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So thorough was the system that no major change in Virginia's method of distribution of virgin land was made until the mid-20th century.","Under the act, any person could purchase as much vacant land as desired upon payment to the treasurer of a fee of £40 for 100 acres desired. The receipt given in return for the fee was taken to the auditor of the commonwealth. For this treasurer's receipt the auditor issued a certificate noting the amount of land to which the person was entitled. This certificate was taken to the Land Office where the Register issued a warrant. This warrant authorized any surveyor to lay off the quantity of land.","The warrantee entered a claim to the land he desired by depositing his warrant with the surveyor of the county in which the land lay. The act specified the method to be employed by the surveyor in returning his survey of the land. Once the survey had been completed, it and the depleted warrant on which it was based were returned to the warrantee whose responsibility it was to deliver the paper to the Land Office. There, all papers were examined initially for technical error and, if correctly executed, were filed for a period of not less than six months. If, within that time, no caveat was entered on the survey, the plat and certificate of survey were recorded and the grant was issued by the Register. Once written, the grant was signed by the governor, sealed, recorded, and delivered to the grantee.","During the first years of operation, the Land Office was mainly concerned with issuing warrants for military bounty, and satisfying claims originating under the colonial government. Since much of the available land was located in Kentucky, the Register was authorized in November, 1781, to appoint a deputy who would locate his office there.","Following the reorganization of the Land Office, recited in the Virginia Code of 1850, the localities were charged with the responsibilities of issuing titles to vacant lands, while the state issued grants for escheated lands only. To counter dissatisfaction with the existence of the Land Office, which first surfaced mid-19th century as the amount of wasteland declined, the General Assembly adopted the solution of assigning more duties to the Register. First, the office of Superintendent of Weights and Measures was abolished by an act of February 9, 1867, and his duties were transferred to the Register. Then, by an act of February 28, 1874, amended April 29, 1874, the responsibilities of the Superintendent of Public Buildings were assigned to the Register, and the former position was abolished. Next, in March, 1875, the Register was made the Secretary of the Board of Immigration.","Finally by legislative action of March 20, 1924, it was decreed that when the next vacancy in the position of Register of the Land Office occurred, that office was to be abolished and its duties transferred to the Secretary of the Commonwealth. The duties of Superintendent of Buildings and Grounds, performed by the Register, were to be taken over by the Superintendent of State Office Buildings, who would assume the former title. This transfer of duties was accomplished by January 1925.","In 1948 the records of the Land Office which were in the custody of the Secretary of the Commonwealth were transferred to the State Library and, by Act of Assembly, March 5, 1952, the duties of the Register of the Land Office were transferred from the Secretary of the Commonwealth to the State Librarian.","These records contain plats/surveys, certificates of survey and other accompanying papers on which grants were issued through the register of the Land Office between 1779 and 1924, the secretary of the commonwealth between 1925 and 1948, and the state librarian since 1949. Supplemental papers may include warrants, assignments, affidavits, and copies of county court records.","These records are arranged chronologically by the year the land grant was issued.  Within each year, the files are arranged alphabetically.","Included are land grants from numerous Virginia governors including: Patrick Henry (1776-1779; 1784-1786), Thomas Jefferson (1779-1781), Edmund Randolph (1786-1788), Beverley Randolph (1788-1791), Henry Lee (1791-1794), Robert Brooke (1794-1796), James Wood (1796-1799), and James Monroe (1799-1802, 1811). Also included are land patents from King George II (1683-1760) and King George III (1738-1820) of Great Britain. Most of these are housed in oversize boxes with separation notices.","These records are currently being rehoused.  All years (1779-1982) are available, however only the rehoused records are listed in this finding aid.","English"],"collection_title_tesim":["Plats and certificates of the Virginia Land Office \n1779-1982."],"collection_ssim":["Plats and certificates of the Virginia Land Office \n1779-1982."],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["LOI 42"],"unitid_tesim":["LOI 42"],"repository_ssm":["Library of Virginia"],"repository_ssim":["Library of Virginia"],"creator_ssm":["Virginia Land Office"],"creator_ssim":["Virginia Land Office"],"acqinfo_ssim":["No acquisition information available.  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So thorough was the system that no major change in Virginia's method of distribution of virgin land was made until the mid-20th century.","Under the act, any person could purchase as much vacant land as desired upon payment to the treasurer of a fee of £40 for 100 acres desired. The receipt given in return for the fee was taken to the auditor of the commonwealth. For this treasurer's receipt the auditor issued a certificate noting the amount of land to which the person was entitled. This certificate was taken to the Land Office where the Register issued a warrant. This warrant authorized any surveyor to lay off the quantity of land.","The warrantee entered a claim to the land he desired by depositing his warrant with the surveyor of the county in which the land lay. The act specified the method to be employed by the surveyor in returning his survey of the land. Once the survey had been completed, it and the depleted warrant on which it was based were returned to the warrantee whose responsibility it was to deliver the paper to the Land Office. There, all papers were examined initially for technical error and, if correctly executed, were filed for a period of not less than six months. If, within that time, no caveat was entered on the survey, the plat and certificate of survey were recorded and the grant was issued by the Register. Once written, the grant was signed by the governor, sealed, recorded, and delivered to the grantee.","During the first years of operation, the Land Office was mainly concerned with issuing warrants for military bounty, and satisfying claims originating under the colonial government. Since much of the available land was located in Kentucky, the Register was authorized in November, 1781, to appoint a deputy who would locate his office there.","Following the reorganization of the Land Office, recited in the Virginia Code of 1850, the localities were charged with the responsibilities of issuing titles to vacant lands, while the state issued grants for escheated lands only. To counter dissatisfaction with the existence of the Land Office, which first surfaced mid-19th century as the amount of wasteland declined, the General Assembly adopted the solution of assigning more duties to the Register. First, the office of Superintendent of Weights and Measures was abolished by an act of February 9, 1867, and his duties were transferred to the Register. Then, by an act of February 28, 1874, amended April 29, 1874, the responsibilities of the Superintendent of Public Buildings were assigned to the Register, and the former position was abolished. Next, in March, 1875, the Register was made the Secretary of the Board of Immigration.","Finally by legislative action of March 20, 1924, it was decreed that when the next vacancy in the position of Register of the Land Office occurred, that office was to be abolished and its duties transferred to the Secretary of the Commonwealth. The duties of Superintendent of Buildings and Grounds, performed by the Register, were to be taken over by the Superintendent of State Office Buildings, who would assume the former title. This transfer of duties was accomplished by January 1925.","In 1948 the records of the Land Office which were in the custody of the Secretary of the Commonwealth were transferred to the State Library and, by Act of Assembly, March 5, 1952, the duties of the Register of the Land Office were transferred from the Secretary of the Commonwealth to the State Librarian."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThese records contain plats/surveys, certificates of survey and other accompanying papers on which grants were issued through the register of the Land Office between 1779 and 1924, the secretary of the commonwealth between 1925 and 1948, and the state librarian since 1949. Supplemental papers may include warrants, assignments, affidavits, and copies of county court records.\n\u003c/p\u003e\n\n","\u003cp\u003eThese records are arranged chronologically by the year the land grant was issued.  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Within each year, the files are arranged alphabetically.","Included are land grants from numerous Virginia governors including: Patrick Henry (1776-1779; 1784-1786), Thomas Jefferson (1779-1781), Edmund Randolph (1786-1788), Beverley Randolph (1788-1791), Henry Lee (1791-1794), Robert Brooke (1794-1796), James Wood (1796-1799), and James Monroe (1799-1802, 1811). Also included are land patents from King George II (1683-1760) and King George III (1738-1820) of Great Britain. Most of these are housed in oversize boxes with separation notices.","These records are currently being rehoused.  All years (1779-1982) are available, however only the rehoused records are listed in this finding aid."],"language_ssim":["English"],"total_component_count_is":2520,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-07-23T21:13:03.405Z"}]}},"label":"Breadcrumbs"}}},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/vi_vi04879_c09"}},{"id":"vi_vi00523_c04","type":"Series","attributes":{"title":"1788","breadcrumbs":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/vi_vi00523_c04#breadcrumbs","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":{"ref_ssi":"vi_vi00523_c04","ref_ssm":["vi_vi00523_c04"],"id":"vi_vi00523_c04","ead_ssi":"vi_vi00523","_root_":"vi_vi00523","_nest_parent_":"vi_vi00523","parent_ssi":"vi_vi00523","parent_ssim":["Executive Papers, 1786-1788"],"parent_ids_ssim":["vi_vi00523"],"title_filing_ssi":"1788","title_ssm":["1788"],"title_tesim":["1788"],"normalized_title_ssm":["1788"],"text":["1788","Executive Papers, 1786-1788"],"parent_unittitles_ssm":["Executive Papers, 1786-1788"],"parent_unittitles_tesim":["Executive Papers, 1786-1788"],"level_ssm":["Series"],"level_ssim":["Series"],"component_level_isim":[1],"sort_isi":62,"repository_ssim":["Library of Virginia"],"collection_ssim":["Executive Papers, 1786-1788"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"child_component_count_isi":12,"_nest_path_":"/components#3","timestamp":"2026-07-23T21:08:22.920Z","collection":{"numFound":1,"start":0,"numFoundExact":true,"docs":[{"id":"vi_vi00523","ead_ssi":"vi_vi00523","_root_":"vi_vi00523","_nest_parent_":"vi_vi00523","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/lva/vi00523.xml","title_ssm":["Executive Papers, 1786-1788"],"title_tesim":["Executive Papers, 1786-1788"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Executive Papers, 1786-1788"],"text":["Executive Papers, 1786-1788","40084","3.88 cubic\n         feet","Material arranged chronologically with undated items\n         arranged at the end of each year.","Edmund Jenings Randolph was born is Williamsburg, Virginia,\n         on 10 August 1753. Randolph was the son of John \u0026 Ariana\n         Jenings Randolph and nephew of Peyton Randolph, a member of\n         the Continental Congress from 1774 to 1775. Edmund graduated\n         from the College of William \u0026 Mary and proceeded to study\n         law in Williamsburg. At the outbreak of the Revolutionary War,\n         Randolph served as aide-de-camp to George Washington in the\n         Continental Army. The following year, he married Elizabeth\n         Nicholas and served as both the youngest delegate to\n         Virginia's first Constitutional Convention \u0026 Mayor of\n         Williamsburg. Randolph was elected the first Attorney General\n         of Virginia and served until 1782. In addition, Randolph acted\n         as a delegate to the Continental Congress for the years 1779,\n         1781, \u0026 1782. He was elected by the General Assembly to\n         two one-year terms as Governor from 30 November 1786 until 12\n         November 1788. During his first term as Governor, Randolph\n         represented Virginia as a member of the U.S. Constitutional\n         Convention in 1787. During the Convention, Randolph proposed\n         his Virginia Plan for the Constitution with a strong central\n         government and representation based on population. He opposed\n         the final version of the Constitution, but later advocated its\n         ratification with the proposed amendments. He was appointed\n         the first Attorney General of the United States under\n         President Washington serving from 1789 until 1794. Randolph\n         then became Secretary of State, but was forced to resign on 19\n         August 1795. Following his political career, Randolph served\n         as senior counsel to Aaron Burr during his trial for treason\n         in 1807. Randolph died in Clarke County, Virginia, on 12\n         September 1813, and is buried in Old Chapel Cemetery,\n         Millwood, Va.","Governor Randolph's Executive papers are organized\n         chronologically with undated items arranged at the end of each\n         year. These papers primarily consist of incoming\n         correspondence during Randolph's two one-year terms as\n         governor between 30 November 1786 until 12 November 1788.\n         These records include correspondence written to Beverley\n         Randolph who acted as Lieutenant Governor while Edmund served\n         as a member of the U.S. Constitutional Convention in\n         Philadelphia in 1787. The correspondence in this collection\n         relates to a variety of topics including appointments for\n         state positions; the Point of Fork Arsenal; Indian attacks in\n         the western country \u0026 peace treaties; Shay's Rebellion in\n         Massachusetts; arms \u0026 ammunition; the Constitutional\n         Convention in Philadelphia; the State Boats Patriot \u0026\n         Liberty; Revolutionary claims against Virginia and the United\n         States; the Public Jail \u0026 prisoners; militia; the U.S.\n         Board of Treasury; searchers; public finances; the state of\n         Franklin; the independence of Vermont; tobacco; elections; the\n         Northwestern territory; the District of Kentucky; and others.\n         In addition to correspondence, there are resolutions from\n         Congress and the Virginia Senate \u0026 House of Delegates;\n         orders of the Council of State; accounts; oaths; pardons;\n         lists or calendars of criminals; depositions; proclamations;\n         petitions; reports; appointments; bonds; circulars;\n         proceedings; applications; agreements; extracts of journals\n         \u0026 minutes; registers of ships; and other sundry items.","Noteworthy correspondence originates from the United States\n         government, Virginia State government, and miscellaneous\n         sources. Prominent correspondents from the United States\n         government include Thomas Jefferson, Minister of France;\n         Charles Thomson, Secretary of Congress; John Jay, Secretary of\n         Foreign Affairs; Henry Knox, Secretary of War; Joseph Martin,\n         Agent of Indian Affairs; Samuel Osgood, Walter Livingston,\n         \u0026 Arthur Lee, U.S. Board of Treasury; and the Virginia\n         Delegates to Congress including Edward Carrington, William\n         Grayson, James Madison, Jr., Henry Lee, William Heth, John\n         Brown, Cyrus Griffin, \u0026 Richard Henry Lee.","Thomas Jefferson, as Minister of France, writes to Governor\n         Randolph on 7 February 1787 regarding the inauguration\n         ceremony of the bust of the Marquis de Lafayette. Jefferson\n         also writes about shipments of arms from Bordeaux and payments\n         to Houdon for the statue of General Washington and a second\n         bust of Lafayette (1787 August 3). Lastly, Governor Randolph\n         forwards to Beverley Randolph on 27 May 1787, a dispatch of W.\n         Short enclosing the proceedings of the City of Paris on the\n         reception of Lafayette's bust presented by the state of\n         Virginia. This letter also encloses another letter from John\n         Bondfield to Gen. George Washington concerning a shipment of\n         arms to Dumfries.","Charles Thomson, Secretary of Congress, corresponds often\n         with Randolph. He transmits Congressional journals,\n         resolutions and acts of Congress, monthly States of\n         Representation, extracts of important letters, etc.\n         Significant documents transmitted by Thomson include the\n         following: a letter regarding disorder in Massachusetts (1786\n         Dec. 14); a resolution for a Convention of delegates to meet\n         in May 1787 to revise the Articles of Confederation (1787 Feb.\n         21); resolutions regarding a treaty of peace with Great\n         Britain (1787 April 13); resolutions empowering the Board of\n         Treasury to contract for coining copper, the sale of lands\n         surveyed in the Western Territory, \u0026 the extension of the\n         ''franking'' privilege to members of the Constitutional\n         Convention (1787 April 25); a treaty between the U.S. and the\n         Kingdom of Morocco (1787 July 21); a letter informing the\n         Governor of the election of Cyrus Griffin as President of the\n         Continental Congress (1788 Jan. 23); a resolution on the\n         claims of David Henley, Commissioner for the Claims of\n         Virginia on Account of the Western Territory (1788 June 4);\n         and a letter regarding the proceedings of Congress on the\n         independence of the District of Kentucky (1788 July 3).","John Jay, as Secretary of Foreign Affairs, communicates to\n         Governor Randolph issues abroad. He encloses an extract of a\n         letter he received from John Adams, Minister Plenipotentiary\n         of the U.S. in London, regarding the counterfeiting of\n         Carolina money (1787 July 3). Jay also encloses a copy of the\n         signals agreed upon between the U.S. \u0026 Morocco for their\n         vessels at sea (1787 July 27). On 26 May 1788, Jay drafted a\n         letter to the Governor regarding a note from Schultz von\n         Asheraden, Envoy Extraordinary of the King of Sweden, in\n         reference to Capt. Adolph Frederick Dahlberg. Similarly, there\n         is also a letter from Jay regarding notes from the Minister of\n         France on the conduct of J.M. Ferrier (1788 June 13). Lastly,\n         there is a letter respecting foreign consuls (1788 Sept.\n         24).","Henry Knox, Secretary of War, corresponds with the Governor\n         on 12 February 1787 on the subject of the Board of Treasury's\n         plan to provide for the establishment of troops and the\n         insurrection in Massachusetts. There is also a letter from\n         Knox concerning the appointment of Joseph Martin as Indian\n         Agent for the Cherokee Nation (1788 June 23).","Joseph Martin, Agent for Indian Affairs and later Indian\n         Agent for the Cherokee Nation, corresponds with Governor\n         Randolph on many occasions. Martin writes the Governor on 16\n         March 1787 concerning the opening of the land office of the\n         state of Franklin and Benjamin Logan's attack on Crow Town. On\n         March 21, Martin's letter mentions the Chota Indians and the\n         taking of land by the ''Franklynists.'' His letter of June 28\n         encloses Indian talks from Cherokee chiefs including King\n         Fisher, Old Corn Tassle, \u0026 Tuskegetchee. He writes about\n         the dispute between North Carolina and the state of Franklin\n         in April 1788 and encloses a letter from John Sevier \u0026 the\n         Cherokees. Finally, he informs the Governor of attacks against\n         the Cherokee nation and encloses letters from Andrew\n         McGilveray regarding Indian affairs (1788 June 11).","Samuel Osgood, Walter Livingston, \u0026 Arthur Lee of the\n         U.S. Board of Treasury transmit a statement of the contingent\n         expenditures of the U.S. from 1 January to 31 December 1786\n         (1787 Feb. 2). They also enclose an act of Congress regarding\n         the repeal of another act to open a loan on the credit of the\n         requisition (1787 May 15). On May 25, the Board writes the\n         Governor concerning an ordinance of Congress for the\n         settlement of accounts between individual states and the U.S.\n         Finally, the Board encloses a letter \u0026 report to the state\n         of Connecticut regarding invalid pensions (1788 Sept. 19).","The various members of Virginia's delegation to Congress\n         regularly communicated with Governor Randolph on a variety of\n         national concerns. The delegation to the Continental Congress\n         during Randolph's administration consisted of Edward\n         Carrington, William Grayson, James Madison, Richard H. Lee,\n         Cyrus Griffin, Henry Lee, \u0026 John Brown. Significant\n         correspondence from these delegates relate to Shay's Rebellion\n         in Massachusetts (1786 December 8); the need for military\n         stores in the Western Country (1786 December 24); Gen. Knox\n         and arms for the state of Virginia (1787 Feb. 19); the treaty\n         between the U.S. and United Netherlands (1787 March 5); the\n         progress of the appointments to the Convention and the\n         admission of Vermont to the Union (1787 March 19); trade laws,\n         an act to ratify \u0026 confirm the independence of Vermont,\n         the appointment of John Pierce as Commissioner for Settlement\n         of the Illinois Accounts, the discharge of troops under the\n         act of October 1786, the death of Vergennes, \u0026 hostilities\n         in the Western Country (1787 April 2, 12, 13, \u0026 July 17);\n         the inadequacy of the government due to the irregular\n         representation in Congress, commercial deputies, \u0026 indents\n         for 1786 \u0026 1787 (1787 May 7, 15, \u0026 June 8);\n         communications from Col. Evan Shelby, the dismemberment of\n         states, Vermont, North Carolina, \u0026 problems in the\n         Kaskaskies \u0026 Post Vincent (1787 June 12); the defense of\n         the frontiers of Kentucky and elsewhere (1787 June 25, 27,\n         \u0026 July 7); the Board of Treasury (1787 July 1787); an\n         ordinance for establishing a temporary government in the\n         Western Territory, a resolution concerning copper coinage,\n         \u0026 an ordinance for settling the accounts between the U.S.\n         and individual states (1787 Nov. 3); the claim of Virginia to\n         the Northwestern Territory (1788 March 23); the settlement of\n         the accounts of the state against the U.S. (1788 May 8); an\n         act to extend the time to settle these accounts (1788 June 9);\n         and rations for rangers called into service in Bourbon County\n         (1788 June 30).","The various members of Virginia's delegation to Congress\n         regularly communicated with Governor Randolph on a variety of\n         national concerns. The delegation to the Continental Congress\n         during Randolph's administration consisted of Edward\n         Carrington, William Grayson, James Madison, Richard H. Lee,\n         Cyrus Griffin, Henry Lee, \u0026 John Brown. Significant\n         correspondence from these delegates relate to Shay's Rebellion\n         in Massachusetts (1786 December 8); the need for military\n         stores in the Western Country (1786 December 24); Gen. Knox\n         and arms for the state of Virginia (1787 Feb. 19); the treaty\n         between the U.S. and United Netherlands (1787 March 5); the\n         progress of the appointments to the Convention and the\n         admission of Vermont to the Union (1787 March 19); trade laws,\n         an act to ratify \u0026 confirm the independence of Vermont,\n         the appointment of John Pierce as Commissioner for Settlement\n         of the Illinois Accounts, the discharge of troops under the\n         act of October 1786, the death of Vergennes, \u0026 hostilities\n         in the Western Country (1787 April 2, 12, 13, \u0026 July 17);\n         the inadequacy of the government due to the irregular\n         representation in Congress, commercial deputies, \u0026 indents\n         for 1786 \u0026 1787 (1787 May 7, 15, \u0026 June 8);\n         communications from Col. Evan Shelby, the dismemberment of\n         states, Vermont, North Carolina, \u0026 problems in the\n         Kaskaskies \u0026 Post Vincent (1787 June 12); the defense of\n         the frontiers of Kentucky and elsewhere (1787 June 25, 27,\n         \u0026 July 7); the Board of Treasury (1787 July 1787); an\n         ordinance for establishing a temporary government in the\n         Western Territory, a resolution concerning copper coinage,\n         \u0026 an ordinance for settling the accounts between the U.S.\n         and individual states (1787 Nov. 3); the claim of Virginia to\n         the Northwestern Territory (1788 March 23); the settlement of\n         the accounts of the state against the U.S. (1788 May 8); an\n         act to extend the time to settle these accounts (1788 June 9);\n         and rations for rangers called into service in Bourbon County\n         (1788 June 30).","Significant correspondents from Virginia State government\n         include John Beckley, Clerk of the House of Delegates,\n         Humphrey Brooke, Clerk of the Senate; Archibald Blair, Clerk\n         of the Council of State; Capt. John Peyton \u0026 Capt. Elias\n         Langham, Superintendent of the Military Stores, Arms, \u0026\n         Ammunition at Point of Fork Arsenal; Col. Thomas Meriwether,\n         Commissioner of Army Accounts; Benjamin Logan, County\n         Lieutenant of Lincoln County; Arthur Campbell, County\n         Lieutenant of Washington County; Levi Todd, County Lieutenant\n         of Fayette County; Alexander Barnett, County Lieutenant of\n         Russell County; David Shepherd, County Lieutenant of Ohio\n         County; Walter Crockett, County Lieutenant of Montgomery\n         County; William Rose, Keeper of the Public Jail; James Innes,\n         Attorney General; Leighton Wood, Jr., Solicitor General;\n         Andrew Dunscomb, Assistant Commissioner of Military Claims;\n         Capt. James Barron \u0026 Capt. Richard Taylor, Virginia Navy;\n         Beverley Randolph, Lieutenant Governor; and Jacquelin Ambler,\n         Treasurer.","John Beckley, Clerk of the House of Delegates, \u0026\n         Humphrey Brooke, Clerk of the Senate, regularly enclose\n         resolutions from their respective bodies to the Governor. On 1\n         December 1786, Beckley submits the appointment of Henry Lee as\n         Delegate to Congress. He provides resolutions regarding the\n         claims of the state of Virginia against the United States and\n         the election of Andrew Dunscomb to serve as Commissioner to\n         settle these accounts (1787 Jan. 5). On 23 October 1787,\n         Beckley transmits an extract of the journal of the House of\n         Delegates containing the ballot for five delegates in Congress\n         including James Madison, Edward Carrington, Henry Lee, John\n         Brown, \u0026 Cyrus Griffin. On 31 October 1788, he presents\n         the ballot for the election of Cyrus Griffin, John Brown,\n         James Madison, Jr., John Dawson, \u0026 Mann Page. In addition,\n         an extract of the journal of the House of Delegates from 8\n         November 1788 reports on the election of Richard Henry Lee\n         \u0026 William Grayson as Virginia's first senators in\n         Congress. Beckley \u0026 Brooke also inform the Governor about\n         appointments to the Privy Council including William Heth \u0026\n         Joseph Eggleston (1787 November 7) and Andrew Moore \u0026\n         Robert Goode (1788 June 28). Lastly, the clerks inform the\n         Governor of the election of Edmund Winston as judge of the\n         General Court (1788 June 28).","Archibald Blair, as Clerk of the Council of State, encloses\n         orders of the Council to the Governor. In December 1786, the\n         Council orders Col. Meriwether to contract for repairs to the\n         Public Jail \u0026 the Governor's House, to employ someone to\n         convey arms from France, \u0026 to purchase a sword for Capt.\n         Jouett (1786 Dec. 14). Meriwether also receives orders related\n         to the distribution of Articles of War (1787 May 2). His\n         letter dated 2 May 1787 also relates to alterations in the\n         Public Jail. The Council sends a list of grants to be signed\n         by the Governor (1787 April 30 \u0026 25 May). Lastly, the\n         Council provides advice on the requisition of militia in the\n         western counties including a resolution of Congress concerning\n         orders for militia in Virginia \u0026 Pennsylvania to be ready\n         to protect the inhabitants (1788 Oct. 15).","Capt. John Peyton resigns as Commissary of Stores at Point\n         of Fork on 20 November 1786. Peyton writes to Col. Thomas\n         Meriwether on 10 December 1786 recommending William Price, his\n         former clerk, to succeed him. Additionally, there are letters\n         from other individuals applying for the position. Elias\n         Langham, however, successfully applies to the Governor on 13\n         December 1786. As Commissary of Military Stores, Langham\n         corresponds with Col. Meriwether regarding provisions (1786\n         Dec. 25); contracts to supply rations (1787 April 26); an\n         estimate of clothing for guards and state negroes (1787 July\n         5); \u0026 land belonging to David Ross near Point of Fork in\n         Fluvanna County (1787 June 26 \u0026 Dec. 21). In turn, Col.\n         Meriwether corresponds with Governor Randolph offering an\n         estimate of the cost of transporting arms from Point of Fork\n         to Redstone (1786 Dec. 26), a report of Capt. Peyton's last\n         returns (1787 Feb. 22), delinquencies of militia officers\n         (1787 March 1), payrolls of Point of Fork (1787 April 7), a\n         list of his official duties (1787 May 8), a report of the\n         militia (1787 Oct. 22), and reports on the Point of Fork\n         Arsenal (1787 Oct. 4 \u0026 1788 Oct. 3).","County lieutenants including Levi Todd, Benjamin Logan,\n         Arthur Campbell, David Shepherd, Alexander Barnett, \u0026\n         Walter Crockett from the western counties correspond with\n         Governor Randolph on numerous occasions primarily regarding\n         Indian affairs. Levi Todd writes about the strength of the\n         militia in Fayette County and Shawnee attacks in the area\n         (1786 Dec. 7); the need for officers \u0026 a lack of\n         ammunition and provision (1787 Feb. 14); the defenselessness\n         of Kentucky (1787 April 30); \u0026 war with the Indians (1788\n         March 29). Benjamin Logan writes about an attack on the\n         Shawnee towns in the District of Kentucky (1786 Dec. 17);\n         Indian outrages in Kentucky (1787 April 14); the sense of the\n         people of Kentucky regarding the Cherokee Indians (1787 May\n         17); intelligence concerning the Cherokee Indians sent to\n         Arthur Campbell (1787 May 18); \u0026 the proceedings of a\n         meeting of the commanding officers of the District of Kentucky\n         (1787 Sept. 24). Arthur Campbell communicates a list of field\n         officers \u0026 captains proposed to command two regiments of\n         militia in Washington County (1787 Feb. 14); the implications\n         of the recent treaty with Spain (1787 Feb. 16); an attack by\n         Col. John Logan on friendly Indians (1787 March 9); the\n         militia in Washington County and the apprehended danger from\n         the Cherokee Indians (1787 March 17); westward expansion,\n         Topoka, Chief of the Chocta Nation, \u0026 the navigation of\n         the Mississippi (1787 April 15); movements of the Cherokee\n         Indians (1787 Aug. 16); the boundary between Virginia \u0026\n         North Carolina (1787 Dec. 10); \u0026 consideration for the\n         position as Superintendent of the Southern Department (1787\n         Dec. 31). David Shepherd expresses his concerns in relation to\n         Indian outrages in Monongalia (1787 April 30); Indian attacks\n         \u0026 the state of the militia in Ohio County (1787 May 24\n         \u0026 1787 Nov. 10). Finally, Alexander Barnett writes on\n         Indian attacks in Russell County (1787 May 19 \u0026 1787 Aug.\n         29) \u0026 Walter Crockett relates incidents with natives in\n         Montgomery County (1787 June 11 \u0026 1788 March 15).","William Rose as Keeper of the Public Jail periodically\n         transmits lists or calendars of criminals convicted at the\n         General Court (1786 Dec. 16, 1787 March 28, 1787 April 30,\n         1787 June 11, 1787 Dec. 6, 1788 March 31, 1788 April 26, 1788\n         June 10, 1788 Oct. 27). Rose also writes to the Governor\n         regarding specific criminals in his jail (1787 Jan. 24 \u0026\n         1787 July 26). Lastly, he send his remarks on a contract to\n         furnish the Public Jail with provisions (1788 Jan. 30).","James Innes served as Attorney General to the Commonwealth\n         during Randolph's administration as Governor. Innes provides\n         his opinion on various issues including the repeal of the act\n         of 1785 for approving, confirming, \u0026 ratifying the compact\n         between Virginia \u0026 Maryland (1787 Feb. 28 \u0026 1787 Aug.\n         3); tobacco inspection at Lynch's Ferry (1787 June 26 \u0026\n         1787 Sept. 1); \u0026 foreign creditors (1787 March 19).","Andrew Dunscomb's correspondence relates to his position as\n         Assistant Commissioner of Military Claims. Included is his\n         oath of office and a letter regarding the same (1787 Jan. 13\n         \u0026 15). He also writes on the state of claims of the\n         Commonwealth with the U.S. (1787 June 13, 18, \u0026 Nov. 15).\n         On 6 July 1787, he requests additional clerks, and later, he\n         asks the Governor for a salary increase (1787 Nov. 13).\n         Similarly, there is extensive correspondence from Leighton\n         Wood, Jr., Solicitor General, regarding claims against the\n         state, delinquencies of sheriffs in paying taxes, etc. Present\n         is Wood's bond \u0026 security for his position as Solicitor\n         (1787 Jan. 26 \u0026 Feb. 1). Treasurer, Jacquelin Ambler's\n         letters too relate to the financial matters of the state.\n         Ambler reveals a lack of money in the Contingent Fund for\n         William Rose's warrants for the support of the Public Jail\n         (1787 March 5).","Capt. James Barron, Virginia State Navy, died in May 1787.\n         Applications can be found to replace him as commander of the\n         state boats (1787 June 4). Before his death, Barron comments\n         on the transport of small arms from Norfolk (1786 Dec. 6) and\n         discusses the employment of a surgeon \u0026 pilots on his\n         boats (1787 April 27). Barron was replaced by Capt. Richard\n         Taylor in June 1787. Noteworthy among his correspondence,\n         Taylor encloses an inventory of the articles on board the\n         Liberty and Patriot on 12 August 1787. He also remarks on the\n         poor state of the boats in his letter dated 7 September 1787.\n         On 14 November 1787, Taylor complains to the Governor about\n         his pay \u0026 pension. Lastly, Taylor talks about damage\n         sustained to the Schooner Patriot in a storm while harbored at\n         Portsmouth (1788 July 24).","Additional significant documents include the following: the\n         oath of fidelity to Governor Randolph by John Harvie (1786\n         Dec. 1); an oath of fidelity to Bolling Starke as Privy\n         Councilor (1786 Dec. 4); a proclamation by the governor\n         outlawing certain escaped prisoners (1786 Dec. 23); a letter\n         from Samuel Huntingdon, Governor of Connecticut, appointing\n         commissioners to assemble in Convention in Philadelphia (1786\n         Dec. 23); a letter from John Blair regarding his appointment\n         as a member of the committee to meet in Philadelphia in May\n         (1786 Dec. 25); a letter from David Ross concerning his claim\n         for the use of his property at Point of Fork (1787 Jan. 30); a\n         proclamation by the Governor authorizing surveys to be made on\n         the lands allotted to the Virginia Line on Continental\n         Establishment (1787 Jan. 25); a letter from Piomingo, Chief of\n         the Chickasaw Nation, regarding the Treaty at Kieve (1787 Feb.\n         15); a proclamation concerning the seizure of Spanish property\n         by George Rogers Clark (1787 Feb. 28); the bond of John\n         Pendleton as Auditor of Public Accounts (1787 March 1); a\n         proclamation offering a reward for the capture of Presley Hunt\n         \u0026 Ephraim Andrews, escaped prisoners (1787 March 2); a\n         letter from Monsieur Oster, French Consul, applying for an\n         order to prevent the departure of M.S. Deschamps to France\n         (1787 April 1); a letter from William Smith enclosing a list\n         of field officers in the Northampton County militia (1787\n         April 4); a letter from George Mason regarding payment as a\n         delegate of the Constitutional Convention (1787 April 23); a\n         proclamation for the reward \u0026 capture of Irby Philips\n         (1787 April 28); a list of tobacco saved from Byrd Warehouse\n         (1787 June 6); a letter from Governor Randolph to the\n         lieutenant governor regarding a warrant for the expense of\n         transporting his family to Philadelphia (1787 June 6); a\n         letter from Governor Randolph enclosing George Wythe's\n         resignation (1787 June 21); a letter from George Mason\n         concerning the resignation of George Wythe as a delegate to\n         the Convention (1787 June 30); a letter from the Governor\n         providing his account for the Constitutional Convention (1787\n         July 12); an agreement between David Ross \u0026 Col.\n         Meriwether for Point of Fork including a valuation of the 24\n         acres of land (1787 Aug. 8); a letter from Randolph forwarding\n         a copy of the National Constitution and expressing his\n         opposition to it (1787 Sept. 18); a letter from George Rogers\n         Clark regarding the settlement of western accounts (1787 Oct.\n         8); a letter from Samuel Johnston, Governor of North Carolina,\n         regarding an act to hold a Convention in Virginia in June\n         (1788 Jan. 22); the proceedings of the Massachusetts\n         Constitutional Convention to ratify the U.S. Constitution\n         (1788 Feb. 6); the proceedings of the Georgia Constitutional\n         Convention (1788 Feb. 5); a letter from John Sevier, Governor\n         of Franklin, regarding the dispute between the state of\n         Franklin \u0026 North Carolina (1788 March 27); a letter from Benjamin Franklin   \tregarding the sanity of Mr. Elam (1788 May 12); a proclamation\n         regarding the act establishing district courts as\n         unconstitutional (1788 May 14); a letter from William Heth\n         \u0026 David Henley, Commissioners of the Western Territory,\n         enclosing their report on the claims of Virginia for the\n         territory ceded to Congress (1788 May 15); a circular from\n         Thomas Pinckney, Governor of South Carolina, regarding the\n         ratification of the Constitution by a Convention in South\n         Carolina (1788 May 24); a letter from Andrew Limonin regarding the bust of the Marquis de Lafayette (1788 Nov. 11); and a letter from the Council of State\n         regarding Governor Randolph's departure from office (1788 Nov.\n         13).","State Records Collection,\n         Governor's Office (Record Group 3)","English"],"collection_title_tesim":["Executive Papers, 1786-1788"],"collection_ssim":["Executive Papers, 1786-1788"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["40084"],"unitid_tesim":["40084"],"repository_ssm":["Library of Virginia"],"repository_ssim":["Library of Virginia"],"creator_ssm":["Governor's Office"],"creator_ssim":["Governor's Office"],"acqinfo_ssim":["Acquired prior to 1905."],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"physdesc_tesim":["3.88 cubic\n         feet"],"arrangement_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eMaterial arranged chronologically with undated items\n         arranged at the end of each year.\u003c/p\u003e\n    "],"arrangement_heading_ssm":["Arrangement"],"arrangement_tesim":["Material arranged chronologically with undated items\n         arranged at the end of each year."],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eEdmund Jenings Randolph was born is Williamsburg, Virginia,\n         on 10 August 1753. Randolph was the son of John \u0026amp; Ariana\n         Jenings Randolph and nephew of Peyton Randolph, a member of\n         the Continental Congress from 1774 to 1775. Edmund graduated\n         from the College of William \u0026amp; Mary and proceeded to study\n         law in Williamsburg. At the outbreak of the Revolutionary War,\n         Randolph served as aide-de-camp to George Washington in the\n         Continental Army. The following year, he married Elizabeth\n         Nicholas and served as both the youngest delegate to\n         Virginia's first Constitutional Convention \u0026amp; Mayor of\n         Williamsburg. Randolph was elected the first Attorney General\n         of Virginia and served until 1782. In addition, Randolph acted\n         as a delegate to the Continental Congress for the years 1779,\n         1781, \u0026amp; 1782. He was elected by the General Assembly to\n         two one-year terms as Governor from 30 November 1786 until 12\n         November 1788. During his first term as Governor, Randolph\n         represented Virginia as a member of the U.S. Constitutional\n         Convention in 1787. During the Convention, Randolph proposed\n         his Virginia Plan for the Constitution with a strong central\n         government and representation based on population. He opposed\n         the final version of the Constitution, but later advocated its\n         ratification with the proposed amendments. He was appointed\n         the first Attorney General of the United States under\n         President Washington serving from 1789 until 1794. Randolph\n         then became Secretary of State, but was forced to resign on 19\n         August 1795. Following his political career, Randolph served\n         as senior counsel to Aaron Burr during his trial for treason\n         in 1807. Randolph died in Clarke County, Virginia, on 12\n         September 1813, and is buried in Old Chapel Cemetery,\n         Millwood, Va.\u003c/p\u003e\n    "],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical Information"],"bioghist_tesim":["Edmund Jenings Randolph was born is Williamsburg, Virginia,\n         on 10 August 1753. Randolph was the son of John \u0026 Ariana\n         Jenings Randolph and nephew of Peyton Randolph, a member of\n         the Continental Congress from 1774 to 1775. Edmund graduated\n         from the College of William \u0026 Mary and proceeded to study\n         law in Williamsburg. At the outbreak of the Revolutionary War,\n         Randolph served as aide-de-camp to George Washington in the\n         Continental Army. The following year, he married Elizabeth\n         Nicholas and served as both the youngest delegate to\n         Virginia's first Constitutional Convention \u0026 Mayor of\n         Williamsburg. Randolph was elected the first Attorney General\n         of Virginia and served until 1782. In addition, Randolph acted\n         as a delegate to the Continental Congress for the years 1779,\n         1781, \u0026 1782. He was elected by the General Assembly to\n         two one-year terms as Governor from 30 November 1786 until 12\n         November 1788. During his first term as Governor, Randolph\n         represented Virginia as a member of the U.S. Constitutional\n         Convention in 1787. During the Convention, Randolph proposed\n         his Virginia Plan for the Constitution with a strong central\n         government and representation based on population. He opposed\n         the final version of the Constitution, but later advocated its\n         ratification with the proposed amendments. He was appointed\n         the first Attorney General of the United States under\n         President Washington serving from 1789 until 1794. Randolph\n         then became Secretary of State, but was forced to resign on 19\n         August 1795. Following his political career, Randolph served\n         as senior counsel to Aaron Burr during his trial for treason\n         in 1807. Randolph died in Clarke County, Virginia, on 12\n         September 1813, and is buried in Old Chapel Cemetery,\n         Millwood, Va."],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content Information"],"scopecontent_tesim":["Governor Randolph's Executive papers are organized\n         chronologically with undated items arranged at the end of each\n         year. These papers primarily consist of incoming\n         correspondence during Randolph's two one-year terms as\n         governor between 30 November 1786 until 12 November 1788.\n         These records include correspondence written to Beverley\n         Randolph who acted as Lieutenant Governor while Edmund served\n         as a member of the U.S. Constitutional Convention in\n         Philadelphia in 1787. The correspondence in this collection\n         relates to a variety of topics including appointments for\n         state positions; the Point of Fork Arsenal; Indian attacks in\n         the western country \u0026 peace treaties; Shay's Rebellion in\n         Massachusetts; arms \u0026 ammunition; the Constitutional\n         Convention in Philadelphia; the State Boats Patriot \u0026\n         Liberty; Revolutionary claims against Virginia and the United\n         States; the Public Jail \u0026 prisoners; militia; the U.S.\n         Board of Treasury; searchers; public finances; the state of\n         Franklin; the independence of Vermont; tobacco; elections; the\n         Northwestern territory; the District of Kentucky; and others.\n         In addition to correspondence, there are resolutions from\n         Congress and the Virginia Senate \u0026 House of Delegates;\n         orders of the Council of State; accounts; oaths; pardons;\n         lists or calendars of criminals; depositions; proclamations;\n         petitions; reports; appointments; bonds; circulars;\n         proceedings; applications; agreements; extracts of journals\n         \u0026 minutes; registers of ships; and other sundry items.","Noteworthy correspondence originates from the United States\n         government, Virginia State government, and miscellaneous\n         sources. Prominent correspondents from the United States\n         government include Thomas Jefferson, Minister of France;\n         Charles Thomson, Secretary of Congress; John Jay, Secretary of\n         Foreign Affairs; Henry Knox, Secretary of War; Joseph Martin,\n         Agent of Indian Affairs; Samuel Osgood, Walter Livingston,\n         \u0026 Arthur Lee, U.S. Board of Treasury; and the Virginia\n         Delegates to Congress including Edward Carrington, William\n         Grayson, James Madison, Jr., Henry Lee, William Heth, John\n         Brown, Cyrus Griffin, \u0026 Richard Henry Lee.","Thomas Jefferson, as Minister of France, writes to Governor\n         Randolph on 7 February 1787 regarding the inauguration\n         ceremony of the bust of the Marquis de Lafayette. Jefferson\n         also writes about shipments of arms from Bordeaux and payments\n         to Houdon for the statue of General Washington and a second\n         bust of Lafayette (1787 August 3). Lastly, Governor Randolph\n         forwards to Beverley Randolph on 27 May 1787, a dispatch of W.\n         Short enclosing the proceedings of the City of Paris on the\n         reception of Lafayette's bust presented by the state of\n         Virginia. This letter also encloses another letter from John\n         Bondfield to Gen. George Washington concerning a shipment of\n         arms to Dumfries.","Charles Thomson, Secretary of Congress, corresponds often\n         with Randolph. He transmits Congressional journals,\n         resolutions and acts of Congress, monthly States of\n         Representation, extracts of important letters, etc.\n         Significant documents transmitted by Thomson include the\n         following: a letter regarding disorder in Massachusetts (1786\n         Dec. 14); a resolution for a Convention of delegates to meet\n         in May 1787 to revise the Articles of Confederation (1787 Feb.\n         21); resolutions regarding a treaty of peace with Great\n         Britain (1787 April 13); resolutions empowering the Board of\n         Treasury to contract for coining copper, the sale of lands\n         surveyed in the Western Territory, \u0026 the extension of the\n         ''franking'' privilege to members of the Constitutional\n         Convention (1787 April 25); a treaty between the U.S. and the\n         Kingdom of Morocco (1787 July 21); a letter informing the\n         Governor of the election of Cyrus Griffin as President of the\n         Continental Congress (1788 Jan. 23); a resolution on the\n         claims of David Henley, Commissioner for the Claims of\n         Virginia on Account of the Western Territory (1788 June 4);\n         and a letter regarding the proceedings of Congress on the\n         independence of the District of Kentucky (1788 July 3).","John Jay, as Secretary of Foreign Affairs, communicates to\n         Governor Randolph issues abroad. He encloses an extract of a\n         letter he received from John Adams, Minister Plenipotentiary\n         of the U.S. in London, regarding the counterfeiting of\n         Carolina money (1787 July 3). Jay also encloses a copy of the\n         signals agreed upon between the U.S. \u0026 Morocco for their\n         vessels at sea (1787 July 27). On 26 May 1788, Jay drafted a\n         letter to the Governor regarding a note from Schultz von\n         Asheraden, Envoy Extraordinary of the King of Sweden, in\n         reference to Capt. Adolph Frederick Dahlberg. Similarly, there\n         is also a letter from Jay regarding notes from the Minister of\n         France on the conduct of J.M. Ferrier (1788 June 13). Lastly,\n         there is a letter respecting foreign consuls (1788 Sept.\n         24).","Henry Knox, Secretary of War, corresponds with the Governor\n         on 12 February 1787 on the subject of the Board of Treasury's\n         plan to provide for the establishment of troops and the\n         insurrection in Massachusetts. There is also a letter from\n         Knox concerning the appointment of Joseph Martin as Indian\n         Agent for the Cherokee Nation (1788 June 23).","Joseph Martin, Agent for Indian Affairs and later Indian\n         Agent for the Cherokee Nation, corresponds with Governor\n         Randolph on many occasions. Martin writes the Governor on 16\n         March 1787 concerning the opening of the land office of the\n         state of Franklin and Benjamin Logan's attack on Crow Town. On\n         March 21, Martin's letter mentions the Chota Indians and the\n         taking of land by the ''Franklynists.'' His letter of June 28\n         encloses Indian talks from Cherokee chiefs including King\n         Fisher, Old Corn Tassle, \u0026 Tuskegetchee. He writes about\n         the dispute between North Carolina and the state of Franklin\n         in April 1788 and encloses a letter from John Sevier \u0026 the\n         Cherokees. Finally, he informs the Governor of attacks against\n         the Cherokee nation and encloses letters from Andrew\n         McGilveray regarding Indian affairs (1788 June 11).","Samuel Osgood, Walter Livingston, \u0026 Arthur Lee of the\n         U.S. Board of Treasury transmit a statement of the contingent\n         expenditures of the U.S. from 1 January to 31 December 1786\n         (1787 Feb. 2). They also enclose an act of Congress regarding\n         the repeal of another act to open a loan on the credit of the\n         requisition (1787 May 15). On May 25, the Board writes the\n         Governor concerning an ordinance of Congress for the\n         settlement of accounts between individual states and the U.S.\n         Finally, the Board encloses a letter \u0026 report to the state\n         of Connecticut regarding invalid pensions (1788 Sept. 19).","The various members of Virginia's delegation to Congress\n         regularly communicated with Governor Randolph on a variety of\n         national concerns. The delegation to the Continental Congress\n         during Randolph's administration consisted of Edward\n         Carrington, William Grayson, James Madison, Richard H. Lee,\n         Cyrus Griffin, Henry Lee, \u0026 John Brown. Significant\n         correspondence from these delegates relate to Shay's Rebellion\n         in Massachusetts (1786 December 8); the need for military\n         stores in the Western Country (1786 December 24); Gen. Knox\n         and arms for the state of Virginia (1787 Feb. 19); the treaty\n         between the U.S. and United Netherlands (1787 March 5); the\n         progress of the appointments to the Convention and the\n         admission of Vermont to the Union (1787 March 19); trade laws,\n         an act to ratify \u0026 confirm the independence of Vermont,\n         the appointment of John Pierce as Commissioner for Settlement\n         of the Illinois Accounts, the discharge of troops under the\n         act of October 1786, the death of Vergennes, \u0026 hostilities\n         in the Western Country (1787 April 2, 12, 13, \u0026 July 17);\n         the inadequacy of the government due to the irregular\n         representation in Congress, commercial deputies, \u0026 indents\n         for 1786 \u0026 1787 (1787 May 7, 15, \u0026 June 8);\n         communications from Col. Evan Shelby, the dismemberment of\n         states, Vermont, North Carolina, \u0026 problems in the\n         Kaskaskies \u0026 Post Vincent (1787 June 12); the defense of\n         the frontiers of Kentucky and elsewhere (1787 June 25, 27,\n         \u0026 July 7); the Board of Treasury (1787 July 1787); an\n         ordinance for establishing a temporary government in the\n         Western Territory, a resolution concerning copper coinage,\n         \u0026 an ordinance for settling the accounts between the U.S.\n         and individual states (1787 Nov. 3); the claim of Virginia to\n         the Northwestern Territory (1788 March 23); the settlement of\n         the accounts of the state against the U.S. (1788 May 8); an\n         act to extend the time to settle these accounts (1788 June 9);\n         and rations for rangers called into service in Bourbon County\n         (1788 June 30).","The various members of Virginia's delegation to Congress\n         regularly communicated with Governor Randolph on a variety of\n         national concerns. The delegation to the Continental Congress\n         during Randolph's administration consisted of Edward\n         Carrington, William Grayson, James Madison, Richard H. Lee,\n         Cyrus Griffin, Henry Lee, \u0026 John Brown. Significant\n         correspondence from these delegates relate to Shay's Rebellion\n         in Massachusetts (1786 December 8); the need for military\n         stores in the Western Country (1786 December 24); Gen. Knox\n         and arms for the state of Virginia (1787 Feb. 19); the treaty\n         between the U.S. and United Netherlands (1787 March 5); the\n         progress of the appointments to the Convention and the\n         admission of Vermont to the Union (1787 March 19); trade laws,\n         an act to ratify \u0026 confirm the independence of Vermont,\n         the appointment of John Pierce as Commissioner for Settlement\n         of the Illinois Accounts, the discharge of troops under the\n         act of October 1786, the death of Vergennes, \u0026 hostilities\n         in the Western Country (1787 April 2, 12, 13, \u0026 July 17);\n         the inadequacy of the government due to the irregular\n         representation in Congress, commercial deputies, \u0026 indents\n         for 1786 \u0026 1787 (1787 May 7, 15, \u0026 June 8);\n         communications from Col. Evan Shelby, the dismemberment of\n         states, Vermont, North Carolina, \u0026 problems in the\n         Kaskaskies \u0026 Post Vincent (1787 June 12); the defense of\n         the frontiers of Kentucky and elsewhere (1787 June 25, 27,\n         \u0026 July 7); the Board of Treasury (1787 July 1787); an\n         ordinance for establishing a temporary government in the\n         Western Territory, a resolution concerning copper coinage,\n         \u0026 an ordinance for settling the accounts between the U.S.\n         and individual states (1787 Nov. 3); the claim of Virginia to\n         the Northwestern Territory (1788 March 23); the settlement of\n         the accounts of the state against the U.S. (1788 May 8); an\n         act to extend the time to settle these accounts (1788 June 9);\n         and rations for rangers called into service in Bourbon County\n         (1788 June 30).","Significant correspondents from Virginia State government\n         include John Beckley, Clerk of the House of Delegates,\n         Humphrey Brooke, Clerk of the Senate; Archibald Blair, Clerk\n         of the Council of State; Capt. John Peyton \u0026 Capt. Elias\n         Langham, Superintendent of the Military Stores, Arms, \u0026\n         Ammunition at Point of Fork Arsenal; Col. Thomas Meriwether,\n         Commissioner of Army Accounts; Benjamin Logan, County\n         Lieutenant of Lincoln County; Arthur Campbell, County\n         Lieutenant of Washington County; Levi Todd, County Lieutenant\n         of Fayette County; Alexander Barnett, County Lieutenant of\n         Russell County; David Shepherd, County Lieutenant of Ohio\n         County; Walter Crockett, County Lieutenant of Montgomery\n         County; William Rose, Keeper of the Public Jail; James Innes,\n         Attorney General; Leighton Wood, Jr., Solicitor General;\n         Andrew Dunscomb, Assistant Commissioner of Military Claims;\n         Capt. James Barron \u0026 Capt. Richard Taylor, Virginia Navy;\n         Beverley Randolph, Lieutenant Governor; and Jacquelin Ambler,\n         Treasurer.","John Beckley, Clerk of the House of Delegates, \u0026\n         Humphrey Brooke, Clerk of the Senate, regularly enclose\n         resolutions from their respective bodies to the Governor. On 1\n         December 1786, Beckley submits the appointment of Henry Lee as\n         Delegate to Congress. He provides resolutions regarding the\n         claims of the state of Virginia against the United States and\n         the election of Andrew Dunscomb to serve as Commissioner to\n         settle these accounts (1787 Jan. 5). On 23 October 1787,\n         Beckley transmits an extract of the journal of the House of\n         Delegates containing the ballot for five delegates in Congress\n         including James Madison, Edward Carrington, Henry Lee, John\n         Brown, \u0026 Cyrus Griffin. On 31 October 1788, he presents\n         the ballot for the election of Cyrus Griffin, John Brown,\n         James Madison, Jr., John Dawson, \u0026 Mann Page. In addition,\n         an extract of the journal of the House of Delegates from 8\n         November 1788 reports on the election of Richard Henry Lee\n         \u0026 William Grayson as Virginia's first senators in\n         Congress. Beckley \u0026 Brooke also inform the Governor about\n         appointments to the Privy Council including William Heth \u0026\n         Joseph Eggleston (1787 November 7) and Andrew Moore \u0026\n         Robert Goode (1788 June 28). Lastly, the clerks inform the\n         Governor of the election of Edmund Winston as judge of the\n         General Court (1788 June 28).","Archibald Blair, as Clerk of the Council of State, encloses\n         orders of the Council to the Governor. In December 1786, the\n         Council orders Col. Meriwether to contract for repairs to the\n         Public Jail \u0026 the Governor's House, to employ someone to\n         convey arms from France, \u0026 to purchase a sword for Capt.\n         Jouett (1786 Dec. 14). Meriwether also receives orders related\n         to the distribution of Articles of War (1787 May 2). His\n         letter dated 2 May 1787 also relates to alterations in the\n         Public Jail. The Council sends a list of grants to be signed\n         by the Governor (1787 April 30 \u0026 25 May). Lastly, the\n         Council provides advice on the requisition of militia in the\n         western counties including a resolution of Congress concerning\n         orders for militia in Virginia \u0026 Pennsylvania to be ready\n         to protect the inhabitants (1788 Oct. 15).","Capt. John Peyton resigns as Commissary of Stores at Point\n         of Fork on 20 November 1786. Peyton writes to Col. Thomas\n         Meriwether on 10 December 1786 recommending William Price, his\n         former clerk, to succeed him. Additionally, there are letters\n         from other individuals applying for the position. Elias\n         Langham, however, successfully applies to the Governor on 13\n         December 1786. As Commissary of Military Stores, Langham\n         corresponds with Col. Meriwether regarding provisions (1786\n         Dec. 25); contracts to supply rations (1787 April 26); an\n         estimate of clothing for guards and state negroes (1787 July\n         5); \u0026 land belonging to David Ross near Point of Fork in\n         Fluvanna County (1787 June 26 \u0026 Dec. 21). In turn, Col.\n         Meriwether corresponds with Governor Randolph offering an\n         estimate of the cost of transporting arms from Point of Fork\n         to Redstone (1786 Dec. 26), a report of Capt. Peyton's last\n         returns (1787 Feb. 22), delinquencies of militia officers\n         (1787 March 1), payrolls of Point of Fork (1787 April 7), a\n         list of his official duties (1787 May 8), a report of the\n         militia (1787 Oct. 22), and reports on the Point of Fork\n         Arsenal (1787 Oct. 4 \u0026 1788 Oct. 3).","County lieutenants including Levi Todd, Benjamin Logan,\n         Arthur Campbell, David Shepherd, Alexander Barnett, \u0026\n         Walter Crockett from the western counties correspond with\n         Governor Randolph on numerous occasions primarily regarding\n         Indian affairs. Levi Todd writes about the strength of the\n         militia in Fayette County and Shawnee attacks in the area\n         (1786 Dec. 7); the need for officers \u0026 a lack of\n         ammunition and provision (1787 Feb. 14); the defenselessness\n         of Kentucky (1787 April 30); \u0026 war with the Indians (1788\n         March 29). Benjamin Logan writes about an attack on the\n         Shawnee towns in the District of Kentucky (1786 Dec. 17);\n         Indian outrages in Kentucky (1787 April 14); the sense of the\n         people of Kentucky regarding the Cherokee Indians (1787 May\n         17); intelligence concerning the Cherokee Indians sent to\n         Arthur Campbell (1787 May 18); \u0026 the proceedings of a\n         meeting of the commanding officers of the District of Kentucky\n         (1787 Sept. 24). Arthur Campbell communicates a list of field\n         officers \u0026 captains proposed to command two regiments of\n         militia in Washington County (1787 Feb. 14); the implications\n         of the recent treaty with Spain (1787 Feb. 16); an attack by\n         Col. John Logan on friendly Indians (1787 March 9); the\n         militia in Washington County and the apprehended danger from\n         the Cherokee Indians (1787 March 17); westward expansion,\n         Topoka, Chief of the Chocta Nation, \u0026 the navigation of\n         the Mississippi (1787 April 15); movements of the Cherokee\n         Indians (1787 Aug. 16); the boundary between Virginia \u0026\n         North Carolina (1787 Dec. 10); \u0026 consideration for the\n         position as Superintendent of the Southern Department (1787\n         Dec. 31). David Shepherd expresses his concerns in relation to\n         Indian outrages in Monongalia (1787 April 30); Indian attacks\n         \u0026 the state of the militia in Ohio County (1787 May 24\n         \u0026 1787 Nov. 10). Finally, Alexander Barnett writes on\n         Indian attacks in Russell County (1787 May 19 \u0026 1787 Aug.\n         29) \u0026 Walter Crockett relates incidents with natives in\n         Montgomery County (1787 June 11 \u0026 1788 March 15).","William Rose as Keeper of the Public Jail periodically\n         transmits lists or calendars of criminals convicted at the\n         General Court (1786 Dec. 16, 1787 March 28, 1787 April 30,\n         1787 June 11, 1787 Dec. 6, 1788 March 31, 1788 April 26, 1788\n         June 10, 1788 Oct. 27). Rose also writes to the Governor\n         regarding specific criminals in his jail (1787 Jan. 24 \u0026\n         1787 July 26). Lastly, he send his remarks on a contract to\n         furnish the Public Jail with provisions (1788 Jan. 30).","James Innes served as Attorney General to the Commonwealth\n         during Randolph's administration as Governor. Innes provides\n         his opinion on various issues including the repeal of the act\n         of 1785 for approving, confirming, \u0026 ratifying the compact\n         between Virginia \u0026 Maryland (1787 Feb. 28 \u0026 1787 Aug.\n         3); tobacco inspection at Lynch's Ferry (1787 June 26 \u0026\n         1787 Sept. 1); \u0026 foreign creditors (1787 March 19).","Andrew Dunscomb's correspondence relates to his position as\n         Assistant Commissioner of Military Claims. Included is his\n         oath of office and a letter regarding the same (1787 Jan. 13\n         \u0026 15). He also writes on the state of claims of the\n         Commonwealth with the U.S. (1787 June 13, 18, \u0026 Nov. 15).\n         On 6 July 1787, he requests additional clerks, and later, he\n         asks the Governor for a salary increase (1787 Nov. 13).\n         Similarly, there is extensive correspondence from Leighton\n         Wood, Jr., Solicitor General, regarding claims against the\n         state, delinquencies of sheriffs in paying taxes, etc. Present\n         is Wood's bond \u0026 security for his position as Solicitor\n         (1787 Jan. 26 \u0026 Feb. 1). Treasurer, Jacquelin Ambler's\n         letters too relate to the financial matters of the state.\n         Ambler reveals a lack of money in the Contingent Fund for\n         William Rose's warrants for the support of the Public Jail\n         (1787 March 5).","Capt. James Barron, Virginia State Navy, died in May 1787.\n         Applications can be found to replace him as commander of the\n         state boats (1787 June 4). Before his death, Barron comments\n         on the transport of small arms from Norfolk (1786 Dec. 6) and\n         discusses the employment of a surgeon \u0026 pilots on his\n         boats (1787 April 27). Barron was replaced by Capt. Richard\n         Taylor in June 1787. Noteworthy among his correspondence,\n         Taylor encloses an inventory of the articles on board the\n         Liberty and Patriot on 12 August 1787. He also remarks on the\n         poor state of the boats in his letter dated 7 September 1787.\n         On 14 November 1787, Taylor complains to the Governor about\n         his pay \u0026 pension. Lastly, Taylor talks about damage\n         sustained to the Schooner Patriot in a storm while harbored at\n         Portsmouth (1788 July 24).","Additional significant documents include the following: the\n         oath of fidelity to Governor Randolph by John Harvie (1786\n         Dec. 1); an oath of fidelity to Bolling Starke as Privy\n         Councilor (1786 Dec. 4); a proclamation by the governor\n         outlawing certain escaped prisoners (1786 Dec. 23); a letter\n         from Samuel Huntingdon, Governor of Connecticut, appointing\n         commissioners to assemble in Convention in Philadelphia (1786\n         Dec. 23); a letter from John Blair regarding his appointment\n         as a member of the committee to meet in Philadelphia in May\n         (1786 Dec. 25); a letter from David Ross concerning his claim\n         for the use of his property at Point of Fork (1787 Jan. 30); a\n         proclamation by the Governor authorizing surveys to be made on\n         the lands allotted to the Virginia Line on Continental\n         Establishment (1787 Jan. 25); a letter from Piomingo, Chief of\n         the Chickasaw Nation, regarding the Treaty at Kieve (1787 Feb.\n         15); a proclamation concerning the seizure of Spanish property\n         by George Rogers Clark (1787 Feb. 28); the bond of John\n         Pendleton as Auditor of Public Accounts (1787 March 1); a\n         proclamation offering a reward for the capture of Presley Hunt\n         \u0026 Ephraim Andrews, escaped prisoners (1787 March 2); a\n         letter from Monsieur Oster, French Consul, applying for an\n         order to prevent the departure of M.S. Deschamps to France\n         (1787 April 1); a letter from William Smith enclosing a list\n         of field officers in the Northampton County militia (1787\n         April 4); a letter from George Mason regarding payment as a\n         delegate of the Constitutional Convention (1787 April 23); a\n         proclamation for the reward \u0026 capture of Irby Philips\n         (1787 April 28); a list of tobacco saved from Byrd Warehouse\n         (1787 June 6); a letter from Governor Randolph to the\n         lieutenant governor regarding a warrant for the expense of\n         transporting his family to Philadelphia (1787 June 6); a\n         letter from Governor Randolph enclosing George Wythe's\n         resignation (1787 June 21); a letter from George Mason\n         concerning the resignation of George Wythe as a delegate to\n         the Convention (1787 June 30); a letter from the Governor\n         providing his account for the Constitutional Convention (1787\n         July 12); an agreement between David Ross \u0026 Col.\n         Meriwether for Point of Fork including a valuation of the 24\n         acres of land (1787 Aug. 8); a letter from Randolph forwarding\n         a copy of the National Constitution and expressing his\n         opposition to it (1787 Sept. 18); a letter from George Rogers\n         Clark regarding the settlement of western accounts (1787 Oct.\n         8); a letter from Samuel Johnston, Governor of North Carolina,\n         regarding an act to hold a Convention in Virginia in June\n         (1788 Jan. 22); the proceedings of the Massachusetts\n         Constitutional Convention to ratify the U.S. Constitution\n         (1788 Feb. 6); the proceedings of the Georgia Constitutional\n         Convention (1788 Feb. 5); a letter from John Sevier, Governor\n         of Franklin, regarding the dispute between the state of\n         Franklin \u0026 North Carolina (1788 March 27); a letter from Benjamin Franklin   \tregarding the sanity of Mr. Elam (1788 May 12); a proclamation\n         regarding the act establishing district courts as\n         unconstitutional (1788 May 14); a letter from William Heth\n         \u0026 David Henley, Commissioners of the Western Territory,\n         enclosing their report on the claims of Virginia for the\n         territory ceded to Congress (1788 May 15); a circular from\n         Thomas Pinckney, Governor of South Carolina, regarding the\n         ratification of the Constitution by a Convention in South\n         Carolina (1788 May 24); a letter from Andrew Limonin regarding the bust of the Marquis de Lafayette (1788 Nov. 11); and a letter from the Council of State\n         regarding Governor Randolph's departure from office (1788 Nov.\n         13)."],"physloc_html_tesm":["\u003cphysloc label=\"Physical Location\"\u003eState Records Collection,\n         Governor's Office (Record Group 3)\u003c/physloc\u003e\n      "],"physloc_tesim":["State Records Collection,\n         Governor's Office (Record Group 3)"],"language_ssim":["English"],"total_component_count_is":190,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-07-23T21:08:22.920Z","scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eGovernor Randolph's Executive papers are organized\n         chronologically with undated items arranged at the end of each\n         year. These papers primarily consist of incoming\n         correspondence during Randolph's two one-year terms as\n         governor between 30 November 1786 until 12 November 1788.\n         These records include correspondence written to Beverley\n         Randolph who acted as Lieutenant Governor while Edmund served\n         as a member of the U.S. Constitutional Convention in\n         Philadelphia in 1787. The correspondence in this collection\n         relates to a variety of topics including appointments for\n         state positions; the Point of Fork Arsenal; Indian attacks in\n         the western country \u0026amp; peace treaties; Shay's Rebellion in\n         Massachusetts; arms \u0026amp; ammunition; the Constitutional\n         Convention in Philadelphia; the State Boats Patriot \u0026amp;\n         Liberty; Revolutionary claims against Virginia and the United\n         States; the Public Jail \u0026amp; prisoners; militia; the U.S.\n         Board of Treasury; searchers; public finances; the state of\n         Franklin; the independence of Vermont; tobacco; elections; the\n         Northwestern territory; the District of Kentucky; and others.\n         In addition to correspondence, there are resolutions from\n         Congress and the Virginia Senate \u0026amp; House of Delegates;\n         orders of the Council of State; accounts; oaths; pardons;\n         lists or calendars of criminals; depositions; proclamations;\n         petitions; reports; appointments; bonds; circulars;\n         proceedings; applications; agreements; extracts of journals\n         \u0026amp; minutes; registers of ships; and other sundry items.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eNoteworthy correspondence originates from the United States\n         government, Virginia State government, and miscellaneous\n         sources. Prominent correspondents from the United States\n         government include Thomas Jefferson, Minister of France;\n         Charles Thomson, Secretary of Congress; John Jay, Secretary of\n         Foreign Affairs; Henry Knox, Secretary of War; Joseph Martin,\n         Agent of Indian Affairs; Samuel Osgood, Walter Livingston,\n         \u0026amp; Arthur Lee, U.S. Board of Treasury; and the Virginia\n         Delegates to Congress including Edward Carrington, William\n         Grayson, James Madison, Jr., Henry Lee, William Heth, John\n         Brown, Cyrus Griffin, \u0026amp; Richard Henry Lee.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eThomas Jefferson, as Minister of France, writes to Governor\n         Randolph on 7 February 1787 regarding the inauguration\n         ceremony of the bust of the Marquis de Lafayette. Jefferson\n         also writes about shipments of arms from Bordeaux and payments\n         to Houdon for the statue of General Washington and a second\n         bust of Lafayette (1787 August 3). Lastly, Governor Randolph\n         forwards to Beverley Randolph on 27 May 1787, a dispatch of W.\n         Short enclosing the proceedings of the City of Paris on the\n         reception of Lafayette's bust presented by the state of\n         Virginia. This letter also encloses another letter from John\n         Bondfield to Gen. George Washington concerning a shipment of\n         arms to Dumfries.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eCharles Thomson, Secretary of Congress, corresponds often\n         with Randolph. He transmits Congressional journals,\n         resolutions and acts of Congress, monthly States of\n         Representation, extracts of important letters, etc.\n         Significant documents transmitted by Thomson include the\n         following: a letter regarding disorder in Massachusetts (1786\n         Dec. 14); a resolution for a Convention of delegates to meet\n         in May 1787 to revise the Articles of Confederation (1787 Feb.\n         21); resolutions regarding a treaty of peace with Great\n         Britain (1787 April 13); resolutions empowering the Board of\n         Treasury to contract for coining copper, the sale of lands\n         surveyed in the Western Territory, \u0026amp; the extension of the\n         ''franking'' privilege to members of the Constitutional\n         Convention (1787 April 25); a treaty between the U.S. and the\n         Kingdom of Morocco (1787 July 21); a letter informing the\n         Governor of the election of Cyrus Griffin as President of the\n         Continental Congress (1788 Jan. 23); a resolution on the\n         claims of David Henley, Commissioner for the Claims of\n         Virginia on Account of the Western Territory (1788 June 4);\n         and a letter regarding the proceedings of Congress on the\n         independence of the District of Kentucky (1788 July 3).