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Cabell, William H., 1772-1853. William H. Cabell papers, 1808.

Title: William H. Cabell papers, 1808.

ArchivalResource: 3 items.

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Benjamin Tappan Papers, 1795-1900, (bulk 1795-1866)

Title: Benjamin Tappan Papers 1795-1900 (bulk 1795-1866)

Jurist and United States senator. Correspondence, speeches, legal and business records, and genealogical material relating to Ohio and national politics, antislavery movement, family matters, and Tappan's interests in mineralogy and conchology.

ArchivalResource: 3,650 items; 25 containers; 6 linear feet; 11 microfilm reels

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Cabell family. Papers, 1774-1941 (bulk 1831-1879).

Title: Papers, 1774-1941 (bulk 1831-1879).

Chiefly correspondence, 1833-1879, accounts, 1847-1879, bonds, deeds, agreements, and land, legal, and estate papers of Henry Coalter Cabell (1820-1889) of Richmond, Va., while a student at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, as a Confederate Army officer, and relating to his law practice and his land and real estate interests. Subjects mentioned in the correspondence include the estate of James Alston (1774- 1850), the Coal Valley Coal Company of Richmond, Va., the James River and Kanawha Company, the Kanawha Salt Company of Charleston, W. Va., the Kentucky and Great Western Railway Company, Norwood High School and College in Nelson County, Va., and the Richmond and York River Railroad Company. Some of the accounts concern visits to mineral springs in Virginia and West Virginia. Also included in the collection are letters, 1831-1838, and commonplace books, 1840-1850, of William H. Cabell (1772-1852) of Richmond, many concerning repairs to his home, "Grey Castle"; correspondence, 1835-1876, and legal papers, 1848-1851, of Edward Carrington Cabell (1816-1896) of Attatulga plantation, Jefferson County, Fla., and Tallahassee, Fla., while a student at the University of Virginia, president of the Pensacola and Georgia Railroad Company, and while serving in the U.S. House of Delegates, including correspondence with his overseer and lists of slaves, and correspondence concerning the Tredegar Company, Richmond, Va.; and estate materials of Ephraim Stanfield (d. 1841) of Hanover County, Va., and John D. Webster (1816?-1873) of Richmond.

ArchivalResource: 886 items.

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Cabell, William H., 1772-1853. Land grant of 1,000 acres in Mongolia Co., W. Va., to Samuel Overton, Jr., William G. Payne, and William N. Jarrett [manuscript] 1806 June 13.

Title: Land grant of 1,000 acres in Mongolia Co., W. Va., to Samuel Overton, Jr., William G. Payne, and William N. Jarrett [manuscript] 1806 June 13. 1806.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

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Arthur, T. S. (Timothy Shay), 1809-1885,. Washington Family papers, 1770-1883.

Title: Washington Family papers, 1770-1883.

