{"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bnames%5D%5B%5D=Fitzhugh+family\u0026facet.sort=count","last":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bnames%5D%5B%5D=Fitzhugh+family\u0026facet.sort=count\u0026page=1"},"meta":{"pages":{"current_page":1,"next_page":null,"prev_page":null,"total_pages":1,"limit_value":10,"offset_value":0,"total_count":6,"first_page?":true,"last_page?":true}},"data":[{"id":"viu_viu00047","type":"collection","attributes":{"title":"Alexander Family Papers \n 1800-1890","creator":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/viu_viu00047#creator","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":"Lewis Egerton Smoot","label":"Creator"}},"abstract_or_scope":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/viu_viu00047#abstract_or_scope","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":"\u003cp\u003eThe papers of the Alexander familyof King George County, Virginiacontain ca. 2000 items (5 Hollinger boxes, ca. 1.75 linear feet), ca.1800-1890, consist of correspondence, financial, and legal papers. Most of the earlier papers are those of landowner Gustavus B. Alexander, and concern his dealings in wheat, corn, guano fertilizer, slaves, and land, as well as legal matters and business ventures. Later papers are those of his son, Charles G. Alexander, lawyer, justice of the peace, and schoolmaster, and deal with a variety of subjects, including King George County Schools, land surveying, meteorological observations, and slavery. Other subjects of possible interest include medical records and doctors' bills, tax records, and documents concerning St. Paul's Churchin King George County.\u003c/p\u003e","label":"Abstract Or Scope"}},"breadcrumbs":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/viu_viu00047#breadcrumbs","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":{"id":"viu_viu00047","ead_ssi":"viu_viu00047","_root_":"viu_viu00047","_nest_parent_":"viu_viu00047","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/uva-sc/viu00047.xml","title_ssm":["Alexander Family Papers \n 1800-1890"],"title_tesim":["Alexander Family Papers \n 1800-1890"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Alexander Family Papers \n 1800-1890"],"text":["Alexander Family Papers \n 1800-1890","4800","2000 items","Collection is open to research.","The \n         Alexander familypapers have been arranged\n         alphabetically according to type of material. Bound Volumes\n         (Box 1), Correspondence (Box 1), and Financial and Legal\n         Papers (Boxes 2-5) are arranged chronologically. All\n         additional topics are arranged chronologically within their\n         respective folders in Box 5.","Funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment\n            for the Humanities","The papers of the \n         Alexander familyof \n         King George County, Virginiacontain ca.\n         2000 items (5 Hollinger boxes, ca. 1.75 linear feet),\n         ca.1800-1890, consist of correspondence, financial, and legal\n         papers. Most of the earlier papers are those of landowner \n         Gustavus B. Alexander, and concern his\n         dealings in wheat, corn, guano fertilizer, slaves, and land,\n         as well as legal matters and business ventures. Later papers\n         are those of his son, \n         Charles G. Alexander, lawyer, justice of\n         the peace, and schoolmaster, and deal with a variety of\n         subjects, including \n         King George County Schools, land\n         surveying, meteorological observations, and slavery. Other\n         subjects of possible interest include medical records and\n         doctors' bills, tax records, and documents concerning \n         St. Paul's Churchin \n         King George County.","Correspondence of note includes extensive dealings in wheat\n         and other goods with \n         Alexandriamerchants \n         Stephen Shinn and Son. Other business\n         associates include \n         W.H. McDonald and Co., \n         J. Leadbeater and Son, \n         C.G. Howland, and Robinson and Payne. \n         Gustavus B. Alexanderand other area\n         landowners dealt in guano with the \n         Alexandria, Virginiacompany \n         S.S. Masters and Son: 6, 13, 23 Sept\n         1852; 3 Feb 1853; 16, 17 Sept 1854; 10 Oct 1855; and 24 Sept\n         1860. Two contracts with overseers of the \n         Alexander familyplantation \" \n         Caledon\" are included in the\n         correspondence: with \n         Henry Ryals(30 Oct 1852) and with \n         John L. Lewisford(9 Jan 1860).","Letters dated 7, 20 Oct; 3, 11 Nov 1834; 29 Mar; 29 Aug\n         1839; 2 Mar; 10 June 1848; 14 Jan and 9 Feb 1857 pertain to\n         land holdings of the related \n         Stuart family, \n         Chapman family, and \n         Alexander familyin \n         Alexandria, Virginia. Other letters\n         concerning property holdings are as follows: a deed to \" \n         Strawberry Hillproperty\" bought by \n         Eliza Jacksonfrom \n         G.B. Wallace, dated 4 Sept 1876; \n         R.H. Stuartto \n         Charles G. Alexanderconcerning land sold\n         to \n         Eliza Hughesand \n         Charles Prior, dated 11 Feb 1890, and an\n         undated note; a list of \"Officers of District #3, \n         King George County, \" which includes \n         Gustavus B. Alexanderas chairman, dated\n         15 My 1852; and correspondence from the \n         U.S. War Departmentto \n         Charles G. Alexanderconcerning abandoned\n         lands, dated 25 Jan 1866.","Several letters concern the \" \n         Boyd's Hole\" property held by the \n         Alexander family. Correspondence from \n         Stephen Shinnto \n         Gustavus B. Alexanderconcerns\n         negotiations with the \n         Potomac River Steam Boat Companyto build\n         a wharf at \n         Boyd's Hole: 30 June; 9 July; 3 Sept; 2,\n         18, 25, and 29 Oct 1855; 25 June; 9, and 30 Aug 1856. Letters\n         pertaining to a dispute about the construction of a road at \n         Boyd's Holeincludes correspondence dated\n         1 June, 5 Oct, and 6 Nov 1856 and a 31 July 1876 \"list of\n         hands to work on Public Road.\" Letters pertaining to the lease\n         and sale of the \n         Boyd's Holeproperty include: a 3 Nov 1865\n         agreement of lease between \n         Charles G. Alexanderand \n         Thomas C. Daly; a 2 Nov 1874 letter from\n         the \n         Geo. C. Wedderburn Real Estate Companyto \n         Charles G. Alexander; and an undated\n         draft of a real estate announcement: \" \n         Boyd's HoleFor Sale!\"","Letters dated 20, 25 April 1866; 10 July 1868; and 3 Sept\n         1869 concern debts and taxes on the estate of \n         Gustavus B. Alexander. Several letters\n         deal with money lent to the \n         Alexander familyby \n         Lucy A. Thorntonof \n         Port Royal, Virginia: 20 Aug, 28 Sept\n         1851; 30 Sept 1852; and 27 Sept 1856. Of special note is a\n         letter dated 9 May 1866, in which \n         Lucy Thorntonrequests that \n         Charles Alexanderpay the money owed her\n         so that she may repair her house, \"which was very badly\n         shelled (in the Civil War) and is scarcely habitable.\"","Some correspondence of the \n         Grymes familyis included in the \n         Alexander familypapers. Letters of \n         George Grymesinclude an undated note to \n         Gustavus B. Alexanderconcerning\n         plantation crops, and a letter to \n         Thomas Grymes, dated 28 Nov 1844, on the\n         dangers of hard drinking. The correspondence of \n         Fanny Grymesdeals with legal matters and\n         property holdings, notably a tract of land called \" \n         Eagle's Nest:\" 11 May 1870; 6 March 1871;\n         16 May, 18 Sept 1872; 17, 30 Sept 1873; 31 July 1875; and 19\n         Oct 1887.","Letters from \n         Charles G. Alexander's period as Justice\n         of the Peace in \n         Yuba County, California(where he settled\n         as a result of his participation in a \n         Washington-based gold rush expedition\n         from 1849 to late 1851) include a goodbye note written to his\n         father and dated simply \"1849\" and letters dated 21 Jan; 8, 15\n         Aug; and 11 Nov 1850; 21 Jan; 24 Feb; 28 April; and 15 June\n         1851. Also included is a 1 April 1857 complaint filed\n         concerning a trial held before \n         Charles G. Alexanderin \n         Yuba County, California.","Undated correspondence of note includes an unsigned\n         satirical poem about \n         Charles G. Alexander's early career as an\n         attorney; an open letter to \"the Voters of \n         King George County\" from \n         C.H. Ashton, concerning his candidacy for\n         the \n         House of Delegates; a fragment of a\n         letter which mentions \"the horrible party now in power\" and\n         predicts \"a revolution beginning in the North;\" a memorandum\n         recording the descendants of a \"Dr. Bell of \n         Lancaster; \" and letters to \n         Judith B. Alexanderand \n         Marietta Alexanderfrom \n         Sarah Stuartand \"Rose.\"","Two small notebooks dating from 1862 and 1863 are among the\n         bound volumes in Box 1. These consist of notes taken by \n         Charles G. Alexanderduring his period as\n         a member of the \n         15th Regiment of the Virginia Cavalryin\n         the Civil War. Included in these notebooks are lists of\n         prisoners taken and guards appointed, munitions, cavalry\n         companies and their captains, and mess and pay accounts of the\n         soldiers. Also included is a daily record of the movements of\n         the \n         15th Virginia Cavalry, Company E, under\n         Captain \n         Mark Arnold, and a record of the battles\n         and skirmishes in which it was involved. The \n         9th Virginia Cavalryis also frequently\n         mentioned.","Two folders include material concerning \n         King George County Schools, such as\n         teachers' certificates, letters of the \n         King George County Textbook Committee,\n         correspondence concerning teaching positions (Box 5), and\n         three bound volumes (Box 1) entitled \"Teacher's Pocket\n         Record.\" These consist of the attendance records and policies\n         of \n         Potomac District Public School #4from\n         1876 to 1887 while \n         Charles G. Alexanderwas schoolmaster.","Medical records and doctors' bills of the \n         Alexander familyhave been separated into\n         one folder covering the period from 1826 to 1865. Included in\n         these documents are records of medical attention given to\n         slaves of the \n         Alexander familyand of the \n         Fitzhugh family. These slaves are often\n         mentioned by name.","Two folders contain the tax records of the \n         Alexander familyfrom 1814 to 1886 with some\n         undated material. These records are also of particular\n         interest because they list the number of slaves held by the\n         family in any given year.","Meteorological surveys and observations were made by \n         Charles G. Alexanderfor the \n         U.S. War Departmentin 1874 and 1875.\n         These may be found in a folder along with several weather maps\n         of the \n         United Statesand correspondence between \n         Charles G. Alexanderand the Chief Signal\n         Officer of the \n         War Department.","Material concerning \n         St. Paul's Churchin \n         King George Countyconsists of one folder\n         of correspondence and notes, including records of goods and\n         money donated to the church, meetings of the vestry, and an\n         undated list of pew-holders.","Some miscellaneous items have been separated into a single\n         folder. These include business and calling cards,\n         advertisments, poetry of such writers as \n         Alexander Popeand \n         John Stuart Mill, the passport of \n         Charles G. Alexanderdated 1849, a school\n         report for \n         Charles G. Alexanderat \n         Wood Grove Seminaryin the 1842-3 term,\n         and the will of \n         Gustavus B. Alexander, dated 1855. Also\n         included is an 1855 application for a land warrant due \n         Gustavus B. Alexanderas a veteran of the\n         War of 1812.","A substantial amount of material concerning slavery has\n         been separated into four folders of \"Slave Records,\" under the\n         subheadings of \"Correspondence,\" \"Financial and Legal,\" and\n         \"Financial and Legal --Bonds.\" The contents of these folders,\n         which collectively cover the period from 1814 to 1873 are\n         listed below:","Slave Records --Correspondence. Items of interest include:1\n         March 1824 -- \n         George Johnsonto \n         Jacob Stuart, concerning ownership of\n         slave \n         William; 2 April 1830 --certificate\n         concerning capture of runaway slave \n         Jim, belonging to \n         Gustavus B. Alexander; 10 Sept 1849 -- \n         A.G. Dadeto \n         Gustavus B. Alexander, concerning hired\n         slaves who became ill; 7 Dec 1849 --Dr. \n         Henry Lewisto \n         Gustavus B. Alexander, concerning dower\n         slaves of late Mrs. Stuart; 23 Nov 1852 --statement by \n         Judith B. Alexander, concerning dower\n         slaves of late Mrs. \n         Sarah Stuart Alexander; 10 June 1854\n         --letter of commission, forming a patrol to prevent slaves\n         from assembling or communicating between households; 11 Nov\n         1856 -- \n         W.T. Swannto \n         Gustavus B. Alexander, concerning slaves\n         of the \n         Alexander family, some of whom (\"the\n         children of \n         Christy\") have petitioned for their\n         freedom; 1 July 1858 -- \n         William McGuireto \n         Judith B. Alexander, concerning shipping\n         of slave girl \n         Mary; 27 Nov 1860 --note authorizing\n         slave \n         Westto recieve payment for his carpentry\n         services; 19 Nov 1861 -- \n         William McGuireto \n         Charles G. Alexander, writing to urge the\n         prevention of the escape of slaves at \" \n         Caledon\" by hiring them out further south\n         or by burning any boats available to them; 27 Nov 1867 --[ \n         Charles G. Alexander] to \n         George H. Robinsonconcerning shipments of\n         corn made by freedmen; 2 March 1871 -- \n         Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned\n         Landsto \n         Fanny Grymes, concerning the surviving\n         relatives of \n         Henry Brooks, son of her former slaves\n         and private in the \n         23rd US Colored Troopsduring the Civil\n         War; 7 Oct 1873 --draft of an editorial concerning ex-slaves\n         and some problems of the Reconstruction; n.d. -- \n         C.T. Stuartto \n         L.W. Stuartconcerning slave \n         William.","Slave Records --Financial and Legal. Items of interest\n         include: 1825 --authorization of ownership of dower slaves of \n         Sarah K. Stuart; 1825-1862 --bills and\n         receipts concerning slaves; 1830-1832 --indentures, including\n         lists of slaves held by \n         Gustavus B. Alexander; 1848, n.d. --lists\n         of slaves' names, ages and prices or values; 1844-1858 --bills\n         of sale of slaves; 1848 --division of dower slaves of \n         Sarah K. Stuart; n.d. --division of dower\n         slaves of Mrs. \n         G. Stuart.","Slave Records --Financial and Legal: Bonds. These records\n         are contained in two folders and date from 1814 to 1862 with\n         some undated material. They consist entirely of bonds made\n         concerning the hire of slaves belonging to the following\n         families:","Alexander family,\n        Lanford family,\n        Ashton family,\n        Lewis family,\n        Berry family,\n        Miffleton family,\n        Brockenborough family,\n        Potts family,\n        Bryan family,\n        Quisenberry family,\n        Coakley family,\n        Scott family,\n        Dade family,\n        Selden family,\n        Davies family,\n        Smith family,\n        Fitzhugh family,\n        Stuart family,\n        Grymes family,\n        Thornton family,\n        Harrison family,\n        Washington family","These bonds may be particularly useful as the first names\n         of the slaves involved are frequently mentioned.","See the \n            \n            University of Virginia Library’s use policy.","University of Virginia. Library. 