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Beverley, Robert, 1769-1843. Papers of Robert Beverley [manuscript], 1809-1831.

Title: Papers of Robert Beverley [manuscript], 1809-1831.

The papers contain letters, 1809-1810, from British minister plenipotentiary Francis James Jackson on the recall of David M. Erskine following the Chesapeake-Leopard affair, Jackson's peace initiatives, and protests against a renewed embargo. Most of the papers are concerned with Beverley's settlement of the estate of William Augustine Washington. The collection also contains an indenture and bond for London and Jefferson County land signed by Ferdinando Fairfax. Correspondents include Briscoe Gerard Baldwin, Phillip Pendleton Barbour, Thomas B. Barton, William Brooke, Thomas Gresham, John Tayloe Lomax, William Macfarlane, Daniel Sheffey, Bushrod Washington, and Sarah Tayloe Washington.

ArchivalResource: 42 items.

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Beverley, Robert, 1769-1843. Papers of Robert Beverley, 1783-1831.

Title: Papers of Robert Beverley, 1783-1831.

Include letters, 1783, from Edmund Randolph re legislative procedures in the General Assembly including a bill to pay off the Army debt; letters, 1809-1810, from British minister plenipotentiary Francis James Jackson re the recall of Erskine following the Chesapeake-Leopard affair, Jackson's peace initiatives, and protests against a renewed embargo; and an indenture and bond for London and Jefferson County land signed by Ferdinando Fairfax. Most of the papers are concerned with Beverley's settlement of the estate of William Augustine Washington. Correspondents include John Tayloe Lomax, Thomas B. Barton, Thomas Gresham, William Brooke, William Macfarlane, Phillip Pendleton Barbour, Briscoe Gerard Baldwin, Daniel Sheffey, Bushrod Washington, and Sarah Tayloe Washington.

ArchivalResource: 42 items.

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Archibald Woods Papers, 1777-1893, 1783-1846.

Title: Archibald Woods Papers, 1777-1893, 1783-1846.

Papers, chiefly 1783-1846, of Archibald Woods of Ohio County, West Virginia. The papers concern his family, the Poage family, and the Houston family, as well as his business dealings.

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Sheffey, Daniel, 1770-1830. Papers, 1793-1836.

Title: Papers, 1793-1836.

Collection contains accounts, correspondence and materials of Daniel Sheffey of Staunton and Wytheville, Va. Include letters, 1802-1828, concerning bonds and the purchase of land in Virginia; accounts, 1803-1827, concerning bonds; and materials, 1793-1832, concerning the estate of William King of Staunton, Va. Also, include materials, 1831-1836, concerning the administration of the estate of Daniel Sheffey.

ArchivalResource: 100 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/56999348 View

Woods, Archibald, 1764-1846. Papers, 1777-1893, 1783-1846.

Title: Papers, 1777-1893, 1783-1846.

Papers, chiefly 1783-1846, of Archibald Woods of Ohio County, W. Va. The papers concern his family, the Poage family, and the Houston family, as well as his business dealings. Correspondents include Levi Barber, Daniel Call, Philip Doddridge, Chapman Johnson, Henry Lee, James Pindall, Benjamin Ruggles, Daniel Sheffey and John Tyler, Edgar Campbell Wilson, George Washington Wilson and Thomas Wilson. Subjects dealt with in the collection include banking, cholera, the Cumberland Road, land spectulation, pioneer life near Wheeling, W. Va. and in Kentucky and Indiana, formation of and early days in Belmont and Monroe counties, Ohio (including the founding of Woodsfield, Ohio), the Northwest Territory, Indians of North America, family life, marriage and courtship, Virginia militia during peacetime and in the War of 1812, Ohio politics, sale of slaves and the Whiskey Rebellion. There are also letters of members of the Baker and Morgan families of Fauquier County, Va. and Wheeling, W. Va. which concern life in St. Louis, Mo. during the 1840's.

ArchivalResource: 2, 775 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/23190916 View