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Taylor family. Taylor family : papers, 1774-1918.

Title: Taylor family : papers, 1774-1918.

The papers of the Taylor family consist mainly of the business papers and correspondence of William Berry Taylor (1768-1836) of Shelby County, Ky. The papers deal almost entirely with land transactions and surveys. Also included are account books and survey books, including a contemporary copy of Hancock Taylor's survey book.

ArchivalResource: 1.33 cubic ft.

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Campbell, Arthur Lee, 1780-1838. Arthur Lee Campbell Papers, 1801-1837.

Title: Arthur Lee Campbell Papers, 1801-1837.

Collection includes correspondence, journal, memorandum book, 1812-1815, statements of account and promissory notes, 1816-1837; land papers concerning lands in Hardin and Jefferson counties, Kentucky, and in Tennessee, records of purchase of lots in Portland, Kentucky, 1818-1823; and legal papers, 1801-1837. Correspondence relates to Campbell's mercantile business at Mossy Creek, 1805-1812; his proposal to supply rations for U.S. troops in Kentucky and Tennessee in 1810; the military service of his brother, Captain James H. Campbell, 24th Regiment Kentucky Infantry, in the War of 1812; arrangements for a duel with Colonel George Rogers Clark Floyd in 1815; Campbell's removal to Louisville in 1818; the administration of his father's lands near Louisville; banks and banking in Kentucky and Tennessee; Kentucky politics; education of Campbell's son Matthew, in college; and other family matters. The legal papers are records of litigation with Caleb and Thomas Reece, Francis and William Preston, Robert D. Pierce, William Beard and wife, James C. Johnston, James D. Breckinridge, and Caroline H. Preston. Correspondents include William T. Barry, Arthur Campbell, William Eustis, Judge Joseph Eve, Joseph Ficklin, John T. Gray, James Guthrie, James Haggin, Andrew Jackson, Amos Kendall, James T. Morehead, Samuel Nicholson, William Owsley, Levi Tyler, Jenkin Whiteside, George Work, and members of the Campbell family. Also included with this collection are the papers of Matthew Monroe Campbell (b. 1810), son of Arthur Lee Campbell. These papers are chiefly comprised of correspondence, 1829-1839, from his family in Louisville to him, while he was employed at the post office in Lexington, Ky., a college student in Bloomington, Ind., and Danville, Ky., and working as a collector of claims in Mississippi. The letters regard life in Louisville, Campbell's graduation from Indiana College in 1836, religion and politics in Kentucky, cholera in Louisiana in 1832 and 1835, John Campbell's service in the Sabine expedition in 1836, the character of James D. Breckinridge, financial matters and the Panic of 1837, and Arthur Lee Campbell's death and estate. A small group of James Madison Campbell's (b. 1807) papers, 1833-1835 is included.

ArchivalResource: 1.33 cubic ft.

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Johnston family. Papers, 1779-1891.

Title: Papers, 1779-1891.

These papers are miscellaneous collections of deeds, business records, and correspondence on political issues. Of particular interest is the diary of John Floyd, March 8, 1831-February 24, 1834, kept while he was governor of Virginia (1830-1834). Also included is a series of correspondence to Captain Henry C. Lee concerning Robert E. Lee's choice of a successor as commander of the Army of Northern Virginia. Correspondents include Mary Custis Lee, Edward Fontaine, Williams Carter Wickham, Cary Breckinridge, John Esten Cooke, Thomas T. Munford, George Washington Custis Lee, James Longstreet, and Jefferson Davis. The papers also concern Edward Bates, Alexander Buchan, Lewis Cass, John C. Calhoun, Henry Clay, Jefferson Davis, Lyman C. Draper, William Fitzhugh, John Floyd, John Floyd, Jr., Mrs. Letitia Floyd (Lewis), John S. Gallaher, John Gamble, Robert Gamble, Thomas W. Graham, Wade Hampton, Robert Y. Hayne, Andrew Jackson, Dr. George Ben Johnston, John W. Johnston, G. King, William King, Henry Lee, James McDowell, Matthew F. Maury, Francis Preston, William C. Preston, Beverley Randolph, John Randolph, Jr., Theodore Roosevelt, Winfield Scott, John Tyler, George Washington, Alexander Wolcott, James Wood, and Samuel Young.

ArchivalResource: 167 p. and 1 v. (222 p.)

