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An ASSOCIATION, 1774 May 27

Title: An ASSOCIATION 1774 May 27

Article of Association signed by members of the late House of Burgesses.

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Barron, James, 1740-1787,. Virginia Revolutionary war correspondence, 1778-1779.

Title: Virginia Revolutionary war correspondence, 1778-1779.

The collection contains letter book copies (1779) of official state proclamations and letters signed by Patrick Henry and Thomas Jefferson while serving as governors of Virginia. Henry's term ended and Jefferson's began in June of 1779. The governors correspondents include Raleigh Colston, Filippo Mazzei, Peter Penet, Alexander Gerard, Daniel Morice, Godefrey Lintot and Lazarus Defrancy. Also included are letter book copies (1779-1780) of communications between Governor Jefferson and members of the Virginia Board of War consisting of James Innes, Thomas Nelson, Samuel Griffin and James Barron. The letter book also contains an account of monies paid by the War Office. Letters from George Woodson to Frederick Woodson complete the collection. Enclosed with these letters are copies of letters from Filippo Mazzei and George Washington.

ArchivalResource: 1 reel : positive ; 35 mm.

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Subscription list for a public school in Williamsburg, VA., 1773 July 15

Title: Subscription list for a public school in Williamsburg, VA. 1773 July 15

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Frederick M. Dearborn collection of military and political Americana, Part I: The Revolution and the Administration, 1669-1958.

Title: Frederick M. Dearborn collection of military and political Americana, Part I: The Revolution and the Administration, 1669-1958.

Autograph letters and documents of American political and military leaders collected by Frederick Myers Dearborn.

ArchivalResource: 28 boxes (14 linear ft.)

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Innes, James, 1754-1798. Letter, 1777, Jan. 28 : Fredericksburg, to Mrs. Gordon.

Title: Letter, 1777, Jan. 28 : Fredericksburg, to Mrs. Gordon.

ALS. Gives an account of the death of General Mercer in the Battle of Princeton and of his burial in Philadelphia to Mrs. Gordon, a relative of the General.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

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Subscription list : for a public school in Williamsburg, Va., 1773 July 15.

Title: Subscription list : for a public school in Williamsburg, Va., 1773 July 15.

Subscription list for the establishment of a school in Williamsburg. Consists of twenty signatures. Signers include John Blair, J. Tazewell, George Webb, John Prentis, Edmund Randolph, Robert Andrews, William Pitt, Joseph Hornsby, Thomas Southall, William Page, Gabriel Maupin, John Hatley Norton, William Phillips, Archibald Diddep, Henry Tazewell, Benjamin Powell, Robert Nicolson, William Russell, J. Harwood, and James Innes.

ArchivalResource: 1 item ; 33 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/25617917 View

Randolph family. Papers, 1763-1841.

Title: Papers, 1763-1841.

This small collection consists of letters written to Peyton Randolph (1783-1853) by his cousin John Randolph of Roanoke (1773-1833) regarding family news; letters written to Peyton's father-in-law, James Innes (1754-1798), by his brother Harry Innes ([1752-1816] concerning, in part, the Treaty of San Lorenzo, 1795, establishing free navigation of the Mississippi River), and Thomas Jefferson [copy] and George Washington [copy] concerning Innes's service in the Virginia Militia during the Revolutionary War and his involvement in recruiting for the U.S. Continental Army; letters concerning James Innes; and miscellany.

ArchivalResource: 23 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/56999324 View

Speed family. Speed family : papers, 1751-1921.

Title: Speed family : papers, 1751-1921.

Collection includes correspondence, 1786-1915; legal papers, 1751-1887; some information about Abraham Lincoln, mostly concerning his acquaintance with Joshua Fry Speed and his family, 1841-1921; material on Doctor Thomas Walker; and genealogical material on the Speed, Fry, and related families. Most of the material consists of typed copies.

ArchivalResource: 0.33 cubic ft.

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Virginia. General Assembly. House of Burgesses. Articles of association, 1774 May 27.

Title: Articles of association, 1774 May 27.