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Dade","Henry Lewis","Sarah Stuart Alexander","W.T. Swann","Christy","William McGuire","Mary","West","George H. Robinson","Henry Brooks","C.T. Stuart","L.W. Stuart","Sarah K. Stuart","G. Stuart"],"creator_corpname_ssim":["University of Virginia. Library. Special\n            Collections Dept.","Caledon","University of Virginia","King George County Schools","St. Paul's Church","Stephen Shinn and Son","W.H. McDonald and Co.","J. Leadbeater and Son","C.G. Howland, and Robinson and Payne","S.S. Masters and Son","U.S. War Department","Potomac River Steam Boat Company","Geo. C. 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All\n         additional topics are arranged chronologically within their\n         respective folders in Box 5."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eAlexander Family\n            Papers, Accession 4800, Special Collections Department, University of\n         Virginia Library\u003c/p\u003e\n      "],"prefercite_tesim":["Alexander Family\n            Papers, Accession 4800, Special Collections Department, University of\n         Virginia Library"],"processinfo_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eFunded in part by a grant from the National Endowment\n            for the Humanities\u003c/p\u003e\n      "],"processinfo_heading_ssm":["Funding Note"],"processinfo_tesim":["Funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment\n            for the Humanities"],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe papers of the \n         \u003cfamname\u003eAlexander family\u003c/famname\u003eof \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eKing George County, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003econtain ca.\n         2000 items (5 Hollinger boxes, ca. 1.75 linear feet),\n         ca.1800-1890, consist of correspondence, financial, and legal\n         papers. Most of the earlier papers are those of landowner \n         \u003cpersname\u003eGustavus B. Alexander\u003c/persname\u003e, and concern his\n         dealings in wheat, corn, guano fertilizer, slaves, and land,\n         as well as legal matters and business ventures. Later papers\n         are those of his son, \n         \u003cpersname\u003eCharles G. Alexander\u003c/persname\u003e, lawyer, justice of\n         the peace, and schoolmaster, and deal with a variety of\n         subjects, including \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eKing George County Schools\u003c/corpname\u003e, land\n         surveying, meteorological observations, and slavery. Other\n         subjects of possible interest include medical records and\n         doctors' bills, tax records, and documents concerning \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eSt. Paul's Church\u003c/corpname\u003ein \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eKing George County\u003c/geogname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence of note includes extensive dealings in wheat\n         and other goods with \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eAlexandria\u003c/geogname\u003emerchants \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eStephen Shinn and Son\u003c/corpname\u003e. Other business\n         associates include \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eW.H. McDonald and Co.\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eJ. Leadbeater and Son\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eC.G. Howland, and Robinson and Payne\u003c/corpname\u003e. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eGustavus B. Alexander\u003c/persname\u003eand other area\n         landowners dealt in guano with the \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eAlexandria, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003ecompany \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eS.S. Masters and Son\u003c/corpname\u003e: 6, 13, 23 Sept\n         1852; 3 Feb 1853; 16, 17 Sept 1854; 10 Oct 1855; and 24 Sept\n         1860. Two contracts with overseers of the \n         \u003cfamname\u003eAlexander family\u003c/famname\u003eplantation \" \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eCaledon\u003c/corpname\u003e\" are included in the\n         correspondence: with \n         \u003cpersname\u003eHenry Ryals\u003c/persname\u003e(30 Oct 1852) and with \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn L. Lewisford\u003c/persname\u003e(9 Jan 1860).\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eLetters dated 7, 20 Oct; 3, 11 Nov 1834; 29 Mar; 29 Aug\n         1839; 2 Mar; 10 June 1848; 14 Jan and 9 Feb 1857 pertain to\n         land holdings of the related \n         \u003cfamname\u003eStuart family\u003c/famname\u003e, \n         \u003cfamname\u003eChapman family\u003c/famname\u003e, and \n         \u003cfamname\u003eAlexander family\u003c/famname\u003ein \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eAlexandria, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e. Other letters\n         concerning property holdings are as follows: a deed to \" \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eStrawberry Hill\u003c/geogname\u003eproperty\" bought by \n         \u003cpersname\u003eEliza Jackson\u003c/persname\u003efrom \n         \u003cpersname\u003eG.B. Wallace\u003c/persname\u003e, dated 4 Sept 1876; \n         \u003cpersname\u003eR.H. Stuart\u003c/persname\u003eto \n         \u003cpersname\u003eCharles G. Alexander\u003c/persname\u003econcerning land sold\n         to \n         \u003cpersname\u003eEliza Hughes\u003c/persname\u003eand \n         \u003cpersname\u003eCharles Prior\u003c/persname\u003e, dated 11 Feb 1890, and an\n         undated note; a list of \"Officers of District #3, \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eKing George County\u003c/geogname\u003e, \" which includes \n         \u003cpersname\u003eGustavus B. Alexander\u003c/persname\u003eas chairman, dated\n         15 My 1852; and correspondence from the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eU.S. War Department\u003c/corpname\u003eto \n         \u003cpersname\u003eCharles G. Alexander\u003c/persname\u003econcerning abandoned\n         lands, dated 25 Jan 1866.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eSeveral letters concern the \" \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eBoyd's Hole\u003c/geogname\u003e\" property held by the \n         \u003cfamname\u003eAlexander family\u003c/famname\u003e. Correspondence from \n         \u003cpersname\u003eStephen Shinn\u003c/persname\u003eto \n         \u003cpersname\u003eGustavus B. Alexander\u003c/persname\u003econcerns\n         negotiations with the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003ePotomac River Steam Boat Company\u003c/corpname\u003eto build\n         a wharf at \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eBoyd's Hole\u003c/geogname\u003e: 30 June; 9 July; 3 Sept; 2,\n         18, 25, and 29 Oct 1855; 25 June; 9, and 30 Aug 1856. Letters\n         pertaining to a dispute about the construction of a road at \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eBoyd's Hole\u003c/geogname\u003eincludes correspondence dated\n         1 June, 5 Oct, and 6 Nov 1856 and a 31 July 1876 \"list of\n         hands to work on Public Road.\" Letters pertaining to the lease\n         and sale of the \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eBoyd's Hole\u003c/geogname\u003eproperty include: a 3 Nov 1865\n         agreement of lease between \n         \u003cpersname\u003eCharles G. Alexander\u003c/persname\u003eand \n         \u003cpersname\u003eThomas C. Daly\u003c/persname\u003e; a 2 Nov 1874 letter from\n         the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eGeo. C. Wedderburn Real Estate Company\u003c/corpname\u003eto \n         \u003cpersname\u003eCharles G. Alexander\u003c/persname\u003e; and an undated\n         draft of a real estate announcement: \" \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eBoyd's Hole\u003c/geogname\u003eFor Sale!\"\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eLetters dated 20, 25 April 1866; 10 July 1868; and 3 Sept\n         1869 concern debts and taxes on the estate of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eGustavus B. Alexander\u003c/persname\u003e. Several letters\n         deal with money lent to the \n         \u003cfamname\u003eAlexander family\u003c/famname\u003eby \n         \u003cpersname\u003eLucy A. Thornton\u003c/persname\u003eof \n         \u003cgeogname\u003ePort Royal, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e: 20 Aug, 28 Sept\n         1851; 30 Sept 1852; and 27 Sept 1856. Of special note is a\n         letter dated 9 May 1866, in which \n         \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Thornton\u003c/persname\u003erequests that \n         \u003cpersname\u003eCharles Alexander\u003c/persname\u003epay the money owed her\n         so that she may repair her house, \"which was very badly\n         shelled (in the Civil War) and is scarcely habitable.\"\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eSome correspondence of the \n         \u003cfamname\u003eGrymes family\u003c/famname\u003eis included in the \n         \u003cfamname\u003eAlexander family\u003c/famname\u003epapers. Letters of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge Grymes\u003c/persname\u003einclude an undated note to \n         \u003cpersname\u003eGustavus B. Alexander\u003c/persname\u003econcerning\n         plantation crops, and a letter to \n         \u003cpersname\u003eThomas Grymes\u003c/persname\u003e, dated 28 Nov 1844, on the\n         dangers of hard drinking. The correspondence of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eFanny Grymes\u003c/persname\u003edeals with legal matters and\n         property holdings, notably a tract of land called \" \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eEagle's Nest\u003c/corpname\u003e:\" 11 May 1870; 6 March 1871;\n         16 May, 18 Sept 1872; 17, 30 Sept 1873; 31 July 1875; and 19\n         Oct 1887.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eLetters from \n         \u003cpersname\u003eCharles G. Alexander\u003c/persname\u003e's period as Justice\n         of the Peace in \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eYuba County, California\u003c/geogname\u003e(where he settled\n         as a result of his participation in a \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eWashington\u003c/geogname\u003e-based gold rush expedition\n         from 1849 to late 1851) include a goodbye note written to his\n         father and dated simply \"1849\" and letters dated 21 Jan; 8, 15\n         Aug; and 11 Nov 1850; 21 Jan; 24 Feb; 28 April; and 15 June\n         1851. Also included is a 1 April 1857 complaint filed\n         concerning a trial held before \n         \u003cpersname\u003eCharles G. Alexander\u003c/persname\u003ein \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eYuba County, California\u003c/geogname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eUndated correspondence of note includes an unsigned\n         satirical poem about \n         \u003cpersname\u003eCharles G. Alexander\u003c/persname\u003e's early career as an\n         attorney; an open letter to \"the Voters of \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eKing George County\u003c/geogname\u003e\" from \n         \u003cpersname\u003eC.H. Ashton\u003c/persname\u003e, concerning his candidacy for\n         the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eHouse of Delegates\u003c/corpname\u003e; a fragment of a\n         letter which mentions \"the horrible party now in power\" and\n         predicts \"a revolution beginning in the North;\" a memorandum\n         recording the descendants of a \"Dr. Bell of \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eLancaster\u003c/geogname\u003e; \" and letters to \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJudith B. Alexander\u003c/persname\u003eand \n         \u003cpersname\u003eMarietta Alexander\u003c/persname\u003efrom \n         \u003cpersname\u003eSarah Stuart\u003c/persname\u003eand \"Rose.\"\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eTwo small notebooks dating from 1862 and 1863 are among the\n         bound volumes in Box 1. These consist of notes taken by \n         \u003cpersname\u003eCharles G. Alexander\u003c/persname\u003eduring his period as\n         a member of the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003e15th Regiment of the Virginia Cavalry\u003c/corpname\u003ein\n         the Civil War. Included in these notebooks are lists of\n         prisoners taken and guards appointed, munitions, cavalry\n         companies and their captains, and mess and pay accounts of the\n         soldiers. Also included is a daily record of the movements of\n         the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003e15th Virginia Cavalry, Company E\u003c/corpname\u003e, under\n         Captain \n         \u003cpersname\u003eMark Arnold\u003c/persname\u003e, and a record of the battles\n         and skirmishes in which it was involved. The \n         \u003ccorpname\u003e9th Virginia Cavalry\u003c/corpname\u003eis also frequently\n         mentioned.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eTwo folders include material concerning \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eKing George County Schools\u003c/corpname\u003e, such as\n         teachers' certificates, letters of the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eKing George County Textbook Committee\u003c/corpname\u003e,\n         correspondence concerning teaching positions (Box 5), and\n         three bound volumes (Box 1) entitled \"Teacher's Pocket\n         Record.\" These consist of the attendance records and policies\n         of \n         \u003ccorpname\u003ePotomac District Public School #4\u003c/corpname\u003efrom\n         1876 to 1887 while \n         \u003cpersname\u003eCharles G. Alexander\u003c/persname\u003ewas schoolmaster.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eMedical records and doctors' bills of the \n         \u003cfamname\u003eAlexander family\u003c/famname\u003ehave been separated into\n         one folder covering the period from 1826 to 1865. Included in\n         these documents are records of medical attention given to\n         slaves of the \n         \u003cfamname\u003eAlexander family\u003c/famname\u003eand of the \n         \u003cfamname\u003eFitzhugh family\u003c/famname\u003e. These slaves are often\n         mentioned by name.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eTwo folders contain the tax records of the \n         \u003cfamname\u003eAlexander family\u003c/famname\u003efrom 1814 to 1886 with some\n         undated material. These records are also of particular\n         interest because they list the number of slaves held by the\n         family in any given year.