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Contains an account of credit of Messrs. Coulougnac and Company according to the protested bills of exchange and the sentence obtained in the Court of Admiralty at Nantes. The account lists four sentences, the date of each sentence, the amount for each sentence, and the amount with interest. The account also states that no attention was paid to the protested bills according to the account of William Hay and George Webb who settled the account according to the invoice of merchandise and goods. Lastly, the account provides the total loss owed to the company. (Accession 44320)

Contains an account of monies paid several Continental soldiers by order of Council. The account provides the name of the soldier, company, regiment, and amount. There are nineteen soldiers included on the account. (Accession 44289)

Contains an account of William Williams, Augusta, for beef, mutton, and corn. (Accession 44287)

Contains copies of two acts of the General Assembly regarding the two legions raised by Virginia in 1781. The first act was passed on 1 March 1781 and the second was passed in October 1782. The first act creates the two legions to consist of six companies of infantry and one troop of cavalry. The second act permits the soldiers enlisted in the legions to enlist in the state's quota of Continental troops provided they give up their claim to any bounty or pay accruing to them under the acts. (Accession 44308)

Arrangement of the companies of the 1st and 2nd Virginia Regiments, 1782 Dec, includes Arrangement of companies of the 2nd Virginia Regiment and Arrangment of the officers belonging to the 1st Virginia Regiment Artillery. Lists include name, rank, date of commission and remarks (notes officers who wish to retire). (Accession 54817)

This volume is divided into seven sections: List of the Officers of the Virginia Line who have not appeared agreeable to Major General Baron Steuben's orders; a Register of Gentlemen who have received warrants; At a Board of Field officers begun at Chesterfield, February 10, 1781, by Orders of Major General Baron Steuben for the purpose of Arranging the Virginia Line; Arrangement of the Virginia Line, May 16, 1782; Register of the Officers of the Virginia Line who have been furlowed since the 10th February 1781; Register of the Officers of the Virginia Line that have been resigned since the 10th February 1781; At a board of Officers begun at Cumberland, May 6, 1782, in consequence of the Orders for the Purpose of Arranging the Virginia Line. (Accession 13647)

Contains three bills of lading by Thomas Webb and Company for muskets, bayonets, and gun flints transported on board the Schooner Rattle Snake, the Sloop Polly Bolling, and the Schooner Kitty from Curacao to Virginia. The bills are signed by Thomas Cox, Samuel Pool, and John Cox. (Accession 44272)

This volume contains memoranda kept by Captain Robert Gamble, paymaster. The volume includes a rank-roll of field officers of the Virginia line, 14 September 1778; the arrangement of field officers and their respective regiments; a list of field officers who were prisoners; a rank-roll of Captains and Captain-Lieutenants of the Continental Troops of the Virginia Line, according to a resolution of Congress; an arrangement of Captains and Captain-Lieutenants to the different regiments; a list of Captains and Captain-Lieutenants who were prisoners; manifesto issued by the Continental Congress through Henry Laurens, 30 October 1778; List of money realized from sale of ordinance and stores taken at capture at Stoney Point, 22 August 1779; and subscribers who have received their share and a list of Captain Gamble's company as it stood on June 6, 1779. There are also lists of uniforms issued and cash for rations issued in Captain Gamble's function as quartermaster. Note is made of his being in Lancaster, Pa. to get uniforms. And including various memoranda as to his own accounts and activities, including copies of several hymns and poems. There is also a copy of General Washington's orders issued at Wilmington on September 5, 1777. (Accession 37036)

Contains a certificate of an oath of John Philips taken before Cha[rles] Binns, Clerk of the Loudoun County Court, regarding the loss of a certificate belonging to William Jones for his pay and depreciation in the service of the Virginia Line during the Revolutionary War. (Accession 45175)

Contains a certificate of Maj. James Quarles regarding the origin of the arms in the possession of the 2nd Virginia State Regiment. (Accession 44306)