The papers consist chiefly of correspondence and documents related to the Washington family residing near Winchester, Virginia. The papers include household account, 1770-1772, of Ann Washington; a petition, 1 June 1784, of landowners in Lexington, Va., for a year's extension to complete construction of buildings delayed by the Revolutionary War; a letter, 22 October 1784, to Benjamin Stoddert, Georgetown, D.C., regarding shipping concerns; and correspondence, 1787-1791, of William Fleming, regarding the settlement of a friend's estate, including a letter from Caleb Wallace. There are also miscellaneous papers, 1784-1842, of the Washington family, regarding financial matters; trade between the United States and Great Britain; household accounts, including rent due to George William Fairfax; claims for military service; and land for sale near Red Sulphur Springs, Va. (i.e., W. Va.). The collection also contains papers, 1790-1805, of William Augustine Washington, including accounts for household supplies and shipping costs, and a receipt; an appointment, 19 February 1791, signed by Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, of Arthur Simkins as judge for Edgefield County, S.C.; a letter, 22 March 1794, to Bushrod Washington, regarding the disputed ownership of a slave; and a letter, 2 October 1795, to Etienne Dutilh, Philadelphia, Pa., regarding cargo shipments from London. The papers also contain a waxen seal, 1799, of the State of Georgia; a letter, 18 December 1800, from George S. Washington to James Madison, regarding the impact of the Hessian fly on wheat crops; a letter, 23 December 1800, from David Holmes, Washington, D.C., regarding the election of Thomas Jefferson as President of the United States; and a letter, 26 June 1803, from Henry Lee while at Botetourt County, Va., regarding business matters. Also an unsigned letter 27 July 1814, regarding campaigns around Buffalo, N.Y. during the War of 1812; a letter, 1 February 1819, to Samuel McDowell Reid, Lexington, Va., regarding legislation to improve navigation on the James River; a letter, 1 June 1820, from William H. Cabell, Richmond, Va., regarding financial matters; papers, 1826-1828, regarding 202 acres land in Troup County, Ga., granted to John McDowl; and a letter, 4 November 1837, from George Corbin Washington, regarding financial matters. Also a letter, 29 December 1837, from F.W. Pickens to his father, regarding Southern politics, family matters, and the health of his slaves; a letter, 3 April 1839, from David Campbell, Richmond, Va., to William C. Rives, Albemarle County, Va., regarding appointing an agent to secure foreign loans for the James River and Kanawha Company; and aletter, 30 September 1841, to A.P. Upshur, Washington, D.C., soliciting a naval appointment. Also a letter, 13 August 1842, from Thomas Clayton, Washington, D.C., regarding President Tyler; a letter, 5 November 1843, from James McDowell, Richmond, Va., regarding financial matters; a legal opinion, 4 December 1844, signed by George Corbin Washington, regarding lands abandoned under the Adams-Onis Treaty of 1819; and a letter, 13 January 1845, from Edmund W. Hubard, Washington, D.C., to Winfield Scott, regarding possible changes to the militia system. Also a letter, 26 July 1845, from William Smith, Washington, D.C., to James K. Polk, soliciting a promotion in the U.S. Department of the Treasury for his brother James; and a letter, 17 November 1845, to John Randolph Tucker, Winchester, Va., regarding deeds issued to his father, Henry St. George Tucker. Also a letter, 8 December 1847, from Gideon J. Pillow, Mexico City, Mexico, to his wife, regarding a painting of the Battle of Chapultepec, the court of inquiry initiated against him by Winfield Scott, and family matters; aletter, 6 July 1848, from James McDowell, Washington, D.C., regarding a visit to Stauntan, Va.; and a letter, 24 October 1857, from T.S. Arthur, Philadelphia, Pa., accompanying a shipment of a volume of his works. Also a letter, 20 December 1857, from Alexander Hamilton Stephens, Washington, D.C., regarding financial matters; a note, 19 December 1858, from John Letcher, Washington, D.C., complying with an unspecified request; and a military bounty, 10 March 1860, signed by James Buchanan, for eighty acres land in Hudson, Wis., granted for service in the War of 1812. Also notes, 13 May 1861, from F.W. Pickens to R.S. Ripley to Edward Manigault, authorizing the transfer of a "twelve pounder" cannon from the Citadel; a pay certificate, 1863, for a Confederate soldier killed in the Battle of Sharpsburg; a letter, 22 February 1864, to David D. Porter, regarding the fitting of naval vessels; and a detail pass, 5 August 1864, for William A. Pierce to oversee work on a plantation in Jefferson County, Ga. Also a letter, 20 March 1876, from Fitzhugh Lee, Stafford County, Va., answering a request for an autograph letter from Robert E. Lee; an autograph, n.d., of G.T. Beauregard, from a letter addressed to Robert E. Lee; a letter, 2 May 1878, from Jefferson Davis, New Orleans, La., to G.T. Beauregard, regarding an invention to manufacture inexpensive gas; and a decree, 19 February 1883, of Alexander Hamilton Stephens, calling for a runoff election for the coroner of Columbia County, Ga.

ArchivalResource: 50 items.

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Taylor, Creed, 1766-1836. Papers of Creed Taylor [manuscript], 1791-1873.

Title: Papers of Creed Taylor [manuscript], 1791-1873.

Correspondence contains information on plantation life at Taylor's "Needham" and Judith Randolph's "Bizarre"; legal and financial matters; Virginia politics and the Republican Party; the law school maintained at "Needham" by Taylor; the Virginia Literary Fund to support public education; the division of Fincastle County, Va., in 1799; James Monroe's presidential bid of 1808; and cases before the Superior Court of Chancery, including one involving William W. Hening. Other topics include the Virginia-Kentucky boundary dispute of 1803; the necessity of a Republican university education (Eldred Simkins); a Virginia state bank (John Taylor of Caroline); a book endorsement; the Mutual Assurance Society (Alexander McRae); changes in the Virginia judicial system (Archibald Stuart, ); judicial procedure (Dabney Carr); residency requirements for judges of courts of chancery (Robert Nelson, William Nelson); safety of court records in war time (Archibald Thweatte); Mordecai's school in Warrenton (Samuel Taylor); the sale of Thomas Mann Randolph's estate and Randolph's distrust of Francis Walker Gilmer's motives; Taylor's incipient problem with alcohol (Samuel Taylor, 1828 Feb 27). Also of interest are letters concerning the binding out of a free black youth (John Michaux, Nat Dodson) and the disposition of Taylor's property and the fate of his slave Rhody and her family (Samuel Taylor 1826 Aug. 28). In a note, 1802 February 1, James Monroe sends a publication. In a letter fragment, ca. 1808, Monroe suggests corrections in the wording of an endorsement of his presidential bid by Taylor. In a letter, 1811 Janaury 21, he writes re the appointment of a Mr. Robinson to an unnamed position. In a letter, 1813 January 4, Taylor writes to Monroe recommending the appointment of William Randolph as Captain. In a letter, 1813 January 4, James Madison writes re the appointment of R. M. Chapman as clerk of the Chancery Court at Fredericksburg. There are several letters from admirers concerning Creed's Journal of the Law School including one from Thomas Jefferson,1823 March 24. In addition the collection contains accounts of Creed Taylor as executor of Beverley Randolph. Correspondence of Creed Taylor, Jr., chiefly convey family news. An 1863 letter concerns salt rationing, an 1873 one concerns the whereabouts of a former servant "Aleck" "carried to Kentucky by the Federal Army." The collection also contains the diaries, 1852-1856, of Jennette Knickerbocker, a Madison County, New York school teacher, as well as her correspondence with Albert Howard, Jr. The 1852 diary describes her year at an institute in Cazenovia, N.Y. (Cazenovia College?).

