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Machine-readable finding aid derived from MARC record, created by Rebecca Barnhart, 04/29/2008 Description is in English 2013-11-21 Converted to schema conforming EAD by dtd2schema.vh.xsl. A Guide to the Daniel Parke Custis commission, 1754 December 13 A Collection in the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation`sJohn D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library MS 2002.5 1X

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 Daniel Parke Custis commission, 1754 December 13 MS 2002.5 1X On site. 1 item. English Dinwiddie, Robert, 1693-1770 Administrative Information Access Restrictions

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Preferred Citation

Daniel Parke Custis commission, Manuscript #MS 2002.5 1X, John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation.

Acquisition Information

Purchase, 2002

Biographical/Historical Information

Robert Dinwiddie (1693 – July 27, 1770) was a British colonial administrator who served as lieutenant governor of colonial Virginia from 1751 to 1758, first under Governor Willem Anne van Keppel, 2nd Earl of Albemarle, and then, from July 1756 to January 1758, as deputy for John Campbell, 4th Earl of Loudoun. Since the governors at that time were largely absentee, he was the de-facto head of the colony for much of the time.

Scope and Content

Commission of Daniel Parke Custis as lieutenant and commander of New Kent County, Virginia, militia signed by Governor Robert Dinwiddie.

Arrangement

1 item.

Index Terms Persons: Dinwiddie, Robert, 1693-1770 Custis, Daniel Parke, 1711-1757 Corporate Names: Virginia. Militia Geographical Names: New Kent County (Va.)