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Calhoun, John C. (John Caldwell), 1782-1850. William James Rucker autograph collection [manuscript], 1812-1881.

Title: William James Rucker autograph collection [manuscript], 1812-1881.

Chiefly letters of prominent 19th century Virginians: John Randolph (1812); Andrew Jackson (1830); John Marshall (1831); E. Landseer (1845); J. C. Calhoun (1849); E. Landseer (1851); Charles Dickens (1858); William Cabell Rives (1861); John Letcher Comm. (1862); Jefferson Davis (1864); J. E. B. Stuart (1864); Alex. H. H. Stuart (1866); John Letcher (1866); Gilbert C. Walker Comm. (1872); Joseph E. Johnston (1881); Fred W. M. Holliday Comm. (1881).

ArchivalResource: 16 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/647892487 View

McDowell, James, 1770-1835. Papers, 1739-1849.

Title: Papers, 1739-1849.

Papers of a Rockbridge County, Virginia, planter and distiller, and father of James McDowell, Jr., who was governor of Virginia from 1843 to 1846. These are composed of correspondence, indentures, promissory notes, charges for general merchandise and medical care, account books, and records of the 8th Regiment of Virginia Militia commanded by Col. McDowell.

ArchivalResource: 5.2 c.f. (12 archives boxes and 2 v.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/145786626 View

Colonel John Brown and Major General Preston Brown papers, 1763-1865, 1763-1865

Title: Colonel John Brown and Major General Preston Brown papers 1763-1865 1763-1865

Largely family correspondence of the Brown, Preston and Mason families received by Reverend John Brown of Virginia and his sons, John, Samuel and James. Most important are the eleven letters from John Brown, member of the Continental Congress and senator from Kentucky (1792-1805), which discuss the Constitution, the Missouri Compromise and the episode in Kentucky history known as the "Spanish Conspiracy". Letters from James Brown were written from Paris (1823-1833) when he was United States ambassador to France, while those from Samuel Brown describe events in Mississippi in the 1810s and 1820s. Margaretta (Mason) Brown is represented by a commonplace book, reading list and poems.

ArchivalResource: 1 linear foot (2 boxes, 1 folio)

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Preston Family Papers, 1755-1836, 1786-1815.

Title: Preston Family Papers, 1755-1836, 1786-1815.

This inventory is dated primarily from 1786 to 1815, and concerns three generations of the Preston family of western Virginia. The papers reflect their involvement in the administrative and political life of Virginia and the nation, as well as family concerns on the Virginia frontier.

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Preston family. Papers, 1727-1896 (bulk 1751-1823).

Title: Papers, 1727-1896 (bulk 1751-1823).

The collection contains correspondence, accounts, land records, estate materials, and other papers of the following persons: James Patton (1692-1755), early settler and sheriff of Augusta County, Va.; William Preston (1729-1783) of "Greenfield," Botetourt County, Va., surveyor, militia and Revolutionary War officer; John Preston (1764-1827) of "Horseshoe Bottom," Montgomery County, Va., militia officer, state legislator, and Virginia state treasurer; Francis Preston (1765-1835) of Abingdon, Va., politician; William Preston (1770-1821), U.S. Army officer; and Thomas Lewis Preston (1781-1812) of Lexington, Va. Materials concern the patenting and settlement of land in southwestern Virginia and Kentucky; the activities of surveyors in Augusta and Montgomery counties, Va., and the settlement of Botetourt and Wythe counties, Va.; salt and iron mining and manufacture; Indians, African-American slavery, and the Revolution in southwestern Virginia; and banking, politics, and mineral springs in Virginia. Also, contains miscellaneous papers of other members of the Preston and related families.

ArchivalResource: 3,540 (ca.) items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/31752218 View

Breckinridge, James, 1763-1833. Papers of James Breckinridge, of Grove Hill, Fincastle, Botetourt Co., Va. [manuscript], 1783-1830.

Title: Papers of James Breckinridge, of Grove Hill, Fincastle, Botetourt Co., Va. [manuscript], 1783-1830.

