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Perrin, John G., 1880-1966. Papers of John G. Perrin, 1884-1967 (bulk 1910-1930).

Title: Papers of John G. Perrin, 1884-1967 (bulk 1910-1930).

Includes material on air cooled, single sleeve valve engines, American Standards Assn., engineering drafting standards, Liberty 12 aircraft engines, Lozier Motor Co., Pratt & Whitney Aircraft, Society of Automotive Engineers, Stevens-Duryea, Inc., Sunbeam Arab engines, Timken-Detroit Axle Co., Willys-Overland, Ltd. Notable correspondents are: George A. Burwell; Ray S. Deering; James Couzens; Albert Kahn; Henry A. Lozier, Jr.; and T.A. Russell.

ArchivalResource: 22 boxes (11 linear ft.) + 1 OVSD.207 blueprints.465 photographs.

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Burwell, George W., d. 1873. George W. Burwell papers, 1786, 1800-1884 [manuscript].

Title: George W. Burwell papers, 1786, 1800-1884 [manuscript].

Correspondence, 1849-1883; financial and legal materials, 1786 and 1800-1884; and other papers relating to the Burwells, Gayles, and members of related families. Business letters chiefly document lending money and collecting debts, purchasing and selling land, managing tobacco plantations, and selling tobacco and other crops through commission merchants in Richmond and Petersburg, Va. Some letters document plantation life, including buying and selling slaves, work performed by slaves and others, and hiring out of slaves. Scattered throughout is a small number of family letters, chiefly dealing with health and other routine matters. During the Civil War, there are a few letters relating to slaves forced from their homes by Union soldiers during a raid and a letter probably dictated by a slave who was sent to work at a Confederate camp near Richmond. Financial and legal materials include agricultural records--overseers' accounts, slave bills of sale, contracts with freedmen and other laborers, and household bills and accounts. Other financial and legal items relate to money lending and debt collection. Also included are deeds, wills, and papers relating to the estates of Thomas and Elizabeth Gayle and of John S. and Frances Gregory. There are also a few printed advertisements and related items, 1860s- 1870s; documents relating to Burwell's exemption from conscription during the Civil War; and a few medical notes and accounts.

ArchivalResource: 1800 items (3.5 linear ft.).

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Burwell family genealogical notes.

Title: Burwell family genealogical notes. 1870.

This record consists of material related to a Burewll family picnic held at Milford, Connecticut 18 August 1870. Included is an address by George P. Burwell concerning the Burwell family, especially those descended from John Burwell (d. 1649) of Connecticut and from Lewis Burwell of Virginia, a letter concerning Congressman William A. Burwell (d. 1821) of Virginia, a list of those present at the reunion with their home address and Burwell ancestor and a directory of various family members with their occupations and addresses.

ArchivalResource: 27 leaves.

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George W. Burwell Papers, ., 1786, 1800-1884

Title: George W. Burwell Papers, , . 1786 1800-1884

George W. Burwell was a physician, planter, and businessman of Mecklenburg County, Va. He had family and business connections to Henderson, Granville County, N.C., and other locations along the North Carolina-Virginia border, largely through his brothers H. H., Louis, William, and Armistead R., and the family of his wife Elizabeth Gayle Burwell, particulary her parents Thomas Gayle (d. 1855?) and Elizabeth Gayle (d. 1868?). Correspondence, 1849-1883; financial and legal materials, 1786 and 1800-1884; and other papers relating to the Burwells, Gayles, and members of related families. Business letters chiefly document lending money and collecting debts, purchasing and selling land, managing tobacco plantations, and selling tobacco and other crops through commission merchants in Richmond and Petersburg, Va. Some letters document plantation life, including buying and selling slaves, work performed by slaves and others, and hiring out of slaves.Scattered throughout is a small number of family letters, chiefly dealing with health and other routine matters. During the Civil War, there are a few letters relating to slaves forced from their homes by Union soldiers during a raid and a letter probably dictated by a slave who was sent to work at a Confederate camp near Richmond. Financial and legal materials include agricultural records--overseers' accounts, slave bills of sale, contracts with freedmen and other laborers, and household bills and accounts. Other financial and legal items relate to money lending and debt collection. Also included are deeds, wills, and papers relating to the estates of Thomas and Elizabeth Gayle and of John S. and Frances Gregory. There are also a few printed advertisements and related items, 1860s- 1870s; documents relating to Burwell's exemption from conscription during the Civil War; and a few medical notes and accounts.

ArchivalResource: 1800; 3.5

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Burwell, George N. Journal, 1833-1837.

Title: Journal, 1833-1837.

Description of daily routine, plus entries of copied articles and quotations.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. ; 20 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/50038444 View