Papers, 1779-1863.

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Papers, 1779-1863.

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Include correspondence and accounts, 1798-1820, of the mercantile firm of Oliver and Brand, Hanover Town, Va.; bills of lading; bonds; memoranda; diary, 1820, kept while traveling in Canada and New England; correspondence, 1818-1835, kept while a commission merchant in Richmond, Va., concerning the 1824 visit of the Marquis de Lafayette, national politics and prominent Virginia politicians, and the cost of an academy education; mercantile accounts, 1807-1835, for tobacco shipments, medical fees and books; commonplace books; papers, 1834-1836, of the Virginia Tract Society and the Richmond Infant Free School; papers, 1823- 1835, of the First Presbyterian Church, Richmond, Va.; and materials relating to lawsuits concerning the orphans of James W. Brand. Also includes a diary, 1819-1823, and account books, 1819-1824, of Edmund B. Crenshaw of Harmony Hall and High Meadow plantations in Hanover County, Va., concerning agricultural operations and blacksmithing.

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Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de, 1757-1834

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Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, marquis de Lafayette was born at Chavaniac, Auvergne, in 1757, to an old, illustrious family of the provincial and military nobility. He lost both his parents early: his father was killed by the British at the Battle of Minden when Lafayette was two years old (1759), and when he was thirteen and attending the prestigious Collège de Plessis in Paris both his mother and grandfather died (1770). The latter's death left Lafayette with a si...

Oliver and Brand (Hanover Town, Va.)

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Crenshaw, Edmund B.

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First Presbyterian Church (Richmond, Va.)

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Richmond Infant Free School (Richmond, Va.)

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Virginia Tract Society.

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Brand, Benjamin

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Merchant of Hanover Town and Richmond, Va. From the description of Papers, 1779-1863. (Virginia Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 30383536 Richmond, Va., merchant and treasurer of the Richmond and Manchester Colonization Society, the Colonization Society of Virginia, and the Richmond Mining Company. From the description of Papers, 1790-1838 (bulk 1823-1838). (Virginia Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 29991336 ...