ArchivalResource: 416 items.

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Saint-Mémin, Charles Balthazar Julien Fevret de, 1770-1852. Photographs of Virginia subjects [picture], 1893 ca.

Title: Photographs of Virginia subjects [picture], 1893 ca.

Subjects of the three photographs are : the Rotunda (1900) at the University of Virginia from the south; a portrait of William Cabell by St. Memin; and James H. Gilmore, attorney from Marion, Va., and later professor at University of Virginia.

ArchivalResource: 3 items.

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Gilmer, Francis Walker, 1790-1826. Correspondence of Francis Walker Gilmer [manuscript], 1784-1826.

Title: Correspondence of Francis Walker Gilmer [manuscript], 1784-1826.

Correspondence with Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and others, largely concerning the establishment of the University of Virginia, and particularly Gilmer's efforts in England to select a teaching staff for the new institution. Includes family letters.

ArchivalResource: 283 items.

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Johnson, C. I., fl. 1896-1914. C. I. Johnson papers [manuscript], 1896-1914.

Title: C. I. Johnson papers [manuscript], 1896-1914.

Papers contains correspondence, cancelled checks and balance sheets relating to Natural Bridge and the estate of William M. Cabell.

ArchivalResource: 100 items.

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Wirt, William, 1772-1834. Papers, 1802-1858 (bulk: 1802-1834)

Title: William Wirt Papers 1802-1858 (bulk 1802-1834)

Correspondence, writings, reminiscences, clippings, and other papers pertaining primarily to the Wirt (Werth) family, a Southern slaveholding family. Topics include social life in Baltimore, Md., Richmond, Va., and Washington, D.C., Christian piety, and sickness and death in the Wirt family. Also includes material concerning the trial of Aaron Burr, legal work conducted by Wirt as U.S. district attorney, Richmond, Va., 1816, and as U.S. attorney general, 1817-1829, Wirt's 1832 presidential campaign on the Anti-Masonic ticket, the efforts of Wirt and his son-in-law, Louis Malesherbes Goldsborough, to settle German farmers near Monticello, Fla., Wirt's book titled, The Letters of the British Spy (1803), and reactions to Wirt's biography of Patrick Henry. In addition to family members, correspondents include John Quincy Adams, Nicholas Biddle, William H. Cabell, John C. Calhoun, Dabney Carr, Robert Gamble, Peachy R. Gilmer, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, James Monroe, Abner Phelps, Richard Rush, James Wallace, James Webster, and Lewis Williams.

ArchivalResource: 1,800 items; 9 containers plus 1 oversize; 2.2 linear feet; 4 microfilm reels

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Brodie, A. Letters : to William Cabell, 1798 (January 30 and 31).

Title: Letters : to William Cabell, 1798 (January 30 and 31).

Two ALS from Brodie to Cabell relating to a debate at the India House about appointments in Ceylon. Letter of Jan. 30 encloses a note from Mr. Petrie and the letter of Jan. 31 is merely a letter of transmittal for Mr. J.C. Hippisley's letter protesting North's appointment.

ArchivalResource: 4 items (7 p.)

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Bankhead, Anne Cary Randolph, 1791-1826,. Carr-Cary Papers [manuscript], 1785-1839.

Title: Carr-Cary Papers [manuscript], 1785-1839.

