{"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Gardening--Virginia\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1769","last":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Gardening--Virginia\u0026f%5Bdate_range%5D%5B%5D=1769\u0026page=1"},"meta":{"pages":{"current_page":1,"next_page":null,"prev_page":null,"total_pages":1,"limit_value":10,"offset_value":0,"total_count":2,"first_page?":true,"last_page?":true}},"data":[{"id":"viw_repositories_2_resources_9004","type":"collection","attributes":{"title":"Skipwith Family papers","creator":{"id":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog/viw_repositories_2_resources_9004#creator","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":"Skipwith Family","label":"Creator"}},"abstract_or_scope":{"id":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog/viw_repositories_2_resources_9004#abstract_or_scope","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":"\u003cp\u003eThe collection contains, business papers, correspondence, accounts and the farm notes of Sir Peyton Skipwith of Mecklenburg Co., Va., son Humberstone Skipwith and Humberstone Skipwith's wives and children, especially Fulwar Skipwith. Papers are primarily business in nature and reflect the management of \"Prestwould.\"\u003c/p\u003e","label":"Abstract Or Scope"}},"breadcrumbs":{"id":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog/viw_repositories_2_resources_9004#breadcrumbs","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":{"id":"viw_repositories_2_resources_9004","ead_ssi":"viw_repositories_2_resources_9004","_root_":"viw_repositories_2_resources_9004","_nest_parent_":"viw_repositories_2_resources_9004","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/oai/WM/repositories_2_resources_9004.xml","title_filing_ssi":"Skipwith Family papers","title_ssm":["Skipwith Family papers"],"title_tesim":["Skipwith Family papers"],"unitdate_ssm":["1760-1977, and undated"],"unitdate_inclusive_ssm":["1760-1977, and undated"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["Mss. 65 Sk3","/repositories/2/resources/9004"],"text":["Mss. 65 Sk3","/repositories/2/resources/9004","Skipwith Family papers","Virginia--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775","Education--Virginia--History--19th century","Farm management--Virginia--History--19th century","French language--Study and teaching","Gardening--Virginia","Prestwould (Virginia : Estate)","Correspondence","Financial records","Receipts (financial records)","approximately 7000 items","Collection is open to all researchers. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility.","Processed by Anne Lewis and Deborah W. Smith during 1977-1978.","See also the manuscript volume of Peyton Horatio Skipwith, Jr.  (Mss. MsV Skipwith); Robert Skipwith Papers (Mss. 74s Sk3); Robert Skipwith Diaries (Mss. 65 Sk4).  A picture of the Skipwith Pianoforte is in the University Archives Photograph Collection (P2000.49)."," 2008.257 Lady Jean Skipwith Collection.","The collection contains, business papers, correspondence, accounts and the farm notes of Sir Peyton Skipwith of Mecklenburg Co., Va., son Humberstone Skipwith and Humberstone Skipwith's wives and children, especially Fulwar Skipwith. Papers are primarily business in nature and reflect the management of \"Prestwould.\""," Papers also concern the development of Lady Skipwith's library, the education of Fulwar Skipwith and his brother Grey Skipwith. Manuscript volumes concern farm accounts, gardening, the study of French and Fulwar Skipwith's lists of books.","Oversize Folder 1: Formerly Box VII, folder 5a oversize file: Feb 1, 1798 manuscript map entitled Sir Peyton Skipwith's land A.D. 1798, Joh Hill Cartographer.\nOBox XXI, Folder 33 medium oversize file, House Plans including photostat."," Skipwith Family Papers in Swem Library's microform area, 14 reels, call number HD 1471 .U5 R43 ser. L part 3","Skipwith Correspondence, Manuscripts, Manuscript Volumes, Fulwar Skipwith Notebooks, dated and undated. Boxes I-XX.","Indenture for the sale of a slave.","Deed of conveyance for 390 acres of land in Lunenburg County","Payment of twelve pounds to Mr. Sterling Thonton","Receipt for five pounds, nineteen shillings.","Account for one pound, nineteen shillings, and eleven pence. Also some rough accounts.","Receipt for the sale of a large, bay horse.","Deed.","Directions to pay Sterling Thornton five pounds, seven shillings, and four pence.","Indenture for the sale of slaves","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Receipt for five pounds, ten shillings in payment for a pair of mill stones.","Payment of three pounds, twelve shillings which he is in need of. Letter was returned and endorsed by Harris as a receipt for the money, dated August 8, 1769.","Directions for the payment to Mr. James Yancey of eight pounds, seven shillings, and six pence. Letter endorsed on April 4, 1770 by James Yancey and returned as a receipt.","Receipt for eleven pounds for two years of mill stones.","Promissory note for sixty-seven pounds, six shillings, and nine pence.","Receipt for two pair of shoes.","Bond for seventy pounds.","About a horse.","Bond for £200 for the building of three mills by September next.","Payment of some money.","Scope and Contents","Sale of some bacon and other provisions. The people in Richmond are in great want.","Receipt for nine guineas. 2 pages. Autograph document.","Bond for eighty pounds.","Bond for £130,000.","Breeding horses.","Notes on land deed and a deed of trust for 12 Negroes from Sir Peyton? Skipwith to? Ferril and? Ferril to ? Moss, and ? Holmes.","A blank indenture for payment of an unspecified account to Sir Peyton Skipwith.","The mating of several mares with his horse, Black and All Black.","Deed for title to some lands in consideration of £300.","Receipt two pounds, two shillings, and two pence.","Price of some tobacco, etc.","Bill for £795, fifteen shillings.","Transportation of some oats.","Barley.","Inspection and sale of some tobacco.","Inspection and sale of some tobacco.","Payment for some bacon sold to Sir Peyton Skipwith.","Delivery of 5000 pounds of tobacco to Mr. John C. Littlepage. Endorsed by J.C. Littlepage.","Breeding some horses.","Does not intend to sell his mare.","Payment for horse breeding.","The purchase of some bacon.","Account with Sir Peyton Skipwith, Slott?, and Donaldson, and Henry Sandifer.","Delivery of some bacon to Sir Peyton Skipwith.","Scope and Contents Bacon.","Last delivery of some corn.","Supply of some sugar.","Tobacco.","Entertaining expenses.","Conveying the Brunswick District Court order to pay some money and tobacco to David Apperson.","Sale of some tobacco. Confusion in Harwood's estate following the death of his father. A large sum of money \"for the purpose of raising a soldier.\"","Escape of a prisoner who has fled to the enemy.","Bill for a wardrobe chest and a case.","Barley. Is anxious to meet Sir Peyton.","Delivery of sugar.","Sugar.","Receipt for two hundred and five pounds, ten shillings.","About Col. Eastleigh, Miss Skipwith, etc. \"This cursed invasion has thrown everything into confusion.\"","Bond for 160,000 pounds of tobacco.","Copy of a bond for a hundred and sixty thousand pounds of crop tobacco between Robert Tucker of Sussex County and William Burge of Prince George County and Sir Peyton Skipwith.","Receipt.","Account of estate of Dr. John Ravenscroft, Cairnsmoore, Scotland, with Lillias (Miller) Ravenscroft.","Bond for £300.","Notations of a lease by Sir Peyton Skipwith.","Various bills. receipts, etc. for spices, wine, and mutton.","Statement of their account for linens.","Payment of money with interest due since 1773.","Procurement of two ship's carpenters.","Statement of his account for salt. signed in Beall's behalf by B. Holmes.","Ended the bargain he made with Mr. Smith.","Requests the return of his Negro Stewart.","Payment for 203 head of cattle delivered for the use of the French Army.","Has been ill, but will send him his money in a few days. Also the offer of an old dog - \"very slow,\" but \"is very true and good for a fox.\"","Has spent all his available money in the purchase of a horse, but will pay him shortly.","Two cows which were left in her care. Both died, but she may keep the hides.","Cannot attend his sale. Also requests payment for some bacon","Imprisonment and sale of a person who was enslaved by Sir Peyton.","Survey of land bought by Sir Peyton Skipwith from William Natchell, together with Armistead's fee for surveying the land.","Various bills, receipts, etc., for shingles, shoes, wool, and spices.","Payment of their joint bond.","Offer to defend him in his suit against Mr. Hooper.","Health of the recipient.","Death of thirty-five head of Sir Peyton's cattle, and recompense for looking after the remainder.","Disposal of some corn.","Order for corn and meal. Hears news \"that there is a certain general peace--a happy event to us.\"","About credit for £300.","Failure to pay for some salt. Threatens to take him to court.","Some corn and paints.","Spare scythe stones.","Contract.","Impending case for the settlement of a deed.","Receipt for the payment of some bonds.","Forwarding of various letters and newspapers.","Bond for the sale of some lands and Negro slaves in part settlement of a previous bond for tobacco. Also part of a fuller bond, dated October 9, 1786 entered into between Robert Turnbull, Petersburg, and Robert Tucker.","Tobacco business. \"The great advances my late partnership is in for our friends abroad, has laid me under very great and disagreeable inconveniences.\"","Various accounts, receipts, etc., for spices, shoe boots, buttons, and hinges.","Reestablishment of their correspondence, disrupted during \"the last unhappy war.\" Mr. Thomas Main will give further details in person.","Is sending his partner and nephew, Mr. Main, to settle their account, a more expedient method of settling their claims than by the use of attorneys.","Opening of correspondence with Messers. Berth and Sigrist, Amsterdam, for the consignment of tobacco.","Stray steer.","Order to pay the expenses of two witnesses testifying at the suit of James Hooper.","Tobacco.","Acquaints him of his arrival in America.","Requests the use of his surveying equipment.","Money due to Sir Peyton.","Has inquired for reliable purchasers for his goods which many will fetch eighty guineas.","Invitation to stay at Beauford.","Sale of some Negroes. All the three potential purchasers were of substance.","Mr. Hutchinson and Colonel Skirving would like to see him in person.","Bill of exchange for some cattle.","Mr. Campbell wishes to settle the matter in an English court.","Introducing himself on behalf of his firm Dawes, Stephenson, and Co., tobacco merchants.","Payment of their tobacco account. Hopes he will spare him any further trouble.","Sale of his tobacco. Hopes to meet him before he returns to England.","Security for some tobacco.","Business matters.","Mr. Ruffin's bond.","Mr. Ruffin's case to pay his bond. \"The most speedy and vigorous methods shall be pursued.\"","Mr. Fiveash's affair. Appended a statement of his account with Thomas Fiveash.","Memorandum of a bargain entered into for some cattle.","Thread and butter","Statement of Sir Peyton's account with the General Court for various suits, etc.","Tax account.","Understands he is a lenient creditor. Requests that he may pay part of the bond that he is security to for Robert Connell.","Offer to sell his land. Requests a quick determination.","Letter from Mr. Nelson concerning the price of tobacco.","Receipt for £1009..10..0.","Notifying him of his appointment as Surveyor of the road in place of Thomas Vaughan.","Bankruptcy suit filed by Mr. Murray's executors. Major portion of his debt is Mr. Allen's rather than Sir Peyton's.","Purchase of his work horse.","A blank summons to call a witness to testify on behalf of Sir Peyton Skipwith in his dispute with J. Harmanson?","Payment of his taxes and other business.","Payment for a Negro he has had since August 1782.","Is sorry but he has already sold the horse, but will try to procure him back. Thinks the horse is destined for New York. \"He is an excellent covering horse and well calculated to get colts for the turf.\" Remarks on the severity of the laws against racing in his state.","Some of his tobacco sold in 1775. Is glad to hear he wishes to renew his correspondence with their firm. Will do everything to protct his interests.","His letter came too late; had already sold the horse. However he expects to buy it back next season when he will have first preference. Further details about some of its colts - \"I veryyly believe him to be as pure a blooded horse as any in America or England.\"","Information regarding some cattle.","Receipt for one large packing trunk purchased of Edmund Wells, trunk and case maker.","Scope and Contents The payment of one of his notes. Has sent Captain Matthew Gibb to see him and hopes he \"will consider the disadvantage I labour under by being so long kept out of the money.\"","Discharging his bond for a tract fo land he had bought of Mr. Machary?","Cannot undertake to prosecute his case.","Mr. Ingram is doing his best to replevy his debt to him, but his scheme to do so must, by law, be approved by Sir Peyton his creditor. Also, the sale of some Negroes will not be permitted except with his approval.","Freight to England. Will remain in America till next spring.","His dismissal as surveyor, but is wishing to survey their land as a private surveyor.","His chartering of \"a fine British butt vessel\" to take his tobacco.","Will shortly be going to Richmond and desires to know what business, if any, he would like him to transact there for him.","Purchase of some cattle. 1 page. Autograph letter signed.","Must delay his visit to Richmond to attend the court where Mrs. Humphries, wife of John Humphries, is to be examined for the murder of one of her negro girls.","Requests the use of a small lumber cart to take home a box of glass.","Purchase of some cattle.","Shipment of his tobacco.","His tobacco--no offers as yet. Mr. Main will obtain freight for the goods he has ordered.","Dispatch of his notes to Colonel Joseph Green of Wayne County, N. C. for the purchase of his cattle.","His tobacco which is now on board a ship ready to sail.","Deed for the sale of some land to Bigelow on the Roanoke River.","Survey of some land and a court case pending.","Agreement to serve as overseer at Bugs Farm or on one of his plantations.","His progress at school in England. Describes a visit with Mayor Grymes to see the palace of Windsor.","Account of various legal costs.","Cattle he expects for North Carolina.","Is pleased to hear of his intention to deal in tobacco with his friends Messrs. Dawes, Stephenson and Co., London. Presents low price of tobacco and how prospects for the present growing crop are--\"which added to the restless and uneasy situation of the Northern and Eastern states will probably cause some amendment in the European market.\"","Has plotted the mill pond.","Scope and Contents Just arrived in London; bad season for visiting the city, as all fashionable people have left for \"watering places;\" will leave in a day or two for the Hague, then for Paris by way of Flanders; Eng. in a state of chaos; Irish propositions uncertain; necessity of learning French to do business not only in France but everywhere on the continent; his son Gray should learn French, and Italian too perhaps; Jefferson, already a year in France, is obliged to speak much English, so his French does not improve; Col. David Humphries, legation secretary, the same; have tried harder than any American ever to learn French; has heard of his possible visit to Europe; hopes to see him; can send letters to Col. Forrest or Fulwar Skipwith; hopes he received papers left for him in Virginia; Hog Island gave concern, and hopes he got rid of it; his kind offer of assistance may be taken up, as have not heard from Mr. Benjamin Harrison, who agreed to handle affairs; ask for a letter of credit, to be used only in an emergency; has written in this vein before, but think letters miscarried; sends this through Col. Forrest and Fulwar Skipwith.","Is loading a ship for Bristol and reminds him of his promise to send twenty hogshead of tobacco ?","Business matters.","Scantling and plank.","Goods on board the ship Robert.","Shipment of goods to him, including various types of seeds.","Order for some prunes, raisins and currants.","Prices of tobacco.","Receipt for puchase of some books including four volumes of Rabelais' books--\"very scare.\"","Loading of his tobacco on board the vessel Tweed.","Verdict and judgement of the General Court in favor of Skipwith in his suit against Ferrell. Damages of one penny plus cost.","Injunction granted to Pineas Ingram staying the proceedings in his suit with Sir Peyton over the sale of some Negroes.","Is willing to sell his land.","Fifty-five pounds, Virginia money, received of Thomas Vaughan.","Acknowledges his letter of 10 October. He is now second boy at Mr. Cotton's school where Major Grymes proposes he stays until August when he can go to Eton. Has had a letter from Uncle Miller.","Financial matters.","Bills, etc. on John Hyndman and Co.","Shoes, stockings, boots, salt, flour, spices, and bridles for horses.","List of horses delivered to Sir Peyton Skipwith.","Receipt of some money.","To meet his commitments, he will sell some land, and hopes to be allowed to \"set up at your shop or mill.\"","Has been appointed by the Court as one of the gentlement to act as executor to an estate in which Hepburn has a third interest.","Offer of a horse for £45.","His business in court and various other business matters. 2 pages.","Disposal of a South Carolina Negro, etc.","Order to impound part of the estate of Robert Harrison in payment for debts owed to Thomas Vaughan; Harrison being absconded.","Sale of 3000 lbs. of sugar on behalf of Sir Peyton Skipwith.","Colonel Green will view the road next Thursday.","Ingram's tobacco.","Forwarding of five grindstones.","Breaking in of his horse to harness before his journey to Richmond.","Collection of some apple and pear trees at Shrosburys.","Letter regarding Colonel Green's report on the road.","Many favors which he acknowledges he has done for him.","Included are some for her brother, Hugh.","Receipt for £12 and five barrels of Indian corn in payment for a dark bay horse.","Warrant in the case of Downes vs. Brown. The county of residence is left blank until it is found out \"where the (delinquent) does live.\"","Bills of loading for three hogs heads of his tobacco.","Payment of some money to Sir Peyton Skipwith and other financial business.","Several suits pending that day.","Scope and Contents","Request for some rye grass seed. Also notice that the General Court is ready to take depositions in the recipients suit.","Account of the sale of twenty hogs heads of tobacco.","Summoning of Sir Peyton Skipwith to appear as a witness on behalf of Hugh Miller in his suit with James Belsches.","His invitation to settle in Liverpool where he will be pleased to settle tobacco or transact any other business for Skipwith.","Legal matters.","Receipt for seven shillings and six pence, and for fifteen shillings for seven tithes due in Surry County from Sir Peyton Skipwith.","Shipping costs to England. \"The late sales of tobacco in Britain are very far from being pleasant ones.\"","Invoice of goods shipped aboard the Helena by Hugh Miller, merchant. Insured to the value of £100 by Archibald Govan.","Overpayment of tax by Sir Peyton Skipwith for the year 1783.","Scope and Contents","Sale of his tobacco.","Sale of eighteen barrels of Indian corn to Thomas Vaughan. Sale of the Indian corn by Francis Lewis.","Receipt for the payment of the certificate tax.","Dispatch of some of his tobacco on board their vessel. \"It is said that a difference in Insurance of from 2 to 5 Guineas is made between British and American bottoms.\"","His departure for England. Hopes he may see him there shortly.","Advises him to make other arrangements for shipping his goods to England.","Bad weather and its interruption of various projects.","Is sorry his letter caused him so much distress, especially at the time of his illness. In his suit against Wills, he was awarded only £5 as against £50-60 which he ought to have received. Testimony of Collin Wills was that he struck his father with a sword. The jury was biased and he thought it best to let the matter alone rather than order a new trial.","Mr. Brown's ticket.","Payment of his debt. Had been made difficult by the \"blowing up\" of his mill.","Scope and Contents","Receipt for payment for some linen and other household goods.","A suit; advises caution.","Provision of shipping and freight rates for his tobacco.","Shipping of his tobacco.","Delivery of some clover and grass seed.","Delivery of turnip seeds, etc.","Scope and Contents Shipping and sale of his tobacco.","Freight for his tobacco.","Scope and Contents","Shipping and insurance arrangements for his tobacco.","Saddle for a horse.","Requests twenty dollars to balance his tax account.","Sale of three hogsheads of tobacco.","Shipping some tobacco to Bristol.","Sale of some lands in Lunenburg County belonging to Mr. Upshaw.","Exchange of some grass seeds.","Offers to act as overseer on Mr. Perier's plantation which he understands he intends to purchase.","Cure of his \"fellow Sam.\" Hopes he can perform a reasonable cure on his jaw.","Freight rates for tobacco on board the British vessel, Mary.","Copy of the judgement in the case of Downes vs. Mr. Brown","Subpoena served on Mr. Miles \"who I have some reason to think will be a very beneficial witness in your favour.\"","Requests that he will not insist on payment of his debt until his crop is harvested.","Scope and Contents Business for the house of Dawes Stephenson, and Co., of London. There is a \"fine new British built vessel\" in the River.","His \"agreeable passage\" back to England.","Lack of comments from him or Messers. Donaldson and Stotts regarding his tobacco.","State of twenty hogsheads of tobacco.","State of their accounts.","Tobacco and other business. \"Our crop this year will be uncommonly short and I fear but undifferent in quality, owing to the wet weather.\"","Apologizes for not seeing him regarding the indents, but was detained by the ill health of his family.","Shipment of his tobacco.","Sale of some oxen. Not possible for the moment, since he does nto care to be paid in paper money, the only currency at present available in Va.","Has viewed the land belonging to Mr. Bigelow and values it at two hundred pounds, Va currency.","Bill for the sale of twenty-one horses and colts.","Delivery of some letters, and his readiness to see him the following morning.","His bond for fifteen hundred pounds for lands on the Roanoke River, Warren County, N. C. , and also for some dwellings on the south side of Old Street, Petersburg.","A bond for fifteen hundred pounds, Virginia currency, for the title of certain lands in Warren County, N. C. , and certain buildings and land in Petersburg,","Will do all he can to raise the money and pay him that evening. Does not blame him. \"I acknowledge I have forfeited my trust.\"","His expectation of a meeting between them. Hopes to be able to set out soon for America.","Settlement of a bond.","Payment of his account with Skipwith.","His failure to see him.","Will be happy to see him when he comes down for the races.","Bond for £1220-17 for the purchase of some lands.","Invoice and statement of Sir Peyton's account with Panock, Nicolson, and Skipwith.","Mr. Taylor has been so busy that he has not had time to write.","Construction of some ditches.","Receipt and settlement of some debts.","Expects soon to have a balance of £130 in favor of Messers. Pinnock and Skipwith.","Has measured the great ditch and finds it 2260 yards long. Also includes ? to ?. Regarding the purchase of some land.","Is making up a large shipment of tobacco with difficulty and would be glad to receive any tobacco collected on his account. Also includes George Craghead, to Sir Peyton Skipwith, Mill Farm. December 14, 1786. Explains why he has not yet collected any of his tobacco.","John Ballard, to Sir Peyton Skipwith. About the purchase of some tobacco.","Payment of some money outstanding to him, which he does not like to press for but now needs.","Debt to Colonel William Randolph.","Scarcity of cash, the high discount on bills, and other business concerning the tobacco trade.","Various bills and receipts for clothing items, including a cap, bonnet, velvet, silk, and buttons, furnishings, including a skillet, spoons, fans, and forks, salt, sewing tools, and a wagon.","Scope and Contents","Testimony regarding his suit against Pines Ingram, William Smith, John Smith, Thomas Ingram, and John Ingram.","His suit against Mattart. Unlikely to obtain judgement within less than two years; \"The evil is in the law.\"","Payment of the debt for the horse.","His brother Henry's estate and debts which he has now taken responsibility for.","Settlement of his debt. Begs him to give him till July and not seize his securities.","Usefulness of his tobacco.","Invoice of sundry goods shipped on board the Bridget.","Tobacco sales, etc.","About the purchase of some land.","Illness of Mr. Archibald who on doctor's advice is returning to Europe. In the future, his business in America will be confined to the collection of debts.","Suit against W. Pool. Has obtained a judgement against him, and also in his suit against John Cox.","Inability to see him.","Sale of some of Mr. Poole's property and the settlement of his debts.","Statement of their account for mustard, thread, buttons, stockinette, and silk.","Bond for thirty pounds for the construction of two chimneys and hearths.","Price of lime.","Sale of his tobacco. The proceeds to be entrusted to John R. Grymes who has the care and management of his son.","Bill of his on J. Hyndman \u0026 Co. which has been returned to him.","Invoice of tobacco sales from the ship Montgomery.","Two bonds which he took care of.","Sale of some lime.","Debt for £8-2-6. Also includes Alexander Boyd, to Sir Peyton Skipwith, June 9, 1787.","A list of men using the ferry and the sums due from them.","License for a tavern and the purchase of some nails.","Business matters.","Request for some grass seed for his orchard.","Account of the sale of his tobacco received by George Edward Henderson.","Tobacco business. Is sorry that any part of his conduct could have caused ill feeling between them.","Suit by Skipwith against Royster. Also miscellaneous notes by Skipwith regarding some slaves and other items.","Receipt for settlement of debts owed to him by Jacob Mettart and James Swinton, of Petersburg.","Payment for his tobacco.","His recent illness.","Account of his tobacco sold in London.","Statement of his account for a wagon and slaves.","Rights and title to a bond. Also other jottings regarding business accounts, etc.","Are sending him a hamper of London port wine.","His attendance at the Court House.","His borrowing money on his account.","Scope and Contents","Early delivery of some tobacco.","Survey of a plot of tobacco land.","Deed for the sale of some land.","Price of tobacco in Petersburg, he requests to know.","Settlement of John Holt's estate and the provision of money for the education of his orphans--hopes he will befriend them.","Bill for various goods.","Legal provisions of an ejectment, \"an action, commonly used for the trying of titles, and recovery of lands, etc., illegally withheld from the right owner.\"","Disposal of the Holt estate.","Money for the purchase of corn. Had prevented the suit brought by Murray's prosecutors against him from being heard this court.","Court matters. Advises him to discuss the suit against Billy Heale, because of the cost of witnesses, etc.","Sir Peyton Skipwith, Mecklenburg County, to Philip Moody. Bond for a hundred and twenty pounds, Virginia currency","Scope and Contents","Statement of his account since December 1785.","Delivery of some corn or money. \"I hope you will not fail to send me one or the other.\"","Tobacco bond. Is to deliver it up to Colonel Penn.","Sheep shearing and other farming matters. Has spoken to Major Boyce \"on account of your enormous tax in Surrey.\"","Bond for thirty five pounds, ten shillings, the balance due on the purchase of two Negro slaves.","Delivery of some iron and a pair of gloves.","Statement of his account.","Their lack of several of the articles he ordered, including a weeding hoe.","Bill for various goods, including a table cloth and drapes.","Receipt of a packet.","Tax account.","Statement of his account.","Bond for forty seven pounds, fifteen shillings.","Bond for seven hundred pounds, seven shillings and eight pence. The bond endorsed on the back as having been discharged is signed, William Allen, 3 August 1789.","Delivery of some goods, including some osnaburg fabric and nails, and the state of their account.","Bill for various goods, including thread, cloth, linen, buttons, buckles, and nails.","Purchase of some nails and buttons.","Tobacco and the disposal of other goods of his.","The Reverend Mr. John Scot and his desire \"to complete a union on which my future happiness so much and so immediately depends.\"","Collection of some fees.","Bond for two hundred pounds.","Articles requested by him.","His marriage, legal difficulties, in the laws of Virginia.","Court matters.","Bond for some Negroes he made with Mr. Peyton? Short.","Miscellaneous bill receipts for slaves, clothing and spices, and other business documents.","Purchase of some land on Butchers Creek. The plantation is in bad repair.","Debt due to Colonel Edward Harwood, payment in money or tobacco as he pleases.","Bond of one hundred pounds for the delivery of four slaves.","Purchase of some wine.","Sum of money due from him to the esate of Colonel William Harwood.","His illness since arriving in Louisville. \"Your land is started in a most growing part of the country...faster than any other part of Kentucky.\" High price of uncultivated land \"owing to the astonishing migration to the Western Country.\" General export of tobacco down the Mississippi.","Bond for thirteen pounds, ten shillings, and nine pence.","About some money due to his wife.","Personal matters.","Scope and Contents","About the purchase of some land.","Doctor Olwer; wishes he could help \"but we seem quite full of gentlemen of his profession in this part of the country.\"","Presentation of some of hsi bills to Messers Stott and Donaldson.","Accepts their offer after school ends in April; mentions his mother's Lillias (Miller) Ravenscroft marriage to Mr. Patrick Steward in Scotland.","Account of tobacco received and sold from on board the vessel Termagant.","Hop roots.","Invoice for buttons, cambrick, flannel, pepper, ginger, mustard, nutmeg, cinnamon, raisins, and salt.","Payment of thirteen pounds to Mr. William Richards. Also includes Sir Peyton Skipwith, to Thomas Vaughan,, 1789 April 20","Supply of various goods.","Receipt for two bonds on which he is bringing suits in the District Court of Petersburg.","Lease for his storehouse and lumber house at the ferry.","Invoice of goods sent to him, including salt, wine, brass knobs, a hat, flannel, and diapers.","Bond for 5,692 lbs. of tobacco.","Invoice of goods purchased.","Sale of some land.","Invoice for goods purchased, including wine and butter.","Number of his slaves.","Statement of their account for buttons.","Asks about her pregnancy; gives news of relatives and friends in Scotland; discusses mental attitudes toward the loss of a child; is preparing to give a speech at the College on August 1.","Title to a deed.","Invoice for goods purchased, including sugar and tea.","Purchase of a horse.","Goods purchased, including nails, and the state of his account.","Shipment of tobacco, and related business.","Invoice of goods purchased by him, including putty, knives, chalk, and shoes.","Statement of their account.","Their daughter Helen Skipwith, later Helen Coles and his need to attend to business.","Payment of the balance outstanding to him.","Shipment of his tobacco to London.","Pay the bearer of this letter, Mr. Allison, thirty shillings.","Agreement regarding the purchase of some land in Mecklenburg County.","Scope and Contents","Purchase of a colt. Also included Colonel William Johnson to Sir Peyton Skipwith. Regrets that he has sold the animal.","Lewis Payne, an \"industrious young man.\" Also would he pay the two hundred pounds oustanding to him.","Their account.","Purchase of some land.","Account of the sale of his tobacco received from on board the Lady St. John.","State of his suit against Mr. Robinson.","Dawes, Stephenson, \u0026 Co., London, to Sir Peyton Skipwith. About the sale of his tobacco received from on board the Hartley.","His decision to be of service to him.","Progress of his two suits in the Petersburg district court. Also enclosed is a receipt for two bonds dated March 10, 1790.","Legal matters.","Merchandise contracted for, being ready.","His title to some land.","Subpoenas for witnesses for his suits pending in the Brunswick district court.","Tobacco sales and shipments, \"the markets in Europe are glutted with Tobaco...I think there must be a demand for France as soon as the Commotions have subsided.\"","Bond for forty pounds.","Bond for one hundred and eighty pounds.","The moving of rock from Mr. Ross's plantation.","Sale of his tobacco. \"Our house does not possess the talent of flattery.\"","Sale of his property. Demands secure terms and no bad or defective title.","Outstanding taxes for 1783.","Their tobacco account.","Freight for his tobacco.","The payment of his Revenue lent to Mr. Thomas Vaughan.","Receipt for some corn, Brown writing on behalf of Stott \u0026 Donaldson.","Report on the progress of the various tasks on the plantations.","Correspondence with Major P.L. Gryms. Has not heard from Sir Peyton's son since March when he was in good health.","Bond for twenty-three pounds, four shillings and nine pence.","Scope and Contents","The delivery of a carriage and horses. Will pay him in bank notes which \"pass as specie in every state in the Union,\" there being a shortage of specie.","Business and family matters. Is endeavoring \"to get several sums due from Colonel Washington and others.\"","Will attend to his interests.","Bond for seventy pounds with Thomas Greenwood, guardian to the orphans of Robert Greenwood.","Payment of Robert Atkinson for wagon freight.","Payment of some money to Robert Birchett. Receipt for payment on the back, signed Robert Birchett, dated1792 September 27.","Discusses some bills of exchange which are in litigation, and some land Skipwith inquired about.","Invoice of goods purchased, including linen.","Bill and receipt of varous expenses and services rendered, including some wine and ale.","A Christmas box and other small matters.","Scope and Contents","The goods purchased by her.","The payment of some money","Scope and Contents","Subpoenas and witnesses for his suits in the Brunswick District Court.","Survey and plan of some land.","Port wine and Irish beef tongue.","Declaration of his authority as a justice of the city of Charleston and a public notary.","State of his account.","State of his account.","Various business matters including his offer to purchase some land belonging to Mr. Price.","The sale of some land of Mr. Price in payment for taxes.","Domestic matters.","Scope and Contents","Statement and receipt for the balance of his account.","The disposal of some land in Kentucky belonging to the estate of John Hartwell","The best time to ship his tobacco. Some apprehension that the market \"will be glutted with stemmed Tob.\"","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","His lack of a cart and the delivery of some pork.","The disposal of some land in the district of Kentucky.","A receipt for some money.","Bill \u0026 receipt for bridge tolls.","Bill for some articles furnished for his daughter.","His suits pending in the Brunswick district court.","Blank orders to summon a witness to testify on behalf of Sir Peyton Skipwith in his suit pending with the Executors for Edward Harward.","Several small business matters. Also his pending trip to Georgia.","Some Lusirn? Lucerne? seed.","Mr. Ruffin's injunction to the suit brought against him.","The delivery of a desk, shoes, and buckles.","Freight on board a ship bound for London.","The bad condition of the road and the desirability of a bridge over the creek near his house. .","Money oustanding on his account.","Information on the power of an attorney.","The construction of three stills.","Various business matters.","His consignment of tobacco.","The mill stone business.","Judgement and execution for debt against him.","The quantity of tobacco he wishes shipped.","Arrangements for shipping his tobacco.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","The \"Futility of the Deed\" granted for some land in Kentucky.","Tobacco business.","Concerning legal business.","The construction of a mill; also the employment of \"Pling.\"","Blank Order to summon a witness to attend the suit pending in the Brunswick district court between Sir Peyton Skipwith and the Executors for William Harwood.","Various court and legal matters.","Discusses his ill health and doctor's remedies; Mrs. McMurdo expected to die after the premature birth of a daughter, and distrust of the \"Gentlemen accoucheurs\"; mentions defunct \"Jermyn Bakeres\" ?.","The inspection of his tobacco and other business matters.","Payment of some cash.","His account with Messrs. J. \u0026 A. Freeland.","The payment of rent for the blacksmith's shop.","His collection of books.","Public auction of the Lawson Price estate (land), in Mecklenburg County. March 1794. Document concerns in the court case of James Belsches, Jr. U.S. \"Lawson price and Company\" brought before the Prince George County Court.","Deal for the sale and possession of some land.","Scope and Contents","Bills on Glasgow and London.","A visit to his sister to get her to make a pair of overalls.","Scope and Contents","Payment of the sum obtained in his suit against the Nicholas's.","Bond for two hundred and sixty-two pounds.","Note on Captain Hay in favor of Mr. Baker which he wishes presented to Sir Peyton","His readiness to advocate his claim against H. Carlton. Explains the history of the suit which began over default on a bond.","Scope and Contents","The sale of his land in Halifax County .","The settlement of their account. \"the war with France makes it necessary to prefer an American bottom,\" if payment is to be made in produce.","His order for Imperial Tea.","Request for a pair of shoes.","Some property near Washington and also business matters.","The sale of his tobacco and the granting of credit thereon.","His account.","His request for his horse to visit \"Uncle Greenwood.\"","The sale of his horse and the balance owing on the negro.","Various court matters. Also his alarm at the price of tobacco and his intention to sow more wheat in the fall.","Tax returns on his still.","The purchase of a horse.","The delivery of a letter.","Sends some \"Books of amusement or entertainment\"; mentions Mr. R his wife?; has heard nothing from Britain for a long time.","The law concerning the possession of stills.","Business from his suit against Colonel William Harwood.","The payment of some money he owes him.","Various correspondence and other business matters.","Bond for three hundred and seventy-five pounds.","Bond for one hundred and sixty-six pounds.","Various business matters.","His ague and fever; mentions his wife and Mr. Inge; the price of locally made goods is falling and the scarcity of money has affected the price of land.","Court and other legal matters.","Court business.","Various business matters.","Appointment of Short to be his attorney to sell lands claimed by him in the state of Kentucky.","The price of some pork.