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Randolph, Beverley, 1754-1797. Papers, 1789-1791.

Title: Papers, 1789-1791.

Collection contains commissions and a land grant signed by Randolph as governor. There is also a letter to Randolph from Henry Tazewell concerning a legal matter.

ArchivalResource: 6 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/36321599 View

Harry Innes Papers, 1754-1900, (bulk 1780-1850)

Title: Harry Innes Papers 1754-1900 (bulk 1780-1850)

Lawyer and jurist. Correspondence, financial, business and legal papers, biographical and genealogical material, printed matter, and other papers relating chiefly to Innes's work as a lawyer and judge handling land claims and surveys.

ArchivalResource: 3,000 items; 11 containers; 4.4 linear feet

http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010107 View

Carr, Dabney, 1773-1837. Albemarle County, Va., court papers [manuscript], 1780-1820.

Title: Albemarle County, Va., court papers [manuscript], 1780-1820.

The papers contain appointments, 1780 November 22, of justices of the peace and commissioneers of oyer and terminer for the trial of slaves for Albemarle County, Va., signed by Thomas Jefferson. The collection also contains appointments of justices of the peace for Albemarle county, 1791, 1816, and 1820,signed by Virginia governors Beverley Randolph, Wilson Cary Nicholas, and Thomas Mann Randolph. The collection also contains a statement 1791 November 26, signed by Beverley Randolph, certifying Richard Marshall as eligble for disability pension; two letters, 1794-1797, from James Wood, regarding justices of the peace for Albemarle County; and a list, 1794-1798, of tavern rates. There are also miscellaneous papers, 1806-1816, from Albemarle County, Va., some kept by Alexander Garrett, regarding justices of the peace; a county survey, 1816; a medical license fee, 1814; letters, 1806 and 1811, from Thomas Fletcher and Dabney Carr resigning their posts as Commonwealth's Attorney for Albemarle County, Va., a recommendation that the number of court members be increased, 1810; a summons to court, 1812; a letter, 6 May 1814, from Alexander Garrett, Charlottesville, Va., to William Munford, acknowledging a letter; a letter regarding additional court appointments; and copies, 1815 of various court orders.

ArchivalResource: 21 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/647874277 View

Virginia. Governor (1788-1791 : Randolph). [Deed] 1789 July 25, to Andrew Toy : 222 acres, County of Hampshire on a branch of Cabbin Run, a drain of Patersons Creek and bounded ... to Nicholas Savour's near Oneal's Gap ... Moffett's ... near John's Gap ... / Beverley Randolph.

Title: [Deed] 1789 July 25, to Andrew Toy : 222 acres, County of Hampshire on a branch of Cabbin Run, a drain of Patersons Creek and bounded ... to Nicholas Savour's near Oneal's Gap ... Moffett's ... near John's Gap ... / Beverley Randolph. 1789.

ArchivalResource: 1 deed ; 34 x 37 cm., fold. 19 x 9 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/61186329 View

Pinckney, Charles Cotesworth, 1812-1899. Papers, 1822-1887.

Title: Papers, 1822-1887.

Personal and business correspondence of Pinckney, generally addressed to Armistead Burt and relating to the settlement of the Pinckney estate and to cordial relations between the Pinckneys and the Burts. There are two letters of Pinckney's father; a letter of Beverley Randolph of Virginia about Potomac Bank stock; a copy of the program for re-raising the U.S. flag at Fort Sumter, 1865; papers relating to the Cincinnati Society of South Carolina; and an account book of Pinckney as agent for the board of foreign missions of the Protestant Episcopal Church.

ArchivalResource: 32 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/20071738 View

Randolph, Beverley, 1754-1797. Letter : [Richmond, Va.?], to George Washington, [Alexandria, Va.?], 1784 Dec. 15.

Title: Letter : [Richmond, Va.?], to George Washington, [Alexandria, Va.?], 1784 Dec. 15.

Letter signed. Concerns a meeting in Annapolis relating to "opening the navigation of the River Potomack."

