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Diary, 1776.

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Entries detail plantation management, records of monies received and paid (mostly for gambling debts), militia musters and the election of officers, and the activities of the Virginia Committee of Safety and the Convention of 1776. Also records births, deaths, marriages and visits. Prominent names include: Burgess Ball, Carter Braxton, Thomas Brockenbrough, Charles Carter, Landon Carter, William Colston, Moore Fauntleroy, Nicholas Flood, Isaac William Giberne, John Guthrie, Jesse Hill, Francis Lightfoot Lee, Henry Lee, Mann Page, William Peachey, Harrison Randolph, John Tayloe, and John Wormeley.

66 p. ; 16 cm.

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

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

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Braxton, Carter, 1736-1797

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Carter Braxton (September 10, 1736 – October 10, 1797) was a signer of the United States Declaration of Independence, a merchant, planter, a Founding Father of the United States and a Virginia politician. A grandson of Robert "King" Carter, one of the wealthiest and most powerful landowners and slaveholders in the Old Dominion, Braxton was active in Virginia's legislature for more than 25 years, generally allied with Landon Carter, Benjamin Harrison V, Edmund Pendleton and other conservative pla...

Ball, Burgess, 1749-1800

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Hill, Jesse, 1926-

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Colston, William, 1744-1781.

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Randolph, Harrison.

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Virginia. Convention (1775-1776)

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Lee, Francis Lightfoot, 1734-1797

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Lee, Henry, 1729-1787.

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Col. Henry Lee (1729-1787) was the father of "Light-Horse Harry" Lee. From the description of Letter : to William Carr, 1779 December 3. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122553596 ...

Virginia. Committee of Safety.

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Brockenbrough, Thomas, d. 1795.

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Giberne, Isaac William

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Wormeley, John, d. 1785.

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Fauntleroy, Moore.

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Guthrie, John T., 1942-

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Page, Mann, 1749-1803.

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Carter, Charles, 1732-1806.

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Son of Dasey Southall and Edith Southall. Resided in Henrico County, Va. Married to Martha Vanderwall in 1756. Member of the Virginia House of Delegates and the Senate. Served on a commission to establish the capital at Richmond and was one of three commissioners for the state foundry at Westham. From the guide to the Turner Southall Receipt Book, 1776-1784., (John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation) ...

Tayloe, John, 1721-1779

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Flood, Nicholas, d. 1776.

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Carter, Landon, 1710-1778

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Robert "King" Carter (1663-1732) was a colonial official and great landholder (300,000 acres). His sons were Robert Carter (1704-1731) and Landon Carter (1710-1778) of "Sabine Hall." Grandsons of Robert Carter included Robert "Councillor" Carter (1728-1804) of "Nomini" and Robert Wormeley Carter (1734-1797). From the guide to the Carter Family Papers, 1667-1862., (Special Collections, Earl Gregg Swem Library, College of William and Mary) ...

Peachey, William, 1729-1798.

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Carter, Robert Wormeley, 1734-1797.

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Robert Wormeley Carter, of Richmond County, Va., was the son of Landon and Elizabeth (Wormeley) Carter. He served in the Virginia House of Burgesses, 1769-1776; the Virginia House of Delegates, 1779-1782; and was a member of Virginia revolutionary conventions in Williamsburg and Richmond, 1775. From the description of Diary, 1776. (Colonial Williamsburg Foundation). WorldCat record id: 17494381 Robert Wormeley Carter was the grandson of Robert "King" Carter, the chief archit...