Papers, 1782-1881, 1817-1835.

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Papers, 1782-1881, 1817-1835.

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Business papers of Sterrett who was a lawyer, real estate agent and county clerk of Mason County, Va. (now West Virginia). includes letters, accounts, deeds, promissory notes, legal records, wills and other business records. Most of the letters are from Colin Auld of Alexandria, Va. Correspondents include James Hall of Harrisonburg Va., John A. Marmaduke of Hillsborough and Shepherdstown, West Virginia, George W. Peter, John P. C. Peter, Thomas Peter of Georgetown, D. C., John Roberts of Alexandria, Va. and James Swan and Jonathan Swan of Baltimore, Md., Robert Swan of Cumberland, Md. and Robert Worthington of Charlestown, Va. (now West Virginia.) Subjects covered by the papers include internal improvements, land speculation, runaway slaves, Board of Public Works, contracts for the construction of log cabins and for the clearing of brush, court case against James White Brackenridge. One document concerns Lawrence Washington.

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Sterrett, William.

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William Sterrett of Point Pleasant, Va. (now West Virginia), was a lawyer, real estate agent, property manager and county clerk of Mason County. He represented interests in the District of Columbia, Maryland, Virginia and West Virginia. From the description of Papers, 1782-1881, 1817-1835. (College of William & Mary). WorldCat record id: 42448476 ...

Washington, Lawrence, 1791-1875

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Lawrence Washington (1791-1875) was born in Westmoreland County, Virginia, to Henry Washington and Sarah West Ashton. He was married to Sarah Tayloe Washington....