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 p.) ; 24 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/78222637 View

Clay, Henry, 1777-1852,. Letters from Henry Clay and Edmund Randolph [manuscript], 1791-1830.

Title: Letters from Henry Clay and Edmund Randolph [manuscript], 1791-1830.

Letter from Henry Clay to John C. Wright, dated 1830 May 31 and discussing happenings in Congress with special focus on "the Tariff." The second letter is from Edmund Randolph (Governor of Virginia, Secretary of State, and the first Attorney General) to Beverley Randolph, who was the Governor of Virginia at the time of the letter's writing. The letter discusses the application of some Virginia laws in a claim involving the Gish family.

ArchivalResource: 2 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/647984636 View

Randolph, Beverley, 1754-1797. Letter to Brig-Gen. Charles Scott [manuscript] 1791 March 25.

Title: Letter to Brig-Gen. Charles Scott [manuscript] 1791 March 25.

Randolph discusses the assumption of denfences on the Western frontier by the government of the United States and the discharging of Virginia forces. Also present are two letters from John Randolph of Roanoke to John S. Skinner of Baltimore, 1826 March 30 and 1826 April.

ArchivalResource: 3 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/647938809 View

Randolph family. Papers, 1822 September 4 and n.d.

Title: Papers, 1822 September 4 and n.d.

The collection contains a letter, 1822 Sept. 4, from M. Randolph to Anne Payne Cutts regarding a job in the land office for a Beverley [Randolph?]; and a draft, n.d., in the hand of Thomas Mann Randolph, written on the verso of an address leaf from Thomas Jefferson to Randolph and franked by Jefferson. The draft concerns Richmond lawyers and merchants arousing dissension among the citizens over unpopular government measures.

ArchivalResource: 2 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/31254371 View

Stone, Edward L. (Edward Lee), 1864-1938. Papers of Edward L. Stone [manuscript], 1730-1802.

Title: Papers of Edward L. Stone [manuscript], 1730-1802.

The papers contain a copy of the diary, 1730-1775, supposedly fraudulent, of Margaret Lynn Lewis, containing an account of pioneer life in Augusta County, Va.; a bond, 12 November 1760, of levy collectors for Loudoun County, Va.; an appointment, 12 November 1757, signed by Robert Dinwiddie, of justices of the peace for Loudoun County, including Francis Lightfoot Lee; and an appointment, 31 May 1791, signed by Beverley Randolph, of justices of the peace for Nansemond County, Va. There is also a statement, 17 February 1775, of John Wilkes, certifying the authenticity of a deposition relating to a debt suit in the United States, bearing the seal of the Mayoralty of London; and an answer, 15 February 1789, of George Washington to a bill of complaint filed in Fairfax County, Va., by William Owens, in a case concerning the estate of George Mercer. The papers also include commissions, 1794-1795, signed by James Wood, appointing Thomas Littleton and William Jeans ensigns in the 57th battalion of the Virginia Militia; a deed, 8 April 1796, between George Carter and Robert Hereford, for 150 acres land in Loudoun County, Va.; a letter, 19 June 1798, from Robert Aitken to John Nicholson, regarding an account at Aitken's bookstore; and a grant, 20 May 1802, signed by James Monroe, for thirteen acres of land in Loudoun County, to Charles Binns.

ArchivalResource: 11 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/647874449 View

James, Edward Wilson,. Papers collected by Edward Wilson James [manuscript], 1635-1906.

Title: Papers collected by Edward Wilson James [manuscript], 1635-1906.

Personal and business papers, land grants, deeds and other papers signed by Virginia governors and others, relating to the history of Lower Norfolk and Princess Anne Counties, Va., and the James family. Includes the wills of Jacob Hunter, Edward James, Elizabeth James, John James, and William James, vestry book of Lynnhaven Parish, and List of tithable and taxable property, 1784. Names represented include John Strode Barbour, Sir William Berkeley, Baron de Botetourt, Robert Dinwiddie, John Floyd, Sir William Gooch, Sir John Harvey, Patrick Henry, Thomas Jefferson, Henry Lee, James Madison, John Page, Beverley Randolph, Edmund Randolph, John West, William Wirt, and James Wood.

