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McDowell, James, 1795-1851. Papers, 1767-1888.

Title: Papers, 1767-1888.

Personal, family, and business correspondence (chiefly 1830-1846), largely concerned with affairs on McDowell's estates, but with some discussion of land speculation, bank matters, local financial affairs, the Virginia militia, and politics. Includes letters from Thomas Hart Benton, McDowell's brother-in-law.

ArchivalResource: 756 items.

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Brooke, Robert, 1761?-1800. Overton family deeds to Virginia land [manuscript], 1737-1840, n.d.

Title: Overton family deeds to Virginia land [manuscript], 1737-1840, n.d.

The collection contains the following deeds : 1737 Jan 2 William Gooch to Roger Thompson for land in Hanover County; 1749 Jul 25 William Gooch to Mary English for land in Louisa County; 1786 May 24 Patrick Henry to John Overton for land in Harrison County (2 deeds); 1788 Mar 26 Edmund Randolph to Richard Morris and John Overton for land in Berkeley County; 1789 Jul 22 Beverly Randolph to John Overton for land in Louisa County; 1796 Mar 25 Robert Brooke to John Overton for land in Louisa County; 1803 Jan 24 Thomas Jefferson (and James Madison as Secretary of State) to John Overton for land in the Ohio Territory; and 1840 Nov 29 James McDowell to William Overton for land in Louisa County. The collection also contains 20th century copies of a plat of 100 acres of land patented by Mary English in 1749 and a plat of land patented by Roger Thompson in 1737.

ArchivalResource: 11 items.

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McDowell, James, 1795-1851. Gov. James McDowell, land grant, to Samuel Blackburn for land in Bath Co., VA, 1843 June 30.

Title: Gov. James McDowell, land grant, to Samuel Blackburn for land in Bath Co., VA, 1843 June 30.

Grants 935 acres in Bath County to Samuel Blackburn.

ArchivalResource: 1 leaf; 11 1/8" x 13 5/8" long

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Smithfield Preston Foundation Papers, 1784-1881, n.d.

Title: Smithfield Preston Foundation Papers, 1784-1881, n.d.

The Smithfield Preston Foundation collection consists of 200 letters written almost exclusively by two generations of members of the Preston family of southwest Virginia, Kentucky, and South Carolina, to James and Sarah Preston McDowell of Rockbridge County, Virginia.

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Johnston, Joseph E., 1807-1891, and Holmes, George Frederick, 1820-1897. Papers of Joseph E. Johnston and George Frederick Holmes, 1821-1885

Title: Papers of Joseph E. Johnston and George Frederick Holmes

Johnston family papers include a letter, 1821 June 15, from Mary Johnston to her husband Judge Peter Johnston noting family activities; a letter, 1825 July 17, from Peter Johnston to his son Joseph E. Johnston conveying news of his mother's death; a letter, 1825 December 4, from Benjamin Rush Johnston to his brother Joseph sending family news since the death of their mother and noting his current tastes in reading; and a letter of advice, 1829 January 12, from John Floyd to his son John Buchanan Floyd, on education and conduct of life and his service on a U. S. House committee holding hearings on John C. Calhoun's conduct as Secretary of war. With these is a United States Treasury receipt, 1859 to Joseph E. Johnston in account with a survey of the the southern Kansas boundary; a partial genealogical tree for Johnston family, n.d.; and a billfold with carte-de-visite of Joseph E. Johnston and a lock of his hair. The George Frederick Holmes papers include letters, 1846-1870, to his mother-in-law, Letitia Preston Floyd, and sister-in-law, Nicketti Buchanan Johnston, concerning family and social news, political news, comments on Gov. James McDowell, employment opportunities at various colleges, the University of Virginia, and financial difficulties of students at the University of Virginia (1857), and his dissatisfaction at Richmond College. The collection also contains a letter, 1846, John T.L. Preston to George Frederick Holmes regarding an open faculty position at V.M.I., duties and pay; a letter, 1847, of John Cochran to Letitia Floyd regarding the desire of Floyd's son [William Preston Floyd?] to obtain a teaching appointment at a medical school; a letter, 1850, from Jared Sparks to George Frederick Holmes announcing faculty position at Harvard already filled; and letter, 1856, from Andrew Stevenson to George Frederick Holmes on a faculty position at the University of Virginia. Also of interest are a letter, 1 January 1861, from George Frederick Holmes to the Johnston household on family and social news, concerns for a possible Civil War, the resignation of Governor Floyd as Secretary of War, and plans for the plantation Tanglewood and where to keep his slaves which he does not want under the influence of Piedmont area slaves; a letter, 1882, from John W. Johnston to uncle Joseph E. Johnston on Joseph E. Brown's response to section in Jefferson Davis' book concerning the removal of Johnston from command; and a letter, 1885, from James Strong to George Frederick Holmes re: an article.

