Letters of recommendation for workmen [manuscript], 1819, March - July

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Letters of recommendation for workmen [manuscript], 1819, March - July

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Robert Johnston, Jacquiline Massie, John Brockenbrough and Thomas Ritchie write letters of recommendation for Curtis Carter, a builder who is bidding on brick work at the University of Virginia. Archibald Stuart writes a letter of recommendation to Nelson Barksdale for Dabney Cosby as a bricklayer and Hugh Mercer recommends Mr. Smith of Fredericksburg as a painter and glaezer. J.E. Woodson and Jonathan Bailey write a recommendation for John Gorman as a stonecutter. Lancelot Minor and Andrew Kean recommend the carpenter Henry Holland to Captain Alexander Garrett. Minor's letter is re-directed by Dabney Minor to A.S. Brockenbrough.

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Ritchie, Thomas, 1778-1854

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Virginia journalist and politician. Publisher of the Richmond Enquirer. From the description of Letter to Andrew Russell letter [manuscript], 1839 June 18. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647893548 American editor and author. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Richmond, to Thomas Jefferson Randolph, 1840 June 10. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270655229 ...

Mercer, Hugh Tenant Weedon, 1776-1853,

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Bailey, J. e., fl. 1819.

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Stuart, Archibald, 1757-1832

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Archibald Stuart was born near Staunton, Va. in 1757. He was educated at the College of William and Mary and was a member of Phi Beta Kappa. He fought at Guilford Court House and in the Yorktown Campaign. Stuart studied law under Thomas Jefferson and served in the Virginia House of Delegates. He aligned with Madison and favored the ratification of the United States Constitution. He served in the Virginia Senate and was a judge of the Virginia General Court. From the description of Pa...

Johnston, Robert, fl. 1819,

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Gorman, John, fl. 1819.

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Massie, Jacquiline, fl. 1819,

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Kean, Andrew, fl. 1819,

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Brockenbrough, Arthur Spicer, 1780-1832,

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Brockenbrough, John, 1774-1852

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John Brockenbrough was born in 1774 in Essex County, Virginia. He later moved to Richmond and became President of the Bank of Virginia. He was the original owner of the house that became known as the "White House of the Confederacy." From the description of Deed, 1833 January 21. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122647312 ...

University of Virginia

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University of Virginia student from Lexington, Ky.; afterwards a Presbyterian minister and missionary to Brazil. From the description of Diploma awarded to John Rockwell Smith [manuscript], 1866 June 29. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647905124 Lt., C.S.A.; teacher, Norwood School, Nelson County, Va.; principal Select School, New York, N.Y. From the description of Diplomas of Waller Holladay [manuscript], 1858-1872. (University of Virginia). WorldC...

Woodson, J. E., fl. 1819.

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Carter, Curtis, fl. 1819.

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Cosby, Dabney, fl. 1819.

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Minor, Lancelot, 1763-1848 or 1849

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Barksdale, Nelson, fl. 1819,

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