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VIAFrevised2015-09-19machineCPF merge programMerge v2.0revised2016-08-18T05:29:51machineSNAC EAC-CPF ParserBulk ingest into SNAC Databaserevised2016-08-18T05:29:51humanSystem Service (system@localhost)created2024-03-28machineSNAC EAC-CPF SerializerSNAC Identity Constellation serialized to EAC-CPFpersonBurwell, William A. (William Armisted), 1780-1821presumedBurwell, William A.presumedBurwell, William A. (William Armistead), 1780-1821.presumedBurwell, William Armistead, 1780-1821presumedBurwell, William Armisted, 1780-1821.presumedBurwell, William A., d. 1821.presumedWilliam Armistead BurwellpresumedBurwell, Mr. 1780-1821 (William Armisted),presumed1780-03-151821-02-16United StatesBiddle, Nicholas, 1786-1844.Burwell family.Burwell, William M. (William MacCreary), 1809-1888.Gilmer, Francis Walker, 1790-1826.Gilmer, Peachy R. (Peachy Ridgway), 1779-1836.Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826.Johnson, William Ransom, 1782-1849.Randolph, John, 1773-1833.United States Sanitary CommissionBurwill, William A.Burwell, William A. (William Armisted), 1780-1821Proceedings of the Burwell family picnic.Proceedings of the Burwell family picnic. Compiled in 1870.27 leaves.This record consists of material related to a Burwell family picnic held at Milford, Connecticut 18 August 1870. Included is an address by George P. Burwell concerning the Burwell family, especially those descended from John Burwell (d. 1649) of Connecticut and from Lewis Burwell of Virginia, a letter concerning Congressman William A. Burwell (d. 1821) of Virginia, a list of those present at the reunion with their home address and Burwell ancestor, and a directory of various family members with their occupations and addresses. Library of VirginiaBacon, Edmund, b. 1785,. Papers of the Randolph family of Edgehill and Wilson Cary Nicholas [manuscript], 1765-1869.Bacon, Edmund, b. 1785,Barnes, John, fl. 1817,Bowditch, Henry I. (Henry Ingersoll), 1808-1892,Breckinridge, James, 1763-1833,Broadhead, Achilles, 1789-1853.Brockenbrough, William, 1778-1838,Bryan, Andrew,Burwell, William A. (William Armisted), 1780-1821,Cabell, Joseph C. (Joseph Carrington), 1778-1856,Cabell, William H., 1772-1853,Carr, Dabney, 1773-1837,Coles, Isaac A., 1780-1841.Coolidge, Joseph, 1798-1879,Dawson, Martin, fl. 1820,Dinsmore, James, circa 1771-1830,Eppes, Francis,Eppes, Maria, 1778-1804,Gallatin, Albert, 1761-1849,Gibson, Patrick, fl. 1817,Giles, William Branch, 1762-1830,Gilmer, Thomas W. (Thomas Walker), 1802-1844,Guerrant, John, 1760-1813,Hairston, George, 1750-1827,Hollins, John, fl. 1805-1819,Leitch, James, fl. 1809-1826.Madison, James, 1749-1812,Marshall, John, 1755-1835,Mason, John, 1766-1849,Maury, Matthew Fontaine, 1806-1873,Meade, R. K. (Richard Kidder), 1803-1862,Monroe, James, 1758-1831,Morrison, James, 1755-1823,Nicholas, Margaret Smith,Nicholas, Nelson, fl. 1811-1813,Nicholas, Philip Norborne, 1773-1849,Nicholas, Robert Carter, 1728-1780,Nicholas, Robert Carter, 1787-1856,Nicholas, Wilson Cary, 1761-1820,Nicholas, Wilson Cary, fl. 1815,Page, John, 1744-1808,Perry, John M., ca. 1776-ca. 1835,Peyton, Bernard, 1792-1854,Randolph, Cornelia J. (Cornelia Jefferson), 1799-1871,Randolph, Edmund, 1753-1813,Randolph, George Wythe, 1818-1867,Randolph, Martha Jefferson, 1772-1836,Randolph, Peyton, ca. 1778-1828,Randolph, Richard, 1770-1796,Randolph, Sarah N. (Sarah Nicholas), 1839-1892.Randolph, Thomas Jefferson, 1792-1875,Randolph, Thomas M. (Thomas Mann), 1768-1828,Ritchie, Thomas, 1778-1854,Roane, Spencer, 1762-1822,Ruffin, Albert G., d. 1829.Ruffin, Eliza Roane, fl. 1825-1837.Smith, George William, 1762-1811,Smith, John, 1750-1836,Smith, Robert, 1757-1842,Smith, Samuel, 1752-1839,Starke, William, fl. 1827-1829,Steele, John, 1758-1827,Stevenson, Andrew, 1784-1857,Strange, James, 1753-1840,Taylor, John, 1753-1824,Taylor, John Charles Randolph,Taylor, Martha Randolph, 1817-1857,Trigg, Abram, b. 1750,Walker, Thomas, 1715-1794,Wood, James, 1741-1813,Papers