Powell Family Papers, Hepburn Addition, 1775/1870

Access and use

Location of collection:
College of William and Mary
Special Collections Research Center
Earl Gregg Swem Library
College of William and Mary
400 Landrum Drive
PO 8795
Williamsburg, VA 23187-8795
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Phone: (757) 221-3090
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Restrictions:

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.

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Preferred citation:

Powell Family Papers - Hepburn Addition, Special Collections Research Center, William & Mary Libraries

Summary

Extent:
0.50 Linear Feet
Creator:
Powell, Leven, 1737-1810, Madison, James, Jr., 1751-1836, Mason, Stevens Thomson, 1760-1803, and Powell, Charles Leven (1804-1896)
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Powell Family Papers - Hepburn Addition, Special Collections Research Center, William & Mary Libraries

Background

Scope and content:

This collection contains correspondence of Leven Powell, James Madison, Charles Leven Powell, Charles Leven Powell, Jr., Selina Powell Hepburn, and others. Recipients include Burr Powell, Cuthbert Powell, Sewell Stavely Hepbron [Hepburn] and others. First 30 years of correspondence is mainly written by or addressed to Leven Powell, detailing his involvement in the Revolutionary War, the Virginia House of Delegates, and the United State Congress, including letters about the Election of 1800. After 1810, letters are primarily correspondence between various members of the Powell family, including some letters about the Civil War. Also includes family tree of the Hepburn Family.

Biographical / historical:

Leven Powell was born near Manassas, Prince William County, Virginia in 1737. He moved to Loudoun County in 1763 and served as major in the Revolutionary Army. Appointed lieutenant-colonel of the Sixteenth Regiment in the Continental Line in 1777. He served in the Virginia House of Delegates and as a delegate to the Virginia Convention which ratified the U.S. Constitution in 1788. He was elected as a Federalist to Congress. He died in 1810 in Bedford, Pennsylvania.

Processing information:

Processed by Benjamin Bromley in 2007.

Arrangement:

This collection is arranged chronologically.