; October 27, 1812; September\n 10, 1815; October 2, 1819; June 1, 1821; August 3, 1821;\n and n.d.); medical accounts (April 12, 1830); corn and meal\n from \n John Baylor's mill (January 1, 1830);\n and a blacksmith account (January 1, 1875).\n There are also accounts with the \n Confederate government (November 14\n \u0026 24, \u0026 December 12, 1863; March 24 \u0026 May 3,\n 1864; and February 4, 1865) and many concerning slaves and\n slavery.\n These include: duty paid on Negroes (1742-1744); claim\n for payment for capturing and placing \n John Baylor's runaway slave in the \n Spotsylvania goal (April 16, 1744); the\n sale of \n George Baylor's slaves (November 28,\n 1786); slaves for hire (December 26, 1805; June 15, 1814);\n hire of \" \n Ned \" as a mason (October 2, 1814);\n clothing for Negroes (1814); grog for servants (September\n 23, 1815); bills of sale for unnamed slaves (June 11,\n 1847); \n Mary and daughter \n Elizabeth (September 4, 1848); \n Miles (February 20, 1849); \n Pompey (June 11, 1847); slave boy, \n Frank (January 15, 1851); \n Kitty Brook and \n Fanny (December 28, 1853); \n George Cooper (June 18, 1857); and\n slave hire (April 30, 1859 \u0026 ca. 1854).\n The miscellaneous series contains a diary (1780) of \n John Baylor 1750-1808) describing a\n journey from \" \n Newmarket \" to \n Warm Springs, \n Augusta County, Virginia, and\n mentioning Dr. \n [Thomas ?] Walker and his son, \n Thomas Walker, of \n Albemarle County, Virginia, and \n John Baylor's \n Orange plantations; genealogical\n material pertaining to the \n Roy family, \n Baylor family, and \n Norton family, and including\n biographical sketches of \n Mungo Roy and \n John Baylor (1750-1808); a \"History of\n the Early Church in Virginia\"; several literary\n compositions by \n Maria Roy Baylor; and a memorandum\n book of \n John Baylor (1750-1808) which describes\n the beginning of his voyage on the Potomack (October 1775)\n and furnishes a description of saltworks at \n Portsmouth, [England] (1778).\n Other material in this series includes military papers,\n miscellaneous papers, newsclippings, and loose photographs.\n Thirteen of the items in the military papers pertain to\n Colonel \n John Baylor (1705-1772) and the \n Caroline militia, who served under\n Colonel \n George Washington in the construction\n of a fort at \n Winchester, Virginia, during the\n French and Indian War, 1756-1757, and consist of company\n returns, orders for payment, and receipts for payment.\n The rest of the military papers consist of Revolutionary\n War material, relating to \n George Baylor, aide-de-camp to General\n George Washington, 1775-1777, and\n Commander of the \n Third Regiment of Light Dragoons, and\n the papers about clothing, arms, and other supplies,\n regimental finances, roster of officers, and weekly returns\n of the regiment. Among these papers are: a copy of a letter\n from General Burgoyne to Colonel Phillipson concerning\n military conditions and discussing his ill-fated \n Saratoga campaign (October 20, 1777); a\n mention of \n George Baylor's upcoming marriage\n (February 4, 1778); \n B. Dade's request to be exchanged as a\n prisoner of war (February 1779); monies owed for supplies\n to \n James Hunter with an itemized account\n (October 12 \u0026 November 1, 1779); the problems and\n arrangements involved in outfitting the regiment (February\n 4, June 6 \u0026 12, 1778; October 13, 1780; October 26,\n 1781 [2 letters]; November 2, 1781; April 3 \u0026 August\n 14, 1782); the difficulty of working with the \"financier \n Robert Morris \" (October 13, 1780); an\n outbreak of smallpox in the \n Third Regiment at \n Petersburg, Virginia (November 25,\n 1781); and an order for a review of the \n Continental army for July 4, 1782. A\n final item is a general order for a discharge from the \n 4th Regiment of \n Virginia militia during the War of 1812\n (April 10, 1814). For a list of individual correspondents,\n please consult the original list in the control folder.\n The miscellaneous folder contains the following: a\n printed score sheet for archery (July 4, 1771); a list of\n books, probably from the library of \n John Baylor [ca. 1800 ?]; notes\n concerning Blackstone's law; a pamphlet, \"The Lewis and\n Clark Expedition,\" by \n Grace Flandrau (n.d.); an oath to \"our\n Sovereign Lord King George\" (n.d.); and a parochial report,\n Emmanuel Church, \n Greenwood Parish, Reverend \n W.M. Nelson, Rector (n.d.).\n The newsclippings, 1921-1933, concern \n University of Virginia events, news of\n the \n Ivy area, the \n Lewis Association of America, the \n Lewis family, and historical\n articles.\n The loose photographs, mostly unidentified, include:\n Mrs. Rutherford's children, \n Rosa Rutherford, \n Charles Frere and \n Douglas Frere, possible photographs of\n \" \n Newmarket, \" and \n University of Virginia professors.\n The notebooks and bound volumes series contains the\n following: a photograph album; school notebooks of \n Maria Roy Baylor, \n Frank Blackford, and \n James B. Baylor; an expense book; two\n scrapbooks of newsclippings; and the \n Letters of Junius,hand\n copied by \n John Baylor (1769-1771).\n Those volumes belonging to Dr. \n John Roy Baylor include: a genealogical\n and historical notebook (1872); a medical notebook and farm\n expense book which records a controversy with the \n Clayton family over slaves (1847-1851); a\n farm account book, 1856-1892, with accounts with the \n Fredericksburg Water Power Company, a\n servant's account (June-August, 1865), and reports of wheat\n crops; an account book with grape expenses, sheep\n memorandum, apple accounts, and a mill account (1868-1874);\n and another farm book with an account with the \n Bowling Green Tanning Yard, and slave\n hire records with named slaves (1847-1868).\n The photograph album, apparently given to \n John Roy Baylor by his granddaughter on\n Christmas of 1887, contains photographs of the following: \n Rosa Seddon Rutherford (1891 \u0026\n n.d.); \n Helen Rutherford Johnson; \n James B. Baylor; \n Frances Starke Bowen, of \" \n Mirador, \" \n Albemarle County (1886); \n Fanny Courtenay Baylor (1886); the\n mother of \n Fanny Courtenay Baylor; a portrait of\n Colonel \n George Armistead; \n Roy Ellerson Massie; General \n Lewis Armistead (killed at \n Gettysburg ); \n Maria Roy Baylor; \n Eloise Baylor (1885); \n Julia Howard Baylor; and \n John Roy Baylor.\n The series containing the papers of \n James B. Baylor and the \n United States Coast and Geodetic\n Survey consists of the financial records of the\n survey teams led by \n John Baylor, circular letters from the\n home office in \n Washington, D.C., the official\n correspondence and reports of \n John Baylor, photographs, printed\n material, \n United States government property\n inventories, and bound volumes.\n \n James Bowen Baylor (1849-1924)\n graduated with an engineering degree from the \n University of Virginia in 1872 and was\n appointed an aid in the \n United States Coast and Geodetic Survey\n Department in 1874, continuing to work as a field\n agent throughout his career. His many assignments included:\n the determination of the elements of earth's magnetism from\n Canada to \n Mexico; the survey of oyster grounds\n in \n Louisiana and \n Virginia, 1889-1894; his appointment\n as a Commissioner of the \n United States Supreme Court to settle\n the \n Virginia - \n Tennessee boundary line dispute,\n establishing it in the middle of Main Street, \n Bristol, 1900-1902; and also the\n establishment of boundaries between \n Virginia and \n Maryland, \n New York and \n Pennsylvania, and the \n United States and \n Canada.\n The Oyster Industry Protection Correspondence contains\n much correspondence from \n William Ellinger of \n Fox Island, Virginia, who describes\n himself as an oyster planter. Printed material consists of\n death notices for \n United States Coast and Geodetic\n Survey men, \n Richard D. Cutts and \n Benjamin Peirce (1880\u0026 1883), and\n three pamphlets concerning the \n United States and Canadian boundary,\n the oyster laws of \n Virginia, and a \n Virginia Military Institute valedictory\n address by \n Edward Hutson Russell.\n Oversize items include a survey of the lands of \n John Roy Baylor (June 1847),\n photographs of the \n United States Coast and Geodetic\n Survey, and a printed plan of the fairgrounds of\n the \n Virginia State Agricultural Society, \n Richmond, 1854.\n The three \n Baylor family ledgers, 1719-1755, contain\n many references to the purchase of slaves (see\n addendum).","The papers of the \n Baylor family of \"Newmarket,\" \n Bowling Green, Caroline County, Virginia, contain ca.\n 2000 items (11 Hollinger boxes, 4.5 linear feet),\n 1653-1915, and consist of correspondence, legal and\n financial papers, ledgers, genealogical material, students\n notebooks and bound volumes, scrapbooks, photographs, a\n diary, literary compositions, military papers pertaining to\n the Revolutionary War, newsclippings, the records of James Bowen Baylor and the \n United States Coast and Geodetic Survey, and miscellaneous papers.","These papers pertain to John Baylor (1650-1720) of \n Gloucester County, and King and Queen County, Virginia, and his wife, \n Lucy Todd O'Brien of New Kent County, Virginia, and four generations of their descendants. The \n John Baylor ledgers, 1719-1755, reveal that John Baylor was a wealthy merchant,\n planter, and shipowner. He also served as a burgess, representing Gloucester County in the 1693 General Assembly and King and Queen County in 1718.","John Baylor's son, John Baylor (1705-1772), greatly increased the family landholdings when he received a royal\n land grant in 1726 in what was to become Caroline County, Virginia. John Baylor was educated in \n England, at the \n Putney Grammer School and \n Caius College, \n Cambridge. While in \n England, he developed a keen interest\n in thoroughbred horses and horse racing, going so far as to\n name his new home, \" \n Newmarket, \" for the famous English\n racing center. He became an important colonial horse\n importer and breeder whose stables greatly contributed to\n the development of American thoroughbreds. \n John Baylor also rendered public\n service to the newly formed county of \n Caroline, as a colonel in the county\n militia and a burgess in 1742-1749, and 1756-1765.","All four of the sons of \n John Baylor (1705-1772) contributed in\n some way to the American effort during the Revolutionary\n War. \n John Baylor (1750-1808), the heir of \" \n Newmarket, \" while unable to fight due\n to a childhood injury, gave financial support to the war\n effort. He later had difficulties in shedding his\n reputation as a \"Tory\" because he had gone back to \n England in 1778 to marry his cousin, \n Frances Norton (1760-1815) and had to\n live in \n Europe until they could obtain a return\n passage to \n America.","George Baylor (1752-1784) was a member\n of the \n Caroline County Committee of Safety,\n 1775-1776, and from 1775-1777, he was aide-de-camp of\n General \n George Washington. He was commanding\n officer of the \n 3rd Regiment Light Dragoons when he was\n wounded and captured on September 28, 1778. He was\n eventually exchanged and his regiment was consolidated with\n the \n First Continental Dragoons on November\n 9, 1782, which he commanded until the end of the war. On\n September 30, 1783, he received his commission as a Brevet\n Brigadier General.","Walker Baylor served as a lieutenant\n and captain of the \n 3rd Regiment Light Dragoons during the\n Revolution. He along with his other brother \n Robert Baylor, who also served in the\n Revolution, immigrated to \n Kentucky. Later \n Robert Baylor apparently settled in the\n Pearl River area of the \n Mississippi Territory.","The estate of \n John Baylor (1750-1808) was hopelessly\n entangled when he inherited it from his father in 1772 and\n much of it was lost through his own ineptitude as a\n businessman and the dishonesty of others. However, the\n house and two thousand acres were entailed and could not be\n alienated; these were passed on to his son, \n John Baylor ( ? ), who married \n Maria Ann Roy and produced Dr. \n John Roy Baylor (1821-1897). It was Dr.\n John Roy Baylor's son, Captain \n James Bowen Baylor (1848-1924), who was\n a member of the \n United States Coast and Geodetic\n Survey team.","The correspondence series contains the correspondence\n from family members, friends, and business associates of\n all the above generations of the \n Baylor family, beginning with Colonel \n John Baylor (1705-1772). Letters\n pertaining to the sojourn of \n John Baylor (1750-1808) in \n England prior to and during the\n Revolutionary War include the following: a reference to\n Colonel \n John Baylor's son at school in \n Caius College, \n Cambridge (August 12,1769); his\n intentions of returning to the \n United States (December 28, 1770); the\n advice of \n William Bond, a former teacher of \n John Baylor, for him to seek further\n educational opportunities upon the continent rather than to\n return to college studies (July 15, 1773); \n William Bond's request for \n John Baylor to ignore \"national evils\"\n and to visit \n England (May 4, 1778); \n John Baylor's trip to \n England to wed his cousin, \n Frances Norton (1778); a reference to\n the Baylor's leaving \n England, and comments concerning the\n fashions and decadence of \n England (May 4, 1779).","Correspondence concerning events leading up to and\n including the Revolutionary War includes: \n Sam Waterman's support of the Stamp\n Act repeal and the danger of shipping livestock from \n London to \n John Baylor (March 6, 1766); a Mr.\n Grand's letter refusing to advise \n John Baylor due to threat of prison\n (March 28, [1772]): copies of \n Committee of Correspondence letters to \n John Norton asking him to keep them\n informed regarding events in \n England and Acts of \n Parliament and his reply (April 6,\n \u0026 July 6, 1773); a recommendation for the Baron of\n [Bonstetten] who served in the Danish and Prussian Wars\n (September 27,1777); \n John Baylor as a prisoner aboard a\n British ship, Thomas [Thortican], possibly due to suspicion\n that he was reportedly carrying a treaty between \n France and the \n United States (February 5, 1778); the\n birth of Colonel \n George Baylor's son (May 6, 1779); \n Walker Baylor asking his brother to\n send him some money to cover his expenses incurred in\n fighting in the Revolution (August 13, 1779); a statement\n of \n Edmund Pendleton, the Chairman of the \n Caroline Committee of Correspondence,\n regarding the loyalty of \n John Baylor to the colonial cause,\n relating that \n John Baylor supported the actions of\n the Americans at \n Lexington, and returned to \n England only to marry (October 13,\n 1779); the statement of \n George Baylor regarding the loyalty of\n his brother evidenced by his opinion of events at \n Lexington, and his recommendation of\n Baron de Wolfen in the service of the \n American Army, and concluding with the\n explanation that \n John Baylor did not fight due to a\n physical infirmity acquired in his youth (October 14,1779);\n John Wormeley requests \n John Baylor to use his influence to\n give him an escort to visit his father in \n Virginia (August 16, 1782); and a\n request for \n George Baylor to help recover money\n form one of the officers of his regiment for Mr. Alexander\n (September 3, 1783).","Other subjects of note include: the tobacco growing and\n export business (May 8, 1741; March 6, 1766; August 12,\n 1769; February 5, 1778; June 29, 1788; March 10, 1789; June\n 6, 1789; March 15, 1793; \u0026 February 5, 1790); iron and\n forge business (October 11, 1771; \u0026 April 13, 1774);\n horses and horse breeding (\"Sober John\"-October25, 1754;\n \"Fearnought\"-March 21, 1771; October 30, 1756; March 6,\n 1766; and July 17, 1800); and a discussion about whether\n the Spanish will allow free trade up the \n Mississippi River and \n Ohio River ([December 4], 1783).","Several letters mention slaves and slavery. Among these\n are: slaves for sale (April 14, 1770; March 21, 1771;\n September 14, 1771; \u0026 June 19, 1811); mention of slave\n passes, a slave detained on the road for lack of one, and a\n visit of slaves with the family in \n Gloucester County, Virginia (July 12,\n 1813); the prices of slaves in the \n Pearl River area of the \n Mississippi Territory and prices of\n hire (November 28, 1816); and a letter from a Quaker, \n George Boone, of \n Berks County, Pennsylvania, attempting\n to verify that \n James Martin, a black man who claimed\n to have been born to free parents and wrongly sold as part\n of Colonel \n John Baylor's estate, was indeed a\n free black and not legally owned by \n Thomas Adams of \n Orange County, Virginia (August 12,\n 1818).","There is a group of letters between \n John Baylor, \n John Frere, and \n John Baylor's former teacher in \n England, \n William Bond, concerning education for\n his two sons, \n John Baylor and \n George Daniel Baylor. This\n correspondence sheds some light on the attempts of\n Americans to educate their sons following the Revolution\n and includes: a discussion of \n Eton and \n Rugby and changes that have occurred at\n Cambridge (August 17, 1793); a\n suggestion to try \n Glasgow in \n Scotland (March 1, 1796); the\n possibility of using a tutor (February 27, 1797); terms to\n secure a tutor from \n England and his opinion of \n Eton (October 2, 1797); and a\n suggestion to use an American clergyman for a tutor (June\n 22, 1799 \u0026 June 30, 1800).","Other subjects mentioned include: the French Revolution\n (July 2, August 17, and [September 18], 1793); a\n description of fashions ([September 18], 1793); a\n description of \n Warm Springs, \n Bath County, Virginia (August 26,\n 1805); the career of \n Napoleon Bonaparte (June 30 \u0026 July\n 17, 1800); the settlement of \n John Baylor's estate (December 26,\n 1801; \u0026 January 3, 1804); the \n Louisiana Purchase (September 17,\n 1803); a woman's viewpoint and thoughts (April 9, 1802);\n the interdiction of His Majesty's ships from American ports\n and the War of 1812 (August 29, 1808; March 25, 1812; and\n July 18, 1813); an excellent discussion of social and\n economic life in \n Pearl River, \n Mississippi Territory (November 28,\n 1816); the financial difficulties of the \n Baylor family (September 1, 1819; \u0026\n July 25, 1820); a meteorite falling in \n Washington, D.C. (March 18, 1821); the\n celebration in \n Richmond of the French victory over the\n Turkish Dey of \n Algiers (September 13, 1830); the\n medical studies of \n John Roy Baylor (January 31, 1842);\n discussion of \n George Catlin's book about American\n Indians and the explorations of \n John C. Fremont and \n Charles Wilkes (April 30, 1846); a\n detailed description of \n William P. Palmer's trip to \n Europe (October 30, 1865); and the\n voyage of Presbyterian missionary \n E. Lanc[aster] to \n Rio De Janeiro (August 26, 1869).","Events during the Civil War period are represented by\n the following: \n William P. Palmer's comments\n concerning \n John Brown's raid at \n Harper's Ferry and the preparations for\n his hanging (November 22 \u0026 December 1, 1859); the\n struggle for possession of the \n Fredericksburg Water Power\n Company (March 17 \u0026 November 3, 1863; \u0026\n September 5, 1865); the building of \n Confederate stables and cabins for a\n camp in \n Louisa near the gold mines of \n Louisa County's \n Walnut Grove and \n Slate Grove, formerly owned by Yankee\n speculators (December 30, 1863); requests for donations of\n flour and foodstuffs for soldiers (February 25, 1865); and\n the assassination of \n Abraham Lincoln deplored (April 25,\n 1865). Related topics include the mention of seeing \n Robert E. Lee at \n White Sulpher Springs, West\n Virginia (August 17, 1867) and a letter from \n Henry Stephens Randall declining to\n visit the Old Dominion until the scars of the Civil War are\n healed (n.d.).","Other post-Civil War subjects include: racial tensions\n (August 11, 1878) and the \n Richmond riots during which a white\n policeman was killed in \n Old Market Hall (March 20, 1870); \n John Roy Baylor's assurances that his\n black tenant farmers were not involved in the violence in \n Caroline County (n.d.); life in \n St. Louis, Missouri (September \u0026\n July 3, 1873); a description of a shoot-out in \n Uvalde County, Texas (May 10, 1881);\n the black vote during Reconstruction in \n Virginia (October 28, 1889); mention of\n Micajah Woods, the \n University of Virginia, and \n Monticello (October 21, 1887); and the \n Richmond, Fredericksburg, \u0026 Potomac Railroad\n Company (March 21, 1873; \u0026 May 20, 1881).","Letters containing genealogical information include the\n following families: the \n Norton family (June 22, 1828); \n Robert Baylor's (August 14, 1828); the\n Frere family (June 28, 1872 \u0026 n.d.);\n the \n Roy family (March 21, 1887 \u0026 January\n 8, 1885); the \n Braxton family (April 20, 1810); the \n Baylor family (February 20, 1895); and\n the \n Texas \n Baylor family (April 28 \u0026 May 2,\n 1894).","For a list of individual correspondents, please consult\n the \n Baylor family sliplist.","The next series of papers contain the legal and\n financial papers of the \n Baylor family. These include: the\n amnesty papers of Dr. \n John Roy Baylor (1865); land plats and\n surveys (1701-1841) of \n Virginia lands in \n King William County, \n King and Queen County, \n Spotsylvania County, \n Caroline County, \n Pocahontas County, and \n Orange County, many of which were done\n by surveyor, \n James Taylor; and other legal\n documents such as indentures, bonds, deeds, land grants,\n and bills of complaint. Items of special note are: copies\n of land grants signed by \n Alexander Spotswood (July 20, 1722) and\n Hugh Drysdale (July 16, 1726); a list\n of named slaves sold to \n John Baylor (December 12, 1751);\n charges against \n Philip Easter, overseer for \n John Baylor, particularly for\n \"constantly driving of the Negroes for which I paid a great\n deal of tobacco,\" especially old \n Sarah, a midwife (ca. 1757); agreement\n of \n John Hatley Norton to buy \n John Baylor's tobacco (December 12,\n 1776); a water lot rental (June 12, 1794); articles of\n agreement concerning a grist mill in \n Caroline County (June 18, 1813); the\n pardon of \n John Crowley signed by \n James Madison and \n James Monroe (September 11, 1815); an\n indenture of 1820 with named slaves; a schedule of property\n with a named slave (December 17, 1822); an agreement\n concerning a mill with \n P. Harrison as the miller (1831); a\n certificate of exemption from active service in the \n Confederate Army as an agriculturalist\n (November 10, 1864); and a copy of a receipt concerning\n work done on a gravel pit for the \n Richmond, Fredericksburg, \u0026 Potomac\n Railroad (June 2, 1870).","This series also contains copies of the wills of \n John Baylor (1705-1772), dated February\n 19, 1770, and \n Frances Baylor (1760-1815), dated June\n 12, 1815, both mentioning family slaves by name.","The financial papers of the \n Baylor family contain six small account\n books, 1859-1870, listing payment to hired hands, one of\n which contains the \n Tiverton Farm Stockbook (1866); bank\n statements; a farm book for the \n Greenwood Farm; \n John Baylor's receipt book, 1792-1795,\n which mentions Negroes purchased (December 5, 1790), \n George Baylor's estate (February 17,\n 1792), and Negroes sold (February 23, 1795); and other\n miscellaneous financial papers.","Topics in the financial papers include the following: an\n account with \n Donald Robertson for \n Robert Baylor and \n Walker Baylor's schooling (April 1,\n 1772); Colonel Braxton's smith works (April 1736); the \n Rappahannock River Forge belonging to \n James Hunter (March 31, 1784); tobacco\n accounts (1775-1776; 1782; June \u0026 August 1782, October\n 2, 1789; February 24, 1784; March 19 \u0026 December 11,\n 1875; and n.d.); horses and racing (January 16, 1741; July\n 11, 1777, May 29, 1767; November 15, 1774; April 1, 1756;\n and list of horses, n.d.); an account for carpenter and\n house work [1726]; an account with the \n Swan Tavern (September 23, 1815); the\n settling of \n John Baylor's estate (1750-1808)\n (January 5, 1812; May 29, 1811; October 27, 1812; September\n 10, 1815; October 2, 1819; June 1, 1821; August 3, 1821;\n and n.d.); medical accounts (April 12, 1830); corn and meal\n from \n John Baylor's mill (January 1, 1830);\n and a blacksmith account (January 1, 1875).","There are also accounts with the \n Confederate government (November 14\n \u0026 24, \u0026 December 12, 1863; March 24 \u0026 May 3,\n 1864; and February 4, 1865) and many concerning slaves and\n slavery.","These include: duty paid on Negroes (1742-1744); claim\n for payment for capturing and placing \n John Baylor's runaway slave in the \n Spotsylvania goal (April 16, 1744); the\n sale of \n George Baylor's slaves (November 28,\n 1786); slaves for hire (December 26, 1805; June 15, 1814);\n hire of \" \n Ned \" as a mason (October 2, 1814);\n clothing for Negroes (1814); grog for servants (September\n 23, 1815); bills of sale for unnamed slaves (June 11,\n 1847); \n Mary and daughter \n Elizabeth (September 4, 1848); \n Miles (February 20, 1849); \n Pompey (June 11, 1847); slave boy, \n Frank (January 15, 1851); \n Kitty Brook and \n Fanny (December 28, 1853); \n George Cooper (June 18, 1857); and\n slave hire (April 30, 1859 \u0026 ca. 1854).","The miscellaneous series contains a diary (1780) of \n John Baylor 1750-1808) describing a\n journey from \" \n Newmarket \" to \n Warm Springs, \n Augusta County, Virginia, and\n mentioning Dr. \n [Thomas ?] Walker and his son, \n Thomas Walker, of \n Albemarle County, Virginia, and \n John Baylor's \n Orange plantations; genealogical\n material pertaining to the \n Roy family, \n Baylor family, and \n Norton family, and including\n biographical sketches of \n Mungo Roy and \n John Baylor (1750-1808); a \"History of\n the Early Church in Virginia\"; several literary\n compositions by \n Maria Roy Baylor; and a memorandum\n book of \n John Baylor (1750-1808) which describes\n the beginning of his voyage on the Potomack (October 1775)\n and furnishes a description of saltworks at \n Portsmouth, [England] (1778).","Other material in this series includes military papers,\n miscellaneous papers, newsclippings, and loose photographs.\n Thirteen of the items in the military papers pertain to\n Colonel \n John Baylor (1705-1772) and the \n Caroline militia, who served under\n Colonel \n George Washington in the construction\n of a fort at \n Winchester, Virginia, during the\n French and Indian War, 1756-1757, and consist of company\n returns, orders for payment, and receipts for payment.","The rest of the military papers consist of Revolutionary\n War material, relating to \n George Baylor, aide-de-camp to General\n George Washington, 1775-1777, and\n Commander of the \n Third Regiment of Light Dragoons, and\n the papers about clothing, arms, and other supplies,\n regimental finances, roster of officers, and weekly returns\n of the regiment. Among these papers are: a copy of a letter\n from General Burgoyne to Colonel Phillipson concerning\n military conditions and discussing his ill-fated \n Saratoga campaign (October 20, 1777); a\n mention of \n George Baylor's upcoming marriage\n (February 4, 1778); \n B. Dade's request to be exchanged as a\n prisoner of war (February 1779); monies owed for supplies\n to \n James Hunter with an itemized account\n (October 12 \u0026 November 1, 1779); the problems and\n arrangements involved in outfitting the regiment (February\n 4, June 6 \u0026 12, 1778; October 13, 1780; October 26,\n 1781 [2 letters]; November 2, 1781; April 3 \u0026 August\n 14, 1782); the difficulty of working with the \"financier \n Robert Morris \" (October 13, 1780); an\n outbreak of smallpox in the \n Third Regiment at \n Petersburg, Virginia (November 25,\n 1781); and an order for a review of the \n Continental army for July 4, 1782. A\n final item is a general order for a discharge from the \n 4th Regiment of \n Virginia militia during the War of 1812\n (April 10, 1814). For a list of individual correspondents,\n please consult the original list in the control folder.","The miscellaneous folder contains the following: a\n printed score sheet for archery (July 4, 1771); a list of\n books, probably from the library of \n John Baylor [ca. 1800 ?]; notes\n concerning Blackstone's law; a pamphlet, \"The Lewis and\n Clark Expedition,\" by \n Grace Flandrau (n.d.); an oath to \"our\n Sovereign Lord King George\" (n.d.); and a parochial report,\n Emmanuel Church, \n Greenwood Parish, Reverend \n W.M. Nelson, Rector (n.d.).","The newsclippings, 1921-1933, concern \n University of Virginia events, news of\n the \n Ivy area, the \n Lewis Association of America, the \n Lewis family, and historical\n articles.","The loose photographs, mostly unidentified, include:\n Mrs. Rutherford's children, \n Rosa Rutherford, \n Charles Frere and \n Douglas Frere, possible photographs of\n \" \n Newmarket, \" and \n University of Virginia professors.","The notebooks and bound volumes series contains the\n following: a photograph album; school notebooks of \n Maria Roy Baylor, \n Frank Blackford, and \n James B. Baylor; an expense book; two\n scrapbooks of newsclippings; and the \n Letters of Junius,hand\n copied by \n John Baylor (1769-1771).","Those volumes belonging to Dr. \n John Roy Baylor include: a genealogical\n and historical notebook (1872); a medical notebook and farm\n expense book which records a controversy with the \n Clayton family over slaves (1847-1851); a\n farm account book, 1856-1892, with accounts with the \n Fredericksburg Water Power Company, a\n servant's account (June-August, 1865), and reports of wheat\n crops; an account book with grape expenses, sheep\n memorandum, apple accounts, and a mill account (1868-1874);\n and another farm book with an account with the \n Bowling Green Tanning Yard, and slave\n hire records with named slaves (1847-1868).","The photograph album, apparently given to \n John Roy Baylor by his granddaughter on\n Christmas of 1887, contains photographs of the following: \n Rosa Seddon Rutherford (1891 \u0026\n n.d.); \n Helen Rutherford Johnson; \n James B. Baylor; \n Frances Starke Bowen, of \" \n Mirador, \" \n Albemarle County (1886); \n Fanny Courtenay Baylor (1886); the\n mother of \n Fanny Courtenay Baylor; a portrait of\n Colonel \n George Armistead; \n Roy Ellerson Massie; General \n Lewis Armistead (killed at \n Gettysburg ); \n Maria Roy Baylor; \n Eloise Baylor (1885); \n Julia Howard Baylor; and \n John Roy Baylor.","The series containing the papers of \n James B. Baylor and the \n United States Coast and Geodetic\n Survey consists of the financial records of the\n survey teams led by \n John Baylor, circular letters from the\n home office in \n Washington, D.C., the official\n correspondence and reports of \n John Baylor, photographs, printed\n material, \n United States government property\n inventories, and bound volumes.","James Bowen Baylor (1849-1924)\n graduated with an engineering degree from the \n University of Virginia in 1872 and was\n appointed an aid in the \n United States Coast and Geodetic Survey\n Department in 1874, continuing to work as a field\n agent throughout his career. His many assignments included:\n the determination of the elements of earth's magnetism from\n Canada to \n Mexico; the survey of oyster grounds\n in \n Louisiana and \n Virginia, 1889-1894; his appointment\n as a Commissioner of the \n United States Supreme Court to settle\n the \n Virginia - \n Tennessee boundary line dispute,\n establishing it in the middle of Main Street, \n Bristol, 1900-1902; and also the\n establishment of boundaries between \n Virginia and \n Maryland, \n New York and \n Pennsylvania, and the \n United States and \n Canada.","The Oyster Industry Protection Correspondence contains\n much correspondence from \n William Ellinger of \n Fox Island, Virginia, who describes\n himself as an oyster planter. Printed material consists of\n death notices for \n United States Coast and Geodetic\n Survey men, \n Richard D. Cutts and \n Benjamin Peirce (1880\u0026 1883), and\n three pamphlets concerning the \n United States and Canadian boundary,\n the oyster laws of \n Virginia, and a \n Virginia Military Institute valedictory\n address by \n Edward Hutson Russell.","Oversize items include a survey of the lands of \n John Roy Baylor (June 1847),\n photographs of the \n United States Coast and Geodetic\n Survey, and a printed plan of the fairgrounds of\n the \n Virginia State Agricultural Society, \n Richmond, 1854.","The three \n Baylor family ledgers, 1719-1755, contain\n many references to the purchase of slaves (see\n addendum).","ADDENDUM RE THE BAYLOR LEDGERS\n The three \n Baylor family ledgers contain many\n references concerning tobacco exports, the purchase of\n merchandise, work done on various ships, and slaves, which\n at times had their place of origin noted, as in \" \n Madigaschar woman,\" \"man of \n Callabar, \" and \" \n Barbadoes negro.\" The accounts of the\n first two ledgers are indexed in the front of the\n volumes.\n References to slavery occurring in volume one include\n the following pages: 12, 13, 15, 17, 22-24, 26, 28, 35, 37,\n 39, 47, 49, 64-66, 68, 70-71, 77, 80-81, 83, 92-93,\n 101-102, 113-114, 127, 130, 134, 166, \u0026 175. References\n to slavery in volume two include: 10, 16, 30, 34, 56,\n 63-64, 74, 86, 88, 102, 115, 123, 134, 183, \u0026 207.\n Volume three pages include: 40, 71, 124, 130, 132, 135,\n 146, 148, 152-153, \u0026 155.\n Occasionally the names of the slave ships and other\n vessels are recorded in the ledgers with notes on the\n contents purchased from them. These, along with their\n volume and page number, are listed below.\n \n Ann \u0026 Sarah 1.96, 139, 150, \u0026\n 155\n \n Berkeley 1.38, 64, 71, 98, 121, 149,\n \u0026 167; \u0026 2.50\n \n Betty 1.94\n \n Callabar 1.39, 68, \u0026 98; \u0026\n 2.96, 111, 136\n \n Greyhound 1.23, 37, 38, 65, 92, \u0026\n 96; \u0026 2.4, 54, \u0026 97\n \n Hunter 1.68\n \n Little John 1.9, 10, 12, 25, \u0026 75;\n \u0026 2.116 \u0026 136\n \n Little York 2.124\n \n Lucy 1.94 \u0026 149\n \n Mattapony Pink 1.9, 33, 94, 99, 135,\n 145, 158, 180, \u0026 185\n \n Nassopenex Sloop 1.2, 5, 38, \u0026\n 75\n \n Parnel Galley 2.22\n \n Prince Eugene 1.139, 150, \u0026\n 162-164\n \n Twerton 1.15, 39, 103, \u0026 2.90\n Other entries include: the Iron Mine Adventurers 1.1\n \u0026 1.11; horses 1.28; the \n Germana mines 2.188; \n John Baylor's estate 2.73 \u0026 131;\n quitrents for land in \n Caroline County, \n Spotsylvania County, \n Orange County, and \n King and Queen County 2.34 \u0026 79;\n and doctor and midwife accounts 3.120-121, 142, \u0026 149.\n Volume three also has many references to the manufacture\n and repair of hardware, utensils, and agricultural\n equipment. In addition, at the end of the last volume,\n there is a list of memoranda concerning agreements and\n contracts of \n John Baylor, a memorandum of slaves\n sold off \n W. Lyde's plantation (November 30,\n 1742) and a list of all the Negroes belonging to Baylor in\n 1744.","The three \n Baylor family ledgers contain many\n references concerning tobacco exports, the purchase of\n merchandise, work done on various ships, and slaves, which\n at times had their place of origin noted, as in \" \n Madigaschar woman,\" \"man of \n Callabar, \" and \" \n Barbadoes negro.\" The accounts of the\n first two ledgers are indexed in the front of the\n volumes.","References to slavery occurring in volume one include\n the following pages: 12, 13, 15, 17, 22-24, 26, 28, 35, 37,\n 39, 47, 49, 64-66, 68, 70-71, 77, 80-81, 83, 92-93,\n 101-102, 113-114, 127, 130, 134, 166, \u0026 175. References\n to slavery in volume two include: 10, 16, 30, 34, 56,\n 63-64, 74, 86, 88, 102, 115, 123, 134, 183, \u0026 207.\n Volume three pages include: 40, 71, 124, 130, 132, 135,\n 146, 148, 152-153, \u0026 155.","Occasionally the names of the slave ships and other\n vessels are recorded in the ledgers with notes on the\n contents purchased from them. These, along with their\n volume and page number, are listed below.","Ann \u0026 Sarah 1.96, 139, 150, \u0026\n 155","Berkeley 1.38, 64, 71, 98, 121, 149,\n \u0026 167; \u0026 2.50","Betty 1.94","Callabar 1.39, 68, \u0026 98; \u0026\n 2.96, 111, 136","Greyhound 1.23, 37, 38, 65, 92, \u0026\n 96; \u0026 2.4, 54, \u0026 97","Hunter 1.68","Little John 1.9, 10, 12, 25, \u0026 75;\n \u0026 2.116 \u0026 136","Little York 2.124","Lucy 1.94 \u0026 149","Mattapony Pink 1.9, 33, 94, 99, 135,\n 145, 158, 180, \u0026 185","Nassopenex Sloop 1.2, 5, 38, \u0026\n 75","Parnel Galley 2.22","Prince Eugene 1.139, 150, \u0026\n 162-164","Twerton 1.15, 39, 103, \u0026 2.90","Other entries include: the Iron Mine Adventurers 1.1\n \u0026 1.11; horses 1.28; the \n Germana mines 2.188; \n John Baylor's estate 2.73 \u0026 131;\n quitrents for land in \n Caroline County, \n Spotsylvania County, \n Orange County, and \n King and Queen County 2.34 \u0026 79;\n and doctor and midwife accounts 3.120-121, 142, \u0026 149.\n Volume three also has many references to the manufacture\n and repair of hardware, utensils, and agricultural\n equipment. In addition, at the end of the last volume,\n there is a list of memoranda concerning agreements and\n contracts of \n John Baylor, a memorandum of slaves\n sold off \n W. Lyde's plantation (November 30,\n 1742) and a list of all the Negroes belonging to Baylor in\n 1744.","See the \n \n University of Virginia Library’s use policy.","English"],"collection_title_tesim":["Baylor Family Papers \n 1653-1915"],"collection_ssim":["Baylor Family Papers \n 1653-1915"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["2257"],"unitid_tesim":["2257"],"repository_ssm":["University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept."],"repository_ssim":["University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept."],"creator_ssm":["John Baylor and \n James Baylor Blackford"],"creator_ssim":["John Baylor and \n James Baylor Blackford"],"acqinfo_ssim":["This collection was loaned to the Library by \n John Baylor of Baltimore, Maryland, and \n James Baylor Blackford of Richmond, Virginia, on \n April 12, 1946, and was made a gift on \n August 31, 1954."],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"physdesc_tesim":["2000 items"],"accessrestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThere are no restrictions.\n\u003c/p\u003e\n "],"accessrestrict_heading_ssm":["Access Restrictions"],"accessrestrict_tesim":["There are no restrictions."],"arrangement_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe \n Baylor Family Papers have been arranged in\n the following six series:\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eI. Correspondence (Box 1)\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eII. Legal and Financial Papers (Boxes 2-3)\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eIII. Miscellaneous Papers (Box 4)\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eIV. Notebooks and Bound Volumes (Boxes 5-7)\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eV. Papers of \n James B. Baylor and the \n United States Coast \u0026amp; Geodetic\n Survey (Boxes 8-11)\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eVI. Oversize Items \u0026amp; 2M Volumes\u003c/p\u003e\n "],"arrangement_heading_ssm":["Organization"],"arrangement_tesim":["The \n Baylor Family Papers have been arranged in\n the following six series:","I. Correspondence (Box 1)","II. Legal and Financial Papers (Boxes 2-3)","III. Miscellaneous Papers (Box 4)","IV. Notebooks and Bound Volumes (Boxes 5-7)","V. Papers of \n James B. Baylor and the \n United States Coast \u0026 Geodetic\n Survey (Boxes 8-11)","VI. Oversize Items \u0026 2M Volumes"],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e\n John Baylor 1 ( \n \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1650\u003c/date\u003e- \n \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1720\u003c/date\u003e) resident of \n Gloucester County, Virginia, and later \n King and Queen County, Virginia, married \n Lucy Todd O'Brien (ca.1681-?) of \n New Kent County, Virginia, in \n \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1698\u003c/date\u003e. They were believed to have had three\n offspring, \n Frances Baylor, \n Robert Baylor, and \n John Baylor 2. The children of their son,\n Colonel \n John2 Baylor ( \n \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1705\u003c/date\u003e- \n \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1772\u003c/date\u003e), and \n Frances Walker (?- \n \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1783\u003c/date\u003e) were as follows:\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003e1) \n Courtney Baylor m. Jasper Clayton of \n Gloucester County \n \u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003e2) \n Lucy Baylor m. \n John Armistead \n \u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003e3) \n Frances Baylor m. \n John Nicholson \n \u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003e4) \n Elizabeth Baylor unmarried\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003e5) \n John Baylor 3 ( \n \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1750\u003c/date\u003e- \n \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1808\u003c/date\u003e) m. \n Frances Norton ( \n \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1760\u003c/date\u003e- \n \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1815\u003c/date\u003e) in \n \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1778\u003c/date\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003e6) \n George Baylor ( \n \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1752\u003c/date\u003e- \n \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1784\u003c/date\u003e) m. \n Lucy Page in \n \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1778\u003c/date\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003e7) \n Walker Baylor ( ? - \n \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1823\u003c/date\u003e) m. \n Jane Bledsoe \n \u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003e8) \n Robert Baylor m. Miss Gwynne\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eThe children of \n John Baylor 3 and \n Frances Norton were:\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003e1) \n Frances Courtney Baylor ( \n \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1779\u003c/date\u003e- \n \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1780\u003c/date\u003e)\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003e2) \n Courtney Orange Baylor ( \n \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1781\u003c/date\u003e-? ) m. _____ Fox\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003e3) \n Lucy Elizabeth Todd Baylor ( ? - \n \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1823\u003c/date\u003e) m. [Sen. \n John H. Upshaw ] in \n \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1809\u003c/date\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003e4) \n Louisa Henrietta Baylor m. [ \n William T. Upshaw ]\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003e5) \n Susanna Frances Baylor ( \n \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1783\u003c/date\u003e- \n \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1837\u003c/date\u003e) m. \n John Sutton \n \u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003e6) \n John Baylor 4 m. \n Maria Ann Roy ( \n \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1790\u003c/date\u003e- \n \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1850\u003c/date\u003e) in \n \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1819\u003c/date\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003e7) Dr. \n George Daniel Baylor m. Miss Lewis\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eThe issue of \n John Baylor 4 and \n Maria Ann Roy was Dr. \n John Roy Baylor \n \u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003e\n John Baylor ( \n \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1821\u003c/date\u003e- \n \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1897\u003c/date\u003e) who married \n Anne Bowen of \n Albemarle County and produced the\n following offspring:\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003e1) Captain \n James Bowen Baylor ( \n \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1849\u003c/date\u003e- \n \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1924\u003c/date\u003e) m. \n Ellen Carter Bruce (died ca. \n \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1899\u003c/date\u003e) in ca. \n \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1881\u003c/date\u003e, producing three children: \n Evelyn Courtney Blackford Baylor, \n Anne Baylor, and \n John Baylor ( \n \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1890\u003c/date\u003e- \n \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1968\u003c/date\u003e).\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003e2) \n Maria Roy Baylor \n \u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003e3) \n John Roy Baylor, Jr. ( \n \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1851\u003c/date\u003e- \n \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1926\u003c/date\u003e) m. \n Julia Howard \n \u003c/p\u003e\n "],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical/Historical Information"],"bioghist_tesim":["John Baylor 1 ( \n 1650- \n 1720) resident of \n Gloucester County, Virginia, and later \n King and Queen County, Virginia, married \n Lucy Todd O'Brien (ca.1681-?) of \n New Kent County, Virginia, in \n 1698. They were believed to have had three\n offspring, \n Frances Baylor, \n Robert Baylor, and \n John Baylor 2. The children of their son,\n Colonel \n John2 Baylor ( \n 1705- \n 1772), and \n Frances Walker (?- \n 1783) were as follows:","1) \n Courtney Baylor m. Jasper Clayton of \n Gloucester County","2) \n Lucy Baylor m. \n John Armistead","3) \n Frances Baylor m. \n John Nicholson","4) \n Elizabeth Baylor unmarried","5) \n John Baylor 3 ( \n 1750- \n 1808) m. \n Frances Norton ( \n 1760- \n 1815) in \n 1778","6) \n George Baylor ( \n 1752- \n 1784) m. \n Lucy Page in \n 1778","7) \n Walker Baylor ( ? - \n 1823) m. \n Jane Bledsoe","8) \n Robert Baylor m. Miss Gwynne","The children of \n John Baylor 3 and \n Frances Norton were:","1) \n Frances Courtney Baylor ( \n 1779- \n 1780)","2) \n Courtney Orange Baylor ( \n 1781-? ) m. _____ Fox","3) \n Lucy Elizabeth Todd Baylor ( ? - \n 1823) m. [Sen. \n John H. Upshaw ] in \n 1809","4) \n Louisa Henrietta Baylor m. [ \n William T. Upshaw ]","5) \n Susanna Frances Baylor ( \n 1783- \n 1837) m. \n John Sutton","6) \n John Baylor 4 m. \n Maria Ann Roy ( \n 1790- \n 1850) in \n 1819","7) Dr. \n George Daniel Baylor m. Miss Lewis","The issue of \n John Baylor 4 and \n Maria Ann Roy was Dr. \n John Roy Baylor","John Baylor ( \n 1821- \n 1897) who married \n Anne Bowen of \n Albemarle County and produced the\n following offspring:","1) Captain \n James Bowen Baylor ( \n 1849- \n 1924) m. \n Ellen Carter Bruce (died ca. \n 1899) in ca. \n 1881, producing three children: \n Evelyn Courtney Blackford Baylor, \n Anne Baylor, and \n John Baylor ( \n 1890- \n 1968).","2) \n Maria Roy Baylor","3) \n John Roy Baylor, Jr. ( \n 1851- \n 1926) m. \n Julia Howard"],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003ePapers of the Baylor Family, Accession #2257, Special Collections, University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.\u003c/p\u003e\n "],"prefercite_tesim":["Papers of the Baylor Family, Accession #2257, Special Collections, University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va."],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content Information","Scope and Content","ADDENDUM RE THE BAYLOR LEDGERS"],"scopecontent_tesim":["Scope and Content\n The papers of the \n Baylor family of \"Newmarket,\" \n Bowling Green, Caroline County, Virginia, contain ca.\n 2000 items (11 Hollinger boxes, 4.5 linear feet),\n 1653-1915, and consist of correspondence, legal and\n financial papers, ledgers, genealogical material, students\n notebooks and bound volumes, scrapbooks, photographs, a\n diary, literary compositions, military papers pertaining to\n the Revolutionary War, newsclippings, the records of James Bowen Baylor and the \n United States Coast and Geodetic Survey, and miscellaneous papers.\n These papers pertain to John Baylor (1650-1720) of \n Gloucester County, and King and Queen County, Virginia, and his wife, \n Lucy Todd O'Brien of New Kent County, Virginia, and four generations of their descendants. The \n John Baylor ledgers, 1719-1755, reveal that John Baylor was a wealthy merchant,\n planter, and shipowner. He also served as a burgess, representing Gloucester County in the 1693 General Assembly and King and Queen County in 1718.\n John Baylor's son, John Baylor (1705-1772), greatly increased the family landholdings when he received a royal\n land grant in 1726 in what was to become Caroline County, Virginia. John Baylor was educated in \n England, at the \n Putney Grammer School and \n Caius College, \n Cambridge. While in \n England, he developed a keen interest\n in thoroughbred horses and horse racing, going so far as to\n name his new home, \" \n Newmarket, \" for the famous English\n racing center. He became an important colonial horse\n importer and breeder whose stables greatly contributed to\n the development of American thoroughbreds. \n John Baylor also rendered public\n service to the newly formed county of \n Caroline, as a colonel in the county\n militia and a burgess in 1742-1749, and 1756-1765.\n All four of the sons of \n John Baylor (1705-1772) contributed in\n some way to the American effort during the Revolutionary\n War. \n John Baylor (1750-1808), the heir of \" \n Newmarket, \" while unable to fight due\n to a childhood injury, gave financial support to the war\n effort. He later had difficulties in shedding his\n reputation as a \"Tory\" because he had gone back to \n England in 1778 to marry his cousin, \n Frances Norton (1760-1815) and had to\n live in \n Europe until they could obtain a return\n passage to \n America.\n \n George Baylor (1752-1784) was a member\n of the \n Caroline County Committee of Safety,\n 1775-1776, and from 1775-1777, he was aide-de-camp of\n General \n George Washington. He was commanding\n officer of the \n 3rd Regiment Light Dragoons when he was\n wounded and captured on September 28, 1778. He was\n eventually exchanged and his regiment was consolidated with\n the \n First Continental Dragoons on November\n 9, 1782, which he commanded until the end of the war. On\n September 30, 1783, he received his commission as a Brevet\n Brigadier General.\n \n Walker Baylor served as a lieutenant\n and captain of the \n 3rd Regiment Light Dragoons during the\n Revolution. He along with his other brother \n Robert Baylor, who also served in the\n Revolution, immigrated to \n Kentucky. Later \n Robert Baylor apparently settled in the\n Pearl River area of the \n Mississippi Territory.\n The estate of \n John Baylor (1750-1808) was hopelessly\n entangled when he inherited it from his father in 1772 and\n much of it was lost through his own ineptitude as a\n businessman and the dishonesty of others. However, the\n house and two thousand acres were entailed and could not be\n alienated; these were passed on to his son, \n John Baylor ( ? ), who married \n Maria Ann Roy and produced Dr. \n John Roy Baylor (1821-1897). It was Dr.\n John Roy Baylor's son, Captain \n James Bowen Baylor (1848-1924), who was\n a member of the \n United States Coast and Geodetic\n Survey team.\n The correspondence series contains the correspondence\n from family members, friends, and business associates of\n all the above generations of the \n Baylor family, beginning with Colonel \n John Baylor (1705-1772). Letters\n pertaining to the sojourn of \n John Baylor (1750-1808) in \n England prior to and during the\n Revolutionary War include the following: a reference to\n Colonel \n John Baylor's son at school in \n Caius College, \n Cambridge (August 12,1769); his\n intentions of returning to the \n United States (December 28, 1770); the\n advice of \n William Bond, a former teacher of \n John Baylor, for him to seek further\n educational opportunities upon the continent rather than to\n return to college studies (July 15, 1773); \n William Bond's request for \n John Baylor to ignore \"national evils\"\n and to visit \n England (May 4, 1778); \n John Baylor's trip to \n England to wed his cousin, \n Frances Norton (1778); a reference to\n the Baylor's leaving \n England, and comments concerning the\n fashions and decadence of \n England (May 4, 1779).\n Correspondence concerning events leading up to and\n including the Revolutionary War includes: \n Sam Waterman's support of the Stamp\n Act repeal and the danger of shipping livestock from \n London to \n John Baylor (March 6, 1766); a Mr.\n Grand's letter refusing to advise \n John Baylor due to threat of prison\n (March 28, [1772]): copies of \n Committee of Correspondence letters to \n John Norton asking him to keep them\n informed regarding events in \n England and Acts of \n Parliament and his reply (April 6,\n \u0026 July 6, 1773); a recommendation for the Baron of\n [Bonstetten] who served in the Danish and Prussian Wars\n (September 27,1777); \n John Baylor as a prisoner aboard a\n British ship, Thomas [Thortican], possibly due to suspicion\n that he was reportedly carrying a treaty between \n France and the \n United States (February 5, 1778); the\n birth of Colonel \n George Baylor's son (May 6, 1779); \n Walker Baylor asking his brother to\n send him some money to cover his expenses incurred in\n fighting in the Revolution (August 13, 1779); a statement\n of \n Edmund Pendleton, the Chairman of the \n Caroline Committee of Correspondence,\n regarding the loyalty of \n John Baylor to the colonial cause,\n relating that \n John Baylor supported the actions of\n the Americans at \n Lexington, and returned to \n England only to marry (October 13,\n 1779); the statement of \n George Baylor regarding the loyalty of\n his brother evidenced by his opinion of events at \n Lexington, and his recommendation of\n Baron de Wolfen in the service of the \n American Army, and concluding with the\n explanation that \n John Baylor did not fight due to a\n physical infirmity acquired in his youth (October 14,1779);\n John Wormeley requests \n John Baylor to use his influence to\n give him an escort to visit his father in \n Virginia (August 16, 1782); and a\n request for \n George Baylor to help recover money\n form one of the officers of his regiment for Mr. Alexander\n (September 3, 1783).\n Other subjects of note include: the tobacco growing and\n export business (May 8, 1741; March 6, 1766; August 12,\n 1769; February 5, 1778; June 29, 1788; March 10, 1789; June\n 6, 1789; March 15, 1793; \u0026 February 5, 1790); iron and\n forge business (October 11, 1771; \u0026 April 13, 1774);\n horses and horse breeding (\"Sober John\"-October25, 1754;\n \"Fearnought\"-March 21, 1771; October 30, 1756; March 6,\n 1766; and July 17, 1800); and a discussion about whether\n the Spanish will allow free trade up the \n Mississippi River and \n Ohio River ([December 4], 1783).\n Several letters mention slaves and slavery. Among these\n are: slaves for sale (April 14, 1770; March 21, 1771;\n September 14, 1771; \u0026 June 19, 1811); mention of slave\n passes, a slave detained on the road for lack of one, and a\n visit of slaves with the family in \n Gloucester County, Virginia (July 12,\n 1813); the prices of slaves in the \n Pearl River area of the \n Mississippi Territory and prices of\n hire (November 28, 1816); and a letter from a Quaker, \n George Boone, of \n Berks County, Pennsylvania, attempting\n to verify that \n James Martin, a black man who claimed\n to have been born to free parents and wrongly sold as part\n of Colonel \n John Baylor's estate, was indeed a\n free black and not legally owned by \n Thomas Adams of \n Orange County, Virginia (August 12,\n 1818).\n There is a group of letters between \n John Baylor, \n John Frere, and \n John Baylor's former teacher in \n England, \n William Bond, concerning education for\n his two sons, \n John Baylor and \n George Daniel Baylor. This\n correspondence sheds some light on the attempts of\n Americans to educate their sons following the Revolution\n and includes: a discussion of \n Eton and \n Rugby and changes that have occurred at\n Cambridge (August 17, 1793); a\n suggestion to try \n Glasgow in \n Scotland (March 1, 1796); the\n possibility of using a tutor (February 27, 1797); terms to\n secure a tutor from \n England and his opinion of \n Eton (October 2, 1797); and a\n suggestion to use an American clergyman for a tutor (June\n 22, 1799 \u0026 June 30, 1800).\n Other subjects mentioned include: the French Revolution\n (July 2, August 17, and [September 18], 1793); a\n description of fashions ([September 18], 1793); a\n description of \n Warm Springs, \n Bath County, Virginia (August 26,\n 1805); the career of \n Napoleon Bonaparte (June 30 \u0026 July\n 17, 1800); the settlement of \n John Baylor's estate (December 26,\n 1801; \u0026 January 3, 1804); the \n Louisiana Purchase (September 17,\n 1803); a woman's viewpoint and thoughts (April 9, 1802);\n the interdiction of His Majesty's ships from American ports\n and the War of 1812 (August 29, 1808; March 25, 1812; and\n July 18, 1813); an excellent discussion of social and\n economic life in \n Pearl River, \n Mississippi Territory (November 28,\n 1816); the financial difficulties of the \n Baylor family (September 1, 1819; \u0026\n July 25, 1820); a meteorite falling in \n Washington, D.C. (March 18, 1821); the\n celebration in \n Richmond of the French victory over the\n Turkish Dey of \n Algiers (September 13, 1830); the\n medical studies of \n John Roy Baylor (January 31, 1842);\n discussion of \n George Catlin's book about American\n Indians and the explorations of \n John C. Fremont and \n Charles Wilkes (April 30, 1846); a\n detailed description of \n William P. Palmer's trip to \n Europe (October 30, 1865); and the\n voyage of Presbyterian missionary \n E. Lanc[aster] to \n Rio De Janeiro (August 26, 1869).\n Events during the Civil War period are represented by\n the following: \n William P. Palmer's comments\n concerning \n John Brown's raid at \n Harper's Ferry and the preparations for\n his hanging (November 22 \u0026 December 1, 1859); the\n struggle for possession of the \n Fredericksburg Water Power\n Company (March 17 \u0026 November 3, 1863; \u0026\n September 5, 1865); the building of \n Confederate stables and cabins for a\n camp in \n Louisa near the gold mines of \n Louisa County's \n Walnut Grove and \n Slate Grove, formerly owned by Yankee\n speculators (December 30, 1863); requests for donations of\n flour and foodstuffs for soldiers (February 25, 1865); and\n the assassination of \n Abraham Lincoln deplored (April 25,\n 1865). Related topics include the mention of seeing \n Robert E. Lee at \n White Sulpher Springs, West\n Virginia (August 17, 1867) and a letter from \n Henry Stephens Randall declining to\n visit the Old Dominion until the scars of the Civil War are\n healed (n.d.).\n Other post-Civil War subjects include: racial tensions\n (August 11, 1878) and the \n Richmond riots during which a white\n policeman was killed in \n Old Market Hall (March 20, 1870); \n John Roy Baylor's assurances that his\n black tenant farmers were not involved in the violence in \n Caroline County (n.d.); life in \n St. Louis, Missouri (September \u0026\n July 3, 1873); a description of a shoot-out in \n Uvalde County, Texas (May 10, 1881);\n the black vote during Reconstruction in \n Virginia (October 28, 1889); mention of\n Micajah Woods, the \n University of Virginia, and \n Monticello (October 21, 1887); and the \n Richmond, Fredericksburg, \u0026 Potomac Railroad\n Company (March 21, 1873; \u0026 May 20, 1881).\n Letters containing genealogical information include the\n following families: the \n Norton family (June 22, 1828); \n Robert Baylor's (August 14, 1828); the\n Frere family (June 28, 1872 \u0026 n.d.);\n the \n Roy family (March 21, 1887 \u0026 January\n 8, 1885); the \n Braxton family (April 20, 1810); the \n Baylor family (February 20, 1895); and\n the \n Texas \n Baylor family (April 28 \u0026 May 2,\n 1894).\n For a list of individual correspondents, please consult\n the \n Baylor family sliplist.\n The next series of papers contain the legal and\n financial papers of the \n Baylor family. These include: the\n amnesty papers of Dr. \n John Roy Baylor (1865); land plats and\n surveys (1701-1841) of \n Virginia lands in \n King William County, \n King and Queen County, \n Spotsylvania County, \n Caroline County, \n Pocahontas County, and \n Orange County, many of which were done\n by surveyor, \n James Taylor; and other legal\n documents such as indentures, bonds, deeds, land grants,\n and bills of complaint. Items of special note are: copies\n of land grants signed by \n Alexander Spotswood (July 20, 1722) and\n Hugh Drysdale (July 16, 1726); a list\n of named slaves sold to \n John Baylor (December 12, 1751);\n charges against \n Philip Easter, overseer for \n John Baylor, particularly for\n \"constantly driving of the Negroes for which I paid a great\n deal of tobacco,\" especially old \n Sarah, a midwife (ca. 1757); agreement\n of \n John Hatley Norton to buy \n John Baylor's tobacco (December 12,\n 1776); a water lot rental (June 12, 1794); articles of\n agreement concerning a grist mill in \n Caroline County (June 18, 1813); the\n pardon of \n John Crowley signed by \n James Madison and \n James Monroe (September 11, 1815); an\n indenture of 1820 with named slaves; a schedule of property\n with a named slave (December 17, 1822); an agreement\n concerning a mill with \n P. Harrison as the miller (1831); a\n certificate of exemption from active service in the \n Confederate Army as an agriculturalist\n (November 10, 1864); and a copy of a receipt concerning\n work done on a gravel pit for the \n Richmond, Fredericksburg, \u0026 Potomac\n Railroad (June 2, 1870).\n This series also contains copies of the wills of \n John Baylor (1705-1772), dated February\n 19, 1770, and \n Frances Baylor (1760-1815), dated June\n 12, 1815, both mentioning family slaves by name.\n The financial papers of the \n Baylor family contain six small account\n books, 1859-1870, listing payment to hired hands, one of\n which contains the \n Tiverton Farm Stockbook (1866); bank\n statements; a farm book for the \n Greenwood Farm; \n John Baylor's receipt book, 1792-1795,\n which mentions Negroes purchased (December 5, 1790), \n George Baylor's estate (February 17,\n 1792), and Negroes sold (February 23, 1795); and other\n miscellaneous financial papers.\n Topics in the financial papers include the following: an\n account with \n Donald Robertson for \n Robert Baylor and \n Walker Baylor's schooling (April 1,\n 1772); Colonel Braxton's smith works (April 1736); the \n Rappahannock River Forge belonging to \n James Hunter (March 31, 1784); tobacco\n accounts (1775-1776; 1782; June \u0026 August 1782, October\n 2, 1789; February 24, 1784; March 19 \u0026 December 11,\n 1875; and n.d.); horses and racing (January 16, 1741; July\n 11, 1777, May 29, 1767; November 15, 1774; April 1, 1756;\n and list of horses, n.d.); an account for carpenter and\n house work [1726]; an account with the \n Swan Tavern (September 23, 1815); the\n settling of \n John Baylor's estate (1750-1808)\n (January 5, 1812; May 29, 1811; October 27, 1812; September\n 10, 1815; October 2, 1819; June 1, 1821; August 3, 1821;\n and n.d.); medical accounts (April 12, 1830); corn and meal\n from \n John Baylor's mill (January 1, 1830);\n and a blacksmith account (January 1, 1875).\n There are also accounts with the \n Confederate government (November 14\n \u0026 24, \u0026 December 12, 1863; March 24 \u0026 May 3,\n 1864; and February 4, 1865) and many concerning slaves and\n slavery.\n These include: duty paid on Negroes (1742-1744); claim\n for payment for capturing and placing \n John Baylor's runaway slave in the \n Spotsylvania goal (April 16, 1744); the\n sale of \n George Baylor's slaves (November 28,\n 1786); slaves for hire (December 26, 1805; June 15, 1814);\n hire of \" \n Ned \" as a mason (October 2, 1814);\n clothing for Negroes (1814); grog for servants (September\n 23, 1815); bills of sale for unnamed slaves (June 11,\n 1847); \n Mary and daughter \n Elizabeth (September 4, 1848); \n Miles (February 20, 1849); \n Pompey (June 11, 1847); slave boy, \n Frank (January 15, 1851); \n Kitty Brook and \n Fanny (December 28, 1853); \n George Cooper (June 18, 1857); and\n slave hire (April 30, 1859 \u0026 ca. 1854).\n The miscellaneous series contains a diary (1780) of \n John Baylor 1750-1808) describing a\n journey from \" \n Newmarket \" to \n Warm Springs, \n Augusta County, Virginia, and\n mentioning Dr. \n [Thomas ?] Walker and his son, \n Thomas Walker, of \n Albemarle County, Virginia, and \n John Baylor's \n Orange plantations; genealogical\n material pertaining to the \n Roy family, \n Baylor family, and \n Norton family, and including\n biographical sketches of \n Mungo Roy and \n John Baylor (1750-1808); a \"History of\n the Early Church in Virginia\"; several literary\n compositions by \n Maria Roy Baylor; and a memorandum\n book of \n John Baylor (1750-1808) which describes\n the beginning of his voyage on the Potomack (October 1775)\n and furnishes a description of saltworks at \n Portsmouth, [England] (1778).\n Other material in this series includes military papers,\n miscellaneous papers, newsclippings, and loose photographs.\n Thirteen of the items in the military papers pertain to\n Colonel \n John Baylor (1705-1772) and the \n Caroline militia, who served under\n Colonel \n George Washington in the construction\n of a fort at \n Winchester, Virginia, during the\n French and Indian War, 1756-1757, and consist of company\n returns, orders for payment, and receipts for payment.\n The rest of the military papers consist of Revolutionary\n War material, relating to \n George Baylor, aide-de-camp to General\n George Washington, 1775-1777, and\n Commander of the \n Third Regiment of Light Dragoons, and\n the papers about clothing, arms, and other supplies,\n regimental finances, roster of officers, and weekly returns\n of the regiment. Among these papers are: a copy of a letter\n from General Burgoyne to Colonel Phillipson concerning\n military conditions and discussing his ill-fated \n Saratoga campaign (October 20, 1777); a\n mention of \n George Baylor's upcoming marriage\n (February 4, 1778); \n B. Dade's request to be exchanged as a\n prisoner of war (February 1779); monies owed for supplies\n to \n James Hunter with an itemized account\n (October 12 \u0026 November 1, 1779); the problems and\n arrangements involved in outfitting the regiment (February\n 4, June 6 \u0026 12, 1778; October 13, 1780; October 26,\n 1781 [2 letters]; November 2, 1781; April 3 \u0026 August\n 14, 1782); the difficulty of working with the \"financier \n Robert Morris \" (October 13, 1780); an\n outbreak of smallpox in the \n Third Regiment at \n Petersburg, Virginia (November 25,\n 1781); and an order for a review of the \n Continental army for July 4, 1782. A\n final item is a general order for a discharge from the \n 4th Regiment of \n Virginia militia during the War of 1812\n (April 10, 1814). For a list of individual correspondents,\n please consult the original list in the control folder.\n The miscellaneous folder contains the following: a\n printed score sheet for archery (July 4, 1771); a list of\n books, probably from the library of \n John Baylor [ca. 1800 ?]; notes\n concerning Blackstone's law; a pamphlet, \"The Lewis and\n Clark Expedition,\" by \n Grace Flandrau (n.d.); an oath to \"our\n Sovereign Lord King George\" (n.d.); and a parochial report,\n Emmanuel Church, \n Greenwood Parish, Reverend \n W.M. Nelson, Rector (n.d.).\n The newsclippings, 1921-1933, concern \n University of Virginia events, news of\n the \n Ivy area, the \n Lewis Association of America, the \n Lewis family, and historical\n articles.\n The loose photographs, mostly unidentified, include:\n Mrs. Rutherford's children, \n Rosa Rutherford, \n Charles Frere and \n Douglas Frere, possible photographs of\n \" \n Newmarket, \" and \n University of Virginia professors.\n The notebooks and bound volumes series contains the\n following: a photograph album; school notebooks of \n Maria Roy Baylor, \n Frank Blackford, and \n James B. Baylor; an expense book; two\n scrapbooks of newsclippings; and the \n Letters of Junius,hand\n copied by \n John Baylor (1769-1771).\n Those volumes belonging to Dr. \n John Roy Baylor include: a genealogical\n and historical notebook (1872); a medical notebook and farm\n expense book which records a controversy with the \n Clayton family over slaves (1847-1851); a\n farm account book, 1856-1892, with accounts with the \n Fredericksburg Water Power Company, a\n servant's account (June-August, 1865), and reports of wheat\n crops; an account book with grape expenses, sheep\n memorandum, apple accounts, and a mill account (1868-1874);\n and another farm book with an account with the \n Bowling Green Tanning Yard, and slave\n hire records with named slaves (1847-1868).