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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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Conway family. Papers of the Conway family, 1732-1904.

Title: Papers of the Conway family, 1732-1904.

Include copied excerpts from grant, 23 June 1732, of 5000 acres of land in Spotsylvania County, Va., to Francis Conway and Anthony Thornton, giving boundaries of grant; farm books, 1806-1880, of Gibbon S. Conway, including household accounts, recipes for home remedies, and entries for the maintenance of crops and livestock, and supplies given to slaves. Also include surveys, 1811, of land in Madison and Orange counties, Va., belonging to Catlett Conway; account book, 1841-1870, of John F. Conway, with entries for the purchase and sale of household goods, sundries, and farm equipment, slave hires, and a detailed list of slaves bought, sold, born, died, and inherited, covering the period from 1776-1864. Also include genealogy, 1904, of the Conway family, compiled by Edward C. Mead; French verb conjugations, n.d.; plats, n.d., of lands belonging to the Conway family; and plat, n.d., of lands belonging to the Taliaferro family, including land belonging to John Taliaferro.

ArchivalResource: 12 items and 3 v.

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Bankhead, Chas. L. (Charles Lewis), 1788-1835. Letter, Charlottesville, Va., to John Taliaferro, Fredericksburg, Va. [manuscript] 1813 Sept. 30.

Title: Letter, Charlottesville, Va., to John Taliaferro, Fredericksburg, Va. [manuscript] 1813 Sept. 30.

Concerning the purchase of a horse, with mention that Thomas Jefferson received a letter from Hackley, American consul at Cadiz, Spain.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/647942717 View

Simpson, Josiah. Josiah Simpson papers, 1804-1805 [manuscript].

Title: Josiah Simpson papers, 1804-1805 [manuscript].

Three letters written by Josiah Simpson to his brother John Simpson and sister Mary Simpson in Princeton, N.J., in 1804 and 1805. Simpson wrote the second two letters from his post as a tutor in the home of John Taliaferro (1768-1852) near Fredericksburg, Va. In the first letter, Simpson gives his brother his thoughts on whether he should pursue a career in law or divinity. In the second and third letters, Simpson describes his experiences tutoring Taliaferro's two young children and his impressions of Virginia life.

ArchivalResource: 3 items.

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Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848. ALS, 1829 January 20 : Washington, to John Taliaferro, H.R.U.S. [U.S. House of Representatives].

Title: ALS, 1829 January 20 : Washington, to John Taliaferro, H.R.U.S. [U.S. House of Representatives].

Cites his reasons for not remitting the penalty for mail theft committed by Leland B. Rose: "among my motives for this seeming inflexibility has been a sense of the danger of making an exception, which would establish a precedent."

ArchivalResource: 1 p. ; 24 x 20 cm.

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Taliaferro, John P. Papers, 1846-1849.

Title: Papers, 1846-1849.

Letters, 1846-1849, written to John P. Taliaferro, while a student at the College of William and Mary from his guardian, George B. Taliaferro of Baltimore, Md. and from William Lawson Fauntleroy and other friends and relatives. The letters are primarily concerned with John's future plans, the cost of his education, the activities of his friends, and the affairs of his relatives in Gloucester county, Va. Also included are three 1834 orders of the York County, Va. court.

ArchivalResource: 34 items.

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Monroe, James, 1758-1831. Financial records : of James Monroe, 1809-1831, n.d.

Title: Financial records : of James Monroe, 1809-1831, n.d.

The collection contains letters from Monroe concerning financial matters, including paying his debts, getting his personal and financial affairs in order after long absence in Europe, enclosing a check to Humphrey Peake, thanking correspondent for a loan but he still has to sell his land to pay off debts, asking for a $600-800 loan, and telling Thomas Jefferson that public service put him in debt. Correspondents include John Watson, Richard Smith, Charles Fenton Mercer, Ninian Edwards, John Kirkland, Richard Peters, John Purviance, Peter Du Ponceau, Silas Burrows, and Thomas Swann. Also, includes an account of legal fees owed to C. Burns for settling the estate of Joseph Jones, an offer of assistance and loans, promissory notes to John Taliaferro and others, checks, and an account book with the Bank of Columbia, 1811-1812. Also, includes an 1826 U.S. Congress act for the relief of James Monroe awarding compensation of $29,513, and correspondence between Monroe and Charles Fenton Mercer expressing his dissatisfaction with the compensation. Mercer advises him on the claim. Monroe defends his claims. Other correspondents, including John Clarke, sympathize with his claim. Also, includes the 1831 U.S. Congress act to provide for the final settlement of claims in which Monroe is awarded $30,000, and U.S. Treasury Dept. settlement papers.

ArchivalResource: 79 items.

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Taliaferro, John, 1768-1852. Autograph letter signed : Washington, D.C., to Joseph Gales, Jr., 1838 Jul. 3.

Title: Autograph letter signed : Washington, D.C., to Joseph Gales, Jr., 1838 Jul. 3.

Concerning a dinner invitation.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 p.) ; (8vo)

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Bankhead, Chas. L. (Charles Lewis), 1785-1835,. Charles L. Bankhead letter and John S. Mosby certificate [manuscript] 1813, 186[?]

