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Account book of an English merchant, Liverpool [manuscript] 1711-57.

Title: Account book of an English merchant, Liverpool [manuscript] 1711-57.

Financial records of a merchant trading with various places including Virginia, Barbadoes, Antigua, St. Christopher's, London, Cork, Dublin, Bristol, Bayonne and Bengal. The trade was general in such products as tobacco, copper, iron, chestnuts, pitch, beef, sugar, and household goods; and was carried on in the ships Mermarid, Concord, Dolphin, and Caesar. Also included are personal accounts for groceries, upholstering, haberdashery, books, pewter, and household servants. Timothy Gamon commanded one vessel, Simon Jaeson may have commanded another. Virginians mentioned are William Blackburn and Augustine Smith of Gloucester County; Edmund Kernay of James River; Thomas Beale, Sarah Brereton, Joseph Brown, Rice Curtis, Thomas Griffin, Charles Grymes, Rev. Owen Jones, Thomas Montague, Benjamin Robinson, Henry Robinson, John Tarpley, Reuben Walsh, William Woodford, and William Young of Rappahannock River.

ArchivalResource: 288 pages.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/647950279 View

Arnold, Benedict, 1741-1801. Correspondence, 1772-1782.

Title: Correspondence, 1772-1782.

The collection consists of original (ca. 55 items in 1 portfolio box) and typewritten copies of correspondence (in 2 envelopes) from 1772-1782, pertaining to Arnold and his defection, as well as military activities in Quebec, New Jersey, West Point, etc. Most of the originals are available in typewritten copies.

ArchivalResource: 3 enclosures (ca. 100 items)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/58658742 View

Witherspoon, John, 1723-1794. Letter to William Woodford, 1779 November 8.

Title: Letter to William Woodford, 1779 November 8.

John Witherspoon writes to General Woodford that Woodford's son has arrived safely in Philadelphia and that he is being taken care of.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 leaf) + 1 engraving.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/155866523 View

Spotswood, Alexander, ca. 1746-1818. Letter to Edmund Pendleton [manuscript], 1775 November 16.

Title: Letter to Edmund Pendleton [manuscript], 1775 November 16.

Letter, 16 November 1775, from Alexander Spotswood, Surry County, Va., to Edmund Pendleton, regarding the dispatch of William Woodford's troops to the defense of Tidewater Virginia. Spotswood also discusses John Murray, Earl of Dunmore, and loyalist sentiment in Norfolk and Portsmouth, Va.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/647855115 View

Virginia. Office of the Quartermaster General. Public Store. Fredericksburg. Papers, 1767, 1777-1782, 1787.

Title: Papers, 1767, 1777-1782, 1787.

These papers include such records as would have been accumulated by an individual whose main responsibility was to obtain provisions, etc. for the military. Included are correspondence, orders, certificates, receipts, and accounts.

ArchivalResource: 184 p.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122555580 View

Alexander Spotswood letter to Edmund Pendleton, 1775 November 16

Title: Alexander Spotswood letter to Edmund Pendleton 1775 November 16

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http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=cw/viwc00339.xml View

Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, Papers, 1776-1934

Title: Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, Papers 1776-1934

Soldier and statesman. Correspondence, legal documents, clippings, broadsides, orderly book, photographs, and other papers relating chiefly to Lafayette's military service in Canada and Virginia, his tour of the United States from 1824 to 1825, his land in Florida, and his views of such topics as the slave trade and the French government, including also material pertaining to the centennial observance of his death and Lafayette's genealogy.

ArchivalResource: 300 items; 2 containers plus 3 oversize; 1.4 linear feet; 1 microfilm reel

http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009082 View

Spotswood, Alexander, ca. 1746-1818. Letter to Edmund Pendleton, 1775 November 16.

Title: Letter to Edmund Pendleton, 1775 November 16.

