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Papers, 1830-1884.

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Papers of Mordecai B. Sweeney, tailor in Williamsburg, Virginia, ante 1830-1833, and Methodist minister in Richmond, Virginia, about 1837-1846 and 1855-1863, and in Baltimore, Maryland, ca. 1848-1852. Included in the papers is a ledger volume of accounts for Sweeney's tailor business, which also contains accounts of Sweeney and Vanderslice of Norfolk; Sweeney's book of personal expenses, lists of marriages performed in Richmond, 1837-1846 and 1855-1863 including marriages of free blacks, and Baltimore, 1848-1852; also in the collection are loose accounts, 1838-1884, marriage licenses, 1837-l860 and l881; and recipes and other miscellany. The names in the Williamsburg accounts include Burwell Bassett, Augustine Deneufville, Goodrich Durfey, [Dr.] Alexander Galt, John Maupin, Philip Moody, George Morrison, George Newton, Robert Saunders, James Scott, Richard Taliaferro, and Benjamin Waller. According to a note in the papers Sweeney moved to Austin, Texas, in May 1871.

1 v. [212] p. and 55 items ; 34 cm. or smaller.

Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library

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Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library

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