Papers of the Gordon family, 1744-1905.

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Papers of the Gordon family, 1744-1905.

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Include land grant, 1744, to Valentine White for 155 acres in Isle of Wight County, Va.; letters, 1813-1854, of Charles Cocke, regarding the Dupuy family, Huguenot settlement in Virginia, War of 1812 pension claims, opposition to Martin Van Buren, and the route of a railroad. Also include business papers, 1860-1884, of William Gordon, pertaining to tobacco and mercantile interests; pardon, 1865, of William Gordon for Confederate military service; and genealogies, 1857-1905, of the Cocke, Gordon, Knox, and Whitehead families. Also include power of attorney, 1855, for Bennett Taylor Gordon for the settlement of the estate of Charlotte M. Gordon; draft of an address, n.d., to the Friends of Temperance Society of Virginia; draft of an address, 1888, nominating Henry St. George Tucker as Democratic candidate to the U.S. House of Representatives; photographs, n.d., of Kenmure Castle (England), Bazil H. Gordon, and William F. Gordon; and warrant, 1900, Nelson County, Va., for the arrest of Austin Butler. Also include letterbook, 1807-1812, of Samuel Gordon, Fredericksburg, Va., regarding the tobacco market and other business matters, with accounts in back; and diaries, (9 v.), 1845-1892, of William Gordon, of the Huntly estate in Nelson County, Va., and the Esmont Farm in Albemarle County, Va., regarding the day-to-day duties of his farms, family and business matters, the tobacco market, slaves, the Civil War, and Reconstruction, including accounts.

38 items + 10 v.

University of Virginia. Library

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University of Virginia. Library

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Kenmure Castle

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Van Buren, Martin, 1782-1862

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Martin Van Buren (b. Kinderhook, New York, December 5, 1782-d. July 24, 1862, Kinderhook, New York), studied law, was admitted to bar, New York, 1803; moved to Huson surrogate of Columbia Co.; member of State Senate, 1813-1820; attorney general of New York, 1815-1819; delegate to state constitutional convention, 1821; U.S. Senate Democrat, March 4, 1821-1828; Governor of New York, 1828-1829; U.s. Secretary of State, March 12, 1829 - August 1, 1831; Vice President, 1832; President, 1836-1840....

Knox family.

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Esmont Farm (Albemarle County, Va.)

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Cocke family.

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Dupuy family.

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Gordon, Charlotte

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Friends of Temperance

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Gordon, Bennett Taylor.

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Huntly (Nelson County, Va.)

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Gordon, William.

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Cocke, Charles Francis

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Gordon Listokin, Samuel

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Samuel M. Gordon, United States soldier, was a member of Company H, 25th Ohio Infantry Regiment, during the Civil War. He lived at Senacaville, Guernsey County, Ohio. It is believed he died about 1862, in a Confederate prison. He enlisted in 1861, and spent most of that autumn on Cheat Mountain, West Virginia, where he fought in the Battle of Cheat Mountain Summit. From the description of Samuel M. Gordon diary, 1861 [microform]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 82925988 ...

Whitehead family.

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Butler, Austin, 1991-

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Gordon family.

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Plantation owners of Nelson County, Va. From the description of Papers of the Gordon family, 1744-1905. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 32671894 ...

Gordon, Bazil H.

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Tucker, Henry St. George, 1853-1932

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Epithet: Colonel British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001512.0x000359 Lawyer, law professor, and U.S. Congressman. Henry St. George Tucker was born in Winchester, Virginia in 1853. He was educated in Virginia, attending a private school in Richmond, preparatory school at Middleburg, and graduating from the law department of Washington and Lee University, Lexington, in 1876. In that same year...