Papers, 1772-1793.

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Papers, 1772-1793.

Includes letters written to Burgess Ball, Robert Bladen Carter, Augustine Davis, Dudley Digges, John Dixon, Lord Fairfax, Francis Fauquier, Jr., William Fitzhugh, William Holt, Hunter, Thomas Jefferson, Dr. Walter Jones, Francis Lightfoot Lee, William Lee, Warner Lewis, Bishop James Madison, William Nelson, John Pinkney, Joseph Prentis, Robert Prentiss, Alexander Purdie, Peyton Randolph, Mrs. Anne Tasker, Henry Tazewell, John Tazewell, George Turberville, William A. Washington, and George Wythe. Subjects of the letters include Lord Dunmore, Richard Bland Lee, George Mercer, and William Small; the estate of Roger Dixon; church plate for Yeocomico Church; speech of Robert Carter to slaves concerning Dunmore's proclamation; gradual manumission of his slaves; care of illegimate children and the disabled by the parish; ordering goods from England; sale of an organ. Other subjects include weights and measures, description of dwelling house, cornhouse, and kitchen to be built at "Old Ordinary," [Westmoreland Co., Va.]; two volumes from library of Council of Virginia; and work done at Moratico Baptist Church; and engraving to be done by William Waddill of Williamsburg.

[232] leaves ; 30 cm.

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Virginia. Council. Library.

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Fitzhugh, William, 1741-1809

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William Fitzhugh (August 24, 1741 – June 6, 1809) was an American planter, legislator and patriot during the American Revolutionary War who served as a delegate to the Continental Congress for Virginia in 1779, as well as many terms in the House of Burgesses and both houses of the Virginia General Assembly following the Commonwealth's formation. His Stafford County home, Chatham Manor, is on the National Register for Historic Places and serves as the National Park Service Headquarters for the Fr...

Randolph, Peyton, 1721-1775

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Peyton Randolph (September 10, 1721 – October 22, 1775) was a planter and public official from the Colony of Virginia. He served as Speaker of the Virginia House of Burgesses, president of Virginia Conventions, and the first and third President of the Continental Congress. Randolph was technically the first leader of the United States of America as the first president of the Continental Congress, which led the nation during the American Revolutionary War. Born in Tazewell Hall, Williamsburg, ...

Wythe, George, 1726-1806

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George Wythe (December 3, 1726 – June 8, 1806) was the first American law professor, a noted classics scholar, a Founding Father of the United States and a Virginia judge. The first of the seven Virginia signatories of the United States Declaration of Independence, Wythe served as one of Virginia's representatives to the Continental Congress and the Philadelphia Convention. Wythe taught and was a mentor to Thomas Jefferson, John Marshall, Henry Clay and other men who became American leaders. ...

Ball, Burgess, 1749-1800

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Carter, Robert Bladen, d. 1793.

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Madison, James, 1749-1812

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First Episcopal Bishop of the Diocese of Virginia. From the description of James Madison papers, 1792-1970s. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 659814628 President of the College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Va., and bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Church in Virginia. From the description of Papers, 1787-1808. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 19902858 First Episcopal bishop of Virginia and president of the College of William and Mary. ...

Fauquier, Francis, ca. 1730-ca. 1805.

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Francis Fauquier (1703 – 3 March 1768) was a Lieutenant Governor of the colony of Virginia, and served as acting governor from 1758 until his death in 1768. From the guide to the Letter to Robert Carter, 1770 May 31, (John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation) ...

Mercer, George, 1733-1784.

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The Ohio Land Company of Virginia, organized by Thomas Lee, Lawrence Washington, George Fairfax and others, and later joined by John Mercer, George Mason, Robert Dinwiddie and others, petitioned the British government for a grant of 500,000 acres in the Ohio area between the mouth of the Monongahela and Kentucky rivers, including the area known as Kentucky. It fostered the exploration and settlement of Kentucky. George Mason (1725-1792) was admitted to a full partnership...

