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College of William and Mary

University Archives Bound Volumes Collection

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This collection contains information about the College of William and Mary from the Eighteenth Century to the present. Included in the collection are faculty lecture notes from a variety of classes, scrapbooks, research notes, correspondence, textbooks used at the College of William and Mary, minute and account books, poetry books, student notebooks, a literary manual, and various other miscellaneous bound volumes.

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"A Bibliography of Official Publications" Box 19

Two black notebooks, 11.5" x 9.25", listing publications issued by the College or written by individuals while they were associated with the College, arranged by date of publication. The location of each publication is also listed. Volume 1 covers 1693-1880; Volume 2 covers 1881-1906. Acc 1988.100

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College of William and Mary

Cabell Family Papers

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Accounts, surveys and correspondence, chiefly 1743-1823, of members of the Cabell family of Albemarle and Amherst counties, Virginia.

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Account book of Dr. William Cabell Box 10

Manuscript Volume 12. Account book for 1752-1774 with farm and medical accounts of Dr. William Cabell (1699-1774). Dr. William Cabell was a justice and surveyor for Goochland, Va. and Albemarle, Va. as well as a farmer and practicing physician and surgeon.

  1. Series 2: Manuscripts

Notebook of Nicholas Cabell and others Box 10

22 pages. Manuscript Volume 6. Notebook in multiple hands, one being Nicholas Cabell's (1750-1803). Based in Amherst, Va., Cabell was a notable Virginia politician in the latter half of the 18th century. Notebook contents include merchants' arithmetic problems and various memoranda and notes on accounts, debts, writs, prices, and wights. Dates in the notebook include 1750 and 1779.

  1. Series 2: Manuscripts
The George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon

George Washington collection

approx. 25 Linear Feet

This collection contains letters to and from George Washington that have been aquired by the MVLA since 1858. For more information, see content note for individal items. The collection grows organically as new items are acquired.

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Account, from Adam Stephen Box 17, Folder 1755.01.22

"[Ledger A, folio 13, Jan. 25, 1755 ""By 6 black Walnut Chairs ... £3.15;"" folio 19, Jan. 22, 1755 ""By [Col. Stephen] for 6 leather bottomed Chairs ... £3.15""]. £3.15.0 for six common black walnut chairs to be delivered to his order."

  1. Series 2. To George Washington

Letter, from Lund Washington Box 36, Folder 1755.10.15

Letter to be delivered by Mr. Harrison who accepts invitation to camp--lists letters received from G.W.; never received others--some "villon" is intercepting letters--mentions construction & appearance of "wash house" which G.W. does not intend as a wash house--Jenifer Adams has sold timber off land--bad rains washed out nearly completed tumbling dam--coopers & miller again at work on it--sowing wheat delayed by rains--Bennett Jenkins from western lands arrived--claims Simpson & Crawford didn't pay him--paid in Pa. currency--Simpson & son coming to Mt.V.--bought 6M 20d nails and 4000 ft. of inch plank--"by the time the House is finishd that is now just Raised, we shall not have one foot of inch & 1/4 plank left beside what is put away for the addition of the great House"--bricklayers doing garden wall & chimney of wash house--stucco man still working on dining room--"the ceily. is not clumsey, I think it light & handsome it is altogether worck'd by Hand which makes it tedius - as to puty. down the plaster in the new Room, it will not make two days odds in his doing the Room, for he can plaister in one day more than our two men can in a week.--if the sides is done in plain stoco it will not take him long, as to the seilg. I can form no judgment how long it will take him ..."--Mrs. W. wants it finished so she can get into it this winter--she will talk to Col. [Fielding] Lewis about it--Webster making bricks--John [Broad] & the taylor & negroes sick--Mrs. W. not afraid of [Lord] Dunmore--valuables packed in trunks to be moved quickly if necessary--his papers will be sent away anyway--Sears still sick.

  1. Series 4. Oversized
  2. To George Washington

Letter, from Warner Lewis Box 36, Folder 1755.08.09

His friends in Wmsburg, including Speaker, desire to see him & have him accept command of troops to be raised--if he will proceed on expedition "twoud give a general satisfaction to our Country."--Assembly has voted £40,000 & 1200 men immed. raised --"I believe, were you present, that the greatest regard wou'd be shewn any proposals you shou'd think proper with regard to the expedition." Congratulations on his safe "arrival among us" [after Braddock's expedition] --condolences on his late illness.