ArchivalResource: 500 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/647892445 View

Public Hospital for Persons of Insane and Disordered Minds. Court of Directors. Minutes, 1770-1801.

Title: Minutes, 1770-1801.

Early meetings were concerned with the construction of the hospital building and the procurement of necessary equipment and supplies. Once the hospital was opened, the Court retained authority over its finances. The largest expenditures were those for the day-to-day maintenance of the inmates, and were administered by James Galt, keeper of the hospital. In addition, the Court controlled the admission and release of patients recommended to the hospital's care, primarily by the county courts. Court members include many prominent Williamsburg residents.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (210 p., p. 1-8 of original are not found in photocopy.) ; 41 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/14083592 View

Randolph family Bible record, 1770-1921.

Title: Randolph family Bible record, 1770-1921.

Includes Bible record (2 leaves), typed transcript and notes (3 leaves), typed list of cemeteries (1 leaf), printed biographical information (1 leaf), typed biographical information (3 leaves), and land grant (2 leaves). Areas covered are Botetort County, Virginia; and Tennessee. Other surnames mentioned: Barnett, Bolling, Daniel, Drake, Gooch, Jett, Jones, Keeble, Richardson, Sanford, Searcy, Starke, Turnbull, and Wade.

ArchivalResource: 12 leaves.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122395231 View

Beverley Randolph Land Grant to Amos Potts, 1787 June 21

Title: Beverley Randolph Land Grant to Amos Potts 1787 June 21

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http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=cw/viwc00299.xml View

Lee, Charles Carter, 1798-1871. Papers of Charles Carter Lee and the Lee family [manuscript], 1768-1931 (bulk 1780-1871).

Title: Papers of Charles Carter Lee and the Lee family [manuscript], 1768-1931 (bulk 1780-1871).

Papers collected by Charles Carter Lee include papers of General Light-Horse-Harry Lee, Major Henry Lee, Charles Carter Lee, and John Penn Lee. Light-Horse-Harry Lee's papers consist mainly of correspondence pertinent to his "Memoirs of the War in the Southern Department of the United States." Other topics include anti-Federalism, travel to the West Indies and advice to a son. Light-Horse-Harry Lee's correspondents include William Goddard, Christopher R. Greene, Nathanael Greene (copies), Andrew Jackson (copy), Lafayette (copy), Ann Hill Carter Lee, James Madison (copies), Nathaniel Pendleton, and George Washington (copy). Major Henry Lee's papers consist primarily of correspondence written during his residence in Europe in the 1830s. Topics of interest include James Wilkinson's defeat before Montreal, Jacksonian era politics, David Porter in the Mediterranean, Lee's biography of Napoleon and proposed biography of Andrew Jackson, Lee's financial and legal troubles, Lee's literary efforts. Prominent people discussed include James Buchanan, Henry Clay, John H. Eaton, Thomas Jefferson, Amos Kendall, Gales and Seaton, Henry St. George Tucker, and Daniel Webster. There is fairly extensive correspondence with Charles Carter Lee, Major William B. Lewis and Duff Green. Other correspondents include John Armstrong, James Biddle, Charles L. Bonaparate, Daniel Brent, John Carroll Brent, James L. Cathcart, Edward Vernon Childe, John Browne Cutting, Andrew Jackson Donelson, George William Featherstonhaugh, and Robert Selden Garnett. Also Francis Walker Gilmer, James A. Hamilton, William B. Hodgson, Sam Houston, Rachel Jackson, Peter Augustus Jay, Anne R. Lee, Charles Carter Lee, Hugh S. Legaré, Benjamin Watkins Leigh, John McLean, James Madison, John Marshall, John Moore of Paris, Nathaniel Niles, Barry O'Meara, Thomas Ritchie, Meritt M. Robinson, Gilbert C. Russell, Andrew Stevenson, John Taliaferro, Martin Van Buren, William Conway Whittle, and James Wilkinson. The papers of Charles Carter Lee constitute the bulk of the collection and contain manuscripts of his literary works and speeches, correspondence, and legal and financial papers. Topics include his student days at Harvard; a reply to George Henry Moore's "Mr. Lee's plan--March 29, 1777. The treason of Charles Lee"; scattered political commentary including remarks on William Cabell Rives; and a description of the capture of General William Henry Fitzhugh Lee, 1863. Correspondents include William S. Archer, Henry Carey Baird, Nathaniel Burwell, George H. Calvert, David Campbell, Bernard M. Carter, J. H. Chamberlayne, Jr., Robert Young Conrad, E. S. Davis, Frederic De Peyster, Lyman C. Draper, Benjamin Rush Floyd, Letitia Floyd, David Graham, Robert Greenhow, William Wirt Henry, Francis Kinloch, and Benjamin H. Latrobe. Also George Washington Custis Lee, Richard Henry Lee, James Lyons, A. W. McDonald, Louis McLane, James Madison (copy), Hugh Nelson, Beverley Randolph, Charles H. Randolph, Robert E. Scott, Andrew Stevenson, Norborne M. Taliaferro, Martin Van Buren, Peter Van Winkle, Daniel Webster (copy), John Wickham, and William F. Wickham. John Penn Lee papers, consist of miscellaneous printed matter, routinme legall papers and business papers of the law firm of Dillard and Lee, Rocky Mount, Va.

