Letters, newspaper clippings, and notes relating to Carter Braxton [manuscript], 1762-1788.

Braxton, Carter, 1736-1797

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Carter Braxton (September 10, 1736 – October 10, 1797) was a signer of the United States Declaration of Independence, a merchant, planter, a Founding Father of the United States and a Virginia politician. A grandson of Robert "King" Carter, one of the wealthiest and most powerful landowners and slaveholders in the Old Dominion, Braxton was active in Virginia's legislature for more than 25 years, generally allied with Landon Carter, Benjamin Harrison V, Edmund Pendleton and other conservative pla...

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...

Taylor, John William, 1845-1931

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Third president of the Mormon Church. From the description of Revelation given through John Taylor, 1882. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122598595 Cinematographer. From the description of Reminiscences of John Taylor : oral history, 1973. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122574417 General storekeeper at Kalamazoo, Michigan. From the description of John W. Taylor papers, 1854-1865. (University of Michigan). Wo...

Gratz, Michael, 1740-1811

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Michael Gratz was a Philadelphia merchant. From the description of Papers, 1811-1822. (Historical Society of Pennsylvania). WorldCat record id: 122489884 Philadelphia merchant. From the description of Documents concerning settlement of his estate, 1850. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 86139016 ...

Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826

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Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) was an American statesman and third president of the United States. From the description of Thomas Jefferson letter, 1809. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 367818629 Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) was the third president of the United States, born in Goochland (now Albemarle County), Virginia. He was a member of the Virginia House of Burgesses from 1769 to 1775, and with R. H. Lee and Patrick Henry initiated the inter-colonial committee of correspond...

Ragsdale, Drury.

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