Letter, 16 November 1775, from Alexander Spotswood, Surry County, Va., to Edmund Pendleton, regarding the dispatch of William Woodford's troops to the defense of Tidewater Virginia. Spotswood also discusses John Murray, Earl of Dunmore, and loyalist sentiment in Norfolk and Portsmouth, Va.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/32959965 View

Pendleton, Edmund, 1721-1803. Edmund Pendleton letters, 1776-1779 [manuscript].

Title: Edmund Pendleton letters, 1776-1779 [manuscript].

Letters from Pendleton to his friend, Continental Brigadier General William Woodford (1734-1780), written from Caroline County and Williamsburg, Va., when Pendleton was president of the Virginia Committee of Safety, a member of the Virginia House of Delegates, and a Chancery Court judge. The letters concern public affairs, Revolutionary military campaigns, the army, war measures of the Virginia Assembly, economic conditions, and news from the North, South, and abroad.

ArchivalResource: 48 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/24250507 View

Benedict Arnold Letter Volume, 1772-1782

Title: Benedict Arnold Letter Volume 1772-1782

The volume consists of a deed, and 41 letters (originals and typewritten transcripts) sent by Arnold and others to various recipients between 1772 and 1782.

ArchivalResource: 0.1 Linear feet; (1 volume)

http://dlib.nyu.edu/findingaids/html/nyhs//.html View

Frederick M. Dearborn collection of military and political Americana, Part I: The Revolution and the Administration, 1669-1958.

Title: Frederick M. Dearborn collection of military and political Americana, Part I: The Revolution and the Administration, 1669-1958.

Autograph letters and documents of American political and military leaders collected by Frederick Myers Dearborn.

ArchivalResource: 28 boxes (14 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou01499/catalog View

Spotswood, Alexander, ca. 1746-1818. Alexander Spotswood, letter, to Edmund Pendleton, 1775 November 16.

Title: Alexander Spotswood, letter, to Edmund Pendleton, 1775 November 16.

Letter, 16 November 1775, from Alexander Spotswood, Surry County, Va., to Edmund Pendleton, regarding the dispatch of William Woodford's troops to the defense of Tidewater Virginia. Spotswood also discusses John Murray, Earl of Dunmore, and loyalist sentiment in Norfolk and Portsmouth, Va.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/182581775 View

Thomas Addis Emmet collection, 1483-1876 (bulk:1700-1800)

Title: Thomas Addis Emmet collection, 1483-1876 (inclusive), 1700-1800 (bulk)

The portion of the Emmet Collection housed in the Manuscripts and Archives Division consists of approximately 10,800 historical manuscripts relating chiefly to the period prior to, during, and following the American Revolution. The collection contains letters and documents by the signers of the Declaration of Independence as well as nearly every prominent historical figure of the period.

ArchivalResource: 30.83 linear feet; 108 boxes, 21 volumes

http://archives.nypl.org/mss/927 View

Alexander, William, 1726-1783. Selected papers, 1767-1782. 1776-1782 (bulk).

Title: Selected papers, 1767-1782. 1776-1782 (bulk).

These selected papers of William Alexander, spanning the years 1767 to 1782 (with a gap between late December 1779 to June 1781), consist of correspondence sent and received, military orders and reports, and bulletins to the Continental Congress. The earliest documents relate Lord Stirling's early commercial dealings, but the bulk of the papers chronicle his activities during the American Revolution. Alexander's baptism by fire emerges from the records of numerous campaigns and conflicts; the Battles of Long Island and Trenton in 1776, and of Brandywine the following year are well documented. Also covered in the Alexander Papers are civil and military affairs in New Jersey; military intelligence and troop movements in New Jersey and the Hudson Highlands; communication with enemy forces; and various matters of army administration. Alexander's frontier command is particularly well documented. Notable correspondents include the most of the military and political leaders of the new state and national governments, as well as prominent merchants in New York and New Jersey. Exemplifying the caliber of the material is a report dated June 12, 1781, from General Washington to a board of general officers at New Windsor. In this signed document, Washington outlines plans for a Franco-American assault on New York and requests advice on seven specific points from his officer corps. Items have each been inlaid into two folio volumes. The papers are extensively described in Sotheby's catalog "The Library of H. Bradley Martin, Highly Important Printed and Manuscript Americana: Auction Wednesday, January 31, 1990" (Lots 2506-2553) and are available to researchers on microfilm. Additional manuscripts relating to William Alexander can be found in the extensive Alexander Papers and the Rutherfurd Papers as well as in other gatherings of William Alexander's own correspondence, in The New-York Historical Society Manuscripts Department.

