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Hodgson-Estes Family Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.
Papers, 1805-1874, of the Hodgson family of Columbia (Fluvanna County), Va.; Buckingham County, Va.; and Goochland County, Va. Includes correspondence, accounts and legal documents of Joseph Hodgson, William B. Hodgson, Jr. and Hodgson & Estes, Columbia, Va. There are nineteen manuscript volumes, mostly account books of Joseph Hodgson (trading as Hodgson & Ellis and Hodgson & Son), but also including a letterbook, 1850-1852 and 1860-1863, of Hodgson. Includes memorandum, 1856, of gold bullion deposited by the U. S. Mint; certificate, 1827, signed by Henry Clay as Secretary of State; and printed speech, 1874, of John T[homas] Harris in the U. S. House of Representatives.
The contents consists of the following:
Item 1: Papers of Joseph Hodgson, 1822-1871 Letters, 1867-1871. Accounts, including invoices, notes, and receipts, 1826-1868. Legal papers from the suit in Fredericksburg chancery court between Benjamin N. Barnett, administrator of Charles Urquhart, and Joseph Hodgson. 1822-1830. Deed given by Rebecca Hodgson granting to her son Joseph Hodgson certain personal property and her dower rights in her husband's estate. 1827. Memorandum of an agreement between Joseph Hodgson and Ben Armstrong concerning the rental of the canal boat Rivanna. 1843. Papers relating to the sale of a tract of land in Goochland County, Virginia, by the heirs of Eliza Gay to Joseph Hodgson. 1852-1856. Other legal papers. 1860-1868.
Item 2: Papers of William B. Hodgson Jr., 1854-1868 May 26, 1968 letter to his father from William B. Hodgson Jr., Columbia. Deed given by William B. Hodgson Jr. transferring his interest in a certain tract of land in Orange County, Virginia, to George Pannell Jr., trustee for his wife Louisa D. Hodgson. 1854. Autographed document signed. A deed of trust given by William B. Hodgson Jr., to James M. Estes, covering certain personal property and William B. Hodgson's interest in the estate of Jeremiah Pannill. October 18, 1858.
Item 3: Papers relating to other members of the Hodgson family, 1867-1873 Letters. 1867, 1873. An inventory of the personal estate of Joseph Hodgson. 1805. 1 item. Other papers. 1872.
The contents consist of the following:
Item 1: Papers relating to the firm Hodgson and Estes, 1852-1870 Accounts, including invoices, receipts, and correspondence.
Item 2: Papers of James M. Estes, 1854-1856
Item 3: Papers relating to other persons, 1832-1874
Item 4: Printed matter, 1860-1874
702 pages. 15 3/4 x 11 inches.
545 pages. 15 3/4 x 11 1/4 inches.
628 pages. 17 3/4 x 12 1/2 inches.
645 pages. 17 3/4 x 12 1/2 inches.
640 pages. 17 x 12 1/2 inches.
Circa 529 pages. 17 1/4 x 12 inches.
Approximately 300 pages. 12 1/4 x 7 3/4 inches.
Approximately 540 pages. 17 1/4 x 12 inches.
50 pages. 12 3/4 x 7 3/4 iches. The index was found in a journal of Hodgson & Estes.
Cash book of Hodgson & Son, merchants, Columbia, Virginia. 420 pages. 13 1/4 x 9 inches.
360 pages. 13 1/4 x 9 inches.
Daybook of Joseph Hodgson, Mercahnt, at Columbia Virginia (1861 July 1 - 1863 July 23) and at Richmond, Virginia (1863 September 5 - 1869 September 1). 486 pages. 15 x 6 inches.
Daybook of Joseph Hodgson, Merchant, at Columbia, Virginia. 576 pages. 12 1/4 x 7 3/4.
Daybook of Hodgson & Son, merchants, Columbia, Virginia. 528 pages. 12 1/2 x 8 1/4.
Daybook of a merchant, probably Joseph Hodgson of Columbia, Virginia. 720 pages. 12 3/4 x 9 inches.
Daybook of Hodgson & Son, merchants, of Columbia, Virginia. 640 pages. 13 1/2 x 9 inches.
Bank Book of Hodgson & Son, merchants, of Columbia, Virginia, containing account in the National Bank of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia. 92 pages. 5 3/4 x 3 3/4 inches.
Inventory of Joseph Hodgson, merchant, Columbia, Virginia, containing goods on hand. 152 pages. 12 1/4 x 7 1/2 inches.
Book containing copies of letters written by Joseph Hodgson, merchant, of Columbia, Virginia (1850 July 3-1863 June 18) and a record of articles received and delivered (1868 October 12-1877 June 5. Many of the letters in the book ae signed "Hodgson & Estes" a firm in which Joseph Hodgson was a partner. 432 pages. 12 1/2 x 8 inches.