Meriwether Smith papers, 1779-1792.

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Meriwether Smith papers, 1779-1792.

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ALS (1779 February 21) written by Smith to John Page concerning the scarcity of provisions, depreciation of currency, potential of Virginia as a market for eastern states, and other economic and political consequences of the Revolution; letter (1779 May 17) written to Thomas Jefferson, governor of Virginia, and signed by Smith and Richard Henry Lee relating to acquisition of land from Delaware Indians; and photocopy of a financial agreement (1792 January 20) between Smith and John Beale.

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Smith, Meriwether, 1730-1790

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Meriwether Smith (1730 – January 25, 1790) was an American planter and statesman from Essex County, Virginia. Born at Bathurst, his family's estate near Dunnsville in Essex County in the Colony of Virginia, Smith completed preparatory studies before undertaking planting. He was first elected to the Virginia House of Burgesses in 1770. He was a vocal opponent of the 1765 Stamp Act and a representative in the revolutionary conventions that replaced the burgesses in 1775 and 1776. Smith was elec...

Lee, Richard Henry, 1732-1794

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Richard Henry Lee (January 20, 1732 – June 19, 1794) was an American statesman and Founding Father from Virginia, best known for the June 1776 Lee Resolution, the motion in the Second Continental Congress calling for the colonies' independence from Great Britain leading to the United States Declaration of Independence, which he signed. He also served a one-year term as the president of the Continental Congress, was a signatory to the Articles of Confederation, and was a United States Senator fro...

Page, John, 1744-1808

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John Page (1744 – October 11, 1808) was a figure in early United States history. He served in the U.S. Congress and as Governor of Virginia. From the guide to the Memorandum, 1775, (John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation) John Page was born and lived at Rosewell Plantation in Gloucester County, Virginia. He graduated from the College of William and Mary in 1763, where he was a friend and the closest college classmate of Thomas Jefferson. He became...

Beale, John, active 1792

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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...