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Nickson, James. Account, November 1745 to November 1746, with David Galloway of Northumberland County, Virginia.

Title: Account, November 1745 to November 1746, with David Galloway of Northumberland County, Virginia.

Account for purchases (chiefly rum, foodstuffs, and domestic items) from Galloway, a merchant (?) in Northumberland County, Virginia.

ArchivalResource: [3] p. ; 38 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/9216329 View

Irving, Washington, 1783-1859. Fairfax family papers, 1705-1932.

Title: Fairfax family papers, 1705-1932.

Accounts (1781-1798) of the Fairfax estate; writings; transcripts of letters (1713-1715) of Thomas and Richard Lee to Catherine, Lady Fairfax; "Memoranda of the Fairfax family from Irving's Life of Washington"; wills, deeds, indentures, and other legal documents relating chiefly to Thomas, Lord Fairfax (1693-1781); and history (1932) with photographs of "Belvoir," the Virginia plantation house of Col. William Fairfax (1691-1757).

ArchivalResource: 40 items.2 containers plus 2 oversize.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/71131141 View

Lee family. Lee family papers, 1740-1795 (inclusive), [microform].

Title: Lee family papers, 1740-1795 (inclusive), [microform].

Personal, political, diplomatic, and commercial correspondence, commercial accounts and records, and financial records of Thomas Lee of Virginia and his sons Arthur, Richard Henry, and William Lee. Also included are the papers of Robert Morris, John Ross, and William Brigham and the proceedings of the Secret Committee of Correspondence of the Continental Congress.

ArchivalResource: 8 reels.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122597761 View

Baylor family. Papers of the Baylor family [manuscript], 1662-1867.

Title: Papers of the Baylor family [manuscript], 1662-1867.

Include land grants, deeds, wills, indentures, bills, receipts (some for taxes) and surveys, 1662-1813, of family members; and some family correspondence, 1820-1867, chiefly on business, agricultural, and financial matters. Also include ledger, 1746-1749, of Richard Baylor containing accounts with many prominent Virginians including Landon Carter, Charles Carter, Thomas Lee, Fielding Lewis, Philip Lightfoot, Thomas Nelson, William Nelson, Lawrence Washington, John Wayles and Ralph Wormeley. Also include ledger, 1815-1818, of a merchant in Essex County, Va.; and a journal, 1844-1849, of Richard Baylor on settling the estate of Robert P. Waring of Essex County, including slave inventories and valuations and livestock.

ArchivalResource: 1 reel; 33 mm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/647875699 View

Greene, Ann. Ann Greene account book, 1725-1890; bulk: 1725-1727.

Title: Ann Greene account book, 1725-1890; bulk: 1725-1727.

Account book kept by Boston, Mass. shopkeeper Ann Greene, 19 June 1725- 2 Dec. 1727, pertains to the sale of mohair, salt, and cocoa, among other items. Includes name of customers, items sold, amount and price of items, and the date. Customers included Thomas Appleton, Andrew and Jonathan Belcher, Peter Faneuil, Nathaniel and Thomas Greene, Thomas Lee, and Ebenezer Lowell. Also includes genealogical notes pertaining to the Greene, Hubbard, and Babcock families gathered by Mary Hubbard, 1775, Martha Hubbard Babcock Higginson, abt. 1860, and Sarah Higginson Bowditch, 1872-90.

ArchivalResource: 1 vol. in a case.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/59005265 View

Ethel Armes Collection of Lee Family Papers, 1671-1936

Title: Ethel Armes Collection of Lee Family Papers 1671-1936

Correspondence, architectural plans, genealogical papers, maps, legal papers, clippings, and other material assembled by Armes in preparing her book, (1936). Stratford Hall: The Great House of the Lees

ArchivalResource: 500 items; 3 containers; 1.2 linear feet

http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009316 View

Lee family papers, 1742-1795, 1742-1795

Title: Lee family papers, 1742-1795 1742-1795

Includes correspondence, reports, and papers of Richard Lee, Thomas Lee, Richard Henry Lee, William Lee, and Arthur Lee.