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eMeteorological surveys and observations were made by \n         \u003cpersname\u003eCharles G. Alexander\u003c/persname\u003efor the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eU.S. War Department\u003c/corpname\u003ein 1874 and 1875.\n         These may be found in a folder along with several weather maps\n         of the \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eUnited States\u003c/geogname\u003eand correspondence between \n         \u003cpersname\u003eCharles G. Alexander\u003c/persname\u003eand the Chief Signal\n         Officer of the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eWar Department\u003c/corpname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eMaterial concerning \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eSt. Paul's Church\u003c/corpname\u003ein \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eKing George County\u003c/geogname\u003econsists of one folder\n         of correspondence and notes, including records of goods and\n         money donated to the church, meetings of the vestry, and an\n         undated list of pew-holders.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eSome miscellaneous items have been separated into a single\n         folder. These include business and calling cards,\n         advertisments, poetry of such writers as \n         \u003cpersname\u003eAlexander Pope\u003c/persname\u003eand \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Stuart Mill\u003c/persname\u003e, the passport of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eCharles G. Alexander\u003c/persname\u003edated 1849, a school\n         report for \n         \u003cpersname\u003eCharles G. Alexander\u003c/persname\u003eat \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eWood Grove Seminary\u003c/corpname\u003ein the 1842-3 term,\n         and the will of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eGustavus B. Alexander\u003c/persname\u003e, dated 1855. Also\n         included is an 1855 application for a land warrant due \n         \u003cpersname\u003eGustavus B. Alexander\u003c/persname\u003eas a veteran of the\n         War of 1812.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eA substantial amount of material concerning slavery has\n         been separated into four folders of \"Slave Records,\" under the\n         subheadings of \"Correspondence,\" \"Financial and Legal,\" and\n         \"Financial and Legal --Bonds.\" The contents of these folders,\n         which collectively cover the period from 1814 to 1873 are\n         listed below:\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eSlave Records --Correspondence. Items of interest include:1\n         March 1824 -- \n         \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge Johnson\u003c/persname\u003eto \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJacob Stuart\u003c/persname\u003e, concerning ownership of\n         slave \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam\u003c/persname\u003e; 2 April 1830 --certificate\n         concerning capture of runaway slave \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJim\u003c/persname\u003e, belonging to \n         \u003cpersname\u003eGustavus B. Alexander\u003c/persname\u003e; 10 Sept 1849 -- \n         \u003cpersname\u003eA.G. Dade\u003c/persname\u003eto \n         \u003cpersname\u003eGustavus B. Alexander\u003c/persname\u003e, concerning hired\n         slaves who became ill; 7 Dec 1849 --Dr. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eHenry Lewis\u003c/persname\u003eto \n         \u003cpersname\u003eGustavus B. Alexander\u003c/persname\u003e, concerning dower\n         slaves of late Mrs. Stuart; 23 Nov 1852 --statement by \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJudith B. Alexander\u003c/persname\u003e, concerning dower\n         slaves of late Mrs. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eSarah Stuart Alexander\u003c/persname\u003e; 10 June 1854\n         --letter of commission, forming a patrol to prevent slaves\n         from assembling or communicating between households; 11 Nov\n         1856 -- \n         \u003cpersname\u003eW.T. Swann\u003c/persname\u003eto \n         \u003cpersname\u003eGustavus B. Alexander\u003c/persname\u003e, concerning slaves\n         of the \n         \u003cfamname\u003eAlexander family\u003c/famname\u003e, some of whom (\"the\n         children of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eChristy\u003c/persname\u003e\") have petitioned for their\n         freedom; 1 July 1858 -- \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam McGuire\u003c/persname\u003eto \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJudith B. Alexander\u003c/persname\u003e, concerning shipping\n         of slave girl \n         \u003cpersname\u003eMary\u003c/persname\u003e; 27 Nov 1860 --note authorizing\n         slave \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWest\u003c/persname\u003eto recieve payment for his carpentry\n         services; 19 Nov 1861 -- \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam McGuire\u003c/persname\u003eto \n         \u003cpersname\u003eCharles G. Alexander\u003c/persname\u003e, writing to urge the\n         prevention of the escape of slaves at \" \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eCaledon\u003c/corpname\u003e\" by hiring them out further south\n         or by burning any boats available to them; 27 Nov 1867 --[ \n         \u003cpersname\u003eCharles G. Alexander\u003c/persname\u003e] to \n         \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge H. Robinson\u003c/persname\u003econcerning shipments of\n         corn made by freedmen; 2 March 1871 -- \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eBureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned\n         Lands\u003c/corpname\u003eto \n         \u003cpersname\u003eFanny Grymes\u003c/persname\u003e, concerning the surviving\n         relatives of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eHenry Brooks\u003c/persname\u003e, son of her former slaves\n         and private in the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003e23rd US Colored Troops\u003c/corpname\u003eduring the Civil\n         War; 7 Oct 1873 --draft of an editorial concerning ex-slaves\n         and some problems of the Reconstruction; n.d. -- \n         \u003cpersname\u003eC.T. Stuart\u003c/persname\u003eto \n         \u003cpersname\u003eL.W. Stuart\u003c/persname\u003econcerning slave \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eSlave Records --Financial and Legal. Items of interest\n         include: 1825 --authorization of ownership of dower slaves of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eSarah K. Stuart\u003c/persname\u003e; 1825-1862 --bills and\n         receipts concerning slaves; 1830-1832 --indentures, including\n         lists of slaves held by \n         \u003cpersname\u003eGustavus B. Alexander\u003c/persname\u003e; 1848, n.d. --lists\n         of slaves' names, ages and prices or values; 1844-1858 --bills\n         of sale of slaves; 1848 --division of dower slaves of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eSarah K. Stuart\u003c/persname\u003e; n.d. --division of dower\n         slaves of Mrs. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eG. Stuart\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eSlave Records --Financial and Legal: Bonds. These records\n         are contained in two folders and date from 1814 to 1862 with\n         some undated material. They consist entirely of bonds made\n         concerning the hire of slaves belonging to the following\n         families:\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003e\n        \u003cfamname\u003eAlexander family,\u003c/famname\u003e\n        \u003cfamname\u003eLanford family,\u003c/famname\u003e\n        \u003cfamname\u003eAshton family,\u003c/famname\u003e\n        \u003cfamname\u003eLewis family,\u003c/famname\u003e\n        \u003cfamname\u003eBerry family,\u003c/famname\u003e\n        \u003cfamname\u003eMiffleton family,\u003c/famname\u003e\n        \u003cfamname\u003eBrockenborough family,\u003c/famname\u003e\n        \u003cfamname\u003ePotts family,\u003c/famname\u003e\n        \u003cfamname\u003eBryan family,\u003c/famname\u003e\n        \u003cfamname\u003eQuisenberry family,\u003c/famname\u003e\n        \u003cfamname\u003eCoakley family,\u003c/famname\u003e\n        \u003cfamname\u003eScott family,\u003c/famname\u003e\n        \u003cfamname\u003eDade family,\u003c/famname\u003e\n        \u003cfamname\u003eSelden family,\u003c/famname\u003e\n        \u003cfamname\u003eDavies family,\u003c/famname\u003e\n        \u003cfamname\u003eSmith family,\u003c/famname\u003e\n        \u003cfamname\u003eFitzhugh family,\u003c/famname\u003e\n        \u003cfamname\u003eStuart family,\u003c/famname\u003e\n        \u003cfamname\u003eGrymes family,\u003c/famname\u003e\n        \u003cfamname\u003eThornton family,\u003c/famname\u003e\n        \u003cfamname\u003eHarrison family,\u003c/famname\u003e\n        \u003cfamname\u003eWashington family\u003c/famname\u003e\n      \u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eThese bonds may be particularly useful as the first names\n         of the slaves involved are frequently mentioned.\u003c/p\u003e\n    "],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content"],"scopecontent_tesim":["The papers of the \n         Alexander familyof \n         King George County, Virginiacontain ca.\n         2000 items (5 Hollinger boxes, ca. 1.75 linear feet),\n         ca.1800-1890, consist of correspondence, financial, and legal\n         papers. Most of the earlier papers are those of landowner \n         Gustavus B. Alexander, and concern his\n         dealings in wheat, corn, guano fertilizer, slaves, and land,\n         as well as legal matters and business ventures. Later papers\n         are those of his son, \n         Charles G. Alexander, lawyer, justice of\n         the peace, and schoolmaster, and deal with a variety of\n         subjects, including \n         King George County Schools, land\n         surveying, meteorological observations, and slavery. Other\n         subjects of possible interest include medical records and\n         doctors' bills, tax records, and documents concerning \n         St. Paul's Churchin \n         King George County.","Correspondence of note includes extensive dealings in wheat\n         and other goods with \n         Alexandriamerchants \n         Stephen Shinn and Son. Other business\n         associates include \n         W.H. McDonald and Co., \n         J. Leadbeater and Son, \n         C.G. Howland, and Robinson and Payne. \n         Gustavus B. Alexanderand other area\n         landowners dealt in guano with the \n         Alexandria, Virginiacompany \n         S.S. Masters and Son: 6, 13, 23 Sept\n         1852; 3 Feb 1853; 16, 17 Sept 1854; 10 Oct 1855; and 24 Sept\n         1860. Two contracts with overseers of the \n         Alexander familyplantation \" \n         Caledon\" are included in the\n         correspondence: with \n         Henry Ryals(30 Oct 1852) and with \n         John L. Lewisford(9 Jan 1860).","Letters dated 7, 20 Oct; 3, 11 Nov 1834; 29 Mar; 29 Aug\n         1839; 2 Mar; 10 June 1848; 14 Jan and 9 Feb 1857 pertain to\n         land holdings of the related \n         Stuart family, \n         Chapman family, and \n         Alexander familyin \n         Alexandria, Virginia. Other letters\n         concerning property holdings are as follows: a deed to \" \n         Strawberry Hillproperty\" bought by \n         Eliza Jacksonfrom \n         G.B. Wallace, dated 4 Sept 1876; \n         R.H. Stuartto \n         Charles G. Alexanderconcerning land sold\n         to \n         Eliza Hughesand \n         Charles Prior, dated 11 Feb 1890, and an\n         undated note; a list of \"Officers of District #3, \n         King George County, \" which includes \n         Gustavus B. Alexanderas chairman, dated\n         15 My 1852; and correspondence from the \n         U.S. War Departmentto \n         Charles G. Alexanderconcerning abandoned\n         lands, dated 25 Jan 1866.","Several letters concern the \" \n         Boyd's Hole\" property held by the \n         Alexander family. Correspondence from \n         Stephen Shinnto \n         Gustavus B. Alexanderconcerns\n         negotiations with the \n         Potomac River Steam Boat Companyto build\n         a wharf at \n         Boyd's Hole: 30 June; 9 July; 3 Sept; 2,\n         18, 25, and 29 Oct 1855; 25 June; 9, and 30 Aug 1856. Letters\n         pertaining to a dispute about the construction of a road at \n         Boyd's Holeincludes correspondence dated\n         1 June, 5 Oct, and 6 Nov 1856 and a 31 July 1876 \"list of\n         hands to work on Public Road.\" Letters pertaining to the lease\n         and sale of the \n         Boyd's Holeproperty include: a 3 Nov 1865\n         agreement of lease between \n         Charles G. Alexanderand \n         Thomas C. Daly; a 2 Nov 1874 letter from\n         the \n         Geo. C. Wedderburn Real Estate Companyto \n         Charles G. Alexander; and an undated\n         draft of a real estate announcement: \" \n         Boyd's HoleFor Sale!\"","Letters dated 20, 25 April 1866; 10 July 1868; and 3 Sept\n         1869 concern debts and taxes on the estate of \n         Gustavus B. Alexander. Several letters\n         deal with money lent to the \n         Alexander familyby \n         Lucy A. Thorntonof \n         Port Royal, Virginia: 20 Aug, 28 Sept\n         1851; 30 Sept 1852; and 27 Sept 1856. Of special note is a\n         letter dated 9 May 1866, in which \n         Lucy Thorntonrequests that \n         Charles Alexanderpay the money owed her\n         so that she may repair her house, \"which was very badly\n         shelled (in the Civil War) and is scarcely habitable.\"","Some correspondence of the \n         Grymes familyis included in the \n         Alexander familypapers. Letters of \n         George Grymesinclude an undated note to \n         Gustavus B. Alexanderconcerning\n         plantation crops, and a letter to \n         Thomas Grymes, dated 28 Nov 1844, on the\n         dangers of hard drinking. The correspondence of \n         Fanny Grymesdeals with legal matters and\n         property holdings, notably a tract of land called \" \n         Eagle's Nest:\" 11 May 1870; 6 March 1871;\n         16 May, 18 Sept 1872; 17, 30 Sept 1873; 31 July 1875; and 19\n         Oct 1887.","Letters from \n         Charles G. Alexander's period as Justice\n         of the Peace in \n         Yuba County, California(where he settled\n         as a result of his participation in a \n         Washington-based gold rush expedition\n         from 1849 to late 1851) include a goodbye note written to his\n         father and dated simply \"1849\" and letters dated 21 Jan; 8, 15\n         Aug; and 11 Nov 1850; 21 Jan; 24 Feb; 28 April; and 15 June\n         1851. Also included is a 1 April 1857 complaint filed\n         concerning a trial held before \n         Charles G. Alexanderin \n         Yuba County, California.","Undated correspondence of note includes an unsigned\n         satirical poem about \n         Charles G. Alexander's early career as an\n         attorney; an open letter to \"the Voters of \n         King George County\" from \n         C.H. Ashton, concerning his candidacy for\n         the \n         House of Delegates; a fragment of a\n         letter which mentions \"the horrible party now in power\" and\n         predicts \"a revolution beginning in the North;\" a memorandum\n         recording the descendants of a \"Dr. Bell of \n         Lancaster; \" and letters to \n         Judith B. Alexanderand \n         Marietta Alexanderfrom \n         Sarah Stuartand \"Rose.