Papers, 1810-1890.

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Papers, 1810-1890.

Chiefly correspondence, 1815?-1872, and accounts, 1836-1872, of Frances Todd (Johnson) Barbour. The correspondence concerns family members and female friends. The accounts concern, in part, medical care. Miscellaneous legal and financial papers of Mrs. Barbour include accounts as executor of the estate of Philip Pendleton Barbour. Also included is a commonplace book, 1858, containing prescriptions; and notes, 1855-1859, concerning "Bloomingdale" in Orange County and the Central Virginia Railroad Company. Papers of Philip Pendleton Barbour include correspondence, 1825- 1841, concerning the University of Virginia, the New-York Historical Society, legal and general subjects; accounts, 1836-1840, kept at Frascati plantation in Orange County, Va.; and notes, 1810-1831, concerning lawsuits. Also include correspondence and accounts, 1835-1849, of Dr. Sextus Barbour. Among the miscellaneous papers is a letter written by William G.H. Jones while serving as a chaplain in the Confederate States Army at the 1st Battle of Bull Run, 1861.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7321501

Virginia Historical Society Library

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New-York Historical Society

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Barbour, Philip Pendleton, 1783-1841

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Philip Pendleton Barbour (May 25, 1783 – February 25, 1841) was the tenth Speaker of the United States House of Representatives and an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. He is the only individual to serve in both positions. A native of Orange County, Virginia, Barbour was the youngest of four sons and fifth of eight children of Thomas Barbour and Mary Pendleton Thomas Barbour. Barbour's father served in the House of Burgesses from 1769 to 1776 and in the first four R...

Barbour, Sextus, 1813-1851.

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Central Virginia Railroad Company.

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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...

Barbour family.

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Represented are Philip Pendleton Barbour (1783-1841), U.S. representative and Supreme Court justice; his wife Frances Todd (Johnson) Barbour (1787-1872); Sextus Barbour (1813-1851), a physician of Orange County, Va.; and other family members. From the description of Papers, 1810-1890. (Virginia Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 31632526 ...

Barbour, Frances Todd Johnson, 1787-1872.

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