Trigg-Carson collection, 1767-1924.

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Trigg-Carson collection, 1767-1924.

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Correspondence and legal papers of William Trigg and Charles S. Carson, salt manufacturers and merchants in Saltville and Abingdon, Va. and Nashville, Tenn., comprise half the collection and include an agreement to operate a tan yard, the wills of William King and Charles S. Carson, a suit and a final settlement over the deposition of the business following the death of partners Trigg and James King. The collection also contains letters discussing aspects of the business such as purchase of goods, advertisements, and payment in goods rather than money, a Prince Edward County, Va. legal brief, ca. 1791, filed for the plaintiff by Patrick Henry; Shenandoah Valley German manuscripts, possibly from New Market including 143 hymn or poetic verses, a school exercise, a prayer, 2 songs and a decorated 10 commandments. Also included are an Augusta County property rental agreement,1767, of William Fleming, a 1771 letter from him concerning debt collection, and a 1786 doctor's bill from his final illness; letters, 1923 June 21 and 1924 July 14, James Branch Cabell to "Hunter" thanking him for a book, describing his summer cottage and asking him to convey a note to Sir Hugh Seymour Walpole; and a store receipt, n.d., B. W. Jefferson to Mrs. Pepper.

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Henry, Patrick, 1736-1799

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Patrick Henry (May 29, 1736 – June 6, 1799) was an American attorney, planter, politician, and orator known for declaring to the Second Virginia Convention (1775): "Give me liberty, or give me death!" A Founding Father, he served as the first and sixth post-colonial Governor of Virginia, from 1776 to 1779 and from 1784 to 1786. Henry was born in Hanover County, Virginia, and was for the most part educated at home. After an unsuccessful venture running a store, and assisting his father-in-law ...

Trigg, William W.

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King, William M., 1940-

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Born in Salem, Mass.; died in Boston. Experimented with electricity; manufactured lightening rods. From the description of Notes on a visit to Western New York in 1810, [between 1810 and 1830]. (Buffalo History Museum). WorldCat record id: 71242446 Epithet: of Egerton MS 3007 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000695.0x000123 Epithet: afterwards King-Noel Title: 8th Ba...

Carson, Charles Macdonald

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Fleming, William, fl. 1767-1786.

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Jefferson, B. W.

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Walpole, Hugh, 1884-1941

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English novelist. From the description of Hugh Walpole collection, 1910-1939. (Boston University). WorldCat record id: 70925561 From the description of Autograph letter signed with initials : Brackenburn, Keswick, to [James] Bain, 1931 Apr. 4. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270658346 From the description of Sons and Lovers. A Preface : autograph manuscript signed, fair copy with a few revisions : [n.p.], 1923 June 4. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270658363 ...

Cabell, James Branch, 1879-1958

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Richmond author James Branch Cabell (1879-1958) is best known for his controversial book, Jurgen (1919), a fantasy set in Cabell's mythical medieval world of Poictesme (pronounced Pwa-tem). The New York Society for the Suppression of Vice contended the book was obscene. A trial over its content brought the reclusive writer national fame. Throughout the 1920s, Cabell's literary peers, including H.L. Mencken and Sinclair Lewis, praised his works. Cabell was born April 14, 1879, at 101 E. Frank...