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Promissory note.","Scope and Contents","The Skipwith accounts; Sir Peyton's recent consignment of tobacco which did not get shipped to England; and a recent smallpox epidemic in Richmond.","Scope and Contents","Maury's receiving thirty-nine Hogs heads of Skipwith tobacco at what appeared to be an inconvenient time for market selling. Maury honors a draft of Skipwith for three hundred pounds.","Wonders why Skipwith did not send answer in case of Holts errs.","Scope and Contents","Note for two pounds, twelve shillings, and eleven pence.","Caleb Johnston eight pounds.","Concerns Skipwith's court involvements with one Mr. Baird.","Informing him of the high water level of several ponds on his property. Including memo informing Sir Skipwith of the leveling off of the water near Robert Birchett's store, Sept. 26, 1794. Reverse, a listing of various salt orders placed by Sir. Peyton in 1793.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Consignment of wheat sent by Skipwith to Campbell of Petersburg. Campbell discusses both the fluctuating prices of wheat and tobacco, and suggets that Skipwith might find a more favorable market for tobacco abroad.","Skipwith's legal entanglements with V. Holloway.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Court litigation involving tobacco, between Skipwith and W. Barberville.","Shalor's inability to pay a debt owed Skipwith.","Tobacco and the disposal of promissory notes.","Skipwith's latest consignment of tobacco sent to England.","Notes concern various financial transanctions of Lady Jean Skipwith.","Skipwith's contract with Shalor for masonry work, and his desire to have said work suspended due to bad weather.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Impending suit against Sir. Peyton Skipwith by Colonel Harwood. including: \"Fishing Days Here Disposed of, 1795\" and \"A list of the small boys that will be able to real tobacco down in the fall 1795.\"","Scope and Contents","Debts due from Jacob Bugg, holder of bond from Skipwith. Mentions intended removal to Kentucky, desires to make contacts via Skipwith among friends.","Invoice of goods to be shipped from Liverpool, including a diamond for cutting glass, putty, window glass, and salt.","Court litigation instituted by Clinch against Skipwith in the High Court of Chancery on behalf of the Holt heirs.","Warns Skipwith of the impending difficulties in the court proceedings instituted against him by the Holt heirs of Surry County.","Job that Robson was not able to perform as expected.","The disputed title of a Negro purchased fom the sheriff of Lunenburg County by Skipwith.","Scope and Contents","As Skipwith's lawyer, Munford advised his client on actions that were to be taken in the \"Donald Affair\" in which Skipwith is defendant. Munford also advised Skipwith on matters pertaining to two other court cases involving Skipwith.","Transactions made through Mr. James Maury of London, for goods in exchange for tobacco crop.","Transactions made through Mr. James Maury of London, for goods in exchange for tobacco crop.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Notice of plan to take William Gray's disposition at Robert Armistead's Tavern, 1795 August 31, 1795.","Arrangements for the payment of taxes by Skipwith.","Notice of court proceeding against them. Concerns the confiscation of thirteen slaves from the Hardwood Estates for the nonpayment of bonds.","Scope and Contents","Court litigation between Sir Peyton Skipwith and Robert Birchett over wheat.","As the Skipwith London agent, Maury encourages Sir Peyton to abandon further shipment of tobacco to London \"earlier than the summer following its growth.\"","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Court litigation in which Skipwith was plaintiff.","Scope and Contents","Petition regarding their suit against John Martin involving a debt and the assignment of a bond of Sir Peyton Skipwith's.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Skipwith's ferry operated by Hopkins and the necessity of improving roads leading to and from said ferry.","Problem of shipping and receiving goods from England, especially tobacco.","Goods ordered by Lady Skipwith.","His suit against Peter Holloway.","Goods shipped from Liverpool for Sir Peyton Skipwith and placed under the care of Mr. McCallum, including a leaf table.","Used as miscellaneous note paper.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Payment of taxes in gold by Skipwith.","Skipwith's involvement in court litigation with Robert Birchett over a wheat contract. Skipwith wants to retain McCrocy as his lawyer.","Scope and Contents","States that Skipwith was to call witnesses to refute the previous testimony of Birchett.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Notice left at Robert Birchett's house on 16 Sept. 1796 by John Hill.","Receipt of payment for Baird Judgement.","Also contains a penned reply by Thomas Vaughan, Deputy Sheriff of Mecklenburg County noting receipt of taxes.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Duties owed on goods delivered to Sir Peyton Skipwith.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Carleton's belated payment of debts to Skipwith.","Including reply by Thomas Vaughan, Deputy Sheriff of Mecklenburg County, noting recipt of taxes.","Mr. Carleton's repeated failure to pay a debt due in September and his desire to pay Skipwith in kind with horses and tobacco with an extension of the debt until December.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Business transactions between Peyton and Bell.","Scope and Contents","Bond for 181 pounds, 9 shillings, and 4 pence.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Payment of a bond.","Complaints by Skipwith over several grindstones purchased from Bell's brother.","Newspapers sent to Vaughan by Skipwith, and Skipwith's court litigation with Mssrs. Bugg and Birchett.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents Stone lime sent to Skipwith and the most recent tobacco prices.","Court litigations and the decrees of the court of appeals.","Letter of certification by John Holloway.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Land transaction, Singleton would like to pay with a horse.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Taxes due for previous year from various individuals, including William Davis, Sheriff of Mecklenburg.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Articles purchased by Skipwith, such as nails, hooks, springs, and hoes, including an itemized list.","Money owed Skipwith by Short and a request for Skipwith to procure \"about twenty likely negroes.\"","State of Skipwith's tobacco crop, and the prices it should fetch once on the market.","Enumerated list of Skipwith's taxes for 1797.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents Skipwith's account with them.","Scope and Contents Including receipt of payment.","Including receipt of payment.","Nathaniel Moss's receipt - October 9, 1797.","Business transaction.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Including receipt for payment.","Scope and Contents","Account of Benjamin Harrison for taxes for the year 1792 with the Sheriff of Mecklenburg County.","Scope and Contents","Map caption: \"On the first day of February began, and on the 15th compleated a Survey of the within Tract of Sir Peyton Skipwith's Land A.D. 1798. Laid down by a Scale of 80 poles to an Inch by John Hill.\"","Mr. Cunningham's transaction with Vaughan dealing with corn and its receipt and transportation, and other business.","Scope and Contents","Matters relating to Skipwith's court litigations with Robert Birchett ?","Skipwith's financial and legal transactions.","Scope and Contents","\"Bag of money\" left at Mr. Vaughan's by Skipwith's agent, John Hill.","Skipwith's request of a 20 pound loan.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Home remedy and treatment for yellow fever.","Materials sent to Lady Jean Skipwith.","Bond for two thousand five hundred pounds.","requesting the use of a horse.","Scope and Contents Concerning T. Burnett.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Skipwith's suit against King, Dinwiddie, Crawford, \u0026 Duncan.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Settling of accounts with Mr. Cunningham and Skipwith's future business.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Bell's handling of a shipment of Skipwith's tobacco destined for London. including invoice for 60 hogs heads of tobacco.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Including looking glasses and brass andirons.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Interests and payments on a bond. Also mention of Skipwith's trip to England for the coming summer.","Bennett advises Skipwith not to ship his tobacco from Edenton to Norfolk for shipment to England. Instead he wants the tobacco brought to Petersburg, and placed in his care.","Shipment of Skipwith's tobacco to England","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents Shipment of Skipwith's tobacco to England and some personal papers which Skipwith also wanted to send.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents Asking him to host Sir Peyton Skipwith during his stay in Norfolk.","Scope and Contents","Gracie agrees to dispose of Skipwith's bills on Messrs. Dawes \u0026 Stephenson \u0026 Co. of London.","Reporting sales of tobacco and accounts of land offered for sale.","1801 wheat market, esp. with the West Indies and abroad in Europe. Mentions Mr. Dawson, Tom Payne, Mr. Jefferson, in addition to a pending treaty between U.S. and ?. Also speaks of rumor that England and France had concluded peace.","Receipt to Alexander and James Fulton for Sir Peyton Skipwith, Esq.","Subject of court litigation between Skipwith and Samuel Bray of Hampshire County Ky.?","Skipwith's business with Messrs. Dawes, Stephenson \u0026 Co. of London. Also contains comment on a fever epidemic which had suspended business throughout New York City.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Requesting that they advance George Nicholas Skipwith $1,883.","Scope and Contents","Skipwith's request for $4800.00","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Invoice and receipt for goods purchased.","Fulwar Skipwith.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Informs Skipwith of the dissolving of Dawes, Stephenson \u0026 Co.'s partnership with John Grayson, and Grayson's venture into business for himself.","Scope and Contents Seeks permission to carry a hogshead of tobacco across Skipwith's plantation to market.","Scope and Contents","Unknown writer's daughter Margaret.","Scope and Contents","Information relating to the dissolving of the business partnership of Dawes, Stephenson, Grayson \u0026 Co. Bennett informs Skipwith of his ship's departure for London via Falmouth.","State of England during the war with France, esp. in terms of their not being able to get American consignments of tobacco to England. Makes personal arrangement with Skipwith for the receipt of his crop.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents Skipwith's interests in purchasing mules.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Purchase of some slaves, and \"grazing\" as a business; describes the soil in his area, and his grasses it supports; comments on his method of crop rotation.","Lady Skipwith's order for music books. Also contains information on the prices for tobacco in Europe \"notwithstanding the blockade of the Elbe \u0026 other restrictions on commerce.\"","Nine hogsheads of tobacco being transported from Suffolk to Skipwith.","Scope and Contents","Direction along the main road to Richmond.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Skipwith's request in his market investments; also discusses the New York market for tobacco.","Informing Skipwith of his plans to charter an American ship for the customers of Grayson \u0026 Noble. Also requests that Skipwith send along 1 1/2 dozen of \"good bacon hams.\"","Requesting that Skipwith decide whether or not he wants to ship his tobacco to England aboard the ship Alexander at City Point Hopewell.","Giving additional information concerning the ship Alexander, such as freight rates for the transporting of Skipwith's tobacco.","Date of departure of a ship from City Point Hopewell for England.","Bennet's receipt in Petersburg of 14 hogsheads of Rolla tobacco for shipment to Messrs. Grayson \u0026 Noble, London.","Bennett's receipt of Skipwith's tobacco.","Sale of 4 hogsheads of Potson tobacco sent by Skipwith. Grayson complains of the inability to sell an additional 74 hogsheads of Rolla tobacco because of Skipwith's faulty methods of packing tobacco for shipment.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Suit against Dinwiddie Crawford \u0026 Co.","Scope and Contents .","Scope and Contents","Sale of 71 hogsheads of Rolla tobacco for Skipwith and their receipt of samples of Dumfries tobacco.","Goods ordered by Skipwith now arrived in Petersburg on board the Protectress.","Receipt and sale of four hogsheads of tobacco.","Availability of ships sailing to Liverpool able to carry Skipwith's tobacco.","Goods purchased by Skipwith and being forwarded to him in the care of Thomas Bennett of Petersburg.","Bills of loading for six hogsheads of tobacco shipped on the Good Intent for New York.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents Two bills for 200 pounds and 300 pounds that Skipwith had deposited with them. Also discussion on the London tobacco market and the necessity of Skipwith's shipping only that tobacco fit for \"home consumption.\"","Business transactions including the purchasing of cotton materials for Skipwith and the prices of tobacco on the Liverpool market.","Baskervill's use of one of Skipwith's servants to transport some articles.","Receipt of Skipwith's shipment of six hogsheads of tobacco.","Scope and Contents","Some bound volumes of music purchased by Lady Skipwith.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Disposal of two bills of exchange drawn upon Messrs. Grayson \u0026 Noble of London by Sir Peyton Skipwith for 200 pounds a piece.","Their approval of transactions allowing James Maury of Liverpool to draw up the Skipwith account to cover purchases made in behalf of Sir Peyton. The high rate of insurance for shipping due to Spanish Privateers.","Order for books, including an itemized list.","Purchases made by Skipwith and the tobacco market in Liverpool; including invoice.","Transportation of Skipwith's tobacco crop to London.","Mare.","Goods purchased by Lady Skipwith, including shoemakers' pinchers and nippers, with an itemized list.","Goods purchased, including cloth.","Death of Sir Peyton Skipwith on October 11, 1805 and the death of his youngest son. Lady Skipwith as sole executor of her husband's Virginia estates asks Short to settle a court suit that had been pending between Short and Sir Peyton over some bonds of M. Fulwar Skipwith's.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Skipwith's decision to sell his tobacco within the United States.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","\"A tract of land near this place belonging to late Sir Peyton Skipwith.\"","Cask of nails purchased by Lady Skipwith, including invoice.","Lady Skipwith's payment for a cask of nails, including receipt.","Payment for cask of nails, mentions the receipt of \"a bad dollar,\" including receipt.","Balance of the account with the estate of the late Sir Peyton Skipwith.","Error in business transactions between Maury and Grayson \u0026 Noble of London involving the Skipwith account.","Sir Peyton Skipwith's will in relation to a disagreement with Mr. ? Skipwith, and legacies to other children; warns her not to wear herself out in worrying over money matters; mentions his wife and daughter?","Concerns Lady Skipwith's inquiries as to the balance of payment in the Skipwith account.","Disposal and sale of wheat received from Cunningham and Lady Skipwith.","Statement of expenses and receipt for the building of a mill on Cox Creek.","Bond for $525.00. Reverse: receipt for $500.00 paid by Lady Skipwith on December 28, 1808.","Bond for $525.00. Reverse: March 22, 1808. William Marshall, attorney for Francis Lockett assigns bond to Walter Alver, Orange Co., North Carolina.","Business transactions concerning a \"draft of the oven\" and a note for $134.25.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Order of books for Lady Skipwith, including an invoice.","Scope and Contents","Books ordered and paid for by Lady Skipwith including invoice and receipt.","Whether or not Cunningham wanted the timber on a tract of land that Williamson wants to cultivate.","Scope and Contents","Patterned material that Lady Skipwith ordered, but which could not be had. Potts sends substitution.","Merchantile company of Alexander and James Fulton of Petersburg, and the late Sir Peyton's heirs.","Former business transactions between Maitland and Christian, and Sir Peyton Skipwith, deceased.","Notice of payment for an order of grain. Also references to the shortage of fine salt.","Each bond for $525.00 and due at Christmas, 1807.","Commanding him to present a summons to Jean Skipwith to appear before Mecklenburg County Court for negligence as proprietress of a ferry across the Roanoke River.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Receipt of two pounds and eight shillings and also six dollars for one year's subscription to the Portfolio.","Business transactions between Lady Skipwith, George Nicholas Skipwith and Peyton Skipwith. Bell claims money cannot be paid until the repeal of the embargo law.","Request that Lady Skipwith supply him with enough grape seeds to get him in stock.","Bell expresses his regrets that he cannot, due to the embargo, follow Lady Skipwith's wishes concerning the payment of his tobacco bond. Also mentions, in margin, the total lack of cotton to be had from Charleston or St. Mary's.","Scope and Contents","Concerning the receipt of Lady Skipwith's wheat, and the shipment of a quantity of salt to Prestwould, including invoice.","Receipt of a shipment of wheat from Lady Skipwith and the sale of butter sent earlier.","Receipt of a quantity of wheat and butter sent to Petersburg for sale.","Scope and Contents","Lady Skipwith's pending orders for tea, almonds, raisins, and china.","Memo of Lady Skipwith's renting for one year the land of Abraham Lockett, orphan.","Promissory note for $15000","Obligation to Lady Skipwith for $50.00 unless they can settle disputed title of ownership of land (2 1/2 acres) sold to her.","Shipment of an order of \"cotton cards\" to Lady Skipwith.","Lady Skipwith's tobacco crop. Including receipt.","Promissory note for $100.00.","Receipt of two loads of wheat from Lady Skipwith. Including invoice of goods purchased by Lady Skipwith.","Lady Skipwith's wheat account. including receipt.","invoice of items purchased, including hinges, screws, and glue.","Receipt of Lady Skipwith's shipment of wheat.","Hick's recollections of Sir Peyton Skipwith's mill. Offers to send deposition to aid Lady Skipwith in her court suit with the Young family.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Memo of Lady Skipwith's transactions with Barns to rent a portion of Lockett's lands.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Divison of Sir Peyton Skipwith's estate (d. 1805) among his living relatives.","Cunningham's orders for sugar and cloth, and the change in previous prices.","Writer's travels on the lower peninsula, visiting friends and relatives. Comments on Williamsburg and Hampton, also life in naval Norfolk.","Scope and Contents","Guardian of Abraham Lockett. Memo of agreement to rent from Barnes a tract of land. Made by Cunningham in Lady Skipwith's behalf.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Balance due Rowley? Grymes from the estate of Lady Skipwith's late husband, Sir Peyton Skipwith.","Promissory note for $50.00.","Bill and invoice of books purchased.","Goods purchased for Lady Skipwith. Reverse: invoice of goods purchased.","Suit against Lady Skipwith as executrix of her late husband's estates by Dinwiddie, Crawford and Co. of Petersburg.","Scope and Contents","Correction of a billing mistake on some books ordered by Lady Skipwith.","Apperson's proposed trip to Richmond and his promise to transact some business concerning Lady Skipwith.","Price of bar iron ordered by Lady Skipwith, including invoice.","Work done for Skipwith by Ogle, thanking Skipwith for his recommendations to others of Ogle's work.","Business transaction with Lady Skipwith, including list of bank notes.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Bill for books.","Bill for two \"stock locks\" of $2.00.","Bill for $10.00.","Promissory note for $50.00","Scope and Contents","Lady Skipwith's book order and contains information concerning the types of books binding available.","Agreement for the rental of a tract of land for $25.00.","Invoice and bill with receipt for goods purchased, including muslin, binding, thimbles, pins, nutmeg, and rice.","Business transactions concerning the receipt and payment for bacon and hogs sent to Puryear.","Scope and Contents","Bill for lodging and other services.","Bill and receipt for purchase of \"3 spades.\"","Bill and receipt for goods purchased.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Receipt for $180.00 for building and setting up a wheat machine upon Lady Skipwith's estate.","Invoice and bill with receipt for 11 books purchased.","Bill and receipt for one piece of web.","Invoice and bill with receipt for goods purchased, including plows.","Invoice and bill with receipt for purchases, including cutting knives and a saw.","Bill and receipt for items purchased, including saws.","Bill and receipt for goods purchased, including muslin and chest locks.","Scope and Contents","Receipt for $150.00 yearly rent on lands of Abner Lockett.","Scope and Contents","Invoice and bill with receipt for purchases, including calico, buttons, thimble, and morocco shoes.","Shipment of goods from England to Lady Skipwith. Including, James Maury, Liverpool, to Lady Jean Skipwith, June 27, 1816. Also including, James Maury and Latham, Liverpool, to Lady Jean Skipwith, Sept. 5, 1816.","Invoice and bill for Lady Skipwith's purchase of carpeting.","Concerns books which correspondent is sending Lady Skipwith.","Scope and Contents","Receipt for the rent of land from Thomas Lockett's orphans.","Acting as trustee for William M. Puryear, Boyd informs Skipwith of the depositing of $424.00 in the exchange bank of Va which is to be credited to a bond due Skipwith from Puryear.","Scope and Contents","Invoice and bill for goods purchased.","Invoice and bill for books purchased.","Humberstone Skipwith's account current with his mother and Selina? Skipwith for drafts and cash advanced.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Bill for cotillion party.","Receipt for the rent of Abner Lockett's land for the year 1818.","Receipt for purchase of dimity and fringe.","Scope and Contents","Receipt for purchases at the carpet and linen warehouse.","Receipt for payment on the purchase of one sofa.","Receipt for items purchased, i.e., damask draperies and napkins.","Scope and Contents","Receipt for purchase of 21 yards of curtain dimity.","Receipt for purchase of 21 yards of furniture dimity.","Bill for various purchases of nails, hinges, hooks, and staples.","Receipt for planking and scathing purchased.","Payment for shipping of one pair of snuffers.","Received of Captain Ferguson on account of glass service sent Mr. Skipwith at Norfolk.","Books purchased--Bachelor and Married Man, Women are Pour-et-Contre, Hawthorn Cottage, and New Tales…","Receipt for purchase of a quantity of nails.","Scope and Contents","Promissory note, Including note of receipt of payment by David Scott, May 14, 1819. Also including note of Humberstone Skipwith paying Mrs. Nivison, July 10, 1819.","Wickham's advice to Skipwith that he not bring suit against John Bell for a bond for $569.64 which was overdue","Bill for mending plastering round the doors.","Bill of sale for tobacco.","Receipt for purchase of goods, including broad top chairs.","Receipt for 12 1/4 yards of furniture dimity purchased.","Bill of sale for flower pots, a brass bell pull, and copper wire.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Asks for financial aid.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Lawsuit of Skipwith and Murray.","Will pay $1000.00 for Col. Green at Mecklenburg Court.","Purchase of wool.","Mr. Baily taking his slaves away.","Concerning settlement in the case of Skipwith v. Murray.","Scope and Contents","Request for a loan of $3000.00.","Request for a loan of $2000.00.","Scope and Contents","Death of Sarah (Nivison) Skipwith and the \"prevailing Epidemick;\" and returning some books.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Information on the price of oil, also asks him to visit.","Information on prices of goods and statement of his account for sugar, coffee, and salt.","Scope and Contents","Request for more time to arrange paying off his debt to Boyd.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Statement of money and bonds given John Buford.","Legal notices which have been sent to parties in a lawsuit; will bring copies of the judgement.","Purchase of land in Norfolk by Skipwith.","Farmer will manage Skipwith's Norfolk property.","Request for Cunningham to accept drafts written by John Buford on him.","Arrangements for loan to John Buford.","Wheat prices and wine prices.","Sale of Mr. Boyd's flour.","Sale of Mr. Boyd's flour.","Denies that Lady Skipwith plans to help Mr. Ravesncroft.","Loan for his brother; explains why Col. Green wrote Lady Skipwith about Mr. Ravenscroft.","Will release his property if he pays his debt; if he pays the whole debt Lady Skipwith will make a loan to his brother.","Asks Cunningham to pay off some on Buford's debts.","Cameron is lending money to Buford.","Scope and Contents","Concerning notices delivered.","Account of sales of flour.","Wants to buy crops.","Wants tobacco crop sent to Richmond; price not settled.","Returns accounts with transfer from Lady Skipwith to Cunningham's account.","Will deliver goods bought.","Skipwith's lease to Lyon of proprerty in Norfolk.","Scope and Contents","Will try to sell Lady Skipwith's tobacco.","Hopes to provide good security for his debts.","Sale of Lady Skipwith's tobacco crop.","Had a safe journey; Cunningham in Petersburg may be in financial trouble; Mrs. Tazewell is sick because of birth of her child; asks H. S. to send Franky to help Mrs. Tazewell.","Drought killed his crop; asks for loan of $500.00.","Scope and Contents","Financial problems.","Will supply him with a sulky.","Scope and Contents","Note for $7500.","Scope and Contents","Attempts to settle his mother's estate's accounts.","Asks for loan of $3500.","Data on tobacco sales.","Sends items from their store.","Scope and Contents","Wants to purchase corn.","Scope and Contents","Sale of cotton.","Visited Baltimore; sympathy at death of her child.","Asks for Humberstone Skipwith's papers for lawsuit in New Orleans.","Scope and Contents","Lawsuit.","Glad his wife and child are now well.","Asks to borrow $1000.","Scope and Contents","Her health better; hopes to have another child.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Asks to borrow $5000.00.","Asks to borrow $4000.00.","Scope and Contents","Skipwith's tax problems.","Scope and Contents","Organization of The Exchange Bank of Va.","National economic difficulties and how they kept their business going; asks for his patronage.","Scope and Contents","Asks to borrow $4000.00.","Asks to borrow $30,000.00.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Liquidation of Tredegar Iron Works.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Family news.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Helen's husband detained in Washington.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","County government.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents .","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Hopes to help him with his present troubles, i.e. bankruptcy and forced sale of his land.","Asks to buy his house.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Asks him to pay off his accounts.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Asks him to pay his bill.","Celia's divorce went through.","Virginia census of 1890.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Ferry","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Postcard.","Correspondence and other material concerning the history of the Skipwith pianoforte and its acquisition and subsequent care and use by the College of William and Mary; includes 2 8\" x 10\" black and white photographs (P1 and P2) of the pianoforte, and xerox copies from the Broadwood Porters books, 16 July 1816, indicating the original sale and delivery of the pianoforte; printed auction catalogue, 1946, listing \"English Harpsichord (beautiful)\"; and the Silvery Jubilee Catalogue, 1969, of the Colt Clavier Collection. Also includes the 2003 Conservation Report of the pianoforte by John R. Watson and Louis Dolive of the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. 48 items.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Includes one about a piano tuner from Cynthia Beverley (Tucker) Washington Coleman; and another from Lelia (Skipwith) Lee about their travels in Dresden and Berlin, Germany, and Paris, France.","Including a letter from \"cousin\" Mary Skipwith Roberts of New Orleans, a letter form Fulwar to his father, Humberstone Skipwith, and a memo on rebuilding the bridge across Bluestone Creek.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Mainly relating to farm and financial matters; including a letter from John W. Lewis on the estate of \"Major Nelson,\" and William B. R. on a mysterious door opening; financial matters of Lady Jean (Miller) Skipwith from William F. Wickham; and several from William Jeter and John B. Tunstall.","including a list of Negroes purchased at \"John? Bufords Sale,\" and an order for parts for a mill ?.","Scope and Contents","Including a letter to Sir Peyton Skipwith, one from Jean Feild inviting her to visit, a fragment of a poem in Lady Jean's handwriting, and an account.","Including letters from Peyton Short, Leila (Skipwith) Carter Tucker, Fulwar Skipwith (a cousin of Sir Peyton), and several from Richard Eggleston, as well as two letters from Sir Peyton to Lady Jean Skipwith.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Items with no obvious Skipwith connection.","Items with no obvious Skipwith connection.","Items with no obvious Skipwith connection.","See also Medium Oversize File.","\"Rates of Transportation on the Petersburg, Va. Rail Road\" with extracts from an act of the General Assembly, 3 January 1833.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","See Manuscripts Oversize Folder Map Case 40.6","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","See Manuscript Artifact Collection.","A visit; and letters of Claudia Stuart Coles to her uncle, Fulwar Skipwith, about a ferry.","Indexed.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Indexed.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Notebook No. 10 1873 was not with the collection when it was received.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","(Note: Map transferred to Map Collection).","Scope and Contents","250 pounds sent to Gray and an additional 200 pounds sent to Gray to serve as an allowance while he studies at Cambridge. He does not wish for Gray to borrow against his Newbold estate to finance his living, noting the dangers of becoming indebted and the value of a debt free life.","Confirms the sending of 200 pounds and expresses hope that the financial arrangements he established for Gray will be sufficient. Expresses desire for Gray to pursue a profession reflective of Gray's standing in society. He further suggests that Gray should study law as it might prove useful in the future for helping the family recover their ancestral lands in Leicestershire.","Scope and Contents Mentions that Gray did not receive earlier letter so he repeats the news he enclosed in previous letter. Notes the disastrous crop season this year. States that the weavils ruined the wheat crop and the tobacco plants were ruined by violent rains. Because he was unable to reap a profit from crop sales he recalls financial loans given to Peyton Short and Francis Ruffin. Informs Grey of the birth of a son named Humberston. Also mentions that Grey's sister, Leila has recently married St. George Tucker and that Grey's youngest sister, Maria, has died.","Begins letter with a complaint of unpaid debts and the fact that Virginia courts favor debtors over lenders. Notes that as a result, he will have to cancel Gray's allowance until finances improve.","Notes continuing financial difficulties and his success at surmounting them. Sending a letter of conveyance from Sir Thomas Skipwith to Gray, expresses the importance of the land conveyance to avoid the land from falling into a distant branch of the family.","His approaching voyage to England and his poor health. Believes that the sight of his son will give him great pleasure. His current financial condition and the sale of useless lands in Kentucky. Letter mentions a visit from one of Gray's old friends, Mr. Grymes Jr. of Brandon in Middlesex.","Discusses a meeting with Mr. Grymes and Edmund Randolph in Richmond. Also notes the state of his finances and his success with his tobacco and wheat crops. Notes that he cancelled his trip to England because he had regained his health.","Visit of William Bell to London. He notes that Mr. Bell will deliver this letter to him and take any letters from Grey and expresses hope that all is well. Also requests that Gray obtain a complete set of Sir Peyton's account from Rowles and Grymes to aid him in a financial dispute with Phillip Grymes of Brandon, Virginia. Mentions a visit from Wyndham Randolph, nephew of Edmund, and Wyndham's sisters. Also notes the purchase of Occoneechee, an estate for his brother, Peyton Jr. Further mentions the current state of his own home, Prestwould. He notes with pride that he has the most beautiful home in Virginia and also breeds the best horses in Virginia.","Begins with him expressing disappointment over Gray not writing him more often and for neglecting to tell him about his marriage and the birth of his grandchild. Informs Grey that there is no reason for letters not to reach him because there is now a post office in Marthasville from which he can send letters. Boasts about his financial lifestyle and his happiness with his life in Virginia. notes that Gray's sister Leila's children by Robert Carter stand to inherit equally from the Cortoman estate. Also mentions Peyton Jr., trip to Georgia and his engagement to Cornelia Greene, daughter of General Nathaniel Greene.","His hopes that Gray's wife, Harriet, has a son and that Gray choose him as grandchild's godfather. Birth of George Skipwith to Peyton Jr. and his wife. Selina's continuing studies in Baltimore.","Informs Gray of Sir Peyton's death after a long illness. Discusses finances with Gray, noting their father's estate was quite large and unencumbered at his death.","Responds to Gray's letter discussing outstanding debts of Sir Peyton in London. Lady Skipwith candidly details her discovery of Sir Peyton's poor financial condition prior to their marriage and his later struggle to pay off his debts. She notes the difficulty of collecting debts in America and the amount of labor that it takes to run a successful tobacco farm. Agrees to pay English debt which Gray mentioned in an earlier letter but inquires whether it is the only debt outstanding.","Informs Guy of the death of his brother, Peyton Jr. In addition to details of Peyton's death, she discusses the health of her children and the birth of Peyton's last child, Catharine. Comments on the distance between herself and Grey and speculates that she will never see him. Informs him of Humberton's, his half-brother, success at Princeton and his half-sisters, Selena and Helena's blossoming beauy. Also mentions that family friends of hers saw him in London. Concludes with her strong desire to keep in touch with him and his family. She uses the spelling \"Grey\" instead of \"Gray.\"","Brochures about the Virginia Women in History Awards, an oversize certificate given in honor of Lady Jean Skipwith, and a speech given by Susan Riggs about Lady Jean Skipwith.","Includes a poem written by Gray Skipwith and a letter written to Gray Skipwith by an unknown author.  Mss. Acc. 2011.438.","Acc. 2011.591 transferred from College Papers a 2-page letter from Kate Skipwith with Vellum Card Trick note and letter from EG Swem explaining the note.","A portion of the library of Lady Jean Skipwith is in the Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.","Before reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.","Special Collections Research Center","Skipwith Family","Skipwith, Fulwar, 1836-1900","Skipwith, Humberston, 1791-1863","Skipwith, Jean Miller, 1748-1826","English"],"unitid_tesim":["Mss. 65 Sk3","/repositories/2/resources/9004"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Skipwith Family papers"],"collection_title_tesim":["Skipwith Family papers"],"collection_ssim":["Skipwith Family papers"],"repository_ssm":["College of William and Mary"],"repository_ssim":["College of William and Mary"],"geogname_ssm":["Virginia--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775"],"geogname_ssim":["Virginia--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775"],"creator_ssm":["Skipwith Family","Skipwith, Fulwar, 1836-1900","Skipwith, Humberston, 1791-1863","Skipwith, Jean Miller, 1748-1826"],"creator_ssim":["Skipwith Family","Skipwith, Fulwar, 1836-1900","Skipwith, Humberston, 1791-1863","Skipwith, Jean Miller, 1748-1826"],"creator_persname_ssim":["Skipwith, Fulwar, 1836-1900","Skipwith, Humberston, 1791-1863","Skipwith, Jean Miller, 1748-1826"],"creator_famname_ssim":["Skipwith Family"],"creators_ssim":["Skipwith, Fulwar, 1836-1900","Skipwith, Humberston, 1791-1863","Skipwith, Jean Miller, 1748-1826","Skipwith Family"],"places_ssim":["Virginia--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775"],"access_terms_ssm":["Before reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library."],"acqinfo_ssim":["Donated to Special Collections Research Center in batches between 1947 and 1983 by Dr. and Mrs. John W. 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Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility.\u003c/p\u003e"],"accessrestrict_heading_ssm":["Conditions Governing Access:"],"accessrestrict_tesim":["Collection is open to all researchers. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eSkipwith Family Papers, Special Collections Research Center, William \u0026amp; Mary Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e"],"prefercite_tesim":["Skipwith Family Papers, Special Collections Research Center, William \u0026 Mary Libraries."],"processinfo_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eProcessed by Anne Lewis and Deborah W. Smith during 1977-1978.\u003c/p\u003e"],"processinfo_heading_ssm":["Processing Information:"],"processinfo_tesim":["Processed by Anne Lewis and Deborah W. Smith during 1977-1978."],"relatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eSee also the manuscript volume of Peyton Horatio Skipwith, Jr.  (Mss. MsV Skipwith); Robert Skipwith Papers (Mss. 74s Sk3); Robert Skipwith Diaries (Mss. 65 Sk4).  A picture of the Skipwith Pianoforte is in the University Archives Photograph Collection (P2000.49).\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e 2008.257 Lady Jean Skipwith Collection.