Papers, 1665-1926 (bulk 1840-1926).

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Papers, 1665-1926 (bulk 1840-1926).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/30383479

Collection includes correspondence, 1841-1894 (304 items), of Charles Bruce concerning Staunton Hill plantation in Charlotte County, Va., the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Harvard University, abolitionism, the 1848 French Revolution, his service in the Virginia Senate and Virginia politics, the Confederate States Army of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida, and Afro-Americans' participation in politics; accounts, 1848-1877, for the construction of the house at Staunton Hill in Charlotte County, with the Confederate States Quartermasters Department, and as treasurer of Charlotte County, Va.; bonds, 1862-1864; and deeds, slave lists, wills, estate inventories, and other legal records pertaining to Bruce's estate and to Staunton Hill. Also contains correspondence, 1840-1907 (721 items), of Sarah Alexander (Seddon) Bruce about family life, travel in England, France, Germany and Italy, the Vulcan Iron Works in Richmond, Va., and the care and preservation of books. Also present in the collection are correspondence, 1871-1926, and accounts, 1871-1896, of Charles Morelle Bruce relating to cattle raising; his report book, 1872-1873, while a student at the University of Berlin, Germany; and other materials, 1919-1921, kept as Assistant Commissioner of the U.S. General Land Office. The collection also includes the order book, 1828, of the Halifax County, Va., Court, kept by James Bruce (1763-1837).

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Virginia Historical Society Library

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Virginia Historical Society Library

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Harvard University

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Harvard College was founded by a vote of the Great and General Court of Massachusetts on October 28, 1636 that allocated “400£ towards a schoale or colledge.” Subsequent legislative acts established the Board of Overseers, but it was the Charter of 1650 that created the Harvard Corporation as the College's primary governing board and defined its composition and authority. The College Charter became a contentious target for College officials, the Massachusetts Governor and General C...

Bruce, Charles 1826-1896

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Bruce, James, 1763-1837

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Bruce, Charles Morelle, 1853-1938.

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Halifax County (Va.). Court.

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Bruce, Sarah Alexander Seddon, 1829-1907.

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Bruce family.

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Represented in the collection are Charles Bruce (1826-1896) of "Staunton Hill," Charlotte County, Va., and Richmond, Va., who served in the Virginia Senate; his wife Sarah Alexander (Seddon) Bruce (1829-1907); and their son Charles Morelle Bruce (1853-1938), secretary of the Arizona Territory and Assistant Commissioner of the U.S. General Land Office. From the description of Papers, 1665-1926 (bulk 1840-1926). (Virginia Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 30383479 ...

University of North Carolina (1793-1962)

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The University of North Carolina was chartered by the state's General Assembly in 1789. Its first student was admitted in 1795. The governing body of the University, from its founding until 1932, was a forty-member Board of Trustees elected by the General Assembly. The Board met twice a year; at other times the business of the University was carried on by the Board's secretary-treasurer and by the presiding professor (called president beginning in 1804). Other faculty members later assumed the r...

Vulcan Iron Works (Richmond, Va.)

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