Papers of William Bailey [manuscript], 1773-1888 (bulk 1800-1888).

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Papers of William Bailey [manuscript], 1773-1888 (bulk 1800-1888).

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The papers contain correspondence, legal and financial papers primarily re Bailey's tobacco and general store business, Halifax Court House, Va., 1820-1860, as well as his mill, and land and slave sales, his duties as treasurer of Halifax Academy, overseer of the poor, and executor for several estates. There are pertinent receipts, notes, accounts, ledgers, deeds of trust, bonds, partnership articles, deeds, wills, tax lists, summonses and court orders. Considerable material on slaves is present including sales, hiring, 1804-1828, birth records, 1822, 1834-1853, tobacco production and a daily work record from two farms owned by William H. Sims. The collection also contains student material from Episcopal High, 1871-1875, a 1773 land plat from a tract owned by John Randolph, medical prescriptions, an account of a visit to the 1876 Centennial in Philadelphia, an 1826 oration before an academic association, blacksmith accounts and a commonplace book, 1855-1856. Of special note is an 1864 letter from R.H. Fitzhugh, General Ewell's chief engineer, mentioning the evacuation of Atlanta and a conference with Jeremy F. Gilmer, John C. Pemberton and George Washington Custis Lee on changes in Lee's troop dispositions. Other topics include the Roanoke Navigation Company, a Danville mill, and the Civil War.

800 (ca.) items.

University of Virginia. Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7920894

University of Virginia. Library

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