ArchivalResource: Microfilm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/476442328 View

United States. Continental Army. Virginia Regiment of Foot, 3rd. Papers of the 3rd Virginia Regiment of Foot, 1776-1916.

Title: Papers of the 3rd Virginia Regiment of Foot, 1776-1916.

Muster roll, 6 October 1776, of the Third Virginia Regiment of Foot, commanded by George Weedon, signed by William Woodford; payroll, July 1777, for the Third Virginia Regiment of Foot, commanded by Thomas Marshall; muster rolls, August-September 1777, for the 4th Company, commanded by John Chilton, of the Third Virginia Regiment of Foot; genealogical data, ca. 1916, for the Chilton family; and biographical data, n.d., for John Chilton and Joseph Blackwell.

ArchivalResource: 5 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/34567085 View

Washington Irving's Life of George Washington Volume II, miscellany, 1755-1831

Title: Washington Irving's Life of George Washington Volume II, miscellany, 1755-1831

Portraits, prints, letters, maps, and documents tipped into Volume 2 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: Washington Irving, Lord Loudoun, William Pitt, Benjamin Franklin (4), Jeffrey Amherst, Edward Boscawen (2), James Wolfe (3), Daniel Parke Curtis, Thomas Musgrave, Lord George Townshend (2), James Murray, Charles Saunders (3), Bougainville (2), Edmund Burke, James Otis, George Grenville (2), Patrick Henry, Francis Bernard, Lord Hood (3), George Mason, King George III, Edward Braddock. Prints: View of St. Paul's Cathedral London; Fort Niagara taken from the British side of the River at Newark; The great Cathract or Waterfall, of Niagara in North America; Quebec; The Death of General Wolfe (2); [Death of General Wolfe]; General Wolfe killed at the Siege of Quebec September 14, 1759; Mort du Général de Montcalme; View of the Siege of Quebec; The Taking of Quebec by The English; Monument to Wolfe &, Montcalm, Quebec; A View of the City of Boston the Capital of New England; Die Americaner wiedersetzen sich der Stempel Acte,...; The Repeal or the Funeral Procession, of Miss Americ-Stamp (caricature); Faneuiel Hall, Boston; The Times Taken from an Original Character which appeared at the Masquerade at Lincoln (caricature); The Bloody Massacre perpetuated in King Street Boston on March 5, 1770; The Massacre perpetuated in King Street, Boston, on March 5, 1770; Pittsburgh; Barlow, Vol.II, p.41. The Bostonians throwing the Tea into the water; Liberty Triumphant; or the Downfall of Oppression. Letters: ALS, Washington Irving to Legation of States, March 21, 1831; ALS, Robert Dinwiddie to Daniel Parke Custis, August 15, 1755; ALS, Jeffrey Amherst to Thomas Hancock, April 27, 1760; AL, Col. Bradstreet to Mr. Stevenson, February 28, 1765; ALS, Jeffrey Amherst to [Waske], January 3, 1792; ALS, Jeffrey Amherst to Sir George Yonge, November 26, 1790; ALS, Thomas Digges to Arthur Lee, April 18, 1779; ALS, Patrick Henry to Edmund Pendleton, November 27, 1776. Documents: ADS, [Massachusetts (Colony) Council commanding election of representatives to a General Assembly, signed by James Otis et al.], April 29, 1776/May 25, 1776; AD, [Petition of the Freeholders of King George County, [Maryland] against taxation], July 7, 1774; AD[form]S, [Lieut. Gov. Francis Farrquier appointing William Woodford Lieutenant in the 1st Virginia Regiment under command of George Washington, with rank written in by Washington], October 1, 1758; A[aman.]DS[frag.], [George III], November 3, 1760. Maps of: Plan du Fort Carillon; Quebec; An Authentic Plan of the River St. Laurence, from Sillery to the Fall of Montmerenci....; A Perspective View of the Town and Fortifications of Montreal in Canada.