\n The photograph album, apparently given to \n John Roy Baylor by his granddaughter on\n Christmas of 1887, contains photographs of the following: \n Rosa Seddon Rutherford (1891 \u0026\n n.d.); \n Helen Rutherford Johnson; \n James B. Baylor; \n Frances Starke Bowen, of \" \n Mirador, \" \n Albemarle County (1886); \n Fanny Courtenay Baylor (1886); the\n mother of \n Fanny Courtenay Baylor; a portrait of\n Colonel \n George Armistead; \n Roy Ellerson Massie; General \n Lewis Armistead (killed at \n Gettysburg ); \n Maria Roy Baylor; \n Eloise Baylor (1885); \n Julia Howard Baylor; and \n John Roy Baylor.\n The series containing the papers of \n James B. Baylor and the \n United States Coast and Geodetic\n Survey consists of the financial records of the\n survey teams led by \n John Baylor, circular letters from the\n home office in \n Washington, D.C., the official\n correspondence and reports of \n John Baylor, photographs, printed\n material, \n United States government property\n inventories, and bound volumes.\n \n James Bowen Baylor (1849-1924)\n graduated with an engineering degree from the \n University of Virginia in 1872 and was\n appointed an aid in the \n United States Coast and Geodetic Survey\n Department in 1874, continuing to work as a field\n agent throughout his career. His many assignments included:\n the determination of the elements of earth's magnetism from\n Canada to \n Mexico; the survey of oyster grounds\n in \n Louisiana and \n Virginia, 1889-1894; his appointment\n as a Commissioner of the \n United States Supreme Court to settle\n the \n Virginia - \n Tennessee boundary line dispute,\n establishing it in the middle of Main Street, \n Bristol, 1900-1902; and also the\n establishment of boundaries between \n Virginia and \n Maryland, \n New York and \n Pennsylvania, and the \n United States and \n Canada.\n The Oyster Industry Protection Correspondence contains\n much correspondence from \n William Ellinger of \n Fox Island, Virginia, who describes\n himself as an oyster planter. Printed material consists of\n death notices for \n United States Coast and Geodetic\n Survey men, \n Richard D. Cutts and \n Benjamin Peirce (1880\u0026 1883), and\n three pamphlets concerning the \n United States and Canadian boundary,\n the oyster laws of \n Virginia, and a \n Virginia Military Institute valedictory\n address by \n Edward Hutson Russell.\n Oversize items include a survey of the lands of \n John Roy Baylor (June 1847),\n photographs of the \n United States Coast and Geodetic\n Survey, and a printed plan of the fairgrounds of\n the \n Virginia State Agricultural Society, \n Richmond, 1854.\n The three \n Baylor family ledgers, 1719-1755, contain\n many references to the purchase of slaves (see\n addendum).","The papers of the \n Baylor family of \"Newmarket,\" \n Bowling Green, Caroline County, Virginia, contain ca.\n 2000 items (11 Hollinger boxes, 4.5 linear feet),\n 1653-1915, and consist of correspondence, legal and\n financial papers, ledgers, genealogical material, students\n notebooks and bound volumes, scrapbooks, photographs, a\n diary, literary compositions, military papers pertaining to\n the Revolutionary War, newsclippings, the records of James Bowen Baylor and the \n United States Coast and Geodetic Survey, and miscellaneous papers.","These papers pertain to John Baylor (1650-1720) of \n Gloucester County, and King and Queen County, Virginia, and his wife, \n Lucy Todd O'Brien of New Kent County, Virginia, and four generations of their descendants. The \n John Baylor ledgers, 1719-1755, reveal that John Baylor was a wealthy merchant,\n planter, and shipowner. He also served as a burgess, representing Gloucester County in the 1693 General Assembly and King and Queen County in 1718.","John Baylor's son, John Baylor (1705-1772), greatly increased the family landholdings when he received a royal\n land grant in 1726 in what was to become Caroline County, Virginia. John Baylor was educated in \n England, at the \n Putney Grammer School and \n Caius College, \n Cambridge. While in \n England, he developed a keen interest\n in thoroughbred horses and horse racing, going so far as to\n name his new home, \" \n Newmarket, \" for the famous English\n racing center. He became an important colonial horse\n importer and breeder whose stables greatly contributed to\n the development of American thoroughbreds. \n John Baylor also rendered public\n service to the newly formed county of \n Caroline, as a colonel in the county\n militia and a burgess in 1742-1749, and 1756-1765.","All four of the sons of \n John Baylor (1705-1772) contributed in\n some way to the American effort during the Revolutionary\n War. \n John Baylor (1750-1808), the heir of \" \n Newmarket, \" while unable to fight due\n to a childhood injury, gave financial support to the war\n effort. He later had difficulties in shedding his\n reputation as a \"Tory\" because he had gone back to \n England in 1778 to marry his cousin, \n Frances Norton (1760-1815) and had to\n live in \n Europe until they could obtain a return\n passage to \n America.","George Baylor (1752-1784) was a member\n of the \n Caroline County Committee of Safety,\n 1775-1776, and from 1775-1777, he was aide-de-camp of\n General \n George Washington. He was commanding\n officer of the \n 3rd Regiment Light Dragoons when he was\n wounded and captured on September 28, 1778. He was\n eventually exchanged and his regiment was consolidated with\n the \n First Continental Dragoons on November\n 9, 1782, which he commanded until the end of the war. On\n September 30, 1783, he received his commission as a Brevet\n Brigadier General.","Walker Baylor served as a lieutenant\n and captain of the \n 3rd Regiment Light Dragoons during the\n Revolution. He along with his other brother \n Robert Baylor, who also served in the\n Revolution, immigrated to \n Kentucky. Later \n Robert Baylor apparently settled in the\n Pearl River area of the \n Mississippi Territory.","The estate of \n John Baylor (1750-1808) was hopelessly\n entangled when he inherited it from his father in 1772 and\n much of it was lost through his own ineptitude as a\n businessman and the dishonesty of others. However, the\n house and two thousand acres were entailed and could not be\n alienated; these were passed on to his son, \n John Baylor ( ? ), who married \n Maria Ann Roy and produced Dr. \n John Roy Baylor (1821-1897). It was Dr.\n John Roy Baylor's son, Captain \n James Bowen Baylor (1848-1924), who was\n a member of the \n United States Coast and Geodetic\n Survey team.","The correspondence series contains the correspondence\n from family members, friends, and business associates of\n all the above generations of the \n Baylor family, beginning with Colonel \n John Baylor (1705-1772). Letters\n pertaining to the sojourn of \n John Baylor (1750-1808) in \n England prior to and during the\n Revolutionary War include the following: a reference to\n Colonel \n John Baylor's son at school in \n Caius College, \n Cambridge (August 12,1769); his\n intentions of returning to the \n United States (December 28, 1770); the\n advice of \n William Bond, a former teacher of \n John Baylor, for him to seek further\n educational opportunities upon the continent rather than to\n return to college studies (July 15, 1773); \n William Bond's request for \n John Baylor to ignore \"national evils\"\n and to visit \n England (May 4, 1778); \n John Baylor's trip to \n England to wed his cousin, \n Frances Norton (1778); a reference to\n the Baylor's leaving \n England, and comments concerning the\n fashions and decadence of \n England (May 4, 1779).","Correspondence concerning events leading up to and\n including the Revolutionary War includes: \n Sam Waterman's support of the Stamp\n Act repeal and the danger of shipping livestock from \n London to \n John Baylor (March 6, 1766); a Mr.\n Grand's letter refusing to advise \n John Baylor due to threat of prison\n (March 28, [1772]): copies of \n Committee of Correspondence letters to \n John Norton asking him to keep them\n informed regarding events in \n England and Acts of \n Parliament and his reply (April 6,\n \u0026 July 6, 1773); a recommendation for the Baron of\n [Bonstetten] who served in the Danish and Prussian Wars\n (September 27,1777); \n John Baylor as a prisoner aboard a\n British ship, Thomas [Thortican], possibly due to suspicion\n that he was reportedly carrying a treaty between \n France and the \n United States (February 5, 1778); the\n birth of Colonel \n George Baylor's son (May 6, 1779); \n Walker Baylor asking his brother to\n send him some money to cover his expenses incurred in\n fighting in the Revolution (August 13, 1779); a statement\n of \n Edmund Pendleton, the Chairman of the \n Caroline Committee of Correspondence,\n regarding the loyalty of \n John Baylor to the colonial cause,\n relating that \n John Baylor supported the actions of\n the Americans at \n Lexington, and returned to \n England only to marry (October 13,\n 1779); the statement of \n George Baylor regarding the loyalty of\n his brother evidenced by his opinion of events at \n Lexington, and his recommendation of\n Baron de Wolfen in the service of the \n American Army, and concluding with the\n explanation that \n John Baylor did not fight due to a\n physical infirmity acquired in his youth (October 14,1779);\n John Wormeley requests \n John Baylor to use his influence to\n give him an escort to visit his father in \n Virginia (August 16, 1782); and a\n request for \n George Baylor to help recover money\n form one of the officers of his regiment for Mr. Alexander\n (September 3, 1783).","Other subjects of note include: the tobacco growing and\n export business (May 8, 1741; March 6, 1766; August 12,\n 1769; February 5, 1778; June 29, 1788; March 10, 1789; June\n 6, 1789; March 15, 1793; \u0026 February 5, 1790); iron and\n forge business (October 11, 1771; \u0026 April 13, 1774);\n horses and horse breeding (\"Sober John\"-October25, 1754;\n \"Fearnought\"-March 21, 1771; October 30, 1756; March 6,\n 1766; and July 17, 1800); and a discussion about whether\n the Spanish will allow free trade up the \n Mississippi River and \n Ohio River ([December 4], 1783).","Several letters mention slaves and slavery. Among these\n are: slaves for sale (April 14, 1770; March 21, 1771;\n September 14, 1771; \u0026 June 19, 1811); mention of slave\n passes, a slave detained on the road for lack of one, and a\n visit of slaves with the family in \n Gloucester County, Virginia (July 12,\n 1813); the prices of slaves in the \n Pearl River area of the \n Mississippi Territory and prices of\n hire (November 28, 1816); and a letter from a Quaker, \n George Boone, of \n Berks County, Pennsylvania, attempting\n to verify that \n James Martin, a black man who claimed\n to have been born to free parents and wrongly sold as part\n of Colonel \n John Baylor's estate, was indeed a\n free black and not legally owned by \n Thomas Adams of \n Orange County, Virginia (August 12,\n 1818).","There is a group of letters between \n John Baylor, \n John Frere, and \n John Baylor's former teacher in \n England, \n William Bond, concerning education for\n his two sons, \n John Baylor and \n George Daniel Baylor. This\n correspondence sheds some light on the attempts of\n Americans to educate their sons following the Revolution\n and includes: a discussion of \n Eton and \n Rugby and changes that have occurred at\n Cambridge (August 17, 1793); a\n suggestion to try \n Glasgow in \n Scotland (March 1, 1796); the\n possibility of using a tutor (February 27, 1797); terms to\n secure a tutor from \n England and his opinion of \n Eton (October 2, 1797); and a\n suggestion to use an American clergyman for a tutor (June\n 22, 1799 \u0026 June 30, 1800).","Other subjects mentioned include: the French Revolution\n (July 2, August 17, and [September 18], 1793); a\n description of fashions ([September 18], 1793); a\n description of \n Warm Springs, \n Bath County, Virginia (August 26,\n 1805); the career of \n Napoleon Bonaparte (June 30 \u0026 July\n 17, 1800); the settlement of \n John Baylor's estate (December 26,\n 1801; \u0026 January 3, 1804); the \n Louisiana Purchase (September 17,\n 1803); a woman's viewpoint and thoughts (April 9, 1802);\n the interdiction of His Majesty's ships from American ports\n and the War of 1812 (August 29, 1808; March 25, 1812; and\n July 18, 1813); an excellent discussion of social and\n economic life in \n Pearl River, \n Mississippi Territory (November 28,\n 1816); the financial difficulties of the \n Baylor family (September 1, 1819; \u0026\n July 25, 1820); a meteorite falling in \n Washington, D.C. (March 18, 1821); the\n celebration in \n Richmond of the French victory over the\n Turkish Dey of \n Algiers (September 13, 1830); the\n medical studies of \n John Roy Baylor (January 31, 1842);\n discussion of \n George Catlin's book about American\n Indians and the explorations of \n John C. Fremont and \n Charles Wilkes (April 30, 1846); a\n detailed description of \n William P. Palmer's trip to \n Europe (October 30, 1865); and the\n voyage of Presbyterian missionary \n E. Lanc[aster] to \n Rio De Janeiro (August 26, 1869).","Events during the Civil War period are represented by\n the following: \n William P. Palmer's comments\n concerning \n John Brown's raid at \n Harper's Ferry and the preparations for\n his hanging (November 22 \u0026 December 1, 1859); the\n struggle for possession of the \n Fredericksburg Water Power\n Company (March 17 \u0026 November 3, 1863; \u0026\n September 5, 1865); the building of \n Confederate stables and cabins for a\n camp in \n Louisa near the gold mines of \n Louisa County's \n Walnut Grove and \n Slate Grove, formerly owned by Yankee\n speculators (December 30, 1863); requests for donations of\n flour and foodstuffs for soldiers (February 25, 1865); and\n the assassination of \n Abraham Lincoln deplored (April 25,\n 1865). Related topics include the mention of seeing \n Robert E. Lee at \n White Sulpher Springs, West\n Virginia (August 17, 1867) and a letter from \n Henry Stephens Randall declining to\n visit the Old Dominion until the scars of the Civil War are\n healed (n.d.).","Other post-Civil War subjects include: racial tensions\n (August 11, 1878) and the \n Richmond riots during which a white\n policeman was killed in \n Old Market Hall (March 20, 1870); \n John Roy Baylor's assurances that his\n black tenant farmers were not involved in the violence in \n Caroline County (n.d.); life in \n St. Louis, Missouri (September \u0026\n July 3, 1873); a description of a shoot-out in \n Uvalde County, Texas (May 10, 1881);\n the black vote during Reconstruction in \n Virginia (October 28, 1889); mention of\n Micajah Woods, the \n University of Virginia, and \n Monticello (October 21, 1887); and the \n Richmond, Fredericksburg, \u0026 Potomac Railroad\n Company (March 21, 1873; \u0026 May 20, 1881).","Letters containing genealogical information include the\n following families: the \n Norton family (June 22, 1828); \n Robert Baylor's (August 14, 1828); the\n Frere family (June 28, 1872 \u0026 n.d.);\n the \n Roy family (March 21, 1887 \u0026 January\n 8, 1885); the \n Braxton family (April 20, 1810); the \n Baylor family (February 20, 1895); and\n the \n Texas \n Baylor family (April 28 \u0026 May 2,\n 1894).","For a list of individual correspondents, please consult\n the \n Baylor family sliplist.","The next series of papers contain the legal and\n financial papers of the \n Baylor family. These include: the\n amnesty papers of Dr. \n John Roy Baylor (1865); land plats and\n surveys (1701-1841) of \n Virginia lands in \n King William County, \n King and Queen County, \n Spotsylvania County, \n Caroline County, \n Pocahontas County, and \n Orange County, many of which were done\n by surveyor, \n James Taylor; and other legal\n documents such as indentures, bonds, deeds, land grants,\n and bills of complaint. Items of special note are: copies\n of land grants signed by \n Alexander Spotswood (July 20, 1722) and\n Hugh Drysdale (July 16, 1726); a list\n of named slaves sold to \n John Baylor (December 12, 1751);\n charges against \n Philip Easter, overseer for \n John Baylor, particularly for\n \"constantly driving of the Negroes for which I paid a great\n deal of tobacco,\" especially old \n Sarah, a midwife (ca. 1757); agreement\n of \n John Hatley Norton to buy \n John Baylor's tobacco (December 12,\n 1776); a water lot rental (June 12, 1794); articles of\n agreement concerning a grist mill in \n Caroline County (June 18, 1813); the\n pardon of \n John Crowley signed by \n James Madison and \n James Monroe (September 11, 1815); an\n indenture of 1820 with named slaves; a schedule of property\n with a named slave (December 17, 1822); an agreement\n concerning a mill with \n P. Harrison as the miller (1831); a\n certificate of exemption from active service in the \n Confederate Army as an agriculturalist\n (November 10, 1864); and a copy of a receipt concerning\n work done on a gravel pit for the \n Richmond, Fredericksburg, \u0026 Potomac\n Railroad (June 2, 1870).","This series also contains copies of the wills of \n John Baylor (1705-1772), dated February\n 19, 1770, and \n Frances Baylor (1760-1815), dated June\n 12, 1815, both mentioning family slaves by name.","The financial papers of the \n Baylor family contain six small account\n books, 1859-1870, listing payment to hired hands, one of\n which contains the \n Tiverton Farm Stockbook (1866); bank\n statements; a farm book for the \n Greenwood Farm; \n John Baylor's receipt book, 1792-1795,\n which mentions Negroes purchased (December 5, 1790), \n George Baylor's estate (February 17,\n 1792), and Negroes sold (February 23, 1795); and other\n miscellaneous financial papers.","Topics in the financial papers include the following: an\n account with \n Donald Robertson for \n Robert Baylor and \n Walker Baylor's schooling (April 1,\n 1772); Colonel Braxton's smith works (April 1736); the \n Rappahannock River Forge belonging to \n James Hunter (March 31, 1784); tobacco\n accounts (1775-1776; 1782; June \u0026 August 1782, October\n 2, 1789; February 24, 1784; March 19 \u0026 December 11,\n 1875; and n.d.); horses and racing (January 16, 1741; July\n 11, 1777, May 29, 1767; November 15, 1774; April 1, 1756;\n and list of horses, n.d.); an account for carpenter and\n house work [1726]; an account with the \n Swan Tavern (September 23, 1815); the\n settling of \n John Baylor's estate (1750-1808)\n (January 5, 1812; May 29, 1811; October 27, 1812; September\n 10, 1815; October 2, 1819; June 1, 1821; August 3, 1821;\n and n.d.); medical accounts (April 12, 1830); corn and meal\n from \n John Baylor's mill (January 1, 1830);\n and a blacksmith account (January 1, 1875).","There are also accounts with the \n Confederate government (November 14\n \u0026 24, \u0026 December 12, 1863; March 24 \u0026 May 3,\n 1864; and February 4, 1865) and many concerning slaves and\n slavery.","These include: duty paid on Negroes (1742-1744); claim\n for payment for capturing and placing \n John Baylor's runaway slave in the \n Spotsylvania goal (April 16, 1744); the\n sale of \n George Baylor's slaves (November 28,\n 1786); slaves for hire (December 26, 1805; June 15, 1814);\n hire of \" \n Ned \" as a mason (October 2, 1814);\n clothing for Negroes (1814); grog for servants (September\n 23, 1815); bills of sale for unnamed slaves (June 11,\n 1847); \n Mary and daughter \n Elizabeth (September 4, 1848); \n Miles (February 20, 1849); \n Pompey (June 11, 1847); slave boy, \n Frank (January 15, 1851); \n Kitty Brook and \n Fanny (December 28, 1853); \n George Cooper (June 18, 1857); and\n slave hire (April 30, 1859 \u0026 ca. 1854).","The miscellaneous series contains a diary (1780) of \n John Baylor 1750-1808) describing a\n journey from \" \n Newmarket \" to \n Warm Springs, \n Augusta County, Virginia, and\n mentioning Dr. \n [Thomas ?] Walker and his son, \n Thomas Walker, of \n Albemarle County, Virginia, and \n John Baylor's \n Orange plantations; genealogical\n material pertaining to the \n Roy family, \n Baylor family, and \n Norton family, and including\n biographical sketches of \n Mungo Roy and \n John Baylor (1750-1808); a \"History of\n the Early Church in Virginia\"; several literary\n compositions by \n Maria Roy Baylor; and a memorandum\n book of \n John Baylor (1750-1808) which describes\n the beginning of his voyage on the Potomack (October 1775)\n and furnishes a description of saltworks at \n Portsmouth, [England] (1778).","Other material in this series includes military papers,\n miscellaneous papers, newsclippings, and loose photographs.\n Thirteen of the items in the military papers pertain to\n Colonel \n John Baylor (1705-1772) and the \n Caroline militia, who served under\n Colonel \n George Washington in the construction\n of a fort at \n Winchester, Virginia, during the\n French and Indian War, 1756-1757, and consist of company\n returns, orders for payment, and receipts for payment.","The rest of the military papers consist of Revolutionary\n War material, relating to \n George Baylor, aide-de-camp to General\n George Washington, 1775-1777, and\n Commander of the \n Third Regiment of Light Dragoons, and\n the papers about clothing, arms, and other supplies,\n regimental finances, roster of officers, and weekly returns\n of the regiment. Among these papers are: a copy of a letter\n from General Burgoyne to Colonel Phillipson concerning\n military conditions and discussing his ill-fated \n Saratoga campaign (October 20, 1777); a\n mention of \n George Baylor's upcoming marriage\n (February 4, 1778); \n B. Dade's request to be exchanged as a\n prisoner of war (February 1779); monies owed for supplies\n to \n James Hunter with an itemized account\n (October 12 \u0026 November 1, 1779); the problems and\n arrangements involved in outfitting the regiment (February\n 4, June 6 \u0026 12, 1778; October 13, 1780; October 26,\n 1781 [2 letters]; November 2, 1781; April 3 \u0026 August\n 14, 1782); the difficulty of working with the \"financier \n Robert Morris \" (October 13, 1780); an\n outbreak of smallpox in the \n Third Regiment at \n Petersburg, Virginia (November 25,\n 1781); and an order for a review of the \n Continental army for July 4, 1782. A\n final item is a general order for a discharge from the \n 4th Regiment of \n Virginia militia during the War of 1812\n (April 10, 1814). For a list of individual correspondents,\n please consult the original list in the control folder.","The miscellaneous folder contains the following: a\n printed score sheet for archery (July 4, 1771); a list of\n books, probably from the library of \n John Baylor [ca. 1800 ?]; notes\n concerning Blackstone's law; a pamphlet, \"The Lewis and\n Clark Expedition,\" by \n Grace Flandrau (n.d.); an oath to \"our\n Sovereign Lord King George\" (n.d.); and a parochial report,\n Emmanuel Church, \n Greenwood Parish, Reverend \n W.M. Nelson, Rector (n.d.).","The newsclippings, 1921-1933, concern \n University of Virginia events, news of\n the \n Ivy area, the \n Lewis Association of America, the \n Lewis family, and historical\n articles.","The loose photographs, mostly unidentified, include:\n Mrs. Rutherford's children, \n Rosa Rutherford, \n Charles Frere and \n Douglas Frere, possible photographs of\n \" \n Newmarket, \" and \n University of Virginia professors.","The notebooks and bound volumes series contains the\n following: a photograph album; school notebooks of \n Maria Roy Baylor, \n Frank Blackford, and \n James B. Baylor; an expense book; two\n scrapbooks of newsclippings; and the \n Letters of Junius,hand\n copied by \n John Baylor (1769-1771).","Those volumes belonging to Dr. \n John Roy Baylor include: a genealogical\n and historical notebook (1872); a medical notebook and farm\n expense book which records a controversy with the \n Clayton family over slaves (1847-1851); a\n farm account book, 1856-1892, with accounts with the \n Fredericksburg Water Power Company, a\n servant's account (June-August, 1865), and reports of wheat\n crops; an account book with grape expenses, sheep\n memorandum, apple accounts, and a mill account (1868-1874);\n and another farm book with an account with the \n Bowling Green Tanning Yard, and slave\n hire records with named slaves (1847-1868).","The photograph album, apparently given to \n John Roy Baylor by his granddaughter on\n Christmas of 1887, contains photographs of the following: \n Rosa Seddon Rutherford (1891 \u0026\n n.d.); \n Helen Rutherford Johnson; \n James B. Baylor; \n Frances Starke Bowen, of \" \n Mirador, \" \n Albemarle County (1886); \n Fanny Courtenay Baylor (1886); the\n mother of \n Fanny Courtenay Baylor; a portrait of\n Colonel \n George Armistead; \n Roy Ellerson Massie; General \n Lewis Armistead (killed at \n Gettysburg ); \n Maria Roy Baylor; \n Eloise Baylor (1885); \n Julia Howard Baylor; and \n John Roy Baylor.","The series containing the papers of \n James B. Baylor and the \n United States Coast and Geodetic\n Survey consists of the financial records of the\n survey teams led by \n John Baylor, circular letters from the\n home office in \n Washington, D.C., the official\n correspondence and reports of \n John Baylor, photographs, printed\n material, \n United States government property\n inventories, and bound volumes.","James Bowen Baylor (1849-1924)\n graduated with an engineering degree from the \n University of Virginia in 1872 and was\n appointed an aid in the \n United States Coast and Geodetic Survey\n Department in 1874, continuing to work as a field\n agent throughout his career. His many assignments included:\n the determination of the elements of earth's magnetism from\n Canada to \n Mexico; the survey of oyster grounds\n in \n Louisiana and \n Virginia, 1889-1894; his appointment\n as a Commissioner of the \n United States Supreme Court to settle\n the \n Virginia - \n Tennessee boundary line dispute,\n establishing it in the middle of Main Street, \n Bristol, 1900-1902; and also the\n establishment of boundaries between \n Virginia and \n Maryland, \n New York and \n Pennsylvania, and the \n United States and \n Canada.","The Oyster Industry Protection Correspondence contains\n much correspondence from \n William Ellinger of \n Fox Island, Virginia, who describes\n himself as an oyster planter. Printed material consists of\n death notices for \n United States Coast and Geodetic\n Survey men, \n Richard D. Cutts and \n Benjamin Peirce (1880\u0026 1883), and\n three pamphlets concerning the \n United States and Canadian boundary,\n the oyster laws of \n Virginia, and a \n Virginia Military Institute valedictory\n address by \n Edward Hutson Russell.","Oversize items include a survey of the lands of \n John Roy Baylor (June 1847),\n photographs of the \n United States Coast and Geodetic\n Survey, and a printed plan of the fairgrounds of\n the \n Virginia State Agricultural Society, \n Richmond, 1854.","The three \n Baylor family ledgers, 1719-1755, contain\n many references to the purchase of slaves (see\n addendum).","ADDENDUM RE THE BAYLOR LEDGERS\n The three \n Baylor family ledgers contain many\n references concerning tobacco exports, the purchase of\n merchandise, work done on various ships, and slaves, which\n at times had their place of origin noted, as in \" \n Madigaschar woman,\" \"man of \n Callabar, \" and \" \n Barbadoes negro.\" The accounts of the\n first two ledgers are indexed in the front of the\n volumes.\n References to slavery occurring in volume one include\n the following pages: 12, 13, 15, 17, 22-24, 26, 28, 35, 37,\n 39, 47, 49, 64-66, 68, 70-71, 77, 80-81, 83, 92-93,\n 101-102, 113-114, 127, 130, 134, 166, \u0026 175. References\n to slavery in volume two include: 10, 16, 30, 34, 56,\n 63-64, 74, 86, 88, 102, 115, 123, 134, 183, \u0026 207.\n Volume three pages include: 40, 71, 124, 130, 132, 135,\n 146, 148, 152-153, \u0026 155.\n Occasionally the names of the slave ships and other\n vessels are recorded in the ledgers with notes on the\n contents purchased from them. These, along with their\n volume and page number, are listed below.\n \n Ann \u0026 Sarah 1.96, 139, 150, \u0026\n 155\n \n Berkeley 1.38, 64, 71, 98, 121, 149,\n \u0026 167; \u0026 2.50\n \n Betty 1.94\n \n Callabar 1.39, 68, \u0026 98; \u0026\n 2.96, 111, 136\n \n Greyhound 1.23, 37, 38, 65, 92, \u0026\n 96; \u0026 2.4, 54, \u0026 97\n \n Hunter 1.68\n \n Little John 1.9, 10, 12, 25, \u0026 75;\n \u0026 2.116 \u0026 136\n \n Little York 2.124\n \n Lucy 1.94 \u0026 149\n \n Mattapony Pink 1.9, 33, 94, 99, 135,\n 145, 158, 180, \u0026 185\n \n Nassopenex Sloop 1.2, 5, 38, \u0026\n 75\n \n Parnel Galley 2.22\n \n Prince Eugene 1.139, 150, \u0026\n 162-164\n \n Twerton 1.15, 39, 103, \u0026 2.90\n Other entries include: the Iron Mine Adventurers 1.1\n \u0026 1.11; horses 1.28; the \n Germana mines 2.188; \n John Baylor's estate 2.73 \u0026 131;\n quitrents for land in \n Caroline County, \n Spotsylvania County, \n Orange County, and \n King and Queen County 2.34 \u0026 79;\n and doctor and midwife accounts 3.120-121, 142, \u0026 149.\n Volume three also has many references to the manufacture\n and repair of hardware, utensils, and agricultural\n equipment. In addition, at the end of the last volume,\n there is a list of memoranda concerning agreements and\n contracts of \n John Baylor, a memorandum of slaves\n sold off \n W. Lyde's plantation (November 30,\n 1742) and a list of all the Negroes belonging to Baylor in\n 1744.","The three \n Baylor family ledgers contain many\n references concerning tobacco exports, the purchase of\n merchandise, work done on various ships, and slaves, which\n at times had their place of origin noted, as in \" \n Madigaschar woman,\" \"man of \n Callabar, \" and \" \n Barbadoes negro.\" The accounts of the\n first two ledgers are indexed in the front of the\n volumes.","References to slavery occurring in volume one include\n the following pages: 12, 13, 15, 17, 22-24, 26, 28, 35, 37,\n 39, 47, 49, 64-66, 68, 70-71, 77, 80-81, 83, 92-93,\n 101-102, 113-114, 127, 130, 134, 166, \u0026 175. References\n to slavery in volume two include: 10, 16, 30, 34, 56,\n 63-64, 74, 86, 88, 102, 115, 123, 134, 183, \u0026 207.\n Volume three pages include: 40, 71, 124, 130, 132, 135,\n 146, 148, 152-153, \u0026 155.","Occasionally the names of the slave ships and other\n vessels are recorded in the ledgers with notes on the\n contents purchased from them. These, along with their\n volume and page number, are listed below.","Ann \u0026 Sarah 1.96, 139, 150, \u0026\n 155","Berkeley 1.38, 64, 71, 98, 121, 149,\n \u0026 167; \u0026 2.50","Betty 1.94","Callabar 1.39, 68, \u0026 98; \u0026\n 2.96, 111, 136","Greyhound 1.23, 37, 38, 65, 92, \u0026\n 96; \u0026 2.4, 54, \u0026 97","Hunter 1.68","Little John 1.9, 10, 12, 25, \u0026 75;\n \u0026 2.116 \u0026 136","Little York 2.124","Lucy 1.94 \u0026 149","Mattapony Pink 1.9, 33, 94, 99, 135,\n 145, 158, 180, \u0026 185","Nassopenex Sloop 1.2, 5, 38, \u0026\n 75","Parnel Galley 2.22","Prince Eugene 1.139, 150, \u0026\n 162-164","Twerton 1.15, 39, 103, \u0026 2.90","Other entries include: the Iron Mine Adventurers 1.1\n \u0026 1.11; horses 1.28; the \n Germana mines 2.188; \n John Baylor's estate 2.73 \u0026 131;\n quitrents for land in \n Caroline County, \n Spotsylvania County, \n Orange County, and \n King and Queen County 2.34 \u0026 79;\n and doctor and midwife accounts 3.120-121, 142, \u0026 149.\n Volume three also has many references to the manufacture\n and repair of hardware, utensils, and agricultural\n equipment. In addition, at the end of the last volume,\n there is a list of memoranda concerning agreements and\n contracts of \n John Baylor, a memorandum of slaves\n sold off \n W. Lyde's plantation (November 30,\n 1742) and a list of all the Negroes belonging to Baylor in\n 1744."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eSee the \n \u003cextref type=\"simple\" href=\"https://www.library.virginia.edu/policies/use-of-materials\"\u003e\n University of Virginia Library’s use policy.\u003c/extref\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n "],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Use Restrictions"],"userestrict_tesim":["See the \n \n University of Virginia Library’s use policy."],"physloc_html_tesm":["\u003cphysloc\u003e\u003c/physloc\u003e\n "],"language_ssim":["English"],"total_component_count_is":66,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-06-23T07:31:42.753Z","scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cscopecontent\u003e\n \u003chead\u003eScope and Content\u003c/head\u003e\n \u003cp\u003eThe papers of the \n Baylor family of \"Newmarket,\" \n Bowling Green, Caroline County, Virginia, contain ca.\n 2000 items (11 Hollinger boxes, 4.5 linear feet),\n 1653-1915, and consist of correspondence, legal and\n financial papers, ledgers, genealogical material, students\n notebooks and bound volumes, scrapbooks, photographs, a\n diary, literary compositions, military papers pertaining to\n the Revolutionary War, newsclippings, the records of James Bowen Baylor and the \n United States Coast and Geodetic Survey, and miscellaneous papers.\u003c/p\u003e\n \u003cp\u003eThese papers pertain to John Baylor (1650-1720) of \n Gloucester County, and King and Queen County, Virginia, and his wife, \n Lucy Todd O'Brien of New Kent County, Virginia, and four generations of their descendants. The \n John Baylor ledgers, 1719-1755, reveal that John Baylor was a wealthy merchant,\n planter, and shipowner. He also served as a burgess, representing Gloucester County in the 1693 General Assembly and King and Queen County in 1718.\u003c/p\u003e\n \u003cp\u003eJohn Baylor's son, John Baylor (1705-1772), greatly increased the family landholdings when he received a royal\n land grant in 1726 in what was to become Caroline County, Virginia. John Baylor was educated in \n England, at the \n Putney Grammer School and \n Caius College, \n Cambridge. While in \n England, he developed a keen interest\n in thoroughbred horses and horse racing, going so far as to\n name his new home, \" \n Newmarket, \" for the famous English\n racing center. He became an important colonial horse\n importer and breeder whose stables greatly contributed to\n the development of American thoroughbreds. \n John Baylor also rendered public\n service to the newly formed county of \n Caroline, as a colonel in the county\n militia and a burgess in 1742-1749, and 1756-1765.\u003c/p\u003e\n \u003cp\u003eAll four of the sons of \n John Baylor (1705-1772) contributed in\n some way to the American effort during the Revolutionary\n War. \n John Baylor (1750-1808), the heir of \" \n Newmarket, \" while unable to fight due\n to a childhood injury, gave financial support to the war\n effort. He later had difficulties in shedding his\n reputation as a \"Tory\" because he had gone back to \n England in 1778 to marry his cousin, \n Frances Norton (1760-1815) and had to\n live in \n Europe until they could obtain a return\n passage to \n America.\u003c/p\u003e\n \u003cp\u003e\n George Baylor (1752-1784) was a member\n of the \n Caroline County Committee of Safety,\n 1775-1776, and from 1775-1777, he was aide-de-camp of\n General \n George Washington. He was commanding\n officer of the \n 3rd Regiment Light Dragoons when he was\n wounded and captured on September 28, 1778. He was\n eventually exchanged and his regiment was consolidated with\n the \n First Continental Dragoons on November\n 9, 1782, which he commanded until the end of the war. On\n September 30, 1783, he received his commission as a Brevet\n Brigadier General.\u003c/p\u003e\n \u003cp\u003e\n Walker Baylor served as a lieutenant\n and captain of the \n 3rd Regiment Light Dragoons during the\n Revolution. He along with his other brother \n Robert Baylor, who also served in the\n Revolution, immigrated to \n Kentucky. Later \n Robert Baylor apparently settled in the\n Pearl River area of the \n Mississippi Territory.\u003c/p\u003e\n \u003cp\u003eThe estate of \n John Baylor (1750-1808) was hopelessly\n entangled when he inherited it from his father in 1772 and\n much of it was lost through his own ineptitude as a\n businessman and the dishonesty of others. However, the\n house and two thousand acres were entailed and could not be\n alienated; these were passed on to his son, \n John Baylor ( ? ), who married \n Maria Ann Roy and produced Dr. \n John Roy Baylor (1821-1897). It was Dr.\n John Roy Baylor's son, Captain \n James Bowen Baylor (1848-1924), who was\n a member of the \n United States Coast and Geodetic\n Survey team.\u003c/p\u003e\n \u003cp\u003eThe correspondence series contains the correspondence\n from family members, friends, and business associates of\n all the above generations of the \n Baylor family, beginning with Colonel \n John Baylor (1705-1772). Letters\n pertaining to the sojourn of \n John Baylor (1750-1808) in \n England prior to and during the\n Revolutionary War include the following: a reference to\n Colonel \n John Baylor's son at school in \n Caius College, \n Cambridge (August 12,1769); his\n intentions of returning to the \n United States (December 28, 1770); the\n advice of \n William Bond, a former teacher of \n John Baylor, for him to seek further\n educational opportunities upon the continent rather than to\n return to college studies (July 15, 1773); \n William Bond's request for \n John Baylor to ignore \"national evils\"\n and to visit \n England (May 4, 1778); \n John Baylor's trip to \n England to wed his cousin, \n Frances Norton (1778); a reference to\n the Baylor's leaving \n England, and comments concerning the\n fashions and decadence of \n England (May 4, 1779).\u003c/p\u003e\n \u003cp\u003eCorrespondence concerning events leading up to and\n including the Revolutionary War includes: \n Sam Waterman's support of the Stamp\n Act repeal and the danger of shipping livestock from \n London to \n John Baylor (March 6, 1766); a Mr.\n Grand's letter refusing to advise \n John Baylor due to threat of prison\n (March 28, [1772]): copies of \n Committee of Correspondence letters to \n John Norton asking him to keep them\n informed regarding events in \n England and Acts of \n Parliament and his reply (April 6,\n \u0026amp; July 6, 1773); a recommendation for the Baron of\n [Bonstetten] who served in the Danish and Prussian Wars\n (September 27,1777); \n John Baylor as a prisoner aboard a\n British ship, Thomas [Thortican], possibly due to suspicion\n that he was reportedly carrying a treaty between \n France and the \n United States (February 5, 1778); the\n birth of Colonel \n George Baylor's son (May 6, 1779); \n Walker Baylor asking his brother to\n send him some money to cover his expenses incurred in\n fighting in the Revolution (August 13, 1779); a statement\n of \n Edmund Pendleton, the Chairman of the \n Caroline Committee of Correspondence,\n regarding the loyalty of \n John Baylor to the colonial cause,\n relating that \n John Baylor supported the actions of\n the Americans at \n Lexington, and returned to \n England only to marry (October 13,\n 1779); the statement of \n George Baylor regarding the loyalty of\n his brother evidenced by his opinion of events at \n Lexington, and his recommendation of\n Baron de Wolfen in the service of the \n American Army, and concluding with the\n explanation that \n John Baylor did not fight due to a\n physical infirmity acquired in his youth (October 14,1779);\n John Wormeley requests \n John Baylor to use his influence to\n give him an escort to visit his father in \n Virginia (August 16, 1782); and a\n request for \n George Baylor to help recover money\n form one of the officers of his regiment for Mr. Alexander\n (September 3, 1783).\u003c/p\u003e\n \u003cp\u003eOther subjects of note include: the tobacco growing and\n export business (May 8, 1741; March 6, 1766; August 12,\n 1769; February 5, 1778; June 29, 1788; March 10, 1789; June\n 6, 1789; March 15, 1793; \u0026amp; February 5, 1790); iron and\n forge business (October 11, 1771; \u0026amp; April 13, 1774);\n horses and horse breeding (\"Sober John\"-October25, 1754;\n \"Fearnought\"-March 21, 1771; October 30, 1756; March 6,\n 1766; and July 17, 1800); and a discussion about whether\n the Spanish will allow free trade up the \n Mississippi River and \n Ohio River ([December 4], 1783).\u003c/p\u003e\n \u003cp\u003eSeveral letters mention slaves and slavery. Among these\n are: slaves for sale (April 14, 1770; March 21, 1771;\n September 14, 1771; \u0026amp; June 19, 1811); mention of slave\n passes, a slave detained on the road for lack of one, and a\n visit of slaves with the family in \n Gloucester County, Virginia (July 12,\n 1813); the prices of slaves in the \n Pearl River area of the \n Mississippi Territory and prices of\n hire (November 28, 1816); and a letter from a Quaker, \n George Boone, of \n Berks County, Pennsylvania, attempting\n to verify that \n James Martin, a black man who claimed\n to have been born to free parents and wrongly sold as part\n of Colonel \n John Baylor's estate, was indeed a\n free black and not legally owned by \n Thomas Adams of \n Orange County, Virginia (August 12,\n 1818).\u003c/p\u003e\n \u003cp\u003eThere is a group of letters between \n John Baylor, \n John Frere, and \n John Baylor's former teacher in \n England, \n William Bond, concerning education for\n his two sons, \n John Baylor and \n George Daniel Baylor. This\n correspondence sheds some light on the attempts of\n Americans to educate their sons following the Revolution\n and includes: a discussion of \n Eton and \n Rugby and changes that have occurred at\n Cambridge (August 17, 1793); a\n suggestion to try \n Glasgow in \n Scotland (March 1, 1796); the\n possibility of using a tutor (February 27, 1797); terms to\n secure a tutor from \n England and his opinion of \n Eton (October 2, 1797); and a\n suggestion to use an American clergyman for a tutor (June\n 22, 1799 \u0026amp; June 30, 1800).\u003c/p\u003e\n \u003cp\u003eOther subjects mentioned include: the French Revolution\n (July 2, August 17, and [September 18], 1793); a\n description of fashions ([September 18], 1793); a\n description of \n Warm Springs, \n Bath County, Virginia (August 26,\n 1805); the career of \n Napoleon Bonaparte (June 30 \u0026amp; July\n 17, 1800); the settlement of \n John Baylor's estate (December 26,\n 1801; \u0026amp; January 3, 1804); the \n Louisiana Purchase (September 17,\n 1803); a woman's viewpoint and thoughts (April 9, 1802);\n the interdiction of His Majesty's ships from American ports\n and the War of 1812 (August 29, 1808; March 25, 1812; and\n July 18, 1813); an excellent discussion of social and\n economic life in \n Pearl River, \n Mississippi Territory (November 28,\n 1816); the financial difficulties of the \n Baylor family (September 1, 1819; \u0026amp;\n July 25, 1820); a meteorite falling in \n Washington, D.C. (March 18, 1821); the\n celebration in \n Richmond of the French victory over the\n Turkish Dey of \n Algiers (September 13, 1830); the\n medical studies of \n John Roy Baylor (January 31, 1842);\n discussion of \n George Catlin's book about American\n Indians and the explorations of \n John C. Fremont and \n Charles Wilkes (April 30, 1846); a\n detailed description of \n William P. Palmer's trip to \n Europe (October 30, 1865); and the\n voyage of Presbyterian missionary \n E. Lanc[aster] to \n Rio De Janeiro (August 26, 1869).\u003c/p\u003e\n \u003cp\u003eEvents during the Civil War period are represented by\n the following: \n William P. Palmer's comments\n concerning \n John Brown's raid at \n Harper's Ferry and the preparations for\n his hanging (November 22 \u0026amp; December 1, 1859); the\n struggle for possession of the \n Fredericksburg Water Power\n Company (March 17 \u0026amp; November 3, 1863; \u0026amp;\n September 5, 1865); the building of \n Confederate stables and cabins for a\n camp in \n Louisa near the gold mines of \n Louisa County's \n Walnut Grove and \n Slate Grove, formerly owned by Yankee\n speculators (December 30, 1863); requests for donations of\n flour and foodstuffs for soldiers (February 25, 1865); and\n the assassination of \n Abraham Lincoln deplored (April 25,\n 1865). Related topics include the mention of seeing \n Robert E. Lee at \n White Sulpher Springs, West\n Virginia (August 17, 1867) and a letter from \n Henry Stephens Randall declining to\n visit the Old Dominion until the scars of the Civil War are\n healed (n.d.).\u003c/p\u003e\n \u003cp\u003eOther post-Civil War subjects include: racial tensions\n (August 11, 1878) and the \n Richmond riots during which a white\n policeman was killed in \n Old Market Hall (March 20, 1870); \n John Roy Baylor's assurances that his\n black tenant farmers were not involved in the violence in \n Caroline County (n.d.); life in \n St. Louis, Missouri (September \u0026amp;\n July 3, 1873); a description of a shoot-out in \n Uvalde County, Texas (May 10, 1881);\n the black vote during Reconstruction in \n Virginia (October 28, 1889); mention of\n Micajah Woods, the \n University of Virginia, and \n Monticello (October 21, 1887); and the \n Richmond, Fredericksburg, \u0026amp; Potomac Railroad\n Company (March 21, 1873; \u0026amp; May 20, 1881).\u003c/p\u003e\n \u003cp\u003eLetters containing genealogical information include the\n following families: the \n Norton family (June 22, 1828); \n Robert Baylor's (August 14, 1828); the\n Frere family (June 28, 1872 \u0026amp; n.d.);\n the \n Roy family (March 21, 1887 \u0026amp; January\n 8, 1885); the \n Braxton family (April 20, 1810); the \n Baylor family (February 20, 1895); and\n the \n Texas \n Baylor family (April 28 \u0026amp; May 2,\n 1894).\u003c/p\u003e\n \u003cp\u003eFor a list of individual correspondents, please consult\n the \n Baylor family sliplist.\u003c/p\u003e\n \u003cp\u003eThe next series of papers contain the legal and\n financial papers of the \n Baylor family. These include: the\n amnesty papers of Dr. \n John Roy Baylor (1865); land plats and\n surveys (1701-1841) of \n Virginia lands in \n King William County, \n King and Queen County, \n Spotsylvania County, \n Caroline County, \n Pocahontas County, and \n Orange County, many of which were done\n by surveyor, \n James Taylor; and other legal\n documents such as indentures, bonds, deeds, land grants,\n and bills of complaint. Items of special note are: copies\n of land grants signed by \n Alexander Spotswood (July 20, 1722) and\n Hugh Drysdale (July 16, 1726); a list\n of named slaves sold to \n John Baylor (December 12, 1751);\n charges against \n Philip Easter, overseer for \n John Baylor, particularly for\n \"constantly driving of the Negroes for which I paid a great\n deal of tobacco,\" especially old \n Sarah, a midwife (ca. 1757); agreement\n of \n John Hatley Norton to buy \n John Baylor's tobacco (December 12,\n 1776); a water lot rental (June 12, 1794); articles of\n agreement concerning a grist mill in \n Caroline County (June 18, 1813); the\n pardon of \n John Crowley signed by \n James Madison and \n James Monroe (September 11, 1815); an\n indenture of 1820 with named slaves; a schedule of property\n with a named slave (December 17, 1822); an agreement\n concerning a mill with \n P. Harrison as the miller (1831); a\n certificate of exemption from active service in the \n Confederate Army as an agriculturalist\n (November 10, 1864); and a copy of a receipt concerning\n work done on a gravel pit for the \n Richmond, Fredericksburg, \u0026amp; Potomac\n Railroad (June 2, 1870).\u003c/p\u003e\n \u003cp\u003eThis series also contains copies of the wills of \n John Baylor (1705-1772), dated February\n 19, 1770, and \n Frances Baylor (1760-1815), dated June\n 12, 1815, both mentioning family slaves by name.\u003c/p\u003e\n \u003cp\u003eThe financial papers of the \n Baylor family contain six small account\n books, 1859-1870, listing payment to hired hands, one of\n which contains the \n Tiverton Farm Stockbook (1866); bank\n statements; a farm book for the \n Greenwood Farm; \n John Baylor's receipt book, 1792-1795,\n which mentions Negroes purchased (December 5, 1790), \n George Baylor's estate (February 17,\n 1792), and Negroes sold (February 23, 1795); and other\n miscellaneous financial papers.\u003c/p\u003e\n \u003cp\u003eTopics in the financial papers include the following: an\n account with \n Donald Robertson for \n Robert Baylor and \n Walker Baylor's schooling (April 1,\n 1772); Colonel Braxton's smith works (April 1736); the \n Rappahannock River Forge belonging to \n James Hunter (March 31, 1784); tobacco\n accounts (1775-1776; 1782; June \u0026amp; August 1782, October\n 2, 1789; February 24, 1784; March 19 \u0026amp; December 11,\n 1875; and n.d.); horses and racing (January 16, 1741; July\n 11, 1777, May 29, 1767; November 15, 1774; April 1, 1756;\n and list of horses, n.d.); an account for carpenter and\n house work [1726]; an account with the \n Swan Tavern (September 23, 1815); the\n settling of \n John Baylor's estate (1750-1808)\n (January 5, 1812; May 29, 1811; October 27, 1812; September\n 10, 1815; October 2, 1819; June 1, 1821; August 3, 1821;\n and n.d.); medical accounts (April 12, 1830); corn and meal\n from \n John Baylor's mill (January 1, 1830);\n and a blacksmith account (January 1, 1875).\u003c/p\u003e\n \u003cp\u003eThere are also accounts with the \n Confederate government (November 14\n \u0026amp; 24, \u0026amp; December 12, 1863; March 24 \u0026amp; May 3,\n 1864; and February 4, 1865) and many concerning slaves and\n slavery.\u003c/p\u003e\n \u003cp\u003eThese include: duty paid on Negroes (1742-1744); claim\n for payment for capturing and placing \n John Baylor's runaway slave in the \n Spotsylvania goal (April 16, 1744); the\n sale of \n George Baylor's slaves (November 28,\n 1786); slaves for hire (December 26, 1805; June 15, 1814);\n hire of \" \n Ned \" as a mason (October 2, 1814);\n clothing for Negroes (1814); grog for servants (September\n 23, 1815); bills of sale for unnamed slaves (June 11,\n 1847); \n Mary and daughter \n Elizabeth (September 4, 1848); \n Miles (February 20, 1849); \n Pompey (June 11, 1847); slave boy, \n Frank (January 15, 1851); \n Kitty Brook and \n Fanny (December 28, 1853); \n George Cooper (June 18, 1857); and\n slave hire (April 30, 1859 \u0026amp; ca. 1854).\u003c/p\u003e\n \u003cp\u003eThe miscellaneous series contains a diary (1780) of \n John Baylor 1750-1808) describing a\n journey from \" \n Newmarket \" to \n Warm Springs, \n Augusta County, Virginia, and\n mentioning Dr. \n [Thomas ?] Walker and his son, \n Thomas Walker, of \n Albemarle County, Virginia, and \n John Baylor's \n Orange plantations; genealogical\n material pertaining to the \n Roy family, \n Baylor family, and \n Norton family, and including\n biographical sketches of \n Mungo Roy and \n John Baylor (1750-1808); a \"History of\n the Early Church in Virginia\"; several literary\n compositions by \n Maria Roy Baylor; and a memorandum\n book of \n John Baylor (1750-1808) which describes\n the beginning of his voyage on the Potomack (October 1775)\n and furnishes a description of saltworks at \n Portsmouth, [England] (1778).\u003c/p\u003e\n \u003cp\u003eOther material in this series includes military papers,\n miscellaneous papers, newsclippings, and loose photographs.\n Thirteen of the items in the military papers pertain to\n Colonel \n John Baylor (1705-1772) and the \n Caroline militia, who served under\n Colonel \n George Washington in the construction\n of a fort at \n Winchester, Virginia, during the\n French and Indian War, 1756-1757, and consist of company\n returns, orders for payment, and receipts for payment.\u003c/p\u003e\n \u003cp\u003eThe rest of the military papers consist of Revolutionary\n War material, relating to \n George Baylor, aide-de-camp to General\n George Washington, 1775-1777, and\n Commander of the \n Third Regiment of Light Dragoons, and\n the papers about clothing, arms, and other supplies,\n regimental finances, roster of officers, and weekly returns\n of the regiment. Among these papers are: a copy of a letter\n from General Burgoyne to Colonel Phillipson concerning\n military conditions and discussing his ill-fated \n Saratoga campaign (October 20, 1777); a\n mention of \n George Baylor's upcoming marriage\n (February 4, 1778); \n B. Dade's request to be exchanged as a\n prisoner of war (February 1779); monies owed for supplies\n to \n James Hunter with an itemized account\n (October 12 \u0026amp; November 1, 1779); the problems and\n arrangements involved in outfitting the regiment (February\n 4, June 6 \u0026amp; 12, 1778; October 13, 1780; October 26,\n 1781 [2 letters]; November 2, 1781; April 3 \u0026amp; August\n 14, 1782); the difficulty of working with the \"financier \n Robert Morris \" (October 13, 1780); an\n outbreak of smallpox in the \n Third Regiment at \n Petersburg, Virginia (November 25,\n 1781); and an order for a review of the \n Continental army for July 4, 1782. A\n final item is a general order for a discharge from the \n 4th Regiment of \n Virginia militia during the War of 1812\n (April 10, 1814). For a list of individual correspondents,\n please consult the original list in the control folder.\u003c/p\u003e\n \u003cp\u003eThe miscellaneous folder contains the following: a\n printed score sheet for archery (July 4, 1771); a list of\n books, probably from the library of \n John Baylor [ca. 1800 ?]; notes\n concerning Blackstone's law; a pamphlet, \"The Lewis and\n Clark Expedition,\" by \n Grace Flandrau (n.d.); an oath to \"our\n Sovereign Lord King George\" (n.d.); and a parochial report,\n Emmanuel Church, \n Greenwood Parish, Reverend \n W.M. Nelson, Rector (n.d.).\u003c/p\u003e\n \u003cp\u003eThe newsclippings, 1921-1933, concern \n University of Virginia events, news of\n the \n Ivy area, the \n Lewis Association of America, the \n Lewis family, and historical\n articles.\u003c/p\u003e\n \u003cp\u003eThe loose photographs, mostly unidentified, include:\n Mrs. Rutherford's children, \n Rosa Rutherford, \n Charles Frere and \n Douglas Frere, possible photographs of\n \" \n Newmarket, \" and \n University of Virginia professors.\u003c/p\u003e\n \u003cp\u003eThe notebooks and bound volumes series contains the\n following: a photograph album; school notebooks of \n Maria Roy Baylor, \n Frank Blackford, and \n James B. Baylor; an expense book; two\n scrapbooks of newsclippings; and the \n \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eLetters of Junius,\u003c/title\u003ehand\n copied by \n John Baylor (1769-1771).\u003c/p\u003e\n \u003cp\u003eThose volumes belonging to Dr. \n John Roy Baylor include: a genealogical\n and historical notebook (1872); a medical notebook and farm\n expense book which records a controversy with the \n Clayton family over slaves (1847-1851); a\n farm account book, 1856-1892, with accounts with the \n Fredericksburg Water Power Company, a\n servant's account (June-August, 1865), and reports of wheat\n crops; an account book with grape expenses, sheep\n memorandum, apple accounts, and a mill account (1868-1874);\n and another farm book with an account with the \n Bowling Green Tanning Yard, and slave\n hire records with named slaves (1847-1868).\u003c/p\u003e\n \u003cp\u003eThe photograph album, apparently given to \n John Roy Baylor by his granddaughter on\n Christmas of 1887, contains photographs of the following: \n Rosa Seddon Rutherford (1891 \u0026amp;\n n.d.); \n Helen Rutherford Johnson; \n James B. Baylor; \n Frances Starke Bowen, of \" \n Mirador, \" \n Albemarle County (1886); \n Fanny Courtenay Baylor (1886); the\n mother of \n Fanny Courtenay Baylor; a portrait of\n Colonel \n George Armistead; \n Roy Ellerson Massie; General \n Lewis Armistead (killed at \n Gettysburg ); \n Maria Roy Baylor; \n Eloise Baylor (1885); \n Julia Howard Baylor; and \n John Roy Baylor.\u003c/p\u003e\n \u003cp\u003eThe series containing the papers of \n James B. Baylor and the \n United States Coast and Geodetic\n Survey consists of the financial records of the\n survey teams led by \n John Baylor, circular letters from the\n home office in \n Washington, D.C., the official\n correspondence and reports of \n John Baylor, photographs, printed\n material, \n United States government property\n inventories, and bound volumes.\u003c/p\u003e\n \u003cp\u003e\n James Bowen Baylor (1849-1924)\n graduated with an engineering degree from the \n University of Virginia in 1872 and was\n appointed an aid in the \n United States Coast and Geodetic Survey\n Department in 1874, continuing to work as a field\n agent throughout his career. His many assignments included:\n the determination of the elements of earth's magnetism from\n Canada to \n Mexico; the survey of oyster grounds\n in \n Louisiana and \n Virginia, 1889-1894; his appointment\n as a Commissioner of the \n United States Supreme Court to settle\n the \n Virginia - \n Tennessee boundary line dispute,\n establishing it in the middle of Main Street, \n Bristol, 1900-1902; and also the\n establishment of boundaries between \n Virginia and \n Maryland, \n New York and \n Pennsylvania, and the \n United States and \n Canada.\u003c/p\u003e\n \u003cp\u003eThe Oyster Industry Protection Correspondence contains\n much correspondence from \n William Ellinger of \n Fox Island, Virginia, who describes\n himself as an oyster planter. Printed material consists of\n death notices for \n United States Coast and Geodetic\n Survey men, \n Richard D. Cutts and \n Benjamin Peirce (1880\u0026amp; 1883), and\n three pamphlets concerning the \n United States and Canadian boundary,\n the oyster laws of \n Virginia, and a \n Virginia Military Institute valedictory\n address by \n Edward Hutson Russell.\u003c/p\u003e\n \u003cp\u003eOversize items include a survey of the lands of \n John Roy Baylor (June 1847),\n photographs of the \n United States Coast and Geodetic\n Survey, and a printed plan of the fairgrounds of\n the \n Virginia State Agricultural Society, \n Richmond, 1854.\u003c/p\u003e\n \u003cp\u003eThe three \n Baylor family ledgers, 1719-1755, contain\n many references to the purchase of slaves (see\n addendum).\u003c/p\u003e\n \u003c/scopecontent\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eThe papers of the \n Baylor family of \"Newmarket,\" \n Bowling Green, Caroline County, Virginia, contain ca.\n 2000 items (11 Hollinger boxes, 4.5 linear feet),\n 1653-1915, and consist of correspondence, legal and\n financial papers, ledgers, genealogical material, students\n notebooks and bound volumes, scrapbooks, photographs, a\n diary, literary compositions, military papers pertaining to\n the Revolutionary War, newsclippings, the records of James Bowen Baylor and the \n United States Coast and Geodetic Survey, and miscellaneous papers.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eThese papers pertain to John Baylor (1650-1720) of \n Gloucester County, and King and Queen County, Virginia, and his wife, \n Lucy Todd O'Brien of New Kent County, Virginia, and four generations of their descendants. The \n John Baylor ledgers, 1719-1755, reveal that John Baylor was a wealthy merchant,\n planter, and shipowner. He also served as a burgess, representing Gloucester County in the 1693 General Assembly and King and Queen County in 1718.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eJohn Baylor's son, John Baylor (1705-1772), greatly increased the family landholdings when he received a royal\n land grant in 1726 in what was to become Caroline County, Virginia. John Baylor was educated in \n England, at the \n Putney Grammer School and \n Caius College, \n Cambridge. While in \n England, he developed a keen interest\n in thoroughbred horses and horse racing, going so far as to\n name his new home, \" \n Newmarket, \" for the famous English\n racing center. He became an important colonial horse\n importer and breeder whose stables greatly contributed to\n the development of American thoroughbreds. \n John Baylor also rendered public\n service to the newly formed county of \n Caroline, as a colonel in the county\n militia and a burgess in 1742-1749, and 1756-1765.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eAll four of the sons of \n John Baylor (1705-1772) contributed in\n some way to the American effort during the Revolutionary\n War. \n John Baylor (1750-1808), the heir of \" \n Newmarket, \" while unable to fight due\n to a childhood injury, gave financial support to the war\n effort. He later had difficulties in shedding his\n reputation as a \"Tory\" because he had gone back to \n England in 1778 to marry his cousin, \n Frances Norton (1760-1815) and had to\n live in \n Europe until they could obtain a return\n passage to \n America.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003e\n George Baylor (1752-1784) was a member\n of the \n Caroline County Committee of Safety,\n 1775-1776, and from 1775-1777, he was aide-de-camp of\n General \n George Washington. He was commanding\n officer of the \n 3rd Regiment Light Dragoons when he was\n wounded and captured on September 28, 1778. He was\n eventually exchanged and his regiment was consolidated with\n the \n First Continental Dragoons on November\n 9, 1782, which he commanded until the end of the war. On\n September 30, 1783, he received his commission as a Brevet\n Brigadier General.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003e\n Walker Baylor served as a lieutenant\n and captain of the \n 3rd Regiment Light Dragoons during the\n Revolution. He along with his other brother \n Robert Baylor, who also served in the\n Revolution, immigrated to \n Kentucky. Later \n Robert Baylor apparently settled in the\n Pearl River area of the \n Mississippi Territory.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eThe estate of \n John Baylor (1750-1808) was hopelessly\n entangled when he inherited it from his father in 1772 and\n much of it was lost through his own ineptitude as a\n businessman and the dishonesty of others. However, the\n house and two thousand acres were entailed and could not be\n alienated; these were passed on to his son, \n John Baylor ( ? ), who married \n Maria Ann Roy and produced Dr. \n John Roy Baylor (1821-1897). It was Dr.\n John Roy Baylor's son, Captain \n James Bowen Baylor (1848-1924), who was\n a member of the \n United States Coast and Geodetic\n Survey team.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eThe correspondence series contains the correspondence\n from family members, friends, and business associates of\n all the above generations of the \n Baylor family, beginning with Colonel \n John Baylor (1705-1772). Letters\n pertaining to the sojourn of \n John Baylor (1750-1808) in \n England prior to and during the\n Revolutionary War include the following: a reference to\n Colonel \n John Baylor's son at school in \n Caius College, \n Cambridge (August 12,1769); his\n intentions of returning to the \n United States (December 28, 1770); the\n advice of \n William Bond, a former teacher of \n John Baylor, for him to seek further\n educational opportunities upon the continent rather than to\n return to college studies (July 15, 1773); \n William Bond's request for \n John Baylor to ignore \"national evils\"\n and to visit \n England (May 4, 1778); \n John Baylor's trip to \n England to wed his cousin, \n Frances Norton (1778); a reference to\n the Baylor's leaving \n England, and comments concerning the\n fashions and decadence of \n England (May 4, 1779).\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence concerning events leading up to and\n including the Revolutionary War includes: \n Sam Waterman's support of the Stamp\n Act repeal and the danger of shipping livestock from \n London to \n John Baylor (March 6, 1766); a Mr.\n Grand's letter refusing to advise \n John Baylor due to threat of prison\n (March 28, [1772]): copies of \n Committee of Correspondence letters to \n John Norton asking him to keep them\n informed regarding events in \n England and Acts of \n Parliament and his reply (April 6,\n \u0026amp; July 6, 1773); a recommendation for the Baron of\n [Bonstetten] who served in the Danish and Prussian Wars\n (September 27,1777); \n John Baylor as a prisoner aboard a\n British ship, Thomas [Thortican], possibly due to suspicion\n that he was reportedly carrying a treaty between \n France and the \n United States (February 5, 1778); the\n birth of Colonel \n George Baylor's son (May 6, 1779); \n Walker Baylor asking his brother to\n send him some money to cover his expenses incurred in\n fighting in the Revolution (August 13, 1779); a statement\n of \n Edmund Pendleton, the Chairman of the \n Caroline Committee of Correspondence,\n regarding the loyalty of \n John Baylor to the colonial cause,\n relating that \n John Baylor supported the actions of\n the Americans at \n Lexington, and returned to \n England only to marry (October 13,\n 1779); the statement of \n George Baylor regarding the loyalty of\n his brother evidenced by his opinion of events at \n Lexington, and his recommendation of\n Baron de Wolfen in the service of the \n American Army, and concluding with the\n explanation that \n John Baylor did not fight due to a\n physical infirmity acquired in his youth (October 14,1779);\n John Wormeley requests \n John Baylor to use his influence to\n give him an escort to visit his father in \n Virginia (August 16, 1782); and a\n request for \n George Baylor to help recover money\n form one of the officers of his regiment for Mr. Alexander\n (September 3, 1783).\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eOther subjects of note include: the tobacco growing and\n export business (May 8, 1741; March 6, 1766; August 12,\n 1769; February 5, 1778; June 29, 1788; March 10, 1789; June\n 6, 1789; March 15, 1793; \u0026amp; February 5, 1790); iron and\n forge business (October 11, 1771; \u0026amp; April 13, 1774);\n horses and horse breeding (\"Sober John\"-October25, 1754;\n \"Fearnought\"-March 21, 1771; October 30, 1756; March 6,\n 1766; and July 17, 1800); and a discussion about whether\n the Spanish will allow free trade up the \n Mississippi River and \n Ohio River ([December 4], 1783).\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eSeveral letters mention slaves and slavery. Among these\n are: slaves for sale (April 14, 1770; March 21, 1771;\n September 14, 1771; \u0026amp; June 19, 1811); mention of slave\n passes, a slave detained on the road for lack of one, and a\n visit of slaves with the family in \n Gloucester County, Virginia (July 12,\n 1813); the prices of slaves in the \n Pearl River area of the \n Mississippi Territory and prices of\n hire (November 28, 1816); and a letter from a Quaker, \n George Boone, of \n Berks County, Pennsylvania, attempting\n to verify that \n James Martin, a black man who claimed\n to have been born to free parents and wrongly sold as part\n of Colonel \n John Baylor's estate, was indeed a\n free black and not legally owned by \n Thomas Adams of \n Orange County, Virginia (August 12,\n 1818).\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eThere is a group of letters between \n John Baylor, \n John Frere, and \n John Baylor's former teacher in \n England, \n William Bond, concerning education for\n his two sons, \n John Baylor and \n George Daniel Baylor. This\n correspondence sheds some light on the attempts of\n Americans to educate their sons following the Revolution\n and includes: a discussion of \n Eton and \n Rugby and changes that have occurred at\n Cambridge (August 17, 1793); a\n suggestion to try \n Glasgow in \n Scotland (March 1, 1796); the\n possibility of using a tutor (February 27, 1797); terms to\n secure a tutor from \n England and his opinion of \n Eton (October 2, 1797); and a\n suggestion to use an American clergyman for a tutor (June\n 22, 1799 \u0026amp; June 30, 1800).\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eOther subjects mentioned include: the French Revolution\n (July 2, August 17, and [September 18], 1793); a\n description of fashions ([September 18], 1793); a\n description of \n Warm Springs, \n Bath County, Virginia (August 26,\n 1805); the career of \n Napoleon Bonaparte (June 30 \u0026amp; July\n 17, 1800); the settlement of \n John Baylor's estate (December 26,\n 1801; \u0026amp; January 3, 1804); the \n Louisiana Purchase (September 17,\n 1803); a woman's viewpoint and thoughts (April 9, 1802);\n the interdiction of His Majesty's ships from American ports\n and the War of 1812 (August 29, 1808; March 25, 1812; and\n July 18, 1813); an excellent discussion of social and\n economic life in \n Pearl River, \n Mississippi Territory (November 28,\n 1816); the financial difficulties of the \n Baylor family (September 1, 1819; \u0026amp;\n July 25, 1820); a meteorite falling in \n Washington, D.C. (March 18, 1821); the\n celebration in \n Richmond of the French victory over the\n Turkish Dey of \n Algiers (September 13, 1830); the\n medical studies of \n John Roy Baylor (January 31, 1842);\n discussion of \n George Catlin's book about American\n Indians and the explorations of \n John C. Fremont and \n Charles Wilkes (April 30, 1846); a\n detailed description of \n William P. Palmer's trip to \n Europe (October 30, 1865); and the\n voyage of Presbyterian missionary \n E. Lanc[aster] to \n Rio De Janeiro (August 26, 1869).\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eEvents during the Civil War period are represented by\n the following: \n William P. Palmer's comments\n concerning \n John Brown's raid at \n Harper's Ferry and the preparations for\n his hanging (November 22 \u0026amp; December 1, 1859); the\n struggle for possession of the \n Fredericksburg Water Power\n Company (March 17 \u0026amp; November 3, 1863; \u0026amp;\n September 5, 1865); the building of \n Confederate stables and cabins for a\n camp in \n Louisa near the gold mines of \n Louisa County's \n Walnut Grove and \n Slate Grove, formerly owned by Yankee\n speculators (December 30, 1863); requests for donations of\n flour and foodstuffs for soldiers (February 25, 1865); and\n the assassination of \n Abraham Lincoln deplored (April 25,\n 1865). Related topics include the mention of seeing \n Robert E. Lee at \n White Sulpher Springs, West\n Virginia (August 17, 1867) and a letter from \n Henry Stephens Randall declining to\n visit the Old Dominion until the scars of the Civil War are\n healed (n.d.).