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Dabney, Charles, 1744-1829. Charles Dabney papers, 1769-1809.

Title: Charles Dabney papers, 1769-1809.

Land and legal papers.

ArchivalResource: 27 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/79449818 View

Bible record of the Dabney and Bass families, 1746-1870.

Title: Bible record of the Dabney and Bass families, 1746-1870.

Original record, without title page information, concerning the family of Charles and Dorcas (Gilbert) Dabney of Brooklyn, Conn., and the family of the Rev. John and Mary Bass of Ashford, Conn., and Providence, R.I. Also one manuscript explanatory page.

ArchivalResource: [1] leaf, [4] p. ; 27 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/50074160 View

Dabney, Charles William, 1855-1945. Charles William Dabney papers, 1715-1945.

Title: Charles William Dabney papers, 1715-1945.

Papers from 1716 to about 1833 consist of business and personal correspondence and other papers of William Dabney, Charles Dabney, and Charles William Dabney (1786-1833), and their relatives, chiefly in Hanover, King William, and Louisa counties, Va. These items concern tobacco planting and shipping and the purchase of merchandise, and post-Revolutionary War land acquisitions in Kentucky; plantation management; current events; and family activities. Papers of Robert Lewis Dabney, clergyman, teacher, Confederate staff officer and chaplain, concern Presbyterian church matters, Hampden-Sidney College, Union Theological Seminary of Virginia, the Civil War, a biography of Stonewall Jackson, and Dabney and Morrison family news from Virginia, Tennessee, and Texas. Other Civil War material includes original and photocopied correspondence from Robert E. Lee, and reports and casualty lists of the battle of Kernstown, 1862. There are also several letters from clergyman Benjamin Mosby Smith (1811-1893). Correspondence of Charles William Dabney (1855-1945) concerns projects of the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture; the development of mineral resources; the advancement of scientific, technical, agricultural, and general education; his education in Virginia and Germany; scientific work in state agencies in North Carolina, 1880-1887; his presidency of the University of Tennessee, 1887-1904, and of the University of Cincinnati, 1904-1920; conflict with German-Americans in Cincinnati; family matters as reflected in correspondence with his wife and other family members, 1877-1925; and the writing of his memoirs and works on educational history. Dabney's materials also include writings, addresses, scrapbook materials, and pictures. Volumes in the collection include ten 18th-century Virginia account books; James Morrison's sermon notes; and copies of family histories by William McPheeters, 1842, and John Blair Dabney, 1850.

ArchivalResource: About 15000 items (17.0 linear ft).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/25968501 View

Dabney family. Ledger and papers.

Title: Ledger and papers. 1755-[1778] 1868.

Ledger contains plantation accounts of William Dabney of Hanover County, Virginia and blacksmith's accounts of his son Charles. Entries provide information on plantation crops and slaves and slavery as well as record payments for services such as carpentry, shoemaking, and midwifery. Dabney served as steward for Edward Ambler, Dudley Digges, and Armistead Lightfoot.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (77 p.) and 17 items; 41.5 x 17.5 cm. or smaller.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/9728891 View

Dabney family. Papers, 1742-1928 (bulk 1825-1891).

Title: Papers, 1742-1928 (bulk 1825-1891).

Chiefly papers of Charles William Dabney (1809-1895), lawyer of "Aldingham," Hanover County, including correspondence, 1830-1891, accounts, 1825-1887, account books, 1832-1864, concerning agricultural operations at "Aldingham," diary, 1831-1857, and materials concerning cases in which he served as legal counsel. His practice extended to Goochland, Hanover, and Louisa counties, Va. Included are letters, 1830-1834, concerning pension and bounty claims for service in the U.S. Army, letters and other materials, 1840-1880, concerning the Tinder Gold Mine and the Hope Mining Company of Louisa County, Va., and materials concerning the estates of Walter Coles (1769-1815), Samuel R. Jones (d. 1848?), and William Larkin White (1794-1880), all of Hanover County. Also, papers of Charles Dabney (1744-1829) of Hanover County, Va., including blacksmith's account books, 1773-1829, loose accounts, 1814- 1833, and commonplace book, 1791-1805, containing lists of livestock and tools.; and scattered papers of Jane (Meriwether) Dabney (1757-1833), Samuel Dabney, and William F. Johnson (d. 1862), all of Louisa County; and Overton A. Mosby (d. 1852) of Richmond Va.

ArchivalResource: 4,012 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/30658834 View