Hunter family. Papers, 1766-1918.
Title:
Papers, 1766-1918.
Collection includes correspondence, 1770-1788, accounts, and mercantile records of James Hunter (1746-1788) of Portsmouth and Richmond, Va., in part concerning the British linen trade and supplying the Southern Dept. of the U.S. Continental Army. Also, includes family and business correspondence, 1789-1825, accounts, and mercantile records of James Hunter (1774-1826) of Norfolk and "Hunter's Hill," Essex County, Va. Also, includes correspondence, 1821-1884, of Robert M.T. Hunter of "Fonthill," Essex County, Va., concerning Democratic party politics, the presidential election of 1860, secession, land speculation in western Virginia and Wisconsin, and Hunter's career in the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate; financial records; farming records; and political materials. Also, includes family correspondence, 1838-1888, accounts, farming and flour milling records at Hunter's Mill of his wife, Mary Evelina (Dandridge) Hunter (1817-1893). Also, includes correspondence, accounts, diaries, slave records, and miscellany of Jane Swann Hunter (1804-1880), Martha Fenton Hunter ([1800-1866] an author of anonymously published novels, short stories, and children's books), and Sarah Harriet Apphia Hunter (1822-1874); correspondence, 1868-1915, financial, farm, and horse breeding records of Philip Stephen Hunter (1848-1919) of "Otterburn," Essex County, Va.; and miscellaneous papers of other members of the Garnett and Hunter families.
ArchivalResource:
4,070 (ca.) items.
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