The papers include correspondence of Thomas Jefferson, his nephew Peter Carr, his cousin John Garland Jefferson, his brother Randolph Jefferson, his sister Martha Jefferson Carr and her children and other family members particularly Esther "Hetty" Stevenson Carr, George Pitt Stevenson, Dabney S. Carr, Maria Jefferson Carr, Jane Margaret Carr Cary, Wilson Miles Cary, Wilson Jefferson Cary, Virginia Randolph Cary, and John Wayles Eppes. Additional correspondents include Sir John Leslie, General J. G. Jackson, and Judith Randolph. Topics include family and social news of Charlottesville, Va., and Baltimore, Md.; agricultural matters and plantation life in Virginia and Louisiana; family advice, education and study of law; family's increasing financial distress and other financial matters; religious thought; local and national politics including the Louisiana Purchase; scattered references to the University of Virginia and Thomas Jefferson; distribution of Bibles in Fluvanna County; and genealogical notes by Wilson Miles Cary. Topics also include Jefferson's advice on various matters; education, study of law and suggested courses of study; training a slave to use a spinning-jenny; slave hire; flood damage suffered by family members; medical services for slaves; and Jefferson's increasing financial difficulties; with scattered references to the University of Virginia. Topics also include national and local politics; Jefferson's reasons for declining John Garland Jefferson's request for a political appointment; Jefferson's refusal to sell Poplar Forest. Of interest is a letter, 1810, from Jefferson commenting on the observance of law conflicting with the laws of necessity, with examples from Washington's actions at Yorktown and happenings in his own administration. Topics also include proposed and subsequent sale of Carrsbrook; sale, hire, and purchase of family slaves; Hetty Carr's move to Baltimore; fight between Charles Lewis Bankhead and Thomas Jefferson Randolph and its after effects; John Addison Carr's career in the navy; dental care; controversial lotteries and subscription for Thomas Jefferson's financial relief; and travel to Florida. The papers also contain correspondence, 1793-1807, of Thomas Mann Randolph concerning agricultural and social matters; the possible engagement of John Leslie as tutor for Randolph family; and a letter, 1802, from Thomas Mann Randolph to Peter Carr concerning his plans to respond to Thomas Callender's accusation and decision not to do so. Also of interest is a letter, 1826, from Thomas Jefferson Randolph concerning Thomas Jefferson's death, desire for keeping his father from misusing money from Jefferson's estate, his concerns about debts and the future poverty of the family. The papers also contain a letter, 1797, from George Washington commenting on the divisive nature of politics and on political attacks aimed at him; a letter, 1800, from James Monroe regarding the hire of slaves and financial matters regarding "some Jews in Richmond"; a statement, 1814, by Anne Cary Randolph Bankhead on Thomas Jefferson Randolph's courtship and marriage; an obituary, 1815, of Peter Carr by William Wirt; with two student essays by Peter Carr and poems by Virginia Randolph Cary. Wills of Peter Carr and Randolph Jefferson are present as well as a deposition, 1815, from Thomas Jefferson concerning the settlement of Randolph Jefferson's estate; and letters, 1816, from James Lilburne Jefferson on legal difficulties concerning his father's will.

ArchivalResource: 285 (ca.) items.

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Atkinson, Archibald, 1792-1872. Virginia politicians' and authors' papers, 1806-1902.

Title: Virginia politicians' and authors' papers, 1806-1902.

Correspondents include Archibald Atkinson, Thomas H. Bayly, Thomas S. Bocock, Thomas H. Bayly Browne, John C. Bullitt, George C. Cabell, Henry C. Cabell, James L. Cabell, William H. Cabell, J. Garland, John Goode, Jr., William O. Goode, John S. Millson, and Molly Elliot Seawall.

ArchivalResource: 64 p.

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Ambler, John, 1762-1836. John Ambler papers, 1704-1896 (bulk 1807-1822).

Title: John Ambler papers, 1704-1896 (bulk 1807-1822).

Correspondence and other papers relating chiefly to Ambler's service in the Virginia Militia, especially in the 19th and 2nd regiments, during the period 1807-1822. Correspondents include William H. Cabell, John H. Cooke, Augustine Davis, George Dixon, John S. Pleasants, and George W. Smith.

ArchivalResource: 68 items.1 container.

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University of Virginia. History Club. Papers of the History Club [manuscript] 1948-1956.

Title: Papers of the History Club [manuscript] 1948-1956.

The papers contain the constitution, by-laws, minutes, correspondence and newsletters of the club, together with papers submitted to the club for its historical essay contests.

ArchivalResource: ca. 140 items.

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Jones, Walter, 1777-1861. Letter, 1807 November 23, to [William H. Cabell?].

Title: Letter, 1807 November 23, to [William H. Cabell?].

Recommends his friend, [?] Taylor to be appointed to the command of a regiment of dragoons, a postion vacated by Larkin Smith.

ArchivalResource: 1 p. ; 25 cm.

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Tappan, Benjamin, 1773-1857. Benjamin Tappan papers, 1795-1900 (inclusive), [microform].

Title: Benjamin Tappan papers, 1795-1900 (inclusive), [microform].

