Papers, 1724-1883; (bulk 1766-1859).

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Papers, 1724-1883; (bulk 1766-1859).

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Correspondence, receipts, accounts, and other papers, mainly for the period 1766-1859. Subjects and persons discussed include Bolling's farming operations; David Meade's removal to Kentucky in 1796; Bolling's service as a cavalry commander in the War of 1812 in the Norfolk (Va.) area; John Braidwood's work in teaching deaf-mutes; letters and receipts of Richard and David Meade Randolph; Thomas Bolling's stay at the University of Virginia; accounts of the Oxford Iron Works in Campbell County, Va.; letters of John Hartwell Cocke and the Robertson family; and travels to Rome and Switzerland.

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Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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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...

Bolling, William, 1789-1849

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Planter, army officer, and sheriff of Goochland County, Va. From the description of Papers, 1724-1883; (bulk 1766-1859). (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 19242564 From the description of Slave register, 1752-1890 (bulk 1752-1867). (Virginia Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 29991371 ...

Bolling, Thomas.

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Randolph, David Meade, 1760-1830

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Randolph, Richard, 1782-1859.

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Braidwood, John, 1756-1798.

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Robertson family.

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Meade, David (American garden designer, 1744-1829)

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David Meade was born in Virginia in 1744 to a wealthy planter of the same name. He went abroad for schooling at Harrow in England. At age seventeen he returned to Virginia to become a young gentleman planter. He married Sarah Waters of Williamsburg in 1768. The following year he was elected to the Virginia House of Burgesses. Meade was an ardent supporter of the American Revolution. He suffered, however, significant financial losses in the war. This eventually prompted him to send his son, David...

Cocke, John Hartwell, 1780-1866

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Fluvanna County, Va. planter, reformer, and University of Virginia Board of Visitors member. From the description of Papers : of John Hartwell Cocke, 1806-1866. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 30793405 Planter, agricultural reformer, and brigadier general in the War of 1812. From the description of Papers, 1825-1872. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 39330821 The James River and Kanawha Company The creation of Virg...

Oxford Iron Works (Campbell County, Va.)

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