\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eJohn Jay, as Secretary of Foreign Affairs, communicates to\n         Governor Randolph issues abroad. He encloses an extract of a\n         letter he received from John Adams, Minister Plenipotentiary\n         of the U.S. in London, regarding the counterfeiting of\n         Carolina money (1787 July 3). Jay also encloses a copy of the\n         signals agreed upon between the U.S. \u0026amp; Morocco for their\n         vessels at sea (1787 July 27). On 26 May 1788, Jay drafted a\n         letter to the Governor regarding a note from Schultz von\n         Asheraden, Envoy Extraordinary of the King of Sweden, in\n         reference to Capt. Adolph Frederick Dahlberg. Similarly, there\n         is also a letter from Jay regarding notes from the Minister of\n         France on the conduct of J.M. Ferrier (1788 June 13). Lastly,\n         there is a letter respecting foreign consuls (1788 Sept.\n         24).\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eHenry Knox, Secretary of War, corresponds with the Governor\n         on 12 February 1787 on the subject of the Board of Treasury's\n         plan to provide for the establishment of troops and the\n         insurrection in Massachusetts. There is also a letter from\n         Knox concerning the appointment of Joseph Martin as Indian\n         Agent for the Cherokee Nation (1788 June 23).\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eJoseph Martin, Agent for Indian Affairs and later Indian\n         Agent for the Cherokee Nation, corresponds with Governor\n         Randolph on many occasions. Martin writes the Governor on 16\n         March 1787 concerning the opening of the land office of the\n         state of Franklin and Benjamin Logan's attack on Crow Town. On\n         March 21, Martin's letter mentions the Chota Indians and the\n         taking of land by the ''Franklynists.'' His letter of June 28\n         encloses Indian talks from Cherokee chiefs including King\n         Fisher, Old Corn Tassle, \u0026amp; Tuskegetchee. He writes about\n         the dispute between North Carolina and the state of Franklin\n         in April 1788 and encloses a letter from John Sevier \u0026amp; the\n         Cherokees. Finally, he informs the Governor of attacks against\n         the Cherokee nation and encloses letters from Andrew\n         McGilveray regarding Indian affairs (1788 June 11).\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eSamuel Osgood, Walter Livingston, \u0026amp; Arthur Lee of the\n         U.S. Board of Treasury transmit a statement of the contingent\n         expenditures of the U.S. from 1 January to 31 December 1786\n         (1787 Feb. 2). They also enclose an act of Congress regarding\n         the repeal of another act to open a loan on the credit of the\n         requisition (1787 May 15). On May 25, the Board writes the\n         Governor concerning an ordinance of Congress for the\n         settlement of accounts between individual states and the U.S.\n         Finally, the Board encloses a letter \u0026amp; report to the state\n         of Connecticut regarding invalid pensions (1788 Sept. 19).\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eThe various members of Virginia's delegation to Congress\n         regularly communicated with Governor Randolph on a variety of\n         national concerns. The delegation to the Continental Congress\n         during Randolph's administration consisted of Edward\n         Carrington, William Grayson, James Madison, Richard H. Lee,\n         Cyrus Griffin, Henry Lee, \u0026amp; John Brown. Significant\n         correspondence from these delegates relate to Shay's Rebellion\n         in Massachusetts (1786 December 8); the need for military\n         stores in the Western Country (1786 December 24); Gen. Knox\n         and arms for the state of Virginia (1787 Feb. 19); the treaty\n         between the U.S. and United Netherlands (1787 March 5); the\n         progress of the appointments to the Convention and the\n         admission of Vermont to the Union (1787 March 19); trade laws,\n         an act to ratify \u0026amp; confirm the independence of Vermont,\n         the appointment of John Pierce as Commissioner for Settlement\n         of the Illinois Accounts, the discharge of troops under the\n         act of October 1786, the death of Vergennes, \u0026amp; hostilities\n         in the Western Country (1787 April 2, 12, 13, \u0026amp; July 17);\n         the inadequacy of the government due to the irregular\n         representation in Congress, commercial deputies, \u0026amp; indents\n         for 1786 \u0026amp; 1787 (1787 May 7, 15, \u0026amp; June 8);\n         communications from Col. Evan Shelby, the dismemberment of\n         states, Vermont, North Carolina, \u0026amp; problems in the\n         Kaskaskies \u0026amp; Post Vincent (1787 June 12); the defense of\n         the frontiers of Kentucky and elsewhere (1787 June 25, 27,\n         \u0026amp; July 7); the Board of Treasury (1787 July 1787); an\n         ordinance for establishing a temporary government in the\n         Western Territory, a resolution concerning copper coinage,\n         \u0026amp; an ordinance for settling the accounts between the U.S.\n         and individual states (1787 Nov. 3); the claim of Virginia to\n         the Northwestern Territory (1788 March 23); the settlement of\n         the accounts of the state against the U.S. (1788 May 8); an\n         act to extend the time to settle these accounts (1788 June 9);\n         and rations for rangers called into service in Bourbon County\n         (1788 June 30).\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eThe various members of Virginia's delegation to Congress\n         regularly communicated with Governor Randolph on a variety of\n         national concerns. The delegation to the Continental Congress\n         during Randolph's administration consisted of Edward\n         Carrington, William Grayson, James Madison, Richard H. Lee,\n         Cyrus Griffin, Henry Lee, \u0026amp; John Brown. Significant\n         correspondence from these delegates relate to Shay's Rebellion\n         in Massachusetts (1786 December 8); the need for military\n         stores in the Western Country (1786 December 24); Gen. Knox\n         and arms for the state of Virginia (1787 Feb. 19); the treaty\n         between the U.S. and United Netherlands (1787 March 5); the\n         progress of the appointments to the Convention and the\n         admission of Vermont to the Union (1787 March 19); trade laws,\n         an act to ratify \u0026amp; confirm the independence of Vermont,\n         the appointment of John Pierce as Commissioner for Settlement\n         of the Illinois Accounts, the discharge of troops under the\n         act of October 1786, the death of Vergennes, \u0026amp; hostilities\n         in the Western Country (1787 April 2, 12, 13, \u0026amp; July 17);\n         the inadequacy of the government due to the irregular\n         representation in Congress, commercial deputies, \u0026amp; indents\n         for 1786 \u0026amp; 1787 (1787 May 7, 15, \u0026amp; June 8);\n         communications from Col. Evan Shelby, the dismemberment of\n         states, Vermont, North Carolina, \u0026amp; problems in the\n         Kaskaskies \u0026amp; Post Vincent (1787 June 12); the defense of\n         the frontiers of Kentucky and elsewhere (1787 June 25, 27,\n         \u0026amp; July 7); the Board of Treasury (1787 July 1787); an\n         ordinance for establishing a temporary government in the\n         Western Territory, a resolution concerning copper coinage,\n         \u0026amp; an ordinance for settling the accounts between the U.S.\n         and individual states (1787 Nov. 3); the claim of Virginia to\n         the Northwestern Territory (1788 March 23); the settlement of\n         the accounts of the state against the U.S. (1788 May 8); an\n         act to extend the time to settle these accounts (1788 June 9);\n         and rations for rangers called into service in Bourbon County\n         (1788 June 30).\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eSignificant correspondents from Virginia State government\n         include John Beckley, Clerk of the House of Delegates,\n         Humphrey Brooke, Clerk of the Senate; Archibald Blair, Clerk\n         of the Council of State; Capt. John Peyton \u0026amp; Capt. Elias\n         Langham, Superintendent of the Military Stores, Arms, \u0026amp;\n         Ammunition at Point of Fork Arsenal; Col. Thomas Meriwether,\n         Commissioner of Army Accounts; Benjamin Logan, County\n         Lieutenant of Lincoln County; Arthur Campbell, County\n         Lieutenant of Washington County; Levi Todd, County Lieutenant\n         of Fayette County; Alexander Barnett, County Lieutenant of\n         Russell County; David Shepherd, County Lieutenant of Ohio\n         County; Walter Crockett, County Lieutenant of Montgomery\n         County; William Rose, Keeper of the Public Jail; James Innes,\n         Attorney General; Leighton Wood, Jr., Solicitor General;\n         Andrew Dunscomb, Assistant Commissioner of Military Claims;\n         Capt. James Barron \u0026amp; Capt. Richard Taylor, Virginia Navy;\n         Beverley Randolph, Lieutenant Governor; and Jacquelin Ambler,\n         Treasurer.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eJohn Beckley, Clerk of the House of Delegates, \u0026amp;\n         Humphrey Brooke, Clerk of the Senate, regularly enclose\n         resolutions from their respective bodies to the Governor. On 1\n         December 1786, Beckley submits the appointment of Henry Lee as\n         Delegate to Congress. He provides resolutions regarding the\n         claims of the state of Virginia against the United States and\n         the election of Andrew Dunscomb to serve as Commissioner to\n         settle these accounts (1787 Jan. 5). On 23 October 1787,\n         Beckley transmits an extract of the journal of the House of\n         Delegates containing the ballot for five delegates in Congress\n         including James Madison, Edward Carrington, Henry Lee, John\n         Brown, \u0026amp; Cyrus Griffin. On 31 October 1788, he presents\n         the ballot for the election of Cyrus Griffin, John Brown,\n         James Madison, Jr., John Dawson, \u0026amp; Mann Page. In addition,\n         an extract of the journal of the House of Delegates from 8\n         November 1788 reports on the election of Richard Henry Lee\n         \u0026amp; William Grayson as Virginia's first senators in\n         Congress. Beckley \u0026amp; Brooke also inform the Governor about\n         appointments to the Privy Council including William Heth \u0026amp;\n         Joseph Eggleston (1787 November 7) and Andrew Moore \u0026amp;\n         Robert Goode (1788 June 28). Lastly, the clerks inform the\n         Governor of the election of Edmund Winston as judge of the\n         General Court (1788 June 28).\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eArchibald Blair, as Clerk of the Council of State, encloses\n         orders of the Council to the Governor. In December 1786, the\n         Council orders Col. Meriwether to contract for repairs to the\n         Public Jail \u0026amp; the Governor's House, to employ someone to\n         convey arms from France, \u0026amp; to purchase a sword for Capt.\n         Jouett (1786 Dec. 14). Meriwether also receives orders related\n         to the distribution of Articles of War (1787 May 2). His\n         letter dated 2 May 1787 also relates to alterations in the\n         Public Jail. The Council sends a list of grants to be signed\n         by the Governor (1787 April 30 \u0026amp; 25 May). Lastly, the\n         Council provides advice on the requisition of militia in the\n         western counties including a resolution of Congress concerning\n         orders for militia in Virginia \u0026amp; Pennsylvania to be ready\n         to protect the inhabitants (1788 Oct. 15).\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eCapt. John Peyton resigns as Commissary of Stores at Point\n         of Fork on 20 November 1786. Peyton writes to Col. Thomas\n         Meriwether on 10 December 1786 recommending William Price, his\n         former clerk, to succeed him. Additionally, there are letters\n         from other individuals applying for the position. Elias\n         Langham, however, successfully applies to the Governor on 13\n         December 1786. As Commissary of Military Stores, Langham\n         corresponds with Col. Meriwether regarding provisions (1786\n         Dec. 25); contracts to supply rations (1787 April 26); an\n         estimate of clothing for guards and state negroes (1787 July\n         5); \u0026amp; land belonging to David Ross near Point of Fork in\n         Fluvanna County (1787 June 26 \u0026amp; Dec. 21). In turn, Col.\n         Meriwether corresponds with Governor Randolph offering an\n         estimate of the cost of transporting arms from Point of Fork\n         to Redstone (1786 Dec. 26), a report of Capt. Peyton's last\n         returns (1787 Feb. 22), delinquencies of militia officers\n         (1787 March 1), payrolls of Point of Fork (1787 April 7), a\n         list of his official duties (1787 May 8), a report of the\n         militia (1787 Oct. 22), and reports on the Point of Fork\n         Arsenal (1787 Oct. 4 \u0026amp; 1788 Oct. 3).\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eCounty lieutenants including Levi Todd, Benjamin Logan,\n         Arthur Campbell, David Shepherd, Alexander Barnett, \u0026amp;\n         Walter Crockett from the western counties correspond with\n         Governor Randolph on numerous occasions primarily regarding\n         Indian affairs. Levi Todd writes about the strength of the\n         militia in Fayette County and Shawnee attacks in the area\n         (1786 Dec. 7); the need for officers \u0026amp; a lack of\n         ammunition and provision (1787 Feb. 14); the defenselessness\n         of Kentucky (1787 April 30); \u0026amp; war with the Indians (1788\n         March 29). Benjamin Logan writes about an attack on the\n         Shawnee towns in the District of Kentucky (1786 Dec. 17);\n         Indian outrages in Kentucky (1787 April 14); the sense of the\n         people of Kentucky regarding the Cherokee Indians (1787 May\n         17); intelligence concerning the Cherokee Indians sent to\n         Arthur Campbell (1787 May 18); \u0026amp; the proceedings of a\n         meeting of the commanding officers of the District of Kentucky\n         (1787 Sept. 24). Arthur Campbell communicates a list of field\n         officers \u0026amp; captains proposed to command two regiments of\n         militia in Washington County (1787 Feb. 14); the implications\n         of the recent treaty with Spain (1787 Feb. 16); an attack by\n         Col. John Logan on friendly Indians (1787 March 9); the\n         militia in Washington County and the apprehended danger from\n         the Cherokee Indians (1787 March 17); westward expansion,\n         Topoka, Chief of the Chocta Nation, \u0026amp; the navigation of\n         the Mississippi (1787 April 15); movements of the Cherokee\n         Indians (1787 Aug. 16); the boundary between Virginia \u0026amp;\n         North Carolina (1787 Dec. 10); \u0026amp; consideration for the\n         position as Superintendent of the Southern Department (1787\n         Dec. 31). David Shepherd expresses his concerns in relation to\n         Indian outrages in Monongalia (1787 April 30); Indian attacks\n         \u0026amp; the state of the militia in Ohio County (1787 May 24\n         \u0026amp; 1787 Nov. 10). Finally, Alexander Barnett writes on\n         Indian attacks in Russell County (1787 May 19 \u0026amp; 1787 Aug.\n         29) \u0026amp; Walter Crockett relates incidents with natives in\n         Montgomery County (1787 June 11 \u0026amp; 1788 March 15).\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eWilliam Rose as Keeper of the Public Jail periodically\n         transmits lists or calendars of criminals convicted at the\n         General Court (1786 Dec. 16, 1787 March 28, 1787 April 30,\n         1787 June 11, 1787 Dec. 6, 1788 March 31, 1788 April 26, 1788\n         June 10, 1788 Oct. 27). Rose also writes to the Governor\n         regarding specific criminals in his jail (1787 Jan. 24 \u0026amp;\n         1787 July 26). Lastly, he send his remarks on a contract to\n         furnish the Public Jail with provisions (1788 Jan. 30).\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eJames Innes served as Attorney General to the Commonwealth\n         during Randolph's administration as Governor. Innes provides\n         his opinion on various issues including the repeal of the act\n         of 1785 for approving, confirming, \u0026amp; ratifying the compact\n         between Virginia \u0026amp; Maryland (1787 Feb. 28 \u0026amp; 1787 Aug.\n         3); tobacco inspection at Lynch's Ferry (1787 June 26 \u0026amp;\n         1787 Sept. 1); \u0026amp; foreign creditors (1787 March 19).\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eAndrew Dunscomb's correspondence relates to his position as\n         Assistant Commissioner of Military Claims. Included is his\n         oath of office and a letter regarding the same (1787 Jan. 13\n         \u0026amp; 15). He also writes on the state of claims of the\n         Commonwealth with the U.S. (1787 June 13, 18, \u0026amp; Nov. 15).\n         On 6 July 1787, he requests additional clerks, and later, he\n         asks the Governor for a salary increase (1787 Nov. 13).\n         Similarly, there is extensive correspondence from Leighton\n         Wood, Jr., Solicitor General, regarding claims against the\n         state, delinquencies of sheriffs in paying taxes, etc. Present\n         is Wood's bond \u0026amp; security for his position as Solicitor\n         (1787 Jan. 26 \u0026amp; Feb. 1). Treasurer, Jacquelin Ambler's\n         letters too relate to the financial matters of the state.\n         Ambler reveals a lack of money in the Contingent Fund for\n         William Rose's warrants for the support of the Public Jail\n         (1787 March 5).\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eCapt. James Barron, Virginia State Navy, died in May 1787.\n         Applications can be found to replace him as commander of the\n         state boats (1787 June 4). Before his death, Barron comments\n         on the transport of small arms from Norfolk (1786 Dec. 6) and\n         discusses the employment of a surgeon \u0026amp; pilots on his\n         boats (1787 April 27). Barron was replaced by Capt. Richard\n         Taylor in June 1787. Noteworthy among his correspondence,\n         Taylor encloses an inventory of the articles on board the\n         Liberty and Patriot on 12 August 1787. He also remarks on the\n         poor state of the boats in his letter dated 7 September 1787.\n         On 14 November 1787, Taylor complains to the Governor about\n         his pay \u0026amp; pension. Lastly, Taylor talks about damage\n         sustained to the Schooner Patriot in a storm while harbored at\n         Portsmouth (1788 July 24).\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eAdditional significant documents include the following: the\n         oath of fidelity to Governor Randolph by John Harvie (1786\n         Dec. 1); an oath of fidelity to Bolling Starke as Privy\n         Councilor (1786 Dec. 4); a proclamation by the governor\n         outlawing certain escaped prisoners (1786 Dec. 23); a letter\n         from Samuel Huntingdon, Governor of Connecticut, appointing\n         commissioners to assemble in Convention in Philadelphia (1786\n         Dec. 23); a letter from John Blair regarding his appointment\n         as a member of the committee to meet in Philadelphia in May\n         (1786 Dec. 25); a letter from David Ross concerning his claim\n         for the use of his property at Point of Fork (1787 Jan. 30); a\n         proclamation by the Governor authorizing surveys to be made on\n         the lands allotted to the Virginia Line on Continental\n         Establishment (1787 Jan. 25); a letter from Piomingo, Chief of\n         the Chickasaw Nation, regarding the Treaty at Kieve (1787 Feb.\n         15); a proclamation concerning the seizure of Spanish property\n         by George Rogers Clark (1787 Feb. 28); the bond of John\n         Pendleton as Auditor of Public Accounts (1787 March 1); a\n         proclamation offering a reward for the capture of Presley Hunt\n         \u0026amp; Ephraim Andrews, escaped prisoners (1787 March 2); a\n         letter from Monsieur Oster, French Consul, applying for an\n         order to prevent the departure of M.S. Deschamps to France\n         (1787 April 1); a letter from William Smith enclosing a list\n         of field officers in the Northampton County militia (1787\n         April 4); a letter from George Mason regarding payment as a\n         delegate of the Constitutional Convention (1787 April 23); a\n         proclamation for the reward \u0026amp; capture of Irby Philips\n         (1787 April 28); a list of tobacco saved from Byrd Warehouse\n         (1787 June 6); a letter from Governor Randolph to the\n         lieutenant governor regarding a warrant for the expense of\n         transporting his family to Philadelphia (1787 June 6); a\n         letter from Governor Randolph enclosing George Wythe's\n         resignation (1787 June 21); a letter from George Mason\n         concerning the resignation of George Wythe as a delegate to\n         the Convention (1787 June 30); a letter from the Governor\n         providing his account for the Constitutional Convention (1787\n         July 12); an agreement between David Ross \u0026amp; Col.\n         Meriwether for Point of Fork including a valuation of the 24\n         acres of land (1787 Aug. 8); a letter from Randolph forwarding\n         a copy of the National Constitution and expressing his\n         opposition to it (1787 Sept. 18); a letter from George Rogers\n         Clark regarding the settlement of western accounts (1787 Oct.\n         8); a letter from Samuel Johnston, Governor of North Carolina,\n         regarding an act to hold a Convention in Virginia in June\n         (1788 Jan. 22); the proceedings of the Massachusetts\n         Constitutional Convention to ratify the U.S. Constitution\n         (1788 Feb. 6); the proceedings of the Georgia Constitutional\n         Convention (1788 Feb. 5); a letter from John Sevier, Governor\n         of Franklin, regarding the dispute between the state of\n         Franklin \u0026amp; North Carolina (1788 March 27); a letter from Benjamin Franklin   \tregarding the sanity of Mr. Elam (1788 May 12); a proclamation\n         regarding the act establishing district courts as\n         unconstitutional (1788 May 14); a letter from William Heth\n         \u0026amp; David Henley, Commissioners of the Western Territory,\n         enclosing their report on the claims of Virginia for the\n         territory ceded to Congress (1788 May 15); a circular from\n         Thomas Pinckney, Governor of South Carolina, regarding the\n         ratification of the Constitution by a Convention in South\n         Carolina (1788 May 24); a letter from Andrew Limonin regarding the bust of the Marquis de Lafayette (1788 Nov. 11); and a letter from the Council of State\n         regarding Governor Randolph's departure from office (1788 Nov.\n         13).\u003c/p\u003e\n    "]}]}},"label":"Breadcrumbs"}}},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/vi_vi00523_c04"}},{"id":"vi_vi00523_c07_c03","type":"Series","attributes":{"title":"1788","breadcrumbs":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/vi_vi00523_c07_c03#breadcrumbs","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":{"ref_ssi":"vi_vi00523_c07_c03","ref_ssm":["vi_vi00523_c07_c03"],"id":"vi_vi00523_c07_c03","ead_ssi":"vi_vi00523","_root_":"vi_vi00523","_nest_parent_":"vi_vi00523_c07","parent_ssi":"vi_vi00523_c07","parent_ssim":["Executive Papers, 1786-1788","Oversized (Clamshell Box)"],"parent_ids_ssim":["vi_vi00523","vi_vi00523_c07"],"title_filing_ssi":"1788","title_ssm":["1788"],"title_tesim":["1788"],"normalized_title_ssm":["1788"],"text":["1788","Executive Papers, 1786-1788","Oversized (Clamshell Box)"],"parent_unittitles_ssm":["Executive Papers, 1786-1788","Oversized (Clamshell Box)"],"parent_unittitles_tesim":["Executive Papers, 1786-1788","Oversized (Clamshell Box)"],"level_ssm":["Series"],"level_ssim":["Series"],"component_level_isim":[2],"sort_isi":128,"repository_ssim":["Library of Virginia"],"collection_ssim":["Executive Papers, 1786-1788"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"child_component_count_isi":33,"_nest_path_":"/components#6/components#2","timestamp":"2026-07-23T21:08:22.920Z","collection":{"numFound":1,"start":0,"numFoundExact":true,"docs":[{"id":"vi_vi00523","ead_ssi":"vi_vi00523","_root_":"vi_vi00523","_nest_parent_":"vi_vi00523","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/lva/vi00523.xml","title_ssm":["Executive Papers, 1786-1788"],"title_tesim":["Executive Papers, 1786-1788"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Executive Papers, 1786-1788"],"text":["Executive Papers, 1786-1788","40084","3.88 cubic\n         feet","Material arranged chronologically with undated items\n         arranged at the end of each year.","Edmund Jenings Randolph was born is Williamsburg, Virginia,\n         on 10 August 1753. Randolph was the son of John \u0026 Ariana\n         Jenings Randolph and nephew of Peyton Randolph, a member of\n         the Continental Congress from 1774 to 1775. Edmund graduated\n         from the College of William \u0026 Mary and proceeded to study\n         law in Williamsburg. At the outbreak of the Revolutionary War,\n         Randolph served as aide-de-camp to George Washington in the\n         Continental Army. The following year, he married Elizabeth\n         Nicholas and served as both the youngest delegate to\n         Virginia's first Constitutional Convention \u0026 Mayor of\n         Williamsburg. Randolph was elected the first Attorney General\n         of Virginia and served until 1782. In addition, Randolph acted\n         as a delegate to the Continental Congress for the years 1779,\n         1781, \u0026 1782. He was elected by the General Assembly to\n         two one-year terms as Governor from 30 November 1786 until 12\n         November 1788. During his first term as Governor, Randolph\n         represented Virginia as a member of the U.S. Constitutional\n         Convention in 1787. During the Convention, Randolph proposed\n         his Virginia Plan for the Constitution with a strong central\n         government and representation based on population. He opposed\n         the final version of the Constitution, but later advocated its\n         ratification with the proposed amendments. He was appointed\n         the first Attorney General of the United States under\n         President Washington serving from 1789 until 1794. Randolph\n         then became Secretary of State, but was forced to resign on 19\n         August 1795. Following his political career, Randolph served\n         as senior counsel to Aaron Burr during his trial for treason\n         in 1807. Randolph died in Clarke County, Virginia, on 12\n         September 1813, and is buried in Old Chapel Cemetery,\n         Millwood, Va.","Governor Randolph's Executive papers are organized\n         chronologically with undated items arranged at the end of each\n         year. These papers primarily consist of incoming\n         correspondence during Randolph's two one-year terms as\n         governor between 30 November 1786 until 12 November 1788.\n         These records include correspondence written to Beverley\n         Randolph who acted as Lieutenant Governor while Edmund served\n         as a member of the U.S. Constitutional Convention in\n         Philadelphia in 1787. The correspondence in this collection\n         relates to a variety of topics including appointments for\n         state positions; the Point of Fork Arsenal; Indian attacks in\n         the western country \u0026 peace treaties; Shay's Rebellion in\n         Massachusetts; arms \u0026 ammunition; the Constitutional\n         Convention in Philadelphia; the State Boats Patriot \u0026\n         Liberty; Revolutionary claims against Virginia and the United\n         States; the Public Jail \u0026 prisoners; militia; the U.S.\n         Board of Treasury; searchers; public finances; the state of\n         Franklin; the independence of Vermont; tobacco; elections; the\n         Northwestern territory; the District of Kentucky; and others.\n         In addition to correspondence, there are resolutions from\n         Congress and the Virginia Senate \u0026 House of Delegates;\n         orders of the Council of State; accounts; oaths; pardons;\n         lists or calendars of criminals; depositions; proclamations;\n         petitions; reports; appointments; bonds; circulars;\n         proceedings; applications; agreements; extracts of journals\n         \u0026 minutes; registers of ships; and other sundry items.","Noteworthy correspondence originates from the United States\n         government, Virginia State government, and miscellaneous\n         sources. Prominent correspondents from the United States\n         government include Thomas Jefferson, Minister of France;\n         Charles Thomson, Secretary of Congress; John Jay, Secretary of\n         Foreign Affairs; Henry Knox, Secretary of War; Joseph Martin,\n         Agent of Indian Affairs; Samuel Osgood, Walter Livingston,\n         \u0026 Arthur Lee, U.S. Board of Treasury; and the Virginia\n         Delegates to Congress including Edward Carrington, William\n         Grayson, James Madison, Jr., Henry Lee, William Heth, John\n         Brown, Cyrus Griffin, \u0026 Richard Henry Lee.","Thomas Jefferson, as Minister of France, writes to Governor\n         Randolph on 7 February 1787 regarding the inauguration\n         ceremony of the bust of the Marquis de Lafayette. Jefferson\n         also writes about shipments of arms from Bordeaux and payments\n         to Houdon for the statue of General Washington and a second\n         bust of Lafayette (1787 August 3). Lastly, Governor Randolph\n         forwards to Beverley Randolph on 27 May 1787, a dispatch of W.\n         Short enclosing the proceedings of the City of Paris on the\n         reception of Lafayette's bust presented by the state of\n         Virginia. This letter also encloses another letter from John\n         Bondfield to Gen. George Washington concerning a shipment of\n         arms to Dumfries.","Charles Thomson, Secretary of Congress, corresponds often\n         with Randolph. He transmits Congressional journals,\n         resolutions and acts of Congress, monthly States of\n         Representation, extracts of important letters, etc.\n         Significant documents transmitted by Thomson include the\n         following: a letter regarding disorder in Massachusetts (1786\n         Dec. 14); a resolution for a Convention of delegates to meet\n         in May 1787 to revise the Articles of Confederation (1787 Feb.\n         21); resolutions regarding a treaty of peace with Great\n         Britain (1787 April 13); resolutions empowering the Board of\n         Treasury to contract for coining copper, the sale of lands\n         surveyed in the Western Territory, \u0026 the extension of the\n         ''franking'' privilege to members of the Constitutional\n         Convention (1787 April 25); a treaty between the U.S. and the\n         Kingdom of Morocco (1787 July 21); a letter informing the\n         Governor of the election of Cyrus Griffin as President of the\n         Continental Congress (1788 Jan. 23); a resolution on the\n         claims of David Henley, Commissioner for the Claims of\n         Virginia on Account of the Western Territory (1788 June 4);\n         and a letter regarding the proceedings of Congress on the\n         independence of the District of Kentucky (1788 July 3).","John Jay, as Secretary of Foreign Affairs, communicates to\n         Governor Randolph issues abroad. He encloses an extract of a\n         letter he received from John Adams, Minister Plenipotentiary\n         of the U.S. in London, regarding the counterfeiting of\n         Carolina money (1787 July 3). Jay also encloses a copy of the\n         signals agreed upon between the U.S. \u0026 Morocco for their\n         vessels at sea (1787 July 27). On 26 May 1788, Jay drafted a\n         letter to the Governor regarding a note from Schultz von\n         Asheraden, Envoy Extraordinary of the King of Sweden, in\n         reference to Capt. Adolph Frederick Dahlberg. Similarly, there\n         is also a letter from Jay regarding notes from the Minister of\n         France on the conduct of J.M. Ferrier (1788 June 13). Lastly,\n         there is a letter respecting foreign consuls (1788 Sept.\n         24).","Henry Knox, Secretary of War, corresponds with the Governor\n         on 12 February 1787 on the subject of the Board of Treasury's\n         plan to provide for the establishment of troops and the\n         insurrection in Massachusetts. There is also a letter from\n         Knox concerning the appointment of Joseph Martin as Indian\n         Agent for the Cherokee Nation (1788 June 23).","Joseph Martin, Agent for Indian Affairs and later Indian\n         Agent for the Cherokee Nation, corresponds with Governor\n         Randolph on many occasions. Martin writes the Governor on 16\n         March 1787 concerning the opening of the land office of the\n         state of Franklin and Benjamin Logan's attack on Crow Town. On\n         March 21, Martin's letter mentions the Chota Indians and the\n         taking of land by the ''Franklynists.'' His letter of June 28\n         encloses Indian talks from Cherokee chiefs including King\n         Fisher, Old Corn Tassle, \u0026 Tuskegetchee. He writes about\n         the dispute between North Carolina and the state of Franklin\n         in April 1788 and encloses a letter from John Sevier \u0026 the\n         Cherokees. Finally, he informs the Governor of attacks against\n         the Cherokee nation and encloses letters from Andrew\n         McGilveray regarding Indian affairs (1788 June 11).","Samuel Osgood, Walter Livingston, \u0026 Arthur Lee of the\n         U.S. Board of Treasury transmit a statement of the contingent\n         expenditures of the U.S. from 1 January to 31 December 1786\n         (1787 Feb. 2). They also enclose an act of Congress regarding\n         the repeal of another act to open a loan on the credit of the\n         requisition (1787 May 15). On May 25, the Board writes the\n         Governor concerning an ordinance of Congress for the\n         settlement of accounts between individual states and the U.S.\n         Finally, the Board encloses a letter \u0026 report to the state\n         of Connecticut regarding invalid pensions (1788 Sept. 19).","The various members of Virginia's delegation to Congress\n         regularly communicated with Governor Randolph on a variety of\n         national concerns. The delegation to the Continental Congress\n         during Randolph's administration consisted of Edward\n         Carrington, William Grayson, James Madison, Richard H. Lee,\n         Cyrus Griffin, Henry Lee, \u0026 John Brown. Significant\n         correspondence from these delegates relate to Shay's Rebellion\n         in Massachusetts (1786 December 8); the need for military\n         stores in the Western Country (1786 December 24); Gen. Knox\n         and arms for the state of Virginia (1787 Feb. 19); the treaty\n         between the U.S. and United Netherlands (1787 March 5); the\n         progress of the appointments to the Convention and the\n         admission of Vermont to the Union (1787 March 19); trade laws,\n         an act to ratify \u0026 confirm the independence of Vermont,\n         the appointment of John Pierce as Commissioner for Settlement\n         of the Illinois Accounts, the discharge of troops under the\n         act of October 1786, the death of Vergennes, \u0026 hostilities\n         in the Western Country (1787 April 2, 12, 13, \u0026 July 17);\n         the inadequacy of the government due to the irregular\n         representation in Congress, commercial deputies, \u0026 indents\n         for 1786 \u0026 1787 (1787 May 7, 15, \u0026 June 8);\n         communications from Col. Evan Shelby, the dismemberment of\n         states, Vermont, North Carolina, \u0026 problems in the\n         Kaskaskies \u0026 Post Vincent (1787 June 12); the defense of\n         the frontiers of Kentucky and elsewhere (1787 June 25, 27,\n         \u0026 July 7); the Board of Treasury (1787 July 1787); an\n         ordinance for establishing a temporary government in the\n         Western Territory, a resolution concerning copper coinage,\n         \u0026 an ordinance for settling the accounts between the U.S.\n         and individual states (1787 Nov. 3); the claim of Virginia to\n         the Northwestern Territory (1788 March 23); the settlement of\n         the accounts of the state against the U.S. (1788 May 8); an\n         act to extend the time to settle these accounts (1788 June 9);\n         and rations for rangers called into service in Bourbon County\n         (1788 June 30).","The various members of Virginia's delegation to Congress\n         regularly communicated with Governor Randolph on a variety of\n         national concerns. The delegation to the Continental Congress\n         during Randolph's administration consisted of Edward\n         Carrington, William Grayson, James Madison, Richard H. Lee,\n         Cyrus Griffin, Henry Lee, \u0026 John Brown. Significant\n         correspondence from these delegates relate to Shay's Rebellion\n         in Massachusetts (1786 December 8); the need for military\n         stores in the Western Country (1786 December 24); Gen. Knox\n         and arms for the state of Virginia (1787 Feb. 19); the treaty\n         between the U.S. and United Netherlands (1787 March 5); the\n         progress of the appointments to the Convention and the\n         admission of Vermont to the Union (1787 March 19); trade laws,\n         an act to ratify \u0026 confirm the independence of Vermont,\n         the appointment of John Pierce as Commissioner for Settlement\n         of the Illinois Accounts, the discharge of troops under the\n         act of October 1786, the death of Vergennes, \u0026 hostilities\n         in the Western Country (1787 April 2, 12, 13, \u0026 July 17);\n         the inadequacy of the government due to the irregular\n         representation in Congress, commercial deputies, \u0026 indents\n         for 1786 \u0026 1787 (1787 May 7, 15, \u0026 June 8);\n         communications from Col. Evan Shelby, the dismemberment of\n         states, Vermont, North Carolina, \u0026 problems in the\n         Kaskaskies \u0026 Post Vincent (1787 June 12); the defense of\n         the frontiers of Kentucky and elsewhere (1787 June 25, 27,\n         \u0026 July 7); the Board of Treasury (1787 July 1787); an\n         ordinance for establishing a temporary government in the\n         Western Territory, a resolution concerning copper coinage,\n         \u0026 an ordinance for settling the accounts between the U.S.\n         and individual states (1787 Nov. 3); the claim of Virginia to\n         the Northwestern Territory (1788 March 23); the settlement of\n         the accounts of the state against the U.S. (1788 May 8); an\n         act to extend the time to settle these accounts (1788 June 9);\n         and rations for rangers called into service in Bourbon County\n         (1788 June 30).","Significant correspondents from Virginia State government\n         include John Beckley, Clerk of the House of Delegates,\n         Humphrey Brooke, Clerk of the Senate; Archibald Blair, Clerk\n         of the Council of State; Capt. John Peyton \u0026 Capt. Elias\n         Langham, Superintendent of the Military Stores, Arms, \u0026\n         Ammunition at Point of Fork Arsenal; Col. Thomas Meriwether,\n         Commissioner of Army Accounts; Benjamin Logan, County\n         Lieutenant of Lincoln County; Arthur Campbell, County\n         Lieutenant of Washington County; Levi Todd, County Lieutenant\n         of Fayette County; Alexander Barnett, County Lieutenant of\n         Russell County; David Shepherd, County Lieutenant of Ohio\n         County; Walter Crockett, County Lieutenant of Montgomery\n         County; William Rose, Keeper of the Public Jail; James Innes,\n         Attorney General; Leighton Wood, Jr., Solicitor General;\n         Andrew Dunscomb, Assistant Commissioner of Military Claims;\n         Capt. James Barron \u0026 Capt. Richard Taylor, Virginia Navy;\n         Beverley Randolph, Lieutenant Governor; and Jacquelin Ambler,\n         Treasurer.","John Beckley, Clerk of the House of Delegates, \u0026\n         Humphrey Brooke, Clerk of the Senate, regularly enclose\n         resolutions from their respective bodies to the Governor. On 1\n         December 1786, Beckley submits the appointment of Henry Lee as\n         Delegate to Congress. He provides resolutions regarding the\n         claims of the state of Virginia against the United States and\n         the election of Andrew Dunscomb to serve as Commissioner to\n         settle these accounts (1787 Jan. 5). On 23 October 1787,\n         Beckley transmits an extract of the journal of the House of\n         Delegates containing the ballot for five delegates in Congress\n         including James Madison, Edward Carrington, Henry Lee, John\n         Brown, \u0026 Cyrus Griffin. On 31 October 1788, he presents\n         the ballot for the election of Cyrus Griffin, John Brown,\n         James Madison, Jr., John Dawson, \u0026 Mann Page. In addition,\n         an extract of the journal of the House of Delegates from 8\n         November 1788 reports on the election of Richard Henry Lee\n         \u0026 William Grayson as Virginia's first senators in\n         Congress. Beckley \u0026 Brooke also inform the Governor about\n         appointments to the Privy Council including William Heth \u0026\n         Joseph Eggleston (1787 November 7) and Andrew Moore \u0026\n         Robert Goode (1788 June 28). Lastly, the clerks inform the\n         Governor of the election of Edmund Winston as judge of the\n         General Court (1788 June 28).","Archibald Blair, as Clerk of the Council of State, encloses\n         orders of the Council to the Governor. In December 1786, the\n         Council orders Col. Meriwether to contract for repairs to the\n         Public Jail \u0026 the Governor's House, to employ someone to\n         convey arms from France, \u0026 to purchase a sword for Capt.\n         Jouett (1786 Dec. 14). Meriwether also receives orders related\n         to the distribution of Articles of War (1787 May 2). His\n         letter dated 2 May 1787 also relates to alterations in the\n         Public Jail. The Council sends a list of grants to be signed\n         by the Governor (1787 April 30 \u0026 25 May). Lastly, the\n         Council provides advice on the requisition of militia in the\n         western counties including a resolution of Congress concerning\n         orders for militia in Virginia \u0026 Pennsylvania to be ready\n         to protect the inhabitants (1788 Oct. 15).","Capt. John Peyton resigns as Commissary of Stores at Point\n         of Fork on 20 November 1786. Peyton writes to Col. Thomas\n         Meriwether on 10 December 1786 recommending William Price, his\n         former clerk, to succeed him. Additionally, there are letters\n         from other individuals applying for the position. Elias\n         Langham, however, successfully applies to the Governor on 13\n         December 1786. As Commissary of Military Stores, Langham\n         corresponds with Col. Meriwether regarding provisions (1786\n         Dec. 25); contracts to supply rations (1787 April 26); an\n         estimate of clothing for guards and state negroes (1787 July\n         5); \u0026 land belonging to David Ross near Point of Fork in\n         Fluvanna County (1787 June 26 \u0026 Dec. 21). In turn, Col.\n         Meriwether corresponds with Governor Randolph offering an\n         estimate of the cost of transporting arms from Point of Fork\n         to Redstone (1786 Dec. 26), a report of Capt. Peyton's last\n         returns (1787 Feb. 22), delinquencies of militia officers\n         (1787 March 1), payrolls of Point of Fork (1787 April 7), a\n         list of his official duties (1787 May 8), a report of the\n         militia (1787 Oct. 22), and reports on the Point of Fork\n         Arsenal (1787 Oct. 4 \u0026 1788 Oct. 3).","County lieutenants including Levi Todd, Benjamin Logan,\n         Arthur Campbell, David Shepherd, Alexander Barnett, \u0026\n         Walter Crockett from the western counties correspond with\n         Governor Randolph on numerous occasions primarily regarding\n         Indian affairs. Levi Todd writes about the strength of the\n         militia in Fayette County and Shawnee attacks in the area\n         (1786 Dec. 7); the need for officers \u0026 a lack of\n         ammunition and provision (1787 Feb. 14); the defenselessness\n         of Kentucky (1787 April 30); \u0026 war with the Indians (1788\n         March 29). Benjamin Logan writes about an attack on the\n         Shawnee towns in the District of Kentucky (1786 Dec. 17);\n         Indian outrages in Kentucky (1787 April 14); the sense of the\n         people of Kentucky regarding the Cherokee Indians (1787 May\n         17); intelligence concerning the Cherokee Indians sent to\n         Arthur Campbell (1787 May 18); \u0026 the proceedings of a\n         meeting of the commanding officers of the District of Kentucky\n         (1787 Sept. 24). Arthur Campbell communicates a list of field\n         officers \u0026 captains proposed to command two regiments of\n         militia in Washington County (1787 Feb. 14); the implications\n         of the recent treaty with Spain (1787 Feb. 16); an attack by\n         Col. John Logan on friendly Indians (1787 March 9); the\n         militia in Washington County and the apprehended danger from\n         the Cherokee Indians (1787 March 17); westward expansion,\n         Topoka, Chief of the Chocta Nation, \u0026 the navigation of\n         the Mississippi (1787 April 15); movements of the Cherokee\n         Indians (1787 Aug. 16); the boundary between Virginia \u0026\n         North Carolina (1787 Dec. 10); \u0026 consideration for the\n         position as Superintendent of the Southern Department (1787\n         Dec. 31). David Shepherd expresses his concerns in relation to\n         Indian outrages in Monongalia (1787 April 30); Indian attacks\n         \u0026 the state of the militia in Ohio County (1787 May 24\n         \u0026 1787 Nov. 10). Finally, Alexander Barnett writes on\n         Indian attacks in Russell County (1787 May 19 \u0026 1787 Aug.\n         29) \u0026 Walter Crockett relates incidents with natives in\n         Montgomery County (1787 June 11 \u0026 1788 March 15).","William Rose as Keeper of the Public Jail periodically\n         transmits lists or calendars of criminals convicted at the\n         General Court (1786 Dec. 16, 1787 March 28, 1787 April 30,\n         1787 June 11, 1787 Dec. 6, 1788 March 31, 1788 April 26, 1788\n         June 10, 1788 Oct. 27). Rose also writes to the Governor\n         regarding specific criminals in his jail (1787 Jan. 24 \u0026\n         1787 July 26). Lastly, he send his remarks on a contract to\n         furnish the Public Jail with provisions (1788 Jan. 30).","James Innes served as Attorney General to the Commonwealth\n         during Randolph's administration as Governor. Innes provides\n         his opinion on various issues including the repeal of the act\n         of 1785 for approving, confirming, \u0026 ratifying the compact\n         between Virginia \u0026 Maryland (1787 Feb. 28 \u0026 1787 Aug.\n         3); tobacco inspection at Lynch's Ferry (1787 June 26 \u0026\n         1787 Sept. 1); \u0026 foreign creditors (1787 March 19).","Andrew Dunscomb's correspondence relates to his position as\n         Assistant Commissioner of Military Claims. Included is his\n         oath of office and a letter regarding the same (1787 Jan. 13\n         \u0026 15). He also writes on the state of claims of the\n         Commonwealth with the U.S. (1787 June 13, 18, \u0026 Nov. 15).\n         On 6 July 1787, he requests additional clerks, and later, he\n         asks the Governor for a salary increase (1787 Nov. 13).\n         Similarly, there is extensive correspondence from Leighton\n         Wood, Jr., Solicitor General, regarding claims against the\n         state, delinquencies of sheriffs in paying taxes, etc. Present\n         is Wood's bond \u0026 security for his position as Solicitor\n         (1787 Jan. 26 \u0026 Feb. 1). Treasurer, Jacquelin Ambler's\n         letters too relate to the financial matters of the state.\n         Ambler reveals a lack of money in the Contingent Fund for\n         William Rose's warrants for the support of the Public Jail\n         (1787 March 5).","Capt. James Barron, Virginia State Navy, died in May 1787.\n         Applications can be found to replace him as commander of the\n         state boats (1787 June 4). Before his death, Barron comments\n         on the transport of small arms from Norfolk (1786 Dec. 6) and\n         discusses the employment of a surgeon \u0026 pilots on his\n         boats (1787 April 27). Barron was replaced by Capt. Richard\n         Taylor in June 1787. Noteworthy among his correspondence,\n         Taylor encloses an inventory of the articles on board the\n         Liberty and Patriot on 12 August 1787. He also remarks on the\n         poor state of the boats in his letter dated 7 September 1787.\n         On 14 November 1787, Taylor complains to the Governor about\n         his pay \u0026 pension. Lastly, Taylor talks about damage\n         sustained to the Schooner Patriot in a storm while harbored at\n         Portsmouth (1788 July 24).","Additional significant documents include the following: the\n         oath of fidelity to Governor Randolph by John Harvie (1786\n         Dec. 1); an oath of fidelity to Bolling Starke as Privy\n         Councilor (1786 Dec. 4); a proclamation by the governor\n         outlawing certain escaped prisoners (1786 Dec. 23); a letter\n         from Samuel Huntingdon, Governor of Connecticut, appointing\n         commissioners to assemble in Convention in Philadelphia (1786\n         Dec. 23); a letter from John Blair regarding his appointment\n         as a member of the committee to meet in Philadelphia in May\n         (1786 Dec. 25); a letter from David Ross concerning his claim\n         for the use of his property at Point of Fork (1787 Jan. 30); a\n         proclamation by the Governor authorizing surveys to be made on\n         the lands allotted to the Virginia Line on Continental\n         Establishment (1787 Jan. 25); a letter from Piomingo, Chief of\n         the Chickasaw Nation, regarding the Treaty at Kieve (1787 Feb.\n         15); a proclamation concerning the seizure of Spanish property\n         by George Rogers Clark (1787 Feb. 28); the bond of John\n         Pendleton as Auditor of Public Accounts (1787 March 1); a\n         proclamation offering a reward for the capture of Presley Hunt\n         \u0026 Ephraim Andrews, escaped prisoners (1787 March 2); a\n         letter from Monsieur Oster, French Consul, applying for an\n         order to prevent the departure of M.S. Deschamps to France\n         (1787 April 1); a letter from William Smith enclosing a list\n         of field officers in the Northampton County militia (1787\n         April 4); a letter from George Mason regarding payment as a\n         delegate of the Constitutional Convention (1787 April 23); a\n         proclamation for the reward \u0026 capture of Irby Philips\n         (1787 April 28); a list of tobacco saved from Byrd Warehouse\n         (1787 June 6); a letter from Governor Randolph to the\n         lieutenant governor regarding a warrant for the expense of\n         transporting his family to Philadelphia (1787 June 6); a\n         letter from Governor Randolph enclosing George Wythe's\n         resignation (1787 June 21); a letter from George Mason\n         concerning the resignation of George Wythe as a delegate to\n         the Convention (1787 June 30); a letter from the Governor\n         providing his account for the Constitutional Convention (1787\n         July 12); an agreement between David Ross \u0026 Col.\n         Meriwether for Point of Fork including a valuation of the 24\n         acres of land (1787 Aug. 8); a letter from Randolph forwarding\n         a copy of the National Constitution and expressing his\n         opposition to it (1787 Sept. 18); a letter from George Rogers\n         Clark regarding the settlement of western accounts (1787 Oct.\n         8); a letter from Samuel Johnston, Governor of North Carolina,\n         regarding an act to hold a Convention in Virginia in June\n         (1788 Jan. 22); the proceedings of the Massachusetts\n         Constitutional Convention to ratify the U.S. Constitution\n         (1788 Feb. 6); the proceedings of the Georgia Constitutional\n         Convention (1788 Feb. 5); a letter from John Sevier, Governor\n         of Franklin, regarding the dispute between the state of\n         Franklin \u0026 North Carolina (1788 March 27); a letter from Benjamin Franklin   \tregarding the sanity of Mr. Elam (1788 May 12); a proclamation\n         regarding the act establishing district courts as\n         unconstitutional (1788 May 14); a letter from William Heth\n         \u0026 David Henley, Commissioners of the Western Territory,\n         enclosing their report on the claims of Virginia for the\n         territory ceded to Congress (1788 May 15); a circular from\n         Thomas Pinckney, Governor of South Carolina, regarding the\n         ratification of the Constitution by a Convention in South\n         Carolina (1788 May 24); a letter from Andrew Limonin regarding the bust of the Marquis de Lafayette (1788 Nov. 11); and a letter from the Council of State\n         regarding Governor Randolph's departure from office (1788 Nov.\n         13).","State Records Collection,\n         Governor's Office (Record Group 3)","English"],"collection_title_tesim":["Executive Papers, 1786-1788"],"collection_ssim":["Executive Papers, 1786-1788"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["40084"],"unitid_tesim":["40084"],"repository_ssm":["Library of Virginia"],"repository_ssim":["Library of Virginia"],"creator_ssm":["Governor's Office"],"creator_ssim":["Governor's Office"],"acqinfo_ssim":["Acquired prior to 1905."],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"physdesc_tesim":["3.88 cubic\n         feet"],"arrangement_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eMaterial arranged chronologically with undated items\n         arranged at the end of each year.\u003c/p\u003e\n    "],"arrangement_heading_ssm":["Arrangement"],"arrangement_tesim":["Material arranged chronologically with undated items\n         arranged at the end of each year."],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eEdmund Jenings Randolph was born is Williamsburg, Virginia,\n         on 10 August 1753. Randolph was the son of John \u0026amp; Ariana\n         Jenings Randolph and nephew of Peyton Randolph, a member of\n         the Continental Congress from 1774 to 1775. Edmund graduated\n         from the College of William \u0026amp; Mary and proceeded to study\n         law in Williamsburg. At the outbreak of the Revolutionary War,\n         Randolph served as aide-de-camp to George Washington in the\n         Continental Army. The following year, he married Elizabeth\n         Nicholas and served as both the youngest delegate to\n         Virginia's first Constitutional Convention \u0026amp; Mayor of\n         Williamsburg. Randolph was elected the first Attorney General\n         of Virginia and served until 1782. In addition, Randolph acted\n         as a delegate to the Continental Congress for the years 1779,\n         1781, \u0026amp; 1782. He was elected by the General Assembly to\n         two one-year terms as Governor from 30 November 1786 until 12\n         November 1788. During his first term as Governor, Randolph\n         represented Virginia as a member of the U.S. Constitutional\n         Convention in 1787. During the Convention, Randolph proposed\n         his Virginia Plan for the Constitution with a strong central\n         government and representation based on population. He opposed\n         the final version of the Constitution, but later advocated its\n         ratification with the proposed amendments. He was appointed\n         the first Attorney General of the United States under\n         President Washington serving from 1789 until 1794. Randolph\n         then became Secretary of State, but was forced to resign on 19\n         August 1795. Following his political career, Randolph served\n         as senior counsel to Aaron Burr during his trial for treason\n         in 1807. Randolph died in Clarke County, Virginia, on 12\n         September 1813, and is buried in Old Chapel Cemetery,\n         Millwood, Va.\u003c/p\u003e\n    "],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical Information"],"bioghist_tesim":["Edmund Jenings Randolph was born is Williamsburg, Virginia,\n         on 10 August 1753. Randolph was the son of John \u0026 Ariana\n         Jenings Randolph and nephew of Peyton Randolph, a member of\n         the Continental Congress from 1774 to 1775. Edmund graduated\n         from the College of William \u0026 Mary and proceeded to study\n         law in Williamsburg. At the outbreak of the Revolutionary War,\n         Randolph served as aide-de-camp to George Washington in the\n         Continental Army. The following year, he married Elizabeth\n         Nicholas and served as both the youngest delegate to\n         Virginia's first Constitutional Convention \u0026 Mayor of\n         Williamsburg. Randolph was elected the first Attorney General\n         of Virginia and served until 1782. In addition, Randolph acted\n         as a delegate to the Continental Congress for the years 1779,\n         1781, \u0026 1782. He was elected by the General Assembly to\n         two one-year terms as Governor from 30 November 1786 until 12\n         November 1788. During his first term as Governor, Randolph\n         represented Virginia as a member of the U.S. Constitutional\n         Convention in 1787. During the Convention, Randolph proposed\n         his Virginia Plan for the Constitution with a strong central\n         government and representation based on population. He opposed\n         the final version of the Constitution, but later advocated its\n         ratification with the proposed amendments. He was appointed\n         the first Attorney General of the United States under\n         President Washington serving from 1789 until 1794. Randolph\n         then became Secretary of State, but was forced to resign on 19\n         August 1795. Following his political career, Randolph served\n         as senior counsel to Aaron Burr during his trial for treason\n         in 1807. Randolph died in Clarke County, Virginia, on 12\n         September 1813, and is buried in Old Chapel Cemetery,\n         Millwood, Va."],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content Information"],"scopecontent_tesim":["Governor Randolph's Executive papers are organized\n         chronologically with undated items arranged at the end of each\n         year. These papers primarily consist of incoming\n         correspondence during Randolph's two one-year terms as\n         governor between 30 November 1786 until 12 November 1788.\n         These records include correspondence written to Beverley\n         Randolph who acted as Lieutenant Governor while Edmund served\n         as a member of the U.S. Constitutional Convention in\n         Philadelphia in 1787. The correspondence in this collection\n         relates to a variety of topics including appointments for\n         state positions; the Point of Fork Arsenal; Indian attacks in\n         the western country \u0026 peace treaties; Shay's Rebellion in\n         Massachusetts; arms \u0026 ammunition; the Constitutional\n         Convention in Philadelphia; the State Boats Patriot \u0026\n         Liberty; Revolutionary claims against Virginia and the United\n         States; the Public Jail \u0026 prisoners; militia; the U.S.\n         Board of Treasury; searchers; public finances; the state of\n         Franklin; the independence of Vermont; tobacco; elections; the\n         Northwestern territory; the District of Kentucky; and others.\n         In addition to correspondence, there are resolutions from\n         Congress and the Virginia Senate \u0026 House of Delegates;\n         orders of the Council of State; accounts; oaths; pardons;\n         lists or calendars of criminals; depositions; proclamations;\n         petitions; reports; appointments; bonds; circulars;\n         proceedings; applications; agreements; extracts of journals\n         \u0026 minutes; registers of ships; and other sundry items.","Noteworthy correspondence originates from the United States\n         government, Virginia State government, and miscellaneous\n         sources. Prominent correspondents from the United States\n         government include Thomas Jefferson, Minister of France;\n         Charles Thomson, Secretary of Congress; John Jay, Secretary of\n         Foreign Affairs; Henry Knox, Secretary of War; Joseph Martin,\n         Agent of Indian Affairs; Samuel Osgood, Walter Livingston,\n         \u0026 Arthur Lee, U.S. Board of Treasury; and the Virginia\n         Delegates to Congress including Edward Carrington, William\n         Grayson, James Madison, Jr., Henry Lee, William Heth, John\n         Brown, Cyrus Griffin, \u0026 Richard Henry Lee.","Thomas Jefferson, as Minister of France, writes to Governor\n         Randolph on 7 February 1787 regarding the inauguration\n         ceremony of the bust of the Marquis de Lafayette. Jefferson\n         also writes about shipments of arms from Bordeaux and payments\n         to Houdon for the statue of General Washington and a second\n         bust of Lafayette (1787 August 3). Lastly, Governor Randolph\n         forwards to Beverley Randolph on 27 May 1787, a dispatch of W.\n         Short enclosing the proceedings of the City of Paris on the\n         reception of Lafayette's bust presented by the state of\n         Virginia. This letter also encloses another letter from John\n         Bondfield to Gen. George Washington concerning a shipment of\n         arms to Dumfries.","Charles Thomson, Secretary of Congress, corresponds often\n         with Randolph. He transmits Congressional journals,\n         resolutions and acts of Congress, monthly States of\n         Representation, extracts of important letters, etc.\n         Significant documents transmitted by Thomson include the\n         following: a letter regarding disorder in Massachusetts (1786\n         Dec. 14); a resolution for a Convention of delegates to meet\n         in May 1787 to revise the Articles of Confederation (1787 Feb.\n         21); resolutions regarding a treaty of peace with Great\n         Britain (1787 April 13); resolutions empowering the Board of\n         Treasury to contract for coining copper, the sale of lands\n         surveyed in the Western Territory, \u0026 the extension of the\n         ''franking'' privilege to members of the Constitutional\n         Convention (1787 April 25); a treaty between the U.S. and the\n         Kingdom of Morocco (1787 July 21); a letter informing the\n         Governor of the election of Cyrus Griffin as President of the\n         Continental Congress (1788 Jan. 23); a resolution on the\n         claims of David Henley, Commissioner for the Claims of\n         Virginia on Account of the Western Territory (1788 June 4);\n         and a letter regarding the proceedings of Congress on the\n         independence of the District of Kentucky (1788 July 3).","John Jay, as Secretary of Foreign Affairs, communicates to\n         Governor Randolph issues abroad. He encloses an extract of a\n         letter he received from John Adams, Minister Plenipotentiary\n         of the U.S. in London, regarding the counterfeiting of\n         Carolina money (1787 July 3). Jay also encloses a copy of the\n         signals agreed upon between the U.S. \u0026 Morocco for their\n         vessels at sea (1787 July 27). On 26 May 1788, Jay drafted a\n         letter to the Governor regarding a note from Schultz von\n         Asheraden, Envoy Extraordinary of the King of Sweden, in\n         reference to Capt. Adolph Frederick Dahlberg. Similarly, there\n         is also a letter from Jay regarding notes from the Minister of\n         France on the conduct of J.M. Ferrier (1788 June 13). Lastly,\n         there is a letter respecting foreign consuls (1788 Sept.\n         24).","Henry Knox, Secretary of War, corresponds with the Governor\n         on 12 February 1787 on the subject of the Board of Treasury's\n         plan to provide for the establishment of troops and the\n         insurrection in Massachusetts. There is also a letter from\n         Knox concerning the appointment of Joseph Martin as Indian\n         Agent for the Cherokee Nation (1788 June 23).","Joseph Martin, Agent for Indian Affairs and later Indian\n         Agent for the Cherokee Nation, corresponds with Governor\n         Randolph on many occasions. Martin writes the Governor on 16\n         March 1787 concerning the opening of the land office of the\n         state of Franklin and Benjamin Logan's attack on Crow Town. On\n         March 21, Martin's letter mentions the Chota Indians and the\n         taking of land by the ''Franklynists.'' His letter of June 28\n         encloses Indian talks from Cherokee chiefs including King\n         Fisher, Old Corn Tassle, \u0026 Tuskegetchee. He writes about\n         the dispute between North Carolina and the state of Franklin\n         in April 1788 and encloses a letter from John Sevier \u0026 the\n         Cherokees. Finally, he informs the Governor of attacks against\n         the Cherokee nation and encloses letters from Andrew\n         McGilveray regarding Indian affairs (1788 June 11).","Samuel Osgood, Walter Livingston, \u0026 Arthur Lee of the\n         U.S. Board of Treasury transmit a statement of the contingent\n         expenditures of the U.S. from 1 January to 31 December 1786\n         (1787 Feb. 2). They also enclose an act of Congress regarding\n         the repeal of another act to open a loan on the credit of the\n         requisition (1787 May 15). On May 25, the Board writes the\n         Governor concerning an ordinance of Congress for the\n         settlement of accounts between individual states and the U.S.\n         Finally, the Board encloses a letter \u0026 report to the state\n         of Connecticut regarding invalid pensions (1788 Sept. 19).","The various members of Virginia's delegation to Congress\n         regularly communicated with Governor Randolph on a variety of\n         national concerns. The delegation to the Continental Congress\n         during Randolph's administration consisted of Edward\n         Carrington, William Grayson, James Madison, Richard H. Lee,\n         Cyrus Griffin, Henry Lee, \u0026 John Brown. Significant\n         correspondence from these delegates relate to Shay's Rebellion\n         in Massachusetts (1786 December 8); the need for military\n         stores in the Western Country (1786 December 24); Gen. Knox\n         and arms for the state of Virginia (1787 Feb. 19); the treaty\n         between the U.S. and United Netherlands (1787 March 5); the\n         progress of the appointments to the Convention and the\n         admission of Vermont to the Union (1787 March 19); trade laws,\n         an act to ratify \u0026 confirm the independence of Vermont,\n         the appointment of John Pierce as Commissioner for Settlement\n         of the Illinois Accounts, the discharge of troops under the\n         act of October 1786, the death of Vergennes, \u0026 hostilities\n         in the Western Country (1787 April 2, 12, 13, \u0026 July 17);\n         the inadequacy of the government due to the irregular\n         representation in Congress, commercial deputies, \u0026 indents\n         for 1786 \u0026 1787 (1787 May 7, 15, \u0026 June 8);\n         communications from Col. Evan Shelby, the dismemberment of\n         states, Vermont, North Carolina, \u0026 problems in the\n         Kaskaskies \u0026 Post Vincent (1787 June 12); the defense of\n         the frontiers of Kentucky and elsewhere (1787 June 25, 27,\n         \u0026 July 7); the Board of Treasury (1787 July 1787); an\n         ordinance for establishing a temporary government in the\n         Western Territory, a resolution concerning copper coinage,\n         \u0026 an ordinance for settling the accounts between the U.S.\n         and individual states (1787 Nov. 3); the claim of Virginia to\n         the Northwestern Territory (1788 March 23); the settlement of\n         the accounts of the state against the U.S. (1788 May 8); an\n         act to extend the time to settle these accounts (1788 June 9);\n         and rations for rangers called into service in Bourbon County\n         (1788 June 30).","The various members of Virginia's delegation to Congress\n         regularly communicated with Governor Randolph on a variety of\n         national concerns. The delegation to the Continental Congress\n         during Randolph's administration consisted of Edward\n         Carrington, William Grayson, James Madison, Richard H. Lee,\n         Cyrus Griffin, Henry Lee, \u0026 John Brown. Significant\n         correspondence from these delegates relate to Shay's Rebellion\n         in Massachusetts (1786 December 8); the need for military\n         stores in the Western Country (1786 December 24); Gen. Knox\n         and arms for the state of Virginia (1787 Feb. 19); the treaty\n         between the U.S. and United Netherlands (1787 March 5); the\n         progress of the appointments to the Convention and the\n         admission of Vermont to the Union (1787 March 19); trade laws,\n         an act to ratify \u0026 confirm the independence of Vermont,\n         the appointment of John Pierce as Commissioner for Settlement\n         of the Illinois Accounts, the discharge of troops under the\n         act of October 1786, the death of Vergennes, \u0026 hostilities\n         in the Western Country (1787 April 2, 12, 13, \u0026 July 17);\n         the inadequacy of the government due to the irregular\n         representation in Congress, commercial deputies, \u0026 indents\n         for 1786 \u0026 1787 (1787 May 7, 15, \u0026 June 8);\n         communications from Col. Evan Shelby, the dismemberment of\n         states, Vermont, North Carolina, \u0026 problems in the\n         Kaskaskies \u0026 Post Vincent (1787 June 12); the defense of\n         the frontiers of Kentucky and elsewhere (1787 June 25, 27,\n         \u0026 July 7); the Board of Treasury (1787 July 1787); an\n         ordinance for establishing a temporary government in the\n         Western Territory, a resolution concerning copper coinage,\n         \u0026 an ordinance for settling the accounts between the U.S.\n         and individual states (1787 Nov. 3); the claim of Virginia to\n         the Northwestern Territory (1788 March 23); the settlement of\n         the accounts of the state against the U.S. (1788 May 8); an\n         act to extend the time to settle these accounts (1788 June 9);\n         and rations for rangers called into service in Bourbon County\n         (1788 June 30).","Significant correspondents from Virginia State government\n         include John Beckley, Clerk of the House of Delegates,\n         Humphrey Brooke, Clerk of the Senate; Archibald Blair, Clerk\n         of the Council of State; Capt. John Peyton \u0026 Capt. Elias\n         Langham, Superintendent of the Military Stores, Arms, \u0026\n         Ammunition at Point of Fork Arsenal; Col. Thomas Meriwether,\n         Commissioner of Army Accounts; Benjamin Logan, County\n         Lieutenant of Lincoln County; Arthur Campbell, County\n         Lieutenant of Washington County; Levi Todd, County Lieutenant\n         of Fayette County; Alexander Barnett, County Lieutenant of\n         Russell County; David Shepherd, County Lieutenant of Ohio\n         County; Walter Crockett, County Lieutenant of Montgomery\n         County; William Rose, Keeper of the Public Jail; James Innes,\n         Attorney General; Leighton Wood, Jr., Solicitor General;\n         Andrew Dunscomb, Assistant Commissioner of Military Claims;\n         Capt. James Barron \u0026 Capt. Richard Taylor, Virginia Navy;\n         Beverley Randolph, Lieutenant Governor; and Jacquelin Ambler,\n         Treasurer.","John Beckley, Clerk of the House of Delegates, \u0026\n         Humphrey Brooke, Clerk of the Senate, regularly enclose\n         resolutions from their respective bodies to the Governor. On 1\n         December 1786, Beckley submits the appointment of Henry Lee as\n         Delegate to Congress. He provides resolutions regarding the\n         claims of the state of Virginia against the United States and\n         the election of Andrew Dunscomb to serve as Commissioner to\n         settle these accounts (1787 Jan. 5). On 23 October 1787,\n         Beckley transmits an extract of the journal of the House of\n         Delegates containing the ballot for five delegates in Congress\n         including James Madison, Edward Carrington, Henry Lee, John\n         Brown, \u0026 Cyrus Griffin. On 31 October 1788, he presents\n         the ballot for the election of Cyrus Griffin, John Brown,\n         James Madison, Jr., John Dawson, \u0026 Mann Page. In addition,\n         an extract of the journal of the House of Delegates from 8\n         November 1788 reports on the election of Richard Henry Lee\n         \u0026 William Grayson as Virginia's first senators in\n         Congress. Beckley \u0026 Brooke also inform the Governor about\n         appointments to the Privy Council including William Heth \u0026\n         Joseph Eggleston (1787 November 7) and Andrew Moore \u0026\n         Robert Goode (1788 June 28). Lastly, the clerks inform the\n         Governor of the election of Edmund Winston as judge of the\n         General Court (1788 June 28).","Archibald Blair, as Clerk of the Council of State, encloses\n         orders of the Council to the Governor. In December 1786, the\n         Council orders Col. Meriwether to contract for repairs to the\n         Public Jail \u0026 the Governor's House, to employ someone to\n         convey arms from France, \u0026 to purchase a sword for Capt.\n         Jouett (1786 Dec. 14). Meriwether also receives orders related\n         to the distribution of Articles of War (1787 May 2). His\n         letter dated 2 May 1787 also relates to alterations in the\n         Public Jail. The Council sends a list of grants to be signed\n         by the Governor (1787 April 30 \u0026 25 May). Lastly, the\n         Council provides advice on the requisition of militia in the\n         western counties including a resolution of Congress concerning\n         orders for militia in Virginia \u0026 Pennsylvania to be ready\n         to protect the inhabitants (1788 Oct. 15).","Capt. John Peyton resigns as Commissary of Stores at Point\n         of Fork on 20 November 1786. Peyton writes to Col. Thomas\n         Meriwether on 10 December 1786 recommending William Price, his\n         former clerk, to succeed him. Additionally, there are letters\n         from other individuals applying for the position. Elias\n         Langham, however, successfully applies to the Governor on 13\n         December 1786. As Commissary of Military Stores, Langham\n         corresponds with Col. Meriwether regarding provisions (1786\n         Dec. 25); contracts to supply rations (1787 April 26); an\n         estimate of clothing for guards and state negroes (1787 July\n         5); \u0026 land belonging to David Ross near Point of Fork in\n         Fluvanna County (1787 June 26 \u0026 Dec. 21). In turn, Col.