Papers, 1781-1917.

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Papers, 1781-1917.

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Papers of the Harvie family of Albemarle County and Richmond, Va. Included in this collection are papers relating to the service of John Harvie (1742-1807) as Register of the Virginia Land Office and as Secretary of the Commonwealth. Materials include accounts, 1781-1792; a warrant, 1783, issued by Harvie for land in Virginia; and a commission, 1788, issued to Harvie appointing him Secretary of the Commonwealth. John Harvie's son Jacquelin B. Harvie married Mary Marshall (1795-1845), the daughter of Chief Justice John Marshall (1755-1835). Thus, the collection contains materials concerning Marshall, including correspondence, 1898-1917, of his granddaughters, Emily Harvie and Ann Fisher Harvie, and letters and notes, 1835-1884, on his career as Chief Justice. Other Harvie children represented here include Ellen Strother (Harvie) Ruffin's husband Frank Gildart Ruffin (1816-1892), consisting of letters concerning his application for a pardon from President Andrew Johnson; and Susan Colston (Harvie) Wade (1824-1880) and her husband Rev. Anderson Wade (d. 1879), consisting of letters of Susan to her sister Mary Marshall Harvie (1815-1873) and letters to and about Rev. Wade's service as an Episcopal minister in Charles City, Henry, and Prince Edward counties, Va.

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Harvie, John, 1742-1807

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John Harvie (1742 – February 6, 1807) was an American Founding Father, lawyer and builder from Virginia. He was a delegate to the Second Continental Congress, where he signed the Articles of Confederation, in 1777 and 1778. He was a successful lawyer and landowner, as well as the fourth mayor of Richmond, Virginia. Thomas Jefferson was a friend since his childhood; his father was Jefferson's guardian. He negotiated a peace treaty in 1774 after the Battle of Point Pleasant. During the American Re...

United States. Supreme Court

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Supreme Court of the United States, final court of appeal and final expositor of the Constitution of the United States. Within the framework of litigation, the Supreme Court marks the boundaries of authority between state and nation, state and state, and government and citizen. Scope And Jurisdiction The Supreme Court was created by the Constitutional Convention of 1787 as the head of a federal court system, though it was not formally established until Congress passed the Judiciary Act in 17...

Virginia. Land Office

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After the conclusion of the French and Indian War, the British government issued a proclamation designed to prevent clashes between the settlers and Indians. This proclamation of 1763 forbid settlement west of the Alleghany mountains. From the description of List of complete military warrants under the Proclamation of 1763 from the Virginia Land Office,. (Library of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 318646134 The act which established the Land Office passed the General Assembly...

Episcopal Church

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In 1982, the General Convention of the Church deleted the words "Protestant" and "in the United States of America" from the official title of the Church, making it the Episcopal Church. From the description of Records of the Protestant Episcopal Church of the United States of America, Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society, 1823-1975 (inclusive). (Yale University). WorldCat record id: 702152635 ...

Harvie, Emily.

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Harvie, Mary Marshall, 1815-1873.

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Virginia. Secretary of the Commonwealth

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The Secretary of the Commonwealth was established by the state constitution in 1776. The secretary kept the executive journal, records of elections, and copies of the laws. He also served as the general ex officio secretary to the governor. Today the position has the responsibility to appoint and regulate the notaries public, the registration of lobbyists to the General Assembly, and the service of out-of-state civil processes. From the description of Receipts, 1945-1961. (Unknown). ...

Wade, Susan Colston Harvie, 1824-1880.

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Ruffin, Frank G. (Frank Gildart), 1816-1892

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Marshall, John, 1755-1835

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John Marshall (1755-1835) was born near Germantown, Prince William (currently Fauquier) County, Virginia on 24 September 1755 to parents Thomas Marshall and Mary Randolph Keith. From 1775-1781, Marshall served in the Continental Army and fought in the Revolutionary War. During the spring and summer of 1780, Marshall attended classes at the College of William and Mary and received his license to practice law. After the war, he moved to Richmond, Virginia and began his practice. Marshall married M...

Harvie, Ann Fisher.

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Harvie family.

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Wade, Anderson, d. 1879.

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