Papers of Alexander Garrett [manuscript], 1812-1848.

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Papers of Alexander Garrett [manuscript], 1812-1848.

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Correspondence, 1812-1848, chiefly concerning the University of Virginia and its finances. The collection includes the "Ceremony to be used in laying the corner stone of the Central College" and a report on the laying of the cornerstone by the members of the Charlottesville Masonic Lodge and the Widows' Sons Masonic Lodge. A letter from Thomas Eston Randolph to Alexander Garrett, 1829 Sep. 5, discusses financial concerns and mentions the imminent departure of the Randolphs to Florida. A letter from Thomas Walker Gilmer to Alexander Garrett, 1832 Dec. 28, discusses the nullification crisis. Correspondents include John Quincy Adams, Peter Carr, John Hartwell Cocke, Thomas Walker Gilmer, Thomas Jefferson, Chapman Johnson, James Madison, John Minor, James Monroe, Bernard Peyton, Martha Jefferson Randolph, Thomas Eston Randolph, and Virginia Jefferson Randolph Trist.

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University of Virginia. Library

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Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848

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John Quincy Adams (b. July 11, 1767, Braintree, Massachusetts-d. February 23, 1848, Washington, D.C.) was an American statesman who served as a diplomat, United States Senator, member of the House of Representatives, and the sixth President of the United States. He was a member of the Federalist, Democratic-Republican, National Republican, and later the Anti-Masonic and Whig parties. He was the son of President John Adams and Abigail Adams. As a diplomat, Adams played an important role in neg...

Peyton, Bernard, 1792-1854

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Central College (Charlottesville, Va.)

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Madison, James, 1751-1836

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Randolph, Martha Jefferson, 1772-1836

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Daughter of Thomas Jefferson. From the description of Letters to Virginia Jefferson Randolph Trist [manuscript], 1833 October 10 and 23. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647844212 ...

Freemasons. Widow's Sons' Lodge No. 60 (Charlottesville, Va.)

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Cocke, John Hartwell, 1780-1866

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Fluvanna County, Va. planter, reformer, and University of Virginia Board of Visitors member. From the description of Papers : of John Hartwell Cocke, 1806-1866. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 30793405 Planter, agricultural reformer, and brigadier general in the War of 1812. From the description of Papers, 1825-1872. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 39330821 The James River and Kanawha Company The creation of Virg...

Minor, John, fl. 1848,

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Gilmer, Thomas Walker, 1802-1844.

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Governor of and U.S. representative from Virginia. From the description of Letters of Thomas W. Gilmer, 1842-1843. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79450478 ...

Garrett, Alexander, 1778-1860

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Randolph, Thomas Eston, 1767-1842.

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Johnson, Chapman, 1779-1849

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A Federalist, Woods served in the Virginia House of Delegates and was a member of the Virginia Convention of 1788. He briefly served in the Revolutionary War and later was an officer of the Virginia militia, attaining the rank of colonel before resigning in 1816. Woods was president and a director of the North Western Bank of Virginia. He owned a flour mill, traded whiskey and leased out land. One of the founders of Woodsfield, Ohio, Woods was a land speculator in the military warrant land in th...

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Carr, Peter, 1770-1815,

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Trist, Virginia Jefferson Randolph, 1801-1882

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Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826

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Freemasons. Charlottesville Lodge No. 90 (Charlottesville, Va.)

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