\n         Meriwether corresponds with Governor Randolph offering an\n         estimate of the cost of transporting arms from Point of Fork\n         to Redstone (1786 Dec. 26), a report of Capt. Peyton's last\n         returns (1787 Feb. 22), delinquencies of militia officers\n         (1787 March 1), payrolls of Point of Fork (1787 April 7), a\n         list of his official duties (1787 May 8), a report of the\n         militia (1787 Oct. 22), and reports on the Point of Fork\n         Arsenal (1787 Oct. 4 \u0026 1788 Oct. 3).","County lieutenants including Levi Todd, Benjamin Logan,\n         Arthur Campbell, David Shepherd, Alexander Barnett, \u0026\n         Walter Crockett from the western counties correspond with\n         Governor Randolph on numerous occasions primarily regarding\n         Indian affairs. Levi Todd writes about the strength of the\n         militia in Fayette County and Shawnee attacks in the area\n         (1786 Dec. 7); the need for officers \u0026 a lack of\n         ammunition and provision (1787 Feb. 14); the defenselessness\n         of Kentucky (1787 April 30); \u0026 war with the Indians (1788\n         March 29). Benjamin Logan writes about an attack on the\n         Shawnee towns in the District of Kentucky (1786 Dec. 17);\n         Indian outrages in Kentucky (1787 April 14); the sense of the\n         people of Kentucky regarding the Cherokee Indians (1787 May\n         17); intelligence concerning the Cherokee Indians sent to\n         Arthur Campbell (1787 May 18); \u0026 the proceedings of a\n         meeting of the commanding officers of the District of Kentucky\n         (1787 Sept. 24). Arthur Campbell communicates a list of field\n         officers \u0026 captains proposed to command two regiments of\n         militia in Washington County (1787 Feb. 14); the implications\n         of the recent treaty with Spain (1787 Feb. 16); an attack by\n         Col. John Logan on friendly Indians (1787 March 9); the\n         militia in Washington County and the apprehended danger from\n         the Cherokee Indians (1787 March 17); westward expansion,\n         Topoka, Chief of the Chocta Nation, \u0026 the navigation of\n         the Mississippi (1787 April 15); movements of the Cherokee\n         Indians (1787 Aug. 16); the boundary between Virginia \u0026\n         North Carolina (1787 Dec. 10); \u0026 consideration for the\n         position as Superintendent of the Southern Department (1787\n         Dec. 31). David Shepherd expresses his concerns in relation to\n         Indian outrages in Monongalia (1787 April 30); Indian attacks\n         \u0026 the state of the militia in Ohio County (1787 May 24\n         \u0026 1787 Nov. 10). Finally, Alexander Barnett writes on\n         Indian attacks in Russell County (1787 May 19 \u0026 1787 Aug.\n         29) \u0026 Walter Crockett relates incidents with natives in\n         Montgomery County (1787 June 11 \u0026 1788 March 15).","William Rose as Keeper of the Public Jail periodically\n         transmits lists or calendars of criminals convicted at the\n         General Court (1786 Dec. 16, 1787 March 28, 1787 April 30,\n         1787 June 11, 1787 Dec. 6, 1788 March 31, 1788 April 26, 1788\n         June 10, 1788 Oct. 27). Rose also writes to the Governor\n         regarding specific criminals in his jail (1787 Jan. 24 \u0026\n         1787 July 26). Lastly, he send his remarks on a contract to\n         furnish the Public Jail with provisions (1788 Jan. 30).","James Innes served as Attorney General to the Commonwealth\n         during Randolph's administration as Governor. Innes provides\n         his opinion on various issues including the repeal of the act\n         of 1785 for approving, confirming, \u0026 ratifying the compact\n         between Virginia \u0026 Maryland (1787 Feb. 28 \u0026 1787 Aug.\n         3); tobacco inspection at Lynch's Ferry (1787 June 26 \u0026\n         1787 Sept. 1); \u0026 foreign creditors (1787 March 19).","Andrew Dunscomb's correspondence relates to his position as\n         Assistant Commissioner of Military Claims. Included is his\n         oath of office and a letter regarding the same (1787 Jan. 13\n         \u0026 15). He also writes on the state of claims of the\n         Commonwealth with the U.S. (1787 June 13, 18, \u0026 Nov. 15).\n         On 6 July 1787, he requests additional clerks, and later, he\n         asks the Governor for a salary increase (1787 Nov. 13).\n         Similarly, there is extensive correspondence from Leighton\n         Wood, Jr., Solicitor General, regarding claims against the\n         state, delinquencies of sheriffs in paying taxes, etc. Present\n         is Wood's bond \u0026 security for his position as Solicitor\n         (1787 Jan. 26 \u0026 Feb. 1). Treasurer, Jacquelin Ambler's\n         letters too relate to the financial matters of the state.\n         Ambler reveals a lack of money in the Contingent Fund for\n         William Rose's warrants for the support of the Public Jail\n         (1787 March 5).","Capt. James Barron, Virginia State Navy, died in May 1787.\n         Applications can be found to replace him as commander of the\n         state boats (1787 June 4). Before his death, Barron comments\n         on the transport of small arms from Norfolk (1786 Dec. 6) and\n         discusses the employment of a surgeon \u0026 pilots on his\n         boats (1787 April 27). Barron was replaced by Capt. Richard\n         Taylor in June 1787. Noteworthy among his correspondence,\n         Taylor encloses an inventory of the articles on board the\n         Liberty and Patriot on 12 August 1787. He also remarks on the\n         poor state of the boats in his letter dated 7 September 1787.\n         On 14 November 1787, Taylor complains to the Governor about\n         his pay \u0026 pension. Lastly, Taylor talks about damage\n         sustained to the Schooner Patriot in a storm while harbored at\n         Portsmouth (1788 July 24).","Additional significant documents include the following: the\n         oath of fidelity to Governor Randolph by John Harvie (1786\n         Dec. 1); an oath of fidelity to Bolling Starke as Privy\n         Councilor (1786 Dec. 4); a proclamation by the governor\n         outlawing certain escaped prisoners (1786 Dec. 23); a letter\n         from Samuel Huntingdon, Governor of Connecticut, appointing\n         commissioners to assemble in Convention in Philadelphia (1786\n         Dec. 23); a letter from John Blair regarding his appointment\n         as a member of the committee to meet in Philadelphia in May\n         (1786 Dec. 25); a letter from David Ross concerning his claim\n         for the use of his property at Point of Fork (1787 Jan. 30); a\n         proclamation by the Governor authorizing surveys to be made on\n         the lands allotted to the Virginia Line on Continental\n         Establishment (1787 Jan. 25); a letter from Piomingo, Chief of\n         the Chickasaw Nation, regarding the Treaty at Kieve (1787 Feb.\n         15); a proclamation concerning the seizure of Spanish property\n         by George Rogers Clark (1787 Feb. 28); the bond of John\n         Pendleton as Auditor of Public Accounts (1787 March 1); a\n         proclamation offering a reward for the capture of Presley Hunt\n         \u0026 Ephraim Andrews, escaped prisoners (1787 March 2); a\n         letter from Monsieur Oster, French Consul, applying for an\n         order to prevent the departure of M.S. Deschamps to France\n         (1787 April 1); a letter from William Smith enclosing a list\n         of field officers in the Northampton County militia (1787\n         April 4); a letter from George Mason regarding payment as a\n         delegate of the Constitutional Convention (1787 April 23); a\n         proclamation for the reward \u0026 capture of Irby Philips\n         (1787 April 28); a list of tobacco saved from Byrd Warehouse\n         (1787 June 6); a letter from Governor Randolph to the\n         lieutenant governor regarding a warrant for the expense of\n         transporting his family to Philadelphia (1787 June 6); a\n         letter from Governor Randolph enclosing George Wythe's\n         resignation (1787 June 21); a letter from George Mason\n         concerning the resignation of George Wythe as a delegate to\n         the Convention (1787 June 30); a letter from the Governor\n         providing his account for the Constitutional Convention (1787\n         July 12); an agreement between David Ross \u0026 Col.\n         Meriwether for Point of Fork including a valuation of the 24\n         acres of land (1787 Aug. 8); a letter from Randolph forwarding\n         a copy of the National Constitution and expressing his\n         opposition to it (1787 Sept. 18); a letter from George Rogers\n         Clark regarding the settlement of western accounts (1787 Oct.\n         8); a letter from Samuel Johnston, Governor of North Carolina,\n         regarding an act to hold a Convention in Virginia in June\n         (1788 Jan. 22); the proceedings of the Massachusetts\n         Constitutional Convention to ratify the U.S. Constitution\n         (1788 Feb. 6); the proceedings of the Georgia Constitutional\n         Convention (1788 Feb. 5); a letter from John Sevier, Governor\n         of Franklin, regarding the dispute between the state of\n         Franklin \u0026 North Carolina (1788 March 27); a letter from Benjamin Franklin   \tregarding the sanity of Mr. Elam (1788 May 12); a proclamation\n         regarding the act establishing district courts as\n         unconstitutional (1788 May 14); a letter from William Heth\n         \u0026 David Henley, Commissioners of the Western Territory,\n         enclosing their report on the claims of Virginia for the\n         territory ceded to Congress (1788 May 15); a circular from\n         Thomas Pinckney, Governor of South Carolina, regarding the\n         ratification of the Constitution by a Convention in South\n         Carolina (1788 May 24); a letter from Andrew Limonin regarding the bust of the Marquis de Lafayette (1788 Nov. 11); and a letter from the Council of State\n         regarding Governor Randolph's departure from office (1788 Nov.\n         13)."],"physloc_html_tesm":["\u003cphysloc label=\"Physical Location\"\u003eState Records Collection,\n         Governor's Office (Record Group 3)\u003c/physloc\u003e\n      "],"physloc_tesim":["State Records Collection,\n         Governor's Office (Record Group 3)"],"language_ssim":["English"],"total_component_count_is":190,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-07-23T21:08:22.920Z","scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eGovernor Randolph's Executive papers are organized\n         chronologically with undated items arranged at the end of each\n         year. These papers primarily consist of incoming\n         correspondence during Randolph's two one-year terms as\n         governor between 30 November 1786 until 12 November 1788.\n         These records include correspondence written to Beverley\n         Randolph who acted as Lieutenant Governor while Edmund served\n         as a member of the U.S. Constitutional Convention in\n         Philadelphia in 1787. The correspondence in this collection\n         relates to a variety of topics including appointments for\n         state positions; the Point of Fork Arsenal; Indian attacks in\n         the western country \u0026amp; peace treaties; Shay's Rebellion in\n         Massachusetts; arms \u0026amp; ammunition; the Constitutional\n         Convention in Philadelphia; the State Boats Patriot \u0026amp;\n         Liberty; Revolutionary claims against Virginia and the United\n         States; the Public Jail \u0026amp; prisoners; militia; the U.S.\n         Board of Treasury; searchers; public finances; the state of\n         Franklin; the independence of Vermont; tobacco; elections; the\n         Northwestern territory; the District of Kentucky; and others.\n         In addition to correspondence, there are resolutions from\n         Congress and the Virginia Senate \u0026amp; House of Delegates;\n         orders of the Council of State; accounts; oaths; pardons;\n         lists or calendars of criminals; depositions; proclamations;\n         petitions; reports; appointments; bonds; circulars;\n         proceedings; applications; agreements; extracts of journals\n         \u0026amp; minutes; registers of ships; and other sundry items.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eNoteworthy correspondence originates from the United States\n         government, Virginia State government, and miscellaneous\n         sources. Prominent correspondents from the United States\n         government include Thomas Jefferson, Minister of France;\n         Charles Thomson, Secretary of Congress; John Jay, Secretary of\n         Foreign Affairs; Henry Knox, Secretary of War; Joseph Martin,\n         Agent of Indian Affairs; Samuel Osgood, Walter Livingston,\n         \u0026amp; Arthur Lee, U.S. Board of Treasury; and the Virginia\n         Delegates to Congress including Edward Carrington, William\n         Grayson, James Madison, Jr., Henry Lee, William Heth, John\n         Brown, Cyrus Griffin, \u0026amp; Richard Henry Lee.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eThomas Jefferson, as Minister of France, writes to Governor\n         Randolph on 7 February 1787 regarding the inauguration\n         ceremony of the bust of the Marquis de Lafayette. Jefferson\n         also writes about shipments of arms from Bordeaux and payments\n         to Houdon for the statue of General Washington and a second\n         bust of Lafayette (1787 August 3). Lastly, Governor Randolph\n         forwards to Beverley Randolph on 27 May 1787, a dispatch of W.\n         Short enclosing the proceedings of the City of Paris on the\n         reception of Lafayette's bust presented by the state of\n         Virginia. This letter also encloses another letter from John\n         Bondfield to Gen. George Washington concerning a shipment of\n         arms to Dumfries.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eCharles Thomson, Secretary of Congress, corresponds often\n         with Randolph. He transmits Congressional journals,\n         resolutions and acts of Congress, monthly States of\n         Representation, extracts of important letters, etc.\n         Significant documents transmitted by Thomson include the\n         following: a letter regarding disorder in Massachusetts (1786\n         Dec. 14); a resolution for a Convention of delegates to meet\n         in May 1787 to revise the Articles of Confederation (1787 Feb.\n         21); resolutions regarding a treaty of peace with Great\n         Britain (1787 April 13); resolutions empowering the Board of\n         Treasury to contract for coining copper, the sale of lands\n         surveyed in the Western Territory, \u0026amp; the extension of the\n         ''franking'' privilege to members of the Constitutional\n         Convention (1787 April 25); a treaty between the U.S. and the\n         Kingdom of Morocco (1787 July 21); a letter informing the\n         Governor of the election of Cyrus Griffin as President of the\n         Continental Congress (1788 Jan. 23); a resolution on the\n         claims of David Henley, Commissioner for the Claims of\n         Virginia on Account of the Western Territory (1788 June 4);\n         and a letter regarding the proceedings of Congress on the\n         independence of the District of Kentucky (1788 July 3).\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eJohn Jay, as Secretary of Foreign Affairs, communicates to\n         Governor Randolph issues abroad. He encloses an extract of a\n         letter he received from John Adams, Minister Plenipotentiary\n         of the U.S. in London, regarding the counterfeiting of\n         Carolina money (1787 July 3). Jay also encloses a copy of the\n         signals agreed upon between the U.S. \u0026amp; Morocco for their\n         vessels at sea (1787 July 27). On 26 May 1788, Jay drafted a\n         letter to the Governor regarding a note from Schultz von\n         Asheraden, Envoy Extraordinary of the King of Sweden, in\n         reference to Capt. Adolph Frederick Dahlberg. Similarly, there\n         is also a letter from Jay regarding notes from the Minister of\n         France on the conduct of J.M. Ferrier (1788 June 13). Lastly,\n         there is a letter respecting foreign consuls (1788 Sept.\n         24).\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eHenry Knox, Secretary of War, corresponds with the Governor\n         on 12 February 1787 on the subject of the Board of Treasury's\n         plan to provide for the establishment of troops and the\n         insurrection in Massachusetts. There is also a letter from\n         Knox concerning the appointment of Joseph Martin as Indian\n         Agent for the Cherokee Nation (1788 June 23).\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eJoseph Martin, Agent for Indian Affairs and later Indian\n         Agent for the Cherokee Nation, corresponds with Governor\n         Randolph on many occasions. Martin writes the Governor on 16\n         March 1787 concerning the opening of the land office of the\n         state of Franklin and Benjamin Logan's attack on Crow Town. On\n         March 21, Martin's letter mentions the Chota Indians and the\n         taking of land by the ''Franklynists.'' His letter of June 28\n         encloses Indian talks from Cherokee chiefs including King\n         Fisher, Old Corn Tassle, \u0026amp; Tuskegetchee. He writes about\n         the dispute between North Carolina and the state of Franklin\n         in April 1788 and encloses a letter from John Sevier \u0026amp; the\n         Cherokees. Finally, he informs the Governor of attacks against\n         the Cherokee nation and encloses letters from Andrew\n         McGilveray regarding Indian affairs (1788 June 11).\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eSamuel Osgood, Walter Livingston, \u0026amp; Arthur Lee of the\n         U.S. Board of Treasury transmit a statement of the contingent\n         expenditures of the U.S. from 1 January to 31 December 1786\n         (1787 Feb. 2). They also enclose an act of Congress regarding\n         the repeal of another act to open a loan on the credit of the\n         requisition (1787 May 15). On May 25, the Board writes the\n         Governor concerning an ordinance of Congress for the\n         settlement of accounts between individual states and the U.S.\n         Finally, the Board encloses a letter \u0026amp; report to the state\n         of Connecticut regarding invalid pensions (1788 Sept. 19).\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eThe various members of Virginia's delegation to Congress\n         regularly communicated with Governor Randolph on a variety of\n         national concerns. The delegation to the Continental Congress\n         during Randolph's administration consisted of Edward\n         Carrington, William Grayson, James Madison, Richard H. Lee,\n         Cyrus Griffin, Henry Lee, \u0026amp; John Brown. Significant\n         correspondence from these delegates relate to Shay's Rebellion\n         in Massachusetts (1786 December 8); the need for military\n         stores in the Western Country (1786 December 24); Gen. Knox\n         and arms for the state of Virginia (1787 Feb. 19); the treaty\n         between the U.S. and United Netherlands (1787 March 5); the\n         progress of the appointments to the Convention and the\n         admission of Vermont to the Union (1787 March 19); trade laws,\n         an act to ratify \u0026amp; confirm the independence of Vermont,\n         the appointment of John Pierce as Commissioner for Settlement\n         of the Illinois Accounts, the discharge of troops under the\n         act of October 1786, the death of Vergennes, \u0026amp; hostilities\n         in the Western Country (1787 April 2, 12, 13, \u0026amp; July 17);\n         the inadequacy of the government due to the irregular\n         representation in Congress, commercial deputies, \u0026amp; indents\n         for 1786 \u0026amp; 1787 (1787 May 7, 15, \u0026amp; June 8);\n         communications from Col. Evan Shelby, the dismemberment of\n         states, Vermont, North Carolina, \u0026amp; problems in the\n         Kaskaskies \u0026amp; Post Vincent (1787 June 12); the defense of\n         the frontiers of Kentucky and elsewhere (1787 June 25, 27,\n         \u0026amp; July 7); the Board of Treasury (1787 July 1787); an\n         ordinance for establishing a temporary government in the\n         Western Territory, a resolution concerning copper coinage,\n         \u0026amp; an ordinance for settling the accounts between the U.S.\n         and individual states (1787 Nov. 3); the claim of Virginia to\n         the Northwestern Territory (1788 March 23); the settlement of\n         the accounts of the state against the U.S. (1788 May 8); an\n         act to extend the time to settle these accounts (1788 June 9);\n         and rations for rangers called into service in Bourbon County\n         (1788 June 30).\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eThe various members of Virginia's delegation to Congress\n         regularly communicated with Governor Randolph on a variety of\n         national concerns. The delegation to the Continental Congress\n         during Randolph's administration consisted of Edward\n         Carrington, William Grayson, James Madison, Richard H. Lee,\n         Cyrus Griffin, Henry Lee, \u0026amp; John Brown. Significant\n         correspondence from these delegates relate to Shay's Rebellion\n         in Massachusetts (1786 December 8); the need for military\n         stores in the Western Country (1786 December 24); Gen. Knox\n         and arms for the state of Virginia (1787 Feb. 19); the treaty\n         between the U.S. and United Netherlands (1787 March 5); the\n         progress of the appointments to the Convention and the\n         admission of Vermont to the Union (1787 March 19); trade laws,\n         an act to ratify \u0026amp; confirm the independence of Vermont,\n         the appointment of John Pierce as Commissioner for Settlement\n         of the Illinois Accounts, the discharge of troops under the\n         act of October 1786, the death of Vergennes, \u0026amp; hostilities\n         in the Western Country (1787 April 2, 12, 13, \u0026amp; July 17);\n         the inadequacy of the government due to the irregular\n         representation in Congress, commercial deputies, \u0026amp; indents\n         for 1786 \u0026amp; 1787 (1787 May 7, 15, \u0026amp; June 8);\n         communications from Col. Evan Shelby, the dismemberment of\n         states, Vermont, North Carolina, \u0026amp; problems in the\n         Kaskaskies \u0026amp; Post Vincent (1787 June 12); the defense of\n         the frontiers of Kentucky and elsewhere (1787 June 25, 27,\n         \u0026amp; July 7); the Board of Treasury (1787 July 1787); an\n         ordinance for establishing a temporary government in the\n         Western Territory, a resolution concerning copper coinage,\n         \u0026amp; an ordinance for settling the accounts between the U.S.\n         and individual states (1787 Nov. 3); the claim of Virginia to\n         the Northwestern Territory (1788 March 23); the settlement of\n         the accounts of the state against the U.S. (1788 May 8); an\n         act to extend the time to settle these accounts (1788 June 9);\n         and rations for rangers called into service in Bourbon County\n         (1788 June 30).\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eSignificant correspondents from Virginia State government\n         include John Beckley, Clerk of the House of Delegates,\n         Humphrey Brooke, Clerk of the Senate; Archibald Blair, Clerk\n         of the Council of State; Capt. John Peyton \u0026amp; Capt. Elias\n         Langham, Superintendent of the Military Stores, Arms, \u0026amp;\n         Ammunition at Point of Fork Arsenal; Col. Thomas Meriwether,\n         Commissioner of Army Accounts; Benjamin Logan, County\n         Lieutenant of Lincoln County; Arthur Campbell, County\n         Lieutenant of Washington County; Levi Todd, County Lieutenant\n         of Fayette County; Alexander Barnett, County Lieutenant of\n         Russell County; David Shepherd, County Lieutenant of Ohio\n         County; Walter Crockett, County Lieutenant of Montgomery\n         County; William Rose, Keeper of the Public Jail; James Innes,\n         Attorney General; Leighton Wood, Jr., Solicitor General;\n         Andrew Dunscomb, Assistant Commissioner of Military Claims;\n         Capt. James Barron \u0026amp; Capt. Richard Taylor, Virginia Navy;\n         Beverley Randolph, Lieutenant Governor; and Jacquelin Ambler,\n         Treasurer.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eJohn Beckley, Clerk of the House of Delegates, \u0026amp;\n         Humphrey Brooke, Clerk of the Senate, regularly enclose\n         resolutions from their respective bodies to the Governor. On 1\n         December 1786, Beckley submits the appointment of Henry Lee as\n         Delegate to Congress. He provides resolutions regarding the\n         claims of the state of Virginia against the United States and\n         the election of Andrew Dunscomb to serve as Commissioner to\n         settle these accounts (1787 Jan. 5). On 23 October 1787,\n         Beckley transmits an extract of the journal of the House of\n         Delegates containing the ballot for five delegates in Congress\n         including James Madison, Edward Carrington, Henry Lee, John\n         Brown, \u0026amp; Cyrus Griffin. On 31 October 1788, he presents\n         the ballot for the election of Cyrus Griffin, John Brown,\n         James Madison, Jr., John Dawson, \u0026amp; Mann Page. In addition,\n         an extract of the journal of the House of Delegates from 8\n         November 1788 reports on the election of Richard Henry Lee\n         \u0026amp; William Grayson as Virginia's first senators in\n         Congress. Beckley \u0026amp; Brooke also inform the Governor about\n         appointments to the Privy Council including William Heth \u0026amp;\n         Joseph Eggleston (1787 November 7) and Andrew Moore \u0026amp;\n         Robert Goode (1788 June 28). Lastly, the clerks inform the\n         Governor of the election of Edmund Winston as judge of the\n         General Court (1788 June 28).\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eArchibald Blair, as Clerk of the Council of State, encloses\n         orders of the Council to the Governor. In December 1786, the\n         Council orders Col. Meriwether to contract for repairs to the\n         Public Jail \u0026amp; the Governor's House, to employ someone to\n         convey arms from France, \u0026amp; to purchase a sword for Capt.\n         Jouett (1786 Dec. 14). Meriwether also receives orders related\n         to the distribution of Articles of War (1787 May 2). His\n         letter dated 2 May 1787 also relates to alterations in the\n         Public Jail. The Council sends a list of grants to be signed\n         by the Governor (1787 April 30 \u0026amp; 25 May). Lastly, the\n         Council provides advice on the requisition of militia in the\n         western counties including a resolution of Congress concerning\n         orders for militia in Virginia \u0026amp; Pennsylvania to be ready\n         to protect the inhabitants (1788 Oct. 15).\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eCapt. John Peyton resigns as Commissary of Stores at Point\n         of Fork on 20 November 1786. Peyton writes to Col. Thomas\n         Meriwether on 10 December 1786 recommending William Price, his\n         former clerk, to succeed him. Additionally, there are letters\n         from other individuals applying for the position. Elias\n         Langham, however, successfully applies to the Governor on 13\n         December 1786. As Commissary of Military Stores, Langham\n         corresponds with Col. Meriwether regarding provisions (1786\n         Dec. 25); contracts to supply rations (1787 April 26); an\n         estimate of clothing for guards and state negroes (1787 July\n         5); \u0026amp; land belonging to David Ross near Point of Fork in\n         Fluvanna County (1787 June 26 \u0026amp; Dec. 21). In turn, Col.\n         Meriwether corresponds with Governor Randolph offering an\n         estimate of the cost of transporting arms from Point of Fork\n         to Redstone (1786 Dec. 26), a report of Capt. Peyton's last\n         returns (1787 Feb. 22), delinquencies of militia officers\n         (1787 March 1), payrolls of Point of Fork (1787 April 7), a\n         list of his official duties (1787 May 8), a report of the\n         militia (1787 Oct. 22), and reports on the Point of Fork\n         Arsenal (1787 Oct. 4 \u0026amp; 1788 Oct. 3).\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eCounty lieutenants including Levi Todd, Benjamin Logan,\n         Arthur Campbell, David Shepherd, Alexander Barnett, \u0026amp;\n         Walter Crockett from the western counties correspond with\n         Governor Randolph on numerous occasions primarily regarding\n         Indian affairs. Levi Todd writes about the strength of the\n         militia in Fayette County and Shawnee attacks in the area\n         (1786 Dec. 7); the need for officers \u0026amp; a lack of\n         ammunition and provision (1787 Feb. 14); the defenselessness\n         of Kentucky (1787 April 30); \u0026amp; war with the Indians (1788\n         March 29). Benjamin Logan writes about an attack on the\n         Shawnee towns in the District of Kentucky (1786 Dec. 17);\n         Indian outrages in Kentucky (1787 April 14); the sense of the\n         people of Kentucky regarding the Cherokee Indians (1787 May\n         17); intelligence concerning the Cherokee Indians sent to\n         Arthur Campbell (1787 May 18); \u0026amp; the proceedings of a\n         meeting of the commanding officers of the District of Kentucky\n         (1787 Sept. 24). Arthur Campbell communicates a list of field\n         officers \u0026amp; captains proposed to command two regiments of\n         militia in Washington County (1787 Feb. 14); the implications\n         of the recent treaty with Spain (1787 Feb. 16); an attack by\n         Col. John Logan on friendly Indians (1787 March 9); the\n         militia in Washington County and the apprehended danger from\n         the Cherokee Indians (1787 March 17); westward expansion,\n         Topoka, Chief of the Chocta Nation, \u0026amp; the navigation of\n         the Mississippi (1787 April 15); movements of the Cherokee\n         Indians (1787 Aug. 16); the boundary between Virginia \u0026amp;\n         North Carolina (1787 Dec. 10); \u0026amp; consideration for the\n         position as Superintendent of the Southern Department (1787\n         Dec. 31). David Shepherd expresses his concerns in relation to\n         Indian outrages in Monongalia (1787 April 30); Indian attacks\n         \u0026amp; the state of the militia in Ohio County (1787 May 24\n         \u0026amp; 1787 Nov. 10). Finally, Alexander Barnett writes on\n         Indian attacks in Russell County (1787 May 19 \u0026amp; 1787 Aug.\n         29) \u0026amp; Walter Crockett relates incidents with natives in\n         Montgomery County (1787 June 11 \u0026amp; 1788 March 15).\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eWilliam Rose as Keeper of the Public Jail periodically\n         transmits lists or calendars of criminals convicted at the\n         General Court (1786 Dec. 16, 1787 March 28, 1787 April 30,\n         1787 June 11, 1787 Dec. 6, 1788 March 31, 1788 April 26, 1788\n         June 10, 1788 Oct. 27). Rose also writes to the Governor\n         regarding specific criminals in his jail (1787 Jan. 24 \u0026amp;\n         1787 July 26). Lastly, he send his remarks on a contract to\n         furnish the Public Jail with provisions (1788 Jan. 30).\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eJames Innes served as Attorney General to the Commonwealth\n         during Randolph's administration as Governor. Innes provides\n         his opinion on various issues including the repeal of the act\n         of 1785 for approving, confirming, \u0026amp; ratifying the compact\n         between Virginia \u0026amp; Maryland (1787 Feb. 28 \u0026amp; 1787 Aug.\n         3); tobacco inspection at Lynch's Ferry (1787 June 26 \u0026amp;\n         1787 Sept. 1); \u0026amp; foreign creditors (1787 March 19).\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eAndrew Dunscomb's correspondence relates to his position as\n         Assistant Commissioner of Military Claims. Included is his\n         oath of office and a letter regarding the same (1787 Jan. 13\n         \u0026amp; 15). He also writes on the state of claims of the\n         Commonwealth with the U.S. (1787 June 13, 18, \u0026amp; Nov. 15).\n         On 6 July 1787, he requests additional clerks, and later, he\n         asks the Governor for a salary increase (1787 Nov. 13).\n         Similarly, there is extensive correspondence from Leighton\n         Wood, Jr., Solicitor General, regarding claims against the\n         state, delinquencies of sheriffs in paying taxes, etc. Present\n         is Wood's bond \u0026amp; security for his position as Solicitor\n         (1787 Jan. 26 \u0026amp; Feb. 1). Treasurer, Jacquelin Ambler's\n         letters too relate to the financial matters of the state.\n         Ambler reveals a lack of money in the Contingent Fund for\n         William Rose's warrants for the support of the Public Jail\n         (1787 March 5).\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eCapt. James Barron, Virginia State Navy, died in May 1787.\n         Applications can be found to replace him as commander of the\n         state boats (1787 June 4). Before his death, Barron comments\n         on the transport of small arms from Norfolk (1786 Dec. 6) and\n         discusses the employment of a surgeon \u0026amp; pilots on his\n         boats (1787 April 27). Barron was replaced by Capt. Richard\n         Taylor in June 1787. Noteworthy among his correspondence,\n         Taylor encloses an inventory of the articles on board the\n         Liberty and Patriot on 12 August 1787. He also remarks on the\n         poor state of the boats in his letter dated 7 September 1787.\n         On 14 November 1787, Taylor complains to the Governor about\n         his pay \u0026amp; pension. Lastly, Taylor talks about damage\n         sustained to the Schooner Patriot in a storm while harbored at\n         Portsmouth (1788 July 24).\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eAdditional significant documents include the following: the\n         oath of fidelity to Governor Randolph by John Harvie (1786\n         Dec. 1); an oath of fidelity to Bolling Starke as Privy\n         Councilor (1786 Dec. 4); a proclamation by the governor\n         outlawing certain escaped prisoners (1786 Dec. 23); a letter\n         from Samuel Huntingdon, Governor of Connecticut, appointing\n         commissioners to assemble in Convention in Philadelphia (1786\n         Dec. 23); a letter from John Blair regarding his appointment\n         as a member of the committee to meet in Philadelphia in May\n         (1786 Dec. 25); a letter from David Ross concerning his claim\n         for the use of his property at Point of Fork (1787 Jan. 30); a\n         proclamation by the Governor authorizing surveys to be made on\n         the lands allotted to the Virginia Line on Continental\n         Establishment (1787 Jan. 25); a letter from Piomingo, Chief of\n         the Chickasaw Nation, regarding the Treaty at Kieve (1787 Feb.\n         15); a proclamation concerning the seizure of Spanish property\n         by George Rogers Clark (1787 Feb. 28); the bond of John\n         Pendleton as Auditor of Public Accounts (1787 March 1); a\n         proclamation offering a reward for the capture of Presley Hunt\n         \u0026amp; Ephraim Andrews, escaped prisoners (1787 March 2); a\n         letter from Monsieur Oster, French Consul, applying for an\n         order to prevent the departure of M.S. Deschamps to France\n         (1787 April 1); a letter from William Smith enclosing a list\n         of field officers in the Northampton County militia (1787\n         April 4); a letter from George Mason regarding payment as a\n         delegate of the Constitutional Convention (1787 April 23); a\n         proclamation for the reward \u0026amp; capture of Irby Philips\n         (1787 April 28); a list of tobacco saved from Byrd Warehouse\n         (1787 June 6); a letter from Governor Randolph to the\n         lieutenant governor regarding a warrant for the expense of\n         transporting his family to Philadelphia (1787 June 6); a\n         letter from Governor Randolph enclosing George Wythe's\n         resignation (1787 June 21); a letter from George Mason\n         concerning the resignation of George Wythe as a delegate to\n         the Convention (1787 June 30); a letter from the Governor\n         providing his account for the Constitutional Convention (1787\n         July 12); an agreement between David Ross \u0026amp; Col.\n         Meriwether for Point of Fork including a valuation of the 24\n         acres of land (1787 Aug. 8); a letter from Randolph forwarding\n         a copy of the National Constitution and expressing his\n         opposition to it (1787 Sept. 18); a letter from George Rogers\n         Clark regarding the settlement of western accounts (1787 Oct.\n         8); a letter from Samuel Johnston, Governor of North Carolina,\n         regarding an act to hold a Convention in Virginia in June\n         (1788 Jan. 22); the proceedings of the Massachusetts\n         Constitutional Convention to ratify the U.S. Constitution\n         (1788 Feb. 6); the proceedings of the Georgia Constitutional\n         Convention (1788 Feb. 5); a letter from John Sevier, Governor\n         of Franklin, regarding the dispute between the state of\n         Franklin \u0026amp; North Carolina (1788 March 27); a letter from Benjamin Franklin   \tregarding the sanity of Mr. Elam (1788 May 12); a proclamation\n         regarding the act establishing district courts as\n         unconstitutional (1788 May 14); a letter from William Heth\n         \u0026amp; David Henley, Commissioners of the Western Territory,\n         enclosing their report on the claims of Virginia for the\n         territory ceded to Congress (1788 May 15); a circular from\n         Thomas Pinckney, Governor of South Carolina, regarding the\n         ratification of the Constitution by a Convention in South\n         Carolina (1788 May 24); a letter from Andrew Limonin regarding the bust of the Marquis de Lafayette (1788 Nov. 11); and a letter from the Council of State\n         regarding Governor Randolph's departure from office (1788 Nov.\n         13).\u003c/p\u003e\n    "]}]}},"label":"Breadcrumbs"}}},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/vi_vi00523_c07_c03"}},{"id":"vi_vi00523_c08_c02","type":"Series","attributes":{"title":"1788","breadcrumbs":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/vi_vi00523_c08_c02#breadcrumbs","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":{"ref_ssi":"vi_vi00523_c08_c02","ref_ssm":["vi_vi00523_c08_c02"],"id":"vi_vi00523_c08_c02","ead_ssi":"vi_vi00523","_root_":"vi_vi00523","_nest_parent_":"vi_vi00523_c08","parent_ssi":"vi_vi00523_c08","parent_ssim":["Executive Papers, 1786-1788","Oversized (Newspaper Box)"],"parent_ids_ssim":["vi_vi00523","vi_vi00523_c08"],"title_filing_ssi":"1788","title_ssm":["1788"],"title_tesim":["1788"],"normalized_title_ssm":["1788"],"text":["1788","Executive Papers, 1786-1788","Oversized (Newspaper Box)"],"parent_unittitles_ssm":["Executive Papers, 1786-1788","Oversized (Newspaper Box)"],"parent_unittitles_tesim":["Executive Papers, 1786-1788","Oversized (Newspaper Box)"],"level_ssm":["Series"],"level_ssim":["Series"],"component_level_isim":[2],"sort_isi":175,"repository_ssim":["Library of Virginia"],"collection_ssim":["Executive Papers, 1786-1788"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"child_component_count_isi":8,"_nest_path_":"/components#7/components#1","timestamp":"2026-07-23T21:08:22.920Z","collection":{"numFound":1,"start":0,"numFoundExact":true,"docs":[{"id":"vi_vi00523","ead_ssi":"vi_vi00523","_root_":"vi_vi00523","_nest_parent_":"vi_vi00523","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/lva/vi00523.xml","title_ssm":["Executive Papers, 1786-1788"],"title_tesim":["Executive Papers, 1786-1788"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Executive Papers, 1786-1788"],"text":["Executive Papers, 1786-1788","40084","3.88 cubic\n         feet","Material arranged chronologically with undated items\n         arranged at the end of each year.","Edmund Jenings Randolph was born is Williamsburg, Virginia,\n         on 10 August 1753. Randolph was the son of John \u0026 Ariana\n         Jenings Randolph and nephew of Peyton Randolph, a member of\n         the Continental Congress from 1774 to 1775. Edmund graduated\n         from the College of William \u0026 Mary and proceeded to study\n         law in Williamsburg. At the outbreak of the Revolutionary War,\n         Randolph served as aide-de-camp to George Washington in the\n         Continental Army. The following year, he married Elizabeth\n         Nicholas and served as both the youngest delegate to\n         Virginia's first Constitutional Convention \u0026 Mayor of\n         Williamsburg. Randolph was elected the first Attorney General\n         of Virginia and served until 1782. In addition, Randolph acted\n         as a delegate to the Continental Congress for the years 1779,\n         1781, \u0026 1782. He was elected by the General Assembly to\n         two one-year terms as Governor from 30 November 1786 until 12\n         November 1788. During his first term as Governor, Randolph\n         represented Virginia as a member of the U.S. Constitutional\n         Convention in 1787. During the Convention, Randolph proposed\n         his Virginia Plan for the Constitution with a strong central\n         government and representation based on population. He opposed\n         the final version of the Constitution, but later advocated its\n         ratification with the proposed amendments. He was appointed\n         the first Attorney General of the United States under\n         President Washington serving from 1789 until 1794. Randolph\n         then became Secretary of State, but was forced to resign on 19\n         August 1795. Following his political career, Randolph served\n         as senior counsel to Aaron Burr during his trial for treason\n         in 1807. Randolph died in Clarke County, Virginia, on 12\n         September 1813, and is buried in Old Chapel Cemetery,\n         Millwood, Va.","Governor Randolph's Executive papers are organized\n         chronologically with undated items arranged at the end of each\n         year. These papers primarily consist of incoming\n         correspondence during Randolph's two one-year terms as\n         governor between 30 November 1786 until 12 November 1788.\n         These records include correspondence written to Beverley\n         Randolph who acted as Lieutenant Governor while Edmund served\n         as a member of the U.S. Constitutional Convention in\n         Philadelphia in 1787. The correspondence in this collection\n         relates to a variety of topics including appointments for\n         state positions; the Point of Fork Arsenal; Indian attacks in\n         the western country \u0026 peace treaties; Shay's Rebellion in\n         Massachusetts; arms \u0026 ammunition; the Constitutional\n         Convention in Philadelphia; the State Boats Patriot \u0026\n         Liberty; Revolutionary claims against Virginia and the United\n         States; the Public Jail \u0026 prisoners; militia; the U.S.\n         Board of Treasury; searchers; public finances; the state of\n         Franklin; the independence of Vermont; tobacco; elections; the\n         Northwestern territory; the District of Kentucky; and others.\n         In addition to correspondence, there are resolutions from\n         Congress and the Virginia Senate \u0026 House of Delegates;\n         orders of the Council of State; accounts; oaths; pardons;\n         lists or calendars of criminals; depositions; proclamations;\n         petitions; reports; appointments; bonds; circulars;\n         proceedings; applications; agreements; extracts of journals\n         \u0026 minutes; registers of ships; and other sundry items.","Noteworthy correspondence originates from the United States\n         government, Virginia State government, and miscellaneous\n         sources. Prominent correspondents from the United States\n         government include Thomas Jefferson, Minister of France;\n         Charles Thomson, Secretary of Congress; John Jay, Secretary of\n         Foreign Affairs; Henry Knox, Secretary of War; Joseph Martin,\n         Agent of Indian Affairs; Samuel Osgood, Walter Livingston,\n         \u0026 Arthur Lee, U.S. Board of Treasury; and the Virginia\n         Delegates to Congress including Edward Carrington, William\n         Grayson, James Madison, Jr., Henry Lee, William Heth, John\n         Brown, Cyrus Griffin, \u0026 Richard Henry Lee.","Thomas Jefferson, as Minister of France, writes to Governor\n         Randolph on 7 February 1787 regarding the inauguration\n         ceremony of the bust of the Marquis de Lafayette. Jefferson\n         also writes about shipments of arms from Bordeaux and payments\n         to Houdon for the statue of General Washington and a second\n         bust of Lafayette (1787 August 3). Lastly, Governor Randolph\n         forwards to Beverley Randolph on 27 May 1787, a dispatch of W.\n         Short enclosing the proceedings of the City of Paris on the\n         reception of Lafayette's bust presented by the state of\n         Virginia. This letter also encloses another letter from John\n         Bondfield to Gen. George Washington concerning a shipment of\n         arms to Dumfries.","Charles Thomson, Secretary of Congress, corresponds often\n         with Randolph. He transmits Congressional journals,\n         resolutions and acts of Congress, monthly States of\n         Representation, extracts of important letters, etc.\n         Significant documents transmitted by Thomson include the\n         following: a letter regarding disorder in Massachusetts (1786\n         Dec. 14); a resolution for a Convention of delegates to meet\n         in May 1787 to revise the Articles of Confederation (1787 Feb.\n         21); resolutions regarding a treaty of peace with Great\n         Britain (1787 April 13); resolutions empowering the Board of\n         Treasury to contract for coining copper, the sale of lands\n         surveyed in the Western Territory, \u0026 the extension of the\n         ''franking'' privilege to members of the Constitutional\n         Convention (1787 April 25); a treaty between the U.S. and the\n         Kingdom of Morocco (1787 July 21); a letter informing the\n         Governor of the election of Cyrus Griffin as President of the\n         Continental Congress (1788 Jan. 23); a resolution on the\n         claims of David Henley, Commissioner for the Claims of\n         Virginia on Account of the Western Territory (1788 June 4);\n         and a letter regarding the proceedings of Congress on the\n         independence of the District of Kentucky (1788 July 3).","John Jay, as Secretary of Foreign Affairs, communicates to\n         Governor Randolph issues abroad. He encloses an extract of a\n         letter he received from John Adams, Minister Plenipotentiary\n         of the U.S. in London, regarding the counterfeiting of\n         Carolina money (1787 July 3). Jay also encloses a copy of the\n         signals agreed upon between the U.S. \u0026 Morocco for their\n         vessels at sea (1787 July 27). On 26 May 1788, Jay drafted a\n         letter to the Governor regarding a note from Schultz von\n         Asheraden, Envoy Extraordinary of the King of Sweden, in\n         reference to Capt. Adolph Frederick Dahlberg. Similarly, there\n         is also a letter from Jay regarding notes from the Minister of\n         France on the conduct of J.M. Ferrier (1788 June 13). Lastly,\n         there is a letter respecting foreign consuls (1788 Sept.\n         24).","Henry Knox, Secretary of War, corresponds with the Governor\n         on 12 February 1787 on the subject of the Board of Treasury's\n         plan to provide for the establishment of troops and the\n         insurrection in Massachusetts. There is also a letter from\n         Knox concerning the appointment of Joseph Martin as Indian\n         Agent for the Cherokee Nation (1788 June 23).","Joseph Martin, Agent for Indian Affairs and later Indian\n         Agent for the Cherokee Nation, corresponds with Governor\n         Randolph on many occasions. Martin writes the Governor on 16\n         March 1787 concerning the opening of the land office of the\n         state of Franklin and Benjamin Logan's attack on Crow Town. On\n         March 21, Martin's letter mentions the Chota Indians and the\n         taking of land by the ''Franklynists.'' His letter of June 28\n         encloses Indian talks from Cherokee chiefs including King\n         Fisher, Old Corn Tassle, \u0026 Tuskegetchee. He writes about\n         the dispute between North Carolina and the state of Franklin\n         in April 1788 and encloses a letter from John Sevier \u0026 the\n         Cherokees. Finally, he informs the Governor of attacks against\n         the Cherokee nation and encloses letters from Andrew\n         McGilveray regarding Indian affairs (1788 June 11).","Samuel Osgood, Walter Livingston, \u0026 Arthur Lee of the\n         U.S. Board of Treasury transmit a statement of the contingent\n         expenditures of the U.S. from 1 January to 31 December 1786\n         (1787 Feb. 2). They also enclose an act of Congress regarding\n         the repeal of another act to open a loan on the credit of the\n         requisition (1787 May 15). On May 25, the Board writes the\n         Governor concerning an ordinance of Congress for the\n         settlement of accounts between individual states and the U.S.\n         Finally, the Board encloses a letter \u0026 report to the state\n         of Connecticut regarding invalid pensions (1788 Sept. 19).","The various members of Virginia's delegation to Congress\n         regularly communicated with Governor Randolph on a variety of\n         national concerns. The delegation to the Continental Congress\n         during Randolph's administration consisted of Edward\n         Carrington, William Grayson, James Madison, Richard H. Lee,\n         Cyrus Griffin, Henry Lee, \u0026 John Brown. Significant\n         correspondence from these delegates relate to Shay's Rebellion\n         in Massachusetts (1786 December 8); the need for military\n         stores in the Western Country (1786 December 24); Gen. Knox\n         and arms for the state of Virginia (1787 Feb. 19); the treaty\n         between the U.S. and United Netherlands (1787 March 5); the\n         progress of the appointments to the Convention and the\n         admission of Vermont to the Union (1787 March 19); trade laws,\n         an act to ratify \u0026 confirm the independence of Vermont,\n         the appointment of John Pierce as Commissioner for Settlement\n         of the Illinois Accounts, the discharge of troops under the\n         act of October 1786, the death of Vergennes, \u0026 hostilities\n         in the Western Country (1787 April 2, 12, 13, \u0026 July 17);\n         the inadequacy of the government due to the irregular\n         representation in Congress, commercial deputies, \u0026 indents\n         for 1786 \u0026 1787 (1787 May 7, 15, \u0026 June 8);\n         communications from Col. Evan Shelby, the dismemberment of\n         states, Vermont, North Carolina, \u0026 problems in the\n         Kaskaskies \u0026 Post Vincent (1787 June 12); the defense of\n         the frontiers of Kentucky and elsewhere (1787 June 25, 27,\n         \u0026 July 7); the Board of Treasury (1787 July 1787); an\n         ordinance for establishing a temporary government in the\n         Western Territory, a resolution concerning copper coinage,\n         \u0026 an ordinance for settling the accounts between the U.S.\n         and individual states (1787 Nov. 3); the claim of Virginia to\n         the Northwestern Territory (1788 March 23); the settlement of\n         the accounts of the state against the U.S. (1788 May 8); an\n         act to extend the time to settle these accounts (1788 June 9);\n         and rations for rangers called into service in Bourbon County\n         (1788 June 30).","The various members of Virginia's delegation to Congress\n         regularly communicated with Governor Randolph on a variety of\n         national concerns. The delegation to the Continental Congress\n         during Randolph's administration consisted of Edward\n         Carrington, William Grayson, James Madison, Richard H. Lee,\n         Cyrus Griffin, Henry Lee, \u0026 John Brown. Significant\n         correspondence from these delegates relate to Shay's Rebellion\n         in Massachusetts (1786 December 8); the need for military\n         stores in the Western Country (1786 December 24); Gen. Knox\n         and arms for the state of Virginia (1787 Feb. 19); the treaty\n         between the U.S. and United Netherlands (1787 March 5); the\n         progress of the appointments to the Convention and the\n         admission of Vermont to the Union (1787 March 19); trade laws,\n         an act to ratify \u0026 confirm the independence of Vermont,\n         the appointment of John Pierce as Commissioner for Settlement\n         of the Illinois Accounts, the discharge of troops under the\n         act of October 1786, the death of Vergennes, \u0026 hostilities\n         in the Western Country (1787 April 2, 12, 13, \u0026 July 17);\n         the inadequacy of the government due to the irregular\n         representation in Congress, commercial deputies, \u0026 indents\n         for 1786 \u0026 1787 (1787 May 7, 15, \u0026 June 8);\n         communications from Col. Evan Shelby, the dismemberment of\n         states, Vermont, North Carolina, \u0026 problems in the\n         Kaskaskies \u0026 Post Vincent (1787 June 12); the defense of\n         the frontiers of Kentucky and elsewhere (1787 June 25, 27,\n         \u0026 July 7); the Board of Treasury (1787 July 1787); an\n         ordinance for establishing a temporary government in the\n         Western Territory, a resolution concerning copper coinage,\n         \u0026 an ordinance for settling the accounts between the U.S.\n         and individual states (1787 Nov. 3); the claim of Virginia to\n         the Northwestern Territory (1788 March 23); the settlement of\n         the accounts of the state against the U.S. (1788 May 8); an\n         act to extend the time to settle these accounts (1788 June 9);\n         and rations for rangers called into service in Bourbon County\n         (1788 June 30).","Significant correspondents from Virginia State government\n         include John Beckley, Clerk of the House of Delegates,\n         Humphrey Brooke, Clerk of the Senate; Archibald Blair, Clerk\n         of the Council of State; Capt. John Peyton \u0026 Capt. Elias\n         Langham, Superintendent of the Military Stores, Arms, \u0026\n         Ammunition at Point of Fork Arsenal; Col. Thomas Meriwether,\n         Commissioner of Army Accounts; Benjamin Logan, County\n         Lieutenant of Lincoln County; Arthur Campbell, County\n         Lieutenant of Washington County; Levi Todd, County Lieutenant\n         of Fayette County; Alexander Barnett, County Lieutenant of\n         Russell County; David Shepherd, County Lieutenant of Ohio\n         County; Walter Crockett, County Lieutenant of Montgomery\n         County; William Rose, Keeper of the Public Jail; James Innes,\n         Attorney General; Leighton Wood, Jr., Solicitor General;\n         Andrew Dunscomb, Assistant Commissioner of Military Claims;\n         Capt. James Barron \u0026 Capt. Richard Taylor, Virginia Navy;\n         Beverley Randolph, Lieutenant Governor; and Jacquelin Ambler,\n         Treasurer.","John Beckley, Clerk of the House of Delegates, \u0026\n         Humphrey Brooke, Clerk of the Senate, regularly enclose\n         resolutions from their respective bodies to the Governor. On 1\n         December 1786, Beckley submits the appointment of Henry Lee as\n         Delegate to Congress. He provides resolutions regarding the\n         claims of the state of Virginia against the United States and\n         the election of Andrew Dunscomb to serve as Commissioner to\n         settle these accounts (1787 Jan. 5). On 23 October 1787,\n         Beckley transmits an extract of the journal of the House of\n         Delegates containing the ballot for five delegates in Congress\n         including James Madison, Edward Carrington, Henry Lee, John\n         Brown, \u0026 Cyrus Griffin. On 31 October 1788, he presents\n         the ballot for the election of Cyrus Griffin, John Brown,\n         James Madison, Jr., John Dawson, \u0026 Mann Page. In addition,\n         an extract of the journal of the House of Delegates from 8\n         November 1788 reports on the election of Richard Henry Lee\n         \u0026 William Grayson as Virginia's first senators in\n         Congress. Beckley \u0026 Brooke also inform the Governor about\n         appointments to the Privy Council including William Heth \u0026\n         Joseph Eggleston (1787 November 7) and Andrew Moore \u0026\n         Robert Goode (1788 June 28). Lastly, the clerks inform the\n         Governor of the election of Edmund Winston as judge of the\n         General Court (1788 June 28).","Archibald Blair, as Clerk of the Council of State, encloses\n         orders of the Council to the Governor. In December 1786, the\n         Council orders Col. Meriwether to contract for repairs to the\n         Public Jail \u0026 the Governor's House, to employ someone to\n         convey arms from France, \u0026 to purchase a sword for Capt.\n         Jouett (1786 Dec. 14). Meriwether also receives orders related\n         to the distribution of Articles of War (1787 May 2). His\n         letter dated 2 May 1787 also relates to alterations in the\n         Public Jail. The Council sends a list of grants to be signed\n         by the Governor (1787 April 30 \u0026 25 May). Lastly, the\n         Council provides advice on the requisition of militia in the\n         western counties including a resolution of Congress concerning\n         orders for militia in Virginia \u0026 Pennsylvania to be ready\n         to protect the inhabitants (1788 Oct. 15).","Capt. John Peyton resigns as Commissary of Stores at Point\n         of Fork on 20 November 1786. Peyton writes to Col. Thomas\n         Meriwether on 10 December 1786 recommending William Price, his\n         former clerk, to succeed him. Additionally, there are letters\n         from other individuals applying for the position. Elias\n         Langham, however, successfully applies to the Governor on 13\n         December 1786. As Commissary of Military Stores, Langham\n         corresponds with Col. Meriwether regarding provisions (1786\n         Dec. 25); contracts to supply rations (1787 April 26); an\n         estimate of clothing for guards and state negroes (1787 July\n         5); \u0026 land belonging to David Ross near Point of Fork in\n         Fluvanna County (1787 June 26 \u0026 Dec. 21). In turn, Col.\n         Meriwether corresponds with Governor Randolph offering an\n         estimate of the cost of transporting arms from Point of Fork\n         to Redstone (1786 Dec. 26), a report of Capt. Peyton's last\n         returns (1787 Feb. 22), delinquencies of militia officers\n         (1787 March 1), payrolls of Point of Fork (1787 April 7), a\n         list of his official duties (1787 May 8), a report of the\n         militia (1787 Oct. 22), and reports on the Point of Fork\n         Arsenal (1787 Oct. 4 \u0026 1788 Oct. 3).","County lieutenants including Levi Todd, Benjamin Logan,\n         Arthur Campbell, David Shepherd, Alexander Barnett, \u0026\n         Walter Crockett from the western counties correspond with\n         Governor Randolph on numerous occasions primarily regarding\n         Indian affairs. Levi Todd writes about the strength of the\n         militia in Fayette County and Shawnee attacks in the area\n         (1786 Dec. 7); the need for officers \u0026 a lack of\n         ammunition and provision (1787 Feb. 14); the defenselessness\n         of Kentucky (1787 April 30); \u0026 war with the Indians (1788\n         March 29). Benjamin Logan writes about an attack on the\n         Shawnee towns in the District of Kentucky (1786 Dec. 17);\n         Indian outrages in Kentucky (1787 April 14); the sense of the\n         people of Kentucky regarding the Cherokee Indians (1787 May\n         17); intelligence concerning the Cherokee Indians sent to\n         Arthur Campbell (1787 May 18); \u0026 the proceedings of a\n         meeting of the commanding officers of the District of Kentucky\n         (1787 Sept. 24). Arthur Campbell communicates a list of field\n         officers \u0026 captains proposed to command two regiments of\n         militia in Washington County (1787 Feb. 14); the implications\n         of the recent treaty with Spain (1787 Feb. 16); an attack by\n         Col. John Logan on friendly Indians (1787 March 9); the\n         militia in Washington County and the apprehended danger from\n         the Cherokee Indians (1787 March 17); westward expansion,\n         Topoka, Chief of the Chocta Nation, \u0026 the navigation of\n         the Mississippi (1787 April 15); movements of the Cherokee\n         Indians (1787 Aug. 16); the boundary between Virginia \u0026\n         North Carolina (1787 Dec. 10); \u0026 consideration for the\n         position as Superintendent of the Southern Department (1787\n         Dec. 31). David Shepherd expresses his concerns in relation to\n         Indian outrages in Monongalia (1787 April 30); Indian attacks\n         \u0026 the state of the militia in Ohio County (1787 May 24\n         \u0026 1787 Nov. 10). Finally, Alexander Barnett writes on\n         Indian attacks in Russell County (1787 May 19 \u0026 1787 Aug.\n         29) \u0026 Walter Crockett relates incidents with natives in\n         Montgomery County (1787 June 11 \u0026 1788 March 15).","William Rose as Keeper of the Public Jail periodically\n         transmits lists or calendars of criminals convicted at the\n         General Court (1786 Dec. 16, 1787 March 28, 1787 April 30,\n         1787 June 11, 1787 Dec. 6, 1788 March 31, 1788 April 26, 1788\n         June 10, 1788 Oct. 27). Rose also writes to the Governor\n         regarding specific criminals in his jail (1787 Jan. 24 \u0026\n         1787 July 26). Lastly, he send his remarks on a contract to\n         furnish the Public Jail with provisions (1788 Jan. 30).","James Innes served as Attorney General to the Commonwealth\n         during Randolph's administration as Governor. Innes provides\n         his opinion on various issues including the repeal of the act\n         of 1785 for approving, confirming, \u0026 ratifying the compact\n         between Virginia \u0026 Maryland (1787 Feb. 28 \u0026 1787 Aug.\n         3); tobacco inspection at Lynch's Ferry (1787 June 26 \u0026\n         1787 Sept. 1); \u0026 foreign creditors (1787 March 19).","Andrew Dunscomb's correspondence relates to his position as\n         Assistant Commissioner of Military Claims. Included is his\n         oath of office and a letter regarding the same (1787 Jan. 13\n         \u0026 15). He also writes on the state of claims of the\n         Commonwealth with the U.S. (1787 June 13, 18, \u0026 Nov. 15).\n         On 6 July 1787, he requests additional clerks, and later, he\n         asks the Governor for a salary increase (1787 Nov. 13).\n         Similarly, there is extensive correspondence from Leighton\n         Wood, Jr., Solicitor General, regarding claims against the\n         state, delinquencies of sheriffs in paying taxes, etc. Present\n         is Wood's bond \u0026 security for his position as Solicitor\n         (1787 Jan. 26 \u0026 Feb. 1). Treasurer, Jacquelin Ambler's\n         letters too relate to the financial matters of the state.\n         Ambler reveals a lack of money in the Contingent Fund for\n         William Rose's warrants for the support of the Public Jail\n         (1787 March 5).","Capt. James Barron, Virginia State Navy, died in May 1787.\n         Applications can be found to replace him as commander of the\n         state boats (1787 June 4). Before his death, Barron comments\n         on the transport of small arms from Norfolk (1786 Dec. 6) and\n         discusses the employment of a surgeon \u0026 pilots on his\n         boats (1787 April 27). Barron was replaced by Capt. Richard\n         Taylor in June 1787. Noteworthy among his correspondence,\n         Taylor encloses an inventory of the articles on board the\n         Liberty and Patriot on 12 August 1787. He also remarks on the\n         poor state of the boats in his letter dated 7 September 1787.\n         On 14 November 1787, Taylor complains to the Governor about\n         his pay \u0026 pension. Lastly, Taylor talks about damage\n         sustained to the Schooner Patriot in a storm while harbored at\n         Portsmouth (1788 July 24).","Additional significant documents include the following: the\n         oath of fidelity to Governor Randolph by John Harvie (1786\n         Dec. 1); an oath of fidelity to Bolling Starke as Privy\n         Councilor (1786 Dec. 4); a proclamation by the governor\n         outlawing certain escaped prisoners (1786 Dec. 23); a letter\n         from Samuel Huntingdon, Governor of Connecticut, appointing\n         commissioners to assemble in Convention in Philadelphia (1786\n         Dec. 23); a letter from John Blair regarding his appointment\n         as a member of the committee to meet in Philadelphia in May\n         (1786 Dec. 25); a letter from David Ross concerning his claim\n         for the use of his property at Point of Fork (1787 Jan. 30); a\n         proclamation by the Governor authorizing surveys to be made on\n         the lands allotted to the Virginia Line on Continental\n         Establishment (1787 Jan. 25); a letter from Piomingo, Chief of\n         the Chickasaw Nation, regarding the Treaty at Kieve (1787 Feb.\n         15); a proclamation concerning the seizure of Spanish property\n         by George Rogers Clark (1787 Feb. 28); the bond of John\n         Pendleton as Auditor of Public Accounts (1787 March 1); a\n         proclamation offering a reward for the capture of Presley Hunt\n         \u0026 Ephraim Andrews, escaped prisoners (1787 March 2); a\n         letter from Monsieur Oster, French Consul, applying for an\n         order to prevent the departure of M.S. Deschamps to France\n         (1787 April 1); a letter from William Smith enclosing a list\n         of field officers in the Northampton County militia (1787\n         April 4); a letter from George Mason regarding payment as a\n         delegate of the Constitutional Convention (1787 April 23); a\n         proclamation for the reward \u0026 capture of Irby Philips\n         (1787 April 28); a list of tobacco saved from Byrd Warehouse\n         (1787 June 6); a letter from Governor Randolph to the\n         lieutenant governor regarding a warrant for the expense of\n         transporting his family to Philadelphia (1787 June 6); a\n         letter from Governor Randolph enclosing George Wythe's\n         resignation (1787 June 21); a letter from George Mason\n         concerning the resignation of George Wythe as a delegate to\n         the Convention (1787 June 30); a letter from the Governor\n         providing his account for the Constitutional Convention (1787\n         July 12); an agreement between David Ross \u0026 Col.\n         Meriwether for Point of Fork including a valuation of the 24\n         acres of land (1787 Aug. 8); a letter from Randolph forwarding\n         a copy of the National Constitution and expressing his\n         opposition to it (1787 Sept. 18); a letter from George Rogers\n         Clark regarding the settlement of western accounts (1787 Oct.\n         8); a letter from Samuel Johnston, Governor of North Carolina,\n         regarding an act to hold a Convention in Virginia in June\n         (1788 Jan. 22); the proceedings of the Massachusetts\n         Constitutional Convention to ratify the U.S. Constitution\n         (1788 Feb. 6); the proceedings of the Georgia Constitutional\n         Convention (1788 Feb. 5); a letter from John Sevier, Governor\n         of Franklin, regarding the dispute between the state of\n         Franklin \u0026 North Carolina (1788 March 27); a letter from Benjamin Franklin   \tregarding the sanity of Mr. Elam (1788 May 12); a proclamation\n         regarding the act establishing district courts as\n         unconstitutional (1788 May 14); a letter from William Heth\n         \u0026 David Henley, Commissioners of the Western Territory,\n         enclosing their report on the claims of Virginia for the\n         territory ceded to Congress (1788 May 15); a circular from\n         Thomas Pinckney, Governor of South Carolina, regarding the\n         ratification of the Constitution by a Convention in South\n         Carolina (1788 May 24); a letter from Andrew Limonin regarding the bust of the Marquis de Lafayette (1788 Nov. 11); and a letter from the Council of State\n         regarding Governor Randolph's departure from office (1788 Nov.\n         13).","State Records Collection,\n         Governor's Office (Record Group 3)","English"],"collection_title_tesim":["Executive Papers, 1786-1788"],"collection_ssim":["Executive Papers, 1786-1788"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["40084"],"unitid_tesim":["40084"],"repository_ssm":["Library of Virginia"],"repository_ssim":["Library of Virginia"],"creator_ssm":["Governor's Office"],"creator_ssim":["Governor's Office"],"acqinfo_ssim":["Acquired prior to 1905."],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"physdesc_tesim":["3.88 cubic\n         feet"],"arrangement_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eMaterial arranged chronologically with undated items\n         arranged at the end of each year.\u003c/p\u003e\n    "],"arrangement_heading_ssm":["Arrangement"],"arrangement_tesim":["Material arranged chronologically with undated items\n         arranged at the end of each year."],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eEdmund Jenings Randolph was born is Williamsburg, Virginia,\n         on 10 August 1753. Randolph was the son of John \u0026amp; Ariana\n         Jenings Randolph and nephew of Peyton Randolph, a member of\n         the Continental Congress from 1774 to 1775. Edmund graduated\n         from the College of William \u0026amp; Mary and proceeded to study\n         law in Williamsburg. At the outbreak of the Revolutionary War,\n         Randolph served as aide-de-camp to George Washington in the\n         Continental Army. The following year, he married Elizabeth\n         Nicholas and served as both the youngest delegate to\n         Virginia's first Constitutional Convention \u0026amp; Mayor of\n         Williamsburg. Randolph was elected the first Attorney General\n         of Virginia and served until 1782. In addition, Randolph acted\n         as a delegate to the Continental Congress for the years 1779,\n         1781, \u0026amp; 1782. He was elected by the General Assembly to\n         two one-year terms as Governor from 30 November 1786 until 12\n         November 1788. During his first term as Governor, Randolph\n         represented Virginia as a member of the U.S. Constitutional\n         Convention in 1787. During the Convention, Randolph proposed\n         his Virginia Plan for the Constitution with a strong central\n         government and representation based on population. He opposed\n         the final version of the Constitution, but later advocated its\n         ratification with the proposed amendments. He was appointed\n         the first Attorney General of the United States under\n         President Washington serving from 1789 until 1794. Randolph\n         then became Secretary of State, but was forced to resign on 19\n         August 1795. Following his political career, Randolph served\n         as senior counsel to Aaron Burr during his trial for treason\n         in 1807. Randolph died in Clarke County, Virginia, on 12\n         September 1813, and is buried in Old Chapel Cemetery,\n         Millwood, Va.\u003c/p\u003e\n    "],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical Information"],"bioghist_tesim":["Edmund Jenings Randolph was born is Williamsburg, Virginia,\n         on 10 August 1753. Randolph was the son of John \u0026 Ariana\n         Jenings Randolph and nephew of Peyton Randolph, a member of\n         the Continental Congress from 1774 to 1775. Edmund graduated\n         from the College of William \u0026 Mary and proceeded to study\n         law in Williamsburg. At the outbreak of the Revolutionary War,\n         Randolph served as aide-de-camp to George Washington in the\n         Continental Army. The following year, he married Elizabeth\n         Nicholas and served as both the youngest delegate to\n         Virginia's first Constitutional Convention \u0026 Mayor of\n         Williamsburg. Randolph was elected the first Attorney General\n         of Virginia and served until 1782. In addition, Randolph acted\n         as a delegate to the Continental Congress for the years 1779,\n         1781, \u0026 1782. He was elected by the General Assembly to\n         two one-year terms as Governor from 30 November 1786 until 12\n         November 1788. During his first term as Governor, Randolph\n         represented Virginia as a member of the U.S. Constitutional\n         Convention in 1787. During the Convention, Randolph proposed\n         his Virginia Plan for the Constitution with a strong central\n         government and representation based on population. He opposed\n         the final version of the Constitution, but later advocated its\n         ratification with the proposed amendments. He was appointed\n         the first Attorney General of the United States under\n         President Washington serving from 1789 until 1794. Randolph\n         then became Secretary of State, but was forced to resign on 19\n         August 1795. Following his political career, Randolph served\n         as senior counsel to Aaron Burr during his trial for treason\n         in 1807. Randolph died in Clarke County, Virginia, on 12\n         September 1813, and is buried in Old Chapel Cemetery,\n         Millwood, Va."],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content Information"],"scopecontent_tesim":["Governor Randolph's Executive papers are organized\n         chronologically with undated items arranged at the end of each\n         year. These papers primarily consist of incoming\n         correspondence during Randolph's two one-year terms as\n         governor between 30 November 1786 until 12 November 1788.\n         These records include correspondence written to Beverley\n         Randolph who acted as Lieutenant Governor while Edmund served\n         as a member of the U.S. Constitutional Convention in\n         Philadelphia in 1787. The correspondence in this collection\n         relates to a variety of topics including appointments for\n         state positions; the Point of Fork Arsenal; Indian attacks in\n         the western country \u0026 peace treaties; Shay's Rebellion in\n         Massachusetts; arms \u0026 ammunition; the Constitutional\n         Convention in Philadelphia; the State Boats Patriot \u0026\n         Liberty; Revolutionary claims against Virginia and the United\n         States; the Public Jail \u0026 prisoners; militia; the U.S.\n         Board of Treasury; searchers; public finances; the state of\n         Franklin; the independence of Vermont; tobacco; elections; the\n         Northwestern territory; the District of Kentucky; and others.\n         In addition to correspondence, there are resolutions from\n         Congress and the Virginia Senate \u0026 House of Delegates;\n         orders of the Council of State; accounts; oaths; pardons;\n         lists or calendars of criminals; depositions; proclamations;\n         petitions; reports; appointments; bonds; circulars;\n         proceedings; applications; agreements; extracts of journals\n         \u0026 minutes; registers of ships; and other sundry items.","Noteworthy correspondence originates from the United States\n         government, Virginia State government, and miscellaneous\n         sources. Prominent correspondents from the United States\n         government include Thomas Jefferson, Minister of France;\n         Charles Thomson, Secretary of Congress; John Jay, Secretary of\n         Foreign Affairs; Henry Knox, Secretary of War; Joseph Martin,\n         Agent of Indian Affairs; Samuel Osgood, Walter Livingston,\n         \u0026 Arthur Lee, U.S. Board of Treasury; and the Virginia\n         Delegates to Congress including Edward Carrington, William\n         Grayson, James Madison, Jr., Henry Lee, William Heth, John\n         Brown, Cyrus Griffin, \u0026 Richard Henry Lee.","Thomas Jefferson, as Minister of France, writes to Governor\n         Randolph on 7 February 1787 regarding the inauguration\n         ceremony of the bust of the Marquis de Lafayette. Jefferson\n         also writes about shipments of arms from Bordeaux and payments\n         to Houdon for the statue of General Washington and a second\n         bust of Lafayette (1787 August 3). Lastly, Governor Randolph\n         forwards to Beverley Randolph on 27 May 1787, a dispatch of W.\n         Short enclosing the proceedings of the City of Paris on the\n         reception of Lafayette's bust presented by the state of\n         Virginia. This letter also encloses another letter from John\n         Bondfield to Gen. George Washington concerning a shipment of\n         arms to Dumfries.","Charles Thomson, Secretary of Congress, corresponds often\n         with Randolph. He transmits Congressional journals,\n         resolutions and acts of Congress, monthly States of\n         Representation, extracts of important letters, etc.\n         Significant documents transmitted by Thomson include the\n         following: a letter regarding disorder in Massachusetts (1786\n         Dec. 14); a resolution for a Convention of delegates to meet\n         in May 1787 to revise the Articles of Confederation (1787 Feb.