Papers, 1736-1945.

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Papers, 1736-1945.

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Papers, 1736-1945, of and collected by Fairfax Harrison. Papers include his correspondence with individuals and institutions concerning his interest in Virginia History. Prominent correspondents include John Stewart Bryan, David I. Bushnell, Worthington C. Ford, Douglas Southall Freeman, William G. Stanard, Clayton Torrence, Earl Gregg Swem, Lyon G. Tyler and Langbourne M. Williams. Subjects include Sir Edmund Andros, Francis Nicholson, Francis Fauquier, debtors' prisons, parish boundaries, Culpeper family, thoroughbred horses, county records, and the publishing of Harrison's works as well as the publishing of Robert Armistead Stewart's Index to Printed Virginia Genealogies and E.G. Swem's Virginia Historical Index. The collection also includes notes by Wilson Miles Cary concerning the Cary family and the books at "Carysbrook," Fluvanna County, Va.

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Williams, Langbourne M.

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Cary, Wilson Miles, 1838-1914

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Andros, Edmund, Sir, 1637-1714

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Colonial governor of New York (1674-1681); president of the Dominion of New England (1686-1689); and governor of Virginia (1692-1697). From the description of Original patent to Samuel Willis, 1675 Apr. 02. (New London County Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 74986011 British colonial governor. From the description of Sir Edmund Andros deed, 1696. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79449113 John Underhill (circa 1597-1672) was a colonial military lead...

Torrence, Clayton, 1884-1953

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Culpepper family.

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Ford, Worthington Chauncey, 1858-1941

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Librarian and historian. From the description of Papers of Worthington Chauncey Ford, undated. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71068790 American historical editor, bibliographer, and statistician. From the description of Letters of Worthington Chauncey Ford [manuscript], 1886-1900. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647806452 Worthington Chauncey Ford (1858-1941), the eldest son of Gordon Lester Ford and Emily Fowler Ford, first worked as a cas...

Stanard, William Glover, 1859-1933

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Author, editor of VIRGINIA MAGAZINE OF HISTORY AND BIOGRAPHY. From the description of Extracts from the records of Henrico County, Virginia, 1677-1771. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 145411567 ...

Bushnell, David I. (David Ives), 1875-1941

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David Ives Bushnell was born 28 April 1875 in St. Louis, Mo. He was educated in St. Louis schools and in Europe. He worked as an assistant in archaelogy at the Peabody Museum, Harvard University from 1901-1904. Bushnell contributed to the Handbook of American Indians. He did much research in Virginia and in the Midwestern United States. He died on 4 June 1941. From the description of Papers, 1797-1941 1917-1941. (College of William & Mary). WorldCat record id: 22258877 D...

Bryan, John Stewart, 1871-1944

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Freeman, Douglas Southall, 1886-1953

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Newspaper editor and historian. From the description of Letter to Charles Lee Lewis, 1943 August 17. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 53180098 Freeman was a Richmond, Virginia journalist and historian who wrote the definitive biography of Robert E. Lee. From the description of Letters, 1934 July 14 and 1936 July 25 : to Miss Helen Webster. (Washington & Lee University). WorldCat record id: 567435277 Editor of the Richomd News Leader. ...

Fauquier, Francis, 1704?-1768

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Francis Fauquier was Lt. Governor of Virginia between 1758-1768. From the description of Correspondence, 1758-1768. (Colonial Williamsburg Foundation). WorldCat record id: 26924538 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 Commission of Oyer and Terminer, 1761 August 15, (John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foun...

Nicholson, Francis, 1655-1728

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Francis Nicholson was a member of the Council for the Dominion of New England and in 1688 was commissioned lieutenant governor of the Dominion. Served as lieutenant governor of New York (1688), lieutenant governor of Virginia (1690-1692), governor of Maryland (1694-1698), governor of Virginia (1698-1705) governor of Nova Scotia (1713-1717), and governor of South Carolina (1721-1725. He was a fellow of the Royal Society. From the guide to the Papers, Addition One, 1695-1765., (John D....

Cary family.

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Harrison, Fairfax, 1869-1938

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Fairfax Harrison was born in New York 13 March 1869, the son of Burton and Constance (Cary) Harrison and the brother of Francis Burton Harrison. He graduated from Yale in 1890 and got a M.A. degree from Columbia University. He practiced law in New York and was solicitor for the Southern Railway, president of the Chicago, Indianapolis and Louisville Railway; and president of the Southern Railway from 1913-1937. Harrison was the author of many works including the Devon Carys, Landmarks of Old Prin...

Tyler, Lyon Gardiner, 1853-1935

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Lyon Gardiner Tyler was the son of John Tyler (1790-1862) and his second wife, Julia Gardiner Tyler. Educated at the University of Virginia, he was a lawyer, served in the Virginia House of Delegates and served as president of the College of William and Mary from 1888 to 1919. From the description of Scrapbook, ca. 1885-1889. (College of William & Mary). WorldCat record id: 42447061 Lyon Gardiner Tyler was the son of John Tyler (1790-1862) and his second wife Julia Gardi...