The collection contains correspondence, legal papers, land grants, deed, militia orders, receipts, accounts and a photograph. Most of the correspondence centers around Breckinridge's legal career and his land speculations in Western Virginia and Kentucky. Other topics mentioned frequently are Virginia and United States politics, local elections, the War of 1812, the settlement of Kentucky and Tennessee, Indian wars, slavery and the Virginia militia. There are specific references to the formation of the Kentucky government, Congressional sessions, 1793-97, and 1805-1812, the Kentucky resolutions, 1798, trouble with squatters on Indian territory, and expeditions against the Indians, 1791 and 1813, collection of whiskey taxes, excises, the National Bank, internal improvements, and Burr's trial. Of interest are letters by James Madison on redistricting in Virginia, Andrew Jackson on James Wilkinson, John Marshall on internal improvements, Henry Clay on land sales, and Henry Lee on militia orders. The collection also contains a speech given in favor of Bell, 1860, a description of ironworks on Cripple Creek, Wythe Co., Va., rates charged by ordinary keepers, 1770, Mutual Assurance Society receipts, 1804-20, and a mutual stock holding venture to form a town, 1818. A few personal letters deal with Breckinridge's Catawba Mill, and the support of two illegitimate children.

ArchivalResource: 456 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/647908014 View

Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845. Letter, Hermitage, to Francis Preston [manuscript] 1828 Dec. 18.

Title: Letter, Hermitage, to Francis Preston [manuscript] 1828 Dec. 18. 1828.

Given in memory of Mary McDowell Venable Minor. Jackson replies to a letter of congratulations on his election as president. He writes of his triumph over political enemies and his hopes for a highly principled administration devoted to the good of the country. A short post-script notes his wife's sudden illness.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/647960790 View

Johnston, John W. (John Warfield), 1818-1889. Papers, 1778-1890.

Title: Papers, 1778-1890.

Papers of Johnston and of his wife, Nicketti Virginia (Floyd) Johnston, of her parents, John Floyd, governor of Virginia, and Letitia (Preston) Floyd, Letitia's brother, Francis Smith Preston, and other members of the Preston family. Includes letters, fictional and political writings, and other papers, including many references to plantation life, Virginia and national politics, pioneers of southwestern Virginia and genealogical material on the Breckinridge, Buchanan, Floyd, Preston, and other Virginia families.

ArchivalResource: 416 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/19934075 View

Smithfield Preston Foundation Papers, 1784-1881, n.d.

Title: Smithfield Preston Foundation Papers, 1784-1881, n.d.

The Smithfield Preston Foundation collection consists of 200 letters written almost exclusively by two generations of members of the Preston family of southwest Virginia, Kentucky, and South Carolina, to James and Sarah Preston McDowell of Rockbridge County, Virginia.

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Preston, Caroline Hancock, 1785-1847. Recipe book, ca. 1808-1827.

Title: Recipe book, ca. 1808-1827.

Book containing recipes for food preparations and home remedies, and the names of the women who supplied recipes.

ArchivalResource: 1 v.

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Pendleton, Edmund, 1721-1803. Letter : Richmond, to Francis Preston, Montgomery, 1790 July 12.

Title: Letter : Richmond, to Francis Preston, Montgomery, 1790 July 12.

In this letter, Pendleton retains the services of Preston to collect debts from Robert Craig and Samuel Vance for lands purchased from him before the Revolution. A transcript of the letter with biographical information and provenance is included.

ArchivalResource: 2 leaves.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/145409541 View

McDowell, James, 1795-1851. James McDowell papers, 1770-1915 (bulk 1820-1850).

Title: James McDowell papers, 1770-1915 (bulk 1820-1850).

The collection includes correspondence, writings, financial and legal material, and other papers of James McDowell. Most of the papers are letters, addresses, and essays relating to affairs in Virginia and the nation, including slavery in the territories, internal improvements, temperance, nullification, Democratic party politics, colonization societies, collegiate and literary societies, and colleges in Virginia.

ArchivalResource: About 1900 items (4.5 linear ft.).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/14409797 View

Breckinridge, James, 1763-1833. Papers of James Breckinridge, 1780-1909.

Title: Papers of James Breckinridge, 1780-1909.

