Collections : [Colonial Williamsburg]

Account of goods consigned to and that have in other ways fallen into the hands of George Eames, merchant, St. Christopher's-Nevis-Anguilla. Lists and values five ships, "Martha," "Swan," "Groton," "Lark," and "Snow Queen," and their cargoes. Commodities on board include fish, planks, shingles, staves, tobacco, guns, naval stores, peas and flour.

Tobacco sales account of Col. John Allen of Virginia with William Dawkins, London agent. Colonel Allen's tobacco was brought in a ship called Molly, and sold to a number of London tobacco dealers, including Mrs. Susan Walker, James Thurston, Abraham Franco, John Lampe, Daniel Minett, John Selwyn, and Richard Brocas and Co.

Armand-Louis de Gontaut-Biron, Duc de Lauzun, requests copies of his letters of {April} 17, 19 and 21 {1793} to the minister of war.

Includes letters; an account of Levin Y. Winder and his guardian; copies of various Williamsburg Hustings Court records; "A Memory of Williamsburg"; an inventory of household furnishings; deeds and bonds; genealogical information; and photographs of Rear Adm. Cary T. Grayson, and of an unidentified young woman.

Address of the Council to Lieut. Gov. Robert Dinwiddie, thanking him for his affectionate speech at the opening of the present session of the General Assembly; also refers to French and Indian unrest and to Dinwiddie's recent trip to Winchester, {Va.}, to cultivate friendship with bordering Indian tribes. Dinwiddie responds, thanking the Council for its support.

Included in the papers is a ledger volume of accounts for Sweeney's tailoring business, which also contains the accounts of Sweeney and Vanderslice of Norfolk; also included are Sweeney's book of personal expenses; lists of marriages performed in Richmond and Baltimore; accounts 1838-1884; marriage licenses, 1837-1860 and 1881; and recipes and other miscellany. The names in the Williamsburg accounts include Burwell Bassett, Augustine Deneufville, Goodrich Durfey, [Dr.] Alexander Galt, John Maupin, Philip Moody, George Morrison, George Newton, Robert Saunders, James Scott, Richard Taliaferro, and Benjamin Waller. Tailor's accounts have own rough index.

Papers include notes, printed pamphlets, brochures, catalogues and newspaper clippings, as well as typescripts and copies of documents. They pertain to the Philiberts' research on different topics and individuals. The bulk of the collection pertains to Helene Philibert's research on John Paul Jones (1747-1792) for Samuel Eliot Morisons's (1887-1976) work on Jones entitled John Paul Jones: a Sailor's Biography, c.1959. The Jones research contains copies of documents pertaining to or written by Jones. These papers concern primarily his arrival in America and his service in the United States Navy during the Revolution (1776-1781.)