ArchivalResource: 1917 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/647915474 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

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.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/647897558 View

Robertson, Alexander. Appointment, 1789 December 12.

Title: Appointment, 1789 December 12.

Governor Beverley Randolph appoints Robertson Sheriff of Mercer County [now Kentucky]. Printed form with manuscript insertions.

ArchivalResource: 1 p. ; 30 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/14259656 View

Kennon, William H. Papers of William H. Kennon, 1808-1903.

Title: Papers of William H. Kennon, 1808-1903.

Include correspondence and business records and papers, 1808-1903, of the Kennon family, chiefly of William H. Kennon, Beverley Randolph, Nancy Randolph Kennon Selden, Miles C. Selden, Charles Randolph Kennon and William Upshur Kennon, pertaining to management of family plantation, Norwood (Powhatan County, Va.), and estate settlements. Topics also include family and social matters, the courtship of Nancy Randolph and William H. Kennon and her father's objections, William H. Kennon's naval career, a lawsuit (Kennon vs. Wilkinson), a fugitive slave (1841), and mention of Beverley Kennon's death in U.S.S. Princeton accident (1844). Also include correspondence, 1830-1840, of Beverley Randolph to his son, Charles H. Randolph, pertaining to Charles' studies at the University of Virginia and the University of Paris, including one letter referring briefly to the riot at the University of Virginia (1831). Also include letter, 1861, to Nancy Randolph Kennon Selden from Landonia Randolph concerning family matters, slavery, and secession; two letters, 1861, pertaining to the requested return of a hired slave; letters, 1862-1865, of William Upshur Kennon and Charles Randolph Kennon to their mother concerning camp life, including one letter mentioning a slave at the front. Also include correspondence, 1875-1883, of William Upshur Kennon, acting plantation manager for James Murray of England, owner of Bendover plantation, Goochland County, Va., pertaining to agricultural concerns, plantation management and sales of livestock and wheat, including a crop rotation plan (1879); and farm journal, ca. 1880, of William Upshur Kennon. Also include letter, 1824, for Abel Upshur concerning William H. Kennon's naval career and social life and celebrations honoring Lafayette; letter, 1837, from John Hartwell Cocke offering his consolations; letter, 1840, from James Kirke Paulding accepting William H. Kennon's resignation; and a receipt and letter, 1842, of Thomas Mann Randolph pertaining to sale of cattle. Also include plantation journal, 1808, of Beverley Randolph including slave records; six bank books, 1822-1832, of Beverley Randolph; one bank book, 1827-1828, of John Heth; farm journal, 1840-1842, of W.A. Kennon; two time books, 1873-1883; four farm books, 1873-1883, including freedmen's accounts; balance book, 1887-1903; and two bank books, 1897-1903, of William Upshur Kennon. Also include catalog, 1866, of the private library at Norwood.

