Papers of the Ambler family, 1748-1866.

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Papers of the Ambler family, 1748-1866.

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Letters to John Jacquelin Ambler concern his education, the election of Jackson, social concerns (particularly temperance) politics, agriculture (wheat in particular), local and state politics, and the Louisa Railroad. Legal papers of Philip Pendleton Barbour concern cases in which he acted as counsel, and also include wills of his clients: Matthew Miller, John Hopkins, David Rodes, Michael Carpenter, Thomas Payne, William C. Wibby, Philip Pendleton; many from Orange County, Va., and documents concerning his judicial appointment. Financial papers of Col. John Ambler include property lists for crops and slaves, and estate papers concerning plantation management, including several volumes for the inventories of the farms Cottage, Mill Farm, and Lakeland, in particular livestock, tools, tobacco, and slaves. Also include a broadside of the Catalogue of the Law Library of the Late Judge Barbour, and genealogical notes. Include letters from Richard Ambler to his sons Edward and John providing fatherly advice on the proper education, Wakefield Academy in England; and letters, 1820's, to Colonel John Ambler pertaining mostly to agriculture, especially tobacco and management of slaves.

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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...

Ambler, John Jacquelin, 1801-1854.

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Wibby, William C.

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Hopkins, John, 1927-2013

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Ambler, John, 1762-1836

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Planter and militia officer. From the description of John Ambler papers, 1704-1896 (bulk 1807-1822). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 83609208 Planter, from Richmond, Va. From the description of Papers, 1788-1864. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 19105919 ...

Carpenter, Michael J.

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Ambler family.

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Prominent family of Orange and Amherst counties, Va., particularly active in state politics. From the description of Papers of the Ambler family, 1748-1866. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 34336583 ...

Miller, Matthew, 1961-

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Ambler, Elizabeth Barbour,

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Payne, Thomas, 1689-

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Epithet: the elder; bookseller, of London British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001389.0x000005 Epithet: of Add MS 34730 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001389.0x000004 ...

Ambler, John Jacquelin, 1828-1901,

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Louisa Railroad Company

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Rodes, David S. (David Samuel)

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