Includes letters, 1780-1794, from John Brown to James Breckinridge, regarding Breckinridge's studies at the College of William and Mary, Williamsburg social life, land speculation, financial matters, New York social life, the U.S. Constitution, Congressional politics, Kentucky statehood and politics, family matters, the Ohio territory, the first U.S. Congress, rights to the Mississippi River, legal practice in Kentucky, U.S. fiscal policy and international relations, legal and financial matters. Topics also include Francis Preston, Botetourt County, Va., politics, the Virginia Militia, political campaigns, U.S. relations with Great Britain and France, legislation before the Virginia General Assembly and the U.S. Congress, Virginia politics, Napoleon, the War of 1812, the Breckinridge family, and Revolutionary War claims. Also include letters, 1780-1828, to James Breckinridge, regarding financial and legal matters, land speculation, the College of William and Mary, Kentucky politics and social life, real estate law, the U.S. economy, an Indian attack in Kentucky, courtship, and family matters. Also include letters, 1787-1830, from Francis Preston to James Breckinridge, regarding financial matters, land speculation, horses, family matters, Virginia social life, the Virginia General Assembly, the U.S. Constitution, U.S. relations with Great Britain, family matters, and U.S. and Virginia fiscal policy. Also include letters, 1787-1794, from John Preston to James Breckinridge, regarding financial and legal matters, and a contested election involving Francis Preston; and miscellaneous papers, 1793-1909, of the Breckinridge family. Also include letters, 1794-1828, from George Hancock to James Breckinridge, regarding legislation before the U.S. Congress, U.S. relations with Great Britain, the construction of a road through Montgomery County, Va., legal matters, land speculation, financial matters, the power to make treaties under the U.S. Constitution, Napoleon, U.S. politics and Congressional elections, the sale of cattle, and the hire of slaves for road construction. Also include letter, 10 March 1794, from John Breckinridge, Lexington, Ky., to James Breckinridge, regarding his family's bout with smallpox, land speculation in Kentucky, and financial and legal matters; and letter, 23 May 1794, from Alexander Smyth, Wythe County, Va., to James Breckinridge, Fincastle, Va., recommending an acquaintance as excise collector. Also include letters, 1801-1816, from Elijah McClanahan to James Breckinridge, regarding legal matters, Francis Preston, Virginia politics, U.S. relations with Great Britain, the War of 1812, and the Virginia Militia. Also include two letters, 1807, of Andrew Jackson, regarding political alliances and feuds, James Wilkinson and the Burr conspiracy; and letter, 17 June 1809, from Robert Bailey to James Breckinridge regarding financial and legal matters, especially Bailey's imprisonment for debt.

ArchivalResource: 146 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122602947 View

Preston family. Letters of the Preston family, 1791 and 1834.

Title: Letters of the Preston family, 1791 and 1834.

A letter, 1791 July 25, William Russell, North Garden, to Captain Francis Preston, Montgomery County, Va., discusses the signing of the Holston Treaty with the Cherokees and dissatisfaction of settlers whose land falls within Indian boundaries. A letter, 1834 April 26, C.C. Lee, Spring Camp, to Mrs. General Frank Preston, Abingdon, attributes his recent election defeat in Floyd County to rumors of indulging in a wild bacchanal, and accusations of being a nullifier, a bank man and against Andrew Jackson. He also mentions a speech by Governor Floyd that was too sophisticated for local residents.

ArchivalResource: 2 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/34336554 View

Brown, John, 1757-1837. Colonel John Brown and Major General Preston Brown papers, 1763-1865 (inclusive), 1783-1841 (bulk).

Title: Colonel John Brown and Major General Preston Brown papers, 1763-1865 (inclusive), 1783-1841 (bulk).

Largely family correspondence of the Brown, Preston and Mason families received by Reverend John Brown of Virginia and his sons, John, Samuel and James. Most important are the eleven letters from John Brown, member of the Continental Congress and senator from Kentucky (1792-1805), which discuss the Constitution, the Missouri Compromise and the episode in Kentucky history known as the "Spanish Conspiracy". Letters from James Brown were written from Paris (1823-1833) when he was United States ambassador to France, while those from Samuel Brown describe events in Mississippi in the 1810s and 1820s. Margaretta (Mason) Brown is represented by a commonplace book, reading list and poems.

ArchivalResource: l linear ft. (2 boxes, 1 folio)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702165894 View

Campbell, Arthur Lee, 1780-1838. Letter to General Francis Preston, Abingdon, Va., 11 November 1824.

Title: Letter to General Francis Preston, Abingdon, Va., 11 November 1824.