ArchivalResource: 950 (ca.) items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122465579 View

Montagu, Percy,. Collection of historical letters autographs and photographs [manuscript], 1793-1907.

Title: Collection of historical letters autographs and photographs [manuscript], 1793-1907.

A collection of letters, autographs, and photographs of prominent Americans, including: In a letter, 1793 February 18, Thomas Jefferson requests that Beverley Randolph serve on a commission to treat with the N.W. Indians at Sandusky, Ohio, and establish a boudary line between U. S. and Indian land. In a letter, 1828 October 21, James Barron to Samuel Lewis Southard, Barron writes to the Secretary of the Navy recommending Alexander Stephenson to a gunner's appointment. A commission, 1834 May 3, signed by Andrew Jackson as President and Louis McLane as Secretary of State; also included are three engravings of Jackson. In a letter, 1843 April 2, Robert E. Lee to William Berkeley Lewis, Lee encloses a letter [not extant] to John Powell Brent which he asks Lewis to forward. Three engravings of Lee are included; an autographed quotation, 1907 January 21, by Mark Twain (portrait attached); and an autograph of Mary Anderson (portrait attached) and a program from the actress' New York production of The Daughter of Roland.

ArchivalResource: 9 tems.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/647845762 View

Randolph, Edmund, 1753-1813. Letters from Edmund Randolph [manuscript] 1792-1866.

Title: Letters from Edmund Randolph [manuscript] 1792-1866.

Letter, 1792 May 10, Green Creek, Va., Beverley Randolph to "Dear Sir", concerning tobacco and asking for letter, political news and newspapers. [1 l. 23 cm. holograph signed]--Letter, 1792 June 14, Philadelphia, Pa. Randolph to Robert Townsend Hooe, Alexandria, Va., concerning the sale of shares in a copper mine belonging to his uncle, Edmund Jenings, of London. [1 l. 24 cm. holograph signed, with address leaf; on inside of letter is reply: Letter, 1792 June 25, Alexandria Hooe to Randolph, Philadelphia], giving details of the ownership of the copper mine shares. [[2] p. 24 cm. holograph initialed]. Letter, 1806 Feb. 27, Richmond, Va., Randolph to Kincaid, Augusta, Co., Va.?, concerning a law case. [[2] p. 26 cm. holograph signed]--Letter, 1866 Apr. 28, Farringford, Isle of Wight, Eng., Alfred Tennyson, baron Tennyson to unidentified recipients permitting the use of his name in a Loan Exhibition. [1 l. 18 cm. holograph signed].

ArchivalResource: 5 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/647933063 View

Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States Commandery of the State of Massachusetts Civil War collection, 1724-1933 (inclusive); 1861-1912 (bulk).

Title: Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States Commandery of the State of Massachusetts Civil War collection, 1724-1933 (inclusive); 1861-1912 (bulk).

A collection of images, manuscripts, and printed material, mostly relating to the Massachusetts soldiers and regiments in the American Civil War. Some material relates to other Union regiments and the Confederate States of America.

ArchivalResource: 47 linear feet (143 boxes, 2 volumes)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou00124/catalog View

Virginia. Governor (1788-1791 : Randolph). Israel Brown land grant, 1788 December 16.

Title: Israel Brown land grant, 1788 December 16.

Consists of one land grant issued to Israel Brown for one thousand acres of land in Harrison County by the Commonwealth of Virginia, signed by Governor Beverley Randolph.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (0.1 linear feet)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/755112590 View

Montagu, Percy. Collection of historical letters autographs and photographs, 1793-1907.

