Joseph C. Cabell papers [manuscript], 1807-1856.

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Joseph C. Cabell papers [manuscript], 1807-1856.

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Papers deal chiefly with land transactions, financial matters, improvements to "Edgewood," Samuel Cabell at the College of William and Mary, medical advice from Dr. George Cabell, and business matters including the manufacture and procurement of equipment, workers and overseers, crops, and Cabell's flour mill. Topics mentioned briefly include the James River and Kanawha Canal, cholera in Richmond, Va., in 1849, passes for slaves, slave illnesses and deaths, Democrats in the Virginia legislature in 1852, the Virginia State Fair of 1855, costs of attending William and Mary in 1807, the wheat crop and carpentry work at John Hartwell Cocke's "Bremo," the purchasing of slaves' hogs from "Belmont," and some family and social news. Correspondents include David S. G. Cabell, Dr. George Cabell, Jr., H. Coalter Cabell, Dr. John Grattan Cabell, Mayo Cabell, Col. William Cabell, Andrew Duncan, J. Bruce McClelland, Thomas S. McClelland, and Samuel P. Parsons.

280 (circa) items.

University of Virginia. Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7658670

University of Virginia. Library

Related Entities

There are 16 Entities related to this resource.

Cable family.

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Edgewood (Nelson County, Va. : Dwelling)

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Cabell, Mayo, 1800-1869,

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Bremo (Fluvanna County, Va. : Estate)

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Cabell, Henry Coalter, 1820-1889,

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Duncan, Andrew

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Cabell, George, 1774-1827,

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College of William and Mary.

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McClelland, James Bruce, 1827-1862,

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McClelland, Thomas Stanhope, 1810-1893,

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Cabell, Joseph C. (Joseph Carrington), 1778-1856

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Public official of Virginia and businessman. From the description of Joseph C. Cabell correspondence, 1853. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79452442 Legislator from Virginia. From the description of Joseph C. Cabell papers on the founding of the University of Virginia, 1810-1857. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71067601 Aided Jefferson in founding University of Virginia. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Warminster, to Thomas Je...

Cabell, William.

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Cocke, John Hartwell, 1780-1866

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Fluvanna County, Va. planter, reformer, and University of Virginia Board of Visitors member. From the description of Papers : of John Hartwell Cocke, 1806-1866. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 30793405 Planter, agricultural reformer, and brigadier general in the War of 1812. From the description of Papers, 1825-1872. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 39330821 The James River and Kanawha Company The creation of Virg...

Cabell, David S. G., fl. 1852-1855,

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Cabell, John Grattan, 1817-1896,

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Parsons, Samuel Bowne, 1819-1906

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Horticulturalist, nurseryman, landscape gardener, author and abolishionist. He was a Quaker, and itinerant preacher, active in local affairs and a member of the Underground Railroad, helping many slaves to escape to freedom. From the description of Samuel Bowne Parsons letter to A. B. Crandell [manuscript], 1871 Mar 27. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 256492995 ...