Letter from Louisville, Kentucky to General Preston notifying him of a recent fire that destroyed the Kentucky capitol building in Frankfort and the intention of some in the state to rebuild a new capitol in Louisville. He writes, "the citizens are taking subscriptions to build a new one at this place if the legislature will remove the seat of government to it." Campbell writes that the citizens are divided about where to locate the capitol in Louisville, although some favor a location near Preston's property in Portland. Campbell informs Preston that "your Mound is the most eligible situation" and "it is in your interest to get the state house located on your property." He also notes that "the legislature will make ample appropriation for a canal around the Falls" and "work will be set about in earnest next spring." Concluding the letter, Campbell discusses the recent presidential election. He notes that in a meeting of the Electors of Louisville, "Genl. Jackson obtained a majority of 333 votes over Mr. Clay." He concludes, "the friends of Jackson attach much importance to his obtaining office."

ArchivalResource: 3 pages.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/61270381 View

Francis Preston Receipt, 1791

Title: Francis Preston Receipt, 1791

The collection includes a receipt issued to Francis Preston of an amount totaling 9 pounds paid to Robert McGee on behalf of Michael Drake in 1791.

ArchivalResource: 0.1 cu. ft.; 1 folder

http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=vt/viblbv01251.xml View

Gilmer, Peachy Ridgway, 1779-1836. Papers, 1806-1833.

Title: Papers, 1806-1833.

Contains correspondence dated 1820-1833, from various individuals, including Nathaniel Beverly Tucker, Chapman Johnson, Henry St. George Tucker, George Tucker, and William Cabell Rives, concerning national political issues, such as the Missouri Compromise, tariff legislation, and appointments. Other topics covered include personal business and social news. There is also a letter from Francis Preston to James Breckenridge, dated 2 July 1806.

ArchivalResource: 6 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122488075 View

Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845. ALS: Nashville, [Tenn.], to Francis Preston, Arlington, Virginia, 1810 May 3.

Title: ALS: Nashville, [Tenn.], to Francis Preston, Arlington, Virginia, 1810 May 3.

Letter concerns matters of bookkeeping and finances relative to a contract between Jackson and Preston.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (4 p.) ; 25 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/226721731 View

Preston family. Papers, Abingdon, Virginia, 178-1855.

Title: Papers, Abingdon, Virginia, 178-1855.

This collection consists of 16 items. The bulk of the material is correspondence to Francis Preston. Sectionalism and other political matters as well as land and real estate concerns are discussed. There are also a deed (1823) and family registers (1739-1781) for the Brown and Wilkinson families.

ArchivalResource: 38 leaves.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/145409873 View

Campbell, Arthur, 1742-1811. Arthur Campbell Papers, 1752-1811.

Title: Arthur Campbell Papers, 1752-1811.

Collection includes correspondence, statements of account, receipts, promissory notes, land papers, military papers, and legal papers. Papers reflect Campbell's activities as county lieutenant of Washington County, Virginia, from its formation in 1777 through the Revolution and the Indian wars that followed, his service as sheriff of the county, and as a member of the Virginia Assembly. Correspondence, 1774-1811, concerns land, the state militia, frontier defense against Indians, military aid to Kentucky, Indian treaties, the Creek War, the Virginia-North Carolina boundary, the state of Franklin, separation of Kentucky from Virginia, navigation of the Mississippi River, Anglo-American relations, national and state politics, proceedings of Congress in 1790, Anthony Wayne's campaign against the Northwest Indians, the French Revolution, and Jedidiah Morse's Geography. Also includes an account, 1764-1765, against Colonel John Buchanan for "teaching scholars"; papers, 1752-1806, concerning lands in Lee, Russell and Washington counties, Virginia, including a "short narrative of the discovery of Powell's Valley"; petition of inhabitants of Washington and Montgomery counties that Dr. Thomas Walker's grant be buried in oblivion; papers, 1773-1806, concerning lands in Jefferson, Lincoln, and Hardin counties, Kentucky; papers, 1780-1809, concerning lands in Sullivan and Claiborne counties, Tennessee; bonds, 1797-1798, to Arthur Campbell as sheriff; writ in the case of Arthur Campbell v. Andrew Vance, 1799; transcript of record in case of Salathiel Martin v. Arthur Campbell and John Jones, 1804-1811; and miscellaneous military papers, 1773-1797, a certificate signed by Daniel Boone, 1774, and a military journal kept by William Dells on an expedition against the Cherokee, 1776.