\n         21); resolutions regarding a treaty of peace with Great\n         Britain (1787 April 13); resolutions empowering the Board of\n         Treasury to contract for coining copper, the sale of lands\n         surveyed in the Western Territory, \u0026 the extension of the\n         ''franking'' privilege to members of the Constitutional\n         Convention (1787 April 25); a treaty between the U.S. and the\n         Kingdom of Morocco (1787 July 21); a letter informing the\n         Governor of the election of Cyrus Griffin as President of the\n         Continental Congress (1788 Jan. 23); a resolution on the\n         claims of David Henley, Commissioner for the Claims of\n         Virginia on Account of the Western Territory (1788 June 4);\n         and a letter regarding the proceedings of Congress on the\n         independence of the District of Kentucky (1788 July 3).","John Jay, as Secretary of Foreign Affairs, communicates to\n         Governor Randolph issues abroad. He encloses an extract of a\n         letter he received from John Adams, Minister Plenipotentiary\n         of the U.S. in London, regarding the counterfeiting of\n         Carolina money (1787 July 3). Jay also encloses a copy of the\n         signals agreed upon between the U.S. \u0026 Morocco for their\n         vessels at sea (1787 July 27). On 26 May 1788, Jay drafted a\n         letter to the Governor regarding a note from Schultz von\n         Asheraden, Envoy Extraordinary of the King of Sweden, in\n         reference to Capt. Adolph Frederick Dahlberg. Similarly, there\n         is also a letter from Jay regarding notes from the Minister of\n         France on the conduct of J.M. Ferrier (1788 June 13). Lastly,\n         there is a letter respecting foreign consuls (1788 Sept.\n         24).","Henry Knox, Secretary of War, corresponds with the Governor\n         on 12 February 1787 on the subject of the Board of Treasury's\n         plan to provide for the establishment of troops and the\n         insurrection in Massachusetts. There is also a letter from\n         Knox concerning the appointment of Joseph Martin as Indian\n         Agent for the Cherokee Nation (1788 June 23).","Joseph Martin, Agent for Indian Affairs and later Indian\n         Agent for the Cherokee Nation, corresponds with Governor\n         Randolph on many occasions. Martin writes the Governor on 16\n         March 1787 concerning the opening of the land office of the\n         state of Franklin and Benjamin Logan's attack on Crow Town. On\n         March 21, Martin's letter mentions the Chota Indians and the\n         taking of land by the ''Franklynists.'' His letter of June 28\n         encloses Indian talks from Cherokee chiefs including King\n         Fisher, Old Corn Tassle, \u0026 Tuskegetchee. He writes about\n         the dispute between North Carolina and the state of Franklin\n         in April 1788 and encloses a letter from John Sevier \u0026 the\n         Cherokees. Finally, he informs the Governor of attacks against\n         the Cherokee nation and encloses letters from Andrew\n         McGilveray regarding Indian affairs (1788 June 11).","Samuel Osgood, Walter Livingston, \u0026 Arthur Lee of the\n         U.S. Board of Treasury transmit a statement of the contingent\n         expenditures of the U.S. from 1 January to 31 December 1786\n         (1787 Feb. 2). They also enclose an act of Congress regarding\n         the repeal of another act to open a loan on the credit of the\n         requisition (1787 May 15). On May 25, the Board writes the\n         Governor concerning an ordinance of Congress for the\n         settlement of accounts between individual states and the U.S.\n         Finally, the Board encloses a letter \u0026 report to the state\n         of Connecticut regarding invalid pensions (1788 Sept. 19).","The various members of Virginia's delegation to Congress\n         regularly communicated with Governor Randolph on a variety of\n         national concerns. The delegation to the Continental Congress\n         during Randolph's administration consisted of Edward\n         Carrington, William Grayson, James Madison, Richard H. Lee,\n         Cyrus Griffin, Henry Lee, \u0026 John Brown. Significant\n         correspondence from these delegates relate to Shay's Rebellion\n         in Massachusetts (1786 December 8); the need for military\n         stores in the Western Country (1786 December 24); Gen. Knox\n         and arms for the state of Virginia (1787 Feb. 19); the treaty\n         between the U.S. and United Netherlands (1787 March 5); the\n         progress of the appointments to the Convention and the\n         admission of Vermont to the Union (1787 March 19); trade laws,\n         an act to ratify \u0026 confirm the independence of Vermont,\n         the appointment of John Pierce as Commissioner for Settlement\n         of the Illinois Accounts, the discharge of troops under the\n         act of October 1786, the death of Vergennes, \u0026 hostilities\n         in the Western Country (1787 April 2, 12, 13, \u0026 July 17);\n         the inadequacy of the government due to the irregular\n         representation in Congress, commercial deputies, \u0026 indents\n         for 1786 \u0026 1787 (1787 May 7, 15, \u0026 June 8);\n         communications from Col. Evan Shelby, the dismemberment of\n         states, Vermont, North Carolina, \u0026 problems in the\n         Kaskaskies \u0026 Post Vincent (1787 June 12); the defense of\n         the frontiers of Kentucky and elsewhere (1787 June 25, 27,\n         \u0026 July 7); the Board of Treasury (1787 July 1787); an\n         ordinance for establishing a temporary government in the\n         Western Territory, a resolution concerning copper coinage,\n         \u0026 an ordinance for settling the accounts between the U.S.\n         and individual states (1787 Nov. 3); the claim of Virginia to\n         the Northwestern Territory (1788 March 23); the settlement of\n         the accounts of the state against the U.S. (1788 May 8); an\n         act to extend the time to settle these accounts (1788 June 9);\n         and rations for rangers called into service in Bourbon County\n         (1788 June 30).","The various members of Virginia's delegation to Congress\n         regularly communicated with Governor Randolph on a variety of\n         national concerns. The delegation to the Continental Congress\n         during Randolph's administration consisted of Edward\n         Carrington, William Grayson, James Madison, Richard H. Lee,\n         Cyrus Griffin, Henry Lee, \u0026 John Brown. Significant\n         correspondence from these delegates relate to Shay's Rebellion\n         in Massachusetts (1786 December 8); the need for military\n         stores in the Western Country (1786 December 24); Gen. Knox\n         and arms for the state of Virginia (1787 Feb. 19); the treaty\n         between the U.S. and United Netherlands (1787 March 5); the\n         progress of the appointments to the Convention and the\n         admission of Vermont to the Union (1787 March 19); trade laws,\n         an act to ratify \u0026 confirm the independence of Vermont,\n         the appointment of John Pierce as Commissioner for Settlement\n         of the Illinois Accounts, the discharge of troops under the\n         act of October 1786, the death of Vergennes, \u0026 hostilities\n         in the Western Country (1787 April 2, 12, 13, \u0026 July 17);\n         the inadequacy of the government due to the irregular\n         representation in Congress, commercial deputies, \u0026 indents\n         for 1786 \u0026 1787 (1787 May 7, 15, \u0026 June 8);\n         communications from Col. Evan Shelby, the dismemberment of\n         states, Vermont, North Carolina, \u0026 problems in the\n         Kaskaskies \u0026 Post Vincent (1787 June 12); the defense of\n         the frontiers of Kentucky and elsewhere (1787 June 25, 27,\n         \u0026 July 7); the Board of Treasury (1787 July 1787); an\n         ordinance for establishing a temporary government in the\n         Western Territory, a resolution concerning copper coinage,\n         \u0026 an ordinance for settling the accounts between the U.S.\n         and individual states (1787 Nov. 3); the claim of Virginia to\n         the Northwestern Territory (1788 March 23); the settlement of\n         the accounts of the state against the U.S. (1788 May 8); an\n         act to extend the time to settle these accounts (1788 June 9);\n         and rations for rangers called into service in Bourbon County\n         (1788 June 30).","Significant correspondents from Virginia State government\n         include John Beckley, Clerk of the House of Delegates,\n         Humphrey Brooke, Clerk of the Senate; Archibald Blair, Clerk\n         of the Council of State; Capt. John Peyton \u0026 Capt. Elias\n         Langham, Superintendent of the Military Stores, Arms, \u0026\n         Ammunition at Point of Fork Arsenal; Col. Thomas Meriwether,\n         Commissioner of Army Accounts; Benjamin Logan, County\n         Lieutenant of Lincoln County; Arthur Campbell, County\n         Lieutenant of Washington County; Levi Todd, County Lieutenant\n         of Fayette County; Alexander Barnett, County Lieutenant of\n         Russell County; David Shepherd, County Lieutenant of Ohio\n         County; Walter Crockett, County Lieutenant of Montgomery\n         County; William Rose, Keeper of the Public Jail; James Innes,\n         Attorney General; Leighton Wood, Jr., Solicitor General;\n         Andrew Dunscomb, Assistant Commissioner of Military Claims;\n         Capt. James Barron \u0026 Capt. Richard Taylor, Virginia Navy;\n         Beverley Randolph, Lieutenant Governor; and Jacquelin Ambler,\n         Treasurer.","John Beckley, Clerk of the House of Delegates, \u0026\n         Humphrey Brooke, Clerk of the Senate, regularly enclose\n         resolutions from their respective bodies to the Governor. On 1\n         December 1786, Beckley submits the appointment of Henry Lee as\n         Delegate to Congress. He provides resolutions regarding the\n         claims of the state of Virginia against the United States and\n         the election of Andrew Dunscomb to serve as Commissioner to\n         settle these accounts (1787 Jan. 5). On 23 October 1787,\n         Beckley transmits an extract of the journal of the House of\n         Delegates containing the ballot for five delegates in Congress\n         including James Madison, Edward Carrington, Henry Lee, John\n         Brown, \u0026 Cyrus Griffin. On 31 October 1788, he presents\n         the ballot for the election of Cyrus Griffin, John Brown,\n         James Madison, Jr., John Dawson, \u0026 Mann Page. In addition,\n         an extract of the journal of the House of Delegates from 8\n         November 1788 reports on the election of Richard Henry Lee\n         \u0026 William Grayson as Virginia's first senators in\n         Congress. Beckley \u0026 Brooke also inform the Governor about\n         appointments to the Privy Council including William Heth \u0026\n         Joseph Eggleston (1787 November 7) and Andrew Moore \u0026\n         Robert Goode (1788 June 28). Lastly, the clerks inform the\n         Governor of the election of Edmund Winston as judge of the\n         General Court (1788 June 28).","Archibald Blair, as Clerk of the Council of State, encloses\n         orders of the Council to the Governor. In December 1786, the\n         Council orders Col. Meriwether to contract for repairs to the\n         Public Jail \u0026 the Governor's House, to employ someone to\n         convey arms from France, \u0026 to purchase a sword for Capt.\n         Jouett (1786 Dec. 14). Meriwether also receives orders related\n         to the distribution of Articles of War (1787 May 2). His\n         letter dated 2 May 1787 also relates to alterations in the\n         Public Jail. The Council sends a list of grants to be signed\n         by the Governor (1787 April 30 \u0026 25 May). Lastly, the\n         Council provides advice on the requisition of militia in the\n         western counties including a resolution of Congress concerning\n         orders for militia in Virginia \u0026 Pennsylvania to be ready\n         to protect the inhabitants (1788 Oct. 15).","Capt. John Peyton resigns as Commissary of Stores at Point\n         of Fork on 20 November 1786. Peyton writes to Col. Thomas\n         Meriwether on 10 December 1786 recommending William Price, his\n         former clerk, to succeed him. Additionally, there are letters\n         from other individuals applying for the position. Elias\n         Langham, however, successfully applies to the Governor on 13\n         December 1786. As Commissary of Military Stores, Langham\n         corresponds with Col. Meriwether regarding provisions (1786\n         Dec. 25); contracts to supply rations (1787 April 26); an\n         estimate of clothing for guards and state negroes (1787 July\n         5); \u0026 land belonging to David Ross near Point of Fork in\n         Fluvanna County (1787 June 26 \u0026 Dec. 21). In turn, Col.\n         Meriwether corresponds with Governor Randolph offering an\n         estimate of the cost of transporting arms from Point of Fork\n         to Redstone (1786 Dec. 26), a report of Capt. Peyton's last\n         returns (1787 Feb. 22), delinquencies of militia officers\n         (1787 March 1), payrolls of Point of Fork (1787 April 7), a\n         list of his official duties (1787 May 8), a report of the\n         militia (1787 Oct. 22), and reports on the Point of Fork\n         Arsenal (1787 Oct. 4 \u0026 1788 Oct. 3).","County lieutenants including Levi Todd, Benjamin Logan,\n         Arthur Campbell, David Shepherd, Alexander Barnett, \u0026\n         Walter Crockett from the western counties correspond with\n         Governor Randolph on numerous occasions primarily regarding\n         Indian affairs. Levi Todd writes about the strength of the\n         militia in Fayette County and Shawnee attacks in the area\n         (1786 Dec. 7); the need for officers \u0026 a lack of\n         ammunition and provision (1787 Feb. 14); the defenselessness\n         of Kentucky (1787 April 30); \u0026 war with the Indians (1788\n         March 29). Benjamin Logan writes about an attack on the\n         Shawnee towns in the District of Kentucky (1786 Dec. 17);\n         Indian outrages in Kentucky (1787 April 14); the sense of the\n         people of Kentucky regarding the Cherokee Indians (1787 May\n         17); intelligence concerning the Cherokee Indians sent to\n         Arthur Campbell (1787 May 18); \u0026 the proceedings of a\n         meeting of the commanding officers of the District of Kentucky\n         (1787 Sept. 24). Arthur Campbell communicates a list of field\n         officers \u0026 captains proposed to command two regiments of\n         militia in Washington County (1787 Feb. 14); the implications\n         of the recent treaty with Spain (1787 Feb. 16); an attack by\n         Col. John Logan on friendly Indians (1787 March 9); the\n         militia in Washington County and the apprehended danger from\n         the Cherokee Indians (1787 March 17); westward expansion,\n         Topoka, Chief of the Chocta Nation, \u0026 the navigation of\n         the Mississippi (1787 April 15); movements of the Cherokee\n         Indians (1787 Aug. 16); the boundary between Virginia \u0026\n         North Carolina (1787 Dec. 10); \u0026 consideration for the\n         position as Superintendent of the Southern Department (1787\n         Dec. 31). David Shepherd expresses his concerns in relation to\n         Indian outrages in Monongalia (1787 April 30); Indian attacks\n         \u0026 the state of the militia in Ohio County (1787 May 24\n         \u0026 1787 Nov. 10). Finally, Alexander Barnett writes on\n         Indian attacks in Russell County (1787 May 19 \u0026 1787 Aug.\n         29) \u0026 Walter Crockett relates incidents with natives in\n         Montgomery County (1787 June 11 \u0026 1788 March 15).","William Rose as Keeper of the Public Jail periodically\n         transmits lists or calendars of criminals convicted at the\n         General Court (1786 Dec. 16, 1787 March 28, 1787 April 30,\n         1787 June 11, 1787 Dec. 6, 1788 March 31, 1788 April 26, 1788\n         June 10, 1788 Oct. 27). Rose also writes to the Governor\n         regarding specific criminals in his jail (1787 Jan. 24 \u0026\n         1787 July 26). Lastly, he send his remarks on a contract to\n         furnish the Public Jail with provisions (1788 Jan. 30).","James Innes served as Attorney General to the Commonwealth\n         during Randolph's administration as Governor. Innes provides\n         his opinion on various issues including the repeal of the act\n         of 1785 for approving, confirming, \u0026 ratifying the compact\n         between Virginia \u0026 Maryland (1787 Feb. 28 \u0026 1787 Aug.\n         3); tobacco inspection at Lynch's Ferry (1787 June 26 \u0026\n         1787 Sept. 1); \u0026 foreign creditors (1787 March 19).","Andrew Dunscomb's correspondence relates to his position as\n         Assistant Commissioner of Military Claims. Included is his\n         oath of office and a letter regarding the same (1787 Jan. 13\n         \u0026 15). He also writes on the state of claims of the\n         Commonwealth with the U.S. (1787 June 13, 18, \u0026 Nov. 15).\n         On 6 July 1787, he requests additional clerks, and later, he\n         asks the Governor for a salary increase (1787 Nov. 13).\n         Similarly, there is extensive correspondence from Leighton\n         Wood, Jr., Solicitor General, regarding claims against the\n         state, delinquencies of sheriffs in paying taxes, etc. Present\n         is Wood's bond \u0026 security for his position as Solicitor\n         (1787 Jan. 26 \u0026 Feb. 1). Treasurer, Jacquelin Ambler's\n         letters too relate to the financial matters of the state.\n         Ambler reveals a lack of money in the Contingent Fund for\n         William Rose's warrants for the support of the Public Jail\n         (1787 March 5).","Capt. James Barron, Virginia State Navy, died in May 1787.\n         Applications can be found to replace him as commander of the\n         state boats (1787 June 4). Before his death, Barron comments\n         on the transport of small arms from Norfolk (1786 Dec. 6) and\n         discusses the employment of a surgeon \u0026 pilots on his\n         boats (1787 April 27). Barron was replaced by Capt. Richard\n         Taylor in June 1787. Noteworthy among his correspondence,\n         Taylor encloses an inventory of the articles on board the\n         Liberty and Patriot on 12 August 1787. He also remarks on the\n         poor state of the boats in his letter dated 7 September 1787.\n         On 14 November 1787, Taylor complains to the Governor about\n         his pay \u0026 pension. Lastly, Taylor talks about damage\n         sustained to the Schooner Patriot in a storm while harbored at\n         Portsmouth (1788 July 24).","Additional significant documents include the following: the\n         oath of fidelity to Governor Randolph by John Harvie (1786\n         Dec. 1); an oath of fidelity to Bolling Starke as Privy\n         Councilor (1786 Dec. 4); a proclamation by the governor\n         outlawing certain escaped prisoners (1786 Dec. 23); a letter\n         from Samuel Huntingdon, Governor of Connecticut, appointing\n         commissioners to assemble in Convention in Philadelphia (1786\n         Dec. 23); a letter from John Blair regarding his appointment\n         as a member of the committee to meet in Philadelphia in May\n         (1786 Dec. 25); a letter from David Ross concerning his claim\n         for the use of his property at Point of Fork (1787 Jan. 30); a\n         proclamation by the Governor authorizing surveys to be made on\n         the lands allotted to the Virginia Line on Continental\n         Establishment (1787 Jan. 25); a letter from Piomingo, Chief of\n         the Chickasaw Nation, regarding the Treaty at Kieve (1787 Feb.\n         15); a proclamation concerning the seizure of Spanish property\n         by George Rogers Clark (1787 Feb. 28); the bond of John\n         Pendleton as Auditor of Public Accounts (1787 March 1); a\n         proclamation offering a reward for the capture of Presley Hunt\n         \u0026 Ephraim Andrews, escaped prisoners (1787 March 2); a\n         letter from Monsieur Oster, French Consul, applying for an\n         order to prevent the departure of M.S. Deschamps to France\n         (1787 April 1); a letter from William Smith enclosing a list\n         of field officers in the Northampton County militia (1787\n         April 4); a letter from George Mason regarding payment as a\n         delegate of the Constitutional Convention (1787 April 23); a\n         proclamation for the reward \u0026 capture of Irby Philips\n         (1787 April 28); a list of tobacco saved from Byrd Warehouse\n         (1787 June 6); a letter from Governor Randolph to the\n         lieutenant governor regarding a warrant for the expense of\n         transporting his family to Philadelphia (1787 June 6); a\n         letter from Governor Randolph enclosing George Wythe's\n         resignation (1787 June 21); a letter from George Mason\n         concerning the resignation of George Wythe as a delegate to\n         the Convention (1787 June 30); a letter from the Governor\n         providing his account for the Constitutional Convention (1787\n         July 12); an agreement between David Ross \u0026 Col.\n         Meriwether for Point of Fork including a valuation of the 24\n         acres of land (1787 Aug. 8); a letter from Randolph forwarding\n         a copy of the National Constitution and expressing his\n         opposition to it (1787 Sept. 18); a letter from George Rogers\n         Clark regarding the settlement of western accounts (1787 Oct.\n         8); a letter from Samuel Johnston, Governor of North Carolina,\n         regarding an act to hold a Convention in Virginia in June\n         (1788 Jan. 22); the proceedings of the Massachusetts\n         Constitutional Convention to ratify the U.S. Constitution\n         (1788 Feb. 6); the proceedings of the Georgia Constitutional\n         Convention (1788 Feb. 5); a letter from John Sevier, Governor\n         of Franklin, regarding the dispute between the state of\n         Franklin \u0026 North Carolina (1788 March 27); a letter from Benjamin Franklin   \tregarding the sanity of Mr. Elam (1788 May 12); a proclamation\n         regarding the act establishing district courts as\n         unconstitutional (1788 May 14); a letter from William Heth\n         \u0026 David Henley, Commissioners of the Western Territory,\n         enclosing their report on the claims of Virginia for the\n         territory ceded to Congress (1788 May 15); a circular from\n         Thomas Pinckney, Governor of South Carolina, regarding the\n         ratification of the Constitution by a Convention in South\n         Carolina (1788 May 24); a letter from Andrew Limonin regarding the bust of the Marquis de Lafayette (1788 Nov. 11); and a letter from the Council of State\n         regarding Governor Randolph's departure from office (1788 Nov.\n         13)."],"physloc_html_tesm":["\u003cphysloc label=\"Physical Location\"\u003eState Records Collection,\n         Governor's Office (Record Group 3)\u003c/physloc\u003e\n      "],"physloc_tesim":["State Records Collection,\n         Governor's Office (Record Group 3)"],"language_ssim":["English"],"total_component_count_is":190,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-07-23T21:08:22.920Z","scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eGovernor Randolph's Executive papers are organized\n         chronologically with undated items arranged at the end of each\n         year. These papers primarily consist of incoming\n         correspondence during Randolph's two one-year terms as\n         governor between 30 November 1786 until 12 November 1788.\n         These records include correspondence written to Beverley\n         Randolph who acted as Lieutenant Governor while Edmund served\n         as a member of the U.S. Constitutional Convention in\n         Philadelphia in 1787. The correspondence in this collection\n         relates to a variety of topics including appointments for\n         state positions; the Point of Fork Arsenal; Indian attacks in\n         the western country \u0026amp; peace treaties; Shay's Rebellion in\n         Massachusetts; arms \u0026amp; ammunition; the Constitutional\n         Convention in Philadelphia; the State Boats Patriot \u0026amp;\n         Liberty; Revolutionary claims against Virginia and the United\n         States; the Public Jail \u0026amp; prisoners; militia; the U.S.\n         Board of Treasury; searchers; public finances; the state of\n         Franklin; the independence of Vermont; tobacco; elections; the\n         Northwestern territory; the District of Kentucky; and others.\n         In addition to correspondence, there are resolutions from\n         Congress and the Virginia Senate \u0026amp; House of Delegates;\n         orders of the Council of State; accounts; oaths; pardons;\n         lists or calendars of criminals; depositions; proclamations;\n         petitions; reports; appointments; bonds; circulars;\n         proceedings; applications; agreements; extracts of journals\n         \u0026amp; minutes; registers of ships; and other sundry items.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eNoteworthy correspondence originates from the United States\n         government, Virginia State government, and miscellaneous\n         sources. Prominent correspondents from the United States\n         government include Thomas Jefferson, Minister of France;\n         Charles Thomson, Secretary of Congress; John Jay, Secretary of\n         Foreign Affairs; Henry Knox, Secretary of War; Joseph Martin,\n         Agent of Indian Affairs; Samuel Osgood, Walter Livingston,\n         \u0026amp; Arthur Lee, U.S. Board of Treasury; and the Virginia\n         Delegates to Congress including Edward Carrington, William\n         Grayson, James Madison, Jr., Henry Lee, William Heth, John\n         Brown, Cyrus Griffin, \u0026amp; Richard Henry Lee.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eThomas Jefferson, as Minister of France, writes to Governor\n         Randolph on 7 February 1787 regarding the inauguration\n         ceremony of the bust of the Marquis de Lafayette. Jefferson\n         also writes about shipments of arms from Bordeaux and payments\n         to Houdon for the statue of General Washington and a second\n         bust of Lafayette (1787 August 3). Lastly, Governor Randolph\n         forwards to Beverley Randolph on 27 May 1787, a dispatch of W.\n         Short enclosing the proceedings of the City of Paris on the\n         reception of Lafayette's bust presented by the state of\n         Virginia. This letter also encloses another letter from John\n         Bondfield to Gen. George Washington concerning a shipment of\n         arms to Dumfries.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eCharles Thomson, Secretary of Congress, corresponds often\n         with Randolph. He transmits Congressional journals,\n         resolutions and acts of Congress, monthly States of\n         Representation, extracts of important letters, etc.\n         Significant documents transmitted by Thomson include the\n         following: a letter regarding disorder in Massachusetts (1786\n         Dec. 14); a resolution for a Convention of delegates to meet\n         in May 1787 to revise the Articles of Confederation (1787 Feb.\n         21); resolutions regarding a treaty of peace with Great\n         Britain (1787 April 13); resolutions empowering the Board of\n         Treasury to contract for coining copper, the sale of lands\n         surveyed in the Western Territory, \u0026amp; the extension of the\n         ''franking'' privilege to members of the Constitutional\n         Convention (1787 April 25); a treaty between the U.S. and the\n         Kingdom of Morocco (1787 July 21); a letter informing the\n         Governor of the election of Cyrus Griffin as President of the\n         Continental Congress (1788 Jan. 23); a resolution on the\n         claims of David Henley, Commissioner for the Claims of\n         Virginia on Account of the Western Territory (1788 June 4);\n         and a letter regarding the proceedings of Congress on the\n         independence of the District of Kentucky (1788 July 3).\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eJohn Jay, as Secretary of Foreign Affairs, communicates to\n         Governor Randolph issues abroad. He encloses an extract of a\n         letter he received from John Adams, Minister Plenipotentiary\n         of the U.S. in London, regarding the counterfeiting of\n         Carolina money (1787 July 3). Jay also encloses a copy of the\n         signals agreed upon between the U.S. \u0026amp; Morocco for their\n         vessels at sea (1787 July 27). On 26 May 1788, Jay drafted a\n         letter to the Governor regarding a note from Schultz von\n         Asheraden, Envoy Extraordinary of the King of Sweden, in\n         reference to Capt. Adolph Frederick Dahlberg. Similarly, there\n         is also a letter from Jay regarding notes from the Minister of\n         France on the conduct of J.M. Ferrier (1788 June 13). Lastly,\n         there is a letter respecting foreign consuls (1788 Sept.\n         24).\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eHenry Knox, Secretary of War, corresponds with the Governor\n         on 12 February 1787 on the subject of the Board of Treasury's\n         plan to provide for the establishment of troops and the\n         insurrection in Massachusetts. There is also a letter from\n         Knox concerning the appointment of Joseph Martin as Indian\n         Agent for the Cherokee Nation (1788 June 23).\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eJoseph Martin, Agent for Indian Affairs and later Indian\n         Agent for the Cherokee Nation, corresponds with Governor\n         Randolph on many occasions. Martin writes the Governor on 16\n         March 1787 concerning the opening of the land office of the\n         state of Franklin and Benjamin Logan's attack on Crow Town. On\n         March 21, Martin's letter mentions the Chota Indians and the\n         taking of land by the ''Franklynists.'' His letter of June 28\n         encloses Indian talks from Cherokee chiefs including King\n         Fisher, Old Corn Tassle, \u0026amp; Tuskegetchee. He writes about\n         the dispute between North Carolina and the state of Franklin\n         in April 1788 and encloses a letter from John Sevier \u0026amp; the\n         Cherokees. Finally, he informs the Governor of attacks against\n         the Cherokee nation and encloses letters from Andrew\n         McGilveray regarding Indian affairs (1788 June 11).\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eSamuel Osgood, Walter Livingston, \u0026amp; Arthur Lee of the\n         U.S. Board of Treasury transmit a statement of the contingent\n         expenditures of the U.S. from 1 January to 31 December 1786\n         (1787 Feb. 2). They also enclose an act of Congress regarding\n         the repeal of another act to open a loan on the credit of the\n         requisition (1787 May 15). On May 25, the Board writes the\n         Governor concerning an ordinance of Congress for the\n         settlement of accounts between individual states and the U.S.\n         Finally, the Board encloses a letter \u0026amp; report to the state\n         of Connecticut regarding invalid pensions (1788 Sept. 19).\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eThe various members of Virginia's delegation to Congress\n         regularly communicated with Governor Randolph on a variety of\n         national concerns. The delegation to the Continental Congress\n         during Randolph's administration consisted of Edward\n         Carrington, William Grayson, James Madison, Richard H. Lee,\n         Cyrus Griffin, Henry Lee, \u0026amp; John Brown. Significant\n         correspondence from these delegates relate to Shay's Rebellion\n         in Massachusetts (1786 December 8); the need for military\n         stores in the Western Country (1786 December 24); Gen. Knox\n         and arms for the state of Virginia (1787 Feb. 19); the treaty\n         between the U.S. and United Netherlands (1787 March 5); the\n         progress of the appointments to the Convention and the\n         admission of Vermont to the Union (1787 March 19); trade laws,\n         an act to ratify \u0026amp; confirm the independence of Vermont,\n         the appointment of John Pierce as Commissioner for Settlement\n         of the Illinois Accounts, the discharge of troops under the\n         act of October 1786, the death of Vergennes, \u0026amp; hostilities\n         in the Western Country (1787 April 2, 12, 13, \u0026amp; July 17);\n         the inadequacy of the government due to the irregular\n         representation in Congress, commercial deputies, \u0026amp; indents\n         for 1786 \u0026amp; 1787 (1787 May 7, 15, \u0026amp; June 8);\n         communications from Col. Evan Shelby, the dismemberment of\n         states, Vermont, North Carolina, \u0026amp; problems in the\n         Kaskaskies \u0026amp; Post Vincent (1787 June 12); the defense of\n         the frontiers of Kentucky and elsewhere (1787 June 25, 27,\n         \u0026amp; July 7); the Board of Treasury (1787 July 1787); an\n         ordinance for establishing a temporary government in the\n         Western Territory, a resolution concerning copper coinage,\n         \u0026amp; an ordinance for settling the accounts between the U.S.\n         and individual states (1787 Nov. 3); the claim of Virginia to\n         the Northwestern Territory (1788 March 23); the settlement of\n         the accounts of the state against the U.S. (1788 May 8); an\n         act to extend the time to settle these accounts (1788 June 9);\n         and rations for rangers called into service in Bourbon County\n         (1788 June 30).\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eThe various members of Virginia's delegation to Congress\n         regularly communicated with Governor Randolph on a variety of\n         national concerns. The delegation to the Continental Congress\n         during Randolph's administration consisted of Edward\n         Carrington, William Grayson, James Madison, Richard H. Lee,\n         Cyrus Griffin, Henry Lee, \u0026amp; John Brown. Significant\n         correspondence from these delegates relate to Shay's Rebellion\n         in Massachusetts (1786 December 8); the need for military\n         stores in the Western Country (1786 December 24); Gen. Knox\n         and arms for the state of Virginia (1787 Feb. 19); the treaty\n         between the U.S. and United Netherlands (1787 March 5); the\n         progress of the appointments to the Convention and the\n         admission of Vermont to the Union (1787 March 19); trade laws,\n         an act to ratify \u0026amp; confirm the independence of Vermont,\n         the appointment of John Pierce as Commissioner for Settlement\n         of the Illinois Accounts, the discharge of troops under the\n         act of October 1786, the death of Vergennes, \u0026amp; hostilities\n         in the Western Country (1787 April 2, 12, 13, \u0026amp; July 17);\n         the inadequacy of the government due to the irregular\n         representation in Congress, commercial deputies, \u0026amp; indents\n         for 1786 \u0026amp; 1787 (1787 May 7, 15, \u0026amp; June 8);\n         communications from Col. Evan Shelby, the dismemberment of\n         states, Vermont, North Carolina, \u0026amp; problems in the\n         Kaskaskies \u0026amp; Post Vincent (1787 June 12); the defense of\n         the frontiers of Kentucky and elsewhere (1787 June 25, 27,\n         \u0026amp; July 7); the Board of Treasury (1787 July 1787); an\n         ordinance for establishing a temporary government in the\n         Western Territory, a resolution concerning copper coinage,\n         \u0026amp; an ordinance for settling the accounts between the U.S.\n         and individual states (1787 Nov. 3); the claim of Virginia to\n         the Northwestern Territory (1788 March 23); the settlement of\n         the accounts of the state against the U.S. (1788 May 8); an\n         act to extend the time to settle these accounts (1788 June 9);\n         and rations for rangers called into service in Bourbon County\n         (1788 June 30).\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eSignificant correspondents from Virginia State government\n         include John Beckley, Clerk of the House of Delegates,\n         Humphrey Brooke, Clerk of the Senate; Archibald Blair, Clerk\n         of the Council of State; Capt. John Peyton \u0026amp; Capt. Elias\n         Langham, Superintendent of the Military Stores, Arms, \u0026amp;\n         Ammunition at Point of Fork Arsenal; Col. Thomas Meriwether,\n         Commissioner of Army Accounts; Benjamin Logan, County\n         Lieutenant of Lincoln County; Arthur Campbell, County\n         Lieutenant of Washington County; Levi Todd, County Lieutenant\n         of Fayette County; Alexander Barnett, County Lieutenant of\n         Russell County; David Shepherd, County Lieutenant of Ohio\n         County; Walter Crockett, County Lieutenant of Montgomery\n         County; William Rose, Keeper of the Public Jail; James Innes,\n         Attorney General; Leighton Wood, Jr., Solicitor General;\n         Andrew Dunscomb, Assistant Commissioner of Military Claims;\n         Capt. James Barron \u0026amp; Capt. Richard Taylor, Virginia Navy;\n         Beverley Randolph, Lieutenant Governor; and Jacquelin Ambler,\n         Treasurer.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eJohn Beckley, Clerk of the House of Delegates, \u0026amp;\n         Humphrey Brooke, Clerk of the Senate, regularly enclose\n         resolutions from their respective bodies to the Governor. On 1\n         December 1786, Beckley submits the appointment of Henry Lee as\n         Delegate to Congress. He provides resolutions regarding the\n         claims of the state of Virginia against the United States and\n         the election of Andrew Dunscomb to serve as Commissioner to\n         settle these accounts (1787 Jan. 5). On 23 October 1787,\n         Beckley transmits an extract of the journal of the House of\n         Delegates containing the ballot for five delegates in Congress\n         including James Madison, Edward Carrington, Henry Lee, John\n         Brown, \u0026amp; Cyrus Griffin. On 31 October 1788, he presents\n         the ballot for the election of Cyrus Griffin, John Brown,\n         James Madison, Jr., John Dawson, \u0026amp; Mann Page. In addition,\n         an extract of the journal of the House of Delegates from 8\n         November 1788 reports on the election of Richard Henry Lee\n         \u0026amp; William Grayson as Virginia's first senators in\n         Congress. Beckley \u0026amp; Brooke also inform the Governor about\n         appointments to the Privy Council including William Heth \u0026amp;\n         Joseph Eggleston (1787 November 7) and Andrew Moore \u0026amp;\n         Robert Goode (1788 June 28). Lastly, the clerks inform the\n         Governor of the election of Edmund Winston as judge of the\n         General Court (1788 June 28).\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eArchibald Blair, as Clerk of the Council of State, encloses\n         orders of the Council to the Governor. In December 1786, the\n         Council orders Col. Meriwether to contract for repairs to the\n         Public Jail \u0026amp; the Governor's House, to employ someone to\n         convey arms from France, \u0026amp; to purchase a sword for Capt.\n         Jouett (1786 Dec. 14). Meriwether also receives orders related\n         to the distribution of Articles of War (1787 May 2). His\n         letter dated 2 May 1787 also relates to alterations in the\n         Public Jail. The Council sends a list of grants to be signed\n         by the Governor (1787 April 30 \u0026amp; 25 May). Lastly, the\n         Council provides advice on the requisition of militia in the\n         western counties including a resolution of Congress concerning\n         orders for militia in Virginia \u0026amp; Pennsylvania to be ready\n         to protect the inhabitants (1788 Oct. 15).\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eCapt. John Peyton resigns as Commissary of Stores at Point\n         of Fork on 20 November 1786. Peyton writes to Col. Thomas\n         Meriwether on 10 December 1786 recommending William Price, his\n         former clerk, to succeed him. Additionally, there are letters\n         from other individuals applying for the position. Elias\n         Langham, however, successfully applies to the Governor on 13\n         December 1786. As Commissary of Military Stores, Langham\n         corresponds with Col. Meriwether regarding provisions (1786\n         Dec. 25); contracts to supply rations (1787 April 26); an\n         estimate of clothing for guards and state negroes (1787 July\n         5); \u0026amp; land belonging to David Ross near Point of Fork in\n         Fluvanna County (1787 June 26 \u0026amp; Dec. 21). In turn, Col.\n         Meriwether corresponds with Governor Randolph offering an\n         estimate of the cost of transporting arms from Point of Fork\n         to Redstone (1786 Dec. 26), a report of Capt. Peyton's last\n         returns (1787 Feb. 22), delinquencies of militia officers\n         (1787 March 1), payrolls of Point of Fork (1787 April 7), a\n         list of his official duties (1787 May 8), a report of the\n         militia (1787 Oct. 22), and reports on the Point of Fork\n         Arsenal (1787 Oct. 4 \u0026amp; 1788 Oct. 3).\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eCounty lieutenants including Levi Todd, Benjamin Logan,\n         Arthur Campbell, David Shepherd, Alexander Barnett, \u0026amp;\n         Walter Crockett from the western counties correspond with\n         Governor Randolph on numerous occasions primarily regarding\n         Indian affairs. Levi Todd writes about the strength of the\n         militia in Fayette County and Shawnee attacks in the area\n         (1786 Dec. 7); the need for officers \u0026amp; a lack of\n         ammunition and provision (1787 Feb. 14); the defenselessness\n         of Kentucky (1787 April 30); \u0026amp; war with the Indians (1788\n         March 29). Benjamin Logan writes about an attack on the\n         Shawnee towns in the District of Kentucky (1786 Dec. 17);\n         Indian outrages in Kentucky (1787 April 14); the sense of the\n         people of Kentucky regarding the Cherokee Indians (1787 May\n         17); intelligence concerning the Cherokee Indians sent to\n         Arthur Campbell (1787 May 18); \u0026amp; the proceedings of a\n         meeting of the commanding officers of the District of Kentucky\n         (1787 Sept. 24). Arthur Campbell communicates a list of field\n         officers \u0026amp; captains proposed to command two regiments of\n         militia in Washington County (1787 Feb. 14); the implications\n         of the recent treaty with Spain (1787 Feb. 16); an attack by\n         Col. John Logan on friendly Indians (1787 March 9); the\n         militia in Washington County and the apprehended danger from\n         the Cherokee Indians (1787 March 17); westward expansion,\n         Topoka, Chief of the Chocta Nation, \u0026amp; the navigation of\n         the Mississippi (1787 April 15); movements of the Cherokee\n         Indians (1787 Aug. 16); the boundary between Virginia \u0026amp;\n         North Carolina (1787 Dec. 10); \u0026amp; consideration for the\n         position as Superintendent of the Southern Department (1787\n         Dec. 31). David Shepherd expresses his concerns in relation to\n         Indian outrages in Monongalia (1787 April 30); Indian attacks\n         \u0026amp; the state of the militia in Ohio County (1787 May 24\n         \u0026amp; 1787 Nov. 10). Finally, Alexander Barnett writes on\n         Indian attacks in Russell County (1787 May 19 \u0026amp; 1787 Aug.\n         29) \u0026amp; Walter Crockett relates incidents with natives in\n         Montgomery County (1787 June 11 \u0026amp; 1788 March 15).\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eWilliam Rose as Keeper of the Public Jail periodically\n         transmits lists or calendars of criminals convicted at the\n         General Court (1786 Dec. 16, 1787 March 28, 1787 April 30,\n         1787 June 11, 1787 Dec. 6, 1788 March 31, 1788 April 26, 1788\n         June 10, 1788 Oct. 27). Rose also writes to the Governor\n         regarding specific criminals in his jail (1787 Jan. 24 \u0026amp;\n         1787 July 26). Lastly, he send his remarks on a contract to\n         furnish the Public Jail with provisions (1788 Jan. 30).\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eJames Innes served as Attorney General to the Commonwealth\n         during Randolph's administration as Governor. Innes provides\n         his opinion on various issues including the repeal of the act\n         of 1785 for approving, confirming, \u0026amp; ratifying the compact\n         between Virginia \u0026amp; Maryland (1787 Feb. 28 \u0026amp; 1787 Aug.\n         3); tobacco inspection at Lynch's Ferry (1787 June 26 \u0026amp;\n         1787 Sept. 1); \u0026amp; foreign creditors (1787 March 19).\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eAndrew Dunscomb's correspondence relates to his position as\n         Assistant Commissioner of Military Claims. Included is his\n         oath of office and a letter regarding the same (1787 Jan. 13\n         \u0026amp; 15). He also writes on the state of claims of the\n         Commonwealth with the U.S. (1787 June 13, 18, \u0026amp; Nov. 15).\n         On 6 July 1787, he requests additional clerks, and later, he\n         asks the Governor for a salary increase (1787 Nov. 13).\n         Similarly, there is extensive correspondence from Leighton\n         Wood, Jr., Solicitor General, regarding claims against the\n         state, delinquencies of sheriffs in paying taxes, etc. Present\n         is Wood's bond \u0026amp; security for his position as Solicitor\n         (1787 Jan. 26 \u0026amp; Feb. 1). Treasurer, Jacquelin Ambler's\n         letters too relate to the financial matters of the state.\n         Ambler reveals a lack of money in the Contingent Fund for\n         William Rose's warrants for the support of the Public Jail\n         (1787 March 5).\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eCapt. James Barron, Virginia State Navy, died in May 1787.\n         Applications can be found to replace him as commander of the\n         state boats (1787 June 4). Before his death, Barron comments\n         on the transport of small arms from Norfolk (1786 Dec. 6) and\n         discusses the employment of a surgeon \u0026amp; pilots on his\n         boats (1787 April 27). Barron was replaced by Capt. Richard\n         Taylor in June 1787. Noteworthy among his correspondence,\n         Taylor encloses an inventory of the articles on board the\n         Liberty and Patriot on 12 August 1787. He also remarks on the\n         poor state of the boats in his letter dated 7 September 1787.\n         On 14 November 1787, Taylor complains to the Governor about\n         his pay \u0026amp; pension. Lastly, Taylor talks about damage\n         sustained to the Schooner Patriot in a storm while harbored at\n         Portsmouth (1788 July 24).\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eAdditional significant documents include the following: the\n         oath of fidelity to Governor Randolph by John Harvie (1786\n         Dec. 1); an oath of fidelity to Bolling Starke as Privy\n         Councilor (1786 Dec. 4); a proclamation by the governor\n         outlawing certain escaped prisoners (1786 Dec. 23); a letter\n         from Samuel Huntingdon, Governor of Connecticut, appointing\n         commissioners to assemble in Convention in Philadelphia (1786\n         Dec. 23); a letter from John Blair regarding his appointment\n         as a member of the committee to meet in Philadelphia in May\n         (1786 Dec. 25); a letter from David Ross concerning his claim\n         for the use of his property at Point of Fork (1787 Jan. 30); a\n         proclamation by the Governor authorizing surveys to be made on\n         the lands allotted to the Virginia Line on Continental\n         Establishment (1787 Jan. 25); a letter from Piomingo, Chief of\n         the Chickasaw Nation, regarding the Treaty at Kieve (1787 Feb.\n         15); a proclamation concerning the seizure of Spanish property\n         by George Rogers Clark (1787 Feb. 28); the bond of John\n         Pendleton as Auditor of Public Accounts (1787 March 1); a\n         proclamation offering a reward for the capture of Presley Hunt\n         \u0026amp; Ephraim Andrews, escaped prisoners (1787 March 2); a\n         letter from Monsieur Oster, French Consul, applying for an\n         order to prevent the departure of M.S. Deschamps to France\n         (1787 April 1); a letter from William Smith enclosing a list\n         of field officers in the Northampton County militia (1787\n         April 4); a letter from George Mason regarding payment as a\n         delegate of the Constitutional Convention (1787 April 23); a\n         proclamation for the reward \u0026amp; capture of Irby Philips\n         (1787 April 28); a list of tobacco saved from Byrd Warehouse\n         (1787 June 6); a letter from Governor Randolph to the\n         lieutenant governor regarding a warrant for the expense of\n         transporting his family to Philadelphia (1787 June 6); a\n         letter from Governor Randolph enclosing George Wythe's\n         resignation (1787 June 21); a letter from George Mason\n         concerning the resignation of George Wythe as a delegate to\n         the Convention (1787 June 30); a letter from the Governor\n         providing his account for the Constitutional Convention (1787\n         July 12); an agreement between David Ross \u0026amp; Col.\n         Meriwether for Point of Fork including a valuation of the 24\n         acres of land (1787 Aug. 8); a letter from Randolph forwarding\n         a copy of the National Constitution and expressing his\n         opposition to it (1787 Sept. 18); a letter from George Rogers\n         Clark regarding the settlement of western accounts (1787 Oct.\n         8); a letter from Samuel Johnston, Governor of North Carolina,\n         regarding an act to hold a Convention in Virginia in June\n         (1788 Jan. 22); the proceedings of the Massachusetts\n         Constitutional Convention to ratify the U.S. Constitution\n         (1788 Feb. 6); the proceedings of the Georgia Constitutional\n         Convention (1788 Feb. 5); a letter from John Sevier, Governor\n         of Franklin, regarding the dispute between the state of\n         Franklin \u0026amp; North Carolina (1788 March 27); a letter from Benjamin Franklin   \tregarding the sanity of Mr. Elam (1788 May 12); a proclamation\n         regarding the act establishing district courts as\n         unconstitutional (1788 May 14); a letter from William Heth\n         \u0026amp; David Henley, Commissioners of the Western Territory,\n         enclosing their report on the claims of Virginia for the\n         territory ceded to Congress (1788 May 15); a circular from\n         Thomas Pinckney, Governor of South Carolina, regarding the\n         ratification of the Constitution by a Convention in South\n         Carolina (1788 May 24); a letter from Andrew Limonin regarding the bust of the Marquis de Lafayette (1788 Nov. 11); and a letter from the Council of State\n         regarding Governor Randolph's departure from office (1788 Nov.\n         13).\u003c/p\u003e\n    "]}]}},"label":"Breadcrumbs"}}},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/vi_vi00523_c08_c02"}},{"id":"vi_vi00854_c02","type":"Series","attributes":{"title":"1788","breadcrumbs":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/vi_vi00854_c02#breadcrumbs","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":{"ref_ssi":"vi_vi00854_c02","ref_ssm":["vi_vi00854_c02"],"id":"vi_vi00854_c02","ead_ssi":"vi_vi00854","_root_":"vi_vi00854","_nest_parent_":"vi_vi00854","parent_ssi":"vi_vi00854","parent_ssim":["Executive Papers, 1788-1791"],"parent_ids_ssim":["vi_vi00854"],"title_filing_ssi":"1788","title_ssm":["1788"],"title_tesim":["1788"],"normalized_title_ssm":["1788"],"text":["1788","Executive Papers, 1788-1791"],"parent_unittitles_ssm":["Executive Papers, 1788-1791"],"parent_unittitles_tesim":["Executive Papers, 1788-1791"],"level_ssm":["Series"],"level_ssim":["Series"],"component_level_isim":[1],"sort_isi":2,"repository_ssim":["Library of Virginia"],"collection_ssim":["Executive Papers, 1788-1791"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"child_component_count_isi":2,"_nest_path_":"/components#1","timestamp":"2026-07-23T21:08:53.750Z","collection":{"numFound":1,"start":0,"numFoundExact":true,"docs":[{"id":"vi_vi00854","ead_ssi":"vi_vi00854","_root_":"vi_vi00854","_nest_parent_":"vi_vi00854","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/lva/vi00854.xml","title_ssm":["Executive Papers, 1788-1791"],"title_tesim":["Executive Papers, 1788-1791"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Executive Papers, 1788-1791"],"text":["Executive Papers, 1788-1791","40287","5.39 cubic\n         feet","Series I is arranged chronologically by date of document\n            and Series II is arranged alphabetically by subject.","Organization\n        Organized into two (2) series: I. Chronological Files\n            and II. Subject Files.","Beverley Randolph was born in 1754 in Chatsworth, Henrico\n         County, to Peter and Lucy Bolling Randolph. His father served\n         in the House of Burgesses and as Surveyor General of Customs.\n         Randolph attended William and Mary College where he graduated\n         in 1771, and was later appointed to the Board of Visitors in\n         1784. He married Martha Cocke, daughter of James Cocke of\n         Williamsburg, in 1775. Randolph also served on the Cumberland\n         County Committee of Safety and commanded a regiment of cavalry\n         as a colonel in the militia between 1776 and 1779. He\n         represented Cumberland County in the House of Delegates in\n         1777 and 1779-1781. A member of the Council of State from\n         1781, Randolph was elected president of the Council of State\n         in 1783, and 1786 through 1788. As president of the Council,\n         Randolph served as Lieutenant Governor of Virginia.\n         Consequently, Randolph performed the duties of Governor while\n         Governor Randolph represented Virginia in the Constitutional\n         Convention during the summer of 1787. Randolph succeeded\n         Edmund Randolph as Governor on 12 November 1788. In addition,\n         he was re-elected in 1789 and 1790 to two one-year terms as\n         Governor. Randolph's administration was marked by the defense\n         of the frontiers against Indian incursions, the fight to\n         collect Virginia's Revolutionary claims from the United\n         States, and the initiative to build a lighthouse at the\n         entrance to the Chesapeake Bay. Following his governorship,\n         Randolph was appointed by President Washington as one of the\n         commissioners to treat with the Indians in the Northwest\n         Territory in 1793. The Commissioners failed to reach a\n         peaceful resolution with the Indians and Randolph retired from\n         public life. Randolph died in February 1797 at his estate\n         \"Green Creek\" in Cumberland County. His remains were moved\n         from his estate to the Westview Cemetery in Farmville, Va., in\n         1909.","Governor Randolph's Executive papers are organized into two\n         series. Series have been designated for Chronological files\n         and Subject files. The bulk of the material can be found in\n         the Chronological files' series which primarily consists of\n         incoming correspondence during Randolph's three one-year terms\n         as governor between 12 November 1788 and 1 December 1791. In\n         addition to correspondence, there are acts \u0026 resolutions\n         from Congress and the Virginia Senate \u0026 House of\n         Delegates, orders of the Council of State, accounts, oaths,\n         pardons, lists or calendars of criminals, depositions,\n         proclamations, petitions, reports, appointments, bonds,\n         circulars, proceedings, applications, agreements, extracts of\n         journals \u0026 minutes, court records, certificates, returns,\n         receipts, and other sundry items.","Series I: Chronological Files. The correspondence in this\n         series relates to a variety of topics including state expenses\n         \u0026 revenue, militia, recommendations for state positions,\n         pardons, legislation, public tobacco, Revolutionary claims\n         \u0026 pensioners, Presidential electors, Indian affairs,\n         navigation, revisal of laws, resignations, elections,\n         appointments, criminals \u0026 the Public Jail, the Cape Henry\n         Lighthouse, the Point of Fork Arsenal, and the Marine\n         Hospital. Noteworthy correspondence originates from the United\n         States government, Virginia State government, and\n         miscellaneous sources. Prominent correspondents from the\n         United States government include President George Washington; Henry Knox, Secretary of War;\n         Alexander Hamilton, Secretary of the Treasury; Thomas\n         Jefferson, Secretary of State; Edmund Randolph, Attorney\n         General; and the Virginia Delegates to Congress including\n         Samuel Griffin, James Monroe, Richard Henry Lee, John Walker,\n         William Grayson, and others.","President George Washington transmits acts of Congress to Governor Beverley Randolph. His letter of 11 August 1789 transmits an act to provide for the government of the territory north west of the Ohio River.  His letter of 24 August 1789 transmits the act providing for the expenses attending the treaties with Indian Tribes and the appointment of commissioners. Lastly, his letter of 8 October 1789 transmits duplicate acts to establish a Judicial Court of the United States, an act for registering \u0026 clearing vessels, and others. On 22 January 1790, the President simply writes to forward an important letter to Thomas Jefferson at Monticello. Finally, Washington's letter of 29 January 1790 relates to Gen. Wood's report respecting the materials placed at Cape Henry for the purpose of building a lighthouse and the need for a cession of the land from Virginia to the United States. (Note that these letters from Washington have separated to the Vault - George Washington Papers).","As Secretary of War, Henry Knox communicates frequently with Governor Randolph predominantly concerning Indian affairs and the defense of the frontier (1788 Dec. 29, 1790 July 28, 1790 Sept. 2, 1791 Feb. 26, 1791 June 11, \u0026 1791 Nov. 16). This correspondence also relates to raising militia (1791 July 15 \u0026 1791 Oct. 28), employing scouts \u0026 rangers (1790 April 14, 1790 June 10, 1790 July 17), gunpowder \u0026 lead for the Chickasaw Nation (1789 Dec. 24), and General Harmar's expedition against the Indians on the Ohio River (1790 March 3 \u0026 1790 July 19). Knox also writes the Governor about Revolutionary War pensioners from Virginia (1789 April 25, 1789 Oct. 19, 1790 Feb. 8, 1790 April 15, \u0026 1790 Sept. 15). On 15 October 1789, Knox encloses an extract of the act to recognize and adapt to the Constitution the establishment of the troops raised under the resolves of the United States. This act specifically relates to the presidential authority to raise militia to protect the frontiers. On 10 December 1789, he writes requesting a map of Kentucky and western Virginia. Finally, Knox often transmits letters to the Governor intended for William Blount, Governor of the territory ceded by North Carolina, Harry Innes, District Judge of Kentucky, and others, especially in the District of Kentucky.","Alexander Hamilton writes Governor Randolph with respect to statements of the public debt \u0026 loan office certificates (1789 Sept. 26, 1789 Oct. 29, 1789 Dec. 24, \u0026 1791 June 27), statements of agents for settling the accounts of their respective lines in the late Army (1791 Jan. 14), and other financial matters (1790 Jan. 27 \u0026 1790 Sept. 28). On 10 February 1790, Hamilton informs the Governor that the United States requires 2 acres of land to be ceded by Virginia for a lighthouse near the entrance of the Chesapeake Bay. On 8 May 1790, Hamilton writes that Edward Carrington has been requested to visit Cape Henry and make a selection for the location of the lighthouse. According to his letter from 19 June 1790, Hamilton notes that Thomas Newton of Norfolk replaced Carrington in this duty. His letter from 19 August 1790 relates to the receipt of the Governor's letter containing the cession of 2 acres on Cape Henry to the United States.","Throughout the collection are acts and resolutions of\n         Congress signed by Thomas Jefferson as Secretary of State.\n         Noteworthy is an act to provide for the unlading of ships in\n         cases of obstruction by ice (1791 Jan. 7); an act declaring\n         the consent of Congress that a new state be formed by the name\n         of Kentucky (1791 Feb. 4); a resolution that Andrew Brown be\n         appointed printer (1791 Feb. 18); an act for regulating the\n         number of representatives to be chosen by the states of\n         Kentucky \u0026 Vermont (1791 Feb. 25); and an act for raising\n         an additional regiment to the military establishment of the\n         United States (1791 March 10). The few pieces of\n         correspondence from Jefferson include a brief note regarding\n         the receipt of a letter from Joseph Clarke endorsed by the\n         President and forwarded to the Governor (1790 Feb. 6) and a\n         letter enclosing a collection of acts of Congress passed in\n         their second session and all the treaties promulgated by the\n         United States (1790 Aug. 30).","Following his governorship, Edmund Randolph served as the\n         first Attorney General of the United States. In this capacity,\n         Randolph writes the Governor with respect to the claims of\n         Beauregard \u0026 Bourgeois against Oliver Pollock (1790 Feb. 7\n         \u0026 10); treaties belonging to the Governor (1790 July 23);\n         and Virginia land claims within the limits of Pennsylvania\n         (1790 Sept. 9).","The various members of Virginia's delegation to the First \u0026 Second Congresses regularly communicated with Governor Randolph on a variety of national concerns. Significant correspondence from these delegates include a letter from Josiah Parker resigning his position as naval officer of Elizabeth River at Portsmouth to take his seat in Congress (1789 Feb. 9);  a letter from Samuel Griffin accepting his appointment to Congress (1789 Feb. 24); a letter from James Madison, Jr., regarding the inspection law and the separation of state debts from National debts (1790 May 11); a letter from Richard Henry Lee \u0026 John Walker regarding speculators in arrears of soldiers' pay (1790 May 25); James Madison, Jr., regarding the act of Congress concerning arrears to the Virginia line (1790 May 25); James Madison, Jr., enclosing a letter from Alexander Hamilton regarding the tobacco inspection law (1790 May 26); a letter from Frederick Augustus Muhlenberg, Speaker of the House of Representatives, enclosing proceedings concerning the death of Representative Theodorick Bland (1790 June 3); a letter from James Monroe regarding his arrival in Philadelphia (1790 Dec. 10); and another letter from Monroe regarding Harmar's unsuccessful expedition against the Indians between the Ohio and the Great Lakes including the amount of casualties (1790 Dec. 16).","Significant correspondents from Virginia State government\n         include William Davies, Commissioner of Virginia for Claims\n         Against the United States; Harry Heth, State Agent of Public\n         Tobacco; William Hay, Director of Public Buildings; John\n         Beckley \u0026 Charles Hay, Clerks of the House of Delegates;\n         Humphrey Brooke, Clerk of the Senate; Archibald Blair, Col.\n         Thomas Meriwether, \u0026 Samuel Coleman, Clerks \u0026\n         Assistant Clerk of the Council of State; Capt. Elias Langham,\n         Superintendent of the Military Stores, Arms, \u0026 Ammunition\n         at Point of Fork Arsenal; various county lieutenants; William\n         Rose, Keeper of the Public Jail; James Innes, Attorney\n         General; Leighton Wood, Jr., \u0026 Samuel Shepard, Solicitors\n         General; John Pendleton, Jr., Auditor of Public Accounts; and\n         Jacquelin Ambler, Treasurer.","As Commissioner of Virginia for Claims Against the United States, Col. William Davies corresponds regularly with Governor Randolph. Davies accepted this position from Governor Edmund Randolph on 27 Sept. 1788. His correspondence relates to his salary (1789 Jan. 1), instructions for persons to be employed to collect accounts \u0026 vouchers (1789 Jan. 10), examination of claims (1789 Jan. 24), pensioners (1789 Feb. 23), Andrew Dunscomb's complaints (1789 March 23), his arrival in New York (1789 April 23), the removal of the Auditor \u0026 Treasurer's Books prior to 1781 to New York (1789 Aug. 11), additional clerks (1789 Aug. 19), a plan for the final settlement of continental accounts (1790 July 12), and numerous other topics. Most of Davies' correspondence relates to particulars in the settlement of Virginia's claim against the United States for expenditures during the Revolutionary War.","On 27 Jan. 1789, a bond was posted for Harry Heth to serve\n         as agent to dispose of public tobacco in the Treasury Office\n         in discharge of public taxes. He encloses a letter from\n         Benjamin Harrison, Jr., on 22 Jan. 1789, to purchase public\n         tobacco. Heth often writes the Governor submitting reports on\n         the sales of public tobacco (1789 May 20, 1789 Nov. 9, 1790\n         Jan. 5 \u0026 9, 1790 March 18, \u0026 1791 Oct. 6). He also\n         specifically deals with the settlement of the accounts of the\n         Westham Foundry (1789 March 3 \u0026 5, 1789 June 13, \u0026\n         1790 June 23).","William Hay, one of the Directors of Public Buildings,\n         corresponds with the Governor regarding the claim on the\n         estate of Col. Archibald Cary for monies advanced in 1785\n         (1789 Jan. 31); the completion of the offices for the\n         Executive Board (1789 June 18); a contract to cover the roof\n         of the Capitol with lead, etc. (1790 Jan. 6, April 12, \u0026\n         May 11); statements of an estimate of the sum necessary for\n         paying the debts due the directors of public buildings (1791\n         Jan. 17); and money for the completion of the Capitol (1791\n         Oct. 15).","John Beckley (later Clerk of the U.S. House of\n         Representatives) \u0026 Charles Hay, Clerks of the House of\n         Delegates, \u0026 Humphrey Brooke, Clerk of the Senate,\n         regularly enclose resolutions from their respective bodies to\n         the Governor. Noteworthy resolutions include a proclamation\n         for the Governor to appoint electors to choose a president and\n         for representatives to serve in Congress (1788 Nov. 9 \u0026\n         22); the free navigation of the Mississippi River (1788 Dec.\n         1); the election of Beverley Randolph as Governor (1788 Dec.\n         6); an additional sum to William Heth in the settlement of\n         Virginia's claim against the U.S. for the North Western\n         Territory (1788 Dec. 3); the election of Richard Cary, John\n         Tyler, \u0026 James Henry as judges of the General Court (1788\n         Dec. 24); the election of Cuthbert Bullitt as judge of the\n         General Court \u0026 Cyrus Griffin as Privy Councilor (1788\n         Dec. 27); attacks by the Creek Indians against the Chickasaws\n         and furnishing them with gun powder (1789 Oct. 23); the\n         election of James Mercer as judge of the Court of Appeals to\n         replace John Blair (1789 Nov. 18); the election of Joseph\n         Jones \u0026 Spencer Roane as judges of the General Court (1789\n         Nov. 19); the re-election \u0026 qualification of Beverley\n         Randolph as Governor (1789 Nov. 28); an appointment to examine\n         the materials provided by the State to erect a lighthouse\n         (1789 Dec. 14); the disposal of the materials used for the\n         erection of the lighthouse (1790 Nov. 5); the election of\n         George Nicholas as Attorney General for the District of\n         Kentucky in place of Harry Innes (1790 Nov. 9); the election\n         of James Monroe in the U.S. Senate to replace William Grayson\n         (1790 Nov. 9); the election of John Steele, Miles Selden,\n         \u0026 Hardin Burnley to the Privy Council (1790 Nov. 26); the\n         protection of citizens on the frontiers (1790 Dec. 20); and\n         the election of Henry Lee as Governor (1791 Nov. 2).","Archibald Blair, as Clerk of the Council of State, encloses\n         extracts of minutes and orders of the Council to the Governor.\n         On 26 Nov. 1788, Blair writes regarding the request that Col.\n         Thomas Meriwether consult with printers for 500 copies of the\n         acts to appoint presidential electors. Meriwether, who\n         resigned as clerk of the Council on 30 June 1789, writes\n         regarding pensioners (1788 Dec. 9); quarterly returns and\n         payrolls of Elias Langham at Point of Fork (1789 Jan. 5);\n         Capt. Young's books and papers as successor of the Commercial\n         Agent (1789 Jan. 22); estimates by Elias Langham to enclose\n         the arsenals and magazines at Point of Fork with a stone wall,\n         etc. (1789 April 6); and his resignation (1789 June 27).\n         Samuel Coleman was appointed Assistant Clerk of the Council on\n         26 Dec. 1786. Following the resignation of Thomas Meriwether\n         on 27 June 1789, Coleman requested to fill the vacancy. He\n         writes the Governor respecting militia returns (1789 Nov. 3\n         \u0026 30; 1790 Jan. 1; 1790 Feb. 2; 1790 April 1; 1790 June 1;\n         1790 Aug. 4; 1790 Oct. 12; 1791 Jan. 18; 1791 July 30; \u0026\n         1791 Oct. 5); the accounts, provisions, payrolls, \u0026\n         returns of Elias Langham from the Point of Fork Arsenal (1789\n         July 6, 1790 April 5, 1790 July 3, 1790 Oct. 1, 1791 Jan. 4,\n         1791 Feb. 23, 1791 April 4, 1791 June 19, 1791 July 5, \u0026\n         1791 Oct. 4); his resignation on account of his health (1789\n         April 3); the accounts of James McGavock for public lead\n         delivered at Fort Chiswell (1790 Feb. 25); the claims of\n         scouts \u0026 rangers (1790 June 7, 21, \u0026 29; 1790 Oct. 9\n         \u0026 25; 1790 Dec. 11; \u0026 1791 June 20); and the\n         indebtedness of James Hunter, deceased, former Superintendent\n         of the Public Foundry (1791 Aug. 27).","Capt. Elias Langham, Superintendent of the Military Stores,\n         Arms, \u0026 Ammunition at Point of Fork Arsenal, writes to\n         Governor Randolph regarding the cannon at Taylor's Ferry (1788\n         Nov. 21); the contractor for provisions (1789 Jan. 6); public\n         negroes at Point of Fork (1789 Feb. 7); a recommendation for\n         an appointment to the Dept. of Military Stores when\n         established by Congress (1789 April 11); ammunition for the\n         Chief of the Chickasaw Nation and an application from Chief\n         Piomingo for 40 gallons of rum (1789 Nov. 2); a letter from\n         Piomingo concerning a change in his route (1789 Nov. 4);\n         powder \u0026 lead furnished the Indians at New London (1790\n         Feb. 26); the complaint of Thomas Harris for his punishment\n         \u0026 dismissal (1790 Oct. 1); opinions on his conduct (1790\n         Dec. 19); a contract for furnishing rations at Point of Fork\n         and an addition built to the public mill (1791 Jan. 4); and\n         the purchase of iron to forge bayonets (1791 July 1). Note\n         that additional materials relating to the Point of Fork\n         Arsenal can be found in Series II.","County lieutenants including David Shepherd, Alexander\n         Barnett, George Clendenin, Walter Crockett, John Evans,\n         Benjamin Wilson, Benjamin Harrison, John P. Duvall, Levi Todd,\n         Robert Johnson, \u0026 Arthur Campbell correspond with Governor\n         Randolph on numerous occasions primarily regarding Indian\n         affairs in the western counties. David Shepherd, Ohio Co.,\n         writes regarding a treaty with the Indians at the falls of\n         Muskingum (1788 Nov. 26); a general return of militia (1789\n         April 17); the raising of a company of rangers and Indian\n         attacks at Dunkard Creek (1789 May 12); the account for\n         raising troops (1789 June 8); a return of spies \u0026 rangers\n         (1789 Sept. 13); and continued depredations by the Indians on\n         the frontier (1791 May 9). Alexander Barnett, Russell Co.,\n         encloses court-martial proceedings for the trial of James\n         Gibson \u0026 Richard Thompson for disobeying orders (1788 Dec.\n         10). George Clendenin, Greenbrier Co. (later Kanawha Co.),\n         requests an augmentation of scouts \u0026 rangers in Washington\n         Co. (1788 Dec. 18); writes of the treaty and atrocities by the\n         Indians west of the Ohio (1789 May 6); the new county of\n         Kanawha, recommendations for magistrates, Indian atrocities on\n         Clinch Settlement, etc. (1789 Aug. 10); depredations by the\n         Indians (1790 April 15); and the need for scouts in Kanawha\n         Co. (1791 Jan. 1). Walter Crockett, Montgomery Co., remarks on\n         the state of the frontier and the potential of Indian\n         hostilities in the spring (1789 Feb. 16). John Evans,\n         Monongalia Co., reports on Indian hostilities and the ordering\n         of scouts (1789 April 25). Benjamin Wilson \u0026 John P.\n         Duvall, Harrison Co., enclose a deposition concerning Indian\n         attacks (1789 May 22); provide a list of \"mischief\" done by\n         the Indians (1789 Sept. 28); and report on Indian attacks\n         (1791 Nov. 27). Benjamin Harrison, Rockingham Co., writes in\n         relation to the strength of militia and militia fines (1789\n         May 27). Levi Todd, Fayette Co., notes the need for additional\n         magistrates, the attack on Federal troops by the Indians, and\n         the separation of Kentucky (1789 May 27). Robert Johnson,\n         Woodford Co., writes about the recommendation of the court for\n         militia officers and Indian \"mischief\" (1789 June 15). Lastly,\n         Arthur Campbell, Washington Co., chronicles Indian attacks in\n         Russell Co. (1789 July 20); a confrontation between the Creek\n         Indians \u0026 Spaniards (1789 Aug. 1); and submits a return of\n         militia (1789 Nov. 3).","William Rose as Keeper of the Public Jail periodically\n         transmits lists or calendars of criminals convicted at the\n         General Court (1788 Dec. 8, 1789 March 14, \u0026 1789 Aug.\n         31). Rose also writes the Governor regarding specific inmates\n         including Littlebury Cotton charged with horse stealing (1789\n         April 13 \u0026 23) and John Rose imprisoned for debts (1790\n         Dec. 22).","James Innes served as Attorney General to the Commonwealth\n         during Randolph's administration as Governor. Innes provides\n         his opinion on various issues including the case of Catherine\n         Crull sentenced to death for the murder of her husband (1789\n         Jan. 28); the memorial of Joseph Latil regarding the revenue\n         law (1789 March 2); the act for granting relief to sheriffs\n         \u0026 collectors of revenue (1789 March 2); prisoners in the\n         new district jails of New London \u0026 Dumfries (1789 March\n         28); the case of Ephraim Willard \u0026 John Whitney for\n         counterfeiting (1789 May 23); the case of George Byrd\n         sentenced to death for horse stealing (1789 May 25); warrants\n         issued to scouts \u0026 rangers (1789 Dec. 23); the oath to\n         support the U.S. Constitution (1790 March 20); the Governor's\n         right to withhold his signature from patents claiming property\n         over the waters of the James River between the Rocky Islands\n         (1790 April 4); the case of the executors of Archibald Cary\n         (1790 June 4); commissioner's fees (1790 Aug. 27); the case of\n         Caleb Hill sentenced to death for horse stealing (1791 April\n         27); and the case of Hunter Banks \u0026 Co. (1791 June 8).","Governor Randolph corresponds often with Leighton Wood,\n         Jr., \u0026 Samuel Shepard (formerly Clerk), Solicitors\n         General; John Pendleton, Jr., Auditor of Public Accounts; and\n         Jacquelin Ambler, Treasurer, regarding various financial\n         matters. Leighton Wood \u0026 Samuel Shepard submit lists of\n         inspectors bonds in the Solicitor's Office (1789 Jan. 24) and\n         reports of delinquent sheriffs (1789 April 23, 1789 May 22).\n         On 6 Jan. 1790, Wood writes the Governor regarding the sale of\n         the state Boats Liberty \u0026 Patriot by James Heron of\n         Norfolk. In addition, the Solicitors often write the Governor\n         with respect to specific accounts, especially sheriff accounts\n         of revenue. Wood also writes in support of Samuel Shepard to\n         serve as Solicitor General during his absence due to illness\n         (1790 March 29). Leighton Wood eventually submits his\n         resignation as Solicitor General on 6 July 1791 (See also 1791\n         May 29). John Pendleton encloses accounts of sundry expenses\n         in protecting \u0026 defending the frontier from the Indians in\n         the lands west of the Ohio River (1789 Feb. 19); lists of\n         balances from inspectors \u0026 county court clerks (1789 Jan.