Bland, Theodorick, 1742-1790,. Papers of the Irvine, Saunders, Davis, and Watts families [manuscript], 1745-1914.
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Papers of the Irvine, Saunders, Davis, and Watts families [manuscript], 1745-1914.
The collection contains correspondence, legal and business papers, bound volumes, and miscellaneous material revealing much about economic and social conditions in Southside Virginia. Major topics include agriculture, education of children and the Episcopal Church. There is also material of note re the Civil War and slavery. Business papers contain accounts, notes and receipts for estate settlements, stores, lodging, education, slave hirings, physicians, and taxes; a blacksmith's journal and a day book for the Maple Creek [saw] Mill. Legal papers include memoranda and daybooks of lawyer William Watts, 1768-1786; court dockets, 1771-1782, for Amelia and Lunenburg Counties; indentures; wills, 1745 and 1760, from Albemarle and Amelia Counties, both mentioning slaves; estate appraisals; and miscellaneous pieces from Amelia and Campbell Counties. Civil War documents include furloughs; vouchers; muster rolls and payrolls of the 42nd Virginia Regiment, and a provision return from the 13th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers. There are also payrolls, 1778-1779, of the 1st Regiment of Light Dragoons. Educational papers include grade reports from Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Hollins College and St. Timothy's, Catonsville, Md., a brochure from the Edgeworth School, Baltimore, Md., a form letter concerning an Episcopal rectory at Virginia Polytechnic Institute, and a printed address, 1877, by John Randolph Tucker "The relations of the United Sates to each other, as modified by the war and the constitutional amendments." There are also essays; lectures; poems; obituaries; a subscription book for the Lee Monumental Association; farm journals; an 1846 card game "The game of Kings [of England] made easy; and the Otter River Township, Campbell County, Va. record books, 1870-1874, with entries for roads and poor house expenses.
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3000 items.
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