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Brown, J. Bentley,. Papers of the Fontaine and Brown families and of Trinity Presbyterian Church, New Canton, Va. [manuscript] 1740 [1815-1894] 1915.

Title: Papers of the Fontaine and Brown families and of Trinity Presbyterian Church, New Canton, Va. [manuscript] 1740 [1815-1894] 1915.

The Fontaine papers consist chiefly of correspondence and legal & financial papers of Walter Fontaine, a Buckingham Co. lawyer. Most are routine financial cases, collections for debt, and the settlement of estates including those of George Nicholas and Asbury Crenshaw. Financial papers contain considerable correspondence with Dean & Brown, Richmond tobacco merchants. There is very little personal correspondence except for letters of the Brown family, 1841-1894. Of interest are conflicting testimonies in the trial of a farmer for murdering a slave, an anti-John Marshall political address, 1789, surveyor plats of Fontaine land, a 1740 Goochland deed & a 1760 Albemarle deed. Among the correspondents are Charles Yancey, who comments on triumphant Whiggery in 1838, and John Hartwell Cocke & Cary Charles Cocke who object to the James River & Kanawha Canal Co.'s proposed dam at New Canton, Va. in 1849. The church records, 1827-1915, contain minutes of elder's sessions and congregational meetings which include financial statistics, baptismal records, & membership lists, as well as a manuscript history of the church, 1883, by J. Bentley Brown.

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Yancey, Charles, 1770-1857. Letter to Paulus Powell, Virginia Congressman from Amherst, advising Powell to take a moderate political course and expressing a hope for President James Buchanan's re-election [manuscript] 1856 Jan. 22.

Title: Letter to Paulus Powell, Virginia Congressman from Amherst, advising Powell to take a moderate political course and expressing a hope for President James Buchanan's re-election [manuscript] 1856 Jan. 22.

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Tyler, John, 1790-1862. Correspondence of John Tyler, 1838-1856.

Title: Correspondence of John Tyler, 1838-1856.

A group of letters addressed to Tyler and drafts of his own letters. The bulk of the incoming correspondence consists of invitations from various clubs and societies, chiefly Democratic political clubs, in Brooklyn, Newark, Batavia, New Haven, Rochester, Philadelphia, Springfield, Cleveland, Boston, Detroit, Portsmouth, Chicago, Baltimore, and Cincinnati to attend the 4th of July celebrations in 1843 and 1844. In his letter of Apr. 3, 1843, Sandy Harris of Philadelphia forwarded Tyler a "petrified eye of a buffalo," having in mind that "the Democrats have been frequently characterized as a 'herd of buffalo.' In his letter of July 22, 1843, Charles Yancey (1770-1857), rebuked Tyler for having abandoned "republicanism" to join "the ranks of the Federal Whigs". The letter by Alexander Lithgow Botts of June 25, 1843, discusses the resignation of Daniel Webster the death of Legaré and a new candidate for the position of the Secretary of State (he supported Abel P. Upshur's candidacy). Calvin Blythe's letter of July 27, 1844, gives a detailed account of a "meeting of your friends last night at the Chinese Museum called on the occasion of your declining to be a candidate for the Presidency." Also included is an 1838 school copybook belonging to Benjamin Harker of East Liverpool, Ohio, the son of Benjamin Harker, the founder of the Harker pottery.

ArchivalResource: 36 pieces.

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Macon, Nathaniel, 1757-1837. Papers of Nathaniel Macon [manuscript], 1798-1874.

Title: Papers of Nathaniel Macon [manuscript], 1798-1874.

Papers consist of typed transcriptions of miscellaneous correspondence, 1798-1837, of Nathaniel Macon regarding a Revolutionary War claim, the tobacco market, tax legislation, the election of Thomas Jefferson as president, Macon's tours of duty during the Revolution, the election of 1836, and U.S. politics. A letter, 17 February 1801, from James A. Bayard, Washington, D.C., concerns the election of Thomas Jefferson as president; letters, 1801-1802, 1821, of Thomas Jefferson to Nathaniel Macon discusses executive appointments, the power of the judiciary, publication of his personal letters in newspapers, and Virginia politics; and a letter, September 1802, from Duncan Cameron, Hillsborough, N.C., discusses raising money for the publication of Federalist newspapers. An account, 1803, prepared for Nathaniel Macon, documents James Monroe's expenses while in France; a letter, 15 June 1824, from George Michael Troup, Millidgeville, Ga., discusses the possible replacement of William Harris Crawford as the Democratic candidate for president; and a letter, 1825 December 25, to Charles Yancey discusses the new Creek treaty and mentions a legal dilemna over blacks as witnesses in court. Letters, 1826-1830, from John Randolph of Roanoke to Macon, disccuss their friendship and Randolph's departure for Russia; and a letter, 14 November 1828, from Macon, simultaneously resigns his positions as U.S. Senator from North Carolina, trustee of the University of North Carolina, and justice of the peace for Warren County, N.C. Letters, 1829-1830, of Martin Van Buren, Andrew Jackson, and John Randolph of Roanoke, discuss Jackson's appointment of Randolph as foreign minister to Russia and arrangements for his departure; and two letters, 1830 and 1862, from Bedford Brown discuss the national debt, taxation, the bill before Congress providing for the removal of the Cherokee to lands west of the Mississippi, and Weldon Edwards's memoir of the life of Nathaniel Macon. A letter, 3 December 1830, from Albert Gallatin [to Andrew Jackson?] discusses banking policy, the currency question, and the anticipated attack on the Second Bank; a letter, 22 February 1833, from Bolling Hall, Ellerslie, Ga., to Macon, discusses taxation and nullification; and a letter, 2 September 1833,from Andrew Jackson discusses secession, federalism, and states' rights. A letter, 2 November 1833, from Henry St. George Tucker, regards the estate of John Randolph of Roanoke; a letter, 13 February 1836, from Martin Van Buren mentions abolitionist sentiment in Congress; and a letter, 21 December 1874, from Montgomery Blair discusses the publication of correspondence between Andrew Jackson and Nathaniel Macon.

ArchivalResource: 36 items.

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