ArchivalResource: 8.0 Microfilm reel(s)

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Woods family papers [manuscript] 1750-1904.

Title: Woods family papers [manuscript] 1750-1904.

Manuscripts relating to the Woods family including Thomas Lee's land patent to William Woods for land on Mechum's River, 1750; roll of officers in the 47th Virginia Militia, 1827; typed memorandum regarding Micajah Woods and the McCue Trial, 1904; and an issue of the Greenbrier Independent, Vol. XX, no. 7 (July 23, 1885) containing an obituary of John R. Woods. In addition the collection contains articles of incorporation for the Chihahua & Santa Eulalia Mining Company, Mexico, undated; a tribute "The late Dr. Thomas Creigh," undated; and photostats of Woods family Bible Records, pasted over with news clippings. There are also assorted clippings including death notices for children Thomas Creigh and Sallie R. Woods and Thomas Massie and Chalres Philip Massie from typhoid; obituaries for Mrs. John A. Preston, Judge Egbert R. Watson and Samuel Price; sentimental poems; and remarks by Samuel Price on the death of Allen Taylor Capertoon.

ArchivalResource: 7 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/647962777 View

Ethel Armes Collection of Lee Family Papers, 1671-1936

Title: Ethel Armes Collection of Lee Family Papers 1671-1936

Correspondence, architectural plans, genealogical papers, maps, legal papers, clippings, and other material assembled by Armes in preparing her book, (1936). Stratford Hall: The Great House of the Lees

ArchivalResource: 500 items; 3 containers; 1.2 linear feet

http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009316 View

Lee, Thomas, 1690-1750. Land grant, 1750 June 1, to James Taylor.

Title: Land grant, 1750 June 1, to James Taylor.

Land patent for 337 acres of land in Albemarle County, Virginia.

ArchivalResource: [1] leaf : parchment ; 38 x 33 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/9592925 View

Lee, Thomas, 1690-1750. Land grant to David Bryan [manuscript], 1749 December 15.

Title: Land grant to David Bryan [manuscript], 1749 December 15.

The grant, signed by Governor Thomas Lee, gives acreage in Augusta County, Virginia, to David Bryan.

ArchivalResource: 1 p.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/647845084 View

Lee Family. Papers, 1742-1795.

Title: Papers, 1742-1795.

Includes correspondence, reports, and papers of Richard Lee, Thomas Lee, Richard Henry Lee, William Lee, and Arthur Lee.

ArchivalResource: 8 microfilm reels.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/154298195 View

George II, King of Great Britain, 1683-1760. Patent from George II to James Patton [manuscript] 1750 November 3.

Title: Patent from George II to James Patton [manuscript] 1750 November 3.

Patent on vellum of George II to James Patton for 62 acres of land in Augusta County, Virginia, signed by Thomas Lee, President of the Council and Commander in Chief of the Colony and Dominion at Williamsburgh.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/647959118 View

Lee, Thomas, 1690-1750. Land grant, 1749 September 5, to Daniel Harrison, Junior.

Title: Land grant, 1749 September 5, to Daniel Harrison, Junior.

Grant of 262 acres of land in Augusta County, Virginia.

ArchivalResource: [1] leaf : parchment ; 36 x 47 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/9216096 View

Washington Irving's Life of George Washington Volume I, Miscellany, 1745-1856

Title: Washington Irving's Life of George Washington Volume I, Miscellany, 1745-1856

