Papers, 1740-1902.

  1. Resources
  2. View Resource

ArchivalResource

Papers, 1740-1902.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/30383508

Includes correspondence and accounts, 1788-1832, concerning James Madison and commerce with France and Great Britain, steamboats, Farmers Bank of Virginia, James River and Kanawha Canal, an earthquake, 1812, and theatre fire, 1811, in Richmond, Va., the Virginia State Penitentiary, Thomas Jefferson and the University of Virginia, Botetourt Springs and Grove Hill plantation in Botetourt County, Va.; slave lists, land records and legal notes concerning an estate in Jefferson County, Fla.; and genealogical notes concerning the Breckinridge, Cary and Selden families.

331 items.

Virginia Historical Society Library

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 7286078

Virginia Historical Society Library

Related Entities

There are 9 Entities related to this resource.

James River and Kanawha Company (Richmond, Va.)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6z073h4 (corporateBody)

Virginia Penitentiary

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6z946mp (corporateBody)

Breckinridge, James, 1763-1833

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6d79jm2 (person)

Lawyer and legislator, of Virginia. From the description of Papers of James Breckinridge, 1780-1909. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 122602947 Rep. from Virginia. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Fincastle, to William Whann, 1815 Mar. 21. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270133382 Of Fincastle, Botetourt County, Va., lawyer, state legislator and U.S. Congressman. From the description of Papers, 1786-1830. (Virgini...

Breckinridge family.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6c91f4w (family)

Represented is James Breckinridge (1763-1833), of Botetourt County, Va., lawyer and U.S. Representative from Virginia. From the description of Papers, 1740-1902. (Virginia Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 30383508 ...

University of Virginia

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6xq0t7h (corporateBody)

University of Virginia student from Lexington, Ky.; afterwards a Presbyterian minister and missionary to Brazil. From the description of Diploma awarded to John Rockwell Smith [manuscript], 1866 June 29. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647905124 Lt., C.S.A.; teacher, Norwood School, Nelson County, Va.; principal Select School, New York, N.Y. From the description of Diplomas of Waller Holladay [manuscript], 1858-1872. (University of Virginia). WorldC...

Selden family.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w61d11tt (family)

Madison, James, 1751-1836

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w64850wc (person)

James Madison (1751-1836) was the fourth president of the United States, born in Port Conway, Virginia. He was a member of the Virginia legislature from 1776 to 1780 and from 1784 to 1786, and the Continental Congress from 1780 to 1783. His proposals at and management of the Constitutional Convention in 1787 earned him title "father of the U.S. Constitution." He cooperated with Alexander Hamilton and Jay in writing a series of papers (pub. 1787-88 under title of The Federalist) explaining the ne...

Cary family.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6c91f5b (family)

Farmers Bank of Virginia

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w60s3hwr (corporateBody)