of the Randolph family of Edgehill and Wilson Cary Nicholas [manuscript], 1765-1869.787 items.The collection correspondence between Thomas Jefferson and the following: Francis Eppes, Thomas Walker, Maria Jefferson Randolph, Francis Walker, James Strange, Matthew Maury, Thomas Mann Randolph, Wilson Cary Nicholas, John Barnes, Dabney Carr, Edmund Bacon, Patrick Gibson, James Madison, Martin Dawson, and John Steele. Also included are maps of Germany, a map dividing Albemarle County, Jefferson's map of the James and Fluvanna Rivers from Richmond to Monticello, Jefferson's notes on Monticello, his deed of slaves to Thomas Mann and Martha Randolph, and a marriage contract between Charles Bankhead and Anne Cary Randolph. The Nicholas papers contain letters to Robert C. Nicholas, discssing his business and shipping endeavors, particularly from John Norton of the firm John Norton and Son, merchants of London. There are occasional references to the political situation, including an apology from Norton for signing an address in support of the King. Other topics include the introduction of copper coinage and slave hiring. The Duke of Beaufort, Coloniel Richard Corbin, and Richard Oswald are mentioned briefly. Correspondence of Wilson Cary Nicolas discusses Nicholas's increasingly distressed financial affairs, business endeavors, family matters, western (Kentucky) land, national politics including the elections of 1800, 1804, and 1808, governorship of Virginia, foreign affairs including the War of 1812, high taxes caused by the War of 1812; the Second Bank of the U. S.; and the settlement of George Nicholas's estate. Of interest are letters from Joseph C. Cabell on Jefferson's trade embargo; John Guerrant on the Virginia Militia; James Monroe discussing his plans to travel to the 'western country' and purchase of land near Charlottesville; Nelson Nicholas on studies at the College of William and Mary; Peggy Nicholas on a rumored slave uprising and correct punishment for a young girl; Robert Carter Nicholas on the situation at Fort George; Wilson Cary Nicholas, Jr., on a county fair; Richard Randolph on a shipment of flour stopped by the Committee of Safety and a claim on the same rejected by Patrick Henry; Edmund Randolph on changes to the Constitution which would extend its powers, and Samuel Smith on the Miranda affair and the Burr trial. Several letters mention slaves and slave sales. Other correspondents include James Breckinridge, William Brockenbrough, William A. Burwell, Joseph C. Cabell, William H. Cabell, Dabney Carr, Thomas Fairfax, Albert Gallatin, William B. Giles, George Hairston, Bishop James Madison, John Mason, James Morrison, George Nicholas, Philip Nicholas, Peyton Randolph, Thomas Mann Randolph, Spencer Roane, George William Smith, John Smith, Robert Smith, Samuel Smith, John Taylor of Caroline, Abram Trigg. There are brief mentions of George Logan, James Madison, John Marshall, Commodore John Rodgers, and Littleton Waller Tazewell. Legal and financial papers include bills of sale, bills of exchange, bills of lading, receipts, invoices, promissory notes, land grants, indentures, wills, lottery tickets, speeches on the salary and compensation of the keeper of the penitentiary, and on internal improvements, and notes by Wilson C. Nicholas on militia, currency, military bounties, pardons, slaves and land. Document signers include Isaac Coles, James Leitch, and John Page. Also incudes a biographical sketch of George Nicholas and information on the Ambler family. Militia papers include commissions, returns, orders, lists of fines and instructions regarding an Indian campaign, 1775. Several pertain to the 47th Virginia Militia Regiment from Albemarle County. Papers of the Randolph family of Edgehill concern land sales, legal matters and family news, Of interest are a copy of a letter from Thomas Jefferson; a letter to John M. Perry and James Dinsmore re plans for the University of Virginia; a letter from Richard Kidder Meade on the