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Bernard, Simon, 1779-1839. Bowyer-Hubard Papers, 1767-1782 and 1816.

Title: Bowyer-Hubard Papers, 1767-1782 and 1816.

Correspondence and family papers of Michael Bowyer, captain, Continental Line (12th Virginia regiment), of Augusta County, Virginia, including state commission as captain of Virginia militia (signed by Edm[un]d Pendleton, John Page, Tho[ma]s Lud[well] Lee, P[aul] Carrington, Dudley Digges, and J[ame]s Mercer) and continental commission (signed by [John Ha]ncock); certificate of leave to have family inoculated for smallpox (signed by Charles Scott); certificate of his marriage to Phreney [Frances?] Carpenter in 1766: letters from John Page and James Wood containing military orders for Bowyer; agreement of Alexander McGrew to pay Bowyer; and letter from Lafayette introducing the French engineer, [Simon] Bernard. Also included is letter from James Murray; and letter from M[atthew or Meriwether] Hubard to Mrs. Frances Morton Hubard saying Lord Dunmore has advised him to accompany Lord Cornwallis to East Indies; bookplate of the Loyalist James Hubard; engraved plate for James Hubard's bookplate; and a framed silhouette of James Hubard.

ArchivalResource: 13 items ; 32 cm. or smaller.

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Givens, George, fl. 1776. Militia commission, 1776 May 14.

Title: Militia commission, 1776 May 14.

Commission, 1776 May 14, to George Givens issued by the Committee of Safety for the Colony of Virginia. Appoints Givens as a captain in the militia of Botetourt County (Va.).

ArchivalResource: 1 item ; 34 cm.

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Militia Commission, 1776 May 14

Title: Militia Commission 1776 May 14

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Charles, John S., 1851-1930. Recollections of Williamsburg : as it appeared at the beginning of the Civil War and just previously thereto, with some incidents in the life of its citizens.

Title: Recollections of Williamsburg : as it appeared at the beginning of the Civil War and just previously thereto, with some incidents in the life of its citizens.

Primarily a house-by-house comparison between Williamsburg in the 1860s and the town in 1928. Details use of town by both Confederate and Union forces during the Civil War. Contains some insight into social and economic life. Many prominent citizens and visitors are mentioned, including Lemuel Bowden, Dr. Camm, Thomas Cogbill, John Coke, George P. Coleman, Dudley Digges, Dr. John M. Galt II, Dr. Samuel Griffin, the Rev. Scervant Jones, General George B. McClellan, William S. Peachy, Robert Saunders and Dr. Robert P. Waller. Memoir commissioned for the Restoration by Rev. W.A.R. Goodwin. Unbound handwritten manuscript.

ArchivalResource: 117 p. ; 28 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/14633904 View

Dabney Family Ledger and Papers, 1755-1788, 1755-1868

Title: Dabney Family Ledger and Papers 1755-1788, 1755-1868

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Jerdone, Francis, 1721-1777. Cargo waste book, 1748-1749.

Title: Cargo waste book, 1748-1749.

Waste book record of cargo imported and tobacco shipped by Francis Jerdone at Yorktown, Virginia. The book documents the variety and volume of goods sold by Jerdone and the many customers he had in Virginia. Customers included Colonel Carter Burwell, the Reverend John Camm, Alexander Craig, Colonel Dudley Diggs, James Dixon, Robert Donald, Thomas Everard, Alexander Finnie, the Reverend Mr. Fontaine, William Jerdone, Warner Lewis, John Lightfoot, William Lightfoot, Thomas Nelson, William Nelson, John Norton, John Palmer, James Shield, Captain John Tabb, and Bennitt Tomkins.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (276 p.) ; 41 cm.

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Bowyer-Hubard Papers, 1767-1816

Title: Bowyer-Hubard Papers 1767-1816

Correspondence and family papers of Michael Bowyer, (Captain of the 12th Virginia Regiment of the Continental Line,) of Augusta County, Virginia.

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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.

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York County (Va.). York County, Virginia, sheriff's execution book, 1789-1794.

Title: York County, Virginia, sheriff's execution book, 1789-1794.

Accounts for money collected by Philip Moody (d. 1807), deputy sheriff; in satisfaction of various court decisions; and receipts for this money. Courts mentioned include York, Williamsburg Hustings, King and Queen District, Williamsburg District, James City, Charles City, Sussex, Warwick, Henrico Chancery, and the High Court of Chancery. Names in the cases include Samuel Beall, William Cary, John Coke, William Cole, Dudley Digges, John M. Galt, Robert Greenhow, Thomas Hubard, Matthew Hubbard, Hunt and Adams, William Lee, Alexander Macaulay, James Moir, Hugh Nelson, Robert Nicolson, John Paradise, Benjamin Powell, Harrison Ratcliff, John Saunders, and James Southall.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. and 63 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/24931946 View

Sheriff's Execution Book, 1789-1794.

Title: Sheriff's Execution Book, 1789-1794.

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Carter, Robert, 1728-1804. Papers, 1772-1793.

Title: Papers, 1772-1793.

Includes letters written to Burgess Ball, Robert Bladen Carter, Augustine Davis, Dudley Digges, John Dixon, Lord Fairfax, Francis Fauquier, Jr., William Fitzhugh, William Holt, Hunter, Thomas Jefferson, Dr. Walter Jones, Francis Lightfoot Lee, William Lee, Warner Lewis, Bishop James Madison, William Nelson, John Pinkney, Joseph Prentis, Robert Prentiss, Alexander Purdie, Peyton Randolph, Mrs. Anne Tasker, Henry Tazewell, John Tazewell, George Turberville, William A. Washington, and George Wythe. Subjects of the letters include Lord Dunmore, Richard Bland Lee, George Mercer, and William Small; the estate of Roger Dixon; church plate for Yeocomico Church; speech of Robert Carter to slaves concerning Dunmore's proclamation; gradual manumission of his slaves; care of illegimate children and the disabled by the parish; ordering goods from England; sale of an organ. Other subjects include weights and measures, description of dwelling house, cornhouse, and kitchen to be built at "Old Ordinary," [Westmoreland Co., Va.]; two volumes from library of Council of Virginia; and work done at Moratico Baptist Church; and engraving to be done by William Waddill of Williamsburg.

ArchivalResource: [232] leaves ; 30 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/19927651 View

William Lightfoot Papers, 1740-1764.

Title: William Lightfoot Papers, 1740-1764.

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Lightfoot, William, 1724-1764. Papers, 1740-1764.

Title: Papers, 1740-1764.

Mercantile account book (1747-1764) and loose accounts. Account book documents business dealings with prominent Virginians and British merchants. Names include William Byrd III, Dr. James Carter, Colonel Dudley Digges, Lieutenant Governor Robert Dinwiddie, Dr. Peter Hay, Colonel Philip Ludwell, John Norton, Hugh Orr, John Randolph, Richard Taliaferro, Benjamin Waller, and Ralph Wormeley. The first section of the book contains accounts of an English merchant. Names include Joseph Freeman, Edmund Goss, Edmund Green, Thomas Higgs, Thomas Hill, John Lewis, William Poole, Richard Purbeck, James Stanbridge, Thomas Tournay, Robert Warne, and James Young.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. and 8 items.

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Francis Jerdone Cargo Wastebook, 1748-1749.

Title: Francis Jerdone Cargo Wastebook, 1748-1749.

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