Papers, 1760-1892.

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Papers, 1760-1892.

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Primarily papers of Walter Lloyd Fontaine (1787-1860), lawyer of Buckingham County, Va., including correspondence, 1810-1860, accounts, 1810-1861, and miscellaneous legal documents. Correspondents include Archibald Austin ([1772-1827] concerning abolitionists), William Sheridan Cabell ([1793-1862] concerning internal improvements), James Caskie ([1792- 1866] concerning the Bank of Virginia), Cary Charles Cocke (1814-1888) and John Hartwell Cocke ([1780-1866] concerning the construction of a dam by the James River and Kanawha Company near New Canton, Buckingham County), Walter F. Smith (concerning Hampden-Sydney College), and others (concerning Asbury Crenshaw (d. 1851) and Virginia Mills, Buckingham County). Accounts concern fees paid to Fontaine for legal services and fees paid by him for medical services, as well as fees paid to the Female Collegiate Institute, Buckingham County. Legal documents include land grants, deeds and agreements, many concerning Virginia Mills. Also included are estate papers of George Nicholas (d. 1812), David Ross (1740?- 1817), David Ross (d. 1821), and James Henry Fontaine (d. 1827), all of Buckingham County.

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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) ...

Cocke, Cary Charles, 1814-1888.

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Nicholas, George, d. 1812.

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Bank of Virginia

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James River and Kanawha Company (Richmond, Va.)

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Cabell, William Sheridan, 1793-1862.

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Crenshaw, Asbury, d. 1851.

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Ross, David, d. 1821

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Cocke, John Hartwell, 1780-1866

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Fluvanna County, Va. planter, reformer, and University of Virginia Board of Visitors member. From the description of Papers : of John Hartwell Cocke, 1806-1866. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 30793405 Planter, agricultural reformer, and brigadier general in the War of 1812. From the description of Papers, 1825-1872. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 39330821 The James River and Kanawha Company The creation of Virg...

Fontaine, James Henry, d. 1827

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Virginia Mills (Botetourt County, Va.)

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Austin, Archibald, -1837

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Fontaine, Walter Lloyd, 1787-1860.

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Buckingham Female Collegiate Institute

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Caskie, James, 1792-1866.

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Ross, David, 1740?-1817

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Fontaine family.

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Smith, Walter F., 1951-

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