ArchivalResource: 22 items.

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McDowell, James, 1795-1851. James McDowell papers, 1770-1915 (bulk 1820-1850).

Title: James McDowell papers, 1770-1915 (bulk 1820-1850).

The collection includes correspondence, writings, financial and legal material, and other papers of James McDowell. Most of the papers are letters, addresses, and essays relating to affairs in Virginia and the nation, including slavery in the territories, internal improvements, temperance, nullification, Democratic party politics, colonization societies, collegiate and literary societies, and colleges in Virginia.

ArchivalResource: About 1900 items (4.5 linear ft.).

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McDowell, James, 1795-1851. Appointment of James McDowell, 1845.

Title: Appointment of James McDowell, 1845.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

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Benton, Thomas Hart, 1782-1858,. Letters of James McDowell and Thomas Hart Benton, 1846, n.d.

Title: Letters of James McDowell and Thomas Hart Benton, 1846, n.d.

In a letter, 1846 November 1, to an unnamed correspondent [Philip R. Fendall?] McDowell reports that he and his daughter Sally McDowell Thomas have been summoned as witnesses in an indictment against Dr. [William] Tyler and have been subpoenaed to bring a letter from himself to William H. Richardson regarding Francis Thomas's separation from Sally and charges against her. McDowell has received a letter from Thomas, speculates on Thomas's true motive in the case against Tyler and notes that he may need Fendall's help. In a letter, March 25, n.y., to Fendall, which may relate to the above scandal Thomas Hart Benton transmits a letter (not present) written by the Marshall of the State of Missouri for a handwriting comparison. In the letter Benton mentions James H. Relfe, the brother-in-law of Lewis F. Linn with whom Sally was accused of having had an affair.

ArchivalResource: 2 items.

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Camden, Gideon Draper, 1806?-1892. Papers, 1836-1892.

Title: Papers, 1836-1892.

Correspondence, 1836-1885, financial papers, 1830s-1872, and legal papers, 1844-1892, of Gideon Draper Camden, lawyer and circuit court judge of Clarksburg, Harrison County, W. Va. Included in the correspondence are letters from Dr. J.G. Smith, inventor of electromagnetic medical devices, and a prospectus and letter concerning the Woodburn Female Seminary, Morgantown, W. Va., 1858. Legal papers are chiefly land grants and indentures, including one signed by Virginia governor James M'Dowell, and two oil leases for land in Wirt County, W. Va.

ArchivalResource: 27 items.

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Phillips, Ulrich Bonnell, 1877-1934. Ulrich Bonnell Phillips papers, 1712-1961 (inclusive), 1800-1861 (bulk).

Title: Ulrich Bonnell Phillips papers, 1712-1961 (inclusive), 1800-1861 (bulk).

The papers consist of the research files of Ulrich Bonnell Phillips, an author and history professor. The papers include Phillips's notes and transcripts of historical source materials and the collected papers of several southern families from 1712-1933. The collected papers include correspondence, account books, business records, farm and plantation records, diaries, and other papers which focus on the years 1790-1865, and the Shenandoah Valley region of Virginia and the Piedmont region of Georgia. Phillips's own papers in the collection include a small amount of correspondence, lecture notes, typescript versions of published essays and reviews, transcripts of materials from various sources, his research notes arranged by topic, and related printed matter.

ArchivalResource: 25.75 linear feet (52 boxes)

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Johnston family. Papers, 1779-1891.

Title: Papers, 1779-1891.