\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eOther post-Civil War subjects include: racial tensions\n (August 11, 1878) and the \n Richmond riots during which a white\n policeman was killed in \n Old Market Hall (March 20, 1870); \n John Roy Baylor's assurances that his\n black tenant farmers were not involved in the violence in \n Caroline County (n.d.); life in \n St. Louis, Missouri (September \u0026amp;\n July 3, 1873); a description of a shoot-out in \n Uvalde County, Texas (May 10, 1881);\n the black vote during Reconstruction in \n Virginia (October 28, 1889); mention of\n Micajah Woods, the \n University of Virginia, and \n Monticello (October 21, 1887); and the \n Richmond, Fredericksburg, \u0026amp; Potomac Railroad\n Company (March 21, 1873; \u0026amp; May 20, 1881).\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eLetters containing genealogical information include the\n following families: the \n Norton family (June 22, 1828); \n Robert Baylor's (August 14, 1828); the\n Frere family (June 28, 1872 \u0026amp; n.d.);\n the \n Roy family (March 21, 1887 \u0026amp; January\n 8, 1885); the \n Braxton family (April 20, 1810); the \n Baylor family (February 20, 1895); and\n the \n Texas \n Baylor family (April 28 \u0026amp; May 2,\n 1894).\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eFor a list of individual correspondents, please consult\n the \n Baylor family sliplist.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eThe next series of papers contain the legal and\n financial papers of the \n Baylor family. These include: the\n amnesty papers of Dr. \n John Roy Baylor (1865); land plats and\n surveys (1701-1841) of \n Virginia lands in \n King William County, \n King and Queen County, \n Spotsylvania County, \n Caroline County, \n Pocahontas County, and \n Orange County, many of which were done\n by surveyor, \n James Taylor; and other legal\n documents such as indentures, bonds, deeds, land grants,\n and bills of complaint. Items of special note are: copies\n of land grants signed by \n Alexander Spotswood (July 20, 1722) and\n Hugh Drysdale (July 16, 1726); a list\n of named slaves sold to \n John Baylor (December 12, 1751);\n charges against \n Philip Easter, overseer for \n John Baylor, particularly for\n \"constantly driving of the Negroes for which I paid a great\n deal of tobacco,\" especially old \n Sarah, a midwife (ca. 1757); agreement\n of \n John Hatley Norton to buy \n John Baylor's tobacco (December 12,\n 1776); a water lot rental (June 12, 1794); articles of\n agreement concerning a grist mill in \n Caroline County (June 18, 1813); the\n pardon of \n John Crowley signed by \n James Madison and \n James Monroe (September 11, 1815); an\n indenture of 1820 with named slaves; a schedule of property\n with a named slave (December 17, 1822); an agreement\n concerning a mill with \n P. Harrison as the miller (1831); a\n certificate of exemption from active service in the \n Confederate Army as an agriculturalist\n (November 10, 1864); and a copy of a receipt concerning\n work done on a gravel pit for the \n Richmond, Fredericksburg, \u0026amp; Potomac\n Railroad (June 2, 1870).\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eThis series also contains copies of the wills of \n John Baylor (1705-1772), dated February\n 19, 1770, and \n Frances Baylor (1760-1815), dated June\n 12, 1815, both mentioning family slaves by name.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eThe financial papers of the \n Baylor family contain six small account\n books, 1859-1870, listing payment to hired hands, one of\n which contains the \n Tiverton Farm Stockbook (1866); bank\n statements; a farm book for the \n Greenwood Farm; \n John Baylor's receipt book, 1792-1795,\n which mentions Negroes purchased (December 5, 1790), \n George Baylor's estate (February 17,\n 1792), and Negroes sold (February 23, 1795); and other\n miscellaneous financial papers.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eTopics in the financial papers include the following: an\n account with \n Donald Robertson for \n Robert Baylor and \n Walker Baylor's schooling (April 1,\n 1772); Colonel Braxton's smith works (April 1736); the \n Rappahannock River Forge belonging to \n James Hunter (March 31, 1784); tobacco\n accounts (1775-1776; 1782; June \u0026amp; August 1782, October\n 2, 1789; February 24, 1784; March 19 \u0026amp; December 11,\n 1875; and n.d.); horses and racing (January 16, 1741; July\n 11, 1777, May 29, 1767; November 15, 1774; April 1, 1756;\n and list of horses, n.d.); an account for carpenter and\n house work [1726]; an account with the \n Swan Tavern (September 23, 1815); the\n settling of \n John Baylor's estate (1750-1808)\n (January 5, 1812; May 29, 1811; October 27, 1812; September\n 10, 1815; October 2, 1819; June 1, 1821; August 3, 1821;\n and n.d.); medical accounts (April 12, 1830); corn and meal\n from \n John Baylor's mill (January 1, 1830);\n and a blacksmith account (January 1, 1875).\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eThere are also accounts with the \n Confederate government (November 14\n \u0026amp; 24, \u0026amp; December 12, 1863; March 24 \u0026amp; May 3,\n 1864; and February 4, 1865) and many concerning slaves and\n slavery.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eThese include: duty paid on Negroes (1742-1744); claim\n for payment for capturing and placing \n John Baylor's runaway slave in the \n Spotsylvania goal (April 16, 1744); the\n sale of \n George Baylor's slaves (November 28,\n 1786); slaves for hire (December 26, 1805; June 15, 1814);\n hire of \" \n Ned \" as a mason (October 2, 1814);\n clothing for Negroes (1814); grog for servants (September\n 23, 1815); bills of sale for unnamed slaves (June 11,\n 1847); \n Mary and daughter \n Elizabeth (September 4, 1848); \n Miles (February 20, 1849); \n Pompey (June 11, 1847); slave boy, \n Frank (January 15, 1851); \n Kitty Brook and \n Fanny (December 28, 1853); \n George Cooper (June 18, 1857); and\n slave hire (April 30, 1859 \u0026amp; ca. 1854).\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eThe miscellaneous series contains a diary (1780) of \n John Baylor 1750-1808) describing a\n journey from \" \n Newmarket \" to \n Warm Springs, \n Augusta County, Virginia, and\n mentioning Dr. \n [Thomas ?] Walker and his son, \n Thomas Walker, of \n Albemarle County, Virginia, and \n John Baylor's \n Orange plantations; genealogical\n material pertaining to the \n Roy family, \n Baylor family, and \n Norton family, and including\n biographical sketches of \n Mungo Roy and \n John Baylor (1750-1808); a \"History of\n the Early Church in Virginia\"; several literary\n compositions by \n Maria Roy Baylor; and a memorandum\n book of \n John Baylor (1750-1808) which describes\n the beginning of his voyage on the Potomack (October 1775)\n and furnishes a description of saltworks at \n Portsmouth, [England] (1778).\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eOther material in this series includes military papers,\n miscellaneous papers, newsclippings, and loose photographs.\n Thirteen of the items in the military papers pertain to\n Colonel \n John Baylor (1705-1772) and the \n Caroline militia, who served under\n Colonel \n George Washington in the construction\n of a fort at \n Winchester, Virginia, during the\n French and Indian War, 1756-1757, and consist of company\n returns, orders for payment, and receipts for payment.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eThe rest of the military papers consist of Revolutionary\n War material, relating to \n George Baylor, aide-de-camp to General\n George Washington, 1775-1777, and\n Commander of the \n Third Regiment of Light Dragoons, and\n the papers about clothing, arms, and other supplies,\n regimental finances, roster of officers, and weekly returns\n of the regiment. Among these papers are: a copy of a letter\n from General Burgoyne to Colonel Phillipson concerning\n military conditions and discussing his ill-fated \n Saratoga campaign (October 20, 1777); a\n mention of \n George Baylor's upcoming marriage\n (February 4, 1778); \n B. Dade's request to be exchanged as a\n prisoner of war (February 1779); monies owed for supplies\n to \n James Hunter with an itemized account\n (October 12 \u0026amp; November 1, 1779); the problems and\n arrangements involved in outfitting the regiment (February\n 4, June 6 \u0026amp; 12, 1778; October 13, 1780; October 26,\n 1781 [2 letters]; November 2, 1781; April 3 \u0026amp; August\n 14, 1782); the difficulty of working with the \"financier \n Robert Morris \" (October 13, 1780); an\n outbreak of smallpox in the \n Third Regiment at \n Petersburg, Virginia (November 25,\n 1781); and an order for a review of the \n Continental army for July 4, 1782. A\n final item is a general order for a discharge from the \n 4th Regiment of \n Virginia militia during the War of 1812\n (April 10, 1814). For a list of individual correspondents,\n please consult the original list in the control folder.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eThe miscellaneous folder contains the following: a\n printed score sheet for archery (July 4, 1771); a list of\n books, probably from the library of \n John Baylor [ca. 1800 ?]; notes\n concerning Blackstone's law; a pamphlet, \"The Lewis and\n Clark Expedition,\" by \n Grace Flandrau (n.d.); an oath to \"our\n Sovereign Lord King George\" (n.d.); and a parochial report,\n Emmanuel Church, \n Greenwood Parish, Reverend \n W.M. Nelson, Rector (n.d.).\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eThe newsclippings, 1921-1933, concern \n University of Virginia events, news of\n the \n Ivy area, the \n Lewis Association of America, the \n Lewis family, and historical\n articles.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eThe loose photographs, mostly unidentified, include:\n Mrs. Rutherford's children, \n Rosa Rutherford, \n Charles Frere and \n Douglas Frere, possible photographs of\n \" \n Newmarket, \" and \n University of Virginia professors.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eThe notebooks and bound volumes series contains the\n following: a photograph album; school notebooks of \n Maria Roy Baylor, \n Frank Blackford, and \n James B. Baylor; an expense book; two\n scrapbooks of newsclippings; and the \n \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eLetters of Junius,\u003c/title\u003ehand\n copied by \n John Baylor (1769-1771).\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eThose volumes belonging to Dr. \n John Roy Baylor include: a genealogical\n and historical notebook (1872); a medical notebook and farm\n expense book which records a controversy with the \n Clayton family over slaves (1847-1851); a\n farm account book, 1856-1892, with accounts with the \n Fredericksburg Water Power Company, a\n servant's account (June-August, 1865), and reports of wheat\n crops; an account book with grape expenses, sheep\n memorandum, apple accounts, and a mill account (1868-1874);\n and another farm book with an account with the \n Bowling Green Tanning Yard, and slave\n hire records with named slaves (1847-1868).\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eThe photograph album, apparently given to \n John Roy Baylor by his granddaughter on\n Christmas of 1887, contains photographs of the following: \n Rosa Seddon Rutherford (1891 \u0026amp;\n n.d.); \n Helen Rutherford Johnson; \n James B. Baylor; \n Frances Starke Bowen, of \" \n Mirador, \" \n Albemarle County (1886); \n Fanny Courtenay Baylor (1886); the\n mother of \n Fanny Courtenay Baylor; a portrait of\n Colonel \n George Armistead; \n Roy Ellerson Massie; General \n Lewis Armistead (killed at \n Gettysburg ); \n Maria Roy Baylor; \n Eloise Baylor (1885); \n Julia Howard Baylor; and \n John Roy Baylor.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eThe series containing the papers of \n James B. Baylor and the \n United States Coast and Geodetic\n Survey consists of the financial records of the\n survey teams led by \n John Baylor, circular letters from the\n home office in \n Washington, D.C., the official\n correspondence and reports of \n John Baylor, photographs, printed\n material, \n United States government property\n inventories, and bound volumes.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003e\n James Bowen Baylor (1849-1924)\n graduated with an engineering degree from the \n University of Virginia in 1872 and was\n appointed an aid in the \n United States Coast and Geodetic Survey\n Department in 1874, continuing to work as a field\n agent throughout his career. His many assignments included:\n the determination of the elements of earth's magnetism from\n Canada to \n Mexico; the survey of oyster grounds\n in \n Louisiana and \n Virginia, 1889-1894; his appointment\n as a Commissioner of the \n United States Supreme Court to settle\n the \n Virginia - \n Tennessee boundary line dispute,\n establishing it in the middle of Main Street, \n Bristol, 1900-1902; and also the\n establishment of boundaries between \n Virginia and \n Maryland, \n New York and \n Pennsylvania, and the \n United States and \n Canada.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eThe Oyster Industry Protection Correspondence contains\n much correspondence from \n William Ellinger of \n Fox Island, Virginia, who describes\n himself as an oyster planter. Printed material consists of\n death notices for \n United States Coast and Geodetic\n Survey men, \n Richard D. Cutts and \n Benjamin Peirce (1880\u0026amp; 1883), and\n three pamphlets concerning the \n United States and Canadian boundary,\n the oyster laws of \n Virginia, and a \n Virginia Military Institute valedictory\n address by \n Edward Hutson Russell.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eOversize items include a survey of the lands of \n John Roy Baylor (June 1847),\n photographs of the \n United States Coast and Geodetic\n Survey, and a printed plan of the fairgrounds of\n the \n Virginia State Agricultural Society, \n Richmond, 1854.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eThe three \n Baylor family ledgers, 1719-1755, contain\n many references to the purchase of slaves (see\n addendum).\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cscopecontent\u003e\n \u003chead\u003eADDENDUM RE THE BAYLOR LEDGERS\u003c/head\u003e\n \u003cp\u003eThe three \n Baylor family ledgers contain many\n references concerning tobacco exports, the purchase of\n merchandise, work done on various ships, and slaves, which\n at times had their place of origin noted, as in \" \n Madigaschar woman,\" \"man of \n Callabar, \" and \" \n Barbadoes negro.\" The accounts of the\n first two ledgers are indexed in the front of the\n volumes.\u003c/p\u003e\n \u003cp\u003eReferences to slavery occurring in volume one include\n the following pages: 12, 13, 15, 17, 22-24, 26, 28, 35, 37,\n 39, 47, 49, 64-66, 68, 70-71, 77, 80-81, 83, 92-93,\n 101-102, 113-114, 127, 130, 134, 166, \u0026amp; 175. References\n to slavery in volume two include: 10, 16, 30, 34, 56,\n 63-64, 74, 86, 88, 102, 115, 123, 134, 183, \u0026amp; 207.\n Volume three pages include: 40, 71, 124, 130, 132, 135,\n 146, 148, 152-153, \u0026amp; 155.\u003c/p\u003e\n \u003cp\u003eOccasionally the names of the slave ships and other\n vessels are recorded in the ledgers with notes on the\n contents purchased from them. These, along with their\n volume and page number, are listed below.\u003c/p\u003e\n \u003cp\u003e\n Ann \u0026amp; Sarah 1.96, 139, 150, \u0026amp;\n 155\u003c/p\u003e\n \u003cp\u003e\n Berkeley 1.38, 64, 71, 98, 121, 149,\n \u0026amp; 167; \u0026amp; 2.50\u003c/p\u003e\n \u003cp\u003e\n Betty 1.94\u003c/p\u003e\n \u003cp\u003e\n Callabar 1.39, 68, \u0026amp; 98; \u0026amp;\n 2.96, 111, 136\u003c/p\u003e\n \u003cp\u003e\n Greyhound 1.23, 37, 38, 65, 92, \u0026amp;\n 96; \u0026amp; 2.4, 54, \u0026amp; 97\u003c/p\u003e\n \u003cp\u003e\n Hunter 1.68\u003c/p\u003e\n \u003cp\u003e\n Little John 1.9, 10, 12, 25, \u0026amp; 75;\n \u0026amp; 2.116 \u0026amp; 136\u003c/p\u003e\n \u003cp\u003e\n Little York 2.124\u003c/p\u003e\n \u003cp\u003e\n Lucy 1.94 \u0026amp; 149\u003c/p\u003e\n \u003cp\u003e\n Mattapony Pink 1.9, 33, 94, 99, 135,\n 145, 158, 180, \u0026amp; 185\u003c/p\u003e\n \u003cp\u003e\n Nassopenex Sloop 1.2, 5, 38, \u0026amp;\n 75\u003c/p\u003e\n \u003cp\u003e\n Parnel Galley 2.22\u003c/p\u003e\n \u003cp\u003e\n Prince Eugene 1.139, 150, \u0026amp;\n 162-164\u003c/p\u003e\n \u003cp\u003e\n Twerton 1.15, 39, 103, \u0026amp; 2.90\u003c/p\u003e\n \u003cp\u003eOther entries include: the Iron Mine Adventurers 1.1\n \u0026amp; 1.11; horses 1.28; the \n Germana mines 2.188; \n John Baylor's estate 2.73 \u0026amp; 131;\n quitrents for land in \n Caroline County, \n Spotsylvania County, \n Orange County, and \n King and Queen County 2.34 \u0026amp; 79;\n and doctor and midwife accounts 3.120-121, 142, \u0026amp; 149.\n Volume three also has many references to the manufacture\n and repair of hardware, utensils, and agricultural\n equipment. In addition, at the end of the last volume,\n there is a list of memoranda concerning agreements and\n contracts of \n John Baylor, a memorandum of slaves\n sold off \n W. Lyde's plantation (November 30,\n 1742) and a list of all the Negroes belonging to Baylor in\n 1744.\u003c/p\u003e\n \u003c/scopecontent\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eThe three \n Baylor family ledgers contain many\n references concerning tobacco exports, the purchase of\n merchandise, work done on various ships, and slaves, which\n at times had their place of origin noted, as in \" \n Madigaschar woman,\" \"man of \n Callabar, \" and \" \n Barbadoes negro.\" The accounts of the\n first two ledgers are indexed in the front of the\n volumes.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eReferences to slavery occurring in volume one include\n the following pages: 12, 13, 15, 17, 22-24, 26, 28, 35, 37,\n 39, 47, 49, 64-66, 68, 70-71, 77, 80-81, 83, 92-93,\n 101-102, 113-114, 127, 130, 134, 166, \u0026amp; 175. References\n to slavery in volume two include: 10, 16, 30, 34, 56,\n 63-64, 74, 86, 88, 102, 115, 123, 134, 183, \u0026amp; 207.\n Volume three pages include: 40, 71, 124, 130, 132, 135,\n 146, 148, 152-153, \u0026amp; 155.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eOccasionally the names of the slave ships and other\n vessels are recorded in the ledgers with notes on the\n contents purchased from them. These, along with their\n volume and page number, are listed below.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003e\n Ann \u0026amp; Sarah 1.96, 139, 150, \u0026amp;\n 155\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003e\n Berkeley 1.38, 64, 71, 98, 121, 149,\n \u0026amp; 167; \u0026amp; 2.50\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003e\n Betty 1.94\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003e\n Callabar 1.39, 68, \u0026amp; 98; \u0026amp;\n 2.96, 111, 136\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003e\n Greyhound 1.23, 37, 38, 65, 92, \u0026amp;\n 96; \u0026amp; 2.4, 54, \u0026amp; 97\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003e\n Hunter 1.68\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003e\n Little John 1.9, 10, 12, 25, \u0026amp; 75;\n \u0026amp; 2.116 \u0026amp; 136\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003e\n Little York 2.124\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003e\n Lucy 1.94 \u0026amp; 149\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003e\n Mattapony Pink 1.9, 33, 94, 99, 135,\n 145, 158, 180, \u0026amp; 185\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003e\n Nassopenex Sloop 1.2, 5, 38, \u0026amp;\n 75\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003e\n Parnel Galley 2.22\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003e\n Prince Eugene 1.139, 150, \u0026amp;\n 162-164\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003e\n Twerton 1.15, 39, 103, \u0026amp; 2.90\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eOther entries include: the Iron Mine Adventurers 1.1\n \u0026amp; 1.11; horses 1.28; the \n Germana mines 2.188; \n John Baylor's estate 2.73 \u0026amp; 131;\n quitrents for land in \n Caroline County, \n Spotsylvania County, \n Orange County, and \n King and Queen County 2.34 \u0026amp; 79;\n and doctor and midwife accounts 3.120-121, 142, \u0026amp; 149.\n Volume three also has many references to the manufacture\n and repair of hardware, utensils, and agricultural\n equipment. In addition, at the end of the last volume,\n there is a list of memoranda concerning agreements and\n contracts of \n John Baylor, a memorandum of slaves\n sold off \n W. Lyde's plantation (November 30,\n 1742) and a list of all the Negroes belonging to Baylor in\n 1744.\u003c/p\u003e\n "]}]}},"label":"Breadcrumbs"}}},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/viu_viu00032_c04_c12"}},{"id":"viu_viu00036_c05_c02","type":"Item","attributes":{"title":"Account Books of Henry Minor\n Magruder, 1865/1915","breadcrumbs":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/viu_viu00036_c05_c02#breadcrumbs","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":{"ref_ssi":"viu_viu00036_c05_c02","ref_ssm":["viu_viu00036_c05_c02"],"id":"viu_viu00036_c05_c02","ead_ssi":"viu_viu00036","_root_":"viu_viu00036","_nest_parent_":"viu_viu00036_c05","parent_ssi":"viu_viu00036_c05","parent_ssim":["Papers of the Magruder Family","V. 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Correspondence; II. Family and Personal Papers; III. Egbert Watson Magruder Papers; IV. Miscellaneous; V. Bound Volumes; and Oversize. Folders are arranged alphabetically within each series. Oversize items are arranged chronologically. Included in the miscellaneous series are printed material and photographs.","Egbert Watson Magruder was born on October\n 25, 1868, in \n Albemarle County, Virginia, the son of \n Benjamin Henry Magruder and \n Anne Evalina (Norris) Magruder . After his\n early education in public and private schools, he entered \n Hampden-Sydney College in 1887, and\n received his B.A. degree in 1891. He completed courses in\n chemistry at the \n University of Virginia, and entered \n Johns Hopkins University in 1892, where he\n was assistant in the department of chemistry during his last\n two years. Afterwards, he received an appointment to the \n Mississippi College of Agriculture . For\n approximately fifteen years, until his resignation in 1915, \n Egbert Watson Magruder was the Chief\n Chemist and Pure Food Expert of the \n State Department of Agriculture . During\n part of this time, he was also director of the \n Virginia Test Farm at \n Saxe, Charlotte County . In 1915, he\n accepted an offer to become the Chief Chemist of the \n F. S. Royster Guano Company of \n Norfolk, Virginia, where his duties\n included taking charge of all chemical laboratories, and\n performing analytical and investigation work.","On Novermber 8, 1916, \n Egbert Watson Magruder married the former \n Frances Byrd Alvey of \n Richmond, Virginia . \n Egbert Watson Magruder was a member of the\n Board of Visitors of \n Virginia Polytechnic Institute, \n Blacksburg, Virginia, the \n American Chemical Society, \n Association of Official Agricultural\n Chemists, \n Virginia Academy of Science, and \n American Society of Agronomy, as well as\n being a member of the following clubs: \n Virginia Chemists' Club, \n Hampton Roads Chemists' Club (as one of\n the organizers and first president of each), the \n Kiwanis Club, \n Norfolk Country Club, and the \n Norfolk Town Club . In addition, he wrote\n numerous articles on agricultural chemistry and agriculture,\n including such topics as the manufacture and use of commercial\n fertilizer, the cultivation of wheat and tobacco, and food and\n food adulterations. \n Egbert Watson Magruder owned a farm of ca.\n 100 acres at \n Dry Bridge, Chesterfield County; he\n remained with the \n F. S. Royster Guano Company until his\n death in 1945.","Horatio \"Rashe\" Erskine Magruder was born\n on September 8, 1846 in \n Albemarle County, the son of \n Benjamin Henry Magruder and \n Maria Louisa (Minor) Magruder . He was\n educated in private country neighborhood schools before\n entering the \n Confederate Army at age seventeen in 1864.\n He served in the \n Rockbridge Artillery of Stonewall\n Jackson's old Brigade, and took part in the battles of The \n Wilderness and \n Spotsylvania Courthouse. He was captured,\n and imprisoned at \n Point Lookout, Maryland; after a lengthy\n illness in prison, he was exchanged, and returned to General \n Robert E. Lee 's army in 1865 after his\n recuperation. He was in the retreat of the \n Confederate Army to \n Appomattox .","After the war, \n Horatio Erskine Magruder attended the \n University of Virginia, studying Latin,\n Modern Languages, and Mathematics. He returned to \"Glenmore,\" the family home, where he\n formed a partnership with his father, and eventually took over\n management of the plantation. He was one of the most prominent\n farmers in \n Albemarle County . \n Horatio Erskine Magruder married his\n cousin, \n Julia May Chewning, of \"Island Home,\" \n Albemarle County, on December 12, 1894.\n He was a member of the vestry of \n Grace Episcopal Church in \n Cismont, the \n American Clan Gregor Society, and\n president of the \n Monticello Wine Company of \n Charlottesville and the \n Albemarle Mutual Fire Insurance Company .\n He died on January 19, 1924 at \"Glenmore.\"","John Bowie Magruder was born on November\n 10, 1839, in \n Albemarle County, the eldest son of \n Benjamin Henry Magruder and \n Maria Louisa (Minor) Magruder . After\n graduating from the \n Albemarle Military Academy, he entered\n the \n University of Virginia, where he received\n his M.A. degree in 1860. In the spring of 1861, he took a\n special three-month military course at the \n Virginia Military Institute in \n Lexington, and raised a company in \n Albemarle County known as the \n Rivanna Guards . As captain, he took the\n company to \n Richmond in June 1861 where they were\n mustered in with the \n 57th Regiment under \n Lewis A. Armistead . He was promoted to\n Colonel after the Battle of \n Fredericksburg on December 22, 1862. He\n was wounded during Pickett's Charge in the battle of \n Gettysburg July 3, 1863, and carried to a\n hospital near the battlefield where he died on July 5th.","This collection consists of ca. 2988 items (10 Hollinger\n boxes and oversize items), ca. 1787-1945, pertaining chiefly\n to the career of \n Egbert Watson Magruder as an agricultural\n chemist for the \n Department of Agriculture of Virginia and,\n later, for the \n F. S. Royster Guano Company of \n Norfolk, Virginia . Included are\n correspondence, reports, articles and speeches, laboratory\n data, architectural drawings and blueprints, printed material,\n and photographs. \n Egbert Watson Magruder collected material,\n 18981945, on various subjects related to the different aspects\n of his work, including agriculture, chemistry, chemists'\n associations, fertilizer, horticulture, livestock, and\n mineralogy. Also included are \n Magruder family papers, consisting of\n correspondence, legal and business papers, plats and surveys,\n and related papers. Topics or items of interest include\n several letters,1861-1863, from \n John Bowie Magruder during his service in\n the \n Confederate Army during the Civil War\n describing several battles, including \n Fredericksburg and \n Suffolk, and camp life at \n Fort Dillard, \n Fort Drury (near \n Fredericksburg), and on White Marsh Road\n near \n Suffolk; an 1861 account book kept by \n John Bowie Magruder for the \n Rivanna Guards; a letter, October 17,\n 1864, to \n Benjamin Henry Magruder from his son, \n Horatio Erskine Magruder while a prisoner\n at \n Point Lookout, Maryland, during the war;\n papers pertaining to the purchase of \"Glenmore\"; papers concerning various \n Virginia estates such as \"Edgehill\" and \"Glenmore\" in \n Albemarle County, \"Blenheim\" in Caroline County, \"Union Mills\" in \n Fluvanna County, and \"River Bend\" in \n Spotsylvania County; an account book from\n the Charlottesville Grange; and genealogical\n and biographical information for the Magruder family and allied families.","See the \n \n University of Virginia Library’s use policy.","English"],"collection_title_tesim":["Papers of the Magruder Family"],"collection_ssim":["Papers of the Magruder Family"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["2733-b"],"unitid_tesim":["2733-b"],"repository_ssm":["University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept."],"repository_ssim":["University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept."],"acqinfo_ssim":["This collection was donated to the Library on February 19, 1985, by: \n R. Gregory Magruder, Evalina Magruder, Allaville Magruder, and Elizabeth Henshaw , all of Charlottesville, Virginia; Frances Lummis Lloyd of Longmont, Colorado; Lt. Col. Mason M. Lummis of Alexandria, Virginia; and, Gen. Carter B. Magruder of Arlington, Virginia ."],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"accessrestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThere are no restrictions.\n\u003c/p\u003e\n "],"accessrestrict_heading_ssm":["Access Restrictions"],"accessrestrict_tesim":["There are no restrictions."],"arrangement_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe collection is divided into six series: I. Correspondence; II. Family and Personal Papers; III. Egbert Watson Magruder Papers; IV. Miscellaneous; V. Bound Volumes; and Oversize. Folders are arranged alphabetically within each series. Oversize items are arranged chronologically. 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He completed courses in\n chemistry at the \n University of Virginia, and entered \n Johns Hopkins University in 1892, where he\n was assistant in the department of chemistry during his last\n two years. Afterwards, he received an appointment to the \n Mississippi College of Agriculture . For\n approximately fifteen years, until his resignation in 1915, \n Egbert Watson Magruder was the Chief\n Chemist and Pure Food Expert of the \n State Department of Agriculture . During\n part of this time, he was also director of the \n Virginia Test Farm at \n Saxe, Charlotte County . In 1915, he\n accepted an offer to become the Chief Chemist of the \n F. S. Royster Guano Company of \n Norfolk, Virginia, where his duties\n included taking charge of all chemical laboratories, and\n performing analytical and investigation work.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eOn Novermber 8, 1916, \n Egbert Watson Magruder married the former \n Frances Byrd Alvey of \n Richmond, Virginia . \n Egbert Watson Magruder was a member of the\n Board of Visitors of \n Virginia Polytechnic Institute, \n Blacksburg, Virginia, the \n American Chemical Society, \n Association of Official Agricultural\n Chemists, \n Virginia Academy of Science, and \n American Society of Agronomy, as well as\n being a member of the following clubs: \n Virginia Chemists' Club, \n Hampton Roads Chemists' Club (as one of\n the organizers and first president of each), the \n Kiwanis Club, \n Norfolk Country Club, and the \n Norfolk Town Club . In addition, he wrote\n numerous articles on agricultural chemistry and agriculture,\n including such topics as the manufacture and use of commercial\n fertilizer, the cultivation of wheat and tobacco, and food and\n food adulterations. \n Egbert Watson Magruder owned a farm of ca.\n 100 acres at \n Dry Bridge, Chesterfield County; he\n remained with the \n F. S. Royster Guano Company until his\n death in 1945.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003e\n Horatio \"Rashe\" Erskine Magruder was born\n on September 8, 1846 in \n Albemarle County, the son of \n Benjamin Henry Magruder and \n Maria Louisa (Minor) Magruder . He was\n educated in private country neighborhood schools before\n entering the \n Confederate Army at age seventeen in 1864.\n He served in the \n Rockbridge Artillery of Stonewall\n Jackson's old Brigade, and took part in the battles of The \n Wilderness and \n Spotsylvania Courthouse. He was captured,\n and imprisoned at \n Point Lookout, Maryland; after a lengthy\n illness in prison, he was exchanged, and returned to General \n Robert E. Lee 's army in 1865 after his\n recuperation. He was in the retreat of the \n Confederate Army to \n Appomattox .\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eAfter the war, \n Horatio Erskine Magruder attended the \n University of Virginia, studying Latin,\n Modern Languages, and Mathematics. He returned to \"Glenmore,\" the family home, where he\n formed a partnership with his father, and eventually took over\n management of the plantation. He was one of the most prominent\n farmers in \n Albemarle County . \n Horatio Erskine Magruder married his\n cousin, \n Julia May Chewning, of \"Island Home,\" \n Albemarle County, on December 12, 1894.\n He was a member of the vestry of \n Grace Episcopal Church in \n Cismont, the \n American Clan Gregor Society, and\n president of the \n Monticello Wine Company of \n Charlottesville and the \n Albemarle Mutual Fire Insurance Company .\n He died on January 19, 1924 at \"Glenmore.\"\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003e\n John Bowie Magruder was born on November\n 10, 1839, in \n Albemarle County, the eldest son of \n Benjamin Henry Magruder and \n Maria Louisa (Minor) Magruder . After\n graduating from the \n Albemarle Military Academy, he entered\n the \n University of Virginia, where he received\n his M.A. degree in 1860. In the spring of 1861, he took a\n special three-month military course at the \n Virginia Military Institute in \n Lexington, and raised a company in \n Albemarle County known as the \n Rivanna Guards . As captain, he took the\n company to \n Richmond in June 1861 where they were\n mustered in with the \n 57th Regiment under \n Lewis A. Armistead . He was promoted to\n Colonel after the Battle of \n Fredericksburg on December 22, 1862. He\n was wounded during Pickett's Charge in the battle of \n Gettysburg July 3, 1863, and carried to a\n hospital near the battlefield where he died on July 5th.\u003c/p\u003e\n "],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical/Historical Information"],"bioghist_tesim":["Egbert Watson Magruder was born on October\n 25, 1868, in \n Albemarle County, Virginia, the son of \n Benjamin Henry Magruder and \n Anne Evalina (Norris) Magruder . After his\n early education in public and private schools, he entered \n Hampden-Sydney College in 1887, and\n received his B.A. degree in 1891. He completed courses in\n chemistry at the \n University of Virginia, and entered \n Johns Hopkins University in 1892, where he\n was assistant in the department of chemistry during his last\n two years. Afterwards, he received an appointment to the \n Mississippi College of Agriculture . For\n approximately fifteen years, until his resignation in 1915, \n Egbert Watson Magruder was the Chief\n Chemist and Pure Food Expert of the \n State Department of Agriculture . During\n part of this time, he was also director of the \n Virginia Test Farm at \n Saxe, Charlotte County . In 1915, he\n accepted an offer to become the Chief Chemist of the \n F. S. Royster Guano Company of \n Norfolk, Virginia, where his duties\n included taking charge of all chemical laboratories, and\n performing analytical and investigation work.","On Novermber 8, 1916, \n Egbert Watson Magruder married the former \n Frances Byrd Alvey of \n Richmond, Virginia . \n Egbert Watson Magruder was a member of the\n Board of Visitors of \n Virginia Polytechnic Institute, \n Blacksburg, Virginia, the \n American Chemical Society, \n Association of Official Agricultural\n Chemists, \n Virginia Academy of Science, and \n American Society of Agronomy, as well as\n being a member of the following clubs: \n Virginia Chemists' Club, \n Hampton Roads Chemists' Club (as one of\n the organizers and first president of each), the \n Kiwanis Club, \n Norfolk Country Club, and the \n Norfolk Town Club . In addition, he wrote\n numerous articles on agricultural chemistry and agriculture,\n including such topics as the manufacture and use of commercial\n fertilizer, the cultivation of wheat and tobacco, and food and\n food adulterations. \n Egbert Watson Magruder owned a farm of ca.\n 100 acres at \n Dry Bridge, Chesterfield County; he\n remained with the \n F. S. Royster Guano Company until his\n death in 1945.","Horatio \"Rashe\" Erskine Magruder was born\n on September 8, 1846 in \n Albemarle County, the son of \n Benjamin Henry Magruder and \n Maria Louisa (Minor) Magruder . He was\n educated in private country neighborhood schools before\n entering the \n Confederate Army at age seventeen in 1864.\n He served in the \n Rockbridge Artillery of Stonewall\n Jackson's old Brigade, and took part in the battles of The \n Wilderness and \n Spotsylvania Courthouse. He was captured,\n and imprisoned at \n Point Lookout, Maryland; after a lengthy\n illness in prison, he was exchanged, and returned to General \n Robert E. Lee 's army in 1865 after his\n recuperation. He was in the retreat of the \n Confederate Army to \n Appomattox .","After the war, \n Horatio Erskine Magruder attended the \n University of Virginia, studying Latin,\n Modern Languages, and Mathematics. He returned to \"Glenmore,\" the family home, where he\n formed a partnership with his father, and eventually took over\n management of the plantation. He was one of the most prominent\n farmers in \n Albemarle County . \n Horatio Erskine Magruder married his\n cousin, \n Julia May Chewning, of \"Island Home,\" \n Albemarle County, on December 12, 1894.\n He was a member of the vestry of \n Grace Episcopal Church in \n Cismont, the \n American Clan Gregor Society, and\n president of the \n Monticello Wine Company of \n Charlottesville and the \n Albemarle Mutual Fire Insurance Company .\n He died on January 19, 1924 at \"Glenmore.\"","John Bowie Magruder was born on November\n 10, 1839, in \n Albemarle County, the eldest son of \n Benjamin Henry Magruder and \n Maria Louisa (Minor) Magruder . After\n graduating from the \n Albemarle Military Academy, he entered\n the \n University of Virginia, where he received\n his M.A. degree in 1860. In the spring of 1861, he took a\n special three-month military course at the \n Virginia Military Institute in \n Lexington, and raised a company in \n Albemarle County known as the \n Rivanna Guards . As captain, he took the\n company to \n Richmond in June 1861 where they were\n mustered in with the \n 57th Regiment under \n Lewis A. Armistead . He was promoted to\n Colonel after the Battle of \n Fredericksburg on December 22, 1862. He\n was wounded during Pickett's Charge in the battle of \n Gettysburg July 3, 1863, and carried to a\n hospital near the battlefield where he died on July 5th."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003ePapers of the Magruder Family, Accession #2733-b, Special Collections, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Va.\u003c/p\u003e\n "],"prefercite_tesim":["Papers of the Magruder Family, Accession #2733-b, Special Collections, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Va."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThis collection consists of ca. 2988 items (10 Hollinger\n boxes and oversize items), ca. 1787-1945, pertaining chiefly\n to the career of \n Egbert Watson Magruder as an agricultural\n chemist for the \n Department of Agriculture of Virginia and,\n later, for the \n F. S. Royster Guano Company of \n Norfolk, Virginia . Included are\n correspondence, reports, articles and speeches, laboratory\n data, architectural drawings and blueprints, printed material,\n and photographs. \n Egbert Watson Magruder collected material,\n 18981945, on various subjects related to the different aspects\n of his work, including agriculture, chemistry, chemists'\n associations, fertilizer, horticulture, livestock, and\n mineralogy. Also included are \n Magruder family papers, consisting of\n correspondence, legal and business papers, plats and surveys,\n and related papers. Topics or items of interest include\n several letters,1861-1863, from \n John Bowie Magruder during his service in\n the \n Confederate Army during the Civil War\n describing several battles, including \n Fredericksburg and \n Suffolk, and camp life at \n Fort Dillard, \n Fort Drury (near \n Fredericksburg), and on White Marsh Road\n near \n Suffolk; an 1861 account book kept by \n John Bowie Magruder for the \n Rivanna Guards; a letter, October 17,\n 1864, to \n Benjamin Henry Magruder from his son, \n Horatio Erskine Magruder while a prisoner\n at \n Point Lookout, Maryland, during the war;\n papers pertaining to the purchase of \"Glenmore\"; papers concerning various \n Virginia estates such as \"Edgehill\" and \"Glenmore\" in \n Albemarle County, \"Blenheim\" in Caroline County, \"Union Mills\" in \n Fluvanna County, and \"River Bend\" in \n Spotsylvania County; an account book from\n the Charlottesville Grange; and genealogical\n and biographical information for the Magruder family and allied families.\u003c/p\u003e\n "],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content"],"scopecontent_tesim":["This collection consists of ca. 2988 items (10 Hollinger\n boxes and oversize items), ca. 1787-1945, pertaining chiefly\n to the career of \n Egbert Watson Magruder as an agricultural\n chemist for the \n Department of Agriculture of Virginia and,\n later, for the \n F. S. Royster Guano Company of \n Norfolk, Virginia . Included are\n correspondence, reports, articles and speeches, laboratory\n data, architectural drawings and blueprints, printed material,\n and photographs. \n Egbert Watson Magruder collected material,\n 18981945, on various subjects related to the different aspects\n of his work, including agriculture, chemistry, chemists'\n associations, fertilizer, horticulture, livestock, and\n mineralogy. Also included are \n Magruder family papers, consisting of\n correspondence, legal and business papers, plats and surveys,\n and related papers. Topics or items of interest include\n several letters,1861-1863, from \n John Bowie Magruder during his service in\n the \n Confederate Army during the Civil War\n describing several battles, including \n Fredericksburg and \n Suffolk, and camp life at \n Fort Dillard, \n Fort Drury (near \n Fredericksburg), and on White Marsh Road\n near \n Suffolk; an 1861 account book kept by \n John Bowie Magruder for the \n Rivanna Guards; a letter, October 17,\n 1864, to \n Benjamin Henry Magruder from his son, \n Horatio Erskine Magruder while a prisoner\n at \n Point Lookout, Maryland, during the war;\n papers pertaining to the purchase of \"Glenmore\"; papers concerning various \n Virginia estates such as \"Edgehill\" and \"Glenmore\" in \n Albemarle County, \"Blenheim\" in Caroline County, \"Union Mills\" in \n Fluvanna County, and \"River Bend\" in \n Spotsylvania County; an account book from\n the Charlottesville Grange; and genealogical\n and biographical information for the Magruder family and allied families."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eSee the \n \u003cextref type=\"simple\" href=\"https://www.library.virginia.edu/policies/use-of-materials\"\u003e\n University of Virginia Library’s use policy.\u003c/extref\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n "],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Use Restrictions"],"userestrict_tesim":["See the \n \n University of Virginia Library’s use policy."],"language_ssim":["English"],"total_component_count_is":118,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-06-23T07:31:42.753Z"}]}},"label":"Breadcrumbs"}}},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/viu_viu00036_c05_c02"}},{"id":"viu_viu00032_c02_c06","type":"Item","attributes":{"title":"Account Books of John Roy\n Baylor., 1859/1870","breadcrumbs":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/viu_viu00032_c02_c06#breadcrumbs","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":{"ref_ssi":"viu_viu00032_c02_c06","ref_ssm":["viu_viu00032_c02_c06"],"id":"viu_viu00032_c02_c06","ead_ssi":"viu_viu00032","_root_":"viu_viu00032","_nest_parent_":"viu_viu00032_c02","parent_ssi":"viu_viu00032_c02","parent_ssim":["Baylor Family Papers \n 1653-1915","SERIES II: LEGAL \u0026 FINANCIAL\n PAPERS"],"parent_ids_ssim":["viu_viu00032","viu_viu00032_c02"],"title_filing_ssi":"Account Books of John Roy\n Baylor.","title_ssm":["Account Books of John Roy\n Baylor."],"title_tesim":["Account Books of John Roy\n Baylor."],"normalized_title_ssm":["Account Books of John Roy\n Baylor., 1859/1870"],"text":["Account Books of John Roy\n Baylor., 1859/1870","Baylor Family Papers \n 1653-1915","SERIES II: LEGAL \u0026 FINANCIAL\n PAPERS","Box Box 2"],"parent_unittitles_ssm":["Baylor Family Papers \n 1653-1915","SERIES II: LEGAL \u0026 FINANCIAL\n PAPERS"],"parent_unittitles_tesim":["Baylor Family Papers \n 1653-1915","SERIES II: LEGAL \u0026 FINANCIAL\n PAPERS"],"normalized_date_ssm":["1859/1870"],"unitdate_other_ssim":["1859-1870"],"level_ssm":["Item"],"level_ssim":["Item"],"component_level_isim":[2],"sort_isi":9,"repository_ssim":["University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept."],"collection_ssim":["Baylor Family Papers \n 1653-1915"],"containers_ssim":["Box Box 2"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"child_component_count_isi":0,"date_range_isim":[1859,1860,1861,1862,1863,1864,1865,1866,1867,1868,1869,1870],"_nest_path_":"/components#1/components#5","timestamp":"2026-06-23T07:31:42.753Z","collection":{"numFound":1,"start":0,"numFoundExact":true,"docs":[{"id":"viu_viu00032","ead_ssi":"viu_viu00032","_root_":"viu_viu00032","_nest_parent_":"viu_viu00032","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/uva-sc/viu00032.xml","title_ssm":["Baylor Family Papers \n 1653-1915"],"title_tesim":["Baylor Family Papers \n 1653-1915"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Baylor Family Papers \n 1653-1915"],"text":["Baylor Family Papers \n 1653-1915","2257","2000 items","There are no restrictions.","The \n Baylor Family Papers have been arranged in\n the following six series:","I. Correspondence (Box 1)","II. Legal and Financial Papers (Boxes 2-3)","III. Miscellaneous Papers (Box 4)","IV. Notebooks and Bound Volumes (Boxes 5-7)","V. Papers of \n James B. Baylor and the \n United States Coast \u0026 Geodetic\n Survey (Boxes 8-11)","VI. Oversize Items \u0026 2M Volumes","John Baylor 1 ( \n 1650- \n 1720) resident of \n Gloucester County, Virginia, and later \n King and Queen County, Virginia, married \n Lucy Todd O'Brien (ca.1681-?) of \n New Kent County, Virginia, in \n 1698. They were believed to have had three\n offspring, \n Frances Baylor, \n Robert Baylor, and \n John Baylor 2. The children of their son,\n Colonel \n John2 Baylor ( \n 1705- \n 1772), and \n Frances Walker (?- \n 1783) were as follows:","1) \n Courtney Baylor m. Jasper Clayton of \n Gloucester County","2) \n Lucy Baylor m. \n John Armistead","3) \n Frances Baylor m. \n John Nicholson","4) \n Elizabeth Baylor unmarried","5) \n John Baylor 3 ( \n 1750- \n 1808) m. \n Frances Norton ( \n 1760- \n 1815) in \n 1778","6) \n George Baylor ( \n 1752- \n 1784) m. \n Lucy Page in \n 1778","7) \n Walker Baylor ( ? - \n 1823) m. \n Jane Bledsoe","8) \n Robert Baylor m. Miss Gwynne","The children of \n John Baylor 3 and \n Frances Norton were:","1) \n Frances Courtney Baylor ( \n 1779- \n 1780)","2) \n Courtney Orange Baylor ( \n 1781-? ) m. _____ Fox","3) \n Lucy Elizabeth Todd Baylor ( ? - \n 1823) m. [Sen. \n John H. Upshaw ] in \n 1809","4) \n Louisa Henrietta Baylor m. [ \n William T. Upshaw ]","5) \n Susanna Frances Baylor ( \n 1783- \n 1837) m. \n John Sutton","6) \n John Baylor 4 m. \n Maria Ann Roy ( \n 1790- \n 1850) in \n 1819","7) Dr. \n George Daniel Baylor m. Miss Lewis","The issue of \n John Baylor 4 and \n Maria Ann Roy was Dr. \n John Roy Baylor","John Baylor ( \n 1821- \n 1897) who married \n Anne Bowen of \n Albemarle County and produced the\n following offspring:","1) Captain \n James Bowen Baylor ( \n 1849- \n 1924) m. \n Ellen Carter Bruce (died ca. \n 1899) in ca. \n 1881, producing three children: \n Evelyn Courtney Blackford Baylor, \n Anne Baylor, and \n John Baylor ( \n 1890- \n 1968).","2) \n Maria Roy Baylor","3) \n John Roy Baylor, Jr. ( \n 1851- \n 1926) m. \n Julia Howard","Scope and Content\n The papers of the \n Baylor family of \"Newmarket,\" \n Bowling Green, Caroline County, Virginia, contain ca.\n 2000 items (11 Hollinger boxes, 4.5 linear feet),\n 1653-1915, and consist of correspondence, legal and\n financial papers, ledgers, genealogical material, students\n notebooks and bound volumes, scrapbooks, photographs, a\n diary, literary compositions, military papers pertaining to\n the Revolutionary War, newsclippings, the records of James Bowen Baylor and the \n United States Coast and Geodetic Survey, and miscellaneous papers.\n These papers pertain to John Baylor (1650-1720) of \n Gloucester County, and King and Queen County, Virginia, and his wife, \n Lucy Todd O'Brien of New Kent County, Virginia, and four generations of their descendants. The \n John Baylor ledgers, 1719-1755, reveal that John Baylor was a wealthy merchant,\n planter, and shipowner. He also served as a burgess, representing Gloucester County in the 1693 General Assembly and King and Queen County in 1718.\n John Baylor's son, John Baylor (1705-1772), greatly increased the family landholdings when he received a royal\n land grant in 1726 in what was to become Caroline County, Virginia. John Baylor was educated in \n England, at the \n Putney Grammer School and \n Caius College, \n Cambridge. While in \n England, he developed a keen interest\n in thoroughbred horses and horse racing, going so far as to\n name his new home, \" \n Newmarket, \" for the famous English\n racing center. He became an important colonial horse\n importer and breeder whose stables greatly contributed to\n the development of American thoroughbreds. \n John Baylor also rendered public\n service to the newly formed county of \n Caroline, as a colonel in the county\n militia and a burgess in 1742-1749, and 1756-1765.\n All four of the sons of \n John Baylor (1705-1772) contributed in\n some way to the American effort during the Revolutionary\n War. \n John Baylor (1750-1808), the heir of \" \n Newmarket, \" while unable to fight due\n to a childhood injury, gave financial support to the war\n effort. He later had difficulties in shedding his\n reputation as a \"Tory\" because he had gone back to \n England in 1778 to marry his cousin, \n Frances Norton (1760-1815) and had to\n live in \n Europe until they could obtain a return\n passage to \n America.\n \n George Baylor (1752-1784) was a member\n of the \n Caroline County Committee of Safety,\n 1775-1776, and from 1775-1777, he was aide-de-camp of\n General \n George Washington. He was commanding\n officer of the \n 3rd Regiment Light Dragoons when he was\n wounded and captured on September 28, 1778. He was\n eventually exchanged and his regiment was consolidated with\n the \n First Continental Dragoons on November\n 9, 1782, which he commanded until the end of the war. On\n September 30, 1783, he received his commission as a Brevet\n Brigadier General.\n \n Walker Baylor served as a lieutenant\n and captain of the \n 3rd Regiment Light Dragoons during the\n Revolution. He along with his other brother \n Robert Baylor, who also served in the\n Revolution, immigrated to \n Kentucky. Later \n Robert Baylor apparently settled in the\n Pearl River area of the \n Mississippi Territory.\n The estate of \n John Baylor (1750-1808) was hopelessly\n entangled when he inherited it from his father in 1772 and\n much of it was lost through his own ineptitude as a\n businessman and the dishonesty of others. However, the\n house and two thousand acres were entailed and could not be\n alienated; these were passed on to his son, \n John Baylor ( ? ), who married \n Maria Ann Roy and produced Dr. \n John Roy Baylor (1821-1897). It was Dr.\n John Roy Baylor's son, Captain \n James Bowen Baylor (1848-1924), who was\n a member of the \n United States Coast and Geodetic\n Survey team.\n The correspondence series contains the correspondence\n from family members, friends, and business associates of\n all the above generations of the \n Baylor family, beginning with Colonel \n John Baylor (1705-1772). Letters\n pertaining to the sojourn of \n John Baylor (1750-1808) in \n England prior to and during the\n Revolutionary War include the following: a reference to\n Colonel \n John Baylor's son at school in \n Caius College, \n Cambridge (August 12,1769); his\n intentions of returning to the \n United States (December 28, 1770); the\n advice of \n William Bond, a former teacher of \n John Baylor, for him to seek further\n educational opportunities upon the continent rather than to\n return to college studies (July 15, 1773); \n William Bond's request for \n John Baylor to ignore \"national evils\"\n and to visit \n England (May 4, 1778); \n John Baylor's trip to \n England to wed his cousin, \n Frances Norton (1778); a reference to\n the Baylor's leaving \n England, and comments concerning the\n fashions and decadence of \n England (May 4, 1779).\n Correspondence concerning events leading up to and\n including the Revolutionary War includes: \n Sam Waterman's support of the Stamp\n Act repeal and the danger of shipping livestock from \n London to \n John Baylor (March 6, 1766); a Mr.\n Grand's letter refusing to advise \n John Baylor due to threat of prison\n (March 28, [1772]): copies of \n Committee of Correspondence letters to \n John Norton asking him to keep them\n informed regarding events in \n England and Acts of \n Parliament and his reply (April 6,\n \u0026 July 6, 1773); a recommendation for the Baron of\n [Bonstetten] who served in the Danish and Prussian Wars\n (September 27,1777); \n John Baylor as a prisoner aboard a\n British ship, Thomas [Thortican], possibly due to suspicion\n that he was reportedly carrying a treaty between \n France and the \n United States (February 5, 1778); the\n birth of Colonel \n George Baylor's son (May 6, 1779); \n Walker Baylor asking his brother to\n send him some money to cover his expenses incurred in\n fighting in the Revolution (August 13, 1779); a statement\n of \n Edmund Pendleton, the Chairman of the \n Caroline Committee of Correspondence,\n regarding the loyalty of \n John Baylor to the colonial cause,\n relating that \n John Baylor supported the actions of\n the Americans at \n Lexington, and returned to \n England only to marry (October 13,\n 1779); the statement of \n George Baylor regarding the loyalty of\n his brother evidenced by his opinion of events at \n Lexington, and his recommendation of\n Baron de Wolfen in the service of the \n American Army, and concluding with the\n explanation that \n John Baylor did not fight due to a\n physical infirmity acquired in his youth (October 14,1779);\n John Wormeley requests \n John Baylor to use his influence to\n give him an escort to visit his father in \n Virginia (August 16, 1782); and a\n request for \n George Baylor to help recover money\n form one of the officers of his regiment for Mr. Alexander\n (September 3, 1783).\n Other subjects of note include: the tobacco growing and\n export business (May 8, 1741; March 6, 1766; August 12,\n 1769; February 5, 1778; June 29, 1788; March 10, 1789; June\n 6, 1789; March 15, 1793; \u0026 February 5, 1790); iron and\n forge business (October 11, 1771; \u0026 April 13, 1774);\n horses and horse breeding (\"Sober John\"-October25, 1754;\n \"Fearnought\"-March 21, 1771; October 30, 1756; March 6,\n 1766; and July 17, 1800); and a discussion about whether\n the Spanish will allow free trade up the \n Mississippi River and \n Ohio River ([December 4], 1783).\n Several letters mention slaves and slavery. Among these\n are: slaves for sale (April 14, 1770; March 21, 1771;\n September 14, 1771; \u0026 June 19, 1811); mention of slave\n passes, a slave detained on the road for lack of one, and a\n visit of slaves with the family in \n Gloucester County, Virginia (July 12,\n 1813); the prices of slaves in the \n Pearl River area of the \n Mississippi Territory and prices of\n hire (November 28, 1816); and a letter from a Quaker, \n George Boone, of \n Berks County, Pennsylvania, attempting\n to verify that \n James Martin, a black man who claimed\n to have been born to free parents and wrongly sold as part\n of Colonel \n John Baylor's estate, was indeed a\n free black and not legally owned by \n Thomas Adams of \n Orange County, Virginia (August 12,\n 1818).\n There is a group of letters between \n John Baylor, \n John Frere, and \n John Baylor's former teacher in \n England, \n William Bond, concerning education for\n his two sons, \n John Baylor and \n George Daniel Baylor. This\n correspondence sheds some light on the attempts of\n Americans to educate their sons following the Revolution\n and includes: a discussion of \n Eton and \n Rugby and changes that have occurred at\n Cambridge (August 17, 1793); a\n suggestion to try \n Glasgow in \n Scotland (March 1, 1796); the\n possibility of using a tutor (February 27, 1797); terms to\n secure a tutor from \n England and his opinion of \n Eton (October 2, 1797); and a\n suggestion to use an American clergyman for a tutor (June\n 22, 1799 \u0026 June 30, 1800).\n Other subjects mentioned include: the French Revolution\n (July 2, August 17, and [September 18], 1793); a\n description of fashions ([September 18], 1793); a\n description of \n Warm Springs, \n Bath County, Virginia (August 26,\n 1805); the career of \n Napoleon Bonaparte (June 30 \u0026 July\n 17, 1800); the settlement of \n John Baylor's estate (December 26,\n 1801; \u0026 January 3, 1804); the \n Louisiana Purchase (September 17,\n 1803); a woman's viewpoint and thoughts (April 9, 1802);\n the interdiction of His Majesty's ships from American ports\n and the War of 1812 (August 29, 1808; March 25, 1812; and\n July 18, 1813); an excellent discussion of social and\n economic life in \n Pearl River, \n Mississippi Territory (November 28,\n 1816); the financial difficulties of the \n Baylor family (September 1, 1819; \u0026\n July 25, 1820); a meteorite falling in \n Washington, D.C. (March 18, 1821); the\n celebration in \n Richmond of the French victory over the\n Turkish Dey of \n Algiers (September 13, 1830); the\n medical studies of \n John Roy Baylor (January 31, 1842);\n discussion of \n George Catlin's book about American\n Indians and the explorations of \n John C. Fremont and \n Charles Wilkes (April 30, 1846); a\n detailed description of \n William P. Palmer's trip to \n Europe (October 30, 1865); and the\n voyage of Presbyterian missionary \n E. Lanc[aster] to \n Rio De Janeiro (August 26, 1869).\n Events during the Civil War period are represented by\n the following: \n William P. Palmer's comments\n concerning \n John Brown's raid at \n Harper's Ferry and the preparations for\n his hanging (November 22 \u0026 December 1, 1859); the\n struggle for possession of the \n Fredericksburg Water Power\n Company (March 17 \u0026 November 3, 1863; \u0026\n September 5, 1865); the building of \n Confederate stables and cabins for a\n camp in \n Louisa near the gold mines of \n Louisa County's \n Walnut Grove and \n Slate Grove, formerly owned by Yankee\n speculators (December 30, 1863); requests for donations of\n flour and foodstuffs for soldiers (February 25, 1865); and\n the assassination of \n Abraham Lincoln deplored (April 25,\n 1865). Related topics include the mention of seeing \n Robert E. Lee at \n White Sulpher Springs, West\n Virginia (August 17, 1867) and a letter from \n Henry Stephens Randall declining to\n visit the Old Dominion until the scars of the Civil War are\n healed (n.d.).\n Other post-Civil War subjects include: racial tensions\n (August 11, 1878) and the \n Richmond riots during which a white\n policeman was killed in \n Old Market Hall (March 20, 1870); \n John Roy Baylor's assurances that his\n black tenant farmers were not involved in the violence in \n Caroline County (n.d.); life in \n St. Louis, Missouri (September \u0026\n July 3, 1873); a description of a shoot-out in \n Uvalde County, Texas (May 10, 1881);\n the black vote during Reconstruction in \n Virginia (October 28, 1889); mention of\n Micajah Woods, the \n University of Virginia, and \n Monticello (October 21, 1887); and the \n Richmond, Fredericksburg, \u0026 Potomac Railroad\n Company (March 21, 1873; \u0026 May 20, 1881).\n Letters containing genealogical information include the\n following families: the \n Norton family (June 22, 1828); \n Robert Baylor's (August 14, 1828); the\n Frere family (June 28, 1872 \u0026 n.d.);\n the \n Roy family (March 21, 1887 \u0026 January\n 8, 1885); the \n Braxton family (April 20, 1810); the \n Baylor family (February 20, 1895); and\n the \n Texas \n Baylor family (April 28 \u0026 May 2,\n 1894).\n For a list of individual correspondents, please consult\n the \n Baylor family sliplist.\n The next series of papers contain the legal and\n financial papers of the \n Baylor family. These include: the\n amnesty papers of Dr. \n John Roy Baylor (1865); land plats and\n surveys (1701-1841) of \n Virginia lands in \n King William County, \n King and Queen County, \n Spotsylvania County, \n Caroline County, \n Pocahontas County, and \n Orange County, many of which were done\n by surveyor, \n James Taylor; and other legal\n documents such as indentures, bonds, deeds, land grants,\n and bills of complaint. Items of special note are: copies\n of land grants signed by \n Alexander Spotswood (July 20, 1722) and\n Hugh Drysdale (July 16, 1726); a list\n of named slaves sold to \n John Baylor (December 12, 1751);\n charges against \n Philip Easter, overseer for \n John Baylor, particularly for\n \"constantly driving of the Negroes for which I paid a great\n deal of tobacco,\" especially old \n Sarah, a midwife (ca. 1757); agreement\n of \n John Hatley Norton to buy \n John Baylor's tobacco (December 12,\n 1776); a water lot rental (June 12, 1794); articles of\n agreement concerning a grist mill in \n Caroline County (June 18, 1813); the\n pardon of \n John Crowley signed by \n James Madison and \n James Monroe (September 11, 1815); an\n indenture of 1820 with named slaves; a schedule of property\n with a named slave (December 17, 1822); an agreement\n concerning a mill with \n P. Harrison as the miller (1831); a\n certificate of exemption from active service in the \n Confederate Army as an agriculturalist\n (November 10, 1864); and a copy of a receipt concerning\n work done on a gravel pit for the \n Richmond, Fredericksburg, \u0026 Potomac\n Railroad (June 2, 1870).\n This series also contains copies of the wills of \n John Baylor (1705-1772), dated February\n 19, 1770, and \n Frances Baylor (1760-1815), dated June\n 12, 1815, both mentioning family slaves by name.\n The financial papers of the \n Baylor family contain six small account\n books, 1859-1870, listing payment to hired hands, one of\n which contains the \n Tiverton Farm Stockbook (1866); bank\n statements; a farm book for the \n Greenwood Farm; \n John Baylor's receipt book, 1792-1795,\n which mentions Negroes purchased (December 5, 1790), \n George Baylor's estate (February 17,\n 1792), and Negroes sold (February 23, 1795); and other\n miscellaneous financial papers.\n Topics in the financial papers include the following: an\n account with \n Donald Robertson for \n Robert Baylor and \n Walker Baylor's schooling (April 1,\n 1772); Colonel Braxton's smith works (April 1736); the \n Rappahannock River Forge belonging to \n James Hunter (March 31, 1784); tobacco\n accounts (1775-1776; 1782; June \u0026 August 1782, October\n 2, 1789; February 24, 1784; March 19 \u0026 December 11,\n 1875; and n.d.); horses and racing (January 16, 1741; July\n 11, 1777, May 29, 1767; November 15, 1774; April 1, 1756;\n and list of horses, n.d.); an account for carpenter and\n house work [1726]; an account with the \n Swan Tavern (September 23, 1815); the\n settling of \n John Baylor's estate (1750-1808)\n (January 5, 1812; May 29, 1811; October 27, 1812; September\n 10, 1815; October 2, 1819; June 1, 1821; August 3, 1821;\n and n.d.); medical accounts (April 12, 1830); corn and meal\n from \n John Baylor's mill (January 1, 1830);\n and a blacksmith account (January 1, 1875).\n There are also accounts with the \n Confederate government (November 14\n \u0026 24, \u0026 December 12, 1863; March 24 \u0026 May 3,\n 1864; and February 4, 1865) and many concerning slaves and\n slavery.\n These include: duty paid on Negroes (1742-1744); claim\n for payment for capturing and placing \n John Baylor's runaway slave in the \n Spotsylvania goal (April 16, 1744); the\n sale of \n George Baylor's slaves (November 28,\n 1786); slaves for hire (December 26, 1805; June 15, 1814);\n hire of \" \n Ned \" as a mason (October 2, 1814);\n clothing for Negroes (1814); grog for servants (September\n 23, 1815); bills of sale for unnamed slaves (June 11,\n 1847); \n Mary and daughter \n Elizabeth (September 4, 1848); \n Miles (February 20, 1849); \n Pompey (June 11, 1847); slave boy, \n Frank (January 15, 1851); \n Kitty Brook and \n Fanny (December 28, 1853); \n George Cooper (June 18, 1857); and\n slave hire (April 30, 1859 \u0026 ca. 1854).\n The miscellaneous series contains a diary (1780) of \n John Baylor 1750-1808) describing a\n journey from \" \n Newmarket \" to \n Warm Springs, \n Augusta County, Virginia, and\n mentioning Dr. \n [Thomas ?] Walker and his son, \n Thomas Walker, of \n Albemarle County, Virginia, and \n John Baylor's \n Orange plantations; genealogical\n material pertaining to the \n Roy family, \n Baylor family, and \n Norton family, and including\n biographical sketches of \n Mungo Roy and \n John Baylor (1750-1808); a \"History of\n the Early Church in Virginia\"; several literary\n compositions by \n Maria Roy Baylor; and a memorandum\n book of \n John Baylor (1750-1808) which describes\n the beginning of his voyage on the Potomack (October 1775)\n and furnishes a description of saltworks at \n Portsmouth, [England] (1778).\n Other material in this series includes military papers,\n miscellaneous papers, newsclippings, and loose photographs.\n Thirteen of the items in the military papers pertain to\n Colonel \n John Baylor (1705-1772) and the \n Caroline militia, who served under\n Colonel \n George Washington in the construction\n of a fort at \n Winchester, Virginia, during the\n French and Indian War, 1756-1757, and consist of company\n returns, orders for payment, and receipts for payment.\n The rest of the military papers consist of Revolutionary\n War material, relating to \n George Baylor, aide-de-camp to General\n George Washington, 1775-1777, and\n Commander of the \n Third Regiment of Light Dragoons, and\n the papers about clothing, arms, and other supplies,\n regimental finances, roster of officers, and weekly returns\n of the regiment. Among these papers are: a copy of a letter\n from General Burgoyne to Colonel Phillipson concerning\n military conditions and discussing his ill-fated \n Saratoga campaign (October 20, 1777); a\n mention of \n George Baylor's upcoming marriage\n (February 4, 1778); \n B. Dade's request to be exchanged as a\n prisoner of war (February 1779); monies owed for supplies\n to \n James Hunter with an itemized account\n (October 12 \u0026 November 1, 1779); the problems and\n arrangements involved in outfitting the regiment (February\n 4, June 6 \u0026 12, 1778; October 13, 1780; October 26,\n 1781 [2 letters]; November 2, 1781; April 3 \u0026 August\n 14, 1782); the difficulty of working with the \"financier \n Robert Morris \" (October 13, 1780); an\n outbreak of smallpox in the \n Third Regiment at \n Petersburg, Virginia (November 25,\n 1781); and an order for a review of the \n Continental army for July 4, 1782. A\n final item is a general order for a discharge from the \n 4th Regiment of \n Virginia militia during the War of 1812\n (April 10, 1814). For a list of individual correspondents,\n please consult the original list in the control folder.\n The miscellaneous folder contains the following: a\n printed score sheet for archery (July 4, 1771); a list of\n books, probably from the library of \n John Baylor [ca. 1800 ?]; notes\n concerning Blackstone's law; a pamphlet, \"The Lewis and\n Clark Expedition,\" by \n Grace Flandrau (n.d.); an oath to \"our\n Sovereign Lord King George\" (n.d.); and a parochial report,\n Emmanuel Church, \n Greenwood Parish, Reverend \n W.M. Nelson, Rector (n.d.).\n The newsclippings, 1921-1933, concern \n University of Virginia events, news of\n the \n Ivy area, the \n Lewis Association of America, the \n Lewis family, and historical\n articles.\n The loose photographs, mostly unidentified, include:\n Mrs. Rutherford's children, \n Rosa Rutherford, \n Charles Frere and \n Douglas Frere, possible photographs of\n \" \n Newmarket, \" and \n University of Virginia professors.\n The notebooks and bound volumes series contains the\n following: a photograph album; school notebooks of \n Maria Roy Baylor, \n Frank Blackford, and \n James B. Baylor; an expense book; two\n scrapbooks of newsclippings; and the \n Letters of Junius,hand\n copied by \n John Baylor (1769-1771).