ArchivalResource: 1 volume (74 items).

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Page, John, 1743-1808. Autograph letter signed : "In Council" [Richmond, Va.], to Brigadier General Woodford, 1780 Mar. 4.

Title: Autograph letter signed : "In Council" [Richmond, Va.], to Brigadier General Woodford, 1780 Mar. 4.

Enclosing the "Recommendation of sundry persons to fill vacancies in the Virginia Line."

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

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270609950 View

Dallas, Alexander James, 1759-1817,. Virginia political papers, 1778-1872.

Title: Virginia political papers, 1778-1872.

Include appointment, 7 March 1779, by Arthur Lee of an attorney to represent interests in the U.S. during his service as a foreign minister to France; papers, 1779-1802, of James Monroe, regarding the Constitution, banking policy, attacks on the character of William Woodford, Edmund Randolph, and the formation of a corps of the Virginia Militia to staff munitions factory; Monroe's correspondents include William Woodford and St. George Tucker. Also include letter, 18 January 1789, from Thomas Mann Randolph, Richmond, Va., to Leroy & Bayard, New York, N.Y., regarding shipments of fruit, flour, and wheat; and letter, 9 July 1797, from Patrick Henry to Henry Lee, regarding a failed business venture and the maintenance of Henry's property in Norfolk, Va. Also include letter, 30 March 1802, from Dorothea Henry, Charlotte County, Va., to Littleton Waller Tazewell, Norfolk, Va., requesting his assistance in the sale of lands in Princess Anne County, Va.; and correspondence, 1804-1819, of John Randolph of Roanoke, including an order for a saddle and letters regarding a trial date, expenditures of the War Department, and politics in the U.S.; Randolph's correspondents include Alexander James Dallas, William Eustis, and Charles Fenton Mercer. Also include letter, 2 April 1808, from Andrew Moore, Washington, D.C., regarding a naval appointment; letter, 12 November 1815, from A.P. Upshur, Richmond, Va., to Thomas Smith Grimke, regarding American ascendance in arts and letters, Patrick Henry, and southern politics; and letter, 7 October 1818, from William Wirt, Washington, D.C., to Littleton Waller Tazewell, regarding legal matters. Also include correspondence, 1824-1845, of Charles Fenton Mercer, regarding naval appointments, an election in Loudoun County, Va., the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, a subscription to a paper published by Gales & Seaton, and financial matters; correspondents include Samuel L. Suthard, Joseph Gales, Alexander Macomb, Gales & Seaton, and Maholon Dickerson. Also include letter, 19 December 1841, to Francis Mallory, Washington, D.C., regarding a naval appointment; letter, 20 December 1843, from Edmund W. Hubard, Washington, D.C., to David Henshaw, Washington, D.C., seeking a naval appointment for William May; and letter, 27 December 1872, from Fitzhugh Lee, Stafford County, Va., regarding employment for Lee in the railroad industry.

ArchivalResource: 26 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/34567090 View

Sparks, Jared, 1789-1866. Jared Sparks collection of American manuscripts, 1582-1843

Title: Jared Sparks collection of American manuscripts, 1582-1843.

The Sparks collection consists of original and transcribed historical documents and correspondence, chiefly concerning the American colonies and the original thirteen states, collected or transcribed beginning in 1819 by Jared Sparks. The collection includes the papers of Sir Francis Bernard and George Chalmers, letters of Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Hamilton, the Marquis de Lafayette, and George Washington, the journals of Thomas Ainslie, the Board of Trade, the New York Provincial Congress and Conventions, as well as the papers and records from state public offices, among many others. The Sparks collection also contains his own historical essays and compositions, published articles, letter books, diaries, account books related to his college days, professional research, and material documenting his tenure as College president.