These papers are miscellaneous collections of deeds, business records, and correspondence on political issues. Of particular interest is the diary of John Floyd, March 8, 1831-February 24, 1834, kept while he was governor of Virginia (1830-1834). Also included is a series of correspondence to Captain Henry C. Lee concerning Robert E. Lee's choice of a successor as commander of the Army of Northern Virginia. Correspondents include Mary Custis Lee, Edward Fontaine, Williams Carter Wickham, Cary Breckinridge, John Esten Cooke, Thomas T. Munford, George Washington Custis Lee, James Longstreet, and Jefferson Davis. The papers also concern Edward Bates, Alexander Buchan, Lewis Cass, John C. Calhoun, Henry Clay, Jefferson Davis, Lyman C. Draper, William Fitzhugh, John Floyd, John Floyd, Jr., Mrs. Letitia Floyd (Lewis), John S. Gallaher, John Gamble, Robert Gamble, Thomas W. Graham, Wade Hampton, Robert Y. Hayne, Andrew Jackson, Dr. George Ben Johnston, John W. Johnston, G. King, William King, Henry Lee, James McDowell, Matthew F. Maury, Francis Preston, William C. Preston, Beverley Randolph, John Randolph, Jr., Theodore Roosevelt, Winfield Scott, John Tyler, George Washington, Alexander Wolcott, James Wood, and Samuel Young.

ArchivalResource: 167 p. and 1 v. (222 p.)

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Barbour, James, 1775-1842. Walker family papers [manuscript] 1753-1873 (bulk 1816-1853).

Title: Walker family papers [manuscript] 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 including James Monroe and John Tyler 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.

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Gilliam family. Papers of the Gilliam family, 1834-1905.

Title: Papers of the Gilliam family, 1834-1905.

Include correspondence, 1840-1861, of the Gilliam family, regarding student expenses at the Virginia Military Institute and Hampden-Sydney College, financial and family matters, the sale of cotton, the purchase of religious books, music, and other school supplies, a railroad pass, the first crossing of High Bridge, courtship, secessionism, and land values in Virginia. Also include correspondence, 1854-1870, of Mary E.C. Gilliam, regarding financial and family matters, the management of Burnt Quarter, a plantation, the education of her daughter, the purchase of a harp, and her loyalty oath and pardon after the Civil War. Also include letters, 1880-1905, of Samuel Yates Gilliam, Dinwiddie County, Va., regarding the Battle of Five Forks, the Warren Court of Inquiry, and William Henry Fitzhugh Lee. Correspondents include G.K. Warren and Thomas T. Munford. Also include miscellaneous papers, 1834-1901, including a land grant, 5 July 1834, for land in Demopolis, Ala.; two commissions, 1844-1848, for the Virginia Militia; letter, 30 May 1877, from the Clifton Grange, regarding charitable assistance to a member; invitation, 28 November 1901, to a Kappa Sigma banquet in Norfolk, Va.; and typescript transcriptions, n.d., of newspaper articles regarding the Petersburg Benevolent Mechanic Association.

ArchivalResource: 33 items.

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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.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/56133192 View

McDowell family. Papers, 1777-1963 (bulk 1795-1916).

Title: Papers, 1777-1963 (bulk 1795-1916).

The collection contains the papers of four generations of members of the McDowell family and their Preston kin. It documents the geographical dispersal of the family as its members moved from Virginia to South Carolina, Kentucky, and Georgia and pursued their educations in the Northeast and their political careers in Washington, D.C. The correspondence, 1795-1821, of James McDowell (1770-1835) of Rockbridge County, Va., with his brother, nephew, and son illuminates the dynamics of family relationships among men during the early national period. Correspondence, 1813-1850, of his son, James McDowell (1795-1851) of Lexington, Va., who served as governor of Virginia and a member of the U.S. Congress, is primarily with family members about family matters. Papers of his daughter, Eliza Preston Benton (McDowell) Wolff of Rockbridge County, Va., and Atlanta, Ga., include others' reminiscences about her father; a scrapbook, 1854-1886, containing religious poems; a muster roll for the "McDowell Guards," the Second Rockbridge County Artillery Regiment of the Confederate States Army, that was named for her; and correspondence, 1850- 1914, much of which reflects her interest in her own family's heritage. Papers of her son, Charles Bernard Wolff of Atlanta, contain correspondence, 1881-1916, concerning his medical career, education, and social life. There are also a few letters of 18th- and early 19th-century members of the Preston family.

