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Patton, John M. (John Mercer), 1797-1858. Opinion, given at request of attorney for Col. Beirne, who had endorsed a bill of exchange [manuscript] ca. 1850.

Title: Opinion, given at request of attorney for Col. Beirne, who had endorsed a bill of exchange [manuscript] ca. 1850. 1850.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

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Barbour, Philip Pendleton, 1783-1841,. Letters to Thomas Jefferson and Philip P. Barbour 1811, 1833.

Title: Letters to Thomas Jefferson and Philip P. Barbour 1811, 1833.

Letter, 1811 August 29, to Thomas Jefferson from Joseph Johnson and others of the Seventy-Six Society of Charleston, S.C., sending a copy of an oration by Benjamin A. Markley. Other signers include J.B. White, William Lance, Joseph Kirkland, and Myer Moses. Docketed by Jefferson with a mathematical calculation on the verso. Letter, 1833 July 1, to Philip P. Barbour from John M. Patton concerning the tariff of 1832.

ArchivalResource: 2 items.

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John Dixon Papers, 1760-1829.

Title: John Dixon Papers, 1760-1829.

The John Dixon Papers include letters, legal papers, receipts, farm and personal accounts, 1760-1829 of John Dixon, Jr. (1777-1830) of "Airville" Gloucester County, Virginia.

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Tazewell family. Papers, 1759-1858.

Title: Papers, 1759-1858.

These papers concern almost entirely contemporary political activities and issues. The letters from Francis H. Smith to John N. Tazewell discuss education in Virginia and the development of the Virginia Military Institute.

ArchivalResource: 56 items (183 p.)

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Archer, William Segar, 1789-1855. Virginia political correspondence, 1779-1930.

Title: Virginia political correspondence, 1779-1930.

This is an artificial collection of letters, mostly political, assembled on the basis of the writers' associations with Virginia, in some instances tenuous. A few legal documents such as indentures and affidavits are included. Many documents are from Virginia members of Congress to presidents of the United States, the secretaries of the Navy and governors of Virginia, most often on matters of patronage; about sixty letters request appointments as midshipmen or as officers in the Marine Corps. Some of the correspondents include John Strode Barbour (6 letters, 1 certificate, 1829-1849), William Segar Archer (5 letters, 1822-1845), John Minor Botts (6 letters, 1842-1884), John Samuel Caskie (8 letters, 1852-1858), John Critcher (8 letters, 1871-1879), Thomas Croxton (7 letters, 1874-1890), William Alexander Harris (7 letters, 1841-1899), John Warfield Johnston (7 letters, 1873-1888), William Atkinson Jones (15 letters, 1891-1899), Anthony Kennedy (5 letters, 1857-1863). Others include Benjamin Watkins Leigh (2 letters, 1806-1835), William McCoy (6 letters, 1815-1835), Francis McFarland (9 letters, 1837-1860), Francis Mallory (6 letters, 1839-1851), Hugh Nelson (8 letters, 1784-1822), Thomas Newton (11 letters, 1808-1841), John Mercer Patton (5 letters, 1836-1869), John Howell Porter (12 letters, 1870-1872), Andrew Stevenson (5 letters, 1863-1872), John Randolph Tucker (8 letters, 1878-1894), Robert E. Withers (5 letters, 1877-1879).

ArchivalResource: 431 items.

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Makielski, Alice Lee Patton, 1904-. Genealogical chart showing her ancestry [manuscript] n.d.

Title: Genealogical chart showing her ancestry [manuscript] n.d.

Including the families of James Green, Alexander Fenelon Taylor and John Mercer Patton.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

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Frederick M. Dearborn collection of military and political Americana, Part I: The Revolution and the Administration, 1669-1958.

Title: Frederick M. Dearborn collection of military and political Americana, Part I: The Revolution and the Administration, 1669-1958.

Autograph letters and documents of American political and military leaders collected by Frederick Myers Dearborn.

ArchivalResource: 28 boxes (14 linear ft.)

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Autographs, chiefly of Virginia politicians of the Reconstruction period [manuscript], 1796-1925.

Title: Autographs, chiefly of Virginia politicians of the Reconstruction period [manuscript], 1796-1925.

Includes the following: Thomas H. Bayly, John M. Botts, Robert Brooke, William E. Cameron, Walter Edwards, James King Gibson, John Blair Hoge, Benjamin S. Hooper, Robert W. Hughes, James Taylor Jones, Joseph Jorgenson, S.F. Leake, I.F. Lee, J. Lee, H. Libbey, J.R. Ludlow, George Mason (1885), Daniel Malone, H. Meigs, Charles Fenton Mercer, Samuel Miller, Jackson Morton, Hugh Nelson, John M. Patton, John Paul, F.H. Peirpoint, J.L. Peyton, James H. Platt, Jr., Charles L. Porter, Auburn L. Pridemore, Harrison H. RIddleberger, W.H. Roane, H.L. Shields, Francis H. Smith, J. Stephenson, Littleton W. Tazewell, E. Lee Trinkle, N. P. Trist, Henry St. George Tucker, Gilbert C. Walker, Thomas Whitehead, John S. Wise.

ArchivalResource: 97 items.

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Tazewell family. Papers, 1623-1930

Title: Tazewell family papers, 1623-1930.

