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Robinson, Harry,. Documents of Harry Robinson [manuscript] 1761-1791.

Title: Documents of Harry Robinson [manuscript] 1761-1791.

Indenture, 1761 July 1, between William Nichols, of Albemarle Co. and William Cabell of Amherst for a sum of money; signed with Nichols' mark. Receipted bill for taxes, 1797-98, of Dennett Witt of Amherst Co. Martin Dawson for William Cabell.

ArchivalResource: 2 items.

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Cabell, Joseph C. (Joseph Carrington), 1778-1856. Papers of the Cabell family, 1727-1875.

Title: Papers of the Cabell family, 1727-1875.

The papers include correspondence and other papers of William Cabell, a son Nicholas Cabell and a great-grandson Nathaniel Francis Cabell, including records relating to a legal action of William Cabell against William Mayo and George Carrington; a grant of land, 1739, Goochland County, Va., to William Cabell, signed by William Gooch; a tobacco storage book; records of the Minute Men of Amherst County, Va., a militia company under the command of Nicholas Cabell, 1774-1785. The papers also include a bond, 1763 April 15 between William Cabell, John Moore, John Frye and John Lewis to build a courthouse for Albemarle County, Va., a Civil War pardon signed by William H. Seward, slave lists, a letter re discipline and a permission to marry, fragments of books by George Berkeley and Soame Jenyns and a printed essay on inland navigation, 1766. Also of interest are lyrics of some Revolutionary War songs; book lists; minutes of Warminster Academy, Nelson County, Va., 1795; letters patent for a medical remedy, 1795; Liberty Hall furniture lists and graveyard plans; a list of emigrants from Virginia to the West and Southwest; a description of thefts by the Union army; and a Cabell family genealogy. Correspondents and persons named include Edward Carrington, John Hartwell Cocke, Joshua Fry, Peter Jefferson, St. George Tucker, and Thomas Walker. The material is related to the library's other Cabell collections (including Joseph C. Cabell papers, 1731-1917) and to its Cocke and Jefferson collections.

ArchivalResource: 515 items.

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Land surveys [manuscript] 1622-1791.

Title: Land surveys [manuscript] 1622-1791.

Chiefly fragments of 17th and 18th cent. indentures and surveys. Plat of 6,320 acres along the Fluvanna [James] River in Goochland Co., Va., surveyed for William Cabell by William Mayo in 1737.--Broadside: "A topographical analysis of the Commonwealth of Virginia, compiled for the years 1790-1."

ArchivalResource: 8 items.

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Cabell family. Papers of the Cabell family, 1727-1875.

Title: Papers of the Cabell family, 1727-1875.

The papers include correspondence and other papers of William Cabell, a son Nicholas Cabell and a great-grandson Nathaniel Francis Cabell, including records relating to a legal action of William Cabell against William Mayo and George Carrington; a grant of land, 1739, Goochland County, Va., to William Cabell, signed by William Gooch; records of the Minute Men of Amherst County, Va., a militia company under the command of Nicholas Cabell, 1774-1785. The papers also include a bond, 1763 April 15 between William Cabell, John Moore, John Frye and John Lewis to build a courthouse for Albemarle County, Va., a Civil War pardon signed by William H. Seward, slave lists and a permission to marry, fragments of books by George Berkeley and Soame Jenyns and a printed essay on inland navigation, 1766. Also of interest are lyrics of some Revolutionary War songs; book lists; Warminster Academy minutes, 1795; letters patent for a medical remedy, 1795; Liberty Hall furniture lists and graveyard plans; a list of emigrants from Virginia to the West and Southwest; and a description of thefts by the Union army. Correspondents and persons named include Edward Carrington, John Hartwell Cocke, Joshua Fry, Peter Jefferson, St. George Tucker, and Thomas Walker. The material is related to the library's other Cabell collections (including Joseph C. Cabell papers, 1731-1917) and to its Cocke and Jefferson collections.

ArchivalResource: 375 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/34567116 View