The papers of Benjamin Tappan, lawyer, judge, U.S. Senator from Ohio, and active participant in the antislavery movement, consist of correspondence, speeches, legal and business papers, and miscellaneous material. The correspondence, which constitutes the bulk of the papers, relates to Tappan's law practice, his activities in the antislavery movement, and to Ohio and national politics especially during the Jacksonian period. Tappan's interest in conchology and mineralogy is also well documented.

ArchivalResource: 11 reels.

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Bacon, Edmund, b. 1785,. Papers of the Randolph family of Edgehill and Wilson Cary Nicholas [manuscript], 1765-1869.

Title: Papers of the Randolph family of Edgehill and Wilson Cary Nicholas [manuscript], 1765-1869.

The collection correspondence between Thomas Jefferson and the following: Francis Eppes, Thomas Walker, Maria Jefferson Randolph, Francis Walker, James Strange, Matthew Maury, Thomas Mann Randolph, Wilson Cary Nicholas, John Barnes, Dabney Carr, Edmund Bacon, Patrick Gibson, James Madison, Martin Dawson, and John Steele. Also included are maps of Germany, a map dividing Albemarle County, Jefferson's map of the James and Fluvanna Rivers from Richmond to Monticello, Jefferson's notes on Monticello, his deed of slaves to Thomas Mann and Martha Randolph, and a marriage contract between Charles Bankhead and Anne Cary Randolph. The Nicholas papers contain letters to Robert C. Nicholas, discssing his business and shipping endeavors, particularly from John Norton of the firm John Norton and Son, merchants of London. There are occasional references to the political situation, including an apology from Norton for signing an address in support of the King. Other topics include the introduction of copper coinage and slave hiring. The Duke of Beaufort, Coloniel Richard Corbin, and Richard Oswald are mentioned briefly. Correspondence of Wilson Cary Nicolas discusses Nicholas's increasingly distressed financial affairs, business endeavors, family matters, western (Kentucky) land, national politics including the elections of 1800, 1804, and 1808, governorship of Virginia, foreign affairs including the War of 1812, high taxes caused by the War of 1812; the Second Bank of the U. S.; and the settlement of George Nicholas's estate. Of interest are letters from Joseph C. Cabell on Jefferson's trade embargo; John Guerrant on the Virginia Militia; James Monroe discussing his plans to travel to the 'western country' and purchase of land near Charlottesville; Nelson Nicholas on studies at the College of William and Mary; Peggy Nicholas on a rumored slave uprising and correct punishment for a young girl; Robert Carter Nicholas on the situation at Fort George; Wilson Cary Nicholas, Jr., on a county fair; Richard Randolph on a shipment of flour stopped by the Committee of Safety and a claim on the same rejected by Patrick Henry; Edmund Randolph on changes to the Constitution which would extend its powers, and Samuel Smith on the Miranda affair and the Burr trial. Several letters mention slaves and slave sales. Other correspondents include James Breckinridge, William Brockenbrough, William A. Burwell, Joseph C. Cabell, William H. Cabell, Dabney Carr, Thomas Fairfax, Albert Gallatin, William B. Giles, George Hairston, Bishop James Madison, John Mason, James Morrison, George Nicholas, Philip Nicholas, Peyton Randolph, Thomas Mann Randolph, Spencer Roane, George William Smith, John Smith, Robert Smith, Samuel Smith, John Taylor of Caroline, Abram Trigg. There are brief mentions of George Logan, James Madison, John Marshall, Commodore John Rodgers, and Littleton Waller Tazewell. Legal and financial papers include bills of sale, bills of exchange, bills of lading, receipts, invoices, promissory notes, land grants, indentures, wills, lottery tickets, speeches on the salary and compensation of the keeper of the penitentiary, and on internal improvements, and notes by Wilson C. Nicholas on militia, currency, military bounties, pardons, slaves and land. Document signers include Isaac Coles, James Leitch, and John Page. Also incudes a biographical sketch of George Nicholas and information on the Ambler family. Militia papers include commissions, returns, orders, lists of fines and instructions regarding an Indian campaign, 1775. Several pertain to the 47th Virginia Militia Regiment from Albemarle County. Papers of the Randolph family of Edgehill concern land sales, legal matters and family news, Of interest are a copy of a letter from Thomas Jefferson; a letter to John M. Perry and James Dinsmore re plans for the University of Virginia; a letter from Richard Kidder Meade on the morality of dancing; letters from Joseph Coolidge on publication of Thomas Jefferson's works and possible arrangements by Lafayette for translation and publication in France; letters from Robert C. Nicholas on the Sub Treasury bill; G.W. Randolph on his Civil War service together with receipts from the Quartermaster's Dept. signed by T. J. Randolph; and letters concerning the Soldiers' Christian Association. Correspondents include H. I. Bowditch, Francis Eppes, Thomas W. Gilmer, Martha Randolph (Patsey), Bernard Peyton, Sarah Nicholas Randolph, Thomas Ritchie, William Starke, and Thomas Jefferson Randolph Taylor. The collection also contains an announcement of the first session of the University of Virginia; a photostat of a list in Jefferson's hand [1811?] of current prices for tobacco from Virginia, Maryland and Kentucy, cotton and rice found with a John Barnes letter; an undated petition to the General Assembly for education slaves before manumission; draft articles/ notes on military bounties and presidential pardons; a Jefferson lottery ticket; and a ghost story. Drawings, maps and surveys include drawings of stands or tables, a plan for a well winch and two views of an unidentified piece of machinery and a hand-painted woodcut of Adair, Ireland. There are also maps and/or surveys of lands in Albemarle and Bedford counties, particularly Jefferson's survey surveys of his property in Albemarle; plat of Edgehill as surveyed by Achille Broadhead; a map of Albemarle County,showing St. Anne's Parish, 1777; and a a survey and plat in Bedford county;