ArchivalResource: 252 volumes, 10 env., 2 folders, 3 cases, 57 boxes (31.6 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou01965/catalog View

Prioleau, Harriet Horry Frost,. Letters and engravings, 1779-1828.

Title: Letters and engravings, 1779-1828.

Collection includes a letter, 14 November 1779, from John Marshall, York, Pa., to William Woodford, regarding a memorial for the relief of officers in the Continental Army, and the government in Virginia; and a letter, 23 September 1791, from Richard Henry Lee, Chantilly, Va., to John Hopkins, Richmond, Va., regarding the sale of military certificates. Also a letter, 1 June 1815, from Thomas Jefferson, Poplar Forest, Va., to Elizabeth House Trist, Henry County, Va., regarding the Battle of New Orleans, Napoleon, and United States' relations with France and England; and a letter, 12 October 1815, from James Monroe, Washington, D.C., to Henry Jackson, Paris, France, presenting John R. Fenwick. Also a letter, 31 January 1816, from Thomas Jefferson, Monticello, Va., to Henry Jackson, Paris, France, conveying a letter to George Ticknor and presenting Jefferson's grand-nephew, Dabney Carr Terrell. Also a lease, 27 August 1827, for 222 acres of land belonging to John Marshall; a letter, 6 December 1828, from John Randolph, Washington, D.C., to Thomas M.F. Bryan, Savannah, Ga., in which Randolph reproaches Bryan for not calling on him during his illness; and engravings, n.d., of Thomas Jefferson, James Monroe, and John Randolph, by J.B. Forrest, Asher Brown Durand, and Thomas B. Welch, respectively.

ArchivalResource: 10 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/34931269 View

Taylor, John, 1753-1824. John Taylor papers, 1778.

Title: John Taylor papers, 1778.

Letter (1778 May 22; Fishkill, N.Y.) from Taylor to Brigadier General William Woodford regarding conditions within the Continental Army, biographical sketch of Taylor written by Edmund Pendleton, and Taylor's biography of John Penn, delegate to the Continental Congress from North Carolina.

ArchivalResource: 3 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70980570 View

Letter, 2 May 1776

Title: Letter, 2 May 1776

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http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=lva/vi00725.xml View

Greene, Nathanael, 1742-1786. Papers, 1777-1780

Title: Nathanael Greene Papers 1777-1780

Nathanael Greene was one of the leading commanders in the Continental Army, and the only officer George Washington saw as capable of leading in his absence. Greene served as a field commander, member of Washington's staff, Quartermaster General, and commander of the Army in the Southern Theater. Greene was born on July 27, 1742 in Potowomut, Rhode Island to a Quaker family, who believed that their children would learn more from manual labor then from attending school. Lacking a formal education Greene was very intelligent and taught himself to read, developing early on a love of books - particularly military history and theory. It was through reading, not experience, where Greene learned his knowledge of military science. Between 1778 and 1780 he reluctantly served as Quartermaster General, and was able to drastically improve supplying the Continental Army. Greene ended his military career leading the American Southern army to victory over the British. Greene died in Georgia in June 1786. The Papers of Nathanael Greene come from Greene's tenure as Quartermaster General of the Continental Army between 1778 and 1780. The collection primarily consists of Greene's correspondence with officers in the quartermaster department, officers in the Army (including George Washington), and members of the Continental Congress; relating to the operation of the Quartermaster Department with requests for supplies, forage, and money. In addition, there is also correspondence between officers of the Quartermaster Department. The content of the letters provide a detailed account of the logistical obstacles that Greene and his subordinates faced in trying to keep not only the Quartermaster Department but the Continental Army running. The papers do not contain any material relating to Greene's military service or private life either before or after his tenure as quartermaster general.