morality of dancing; letters from Joseph Coolidge on publication of Thomas Jefferson's works and possible arrangements by Lafayette for translation and publication in France; letters from Robert C. Nicholas on the Sub Treasury bill; G.W. Randolph on his Civil War service together with receipts from the Quartermaster's Dept. signed by T. J. Randolph; and letters concerning the Soldiers' Christian Association. Correspondents include H. I. Bowditch, Francis Eppes, Thomas W. Gilmer, Martha Randolph (Patsey), Bernard Peyton, Sarah Nicholas Randolph, Thomas Ritchie, William Starke, and Thomas Jefferson Randolph Taylor. The collection also contains an announcement of the first session of the University of Virginia; a photostat of a list in Jefferson's hand [1811?] of current prices for tobacco from Virginia, Maryland and Kentucy, cotton and rice found with a John Barnes letter; an undated petition to the General Assembly for education slaves before manumission; draft articles/ notes on military bounties and presidential pardons; a Jefferson lottery ticket; and a ghost story. Drawings, maps and surveys include drawings of stands or tables, a plan for a well winch and two views of an unidentified piece of machinery and a hand-painted woodcut of Adair, Ireland. There are also maps and/or surveys of lands in Albemarle and Bedford counties, particularly Jefferson's survey surveys of his property in Albemarle; plat of Edgehill as surveyed by Achille Broadhead; a map of Albemarle County,showing St. Anne's Parish, 1777; and a a survey and plat in Bedford county; University of Virginia. LibraryJohnson, William Ransom, 1782-1849. Papers of William Ransom Johnson, 1796-1896.Ayre, Thomas A.Johnson, William Ransom, 1782-1849.Botts, John Minor, 1802-1869.Burwell, William A. (William Armisted), 1780-1821.Cheatham, Eggleston.Papers of William Ransom Johnson, 1796-1896.386 items.The papers contain correspondence, business and legal papers of Johnson and his family as well as the Kagys of New Market, the Logans of Salem and the Sanderses of Jackson's Ferry. Letters refer to legal and business matters, particularly the settlement of Johnson's estate and the sale of land and slaves. Other topics include tobacco sales, slave hiring, settlement of other estates, horse raising, the unveiling of the Lee Monument and reconstruction in Virginia. Of interest are law lecture notes kept by University of Virginia student A. B. Guignon, Jr. and a sketch and letter describing a four passenger rockaway. Correspondents include Thomas A. Ayre, John Minor Botts, Warren H. Briggs, William A. Burwell, Eggleston Cheatham, William Yates Gholson, George Nicholson Johnson, J. E. Johnson, Marmaduke Johnson, William R. Johnson, George Washington Jones, Meador and Brothers, Samuel McDowell Moore, John Mercer Patton, James A. Seddon, Francis J. Smith, and Tazewell Taylor. University of Virginia. LibraryGilmer, Peachy R. (Peachy Ridgway), 1779-1836. Papers : of Peachy R. Gilmer, 1790-1889.Gilmer, Peachy R. (Peachy Ridgway), 1779-1836.Breckinridge, Emma Walker Gilmer, 1807-1893.Burwell, William A. (William Armisted), 1780-1821.Dashiell, Alfred H. (Alfred Henry), 1793-1881.Divers, Martha Walker, 1760-1829.Everett, Charles.Gilmer, Francis Walker, 1790-1826.Gilmer, Harmer, 1787-1812.Gilmer, James Blair, 1784-1810.Gilmer, Thomas Walker, 1771-1791.Maury, Thomas Walker, 1779-1842.Minor, Franklin, 1812-1867.Minor, Peter, 1783-1827.Radford, William, 1787-1861.Saunders, Fleming, 1778-1858.Watson, David, 1773-1830.Yancey, David, d. 1807 or 8.Papers : of Peachy R. Gilmer, 1790-1889.187 items.The collection contains letters (1805-1834) to Peachy Ridgway Gilmer, some concerning George Rogers Clark, José Francisco Correia da Serra, and the education of relatives' children, from William Armisted Burwell, Alfred H. Dashiell, Dr. Charles Everett, Francis Walker Gilmer, Harmer Gilmer, James Blair Gilmer, Thomas Walker Maury, Franklin Minor, Peter Minor, William Radford, Fleming Saunders, David Watson, and David