\n         29); the account of the expense of the two expeditions against\n         the Shawnee \u0026 Wabash Indians (1789 Dec. 17); the claim of\n         Oliver Pollock (1790 Jan. 4). In addition, Pendleton\n         administers oaths to various state officers including John\n         Dawson \u0026 John H. Briggs to the Privy Council (1789 Dec.\n         21) and Beverley Randolph as Governor (1790 Dec. 3). Ambler\n         encloses accounts of monies paid in part of the expenses\n         attending scouts \u0026 rangers (1789 Jan. 1); accounts of\n         payments made into the Treasury by the Superior \u0026 County\n         Court Clerks (1789 Feb. 6); accounts of payments by inspectors\n         of tobacco (1789 Jan. 28). He writes regarding unpaid expenses\n         of the General Assembly (1788 Dec. 31); security for the\n         Treasury in the new Capitol including iron bars for the\n         windows (1789 June 15); the balance of specie in the Treasury\n         (1789 June 30, 1789 Aug. 11, 1789 Oct. 15, 1789 Dec. 23 \u0026\n         31, 1790 Feb. 1, 1790 April 27, \u0026 1791 Jan. 14); his\n         resignation as one of the Directors of the Public Buildings\n         (1791 Jan. 3); and crop and transfer tobacco in the Treasury\n         for arrears of taxes (1791 May 10).","Additional significant correspondence includes the following: Edmund Randolph to the Council of State regarding his leaving office (1788 Nov. 17); the Judges of the General Court enclosing a list of persons convicted of capital offenses (1788 Dec. 16); John Blair accepting his commission as a judge of the Court of Appeals (1789 Jan. 16); John Dawson regarding the Convention of Kentucky on the navigation of the Mississippi and surrendering the river to Spain (1789 Jan. 29); Martin Oster, French Consul regarding the controversy between Henry Cugneau \u0026 Jean Alexis Subercaseaux and John Cauvey (1789 Jan. 31, 1789 March 2 \u0026 22); William Fleming \u0026 Peter Lyons regarding their appointments as Judges of the Court of Appeals (1789 Feb. 10); Paul Carrington regarding his appointment to the General Court (1789 Feb. 20); Cyrus Griffin regarding the appointment of William Davies (1789 March 9); Andrew Dunscomb to Davies regarding job \u0026 salary (1789 March 17); William Russell regarding the relinquishment to the public of the Capitol Square in Williamsburg and the buildings thereon (1789 May 1); a letter from James Madison, President of Board of Directors, regarding funds to support the Lunatic Hospital in Williamsburg (1789 June 7); Samuel McDowell regarding a remonstrance from inhabitants of the District of Kentucky against discharging the militia from service (1789 July 36); John Hancock regarding the conveyance of the bodies of James Brown \u0026 William Davis charged with piracy (1789 Sept. 13); David Ross recommending Piomingo, Chief of the Chickasaws, to pass through the country to New York (1789 Oct. 12); Patrick Henry regarding rifles \u0026 expenses for Indians (1789 Oct. 27); John Fitzgerald enclosing an address of the people of Georgetown \u0026 Alexandria on the advantages of the Potomac River for the permanent seat of the Federal Government (1789 Dec. 22); George Nicholas regarding his appointment as Attorney General for the District of Kentucky (1790 Jan. 30); William Tatham regarding Hutchin's map, etc. (1790 Feb. 24, April 13, \u0026 Aug. 10); James Taylor concerning the proceedings of the Commissioners of the Marine Hospital (1790 March 26, 1790 Oct. 9, \u0026 1791 May 18); Thomas Newton, Jr., regarding a plat of the 2 acres for the Cape Henry Lighthouse (1790 July 25); Simon Fraser regarding an attempt to burn the town of Petersburg (1790 Aug. 10); Gov. J.E. Howard, Maryland, regarding the erection of a lighthouse and disposal of the materials provided for the construction (1791 Jan. 7); Thomas Newton, Jr., regarding McComb's excavation for the lighthouse (1791 July 18); John McComb regarding the foundation for the lighthouse at Cape Henry (1791 July 22); Thomas Johnson, David, Stuart, \u0026 Daniel Carroll regarding a draft for the construction of the federal buildings (1791 Aug. 2); David Stuart regarding financial problems in constructing the federal buildings (1791 Aug. 5); and James Madison enclosing proceedings of the Directors of the Hospital for Lunatics (1791 Oct. 26).","Other noteworthy items include: an act regarding the\n         credentials of the senators (1788 Dec. 28); a court order\n         recommending Wilson Cary Nicholas as county lieutenant of\n         Albemarle Co. (1789 Jan. 8); the bond of William Lindsay as\n         Naval Officer of the Elizabeth River District (1789 Feb. 23);\n         a return of the State Electoral College \u0026 election\n         certificates from the first Presidential election (1789 Feb.);\n         a report of the Committee as to the Removal into the New\n         Capitol regarding apartments (1789 June 9); proclamations by\n         the Governor (1789 June 5, 1789 July 21, 1791 May 3); the\n         sales at auction of the State Boats Liberty \u0026 Patriot by\n         Capt. Richard Taylor (1789 Aug. 6); the oath of allegiance to\n         Cyrus Griffin as Privy Councilor (1789 Oct. 29); oath of\n         allegiance to Charles Carter as Privy Councilor (1789 Nov.\n         30); a report of the committee regarding appropriations for\n         the building of the Capitol in Richmond (1789 Dec. 14); an\n         account with Bassett Mosely to construct the lighthouse at\n         Cape Henry (1790 Jan. 9); the report of Lt. Gov. James Wood\n         regarding the lighthouse (1790 Jan. 13); the oath of Thomas\n         Madison as Privy Councilor (1790 Jan. 19); the meeting of the\n         Directors of the Lunatic Hospital regarding the resignations\n         of John Blair \u0026 James Innes (1790 Feb. 16); the deed of\n         cession from Virginia to the United States for 2 acres of land\n         at Cape Henry for the purpose of erecting a lighthouse (1790\n         Aug. 9); a proclamation of President George Washington of a\n         treaty between the U.S. and Creek Nation (1790 Aug. 13); and a\n         speech of George Washington regarding public credit, the\n         District of Kentucky \u0026 statehood, Indian incursions on\n         frontier settlements, etc. (1790 Dec. 8).","Series II: Subject Files. This series is arranged\n         alphabetically by subject and relates to the Point of Fork\n         Arsenal in Fluvanna Co., Virginia. The series contains\n         accounts of cash \u0026 provisions, pay rolls of artificers\n         \u0026 state guard, quarterly accounts of muskets, quarter\n         master stores, \u0026 clothing, returns of ordnance \u0026\n         military stores, and vouchers between 1789 and 1791. Note that\n         not all materials related to the Point of Fork Arsenal have\n         been separated to this series. Correspondence related to the\n         Arsenal can be found in Series I.","State Records Collection,\n         Office of the Governor (Record Group 3)","English"],"collection_title_tesim":["Executive Papers, 1788-1791"],"collection_ssim":["Executive Papers, 1788-1791"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["40287"],"unitid_tesim":["40287"],"repository_ssm":["Library of Virginia"],"repository_ssim":["Library of Virginia"],"creator_ssm":["Governor's Office"],"creator_ssim":["Governor's Office"],"acqinfo_ssim":["Acquired prior to 1905."],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"physdesc_tesim":["5.39 cubic\n         feet"],"arrangement_html_tesm":["\u003carrangement\u003e\n        \u003chead\u003eArrangement\u003c/head\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eSeries I is arranged chronologically by date of document\n            and Series II is arranged alphabetically by subject.\u003c/p\u003e\n      \u003c/arrangement\u003e\n      ","\u003carrangement\u003e\n        \u003chead\u003eOrganization\u003c/head\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eOrganized into two (2) series: I. 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Randolph also served on the Cumberland\n         County Committee of Safety and commanded a regiment of cavalry\n         as a colonel in the militia between 1776 and 1779. He\n         represented Cumberland County in the House of Delegates in\n         1777 and 1779-1781. A member of the Council of State from\n         1781, Randolph was elected president of the Council of State\n         in 1783, and 1786 through 1788. As president of the Council,\n         Randolph served as Lieutenant Governor of Virginia.\n         Consequently, Randolph performed the duties of Governor while\n         Governor Randolph represented Virginia in the Constitutional\n         Convention during the summer of 1787. Randolph succeeded\n         Edmund Randolph as Governor on 12 November 1788. In addition,\n         he was re-elected in 1789 and 1790 to two one-year terms as\n         Governor. Randolph's administration was marked by the defense\n         of the frontiers against Indian incursions, the fight to\n         collect Virginia's Revolutionary claims from the United\n         States, and the initiative to build a lighthouse at the\n         entrance to the Chesapeake Bay. Following his governorship,\n         Randolph was appointed by President Washington as one of the\n         commissioners to treat with the Indians in the Northwest\n         Territory in 1793. The Commissioners failed to reach a\n         peaceful resolution with the Indians and Randolph retired from\n         public life. Randolph died in February 1797 at his estate\n         \"Green Creek\" in Cumberland County. His remains were moved\n         from his estate to the Westview Cemetery in Farmville, Va., in\n         1909.\u003c/p\u003e\n    "],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical Information"],"bioghist_tesim":["Beverley Randolph was born in 1754 in Chatsworth, Henrico\n         County, to Peter and Lucy Bolling Randolph. His father served\n         in the House of Burgesses and as Surveyor General of Customs.\n         Randolph attended William and Mary College where he graduated\n         in 1771, and was later appointed to the Board of Visitors in\n         1784. He married Martha Cocke, daughter of James Cocke of\n         Williamsburg, in 1775. Randolph also served on the Cumberland\n         County Committee of Safety and commanded a regiment of cavalry\n         as a colonel in the militia between 1776 and 1779. He\n         represented Cumberland County in the House of Delegates in\n         1777 and 1779-1781. A member of the Council of State from\n         1781, Randolph was elected president of the Council of State\n         in 1783, and 1786 through 1788. As president of the Council,\n         Randolph served as Lieutenant Governor of Virginia.\n         Consequently, Randolph performed the duties of Governor while\n         Governor Randolph represented Virginia in the Constitutional\n         Convention during the summer of 1787. Randolph succeeded\n         Edmund Randolph as Governor on 12 November 1788. In addition,\n         he was re-elected in 1789 and 1790 to two one-year terms as\n         Governor. Randolph's administration was marked by the defense\n         of the frontiers against Indian incursions, the fight to\n         collect Virginia's Revolutionary claims from the United\n         States, and the initiative to build a lighthouse at the\n         entrance to the Chesapeake Bay. Following his governorship,\n         Randolph was appointed by President Washington as one of the\n         commissioners to treat with the Indians in the Northwest\n         Territory in 1793. The Commissioners failed to reach a\n         peaceful resolution with the Indians and Randolph retired from\n         public life. Randolph died in February 1797 at his estate\n         \"Green Creek\" in Cumberland County. His remains were moved\n         from his estate to the Westview Cemetery in Farmville, Va., in\n         1909."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eGovernor Randolph's Executive papers are organized into two\n         series. Series have been designated for Chronological files\n         and Subject files. The bulk of the material can be found in\n         the Chronological files' series which primarily consists of\n         incoming correspondence during Randolph's three one-year terms\n         as governor between 12 November 1788 and 1 December 1791. In\n         addition to correspondence, there are acts \u0026amp; resolutions\n         from Congress and the Virginia Senate \u0026amp; House of\n         Delegates, orders of the Council of State, accounts, oaths,\n         pardons, lists or calendars of criminals, depositions,\n         proclamations, petitions, reports, appointments, bonds,\n         circulars, proceedings, applications, agreements, extracts of\n         journals \u0026amp; minutes, court records, certificates, returns,\n         receipts, and other sundry items.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eSeries I: Chronological Files. The correspondence in this\n         series relates to a variety of topics including state expenses\n         \u0026amp; revenue, militia, recommendations for state positions,\n         pardons, legislation, public tobacco, Revolutionary claims\n         \u0026amp; pensioners, Presidential electors, Indian affairs,\n         navigation, revisal of laws, resignations, elections,\n         appointments, criminals \u0026amp; the Public Jail, the Cape Henry\n         Lighthouse, the Point of Fork Arsenal, and the Marine\n         Hospital. Noteworthy correspondence originates from the United\n         States government, Virginia State government, and\n         miscellaneous sources. Prominent correspondents from the\n         United States government include President George Washington; Henry Knox, Secretary of War;\n         Alexander Hamilton, Secretary of the Treasury; Thomas\n         Jefferson, Secretary of State; Edmund Randolph, Attorney\n         General; and the Virginia Delegates to Congress including\n         Samuel Griffin, James Monroe, Richard Henry Lee, John Walker,\n         William Grayson, and others.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003ePresident George Washington transmits acts of Congress to Governor Beverley Randolph. His letter of 11 August 1789 transmits an act to provide for the government of the territory north west of the Ohio River.  His letter of 24 August 1789 transmits the act providing for the expenses attending the treaties with Indian Tribes and the appointment of commissioners. Lastly, his letter of 8 October 1789 transmits duplicate acts to establish a Judicial Court of the United States, an act for registering \u0026amp; clearing vessels, and others. On 22 January 1790, the President simply writes to forward an important letter to Thomas Jefferson at Monticello. Finally, Washington's letter of 29 January 1790 relates to Gen. Wood's report respecting the materials placed at Cape Henry for the purpose of building a lighthouse and the need for a cession of the land from Virginia to the United States. (Note that these letters from Washington have separated to the Vault - George Washington Papers).\n\t\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eAs Secretary of War, Henry Knox communicates frequently with Governor Randolph predominantly concerning Indian affairs and the defense of the frontier (1788 Dec. 29, 1790 July 28, 1790 Sept. 2, 1791 Feb. 26, 1791 June 11, \u0026amp; 1791 Nov. 16). This correspondence also relates to raising militia (1791 July 15 \u0026amp; 1791 Oct. 28), employing scouts \u0026amp; rangers (1790 April 14, 1790 June 10, 1790 July 17), gunpowder \u0026amp; lead for the Chickasaw Nation (1789 Dec. 24), and General Harmar's expedition against the Indians on the Ohio River (1790 March 3 \u0026amp; 1790 July 19). Knox also writes the Governor about Revolutionary War pensioners from Virginia (1789 April 25, 1789 Oct. 19, 1790 Feb. 8, 1790 April 15, \u0026amp; 1790 Sept. 15). On 15 October 1789, Knox encloses an extract of the act to recognize and adapt to the Constitution the establishment of the troops raised under the resolves of the United States. This act specifically relates to the presidential authority to raise militia to protect the frontiers. On 10 December 1789, he writes requesting a map of Kentucky and western Virginia. Finally, Knox often transmits letters to the Governor intended for William Blount, Governor of the territory ceded by North Carolina, Harry Innes, District Judge of Kentucky, and others, especially in the District of Kentucky. \u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eAlexander Hamilton writes Governor Randolph with respect to statements of the public debt \u0026amp; loan office certificates (1789 Sept. 26, 1789 Oct. 29, 1789 Dec. 24, \u0026amp; 1791 June 27), statements of agents for settling the accounts of their respective lines in the late Army (1791 Jan. 14), and other financial matters (1790 Jan. 27 \u0026amp; 1790 Sept. 28). On 10 February 1790, Hamilton informs the Governor that the United States requires 2 acres of land to be ceded by Virginia for a lighthouse near the entrance of the Chesapeake Bay. On 8 May 1790, Hamilton writes that Edward Carrington has been requested to visit Cape Henry and make a selection for the location of the lighthouse. According to his letter from 19 June 1790, Hamilton notes that Thomas Newton of Norfolk replaced Carrington in this duty. His letter from 19 August 1790 relates to the receipt of the Governor's letter containing the cession of 2 acres on Cape Henry to the United States. \u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eThroughout the collection are acts and resolutions of\n         Congress signed by Thomas Jefferson as Secretary of State.\n         Noteworthy is an act to provide for the unlading of ships in\n         cases of obstruction by ice (1791 Jan. 7); an act declaring\n         the consent of Congress that a new state be formed by the name\n         of Kentucky (1791 Feb. 4); a resolution that Andrew Brown be\n         appointed printer (1791 Feb. 18); an act for regulating the\n         number of representatives to be chosen by the states of\n         Kentucky \u0026amp; Vermont (1791 Feb. 25); and an act for raising\n         an additional regiment to the military establishment of the\n         United States (1791 March 10). The few pieces of\n         correspondence from Jefferson include a brief note regarding\n         the receipt of a letter from Joseph Clarke endorsed by the\n         President and forwarded to the Governor (1790 Feb. 6) and a\n         letter enclosing a collection of acts of Congress passed in\n         their second session and all the treaties promulgated by the\n         United States (1790 Aug. 30).\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eFollowing his governorship, Edmund Randolph served as the\n         first Attorney General of the United States. In this capacity,\n         Randolph writes the Governor with respect to the claims of\n         Beauregard \u0026amp; Bourgeois against Oliver Pollock (1790 Feb. 7\n         \u0026amp; 10); treaties belonging to the Governor (1790 July 23);\n         and Virginia land claims within the limits of Pennsylvania\n         (1790 Sept. 9).\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eThe various members of Virginia's delegation to the First \u0026amp; Second Congresses regularly communicated with Governor Randolph on a variety of national concerns. Significant correspondence from these delegates include a letter from Josiah Parker resigning his position as naval officer of Elizabeth River at Portsmouth to take his seat in Congress (1789 Feb. 9);  a letter from Samuel Griffin accepting his appointment to Congress (1789 Feb. 24); a letter from James Madison, Jr., regarding the inspection law and the separation of state debts from National debts (1790 May 11); a letter from Richard Henry Lee \u0026amp; John Walker regarding speculators in arrears of soldiers' pay (1790 May 25); James Madison, Jr., regarding the act of Congress concerning arrears to the Virginia line (1790 May 25); James Madison, Jr., enclosing a letter from Alexander Hamilton regarding the tobacco inspection law (1790 May 26); a letter from Frederick Augustus Muhlenberg, Speaker of the House of Representatives, enclosing proceedings concerning the death of Representative Theodorick Bland (1790 June 3); a letter from James Monroe regarding his arrival in Philadelphia (1790 Dec. 10); and another letter from Monroe regarding Harmar's unsuccessful expedition against the Indians between the Ohio and the Great Lakes including the amount of casualties (1790 Dec. 16).\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eSignificant correspondents from Virginia State government\n         include William Davies, Commissioner of Virginia for Claims\n         Against the United States; Harry Heth, State Agent of Public\n         Tobacco; William Hay, Director of Public Buildings; John\n         Beckley \u0026amp; Charles Hay, Clerks of the House of Delegates;\n         Humphrey Brooke, Clerk of the Senate; Archibald Blair, Col.\n         Thomas Meriwether, \u0026amp; Samuel Coleman, Clerks \u0026amp;\n         Assistant Clerk of the Council of State; Capt. Elias Langham,\n         Superintendent of the Military Stores, Arms, \u0026amp; Ammunition\n         at Point of Fork Arsenal; various county lieutenants; William\n         Rose, Keeper of the Public Jail; James Innes, Attorney\n         General; Leighton Wood, Jr., \u0026amp; Samuel Shepard, Solicitors\n         General; John Pendleton, Jr., Auditor of Public Accounts; and\n         Jacquelin Ambler, Treasurer.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eAs Commissioner of Virginia for Claims Against the United States, Col. William Davies corresponds regularly with Governor Randolph. Davies accepted this position from Governor Edmund Randolph on 27 Sept. 1788. His correspondence relates to his salary (1789 Jan. 1), instructions for persons to be employed to collect accounts \u0026amp; vouchers (1789 Jan. 10), examination of claims (1789 Jan. 24), pensioners (1789 Feb. 23), Andrew Dunscomb's complaints (1789 March 23), his arrival in New York (1789 April 23), the removal of the Auditor \u0026amp; Treasurer's Books prior to 1781 to New York (1789 Aug. 11), additional clerks (1789 Aug. 19), a plan for the final settlement of continental accounts (1790 July 12), and numerous other topics. Most of Davies' correspondence relates to particulars in the settlement of Virginia's claim against the United States for expenditures during the Revolutionary War.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eOn 27 Jan. 1789, a bond was posted for Harry Heth to serve\n         as agent to dispose of public tobacco in the Treasury Office\n         in discharge of public taxes. He encloses a letter from\n         Benjamin Harrison, Jr., on 22 Jan. 1789, to purchase public\n         tobacco. Heth often writes the Governor submitting reports on\n         the sales of public tobacco (1789 May 20, 1789 Nov. 9, 1790\n         Jan. 5 \u0026amp; 9, 1790 March 18, \u0026amp; 1791 Oct. 6). He also\n         specifically deals with the settlement of the accounts of the\n         Westham Foundry (1789 March 3 \u0026amp; 5, 1789 June 13, \u0026amp;\n         1790 June 23).\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eWilliam Hay, one of the Directors of Public Buildings,\n         corresponds with the Governor regarding the claim on the\n         estate of Col. Archibald Cary for monies advanced in 1785\n         (1789 Jan. 31); the completion of the offices for the\n         Executive Board (1789 June 18); a contract to cover the roof\n         of the Capitol with lead, etc. (1790 Jan. 6, April 12, \u0026amp;\n         May 11); statements of an estimate of the sum necessary for\n         paying the debts due the directors of public buildings (1791\n         Jan. 17); and money for the completion of the Capitol (1791\n         Oct. 15).\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eJohn Beckley (later Clerk of the U.S. House of\n         Representatives) \u0026amp; Charles Hay, Clerks of the House of\n         Delegates, \u0026amp; Humphrey Brooke, Clerk of the Senate,\n         regularly enclose resolutions from their respective bodies to\n         the Governor. Noteworthy resolutions include a proclamation\n         for the Governor to appoint electors to choose a president and\n         for representatives to serve in Congress (1788 Nov. 9 \u0026amp;\n         22); the free navigation of the Mississippi River (1788 Dec.\n         1); the election of Beverley Randolph as Governor (1788 Dec.\n         6); an additional sum to William Heth in the settlement of\n         Virginia's claim against the U.S. for the North Western\n         Territory (1788 Dec. 3); the election of Richard Cary, John\n         Tyler, \u0026amp; James Henry as judges of the General Court (1788\n         Dec. 24); the election of Cuthbert Bullitt as judge of the\n         General Court \u0026amp; Cyrus Griffin as Privy Councilor (1788\n         Dec. 27); attacks by the Creek Indians against the Chickasaws\n         and furnishing them with gun powder (1789 Oct. 23); the\n         election of James Mercer as judge of the Court of Appeals to\n         replace John Blair (1789 Nov. 18); the election of Joseph\n         Jones \u0026amp; Spencer Roane as judges of the General Court (1789\n         Nov. 19); the re-election \u0026amp; qualification of Beverley\n         Randolph as Governor (1789 Nov. 28); an appointment to examine\n         the materials provided by the State to erect a lighthouse\n         (1789 Dec. 14); the disposal of the materials used for the\n         erection of the lighthouse (1790 Nov. 5); the election of\n         George Nicholas as Attorney General for the District of\n         Kentucky in place of Harry Innes (1790 Nov. 9); the election\n         of James Monroe in the U.S. Senate to replace William Grayson\n         (1790 Nov. 9); the election of John Steele, Miles Selden,\n         \u0026amp; Hardin Burnley to the Privy Council (1790 Nov. 26); the\n         protection of citizens on the frontiers (1790 Dec. 20); and\n         the election of Henry Lee as Governor (1791 Nov. 2).\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eArchibald Blair, as Clerk of the Council of State, encloses\n         extracts of minutes and orders of the Council to the Governor.\n         On 26 Nov. 1788, Blair writes regarding the request that Col.\n         Thomas Meriwether consult with printers for 500 copies of the\n         acts to appoint presidential electors. Meriwether, who\n         resigned as clerk of the Council on 30 June 1789, writes\n         regarding pensioners (1788 Dec. 9); quarterly returns and\n         payrolls of Elias Langham at Point of Fork (1789 Jan. 5);\n         Capt. Young's books and papers as successor of the Commercial\n         Agent (1789 Jan. 22); estimates by Elias Langham to enclose\n         the arsenals and magazines at Point of Fork with a stone wall,\n         etc. (1789 April 6); and his resignation (1789 June 27).\n         Samuel Coleman was appointed Assistant Clerk of the Council on\n         26 Dec. 1786. Following the resignation of Thomas Meriwether\n         on 27 June 1789, Coleman requested to fill the vacancy. He\n         writes the Governor respecting militia returns (1789 Nov. 3\n         \u0026amp; 30; 1790 Jan. 1; 1790 Feb. 2; 1790 April 1; 1790 June 1;\n         1790 Aug. 4; 1790 Oct. 12; 1791 Jan. 18; 1791 July 30; \u0026amp;\n         1791 Oct. 5); the accounts, provisions, payrolls, \u0026amp;\n         returns of Elias Langham from the Point of Fork Arsenal (1789\n         July 6, 1790 April 5, 1790 July 3, 1790 Oct. 1, 1791 Jan. 4,\n         1791 Feb. 23, 1791 April 4, 1791 June 19, 1791 July 5, \u0026amp;\n         1791 Oct. 4); his resignation on account of his health (1789\n         April 3); the accounts of James McGavock for public lead\n         delivered at Fort Chiswell (1790 Feb. 25); the claims of\n         scouts \u0026amp; rangers (1790 June 7, 21, \u0026amp; 29; 1790 Oct. 9\n         \u0026amp; 25; 1790 Dec. 11; \u0026amp; 1791 June 20); and the\n         indebtedness of James Hunter, deceased, former Superintendent\n         of the Public Foundry (1791 Aug. 27).\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eCapt. Elias Langham, Superintendent of the Military Stores,\n         Arms, \u0026amp; Ammunition at Point of Fork Arsenal, writes to\n         Governor Randolph regarding the cannon at Taylor's Ferry (1788\n         Nov. 21); the contractor for provisions (1789 Jan. 6); public\n         negroes at Point of Fork (1789 Feb. 7); a recommendation for\n         an appointment to the Dept. of Military Stores when\n         established by Congress (1789 April 11); ammunition for the\n         Chief of the Chickasaw Nation and an application from Chief\n         Piomingo for 40 gallons of rum (1789 Nov. 2); a letter from\n         Piomingo concerning a change in his route (1789 Nov. 4);\n         powder \u0026amp; lead furnished the Indians at New London (1790\n         Feb. 26); the complaint of Thomas Harris for his punishment\n         \u0026amp; dismissal (1790 Oct. 1); opinions on his conduct (1790\n         Dec. 19); a contract for furnishing rations at Point of Fork\n         and an addition built to the public mill (1791 Jan. 4); and\n         the purchase of iron to forge bayonets (1791 July 1). Note\n         that additional materials relating to the Point of Fork\n         Arsenal can be found in Series II.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eCounty lieutenants including David Shepherd, Alexander\n         Barnett, George Clendenin, Walter Crockett, John Evans,\n         Benjamin Wilson, Benjamin Harrison, John P. Duvall, Levi Todd,\n         Robert Johnson, \u0026amp; Arthur Campbell correspond with Governor\n         Randolph on numerous occasions primarily regarding Indian\n         affairs in the western counties. David Shepherd, Ohio Co.,\n         writes regarding a treaty with the Indians at the falls of\n         Muskingum (1788 Nov. 26); a general return of militia (1789\n         April 17); the raising of a company of rangers and Indian\n         attacks at Dunkard Creek (1789 May 12); the account for\n         raising troops (1789 June 8); a return of spies \u0026amp; rangers\n         (1789 Sept. 13); and continued depredations by the Indians on\n         the frontier (1791 May 9). Alexander Barnett, Russell Co.,\n         encloses court-martial proceedings for the trial of James\n         Gibson \u0026amp; Richard Thompson for disobeying orders (1788 Dec.\n         10). George Clendenin, Greenbrier Co. (later Kanawha Co.),\n         requests an augmentation of scouts \u0026amp; rangers in Washington\n         Co. (1788 Dec. 18); writes of the treaty and atrocities by the\n         Indians west of the Ohio (1789 May 6); the new county of\n         Kanawha, recommendations for magistrates, Indian atrocities on\n         Clinch Settlement, etc. (1789 Aug. 10); depredations by the\n         Indians (1790 April 15); and the need for scouts in Kanawha\n         Co. (1791 Jan. 1). Walter Crockett, Montgomery Co., remarks on\n         the state of the frontier and the potential of Indian\n         hostilities in the spring (1789 Feb. 16). John Evans,\n         Monongalia Co., reports on Indian hostilities and the ordering\n         of scouts (1789 April 25). Benjamin Wilson \u0026amp; John P.\n         Duvall, Harrison Co., enclose a deposition concerning Indian\n         attacks (1789 May 22); provide a list of \"mischief\" done by\n         the Indians (1789 Sept. 28); and report on Indian attacks\n         (1791 Nov. 27). Benjamin Harrison, Rockingham Co., writes in\n         relation to the strength of militia and militia fines (1789\n         May 27). Levi Todd, Fayette Co., notes the need for additional\n         magistrates, the attack on Federal troops by the Indians, and\n         the separation of Kentucky (1789 May 27). Robert Johnson,\n         Woodford Co., writes about the recommendation of the court for\n         militia officers and Indian \"mischief\" (1789 June 15). Lastly,\n         Arthur Campbell, Washington Co., chronicles Indian attacks in\n         Russell Co. (1789 July 20); a confrontation between the Creek\n         Indians \u0026amp; Spaniards (1789 Aug. 1); and submits a return of\n         militia (1789 Nov. 3).\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eWilliam Rose as Keeper of the Public Jail periodically\n         transmits lists or calendars of criminals convicted at the\n         General Court (1788 Dec. 8, 1789 March 14, \u0026amp; 1789 Aug.\n         31). Rose also writes the Governor regarding specific inmates\n         including Littlebury Cotton charged with horse stealing (1789\n         April 13 \u0026amp; 23) and John Rose imprisoned for debts (1790\n         Dec. 22).\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eJames Innes served as Attorney General to the Commonwealth\n         during Randolph's administration as Governor. Innes provides\n         his opinion on various issues including the case of Catherine\n         Crull sentenced to death for the murder of her husband (1789\n         Jan. 28); the memorial of Joseph Latil regarding the revenue\n         law (1789 March 2); the act for granting relief to sheriffs\n         \u0026amp; collectors of revenue (1789 March 2); prisoners in the\n         new district jails of New London \u0026amp; Dumfries (1789 March\n         28); the case of Ephraim Willard \u0026amp; John Whitney for\n         counterfeiting (1789 May 23); the case of George Byrd\n         sentenced to death for horse stealing (1789 May 25); warrants\n         issued to scouts \u0026amp; rangers (1789 Dec. 23); the oath to\n         support the U.S. Constitution (1790 March 20); the Governor's\n         right to withhold his signature from patents claiming property\n         over the waters of the James River between the Rocky Islands\n         (1790 April 4); the case of the executors of Archibald Cary\n         (1790 June 4); commissioner's fees (1790 Aug. 27); the case of\n         Caleb Hill sentenced to death for horse stealing (1791 April\n         27); and the case of Hunter Banks \u0026amp; Co. (1791 June 8).\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eGovernor Randolph corresponds often with Leighton Wood,\n         Jr., \u0026amp; Samuel Shepard (formerly Clerk), Solicitors\n         General; John Pendleton, Jr., Auditor of Public Accounts; and\n         Jacquelin Ambler, Treasurer, regarding various financial\n         matters. Leighton Wood \u0026amp; Samuel Shepard submit lists of\n         inspectors bonds in the Solicitor's Office (1789 Jan. 24) and\n         reports of delinquent sheriffs (1789 April 23, 1789 May 22).\n         On 6 Jan. 1790, Wood writes the Governor regarding the sale of\n         the state Boats Liberty \u0026amp; Patriot by James Heron of\n         Norfolk. In addition, the Solicitors often write the Governor\n         with respect to specific accounts, especially sheriff accounts\n         of revenue. Wood also writes in support of Samuel Shepard to\n         serve as Solicitor General during his absence due to illness\n         (1790 March 29). Leighton Wood eventually submits his\n         resignation as Solicitor General on 6 July 1791 (See also 1791\n         May 29). John Pendleton encloses accounts of sundry expenses\n         in protecting \u0026amp; defending the frontier from the Indians in\n         the lands west of the Ohio River (1789 Feb. 19); lists of\n         balances from inspectors \u0026amp; county court clerks (1789 Jan.\n         29); the account of the expense of the two expeditions against\n         the Shawnee \u0026amp; Wabash Indians (1789 Dec. 17); the claim of\n         Oliver Pollock (1790 Jan. 4). In addition, Pendleton\n         administers oaths to various state officers including John\n         Dawson \u0026amp; John H. Briggs to the Privy Council (1789 Dec.\n         21) and Beverley Randolph as Governor (1790 Dec. 3). Ambler\n         encloses accounts of monies paid in part of the expenses\n         attending scouts \u0026amp; rangers (1789 Jan. 1); accounts of\n         payments made into the Treasury by the Superior \u0026amp; County\n         Court Clerks (1789 Feb. 6); accounts of payments by inspectors\n         of tobacco (1789 Jan. 28). He writes regarding unpaid expenses\n         of the General Assembly (1788 Dec. 31); security for the\n         Treasury in the new Capitol including iron bars for the\n         windows (1789 June 15); the balance of specie in the Treasury\n         (1789 June 30, 1789 Aug. 11, 1789 Oct. 15, 1789 Dec. 23 \u0026amp;\n         31, 1790 Feb. 1, 1790 April 27, \u0026amp; 1791 Jan. 14); his\n         resignation as one of the Directors of the Public Buildings\n         (1791 Jan. 3); and crop and transfer tobacco in the Treasury\n         for arrears of taxes (1791 May 10).\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eAdditional significant correspondence includes the following: Edmund Randolph to the Council of State regarding his leaving office (1788 Nov. 17); the Judges of the General Court enclosing a list of persons convicted of capital offenses (1788 Dec. 16); John Blair accepting his commission as a judge of the Court of Appeals (1789 Jan. 16); John Dawson regarding the Convention of Kentucky on the navigation of the Mississippi and surrendering the river to Spain (1789 Jan. 29); Martin Oster, French Consul regarding the controversy between Henry Cugneau \u0026amp; Jean Alexis Subercaseaux and John Cauvey (1789 Jan. 31, 1789 March 2 \u0026amp; 22); William Fleming \u0026amp; Peter Lyons regarding their appointments as Judges of the Court of Appeals (1789 Feb. 10); Paul Carrington regarding his appointment to the General Court (1789 Feb. 20); Cyrus Griffin regarding the appointment of William Davies (1789 March 9); Andrew Dunscomb to Davies regarding job \u0026amp; salary (1789 March 17); William Russell regarding the relinquishment to the public of the Capitol Square in Williamsburg and the buildings thereon (1789 May 1); a letter from James Madison, President of Board of Directors, regarding funds to support the Lunatic Hospital in Williamsburg (1789 June 7); Samuel McDowell regarding a remonstrance from inhabitants of the District of Kentucky against discharging the militia from service (1789 July 36); John Hancock regarding the conveyance of the bodies of James Brown \u0026amp; William Davis charged with piracy (1789 Sept. 13); David Ross recommending Piomingo, Chief of the Chickasaws, to pass through the country to New York (1789 Oct. 12); Patrick Henry regarding rifles \u0026amp; expenses for Indians (1789 Oct. 27); John Fitzgerald enclosing an address of the people of Georgetown \u0026amp; Alexandria on the advantages of the Potomac River for the permanent seat of the Federal Government (1789 Dec. 22); George Nicholas regarding his appointment as Attorney General for the District of Kentucky (1790 Jan. 30); William Tatham regarding Hutchin's map, etc. (1790 Feb. 24, April 13, \u0026amp; Aug. 10); James Taylor concerning the proceedings of the Commissioners of the Marine Hospital (1790 March 26, 1790 Oct. 9, \u0026amp; 1791 May 18); Thomas Newton, Jr., regarding a plat of the 2 acres for the Cape Henry Lighthouse (1790 July 25); Simon Fraser regarding an attempt to burn the town of Petersburg (1790 Aug. 10); Gov. J.E. Howard, Maryland, regarding the erection of a lighthouse and disposal of the materials provided for the construction (1791 Jan. 7); Thomas Newton, Jr., regarding McComb's excavation for the lighthouse (1791 July 18); John McComb regarding the foundation for the lighthouse at Cape Henry (1791 July 22); Thomas Johnson, David, Stuart, \u0026amp; Daniel Carroll regarding a draft for the construction of the federal buildings (1791 Aug. 2); David Stuart regarding financial problems in constructing the federal buildings (1791 Aug. 5); and James Madison enclosing proceedings of the Directors of the Hospital for Lunatics (1791 Oct. 26).\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eOther noteworthy items include: an act regarding the\n         credentials of the senators (1788 Dec. 28); a court order\n         recommending Wilson Cary Nicholas as county lieutenant of\n         Albemarle Co. (1789 Jan. 8); the bond of William Lindsay as\n         Naval Officer of the Elizabeth River District (1789 Feb. 23);\n         a return of the State Electoral College \u0026amp; election\n         certificates from the first Presidential election (1789 Feb.);\n         a report of the Committee as to the Removal into the New\n         Capitol regarding apartments (1789 June 9); proclamations by\n         the Governor (1789 June 5, 1789 July 21, 1791 May 3); the\n         sales at auction of the State Boats Liberty \u0026amp; Patriot by\n         Capt. Richard Taylor (1789 Aug. 6); the oath of allegiance to\n         Cyrus Griffin as Privy Councilor (1789 Oct. 29); oath of\n         allegiance to Charles Carter as Privy Councilor (1789 Nov.\n         30); a report of the committee regarding appropriations for\n         the building of the Capitol in Richmond (1789 Dec. 14); an\n         account with Bassett Mosely to construct the lighthouse at\n         Cape Henry (1790 Jan. 9); the report of Lt. Gov. James Wood\n         regarding the lighthouse (1790 Jan. 13); the oath of Thomas\n         Madison as Privy Councilor (1790 Jan. 19); the meeting of the\n         Directors of the Lunatic Hospital regarding the resignations\n         of John Blair \u0026amp; James Innes (1790 Feb. 16); the deed of\n         cession from Virginia to the United States for 2 acres of land\n         at Cape Henry for the purpose of erecting a lighthouse (1790\n         Aug. 9); a proclamation of President George Washington of a\n         treaty between the U.S. and Creek Nation (1790 Aug. 13); and a\n         speech of George Washington regarding public credit, the\n         District of Kentucky \u0026amp; statehood, Indian incursions on\n         frontier settlements, etc. (1790 Dec. 8).\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eSeries II: Subject Files. This series is arranged\n         alphabetically by subject and relates to the Point of Fork\n         Arsenal in Fluvanna Co., Virginia. The series contains\n         accounts of cash \u0026amp; provisions, pay rolls of artificers\n         \u0026amp; state guard, quarterly accounts of muskets, quarter\n         master stores, \u0026amp; clothing, returns of ordnance \u0026amp;\n         military stores, and vouchers between 1789 and 1791. Note that\n         not all materials related to the Point of Fork Arsenal have\n         been separated to this series. Correspondence related to the\n         Arsenal can be found in Series I.\u003c/p\u003e\n    "],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content Information"],"scopecontent_tesim":["Governor Randolph's Executive papers are organized into two\n         series. Series have been designated for Chronological files\n         and Subject files. The bulk of the material can be found in\n         the Chronological files' series which primarily consists of\n         incoming correspondence during Randolph's three one-year terms\n         as governor between 12 November 1788 and 1 December 1791. In\n         addition to correspondence, there are acts \u0026 resolutions\n         from Congress and the Virginia Senate \u0026 House of\n         Delegates, orders of the Council of State, accounts, oaths,\n         pardons, lists or calendars of criminals, depositions,\n         proclamations, petitions, reports, appointments, bonds,\n         circulars, proceedings, applications, agreements, extracts of\n         journals \u0026 minutes, court records, certificates, returns,\n         receipts, and other sundry items.","Series I: Chronological Files. The correspondence in this\n         series relates to a variety of topics including state expenses\n         \u0026 revenue, militia, recommendations for state positions,\n         pardons, legislation, public tobacco, Revolutionary claims\n         \u0026 pensioners, Presidential electors, Indian affairs,\n         navigation, revisal of laws, resignations, elections,\n         appointments, criminals \u0026 the Public Jail, the Cape Henry\n         Lighthouse, the Point of Fork Arsenal, and the Marine\n         Hospital. Noteworthy correspondence originates from the United\n         States government, Virginia State government, and\n         miscellaneous sources. Prominent correspondents from the\n         United States government include President George Washington; Henry Knox, Secretary of War;\n         Alexander Hamilton, Secretary of the Treasury; Thomas\n         Jefferson, Secretary of State; Edmund Randolph, Attorney\n         General; and the Virginia Delegates to Congress including\n         Samuel Griffin, James Monroe, Richard Henry Lee, John Walker,\n         William Grayson, and others.","President George Washington transmits acts of Congress to Governor Beverley Randolph. His letter of 11 August 1789 transmits an act to provide for the government of the territory north west of the Ohio River.  His letter of 24 August 1789 transmits the act providing for the expenses attending the treaties with Indian Tribes and the appointment of commissioners. Lastly, his letter of 8 October 1789 transmits duplicate acts to establish a Judicial Court of the United States, an act for registering \u0026 clearing vessels, and others. On 22 January 1790, the President simply writes to forward an important letter to Thomas Jefferson at Monticello. Finally, Washington's letter of 29 January 1790 relates to Gen. Wood's report respecting the materials placed at Cape Henry for the purpose of building a lighthouse and the need for a cession of the land from Virginia to the United States. (Note that these letters from Washington have separated to the Vault - George Washington Papers).","As Secretary of War, Henry Knox communicates frequently with Governor Randolph predominantly concerning Indian affairs and the defense of the frontier (1788 Dec. 29, 1790 July 28, 1790 Sept. 2, 1791 Feb. 26, 1791 June 11, \u0026 1791 Nov. 16). This correspondence also relates to raising militia (1791 July 15 \u0026 1791 Oct. 28), employing scouts \u0026 rangers (1790 April 14, 1790 June 10, 1790 July 17), gunpowder \u0026 lead for the Chickasaw Nation (1789 Dec. 24), and General Harmar's expedition against the Indians on the Ohio River (1790 March 3 \u0026 1790 July 19). Knox also writes the Governor about Revolutionary War pensioners from Virginia (1789 April 25, 1789 Oct. 19, 1790 Feb. 8, 1790 April 15, \u0026 1790 Sept. 15). On 15 October 1789, Knox encloses an extract of the act to recognize and adapt to the Constitution the establishment of the troops raised under the resolves of the United States. This act specifically relates to the presidential authority to raise militia to protect the frontiers. On 10 December 1789, he writes requesting a map of Kentucky and western Virginia. Finally, Knox often transmits letters to the Governor intended for William Blount, Governor of the territory ceded by North Carolina, Harry Innes, District Judge of Kentucky, and others, especially in the District of Kentucky.","Alexander Hamilton writes Governor Randolph with respect to statements of the public debt \u0026 loan office certificates (1789 Sept. 26, 1789 Oct. 29, 1789 Dec. 24, \u0026 1791 June 27), statements of agents for settling the accounts of their respective lines in the late Army (1791 Jan. 14), and other financial matters (1790 Jan. 27 \u0026 1790 Sept. 28). On 10 February 1790, Hamilton informs the Governor that the United States requires 2 acres of land to be ceded by Virginia for a lighthouse near the entrance of the Chesapeake Bay. On 8 May 1790, Hamilton writes that Edward Carrington has been requested to visit Cape Henry and make a selection for the location of the lighthouse. According to his letter from 19 June 1790, Hamilton notes that Thomas Newton of Norfolk replaced Carrington in this duty. His letter from 19 August 1790 relates to the receipt of the Governor's letter containing the cession of 2 acres on Cape Henry to the United States.","Throughout the collection are acts and resolutions of\n         Congress signed by Thomas Jefferson as Secretary of State.\n         Noteworthy is an act to provide for the unlading of ships in\n         cases of obstruction by ice (1791 Jan. 7); an act declaring\n         the consent of Congress that a new state be formed by the name\n         of Kentucky (1791 Feb. 4); a resolution that Andrew Brown be\n         appointed printer (1791 Feb. 18); an act for regulating the\n         number of representatives to be chosen by the states of\n         Kentucky \u0026 Vermont (1791 Feb. 25); and an act for raising\n         an additional regiment to the military establishment of the\n         United States (1791 March 10). The few pieces of\n         correspondence from Jefferson include a brief note regarding\n         the receipt of a letter from Joseph Clarke endorsed by the\n         President and forwarded to the Governor (1790 Feb. 6) and a\n         letter enclosing a collection of acts of Congress passed in\n         their second session and all the treaties promulgated by the\n         United States (1790 Aug. 30).","Following his governorship, Edmund Randolph served as the\n         first Attorney General of the United States. In this capacity,\n         Randolph writes the Governor with respect to the claims of\n         Beauregard \u0026 Bourgeois against Oliver Pollock (1790 Feb. 7\n         \u0026 10); treaties belonging to the Governor (1790 July 23);\n         and Virginia land claims within the limits of Pennsylvania\n         (1790 Sept. 9).","The various members of Virginia's delegation to the First \u0026 Second Congresses regularly communicated with Governor Randolph on a variety of national concerns. Significant correspondence from these delegates include a letter from Josiah Parker resigning his position as naval officer of Elizabeth River at Portsmouth to take his seat in Congress (1789 Feb. 9);  a letter from Samuel Griffin accepting his appointment to Congress (1789 Feb. 24); a letter from James Madison, Jr., regarding the inspection law and the separation of state debts from National debts (1790 May 11); a letter from Richard Henry Lee \u0026 John Walker regarding speculators in arrears of soldiers' pay (1790 May 25); James Madison, Jr., regarding the act of Congress concerning arrears to the Virginia line (1790 May 25); James Madison, Jr., enclosing a letter from Alexander Hamilton regarding the tobacco inspection law (1790 May 26); a letter from Frederick Augustus Muhlenberg, Speaker of the House of Representatives, enclosing proceedings concerning the death of Representative Theodorick Bland (1790 June 3); a letter from James Monroe regarding his arrival in Philadelphia (1790 Dec. 10); and another letter from Monroe regarding Harmar's unsuccessful expedition against the Indians between the Ohio and the Great Lakes including the amount of casualties (1790 Dec. 16).","Significant correspondents from Virginia State government\n         include William Davies, Commissioner of Virginia for Claims\n         Against the United States; Harry Heth, State Agent of Public\n         Tobacco; William Hay, Director of Public Buildings; John\n         Beckley \u0026 Charles Hay, Clerks of the House of Delegates;\n         Humphrey Brooke, Clerk of the Senate; Archibald Blair, Col.\n         Thomas Meriwether, \u0026 Samuel Coleman, Clerks \u0026\n         Assistant Clerk of the Council of State; Capt. Elias Langham,\n         Superintendent of the Military Stores, Arms, \u0026 Ammunition\n         at Point of Fork Arsenal; various county lieutenants; William\n         Rose, Keeper of the Public Jail; James Innes, Attorney\n         General; Leighton Wood, Jr., \u0026 Samuel Shepard, Solicitors\n         General; John Pendleton, Jr., Auditor of Public Accounts; and\n         Jacquelin Ambler, Treasurer.","As Commissioner of Virginia for Claims Against the United States, Col. William Davies corresponds regularly with Governor Randolph. Davies accepted this position from Governor Edmund Randolph on 27 Sept. 1788. His correspondence relates to his salary (1789 Jan. 1), instructions for persons to be employed to collect accounts \u0026 vouchers (1789 Jan. 10), examination of claims (1789 Jan. 24), pensioners (1789 Feb. 23), Andrew Dunscomb's complaints (1789 March 23), his arrival in New York (1789 April 23), the removal of the Auditor \u0026 Treasurer's Books prior to 1781 to New York (1789 Aug. 11), additional clerks (1789 Aug. 19), a plan for the final settlement of continental accounts (1790 July 12), and numerous other topics. Most of Davies' correspondence relates to particulars in the settlement of Virginia's claim against the United States for expenditures during the Revolutionary War.","On 27 Jan. 1789, a bond was posted for Harry Heth to serve\n         as agent to dispose of public tobacco in the Treasury Office\n         in discharge of public taxes. He encloses a letter from\n         Benjamin Harrison, Jr., on 22 Jan. 1789, to purchase public\n         tobacco. Heth often writes the Governor submitting reports on\n         the sales of public tobacco (1789 May 20, 1789 Nov. 9, 1790\n         Jan. 5 \u0026 9, 1790 March 18, \u0026 1791 Oct. 6). He also\n         specifically deals with the settlement of the accounts of the\n         Westham Foundry (1789 March 3 \u0026 5, 1789 June 13, \u0026\n         1790 June 23).","William Hay, one of the Directors of Public Buildings,\n         corresponds with the Governor regarding the claim on the\n         estate of Col. Archibald Cary for monies advanced in 1785\n         (1789 Jan. 31); the completion of the offices for the\n         Executive Board (1789 June 18); a contract to cover the roof\n         of the Capitol with lead, etc. (1790 Jan. 6, April 12, \u0026\n         May 11); statements of an estimate of the sum necessary for\n         paying the debts due the directors of public buildings (1791\n         Jan. 17); and money for the completion of the Capitol (1791\n         Oct. 15).","John Beckley (later Clerk of the U.S. House of\n         Representatives) \u0026 Charles Hay, Clerks of the House of\n         Delegates, \u0026 Humphrey Brooke, Clerk of the Senate,\n         regularly enclose resolutions from their respective bodies to\n         the Governor. Noteworthy resolutions include a proclamation\n         for the Governor to appoint electors to choose a president and\n         for representatives to serve in Congress (1788 Nov. 9 \u0026\n         22); the free navigation of the Mississippi River (1788 Dec.\n         1); the election of Beverley Randolph as Governor (1788 Dec.\n         6); an additional sum to William Heth in the settlement of\n         Virginia's claim against the U.S. for the North Western\n         Territory (1788 Dec. 3); the election of Richard Cary, John\n         Tyler, \u0026 James Henry as judges of the General Court (1788\n         Dec. 24); the election of Cuthbert Bullitt as judge of the\n         General Court \u0026 Cyrus Griffin as Privy Councilor (1788\n         Dec. 27); attacks by the Creek Indians against the Chickasaws\n         and furnishing them with gun powder (1789 Oct. 23); the\n         election of James Mercer as judge of the Court of Appeals to\n         replace John Blair (1789 Nov. 18); the election of Joseph\n         Jones \u0026 Spencer Roane as judges of the General Court (1789\n         Nov. 19); the re-election \u0026 qualification of Beverley\n         Randolph as Governor (1789 Nov. 28); an appointment to examine\n         the materials provided by the State to erect a lighthouse\n         (1789 Dec. 14); the disposal of the materials used for the\n         erection of the lighthouse (1790 Nov. 5); the election of\n         George Nicholas as Attorney General for the District of\n         Kentucky in place of Harry Innes (1790 Nov. 9); the election\n         of James Monroe in the U.S. Senate to replace William Grayson\n         (1790 Nov. 9); the election of John Steele, Miles Selden,\n         \u0026 Hardin Burnley to the Privy Council (1790 Nov. 26); the\n         protection of citizens on the frontiers (1790 Dec. 20); and\n         the election of Henry Lee as Governor (1791 Nov. 2).","Archibald Blair, as Clerk of the Council of State, encloses\n         extracts of minutes and orders of the Council to the Governor.\n         On 26 Nov. 1788, Blair writes regarding the request that Col.\n         Thomas Meriwether consult with printers for 500 copies of the\n         acts to appoint presidential electors. Meriwether, who\n         resigned as clerk of the Council on 30 June 1789, writes\n         regarding pensioners (1788 Dec. 9); quarterly returns and\n         payrolls of Elias Langham at Point of Fork (1789 Jan. 5);\n         Capt. Young's books and papers as successor of the Commercial\n         Agent (1789 Jan. 22); estimates by Elias Langham to enclose\n         the arsenals and magazines at Point of Fork with a stone wall,\n         etc. (1789 April 6); and his resignation (1789 June 27).\n         Samuel Coleman was appointed Assistant Clerk of the Council on\n         26 Dec. 1786. Following the resignation of Thomas Meriwether\n         on 27 June 1789, Coleman requested to fill the vacancy. He\n         writes the Governor respecting militia returns (1789 Nov. 3\n         \u0026 30; 1790 Jan. 1; 1790 Feb. 2; 1790 April 1; 1790 June 1;\n         1790 Aug. 4; 1790 Oct. 12; 1791 Jan. 18; 1791 July 30; \u0026\n         1791 Oct. 5); the accounts, provisions, payrolls, \u0026\n         returns of Elias Langham from the Point of Fork Arsenal (1789\n         July 6, 1790 April 5, 1790 July 3, 1790 Oct. 1, 1791 Jan. 4,\n         1791 Feb. 23, 1791 April 4, 1791 June 19, 1791 July 5, \u0026\n         1791 Oct. 4); his resignation on account of his health (1789\n         April 3); the accounts of James McGavock for public lead\n         delivered at Fort Chiswell (1790 Feb. 25); the claims of\n         scouts \u0026 rangers (1790 June 7, 21, \u0026 29; 1790 Oct. 9\n         \u0026 25; 1790 Dec. 11; \u0026 1791 June 20); and the\n         indebtedness of James Hunter, deceased, former Superintendent\n         of the Public Foundry (1791 Aug. 27).","Capt. Elias Langham, Superintendent of the Military Stores,\n         Arms, \u0026 Ammunition at Point of Fork Arsenal, writes to\n         Governor Randolph regarding the cannon at Taylor's Ferry (1788\n         Nov. 21); the contractor for provisions (1789 Jan. 6); public\n         negroes at Point of Fork (1789 Feb. 7); a recommendation for\n         an appointment to the Dept. of Military Stores when\n         established by Congress (1789 April 11); ammunition for the\n         Chief of the Chickasaw Nation and an application from Chief\n         Piomingo for 40 gallons of rum (1789 Nov. 2); a letter from\n         Piomingo concerning a change in his route (1789 Nov. 4);\n         powder \u0026 lead furnished the Indians at New London (1790\n         Feb. 26); the complaint of Thomas Harris for his punishment\n         \u0026 dismissal (1790 Oct. 1); opinions on his conduct (1790\n         Dec. 19); a contract for furnishing rations at Point of Fork\n         and an addition built to the public mill (1791 Jan. 4); and\n         the purchase of iron to forge bayonets (1791 July 1). Note\n         that additional materials relating to the Point of Fork\n         Arsenal can be found in Series II.","County lieutenants including David Shepherd, Alexander\n         Barnett, George Clendenin, Walter Crockett, John Evans,\n         Benjamin Wilson, Benjamin Harrison, John P. Duvall, Levi Todd,\n         Robert Johnson, \u0026 Arthur Campbell correspond with Governor\n         Randolph on numerous occasions primarily regarding Indian\n         affairs in the western counties. David Shepherd, Ohio Co.,\n         writes regarding a treaty with the Indians at the falls of\n         Muskingum (1788 Nov. 26); a general return of militia (1789\n         April 17); the raising of a company of rangers and Indian\n         attacks at Dunkard Creek (1789 May 12); the account for\n         raising troops (1789 June 8); a return of spies \u0026 rangers\n         (1789 Sept. 13); and continued depredations by the Indians on\n         the frontier (1791 May 9). Alexander Barnett, Russell Co.,\n         encloses court-martial proceedings for the trial of James\n         Gibson \u0026 Richard Thompson for disobeying orders (1788 Dec.\n         10). George Clendenin, Greenbrier Co. (later Kanawha Co.),\n         requests an augmentation of scouts \u0026 rangers in Washington\n         Co. (1788 Dec. 18); writes of the treaty and atrocities by the\n         Indians west of the Ohio (1789 May 6); the new county of\n         Kanawha, recommendations for magistrates, Indian atrocities on\n         Clinch Settlement, etc. (1789 Aug. 10); depredations by the\n         Indians (1790 April 15); and the need for scouts in Kanawha\n         Co. (1791 Jan. 1). Walter Crockett, Montgomery Co., remarks on\n         the state of the frontier and the potential of Indian\n         hostilities in the spring (1789 Feb. 16). John Evans,\n         Monongalia Co., reports on Indian hostilities and the ordering\n         of scouts (1789 April 25). Benjamin Wilson \u0026 John P.\n         Duvall, Harrison Co., enclose a deposition concerning Indian\n         attacks (1789 May 22); provide a list of \"mischief\" done by\n         the Indians (1789 Sept. 28); and report on Indian attacks\n         (1791 Nov. 27). Benjamin Harrison, Rockingham Co., writes in\n         relation to the strength of militia and militia fines (1789\n         May 27). Levi Todd, Fayette Co., notes the need for additional\n         magistrates, the attack on Federal troops by the Indians, and\n         the separation of Kentucky (1789 May 27). Robert Johnson,\n         Woodford Co., writes about the recommendation of the court for\n         militia officers and Indian \"mischief\" (1789 June 15). Lastly,\n         Arthur Campbell, Washington Co., chronicles Indian attacks in\n         Russell Co. (1789 July 20); a confrontation between the Creek\n         Indians \u0026 Spaniards (1789 Aug. 1); and submits a return of\n         militia (1789 Nov. 3).","William Rose as Keeper of the Public Jail periodically\n         transmits lists or calendars of criminals convicted at the\n         General Court (1788 Dec. 8, 1789 March 14, \u0026 1789 Aug.\n         31). Rose also writes the Governor regarding specific inmates\n         including Littlebury Cotton charged with horse stealing (1789\n         April 13 \u0026 23) and John Rose imprisoned for debts (1790\n         Dec. 22).","James Innes served as Attorney General to the Commonwealth\n         during Randolph's administration as Governor. Innes provides\n         his opinion on various issues including the case of Catherine\n         Crull sentenced to death for the murder of her husband (1789\n         Jan. 28); the memorial of Joseph Latil regarding the revenue\n         law (1789 March 2); the act for granting relief to sheriffs\n         \u0026 collectors of revenue (1789 March 2); prisoners in the\n         new district jails of New London \u0026 Dumfries (1789 March\n         28); the case of Ephraim Willard \u0026 John Whitney for\n         counterfeiting (1789 May 23); the case of George Byrd\n         sentenced to death for horse stealing (1789 May 25); warrants\n         issued to scouts \u0026 rangers (1789 Dec. 23); the oath to\n         support the U.S. Constitution (1790 March 20); the Governor's\n         right to withhold his signature from patents claiming property\n         over the waters of the James River between the Rocky Islands\n         (1790 April 4); the case of the executors of Archibald Cary\n         (1790 June 4); commissioner's fees (1790 Aug. 27); the case of\n         Caleb Hill sentenced to death for horse stealing (1791 April\n         27); and the case of Hunter Banks \u0026 Co. (1791 June 8).","Governor Randolph corresponds often with Leighton Wood,\n         Jr., \u0026 Samuel Shepard (formerly Clerk), Solicitors\n         General; John Pendleton, Jr., Auditor of Public Accounts; and\n         Jacquelin Ambler, Treasurer, regarding various financial\n         matters. Leighton Wood \u0026 Samuel Shepard submit lists of\n         inspectors bonds in the Solicitor's Office (1789 Jan. 24) and\n         reports of delinquent sheriffs (1789 April 23, 1789 May 22).\n         On 6 Jan. 1790, Wood writes the Governor regarding the sale of\n         the state Boats Liberty \u0026 Patriot by James Heron of\n         Norfolk. In addition, the Solicitors often write the Governor\n         with respect to specific accounts, especially sheriff accounts\n         of revenue. Wood also writes in support of Samuel Shepard to\n         serve as Solicitor General during his absence due to illness\n         (1790 March 29). Leighton Wood eventually submits his\n         resignation as Solicitor General on 6 July 1791 (See also 1791\n         May 29). John Pendleton encloses accounts of sundry expenses\n         in protecting \u0026 defending the frontier from the Indians in\n         the lands west of the Ohio River (1789 Feb. 19); lists of\n         balances from inspectors \u0026 county court clerks (1789 Jan.\n         29); the account of the expense of the two expeditions against\n         the Shawnee \u0026 Wabash Indians (1789 Dec. 17); the claim of\n         Oliver Pollock (1790 Jan. 4). In addition, Pendleton\n         administers oaths to various state officers including John\n         Dawson \u0026 John H. Briggs to the Privy Council (1789 Dec.\n         21) and Beverley Randolph as Governor (1790 Dec. 3). Ambler\n         encloses accounts of monies paid in part of the expenses\n         attending scouts \u0026 rangers (1789 Jan. 1); accounts of\n         payments made into the Treasury by the Superior \u0026 County\n         Court Clerks (1789 Feb. 6); accounts of payments by inspectors\n         of tobacco (1789 Jan. 28). He writes regarding unpaid expenses\n         of the General Assembly (1788 Dec. 31); security for the\n         Treasury in the new Capitol including iron bars for the\n         windows (1789 June 15); the balance of specie in the Treasury\n         (1789 June 30, 1789 Aug. 11, 1789 Oct. 15, 1789 Dec. 23 \u0026\n         31, 1790 Feb. 1, 1790 April 27, \u0026 1791 Jan. 14); his\n         resignation as one of the Directors of the Public Buildings\n         (1791 Jan. 3); and crop and transfer tobacco in the Treasury\n         for arrears of taxes (1791 May 10).","Additional significant correspondence includes the following: Edmund Randolph to the Council of State regarding his leaving office (1788 Nov. 17); the Judges of the General Court enclosing a list of persons convicted of capital offenses (1788 Dec. 16); John Blair accepting his commission as a judge of the Court of Appeals (1789 Jan. 16); John Dawson regarding the Convention of Kentucky on the navigation of the Mississippi and surrendering the river to Spain (1789 Jan. 29); Martin Oster, French Consul regarding the controversy between Henry Cugneau \u0026 Jean Alexis Subercaseaux and John Cauvey (1789 Jan. 31, 1789 March 2 \u0026 22); William Fleming \u0026 Peter Lyons regarding their appointments as Judges of the Court of Appeals (1789 Feb. 10); Paul Carrington regarding his appointment to the General Court (1789 Feb. 20); Cyrus Griffin regarding the appointment of William Davies (1789 March 9); Andrew Dunscomb to Davies regarding job \u0026 salary (1789 March 17); William Russell regarding the relinquishment to the public of the Capitol Square in Williamsburg and the buildings thereon (1789 May 1); a letter from James Madison, President of Board of Directors, regarding funds to support the Lunatic Hospital in Williamsburg (1789 June 7); Samuel McDowell regarding a remonstrance from inhabitants of the District of Kentucky against discharging the militia from service (1789 July 36); John Hancock regarding the conveyance of the bodies of James Brown \u0026 William Davis charged with piracy (1789 Sept. 13); David Ross recommending Piomingo, Chief of the Chickasaws, to pass through the country to New York (1789 Oct. 12); Patrick Henry regarding rifles \u0026 expenses for Indians (1789 Oct. 27); John Fitzgerald enclosing an address of the people of Georgetown \u0026 Alexandria on the advantages of the Potomac River for the permanent seat of the Federal Government (1789 Dec. 22); George Nicholas regarding his appointment as Attorney General for the District of Kentucky (1790 Jan. 30); William Tatham regarding Hutchin's map, etc. (1790 Feb. 24, April 13, \u0026 Aug. 10); James Taylor concerning the proceedings of the Commissioners of the Marine Hospital (1790 March 26, 1790 Oct. 9, \u0026 1791 May 18); Thomas Newton, Jr., regarding a plat of the 2 acres for the Cape Henry Lighthouse (1790 July 25); Simon Fraser regarding an attempt to burn the town of Petersburg (1790 Aug. 10); Gov. J.E. Howard, Maryland, regarding the erection of a lighthouse and disposal of the materials provided for the construction (1791 Jan. 7); Thomas Newton, Jr., regarding McComb's excavation for the lighthouse (1791 July 18); John McComb regarding the foundation for the lighthouse at Cape Henry (1791 July 22); Thomas Johnson, David, Stuart, \u0026 Daniel Carroll regarding a draft for the construction of the federal buildings (1791 Aug. 2); David Stuart regarding financial problems in constructing the federal buildings (1791 Aug. 5); and James Madison enclosing proceedings of the Directors of the Hospital for Lunatics (1791 Oct. 26).","Other noteworthy items include: an act regarding the\n         credentials of the senators (1788 Dec. 28); a court order\n         recommending Wilson Cary Nicholas as county lieutenant of\n         Albemarle Co. (1789 Jan. 8); the bond of William Lindsay as\n         Naval Officer of the Elizabeth River District (1789 Feb. 23);\n         a return of the State Electoral College \u0026 election\n         certificates from the first Presidential election (1789 Feb.);\n         a report of the Committee as to the Removal into the New\n         Capitol regarding apartments (1789 June 9); proclamations by\n         the Governor (1789 June 5, 1789 July 21, 1791 May 3); the\n         sales at auction of the State Boats Liberty \u0026 Patriot by\n         Capt. Richard Taylor (1789 Aug. 6); the oath of allegiance to\n         Cyrus Griffin as Privy Councilor (1789 Oct. 29); oath of\n         allegiance to Charles Carter as Privy Councilor (1789 Nov.\n         30); a report of the committee regarding appropriations for\n         the building of the Capitol in Richmond (1789 Dec. 14); an\n         account with Bassett Mosely to construct the lighthouse at\n         Cape Henry (1790 Jan. 9); the report of Lt. Gov. James Wood\n         regarding the lighthouse (1790 Jan. 13); the oath of Thomas\n         Madison as Privy Councilor (1790 Jan. 19); the meeting of the\n         Directors of the Lunatic Hospital regarding the resignations\n         of John Blair \u0026 James Innes (1790 Feb. 16); the deed of\n         cession from Virginia to the United States for 2 acres of land\n         at Cape Henry for the purpose of erecting a lighthouse (1790\n         Aug. 9); a proclamation of President George Washington of a\n         treaty between the U.S. and Creek Nation (1790 Aug. 13); and a\n         speech of George Washington regarding public credit, the\n         District of Kentucky \u0026 statehood, Indian incursions on\n         frontier settlements, etc. (1790 Dec. 8).","Series II: Subject Files. This series is arranged\n         alphabetically by subject and relates to the Point of Fork\n         Arsenal in Fluvanna Co., Virginia. The series contains\n         accounts of cash \u0026 provisions, pay rolls of artificers\n         \u0026 state guard, quarterly accounts of muskets, quarter\n         master stores, \u0026 clothing, returns of ordnance \u0026\n         military stores, and vouchers between 1789 and 1791. Note that\n         not all materials related to the Point of Fork Arsenal have\n         been separated to this series. 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So thorough was the system that no major change in Virginia's method of distribution of virgin land was made until the mid-20th century.","Under the act, any person could purchase as much vacant land as desired upon payment to the treasurer of a fee of £40 for 100 acres desired. The receipt given in return for the fee was taken to the auditor of the commonwealth. For this treasurer's receipt the auditor issued a certificate noting the amount of land to which the person was entitled. This certificate was taken to the Land Office where the Register issued a warrant. This warrant authorized any surveyor to lay off the quantity of land.","The warrantee entered a claim to the land he desired by depositing his warrant with the surveyor of the county in which the land lay. The act specified the method to be employed by the surveyor in returning his survey of the land. Once the survey had been completed, it and the depleted warrant on which it was based were returned to the warrantee whose responsibility it was to deliver the paper to the Land Office. There, all papers were examined initially for technical error and, if correctly executed, were filed for a period of not less than six months. If, within that time, no caveat was entered on the survey, the plat and certificate of survey were recorded and the grant was issued by the Register. Once written, the grant was signed by the governor, sealed, recorded, and delivered to the grantee.","During the first years of operation, the Land Office was mainly concerned with issuing warrants for military bounty, and satisfying claims originating under the colonial government. Since much of the available land was located in Kentucky, the Register was authorized in November, 1781, to appoint a deputy who would locate his office there.","Following the reorganization of the Land Office, recited in the Virginia Code of 1850, the localities were charged with the responsibilities of issuing titles to vacant lands, while the state issued grants for escheated lands only. To counter dissatisfaction with the existence of the Land Office, which first surfaced mid-19th century as the amount of wasteland declined, the General Assembly adopted the solution of assigning more duties to the Register. First, the office of Superintendent of Weights and Measures was abolished by an act of February 9, 1867, and his duties were transferred to the Register. Then, by an act of February 28, 1874, amended April 29, 1874, the responsibilities of the Superintendent of Public Buildings were assigned to the Register, and the former position was abolished. Next, in March, 1875, the Register was made the Secretary of the Board of Immigration.","Finally by legislative action of March 20, 1924, it was decreed that when the next vacancy in the position of Register of the Land Office occurred, that office was to be abolished and its duties transferred to the Secretary of the Commonwealth. The duties of Superintendent of Buildings and Grounds, performed by the Register, were to be taken over by the Superintendent of State Office Buildings, who would assume the former title. This transfer of duties was accomplished by January 1925.","In 1948 the records of the Land Office which were in the custody of the Secretary of the Commonwealth were transferred to the State Library and, by Act of Assembly, March 5, 1952, the duties of the Register of the Land Office were transferred from the Secretary of the Commonwealth to the State Librarian.","These records contain plats/surveys, certificates of survey and other accompanying papers on which grants were issued through the register of the Land Office between 1779 and 1924, the secretary of the commonwealth between 1925 and 1948, and the state librarian since 1949. Supplemental papers may include warrants, assignments, affidavits, and copies of county court records.","These records are arranged chronologically by the year the land grant was issued.  Within each year, the files are arranged alphabetically.","Included are land grants from numerous Virginia governors including: Patrick Henry (1776-1779; 1784-1786), Thomas Jefferson (1779-1781), Edmund Randolph (1786-1788), Beverley Randolph (1788-1791), Henry Lee (1791-1794), Robert Brooke (1794-1796), James Wood (1796-1799), and James Monroe (1799-1802, 1811). Also included are land patents from King George II (1683-1760) and King George III (1738-1820) of Great Britain. Most of these are housed in oversize boxes with separation notices.","These records are currently being rehoused.  All years (1779-1982) are available, however only the rehoused records are listed in this finding aid.","English"],"collection_title_tesim":["Plats and certificates of the Virginia Land Office \n1779-1982."],"collection_ssim":["Plats and certificates of the Virginia Land Office \n1779-1982."],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["LOI 42"],"unitid_tesim":["LOI 42"],"repository_ssm":["Library of Virginia"],"repository_ssim":["Library of Virginia"],"creator_ssm":["Virginia Land Office"],"creator_ssim":["Virginia Land Office"],"acqinfo_ssim":["No acquisition information available.  