\u003c/p\u003e"],"relatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Related Materials:"],"relatedmaterial_tesim":["See also the manuscript volume of Peyton Horatio Skipwith, Jr.  (Mss. MsV Skipwith); Robert Skipwith Papers (Mss. 74s Sk3); Robert Skipwith Diaries (Mss. 65 Sk4).  A picture of the Skipwith Pianoforte is in the University Archives Photograph Collection (P2000.49)."," 2008.257 Lady Jean Skipwith Collection."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe collection contains, business papers, correspondence, accounts and the farm notes of Sir Peyton Skipwith of Mecklenburg Co., Va., son Humberstone Skipwith and Humberstone Skipwith's wives and children, especially Fulwar Skipwith. Papers are primarily business in nature and reflect the management of \"Prestwould.\"\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Papers also concern the development of Lady Skipwith's library, the education of Fulwar Skipwith and his brother Grey Skipwith. Manuscript volumes concern farm accounts, gardening, the study of French and Fulwar Skipwith's lists of books.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eOversize Folder 1: Formerly Box VII, folder 5a oversize file: Feb 1, 1798 manuscript map entitled Sir Peyton Skipwith's land A.D. 1798, Joh Hill Cartographer.\nOBox XXI, Folder 33 medium oversize file, House Plans including photostat.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Skipwith Family Papers in Swem Library's microform area, 14 reels, call number HD 1471 .U5 R43 ser. L part 3\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSkipwith Correspondence, Manuscripts, Manuscript Volumes, Fulwar Skipwith Notebooks, dated and undated. Boxes I-XX.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIndenture for the sale of a slave.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDeed of conveyance for 390 acres of land in Lunenburg County\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePayment of twelve pounds to Mr. Sterling Thonton\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt for five pounds, nineteen shillings.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAccount for one pound, nineteen shillings, and eleven pence. Also some rough accounts.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt for the sale of a large, bay horse.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDeed.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDirections to pay Sterling Thornton five pounds, seven shillings, and four pence.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIndenture for the sale of slaves\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt for five pounds, ten shillings in payment for a pair of mill stones.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePayment of three pounds, twelve shillings which he is in need of. Letter was returned and endorsed by Harris as a receipt for the money, dated August 8, 1769.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDirections for the payment to Mr. James Yancey of eight pounds, seven shillings, and six pence. Letter endorsed on April 4, 1770 by James Yancey and returned as a receipt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt for eleven pounds for two years of mill stones.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePromissory note for sixty-seven pounds, six shillings, and nine pence.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt for two pair of shoes.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBond for seventy pounds.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAbout a horse.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBond for £200 for the building of three mills by September next.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePayment of some money.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSale of some bacon and other provisions. The people in Richmond are in great want.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt for nine guineas. 2 pages. Autograph document.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBond for eighty pounds.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBond for £130,000.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBreeding horses.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNotes on land deed and a deed of trust for 12 Negroes from Sir Peyton? Skipwith to? Ferril and? Ferril to ? Moss, and ? Holmes.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA blank indenture for payment of an unspecified account to Sir Peyton Skipwith.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe mating of several mares with his horse, Black and All Black.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDeed for title to some lands in consideration of £300.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt two pounds, two shillings, and two pence.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePrice of some tobacco, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBill for £795, fifteen shillings.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTransportation of some oats.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBarley.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInspection and sale of some tobacco.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInspection and sale of some tobacco.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePayment for some bacon sold to Sir Peyton Skipwith.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDelivery of 5000 pounds of tobacco to Mr. John C. Littlepage. Endorsed by J.C. Littlepage.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBreeding some horses.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDoes not intend to sell his mare.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePayment for horse breeding.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe purchase of some bacon.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAccount with Sir Peyton Skipwith, Slott?, and Donaldson, and Henry Sandifer.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDelivery of some bacon to Sir Peyton Skipwith.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Bacon.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLast delivery of some corn.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSupply of some sugar.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTobacco.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEntertaining expenses.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConveying the Brunswick District Court order to pay some money and tobacco to David Apperson.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSale of some tobacco. Confusion in Harwood's estate following the death of his father. A large sum of money \"for the purpose of raising a soldier.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEscape of a prisoner who has fled to the enemy.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBill for a wardrobe chest and a case.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBarley. Is anxious to meet Sir Peyton.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDelivery of sugar.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSugar.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt for two hundred and five pounds, ten shillings.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAbout Col. Eastleigh, Miss Skipwith, etc. \"This cursed invasion has thrown everything into confusion.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBond for 160,000 pounds of tobacco.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCopy of a bond for a hundred and sixty thousand pounds of crop tobacco between Robert Tucker of Sussex County and William Burge of Prince George County and Sir Peyton Skipwith.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAccount of estate of Dr. John Ravenscroft, Cairnsmoore, Scotland, with Lillias (Miller) Ravenscroft.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBond for £300.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNotations of a lease by Sir Peyton Skipwith.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eVarious bills. receipts, etc. for spices, wine, and mutton.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eStatement of their account for linens.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePayment of money with interest due since 1773.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eProcurement of two ship's carpenters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eStatement of his account for salt. signed in Beall's behalf by B. Holmes.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEnded the bargain he made with Mr. Smith.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRequests the return of his Negro Stewart.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePayment for 203 head of cattle delivered for the use of the French Army.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHas been ill, but will send him his money in a few days. Also the offer of an old dog - \"very slow,\" but \"is very true and good for a fox.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHas spent all his available money in the purchase of a horse, but will pay him shortly.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTwo cows which were left in her care. Both died, but she may keep the hides.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCannot attend his sale. Also requests payment for some bacon\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eImprisonment and sale of a person who was enslaved by Sir Peyton.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSurvey of land bought by Sir Peyton Skipwith from William Natchell, together with Armistead's fee for surveying the land.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eVarious bills, receipts, etc., for shingles, shoes, wool, and spices.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePayment of their joint bond.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOffer to defend him in his suit against Mr. Hooper.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHealth of the recipient.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDeath of thirty-five head of Sir Peyton's cattle, and recompense for looking after the remainder.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDisposal of some corn.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOrder for corn and meal. Hears news \"that there is a certain general peace--a happy event to us.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAbout credit for £300.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFailure to pay for some salt. Threatens to take him to court.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSome corn and paints.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSpare scythe stones.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eContract.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eImpending case for the settlement of a deed.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt for the payment of some bonds.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eForwarding of various letters and newspapers.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBond for the sale of some lands and Negro slaves in part settlement of a previous bond for tobacco. Also part of a fuller bond, dated October 9, 1786 entered into between Robert Turnbull, Petersburg, and Robert Tucker.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTobacco business. \"The great advances my late partnership is in for our friends abroad, has laid me under very great and disagreeable inconveniences.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eVarious accounts, receipts, etc., for spices, shoe boots, buttons, and hinges.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReestablishment of their correspondence, disrupted during \"the last unhappy war.\" Mr. Thomas Main will give further details in person.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIs sending his partner and nephew, Mr. Main, to settle their account, a more expedient method of settling their claims than by the use of attorneys.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOpening of correspondence with Messers. Berth and Sigrist, Amsterdam, for the consignment of tobacco.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eStray steer.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOrder to pay the expenses of two witnesses testifying at the suit of James Hooper.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTobacco.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAcquaints him of his arrival in America.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRequests the use of his surveying equipment.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMoney due to Sir Peyton.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHas inquired for reliable purchasers for his goods which many will fetch eighty guineas.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInvitation to stay at Beauford.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSale of some Negroes. All the three potential purchasers were of substance.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMr. Hutchinson and Colonel Skirving would like to see him in person.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBill of exchange for some cattle.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMr. Campbell wishes to settle the matter in an English court.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIntroducing himself on behalf of his firm Dawes, Stephenson, and Co., tobacco merchants.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePayment of their tobacco account. Hopes he will spare him any further trouble.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSale of his tobacco. Hopes to meet him before he returns to England.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSecurity for some tobacco.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBusiness matters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMr. Ruffin's bond.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMr. Ruffin's case to pay his bond. \"The most speedy and vigorous methods shall be pursued.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMr. Fiveash's affair. Appended a statement of his account with Thomas Fiveash.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMemorandum of a bargain entered into for some cattle.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThread and butter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eStatement of Sir Peyton's account with the General Court for various suits, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTax account.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eUnderstands he is a lenient creditor. Requests that he may pay part of the bond that he is security to for Robert Connell.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOffer to sell his land. Requests a quick determination.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from Mr. Nelson concerning the price of tobacco.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt for £1009..10..0.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNotifying him of his appointment as Surveyor of the road in place of Thomas Vaughan.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBankruptcy suit filed by Mr. Murray's executors. Major portion of his debt is Mr. Allen's rather than Sir Peyton's.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePurchase of his work horse.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA blank summons to call a witness to testify on behalf of Sir Peyton Skipwith in his dispute with J. Harmanson?\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePayment of his taxes and other business.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePayment for a Negro he has had since August 1782.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIs sorry but he has already sold the horse, but will try to procure him back. Thinks the horse is destined for New York. \"He is an excellent covering horse and well calculated to get colts for the turf.\" Remarks on the severity of the laws against racing in his state.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSome of his tobacco sold in 1775. Is glad to hear he wishes to renew his correspondence with their firm. Will do everything to protct his interests.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHis letter came too late; had already sold the horse. However he expects to buy it back next season when he will have first preference. Further details about some of its colts - \"I veryyly believe him to be as pure a blooded horse as any in America or England.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInformation regarding some cattle.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt for one large packing trunk purchased of Edmund Wells, trunk and case maker.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents The payment of one of his notes. Has sent Captain Matthew Gibb to see him and hopes he \"will consider the disadvantage I labour under by being so long kept out of the money.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDischarging his bond for a tract fo land he had bought of Mr. Machary?\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCannot undertake to prosecute his case.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMr. Ingram is doing his best to replevy his debt to him, but his scheme to do so must, by law, be approved by Sir Peyton his creditor. Also, the sale of some Negroes will not be permitted except with his approval.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFreight to England. Will remain in America till next spring.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHis dismissal as surveyor, but is wishing to survey their land as a private surveyor.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHis chartering of \"a fine British butt vessel\" to take his tobacco.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWill shortly be going to Richmond and desires to know what business, if any, he would like him to transact there for him.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePurchase of some cattle. 1 page. Autograph letter signed.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMust delay his visit to Richmond to attend the court where Mrs. Humphries, wife of John Humphries, is to be examined for the murder of one of her negro girls.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRequests the use of a small lumber cart to take home a box of glass.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePurchase of some cattle.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eShipment of his tobacco.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHis tobacco--no offers as yet. Mr. Main will obtain freight for the goods he has ordered.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDispatch of his notes to Colonel Joseph Green of Wayne County, N. C. for the purchase of his cattle.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHis tobacco which is now on board a ship ready to sail.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDeed for the sale of some land to Bigelow on the Roanoke River.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSurvey of some land and a court case pending.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAgreement to serve as overseer at Bugs Farm or on one of his plantations.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHis progress at school in England. Describes a visit with Mayor Grymes to see the palace of Windsor.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAccount of various legal costs.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCattle he expects for North Carolina.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIs pleased to hear of his intention to deal in tobacco with his friends Messrs. Dawes, Stephenson and Co., London. Presents low price of tobacco and how prospects for the present growing crop are--\"which added to the restless and uneasy situation of the Northern and Eastern states will probably cause some amendment in the European market.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHas plotted the mill pond.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Just arrived in London; bad season for visiting the city, as all fashionable people have left for \"watering places;\" will leave in a day or two for the Hague, then for Paris by way of Flanders; Eng. in a state of chaos; Irish propositions uncertain; necessity of learning French to do business not only in France but everywhere on the continent; his son Gray should learn French, and Italian too perhaps; Jefferson, already a year in France, is obliged to speak much English, so his French does not improve; Col. David Humphries, legation secretary, the same; have tried harder than any American ever to learn French; has heard of his possible visit to Europe; hopes to see him; can send letters to Col. Forrest or Fulwar Skipwith; hopes he received papers left for him in Virginia; Hog Island gave concern, and hopes he got rid of it; his kind offer of assistance may be taken up, as have not heard from Mr. Benjamin Harrison, who agreed to handle affairs; ask for a letter of credit, to be used only in an emergency; has written in this vein before, but think letters miscarried; sends this through Col. Forrest and Fulwar Skipwith.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIs loading a ship for Bristol and reminds him of his promise to send twenty hogshead of tobacco ?\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBusiness matters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScantling and plank.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGoods on board the ship Robert.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eShipment of goods to him, including various types of seeds.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOrder for some prunes, raisins and currants.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePrices of tobacco.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt for puchase of some books including four volumes of Rabelais' books--\"very scare.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLoading of his tobacco on board the vessel Tweed.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eVerdict and judgement of the General Court in favor of Skipwith in his suit against Ferrell. Damages of one penny plus cost.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInjunction granted to Pineas Ingram staying the proceedings in his suit with Sir Peyton over the sale of some Negroes.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIs willing to sell his land.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFifty-five pounds, Virginia money, received of Thomas Vaughan.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAcknowledges his letter of 10 October. He is now second boy at Mr. Cotton's school where Major Grymes proposes he stays until August when he can go to Eton. Has had a letter from Uncle Miller.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFinancial matters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBills, etc. on John Hyndman and Co.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eShoes, stockings, boots, salt, flour, spices, and bridles for horses.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eList of horses delivered to Sir Peyton Skipwith.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt of some money.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTo meet his commitments, he will sell some land, and hopes to be allowed to \"set up at your shop or mill.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHas been appointed by the Court as one of the gentlement to act as executor to an estate in which Hepburn has a third interest.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOffer of a horse for £45.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHis business in court and various other business matters. 2 pages.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDisposal of a South Carolina Negro, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOrder to impound part of the estate of Robert Harrison in payment for debts owed to Thomas Vaughan; Harrison being absconded.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSale of 3000 lbs. of sugar on behalf of Sir Peyton Skipwith.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eColonel Green will view the road next Thursday.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIngram's tobacco.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eForwarding of five grindstones.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBreaking in of his horse to harness before his journey to Richmond.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCollection of some apple and pear trees at Shrosburys.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter regarding Colonel Green's report on the road.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMany favors which he acknowledges he has done for him.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncluded are some for her brother, Hugh.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt for £12 and five barrels of Indian corn in payment for a dark bay horse.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWarrant in the case of Downes vs. Brown. The county of residence is left blank until it is found out \"where the (delinquent) does live.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBills of loading for three hogs heads of his tobacco.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePayment of some money to Sir Peyton Skipwith and other financial business.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeveral suits pending that day.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRequest for some rye grass seed. Also notice that the General Court is ready to take depositions in the recipients suit.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAccount of the sale of twenty hogs heads of tobacco.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSummoning of Sir Peyton Skipwith to appear as a witness on behalf of Hugh Miller in his suit with James Belsches.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHis invitation to settle in Liverpool where he will be pleased to settle tobacco or transact any other business for Skipwith.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLegal matters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt for seven shillings and six pence, and for fifteen shillings for seven tithes due in Surry County from Sir Peyton Skipwith.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eShipping costs to England. \"The late sales of tobacco in Britain are very far from being pleasant ones.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInvoice of goods shipped aboard the Helena by Hugh Miller, merchant. Insured to the value of £100 by Archibald Govan.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOverpayment of tax by Sir Peyton Skipwith for the year 1783.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSale of his tobacco.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSale of eighteen barrels of Indian corn to Thomas Vaughan. Sale of the Indian corn by Francis Lewis.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt for the payment of the certificate tax.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDispatch of some of his tobacco on board their vessel. \"It is said that a difference in Insurance of from 2 to 5 Guineas is made between British and American bottoms.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHis departure for England. Hopes he may see him there shortly.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAdvises him to make other arrangements for shipping his goods to England.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBad weather and its interruption of various projects.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIs sorry his letter caused him so much distress, especially at the time of his illness. In his suit against Wills, he was awarded only £5 as against £50-60 which he ought to have received. Testimony of Collin Wills was that he struck his father with a sword. The jury was biased and he thought it best to let the matter alone rather than order a new trial.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMr. Brown's ticket.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePayment of his debt. Had been made difficult by the \"blowing up\" of his mill.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt for payment for some linen and other household goods.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA suit; advises caution.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eProvision of shipping and freight rates for his tobacco.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eShipping of his tobacco.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDelivery of some clover and grass seed.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDelivery of turnip seeds, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Shipping and sale of his tobacco.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFreight for his tobacco.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eShipping and insurance arrangements for his tobacco.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSaddle for a horse.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRequests twenty dollars to balance his tax account.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSale of three hogsheads of tobacco.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eShipping some tobacco to Bristol.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSale of some lands in Lunenburg County belonging to Mr. Upshaw.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eExchange of some grass seeds.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOffers to act as overseer on Mr. Perier's plantation which he understands he intends to purchase.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCure of his \"fellow Sam.\" Hopes he can perform a reasonable cure on his jaw.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFreight rates for tobacco on board the British vessel, Mary.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCopy of the judgement in the case of Downes vs. Mr. Brown\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSubpoena served on Mr. Miles \"who I have some reason to think will be a very beneficial witness in your favour.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRequests that he will not insist on payment of his debt until his crop is harvested.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Business for the house of Dawes Stephenson, and Co., of London. There is a \"fine new British built vessel\" in the River.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHis \"agreeable passage\" back to England.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLack of comments from him or Messers. Donaldson and Stotts regarding his tobacco.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eState of twenty hogsheads of tobacco.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eState of their accounts.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTobacco and other business. \"Our crop this year will be uncommonly short and I fear but undifferent in quality, owing to the wet weather.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eApologizes for not seeing him regarding the indents, but was detained by the ill health of his family.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eShipment of his tobacco.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSale of some oxen. Not possible for the moment, since he does nto care to be paid in paper money, the only currency at present available in Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHas viewed the land belonging to Mr. Bigelow and values it at two hundred pounds, Va currency.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBill for the sale of twenty-one horses and colts.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDelivery of some letters, and his readiness to see him the following morning.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHis bond for fifteen hundred pounds for lands on the Roanoke River, Warren County, N. C. , and also for some dwellings on the south side of Old Street, Petersburg.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA bond for fifteen hundred pounds, Virginia currency, for the title of certain lands in Warren County, N. C. , and certain buildings and land in Petersburg,\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWill do all he can to raise the money and pay him that evening. Does not blame him. \"I acknowledge I have forfeited my trust.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHis expectation of a meeting between them. Hopes to be able to set out soon for America.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSettlement of a bond.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePayment of his account with Skipwith.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHis failure to see him.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWill be happy to see him when he comes down for the races.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBond for £1220-17 for the purchase of some lands.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInvoice and statement of Sir Peyton's account with Panock, Nicolson, and Skipwith.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMr. Taylor has been so busy that he has not had time to write.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConstruction of some ditches.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt and settlement of some debts.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eExpects soon to have a balance of £130 in favor of Messers. Pinnock and Skipwith.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHas measured the great ditch and finds it 2260 yards long. Also includes ? to ?. Regarding the purchase of some land.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIs making up a large shipment of tobacco with difficulty and would be glad to receive any tobacco collected on his account. Also includes George Craghead, to Sir Peyton Skipwith, Mill Farm. December 14, 1786. Explains why he has not yet collected any of his tobacco.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn Ballard, to Sir Peyton Skipwith. About the purchase of some tobacco.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePayment of some money outstanding to him, which he does not like to press for but now needs.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDebt to Colonel William Randolph.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScarcity of cash, the high discount on bills, and other business concerning the tobacco trade.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eVarious bills and receipts for clothing items, including a cap, bonnet, velvet, silk, and buttons, furnishings, including a skillet, spoons, fans, and forks, salt, sewing tools, and a wagon.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTestimony regarding his suit against Pines Ingram, William Smith, John Smith, Thomas Ingram, and John Ingram.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHis suit against Mattart. Unlikely to obtain judgement within less than two years; \"The evil is in the law.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePayment of the debt for the horse.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHis brother Henry's estate and debts which he has now taken responsibility for.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSettlement of his debt. Begs him to give him till July and not seize his securities.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eUsefulness of his tobacco.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInvoice of sundry goods shipped on board the Bridget.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTobacco sales, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAbout the purchase of some land.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIllness of Mr. Archibald who on doctor's advice is returning to Europe. In the future, his business in America will be confined to the collection of debts.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSuit against W. Pool. Has obtained a judgement against him, and also in his suit against John Cox.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInability to see him.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSale of some of Mr. Poole's property and the settlement of his debts.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eStatement of their account for mustard, thread, buttons, stockinette, and silk.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBond for thirty pounds for the construction of two chimneys and hearths.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePrice of lime.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSale of his tobacco. The proceeds to be entrusted to John R. Grymes who has the care and management of his son.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBill of his on J. Hyndman \u0026amp; Co. which has been returned to him.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInvoice of tobacco sales from the ship Montgomery.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTwo bonds which he took care of.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSale of some lime.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDebt for £8-2-6. Also includes Alexander Boyd, to Sir Peyton Skipwith, June 9, 1787.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA list of men using the ferry and the sums due from them.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLicense for a tavern and the purchase of some nails.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBusiness matters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRequest for some grass seed for his orchard.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAccount of the sale of his tobacco received by George Edward Henderson.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTobacco business. Is sorry that any part of his conduct could have caused ill feeling between them.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSuit by Skipwith against Royster. Also miscellaneous notes by Skipwith regarding some slaves and other items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt for settlement of debts owed to him by Jacob Mettart and James Swinton, of Petersburg.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePayment for his tobacco.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHis recent illness.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAccount of his tobacco sold in London.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eStatement of his account for a wagon and slaves.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRights and title to a bond. Also other jottings regarding business accounts, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAre sending him a hamper of London port wine.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHis attendance at the Court House.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHis borrowing money on his account.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEarly delivery of some tobacco.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSurvey of a plot of tobacco land.