ArchivalResource: 787 items.

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John & Abraham Miller (Merchants : Winchester, Va.). Records of the firm & papers of Abraham Miller, John Miller & Dr. Godfrey Miller [manuscript] 1789 (1802-42) 1902.

Title: Records of the firm & papers of Abraham Miller, John Miller & Dr. Godfrey Miller [manuscript] 1789 (1802-42) 1902.

Ledgers & papers showing customers' accounts, debits & receipts, records of receipts owed, bank accounts, etc. of this merchant firm which sold drugs. There are bills from other druggists particularly Charles Marshall & Son, Philadelphia, and Samuel Watkins, druggist, New York; incl. an 1806 drug price list, and customers receipts. there is some business correspondence regarding purchase of medicines & finances; and various indentures. Papers, 1805-14, pertaining to the 31st. Regt., Va. Light Infantry, Va. Militia; incl. a muster roll, and John Miller's commissions as lt. & capt. signed by William H. Cabell and James Barbour.

ArchivalResource: 175 items + 13 v.

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Cabell, William H., 1772-1853. Maury family miscellaneous papers [manuscript] 19th & 20th cent.

Title: Maury family miscellaneous papers [manuscript] 19th & 20th cent.

The collection contains a genealogical chart of the Fontaine and Maury families; a letter, 1820 Dec. 29, William H. Cabell, Buckingham to Thomas Walker Maury. Albemarle; invitations & pictures; and a silhouette of James Maury.

ArchivalResource: 11 items.

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Randolph, Sarah N. (Sarah Nicholas), 1839-1892. Papers of the Randolph family [manuscript], 1790-1903.

Title: Papers of the Randolph family [manuscript], 1790-1903.

The collection, which contains correspondence of the Randolph and Nicholas families, centers on Thomas Jefferson Randolph. Topics include slavery in Virginia, particularly the emanicipation bill of 1832; University of Virginia, national, state and Albemarle County politics and government; internal improvements; the Second Bank of the United States and the independent treasury system; scientific agriculture; the disposal of the estate of Thomas Jefferson and the impecunity of the Randolph family; Thomas Jefferson Randolph's biography of Jefferson; John C. Calhoun, Andrew Jackson and the South Carolina nullification crises; Thomas Jefferson Randolph's political campaign in 1832; and the building of a railroad through Albemarle County. The collection also contains scattered business and legal papers including an 1801 land grant to John Lewis signed by James Monroe; correspondence, 1870-1871 of Sarah Nicholas Randolph with Harper and Brothers, N. Y. regarding The domestic life of Thomas Jefferson and an edition of his letters; and correspondence, 1889-1891 between Ellen Wayles (Randolph) Harrison and J. R. Lamb Co., N. Y. regarding a stained glass memeorial window. There is also a considerable amount of miscellaneous printed material. The accounts include one small slip docketed by Jefferson April 22, 1819; and three accounts with John R. Jones, one brought over to the estate of Jefferson and two directly with the estate. Also of interest is a letter (in another hand) from Madison Hemings to [Thomas Jefferson?] Randolph, 1833 Jan. 15, requesting payment for his work. Correspondents include Philip Pendleton Barbour, Charles Lewis Bankhead, James Breckinridge, William H. Cabell, Dabney Carr, Wilson Miles Cary, Charles Cocke, John Hartwell Cocke, Francis Corbin, John Andrew Gardner Davis,, Robley Dunglison, John Patten Emmet, William Maxwell Evarts, Edward Everett, Alexander Garrett, William Branch Giles, Peachy Ridgeway Gilmer, Thomas Walker Gilmer, Duff Green, Randolph Harrison, Madison Hemings, Samuel Leitch, James Murry Mason, Philip Norborne Nicholas, Robert Carter Nicholas, Wilson Cary Nicholas, Joel Roberts Poinsett, Benjamin Franklin Randolph, George Wythe Randolph, Thomas Mann Randolph, Thomas Ritchie, William Cabell Rives, Samuel Smith, George W. Spooner, John Timberlake, Valentine Wood Southall, Nicholas Philip Trist, Daniel Wolsey Voorhees and Joel Yancey.