ArchivalResource: 216 items.

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Campbell, T. H. fl. 1852,. Virginia letters [manuscript].

Title: Virginia letters [manuscript].

In a letter, 1832 May 18, Joseph William Chinn, Washington, asks Secretary of War Lewis Cass to appoint Dr. Thomas M. Lewis as assistant surgeon in the U.S. Army. In a letter, 1849 August 17,the Rev. Abner Leavenworth, Milford, Conn., writes "to all at home" about his journey from Petersburg, Va., to New York and Connecticut to interview applicants for a position at his Leavenworth Academy and College Seminary for Young Ladies. He mentions attending commencement at Yale and a family friend Frederick John Kingsbury and concludes with a "Howdy" to the servant. In a retained copy of a letter, 1845 May 27, Thomas B. Evans, Middlesex County, Va., writes to Oliver D. Wells to discuss settlement of a dispute with J. B. Bagley of Portsmouth over the C. Island Saw Mill in which Bagley would supply Perry and Wells with a quantity of "merchantable cypress lumber." In letter, 1850, August 24, James Young, Rainsboro, Ohio, asks John Letcher, Lexington, Va., to serve as his attorney in some matters involving the estate of Virginia governor James McDowell. The collection also contains ten letters to Loudoun County, Va., lawyer and Confederate Major John Moore Orr, 1850-1887. His correspondents include Enoch J. Cantwell, Elizabeth C. Fitzhugh, William Graham, Virginia Hutchinson, Daniel Janney, Samuel L. Jenkins, John S. Pollock, W. A. Stepenson, Robert Tyler, and Joseph B. Watters. Topics include guardianship of children, estate settlements (including the sale of slaves), legal cases, purchase of cedar posts, and the Hygeia Hotel at Old Point [Comfort] as the Saratoga of the South. The collection also contains fifteen letters to John Fitzgerald pertaining to the Virginia tobacco trade, 1847-1852. Letters discuss current prices; anticipated effect on the trade of the closing of the canal, a cholera epidemic, drought, competition from Kentucky, and revolutions in Europe; cost of shipping insurance; inspections; and other commodities including hogs. Correspondents include Winfree & Sheppard, Winfree & Watkins, and Sheppard and Williamson, tobacco factors, as well as Captain Thomas C. Eppes, and James Gray. Of interest is a compilation [in Fitzgerald's hand?] of a several slave lists for an undetermined purpose. The collection also contains a letter to Fitzgerald from Methodist clergyman James E. Joyner concerning purchase of a horse, the Methodist quarterly meeting which produced seven converts, and travels. In addition D. S. Wooldridge writes concerning bonds of a Mr. Mann; and T. H. Campbell writes concerning a tax issue.

ArchivalResource: 29 items.

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Smithfield Preston Foundation Papers, 1784-1881, n.d.

Title: Smithfield Preston Foundation Papers, 1784-1881, n.d.

The Smithfield Preston Foundation collection consists of 200 letters written almost exclusively by two generations of members of the Preston family of southwest Virginia, Kentucky, and South Carolina, to James and Sarah Preston McDowell of Rockbridge County, Virginia.

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McDowell family. Papers, 1825-1927 (bulk 1843-1852).

Title: Papers, 1825-1927 (bulk 1843-1852).

The collection consists primarily of correspondence, 1843-1857, of Susan Smith Preston (McDowell) Carrington of Rockbridge and Halifax counties and Richmond, Va. It includes letters from her father, James McDowell, discussing his daughter's education and religious conversion, and letters from her mother, Susanna Smith (Preston) McDowell, concerning Susan's sisters and other women in the family. Correspondence, 1848-1852, between Susan and her sister, Sally Campbell Preston (McDowell) Thomas Miller, dates from both before and after their marriages and concerns religion and childbirth. There are a few papers pertaining to other family members.

ArchivalResource: 50 items.

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Broomall, Fred A.,. Papers of the Venable, Minor, Wilson and related families [manuscript], 1822-1980 (bulk 1875-1946).

Title: Papers of the Venable, Minor, Wilson and related families [manuscript], 1822-1980 (bulk 1875-1946).

