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Tax Book, 1768-1769.

Title: Tax Book, 1768-1769.

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Norvell, William, 1725?-1802. Williamsburg and James City County, Virginia, Tax Book, 1768-1769.

Title: Williamsburg and James City County, Virginia, Tax Book, 1768-1769.

Accounts kept by William Norvell, Sheriff of James City County, of the quit rents and taxes levied and paid for 1768-1769. Taxes included a per capita tax on tithables, levied in pounds of tobacco, and a chariot and chair tax. Also listed are Corporation of Williamsburg fines, and fines for failure to attend militia musters. Sheriff's deputies did most of the actual collecting and received a fee for doing so. Among those listed are Edward Ambler, James Anderson, William Armistead, John Blair, Lewis Burwell, James Carter, Thomas Everard, James Geddy, George Gilmer, John Greenhow, William Harwood, David Ministree, Peter Pelham, John Prentis, John Randolph, Peyton Randolph, James Southall, Elizabeth Tarpley, John Tazewell, Edward Travis, William Trebell, Jane Vobe, and Benjamin Waller.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (312 p.) ; 17 cm.

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Lightfoot, William, 1724-1764. Papers, 1740-1764.

Title: Papers, 1740-1764.

Mercantile account book (1747-1764) and loose accounts. Account book documents business dealings with prominent Virginians and British merchants. Names include William Byrd III, Dr. James Carter, Colonel Dudley Digges, Lieutenant Governor Robert Dinwiddie, Dr. Peter Hay, Colonel Philip Ludwell, John Norton, Hugh Orr, John Randolph, Richard Taliaferro, Benjamin Waller, and Ralph Wormeley. The first section of the book contains accounts of an English merchant. Names include Joseph Freeman, Edmund Goss, Edmund Green, Thomas Higgs, Thomas Hill, John Lewis, William Poole, Richard Purbeck, James Stanbridge, Thomas Tournay, Robert Warne, and James Young.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. and 8 items.

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John Norton & Sons. Papers, 1750-1902, bulk 1763-1798.

Title: Papers, 1750-1902, bulk 1763-1798.

Correspondence and business papers of the firm of John Norton and Sons. Correspondence re tobacco sales, ordering goods, insight into circumstances leading to and during the American Revolution and early rumors of independence. Scattered references to the Stamp Act, the Boston Port Bill, political unrest in England, Parliament's relations with the Colonies, and the non-importation agreements. Includes listing of articles used by Lord Dunmore at the Governor's Palace, letters from Williamsburg residents, and papers re political, economic, and social affairs in Virginia from over 300 Virginians including John Baylor, Governor Norborne Berkeley (Lord Botetourt), Carter Braxton, Nathaniel Burwell, John Clayton, James Craig, Thomas Everard, Captain William Goosley, Francis Jerdone, Warner Lewis, Peter Lyons, James Maury, Thomas Nelson, William Nelson, Robert Carter Nicholas, John Page, Mann Page, Edmund Randolph, John Randolph, Peyton Randolph, Augustine Smith, and George Wythe.

ArchivalResource: 2294 items.

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Warner, Marjorie Fleming, 1871-. The earliest American book on kitchen gardening / by Marjorie Fleming Warner.

Title: The earliest American book on kitchen gardening / by Marjorie Fleming Warner. 1919.

ArchivalResource: p. 431-442

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Bryan, John Randolph, 1806-1887,. Papers of the Bryant, Coalter, Randolph, and Tucker families [manuscript] 1770-1887.

Title: Papers of the Bryant, Coalter, Randolph, and Tucker families [manuscript] 1770-1887.

Consisting chiefly of letters to and from the following: Elizabeth T. Coalter Bryan, 1812-1887, John Randolph Bryan, 1818-1835, Joseph C. Cabell, 1804-1827, Frances B. Tucker Coalter, 1791-1831, John Coalter, 1788-1832, St. George Coalter, 1822-1826, Francis Walker Gilmer, 1818-1821, John Randolph, Sr., 1770-1774, John Randolph of Roanoke, 1781-1833, Judith Randolph, 1796-1814, Nathaniel Beverley Tucker, 1804-1851, and St. George Tucker, 1781-1826. Letters to or from the following are also included: Theoderick Bland, Theoderick Bland, Jr., Delia F. Bryan, Thomas M.F. Bryan, Richard Randolph, St. George Randolph, Theoderick Randolph, John Taylor, Henry St. George Tucker, Lelia Tucker, Thomas Tudor Tucker, and William Wirt. There are also copies of the Augusta, Georgia, Weekly Republic, 9 July 1850, the Union Seminary Magazine in September-October 1893, and the Petersburg Virginia, Index-Appeal, 24 February 1901, as well as a few prints of John Randolph and a few Confederate prints.