ArchivalResource: 0.33 cubic ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/46764024 View

John Warfield Johnston papers, 1778-1890

Title: John Warfield Johnston papers 1778-1890

Collection includes papers of Johnston and of his wife, Nicketti Virginia (Floyd) Johnston, of her parents, John Floyd, governor of Virginia, and Letitia (Preston) Floyd, Letitia's brother, Francis Smith Preston, and other members of the Preston family. Includes letters, fictional and political writings, and other papers, including many references to plantation life, Virginia and national politics, pioneers of southwestern Virginia and genealogical material on the Breckinridge, Buchanan, Floyd, Preston, and other Virginia families.

ArchivalResource: 2.5 linear feet; 5 boxes, 416 items.

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Preston, Francis, 1765-1835. Letter, 25 Nov. 1797.

Title: Letter, 25 Nov. 1797.

Preston writes about shipment of salt to Henley and his delivery problems because of the "Scarcity of Waggons and the lowness of the Water."

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/49298223 View

Austin, Moses, 1761-1821. Papers of the Preston and related Radford families [manuscript], 1726-1895.

Title: Papers of the Preston and related Radford families [manuscript], 1726-1895.

The collection contains correspondence, surveys, indentures, receipts and other financial, legal and military papers of the related families. Topics include farming and crops, land sales, mercantile purchases, and slave hirings. Of interest are a series of letters, 1819-1828, from University of Virginia students mentioning negotiations with a D.F. Carr, Thomas Jefferson's reputation and John H. Cocke's intentions to keep students out of Charlottesville by a moat or physical barrier. Other topics include early land transactions in Augusta and neighboring counties, 1744-1810, the estate settlement of Colonel James Patton, and the military service of William Preston against Indians on the Virginia frontier.

ArchivalResource: 1300 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/647830644 View

Preston family. Preston family papers, 1755-1836, 1786-1815.

Title: Preston family papers, 1755-1836, 1786-1815.

Papers, chiefly 1786-1815, of three generations of the Preston family. Includes appointments (mostly photostatic copies) of William Preston (ca. 1829-1783) to county positions (coroner, sheriff and surveyor) and to positions in the Virginia militia; and letters, 1773-1782, to Preston concerning land, the Cherokee Indians and a court martial. Also includes correspondence, 1785-1819. of Francis Preston (1765-1836) and his brother John Preston (1764-1827) including letters from John Preston to Francis Preston as well as correspondence of the two men with other people. Subjects covered in the letters include politics; the War of 1812; a carriage; the College of William and Mary; duels; the building of a house; and Indians. The papers also contain a certificate, 20 September 1793, of emancipation of a slave; and correspondence of William Campbell Preston (1764-1860) including a circular and letter, 1827, concerning protest by citizens of South Carolina of a protective tariff.

ArchivalResource: 90 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/22596126 View

Carrington family. Papers of the Carrington family, 1828-1864.

Title: Papers of the Carrington family, 1828-1864.

Topics in various family letters include thanks to Francis Preston for a loan, praise for William Campbell Preston, stopping the requisition of a slave by the Confederate Army, James McDowell Carrington a prisoner of war in 1864 and in need of financial help, and family news from William C. Preston of South Carolina. In addition the collection contains a resolution, 1855, of the Fincastle, Va., Sons of Temperance, on the death of Edward C. Carrington, and a report, n.d., of Edward C. Carrington as representative for state held stock in the Roanoke Navigation Company, recommending a canal be built between Danville, Va., and Weldon, N.C.

ArchivalResource: 7 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/34336553 View

Preston, William, 1729-1783. Papers of William and John Preston, 1740-1960; (bulk 1783-1817).

Title: Papers of William and John Preston, 1740-1960; (bulk 1783-1817).

Papers of William Preston and of his son General John Preston, legislator and treasurer of Virginia, and surveyor of Montgomery Co., Va. William Preston's papers chiefly concern surveying and a militia expedition against the Cherokees. The bulk of the papers relate to the business and personal affairs of John Preston. Topics include surveying, old treaties with the Cherokees, the education of his children, legislation in the House of Delegates, stocks in the Second Bank of the United States, and other types of property. Correspondents include Richard Willing Byrd, John Floyd, Charles Clement Johnston, James Pleasants, Francis Preston, and William Radford.

ArchivalResource: 349 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/20071643 View