Yancey. There are three letters (1814) from Francis Walker Gilmer to George Divers, Martha Jefferson Randolph, and George Ticknor (concerning the pronunciation of words in Virginia); and three undated essays by Francis Walker Gilmer concerning fire, vapors, and the contract theory of government. Also includes notes (1833-1889) of Emma Walker Gilmer Breckinridge and Peachy Ridgway Gilmer concerning the compilation of his papers; a letter (1790) of Thomas Walker Gilmer to Dr. George Gilmer and Lucy Walker Gilmer; and a letter (1807) of Martha Walker Divers to Mary House Gilmer. Virginia Historical Society LibraryUnited States Sanitary Commission records. Army and Navy Claim Agency archives, 1861-1870United States Sanitary Commission records. Army and Navy Claim Agency archives 1861-1870506.37 linear feet; 1190 boxes, 46 volumesThe United States Sanitary Commission established the Army and Navy Claim Agency (ANCA) in Washington, D.C. on April 1, 1864 to serve as the USSC’s central office to assist Union soldiers, sailors, and their families in prosecuting claims on the federal government for pensions, back pay, bounty, commutation of rations, prize money, and other benefits, without cost. The Army and Navy Claim Agency Archives comprise the records of the Army and Navy Claim Agency; the records of the Pension Agency, its predecessor organization; the registers and cash books of its subsidiary local agencies; and the records of two quasi-independent USSC claim agencies whose origins predate the establishment of the Army and Navy Claim Agency: the Protective War Claim Association of the State of New York, located in New York City, and the Protective War Claim and Pension Agency, located in Philadelphia.EnglishNew York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives DivisionBurwell, William Armistead, 1780-1821. Private memoirs of this private secretary to Thomas Jefferson [Pres. U.S., 1743-1826] [microform] 1804-1810.Burwell, William Armistead, 1780-1821.Private memoirs of this private secretary to Thomas Jefferson [Pres. U.S., 1743-1826] [microform] 1804-1810.50 p.From the Burwell papers in the Library of Congress. University of Virginia. LibraryAllen, Robert, 1794-1859. Papers of Virginia Congressmen [manuscript] 1810-1849.Allen, Robert, 1794-1859.Archer, William Segar, 1789-1855.Armstrong, William, 1782-1865.Atkinson, Archibald, 1792-1872.Averett, Thomas Hamlet, 1800-1855.Barbour, J. S. (John Strode), 1790-1855.Bassett, Burwell, 1764-1841.Botts, John Minor, 1802-1869.Breckinridge, James, 1763-1833.Burwell, William Armistead, 1780-1821.Baer, Carlyle S. (Carlyle Solomon)Blyth, George.Hob, Peter.Papers of Virginia Congressmen [manuscript] 1810-1849.12 items.Letters, notes, receipts, etc. of Robert Allen, William Segar Archer, William Armstrong, Archibald Atkinson, Thomas Hamlet Averett, John Strode Barbour, Burwell Bassett, John Minor Botts, James Breckenridge, and William Armistead Burwell--Bill, 1845 Aug. 2, George Blyth to Peter Hob for 3 months tuition of Louisa Hob [1 l. 8 cm. holograph signed]--Formula, n.d., a cure for the ague, by David Downey [1 l. 7 cm. holograph signed. University of Virginia. LibraryBurwell, William M. (William MacCreary), 1809-1888. Papers of William M. Burwell [manuscript], 1734-1893.Burwell, William M. (William MacCreary), 1809-1888.Benjamin, J. P. (Judah Philip), 1811-1884.Burwell, William A. (William Armisted), 1780-1821.Crawford, William Harris, 1772-1834.Floyd, John B. (John Buchanan), 1806-1863.Gilmer, Peachy R. (Peachy Ridgway), 1779-1836.Mason, J. M. (James Murray), 1798-1871.Stuart, Alexander H. H. (Alexander Hugh Holmes), 1807-1891.Preston, William Ballard, 1805-1862.Pryor, Roger A. (Roger Atkinson), 1828-1919.Rives, William C. (William Cabell), 1793-1868.Sickles, Daniel Edgar, 1819-1914.Stephens, Alexander Hamilton, 1812-1883.Thompson, John Reuben, 1823-1873.Toombs, Robert Augustus, 1810-1885.Papers of William M. Burwell [manuscript], 1734-1893.250 (ca.) items.The collection of papers consists chiefly