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Barbour, B. Johnson (Benjamin Johnson), 1821-1894. Papers of the Barbour family [manuscript], 1672-1930.

Title: Papers of the Barbour family [manuscript], 1672-1930.

The collection consists of personal and business papers of the Barbour family, including correspondence, pamphlets, newspapers, maps, speeches, documents, reports, and a record of weather observations. It consists chiefly of the correspondence of James Barbour of Barboursville, Orange County, Va., dealing mainly with his official business while Governor of Virginia (1812), Secretary of War (1825), and Minister to England (1828). There are also papers of Barbour's brother Philip Pendleton Barbour, his son Benjamin Johnson Barbour, and of other family members. There is correspondence with many notable Virginia and national statesmen. Subjects mentioned include politics, government, foreign relations, railroads, the tariff, land grants, finance, states rights, weights and measures, and plantation operations. The collection also includes "A Mappe of Paradise belonging to Mr. Richard Lee, surveyed July 22nd, 1672" by Richard Lawrence, and a land grant signed by John Quincy Adams.

ArchivalResource: 1600 items.

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Anderson, Robert, 1652 (ca.)-1715. Letterbook of Robert Anderson [manuscript], 1698-1717.

Title: Letterbook of Robert Anderson [manuscript], 1698-1717.

The letterbook contains copies of Anderson's letters to ship captains, English merchants, and consignors, particularly his partners Cuthbert Jones and Samuel Clarke of London, and Virginia planters, particularly John Page and Richard Lee. The book also contains letters regarding the estate settlement of John Page and letters, 1715-1717, by Anderson's executors regarding his estate settlement. Topics include the annual tobacco crop, prices, rates of exchange, shipping rates, competition between merchants of London and other cities for Virginia trade, store-keeping, and the duties of a Virginia factor. Personal letters include one, 1714, desiring Jones to find a schoolmaster for Anderson's children.

ArchivalResource: 1 .

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Anderson, Robert, 1652 (ca.)-1715. Letterbook of Robert Anderson, 1698-1717.

Title: Letterbook of Robert Anderson, 1698-1717.

The letterbook contains copies of Anderson's letters to ship captains, English merchants, and consignors, particularly his partners Cuthbert Jones and Samuel Clarke of London, and Virginia planters, particularly John Page and Richard Lee. The book also contains letters regarding the estate settlement of John Page and letters, 1715-1717, by Anderson's executors regarding his estate settlement. Topics include the annual tobacco crop, prices, rates of exchange, shipping rates, competition between merchants of London and other cities for Virginia trade, store-keeping, and the duties of a Virginia factor. Personal letters include one, 1714, desiring Jones to find a schoolmaster for Anderson's children.

ArchivalResource: 1 v.

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