Spotswood, Alexander, 1676-1740

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Lieutenant governor of Virginia, 1710-1722; encouraged exploration of the Virginia Blue Ridge Mountains; entrepreneur of iron industry.

From the description of Proposals for leasing ironworks at Tuball, 1739. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 32135435
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referencedIn Jenings, Edmund, 1659-1727. Letter, 1716 May 25, Ripon Hall [York County], Va., to [William Blathwayt], n.p. Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library
referencedIn Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826. Letter : Monticello, to Samuel Smith, 1801 April 17. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Letter to William Blathwayt, 1716 Nov 8. Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library
referencedIn Papers, 1630-1900, 1630-1800 (bulk) New York State Historical Documents Inventory
referencedIn Slaughter, Jane Chapman, 1860-1951. Papers of Jane Chapman Slaughter, 1809-1951 (bulk 1880-1951). University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Spotswood, Alexander, 1676-1740. Letter of Alexander Spotswood to the Council of Trade, 1711 Oct. 15. Contemporary copy. Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens
creatorOf Berkeley, William, Sir, 1605-1677. Papers of the Latané and related Waring, Allen, Temple, Roane and Dix families [manuscript], 1650-1898 (bulk 1720-1854). University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Hull, Joseph, 1701-1773. Papers, 1724-1761. American Antiquarian Society
referencedIn Ludwell, Philip, 1672-1727. Letter, 1716 November 8, Green Spring, Virginia, to William Blathwayt. Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library
referencedIn Custis, John, 1678-1749. Letterbook, 1717-1741. Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library
referencedIn William Blathwayt Papers, 1680-1700 Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library
referencedIn Papers, 1585-1939 Library of Virginia
creatorOf Walker, Thomas, 1715-1794. Papers of Walker, his son, Francis Walker, and the Walker and Page families [manuscript] 1742-1886. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Spotswood, Alexander, 1676-1740. Papers, 1646 (1696-1745) 1830. Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library
creatorOf Spotswood, Alexander, 1676-1740. Proposals for leasing ironworks at Tuball [manuscript], 1739. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Shackelford family papers [manuscript], 1882-1912. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Sparks, Jared, 1789-1866. Jared Sparks collection of American manuscripts, 1582-1843 Houghton Library
referencedIn Account Book, 1726-1733. Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library
referencedIn Ludwell, Philip, 1672-1727. Letter, 1716 March 29, Green Spring, Virginia, to William Blathwayt. Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library
creatorOf Clements, Francis, d. 1717. Land grant to Francis Clements and genealogical material [manuscript], 1714 June. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Spotswood, Alexander. Autograph signature, [n.d.]. Pierpont Morgan Library.
creatorOf Amonet, Jacob. Land patent: Henrico County, Virginia, 1715 March 23. Library of Virginia
referencedIn Fontaine, James, b. 1658. Memoirs of a Hugenot family ... [manuscript] / G.P. Putnam with holograph notes by Berkeley Minor, John Fontaine Minor and others of the Minor and Fontaine families, 1853. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Spotswood, Alexander, 1676-1740. Letter, 1711 August 4, Williamsburg, Virginia to [?]. Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library
referencedIn Fontaine family. Papers, 1710-1874. Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library
referencedIn Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826. Letter [manuscript]: Monticello, to Samuel Smith, 1801 April 17. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Pratt, William, d. c. 1724. Papers, 1725-1728. Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library
referencedIn Draper, Lyman Copeland, 1815-1891,. Draper manuscripts: Draper's historical miscellanies, 1720-1887. Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project
referencedIn Chamberlain, Bernard Peyton, 1896-. Papers of Bernard Chamberlain relating to the Knights of the Golden Horseshoe [manuscript], 1957. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Burrell, Mary Ann Mary Terretta, 1912?-1991. Papers, 1839-1959 (bulk 1936-1947). Virginia Historical Society Library
creatorOf Phillipps, Thomas, Sir, 1792-1872,. Virginia papers collected by Sir Thomas Phillipps [manuscript] 1683-1784. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Letter to William Blathwayt, 1716 Mar 29. Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library
creatorOf Spotswood, Alexander, 1676-1740. "The Great Adventure, General Alexander Spotswood and the Knights of the Golden Horseshoe, Aug. 20, 1716-Sept. 17, 1716" [manuscript], 1947. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Virginia. Lieutenant-Governor (1710-1722 : Spotswood). Land grant to Richard Cocke for 2497 acres in Henrico Co., Va. [manuscript] 1714 Dec. 14. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Spotswood, Alexander, 1676-1740. Letter, 1716 May 24, Virginia, to William Blathwayt. Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library
referencedIn Grove, William Hugh, fl. 1731-1733. Diary, 1732. Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library
creatorOf Spotswood, Alexander, 1676-1740. Proposals for leasing ironworks at Tuball, 1739. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Ambler family papers, 1638-1809. Library of Congress
creatorOf Ludwell, Philip, 1672-1727. Papers, 1716. William & Mary Libraries
creatorOf Alexander Spotswood Papers, 1696-1745, 1646-1830. Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library
referencedIn Spotswood, William Francisco. Papers, 1654-1962. Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library
referencedIn Thomas Addis Emmet collection, 1483-1876 (bulk:1700-1800) New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division
referencedIn Spotswood, Alexander, ca. 1746-1818. Letter from Alexander Spotswood to William A. Washington, before 1802. Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens
referencedIn Lawrence, Ruth. Burwell, Spotswood, Dandridge, West and allied family histories. Library of Virginia
referencedIn Blathwayt, William, 1649?-1717. Papers, 1631-1722, bulk 1680-1700. Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library
referencedIn Byrd, William, 1674-1744. Letterbooks, 1728-1740 [microform]. Virginia Historical Society Library
creatorOf Letter to Unknown Recipient, 1711 Aug 4. Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library
creatorOf Spotswood, Alexander, 1676-1740. Colvin papers, 1734-1839. William & Mary Libraries
referencedIn Vol. CXCV (ff. 183). Se-Ste [1685?]-1718includes:ff. 1-6b Lieutenant John Seagrave, 7th Dragoon Guards: Memorials to Duke of Marlborough: 1705, n.d.ff. 7-8b Captain Robert Seaton, alias Seton; Scots Guards: Recommendation for: 1704.ff.7-8b Jame..., 1685-1718 British Library
creatorOf Spotswood, Alexander, 1676-1740. Papers, 1732-1840. Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library
referencedIn Byrd, William, 1674-1744. Correspondence, 1728-1729. Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library
referencedIn Alexander Spotswood family genealogy. Western Reserve Historical Society, Research Library
referencedIn Bagge, Edmund, d. 1734. Account book, 1726-1733. Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library
creatorOf Letter to William Blathwayt, 1716 May 24. Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library
referencedIn Letter to [William Blathwayt], 1716 May 25. Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library
referencedIn Benjamin Franklin Papers Part 13 -- Miscellaneous Franklin Materials, 1640-1791 American Philosophical Society
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associatedWith Burrell, Mary Ann Mary Terretta, 1912?-1991. person
associatedWith Byrd, William, 1674-1744. person
associatedWith Campbell, Archibald, ca. 1730-ca. 1802. person
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