Bookplate collection, 18th and 19th centuries.

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Bookplate collection, 18th and 19th centuries.

This collection includes original bookplates of the following persons and groups: Robert Dinwiddie, John Wayles Eppes, James Forster, John Randolph of Roanoke, Wyndham Robertson of Richmond, Thomas Bolling Robertson of Petersburg, Ralph Wormeley of Rosegill, William Stith, John Tayloe of Mt. Airy, Virginia, John Tazewell, the Virginia Council Chamber, and George Wythe.

11 items.

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Virginia. Council. Library.

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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. ...

Eppes, John Wayles, 1773-1823

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U.S. senator and representative of Virginia. From the description of John Wayles Eppes correspondence, 1813-1818. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71009909 Member, Virginia House of Delegates, 1801-1803, U.S. House of Delegates, 1803-1811, 1813-1817, and U.S. Senate, 1817-1819; nephew and son-in-law of Thomas Jefferson; from Buckingham Co., Va. From the description of Papers, 1807-1819. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 19406188 ...

Robertson, Thomas Bolling, 1779-1828

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U.S. representative and governor of Louisiana and jurist. From the description of Letters of Thomas Bolling Robertson, 1816-22. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79449563 Thomas Bolling Robertson was born in Prince George County, Va., graduated from William and Mary College in 1795, and practiced law in Virginia until he moved to the Territory of Orleans in 1805. In 1807, Thomas Jefferson appointed him secretary of the territory. He held several state offices. He was Louisiana'...

Robertson, Wyndham, 1803-1888

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Wyndham Robertson (1803-1888), the 20th governor of Virginia actively corresponded with southern generals during the civil war. Additionally, he traced his family heritage to Pocahontas and authored historical texts. From the guide to the Robertson, Wyndham. Papers, 1768-1925, (Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library 1100 East 57th Street Chicago, Illinois 60637 U.S.A.) Wyndham Robertson was the 20th governor of Virginia. From the descr...

Tayloe, John, 1721-1779

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Wormeley, Ralph, 1715-1790

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Tazewell, John, 1745-1782.

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Dinwiddie, Robert, 1693-1770

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Governor of Virginia. From the description of Transcripts of correspondence edited by Louis Knott Koontz, 1739-1769. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71067647 From the description of Autograph signature (clipped) from a document : [n.p.]., 1754 Apr. 30. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270534556 Colonial official; lieutenant governor of Virginia 1751-1758. From the description of LS : Williamsburg, Va., to Robert Hunter Morris, 1754 Mar. 1. (Rosenbach Museum...

Randolph, John, 1773-1833

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Randolph served in the U.S. House of Representatives (1799-1813, 1815-1817, 1819-1825, 1827-1829), the U.S. Senate (1825-1827), the Virginia Constitutional Convention (1829-1830), and as Minister to Russia (1830-1831). From the description of Letter of introduction, 10 July 1813. (Harvard Law School Library). WorldCat record id: 235133950 U. S. Congressman from Virginia. From the description of Letter [manuscript] : Liverpool, England, to Jacob Harvey, Cork Irela...

Forster, James

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Stith, William, 1707-1755

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