of the letters and miscellaneous writings of William MacCreary Burwell. Also include early household accounts of the Burwell family; autographed letter signed, 1813 November 13, William Harris Crawford to William A. Burwell; and "The Lost Will" and "A Girl's Life in Virginia Before the War" by Letitia M. Burwell. Correspondence relating to internal improvements and the political situation in Virginia and nationally, diary (1850-52) including brief discussions of congressional activities, drafts and notes for magazine articles, treatises on the 1st Battle of Bull Run, a notebook (1840-1880's) on Southern railroads, notes, reports, clippings, and broadsides on the Tehuantepec inter-ocean route and the Tehuantepec Companyy, and a résumé of Burwell's trip (1852) to Mexico. Includes letters to Burwell's father, William Armistead Burwell, diary and journal (1860-62) of Burwell's daughter, Letitia McCreary Burwell, describing her life in Washington and civilian life in Bedford County, Va., during the Civil War, accounts of the earlier Burwells, and genealogical information on the Armistead, Bacon, Burwell, Lydell, and Willis families. Burwell's correspondents include Judah Philip Benjamin, John Buchanan Floyd, Peachy Ridgeway Gilmer, John Murrary Mason, William Ballard Preston, Roger Atkinson Pryor, William Cabell Rives, Daniel Edgar Sickles, Alexander Hamilton Stephens, Alexander Hugh Holmes Stuart, and Robert Augustus Toombs. Correspondents include Peachy Ridgeway Gilmer, William Cabell Rives, John Reuben Thompson, William Ballard Preston, Alexander Hugh Holmes Stuart, Daniel Edgar Sickles, Judah Philip Benjamin, Robert Augustus Toombs, John Buchanan Floyd, Roger Atkinson Pryor, Alexander Hamilton Stephens, and James Murray Mason. University of Virginia. LibraryBurwell family genealogical notes.Burwell family genealogical notes. 1870.27 leaves.This record consists of material related to a Burewll family picnic held at Milford, Connecticut 18 August 1870. Included is an address by George P. Burwell concerning the Burwell family, especially those descended from John Burwell (d. 1649) of Connecticut and from Lewis Burwell of Virginia, a letter concerning Congressman William A. Burwell (d. 1821) of Virginia, a list of those present at the reunion with their home address and Burwell ancestor and a directory of various family members with their occupations and addresses. Library of VirginiaRandolph, John, 1773-1833. Letter, 1806 February 28, Georgetown, D.C., to Edward Carrington.Randolph, John, 1773-1833.Carrington, Edward, 1749-1810.Letter, 1806 February 28, Georgetown, D.C., to Edward Carrington.1 p. ; 25 x 20 cm.Will readily testify in the suit between Nelson and the heirs of the late N. Burwell, but feels that William Burwell of Franklin is the person best acquainted with the value of that estate. Connecticut Historical SocietyBurwell, William A. (William Armistead), 1780-1821. Letter to Nicholas Biddle, 1821.Burwell, William A. (William Armistead), 1780-1821.Biddle, Nicholas, 1786-1844.Letter to Nicholas Biddle, 1821.1 item (1 leaf).University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt LibraryPapers of the Burwell family [manuscript] ca. 1815-1896.Papers of the Burwell family [manuscript] ca. 1815-1896.6 items.The reminiscences of Kate Burwell Bowyer contain anecdotes of the Civil War and recollection of a trip to New York, Philadelphia, and Washington, D.C. with her father and sister, ca. 1854, which included visits to mediums. An incomplete copy of the memoirs of William Armisted Burwell includes his experiences as a Virginia State delegate, U.S. Congressman, and personal secretary to President Jefferson. The collection also contains an 1895 scrapbook of Civil War reminiscences and a petition to the General Assembly against changing the name of liberty, Va., to Bedford. University of Virginia. LibraryBurwell Family Papers (#112), 1745-1997Burwell Family Papers (#112) 1745-19973,000; 6.5Burwell family of Warren, Vance, and Granville