Southall family papers, 1807-1904.

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Southall family papers, 1807-1904.

Papers of the Southall family of Williamsburg, Va. including correspondence, 1828-1830, of Peyton Alexander Southall but mostly comprised of the legal correspondence, 1831-1851, of George Washington Southall and documents concerning lawsuits and civil proceedings in many Virginia counties and including account books, 1832-1846, of George Washington Southall. Prominent correspondents include Lemuel Jackson Bowden, Richard Coke, John Augustine Deneufville, Thomas Roderick Dew, George Frederick Holmes, James Alexander Seddon, Abel Parker Upshur and Henry Alexander Wise.

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Southall, Peyton Alexander, 1804-1855.

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Bowden, Lemuel Jackson.

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Upshur, A. P. (Abel Parker), 1790-1844

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Abel Parker Upshur (June 17, 1790 - February 28, 1844) was an American lawyer, judge and politician from Virginia. Upshur was active in Virginia state politics and later served as Secretary of the Navy and Secretary of State during the Whig administration of President John Tyler. From the description of Letter, February 9, 1842. (Naval War College). WorldCat record id: 18168810 U.S. secretary of the navy, jurist, and Virginia public official. From the description...

Deneufville, John Augustine.

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Southall family

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The Southall family were residents of Williamsburg, Va. Peyton Alexander Southall (1804-1855) was a captain's clerk and purser in U. S. Navy and his brother George Washington Southall (1810-1851) was a lawyer and member of Virginia House of Delegates. From the description of Southall family papers, 1807-1904. (College of William & Mary). WorldCat record id: 20304909 ...

Seddon, James A. (James Alexander), 1815-1880

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Representative from Virginia; Confederate Secretary of War. From the description of Autograph letter in pencil signed : [n.p.], to R.J. Walker, [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270633277 Confederate Secretary of War. From the description of Letter to Dr. [Lewis] [manuscript], 1853 November 9. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647986794 From the description of Papers, 1862-1865. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 20313944 ...

Coke, Richard, 1790-1851.

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Dew, Thomas R. (Thomas Roderick), 1802-1846

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Thomas R. Dew was born 5 December 1802, the son of Thomas Dew and Lucy E. Gatewood Dew. Dew graduated from the College of William and Mary in 1820. He was appointed to teach political law in 1826 and in 1836 was made president of the college. He died in 1846, shortly after his marriage to Natalia Hay. A free-trader and a pro-slavery advocate, Dew's works included Lectures on the Restrictive System, Review of the Debate in the Virginia Legislature of 1831 and 1832 [later incorporated into the Pro...

Southall, George Washington, 1810-1851.

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Holmes, George Frederick, 1820-1897

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Editor, scholar, author, historian, and educator. From the description of Papers of George Frederick Holmes, 1785-1893. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 77755999 University of Virginia professor. From the description of The days of the week, n.d. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 32135343 From the description of Letter to Alexander Delmar, 1866 January 19. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 54858549 From the description of T...

Wise, Henry A. (Henry Alexander), 1806-1876

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American lawyer and politician; governor of Virginia. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Richmond, to President Buchanan, 1857 Mar. 20. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270588282 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Washington, to Thomas Teackle in Baltimore, 1841 Jan. 9. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270588600 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Richmond, to Col. T.H. Ellis, 1859 Aug. 1. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270588...