  1. Series 4. Oversized
  2. To George Washington
The George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon

Historic manuscript collection

approx. 60 Linear Feet

This collection of historic manuscripts dates from 1607-1933, with the bulk of materials dating from 1738-1868. The correspondence, journals and diaries, legal and financial records, estate documents, and printed ephemera in the collection primarily relate to the Washington and Custis families, the Revolutionary War, and society life in antebellum Washington D.C. and Virginia.

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Account, Lawrence Washington with the Ohio Company Box 2, Folder 1750.00.00

A.D.S. 2 pages. Account - Lawrence Washington with the Ohio Company. Account before his death, and interest run up on the unpaid account after his death, amount credited to his account. Autograph document signed by Geo. Mason, docketed "The Estate of Lawrence Washington Esqr. deceased with The Ohio Company - Acc't, May 8, 1772, "laminated, Watermarks (crown over GR, and crown over encircled armed figure).This acc't. drawn up and signed by George Mason on part of Ohio Co. Attested on May 19, 1772, by A. Henderson, Clerk of Fairfax Co. Court.

  1. Series 1. Documents and Manuscripts
  2. Manuscripts Box 2
University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept.

Latane Family Papers 1650-1898

This collection of papers, 1650-1898, consists of ca. 710 items pertaining to the Latane familyof Essex County, Virginia. Included are correspondence, business and legal papers, papers re military and religious matters, school notebooks, and certificates of graduation from schools at the University of Virginia.

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University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept.

Irvine-Saunders Family Papers 1745-1910 Inclusive

This collection, 1745-1910, n.d., of ca. 2100 items, consists of correspondence, business and legal papers, miscellaneous, and bound volumes, pertaining to the Davis Family, Saunders Family, and Watts Family. Large portions of the correspondence belong to William Wattsand Fleming Saunders. Included with the correspondence is a letterbook, 1873-1880, of Frank Prufer. The business papers include accounts, bonds, correspondence, and notes and receipts, chiefly pertaining to William Wattsand Fleming Saunders, but also various members of these families. The legal papers include court dockets and memoranda of William Watts, documents, and wills. There are various legal papers of William Wattspertaining to Virginiacounties including Amelia County, Amherst County, Buckingham County, Campbell County, Cumberland County, Prince Edward County. The miscellaneous material includes advertisements, educational papers, photographs, printed, religious papers, and fragments. The bound volumes include day books, a blacksmith book, a farm journal, memorandum books, and a township record. Folders are arranged alphabetically within each series, with material inside arranged chronologically.

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The George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon

Richard H. Brown Revolutionary War Map Collection

50 Linear Feet

This collection contains approximately 300 rare printed maps, unique manuscript maps, and published texts collected by Richard H. Brown, which pertain to the American Revolutionary War era.

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College of William and Mary

Lee Nicholson Papers

7.50 Linear Feet

Papers, 1837-1938, of Lee Nicholson, a genealogist of Sussex County, Va. Includes correspondence, notes and charts concerning many Virginia families. Among them are the Batte family, Bolling family, Branch family, Briggs family, Chappell family, Heath family, Jones family, Land family, Mallory family, Mason family, Morton family, Neblett family, Nicholson family, Peebles family, Pegram family and Rives family.

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College of William and Mary

Map Collection

25.00 Linear Feet

Includes for the most part published maps, 1629-[ongoing].

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College of William and Mary

Tyler Family Papers, Group D

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Papers, 1939-1951, of Sue Ruffin Tyler concerning a projected work, The Women of Virginia. Includes biographical sketches of women, correspondence with women who had sent sketches and were subscribers, and correspondence of Robert Hendrix who collected money from the subscribers but was unable to publish the book. Sue Ruffin Tyler contracted to write the historical material for a book on women in Virginia, to have been entitled The Women of Virginia. Living women were to submit sketches of themselves and their organizations and to subscribe to the volume. The volume was never published.

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