Papers, 1771-1918.

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Papers, 1771-1918.

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The collection includes letters, 1794, to Richard Archer discussing national politics; numerous accounts, 1795-1821, of Peter Field Archer and James Powell Cocke, trustees for the estate of Richard Archer, dealing with plantation operations and board and educational expenses for Richard Thompson Archer; and correspondence of James Powell Cocke concerning the estate and a variety of supporting land records; and accounts, 1809-1843, land records, and will, 1841, of Mary Chastain (Cocke) Archer dealing with real and slave property in Amelia and Cumberland counties, Va. Also includes accounts and correspondence, 1815-1865, of Richard Thompson Archer concerning farm machinery and wheat, typhoid fever among the plantation hands, and the Civil War battle of White Oak Swamp near Richmond, 1862, a broadside discussing the Missouri Compromise and the rejection of Texas' application to the Union; and letters of Edward S. Archer to Elizabeth Barnes Archer anout Anchuca plantation in Claiborne County, Miss., and the University of Virginia.

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Archer, Peter Field, 1758-1814.

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University of Virginia

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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...

Archer family.

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Represented in the collection are Richard Thompson Archer (1791- 1867), planter of Amelia County, Va., and Claiborne County, Miss.; his uncles Peter Field Archer (1758-1814), of Amelia County, Va., and James Powell Cocke (1781-1861), both named as trustees for the estate of his father, Richard Archer (1760-1796); and his mother, Mary Chastain (Cocke) Archer (1775-1849), also a plantation owner of Amelia County, Va. From the description of Papers, 1771-1918. (Virginia Historical Socie...

Cocke, James Powell, 1781-1861.

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Archer, Richard, 1760-1796.

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Archer, Edward S., 1836-1862.

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Archer, Mary Chastain Cocke, 1775-1849.

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Archer, Richard Thompson, 1797-1867

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Archer, born in Virginia in 1797, came to Mississippi in 1824, married Ann Barnes [in 1833?], and settled on Anchuca Plantation near Port Gibson, Claiborne County, in 1837 and became a wealthy planter and slave-owner. From the description of Archer, Richard Thompson, family papers, 1790-1919. (University of Texas Libraries). WorldCat record id: 20342610 Archer, born in Virginia in 1797, came to Mississippi in 1824, married Ann Barnes (in 1833?), and settled on Anchuca Planta...