\n Those volumes belonging to Dr. \n John Roy Baylor include: a genealogical\n and historical notebook (1872); a medical notebook and farm\n expense book which records a controversy with the \n Clayton family over slaves (1847-1851); a\n farm account book, 1856-1892, with accounts with the \n Fredericksburg Water Power Company, a\n servant's account (June-August, 1865), and reports of wheat\n crops; an account book with grape expenses, sheep\n memorandum, apple accounts, and a mill account (1868-1874);\n and another farm book with an account with the \n Bowling Green Tanning Yard, and slave\n hire records with named slaves (1847-1868).\n The photograph album, apparently given to \n John Roy Baylor by his granddaughter on\n Christmas of 1887, contains photographs of the following: \n Rosa Seddon Rutherford (1891 \u0026\n n.d.); \n Helen Rutherford Johnson; \n James B. Baylor; \n Frances Starke Bowen, of \" \n Mirador, \" \n Albemarle County (1886); \n Fanny Courtenay Baylor (1886); the\n mother of \n Fanny Courtenay Baylor; a portrait of\n Colonel \n George Armistead; \n Roy Ellerson Massie; General \n Lewis Armistead (killed at \n Gettysburg ); \n Maria Roy Baylor; \n Eloise Baylor (1885); \n Julia Howard Baylor; and \n John Roy Baylor.\n The series containing the papers of \n James B. Baylor and the \n United States Coast and Geodetic\n Survey consists of the financial records of the\n survey teams led by \n John Baylor, circular letters from the\n home office in \n Washington, D.C., the official\n correspondence and reports of \n John Baylor, photographs, printed\n material, \n United States government property\n inventories, and bound volumes.\n \n James Bowen Baylor (1849-1924)\n graduated with an engineering degree from the \n University of Virginia in 1872 and was\n appointed an aid in the \n United States Coast and Geodetic Survey\n Department in 1874, continuing to work as a field\n agent throughout his career. His many assignments included:\n the determination of the elements of earth's magnetism from\n Canada to \n Mexico; the survey of oyster grounds\n in \n Louisiana and \n Virginia, 1889-1894; his appointment\n as a Commissioner of the \n United States Supreme Court to settle\n the \n Virginia - \n Tennessee boundary line dispute,\n establishing it in the middle of Main Street, \n Bristol, 1900-1902; and also the\n establishment of boundaries between \n Virginia and \n Maryland, \n New York and \n Pennsylvania, and the \n United States and \n Canada.\n The Oyster Industry Protection Correspondence contains\n much correspondence from \n William Ellinger of \n Fox Island, Virginia, who describes\n himself as an oyster planter. Printed material consists of\n death notices for \n United States Coast and Geodetic\n Survey men, \n Richard D. Cutts and \n Benjamin Peirce (1880\u0026 1883), and\n three pamphlets concerning the \n United States and Canadian boundary,\n the oyster laws of \n Virginia, and a \n Virginia Military Institute valedictory\n address by \n Edward Hutson Russell.\n Oversize items include a survey of the lands of \n John Roy Baylor (June 1847),\n photographs of the \n United States Coast and Geodetic\n Survey, and a printed plan of the fairgrounds of\n the \n Virginia State Agricultural Society, \n Richmond, 1854.\n The three \n Baylor family ledgers, 1719-1755, contain\n many references to the purchase of slaves (see\n addendum).","The papers of the \n Baylor family of \"Newmarket,\" \n Bowling Green, Caroline County, Virginia, contain ca.\n 2000 items (11 Hollinger boxes, 4.5 linear feet),\n 1653-1915, and consist of correspondence, legal and\n financial papers, ledgers, genealogical material, students\n notebooks and bound volumes, scrapbooks, photographs, a\n diary, literary compositions, military papers pertaining to\n the Revolutionary War, newsclippings, the records of James Bowen Baylor and the \n United States Coast and Geodetic Survey, and miscellaneous papers.","These papers pertain to John Baylor (1650-1720) of \n Gloucester County, and King and Queen County, Virginia, and his wife, \n Lucy Todd O'Brien of New Kent County, Virginia, and four generations of their descendants. The \n John Baylor ledgers, 1719-1755, reveal that John Baylor was a wealthy merchant,\n planter, and shipowner. He also served as a burgess, representing Gloucester County in the 1693 General Assembly and King and Queen County in 1718.","John Baylor's son, John Baylor (1705-1772), greatly increased the family landholdings when he received a royal\n land grant in 1726 in what was to become Caroline County, Virginia. John Baylor was educated in \n England, at the \n Putney Grammer School and \n Caius College, \n Cambridge. While in \n England, he developed a keen interest\n in thoroughbred horses and horse racing, going so far as to\n name his new home, \" \n Newmarket, \" for the famous English\n racing center. He became an important colonial horse\n importer and breeder whose stables greatly contributed to\n the development of American thoroughbreds. \n John Baylor also rendered public\n service to the newly formed county of \n Caroline, as a colonel in the county\n militia and a burgess in 1742-1749, and 1756-1765.","All four of the sons of \n John Baylor (1705-1772) contributed in\n some way to the American effort during the Revolutionary\n War. \n John Baylor (1750-1808), the heir of \" \n Newmarket, \" while unable to fight due\n to a childhood injury, gave financial support to the war\n effort. He later had difficulties in shedding his\n reputation as a \"Tory\" because he had gone back to \n England in 1778 to marry his cousin, \n Frances Norton (1760-1815) and had to\n live in \n Europe until they could obtain a return\n passage to \n America.","George Baylor (1752-1784) was a member\n of the \n Caroline County Committee of Safety,\n 1775-1776, and from 1775-1777, he was aide-de-camp of\n General \n George Washington. He was commanding\n officer of the \n 3rd Regiment Light Dragoons when he was\n wounded and captured on September 28, 1778. He was\n eventually exchanged and his regiment was consolidated with\n the \n First Continental Dragoons on November\n 9, 1782, which he commanded until the end of the war. On\n September 30, 1783, he received his commission as a Brevet\n Brigadier General.","Walker Baylor served as a lieutenant\n and captain of the \n 3rd Regiment Light Dragoons during the\n Revolution. He along with his other brother \n Robert Baylor, who also served in the\n Revolution, immigrated to \n Kentucky. Later \n Robert Baylor apparently settled in the\n Pearl River area of the \n Mississippi Territory.","The estate of \n John Baylor (1750-1808) was hopelessly\n entangled when he inherited it from his father in 1772 and\n much of it was lost through his own ineptitude as a\n businessman and the dishonesty of others. However, the\n house and two thousand acres were entailed and could not be\n alienated; these were passed on to his son, \n John Baylor ( ? ), who married \n Maria Ann Roy and produced Dr. \n John Roy Baylor (1821-1897). It was Dr.\n John Roy Baylor's son, Captain \n James Bowen Baylor (1848-1924), who was\n a member of the \n United States Coast and Geodetic\n Survey team.","The correspondence series contains the correspondence\n from family members, friends, and business associates of\n all the above generations of the \n Baylor family, beginning with Colonel \n John Baylor (1705-1772). Letters\n pertaining to the sojourn of \n John Baylor (1750-1808) in \n England prior to and during the\n Revolutionary War include the following: a reference to\n Colonel \n John Baylor's son at school in \n Caius College, \n Cambridge (August 12,1769); his\n intentions of returning to the \n United States (December 28, 1770); the\n advice of \n William Bond, a former teacher of \n John Baylor, for him to seek further\n educational opportunities upon the continent rather than to\n return to college studies (July 15, 1773); \n William Bond's request for \n John Baylor to ignore \"national evils\"\n and to visit \n England (May 4, 1778); \n John Baylor's trip to \n England to wed his cousin, \n Frances Norton (1778); a reference to\n the Baylor's leaving \n England, and comments concerning the\n fashions and decadence of \n England (May 4, 1779).","Correspondence concerning events leading up to and\n including the Revolutionary War includes: \n Sam Waterman's support of the Stamp\n Act repeal and the danger of shipping livestock from \n London to \n John Baylor (March 6, 1766); a Mr.\n Grand's letter refusing to advise \n John Baylor due to threat of prison\n (March 28, [1772]): copies of \n Committee of Correspondence letters to \n John Norton asking him to keep them\n informed regarding events in \n England and Acts of \n Parliament and his reply (April 6,\n \u0026 July 6, 1773); a recommendation for the Baron of\n [Bonstetten] who served in the Danish and Prussian Wars\n (September 27,1777); \n John Baylor as a prisoner aboard a\n British ship, Thomas [Thortican], possibly due to suspicion\n that he was reportedly carrying a treaty between \n France and the \n United States (February 5, 1778); the\n birth of Colonel \n George Baylor's son (May 6, 1779); \n Walker Baylor asking his brother to\n send him some money to cover his expenses incurred in\n fighting in the Revolution (August 13, 1779); a statement\n of \n Edmund Pendleton, the Chairman of the \n Caroline Committee of Correspondence,\n regarding the loyalty of \n John Baylor to the colonial cause,\n relating that \n John Baylor supported the actions of\n the Americans at \n Lexington, and returned to \n England only to marry (October 13,\n 1779); the statement of \n George Baylor regarding the loyalty of\n his brother evidenced by his opinion of events at \n Lexington, and his recommendation of\n Baron de Wolfen in the service of the \n American Army, and concluding with the\n explanation that \n John Baylor did not fight due to a\n physical infirmity acquired in his youth (October 14,1779);\n John Wormeley requests \n John Baylor to use his influence to\n give him an escort to visit his father in \n Virginia (August 16, 1782); and a\n request for \n George Baylor to help recover money\n form one of the officers of his regiment for Mr. Alexander\n (September 3, 1783).","Other subjects of note include: the tobacco growing and\n export business (May 8, 1741; March 6, 1766; August 12,\n 1769; February 5, 1778; June 29, 1788; March 10, 1789; June\n 6, 1789; March 15, 1793; \u0026 February 5, 1790); iron and\n forge business (October 11, 1771; \u0026 April 13, 1774);\n horses and horse breeding (\"Sober John\"-October25, 1754;\n \"Fearnought\"-March 21, 1771; October 30, 1756; March 6,\n 1766; and July 17, 1800); and a discussion about whether\n the Spanish will allow free trade up the \n Mississippi River and \n Ohio River ([December 4], 1783).","Several letters mention slaves and slavery. Among these\n are: slaves for sale (April 14, 1770; March 21, 1771;\n September 14, 1771; \u0026 June 19, 1811); mention of slave\n passes, a slave detained on the road for lack of one, and a\n visit of slaves with the family in \n Gloucester County, Virginia (July 12,\n 1813); the prices of slaves in the \n Pearl River area of the \n Mississippi Territory and prices of\n hire (November 28, 1816); and a letter from a Quaker, \n George Boone, of \n Berks County, Pennsylvania, attempting\n to verify that \n James Martin, a black man who claimed\n to have been born to free parents and wrongly sold as part\n of Colonel \n John Baylor's estate, was indeed a\n free black and not legally owned by \n Thomas Adams of \n Orange County, Virginia (August 12,\n 1818).","There is a group of letters between \n John Baylor, \n John Frere, and \n John Baylor's former teacher in \n England, \n William Bond, concerning education for\n his two sons, \n John Baylor and \n George Daniel Baylor. This\n correspondence sheds some light on the attempts of\n Americans to educate their sons following the Revolution\n and includes: a discussion of \n Eton and \n Rugby and changes that have occurred at\n Cambridge (August 17, 1793); a\n suggestion to try \n Glasgow in \n Scotland (March 1, 1796); the\n possibility of using a tutor (February 27, 1797); terms to\n secure a tutor from \n England and his opinion of \n Eton (October 2, 1797); and a\n suggestion to use an American clergyman for a tutor (June\n 22, 1799 \u0026 June 30, 1800).","Other subjects mentioned include: the French Revolution\n (July 2, August 17, and [September 18], 1793); a\n description of fashions ([September 18], 1793); a\n description of \n Warm Springs, \n Bath County, Virginia (August 26,\n 1805); the career of \n Napoleon Bonaparte (June 30 \u0026 July\n 17, 1800); the settlement of \n John Baylor's estate (December 26,\n 1801; \u0026 January 3, 1804); the \n Louisiana Purchase (September 17,\n 1803); a woman's viewpoint and thoughts (April 9, 1802);\n the interdiction of His Majesty's ships from American ports\n and the War of 1812 (August 29, 1808; March 25, 1812; and\n July 18, 1813); an excellent discussion of social and\n economic life in \n Pearl River, \n Mississippi Territory (November 28,\n 1816); the financial difficulties of the \n Baylor family (September 1, 1819; \u0026\n July 25, 1820); a meteorite falling in \n Washington, D.C. (March 18, 1821); the\n celebration in \n Richmond of the French victory over the\n Turkish Dey of \n Algiers (September 13, 1830); the\n medical studies of \n John Roy Baylor (January 31, 1842);\n discussion of \n George Catlin's book about American\n Indians and the explorations of \n John C. Fremont and \n Charles Wilkes (April 30, 1846); a\n detailed description of \n William P. Palmer's trip to \n Europe (October 30, 1865); and the\n voyage of Presbyterian missionary \n E. Lanc[aster] to \n Rio De Janeiro (August 26, 1869).","Events during the Civil War period are represented by\n the following: \n William P. Palmer's comments\n concerning \n John Brown's raid at \n Harper's Ferry and the preparations for\n his hanging (November 22 \u0026 December 1, 1859); the\n struggle for possession of the \n Fredericksburg Water Power\n Company (March 17 \u0026 November 3, 1863; \u0026\n September 5, 1865); the building of \n Confederate stables and cabins for a\n camp in \n Louisa near the gold mines of \n Louisa County's \n Walnut Grove and \n Slate Grove, formerly owned by Yankee\n speculators (December 30, 1863); requests for donations of\n flour and foodstuffs for soldiers (February 25, 1865); and\n the assassination of \n Abraham Lincoln deplored (April 25,\n 1865). Related topics include the mention of seeing \n Robert E. Lee at \n White Sulpher Springs, West\n Virginia (August 17, 1867) and a letter from \n Henry Stephens Randall declining to\n visit the Old Dominion until the scars of the Civil War are\n healed (n.d.).","Other post-Civil War subjects include: racial tensions\n (August 11, 1878) and the \n Richmond riots during which a white\n policeman was killed in \n Old Market Hall (March 20, 1870); \n John Roy Baylor's assurances that his\n black tenant farmers were not involved in the violence in \n Caroline County (n.d.); life in \n St. Louis, Missouri (September \u0026\n July 3, 1873); a description of a shoot-out in \n Uvalde County, Texas (May 10, 1881);\n the black vote during Reconstruction in \n Virginia (October 28, 1889); mention of\n Micajah Woods, the \n University of Virginia, and \n Monticello (October 21, 1887); and the \n Richmond, Fredericksburg, \u0026 Potomac Railroad\n Company (March 21, 1873; \u0026 May 20, 1881).","Letters containing genealogical information include the\n following families: the \n Norton family (June 22, 1828); \n Robert Baylor's (August 14, 1828); the\n Frere family (June 28, 1872 \u0026 n.d.);\n the \n Roy family (March 21, 1887 \u0026 January\n 8, 1885); the \n Braxton family (April 20, 1810); the \n Baylor family (February 20, 1895); and\n the \n Texas \n Baylor family (April 28 \u0026 May 2,\n 1894).","For a list of individual correspondents, please consult\n the \n Baylor family sliplist.","The next series of papers contain the legal and\n financial papers of the \n Baylor family. These include: the\n amnesty papers of Dr. \n John Roy Baylor (1865); land plats and\n surveys (1701-1841) of \n Virginia lands in \n King William County, \n King and Queen County, \n Spotsylvania County, \n Caroline County, \n Pocahontas County, and \n Orange County, many of which were done\n by surveyor, \n James Taylor; and other legal\n documents such as indentures, bonds, deeds, land grants,\n and bills of complaint. Items of special note are: copies\n of land grants signed by \n Alexander Spotswood (July 20, 1722) and\n Hugh Drysdale (July 16, 1726); a list\n of named slaves sold to \n John Baylor (December 12, 1751);\n charges against \n Philip Easter, overseer for \n John Baylor, particularly for\n \"constantly driving of the Negroes for which I paid a great\n deal of tobacco,\" especially old \n Sarah, a midwife (ca. 1757); agreement\n of \n John Hatley Norton to buy \n John Baylor's tobacco (December 12,\n 1776); a water lot rental (June 12, 1794); articles of\n agreement concerning a grist mill in \n Caroline County (June 18, 1813); the\n pardon of \n John Crowley signed by \n James Madison and \n James Monroe (September 11, 1815); an\n indenture of 1820 with named slaves; a schedule of property\n with a named slave (December 17, 1822); an agreement\n concerning a mill with \n P. Harrison as the miller (1831); a\n certificate of exemption from active service in the \n Confederate Army as an agriculturalist\n (November 10, 1864); and a copy of a receipt concerning\n work done on a gravel pit for the \n Richmond, Fredericksburg, \u0026 Potomac\n Railroad (June 2, 1870).","This series also contains copies of the wills of \n John Baylor (1705-1772), dated February\n 19, 1770, and \n Frances Baylor (1760-1815), dated June\n 12, 1815, both mentioning family slaves by name.","The financial papers of the \n Baylor family contain six small account\n books, 1859-1870, listing payment to hired hands, one of\n which contains the \n Tiverton Farm Stockbook (1866); bank\n statements; a farm book for the \n Greenwood Farm; \n John Baylor's receipt book, 1792-1795,\n which mentions Negroes purchased (December 5, 1790), \n George Baylor's estate (February 17,\n 1792), and Negroes sold (February 23, 1795); and other\n miscellaneous financial papers.","Topics in the financial papers include the following: an\n account with \n Donald Robertson for \n Robert Baylor and \n Walker Baylor's schooling (April 1,\n 1772); Colonel Braxton's smith works (April 1736); the \n Rappahannock River Forge belonging to \n James Hunter (March 31, 1784); tobacco\n accounts (1775-1776; 1782; June \u0026 August 1782, October\n 2, 1789; February 24, 1784; March 19 \u0026 December 11,\n 1875; and n.d.); horses and racing (January 16, 1741; July\n 11, 1777, May 29, 1767; November 15, 1774; April 1, 1756;\n and list of horses, n.d.); an account for carpenter and\n house work [1726]; an account with the \n Swan Tavern (September 23, 1815); the\n settling of \n John Baylor's estate (1750-1808)\n (January 5, 1812; May 29, 1811; October 27, 1812; September\n 10, 1815; October 2, 1819; June 1, 1821; August 3, 1821;\n and n.d.); medical accounts (April 12, 1830); corn and meal\n from \n John Baylor's mill (January 1, 1830);\n and a blacksmith account (January 1, 1875).","There are also accounts with the \n Confederate government (November 14\n \u0026 24, \u0026 December 12, 1863; March 24 \u0026 May 3,\n 1864; and February 4, 1865) and many concerning slaves and\n slavery.","These include: duty paid on Negroes (1742-1744); claim\n for payment for capturing and placing \n John Baylor's runaway slave in the \n Spotsylvania goal (April 16, 1744); the\n sale of \n George Baylor's slaves (November 28,\n 1786); slaves for hire (December 26, 1805; June 15, 1814);\n hire of \" \n Ned \" as a mason (October 2, 1814);\n clothing for Negroes (1814); grog for servants (September\n 23, 1815); bills of sale for unnamed slaves (June 11,\n 1847); \n Mary and daughter \n Elizabeth (September 4, 1848); \n Miles (February 20, 1849); \n Pompey (June 11, 1847); slave boy, \n Frank (January 15, 1851); \n Kitty Brook and \n Fanny (December 28, 1853); \n George Cooper (June 18, 1857); and\n slave hire (April 30, 1859 \u0026 ca. 1854).","The miscellaneous series contains a diary (1780) of \n John Baylor 1750-1808) describing a\n journey from \" \n Newmarket \" to \n Warm Springs, \n Augusta County, Virginia, and\n mentioning Dr. \n [Thomas ?] Walker and his son, \n Thomas Walker, of \n Albemarle County, Virginia, and \n John Baylor's \n Orange plantations; genealogical\n material pertaining to the \n Roy family, \n Baylor family, and \n Norton family, and including\n biographical sketches of \n Mungo Roy and \n John Baylor (1750-1808); a \"History of\n the Early Church in Virginia\"; several literary\n compositions by \n Maria Roy Baylor; and a memorandum\n book of \n John Baylor (1750-1808) which describes\n the beginning of his voyage on the Potomack (October 1775)\n and furnishes a description of saltworks at \n Portsmouth, [England] (1778).","Other material in this series includes military papers,\n miscellaneous papers, newsclippings, and loose photographs.\n Thirteen of the items in the military papers pertain to\n Colonel \n John Baylor (1705-1772) and the \n Caroline militia, who served under\n Colonel \n George Washington in the construction\n of a fort at \n Winchester, Virginia, during the\n French and Indian War, 1756-1757, and consist of company\n returns, orders for payment, and receipts for payment.","The rest of the military papers consist of Revolutionary\n War material, relating to \n George Baylor, aide-de-camp to General\n George Washington, 1775-1777, and\n Commander of the \n Third Regiment of Light Dragoons, and\n the papers about clothing, arms, and other supplies,\n regimental finances, roster of officers, and weekly returns\n of the regiment. Among these papers are: a copy of a letter\n from General Burgoyne to Colonel Phillipson concerning\n military conditions and discussing his ill-fated \n Saratoga campaign (October 20, 1777); a\n mention of \n George Baylor's upcoming marriage\n (February 4, 1778); \n B. Dade's request to be exchanged as a\n prisoner of war (February 1779); monies owed for supplies\n to \n James Hunter with an itemized account\n (October 12 \u0026 November 1, 1779); the problems and\n arrangements involved in outfitting the regiment (February\n 4, June 6 \u0026 12, 1778; October 13, 1780; October 26,\n 1781 [2 letters]; November 2, 1781; April 3 \u0026 August\n 14, 1782); the difficulty of working with the \"financier \n Robert Morris \" (October 13, 1780); an\n outbreak of smallpox in the \n Third Regiment at \n Petersburg, Virginia (November 25,\n 1781); and an order for a review of the \n Continental army for July 4, 1782. A\n final item is a general order for a discharge from the \n 4th Regiment of \n Virginia militia during the War of 1812\n (April 10, 1814). For a list of individual correspondents,\n please consult the original list in the control folder.","The miscellaneous folder contains the following: a\n printed score sheet for archery (July 4, 1771); a list of\n books, probably from the library of \n John Baylor [ca. 1800 ?]; notes\n concerning Blackstone's law; a pamphlet, \"The Lewis and\n Clark Expedition,\" by \n Grace Flandrau (n.d.); an oath to \"our\n Sovereign Lord King George\" (n.d.); and a parochial report,\n Emmanuel Church, \n Greenwood Parish, Reverend \n W.M. Nelson, Rector (n.d.).","The newsclippings, 1921-1933, concern \n University of Virginia events, news of\n the \n Ivy area, the \n Lewis Association of America, the \n Lewis family, and historical\n articles.","The loose photographs, mostly unidentified, include:\n Mrs. Rutherford's children, \n Rosa Rutherford, \n Charles Frere and \n Douglas Frere, possible photographs of\n \" \n Newmarket, \" and \n University of Virginia professors.","The notebooks and bound volumes series contains the\n following: a photograph album; school notebooks of \n Maria Roy Baylor, \n Frank Blackford, and \n James B. Baylor; an expense book; two\n scrapbooks of newsclippings; and the \n Letters of Junius,hand\n copied by \n John Baylor (1769-1771).","Those volumes belonging to Dr. \n John Roy Baylor include: a genealogical\n and historical notebook (1872); a medical notebook and farm\n expense book which records a controversy with the \n Clayton family over slaves (1847-1851); a\n farm account book, 1856-1892, with accounts with the \n Fredericksburg Water Power Company, a\n servant's account (June-August, 1865), and reports of wheat\n crops; an account book with grape expenses, sheep\n memorandum, apple accounts, and a mill account (1868-1874);\n and another farm book with an account with the \n Bowling Green Tanning Yard, and slave\n hire records with named slaves (1847-1868).","The photograph album, apparently given to \n John Roy Baylor by his granddaughter on\n Christmas of 1887, contains photographs of the following: \n Rosa Seddon Rutherford (1891 \u0026\n n.d.); \n Helen Rutherford Johnson; \n James B. Baylor; \n Frances Starke Bowen, of \" \n Mirador, \" \n Albemarle County (1886); \n Fanny Courtenay Baylor (1886); the\n mother of \n Fanny Courtenay Baylor; a portrait of\n Colonel \n George Armistead; \n Roy Ellerson Massie; General \n Lewis Armistead (killed at \n Gettysburg ); \n Maria Roy Baylor; \n Eloise Baylor (1885); \n Julia Howard Baylor; and \n John Roy Baylor.","The series containing the papers of \n James B. Baylor and the \n United States Coast and Geodetic\n Survey consists of the financial records of the\n survey teams led by \n John Baylor, circular letters from the\n home office in \n Washington, D.C., the official\n correspondence and reports of \n John Baylor, photographs, printed\n material, \n United States government property\n inventories, and bound volumes.","James Bowen Baylor (1849-1924)\n graduated with an engineering degree from the \n University of Virginia in 1872 and was\n appointed an aid in the \n United States Coast and Geodetic Survey\n Department in 1874, continuing to work as a field\n agent throughout his career. His many assignments included:\n the determination of the elements of earth's magnetism from\n Canada to \n Mexico; the survey of oyster grounds\n in \n Louisiana and \n Virginia, 1889-1894; his appointment\n as a Commissioner of the \n United States Supreme Court to settle\n the \n Virginia - \n Tennessee boundary line dispute,\n establishing it in the middle of Main Street, \n Bristol, 1900-1902; and also the\n establishment of boundaries between \n Virginia and \n Maryland, \n New York and \n Pennsylvania, and the \n United States and \n Canada.","The Oyster Industry Protection Correspondence contains\n much correspondence from \n William Ellinger of \n Fox Island, Virginia, who describes\n himself as an oyster planter. Printed material consists of\n death notices for \n United States Coast and Geodetic\n Survey men, \n Richard D. Cutts and \n Benjamin Peirce (1880\u0026 1883), and\n three pamphlets concerning the \n United States and Canadian boundary,\n the oyster laws of \n Virginia, and a \n Virginia Military Institute valedictory\n address by \n Edward Hutson Russell.","Oversize items include a survey of the lands of \n John Roy Baylor (June 1847),\n photographs of the \n United States Coast and Geodetic\n Survey, and a printed plan of the fairgrounds of\n the \n Virginia State Agricultural Society, \n Richmond, 1854.","The three \n Baylor family ledgers, 1719-1755, contain\n many references to the purchase of slaves (see\n addendum).","ADDENDUM RE THE BAYLOR LEDGERS\n The three \n Baylor family ledgers contain many\n references concerning tobacco exports, the purchase of\n merchandise, work done on various ships, and slaves, which\n at times had their place of origin noted, as in \" \n Madigaschar woman,\" \"man of \n Callabar, \" and \" \n Barbadoes negro.\" The accounts of the\n first two ledgers are indexed in the front of the\n volumes.\n References to slavery occurring in volume one include\n the following pages: 12, 13, 15, 17, 22-24, 26, 28, 35, 37,\n 39, 47, 49, 64-66, 68, 70-71, 77, 80-81, 83, 92-93,\n 101-102, 113-114, 127, 130, 134, 166, \u0026 175. References\n to slavery in volume two include: 10, 16, 30, 34, 56,\n 63-64, 74, 86, 88, 102, 115, 123, 134, 183, \u0026 207.\n Volume three pages include: 40, 71, 124, 130, 132, 135,\n 146, 148, 152-153, \u0026 155.\n Occasionally the names of the slave ships and other\n vessels are recorded in the ledgers with notes on the\n contents purchased from them. These, along with their\n volume and page number, are listed below.\n \n Ann \u0026 Sarah 1.96, 139, 150, \u0026\n 155\n \n Berkeley 1.38, 64, 71, 98, 121, 149,\n \u0026 167; \u0026 2.50\n \n Betty 1.94\n \n Callabar 1.39, 68, \u0026 98; \u0026\n 2.96, 111, 136\n \n Greyhound 1.23, 37, 38, 65, 92, \u0026\n 96; \u0026 2.4, 54, \u0026 97\n \n Hunter 1.68\n \n Little John 1.9, 10, 12, 25, \u0026 75;\n \u0026 2.116 \u0026 136\n \n Little York 2.124\n \n Lucy 1.94 \u0026 149\n \n Mattapony Pink 1.9, 33, 94, 99, 135,\n 145, 158, 180, \u0026 185\n \n Nassopenex Sloop 1.2, 5, 38, \u0026\n 75\n \n Parnel Galley 2.22\n \n Prince Eugene 1.139, 150, \u0026\n 162-164\n \n Twerton 1.15, 39, 103, \u0026 2.90\n Other entries include: the Iron Mine Adventurers 1.1\n \u0026 1.11; horses 1.28; the \n Germana mines 2.188; \n John Baylor's estate 2.73 \u0026 131;\n quitrents for land in \n Caroline County, \n Spotsylvania County, \n Orange County, and \n King and Queen County 2.34 \u0026 79;\n and doctor and midwife accounts 3.120-121, 142, \u0026 149.\n Volume three also has many references to the manufacture\n and repair of hardware, utensils, and agricultural\n equipment. In addition, at the end of the last volume,\n there is a list of memoranda concerning agreements and\n contracts of \n John Baylor, a memorandum of slaves\n sold off \n W. Lyde's plantation (November 30,\n 1742) and a list of all the Negroes belonging to Baylor in\n 1744.","The three \n Baylor family ledgers contain many\n references concerning tobacco exports, the purchase of\n merchandise, work done on various ships, and slaves, which\n at times had their place of origin noted, as in \" \n Madigaschar woman,\" \"man of \n Callabar, \" and \" \n Barbadoes negro.\" The accounts of the\n first two ledgers are indexed in the front of the\n volumes.","References to slavery occurring in volume one include\n the following pages: 12, 13, 15, 17, 22-24, 26, 28, 35, 37,\n 39, 47, 49, 64-66, 68, 70-71, 77, 80-81, 83, 92-93,\n 101-102, 113-114, 127, 130, 134, 166, \u0026 175. References\n to slavery in volume two include: 10, 16, 30, 34, 56,\n 63-64, 74, 86, 88, 102, 115, 123, 134, 183, \u0026 207.\n Volume three pages include: 40, 71, 124, 130, 132, 135,\n 146, 148, 152-153, \u0026 155.","Occasionally the names of the slave ships and other\n vessels are recorded in the ledgers with notes on the\n contents purchased from them. These, along with their\n volume and page number, are listed below.","Ann \u0026 Sarah 1.96, 139, 150, \u0026\n 155","Berkeley 1.38, 64, 71, 98, 121, 149,\n \u0026 167; \u0026 2.50","Betty 1.94","Callabar 1.39, 68, \u0026 98; \u0026\n 2.96, 111, 136","Greyhound 1.23, 37, 38, 65, 92, \u0026\n 96; \u0026 2.4, 54, \u0026 97","Hunter 1.68","Little John 1.9, 10, 12, 25, \u0026 75;\n \u0026 2.116 \u0026 136","Little York 2.124","Lucy 1.94 \u0026 149","Mattapony Pink 1.9, 33, 94, 99, 135,\n 145, 158, 180, \u0026 185","Nassopenex Sloop 1.2, 5, 38, \u0026\n 75","Parnel Galley 2.22","Prince Eugene 1.139, 150, \u0026\n 162-164","Twerton 1.15, 39, 103, \u0026 2.90","Other entries include: the Iron Mine Adventurers 1.1\n \u0026 1.11; horses 1.28; the \n Germana mines 2.188; \n John Baylor's estate 2.73 \u0026 131;\n quitrents for land in \n Caroline County, \n Spotsylvania County, \n Orange County, and \n King and Queen County 2.34 \u0026 79;\n and doctor and midwife accounts 3.120-121, 142, \u0026 149.\n Volume three also has many references to the manufacture\n and repair of hardware, utensils, and agricultural\n equipment. In addition, at the end of the last volume,\n there is a list of memoranda concerning agreements and\n contracts of \n John Baylor, a memorandum of slaves\n sold off \n W. Lyde's plantation (November 30,\n 1742) and a list of all the Negroes belonging to Baylor in\n 1744.","See the \n \n University of Virginia Library’s use policy.","English"],"collection_title_tesim":["Baylor Family Papers \n 1653-1915"],"collection_ssim":["Baylor Family Papers \n 1653-1915"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["2257"],"unitid_tesim":["2257"],"repository_ssm":["University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept."],"repository_ssim":["University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept."],"creator_ssm":["John Baylor and \n James Baylor Blackford"],"creator_ssim":["John Baylor and \n James Baylor Blackford"],"acqinfo_ssim":["This collection was loaned to the Library by \n John Baylor of Baltimore, Maryland, and \n James Baylor Blackford of Richmond, Virginia, on \n April 12, 1946, and was made a gift on \n August 31, 1954."],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"physdesc_tesim":["2000 items"],"accessrestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThere are no restrictions.\n\u003c/p\u003e\n "],"accessrestrict_heading_ssm":["Access Restrictions"],"accessrestrict_tesim":["There are no restrictions."],"arrangement_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe \n Baylor Family Papers have been arranged in\n the following six series:\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eI. Correspondence (Box 1)\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eII. Legal and Financial Papers (Boxes 2-3)\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eIII. Miscellaneous Papers (Box 4)\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eIV. Notebooks and Bound Volumes (Boxes 5-7)\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eV. Papers of \n James B. Baylor and the \n United States Coast \u0026amp; Geodetic\n Survey (Boxes 8-11)\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eVI. Oversize Items \u0026amp; 2M Volumes\u003c/p\u003e\n "],"arrangement_heading_ssm":["Organization"],"arrangement_tesim":["The \n Baylor Family Papers have been arranged in\n the following six series:","I. Correspondence (Box 1)","II. Legal and Financial Papers (Boxes 2-3)","III. Miscellaneous Papers (Box 4)","IV. Notebooks and Bound Volumes (Boxes 5-7)","V. Papers of \n James B. Baylor and the \n United States Coast \u0026 Geodetic\n Survey (Boxes 8-11)","VI. Oversize Items \u0026 2M Volumes"],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e\n John Baylor 1 ( \n \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1650\u003c/date\u003e- \n \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1720\u003c/date\u003e) resident of \n Gloucester County, Virginia, and later \n King and Queen County, Virginia, married \n Lucy Todd O'Brien (ca.1681-?) of \n New Kent County, Virginia, in \n \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1698\u003c/date\u003e. They were believed to have had three\n offspring, \n Frances Baylor, \n Robert Baylor, and \n John Baylor 2. The children of their son,\n Colonel \n John2 Baylor ( \n \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1705\u003c/date\u003e- \n \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1772\u003c/date\u003e), and \n Frances Walker (?- \n \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1783\u003c/date\u003e) were as follows:\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003e1) \n Courtney Baylor m. Jasper Clayton of \n Gloucester County \n \u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003e2) \n Lucy Baylor m. \n John Armistead \n \u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003e3) \n Frances Baylor m. \n John Nicholson \n \u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003e4) \n Elizabeth Baylor unmarried\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003e5) \n John Baylor 3 ( \n \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1750\u003c/date\u003e- \n \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1808\u003c/date\u003e) m. \n Frances Norton ( \n \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1760\u003c/date\u003e- \n \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1815\u003c/date\u003e) in \n \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1778\u003c/date\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003e6) \n George Baylor ( \n \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1752\u003c/date\u003e- \n \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1784\u003c/date\u003e) m. \n Lucy Page in \n \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1778\u003c/date\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003e7) \n Walker Baylor ( ? - \n \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1823\u003c/date\u003e) m. \n Jane Bledsoe \n \u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003e8) \n Robert Baylor m. Miss Gwynne\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eThe children of \n John Baylor 3 and \n Frances Norton were:\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003e1) \n Frances Courtney Baylor ( \n \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1779\u003c/date\u003e- \n \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1780\u003c/date\u003e)\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003e2) \n Courtney Orange Baylor ( \n \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1781\u003c/date\u003e-? ) m. _____ Fox\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003e3) \n Lucy Elizabeth Todd Baylor ( ? - \n \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1823\u003c/date\u003e) m. [Sen. \n John H. Upshaw ] in \n \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1809\u003c/date\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003e4) \n Louisa Henrietta Baylor m. [ \n William T. Upshaw ]\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003e5) \n Susanna Frances Baylor ( \n \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1783\u003c/date\u003e- \n \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1837\u003c/date\u003e) m. \n John Sutton \n \u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003e6) \n John Baylor 4 m. \n Maria Ann Roy ( \n \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1790\u003c/date\u003e- \n \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1850\u003c/date\u003e) in \n \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1819\u003c/date\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003e7) Dr. \n George Daniel Baylor m. Miss Lewis\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eThe issue of \n John Baylor 4 and \n Maria Ann Roy was Dr. \n John Roy Baylor \n \u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003e\n John Baylor ( \n \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1821\u003c/date\u003e- \n \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1897\u003c/date\u003e) who married \n Anne Bowen of \n Albemarle County and produced the\n following offspring:\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003e1) Captain \n James Bowen Baylor ( \n \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1849\u003c/date\u003e- \n \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1924\u003c/date\u003e) m. \n Ellen Carter Bruce (died ca. \n \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1899\u003c/date\u003e) in ca. \n \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1881\u003c/date\u003e, producing three children: \n Evelyn Courtney Blackford Baylor, \n Anne Baylor, and \n John Baylor ( \n \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1890\u003c/date\u003e- \n \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1968\u003c/date\u003e).\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003e2) \n Maria Roy Baylor \n \u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003e3) \n John Roy Baylor, Jr. ( \n \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1851\u003c/date\u003e- \n \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1926\u003c/date\u003e) m. \n Julia Howard \n \u003c/p\u003e\n "],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical/Historical Information"],"bioghist_tesim":["John Baylor 1 ( \n 1650- \n 1720) resident of \n Gloucester County, Virginia, and later \n King and Queen County, Virginia, married \n Lucy Todd O'Brien (ca.1681-?) of \n New Kent County, Virginia, in \n 1698. They were believed to have had three\n offspring, \n Frances Baylor, \n Robert Baylor, and \n John Baylor 2. The children of their son,\n Colonel \n John2 Baylor ( \n 1705- \n 1772), and \n Frances Walker (?- \n 1783) were as follows:","1) \n Courtney Baylor m. Jasper Clayton of \n Gloucester County","2) \n Lucy Baylor m. \n John Armistead","3) \n Frances Baylor m. \n John Nicholson","4) \n Elizabeth Baylor unmarried","5) \n John Baylor 3 ( \n 1750- \n 1808) m. \n Frances Norton ( \n 1760- \n 1815) in \n 1778","6) \n George Baylor ( \n 1752- \n 1784) m. \n Lucy Page in \n 1778","7) \n Walker Baylor ( ? - \n 1823) m. \n Jane Bledsoe","8) \n Robert Baylor m. Miss Gwynne","The children of \n John Baylor 3 and \n Frances Norton were:","1) \n Frances Courtney Baylor ( \n 1779- \n 1780)","2) \n Courtney Orange Baylor ( \n 1781-? ) m. _____ Fox","3) \n Lucy Elizabeth Todd Baylor ( ? - \n 1823) m. [Sen. \n John H. Upshaw ] in \n 1809","4) \n Louisa Henrietta Baylor m. [ \n William T. Upshaw ]","5) \n Susanna Frances Baylor ( \n 1783- \n 1837) m. \n John Sutton","6) \n John Baylor 4 m. \n Maria Ann Roy ( \n 1790- \n 1850) in \n 1819","7) Dr. \n George Daniel Baylor m. Miss Lewis","The issue of \n John Baylor 4 and \n Maria Ann Roy was Dr. \n John Roy Baylor","John Baylor ( \n 1821- \n 1897) who married \n Anne Bowen of \n Albemarle County and produced the\n following offspring:","1) Captain \n James Bowen Baylor ( \n 1849- \n 1924) m. \n Ellen Carter Bruce (died ca. \n 1899) in ca. \n 1881, producing three children: \n Evelyn Courtney Blackford Baylor, \n Anne Baylor, and \n John Baylor ( \n 1890- \n 1968).","2) \n Maria Roy Baylor","3) \n John Roy Baylor, Jr. ( \n 1851- \n 1926) m. \n Julia Howard"],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003ePapers of the Baylor Family, Accession #2257, Special Collections, University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.\u003c/p\u003e\n "],"prefercite_tesim":["Papers of the Baylor Family, Accession #2257, Special Collections, University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va."],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content Information","Scope and Content","ADDENDUM RE THE BAYLOR LEDGERS"],"scopecontent_tesim":["Scope and Content\n The papers of the \n Baylor family of \"Newmarket,\" \n Bowling Green, Caroline County, Virginia, contain ca.\n 2000 items (11 Hollinger boxes, 4.5 linear feet),\n 1653-1915, and consist of correspondence, legal and\n financial papers, ledgers, genealogical material, students\n notebooks and bound volumes, scrapbooks, photographs, a\n diary, literary compositions, military papers pertaining to\n the Revolutionary War, newsclippings, the records of James Bowen Baylor and the \n United States Coast and Geodetic Survey, and miscellaneous papers.\n These papers pertain to John Baylor (1650-1720) of \n Gloucester County, and King and Queen County, Virginia, and his wife, \n Lucy Todd O'Brien of New Kent County, Virginia, and four generations of their descendants. The \n John Baylor ledgers, 1719-1755, reveal that John Baylor was a wealthy merchant,\n planter, and shipowner. He also served as a burgess, representing Gloucester County in the 1693 General Assembly and King and Queen County in 1718.\n John Baylor's son, John Baylor (1705-1772), greatly increased the family landholdings when he received a royal\n land grant in 1726 in what was to become Caroline County, Virginia. John Baylor was educated in \n England, at the \n Putney Grammer School and \n Caius College, \n Cambridge. While in \n England, he developed a keen interest\n in thoroughbred horses and horse racing, going so far as to\n name his new home, \" \n Newmarket, \" for the famous English\n racing center. He became an important colonial horse\n importer and breeder whose stables greatly contributed to\n the development of American thoroughbreds. \n John Baylor also rendered public\n service to the newly formed county of \n Caroline, as a colonel in the county\n militia and a burgess in 1742-1749, and 1756-1765.\n All four of the sons of \n John Baylor (1705-1772) contributed in\n some way to the American effort during the Revolutionary\n War. \n John Baylor (1750-1808), the heir of \" \n Newmarket, \" while unable to fight due\n to a childhood injury, gave financial support to the war\n effort. He later had difficulties in shedding his\n reputation as a \"Tory\" because he had gone back to \n England in 1778 to marry his cousin, \n Frances Norton (1760-1815) and had to\n live in \n Europe until they could obtain a return\n passage to \n America.\n \n George Baylor (1752-1784) was a member\n of the \n Caroline County Committee of Safety,\n 1775-1776, and from 1775-1777, he was aide-de-camp of\n General \n George Washington. He was commanding\n officer of the \n 3rd Regiment Light Dragoons when he was\n wounded and captured on September 28, 1778. He was\n eventually exchanged and his regiment was consolidated with\n the \n First Continental Dragoons on November\n 9, 1782, which he commanded until the end of the war. On\n September 30, 1783, he received his commission as a Brevet\n Brigadier General.\n \n Walker Baylor served as a lieutenant\n and captain of the \n 3rd Regiment Light Dragoons during the\n Revolution. He along with his other brother \n Robert Baylor, who also served in the\n Revolution, immigrated to \n Kentucky. Later \n Robert Baylor apparently settled in the\n Pearl River area of the \n Mississippi Territory.\n The estate of \n John Baylor (1750-1808) was hopelessly\n entangled when he inherited it from his father in 1772 and\n much of it was lost through his own ineptitude as a\n businessman and the dishonesty of others. However, the\n house and two thousand acres were entailed and could not be\n alienated; these were passed on to his son, \n John Baylor ( ? ), who married \n Maria Ann Roy and produced Dr. \n John Roy Baylor (1821-1897). It was Dr.\n John Roy Baylor's son, Captain \n James Bowen Baylor (1848-1924), who was\n a member of the \n United States Coast and Geodetic\n Survey team.\n The correspondence series contains the correspondence\n from family members, friends, and business associates of\n all the above generations of the \n Baylor family, beginning with Colonel \n John Baylor (1705-1772). Letters\n pertaining to the sojourn of \n John Baylor (1750-1808) in \n England prior to and during the\n Revolutionary War include the following: a reference to\n Colonel \n John Baylor's son at school in \n Caius College, \n Cambridge (August 12,1769); his\n intentions of returning to the \n United States (December 28, 1770); the\n advice of \n William Bond, a former teacher of \n John Baylor, for him to seek further\n educational opportunities upon the continent rather than to\n return to college studies (July 15, 1773); \n William Bond's request for \n John Baylor to ignore \"national evils\"\n and to visit \n England (May 4, 1778); \n John Baylor's trip to \n England to wed his cousin, \n Frances Norton (1778); a reference to\n the Baylor's leaving \n England, and comments concerning the\n fashions and decadence of \n England (May 4, 1779).\n Correspondence concerning events leading up to and\n including the Revolutionary War includes: \n Sam Waterman's support of the Stamp\n Act repeal and the danger of shipping livestock from \n London to \n John Baylor (March 6, 1766); a Mr.\n Grand's letter refusing to advise \n John Baylor due to threat of prison\n (March 28, [1772]): copies of \n Committee of Correspondence letters to \n John Norton asking him to keep them\n informed regarding events in \n England and Acts of \n Parliament and his reply (April 6,\n \u0026 July 6, 1773); a recommendation for the Baron of\n [Bonstetten] who served in the Danish and Prussian Wars\n (September 27,1777); \n John Baylor as a prisoner aboard a\n British ship, Thomas [Thortican], possibly due to suspicion\n that he was reportedly carrying a treaty between \n France and the \n United States (February 5, 1778); the\n birth of Colonel \n George Baylor's son (May 6, 1779); \n Walker Baylor asking his brother to\n send him some money to cover his expenses incurred in\n fighting in the Revolution (August 13, 1779); a statement\n of \n Edmund Pendleton, the Chairman of the \n Caroline Committee of Correspondence,\n regarding the loyalty of \n John Baylor to the colonial cause,\n relating that \n John Baylor supported the actions of\n the Americans at \n Lexington, and returned to \n England only to marry (October 13,\n 1779); the statement of \n George Baylor regarding the loyalty of\n his brother evidenced by his opinion of events at \n Lexington, and his recommendation of\n Baron de Wolfen in the service of the \n American Army, and concluding with the\n explanation that \n John Baylor did not fight due to a\n physical infirmity acquired in his youth (October 14,1779);\n John Wormeley requests \n John Baylor to use his influence to\n give him an escort to visit his father in \n Virginia (August 16, 1782); and a\n request for \n George Baylor to help recover money\n form one of the officers of his regiment for Mr. Alexander\n (September 3, 1783).\n Other subjects of note include: the tobacco growing and\n export business (May 8, 1741; March 6, 1766; August 12,\n 1769; February 5, 1778; June 29, 1788; March 10, 1789; June\n 6, 1789; March 15, 1793; \u0026 February 5, 1790); iron and\n forge business (October 11, 1771; \u0026 April 13, 1774);\n horses and horse breeding (\"Sober John\"-October25, 1754;\n \"Fearnought\"-March 21, 1771; October 30, 1756; March 6,\n 1766; and July 17, 1800); and a discussion about whether\n the Spanish will allow free trade up the \n Mississippi River and \n Ohio River ([December 4], 1783).\n Several letters mention slaves and slavery. Among these\n are: slaves for sale (April 14, 1770; March 21, 1771;\n September 14, 1771; \u0026 June 19, 1811); mention of slave\n passes, a slave detained on the road for lack of one, and a\n visit of slaves with the family in \n Gloucester County, Virginia (July 12,\n 1813); the prices of slaves in the \n Pearl River area of the \n Mississippi Territory and prices of\n hire (November 28, 1816); and a letter from a Quaker, \n George Boone, of \n Berks County, Pennsylvania, attempting\n to verify that \n James Martin, a black man who claimed\n to have been born to free parents and wrongly sold as part\n of Colonel \n John Baylor's estate, was indeed a\n free black and not legally owned by \n Thomas Adams of \n Orange County, Virginia (August 12,\n 1818).\n There is a group of letters between \n John Baylor, \n John Frere, and \n John Baylor's former teacher in \n England, \n William Bond, concerning education for\n his two sons, \n John Baylor and \n George Daniel Baylor. This\n correspondence sheds some light on the attempts of\n Americans to educate their sons following the Revolution\n and includes: a discussion of \n Eton and \n Rugby and changes that have occurred at\n Cambridge (August 17, 1793); a\n suggestion to try \n Glasgow in \n Scotland (March 1, 1796); the\n possibility of using a tutor (February 27, 1797); terms to\n secure a tutor from \n England and his opinion of \n Eton (October 2, 1797); and a\n suggestion to use an American clergyman for a tutor (June\n 22, 1799 \u0026 June 30, 1800).\n Other subjects mentioned include: the French Revolution\n (July 2, August 17, and [September 18], 1793); a\n description of fashions ([September 18], 1793); a\n description of \n Warm Springs, \n Bath County, Virginia (August 26,\n 1805); the career of \n Napoleon Bonaparte (June 30 \u0026 July\n 17, 1800); the settlement of \n John Baylor's estate (December 26,\n 1801; \u0026 January 3, 1804); the \n Louisiana Purchase (September 17,\n 1803); a woman's viewpoint and thoughts (April 9, 1802);\n the interdiction of His Majesty's ships from American ports\n and the War of 1812 (August 29, 1808; March 25, 1812; and\n July 18, 1813); an excellent discussion of social and\n economic life in \n Pearl River, \n Mississippi Territory (November 28,\n 1816); the financial difficulties of the \n Baylor family (September 1, 1819; \u0026\n July 25, 1820); a meteorite falling in \n Washington, D.C. (March 18, 1821); the\n celebration in \n Richmond of the French victory over the\n Turkish Dey of \n Algiers (September 13, 1830); the\n medical studies of \n John Roy Baylor (January 31, 1842);\n discussion of \n George Catlin's book about American\n Indians and the explorations of \n John C. Fremont and \n Charles Wilkes (April 30, 1846); a\n detailed description of \n William P. Palmer's trip to \n Europe (October 30, 1865); and the\n voyage of Presbyterian missionary \n E. Lanc[aster] to \n Rio De Janeiro (August 26, 1869).\n Events during the Civil War period are represented by\n the following: \n William P. Palmer's comments\n concerning \n John Brown's raid at \n Harper's Ferry and the preparations for\n his hanging (November 22 \u0026 December 1, 1859); the\n struggle for possession of the \n Fredericksburg Water Power\n Company (March 17 \u0026 November 3, 1863; \u0026\n September 5, 1865); the building of \n Confederate stables and cabins for a\n camp in \n Louisa near the gold mines of \n Louisa County's \n Walnut Grove and \n Slate Grove, formerly owned by Yankee\n speculators (December 30, 1863); requests for donations of\n flour and foodstuffs for soldiers (February 25, 1865); and\n the assassination of \n Abraham Lincoln deplored (April 25,\n 1865). Related topics include the mention of seeing \n Robert E. Lee at \n White Sulpher Springs, West\n Virginia (August 17, 1867) and a letter from \n Henry Stephens Randall declining to\n visit the Old Dominion until the scars of the Civil War are\n healed (n.d.).\n Other post-Civil War subjects include: racial tensions\n (August 11, 1878) and the \n Richmond riots during which a white\n policeman was killed in \n Old Market Hall (March 20, 1870); \n John Roy Baylor's assurances that his\n black tenant farmers were not involved in the violence in \n Caroline County (n.d.); life in \n St. Louis, Missouri (September \u0026\n July 3, 1873); a description of a shoot-out in \n Uvalde County, Texas (May 10, 1881);\n the black vote during Reconstruction in \n Virginia (October 28, 1889); mention of\n Micajah Woods, the \n University of Virginia, and \n Monticello (October 21, 1887); and the \n Richmond, Fredericksburg, \u0026 Potomac Railroad\n Company (March 21, 1873; \u0026 May 20, 1881).\n Letters containing genealogical information include the\n following families: the \n Norton family (June 22, 1828); \n Robert Baylor's (August 14, 1828); the\n Frere family (June 28, 1872 \u0026 n.d.);\n the \n Roy family (March 21, 1887 \u0026 January\n 8, 1885); the \n Braxton family (April 20, 1810); the \n Baylor family (February 20, 1895); and\n the \n Texas \n Baylor family (April 28 \u0026 May 2,\n 1894).\n For a list of individual correspondents, please consult\n the \n Baylor family sliplist.\n The next series of papers contain the legal and\n financial papers of the \n Baylor family. These include: the\n amnesty papers of Dr. \n John Roy Baylor (1865); land plats and\n surveys (1701-1841) of \n Virginia lands in \n King William County, \n King and Queen County, \n Spotsylvania County, \n Caroline County, \n Pocahontas County, and \n Orange County, many of which were done\n by surveyor, \n James Taylor; and other legal\n documents such as indentures, bonds, deeds, land grants,\n and bills of complaint. Items of special note are: copies\n of land grants signed by \n Alexander Spotswood (July 20, 1722) and\n Hugh Drysdale (July 16, 1726); a list\n of named slaves sold to \n John Baylor (December 12, 1751);\n charges against \n Philip Easter, overseer for \n John Baylor, particularly for\n \"constantly driving of the Negroes for which I paid a great\n deal of tobacco,\" especially old \n Sarah, a midwife (ca. 1757); agreement\n of \n John Hatley Norton to buy \n John Baylor's tobacco (December 12,\n 1776); a water lot rental (June 12, 1794); articles of\n agreement concerning a grist mill in \n Caroline County (June 18, 1813); the\n pardon of \n John Crowley signed by \n James Madison and \n James Monroe (September 11, 1815); an\n indenture of 1820 with named slaves; a schedule of property\n with a named slave (December 17, 1822); an agreement\n concerning a mill with \n P. Harrison as the miller (1831); a\n certificate of exemption from active service in the \n Confederate Army as an agriculturalist\n (November 10, 1864); and a copy of a receipt concerning\n work done on a gravel pit for the \n Richmond, Fredericksburg, \u0026 Potomac\n Railroad (June 2, 1870).\n This series also contains copies of the wills of \n John Baylor (1705-1772), dated February\n 19, 1770, and \n Frances Baylor (1760-1815), dated June\n 12, 1815, both mentioning family slaves by name.\n The financial papers of the \n Baylor family contain six small account\n books, 1859-1870, listing payment to hired hands, one of\n which contains the \n Tiverton Farm Stockbook (1866); bank\n statements; a farm book for the \n Greenwood Farm; \n John Baylor's receipt book, 1792-1795,\n which mentions Negroes purchased (December 5, 1790), \n George Baylor's estate (February 17,\n 1792), and Negroes sold (February 23, 1795); and other\n miscellaneous financial papers.\n Topics in the financial papers include the following: an\n account with \n Donald Robertson for \n Robert Baylor and \n Walker Baylor's schooling (April 1,\n 1772); Colonel Braxton's smith works (April 1736); the \n Rappahannock River Forge belonging to \n James Hunter (March 31, 1784); tobacco\n accounts (1775-1776; 1782; June \u0026 August 1782, October\n 2, 1789; February 24, 1784; March 19 \u0026 December 11,\n 1875; and n.d.); horses and racing (January 16, 1741; July\n 11, 1777, May 29, 1767; November 15, 1774; April 1, 1756;\n and list of horses, n.d.); an account for carpenter and\n house work [1726]; an account with the \n Swan Tavern (September 23, 1815); the\n settling of \n John Baylor's estate (1750-1808)\n (January 5, 1812; May 29, 1811; October 27, 1812; September\n 10, 1815; October 2, 1819; June 1, 1821; August 3, 1821;\n and n.d.); medical accounts (April 12, 1830); corn and meal\n from \n John Baylor's mill (January 1, 1830);\n and a blacksmith account (January 1, 1875).\n There are also accounts with the \n Confederate government (November 14\n \u0026 24, \u0026 December 12, 1863; March 24 \u0026 May 3,\n 1864; and February 4, 1865) and many concerning slaves and\n slavery.\n These include: duty paid on Negroes (1742-1744); claim\n for payment for capturing and placing \n John Baylor's runaway slave in the \n Spotsylvania goal (April 16, 1744); the\n sale of \n George Baylor's slaves (November 28,\n 1786); slaves for hire (December 26, 1805; June 15, 1814);\n hire of \" \n Ned \" as a mason (October 2, 1814);\n clothing for Negroes (1814); grog for servants (September\n 23, 1815); bills of sale for unnamed slaves (June 11,\n 1847); \n Mary and daughter \n Elizabeth (September 4, 1848); \n Miles (February 20, 1849); \n Pompey (June 11, 1847); slave boy, \n Frank (January 15, 1851); \n Kitty Brook and \n Fanny (December 28, 1853); \n George Cooper (June 18, 1857); and\n slave hire (April 30, 1859 \u0026 ca. 1854).\n The miscellaneous series contains a diary (1780) of \n John Baylor 1750-1808) describing a\n journey from \" \n Newmarket \" to \n Warm Springs, \n Augusta County, Virginia, and\n mentioning Dr. \n [Thomas ?] Walker and his son, \n Thomas Walker, of \n Albemarle County, Virginia, and \n John Baylor's \n Orange plantations; genealogical\n material pertaining to the \n Roy family, \n Baylor family, and \n Norton family, and including\n biographical sketches of \n Mungo Roy and \n John Baylor (1750-1808); a \"History of\n the Early Church in Virginia\"; several literary\n compositions by \n Maria Roy Baylor; and a memorandum\n book of \n John Baylor (1750-1808) which describes\n the beginning of his voyage on the Potomack (October 1775)\n and furnishes a description of saltworks at \n Portsmouth, [England] (1778).\n Other material in this series includes military papers,\n miscellaneous papers, newsclippings, and loose photographs.\n Thirteen of the items in the military papers pertain to\n Colonel \n John Baylor (1705-1772) and the \n Caroline militia, who served under\n Colonel \n George Washington in the construction\n of a fort at \n Winchester, Virginia, during the\n French and Indian War, 1756-1757, and consist of company\n returns, orders for payment, and receipts for payment.\n The rest of the military papers consist of Revolutionary\n War material, relating to \n George Baylor, aide-de-camp to General\n George Washington, 1775-1777, and\n Commander of the \n Third Regiment of Light Dragoons, and\n the papers about clothing, arms, and other supplies,\n regimental finances, roster of officers, and weekly returns\n of the regiment. Among these papers are: a copy of a letter\n from General Burgoyne to Colonel Phillipson concerning\n military conditions and discussing his ill-fated \n Saratoga campaign (October 20, 1777); a\n mention of \n George Baylor's upcoming marriage\n (February 4, 1778); \n B. Dade's request to be exchanged as a\n prisoner of war (February 1779); monies owed for supplies\n to \n James Hunter with an itemized account\n (October 12 \u0026 November 1, 1779); the problems and\n arrangements involved in outfitting the regiment (February\n 4, June 6 \u0026 12, 1778; October 13, 1780; October 26,\n 1781 [2 letters]; November 2, 1781; April 3 \u0026 August\n 14, 1782); the difficulty of working with the \"financier \n Robert Morris \" (October 13, 1780); an\n outbreak of smallpox in the \n Third Regiment at \n Petersburg, Virginia (November 25,\n 1781); and an order for a review of the \n Continental army for July 4, 1782. A\n final item is a general order for a discharge from the \n 4th Regiment of \n Virginia militia during the War of 1812\n (April 10, 1814). For a list of individual correspondents,\n please consult the original list in the control folder.\n The miscellaneous folder contains the following: a\n printed score sheet for archery (July 4, 1771); a list of\n books, probably from the library of \n John Baylor [ca. 1800 ?]; notes\n concerning Blackstone's law; a pamphlet, \"The Lewis and\n Clark Expedition,\" by \n Grace Flandrau (n.d.); an oath to \"our\n Sovereign Lord King George\" (n.d.); and a parochial report,\n Emmanuel Church, \n Greenwood Parish, Reverend \n W.M. Nelson, Rector (n.d.).\n The newsclippings, 1921-1933, concern \n University of Virginia events, news of\n the \n Ivy area, the \n Lewis Association of America, the \n Lewis family, and historical\n articles.\n The loose photographs, mostly unidentified, include:\n Mrs. Rutherford's children, \n Rosa Rutherford, \n Charles Frere and \n Douglas Frere, possible photographs of\n \" \n Newmarket, \" and \n University of Virginia professors.\n The notebooks and bound volumes series contains the\n following: a photograph album; school notebooks of \n Maria Roy Baylor, \n Frank Blackford, and \n James B. Baylor; an expense book; two\n scrapbooks of newsclippings; and the \n Letters of Junius,hand\n copied by \n John Baylor (1769-1771).\n Those volumes belonging to Dr. \n John Roy Baylor include: a genealogical\n and historical notebook (1872); a medical notebook and farm\n expense book which records a controversy with the \n Clayton family over slaves (1847-1851); a\n farm account book, 1856-1892, with accounts with the \n Fredericksburg Water Power Company, a\n servant's account (June-August, 1865), and reports of wheat\n crops; an account book with grape expenses, sheep\n memorandum, apple accounts, and a mill account (1868-1874);\n and another farm book with an account with the \n Bowling Green Tanning Yard, and slave\n hire records with named slaves (1847-1868).\n The photograph album, apparently given to \n John Roy Baylor by his granddaughter on\n Christmas of 1887, contains photographs of the following: \n Rosa Seddon Rutherford (1891 \u0026\n n.d.); \n Helen Rutherford Johnson; \n James B. Baylor; \n Frances Starke Bowen, of \" \n Mirador, \" \n Albemarle County (1886); \n Fanny Courtenay Baylor (1886); the\n mother of \n Fanny Courtenay Baylor; a portrait of\n Colonel \n George Armistead; \n Roy Ellerson Massie; General \n Lewis Armistead (killed at \n Gettysburg ); \n Maria Roy Baylor; \n Eloise Baylor (1885); \n Julia Howard Baylor; and \n John Roy Baylor.\n The series containing the papers of \n James B. Baylor and the \n United States Coast and Geodetic\n Survey consists of the financial records of the\n survey teams led by \n John Baylor, circular letters from the\n home office in \n Washington, D.C., the official\n correspondence and reports of \n John Baylor, photographs, printed\n material, \n United States government property\n inventories, and bound volumes.\n \n James Bowen Baylor (1849-1924)\n graduated with an engineering degree from the \n University of Virginia in 1872 and was\n appointed an aid in the \n United States Coast and Geodetic Survey\n Department in 1874, continuing to work as a field\n agent throughout his career. His many assignments included:\n the determination of the elements of earth's magnetism from\n Canada to \n Mexico; the survey of oyster grounds\n in \n Louisiana and \n Virginia, 1889-1894; his appointment\n as a Commissioner of the \n United States Supreme Court to settle\n the \n Virginia - \n Tennessee boundary line dispute,\n establishing it in the middle of Main Street, \n Bristol, 1900-1902; and also the\n establishment of boundaries between \n Virginia and \n Maryland, \n New York and \n Pennsylvania, and the \n United States and \n Canada.\n The Oyster Industry Protection Correspondence contains\n much correspondence from \n William Ellinger of \n Fox Island, Virginia, who describes\n himself as an oyster planter. Printed material consists of\n death notices for \n United States Coast and Geodetic\n Survey men, \n Richard D. Cutts and \n Benjamin Peirce (1880\u0026 1883), and\n three pamphlets concerning the \n United States and Canadian boundary,\n the oyster laws of \n Virginia, and a \n Virginia Military Institute valedictory\n address by \n Edward Hutson Russell.\n Oversize items include a survey of the lands of \n John Roy Baylor (June 1847),\n photographs of the \n United States Coast and Geodetic\n Survey, and a printed plan of the fairgrounds of\n the \n Virginia State Agricultural Society, \n Richmond, 1854.\n The three \n Baylor family ledgers, 1719-1755, contain\n many references to the purchase of slaves (see\n addendum).","The papers of the \n Baylor family of \"Newmarket,\" \n Bowling Green, Caroline County, Virginia, contain ca.\n 2000 items (11 Hollinger boxes, 4.5 linear feet),\n 1653-1915, and consist of correspondence, legal and\n financial papers, ledgers, genealogical material, students\n notebooks and bound volumes, scrapbooks, photographs, a\n diary, literary compositions, military papers pertaining to\n the Revolutionary War, newsclippings, the records of James Bowen Baylor and the \n United States Coast and Geodetic Survey, and miscellaneous papers.","These papers pertain to John Baylor (1650-1720) of \n Gloucester County, and King and Queen County, Virginia, and his wife, \n Lucy Todd O'Brien of New Kent County, Virginia, and four generations of their descendants. The \n John Baylor ledgers, 1719-1755, reveal that John Baylor was a wealthy merchant,\n planter, and shipowner. He also served as a burgess, representing Gloucester County in the 1693 General Assembly and King and Queen County in 1718.","John Baylor's son, John Baylor (1705-1772), greatly increased the family landholdings when he received a royal\n land grant in 1726 in what was to become Caroline County, Virginia. John Baylor was educated in \n England, at the \n Putney Grammer School and \n Caius College, \n Cambridge. While in \n England, he developed a keen interest\n in thoroughbred horses and horse racing, going so far as to\n name his new home, \" \n Newmarket, \" for the famous English\n racing center. He became an important colonial horse\n importer and breeder whose stables greatly contributed to\n the development of American thoroughbreds. \n John Baylor also rendered public\n service to the newly formed county of \n Caroline, as a colonel in the county\n militia and a burgess in 1742-1749, and 1756-1765.","All four of the sons of \n John Baylor (1705-1772) contributed in\n some way to the American effort during the Revolutionary\n War. \n John Baylor (1750-1808), the heir of \" \n Newmarket, \" while unable to fight due\n to a childhood injury, gave financial support to the war\n effort. He later had difficulties in shedding his\n reputation as a \"Tory\" because he had gone back to \n England in 1778 to marry his cousin, \n Frances Norton (1760-1815) and had to\n live in \n Europe until they could obtain a return\n passage to \n America.","George Baylor (1752-1784) was a member\n of the \n Caroline County Committee of Safety,\n 1775-1776, and from 1775-1777, he was aide-de-camp of\n General \n George Washington. He was commanding\n officer of the \n 3rd Regiment Light Dragoons when he was\n wounded and captured on September 28, 1778. He was\n eventually exchanged and his regiment was consolidated with\n the \n First Continental Dragoons on November\n 9, 1782, which he commanded until the end of the war. On\n September 30, 1783, he received his commission as a Brevet\n Brigadier General.","Walker Baylor served as a lieutenant\n and captain of the \n 3rd Regiment Light Dragoons during the\n Revolution. He along with his other brother \n Robert Baylor, who also served in the\n Revolution, immigrated to \n Kentucky. Later \n Robert Baylor apparently settled in the\n Pearl River area of the \n Mississippi Territory.","The estate of \n John Baylor (1750-1808) was hopelessly\n entangled when he inherited it from his father in 1772 and\n much of it was lost through his own ineptitude as a\n businessman and the dishonesty of others. However, the\n house and two thousand acres were entailed and could not be\n alienated; these were passed on to his son, \n John Baylor ( ? ), who married \n Maria Ann Roy and produced Dr. \n John Roy Baylor (1821-1897). It was Dr.