Papers : of Henry Banks, 1781-1817.

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Papers : of Henry Banks, 1781-1817.

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The collection contains the correspondence, 1781-1799, of Henry Banks concerning construction and operation of mills in Shelby County, Ky., and Richmond, Va.; yellow fever in Richmond; canal land between the James River and the James River and Kanawha Canal; land in Kentucky, West Virginia, Georgia, and Virginia; and construction of the Virginia State Penitentiary. Accounts, 1781-1798, of Henry Banks; deeds, 1797-1798; plats, 1785-1786, 1797; affidavits, 1793-1797, concerning land; agreements, 1793- 1798; bonds, 1784-1796; legal documents, 1788-1800; and list of persons inprisoned for debt in Philadelphia, 1798. Also includes Banks family correspondence, 1781-1783, 1797-1798; and a letter from Thomas Jefferson, 1797 May 31, to Henry Banks about a debt due Jefferson by Dr. Thomas Augustus Taylor. The collection also contains correspondence, 1795-1796 of Henry Lee; letters received by Joseph Ball of Philadelphia, 1813-1817; fourteen land grants issued by the Virginia Land Office, 1786 and 1790, for lands now in West Virginia and Kentucky; correspondence, 1786-1816, concerning iron and the Yazoo land fraud, among other topics; accounts, 1796-1816, of Joseph Ball, John Hargrave (for iron), and Richard Mathews; bonds, 1787, of John Stockdell, and 1795, of Burgiss Allison, James Trenchard and Joseph Barnes; and papers concerning the establishment of Ohiopiomingo in Kentucky.

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Lee, Henry, 1756-1818

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Henry Lee III (January 29, 1756 – March 25, 1818) was an early American Patriot and U.S. politician who served as the ninth Governor of Virginia and as the Virginia Representative to the United States Congress. Lee's service during the American Revolution as a cavalry officer in the Continental Army earned him the nickname by which he is best known, "Light-Horse Harry". He was the father of Robert E. Lee, who led Confederate armies against the U.S. in the American Civil War. Born on Leesylvan...

Hargrave, John

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Epithet: of Add MS 23752 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000132.0x0001d1 Epithet: of Add MS 27448 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000132.0x0001d2 ...

Ball, Joseph, 1752-1821.

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Virginia Penitentiary

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Stockdell, John, d. 1798.

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Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826

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Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) was an American statesman and third president of the United States. From the description of Thomas Jefferson letter, 1809. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 367818629 Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) was the third president of the United States, born in Goochland (now Albemarle County), Virginia. He was a member of the Virginia House of Burgesses from 1769 to 1775, and with R. H. Lee and Patrick Henry initiated the inter-colonial committee of correspond...

Mathews, Richard, 1758-1802.

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Banks, Henry, 1761-1833

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Epithet: of Add MS 37879 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000742.0x00028d Epithet: MP for Corfe Castle British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000209.0x0003bf Philadelphia, Pa., and Richmond, Va., merchant, lawyer, and land speculator. Born 1761, died 1833. From the description of Papers : of Henry Banks, 1781-1817. (Virgin...

Banks family.

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Trenchard, James, 1747-

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Allison, Burgiss, 1753-1827

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Virginia. Land Office

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After the conclusion of the French and Indian War, the British government issued a proclamation designed to prevent clashes between the settlers and Indians. This proclamation of 1763 forbid settlement west of the Alleghany mountains. From the description of List of complete military warrants under the Proclamation of 1763 from the Virginia Land Office,. (Library of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 318646134 The act which established the Land Office passed the General Assembly...

Barnes, Josephine.

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