Papers, 1623-1930, of the Tazewell family of Williamsburg, Virginia, and Norfolk, Virginia, consisting of the personal and family papers, including account books, accounts, advertisements, agreements, bills of sale, clippings, commissions, correspondence, deeds, diaries, essays, genealogies, insurance policies, judicial records, legal papers, notes, receipts, speeches, tax records, and wills. Collection is divided into following series: Series I: Papers, 1650-1890. Series II: Undated Papers, Correspondence, Legal Papers, Essays, Clippings, and Miscellaneous Papers. Series III: Diaries, Account Books, Family Sketches, 1650-1930. Series IV: Political Correspondence, 1794-1858. Series V: Wills, Legal Papers, Correspondence, and notes, 1673-1890. Series I: Papers, 1650-1890, contain the legal, political, business, and personal papers of the Tazewell family, mainly those of Henry Tazewell (1753-1799) and Littleton Waller Tazewell (1774-1860). Papers contain deeds from James City County, Northampton County and Norfolk, Virginia, as well as other counties; wills of members of the Tazewell family, and accounts of their plantations in James City County, Northampton County, and Princess Anne County, Virginia. Also includes the political correspondence of Henry Tazewell and Littleton Waller Tazewell, both of whom were senators from Virginia; Littleton Waller Tazewell also served as a congressman and as governor of Virginia. Also contains correspondence between John Nivison Tazewell (1807-1869) and Hugh Blair Grigsby (1806-1881) concerning the Virginia Constitutional Convention of 1829-1830. Papers also include the personal papers of Littleton Waller Tazewell's children, including correspondence from Ann Tazewell Bradford (1817-1898) regarding the confiscation by the federal government of Sandhills Plantation in Princess Anne County during the Civil War. Series II: Undated papers, correspondence, legal papers, political essays, clippings, and miscellaneous papers. Contains political essays by and legal of Henry Tazewell; typescript copies of letters, 1782-1825, from Thomas Jefferson to Henry and Littleton Waller Tazewell; undated legal, business, political, and personal correspondence of Littleton Waller Tazewell; legal papers of Littleton Waller Tazewell; estate papers of Benjamin Taliaferro; papers related to Littleton Waller Tazewell's plantations in Northampton County; correspondence of John Nivison of Norfolk, Virginia; deeds and other legal papers; obituaries of William T. Nivison and of Littleton Waller Tazewell; remarks on the death of Jefferson Davis; and newspaper clippings. Series III: Diaries, Account Books, and Family Sketches, 1650-1930, contain a family sketch, 1823, written by Littleton Waller Tazewell; account books, 1820-1826, of Littleton Waller Tazewell; field notes for land grants in what became Northampton County from 1623 to 1629, made by Littleton Waller Tazewell in 1835; plantation books, 1836-1852, for King's Creek, Old Plantation, and New Quarter plantations in Northampton County; plantation books, 1829-1849, for Sandhills Plantation in Princess Anne County; diaries, 1847-1852, of John N. Tazewell; letterbook, 1829-1830, of John N. Tazewell; register, 1821-1854, of letters received by John N. Tazewell; household account book, 1836-1837, of Littleton Waller Tazewell; inscriptions from St. Paul's Church in Norfolk made by C. W. Tazewell; and typescripts of letters to Henry Tazewell and Littleton Waller Tazewell from Stephen Decatur, William B. Giles, Andrew Jackson, Thomas Jefferson, William Ludwell Lee, and Benjamin Watkins Leigh, among others. Series IV: Political correspondence, 1794-1858, including letters, 1794-1798, from John Taylor to Henry Tazewell concerning national and Virginia politics, including the presidential election of 1796; letters, 1831-1834, from John Floyd to Littleton Waller Tazewell regarding national and Virginia politics, Andrew Jackson, and whether Tazewell will run for governor; letters, 1789-1830, from St. George Tucker, Henry St. George Tucker, and Beverley Tucker to Henry Tazewell and Littleton Waller Tazewell concerning national and Virginia politics; letters, 1841-1846, from Francis H. Smith to John N. Tazewell regarding the Virginia Military Institute; letters, 1832-1858, from John M. Patton to Littleton Waller Tazewell concerning national and Virginia politics and legal matters. Series V: Wills, Legal Papers, Notes, and Correspondence, 1623-1890. Contains copies of land patents, 1623-1675, which became Littleton Waller Tazewell's holdings in Northampton County; wills, 1656-1890, of members of the Tazewell family; depositions, 1759, for a case in King George County, Virginia; deeds, 1790, in Norfolk County; letters, 1822-1823, from Littleton Waller Tazewell to his sons Henry and John Nivison Tazewell concerning their education.

ArchivalResource: 6.435 cu. ft.

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Dixon, John, 1777-1830. Papers, 1760-1829.

Title: Papers, 1760-1829.

Includes letters, legal papers, farm and personal accounts of John Dixon of "Airville," Gloucester County, Va; papers concerning the estates of John Dixon (d. 1788) and Elizabeth Peyton Dixon as well as wills of John Dixon and William M. Dixon. The collection includes letter, 22 October 1827, of Burwell Bassett and letter, 1826, of John Mercer Patton (1796-1858). The papers contain references to the Whiting family of Williamsburg, Va.

ArchivalResource: 605 items.

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Archer, William Segar, 1789-1855,. Argosy collection [manuscript], 1795-1893.

Title: Argosy collection [manuscript], 1795-1893.

Letters, papers, portraits of Revolutionary and nineteenth century statesmen. Subjects dealt with in the letters include slavery, the currency question, agriculture, land grants, politics and government, the silver question, education, and religion.

ArchivalResource: 103 items.

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