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Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826. Correspondence, 1775-1826

Title: Correspondence of Thomas Jefferson, 1775-1826.

Papers include bills prepared for the revision of the laws of Virginia, 1776-1779; a memorandum on the Constitution, 1801-1808?; a Poplar Forest tax bill from the Bedford County sheriff, 1818; a contract with the Raggi brothers, 1819; a memorandum on taxation in Virginia with a comparison of representation and taxation in various areas, 1821; a reply to a toast in honor of Lafayette, 1824; an apothecary's scale; and notes on a Fauquier County survey. Correspondence touches on a variety of topics that engaged Jefferson's interest, especially education in Virginia, including plans for the University, its construction, finances, faculty, equipment purchases and library; the constitution of the U.S. and the rights of states; national government and finances, including the Bank of the U.S. Other subjects are the study of languages, British strategy in the Revolutionary war, decorations at the White House, news of family and friends, a legal case, purchases including scuppernong wine, and taxes.

ArchivalResource: 37 items.

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Gilmer, Peachy R. (Peachy Ridgway), 1779-1836. Papers : of Peachy R. Gilmer, 1790-1889.

Title: Papers : of Peachy R. Gilmer, 1790-1889.

The collection contains letters (1805-1834) to Peachy Ridgway Gilmer, some concerning George Rogers Clark, José Francisco Correia da Serra, and the education of relatives' children, from William Armisted Burwell, Alfred H. Dashiell, Dr. Charles Everett, Francis Walker Gilmer, Harmer Gilmer, James Blair Gilmer, Thomas Walker Maury, Franklin Minor, Peter Minor, William Radford, Fleming Saunders, David Watson, and David Yancey. There are three letters (1814) from Francis Walker Gilmer to George Divers, Martha Jefferson Randolph, and George Ticknor (concerning the pronunciation of words in Virginia); and three undated essays by Francis Walker Gilmer concerning fire, vapors, and the contract theory of government. Also includes notes (1833-1889) of Emma Walker Gilmer Breckinridge and Peachy Ridgway Gilmer concerning the compilation of his papers; a letter (1790) of Thomas Walker Gilmer to Dr. George Gilmer and Lucy Walker Gilmer; and a letter (1807) of Martha Walker Divers to Mary House Gilmer.

ArchivalResource: 187 items.

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Nicholas, Wilson Cary, 1761-1820. Papers of Wilson Cary Nicholas including material on William and Mary College [manuscript] 1751-1850.

Title: Papers of Wilson Cary Nicholas including material on William and Mary College [manuscript] 1751-1850.

Papers of Wilson Cary Nicholas chiefly concern the management of his estate Mount Warren on the James River, and discuss slaves, crops, plantings, tobacco sales and mill operations, as well as further litigation about the Ambler estate. Specific topics of interest include the Albemarle militia (1795); investments in western lands and interest in the James River and Kanawha Canal Co.; contracts for supplying pork to the U.S. Navy; papers for his term as collector of the port of Norfolk, Va.; accounts of his flour mill at Warren, Albemarle County, Va.; Agricultural Society of Albemarle; and Central College subscriptions. Also papers of the Richmond branch of the Bank of the U.S.; correspondence with John Nicholas describes politics in New York in the early 19th century; James Morrison's letters contain material on Kentucky politics; material on the War of 1812 when Nicholas was governor; notes endorsed by Thomas Jefferson, 1817-1819, and a letter 19 Aug. 1796 from Jefferson. Among the more important correspondents are John Adams, John Ambler, Mary Ambler, Samuel Athawes, Richard Barbour, James Breckinridge, Brown & Rives, Joseph C. Cabell, William H. Cabell, Dabney Carr, Ellen Carr, Hetty Carr, Hollins Carr, Peter Carr, Sidney Carr, Wilson Miles Cary, John Hartwell Cocke, Peter V. Daniel, George Divers, Ellis and Allan, Ferdinando Fairfax, George William Fairfax, Joshua Fry, Robert Gamble, Gibson & Jefferson, Francis Walker Gilner, William B. Giles, William Waller Hening, Benjamin Watkins Leigh, John Marshall, James Maury, Thomas Walker Maury, Robert Morris, John Nicholas of Albemarle County, John Nicholas of New York, Philip Norburne Nicholas, Richard Randolph, Thomas Jefferson Randolph, Thomas Mann Randolph, William Randolph, Henry St. George Tucker, John Wickham, William Wirt.

ArchivalResource: 3,000 items.

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