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McIntosh family. Papers, 1827-1966 (bulk 1844-1911).

Title: Papers, 1827-1966 (bulk 1844-1911).

The collection includes a Fourth of July oration given in 1827 by James West Pegram (1804-1844) in Lynchburg, Va., and letters of Pegram while resident in Richmond, Va. Also, includes a scrapbook, 1840-1950, compiled primarily by Virginia Johnson (Pegram) McIntosh, in part concerning the death of James West Pegram in a steamboat explosion in 1844 while president of the Bank of Virginia and including letters of condolence and resolutions of tribute written by Henry Clay, Benjamin Watkins Leigh, and officers of branches of the Bank of Virginia. The collection also contains materials concerning planter and horse breeder William Ransom Johnson (1782-1849) of Chesterfield County, Va., and the Civil War service of David Gregg McIntosh (1836-1916), John Pegram (1832-1865), and William Ransom Johnson Pegram (1841-1865) in the Confederate States Army, including letters of Varina (Howell) Davis, Thomas Jonathan ("Stonewall") Jackson, and Thomas Nelson Page; and genealogical correspondence and notes concerning the Johnson, McIntosh, Pegram and related families.

ArchivalResource: 174 items.

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Johnson, William, 1782-1849. Johnson family papers, 1826-1850.

Title: Johnson family papers, 1826-1850.

The collection includes letters (1844-1848) written to William Ransom Johnson (1782-1849) concerning race horses; his accounts (1844-1845) kept at Oakland (Chesterfield County, Va.), including the sale of slaves and other personal property; deeds for land in Botetourt and Goochland counties, Va., and Newton, N.J. (1826-1842), including Graham's Coal Pits in Goochland County; list of slaves; and his estate accounts (1844-1850). For William Ransom Johnson (1822-1884) there are letters (1849- 1850) concerning horses and his father's estate. For James West Pegram there are letters received (1840-1847) concerning the shipment and sale of cotton; account (1840); decree (1837) for a lawsuit; and his estate papers (1845).

ArchivalResource: 47 items.

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