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDeed for the sale of some land.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePrice of tobacco in Petersburg, he requests to know.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSettlement of John Holt's estate and the provision of money for the education of his orphans--hopes he will befriend them.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBill for various goods.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLegal provisions of an ejectment, \"an action, commonly used for the trying of titles, and recovery of lands, etc., illegally withheld from the right owner.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDisposal of the Holt estate.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMoney for the purchase of corn. Had prevented the suit brought by Murray's prosecutors against him from being heard this court.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCourt matters. Advises him to discuss the suit against Billy Heale, because of the cost of witnesses, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSir Peyton Skipwith, Mecklenburg County, to Philip Moody. Bond for a hundred and twenty pounds, Virginia currency\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eStatement of his account since December 1785.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDelivery of some corn or money. \"I hope you will not fail to send me one or the other.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTobacco bond. Is to deliver it up to Colonel Penn.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSheep shearing and other farming matters. Has spoken to Major Boyce \"on account of your enormous tax in Surrey.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBond for thirty five pounds, ten shillings, the balance due on the purchase of two Negro slaves.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDelivery of some iron and a pair of gloves.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eStatement of his account.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTheir lack of several of the articles he ordered, including a weeding hoe.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBill for various goods, including a table cloth and drapes.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt of a packet.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTax account.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eStatement of his account.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBond for forty seven pounds, fifteen shillings.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBond for seven hundred pounds, seven shillings and eight pence. The bond endorsed on the back as having been discharged is signed, William Allen, 3 August 1789.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDelivery of some goods, including some osnaburg fabric and nails, and the state of their account.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBill for various goods, including thread, cloth, linen, buttons, buckles, and nails.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePurchase of some nails and buttons.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTobacco and the disposal of other goods of his.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe Reverend Mr. John Scot and his desire \"to complete a union on which my future happiness so much and so immediately depends.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCollection of some fees.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBond for two hundred pounds.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eArticles requested by him.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHis marriage, legal difficulties, in the laws of Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCourt matters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBond for some Negroes he made with Mr. Peyton? Short.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMiscellaneous bill receipts for slaves, clothing and spices, and other business documents.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePurchase of some land on Butchers Creek. The plantation is in bad repair.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDebt due to Colonel Edward Harwood, payment in money or tobacco as he pleases.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBond of one hundred pounds for the delivery of four slaves.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePurchase of some wine.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSum of money due from him to the esate of Colonel William Harwood.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHis illness since arriving in Louisville. \"Your land is started in a most growing part of the country...faster than any other part of Kentucky.\" High price of uncultivated land \"owing to the astonishing migration to the Western Country.\" General export of tobacco down the Mississippi.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBond for thirteen pounds, ten shillings, and nine pence.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAbout some money due to his wife.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePersonal matters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAbout the purchase of some land.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDoctor Olwer; wishes he could help \"but we seem quite full of gentlemen of his profession in this part of the country.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePresentation of some of hsi bills to Messers Stott and Donaldson.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAccepts their offer after school ends in April; mentions his mother's Lillias (Miller) Ravenscroft marriage to Mr. Patrick Steward in Scotland.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAccount of tobacco received and sold from on board the vessel Termagant.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHop roots.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInvoice for buttons, cambrick, flannel, pepper, ginger, mustard, nutmeg, cinnamon, raisins, and salt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePayment of thirteen pounds to Mr. William Richards. Also includes Sir Peyton Skipwith, to Thomas Vaughan,, 1789 April 20\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSupply of various goods.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt for two bonds on which he is bringing suits in the District Court of Petersburg.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLease for his storehouse and lumber house at the ferry.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInvoice of goods sent to him, including salt, wine, brass knobs, a hat, flannel, and diapers.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBond for 5,692 lbs. of tobacco.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInvoice of goods purchased.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSale of some land.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInvoice for goods purchased, including wine and butter.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNumber of his slaves.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eStatement of their account for buttons.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAsks about her pregnancy; gives news of relatives and friends in Scotland; discusses mental attitudes toward the loss of a child; is preparing to give a speech at the College on August 1.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTitle to a deed.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInvoice for goods purchased, including sugar and tea.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePurchase of a horse.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGoods purchased, including nails, and the state of his account.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eShipment of tobacco, and related business.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInvoice of goods purchased by him, including putty, knives, chalk, and shoes.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eStatement of their account.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTheir daughter Helen Skipwith, later Helen Coles and his need to attend to business.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePayment of the balance outstanding to him.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eShipment of his tobacco to London.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePay the bearer of this letter, Mr. Allison, thirty shillings.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAgreement regarding the purchase of some land in Mecklenburg County.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePurchase of a colt. Also included Colonel William Johnson to Sir Peyton Skipwith. Regrets that he has sold the animal.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLewis Payne, an \"industrious young man.\" Also would he pay the two hundred pounds oustanding to him.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTheir account.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePurchase of some land.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAccount of the sale of his tobacco received from on board the Lady St. John.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eState of his suit against Mr. Robinson.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDawes, Stephenson, \u0026amp; Co., London, to Sir Peyton Skipwith. About the sale of his tobacco received from on board the Hartley.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHis decision to be of service to him.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eProgress of his two suits in the Petersburg district court. Also enclosed is a receipt for two bonds dated March 10, 1790.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLegal matters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMerchandise contracted for, being ready.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHis title to some land.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSubpoenas for witnesses for his suits pending in the Brunswick district court.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTobacco sales and shipments, \"the markets in Europe are glutted with Tobaco...I think there must be a demand for France as soon as the Commotions have subsided.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBond for forty pounds.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBond for one hundred and eighty pounds.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe moving of rock from Mr. Ross's plantation.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSale of his tobacco. \"Our house does not possess the talent of flattery.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSale of his property. Demands secure terms and no bad or defective title.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOutstanding taxes for 1783.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTheir tobacco account.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFreight for his tobacco.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe payment of his Revenue lent to Mr. Thomas Vaughan.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt for some corn, Brown writing on behalf of Stott \u0026amp; Donaldson.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReport on the progress of the various tasks on the plantations.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence with Major P.L. Gryms. Has not heard from Sir Peyton's son since March when he was in good health.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBond for twenty-three pounds, four shillings and nine pence.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe delivery of a carriage and horses. Will pay him in bank notes which \"pass as specie in every state in the Union,\" there being a shortage of specie.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBusiness and family matters. Is endeavoring \"to get several sums due from Colonel Washington and others.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWill attend to his interests.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBond for seventy pounds with Thomas Greenwood, guardian to the orphans of Robert Greenwood.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePayment of Robert Atkinson for wagon freight.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePayment of some money to Robert Birchett. Receipt for payment on the back, signed Robert Birchett, dated1792 September 27.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses some bills of exchange which are in litigation, and some land Skipwith inquired about.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInvoice of goods purchased, including linen.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBill and receipt of varous expenses and services rendered, including some wine and ale.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA Christmas box and other small matters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe goods purchased by her.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe payment of some money\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSubpoenas and witnesses for his suits in the Brunswick District Court.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSurvey and plan of some land.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePort wine and Irish beef tongue.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDeclaration of his authority as a justice of the city of Charleston and a public notary.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eState of his account.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eState of his account.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eVarious business matters including his offer to purchase some land belonging to Mr. Price.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe sale of some land of Mr. Price in payment for taxes.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDomestic matters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eStatement and receipt for the balance of his account.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe disposal of some land in Kentucky belonging to the estate of John Hartwell\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe best time to ship his tobacco. Some apprehension that the market \"will be glutted with stemmed Tob.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHis lack of a cart and the delivery of some pork.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe disposal of some land in the district of Kentucky.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA receipt for some money.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBill \u0026amp; receipt for bridge tolls.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBill for some articles furnished for his daughter.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHis suits pending in the Brunswick district court.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBlank orders to summon a witness to testify on behalf of Sir Peyton Skipwith in his suit pending with the Executors for Edward Harward.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeveral small business matters. Also his pending trip to Georgia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSome Lusirn? Lucerne? seed.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMr. Ruffin's injunction to the suit brought against him.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe delivery of a desk, shoes, and buckles.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFreight on board a ship bound for London.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe bad condition of the road and the desirability of a bridge over the creek near his house. .\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMoney oustanding on his account.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInformation on the power of an attorney.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe construction of three stills.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eVarious business matters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHis consignment of tobacco.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe mill stone business.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJudgement and execution for debt against him.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe quantity of tobacco he wishes shipped.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eArrangements for shipping his tobacco.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe \"Futility of the Deed\" granted for some land in Kentucky.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTobacco business.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning legal business.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe construction of a mill; also the employment of \"Pling.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBlank Order to summon a witness to attend the suit pending in the Brunswick district court between Sir Peyton Skipwith and the Executors for William Harwood.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eVarious court and legal matters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses his ill health and doctor's remedies; Mrs. McMurdo expected to die after the premature birth of a daughter, and distrust of the \"Gentlemen accoucheurs\"; mentions defunct \"Jermyn Bakeres\" ?.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe inspection of his tobacco and other business matters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePayment of some cash.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHis account with Messrs. J. \u0026amp; A. Freeland.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe payment of rent for the blacksmith's shop.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHis collection of books.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePublic auction of the Lawson Price estate (land), in Mecklenburg County. March 1794. Document concerns in the court case of James Belsches, Jr. U.S. \"Lawson price and Company\" brought before the Prince George County Court.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDeal for the sale and possession of some land.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBills on Glasgow and London.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA visit to his sister to get her to make a pair of overalls.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePayment of the sum obtained in his suit against the Nicholas's.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBond for two hundred and sixty-two pounds.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNote on Captain Hay in favor of Mr. Baker which he wishes presented to Sir Peyton\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHis readiness to advocate his claim against H. Carlton. Explains the history of the suit which began over default on a bond.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe sale of his land in Halifax County .\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe settlement of their account. \"the war with France makes it necessary to prefer an American bottom,\" if payment is to be made in produce.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHis order for Imperial Tea.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRequest for a pair of shoes.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSome property near Washington and also business matters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe sale of his tobacco and the granting of credit thereon.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHis account.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHis request for his horse to visit \"Uncle Greenwood.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe sale of his horse and the balance owing on the negro.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eVarious court matters. Also his alarm at the price of tobacco and his intention to sow more wheat in the fall.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTax returns on his still.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe purchase of a horse.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe delivery of a letter.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSends some \"Books of amusement or entertainment\"; mentions Mr. R his wife?; has heard nothing from Britain for a long time.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe law concerning the possession of stills.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBusiness from his suit against Colonel William Harwood.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe payment of some money he owes him.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eVarious correspondence and other business matters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBond for three hundred and seventy-five pounds.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBond for one hundred and sixty-six pounds.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eVarious business matters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHis ague and fever; mentions his wife and Mr. Inge; the price of locally made goods is falling and the scarcity of money has affected the price of land.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCourt and other legal matters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCourt business.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eVarious business matters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAppointment of Short to be his attorney to sell lands claimed by him in the state of Kentucky.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe price of some pork.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePromissory note.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe Skipwith accounts; Sir Peyton's recent consignment of tobacco which did not get shipped to England; and a recent smallpox epidemic in Richmond.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMaury's receiving thirty-nine Hogs heads of Skipwith tobacco at what appeared to be an inconvenient time for market selling. Maury honors a draft of Skipwith for three hundred pounds.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWonders why Skipwith did not send answer in case of Holts errs.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNote for two pounds, twelve shillings, and eleven pence.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCaleb Johnston eight pounds.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerns Skipwith's court involvements with one Mr. Baird.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInforming him of the high water level of several ponds on his property. Including memo informing Sir Skipwith of the leveling off of the water near Robert Birchett's store, Sept. 26, 1794. Reverse, a listing of various salt orders placed by Sir. Peyton in 1793.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConsignment of wheat sent by Skipwith to Campbell of Petersburg. Campbell discusses both the fluctuating prices of wheat and tobacco, and suggets that Skipwith might find a more favorable market for tobacco abroad.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSkipwith's legal entanglements with V. Holloway.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCourt litigation involving tobacco, between Skipwith and W. Barberville.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eShalor's inability to pay a debt owed Skipwith.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTobacco and the disposal of promissory notes.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSkipwith's latest consignment of tobacco sent to England.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNotes concern various financial transanctions of Lady Jean Skipwith.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSkipwith's contract with Shalor for masonry work, and his desire to have said work suspended due to bad weather.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eImpending suit against Sir. Peyton Skipwith by Colonel Harwood. including: \"Fishing Days Here Disposed of, 1795\" and \"A list of the small boys that will be able to real tobacco down in the fall 1795.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDebts due from Jacob Bugg, holder of bond from Skipwith. Mentions intended removal to Kentucky, desires to make contacts via Skipwith among friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInvoice of goods to be shipped from Liverpool, including a diamond for cutting glass, putty, window glass, and salt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCourt litigation instituted by Clinch against Skipwith in the High Court of Chancery on behalf of the Holt heirs.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWarns Skipwith of the impending difficulties in the court proceedings instituted against him by the Holt heirs of Surry County.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJob that Robson was not able to perform as expected.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe disputed title of a Negro purchased fom the sheriff of Lunenburg County by Skipwith.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAs Skipwith's lawyer, Munford advised his client on actions that were to be taken in the \"Donald Affair\" in which Skipwith is defendant. Munford also advised Skipwith on matters pertaining to two other court cases involving Skipwith.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTransactions made through Mr. James Maury of London, for goods in exchange for tobacco crop.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTransactions made through Mr. James Maury of London, for goods in exchange for tobacco crop.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNotice of plan to take William Gray's disposition at Robert Armistead's Tavern, 1795 August 31, 1795.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eArrangements for the payment of taxes by Skipwith.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNotice of court proceeding against them. Concerns the confiscation of thirteen slaves from the Hardwood Estates for the nonpayment of bonds.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCourt litigation between Sir Peyton Skipwith and Robert Birchett over wheat.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAs the Skipwith London agent, Maury encourages Sir Peyton to abandon further shipment of tobacco to London \"earlier than the summer following its growth.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCourt litigation in which Skipwith was plaintiff.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePetition regarding their suit against John Martin involving a debt and the assignment of a bond of Sir Peyton Skipwith's.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSkipwith's ferry operated by Hopkins and the necessity of improving roads leading to and from said ferry.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eProblem of shipping and receiving goods from England, especially tobacco.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGoods ordered by Lady Skipwith.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHis suit against Peter Holloway.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGoods shipped from Liverpool for Sir Peyton Skipwith and placed under the care of Mr. McCallum, including a leaf table.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eUsed as miscellaneous note paper.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePayment of taxes in gold by Skipwith.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSkipwith's involvement in court litigation with Robert Birchett over a wheat contract. Skipwith wants to retain McCrocy as his lawyer.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eStates that Skipwith was to call witnesses to refute the previous testimony of Birchett.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNotice left at Robert Birchett's house on 16 Sept. 1796 by John Hill.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt of payment for Baird Judgement.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAlso contains a penned reply by Thomas Vaughan, Deputy Sheriff of Mecklenburg County noting receipt of taxes.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDuties owed on goods delivered to Sir Peyton Skipwith.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCarleton's belated payment of debts to Skipwith.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncluding reply by Thomas Vaughan, Deputy Sheriff of Mecklenburg County, noting recipt of taxes.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMr. Carleton's repeated failure to pay a debt due in September and his desire to pay Skipwith in kind with horses and tobacco with an extension of the debt until December.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBusiness transactions between Peyton and Bell.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBond for 181 pounds, 9 shillings, and 4 pence.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePayment of a bond.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eComplaints by Skipwith over several grindstones purchased from Bell's brother.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNewspapers sent to Vaughan by Skipwith, and Skipwith's court litigation with Mssrs. Bugg and Birchett.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Stone lime sent to Skipwith and the most recent tobacco prices.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCourt litigations and the decrees of the court of appeals.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter of certification by John Holloway.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLand transaction, Singleton would like to pay with a horse.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTaxes due for previous year from various individuals, including William Davis, Sheriff of Mecklenburg.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eArticles purchased by Skipwith, such as nails, hooks, springs, and hoes, including an itemized list.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMoney owed Skipwith by Short and a request for Skipwith to procure \"about twenty likely negroes.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eState of Skipwith's tobacco crop, and the prices it should fetch once on the market.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEnumerated list of Skipwith's taxes for 1797.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Skipwith's account with them.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Including receipt of payment.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncluding receipt of payment.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNathaniel Moss's receipt - October 9, 1797.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBusiness transaction.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncluding receipt for payment.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAccount of Benjamin Harrison for taxes for the year 1792 with the Sheriff of Mecklenburg County.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMap caption: \"On the first day of February began, and on the 15th compleated a Survey of the within Tract of Sir Peyton Skipwith's Land A.D. 1798. Laid down by a Scale of 80 poles to an Inch by John Hill.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMr. Cunningham's transaction with Vaughan dealing with corn and its receipt and transportation, and other business.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMatters relating to Skipwith's court litigations with Robert Birchett ?\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSkipwith's financial and legal transactions.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\"Bag of money\" left at Mr. Vaughan's by Skipwith's agent, John Hill.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSkipwith's request of a 20 pound loan.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHome remedy and treatment for yellow fever.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMaterials sent to Lady Jean Skipwith.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBond for two thousand five hundred pounds.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003erequesting the use of a horse.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Concerning T. Burnett.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSkipwith's suit against King, Dinwiddie, Crawford, \u0026amp; Duncan.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSettling of accounts with Mr. Cunningham and Skipwith's future business.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBell's handling of a shipment of Skipwith's tobacco destined for London. including invoice for 60 hogs heads of tobacco.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncluding looking glasses and brass andirons.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInterests and payments on a bond. Also mention of Skipwith's trip to England for the coming summer.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBennett advises Skipwith not to ship his tobacco from Edenton to Norfolk for shipment to England. Instead he wants the tobacco brought to Petersburg, and placed in his care.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eShipment of Skipwith's tobacco to England\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Shipment of Skipwith's tobacco to England and some personal papers which Skipwith also wanted to send.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Asking him to host Sir Peyton Skipwith during his stay in Norfolk.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGracie agrees to dispose of Skipwith's bills on Messrs. Dawes \u0026amp; Stephenson \u0026amp; Co. of London.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReporting sales of tobacco and accounts of land offered for sale.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1801 wheat market, esp. with the West Indies and abroad in Europe. Mentions Mr. Dawson, Tom Payne, Mr. Jefferson, in addition to a pending treaty between U.S. and ?. Also speaks of rumor that England and France had concluded peace.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt to Alexander and James Fulton for Sir Peyton Skipwith, Esq.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSubject of court litigation between Skipwith and Samuel Bray of Hampshire County Ky.?\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSkipwith's business with Messrs. Dawes, Stephenson \u0026amp; Co. of London. Also contains comment on a fever epidemic which had suspended business throughout New York City.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRequesting that they advance George Nicholas Skipwith $1,883.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSkipwith's request for $4800.00\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInvoice and receipt for goods purchased.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFulwar Skipwith.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInforms Skipwith of the dissolving of Dawes, Stephenson \u0026amp; Co.'s partnership with John Grayson, and Grayson's venture into business for himself.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Seeks permission to carry a hogshead of tobacco across Skipwith's plantation to market.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eUnknown writer's daughter Margaret.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInformation relating to the dissolving of the business partnership of Dawes, Stephenson, Grayson \u0026amp; Co. Bennett informs Skipwith of his ship's departure for London via Falmouth.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eState of England during the war with France, esp. in terms of their not being able to get American consignments of tobacco to England. Makes personal arrangement with Skipwith for the receipt of his crop.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Skipwith's interests in purchasing mules.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePurchase of some slaves, and \"grazing\" as a business; describes the soil in his area, and his grasses it supports; comments on his method of crop rotation.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLady Skipwith's order for music books. Also contains information on the prices for tobacco in Europe \"notwithstanding the blockade of the Elbe \u0026amp; other restrictions on commerce.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNine hogsheads of tobacco being transported from Suffolk to Skipwith.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDirection along the main road to Richmond.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSkipwith's request in his market investments; also discusses the New York market for tobacco.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInforming Skipwith of his plans to charter an American ship for the customers of Grayson \u0026amp; Noble. Also requests that Skipwith send along 1 1/2 dozen of \"good bacon hams.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRequesting that Skipwith decide whether or not he wants to ship his tobacco to England aboard the ship Alexander at City Point Hopewell.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGiving additional information concerning the ship Alexander, such as freight rates for the transporting of Skipwith's tobacco.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDate of departure of a ship from City Point Hopewell for England.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBennet's receipt in Petersburg of 14 hogsheads of Rolla tobacco for shipment to Messrs. Grayson \u0026amp; Noble, London.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBennett's receipt of Skipwith's tobacco.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSale of 4 hogsheads of Potson tobacco sent by Skipwith. Grayson complains of the inability to sell an additional 74 hogsheads of Rolla tobacco because of Skipwith's faulty methods of packing tobacco for shipment.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSuit against Dinwiddie Crawford \u0026amp; Co.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents .\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSale of 71 hogsheads of Rolla tobacco for Skipwith and their receipt of samples of Dumfries tobacco.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGoods ordered by Skipwith now arrived in Petersburg on board the Protectress.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt and sale of four hogsheads of tobacco.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAvailability of ships sailing to Liverpool able to carry Skipwith's tobacco.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGoods purchased by Skipwith and being forwarded to him in the care of Thomas Bennett of Petersburg.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBills of loading for six hogsheads of tobacco shipped on the Good Intent for New York.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Two bills for 200 pounds and 300 pounds that Skipwith had deposited with them. Also discussion on the London tobacco market and the necessity of Skipwith's shipping only that tobacco fit for \"home consumption.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBusiness transactions including the purchasing of cotton materials for Skipwith and the prices of tobacco on the Liverpool market.