Papers of the Minor, Venable, McDowell, Klingman, and Colston families consist of family correspondence, manuscripts, drawings, paintings, photographs, and memorabilia. The bulk of the collection consists of letters to Anne C. J. Minor Klingman, daughter of Natalie Venable Minor and University of Virginia professor Raleigh Colston Minor and wife of Walter O. Klingman. In addition the collection contains letters to family members Charles Scott Venable, Raleigh Colston Minor, and Mary L. Minor. World War I and II and travels abroad are major subjects. Specific topics include U. S. politics, 1875; Virginia in the 1870s; C. C. Pinckney's "Life of General Thomas Pinckney"; James Longstreet's "From Manassas to Appomattox"; the dispute between Venezuela and Great Britain, 1895; training at Camp Lee, Va.; Oxford University, 1915; France, May to November 1918; occupation of Germany, 1919; Haiti, 1925; Italy and France, 1925; England, 1928; France, 1929, including school at Toul; a legal matter concerning an African-American servant of the family, 1940; and job hunting in Washington, D. C., 1943. The collection also contains a family Bible; records, clippings and sketches concerning the related families; "Recipes and Household Hints"; transcripts of letters from Eliza Jacquelin "Betsy" Ambler to Ann "Nancy" Ambler Fisher with many references to John Marshall; photographs of many family members; a Hampton-Sidney catalog, 1896; an Episcopal High School flier, 1925; a Republican National Convention medal; a Stonewall Jackson statue dedication medal; an article on an 1820 visit to Albemarle County by John S. Skinner, editor of the American Farmer; and a poster of a composite photograph of "Confederate Commanders." University of Virginia miscellany includes a poem by Moncure Lyne; a Seven Society card and IMP charm; a pastel drawing of the Rotunda; and three issues of the "Yellow Journal," 1924, 1926, 1929.

ArchivalResource: 210 items.

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Johnston, Joseph E., 1807-1891, and Holmes, George Frederick, 1820-1897. Letters of Joseph E. Johnston and George Frederick Holmes, 1821-1885.

Title: Letters of Joseph E. Johnston and George Frederick Holmes, 1821-1885.

Include letter, 1821, from Mary Johnston to husband Peter Johnston re: family news; letter, 1825, from B.R. Johnston to brother Joseph E. Johnston re: family and social news; letter, 1825, from Peter Johnston to son Joseph E. Johnston re: family news and education at West Point; and letter, 1829, from John Floyd to son John Floyd, Jr. re: education, social matters, and his service on committee holding hearings on John C. Calhoun's conduct as Secretary of war. Also include United States Treasury receipt, 1859; portion, n.d., of genealogical tree for Johnston family; and billfold with carte-de-visite of Joseph E. Johnston and a lock of his hair. Also include letters, 1846-1870, of George Frederick Holmes to his mother-in-law, Letitia Floyd, and sister-in-law, Nickelti B. Johnston, concerning family and social news, political news, comments on Gov. James McDowell, employment opportunities at various colleges, University of Virginia, and financial difficulties of students at UVa (1857), and his dissatisfaction at Richmond College. Also include letter, 1846, of John T.L. Preston to George Frederick Holmes re: open faculty position at V.M.I., duties and pay; letter, 1847, of John Cochran to Letitia Floyd re: desire of Floyd's son to obtain a teaching appointment at a medical school; letter, 1850, from James Sparks to George Frederick Holmes announcing faculty position at Harvard already filled; and letter, 1856, from Andrew Stevenson to George Frederick Holmes re: faculty position at the University of Virginia. Also include letter, 1 January 1861, of George Frederick Holmes to Johnston Household re: family and social news, concerns for possible Civil War, politics, and plans concerning plantation Tanglewood and where to keep his slaves; letter, 1882, from John W. Johnston to uncle Joseph E. Johnston re: Joseph E. Brown's response to section in Jefferson Davis' book concerning the removal of Johnston from command; letter, 1885, from James Strong to George Frederick Holmes re: an article.

ArchivalResource: 19 items.

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Barbour, James, 1775-1842. Virginia documents, 1770-1913.

Title: Virginia documents, 1770-1913.