\"","Two small notebooks dating from 1862 and 1863 are among the\n         bound volumes in Box 1. These consist of notes taken by \n         Charles G. Alexanderduring his period as\n         a member of the \n         15th Regiment of the Virginia Cavalryin\n         the Civil War. Included in these notebooks are lists of\n         prisoners taken and guards appointed, munitions, cavalry\n         companies and their captains, and mess and pay accounts of the\n         soldiers. Also included is a daily record of the movements of\n         the \n         15th Virginia Cavalry, Company E, under\n         Captain \n         Mark Arnold, and a record of the battles\n         and skirmishes in which it was involved. The \n         9th Virginia Cavalryis also frequently\n         mentioned.","Two folders include material concerning \n         King George County Schools, such as\n         teachers' certificates, letters of the \n         King George County Textbook Committee,\n         correspondence concerning teaching positions (Box 5), and\n         three bound volumes (Box 1) entitled \"Teacher's Pocket\n         Record.\" These consist of the attendance records and policies\n         of \n         Potomac District Public School #4from\n         1876 to 1887 while \n         Charles G. Alexanderwas schoolmaster.","Medical records and doctors' bills of the \n         Alexander familyhave been separated into\n         one folder covering the period from 1826 to 1865. Included in\n         these documents are records of medical attention given to\n         slaves of the \n         Alexander familyand of the \n         Fitzhugh family. These slaves are often\n         mentioned by name.","Two folders contain the tax records of the \n         Alexander familyfrom 1814 to 1886 with some\n         undated material. These records are also of particular\n         interest because they list the number of slaves held by the\n         family in any given year.","Meteorological surveys and observations were made by \n         Charles G. Alexanderfor the \n         U.S. War Departmentin 1874 and 1875.\n         These may be found in a folder along with several weather maps\n         of the \n         United Statesand correspondence between \n         Charles G. Alexanderand the Chief Signal\n         Officer of the \n         War Department.","Material concerning \n         St. Paul's Churchin \n         King George Countyconsists of one folder\n         of correspondence and notes, including records of goods and\n         money donated to the church, meetings of the vestry, and an\n         undated list of pew-holders.","Some miscellaneous items have been separated into a single\n         folder. These include business and calling cards,\n         advertisments, poetry of such writers as \n         Alexander Popeand \n         John Stuart Mill, the passport of \n         Charles G. Alexanderdated 1849, a school\n         report for \n         Charles G. Alexanderat \n         Wood Grove Seminaryin the 1842-3 term,\n         and the will of \n         Gustavus B. Alexander, dated 1855. Also\n         included is an 1855 application for a land warrant due \n         Gustavus B. Alexanderas a veteran of the\n         War of 1812.","A substantial amount of material concerning slavery has\n         been separated into four folders of \"Slave Records,\" under the\n         subheadings of \"Correspondence,\" \"Financial and Legal,\" and\n         \"Financial and Legal --Bonds.\" The contents of these folders,\n         which collectively cover the period from 1814 to 1873 are\n         listed below:","Slave Records --Correspondence. Items of interest include:1\n         March 1824 -- \n         George Johnsonto \n         Jacob Stuart, concerning ownership of\n         slave \n         William; 2 April 1830 --certificate\n         concerning capture of runaway slave \n         Jim, belonging to \n         Gustavus B. Alexander; 10 Sept 1849 -- \n         A.G. Dadeto \n         Gustavus B. Alexander, concerning hired\n         slaves who became ill; 7 Dec 1849 --Dr. \n         Henry Lewisto \n         Gustavus B. Alexander, concerning dower\n         slaves of late Mrs. Stuart; 23 Nov 1852 --statement by \n         Judith B. Alexander, concerning dower\n         slaves of late Mrs. \n         Sarah Stuart Alexander; 10 June 1854\n         --letter of commission, forming a patrol to prevent slaves\n         from assembling or communicating between households; 11 Nov\n         1856 -- \n         W.T. Swannto \n         Gustavus B. Alexander, concerning slaves\n         of the \n         Alexander family, some of whom (\"the\n         children of \n         Christy\") have petitioned for their\n         freedom; 1 July 1858 -- \n         William McGuireto \n         Judith B. Alexander, concerning shipping\n         of slave girl \n         Mary; 27 Nov 1860 --note authorizing\n         slave \n         Westto recieve payment for his carpentry\n         services; 19 Nov 1861 -- \n         William McGuireto \n         Charles G. Alexander, writing to urge the\n         prevention of the escape of slaves at \" \n         Caledon\" by hiring them out further south\n         or by burning any boats available to them; 27 Nov 1867 --[ \n         Charles G. Alexander] to \n         George H. Robinsonconcerning shipments of\n         corn made by freedmen; 2 March 1871 -- \n         Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned\n         Landsto \n         Fanny Grymes, concerning the surviving\n         relatives of \n         Henry Brooks, son of her former slaves\n         and private in the \n         23rd US Colored Troopsduring the Civil\n         War; 7 Oct 1873 --draft of an editorial concerning ex-slaves\n         and some problems of the Reconstruction; n.d. -- \n         C.T. Stuartto \n         L.W. Stuartconcerning slave \n         William.","Slave Records --Financial and Legal. Items of interest\n         include: 1825 --authorization of ownership of dower slaves of \n         Sarah K. Stuart; 1825-1862 --bills and\n         receipts concerning slaves; 1830-1832 --indentures, including\n         lists of slaves held by \n         Gustavus B. Alexander; 1848, n.d. --lists\n         of slaves' names, ages and prices or values; 1844-1858 --bills\n         of sale of slaves; 1848 --division of dower slaves of \n         Sarah K. Stuart; n.d. --division of dower\n         slaves of Mrs. \n         G. Stuart.","Slave Records --Financial and Legal: Bonds. These records\n         are contained in two folders and date from 1814 to 1862 with\n         some undated material. They consist entirely of bonds made\n         concerning the hire of slaves belonging to the following\n         families:","Alexander family,\n        Lanford family,\n        Ashton family,\n        Lewis family,\n        Berry family,\n        Miffleton family,\n        Brockenborough family,\n        Potts family,\n        Bryan family,\n        Quisenberry family,\n        Coakley family,\n        Scott family,\n        Dade family,\n        Selden family,\n        Davies family,\n        Smith family,\n        Fitzhugh family,\n        Stuart family,\n        Grymes family,\n        Thornton family,\n        Harrison family,\n        Washington family","These bonds may be particularly useful as the first names\n         of the slaves involved are frequently mentioned."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eSee the \n            \u003cextref type=\"simple\" href=\"https://www.library.virginia.edu/policies/use-of-materials\"\u003e\n            University of Virginia Library’s use policy.\u003c/extref\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n      "],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Use Restrictions"],"userestrict_tesim":["See the \n            \n            University of Virginia Library’s use policy."],"physloc_html_tesm":["\u003cphysloc\u003e\u003c/physloc\u003e\n      "],"corpname_ssim":["University of Virginia. Library. Special\n            Collections Dept.","Caledon","University of Virginia","King George County Schools","St. Paul's Church","Stephen Shinn and Son","W.H. McDonald and Co.","J. Leadbeater and Son","C.G. Howland, and Robinson and Payne","S.S. Masters and Son","U.S. War Department","Potomac River Steam Boat Company","Geo. C. Wedderburn Real Estate Company","Eagle's Nest","House of Delegates","15th Regiment of the Virginia Cavalry","15th Virginia Cavalry, Company E","9th Virginia Cavalry","King George County Textbook Committee","Potomac District Public School #4","War Department","Wood Grove Seminary","Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned\n         Lands","23rd US Colored Troops"],"famname_ssim":["Alexander family","Stuart family","Chapman family","Grymes family","Fitzhugh family","Alexander family,","Lanford family,","Ashton family,","Lewis family,","Berry family,","Miffleton family,","Brockenborough family,","Potts family,","Bryan family,","Quisenberry family,","Coakley family,","Scott family,","Dade family,","Selden family,","Davies family,","Smith family,","Fitzhugh family,","Stuart family,","Grymes family,","Thornton family,","Harrison family,","Washington family"],"persname_ssim":["Lewis Egerton Smoot","Gustavus B. Alexander","Charles G. Alexander","Henry Ryals","John L. Lewisford","Eliza Jackson","G.B. Wallace","R.H. Stuart","Eliza Hughes","Charles Prior","Stephen Shinn","Thomas C. Daly","Lucy A. Thornton","Lucy Thornton","Charles Alexander","George Grymes","Thomas Grymes","Fanny Grymes","C.H. Ashton","Judith B. Alexander","Marietta Alexander","Sarah Stuart","Mark Arnold","Alexander Pope","John Stuart Mill","George Johnson","Jacob Stuart","William","Jim","A.G. Dade","Henry Lewis","Sarah Stuart Alexander","W.T. Swann","Christy","William McGuire","Mary","West","George H. Robinson","Henry Brooks","C.T. Stuart","L.W. Stuart","Sarah K. Stuart","G. Stuart"],"names_ssim":["University of Virginia. Library. Special\n            Collections Dept.","Caledon","University of Virginia","King George County Schools","St. Paul's Church","Stephen Shinn and Son","W.H. McDonald and Co.","J. Leadbeater and Son","C.G. Howland, and Robinson and Payne","S.S. Masters and Son","U.S. War Department","Potomac River Steam Boat Company","Geo. C. Wedderburn Real Estate Company","Eagle's Nest","House of Delegates","15th Regiment of the Virginia Cavalry","15th Virginia Cavalry, Company E","9th Virginia Cavalry","King George County Textbook Committee","Potomac District Public School #4","War Department","Wood Grove Seminary","Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned\n         Lands","23rd US Colored Troops","Alexander family","Stuart family","Chapman family","Grymes family","Fitzhugh family","Alexander family,","Lanford family,","Ashton family,","Lewis family,","Berry family,","Miffleton family,","Brockenborough family,","Potts family,","Bryan family,","Quisenberry family,","Coakley family,","Scott family,","Dade family,","Selden family,","Davies family,","Smith family,","Fitzhugh family,","Stuart family,","Grymes family,","Thornton family,","Harrison family,","Washington family","Lewis Egerton Smoot","Gustavus B. Alexander","Charles G. Alexander","Henry Ryals","John L. Lewisford","Eliza Jackson","G.B. Wallace","R.H. Stuart","Eliza Hughes","Charles Prior","Stephen Shinn","Thomas C. Daly","Lucy A. Thornton","Lucy Thornton","Charles Alexander","George Grymes","Thomas Grymes","Fanny Grymes","C.H. Ashton","Judith B. Alexander","Marietta Alexander","Sarah Stuart","Mark Arnold","Alexander Pope","John Stuart Mill","George Johnson","Jacob Stuart","William","Jim","A.G. Dade","Henry Lewis","Sarah Stuart Alexander","W.T. Swann","Christy","William McGuire","Mary","West","George H. Robinson","Henry Brooks","C.T. Stuart","L.W. Stuart","Sarah K. Stuart","G. Stuart"],"language_ssim":["English"],"total_component_count_is":26,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-08-14T22:55:15.948Z","collection":{"numFound":1,"start":0,"numFoundExact":true,"docs":[{"id":"viu_viu00047","ead_ssi":"viu_viu00047","_root_":"viu_viu00047","_nest_parent_":"viu_viu00047","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/uva-sc/viu00047.xml","title_ssm":["Alexander Family Papers \n 1800-1890"],"title_tesim":["Alexander Family Papers \n 1800-1890"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Alexander Family Papers \n 1800-1890"],"text":["Alexander Family Papers \n 1800-1890","4800","2000 items","Collection is open to research.","The \n         Alexander familypapers have been arranged\n         alphabetically according to type of material. Bound Volumes\n         (Box 1), Correspondence (Box 1), and Financial and Legal\n         Papers (Boxes 2-5) are arranged chronologically. All\n         additional topics are arranged chronologically within their\n         respective folders in Box 5.","Funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment\n            for the Humanities","The papers of the \n         Alexander familyof \n         King George County, Virginiacontain ca.\n         2000 items (5 Hollinger boxes, ca. 1.75 linear feet),\n         ca.1800-1890, consist of correspondence, financial, and legal\n         papers. Most of the earlier papers are those of landowner \n         Gustavus B. Alexander, and concern his\n         dealings in wheat, corn, guano fertilizer, slaves, and land,\n         as well as legal matters and business ventures. Later papers\n         are those of his son, \n         Charles G. Alexander, lawyer, justice of\n         the peace, and schoolmaster, and deal with a variety of\n         subjects, including \n         King George County Schools, land\n         surveying, meteorological observations, and slavery. Other\n         subjects of possible interest include medical records and\n         doctors' bills, tax records, and documents concerning \n         St. Paul's Churchin \n         King George County.","Correspondence of note includes extensive dealings in wheat\n         and other goods with \n         Alexandriamerchants \n         Stephen Shinn and Son. Other business\n         associates include \n         W.H. McDonald and Co., \n         J. Leadbeater and Son, \n         C.G. Howland, and Robinson and Payne. \n         Gustavus B. Alexanderand other area\n         landowners dealt in guano with the \n         Alexandria, Virginiacompany \n         S.S. Masters and Son: 6, 13, 23 Sept\n         1852; 3 Feb 1853; 16, 17 Sept 1854; 10 Oct 1855; and 24 Sept\n         1860. Two contracts with overseers of the \n         Alexander familyplantation \" \n         Caledon\" are included in the\n         correspondence: with \n         Henry Ryals(30 Oct 1852) and with \n         John L. Lewisford(9 Jan 1860).","Letters dated 7, 20 Oct; 3, 11 Nov 1834; 29 Mar; 29 Aug\n         1839; 2 Mar; 10 June 1848; 14 Jan and 9 Feb 1857 pertain to\n         land holdings of the related \n         Stuart family, \n         Chapman family, and \n         Alexander familyin \n         Alexandria, Virginia. Other letters\n         concerning property holdings are as follows: a deed to \" \n         Strawberry Hillproperty\" bought by \n         Eliza Jacksonfrom \n         G.B. Wallace, dated 4 Sept 1876; \n         R.H. Stuartto \n         Charles G. Alexanderconcerning land sold\n         to \n         Eliza Hughesand \n         Charles Prior, dated 11 Feb 1890, and an\n         undated note; a list of \"Officers of District #3, \n         King George County, \" which includes \n         Gustavus B. Alexanderas chairman, dated\n         15 My 1852; and correspondence from the \n         U.S. War Departmentto \n         Charles G. Alexanderconcerning abandoned\n         lands, dated 25 Jan 1866.","Several letters concern the \" \n         Boyd's Hole\" property held by the \n         Alexander family. Correspondence from \n         Stephen Shinnto \n         Gustavus B. Alexanderconcerns\n         negotiations with the \n         Potomac River Steam Boat Companyto build\n         a wharf at \n         Boyd's Hole: 30 June; 9 July; 3 Sept; 2,\n         18, 25, and 29 Oct 1855; 25 June; 9, and 30 Aug 1856. Letters\n         pertaining to a dispute about the construction of a road at \n         Boyd's Holeincludes correspondence dated\n         1 June, 5 Oct, and 6 Nov 1856 and a 31 July 1876 \"list of\n         hands to work on Public Road.