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBaskervill's use of one of Skipwith's servants to transport some articles.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt of Skipwith's shipment of six hogsheads of tobacco.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSome bound volumes of music purchased by Lady Skipwith.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDisposal of two bills of exchange drawn upon Messrs. Grayson \u0026amp; Noble of London by Sir Peyton Skipwith for 200 pounds a piece.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTheir approval of transactions allowing James Maury of Liverpool to draw up the Skipwith account to cover purchases made in behalf of Sir Peyton. The high rate of insurance for shipping due to Spanish Privateers.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOrder for books, including an itemized list.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePurchases made by Skipwith and the tobacco market in Liverpool; including invoice.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTransportation of Skipwith's tobacco crop to London.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMare.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGoods purchased by Lady Skipwith, including shoemakers' pinchers and nippers, with an itemized list.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGoods purchased, including cloth.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDeath of Sir Peyton Skipwith on October 11, 1805 and the death of his youngest son. Lady Skipwith as sole executor of her husband's Virginia estates asks Short to settle a court suit that had been pending between Short and Sir Peyton over some bonds of M. Fulwar Skipwith's.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSkipwith's decision to sell his tobacco within the United States.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\"A tract of land near this place belonging to late Sir Peyton Skipwith.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCask of nails purchased by Lady Skipwith, including invoice.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLady Skipwith's payment for a cask of nails, including receipt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePayment for cask of nails, mentions the receipt of \"a bad dollar,\" including receipt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBalance of the account with the estate of the late Sir Peyton Skipwith.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eError in business transactions between Maury and Grayson \u0026amp; Noble of London involving the Skipwith account.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSir Peyton Skipwith's will in relation to a disagreement with Mr. ? Skipwith, and legacies to other children; warns her not to wear herself out in worrying over money matters; mentions his wife and daughter?\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerns Lady Skipwith's inquiries as to the balance of payment in the Skipwith account.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDisposal and sale of wheat received from Cunningham and Lady Skipwith.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eStatement of expenses and receipt for the building of a mill on Cox Creek.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBond for $525.00. Reverse: receipt for $500.00 paid by Lady Skipwith on December 28, 1808.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBond for $525.00. Reverse: March 22, 1808. William Marshall, attorney for Francis Lockett assigns bond to Walter Alver, Orange Co., North Carolina.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBusiness transactions concerning a \"draft of the oven\" and a note for $134.25.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOrder of books for Lady Skipwith, including an invoice.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBooks ordered and paid for by Lady Skipwith including invoice and receipt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWhether or not Cunningham wanted the timber on a tract of land that Williamson wants to cultivate.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePatterned material that Lady Skipwith ordered, but which could not be had. Potts sends substitution.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMerchantile company of Alexander and James Fulton of Petersburg, and the late Sir Peyton's heirs.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFormer business transactions between Maitland and Christian, and Sir Peyton Skipwith, deceased.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNotice of payment for an order of grain. Also references to the shortage of fine salt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEach bond for $525.00 and due at Christmas, 1807.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCommanding him to present a summons to Jean Skipwith to appear before Mecklenburg County Court for negligence as proprietress of a ferry across the Roanoke River.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt of two pounds and eight shillings and also six dollars for one year's subscription to the Portfolio.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBusiness transactions between Lady Skipwith, George Nicholas Skipwith and Peyton Skipwith. Bell claims money cannot be paid until the repeal of the embargo law.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRequest that Lady Skipwith supply him with enough grape seeds to get him in stock.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBell expresses his regrets that he cannot, due to the embargo, follow Lady Skipwith's wishes concerning the payment of his tobacco bond. Also mentions, in margin, the total lack of cotton to be had from Charleston or St. Mary's.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning the receipt of Lady Skipwith's wheat, and the shipment of a quantity of salt to Prestwould, including invoice.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt of a shipment of wheat from Lady Skipwith and the sale of butter sent earlier.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt of a quantity of wheat and butter sent to Petersburg for sale.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLady Skipwith's pending orders for tea, almonds, raisins, and china.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMemo of Lady Skipwith's renting for one year the land of Abraham Lockett, orphan.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePromissory note for $15000\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eObligation to Lady Skipwith for $50.00 unless they can settle disputed title of ownership of land (2 1/2 acres) sold to her.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eShipment of an order of \"cotton cards\" to Lady Skipwith.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLady Skipwith's tobacco crop. Including receipt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePromissory note for $100.00.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt of two loads of wheat from Lady Skipwith. Including invoice of goods purchased by Lady Skipwith.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLady Skipwith's wheat account. including receipt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003einvoice of items purchased, including hinges, screws, and glue.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt of Lady Skipwith's shipment of wheat.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHick's recollections of Sir Peyton Skipwith's mill. Offers to send deposition to aid Lady Skipwith in her court suit with the Young family.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMemo of Lady Skipwith's transactions with Barns to rent a portion of Lockett's lands.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDivison of Sir Peyton Skipwith's estate (d. 1805) among his living relatives.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCunningham's orders for sugar and cloth, and the change in previous prices.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWriter's travels on the lower peninsula, visiting friends and relatives. Comments on Williamsburg and Hampton, also life in naval Norfolk.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGuardian of Abraham Lockett. Memo of agreement to rent from Barnes a tract of land. Made by Cunningham in Lady Skipwith's behalf.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBalance due Rowley? Grymes from the estate of Lady Skipwith's late husband, Sir Peyton Skipwith.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePromissory note for $50.00.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBill and invoice of books purchased.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGoods purchased for Lady Skipwith. Reverse: invoice of goods purchased.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSuit against Lady Skipwith as executrix of her late husband's estates by Dinwiddie, Crawford and Co. of Petersburg.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrection of a billing mistake on some books ordered by Lady Skipwith.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eApperson's proposed trip to Richmond and his promise to transact some business concerning Lady Skipwith.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePrice of bar iron ordered by Lady Skipwith, including invoice.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWork done for Skipwith by Ogle, thanking Skipwith for his recommendations to others of Ogle's work.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBusiness transaction with Lady Skipwith, including list of bank notes.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBill for books.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBill for two \"stock locks\" of $2.00.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBill for $10.00.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePromissory note for $50.00\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLady Skipwith's book order and contains information concerning the types of books binding available.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAgreement for the rental of a tract of land for $25.00.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInvoice and bill with receipt for goods purchased, including muslin, binding, thimbles, pins, nutmeg, and rice.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBusiness transactions concerning the receipt and payment for bacon and hogs sent to Puryear.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBill for lodging and other services.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBill and receipt for purchase of \"3 spades.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBill and receipt for goods purchased.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt for $180.00 for building and setting up a wheat machine upon Lady Skipwith's estate.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInvoice and bill with receipt for 11 books purchased.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBill and receipt for one piece of web.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInvoice and bill with receipt for goods purchased, including plows.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInvoice and bill with receipt for purchases, including cutting knives and a saw.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBill and receipt for items purchased, including saws.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBill and receipt for goods purchased, including muslin and chest locks.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt for $150.00 yearly rent on lands of Abner Lockett.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInvoice and bill with receipt for purchases, including calico, buttons, thimble, and morocco shoes.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eShipment of goods from England to Lady Skipwith. Including, James Maury, Liverpool, to Lady Jean Skipwith, June 27, 1816. Also including, James Maury and Latham, Liverpool, to Lady Jean Skipwith, Sept. 5, 1816.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInvoice and bill for Lady Skipwith's purchase of carpeting.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerns books which correspondent is sending Lady Skipwith.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt for the rent of land from Thomas Lockett's orphans.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eActing as trustee for William M. Puryear, Boyd informs Skipwith of the depositing of $424.00 in the exchange bank of Va which is to be credited to a bond due Skipwith from Puryear.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInvoice and bill for goods purchased.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInvoice and bill for books purchased.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHumberstone Skipwith's account current with his mother and Selina? Skipwith for drafts and cash advanced.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBill for cotillion party.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt for the rent of Abner Lockett's land for the year 1818.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt for purchase of dimity and fringe.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt for purchases at the carpet and linen warehouse.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt for payment on the purchase of one sofa.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt for items purchased, i.e., damask draperies and napkins.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt for purchase of 21 yards of curtain dimity.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt for purchase of 21 yards of furniture dimity.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBill for various purchases of nails, hinges, hooks, and staples.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt for planking and scathing purchased.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePayment for shipping of one pair of snuffers.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceived of Captain Ferguson on account of glass service sent Mr. Skipwith at Norfolk.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBooks purchased--Bachelor and Married Man, Women are Pour-et-Contre, Hawthorn Cottage, and New Tales…\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt for purchase of a quantity of nails.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePromissory note, Including note of receipt of payment by David Scott, May 14, 1819. Also including note of Humberstone Skipwith paying Mrs. Nivison, July 10, 1819.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWickham's advice to Skipwith that he not bring suit against John Bell for a bond for $569.64 which was overdue\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBill for mending plastering round the doors.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBill of sale for tobacco.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt for purchase of goods, including broad top chairs.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt for 12 1/4 yards of furniture dimity purchased.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBill of sale for flower pots, a brass bell pull, and copper wire.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAsks for financial aid.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLawsuit of Skipwith and Murray.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWill pay $1000.00 for Col. Green at Mecklenburg Court.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePurchase of wool.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMr. Baily taking his slaves away.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning settlement in the case of Skipwith v. Murray.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRequest for a loan of $3000.00.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRequest for a loan of $2000.00.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDeath of Sarah (Nivison) Skipwith and the \"prevailing Epidemick;\" and returning some books.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInformation on the price of oil, also asks him to visit.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInformation on prices of goods and statement of his account for sugar, coffee, and salt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRequest for more time to arrange paying off his debt to Boyd.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eStatement of money and bonds given John Buford.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLegal notices which have been sent to parties in a lawsuit; will bring copies of the judgement.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePurchase of land in Norfolk by Skipwith.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFarmer will manage Skipwith's Norfolk property.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRequest for Cunningham to accept drafts written by John Buford on him.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eArrangements for loan to John Buford.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWheat prices and wine prices.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSale of Mr. Boyd's flour.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSale of Mr. Boyd's flour.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDenies that Lady Skipwith plans to help Mr. Ravesncroft.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLoan for his brother; explains why Col. Green wrote Lady Skipwith about Mr. Ravenscroft.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWill release his property if he pays his debt; if he pays the whole debt Lady Skipwith will make a loan to his brother.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAsks Cunningham to pay off some on Buford's debts.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCameron is lending money to Buford.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning notices delivered.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAccount of sales of flour.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWants to buy crops.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWants tobacco crop sent to Richmond; price not settled.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReturns accounts with transfer from Lady Skipwith to Cunningham's account.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWill deliver goods bought.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSkipwith's lease to Lyon of proprerty in Norfolk.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWill try to sell Lady Skipwith's tobacco.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHopes to provide good security for his debts.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSale of Lady Skipwith's tobacco crop.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHad a safe journey; Cunningham in Petersburg may be in financial trouble; Mrs. Tazewell is sick because of birth of her child; asks H. S. to send Franky to help Mrs. Tazewell.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDrought killed his crop; asks for loan of $500.00.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFinancial problems.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWill supply him with a sulky.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNote for $7500.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAttempts to settle his mother's estate's accounts.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAsks for loan of $3500.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eData on tobacco sales.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSends items from their store.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWants to purchase corn.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSale of cotton.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eVisited Baltimore; sympathy at death of her child.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAsks for Humberstone Skipwith's papers for lawsuit in New Orleans.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLawsuit.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGlad his wife and child are now well.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAsks to borrow $1000.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHer health better; hopes to have another child.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAsks to borrow $5000.00.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAsks to borrow $4000.00.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSkipwith's tax problems.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOrganization of The Exchange Bank of Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNational economic difficulties and how they kept their business going; asks for his patronage.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAsks to borrow $4000.00.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAsks to borrow $30,000.00.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLiquidation of Tredegar Iron Works.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and 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and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAsks him to pay his bill.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCelia's divorce went through.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eVirginia census of 1890.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFerry\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and 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Also includes the 2003 Conservation Report of the pianoforte by John R. Watson and Louis Dolive of the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. 48 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes one about a piano tuner from Cynthia Beverley (Tucker) Washington Coleman; and another from Lelia (Skipwith) Lee about their travels in Dresden and Berlin, Germany, and Paris, France.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncluding a letter from \"cousin\" Mary Skipwith Roberts of New Orleans, a letter form Fulwar to his father, Humberstone Skipwith, and a memo on rebuilding the bridge across Bluestone Creek.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMainly relating to farm and financial matters; including a letter from John W. Lewis on the estate of \"Major Nelson,\" and William B. R. on a mysterious door opening; financial matters of Lady Jean (Miller) Skipwith from William F. Wickham; and several from William Jeter and John B. Tunstall.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eincluding a list of Negroes purchased at \"John? Bufords Sale,\" and an order for parts for a mill ?.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncluding a letter to Sir Peyton Skipwith, one from Jean Feild inviting her to visit, a fragment of a poem in Lady Jean's handwriting, and an account.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncluding letters from Peyton Short, Leila (Skipwith) Carter Tucker, Fulwar Skipwith (a cousin of Sir Peyton), and several from Richard Eggleston, as well as two letters from Sir Peyton to Lady Jean Skipwith.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItems with no obvious Skipwith connection.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItems with no obvious Skipwith connection.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItems with no obvious Skipwith connection.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSee also Medium Oversize File.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\"Rates of Transportation on the Petersburg, Va. Rail Road\" with extracts from an act of the General Assembly, 3 January 1833.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSee Manuscripts Oversize Folder Map Case 40.6\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSee Manuscript Artifact Collection.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA visit; and letters of Claudia Stuart Coles to her uncle, Fulwar Skipwith, about a ferry.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIndexed.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIndexed.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNotebook No. 10 1873 was not with the collection when it was received.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e(Note: Map transferred to Map Collection).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e250 pounds sent to Gray and an additional 200 pounds sent to Gray to serve as an allowance while he studies at Cambridge. He does not wish for Gray to borrow against his Newbold estate to finance his living, noting the dangers of becoming indebted and the value of a debt free life.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConfirms the sending of 200 pounds and expresses hope that the financial arrangements he established for Gray will be sufficient. Expresses desire for Gray to pursue a profession reflective of Gray's standing in society. He further suggests that Gray should study law as it might prove useful in the future for helping the family recover their ancestral lands in Leicestershire.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Mentions that Gray did not receive earlier letter so he repeats the news he enclosed in previous letter. Notes the disastrous crop season this year. States that the weavils ruined the wheat crop and the tobacco plants were ruined by violent rains. Because he was unable to reap a profit from crop sales he recalls financial loans given to Peyton Short and Francis Ruffin. Informs Grey of the birth of a son named Humberston. Also mentions that Grey's sister, Leila has recently married St. George Tucker and that Grey's youngest sister, Maria, has died.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBegins letter with a complaint of unpaid debts and the fact that Virginia courts favor debtors over lenders. Notes that as a result, he will have to cancel Gray's allowance until finances improve.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNotes continuing financial difficulties and his success at surmounting them. Sending a letter of conveyance from Sir Thomas Skipwith to Gray, expresses the importance of the land conveyance to avoid the land from falling into a distant branch of the family.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHis approaching voyage to England and his poor health. Believes that the sight of his son will give him great pleasure. His current financial condition and the sale of useless lands in Kentucky. Letter mentions a visit from one of Gray's old friends, Mr. Grymes Jr. of Brandon in Middlesex.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses a meeting with Mr. Grymes and Edmund Randolph in Richmond. Also notes the state of his finances and his success with his tobacco and wheat crops. Notes that he cancelled his trip to England because he had regained his health.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eVisit of William Bell to London. He notes that Mr. Bell will deliver this letter to him and take any letters from Grey and expresses hope that all is well. Also requests that Gray obtain a complete set of Sir Peyton's account from Rowles and Grymes to aid him in a financial dispute with Phillip Grymes of Brandon, Virginia. Mentions a visit from Wyndham Randolph, nephew of Edmund, and Wyndham's sisters. Also notes the purchase of Occoneechee, an estate for his brother, Peyton Jr. Further mentions the current state of his own home, Prestwould. He notes with pride that he has the most beautiful home in Virginia and also breeds the best horses in Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBegins with him expressing disappointment over Gray not writing him more often and for neglecting to tell him about his marriage and the birth of his grandchild. Informs Grey that there is no reason for letters not to reach him because there is now a post office in Marthasville from which he can send letters. Boasts about his financial lifestyle and his happiness with his life in Virginia. notes that Gray's sister Leila's children by Robert Carter stand to inherit equally from the Cortoman estate. Also mentions Peyton Jr., trip to Georgia and his engagement to Cornelia Greene, daughter of General Nathaniel Greene.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHis hopes that Gray's wife, Harriet, has a son and that Gray choose him as grandchild's godfather. Birth of George Skipwith to Peyton Jr. and his wife. Selina's continuing studies in Baltimore.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInforms Gray of Sir Peyton's death after a long illness. Discusses finances with Gray, noting their father's estate was quite large and unencumbered at his death.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eResponds to Gray's letter discussing outstanding debts of Sir Peyton in London. Lady Skipwith candidly details her discovery of Sir Peyton's poor financial condition prior to their marriage and his later struggle to pay off his debts. She notes the difficulty of collecting debts in America and the amount of labor that it takes to run a successful tobacco farm. Agrees to pay English debt which Gray mentioned in an earlier letter but inquires whether it is the only debt outstanding.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInforms Guy of the death of his brother, Peyton Jr. In addition to details of Peyton's death, she discusses the health of her children and the birth of Peyton's last child, Catharine. Comments on the distance between herself and Grey and speculates that she will never see him. Informs him of Humberton's, his half-brother, success at Princeton and his half-sisters, Selena and Helena's blossoming beauy. Also mentions that family friends of hers saw him in London. Concludes with her strong desire to keep in touch with him and his family. She uses the spelling \"Grey\" instead of \"Gray.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBrochures about the Virginia Women in History Awards, an oversize certificate given in honor of Lady Jean Skipwith, and a speech given by Susan Riggs about Lady Jean Skipwith.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes a poem written by Gray Skipwith and a letter written to Gray Skipwith by an unknown author.  Mss. 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Papers are primarily business in nature and reflect the management of \"Prestwould.\""," Papers also concern the development of Lady Skipwith's library, the education of Fulwar Skipwith and his brother Grey Skipwith. Manuscript volumes concern farm accounts, gardening, the study of French and Fulwar Skipwith's lists of books.","Oversize Folder 1: Formerly Box VII, folder 5a oversize file: Feb 1, 1798 manuscript map entitled Sir Peyton Skipwith's land A.D. 1798, Joh Hill Cartographer.\nOBox XXI, Folder 33 medium oversize file, House Plans including photostat."," Skipwith Family Papers in Swem Library's microform area, 14 reels, call number HD 1471 .U5 R43 ser. L part 3","Skipwith Correspondence, Manuscripts, Manuscript Volumes, Fulwar Skipwith Notebooks, dated and undated. Boxes I-XX.","Indenture for the sale of a slave.","Deed of conveyance for 390 acres of land in Lunenburg County","Payment of twelve pounds to Mr. Sterling Thonton","Receipt for five pounds, nineteen shillings.","Account for one pound, nineteen shillings, and eleven pence. Also some rough accounts.","Receipt for the sale of a large, bay horse.","Deed.","Directions to pay Sterling Thornton five pounds, seven shillings, and four pence.","Indenture for the sale of slaves","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Receipt for five pounds, ten shillings in payment for a pair of mill stones.","Payment of three pounds, twelve shillings which he is in need of. Letter was returned and endorsed by Harris as a receipt for the money, dated August 8, 1769.","Directions for the payment to Mr. James Yancey of eight pounds, seven shillings, and six pence. Letter endorsed on April 4, 1770 by James Yancey and returned as a receipt.","Receipt for eleven pounds for two years of mill stones.","Promissory note for sixty-seven pounds, six shillings, and nine pence.","Receipt for two pair of shoes.","Bond for seventy pounds.","About a horse.","Bond for £200 for the building of three mills by September next.","Payment of some money.","Scope and Contents","Sale of some bacon and other provisions. The people in Richmond are in great want.","Receipt for nine guineas. 2 pages. Autograph document.","Bond for eighty pounds.","Bond for £130,000.","Breeding horses.","Notes on land deed and a deed of trust for 12 Negroes from Sir Peyton? Skipwith to? Ferril and? Ferril to ? Moss, and ? Holmes.","A blank indenture for payment of an unspecified account to Sir Peyton Skipwith.","The mating of several mares with his horse, Black and All Black.","Deed for title to some lands in consideration of £300.","Receipt two pounds, two shillings, and two pence.","Price of some tobacco, etc.","Bill for £795, fifteen shillings.","Transportation of some oats.","Barley.","Inspection and sale of some tobacco.","Inspection and sale of some tobacco.","Payment for some bacon sold to Sir Peyton Skipwith.","Delivery of 5000 pounds of tobacco to Mr. John C. Littlepage. Endorsed by J.C. Littlepage.","Breeding some horses.","Does not intend to sell his mare.","Payment for horse breeding.","The purchase of some bacon.","Account with Sir Peyton Skipwith, Slott?, and Donaldson, and Henry Sandifer.","Delivery of some bacon to Sir Peyton Skipwith.","Scope and Contents Bacon.","Last delivery of some corn.","Supply of some sugar.","Tobacco.","Entertaining expenses.","Conveying the Brunswick District Court order to pay some money and tobacco to David Apperson.","Sale of some tobacco. Confusion in Harwood's estate following the death of his father. A large sum of money \"for the purpose of raising a soldier.\"","Escape of a prisoner who has fled to the enemy.","Bill for a wardrobe chest and a case.","Barley. Is anxious to meet Sir Peyton.","Delivery of sugar.","Sugar.","Receipt for two hundred and five pounds, ten shillings.","About Col. Eastleigh, Miss Skipwith, etc. \"This cursed invasion has thrown everything into confusion.\"","Bond for 160,000 pounds of tobacco.","Copy of a bond for a hundred and sixty thousand pounds of crop tobacco between Robert Tucker of Sussex County and William Burge of Prince George County and Sir Peyton Skipwith.","Receipt.","Account of estate of Dr. John Ravenscroft, Cairnsmoore, Scotland, with Lillias (Miller) Ravenscroft.","Bond for £300.","Notations of a lease by Sir Peyton Skipwith.","Various bills. receipts, etc. for spices, wine, and mutton.","Statement of their account for linens.","Payment of money with interest due since 1773.","Procurement of two ship's carpenters.","Statement of his account for salt. signed in Beall's behalf by B. Holmes.","Ended the bargain he made with Mr. Smith.","Requests the return of his Negro Stewart.","Payment for 203 head of cattle delivered for the use of the French Army.","Has been ill, but will send him his money in a few days. Also the offer of an old dog - \"very slow,\" but \"is very true and good for a fox.\"","Has spent all his available money in the purchase of a horse, but will pay him shortly.","Two cows which were left in her care. Both died, but she may keep the hides.","Cannot attend his sale. Also requests payment for some bacon","Imprisonment and sale of a person who was enslaved by Sir Peyton.","Survey of land bought by Sir Peyton Skipwith from William Natchell, together with Armistead's fee for surveying the land.","Various bills, receipts, etc., for shingles, shoes, wool, and spices.","Payment of their joint bond.","Offer to defend him in his suit against Mr. Hooper.","Health of the recipient.","Death of thirty-five head of Sir Peyton's cattle, and recompense for looking after the remainder.","Disposal of some corn.","Order for corn and meal. Hears news \"that there is a certain general peace--a happy event to us.\"","About credit for £300.","Failure to pay for some salt. Threatens to take him to court.","Some corn and paints.","Spare scythe stones.","Contract.","Impending case for the settlement of a deed.","Receipt for the payment of some bonds.","Forwarding of various letters and newspapers.","Bond for the sale of some lands and Negro slaves in part settlement of a previous bond for tobacco. Also part of a fuller bond, dated October 9, 1786 entered into between Robert Turnbull, Petersburg, and Robert Tucker.","Tobacco business. \"The great advances my late partnership is in for our friends abroad, has laid me under very great and disagreeable inconveniences.\"","Various accounts, receipts, etc., for spices, shoe boots, buttons, and hinges.","Reestablishment of their correspondence, disrupted during \"the last unhappy war.\" Mr. Thomas Main will give further details in person.","Is sending his partner and nephew, Mr. Main, to settle their account, a more expedient method of settling their claims than by the use of attorneys.","Opening of correspondence with Messers. Berth and Sigrist, Amsterdam, for the consignment of tobacco.","Stray steer.","Order to pay the expenses of two witnesses testifying at the suit of James Hooper.","Tobacco.","Acquaints him of his arrival in America.","Requests the use of his surveying equipment.","Money due to Sir Peyton.","Has inquired for reliable purchasers for his goods which many will fetch eighty guineas.","Invitation to stay at Beauford.","Sale of some Negroes. All the three potential purchasers were of substance.","Mr. Hutchinson and Colonel Skirving would like to see him in person.","Bill of exchange for some cattle.","Mr. Campbell wishes to settle the matter in an English court.","Introducing himself on behalf of his firm Dawes, Stephenson, and Co., tobacco merchants.","Payment of their tobacco account. Hopes he will spare him any further trouble.","Sale of his tobacco. Hopes to meet him before he returns to England.","Security for some tobacco.","Business matters.","Mr. Ruffin's bond.","Mr. Ruffin's case to pay his bond. \"The most speedy and vigorous methods shall be pursued.\"","Mr. Fiveash's affair. Appended a statement of his account with Thomas Fiveash.","Memorandum of a bargain entered into for some cattle.","Thread and butter","Statement of Sir Peyton's account with the General Court for various suits, etc.","Tax account.","Understands he is a lenient creditor. Requests that he may pay part of the bond that he is security to for Robert Connell.","Offer to sell his land. Requests a quick determination.","Letter from Mr. Nelson concerning the price of tobacco.","Receipt for £1009..10..0.","Notifying him of his appointment as Surveyor of the road in place of Thomas Vaughan.","Bankruptcy suit filed by Mr. Murray's executors. Major portion of his debt is Mr. Allen's rather than Sir Peyton's.","Purchase of his work horse.","A blank summons to call a witness to testify on behalf of Sir Peyton Skipwith in his dispute with J. Harmanson?","Payment of his taxes and other business.","Payment for a Negro he has had since August 1782.","Is sorry but he has already sold the horse, but will try to procure him back. Thinks the horse is destined for New York. \"He is an excellent covering horse and well calculated to get colts for the turf.\" Remarks on the severity of the laws against racing in his state.","Some of his tobacco sold in 1775. Is glad to hear he wishes to renew his correspondence with their firm. Will do everything to protct his interests.","His letter came too late; had already sold the horse. However he expects to buy it back next season when he will have first preference. Further details about some of its colts - \"I veryyly believe him to be as pure a blooded horse as any in America or England.