Title: Collection of historical letters autographs and photographs, 1793-1907.

This is a collection of letters, autographs, and photographs of prominent Americans, including: a letter, 1793 February 18, Thomas Jefferson, Philadelphia, to Governor Beverley Randolph; Jefferson, as Secretary of State under Washington, writes that there will be an assembly of some 3,000 Northern and Western Indians at Sandusky in the coming spring. Jefferson and Washington want Randolph to be on the commission representing the South. In the letter Jefferson discusses travel and lodging arrangements as well as pay. An etching of Jefferson is included. In a letter, 1828 October 21, James Barron to Samuel Lewis Southard, Barron writes to the Secretary of the Navy recommending Alexander Stephenson to a gunner's appointment. A commission, 1834 May 3, signed by Andrew Jackson as President and Louis McLane as Secretary of State; also included are three engravings of Jackson. In a letter, 1843 April 2, Robert E. Lee to William Berkeley Lewis, Lee encloses a letter [not extant] to John Powell Brent which he asks Lewis to forward. Three engravings of Lee are included; an autographed quotation, 1907 January 21, by Mark Twain (portrait attached); and an autograph of Mary Anderson (portrait attached) and a program from the actress' New York production of The Daughter of Roland.

ArchivalResource: 10 tems.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/32135357 View

Badeau, Adam. Tucker-Ewell papers, 1770-1893, 1770-1818.

Title: Tucker-Ewell papers, 1770-1893, 1770-1818.

The majority of these papers cover 1770-1818 and concern St. George Tucker. Included mainly are correspondence and receipts. The remainder of the records concern the College of William and Mary namely correspondence of Benjamin Stoddert Ewell, president of the college.

ArchivalResource: 183 leaves.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122538866 View

Randolph, Beverley, 1754-1797. Letter of appointment, 1791.

Title: Letter of appointment, 1791.

Printed and handwritten letter of appointment, dated 8 Aug. 1791, and signed by Randolph. Joseph Bell is appointed sheriff of Augusta County, Virginia.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 page)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/367392280 View

Randolph, Beverley, 1754-1797. Grant, 1787 August 11.

Title: Grant, 1787 August 11.

Grant, 1787 August 11, of 10,000 acres in Fayette County, W. Va. to Abraham Buford signed by Beverley Randolph.

ArchivalResource: 1 p. ; 10.5 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/24617548 View

Randolph, Beverley, 1754-1797. Land grant, 1787 June 21, to Amos Potts.

Title: Land grant, 1787 June 21, to Amos Potts.

Lieutenant-governor Randolph (acting for Governor Edmund Randolph) grants Potts twenty acres of land in Botetourt County, Va. Signed by John Harvie, Re[gister] L[and] O[ffice]. Printed form with manuscript insertions. Bears seal of Virginia.

ArchivalResource: 1 p. : parchment ; 32 x 34 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/15293660 View

Davie, Preston, 1881-1967. Papers, 1749-1846.

Title: Papers, 1749-1846.

Consist of papers, collected by Preston Davie, relating to the history of Virginia. Items include eighteenth century patents issued by the Northern Neck Proprietary of Virginia and the Virginia Land Office for land in Albemarle, Amherst, Augusta, Dunmore [now Shenandoah], Fauquier, Frederick, Lunenburg, Nansemond, and Norfolk counties, Va. (signed by governors Robert Dinwiddie, Francis Fauquier, Lord Botetourt, Benjamin Harrison, and Beverley Randolph); affidavits regarding bounty lands awarded for service in the U.S. Continental Army and the Virginia Militia during the Revolutionary War; and other documents bearing on Virginia history or signed by prominent Virginians.

ArchivalResource: 37 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/55695755 View

Randolph, Beverley, 1754-1797. Land grant, 1787 May 10, to Charles Wingfield, Jr.

Title: Land grant, 1787 May 10, to Charles Wingfield, Jr.

