Papers of the Randolph family of Edgehill, ca. 1822-1888.

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Papers of the Randolph family of Edgehill, ca. 1822-1888.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/60780900

The collection centers on Martha Jefferson (Patsy) Randolph Taylor and her family. The majority of the letters discuss family and friends. There is also a letter to John Johns regarding [Bishop William?] Meade. The collection also contains official correspondence of relative Asbury Dickins, the secretary of the Senate, including a letter from George Mifflin Dallas, and a patronage request to James K. Polk, together with a few personal letters and a Dickins family history. The collection also conatins a history of the Jefferson and Edgehill family papers and a history of the family farm "Lego" by Page Kirk discussing its destruction by fire and the furniture it contained, together with a genealogical chart of the Kirk family. Correspondents include John Johns, Septimia Meikleham, Carolina Ramsay Randolph, Jane Hollins Nicholas Randolph, Thomas Jefferson Randolph, Thomas Mann Randolph, Margaret Harvie Randolph, Mary Buchanan Randolph, Bennett Taylor, John Charles Randolph Taylor, Susan Beverly Taylor, and Harriot W. Wight.

ca. 60 items.

University of Virginia. Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7787825

University of Virginia. Library

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Dallas, George Mifflin, 1792-1864

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George Mifflin Dallas (July 10, 1792 – December 31, 1864) was an American politician and diplomat who served as mayor of Philadelphia from 1828 to 1829 and as the 11th vice president of the United States from 1845 to 1849. The son of Secretary of the Treasury Alexander J. Dallas, George Dallas attended elite preparatory schools before embarking on a legal career. He served as the private secretary to Albert Gallatin and worked for the Treasury Department and the Second Bank of the United Stat...

Randolph, Mary Buchanan, 1821-1874,

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Taylor, Martha Jefferson Randolph, 1817-1857,

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Randolph, Thomas Jefferson, 1792-1875

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Kirk family.

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Randolph, Margaret Harvie, fl. 1869,

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Randolph, Jane Hollins Nicholas, 1798-1871

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Taylor, Susan Beverly, fl. 1810,

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Randolph, Carolina Ramsay, 1828-1902,

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Polk, James K. (James Knox), 1795-1849

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James Knox Polk followed a career path which was blazed by Andrew Jackson. Both men hailed from southwestern North Carolina. Both migrated to Tennessee, where they practiced law and entered politics, and both were elected president of the United States. As similar as their paths were, James Polk was a different personality from his fiery predecessor. His life and career were marked by a relentless pursuit of his goals instead of the dramatic aura that perpetually surrounded Jackson. The effect...

Taylor, John Charles Randolph, 1812-1875.

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Meade, William, 1789-1862

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Episcopal Bishop of the Diocese of Virginia. From the description of William Meade papers, 1811-1867. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 660160649 Born 11 November 1789, the son of Richard Kidder Meade and Mary Fitzhugh (Grymes) Meade, William Meade graduated from the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University) in 1808. He married Mary Nelson (d. 1817) and Thomasia Nelson. He was elected Bishop of the Protestant Church in Virginia and Presiding Bishop of the 1861 Convention...

Dickens family.

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Kirk, Page.

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Randolph, Thomas M. (Thomas Mann), 1768-1828

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Congressman; governor of Virginia; son-in-law of Thomas Jefferson. From the description of Letters : Washington, D.C., to Dr. William Bache, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1804 February 11 and November 12. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 30793170 U.S. Congressman, 1803-1807; governor of Virginia, 1819-1822; and son-in-law of Thomas Jefferson; from Albemarle Co., Va. From the description of Letters, 1813-1825. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record ...

Randolph family.

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Lego (Albemarle County, Va. : Estate)

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Taylor, Bennett, 1836-1898,

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Meikleham, Septimia Randolph, 1814-1887

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Granddaughter of Thomas Jefferson and resident of Albemarle County, Va. From the description of Randolph-Meikleham family papers [manuscript], 1792-1882. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647874530 Granddaughter of Thomas Jefferson. From the description of Letters to William E. Robinson [manuscript], 1882-1886. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647810915 ...

Johns, John, 1796-1876

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Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Virginia. From the description of John Johns papers, 1819-1876. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 658824547 John Johns (1796-1876) was a student at the newly established Princeton Theological Seminary during the academic years of 1816-1817 and 1817-1818, graduating in 1818. After graduation, Johns went on to serve at the Protestant Episcopal Church in Frederick City, Maryland, and Christ Church in Baltimore. On October 13, 1842, Reverend Johns...

Wight, Harriot W., fl. 1869-1874,

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Dickins, Asbury, 1780-1861

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Secretary of the U.S. Senate in Washington, D.C.; secretary of the Columbian Institute. From the description of Letter : Washington, to Hyde de Neuville, 1819 May 10. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 22194076 Asbury Dickins, civil servant, and other members of the Dickins (Dickens) family. From the description of Asbury Dickins family papers, 1749-1941. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70982290 Alexander Dallas Bache (1806-1867) was an important...