Title: Charles L. Bankhead letter and John S. Mosby certificate [manuscript] 1813, 186[?]

In a letter to John Taliaferro, 1813 September 30, Charles L. Bankhead discusses a merino sheep purchased for Taliaferro: "The ewe that bore him and the ram that begat him were attached to the celebrated flock of Prince the Lord knows what but he was a prince. Long may he live with you and much may he do." The collection also contains a fragment [left half] of a certificate of enlistment, January 2, 186[?], for J. S. alias [?] in the Partisan Rangers signed by John S. Mosby.

ArchivalResource: 2 items.

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Taliaferro, John, 1768-1852. Letter to C. W. Schlater [manuscript] 1843 Nov. 11.

Title: Letter to C. W. Schlater [manuscript] 1843 Nov. 11.

Taliaferro, Hagley, Fredericksburg, Va., discusses his 54 years in politics.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

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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.

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Letterbook of letters to members of the Maury family from many noted people [manuscript] 1745-1869.

Title: Letterbook of letters to members of the Maury family from many noted people [manuscript] 1745-1869.

Including John Quincy Adams, Chester A. Arthur, John C. Calhoun, Henry Clay, Jefferson Davis, George III, Rutherford B. Hayes, Thomas Jefferson, Rufus King, Marquis de Lafayette, S.P. Lee, S.S. Lee, John Letcher, Lawrence Lewis, Dolly P. Madison, Matthew Fontaine Maury, Duke of Norfolk, Lord Overstone, Matthew C. Perry, Robert Peel, Thomas Pinckney, William Pinckney, Thomas J. Randolph, Samuel Rogers, Lord Rosse, William H. Seward, Winfield Scott, Earl of Shrewsbury, Lord Stanley, Raphael Semmes, John Taliaferro, Bushrod C. Washington, George Washington, Gideon Welles, and N. Wiseman, 1745-1869.

ArchivalResource: 1 v.

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Miller family. Papers of the Miller family, 1806-1914.

Title: Papers of the Miller family, 1806-1914.

This collection consists of letters, 1806, 1821-1831, to Thomas Miller from: G. Mason Hooe, Lawrence Lewis, Charles Fenton Mercer, Hugh Mercer, James Monroe, R.B. Randolph, & John Taliaferro. Also included is a poem copied by Dolley Madison in 1816. Other items concern Dr. Thomas Miller's medical career and the Medical Society of the District of Columbia. The remainder of the collection is family correspondence but includes a letter, 1873 January 26, Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter to Dr. Miller.

ArchivalResource: 70 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/32135299 View

Alden, Timothy, 1736-1828. American and English literary and historical papers collected by Atcheson L. Hench [manuscript] 1753-1952.

Title: American and English literary and historical papers collected by Atcheson L. Hench [manuscript] 1753-1952.

Material collected by Hench, some as an autograph collection and others for use in his classes at the University of Virginia with examples of various periods. Modern autographs collected by Hench include letters by associates of Edgar Allan Poe; Civil War letters; papers relating to Virginia history; correspondence of writers and politicians, particularly from the Victorian era; and other miscellaneous correspondence with literary or histocial interest. Letters of Edmund Clarence Stedman to Louis Palma di Cesnola, Thomas D. English, Harrison Grey Fiske, Paul Hamilton Hayne, James R. Osgood & Co., Karl Knortz, William Henry Rideing, Charles Warren Stoddard and others include routine thanks and introductions and social notes and freqeuntly discuss literary matters. Alexander Hamilton Stephens writes to Paul Hamilton Hayne conveying personal news and critiquing two poems. Alexander H. H. Stuart writes to Lewis Jacob Cist, Henry R. Howland, the Rev. E. F. Strickland and others concerning routine matters and requests. Also shares some memories of Thomas Jefferson. John Reuben Thompson writes to Anna C. Lynch Botta, and Joseph Ripley Chandlerr on routine mattersand a lecture engagement. A sonnet is included. Henry Theodore Tuckerman writes to Anne Charlotte Lynch Botta, Francis James Child, James T. Fields, Josiah Gilbert Holland, Lea & Blanchard, Benson John Lossing, Anna Cora Ogden Mowatt Ritchie, Edmund Clarence Stedman, Edwin Percy Whipple, Nathaniel Parker Willis and others on literary, publishing and social matters, particularly his work on George Washington portaits, the inauguration of Houdon's statue of Washington at which Virginia Governor Floyd revealed his ignorance of art, and the completion of the statues at the base of the equestrian statue of Washington by Randolph Rogers. With these are several poems by Tuckerman. Martin Farquhar Tupper accepts an invitation, declines to join an association and sends thanks for a note and speciment paper and warns the sender against disseminating infidel and immoral periodicals. Single items of interest include Homer Saint-Gaudens to Charles Elmer Rice agreeing to do his best; Camille Saint-Saëns declining an invitation; John Singer Sargent thanks Sir George Henschel for an invitation (copy). Catharine Maria Sedgwick to Mary Russell Mitford on the lack of culture in the United States; Walter W. Skeat writes concerning his work on "Piers Plowman" and an unidentified manuscript; a letter from Wiliam Henry Smith to Charles Dickens on a visit to the house "Greenland"; Stephen Spender to Herbert W. K. Fitzroy concerning a stint as writer-in-residence at the University of Virginia; Edward Stanly to Henry A. Wise on a challenge to duel; Frank R. Stockton sends Amelie Amélie Troubetzkoy apples from the Piedmont region. Also John Bannister Tabb to John Lane on publishing matters; John Taliaferro asks Tristam Burges to convey the principles of a claims commutation case to Muhlenberg; Littleton Waller Tazewell on a routine financial matter and an autograph request; Dr. James H. Thompson, 12th Maine surgeon reporting on medical cases; George Ticknor to Emma S. Robers enquiring after her father's health; Frances Trollope to mary Russell Mitford praising the "Our village" sketches and commenting on the London stage, the Kembles and Macready; Pierre Troubetzkoy writes concerning a painting of William Gladstone; and Lyon G. Tyler thanks Charles Elmer Rice for an offer of Tyler family information. The collection also contains four sermons on Old Testament texts, 1752-1778, at least one ty the Rev. Timothy Alden, Sr., of the Congregationalist church in Barnstable, Mass.; autographs of Dallas Lore Sharp, Jean Sibelius; a requisiton from J[erome?] J. Shedd, 1863, for lumber, nails and quicklime for the Union hospital at Acquia Creek; and a land grant signed by George W. Smith, 1811.