Portraits, prints, letters, documents, and manuscripts tipped into Volume 1 of the extra-illustrated quarto edition of Washington Irving's Life of George Washington (New York: G.P. Putnam & Co., 1855-1856) (Rare E 312 I72++ 1898). Portraits: G.P. Putnam, Edward Everett, William the Conqueror, King Stephen, King Richard I, King Henry III, King Edward I, John Baliol, King Edward III, Thomas Lord Fairfax, Oliver Cromwell, Edward Vernon, Thomas Lee, James Hamilton, Daniel Boone, Robert Dinwiddie, Horace Walpole (2), Robert Morris, Lord Viscount Keppel, William Johnson (2), Robert Monckton, Edward Braddock, Benjamin Franklin (10), Peter Halket, Thomas Gage, [Samuel Davies], Peyton Randolph. Prints: Lindisfarne Church, Durham; Cathedral Church of Durham; The Cathedral Church of Durham; Worcester, Worcesterhire; A view of the Juniatta River; Washington Crossing the Allegany River; Washington and Gist Visit Queen Aliquippa; Interview between Mr. Dinwiddie and Washington; Defeat and Death of General Braddock in North America; Fall of Braddock; Braddock's Retreat; Braddock's Fields; [Mount Vernon?]; Settlers Imploring Washington's Protection; A North View of Fort Frederic or Crown Point. Letters: ALS, George Croghan to Barnard Gratz, [n.d.]; A[aman.]LS, Robert Dinwiddie to Andrew Elliott, January 29, 1768; ALS, Edward Braddock to William Adair, December 24, 1745; A[aman.]LS, William Shirley to Benjamin Pollard, [n.d.]; ALS, Richard Peters to General Schuyler, October 15, 1776; ALS, William Shirley to Robert Morris, March 3, 1755; A[aman.]LS, Thomas Gage to Abraham Mortier, January 6, 1764; ALS, John Armstrong to Governor Denny, November 21, 1756; John Armstrong to [?], May 18, 1755. Documents: ADS, Massachusetts (Colony), [statement of expenses payable to Benjamin Pollard, signed by P. Margt. Pollard], April 1755; ADS, William Parsons, [promissory note to Richard Peters], August 6, 1757, with ALS, Richard Peters, [note], November 16, 1758; ADS, Andrew Bunner, [petition of creditors of John Perry and James Perry, signed also by Benjamin Franklin], May 13, 1788. Manuscripts: AMS, Edward Everett, [comment on Washington], March 23, 18.̲̲

ArchivalResource: 1 volume (67 items).

https://catalog.library.cornell.edu/catalog/2093117 View

Lee, Thomas, 1690-1750. Letters, Thomas Lee [manuscript], 1744-1750.

Title: Letters, Thomas Lee [manuscript], 1744-1750.

Letters, 1744-50, to Conrad Weiser, Lancaster, Pa., photocopies.

ArchivalResource: 15 pieces.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/647898425 View

Virginia photographs [manuscript].

Title: Virginia photographs [manuscript].

Topics include a painting of Charles Thomson, secretary of Continental Congress -- a painting of Staunton, Va., ca. 1857? -- Beverley Manor, front hall -- a painting of Richard Henry Lee -- a painting of Thomas Lee -- Map of Beverley Patent, Orange Co.

ArchivalResource: 6 photos.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/647972001 View

Custis-Lee Family Papers, 1700-circa 1928, (bulk 1770-1870)

Title: Custis-Lee Family Papers 1700-circa 1928 (bulk 1770-1870)

Correspondence, letterbooks, genealogical papers, notebooks, financial records, indentures, clippings, photographs, and other papers documenting the activities of several generations of the Custis and Lee families of Virginia, who served as diplomats, statesmen, politicians, planters, and military officers during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.

ArchivalResource: 735 items; 4 containers plus 1 oversize; 1.8 linear feet

http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms007099 View

Clay, Henry, 1777-1852. Papers of the Morris family [manuscript], 1704-1931 bulk 1776-1865.

Title: Papers of the Morris family [manuscript], 1704-1931 bulk 1776-1865.