ArchivalResource: 4.0 Linear feet

http://www.amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.B.G83-ead.xml View

Spotswood, Alexander, ca. 1746-1818. Alexander Spotswood letter to Edmund Pendleton, 16 November, 1775.

Title: Alexander Spotswood letter to Edmund Pendleton, 16 November, 1775.

Letter, 16 November 1775, from Alexander Spotswood, Mt. Pleasant Camp [Surry County, Va.], to Edmund Pendleton, regarding the dispatch of William Woodford's troops to the defense of Tidewater Virginia. Spotswood also discusses John Murray, Earl of Dunmore, and loyalist sentiment in Norfolk and Portsmouth, Va.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/277141308 View

Greene, Nathanael, 1742-1786. Papers, 1777-1780

Title: Nathanael Greene Papers 1777-1780

Nathanael Greene was one of the leading commanders in the Continental Army, and the only officer George Washington saw as capable of leading in his absence. Greene served as a field commander, member of Washington's staff, Quartermaster General, and commander of the Army in the Southern Theater. Greene was born on July 27, 1742 in Potowomut, Rhode Island to a Quaker family, who believed that their children would learn more from manual labor then from attending school. Lacking a formal education Greene was very intelligent and taught himself to read, developing early on a love of books - particularly military history and theory. It was through reading, not experience, where Greene learned his knowledge of military science. Between 1778 and 1780 he reluctantly served as Quartermaster General, and was able to drastically improve supplying the Continental Army. Greene ended his military career leading the American Southern army to victory over the British. Greene died in Georgia in June 1786. The Papers of Nathanael Greene come from Greene's tenure as Quartermaster General of the Continental Army between 1778 and 1780. The collection primarily consists of Greene's correspondence with officers in the quartermaster department, officers in the Army (including George Washington), and members of the Continental Congress; relating to the operation of the Quartermaster Department with requests for supplies, forage, and money. In addition, there is also correspondence between officers of the Quartermaster Department. The content of the letters provide a detailed account of the logistical obstacles that Greene and his subordinates faced in trying to keep not only the Quartermaster Department but the Continental Army running. The papers do not contain any material relating to Greene's military service or private life either before or after his tenure as quartermaster general.

ArchivalResource: 4.0 Linear feet

http://www.amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.B.G83-ead.xml View

Taylor, John, 1753-1824. John Taylor of Caroline papers [manuscript], 1778-1794.

Title: John Taylor of Caroline papers [manuscript], 1778-1794.

The papers contain a letter, 22 May 1778, from Taylor, Fishkill, N.Y., to William Woodford, regarding the resolution of the dispute over Woodford's promotion, Taylor's commanding officers, the British evacuation of Philadelphia, Pa., and extra pay for Taylor's regiment; a biographical sketch, ca. 1794, of John Taylor, by Edmund Pendleton; and a biographical sketch, n.d., of Declaration of Independence signer John Penn, by Taylor.

ArchivalResource: 3 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/647855482 View

Carter-Blackford papers, 1736-1908

Title: Carter-Blackford papers, 1736-1908.

