Orderly book of the 6th Virginia Regiment, with records of Flatt Creek and Grove Brook plantations, 1776-1811.

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Orderly book of the 6th Virginia Regiment, with records of Flatt Creek and Grove Brook plantations, 1776-1811.

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Orderly book containing general and regimental orders of the 6th Virginia Regiment, covering the time from Mar. 18 to Aug. 28, 1776. Scattered records and notes made by the owner of the two plantations in Amelia County - Flatt Creek and Grove Brook. The records that immediately follow the text of the orderly book cover the period from 1783 to 1811, and include accounts, inventories, notes on the contracts with overseers, recipes, home remedies, and records of "Experiments in Planting". The records also mention Negro slaves.

76 leaves, 25 cm, bound volume.

Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens

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