Printed copy of the Articles of Association signed by 89 members of the late House of Burgesses, 1774, in response to their dissolution by Gov. John Murray, Earl of Dunmore. Mentions the blockadge of Boston, the Tea Tax, and the East India Company. Lists the Burgesses.

ArchivalResource: 1 item ; 33 cm.

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Freemasons. Williamsburg, Va. Lodge No. 6. Minutes, 1773-1779.

Title: Minutes, 1773-1779.

Corresponds to Proceedings, 1774-1779 (Oversize PH/02/39). Records masonic business, including adoption of a new constitution, acceptance of new members, appointments of officers, increases in masonic rank, etc. Many prominent citizens mentioned, including: John Blair, James Galt, James Innes, James Monroe, Edmund Randolph, Peyton Randolph, Henry Tazewell and St. George Tucker.

ArchivalResource: 1 vol. (130 p.) ; 26 cm.

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Freemasons. Williamsburg, Va. Lodge No. 6. Proceedings, 1774-1779.

Title: Proceedings, 1774-1779.

Record of business, including the adoption of a new constitution, acceptance of new members, appointment of officers, increases in masonic rank, monetary affairs, funerals for members, plans for conventions and social occasions, and punishment for offending members. Also includes statement of masonic goals and principles. Many prominent Williamsburg citizens are mentioned.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (126 p.) ; 40 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/14084128 View

Jacobs, John Williams, Collector. Isaac Shelby : papers, 1792-1893.

Title: Isaac Shelby : papers, 1792-1893.

The collection was compiled by John Williams Jacobs, and primarily consists of papers of Isaac Shelby acquired from Shelby's son-in-law, Charles S. Todd. Included are letters and autographs of prominent political and military leaders from the late 18th to mid-19th centuries. The letters discuss Indian hostilities, Ky. politics, and national affairs. Correspondents include Willie Blount, John Breckinridge, John Brown, Elijah Clark, John C. Calhoun, Henry Clay, Joseph H. Daviess, Felix Grundy, Andrew Jackson, Robert P. Letcher, George Mathew, George Nicholas, Edmund Randolph, Charles Scott, Thomas Todd, Anthony Wayne, Daniel Webster, and James Wilkinson.

ArchivalResource: 0.66 cubic ft.

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Shelby, Isaac, 1750-1826. Isaac Shelby : papers, 1760-1839.

Title: Isaac Shelby : papers, 1760-1839.

Papers include correspondence; accounts; land, legal, and military papers of Shelby; and a 1760 account of his father, Captain Evan Shelby, with George Ross. Correspondence, 1777-1823, concerns Ky. politics, navigation of the Mississippi River, the defense of counties lying on the Ohio River by militia rangers rather than scouts; applications, 1794-1795, for the provision at federal expense, of guards, spies, and scouts for the protection of frontier inhabitants and such industries as salt licks and iron furnaces, counterfeit money, horse thieves, slave stealers, the return of children captured by the Indians, sale of produce at Philadelphia, landed property in Ky., Tenn., and Md., and land litigation. Other papers include accounts, 1775-1816, containing statements of purchase of merchandise, appraisal of stray cattle taken up by Shelby, record of hemp sold to Thomas Hart, Jr., and a list of "Isaac Shelby's cattle for exposition"; land papers, 1782-1825; legal papers in the case of Isaac Shelby v. John Adair, 1794-1802, and in the case of James Parberry's heirs v. Isaac Shelby concerning the ownership of a slave, 1799-1819; military papers, 1793-1794, including a copy of a letter from Benjamin Lincoln, Beverley Randolph, and Timothy Pickering to Anthony Wayne, 1793, record of appointments of officers by Charles Scott on Wayne's campaign, Shelby's affidavit, 1794, about a contract with Joseph Ballenger to supply provisions to 3 garrisons to be stationed on the Wilderness Road, and a memorial of William Whitley to the Ky. legislature asking compensation for his services on the Nickojack campaign. Correspondents include John Adair, John Breckinridge, Robert Breckinridge, James Brown, John Brown, Nathaniel Hart, Harry Innes, James Innes, Henry Knox, James Morrison, George Nicholas, John Speed, Thomas Todd, and James Wilkinson.

ArchivalResource: 0.33 cubic ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/49336806 View