Papers, 1740-1764.

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Papers, 1740-1764.

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Mercantile account book (1747-1764) and loose accounts. Account book documents business dealings with prominent Virginians and British merchants. Names include William Byrd III, Dr. James Carter, Colonel Dudley Digges, Lieutenant Governor Robert Dinwiddie, Dr. Peter Hay, Colonel Philip Ludwell, John Norton, Hugh Orr, John Randolph, Richard Taliaferro, Benjamin Waller, and Ralph Wormeley. The first section of the book contains accounts of an English merchant. Names include Joseph Freeman, Edmund Goss, Edmund Green, Thomas Higgs, Thomas Hill, John Lewis, William Poole, Richard Purbeck, James Stanbridge, Thomas Tournay, Robert Warne, and James Young.

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Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library

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Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library

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Higgs, Thomas, 1809-1889

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Hay, Peter, Dr.

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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 ...

Warne, Robert.

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Lewis, John Smith.

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Revolutionary War officer. From the description of John Lewis letter, 1796. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 36200112 Lewis, contractor for the construction of Lemmons Wharf, Charlestown, Massachusetts. From the description of Contract, 1728. (Boston Athenaeum). WorldCat record id: 41417826 Civil rights leader. From the description of Reminiscences of John Lewis : oral history, 1970. (Columbia University In the City of New York)...

Digges, Dudley, 1718-1790.

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Poole, William.

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Young, James.

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James and Marjorie Young were journalists, newspaper and journal editors. From the description of James and Marjorie Young papers. 1936-1963. (Clemson University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 19909487 Jeweler, gold and silversmith at Troy, N.Y. From the description of Papers, 1799-1847. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 86164546 ...

Lightfoot, William, 1724-1764.

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William Lightfoot (1722-1764) was a merchant of Yorktown, Va. He served as sheriff of York County, 1746, and burgess from Charles City County, 1756-1758. From the guide to the William Lightfoot Papers, 1740-1764., (John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation) Yorktown, Virginia merchant, York County sheriff, and Burgess from Charles City County, Virginia. From the description of Papers, 1740-1764. (Colonial Williamsburg Foundation). WorldCa...

Tournay, Thomas

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Epithet: of Brockwell, in Saltwood British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000266.0x0001cd Epithet: of Hythe British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000266.0x0001cf Epithet: of Saltwood; great-grandfather of Robert Tournay British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000266.0x000...

Norton, John, 1715-1778

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Byrd, William, 1728-1777

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Freeman, Joseph T.

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Carter, James, d. 1794.

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Green, Edmund Brewster, 1815-1852

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Hill, Thomas George, 1876-

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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...

Purbeck, Richard.

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Orr, Hugh, d. 1764.

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Ludwell, Philip, 1716-1767.

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Taliaferro, Richard

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Wormeley, Ralph, 1715-1790

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Stanbridge, James.

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Goss, Edmund.

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Waller, Benjamin, 1716-1786.

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Benajmin Waller (1716-1786) was a respected and influential lawyer, civil servant, community leader, and land developer. Born in King William County, Virginia, Waller was a student at the College of William and Mary and later studied law using Sir John Randolph's law library. From the guide to the Benjamin Waller Letter to William Byrd, 1772 March 15, (John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation) From the guide to the Clerk's Chit, 1774, (John D. Rocke...