Include appointment, 25 October 1770, of James Lane as sheriff of Loudoun County, Va., signed by William Nelson; appointment, 27 November 1783, of justices of the peace for Loudoun County, Va., also assigning them special powers to hear criminal cases involving slaves, signed by Benjamin Harrison; and order, 2 January 1778, to George Rogers Clark to raise a force to attack a British post at Kaskaskia, Ill., signed by Patrick Henry. Also include appointment, 11 December 1844, of William Massie as sheriff of Nelson County, Va., signed by James McDowell; and commissions, 1787-1830, for officers in the Virginia Militia, predominantly from Rockbridge County, Va., including a commission for James McClung, signed by James Barbour, John Floyd, James Monroe, Wilson Cary Nicholas, John Page, James Pleasants, Thomas M. Randolph, and James Wood. Also include certificates, 1912-1913, of the electors from Virginia of votes for president and vice-president for the election of 1912, one signed by William Hodges Mann.

ArchivalResource: 16 items.

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Gov. James McDowell Land Grant to Samuel Blackburn, 1843 June 30

Title: Gov. James McDowell Land Grant to Samuel Blackburn 1843 June 30

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James McDowell Papers, 1728-1896

Title: James McDowell Papers, 1728-1896

James McDowell was born 13 October 1795, son of Colonel James McDowell and Sarah Preston. He married Susanna Smith Preston in 1818. McDowell was an unsuccessful candidate for the U.S. Senate in 1833. He served in the Virginia House of Delegates, 1831-1835 and 1837-1838, as governor of Virginia, 1842-1846, and as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, 1847-1851. Among McDowell's major political concerns were internal improvements, slavery, and public education. The collection includes correspondence, writings, financial and legal material, and other papers of James McDowell. Most of the papers are letters, addresses, and essays relating to affairs in Virginia and the nation, including slavery in the territories, internal improvements, temperance, nullification, Democratic party politics, colonization societies, collegiate and literary societies, and colleges in Virginia.

ArchivalResource: 1900; 4.5

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Abell, Alex G., fl. 1844,. Virginia letters, 1818-1910.

Title: Virginia letters, 1818-1910.

