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Robert Saunders letter, 1851 August 11

Title: Robert Saunders letter 1851 August 11

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Corbin, Richard, ca. 1708-1790. Papers, 1746-1825.

Title: Papers, 1746-1825.

Letters and accounts of Richard Corbin include warrants for payments of Virginia quitrents; accounts and letters with Osgood and Capel Hanbury, his London agents; memoranda and accounts regarding his plantations; accounts with tradesmen; accounts, legal papers, and letters to his son, Richard Corbin, Jr. Volumes include Corbin's letterbook (1758-1768) with letters and invoices to Edward Athawes, Robert Dinwiddie, Capel and Osgood Hanbury, Edmund Jennings, Philip Ludwell, Ralph Wormeley, Charles Goore, Beilby Porteus, and others; Corbin's tobacco book, 1746-1790, includes annual quantity, origin, place of inspection, disposition, and overseers' shares; and the diary (1773-1776) of John Harrower, Scottish indentured tutor for Colonel William Daingerfield's children, of Belvidera, near Fredericksburg, Virginia. Collection includes mention of Jaquelin Ambler, Leroy Anderson, Burwell Bassett, Carter Braxton, Charles Carter, Robert Cary, Robert Cholemondeley, James Lee, John Norton and Sons, John Robinson, James Semple, Benjamin Tomkins, and Benjamin Waller.

ArchivalResource: 3 v. and 370 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/25236521 View

College of William and Mary. Bursar's ledger, 1763-1770.

Title: Bursar's ledger, 1763-1770.

Financial records for the College, that show income collected and dispersed, including faculty salaries; household expenses; property rents, and duties on tobacco, liquor, skins, and furs; and peddler licenses. Records of money paid to the office of the surveyor-general, and expenses of a voyage to Britain. Prominent individuals mentioned include William Allen, John Blair, Lewis Burwell, John Camm, Wilson Miles Cary, Benjamin Harrison, James Horrocks, Josiah Johnson, Emmanuel Jones, Philip Ludwell, John Norton, John Palmer, John Randolph, Peyton Randolph, John Robinson, William Small, and Edward Champion Travis.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (103 p.) 40 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/19835176 View

Saunders, Robert, 1805-1869. Letter, 1851 August 11, Williamsburg [Va.] to Mary Grymes [Nelson] Prosser, n.p.

Title: Letter, 1851 August 11, Williamsburg [Va.] to Mary Grymes [Nelson] Prosser, n.p.

Asks for genealogical information for [John Beverley] Robinson who is looking for the name of his grandfather [William Robinson]. Discusses Speaker John Robinson, the Loyalist Christopher Robinson and other members of the Robinson family.

ArchivalResource: 4 p. on 1 leaf ; 26 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/15217057 View

Jameson family. Papers, 1756-1872.

Title: Papers, 1756-1872.

Collection includes arithmetic exercise book of Thomas Jameson containing examples of work problems and a section for the student to practice; a letter, May 13, 1795, David Jameson, Jr., Caroline County, Virginia, to Samuel Ayres concerning money due from former Speaker of the House of Burgesses John Robinson's estate and from John Tyler.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. and 2 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/25059796 View

Trebell, Sarah, d. 1789. Letter : Williamsburg, Va., to John Galt, 1766 May 12.

Title: Letter : Williamsburg, Va., to John Galt, 1766 May 12.

Letter of Sarah Trebell in Williamsburg, Virginia to her brother John Galt. Letter discusses family matters and the funeral of John Robinson, Speaker of the Virginia House of Burgesses.

ArchivalResource: 1 item ; 23 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/25617559 View

Letter to John Galt, 1766 May 12.

Title: Letter to John Galt, 1766 May 12.

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Grove, William Hugh, fl. 1731-1733. Diary, 1732.

Title: Diary, 1732.

Selections from Groves' diary, specifically, an account of his voyage and travels about Yorktown and Gloucester, Virginia in which he describes the buildings and accommodations. Also, there are descriptions of Williamsburg and the College of William and Mary, a discussion of the patterns of local trade, lists of crops grown in the region, and of native flora and fauna. Additionally, there is an extensive description of the lives of slaves, including diet, living conditions, and customs.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (23 p.) ; 23 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/14138687 View

Richard Corbin Papers, 1746-1825.

Title: Richard Corbin Papers, 1746-1825.

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