\" Letters pertaining to the lease\n         and sale of the \n         Boyd's Holeproperty include: a 3 Nov 1865\n         agreement of lease between \n         Charles G. Alexanderand \n         Thomas C. Daly; a 2 Nov 1874 letter from\n         the \n         Geo. C. Wedderburn Real Estate Companyto \n         Charles G. Alexander; and an undated\n         draft of a real estate announcement: \" \n         Boyd's HoleFor Sale!\"","Letters dated 20, 25 April 1866; 10 July 1868; and 3 Sept\n         1869 concern debts and taxes on the estate of \n         Gustavus B. Alexander. Several letters\n         deal with money lent to the \n         Alexander familyby \n         Lucy A. Thorntonof \n         Port Royal, Virginia: 20 Aug, 28 Sept\n         1851; 30 Sept 1852; and 27 Sept 1856. Of special note is a\n         letter dated 9 May 1866, in which \n         Lucy Thorntonrequests that \n         Charles Alexanderpay the money owed her\n         so that she may repair her house, \"which was very badly\n         shelled (in the Civil War) and is scarcely habitable.\"","Some correspondence of the \n         Grymes familyis included in the \n         Alexander familypapers. Letters of \n         George Grymesinclude an undated note to \n         Gustavus B. Alexanderconcerning\n         plantation crops, and a letter to \n         Thomas Grymes, dated 28 Nov 1844, on the\n         dangers of hard drinking. The correspondence of \n         Fanny Grymesdeals with legal matters and\n         property holdings, notably a tract of land called \" \n         Eagle's Nest:\" 11 May 1870; 6 March 1871;\n         16 May, 18 Sept 1872; 17, 30 Sept 1873; 31 July 1875; and 19\n         Oct 1887.","Letters from \n         Charles G. Alexander's period as Justice\n         of the Peace in \n         Yuba County, California(where he settled\n         as a result of his participation in a \n         Washington-based gold rush expedition\n         from 1849 to late 1851) include a goodbye note written to his\n         father and dated simply \"1849\" and letters dated 21 Jan; 8, 15\n         Aug; and 11 Nov 1850; 21 Jan; 24 Feb; 28 April; and 15 June\n         1851. Also included is a 1 April 1857 complaint filed\n         concerning a trial held before \n         Charles G. Alexanderin \n         Yuba County, California.","Undated correspondence of note includes an unsigned\n         satirical poem about \n         Charles G. Alexander's early career as an\n         attorney; an open letter to \"the Voters of \n         King George County\" from \n         C.H. Ashton, concerning his candidacy for\n         the \n         House of Delegates; a fragment of a\n         letter which mentions \"the horrible party now in power\" and\n         predicts \"a revolution beginning in the North;\" a memorandum\n         recording the descendants of a \"Dr. Bell of \n         Lancaster; \" and letters to \n         Judith B. Alexanderand \n         Marietta Alexanderfrom \n         Sarah Stuartand \"Rose.\"","Two small notebooks dating from 1862 and 1863 are among the\n         bound volumes in Box 1. These consist of notes taken by \n         Charles G. Alexanderduring his period as\n         a member of the \n         15th Regiment of the Virginia Cavalryin\n         the Civil War. Included in these notebooks are lists of\n         prisoners taken and guards appointed, munitions, cavalry\n         companies and their captains, and mess and pay accounts of the\n         soldiers. Also included is a daily record of the movements of\n         the \n         15th Virginia Cavalry, Company E, under\n         Captain \n         Mark Arnold, and a record of the battles\n         and skirmishes in which it was involved. The \n         9th Virginia Cavalryis also frequently\n         mentioned.","Two folders include material concerning \n         King George County Schools, such as\n         teachers' certificates, letters of the \n         King George County Textbook Committee,\n         correspondence concerning teaching positions (Box 5), and\n         three bound volumes (Box 1) entitled \"Teacher's Pocket\n         Record.\" These consist of the attendance records and policies\n         of \n         Potomac District Public School #4from\n         1876 to 1887 while \n         Charles G. Alexanderwas schoolmaster.","Medical records and doctors' bills of the \n         Alexander familyhave been separated into\n         one folder covering the period from 1826 to 1865. Included in\n         these documents are records of medical attention given to\n         slaves of the \n         Alexander familyand of the \n         Fitzhugh family. These slaves are often\n         mentioned by name.","Two folders contain the tax records of the \n         Alexander familyfrom 1814 to 1886 with some\n         undated material. These records are also of particular\n         interest because they list the number of slaves held by the\n         family in any given year.","Meteorological surveys and observations were made by \n         Charles G. Alexanderfor the \n         U.S. War Departmentin 1874 and 1875.\n         These may be found in a folder along with several weather maps\n         of the \n         United Statesand correspondence between \n         Charles G. Alexanderand the Chief Signal\n         Officer of the \n         War Department.","Material concerning \n         St. Paul's Churchin \n         King George Countyconsists of one folder\n         of correspondence and notes, including records of goods and\n         money donated to the church, meetings of the vestry, and an\n         undated list of pew-holders.","Some miscellaneous items have been separated into a single\n         folder. These include business and calling cards,\n         advertisments, poetry of such writers as \n         Alexander Popeand \n         John Stuart Mill, the passport of \n         Charles G. Alexanderdated 1849, a school\n         report for \n         Charles G. Alexanderat \n         Wood Grove Seminaryin the 1842-3 term,\n         and the will of \n         Gustavus B. Alexander, dated 1855. Also\n         included is an 1855 application for a land warrant due \n         Gustavus B. Alexanderas a veteran of the\n         War of 1812.","A substantial amount of material concerning slavery has\n         been separated into four folders of \"Slave Records,\" under the\n         subheadings of \"Correspondence,\" \"Financial and Legal,\" and\n         \"Financial and Legal --Bonds.\" The contents of these folders,\n         which collectively cover the period from 1814 to 1873 are\n         listed below:","Slave Records --Correspondence. Items of interest include:1\n         March 1824 -- \n         George Johnsonto \n         Jacob Stuart, concerning ownership of\n         slave \n         William; 2 April 1830 --certificate\n         concerning capture of runaway slave \n         Jim, belonging to \n         Gustavus B. Alexander; 10 Sept 1849 -- \n         A.G. Dadeto \n         Gustavus B. Alexander, concerning hired\n         slaves who became ill; 7 Dec 1849 --Dr. \n         Henry Lewisto \n         Gustavus B. Alexander, concerning dower\n         slaves of late Mrs. Stuart; 23 Nov 1852 --statement by \n         Judith B. Alexander, concerning dower\n         slaves of late Mrs. \n         Sarah Stuart Alexander; 10 June 1854\n         --letter of commission, forming a patrol to prevent slaves\n         from assembling or communicating between households; 11 Nov\n         1856 -- \n         W.T. Swannto \n         Gustavus B. Alexander, concerning slaves\n         of the \n         Alexander family, some of whom (\"the\n         children of \n         Christy\") have petitioned for their\n         freedom; 1 July 1858 -- \n         William McGuireto \n         Judith B. Alexander, concerning shipping\n         of slave girl \n         Mary; 27 Nov 1860 --note authorizing\n         slave \n         Westto recieve payment for his carpentry\n         services; 19 Nov 1861 -- \n         William McGuireto \n         Charles G. Alexander, writing to urge the\n         prevention of the escape of slaves at \" \n         Caledon\" by hiring them out further south\n         or by burning any boats available to them; 27 Nov 1867 --[ \n         Charles G. Alexander] to \n         George H. Robinsonconcerning shipments of\n         corn made by freedmen; 2 March 1871 -- \n         Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned\n         Landsto \n         Fanny Grymes, concerning the surviving\n         relatives of \n         Henry Brooks, son of her former slaves\n         and private in the \n         23rd US Colored Troopsduring the Civil\n         War; 7 Oct 1873 --draft of an editorial concerning ex-slaves\n         and some problems of the Reconstruction; n.d. -- \n         C.T. Stuartto \n         L.W. Stuartconcerning slave \n         William.","Slave Records --Financial and Legal. Items of interest\n         include: 1825 --authorization of ownership of dower slaves of \n         Sarah K. Stuart; 1825-1862 --bills and\n         receipts concerning slaves; 1830-1832 --indentures, including\n         lists of slaves held by \n         Gustavus B. Alexander; 1848, n.d. --lists\n         of slaves' names, ages and prices or values; 1844-1858 --bills\n         of sale of slaves; 1848 --division of dower slaves of \n         Sarah K. Stuart; n.d. --division of dower\n         slaves of Mrs. \n         G. Stuart.","Slave Records --Financial and Legal: Bonds. These records\n         are contained in two folders and date from 1814 to 1862 with\n         some undated material. They consist entirely of bonds made\n         concerning the hire of slaves belonging to the following\n         families:","Alexander family,\n        Lanford family,\n        Ashton family,\n        Lewis family,\n        Berry family,\n        Miffleton family,\n        Brockenborough family,\n        Potts family,\n        Bryan family,\n        Quisenberry family,\n        Coakley family,\n        Scott family,\n        Dade family,\n        Selden family,\n        Davies family,\n        Smith family,\n        Fitzhugh family,\n        Stuart family,\n        Grymes family,\n        Thornton family,\n        Harrison family,\n        Washington family","These bonds may be particularly useful as the first names\n         of the slaves involved are frequently mentioned.","See the \n            \n            University of Virginia Library’s use policy.","University of Virginia. Library. Special\n            Collections Dept.","Caledon","University of Virginia","King George County Schools","St. Paul's Church","Stephen Shinn and Son","W.H. McDonald and Co.","J. Leadbeater and Son","C.G. Howland, and Robinson and Payne","S.S. Masters and Son","U.S. War Department","Potomac River Steam Boat Company","Geo. C. Wedderburn Real Estate Company","Eagle's Nest","House of Delegates","15th Regiment of the Virginia Cavalry","15th Virginia Cavalry, Company E","9th Virginia Cavalry","King George County Textbook Committee","Potomac District Public School #4","War Department","Wood Grove Seminary","Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned\n         Lands","23rd US Colored Troops","Alexander family","Stuart family","Chapman family","Grymes family","Fitzhugh family","Alexander family,","Lanford family,","Ashton family,","Lewis family,","Berry family,","Miffleton family,","Brockenborough family,","Potts family,","Bryan family,","Quisenberry family,","Coakley family,","Scott family,","Dade family,","Selden family,","Davies family,","Smith family,","Fitzhugh family,","Stuart family,","Grymes family,","Thornton family,","Harrison family,","Washington family","Lewis Egerton Smoot","Gustavus B. Alexander","Charles G. Alexander","Henry Ryals","John L. Lewisford","Eliza Jackson","G.B. Wallace","R.H. Stuart","Eliza Hughes","Charles Prior","Stephen Shinn","Thomas C. Daly","Lucy A. Thornton","Lucy Thornton","Charles Alexander","George Grymes","Thomas Grymes","Fanny Grymes","C.H. Ashton","Judith B. Alexander","Marietta Alexander","Sarah Stuart","Mark Arnold","Alexander Pope","John Stuart Mill","George Johnson","Jacob Stuart","William","Jim","A.G. Dade","Henry Lewis","Sarah Stuart Alexander","W.T. Swann","Christy","William McGuire","Mary","West","George H. Robinson","Henry Brooks","C.T. Stuart","L.W. Stuart","Sarah K. Stuart","G. 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Dade","Henry Lewis","Sarah Stuart Alexander","W.T. Swann","Christy","William McGuire","Mary","West","George H. Robinson","Henry Brooks","C.T. Stuart","L.W. Stuart","Sarah K. Stuart","G. Stuart"],"creator_corpname_ssim":["University of Virginia. Library. Special\n            Collections Dept.","Caledon","University of Virginia","King George County Schools","St. Paul's Church","Stephen Shinn and Son","W.H. McDonald and Co.","J. Leadbeater and Son","C.G. Howland, and Robinson and Payne","S.S. Masters and Son","U.S. War Department","Potomac River Steam Boat Company","Geo. C. 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Lewisford","Eliza Jackson","G.B. Wallace","R.H. Stuart","Eliza Hughes","Charles Prior","Stephen Shinn","Thomas C. Daly","Lucy A. Thornton","Lucy Thornton","Charles Alexander","George Grymes","Thomas Grymes","Fanny Grymes","C.H. Ashton","Judith B. Alexander","Marietta Alexander","Sarah Stuart","Mark Arnold","Alexander Pope","John Stuart Mill","George Johnson","Jacob Stuart","William","Jim","A.G. Dade","Henry Lewis","Sarah Stuart Alexander","W.T. Swann","Christy","William McGuire","Mary","West","George H. Robinson","Henry Brooks","C.T. Stuart","L.W. Stuart","Sarah K. Stuart","G. Stuart","University of Virginia. Library. Special\n            Collections Dept.","Caledon","University of Virginia","King George County Schools","St. Paul's Church","Stephen Shinn and Son","W.H. McDonald and Co.","J. Leadbeater and Son","C.G. Howland, and Robinson and Payne","S.S. Masters and Son","U.S. War Department","Potomac River Steam Boat Company","Geo. C. Wedderburn Real Estate Company","Eagle's Nest","House of Delegates","15th Regiment of the Virginia Cavalry","15th Virginia Cavalry, Company E","9th Virginia Cavalry","King George County Textbook Committee","Potomac District Public School #4","War Department","Wood Grove Seminary","Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned\n         Lands","23rd US Colored Troops","Alexander family","Stuart family","Chapman family","Grymes family","Fitzhugh family","Alexander family,","Lanford family,","Ashton family,","Lewis family,","Berry family,","Miffleton family,","Brockenborough family,","Potts family,","Bryan family,","Quisenberry family,","Coakley family,","Scott family,","Dade family,","Selden family,","Davies family,","Smith family,","Fitzhugh family,","Stuart family,","Grymes family,","Thornton family,","Harrison family,","Washington family"],"access_terms_ssm":["See the \n            \n            University of Virginia Library’s use policy."],"acqinfo_ssim":["This collection was a gift of Mr. \n            Lewis Egerton Smootof \" \n            Caledon\" in \n            Goby, Virginia. It was presented to\n            the \n            University of Virginiaon \n            June 18, 1954."],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"physdesc_tesim":["2000 items"],"accessrestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eCollection is open to research.