Papers, 1756-1893 (bulk 1802-1893).

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Papers, 1756-1893 (bulk 1802-1893).

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Collection includes correspondence, 1802-1821, and miscellaneous papers of Judge Spencer Roane (1762-1822) of Richmond and Hanover County, Va., concerning state and national politics and Virginia legal issues and including correspondence with Edmund Randolph (1753-1813) and John Taylor (1753-1824). Also, includes family and political correspondence, 1816- 1845, of Roane's son, William Henry Roane (1787-1845) of Hanover and Henrico counties, Va., as a member of the Virginia Democratic Party and of the United States House of Representatives and Senate, along with other political and financial records; family and business correspondence, 1848- 1874, of his daughter, Sarah Anne Lyons (Roane) Harrison (1827-1874) of Richmond, Va., and Washington, D.C., in part concerning financial investments and real estate transactions; family correspondence, 1851-1861, of Carter Henry Harrison (1831-1861) of Cumberland County, Va., and while serving in the 11th Virginia Infantry Regiment of the Confederate States Army; letters, 1853-1893, written to Harrison's wife, Alice Burwell (Williams) Harrison of Cumberland County, especially by her brother, Episcopal Bishop Channing Moore Williams (1829-1910), while a missionary in China and Japan; and assorted materials of other members of the Roane and Harrison families.

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Randolph, Edmund, 1753-1813

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Edmund Jennings Randolph (August 10, 1753 – September 12, 1813) was an American attorney and politician. He was the 7th Governor of Virginia, and, as a delegate from Virginia, he attended the Constitutional Convention and helped to create the national constitution while serving on its Committee of Detail. He was the first United States Attorney General (1789-1794) and the second Secretary of State (1794-1795) during George Washington's presidency. Born in Williamsburg in the Colony of Virgini...

United States. Congress. House

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U.S. House of Representatives is the lower house of Congress. From the guide to the Subscription lists, 1870, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections) The first session of the Congress of the United States, under a resolution passed by the Congress of the Confederation, on September 13, 1788, was called to meet in New York City on March 4, 1789. On the appointed day only 13 Members of the House were present and, as this number did not constitute a quorum, the sessions...

Harrison family.

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Democratic Party (Va.)

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Further information about this individual or organization may be available in the Special Collections Research Center Wiki: <a href="http://scrc.swem.wm.edu/wiki/index.php/Democratic Party of Virginia">http://scrc.swem.wm.edu/wiki/index.php/Democratic Party of Virginia</a>. Further information about this individual or organization may be available in the Special Collections Research Center Wiki: <a href="http://scrc.swem.wm.edu/wiki/index.php/Democratic Party (Va.)">http://scrc...

United States. Congress. Senate

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Harrison, Carter Henry, 1831-1861.

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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 ...

Harrison, Sarah Anne Lyons Roane, 1827-1874.

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Confederate States of America. Army. Virginia Infantry Regiment, 11th

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Roane, William Henry, 1787-1845

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U.S. Senator and grandson of Patrick Henry; resident of Richmond, Va. From the description of Papers, 1838-1839. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 20115918 ...

Taylor, John, 1753-1824

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Political writer, agriculturist, and U.S. senator. From the description of Papers, 1789-1929. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 38929435 U.S. senator from Virginia, military officer, public official, and author. From the description of John Taylor papers, 1778. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70980570 John Taylor (1753-1824) of Caroline County, Va., was the son-in-law of John Penn (1741-1788), signer of the Declaration of Independence for Nor...

Harrison, Alice Burwell Williams.

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Roane family.

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Roane, Spencer, 1762-1822

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Virginia lawyer, legislator and Judge of the Supreme Court of Appeals; co-founder of the Richmond Enquirer. From the description of Letter James Madison [manuscript], 1801October 4. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647988940 Spencer Roane (1762-1822) was admitted to the Virginia bar in 1782, became a judge in 1789, and was elected to the Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals in 1794 where he served for twenty-seven years. From the description of Commissi...