Ledger of Williamsburg, Va., merchant [manuscript], 1784-1789.

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Ledger of Williamsburg, Va., merchant [manuscript], 1784-1789.

Ledger, 1784-1789, of a Williamsburg merchant and dealer in dry goods, hardware, liquor, and tobacco. Includes accounts for Richard Geddy, Hugh Nelson, Thomas Nelson, John Page, Edmund Randolph, Corbin Washington, James Wilson, and George Wythe.

1 reel : positive ; 35 mm.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7923011

University of Virginia. Library

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Randolph, Edmund, 1753-1813

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Edmund Jennings Randolph (August 10, 1753 – September 12, 1813) was an American attorney and politician. He was the 7th Governor of Virginia, and, as a delegate from Virginia, he attended the Constitutional Convention and helped to create the national constitution while serving on its Committee of Detail. He was the first United States Attorney General (1789-1794) and the second Secretary of State (1794-1795) during George Washington's presidency. Born in Williamsburg in the Colony of Virgini...

Wythe, George, 1726-1806

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George Wythe (December 3, 1726 – June 8, 1806) was the first American law professor, a noted classics scholar, a Founding Father of the United States and a Virginia judge. The first of the seven Virginia signatories of the United States Declaration of Independence, Wythe served as one of Virginia's representatives to the Continental Congress and the Philadelphia Convention. Wythe taught and was a mentor to Thomas Jefferson, John Marshall, Henry Clay and other men who became American leaders. ...

Nelson, Thomas, 1738-1789

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Thomas Nelson Jr. (December 26, 1738 – January 4, 1789) was an American soldier and statesman from Yorktown, Virginia, and is considered one of the U.S. Founding Fathers. In addition to serving in the Virginia General Assembly for many terms, he twice represented Virginia in the Continental Congress. Fellow Virginia legislators elected him to serve as the commonwealth's governor in 1781. He signed the Declaration of Independence as a member of the Virginia delegation and fought in the militia du...

Nelson, Hugh, 1768-1836

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U.S. representative from Virginia (1811-1823) and U.S. minister to Spain (1823-1824). From the description of Letters of Hugh Nelson, 1808-1833. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71070061 ...

Washington, Corbin, 1767-1799

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Nephew of George Washington, brother of Supreme Court Justice Bushrod Washington and son-in-law of Richard Henry Lee. ...

Geddy, Richard

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Page, John, 1744-1808

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John Page (1744 – October 11, 1808) was a figure in early United States history. He served in the U.S. Congress and as Governor of Virginia. From the guide to the Memorandum, 1775, (John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation) John Page was born and lived at Rosewell Plantation in Gloucester County, Virginia. He graduated from the College of William and Mary in 1763, where he was a friend and the closest college classmate of Thomas Jefferson. He became...

Wilson, James, 1759 or 1760-1814

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Master of the missionary ship "Duff" and author of "A missionary voyage ... in the ship Duff" (1799). From the description of Letter [manuscript] : Ship Duff, to Rev. M. Wilks, London. 1796 Sept. 4. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 225849670 ...