\u003c/p\u003e\n      "],"accessrestrict_heading_ssm":["Access Restrictions"],"accessrestrict_tesim":["Collection is open to research."],"arrangement_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe \n         \u003cfamname\u003eAlexander family\u003c/famname\u003epapers have been arranged\n         alphabetically according to type of material. Bound Volumes\n         (Box 1), Correspondence (Box 1), and Financial and Legal\n         Papers (Boxes 2-5) are arranged chronologically. All\n         additional topics are arranged chronologically within their\n         respective folders in Box 5.\u003c/p\u003e\n    "],"arrangement_heading_ssm":["Organization"],"arrangement_tesim":["The \n         Alexander familypapers have been arranged\n         alphabetically according to type of material. Bound Volumes\n         (Box 1), Correspondence (Box 1), and Financial and Legal\n         Papers (Boxes 2-5) are arranged chronologically. All\n         additional topics are arranged chronologically within their\n         respective folders in Box 5."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eAlexander Family\n            Papers, Accession 4800, Special Collections Department, University of\n         Virginia Library\u003c/p\u003e\n      "],"prefercite_tesim":["Alexander Family\n            Papers, Accession 4800, Special Collections Department, University of\n         Virginia Library"],"processinfo_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eFunded in part by a grant from the National Endowment\n            for the Humanities\u003c/p\u003e\n      "],"processinfo_heading_ssm":["Funding Note"],"processinfo_tesim":["Funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment\n            for the Humanities"],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe papers of the \n         \u003cfamname\u003eAlexander family\u003c/famname\u003eof \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eKing George County, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003econtain ca.\n         2000 items (5 Hollinger boxes, ca. 1.75 linear feet),\n         ca.1800-1890, consist of correspondence, financial, and legal\n         papers. Most of the earlier papers are those of landowner \n         \u003cpersname\u003eGustavus B. Alexander\u003c/persname\u003e, and concern his\n         dealings in wheat, corn, guano fertilizer, slaves, and land,\n         as well as legal matters and business ventures. Later papers\n         are those of his son, \n         \u003cpersname\u003eCharles G. Alexander\u003c/persname\u003e, lawyer, justice of\n         the peace, and schoolmaster, and deal with a variety of\n         subjects, including \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eKing George County Schools\u003c/corpname\u003e, land\n         surveying, meteorological observations, and slavery. Other\n         subjects of possible interest include medical records and\n         doctors' bills, tax records, and documents concerning \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eSt. Paul's Church\u003c/corpname\u003ein \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eKing George County\u003c/geogname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence of note includes extensive dealings in wheat\n         and other goods with \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eAlexandria\u003c/geogname\u003emerchants \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eStephen Shinn and Son\u003c/corpname\u003e. Other business\n         associates include \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eW.H. McDonald and Co.\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eJ. Leadbeater and Son\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eC.G. Howland, and Robinson and Payne\u003c/corpname\u003e. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eGustavus B. Alexander\u003c/persname\u003eand other area\n         landowners dealt in guano with the \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eAlexandria, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003ecompany \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eS.S. Masters and Son\u003c/corpname\u003e: 6, 13, 23 Sept\n         1852; 3 Feb 1853; 16, 17 Sept 1854; 10 Oct 1855; and 24 Sept\n         1860. Two contracts with overseers of the \n         \u003cfamname\u003eAlexander family\u003c/famname\u003eplantation \" \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eCaledon\u003c/corpname\u003e\" are included in the\n         correspondence: with \n         \u003cpersname\u003eHenry Ryals\u003c/persname\u003e(30 Oct 1852) and with \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn L. Lewisford\u003c/persname\u003e(9 Jan 1860).\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eLetters dated 7, 20 Oct; 3, 11 Nov 1834; 29 Mar; 29 Aug\n         1839; 2 Mar; 10 June 1848; 14 Jan and 9 Feb 1857 pertain to\n         land holdings of the related \n         \u003cfamname\u003eStuart family\u003c/famname\u003e, \n         \u003cfamname\u003eChapman family\u003c/famname\u003e, and \n         \u003cfamname\u003eAlexander family\u003c/famname\u003ein \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eAlexandria, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e. Other letters\n         concerning property holdings are as follows: a deed to \" \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eStrawberry Hill\u003c/geogname\u003eproperty\" bought by \n         \u003cpersname\u003eEliza Jackson\u003c/persname\u003efrom \n         \u003cpersname\u003eG.B. Wallace\u003c/persname\u003e, dated 4 Sept 1876; \n         \u003cpersname\u003eR.H. Stuart\u003c/persname\u003eto \n         \u003cpersname\u003eCharles G. Alexander\u003c/persname\u003econcerning land sold\n         to \n         \u003cpersname\u003eEliza Hughes\u003c/persname\u003eand \n         \u003cpersname\u003eCharles Prior\u003c/persname\u003e, dated 11 Feb 1890, and an\n         undated note; a list of \"Officers of District #3, \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eKing George County\u003c/geogname\u003e, \" which includes \n         \u003cpersname\u003eGustavus B. Alexander\u003c/persname\u003eas chairman, dated\n         15 My 1852; and correspondence from the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eU.S. War Department\u003c/corpname\u003eto \n         \u003cpersname\u003eCharles G. Alexander\u003c/persname\u003econcerning abandoned\n         lands, dated 25 Jan 1866.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eSeveral letters concern the \" \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eBoyd's Hole\u003c/geogname\u003e\" property held by the \n         \u003cfamname\u003eAlexander family\u003c/famname\u003e. Correspondence from \n         \u003cpersname\u003eStephen Shinn\u003c/persname\u003eto \n         \u003cpersname\u003eGustavus B. Alexander\u003c/persname\u003econcerns\n         negotiations with the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003ePotomac River Steam Boat Company\u003c/corpname\u003eto build\n         a wharf at \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eBoyd's Hole\u003c/geogname\u003e: 30 June; 9 July; 3 Sept; 2,\n         18, 25, and 29 Oct 1855; 25 June; 9, and 30 Aug 1856. Letters\n         pertaining to a dispute about the construction of a road at \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eBoyd's Hole\u003c/geogname\u003eincludes correspondence dated\n         1 June, 5 Oct, and 6 Nov 1856 and a 31 July 1876 \"list of\n         hands to work on Public Road.\" Letters pertaining to the lease\n         and sale of the \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eBoyd's Hole\u003c/geogname\u003eproperty include: a 3 Nov 1865\n         agreement of lease between \n         \u003cpersname\u003eCharles G. Alexander\u003c/persname\u003eand \n         \u003cpersname\u003eThomas C. Daly\u003c/persname\u003e; a 2 Nov 1874 letter from\n         the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eGeo. C. Wedderburn Real Estate Company\u003c/corpname\u003eto \n         \u003cpersname\u003eCharles G. Alexander\u003c/persname\u003e; and an undated\n         draft of a real estate announcement: \" \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eBoyd's Hole\u003c/geogname\u003eFor Sale!\"\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eLetters dated 20, 25 April 1866; 10 July 1868; and 3 Sept\n         1869 concern debts and taxes on the estate of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eGustavus B. Alexander\u003c/persname\u003e. Several letters\n         deal with money lent to the \n         \u003cfamname\u003eAlexander family\u003c/famname\u003eby \n         \u003cpersname\u003eLucy A. Thornton\u003c/persname\u003eof \n         \u003cgeogname\u003ePort Royal, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e: 20 Aug, 28 Sept\n         1851; 30 Sept 1852; and 27 Sept 1856. Of special note is a\n         letter dated 9 May 1866, in which \n         \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Thornton\u003c/persname\u003erequests that \n         \u003cpersname\u003eCharles Alexander\u003c/persname\u003epay the money owed her\n         so that she may repair her house, \"which was very badly\n         shelled (in the Civil War) and is scarcely habitable.\"\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eSome correspondence of the \n         \u003cfamname\u003eGrymes family\u003c/famname\u003eis included in the \n         \u003cfamname\u003eAlexander family\u003c/famname\u003epapers. Letters of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge Grymes\u003c/persname\u003einclude an undated note to \n         \u003cpersname\u003eGustavus B. Alexander\u003c/persname\u003econcerning\n         plantation crops, and a letter to \n         \u003cpersname\u003eThomas Grymes\u003c/persname\u003e, dated 28 Nov 1844, on the\n         dangers of hard drinking. The correspondence of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eFanny Grymes\u003c/persname\u003edeals with legal matters and\n         property holdings, notably a tract of land called \" \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eEagle's Nest\u003c/corpname\u003e:\" 11 May 1870; 6 March 1871;\n         16 May, 18 Sept 1872; 17, 30 Sept 1873; 31 July 1875; and 19\n         Oct 1887.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eLetters from \n         \u003cpersname\u003eCharles G. Alexander\u003c/persname\u003e's period as Justice\n         of the Peace in \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eYuba County, California\u003c/geogname\u003e(where he settled\n         as a result of his participation in a \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eWashington\u003c/geogname\u003e-based gold rush expedition\n         from 1849 to late 1851) include a goodbye note written to his\n         father and dated simply \"1849\" and letters dated 21 Jan; 8, 15\n         Aug; and 11 Nov 1850; 21 Jan; 24 Feb; 28 April; and 15 June\n         1851. Also included is a 1 April 1857 complaint filed\n         concerning a trial held before \n         \u003cpersname\u003eCharles G. Alexander\u003c/persname\u003ein \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eYuba County, California\u003c/geogname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eUndated correspondence of note includes an unsigned\n         satirical poem about \n         \u003cpersname\u003eCharles G. Alexander\u003c/persname\u003e's early career as an\n         attorney; an open letter to \"the Voters of \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eKing George County\u003c/geogname\u003e\" from \n         \u003cpersname\u003eC.H. Ashton\u003c/persname\u003e, concerning his candidacy for\n         the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eHouse of Delegates\u003c/corpname\u003e; a fragment of a\n         letter which mentions \"the horrible party now in power\" and\n         predicts \"a revolution beginning in the North;\" a memorandum\n         recording the descendants of a \"Dr. Bell of \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eLancaster\u003c/geogname\u003e; \" and letters to \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJudith B. Alexander\u003c/persname\u003eand \n         \u003cpersname\u003eMarietta Alexander\u003c/persname\u003efrom \n         \u003cpersname\u003eSarah Stuart\u003c/persname\u003eand \"Rose.\"\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eTwo small notebooks dating from 1862 and 1863 are among the\n         bound volumes in Box 1. These consist of notes taken by \n         \u003cpersname\u003eCharles G. Alexander\u003c/persname\u003eduring his period as\n         a member of the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003e15th Regiment of the Virginia Cavalry\u003c/corpname\u003ein\n         the Civil War. Included in these notebooks are lists of\n         prisoners taken and guards appointed, munitions, cavalry\n         companies and their captains, and mess and pay accounts of the\n         soldiers. Also included is a daily record of the movements of\n         the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003e15th Virginia Cavalry, Company E\u003c/corpname\u003e, under\n         Captain \n         \u003cpersname\u003eMark Arnold\u003c/persname\u003e, and a record of the battles\n         and skirmishes in which it was involved. The \n         \u003ccorpname\u003e9th Virginia Cavalry\u003c/corpname\u003eis also frequently\n         mentioned.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eTwo folders include material concerning \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eKing George County Schools\u003c/corpname\u003e, such as\n         teachers' certificates, letters of the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eKing George County Textbook Committee\u003c/corpname\u003e,\n         correspondence concerning teaching positions (Box 5), and\n         three bound volumes (Box 1) entitled \"Teacher's Pocket\n         Record.\" These consist of the attendance records and policies\n         of \n         \u003ccorpname\u003ePotomac District Public School #4\u003c/corpname\u003efrom\n         1876 to 1887 while \n         \u003cpersname\u003eCharles G. Alexander\u003c/persname\u003ewas schoolmaster.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eMedical records and doctors' bills of the \n         \u003cfamname\u003eAlexander family\u003c/famname\u003ehave been separated into\n         one folder covering the period from 1826 to 1865. Included in\n         these documents are records of medical attention given to\n         slaves of the \n         \u003cfamname\u003eAlexander family\u003c/famname\u003eand of the \n         \u003cfamname\u003eFitzhugh family\u003c/famname\u003e. These slaves are often\n         mentioned by name.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eTwo folders contain the tax records of the \n         \u003cfamname\u003eAlexander family\u003c/famname\u003efrom 1814 to 1886 with some\n         undated material. These records are also of particular\n         interest because they list the number of slaves held by the\n         family in any given year.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eMeteorological surveys and observations were made by \n         \u003cpersname\u003eCharles G. Alexander\u003c/persname\u003efor the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eU.S. War Department\u003c/corpname\u003ein 1874 and 1875.