\n John Roy Baylor's son, Captain \n James Bowen Baylor (1848-1924), who was\n a member of the \n United States Coast and Geodetic\n Survey team.","The correspondence series contains the correspondence\n from family members, friends, and business associates of\n all the above generations of the \n Baylor family, beginning with Colonel \n John Baylor (1705-1772). Letters\n pertaining to the sojourn of \n John Baylor (1750-1808) in \n England prior to and during the\n Revolutionary War include the following: a reference to\n Colonel \n John Baylor's son at school in \n Caius College, \n Cambridge (August 12,1769); his\n intentions of returning to the \n United States (December 28, 1770); the\n advice of \n William Bond, a former teacher of \n John Baylor, for him to seek further\n educational opportunities upon the continent rather than to\n return to college studies (July 15, 1773); \n William Bond's request for \n John Baylor to ignore \"national evils\"\n and to visit \n England (May 4, 1778); \n John Baylor's trip to \n England to wed his cousin, \n Frances Norton (1778); a reference to\n the Baylor's leaving \n England, and comments concerning the\n fashions and decadence of \n England (May 4, 1779).","Correspondence concerning events leading up to and\n including the Revolutionary War includes: \n Sam Waterman's support of the Stamp\n Act repeal and the danger of shipping livestock from \n London to \n John Baylor (March 6, 1766); a Mr.\n Grand's letter refusing to advise \n John Baylor due to threat of prison\n (March 28, [1772]): copies of \n Committee of Correspondence letters to \n John Norton asking him to keep them\n informed regarding events in \n England and Acts of \n Parliament and his reply (April 6,\n \u0026 July 6, 1773); a recommendation for the Baron of\n [Bonstetten] who served in the Danish and Prussian Wars\n (September 27,1777); \n John Baylor as a prisoner aboard a\n British ship, Thomas [Thortican], possibly due to suspicion\n that he was reportedly carrying a treaty between \n France and the \n United States (February 5, 1778); the\n birth of Colonel \n George Baylor's son (May 6, 1779); \n Walker Baylor asking his brother to\n send him some money to cover his expenses incurred in\n fighting in the Revolution (August 13, 1779); a statement\n of \n Edmund Pendleton, the Chairman of the \n Caroline Committee of Correspondence,\n regarding the loyalty of \n John Baylor to the colonial cause,\n relating that \n John Baylor supported the actions of\n the Americans at \n Lexington, and returned to \n England only to marry (October 13,\n 1779); the statement of \n George Baylor regarding the loyalty of\n his brother evidenced by his opinion of events at \n Lexington, and his recommendation of\n Baron de Wolfen in the service of the \n American Army, and concluding with the\n explanation that \n John Baylor did not fight due to a\n physical infirmity acquired in his youth (October 14,1779);\n John Wormeley requests \n John Baylor to use his influence to\n give him an escort to visit his father in \n Virginia (August 16, 1782); and a\n request for \n George Baylor to help recover money\n form one of the officers of his regiment for Mr. Alexander\n (September 3, 1783).","Other subjects of note include: the tobacco growing and\n export business (May 8, 1741; March 6, 1766; August 12,\n 1769; February 5, 1778; June 29, 1788; March 10, 1789; June\n 6, 1789; March 15, 1793; \u0026 February 5, 1790); iron and\n forge business (October 11, 1771; \u0026 April 13, 1774);\n horses and horse breeding (\"Sober John\"-October25, 1754;\n \"Fearnought\"-March 21, 1771; October 30, 1756; March 6,\n 1766; and July 17, 1800); and a discussion about whether\n the Spanish will allow free trade up the \n Mississippi River and \n Ohio River ([December 4], 1783).","Several letters mention slaves and slavery. Among these\n are: slaves for sale (April 14, 1770; March 21, 1771;\n September 14, 1771; \u0026 June 19, 1811); mention of slave\n passes, a slave detained on the road for lack of one, and a\n visit of slaves with the family in \n Gloucester County, Virginia (July 12,\n 1813); the prices of slaves in the \n Pearl River area of the \n Mississippi Territory and prices of\n hire (November 28, 1816); and a letter from a Quaker, \n George Boone, of \n Berks County, Pennsylvania, attempting\n to verify that \n James Martin, a black man who claimed\n to have been born to free parents and wrongly sold as part\n of Colonel \n John Baylor's estate, was indeed a\n free black and not legally owned by \n Thomas Adams of \n Orange County, Virginia (August 12,\n 1818).","There is a group of letters between \n John Baylor, \n John Frere, and \n John Baylor's former teacher in \n England, \n William Bond, concerning education for\n his two sons, \n John Baylor and \n George Daniel Baylor. This\n correspondence sheds some light on the attempts of\n Americans to educate their sons following the Revolution\n and includes: a discussion of \n Eton and \n Rugby and changes that have occurred at\n Cambridge (August 17, 1793); a\n suggestion to try \n Glasgow in \n Scotland (March 1, 1796); the\n possibility of using a tutor (February 27, 1797); terms to\n secure a tutor from \n England and his opinion of \n Eton (October 2, 1797); and a\n suggestion to use an American clergyman for a tutor (June\n 22, 1799 \u0026 June 30, 1800).","Other subjects mentioned include: the French Revolution\n (July 2, August 17, and [September 18], 1793); a\n description of fashions ([September 18], 1793); a\n description of \n Warm Springs, \n Bath County, Virginia (August 26,\n 1805); the career of \n Napoleon Bonaparte (June 30 \u0026 July\n 17, 1800); the settlement of \n John Baylor's estate (December 26,\n 1801; \u0026 January 3, 1804); the \n Louisiana Purchase (September 17,\n 1803); a woman's viewpoint and thoughts (April 9, 1802);\n the interdiction of His Majesty's ships from American ports\n and the War of 1812 (August 29, 1808; March 25, 1812; and\n July 18, 1813); an excellent discussion of social and\n economic life in \n Pearl River, \n Mississippi Territory (November 28,\n 1816); the financial difficulties of the \n Baylor family (September 1, 1819; \u0026\n July 25, 1820); a meteorite falling in \n Washington, D.C. (March 18, 1821); the\n celebration in \n Richmond of the French victory over the\n Turkish Dey of \n Algiers (September 13, 1830); the\n medical studies of \n John Roy Baylor (January 31, 1842);\n discussion of \n George Catlin's book about American\n Indians and the explorations of \n John C. Fremont and \n Charles Wilkes (April 30, 1846); a\n detailed description of \n William P. Palmer's trip to \n Europe (October 30, 1865); and the\n voyage of Presbyterian missionary \n E. Lanc[aster] to \n Rio De Janeiro (August 26, 1869).","Events during the Civil War period are represented by\n the following: \n William P. Palmer's comments\n concerning \n John Brown's raid at \n Harper's Ferry and the preparations for\n his hanging (November 22 \u0026 December 1, 1859); the\n struggle for possession of the \n Fredericksburg Water Power\n Company (March 17 \u0026 November 3, 1863; \u0026\n September 5, 1865); the building of \n Confederate stables and cabins for a\n camp in \n Louisa near the gold mines of \n Louisa County's \n Walnut Grove and \n Slate Grove, formerly owned by Yankee\n speculators (December 30, 1863); requests for donations of\n flour and foodstuffs for soldiers (February 25, 1865); and\n the assassination of \n Abraham Lincoln deplored (April 25,\n 1865). Related topics include the mention of seeing \n Robert E. Lee at \n White Sulpher Springs, West\n Virginia (August 17, 1867) and a letter from \n Henry Stephens Randall declining to\n visit the Old Dominion until the scars of the Civil War are\n healed (n.d.).","Other post-Civil War subjects include: racial tensions\n (August 11, 1878) and the \n Richmond riots during which a white\n policeman was killed in \n Old Market Hall (March 20, 1870); \n John Roy Baylor's assurances that his\n black tenant farmers were not involved in the violence in \n Caroline County (n.d.); life in \n St. Louis, Missouri (September \u0026\n July 3, 1873); a description of a shoot-out in \n Uvalde County, Texas (May 10, 1881);\n the black vote during Reconstruction in \n Virginia (October 28, 1889); mention of\n Micajah Woods, the \n University of Virginia, and \n Monticello (October 21, 1887); and the \n Richmond, Fredericksburg, \u0026 Potomac Railroad\n Company (March 21, 1873; \u0026 May 20, 1881).","Letters containing genealogical information include the\n following families: the \n Norton family (June 22, 1828); \n Robert Baylor's (August 14, 1828); the\n Frere family (June 28, 1872 \u0026 n.d.);\n the \n Roy family (March 21, 1887 \u0026 January\n 8, 1885); the \n Braxton family (April 20, 1810); the \n Baylor family (February 20, 1895); and\n the \n Texas \n Baylor family (April 28 \u0026 May 2,\n 1894).","For a list of individual correspondents, please consult\n the \n Baylor family sliplist.","The next series of papers contain the legal and\n financial papers of the \n Baylor family. These include: the\n amnesty papers of Dr. \n John Roy Baylor (1865); land plats and\n surveys (1701-1841) of \n Virginia lands in \n King William County, \n King and Queen County, \n Spotsylvania County, \n Caroline County, \n Pocahontas County, and \n Orange County, many of which were done\n by surveyor, \n James Taylor; and other legal\n documents such as indentures, bonds, deeds, land grants,\n and bills of complaint. Items of special note are: copies\n of land grants signed by \n Alexander Spotswood (July 20, 1722) and\n Hugh Drysdale (July 16, 1726); a list\n of named slaves sold to \n John Baylor (December 12, 1751);\n charges against \n Philip Easter, overseer for \n John Baylor, particularly for\n \"constantly driving of the Negroes for which I paid a great\n deal of tobacco,\" especially old \n Sarah, a midwife (ca. 1757); agreement\n of \n John Hatley Norton to buy \n John Baylor's tobacco (December 12,\n 1776); a water lot rental (June 12, 1794); articles of\n agreement concerning a grist mill in \n Caroline County (June 18, 1813); the\n pardon of \n John Crowley signed by \n James Madison and \n James Monroe (September 11, 1815); an\n indenture of 1820 with named slaves; a schedule of property\n with a named slave (December 17, 1822); an agreement\n concerning a mill with \n P. Harrison as the miller (1831); a\n certificate of exemption from active service in the \n Confederate Army as an agriculturalist\n (November 10, 1864); and a copy of a receipt concerning\n work done on a gravel pit for the \n Richmond, Fredericksburg, \u0026 Potomac\n Railroad (June 2, 1870).","This series also contains copies of the wills of \n John Baylor (1705-1772), dated February\n 19, 1770, and \n Frances Baylor (1760-1815), dated June\n 12, 1815, both mentioning family slaves by name.","The financial papers of the \n Baylor family contain six small account\n books, 1859-1870, listing payment to hired hands, one of\n which contains the \n Tiverton Farm Stockbook (1866); bank\n statements; a farm book for the \n Greenwood Farm; \n John Baylor's receipt book, 1792-1795,\n which mentions Negroes purchased (December 5, 1790), \n George Baylor's estate (February 17,\n 1792), and Negroes sold (February 23, 1795); and other\n miscellaneous financial papers.","Topics in the financial papers include the following: an\n account with \n Donald Robertson for \n Robert Baylor and \n Walker Baylor's schooling (April 1,\n 1772); Colonel Braxton's smith works (April 1736); the \n Rappahannock River Forge belonging to \n James Hunter (March 31, 1784); tobacco\n accounts (1775-1776; 1782; June \u0026 August 1782, October\n 2, 1789; February 24, 1784; March 19 \u0026 December 11,\n 1875; and n.d.); horses and racing (January 16, 1741; July\n 11, 1777, May 29, 1767; November 15, 1774; April 1, 1756;\n and list of horses, n.d.); an account for carpenter and\n house work [1726]; an account with the \n Swan Tavern (September 23, 1815); the\n settling of \n John Baylor's estate (1750-1808)\n (January 5, 1812; May 29, 1811; October 27, 1812; September\n 10, 1815; October 2, 1819; June 1, 1821; August 3, 1821;\n and n.d.); medical accounts (April 12, 1830); corn and meal\n from \n John Baylor's mill (January 1, 1830);\n and a blacksmith account (January 1, 1875).","There are also accounts with the \n Confederate government (November 14\n \u0026 24, \u0026 December 12, 1863; March 24 \u0026 May 3,\n 1864; and February 4, 1865) and many concerning slaves and\n slavery.","These include: duty paid on Negroes (1742-1744); claim\n for payment for capturing and placing \n John Baylor's runaway slave in the \n Spotsylvania goal (April 16, 1744); the\n sale of \n George Baylor's slaves (November 28,\n 1786); slaves for hire (December 26, 1805; June 15, 1814);\n hire of \" \n Ned \" as a mason (October 2, 1814);\n clothing for Negroes (1814); grog for servants (September\n 23, 1815); bills of sale for unnamed slaves (June 11,\n 1847); \n Mary and daughter \n Elizabeth (September 4, 1848); \n Miles (February 20, 1849); \n Pompey (June 11, 1847); slave boy, \n Frank (January 15, 1851); \n Kitty Brook and \n Fanny (December 28, 1853); \n George Cooper (June 18, 1857); and\n slave hire (April 30, 1859 \u0026 ca. 1854).","The miscellaneous series contains a diary (1780) of \n John Baylor 1750-1808) describing a\n journey from \" \n Newmarket \" to \n Warm Springs, \n Augusta County, Virginia, and\n mentioning Dr. \n [Thomas ?] Walker and his son, \n Thomas Walker, of \n Albemarle County, Virginia, and \n John Baylor's \n Orange plantations; genealogical\n material pertaining to the \n Roy family, \n Baylor family, and \n Norton family, and including\n biographical sketches of \n Mungo Roy and \n John Baylor (1750-1808); a \"History of\n the Early Church in Virginia\"; several literary\n compositions by \n Maria Roy Baylor; and a memorandum\n book of \n John Baylor (1750-1808) which describes\n the beginning of his voyage on the Potomack (October 1775)\n and furnishes a description of saltworks at \n Portsmouth, [England] (1778).","Other material in this series includes military papers,\n miscellaneous papers, newsclippings, and loose photographs.\n Thirteen of the items in the military papers pertain to\n Colonel \n John Baylor (1705-1772) and the \n Caroline militia, who served under\n Colonel \n George Washington in the construction\n of a fort at \n Winchester, Virginia, during the\n French and Indian War, 1756-1757, and consist of company\n returns, orders for payment, and receipts for payment.","The rest of the military papers consist of Revolutionary\n War material, relating to \n George Baylor, aide-de-camp to General\n George Washington, 1775-1777, and\n Commander of the \n Third Regiment of Light Dragoons, and\n the papers about clothing, arms, and other supplies,\n regimental finances, roster of officers, and weekly returns\n of the regiment. Among these papers are: a copy of a letter\n from General Burgoyne to Colonel Phillipson concerning\n military conditions and discussing his ill-fated \n Saratoga campaign (October 20, 1777); a\n mention of \n George Baylor's upcoming marriage\n (February 4, 1778); \n B. Dade's request to be exchanged as a\n prisoner of war (February 1779); monies owed for supplies\n to \n James Hunter with an itemized account\n (October 12 \u0026 November 1, 1779); the problems and\n arrangements involved in outfitting the regiment (February\n 4, June 6 \u0026 12, 1778; October 13, 1780; October 26,\n 1781 [2 letters]; November 2, 1781; April 3 \u0026 August\n 14, 1782); the difficulty of working with the \"financier \n Robert Morris \" (October 13, 1780); an\n outbreak of smallpox in the \n Third Regiment at \n Petersburg, Virginia (November 25,\n 1781); and an order for a review of the \n Continental army for July 4, 1782. A\n final item is a general order for a discharge from the \n 4th Regiment of \n Virginia militia during the War of 1812\n (April 10, 1814). For a list of individual correspondents,\n please consult the original list in the control folder.","The miscellaneous folder contains the following: a\n printed score sheet for archery (July 4, 1771); a list of\n books, probably from the library of \n John Baylor [ca. 1800 ?]; notes\n concerning Blackstone's law; a pamphlet, \"The Lewis and\n Clark Expedition,\" by \n Grace Flandrau (n.d.); an oath to \"our\n Sovereign Lord King George\" (n.d.); and a parochial report,\n Emmanuel Church, \n Greenwood Parish, Reverend \n W.M. Nelson, Rector (n.d.).","The newsclippings, 1921-1933, concern \n University of Virginia events, news of\n the \n Ivy area, the \n Lewis Association of America, the \n Lewis family, and historical\n articles.","The loose photographs, mostly unidentified, include:\n Mrs. Rutherford's children, \n Rosa Rutherford, \n Charles Frere and \n Douglas Frere, possible photographs of\n \" \n Newmarket, \" and \n University of Virginia professors.","The notebooks and bound volumes series contains the\n following: a photograph album; school notebooks of \n Maria Roy Baylor, \n Frank Blackford, and \n James B. Baylor; an expense book; two\n scrapbooks of newsclippings; and the \n Letters of Junius,hand\n copied by \n John Baylor (1769-1771).","Those volumes belonging to Dr. \n John Roy Baylor include: a genealogical\n and historical notebook (1872); a medical notebook and farm\n expense book which records a controversy with the \n Clayton family over slaves (1847-1851); a\n farm account book, 1856-1892, with accounts with the \n Fredericksburg Water Power Company, a\n servant's account (June-August, 1865), and reports of wheat\n crops; an account book with grape expenses, sheep\n memorandum, apple accounts, and a mill account (1868-1874);\n and another farm book with an account with the \n Bowling Green Tanning Yard, and slave\n hire records with named slaves (1847-1868).","The photograph album, apparently given to \n John Roy Baylor by his granddaughter on\n Christmas of 1887, contains photographs of the following: \n Rosa Seddon Rutherford (1891 \u0026\n n.d.); \n Helen Rutherford Johnson; \n James B. Baylor; \n Frances Starke Bowen, of \" \n Mirador, \" \n Albemarle County (1886); \n Fanny Courtenay Baylor (1886); the\n mother of \n Fanny Courtenay Baylor; a portrait of\n Colonel \n George Armistead; \n Roy Ellerson Massie; General \n Lewis Armistead (killed at \n Gettysburg ); \n Maria Roy Baylor; \n Eloise Baylor (1885); \n Julia Howard Baylor; and \n John Roy Baylor.","The series containing the papers of \n James B. Baylor and the \n United States Coast and Geodetic\n Survey consists of the financial records of the\n survey teams led by \n John Baylor, circular letters from the\n home office in \n Washington, D.C., the official\n correspondence and reports of \n John Baylor, photographs, printed\n material, \n United States government property\n inventories, and bound volumes.","James Bowen Baylor (1849-1924)\n graduated with an engineering degree from the \n University of Virginia in 1872 and was\n appointed an aid in the \n United States Coast and Geodetic Survey\n Department in 1874, continuing to work as a field\n agent throughout his career. His many assignments included:\n the determination of the elements of earth's magnetism from\n Canada to \n Mexico; the survey of oyster grounds\n in \n Louisiana and \n Virginia, 1889-1894; his appointment\n as a Commissioner of the \n United States Supreme Court to settle\n the \n Virginia - \n Tennessee boundary line dispute,\n establishing it in the middle of Main Street, \n Bristol, 1900-1902; and also the\n establishment of boundaries between \n Virginia and \n Maryland, \n New York and \n Pennsylvania, and the \n United States and \n Canada.","The Oyster Industry Protection Correspondence contains\n much correspondence from \n William Ellinger of \n Fox Island, Virginia, who describes\n himself as an oyster planter. Printed material consists of\n death notices for \n United States Coast and Geodetic\n Survey men, \n Richard D. Cutts and \n Benjamin Peirce (1880\u0026 1883), and\n three pamphlets concerning the \n United States and Canadian boundary,\n the oyster laws of \n Virginia, and a \n Virginia Military Institute valedictory\n address by \n Edward Hutson Russell.","Oversize items include a survey of the lands of \n John Roy Baylor (June 1847),\n photographs of the \n United States Coast and Geodetic\n Survey, and a printed plan of the fairgrounds of\n the \n Virginia State Agricultural Society, \n Richmond, 1854.","The three \n Baylor family ledgers, 1719-1755, contain\n many references to the purchase of slaves (see\n addendum).","ADDENDUM RE THE BAYLOR LEDGERS\n The three \n Baylor family ledgers contain many\n references concerning tobacco exports, the purchase of\n merchandise, work done on various ships, and slaves, which\n at times had their place of origin noted, as in \" \n Madigaschar woman,\" \"man of \n Callabar, \" and \" \n Barbadoes negro.\" The accounts of the\n first two ledgers are indexed in the front of the\n volumes.\n References to slavery occurring in volume one include\n the following pages: 12, 13, 15, 17, 22-24, 26, 28, 35, 37,\n 39, 47, 49, 64-66, 68, 70-71, 77, 80-81, 83, 92-93,\n 101-102, 113-114, 127, 130, 134, 166, \u0026 175. References\n to slavery in volume two include: 10, 16, 30, 34, 56,\n 63-64, 74, 86, 88, 102, 115, 123, 134, 183, \u0026 207.\n Volume three pages include: 40, 71, 124, 130, 132, 135,\n 146, 148, 152-153, \u0026 155.\n Occasionally the names of the slave ships and other\n vessels are recorded in the ledgers with notes on the\n contents purchased from them. These, along with their\n volume and page number, are listed below.\n \n Ann \u0026 Sarah 1.96, 139, 150, \u0026\n 155\n \n Berkeley 1.38, 64, 71, 98, 121, 149,\n \u0026 167; \u0026 2.50\n \n Betty 1.94\n \n Callabar 1.39, 68, \u0026 98; \u0026\n 2.96, 111, 136\n \n Greyhound 1.23, 37, 38, 65, 92, \u0026\n 96; \u0026 2.4, 54, \u0026 97\n \n Hunter 1.68\n \n Little John 1.9, 10, 12, 25, \u0026 75;\n \u0026 2.116 \u0026 136\n \n Little York 2.124\n \n Lucy 1.94 \u0026 149\n \n Mattapony Pink 1.9, 33, 94, 99, 135,\n 145, 158, 180, \u0026 185\n \n Nassopenex Sloop 1.2, 5, 38, \u0026\n 75\n \n Parnel Galley 2.22\n \n Prince Eugene 1.139, 150, \u0026\n 162-164\n \n Twerton 1.15, 39, 103, \u0026 2.90\n Other entries include: the Iron Mine Adventurers 1.1\n \u0026 1.11; horses 1.28; the \n Germana mines 2.188; \n John Baylor's estate 2.73 \u0026 131;\n quitrents for land in \n Caroline County, \n Spotsylvania County, \n Orange County, and \n King and Queen County 2.34 \u0026 79;\n and doctor and midwife accounts 3.120-121, 142, \u0026 149.\n Volume three also has many references to the manufacture\n and repair of hardware, utensils, and agricultural\n equipment. In addition, at the end of the last volume,\n there is a list of memoranda concerning agreements and\n contracts of \n John Baylor, a memorandum of slaves\n sold off \n W. Lyde's plantation (November 30,\n 1742) and a list of all the Negroes belonging to Baylor in\n 1744.","The three \n Baylor family ledgers contain many\n references concerning tobacco exports, the purchase of\n merchandise, work done on various ships, and slaves, which\n at times had their place of origin noted, as in \" \n Madigaschar woman,\" \"man of \n Callabar, \" and \" \n Barbadoes negro.\" The accounts of the\n first two ledgers are indexed in the front of the\n volumes.","References to slavery occurring in volume one include\n the following pages: 12, 13, 15, 17, 22-24, 26, 28, 35, 37,\n 39, 47, 49, 64-66, 68, 70-71, 77, 80-81, 83, 92-93,\n 101-102, 113-114, 127, 130, 134, 166, \u0026 175. References\n to slavery in volume two include: 10, 16, 30, 34, 56,\n 63-64, 74, 86, 88, 102, 115, 123, 134, 183, \u0026 207.\n Volume three pages include: 40, 71, 124, 130, 132, 135,\n 146, 148, 152-153, \u0026 155.","Occasionally the names of the slave ships and other\n vessels are recorded in the ledgers with notes on the\n contents purchased from them. These, along with their\n volume and page number, are listed below.","Ann \u0026 Sarah 1.96, 139, 150, \u0026\n 155","Berkeley 1.38, 64, 71, 98, 121, 149,\n \u0026 167; \u0026 2.50","Betty 1.94","Callabar 1.39, 68, \u0026 98; \u0026\n 2.96, 111, 136","Greyhound 1.23, 37, 38, 65, 92, \u0026\n 96; \u0026 2.4, 54, \u0026 97","Hunter 1.68","Little John 1.9, 10, 12, 25, \u0026 75;\n \u0026 2.116 \u0026 136","Little York 2.124","Lucy 1.94 \u0026 149","Mattapony Pink 1.9, 33, 94, 99, 135,\n 145, 158, 180, \u0026 185","Nassopenex Sloop 1.2, 5, 38, \u0026\n 75","Parnel Galley 2.22","Prince Eugene 1.139, 150, \u0026\n 162-164","Twerton 1.15, 39, 103, \u0026 2.90","Other entries include: the Iron Mine Adventurers 1.1\n \u0026 1.11; horses 1.28; the \n Germana mines 2.188; \n John Baylor's estate 2.73 \u0026 131;\n quitrents for land in \n Caroline County, \n Spotsylvania County, \n Orange County, and \n King and Queen County 2.34 \u0026 79;\n and doctor and midwife accounts 3.120-121, 142, \u0026 149.\n Volume three also has many references to the manufacture\n and repair of hardware, utensils, and agricultural\n equipment. In addition, at the end of the last volume,\n there is a list of memoranda concerning agreements and\n contracts of \n John Baylor, a memorandum of slaves\n sold off \n W. Lyde's plantation (November 30,\n 1742) and a list of all the Negroes belonging to Baylor in\n 1744."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eSee the \n \u003cextref type=\"simple\" href=\"https://www.library.virginia.edu/policies/use-of-materials\"\u003e\n University of Virginia Library’s use policy.\u003c/extref\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n "],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Use Restrictions"],"userestrict_tesim":["See the \n \n University of Virginia Library’s use policy."],"physloc_html_tesm":["\u003cphysloc\u003e\u003c/physloc\u003e\n "],"language_ssim":["English"],"total_component_count_is":66,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-06-23T07:31:42.753Z","scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cscopecontent\u003e\n \u003chead\u003eScope and Content\u003c/head\u003e\n \u003cp\u003eThe papers of the \n Baylor family of \"Newmarket,\" \n Bowling Green, Caroline County, Virginia, contain ca.\n 2000 items (11 Hollinger boxes, 4.5 linear feet),\n 1653-1915, and consist of correspondence, legal and\n financial papers, ledgers, genealogical material, students\n notebooks and bound volumes, scrapbooks, photographs, a\n diary, literary compositions, military papers pertaining to\n the Revolutionary War, newsclippings, the records of James Bowen Baylor and the \n United States Coast and Geodetic Survey, and miscellaneous papers.\u003c/p\u003e\n \u003cp\u003eThese papers pertain to John Baylor (1650-1720) of \n Gloucester County, and King and Queen County, Virginia, and his wife, \n Lucy Todd O'Brien of New Kent County, Virginia, and four generations of their descendants. The \n John Baylor ledgers, 1719-1755, reveal that John Baylor was a wealthy merchant,\n planter, and shipowner. He also served as a burgess, representing Gloucester County in the 1693 General Assembly and King and Queen County in 1718.\u003c/p\u003e\n \u003cp\u003eJohn Baylor's son, John Baylor (1705-1772), greatly increased the family landholdings when he received a royal\n land grant in 1726 in what was to become Caroline County, Virginia. John Baylor was educated in \n England, at the \n Putney Grammer School and \n Caius College, \n Cambridge. While in \n England, he developed a keen interest\n in thoroughbred horses and horse racing, going so far as to\n name his new home, \" \n Newmarket, \" for the famous English\n racing center. He became an important colonial horse\n importer and breeder whose stables greatly contributed to\n the development of American thoroughbreds. \n John Baylor also rendered public\n service to the newly formed county of \n Caroline, as a colonel in the county\n militia and a burgess in 1742-1749, and 1756-1765.\u003c/p\u003e\n \u003cp\u003eAll four of the sons of \n John Baylor (1705-1772) contributed in\n some way to the American effort during the Revolutionary\n War. \n John Baylor (1750-1808), the heir of \" \n Newmarket, \" while unable to fight due\n to a childhood injury, gave financial support to the war\n effort. He later had difficulties in shedding his\n reputation as a \"Tory\" because he had gone back to \n England in 1778 to marry his cousin, \n Frances Norton (1760-1815) and had to\n live in \n Europe until they could obtain a return\n passage to \n America.\u003c/p\u003e\n \u003cp\u003e\n George Baylor (1752-1784) was a member\n of the \n Caroline County Committee of Safety,\n 1775-1776, and from 1775-1777, he was aide-de-camp of\n General \n George Washington. He was commanding\n officer of the \n 3rd Regiment Light Dragoons when he was\n wounded and captured on September 28, 1778. He was\n eventually exchanged and his regiment was consolidated with\n the \n First Continental Dragoons on November\n 9, 1782, which he commanded until the end of the war. On\n September 30, 1783, he received his commission as a Brevet\n Brigadier General.\u003c/p\u003e\n \u003cp\u003e\n Walker Baylor served as a lieutenant\n and captain of the \n 3rd Regiment Light Dragoons during the\n Revolution. He along with his other brother \n Robert Baylor, who also served in the\n Revolution, immigrated to \n Kentucky. Later \n Robert Baylor apparently settled in the\n Pearl River area of the \n Mississippi Territory.\u003c/p\u003e\n \u003cp\u003eThe estate of \n John Baylor (1750-1808) was hopelessly\n entangled when he inherited it from his father in 1772 and\n much of it was lost through his own ineptitude as a\n businessman and the dishonesty of others. However, the\n house and two thousand acres were entailed and could not be\n alienated; these were passed on to his son, \n John Baylor ( ? ), who married \n Maria Ann Roy and produced Dr. \n John Roy Baylor (1821-1897). It was Dr.\n John Roy Baylor's son, Captain \n James Bowen Baylor (1848-1924), who was\n a member of the \n United States Coast and Geodetic\n Survey team.\u003c/p\u003e\n \u003cp\u003eThe correspondence series contains the correspondence\n from family members, friends, and business associates of\n all the above generations of the \n Baylor family, beginning with Colonel \n John Baylor (1705-1772). Letters\n pertaining to the sojourn of \n John Baylor (1750-1808) in \n England prior to and during the\n Revolutionary War include the following: a reference to\n Colonel \n John Baylor's son at school in \n Caius College, \n Cambridge (August 12,1769); his\n intentions of returning to the \n United States (December 28, 1770); the\n advice of \n William Bond, a former teacher of \n John Baylor, for him to seek further\n educational opportunities upon the continent rather than to\n return to college studies (July 15, 1773); \n William Bond's request for \n John Baylor to ignore \"national evils\"\n and to visit \n England (May 4, 1778); \n John Baylor's trip to \n England to wed his cousin, \n Frances Norton (1778); a reference to\n the Baylor's leaving \n England, and comments concerning the\n fashions and decadence of \n England (May 4, 1779).\u003c/p\u003e\n \u003cp\u003eCorrespondence concerning events leading up to and\n including the Revolutionary War includes: \n Sam Waterman's support of the Stamp\n Act repeal and the danger of shipping livestock from \n London to \n John Baylor (March 6, 1766); a Mr.\n Grand's letter refusing to advise \n John Baylor due to threat of prison\n (March 28, [1772]): copies of \n Committee of Correspondence letters to \n John Norton asking him to keep them\n informed regarding events in \n England and Acts of \n Parliament and his reply (April 6,\n \u0026amp; July 6, 1773); a recommendation for the Baron of\n [Bonstetten] who served in the Danish and Prussian Wars\n (September 27,1777); \n John Baylor as a prisoner aboard a\n British ship, Thomas [Thortican], possibly due to suspicion\n that he was reportedly carrying a treaty between \n France and the \n United States (February 5, 1778); the\n birth of Colonel \n George Baylor's son (May 6, 1779); \n Walker Baylor asking his brother to\n send him some money to cover his expenses incurred in\n fighting in the Revolution (August 13, 1779); a statement\n of \n Edmund Pendleton, the Chairman of the \n Caroline Committee of Correspondence,\n regarding the loyalty of \n John Baylor to the colonial cause,\n relating that \n John Baylor supported the actions of\n the Americans at \n Lexington, and returned to \n England only to marry (October 13,\n 1779); the statement of \n George Baylor regarding the loyalty of\n his brother evidenced by his opinion of events at \n Lexington, and his recommendation of\n Baron de Wolfen in the service of the \n American Army, and concluding with the\n explanation that \n John Baylor did not fight due to a\n physical infirmity acquired in his youth (October 14,1779);\n John Wormeley requests \n John Baylor to use his influence to\n give him an escort to visit his father in \n Virginia (August 16, 1782); and a\n request for \n George Baylor to help recover money\n form one of the officers of his regiment for Mr. Alexander\n (September 3, 1783).\u003c/p\u003e\n \u003cp\u003eOther subjects of note include: the tobacco growing and\n export business (May 8, 1741; March 6, 1766; August 12,\n 1769; February 5, 1778; June 29, 1788; March 10, 1789; June\n 6, 1789; March 15, 1793; \u0026amp; February 5, 1790); iron and\n forge business (October 11, 1771; \u0026amp; April 13, 1774);\n horses and horse breeding (\"Sober John\"-October25, 1754;\n \"Fearnought\"-March 21, 1771; October 30, 1756; March 6,\n 1766; and July 17, 1800); and a discussion about whether\n the Spanish will allow free trade up the \n Mississippi River and \n Ohio River ([December 4], 1783).\u003c/p\u003e\n \u003cp\u003eSeveral letters mention slaves and slavery. Among these\n are: slaves for sale (April 14, 1770; March 21, 1771;\n September 14, 1771; \u0026amp; June 19, 1811); mention of slave\n passes, a slave detained on the road for lack of one, and a\n visit of slaves with the family in \n Gloucester County, Virginia (July 12,\n 1813); the prices of slaves in the \n Pearl River area of the \n Mississippi Territory and prices of\n hire (November 28, 1816); and a letter from a Quaker, \n George Boone, of \n Berks County, Pennsylvania, attempting\n to verify that \n James Martin, a black man who claimed\n to have been born to free parents and wrongly sold as part\n of Colonel \n John Baylor's estate, was indeed a\n free black and not legally owned by \n Thomas Adams of \n Orange County, Virginia (August 12,\n 1818).\u003c/p\u003e\n \u003cp\u003eThere is a group of letters between \n John Baylor, \n John Frere, and \n John Baylor's former teacher in \n England, \n William Bond, concerning education for\n his two sons, \n John Baylor and \n George Daniel Baylor. This\n correspondence sheds some light on the attempts of\n Americans to educate their sons following the Revolution\n and includes: a discussion of \n Eton and \n Rugby and changes that have occurred at\n Cambridge (August 17, 1793); a\n suggestion to try \n Glasgow in \n Scotland (March 1, 1796); the\n possibility of using a tutor (February 27, 1797); terms to\n secure a tutor from \n England and his opinion of \n Eton (October 2, 1797); and a\n suggestion to use an American clergyman for a tutor (June\n 22, 1799 \u0026amp; June 30, 1800).\u003c/p\u003e\n \u003cp\u003eOther subjects mentioned include: the French Revolution\n (July 2, August 17, and [September 18], 1793); a\n description of fashions ([September 18], 1793); a\n description of \n Warm Springs, \n Bath County, Virginia (August 26,\n 1805); the career of \n Napoleon Bonaparte (June 30 \u0026amp; July\n 17, 1800); the settlement of \n John Baylor's estate (December 26,\n 1801; \u0026amp; January 3, 1804); the \n Louisiana Purchase (September 17,\n 1803); a woman's viewpoint and thoughts (April 9, 1802);\n the interdiction of His Majesty's ships from American ports\n and the War of 1812 (August 29, 1808; March 25, 1812; and\n July 18, 1813); an excellent discussion of social and\n economic life in \n Pearl River, \n Mississippi Territory (November 28,\n 1816); the financial difficulties of the \n Baylor family (September 1, 1819; \u0026amp;\n July 25, 1820); a meteorite falling in \n Washington, D.C. (March 18, 1821); the\n celebration in \n Richmond of the French victory over the\n Turkish Dey of \n Algiers (September 13, 1830); the\n medical studies of \n John Roy Baylor (January 31, 1842);\n discussion of \n George Catlin's book about American\n Indians and the explorations of \n John C. Fremont and \n Charles Wilkes (April 30, 1846); a\n detailed description of \n William P. Palmer's trip to \n Europe (October 30, 1865); and the\n voyage of Presbyterian missionary \n E. Lanc[aster] to \n Rio De Janeiro (August 26, 1869).\u003c/p\u003e\n \u003cp\u003eEvents during the Civil War period are represented by\n the following: \n William P. Palmer's comments\n concerning \n John Brown's raid at \n Harper's Ferry and the preparations for\n his hanging (November 22 \u0026amp; December 1, 1859); the\n struggle for possession of the \n Fredericksburg Water Power\n Company (March 17 \u0026amp; November 3, 1863; \u0026amp;\n September 5, 1865); the building of \n Confederate stables and cabins for a\n camp in \n Louisa near the gold mines of \n Louisa County's \n Walnut Grove and \n Slate Grove, formerly owned by Yankee\n speculators (December 30, 1863); requests for donations of\n flour and foodstuffs for soldiers (February 25, 1865); and\n the assassination of \n Abraham Lincoln deplored (April 25,\n 1865). Related topics include the mention of seeing \n Robert E. Lee at \n White Sulpher Springs, West\n Virginia (August 17, 1867) and a letter from \n Henry Stephens Randall declining to\n visit the Old Dominion until the scars of the Civil War are\n healed (n.d.).\u003c/p\u003e\n \u003cp\u003eOther post-Civil War subjects include: racial tensions\n (August 11, 1878) and the \n Richmond riots during which a white\n policeman was killed in \n Old Market Hall (March 20, 1870); \n John Roy Baylor's assurances that his\n black tenant farmers were not involved in the violence in \n Caroline County (n.d.); life in \n St. Louis, Missouri (September \u0026amp;\n July 3, 1873); a description of a shoot-out in \n Uvalde County, Texas (May 10, 1881);\n the black vote during Reconstruction in \n Virginia (October 28, 1889); mention of\n Micajah Woods, the \n University of Virginia, and \n Monticello (October 21, 1887); and the \n Richmond, Fredericksburg, \u0026amp; Potomac Railroad\n Company (March 21, 1873; \u0026amp; May 20, 1881).\u003c/p\u003e\n \u003cp\u003eLetters containing genealogical information include the\n following families: the \n Norton family (June 22, 1828); \n Robert Baylor's (August 14, 1828); the\n Frere family (June 28, 1872 \u0026amp; n.d.);\n the \n Roy family (March 21, 1887 \u0026amp; January\n 8, 1885); the \n Braxton family (April 20, 1810); the \n Baylor family (February 20, 1895); and\n the \n Texas \n Baylor family (April 28 \u0026amp; May 2,\n 1894).\u003c/p\u003e\n \u003cp\u003eFor a list of individual correspondents, please consult\n the \n Baylor family sliplist.\u003c/p\u003e\n \u003cp\u003eThe next series of papers contain the legal and\n financial papers of the \n Baylor family. These include: the\n amnesty papers of Dr. \n John Roy Baylor (1865); land plats and\n surveys (1701-1841) of \n Virginia lands in \n King William County, \n King and Queen County, \n Spotsylvania County, \n Caroline County, \n Pocahontas County, and \n Orange County, many of which were done\n by surveyor, \n James Taylor; and other legal\n documents such as indentures, bonds, deeds, land grants,\n and bills of complaint. Items of special note are: copies\n of land grants signed by \n Alexander Spotswood (July 20, 1722) and\n Hugh Drysdale (July 16, 1726); a list\n of named slaves sold to \n John Baylor (December 12, 1751);\n charges against \n Philip Easter, overseer for \n John Baylor, particularly for\n \"constantly driving of the Negroes for which I paid a great\n deal of tobacco,\" especially old \n Sarah, a midwife (ca. 1757); agreement\n of \n John Hatley Norton to buy \n John Baylor's tobacco (December 12,\n 1776); a water lot rental (June 12, 1794); articles of\n agreement concerning a grist mill in \n Caroline County (June 18, 1813); the\n pardon of \n John Crowley signed by \n James Madison and \n James Monroe (September 11, 1815); an\n indenture of 1820 with named slaves; a schedule of property\n with a named slave (December 17, 1822); an agreement\n concerning a mill with \n P. Harrison as the miller (1831); a\n certificate of exemption from active service in the \n Confederate Army as an agriculturalist\n (November 10, 1864); and a copy of a receipt concerning\n work done on a gravel pit for the \n Richmond, Fredericksburg, \u0026amp; Potomac\n Railroad (June 2, 1870).\u003c/p\u003e\n \u003cp\u003eThis series also contains copies of the wills of \n John Baylor (1705-1772), dated February\n 19, 1770, and \n Frances Baylor (1760-1815), dated June\n 12, 1815, both mentioning family slaves by name.\u003c/p\u003e\n \u003cp\u003eThe financial papers of the \n Baylor family contain six small account\n books, 1859-1870, listing payment to hired hands, one of\n which contains the \n Tiverton Farm Stockbook (1866); bank\n statements; a farm book for the \n Greenwood Farm; \n John Baylor's receipt book, 1792-1795,\n which mentions Negroes purchased (December 5, 1790), \n George Baylor's estate (February 17,\n 1792), and Negroes sold (February 23, 1795); and other\n miscellaneous financial papers.\u003c/p\u003e\n \u003cp\u003eTopics in the financial papers include the following: an\n account with \n Donald Robertson for \n Robert Baylor and \n Walker Baylor's schooling (April 1,\n 1772); Colonel Braxton's smith works (April 1736); the \n Rappahannock River Forge belonging to \n James Hunter (March 31, 1784); tobacco\n accounts (1775-1776; 1782; June \u0026amp; August 1782, October\n 2, 1789; February 24, 1784; March 19 \u0026amp; December 11,\n 1875; and n.d.); horses and racing (January 16, 1741; July\n 11, 1777, May 29, 1767; November 15, 1774; April 1, 1756;\n and list of horses, n.d.); an account for carpenter and\n house work [1726]; an account with the \n Swan Tavern (September 23, 1815); the\n settling of \n John Baylor's estate (1750-1808)\n (January 5, 1812; May 29, 1811; October 27, 1812; September\n 10, 1815; October 2, 1819; June 1, 1821; August 3, 1821;\n and n.d.); medical accounts (April 12, 1830); corn and meal\n from \n John Baylor's mill (January 1, 1830);\n and a blacksmith account (January 1, 1875).\u003c/p\u003e\n \u003cp\u003eThere are also accounts with the \n Confederate government (November 14\n \u0026amp; 24, \u0026amp; December 12, 1863; March 24 \u0026amp; May 3,\n 1864; and February 4, 1865) and many concerning slaves and\n slavery.\u003c/p\u003e\n \u003cp\u003eThese include: duty paid on Negroes (1742-1744); claim\n for payment for capturing and placing \n John Baylor's runaway slave in the \n Spotsylvania goal (April 16, 1744); the\n sale of \n George Baylor's slaves (November 28,\n 1786); slaves for hire (December 26, 1805; June 15, 1814);\n hire of \" \n Ned \" as a mason (October 2, 1814);\n clothing for Negroes (1814); grog for servants (September\n 23, 1815); bills of sale for unnamed slaves (June 11,\n 1847); \n Mary and daughter \n Elizabeth (September 4, 1848); \n Miles (February 20, 1849); \n Pompey (June 11, 1847); slave boy, \n Frank (January 15, 1851); \n Kitty Brook and \n Fanny (December 28, 1853); \n George Cooper (June 18, 1857); and\n slave hire (April 30, 1859 \u0026amp; ca. 1854).\u003c/p\u003e\n \u003cp\u003eThe miscellaneous series contains a diary (1780) of \n John Baylor 1750-1808) describing a\n journey from \" \n Newmarket \" to \n Warm Springs, \n Augusta County, Virginia, and\n mentioning Dr. \n [Thomas ?] Walker and his son, \n Thomas Walker, of \n Albemarle County, Virginia, and \n John Baylor's \n Orange plantations; genealogical\n material pertaining to the \n Roy family, \n Baylor family, and \n Norton family, and including\n biographical sketches of \n Mungo Roy and \n John Baylor (1750-1808); a \"History of\n the Early Church in Virginia\"; several literary\n compositions by \n Maria Roy Baylor; and a memorandum\n book of \n John Baylor (1750-1808) which describes\n the beginning of his voyage on the Potomack (October 1775)\n and furnishes a description of saltworks at \n Portsmouth, [England] (1778).\u003c/p\u003e\n \u003cp\u003eOther material in this series includes military papers,\n miscellaneous papers, newsclippings, and loose photographs.\n Thirteen of the items in the military papers pertain to\n Colonel \n John Baylor (1705-1772) and the \n Caroline militia, who served under\n Colonel \n George Washington in the construction\n of a fort at \n Winchester, Virginia, during the\n French and Indian War, 1756-1757, and consist of company\n returns, orders for payment, and receipts for payment.\u003c/p\u003e\n \u003cp\u003eThe rest of the military papers consist of Revolutionary\n War material, relating to \n George Baylor, aide-de-camp to General\n George Washington, 1775-1777, and\n Commander of the \n Third Regiment of Light Dragoons, and\n the papers about clothing, arms, and other supplies,\n regimental finances, roster of officers, and weekly returns\n of the regiment. Among these papers are: a copy of a letter\n from General Burgoyne to Colonel Phillipson concerning\n military conditions and discussing his ill-fated \n Saratoga campaign (October 20, 1777); a\n mention of \n George Baylor's upcoming marriage\n (February 4, 1778); \n B. Dade's request to be exchanged as a\n prisoner of war (February 1779); monies owed for supplies\n to \n James Hunter with an itemized account\n (October 12 \u0026amp; November 1, 1779); the problems and\n arrangements involved in outfitting the regiment (February\n 4, June 6 \u0026amp; 12, 1778; October 13, 1780; October 26,\n 1781 [2 letters]; November 2, 1781; April 3 \u0026amp; August\n 14, 1782); the difficulty of working with the \"financier \n Robert Morris \" (October 13, 1780); an\n outbreak of smallpox in the \n Third Regiment at \n Petersburg, Virginia (November 25,\n 1781); and an order for a review of the \n Continental army for July 4, 1782. A\n final item is a general order for a discharge from the \n 4th Regiment of \n Virginia militia during the War of 1812\n (April 10, 1814). For a list of individual correspondents,\n please consult the original list in the control folder.\u003c/p\u003e\n \u003cp\u003eThe miscellaneous folder contains the following: a\n printed score sheet for archery (July 4, 1771); a list of\n books, probably from the library of \n John Baylor [ca. 1800 ?]; notes\n concerning Blackstone's law; a pamphlet, \"The Lewis and\n Clark Expedition,\" by \n Grace Flandrau (n.d.); an oath to \"our\n Sovereign Lord King George\" (n.d.); and a parochial report,\n Emmanuel Church, \n Greenwood Parish, Reverend \n W.M. Nelson, Rector (n.d.).\u003c/p\u003e\n \u003cp\u003eThe newsclippings, 1921-1933, concern \n University of Virginia events, news of\n the \n Ivy area, the \n Lewis Association of America, the \n Lewis family, and historical\n articles.\u003c/p\u003e\n \u003cp\u003eThe loose photographs, mostly unidentified, include:\n Mrs. Rutherford's children, \n Rosa Rutherford, \n Charles Frere and \n Douglas Frere, possible photographs of\n \" \n Newmarket, \" and \n University of Virginia professors.\u003c/p\u003e\n \u003cp\u003eThe notebooks and bound volumes series contains the\n following: a photograph album; school notebooks of \n Maria Roy Baylor, \n Frank Blackford, and \n James B. Baylor; an expense book; two\n scrapbooks of newsclippings; and the \n \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eLetters of Junius,\u003c/title\u003ehand\n copied by \n John Baylor (1769-1771).\u003c/p\u003e\n \u003cp\u003eThose volumes belonging to Dr. \n John Roy Baylor include: a genealogical\n and historical notebook (1872); a medical notebook and farm\n expense book which records a controversy with the \n Clayton family over slaves (1847-1851); a\n farm account book, 1856-1892, with accounts with the \n Fredericksburg Water Power Company, a\n servant's account (June-August, 1865), and reports of wheat\n crops; an account book with grape expenses, sheep\n memorandum, apple accounts, and a mill account (1868-1874);\n and another farm book with an account with the \n Bowling Green Tanning Yard, and slave\n hire records with named slaves (1847-1868).\u003c/p\u003e\n \u003cp\u003eThe photograph album, apparently given to \n John Roy Baylor by his granddaughter on\n Christmas of 1887, contains photographs of the following: \n Rosa Seddon Rutherford (1891 \u0026amp;\n n.d.); \n Helen Rutherford Johnson; \n James B. Baylor; \n Frances Starke Bowen, of \" \n Mirador, \" \n Albemarle County (1886); \n Fanny Courtenay Baylor (1886); the\n mother of \n Fanny Courtenay Baylor; a portrait of\n Colonel \n George Armistead; \n Roy Ellerson Massie; General \n Lewis Armistead (killed at \n Gettysburg ); \n Maria Roy Baylor; \n Eloise Baylor (1885); \n Julia Howard Baylor; and \n John Roy Baylor.\u003c/p\u003e\n \u003cp\u003eThe series containing the papers of \n James B. Baylor and the \n United States Coast and Geodetic\n Survey consists of the financial records of the\n survey teams led by \n John Baylor, circular letters from the\n home office in \n Washington, D.C., the official\n correspondence and reports of \n John Baylor, photographs, printed\n material, \n United States government property\n inventories, and bound volumes.\u003c/p\u003e\n \u003cp\u003e\n James Bowen Baylor (1849-1924)\n graduated with an engineering degree from the \n University of Virginia in 1872 and was\n appointed an aid in the \n United States Coast and Geodetic Survey\n Department in 1874, continuing to work as a field\n agent throughout his career. His many assignments included:\n the determination of the elements of earth's magnetism from\n Canada to \n Mexico; the survey of oyster grounds\n in \n Louisiana and \n Virginia, 1889-1894; his appointment\n as a Commissioner of the \n United States Supreme Court to settle\n the \n Virginia - \n Tennessee boundary line dispute,\n establishing it in the middle of Main Street, \n Bristol, 1900-1902; and also the\n establishment of boundaries between \n Virginia and \n Maryland, \n New York and \n Pennsylvania, and the \n United States and \n Canada.\u003c/p\u003e\n \u003cp\u003eThe Oyster Industry Protection Correspondence contains\n much correspondence from \n William Ellinger of \n Fox Island, Virginia, who describes\n himself as an oyster planter. Printed material consists of\n death notices for \n United States Coast and Geodetic\n Survey men, \n Richard D. Cutts and \n Benjamin Peirce (1880\u0026amp; 1883), and\n three pamphlets concerning the \n United States and Canadian boundary,\n the oyster laws of \n Virginia, and a \n Virginia Military Institute valedictory\n address by \n Edward Hutson Russell.\u003c/p\u003e\n \u003cp\u003eOversize items include a survey of the lands of \n John Roy Baylor (June 1847),\n photographs of the \n United States Coast and Geodetic\n Survey, and a printed plan of the fairgrounds of\n the \n Virginia State Agricultural Society, \n Richmond, 1854.\u003c/p\u003e\n \u003cp\u003eThe three \n Baylor family ledgers, 1719-1755, contain\n many references to the purchase of slaves (see\n addendum).\u003c/p\u003e\n \u003c/scopecontent\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eThe papers of the \n Baylor family of \"Newmarket,\" \n Bowling Green, Caroline County, Virginia, contain ca.\n 2000 items (11 Hollinger boxes, 4.5 linear feet),\n 1653-1915, and consist of correspondence, legal and\n financial papers, ledgers, genealogical material, students\n notebooks and bound volumes, scrapbooks, photographs, a\n diary, literary compositions, military papers pertaining to\n the Revolutionary War, newsclippings, the records of James Bowen Baylor and the \n United States Coast and Geodetic Survey, and miscellaneous papers.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eThese papers pertain to John Baylor (1650-1720) of \n Gloucester County, and King and Queen County, Virginia, and his wife, \n Lucy Todd O'Brien of New Kent County, Virginia, and four generations of their descendants. The \n John Baylor ledgers, 1719-1755, reveal that John Baylor was a wealthy merchant,\n planter, and shipowner. He also served as a burgess, representing Gloucester County in the 1693 General Assembly and King and Queen County in 1718.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eJohn Baylor's son, John Baylor (1705-1772), greatly increased the family landholdings when he received a royal\n land grant in 1726 in what was to become Caroline County, Virginia. John Baylor was educated in \n England, at the \n Putney Grammer School and \n Caius College, \n Cambridge. While in \n England, he developed a keen interest\n in thoroughbred horses and horse racing, going so far as to\n name his new home, \" \n Newmarket, \" for the famous English\n racing center. He became an important colonial horse\n importer and breeder whose stables greatly contributed to\n the development of American thoroughbreds. \n John Baylor also rendered public\n service to the newly formed county of \n Caroline, as a colonel in the county\n militia and a burgess in 1742-1749, and 1756-1765.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eAll four of the sons of \n John Baylor (1705-1772) contributed in\n some way to the American effort during the Revolutionary\n War. \n John Baylor (1750-1808), the heir of \" \n Newmarket, \" while unable to fight due\n to a childhood injury, gave financial support to the war\n effort. He later had difficulties in shedding his\n reputation as a \"Tory\" because he had gone back to \n England in 1778 to marry his cousin, \n Frances Norton (1760-1815) and had to\n live in \n Europe until they could obtain a return\n passage to \n America.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003e\n George Baylor (1752-1784) was a member\n of the \n Caroline County Committee of Safety,\n 1775-1776, and from 1775-1777, he was aide-de-camp of\n General \n George Washington. He was commanding\n officer of the \n 3rd Regiment Light Dragoons when he was\n wounded and captured on September 28, 1778. He was\n eventually exchanged and his regiment was consolidated with\n the \n First Continental Dragoons on November\n 9, 1782, which he commanded until the end of the war. On\n September 30, 1783, he received his commission as a Brevet\n Brigadier General.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003e\n Walker Baylor served as a lieutenant\n and captain of the \n 3rd Regiment Light Dragoons during the\n Revolution. He along with his other brother \n Robert Baylor, who also served in the\n Revolution, immigrated to \n Kentucky. Later \n Robert Baylor apparently settled in the\n Pearl River area of the \n Mississippi Territory.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eThe estate of \n John Baylor (1750-1808) was hopelessly\n entangled when he inherited it from his father in 1772 and\n much of it was lost through his own ineptitude as a\n businessman and the dishonesty of others. However, the\n house and two thousand acres were entailed and could not be\n alienated; these were passed on to his son, \n John Baylor ( ? ), who married \n Maria Ann Roy and produced Dr. \n John Roy Baylor (1821-1897). It was Dr.\n John Roy Baylor's son, Captain \n James Bowen Baylor (1848-1924), who was\n a member of the \n United States Coast and Geodetic\n Survey team.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eThe correspondence series contains the correspondence\n from family members, friends, and business associates of\n all the above generations of the \n Baylor family, beginning with Colonel \n John Baylor (1705-1772). Letters\n pertaining to the sojourn of \n John Baylor (1750-1808) in \n England prior to and during the\n Revolutionary War include the following: a reference to\n Colonel \n John Baylor's son at school in \n Caius College, \n Cambridge (August 12,1769); his\n intentions of returning to the \n United States (December 28, 1770); the\n advice of \n William Bond, a former teacher of \n John Baylor, for him to seek further\n educational opportunities upon the continent rather than to\n return to college studies (July 15, 1773); \n William Bond's request for \n John Baylor to ignore \"national evils\"\n and to visit \n England (May 4, 1778); \n John Baylor's trip to \n England to wed his cousin, \n Frances Norton (1778); a reference to\n the Baylor's leaving \n England, and comments concerning the\n fashions and decadence of \n England (May 4, 1779).\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence concerning events leading up to and\n including the Revolutionary War includes: \n Sam Waterman's support of the Stamp\n Act repeal and the danger of shipping livestock from \n London to \n John Baylor (March 6, 1766); a Mr.\n Grand's letter refusing to advise \n John Baylor due to threat of prison\n (March 28, [1772]): copies of \n Committee of Correspondence letters to \n John Norton asking him to keep them\n informed regarding events in \n England and Acts of \n Parliament and his reply (April 6,\n \u0026amp; July 6, 1773); a recommendation for the Baron of\n [Bonstetten] who served in the Danish and Prussian Wars\n (September 27,1777); \n John Baylor as a prisoner aboard a\n British ship, Thomas [Thortican], possibly due to suspicion\n that he was reportedly carrying a treaty between \n France and the \n United States (February 5, 1778); the\n birth of Colonel \n George Baylor's son (May 6, 1779); \n Walker Baylor asking his brother to\n send him some money to cover his expenses incurred in\n fighting in the Revolution (August 13, 1779); a statement\n of \n Edmund Pendleton, the Chairman of the \n Caroline Committee of Correspondence,\n regarding the loyalty of \n John Baylor to the colonial cause,\n relating that \n John Baylor supported the actions of\n the Americans at \n Lexington, and returned to \n England only to marry (October 13,\n 1779); the statement of \n George Baylor regarding the loyalty of\n his brother evidenced by his opinion of events at \n Lexington, and his recommendation of\n Baron de Wolfen in the service of the \n American Army, and concluding with the\n explanation that \n John Baylor did not fight due to a\n physical infirmity acquired in his youth (October 14,1779);\n John Wormeley requests \n John Baylor to use his influence to\n give him an escort to visit his father in \n Virginia (August 16, 1782); and a\n request for \n George Baylor to help recover money\n form one of the officers of his regiment for Mr. Alexander\n (September 3, 1783).\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eOther subjects of note include: the tobacco growing and\n export business (May 8, 1741; March 6, 1766; August 12,\n 1769; February 5, 1778; June 29, 1788; March 10, 1789; June\n 6, 1789; March 15, 1793; \u0026amp; February 5, 1790); iron and\n forge business (October 11, 1771; \u0026amp; April 13, 1774);\n horses and horse breeding (\"Sober John\"-October25, 1754;\n \"Fearnought\"-March 21, 1771; October 30, 1756; March 6,\n 1766; and July 17, 1800); and a discussion about whether\n the Spanish will allow free trade up the \n Mississippi River and \n Ohio River ([December 4], 1783).\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eSeveral letters mention slaves and slavery. Among these\n are: slaves for sale (April 14, 1770; March 21, 1771;\n September 14, 1771; \u0026amp; June 19, 1811); mention of slave\n passes, a slave detained on the road for lack of one, and a\n visit of slaves with the family in \n Gloucester County, Virginia (July 12,\n 1813); the prices of slaves in the \n Pearl River area of the \n Mississippi Territory and prices of\n hire (November 28, 1816); and a letter from a Quaker, \n George Boone, of \n Berks County, Pennsylvania, attempting\n to verify that \n James Martin, a black man who claimed\n to have been born to free parents and wrongly sold as part\n of Colonel \n John Baylor's estate, was indeed a\n free black and not legally owned by \n Thomas Adams of \n Orange County, Virginia (August 12,\n 1818).\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eThere is a group of letters between \n John Baylor, \n John Frere, and \n John Baylor's former teacher in \n England, \n William Bond, concerning education for\n his two sons, \n John Baylor and \n George Daniel Baylor. This\n correspondence sheds some light on the attempts of\n Americans to educate their sons following the Revolution\n and includes: a discussion of \n Eton and \n Rugby and changes that have occurred at\n Cambridge (August 17, 1793); a\n suggestion to try \n Glasgow in \n Scotland (March 1, 1796); the\n possibility of using a tutor (February 27, 1797); terms to\n secure a tutor from \n England and his opinion of \n Eton (October 2, 1797); and a\n suggestion to use an American clergyman for a tutor (June\n 22, 1799 \u0026amp; June 30, 1800).\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eOther subjects mentioned include: the French Revolution\n (July 2, August 17, and [September 18], 1793); a\n description of fashions ([September 18], 1793); a\n description of \n Warm Springs, \n Bath County, Virginia (August 26,\n 1805); the career of \n Napoleon Bonaparte (June 30 \u0026amp; July\n 17, 1800); the settlement of \n John Baylor's estate (December 26,\n 1801; \u0026amp; January 3, 1804); the \n Louisiana Purchase (September 17,\n 1803); a woman's viewpoint and thoughts (April 9, 1802);\n the interdiction of His Majesty's ships from American ports\n and the War of 1812 (August 29, 1808; March 25, 1812; and\n July 18, 1813); an excellent discussion of social and\n economic life in \n Pearl River, \n Mississippi Territory (November 28,\n 1816); the financial difficulties of the \n Baylor family (September 1, 1819; \u0026amp;\n July 25, 1820); a meteorite falling in \n Washington, D.C. (March 18, 1821); the\n celebration in \n Richmond of the French victory over the\n Turkish Dey of \n Algiers (September 13, 1830); the\n medical studies of \n John Roy Baylor (January 31, 1842);\n discussion of \n George Catlin's book about American\n Indians and the explorations of \n John C. Fremont and \n Charles Wilkes (April 30, 1846); a\n detailed description of \n William P. Palmer's trip to \n Europe (October 30, 1865); and the\n voyage of Presbyterian missionary \n E. Lanc[aster] to \n Rio De Janeiro (August 26, 1869).\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eEvents during the Civil War period are represented by\n the following: \n William P. Palmer's comments\n concerning \n John Brown's raid at \n Harper's Ferry and the preparations for\n his hanging (November 22 \u0026amp; December 1, 1859); the\n struggle for possession of the \n Fredericksburg Water Power\n Company (March 17 \u0026amp; November 3, 1863; \u0026amp;\n September 5, 1865); the building of \n Confederate stables and cabins for a\n camp in \n Louisa near the gold mines of \n Louisa County's \n Walnut Grove and \n Slate Grove, formerly owned by Yankee\n speculators (December 30, 1863); requests for donations of\n flour and foodstuffs for soldiers (February 25, 1865); and\n the assassination of \n Abraham Lincoln deplored (April 25,\n 1865). Related topics include the mention of seeing \n Robert E. Lee at \n White Sulpher Springs, West\n Virginia (August 17, 1867) and a letter from \n Henry Stephens Randall declining to\n visit the Old Dominion until the scars of the Civil War are\n healed (n.d.).\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eOther post-Civil War subjects include: racial tensions\n (August 11, 1878) and the \n Richmond riots during which a white\n policeman was killed in \n Old Market Hall (March 20, 1870); \n John Roy Baylor's assurances that his\n black tenant farmers were not involved in the violence in \n Caroline County (n.d.); life in \n St. Louis, Missouri (September \u0026amp;\n July 3, 1873); a description of a shoot-out in \n Uvalde County, Texas (May 10, 1881);\n the black vote during Reconstruction in \n Virginia (October 28, 1889); mention of\n Micajah Woods, the \n University of Virginia, and \n Monticello (October 21, 1887); and the \n Richmond, Fredericksburg, \u0026amp; Potomac Railroad\n Company (March 21, 1873; \u0026amp; May 20, 1881).\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eLetters containing genealogical information include the\n following families: the \n Norton family (June 22, 1828); \n Robert Baylor's (August 14, 1828); the\n Frere family (June 28, 1872 \u0026amp; n.d.);\n the \n Roy family (March 21, 1887 \u0026amp; January\n 8, 1885); the \n Braxton family (April 20, 1810); the \n Baylor family (February 20, 1895); and\n the \n Texas \n Baylor family (April 28 \u0026amp; May 2,\n 1894).\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eFor a list of individual correspondents, please consult\n the \n Baylor family sliplist.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eThe next series of papers contain the legal and\n financial papers of the \n Baylor family. These include: the\n amnesty papers of Dr. \n John Roy Baylor (1865); land plats and\n surveys (1701-1841) of \n Virginia lands in \n King William County, \n King and Queen County, \n Spotsylvania County, \n Caroline County, \n Pocahontas County, and \n Orange County, many of which were done\n by surveyor, \n James Taylor; and other legal\n documents such as indentures, bonds, deeds, land grants,\n and bills of complaint. Items of special note are: copies\n of land grants signed by \n Alexander Spotswood (July 20, 1722) and\n Hugh Drysdale (July 16, 1726); a list\n of named slaves sold to \n John Baylor (December 12, 1751);\n charges against \n Philip Easter, overseer for \n John Baylor, particularly for\n \"constantly driving of the Negroes for which I paid a great\n deal of tobacco,\" especially old \n Sarah, a midwife (ca. 1757); agreement\n of \n John Hatley Norton to buy \n John Baylor's tobacco (December 12,\n 1776); a water lot rental (June 12, 1794); articles of\n agreement concerning a grist mill in \n Caroline County (June 18, 1813); the\n pardon of \n John Crowley signed by \n James Madison and \n James Monroe (September 11, 1815); an\n indenture of 1820 with named slaves; a schedule of property\n with a named slave (December 17, 1822); an agreement\n concerning a mill with \n P. Harrison as the miller (1831); a\n certificate of exemption from active service in the \n Confederate Army as an agriculturalist\n (November 10, 1864); and a copy of a receipt concerning\n work done on a gravel pit for the \n Richmond, Fredericksburg, \u0026amp; Potomac\n Railroad (June 2, 1870).\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eThis series also contains copies of the wills of \n John Baylor (1705-1772), dated February\n 19, 1770, and \n Frances Baylor (1760-1815), dated June\n 12, 1815, both mentioning family slaves by name.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eThe financial papers of the \n Baylor family contain six small account\n books, 1859-1870, listing payment to hired hands, one of\n which contains the \n Tiverton Farm Stockbook (1866); bank\n statements; a farm book for the \n Greenwood Farm; \n John Baylor's receipt book, 1792-1795,\n which mentions Negroes purchased (December 5, 1790), \n George Baylor's estate (February 17,\n 1792), and Negroes sold (February 23, 1795); and other\n miscellaneous financial papers.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eTopics in the financial papers include the following: an\n account with \n Donald Robertson for \n Robert Baylor and \n Walker Baylor's schooling (April 1,\n 1772); Colonel Braxton's smith works (April 1736); the \n Rappahannock River Forge belonging to \n James Hunter (March 31, 1784); tobacco\n accounts (1775-1776; 1782; June \u0026amp; August 1782, October\n 2, 1789; February 24, 1784; March 19 \u0026amp; December 11,\n 1875; and n.d.); horses and racing (January 16, 1741; July\n 11, 1777, May 29, 1767; November 15, 1774; April 1, 1756;\n and list of horses, n.d.); an account for carpenter and\n house work [1726]; an account with the \n Swan Tavern (September 23, 1815); the\n settling of \n John Baylor's estate (1750-1808)\n (January 5, 1812; May 29, 1811; October 27, 1812; September\n 10, 1815; October 2, 1819; June 1, 1821; August 3, 1821;\n and n.d.); medical accounts (April 12, 1830); corn and meal\n from \n John Baylor's mill (January 1, 1830);\n and a blacksmith account (January 1, 1875).