Records, 1773-1789 [microform].

  1. Resources
  2. View Resource

ArchivalResource

Records, 1773-1789 [microform].

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/43356164

Contain materials relating to the operations of the Virginia navy during the Revolutionary War. Include account books, letterbooks, and minute books of the Virginia Navy Board; papers and communications, 1776-1781, of the Governor of Virginia (i.e., Patrick Henry and Thomas Jefferson); lists of officers, seamen, and vessels; payrolls; and papers of state agents, 1775-1783.

5 reels ; 35 mm.

Virginia Historical Society Library

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 7522325

Virginia Historical Society Library

Related Entities

There are 6 Entities related to this resource.

Henry, Patrick, 1736-1799

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6s0045v (person)

Patrick Henry (May 29, 1736 – June 6, 1799) was an American attorney, planter, politician, and orator known for declaring to the Second Virginia Convention (1775): "Give me liberty, or give me death!" A Founding Father, he served as the first and sixth post-colonial Governor of Virginia, from 1776 to 1779 and from 1784 to 1786. Henry was born in Hanover County, Virginia, and was for the most part educated at home. After an unsuccessful venture running a store, and assisting his father-in-law ...

Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w60d5jrb (person)

Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) was an American statesman and third president of the United States. From the description of Thomas Jefferson letter, 1809. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 367818629 Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) was the third president of the United States, born in Goochland (now Albemarle County), Virginia. He was a member of the Virginia House of Burgesses from 1769 to 1775, and with R. H. Lee and Patrick Henry initiated the inter-colonial committee of correspond...

Virginia. Navy

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6wd9t8z (corporateBody)

Virginia. Governor (1776-1779 : Henry)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6mp9hs7 (corporateBody)

Patrick Henry, a well known Virginia statesman, served as Governor of the the Commonwealth from 1776 to 1779. From the guide to the A Guide to the Gov. Patrick Henry Land Grant to James Carson, 16 May 1786, (John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation) Patrick Henry was born on 29 May 1736 in Studley, Hanover County, Virginia, the second son of John Henry and Sarah Winston Syme. Henry married twice; first to Sarah Shelton in 1754, and later to Dorothea...

Virginia. Governor (1779-1781 : Jefferson)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6p31tf6 (corporateBody)

Thomas Jefferson (13 April 1743-4 July 1826) was the third President of the United States(1801–1809), the principal author of the Declaration of Independence (1776), and one of the most influential Founding Fathers for his promotion of the ideals of Republicanism in the United States.Jefferson served as governor of Virginia from 1779–1781. As governor, he oversaw the transfer of the state capitol from Williamsburg to the more central location of Richmond in 1780. From the guide to th...

Virginia. Navy Board.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w60638md (corporateBody)

The Virginia Navy Board, established in May 1776 by the state revolutionary convention, was responsible for all matters concerning the State Navy, including construction of vessels, labor, and supply. From the description of Records, 1773-1789 [microform]. (Virginia Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 43356164 ...