Ludwell Family Papers, 1676-1879.

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:

Ludwell Family Papers, Manuscript MS 65.8, John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation

Summary

Creator:
Ludwell Family.
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Ludwell Family Papers, Manuscript MS 65.8, John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation

Background

Scope and content:

Papers associated with the Ludwell family of Virginia, including a duplicate of Thomas Ludwell's will, November 10, 1676; a power of attorney from Alexander Culpeper and Margaret, Lady Culpeper, to Philip Ludwell, November 18, 1688; an early copy of Alexander Culpeper's will of November 29, 1691; a lease of land in Surry County, Va., from Samuel Potts to Philip Ludwell, November 1, 1704; deeds to land in England; a deed to land in and around Williamsburg, Va., from William and Hannah Ludwell Lee to Arthur Lee and Fleming Pinkston, January 9, 1771; claims of Samuel Page's heirs for shipping losses to the French; and a printed Ludwell genealogy.

Acquisition information:
Purchase, 1965.
Arrangement:

Chronological.

Physical description:
10 items.