Waring Family Papers, 1776/1780
Access and use
- Location of collection:
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Special Collections Research CenterEarl Gregg Swem LibraryCollege of William and Mary400 Landrum DrivePO 8795Williamsburg, VA 23187-8795
- Contact for questions and access:
- Email: spcoll@wm.eduPhone: (757) 221-3090Fax: (757) 221-5440Web: swem.wm.edu/scrc
- Restrictions:
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Collection is open to all researchers. Before publishing quotations or excerpts from any materials, permission must be obtained from the Manuscripts and Rare Books Librarian, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library. 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.
- Terms of access:
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Before reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.
- Preferred citation:
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Waring Family Papers, Special Collections Research Center, William & Mary Libraries.
Collection context
Summary
- Extent:
- 0.01 Linear Foot
- Creator:
- Digges, Dudley and Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de, 1757-1834
- Language:
- English
- Preferred citation:
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Waring Family Papers, Special Collections Research Center, William & Mary Libraries.
Background
- Scope and content:
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Notes and accounts, 1776-1780 and undated, concerning the service of Henry Waring, Thomas Waring and William Waring, brothers from Essex County, Virginia in the American Revolution. Includes payroll account for a detachment of the 7th Virginia Regiment; an inventory of the estate of Captain Henry Waring; enlistment record [during the American Revolution?] giving men's names, heights, and complexion; and commissions and allegiance oath of Henry Waring.
- Acquisition information:
- Gift: Acc. 2002.57 Gordon Lewis
- Processing information:
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Processed by Cynthia B. Brown in 1983
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- Essex County (Va.)--History--18th century
Inventories
United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783
United States. Army--Appointments, promotions, salaries, etc
United States. Continental Army. Virginia Infantry Regiment, 7th--History
Account books
Appointments (military records)
Manuscripts (document genre)
Orders (military records)
Payroll records
Receipts (financial records) - Names:
- Waring, Henry
Waring, Thomas
Waring, William