Papers, 1750-1902, bulk 1763-1798.

Maury, James, 1746-1840

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James F. Maury (1746-1840), merchant at Fredericksburg, Virginia, before and during the American Revolution, engaged in the tobacco trade between Liverpool, England, and the U.S. after the Revolution. He served as the first American consul at Liverpool....

Randolph, Edmund, 1753-1813

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Edmund Jennings Randolph (August 10, 1753 – September 12, 1813) was an American attorney and politician. He was the 7th Governor of Virginia, and, as a delegate from Virginia, he attended the Constitutional Convention and helped to create the national constitution while serving on its Committee of Detail. He was the first United States Attorney General (1789-1794) and the second Secretary of State (1794-1795) during George Washington's presidency. Born in Williamsburg in the Colony of Virgini...

Page, Mann, 1749-1781

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Mann Page (1749–1781), sometimes referred to as Mann Page III, was an American lawyer, politician and planter from Spotsylvania County, Virginia, who served in the House of Burgesses and first Virginia House of Delegates as well as a delegate for Virginia to the Continental Congress in 1777. Born at Rosewell Plantation in Gloucester County in the Colony of Virginia, Page studied under a private teacher before graduating from the College of William and Mary, studying law, and being admitted t...

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. ...

Braxton, Carter, 1736-1797

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Carter Braxton (September 10, 1736 – October 10, 1797) was a signer of the United States Declaration of Independence, a merchant, planter, a Founding Father of the United States and a Virginia politician. A grandson of Robert "King" Carter, one of the wealthiest and most powerful landowners and slaveholders in the Old Dominion, Braxton was active in Virginia's legislature for more than 25 years, generally allied with Landon Carter, Benjamin Harrison V, Edmund Pendleton and other conservative pla...

Botetourt, Norborne Berkeley, Baron de, approximately 1718-1770

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Colonial Gov. of Virginia. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Stoke, to an unidentified correspondent (Mr. Grenville?), 1765 Nov. 5. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270527718 Governor of Virginia, 1768-1770. From the description of Correspondence, 1768-1770. (Colonial Williamsburg Foundation). WorldCat record id: 26924929 British colonial governor of Virginia. From the description of Norborne Berkeley, Baron de Botetourt, papers...

Randolph, John, 1727 or 1728-1784

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John Randolph (1727–January 31, 1784) was an American lawyer in colonial Williamsburg, Virginia. He served as king's attorney for the Province of Virginia from 1766 until the American Revolution. He was also a somewhat reluctant examiner on the board that granted famous American patriot Patrick Henry his licence to practice law in the state of Virginia. Randolph at first attempted to reconcile the rebelling Burgesses with the Royal Governor Dunmore, but when revolution became inevitable he left ...

Nicholas, Robert Carter, 1728-1780

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Member, Virginia House of Burgesses and Virginia House of Delegates, judge. From the description of Letter, 1773 August 27, Williamsburg, Va., to an unidentified recipient [manuscript]. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647825639 Epithet: Commissioner of Excise British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000216.0x0000dd Virginia public official. From the description of Receipt ...

Goosley, William.

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John Norton & Sons.

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Business firm run by John Norton (1719-1777) in London, and John Hatley Norton (1745-1797) in Yorktown, Virginia. From the description of Papers, 1750-1902, bulk 1763-1798. (Colonial Williamsburg Foundation). WorldCat record id: 25175402 ...

Lewis, Warner, b. 1720.

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Lyons, Peter

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Baylor, John, 1705-1772

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Born 1705, King and Queen County. Educated in England. Married Frances Walker, 1744; eight children. Colonel in Caroline County militia. Member, House of Burgesses for Caroline County, 1740-1765. Died 1772. (6V198). From the description of Letter books, 1749-1753 and 1757-1765. (Colonial Williamsburg Foundation). WorldCat record id: 17482637 ...

Norton, John, 1715-1778

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Nelson, William, 1711-1772

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William Nelson was the son of Thomas Nelson who arrived in Yorktown, Va., from England in 1705. Thomas was a successful merchant whose business concerns passed to his son William upon his death. William operated a sizeable business both retail and wholesale. His main store was located on Main Street in Yorktown. Others were located on the waterfront. In addition to being a successful merchant, William was a prominent leader in Virginia politics. As President of the Governor's Council, Nelson ser...

Nelson, Thomas, 1716-1782.

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Page, John, 1744-1808

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John Page (1744 – October 11, 1808) was a figure in early United States history. He served in the U.S. Congress and as Governor of Virginia. From the guide to the Memorandum, 1775, (John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation) John Page was born and lived at Rosewell Plantation in Gloucester County, Virginia. He graduated from the College of William and Mary in 1763, where he was a friend and the closest college classmate of Thomas Jefferson. He became...

Clayton, John, 1686-1773.

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Physician Joseph Carson taught medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. The College of Philadelphia's Medical School, founded in 1765, became known as the University of Pennsylvania, Dept. of Medicine In 1779. From the guide to the Joseph Carson letters, 1789-1858, 1789-1858, (American Philosophical Society) John Clayton was born in 1694 in Fulham, Middlesex, and brought up in comparative wealth until 1715 when he emigrated to Virginia joining his father, John Clayton sen...

Jerdone, Francis, 1720-1771.

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Francis Jerdone, Sr. (1720-1771), was a prominent Scotch merchant who settled at Yorktown, Virginia about 1740. He moved to New Kent County in 1753 and from there to Louisa County in 1754. From the description of Memorandum book, 1766 April 3 - 1767 November 16. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122464463 ...

Norton, John Hatley, 1745-1797.

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John Hatley Norton, son of John Norton of London, represented the family business in Yorktown, VA. From the description of John Hatley Norton letter, to George William Fairfax, 1774 June 31 [sic]. (Colonial Williamsburg Foundation). WorldCat record id: 173619862 From the guide to the John Hatley Norton Letter to George William Fairfax, 1774 June 31 [sic], (John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation) ...

Burwell, Nathaniel, 1750-1814

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Nathaniel Burwell (1750-1814) was the son of Carter and Lucy Grymes Burwell. He attended the College of William and Mary between 1759 and 1772. He married twice, first to Susannah Grymes and after her death to Lucy Page Baylor. Both unions produced eight children. Burwell lived at Carter's Grove until his second marriage, at that time, he moved to Clark County, Va., where he erected Carter's Hill. He also managed the New Quarter, Mill Quarter, Foaces and Neck of Land Quarter. From th...

Everard, Thomas, d. 1781.

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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...

Craig, James, active 1790

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Smith, Augustine, -1805

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Dr. Augustine Smith married Alice Grymes Page, daughter of John Page. After his death in 1805, she married Dudley Digges. Tombstone inscription gives her death date as 10 May 1846. From the description of Papers, 1787-1793. (College of William & Mary). WorldCat record id: 25196842 ...