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Tabb, Philip, 1750-1822. Philip Tabb horse book and James Maury Fontaine account book, 1772-1857.

Title: Philip Tabb horse book and James Maury Fontaine account book, 1772-1857.

The first part of the manuscript contains records concerning the breeding and sale of Philip Tabb's horses. The entries give the names of the horses with their sires, dams, years of birth and sales price. The first three pages cover the dates 1774-1813. A fourth page of entries is in a different hand with dates from 1847-1857. The fifth page with manuscript entries bears the inscription "James Fontaine his book." Fountaine's book shows accounts (1775-1783) with Williamsburg residents including the merchant William Holt, the apothecaries Pasteur and Galt, the printer Alexander Purdie, and Colonel William Aylett who operated the Public Store. Also mentioned are Edward Layton, William Dickerson, the firm of Messrs. Bracken and Lilly, Ben Creadle and the estate of Fountaine's father-in-law, Carter Burwell. The entry for Ben Creadle (p. 6) notes that it is an old entry carried forward from the almanac for 1771.

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Burwell Family Papers, 1736-1786, 1736-1810.

Title: Burwell Family Papers, 1736-1786, 1736-1810.

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Letter to John Galt, 1767 Jan 16.

Title: Letter to John Galt, 1767 Jan 16.

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Sheriff's Execution Book, 1789-1794.

Title: Sheriff's Execution Book, 1789-1794.

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Letter to John Galt, 1766 May 12.

Title: Letter to John Galt, 1766 May 12.

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York County (Va.). York County, Virginia, sheriff's execution book, 1789-1794.

Title: York County, Virginia, sheriff's execution book, 1789-1794.

Accounts for money collected by Philip Moody (d. 1807), deputy sheriff; in satisfaction of various court decisions; and receipts for this money. Courts mentioned include York, Williamsburg Hustings, King and Queen District, Williamsburg District, James City, Charles City, Sussex, Warwick, Henrico Chancery, and the High Court of Chancery. Names in the cases include Samuel Beall, William Cary, John Coke, William Cole, Dudley Digges, John M. Galt, Robert Greenhow, Thomas Hubard, Matthew Hubbard, Hunt and Adams, William Lee, Alexander Macaulay, James Moir, Hugh Nelson, Robert Nicolson, John Paradise, Benjamin Powell, Harrison Ratcliff, John Saunders, and James Southall.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. and 63 items.

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Burwell family. Papers, 1736-1810.

Title: Papers, 1736-1810.

Account books kept by Carter Burwell (1716-1756) and his son, Nathaniel Burwell (1750-1814), for their plantation, Carter's Grove, James City County, Virginia. One account book contains accounts of their neighbor, James Bray (d. 1744), who ran a tannery and shoemaking shop at his plantation; others contain accounts for the building of Carter's Grove. Also, a Book of Common Prayer and a Bible owned by Carter Burwell; four stud horse advertisements and a poster on pedigree and performance of the "late Eclipse." The accounts include names of James Anderson, Governor Norborne Berkeley, Baron de Botetourt, the Rev. John Bracken, Ann Burwell, Armistead Burwell, John Carter, George Charleton, Josiah Chowning, Mrs. Davenport, Dr. John Minson Galt, Governor William Gooch, Philip Grymes, Matthew Hubbard, William Moody, Hugh Nelson, John Norton, Dr. William Pasteur, Dr. John de Sequeyra, Richard Taliaferro, William Trebell, Robert Waller, Henry Wetherburn, Thomas Wharton, Ralph Wormeley, and many others.

ArchivalResource: 5 v. and 10 items.

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Trebell, Sarah, d. 1789. Letter : Williamsburg, Va., to John Galt, 1766 May 12.

Title: Letter : Williamsburg, Va., to John Galt, 1766 May 12.

Letter of Sarah Trebell in Williamsburg, Virginia to her brother John Galt. Letter discusses family matters and the funeral of John Robinson, Speaker of the Virginia House of Burgesses.

ArchivalResource: 1 item ; 23 cm.

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Trebell, Sarah, d. 1789. Letter : Martin's Hundred, Va., to John Galt, 1767 January 16.

Title: Letter : Martin's Hundred, Va., to John Galt, 1767 January 16.

Letter of Sarah Trebell, Martin's Hundred, Virginia, to her brother John Galt concerns family and local news in the Williamsburg, Virginia area.

ArchivalResource: 1 item ; 23 cm.

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