Letterbook, 1717-1741.

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, ...

Spotswood, Alexander, 1676-1740

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Lieutenant governor of Virginia, 1710-1722; encouraged exploration of the Virginia Blue Ridge Mountains; entrepreneur of iron industry. From the description of Proposals for leasing ironworks at Tuball, 1739. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 32135435 ...

Howard, Hugh, 1952-....

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Custis, John, 1678-1749

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John Custis (August 1678 – November 22, 1749) was an American planter, politician, government official and military officer who sat in the Virginia House of Burgesses. A prominent member of the Custis family of Virginia, he utilized his extensive landholdings to support a career in horticulture and gardening. Born into a slaveholding family who resided in Northampton County, Virginia, Custis was sent to London at a young age to study the tobacco trade under Micajah Perry. He returned to his g...

Virginia. Council

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In pre-Revolutionary Virginia, the Council was a governing body comprising 11 Virginians appointed by the crown. From the guide to the An address of the Council, 1769 November 8, (John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation) ...

Rodney, C. A. (Caesar Augustus), 1772-1824

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Signer Declaration of Independence. From the description of Autograph letter signed : to Gen. Mason, 1805 Nov. 9. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270656239 Att'y General under Jefferson and Madison. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Wilmington, to Samuel Carsewell, Esq., 1813 July 6. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270656252 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Wilmington, 1822 Sept. 16. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270656278...

Perry, Micajah, d. 1721.

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Collinson, Peter, 1694-1768

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John Bartram was the first native American botanist and made many journeys through the southern frontier, collecting seeds and bulbs for transplanting. From the guide to the John Bartram correspondence, 1735-1775, 1735-1775, (American Philosophical Society) Peter Collinson was a London merchant and naturalist. From the description of Letters, [ca. 1740]-1770. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 122489517 From the description of ...

Pepper, Evelyn Parke.

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Catesby, Mark, 1683-1749

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Naturalist. From the description of Mark Catesby correspondence, 1744. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79452847 ...

Blair, James, 1656-1743

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Henry Hartwell was a member of the Council of Virginia. James Blair was president of the College of William and Mary. Edward Chilton, served as attorney general of Virginia. From the guide to the "An Account of the Present State and Government of Virginia, ", 1697., (John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation) Born in Scotland in 1655 or 1656. M. A. University of Edinburgh. Ordained in Church of England. Rector of parish of Cranston. Came to Virginia ...

Hanbury, John, 1664?-1734

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Peter Collinson (1694–1768) was an English merchant and botanist. He was a partner in his father’s London trading business, and he remained a merchant throughout his life. However, at a young age, he also developed a passion for botany. He eventually wrote numerous essays on natural history topics for the Gentleman’s Magazine, and he contributed many reports to the Society of Antiquaries and to the Royal Society, of which he was a member. His extensive network of correspondents in E...

Boll & Dee.

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Loyd & Cooper.

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Cary, Robert

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Starke, John

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Byrd, William, 1674-1744

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William Byrd II resided at Westover in Charles City County, Virginia. From the guide to the William Byrd Papers, 1728-1729., (John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation) Virginia planter William Byrd served as a member of the Virginia Council of the State (1709-1744); he determined the boundary line between Virginia and North Carolina. From the guide to the The history of the dividing line between Virginia and North Carolina, 1728, 1728, (...

Perry, Micajah, d.1753.

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Parke, Thomas Dunbar, d. 1734.

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Perry, Richard

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Randolph, John, Sir, approximately 1693-1737

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Sir John Randolph (ca. 1693-1737) was a lawyer, scholar, and Virginia legislator. He served as Clerk of the House of Burgesses, 1718-34, and speaker of the House of Burgesses, 1734-1736/37. From the description of Will, 1735. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122552884 ...