PUBLIC "-//University of Virginia::Library::Special Collections Dept.//TEXT (US::ViU::viu03463::Papers of Joseph Miller//EN" "viu03464.xml" A Guide to the Papers of Joseph Miller 1815-1907Miller, Joseph, Papers 7687-d Special Collections, University of Virginia Library © 2003 By the Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia. All rights reserved.

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Special Collections, University of Virginia Library 2003 Special Collections Staff Special Collections, University of Virginia Library Descriptive Summary Special Collections, University of Virginia Library Papers of Joseph Miller 1815-1907 7687-c This addition to the Papers of Stephen Philip Holt, consists of ca. 790 items (1.3 shelf feet). English Administrative Information Access Restrictions

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 Preferred Citation

Papers of Joseph Miller, 1815-1907, Accession #7687-c , Special Collections, University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.

 Acquisition Information

This addition to the Papers of Stephen Philip Holt was originally deposited 15 December 1964 by Mr. Holt. It was withdrawn by Mr. Holt's executor 2 August 1974, and was re-deposited by Mr. David J. Wood, et al in October 1974 for safekeeping and historical reference.

 Scope and Content Information

This addition to the Papers of Stephen Philip Holt, 1815-1907, consists of ca. 790 items (1.3 shelf feet) concerning Joseph Miller's machinery manufacturing business in London, from 1815-1860, and Mrs. Mary Ann (Miller) Harper's domestic correspondence and business papers, from ca. 1820-1875, from Albemarle County and London. Also included are correspondence and business papers of Mrs. Harper's children, Warner Wood and Lucilla Wood, both of Farmington, Albemarle County. Of possible interest to those researching the history of machines are sixteen engravings, n.d., produced by Sharp, Stewart and Company, Atlas Works, Manchester, England.

 Arrangement

The correspondence has been arranged chronologically and is followed by the business papers and documents, also chronologically arranged. The engravings are placed in an oversize folder along with several other items. For a complete listing of these items, see the oversize listing which follows.

 Contents List Correspondence of Joseph Miller of London, and Lucilla Wood, Warner Wood, and Mary Ann Harper of Albemarle County 1815-1846 1 27 items Correspondence of Joseph Miller of London, and Lucilla Wood, Warner Wood, and Mary Ann Harper of Albemarle County 1848-1851 1 36 items Correspondence of Joseph Miller of London, and Lucilla Wood, Warner Wood, and Mary Ann Harper of Albemarle County 1852-1857 1 68 items Correspondence of Joseph Miller of London, and Lucilla Wood, Warner Wood, and Mary Ann Harper of Albemarle County 1858-1874 1 65 items Correspondence of Lucilla Wood, Warner Wood, and Mary Ann Harper, and Micajah Woods of Albemarle County 1875-1907 1 23 items Correspondence of Joseph Miller of London, and Lucilla Wood, Warner Wood, and Mary Ann Harper of Albemarle County n.d. 1 61 items Robert McCullock's Land Title to a parcel of land in Albemarle County 1815 June 2 DS Will and one copy, 1818, of Joseph Miller of Norfolk; Will, 1824, of Joseph Miller of Norfolk 1818, 1824 2 3 ADS Articles of Copartnership between Mr. John Barnes and Mr. Joseph Miller for an engineering business 1822 2 AD Indentures of Robert and Mary Ann Wood of Albemarle County and Thomas and Sarah Anderson of Pittsylvania County 1824 2 3 AD Summons for Thomas Wood, Nicholas L. Wood, and James Clarkson administrators of David Wood, deceased 1827 Dec. 8 2 DS Indenture of Robert W. Wood and Mary Ann Wood, his wife, and John Dickerson of Albemarle County 1829 Aug. 1 2 ADS Contract between R. W. Wood and John Bankhead 1834 2 ADS Plats of Robert W. Wood, Albemarle County 1835 Sept. 11 2 ADS Agreement between William Kerby of Middlesex Co. and Joseph Miller of Middlesex Co. 1837 Oct. 2 AD Agreements between R. W. Wood and Granville Owens and plat maps 1838 2 4 items Receipt, memorandum of land holdings, and a description of a crane calculated to lift 30 tons 1839 2 3 items Promissory notes of Robert W. Wood 1840, 1842 2 2 ADS Misc. Legal documents of Robert W. Wood and Mary Ann Wood of Albemarle Co., and of Warner Wood and a newspaper clipping 1845 2 4 items Miscellaneous business papers and receipts of Joseph Miller and Warner Wood 1846-1851 2 30 items "Burrough of Liverpool," with Parliamentary Boundaries and Ecclesiastical Divisions ca. 1851 oversize 2 Map Miscellaneous business papers and receipts of Joseph Miller 1852-1854 2 ca. 110 items Miscellaneous business papers and receipts of Joseph Miller 1855-1856 2 ca. 150 items "12 inch Sliding and Screw Cutting Lathe, no. 3," by Sharp, Stewart and Company, Manchester 1856 Oct. oversize 2 Drawing "Birkenhead Iron Works, Birkenhead Sections on Engine Room Bulkheads of proposed Holyhead Boat," by John Laird and P. Henry Laird 1857 Nov. 19 oversize 2 Drawing Miscellaneous business papers and receipts of Joseph Miller 1857 2 ca. 110 items Miscellaneous business papers and receipts of Joseph Miller, M. A. Harper, and Warner Wood 1858-1878 2 33 items Miscellaneous business papers and receipts of Joseph Miller, Warner Wood, and Micajah Woods 1887-1895, n.d. 2 29 items "Birkenhead Iron Works, New Engraving and Gridiron," by John Laird n.d. oversize 2 2 Printed items "Plan B, Reference," a machine shop n.d. oversize 2 Drawing "Birkenhead Iron Works," a building plan n.d. oversize 2 Drawing Machines by Sharp, Stewart, and Co., Atlas Works, Manchester, nos. 37-80, as follows: Lathes, Double Face Plate Lathes, Verticle Drilling Machines, Planning Machines, Slotting or Key Grooving Machines, Self-Acting Shaping Machines, Bolt and Nut Screwing Machines, Portable Punching and Shearing Machine, Powerful Bar Cutting and Shearing Machine, a Parallel Shearing Machine, and a Punching Machine n.d. oversize 2 16 Engravings