Papers, 1744-1940 (bulk 1831-1882).

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Papers, 1744-1940 (bulk 1831-1882).

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Papers of Paul Carrington include a number of surveys and deeds, ca. 1769, for land in Charlotte and Halifax counties and Portsmouth, Va., a mill in Charlotte County, Va., and property in Ohio. Papers of Clement Carrington include correspondence, 1792-1847, and accounts, 1792-1847, pertaining to "Edgehill" and "Mulberry Hill" plantations in Charlotte County, Va.; and various legal instruments, 1799-1846, concerning land in Ohio, horses, fugitive slaves, and slave lists for "Mulberry Hill." Papers of the elder John Blair McPhail include diaries, 1875- 1876, pertaining to agricultural operations at "Mulberry Hill"; correspondence, 1830-1882, of a social and business nature; accounts and account books, 1831-1879, for "Mulberry Hill," tuition at Hampden-Sydney College, and Confederate States tax receipts for taxes in kind; and freedmen's work contracts, 1865-1867. Papers of the younger John Blair McPhail include a diary, 1867, describing travels in Mexico; correspondence, 1854-1899, while living in Charlotte County, Va., and while a prisoner of war at Johnson Island, Ohio; and accounts, 1873-1898. Papers of Paul Carrington McPhail include correspondence, 1881-1911, and accounts, 1864-1913. The collection also includes a variety of school certificates for a number of family members.

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Hampden-Sydney College

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Hampden-Sydney College is a liberal arts college for men located in Hampden-Sydney, Virginia. Founded in 1775, Hampden-Sydney is the 10th oldest college in the United States and one of only three four-year, all-men's liberal arts colleges in the United States. From the guide to the Lottery Ticket, 1777, (John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation) ...

McPhail, John Blair, 1835-1904.

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Carrington, Clement, 1762-1842.

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McPhail, John Blair, 1807-1891.

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McPhail, Paul Carrington, 1833-1913.

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Johnson Island Prison

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Johnson Island, located in Sandusky, Ohio, operated as a federal prisoner of war depot, housing Confederate officers and other enlisted men captured in battle, from April 1862 to September 1865. From the guide to the Johnson Island Prison Autograph Albums, ., 1861-1865, (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.) Union army prison in Ohio. From the description of Diagram, 1862. (Filson Historical Society, The). WorldCat...

Carrington family.

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Family members represented include Paul Carrington (1733-1818); his son Clement Carrington (1762-1842); John Blair McPhail (1807-1891), planter; John Blair McPhail (1835-1904), Confederate soldier and planter; and Paul Carrington McPhail (1833-1913), all of Charlotte County, Va. From the description of Papers, 1744-1940 (bulk 1831-1882). (Virginia Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 30383516 ...

Carrington, Paul, 1733-1818.

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