ArchivalResource: 719 items.

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Randolph, John, 1727 or 8-1784. Letter : [Williamsburg, Va.], to unknown person, 1771 Aug. 21.

Title: Letter : [Williamsburg, Va.], to unknown person, 1771 Aug. 21.

Autograph letter signed. Signed by Randolph. Relates to filling in blank subpoenas.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 p.) ; 15 x 21 cm.

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Correspondence, 1792 - 1803

Title: Correspondence, 1792 - 1803

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Tazewell family. Papers, 1664 [1771-1805] 1842.

Title: Papers, 1664 [1771-1805] 1842.

Correspondence and legal documents, primarily of Henry Tazewell, but also of Henry's uncle, John, and son, Littleton Waller. Legal documents concern land transactions, including grants from colonial Virginia governors Jeffreys, Gooch, Dinwiddie, and Dunmore, and deeds for lands in Williamsburg, and Caroline, James City, Lower Norfolk, Nansemond, Northampton, Stafford, Westmoreland and York counties. Correspondence discusses legal cases, particularly the settlement of the estates of John and Peyton Randolph, and the debt of John Holt to James [Barrett] Southall. Includes Virginia Superior Court docket for the October term, 1842. Persons of note in collection include: John Blair, Jr., Thomas Everard, Thomas, Baron Fairfax, Patrick Henry, Thomas Jefferson, Richard Henry Lee, Thomas Nelson, Lucy Ludwell Paradise, Edmund Pendleton, Benjamin Waller, George Wythe, and others.

ArchivalResource: 44 items ; 38 cm. plus oversize.

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Hunter, William, d. 1761. Printing office journal, 1750-1752.

Title: Printing office journal, 1750-1752.

Journal of William Hunter's printing office. Accounts with Williamsburg residents and others for printing, advertisements in the Virginia Gazette, bookbinding, postage and stationery. Includes Hunter's household accounts. Types of books represented in the journal include novels, lawbooks, Virginia Almanacks, Bibles, prayer books, cyphering books and other printed items.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. ; 35 cm.

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Logan, Deborah Norris, 1761-1839. Diaries, 1815-1839.

Title: Diaries, 1815-1839.

The diaries of Deborah Norris Logan, wife of George Logan, eminent Philadelphian, friend of Thomas Jefferson, reflect the social life of many prominent Philadelphia families, and political, religious, and cultural developments. Because of Mrs. Logan's association with many of the prominent men of the Revolutionary and early national periods, her biographical notes on John Adams, Samuel Adams, Joseph Bonaparte, Pierce Butler, John C. Calhoun, John Dickinson, Benjamin Franklin, Stephen Girard, John Hancock, Stephen Hopkins, Thomas Jefferson, Henry Laurens, Joseph Reed, Roger Sherman, Francis Lightfoot Lee, John Randolph, Edward Rutledge, Timothy Pickering, John Penn, Thomas Penn, Richard Peters, Charles Thomson, General James Wilkinson, George Washington, etc., are particularly interesting. Other topics include the Declaration of Independence, Revolutionary War, cholera and yellow fever epidemics, slavery, European conditions, Napoleonic Wars, national and local events, travel and transportation facilities, natural phenomena and weather conditions, Friends meetings, and literature.

ArchivalResource: 17 v.

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Randolph, John, 1727 or 8-1784. Receipt : to Simon Halstead, 1773 October 18.

Title: Receipt : to Simon Halstead, 1773 October 18.

Receipt for fee in the appeal of the case Halstead vs. Halstead (Norfolk, Va.) from John Randolph to Simon Halstead.

ArchivalResource: 1 item ; 5 cm.

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Randolph, John, 1727 or 8-1784. Letter : [Williamsburg, Va.], to unknown person, 1771 Aug. 21.

Title: Letter : [Williamsburg, Va.], to unknown person, 1771 Aug. 21.

Autograph letter signed. Signed by Randolph. Relates to filling in blank subpoenas.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 p.) ; 15 x 21 cm.

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Letter to William Hunter, 1760-1761.

Title: Letter to William Hunter, 1760-1761.

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Clayton, John, 1665-1737. Jenings family papers, 1737-1837.