A letter, 1818 May 25, J.H. Eustace, Richmond, Va., to Dabney Minor, discusses his business as a broker, and the profit he can make for Minor. A letter, 1821 December 9, William [Z?] Hall, Norfolk, Va., to E.A. Russell, Petersburg, Va., concerns commodity prices, particularly corn which is in demand for the West Indies trade, and also discussing salt, flour, rum and lard. A letter, 1835 September 9,Thomas A. Ogden, Abingdon, Va., to the Rev. Cortlandt van Rensselaer regrets not meeting and notes [Presbyterian?] church matters in Abingdon, Va. Letters, 1839 January 7 and February 8, Campbell Tarr, Richmond, Va., a delegate from Brooke, to his wife Frances, discusses family matters, particularly a land sale by her father. The second letter has an affectionate addtition to his sons John Curran and William Hunter and a note concerning the delivery of some wood. A letter, 1841 November 13, William S. Coates, Richmond, Va., to Edwin Lewis, Philadelphia, Pa., urges Lewis to settle in Richmond, describes a tableaux, notes that all the young men belong to debating societies and that a recent topic was South Carolina and nullification, the lack of subscriptions to a dinner in honor of John Tyler, "his accidencey" and a successful one for John Minor Botts. A letter, 1844 March 21, K. Tyner, Macon, Ga., to Alex G. Abell, Washington, D.C., discusses a political biography of John Tyler Abell wants distributed, and notes that there are "so few Tyler men here ..." A letter, 1845 January 20, John J. London, Amherst Court House, Va., to his brother Daniel H. London, Richmond, Va., concerns an execution against "William" due. He has persuaded the sheriff to sell stock and furniture rather that "the girl." He is hiring out the slaves again and hopes the land will soon be sold and the matter closed. He also mentions some stockholders against Joseph C. Cabell's re-election [as president of the James River & Kanawha Canal Company.]. A letter, 1847 July 21, James T. Sutton, Jr., pension agent, Richmond, Va., to William R. Allen, Burlington, N.J., concerns [a pension?] for a Mrs. Welch. A letter, 1848 January 11, G[ideon] D[raper] Camden, Richmond, Va., to Colonel Burton Despard, Clarksburg, Harrison County, Va., reports on transportation and politics, including an effort to get proceeds from the sale of forfeited lands for an academy, favorable legislation for roads, turnpikes and macadamizing in Harrison County instead of a railroad, and reapportioning representation in the General Assembly to give more seats to the area west of the Allegheny. A letter, 1847 October 6, R.D. Shepherd, Boston, Mass., to his brother Abraham Shepherd, Martinsburg, Va., comments on the wonder of trans-Atlantic travel by steam, and travel of a "James" on business matters interrupted by the yellow fever in New Albany [Miss.?]. A letter, [1848] John H. Kain, [Winchester, Va.?] to John Brocklesby, Hartford, Conn., discusses the "warm devoted piety in the Epis[copal] Church of Virginia" and the difficult task of raising children. Draft of a broadside to merchants, [1840s?] for a William Wallace, Richmond, Va., concerning fines levied by the James River and Canal Company for overweight shipments. A letter, 1849 February 22, John Kenney, Harrisonburg, Va., to James McDowell, reports that the "danger of a split in the democratic ranks is over" and no one is interested in opposing McDowell. A letter, 1852 October 15, James Thomas, Jr., Richmond, Va., to Fisher & Co., Boston, Mass., concerns cigar or twist sales in California. A letter, 1854 March 16, E.P. White, Port Tobacco, Md., to Edmund Ruffin, Hanover County, Va., invites him to Caroline County in his capacity as a commissiner of the state agricultural society. A letter, 1854 August 28, Nicholas Mills, Richmond, Va., to Motz and Boehm, Philadelphia, concerns a tobacco shipment. A letter, 1855 June 25, T.H. Bakewell, Elizabethown, Va., to Mary Tomlinson, West Middletown, Pa., sends family news and comments on deaths in the neighborhood. A letter, 1856 March 6, from a journeyman woodworker in Richmond to his brother Edwin N. Bowers, in Ohio, discusses living expenses, his work in his cousin's pattern shop, the weather and the Episcopal Church. A letter, 1859 March 5, Benjamin F. Dickinson, Richmond, Va, to Motz and Boehm, Philadelphia, Pa., concerns a shipment of cigars or twist. A printed circular signed in type, 1859 June, from Archibald Thomas, to J.R. Nelson of Amissville, Rappahannock County, Va., requests payment for a bond donated to the New Orleans Baptist Church. A letter, 1869 June 11, J.E. Jones, Richmond, to R.S. Burrows, regarding the purchases of horses for a street car company and the selection of a route. A letter, 1910 July 15, John S. Wise, Cape Charles, Va., to "George" inviting him to come visit and bring the automobile, commenting "What a glorious thing to feel that one can move in July without killing the thing he's driving." A letter, 1910 November 11, Henry S. Huidekoper, Philadelphia, Pa., to John S. Wise, praising Wise's "delightful" book on the presidents, twelve of whom he knew and noting that Wise's estimate of Garfield is "just right." A letter, 1910 November 20, John S. Wise, Cape Charles, Va., to Henry S. Huidekoper, responding to Huidekoper's letter, disparaging Theodore Roosevelt whom he finds a "disappointment ... uncandid & untruthfu ... crazed with egoitism," and also commenting unfavorably on Wiliam Jennings Bryan and agreeing with Huidekoper's assessment of Hayes.

ArchivalResource: 25 items.

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Camden, Gideon Draper, 1806?-1892. Papers, 1836-1892.

Title: Papers, 1836-1892.

Correspondence, 1836-1885, financial papers, 1830s-1872, and legal papers, 1844-1892, of Gideon Draper Camden, lawyer and circuit court judge of Clarksburg, Harrison County, W. Va. Included in the correspondence are letters from Dr. J.G. Smith, inventor of electromagnetic medical devices, and a prospectus and letter concerning the Woodburn Female Seminary, Morgantown, W. Va., 1858. Legal papers are chiefly land grants and indentures, including one signed by Virginia governor James M'Dowell, and two oil leases for land in Wirt County, W. Va.

ArchivalResource: 27 items.

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McDowell, James, 1770-1835. Papers of James McDowell [manuscript], 1752-1878.

