Robert Carter Wormeley Diary, 1766

Access and use

Location of collection:
Colonial Williamsburg
John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
P.O. Box 1776
Williamsburg, VA 23187
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Douglas Mayo
Phone: (757) 565-8521
Phone: (757) 565-8520
Fax: (757) 565-8528

Summary

Creator:
Robert Wormeley Carter, 1734-1797.
Language:
English

Background

Scope and content:

The diary, written on interleaved pages in the Virginia Almanack for 1776, pertains to his personal and business affairs at Sabine Hall, including plantation upkeep and work and agreements with overseers. Other entries record a meeting of the Committee of Safety for Richmond County, VA; Carter's defeat in the 1776 election for the Convention; a general militia muster; births, marriages, deaths, and visits; and money paid out and due--mostly for gambling debts at whist and tredrille.

Friends and relatives mentioned in the diary include Capt. Ball, [William] Beale, Mr. Thom[a]s Brockenb[rou]gh, [Charles] Carter, Col. L[andon] Carter, Mr. Colston, M[oore] Fauntleroy, Dr. Nicholas Flood, [the Rev. William] Giberne, James Gordon, John Guthrie, Jesse Hill, Col. F[rancis Lightfoot] Lee, Harry Lee, Mann Page, Jr., Col. Peachy, Harrison Randolph, Col. Tayloe, and John Wormeley.

Biographical / historical:

Robert Wormeley Carter (1734-1797), of Sabine Hall, member of the House of Burgesses, 1769-1776, of the State Conventions of 1774 and 1775, and of the House of Delegates, 1779, 1781-1782.

Acquisition information:
Gift, 1941.
Physical description:
1 vol. (21 p.)