Harrison family papers, 1701-1910 (bulk 1780-1880).

Harrison, Benjamin, 1726-1791

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Benjamin Harrison V (April 5, 1726 – April 24, 1791) was an American planter, merchant and politician who served as a legislator in colonial Virginia, following a precedent of public service established by his namesakes. He signed both the Continental Association and the United States Declaration of Independence and is known as one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. He served as Virginia's governor from 1781 to 1784. Harrison worked an aggregate of three decades in the Virginia Hou...

Benjamin Harrison, Jr. & Co.

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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 ...

Wynne, Thos. H. (Thomas Hicks), 1820-1875

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Thomas Hicks Wynne, self-made business executive, antiquarian, and man of letters. Native of Richmond, Va. he occupied a number of business, administrative, and political posts, including those of president and superintendent of Richmond and Petersburg Railroad, president of the city Council, member of Virginia House of Delegates, (1861-1863) and Virginia State Senate (1871-1875). Thomas H. Wynne was corresponding secretary of Virginia Historical Society and was associated with other learned soc...

Charles Herries & Co.

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Harrison, Benjamin, 1673-1710.

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Harrison family.

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The Harrison family, descendants of Benjamin Harrison, Clerk of the House of Virginia (fl. 1642), were a wealthy Virginia family of planters, soldiers, and politicians. Among the most prominent family members were Benjamin Harrison (1673-1710), speaker of the House of Burgessess, Treasurer and Attorney General of Virginia and Benjamin Harrison (ca. 1726-1791), Governor of Virginia in 1782-1784 and father of President William Henry Harrison. His other son, Benjamin Harrison, Jr. (d. 1799), Paymas...

Dearborn, H.A.S. (Henry Alexander Scammell), 1783-1851

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Massachusetts politician, resident of Boston. From the description of Papers, 1802-1848. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 19405827 U.S. representative from Massachusetts, lawyer in Portland, Me., and army officer. From the description of H.A.S. Dearborn autograph letter signed, 1806. (Maine Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 71129499 Henry Dearborn (1751-1829), an officer in the Continental Army, was U.S. Secretary of War and ...