\"","Information regarding some cattle.","Receipt for one large packing trunk purchased of Edmund Wells, trunk and case maker.","Scope and Contents The payment of one of his notes. Has sent Captain Matthew Gibb to see him and hopes he \"will consider the disadvantage I labour under by being so long kept out of the money.\"","Discharging his bond for a tract fo land he had bought of Mr. Machary?","Cannot undertake to prosecute his case.","Mr. Ingram is doing his best to replevy his debt to him, but his scheme to do so must, by law, be approved by Sir Peyton his creditor. Also, the sale of some Negroes will not be permitted except with his approval.","Freight to England. Will remain in America till next spring.","His dismissal as surveyor, but is wishing to survey their land as a private surveyor.","His chartering of \"a fine British butt vessel\" to take his tobacco.","Will shortly be going to Richmond and desires to know what business, if any, he would like him to transact there for him.","Purchase of some cattle. 1 page. Autograph letter signed.","Must delay his visit to Richmond to attend the court where Mrs. Humphries, wife of John Humphries, is to be examined for the murder of one of her negro girls.","Requests the use of a small lumber cart to take home a box of glass.","Purchase of some cattle.","Shipment of his tobacco.","His tobacco--no offers as yet. Mr. Main will obtain freight for the goods he has ordered.","Dispatch of his notes to Colonel Joseph Green of Wayne County, N. C. for the purchase of his cattle.","His tobacco which is now on board a ship ready to sail.","Deed for the sale of some land to Bigelow on the Roanoke River.","Survey of some land and a court case pending.","Agreement to serve as overseer at Bugs Farm or on one of his plantations.","His progress at school in England. Describes a visit with Mayor Grymes to see the palace of Windsor.","Account of various legal costs.","Cattle he expects for North Carolina.","Is pleased to hear of his intention to deal in tobacco with his friends Messrs. Dawes, Stephenson and Co., London. Presents low price of tobacco and how prospects for the present growing crop are--\"which added to the restless and uneasy situation of the Northern and Eastern states will probably cause some amendment in the European market.\"","Has plotted the mill pond.","Scope and Contents Just arrived in London; bad season for visiting the city, as all fashionable people have left for \"watering places;\" will leave in a day or two for the Hague, then for Paris by way of Flanders; Eng. in a state of chaos; Irish propositions uncertain; necessity of learning French to do business not only in France but everywhere on the continent; his son Gray should learn French, and Italian too perhaps; Jefferson, already a year in France, is obliged to speak much English, so his French does not improve; Col. David Humphries, legation secretary, the same; have tried harder than any American ever to learn French; has heard of his possible visit to Europe; hopes to see him; can send letters to Col. Forrest or Fulwar Skipwith; hopes he received papers left for him in Virginia; Hog Island gave concern, and hopes he got rid of it; his kind offer of assistance may be taken up, as have not heard from Mr. Benjamin Harrison, who agreed to handle affairs; ask for a letter of credit, to be used only in an emergency; has written in this vein before, but think letters miscarried; sends this through Col. Forrest and Fulwar Skipwith.","Is loading a ship for Bristol and reminds him of his promise to send twenty hogshead of tobacco ?","Business matters.","Scantling and plank.","Goods on board the ship Robert.","Shipment of goods to him, including various types of seeds.","Order for some prunes, raisins and currants.","Prices of tobacco.","Receipt for puchase of some books including four volumes of Rabelais' books--\"very scare.\"","Loading of his tobacco on board the vessel Tweed.","Verdict and judgement of the General Court in favor of Skipwith in his suit against Ferrell. Damages of one penny plus cost.","Injunction granted to Pineas Ingram staying the proceedings in his suit with Sir Peyton over the sale of some Negroes.","Is willing to sell his land.","Fifty-five pounds, Virginia money, received of Thomas Vaughan.","Acknowledges his letter of 10 October. He is now second boy at Mr. Cotton's school where Major Grymes proposes he stays until August when he can go to Eton. Has had a letter from Uncle Miller.","Financial matters.","Bills, etc. on John Hyndman and Co.","Shoes, stockings, boots, salt, flour, spices, and bridles for horses.","List of horses delivered to Sir Peyton Skipwith.","Receipt of some money.","To meet his commitments, he will sell some land, and hopes to be allowed to \"set up at your shop or mill.\"","Has been appointed by the Court as one of the gentlement to act as executor to an estate in which Hepburn has a third interest.","Offer of a horse for £45.","His business in court and various other business matters. 2 pages.","Disposal of a South Carolina Negro, etc.","Order to impound part of the estate of Robert Harrison in payment for debts owed to Thomas Vaughan; Harrison being absconded.","Sale of 3000 lbs. of sugar on behalf of Sir Peyton Skipwith.","Colonel Green will view the road next Thursday.","Ingram's tobacco.","Forwarding of five grindstones.","Breaking in of his horse to harness before his journey to Richmond.","Collection of some apple and pear trees at Shrosburys.","Letter regarding Colonel Green's report on the road.","Many favors which he acknowledges he has done for him.","Included are some for her brother, Hugh.","Receipt for £12 and five barrels of Indian corn in payment for a dark bay horse.","Warrant in the case of Downes vs. Brown. The county of residence is left blank until it is found out \"where the (delinquent) does live.\"","Bills of loading for three hogs heads of his tobacco.","Payment of some money to Sir Peyton Skipwith and other financial business.","Several suits pending that day.","Scope and Contents","Request for some rye grass seed. Also notice that the General Court is ready to take depositions in the recipients suit.","Account of the sale of twenty hogs heads of tobacco.","Summoning of Sir Peyton Skipwith to appear as a witness on behalf of Hugh Miller in his suit with James Belsches.","His invitation to settle in Liverpool where he will be pleased to settle tobacco or transact any other business for Skipwith.","Legal matters.","Receipt for seven shillings and six pence, and for fifteen shillings for seven tithes due in Surry County from Sir Peyton Skipwith.","Shipping costs to England. \"The late sales of tobacco in Britain are very far from being pleasant ones.\"","Invoice of goods shipped aboard the Helena by Hugh Miller, merchant. Insured to the value of £100 by Archibald Govan.","Overpayment of tax by Sir Peyton Skipwith for the year 1783.","Scope and Contents","Sale of his tobacco.","Sale of eighteen barrels of Indian corn to Thomas Vaughan. Sale of the Indian corn by Francis Lewis.","Receipt for the payment of the certificate tax.","Dispatch of some of his tobacco on board their vessel. \"It is said that a difference in Insurance of from 2 to 5 Guineas is made between British and American bottoms.\"","His departure for England. Hopes he may see him there shortly.","Advises him to make other arrangements for shipping his goods to England.","Bad weather and its interruption of various projects.","Is sorry his letter caused him so much distress, especially at the time of his illness. In his suit against Wills, he was awarded only £5 as against £50-60 which he ought to have received. Testimony of Collin Wills was that he struck his father with a sword. The jury was biased and he thought it best to let the matter alone rather than order a new trial.","Mr. Brown's ticket.","Payment of his debt. Had been made difficult by the \"blowing up\" of his mill.","Scope and Contents","Receipt for payment for some linen and other household goods.","A suit; advises caution.","Provision of shipping and freight rates for his tobacco.","Shipping of his tobacco.","Delivery of some clover and grass seed.","Delivery of turnip seeds, etc.","Scope and Contents Shipping and sale of his tobacco.","Freight for his tobacco.","Scope and Contents","Shipping and insurance arrangements for his tobacco.","Saddle for a horse.","Requests twenty dollars to balance his tax account.","Sale of three hogsheads of tobacco.","Shipping some tobacco to Bristol.","Sale of some lands in Lunenburg County belonging to Mr. Upshaw.","Exchange of some grass seeds.","Offers to act as overseer on Mr. Perier's plantation which he understands he intends to purchase.","Cure of his \"fellow Sam.\" Hopes he can perform a reasonable cure on his jaw.","Freight rates for tobacco on board the British vessel, Mary.","Copy of the judgement in the case of Downes vs. Mr. Brown","Subpoena served on Mr. Miles \"who I have some reason to think will be a very beneficial witness in your favour.\"","Requests that he will not insist on payment of his debt until his crop is harvested.","Scope and Contents Business for the house of Dawes Stephenson, and Co., of London. There is a \"fine new British built vessel\" in the River.","His \"agreeable passage\" back to England.","Lack of comments from him or Messers. Donaldson and Stotts regarding his tobacco.","State of twenty hogsheads of tobacco.","State of their accounts.","Tobacco and other business. \"Our crop this year will be uncommonly short and I fear but undifferent in quality, owing to the wet weather.\"","Apologizes for not seeing him regarding the indents, but was detained by the ill health of his family.","Shipment of his tobacco.","Sale of some oxen. Not possible for the moment, since he does nto care to be paid in paper money, the only currency at present available in Va.","Has viewed the land belonging to Mr. Bigelow and values it at two hundred pounds, Va currency.","Bill for the sale of twenty-one horses and colts.","Delivery of some letters, and his readiness to see him the following morning.","His bond for fifteen hundred pounds for lands on the Roanoke River, Warren County, N. C. , and also for some dwellings on the south side of Old Street, Petersburg.","A bond for fifteen hundred pounds, Virginia currency, for the title of certain lands in Warren County, N. C. , and certain buildings and land in Petersburg,","Will do all he can to raise the money and pay him that evening. Does not blame him. \"I acknowledge I have forfeited my trust.\"","His expectation of a meeting between them. Hopes to be able to set out soon for America.","Settlement of a bond.","Payment of his account with Skipwith.","His failure to see him.","Will be happy to see him when he comes down for the races.","Bond for £1220-17 for the purchase of some lands.","Invoice and statement of Sir Peyton's account with Panock, Nicolson, and Skipwith.","Mr. Taylor has been so busy that he has not had time to write.","Construction of some ditches.","Receipt and settlement of some debts.","Expects soon to have a balance of £130 in favor of Messers. Pinnock and Skipwith.","Has measured the great ditch and finds it 2260 yards long. Also includes ? to ?. Regarding the purchase of some land.","Is making up a large shipment of tobacco with difficulty and would be glad to receive any tobacco collected on his account. Also includes George Craghead, to Sir Peyton Skipwith, Mill Farm. December 14, 1786. Explains why he has not yet collected any of his tobacco.","John Ballard, to Sir Peyton Skipwith. About the purchase of some tobacco.","Payment of some money outstanding to him, which he does not like to press for but now needs.","Debt to Colonel William Randolph.","Scarcity of cash, the high discount on bills, and other business concerning the tobacco trade.","Various bills and receipts for clothing items, including a cap, bonnet, velvet, silk, and buttons, furnishings, including a skillet, spoons, fans, and forks, salt, sewing tools, and a wagon.","Scope and Contents","Testimony regarding his suit against Pines Ingram, William Smith, John Smith, Thomas Ingram, and John Ingram.","His suit against Mattart. Unlikely to obtain judgement within less than two years; \"The evil is in the law.\"","Payment of the debt for the horse.","His brother Henry's estate and debts which he has now taken responsibility for.","Settlement of his debt. Begs him to give him till July and not seize his securities.","Usefulness of his tobacco.","Invoice of sundry goods shipped on board the Bridget.","Tobacco sales, etc.","About the purchase of some land.","Illness of Mr. Archibald who on doctor's advice is returning to Europe. In the future, his business in America will be confined to the collection of debts.","Suit against W. Pool. Has obtained a judgement against him, and also in his suit against John Cox.","Inability to see him.","Sale of some of Mr. Poole's property and the settlement of his debts.","Statement of their account for mustard, thread, buttons, stockinette, and silk.","Bond for thirty pounds for the construction of two chimneys and hearths.","Price of lime.","Sale of his tobacco. The proceeds to be entrusted to John R. Grymes who has the care and management of his son.","Bill of his on J. Hyndman \u0026 Co. which has been returned to him.","Invoice of tobacco sales from the ship Montgomery.","Two bonds which he took care of.","Sale of some lime.","Debt for £8-2-6. Also includes Alexander Boyd, to Sir Peyton Skipwith, June 9, 1787.","A list of men using the ferry and the sums due from them.","License for a tavern and the purchase of some nails.","Business matters.","Request for some grass seed for his orchard.","Account of the sale of his tobacco received by George Edward Henderson.","Tobacco business. Is sorry that any part of his conduct could have caused ill feeling between them.","Suit by Skipwith against Royster. Also miscellaneous notes by Skipwith regarding some slaves and other items.","Receipt for settlement of debts owed to him by Jacob Mettart and James Swinton, of Petersburg.","Payment for his tobacco.","His recent illness.","Account of his tobacco sold in London.","Statement of his account for a wagon and slaves.","Rights and title to a bond. Also other jottings regarding business accounts, etc.","Are sending him a hamper of London port wine.","His attendance at the Court House.","His borrowing money on his account.","Scope and Contents","Early delivery of some tobacco.","Survey of a plot of tobacco land.","Deed for the sale of some land.","Price of tobacco in Petersburg, he requests to know.","Settlement of John Holt's estate and the provision of money for the education of his orphans--hopes he will befriend them.","Bill for various goods.","Legal provisions of an ejectment, \"an action, commonly used for the trying of titles, and recovery of lands, etc., illegally withheld from the right owner.\"","Disposal of the Holt estate.","Money for the purchase of corn. Had prevented the suit brought by Murray's prosecutors against him from being heard this court.","Court matters. Advises him to discuss the suit against Billy Heale, because of the cost of witnesses, etc.","Sir Peyton Skipwith, Mecklenburg County, to Philip Moody. Bond for a hundred and twenty pounds, Virginia currency","Scope and Contents","Statement of his account since December 1785.","Delivery of some corn or money. \"I hope you will not fail to send me one or the other.\"","Tobacco bond. Is to deliver it up to Colonel Penn.","Sheep shearing and other farming matters. Has spoken to Major Boyce \"on account of your enormous tax in Surrey.\"","Bond for thirty five pounds, ten shillings, the balance due on the purchase of two Negro slaves.","Delivery of some iron and a pair of gloves.","Statement of his account.","Their lack of several of the articles he ordered, including a weeding hoe.","Bill for various goods, including a table cloth and drapes.","Receipt of a packet.","Tax account.","Statement of his account.","Bond for forty seven pounds, fifteen shillings.","Bond for seven hundred pounds, seven shillings and eight pence. The bond endorsed on the back as having been discharged is signed, William Allen, 3 August 1789.","Delivery of some goods, including some osnaburg fabric and nails, and the state of their account.","Bill for various goods, including thread, cloth, linen, buttons, buckles, and nails.","Purchase of some nails and buttons.","Tobacco and the disposal of other goods of his.","The Reverend Mr. John Scot and his desire \"to complete a union on which my future happiness so much and so immediately depends.\"","Collection of some fees.","Bond for two hundred pounds.","Articles requested by him.","His marriage, legal difficulties, in the laws of Virginia.","Court matters.","Bond for some Negroes he made with Mr. Peyton? Short.","Miscellaneous bill receipts for slaves, clothing and spices, and other business documents.","Purchase of some land on Butchers Creek. The plantation is in bad repair.","Debt due to Colonel Edward Harwood, payment in money or tobacco as he pleases.","Bond of one hundred pounds for the delivery of four slaves.","Purchase of some wine.","Sum of money due from him to the esate of Colonel William Harwood.","His illness since arriving in Louisville. \"Your land is started in a most growing part of the country...faster than any other part of Kentucky.\" High price of uncultivated land \"owing to the astonishing migration to the Western Country.\" General export of tobacco down the Mississippi.","Bond for thirteen pounds, ten shillings, and nine pence.","About some money due to his wife.","Personal matters.","Scope and Contents","About the purchase of some land.","Doctor Olwer; wishes he could help \"but we seem quite full of gentlemen of his profession in this part of the country.\"","Presentation of some of hsi bills to Messers Stott and Donaldson.","Accepts their offer after school ends in April; mentions his mother's Lillias (Miller) Ravenscroft marriage to Mr. Patrick Steward in Scotland.","Account of tobacco received and sold from on board the vessel Termagant.","Hop roots.","Invoice for buttons, cambrick, flannel, pepper, ginger, mustard, nutmeg, cinnamon, raisins, and salt.","Payment of thirteen pounds to Mr. William Richards. Also includes Sir Peyton Skipwith, to Thomas Vaughan,, 1789 April 20","Supply of various goods.","Receipt for two bonds on which he is bringing suits in the District Court of Petersburg.","Lease for his storehouse and lumber house at the ferry.","Invoice of goods sent to him, including salt, wine, brass knobs, a hat, flannel, and diapers.","Bond for 5,692 lbs. of tobacco.","Invoice of goods purchased.","Sale of some land.","Invoice for goods purchased, including wine and butter.","Number of his slaves.","Statement of their account for buttons.","Asks about her pregnancy; gives news of relatives and friends in Scotland; discusses mental attitudes toward the loss of a child; is preparing to give a speech at the College on August 1.","Title to a deed.","Invoice for goods purchased, including sugar and tea.","Purchase of a horse.","Goods purchased, including nails, and the state of his account.","Shipment of tobacco, and related business.","Invoice of goods purchased by him, including putty, knives, chalk, and shoes.","Statement of their account.","Their daughter Helen Skipwith, later Helen Coles and his need to attend to business.","Payment of the balance outstanding to him.","Shipment of his tobacco to London.","Pay the bearer of this letter, Mr. Allison, thirty shillings.","Agreement regarding the purchase of some land in Mecklenburg County.","Scope and Contents","Purchase of a colt. Also included Colonel William Johnson to Sir Peyton Skipwith. Regrets that he has sold the animal.","Lewis Payne, an \"industrious young man.\" Also would he pay the two hundred pounds oustanding to him.","Their account.","Purchase of some land.","Account of the sale of his tobacco received from on board the Lady St. John.","State of his suit against Mr. Robinson.","Dawes, Stephenson, \u0026 Co., London, to Sir Peyton Skipwith. About the sale of his tobacco received from on board the Hartley.","His decision to be of service to him.","Progress of his two suits in the Petersburg district court. Also enclosed is a receipt for two bonds dated March 10, 1790.","Legal matters.","Merchandise contracted for, being ready.","His title to some land.","Subpoenas for witnesses for his suits pending in the Brunswick district court.","Tobacco sales and shipments, \"the markets in Europe are glutted with Tobaco...I think there must be a demand for France as soon as the Commotions have subsided.\"","Bond for forty pounds.","Bond for one hundred and eighty pounds.","The moving of rock from Mr. Ross's plantation.","Sale of his tobacco. \"Our house does not possess the talent of flattery.\"","Sale of his property. Demands secure terms and no bad or defective title.","Outstanding taxes for 1783.","Their tobacco account.","Freight for his tobacco.","The payment of his Revenue lent to Mr. Thomas Vaughan.","Receipt for some corn, Brown writing on behalf of Stott \u0026 Donaldson.","Report on the progress of the various tasks on the plantations.","Correspondence with Major P.L. Gryms. Has not heard from Sir Peyton's son since March when he was in good health.","Bond for twenty-three pounds, four shillings and nine pence.","Scope and Contents","The delivery of a carriage and horses. Will pay him in bank notes which \"pass as specie in every state in the Union,\" there being a shortage of specie.","Business and family matters. Is endeavoring \"to get several sums due from Colonel Washington and others.\"","Will attend to his interests.","Bond for seventy pounds with Thomas Greenwood, guardian to the orphans of Robert Greenwood.","Payment of Robert Atkinson for wagon freight.","Payment of some money to Robert Birchett. Receipt for payment on the back, signed Robert Birchett, dated1792 September 27.","Discusses some bills of exchange which are in litigation, and some land Skipwith inquired about.","Invoice of goods purchased, including linen.","Bill and receipt of varous expenses and services rendered, including some wine and ale.","A Christmas box and other small matters.","Scope and Contents","The goods purchased by her.","The payment of some money","Scope and Contents","Subpoenas and witnesses for his suits in the Brunswick District Court.","Survey and plan of some land.","Port wine and Irish beef tongue.","Declaration of his authority as a justice of the city of Charleston and a public notary.","State of his account.","State of his account.","Various business matters including his offer to purchase some land belonging to Mr. Price.","The sale of some land of Mr. Price in payment for taxes.","Domestic matters.","Scope and Contents","Statement and receipt for the balance of his account.","The disposal of some land in Kentucky belonging to the estate of John Hartwell","The best time to ship his tobacco. Some apprehension that the market \"will be glutted with stemmed Tob.\"","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","His lack of a cart and the delivery of some pork.","The disposal of some land in the district of Kentucky.","A receipt for some money.","Bill \u0026 receipt for bridge tolls.","Bill for some articles furnished for his daughter.","His suits pending in the Brunswick district court.","Blank orders to summon a witness to testify on behalf of Sir Peyton Skipwith in his suit pending with the Executors for Edward Harward.","Several small business matters. Also his pending trip to Georgia.","Some Lusirn? Lucerne? seed.","Mr. Ruffin's injunction to the suit brought against him.","The delivery of a desk, shoes, and buckles.","Freight on board a ship bound for London.","The bad condition of the road and the desirability of a bridge over the creek near his house. .","Money oustanding on his account.","Information on the power of an attorney.","The construction of three stills.","Various business matters.","His consignment of tobacco.","The mill stone business.","Judgement and execution for debt against him.","The quantity of tobacco he wishes shipped.","Arrangements for shipping his tobacco.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","The \"Futility of the Deed\" granted for some land in Kentucky.","Tobacco business.","Concerning legal business.","The construction of a mill; also the employment of \"Pling.\"","Blank Order to summon a witness to attend the suit pending in the Brunswick district court between Sir Peyton Skipwith and the Executors for William Harwood.","Various court and legal matters.","Discusses his ill health and doctor's remedies; Mrs. McMurdo expected to die after the premature birth of a daughter, and distrust of the \"Gentlemen accoucheurs\"; mentions defunct \"Jermyn Bakeres\" ?.","The inspection of his tobacco and other business matters.","Payment of some cash.","His account with Messrs. J. \u0026 A. Freeland.","The payment of rent for the blacksmith's shop.","His collection of books.","Public auction of the Lawson Price estate (land), in Mecklenburg County. March 1794. Document concerns in the court case of James Belsches, Jr. U.S. \"Lawson price and Company\" brought before the Prince George County Court.","Deal for the sale and possession of some land.","Scope and Contents","Bills on Glasgow and London.","A visit to his sister to get her to make a pair of overalls.","Scope and Contents","Payment of the sum obtained in his suit against the Nicholas's.","Bond for two hundred and sixty-two pounds.","Note on Captain Hay in favor of Mr. Baker which he wishes presented to Sir Peyton","His readiness to advocate his claim against H. Carlton. Explains the history of the suit which began over default on a bond.","Scope and Contents","The sale of his land in Halifax County .","The settlement of their account. \"the war with France makes it necessary to prefer an American bottom,\" if payment is to be made in produce.","His order for Imperial Tea.","Request for a pair of shoes.","Some property near Washington and also business matters.","The sale of his tobacco and the granting of credit thereon.","His account.","His request for his horse to visit \"Uncle Greenwood.\"","The sale of his horse and the balance owing on the negro.","Various court matters. Also his alarm at the price of tobacco and his intention to sow more wheat in the fall.","Tax returns on his still.","The purchase of a horse.","The delivery of a letter.","Sends some \"Books of amusement or entertainment\"; mentions Mr. R his wife?; has heard nothing from Britain for a long time.","The law concerning the possession of stills.","Business from his suit against Colonel William Harwood.","The payment of some money he owes him.","Various correspondence and other business matters.","Bond for three hundred and seventy-five pounds.","Bond for one hundred and sixty-six pounds.","Various business matters.","His ague and fever; mentions his wife and Mr. Inge; the price of locally made goods is falling and the scarcity of money has affected the price of land.","Court and other legal matters.","Court business.","Various business matters.","Appointment of Short to be his attorney to sell lands claimed by him in the state of Kentucky.","The price of some pork.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Promissory note.","Scope and Contents","The Skipwith accounts; Sir Peyton's recent consignment of tobacco which did not get shipped to England; and a recent smallpox epidemic in Richmond.","Scope and Contents","Maury's receiving thirty-nine Hogs heads of Skipwith tobacco at what appeared to be an inconvenient time for market selling. Maury honors a draft of Skipwith for three hundred pounds.","Wonders why Skipwith did not send answer in case of Holts errs.","Scope and Contents","Note for two pounds, twelve shillings, and eleven pence.","Caleb Johnston eight pounds.","Concerns Skipwith's court involvements with one Mr. Baird.","Informing him of the high water level of several ponds on his property. Including memo informing Sir Skipwith of the leveling off of the water near Robert Birchett's store, Sept. 26, 1794. Reverse, a listing of various salt orders placed by Sir. Peyton in 1793.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Consignment of wheat sent by Skipwith to Campbell of Petersburg. Campbell discusses both the fluctuating prices of wheat and tobacco, and suggets that Skipwith might find a more favorable market for tobacco abroad.","Skipwith's legal entanglements with V. Holloway.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Court litigation involving tobacco, between Skipwith and W. Barberville.","Shalor's inability to pay a debt owed Skipwith.","Tobacco and the disposal of promissory notes.","Skipwith's latest consignment of tobacco sent to England.","Notes concern various financial transanctions of Lady Jean Skipwith.","Skipwith's contract with Shalor for masonry work, and his desire to have said work suspended due to bad weather.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Impending suit against Sir. Peyton Skipwith by Colonel Harwood. including: \"Fishing Days Here Disposed of, 1795\" and \"A list of the small boys that will be able to real tobacco down in the fall 1795.\"","Scope and Contents","Debts due from Jacob Bugg, holder of bond from Skipwith. Mentions intended removal to Kentucky, desires to make contacts via Skipwith among friends.","Invoice of goods to be shipped from Liverpool, including a diamond for cutting glass, putty, window glass, and salt.","Court litigation instituted by Clinch against Skipwith in the High Court of Chancery on behalf of the Holt heirs.","Warns Skipwith of the impending difficulties in the court proceedings instituted against him by the Holt heirs of Surry County.","Job that Robson was not able to perform as expected.","The disputed title of a Negro purchased fom the sheriff of Lunenburg County by Skipwith.","Scope and Contents","As Skipwith's lawyer, Munford advised his client on actions that were to be taken in the \"Donald Affair\" in which Skipwith is defendant. Munford also advised Skipwith on matters pertaining to two other court cases involving Skipwith.","Transactions made through Mr. James Maury of London, for goods in exchange for tobacco crop.","Transactions made through Mr. James Maury of London, for goods in exchange for tobacco crop.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Notice of plan to take William Gray's disposition at Robert Armistead's Tavern, 1795 August 31, 1795.","Arrangements for the payment of taxes by Skipwith.","Notice of court proceeding against them. Concerns the confiscation of thirteen slaves from the Hardwood Estates for the nonpayment of bonds.","Scope and Contents","Court litigation between Sir Peyton Skipwith and Robert Birchett over wheat.","As the Skipwith London agent, Maury encourages Sir Peyton to abandon further shipment of tobacco to London \"earlier than the summer following its growth.\"","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Court litigation in which Skipwith was plaintiff.","Scope and Contents","Petition regarding their suit against John Martin involving a debt and the assignment of a bond of Sir Peyton Skipwith's.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Skipwith's ferry operated by Hopkins and the necessity of improving roads leading to and from said ferry.","Problem of shipping and receiving goods from England, especially tobacco.","Goods ordered by Lady Skipwith.","His suit against Peter Holloway.","Goods shipped from Liverpool for Sir Peyton Skipwith and placed under the care of Mr. McCallum, including a leaf table.","Used as miscellaneous note paper.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Payment of taxes in gold by Skipwith.","Skipwith's involvement in court litigation with Robert Birchett over a wheat contract. Skipwith wants to retain McCrocy as his lawyer.","Scope and Contents","States that Skipwith was to call witnesses to refute the previous testimony of Birchett.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Notice left at Robert Birchett's house on 16 Sept. 1796 by John Hill.","Receipt of payment for Baird Judgement.","Also contains a penned reply by Thomas Vaughan, Deputy Sheriff of Mecklenburg County noting receipt of taxes.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Duties owed on goods delivered to Sir Peyton Skipwith.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Carleton's belated payment of debts to Skipwith.","Including reply by Thomas Vaughan, Deputy Sheriff of Mecklenburg County, noting recipt of taxes.","Mr. Carleton's repeated failure to pay a debt due in September and his desire to pay Skipwith in kind with horses and tobacco with an extension of the debt until December.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Business transactions between Peyton and Bell.","Scope and Contents","Bond for 181 pounds, 9 shillings, and 4 pence.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Payment of a bond.","Complaints by Skipwith over several grindstones purchased from Bell's brother.","Newspapers sent to Vaughan by Skipwith, and Skipwith's court litigation with Mssrs. Bugg and Birchett.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents Stone lime sent to Skipwith and the most recent tobacco prices.","Court litigations and the decrees of the court of appeals.","Letter of certification by John Holloway.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Land transaction, Singleton would like to pay with a horse.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Taxes due for previous year from various individuals, including William Davis, Sheriff of Mecklenburg.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Articles purchased by Skipwith, such as nails, hooks, springs, and hoes, including an itemized list.","Money owed Skipwith by Short and a request for Skipwith to procure \"about twenty likely negroes.\"","State of Skipwith's tobacco crop, and the prices it should fetch once on the market.","Enumerated list of Skipwith's taxes for 1797.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents Skipwith's account with them.","Scope and Contents Including receipt of payment.","Including receipt of payment.","Nathaniel Moss's receipt - October 9, 1797.","Business transaction.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Including receipt for payment.","Scope and Contents","Account of Benjamin Harrison for taxes for the year 1792 with the Sheriff of Mecklenburg County.","Scope and Contents","Map caption: \"On the first day of February began, and on the 15th compleated a Survey of the within Tract of Sir Peyton Skipwith's Land A.D. 1798. Laid down by a Scale of 80 poles to an Inch by John Hill.\"","Mr. Cunningham's transaction with Vaughan dealing with corn and its receipt and transportation, and other business.","Scope and Contents","Matters relating to Skipwith's court litigations with Robert Birchett ?","Skipwith's financial and legal transactions.","Scope and Contents","\"Bag of money\" left at Mr. Vaughan's by Skipwith's agent, John Hill.","Skipwith's request of a 20 pound loan.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Home remedy and treatment for yellow fever.","Materials sent to Lady Jean Skipwith.","Bond for two thousand five hundred pounds.","requesting the use of a horse.","Scope and Contents Concerning T. Burnett.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Skipwith's suit against King, Dinwiddie, Crawford, \u0026 Duncan.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Settling of accounts with Mr. Cunningham and Skipwith's future business.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Bell's handling of a shipment of Skipwith's tobacco destined for London. including invoice for 60 hogs heads of tobacco.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Including looking glasses and brass andirons.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Interests and payments on a bond. Also mention of Skipwith's trip to England for the coming summer.","Bennett advises Skipwith not to ship his tobacco from Edenton to Norfolk for shipment to England. Instead he wants the tobacco brought to Petersburg, and placed in his care.","Shipment of Skipwith's tobacco to England","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents Shipment of Skipwith's tobacco to England and some personal papers which Skipwith also wanted to send.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents Asking him to host Sir Peyton Skipwith during his stay in Norfolk.","Scope and Contents","Gracie agrees to dispose of Skipwith's bills on Messrs. Dawes \u0026 Stephenson \u0026 Co. of London.","Reporting sales of tobacco and accounts of land offered for sale.","1801 wheat market, esp. with the West Indies and abroad in Europe. Mentions Mr. Dawson, Tom Payne, Mr. Jefferson, in addition to a pending treaty between U.S. and ?. Also speaks of rumor that England and France had concluded peace.","Receipt to Alexander and James Fulton for Sir Peyton Skipwith, Esq.","Subject of court litigation between Skipwith and Samuel Bray of Hampshire County Ky.?","Skipwith's business with Messrs. Dawes, Stephenson \u0026 Co. of London. Also contains comment on a fever epidemic which had suspended business throughout New York City.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Requesting that they advance George Nicholas Skipwith $1,883.","Scope and Contents","Skipwith's request for $4800.00","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Invoice and receipt for goods purchased.","Fulwar Skipwith.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Informs Skipwith of the dissolving of Dawes, Stephenson \u0026 Co.'s partnership with John Grayson, and Grayson's venture into business for himself.","Scope and Contents Seeks permission to carry a hogshead of tobacco across Skipwith's plantation to market.","Scope and Contents","Unknown writer's daughter Margaret.","Scope and Contents","Information relating to the dissolving of the business partnership of Dawes, Stephenson, Grayson \u0026 Co. Bennett informs Skipwith of his ship's departure for London via Falmouth.","State of England during the war with France, esp. in terms of their not being able to get American consignments of tobacco to England. Makes personal arrangement with Skipwith for the receipt of his crop.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents Skipwith's interests in purchasing mules.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Purchase of some slaves, and \"grazing\" as a business; describes the soil in his area, and his grasses it supports; comments on his method of crop rotation.","Lady Skipwith's order for music books. Also contains information on the prices for tobacco in Europe \"notwithstanding the blockade of the Elbe \u0026 other restrictions on commerce.\"","Nine hogsheads of tobacco being transported from Suffolk to Skipwith.","Scope and Contents","Direction along the main road to Richmond.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Skipwith's request in his market investments; also discusses the New York market for tobacco.","Informing Skipwith of his plans to charter an American ship for the customers of Grayson \u0026 Noble. Also requests that Skipwith send along 1 1/2 dozen of \"good bacon hams.\"","Requesting that Skipwith decide whether or not he wants to ship his tobacco to England aboard the ship Alexander at City Point Hopewell.","Giving additional information concerning the ship Alexander, such as freight rates for the transporting of Skipwith's tobacco.","Date of departure of a ship from City Point Hopewell for England.","Bennet's receipt in Petersburg of 14 hogsheads of Rolla tobacco for shipment to Messrs. Grayson \u0026 Noble, London.","Bennett's receipt of Skipwith's tobacco.","Sale of 4 hogsheads of Potson tobacco sent by Skipwith. Grayson complains of the inability to sell an additional 74 hogsheads of Rolla tobacco because of Skipwith's faulty methods of packing tobacco for shipment.