Papers of John Hooe, 1685-1855.

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Papers of John Hooe, 1685-1855.

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The collection contains correspondence, legal and financial papers and three bound volumes including two account ledgers from Hooe's blacksmith shop, one of which also has copies of wills, a list of voters from Prince William County in 1819, and some miscellaneous farm records, recipes and a slave hire reciept. An additional farm ledger, 1842-1845, also has accounts for the Toll Road [Hunting Creek Turnpike?]. Topics in the correspondence include the court house at Hay Market, Va., 1802; Henry Clay and the election of 1828; the establishment of Warren County, Va., 1833; a Whig barbecue and the election of 1840; a railroad bill, 1849; and debt collection. Legal and financial papers of John Hooe, Jr., the Hooe family and Richard Foote, contain accounts, bonds, a complaint, deeds, indentures, a land grant, plats, promissory notes, a property tax book, receipts, and a will. Topics in the legal and financial papers concern crops, land sales, the Mutual Assurance Society, estate settlement (including slaves), the Fairfax Land purchased from Governor Lee, and a lawsuit. Of interest is a Stafford County indenture from 1685 and a survey of a land grant to Robert Carter from Thomas, Lord Fairfax for the Bull Run tract. Other families represented include Beverley, Blackburne, Gaines, Mason, Reid, Wickliffe, Kincheloe and Foote from Prince William County, Stafford County, Fairfax and Fredericksburg.

150 (ca.) items.

University of Virginia. Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7662404

University of Virginia. Library

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Lee, Henry, 1756-1818

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Henry Lee III (January 29, 1756 – March 25, 1818) was an early American Patriot and U.S. politician who served as the ninth Governor of Virginia and as the Virginia Representative to the United States Congress. Lee's service during the American Revolution as a cavalry officer in the Continental Army earned him the nickname by which he is best known, "Light-Horse Harry". He was the father of Robert E. Lee, who led Confederate armies against the U.S. in the American Civil War. Born on Leesylvan...

Hooe, John.

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Virginia House of Delegates member from Prince William County, Va. From the description of Papers of John Hooe, 1685-1855. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 52960808 According to information supplied by the donor, Alexander D. Kelly was a son of Capt. James Kelly, an officer in Washington's Army. He settled in Fauquier County, Virginia, was the executor of many estates, and served as a member of the House of Delegates. John Parke Custis w...

Foote, Richard, fl. 1821-1836.

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Mutual Assurance Society Against Fire on Buildings of the State of Virginia

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The Mutual Assurance Society Against Fire on Buildings of the State of Virginia was founded on December 22, 1794 by an act of incorporation by the Virginia General Assembly. On May 17, 1982 the members of the Society changed the name of the company to "Mutual Assurance Society of Virginia". From the description of Brock Collection: Papers of Mutual Assurance Society of Virginia, 1795-1866. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 86129757 ...

Blackburn family.

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Reed family.

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Lee, Thomas Ludwell, 1730-1778

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Thomas Ludwell Lee, a delegate from Stafford County to the Virginia Constitutional Convention of 1776, was a member of "a committee appointed to prepare a Declaration of Rights, and such plan of government as will be most likely to maintain peace and order in this colony, and secure substantial and equal liberty to the people." From the description of Letter, 1776 May 18. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122602279 ...

Mason family.

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Wickliffe family.

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Gaines family.

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Kincheloe family.

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Whig Party (Va.)

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Beverly family.

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Foote family.

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Fairfax, Thomas Fairfax, Lord, 1692-1782

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This land grant was issued in 1741 by Thomas, 6th Lord Fairfax, Baron of Cameron, to Richard Brown (d. 1745), descendent of Quaker minister William Brown. The grant was one of five that Richard Brown had received in Virginia's Northern Neck; at the time of his death, he owned a total of 2,774 acres in Loudoun County. Furthermore, his extensive plantation included a house, malthouse, mill, millhouse, saw, sawmill, brewhouse, outhouses of all sorts, and sundry accessories. The 634-acre tract of la...

Hooe family.

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