Letters to this Lynchburg lawyer from his family [manuscript] (1805) 1823-1865.

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Letters to this Lynchburg lawyer from his family [manuscript] (1805) 1823-1865.

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Letters to this Lynchburg lawyer from his family (several of whom lived in Hanover County), especially his sister C.M. Dabney (later C.M. Grantland) and her husband S. Grantland, his sister Elizabeth Pollard, his daughter Catherine M. Dabney, his daughter Lucy B. Dabney (later Lucy B. Otey), his daughter Sarah Elizabeth Dabney (later Elizabeth Langhorn) and her husband I.S. Langhorn, his son George W. Dabney, three nephews, George E. Dabney, William B. Dabney, and A. Stuart, and John Tabb ; and some letters to other members of his family, especially his daughters Mary Jane Dabney and Lucy B. Also two indentures, one for purchase of land in Hanover County by George Dabney (father of Chiswell), 1805, and one for Chiswell's purchase of land in Lynchburg from John and Mary Lynch with a printed form of the Corporation of Lynchburg attached, 1815 ; copy of George Dabney's will, 1821 ; three letters of introduction to high government officers for Chiswell by William Cabell Rives, 1837 ; Confederate States of America non-taxable certificate at 6%, 1864 ; and diary of George W. Dabney, son of Chiswell, 1862-1865.

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Dabney, Mary Jane,

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Dabney, George W.,

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Grantland, C. M. Dabney,

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Dabney, Chiswell.

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Dabney, William B.,

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Tabb, John,

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Dabney, George E. (George Edward), 1808-1868

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Langhorn, I. S.,

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Lynch, Mary, active 1689-1715

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Stuart, A

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Rives, William C. (William Cabell), 1793-1868

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William Cabell Rives was the son of Robert and Margaret Jordan (Cabell) Rives. He was educated at Hampden-Sydney College and at the College of William and Mary where he graduated in 1809. He studied law and politics under Thomas Jefferson. Rives served in the War of 1812 and in the Virginia House of Delegates. After his marriage, he lived at "Castle Hill," Albemarle County, Va. Rives served in the U. S. House of Representatives, 1823-1829 and in the U. S. Senate. He also was minister to France a...

Dabney, George.

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Grantland, Seaton, 1782-1864

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Seaton Grantland (1782-1864) was born in New Kent, Virginia, the son of Gideon and Sallie Bradford Gantland. In 1808, he moved to Milledgeville, Georgia. His brother, Fleming Grantland, soon followed and the two men established the Georgia Journal. After Fleming's death in 1819 at the age of 29, Seaton sold the paper. He then began the Southern Recorder, which he edited until 1833. He served two terms in the Georgia congress, 1835 and 1837. Seaton married Ann (Nancy) Tinsley and had three childr...

Dabney, Catherine M.,

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Lynch, John (John William)

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Epithet: priest of Ahoghill British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000705.0x0003c0 Epithet: DD; Dean of Canterbury British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000705.0x0003bc Epithet: of Westport, county Mayo; formerly gardener to Lord Sydney British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_1...

Otey, Lucy B. Dabney,

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Pollard, Elizabeth

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Langhorn, Sarah Elizabeth Dabney,

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