Papers of Ralph Wormeley, 1773-1802.

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Papers of Ralph Wormeley, 1773-1802.

Includes letterbook and letters, 1783-1802, of Ralph Wormeley to British merchants and other Virginia residents. Topics include sale and shipping of tobacco, insurance on tobacco cargo, claims against the United States for reimbursement of war losses and pre-Revolutionary debts, and effects of American legislation on commerce. Topics also include sale of tobacco for John Tayloe's estate, guardianship of John Tayloe's son, the benefits of English education and Eton, opinion of the Constitution, sale and delivery of slaves (1797), and the sudden insanity and death of his son (1801). Also include letters to Ralph Wormeley; letter, 1773, from William Tryon re: Wormeley's marriage and seat on Governor's Council; letter, 1774, from Edmund Pendleton re: governor's proclamation about court officers' fees; and letter, ca. 1775, from Nathaniel Foy re: Loyalist sympathies and Battle of Bunker Hill. Also include letter, 1775, from William Byrd re: Battle of Bunker Hill and Lord Dunmore, with note from Ralph Wormeley on Byrd's change of sympathies; and letter, 1778, from Mann Page re: the release of the Wormeleys and a suggesting that he take the Oath of Abjuration. Also include letter, 1785, concerning John Wormeley's claims with Great Britain for military service in Revolutionary War, and affadavit, 1797, attesting to his service with British Army, Regiment of North Carolina Volunteers; letter, 1786, from Hugh James re: British policy towards U.S. trade in the West Indies and Jamaican politics; letters, 1786-1787, from J. Gell re: American-English relations and the trial of Lord Hastings. Also include copy of petition, n.d., concerning the disestablishment of the Episcopal Church.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7344165

University of Virginia. Library

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Wormeley, John.

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Episcopal Church

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In 1982, the General Convention of the Church deleted the words "Protestant" and "in the United States of America" from the official title of the Church, making it the Episcopal Church. From the description of Records of the Protestant Episcopal Church of the United States of America, Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society, 1823-1975 (inclusive). (Yale University). WorldCat record id: 702152635 ...

Hastings, Francis Rawdon-Hastings, Marquess of, 1754-1826

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British soldier and colonial administrator. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Donington, to Charles Phillips, 1811 Jul. 24. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270467641 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Donington, to Colonel John Ogle, 1803 Jan. 15. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270467619 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Donington, to the bishop of Peterborough, 1812 Dec. 2. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270467663 ...

James, Hugh, M. Phil.

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Tayloe, John, 1721-1779

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Foy, Nathaniel

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Epithet: Captain British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000215.0x00005e ...

Dunmore, John Murray, Earl of, 1732-1809

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Appointed governor of Virginia in 1771. From the description of Correspondence, 1771-1778. (Colonial Williamsburg Foundation). WorldCat record id: 26923951 Lord Dunmore was the British governor of the Virginia Colony, from September 25, 1771 until his departure to New York on New Years Eve, 1776. From the guide to the Land Grant to Ambrose Gatewood, 1773 June 15, (John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation) Governor of New York (1...

Byrd, William,

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Page, Mann, 1718-1781,

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Wormeley, Ralph, 1744-1806

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Planter of Rosehill, Middlesex County, Va. From the description of Papers of Ralph Wormeley, 1773-1802. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 32672058 ...

Eton College

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