Papers of the Marshall family [manuscript], 1763-1824.

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Papers of the Marshall family [manuscript], 1763-1824.

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Marshall family papers contain business and legal papers of the Marshall family, many in the hand of John Marshal. They include reports; petitions; a bill of complaint; a survey of land in Frederick County, Va.; bonds; deeds for land in Frederick County, Va., Winchester, Va., and Alexandria, Va.; agreements; indentures; and legal correspondence. Many of the documents concern property owned by Thomas, Lord Fairfax. Correspondents and document signers and witnesses include Edward Carrington, Rawleigh Colston, Charles Lee, James M. Marshall, Burr Powell, and Lawrence A. Washington.

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University of Virginia. Library

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University of Virginia. Library

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Carrington, Edward, 1748-1810

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Edward Carrington (February 11, 1748 – October 28, 1810) was an American soldier and statesman from Virginia. During the American Revolutionary War he became a lieutenant colonel of artillery in the Continental Army. He distinguished himself as quartermaster general in General Nathanael Greene’s southern campaign. He commanded artillery at Monmouth and Yorktown. He was also present at Cowpens, Guilford Court House, and Hobkirk's Hill. During the war he became a close friend of George Washington....

Lee, Charles, 1758-1815

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United States Attorney-General. From the description of Letter, 1813 May 2, Alexandria, Va., to William Broadfoot, Charleston, S.C. [manuscript]. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647825399 Charles Lee was born in 1758. He was brother of Richard Bland Lee and Henry "Light-horse Harry" Lee. A.B. degree from College of New Jersey. Collector of port of Alexandria, Va. Admitted to bar. Served in Virginia General Assembly. Attorney-general of the United States, 1795-1...

Marshall family.

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Washington, Lawrence Augustine, 1776-1824

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Son of George Washington's brother Samuel. From the description of ALS : Berkeley County, Va., to George Washington, 1797 Aug. 23. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122365130 ...

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...

Powell, Burr, fl. 1797-1804.

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Marshall, James C., 1799-

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Fairfax, Thomas Fairfax, Lord, 1692-1782

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This land grant was issued in 1741 by Thomas, 6th Lord Fairfax, Baron of Cameron, to Richard Brown (d. 1745), descendent of Quaker minister William Brown. The grant was one of five that Richard Brown had received in Virginia's Northern Neck; at the time of his death, he owned a total of 2,774 acres in Loudoun County. Furthermore, his extensive plantation included a house, malthouse, mill, millhouse, saw, sawmill, brewhouse, outhouses of all sorts, and sundry accessories. The 634-acre tract of la...

Colston, Rawleigh, fl. 1789-1808.

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