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Suit against Dinwiddie Crawford \u0026 Co.","Scope and Contents .","Scope and Contents","Sale of 71 hogsheads of Rolla tobacco for Skipwith and their receipt of samples of Dumfries tobacco.","Goods ordered by Skipwith now arrived in Petersburg on board the Protectress.","Receipt and sale of four hogsheads of tobacco.","Availability of ships sailing to Liverpool able to carry Skipwith's tobacco.","Goods purchased by Skipwith and being forwarded to him in the care of Thomas Bennett of Petersburg.","Bills of loading for six hogsheads of tobacco shipped on the Good Intent for New York.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents Two bills for 200 pounds and 300 pounds that Skipwith had deposited with them. Also discussion on the London tobacco market and the necessity of Skipwith's shipping only that tobacco fit for \"home consumption.\"","Business transactions including the purchasing of cotton materials for Skipwith and the prices of tobacco on the Liverpool market.","Baskervill's use of one of Skipwith's servants to transport some articles.","Receipt of Skipwith's shipment of six hogsheads of tobacco.","Scope and Contents","Some bound volumes of music purchased by Lady Skipwith.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Disposal of two bills of exchange drawn upon Messrs. Grayson \u0026 Noble of London by Sir Peyton Skipwith for 200 pounds a piece.","Their approval of transactions allowing James Maury of Liverpool to draw up the Skipwith account to cover purchases made in behalf of Sir Peyton. The high rate of insurance for shipping due to Spanish Privateers.","Order for books, including an itemized list.","Purchases made by Skipwith and the tobacco market in Liverpool; including invoice.","Transportation of Skipwith's tobacco crop to London.","Mare.","Goods purchased by Lady Skipwith, including shoemakers' pinchers and nippers, with an itemized list.","Goods purchased, including cloth.","Death of Sir Peyton Skipwith on October 11, 1805 and the death of his youngest son. Lady Skipwith as sole executor of her husband's Virginia estates asks Short to settle a court suit that had been pending between Short and Sir Peyton over some bonds of M. Fulwar Skipwith's.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Skipwith's decision to sell his tobacco within the United States.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","\"A tract of land near this place belonging to late Sir Peyton Skipwith.\"","Cask of nails purchased by Lady Skipwith, including invoice.","Lady Skipwith's payment for a cask of nails, including receipt.","Payment for cask of nails, mentions the receipt of \"a bad dollar,\" including receipt.","Balance of the account with the estate of the late Sir Peyton Skipwith.","Error in business transactions between Maury and Grayson \u0026 Noble of London involving the Skipwith account.","Sir Peyton Skipwith's will in relation to a disagreement with Mr. ? Skipwith, and legacies to other children; warns her not to wear herself out in worrying over money matters; mentions his wife and daughter?","Concerns Lady Skipwith's inquiries as to the balance of payment in the Skipwith account.","Disposal and sale of wheat received from Cunningham and Lady Skipwith.","Statement of expenses and receipt for the building of a mill on Cox Creek.","Bond for $525.00. Reverse: receipt for $500.00 paid by Lady Skipwith on December 28, 1808.","Bond for $525.00. Reverse: March 22, 1808. William Marshall, attorney for Francis Lockett assigns bond to Walter Alver, Orange Co., North Carolina.","Business transactions concerning a \"draft of the oven\" and a note for $134.25.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Order of books for Lady Skipwith, including an invoice.","Scope and Contents","Books ordered and paid for by Lady Skipwith including invoice and receipt.","Whether or not Cunningham wanted the timber on a tract of land that Williamson wants to cultivate.","Scope and Contents","Patterned material that Lady Skipwith ordered, but which could not be had. Potts sends substitution.","Merchantile company of Alexander and James Fulton of Petersburg, and the late Sir Peyton's heirs.","Former business transactions between Maitland and Christian, and Sir Peyton Skipwith, deceased.","Notice of payment for an order of grain. Also references to the shortage of fine salt.","Each bond for $525.00 and due at Christmas, 1807.","Commanding him to present a summons to Jean Skipwith to appear before Mecklenburg County Court for negligence as proprietress of a ferry across the Roanoke River.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Receipt of two pounds and eight shillings and also six dollars for one year's subscription to the Portfolio.","Business transactions between Lady Skipwith, George Nicholas Skipwith and Peyton Skipwith. Bell claims money cannot be paid until the repeal of the embargo law.","Request that Lady Skipwith supply him with enough grape seeds to get him in stock.","Bell expresses his regrets that he cannot, due to the embargo, follow Lady Skipwith's wishes concerning the payment of his tobacco bond. Also mentions, in margin, the total lack of cotton to be had from Charleston or St. Mary's.","Scope and Contents","Concerning the receipt of Lady Skipwith's wheat, and the shipment of a quantity of salt to Prestwould, including invoice.","Receipt of a shipment of wheat from Lady Skipwith and the sale of butter sent earlier.","Receipt of a quantity of wheat and butter sent to Petersburg for sale.","Scope and Contents","Lady Skipwith's pending orders for tea, almonds, raisins, and china.","Memo of Lady Skipwith's renting for one year the land of Abraham Lockett, orphan.","Promissory note for $15000","Obligation to Lady Skipwith for $50.00 unless they can settle disputed title of ownership of land (2 1/2 acres) sold to her.","Shipment of an order of \"cotton cards\" to Lady Skipwith.","Lady Skipwith's tobacco crop. Including receipt.","Promissory note for $100.00.","Receipt of two loads of wheat from Lady Skipwith. Including invoice of goods purchased by Lady Skipwith.","Lady Skipwith's wheat account. including receipt.","invoice of items purchased, including hinges, screws, and glue.","Receipt of Lady Skipwith's shipment of wheat.","Hick's recollections of Sir Peyton Skipwith's mill. Offers to send deposition to aid Lady Skipwith in her court suit with the Young family.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Memo of Lady Skipwith's transactions with Barns to rent a portion of Lockett's lands.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Divison of Sir Peyton Skipwith's estate (d. 1805) among his living relatives.","Cunningham's orders for sugar and cloth, and the change in previous prices.","Writer's travels on the lower peninsula, visiting friends and relatives. Comments on Williamsburg and Hampton, also life in naval Norfolk.","Scope and Contents","Guardian of Abraham Lockett. Memo of agreement to rent from Barnes a tract of land. Made by Cunningham in Lady Skipwith's behalf.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Balance due Rowley? Grymes from the estate of Lady Skipwith's late husband, Sir Peyton Skipwith.","Promissory note for $50.00.","Bill and invoice of books purchased.","Goods purchased for Lady Skipwith. Reverse: invoice of goods purchased.","Suit against Lady Skipwith as executrix of her late husband's estates by Dinwiddie, Crawford and Co. of Petersburg.","Scope and Contents","Correction of a billing mistake on some books ordered by Lady Skipwith.","Apperson's proposed trip to Richmond and his promise to transact some business concerning Lady Skipwith.","Price of bar iron ordered by Lady Skipwith, including invoice.","Work done for Skipwith by Ogle, thanking Skipwith for his recommendations to others of Ogle's work.","Business transaction with Lady Skipwith, including list of bank notes.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Bill for books.","Bill for two \"stock locks\" of $2.00.","Bill for $10.00.","Promissory note for $50.00","Scope and Contents","Lady Skipwith's book order and contains information concerning the types of books binding available.","Agreement for the rental of a tract of land for $25.00.","Invoice and bill with receipt for goods purchased, including muslin, binding, thimbles, pins, nutmeg, and rice.","Business transactions concerning the receipt and payment for bacon and hogs sent to Puryear.","Scope and Contents","Bill for lodging and other services.","Bill and receipt for purchase of \"3 spades.\"","Bill and receipt for goods purchased.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Receipt for $180.00 for building and setting up a wheat machine upon Lady Skipwith's estate.","Invoice and bill with receipt for 11 books purchased.","Bill and receipt for one piece of web.","Invoice and bill with receipt for goods purchased, including plows.","Invoice and bill with receipt for purchases, including cutting knives and a saw.","Bill and receipt for items purchased, including saws.","Bill and receipt for goods purchased, including muslin and chest locks.","Scope and Contents","Receipt for $150.00 yearly rent on lands of Abner Lockett.","Scope and Contents","Invoice and bill with receipt for purchases, including calico, buttons, thimble, and morocco shoes.","Shipment of goods from England to Lady Skipwith. Including, James Maury, Liverpool, to Lady Jean Skipwith, June 27, 1816. Also including, James Maury and Latham, Liverpool, to Lady Jean Skipwith, Sept. 5, 1816.","Invoice and bill for Lady Skipwith's purchase of carpeting.","Concerns books which correspondent is sending Lady Skipwith.","Scope and Contents","Receipt for the rent of land from Thomas Lockett's orphans.","Acting as trustee for William M. Puryear, Boyd informs Skipwith of the depositing of $424.00 in the exchange bank of Va which is to be credited to a bond due Skipwith from Puryear.","Scope and Contents","Invoice and bill for goods purchased.","Invoice and bill for books purchased.","Humberstone Skipwith's account current with his mother and Selina? Skipwith for drafts and cash advanced.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Bill for cotillion party.","Receipt for the rent of Abner Lockett's land for the year 1818.","Receipt for purchase of dimity and fringe.","Scope and Contents","Receipt for purchases at the carpet and linen warehouse.","Receipt for payment on the purchase of one sofa.","Receipt for items purchased, i.e., damask draperies and napkins.","Scope and Contents","Receipt for purchase of 21 yards of curtain dimity.","Receipt for purchase of 21 yards of furniture dimity.","Bill for various purchases of nails, hinges, hooks, and staples.","Receipt for planking and scathing purchased.","Payment for shipping of one pair of snuffers.","Received of Captain Ferguson on account of glass service sent Mr. Skipwith at Norfolk.","Books purchased--Bachelor and Married Man, Women are Pour-et-Contre, Hawthorn Cottage, and New Tales…","Receipt for purchase of a quantity of nails.","Scope and Contents","Promissory note, Including note of receipt of payment by David Scott, May 14, 1819. Also including note of Humberstone Skipwith paying Mrs. Nivison, July 10, 1819.","Wickham's advice to Skipwith that he not bring suit against John Bell for a bond for $569.64 which was overdue","Bill for mending plastering round the doors.","Bill of sale for tobacco.","Receipt for purchase of goods, including broad top chairs.","Receipt for 12 1/4 yards of furniture dimity purchased.","Bill of sale for flower pots, a brass bell pull, and copper wire.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Asks for financial aid.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Lawsuit of Skipwith and Murray.","Will pay $1000.00 for Col. Green at Mecklenburg Court.","Purchase of wool.","Mr. Baily taking his slaves away.","Concerning settlement in the case of Skipwith v. Murray.","Scope and Contents","Request for a loan of $3000.00.","Request for a loan of $2000.00.","Scope and Contents","Death of Sarah (Nivison) Skipwith and the \"prevailing Epidemick;\" and returning some books.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Information on the price of oil, also asks him to visit.","Information on prices of goods and statement of his account for sugar, coffee, and salt.","Scope and Contents","Request for more time to arrange paying off his debt to Boyd.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Statement of money and bonds given John Buford.","Legal notices which have been sent to parties in a lawsuit; will bring copies of the judgement.","Purchase of land in Norfolk by Skipwith.","Farmer will manage Skipwith's Norfolk property.","Request for Cunningham to accept drafts written by John Buford on him.","Arrangements for loan to John Buford.","Wheat prices and wine prices.","Sale of Mr. Boyd's flour.","Sale of Mr. Boyd's flour.","Denies that Lady Skipwith plans to help Mr. Ravesncroft.","Loan for his brother; explains why Col. Green wrote Lady Skipwith about Mr. Ravenscroft.","Will release his property if he pays his debt; if he pays the whole debt Lady Skipwith will make a loan to his brother.","Asks Cunningham to pay off some on Buford's debts.","Cameron is lending money to Buford.","Scope and Contents","Concerning notices delivered.","Account of sales of flour.","Wants to buy crops.","Wants tobacco crop sent to Richmond; price not settled.","Returns accounts with transfer from Lady Skipwith to Cunningham's account.","Will deliver goods bought.","Skipwith's lease to Lyon of proprerty in Norfolk.","Scope and Contents","Will try to sell Lady Skipwith's tobacco.","Hopes to provide good security for his debts.","Sale of Lady Skipwith's tobacco crop.","Had a safe journey; Cunningham in Petersburg may be in financial trouble; Mrs. Tazewell is sick because of birth of her child; asks H. S. to send Franky to help Mrs. Tazewell.","Drought killed his crop; asks for loan of $500.00.","Scope and Contents","Financial problems.","Will supply him with a sulky.","Scope and Contents","Note for $7500.","Scope and Contents","Attempts to settle his mother's estate's accounts.","Asks for loan of $3500.","Data on tobacco sales.","Sends items from their store.","Scope and Contents","Wants to purchase corn.","Scope and Contents","Sale of cotton.","Visited Baltimore; sympathy at death of her child.","Asks for Humberstone Skipwith's papers for lawsuit in New Orleans.","Scope and Contents","Lawsuit.","Glad his wife and child are now well.","Asks to borrow $1000.","Scope and Contents","Her health better; hopes to have another child.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Asks to borrow $5000.00.","Asks to borrow $4000.00.","Scope and Contents","Skipwith's tax problems.","Scope and Contents","Organization of The Exchange Bank of Va.","National economic difficulties and how they kept their business going; asks for his patronage.","Scope and Contents","Asks to borrow $4000.00.","Asks to borrow $30,000.00.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Liquidation of Tredegar Iron Works.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Family news.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Helen's husband detained in Washington.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","County government.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents .","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Hopes to help him with his present troubles, i.e. bankruptcy and forced sale of his land.","Asks to buy his house.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Asks him to pay off his accounts.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Asks him to pay his bill.","Celia's divorce went through.","Virginia census of 1890.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Ferry","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Postcard.","Correspondence and other material concerning the history of the Skipwith pianoforte and its acquisition and subsequent care and use by the College of William and Mary; includes 2 8\" x 10\" black and white photographs (P1 and P2) of the pianoforte, and xerox copies from the Broadwood Porters books, 16 July 1816, indicating the original sale and delivery of the pianoforte; printed auction catalogue, 1946, listing \"English Harpsichord (beautiful)\"; and the Silvery Jubilee Catalogue, 1969, of the Colt Clavier Collection. Also includes the 2003 Conservation Report of the pianoforte by John R. Watson and Louis Dolive of the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. 48 items.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Includes one about a piano tuner from Cynthia Beverley (Tucker) Washington Coleman; and another from Lelia (Skipwith) Lee about their travels in Dresden and Berlin, Germany, and Paris, France.","Including a letter from \"cousin\" Mary Skipwith Roberts of New Orleans, a letter form Fulwar to his father, Humberstone Skipwith, and a memo on rebuilding the bridge across Bluestone Creek.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Mainly relating to farm and financial matters; including a letter from John W. Lewis on the estate of \"Major Nelson,\" and William B. R. on a mysterious door opening; financial matters of Lady Jean (Miller) Skipwith from William F. Wickham; and several from William Jeter and John B. Tunstall.","including a list of Negroes purchased at \"John? Bufords Sale,\" and an order for parts for a mill ?.","Scope and Contents","Including a letter to Sir Peyton Skipwith, one from Jean Feild inviting her to visit, a fragment of a poem in Lady Jean's handwriting, and an account.","Including letters from Peyton Short, Leila (Skipwith) Carter Tucker, Fulwar Skipwith (a cousin of Sir Peyton), and several from Richard Eggleston, as well as two letters from Sir Peyton to Lady Jean Skipwith.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Items with no obvious Skipwith connection.","Items with no obvious Skipwith connection.","Items with no obvious Skipwith connection.","See also Medium Oversize File.","\"Rates of Transportation on the Petersburg, Va. Rail Road\" with extracts from an act of the General Assembly, 3 January 1833.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","See Manuscripts Oversize Folder Map Case 40.6","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","See Manuscript Artifact Collection.","A visit; and letters of Claudia Stuart Coles to her uncle, Fulwar Skipwith, about a ferry.","Indexed.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Indexed.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Notebook No. 10 1873 was not with the collection when it was received.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","(Note: Map transferred to Map Collection).","Scope and Contents","250 pounds sent to Gray and an additional 200 pounds sent to Gray to serve as an allowance while he studies at Cambridge. He does not wish for Gray to borrow against his Newbold estate to finance his living, noting the dangers of becoming indebted and the value of a debt free life.","Confirms the sending of 200 pounds and expresses hope that the financial arrangements he established for Gray will be sufficient. Expresses desire for Gray to pursue a profession reflective of Gray's standing in society. He further suggests that Gray should study law as it might prove useful in the future for helping the family recover their ancestral lands in Leicestershire.","Scope and Contents Mentions that Gray did not receive earlier letter so he repeats the news he enclosed in previous letter. Notes the disastrous crop season this year. States that the weavils ruined the wheat crop and the tobacco plants were ruined by violent rains. Because he was unable to reap a profit from crop sales he recalls financial loans given to Peyton Short and Francis Ruffin. Informs Grey of the birth of a son named Humberston. Also mentions that Grey's sister, Leila has recently married St. George Tucker and that Grey's youngest sister, Maria, has died.","Begins letter with a complaint of unpaid debts and the fact that Virginia courts favor debtors over lenders. Notes that as a result, he will have to cancel Gray's allowance until finances improve.","Notes continuing financial difficulties and his success at surmounting them. Sending a letter of conveyance from Sir Thomas Skipwith to Gray, expresses the importance of the land conveyance to avoid the land from falling into a distant branch of the family.","His approaching voyage to England and his poor health. Believes that the sight of his son will give him great pleasure. His current financial condition and the sale of useless lands in Kentucky. Letter mentions a visit from one of Gray's old friends, Mr. Grymes Jr. of Brandon in Middlesex.","Discusses a meeting with Mr. Grymes and Edmund Randolph in Richmond. Also notes the state of his finances and his success with his tobacco and wheat crops. Notes that he cancelled his trip to England because he had regained his health.","Visit of William Bell to London. He notes that Mr. Bell will deliver this letter to him and take any letters from Grey and expresses hope that all is well. Also requests that Gray obtain a complete set of Sir Peyton's account from Rowles and Grymes to aid him in a financial dispute with Phillip Grymes of Brandon, Virginia. Mentions a visit from Wyndham Randolph, nephew of Edmund, and Wyndham's sisters. Also notes the purchase of Occoneechee, an estate for his brother, Peyton Jr. Further mentions the current state of his own home, Prestwould. He notes with pride that he has the most beautiful home in Virginia and also breeds the best horses in Virginia.","Begins with him expressing disappointment over Gray not writing him more often and for neglecting to tell him about his marriage and the birth of his grandchild. Informs Grey that there is no reason for letters not to reach him because there is now a post office in Marthasville from which he can send letters. Boasts about his financial lifestyle and his happiness with his life in Virginia. notes that Gray's sister Leila's children by Robert Carter stand to inherit equally from the Cortoman estate. Also mentions Peyton Jr., trip to Georgia and his engagement to Cornelia Greene, daughter of General Nathaniel Greene.","His hopes that Gray's wife, Harriet, has a son and that Gray choose him as grandchild's godfather. Birth of George Skipwith to Peyton Jr. and his wife. Selina's continuing studies in Baltimore.","Informs Gray of Sir Peyton's death after a long illness. Discusses finances with Gray, noting their father's estate was quite large and unencumbered at his death.","Responds to Gray's letter discussing outstanding debts of Sir Peyton in London. Lady Skipwith candidly details her discovery of Sir Peyton's poor financial condition prior to their marriage and his later struggle to pay off his debts. She notes the difficulty of collecting debts in America and the amount of labor that it takes to run a successful tobacco farm. Agrees to pay English debt which Gray mentioned in an earlier letter but inquires whether it is the only debt outstanding.","Informs Guy of the death of his brother, Peyton Jr. In addition to details of Peyton's death, she discusses the health of her children and the birth of Peyton's last child, Catharine. Comments on the distance between herself and Grey and speculates that she will never see him. Informs him of Humberton's, his half-brother, success at Princeton and his half-sisters, Selena and Helena's blossoming beauy. Also mentions that family friends of hers saw him in London. Concludes with her strong desire to keep in touch with him and his family. She uses the spelling \"Grey\" instead of \"Gray.\"","Brochures about the Virginia Women in History Awards, an oversize certificate given in honor of Lady Jean Skipwith, and a speech given by Susan Riggs about Lady Jean Skipwith.","Includes a poem written by Gray Skipwith and a letter written to Gray Skipwith by an unknown author.  Mss. Acc. 2011.438.","Acc. 2011.591 transferred from College Papers a 2-page letter from Kate Skipwith with Vellum Card Trick note and letter from EG Swem explaining the note."],"separatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eA portion of the library of Lady Jean Skipwith is in the Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.\u003c/p\u003e"],"separatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Separated Materials:"],"separatedmaterial_tesim":["A portion of the library of Lady Jean Skipwith is in the Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eBefore reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.\u003c/p\u003e"],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Conditions Governing Use:"],"userestrict_tesim":["Before reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library."],"names_ssim":["Special Collections Research Center","Skipwith Family","Skipwith, Fulwar, 1836-1900","Skipwith, Humberston, 1791-1863","Skipwith, Jean Miller, 1748-1826"],"corpname_ssim":["Special Collections Research Center"],"famname_ssim":["Skipwith Family"],"persname_ssim":["Skipwith, Fulwar, 1836-1900","Skipwith, Humberston, 1791-1863","Skipwith, Jean Miller, 1748-1826"],"language_ssim":["English"],"descrules_ssm":["Describing Archives: A Content Standard"],"total_component_count_is":1562,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-05-21T10:55:13.419Z","collection":{"numFound":1,"start":0,"numFoundExact":true,"docs":[{"id":"viw_repositories_2_resources_9004","ead_ssi":"viw_repositories_2_resources_9004","_root_":"viw_repositories_2_resources_9004","_nest_parent_":"viw_repositories_2_resources_9004","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/oai/WM/repositories_2_resources_9004.xml","title_filing_ssi":"Skipwith Family papers","title_ssm":["Skipwith Family papers"],"title_tesim":["Skipwith Family papers"],"unitdate_ssm":["1760-1977, and undated"],"unitdate_inclusive_ssm":["1760-1977, and undated"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["Mss. 65 Sk3","/repositories/2/resources/9004"],"text":["Mss. 65 Sk3","/repositories/2/resources/9004","Skipwith Family papers","Virginia--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775","Education--Virginia--History--19th century","Farm management--Virginia--History--19th century","French language--Study and teaching","Gardening--Virginia","Prestwould (Virginia : Estate)","Correspondence","Financial records","Receipts (financial records)","approximately 7000 items","Collection is open to all researchers. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility.","Processed by Anne Lewis and Deborah W. Smith during 1977-1978.","See also the manuscript volume of Peyton Horatio Skipwith, Jr.  (Mss. MsV Skipwith); Robert Skipwith Papers (Mss. 74s Sk3); Robert Skipwith Diaries (Mss. 65 Sk4).  A picture of the Skipwith Pianoforte is in the University Archives Photograph Collection (P2000.49)."," 2008.257 Lady Jean Skipwith Collection.","The collection contains, business papers, correspondence, accounts and the farm notes of Sir Peyton Skipwith of Mecklenburg Co., Va., son Humberstone Skipwith and Humberstone Skipwith's wives and children, especially Fulwar Skipwith. Papers are primarily business in nature and reflect the management of \"Prestwould.\""," Papers also concern the development of Lady Skipwith's library, the education of Fulwar Skipwith and his brother Grey Skipwith. Manuscript volumes concern farm accounts, gardening, the study of French and Fulwar Skipwith's lists of books.","Oversize Folder 1: Formerly Box VII, folder 5a oversize file: Feb 1, 1798 manuscript map entitled Sir Peyton Skipwith's land A.D. 1798, Joh Hill Cartographer.\nOBox XXI, Folder 33 medium oversize file, House Plans including photostat."," Skipwith Family Papers in Swem Library's microform area, 14 reels, call number HD 1471 .U5 R43 ser. L part 3","Skipwith Correspondence, Manuscripts, Manuscript Volumes, Fulwar Skipwith Notebooks, dated and undated. Boxes I-XX.","Indenture for the sale of a slave.","Deed of conveyance for 390 acres of land in Lunenburg County","Payment of twelve pounds to Mr. Sterling Thonton","Receipt for five pounds, nineteen shillings.","Account for one pound, nineteen shillings, and eleven pence. Also some rough accounts.","Receipt for the sale of a large, bay horse.","Deed.","Directions to pay Sterling Thornton five pounds, seven shillings, and four pence.","Indenture for the sale of slaves","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Receipt for five pounds, ten shillings in payment for a pair of mill stones.","Payment of three pounds, twelve shillings which he is in need of. Letter was returned and endorsed by Harris as a receipt for the money, dated August 8, 1769.","Directions for the payment to Mr. James Yancey of eight pounds, seven shillings, and six pence. Letter endorsed on April 4, 1770 by James Yancey and returned as a receipt.","Receipt for eleven pounds for two years of mill stones.","Promissory note for sixty-seven pounds, six shillings, and nine pence.","Receipt for two pair of shoes.","Bond for seventy pounds.","About a horse.","Bond for £200 for the building of three mills by September next.","Payment of some money.","Scope and Contents","Sale of some bacon and other provisions. The people in Richmond are in great want.","Receipt for nine guineas. 2 pages. Autograph document.","Bond for eighty pounds.","Bond for £130,000.","Breeding horses.","Notes on land deed and a deed of trust for 12 Negroes from Sir Peyton? Skipwith to? Ferril and? Ferril to ? Moss, and ? Holmes.","A blank indenture for payment of an unspecified account to Sir Peyton Skipwith.","The mating of several mares with his horse, Black and All Black.","Deed for title to some lands in consideration of £300.","Receipt two pounds, two shillings, and two pence.","Price of some tobacco, etc.","Bill for £795, fifteen shillings.","Transportation of some oats.","Barley.","Inspection and sale of some tobacco.","Inspection and sale of some tobacco.","Payment for some bacon sold to Sir Peyton Skipwith.","Delivery of 5000 pounds of tobacco to Mr. John C. Littlepage. Endorsed by J.C. Littlepage.","Breeding some horses.","Does not intend to sell his mare.","Payment for horse breeding.","The purchase of some bacon.","Account with Sir Peyton Skipwith, Slott?, and Donaldson, and Henry Sandifer.","Delivery of some bacon to Sir Peyton Skipwith.","Scope and Contents Bacon.","Last delivery of some corn.","Supply of some sugar.","Tobacco.","Entertaining expenses.","Conveying the Brunswick District Court order to pay some money and tobacco to David Apperson.","Sale of some tobacco. Confusion in Harwood's estate following the death of his father. A large sum of money \"for the purpose of raising a soldier.\"","Escape of a prisoner who has fled to the enemy.","Bill for a wardrobe chest and a case.","Barley. Is anxious to meet Sir Peyton.","Delivery of sugar.","Sugar.","Receipt for two hundred and five pounds, ten shillings.","About Col. Eastleigh, Miss Skipwith, etc. \"This cursed invasion has thrown everything into confusion.\"","Bond for 160,000 pounds of tobacco.","Copy of a bond for a hundred and sixty thousand pounds of crop tobacco between Robert Tucker of Sussex County and William Burge of Prince George County and Sir Peyton Skipwith.","Receipt.","Account of estate of Dr. John Ravenscroft, Cairnsmoore, Scotland, with Lillias (Miller) Ravenscroft.","Bond for £300.","Notations of a lease by Sir Peyton Skipwith.","Various bills. receipts, etc. for spices, wine, and mutton.","Statement of their account for linens.","Payment of money with interest due since 1773.","Procurement of two ship's carpenters.","Statement of his account for salt. signed in Beall's behalf by B. Holmes.","Ended the bargain he made with Mr. Smith.","Requests the return of his Negro Stewart.","Payment for 203 head of cattle delivered for the use of the French Army.","Has been ill, but will send him his money in a few days. Also the offer of an old dog - \"very slow,\" but \"is very true and good for a fox.\"","Has spent all his available money in the purchase of a horse, but will pay him shortly.","Two cows which were left in her care. Both died, but she may keep the hides.","Cannot attend his sale. Also requests payment for some bacon","Imprisonment and sale of a person who was enslaved by Sir Peyton.","Survey of land bought by Sir Peyton Skipwith from William Natchell, together with Armistead's fee for surveying the land.","Various bills, receipts, etc., for shingles, shoes, wool, and spices.","Payment of their joint bond.","Offer to defend him in his suit against Mr. Hooper.","Health of the recipient.","Death of thirty-five head of Sir Peyton's cattle, and recompense for looking after the remainder.","Disposal of some corn.","Order for corn and meal. Hears news \"that there is a certain general peace--a happy event to us.\"","About credit for £300.","Failure to pay for some salt. Threatens to take him to court.","Some corn and paints.","Spare scythe stones.","Contract.","Impending case for the settlement of a deed.","Receipt for the payment of some bonds.","Forwarding of various letters and newspapers.","Bond for the sale of some lands and Negro slaves in part settlement of a previous bond for tobacco. Also part of a fuller bond, dated October 9, 1786 entered into between Robert Turnbull, Petersburg, and Robert Tucker.","Tobacco business. \"The great advances my late partnership is in for our friends abroad, has laid me under very great and disagreeable inconveniences.\"","Various accounts, receipts, etc., for spices, shoe boots, buttons, and hinges.","Reestablishment of their correspondence, disrupted during \"the last unhappy war.\" Mr. Thomas Main will give further details in person.","Is sending his partner and nephew, Mr. Main, to settle their account, a more expedient method of settling their claims than by the use of attorneys.","Opening of correspondence with Messers. Berth and Sigrist, Amsterdam, for the consignment of tobacco.","Stray steer.","Order to pay the expenses of two witnesses testifying at the suit of James Hooper.","Tobacco.","Acquaints him of his arrival in America.","Requests the use of his surveying equipment.","Money due to Sir Peyton.","Has inquired for reliable purchasers for his goods which many will fetch eighty guineas.","Invitation to stay at Beauford.","Sale of some Negroes. All the three potential purchasers were of substance.","Mr. Hutchinson and Colonel Skirving would like to see him in person.","Bill of exchange for some cattle.","Mr. Campbell wishes to settle the matter in an English court.","Introducing himself on behalf of his firm Dawes, Stephenson, and Co., tobacco merchants.","Payment of their tobacco account. Hopes he will spare him any further trouble.","Sale of his tobacco. Hopes to meet him before he returns to England.","Security for some tobacco.","Business matters.","Mr. Ruffin's bond.","Mr. Ruffin's case to pay his bond. \"The most speedy and vigorous methods shall be pursued.\"","Mr. Fiveash's affair. Appended a statement of his account with Thomas Fiveash.","Memorandum of a bargain entered into for some cattle.","Thread and butter","Statement of Sir Peyton's account with the General Court for various suits, etc.","Tax account.","Understands he is a lenient creditor. Requests that he may pay part of the bond that he is security to for Robert Connell.","Offer to sell his land. Requests a quick determination.","Letter from Mr. Nelson concerning the price of tobacco.","Receipt for £1009..10..0.","Notifying him of his appointment as Surveyor of the road in place of Thomas Vaughan.","Bankruptcy suit filed by Mr. Murray's executors. Major portion of his debt is Mr. Allen's rather than Sir Peyton's.","Purchase of his work horse.","A blank summons to call a witness to testify on behalf of Sir Peyton Skipwith in his dispute with J. Harmanson?","Payment of his taxes and other business.","Payment for a Negro he has had since August 1782.","Is sorry but he has already sold the horse, but will try to procure him back. Thinks the horse is destined for New York. \"He is an excellent covering horse and well calculated to get colts for the turf.\" Remarks on the severity of the laws against racing in his state.","Some of his tobacco sold in 1775. Is glad to hear he wishes to renew his correspondence with their firm. Will do everything to protct his interests.","His letter came too late; had already sold the horse. However he expects to buy it back next season when he will have first preference. Further details about some of its colts - \"I veryyly believe him to be as pure a blooded horse as any in America or England.\"","Information regarding some cattle.","Receipt for one large packing trunk purchased of Edmund Wells, trunk and case maker.","Scope and Contents The payment of one of his notes. Has sent Captain Matthew Gibb to see him and hopes he \"will consider the disadvantage I labour under by being so long kept out of the money.\"","Discharging his bond for a tract fo land he had bought of Mr. Machary?","Cannot undertake to prosecute his case.","Mr. Ingram is doing his best to replevy his debt to him, but his scheme to do so must, by law, be approved by Sir Peyton his creditor. Also, the sale of some Negroes will not be permitted except with his approval.","Freight to England. Will remain in America till next spring.","His dismissal as surveyor, but is wishing to survey their land as a private surveyor.","His chartering of \"a fine British butt vessel\" to take his tobacco.","Will shortly be going to Richmond and desires to know what business, if any, he would like him to transact there for him.","Purchase of some cattle. 1 page. Autograph letter signed.","Must delay his visit to Richmond to attend the court where Mrs. Humphries, wife of John Humphries, is to be examined for the murder of one of her negro girls.","Requests the use of a small lumber cart to take home a box of glass.","Purchase of some cattle.","Shipment of his tobacco.","His tobacco--no offers as yet. Mr. Main will obtain freight for the goods he has ordered.","Dispatch of his notes to Colonel Joseph Green of Wayne County, N. C. for the purchase of his cattle.","His tobacco which is now on board a ship ready to sail.","Deed for the sale of some land to Bigelow on the Roanoke River.","Survey of some land and a court case pending.","Agreement to serve as overseer at Bugs Farm or on one of his plantations.","His progress at school in England. Describes a visit with Mayor Grymes to see the palace of Windsor.","Account of various legal costs.","Cattle he expects for North Carolina.","Is pleased to hear of his intention to deal in tobacco with his friends Messrs. Dawes, Stephenson and Co., London. Presents low price of tobacco and how prospects for the present growing crop are--\"which added to the restless and uneasy situation of the Northern and Eastern states will probably cause some amendment in the European market.\"","Has plotted the mill pond.","Scope and Contents Just arrived in London; bad season for visiting the city, as all fashionable people have left for \"watering places;\" will leave in a day or two for the Hague, then for Paris by way of Flanders; Eng. in a state of chaos; Irish propositions uncertain; necessity of learning French to do business not only in France but everywhere on the continent; his son Gray should learn French, and Italian too perhaps; Jefferson, already a year in France, is obliged to speak much English, so his French does not improve; Col. David Humphries, legation secretary, the same; have tried harder than any American ever to learn French; has heard of his possible visit to Europe; hopes to see him; can send letters to Col. Forrest or Fulwar Skipwith; hopes he received papers left for him in Virginia; Hog Island gave concern, and hopes he got rid of it; his kind offer of assistance may be taken up, as have not heard from Mr. Benjamin Harrison, who agreed to handle affairs; ask for a letter of credit, to be used only in an emergency; has written in this vein before, but think letters miscarried; sends this through Col. Forrest and Fulwar Skipwith.","Is loading a ship for Bristol and reminds him of his promise to send twenty hogshead of tobacco ?","Business matters.","Scantling and plank.","Goods on board the ship Robert.","Shipment of goods to him, including various types of seeds.","Order for some prunes, raisins and currants.","Prices of tobacco.","Receipt for puchase of some books including four volumes of Rabelais' books--\"very scare.