ArchivalResource: 3,200 items.

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Barbour, B. Johnson (Benjamin Johnson), 1821-1894. Letters of the Cabell and Carrington families [manuscript], 1776-1862.

Title: Letters of the Cabell and Carrington families [manuscript], 1776-1862.

Manuscripts of the Cabell family and Carrington family laid in volumes as follows : B. J. Barbour Barbour, James Monroe and others to William Cabell, 1776-1859; John B. Dabney to members of the Carrington family, 1812-1857; Agnes S. B. Gamble Cabell to Louisa Carrington Cabell1817-1862; Joseph C. Cabell to William Cabell1827-1851; and William Cabell to Cabell-Carrington families1848-1852.

ArchivalResource: 6 v.

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Breckinridge, James, 1763-1833. Papers, 1805-1831.

Title: Papers, 1805-1831.

Chiefly correspondence of Breckinridge of Botetourt County, Va., and Washington, D.C., with Robert Gamble, a commission merchant in Richmond and at Balcony Falls, Va., and in Jefferson County, Fla., concerning the Breckinridge family, William H. Cabell, Claudius Crozet, Letitia (Breckinridge) Gamble, Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Watkins Leigh (concerning a duel), James Monroe, John Hampden Pleasants, John Preston, Miles Selden, and John Tyler; and the Botetourt County courthouse, Fincastle, Va., fruit trees, the James River and Kanawha Canal, and slavery.

ArchivalResource: 110 items.

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Brooks, Edward, fl. 1808,. Papers : of the Cabell family, 1808-1889.

Title: Papers : of the Cabell family, 1808-1889.

The grant, from Virginia Governor William H. Cabell to Edward Brooks, is for 14 acres in Essex County, Virginia. The resolutions, 1835-1836, are of the Board of Directors of the James River and Kanawha Canal Company concerning the duties of the president of the company. The catalog, 1875-1889, is of thelibrary of Nathaniel Francis Cabell.

ArchivalResource: 3 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/31253971 View

Robinson, Leigh, 1840-1922. Manuscripts, letters, and papers of Leigh Robinson, Confederate soldier, orator, with several items of an early date relating to Conway Robinson [manuscript] 1787-1930.

Title: Manuscripts, letters, and papers of Leigh Robinson, Confederate soldier, orator, with several items of an early date relating to Conway Robinson [manuscript] 1787-1930.

Most of these are in the period 1870-1930, but a few date to the 18th century. They relate chiefly to the Civil War and Reconstruction in Virginia, to the Negro question, and to the University of Virginia. Among the items are a Bermuda land plat, 1787, with signatures of Sarah Nash, James Perot, William Todd, Mallory Todd, John Jennings, Robert Jennings; a report by George Frederick Holmes, William Holmes McGuffey, and John B. Minor on the University of Virginia magazine, 1858; a description of the University in 1865; text of an anniversary address before the University of Virginia Jefferson Society. Correspondents and names found in the papers include Archer Anderson, James K. Archer, Charles G. Bosher, F.F. Bowen of Danville, Va., William Brockenbrough, Francis Brooke, William Cabell Bruce, William H. Cabell, R. Kenna Campbell, Bedford County, Va., editor, George L. Christian, Moncure D. Conway, John Drinkwater, Edward C. Dutton, Moses Ezekiel, Charles W. Fry of New York, N.Y., Basil L. Gildersleeve, Thomas Randolph Harrison, T.C. Howard, John I. Johnson, G.T. Jones, James Keith, Mary Custis Lee (wife of R.E. Lee), Mary Custis Lee (daughter of R.E. Lee), Robert Edward Lee, William Leigh, James Longstreet, W. Gordon McCabe, Charles M. Miller, C.L.C. Minor, M.F. Morris, Kinloch Nelson, Raleigh Colson Minor, William H. Payne, Green Peyton, William C. Robinson, George Savage, John Selden, Benjamin D. Silliman, Moncure Silliman, James E.B. Stuart, Robert Taylor, Robert Stiles, R.S. Thomas, William M. Thornton, Henry St. George Tucker, United Confederate Veterans, Armfield F. VanBibber, E.C. Venable, L.J. Washington.

ArchivalResource: p. ; cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/647966966 View

Walker family. Papers of the Walker family 1753-1873 (bulk 1816-1853).

Title: Papers of the Walker family 1753-1873 (bulk 1816-1853).