\n         These may be found in a folder along with several weather maps\n         of the \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eUnited States\u003c/geogname\u003eand correspondence between \n         \u003cpersname\u003eCharles G. Alexander\u003c/persname\u003eand the Chief Signal\n         Officer of the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eWar Department\u003c/corpname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eMaterial concerning \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eSt. Paul's Church\u003c/corpname\u003ein \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eKing George County\u003c/geogname\u003econsists of one folder\n         of correspondence and notes, including records of goods and\n         money donated to the church, meetings of the vestry, and an\n         undated list of pew-holders.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eSome miscellaneous items have been separated into a single\n         folder. These include business and calling cards,\n         advertisments, poetry of such writers as \n         \u003cpersname\u003eAlexander Pope\u003c/persname\u003eand \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Stuart Mill\u003c/persname\u003e, the passport of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eCharles G. Alexander\u003c/persname\u003edated 1849, a school\n         report for \n         \u003cpersname\u003eCharles G. Alexander\u003c/persname\u003eat \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eWood Grove Seminary\u003c/corpname\u003ein the 1842-3 term,\n         and the will of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eGustavus B. Alexander\u003c/persname\u003e, dated 1855. Also\n         included is an 1855 application for a land warrant due \n         \u003cpersname\u003eGustavus B. Alexander\u003c/persname\u003eas a veteran of the\n         War of 1812.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eA substantial amount of material concerning slavery has\n         been separated into four folders of \"Slave Records,\" under the\n         subheadings of \"Correspondence,\" \"Financial and Legal,\" and\n         \"Financial and Legal --Bonds.\" The contents of these folders,\n         which collectively cover the period from 1814 to 1873 are\n         listed below:\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eSlave Records --Correspondence. Items of interest include:1\n         March 1824 -- \n         \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge Johnson\u003c/persname\u003eto \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJacob Stuart\u003c/persname\u003e, concerning ownership of\n         slave \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam\u003c/persname\u003e; 2 April 1830 --certificate\n         concerning capture of runaway slave \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJim\u003c/persname\u003e, belonging to \n         \u003cpersname\u003eGustavus B. Alexander\u003c/persname\u003e; 10 Sept 1849 -- \n         \u003cpersname\u003eA.G. Dade\u003c/persname\u003eto \n         \u003cpersname\u003eGustavus B. Alexander\u003c/persname\u003e, concerning hired\n         slaves who became ill; 7 Dec 1849 --Dr. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eHenry Lewis\u003c/persname\u003eto \n         \u003cpersname\u003eGustavus B. Alexander\u003c/persname\u003e, concerning dower\n         slaves of late Mrs. Stuart; 23 Nov 1852 --statement by \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJudith B. Alexander\u003c/persname\u003e, concerning dower\n         slaves of late Mrs. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eSarah Stuart Alexander\u003c/persname\u003e; 10 June 1854\n         --letter of commission, forming a patrol to prevent slaves\n         from assembling or communicating between households; 11 Nov\n         1856 -- \n         \u003cpersname\u003eW.T. Swann\u003c/persname\u003eto \n         \u003cpersname\u003eGustavus B. Alexander\u003c/persname\u003e, concerning slaves\n         of the \n         \u003cfamname\u003eAlexander family\u003c/famname\u003e, some of whom (\"the\n         children of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eChristy\u003c/persname\u003e\") have petitioned for their\n         freedom; 1 July 1858 -- \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam McGuire\u003c/persname\u003eto \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJudith B. Alexander\u003c/persname\u003e, concerning shipping\n         of slave girl \n         \u003cpersname\u003eMary\u003c/persname\u003e; 27 Nov 1860 --note authorizing\n         slave \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWest\u003c/persname\u003eto recieve payment for his carpentry\n         services; 19 Nov 1861 -- \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam McGuire\u003c/persname\u003eto \n         \u003cpersname\u003eCharles G. Alexander\u003c/persname\u003e, writing to urge the\n         prevention of the escape of slaves at \" \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eCaledon\u003c/corpname\u003e\" by hiring them out further south\n         or by burning any boats available to them; 27 Nov 1867 --[ \n         \u003cpersname\u003eCharles G. Alexander\u003c/persname\u003e] to \n         \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge H. Robinson\u003c/persname\u003econcerning shipments of\n         corn made by freedmen; 2 March 1871 -- \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eBureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned\n         Lands\u003c/corpname\u003eto \n         \u003cpersname\u003eFanny Grymes\u003c/persname\u003e, concerning the surviving\n         relatives of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eHenry Brooks\u003c/persname\u003e, son of her former slaves\n         and private in the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003e23rd US Colored Troops\u003c/corpname\u003eduring the Civil\n         War; 7 Oct 1873 --draft of an editorial concerning ex-slaves\n         and some problems of the Reconstruction; n.d. -- \n         \u003cpersname\u003eC.T. Stuart\u003c/persname\u003eto \n         \u003cpersname\u003eL.W. Stuart\u003c/persname\u003econcerning slave \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eSlave Records --Financial and Legal. Items of interest\n         include: 1825 --authorization of ownership of dower slaves of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eSarah K. Stuart\u003c/persname\u003e; 1825-1862 --bills and\n         receipts concerning slaves; 1830-1832 --indentures, including\n         lists of slaves held by \n         \u003cpersname\u003eGustavus B. Alexander\u003c/persname\u003e; 1848, n.d. --lists\n         of slaves' names, ages and prices or values; 1844-1858 --bills\n         of sale of slaves; 1848 --division of dower slaves of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eSarah K. Stuart\u003c/persname\u003e; n.d. --division of dower\n         slaves of Mrs. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eG. Stuart\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eSlave Records --Financial and Legal: Bonds. These records\n         are contained in two folders and date from 1814 to 1862 with\n         some undated material. They consist entirely of bonds made\n         concerning the hire of slaves belonging to the following\n         families:\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003e\n        \u003cfamname\u003eAlexander family,\u003c/famname\u003e\n        \u003cfamname\u003eLanford family,\u003c/famname\u003e\n        \u003cfamname\u003eAshton family,\u003c/famname\u003e\n        \u003cfamname\u003eLewis family,\u003c/famname\u003e\n        \u003cfamname\u003eBerry family,\u003c/famname\u003e\n        \u003cfamname\u003eMiffleton family,\u003c/famname\u003e\n        \u003cfamname\u003eBrockenborough family,\u003c/famname\u003e\n        \u003cfamname\u003ePotts family,\u003c/famname\u003e\n        \u003cfamname\u003eBryan family,\u003c/famname\u003e\n        \u003cfamname\u003eQuisenberry family,\u003c/famname\u003e\n        \u003cfamname\u003eCoakley family,\u003c/famname\u003e\n        \u003cfamname\u003eScott family,\u003c/famname\u003e\n        \u003cfamname\u003eDade family,\u003c/famname\u003e\n        \u003cfamname\u003eSelden family,\u003c/famname\u003e\n        \u003cfamname\u003eDavies family,\u003c/famname\u003e\n        \u003cfamname\u003eSmith family,\u003c/famname\u003e\n        \u003cfamname\u003eFitzhugh family,\u003c/famname\u003e\n        \u003cfamname\u003eStuart family,\u003c/famname\u003e\n        \u003cfamname\u003eGrymes family,\u003c/famname\u003e\n        \u003cfamname\u003eThornton family,\u003c/famname\u003e\n        \u003cfamname\u003eHarrison family,\u003c/famname\u003e\n        \u003cfamname\u003eWashington family\u003c/famname\u003e\n      \u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eThese bonds may be particularly useful as the first names\n         of the slaves involved are frequently mentioned.\u003c/p\u003e\n    "],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content"],"scopecontent_tesim":["The papers of the \n         Alexander familyof \n         King George County, Virginiacontain ca.\n         2000 items (5 Hollinger boxes, ca. 1.75 linear feet),\n         ca.1800-1890, consist of correspondence, financial, and legal\n         papers. Most of the earlier papers are those of landowner \n         Gustavus B. Alexander, and concern his\n         dealings in wheat, corn, guano fertilizer, slaves, and land,\n         as well as legal matters and business ventures. Later papers\n         are those of his son, \n         Charles G. Alexander, lawyer, justice of\n         the peace, and schoolmaster, and deal with a variety of\n         subjects, including \n         King George County Schools, land\n         surveying, meteorological observations, and slavery. Other\n         subjects of possible interest include medical records and\n         doctors' bills, tax records, and documents concerning \n         St. Paul's Churchin \n         King George County.","Correspondence of note includes extensive dealings in wheat\n         and other goods with \n         Alexandriamerchants \n         Stephen Shinn and Son. Other business\n         associates include \n         W.H. McDonald and Co., \n         J. Leadbeater and Son, \n         C.G. Howland, and Robinson and Payne. \n         Gustavus B. Alexanderand other area\n         landowners dealt in guano with the \n         Alexandria, Virginiacompany \n         S.S. Masters and Son: 6, 13, 23 Sept\n         1852; 3 Feb 1853; 16, 17 Sept 1854; 10 Oct 1855; and 24 Sept\n         1860. Two contracts with overseers of the \n         Alexander familyplantation \" \n         Caledon\" are included in the\n         correspondence: with \n         Henry Ryals(30 Oct 1852) and with \n         John L. Lewisford(9 Jan 1860).","Letters dated 7, 20 Oct; 3, 11 Nov 1834; 29 Mar; 29 Aug\n         1839; 2 Mar; 10 June 1848; 14 Jan and 9 Feb 1857 pertain to\n         land holdings of the related \n         Stuart family, \n         Chapman family, and \n         Alexander familyin \n         Alexandria, Virginia. Other letters\n         concerning property holdings are as follows: a deed to \" \n         Strawberry Hillproperty\" bought by \n         Eliza Jacksonfrom \n         G.B. Wallace, dated 4 Sept 1876; \n         R.H. Stuartto \n         Charles G. Alexanderconcerning land sold\n         to \n         Eliza Hughesand \n         Charles Prior, dated 11 Feb 1890, and an\n         undated note; a list of \"Officers of District #3, \n         King George County, \" which includes \n         Gustavus B. Alexanderas chairman, dated\n         15 My 1852; and correspondence from the \n         U.S. War Departmentto \n         Charles G. Alexanderconcerning abandoned\n         lands, dated 25 Jan 1866.","Several letters concern the \" \n         Boyd's Hole\" property held by the \n         Alexander family. Correspondence from \n         Stephen Shinnto \n         Gustavus B. Alexanderconcerns\n         negotiations with the \n         Potomac River Steam Boat Companyto build\n         a wharf at \n         Boyd's Hole: 30 June; 9 July; 3 Sept; 2,\n         18, 25, and 29 Oct 1855; 25 June; 9, and 30 Aug 1856. Letters\n         pertaining to a dispute about the construction of a road at \n         Boyd's Holeincludes correspondence dated\n         1 June, 5 Oct, and 6 Nov 1856 and a 31 July 1876 \"list of\n         hands to work on Public Road.\" Letters pertaining to the lease\n         and sale of the \n         Boyd's Holeproperty include: a 3 Nov 1865\n         agreement of lease between \n         Charles G. Alexanderand \n         Thomas C. Daly; a 2 Nov 1874 letter from\n         the \n         Geo. C. Wedderburn Real Estate Companyto \n         Charles G. Alexander; and an undated\n         draft of a real estate announcement: \" \n         Boyd's HoleFor Sale!\"","Letters dated 20, 25 April 1866; 10 July 1868; and 3 Sept\n         1869 concern debts and taxes on the estate of \n         Gustavus B. Alexander. Several letters\n         deal with money lent to the \n         Alexander familyby \n         Lucy A. Thorntonof \n         Port Royal, Virginia: 20 Aug, 28 Sept\n         1851; 30 Sept 1852; and 27 Sept 1856. Of special note is a\n         letter dated 9 May 1866, in which \n         Lucy Thorntonrequests that \n         Charles Alexanderpay the money owed her\n         so that she may repair her house, \"which was very badly\n         shelled (in the Civil War) and is scarcely habitable.\"","Some correspondence of the \n         Grymes familyis included in the \n         Alexander familypapers. Letters of \n         George Grymesinclude an undated note to \n         Gustavus B. Alexanderconcerning\n         plantation crops, and a letter to \n         Thomas Grymes, dated 28 Nov 1844, on the\n         dangers of hard drinking. The correspondence of \n         Fanny Grymesdeals with legal matters and\n         property holdings, notably a tract of land called \" \n         Eagle's Nest:\" 11 May 1870; 6 March 1871;\n         16 May, 18 Sept 1872; 17, 30 Sept 1873; 31 July 1875; and 19\n         Oct 1887.","Letters from \n         Charles G. Alexander's period as Justice\n         of the Peace in \n         Yuba County, California(where he settled\n         as a result of his participation in a \n         Washington-based gold rush expedition\n         from 1849 to late 1851) include a goodbye note written to his\n         father and dated simply \"1849\" and letters dated 21 Jan; 8, 15\n         Aug; and 11 Nov 1850; 21 Jan; 24 Feb; 28 April; and 15 June\n         1851. Also included is a 1 April 1857 complaint filed\n         concerning a trial held before \n         Charles G. Alexanderin \n         Yuba County, California.","Undated correspondence of note includes an unsigned\n         satirical poem about \n         Charles G. Alexander's early career as an\n         attorney; an open letter to \"the Voters of \n         King George County\" from \n         C.H. Ashton, concerning his candidacy for\n         the \n         House of Delegates; a fragment of a\n         letter which mentions \"the horrible party now in power\" and\n         predicts \"a revolution beginning in the North;\" a memorandum\n         recording the descendants of a \"Dr. Bell of \n         Lancaster; \" and letters to \n         Judith B. Alexanderand \n         Marietta Alexanderfrom \n         Sarah Stuartand \"Rose.\"","Two small notebooks dating from 1862 and 1863 are among the\n         bound volumes in Box 1. These consist of notes taken by \n         Charles G. Alexanderduring his period as\n         a member of the \n         15th Regiment of the Virginia Cavalryin\n         the Civil War. Included in these notebooks are lists of\n         prisoners taken and guards appointed, munitions, cavalry\n         companies and their captains, and mess and pay accounts of the\n         soldiers. Also included is a daily record of the movements of\n         the \n         15th Virginia Cavalry, Company E, under\n         Captain \n         Mark Arnold, and a record of the battles\n         and skirmishes in which it was involved. The \n         9th Virginia Cavalryis also frequently\n         mentioned.","Two folders include material concerning \n         King George County Schools, such as\n         teachers' certificates, letters of the \n         King George County Textbook Committee,\n         correspondence concerning teaching positions (Box 5), and\n         three bound volumes (Box 1) entitled \"Teacher's Pocket\n         Record.