ArchivalResource: circa 85 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/648014661 View

Monroe, James, 1758-1831. Papers : of James Monroe in the Virginia General Assembly and U.S. Senate, 1783-1790.

Title: Papers : of James Monroe in the Virginia General Assembly and U.S. Senate, 1783-1790.

The collection contains nine letters from Joseph Jones and one to him concerning Virginia's western lands, trade problems with Great Britain, foreign affairs, war debt, money problems, national finances, sale of tobacco, proceedings in the Virginia General Assembly, improvement of navigation on rivers, reception of John Adams as minister to Great Britain, location of the national capital, and lack of congressional authority to manage Indian affairs. Other correspondents include Peter Muhlenberg seeking a military appointment; Edward Carrington commenting on William Grayson's health and congressional proceedings; Alexander Bullitt introducing Kentucky senator John Edwards; John Beckley commenting on war in Europe; and John Taliaferro reporting in 1786 that Monroe lost the election to Daniel Fitzhugh. Horatio Gates comments on negotiations with Indians and the ineffectiveness of Congress without a source of revenue; John F. Mercer is leaving Congress; Thomas Jefferson discusses affairs in France, and the recovery of British debts; Henry Lee reports the death of Arthur Lee; Henry Tazewell attacks Federalists; and John Marshall transmits Monroe's salary as a delegate to Congress. Other items include an excerpt of a Monroe letter reporting on congressional proceedings and commenting on an Annapolis woman; a photocopy of a report by Monroe, Richard Henry Lee, and William Grayson to the Governor of Virginia (1785) concerning Virginia state debts and western land cessions; photocopies of the 1784 certificate of Monroe's election as delegate to Congress and 1790 election to the U.S. Senate; and letters about the border dispute between Virginia and North Carolina.

ArchivalResource: 34 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/30820618 View

Kemper, James Lawson, 1823-1895. Papers : of James Lawson Kemper, 1837-1903.

Title: Papers : of James Lawson Kemper, 1837-1903.

The collection contains the correspondence of James Lawson Kemper with, among others, Benjamin Johnson Barbour (concerning George Edward Pickett), John Holmes Bocock, Sarah Margaret Kemper Bocock, John R. Chamberlain, William Westmore Gordon (concerning Joseph Mayo), Lewis Edwin Harvie (concerning the University of Virginia), R.M.T. Hunter, W.H. Swallow (concerning the battle of Gettysburg), James Hoge Tyler (concerning George Edward Pickett), and Robert Enoch Withers (concerning freemasonry). Also included are Kemper's speeches, military commissions in the Virginia militia, law licenses, and notes concerning lawsuits and the Virginia debt; his notebook from Washington College; and diary from the Mexican War. There are letters to Sarah Margaret Kemper Bocock from Cremora Conway Cave Kemper and Maria Elizabeth Allison Kemper; the correspondence of Walter Kemper Bocock with Louisa Anderson Kemper, Robert Warner Lewis, and John Poyntz Tyler; letters from John Leyburn and William K. Pendleton to John Holmes Bocock; and letters from William Kellogg to John Taliaferro (concerning John Gaspar Stadler). John Holmes Bocock, Presbyterian minister in Georgetown, D.C., Fincastle and Halifax, Va., kept commonplace books and notes, some of which have been published in Selections from the Religious and Literary Writings of John H. Bocock, ed. by Sarah Margaret Kemper Bocock (Richmond: Whittet and Shepperson, 1891). Newspaper clippings concerning the Bocock, Flood, and Kemper families, and "Madison Hall," Rockingham County, Va., complete the collection.

ArchivalResource: 142 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/29553105 View