Brock collection: Excerpts from the diary of Mrs. Blodgett, kept at Cawsons, in the County of Prince George, Virginia, in the year 1795 & 1796, 1795-1796.

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Brock collection: Excerpts from the diary of Mrs. Blodgett, kept at Cawsons, in the County of Prince George, Virginia, in the year 1795 & 1796, 1795-1796.

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Nineteenth century handwritten copies of excerpt from the diary of Martha Dangerfield Bland Blodgett Corran. The copies were made for Charles Campbell, a Virginia historian, who published it in the Petersburg, Va. Republican (1846, Apr. 20) under the title "Experts from the Diary of an old Virginia Lady, 1795-1796."

2 manuscript copies.

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Bland, Theodorick, 1741-1790

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Theodorick Bland (March 21, 1741 – June 1, 1790), also known as Theodorick Bland, Jr., was an American slave owner, planter, physician, soldier, and politician from Prince George County, Virginia. He became a major figure in the formation of the new United States government, representing Virginia in both the Continental Congress and the United States House of Representatives (until his death in office), as well as serving multiple terms in the Virginia House of Delegates representing Prince Geor...

Campbell, Charles, 1807-1876

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Charles Campbell (1807-1876) was born on 1 May 1807, in Petersburg, Virginia, the firstborn child of parents John Wilson Campbell (d. 1842), and Mildred Walker Moore Campbell. John, a bookstore owner, was also a historian. In 1831 he published the History of Virginia to 1781. Later, he held the position of Federal Collector of Customs in Petersburg, Virginia. Mildred taught at the Petersburg Classical Academy in the 1840s. In addition to Charles, the couple also had two younger children, Alexand...

Corran, Martha Dangerfield Bland Blodget, . 1804.

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Martha Dangerfield was wife of Theodorick Bland, Jr. (1741-1790). After Bland's death, she married Nathaniel Blodget, a merchant who died in 1794. Twice widowed, Martha married a French sea captain Patirck Corran (Curran) in 1798. She died in 1804 in France. From the description of Brock collection: Excerpts from the diary of Mrs. Blodgett, kept at Cawsons, in the County of Prince George, Virginia, in the year 1795 & 1796, 1795-1796. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Bot...

Brock, R. A. (Robert Alonzo), 1839-1914

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Wirt County was named for William Wirt, who gained fame in Virgtinia as a lawyer and perhaps is best known for his role in the prosecution of Aaron burr for treason. It was created in 1848 from sections of Wood and Jackson Counties. Wirt County was one of the fifty western Virginia counties to form the state of West Virginia in 1863. From the guide to the Wirt County (W. Va.) plat and land survey, 1860, (The Library of Virginia) Northumberland County was formed in 1645 from ...