Papers of the Preston and related Radford families [manuscript], 1726-1895.

Henry, Patrick, 1736-1799

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Patrick Henry (May 29, 1736 – June 6, 1799) was an American attorney, planter, politician, and orator known for declaring to the Second Virginia Convention (1775): "Give me liberty, or give me death!" A Founding Father, he served as the first and sixth post-colonial Governor of Virginia, from 1776 to 1779 and from 1784 to 1786. Henry was born in Hanover County, Virginia, and was for the most part educated at home. After an unsuccessful venture running a store, and assisting his father-in-law ...

Carr, D. F.

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University of Virginia

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University of Virginia student from Lexington, Ky.; afterwards a Presbyterian minister and missionary to Brazil. From the description of Diploma awarded to John Rockwell Smith [manuscript], 1866 June 29. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647905124 Lt., C.S.A.; teacher, Norwood School, Nelson County, Va.; principal Select School, New York, N.Y. From the description of Diplomas of Waller Holladay [manuscript], 1858-1872. (University of Virginia). WorldC...

Floyd, Letitia Preston.

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Mosby, Charles L., 1810-

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Radford family.

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Madison, John P

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Cocke, John Hartwell, 1780-1866

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Fluvanna County, Va. planter, reformer, and University of Virginia Board of Visitors member. From the description of Papers : of John Hartwell Cocke, 1806-1866. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 30793405 Planter, agricultural reformer, and brigadier general in the War of 1812. From the description of Papers, 1825-1872. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 39330821 The James River and Kanawha Company The creation of Virg...

Stuart, Alexander, 1733-1822

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Title: 4th Earl of Moray British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000571.0x00018f Virginia public official. From the description of Alexander Stuart correspondence, 1809 January 26. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70980783 ...

Preston family.

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McDowell, Sarah Preston.

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Benton, Thomas Hart, 1782-1858

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Thomas Hart Benton (1782-1858) was a Missouri Democrat who served as a senator from 1821 to 1851. He opposed both abolitionism and the extension of slavery into new territories, but was a staunch advocate of westward expansion of the United States. He died in 1858. From the guide to the Thomas Hart Benton letter, 1846 May 14, (J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah) Lawyer; Tennessee state senator, 1809-1811; aide-de-camp to Andrew Jackson; colonel of a regiment of ...

Madison, Elizabeth

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McDowell, James, 1770-1835.

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Represented in the collection are James McDowell (1770-1835) of Rockbridge County, Va., and his son James McDowell (1795-1851), a Virginia politician and governor. From the description of Papers of James McDowell [manuscript], 1752-1878. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647849616 ...

Radford, William M., 1815?-1891?

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Moore, Alice Preston

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Smith, George William, 1762?-1811.

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Preston, William, 1729-1783

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Revolutionary War officer. From the description of Letters [manuscript], 1776. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647860488 Capt. William Preston (1729-1783), the son of John Preston (1699-1747), was born in Londonderry, Ireland, and settled with his family in Augusta County, Va., in 1737. He was a surveyor, landowner, member of the House of Burgesses, and captain during the French and Indian War. In 1756, he was a member of the abortive Sandy Creek Expedition aga...

Austin, Moses, 1761-1821

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Miner and promoter of Texas colonization. Austin settled in Upper Louisiana in 1798 and soon established his home and mining operation at Mine au Breton. From the description of Letters to John F. Merieult, 1802-1805. (New Orleans Public Library). WorldCat record id: 17632287 ...

Ruffin, Frank G.

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Francis ("Frank") Gildart Ruffin (1816-1892), was a planter of Chesterfield County, Va., Confederate colonel, 2nd auditor of Virginia, editor, and political writer. Ruffin served as chairman of the Virginia Sinking Fund Commission, secretary of the Miller Manual Labor School, and editor of the Richmond (Va.) "Dispatch." Other prominent family members represented in the collection include Ruffin's uncle, Albert G. Ruffin (d. 1829), lawyer in Mississippi and Alabama and planter in Hanover County, ...

Dunscombe, Andrew, 1757?-1802.

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Preston, Francis, 1765-1835

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The second son and third child of Col. William Preston and his wife Susanna Smith, was born at "Greenfield," Botetourt County (Va.), 2 August 1765. He graduated from the College of William and Mary in 1783, and practiced law in Montgomery and Washington counties in Virginia. Preston served in the House of Delegates in 1788 and 1789. From March 1793 until March 1797, he was a member of the United States House of Representatives. Settling in Abingdon, he returned to law practice and again entered ...

Breckinridge, James, 1763-1833

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Lawyer and legislator, of Virginia. From the description of Papers of James Breckinridge, 1780-1909. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 122602947 Rep. from Virginia. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Fincastle, to William Whann, 1815 Mar. 21. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270133382 Of Fincastle, Botetourt County, Va., lawyer, state legislator and U.S. Congressman. From the description of Papers, 1786-1830. (Virgini...

Patton, James, 1692-1755

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English emigrant to Augusta County, Va. From the description of Papers of James Patton [manuscript], 1738-1753. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647869784 ...

Magruder, Allan B. (Allan Bowie)

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Cocke, Philip St. George, 1809-1861

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Agriculturist and Confederate officer. From the description of Papers of Philip St. George cocke [manuscript] 1829-71. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647966449 Virginia planter, Confederate general. From the description of Papers of Philip St. George Cocke [manuscript], 1848-1850. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647823315 From the description of Letters from his wife, son, and daughter [manuscript] 1849-1856. (University of V...

Floyd, John, 1783-1837

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John Floyd (April 24, 1783 – August 17, 1837) was a Virginia politician and soldier. He represented Virginia in the United States House of Representatives and later served as the 25th Governor of Virginia. During his career in the House of Representatives, Floyd was an advocate of settling the Oregon Country, unsuccessfully arguing on its behalf from 1820 until he left Congress in 1829; the area did not become a territory of the United States until 1848. In 1832, Floyd received votes for t...

Breckinridge, Letitia Preston, 1728-

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