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West Virginia and Regional History Center

Allen Family Papers, 1766/1933

31 Linear Feet 31 ft. (72 document cases, 5 in. each); (8 unboxed ledgers, 12 in.)
Personal and business correspondence, legal papers, ledgers, family records, and other papers of the Allen family of Moorefield, Hardy County, West Virginia. Also includes papers of members of the Barr, Weibley, Taylor, and Gamble families. The majority of the collection includes personal and business correspondence, legal papers, and financial records of Judge James W.F. Allen (1813/12/03 - 1875/07/16), a Hardy County lawyer, Jacksonian Democrat, and Circuit Court Judge in Hardy and Grant Counties (active ca. 1852-1865, 1872-1875). Also includes the papers of Allen's second wife, Caroline Williams Allen (d. 1907), several of Allen's children, and other related people, and a large group of 19th century advertising memorabilia. See Scope and Content Note for more information.
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Allen Family Papers, 1766/1933 31 Linear Feet 31 ft. (72 document cases, 5 in. each); (8 unboxed ledgers, 12 in.)

Allen family
Personal and business correspondence, legal papers, ledgers, family records, and other papers of the Allen family of Moorefield, Hardy County, West Virginia. Also includes papers of members of the Barr, Weibley, Taylor, and Gamble families. The majority of the collection includes personal and business correspondence, legal papers, and financial records of Judge James W.F. Allen (1813/12/03 - 1875/07/16), a Hardy County lawyer, Jacksonian Democrat, and Circuit Court Judge in Hardy and Grant Counties (active ca. 1852-1865, 1872-1875). Also includes the papers of Allen's second wife, Caroline Williams Allen (d. 1907), several of Allen's children, and other related people, and a large group of 19th century advertising memorabilia. See Scope and Content Note for more information.

Series 1. Judge James W. F. Allen Papers (1st), boxes S1/1-20, 1766/1906 Box S1/Box 1, Box S1/Box 2, Box S1/Box 3, Box S1/Box 4, Box S1/Box 5, Box S1/Box 6, Box S1/Box 7, Box S1/Box 8, Box S1/Box 9, Box S1/Box 10, Box S1/Box 11, Box S1/Box 12, Box S1/Box 13, Box S1/Box 14, Box S1/Box 15, Box S1/Box 16, Box S1/Box 17, Box S1/Box 18, Box S1/Box 19, Box S1/Box 20

This series includes correspondence, legal papers, business advertising, financial records, and miscellaneous material. Additional correspondence involving Judge Allen can be found in Series 2.

College of William and Mary

Robert Hunt Land Papers, 1938/1942

2.20 Linear Feet

This collection contains materials relating to Robert Hunt Land's work on the history of the College of William and Mary. It includes a published description of Land's proposed history of the college, notes and correspondence about the proposed history, and biographical information about alumni (1814-1881). It also contains correspondence between Herbert Ganter, Earl Gregg Swem, and Robert Hunt Land about Ganter's research on William and Mary at the Library of Congress.

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Washington and Lee University, Leyburn Library

Office of Alumni Engagement records

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This record group contains materials created by Alumni Office during the course of its regular business, such as official publications and records about its management.

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The George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon

Richard H. Brown Revolutionary War Map Collection, 1740/1799

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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A map of the most inhabited part of New England : containing the provinces of Massachusets Bay and New Hampshire, with the colonies of Connecticut and Rhode Island, divided into counties and townships : the whole composed from actual surveys and its situation adjusted by astronomical observations, 1774 2 Sheets Closed Stacks, Drawer 34

This large, detailed map of New England was compiled by Braddock Mead (alias John Green), and first published by Thomas Jefferys in 1755. Green was an Irish translator, geographer, and editor, as well as one of the most talented British map-makers at mid-century. The map was re-published at the outset of the American Revolution, as it remained the most accurate and detailed survey of New England. Of interest are engraved double lines found beneath certain place-names, including Boston. These lines indicate cities whose longitude had been calculated with the aid of the newly invented marine chronometer.

Richard H. Brown Revolutionary War Map Collection, 1740/1799 50 Linear Feet

Faden, William, 1749-1836

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.

College of William and Mary

Tyler Family Papers, Group D, 1939/1951

14.00 Linear Feet

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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College of William and Mary

Morton Genealogy Collection, 1830/1978

2.01 Linear Feet

Genealogy material compiled by Mr. William S. Morton and his wife, Mrs. Margaret H. Morton of Farmville, Virginia which trace the descendants of Joseph Morton of Prince Edward County, Virginia and allied families. Includes primary source material, such as the 1830 daybook of the J. J. Dupuy Company of Charlotte Court House. Also, contains typescript of Richard Lee Morton's copy of Hugh Blair Grigsby's notes on the Robert Rose Diary and of William Cryer's transcript of the Charles Campbell diaries.

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University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept.

Robert S. Pace Collection 1669-1993

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This collection of Virginiana and Americana, 1669 (1830-1965) 1993, consisting of ca. 200 items, was acquired by Robert S. Pace. There are correspondence, papers, newspaper clippings and other printed, 1861-1980, pertaining to the Blairand Woodburyfamilies as well as various pamphlets, 1910-1917, collected by Woodbury Blair. The next series includes Virginiana and Americana in the form of autographs, correspondence and papers, and printed. In addition to autographs of prominent persons, there are correspondence, 1946- 1961, of Judithand Arthur Hart Burlingwith prominent people; correspondence, 1908-1944, of the Marlow Coal Companyof Washington, D.C.; and, correspondence and papers of Robert S. Pace, chiefly concerning Americana and restoration. Other material consists of World War II Japanese propaganda.

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Washington and Lee University, Leyburn Library

Ruby Leighton Family History Collection, 1908/2010

15 Linear Feet
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Washington and Lee University, Leyburn Library

Board of Trustees records, 1774/1966

20.5 Linear Feet 29 document cases, 6 flat boxes

The Board of Trustees records contain minutes, agendas, correspondence, reports, subject files, committee files, recommendations, resolutions, and the oath book.

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A Minute of the Presbytery, 1774/1776 Box 7, Folder 3

Bowyer, John (Trustee), Brown, John (Trustee), Campbell, Charles (Trustee), Christian, William (Trustee), Cummings, Charles (Trustee), Fleming, William (Trustee), Graham, William (Rector) appointment of, Grattan, John (Trustee), Houston, John (Trustee), Houston, Samuel, Jr. donation of land to Augusta Academy

  1. Series: Records
  2. 1700s

Board of Trustees records, 1774/1966 20.5 Linear Feet 29 document cases, 6 flat boxes

Washington and Lee University. Board of Trustees

The Board of Trustees records contain minutes, agendas, correspondence, reports, subject files, committee files, recommendations, resolutions, and the oath book.

Business Records, 1772/1803 Box 7, Folder 40

Alexander, Andrew (Trustee), Brown, Samuel (Trustee), Campbell, Samuel L. (Trustee), Graham, William, Grigsby, Benjamin (Trustee), Grymes, Thomas (Student) censured by trustees, Houston, Samuel, Jr. (Trustee)

  1. Series: Records
  2. 1800-1819
George Mason University

"An Alarm to the frequenters of Plays, wrote by a Religious Person" handwritten broadside, 1774

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Handwritten manuscript copy of an anti-theatre broadside written by preacher Rowland Hill titled "Alarm to the frequenters of plays, wrote by a religious person".
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