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For this treasurer's receipt the auditor issued a certificate noting the amount of land to which the person was entitled. This certificate was taken to the Land Office where the Register issued a warrant. This warrant authorized any surveyor to lay off the quantity of land.\u003c/p\u003e\n\t","\u003cp\u003eThe warrantee entered a claim to the land he desired by depositing his warrant with the surveyor of the county in which the land lay. The act specified the method to be employed by the surveyor in returning his survey of the land. Once the survey had been completed, it and the depleted warrant on which it was based were returned to the warrantee whose responsibility it was to deliver the paper to the Land Office. There, all papers were examined initially for technical error and, if correctly executed, were filed for a period of not less than six months. If, within that time, no caveat was entered on the survey, the plat and certificate of survey were recorded and the grant was issued by the Register. Once written, the grant was signed by the governor, sealed, recorded, and delivered to the grantee.\u003c/p\u003e\n\t","\u003cp\u003eDuring the first years of operation, the Land Office was mainly concerned with issuing warrants for military bounty, and satisfying claims originating under the colonial government. Since much of the available land was located in Kentucky, the Register was authorized in November, 1781, to appoint a deputy who would locate his office there.\u003c/p\u003e\n\t","\u003cp\u003eFollowing the reorganization of the Land Office, recited in the Virginia Code of 1850, the localities were charged with the responsibilities of issuing titles to vacant lands, while the state issued grants for escheated lands only. To counter dissatisfaction with the existence of the Land Office, which first surfaced mid-19th century as the amount of wasteland declined, the General Assembly adopted the solution of assigning more duties to the Register. First, the office of Superintendent of Weights and Measures was abolished by an act of February 9, 1867, and his duties were transferred to the Register. Then, by an act of February 28, 1874, amended April 29, 1874, the responsibilities of the Superintendent of Public Buildings were assigned to the Register, and the former position was abolished. Next, in March, 1875, the Register was made the Secretary of the Board of Immigration.\u003c/p\u003e\n\t","\u003cp\u003eFinally by legislative action of March 20, 1924, it was decreed that when the next vacancy in the position of Register of the Land Office occurred, that office was to be abolished and its duties transferred to the Secretary of the Commonwealth. The duties of Superintendent of Buildings and Grounds, performed by the Register, were to be taken over by the Superintendent of State Office Buildings, who would assume the former title. This transfer of duties was accomplished by January 1925.\u003c/p\u003e\n\t","\u003cp\u003eIn 1948 the records of the Land Office which were in the custody of the Secretary of the Commonwealth were transferred to the State Library and, by Act of Assembly, March 5, 1952, the duties of the Register of the Land Office were transferred from the Secretary of the Commonwealth to the State Librarian.\u003c/p\u003e\n    "],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Historical Information"],"bioghist_tesim":["The act that established the Land Office in 1779, provided for a Register to be at the head, who would be \"appointed from time to time, by joint ballot of both houses of assembly....\" It was the responsibility of the Register to carry out the very carefully structured legislation which provided the procedure for obtaining waste and unappropriated lands. So thorough was the system that no major change in Virginia's method of distribution of virgin land was made until the mid-20th century.","Under the act, any person could purchase as much vacant land as desired upon payment to the treasurer of a fee of £40 for 100 acres desired. The receipt given in return for the fee was taken to the auditor of the commonwealth. For this treasurer's receipt the auditor issued a certificate noting the amount of land to which the person was entitled. This certificate was taken to the Land Office where the Register issued a warrant. This warrant authorized any surveyor to lay off the quantity of land.","The warrantee entered a claim to the land he desired by depositing his warrant with the surveyor of the county in which the land lay. The act specified the method to be employed by the surveyor in returning his survey of the land. Once the survey had been completed, it and the depleted warrant on which it was based were returned to the warrantee whose responsibility it was to deliver the paper to the Land Office. There, all papers were examined initially for technical error and, if correctly executed, were filed for a period of not less than six months. If, within that time, no caveat was entered on the survey, the plat and certificate of survey were recorded and the grant was issued by the Register. Once written, the grant was signed by the governor, sealed, recorded, and delivered to the grantee.","During the first years of operation, the Land Office was mainly concerned with issuing warrants for military bounty, and satisfying claims originating under the colonial government. Since much of the available land was located in Kentucky, the Register was authorized in November, 1781, to appoint a deputy who would locate his office there.","Following the reorganization of the Land Office, recited in the Virginia Code of 1850, the localities were charged with the responsibilities of issuing titles to vacant lands, while the state issued grants for escheated lands only. To counter dissatisfaction with the existence of the Land Office, which first surfaced mid-19th century as the amount of wasteland declined, the General Assembly adopted the solution of assigning more duties to the Register. First, the office of Superintendent of Weights and Measures was abolished by an act of February 9, 1867, and his duties were transferred to the Register. Then, by an act of February 28, 1874, amended April 29, 1874, the responsibilities of the Superintendent of Public Buildings were assigned to the Register, and the former position was abolished. Next, in March, 1875, the Register was made the Secretary of the Board of Immigration.","Finally by legislative action of March 20, 1924, it was decreed that when the next vacancy in the position of Register of the Land Office occurred, that office was to be abolished and its duties transferred to the Secretary of the Commonwealth. The duties of Superintendent of Buildings and Grounds, performed by the Register, were to be taken over by the Superintendent of State Office Buildings, who would assume the former title. This transfer of duties was accomplished by January 1925.","In 1948 the records of the Land Office which were in the custody of the Secretary of the Commonwealth were transferred to the State Library and, by Act of Assembly, March 5, 1952, the duties of the Register of the Land Office were transferred from the Secretary of the Commonwealth to the State Librarian."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThese records contain plats/surveys, certificates of survey and other accompanying papers on which grants were issued through the register of the Land Office between 1779 and 1924, the secretary of the commonwealth between 1925 and 1948, and the state librarian since 1949. Supplemental papers may include warrants, assignments, affidavits, and copies of county court records.\n\u003c/p\u003e\n\n","\u003cp\u003eThese records are arranged chronologically by the year the land grant was issued.  Within each year, the files are arranged alphabetically.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n","\u003cp\u003eIncluded are land grants from numerous Virginia governors including: Patrick Henry (1776-1779; 1784-1786), Thomas Jefferson (1779-1781), Edmund Randolph (1786-1788), Beverley Randolph (1788-1791), Henry Lee (1791-1794), Robert Brooke (1794-1796), James Wood (1796-1799), and James Monroe (1799-1802, 1811). Also included are land patents from King George II (1683-1760) and King George III (1738-1820) of Great Britain. Most of these are housed in oversize boxes with separation notices.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n","\u003cp\u003eThese records are currently being rehoused.  All years (1779-1982) are available, however only the rehoused records are listed in this finding aid.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content"],"scopecontent_tesim":["These records contain plats/surveys, certificates of survey and other accompanying papers on which grants were issued through the register of the Land Office between 1779 and 1924, the secretary of the commonwealth between 1925 and 1948, and the state librarian since 1949. Supplemental papers may include warrants, assignments, affidavits, and copies of county court records.","These records are arranged chronologically by the year the land grant was issued.  Within each year, the files are arranged alphabetically.","Included are land grants from numerous Virginia governors including: Patrick Henry (1776-1779; 1784-1786), Thomas Jefferson (1779-1781), Edmund Randolph (1786-1788), Beverley Randolph (1788-1791), Henry Lee (1791-1794), Robert Brooke (1794-1796), James Wood (1796-1799), and James Monroe (1799-1802, 1811). Also included are land patents from King George II (1683-1760) and King George III (1738-1820) of Great Britain. Most of these are housed in oversize boxes with separation notices.","These records are currently being rehoused.  All years (1779-1982) are available, however only the rehoused records are listed in this finding aid."],"language_ssim":["English"],"total_component_count_is":2520,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-07-23T21:13:03.405Z"}]}},"label":"Breadcrumbs"}}},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/vi_vi04879_c10"}},{"id":"vi_vi00854_c03","type":"Series","attributes":{"title":"1789","breadcrumbs":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/vi_vi00854_c03#breadcrumbs","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":{"ref_ssi":"vi_vi00854_c03","ref_ssm":["vi_vi00854_c03"],"id":"vi_vi00854_c03","ead_ssi":"vi_vi00854","_root_":"vi_vi00854","_nest_parent_":"vi_vi00854","parent_ssi":"vi_vi00854","parent_ssim":["Executive Papers, 1788-1791"],"parent_ids_ssim":["vi_vi00854"],"title_filing_ssi":"1789","title_ssm":["1789"],"title_tesim":["1789"],"normalized_title_ssm":["1789"],"text":["1789","Executive Papers, 1788-1791"],"parent_unittitles_ssm":["Executive Papers, 1788-1791"],"parent_unittitles_tesim":["Executive Papers, 1788-1791"],"level_ssm":["Series"],"level_ssim":["Series"],"component_level_isim":[1],"sort_isi":10,"repository_ssim":["Library of Virginia"],"collection_ssim":["Executive Papers, 1788-1791"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"child_component_count_isi":12,"_nest_path_":"/components#2","timestamp":"2026-07-23T21:08:53.750Z","collection":{"numFound":1,"start":0,"numFoundExact":true,"docs":[{"id":"vi_vi00854","ead_ssi":"vi_vi00854","_root_":"vi_vi00854","_nest_parent_":"vi_vi00854","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/lva/vi00854.xml","title_ssm":["Executive Papers, 1788-1791"],"title_tesim":["Executive Papers, 1788-1791"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Executive Papers, 1788-1791"],"text":["Executive Papers, 1788-1791","40287","5.39 cubic\n         feet","Series I is arranged chronologically by date of document\n            and Series II is arranged alphabetically by subject.","Organization\n        Organized into two (2) series: I. Chronological Files\n            and II. Subject Files.","Beverley Randolph was born in 1754 in Chatsworth, Henrico\n         County, to Peter and Lucy Bolling Randolph. His father served\n         in the House of Burgesses and as Surveyor General of Customs.\n         Randolph attended William and Mary College where he graduated\n         in 1771, and was later appointed to the Board of Visitors in\n         1784. He married Martha Cocke, daughter of James Cocke of\n         Williamsburg, in 1775. Randolph also served on the Cumberland\n         County Committee of Safety and commanded a regiment of cavalry\n         as a colonel in the militia between 1776 and 1779. He\n         represented Cumberland County in the House of Delegates in\n         1777 and 1779-1781. A member of the Council of State from\n         1781, Randolph was elected president of the Council of State\n         in 1783, and 1786 through 1788. As president of the Council,\n         Randolph served as Lieutenant Governor of Virginia.\n         Consequently, Randolph performed the duties of Governor while\n         Governor Randolph represented Virginia in the Constitutional\n         Convention during the summer of 1787. Randolph succeeded\n         Edmund Randolph as Governor on 12 November 1788. In addition,\n         he was re-elected in 1789 and 1790 to two one-year terms as\n         Governor. Randolph's administration was marked by the defense\n         of the frontiers against Indian incursions, the fight to\n         collect Virginia's Revolutionary claims from the United\n         States, and the initiative to build a lighthouse at the\n         entrance to the Chesapeake Bay. Following his governorship,\n         Randolph was appointed by President Washington as one of the\n         commissioners to treat with the Indians in the Northwest\n         Territory in 1793. The Commissioners failed to reach a\n         peaceful resolution with the Indians and Randolph retired from\n         public life. Randolph died in February 1797 at his estate\n         \"Green Creek\" in Cumberland County. His remains were moved\n         from his estate to the Westview Cemetery in Farmville, Va., in\n         1909.","Governor Randolph's Executive papers are organized into two\n         series. Series have been designated for Chronological files\n         and Subject files. The bulk of the material can be found in\n         the Chronological files' series which primarily consists of\n         incoming correspondence during Randolph's three one-year terms\n         as governor between 12 November 1788 and 1 December 1791. In\n         addition to correspondence, there are acts \u0026 resolutions\n         from Congress and the Virginia Senate \u0026 House of\n         Delegates, orders of the Council of State, accounts, oaths,\n         pardons, lists or calendars of criminals, depositions,\n         proclamations, petitions, reports, appointments, bonds,\n         circulars, proceedings, applications, agreements, extracts of\n         journals \u0026 minutes, court records, certificates, returns,\n         receipts, and other sundry items.","Series I: Chronological Files. The correspondence in this\n         series relates to a variety of topics including state expenses\n         \u0026 revenue, militia, recommendations for state positions,\n         pardons, legislation, public tobacco, Revolutionary claims\n         \u0026 pensioners, Presidential electors, Indian affairs,\n         navigation, revisal of laws, resignations, elections,\n         appointments, criminals \u0026 the Public Jail, the Cape Henry\n         Lighthouse, the Point of Fork Arsenal, and the Marine\n         Hospital. Noteworthy correspondence originates from the United\n         States government, Virginia State government, and\n         miscellaneous sources. Prominent correspondents from the\n         United States government include President George Washington; Henry Knox, Secretary of War;\n         Alexander Hamilton, Secretary of the Treasury; Thomas\n         Jefferson, Secretary of State; Edmund Randolph, Attorney\n         General; and the Virginia Delegates to Congress including\n         Samuel Griffin, James Monroe, Richard Henry Lee, John Walker,\n         William Grayson, and others.","President George Washington transmits acts of Congress to Governor Beverley Randolph. His letter of 11 August 1789 transmits an act to provide for the government of the territory north west of the Ohio River.  His letter of 24 August 1789 transmits the act providing for the expenses attending the treaties with Indian Tribes and the appointment of commissioners. Lastly, his letter of 8 October 1789 transmits duplicate acts to establish a Judicial Court of the United States, an act for registering \u0026 clearing vessels, and others. On 22 January 1790, the President simply writes to forward an important letter to Thomas Jefferson at Monticello. Finally, Washington's letter of 29 January 1790 relates to Gen. Wood's report respecting the materials placed at Cape Henry for the purpose of building a lighthouse and the need for a cession of the land from Virginia to the United States. (Note that these letters from Washington have separated to the Vault - George Washington Papers).","As Secretary of War, Henry Knox communicates frequently with Governor Randolph predominantly concerning Indian affairs and the defense of the frontier (1788 Dec. 29, 1790 July 28, 1790 Sept. 2, 1791 Feb. 26, 1791 June 11, \u0026 1791 Nov. 16). This correspondence also relates to raising militia (1791 July 15 \u0026 1791 Oct. 28), employing scouts \u0026 rangers (1790 April 14, 1790 June 10, 1790 July 17), gunpowder \u0026 lead for the Chickasaw Nation (1789 Dec. 24), and General Harmar's expedition against the Indians on the Ohio River (1790 March 3 \u0026 1790 July 19). Knox also writes the Governor about Revolutionary War pensioners from Virginia (1789 April 25, 1789 Oct. 19, 1790 Feb. 8, 1790 April 15, \u0026 1790 Sept. 15). On 15 October 1789, Knox encloses an extract of the act to recognize and adapt to the Constitution the establishment of the troops raised under the resolves of the United States. This act specifically relates to the presidential authority to raise militia to protect the frontiers. On 10 December 1789, he writes requesting a map of Kentucky and western Virginia. Finally, Knox often transmits letters to the Governor intended for William Blount, Governor of the territory ceded by North Carolina, Harry Innes, District Judge of Kentucky, and others, especially in the District of Kentucky.","Alexander Hamilton writes Governor Randolph with respect to statements of the public debt \u0026 loan office certificates (1789 Sept. 26, 1789 Oct. 29, 1789 Dec. 24, \u0026 1791 June 27), statements of agents for settling the accounts of their respective lines in the late Army (1791 Jan. 14), and other financial matters (1790 Jan. 27 \u0026 1790 Sept. 28). On 10 February 1790, Hamilton informs the Governor that the United States requires 2 acres of land to be ceded by Virginia for a lighthouse near the entrance of the Chesapeake Bay. On 8 May 1790, Hamilton writes that Edward Carrington has been requested to visit Cape Henry and make a selection for the location of the lighthouse. According to his letter from 19 June 1790, Hamilton notes that Thomas Newton of Norfolk replaced Carrington in this duty. His letter from 19 August 1790 relates to the receipt of the Governor's letter containing the cession of 2 acres on Cape Henry to the United States.","Throughout the collection are acts and resolutions of\n         Congress signed by Thomas Jefferson as Secretary of State.\n         Noteworthy is an act to provide for the unlading of ships in\n         cases of obstruction by ice (1791 Jan. 7); an act declaring\n         the consent of Congress that a new state be formed by the name\n         of Kentucky (1791 Feb. 4); a resolution that Andrew Brown be\n         appointed printer (1791 Feb. 18); an act for regulating the\n         number of representatives to be chosen by the states of\n         Kentucky \u0026 Vermont (1791 Feb. 25); and an act for raising\n         an additional regiment to the military establishment of the\n         United States (1791 March 10). The few pieces of\n         correspondence from Jefferson include a brief note regarding\n         the receipt of a letter from Joseph Clarke endorsed by the\n         President and forwarded to the Governor (1790 Feb. 6) and a\n         letter enclosing a collection of acts of Congress passed in\n         their second session and all the treaties promulgated by the\n         United States (1790 Aug. 30).","Following his governorship, Edmund Randolph served as the\n         first Attorney General of the United States. In this capacity,\n         Randolph writes the Governor with respect to the claims of\n         Beauregard \u0026 Bourgeois against Oliver Pollock (1790 Feb. 7\n         \u0026 10); treaties belonging to the Governor (1790 July 23);\n         and Virginia land claims within the limits of Pennsylvania\n         (1790 Sept. 9).","The various members of Virginia's delegation to the First \u0026 Second Congresses regularly communicated with Governor Randolph on a variety of national concerns. Significant correspondence from these delegates include a letter from Josiah Parker resigning his position as naval officer of Elizabeth River at Portsmouth to take his seat in Congress (1789 Feb. 9);  a letter from Samuel Griffin accepting his appointment to Congress (1789 Feb. 24); a letter from James Madison, Jr., regarding the inspection law and the separation of state debts from National debts (1790 May 11); a letter from Richard Henry Lee \u0026 John Walker regarding speculators in arrears of soldiers' pay (1790 May 25); James Madison, Jr., regarding the act of Congress concerning arrears to the Virginia line (1790 May 25); James Madison, Jr., enclosing a letter from Alexander Hamilton regarding the tobacco inspection law (1790 May 26); a letter from Frederick Augustus Muhlenberg, Speaker of the House of Representatives, enclosing proceedings concerning the death of Representative Theodorick Bland (1790 June 3); a letter from James Monroe regarding his arrival in Philadelphia (1790 Dec. 10); and another letter from Monroe regarding Harmar's unsuccessful expedition against the Indians between the Ohio and the Great Lakes including the amount of casualties (1790 Dec. 16).","Significant correspondents from Virginia State government\n         include William Davies, Commissioner of Virginia for Claims\n         Against the United States; Harry Heth, State Agent of Public\n         Tobacco; William Hay, Director of Public Buildings; John\n         Beckley \u0026 Charles Hay, Clerks of the House of Delegates;\n         Humphrey Brooke, Clerk of the Senate; Archibald Blair, Col.\n         Thomas Meriwether, \u0026 Samuel Coleman, Clerks \u0026\n         Assistant Clerk of the Council of State; Capt. Elias Langham,\n         Superintendent of the Military Stores, Arms, \u0026 Ammunition\n         at Point of Fork Arsenal; various county lieutenants; William\n         Rose, Keeper of the Public Jail; James Innes, Attorney\n         General; Leighton Wood, Jr., \u0026 Samuel Shepard, Solicitors\n         General; John Pendleton, Jr., Auditor of Public Accounts; and\n         Jacquelin Ambler, Treasurer.","As Commissioner of Virginia for Claims Against the United States, Col. William Davies corresponds regularly with Governor Randolph. Davies accepted this position from Governor Edmund Randolph on 27 Sept. 1788. His correspondence relates to his salary (1789 Jan. 1), instructions for persons to be employed to collect accounts \u0026 vouchers (1789 Jan. 10), examination of claims (1789 Jan. 24), pensioners (1789 Feb. 23), Andrew Dunscomb's complaints (1789 March 23), his arrival in New York (1789 April 23), the removal of the Auditor \u0026 Treasurer's Books prior to 1781 to New York (1789 Aug. 11), additional clerks (1789 Aug. 19), a plan for the final settlement of continental accounts (1790 July 12), and numerous other topics. Most of Davies' correspondence relates to particulars in the settlement of Virginia's claim against the United States for expenditures during the Revolutionary War.","On 27 Jan. 1789, a bond was posted for Harry Heth to serve\n         as agent to dispose of public tobacco in the Treasury Office\n         in discharge of public taxes. He encloses a letter from\n         Benjamin Harrison, Jr., on 22 Jan. 1789, to purchase public\n         tobacco. Heth often writes the Governor submitting reports on\n         the sales of public tobacco (1789 May 20, 1789 Nov. 9, 1790\n         Jan. 5 \u0026 9, 1790 March 18, \u0026 1791 Oct. 6). He also\n         specifically deals with the settlement of the accounts of the\n         Westham Foundry (1789 March 3 \u0026 5, 1789 June 13, \u0026\n         1790 June 23).","William Hay, one of the Directors of Public Buildings,\n         corresponds with the Governor regarding the claim on the\n         estate of Col. Archibald Cary for monies advanced in 1785\n         (1789 Jan. 31); the completion of the offices for the\n         Executive Board (1789 June 18); a contract to cover the roof\n         of the Capitol with lead, etc. (1790 Jan. 6, April 12, \u0026\n         May 11); statements of an estimate of the sum necessary for\n         paying the debts due the directors of public buildings (1791\n         Jan. 17); and money for the completion of the Capitol (1791\n         Oct. 15).","John Beckley (later Clerk of the U.S. House of\n         Representatives) \u0026 Charles Hay, Clerks of the House of\n         Delegates, \u0026 Humphrey Brooke, Clerk of the Senate,\n         regularly enclose resolutions from their respective bodies to\n         the Governor. Noteworthy resolutions include a proclamation\n         for the Governor to appoint electors to choose a president and\n         for representatives to serve in Congress (1788 Nov. 9 \u0026\n         22); the free navigation of the Mississippi River (1788 Dec.\n         1); the election of Beverley Randolph as Governor (1788 Dec.\n         6); an additional sum to William Heth in the settlement of\n         Virginia's claim against the U.S. for the North Western\n         Territory (1788 Dec. 3); the election of Richard Cary, John\n         Tyler, \u0026 James Henry as judges of the General Court (1788\n         Dec. 24); the election of Cuthbert Bullitt as judge of the\n         General Court \u0026 Cyrus Griffin as Privy Councilor (1788\n         Dec. 27); attacks by the Creek Indians against the Chickasaws\n         and furnishing them with gun powder (1789 Oct. 23); the\n         election of James Mercer as judge of the Court of Appeals to\n         replace John Blair (1789 Nov. 18); the election of Joseph\n         Jones \u0026 Spencer Roane as judges of the General Court (1789\n         Nov. 19); the re-election \u0026 qualification of Beverley\n         Randolph as Governor (1789 Nov. 28); an appointment to examine\n         the materials provided by the State to erect a lighthouse\n         (1789 Dec. 14); the disposal of the materials used for the\n         erection of the lighthouse (1790 Nov. 5); the election of\n         George Nicholas as Attorney General for the District of\n         Kentucky in place of Harry Innes (1790 Nov. 9); the election\n         of James Monroe in the U.S. Senate to replace William Grayson\n         (1790 Nov. 9); the election of John Steele, Miles Selden,\n         \u0026 Hardin Burnley to the Privy Council (1790 Nov. 26); the\n         protection of citizens on the frontiers (1790 Dec. 20); and\n         the election of Henry Lee as Governor (1791 Nov. 2).","Archibald Blair, as Clerk of the Council of State, encloses\n         extracts of minutes and orders of the Council to the Governor.\n         On 26 Nov. 1788, Blair writes regarding the request that Col.\n         Thomas Meriwether consult with printers for 500 copies of the\n         acts to appoint presidential electors. Meriwether, who\n         resigned as clerk of the Council on 30 June 1789, writes\n         regarding pensioners (1788 Dec. 9); quarterly returns and\n         payrolls of Elias Langham at Point of Fork (1789 Jan. 5);\n         Capt. Young's books and papers as successor of the Commercial\n         Agent (1789 Jan. 22); estimates by Elias Langham to enclose\n         the arsenals and magazines at Point of Fork with a stone wall,\n         etc. (1789 April 6); and his resignation (1789 June 27).\n         Samuel Coleman was appointed Assistant Clerk of the Council on\n         26 Dec. 1786. Following the resignation of Thomas Meriwether\n         on 27 June 1789, Coleman requested to fill the vacancy. He\n         writes the Governor respecting militia returns (1789 Nov. 3\n         \u0026 30; 1790 Jan. 1; 1790 Feb. 2; 1790 April 1; 1790 June 1;\n         1790 Aug. 4; 1790 Oct. 12; 1791 Jan. 18; 1791 July 30; \u0026\n         1791 Oct. 5); the accounts, provisions, payrolls, \u0026\n         returns of Elias Langham from the Point of Fork Arsenal (1789\n         July 6, 1790 April 5, 1790 July 3, 1790 Oct. 1, 1791 Jan. 4,\n         1791 Feb. 23, 1791 April 4, 1791 June 19, 1791 July 5, \u0026\n         1791 Oct. 4); his resignation on account of his health (1789\n         April 3); the accounts of James McGavock for public lead\n         delivered at Fort Chiswell (1790 Feb. 25); the claims of\n         scouts \u0026 rangers (1790 June 7, 21, \u0026 29; 1790 Oct. 9\n         \u0026 25; 1790 Dec. 11; \u0026 1791 June 20); and the\n         indebtedness of James Hunter, deceased, former Superintendent\n         of the Public Foundry (1791 Aug. 27).","Capt. Elias Langham, Superintendent of the Military Stores,\n         Arms, \u0026 Ammunition at Point of Fork Arsenal, writes to\n         Governor Randolph regarding the cannon at Taylor's Ferry (1788\n         Nov. 21); the contractor for provisions (1789 Jan. 6); public\n         negroes at Point of Fork (1789 Feb. 7); a recommendation for\n         an appointment to the Dept. of Military Stores when\n         established by Congress (1789 April 11); ammunition for the\n         Chief of the Chickasaw Nation and an application from Chief\n         Piomingo for 40 gallons of rum (1789 Nov. 2); a letter from\n         Piomingo concerning a change in his route (1789 Nov. 4);\n         powder \u0026 lead furnished the Indians at New London (1790\n         Feb. 26); the complaint of Thomas Harris for his punishment\n         \u0026 dismissal (1790 Oct. 1); opinions on his conduct (1790\n         Dec. 19); a contract for furnishing rations at Point of Fork\n         and an addition built to the public mill (1791 Jan. 4); and\n         the purchase of iron to forge bayonets (1791 July 1). Note\n         that additional materials relating to the Point of Fork\n         Arsenal can be found in Series II.","County lieutenants including David Shepherd, Alexander\n         Barnett, George Clendenin, Walter Crockett, John Evans,\n         Benjamin Wilson, Benjamin Harrison, John P. Duvall, Levi Todd,\n         Robert Johnson, \u0026 Arthur Campbell correspond with Governor\n         Randolph on numerous occasions primarily regarding Indian\n         affairs in the western counties. David Shepherd, Ohio Co.,\n         writes regarding a treaty with the Indians at the falls of\n         Muskingum (1788 Nov. 26); a general return of militia (1789\n         April 17); the raising of a company of rangers and Indian\n         attacks at Dunkard Creek (1789 May 12); the account for\n         raising troops (1789 June 8); a return of spies \u0026 rangers\n         (1789 Sept. 13); and continued depredations by the Indians on\n         the frontier (1791 May 9). Alexander Barnett, Russell Co.,\n         encloses court-martial proceedings for the trial of James\n         Gibson \u0026 Richard Thompson for disobeying orders (1788 Dec.\n         10). George Clendenin, Greenbrier Co. (later Kanawha Co.),\n         requests an augmentation of scouts \u0026 rangers in Washington\n         Co. (1788 Dec. 18); writes of the treaty and atrocities by the\n         Indians west of the Ohio (1789 May 6); the new county of\n         Kanawha, recommendations for magistrates, Indian atrocities on\n         Clinch Settlement, etc. (1789 Aug. 10); depredations by the\n         Indians (1790 April 15); and the need for scouts in Kanawha\n         Co. (1791 Jan. 1). Walter Crockett, Montgomery Co., remarks on\n         the state of the frontier and the potential of Indian\n         hostilities in the spring (1789 Feb. 16). John Evans,\n         Monongalia Co., reports on Indian hostilities and the ordering\n         of scouts (1789 April 25). Benjamin Wilson \u0026 John P.\n         Duvall, Harrison Co., enclose a deposition concerning Indian\n         attacks (1789 May 22); provide a list of \"mischief\" done by\n         the Indians (1789 Sept. 28); and report on Indian attacks\n         (1791 Nov. 27). Benjamin Harrison, Rockingham Co., writes in\n         relation to the strength of militia and militia fines (1789\n         May 27). Levi Todd, Fayette Co., notes the need for additional\n         magistrates, the attack on Federal troops by the Indians, and\n         the separation of Kentucky (1789 May 27). Robert Johnson,\n         Woodford Co., writes about the recommendation of the court for\n         militia officers and Indian \"mischief\" (1789 June 15). Lastly,\n         Arthur Campbell, Washington Co., chronicles Indian attacks in\n         Russell Co. (1789 July 20); a confrontation between the Creek\n         Indians \u0026 Spaniards (1789 Aug. 1); and submits a return of\n         militia (1789 Nov. 3).","William Rose as Keeper of the Public Jail periodically\n         transmits lists or calendars of criminals convicted at the\n         General Court (1788 Dec. 8, 1789 March 14, \u0026 1789 Aug.\n         31). Rose also writes the Governor regarding specific inmates\n         including Littlebury Cotton charged with horse stealing (1789\n         April 13 \u0026 23) and John Rose imprisoned for debts (1790\n         Dec. 22).","James Innes served as Attorney General to the Commonwealth\n         during Randolph's administration as Governor. Innes provides\n         his opinion on various issues including the case of Catherine\n         Crull sentenced to death for the murder of her husband (1789\n         Jan. 28); the memorial of Joseph Latil regarding the revenue\n         law (1789 March 2); the act for granting relief to sheriffs\n         \u0026 collectors of revenue (1789 March 2); prisoners in the\n         new district jails of New London \u0026 Dumfries (1789 March\n         28); the case of Ephraim Willard \u0026 John Whitney for\n         counterfeiting (1789 May 23); the case of George Byrd\n         sentenced to death for horse stealing (1789 May 25); warrants\n         issued to scouts \u0026 rangers (1789 Dec. 23); the oath to\n         support the U.S. Constitution (1790 March 20); the Governor's\n         right to withhold his signature from patents claiming property\n         over the waters of the James River between the Rocky Islands\n         (1790 April 4); the case of the executors of Archibald Cary\n         (1790 June 4); commissioner's fees (1790 Aug. 27); the case of\n         Caleb Hill sentenced to death for horse stealing (1791 April\n         27); and the case of Hunter Banks \u0026 Co. (1791 June 8).","Governor Randolph corresponds often with Leighton Wood,\n         Jr., \u0026 Samuel Shepard (formerly Clerk), Solicitors\n         General; John Pendleton, Jr., Auditor of Public Accounts; and\n         Jacquelin Ambler, Treasurer, regarding various financial\n         matters. Leighton Wood \u0026 Samuel Shepard submit lists of\n         inspectors bonds in the Solicitor's Office (1789 Jan. 24) and\n         reports of delinquent sheriffs (1789 April 23, 1789 May 22).\n         On 6 Jan. 1790, Wood writes the Governor regarding the sale of\n         the state Boats Liberty \u0026 Patriot by James Heron of\n         Norfolk. In addition, the Solicitors often write the Governor\n         with respect to specific accounts, especially sheriff accounts\n         of revenue. Wood also writes in support of Samuel Shepard to\n         serve as Solicitor General during his absence due to illness\n         (1790 March 29). Leighton Wood eventually submits his\n         resignation as Solicitor General on 6 July 1791 (See also 1791\n         May 29). John Pendleton encloses accounts of sundry expenses\n         in protecting \u0026 defending the frontier from the Indians in\n         the lands west of the Ohio River (1789 Feb. 19); lists of\n         balances from inspectors \u0026 county court clerks (1789 Jan.\n         29); the account of the expense of the two expeditions against\n         the Shawnee \u0026 Wabash Indians (1789 Dec. 17); the claim of\n         Oliver Pollock (1790 Jan. 4). In addition, Pendleton\n         administers oaths to various state officers including John\n         Dawson \u0026 John H. Briggs to the Privy Council (1789 Dec.\n         21) and Beverley Randolph as Governor (1790 Dec. 3). Ambler\n         encloses accounts of monies paid in part of the expenses\n         attending scouts \u0026 rangers (1789 Jan. 1); accounts of\n         payments made into the Treasury by the Superior \u0026 County\n         Court Clerks (1789 Feb. 6); accounts of payments by inspectors\n         of tobacco (1789 Jan. 28). He writes regarding unpaid expenses\n         of the General Assembly (1788 Dec. 31); security for the\n         Treasury in the new Capitol including iron bars for the\n         windows (1789 June 15); the balance of specie in the Treasury\n         (1789 June 30, 1789 Aug. 11, 1789 Oct. 15, 1789 Dec. 23 \u0026\n         31, 1790 Feb. 1, 1790 April 27, \u0026 1791 Jan. 14); his\n         resignation as one of the Directors of the Public Buildings\n         (1791 Jan. 3); and crop and transfer tobacco in the Treasury\n         for arrears of taxes (1791 May 10).","Additional significant correspondence includes the following: Edmund Randolph to the Council of State regarding his leaving office (1788 Nov. 17); the Judges of the General Court enclosing a list of persons convicted of capital offenses (1788 Dec. 16); John Blair accepting his commission as a judge of the Court of Appeals (1789 Jan. 16); John Dawson regarding the Convention of Kentucky on the navigation of the Mississippi and surrendering the river to Spain (1789 Jan. 29); Martin Oster, French Consul regarding the controversy between Henry Cugneau \u0026 Jean Alexis Subercaseaux and John Cauvey (1789 Jan. 31, 1789 March 2 \u0026 22); William Fleming \u0026 Peter Lyons regarding their appointments as Judges of the Court of Appeals (1789 Feb. 10); Paul Carrington regarding his appointment to the General Court (1789 Feb. 20); Cyrus Griffin regarding the appointment of William Davies (1789 March 9); Andrew Dunscomb to Davies regarding job \u0026 salary (1789 March 17); William Russell regarding the relinquishment to the public of the Capitol Square in Williamsburg and the buildings thereon (1789 May 1); a letter from James Madison, President of Board of Directors, regarding funds to support the Lunatic Hospital in Williamsburg (1789 June 7); Samuel McDowell regarding a remonstrance from inhabitants of the District of Kentucky against discharging the militia from service (1789 July 36); John Hancock regarding the conveyance of the bodies of James Brown \u0026 William Davis charged with piracy (1789 Sept. 13); David Ross recommending Piomingo, Chief of the Chickasaws, to pass through the country to New York (1789 Oct. 12); Patrick Henry regarding rifles \u0026 expenses for Indians (1789 Oct. 27); John Fitzgerald enclosing an address of the people of Georgetown \u0026 Alexandria on the advantages of the Potomac River for the permanent seat of the Federal Government (1789 Dec. 22); George Nicholas regarding his appointment as Attorney General for the District of Kentucky (1790 Jan. 30); William Tatham regarding Hutchin's map, etc. (1790 Feb. 24, April 13, \u0026 Aug. 10); James Taylor concerning the proceedings of the Commissioners of the Marine Hospital (1790 March 26, 1790 Oct. 9, \u0026 1791 May 18); Thomas Newton, Jr., regarding a plat of the 2 acres for the Cape Henry Lighthouse (1790 July 25); Simon Fraser regarding an attempt to burn the town of Petersburg (1790 Aug. 10); Gov. J.E. Howard, Maryland, regarding the erection of a lighthouse and disposal of the materials provided for the construction (1791 Jan. 7); Thomas Newton, Jr., regarding McComb's excavation for the lighthouse (1791 July 18); John McComb regarding the foundation for the lighthouse at Cape Henry (1791 July 22); Thomas Johnson, David, Stuart, \u0026 Daniel Carroll regarding a draft for the construction of the federal buildings (1791 Aug. 2); David Stuart regarding financial problems in constructing the federal buildings (1791 Aug. 5); and James Madison enclosing proceedings of the Directors of the Hospital for Lunatics (1791 Oct. 26).","Other noteworthy items include: an act regarding the\n         credentials of the senators (1788 Dec. 28); a court order\n         recommending Wilson Cary Nicholas as county lieutenant of\n         Albemarle Co. (1789 Jan. 8); the bond of William Lindsay as\n         Naval Officer of the Elizabeth River District (1789 Feb. 23);\n         a return of the State Electoral College \u0026 election\n         certificates from the first Presidential election (1789 Feb.);\n         a report of the Committee as to the Removal into the New\n         Capitol regarding apartments (1789 June 9); proclamations by\n         the Governor (1789 June 5, 1789 July 21, 1791 May 3); the\n         sales at auction of the State Boats Liberty \u0026 Patriot by\n         Capt. Richard Taylor (1789 Aug. 6); the oath of allegiance to\n         Cyrus Griffin as Privy Councilor (1789 Oct. 29); oath of\n         allegiance to Charles Carter as Privy Councilor (1789 Nov.\n         30); a report of the committee regarding appropriations for\n         the building of the Capitol in Richmond (1789 Dec. 14); an\n         account with Bassett Mosely to construct the lighthouse at\n         Cape Henry (1790 Jan. 9); the report of Lt. Gov. James Wood\n         regarding the lighthouse (1790 Jan. 13); the oath of Thomas\n         Madison as Privy Councilor (1790 Jan. 19); the meeting of the\n         Directors of the Lunatic Hospital regarding the resignations\n         of John Blair \u0026 James Innes (1790 Feb. 16); the deed of\n         cession from Virginia to the United States for 2 acres of land\n         at Cape Henry for the purpose of erecting a lighthouse (1790\n         Aug. 9); a proclamation of President George Washington of a\n         treaty between the U.S. and Creek Nation (1790 Aug. 13); and a\n         speech of George Washington regarding public credit, the\n         District of Kentucky \u0026 statehood, Indian incursions on\n         frontier settlements, etc. (1790 Dec. 8).","Series II: Subject Files. This series is arranged\n         alphabetically by subject and relates to the Point of Fork\n         Arsenal in Fluvanna Co., Virginia. The series contains\n         accounts of cash \u0026 provisions, pay rolls of artificers\n         \u0026 state guard, quarterly accounts of muskets, quarter\n         master stores, \u0026 clothing, returns of ordnance \u0026\n         military stores, and vouchers between 1789 and 1791. Note that\n         not all materials related to the Point of Fork Arsenal have\n         been separated to this series. Correspondence related to the\n         Arsenal can be found in Series I.","State Records Collection,\n         Office of the Governor (Record Group 3)","English"],"collection_title_tesim":["Executive Papers, 1788-1791"],"collection_ssim":["Executive Papers, 1788-1791"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["40287"],"unitid_tesim":["40287"],"repository_ssm":["Library of Virginia"],"repository_ssim":["Library of Virginia"],"creator_ssm":["Governor's Office"],"creator_ssim":["Governor's Office"],"acqinfo_ssim":["Acquired prior to 1905."],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"physdesc_tesim":["5.39 cubic\n         feet"],"arrangement_html_tesm":["\u003carrangement\u003e\n        \u003chead\u003eArrangement\u003c/head\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eSeries I is arranged chronologically by date of document\n            and Series II is arranged alphabetically by subject.\u003c/p\u003e\n      \u003c/arrangement\u003e\n      ","\u003carrangement\u003e\n        \u003chead\u003eOrganization\u003c/head\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eOrganized into two (2) series: I. 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Randolph also served on the Cumberland\n         County Committee of Safety and commanded a regiment of cavalry\n         as a colonel in the militia between 1776 and 1779. He\n         represented Cumberland County in the House of Delegates in\n         1777 and 1779-1781. A member of the Council of State from\n         1781, Randolph was elected president of the Council of State\n         in 1783, and 1786 through 1788. As president of the Council,\n         Randolph served as Lieutenant Governor of Virginia.\n         Consequently, Randolph performed the duties of Governor while\n         Governor Randolph represented Virginia in the Constitutional\n         Convention during the summer of 1787. Randolph succeeded\n         Edmund Randolph as Governor on 12 November 1788. In addition,\n         he was re-elected in 1789 and 1790 to two one-year terms as\n         Governor. Randolph's administration was marked by the defense\n         of the frontiers against Indian incursions, the fight to\n         collect Virginia's Revolutionary claims from the United\n         States, and the initiative to build a lighthouse at the\n         entrance to the Chesapeake Bay. Following his governorship,\n         Randolph was appointed by President Washington as one of the\n         commissioners to treat with the Indians in the Northwest\n         Territory in 1793. The Commissioners failed to reach a\n         peaceful resolution with the Indians and Randolph retired from\n         public life. Randolph died in February 1797 at his estate\n         \"Green Creek\" in Cumberland County. His remains were moved\n         from his estate to the Westview Cemetery in Farmville, Va., in\n         1909.\u003c/p\u003e\n    "],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical Information"],"bioghist_tesim":["Beverley Randolph was born in 1754 in Chatsworth, Henrico\n         County, to Peter and Lucy Bolling Randolph. His father served\n         in the House of Burgesses and as Surveyor General of Customs.\n         Randolph attended William and Mary College where he graduated\n         in 1771, and was later appointed to the Board of Visitors in\n         1784. He married Martha Cocke, daughter of James Cocke of\n         Williamsburg, in 1775. Randolph also served on the Cumberland\n         County Committee of Safety and commanded a regiment of cavalry\n         as a colonel in the militia between 1776 and 1779. He\n         represented Cumberland County in the House of Delegates in\n         1777 and 1779-1781. A member of the Council of State from\n         1781, Randolph was elected president of the Council of State\n         in 1783, and 1786 through 1788. As president of the Council,\n         Randolph served as Lieutenant Governor of Virginia.\n         Consequently, Randolph performed the duties of Governor while\n         Governor Randolph represented Virginia in the Constitutional\n         Convention during the summer of 1787. Randolph succeeded\n         Edmund Randolph as Governor on 12 November 1788. In addition,\n         he was re-elected in 1789 and 1790 to two one-year terms as\n         Governor. Randolph's administration was marked by the defense\n         of the frontiers against Indian incursions, the fight to\n         collect Virginia's Revolutionary claims from the United\n         States, and the initiative to build a lighthouse at the\n         entrance to the Chesapeake Bay. Following his governorship,\n         Randolph was appointed by President Washington as one of the\n         commissioners to treat with the Indians in the Northwest\n         Territory in 1793. The Commissioners failed to reach a\n         peaceful resolution with the Indians and Randolph retired from\n         public life. Randolph died in February 1797 at his estate\n         \"Green Creek\" in Cumberland County. His remains were moved\n         from his estate to the Westview Cemetery in Farmville, Va., in\n         1909."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eGovernor Randolph's Executive papers are organized into two\n         series. Series have been designated for Chronological files\n         and Subject files. The bulk of the material can be found in\n         the Chronological files' series which primarily consists of\n         incoming correspondence during Randolph's three one-year terms\n         as governor between 12 November 1788 and 1 December 1791. In\n         addition to correspondence, there are acts \u0026amp; resolutions\n         from Congress and the Virginia Senate \u0026amp; House of\n         Delegates, orders of the Council of State, accounts, oaths,\n         pardons, lists or calendars of criminals, depositions,\n         proclamations, petitions, reports, appointments, bonds,\n         circulars, proceedings, applications, agreements, extracts of\n         journals \u0026amp; minutes, court records, certificates, returns,\n         receipts, and other sundry items.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eSeries I: Chronological Files. The correspondence in this\n         series relates to a variety of topics including state expenses\n         \u0026amp; revenue, militia, recommendations for state positions,\n         pardons, legislation, public tobacco, Revolutionary claims\n         \u0026amp; pensioners, Presidential electors, Indian affairs,\n         navigation, revisal of laws, resignations, elections,\n         appointments, criminals \u0026amp; the Public Jail, the Cape Henry\n         Lighthouse, the Point of Fork Arsenal, and the Marine\n         Hospital. Noteworthy correspondence originates from the United\n         States government, Virginia State government, and\n         miscellaneous sources. Prominent correspondents from the\n         United States government include President George Washington; Henry Knox, Secretary of War;\n         Alexander Hamilton, Secretary of the Treasury; Thomas\n         Jefferson, Secretary of State; Edmund Randolph, Attorney\n         General; and the Virginia Delegates to Congress including\n         Samuel Griffin, James Monroe, Richard Henry Lee, John Walker,\n         William Grayson, and others.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003ePresident George Washington transmits acts of Congress to Governor Beverley Randolph. His letter of 11 August 1789 transmits an act to provide for the government of the territory north west of the Ohio River.  His letter of 24 August 1789 transmits the act providing for the expenses attending the treaties with Indian Tribes and the appointment of commissioners. Lastly, his letter of 8 October 1789 transmits duplicate acts to establish a Judicial Court of the United States, an act for registering \u0026amp; clearing vessels, and others. On 22 January 1790, the President simply writes to forward an important letter to Thomas Jefferson at Monticello. Finally, Washington's letter of 29 January 1790 relates to Gen. Wood's report respecting the materials placed at Cape Henry for the purpose of building a lighthouse and the need for a cession of the land from Virginia to the United States. (Note that these letters from Washington have separated to the Vault - George Washington Papers).\n\t\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eAs Secretary of War, Henry Knox communicates frequently with Governor Randolph predominantly concerning Indian affairs and the defense of the frontier (1788 Dec. 29, 1790 July 28, 1790 Sept. 2, 1791 Feb. 26, 1791 June 11, \u0026amp; 1791 Nov. 16). This correspondence also relates to raising militia (1791 July 15 \u0026amp; 1791 Oct. 28), employing scouts \u0026amp; rangers (1790 April 14, 1790 June 10, 1790 July 17), gunpowder \u0026amp; lead for the Chickasaw Nation (1789 Dec. 24), and General Harmar's expedition against the Indians on the Ohio River (1790 March 3 \u0026amp; 1790 July 19). Knox also writes the Governor about Revolutionary War pensioners from Virginia (1789 April 25, 1789 Oct. 19, 1790 Feb. 8, 1790 April 15, \u0026amp; 1790 Sept. 15). On 15 October 1789, Knox encloses an extract of the act to recognize and adapt to the Constitution the establishment of the troops raised under the resolves of the United States. This act specifically relates to the presidential authority to raise militia to protect the frontiers. On 10 December 1789, he writes requesting a map of Kentucky and western Virginia. Finally, Knox often transmits letters to the Governor intended for William Blount, Governor of the territory ceded by North Carolina, Harry Innes, District Judge of Kentucky, and others, especially in the District of Kentucky. \u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eAlexander Hamilton writes Governor Randolph with respect to statements of the public debt \u0026amp; loan office certificates (1789 Sept. 26, 1789 Oct. 29, 1789 Dec. 24, \u0026amp; 1791 June 27), statements of agents for settling the accounts of their respective lines in the late Army (1791 Jan. 14), and other financial matters (1790 Jan. 27 \u0026amp; 1790 Sept. 28). On 10 February 1790, Hamilton informs the Governor that the United States requires 2 acres of land to be ceded by Virginia for a lighthouse near the entrance of the Chesapeake Bay. On 8 May 1790, Hamilton writes that Edward Carrington has been requested to visit Cape Henry and make a selection for the location of the lighthouse. According to his letter from 19 June 1790, Hamilton notes that Thomas Newton of Norfolk replaced Carrington in this duty. His letter from 19 August 1790 relates to the receipt of the Governor's letter containing the cession of 2 acres on Cape Henry to the United States. \u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eThroughout the collection are acts and resolutions of\n         Congress signed by Thomas Jefferson as Secretary of State.\n         Noteworthy is an act to provide for the unlading of ships in\n         cases of obstruction by ice (1791 Jan. 7); an act declaring\n         the consent of Congress that a new state be formed by the name\n         of Kentucky (1791 Feb. 4); a resolution that Andrew Brown be\n         appointed printer (1791 Feb. 18); an act for regulating the\n         number of representatives to be chosen by the states of\n         Kentucky \u0026amp; Vermont (1791 Feb. 25); and an act for raising\n         an additional regiment to the military establishment of the\n         United States (1791 March 10). The few pieces of\n         correspondence from Jefferson include a brief note regarding\n         the receipt of a letter from Joseph Clarke endorsed by the\n         President and forwarded to the Governor (1790 Feb. 6) and a\n         letter enclosing a collection of acts of Congress passed in\n         their second session and all the treaties promulgated by the\n         United States (1790 Aug. 30).\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eFollowing his governorship, Edmund Randolph served as the\n         first Attorney General of the United States. In this capacity,\n         Randolph writes the Governor with respect to the claims of\n         Beauregard \u0026amp; Bourgeois against Oliver Pollock (1790 Feb. 7\n         \u0026amp; 10); treaties belonging to the Governor (1790 July 23);\n         and Virginia land claims within the limits of Pennsylvania\n         (1790 Sept. 9).\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eThe various members of Virginia's delegation to the First \u0026amp; Second Congresses regularly communicated with Governor Randolph on a variety of national concerns. Significant correspondence from these delegates include a letter from Josiah Parker resigning his position as naval officer of Elizabeth River at Portsmouth to take his seat in Congress (1789 Feb. 9);  a letter from Samuel Griffin accepting his appointment to Congress (1789 Feb. 24); a letter from James Madison, Jr., regarding the inspection law and the separation of state debts from National debts (1790 May 11); a letter from Richard Henry Lee \u0026amp; John Walker regarding speculators in arrears of soldiers' pay (1790 May 25); James Madison, Jr., regarding the act of Congress concerning arrears to the Virginia line (1790 May 25); James Madison, Jr., enclosing a letter from Alexander Hamilton regarding the tobacco inspection law (1790 May 26); a letter from Frederick Augustus Muhlenberg, Speaker of the House of Representatives, enclosing proceedings concerning the death of Representative Theodorick Bland (1790 June 3); a letter from James Monroe regarding his arrival in Philadelphia (1790 Dec. 10); and another letter from Monroe regarding Harmar's unsuccessful expedition against the Indians between the Ohio and the Great Lakes including the amount of casualties (1790 Dec. 16).\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eSignificant correspondents from Virginia State government\n         include William Davies, Commissioner of Virginia for Claims\n         Against the United States; Harry Heth, State Agent of Public\n         Tobacco; William Hay, Director of Public Buildings; John\n         Beckley \u0026amp; Charles Hay, Clerks of the House of Delegates;\n         Humphrey Brooke, Clerk of the Senate; Archibald Blair, Col.\n         Thomas Meriwether, \u0026amp; Samuel Coleman, Clerks \u0026amp;\n         Assistant Clerk of the Council of State; Capt. Elias Langham,\n         Superintendent of the Military Stores, Arms, \u0026amp; Ammunition\n         at Point of Fork Arsenal; various county lieutenants; William\n         Rose, Keeper of the Public Jail; James Innes, Attorney\n         General; Leighton Wood, Jr., \u0026amp; Samuel Shepard, Solicitors\n         General; John Pendleton, Jr., Auditor of Public Accounts; and\n         Jacquelin Ambler, Treasurer.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eAs Commissioner of Virginia for Claims Against the United States, Col. William Davies corresponds regularly with Governor Randolph. Davies accepted this position from Governor Edmund Randolph on 27 Sept. 1788. His correspondence relates to his salary (1789 Jan. 1), instructions for persons to be employed to collect accounts \u0026amp; vouchers (1789 Jan. 10), examination of claims (1789 Jan. 24), pensioners (1789 Feb. 23), Andrew Dunscomb's complaints (1789 March 23), his arrival in New York (1789 April 23), the removal of the Auditor \u0026amp; Treasurer's Books prior to 1781 to New York (1789 Aug. 11), additional clerks (1789 Aug. 19), a plan for the final settlement of continental accounts (1790 July 12), and numerous other topics. Most of Davies' correspondence relates to particulars in the settlement of Virginia's claim against the United States for expenditures during the Revolutionary War.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eOn 27 Jan. 1789, a bond was posted for Harry Heth to serve\n         as agent to dispose of public tobacco in the Treasury Office\n         in discharge of public taxes. He encloses a letter from\n         Benjamin Harrison, Jr., on 22 Jan. 1789, to purchase public\n         tobacco. Heth often writes the Governor submitting reports on\n         the sales of public tobacco (1789 May 20, 1789 Nov. 9, 1790\n         Jan. 5 \u0026amp; 9, 1790 March 18, \u0026amp; 1791 Oct. 6). He also\n         specifically deals with the settlement of the accounts of the\n         Westham Foundry (1789 March 3 \u0026amp; 5, 1789 June 13, \u0026amp;\n         1790 June 23).\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eWilliam Hay, one of the Directors of Public Buildings,\n         corresponds with the Governor regarding the claim on the\n         estate of Col. Archibald Cary for monies advanced in 1785\n         (1789 Jan. 31); the completion of the offices for the\n         Executive Board (1789 June 18); a contract to cover the roof\n         of the Capitol with lead, etc. (1790 Jan. 6, April 12, \u0026amp;\n         May 11); statements of an estimate of the sum necessary for\n         paying the debts due the directors of public buildings (1791\n         Jan. 17); and money for the completion of the Capitol (1791\n         Oct. 15).\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eJohn Beckley (later Clerk of the U.S. House of\n         Representatives) \u0026amp; Charles Hay, Clerks of the House of\n         Delegates, \u0026amp; Humphrey Brooke, Clerk of the Senate,\n         regularly enclose resolutions from their respective bodies to\n         the Governor. Noteworthy resolutions include a proclamation\n         for the Governor to appoint electors to choose a president and\n         for representatives to serve in Congress (1788 Nov. 9 \u0026amp;\n         22); the free navigation of the Mississippi River (1788 Dec.\n         1); the election of Beverley Randolph as Governor (1788 Dec.\n         6); an additional sum to William Heth in the settlement of\n         Virginia's claim against the U.S. for the North Western\n         Territory (1788 Dec. 3); the election of Richard Cary, John\n         Tyler, \u0026amp; James Henry as judges of the General Court (1788\n         Dec. 24); the election of Cuthbert Bullitt as judge of the\n         General Court \u0026amp; Cyrus Griffin as Privy Councilor (1788\n         Dec. 27); attacks by the Creek Indians against the Chickasaws\n         and furnishing them with gun powder (1789 Oct. 23); the\n         election of James Mercer as judge of the Court of Appeals to\n         replace John Blair (1789 Nov. 18); the election of Joseph\n         Jones \u0026amp; Spencer Roane as judges of the General Court (1789\n         Nov. 19); the re-election \u0026amp; qualification of Beverley\n         Randolph as Governor (1789 Nov. 28); an appointment to examine\n         the materials provided by the State to erect a lighthouse\n         (1789 Dec. 14); the disposal of the materials used for the\n         erection of the lighthouse (1790 Nov. 5); the election of\n         George Nicholas as Attorney General for the District of\n         Kentucky in place of Harry Innes (1790 Nov. 9); the election\n         of James Monroe in the U.S. Senate to replace William Grayson\n         (1790 Nov. 9); the election of John Steele, Miles Selden,\n         \u0026amp; Hardin Burnley to the Privy Council (1790 Nov. 26); the\n         protection of citizens on the frontiers (1790 Dec. 20); and\n         the election of Henry Lee as Governor (1791 Nov. 2).\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eArchibald Blair, as Clerk of the Council of State, encloses\n         extracts of minutes and orders of the Council to the Governor.\n         On 26 Nov. 1788, Blair writes regarding the request that Col.\n         Thomas Meriwether consult with printers for 500 copies of the\n         acts to appoint presidential electors. Meriwether, who\n         resigned as clerk of the Council on 30 June 1789, writes\n         regarding pensioners (1788 Dec. 9); quarterly returns and\n         payrolls of Elias Langham at Point of Fork (1789 Jan. 5);\n         Capt. Young's books and papers as successor of the Commercial\n         Agent (1789 Jan. 22); estimates by Elias Langham to enclose\n         the arsenals and magazines at Point of Fork with a stone wall,\n         etc. (1789 April 6); and his resignation (1789 June 27).\n         Samuel Coleman was appointed Assistant Clerk of the Council on\n         26 Dec. 1786. Following the resignation of Thomas Meriwether\n         on 27 June 1789, Coleman requested to fill the vacancy. He\n         writes the Governor respecting militia returns (1789 Nov. 3\n         \u0026amp; 30; 1790 Jan. 1; 1790 Feb. 2; 1790 April 1; 1790 June 1;\n         1790 Aug. 4; 1790 Oct. 12; 1791 Jan. 18; 1791 July 30; \u0026amp;\n         1791 Oct. 5); the accounts, provisions, payrolls, \u0026amp;\n         returns of Elias Langham from the Point of Fork Arsenal (1789\n         July 6, 1790 April 5, 1790 July 3, 1790 Oct. 1, 1791 Jan. 4,\n         1791 Feb. 23, 1791 April 4, 1791 June 19, 1791 July 5, \u0026amp;\n         1791 Oct. 4); his resignation on account of his health (1789\n         April 3); the accounts of James McGavock for public lead\n         delivered at Fort Chiswell (1790 Feb. 25); the claims of\n         scouts \u0026amp; rangers (1790 June 7, 21, \u0026amp; 29; 1790 Oct. 9\n         \u0026amp; 25; 1790 Dec. 11; \u0026amp; 1791 June 20); and the\n         indebtedness of James Hunter, deceased, former Superintendent\n         of the Public Foundry (1791 Aug. 27).\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eCapt. Elias Langham, Superintendent of the Military Stores,\n         Arms, \u0026amp; Ammunition at Point of Fork Arsenal, writes to\n         Governor Randolph regarding the cannon at Taylor's Ferry (1788\n         Nov. 21); the contractor for provisions (1789 Jan. 6); public\n         negroes at Point of Fork (1789 Feb. 7); a recommendation for\n         an appointment to the Dept. of Military Stores when\n         established by Congress (1789 April 11); ammunition for the\n         Chief of the Chickasaw Nation and an application from Chief\n         Piomingo for 40 gallons of rum (1789 Nov. 2); a letter from\n         Piomingo concerning a change in his route (1789 Nov. 4);\n         powder \u0026amp; lead furnished the Indians at New London (1790\n         Feb. 26); the complaint of Thomas Harris for his punishment\n         \u0026amp; dismissal (1790 Oct. 1); opinions on his conduct (1790\n         Dec. 19); a contract for furnishing rations at Point of Fork\n         and an addition built to the public mill (1791 Jan. 4); and\n         the purchase of iron to forge bayonets (1791 July 1). Note\n         that additional materials relating to the Point of Fork\n         Arsenal can be found in Series II.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eCounty lieutenants including David Shepherd, Alexander\n         Barnett, George Clendenin, Walter Crockett, John Evans,\n         Benjamin Wilson, Benjamin Harrison, John P. Duvall, Levi Todd,\n         Robert Johnson, \u0026amp; Arthur Campbell correspond with Governor\n         Randolph on numerous occasions primarily regarding Indian\n         affairs in the western counties. David Shepherd, Ohio Co.,\n         writes regarding a treaty with the Indians at the falls of\n         Muskingum (1788 Nov. 26); a general return of militia (1789\n         April 17); the raising of a company of rangers and Indian\n         attacks at Dunkard Creek (1789 May 12); the account for\n         raising troops (1789 June 8); a return of spies \u0026amp; rangers\n         (1789 Sept. 13); and continued depredations by the Indians on\n         the frontier (1791 May 9). Alexander Barnett, Russell Co.,\n         encloses court-martial proceedings for the trial of James\n         Gibson \u0026amp; Richard Thompson for disobeying orders (1788 Dec.\n         10). George Clendenin, Greenbrier Co. (later Kanawha Co.),\n         requests an augmentation of scouts \u0026amp; rangers in Washington\n         Co. (1788 Dec. 18); writes of the treaty and atrocities by the\n         Indians west of the Ohio (1789 May 6); the new county of\n         Kanawha, recommendations for magistrates, Indian atrocities on\n         Clinch Settlement, etc. (1789 Aug. 10); depredations by the\n         Indians (1790 April 15); and the need for scouts in Kanawha\n         Co. (1791 Jan. 1). Walter Crockett, Montgomery Co., remarks on\n         the state of the frontier and the potential of Indian\n         hostilities in the spring (1789 Feb. 16). John Evans,\n         Monongalia Co., reports on Indian hostilities and the ordering\n         of scouts (1789 April 25). Benjamin Wilson \u0026amp; John P.\n         Duvall, Harrison Co., enclose a deposition concerning Indian\n         attacks (1789 May 22); provide a list of \"mischief\" done by\n         the Indians (1789 Sept. 28); and report on Indian attacks\n         (1791 Nov. 27). Benjamin Harrison, Rockingham Co., writes in\n         relation to the strength of militia and militia fines (1789\n         May 27). Levi Todd, Fayette Co., notes the need for additional\n         magistrates, the attack on Federal troops by the Indians, and\n         the separation of Kentucky (1789 May 27). Robert Johnson,\n         Woodford Co., writes about the recommendation of the court for\n         militia officers and Indian \"mischief\" (1789 June 15). Lastly,\n         Arthur Campbell, Washington Co., chronicles Indian attacks in\n         Russell Co. (1789 July 20); a confrontation between the Creek\n         Indians \u0026amp; Spaniards (1789 Aug. 1); and submits a return of\n         militia (1789 Nov. 3).\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eWilliam Rose as Keeper of the Public Jail periodically\n         transmits lists or calendars of criminals convicted at the\n         General Court (1788 Dec. 8, 1789 March 14, \u0026amp; 1789 Aug.\n         31). Rose also writes the Governor regarding specific inmates\n         including Littlebury Cotton charged with horse stealing (1789\n         April 13 \u0026amp; 23) and John Rose imprisoned for debts (1790\n         Dec. 22).\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eJames Innes served as Attorney General to the Commonwealth\n         during Randolph's administration as Governor. Innes provides\n         his opinion on various issues including the case of Catherine\n         Crull sentenced to death for the murder of her husband (1789\n         Jan. 28); the memorial of Joseph Latil regarding the revenue\n         law (1789 March 2); the act for granting relief to sheriffs\n         \u0026amp; collectors of revenue (1789 March 2); prisoners in the\n         new district jails of New London \u0026amp; Dumfries (1789 March\n         28); the case of Ephraim Willard \u0026amp; John Whitney for\n         counterfeiting (1789 May 23); the case of George Byrd\n         sentenced to death for horse stealing (1789 May 25); warrants\n         issued to scouts \u0026amp; rangers (1789 Dec. 23); the oath to\n         support the U.S. Constitution (1790 March 20); the Governor's\n         right to withhold his signature from patents claiming property\n         over the waters of the James River between the Rocky Islands\n         (1790 April 4); the case of the executors of Archibald Cary\n         (1790 June 4); commissioner's fees (1790 Aug. 27); the case of\n         Caleb Hill sentenced to death for horse stealing (1791 April\n         27); and the case of Hunter Banks \u0026amp; Co. (1791 June 8).\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eGovernor Randolph corresponds often with Leighton Wood,\n         Jr., \u0026amp; Samuel Shepard (formerly Clerk), Solicitors\n         General; John Pendleton, Jr., Auditor of Public Accounts; and\n         Jacquelin Ambler, Treasurer, regarding various financial\n         matters. Leighton Wood \u0026amp; Samuel Shepard submit lists of\n         inspectors bonds in the Solicitor's Office (1789 Jan. 24) and\n         reports of delinquent sheriffs (1789 April 23, 1789 May 22).\n         On 6 Jan. 1790, Wood writes the Governor regarding the sale of\n         the state Boats Liberty \u0026amp; Patriot by James Heron of\n         Norfolk. In addition, the Solicitors often write the Governor\n         with respect to specific accounts, especially sheriff accounts\n         of revenue. Wood also writes in support of Samuel Shepard to\n         serve as Solicitor General during his absence due to illness\n         (1790 March 29). Leighton Wood eventually submits his\n         resignation as Solicitor General on 6 July 1791 (See also 1791\n         May 29). John Pendleton encloses accounts of sundry expenses\n         in protecting \u0026amp; defending the frontier from the Indians in\n         the lands west of the Ohio River (1789 Feb. 19); lists of\n         balances from inspectors \u0026amp; county court clerks (1789 Jan.\n         29); the account of the expense of the two expeditions against\n         the Shawnee \u0026amp; Wabash Indians (1789 Dec. 17); the claim of\n         Oliver Pollock (1790 Jan. 4). In addition, Pendleton\n         administers oaths to various state officers including John\n         Dawson \u0026amp; John H. Briggs to the Privy Council (1789 Dec.\n         21) and Beverley Randolph as Governor (1790 Dec. 3). Ambler\n         encloses accounts of monies paid in part of the expenses\n         attending scouts \u0026amp; rangers (1789 Jan. 1); accounts of\n         payments made into the Treasury by the Superior \u0026amp; County\n         Court Clerks (1789 Feb. 6); accounts of payments by inspectors\n         of tobacco (1789 Jan. 28). He writes regarding unpaid expenses\n         of the General Assembly (1788 Dec. 31); security for the\n         Treasury in the new Capitol including iron bars for the\n         windows (1789 June 15); the balance of specie in the Treasury\n         (1789 June 30, 1789 Aug. 11, 1789 Oct. 15, 1789 Dec. 23 \u0026amp;\n         31, 1790 Feb. 1, 1790 April 27, \u0026amp; 1791 Jan. 14); his\n         resignation as one of the Directors of the Public Buildings\n         (1791 Jan. 3); and crop and transfer tobacco in the Treasury\n         for arrears of taxes (1791 May 10).\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eAdditional significant correspondence includes the following: Edmund Randolph to the Council of State regarding his leaving office (1788 Nov. 17); the Judges of the General Court enclosing a list of persons convicted of capital offenses (1788 Dec. 16); John Blair accepting his commission as a judge of the Court of Appeals (1789 Jan. 16); John Dawson regarding the Convention of Kentucky on the navigation of the Mississippi and surrendering the river to Spain (1789 Jan. 29); Martin Oster, French Consul regarding the controversy between Henry Cugneau \u0026amp; Jean Alexis Subercaseaux and John Cauvey (1789 Jan. 31, 1789 March 2 \u0026amp; 22); William Fleming \u0026amp; Peter Lyons regarding their appointments as Judges of the Court of Appeals (1789 Feb. 10); Paul Carrington regarding his appointment to the General Court (1789 Feb. 20); Cyrus Griffin regarding the appointment of William Davies (1789 March 9); Andrew Dunscomb to Davies regarding job \u0026amp; salary (1789 March 17); William Russell regarding the relinquishment to the public of the Capitol Square in Williamsburg and the buildings thereon (1789 May 1); a letter from James Madison, President of Board of Directors, regarding funds to support the Lunatic Hospital in Williamsburg (1789 June 7); Samuel McDowell regarding a remonstrance from inhabitants of the District of Kentucky against discharging the militia from service (1789 July 36); John Hancock regarding the conveyance of the bodies of James Brown \u0026amp; William Davis charged with piracy (1789 Sept. 13); David Ross recommending Piomingo, Chief of the Chickasaws, to pass through the country to New York (1789 Oct. 12); Patrick Henry regarding rifles \u0026amp; expenses for Indians (1789 Oct. 27); John Fitzgerald enclosing an address of the people of Georgetown \u0026amp; Alexandria on the advantages of the Potomac River for the permanent seat of the Federal Government (1789 Dec. 22); George Nicholas regarding his appointment as Attorney General for the District of Kentucky (1790 Jan. 30); William Tatham regarding Hutchin's map, etc. (1790 Feb. 24, April 13, \u0026amp; Aug. 10); James Taylor concerning the proceedings of the Commissioners of the Marine Hospital (1790 March 26, 1790 Oct. 9, \u0026amp; 1791 May 18); Thomas Newton, Jr., regarding a plat of the 2 acres for the Cape Henry Lighthouse (1790 July 25); Simon Fraser regarding an attempt to burn the town of Petersburg (1790 Aug. 10); Gov. J.E. Howard, Maryland, regarding the erection of a lighthouse and disposal of the materials provided for the construction (1791 Jan. 7); Thomas Newton, Jr., regarding McComb's excavation for the lighthouse (1791 July 18); John McComb regarding the foundation for the lighthouse at Cape Henry (1791 July 22); Thomas Johnson, David, Stuart, \u0026amp; Daniel Carroll regarding a draft for the construction of the federal buildings (1791 Aug. 2); David Stuart regarding financial problems in constructing the federal buildings (1791 Aug. 5); and James Madison enclosing proceedings of the Directors of the Hospital for Lunatics (1791 Oct. 26).\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eOther noteworthy items include: an act regarding the\n         credentials of the senators (1788 Dec. 28); a court order\n         recommending Wilson Cary Nicholas as county lieutenant of\n         Albemarle Co. (1789 Jan. 8); the bond of William Lindsay as\n         Naval Officer of the Elizabeth River District (1789 Feb. 23);\n         a return of the State Electoral College \u0026amp; election\n         certificates from the first Presidential election (1789 Feb.);\n         a report of the Committee as to the Removal into the New\n         Capitol regarding apartments (1789 June 9); proclamations by\n         the Governor (1789 June 5, 1789 July 21, 1791 May 3); the\n         sales at auction of the State Boats Liberty \u0026amp; Patriot by\n         Capt. Richard Taylor (1789 Aug. 6); the oath of allegiance to\n         Cyrus Griffin as Privy Councilor (1789 Oct. 29); oath of\n         allegiance to Charles Carter as Privy Councilor (1789 Nov.