Papers of the Ambler, Carrington and Minor families [manuscript], 1796-1845.

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Papers of the Ambler, Carrington and Minor families [manuscript], 1796-1845.

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The collections contains a letterbook with manuscript copies, 1883, of letters, 1780-1823, from Eliza Jacquelin Ambler Carrington to her sister, Ann Ambler Fisher, and friends Mildred Dudley and Frances Cairnes. The letters convey news of family and friends including Eliza and Ann's brother-in-law John Marshall. A scandal involving the seduction of family friend Rachel Warrington by the Viscount Rochambeau and the U.S. naval career of their son Louis [Lewis] Warrington is discussed for forty years. Other topics include life in colonial Yorktown, Va., royal governors Botetourt and Dunmore, the siege of Yorktown, flight to Winchester, Va., Tarleton's raid, verbal abuse of a family slave by visitors from England, a visit to Mt. Vernon shortly before George Washington's death, and the decline of the Anglican church after the Revolution. The volume also includes an introduction and one chapter of a proposed autobiographical novel by Carrington titled "Variety or the Vicissitudes of Life," an extract from a letter by a sister-in-law of Chief Justice Marshall and a copy of Marshall's eulogy for his wife. In addition there are eleven letters, 1831-1845, from John Barbee Minor to Lucian Minor and Charles R. Slaughter about his student life at Kenyon College and the University of Virginia. Of interest is an 1845 letter discussing the possible sale of a slave.

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University of Virginia. Faculty.

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Minor, John B. (John Barbee), 1813-1895

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University of Virginia professor. From the description of Letter, University of Virginia, to S.D. Cabaniss, Huntsville, Ala. [manuscript] 1867 April 3. 1867. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647960869 Professor of law at the University of Virginia. From the description of Papers of John B. Minor, 1843-1892. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 31254303 John B. Minor, b. Louisa County, Va. Attended University of Virginia, graduating ...

Cairnes, Frances, recipient.

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Washington, George, 1732-1799

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George Washington (b. Feb. 22, 1732, Westmoreland County, Va.-d. Dec. 14, 1799, Mount Vernon, VA) was the first president of the United States, serving from 1789 to 1797. Washington came from a family of farmers and landowners. He had little education but showed an aptitude for mathematics. He used this talent to become a surveyor. At 15, Washington took a job as assistant surveyor on a team sent to map the Shenandoah Valley in western Virginia. In his early 20s, Washington joined the Virgin...

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...

Fisher, Ann Ambler, fl. 1796-1823,

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Ambler family.

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Rochambeau, Donatien Marie Joseph de Vimeur, vicomte de, 1750-1813

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Donatien Marie Joseph de Vimeur Rochambeau was a French General and Colonial Governor. He was born in Paris, France, on August 7, 1750. He began his military career by fighting with his father in the American War of Independence. His success gained promotions, and he played a key role in campaigns in Saint Domingue, eventually confronting Governor Toussaint Louverture. Beating Louverture, he was captured by other forces on the island but was later returned to France. He died on October 20, 1813,...

Slaughter, Charles H

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Marshall, Mary Willis Ambler, 1766-1831

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John Marshall (1755-1835) was born near Germantown, Prince William (currently Fauquier) County, Virginia on 24 September 1755 to parents Thomas Marshall and Mary Randolph Keith. From 1775-1781, Marshall served in the Continental Army and fought in the Revolutionary War. During the spring and summer of 1780, Marshall attended classes at the College of William and Mary and received his license to practice law. After the war, he moved to Richmond, Virginia and began his practice. Marshall married M...

Minor, Lucian, 1802-1858

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Dudley, Mildred,

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Warrington, Lewis, 1782-1851.

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Botetourt, Norborne Berkeley, Baron de, approximately 1718-1770

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Colonial Gov. of Virginia. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Stoke, to an unidentified correspondent (Mr. Grenville?), 1765 Nov. 5. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270527718 Governor of Virginia, 1768-1770. From the description of Correspondence, 1768-1770. (Colonial Williamsburg Foundation). WorldCat record id: 26924929 British colonial governor of Virginia. From the description of Norborne Berkeley, Baron de Botetourt, papers...

Carrington, Eliza Jaquelin Ambler, fl. 1796-1823,

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Dunmore, John Murray, Earl of, 1732-1809

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Appointed governor of Virginia in 1771. From the description of Correspondence, 1771-1778. (Colonial Williamsburg Foundation). WorldCat record id: 26923951 Lord Dunmore was the British governor of the Virginia Colony, from September 25, 1771 until his departure to New York on New Years Eve, 1776. From the guide to the Land Grant to Ambrose Gatewood, 1773 June 15, (John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation) Governor of New York (1...

Marshall, John, 1755-1835

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John Marshall (1755-1835) was born near Germantown, Prince William (currently Fauquier) County, Virginia on 24 September 1755 to parents Thomas Marshall and Mary Randolph Keith. From 1775-1781, Marshall served in the Continental Army and fought in the Revolutionary War. During the spring and summer of 1780, Marshall attended classes at the College of William and Mary and received his license to practice law. After the war, he moved to Richmond, Virginia and began his practice. Marshall married M...

Kenyon college

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Tarleton, Lieutenant-General (Banastre), 1754-1833

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English soldier. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Bath, to Messrs. Byfield, 1805 Aug. 21. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270574491 British commander in the Revolutionary War. From the description of Autograph signature to power of attorney, 1791 Dec. 3. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270580596 From the description of Autograph letter in the third person : to M. De Chemart, 1815 Jan. 24. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270574284 B...

Minor family.

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Episcopal Church

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In 1982, the General Convention of the Church deleted the words "Protestant" and "in the United States of America" from the official title of the Church, making it the Episcopal Church. From the description of Records of the Protestant Episcopal Church of the United States of America, Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society, 1823-1975 (inclusive). (Yale University). WorldCat record id: 702152635 ...

Carrington family.

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