\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eThere are also accounts with the \n Confederate government (November 14\n \u0026amp; 24, \u0026amp; December 12, 1863; March 24 \u0026amp; May 3,\n 1864; and February 4, 1865) and many concerning slaves and\n slavery.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eThese include: duty paid on Negroes (1742-1744); claim\n for payment for capturing and placing \n John Baylor's runaway slave in the \n Spotsylvania goal (April 16, 1744); the\n sale of \n George Baylor's slaves (November 28,\n 1786); slaves for hire (December 26, 1805; June 15, 1814);\n hire of \" \n Ned \" as a mason (October 2, 1814);\n clothing for Negroes (1814); grog for servants (September\n 23, 1815); bills of sale for unnamed slaves (June 11,\n 1847); \n Mary and daughter \n Elizabeth (September 4, 1848); \n Miles (February 20, 1849); \n Pompey (June 11, 1847); slave boy, \n Frank (January 15, 1851); \n Kitty Brook and \n Fanny (December 28, 1853); \n George Cooper (June 18, 1857); and\n slave hire (April 30, 1859 \u0026amp; ca. 1854).\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eThe miscellaneous series contains a diary (1780) of \n John Baylor 1750-1808) describing a\n journey from \" \n Newmarket \" to \n Warm Springs, \n Augusta County, Virginia, and\n mentioning Dr. \n [Thomas ?] Walker and his son, \n Thomas Walker, of \n Albemarle County, Virginia, and \n John Baylor's \n Orange plantations; genealogical\n material pertaining to the \n Roy family, \n Baylor family, and \n Norton family, and including\n biographical sketches of \n Mungo Roy and \n John Baylor (1750-1808); a \"History of\n the Early Church in Virginia\"; several literary\n compositions by \n Maria Roy Baylor; and a memorandum\n book of \n John Baylor (1750-1808) which describes\n the beginning of his voyage on the Potomack (October 1775)\n and furnishes a description of saltworks at \n Portsmouth, [England] (1778).\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eOther material in this series includes military papers,\n miscellaneous papers, newsclippings, and loose photographs.\n Thirteen of the items in the military papers pertain to\n Colonel \n John Baylor (1705-1772) and the \n Caroline militia, who served under\n Colonel \n George Washington in the construction\n of a fort at \n Winchester, Virginia, during the\n French and Indian War, 1756-1757, and consist of company\n returns, orders for payment, and receipts for payment.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eThe rest of the military papers consist of Revolutionary\n War material, relating to \n George Baylor, aide-de-camp to General\n George Washington, 1775-1777, and\n Commander of the \n Third Regiment of Light Dragoons, and\n the papers about clothing, arms, and other supplies,\n regimental finances, roster of officers, and weekly returns\n of the regiment. Among these papers are: a copy of a letter\n from General Burgoyne to Colonel Phillipson concerning\n military conditions and discussing his ill-fated \n Saratoga campaign (October 20, 1777); a\n mention of \n George Baylor's upcoming marriage\n (February 4, 1778); \n B. Dade's request to be exchanged as a\n prisoner of war (February 1779); monies owed for supplies\n to \n James Hunter with an itemized account\n (October 12 \u0026amp; November 1, 1779); the problems and\n arrangements involved in outfitting the regiment (February\n 4, June 6 \u0026amp; 12, 1778; October 13, 1780; October 26,\n 1781 [2 letters]; November 2, 1781; April 3 \u0026amp; August\n 14, 1782); the difficulty of working with the \"financier \n Robert Morris \" (October 13, 1780); an\n outbreak of smallpox in the \n Third Regiment at \n Petersburg, Virginia (November 25,\n 1781); and an order for a review of the \n Continental army for July 4, 1782. A\n final item is a general order for a discharge from the \n 4th Regiment of \n Virginia militia during the War of 1812\n (April 10, 1814). For a list of individual correspondents,\n please consult the original list in the control folder.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eThe miscellaneous folder contains the following: a\n printed score sheet for archery (July 4, 1771); a list of\n books, probably from the library of \n John Baylor [ca. 1800 ?]; notes\n concerning Blackstone's law; a pamphlet, \"The Lewis and\n Clark Expedition,\" by \n Grace Flandrau (n.d.); an oath to \"our\n Sovereign Lord King George\" (n.d.); and a parochial report,\n Emmanuel Church, \n Greenwood Parish, Reverend \n W.M. Nelson, Rector (n.d.).\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eThe newsclippings, 1921-1933, concern \n University of Virginia events, news of\n the \n Ivy area, the \n Lewis Association of America, the \n Lewis family, and historical\n articles.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eThe loose photographs, mostly unidentified, include:\n Mrs. Rutherford's children, \n Rosa Rutherford, \n Charles Frere and \n Douglas Frere, possible photographs of\n \" \n Newmarket, \" and \n University of Virginia professors.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eThe notebooks and bound volumes series contains the\n following: a photograph album; school notebooks of \n Maria Roy Baylor, \n Frank Blackford, and \n James B. Baylor; an expense book; two\n scrapbooks of newsclippings; and the \n \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eLetters of Junius,\u003c/title\u003ehand\n copied by \n John Baylor (1769-1771).\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eThose volumes belonging to Dr. \n John Roy Baylor include: a genealogical\n and historical notebook (1872); a medical notebook and farm\n expense book which records a controversy with the \n Clayton family over slaves (1847-1851); a\n farm account book, 1856-1892, with accounts with the \n Fredericksburg Water Power Company, a\n servant's account (June-August, 1865), and reports of wheat\n crops; an account book with grape expenses, sheep\n memorandum, apple accounts, and a mill account (1868-1874);\n and another farm book with an account with the \n Bowling Green Tanning Yard, and slave\n hire records with named slaves (1847-1868).\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eThe photograph album, apparently given to \n John Roy Baylor by his granddaughter on\n Christmas of 1887, contains photographs of the following: \n Rosa Seddon Rutherford (1891 \u0026amp;\n n.d.); \n Helen Rutherford Johnson; \n James B. Baylor; \n Frances Starke Bowen, of \" \n Mirador, \" \n Albemarle County (1886); \n Fanny Courtenay Baylor (1886); the\n mother of \n Fanny Courtenay Baylor; a portrait of\n Colonel \n George Armistead; \n Roy Ellerson Massie; General \n Lewis Armistead (killed at \n Gettysburg ); \n Maria Roy Baylor; \n Eloise Baylor (1885); \n Julia Howard Baylor; and \n John Roy Baylor.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eThe series containing the papers of \n James B. Baylor and the \n United States Coast and Geodetic\n Survey consists of the financial records of the\n survey teams led by \n John Baylor, circular letters from the\n home office in \n Washington, D.C., the official\n correspondence and reports of \n John Baylor, photographs, printed\n material, \n United States government property\n inventories, and bound volumes.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003e\n James Bowen Baylor (1849-1924)\n graduated with an engineering degree from the \n University of Virginia in 1872 and was\n appointed an aid in the \n United States Coast and Geodetic Survey\n Department in 1874, continuing to work as a field\n agent throughout his career. His many assignments included:\n the determination of the elements of earth's magnetism from\n Canada to \n Mexico; the survey of oyster grounds\n in \n Louisiana and \n Virginia, 1889-1894; his appointment\n as a Commissioner of the \n United States Supreme Court to settle\n the \n Virginia - \n Tennessee boundary line dispute,\n establishing it in the middle of Main Street, \n Bristol, 1900-1902; and also the\n establishment of boundaries between \n Virginia and \n Maryland, \n New York and \n Pennsylvania, and the \n United States and \n Canada.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eThe Oyster Industry Protection Correspondence contains\n much correspondence from \n William Ellinger of \n Fox Island, Virginia, who describes\n himself as an oyster planter. Printed material consists of\n death notices for \n United States Coast and Geodetic\n Survey men, \n Richard D. Cutts and \n Benjamin Peirce (1880\u0026amp; 1883), and\n three pamphlets concerning the \n United States and Canadian boundary,\n the oyster laws of \n Virginia, and a \n Virginia Military Institute valedictory\n address by \n Edward Hutson Russell.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eOversize items include a survey of the lands of \n John Roy Baylor (June 1847),\n photographs of the \n United States Coast and Geodetic\n Survey, and a printed plan of the fairgrounds of\n the \n Virginia State Agricultural Society, \n Richmond, 1854.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eThe three \n Baylor family ledgers, 1719-1755, contain\n many references to the purchase of slaves (see\n addendum).\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cscopecontent\u003e\n \u003chead\u003eADDENDUM RE THE BAYLOR LEDGERS\u003c/head\u003e\n \u003cp\u003eThe three \n Baylor family ledgers contain many\n references concerning tobacco exports, the purchase of\n merchandise, work done on various ships, and slaves, which\n at times had their place of origin noted, as in \" \n Madigaschar woman,\" \"man of \n Callabar, \" and \" \n Barbadoes negro.\" The accounts of the\n first two ledgers are indexed in the front of the\n volumes.\u003c/p\u003e\n \u003cp\u003eReferences to slavery occurring in volume one include\n the following pages: 12, 13, 15, 17, 22-24, 26, 28, 35, 37,\n 39, 47, 49, 64-66, 68, 70-71, 77, 80-81, 83, 92-93,\n 101-102, 113-114, 127, 130, 134, 166, \u0026amp; 175. References\n to slavery in volume two include: 10, 16, 30, 34, 56,\n 63-64, 74, 86, 88, 102, 115, 123, 134, 183, \u0026amp; 207.\n Volume three pages include: 40, 71, 124, 130, 132, 135,\n 146, 148, 152-153, \u0026amp; 155.\u003c/p\u003e\n \u003cp\u003eOccasionally the names of the slave ships and other\n vessels are recorded in the ledgers with notes on the\n contents purchased from them. These, along with their\n volume and page number, are listed below.\u003c/p\u003e\n \u003cp\u003e\n Ann \u0026amp; Sarah 1.96, 139, 150, \u0026amp;\n 155\u003c/p\u003e\n \u003cp\u003e\n Berkeley 1.38, 64, 71, 98, 121, 149,\n \u0026amp; 167; \u0026amp; 2.50\u003c/p\u003e\n \u003cp\u003e\n Betty 1.94\u003c/p\u003e\n \u003cp\u003e\n Callabar 1.39, 68, \u0026amp; 98; \u0026amp;\n 2.96, 111, 136\u003c/p\u003e\n \u003cp\u003e\n Greyhound 1.23, 37, 38, 65, 92, \u0026amp;\n 96; \u0026amp; 2.4, 54, \u0026amp; 97\u003c/p\u003e\n \u003cp\u003e\n Hunter 1.68\u003c/p\u003e\n \u003cp\u003e\n Little John 1.9, 10, 12, 25, \u0026amp; 75;\n \u0026amp; 2.116 \u0026amp; 136\u003c/p\u003e\n \u003cp\u003e\n Little York 2.124\u003c/p\u003e\n \u003cp\u003e\n Lucy 1.94 \u0026amp; 149\u003c/p\u003e\n \u003cp\u003e\n Mattapony Pink 1.9, 33, 94, 99, 135,\n 145, 158, 180, \u0026amp; 185\u003c/p\u003e\n \u003cp\u003e\n Nassopenex Sloop 1.2, 5, 38, \u0026amp;\n 75\u003c/p\u003e\n \u003cp\u003e\n Parnel Galley 2.22\u003c/p\u003e\n \u003cp\u003e\n Prince Eugene 1.139, 150, \u0026amp;\n 162-164\u003c/p\u003e\n \u003cp\u003e\n Twerton 1.15, 39, 103, \u0026amp; 2.90\u003c/p\u003e\n \u003cp\u003eOther entries include: the Iron Mine Adventurers 1.1\n \u0026amp; 1.11; horses 1.28; the \n Germana mines 2.188; \n John Baylor's estate 2.73 \u0026amp; 131;\n quitrents for land in \n Caroline County, \n Spotsylvania County, \n Orange County, and \n King and Queen County 2.34 \u0026amp; 79;\n and doctor and midwife accounts 3.120-121, 142, \u0026amp; 149.\n Volume three also has many references to the manufacture\n and repair of hardware, utensils, and agricultural\n equipment. In addition, at the end of the last volume,\n there is a list of memoranda concerning agreements and\n contracts of \n John Baylor, a memorandum of slaves\n sold off \n W. Lyde's plantation (November 30,\n 1742) and a list of all the Negroes belonging to Baylor in\n 1744.\u003c/p\u003e\n \u003c/scopecontent\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eThe three \n Baylor family ledgers contain many\n references concerning tobacco exports, the purchase of\n merchandise, work done on various ships, and slaves, which\n at times had their place of origin noted, as in \" \n Madigaschar woman,\" \"man of \n Callabar, \" and \" \n Barbadoes negro.\" The accounts of the\n first two ledgers are indexed in the front of the\n volumes.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eReferences to slavery occurring in volume one include\n the following pages: 12, 13, 15, 17, 22-24, 26, 28, 35, 37,\n 39, 47, 49, 64-66, 68, 70-71, 77, 80-81, 83, 92-93,\n 101-102, 113-114, 127, 130, 134, 166, \u0026amp; 175. References\n to slavery in volume two include: 10, 16, 30, 34, 56,\n 63-64, 74, 86, 88, 102, 115, 123, 134, 183, \u0026amp; 207.\n Volume three pages include: 40, 71, 124, 130, 132, 135,\n 146, 148, 152-153, \u0026amp; 155.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eOccasionally the names of the slave ships and other\n vessels are recorded in the ledgers with notes on the\n contents purchased from them. These, along with their\n volume and page number, are listed below.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003e\n Ann \u0026amp; Sarah 1.96, 139, 150, \u0026amp;\n 155\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003e\n Berkeley 1.38, 64, 71, 98, 121, 149,\n \u0026amp; 167; \u0026amp; 2.50\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003e\n Betty 1.94\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003e\n Callabar 1.39, 68, \u0026amp; 98; \u0026amp;\n 2.96, 111, 136\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003e\n Greyhound 1.23, 37, 38, 65, 92, \u0026amp;\n 96; \u0026amp; 2.4, 54, \u0026amp; 97\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003e\n Hunter 1.68\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003e\n Little John 1.9, 10, 12, 25, \u0026amp; 75;\n \u0026amp; 2.116 \u0026amp; 136\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003e\n Little York 2.124\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003e\n Lucy 1.94 \u0026amp; 149\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003e\n Mattapony Pink 1.9, 33, 94, 99, 135,\n 145, 158, 180, \u0026amp; 185\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003e\n Nassopenex Sloop 1.2, 5, 38, \u0026amp;\n 75\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003e\n Parnel Galley 2.22\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003e\n Prince Eugene 1.139, 150, \u0026amp;\n 162-164\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003e\n Twerton 1.15, 39, 103, \u0026amp; 2.90\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eOther entries include: the Iron Mine Adventurers 1.1\n \u0026amp; 1.11; horses 1.28; the \n Germana mines 2.188; \n John Baylor's estate 2.73 \u0026amp; 131;\n quitrents for land in \n Caroline County, \n Spotsylvania County, \n Orange County, and \n King and Queen County 2.34 \u0026amp; 79;\n and doctor and midwife accounts 3.120-121, 142, \u0026amp; 149.\n Volume three also has many references to the manufacture\n and repair of hardware, utensils, and agricultural\n equipment. In addition, at the end of the last volume,\n there is a list of memoranda concerning agreements and\n contracts of \n John Baylor, a memorandum of slaves\n sold off \n W. Lyde's plantation (November 30,\n 1742) and a list of all the Negroes belonging to Baylor in\n 1744.\u003c/p\u003e\n "]}]}},"label":"Breadcrumbs"}}},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/viu_viu00032_c02_c06"}},{"id":"viu_viu00017_c02_c01","type":"Item","attributes":{"title":"Accounts., 1751/1899","breadcrumbs":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/viu_viu00017_c02_c01#breadcrumbs","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":{"ref_ssi":"viu_viu00017_c02_c01","ref_ssm":["viu_viu00017_c02_c01"],"id":"viu_viu00017_c02_c01","ead_ssi":"viu_viu00017","_root_":"viu_viu00017","_nest_parent_":"viu_viu00017_c02","parent_ssi":"viu_viu00017_c02","parent_ssim":["Irvine-Saunders Family Papers \n 1745-1910 Inclusive","Business Papers"],"parent_ids_ssim":["viu_viu00017","viu_viu00017_c02"],"title_filing_ssi":"Accounts.","title_ssm":["Accounts."],"title_tesim":["Accounts."],"normalized_title_ssm":["Accounts., 1751/1899"],"text":["Accounts., 1751/1899","Irvine-Saunders Family Papers \n 1745-1910 Inclusive","Business Papers","Box Box 2"],"parent_unittitles_ssm":["Irvine-Saunders Family Papers \n 1745-1910 Inclusive","Business Papers"],"parent_unittitles_tesim":["Irvine-Saunders Family Papers \n 1745-1910 Inclusive","Business Papers"],"normalized_date_ssm":["1751/1899"],"unitdate_other_ssim":["1751-1899, n.d."],"level_ssm":["Item"],"level_ssim":["Item"],"component_level_isim":[2],"sort_isi":15,"repository_ssim":["University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept."],"collection_ssim":["Irvine-Saunders Family Papers \n 1745-1910 Inclusive"],"extent_ssm":["(4 folders)."],"extent_tesim":["(4 folders)."],"containers_ssim":["Box Box 2"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"child_component_count_isi":0,"date_range_isim":[1751,1752,1753,1754,1755,1756,1757,1758,1759,1760,1761,1762,1763,1764,1765,1766,1767,1768,1769,1770,1771,1772,1773,1774,1775,1776,1777,1778,1779,1780,1781,1782,1783,1784,1785,1786,1787,1788,1789,1790,1791,1792,1793,1794,1795,1796,1797,1798,1799,1800,1801,1802,1803,1804,1805,1806,1807,1808,1809,1810,1811,1812,1813,1814,1815,1816,1817,1818,1819,1820,1821,1822,1823,1824,1825,1826,1827,1828,1829,1830,1831,1832,1833,1834,1835,1836,1837,1838,1839,1840,1841,1842,1843,1844,1845,1846,1847,1848,1849,1850,1851,1852,1853,1854,1855,1856,1857,1858,1859,1860,1861,1862,1863,1864,1865,1866,1867,1868,1869,1870,1871,1872,1873,1874,1875,1876,1877,1878,1879,1880,1881,1882,1883,1884,1885,1886,1887,1888,1889,1890,1891,1892,1893,1894,1895,1896,1897,1898,1899],"_nest_path_":"/components#1/components#0","timestamp":"2026-06-23T07:31:42.753Z","collection":{"numFound":1,"start":0,"numFoundExact":true,"docs":[{"id":"viu_viu00017","ead_ssi":"viu_viu00017","_root_":"viu_viu00017","_nest_parent_":"viu_viu00017","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/uva-sc/viu00017.xml","title_ssm":["Irvine-Saunders Family Papers \n 1745-1910 Inclusive"],"title_tesim":["Irvine-Saunders Family Papers \n 1745-1910 Inclusive"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Irvine-Saunders Family Papers \n 1745-1910 Inclusive"],"text":["Irvine-Saunders Family Papers \n 1745-1910 Inclusive","Collection number 116","2100 items","Collection is open to research.","Funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment\n for the Humanities","This collection, 1745-1910, n.d., of ca. 2100 items,\n consists of correspondence, business and legal papers,\n miscellaneous, and bound volumes, pertaining to the \n Davis Family, \n Saunders Family, and \n Watts Family. Large portions of the\n correspondence belong to \n William Wattsand \n Fleming Saunders. Included with the\n correspondence is a letterbook, 1873-1880, of \n Frank Prufer. The business papers include\n accounts, bonds, correspondence, and notes and receipts,\n chiefly pertaining to \n William Wattsand \n Fleming Saunders, but also various\n members of these families. The legal papers include court\n dockets and memoranda of \n William Watts, documents, and wills.\n There are various legal papers of \n William Wattspertaining to \n Virginiacounties including \n Amelia County, \n Amherst County, \n Buckingham County, \n Campbell County, \n Cumberland County, \n Prince Edward County. The miscellaneous\n material includes advertisements, educational papers,\n photographs, printed, religious papers, and fragments. The\n bound volumes include day books, a blacksmith book, a farm\n journal, memorandum books, and a township record. Folders are\n arranged alphabetically within each series, with material\n inside arranged chronologically.","Correspondence","From the correspondence of the \n Davis Family, \n Saunders Family, and related families,\n 1800-1856, there is a letter addressed to \"Sully,\" December\n 30, 1800, from \n Louisa County, which advises the\n recipient, who had asked for religious instruction, to seek\n the \n Kingdom of God. A letter dated April 2,\n 1812 from \n James Raylandto his sister mentions that\n his cousin is strapped for cash, and asks if the recipient can\n help him. A rather unusual letter, dating July 24, 1836, from \n Mount Pleasant, indicates that \"Mary\n thinks a little Brandy would be of service to her,\" and\n requests that some be sent to her. A letter written to Captain\n Davis on January 9, 1844, mentions that \n Pleasant Milkhillneeds brandy, and asks\n that it be sent with \n David(probably a slave) for there is none\n at \n Bethel. A letter dating November 6, 1856\n at \n Bleak Hillsmakes a reference to \"Roanoke\"\n [Roanoke County, or \n John Randolph's estate \"Roanoke\"?].","From their correspondence dating 1862-1904, there is a\n letter to \n Sam Tyree, Esq, July 17, 1870 from [his]\n student: \n [Sam L. Preston?]complaining that he can\n not attend sunday school because of prostration. There is also\n a letter dated April 8, 1901 from \n Trinity and Ivy Chapelin \n Boonsboro, Bedford Countyto a Mr.\n Randolph inviting him to preach there every other Sunday.\n There is also an undated fragment referring to a comet the\n size of a full moon and a meteor shower which \"will be a sight\n to see.\"","Among the families' undated correspondence, is a letter\n dated November 17 to \n \"Carter\" [Saunders?], by a female who\n mentions [her] children's Latin lessons. There is another\n letter to a Miss Kerr which mentions a recipe for Tongue a la\n Mode. There is also a letter, dated October 23, [1805?], from\n a \n Sam K. Jenny, probably a doctor of\n medicine, which mentions that \n William Greenattended a man named\n Barnhart to \n Bedfordso Jenny could prescribe to his\n case and that he \"forbad the case of ardent spirits.\"","From the correspondence of \n Eva (Smith) Saunders, dated 1868-1894,\n there is a letter, February 24, 1889, from \n The Grovewhich mentions that while Eva\n passed her exams--her brother \n Fleming Saunders IIIdid not. A letter,\n August 2, 1892, to \n Eva Saundersfrom \n M. Natalie Manson, at \n Wintore, speaks of school and Latin.\n There is an interesting letter, December 10, 1893, from \n Florence, Italyto Eva, mentioning that\n there is no silver in \n Italyfor the English and French are\n buying it up, that \"Coppers are such a bother, and so heavy to\n carry,\" seeing the works of \n Donatoand \n Brunelleschiand the \n Medici Chapel, and the \n \"Brothers of Pity\"who wear black robes\n and carry a corpse which \"made my blood turn cold.\" There is a\n letter, January 13, 1894, to Eva, which mentions sending a\n book to \n May Begg, \"a literary courtship under the\n auspices of \n Pike's Peak. \" \n Fleming Saunders IIIat \n Randolph-Macon Academyin \n Bedfordwrites to Eva on May 15, 1894,\n saying he tried to get a tennis tournament for field day, and\n congratulates Eva on her chicken raising and hopes his are\n doing better.","Among the \n Eva Saundersundated correspondence, there\n is a fragment which notes that Miss Begg sent to its writer a\n little book called \"The greatest thing in the World.\" A letter\n dated November 26 to Eva contains drawings of women's blouses\n and concerns her ordered blouses.","From the correspondence of \n Fleming Saundersand \n Mary (Gwathmey) Saunders, 1858-1879, a\n letter dated September 5, 1871, from \n Peter Saunders, Jr., \n Bleak Hill, says that his tobacco crop\n has suffered. Another letter, April 17, 1874, from \n Jeanie Edmond, \n Hudson Lodge, makes a reference to the \n Jubilee Singerstraveling to raise money\n for a \"slave college somewhere in the Northern States\"; to\n acquaintances visiting \n England, mentioning a \"public worship\n bill\" in \n Parliament, and one acquaintance having\n an appointment with the Bishop of \n Melbourne; and to visiting \n Australia. In a postcard dated August 21,\n 1879, \n W. A. Alrichasks \n Fleming Saunders' opinion as to the next\n \"services\" in \"regular course,\" and saying that it best not to\n alter rotation as \"last service was omitted.\" He also mentions\n that Mrs. \n C[harles] Dabneyhas a fine little\n daughter.","In the Fleming and Mary Saunders correspondence, 1880-1892,\n there is a letter dated March 3, 1880 from M. Caden to\n Saunders stating that he can not board a minister, but will\n give the same salary as before. \n Peter Saunderswrites from \n Bleak Hillon January 19, 1881 saying that\n he has no specific desire to be a director on the \n Virgina Midland [Rail] Road, and does not\n think he could get the appointment anyway; he is still a\n director on the \n Franklin and Pittsylvania Railroad\n Company, and fears a possible conflict of interest.\n W. A. Alrichwrites from \n Emanuel Rectory, \n Chatham, Virginia, on February 16, 1882,\n saying he is glad that the \n Saunders' keep up the old St. Valentine's\n Day tradition, by sending so practical a token of affection. \n Ellen Boulder, a school teacher, writes\n to \n Mary Saundersfrom \n Drake's Branchon March 18, 1889,\n mentioning a five month school term ending on March 1st and a\n June 23 to July 23 summer session. \n [Peter Saunders], \n Bleak Hill, writes \n Fleming Saunders, on October 26, 1891\n mentioning Republican elements in the \"alliance\" [farmers'\n alliance such as the \n Grange?].","In the Fleming and Mary Saunders correspondence, 1893-1900,\n Fleming Saunders IIIwrites to his parents\n from \n Randolph-Macon Academyin \n Bedfordon March 14, 1893, saying that he\n is in the Baptist Church in the morning and the Methodist in\n the afternoon, and tells of boys who spend more time with the\n girls than studying. \n James F. Plummerwrites to Captain\n Saunders on March 29, 1893, [from a theological seminary?],\n saying that exams are beginning, and implying that knowledge\n of Hebrew and Apologetics will be next among those things\n tested. \n Peter Saunderswrites to Fleming from \n Bleak Hill, on March 30, 1894, mentioning\n the Bland Bill and the fear that its veto would cause discord\n in the \n Democratic Party, and discussing briefly\n possible effects on the present financial situation.","In the Fleming and Mary Saunders correspondence, 1901-1910,\n there is a letter, July 19, 1901, from \n Edward Watts Saunders, while serving in\n the \n Virginia House of Delegates. \n William W. Oldwrites to Fleming on\n February 2, 1903 about a land sale and his agreement to sell\n the land as a whole parcel to two black men, and suggesting a\n method of finalizing the transaction. \n E. W. Saunderswrites to Fleming on\n January 21, 1904 mentioning an inquiry about his land near\n \"Vic. Muse.\" A letter, [March 1904], from \n Alice [Saunders]at \n Hollins, Virginia, to her aunt Saunders\n refers to the Roman poet \n Virgil. She writes to her mother on March\n 12, 1904 mentioning that John [ ] had failed in \n Caesarand that he had been in the second\n book of \n Virgil.","In the undated Fleming and Mary Saunders correspondence, \n D. Saunderswrites to his mother from \n Randolph-Macon Academyon February 10,\n saying that he is learning German and is plagued by poor\n spelling, and that the boys dance every night and were\n previously boxing.","In the correspondence of \n William Watts, 1754-1784, there is a\n letter dated June 27, 1771 which summons Watts to the \n General Assemblyin \n Williamsburg. \n Samuel Dilworthwrites on June 2, 1783\n from \n Blanfordmentioning the problem of\n collecting debts owed to the British. \n Thomas Baldwin, Jr.writes on December 22,\n 1784 concerning the purchase of \"the Negro Fellow\" for\n $18.","In the Watts correspondence, 1785-1789, a letter, December\n 16, 1785, from \n William Roachinforms Watts that while \n Peter Kernis employing Watts in a matter\n between Kern and Roach, Watts is to plead for Roach in all\n matters, suggesting a conflict of interest. \n Arthur Campbell, a candidate for the\n senate from the Western Distict, writes, on March 24, 1788,\n asking for Watts' support. \n Edward Grahamof \n Bedford, writes on December 20, 1792,\n mentioning that he saw the Watts' son reading \n Horaceand sending the boy a copy of \n Cicerowhich would supply \"the means of\n raising him as high in eminence as you could reasonably wish,\"\n and adding that the boy will need to learn Greek as he will\n soon be studying science.","In the Watts correspondence, 1793-1794, \n Duncan Rosewrites from \n Petersburg, on July 8, 1794, stating that\n Buchanan's Hartie and Companyhas been\n doing business in \n Great Britainand is waiting for a\n successor to Hartie to be appointed before certain books could\n be examined by Rose. Another letter pertains to relations with\n Franceand \n Britainat this time: \n George Hancockwrites to Watts in 1794\n mentioning the rearing of a navy \"to repel the insult to our\n ploy,\" referring to commerce restriction [on American goods]\n by a nation which does not have a commerce treaty with the\n U.S., and referring to Mr. \n [James] Madison's arguments whereas he\n conducted himself in a manner worthy of himself. \n Creed Taylorwrites on May 11, 1795,\n concerning some bonds. \n William Vannersonwrites, on October 30,\n 1795, from \n Petersburgmentioning a British war sloop\n in \n Norfolk, Virginiaand the order for\n carrying American bottoms bound for \n Franceinto British ports with invoice\n being revoked, revealing that some say that this retaliation\n has been brought about by Americans invoicing their flour at\n $27 per barrel.","In Watts' correspondence with \n Edward Randolph, 1796-1797, Randolph\n writes from \n Richmondon February 21 and March 13, 1796\n on the subject of British creditors. In Watts' correspondence\n with \n Thomas F. Scott, 1792-1798, Scott writes\n on January 4, 1796 and December 18, 1798 on the subject of\n British debts. In the correspondence of \n William Wattswith \n John Watts, 1784-1800, John writes to\n William in April 1784 from \n Lincoln County, Virginia(now \n Kentucky), concerning apprehension about\n a possible Indian war in the \n Northwest Territories. John says that\n while the lands in \n Kentuckyare good, the inconveniences are\n many, and that the doomsayers will probably prevent the\n surveying of lands on the northwest side of the Ohio.","Business Papers","There are general accounts, 1751-1899, n.d. An account,\n beginning November 16, 1762, with \n George Kippen \u0026 Co.at their store in \n Goochland, Virginia, lists \n John Gilliamas having ordered a dozen\n flints, 3/4 yard of bearskin, and a dozen pipes. There is a\n list, April 20, 1763, pertaining to the estate of \n A. Watts, on which is listed a\n £0.2.0 debt to \n Mary Petillo, the only woman on the list,\n and a £2.4.9 debt to Sir \n William Skipwith. The account of \n Thomas Eastwith \n Archelaus Austinfrom November 15, 1771,\n consists of beer, wine, grog, and a gallon of corn, with one\n entry \"to saging one night\" perhaps pertaining to the making\n of moonshine. An account, beginning January 20, 1775, of N[ ]\n Vaughn with \n Edward Wattslists various quantities of\n rum, molasses, and sugar. There are several accounts,\n 1779-1794, of the estate of \n Nathaniel Davis, including an entry for\n 1784 for three yards of woollen for a Negro jacket, and May 9,\n 1784 for half of hire of \n Jacob. There is a section, \"Accts\n Overlooked,\" from 1784, which refers to tobacco being a share\n and half share for \n Jacob, and another for dinner at the\n courthouse when on business. There is an account of \n James Daviswith \n Daniel Warwick, dating 1799-1803, with\n references to a variety of items including coffee, sewing\n materials, dinner ware, alcohol, and accessories. Mrs. \n Elizabeth Davis' account beginning May\n 31, 1807, has an entries for coffee, condiments, and sewing\n material. An account, March 26, 1810, of Capt. \n James Daviswith \n Rowland P. Bankslists \"163 days tuition\n at $8 p. ann. $5 cts 1 1/2.\" The account, beginning August 14,\n 1826, of Capt. \n James Daviswith \n Thomas Pleasants, has lists orders for\n cheese, mackerel, cotton, and whiskey. On October 31, 1832,\n Judge Saunders, of \n Lynchburg, Virginia, orders castor oil,\n ointment, and a syringe. Accounts which mention tea are rare\n but there is an undated fragment of Mr. \n James Daviswhich contains an entry for\n imperial tea. There is an undated \"memorandum of brandy\" taken\n from Mrs. Eubank.","The accounts of \n Williams Wattsspan 1752-1797. There is\n also a hotel account with \n Charles Williamsonwith entries dating\n 1763, 1773, and 1774. There are accounts for the boarding,\n clothing, and feeding of Negro boys with Mrs. \n Betty Tuckerand \n Betty Kirkland, both beginning September\n 10, 1767, and Capt. \n Joseph Tucker, 1767-1769. Watts has\n accounts, 1768, with \n John Brittanfor a waistcoat, shoes,\n stockings, and a hat. There is a 1769 account for various\n building supplies. Watts also has an account, beginning April\n 20, 1771, with \n Miller Woodsonwith an entry of May 16,\n 1772 listing a \n Patrick Henry. There is a document which\n contains information on the estate of \n William Randolph. There is another\n lodging account, July 26, 1773 through December 3, 1776, of\n Watts with \n Charles Williams. There is an account\n beginning March 9, 1778, with \n William Kirklandwhich includes listings\n for tuition and educational books. A January 10, 1780 account\n with \n Frederick Nancementions a violin and a\n set of strings. There is an account, beginning December 21,\n 1787, with \n Robert Wilsonordering Hyson Tea, coffee,\n and a bottle of snuff. From a 1791 account of \n Edward McDonaldwith \n William Watts, there is the note of the\n hire of a Negro. From a 1792 account of \n Charles Smith, there is a note for the\n finding of a Negro woman and for the inspecting of tobacco.\n There are two medical bills, one with \n George Martin, beginning January 14,\n 1794, and one with Doctor \n Graham, beginning November 3, 1795. In\n October 1797, Watts had an account with \n George Quillefor the hire of a Negro.\n There is an undated account of \n W. Walter Spencewith Watts for the hire\n of a Negro for eight months.","Promissory notes and receipts range from 1754-1905, n.d.\n There are several items concerned with the estate of \n John Flemingand include an entry for\n February 1764 for a Negro bought for $10. Between \n George Martinand Watts there is an\n agreement, October 3, 1794, mentioning the purchase of red\n wheat and the hire of a Negro woman. \n James Davishas a note dated 1803 with the\n Sheriff of \n Amherst Countyfor tax on four Negroes,\n four horses, and five tithes. \n Elizabeth Davishas a note dated 1816 for\n tax on three Negroes and one horse. There is a note from\n December 6, 1827 pertaining to a $5 bond for the hire of a\n Negro man by \n James Davisfrom \n J. Wrightfor \n Lavinia Wright. There is a 1840 note from\n Charles Davisto the Sheriff of \n Amherstfor tax on six Negroes and six\n horses.","Legal Papers","There are a number of court memoranda, 1768-1786, n.d.,\n kept by \n William Wattsin his capacity as a lawyer.\n In a November 10, 1771 memo for the \n Buckingham Countycourt, there is an entry\n for detinue for Negro woman named \n Agge. From the memo for the April 1772\n court at \n Lunenburg County, \n Thomas Taylorand his wife have a suit\n against a Hurt for a Negro in \n Amelia. There is also a list of debts\n owed to Watts for the year 1794. Dating 1771 through 1782,\n there are court dockets from \n Amelia Countyand \n Lunenburg Countyfrom 1771-1782. A number\n of the entries have Watts as the litigant. There is a 1773 day\n book with the signatures of William and \n Edward Watts, which includes a record of \n William Watts' court expenses. There are\n also legal day books, 1772-1773, of Watts, with entries for \n Buckingham County, \n Amelia, \n Cumberland County, and \n Prince Edward Countyas well as for \n Williamsburg, Virginia. There is another\n 1773 memorandum book of Watts with entries for \n Amelia County, \n Cumberland County, and \n Buckingham County.","The indentures date 1749-1788, n.d. From January 1, 1763,\n there is an agreement between \n Benjamin Tambroand \n Ayres Hodnettof \n Buckinghamin regard to the former's son, \n John Tambro, to be apprentice to the\n latter for seven years. From March 28, 1774, there is an\n indenture between Watts and \n William Ford. From September 17, 1768,\n there is an agreement between \n Abraham Westand \n John Blankenshipof \n Prince Edward. On November 17, 1772,\n there is an agreement between \n John Lewallenof \n Amelia Countyand \n James and Robert Donalds and Company,\n Merchants of \n Glasgow. On September 15, 1778, there is\n an agreement between \n David Wrightof \n Botetourtand \n Alexander Paineof the same concerning a\n land dispute in the area where the \n Roanoke Riverand \n Tinker Creek.","The will, December 25, 1745, of \n Thomas Pattersonof \n Albemarle County, names his slaves and\n divides them among his children and wife, and requests that\n his land in \n Goochland Countybe known as \n \"Locust Thicket.\"Margery Hinshawcontested the will of \n Samuel Hinshawdated March 1758 with \n [Cedw] Gibsonon July 10, 1765. Hinshaw\n had divided his slaves between his still living wife, his\n daughter \n Elizabeth Hinshaw, and the latter's\n children. This situation involved a slave of Elizabeth. The\n will of \n Thomas Bottomof \n Ameliadated May 10, 1760 divides his\n slaves which are named between his three daughters.","A folder of general legal papers date 1765-1903, n.d. The\n inventory and appraisal, 1826, of the estate of \n John Eubankmentions prices for his\n Negroes: £300 for a man named \n Jacob, £200 for a man named \n Joe, £10 for a woman named \n Hannah, £20 for a girl named \n Lolly, and £0 for a girl named\n Caroline. There is also a list of tickets\n of ommission paid by \n William Watts, attorney. Among the legal\n papers of \n Amelia County, 1768 through 1789\n including undated material, a document dated May 15, 1783\n states that \n Sarah Tinkeron December 6, 1781 gave her\n son-in-law \n John Tuckeran ailing Negro named \n Neduntil the latter gets well whereas he\n will be returned to \n Sarah Tucker. In an undated document, \n George Vaughnyields up title/right of two\n Negroes--named \n Frankand \n Phoebe--to son-in-law \n John Norris--formerly given to grandson \n John Norrisby a deed dated October 2,\n 1796: \"said slaves will forever defend me from my heirs.\" The\n son-in-law Norris will pay Vaughn or wife £10\n annually for preformance of the aforesaid act. Among the \n Campbell Countypapers, Justice \n Adam Clementsays that \n Charles Gilbertof \n Campbellon April 29, 1787 makes oath that\n Negro slave \n Jack--property of Watts of \n Prince Edward County--ran away and was\n found 50 miles thence. Among the legal papers of \n Prince Edward, \n Edward Wattssold to \n William Wattseight Negro slaves: \n True, \n James, \n Winnie, \n Peter, \n Sarah, \n Betty, \n Rachel, and \n Docon January 14, 1787. There is also a\n account of Dr. \n M. John Kingwith the sheriff of \n Lunenburgwhich has an entry dating 1769:\n the former is in account with \n [John] Eppsfor four lbs. of tobacco at\n £0.5.1.","Miscellaneous","Among the Advertisements there is an advertisement dated\n September 20, 1871 from the \n Omaha, Nebraska Lotteryfor the building\n of a public library in the city. A broadside from \n Cox and Sons Church Furnitureshows a\n garish stained-glass window commemorating the late President \n James Garfield. There is an undated\n letter to Mrs. \n Fleming Saundersasking for a subscription\n to the \n Graphic,a ladies society\n magazine. There is an undated list of books from \n George Munro, Publishers. There is also a\n broadside for \"The World's Christmas Hymn\"--an analogy of\n English poetry pertaining to \n Christ's birth dating from the medieval\n period.","The church related papers include a letter, March 21, 1904,\n from \n Virginia Polytechnic Instituteto the \n Saundersasking for aid for the building of\n an Episcopal parsonage at the university. The letter\n enunciates a fear of the danger of Episcopal boys being weaned\n from their faith by the compulsory attendance at the services\n of other sects due to the absence of a Episcopal parsonage.\n There is also an Episcopal \"Church Kalendar,\" 1882-1883,\n listing holy days with information on the faith, church\n service, and background of the Anglican/Episcopalian\n faith.","Civil War papers range from 1861 to 1864. During 1862-1864,\n there are a number of furloughs issued to \n Confederateenlisted men in \n Virginia, each with a physical\n description of the bearer, and addressed \"to all whom it may\n concern.\" On August 10, 1862, there is a provision return for\n a company of the \n 13th Regiment of Pennsylvania volunteers.\n There are also a number of CSA \"special requisitions\", chiefly\n ordering clothing, shoes, and blankets, most signed by Captain\n Fleming Saunders, assistant\n quartermaster, of Company K, Virginia Regiment.","The educational papers range from 1848-1903, n.d. There is\n a page from a 1848 French edition of the fables of La Fontaine\n from the \"Academie de Norfolk.\" There is an \n \"Educational Treatise on the Constitution\",\n September 6, 1877, by \n John Randolph Tuckerof \n Virginia. There is a 1892-1893 brochure\n for the \n Edgeworth School, a church-related\n boarding and day school for females. There is the fall term\n 1895 grade report from \n Virginia Polytechnic Institute(formerly \n Virginia Agriculture and Mechanical\n College) for \n Fleming Saunders, III. There is a fall\n term 1902 grade report from \n Hollins Collegefor \n Elsie Saunders. There is another VPI\n grade report, from February 1903, for \n Carter Temple Saunders. There is a report\n from \n St. Timothy's Schoolof \n Catonsville, Maryland. Another undated\n piece is a \"rules for spelling\" sheet from a grammar book.\n There are also undated fragments of Latin, French, and\n algebra.","There are lectures, essays, and poems, 1794, 1818, 1843,\n and n.d., including a scrap of a lecture dated September 6,\n 1794 from \n Edward Watts; another lecture on motive\n dated September 16, 1794; and, a series of oral essays from\n 1843.","Miscellaneous material, 1887-1892, includes a note of the\n marriage of Capt. \n Fleming Saundersto \n Mary Gwathmeyon July 30.","The obituaries include a reprint of the 1858 obituary of \n Fleming Saunders, Sr, a reprint of the\n 1867 obituary of Fleming, Sr.'s wife-- \n Alice Fleming--and the 1904 obituary of \n Peter Saunders. The obituaries of\n Fleming, Sr. and Alice are panegyrics. The first two were\n transcribed by \n John Blair Dabney.","The photographs include an unidentified photograph of a\n young member of the \n Saunders familyand undated photo cards of\n liturgical furniture.","Bound Volumes","The Day Books include a day book from \n Maple Creek Millsdating from 1842. There\n is a 1867 day book with one page filled, made of a cut\n agricultural crop ledger. There is also in the book a pasted\n in notice from the Adjuctant Inspector's Office in \n Richmond, July 29, 1863. Dating January\n 18, 1872 is a subscription book for the \n Lee Monumental Association. Also present\n is a $1 donation from \n Alex Berkeleyof \n Yellow Branch, Virginia. There are also\n farm journals dating 1855 through 1860.","A card game, 1846, called \"The Game of Kings made Easy\"\n which is based on the kings of \n Englandwho reigned down to its date, is\n also present. The card for Henry V is missing. Many of the\n cards contain information of the kings of an antiquarian\n nature.","The Memorandum books, 1873-1874 and 1881-1894, owned by \n Fleming Saunders, includes employees,\n supplies, and construction information in the first volume.\n The latter has a note at its end which mentions survey\n data.","The \n Otter River TownshipRecord Book dates\n from 1870-1874. There are references to road building. An\n entry for June 16, 1871 notes the ordering of \"tickets\" for\n road tax and township levy. Also included are lists of\n expenses for board members with lists of expenses for\n materials bought. One entry notes that \n B. H. Anthony, overseer of the poor,\n sends three paupers--one white woman and two black woman--to\n the poor house. Expenses for the poor house are noted. At 1874\n and 1875 meetings, \n Fleming Saundersis mentioned as road\n overseer in certain districts.","See the \n \n University of Virginia Library’s use policy.","University of Virginia. Library. 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Large portions of the\n correspondence belong to \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Watts\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eFleming Saunders\u003c/persname\u003e. Included with the\n correspondence is a letterbook, 1873-1880, of \n \u003cpersname\u003eFrank Prufer\u003c/persname\u003e. The business papers include\n accounts, bonds, correspondence, and notes and receipts,\n chiefly pertaining to \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Watts\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eFleming Saunders\u003c/persname\u003e, but also various\n members of these families. The legal papers include court\n dockets and memoranda of \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Watts\u003c/persname\u003e, documents, and wills.\n There are various legal papers of \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Watts\u003c/persname\u003epertaining to \n \u003cgeogname\u003eVirginia\u003c/geogname\u003ecounties including \n \u003cgeogname\u003eAmelia County\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eAmherst County\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eBuckingham County\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eCampbell County\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eCumberland County\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003ePrince Edward County\u003c/geogname\u003e. The miscellaneous\n material includes advertisements, educational papers,\n photographs, printed, religious papers, and fragments. The\n bound volumes include day books, a blacksmith book, a farm\n journal, memorandum books, and a township record. Folders are\n arranged alphabetically within each series, with material\n inside arranged chronologically.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eFrom the correspondence of the \n \u003cfamname\u003eDavis Family\u003c/famname\u003e, \n \u003cfamname\u003eSaunders Family\u003c/famname\u003e, and related families,\n 1800-1856, there is a letter addressed to \"Sully,\" December\n 30, 1800, from \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003e, which advises the\n recipient, who had asked for religious instruction, to seek\n the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eKingdom of God\u003c/corpname\u003e. A letter dated April 2,\n 1812 from \n \u003cpersname\u003eJames Rayland\u003c/persname\u003eto his sister mentions that\n his cousin is strapped for cash, and asks if the recipient can\n help him. A rather unusual letter, dating July 24, 1836, from \n \u003cgeogname\u003eMount Pleasant\u003c/geogname\u003e, indicates that \"Mary\n thinks a little Brandy would be of service to her,\" and\n requests that some be sent to her. A letter written to Captain\n Davis on January 9, 1844, mentions that \n \u003ccorpname\u003ePleasant Milkhill\u003c/corpname\u003eneeds brandy, and asks\n that it be sent with \n \u003cpersname\u003eDavid\u003c/persname\u003e(probably a slave) for there is none\n at \n \u003ccorpname\u003eBethel\u003c/corpname\u003e. A letter dating November 6, 1856\n at \n \u003ccorpname\u003eBleak Hills\u003c/corpname\u003emakes a reference to \"Roanoke\"\n [Roanoke County, or \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Randolph\u003c/persname\u003e's estate \"Roanoke\"?].\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eFrom their correspondence dating 1862-1904, there is a\n letter to \n \u003cpersname\u003eSam Tyree\u003c/persname\u003e, Esq, July 17, 1870 from [his]\n student: \n \u003cpersname\u003e[Sam L. Preston?]\u003c/persname\u003ecomplaining that he can\n not attend sunday school because of prostration. There is also\n a letter dated April 8, 1901 from \n \u003ccorpname\u003eTrinity and Ivy Chapel\u003c/corpname\u003ein \n \u003cgeogname\u003eBoonsboro, Bedford County\u003c/geogname\u003eto a Mr.\n Randolph inviting him to preach there every other Sunday.\n There is also an undated fragment referring to a comet the\n size of a full moon and a meteor shower which \"will be a sight\n to see.\"\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eAmong the families' undated correspondence, is a letter\n dated November 17 to \n \u003cpersname\u003e\"Carter\" [Saunders?]\u003c/persname\u003e, by a female who\n mentions [her] children's Latin lessons. There is another\n letter to a Miss Kerr which mentions a recipe for Tongue a la\n Mode. There is also a letter, dated October 23, [1805?], from\n a \n \u003cpersname\u003eSam K. Jenny\u003c/persname\u003e, probably a doctor of\n medicine, which mentions that \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Green\u003c/persname\u003eattended a man named\n Barnhart to \n \u003cgeogname\u003eBedford\u003c/geogname\u003eso Jenny could prescribe to his\n case and that he \"forbad the case of ardent spirits.\"\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eFrom the correspondence of \n \u003cpersname\u003eEva (Smith) Saunders\u003c/persname\u003e, dated 1868-1894,\n there is a letter, February 24, 1889, from \n \u003ccorpname\u003eThe Grove\u003c/corpname\u003ewhich mentions that while Eva\n passed her exams--her brother \n \u003cpersname\u003eFleming Saunders III\u003c/persname\u003edid not. A letter,\n August 2, 1892, to \n \u003cpersname\u003eEva Saunders\u003c/persname\u003efrom \n \u003cpersname\u003eM. Natalie Manson\u003c/persname\u003e, at \n \u003ccorpname\u003eWintore\u003c/corpname\u003e, speaks of school and Latin.\n There is an interesting letter, December 10, 1893, from \n \u003cgeogname\u003eFlorence, Italy\u003c/geogname\u003eto Eva, mentioning that\n there is no silver in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eItaly\u003c/geogname\u003efor the English and French are\n buying it up, that \"Coppers are such a bother, and so heavy to\n carry,\" seeing the works of \n \u003cpersname\u003eDonato\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eBrunelleschi\u003c/persname\u003eand the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eMedici Chapel\u003c/corpname\u003e, and the \n \u003ccorpname\u003e\"Brothers of Pity\"\u003c/corpname\u003ewho wear black robes\n and carry a corpse which \"made my blood turn cold.\" There is a\n letter, January 13, 1894, to Eva, which mentions sending a\n book to \n \u003cpersname\u003eMay Begg\u003c/persname\u003e, \"a literary courtship under the\n auspices of \n \u003cgeogname\u003ePike's Peak\u003c/geogname\u003e. \" \n \u003cpersname\u003eFleming Saunders III\u003c/persname\u003eat \n \u003ccorpname\u003eRandolph-Macon Academy\u003c/corpname\u003ein \n \u003cgeogname\u003eBedford\u003c/geogname\u003ewrites to Eva on May 15, 1894,\n saying he tried to get a tennis tournament for field day, and\n congratulates Eva on her chicken raising and hopes his are\n doing better.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eAmong the \n \u003cpersname\u003eEva Saunders\u003c/persname\u003eundated correspondence, there\n is a fragment which notes that Miss Begg sent to its writer a\n little book called \"The greatest thing in the World.\" A letter\n dated November 26 to Eva contains drawings of women's blouses\n and concerns her ordered blouses.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eFrom the correspondence of \n \u003cpersname\u003eFleming Saunders\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eMary (Gwathmey) Saunders\u003c/persname\u003e, 1858-1879, a\n letter dated September 5, 1871, from \n \u003cpersname\u003ePeter Saunders, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003ccorpname\u003eBleak Hill\u003c/corpname\u003e, says that his tobacco crop\n has suffered. Another letter, April 17, 1874, from \n \u003cpersname\u003eJeanie Edmond\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003ccorpname\u003eHudson Lodge\u003c/corpname\u003e, makes a reference to the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eJubilee Singers\u003c/corpname\u003etraveling to raise money\n for a \"slave college somewhere in the Northern States\"; to\n acquaintances visiting \n \u003cgeogname\u003eEngland\u003c/geogname\u003e, mentioning a \"public worship\n bill\" in \n \u003ccorpname\u003eParliament\u003c/corpname\u003e, and one acquaintance having\n an appointment with the Bishop of \n \u003cgeogname\u003eMelbourne\u003c/geogname\u003e; and to visiting \n \u003cgeogname\u003eAustralia\u003c/geogname\u003e. In a postcard dated August 21,\n 1879, \n \u003cpersname\u003eW. A. Alrich\u003c/persname\u003easks \n \u003cpersname\u003eFleming Saunders\u003c/persname\u003e' opinion as to the next\n \"services\" in \"regular course,\" and saying that it best not to\n alter rotation as \"last service was omitted.\" He also mentions\n that Mrs. \n \u003cpersname\u003eC[harles] Dabney\u003c/persname\u003ehas a fine little\n daughter.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eIn the Fleming and Mary Saunders correspondence, 1880-1892,\n there is a letter dated March 3, 1880 from M. Caden to\n Saunders stating that he can not board a minister, but will\n give the same salary as before. \n \u003cpersname\u003ePeter Saunders\u003c/persname\u003ewrites from \n \u003ccorpname\u003eBleak Hill\u003c/corpname\u003eon January 19, 1881 saying that\n he has no specific desire to be a director on the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eVirgina Midland [Rail] Road\u003c/corpname\u003e, and does not\n think he could get the appointment anyway; he is still a\n director on the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eFranklin and Pittsylvania Railroad\n Company\u003c/corpname\u003e, and fears a possible conflict of interest.\n \u003cpersname\u003eW. A. Alrich\u003c/persname\u003ewrites from \n \u003ccorpname\u003eEmanuel Rectory\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eChatham, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, on February 16, 1882,\n saying he is glad that the \n \u003cfamname\u003eSaunders\u003c/famname\u003e' keep up the old St. Valentine's\n Day tradition, by sending so practical a token of affection. \n \u003cpersname\u003eEllen Boulder\u003c/persname\u003e, a school teacher, writes\n to \n \u003cpersname\u003eMary Saunders\u003c/persname\u003efrom \n \u003cgeogname\u003eDrake's Branch\u003c/geogname\u003eon March 18, 1889,\n mentioning a five month school term ending on March 1st and a\n June 23 to July 23 summer session. \n \u003cpersname\u003e[Peter Saunders]\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003ccorpname\u003eBleak Hill\u003c/corpname\u003e, writes \n \u003cpersname\u003eFleming Saunders\u003c/persname\u003e, on October 26, 1891\n mentioning Republican elements in the \"alliance\" [farmers'\n alliance such as the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eGrange\u003c/corpname\u003e?].\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eIn the Fleming and Mary Saunders correspondence, 1893-1900,\n \u003cpersname\u003eFleming Saunders III\u003c/persname\u003ewrites to his parents\n from \n \u003ccorpname\u003eRandolph-Macon Academy\u003c/corpname\u003ein \n \u003cgeogname\u003eBedford\u003c/geogname\u003eon March 14, 1893, saying that he\n is in the Baptist Church in the morning and the Methodist in\n the afternoon, and tells of boys who spend more time with the\n girls than studying. \n \u003cpersname\u003eJames F. Plummer\u003c/persname\u003ewrites to Captain\n Saunders on March 29, 1893, [from a theological seminary?],\n saying that exams are beginning, and implying that knowledge\n of Hebrew and Apologetics will be next among those things\n tested. \n \u003cpersname\u003ePeter Saunders\u003c/persname\u003ewrites to Fleming from \n \u003ccorpname\u003eBleak Hill\u003c/corpname\u003e, on March 30, 1894, mentioning\n the Bland Bill and the fear that its veto would cause discord\n in the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eDemocratic Party\u003c/corpname\u003e, and discussing briefly\n possible effects on the present financial situation.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eIn the Fleming and Mary Saunders correspondence, 1901-1910,\n there is a letter, July 19, 1901, from \n \u003cpersname\u003eEdward Watts Saunders\u003c/persname\u003e, while serving in\n the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eVirginia House of Delegates\u003c/corpname\u003e. \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam W. Old\u003c/persname\u003ewrites to Fleming on\n February 2, 1903 about a land sale and his agreement to sell\n the land as a whole parcel to two black men, and suggesting a\n method of finalizing the transaction. \n \u003cpersname\u003eE. W. Saunders\u003c/persname\u003ewrites to Fleming on\n January 21, 1904 mentioning an inquiry about his land near\n \"Vic. Muse.\" A letter, [March 1904], from \n \u003cpersname\u003eAlice [Saunders]\u003c/persname\u003eat \n \u003cgeogname\u003eHollins, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, to her aunt Saunders\n refers to the Roman poet \n \u003cpersname\u003eVirgil\u003c/persname\u003e. She writes to her mother on March\n 12, 1904 mentioning that John [ ] had failed in \n \u003cpersname\u003eCaesar\u003c/persname\u003eand that he had been in the second\n book of \n \u003cpersname\u003eVirgil\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eIn the undated Fleming and Mary Saunders correspondence, \n \u003cpersname\u003eD. Saunders\u003c/persname\u003ewrites to his mother from \n \u003ccorpname\u003eRandolph-Macon Academy\u003c/corpname\u003eon February 10,\n saying that he is learning German and is plagued by poor\n spelling, and that the boys dance every night and were\n previously boxing.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eIn the correspondence of \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Watts\u003c/persname\u003e, 1754-1784, there is a\n letter dated June 27, 1771 which summons Watts to the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eGeneral Assembly\u003c/corpname\u003ein \n \u003cgeogname\u003eWilliamsburg\u003c/geogname\u003e. \n \u003cpersname\u003eSamuel Dilworth\u003c/persname\u003ewrites on June 2, 1783\n from \n \u003ccorpname\u003eBlanford\u003c/corpname\u003ementioning the problem of\n collecting debts owed to the British. \n \u003cpersname\u003eThomas Baldwin, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003ewrites on December 22,\n 1784 concerning the purchase of \"the Negro Fellow\" for\n $18.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eIn the Watts correspondence, 1785-1789, a letter, December\n 16, 1785, from \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Roach\u003c/persname\u003einforms Watts that while \n \u003cpersname\u003ePeter Kern\u003c/persname\u003eis employing Watts in a matter\n between Kern and Roach, Watts is to plead for Roach in all\n matters, suggesting a conflict of interest. \n \u003cpersname\u003eArthur Campbell\u003c/persname\u003e, a candidate for the\n senate from the Western Distict, writes, on March 24, 1788,\n asking for Watts' support. \n \u003cpersname\u003eEdward Graham\u003c/persname\u003eof \n \u003cgeogname\u003eBedford\u003c/geogname\u003e, writes on December 20, 1792,\n mentioning that he saw the Watts' son reading \n \u003cpersname\u003eHorace\u003c/persname\u003eand sending the boy a copy of \n \u003cpersname\u003eCicero\u003c/persname\u003ewhich would supply \"the means of\n raising him as high in eminence as you could reasonably wish,\"\n and adding that the boy will need to learn Greek as he will\n soon be studying science.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eIn the Watts correspondence, 1793-1794, \n \u003cpersname\u003eDuncan Rose\u003c/persname\u003ewrites from \n \u003cgeogname\u003ePetersburg\u003c/geogname\u003e, on July 8, 1794, stating that\n \u003ccorpname\u003eBuchanan's Hartie and Company\u003c/corpname\u003ehas been\n doing business in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eGreat Britain\u003c/geogname\u003eand is waiting for a\n successor to Hartie to be appointed before certain books could\n be examined by Rose. Another letter pertains to relations with\n \u003cgeogname\u003eFrance\u003c/geogname\u003eand \n \u003cgeogname\u003eBritain\u003c/geogname\u003eat this time: \n \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge Hancock\u003c/persname\u003ewrites to Watts in 1794\n mentioning the rearing of a navy \"to repel the insult to our\n ploy,\" referring to commerce restriction [on American goods]\n by a nation which does not have a commerce treaty with the\n U.S., and referring to Mr. \n \u003cpersname\u003e[James] Madison\u003c/persname\u003e's arguments whereas he\n conducted himself in a manner worthy of himself. \n \u003cpersname\u003eCreed Taylor\u003c/persname\u003ewrites on May 11, 1795,\n concerning some bonds. \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Vannerson\u003c/persname\u003ewrites, on October 30,\n 1795, from \n \u003cgeogname\u003ePetersburg\u003c/geogname\u003ementioning a British war sloop\n in \n \u003ccorpname\u003eNorfolk, Virginia\u003c/corpname\u003eand the order for\n carrying American bottoms bound for \n \u003cgeogname\u003eFrance\u003c/geogname\u003einto British ports with invoice\n being revoked, revealing that some say that this retaliation\n has been brought about by Americans invoicing their flour at\n $27 per barrel.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eIn Watts' correspondence with \n \u003cpersname\u003eEdward Randolph\u003c/persname\u003e, 1796-1797, Randolph\n writes from \n \u003cgeogname\u003eRichmond\u003c/geogname\u003eon February 21 and March 13, 1796\n on the subject of British creditors. In Watts' correspondence\n with \n \u003cpersname\u003eThomas F. Scott\u003c/persname\u003e, 1792-1798, Scott writes\n on January 4, 1796 and December 18, 1798 on the subject of\n British debts. In the correspondence of \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Watts\u003c/persname\u003ewith \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Watts\u003c/persname\u003e, 1784-1800, John writes to\n William in April 1784 from \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLincoln County, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e(now \n \u003cgeogname\u003eKentucky\u003c/geogname\u003e), concerning apprehension about\n a possible Indian war in the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eNorthwest Territories\u003c/corpname\u003e. John says that\n while the lands in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eKentucky\u003c/geogname\u003eare good, the inconveniences are\n many, and that the doomsayers will probably prevent the\n surveying of lands on the northwest side of the Ohio.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eBusiness Papers\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eThere are general accounts, 1751-1899, n.d. An account,\n beginning November 16, 1762, with \n \u003ccorpname\u003eGeorge Kippen \u0026amp; Co.\u003c/corpname\u003eat their store in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eGoochland, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, lists \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Gilliam\u003c/persname\u003eas having ordered a dozen\n flints, 3/4 yard of bearskin, and a dozen pipes. There is a\n list, April 20, 1763, pertaining to the estate of \n \u003cpersname\u003eA. Watts\u003c/persname\u003e, on which is listed a\n £0.2.0 debt to \n \u003cpersname\u003eMary Petillo\u003c/persname\u003e, the only woman on the list,\n and a £2.4.9 debt to Sir \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Skipwith\u003c/persname\u003e. The account of \n \u003cpersname\u003eThomas East\u003c/persname\u003ewith \n \u003cpersname\u003eArchelaus Austin\u003c/persname\u003efrom November 15, 1771,\n consists of beer, wine, grog, and a gallon of corn, with one\n entry \"to saging one night\" perhaps pertaining to the making\n of moonshine. An account, beginning January 20, 1775, of N[ ]\n Vaughn with \n \u003cpersname\u003eEdward Watts\u003c/persname\u003elists various quantities of\n rum, molasses, and sugar. There are several accounts,\n 1779-1794, of the estate of \n \u003cpersname\u003eNathaniel Davis\u003c/persname\u003e, including an entry for\n 1784 for three yards of woollen for a Negro jacket, and May 9,\n 1784 for half of hire of \n \u003cpersname\u003eJacob\u003c/persname\u003e. There is a section, \"Accts\n Overlooked,\" from 1784, which refers to tobacco being a share\n and half share for \n \u003cpersname\u003eJacob\u003c/persname\u003e, and another for dinner at the\n courthouse when on business. There is an account of \n \u003cpersname\u003eJames Davis\u003c/persname\u003ewith \n \u003cpersname\u003eDaniel Warwick\u003c/persname\u003e, dating 1799-1803, with\n references to a variety of items including coffee, sewing\n materials, dinner ware, alcohol, and accessories. Mrs. \n \u003cpersname\u003eElizabeth Davis\u003c/persname\u003e' account beginning May\n 31, 1807, has an entries for coffee, condiments, and sewing\n material. An account, March 26, 1810, of Capt. \n \u003cpersname\u003eJames Davis\u003c/persname\u003ewith \n \u003cpersname\u003eRowland P. Banks\u003c/persname\u003elists \"163 days tuition\n at $8 p. ann. $5 cts 1 1/2.\" The account, beginning August 14,\n 1826, of Capt. \n \u003cpersname\u003eJames Davis\u003c/persname\u003ewith \n \u003cpersname\u003eThomas Pleasants\u003c/persname\u003e, has lists orders for\n cheese, mackerel, cotton, and whiskey. On October 31, 1832,\n Judge Saunders, of \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLynchburg, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, orders castor oil,\n ointment, and a syringe. Accounts which mention tea are rare\n but there is an undated fragment of Mr. \n \u003cpersname\u003eJames Davis\u003c/persname\u003ewhich contains an entry for\n imperial tea. There is an undated \"memorandum of brandy\" taken\n from Mrs. Eubank.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eThe accounts of \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliams Watts\u003c/persname\u003espan 1752-1797. There is\n also a hotel account with \n \u003cpersname\u003eCharles Williamson\u003c/persname\u003ewith entries dating\n 1763, 1773, and 1774. There are accounts for the boarding,\n clothing, and feeding of Negro boys with Mrs. \n \u003cpersname\u003eBetty Tucker\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eBetty Kirkland\u003c/persname\u003e, both beginning September\n 10, 1767, and Capt. \n \u003cpersname\u003eJoseph Tucker\u003c/persname\u003e, 1767-1769. Watts has\n accounts, 1768, with \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Brittan\u003c/persname\u003efor a waistcoat, shoes,\n stockings, and a hat. There is a 1769 account for various\n building supplies. Watts also has an account, beginning April\n 20, 1771, with \n \u003cpersname\u003eMiller Woodson\u003c/persname\u003ewith an entry of May 16,\n 1772 listing a \n \u003cpersname\u003ePatrick Henry\u003c/persname\u003e. There is a document which\n contains information on the estate of \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Randolph\u003c/persname\u003e. There is another\n lodging account, July 26, 1773 through December 3, 1776, of\n Watts with \n \u003cpersname\u003eCharles Williams\u003c/persname\u003e. There is an account\n beginning March 9, 1778, with \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Kirkland\u003c/persname\u003ewhich includes listings\n for tuition and educational books. A January 10, 1780 account\n with \n \u003cpersname\u003eFrederick Nance\u003c/persname\u003ementions a violin and a\n set of strings. There is an account, beginning December 21,\n 1787, with \n \u003cpersname\u003eRobert Wilson\u003c/persname\u003eordering Hyson Tea, coffee,\n and a bottle of snuff. From a 1791 account of \n \u003cpersname\u003eEdward McDonald\u003c/persname\u003ewith \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Watts\u003c/persname\u003e, there is the note of the\n hire of a Negro. From a 1792 account of \n \u003cpersname\u003eCharles Smith\u003c/persname\u003e, there is a note for the\n finding of a Negro woman and for the inspecting of tobacco.\n There are two medical bills, one with \n \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge Martin\u003c/persname\u003e, beginning January 14,\n 1794, and one with Doctor \n \u003cpersname\u003eGraham\u003c/persname\u003e, beginning November 3, 1795. In\n October 1797, Watts had an account with \n \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge Quille\u003c/persname\u003efor the hire of a Negro.\n There is an undated account of \n \u003cpersname\u003eW. Walter Spence\u003c/persname\u003ewith Watts for the hire\n of a Negro for eight months.