Prentis transcripts, 1774-1822.

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Prentis transcripts, 1774-1822.

First letter book contains typewritten transcripts of letters written by the following: Carter Braxton to Robert Prentis (1774-1785), Robert Carter to Joseph Prentis (1788-1789), John Tyler to Joseph Prentis (1805-1809), Eliza Prentis to Joseph Prentis and others (1805-1817), James Monroe (1805-1821), Burwell Bassett to Joseph Prentis and Joseph Prentis, Jr. (1805-1825), and John Wickham to Joseph Prentis (1807-1822). Corrections in ink were made by Robert Henning Webb. Second letter book are letters of David Meade to John Driver (1782-1796).

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University of Virginia. Library

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Braxton, Carter, 1736-1797

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Carter Braxton (September 10, 1736 – October 10, 1797) was a signer of the United States Declaration of Independence, a merchant, planter, a Founding Father of the United States and a Virginia politician. A grandson of Robert "King" Carter, one of the wealthiest and most powerful landowners and slaveholders in the Old Dominion, Braxton was active in Virginia's legislature for more than 25 years, generally allied with Landon Carter, Benjamin Harrison V, Edmund Pendleton and other conservative pla...

Tyler, John, 1747-1813

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Prentis, Joseph, Jr,

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Webb, Robert Henning, 1882-1952.

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Professor Greek at the University of Virginia, 1912-1950. From the description of Drafts of Robert Henning Webb's translations of the comedies of Aristophanes [manuscript], n.d. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647972920 Professor of Greek at the University of Virginia from 1912-1950 when he retired. From the description of Grade books and U. Va. files of Robert Henning Webb [manuscript], 1910-1950. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 64797...

Meade, David (American garden designer, 1744-1829)

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David Meade was born in Virginia in 1744 to a wealthy planter of the same name. He went abroad for schooling at Harrow in England. At age seventeen he returned to Virginia to become a young gentleman planter. He married Sarah Waters of Williamsburg in 1768. The following year he was elected to the Virginia House of Burgesses. Meade was an ardent supporter of the American Revolution. He suffered, however, significant financial losses in the war. This eventually prompted him to send his son, David...

Monror, James, 1758-1831,

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Prentice family.

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Prentis, Joseph, 1754-1809

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Carter, Robert, 1728-1804

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Tobacco planter and iron manufacturer. From the description of Robert Carter papers, 1685-1828 (bulk 1774-1804). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70979882 Resident of Nomini Hall, Westmoreland County, Virginia; Williamsburg, Virginia; and Baltimore, Maryland. Carter was made a member of the Governor's Council in 1764. He was married to Frances Anne Tasker, youngest daughter of Benjamin Tasker of Maryland. From the guide to the Robert Carter Wastebook, 1762-1790., (...

Driver, John, fl. 1782-1796,

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Prentis, Robert,

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Prentis, Elizabeth, b. 1791,

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Wickham, John, 1763-1839

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Richmond, Va., lawyer, defender of Aaron Burr. From the description of Letter to J.T. Mason [manuscript], 1798 February 22. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647816529 Williamsburg and Richmond, Va., lawyer. From the description of Letter to William Wirt [manuscript], 1809 January 4. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647807875 From the description of Letter to William Wirt, 1809 January 4. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record...

Bassett, Burwell, 1764-1841

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Representative from Virginia. From the guide to the Burwell Bassett letter, 1836, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.) ...