Correspondence, business and legal documents of three generations of the family. Papers of Richard Morris are chiefly concerned with business and legal affairs but also include items pertaining to his service as Commissary of Provisions for Virginia, 1776-1780, purchasing food for Virginia troops. Papers of his sons William O. Morris and Dr. James Maury Morris concern tobacco and grain sales, coal mining, candle manufacturing and Dr. Morris's medical practice. Letters of grandson Richard O. Morris are chiefly mercantile. Of interest are a bond of Patrick Henry, 1767; two bills signed by John Marshall; five letters from Henry Clay, 1822-1833, and a substantial amount of slavery material, 1769-1864, including bills of sale, tax bills, taxable property lists, a register, hiring agreements, three documents pertaining to runaways and a suspected thief, and a portrait, 1850, of Harry Holmes, slave of Major James Watson. The collection also contains documents, particularly bonds, land grants and maps, 1727-1831, 1894, pertaining to property and estate settlements in Louisa and Hanover Counties, Roanoke, and Kentucky, together with wills for several members of the Morris and Watson families. Finally there are genealogies, some scattered Confederate items including a bond and a receipt; a journal containing accounts of an Orange, New Jersey, physician, 1910-1920; and a speech re the presidential election of 1872. Also of interest are letters, 1778 and 1788, to James Maury, U.S. consul in Liverpool concerning business prospects, local news, tobacco shipping, and mentioning Patrick Henry's objection to the new Consititution.

ArchivalResource: 400 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/647830719 View

Lee, Richard Henry, 1794-1865,. Lee family papers, 1742-1795 [microform].

Title: Lee family papers, 1742-1795 [microform].

Contains the papers of the Lee family, including a calendar of the Lee family correspondence and a name index to the Lee family manuscripts located at the University of Virginia; also, the personal, political, diplomatic and commercial correspondence, commercial accounts and records, as well as financial records of Thomas Lee (1690-1750) of Virginia, and his sons Arthur, Richard Henry (1732-1794), and William Lee. In addition, there are papers of Robert Morris (1734-1806), John Ross (1729-1800), and William Brigham and the proceedings of the Secret Committee of Correspondence of the Continental Congress. Areas covered are Leesburg, Prince William and Westmoreland Counties, Virginia.

ArchivalResource: 8 reels.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122395837 View

Custis-Lee Family Papers, 1700-circa 1928, (bulk 1770-1870)

Title: Custis-Lee Family Papers 1700-circa 1928 (bulk 1770-1870)

Correspondence, letterbooks, genealogical papers, notebooks, financial records, indentures, clippings, photographs, and other papers documenting the activities of several generations of the Custis and Lee families of Virginia, who served as diplomats, statesmen, politicians, planters, and military officers during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.

ArchivalResource: 735 items; 4 containers plus 1 oversize; 1.8 linear feet

http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms007099 View

Ohio Company (1747-1779). Petition to the King for settling the Ohio River valley, 1748.

Title: Petition to the King for settling the Ohio River valley, 1748.

The petition was submitted by John Hanbury, London merchant, in behalf of himself, Thomas Lee, and others including Lawrence Washington. The petitioners request the king to instruct the governor of Virginia to grant the Company 500,000 acres of Ohio Valley land free of quit rent for ten years on which they will settle 100 families, erect a fort and maintain a garrison, fand carry on trade with the Indians, all of which will increase the crown's revenue and crreate a strong frontier.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (2 folio p.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/56133287 View

Carrington, George, 1711-1785. Land patents, 1749-1755.

Title: Land patents, 1749-1755.

Land patents for 2,520 acres in Albemarle County, Virginia, dated 5 September 1749, and 86 acres in Albemarle County, Virginia, dated 10 September 1755.

ArchivalResource: 2 items : Parchment.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122488070 View

Lee, Thomas, 1690-1750. Land grant to David Bryan, 1749 December 15.

Title: Land grant to David Bryan, 1749 December 15.

The grant, signed by Governor Thomas Lee, gives acreage in Augusta County, Virginia, to David Bryan.

ArchivalResource: 1 p.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/32136408 View

Black, William, 1720-1782. Diary, 1744 [photoprint].

Title: Diary, 1744 [photoprint].

The diary (May 17-June 15, 1744) was kept at "Stratford", Westmoreland County, Annapolis and North East, Md., Chester and Philadelphia, Pa., and on board the ship MARGARET. It contains copies of Governor Gooch's letter of commission dated May 3, 1744 and instructions to Lee and Beverley, as well as copies of letters from Lee and Beverley to Gooch, from Sir George Thomas to Thomas Lee, and Conrad Weiser to Richard Peters. The diary also makes mention of Gilbert Tennent (p. 48) and the Maryland General Assembly (pp. 8-9).

ArchivalResource: 1 v.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122405583 View