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003ePromissory notes and receipts range from 1754-1905, n.d.\n There are several items concerned with the estate of \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Fleming\u003c/persname\u003eand include an entry for\n February 1764 for a Negro bought for $10. Between \n \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge Martin\u003c/persname\u003eand Watts there is an\n agreement, October 3, 1794, mentioning the purchase of red\n wheat and the hire of a Negro woman. \n \u003cpersname\u003eJames Davis\u003c/persname\u003ehas a note dated 1803 with the\n Sheriff of \n \u003cgeogname\u003eAmherst County\u003c/geogname\u003efor tax on four Negroes,\n four horses, and five tithes. \n \u003cpersname\u003eElizabeth Davis\u003c/persname\u003ehas a note dated 1816 for\n tax on three Negroes and one horse. There is a note from\n December 6, 1827 pertaining to a $5 bond for the hire of a\n Negro man by \n \u003cpersname\u003eJames Davis\u003c/persname\u003efrom \n \u003cpersname\u003eJ. Wright\u003c/persname\u003efor \n \u003cpersname\u003eLavinia Wright\u003c/persname\u003e. There is a 1840 note from\n \u003cpersname\u003eCharles Davis\u003c/persname\u003eto the Sheriff of \n \u003cgeogname\u003eAmherst\u003c/geogname\u003efor tax on six Negroes and six\n horses.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eLegal Papers\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eThere are a number of court memoranda, 1768-1786, n.d.,\n kept by \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Watts\u003c/persname\u003ein his capacity as a lawyer.\n In a November 10, 1771 memo for the \n \u003cgeogname\u003eBuckingham County\u003c/geogname\u003ecourt, there is an entry\n for detinue for Negro woman named \n \u003cpersname\u003eAgge\u003c/persname\u003e. From the memo for the April 1772\n court at \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLunenburg County\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eThomas Taylor\u003c/persname\u003eand his wife have a suit\n against a Hurt for a Negro in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eAmelia\u003c/geogname\u003e. There is also a list of debts\n owed to Watts for the year 1794. Dating 1771 through 1782,\n there are court dockets from \n \u003cgeogname\u003eAmelia County\u003c/geogname\u003eand \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLunenburg County\u003c/geogname\u003efrom 1771-1782. A number\n of the entries have Watts as the litigant. There is a 1773 day\n book with the signatures of William and \n \u003cpersname\u003eEdward Watts\u003c/persname\u003e, which includes a record of \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Watts\u003c/persname\u003e' court expenses. There are\n also legal day books, 1772-1773, of Watts, with entries for \n \u003cgeogname\u003eBuckingham County\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eAmelia\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eCumberland County\u003c/geogname\u003e, and \n \u003cgeogname\u003ePrince Edward County\u003c/geogname\u003eas well as for \n \u003cgeogname\u003eWilliamsburg, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e. There is another\n 1773 memorandum book of Watts with entries for \n \u003cgeogname\u003eAmelia County\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eCumberland County\u003c/geogname\u003e, and \n \u003cgeogname\u003eBuckingham County\u003c/geogname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eThe indentures date 1749-1788, n.d. From January 1, 1763,\n there is an agreement between \n \u003cpersname\u003eBenjamin Tambro\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eAyres Hodnett\u003c/persname\u003eof \n \u003cgeogname\u003eBuckingham\u003c/geogname\u003ein regard to the former's son, \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Tambro\u003c/persname\u003e, to be apprentice to the\n latter for seven years. From March 28, 1774, there is an\n indenture between Watts and \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Ford\u003c/persname\u003e. From September 17, 1768,\n there is an agreement between \n \u003cpersname\u003eAbraham West\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Blankenship\u003c/persname\u003eof \n \u003cgeogname\u003ePrince Edward\u003c/geogname\u003e. On November 17, 1772,\n there is an agreement between \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Lewallen\u003c/persname\u003eof \n \u003cgeogname\u003eAmelia County\u003c/geogname\u003eand \n \u003ccorpname\u003eJames and Robert Donalds and Company\u003c/corpname\u003e,\n Merchants of \n \u003cgeogname\u003eGlasgow\u003c/geogname\u003e. On September 15, 1778, there is\n an agreement between \n \u003cpersname\u003eDavid Wright\u003c/persname\u003eof \n \u003cgeogname\u003eBotetourt\u003c/geogname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eAlexander Paine\u003c/persname\u003eof the same concerning a\n land dispute in the area where the \n \u003cgeogname\u003eRoanoke River\u003c/geogname\u003eand \n \u003cgeogname\u003eTinker Creek\u003c/geogname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eThe will, December 25, 1745, of \n \u003cpersname\u003eThomas Patterson\u003c/persname\u003eof \n \u003cgeogname\u003eAlbemarle County\u003c/geogname\u003e, names his slaves and\n divides them among his children and wife, and requests that\n his land in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eGoochland County\u003c/geogname\u003ebe known as \n \u003ccorpname\u003e\"Locust Thicket.\"\u003c/corpname\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eMargery Hinshaw\u003c/persname\u003econtested the will of \n \u003cpersname\u003eSamuel Hinshaw\u003c/persname\u003edated March 1758 with \n \u003cpersname\u003e[Cedw] Gibson\u003c/persname\u003eon July 10, 1765. Hinshaw\n had divided his slaves between his still living wife, his\n daughter \n \u003cpersname\u003eElizabeth Hinshaw\u003c/persname\u003e, and the latter's\n children. This situation involved a slave of Elizabeth. The\n will of \n \u003cpersname\u003eThomas Bottom\u003c/persname\u003eof \n \u003cgeogname\u003eAmelia\u003c/geogname\u003edated May 10, 1760 divides his\n slaves which are named between his three daughters.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eA folder of general legal papers date 1765-1903, n.d. The\n inventory and appraisal, 1826, of the estate of \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Eubank\u003c/persname\u003ementions prices for his\n Negroes: £300 for a man named \n \u003cpersname\u003eJacob\u003c/persname\u003e, £200 for a man named \n \u003cpersname\u003eJoe\u003c/persname\u003e, £10 for a woman named \n \u003cpersname\u003eHannah\u003c/persname\u003e, £20 for a girl named \n \u003cpersname\u003eLolly\u003c/persname\u003e, and £0 for a girl named\n \u003cpersname\u003eCaroline\u003c/persname\u003e. There is also a list of tickets\n of ommission paid by \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Watts\u003c/persname\u003e, attorney. Among the legal\n papers of \n \u003cgeogname\u003eAmelia County\u003c/geogname\u003e, 1768 through 1789\n including undated material, a document dated May 15, 1783\n states that \n \u003cpersname\u003eSarah Tinker\u003c/persname\u003eon December 6, 1781 gave her\n son-in-law \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Tucker\u003c/persname\u003ean ailing Negro named \n \u003cpersname\u003eNed\u003c/persname\u003euntil the latter gets well whereas he\n will be returned to \n \u003cpersname\u003eSarah Tucker\u003c/persname\u003e. In an undated document, \n \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge Vaughn\u003c/persname\u003eyields up title/right of two\n Negroes--named \n \u003cpersname\u003eFrank\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003ePhoebe\u003c/persname\u003e--to son-in-law \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Norris\u003c/persname\u003e--formerly given to grandson \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Norris\u003c/persname\u003eby a deed dated October 2,\n 1796: \"said slaves will forever defend me from my heirs.\" The\n son-in-law Norris will pay Vaughn or wife £10\n annually for preformance of the aforesaid act. Among the \n \u003cgeogname\u003eCampbell County\u003c/geogname\u003epapers, Justice \n \u003cpersname\u003eAdam Clement\u003c/persname\u003esays that \n \u003cpersname\u003eCharles Gilbert\u003c/persname\u003eof \n \u003cgeogname\u003eCampbell\u003c/geogname\u003eon April 29, 1787 makes oath that\n Negro slave \n \u003cpersname\u003eJack\u003c/persname\u003e--property of Watts of \n \u003cgeogname\u003ePrince Edward County\u003c/geogname\u003e--ran away and was\n found 50 miles thence. Among the legal papers of \n \u003cgeogname\u003ePrince Edward\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eEdward Watts\u003c/persname\u003esold to \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Watts\u003c/persname\u003eeight Negro slaves: \n \u003cpersname\u003eTrue\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eJames\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eWinnie\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003ePeter\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eSarah\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eBetty\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eRachel\u003c/persname\u003e, and \n \u003cpersname\u003eDoc\u003c/persname\u003eon January 14, 1787. There is also a\n account of Dr. \n \u003cpersname\u003eM. John King\u003c/persname\u003ewith the sheriff of \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLunenburg\u003c/geogname\u003ewhich has an entry dating 1769:\n the former is in account with \n \u003cpersname\u003e[John] Epps\u003c/persname\u003efor four lbs. of tobacco at\n £0.5.1.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eMiscellaneous\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eAmong the Advertisements there is an advertisement dated\n September 20, 1871 from the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eOmaha, Nebraska Lottery\u003c/corpname\u003efor the building\n of a public library in the city. A broadside from \n \u003ccorpname\u003eCox and Sons Church Furniture\u003c/corpname\u003eshows a\n garish stained-glass window commemorating the late President \n \u003cpersname\u003eJames Garfield\u003c/persname\u003e. There is an undated\n letter to Mrs. \n \u003cpersname\u003eFleming Saunders\u003c/persname\u003easking for a subscription\n to the \n \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eGraphic,\u003c/title\u003ea ladies society\n magazine. There is an undated list of books from \n \u003ccorpname\u003eGeorge Munro, Publishers\u003c/corpname\u003e. There is also a\n broadside for \"The World's Christmas Hymn\"--an analogy of\n English poetry pertaining to \n \u003cpersname\u003eChrist\u003c/persname\u003e's birth dating from the medieval\n period.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eThe church related papers include a letter, March 21, 1904,\n from \n \u003ccorpname\u003eVirginia Polytechnic Institute\u003c/corpname\u003eto the \n \u003cfamname\u003eSaunders\u003c/famname\u003easking for aid for the building of\n an Episcopal parsonage at the university. The letter\n enunciates a fear of the danger of Episcopal boys being weaned\n from their faith by the compulsory attendance at the services\n of other sects due to the absence of a Episcopal parsonage.\n There is also an Episcopal \"Church Kalendar,\" 1882-1883,\n listing holy days with information on the faith, church\n service, and background of the Anglican/Episcopalian\n faith.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eCivil War papers range from 1861 to 1864. During 1862-1864,\n there are a number of furloughs issued to \n \u003ccorpname\u003eConfederate\u003c/corpname\u003eenlisted men in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eVirginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, each with a physical\n description of the bearer, and addressed \"to all whom it may\n concern.\" On August 10, 1862, there is a provision return for\n a company of the \n \u003ccorpname\u003e13th Regiment of Pennsylvania volunteers\u003c/corpname\u003e.\n There are also a number of CSA \"special requisitions\", chiefly\n ordering clothing, shoes, and blankets, most signed by Captain\n \u003cpersname\u003eFleming Saunders\u003c/persname\u003e, assistant\n quartermaster, of Company K, Virginia Regiment.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eThe educational papers range from 1848-1903, n.d. There is\n a page from a 1848 French edition of the fables of La Fontaine\n from the \"Academie de Norfolk.\" There is an \n \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\"Educational Treatise on the Constitution\"\u003c/title\u003e,\n September 6, 1877, by \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Randolph Tucker\u003c/persname\u003eof \n \u003cgeogname\u003eVirginia\u003c/geogname\u003e. There is a 1892-1893 brochure\n for the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eEdgeworth School\u003c/corpname\u003e, a church-related\n boarding and day school for females. There is the fall term\n 1895 grade report from \n \u003ccorpname\u003eVirginia Polytechnic Institute\u003c/corpname\u003e(formerly \n \u003ccorpname\u003eVirginia Agriculture and Mechanical\n College\u003c/corpname\u003e) for \n \u003cpersname\u003eFleming Saunders, III\u003c/persname\u003e. There is a fall\n term 1902 grade report from \n \u003ccorpname\u003eHollins College\u003c/corpname\u003efor \n \u003cpersname\u003eElsie Saunders\u003c/persname\u003e. There is another VPI\n grade report, from February 1903, for \n \u003cpersname\u003eCarter Temple Saunders\u003c/persname\u003e. There is a report\n from \n \u003ccorpname\u003eSt. Timothy's School\u003c/corpname\u003eof \n \u003cgeogname\u003eCatonsville, Maryland\u003c/geogname\u003e. Another undated\n piece is a \"rules for spelling\" sheet from a grammar book.\n There are also undated fragments of Latin, French, and\n algebra.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eThere are lectures, essays, and poems, 1794, 1818, 1843,\n and n.d., including a scrap of a lecture dated September 6,\n 1794 from \n \u003cpersname\u003eEdward Watts\u003c/persname\u003e; another lecture on motive\n dated September 16, 1794; and, a series of oral essays from\n 1843.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eMiscellaneous material, 1887-1892, includes a note of the\n marriage of Capt. \n \u003cpersname\u003eFleming Saunders\u003c/persname\u003eto \n \u003cpersname\u003eMary Gwathmey\u003c/persname\u003eon July 30.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eThe obituaries include a reprint of the 1858 obituary of \n \u003cpersname\u003eFleming Saunders, Sr\u003c/persname\u003e, a reprint of the\n 1867 obituary of Fleming, Sr.'s wife-- \n \u003cpersname\u003eAlice Fleming\u003c/persname\u003e--and the 1904 obituary of \n \u003cpersname\u003ePeter Saunders\u003c/persname\u003e. The obituaries of\n Fleming, Sr. and Alice are panegyrics. The first two were\n transcribed by \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Blair Dabney\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eThe photographs include an unidentified photograph of a\n young member of the \n \u003cfamname\u003eSaunders family\u003c/famname\u003eand undated photo cards of\n liturgical furniture.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eBound Volumes\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eThe Day Books include a day book from \n \u003ccorpname\u003eMaple Creek Mills\u003c/corpname\u003edating from 1842. There\n is a 1867 day book with one page filled, made of a cut\n agricultural crop ledger. There is also in the book a pasted\n in notice from the Adjuctant Inspector's Office in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eRichmond\u003c/geogname\u003e, July 29, 1863. Dating January\n 18, 1872 is a subscription book for the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eLee Monumental Association\u003c/corpname\u003e. Also present\n is a $1 donation from \n \u003cpersname\u003eAlex Berkeley\u003c/persname\u003eof \n \u003cgeogname\u003eYellow Branch, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e. There are also\n farm journals dating 1855 through 1860.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eA card game, 1846, called \"The Game of Kings made Easy\"\n which is based on the kings of \n \u003cgeogname\u003eEngland\u003c/geogname\u003ewho reigned down to its date, is\n also present. The card for Henry V is missing. Many of the\n cards contain information of the kings of an antiquarian\n nature.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eThe Memorandum books, 1873-1874 and 1881-1894, owned by \n \u003cpersname\u003eFleming Saunders\u003c/persname\u003e, includes employees,\n supplies, and construction information in the first volume.\n The latter has a note at its end which mentions survey\n data.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eThe \n \u003ccorpname\u003eOtter River Township\u003c/corpname\u003eRecord Book dates\n from 1870-1874. There are references to road building. An\n entry for June 16, 1871 notes the ordering of \"tickets\" for\n road tax and township levy. Also included are lists of\n expenses for board members with lists of expenses for\n materials bought. One entry notes that \n \u003cpersname\u003eB. H. Anthony\u003c/persname\u003e, overseer of the poor,\n sends three paupers--one white woman and two black woman--to\n the poor house. Expenses for the poor house are noted. At 1874\n and 1875 meetings, \n \u003cpersname\u003eFleming Saunders\u003c/persname\u003eis mentioned as road\n overseer in certain districts.\u003c/p\u003e\n "],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content"],"scopecontent_tesim":["This collection, 1745-1910, n.d., of ca. 2100 items,\n consists of correspondence, business and legal papers,\n miscellaneous, and bound volumes, pertaining to the \n Davis Family, \n Saunders Family, and \n Watts Family. Large portions of the\n correspondence belong to \n William Wattsand \n Fleming Saunders. Included with the\n correspondence is a letterbook, 1873-1880, of \n Frank Prufer. The business papers include\n accounts, bonds, correspondence, and notes and receipts,\n chiefly pertaining to \n William Wattsand \n Fleming Saunders, but also various\n members of these families. The legal papers include court\n dockets and memoranda of \n William Watts, documents, and wills.\n There are various legal papers of \n William Wattspertaining to \n Virginiacounties including \n Amelia County, \n Amherst County, \n Buckingham County, \n Campbell County, \n Cumberland County, \n Prince Edward County. The miscellaneous\n material includes advertisements, educational papers,\n photographs, printed, religious papers, and fragments. The\n bound volumes include day books, a blacksmith book, a farm\n journal, memorandum books, and a township record. Folders are\n arranged alphabetically within each series, with material\n inside arranged chronologically.","Correspondence","From the correspondence of the \n Davis Family, \n Saunders Family, and related families,\n 1800-1856, there is a letter addressed to \"Sully,\" December\n 30, 1800, from \n Louisa County, which advises the\n recipient, who had asked for religious instruction, to seek\n the \n Kingdom of God. A letter dated April 2,\n 1812 from \n James Raylandto his sister mentions that\n his cousin is strapped for cash, and asks if the recipient can\n help him. A rather unusual letter, dating July 24, 1836, from \n Mount Pleasant, indicates that \"Mary\n thinks a little Brandy would be of service to her,\" and\n requests that some be sent to her. A letter written to Captain\n Davis on January 9, 1844, mentions that \n Pleasant Milkhillneeds brandy, and asks\n that it be sent with \n David(probably a slave) for there is none\n at \n Bethel. A letter dating November 6, 1856\n at \n Bleak Hillsmakes a reference to \"Roanoke\"\n [Roanoke County, or \n John Randolph's estate \"Roanoke\"?].","From their correspondence dating 1862-1904, there is a\n letter to \n Sam Tyree, Esq, July 17, 1870 from [his]\n student: \n [Sam L. Preston?]complaining that he can\n not attend sunday school because of prostration. There is also\n a letter dated April 8, 1901 from \n Trinity and Ivy Chapelin \n Boonsboro, Bedford Countyto a Mr.\n Randolph inviting him to preach there every other Sunday.\n There is also an undated fragment referring to a comet the\n size of a full moon and a meteor shower which \"will be a sight\n to see.\"","Among the families' undated correspondence, is a letter\n dated November 17 to \n \"Carter\" [Saunders?], by a female who\n mentions [her] children's Latin lessons. There is another\n letter to a Miss Kerr which mentions a recipe for Tongue a la\n Mode. There is also a letter, dated October 23, [1805?], from\n a \n Sam K. Jenny, probably a doctor of\n medicine, which mentions that \n William Greenattended a man named\n Barnhart to \n Bedfordso Jenny could prescribe to his\n case and that he \"forbad the case of ardent spirits.\"","From the correspondence of \n Eva (Smith) Saunders, dated 1868-1894,\n there is a letter, February 24, 1889, from \n The Grovewhich mentions that while Eva\n passed her exams--her brother \n Fleming Saunders IIIdid not. A letter,\n August 2, 1892, to \n Eva Saundersfrom \n M. Natalie Manson, at \n Wintore, speaks of school and Latin.\n There is an interesting letter, December 10, 1893, from \n Florence, Italyto Eva, mentioning that\n there is no silver in \n Italyfor the English and French are\n buying it up, that \"Coppers are such a bother, and so heavy to\n carry,\" seeing the works of \n Donatoand \n Brunelleschiand the \n Medici Chapel, and the \n \"Brothers of Pity\"who wear black robes\n and carry a corpse which \"made my blood turn cold.\" There is a\n letter, January 13, 1894, to Eva, which mentions sending a\n book to \n May Begg, \"a literary courtship under the\n auspices of \n Pike's Peak. \" \n Fleming Saunders IIIat \n Randolph-Macon Academyin \n Bedfordwrites to Eva on May 15, 1894,\n saying he tried to get a tennis tournament for field day, and\n congratulates Eva on her chicken raising and hopes his are\n doing better.","Among the \n Eva Saundersundated correspondence, there\n is a fragment which notes that Miss Begg sent to its writer a\n little book called \"The greatest thing in the World.\" A letter\n dated November 26 to Eva contains drawings of women's blouses\n and concerns her ordered blouses.","From the correspondence of \n Fleming Saundersand \n Mary (Gwathmey) Saunders, 1858-1879, a\n letter dated September 5, 1871, from \n Peter Saunders, Jr., \n Bleak Hill, says that his tobacco crop\n has suffered. Another letter, April 17, 1874, from \n Jeanie Edmond, \n Hudson Lodge, makes a reference to the \n Jubilee Singerstraveling to raise money\n for a \"slave college somewhere in the Northern States\"; to\n acquaintances visiting \n England, mentioning a \"public worship\n bill\" in \n Parliament, and one acquaintance having\n an appointment with the Bishop of \n Melbourne; and to visiting \n Australia. In a postcard dated August 21,\n 1879, \n W. A. Alrichasks \n Fleming Saunders' opinion as to the next\n \"services\" in \"regular course,\" and saying that it best not to\n alter rotation as \"last service was omitted.\" He also mentions\n that Mrs. \n C[harles] Dabneyhas a fine little\n daughter.","In the Fleming and Mary Saunders correspondence, 1880-1892,\n there is a letter dated March 3, 1880 from M. Caden to\n Saunders stating that he can not board a minister, but will\n give the same salary as before. \n Peter Saunderswrites from \n Bleak Hillon January 19, 1881 saying that\n he has no specific desire to be a director on the \n Virgina Midland [Rail] Road, and does not\n think he could get the appointment anyway; he is still a\n director on the \n Franklin and Pittsylvania Railroad\n Company, and fears a possible conflict of interest.\n W. A. Alrichwrites from \n Emanuel Rectory, \n Chatham, Virginia, on February 16, 1882,\n saying he is glad that the \n Saunders' keep up the old St. Valentine's\n Day tradition, by sending so practical a token of affection. \n Ellen Boulder, a school teacher, writes\n to \n Mary Saundersfrom \n Drake's Branchon March 18, 1889,\n mentioning a five month school term ending on March 1st and a\n June 23 to July 23 summer session. \n [Peter Saunders], \n Bleak Hill, writes \n Fleming Saunders, on October 26, 1891\n mentioning Republican elements in the \"alliance\" [farmers'\n alliance such as the \n Grange?].","In the Fleming and Mary Saunders correspondence, 1893-1900,\n Fleming Saunders IIIwrites to his parents\n from \n Randolph-Macon Academyin \n Bedfordon March 14, 1893, saying that he\n is in the Baptist Church in the morning and the Methodist in\n the afternoon, and tells of boys who spend more time with the\n girls than studying. \n James F. Plummerwrites to Captain\n Saunders on March 29, 1893, [from a theological seminary?],\n saying that exams are beginning, and implying that knowledge\n of Hebrew and Apologetics will be next among those things\n tested. \n Peter Saunderswrites to Fleming from \n Bleak Hill, on March 30, 1894, mentioning\n the Bland Bill and the fear that its veto would cause discord\n in the \n Democratic Party, and discussing briefly\n possible effects on the present financial situation.","In the Fleming and Mary Saunders correspondence, 1901-1910,\n there is a letter, July 19, 1901, from \n Edward Watts Saunders, while serving in\n the \n Virginia House of Delegates. \n William W. Oldwrites to Fleming on\n February 2, 1903 about a land sale and his agreement to sell\n the land as a whole parcel to two black men, and suggesting a\n method of finalizing the transaction. \n E. W. Saunderswrites to Fleming on\n January 21, 1904 mentioning an inquiry about his land near\n \"Vic. Muse.\" A letter, [March 1904], from \n Alice [Saunders]at \n Hollins, Virginia, to her aunt Saunders\n refers to the Roman poet \n Virgil. She writes to her mother on March\n 12, 1904 mentioning that John [ ] had failed in \n Caesarand that he had been in the second\n book of \n Virgil.","In the undated Fleming and Mary Saunders correspondence, \n D. Saunderswrites to his mother from \n Randolph-Macon Academyon February 10,\n saying that he is learning German and is plagued by poor\n spelling, and that the boys dance every night and were\n previously boxing.","In the correspondence of \n William Watts, 1754-1784, there is a\n letter dated June 27, 1771 which summons Watts to the \n General Assemblyin \n Williamsburg. \n Samuel Dilworthwrites on June 2, 1783\n from \n Blanfordmentioning the problem of\n collecting debts owed to the British. \n Thomas Baldwin, Jr.writes on December 22,\n 1784 concerning the purchase of \"the Negro Fellow\" for\n $18.","In the Watts correspondence, 1785-1789, a letter, December\n 16, 1785, from \n William Roachinforms Watts that while \n Peter Kernis employing Watts in a matter\n between Kern and Roach, Watts is to plead for Roach in all\n matters, suggesting a conflict of interest. \n Arthur Campbell, a candidate for the\n senate from the Western Distict, writes, on March 24, 1788,\n asking for Watts' support. \n Edward Grahamof \n Bedford, writes on December 20, 1792,\n mentioning that he saw the Watts' son reading \n Horaceand sending the boy a copy of \n Cicerowhich would supply \"the means of\n raising him as high in eminence as you could reasonably wish,\"\n and adding that the boy will need to learn Greek as he will\n soon be studying science.","In the Watts correspondence, 1793-1794, \n Duncan Rosewrites from \n Petersburg, on July 8, 1794, stating that\n Buchanan's Hartie and Companyhas been\n doing business in \n Great Britainand is waiting for a\n successor to Hartie to be appointed before certain books could\n be examined by Rose. Another letter pertains to relations with\n Franceand \n Britainat this time: \n George Hancockwrites to Watts in 1794\n mentioning the rearing of a navy \"to repel the insult to our\n ploy,\" referring to commerce restriction [on American goods]\n by a nation which does not have a commerce treaty with the\n U.S., and referring to Mr. \n [James] Madison's arguments whereas he\n conducted himself in a manner worthy of himself. \n Creed Taylorwrites on May 11, 1795,\n concerning some bonds. \n William Vannersonwrites, on October 30,\n 1795, from \n Petersburgmentioning a British war sloop\n in \n Norfolk, Virginiaand the order for\n carrying American bottoms bound for \n Franceinto British ports with invoice\n being revoked, revealing that some say that this retaliation\n has been brought about by Americans invoicing their flour at\n $27 per barrel.","In Watts' correspondence with \n Edward Randolph, 1796-1797, Randolph\n writes from \n Richmondon February 21 and March 13, 1796\n on the subject of British creditors. In Watts' correspondence\n with \n Thomas F. Scott, 1792-1798, Scott writes\n on January 4, 1796 and December 18, 1798 on the subject of\n British debts. In the correspondence of \n William Wattswith \n John Watts, 1784-1800, John writes to\n William in April 1784 from \n Lincoln County, Virginia(now \n Kentucky), concerning apprehension about\n a possible Indian war in the \n Northwest Territories. John says that\n while the lands in \n Kentuckyare good, the inconveniences are\n many, and that the doomsayers will probably prevent the\n surveying of lands on the northwest side of the Ohio.","Business Papers","There are general accounts, 1751-1899, n.d. An account,\n beginning November 16, 1762, with \n George Kippen \u0026 Co.at their store in \n Goochland, Virginia, lists \n John Gilliamas having ordered a dozen\n flints, 3/4 yard of bearskin, and a dozen pipes. There is a\n list, April 20, 1763, pertaining to the estate of \n A. Watts, on which is listed a\n £0.2.0 debt to \n Mary Petillo, the only woman on the list,\n and a £2.4.9 debt to Sir \n William Skipwith. The account of \n Thomas Eastwith \n Archelaus Austinfrom November 15, 1771,\n consists of beer, wine, grog, and a gallon of corn, with one\n entry \"to saging one night\" perhaps pertaining to the making\n of moonshine. An account, beginning January 20, 1775, of N[ ]\n Vaughn with \n Edward Wattslists various quantities of\n rum, molasses, and sugar. There are several accounts,\n 1779-1794, of the estate of \n Nathaniel Davis, including an entry for\n 1784 for three yards of woollen for a Negro jacket, and May 9,\n 1784 for half of hire of \n Jacob. There is a section, \"Accts\n Overlooked,\" from 1784, which refers to tobacco being a share\n and half share for \n Jacob, and another for dinner at the\n courthouse when on business. There is an account of \n James Daviswith \n Daniel Warwick, dating 1799-1803, with\n references to a variety of items including coffee, sewing\n materials, dinner ware, alcohol, and accessories. Mrs. \n Elizabeth Davis' account beginning May\n 31, 1807, has an entries for coffee, condiments, and sewing\n material. An account, March 26, 1810, of Capt. \n James Daviswith \n Rowland P. Bankslists \"163 days tuition\n at $8 p. ann. $5 cts 1 1/2.\" The account, beginning August 14,\n 1826, of Capt. \n James Daviswith \n Thomas Pleasants, has lists orders for\n cheese, mackerel, cotton, and whiskey. On October 31, 1832,\n Judge Saunders, of \n Lynchburg, Virginia, orders castor oil,\n ointment, and a syringe. Accounts which mention tea are rare\n but there is an undated fragment of Mr. \n James Daviswhich contains an entry for\n imperial tea. There is an undated \"memorandum of brandy\" taken\n from Mrs. Eubank.","The accounts of \n Williams Wattsspan 1752-1797. There is\n also a hotel account with \n Charles Williamsonwith entries dating\n 1763, 1773, and 1774. There are accounts for the boarding,\n clothing, and feeding of Negro boys with Mrs. \n Betty Tuckerand \n Betty Kirkland, both beginning September\n 10, 1767, and Capt. \n Joseph Tucker, 1767-1769. Watts has\n accounts, 1768, with \n John Brittanfor a waistcoat, shoes,\n stockings, and a hat. There is a 1769 account for various\n building supplies. Watts also has an account, beginning April\n 20, 1771, with \n Miller Woodsonwith an entry of May 16,\n 1772 listing a \n Patrick Henry. There is a document which\n contains information on the estate of \n William Randolph. There is another\n lodging account, July 26, 1773 through December 3, 1776, of\n Watts with \n Charles Williams. There is an account\n beginning March 9, 1778, with \n William Kirklandwhich includes listings\n for tuition and educational books. A January 10, 1780 account\n with \n Frederick Nancementions a violin and a\n set of strings. There is an account, beginning December 21,\n 1787, with \n Robert Wilsonordering Hyson Tea, coffee,\n and a bottle of snuff. From a 1791 account of \n Edward McDonaldwith \n William Watts, there is the note of the\n hire of a Negro. From a 1792 account of \n Charles Smith, there is a note for the\n finding of a Negro woman and for the inspecting of tobacco.\n There are two medical bills, one with \n George Martin, beginning January 14,\n 1794, and one with Doctor \n Graham, beginning November 3, 1795. In\n October 1797, Watts had an account with \n George Quillefor the hire of a Negro.\n There is an undated account of \n W. Walter Spencewith Watts for the hire\n of a Negro for eight months.","Promissory notes and receipts range from 1754-1905, n.d.\n There are several items concerned with the estate of \n John Flemingand include an entry for\n February 1764 for a Negro bought for $10. Between \n George Martinand Watts there is an\n agreement, October 3, 1794, mentioning the purchase of red\n wheat and the hire of a Negro woman. \n James Davishas a note dated 1803 with the\n Sheriff of \n Amherst Countyfor tax on four Negroes,\n four horses, and five tithes. \n Elizabeth Davishas a note dated 1816 for\n tax on three Negroes and one horse. There is a note from\n December 6, 1827 pertaining to a $5 bond for the hire of a\n Negro man by \n James Davisfrom \n J. Wrightfor \n Lavinia Wright. There is a 1840 note from\n Charles Davisto the Sheriff of \n Amherstfor tax on six Negroes and six\n horses.","Legal Papers","There are a number of court memoranda, 1768-1786, n.d.,\n kept by \n William Wattsin his capacity as a lawyer.\n In a November 10, 1771 memo for the \n Buckingham Countycourt, there is an entry\n for detinue for Negro woman named \n Agge. From the memo for the April 1772\n court at \n Lunenburg County, \n Thomas Taylorand his wife have a suit\n against a Hurt for a Negro in \n Amelia. There is also a list of debts\n owed to Watts for the year 1794. Dating 1771 through 1782,\n there are court dockets from \n Amelia Countyand \n Lunenburg Countyfrom 1771-1782. A number\n of the entries have Watts as the litigant. There is a 1773 day\n book with the signatures of William and \n Edward Watts, which includes a record of \n William Watts' court expenses. There are\n also legal day books, 1772-1773, of Watts, with entries for \n Buckingham County, \n Amelia, \n Cumberland County, and \n Prince Edward Countyas well as for \n Williamsburg, Virginia. There is another\n 1773 memorandum book of Watts with entries for \n Amelia County, \n Cumberland County, and \n Buckingham County.","The indentures date 1749-1788, n.d. From January 1, 1763,\n there is an agreement between \n Benjamin Tambroand \n Ayres Hodnettof \n Buckinghamin regard to the former's son, \n John Tambro, to be apprentice to the\n latter for seven years. From March 28, 1774, there is an\n indenture between Watts and \n William Ford. From September 17, 1768,\n there is an agreement between \n Abraham Westand \n John Blankenshipof \n Prince Edward. On November 17, 1772,\n there is an agreement between \n John Lewallenof \n Amelia Countyand \n James and Robert Donalds and Company,\n Merchants of \n Glasgow. On September 15, 1778, there is\n an agreement between \n David Wrightof \n Botetourtand \n Alexander Paineof the same concerning a\n land dispute in the area where the \n Roanoke Riverand \n Tinker Creek.","The will, December 25, 1745, of \n Thomas Pattersonof \n Albemarle County, names his slaves and\n divides them among his children and wife, and requests that\n his land in \n Goochland Countybe known as \n \"Locust Thicket.\"Margery Hinshawcontested the will of \n Samuel Hinshawdated March 1758 with \n [Cedw] Gibsonon July 10, 1765. Hinshaw\n had divided his slaves between his still living wife, his\n daughter \n Elizabeth Hinshaw, and the latter's\n children. This situation involved a slave of Elizabeth. The\n will of \n Thomas Bottomof \n Ameliadated May 10, 1760 divides his\n slaves which are named between his three daughters.","A folder of general legal papers date 1765-1903, n.d. The\n inventory and appraisal, 1826, of the estate of \n John Eubankmentions prices for his\n Negroes: £300 for a man named \n Jacob, £200 for a man named \n Joe, £10 for a woman named \n Hannah, £20 for a girl named \n Lolly, and £0 for a girl named\n Caroline. There is also a list of tickets\n of ommission paid by \n William Watts, attorney. Among the legal\n papers of \n Amelia County, 1768 through 1789\n including undated material, a document dated May 15, 1783\n states that \n Sarah Tinkeron December 6, 1781 gave her\n son-in-law \n John Tuckeran ailing Negro named \n Neduntil the latter gets well whereas he\n will be returned to \n Sarah Tucker. In an undated document, \n George Vaughnyields up title/right of two\n Negroes--named \n Frankand \n Phoebe--to son-in-law \n John Norris--formerly given to grandson \n John Norrisby a deed dated October 2,\n 1796: \"said slaves will forever defend me from my heirs.\" The\n son-in-law Norris will pay Vaughn or wife £10\n annually for preformance of the aforesaid act. Among the \n Campbell Countypapers, Justice \n Adam Clementsays that \n Charles Gilbertof \n Campbellon April 29, 1787 makes oath that\n Negro slave \n Jack--property of Watts of \n Prince Edward County--ran away and was\n found 50 miles thence. Among the legal papers of \n Prince Edward, \n Edward Wattssold to \n William Wattseight Negro slaves: \n True, \n James, \n Winnie, \n Peter, \n Sarah, \n Betty, \n Rachel, and \n Docon January 14, 1787. There is also a\n account of Dr. \n M. John Kingwith the sheriff of \n Lunenburgwhich has an entry dating 1769:\n the former is in account with \n [John] Eppsfor four lbs. of tobacco at\n £0.5.1.","Miscellaneous","Among the Advertisements there is an advertisement dated\n September 20, 1871 from the \n Omaha, Nebraska Lotteryfor the building\n of a public library in the city. A broadside from \n Cox and Sons Church Furnitureshows a\n garish stained-glass window commemorating the late President \n James Garfield. There is an undated\n letter to Mrs. \n Fleming Saundersasking for a subscription\n to the \n Graphic,a ladies society\n magazine. There is an undated list of books from \n George Munro, Publishers. There is also a\n broadside for \"The World's Christmas Hymn\"--an analogy of\n English poetry pertaining to \n Christ's birth dating from the medieval\n period.","The church related papers include a letter, March 21, 1904,\n from \n Virginia Polytechnic Instituteto the \n Saundersasking for aid for the building of\n an Episcopal parsonage at the university. The letter\n enunciates a fear of the danger of Episcopal boys being weaned\n from their faith by the compulsory attendance at the services\n of other sects due to the absence of a Episcopal parsonage.\n There is also an Episcopal \"Church Kalendar,\" 1882-1883,\n listing holy days with information on the faith, church\n service, and background of the Anglican/Episcopalian\n faith.","Civil War papers range from 1861 to 1864. During 1862-1864,\n there are a number of furloughs issued to \n Confederateenlisted men in \n Virginia, each with a physical\n description of the bearer, and addressed \"to all whom it may\n concern.\" On August 10, 1862, there is a provision return for\n a company of the \n 13th Regiment of Pennsylvania volunteers.\n There are also a number of CSA \"special requisitions\", chiefly\n ordering clothing, shoes, and blankets, most signed by Captain\n Fleming Saunders, assistant\n quartermaster, of Company K, Virginia Regiment.","The educational papers range from 1848-1903, n.d. There is\n a page from a 1848 French edition of the fables of La Fontaine\n from the \"Academie de Norfolk.\" There is an \n \"Educational Treatise on the Constitution\",\n September 6, 1877, by \n John Randolph Tuckerof \n Virginia. There is a 1892-1893 brochure\n for the \n Edgeworth School, a church-related\n boarding and day school for females. There is the fall term\n 1895 grade report from \n Virginia Polytechnic Institute(formerly \n Virginia Agriculture and Mechanical\n College) for \n Fleming Saunders, III. There is a fall\n term 1902 grade report from \n Hollins Collegefor \n Elsie Saunders. There is another VPI\n grade report, from February 1903, for \n Carter Temple Saunders. There is a report\n from \n St. Timothy's Schoolof \n Catonsville, Maryland. Another undated\n piece is a \"rules for spelling\" sheet from a grammar book.\n There are also undated fragments of Latin, French, and\n algebra.","There are lectures, essays, and poems, 1794, 1818, 1843,\n and n.d., including a scrap of a lecture dated September 6,\n 1794 from \n Edward Watts; another lecture on motive\n dated September 16, 1794; and, a series of oral essays from\n 1843.","Miscellaneous material, 1887-1892, includes a note of the\n marriage of Capt. \n Fleming Saundersto \n Mary Gwathmeyon July 30.","The obituaries include a reprint of the 1858 obituary of \n Fleming Saunders, Sr, a reprint of the\n 1867 obituary of Fleming, Sr.'s wife-- \n Alice Fleming--and the 1904 obituary of \n Peter Saunders. The obituaries of\n Fleming, Sr. and Alice are panegyrics. The first two were\n transcribed by \n John Blair Dabney.","The photographs include an unidentified photograph of a\n young member of the \n Saunders familyand undated photo cards of\n liturgical furniture.","Bound Volumes","The Day Books include a day book from \n Maple Creek Millsdating from 1842. There\n is a 1867 day book with one page filled, made of a cut\n agricultural crop ledger. There is also in the book a pasted\n in notice from the Adjuctant Inspector's Office in \n Richmond, July 29, 1863. Dating January\n 18, 1872 is a subscription book for the \n Lee Monumental Association. Also present\n is a $1 donation from \n Alex Berkeleyof \n Yellow Branch, Virginia. There are also\n farm journals dating 1855 through 1860.","A card game, 1846, called \"The Game of Kings made Easy\"\n which is based on the kings of \n Englandwho reigned down to its date, is\n also present. The card for Henry V is missing. Many of the\n cards contain information of the kings of an antiquarian\n nature.","The Memorandum books, 1873-1874 and 1881-1894, owned by \n Fleming Saunders, includes employees,\n supplies, and construction information in the first volume.\n The latter has a note at its end which mentions survey\n data.","The \n Otter River TownshipRecord Book dates\n from 1870-1874. There are references to road building. An\n entry for June 16, 1871 notes the ordering of \"tickets\" for\n road tax and township levy. Also included are lists of\n expenses for board members with lists of expenses for\n materials bought. One entry notes that \n B. H. Anthony, overseer of the poor,\n sends three paupers--one white woman and two black woman--to\n the poor house. Expenses for the poor house are noted. At 1874\n and 1875 meetings, \n Fleming Saundersis mentioned as road\n overseer in certain districts."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eSee the \n \u003cextref type=\"simple\" href=\"https://www.library.virginia.edu/policies/use-of-materials\"\u003e\n University of Virginia Library’s use policy.\u003c/extref\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n "],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Use Restrictions"],"userestrict_tesim":["See the \n \n University of Virginia Library’s use policy."],"corpname_ssim":["University of Virginia. Library. 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Large portions of the\n correspondence belong to \n William Wattsand \n Fleming Saunders. Included with the\n correspondence is a letterbook, 1873-1880, of \n Frank Prufer. The business papers include\n accounts, bonds, correspondence, and notes and receipts,\n chiefly pertaining to \n William Wattsand \n Fleming Saunders, but also various\n members of these families. The legal papers include court\n dockets and memoranda of \n William Watts, documents, and wills.\n There are various legal papers of \n William Wattspertaining to \n Virginiacounties including \n Amelia County, \n Amherst County, \n Buckingham County, \n Campbell County, \n Cumberland County, \n Prince Edward County. The miscellaneous\n material includes advertisements, educational papers,\n photographs, printed, religious papers, and fragments. The\n bound volumes include day books, a blacksmith book, a farm\n journal, memorandum books, and a township record. Folders are\n arranged alphabetically within each series, with material\n inside arranged chronologically.","Correspondence","From the correspondence of the \n Davis Family, \n Saunders Family, and related families,\n 1800-1856, there is a letter addressed to \"Sully,\" December\n 30, 1800, from \n Louisa County, which advises the\n recipient, who had asked for religious instruction, to seek\n the \n Kingdom of God. A letter dated April 2,\n 1812 from \n James Raylandto his sister mentions that\n his cousin is strapped for cash, and asks if the recipient can\n help him. A rather unusual letter, dating July 24, 1836, from \n Mount Pleasant, indicates that \"Mary\n thinks a little Brandy would be of service to her,\" and\n requests that some be sent to her. A letter written to Captain\n Davis on January 9, 1844, mentions that \n Pleasant Milkhillneeds brandy, and asks\n that it be sent with \n David(probably a slave) for there is none\n at \n Bethel. A letter dating November 6, 1856\n at \n Bleak Hillsmakes a reference to \"Roanoke\"\n [Roanoke County, or \n John Randolph's estate \"Roanoke\"?].","From their correspondence dating 1862-1904, there is a\n letter to \n Sam Tyree, Esq, July 17, 1870 from [his]\n student: \n [Sam L. Preston?]complaining that he can\n not attend sunday school because of prostration. There is also\n a letter dated April 8, 1901 from \n Trinity and Ivy Chapelin \n Boonsboro, Bedford Countyto a Mr.\n Randolph inviting him to preach there every other Sunday.\n There is also an undated fragment referring to a comet the\n size of a full moon and a meteor shower which \"will be a sight\n to see.\"","Among the families' undated correspondence, is a letter\n dated November 17 to \n \"Carter\" [Saunders?], by a female who\n mentions [her] children's Latin lessons. There is another\n letter to a Miss Kerr which mentions a recipe for Tongue a la\n Mode. There is also a letter, dated October 23, [1805?], from\n a \n Sam K. Jenny, probably a doctor of\n medicine, which mentions that \n William Greenattended a man named\n Barnhart to \n Bedfordso Jenny could prescribe to his\n case and that he \"forbad the case of ardent spirits.\"","From the correspondence of \n Eva (Smith) Saunders, dated 1868-1894,\n there is a letter, February 24, 1889, from \n The Grovewhich mentions that while Eva\n passed her exams--her brother \n Fleming Saunders IIIdid not. A letter,\n August 2, 1892, to \n Eva Saundersfrom \n M. Natalie Manson, at \n Wintore, speaks of school and Latin.\n There is an interesting letter, December 10, 1893, from \n Florence, Italyto Eva, mentioning that\n there is no silver in \n Italyfor the English and French are\n buying it up, that \"Coppers are such a bother, and so heavy to\n carry,\" seeing the works of \n Donatoand \n Brunelleschiand the \n Medici Chapel, and the \n \"Brothers of Pity\"who wear black robes\n and carry a corpse which \"made my blood turn cold.\" There is a\n letter, January 13, 1894, to Eva, which mentions sending a\n book to \n May Begg, \"a literary courtship under the\n auspices of \n Pike's Peak. \" \n Fleming Saunders IIIat \n Randolph-Macon Academyin \n Bedfordwrites to Eva on May 15, 1894,\n saying he tried to get a tennis tournament for field day, and\n congratulates Eva on her chicken raising and hopes his are\n doing better.","Among the \n Eva Saundersundated correspondence, there\n is a fragment which notes that Miss Begg sent to its writer a\n little book called \"The greatest thing in the World.\" A letter\n dated November 26 to Eva contains drawings of women's blouses\n and concerns her ordered blouses.","From the correspondence of \n Fleming Saundersand \n Mary (Gwathmey) Saunders, 1858-1879, a\n letter dated September 5, 1871, from \n Peter Saunders, Jr., \n Bleak Hill, says that his tobacco crop\n has suffered. Another letter, April 17, 1874, from \n Jeanie Edmond, \n Hudson Lodge, makes a reference to the \n Jubilee Singerstraveling to raise money\n for a \"slave college somewhere in the Northern States\"; to\n acquaintances visiting \n England, mentioning a \"public worship\n bill\" in \n Parliament, and one acquaintance having\n an appointment with the Bishop of \n Melbourne; and to visiting \n Australia. In a postcard dated August 21,\n 1879, \n W. A. Alrichasks \n Fleming Saunders' opinion as to the next\n \"services\" in \"regular course,\" and saying that it best not to\n alter rotation as \"last service was omitted.\" He also mentions\n that Mrs. \n C[harles] Dabneyhas a fine little\n daughter.","In the Fleming and Mary Saunders correspondence, 1880-1892,\n there is a letter dated March 3, 1880 from M. Caden to\n Saunders stating that he can not board a minister, but will\n give the same salary as before. \n Peter Saunderswrites from \n Bleak Hillon January 19, 1881 saying that\n he has no specific desire to be a director on the \n Virgina Midland [Rail] Road, and does not\n think he could get the appointment anyway; he is still a\n director on the \n Franklin and Pittsylvania Railroad\n Company, and fears a possible conflict of interest.\n W. A. Alrichwrites from \n Emanuel Rectory, \n Chatham, Virginia, on February 16, 1882,\n saying he is glad that the \n Saunders' keep up the old St. Valentine's\n Day tradition, by sending so practical a token of affection. \n Ellen Boulder, a school teacher, writes\n to \n Mary Saundersfrom \n Drake's Branchon March 18, 1889,\n mentioning a five month school term ending on March 1st and a\n June 23 to July 23 summer session. \n [Peter Saunders], \n Bleak Hill, writes \n Fleming Saunders, on October 26, 1891\n mentioning Republican elements in the \"alliance\" [farmers'\n alliance such as the \n Grange?].","In the Fleming and Mary Saunders correspondence, 1893-1900,\n Fleming Saunders IIIwrites to his parents\n from \n Randolph-Macon Academyin \n Bedfordon March 14, 1893, saying that he\n is in the Baptist Church in the morning and the Methodist in\n the afternoon, and tells of boys who spend more time with the\n girls than studying. \n James F. Plummerwrites to Captain\n Saunders on March 29, 1893, [from a theological seminary?],\n saying that exams are beginning, and implying that knowledge\n of Hebrew and Apologetics will be next among those things\n tested. \n Peter Saunderswrites to Fleming from \n Bleak Hill, on March 30, 1894, mentioning\n the Bland Bill and the fear that its veto would cause discord\n in the \n Democratic Party, and discussing briefly\n possible effects on the present financial situation.","In the Fleming and Mary Saunders correspondence, 1901-1910,\n there is a letter, July 19, 1901, from \n Edward Watts Saunders, while serving in\n the \n Virginia House of Delegates. \n William W. Oldwrites to Fleming on\n February 2, 1903 about a land sale and his agreement to sell\n the land as a whole parcel to two black men, and suggesting a\n method of finalizing the transaction. \n E. W. Saunderswrites to Fleming on\n January 21, 1904 mentioning an inquiry about his land near\n \"Vic. Muse.\" A letter, [March 1904], from \n Alice [Saunders]at \n Hollins, Virginia, to her aunt Saunders\n refers to the Roman poet \n Virgil. She writes to her mother on March\n 12, 1904 mentioning that John [ ] had failed in \n Caesarand that he had been in the second\n book of \n Virgil.","In the undated Fleming and Mary Saunders correspondence, \n D. Saunderswrites to his mother from \n Randolph-Macon Academyon February 10,\n saying that he is learning German and is plagued by poor\n spelling, and that the boys dance every night and were\n previously boxing.","In the correspondence of \n William Watts, 1754-1784, there is a\n letter dated June 27, 1771 which summons Watts to the \n General Assemblyin \n Williamsburg. \n Samuel Dilworthwrites on June 2, 1783\n from \n Blanfordmentioning the problem of\n collecting debts owed to the British. \n Thomas Baldwin, Jr.writes on December 22,\n 1784 concerning the purchase of \"the Negro Fellow\" for\n $18.","In the Watts correspondence, 1785-1789, a letter, December\n 16, 1785, from \n William Roachinforms Watts that while \n Peter Kernis employing Watts in a matter\n between Kern and Roach, Watts is to plead for Roach in all\n matters, suggesting a conflict of interest. \n Arthur Campbell, a candidate for the\n senate from the Western Distict, writes, on March 24, 1788,\n asking for Watts' support. \n Edward Grahamof \n Bedford, writes on December 20, 1792,\n mentioning that he saw the Watts' son reading \n Horaceand sending the boy a copy of \n Cicerowhich would supply \"the means of\n raising him as high in eminence as you could reasonably wish,\"\n and adding that the boy will need to learn Greek as he will\n soon be studying science.","In the Watts correspondence, 1793-1794, \n Duncan Rosewrites from \n Petersburg, on July 8, 1794, stating that\n Buchanan's Hartie and Companyhas been\n doing business in \n Great Britainand is waiting for a\n successor to Hartie to be appointed before certain books could\n be examined by Rose. Another letter pertains to relations with\n Franceand \n Britainat this time: \n George Hancockwrites to Watts in 1794\n mentioning the rearing of a navy \"to repel the insult to our\n ploy,\" referring to commerce restriction [on American goods]\n by a nation which does not have a commerce treaty with the\n U.S., and referring to Mr. \n [James] Madison's arguments whereas he\n conducted himself in a manner worthy of himself. \n Creed Taylorwrites on May 11, 1795,\n concerning some bonds. \n William Vannersonwrites, on October 30,\n 1795, from \n Petersburgmentioning a British war sloop\n in \n Norfolk, Virginiaand the order for\n carrying American bottoms bound for \n Franceinto British ports with invoice\n being revoked, revealing that some say that this retaliation\n has been brought about by Americans invoicing their flour at\n $27 per barrel.","In Watts' correspondence with \n Edward Randolph, 1796-1797, Randolph\n writes from \n Richmondon February 21 and March 13, 1796\n on the subject of British creditors. In Watts' correspondence\n with \n Thomas F. Scott, 1792-1798, Scott writes\n on January 4, 1796 and December 18, 1798 on the subject of\n British debts. In the correspondence of \n William Wattswith \n John Watts, 1784-1800, John writes to\n William in April 1784 from \n Lincoln County, Virginia(now \n Kentucky), concerning apprehension about\n a possible Indian war in the \n Northwest Territories. John says that\n while the lands in \n Kentuckyare good, the inconveniences are\n many, and that the doomsayers will probably prevent the\n surveying of lands on the northwest side of the Ohio.","Business Papers","There are general accounts, 1751-1899, n.d. An account,\n beginning November 16, 1762, with \n George Kippen \u0026 Co.at their store in \n Goochland, Virginia, lists \n John Gilliamas having ordered a dozen\n flints, 3/4 yard of bearskin, and a dozen pipes. There is a\n list, April 20, 1763, pertaining to the estate of \n A. Watts, on which is listed a\n £0.2.0 debt to \n Mary Petillo, the only woman on the list,\n and a £2.4.9 debt to Sir \n William Skipwith. The account of \n Thomas Eastwith \n Archelaus Austinfrom November 15, 1771,\n consists of beer, wine, grog, and a gallon of corn, with one\n entry \"to saging one night\" perhaps pertaining to the making\n of moonshine. An account, beginning January 20, 1775, of N[ ]\n Vaughn with \n Edward Wattslists various quantities of\n rum, molasses, and sugar. There are several accounts,\n 1779-1794, of the estate of \n Nathaniel Davis, including an entry for\n 1784 for three yards of woollen for a Negro jacket, and May 9,\n 1784 for half of hire of \n Jacob. There is a section, \"Accts\n Overlooked,\" from 1784, which refers to tobacco being a share\n and half share for \n Jacob, and another for dinner at the\n courthouse when on business. There is an account of \n James Daviswith \n Daniel Warwick, dating 1799-1803, with\n references to a variety of items including coffee, sewing\n materials, dinner ware, alcohol, and accessories. Mrs. \n Elizabeth Davis' account beginning May\n 31, 1807, has an entries for coffee, condiments, and sewing\n material. An account, March 26, 1810, of Capt. \n James Daviswith \n Rowland P. Bankslists \"163 days tuition\n at $8 p. ann. $5 cts 1 1/2.\" The account, beginning August 14,\n 1826, of Capt. \n James Daviswith \n Thomas Pleasants, has lists orders for\n cheese, mackerel, cotton, and whiskey. On October 31, 1832,\n Judge Saunders, of \n Lynchburg, Virginia, orders castor oil,\n ointment, and a syringe. Accounts which mention tea are rare\n but there is an undated fragment of Mr. \n James Daviswhich contains an entry for\n imperial tea. There is an undated \"memorandum of brandy\" taken\n from Mrs. Eubank.","The accounts of \n Williams Wattsspan 1752-1797. There is\n also a hotel account with \n Charles Williamsonwith entries dating\n 1763, 1773, and 1774. There are accounts for the boarding,\n clothing, and feeding of Negro boys with Mrs. \n Betty Tuckerand \n Betty Kirkland, both beginning September\n 10, 1767, and Capt. \n Joseph Tucker, 1767-1769. Watts has\n accounts, 1768, with \n John Brittanfor a waistcoat, shoes,\n stockings, and a hat. There is a 1769 account for various\n building supplies. Watts also has an account, beginning April\n 20, 1771, with \n Miller Woodsonwith an entry of May 16,\n 1772 listing a \n Patrick Henry. There is a document which\n contains information on the estate of \n William Randolph. There is another\n lodging account, July 26, 1773 through December 3, 1776, of\n Watts with \n Charles Williams. There is an account\n beginning March 9, 1778, with \n William Kirklandwhich includes listings\n for tuition and educational books. A January 10, 1780 account\n with \n Frederick Nancementions a violin and a\n set of strings. There is an account, beginning December 21,\n 1787, with \n Robert Wilsonordering Hyson Tea, coffee,\n and a bottle of snuff. From a 1791 account of \n Edward McDonaldwith \n William Watts, there is the note of the\n hire of a Negro. From a 1792 account of \n Charles Smith, there is a note for the\n finding of a Negro woman and for the inspecting of tobacco.\n There are two medical bills, one with \n George Martin, beginning January 14,\n 1794, and one with Doctor \n Graham, beginning November 3, 1795. In\n October 1797, Watts had an account with \n George Quillefor the hire of a Negro.\n There is an undated account of \n W. Walter Spencewith Watts for the hire\n of a Negro for eight months.","Promissory notes and receipts range from 1754-1905, n.d.\n There are several items concerned with the estate of \n John Flemingand include an entry for\n February 1764 for a Negro bought for $10. Between \n George Martinand Watts there is an\n agreement, October 3, 1794, mentioning the purchase of red\n wheat and the hire of a Negro woman. \n James Davishas a note dated 1803 with the\n Sheriff of \n Amherst Countyfor tax on four Negroes,\n four horses, and five tithes. \n Elizabeth Davishas a note dated 1816 for\n tax on three Negroes and one horse. There is a note from\n December 6, 1827 pertaining to a $5 bond for the hire of a\n Negro man by \n James Davisfrom \n J. Wrightfor \n Lavinia Wright. There is a 1840 note from\n Charles Davisto the Sheriff of \n Amherstfor tax on six Negroes and six\n horses.","Legal Papers","There are a number of court memoranda, 1768-1786, n.d.,\n kept by \n William Wattsin his capacity as a lawyer.\n In a November 10, 1771 memo for the \n Buckingham Countycourt, there is an entry\n for detinue for Negro woman named \n Agge. From the memo for the April 1772\n court at \n Lunenburg County, \n Thomas Taylorand his wife have a suit\n against a Hurt for a Negro in \n Amelia. There is also a list of debts\n owed to Watts for the year 1794. Dating 1771 through 1782,\n there are court dockets from \n Amelia Countyand \n Lunenburg Countyfrom 1771-1782. A number\n of the entries have Watts as the litigant. There is a 1773 day\n book with the signatures of William and \n Edward Watts, which includes a record of \n William Watts' court expenses. There are\n also legal day books, 1772-1773, of Watts, with entries for \n Buckingham County, \n Amelia, \n Cumberland County, and \n Prince Edward Countyas well as for \n Williamsburg, Virginia. There is another\n 1773 memorandum book of Watts with entries for \n Amelia County, \n Cumberland County, and \n Buckingham County.","The indentures date 1749-1788, n.d. From January 1, 1763,\n there is an agreement between \n Benjamin Tambroand \n Ayres Hodnettof \n Buckinghamin regard to the former's son, \n John Tambro, to be apprentice to the\n latter for seven years. From March 28, 1774, there is an\n indenture between Watts and \n William Ford. From September 17, 1768,\n there is an agreement between \n Abraham Westand \n John Blankenshipof \n Prince Edward. On November 17, 1772,\n there is an agreement between \n John Lewallenof \n Amelia Countyand \n James and Robert Donalds and Company,\n Merchants of \n Glasgow. On September 15, 1778, there is\n an agreement between \n David Wrightof \n Botetourtand \n Alexander Paineof the same concerning a\n land dispute in the area where the \n Roanoke Riverand \n Tinker Creek.","The will, December 25, 1745, of \n Thomas Pattersonof \n Albemarle County, names his slaves and\n divides them among his children and wife, and requests that\n his land in \n Goochland Countybe known as \n \"Locust Thicket.\"Margery Hinshawcontested the will of \n Samuel Hinshawdated March 1758 with \n [Cedw] Gibsonon July 10, 1765. Hinshaw\n had divided his slaves between his still living wife, his\n daughter \n Elizabeth Hinshaw, and the latter's\n children. This situation involved a slave of Elizabeth. The\n will of \n Thomas Bottomof \n Ameliadated May 10, 1760 divides his\n slaves which are named between his three daughters.","A folder of general legal papers date 1765-1903, n.d. The\n inventory and appraisal, 1826, of the estate of \n John Eubankmentions prices for his\n Negroes: £300 for a man named \n Jacob, £200 for a man named \n Joe, £10 for a woman named \n Hannah, £20 for a girl named \n Lolly, and £0 for a girl named\n Caroline. There is also a list of tickets\n of ommission paid by \n William Watts, attorney. Among the legal\n papers of \n Amelia County, 1768 through 1789\n including undated material, a document dated May 15, 1783\n states that \n Sarah Tinkeron December 6, 1781 gave her\n son-in-law \n John Tuckeran ailing Negro named \n Neduntil the latter gets well whereas he\n will be returned to \n Sarah Tucker. In an undated document, \n George Vaughnyields up title/right of two\n Negroes--named \n Frankand \n Phoebe--to son-in-law \n John Norris--formerly given to grandson \n John Norrisby a deed dated October 2,\n 1796: \"said slaves will forever defend me from my heirs.\" The\n son-in-law Norris will pay Vaughn or wife £10\n annually for preformance of the aforesaid act. Among the \n Campbell Countypapers, Justice \n Adam Clementsays that \n Charles Gilbertof \n Campbellon April 29, 1787 makes oath that\n Negro slave \n Jack--property of Watts of \n Prince Edward County--ran away and was\n found 50 miles thence. Among the legal papers of \n Prince Edward, \n Edward Wattssold to \n William Wattseight Negro slaves: \n True, \n James, \n Winnie, \n Peter, \n Sarah, \n Betty, \n Rachel, and \n Docon January 14, 1787. There is also a\n account of Dr. \n M. John Kingwith the sheriff of \n Lunenburgwhich has an entry dating 1769:\n the former is in account with \n [John] Eppsfor four lbs. of tobacco at\n £0.5.1.","Miscellaneous","Among the Advertisements there is an advertisement dated\n September 20, 1871 from the \n Omaha, Nebraska Lotteryfor the building\n of a public library in the city. A broadside from \n Cox and Sons Church Furnitureshows a\n garish stained-glass window commemorating the late President \n James Garfield. There is an undated\n letter to Mrs. \n Fleming Saundersasking for a subscription\n to the \n Graphic,a ladies society\n magazine. There is an undated list of books from \n George Munro, Publishers. There is also a\n broadside for \"The World's Christmas Hymn\"--an analogy of\n English poetry pertaining to \n Christ's birth dating from the medieval\n period.","The church related papers include a letter, March 21, 1904,\n from \n Virginia Polytechnic Instituteto the \n Saundersasking for aid for the building of\n an Episcopal parsonage at the university. The letter\n enunciates a fear of the danger of Episcopal boys being weaned\n from their faith by the compulsory attendance at the services\n of other sects due to the absence of a Episcopal parsonage.\n There is also an Episcopal \"Church Kalendar,\" 1882-1883,\n listing holy days with information on the faith, church\n service, and background of the Anglican/Episcopalian\n faith.","Civil War papers range from 1861 to 1864. During 1862-1864,\n there are a number of furloughs issued to \n Confederateenlisted men in \n Virginia, each with a physical\n description of the bearer, and addressed \"to all whom it may\n concern.\" On August 10, 1862, there is a provision return for\n a company of the \n 13th Regiment of Pennsylvania volunteers.\n There are also a number of CSA \"special requisitions\", chiefly\n ordering clothing, shoes, and blankets, most signed by Captain\n Fleming Saunders, assistant\n quartermaster, of Company K, Virginia Regiment.","The educational papers range from 1848-1903, n.d. There is\n a page from a 1848 French edition of the fables of La Fontaine\n from the \"Academie de Norfolk.\" There is an \n \"Educational Treatise on the Constitution\",\n September 6, 1877, by \n John Randolph Tuckerof \n Virginia. There is a 1892-1893 brochure\n for the \n Edgeworth School, a church-related\n boarding and day school for females. There is the fall term\n 1895 grade report from \n Virginia Polytechnic Institute(formerly \n Virginia Agriculture and Mechanical\n College) for \n Fleming Saunders, III. There is a fall\n term 1902 grade report from \n Hollins Collegefor \n Elsie Saunders. There is another VPI\n grade report, from February 1903, for \n Carter Temple Saunders. There is a report\n from \n St. Timothy's Schoolof \n Catonsville, Maryland. Another undated\n piece is a \"rules for spelling\" sheet from a grammar book.\n There are also undated fragments of Latin, French, and\n algebra.","There are lectures, essays, and poems, 1794, 1818, 1843,\n and n.d., including a scrap of a lecture dated September 6,\n 1794 from \n Edward Watts; another lecture on motive\n dated September 16, 1794; and, a series of oral essays from\n 1843.","Miscellaneous material, 1887-1892, includes a note of the\n marriage of Capt. \n Fleming Saundersto \n Mary Gwathmeyon July 30.","The obituaries include a reprint of the 1858 obituary of \n Fleming Saunders, Sr, a reprint of the\n 1867 obituary of Fleming, Sr.'s wife-- \n Alice Fleming--and the 1904 obituary of \n Peter Saunders. The obituaries of\n Fleming, Sr. and Alice are panegyrics. The first two were\n transcribed by \n John Blair Dabney.","The photographs include an unidentified photograph of a\n young member of the \n Saunders familyand undated photo cards of\n liturgical furniture.","Bound Volumes","The Day Books include a day book from \n Maple Creek Millsdating from 1842. There\n is a 1867 day book with one page filled, made of a cut\n agricultural crop ledger. There is also in the book a pasted\n in notice from the Adjuctant Inspector's Office in \n Richmond, July 29, 1863. Dating January\n 18, 1872 is a subscription book for the \n Lee Monumental Association. Also present\n is a $1 donation from \n Alex Berkeleyof \n Yellow Branch, Virginia. There are also\n farm journals dating 1855 through 1860.","A card game, 1846, called \"The Game of Kings made Easy\"\n which is based on the kings of \n Englandwho reigned down to its date, is\n also present. The card for Henry V is missing. Many of the\n cards contain information of the kings of an antiquarian\n nature.","The Memorandum books, 1873-1874 and 1881-1894, owned by \n Fleming Saunders, includes employees,\n supplies, and construction information in the first volume.\n The latter has a note at its end which mentions survey\n data.","The \n Otter River TownshipRecord Book dates\n from 1870-1874. There are references to road building. An\n entry for June 16, 1871 notes the ordering of \"tickets\" for\n road tax and township levy. Also included are lists of\n expenses for board members with lists of expenses for\n materials bought. One entry notes that \n B. H. Anthony, overseer of the poor,\n sends three paupers--one white woman and two black woman--to\n the poor house. Expenses for the poor house are noted. At 1874\n and 1875 meetings, \n Fleming Saundersis mentioned as road\n overseer in certain districts.","See the \n \n University of Virginia Library’s use policy.","University of Virginia. Library. 