Lieutenant-governor Randolph (acting for Governor Edmund Randolph) grants Wingfield 66 acres of land in Albemarle County, Va. Wingfield was assignee of James Buchanan, attorney for James and Robert Donald & Co. [of Glasgow, Scotland.] Signed by John Harvie, Re[gister] L[and] O[ffice]. Printed form with manuscript insertions. Bears seal of Virginia.

ArchivalResource: 1 p. : parchment ; 32 x 36 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/15293794 View

Maupin, S. (Socrates), 1808-1871. Papers of Socrates Maupin, 1790-1921 (bulk 1831-1851).

Title: Papers of Socrates Maupin, 1790-1921 (bulk 1831-1851).

Two letters between Peter Grayson Washington and Maupin discuss an honorary appointment to the U.S. Mint and family matters. An 1858 letter from William "Extra Billy" Smith regards an acquaintance who wishes to matriculate at the University of Virginia. Civil War items include an 1863 letter from Judah P. Benjamin concerning the appointment of M. Schele de Vere to a confidential mission; an 1864 letter to James A. Seddon concerning rations for disabled soldiers enrolled at the University; two 1863 letters from Alfred Landon Rives regarding a military appointment for Maupin's son; and an 1863 letter from Albert Taylor Bledsoe to Robert E. Lee requesting a furlough for Maupin's son, with an affirmative note by Lee on verso. The remainder of the correspondence, chiefly letters from Socrates Maupin to his brother Addison, discuss lead mining; the Peruvian navy; the Medical College of Virginia; an 1841 operation on a Negro woman with osteosarcoma; the use of chloroform; Dr. John Peter Mettauer; Hampden-Sydney College and the influence of the Presbyterian Church there; and the Richmond Academy. Topics related to the University of Virginia include the Alumni Society; textbooks; student life; the school of medicine; the "uniform law"; the faculty; and the murder of John A.G. Davis. Other topics include plantation management; crops; the tobacco market; slave purchasing, hiring and discipline; Richmond business conditions and social life; land values in Albemarle County; travel in Virginia; Virginia state politics and diseases including smallpox, scarlet fever, chorea and cholera. Family matters are also discussed including clothing; courtship; marriage; pregnancies; illness; education; jobs; finances; building a house and the shipment of household goods; and the suicide of a relative. The papers also contain an 1854 bond for the Rivanna Navigation Company signed by Thomas Jefferson Randolph; and a 1790 land grant for property in Richmond, Va., signed by Beverley Randolph.

ArchivalResource: 169 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/49378542 View

Lindamood, Andrew, fl. 1768-1817. Papers, 1768-1817.

Title: Papers, 1768-1817.

Papers, 1768-1817, of Andrew Lindamood, Shenandoah County, Va. Includes accounts and a deed, 18 August 1789, signed by Beverley Randolph, governor of Virginia, granting land in Shenandoah County.

ArchivalResource: 13 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/22876455 View

William Fleming Collection, 1773-1802

Title: William Fleming Collection, 1773-1802

ArchivalResource:

http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=cw/viwc00109.xml View

Bentley, M.A., fl. 1850. Papers of the Easterly family [manuscript], 1789-1862.

Title: Papers of the Easterly family [manuscript], 1789-1862.

The papers contain a land grant from Governor Beverley Randolph to John Tate, 1789 March 17, for 100 acres in Washington County. The papers also contain a letter, 1857 February 1, to Dr. Christian Easterly, a clipping announcing the death of Nathan Easterly, 1862, and some genealogical notes.

ArchivalResource: 4 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/647885226 View

Randolph family. Estate-farm account book, 1783-1829.

Title: Estate-farm account book, 1783-1829.