Davis, Augustine, -1825

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Lee, Richard Bland, 1761-1827

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Washington, D.C. resident. From the description of Papers, 1816-1818. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 36200136 American statesman and jurist. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Washington, to Thomas Jefferson, 1819 Aug. 2. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270598193 American statesman; served as Congressman from Virginia, 1789-1795 and 1825-1827. From the description of Letter : Washington, to the President and Dire...

Holt, William, d. 1791.

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Turberville, George

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Digges, Dudley, 1718-1790.

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Lewis, Warner

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Carter, Robert, 1728-1804

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Tobacco planter and iron manufacturer. From the description of Robert Carter papers, 1685-1828 (bulk 1774-1804). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70979882 Resident of Nomini Hall, Westmoreland County, Virginia; Williamsburg, Virginia; and Baltimore, Maryland. Carter was made a member of the Governor's Council in 1764. He was married to Frances Anne Tasker, youngest daughter of Benjamin Tasker of Maryland. From the guide to the Robert Carter Wastebook, 1762-1790., (...

Fairfax, Thomas Fairfax, Lord, 1692-1782

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This land grant was issued in 1741 by Thomas, 6th Lord Fairfax, Baron of Cameron, to Richard Brown (d. 1745), descendent of Quaker minister William Brown. The grant was one of five that Richard Brown had received in Virginia's Northern Neck; at the time of his death, he owned a total of 2,774 acres in Loudoun County. Furthermore, his extensive plantation included a house, malthouse, mill, millhouse, saw, sawmill, brewhouse, outhouses of all sorts, and sundry accessories. The 634-acre tract of la...

Nelson, William R. (William Roy), 1952-

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Dixon, John, -1791

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Dunmore, John Murray, Earl of, 1732-1809

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Appointed governor of Virginia in 1771. From the description of Correspondence, 1771-1778. (Colonial Williamsburg Foundation). WorldCat record id: 26923951 Lord Dunmore was the British governor of the Virginia Colony, from September 25, 1771 until his departure to New York on New Years Eve, 1776. From the guide to the Land Grant to Ambrose Gatewood, 1773 June 15, (John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation) Governor of New York (1...

Hunter, William, Jr.

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Small, William, fl. 1758-1765.

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Lee, Francis Lightfoot, 1734-1797

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Francis Lightfoot Lee (October 14, 1734 – January 11, 1797) was a Founding Father of the United States and a member of the House of Burgesses in the Colony of Virginia. As an active protester regarding issues such as the Stamp Act of 1765, Lee helped move the colony in the direction of independence from Britain. Lee was a delegate to the Virginia Conventions and the Continental Congress. He was a signer of the Articles of Confederation and the Declaration of Independence as a representative of V...

Lee, William, 1739-1795

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Jones, Walter, 1745-1815

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Walter Jones was a student at William and Mary with Thomas Jefferson. He graduated from the University of Edinburgh with an M.D. in 1769. Upon his return to Virginia, he practiced medicine and served in the House of Delegates during the Revolution. He was a delegate to the convention at Annapolis and served in the U.S. Congress from 1797 to 1799. From the description of Walter Jones letter to Robert Carter, III, 1776 November 9. (Colonial Williamsburg Foundation). WorldCat record id:...

Pinckney, John, -1777

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No information is available on Pinckney. From the description of Release of Mary Franklin, 19uu. (Clarke Historical Library). WorldCat record id: 44692749 ...

Washington, William, 1752-1810

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St. Paul Parish, South Carolina plantation owner, South Carolina state legislator, and Revolutionary War officer. From the description of William Washington bill of exchange, 1785 Sept. 8. (The South Carolina Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 32145051 A native of Virginia, William Washington was a St. Paul's Parish, S.C. plantation owner and South Carolina state legislator. From the description of Letters to Jonathan Lucas, 1792-1796. (The South Carolina H...

Tasker, Anne, d. 1810.

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Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826

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Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) was an American statesman and third president of the United States. From the description of Thomas Jefferson letter, 1809. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 367818629 Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) was the third president of the United States, born in Goochland (now Albemarle County), Virginia. He was a member of the Virginia House of Burgesses from 1769 to 1775, and with R. H. Lee and Patrick Henry initiated the inter-colonial committee of correspond...