Title: Papers of James McDowell [manuscript], 1752-1878.

Includes personal, legal, political, and business correspondence and papers, 1752-1852, of James McDowell and his son, also James McDowell. Personal correspondence, chiefly of members of the McDowell and Preston families (including Thomas Hart Benton), contains family and social news from Rockbridge County, Va., Kentucky, and St. Louis, Mo.; one letter includes a note from young Jessie Benton (Fremont). Business correspondence pertains to land claims in the Southern states and Ohio, and a fugitive slave; accounts concern slave hiring, school, stud horses, and cattle (including a livestock record); and miscellaneous business papers concern slave appraisals, Revolutionary War claims, and plantation management. Legal papers concern estate settlements, especially of Preston family members, custody, financial interests of Washington College, and land purchases in Augusta and Rockbridge counties, Va., with pertinent records and documentation. Military correspondence, 1797-1826, relates to the elder James McDowell's service as colonel of 8th Regt. Va. Militia, and its records for the War of 1812, some relating to courts-martial, and a discharge for John Floyd (1813). Political correspondence pertains to Virginia and national politics, the Democratic party, the War of 1812, the Staunton Convention of 1816, reasons to locate the University of Virginia at Lexington, the Virginia Constitutional Conventions of 1829-1830 and 1850-1851, military appointments in the Mexican War, temperance, and the tariff. Correspondents include Allen Trimble, William H. Cabell, John Tyler (Sr.), Robert Bland Lee, James Pleasants, James Barbour, John Floyd, Francis H. Smith, Robert Craig, Alexander H.H. Stuart, William H. Richardson, William P. Anderson, John Letcher, and various local politicians. Also include letter, 1869, of introduction from W.H. Smith to John Letcher for Gilbert C. Walker; and letter, 1870, of William Mahone to a constituent concerning Virginia railroads and the constitutional convention. Also include correspondence, 1823-1866, of various Rockbridge County residents re: education, horses, estate settlements, medical practice; letter, 1826, from William Cabell Rives re: medical treatment; and letters, 1859, from a man alleged to be mentally ill applying to John Letcher for legal help. Also include letters, 1861-1862, from James B. Dorman re: secession, the organization of 3rd Regt. Va. Artillery, and a request for a pistol; and a letter, 1862, from Thomas Martin, Letcher Artillery, requesting a court-martial of his captain, with witness list. Also include letter, 1864, from Ham Webb, 7th Miss. Regt., concerning wounded friends; letter, 1864, concerning imprisonment of John Humphreys, 52nd Regt. Va., in Fort Delaware; printed broadside, 1864, declaring protection of soldiers' families' supplies; and two love letters, 1865, to a Confederate soldier. Also include fundraising letters, 1870-1878, for the Lee Memorial Association, including a letter, 1875, from J. William Jones, donating his book profits; and petition, n.d., to raise money to buy Jefferson Davis a cotton plantation. Also include home remedy, 1816; a subcribers' contract, 1834, to teach a sewing class; Goggin family genealogy, 1854; and notebook, ca. 1855, with notes about the Democratic and Know-Nothing parties and Henry Wise.

ArchivalResource: 500 (ca.) items.

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Jordan and Irvine (Firm). Records, 1803-1871.

Title: Records, 1803-1871.

Business papers of John W. Jordan and John Irvine of Rockbridge County, Virginia, ironmasters, builders, merchants, and millers, representing their activities both before and after they formed their partnership in 1821. The records contain communications with local planters and merchants such as Robert Brooks, John F. Caruthers, William H. Graves, James McDowell, Jr. (1795-1851) who became governor, John Ruff, and William Willson; with business agents and dealers in Lynchburg and Richmond such as Samuel McCorkle, Bernard Peyton, Robert White, and Lewis Webb & Co.; and with ironmasters such as William Lusk, William Weaver, and Jordan's son, Samuel Francis Jordan. Included also are letters and receipts from lawyer James D. Davidson and county clerk Samuel McDowell Reid; one volume showing property tax levies and collections for residents of Rockbridge County in 1806; and an iron forge account book, 1843-1844, kept by Joseph Y. Trevey and Washington Jackson.

ArchivalResource: 3.0 c.f. (7 archives boxes, 2 index boxes)

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