Papers of the Noland and Berkeley families, 1790-1850.

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Papers of the Noland and Berkeley families, 1790-1850.

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Papers of Thomas Berkeley, Nelson Berkeley, and other members of the Berkeley Family of "Airwell," Hanover County, Va., and of the Noland Family, (especially Major William Noland), of Aldie, Loudoun County, Va. The collection also includes some letters to Mrs. Frances Reid of Frederick, Maryland; transactions in behalf of James Monroe and Andrew Jackson; and correspondence with Richard Rush and James Barbour. There are four letters from James Monroe to Noland: 1817 Feb. 25, 1800 Oct. 29, 1824 March 17, and 1824 April 5; and one to Richard Rush, 1826 February 14.

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Noland family.

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Berkeley, Nelson, 1766-1849.

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Airwell (Estate : Hanover County, Va.)

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Berkeley family.

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Monroe, James, 1758-1831

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Barbour, James, 1775-1842

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Reid, Frances

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Noland, William

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Army officer and commissioner of public buildings in Washington, D.C. From the description of Papers of William Noland, 1834-1854. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79452423 ...