Papers of Robert S. Brooke [manuscript], 1792-1927 bulk 1831-1863.

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Papers of Robert S. Brooke [manuscript], 1792-1927 bulk 1831-1863.

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The collection consists chiefly of correspondence between Brooke and his wife Margaret Lyle Smith Brooke, written while he was serving in the General Assembly. Subjects include family and household affairs in Augusta County including slave hiring and "correction," and social and political news from Richmond. Topics of interest include senator William Tod's fraud against the Bank of Virginia, male views on childbirth, religious attitudes, a church consecration at Hanover Court House, a Staunton fire, 1838, a request for militia to be sent to Pendleton County, a proposed reorganization of Brooke's district in 1843, the Western Asylum at Staunton and slave sales. Also of interest are letters of John F. Brooke while serving in the Navy in 1841 and a 1927 letter in support of the League of Nations. Papers of the related Berkeley and Carter families include copies of the wills of Charles Carter (1803), Nelson Berkeley (1849), and Betty Louden Berkeley (1866).

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Berkeley, Carter 1768-1839.

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Virginia. Militia

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Berkeley, Nelson, 1766-1849.

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Brooke, John, Mrs., fl. 1932,

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League of Nations

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Spotswood, Dandridge,

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Bank of Virginia

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Thomas family.

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Carter, Charles, 1732-1806.

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Brooke, Francis Taliaferro, 1763-1851

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Tod, William.

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Brooke, Robert S.

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Virginia State Delegate from Augusta County. From the description of Papers of Robert S. Brooke [manuscript], 1792-1927 bulk 1831-1863. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647806762 ...

Brooke, John F., fl. 1841.

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