Papers, 1650-1864.

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Papers, 1650-1864.

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The collection consists of the papers of Col. Burgess Ball (1749-1800) and his son Dr. Charles B. Ball. Among the papers are letters, bonds, land patents, deeds, rosters, powers of attorney, contracts, currency, railroad passes, and genealogical notes. Correspondents to Col. Ball include William Ball, Lt. Charles McPherson, James Conyers, James Ball, Nicholas Carroll, Bushrod Washington, Henry Armistead, John Taylor, George Augustine Washington, John Aldredge, Corbin Washington, Burgess Ball, Jr., Stevens Thomson Mason, R.M. Scott, Theodorick Lee, Ebenezer Potter, Edmund Randolph, A.B.T. Mason, Thomas Swann, all to Burgess Ball. Also Churchill Gibbs and William Jones to William M. Thompson, Robert Grayson Carter to Lucy T. (Mrs. Charles) Ball, Robert Porterfield, William Willis, Phillip Slaughter, Mary E. Mott, George W. Ball, Lucy T. Ball, and Joseph Ball, to Dr. Charles B. Ball. The bulk of this collection deals with Col. Ball's land holdings, revolutionary war service, construction and sale of "Traveler's Rest," the estate of his wife Mary Chichester Ball, finances, and family affairs.

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Ball, Burgess, 1749-1800

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Col. Burgess Ball (1749-1800) was related to George Washington through marriage to his niece. He was a volunteer aide to Washington and later recruited and equipped a regiment of infantry from the Fredericksburg area. Captured in 1780 at Charlestown during the revolutionary war, he retired to "Traveler's Rest" in Lancaster County and later moved to Loudoun County near Leesburg where he died. Dr. Charles B. Ball, son of Col. Burgess Ball, began practicing medicine in Lees...

Ball, Charles B., Dr.

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Alexandria, Loudoun & Hampshire Rail Road Co.

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