\" These consist of the attendance records and policies\n         of \n         Potomac District Public School #4from\n         1876 to 1887 while \n         Charles G. Alexanderwas schoolmaster.","Medical records and doctors' bills of the \n         Alexander familyhave been separated into\n         one folder covering the period from 1826 to 1865. Included in\n         these documents are records of medical attention given to\n         slaves of the \n         Alexander familyand of the \n         Fitzhugh family. These slaves are often\n         mentioned by name.","Two folders contain the tax records of the \n         Alexander familyfrom 1814 to 1886 with some\n         undated material. These records are also of particular\n         interest because they list the number of slaves held by the\n         family in any given year.","Meteorological surveys and observations were made by \n         Charles G. Alexanderfor the \n         U.S. War Departmentin 1874 and 1875.\n         These may be found in a folder along with several weather maps\n         of the \n         United Statesand correspondence between \n         Charles G. Alexanderand the Chief Signal\n         Officer of the \n         War Department.","Material concerning \n         St. Paul's Churchin \n         King George Countyconsists of one folder\n         of correspondence and notes, including records of goods and\n         money donated to the church, meetings of the vestry, and an\n         undated list of pew-holders.","Some miscellaneous items have been separated into a single\n         folder. These include business and calling cards,\n         advertisments, poetry of such writers as \n         Alexander Popeand \n         John Stuart Mill, the passport of \n         Charles G. Alexanderdated 1849, a school\n         report for \n         Charles G. Alexanderat \n         Wood Grove Seminaryin the 1842-3 term,\n         and the will of \n         Gustavus B. Alexander, dated 1855. Also\n         included is an 1855 application for a land warrant due \n         Gustavus B. Alexanderas a veteran of the\n         War of 1812.","A substantial amount of material concerning slavery has\n         been separated into four folders of \"Slave Records,\" under the\n         subheadings of \"Correspondence,\" \"Financial and Legal,\" and\n         \"Financial and Legal --Bonds.\" The contents of these folders,\n         which collectively cover the period from 1814 to 1873 are\n         listed below:","Slave Records --Correspondence. Items of interest include:1\n         March 1824 -- \n         George Johnsonto \n         Jacob Stuart, concerning ownership of\n         slave \n         William; 2 April 1830 --certificate\n         concerning capture of runaway slave \n         Jim, belonging to \n         Gustavus B. Alexander; 10 Sept 1849 -- \n         A.G. Dadeto \n         Gustavus B. Alexander, concerning hired\n         slaves who became ill; 7 Dec 1849 --Dr. \n         Henry Lewisto \n         Gustavus B. Alexander, concerning dower\n         slaves of late Mrs. Stuart; 23 Nov 1852 --statement by \n         Judith B. Alexander, concerning dower\n         slaves of late Mrs. \n         Sarah Stuart Alexander; 10 June 1854\n         --letter of commission, forming a patrol to prevent slaves\n         from assembling or communicating between households; 11 Nov\n         1856 -- \n         W.T. Swannto \n         Gustavus B. Alexander, concerning slaves\n         of the \n         Alexander family, some of whom (\"the\n         children of \n         Christy\") have petitioned for their\n         freedom; 1 July 1858 -- \n         William McGuireto \n         Judith B. Alexander, concerning shipping\n         of slave girl \n         Mary; 27 Nov 1860 --note authorizing\n         slave \n         Westto recieve payment for his carpentry\n         services; 19 Nov 1861 -- \n         William McGuireto \n         Charles G. Alexander, writing to urge the\n         prevention of the escape of slaves at \" \n         Caledon\" by hiring them out further south\n         or by burning any boats available to them; 27 Nov 1867 --[ \n         Charles G. Alexander] to \n         George H. Robinsonconcerning shipments of\n         corn made by freedmen; 2 March 1871 -- \n         Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned\n         Landsto \n         Fanny Grymes, concerning the surviving\n         relatives of \n         Henry Brooks, son of her former slaves\n         and private in the \n         23rd US Colored Troopsduring the Civil\n         War; 7 Oct 1873 --draft of an editorial concerning ex-slaves\n         and some problems of the Reconstruction; n.d. -- \n         C.T. Stuartto \n         L.W. Stuartconcerning slave \n         William.","Slave Records --Financial and Legal. Items of interest\n         include: 1825 --authorization of ownership of dower slaves of \n         Sarah K. Stuart; 1825-1862 --bills and\n         receipts concerning slaves; 1830-1832 --indentures, including\n         lists of slaves held by \n         Gustavus B. Alexander; 1848, n.d. --lists\n         of slaves' names, ages and prices or values; 1844-1858 --bills\n         of sale of slaves; 1848 --division of dower slaves of \n         Sarah K. Stuart; n.d. --division of dower\n         slaves of Mrs. \n         G. Stuart.","Slave Records --Financial and Legal: Bonds. These records\n         are contained in two folders and date from 1814 to 1862 with\n         some undated material. They consist entirely of bonds made\n         concerning the hire of slaves belonging to the following\n         families:","Alexander family,\n        Lanford family,\n        Ashton family,\n        Lewis family,\n        Berry family,\n        Miffleton family,\n        Brockenborough family,\n        Potts family,\n        Bryan family,\n        Quisenberry family,\n        Coakley family,\n        Scott family,\n        Dade family,\n        Selden family,\n        Davies family,\n        Smith family,\n        Fitzhugh family,\n        Stuart family,\n        Grymes family,\n        Thornton family,\n        Harrison family,\n        Washington family","These bonds may be particularly useful as the first names\n         of the slaves involved are frequently mentioned."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eSee the \n            \u003cextref type=\"simple\" href=\"https://www.library.virginia.edu/policies/use-of-materials\"\u003e\n            University of Virginia Library’s use policy.\u003c/extref\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n      "],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Use Restrictions"],"userestrict_tesim":["See the \n            \n            University of Virginia Library’s use policy."],"physloc_html_tesm":["\u003cphysloc\u003e\u003c/physloc\u003e\n      "],"corpname_ssim":["University of Virginia. Library. Special\n            Collections Dept.","Caledon","University of Virginia","King George County Schools","St. Paul's Church","Stephen Shinn and Son","W.H. McDonald and Co.","J. Leadbeater and Son","C.G. Howland, and Robinson and Payne","S.S. Masters and Son","U.S. War Department","Potomac River Steam Boat Company","Geo. C. Wedderburn Real Estate Company","Eagle's Nest","House of Delegates","15th Regiment of the Virginia Cavalry","15th Virginia Cavalry, Company E","9th Virginia Cavalry","King George County Textbook Committee","Potomac District Public School #4","War Department","Wood Grove Seminary","Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned\n         Lands","23rd US Colored Troops"],"famname_ssim":["Alexander family","Stuart family","Chapman family","Grymes family","Fitzhugh family","Alexander family,","Lanford family,","Ashton family,","Lewis family,","Berry family,","Miffleton family,","Brockenborough family,","Potts family,","Bryan family,","Quisenberry family,","Coakley family,","Scott family,","Dade family,","Selden family,","Davies family,","Smith family,","Fitzhugh family,","Stuart family,","Grymes family,","Thornton family,","Harrison family,","Washington family"],"persname_ssim":["Lewis Egerton Smoot","Gustavus B. Alexander","Charles G. Alexander","Henry Ryals","John L. Lewisford","Eliza Jackson","G.B. Wallace","R.H. Stuart","Eliza Hughes","Charles Prior","Stephen Shinn","Thomas C. Daly","Lucy A. Thornton","Lucy Thornton","Charles Alexander","George Grymes","Thomas Grymes","Fanny Grymes","C.H. Ashton","Judith B. Alexander","Marietta Alexander","Sarah Stuart","Mark Arnold","Alexander Pope","John Stuart Mill","George Johnson","Jacob Stuart","William","Jim","A.G. Dade","Henry Lewis","Sarah Stuart Alexander","W.T. Swann","Christy","William McGuire","Mary","West","George H. Robinson","Henry Brooks","C.T. Stuart","L.W. Stuart","Sarah K. Stuart","G. Stuart"],"names_ssim":["University of Virginia. Library. Special\n            Collections Dept.","Caledon","University of Virginia","King George County Schools","St. Paul's Church","Stephen Shinn and Son","W.H. McDonald and Co.","J. Leadbeater and Son","C.G. Howland, and Robinson and Payne","S.S. Masters and Son","U.S. War Department","Potomac River Steam Boat Company","Geo. C. 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Stuart","Eliza Hughes","Charles Prior","Stephen Shinn","Thomas C. Daly","Lucy A. Thornton","Lucy Thornton","Charles Alexander","George Grymes","Thomas Grymes","Fanny Grymes","C.H. Ashton","Judith B. Alexander","Marietta Alexander","Sarah Stuart","Mark Arnold","Alexander Pope","John Stuart Mill","George Johnson","Jacob Stuart","William","Jim","A.G. Dade","Henry Lewis","Sarah Stuart Alexander","W.T. Swann","Christy","William McGuire","Mary","West","George H. Robinson","Henry Brooks","C.T. Stuart","L.W. Stuart","Sarah K. Stuart","G. 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Most letters to Henrietta are from her mother Lucy Taliaferro (Catlett) Baytop, and her sisters Rowena, Lucy Ann, and Eugenia, all of Springfield, Gloucester County, Virginia. The collection also includes letters from her sister-in-law Mary F. Fitzhugh of Fredericksburg, Virginia. \u003c/p\u003e","label":"Abstract Or Scope"}},"breadcrumbs":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/viw_repositories_2_resources_40#breadcrumbs","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":{"id":"viw_repositories_2_resources_40","ead_ssi":"viw_repositories_2_resources_40","_root_":"viw_repositories_2_resources_40","_nest_parent_":"viw_repositories_2_resources_40","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/oai/WM/repositories_2_resources_40.xml","title_filing_ssi":"Baytop-Fitzhugh Papers","title_ssm":["Baytop-Fitzhugh Papers"],"title_tesim":["Baytop-Fitzhugh Papers"],"unitdate_ssm":["1840-1866"],"unitdate_inclusive_ssm":["1840-1866"],"normalized_date_ssm":["1840/1866"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Baytop-Fitzhugh Papers, 1840/1866"],"text":["Baytop-Fitzhugh Papers, 1840/1866","MS 00111","/repositories/2/resources/40","Agriculture--Virginia--History--18th century","Anti-slavery movements","Farm management","Gloucester County (Va.)--History--19th century","Greene County (Va.)--History--19th century","Marriage-Virginia-Gloucester County","Slavery--Southern States--History","Slavery--Virginia--19th century","United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865","United States--Slavery","Women--Virginia--Social life and customs","Financial records","Receipts (financial records)","Collection is open to all researchers. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility.","Processed by Lisa Lee and Elizabeth Engelken in 1989.","The inventory includes letters, 1851-1861, and accounts, 1840-1866, of Rufus King Fitzhugh and his wife Henrietta Ellen (Baytop) Fitzhugh of Stanardsville, Greene County, Virginia. Most letters to Henrietta are from her mother Lucy Taliaferro (Catlett) Baytop, and her sisters Rowena, Lucy Ann, and Eugenia, all of Springfield, Gloucester County, Virginia. The collection also includes letters from her sister-in-law Mary F. Fitzhugh of Fredericksburg, Virginia.","The letters relate various aspects of nineteenth century farm life, such as men and women's separate responsibilities on the farm, illnesses and treatments, childbirth and its complications, and social activities. There are comments on slaves, tensions between the slave states and the federal government and the abolitionists, and the eventual Civil War. Letters to Rufus King Fitzhugh are generally from business associates or his brother George Fitzhugh, of Port Royal, Virginia. Both his letters and business accounts offer insight into his affairs, such as land speculation, mining for coal, slaves as investments, as well as deeds, receipts of purchase and payment of property, and tax receipts. 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He named the tract Ravensworth in honor of his family’s ancestral home in Yorkshire. Fitzhugh brought in slaves and overseers to cultivate the land and also leased parcels of it to Huguenot refugees.","The Fitzhughs built three notable mansions in the area during 1790s: Oak Hill, Ossian Hall, and Ravensworth. William Fitzhugh built the Ravensworth mansion which later came into the possession of the Lee family. Robert E. Lee’s mother died in Ravensworth and later Lee’s wife and family temporarily sought refuge there during the Civil War. The house burned in 1926 due to an arsonist.","Nicholas Fitzhugh built Ossian Hall, which received many illustrious guests including George Washington and George Mason. Long abandoned and heavily damaged by vandals, the Annandale Fire Department burned the house in a controlled fire practice drill to make way for a new subdivision in 1957. Today, Ossian Hall is featured on the logo of the Annandale Fire Department.","Around 1790 Richard Fitzhugh built Oak Hill. Edward and Jane Howrey purchased the house in 1935 and had it restored. It is the only one of the three houses which survives to this day and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.","With the completion of Little River Turnpike in 1811, a little white toll house was erected on the road in Annandale. The toll house served as a toll gate and polling place, where residents of the area later cast votes in favor of secession.","By 1830, the community’s name changed to Annandale. The origin of the name is subject for debate. One theory is Annandale earned its name from a town in Scotland which is located along the Annan River. Another belief is the name comes from Scotland’s Sir Robert de Brus, the “Earl of Annandale”. Regardless of the name’s source, the area officially became known as Annandale when the first “Annandale Post Office” opened in 1837.","The area saw Civil War action as the site of several skirmishes. The Union Army used the Annandale United Methodist Chapel as a temporary headquarters before dismantling it for firewood and winter quarters. Following the Civil War, the area remained fairly rural until the twentieth century when Fairfax County became a popular place to live for D.C. government employees. Starting in the late 1950s, developers bought the remainder of the Ravensworth property and subdivided it for new homes and shopping malls. The site of the Ravensworth mansion is now marked by a Historical Marker.","Eric Anderson, Chris Barbuschak, 2015EAD generated by Ross Landis, 2024","The Annandale, Virginia Collection consists of .5 linear feet, spanning the years 1742-1993. 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