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Special\n Collections Dept.","Kingdom of God","Pleasant Milkhill","Bethel","Bleak Hills","Trinity and Ivy Chapel","The Grove","Wintore","Medici Chapel","\"Brothers of Pity\"","Randolph-Macon Academy","Bleak Hill","Hudson Lodge","Jubilee Singers","Parliament","Virgina Midland [Rail] Road","Franklin and Pittsylvania Railroad\n Company","Emanuel Rectory","Grange","Democratic Party","Virginia House of Delegates","General Assembly","Blanford","Buchanan's Hartie and Company","Norfolk, Virginia","Northwest Territories","George Kippen \u0026 Co.","James and Robert Donalds and Company","\"Locust Thicket.\"","Omaha, Nebraska Lottery","Cox and Sons Church Furniture","George Munro, Publishers","Virginia Polytechnic Institute","Confederate","13th Regiment of Pennsylvania volunteers","Edgeworth School","Virginia Agriculture and Mechanical\n College","Hollins College","St. Timothy's School","Maple Creek Mills","Lee Monumental Association","Otter River Township","Internal Revenue\n Service","New York Public\n Library","University of Virginia\n Volunteers","Davis Family","Saunders Family","Watts Family","Saunders","Saunders family"],"acqinfo_ssim":["This collection (# \n 116) was loaned to the Library\n by \n William H. 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Large portions of the\n correspondence belong to \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Watts\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eFleming Saunders\u003c/persname\u003e. Included with the\n correspondence is a letterbook, 1873-1880, of \n \u003cpersname\u003eFrank Prufer\u003c/persname\u003e. The business papers include\n accounts, bonds, correspondence, and notes and receipts,\n chiefly pertaining to \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Watts\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eFleming Saunders\u003c/persname\u003e, but also various\n members of these families. The legal papers include court\n dockets and memoranda of \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Watts\u003c/persname\u003e, documents, and wills.\n There are various legal papers of \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Watts\u003c/persname\u003epertaining to \n \u003cgeogname\u003eVirginia\u003c/geogname\u003ecounties including \n \u003cgeogname\u003eAmelia County\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eAmherst County\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eBuckingham County\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eCampbell County\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eCumberland County\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003ePrince Edward County\u003c/geogname\u003e. The miscellaneous\n material includes advertisements, educational papers,\n photographs, printed, religious papers, and fragments. The\n bound volumes include day books, a blacksmith book, a farm\n journal, memorandum books, and a township record. Folders are\n arranged alphabetically within each series, with material\n inside arranged chronologically.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eFrom the correspondence of the \n \u003cfamname\u003eDavis Family\u003c/famname\u003e, \n \u003cfamname\u003eSaunders Family\u003c/famname\u003e, and related families,\n 1800-1856, there is a letter addressed to \"Sully,\" December\n 30, 1800, from \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003e, which advises the\n recipient, who had asked for religious instruction, to seek\n the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eKingdom of God\u003c/corpname\u003e. A letter dated April 2,\n 1812 from \n \u003cpersname\u003eJames Rayland\u003c/persname\u003eto his sister mentions that\n his cousin is strapped for cash, and asks if the recipient can\n help him. A rather unusual letter, dating July 24, 1836, from \n \u003cgeogname\u003eMount Pleasant\u003c/geogname\u003e, indicates that \"Mary\n thinks a little Brandy would be of service to her,\" and\n requests that some be sent to her. A letter written to Captain\n Davis on January 9, 1844, mentions that \n \u003ccorpname\u003ePleasant Milkhill\u003c/corpname\u003eneeds brandy, and asks\n that it be sent with \n \u003cpersname\u003eDavid\u003c/persname\u003e(probably a slave) for there is none\n at \n \u003ccorpname\u003eBethel\u003c/corpname\u003e. A letter dating November 6, 1856\n at \n \u003ccorpname\u003eBleak Hills\u003c/corpname\u003emakes a reference to \"Roanoke\"\n [Roanoke County, or \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Randolph\u003c/persname\u003e's estate \"Roanoke\"?].\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eFrom their correspondence dating 1862-1904, there is a\n letter to \n \u003cpersname\u003eSam Tyree\u003c/persname\u003e, Esq, July 17, 1870 from [his]\n student: \n \u003cpersname\u003e[Sam L. Preston?]\u003c/persname\u003ecomplaining that he can\n not attend sunday school because of prostration. There is also\n a letter dated April 8, 1901 from \n \u003ccorpname\u003eTrinity and Ivy Chapel\u003c/corpname\u003ein \n \u003cgeogname\u003eBoonsboro, Bedford County\u003c/geogname\u003eto a Mr.\n Randolph inviting him to preach there every other Sunday.\n There is also an undated fragment referring to a comet the\n size of a full moon and a meteor shower which \"will be a sight\n to see.\"\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eAmong the families' undated correspondence, is a letter\n dated November 17 to \n \u003cpersname\u003e\"Carter\" [Saunders?]\u003c/persname\u003e, by a female who\n mentions [her] children's Latin lessons. There is another\n letter to a Miss Kerr which mentions a recipe for Tongue a la\n Mode. There is also a letter, dated October 23, [1805?], from\n a \n \u003cpersname\u003eSam K. Jenny\u003c/persname\u003e, probably a doctor of\n medicine, which mentions that \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Green\u003c/persname\u003eattended a man named\n Barnhart to \n \u003cgeogname\u003eBedford\u003c/geogname\u003eso Jenny could prescribe to his\n case and that he \"forbad the case of ardent spirits.\"\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eFrom the correspondence of \n \u003cpersname\u003eEva (Smith) Saunders\u003c/persname\u003e, dated 1868-1894,\n there is a letter, February 24, 1889, from \n \u003ccorpname\u003eThe Grove\u003c/corpname\u003ewhich mentions that while Eva\n passed her exams--her brother \n \u003cpersname\u003eFleming Saunders III\u003c/persname\u003edid not. A letter,\n August 2, 1892, to \n \u003cpersname\u003eEva Saunders\u003c/persname\u003efrom \n \u003cpersname\u003eM. Natalie Manson\u003c/persname\u003e, at \n \u003ccorpname\u003eWintore\u003c/corpname\u003e, speaks of school and Latin.\n There is an interesting letter, December 10, 1893, from \n \u003cgeogname\u003eFlorence, Italy\u003c/geogname\u003eto Eva, mentioning that\n there is no silver in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eItaly\u003c/geogname\u003efor the English and French are\n buying it up, that \"Coppers are such a bother, and so heavy to\n carry,\" seeing the works of \n \u003cpersname\u003eDonato\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eBrunelleschi\u003c/persname\u003eand the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eMedici Chapel\u003c/corpname\u003e, and the \n \u003ccorpname\u003e\"Brothers of Pity\"\u003c/corpname\u003ewho wear black robes\n and carry a corpse which \"made my blood turn cold.\" There is a\n letter, January 13, 1894, to Eva, which mentions sending a\n book to \n \u003cpersname\u003eMay Begg\u003c/persname\u003e, \"a literary courtship under the\n auspices of \n \u003cgeogname\u003ePike's Peak\u003c/geogname\u003e. \" \n \u003cpersname\u003eFleming Saunders III\u003c/persname\u003eat \n \u003ccorpname\u003eRandolph-Macon Academy\u003c/corpname\u003ein \n \u003cgeogname\u003eBedford\u003c/geogname\u003ewrites to Eva on May 15, 1894,\n saying he tried to get a tennis tournament for field day, and\n congratulates Eva on her chicken raising and hopes his are\n doing better.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eAmong the \n \u003cpersname\u003eEva Saunders\u003c/persname\u003eundated correspondence, there\n is a fragment which notes that Miss Begg sent to its writer a\n little book called \"The greatest thing in the World.\" A letter\n dated November 26 to Eva contains drawings of women's blouses\n and concerns her ordered blouses.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eFrom the correspondence of \n \u003cpersname\u003eFleming Saunders\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eMary (Gwathmey) Saunders\u003c/persname\u003e, 1858-1879, a\n letter dated September 5, 1871, from \n \u003cpersname\u003ePeter Saunders, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003ccorpname\u003eBleak Hill\u003c/corpname\u003e, says that his tobacco crop\n has suffered. Another letter, April 17, 1874, from \n \u003cpersname\u003eJeanie Edmond\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003ccorpname\u003eHudson Lodge\u003c/corpname\u003e, makes a reference to the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eJubilee Singers\u003c/corpname\u003etraveling to raise money\n for a \"slave college somewhere in the Northern States\"; to\n acquaintances visiting \n \u003cgeogname\u003eEngland\u003c/geogname\u003e, mentioning a \"public worship\n bill\" in \n \u003ccorpname\u003eParliament\u003c/corpname\u003e, and one acquaintance having\n an appointment with the Bishop of \n \u003cgeogname\u003eMelbourne\u003c/geogname\u003e; and to visiting \n \u003cgeogname\u003eAustralia\u003c/geogname\u003e. In a postcard dated August 21,\n 1879, \n \u003cpersname\u003eW. A. Alrich\u003c/persname\u003easks \n \u003cpersname\u003eFleming Saunders\u003c/persname\u003e' opinion as to the next\n \"services\" in \"regular course,\" and saying that it best not to\n alter rotation as \"last service was omitted.\" He also mentions\n that Mrs. \n \u003cpersname\u003eC[harles] Dabney\u003c/persname\u003ehas a fine little\n daughter.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eIn the Fleming and Mary Saunders correspondence, 1880-1892,\n there is a letter dated March 3, 1880 from M. Caden to\n Saunders stating that he can not board a minister, but will\n give the same salary as before. \n \u003cpersname\u003ePeter Saunders\u003c/persname\u003ewrites from \n \u003ccorpname\u003eBleak Hill\u003c/corpname\u003eon January 19, 1881 saying that\n he has no specific desire to be a director on the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eVirgina Midland [Rail] Road\u003c/corpname\u003e, and does not\n think he could get the appointment anyway; he is still a\n director on the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eFranklin and Pittsylvania Railroad\n Company\u003c/corpname\u003e, and fears a possible conflict of interest.\n \u003cpersname\u003eW. A. Alrich\u003c/persname\u003ewrites from \n \u003ccorpname\u003eEmanuel Rectory\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eChatham, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, on February 16, 1882,\n saying he is glad that the \n \u003cfamname\u003eSaunders\u003c/famname\u003e' keep up the old St. Valentine's\n Day tradition, by sending so practical a token of affection. \n \u003cpersname\u003eEllen Boulder\u003c/persname\u003e, a school teacher, writes\n to \n \u003cpersname\u003eMary Saunders\u003c/persname\u003efrom \n \u003cgeogname\u003eDrake's Branch\u003c/geogname\u003eon March 18, 1889,\n mentioning a five month school term ending on March 1st and a\n June 23 to July 23 summer session. \n \u003cpersname\u003e[Peter Saunders]\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003ccorpname\u003eBleak Hill\u003c/corpname\u003e, writes \n \u003cpersname\u003eFleming Saunders\u003c/persname\u003e, on October 26, 1891\n mentioning Republican elements in the \"alliance\" [farmers'\n alliance such as the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eGrange\u003c/corpname\u003e?].\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eIn the Fleming and Mary Saunders correspondence, 1893-1900,\n \u003cpersname\u003eFleming Saunders III\u003c/persname\u003ewrites to his parents\n from \n \u003ccorpname\u003eRandolph-Macon Academy\u003c/corpname\u003ein \n \u003cgeogname\u003eBedford\u003c/geogname\u003eon March 14, 1893, saying that he\n is in the Baptist Church in the morning and the Methodist in\n the afternoon, and tells of boys who spend more time with the\n girls than studying. \n \u003cpersname\u003eJames F. Plummer\u003c/persname\u003ewrites to Captain\n Saunders on March 29, 1893, [from a theological seminary?],\n saying that exams are beginning, and implying that knowledge\n of Hebrew and Apologetics will be next among those things\n tested. \n \u003cpersname\u003ePeter Saunders\u003c/persname\u003ewrites to Fleming from \n \u003ccorpname\u003eBleak Hill\u003c/corpname\u003e, on March 30, 1894, mentioning\n the Bland Bill and the fear that its veto would cause discord\n in the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eDemocratic Party\u003c/corpname\u003e, and discussing briefly\n possible effects on the present financial situation.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eIn the Fleming and Mary Saunders correspondence, 1901-1910,\n there is a letter, July 19, 1901, from \n \u003cpersname\u003eEdward Watts Saunders\u003c/persname\u003e, while serving in\n the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eVirginia House of Delegates\u003c/corpname\u003e. \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam W. Old\u003c/persname\u003ewrites to Fleming on\n February 2, 1903 about a land sale and his agreement to sell\n the land as a whole parcel to two black men, and suggesting a\n method of finalizing the transaction. \n \u003cpersname\u003eE. W. Saunders\u003c/persname\u003ewrites to Fleming on\n January 21, 1904 mentioning an inquiry about his land near\n \"Vic. Muse.\" A letter, [March 1904], from \n \u003cpersname\u003eAlice [Saunders]\u003c/persname\u003eat \n \u003cgeogname\u003eHollins, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, to her aunt Saunders\n refers to the Roman poet \n \u003cpersname\u003eVirgil\u003c/persname\u003e. She writes to her mother on March\n 12, 1904 mentioning that John [ ] had failed in \n \u003cpersname\u003eCaesar\u003c/persname\u003eand that he had been in the second\n book of \n \u003cpersname\u003eVirgil\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eIn the undated Fleming and Mary Saunders correspondence, \n \u003cpersname\u003eD. Saunders\u003c/persname\u003ewrites to his mother from \n \u003ccorpname\u003eRandolph-Macon Academy\u003c/corpname\u003eon February 10,\n saying that he is learning German and is plagued by poor\n spelling, and that the boys dance every night and were\n previously boxing.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eIn the correspondence of \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Watts\u003c/persname\u003e, 1754-1784, there is a\n letter dated June 27, 1771 which summons Watts to the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eGeneral Assembly\u003c/corpname\u003ein \n \u003cgeogname\u003eWilliamsburg\u003c/geogname\u003e. \n \u003cpersname\u003eSamuel Dilworth\u003c/persname\u003ewrites on June 2, 1783\n from \n \u003ccorpname\u003eBlanford\u003c/corpname\u003ementioning the problem of\n collecting debts owed to the British. \n \u003cpersname\u003eThomas Baldwin, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003ewrites on December 22,\n 1784 concerning the purchase of \"the Negro Fellow\" for\n $18.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eIn the Watts correspondence, 1785-1789, a letter, December\n 16, 1785, from \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Roach\u003c/persname\u003einforms Watts that while \n \u003cpersname\u003ePeter Kern\u003c/persname\u003eis employing Watts in a matter\n between Kern and Roach, Watts is to plead for Roach in all\n matters, suggesting a conflict of interest. \n \u003cpersname\u003eArthur Campbell\u003c/persname\u003e, a candidate for the\n senate from the Western Distict, writes, on March 24, 1788,\n asking for Watts' support. \n \u003cpersname\u003eEdward Graham\u003c/persname\u003eof \n \u003cgeogname\u003eBedford\u003c/geogname\u003e, writes on December 20, 1792,\n mentioning that he saw the Watts' son reading \n \u003cpersname\u003eHorace\u003c/persname\u003eand sending the boy a copy of \n \u003cpersname\u003eCicero\u003c/persname\u003ewhich would supply \"the means of\n raising him as high in eminence as you could reasonably wish,\"\n and adding that the boy will need to learn Greek as he will\n soon be studying science.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eIn the Watts correspondence, 1793-1794, \n \u003cpersname\u003eDuncan Rose\u003c/persname\u003ewrites from \n \u003cgeogname\u003ePetersburg\u003c/geogname\u003e, on July 8, 1794, stating that\n \u003ccorpname\u003eBuchanan's Hartie and Company\u003c/corpname\u003ehas been\n doing business in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eGreat Britain\u003c/geogname\u003eand is waiting for a\n successor to Hartie to be appointed before certain books could\n be examined by Rose. Another letter pertains to relations with\n \u003cgeogname\u003eFrance\u003c/geogname\u003eand \n \u003cgeogname\u003eBritain\u003c/geogname\u003eat this time: \n \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge Hancock\u003c/persname\u003ewrites to Watts in 1794\n mentioning the rearing of a navy \"to repel the insult to our\n ploy,\" referring to commerce restriction [on American goods]\n by a nation which does not have a commerce treaty with the\n U.S., and referring to Mr. \n \u003cpersname\u003e[James] Madison\u003c/persname\u003e's arguments whereas he\n conducted himself in a manner worthy of himself. \n \u003cpersname\u003eCreed Taylor\u003c/persname\u003ewrites on May 11, 1795,\n concerning some bonds. \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Vannerson\u003c/persname\u003ewrites, on October 30,\n 1795, from \n \u003cgeogname\u003ePetersburg\u003c/geogname\u003ementioning a British war sloop\n in \n \u003ccorpname\u003eNorfolk, Virginia\u003c/corpname\u003eand the order for\n carrying American bottoms bound for \n \u003cgeogname\u003eFrance\u003c/geogname\u003einto British ports with invoice\n being revoked, revealing that some say that this retaliation\n has been brought about by Americans invoicing their flour at\n $27 per barrel.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eIn Watts' correspondence with \n \u003cpersname\u003eEdward Randolph\u003c/persname\u003e, 1796-1797, Randolph\n writes from \n \u003cgeogname\u003eRichmond\u003c/geogname\u003eon February 21 and March 13, 1796\n on the subject of British creditors. In Watts' correspondence\n with \n \u003cpersname\u003eThomas F. Scott\u003c/persname\u003e, 1792-1798, Scott writes\n on January 4, 1796 and December 18, 1798 on the subject of\n British debts. In the correspondence of \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Watts\u003c/persname\u003ewith \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Watts\u003c/persname\u003e, 1784-1800, John writes to\n William in April 1784 from \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLincoln County, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e(now \n \u003cgeogname\u003eKentucky\u003c/geogname\u003e), concerning apprehension about\n a possible Indian war in the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eNorthwest Territories\u003c/corpname\u003e. John says that\n while the lands in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eKentucky\u003c/geogname\u003eare good, the inconveniences are\n many, and that the doomsayers will probably prevent the\n surveying of lands on the northwest side of the Ohio.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eBusiness Papers\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eThere are general accounts, 1751-1899, n.d. An account,\n beginning November 16, 1762, with \n \u003ccorpname\u003eGeorge Kippen \u0026amp; Co.\u003c/corpname\u003eat their store in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eGoochland, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, lists \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Gilliam\u003c/persname\u003eas having ordered a dozen\n flints, 3/4 yard of bearskin, and a dozen pipes. There is a\n list, April 20, 1763, pertaining to the estate of \n \u003cpersname\u003eA. Watts\u003c/persname\u003e, on which is listed a\n £0.2.0 debt to \n \u003cpersname\u003eMary Petillo\u003c/persname\u003e, the only woman on the list,\n and a £2.4.9 debt to Sir \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Skipwith\u003c/persname\u003e. The account of \n \u003cpersname\u003eThomas East\u003c/persname\u003ewith \n \u003cpersname\u003eArchelaus Austin\u003c/persname\u003efrom November 15, 1771,\n consists of beer, wine, grog, and a gallon of corn, with one\n entry \"to saging one night\" perhaps pertaining to the making\n of moonshine. An account, beginning January 20, 1775, of N[ ]\n Vaughn with \n \u003cpersname\u003eEdward Watts\u003c/persname\u003elists various quantities of\n rum, molasses, and sugar. There are several accounts,\n 1779-1794, of the estate of \n \u003cpersname\u003eNathaniel Davis\u003c/persname\u003e, including an entry for\n 1784 for three yards of woollen for a Negro jacket, and May 9,\n 1784 for half of hire of \n \u003cpersname\u003eJacob\u003c/persname\u003e. There is a section, \"Accts\n Overlooked,\" from 1784, which refers to tobacco being a share\n and half share for \n \u003cpersname\u003eJacob\u003c/persname\u003e, and another for dinner at the\n courthouse when on business. There is an account of \n \u003cpersname\u003eJames Davis\u003c/persname\u003ewith \n \u003cpersname\u003eDaniel Warwick\u003c/persname\u003e, dating 1799-1803, with\n references to a variety of items including coffee, sewing\n materials, dinner ware, alcohol, and accessories. Mrs. \n \u003cpersname\u003eElizabeth Davis\u003c/persname\u003e' account beginning May\n 31, 1807, has an entries for coffee, condiments, and sewing\n material. An account, March 26, 1810, of Capt. \n \u003cpersname\u003eJames Davis\u003c/persname\u003ewith \n \u003cpersname\u003eRowland P. Banks\u003c/persname\u003elists \"163 days tuition\n at $8 p. ann. $5 cts 1 1/2.\" The account, beginning August 14,\n 1826, of Capt. \n \u003cpersname\u003eJames Davis\u003c/persname\u003ewith \n \u003cpersname\u003eThomas Pleasants\u003c/persname\u003e, has lists orders for\n cheese, mackerel, cotton, and whiskey. On October 31, 1832,\n Judge Saunders, of \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLynchburg, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, orders castor oil,\n ointment, and a syringe. Accounts which mention tea are rare\n but there is an undated fragment of Mr. \n \u003cpersname\u003eJames Davis\u003c/persname\u003ewhich contains an entry for\n imperial tea. There is an undated \"memorandum of brandy\" taken\n from Mrs. Eubank.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eThe accounts of \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliams Watts\u003c/persname\u003espan 1752-1797. There is\n also a hotel account with \n \u003cpersname\u003eCharles Williamson\u003c/persname\u003ewith entries dating\n 1763, 1773, and 1774. There are accounts for the boarding,\n clothing, and feeding of Negro boys with Mrs. \n \u003cpersname\u003eBetty Tucker\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eBetty Kirkland\u003c/persname\u003e, both beginning September\n 10, 1767, and Capt. \n \u003cpersname\u003eJoseph Tucker\u003c/persname\u003e, 1767-1769. Watts has\n accounts, 1768, with \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Brittan\u003c/persname\u003efor a waistcoat, shoes,\n stockings, and a hat. There is a 1769 account for various\n building supplies. Watts also has an account, beginning April\n 20, 1771, with \n \u003cpersname\u003eMiller Woodson\u003c/persname\u003ewith an entry of May 16,\n 1772 listing a \n \u003cpersname\u003ePatrick Henry\u003c/persname\u003e. There is a document which\n contains information on the estate of \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Randolph\u003c/persname\u003e. There is another\n lodging account, July 26, 1773 through December 3, 1776, of\n Watts with \n \u003cpersname\u003eCharles Williams\u003c/persname\u003e. There is an account\n beginning March 9, 1778, with \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Kirkland\u003c/persname\u003ewhich includes listings\n for tuition and educational books. A January 10, 1780 account\n with \n \u003cpersname\u003eFrederick Nance\u003c/persname\u003ementions a violin and a\n set of strings. There is an account, beginning December 21,\n 1787, with \n \u003cpersname\u003eRobert Wilson\u003c/persname\u003eordering Hyson Tea, coffee,\n and a bottle of snuff. From a 1791 account of \n \u003cpersname\u003eEdward McDonald\u003c/persname\u003ewith \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Watts\u003c/persname\u003e, there is the note of the\n hire of a Negro. From a 1792 account of \n \u003cpersname\u003eCharles Smith\u003c/persname\u003e, there is a note for the\n finding of a Negro woman and for the inspecting of tobacco.\n There are two medical bills, one with \n \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge Martin\u003c/persname\u003e, beginning January 14,\n 1794, and one with Doctor \n \u003cpersname\u003eGraham\u003c/persname\u003e, beginning November 3, 1795. In\n October 1797, Watts had an account with \n \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge Quille\u003c/persname\u003efor the hire of a Negro.\n There is an undated account of \n \u003cpersname\u003eW. Walter Spence\u003c/persname\u003ewith Watts for the hire\n of a Negro for eight months.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003ePromissory notes and receipts range from 1754-1905, n.d.\n There are several items concerned with the estate of \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Fleming\u003c/persname\u003eand include an entry for\n February 1764 for a Negro bought for $10. Between \n \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge Martin\u003c/persname\u003eand Watts there is an\n agreement, October 3, 1794, mentioning the purchase of red\n wheat and the hire of a Negro woman. \n \u003cpersname\u003eJames Davis\u003c/persname\u003ehas a note dated 1803 with the\n Sheriff of \n \u003cgeogname\u003eAmherst County\u003c/geogname\u003efor tax on four Negroes,\n four horses, and five tithes. \n \u003cpersname\u003eElizabeth Davis\u003c/persname\u003ehas a note dated 1816 for\n tax on three Negroes and one horse. There is a note from\n December 6, 1827 pertaining to a $5 bond for the hire of a\n Negro man by \n \u003cpersname\u003eJames Davis\u003c/persname\u003efrom \n \u003cpersname\u003eJ. Wright\u003c/persname\u003efor \n \u003cpersname\u003eLavinia Wright\u003c/persname\u003e. There is a 1840 note from\n \u003cpersname\u003eCharles Davis\u003c/persname\u003eto the Sheriff of \n \u003cgeogname\u003eAmherst\u003c/geogname\u003efor tax on six Negroes and six\n horses.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eLegal Papers\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eThere are a number of court memoranda, 1768-1786, n.d.,\n kept by \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Watts\u003c/persname\u003ein his capacity as a lawyer.\n In a November 10, 1771 memo for the \n \u003cgeogname\u003eBuckingham County\u003c/geogname\u003ecourt, there is an entry\n for detinue for Negro woman named \n \u003cpersname\u003eAgge\u003c/persname\u003e. From the memo for the April 1772\n court at \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLunenburg County\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eThomas Taylor\u003c/persname\u003eand his wife have a suit\n against a Hurt for a Negro in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eAmelia\u003c/geogname\u003e. There is also a list of debts\n owed to Watts for the year 1794. Dating 1771 through 1782,\n there are court dockets from \n \u003cgeogname\u003eAmelia County\u003c/geogname\u003eand \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLunenburg County\u003c/geogname\u003efrom 1771-1782. A number\n of the entries have Watts as the litigant. There is a 1773 day\n book with the signatures of William and \n \u003cpersname\u003eEdward Watts\u003c/persname\u003e, which includes a record of \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Watts\u003c/persname\u003e' court expenses. There are\n also legal day books, 1772-1773, of Watts, with entries for \n \u003cgeogname\u003eBuckingham County\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eAmelia\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eCumberland County\u003c/geogname\u003e, and \n \u003cgeogname\u003ePrince Edward County\u003c/geogname\u003eas well as for \n \u003cgeogname\u003eWilliamsburg, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e. There is another\n 1773 memorandum book of Watts with entries for \n \u003cgeogname\u003eAmelia County\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eCumberland County\u003c/geogname\u003e, and \n \u003cgeogname\u003eBuckingham County\u003c/geogname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eThe indentures date 1749-1788, n.d. From January 1, 1763,\n there is an agreement between \n \u003cpersname\u003eBenjamin Tambro\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eAyres Hodnett\u003c/persname\u003eof \n \u003cgeogname\u003eBuckingham\u003c/geogname\u003ein regard to the former's son, \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Tambro\u003c/persname\u003e, to be apprentice to the\n latter for seven years. From March 28, 1774, there is an\n indenture between Watts and \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Ford\u003c/persname\u003e. From September 17, 1768,\n there is an agreement between \n \u003cpersname\u003eAbraham West\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Blankenship\u003c/persname\u003eof \n \u003cgeogname\u003ePrince Edward\u003c/geogname\u003e. On November 17, 1772,\n there is an agreement between \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Lewallen\u003c/persname\u003eof \n \u003cgeogname\u003eAmelia County\u003c/geogname\u003eand \n \u003ccorpname\u003eJames and Robert Donalds and Company\u003c/corpname\u003e,\n Merchants of \n \u003cgeogname\u003eGlasgow\u003c/geogname\u003e. On September 15, 1778, there is\n an agreement between \n \u003cpersname\u003eDavid Wright\u003c/persname\u003eof \n \u003cgeogname\u003eBotetourt\u003c/geogname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eAlexander Paine\u003c/persname\u003eof the same concerning a\n land dispute in the area where the \n \u003cgeogname\u003eRoanoke River\u003c/geogname\u003eand \n \u003cgeogname\u003eTinker Creek\u003c/geogname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eThe will, December 25, 1745, of \n \u003cpersname\u003eThomas Patterson\u003c/persname\u003eof \n \u003cgeogname\u003eAlbemarle County\u003c/geogname\u003e, names his slaves and\n divides them among his children and wife, and requests that\n his land in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eGoochland County\u003c/geogname\u003ebe known as \n \u003ccorpname\u003e\"Locust Thicket.\"\u003c/corpname\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eMargery Hinshaw\u003c/persname\u003econtested the will of \n \u003cpersname\u003eSamuel Hinshaw\u003c/persname\u003edated March 1758 with \n \u003cpersname\u003e[Cedw] Gibson\u003c/persname\u003eon July 10, 1765. Hinshaw\n had divided his slaves between his still living wife, his\n daughter \n \u003cpersname\u003eElizabeth Hinshaw\u003c/persname\u003e, and the latter's\n children. This situation involved a slave of Elizabeth. The\n will of \n \u003cpersname\u003eThomas Bottom\u003c/persname\u003eof \n \u003cgeogname\u003eAmelia\u003c/geogname\u003edated May 10, 1760 divides his\n slaves which are named between his three daughters.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eA folder of general legal papers date 1765-1903, n.d. The\n inventory and appraisal, 1826, of the estate of \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Eubank\u003c/persname\u003ementions prices for his\n Negroes: £300 for a man named \n \u003cpersname\u003eJacob\u003c/persname\u003e, £200 for a man named \n \u003cpersname\u003eJoe\u003c/persname\u003e, £10 for a woman named \n \u003cpersname\u003eHannah\u003c/persname\u003e, £20 for a girl named \n \u003cpersname\u003eLolly\u003c/persname\u003e, and £0 for a girl named\n \u003cpersname\u003eCaroline\u003c/persname\u003e. There is also a list of tickets\n of ommission paid by \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Watts\u003c/persname\u003e, attorney. Among the legal\n papers of \n \u003cgeogname\u003eAmelia County\u003c/geogname\u003e, 1768 through 1789\n including undated material, a document dated May 15, 1783\n states that \n \u003cpersname\u003eSarah Tinker\u003c/persname\u003eon December 6, 1781 gave her\n son-in-law \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Tucker\u003c/persname\u003ean ailing Negro named \n \u003cpersname\u003eNed\u003c/persname\u003euntil the latter gets well whereas he\n will be returned to \n \u003cpersname\u003eSarah Tucker\u003c/persname\u003e. In an undated document, \n \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge Vaughn\u003c/persname\u003eyields up title/right of two\n Negroes--named \n \u003cpersname\u003eFrank\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003ePhoebe\u003c/persname\u003e--to son-in-law \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Norris\u003c/persname\u003e--formerly given to grandson \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Norris\u003c/persname\u003eby a deed dated October 2,\n 1796: \"said slaves will forever defend me from my heirs.\" The\n son-in-law Norris will pay Vaughn or wife £10\n annually for preformance of the aforesaid act. Among the \n \u003cgeogname\u003eCampbell County\u003c/geogname\u003epapers, Justice \n \u003cpersname\u003eAdam Clement\u003c/persname\u003esays that \n \u003cpersname\u003eCharles Gilbert\u003c/persname\u003eof \n \u003cgeogname\u003eCampbell\u003c/geogname\u003eon April 29, 1787 makes oath that\n Negro slave \n \u003cpersname\u003eJack\u003c/persname\u003e--property of Watts of \n \u003cgeogname\u003ePrince Edward County\u003c/geogname\u003e--ran away and was\n found 50 miles thence. Among the legal papers of \n \u003cgeogname\u003ePrince Edward\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eEdward Watts\u003c/persname\u003esold to \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Watts\u003c/persname\u003eeight Negro slaves: \n \u003cpersname\u003eTrue\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eJames\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eWinnie\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003ePeter\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eSarah\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eBetty\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eRachel\u003c/persname\u003e, and \n \u003cpersname\u003eDoc\u003c/persname\u003eon January 14, 1787. There is also a\n account of Dr. \n \u003cpersname\u003eM. John King\u003c/persname\u003ewith the sheriff of \n \u003cgeogname\u003eLunenburg\u003c/geogname\u003ewhich has an entry dating 1769:\n the former is in account with \n \u003cpersname\u003e[John] Epps\u003c/persname\u003efor four lbs. of tobacco at\n £0.5.1.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eMiscellaneous\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eAmong the Advertisements there is an advertisement dated\n September 20, 1871 from the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eOmaha, Nebraska Lottery\u003c/corpname\u003efor the building\n of a public library in the city. A broadside from \n \u003ccorpname\u003eCox and Sons Church Furniture\u003c/corpname\u003eshows a\n garish stained-glass window commemorating the late President \n \u003cpersname\u003eJames Garfield\u003c/persname\u003e. There is an undated\n letter to Mrs. \n \u003cpersname\u003eFleming Saunders\u003c/persname\u003easking for a subscription\n to the \n \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eGraphic,\u003c/title\u003ea ladies society\n magazine. There is an undated list of books from \n \u003ccorpname\u003eGeorge Munro, Publishers\u003c/corpname\u003e. There is also a\n broadside for \"The World's Christmas Hymn\"--an analogy of\n English poetry pertaining to \n \u003cpersname\u003eChrist\u003c/persname\u003e's birth dating from the medieval\n period.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eThe church related papers include a letter, March 21, 1904,\n from \n \u003ccorpname\u003eVirginia Polytechnic Institute\u003c/corpname\u003eto the \n \u003cfamname\u003eSaunders\u003c/famname\u003easking for aid for the building of\n an Episcopal parsonage at the university. The letter\n enunciates a fear of the danger of Episcopal boys being weaned\n from their faith by the compulsory attendance at the services\n of other sects due to the absence of a Episcopal parsonage.\n There is also an Episcopal \"Church Kalendar,\" 1882-1883,\n listing holy days with information on the faith, church\n service, and background of the Anglican/Episcopalian\n faith.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eCivil War papers range from 1861 to 1864. During 1862-1864,\n there are a number of furloughs issued to \n \u003ccorpname\u003eConfederate\u003c/corpname\u003eenlisted men in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eVirginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, each with a physical\n description of the bearer, and addressed \"to all whom it may\n concern.\" On August 10, 1862, there is a provision return for\n a company of the \n \u003ccorpname\u003e13th Regiment of Pennsylvania volunteers\u003c/corpname\u003e.\n There are also a number of CSA \"special requisitions\", chiefly\n ordering clothing, shoes, and blankets, most signed by Captain\n \u003cpersname\u003eFleming Saunders\u003c/persname\u003e, assistant\n quartermaster, of Company K, Virginia Regiment.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eThe educational papers range from 1848-1903, n.d. There is\n a page from a 1848 French edition of the fables of La Fontaine\n from the \"Academie de Norfolk.\" There is an \n \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\"Educational Treatise on the Constitution\"\u003c/title\u003e,\n September 6, 1877, by \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Randolph Tucker\u003c/persname\u003eof \n \u003cgeogname\u003eVirginia\u003c/geogname\u003e. There is a 1892-1893 brochure\n for the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eEdgeworth School\u003c/corpname\u003e, a church-related\n boarding and day school for females. There is the fall term\n 1895 grade report from \n \u003ccorpname\u003eVirginia Polytechnic Institute\u003c/corpname\u003e(formerly \n \u003ccorpname\u003eVirginia Agriculture and Mechanical\n College\u003c/corpname\u003e) for \n \u003cpersname\u003eFleming Saunders, III\u003c/persname\u003e. There is a fall\n term 1902 grade report from \n \u003ccorpname\u003eHollins College\u003c/corpname\u003efor \n \u003cpersname\u003eElsie Saunders\u003c/persname\u003e. There is another VPI\n grade report, from February 1903, for \n \u003cpersname\u003eCarter Temple Saunders\u003c/persname\u003e. There is a report\n from \n \u003ccorpname\u003eSt. Timothy's School\u003c/corpname\u003eof \n \u003cgeogname\u003eCatonsville, Maryland\u003c/geogname\u003e. Another undated\n piece is a \"rules for spelling\" sheet from a grammar book.\n There are also undated fragments of Latin, French, and\n algebra.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eThere are lectures, essays, and poems, 1794, 1818, 1843,\n and n.d., including a scrap of a lecture dated September 6,\n 1794 from \n \u003cpersname\u003eEdward Watts\u003c/persname\u003e; another lecture on motive\n dated September 16, 1794; and, a series of oral essays from\n 1843.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eMiscellaneous material, 1887-1892, includes a note of the\n marriage of Capt. \n \u003cpersname\u003eFleming Saunders\u003c/persname\u003eto \n \u003cpersname\u003eMary Gwathmey\u003c/persname\u003eon July 30.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eThe obituaries include a reprint of the 1858 obituary of \n \u003cpersname\u003eFleming Saunders, Sr\u003c/persname\u003e, a reprint of the\n 1867 obituary of Fleming, Sr.'s wife-- \n \u003cpersname\u003eAlice Fleming\u003c/persname\u003e--and the 1904 obituary of \n \u003cpersname\u003ePeter Saunders\u003c/persname\u003e. The obituaries of\n Fleming, Sr. and Alice are panegyrics. The first two were\n transcribed by \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Blair Dabney\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eThe photographs include an unidentified photograph of a\n young member of the \n \u003cfamname\u003eSaunders family\u003c/famname\u003eand undated photo cards of\n liturgical furniture.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eBound Volumes\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eThe Day Books include a day book from \n \u003ccorpname\u003eMaple Creek Mills\u003c/corpname\u003edating from 1842. There\n is a 1867 day book with one page filled, made of a cut\n agricultural crop ledger. There is also in the book a pasted\n in notice from the Adjuctant Inspector's Office in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eRichmond\u003c/geogname\u003e, July 29, 1863. Dating January\n 18, 1872 is a subscription book for the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eLee Monumental Association\u003c/corpname\u003e. Also present\n is a $1 donation from \n \u003cpersname\u003eAlex Berkeley\u003c/persname\u003eof \n \u003cgeogname\u003eYellow Branch, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e. There are also\n farm journals dating 1855 through 1860.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eA card game, 1846, called \"The Game of Kings made Easy\"\n which is based on the kings of \n \u003cgeogname\u003eEngland\u003c/geogname\u003ewho reigned down to its date, is\n also present. The card for Henry V is missing. Many of the\n cards contain information of the kings of an antiquarian\n nature.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eThe Memorandum books, 1873-1874 and 1881-1894, owned by \n \u003cpersname\u003eFleming Saunders\u003c/persname\u003e, includes employees,\n supplies, and construction information in the first volume.\n The latter has a note at its end which mentions survey\n data.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eThe \n \u003ccorpname\u003eOtter River Township\u003c/corpname\u003eRecord Book dates\n from 1870-1874. There are references to road building. An\n entry for June 16, 1871 notes the ordering of \"tickets\" for\n road tax and township levy. Also included are lists of\n expenses for board members with lists of expenses for\n materials bought. One entry notes that \n \u003cpersname\u003eB. H. Anthony\u003c/persname\u003e, overseer of the poor,\n sends three paupers--one white woman and two black woman--to\n the poor house. Expenses for the poor house are noted. At 1874\n and 1875 meetings, \n \u003cpersname\u003eFleming Saunders\u003c/persname\u003eis mentioned as road\n overseer in certain districts.\u003c/p\u003e\n "],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content"],"scopecontent_tesim":["This collection, 1745-1910, n.d., of ca. 2100 items,\n consists of correspondence, business and legal papers,\n miscellaneous, and bound volumes, pertaining to the \n Davis Family, \n Saunders Family, and \n Watts Family. Large portions of the\n correspondence belong to \n William Wattsand \n Fleming Saunders. Included with the\n correspondence is a letterbook, 1873-1880, of \n Frank Prufer. The business papers include\n accounts, bonds, correspondence, and notes and receipts,\n chiefly pertaining to \n William Wattsand \n Fleming Saunders, but also various\n members of these families. The legal papers include court\n dockets and memoranda of \n William Watts, documents, and wills.\n There are various legal papers of \n William Wattspertaining to \n Virginiacounties including \n Amelia County, \n Amherst County, \n Buckingham County, \n Campbell County, \n Cumberland County, \n Prince Edward County. The miscellaneous\n material includes advertisements, educational papers,\n photographs, printed, religious papers, and fragments. The\n bound volumes include day books, a blacksmith book, a farm\n journal, memorandum books, and a township record. Folders are\n arranged alphabetically within each series, with material\n inside arranged chronologically.","Correspondence","From the correspondence of the \n Davis Family, \n Saunders Family, and related families,\n 1800-1856, there is a letter addressed to \"Sully,\" December\n 30, 1800, from \n Louisa County, which advises the\n recipient, who had asked for religious instruction, to seek\n the \n Kingdom of God. A letter dated April 2,\n 1812 from \n James Raylandto his sister mentions that\n his cousin is strapped for cash, and asks if the recipient can\n help him. A rather unusual letter, dating July 24, 1836, from \n Mount Pleasant, indicates that \"Mary\n thinks a little Brandy would be of service to her,\" and\n requests that some be sent to her. A letter written to Captain\n Davis on January 9, 1844, mentions that \n Pleasant Milkhillneeds brandy, and asks\n that it be sent with \n David(probably a slave) for there is none\n at \n Bethel. A letter dating November 6, 1856\n at \n Bleak Hillsmakes a reference to \"Roanoke\"\n [Roanoke County, or \n John Randolph's estate \"Roanoke\"?].","From their correspondence dating 1862-1904, there is a\n letter to \n Sam Tyree, Esq, July 17, 1870 from [his]\n student: \n [Sam L. Preston?]complaining that he can\n not attend sunday school because of prostration. There is also\n a letter dated April 8, 1901 from \n Trinity and Ivy Chapelin \n Boonsboro, Bedford Countyto a Mr.\n Randolph inviting him to preach there every other Sunday.\n There is also an undated fragment referring to a comet the\n size of a full moon and a meteor shower which \"will be a sight\n to see.\"","Among the families' undated correspondence, is a letter\n dated November 17 to \n \"Carter\" [Saunders?], by a female who\n mentions [her] children's Latin lessons. There is another\n letter to a Miss Kerr which mentions a recipe for Tongue a la\n Mode. There is also a letter, dated October 23, [1805?], from\n a \n Sam K. Jenny, probably a doctor of\n medicine, which mentions that \n William Greenattended a man named\n Barnhart to \n Bedfordso Jenny could prescribe to his\n case and that he \"forbad the case of ardent spirits.\"","From the correspondence of \n Eva (Smith) Saunders, dated 1868-1894,\n there is a letter, February 24, 1889, from \n The Grovewhich mentions that while Eva\n passed her exams--her brother \n Fleming Saunders IIIdid not. A letter,\n August 2, 1892, to \n Eva Saundersfrom \n M. Natalie Manson, at \n Wintore, speaks of school and Latin.\n There is an interesting letter, December 10, 1893, from \n Florence, Italyto Eva, mentioning that\n there is no silver in \n Italyfor the English and French are\n buying it up, that \"Coppers are such a bother, and so heavy to\n carry,\" seeing the works of \n Donatoand \n Brunelleschiand the \n Medici Chapel, and the \n \"Brothers of Pity\"who wear black robes\n and carry a corpse which \"made my blood turn cold.\" There is a\n letter, January 13, 1894, to Eva, which mentions sending a\n book to \n May Begg, \"a literary courtship under the\n auspices of \n Pike's Peak. \" \n Fleming Saunders IIIat \n Randolph-Macon Academyin \n Bedfordwrites to Eva on May 15, 1894,\n saying he tried to get a tennis tournament for field day, and\n congratulates Eva on her chicken raising and hopes his are\n doing better.","Among the \n Eva Saundersundated correspondence, there\n is a fragment which notes that Miss Begg sent to its writer a\n little book called \"The greatest thing in the World.\" A letter\n dated November 26 to Eva contains drawings of women's blouses\n and concerns her ordered blouses.","From the correspondence of \n Fleming Saundersand \n Mary (Gwathmey) Saunders, 1858-1879, a\n letter dated September 5, 1871, from \n Peter Saunders, Jr., \n Bleak Hill, says that his tobacco crop\n has suffered. Another letter, April 17, 1874, from \n Jeanie Edmond, \n Hudson Lodge, makes a reference to the \n Jubilee Singerstraveling to raise money\n for a \"slave college somewhere in the Northern States\"; to\n acquaintances visiting \n England, mentioning a \"public worship\n bill\" in \n Parliament, and one acquaintance having\n an appointment with the Bishop of \n Melbourne; and to visiting \n Australia. In a postcard dated August 21,\n 1879, \n W. A. Alrichasks \n Fleming Saunders' opinion as to the next\n \"services\" in \"regular course,\" and saying that it best not to\n alter rotation as \"last service was omitted.\" He also mentions\n that Mrs. \n C[harles] Dabneyhas a fine little\n daughter.","In the Fleming and Mary Saunders correspondence, 1880-1892,\n there is a letter dated March 3, 1880 from M. Caden to\n Saunders stating that he can not board a minister, but will\n give the same salary as before. \n Peter Saunderswrites from \n Bleak Hillon January 19, 1881 saying that\n he has no specific desire to be a director on the \n Virgina Midland [Rail] Road, and does not\n think he could get the appointment anyway; he is still a\n director on the \n Franklin and Pittsylvania Railroad\n Company, and fears a possible conflict of interest.\n W. A. Alrichwrites from \n Emanuel Rectory, \n Chatham, Virginia, on February 16, 1882,\n saying he is glad that the \n Saunders' keep up the old St. Valentine's\n Day tradition, by sending so practical a token of affection. \n Ellen Boulder, a school teacher, writes\n to \n Mary Saundersfrom \n Drake's Branchon March 18, 1889,\n mentioning a five month school term ending on March 1st and a\n June 23 to July 23 summer session. \n [Peter Saunders], \n Bleak Hill, writes \n Fleming Saunders, on October 26, 1891\n mentioning Republican elements in the \"alliance\" [farmers'\n alliance such as the \n Grange?].","In the Fleming and Mary Saunders correspondence, 1893-1900,\n Fleming Saunders IIIwrites to his parents\n from \n Randolph-Macon Academyin \n Bedfordon March 14, 1893, saying that he\n is in the Baptist Church in the morning and the Methodist in\n the afternoon, and tells of boys who spend more time with the\n girls than studying. \n James F. Plummerwrites to Captain\n Saunders on March 29, 1893, [from a theological seminary?],\n saying that exams are beginning, and implying that knowledge\n of Hebrew and Apologetics will be next among those things\n tested. \n Peter Saunderswrites to Fleming from \n Bleak Hill, on March 30, 1894, mentioning\n the Bland Bill and the fear that its veto would cause discord\n in the \n Democratic Party, and discussing briefly\n possible effects on the present financial situation.","In the Fleming and Mary Saunders correspondence, 1901-1910,\n there is a letter, July 19, 1901, from \n Edward Watts Saunders, while serving in\n the \n Virginia House of Delegates. \n William W. Oldwrites to Fleming on\n February 2, 1903 about a land sale and his agreement to sell\n the land as a whole parcel to two black men, and suggesting a\n method of finalizing the transaction. \n E. W. Saunderswrites to Fleming on\n January 21, 1904 mentioning an inquiry about his land near\n \"Vic. Muse.\" A letter, [March 1904], from \n Alice [Saunders]at \n Hollins, Virginia, to her aunt Saunders\n refers to the Roman poet \n Virgil. She writes to her mother on March\n 12, 1904 mentioning that John [ ] had failed in \n Caesarand that he had been in the second\n book of \n Virgil.","In the undated Fleming and Mary Saunders correspondence, \n D. Saunderswrites to his mother from \n Randolph-Macon Academyon February 10,\n saying that he is learning German and is plagued by poor\n spelling, and that the boys dance every night and were\n previously boxing.","In the correspondence of \n William Watts, 1754-1784, there is a\n letter dated June 27, 1771 which summons Watts to the \n General Assemblyin \n Williamsburg. \n Samuel Dilworthwrites on June 2, 1783\n from \n Blanfordmentioning the problem of\n collecting debts owed to the British. \n Thomas Baldwin, Jr.writes on December 22,\n 1784 concerning the purchase of \"the Negro Fellow\" for\n $18.","In the Watts correspondence, 1785-1789, a letter, December\n 16, 1785, from \n William Roachinforms Watts that while \n Peter Kernis employing Watts in a matter\n between Kern and Roach, Watts is to plead for Roach in all\n matters, suggesting a conflict of interest. \n Arthur Campbell, a candidate for the\n senate from the Western Distict, writes, on March 24, 1788,\n asking for Watts' support. \n Edward Grahamof \n Bedford, writes on December 20, 1792,\n mentioning that he saw the Watts' son reading \n Horaceand sending the boy a copy of \n Cicerowhich would supply \"the means of\n raising him as high in eminence as you could reasonably wish,\"\n and adding that the boy will need to learn Greek as he will\n soon be studying science.","In the Watts correspondence, 1793-1794, \n Duncan Rosewrites from \n Petersburg, on July 8, 1794, stating that\n Buchanan's Hartie and Companyhas been\n doing business in \n Great Britainand is waiting for a\n successor to Hartie to be appointed before certain books could\n be examined by Rose. Another letter pertains to relations with\n Franceand \n Britainat this time: \n George Hancockwrites to Watts in 1794\n mentioning the rearing of a navy \"to repel the insult to our\n ploy,\" referring to commerce restriction [on American goods]\n by a nation which does not have a commerce treaty with the\n U.S., and referring to Mr. \n [James] Madison's arguments whereas he\n conducted himself in a manner worthy of himself. \n Creed Taylorwrites on May 11, 1795,\n concerning some bonds. \n William Vannersonwrites, on October 30,\n 1795, from \n Petersburgmentioning a British war sloop\n in \n Norfolk, Virginiaand the order for\n carrying American bottoms bound for \n Franceinto British ports with invoice\n being revoked, revealing that some say that this retaliation\n has been brought about by Americans invoicing their flour at\n $27 per barrel.","In Watts' correspondence with \n Edward Randolph, 1796-1797, Randolph\n writes from \n Richmondon February 21 and March 13, 1796\n on the subject of British creditors. In Watts' correspondence\n with \n Thomas F. Scott, 1792-1798, Scott writes\n on January 4, 1796 and December 18, 1798 on the subject of\n British debts. In the correspondence of \n William Wattswith \n John Watts, 1784-1800, John writes to\n William in April 1784 from \n Lincoln County, Virginia(now \n Kentucky), concerning apprehension about\n a possible Indian war in the \n Northwest Territories. John says that\n while the lands in \n Kentuckyare good, the inconveniences are\n many, and that the doomsayers will probably prevent the\n surveying of lands on the northwest side of the Ohio.","Business Papers","There are general accounts, 1751-1899, n.d. An account,\n beginning November 16, 1762, with \n George Kippen \u0026 Co.at their store in \n Goochland, Virginia, lists \n John Gilliamas having ordered a dozen\n flints, 3/4 yard of bearskin, and a dozen pipes. There is a\n list, April 20, 1763, pertaining to the estate of \n A. Watts, on which is listed a\n £0.2.0 debt to \n Mary Petillo, the only woman on the list,\n and a £2.4.9 debt to Sir \n William Skipwith. The account of \n Thomas Eastwith \n Archelaus Austinfrom November 15, 1771,\n consists of beer, wine, grog, and a gallon of corn, with one\n entry \"to saging one night\" perhaps pertaining to the making\n of moonshine. An account, beginning January 20, 1775, of N[ ]\n Vaughn with \n Edward Wattslists various quantities of\n rum, molasses, and sugar. There are several accounts,\n 1779-1794, of the estate of \n Nathaniel Davis, including an entry for\n 1784 for three yards of woollen for a Negro jacket, and May 9,\n 1784 for half of hire of \n Jacob. There is a section, \"Accts\n Overlooked,\" from 1784, which refers to tobacco being a share\n and half share for \n Jacob, and another for dinner at the\n courthouse when on business. There is an account of \n James Daviswith \n Daniel Warwick, dating 1799-1803, with\n references to a variety of items including coffee, sewing\n materials, dinner ware, alcohol, and accessories. Mrs. \n Elizabeth Davis' account beginning May\n 31, 1807, has an entries for coffee, condiments, and sewing\n material. An account, March 26, 1810, of Capt. \n James Daviswith \n Rowland P. Bankslists \"163 days tuition\n at $8 p. ann. $5 cts 1 1/2.\" The account, beginning August 14,\n 1826, of Capt. \n James Daviswith \n Thomas Pleasants, has lists orders for\n cheese, mackerel, cotton, and whiskey. On October 31, 1832,\n Judge Saunders, of \n Lynchburg, Virginia, orders castor oil,\n ointment, and a syringe. Accounts which mention tea are rare\n but there is an undated fragment of Mr. \n James Daviswhich contains an entry for\n imperial tea. There is an undated \"memorandum of brandy\" taken\n from Mrs. Eubank.","The accounts of \n Williams Wattsspan 1752-1797. There is\n also a hotel account with \n Charles Williamsonwith entries dating\n 1763, 1773, and 1774. There are accounts for the boarding,\n clothing, and feeding of Negro boys with Mrs. \n Betty Tuckerand \n Betty Kirkland, both beginning September\n 10, 1767, and Capt. \n Joseph Tucker, 1767-1769. Watts has\n accounts, 1768, with \n John Brittanfor a waistcoat, shoes,\n stockings, and a hat. There is a 1769 account for various\n building supplies. Watts also has an account, beginning April\n 20, 1771, with \n Miller Woodsonwith an entry of May 16,\n 1772 listing a \n Patrick Henry. There is a document which\n contains information on the estate of \n William Randolph. There is another\n lodging account, July 26, 1773 through December 3, 1776, of\n Watts with \n Charles Williams. There is an account\n beginning March 9, 1778, with \n William Kirklandwhich includes listings\n for tuition and educational books. A January 10, 1780 account\n with \n Frederick Nancementions a violin and a\n set of strings. There is an account, beginning December 21,\n 1787, with \n Robert Wilsonordering Hyson Tea, coffee,\n and a bottle of snuff. From a 1791 account of \n Edward McDonaldwith \n William Watts, there is the note of the\n hire of a Negro. From a 1792 account of \n Charles Smith, there is a note for the\n finding of a Negro woman and for the inspecting of tobacco.\n There are two medical bills, one with \n George Martin, beginning January 14,\n 1794, and one with Doctor \n Graham, beginning November 3, 1795. In\n October 1797, Watts had an account with \n George Quillefor the hire of a Negro.\n There is an undated account of \n W. Walter Spencewith Watts for the hire\n of a Negro for eight months.","Promissory notes and receipts range from 1754-1905, n.d.\n There are several items concerned with the estate of \n John Flemingand include an entry for\n February 1764 for a Negro bought for $10. Between \n George Martinand Watts there is an\n agreement, October 3, 1794, mentioning the purchase of red\n wheat and the hire of a Negro woman. \n James Davishas a note dated 1803 with the\n Sheriff of \n Amherst Countyfor tax on four Negroes,\n four horses, and five tithes. \n Elizabeth Davishas a note dated 1816 for\n tax on three Negroes and one horse. There is a note from\n December 6, 1827 pertaining to a $5 bond for the hire of a\n Negro man by \n James Davisfrom \n J. Wrightfor \n Lavinia Wright. There is a 1840 note from\n Charles Davisto the Sheriff of \n Amherstfor tax on six Negroes and six\n horses.","Legal Papers","There are a number of court memoranda, 1768-1786, n.d.,\n kept by \n William Wattsin his capacity as a lawyer.\n In a November 10, 1771 memo for the \n Buckingham Countycourt, there is an entry\n for detinue for Negro woman named \n Agge. From the memo for the April 1772\n court at \n Lunenburg County, \n Thomas Taylorand his wife have a suit\n against a Hurt for a Negro in \n Amelia. There is also a list of debts\n owed to Watts for the year 1794. Dating 1771 through 1782,\n there are court dockets from \n Amelia Countyand \n Lunenburg Countyfrom 1771-1782. A number\n of the entries have Watts as the litigant. There is a 1773 day\n book with the signatures of William and \n Edward Watts, which includes a record of \n William Watts' court expenses. There are\n also legal day books, 1772-1773, of Watts, with entries for \n Buckingham County, \n Amelia, \n Cumberland County, and \n Prince Edward Countyas well as for \n Williamsburg, Virginia. There is another\n 1773 memorandum book of Watts with entries for \n Amelia County, \n Cumberland County, and \n Buckingham County.","The indentures date 1749-1788, n.d. From January 1, 1763,\n there is an agreement between \n Benjamin Tambroand \n Ayres Hodnettof \n Buckinghamin regard to the former's son, \n John Tambro, to be apprentice to the\n latter for seven years. From March 28, 1774, there is an\n indenture between Watts and \n William Ford. From September 17, 1768,\n there is an agreement between \n Abraham Westand \n John Blankenshipof \n Prince Edward. On November 17, 1772,\n there is an agreement between \n John Lewallenof \n Amelia Countyand \n James and Robert Donalds and Company,\n Merchants of \n Glasgow. On September 15, 1778, there is\n an agreement between \n David Wrightof \n Botetourtand \n Alexander Paineof the same concerning a\n land dispute in the area where the \n Roanoke Riverand \n Tinker Creek.","The will, December 25, 1745, of \n Thomas Pattersonof \n Albemarle County, names his slaves and\n divides them among his children and wife, and requests that\n his land in \n Goochland Countybe known as \n \"Locust Thicket.\"Margery Hinshawcontested the will of \n Samuel Hinshawdated March 1758 with \n [Cedw] Gibsonon July 10, 1765. Hinshaw\n had divided his slaves between his still living wife, his\n daughter \n Elizabeth Hinshaw, and the latter's\n children. This situation involved a slave of Elizabeth. The\n will of \n Thomas Bottomof \n Ameliadated May 10, 1760 divides his\n slaves which are named between his three daughters.","A folder of general legal papers date 1765-1903, n.d. The\n inventory and appraisal, 1826, of the estate of \n John Eubankmentions prices for his\n Negroes: £300 for a man named \n Jacob, £200 for a man named \n Joe, £10 for a woman named \n Hannah, £20 for a girl named \n Lolly, and £0 for a girl named\n Caroline. There is also a list of tickets\n of ommission paid by \n William Watts, attorney. Among the legal\n papers of \n Amelia County, 1768 through 1789\n including undated material, a document dated May 15, 1783\n states that \n Sarah Tinkeron December 6, 1781 gave her\n son-in-law \n John Tuckeran ailing Negro named \n Neduntil the latter gets well whereas he\n will be returned to \n Sarah Tucker. In an undated document, \n George Vaughnyields up title/right of two\n Negroes--named \n Frankand \n Phoebe--to son-in-law \n John Norris--formerly given to grandson \n John Norrisby a deed dated October 2,\n 1796: \"said slaves will forever defend me from my heirs.\" The\n son-in-law Norris will pay Vaughn or wife £10\n annually for preformance of the aforesaid act. Among the \n Campbell Countypapers, Justice \n Adam Clementsays that \n Charles Gilbertof \n Campbellon April 29, 1787 makes oath that\n Negro slave \n Jack--property of Watts of \n Prince Edward County--ran away and was\n found 50 miles thence. Among the legal papers of \n Prince Edward, \n Edward Wattssold to \n William Wattseight Negro slaves: \n True, \n James, \n Winnie, \n Peter, \n Sarah, \n Betty, \n Rachel, and \n Docon January 14, 1787. There is also a\n account of Dr. \n M. John Kingwith the sheriff of \n Lunenburgwhich has an entry dating 1769:\n the former is in account with \n [John] Eppsfor four lbs. of tobacco at\n £0.5.1.","Miscellaneous","Among the Advertisements there is an advertisement dated\n September 20, 1871 from the \n Omaha, Nebraska Lotteryfor the building\n of a public library in the city. A broadside from \n Cox and Sons Church Furnitureshows a\n garish stained-glass window commemorating the late President \n James Garfield. There is an undated\n letter to Mrs. \n Fleming Saundersasking for a subscription\n to the \n Graphic,a ladies society\n magazine. There is an undated list of books from \n George Munro, Publishers. There is also a\n broadside for \"The World's Christmas Hymn\"--an analogy of\n English poetry pertaining to \n Christ's birth dating from the medieval\n period.","The church related papers include a letter, March 21, 1904,\n from \n Virginia Polytechnic Instituteto the \n Saundersasking for aid for the building of\n an Episcopal parsonage at the university. The letter\n enunciates a fear of the danger of Episcopal boys being weaned\n from their faith by the compulsory attendance at the services\n of other sects due to the absence of a Episcopal parsonage.\n There is also an Episcopal \"Church Kalendar,\" 1882-1883,\n listing holy days with information on the faith, church\n service, and background of the Anglican/Episcopalian\n faith.","Civil War papers range from 1861 to 1864. During 1862-1864,\n there are a number of furloughs issued to \n Confederateenlisted men in \n Virginia, each with a physical\n description of the bearer, and addressed \"to all whom it may\n concern.\" On August 10, 1862, there is a provision return for\n a company of the \n 13th Regiment of Pennsylvania volunteers.\n There are also a number of CSA \"special requisitions\", chiefly\n ordering clothing, shoes, and blankets, most signed by Captain\n Fleming Saunders, assistant\n quartermaster, of Company K, Virginia Regiment.","The educational papers range from 1848-1903, n.d. There is\n a page from a 1848 French edition of the fables of La Fontaine\n from the \"Academie de Norfolk.\" There is an \n \"Educational Treatise on the Constitution\",\n September 6, 1877, by \n John Randolph Tuckerof \n Virginia. There is a 1892-1893 brochure\n for the \n Edgeworth School, a church-related\n boarding and day school for females. There is the fall term\n 1895 grade report from \n Virginia Polytechnic Institute(formerly \n Virginia Agriculture and Mechanical\n College) for \n Fleming Saunders, III. There is a fall\n term 1902 grade report from \n Hollins Collegefor \n Elsie Saunders. There is another VPI\n grade report, from February 1903, for \n Carter Temple Saunders. There is a report\n from \n St. Timothy's Schoolof \n Catonsville, Maryland. Another undated\n piece is a \"rules for spelling\" sheet from a grammar book.\n There are also undated fragments of Latin, French, and\n algebra.","There are lectures, essays, and poems, 1794, 1818, 1843,\n and n.d., including a scrap of a lecture dated September 6,\n 1794 from \n Edward Watts; another lecture on motive\n dated September 16, 1794; and, a series of oral essays from\n 1843.","Miscellaneous material, 1887-1892, includes a note of the\n marriage of Capt. \n Fleming Saundersto \n Mary Gwathmeyon July 30.","The obituaries include a reprint of the 1858 obituary of \n Fleming Saunders, Sr, a reprint of the\n 1867 obituary of Fleming, Sr.'s wife-- \n Alice Fleming--and the 1904 obituary of \n Peter Saunders. The obituaries of\n Fleming, Sr. and Alice are panegyrics. The first two were\n transcribed by \n John Blair Dabney.","The photographs include an unidentified photograph of a\n young member of the \n Saunders familyand undated photo cards of\n liturgical furniture.","Bound Volumes","The Day Books include a day book from \n Maple Creek Millsdating from 1842. There\n is a 1867 day book with one page filled, made of a cut\n agricultural crop ledger. There is also in the book a pasted\n in notice from the Adjuctant Inspector's Office in \n Richmond, July 29, 1863. Dating January\n 18, 1872 is a subscription book for the \n Lee Monumental Association. Also present\n is a $1 donation from \n Alex Berkeleyof \n Yellow Branch, Virginia. There are also\n farm journals dating 1855 through 1860.","A card game, 1846, called \"The Game of Kings made Easy\"\n which is based on the kings of \n Englandwho reigned down to its date, is\n also present. The card for Henry V is missing. Many of the\n cards contain information of the kings of an antiquarian\n nature.","The Memorandum books, 1873-1874 and 1881-1894, owned by \n Fleming Saunders, includes employees,\n supplies, and construction information in the first volume.\n The latter has a note at its end which mentions survey\n data.","The \n Otter River TownshipRecord Book dates\n from 1870-1874. There are references to road building. An\n entry for June 16, 1871 notes the ordering of \"tickets\" for\n road tax and township levy. Also included are lists of\n expenses for board members with lists of expenses for\n materials bought. One entry notes that \n B. H. Anthony, overseer of the poor,\n sends three paupers--one white woman and two black woman--to\n the poor house. Expenses for the poor house are noted. 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