Commonplace book, 1776-1859.

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Commonplace book, 1776-1859.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/30383471

Includes description of the operation of "Belle Grove" pantation, Frederick County, Va., details of horse and cattle breeding, and slave records; as well as a chronology of the American Revolution with a summary of the Yorktown surrender and terms; a copy of a letter of Bishop J[ames] Madison to John Page of the Philosophical Society of Virginia concerning the evaporation and condensation of water in nature; and genealogical notes concerning the Hite family.

1 v. (198 p.)

Virginia Historical Society Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7286073

Virginia Historical Society Library

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Hite, Isaac, 1758-1867?

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Landowner of Frederick County, Va. From the description of Commonplace book, 1776-1859. (Virginia Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 30383471 ...

Page, John, 1744-1808

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John Page (1744 – October 11, 1808) was a figure in early United States history. He served in the U.S. Congress and as Governor of Virginia. From the guide to the Memorandum, 1775, (John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation) John Page was born and lived at Rosewell Plantation in Gloucester County, Virginia. He graduated from the College of William and Mary in 1763, where he was a friend and the closest college classmate of Thomas Jefferson. He became...

Hite family.

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Madison, James, 1749-1812

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First Episcopal Bishop of the Diocese of Virginia. From the description of James Madison papers, 1792-1970s. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 659814628 President of the College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Va., and bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Church in Virginia. From the description of Papers, 1787-1808. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 19902858 First Episcopal bishop of Virginia and president of the College of William and Mary. ...