counties, N.C., and Mecklenburg County, Va., and the Williams family of Warren County, N.C. Prominent Burwell family members were Armistead (d. 1819), Lewis (fl. 1792-1848), and Spotswood (1785-1855), all tobacco and cotton farmers in Mecklenburg County, Va.; Spotwood's children, William Armistead (1809-1887), tobacco and cotton farmer of North Carolina, Lewis D. (1813-1874), Blair (1815-1848), Armistead Ravenscroft (1820-1867), George Washington (1823-1873), Robert Randolph (1829-1892), and Mary Anne Spotswood (1825-1874), who married Dr. Otis Frederick Manson.; and William Armistead's son William Henry (1835-1917), also a tobacco and cotton farmer in North Carolina and Virginia. Personal, business, financial, and legal papers of the Burwell family, including items concerning growing and selling tobacco, cotton, and other crops; slave purchases, sales, and births; runaway slaves; plantation management by Lucy Crawley Burwell in the 1820s; gold-mining in Burke County, N.C.; horse breeding; civilian conditions during the Civil War and William Henry Burwell's purchase of a substitute to take his place in the Confederate army; taxes, farm, and household expenses; William Armistead Burwell's tenure as chairman of the Board of Superintendents of the Common Schools of Vance County, N.C.; estate settlements; the genealogy of the Burwell family; and records relating to the Tabernacle Methodist Episcopal Church and to a black school in Vance County, N.C., in the 1880s. Also included is an album of photographs taken and developed by Fannie Brodie Burwell, a young woman in Wilson, N.C., before her marriage in 1907. Papers of the Williams family include letters regarding the establishment of local academies in North Carolina and letters from students at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the 1810s and 1830s. There are also two letters from Patrick Henry (1736-1799) about selling beef and slaves.EnglishUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical CollectionGilmer, Francis Walker, 1790-1826. Correspondence of Francis Walker Gilmer [manuscript], 1784-1826.Gilmer, Francis Walker, 1790-1826.Barlow, Peter, 1776-1862Birkbeck, George, 1776-1841Brockenbrough, John, 1774-1852Brougham and Vaux, Henry Brougham, Baron, 1778-1868,Buchanan, George, 1790?-1852Burwell, William A. (William Armisted), 1780-1821,Butler, Samuel, 1774-1839Cabell, William H., 1772-1853Campbell, Thomas, 1777-1844,Carr, Dabney, 1773-1837Cartwright, F. D. (Frances Dorothy), 1780-1863Cartwright, John, 1740-1824Cocke, John Hartwell, 1780-1866,Correia da Serra, José Francisco, 1750-1823,Croghan, George, 1791-1849,Dunglison, Robley, 1798-1869Du Pont de Nemours, Pierre Samuel, 1739-1817Forbes, John, Sir, 1787-1861,Gilmer, Peachy R. (Peachy Ridgway), 1779-1836Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826,Lee, Henry, 1787-1837Legaré, Hugh Swinton, 1797-1843,Leigh, Benjamin Watkins, 1781-1849,Leslie, John, Sir, 1766-1832,Lesueur, Charles Alexandre, 1778-1846,Long, George, 1800-1879Madison, James, 1751-1836Ogilvie, James, 1760-1820,Parr, Samuel, 1747-1825Randolph, John, 1773-1833Randolph, Thomas M. (Thomas Mann), 1768-1828Rush, Richard, 1780-1859Stewart, Dugald, 1753-1828Taylor, John, 1753-1824Tazewell, Littleton Waller, 1774-1860Teignmouth, John Shore, Baron, 1751-1834Ticknor, George, 1791-1871Torrey, John, 1796-1873Trist, Elizabeth House, d. 1828,Tucker, Henry St. George, 1780-1848Upshur, A. P. (Abel Parker), 1790-1844Valpy, R. (Richard), 1754-1836,Vaughan, Benjamin, 1751-1835,University of Virginia. Board of Visitors.Walsh, Robert, 1784-1859Wirt, William, 1772-1834,Wistar, Caspar, 1761-1818Correspondence of Francis Walker Gilmer [manuscript], 1784-1826.283 items.Correspondence with Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and others, largely concerning the establishment of the University of Virginia, and particularly Gilmer's efforts in England to select a teaching staff for the new institution. Includes family letters. University of Virginia. Library