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Papers, 1736-1810.

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Account books kept by Carter Burwell (1716-1756) and his son, Nathaniel Burwell (1750-1814), for their plantation, Carter's Grove, James City County, Virginia. One account book contains accounts of their neighbor, James Bray (d. 1744), who ran a tannery and shoemaking shop at his plantation; others contain accounts for the building of Carter's Grove. Also, a Book of Common Prayer and a Bible owned by Carter Burwell; four stud horse advertisements and a poster on pedigree and performance of the "late Eclipse." The accounts include names of James Anderson, Governor Norborne Berkeley, Baron de Botetourt, the Rev. John Bracken, Ann Burwell, Armistead Burwell, John Carter, George Charleton, Josiah Chowning, Mrs. Davenport, Dr. John Minson Galt, Governor William Gooch, Philip Grymes, Matthew Hubbard, William Moody, Hugh Nelson, John Norton, Dr. William Pasteur, Dr. John de Sequeyra, Richard Taliaferro, William Trebell, Robert Waller, Henry Wetherburn, Thomas Wharton, Ralph Wormeley, and many others.

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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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Anderson, James, ca. 1740-1798.

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Nelson, Hugh, 1750-1800,

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Chowning, Josiah, d. 1772.

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Norton, John, 1715-1778

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Burwell, Carter, 1716-1756

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Carter Burwell of James City County studied at the College of William and Mary in 1734. He married Lucy Ludwell Grymes. Nathaniel Burwell, born in 1750, was the son of Carter and Lucy Burwell. He inherited Carter's Grove but moved to Clark County in the Shenandoah Valley where he built and lived in Carter Hall. He married Susanna Grymes in 1772. She bore him eight children before her death in 1788. After Susanna's death, Burwell married Lucy Page Baylor who also bore him...

Davenport, Mrs.

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Waller, Robert James, 1939-....

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Burwell family.

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Charleton, George.

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Galt, John M., 1744-1808.

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Taliaferro, Richard

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Moody, William H. (William Henry), 1853-1917

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U.S. Supreme Court justice, attorney general, secretary of the navy, and representative from Massachusetts. From the description of William H. Moody papers, 1879-1916. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70981907 William Moody was a Confederate soldier in the 1st Georgia Battalion Sharpshooters. From the description of William Moody papers, 1861-1864 [manuscript]. WorldCat record id: 38525508 ...

De Sequeyra, John, 1712-1795.

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Trebell, William, d. 1789.

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Burwell, Ann.

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Pasteur, William, d. 1791.

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Grymes, Philip

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Epithet: late Receiver-General in Virginia British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001189.0x00009e ...

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...

Carter, John W., 1951-

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American filmmaker. From the description of Telegram : Seattle, to Pare Lorentz, 1938 Sept. 8. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 457064632 Epithet: of Add MS 32490 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000986.0x000343 A graduate student in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Texas at Austin, John W. Bill Carter, completed his Master's thesis, Invasion and Stagnation: The Roles of Loc...

Bracken, John, -1818

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Gooch, William

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Lieutenant Governor of the Colony of Virginia. From the description of Land patent, 1748. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 367554079 From the description of Land patent, 1748 January 10. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122629689 Epithet: Major; Lieutenant -Gov. of Virginia British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000702.0x0002ee Governor of Virginia (Colony) From the description of...

Wormeley, Ralph, 1715-1790

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Hubbard, Matthew

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Burwell, Armistead.

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Wharton, Thomas, approximately 1712-approximately 1748

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Williamsburg apothecary. From the description of Account book, 1729-1751. (Colonial Williamsburg Foundation). WorldCat record id: 25060156 ...

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...

Wetherburn, Henry, d. 1760

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