Papers of Francis B. Harrison [manuscript], 1735-1938.

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Papers of Francis B. Harrison [manuscript], 1735-1938.

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The papers consist chiefly of correspondence, clippings, a diary and other items inherited by Francis B. Harrison from his mother, author Constance Cary Harrison, and his father Burton Harrison, secretary to Jefferson Davis and later a New York attorney. These include a copy of a 1735 letter from Colonel William Byrd to Sir John Randolph requesting Williamsburg news; a copy of a 1763 letter from Colonel Wilson Cary to his daugter Elizabeth Fairfax; letters, 1832-34, from John Harrison to Jesse B. Harrison re New Orleans friends; and letters, 1836-1843, from Archibald Cary to family describing trips to the north, mid-west and deep South, business, and the Panic of 1837. Also letters to Constance Cary Harrison (Mrs. Burton) from admirers seeking assistance in genealogy or family history, and letters, 1897-1910, to her editor William H. Rideing on literary matters and the Spanish-American War; and a letter, 1900, from Fairfax Harrison to Burton Harrison on the funeral of John, Lord Fairfax. There are also clippings of pro-Whig editorials, 1836, in the Louisiana Advertiser by J.B. Harrison, and his diary, 1829-30, of a tour of Germany and Italy; clippings of reviews of "Flower de Hundred," articles about Virginia families by Constance Cary Harrison, and a memoir by her re family connections to Monticello.

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Harrison, Burton, Mrs., 1843-1920

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Cary, Wilson Miles.

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Harrison, J. B. (Jesse Burton), 1805-1841

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Fairfax, Elizabeth Cary, fl. 1763,

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Whig Party (U.S.)

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Harrison, Fairfax, 1869-1938

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Fairfax Harrison was born in New York 13 March 1869, the son of Burton and Constance (Cary) Harrison and the brother of Francis Burton Harrison. He graduated from Yale in 1890 and got a M.A. degree from Columbia University. He practiced law in New York and was solicitor for the Southern Railway, president of the Chicago, Indianapolis and Louisville Railway; and president of the Southern Railway from 1913-1937. Harrison was the author of many works including the Devon Carys, Landmarks of Old Prin...

Randolph, John, Sir, approximately 1693-1737

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Sir John Randolph (ca. 1693-1737) was a lawyer, scholar, and Virginia legislator. He served as Clerk of the House of Burgesses, 1718-34, and speaker of the House of Burgesses, 1734-1736/37. From the description of Will, 1735. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122552884 ...

Rideing, William H. (William Henry), 1853-1918

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Photograph taken by the journalist William H. Rideing who occasionally visited Holmes at his house in Beverly Farms. From the description of Oliver Wendell Holmes at Beverly Farms [graphic]. [ca. 1885] (Boston Athenaeum). WorldCat record id: 124051582 Writer, editor of Youth's companion. From the description of Letters, 1886 October 5 and November 9. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 54994659 From the description of Letters, 1898 May 16, n.d....

Randolph family.

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Harrison, John, fl. 1832-1834,

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Harrison, Francis Burton, 1873-1957

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Francis Burton Harrison was born in New York City 18 December 1873. He was the son of Burton Harrison and Constance (Cary) Harrison and the brother of Fairfax Harrison. He graduated from Yale University in 1895 and from the New York Law School. He served in the Spanish-American War and in Congress from 1907-1913. Harrison was governor-general of the Philippines 1913-1921. He lived in Scotland from 1921-1934. He served as advisor to the governors of the Philippines. Harrison died in Flemington, N...

Cary, Wilson Miles, 1734-1817

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Harrison, Burton Norvell, 1838-1904

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Family members represented include Burton Norvell Harrison, lawyer and private secretary to Jefferson Davis; Samuel Jordan Harrison, merchant; J. B. Harrison, lawyer and newspaper editor; Mrs. Burton Harrison, author; Fairfax Harrison, lawyer and president of the Southern Railway; and Francis B. Harrison, lawyer, U.S. representative from New York, and governor general of the Philippines. From the description of Burton Norvell Harrison family papers, 1812-1926 (bulk 1913-1921). (Unkno...

Byrd, William, 1674-1744

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William Byrd II resided at Westover in Charles City County, Virginia. From the guide to the William Byrd Papers, 1728-1729., (John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation) Virginia planter William Byrd served as a member of the Virginia Council of the State (1709-1744); he determined the boundary line between Virginia and North Carolina. From the guide to the The history of the dividing line between Virginia and North Carolina, 1728, 1728, (...

Fairfax, John

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John Fairfax was a contemporary of Reginald Pond who wrote a biography of the Antarctic explorer Robert Falcon Scott in the 1960s From the guide to the John Fairfax collection, 1966, (Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge) Epithet: Captain; of Add MS 29148 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000818.0x000173 Epithet: of Sloane MS 1911 British Library Archives and Ma...

Cary, Archibald, 1721-1787

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Virginia merchant, planter, and legislator. From the description of Letter to George Washington [manuscript], 1782 May 25. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647861234 ...