Compare Constellations

Garnett and Wise family papers, 1624-1884 (bulk 1855-1884) [microfilm manuscript].

Title: Garnett and Wise family papers, 1624-1884 (bulk 1855-1884) [microfilm manuscript].

Early items include a "muster" roll, dated 1624 (copy) of Thomas Garnett, listing persons residing in Elizabeth City, Va., their ages, and the year and ship in which they arrived in Virginia. Eighteenth-century materials include a letter from a soldier serving in the Continental Army in Philadelphia discussing army life and troop movements. Nineteenth- century materials include family letters, 1833-1854, of the Wise, Jennings, and Garnett families. Letters of 1855 from Henry A. Wise to James P. Hambleton and others concern Wise's election campaign and state and national political history during the 1830s and 1840s. Letters of 1863 concern a personal quarrel involving Henry A. Wise, Alexander Garnett, and Jefferson Davis (Garnett was Davis's personal physician). Postwar letters include several written by Wise to his grandchildren containing advice.

ArchivalResource: 67 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/25754090 View

Mercer, Charles Fenton, 1778-1858. Charles Fenton Mercer papers, 1748-1861.

Title: Charles Fenton Mercer papers, 1748-1861.

These papers document the personal and legal dealings of Charles Fenton Mercer (1778-1858) and span the years 1748-1861. The collection consists of a variety of documents including deeds, wills, a bond, a diary, a cadastral map, correspondence, a speech by James Madison, poetry by the author, and newspaper clippings. The correspondence includes letters from Henry Clay, Edward Everett, James Monroe, Alexander Garnett, Theodore Garnett, Bishop Rutledge, Lord Radstock, and Winfield Scott.

ArchivalResource: 42 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/53166796 View

Robinson, Leigh, 1840-1922. Manuscripts, letters, and papers of Leigh Robinson, Confederate soldier, orator, with several items of an early date relating to Conway Robinson [manuscript] 1787-1930.

Title: Manuscripts, letters, and papers of Leigh Robinson, Confederate soldier, orator, with several items of an early date relating to Conway Robinson [manuscript] 1787-1930.

Most of these are in the period 1870-1930, but a few date to the 18th century. They relate chiefly to the Civil War and Reconstruction in Virginia, to the Negro question, and to the University of Virginia. Among the items are a Bermuda land plat, 1787, with signatures of Sarah Nash, James Perot, William Todd, Mallory Todd, John Jennings, Robert Jennings; a report by George Frederick Holmes, William Holmes McGuffey, and John B. Minor on the University of Virginia magazine, 1858; a description of the University in 1865; text of an anniversary address before the University of Virginia Jefferson Society. Correspondents and names found in the papers include Archer Anderson, James K. Archer, Charles G. Bosher, F.F. Bowen of Danville, Va., William Brockenbrough, Francis Brooke, William Cabell Bruce, William H. Cabell, R. Kenna Campbell, Bedford County, Va., editor, George L. Christian, Moncure D. Conway, John Drinkwater, Edward C. Dutton, Moses Ezekiel, Charles W. Fry of New York, N.Y., Basil L. Gildersleeve, Thomas Randolph Harrison, T.C. Howard, John I. Johnson, G.T. Jones, James Keith, Mary Custis Lee (wife of R.E. Lee), Mary Custis Lee (daughter of R.E. Lee), Robert Edward Lee, William Leigh, James Longstreet, W. Gordon McCabe, Charles M. Miller, C.L.C. Minor, M.F. Morris, Kinloch Nelson, Raleigh Colson Minor, William H. Payne, Green Peyton, William C. Robinson, George Savage, John Selden, Benjamin D. Silliman, Moncure Silliman, James E.B. Stuart, Robert Taylor, Robert Stiles, R.S. Thomas, William M. Thornton, Henry St. George Tucker, United Confederate Veterans, Armfield F. VanBibber, E.C. Venable, L.J. Washington.

ArchivalResource: p. ; cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/647966966 View