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Richard Corbin Papers, 1746-1825.

Title: Richard Corbin Papers, 1746-1825.

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Letter to John Page, 1763 Jul 15.

Title: Letter to John Page, 1763 Jul 15.

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Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826. Letter, 1763 July 15, to John Page.

Title: Letter, 1763 July 15, to John Page.

Concerns Jefferson's hopes of marrying "Belinda" [Rebecca Burwell] about whom Jefferson has had prior conversations with Page. He reports that he expects to be in Williamsburg by October and that he intends to build a house in the city.

ArchivalResource: 4 p. ; 23 cm.

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Corbin, Richard, ca. 1708-1790. Papers, 1746-1825.

Title: Papers, 1746-1825.

Letters and accounts of Richard Corbin include warrants for payments of Virginia quitrents; accounts and letters with Osgood and Capel Hanbury, his London agents; memoranda and accounts regarding his plantations; accounts with tradesmen; accounts, legal papers, and letters to his son, Richard Corbin, Jr. Volumes include Corbin's letterbook (1758-1768) with letters and invoices to Edward Athawes, Robert Dinwiddie, Capel and Osgood Hanbury, Edmund Jennings, Philip Ludwell, Ralph Wormeley, Charles Goore, Beilby Porteus, and others; Corbin's tobacco book, 1746-1790, includes annual quantity, origin, place of inspection, disposition, and overseers' shares; and the diary (1773-1776) of John Harrower, Scottish indentured tutor for Colonel William Daingerfield's children, of Belvidera, near Fredericksburg, Virginia. Collection includes mention of Jaquelin Ambler, Leroy Anderson, Burwell Bassett, Carter Braxton, Charles Carter, Robert Cary, Robert Cholemondeley, James Lee, John Norton and Sons, John Robinson, James Semple, Benjamin Tomkins, and Benjamin Waller.

ArchivalResource: 3 v. and 370 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/25236521 View

James Madison Papers, 1723-1859, (bulk 1771-1836)

Title: James Madison Papers 1723-1859 (bulk 1771-1836)

United States president and secretary of state, delegate to the United States Continental Congress, and United States representative from Virginia. Correspondence, memoranda, autobiography, notes of debates in the Continental Congress (1776) and the Federal Convention (1787), and related material.

ArchivalResource: 12,000 items; 103 containers plus 3 oversize; 33 linear feet; 28 microfilm reels

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Jaquelin Ambler letter, 1774

Title: Jaquelin Ambler letter 1774

One letter dated York Town, Virginia, August 22, 1774.

ArchivalResource: 0.1; 1 folder

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Nelson, William, 1711-1772. William Nelson ledger and daybook, 1767-1784.

Title: William Nelson ledger and daybook, 1767-1784.

Ledger and daybook of William Nelson, merchant and colonial leader of Yorktown, Virginia. The collection contains one ledger from a family business which spanned three generations. A number of the accounts are for large purchases totaling in the hundreds of pounds. There are numerous accounts for individuals in Yorktown and its vicinity including accounts with several Yorktown doctors. There are also a number of accounts for ship's captains as Yorktown was an important port in the eighteenth century. There are entries for several merchants. Prominent among these are John Hatley Norton who represented John Norton and Sons in Yorktown, the Scots merchant, David Jameson of Yorktown who served as Lt. Governor under Thomas Nelson, Jr., the firm of Messr's Lamer, Hill & Bisett located on the island of Madiera, Cornelius Calvert of Norfolk, and Colonel Humphrey Hill of King and Queen County. There are entries for a number of estates including those of Carter Burwell, Governor Francis Fauquier, Philip Grymes, William Lightfoot, and the London merchant Edward Athawes. There are accounts for a number of Williamsburg residents including William Biers, Edward Charlton, Thomas Craig, John Ferguson, Humphrey Harwood, Anthony Hay, Robert Carter Nicholas, John Prentis, Samuel Spurr, Jane Vobe, Benjamin Waller, and Mary Wray. Other prominent individuals include Jaqueline Ambler, the Reverend Robert Barret, Burwell Bassett, Nathaniel Burwell, Robert Burwell, William Byrd III, Reverend Joseph Davenport, Richard Henry Lee, Augustine Moore, William Nelson, Jr., the Reverend Charles Mynn Thruston, the Reverend Thomas Warrington, and Ralph Wormeley. There is also an account with the Dismal Swamp Company and the William and Thomas Nelson House in Williamsburg.

ArchivalResource: 2 vols. bound in 3

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Anderson, James, 1740-1798. Account books, 1778-1805.

Title: Account books, 1778-1805.

Accounts, mainly 1778-1798, kept by Anderson, a blacksmith in Williamsburg and Richmond, Virginia, who also served as public armorer and Captain of the Company of Artificers. Included are notations on the status of the accounts made by Anderson's son, Robert, in 1804-1805. Accounts show work done for Jaquelin Ambler, Thomas Everard, James Galt, John Greenhow, H. Harwood, Thomas Jefferson, Edmund Randolph, and others, and the Lunatic Hospital.

ArchivalResource: 2 v. (140 p. and 329 p.) ; 44 cm. or smaller.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/9098468 View