The collection pertains to Alexander Walker, a merchant, mill owner and militia captain, his siblings and five generations of descendants, and includes correspondence, business and legal papers, memoirs, autographs, military documents, poems and ledgers. Much of the correspondence is between Alexander and his brother John who immigrated to Missouri. There are also Civil War letters of Sam A. Walker, 14th Virginia Cavalry. In addition to family news, topics include early settlement, land speculation, and politics in Missouri; Virginia politics; emigration to Tennessee; commerce; epidemics; slavery and emancipation; and the Civil War. There are also letters concerning ironworks in Rockbridge County, Va., and the California gold rush. Business and legal papers contain documents re slave sales and hirings, and a Confederate "tax in kind" form, as well as items pertaining to John Walker's will; insurance; Snicker's Gap Turnpike Company; and the James River and Kanawha Company. A series of land grants signed by early Virginia and Kentucky governors and autographs of prominent Virginia figures are also present. The collection also contains a small group of Virginia military papers; some printed and miscellaneous papers including a pamphlet regarding the Freedman's Bank Swindle and a notice re an auction of Alexander Stuart's land and slaves; ledgers and an account book of Walker family members which contain genealogical information; and a statement of the Graham Society of Washington College.

ArchivalResource: 1200 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/31448282 View

Cabell, William H., 1772-1853. Autograph letter signed : Richmond, to an unidentified recipient, 1808 Dec. 14.

Title: Autograph letter signed : Richmond, to an unidentified recipient, 1808 Dec. 14.

Enclosing a letter from Dr. Mayo for the President.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 p.) ; (8vo)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270133651 View

Breckinridge, James, 1763-1833. Papers : of James Breckinridge, 1805-1831.

Title: Papers : of James Breckinridge, 1805-1831.

The collection contains Breckinridge's correspondence from Francis Crutchfield (Bath County, Va.) and with Robert Gamble (as a commission merchant in Richmond, and at Balcony Falls, Va., and "Weelaunee," Jefferson County, Fla.), 1810-1831, concerning scrap iron, tobacco, sale of slaves, Virginia Bank stock, prices of food staples, finances, wheat crop, plaster of Paris, bank losses and failure, and the James River and Kanawha Canal. People mentioned include Ann Selden Breckinridge, Cary Breckinridge, James Breckinridge (1801-1824), Robert Breckinridge, William H. Cabell, Claudius Crozet, Letitia Breckinridge Gamble, Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Watkins Leigh (concerning a duel), James Monroe, John Hampden Pleasants, John Preston, Miles Selden, Clement Smith, John Tayloe, and John Tyler. There is also an account (1805-1810) of the estate of John Cunningham with John McKim; and a poem "John Anderson."

ArchivalResource: 110 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/29391692 View

Cabell family. Papers of the Cabell family, 1727-1875.

Title: Papers of the Cabell family, 1727-1875.

The papers include correspondence and other papers of William Cabell, a son Nicholas Cabell and a great-grandson Nathaniel Francis Cabell, including records relating to a legal action of William Cabell against William Mayo and George Carrington; a grant of land, 1739, Goochland County, Va., to William Cabell, signed by William Gooch; records of the Minute Men of Amherst County, Va., a militia company under the command of Nicholas Cabell, 1774-1785. The papers also include a bond, 1763 April 15 between William Cabell, John Moore, John Frye and John Lewis to build a courthouse for Albemarle County, Va., a Civil War pardon signed by William H. Seward, slave lists and a permission to marry, fragments of books by George Berkeley and Soame Jenyns and a printed essay on inland navigation, 1766. Also of interest are lyrics of some Revolutionary War songs; book lists; Warminster Academy minutes, 1795; letters patent for a medical remedy, 1795; Liberty Hall furniture lists and graveyard plans; a list of emigrants from Virginia to the West and Southwest; and a description of thefts by the Union army. Correspondents and persons named include Edward Carrington, John Hartwell Cocke, Joshua Fry, Peter Jefferson, St. George Tucker, and Thomas Walker. The material is related to the library's other Cabell collections (including Joseph C. Cabell papers, 1731-1917) and to its Cocke and Jefferson collections.

ArchivalResource: 375 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/34567116 View

William H. Cabell letter to Judge Tucker, 1807

Title: William H. Cabell letter to Judge Tucker 1807

Governor of Virginia.

ArchivalResource: 0.1; 1 folder

http://archives.nypl.org/mss/8113 View

Thomas Addis Emmet collection, 1483-1876 (bulk:1700-1800)

Title: Thomas Addis Emmet collection, 1483-1876 (inclusive), 1700-1800 (bulk)

The portion of the Emmet Collection housed in the Manuscripts and Archives Division consists of approximately 10,800 historical manuscripts relating chiefly to the period prior to, during, and following the American Revolution. The collection contains letters and documents by the signers of the Declaration of Independence as well as nearly every prominent historical figure of the period.

ArchivalResource: 30.83 linear feet; 108 boxes, 21 volumes

http://archives.nypl.org/mss/927 View