Governor's Palace Lands Papers, 1866-1904, 1815-1904.

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
Restrictions:

There are no restrictions.

Terms of access:

Before publishing quotations or excerpts from any materials, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Librarian/ Associate Curator of Rare Books and Manuscripts, and the holder of the copyright, if not the Rockefeller Library at Colonial Williamsburg.

Preferred citation:

Governor's Palace Lands Papers, Manuscript MS 30.1, John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation

Summary

Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Governor's Palace Lands Papers, Manuscript MS 30.1, John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation

Background

Scope and content:

Letters, deeds, and miscellaneous legal papers regarding sale of certain parts of the land formerly attached to the Governor's Palace in Williamsburg, Va. Involved in the sales were such prominent nineteenth- century residents of Williamsburg as Robert M. Garrett, John M. Gregory, Dr. Samuel S. Griffin, Lovey T. Jackson, Robert Saunders, Samuel Shield, Robert F. N. Smith, and C. B. Upshaw and Samuel Smith McCroskey of Northampton County.

Biographical / historical:

Official residence of the royal governor's of Virginia while the capital was in Williamsburg. Also served as the official residence for Governor's Patrick Henry and Thomas Jefferson.

Acquisition information:
Gift, 1930.
Arrangement:

Chronological.

Physical description:
12 items.