\n         30); a report of the committee regarding appropriations for\n         the building of the Capitol in Richmond (1789 Dec. 14); an\n         account with Bassett Mosely to construct the lighthouse at\n         Cape Henry (1790 Jan. 9); the report of Lt. Gov. James Wood\n         regarding the lighthouse (1790 Jan. 13); the oath of Thomas\n         Madison as Privy Councilor (1790 Jan. 19); the meeting of the\n         Directors of the Lunatic Hospital regarding the resignations\n         of John Blair \u0026amp; James Innes (1790 Feb. 16); the deed of\n         cession from Virginia to the United States for 2 acres of land\n         at Cape Henry for the purpose of erecting a lighthouse (1790\n         Aug. 9); a proclamation of President George Washington of a\n         treaty between the U.S. and Creek Nation (1790 Aug. 13); and a\n         speech of George Washington regarding public credit, the\n         District of Kentucky \u0026amp; statehood, Indian incursions on\n         frontier settlements, etc. (1790 Dec. 8).\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eSeries II: Subject Files. This series is arranged\n         alphabetically by subject and relates to the Point of Fork\n         Arsenal in Fluvanna Co., Virginia. The series contains\n         accounts of cash \u0026amp; provisions, pay rolls of artificers\n         \u0026amp; state guard, quarterly accounts of muskets, quarter\n         master stores, \u0026amp; clothing, returns of ordnance \u0026amp;\n         military stores, and vouchers between 1789 and 1791. Note that\n         not all materials related to the Point of Fork Arsenal have\n         been separated to this series. Correspondence related to the\n         Arsenal can be found in Series I.\u003c/p\u003e\n    "],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content Information"],"scopecontent_tesim":["Governor Randolph's Executive papers are organized into two\n         series. Series have been designated for Chronological files\n         and Subject files. The bulk of the material can be found in\n         the Chronological files' series which primarily consists of\n         incoming correspondence during Randolph's three one-year terms\n         as governor between 12 November 1788 and 1 December 1791. In\n         addition to correspondence, there are acts \u0026 resolutions\n         from Congress and the Virginia Senate \u0026 House of\n         Delegates, orders of the Council of State, accounts, oaths,\n         pardons, lists or calendars of criminals, depositions,\n         proclamations, petitions, reports, appointments, bonds,\n         circulars, proceedings, applications, agreements, extracts of\n         journals \u0026 minutes, court records, certificates, returns,\n         receipts, and other sundry items.","Series I: Chronological Files. The correspondence in this\n         series relates to a variety of topics including state expenses\n         \u0026 revenue, militia, recommendations for state positions,\n         pardons, legislation, public tobacco, Revolutionary claims\n         \u0026 pensioners, Presidential electors, Indian affairs,\n         navigation, revisal of laws, resignations, elections,\n         appointments, criminals \u0026 the Public Jail, the Cape Henry\n         Lighthouse, the Point of Fork Arsenal, and the Marine\n         Hospital. Noteworthy correspondence originates from the United\n         States government, Virginia State government, and\n         miscellaneous sources. Prominent correspondents from the\n         United States government include President George Washington; Henry Knox, Secretary of War;\n         Alexander Hamilton, Secretary of the Treasury; Thomas\n         Jefferson, Secretary of State; Edmund Randolph, Attorney\n         General; and the Virginia Delegates to Congress including\n         Samuel Griffin, James Monroe, Richard Henry Lee, John Walker,\n         William Grayson, and others.","President George Washington transmits acts of Congress to Governor Beverley Randolph. His letter of 11 August 1789 transmits an act to provide for the government of the territory north west of the Ohio River.  His letter of 24 August 1789 transmits the act providing for the expenses attending the treaties with Indian Tribes and the appointment of commissioners. Lastly, his letter of 8 October 1789 transmits duplicate acts to establish a Judicial Court of the United States, an act for registering \u0026 clearing vessels, and others. On 22 January 1790, the President simply writes to forward an important letter to Thomas Jefferson at Monticello. Finally, Washington's letter of 29 January 1790 relates to Gen. Wood's report respecting the materials placed at Cape Henry for the purpose of building a lighthouse and the need for a cession of the land from Virginia to the United States. (Note that these letters from Washington have separated to the Vault - George Washington Papers).","As Secretary of War, Henry Knox communicates frequently with Governor Randolph predominantly concerning Indian affairs and the defense of the frontier (1788 Dec. 29, 1790 July 28, 1790 Sept. 2, 1791 Feb. 26, 1791 June 11, \u0026 1791 Nov. 16). This correspondence also relates to raising militia (1791 July 15 \u0026 1791 Oct. 28), employing scouts \u0026 rangers (1790 April 14, 1790 June 10, 1790 July 17), gunpowder \u0026 lead for the Chickasaw Nation (1789 Dec. 24), and General Harmar's expedition against the Indians on the Ohio River (1790 March 3 \u0026 1790 July 19). Knox also writes the Governor about Revolutionary War pensioners from Virginia (1789 April 25, 1789 Oct. 19, 1790 Feb. 8, 1790 April 15, \u0026 1790 Sept. 15). On 15 October 1789, Knox encloses an extract of the act to recognize and adapt to the Constitution the establishment of the troops raised under the resolves of the United States. This act specifically relates to the presidential authority to raise militia to protect the frontiers. On 10 December 1789, he writes requesting a map of Kentucky and western Virginia. Finally, Knox often transmits letters to the Governor intended for William Blount, Governor of the territory ceded by North Carolina, Harry Innes, District Judge of Kentucky, and others, especially in the District of Kentucky.","Alexander Hamilton writes Governor Randolph with respect to statements of the public debt \u0026 loan office certificates (1789 Sept. 26, 1789 Oct. 29, 1789 Dec. 24, \u0026 1791 June 27), statements of agents for settling the accounts of their respective lines in the late Army (1791 Jan. 14), and other financial matters (1790 Jan. 27 \u0026 1790 Sept. 28). On 10 February 1790, Hamilton informs the Governor that the United States requires 2 acres of land to be ceded by Virginia for a lighthouse near the entrance of the Chesapeake Bay. On 8 May 1790, Hamilton writes that Edward Carrington has been requested to visit Cape Henry and make a selection for the location of the lighthouse. According to his letter from 19 June 1790, Hamilton notes that Thomas Newton of Norfolk replaced Carrington in this duty. His letter from 19 August 1790 relates to the receipt of the Governor's letter containing the cession of 2 acres on Cape Henry to the United States.","Throughout the collection are acts and resolutions of\n         Congress signed by Thomas Jefferson as Secretary of State.\n         Noteworthy is an act to provide for the unlading of ships in\n         cases of obstruction by ice (1791 Jan. 7); an act declaring\n         the consent of Congress that a new state be formed by the name\n         of Kentucky (1791 Feb. 4); a resolution that Andrew Brown be\n         appointed printer (1791 Feb. 18); an act for regulating the\n         number of representatives to be chosen by the states of\n         Kentucky \u0026 Vermont (1791 Feb. 25); and an act for raising\n         an additional regiment to the military establishment of the\n         United States (1791 March 10). The few pieces of\n         correspondence from Jefferson include a brief note regarding\n         the receipt of a letter from Joseph Clarke endorsed by the\n         President and forwarded to the Governor (1790 Feb. 6) and a\n         letter enclosing a collection of acts of Congress passed in\n         their second session and all the treaties promulgated by the\n         United States (1790 Aug. 30).","Following his governorship, Edmund Randolph served as the\n         first Attorney General of the United States. In this capacity,\n         Randolph writes the Governor with respect to the claims of\n         Beauregard \u0026 Bourgeois against Oliver Pollock (1790 Feb. 7\n         \u0026 10); treaties belonging to the Governor (1790 July 23);\n         and Virginia land claims within the limits of Pennsylvania\n         (1790 Sept. 9).","The various members of Virginia's delegation to the First \u0026 Second Congresses regularly communicated with Governor Randolph on a variety of national concerns. Significant correspondence from these delegates include a letter from Josiah Parker resigning his position as naval officer of Elizabeth River at Portsmouth to take his seat in Congress (1789 Feb. 9);  a letter from Samuel Griffin accepting his appointment to Congress (1789 Feb. 24); a letter from James Madison, Jr., regarding the inspection law and the separation of state debts from National debts (1790 May 11); a letter from Richard Henry Lee \u0026 John Walker regarding speculators in arrears of soldiers' pay (1790 May 25); James Madison, Jr., regarding the act of Congress concerning arrears to the Virginia line (1790 May 25); James Madison, Jr., enclosing a letter from Alexander Hamilton regarding the tobacco inspection law (1790 May 26); a letter from Frederick Augustus Muhlenberg, Speaker of the House of Representatives, enclosing proceedings concerning the death of Representative Theodorick Bland (1790 June 3); a letter from James Monroe regarding his arrival in Philadelphia (1790 Dec. 10); and another letter from Monroe regarding Harmar's unsuccessful expedition against the Indians between the Ohio and the Great Lakes including the amount of casualties (1790 Dec. 16).","Significant correspondents from Virginia State government\n         include William Davies, Commissioner of Virginia for Claims\n         Against the United States; Harry Heth, State Agent of Public\n         Tobacco; William Hay, Director of Public Buildings; John\n         Beckley \u0026 Charles Hay, Clerks of the House of Delegates;\n         Humphrey Brooke, Clerk of the Senate; Archibald Blair, Col.\n         Thomas Meriwether, \u0026 Samuel Coleman, Clerks \u0026\n         Assistant Clerk of the Council of State; Capt. Elias Langham,\n         Superintendent of the Military Stores, Arms, \u0026 Ammunition\n         at Point of Fork Arsenal; various county lieutenants; William\n         Rose, Keeper of the Public Jail; James Innes, Attorney\n         General; Leighton Wood, Jr., \u0026 Samuel Shepard, Solicitors\n         General; John Pendleton, Jr., Auditor of Public Accounts; and\n         Jacquelin Ambler, Treasurer.","As Commissioner of Virginia for Claims Against the United States, Col. William Davies corresponds regularly with Governor Randolph. Davies accepted this position from Governor Edmund Randolph on 27 Sept. 1788. His correspondence relates to his salary (1789 Jan. 1), instructions for persons to be employed to collect accounts \u0026 vouchers (1789 Jan. 10), examination of claims (1789 Jan. 24), pensioners (1789 Feb. 23), Andrew Dunscomb's complaints (1789 March 23), his arrival in New York (1789 April 23), the removal of the Auditor \u0026 Treasurer's Books prior to 1781 to New York (1789 Aug. 11), additional clerks (1789 Aug. 19), a plan for the final settlement of continental accounts (1790 July 12), and numerous other topics. Most of Davies' correspondence relates to particulars in the settlement of Virginia's claim against the United States for expenditures during the Revolutionary War.","On 27 Jan. 1789, a bond was posted for Harry Heth to serve\n         as agent to dispose of public tobacco in the Treasury Office\n         in discharge of public taxes. He encloses a letter from\n         Benjamin Harrison, Jr., on 22 Jan. 1789, to purchase public\n         tobacco. Heth often writes the Governor submitting reports on\n         the sales of public tobacco (1789 May 20, 1789 Nov. 9, 1790\n         Jan. 5 \u0026 9, 1790 March 18, \u0026 1791 Oct. 6). He also\n         specifically deals with the settlement of the accounts of the\n         Westham Foundry (1789 March 3 \u0026 5, 1789 June 13, \u0026\n         1790 June 23).","William Hay, one of the Directors of Public Buildings,\n         corresponds with the Governor regarding the claim on the\n         estate of Col. Archibald Cary for monies advanced in 1785\n         (1789 Jan. 31); the completion of the offices for the\n         Executive Board (1789 June 18); a contract to cover the roof\n         of the Capitol with lead, etc. (1790 Jan. 6, April 12, \u0026\n         May 11); statements of an estimate of the sum necessary for\n         paying the debts due the directors of public buildings (1791\n         Jan. 17); and money for the completion of the Capitol (1791\n         Oct. 15).","John Beckley (later Clerk of the U.S. House of\n         Representatives) \u0026 Charles Hay, Clerks of the House of\n         Delegates, \u0026 Humphrey Brooke, Clerk of the Senate,\n         regularly enclose resolutions from their respective bodies to\n         the Governor. Noteworthy resolutions include a proclamation\n         for the Governor to appoint electors to choose a president and\n         for representatives to serve in Congress (1788 Nov. 9 \u0026\n         22); the free navigation of the Mississippi River (1788 Dec.\n         1); the election of Beverley Randolph as Governor (1788 Dec.\n         6); an additional sum to William Heth in the settlement of\n         Virginia's claim against the U.S. for the North Western\n         Territory (1788 Dec. 3); the election of Richard Cary, John\n         Tyler, \u0026 James Henry as judges of the General Court (1788\n         Dec. 24); the election of Cuthbert Bullitt as judge of the\n         General Court \u0026 Cyrus Griffin as Privy Councilor (1788\n         Dec. 27); attacks by the Creek Indians against the Chickasaws\n         and furnishing them with gun powder (1789 Oct. 23); the\n         election of James Mercer as judge of the Court of Appeals to\n         replace John Blair (1789 Nov. 18); the election of Joseph\n         Jones \u0026 Spencer Roane as judges of the General Court (1789\n         Nov. 19); the re-election \u0026 qualification of Beverley\n         Randolph as Governor (1789 Nov. 28); an appointment to examine\n         the materials provided by the State to erect a lighthouse\n         (1789 Dec. 14); the disposal of the materials used for the\n         erection of the lighthouse (1790 Nov. 5); the election of\n         George Nicholas as Attorney General for the District of\n         Kentucky in place of Harry Innes (1790 Nov. 9); the election\n         of James Monroe in the U.S. Senate to replace William Grayson\n         (1790 Nov. 9); the election of John Steele, Miles Selden,\n         \u0026 Hardin Burnley to the Privy Council (1790 Nov. 26); the\n         protection of citizens on the frontiers (1790 Dec. 20); and\n         the election of Henry Lee as Governor (1791 Nov. 2).","Archibald Blair, as Clerk of the Council of State, encloses\n         extracts of minutes and orders of the Council to the Governor.\n         On 26 Nov. 1788, Blair writes regarding the request that Col.\n         Thomas Meriwether consult with printers for 500 copies of the\n         acts to appoint presidential electors. Meriwether, who\n         resigned as clerk of the Council on 30 June 1789, writes\n         regarding pensioners (1788 Dec. 9); quarterly returns and\n         payrolls of Elias Langham at Point of Fork (1789 Jan. 5);\n         Capt. Young's books and papers as successor of the Commercial\n         Agent (1789 Jan. 22); estimates by Elias Langham to enclose\n         the arsenals and magazines at Point of Fork with a stone wall,\n         etc. (1789 April 6); and his resignation (1789 June 27).\n         Samuel Coleman was appointed Assistant Clerk of the Council on\n         26 Dec. 1786. Following the resignation of Thomas Meriwether\n         on 27 June 1789, Coleman requested to fill the vacancy. He\n         writes the Governor respecting militia returns (1789 Nov. 3\n         \u0026 30; 1790 Jan. 1; 1790 Feb. 2; 1790 April 1; 1790 June 1;\n         1790 Aug. 4; 1790 Oct. 12; 1791 Jan. 18; 1791 July 30; \u0026\n         1791 Oct. 5); the accounts, provisions, payrolls, \u0026\n         returns of Elias Langham from the Point of Fork Arsenal (1789\n         July 6, 1790 April 5, 1790 July 3, 1790 Oct. 1, 1791 Jan. 4,\n         1791 Feb. 23, 1791 April 4, 1791 June 19, 1791 July 5, \u0026\n         1791 Oct. 4); his resignation on account of his health (1789\n         April 3); the accounts of James McGavock for public lead\n         delivered at Fort Chiswell (1790 Feb. 25); the claims of\n         scouts \u0026 rangers (1790 June 7, 21, \u0026 29; 1790 Oct. 9\n         \u0026 25; 1790 Dec. 11; \u0026 1791 June 20); and the\n         indebtedness of James Hunter, deceased, former Superintendent\n         of the Public Foundry (1791 Aug. 27).","Capt. Elias Langham, Superintendent of the Military Stores,\n         Arms, \u0026 Ammunition at Point of Fork Arsenal, writes to\n         Governor Randolph regarding the cannon at Taylor's Ferry (1788\n         Nov. 21); the contractor for provisions (1789 Jan. 6); public\n         negroes at Point of Fork (1789 Feb. 7); a recommendation for\n         an appointment to the Dept. of Military Stores when\n         established by Congress (1789 April 11); ammunition for the\n         Chief of the Chickasaw Nation and an application from Chief\n         Piomingo for 40 gallons of rum (1789 Nov. 2); a letter from\n         Piomingo concerning a change in his route (1789 Nov. 4);\n         powder \u0026 lead furnished the Indians at New London (1790\n         Feb. 26); the complaint of Thomas Harris for his punishment\n         \u0026 dismissal (1790 Oct. 1); opinions on his conduct (1790\n         Dec. 19); a contract for furnishing rations at Point of Fork\n         and an addition built to the public mill (1791 Jan. 4); and\n         the purchase of iron to forge bayonets (1791 July 1). Note\n         that additional materials relating to the Point of Fork\n         Arsenal can be found in Series II.","County lieutenants including David Shepherd, Alexander\n         Barnett, George Clendenin, Walter Crockett, John Evans,\n         Benjamin Wilson, Benjamin Harrison, John P. Duvall, Levi Todd,\n         Robert Johnson, \u0026 Arthur Campbell correspond with Governor\n         Randolph on numerous occasions primarily regarding Indian\n         affairs in the western counties. David Shepherd, Ohio Co.,\n         writes regarding a treaty with the Indians at the falls of\n         Muskingum (1788 Nov. 26); a general return of militia (1789\n         April 17); the raising of a company of rangers and Indian\n         attacks at Dunkard Creek (1789 May 12); the account for\n         raising troops (1789 June 8); a return of spies \u0026 rangers\n         (1789 Sept. 13); and continued depredations by the Indians on\n         the frontier (1791 May 9). Alexander Barnett, Russell Co.,\n         encloses court-martial proceedings for the trial of James\n         Gibson \u0026 Richard Thompson for disobeying orders (1788 Dec.\n         10). George Clendenin, Greenbrier Co. (later Kanawha Co.),\n         requests an augmentation of scouts \u0026 rangers in Washington\n         Co. (1788 Dec. 18); writes of the treaty and atrocities by the\n         Indians west of the Ohio (1789 May 6); the new county of\n         Kanawha, recommendations for magistrates, Indian atrocities on\n         Clinch Settlement, etc. (1789 Aug. 10); depredations by the\n         Indians (1790 April 15); and the need for scouts in Kanawha\n         Co. (1791 Jan. 1). Walter Crockett, Montgomery Co., remarks on\n         the state of the frontier and the potential of Indian\n         hostilities in the spring (1789 Feb. 16). John Evans,\n         Monongalia Co., reports on Indian hostilities and the ordering\n         of scouts (1789 April 25). Benjamin Wilson \u0026 John P.\n         Duvall, Harrison Co., enclose a deposition concerning Indian\n         attacks (1789 May 22); provide a list of \"mischief\" done by\n         the Indians (1789 Sept. 28); and report on Indian attacks\n         (1791 Nov. 27). Benjamin Harrison, Rockingham Co., writes in\n         relation to the strength of militia and militia fines (1789\n         May 27). Levi Todd, Fayette Co., notes the need for additional\n         magistrates, the attack on Federal troops by the Indians, and\n         the separation of Kentucky (1789 May 27). Robert Johnson,\n         Woodford Co., writes about the recommendation of the court for\n         militia officers and Indian \"mischief\" (1789 June 15). Lastly,\n         Arthur Campbell, Washington Co., chronicles Indian attacks in\n         Russell Co. (1789 July 20); a confrontation between the Creek\n         Indians \u0026 Spaniards (1789 Aug. 1); and submits a return of\n         militia (1789 Nov. 3).","William Rose as Keeper of the Public Jail periodically\n         transmits lists or calendars of criminals convicted at the\n         General Court (1788 Dec. 8, 1789 March 14, \u0026 1789 Aug.\n         31). Rose also writes the Governor regarding specific inmates\n         including Littlebury Cotton charged with horse stealing (1789\n         April 13 \u0026 23) and John Rose imprisoned for debts (1790\n         Dec. 22).","James Innes served as Attorney General to the Commonwealth\n         during Randolph's administration as Governor. Innes provides\n         his opinion on various issues including the case of Catherine\n         Crull sentenced to death for the murder of her husband (1789\n         Jan. 28); the memorial of Joseph Latil regarding the revenue\n         law (1789 March 2); the act for granting relief to sheriffs\n         \u0026 collectors of revenue (1789 March 2); prisoners in the\n         new district jails of New London \u0026 Dumfries (1789 March\n         28); the case of Ephraim Willard \u0026 John Whitney for\n         counterfeiting (1789 May 23); the case of George Byrd\n         sentenced to death for horse stealing (1789 May 25); warrants\n         issued to scouts \u0026 rangers (1789 Dec. 23); the oath to\n         support the U.S. Constitution (1790 March 20); the Governor's\n         right to withhold his signature from patents claiming property\n         over the waters of the James River between the Rocky Islands\n         (1790 April 4); the case of the executors of Archibald Cary\n         (1790 June 4); commissioner's fees (1790 Aug. 27); the case of\n         Caleb Hill sentenced to death for horse stealing (1791 April\n         27); and the case of Hunter Banks \u0026 Co. (1791 June 8).","Governor Randolph corresponds often with Leighton Wood,\n         Jr., \u0026 Samuel Shepard (formerly Clerk), Solicitors\n         General; John Pendleton, Jr., Auditor of Public Accounts; and\n         Jacquelin Ambler, Treasurer, regarding various financial\n         matters. Leighton Wood \u0026 Samuel Shepard submit lists of\n         inspectors bonds in the Solicitor's Office (1789 Jan. 24) and\n         reports of delinquent sheriffs (1789 April 23, 1789 May 22).\n         On 6 Jan. 1790, Wood writes the Governor regarding the sale of\n         the state Boats Liberty \u0026 Patriot by James Heron of\n         Norfolk. In addition, the Solicitors often write the Governor\n         with respect to specific accounts, especially sheriff accounts\n         of revenue. Wood also writes in support of Samuel Shepard to\n         serve as Solicitor General during his absence due to illness\n         (1790 March 29). Leighton Wood eventually submits his\n         resignation as Solicitor General on 6 July 1791 (See also 1791\n         May 29). John Pendleton encloses accounts of sundry expenses\n         in protecting \u0026 defending the frontier from the Indians in\n         the lands west of the Ohio River (1789 Feb. 19); lists of\n         balances from inspectors \u0026 county court clerks (1789 Jan.\n         29); the account of the expense of the two expeditions against\n         the Shawnee \u0026 Wabash Indians (1789 Dec. 17); the claim of\n         Oliver Pollock (1790 Jan. 4). In addition, Pendleton\n         administers oaths to various state officers including John\n         Dawson \u0026 John H. Briggs to the Privy Council (1789 Dec.\n         21) and Beverley Randolph as Governor (1790 Dec. 3). Ambler\n         encloses accounts of monies paid in part of the expenses\n         attending scouts \u0026 rangers (1789 Jan. 1); accounts of\n         payments made into the Treasury by the Superior \u0026 County\n         Court Clerks (1789 Feb. 6); accounts of payments by inspectors\n         of tobacco (1789 Jan. 28). He writes regarding unpaid expenses\n         of the General Assembly (1788 Dec. 31); security for the\n         Treasury in the new Capitol including iron bars for the\n         windows (1789 June 15); the balance of specie in the Treasury\n         (1789 June 30, 1789 Aug. 11, 1789 Oct. 15, 1789 Dec. 23 \u0026\n         31, 1790 Feb. 1, 1790 April 27, \u0026 1791 Jan. 14); his\n         resignation as one of the Directors of the Public Buildings\n         (1791 Jan. 3); and crop and transfer tobacco in the Treasury\n         for arrears of taxes (1791 May 10).","Additional significant correspondence includes the following: Edmund Randolph to the Council of State regarding his leaving office (1788 Nov. 17); the Judges of the General Court enclosing a list of persons convicted of capital offenses (1788 Dec. 16); John Blair accepting his commission as a judge of the Court of Appeals (1789 Jan. 16); John Dawson regarding the Convention of Kentucky on the navigation of the Mississippi and surrendering the river to Spain (1789 Jan. 29); Martin Oster, French Consul regarding the controversy between Henry Cugneau \u0026 Jean Alexis Subercaseaux and John Cauvey (1789 Jan. 31, 1789 March 2 \u0026 22); William Fleming \u0026 Peter Lyons regarding their appointments as Judges of the Court of Appeals (1789 Feb. 10); Paul Carrington regarding his appointment to the General Court (1789 Feb. 20); Cyrus Griffin regarding the appointment of William Davies (1789 March 9); Andrew Dunscomb to Davies regarding job \u0026 salary (1789 March 17); William Russell regarding the relinquishment to the public of the Capitol Square in Williamsburg and the buildings thereon (1789 May 1); a letter from James Madison, President of Board of Directors, regarding funds to support the Lunatic Hospital in Williamsburg (1789 June 7); Samuel McDowell regarding a remonstrance from inhabitants of the District of Kentucky against discharging the militia from service (1789 July 36); John Hancock regarding the conveyance of the bodies of James Brown \u0026 William Davis charged with piracy (1789 Sept. 13); David Ross recommending Piomingo, Chief of the Chickasaws, to pass through the country to New York (1789 Oct. 12); Patrick Henry regarding rifles \u0026 expenses for Indians (1789 Oct. 27); John Fitzgerald enclosing an address of the people of Georgetown \u0026 Alexandria on the advantages of the Potomac River for the permanent seat of the Federal Government (1789 Dec. 22); George Nicholas regarding his appointment as Attorney General for the District of Kentucky (1790 Jan. 30); William Tatham regarding Hutchin's map, etc. (1790 Feb. 24, April 13, \u0026 Aug. 10); James Taylor concerning the proceedings of the Commissioners of the Marine Hospital (1790 March 26, 1790 Oct. 9, \u0026 1791 May 18); Thomas Newton, Jr., regarding a plat of the 2 acres for the Cape Henry Lighthouse (1790 July 25); Simon Fraser regarding an attempt to burn the town of Petersburg (1790 Aug. 10); Gov. J.E. Howard, Maryland, regarding the erection of a lighthouse and disposal of the materials provided for the construction (1791 Jan. 7); Thomas Newton, Jr., regarding McComb's excavation for the lighthouse (1791 July 18); John McComb regarding the foundation for the lighthouse at Cape Henry (1791 July 22); Thomas Johnson, David, Stuart, \u0026 Daniel Carroll regarding a draft for the construction of the federal buildings (1791 Aug. 2); David Stuart regarding financial problems in constructing the federal buildings (1791 Aug. 5); and James Madison enclosing proceedings of the Directors of the Hospital for Lunatics (1791 Oct. 26).","Other noteworthy items include: an act regarding the\n         credentials of the senators (1788 Dec. 28); a court order\n         recommending Wilson Cary Nicholas as county lieutenant of\n         Albemarle Co. (1789 Jan. 8); the bond of William Lindsay as\n         Naval Officer of the Elizabeth River District (1789 Feb. 23);\n         a return of the State Electoral College \u0026 election\n         certificates from the first Presidential election (1789 Feb.);\n         a report of the Committee as to the Removal into the New\n         Capitol regarding apartments (1789 June 9); proclamations by\n         the Governor (1789 June 5, 1789 July 21, 1791 May 3); the\n         sales at auction of the State Boats Liberty \u0026 Patriot by\n         Capt. Richard Taylor (1789 Aug. 6); the oath of allegiance to\n         Cyrus Griffin as Privy Councilor (1789 Oct. 29); oath of\n         allegiance to Charles Carter as Privy Councilor (1789 Nov.\n         30); a report of the committee regarding appropriations for\n         the building of the Capitol in Richmond (1789 Dec. 14); an\n         account with Bassett Mosely to construct the lighthouse at\n         Cape Henry (1790 Jan. 9); the report of Lt. Gov. James Wood\n         regarding the lighthouse (1790 Jan. 13); the oath of Thomas\n         Madison as Privy Councilor (1790 Jan. 19); the meeting of the\n         Directors of the Lunatic Hospital regarding the resignations\n         of John Blair \u0026 James Innes (1790 Feb. 16); the deed of\n         cession from Virginia to the United States for 2 acres of land\n         at Cape Henry for the purpose of erecting a lighthouse (1790\n         Aug. 9); a proclamation of President George Washington of a\n         treaty between the U.S. and Creek Nation (1790 Aug. 13); and a\n         speech of George Washington regarding public credit, the\n         District of Kentucky \u0026 statehood, Indian incursions on\n         frontier settlements, etc. (1790 Dec. 8).","Series II: Subject Files. This series is arranged\n         alphabetically by subject and relates to the Point of Fork\n         Arsenal in Fluvanna Co., Virginia. The series contains\n         accounts of cash \u0026 provisions, pay rolls of artificers\n         \u0026 state guard, quarterly accounts of muskets, quarter\n         master stores, \u0026 clothing, returns of ordnance \u0026\n         military stores, and vouchers between 1789 and 1791. Note that\n         not all materials related to the Point of Fork Arsenal have\n         been separated to this series. Correspondence related to the\n         Arsenal can be found in Series I."],"physloc_html_tesm":["\u003cphysloc label=\"Physical Location\"\u003eState Records Collection,\n         Office of the Governor (Record Group 3)\u003c/physloc\u003e\n      "],"physloc_tesim":["State Records Collection,\n         Office of the Governor (Record Group 3)"],"language_ssim":["English"],"total_component_count_is":289,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-07-23T21:08:53.750Z"}]}},"label":"Breadcrumbs"}}},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/vi_vi00854_c03"}},{"id":"vi_vi04879_c11","type":"Series","attributes":{"title":"1789","breadcrumbs":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/vi_vi04879_c11#breadcrumbs","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":{"ref_ssi":"vi_vi04879_c11","ref_ssm":["vi_vi04879_c11"],"id":"vi_vi04879_c11","ead_ssi":"vi_vi04879","_root_":"vi_vi04879","_nest_parent_":"vi_vi04879","parent_ssi":"vi_vi04879","parent_ssim":["Plats and certificates of the Virginia Land Office \n1779-1982."],"parent_ids_ssim":["vi_vi04879"],"title_filing_ssi":"1789","title_ssm":["1789"],"title_tesim":["1789"],"normalized_title_ssm":["1789"],"text":["1789","Plats and certificates of the Virginia Land Office \n1779-1982."],"parent_unittitles_ssm":["Plats and certificates of the Virginia Land Office \n1779-1982."],"parent_unittitles_tesim":["Plats and certificates of the Virginia Land Office \n1779-1982."],"level_ssm":["Series"],"level_ssim":["Series"],"component_level_isim":[1],"sort_isi":897,"repository_ssim":["Library of Virginia"],"collection_ssim":["Plats and certificates of the Virginia Land Office \n1779-1982."],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"child_component_count_isi":46,"_nest_path_":"/components#10","timestamp":"2026-07-23T21:13:03.405Z","collection":{"numFound":1,"start":0,"numFoundExact":true,"docs":[{"id":"vi_vi04879","ead_ssi":"vi_vi04879","_root_":"vi_vi04879","_nest_parent_":"vi_vi04879","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/lva/vi04879.xml","title_ssm":["Plats and certificates of the Virginia Land Office \n1779-1982."],"title_tesim":["Plats and certificates of the Virginia Land Office \n1779-1982."],"normalized_title_ssm":["Plats and certificates of the Virginia Land Office \n1779-1982."],"text":["Plats and certificates of the Virginia Land Office \n1779-1982.","LOI 42","96 cu. ft.","The act that established the Land Office in 1779, provided for a Register to be at the head, who would be \"appointed from time to time, by joint ballot of both houses of assembly....\" It was the responsibility of the Register to carry out the very carefully structured legislation which provided the procedure for obtaining waste and unappropriated lands. So thorough was the system that no major change in Virginia's method of distribution of virgin land was made until the mid-20th century.","Under the act, any person could purchase as much vacant land as desired upon payment to the treasurer of a fee of £40 for 100 acres desired. The receipt given in return for the fee was taken to the auditor of the commonwealth. For this treasurer's receipt the auditor issued a certificate noting the amount of land to which the person was entitled. This certificate was taken to the Land Office where the Register issued a warrant. This warrant authorized any surveyor to lay off the quantity of land.","The warrantee entered a claim to the land he desired by depositing his warrant with the surveyor of the county in which the land lay. The act specified the method to be employed by the surveyor in returning his survey of the land. Once the survey had been completed, it and the depleted warrant on which it was based were returned to the warrantee whose responsibility it was to deliver the paper to the Land Office. There, all papers were examined initially for technical error and, if correctly executed, were filed for a period of not less than six months. If, within that time, no caveat was entered on the survey, the plat and certificate of survey were recorded and the grant was issued by the Register. Once written, the grant was signed by the governor, sealed, recorded, and delivered to the grantee.","During the first years of operation, the Land Office was mainly concerned with issuing warrants for military bounty, and satisfying claims originating under the colonial government. Since much of the available land was located in Kentucky, the Register was authorized in November, 1781, to appoint a deputy who would locate his office there.","Following the reorganization of the Land Office, recited in the Virginia Code of 1850, the localities were charged with the responsibilities of issuing titles to vacant lands, while the state issued grants for escheated lands only. To counter dissatisfaction with the existence of the Land Office, which first surfaced mid-19th century as the amount of wasteland declined, the General Assembly adopted the solution of assigning more duties to the Register. First, the office of Superintendent of Weights and Measures was abolished by an act of February 9, 1867, and his duties were transferred to the Register. Then, by an act of February 28, 1874, amended April 29, 1874, the responsibilities of the Superintendent of Public Buildings were assigned to the Register, and the former position was abolished. Next, in March, 1875, the Register was made the Secretary of the Board of Immigration.","Finally by legislative action of March 20, 1924, it was decreed that when the next vacancy in the position of Register of the Land Office occurred, that office was to be abolished and its duties transferred to the Secretary of the Commonwealth. The duties of Superintendent of Buildings and Grounds, performed by the Register, were to be taken over by the Superintendent of State Office Buildings, who would assume the former title. This transfer of duties was accomplished by January 1925.","In 1948 the records of the Land Office which were in the custody of the Secretary of the Commonwealth were transferred to the State Library and, by Act of Assembly, March 5, 1952, the duties of the Register of the Land Office were transferred from the Secretary of the Commonwealth to the State Librarian.","These records contain plats/surveys, certificates of survey and other accompanying papers on which grants were issued through the register of the Land Office between 1779 and 1924, the secretary of the commonwealth between 1925 and 1948, and the state librarian since 1949. Supplemental papers may include warrants, assignments, affidavits, and copies of county court records.","These records are arranged chronologically by the year the land grant was issued.  Within each year, the files are arranged alphabetically.","Included are land grants from numerous Virginia governors including: Patrick Henry (1776-1779; 1784-1786), Thomas Jefferson (1779-1781), Edmund Randolph (1786-1788), Beverley Randolph (1788-1791), Henry Lee (1791-1794), Robert Brooke (1794-1796), James Wood (1796-1799), and James Monroe (1799-1802, 1811). Also included are land patents from King George II (1683-1760) and King George III (1738-1820) of Great Britain. Most of these are housed in oversize boxes with separation notices.","These records are currently being rehoused.  All years (1779-1982) are available, however only the rehoused records are listed in this finding aid.","English"],"collection_title_tesim":["Plats and certificates of the Virginia Land Office \n1779-1982."],"collection_ssim":["Plats and certificates of the Virginia Land Office \n1779-1982."],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["LOI 42"],"unitid_tesim":["LOI 42"],"repository_ssm":["Library of Virginia"],"repository_ssim":["Library of Virginia"],"creator_ssm":["Virginia Land Office"],"creator_ssim":["Virginia Land Office"],"acqinfo_ssim":["No acquisition information available.  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This transfer of duties was accomplished by January 1925.\u003c/p\u003e\n\t","\u003cp\u003eIn 1948 the records of the Land Office which were in the custody of the Secretary of the Commonwealth were transferred to the State Library and, by Act of Assembly, March 5, 1952, the duties of the Register of the Land Office were transferred from the Secretary of the Commonwealth to the State Librarian.\u003c/p\u003e\n    "],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Historical Information"],"bioghist_tesim":["The act that established the Land Office in 1779, provided for a Register to be at the head, who would be \"appointed from time to time, by joint ballot of both houses of assembly....\" It was the responsibility of the Register to carry out the very carefully structured legislation which provided the procedure for obtaining waste and unappropriated lands. So thorough was the system that no major change in Virginia's method of distribution of virgin land was made until the mid-20th century.","Under the act, any person could purchase as much vacant land as desired upon payment to the treasurer of a fee of £40 for 100 acres desired. The receipt given in return for the fee was taken to the auditor of the commonwealth. For this treasurer's receipt the auditor issued a certificate noting the amount of land to which the person was entitled. This certificate was taken to the Land Office where the Register issued a warrant. This warrant authorized any surveyor to lay off the quantity of land.","The warrantee entered a claim to the land he desired by depositing his warrant with the surveyor of the county in which the land lay. The act specified the method to be employed by the surveyor in returning his survey of the land. Once the survey had been completed, it and the depleted warrant on which it was based were returned to the warrantee whose responsibility it was to deliver the paper to the Land Office. There, all papers were examined initially for technical error and, if correctly executed, were filed for a period of not less than six months. If, within that time, no caveat was entered on the survey, the plat and certificate of survey were recorded and the grant was issued by the Register. Once written, the grant was signed by the governor, sealed, recorded, and delivered to the grantee.","During the first years of operation, the Land Office was mainly concerned with issuing warrants for military bounty, and satisfying claims originating under the colonial government. Since much of the available land was located in Kentucky, the Register was authorized in November, 1781, to appoint a deputy who would locate his office there.","Following the reorganization of the Land Office, recited in the Virginia Code of 1850, the localities were charged with the responsibilities of issuing titles to vacant lands, while the state issued grants for escheated lands only. To counter dissatisfaction with the existence of the Land Office, which first surfaced mid-19th century as the amount of wasteland declined, the General Assembly adopted the solution of assigning more duties to the Register. First, the office of Superintendent of Weights and Measures was abolished by an act of February 9, 1867, and his duties were transferred to the Register. Then, by an act of February 28, 1874, amended April 29, 1874, the responsibilities of the Superintendent of Public Buildings were assigned to the Register, and the former position was abolished. Next, in March, 1875, the Register was made the Secretary of the Board of Immigration.","Finally by legislative action of March 20, 1924, it was decreed that when the next vacancy in the position of Register of the Land Office occurred, that office was to be abolished and its duties transferred to the Secretary of the Commonwealth. The duties of Superintendent of Buildings and Grounds, performed by the Register, were to be taken over by the Superintendent of State Office Buildings, who would assume the former title. This transfer of duties was accomplished by January 1925.","In 1948 the records of the Land Office which were in the custody of the Secretary of the Commonwealth were transferred to the State Library and, by Act of Assembly, March 5, 1952, the duties of the Register of the Land Office were transferred from the Secretary of the Commonwealth to the State Librarian."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThese records contain plats/surveys, certificates of survey and other accompanying papers on which grants were issued through the register of the Land Office between 1779 and 1924, the secretary of the commonwealth between 1925 and 1948, and the state librarian since 1949. Supplemental papers may include warrants, assignments, affidavits, and copies of county court records.\n\u003c/p\u003e\n\n","\u003cp\u003eThese records are arranged chronologically by the year the land grant was issued.  Within each year, the files are arranged alphabetically.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n","\u003cp\u003eIncluded are land grants from numerous Virginia governors including: Patrick Henry (1776-1779; 1784-1786), Thomas Jefferson (1779-1781), Edmund Randolph (1786-1788), Beverley Randolph (1788-1791), Henry Lee (1791-1794), Robert Brooke (1794-1796), James Wood (1796-1799), and James Monroe (1799-1802, 1811). Also included are land patents from King George II (1683-1760) and King George III (1738-1820) of Great Britain. Most of these are housed in oversize boxes with separation notices.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n","\u003cp\u003eThese records are currently being rehoused.  All years (1779-1982) are available, however only the rehoused records are listed in this finding aid.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\n"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content"],"scopecontent_tesim":["These records contain plats/surveys, certificates of survey and other accompanying papers on which grants were issued through the register of the Land Office between 1779 and 1924, the secretary of the commonwealth between 1925 and 1948, and the state librarian since 1949. Supplemental papers may include warrants, assignments, affidavits, and copies of county court records.","These records are arranged chronologically by the year the land grant was issued.  Within each year, the files are arranged alphabetically.","Included are land grants from numerous Virginia governors including: Patrick Henry (1776-1779; 1784-1786), Thomas Jefferson (1779-1781), Edmund Randolph (1786-1788), Beverley Randolph (1788-1791), Henry Lee (1791-1794), Robert Brooke (1794-1796), James Wood (1796-1799), and James Monroe (1799-1802, 1811). Also included are land patents from King George II (1683-1760) and King George III (1738-1820) of Great Britain. Most of these are housed in oversize boxes with separation notices.","These records are currently being rehoused.  All years (1779-1982) are available, however only the rehoused records are listed in this finding aid."],"language_ssim":["English"],"total_component_count_is":2520,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-07-23T21:13:03.405Z"}]}},"label":"Breadcrumbs"}}},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/vi_vi04879_c11"}},{"id":"vi_vi00854_c04","type":"Series","attributes":{"title":"1790","breadcrumbs":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/vi_vi00854_c04#breadcrumbs","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":{"ref_ssi":"vi_vi00854_c04","ref_ssm":["vi_vi00854_c04"],"id":"vi_vi00854_c04","ead_ssi":"vi_vi00854","_root_":"vi_vi00854","_nest_parent_":"vi_vi00854","parent_ssi":"vi_vi00854","parent_ssim":["Executive Papers, 1788-1791"],"parent_ids_ssim":["vi_vi00854"],"title_filing_ssi":"1790","title_ssm":["1790"],"title_tesim":["1790"],"normalized_title_ssm":["1790"],"text":["1790","Executive Papers, 1788-1791"],"parent_unittitles_ssm":["Executive Papers, 1788-1791"],"parent_unittitles_tesim":["Executive Papers, 1788-1791"],"level_ssm":["Series"],"level_ssim":["Series"],"component_level_isim":[1],"sort_isi":57,"repository_ssim":["Library of Virginia"],"collection_ssim":["Executive Papers, 1788-1791"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"child_component_count_isi":12,"_nest_path_":"/components#3","timestamp":"2026-07-23T21:08:53.750Z","collection":{"numFound":1,"start":0,"numFoundExact":true,"docs":[{"id":"vi_vi00854","ead_ssi":"vi_vi00854","_root_":"vi_vi00854","_nest_parent_":"vi_vi00854","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/lva/vi00854.xml","title_ssm":["Executive Papers, 1788-1791"],"title_tesim":["Executive Papers, 1788-1791"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Executive Papers, 1788-1791"],"text":["Executive Papers, 1788-1791","40287","5.39 cubic\n         feet","Series I is arranged chronologically by date of document\n            and Series II is arranged alphabetically by subject.","Organization\n        Organized into two (2) series: I. Chronological Files\n            and II. Subject Files.","Beverley Randolph was born in 1754 in Chatsworth, Henrico\n         County, to Peter and Lucy Bolling Randolph. His father served\n         in the House of Burgesses and as Surveyor General of Customs.\n         Randolph attended William and Mary College where he graduated\n         in 1771, and was later appointed to the Board of Visitors in\n         1784. He married Martha Cocke, daughter of James Cocke of\n         Williamsburg, in 1775. Randolph also served on the Cumberland\n         County Committee of Safety and commanded a regiment of cavalry\n         as a colonel in the militia between 1776 and 1779. He\n         represented Cumberland County in the House of Delegates in\n         1777 and 1779-1781. A member of the Council of State from\n         1781, Randolph was elected president of the Council of State\n         in 1783, and 1786 through 1788. As president of the Council,\n         Randolph served as Lieutenant Governor of Virginia.\n         Consequently, Randolph performed the duties of Governor while\n         Governor Randolph represented Virginia in the Constitutional\n         Convention during the summer of 1787. Randolph succeeded\n         Edmund Randolph as Governor on 12 November 1788. In addition,\n         he was re-elected in 1789 and 1790 to two one-year terms as\n         Governor. Randolph's administration was marked by the defense\n         of the frontiers against Indian incursions, the fight to\n         collect Virginia's Revolutionary claims from the United\n         States, and the initiative to build a lighthouse at the\n         entrance to the Chesapeake Bay. Following his governorship,\n         Randolph was appointed by President Washington as one of the\n         commissioners to treat with the Indians in the Northwest\n         Territory in 1793. The Commissioners failed to reach a\n         peaceful resolution with the Indians and Randolph retired from\n         public life. Randolph died in February 1797 at his estate\n         \"Green Creek\" in Cumberland County. His remains were moved\n         from his estate to the Westview Cemetery in Farmville, Va., in\n         1909.","Governor Randolph's Executive papers are organized into two\n         series. Series have been designated for Chronological files\n         and Subject files. The bulk of the material can be found in\n         the Chronological files' series which primarily consists of\n         incoming correspondence during Randolph's three one-year terms\n         as governor between 12 November 1788 and 1 December 1791. In\n         addition to correspondence, there are acts \u0026 resolutions\n         from Congress and the Virginia Senate \u0026 House of\n         Delegates, orders of the Council of State, accounts, oaths,\n         pardons, lists or calendars of criminals, depositions,\n         proclamations, petitions, reports, appointments, bonds,\n         circulars, proceedings, applications, agreements, extracts of\n         journals \u0026 minutes, court records, certificates, returns,\n         receipts, and other sundry items.","Series I: Chronological Files. The correspondence in this\n         series relates to a variety of topics including state expenses\n         \u0026 revenue, militia, recommendations for state positions,\n         pardons, legislation, public tobacco, Revolutionary claims\n         \u0026 pensioners, Presidential electors, Indian affairs,\n         navigation, revisal of laws, resignations, elections,\n         appointments, criminals \u0026 the Public Jail, the Cape Henry\n         Lighthouse, the Point of Fork Arsenal, and the Marine\n         Hospital. Noteworthy correspondence originates from the United\n         States government, Virginia State government, and\n         miscellaneous sources. Prominent correspondents from the\n         United States government include President George Washington; Henry Knox, Secretary of War;\n         Alexander Hamilton, Secretary of the Treasury; Thomas\n         Jefferson, Secretary of State; Edmund Randolph, Attorney\n         General; and the Virginia Delegates to Congress including\n         Samuel Griffin, James Monroe, Richard Henry Lee, John Walker,\n         William Grayson, and others.","President George Washington transmits acts of Congress to Governor Beverley Randolph. His letter of 11 August 1789 transmits an act to provide for the government of the territory north west of the Ohio River.  His letter of 24 August 1789 transmits the act providing for the expenses attending the treaties with Indian Tribes and the appointment of commissioners. Lastly, his letter of 8 October 1789 transmits duplicate acts to establish a Judicial Court of the United States, an act for registering \u0026 clearing vessels, and others. On 22 January 1790, the President simply writes to forward an important letter to Thomas Jefferson at Monticello. Finally, Washington's letter of 29 January 1790 relates to Gen. Wood's report respecting the materials placed at Cape Henry for the purpose of building a lighthouse and the need for a cession of the land from Virginia to the United States. (Note that these letters from Washington have separated to the Vault - George Washington Papers).","As Secretary of War, Henry Knox communicates frequently with Governor Randolph predominantly concerning Indian affairs and the defense of the frontier (1788 Dec. 29, 1790 July 28, 1790 Sept. 2, 1791 Feb. 26, 1791 June 11, \u0026 1791 Nov. 16). This correspondence also relates to raising militia (1791 July 15 \u0026 1791 Oct. 28), employing scouts \u0026 rangers (1790 April 14, 1790 June 10, 1790 July 17), gunpowder \u0026 lead for the Chickasaw Nation (1789 Dec. 24), and General Harmar's expedition against the Indians on the Ohio River (1790 March 3 \u0026 1790 July 19). Knox also writes the Governor about Revolutionary War pensioners from Virginia (1789 April 25, 1789 Oct. 19, 1790 Feb. 8, 1790 April 15, \u0026 1790 Sept. 15). On 15 October 1789, Knox encloses an extract of the act to recognize and adapt to the Constitution the establishment of the troops raised under the resolves of the United States. This act specifically relates to the presidential authority to raise militia to protect the frontiers. On 10 December 1789, he writes requesting a map of Kentucky and western Virginia. Finally, Knox often transmits letters to the Governor intended for William Blount, Governor of the territory ceded by North Carolina, Harry Innes, District Judge of Kentucky, and others, especially in the District of Kentucky.","Alexander Hamilton writes Governor Randolph with respect to statements of the public debt \u0026 loan office certificates (1789 Sept. 26, 1789 Oct. 29, 1789 Dec. 24, \u0026 1791 June 27), statements of agents for settling the accounts of their respective lines in the late Army (1791 Jan. 14), and other financial matters (1790 Jan. 27 \u0026 1790 Sept. 28). On 10 February 1790, Hamilton informs the Governor that the United States requires 2 acres of land to be ceded by Virginia for a lighthouse near the entrance of the Chesapeake Bay. On 8 May 1790, Hamilton writes that Edward Carrington has been requested to visit Cape Henry and make a selection for the location of the lighthouse. According to his letter from 19 June 1790, Hamilton notes that Thomas Newton of Norfolk replaced Carrington in this duty. His letter from 19 August 1790 relates to the receipt of the Governor's letter containing the cession of 2 acres on Cape Henry to the United States.","Throughout the collection are acts and resolutions of\n         Congress signed by Thomas Jefferson as Secretary of State.\n         Noteworthy is an act to provide for the unlading of ships in\n         cases of obstruction by ice (1791 Jan. 7); an act declaring\n         the consent of Congress that a new state be formed by the name\n         of Kentucky (1791 Feb. 4); a resolution that Andrew Brown be\n         appointed printer (1791 Feb. 18); an act for regulating the\n         number of representatives to be chosen by the states of\n         Kentucky \u0026 Vermont (1791 Feb. 25); and an act for raising\n         an additional regiment to the military establishment of the\n         United States (1791 March 10). The few pieces of\n         correspondence from Jefferson include a brief note regarding\n         the receipt of a letter from Joseph Clarke endorsed by the\n         President and forwarded to the Governor (1790 Feb. 6) and a\n         letter enclosing a collection of acts of Congress passed in\n         their second session and all the treaties promulgated by the\n         United States (1790 Aug. 30).","Following his governorship, Edmund Randolph served as the\n         first Attorney General of the United States. In this capacity,\n         Randolph writes the Governor with respect to the claims of\n         Beauregard \u0026 Bourgeois against Oliver Pollock (1790 Feb. 7\n         \u0026 10); treaties belonging to the Governor (1790 July 23);\n         and Virginia land claims within the limits of Pennsylvania\n         (1790 Sept. 9).","The various members of Virginia's delegation to the First \u0026 Second Congresses regularly communicated with Governor Randolph on a variety of national concerns. Significant correspondence from these delegates include a letter from Josiah Parker resigning his position as naval officer of Elizabeth River at Portsmouth to take his seat in Congress (1789 Feb. 9);  a letter from Samuel Griffin accepting his appointment to Congress (1789 Feb. 24); a letter from James Madison, Jr., regarding the inspection law and the separation of state debts from National debts (1790 May 11); a letter from Richard Henry Lee \u0026 John Walker regarding speculators in arrears of soldiers' pay (1790 May 25); James Madison, Jr., regarding the act of Congress concerning arrears to the Virginia line (1790 May 25); James Madison, Jr., enclosing a letter from Alexander Hamilton regarding the tobacco inspection law (1790 May 26); a letter from Frederick Augustus Muhlenberg, Speaker of the House of Representatives, enclosing proceedings concerning the death of Representative Theodorick Bland (1790 June 3); a letter from James Monroe regarding his arrival in Philadelphia (1790 Dec. 10); and another letter from Monroe regarding Harmar's unsuccessful expedition against the Indians between the Ohio and the Great Lakes including the amount of casualties (1790 Dec. 16).","Significant correspondents from Virginia State government\n         include William Davies, Commissioner of Virginia for Claims\n         Against the United States; Harry Heth, State Agent of Public\n         Tobacco; William Hay, Director of Public Buildings; John\n         Beckley \u0026 Charles Hay, Clerks of the House of Delegates;\n         Humphrey Brooke, Clerk of the Senate; Archibald Blair, Col.\n         Thomas Meriwether, \u0026 Samuel Coleman, Clerks \u0026\n         Assistant Clerk of the Council of State; Capt. Elias Langham,\n         Superintendent of the Military Stores, Arms, \u0026 Ammunition\n         at Point of Fork Arsenal; various county lieutenants; William\n         Rose, Keeper of the Public Jail; James Innes, Attorney\n         General; Leighton Wood, Jr., \u0026 Samuel Shepard, Solicitors\n         General; John Pendleton, Jr., Auditor of Public Accounts; and\n         Jacquelin Ambler, Treasurer.","As Commissioner of Virginia for Claims Against the United States, Col. William Davies corresponds regularly with Governor Randolph. Davies accepted this position from Governor Edmund Randolph on 27 Sept. 1788. His correspondence relates to his salary (1789 Jan. 1), instructions for persons to be employed to collect accounts \u0026 vouchers (1789 Jan. 10), examination of claims (1789 Jan. 24), pensioners (1789 Feb. 23), Andrew Dunscomb's complaints (1789 March 23), his arrival in New York (1789 April 23), the removal of the Auditor \u0026 Treasurer's Books prior to 1781 to New York (1789 Aug. 11), additional clerks (1789 Aug. 19), a plan for the final settlement of continental accounts (1790 July 12), and numerous other topics. Most of Davies' correspondence relates to particulars in the settlement of Virginia's claim against the United States for expenditures during the Revolutionary War.","On 27 Jan. 1789, a bond was posted for Harry Heth to serve\n         as agent to dispose of public tobacco in the Treasury Office\n         in discharge of public taxes. He encloses a letter from\n         Benjamin Harrison, Jr., on 22 Jan. 1789, to purchase public\n         tobacco. Heth often writes the Governor submitting reports on\n         the sales of public tobacco (1789 May 20, 1789 Nov. 9, 1790\n         Jan. 5 \u0026 9, 1790 March 18, \u0026 1791 Oct. 6). He also\n         specifically deals with the settlement of the accounts of the\n         Westham Foundry (1789 March 3 \u0026 5, 1789 June 13, \u0026\n         1790 June 23).","William Hay, one of the Directors of Public Buildings,\n         corresponds with the Governor regarding the claim on the\n         estate of Col. Archibald Cary for monies advanced in 1785\n         (1789 Jan. 31); the completion of the offices for the\n         Executive Board (1789 June 18); a contract to cover the roof\n         of the Capitol with lead, etc. (1790 Jan. 6, April 12, \u0026\n         May 11); statements of an estimate of the sum necessary for\n         paying the debts due the directors of public buildings (1791\n         Jan. 17); and money for the completion of the Capitol (1791\n         Oct. 15).","John Beckley (later Clerk of the U.S. House of\n         Representatives) \u0026 Charles Hay, Clerks of the House of\n         Delegates, \u0026 Humphrey Brooke, Clerk of the Senate,\n         regularly enclose resolutions from their respective bodies to\n         the Governor. Noteworthy resolutions include a proclamation\n         for the Governor to appoint electors to choose a president and\n         for representatives to serve in Congress (1788 Nov. 9 \u0026\n         22); the free navigation of the Mississippi River (1788 Dec.\n         1); the election of Beverley Randolph as Governor (1788 Dec.\n         6); an additional sum to William Heth in the settlement of\n         Virginia's claim against the U.S. for the North Western\n         Territory (1788 Dec. 3); the election of Richard Cary, John\n         Tyler, \u0026 James Henry as judges of the General Court (1788\n         Dec. 24); the election of Cuthbert Bullitt as judge of the\n         General Court \u0026 Cyrus Griffin as Privy Councilor (1788\n         Dec. 27); attacks by the Creek Indians against the Chickasaws\n         and furnishing them with gun powder (1789 Oct. 23); the\n         election of James Mercer as judge of the Court of Appeals to\n         replace John Blair (1789 Nov. 18); the election of Joseph\n         Jones \u0026 Spencer Roane as judges of the General Court (1789\n         Nov. 19); the re-election \u0026 qualification of Beverley\n         Randolph as Governor (1789 Nov. 28); an appointment to examine\n         the materials provided by the State to erect a lighthouse\n         (1789 Dec. 14); the disposal of the materials used for the\n         erection of the lighthouse (1790 Nov. 5); the election of\n         George Nicholas as Attorney General for the District of\n         Kentucky in place of Harry Innes (1790 Nov. 9); the election\n         of James Monroe in the U.S. Senate to replace William Grayson\n         (1790 Nov. 9); the election of John Steele, Miles Selden,\n         \u0026 Hardin Burnley to the Privy Council (1790 Nov. 26); the\n         protection of citizens on the frontiers (1790 Dec. 20); and\n         the election of Henry Lee as Governor (1791 Nov. 2).","Archibald Blair, as Clerk of the Council of State, encloses\n         extracts of minutes and orders of the Council to the Governor.\n         On 26 Nov. 1788, Blair writes regarding the request that Col.\n         Thomas Meriwether consult with printers for 500 copies of the\n         acts to appoint presidential electors. Meriwether, who\n         resigned as clerk of the Council on 30 June 1789, writes\n         regarding pensioners (1788 Dec. 9); quarterly returns and\n         payrolls of Elias Langham at Point of Fork (1789 Jan. 5);\n         Capt. Young's books and papers as successor of the Commercial\n         Agent (1789 Jan. 22); estimates by Elias Langham to enclose\n         the arsenals and magazines at Point of Fork with a stone wall,\n         etc. (1789 April 6); and his resignation (1789 June 27).\n         Samuel Coleman was appointed Assistant Clerk of the Council on\n         26 Dec. 1786. Following the resignation of Thomas Meriwether\n         on 27 June 1789, Coleman requested to fill the vacancy. He\n         writes the Governor respecting militia returns (1789 Nov. 3\n         \u0026 30; 1790 Jan. 1; 1790 Feb. 2; 1790 April 1; 1790 June 1;\n         1790 Aug. 4; 1790 Oct. 12; 1791 Jan. 18; 1791 July 30; \u0026\n         1791 Oct. 5); the accounts, provisions, payrolls, \u0026\n         returns of Elias Langham from the Point of Fork Arsenal (1789\n         July 6, 1790 April 5, 1790 July 3, 1790 Oct. 1, 1791 Jan. 4,\n         1791 Feb. 23, 1791 April 4, 1791 June 19, 1791 July 5, \u0026\n         1791 Oct. 4); his resignation on account of his health (1789\n         April 3); the accounts of James McGavock for public lead\n         delivered at Fort Chiswell (1790 Feb. 25); the claims of\n         scouts \u0026 rangers (1790 June 7, 21, \u0026 29; 1790 Oct. 9\n         \u0026 25; 1790 Dec. 11; \u0026 1791 June 20); and the\n         indebtedness of James Hunter, deceased, former Superintendent\n         of the Public Foundry (1791 Aug. 27).","Capt. Elias Langham, Superintendent of the Military Stores,\n         Arms, \u0026 Ammunition at Point of Fork Arsenal, writes to\n         Governor Randolph regarding the cannon at Taylor's Ferry (1788\n         Nov. 21); the contractor for provisions (1789 Jan. 6); public\n         negroes at Point of Fork (1789 Feb. 7); a recommendation for\n         an appointment to the Dept. of Military Stores when\n         established by Congress (1789 April 11); ammunition for the\n         Chief of the Chickasaw Nation and an application from Chief\n         Piomingo for 40 gallons of rum (1789 Nov. 2); a letter from\n         Piomingo concerning a change in his route (1789 Nov. 4);\n         powder \u0026 lead furnished the Indians at New London (1790\n         Feb. 26); the complaint of Thomas Harris for his punishment\n         \u0026 dismissal (1790 Oct. 1); opinions on his conduct (1790\n         Dec. 19); a contract for furnishing rations at Point of Fork\n         and an addition built to the public mill (1791 Jan. 4); and\n         the purchase of iron to forge bayonets (1791 July 1). Note\n         that additional materials relating to the Point of Fork\n         Arsenal can be found in Series II.","County lieutenants including David Shepherd, Alexander\n         Barnett, George Clendenin, Walter Crockett, John Evans,\n         Benjamin Wilson, Benjamin Harrison, John P. Duvall, Levi Todd,\n         Robert Johnson, \u0026 Arthur Campbell correspond with Governor\n         Randolph on numerous occasions primarily regarding Indian\n         affairs in the western counties. David Shepherd, Ohio Co.,\n         writes regarding a treaty with the Indians at the falls of\n         Muskingum (1788 Nov. 26); a general return of militia (1789\n         April 17); the raising of a company of rangers and Indian\n         attacks at Dunkard Creek (1789 May 12); the account for\n         raising troops (1789 June 8); a return of spies \u0026 rangers\n         (1789 Sept. 13); and continued depredations by the Indians on\n         the frontier (1791 May 9). Alexander Barnett, Russell Co.,\n         encloses court-martial proceedings for the trial of James\n         Gibson \u0026 Richard Thompson for disobeying orders (1788 Dec.\n         10). George Clendenin, Greenbrier Co. (later Kanawha Co.),\n         requests an augmentation of scouts \u0026 rangers in Washington\n         Co. (1788 Dec. 18); writes of the treaty and atrocities by the\n         Indians west of the Ohio (1789 May 6); the new county of\n         Kanawha, recommendations for magistrates, Indian atrocities on\n         Clinch Settlement, etc. (1789 Aug. 10); depredations by the\n         Indians (1790 April 15); and the need for scouts in Kanawha\n         Co. (1791 Jan. 1). Walter Crockett, Montgomery Co., remarks on\n         the state of the frontier and the potential of Indian\n         hostilities in the spring (1789 Feb. 16). John Evans,\n         Monongalia Co., reports on Indian hostilities and the ordering\n         of scouts (1789 April 25). Benjamin Wilson \u0026 John P.\n         Duvall, Harrison Co., enclose a deposition concerning Indian\n         attacks (1789 May 22); provide a list of \"mischief\" done by\n         the Indians (1789 Sept. 28); and report on Indian attacks\n         (1791 Nov. 27). Benjamin Harrison, Rockingham Co., writes in\n         relation to the strength of militia and militia fines (1789\n         May 27). Levi Todd, Fayette Co., notes the need for additional\n         magistrates, the attack on Federal troops by the Indians, and\n         the separation of Kentucky (1789 May 27). Robert Johnson,\n         Woodford Co., writes about the recommendation of the court for\n         militia officers and Indian \"mischief\" (1789 June 15). Lastly,\n         Arthur Campbell, Washington Co., chronicles Indian attacks in\n         Russell Co. (1789 July 20); a confrontation between the Creek\n         Indians \u0026 Spaniards (1789 Aug. 1); and submits a return of\n         militia (1789 Nov. 3).","William Rose as Keeper of the Public Jail periodically\n         transmits lists or calendars of criminals convicted at the\n         General Court (1788 Dec. 8, 1789 March 14, \u0026 1789 Aug.\n         31). Rose also writes the Governor regarding specific inmates\n         including Littlebury Cotton charged with horse stealing (1789\n         April 13 \u0026 23) and John Rose imprisoned for debts (1790\n         Dec. 22).","James Innes served as Attorney General to the Commonwealth\n         during Randolph's administration as Governor. Innes provides\n         his opinion on various issues including the case of Catherine\n         Crull sentenced to death for the murder of her husband (1789\n         Jan. 28); the memorial of Joseph Latil regarding the revenue\n         law (1789 March 2); the act for granting relief to sheriffs\n         \u0026 collectors of revenue (1789 March 2); prisoners in the\n         new district jails of New London \u0026 Dumfries (1789 March\n         28); the case of Ephraim Willard \u0026 John Whitney for\n         counterfeiting (1789 May 23); the case of George Byrd\n         sentenced to death for horse stealing (1789 May 25); warrants\n         issued to scouts \u0026 rangers (1789 Dec. 23); the oath to\n         support the U.S. Constitution (1790 March 20); the Governor's\n         right to withhold his signature from patents claiming property\n         over the waters of the James River between the Rocky Islands\n         (1790 April 4); the case of the executors of Archibald Cary\n         (1790 June 4); commissioner's fees (1790 Aug. 27); the case of\n         Caleb Hill sentenced to death for horse stealing (1791 April\n         27); and the case of Hunter Banks \u0026 Co. (1791 June 8).","Governor Randolph corresponds often with Leighton Wood,\n         Jr., \u0026 Samuel Shepard (formerly Clerk), Solicitors\n         General; John Pendleton, Jr., Auditor of Public Accounts; and\n         Jacquelin Ambler, Treasurer, regarding various financial\n         matters. Leighton Wood \u0026 Samuel Shepard submit lists of\n         inspectors bonds in the Solicitor's Office (1789 Jan. 24) and\n         reports of delinquent sheriffs (1789 April 23, 1789 May 22).\n         On 6 Jan. 1790, Wood writes the Governor regarding the sale of\n         the state Boats Liberty \u0026 Patriot by James Heron of\n         Norfolk. In addition, the Solicitors often write the Governor\n         with respect to specific accounts, especially sheriff accounts\n         of revenue. Wood also writes in support of Samuel Shepard to\n         serve as Solicitor General during his absence due to illness\n         (1790 March 29). Leighton Wood eventually submits his\n         resignation as Solicitor General on 6 July 1791 (See also 1791\n         May 29). John Pendleton encloses accounts of sundry expenses\n         in protecting \u0026 defending the frontier from the Indians in\n         the lands west of the Ohio River (1789 Feb. 19); lists of\n         balances from inspectors \u0026 county court clerks (1789 Jan.\n         29); the account of the expense of the two expeditions against\n         the Shawnee \u0026 Wabash Indians (1789 Dec. 17); the claim of\n         Oliver Pollock (1790 Jan. 4). In addition, Pendleton\n         administers oaths to various state officers including John\n         Dawson \u0026 John H. Briggs to the Privy Council (1789 Dec.\n         21) and Beverley Randolph as Governor (1790 Dec. 3). Ambler\n         encloses accounts of monies paid in part of the expenses\n         attending scouts \u0026 rangers (1789 Jan. 1); accounts of\n         payments made into the Treasury by the Superior \u0026 County\n         Court Clerks (1789 Feb. 6); accounts of payments by inspectors\n         of tobacco (1789 Jan. 28). He writes regarding unpaid expenses\n         of the General Assembly (1788 Dec. 31); security for the\n         Treasury in the new Capitol including iron bars for the\n         windows (1789 June 15); the balance of specie in the Treasury\n         (1789 June 30, 1789 Aug. 11, 1789 Oct. 15, 1789 Dec. 23 \u0026\n         31, 1790 Feb. 1, 1790 April 27, \u0026 1791 Jan. 14); his\n         resignation as one of the Directors of the Public Buildings\n         (1791 Jan. 3); and crop and transfer tobacco in the Treasury\n         for arrears of taxes (1791 May 10).","Additional significant correspondence includes the following: Edmund Randolph to the Council of State regarding his leaving office (1788 Nov. 17); the Judges of the General Court enclosing a list of persons convicted of capital offenses (1788 Dec. 16); John Blair accepting his commission as a judge of the Court of Appeals (1789 Jan. 16); John Dawson regarding the Convention of Kentucky on the navigation of the Mississippi and surrendering the river to Spain (1789 Jan. 29); Martin Oster, French Consul regarding the controversy between Henry Cugneau \u0026 Jean Alexis Subercaseaux and John Cauvey (1789 Jan. 31, 1789 March 2 \u0026 22); William Fleming \u0026 Peter Lyons regarding their appointments as Judges of the Court of Appeals (1789 Feb. 10); Paul Carrington regarding his appointment to the General Court (1789 Feb. 20); Cyrus Griffin regarding the appointment of William Davies (1789 March 9); Andrew Dunscomb to Davies regarding job \u0026 salary (1789 March 17); William Russell regarding the relinquishment to the public of the Capitol Square in Williamsburg and the buildings thereon (1789 May 1); a letter from James Madison, President of Board of Directors, regarding funds to support the Lunatic Hospital in Williamsburg (1789 June 7); Samuel McDowell regarding a remonstrance from inhabitants of the District of Kentucky against discharging the militia from service (1789 July 36); John Hancock regarding the conveyance of the bodies of James Brown \u0026 William Davis charged with piracy (1789 Sept. 13); David Ross recommending Piomingo, Chief of the Chickasaws, to pass through the country to New York (1789 Oct. 12); Patrick Henry regarding rifles \u0026 expenses for Indians (1789 Oct. 27); John Fitzgerald enclosing an address of the people of Georgetown \u0026 Alexandria on the advantages of the Potomac River for the permanent seat of the Federal Government (1789 Dec. 22); George Nicholas regarding his appointment as Attorney General for the District of Kentucky (1790 Jan. 30); William Tatham regarding Hutchin's map, etc. (1790 Feb. 24, April 13, \u0026 Aug. 10); James Taylor concerning the proceedings of the Commissioners of the Marine Hospital (1790 March 26, 1790 Oct. 9, \u0026 1791 May 18); Thomas Newton, Jr., regarding a plat of the 2 acres for the Cape Henry Lighthouse (1790 July 25); Simon Fraser regarding an attempt to burn the town of Petersburg (1790 Aug. 10); Gov. J.E. Howard, Maryland, regarding the erection of a lighthouse and disposal of the materials provided for the construction (1791 Jan. 7); Thomas Newton, Jr., regarding McComb's excavation for the lighthouse (1791 July 18); John McComb regarding the foundation for the lighthouse at Cape Henry (1791 July 22); Thomas Johnson, David, Stuart, \u0026 Daniel Carroll regarding a draft for the construction of the federal buildings (1791 Aug. 2); David Stuart regarding financial problems in constructing the federal buildings (1791 Aug. 5); and James Madison enclosing proceedings of the Directors of the Hospital for Lunatics (1791 Oct. 26).","Other noteworthy items include: an act regarding the\n         credentials of the senators (1788 Dec. 28); a court order\n         recommending Wilson Cary Nicholas as county lieutenant of\n         Albemarle Co. (1789 Jan. 8); the bond of William Lindsay as\n         Naval Officer of the Elizabeth River District (1789 Feb. 23);\n         a return of the State Electoral College \u0026 election\n         certificates from the first Presidential election (1789 Feb.);\n         a report of the Committee as to the Removal into the New\n         Capitol regarding apartments (1789 June 9); proclamations by\n         the Governor (1789 June 5, 1789 July 21, 1791 May 3); the\n         sales at auction of the State Boats Liberty \u0026 Patriot by\n         Capt. Richard Taylor (1789 Aug. 6); the oath of allegiance to\n         Cyrus Griffin as Privy Councilor (1789 Oct. 29); oath of\n         allegiance to Charles Carter as Privy Councilor (1789 Nov.