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Higginbotham, David. Manuscripts dealing with his purchase of land in Richmond from Thomas Jefferson (four letters from Jefferson) [manuscript] 1801-1856.

Title: Manuscripts dealing with his purchase of land in Richmond from Thomas Jefferson (four letters from Jefferson) [manuscript] 1801-1856.

Manuscripts of two tracts in Albemarle County, the Indian Camp tract (later Moven) from William Short (four documents by Jefferson are included), 1813-1817, and an adjoining tract from James Ross, 1842, along with a copy of a 1730 grant to John Carter of a tract in Goochland, two plats of David's and one of E.G. Higginbotham's lands, 1837-1846, deeds for sale of some land after Higginbotham's death to D.G. Smith by his wife Mary E. Higginbotham and Elmslie G. HIgginbotham, 1853-1856, and photostat of a Jefferson drawing for a house [Morven?]. Manuscript volumes as follows: account books of Higginbotham and others, including records of milling and shipments of much flour and tobacco and invoices for large shipments from London, 1801-1848 ; two letter books containing Higginbotham's copies of letters to Anderson, Blair & Anderson, Francis T. Barbour, Philip P. Barbour, William Barret, John G. Blair, Francis T. Brooke, George D. Fisher, Dr. Robert Haxall, Daniel Higginbotham, Edward G. Higginbotham, Francis Hoskins, Thomas Jefferson, John J. London, James Lynch, Samuel Marx, Boyd Miller, James Monroe, Cornelius Powell, Jaquelin P. Taylor, Nathaniel Wattles, and others, 1819-1853 ; and a journal and ledger of (?) John Higginbotham & Co., Warminster, Va., 1820-1824. Also a scrapbook of newspaper clippings kept by Ebenezer Watts, Charlottesville bookbinder, ca. 1825, and notes on Roman history taken at the University of Virginia by E.G. Higginbotham.

ArchivalResource: 31 items.

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Faulkner, William, 1897-1962. Papers, including published and unpublished novels, short stories, poetry, movie and television scripts, essays, speeches, photographs and some correspondence [manuscript] 1918-1959.

Title: Papers, including published and unpublished novels, short stories, poetry, movie and television scripts, essays, speeches, photographs and some correspondence [manuscript] 1918-1959.

There are drafts of the following published novels: Absalom, Absalom!, 1936; As I Lay Dying, 1930; A Fable, 1954; Go Down, Moses, 1942; The Hamlet, 1940; Intruder in the Dust, 1948; Knight's gambit, 1949; Light in August, 1932; The Mansion, 1959; Mosquitoes, 1927; Pylon, 1935; Requiem for a nun, 1951; Sanctuary, 1931; Satoris, 1929; Soldier's pay, 1926; The Sound and the Fury, 1929; The Town, 1957; and The Wild Palms, 1939. Drafts of his unpublished novels are: The Devil Beats His Wife, and Elmer. In addition, there are drafts of 32 published and 10 unpublished short stories; 25 published and 8 unpublished poems, 8 television and movie scripts, and 11 articles, essays, and speeches. Published items include the short stories "Hand upon the waters," and "Tomorrow," both published in the "Saturday Evening Post," and and a newspaper article about Faulkner and the Nobel Prize, 1961 . There are also items relating to his term as postmaster of the University of Mississippi [17 items] to his service in the R.A.F. [40 items] and drafts of letters from Faulkner to various people incl. Howard Hawks and Saxe Cummings; and a few letters to Faulkner from Harcourt, Brace and Company, William Herndon, Clyde McGhee, Saul N. Wernick, Leighton M. Ballow, and Sam Marx of M.G.M. Studios [28 items. inppart, photocopies (positive)]. The collection also contains 5 slipcases of loose photographs of Faulkner, a facsimile of "As I lay dying" and a disk set of the manuscript of the novel.

ArchivalResource: 10 ft.

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