Account book for the estate of William Randolph with Beverley Randolph, 1783-1788; accounts of David McCallum and Bob Cowley with the estate of William Randolph, 1786-1789; accounts of John Randolph, D.M. Randolph, Thomas B. Randolph, Ann Cary Randolph, William F. Randolph, Isham Randolph, William Skipwith, Archibald C. Randolph, Thomas Randolph, Dr. Joseph Matteaw, and Mrs. B. Randolph, 1797-1818; and summaries of corn, wheat, oats, tobacco, and hay grown at Chatsworth, Esterto, Mill Mount, Chitower, Skin Quarter, and Earnscliff, 1783-1829. Other names in the collection are Ben Randolph, B. Harrison, Carter Page, and David Ross.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (119 p.) ; 19 cm.

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Fleming, William. William Fleming, papers, 1767-1802.

Title: William Fleming, papers, 1767-1802.

Papers associated with William Fleming, a resident of Cumberland County. Included are records of the estate of John Fleming, William Fleming's account records, a listing of his taxable property in Chesterfield, Fleming's appointment to the Court of Appeals by Beverly Randolph, and several other legal documents, one of which is signed by Thomas Nelson.

ArchivalResource: 13 items.

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Shelby, Isaac, 1750-1826. Isaac Shelby : papers, 1760-1839.

Title: Isaac Shelby : papers, 1760-1839.

Papers include correspondence; accounts; land, legal, and military papers of Shelby; and a 1760 account of his father, Captain Evan Shelby, with George Ross. Correspondence, 1777-1823, concerns Ky. politics, navigation of the Mississippi River, the defense of counties lying on the Ohio River by militia rangers rather than scouts; applications, 1794-1795, for the provision at federal expense, of guards, spies, and scouts for the protection of frontier inhabitants and such industries as salt licks and iron furnaces, counterfeit money, horse thieves, slave stealers, the return of children captured by the Indians, sale of produce at Philadelphia, landed property in Ky., Tenn., and Md., and land litigation. Other papers include accounts, 1775-1816, containing statements of purchase of merchandise, appraisal of stray cattle taken up by Shelby, record of hemp sold to Thomas Hart, Jr., and a list of "Isaac Shelby's cattle for exposition"; land papers, 1782-1825; legal papers in the case of Isaac Shelby v. John Adair, 1794-1802, and in the case of James Parberry's heirs v. Isaac Shelby concerning the ownership of a slave, 1799-1819; military papers, 1793-1794, including a copy of a letter from Benjamin Lincoln, Beverley Randolph, and Timothy Pickering to Anthony Wayne, 1793, record of appointments of officers by Charles Scott on Wayne's campaign, Shelby's affidavit, 1794, about a contract with Joseph Ballenger to supply provisions to 3 garrisons to be stationed on the Wilderness Road, and a memorial of William Whitley to the Ky. legislature asking compensation for his services on the Nickojack campaign. Correspondents include John Adair, John Breckinridge, Robert Breckinridge, James Brown, John Brown, Nathaniel Hart, Harry Innes, James Innes, Henry Knox, James Morrison, George Nicholas, John Speed, Thomas Todd, and James Wilkinson.

ArchivalResource: 0.33 cubic ft.

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Appointment, 1789 December

Title: Appointment 1789 December

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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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Campbell, Charles, 1807-1876. Papers, 1617-1895 ; (bulk 1770-1879).

Title: Papers, 1617-1895 ; (bulk 1770-1879).

Correspondence and personal papers of Campbell, and historical documents and letters collected by him, mainly 1770-1879. Includes a large amount of undated miscellaneous material, much of which consists of rough drafts and preliminary notes for Campbell's various publications; material concerning Campbell's position as principal of Anderson Academy, Petersburg, Va.; a transcription of the minute book of the City Council of Richmond, Va., 1782-1795; and original letters of P.T. Barnum, Robert Beverley, Lewis Cass, Virginius Dabney, Edward Everett, Andrew Jackson, B.T. Johnson, D.H. Maury, Beverley Randolph, Pierre Soulé, and St. George Tucker; and copies of letters and papers of John Adams, Theodorick Bland, Jr. and Sr., Patrick Henry, Arthur Lee, R.H. Lee, Edgar Allan Poe, John Randolph of Roanoke, John Smith, and George Washington.

ArchivalResource: 1,318 items.

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