\n         30); a report of the committee regarding appropriations for\n         the building of the Capitol in Richmond (1789 Dec. 14); an\n         account with Bassett Mosely to construct the lighthouse at\n         Cape Henry (1790 Jan. 9); the report of Lt. Gov. James Wood\n         regarding the lighthouse (1790 Jan. 13); the oath of Thomas\n         Madison as Privy Councilor (1790 Jan. 19); the meeting of the\n         Directors of the Lunatic Hospital regarding the resignations\n         of John Blair \u0026 James Innes (1790 Feb. 16); the deed of\n         cession from Virginia to the United States for 2 acres of land\n         at Cape Henry for the purpose of erecting a lighthouse (1790\n         Aug. 9); a proclamation of President George Washington of a\n         treaty between the U.S. and Creek Nation (1790 Aug. 13); and a\n         speech of George Washington regarding public credit, the\n         District of Kentucky \u0026 statehood, Indian incursions on\n         frontier settlements, etc. (1790 Dec. 8).","Series II: Subject Files. This series is arranged\n         alphabetically by subject and relates to the Point of Fork\n         Arsenal in Fluvanna Co., Virginia. The series contains\n         accounts of cash \u0026 provisions, pay rolls of artificers\n         \u0026 state guard, quarterly accounts of muskets, quarter\n         master stores, \u0026 clothing, returns of ordnance \u0026\n         military stores, and vouchers between 1789 and 1791. Note that\n         not all materials related to the Point of Fork Arsenal have\n         been separated to this series. Correspondence related to the\n         Arsenal can be found in Series I.","State Records Collection,\n         Office of the Governor (Record Group 3)","English"],"collection_title_tesim":["Executive Papers, 1788-1791"],"collection_ssim":["Executive Papers, 1788-1791"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["40287"],"unitid_tesim":["40287"],"repository_ssm":["Library of Virginia"],"repository_ssim":["Library of Virginia"],"creator_ssm":["Governor's Office"],"creator_ssim":["Governor's Office"],"acqinfo_ssim":["Acquired prior to 1905."],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"physdesc_tesim":["5.39 cubic\n         feet"],"arrangement_html_tesm":["\u003carrangement\u003e\n        \u003chead\u003eArrangement\u003c/head\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eSeries I is arranged chronologically by date of document\n            and Series II is arranged alphabetically by subject.\u003c/p\u003e\n      \u003c/arrangement\u003e\n      ","\u003carrangement\u003e\n        \u003chead\u003eOrganization\u003c/head\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eOrganized into two (2) series: I. 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Randolph also served on the Cumberland\n         County Committee of Safety and commanded a regiment of cavalry\n         as a colonel in the militia between 1776 and 1779. He\n         represented Cumberland County in the House of Delegates in\n         1777 and 1779-1781. A member of the Council of State from\n         1781, Randolph was elected president of the Council of State\n         in 1783, and 1786 through 1788. As president of the Council,\n         Randolph served as Lieutenant Governor of Virginia.\n         Consequently, Randolph performed the duties of Governor while\n         Governor Randolph represented Virginia in the Constitutional\n         Convention during the summer of 1787. Randolph succeeded\n         Edmund Randolph as Governor on 12 November 1788. In addition,\n         he was re-elected in 1789 and 1790 to two one-year terms as\n         Governor. Randolph's administration was marked by the defense\n         of the frontiers against Indian incursions, the fight to\n         collect Virginia's Revolutionary claims from the United\n         States, and the initiative to build a lighthouse at the\n         entrance to the Chesapeake Bay. Following his governorship,\n         Randolph was appointed by President Washington as one of the\n         commissioners to treat with the Indians in the Northwest\n         Territory in 1793. The Commissioners failed to reach a\n         peaceful resolution with the Indians and Randolph retired from\n         public life. Randolph died in February 1797 at his estate\n         \"Green Creek\" in Cumberland County. His remains were moved\n         from his estate to the Westview Cemetery in Farmville, Va., in\n         1909.\u003c/p\u003e\n    "],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical Information"],"bioghist_tesim":["Beverley Randolph was born in 1754 in Chatsworth, Henrico\n         County, to Peter and Lucy Bolling Randolph. His father served\n         in the House of Burgesses and as Surveyor General of Customs.\n         Randolph attended William and Mary College where he graduated\n         in 1771, and was later appointed to the Board of Visitors in\n         1784. He married Martha Cocke, daughter of James Cocke of\n         Williamsburg, in 1775. Randolph also served on the Cumberland\n         County Committee of Safety and commanded a regiment of cavalry\n         as a colonel in the militia between 1776 and 1779. He\n         represented Cumberland County in the House of Delegates in\n         1777 and 1779-1781. A member of the Council of State from\n         1781, Randolph was elected president of the Council of State\n         in 1783, and 1786 through 1788. As president of the Council,\n         Randolph served as Lieutenant Governor of Virginia.\n         Consequently, Randolph performed the duties of Governor while\n         Governor Randolph represented Virginia in the Constitutional\n         Convention during the summer of 1787. Randolph succeeded\n         Edmund Randolph as Governor on 12 November 1788. In addition,\n         he was re-elected in 1789 and 1790 to two one-year terms as\n         Governor. Randolph's administration was marked by the defense\n         of the frontiers against Indian incursions, the fight to\n         collect Virginia's Revolutionary claims from the United\n         States, and the initiative to build a lighthouse at the\n         entrance to the Chesapeake Bay. Following his governorship,\n         Randolph was appointed by President Washington as one of the\n         commissioners to treat with the Indians in the Northwest\n         Territory in 1793. The Commissioners failed to reach a\n         peaceful resolution with the Indians and Randolph retired from\n         public life. Randolph died in February 1797 at his estate\n         \"Green Creek\" in Cumberland County. His remains were moved\n         from his estate to the Westview Cemetery in Farmville, Va., in\n         1909."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eGovernor Randolph's Executive papers are organized into two\n         series. Series have been designated for Chronological files\n         and Subject files. The bulk of the material can be found in\n         the Chronological files' series which primarily consists of\n         incoming correspondence during Randolph's three one-year terms\n         as governor between 12 November 1788 and 1 December 1791. In\n         addition to correspondence, there are acts \u0026amp; resolutions\n         from Congress and the Virginia Senate \u0026amp; House of\n         Delegates, orders of the Council of State, accounts, oaths,\n         pardons, lists or calendars of criminals, depositions,\n         proclamations, petitions, reports, appointments, bonds,\n         circulars, proceedings, applications, agreements, extracts of\n         journals \u0026amp; minutes, court records, certificates, returns,\n         receipts, and other sundry items.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eSeries I: Chronological Files. The correspondence in this\n         series relates to a variety of topics including state expenses\n         \u0026amp; revenue, militia, recommendations for state positions,\n         pardons, legislation, public tobacco, Revolutionary claims\n         \u0026amp; pensioners, Presidential electors, Indian affairs,\n         navigation, revisal of laws, resignations, elections,\n         appointments, criminals \u0026amp; the Public Jail, the Cape Henry\n         Lighthouse, the Point of Fork Arsenal, and the Marine\n         Hospital. Noteworthy correspondence originates from the United\n         States government, Virginia State government, and\n         miscellaneous sources. Prominent correspondents from the\n         United States government include President George Washington; Henry Knox, Secretary of War;\n         Alexander Hamilton, Secretary of the Treasury; Thomas\n         Jefferson, Secretary of State; Edmund Randolph, Attorney\n         General; and the Virginia Delegates to Congress including\n         Samuel Griffin, James Monroe, Richard Henry Lee, John Walker,\n         William Grayson, and others.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003ePresident George Washington transmits acts of Congress to Governor Beverley Randolph. His letter of 11 August 1789 transmits an act to provide for the government of the territory north west of the Ohio River.  His letter of 24 August 1789 transmits the act providing for the expenses attending the treaties with Indian Tribes and the appointment of commissioners. Lastly, his letter of 8 October 1789 transmits duplicate acts to establish a Judicial Court of the United States, an act for registering \u0026amp; clearing vessels, and others. On 22 January 1790, the President simply writes to forward an important letter to Thomas Jefferson at Monticello. Finally, Washington's letter of 29 January 1790 relates to Gen. Wood's report respecting the materials placed at Cape Henry for the purpose of building a lighthouse and the need for a cession of the land from Virginia to the United States. (Note that these letters from Washington have separated to the Vault - George Washington Papers).\n\t\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eAs Secretary of War, Henry Knox communicates frequently with Governor Randolph predominantly concerning Indian affairs and the defense of the frontier (1788 Dec. 29, 1790 July 28, 1790 Sept. 2, 1791 Feb. 26, 1791 June 11, \u0026amp; 1791 Nov. 16). This correspondence also relates to raising militia (1791 July 15 \u0026amp; 1791 Oct. 28), employing scouts \u0026amp; rangers (1790 April 14, 1790 June 10, 1790 July 17), gunpowder \u0026amp; lead for the Chickasaw Nation (1789 Dec. 24), and General Harmar's expedition against the Indians on the Ohio River (1790 March 3 \u0026amp; 1790 July 19). Knox also writes the Governor about Revolutionary War pensioners from Virginia (1789 April 25, 1789 Oct. 19, 1790 Feb. 8, 1790 April 15, \u0026amp; 1790 Sept. 15). On 15 October 1789, Knox encloses an extract of the act to recognize and adapt to the Constitution the establishment of the troops raised under the resolves of the United States. This act specifically relates to the presidential authority to raise militia to protect the frontiers. On 10 December 1789, he writes requesting a map of Kentucky and western Virginia. Finally, Knox often transmits letters to the Governor intended for William Blount, Governor of the territory ceded by North Carolina, Harry Innes, District Judge of Kentucky, and others, especially in the District of Kentucky. \u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eAlexander Hamilton writes Governor Randolph with respect to statements of the public debt \u0026amp; loan office certificates (1789 Sept. 26, 1789 Oct. 29, 1789 Dec. 24, \u0026amp; 1791 June 27), statements of agents for settling the accounts of their respective lines in the late Army (1791 Jan. 14), and other financial matters (1790 Jan. 27 \u0026amp; 1790 Sept. 28). On 10 February 1790, Hamilton informs the Governor that the United States requires 2 acres of land to be ceded by Virginia for a lighthouse near the entrance of the Chesapeake Bay. On 8 May 1790, Hamilton writes that Edward Carrington has been requested to visit Cape Henry and make a selection for the location of the lighthouse. According to his letter from 19 June 1790, Hamilton notes that Thomas Newton of Norfolk replaced Carrington in this duty. His letter from 19 August 1790 relates to the receipt of the Governor's letter containing the cession of 2 acres on Cape Henry to the United States. \u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eThroughout the collection are acts and resolutions of\n         Congress signed by Thomas Jefferson as Secretary of State.\n         Noteworthy is an act to provide for the unlading of ships in\n         cases of obstruction by ice (1791 Jan. 7); an act declaring\n         the consent of Congress that a new state be formed by the name\n         of Kentucky (1791 Feb. 4); a resolution that Andrew Brown be\n         appointed printer (1791 Feb. 18); an act for regulating the\n         number of representatives to be chosen by the states of\n         Kentucky \u0026amp; Vermont (1791 Feb. 25); and an act for raising\n         an additional regiment to the military establishment of the\n         United States (1791 March 10). The few pieces of\n         correspondence from Jefferson include a brief note regarding\n         the receipt of a letter from Joseph Clarke endorsed by the\n         President and forwarded to the Governor (1790 Feb. 6) and a\n         letter enclosing a collection of acts of Congress passed in\n         their second session and all the treaties promulgated by the\n         United States (1790 Aug. 30).\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eFollowing his governorship, Edmund Randolph served as the\n         first Attorney General of the United States. In this capacity,\n         Randolph writes the Governor with respect to the claims of\n         Beauregard \u0026amp; Bourgeois against Oliver Pollock (1790 Feb. 7\n         \u0026amp; 10); treaties belonging to the Governor (1790 July 23);\n         and Virginia land claims within the limits of Pennsylvania\n         (1790 Sept. 9).\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eThe various members of Virginia's delegation to the First \u0026amp; Second Congresses regularly communicated with Governor Randolph on a variety of national concerns. Significant correspondence from these delegates include a letter from Josiah Parker resigning his position as naval officer of Elizabeth River at Portsmouth to take his seat in Congress (1789 Feb. 9);  a letter from Samuel Griffin accepting his appointment to Congress (1789 Feb. 24); a letter from James Madison, Jr., regarding the inspection law and the separation of state debts from National debts (1790 May 11); a letter from Richard Henry Lee \u0026amp; John Walker regarding speculators in arrears of soldiers' pay (1790 May 25); James Madison, Jr., regarding the act of Congress concerning arrears to the Virginia line (1790 May 25); James Madison, Jr., enclosing a letter from Alexander Hamilton regarding the tobacco inspection law (1790 May 26); a letter from Frederick Augustus Muhlenberg, Speaker of the House of Representatives, enclosing proceedings concerning the death of Representative Theodorick Bland (1790 June 3); a letter from James Monroe regarding his arrival in Philadelphia (1790 Dec. 10); and another letter from Monroe regarding Harmar's unsuccessful expedition against the Indians between the Ohio and the Great Lakes including the amount of casualties (1790 Dec. 16).\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eSignificant correspondents from Virginia State government\n         include William Davies, Commissioner of Virginia for Claims\n         Against the United States; Harry Heth, State Agent of Public\n         Tobacco; William Hay, Director of Public Buildings; John\n         Beckley \u0026amp; Charles Hay, Clerks of the House of Delegates;\n         Humphrey Brooke, Clerk of the Senate; Archibald Blair, Col.\n         Thomas Meriwether, \u0026amp; Samuel Coleman, Clerks \u0026amp;\n         Assistant Clerk of the Council of State; Capt. Elias Langham,\n         Superintendent of the Military Stores, Arms, \u0026amp; Ammunition\n         at Point of Fork Arsenal; various county lieutenants; William\n         Rose, Keeper of the Public Jail; James Innes, Attorney\n         General; Leighton Wood, Jr., \u0026amp; Samuel Shepard, Solicitors\n         General; John Pendleton, Jr., Auditor of Public Accounts; and\n         Jacquelin Ambler, Treasurer.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eAs Commissioner of Virginia for Claims Against the United States, Col. William Davies corresponds regularly with Governor Randolph. Davies accepted this position from Governor Edmund Randolph on 27 Sept. 1788. His correspondence relates to his salary (1789 Jan. 1), instructions for persons to be employed to collect accounts \u0026amp; vouchers (1789 Jan. 10), examination of claims (1789 Jan. 24), pensioners (1789 Feb. 23), Andrew Dunscomb's complaints (1789 March 23), his arrival in New York (1789 April 23), the removal of the Auditor \u0026amp; Treasurer's Books prior to 1781 to New York (1789 Aug. 11), additional clerks (1789 Aug. 19), a plan for the final settlement of continental accounts (1790 July 12), and numerous other topics. Most of Davies' correspondence relates to particulars in the settlement of Virginia's claim against the United States for expenditures during the Revolutionary War.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eOn 27 Jan. 1789, a bond was posted for Harry Heth to serve\n         as agent to dispose of public tobacco in the Treasury Office\n         in discharge of public taxes. He encloses a letter from\n         Benjamin Harrison, Jr., on 22 Jan. 1789, to purchase public\n         tobacco. Heth often writes the Governor submitting reports on\n         the sales of public tobacco (1789 May 20, 1789 Nov. 9, 1790\n         Jan. 5 \u0026amp; 9, 1790 March 18, \u0026amp; 1791 Oct. 6). He also\n         specifically deals with the settlement of the accounts of the\n         Westham Foundry (1789 March 3 \u0026amp; 5, 1789 June 13, \u0026amp;\n         1790 June 23).\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eWilliam Hay, one of the Directors of Public Buildings,\n         corresponds with the Governor regarding the claim on the\n         estate of Col. Archibald Cary for monies advanced in 1785\n         (1789 Jan. 31); the completion of the offices for the\n         Executive Board (1789 June 18); a contract to cover the roof\n         of the Capitol with lead, etc. (1790 Jan. 6, April 12, \u0026amp;\n         May 11); statements of an estimate of the sum necessary for\n         paying the debts due the directors of public buildings (1791\n         Jan. 17); and money for the completion of the Capitol (1791\n         Oct. 15).\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eJohn Beckley (later Clerk of the U.S. House of\n         Representatives) \u0026amp; Charles Hay, Clerks of the House of\n         Delegates, \u0026amp; Humphrey Brooke, Clerk of the Senate,\n         regularly enclose resolutions from their respective bodies to\n         the Governor. Noteworthy resolutions include a proclamation\n         for the Governor to appoint electors to choose a president and\n         for representatives to serve in Congress (1788 Nov. 9 \u0026amp;\n         22); the free navigation of the Mississippi River (1788 Dec.\n         1); the election of Beverley Randolph as Governor (1788 Dec.\n         6); an additional sum to William Heth in the settlement of\n         Virginia's claim against the U.S. for the North Western\n         Territory (1788 Dec. 3); the election of Richard Cary, John\n         Tyler, \u0026amp; James Henry as judges of the General Court (1788\n         Dec. 24); the election of Cuthbert Bullitt as judge of the\n         General Court \u0026amp; Cyrus Griffin as Privy Councilor (1788\n         Dec. 27); attacks by the Creek Indians against the Chickasaws\n         and furnishing them with gun powder (1789 Oct. 23); the\n         election of James Mercer as judge of the Court of Appeals to\n         replace John Blair (1789 Nov. 18); the election of Joseph\n         Jones \u0026amp; Spencer Roane as judges of the General Court (1789\n         Nov. 19); the re-election \u0026amp; qualification of Beverley\n         Randolph as Governor (1789 Nov. 28); an appointment to examine\n         the materials provided by the State to erect a lighthouse\n         (1789 Dec. 14); the disposal of the materials used for the\n         erection of the lighthouse (1790 Nov. 5); the election of\n         George Nicholas as Attorney General for the District of\n         Kentucky in place of Harry Innes (1790 Nov. 9); the election\n         of James Monroe in the U.S. Senate to replace William Grayson\n         (1790 Nov. 9); the election of John Steele, Miles Selden,\n         \u0026amp; Hardin Burnley to the Privy Council (1790 Nov. 26); the\n         protection of citizens on the frontiers (1790 Dec. 20); and\n         the election of Henry Lee as Governor (1791 Nov. 2).\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eArchibald Blair, as Clerk of the Council of State, encloses\n         extracts of minutes and orders of the Council to the Governor.\n         On 26 Nov. 1788, Blair writes regarding the request that Col.\n         Thomas Meriwether consult with printers for 500 copies of the\n         acts to appoint presidential electors. Meriwether, who\n         resigned as clerk of the Council on 30 June 1789, writes\n         regarding pensioners (1788 Dec. 9); quarterly returns and\n         payrolls of Elias Langham at Point of Fork (1789 Jan. 5);\n         Capt. Young's books and papers as successor of the Commercial\n         Agent (1789 Jan. 22); estimates by Elias Langham to enclose\n         the arsenals and magazines at Point of Fork with a stone wall,\n         etc. (1789 April 6); and his resignation (1789 June 27).\n         Samuel Coleman was appointed Assistant Clerk of the Council on\n         26 Dec. 1786. Following the resignation of Thomas Meriwether\n         on 27 June 1789, Coleman requested to fill the vacancy. He\n         writes the Governor respecting militia returns (1789 Nov. 3\n         \u0026amp; 30; 1790 Jan. 1; 1790 Feb. 2; 1790 April 1; 1790 June 1;\n         1790 Aug. 4; 1790 Oct. 12; 1791 Jan. 18; 1791 July 30; \u0026amp;\n         1791 Oct. 5); the accounts, provisions, payrolls, \u0026amp;\n         returns of Elias Langham from the Point of Fork Arsenal (1789\n         July 6, 1790 April 5, 1790 July 3, 1790 Oct. 1, 1791 Jan. 4,\n         1791 Feb. 23, 1791 April 4, 1791 June 19, 1791 July 5, \u0026amp;\n         1791 Oct. 4); his resignation on account of his health (1789\n         April 3); the accounts of James McGavock for public lead\n         delivered at Fort Chiswell (1790 Feb. 25); the claims of\n         scouts \u0026amp; rangers (1790 June 7, 21, \u0026amp; 29; 1790 Oct. 9\n         \u0026amp; 25; 1790 Dec. 11; \u0026amp; 1791 June 20); and the\n         indebtedness of James Hunter, deceased, former Superintendent\n         of the Public Foundry (1791 Aug. 27).\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eCapt. Elias Langham, Superintendent of the Military Stores,\n         Arms, \u0026amp; Ammunition at Point of Fork Arsenal, writes to\n         Governor Randolph regarding the cannon at Taylor's Ferry (1788\n         Nov. 21); the contractor for provisions (1789 Jan. 6); public\n         negroes at Point of Fork (1789 Feb. 7); a recommendation for\n         an appointment to the Dept. of Military Stores when\n         established by Congress (1789 April 11); ammunition for the\n         Chief of the Chickasaw Nation and an application from Chief\n         Piomingo for 40 gallons of rum (1789 Nov. 2); a letter from\n         Piomingo concerning a change in his route (1789 Nov. 4);\n         powder \u0026amp; lead furnished the Indians at New London (1790\n         Feb. 26); the complaint of Thomas Harris for his punishment\n         \u0026amp; dismissal (1790 Oct. 1); opinions on his conduct (1790\n         Dec. 19); a contract for furnishing rations at Point of Fork\n         and an addition built to the public mill (1791 Jan. 4); and\n         the purchase of iron to forge bayonets (1791 July 1). Note\n         that additional materials relating to the Point of Fork\n         Arsenal can be found in Series II.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eCounty lieutenants including David Shepherd, Alexander\n         Barnett, George Clendenin, Walter Crockett, John Evans,\n         Benjamin Wilson, Benjamin Harrison, John P. Duvall, Levi Todd,\n         Robert Johnson, \u0026amp; Arthur Campbell correspond with Governor\n         Randolph on numerous occasions primarily regarding Indian\n         affairs in the western counties. David Shepherd, Ohio Co.,\n         writes regarding a treaty with the Indians at the falls of\n         Muskingum (1788 Nov. 26); a general return of militia (1789\n         April 17); the raising of a company of rangers and Indian\n         attacks at Dunkard Creek (1789 May 12); the account for\n         raising troops (1789 June 8); a return of spies \u0026amp; rangers\n         (1789 Sept. 13); and continued depredations by the Indians on\n         the frontier (1791 May 9). Alexander Barnett, Russell Co.,\n         encloses court-martial proceedings for the trial of James\n         Gibson \u0026amp; Richard Thompson for disobeying orders (1788 Dec.\n         10). George Clendenin, Greenbrier Co. (later Kanawha Co.),\n         requests an augmentation of scouts \u0026amp; rangers in Washington\n         Co. (1788 Dec. 18); writes of the treaty and atrocities by the\n         Indians west of the Ohio (1789 May 6); the new county of\n         Kanawha, recommendations for magistrates, Indian atrocities on\n         Clinch Settlement, etc. (1789 Aug. 10); depredations by the\n         Indians (1790 April 15); and the need for scouts in Kanawha\n         Co. (1791 Jan. 1). Walter Crockett, Montgomery Co., remarks on\n         the state of the frontier and the potential of Indian\n         hostilities in the spring (1789 Feb. 16). John Evans,\n         Monongalia Co., reports on Indian hostilities and the ordering\n         of scouts (1789 April 25). Benjamin Wilson \u0026amp; John P.\n         Duvall, Harrison Co., enclose a deposition concerning Indian\n         attacks (1789 May 22); provide a list of \"mischief\" done by\n         the Indians (1789 Sept. 28); and report on Indian attacks\n         (1791 Nov. 27). Benjamin Harrison, Rockingham Co., writes in\n         relation to the strength of militia and militia fines (1789\n         May 27). Levi Todd, Fayette Co., notes the need for additional\n         magistrates, the attack on Federal troops by the Indians, and\n         the separation of Kentucky (1789 May 27). Robert Johnson,\n         Woodford Co., writes about the recommendation of the court for\n         militia officers and Indian \"mischief\" (1789 June 15). Lastly,\n         Arthur Campbell, Washington Co., chronicles Indian attacks in\n         Russell Co. (1789 July 20); a confrontation between the Creek\n         Indians \u0026amp; Spaniards (1789 Aug. 1); and submits a return of\n         militia (1789 Nov. 3).\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eWilliam Rose as Keeper of the Public Jail periodically\n         transmits lists or calendars of criminals convicted at the\n         General Court (1788 Dec. 8, 1789 March 14, \u0026amp; 1789 Aug.\n         31). Rose also writes the Governor regarding specific inmates\n         including Littlebury Cotton charged with horse stealing (1789\n         April 13 \u0026amp; 23) and John Rose imprisoned for debts (1790\n         Dec. 22).\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eJames Innes served as Attorney General to the Commonwealth\n         during Randolph's administration as Governor. Innes provides\n         his opinion on various issues including the case of Catherine\n         Crull sentenced to death for the murder of her husband (1789\n         Jan. 28); the memorial of Joseph Latil regarding the revenue\n         law (1789 March 2); the act for granting relief to sheriffs\n         \u0026amp; collectors of revenue (1789 March 2); prisoners in the\n         new district jails of New London \u0026amp; Dumfries (1789 March\n         28); the case of Ephraim Willard \u0026amp; John Whitney for\n         counterfeiting (1789 May 23); the case of George Byrd\n         sentenced to death for horse stealing (1789 May 25); warrants\n         issued to scouts \u0026amp; rangers (1789 Dec. 23); the oath to\n         support the U.S. Constitution (1790 March 20); the Governor's\n         right to withhold his signature from patents claiming property\n         over the waters of the James River between the Rocky Islands\n         (1790 April 4); the case of the executors of Archibald Cary\n         (1790 June 4); commissioner's fees (1790 Aug. 27); the case of\n         Caleb Hill sentenced to death for horse stealing (1791 April\n         27); and the case of Hunter Banks \u0026amp; Co. (1791 June 8).\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eGovernor Randolph corresponds often with Leighton Wood,\n         Jr., \u0026amp; Samuel Shepard (formerly Clerk), Solicitors\n         General; John Pendleton, Jr., Auditor of Public Accounts; and\n         Jacquelin Ambler, Treasurer, regarding various financial\n         matters. Leighton Wood \u0026amp; Samuel Shepard submit lists of\n         inspectors bonds in the Solicitor's Office (1789 Jan. 24) and\n         reports of delinquent sheriffs (1789 April 23, 1789 May 22).\n         On 6 Jan. 1790, Wood writes the Governor regarding the sale of\n         the state Boats Liberty \u0026amp; Patriot by James Heron of\n         Norfolk. In addition, the Solicitors often write the Governor\n         with respect to specific accounts, especially sheriff accounts\n         of revenue. Wood also writes in support of Samuel Shepard to\n         serve as Solicitor General during his absence due to illness\n         (1790 March 29). Leighton Wood eventually submits his\n         resignation as Solicitor General on 6 July 1791 (See also 1791\n         May 29). John Pendleton encloses accounts of sundry expenses\n         in protecting \u0026amp; defending the frontier from the Indians in\n         the lands west of the Ohio River (1789 Feb. 19); lists of\n         balances from inspectors \u0026amp; county court clerks (1789 Jan.\n         29); the account of the expense of the two expeditions against\n         the Shawnee \u0026amp; Wabash Indians (1789 Dec. 17); the claim of\n         Oliver Pollock (1790 Jan. 4). In addition, Pendleton\n         administers oaths to various state officers including John\n         Dawson \u0026amp; John H. Briggs to the Privy Council (1789 Dec.\n         21) and Beverley Randolph as Governor (1790 Dec. 3). Ambler\n         encloses accounts of monies paid in part of the expenses\n         attending scouts \u0026amp; rangers (1789 Jan. 1); accounts of\n         payments made into the Treasury by the Superior \u0026amp; County\n         Court Clerks (1789 Feb. 6); accounts of payments by inspectors\n         of tobacco (1789 Jan. 28). He writes regarding unpaid expenses\n         of the General Assembly (1788 Dec. 31); security for the\n         Treasury in the new Capitol including iron bars for the\n         windows (1789 June 15); the balance of specie in the Treasury\n         (1789 June 30, 1789 Aug. 11, 1789 Oct. 15, 1789 Dec. 23 \u0026amp;\n         31, 1790 Feb. 1, 1790 April 27, \u0026amp; 1791 Jan. 14); his\n         resignation as one of the Directors of the Public Buildings\n         (1791 Jan. 3); and crop and transfer tobacco in the Treasury\n         for arrears of taxes (1791 May 10).\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eAdditional significant correspondence includes the following: Edmund Randolph to the Council of State regarding his leaving office (1788 Nov. 17); the Judges of the General Court enclosing a list of persons convicted of capital offenses (1788 Dec. 16); John Blair accepting his commission as a judge of the Court of Appeals (1789 Jan. 16); John Dawson regarding the Convention of Kentucky on the navigation of the Mississippi and surrendering the river to Spain (1789 Jan. 29); Martin Oster, French Consul regarding the controversy between Henry Cugneau \u0026amp; Jean Alexis Subercaseaux and John Cauvey (1789 Jan. 31, 1789 March 2 \u0026amp; 22); William Fleming \u0026amp; Peter Lyons regarding their appointments as Judges of the Court of Appeals (1789 Feb. 10); Paul Carrington regarding his appointment to the General Court (1789 Feb. 20); Cyrus Griffin regarding the appointment of William Davies (1789 March 9); Andrew Dunscomb to Davies regarding job \u0026amp; salary (1789 March 17); William Russell regarding the relinquishment to the public of the Capitol Square in Williamsburg and the buildings thereon (1789 May 1); a letter from James Madison, President of Board of Directors, regarding funds to support the Lunatic Hospital in Williamsburg (1789 June 7); Samuel McDowell regarding a remonstrance from inhabitants of the District of Kentucky against discharging the militia from service (1789 July 36); John Hancock regarding the conveyance of the bodies of James Brown \u0026amp; William Davis charged with piracy (1789 Sept. 13); David Ross recommending Piomingo, Chief of the Chickasaws, to pass through the country to New York (1789 Oct. 12); Patrick Henry regarding rifles \u0026amp; expenses for Indians (1789 Oct. 27); John Fitzgerald enclosing an address of the people of Georgetown \u0026amp; Alexandria on the advantages of the Potomac River for the permanent seat of the Federal Government (1789 Dec. 22); George Nicholas regarding his appointment as Attorney General for the District of Kentucky (1790 Jan. 30); William Tatham regarding Hutchin's map, etc. (1790 Feb. 24, April 13, \u0026amp; Aug. 10); James Taylor concerning the proceedings of the Commissioners of the Marine Hospital (1790 March 26, 1790 Oct. 9, \u0026amp; 1791 May 18); Thomas Newton, Jr., regarding a plat of the 2 acres for the Cape Henry Lighthouse (1790 July 25); Simon Fraser regarding an attempt to burn the town of Petersburg (1790 Aug. 10); Gov. J.E. Howard, Maryland, regarding the erection of a lighthouse and disposal of the materials provided for the construction (1791 Jan. 7); Thomas Newton, Jr., regarding McComb's excavation for the lighthouse (1791 July 18); John McComb regarding the foundation for the lighthouse at Cape Henry (1791 July 22); Thomas Johnson, David, Stuart, \u0026amp; Daniel Carroll regarding a draft for the construction of the federal buildings (1791 Aug. 2); David Stuart regarding financial problems in constructing the federal buildings (1791 Aug. 5); and James Madison enclosing proceedings of the Directors of the Hospital for Lunatics (1791 Oct. 26).\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eOther noteworthy items include: an act regarding the\n         credentials of the senators (1788 Dec. 28); a court order\n         recommending Wilson Cary Nicholas as county lieutenant of\n         Albemarle Co. (1789 Jan. 8); the bond of William Lindsay as\n         Naval Officer of the Elizabeth River District (1789 Feb. 23);\n         a return of the State Electoral College \u0026amp; election\n         certificates from the first Presidential election (1789 Feb.);\n         a report of the Committee as to the Removal into the New\n         Capitol regarding apartments (1789 June 9); proclamations by\n         the Governor (1789 June 5, 1789 July 21, 1791 May 3); the\n         sales at auction of the State Boats Liberty \u0026amp; Patriot by\n         Capt. Richard Taylor (1789 Aug. 6); the oath of allegiance to\n         Cyrus Griffin as Privy Councilor (1789 Oct. 29); oath of\n         allegiance to Charles Carter as Privy Councilor (1789 Nov.\n         30); a report of the committee regarding appropriations for\n         the building of the Capitol in Richmond (1789 Dec. 14); an\n         account with Bassett Mosely to construct the lighthouse at\n         Cape Henry (1790 Jan. 9); the report of Lt. Gov. James Wood\n         regarding the lighthouse (1790 Jan. 13); the oath of Thomas\n         Madison as Privy Councilor (1790 Jan. 19); the meeting of the\n         Directors of the Lunatic Hospital regarding the resignations\n         of John Blair \u0026amp; James Innes (1790 Feb. 16); the deed of\n         cession from Virginia to the United States for 2 acres of land\n         at Cape Henry for the purpose of erecting a lighthouse (1790\n         Aug. 9); a proclamation of President George Washington of a\n         treaty between the U.S. and Creek Nation (1790 Aug. 13); and a\n         speech of George Washington regarding public credit, the\n         District of Kentucky \u0026amp; statehood, Indian incursions on\n         frontier settlements, etc. (1790 Dec. 8).\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eSeries II: Subject Files. This series is arranged\n         alphabetically by subject and relates to the Point of Fork\n         Arsenal in Fluvanna Co., Virginia. The series contains\n         accounts of cash \u0026amp; provisions, pay rolls of artificers\n         \u0026amp; state guard, quarterly accounts of muskets, quarter\n         master stores, \u0026amp; clothing, returns of ordnance \u0026amp;\n         military stores, and vouchers between 1789 and 1791. Note that\n         not all materials related to the Point of Fork Arsenal have\n         been separated to this series. Correspondence related to the\n         Arsenal can be found in Series I.\u003c/p\u003e\n    "],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content Information"],"scopecontent_tesim":["Governor Randolph's Executive papers are organized into two\n         series. Series have been designated for Chronological files\n         and Subject files. The bulk of the material can be found in\n         the Chronological files' series which primarily consists of\n         incoming correspondence during Randolph's three one-year terms\n         as governor between 12 November 1788 and 1 December 1791. In\n         addition to correspondence, there are acts \u0026 resolutions\n         from Congress and the Virginia Senate \u0026 House of\n         Delegates, orders of the Council of State, accounts, oaths,\n         pardons, lists or calendars of criminals, depositions,\n         proclamations, petitions, reports, appointments, bonds,\n         circulars, proceedings, applications, agreements, extracts of\n         journals \u0026 minutes, court records, certificates, returns,\n         receipts, and other sundry items.","Series I: Chronological Files. The correspondence in this\n         series relates to a variety of topics including state expenses\n         \u0026 revenue, militia, recommendations for state positions,\n         pardons, legislation, public tobacco, Revolutionary claims\n         \u0026 pensioners, Presidential electors, Indian affairs,\n         navigation, revisal of laws, resignations, elections,\n         appointments, criminals \u0026 the Public Jail, the Cape Henry\n         Lighthouse, the Point of Fork Arsenal, and the Marine\n         Hospital. Noteworthy correspondence originates from the United\n         States government, Virginia State government, and\n         miscellaneous sources. Prominent correspondents from the\n         United States government include President George Washington; Henry Knox, Secretary of War;\n         Alexander Hamilton, Secretary of the Treasury; Thomas\n         Jefferson, Secretary of State; Edmund Randolph, Attorney\n         General; and the Virginia Delegates to Congress including\n         Samuel Griffin, James Monroe, Richard Henry Lee, John Walker,\n         William Grayson, and others.","President George Washington transmits acts of Congress to Governor Beverley Randolph. His letter of 11 August 1789 transmits an act to provide for the government of the territory north west of the Ohio River.  His letter of 24 August 1789 transmits the act providing for the expenses attending the treaties with Indian Tribes and the appointment of commissioners. Lastly, his letter of 8 October 1789 transmits duplicate acts to establish a Judicial Court of the United States, an act for registering \u0026 clearing vessels, and others. On 22 January 1790, the President simply writes to forward an important letter to Thomas Jefferson at Monticello. Finally, Washington's letter of 29 January 1790 relates to Gen. Wood's report respecting the materials placed at Cape Henry for the purpose of building a lighthouse and the need for a cession of the land from Virginia to the United States. (Note that these letters from Washington have separated to the Vault - George Washington Papers).","As Secretary of War, Henry Knox communicates frequently with Governor Randolph predominantly concerning Indian affairs and the defense of the frontier (1788 Dec. 29, 1790 July 28, 1790 Sept. 2, 1791 Feb. 26, 1791 June 11, \u0026 1791 Nov. 16). This correspondence also relates to raising militia (1791 July 15 \u0026 1791 Oct. 28), employing scouts \u0026 rangers (1790 April 14, 1790 June 10, 1790 July 17), gunpowder \u0026 lead for the Chickasaw Nation (1789 Dec. 24), and General Harmar's expedition against the Indians on the Ohio River (1790 March 3 \u0026 1790 July 19). Knox also writes the Governor about Revolutionary War pensioners from Virginia (1789 April 25, 1789 Oct. 19, 1790 Feb. 8, 1790 April 15, \u0026 1790 Sept. 15). On 15 October 1789, Knox encloses an extract of the act to recognize and adapt to the Constitution the establishment of the troops raised under the resolves of the United States. This act specifically relates to the presidential authority to raise militia to protect the frontiers. On 10 December 1789, he writes requesting a map of Kentucky and western Virginia. Finally, Knox often transmits letters to the Governor intended for William Blount, Governor of the territory ceded by North Carolina, Harry Innes, District Judge of Kentucky, and others, especially in the District of Kentucky.","Alexander Hamilton writes Governor Randolph with respect to statements of the public debt \u0026 loan office certificates (1789 Sept. 26, 1789 Oct. 29, 1789 Dec. 24, \u0026 1791 June 27), statements of agents for settling the accounts of their respective lines in the late Army (1791 Jan. 14), and other financial matters (1790 Jan. 27 \u0026 1790 Sept. 28). On 10 February 1790, Hamilton informs the Governor that the United States requires 2 acres of land to be ceded by Virginia for a lighthouse near the entrance of the Chesapeake Bay. On 8 May 1790, Hamilton writes that Edward Carrington has been requested to visit Cape Henry and make a selection for the location of the lighthouse. According to his letter from 19 June 1790, Hamilton notes that Thomas Newton of Norfolk replaced Carrington in this duty. His letter from 19 August 1790 relates to the receipt of the Governor's letter containing the cession of 2 acres on Cape Henry to the United States.","Throughout the collection are acts and resolutions of\n         Congress signed by Thomas Jefferson as Secretary of State.\n         Noteworthy is an act to provide for the unlading of ships in\n         cases of obstruction by ice (1791 Jan. 7); an act declaring\n         the consent of Congress that a new state be formed by the name\n         of Kentucky (1791 Feb. 4); a resolution that Andrew Brown be\n         appointed printer (1791 Feb. 18); an act for regulating the\n         number of representatives to be chosen by the states of\n         Kentucky \u0026 Vermont (1791 Feb. 25); and an act for raising\n         an additional regiment to the military establishment of the\n         United States (1791 March 10). The few pieces of\n         correspondence from Jefferson include a brief note regarding\n         the receipt of a letter from Joseph Clarke endorsed by the\n         President and forwarded to the Governor (1790 Feb. 6) and a\n         letter enclosing a collection of acts of Congress passed in\n         their second session and all the treaties promulgated by the\n         United States (1790 Aug. 30).","Following his governorship, Edmund Randolph served as the\n         first Attorney General of the United States. In this capacity,\n         Randolph writes the Governor with respect to the claims of\n         Beauregard \u0026 Bourgeois against Oliver Pollock (1790 Feb. 7\n         \u0026 10); treaties belonging to the Governor (1790 July 23);\n         and Virginia land claims within the limits of Pennsylvania\n         (1790 Sept. 9).","The various members of Virginia's delegation to the First \u0026 Second Congresses regularly communicated with Governor Randolph on a variety of national concerns. Significant correspondence from these delegates include a letter from Josiah Parker resigning his position as naval officer of Elizabeth River at Portsmouth to take his seat in Congress (1789 Feb. 9);  a letter from Samuel Griffin accepting his appointment to Congress (1789 Feb. 24); a letter from James Madison, Jr., regarding the inspection law and the separation of state debts from National debts (1790 May 11); a letter from Richard Henry Lee \u0026 John Walker regarding speculators in arrears of soldiers' pay (1790 May 25); James Madison, Jr., regarding the act of Congress concerning arrears to the Virginia line (1790 May 25); James Madison, Jr., enclosing a letter from Alexander Hamilton regarding the tobacco inspection law (1790 May 26); a letter from Frederick Augustus Muhlenberg, Speaker of the House of Representatives, enclosing proceedings concerning the death of Representative Theodorick Bland (1790 June 3); a letter from James Monroe regarding his arrival in Philadelphia (1790 Dec. 10); and another letter from Monroe regarding Harmar's unsuccessful expedition against the Indians between the Ohio and the Great Lakes including the amount of casualties (1790 Dec. 16).","Significant correspondents from Virginia State government\n         include William Davies, Commissioner of Virginia for Claims\n         Against the United States; Harry Heth, State Agent of Public\n         Tobacco; William Hay, Director of Public Buildings; John\n         Beckley \u0026 Charles Hay, Clerks of the House of Delegates;\n         Humphrey Brooke, Clerk of the Senate; Archibald Blair, Col.\n         Thomas Meriwether, \u0026 Samuel Coleman, Clerks \u0026\n         Assistant Clerk of the Council of State; Capt. Elias Langham,\n         Superintendent of the Military Stores, Arms, \u0026 Ammunition\n         at Point of Fork Arsenal; various county lieutenants; William\n         Rose, Keeper of the Public Jail; James Innes, Attorney\n         General; Leighton Wood, Jr., \u0026 Samuel Shepard, Solicitors\n         General; John Pendleton, Jr., Auditor of Public Accounts; and\n         Jacquelin Ambler, Treasurer.","As Commissioner of Virginia for Claims Against the United States, Col. William Davies corresponds regularly with Governor Randolph. Davies accepted this position from Governor Edmund Randolph on 27 Sept. 1788. His correspondence relates to his salary (1789 Jan. 1), instructions for persons to be employed to collect accounts \u0026 vouchers (1789 Jan. 10), examination of claims (1789 Jan. 24), pensioners (1789 Feb. 23), Andrew Dunscomb's complaints (1789 March 23), his arrival in New York (1789 April 23), the removal of the Auditor \u0026 Treasurer's Books prior to 1781 to New York (1789 Aug. 11), additional clerks (1789 Aug. 19), a plan for the final settlement of continental accounts (1790 July 12), and numerous other topics. Most of Davies' correspondence relates to particulars in the settlement of Virginia's claim against the United States for expenditures during the Revolutionary War.","On 27 Jan. 1789, a bond was posted for Harry Heth to serve\n         as agent to dispose of public tobacco in the Treasury Office\n         in discharge of public taxes. He encloses a letter from\n         Benjamin Harrison, Jr., on 22 Jan. 1789, to purchase public\n         tobacco. Heth often writes the Governor submitting reports on\n         the sales of public tobacco (1789 May 20, 1789 Nov. 9, 1790\n         Jan. 5 \u0026 9, 1790 March 18, \u0026 1791 Oct. 6). He also\n         specifically deals with the settlement of the accounts of the\n         Westham Foundry (1789 March 3 \u0026 5, 1789 June 13, \u0026\n         1790 June 23).","William Hay, one of the Directors of Public Buildings,\n         corresponds with the Governor regarding the claim on the\n         estate of Col. Archibald Cary for monies advanced in 1785\n         (1789 Jan. 31); the completion of the offices for the\n         Executive Board (1789 June 18); a contract to cover the roof\n         of the Capitol with lead, etc. (1790 Jan. 6, April 12, \u0026\n         May 11); statements of an estimate of the sum necessary for\n         paying the debts due the directors of public buildings (1791\n         Jan. 17); and money for the completion of the Capitol (1791\n         Oct. 15).","John Beckley (later Clerk of the U.S. House of\n         Representatives) \u0026 Charles Hay, Clerks of the House of\n         Delegates, \u0026 Humphrey Brooke, Clerk of the Senate,\n         regularly enclose resolutions from their respective bodies to\n         the Governor. Noteworthy resolutions include a proclamation\n         for the Governor to appoint electors to choose a president and\n         for representatives to serve in Congress (1788 Nov. 9 \u0026\n         22); the free navigation of the Mississippi River (1788 Dec.\n         1); the election of Beverley Randolph as Governor (1788 Dec.\n         6); an additional sum to William Heth in the settlement of\n         Virginia's claim against the U.S. for the North Western\n         Territory (1788 Dec. 3); the election of Richard Cary, John\n         Tyler, \u0026 James Henry as judges of the General Court (1788\n         Dec. 24); the election of Cuthbert Bullitt as judge of the\n         General Court \u0026 Cyrus Griffin as Privy Councilor (1788\n         Dec. 27); attacks by the Creek Indians against the Chickasaws\n         and furnishing them with gun powder (1789 Oct. 23); the\n         election of James Mercer as judge of the Court of Appeals to\n         replace John Blair (1789 Nov. 18); the election of Joseph\n         Jones \u0026 Spencer Roane as judges of the General Court (1789\n         Nov. 19); the re-election \u0026 qualification of Beverley\n         Randolph as Governor (1789 Nov. 28); an appointment to examine\n         the materials provided by the State to erect a lighthouse\n         (1789 Dec. 14); the disposal of the materials used for the\n         erection of the lighthouse (1790 Nov. 5); the election of\n         George Nicholas as Attorney General for the District of\n         Kentucky in place of Harry Innes (1790 Nov. 9); the election\n         of James Monroe in the U.S. Senate to replace William Grayson\n         (1790 Nov. 9); the election of John Steele, Miles Selden,\n         \u0026 Hardin Burnley to the Privy Council (1790 Nov. 26); the\n         protection of citizens on the frontiers (1790 Dec. 20); and\n         the election of Henry Lee as Governor (1791 Nov. 2).","Archibald Blair, as Clerk of the Council of State, encloses\n         extracts of minutes and orders of the Council to the Governor.\n         On 26 Nov. 1788, Blair writes regarding the request that Col.\n         Thomas Meriwether consult with printers for 500 copies of the\n         acts to appoint presidential electors. Meriwether, who\n         resigned as clerk of the Council on 30 June 1789, writes\n         regarding pensioners (1788 Dec. 9); quarterly returns and\n         payrolls of Elias Langham at Point of Fork (1789 Jan. 5);\n         Capt. Young's books and papers as successor of the Commercial\n         Agent (1789 Jan. 22); estimates by Elias Langham to enclose\n         the arsenals and magazines at Point of Fork with a stone wall,\n         etc. (1789 April 6); and his resignation (1789 June 27).\n         Samuel Coleman was appointed Assistant Clerk of the Council on\n         26 Dec. 1786. Following the resignation of Thomas Meriwether\n         on 27 June 1789, Coleman requested to fill the vacancy. He\n         writes the Governor respecting militia returns (1789 Nov. 3\n         \u0026 30; 1790 Jan. 1; 1790 Feb. 2; 1790 April 1; 1790 June 1;\n         1790 Aug. 4; 1790 Oct. 12; 1791 Jan. 18; 1791 July 30; \u0026\n         1791 Oct. 5); the accounts, provisions, payrolls, \u0026\n         returns of Elias Langham from the Point of Fork Arsenal (1789\n         July 6, 1790 April 5, 1790 July 3, 1790 Oct. 1, 1791 Jan. 4,\n         1791 Feb. 23, 1791 April 4, 1791 June 19, 1791 July 5, \u0026\n         1791 Oct. 4); his resignation on account of his health (1789\n         April 3); the accounts of James McGavock for public lead\n         delivered at Fort Chiswell (1790 Feb. 25); the claims of\n         scouts \u0026 rangers (1790 June 7, 21, \u0026 29; 1790 Oct. 9\n         \u0026 25; 1790 Dec. 11; \u0026 1791 June 20); and the\n         indebtedness of James Hunter, deceased, former Superintendent\n         of the Public Foundry (1791 Aug. 27).","Capt. Elias Langham, Superintendent of the Military Stores,\n         Arms, \u0026 Ammunition at Point of Fork Arsenal, writes to\n         Governor Randolph regarding the cannon at Taylor's Ferry (1788\n         Nov. 21); the contractor for provisions (1789 Jan. 6); public\n         negroes at Point of Fork (1789 Feb. 7); a recommendation for\n         an appointment to the Dept. of Military Stores when\n         established by Congress (1789 April 11); ammunition for the\n         Chief of the Chickasaw Nation and an application from Chief\n         Piomingo for 40 gallons of rum (1789 Nov. 2); a letter from\n         Piomingo concerning a change in his route (1789 Nov. 4);\n         powder \u0026 lead furnished the Indians at New London (1790\n         Feb. 26); the complaint of Thomas Harris for his punishment\n         \u0026 dismissal (1790 Oct. 1); opinions on his conduct (1790\n         Dec. 19); a contract for furnishing rations at Point of Fork\n         and an addition built to the public mill (1791 Jan. 4); and\n         the purchase of iron to forge bayonets (1791 July 1). Note\n         that additional materials relating to the Point of Fork\n         Arsenal can be found in Series II.","County lieutenants including David Shepherd, Alexander\n         Barnett, George Clendenin, Walter Crockett, John Evans,\n         Benjamin Wilson, Benjamin Harrison, John P. Duvall, Levi Todd,\n         Robert Johnson, \u0026 Arthur Campbell correspond with Governor\n         Randolph on numerous occasions primarily regarding Indian\n         affairs in the western counties. David Shepherd, Ohio Co.,\n         writes regarding a treaty with the Indians at the falls of\n         Muskingum (1788 Nov. 26); a general return of militia (1789\n         April 17); the raising of a company of rangers and Indian\n         attacks at Dunkard Creek (1789 May 12); the account for\n         raising troops (1789 June 8); a return of spies \u0026 rangers\n         (1789 Sept. 13); and continued depredations by the Indians on\n         the frontier (1791 May 9). Alexander Barnett, Russell Co.,\n         encloses court-martial proceedings for the trial of James\n         Gibson \u0026 Richard Thompson for disobeying orders (1788 Dec.\n         10). George Clendenin, Greenbrier Co. (later Kanawha Co.),\n         requests an augmentation of scouts \u0026 rangers in Washington\n         Co. (1788 Dec. 18); writes of the treaty and atrocities by the\n         Indians west of the Ohio (1789 May 6); the new county of\n         Kanawha, recommendations for magistrates, Indian atrocities on\n         Clinch Settlement, etc. (1789 Aug. 10); depredations by the\n         Indians (1790 April 15); and the need for scouts in Kanawha\n         Co. (1791 Jan. 1). Walter Crockett, Montgomery Co., remarks on\n         the state of the frontier and the potential of Indian\n         hostilities in the spring (1789 Feb. 16). John Evans,\n         Monongalia Co., reports on Indian hostilities and the ordering\n         of scouts (1789 April 25). Benjamin Wilson \u0026 John P.\n         Duvall, Harrison Co., enclose a deposition concerning Indian\n         attacks (1789 May 22); provide a list of \"mischief\" done by\n         the Indians (1789 Sept. 28); and report on Indian attacks\n         (1791 Nov. 27). Benjamin Harrison, Rockingham Co., writes in\n         relation to the strength of militia and militia fines (1789\n         May 27). Levi Todd, Fayette Co., notes the need for additional\n         magistrates, the attack on Federal troops by the Indians, and\n         the separation of Kentucky (1789 May 27). Robert Johnson,\n         Woodford Co., writes about the recommendation of the court for\n         militia officers and Indian \"mischief\" (1789 June 15). Lastly,\n         Arthur Campbell, Washington Co., chronicles Indian attacks in\n         Russell Co. (1789 July 20); a confrontation between the Creek\n         Indians \u0026 Spaniards (1789 Aug. 1); and submits a return of\n         militia (1789 Nov. 3).","William Rose as Keeper of the Public Jail periodically\n         transmits lists or calendars of criminals convicted at the\n         General Court (1788 Dec. 8, 1789 March 14, \u0026 1789 Aug.\n         31). Rose also writes the Governor regarding specific inmates\n         including Littlebury Cotton charged with horse stealing (1789\n         April 13 \u0026 23) and John Rose imprisoned for debts (1790\n         Dec. 22).","James Innes served as Attorney General to the Commonwealth\n         during Randolph's administration as Governor. Innes provides\n         his opinion on various issues including the case of Catherine\n         Crull sentenced to death for the murder of her husband (1789\n         Jan. 28); the memorial of Joseph Latil regarding the revenue\n         law (1789 March 2); the act for granting relief to sheriffs\n         \u0026 collectors of revenue (1789 March 2); prisoners in the\n         new district jails of New London \u0026 Dumfries (1789 March\n         28); the case of Ephraim Willard \u0026 John Whitney for\n         counterfeiting (1789 May 23); the case of George Byrd\n         sentenced to death for horse stealing (1789 May 25); warrants\n         issued to scouts \u0026 rangers (1789 Dec. 23); the oath to\n         support the U.S. Constitution (1790 March 20); the Governor's\n         right to withhold his signature from patents claiming property\n         over the waters of the James River between the Rocky Islands\n         (1790 April 4); the case of the executors of Archibald Cary\n         (1790 June 4); commissioner's fees (1790 Aug. 27); the case of\n         Caleb Hill sentenced to death for horse stealing (1791 April\n         27); and the case of Hunter Banks \u0026 Co. (1791 June 8).","Governor Randolph corresponds often with Leighton Wood,\n         Jr., \u0026 Samuel Shepard (formerly Clerk), Solicitors\n         General; John Pendleton, Jr., Auditor of Public Accounts; and\n         Jacquelin Ambler, Treasurer, regarding various financial\n         matters. Leighton Wood \u0026 Samuel Shepard submit lists of\n         inspectors bonds in the Solicitor's Office (1789 Jan. 24) and\n         reports of delinquent sheriffs (1789 April 23, 1789 May 22).\n         On 6 Jan. 1790, Wood writes the Governor regarding the sale of\n         the state Boats Liberty \u0026 Patriot by James Heron of\n         Norfolk. In addition, the Solicitors often write the Governor\n         with respect to specific accounts, especially sheriff accounts\n         of revenue. Wood also writes in support of Samuel Shepard to\n         serve as Solicitor General during his absence due to illness\n         (1790 March 29). Leighton Wood eventually submits his\n         resignation as Solicitor General on 6 July 1791 (See also 1791\n         May 29). John Pendleton encloses accounts of sundry expenses\n         in protecting \u0026 defending the frontier from the Indians in\n         the lands west of the Ohio River (1789 Feb. 19); lists of\n         balances from inspectors \u0026 county court clerks (1789 Jan.\n         29); the account of the expense of the two expeditions against\n         the Shawnee \u0026 Wabash Indians (1789 Dec. 17); the claim of\n         Oliver Pollock (1790 Jan. 4). In addition, Pendleton\n         administers oaths to various state officers including John\n         Dawson \u0026 John H. Briggs to the Privy Council (1789 Dec.\n         21) and Beverley Randolph as Governor (1790 Dec. 3). Ambler\n         encloses accounts of monies paid in part of the expenses\n         attending scouts \u0026 rangers (1789 Jan. 1); accounts of\n         payments made into the Treasury by the Superior \u0026 County\n         Court Clerks (1789 Feb. 6); accounts of payments by inspectors\n         of tobacco (1789 Jan. 28). He writes regarding unpaid expenses\n         of the General Assembly (1788 Dec. 31); security for the\n         Treasury in the new Capitol including iron bars for the\n         windows (1789 June 15); the balance of specie in the Treasury\n         (1789 June 30, 1789 Aug. 11, 1789 Oct. 15, 1789 Dec. 23 \u0026\n         31, 1790 Feb. 1, 1790 April 27, \u0026 1791 Jan. 14); his\n         resignation as one of the Directors of the Public Buildings\n         (1791 Jan. 3); and crop and transfer tobacco in the Treasury\n         for arrears of taxes (1791 May 10).","Additional significant correspondence includes the following: Edmund Randolph to the Council of State regarding his leaving office (1788 Nov. 17); the Judges of the General Court enclosing a list of persons convicted of capital offenses (1788 Dec. 16); John Blair accepting his commission as a judge of the Court of Appeals (1789 Jan. 16); John Dawson regarding the Convention of Kentucky on the navigation of the Mississippi and surrendering the river to Spain (1789 Jan. 29); Martin Oster, French Consul regarding the controversy between Henry Cugneau \u0026 Jean Alexis Subercaseaux and John Cauvey (1789 Jan. 31, 1789 March 2 \u0026 22); William Fleming \u0026 Peter Lyons regarding their appointments as Judges of the Court of Appeals (1789 Feb. 10); Paul Carrington regarding his appointment to the General Court (1789 Feb. 20); Cyrus Griffin regarding the appointment of William Davies (1789 March 9); Andrew Dunscomb to Davies regarding job \u0026 salary (1789 March 17); William Russell regarding the relinquishment to the public of the Capitol Square in Williamsburg and the buildings thereon (1789 May 1); a letter from James Madison, President of Board of Directors, regarding funds to support the Lunatic Hospital in Williamsburg (1789 June 7); Samuel McDowell regarding a remonstrance from inhabitants of the District of Kentucky against discharging the militia from service (1789 July 36); John Hancock regarding the conveyance of the bodies of James Brown \u0026 William Davis charged with piracy (1789 Sept. 13); David Ross recommending Piomingo, Chief of the Chickasaws, to pass through the country to New York (1789 Oct. 12); Patrick Henry regarding rifles \u0026 expenses for Indians (1789 Oct. 27); John Fitzgerald enclosing an address of the people of Georgetown \u0026 Alexandria on the advantages of the Potomac River for the permanent seat of the Federal Government (1789 Dec. 22); George Nicholas regarding his appointment as Attorney General for the District of Kentucky (1790 Jan. 30); William Tatham regarding Hutchin's map, etc. (1790 Feb. 24, April 13, \u0026 Aug. 10); James Taylor concerning the proceedings of the Commissioners of the Marine Hospital (1790 March 26, 1790 Oct. 9, \u0026 1791 May 18); Thomas Newton, Jr., regarding a plat of the 2 acres for the Cape Henry Lighthouse (1790 July 25); Simon Fraser regarding an attempt to burn the town of Petersburg (1790 Aug. 10); Gov. J.E. Howard, Maryland, regarding the erection of a lighthouse and disposal of the materials provided for the construction (1791 Jan. 7); Thomas Newton, Jr., regarding McComb's excavation for the lighthouse (1791 July 18); John McComb regarding the foundation for the lighthouse at Cape Henry (1791 July 22); Thomas Johnson, David, Stuart, \u0026 Daniel Carroll regarding a draft for the construction of the federal buildings (1791 Aug. 2); David Stuart regarding financial problems in constructing the federal buildings (1791 Aug. 5); and James Madison enclosing proceedings of the Directors of the Hospital for Lunatics (1791 Oct. 26).","Other noteworthy items include: an act regarding the\n         credentials of the senators (1788 Dec. 28); a court order\n         recommending Wilson Cary Nicholas as county lieutenant of\n         Albemarle Co. (1789 Jan. 8); the bond of William Lindsay as\n         Naval Officer of the Elizabeth River District (1789 Feb. 23);\n         a return of the State Electoral College \u0026 election\n         certificates from the first Presidential election (1789 Feb.);\n         a report of the Committee as to the Removal into the New\n         Capitol regarding apartments (1789 June 9); proclamations by\n         the Governor (1789 June 5, 1789 July 21, 1791 May 3); the\n         sales at auction of the State Boats Liberty \u0026 Patriot by\n         Capt. Richard Taylor (1789 Aug. 6); the oath of allegiance to\n         Cyrus Griffin as Privy Councilor (1789 Oct. 29); oath of\n         allegiance to Charles Carter as Privy Councilor (1789 Nov.\n         30); a report of the committee regarding appropriations for\n         the building of the Capitol in Richmond (1789 Dec. 14); an\n         account with Bassett Mosely to construct the lighthouse at\n         Cape Henry (1790 Jan. 9); the report of Lt. Gov. James Wood\n         regarding the lighthouse (1790 Jan. 13); the oath of Thomas\n         Madison as Privy Councilor (1790 Jan. 19); the meeting of the\n         Directors of the Lunatic Hospital regarding the resignations\n         of John Blair \u0026 James Innes (1790 Feb. 16); the deed of\n         cession from Virginia to the United States for 2 acres of land\n         at Cape Henry for the purpose of erecting a lighthouse (1790\n         Aug. 9); a proclamation of President George Washington of a\n         treaty between the U.S. and Creek Nation (1790 Aug. 13); and a\n         speech of George Washington regarding public credit, the\n         District of Kentucky \u0026 statehood, Indian incursions on\n         frontier settlements, etc. (1790 Dec. 8).","Series II: Subject Files. This series is arranged\n         alphabetically by subject and relates to the Point of Fork\n         Arsenal in Fluvanna Co., Virginia. The series contains\n         accounts of cash \u0026 provisions, pay rolls of artificers\n         \u0026 state guard, quarterly accounts of muskets, quarter\n         master stores, \u0026 clothing, returns of ordnance \u0026\n         military stores, and vouchers between 1789 and 1791. Note that\n         not all materials related to the Point of Fork Arsenal have\n         been separated to this series. Correspondence related to the\n         Arsenal can be found in Series I."],"physloc_html_tesm":["\u003cphysloc label=\"Physical Location\"\u003eState Records Collection,\n         Office of the Governor (Record Group 3)\u003c/physloc\u003e\n      "],"physloc_tesim":["State Records Collection,\n         Office of the Governor (Record Group 3)"],"language_ssim":["English"],"total_component_count_is":289,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-07-23T21:08:53.750Z"}]}},"label":"Breadcrumbs"}}},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/vi_vi00854_c04"}},{"id":"vi_vi04879_c12","type":"Series","attributes":{"title":"1790","breadcrumbs":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/vi_vi04879_c12#breadcrumbs","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":{"ref_ssi":"vi_vi04879_c12","ref_ssm":["vi_vi04879_c12"],"id":"vi_vi04879_c12","ead_ssi":"vi_vi04879","_root_":"vi_vi04879","_nest_parent_":"vi_vi04879","parent_ssi":"vi_vi04879","parent_ssim":["Plats and certificates of the Virginia Land Office \n1779-1982."],"parent_ids_ssim":["vi_vi04879"],"title_filing_ssi":"1790","title_ssm":["1790"],"title_tesim":["1790"],"normalized_title_ssm":["1790"],"text":["1790","Plats and certificates of the Virginia Land Office \n1779-1982."],"parent_unittitles_ssm":["Plats and certificates of the Virginia Land Office \n1779-1982."],"parent_unittitles_tesim":["Plats and certificates of the Virginia Land Office \n1779-1982."],"level_ssm":["Series"],"level_ssim":["Series"],"component_level_isim":[1],"sort_isi":944,"repository_ssim":["Library of Virginia"],"collection_ssim":["Plats and certificates of the Virginia Land Office \n1779-1982."],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"child_component_count_isi":26,"_nest_path_":"/components#11","timestamp":"2026-07-23T21:13:03.405Z","collection":{"numFound":1,"start":0,"numFoundExact":true,"docs":[{"id":"vi_vi04879","ead_ssi":"vi_vi04879","_root_":"vi_vi04879","_nest_parent_":"vi_vi04879","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/lva/vi04879.xml","title_ssm":["Plats and certificates of the Virginia Land Office \n1779-1982."],"title_tesim":["Plats and certificates of the Virginia Land Office \n1779-1982."],"normalized_title_ssm":["Plats and certificates of the Virginia Land Office \n1779-1982."],"text":["Plats and certificates of the Virginia Land Office \n1779-1982.","LOI 42","96 cu. ft.","The act that established the Land Office in 1779, provided for a Register to be at the head, who would be \"appointed from time to time, by joint ballot of both houses of assembly....\" It was the responsibility of the Register to carry out the very carefully structured legislation which provided the procedure for obtaining waste and unappropriated lands. So thorough was the system that no major change in Virginia's method of distribution of virgin land was made until the mid-20th century.","Under the act, any person could purchase as much vacant land as desired upon payment to the treasurer of a fee of £40 for 100 acres desired. The receipt given in return for the fee was taken to the auditor of the commonwealth. For this treasurer's receipt the auditor issued a certificate noting the amount of land to which the person was entitled. This certificate was taken to the Land Office where the Register issued a warrant. This warrant authorized any surveyor to lay off the quantity of land.","The warrantee entered a claim to the land he desired by depositing his warrant with the surveyor of the county in which the land lay. The act specified the method to be employed by the surveyor in returning his survey of the land. Once the survey had been completed, it and the depleted warrant on which it was based were returned to the warrantee whose responsibility it was to deliver the paper to the Land Office. There, all papers were examined initially for technical error and, if correctly executed, were filed for a period of not less than six months. If, within that time, no caveat was entered on the survey, the plat and certificate of survey were recorded and the grant was issued by the Register. Once written, the grant was signed by the governor, sealed, recorded, and delivered to the grantee.","During the first years of operation, the Land Office was mainly concerned with issuing warrants for military bounty, and satisfying claims originating under the colonial government. Since much of the available land was located in Kentucky, the Register was authorized in November, 1781, to appoint a deputy who would locate his office there.","Following the reorganization of the Land Office, recited in the Virginia Code of 1850, the localities were charged with the responsibilities of issuing titles to vacant lands, while the state issued grants for escheated lands only. To counter dissatisfaction with the existence of the Land Office, which first surfaced mid-19th century as the amount of wasteland declined, the General Assembly adopted the solution of assigning more duties to the Register. First, the office of Superintendent of Weights and Measures was abolished by an act of February 9, 1867, and his duties were transferred to the Register. Then, by an act of February 28, 1874, amended April 29, 1874, the responsibilities of the Superintendent of Public Buildings were assigned to the Register, and the former position was abolished. Next, in March, 1875, the Register was made the Secretary of the Board of Immigration.","Finally by legislative action of March 20, 1924, it was decreed that when the next vacancy in the position of Register of the Land Office occurred, that office was to be abolished and its duties transferred to the Secretary of the Commonwealth. The duties of Superintendent of Buildings and Grounds, performed by the Register, were to be taken over by the Superintendent of State Office Buildings, who would assume the former title. This transfer of duties was accomplished by January 1925.","In 1948 the records of the Land Office which were in the custody of the Secretary of the Commonwealth were transferred to the State Library and, by Act of Assembly, March 5, 1952, the duties of the Register of the Land Office were transferred from the Secretary of the Commonwealth to the State Librarian.","These records contain plats/surveys, certificates of survey and other accompanying papers on which grants were issued through the register of the Land Office between 1779 and 1924, the secretary of the commonwealth between 1925 and 1948, and the state librarian since 1949. Supplemental papers may include warrants, assignments, affidavits, and copies of county court records.","These records are arranged chronologically by the year the land grant was issued.  Within each year, the files are arranged alphabetically.","Included are land grants from numerous Virginia governors including: Patrick Henry (1776-1779; 1784-1786), Thomas Jefferson (1779-1781), Edmund Randolph (1786-1788), Beverley Randolph (1788-1791), Henry Lee (1791-1794), Robert Brooke (1794-1796), James Wood (1796-1799), and James Monroe (1799-1802, 1811). Also included are land patents from King George II (1683-1760) and King George III (1738-1820) of Great Britain. Most of these are housed in oversize boxes with separation notices.","These records are currently being rehoused.  All years (1779-1982) are available, however only the rehoused records are listed in this finding aid.","English"],"collection_title_tesim":["Plats and certificates of the Virginia Land Office \n1779-1982."],"collection_ssim":["Plats and certificates of the Virginia Land Office \n1779-1982."],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["LOI 42"],"unitid_tesim":["LOI 42"],"repository_ssm":["Library of Virginia"],"repository_ssim":["Library of Virginia"],"creator_ssm":["Virginia Land Office"],"creator_ssim":["Virginia Land Office"],"acqinfo_ssim":["No acquisition information available.  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So thorough was the system that no major change in Virginia's method of distribution of virgin land was made until the mid-20th century.","Under the act, any person could purchase as much vacant land as desired upon payment to the treasurer of a fee of £40 for 100 acres desired. The receipt given in return for the fee was taken to the auditor of the commonwealth. For this treasurer's receipt the auditor issued a certificate noting the amount of land to which the person was entitled. This certificate was taken to the Land Office where the Register issued a warrant. This warrant authorized any surveyor to lay off the quantity of land.","The warrantee entered a claim to the land he desired by depositing his warrant with the surveyor of the county in which the land lay. The act specified the method to be employed by the surveyor in returning his survey of the land. Once the survey had been completed, it and the depleted warrant on which it was based were returned to the warrantee whose responsibility it was to deliver the paper to the Land Office. There, all papers were examined initially for technical error and, if correctly executed, were filed for a period of not less than six months. If, within that time, no caveat was entered on the survey, the plat and certificate of survey were recorded and the grant was issued by the Register. Once written, the grant was signed by the governor, sealed, recorded, and delivered to the grantee.","During the first years of operation, the Land Office was mainly concerned with issuing warrants for military bounty, and satisfying claims originating under the colonial government. Since much of the available land was located in Kentucky, the Register was authorized in November, 1781, to appoint a deputy who would locate his office there.","Following the reorganization of the Land Office, recited in the Virginia Code of 1850, the localities were charged with the responsibilities of issuing titles to vacant lands, while the state issued grants for escheated lands only. To counter dissatisfaction with the existence of the Land Office, which first surfaced mid-19th century as the amount of wasteland declined, the General Assembly adopted the solution of assigning more duties to the Register. First, the office of Superintendent of Weights and Measures was abolished by an act of February 9, 1867, and his duties were transferred to the Register. Then, by an act of February 28, 1874, amended April 29, 1874, the responsibilities of the Superintendent of Public Buildings were assigned to the Register, and the former position was abolished. Next, in March, 1875, the Register was made the Secretary of the Board of Immigration.","Finally by legislative action of March 20, 1924, it was decreed that when the next vacancy in the position of Register of the Land Office occurred, that office was to be abolished and its duties transferred to the Secretary of the Commonwealth. The duties of Superintendent of Buildings and Grounds, performed by the Register, were to be taken over by the Superintendent of State Office Buildings, who would assume the former title. 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