Carter family papers, 1736-1772, include an estate inventory and letters regarding the tobacco market including one from London Quaker merchant Thomas Hyam, the slave-trade, Jesuit's bark, financial matters, and the impact of the French and Indian War on trade. A letter, 1772, from merchants Thomas and Rowland Hunt, London, Eng., to Robert Carter, discusses the education and board of Benjamin Benson, for whom the merchants are acting as legal guardians. A letter, 12 May 1775, from John Taylor, Philadelphia, Pa., to William Woodford, Caroline County, Va., discusses the battles of Concord and Lexington, the siege of Boston, and the mustering of American forces. Two letters, 4 July 1775 and 8 July 1778, from Edmund Pendleton to William Woodford, Caroline County, Va. send news of Brtish reinforcements for Boston and ask for the latest battle news. A letter, 2 February 1800, from Benjamin Rush, Philadelphia, to Landon Carter, doubts the efficacy of a rememdy and encourages further experimments. A letter 29 September 1801, from Horatio Gates, New York, mentions European political affairs, especially the disposition of Egypt. A letter, 30 January 1810, from James Madison, Washington, D.C., to his nephew Alfred Madison, forwards news fron the city and a tract by Robert Fulton. A letter, 24 February 1810, from James Madison, to Landon Carter, regards securing a copyright for a new lock; a letter, 1811 June 17, James Monroe to Landon Carter discusses a patent for a new carriage; and a letter, 24 August 1827, from Henry Clay, to William M. Blackford, denies a "corrupt bargain" with John Quincy Adams. A letter, 27 October 1833, Washington Irving, to William M. Blackford, recounts a British officer's anecdote praising Andrew Jackson's conduct at New Orleans; an excerpt, 1840, from a speech by Henry Clay, describes a tendency in the U.S. presidency toward monarchy; a letter, 26 April 1842, George Bancroft, to Blackford, thanks him for some historical papers; and a letter, 18 July 1842, Dolly H. Vaden, Halifax County, Va., to Robert Easley, disscusses the tobacco market and local Baptist associations. A note, ca. 1847, from Oliver Wendell Holmes, says his appointment as professor has taken time away from poetry; a letter,19 April 1850, from James Russell Lowell, Cambridge, Mass., mentions the deaths of his mother and daughter and his lack of concern over criticism of his work; and a letter, 13 March 1853, from Matthew Fontaine Maury to Launcelot Minor Blackford, regrets he does not have a signature of Pierce but will send one of Everett. A letter, 23 April 1860, from John Tyler to William M. Blackford, comments favorably on Henry Clay despite former differences; a note, 9 July 1864, from George E. Pickett, orders a court-martial; a letter, 14 February 1871, from R.M.T. Hunter to J.M. Mason, reflects on the Confederacy, old friends and the future of Virginia; and a letter, 10 May 1908, from La Salle Corbell Pickett, Norfolk, Va., certifies the authenticity of a Smith and Wesson firearm belonging to her late husband, George E. Pickett.

ArchivalResource: 27 items.

https://search.lib.virginia.edu/sources/archival/items/u2457948 View

Muhlenberg Papers. Orderly book. [microform]

Title: Muhlenberg Papers. Orderly book. [microform]

Copies of general orders issued at College Camp, Great Bridge Camp, and Norfolk, mainly by Col. Thomas Bullett and Col. Patrick Henry, Jr.

ArchivalResource: 1 v.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/61464004 View

Dunmore, John Murray, Earl of, 1732-1809. Correspondence, 1771-1778.

Title: Correspondence, 1771-1778.

Correspondence documents Dunmore's tenure as governor of Virginia and the beginnings of the American Revolution. Subjects include coinage and currency; the flood of 1771; western lands; Cherokee Indians; French and Indian War bounty lands; the deaths of James Blair and James Horrocks; county clerk nominations; Virginia council vacancies, care of the mentally ill; Dunmore's suit against Cadwallader Colden in New York; land grants; committees of correspondence; Cape Henry lighthouse; boundary dispute of Pennsylvania and Virginia; military campaigns against Indians; the removal of gunpowder from the Williamsburg, Va. magazine (21 April 1775); martial law decree; declaration freeing slaves who join the British forces; loyalist troops; the Virginia conventions. Correspondents include Commissioner of Trade and Plantations, John Connolly, Lord Dartmouth, Thomas Gage, George Germain, Samuel Graves, Marquis of Hillsborough, Sir William Howe, Sir William Johnson, William Knox, Earl of Loudoun, Lord North, John Penn, John Pownall, William Preston, John Robinson, Patrick Tonyn, James Tilghman, George Washington, William Woodford, Ralph Wormeley.

ArchivalResource: 3 v. (834 leaves) ; 28 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/26923951 View