Title: Jenings family papers, 1737-1837.

The collection contains the letterpress copybook of Edmund Jenings, kept in London and Richmond, England, concerning Horatio Sharpe, Richard Lee, Edward Braddock's campaign in 1755, horse racing in Virginia, Frederick Lord Baltimore, John Randolph, the Ohio Company, Peyton Randolph, the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts, William Byrd III, and William Pitt. Other subjects include the Board of Trade of Great Britain, Jewish immigration to Great Britain, Maryland Land Office, slaves, paper currency in Virginia and Maryland, pistole fee, plantations in Virginia and Maryland, salt, Seven Years' War, tobacco, and the Virginia and Maryland boundary. Also discussed are copper mines, the East India company, pamphlets of Edmund Jenings (1731-1819) and Dr. John Mitchell, the Stamp Act of 1765, taxation, the Townshend Acts of 1767, and the College of William and Mary. There are also letters (1789-1818) written to Edmund Jenings (1731-1819) concerning land in Anne Arundel County, Md.; a letter (1783) concerning American property rights in England; a copy of a 1795 act of the Maryland General Assembly concerning land of Edmund Jenings in Anne Arundel County, Md.; the wills (1737) of John Clayton (1665-1737) and (1774) of John Clayton (1694-1773); affidavits (1790) concerning John Clayton (1694- 1773) and William Clayton. Also includes Jenings family genealogical notes and letters.

ArchivalResource: 21 items.

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Letter to William Hunter, 1760?-1761.

Title: Letter to William Hunter, 1760?-1761.

Anonymous manuscript of satirical essays written by "Tim Pastime" (ca. 1760-1761) relating to Williamsburg citizens, the College of William and Mary, the clergy of Virginia, and other matters. The manuscript was sent to printer, William Hunter. The first portion of the essay concerns Williamsburg citizens and clergy with a listing of several alleged misdeeds including financial, moral, and political improprieties. The essay also includes several off-hand references to liquor, mythology, the House of Burgesses, and education. The second portion of the essay entitled "Mr. Camm's Oration" concerns the effects of the Two Penny Act and the Parson's Cause as well as an apparent student uprising at the College of William and Mary. Over 40 names are mentioned including John Stretch, Robert Carter Nicholas, John Randolph, James Cocke, Benjamin Waller, George Wythe, James Southall, William Prentis, Alexander Purdie, Thomas Knox, Dr. Peter Hay, Bernard Moore, and others.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (36 p.) ; 20 cm.

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Papers, 1664-1842.

Title: Papers, 1664-1842.

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Adams family. Papers, 1672-1792. Section 17.

Title: Papers, 1672-1792. Section 17.

Summons, 1773, issued by Benjamin Waller to William Acrill, Carter Braxton, Patrick Coutts, Doctor Corbin Griffin, Samuel Griffin, William Griffin, Amos Ladd, James Ladd, John Randolph, Peyton Randolph, Meriwether Smith, William Smith, Thomas Stewart, James Watt, and Major Wilcox & Co. [of Charles City County, Va.] to answer a bill of complaint of William Goosley in the General Court of Virginia; and an opinion, n.d., of George Wythe concerning religion.

ArchivalResource: 2 items.

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Wharton, Thomas, d. 1746. Account book, 1729-1751.

Title: Account book, 1729-1751.

Accounts with fragmentary ledger for various powders, drops, other medicines, and "advice and directions" furnished to customers in Williamsburg, Virginia, and neighborhood. Wharton bequeathed his stock of drugs, medicines, and shop utensils to Dr. Kenneth McKenzie. His customers included Colonel Bassett, John Blair, Colonel John Bolling, Bruton Parish, Colonel Burwell, Robert Carter III, Mr. Coke, Roscoe Cole, the College of William and Mary; Governor William Gooch, Colonel Lightfoot, Philip Ludwell, Mr. Maury, Mr. Prentis, John Randolph, and Henry Wetherburn.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (188 p.) ; 31 cm.

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Randolph, John, 1727-1784. Receipt, 1773 October 18, to Simon Halstead.

Title: Receipt, 1773 October 18, to Simon Halstead.

Randolph received 5£ from Thomas Claibourne on Halstead's behalf for legal fees in the case of Halstead vs. Halstead.

ArchivalResource: 1 p. ; 15 cm.

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Receipt to Simon Halstead, 1773 October 18

Title: Receipt to Simon Halstead 1773 October 18

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