Robinson Family Papers, 1684-1915.

Simcoe, John Graves, 1752-1806

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John Graves Simcoe was born at Cotterstock, England in 1752, the third of four sons of John and Katherine Simcoe. He spent one year at Merton College, Oxford, before entering the army as an Ensign in the 35th Foot in 1770. He was posted to Boston in 1775, and in 1777 was given command of the Queen's Rangers, a mixed (predominantly light infantry) corps made up of loyalists. He took part in several operations in New York, Pennsylvania and Virginia before being invalided home as a Lieutenant-Colon...

Pendleton, Edmund, 1721-1803

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Edmund Pendleton (September 9, 1721 – October 23, 1803) was a Virginia planter, politician, lawyer and judge, and a Founding Father of the United States. He served in the Virginia legislature before and during the American Revolutionary War, rising to the position of Speaker. Pendleton attended the First Continental Congress as one of Virginia's delegates alongside George Washington and Patrick Henry, signed the Continental Association, and led the conventions both wherein Virginia declared inde...

Wythe, George, 1726-1806

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George Wythe (December 3, 1726 – June 8, 1806) was the first American law professor, a noted classics scholar, a Founding Father of the United States and a Virginia judge. The first of the seven Virginia signatories of the United States Declaration of Independence, Wythe served as one of Virginia's representatives to the Continental Congress and the Philadelphia Convention. Wythe taught and was a mentor to Thomas Jefferson, John Marshall, Henry Clay and other men who became American leaders. ...

Maynard, John

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Epithet: Butcher British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000135.0x0003a6 Epithet: Chamberlain of Colchester British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000135.0x0003a7 Epithet: King's Serjeant British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000135....

Burke, H. Farnham (Henry Farnham), 1859-1930

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Wentworth, John, 1768-1816

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Epithet: of Gosfield British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001028.0x0002c7 ...

Tyler, Lyon Gardiner, 1853-1935

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Lyon Gardiner Tyler was the son of John Tyler (1790-1862) and his second wife, Julia Gardiner Tyler. Educated at the University of Virginia, he was a lawyer, served in the Virginia House of Delegates and served as president of the College of William and Mary from 1888 to 1919. From the description of Scrapbook, ca. 1885-1889. (College of William & Mary). WorldCat record id: 42447061 Lyon Gardiner Tyler was the son of John Tyler (1790-1862) and his second wife Julia Gardi...

Cornwallis, Letitia.

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Wormeley, Ralph.

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Rogers, Robert, 1731-1795

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Robert Rogers was a soldier and frontiersman. From the description of An estimate of the fur and peltry trade in the district of Michilimackinac, according to the bounds and limits, assign'd to it by the French, when under their government; together with an account of the situation and names of the several out-posts, 1767. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 122632774 Major Robert Rogers (1731-1795), colonial ranger, Indian trader, frontiersman, and...

Woods, Albert W.

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Porteus, Robert.

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Coombe, J. H

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Norton, Fletcher, 1716-1789

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English lawyer. From the description of Autograph signature to a receipt, 1769. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269592769 Fletcher Norton was Speaker of the House of Commons. From the description of Autograph letter from Fletcher Norton to David Garrick [manuscript], [1771?] February 28 Wednesday. (Folger Shakespeare Library). WorldCat record id: 230393281 ...

Corbin, Richard, ca. 1708-1790.

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Richard Corbin was a Virginia Burgess, Councillor, and Receiver General. From the description of Papers, 1746-1825. (Colonial Williamsburg Foundation). WorldCat record id: 25236521 ...

Robinson Family.

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Christopher Robinson arrived in Virginia, from England, in approximately 1668. He quickly established himself at a plantation called "Hewick," named after his family's Hewick estate in England. Descendants of Christopher Robinson soon became influential landholders, tobacco traders, and political leaders in the colony. Christopher Robinson's great-grandson, Christopher IV, took the side of the Crown during the American Revolution, accepting a captain's position with the Queen's Rang...

Queen's Rangers, 1776-1781.

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