Papers (Part 1), 1809-1967.

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Papers (Part 1), 1809-1967.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/31752204

This collection includes the personal and business correspondence, 1839-1859, of Thomas Lanier Spragins (1789?-1863), lawyer and planter of "Cherry Hill," Halifax County, Va., along with his accounts and other financial records, and legal records as a Halifax County justice of the peace. Also, includes correspondence, 1840-1848, and personal miscellany of Fayette Baker Spragins (1817-1852), physician of Halifax County, Va.; and correspondence, 1840-1848, of Thomas Melchizedek Spragins (b. 1819), primarily as a student at Harvard and Princeton universities and while reading law in Staunton, Va. Also, includes personal and family correspondence, 1842-1881, and accounts of Eliza Ann (Spragins) Clark (1821-1897) of "Cherry Hill" and "Clarkton," Halifax County, Va., and as a student in Philadelphia, Pa.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7325045

Virginia Historical Society Library

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Harvard University

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Harvard College was founded by a vote of the Great and General Court of Massachusetts on October 28, 1636 that allocated “400£ towards a schoale or colledge.” Subsequent legislative acts established the Board of Overseers, but it was the Charter of 1650 that created the Harvard Corporation as the College's primary governing board and defined its composition and authority. The College Charter became a contentious target for College officials, the Massachusetts Governor and General C...

Clark, Eliza Ann Spragins, 1821-1897.

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Princeton University

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The collection documents the physical expansion of the University from its earliest period through the acquisition of large tracts of land in the 20th century, including the properties around Carnegie Lake and numerous farms. Early records document transactions with such Princeton University notables as Nathaniel Fitz Randolph, John Witherspoon, Walter Minto, John and Richard Stockton, and John Maclean. For the most part, the papers consist of standard legal documents with detailed descriptions ...

Spragins, Fayette Baker, 1817-1852.

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Spragins, Thomas Melchizedek, b. 1819.

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Halifax County (Va.). Justice of the peace.

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Spragins, Thomas Lanier, 1789?-1863.

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Spragins family.

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Members of the Spragins and related families were primarily farmers in Halifax and Charlotte counties, Va. From the description of Papers (Part 1), 1809-1967. (Virginia Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 31752204 ...