PUBLIC "-//Colonial Williamsburg Foundation::John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library//TEXT (US::ViWC::viwc00235:: Benjamin Waller Letter, 1780 February 21)//EN" "viwc00235.xml" A Guide to the Benjamin Waller Letter, 1780 February 21 Benjamin Waller Letter MS 1932.7 John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation © 2008 By The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. All Rights Reserved.

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Machine-readable finding aid derived from MARC record, created by Rebecca Barnhart, 03/20/2008 Description is in English 2013-11-21 Converted to schema conforming EAD by dtd2schema.vh.xsl. A Guide to the Benjamin Waller Letter, 1780 February 21 A Collection in the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation`sJohn D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library MS 1932.7

John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation 2008 Special Collections Staff John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation Descriptive Summary John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation Benjamin Waller Letter1780 February 21 MS 1932.7 On site. 1 item. English Waller, Benjamin. Administrative Information Access Restrictions

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Preferred Citation

Benjamin Waller Letter, Manuscript #MS 1932.7, John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation.

Acquisition Information

Purchase, 1932

Biographical Information

Benjamin Waller (1 October 1716 - 1 May 1786) was born in King William County and was trained as a lawyer utilizing the legal library of Sir John Randolph. He was a clerk of the general court for a number of years and, in 1777, he was named presiding judge of the court of admiralty in Williamsburg, Virginia. Consequently, he was a judge on the first Court of Appeals where he remained until 1785 when the court moved to Richmond, Virginia. As clerk of courts, it fell to Benjamin Waller to read the United States Declaration of Independence from the Williamsburg courthouse steps on July 25, 1776

 Scope and Content

Benjamin Waller, Williamsburg {Va.}, to Meriwether Skelton, Spring Garden {Va.}. Concer ns interest due on a loan to Skelton. Waller will accept paper money for the interest. C omplains of being paid back N8,000 in "paper trash" of the N10,000 he lent out in gold and silver. Responds to Skelton's suggestion th at he be repaid in commodities. Note on addr ess leaf states receipts for interest on N500 are enclosed.

Arrangement

1 letter.

Index Terms Persons: Waller, Benjamin, 1716-1786 Skelton, Meriwether Subjects: Collecting of accounts, Virginia, History, 18th century Currency convertibility, Virginia, History, 18th century Loans, Personal, History, 18th century Devaluation of currency, Virginia, History, 18th century Geographical Names: Virginia, History, Revolution, 1775-1783