\"","Loading of his tobacco on board the vessel Tweed.","Verdict and judgement of the General Court in favor of Skipwith in his suit against Ferrell. Damages of one penny plus cost.","Injunction granted to Pineas Ingram staying the proceedings in his suit with Sir Peyton over the sale of some Negroes.","Is willing to sell his land.","Fifty-five pounds, Virginia money, received of Thomas Vaughan.","Acknowledges his letter of 10 October. He is now second boy at Mr. Cotton's school where Major Grymes proposes he stays until August when he can go to Eton. Has had a letter from Uncle Miller.","Financial matters.","Bills, etc. on John Hyndman and Co.","Shoes, stockings, boots, salt, flour, spices, and bridles for horses.","List of horses delivered to Sir Peyton Skipwith.","Receipt of some money.","To meet his commitments, he will sell some land, and hopes to be allowed to \"set up at your shop or mill.\"","Has been appointed by the Court as one of the gentlement to act as executor to an estate in which Hepburn has a third interest.","Offer of a horse for £45.","His business in court and various other business matters. 2 pages.","Disposal of a South Carolina Negro, etc.","Order to impound part of the estate of Robert Harrison in payment for debts owed to Thomas Vaughan; Harrison being absconded.","Sale of 3000 lbs. of sugar on behalf of Sir Peyton Skipwith.","Colonel Green will view the road next Thursday.","Ingram's tobacco.","Forwarding of five grindstones.","Breaking in of his horse to harness before his journey to Richmond.","Collection of some apple and pear trees at Shrosburys.","Letter regarding Colonel Green's report on the road.","Many favors which he acknowledges he has done for him.","Included are some for her brother, Hugh.","Receipt for £12 and five barrels of Indian corn in payment for a dark bay horse.","Warrant in the case of Downes vs. Brown. The county of residence is left blank until it is found out \"where the (delinquent) does live.\"","Bills of loading for three hogs heads of his tobacco.","Payment of some money to Sir Peyton Skipwith and other financial business.","Several suits pending that day.","Scope and Contents","Request for some rye grass seed. Also notice that the General Court is ready to take depositions in the recipients suit.","Account of the sale of twenty hogs heads of tobacco.","Summoning of Sir Peyton Skipwith to appear as a witness on behalf of Hugh Miller in his suit with James Belsches.","His invitation to settle in Liverpool where he will be pleased to settle tobacco or transact any other business for Skipwith.","Legal matters.","Receipt for seven shillings and six pence, and for fifteen shillings for seven tithes due in Surry County from Sir Peyton Skipwith.","Shipping costs to England. \"The late sales of tobacco in Britain are very far from being pleasant ones.\"","Invoice of goods shipped aboard the Helena by Hugh Miller, merchant. Insured to the value of £100 by Archibald Govan.","Overpayment of tax by Sir Peyton Skipwith for the year 1783.","Scope and Contents","Sale of his tobacco.","Sale of eighteen barrels of Indian corn to Thomas Vaughan. Sale of the Indian corn by Francis Lewis.","Receipt for the payment of the certificate tax.","Dispatch of some of his tobacco on board their vessel. \"It is said that a difference in Insurance of from 2 to 5 Guineas is made between British and American bottoms.\"","His departure for England. Hopes he may see him there shortly.","Advises him to make other arrangements for shipping his goods to England.","Bad weather and its interruption of various projects.","Is sorry his letter caused him so much distress, especially at the time of his illness. In his suit against Wills, he was awarded only £5 as against £50-60 which he ought to have received. Testimony of Collin Wills was that he struck his father with a sword. The jury was biased and he thought it best to let the matter alone rather than order a new trial.","Mr. Brown's ticket.","Payment of his debt. Had been made difficult by the \"blowing up\" of his mill.","Scope and Contents","Receipt for payment for some linen and other household goods.","A suit; advises caution.","Provision of shipping and freight rates for his tobacco.","Shipping of his tobacco.","Delivery of some clover and grass seed.","Delivery of turnip seeds, etc.","Scope and Contents Shipping and sale of his tobacco.","Freight for his tobacco.","Scope and Contents","Shipping and insurance arrangements for his tobacco.","Saddle for a horse.","Requests twenty dollars to balance his tax account.","Sale of three hogsheads of tobacco.","Shipping some tobacco to Bristol.","Sale of some lands in Lunenburg County belonging to Mr. Upshaw.","Exchange of some grass seeds.","Offers to act as overseer on Mr. Perier's plantation which he understands he intends to purchase.","Cure of his \"fellow Sam.\" Hopes he can perform a reasonable cure on his jaw.","Freight rates for tobacco on board the British vessel, Mary.","Copy of the judgement in the case of Downes vs. Mr. Brown","Subpoena served on Mr. Miles \"who I have some reason to think will be a very beneficial witness in your favour.\"","Requests that he will not insist on payment of his debt until his crop is harvested.","Scope and Contents Business for the house of Dawes Stephenson, and Co., of London. There is a \"fine new British built vessel\" in the River.","His \"agreeable passage\" back to England.","Lack of comments from him or Messers. Donaldson and Stotts regarding his tobacco.","State of twenty hogsheads of tobacco.","State of their accounts.","Tobacco and other business. \"Our crop this year will be uncommonly short and I fear but undifferent in quality, owing to the wet weather.\"","Apologizes for not seeing him regarding the indents, but was detained by the ill health of his family.","Shipment of his tobacco.","Sale of some oxen. Not possible for the moment, since he does nto care to be paid in paper money, the only currency at present available in Va.","Has viewed the land belonging to Mr. Bigelow and values it at two hundred pounds, Va currency.","Bill for the sale of twenty-one horses and colts.","Delivery of some letters, and his readiness to see him the following morning.","His bond for fifteen hundred pounds for lands on the Roanoke River, Warren County, N. C. , and also for some dwellings on the south side of Old Street, Petersburg.","A bond for fifteen hundred pounds, Virginia currency, for the title of certain lands in Warren County, N. C. , and certain buildings and land in Petersburg,","Will do all he can to raise the money and pay him that evening. Does not blame him. \"I acknowledge I have forfeited my trust.\"","His expectation of a meeting between them. Hopes to be able to set out soon for America.","Settlement of a bond.","Payment of his account with Skipwith.","His failure to see him.","Will be happy to see him when he comes down for the races.","Bond for £1220-17 for the purchase of some lands.","Invoice and statement of Sir Peyton's account with Panock, Nicolson, and Skipwith.","Mr. Taylor has been so busy that he has not had time to write.","Construction of some ditches.","Receipt and settlement of some debts.","Expects soon to have a balance of £130 in favor of Messers. Pinnock and Skipwith.","Has measured the great ditch and finds it 2260 yards long. Also includes ? to ?. Regarding the purchase of some land.","Is making up a large shipment of tobacco with difficulty and would be glad to receive any tobacco collected on his account. Also includes George Craghead, to Sir Peyton Skipwith, Mill Farm. December 14, 1786. Explains why he has not yet collected any of his tobacco.","John Ballard, to Sir Peyton Skipwith. About the purchase of some tobacco.","Payment of some money outstanding to him, which he does not like to press for but now needs.","Debt to Colonel William Randolph.","Scarcity of cash, the high discount on bills, and other business concerning the tobacco trade.","Various bills and receipts for clothing items, including a cap, bonnet, velvet, silk, and buttons, furnishings, including a skillet, spoons, fans, and forks, salt, sewing tools, and a wagon.","Scope and Contents","Testimony regarding his suit against Pines Ingram, William Smith, John Smith, Thomas Ingram, and John Ingram.","His suit against Mattart. Unlikely to obtain judgement within less than two years; \"The evil is in the law.\"","Payment of the debt for the horse.","His brother Henry's estate and debts which he has now taken responsibility for.","Settlement of his debt. Begs him to give him till July and not seize his securities.","Usefulness of his tobacco.","Invoice of sundry goods shipped on board the Bridget.","Tobacco sales, etc.","About the purchase of some land.","Illness of Mr. Archibald who on doctor's advice is returning to Europe. In the future, his business in America will be confined to the collection of debts.","Suit against W. Pool. Has obtained a judgement against him, and also in his suit against John Cox.","Inability to see him.","Sale of some of Mr. Poole's property and the settlement of his debts.","Statement of their account for mustard, thread, buttons, stockinette, and silk.","Bond for thirty pounds for the construction of two chimneys and hearths.","Price of lime.","Sale of his tobacco. The proceeds to be entrusted to John R. Grymes who has the care and management of his son.","Bill of his on J. Hyndman \u0026 Co. which has been returned to him.","Invoice of tobacco sales from the ship Montgomery.","Two bonds which he took care of.","Sale of some lime.","Debt for £8-2-6. Also includes Alexander Boyd, to Sir Peyton Skipwith, June 9, 1787.","A list of men using the ferry and the sums due from them.","License for a tavern and the purchase of some nails.","Business matters.","Request for some grass seed for his orchard.","Account of the sale of his tobacco received by George Edward Henderson.","Tobacco business. Is sorry that any part of his conduct could have caused ill feeling between them.","Suit by Skipwith against Royster. Also miscellaneous notes by Skipwith regarding some slaves and other items.","Receipt for settlement of debts owed to him by Jacob Mettart and James Swinton, of Petersburg.","Payment for his tobacco.","His recent illness.","Account of his tobacco sold in London.","Statement of his account for a wagon and slaves.","Rights and title to a bond. Also other jottings regarding business accounts, etc.","Are sending him a hamper of London port wine.","His attendance at the Court House.","His borrowing money on his account.","Scope and Contents","Early delivery of some tobacco.","Survey of a plot of tobacco land.","Deed for the sale of some land.","Price of tobacco in Petersburg, he requests to know.","Settlement of John Holt's estate and the provision of money for the education of his orphans--hopes he will befriend them.","Bill for various goods.","Legal provisions of an ejectment, \"an action, commonly used for the trying of titles, and recovery of lands, etc., illegally withheld from the right owner.\"","Disposal of the Holt estate.","Money for the purchase of corn. Had prevented the suit brought by Murray's prosecutors against him from being heard this court.","Court matters. Advises him to discuss the suit against Billy Heale, because of the cost of witnesses, etc.","Sir Peyton Skipwith, Mecklenburg County, to Philip Moody. Bond for a hundred and twenty pounds, Virginia currency","Scope and Contents","Statement of his account since December 1785.","Delivery of some corn or money. \"I hope you will not fail to send me one or the other.\"","Tobacco bond. Is to deliver it up to Colonel Penn.","Sheep shearing and other farming matters. Has spoken to Major Boyce \"on account of your enormous tax in Surrey.\"","Bond for thirty five pounds, ten shillings, the balance due on the purchase of two Negro slaves.","Delivery of some iron and a pair of gloves.","Statement of his account.","Their lack of several of the articles he ordered, including a weeding hoe.","Bill for various goods, including a table cloth and drapes.","Receipt of a packet.","Tax account.","Statement of his account.","Bond for forty seven pounds, fifteen shillings.","Bond for seven hundred pounds, seven shillings and eight pence. The bond endorsed on the back as having been discharged is signed, William Allen, 3 August 1789.","Delivery of some goods, including some osnaburg fabric and nails, and the state of their account.","Bill for various goods, including thread, cloth, linen, buttons, buckles, and nails.","Purchase of some nails and buttons.","Tobacco and the disposal of other goods of his.","The Reverend Mr. John Scot and his desire \"to complete a union on which my future happiness so much and so immediately depends.\"","Collection of some fees.","Bond for two hundred pounds.","Articles requested by him.","His marriage, legal difficulties, in the laws of Virginia.","Court matters.","Bond for some Negroes he made with Mr. Peyton? Short.","Miscellaneous bill receipts for slaves, clothing and spices, and other business documents.","Purchase of some land on Butchers Creek. The plantation is in bad repair.","Debt due to Colonel Edward Harwood, payment in money or tobacco as he pleases.","Bond of one hundred pounds for the delivery of four slaves.","Purchase of some wine.","Sum of money due from him to the esate of Colonel William Harwood.","His illness since arriving in Louisville. \"Your land is started in a most growing part of the country...faster than any other part of Kentucky.\" High price of uncultivated land \"owing to the astonishing migration to the Western Country.\" General export of tobacco down the Mississippi.","Bond for thirteen pounds, ten shillings, and nine pence.","About some money due to his wife.","Personal matters.","Scope and Contents","About the purchase of some land.","Doctor Olwer; wishes he could help \"but we seem quite full of gentlemen of his profession in this part of the country.\"","Presentation of some of hsi bills to Messers Stott and Donaldson.","Accepts their offer after school ends in April; mentions his mother's Lillias (Miller) Ravenscroft marriage to Mr. Patrick Steward in Scotland.","Account of tobacco received and sold from on board the vessel Termagant.","Hop roots.","Invoice for buttons, cambrick, flannel, pepper, ginger, mustard, nutmeg, cinnamon, raisins, and salt.","Payment of thirteen pounds to Mr. William Richards. Also includes Sir Peyton Skipwith, to Thomas Vaughan,, 1789 April 20","Supply of various goods.","Receipt for two bonds on which he is bringing suits in the District Court of Petersburg.","Lease for his storehouse and lumber house at the ferry.","Invoice of goods sent to him, including salt, wine, brass knobs, a hat, flannel, and diapers.","Bond for 5,692 lbs. of tobacco.","Invoice of goods purchased.","Sale of some land.","Invoice for goods purchased, including wine and butter.","Number of his slaves.","Statement of their account for buttons.","Asks about her pregnancy; gives news of relatives and friends in Scotland; discusses mental attitudes toward the loss of a child; is preparing to give a speech at the College on August 1.","Title to a deed.","Invoice for goods purchased, including sugar and tea.","Purchase of a horse.","Goods purchased, including nails, and the state of his account.","Shipment of tobacco, and related business.","Invoice of goods purchased by him, including putty, knives, chalk, and shoes.","Statement of their account.","Their daughter Helen Skipwith, later Helen Coles and his need to attend to business.","Payment of the balance outstanding to him.","Shipment of his tobacco to London.","Pay the bearer of this letter, Mr. Allison, thirty shillings.","Agreement regarding the purchase of some land in Mecklenburg County.","Scope and Contents","Purchase of a colt. Also included Colonel William Johnson to Sir Peyton Skipwith. Regrets that he has sold the animal.","Lewis Payne, an \"industrious young man.\" Also would he pay the two hundred pounds oustanding to him.","Their account.","Purchase of some land.","Account of the sale of his tobacco received from on board the Lady St. John.","State of his suit against Mr. Robinson.","Dawes, Stephenson, \u0026 Co., London, to Sir Peyton Skipwith. About the sale of his tobacco received from on board the Hartley.","His decision to be of service to him.","Progress of his two suits in the Petersburg district court. Also enclosed is a receipt for two bonds dated March 10, 1790.","Legal matters.","Merchandise contracted for, being ready.","His title to some land.","Subpoenas for witnesses for his suits pending in the Brunswick district court.","Tobacco sales and shipments, \"the markets in Europe are glutted with Tobaco...I think there must be a demand for France as soon as the Commotions have subsided.\"","Bond for forty pounds.","Bond for one hundred and eighty pounds.","The moving of rock from Mr. Ross's plantation.","Sale of his tobacco. \"Our house does not possess the talent of flattery.\"","Sale of his property. Demands secure terms and no bad or defective title.","Outstanding taxes for 1783.","Their tobacco account.","Freight for his tobacco.","The payment of his Revenue lent to Mr. Thomas Vaughan.","Receipt for some corn, Brown writing on behalf of Stott \u0026 Donaldson.","Report on the progress of the various tasks on the plantations.","Correspondence with Major P.L. Gryms. Has not heard from Sir Peyton's son since March when he was in good health.","Bond for twenty-three pounds, four shillings and nine pence.","Scope and Contents","The delivery of a carriage and horses. Will pay him in bank notes which \"pass as specie in every state in the Union,\" there being a shortage of specie.","Business and family matters. Is endeavoring \"to get several sums due from Colonel Washington and others.\"","Will attend to his interests.","Bond for seventy pounds with Thomas Greenwood, guardian to the orphans of Robert Greenwood.","Payment of Robert Atkinson for wagon freight.","Payment of some money to Robert Birchett. Receipt for payment on the back, signed Robert Birchett, dated1792 September 27.","Discusses some bills of exchange which are in litigation, and some land Skipwith inquired about.","Invoice of goods purchased, including linen.","Bill and receipt of varous expenses and services rendered, including some wine and ale.","A Christmas box and other small matters.","Scope and Contents","The goods purchased by her.","The payment of some money","Scope and Contents","Subpoenas and witnesses for his suits in the Brunswick District Court.","Survey and plan of some land.","Port wine and Irish beef tongue.","Declaration of his authority as a justice of the city of Charleston and a public notary.","State of his account.","State of his account.","Various business matters including his offer to purchase some land belonging to Mr. Price.","The sale of some land of Mr. Price in payment for taxes.","Domestic matters.","Scope and Contents","Statement and receipt for the balance of his account.","The disposal of some land in Kentucky belonging to the estate of John Hartwell","The best time to ship his tobacco. Some apprehension that the market \"will be glutted with stemmed Tob.\"","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","His lack of a cart and the delivery of some pork.","The disposal of some land in the district of Kentucky.","A receipt for some money.","Bill \u0026 receipt for bridge tolls.","Bill for some articles furnished for his daughter.","His suits pending in the Brunswick district court.","Blank orders to summon a witness to testify on behalf of Sir Peyton Skipwith in his suit pending with the Executors for Edward Harward.","Several small business matters. Also his pending trip to Georgia.","Some Lusirn? Lucerne? seed.","Mr. Ruffin's injunction to the suit brought against him.","The delivery of a desk, shoes, and buckles.","Freight on board a ship bound for London.","The bad condition of the road and the desirability of a bridge over the creek near his house. .","Money oustanding on his account.","Information on the power of an attorney.","The construction of three stills.","Various business matters.","His consignment of tobacco.","The mill stone business.","Judgement and execution for debt against him.","The quantity of tobacco he wishes shipped.","Arrangements for shipping his tobacco.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","The \"Futility of the Deed\" granted for some land in Kentucky.","Tobacco business.","Concerning legal business.","The construction of a mill; also the employment of \"Pling.\"","Blank Order to summon a witness to attend the suit pending in the Brunswick district court between Sir Peyton Skipwith and the Executors for William Harwood.","Various court and legal matters.","Discusses his ill health and doctor's remedies; Mrs. McMurdo expected to die after the premature birth of a daughter, and distrust of the \"Gentlemen accoucheurs\"; mentions defunct \"Jermyn Bakeres\" ?.","The inspection of his tobacco and other business matters.","Payment of some cash.","His account with Messrs. J. \u0026 A. Freeland.","The payment of rent for the blacksmith's shop.","His collection of books.","Public auction of the Lawson Price estate (land), in Mecklenburg County. March 1794. Document concerns in the court case of James Belsches, Jr. U.S. \"Lawson price and Company\" brought before the Prince George County Court.","Deal for the sale and possession of some land.","Scope and Contents","Bills on Glasgow and London.","A visit to his sister to get her to make a pair of overalls.","Scope and Contents","Payment of the sum obtained in his suit against the Nicholas's.","Bond for two hundred and sixty-two pounds.","Note on Captain Hay in favor of Mr. Baker which he wishes presented to Sir Peyton","His readiness to advocate his claim against H. Carlton. Explains the history of the suit which began over default on a bond.","Scope and Contents","The sale of his land in Halifax County .","The settlement of their account. \"the war with France makes it necessary to prefer an American bottom,\" if payment is to be made in produce.","His order for Imperial Tea.","Request for a pair of shoes.","Some property near Washington and also business matters.","The sale of his tobacco and the granting of credit thereon.","His account.","His request for his horse to visit \"Uncle Greenwood.\"","The sale of his horse and the balance owing on the negro.","Various court matters. Also his alarm at the price of tobacco and his intention to sow more wheat in the fall.","Tax returns on his still.","The purchase of a horse.","The delivery of a letter.","Sends some \"Books of amusement or entertainment\"; mentions Mr. R his wife?; has heard nothing from Britain for a long time.","The law concerning the possession of stills.","Business from his suit against Colonel William Harwood.","The payment of some money he owes him.","Various correspondence and other business matters.","Bond for three hundred and seventy-five pounds.","Bond for one hundred and sixty-six pounds.","Various business matters.","His ague and fever; mentions his wife and Mr. Inge; the price of locally made goods is falling and the scarcity of money has affected the price of land.","Court and other legal matters.","Court business.","Various business matters.","Appointment of Short to be his attorney to sell lands claimed by him in the state of Kentucky.","The price of some pork.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Promissory note.","Scope and Contents","The Skipwith accounts; Sir Peyton's recent consignment of tobacco which did not get shipped to England; and a recent smallpox epidemic in Richmond.","Scope and Contents","Maury's receiving thirty-nine Hogs heads of Skipwith tobacco at what appeared to be an inconvenient time for market selling. Maury honors a draft of Skipwith for three hundred pounds.","Wonders why Skipwith did not send answer in case of Holts errs.","Scope and Contents","Note for two pounds, twelve shillings, and eleven pence.","Caleb Johnston eight pounds.","Concerns Skipwith's court involvements with one Mr. Baird.","Informing him of the high water level of several ponds on his property. Including memo informing Sir Skipwith of the leveling off of the water near Robert Birchett's store, Sept. 26, 1794. Reverse, a listing of various salt orders placed by Sir. Peyton in 1793.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Consignment of wheat sent by Skipwith to Campbell of Petersburg. Campbell discusses both the fluctuating prices of wheat and tobacco, and suggets that Skipwith might find a more favorable market for tobacco abroad.","Skipwith's legal entanglements with V. Holloway.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Court litigation involving tobacco, between Skipwith and W. Barberville.","Shalor's inability to pay a debt owed Skipwith.","Tobacco and the disposal of promissory notes.","Skipwith's latest consignment of tobacco sent to England.","Notes concern various financial transanctions of Lady Jean Skipwith.","Skipwith's contract with Shalor for masonry work, and his desire to have said work suspended due to bad weather.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Impending suit against Sir. Peyton Skipwith by Colonel Harwood. including: \"Fishing Days Here Disposed of, 1795\" and \"A list of the small boys that will be able to real tobacco down in the fall 1795.\"","Scope and Contents","Debts due from Jacob Bugg, holder of bond from Skipwith. Mentions intended removal to Kentucky, desires to make contacts via Skipwith among friends.","Invoice of goods to be shipped from Liverpool, including a diamond for cutting glass, putty, window glass, and salt.","Court litigation instituted by Clinch against Skipwith in the High Court of Chancery on behalf of the Holt heirs.","Warns Skipwith of the impending difficulties in the court proceedings instituted against him by the Holt heirs of Surry County.","Job that Robson was not able to perform as expected.","The disputed title of a Negro purchased fom the sheriff of Lunenburg County by Skipwith.","Scope and Contents","As Skipwith's lawyer, Munford advised his client on actions that were to be taken in the \"Donald Affair\" in which Skipwith is defendant. Munford also advised Skipwith on matters pertaining to two other court cases involving Skipwith.","Transactions made through Mr. James Maury of London, for goods in exchange for tobacco crop.","Transactions made through Mr. James Maury of London, for goods in exchange for tobacco crop.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Notice of plan to take William Gray's disposition at Robert Armistead's Tavern, 1795 August 31, 1795.","Arrangements for the payment of taxes by Skipwith.","Notice of court proceeding against them. Concerns the confiscation of thirteen slaves from the Hardwood Estates for the nonpayment of bonds.","Scope and Contents","Court litigation between Sir Peyton Skipwith and Robert Birchett over wheat.","As the Skipwith London agent, Maury encourages Sir Peyton to abandon further shipment of tobacco to London \"earlier than the summer following its growth.\"","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Court litigation in which Skipwith was plaintiff.","Scope and Contents","Petition regarding their suit against John Martin involving a debt and the assignment of a bond of Sir Peyton Skipwith's.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Skipwith's ferry operated by Hopkins and the necessity of improving roads leading to and from said ferry.","Problem of shipping and receiving goods from England, especially tobacco.","Goods ordered by Lady Skipwith.","His suit against Peter Holloway.","Goods shipped from Liverpool for Sir Peyton Skipwith and placed under the care of Mr. McCallum, including a leaf table.","Used as miscellaneous note paper.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Payment of taxes in gold by Skipwith.","Skipwith's involvement in court litigation with Robert Birchett over a wheat contract. Skipwith wants to retain McCrocy as his lawyer.","Scope and Contents","States that Skipwith was to call witnesses to refute the previous testimony of Birchett.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Notice left at Robert Birchett's house on 16 Sept. 1796 by John Hill.","Receipt of payment for Baird Judgement.","Also contains a penned reply by Thomas Vaughan, Deputy Sheriff of Mecklenburg County noting receipt of taxes.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Duties owed on goods delivered to Sir Peyton Skipwith.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Carleton's belated payment of debts to Skipwith.","Including reply by Thomas Vaughan, Deputy Sheriff of Mecklenburg County, noting recipt of taxes.","Mr. Carleton's repeated failure to pay a debt due in September and his desire to pay Skipwith in kind with horses and tobacco with an extension of the debt until December.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Business transactions between Peyton and Bell.","Scope and Contents","Bond for 181 pounds, 9 shillings, and 4 pence.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Payment of a bond.","Complaints by Skipwith over several grindstones purchased from Bell's brother.","Newspapers sent to Vaughan by Skipwith, and Skipwith's court litigation with Mssrs. Bugg and Birchett.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents Stone lime sent to Skipwith and the most recent tobacco prices.","Court litigations and the decrees of the court of appeals.","Letter of certification by John Holloway.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Land transaction, Singleton would like to pay with a horse.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Taxes due for previous year from various individuals, including William Davis, Sheriff of Mecklenburg.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Articles purchased by Skipwith, such as nails, hooks, springs, and hoes, including an itemized list.","Money owed Skipwith by Short and a request for Skipwith to procure \"about twenty likely negroes.\"","State of Skipwith's tobacco crop, and the prices it should fetch once on the market.","Enumerated list of Skipwith's taxes for 1797.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents Skipwith's account with them.","Scope and Contents Including receipt of payment.","Including receipt of payment.","Nathaniel Moss's receipt - October 9, 1797.","Business transaction.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Including receipt for payment.","Scope and Contents","Account of Benjamin Harrison for taxes for the year 1792 with the Sheriff of Mecklenburg County.","Scope and Contents","Map caption: \"On the first day of February began, and on the 15th compleated a Survey of the within Tract of Sir Peyton Skipwith's Land A.D. 1798. Laid down by a Scale of 80 poles to an Inch by John Hill.\"","Mr. Cunningham's transaction with Vaughan dealing with corn and its receipt and transportation, and other business.","Scope and Contents","Matters relating to Skipwith's court litigations with Robert Birchett ?","Skipwith's financial and legal transactions.","Scope and Contents","\"Bag of money\" left at Mr. Vaughan's by Skipwith's agent, John Hill.","Skipwith's request of a 20 pound loan.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Home remedy and treatment for yellow fever.","Materials sent to Lady Jean Skipwith.","Bond for two thousand five hundred pounds.","requesting the use of a horse.","Scope and Contents Concerning T. Burnett.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Skipwith's suit against King, Dinwiddie, Crawford, \u0026 Duncan.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Settling of accounts with Mr. Cunningham and Skipwith's future business.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Bell's handling of a shipment of Skipwith's tobacco destined for London. including invoice for 60 hogs heads of tobacco.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Including looking glasses and brass andirons.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Interests and payments on a bond. Also mention of Skipwith's trip to England for the coming summer.","Bennett advises Skipwith not to ship his tobacco from Edenton to Norfolk for shipment to England. Instead he wants the tobacco brought to Petersburg, and placed in his care.","Shipment of Skipwith's tobacco to England","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents Shipment of Skipwith's tobacco to England and some personal papers which Skipwith also wanted to send.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents Asking him to host Sir Peyton Skipwith during his stay in Norfolk.","Scope and Contents","Gracie agrees to dispose of Skipwith's bills on Messrs. Dawes \u0026 Stephenson \u0026 Co. of London.","Reporting sales of tobacco and accounts of land offered for sale.","1801 wheat market, esp. with the West Indies and abroad in Europe. Mentions Mr. Dawson, Tom Payne, Mr. Jefferson, in addition to a pending treaty between U.S. and ?. Also speaks of rumor that England and France had concluded peace.","Receipt to Alexander and James Fulton for Sir Peyton Skipwith, Esq.","Subject of court litigation between Skipwith and Samuel Bray of Hampshire County Ky.?","Skipwith's business with Messrs. Dawes, Stephenson \u0026 Co. of London. Also contains comment on a fever epidemic which had suspended business throughout New York City.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Requesting that they advance George Nicholas Skipwith $1,883.","Scope and Contents","Skipwith's request for $4800.00","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Invoice and receipt for goods purchased.","Fulwar Skipwith.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Informs Skipwith of the dissolving of Dawes, Stephenson \u0026 Co.'s partnership with John Grayson, and Grayson's venture into business for himself.","Scope and Contents Seeks permission to carry a hogshead of tobacco across Skipwith's plantation to market.","Scope and Contents","Unknown writer's daughter Margaret.","Scope and Contents","Information relating to the dissolving of the business partnership of Dawes, Stephenson, Grayson \u0026 Co. Bennett informs Skipwith of his ship's departure for London via Falmouth.","State of England during the war with France, esp. in terms of their not being able to get American consignments of tobacco to England. Makes personal arrangement with Skipwith for the receipt of his crop.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents Skipwith's interests in purchasing mules.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Purchase of some slaves, and \"grazing\" as a business; describes the soil in his area, and his grasses it supports; comments on his method of crop rotation.","Lady Skipwith's order for music books. Also contains information on the prices for tobacco in Europe \"notwithstanding the blockade of the Elbe \u0026 other restrictions on commerce.\"","Nine hogsheads of tobacco being transported from Suffolk to Skipwith.","Scope and Contents","Direction along the main road to Richmond.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Skipwith's request in his market investments; also discusses the New York market for tobacco.","Informing Skipwith of his plans to charter an American ship for the customers of Grayson \u0026 Noble. Also requests that Skipwith send along 1 1/2 dozen of \"good bacon hams.\"","Requesting that Skipwith decide whether or not he wants to ship his tobacco to England aboard the ship Alexander at City Point Hopewell.","Giving additional information concerning the ship Alexander, such as freight rates for the transporting of Skipwith's tobacco.","Date of departure of a ship from City Point Hopewell for England.","Bennet's receipt in Petersburg of 14 hogsheads of Rolla tobacco for shipment to Messrs. Grayson \u0026 Noble, London.","Bennett's receipt of Skipwith's tobacco.","Sale of 4 hogsheads of Potson tobacco sent by Skipwith. Grayson complains of the inability to sell an additional 74 hogsheads of Rolla tobacco because of Skipwith's faulty methods of packing tobacco for shipment.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Suit against Dinwiddie Crawford \u0026 Co.","Scope and Contents .","Scope and Contents","Sale of 71 hogsheads of Rolla tobacco for Skipwith and their receipt of samples of Dumfries tobacco.","Goods ordered by Skipwith now arrived in Petersburg on board the Protectress.","Receipt and sale of four hogsheads of tobacco.","Availability of ships sailing to Liverpool able to carry Skipwith's tobacco.","Goods purchased by Skipwith and being forwarded to him in the care of Thomas Bennett of Petersburg.","Bills of loading for six hogsheads of tobacco shipped on the Good Intent for New York.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents Two bills for 200 pounds and 300 pounds that Skipwith had deposited with them. Also discussion on the London tobacco market and the necessity of Skipwith's shipping only that tobacco fit for \"home consumption.\"","Business transactions including the purchasing of cotton materials for Skipwith and the prices of tobacco on the Liverpool market.","Baskervill's use of one of Skipwith's servants to transport some articles.","Receipt of Skipwith's shipment of six hogsheads of tobacco.","Scope and Contents","Some bound volumes of music purchased by Lady Skipwith.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Disposal of two bills of exchange drawn upon Messrs. Grayson \u0026 Noble of London by Sir Peyton Skipwith for 200 pounds a piece.","Their approval of transactions allowing James Maury of Liverpool to draw up the Skipwith account to cover purchases made in behalf of Sir Peyton. The high rate of insurance for shipping due to Spanish Privateers.","Order for books, including an itemized list.","Purchases made by Skipwith and the tobacco market in Liverpool; including invoice.","Transportation of Skipwith's tobacco crop to London.","Mare.","Goods purchased by Lady Skipwith, including shoemakers' pinchers and nippers, with an itemized list.","Goods purchased, including cloth.","Death of Sir Peyton Skipwith on October 11, 1805 and the death of his youngest son. Lady Skipwith as sole executor of her husband's Virginia estates asks Short to settle a court suit that had been pending between Short and Sir Peyton over some bonds of M. Fulwar Skipwith's.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Skipwith's decision to sell his tobacco within the United States.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","\"A tract of land near this place belonging to late Sir Peyton Skipwith.\"","Cask of nails purchased by Lady Skipwith, including invoice.","Lady Skipwith's payment for a cask of nails, including receipt.","Payment for cask of nails, mentions the receipt of \"a bad dollar,\" including receipt.","Balance of the account with the estate of the late Sir Peyton Skipwith.","Error in business transactions between Maury and Grayson \u0026 Noble of London involving the Skipwith account.","Sir Peyton Skipwith's will in relation to a disagreement with Mr. ? Skipwith, and legacies to other children; warns her not to wear herself out in worrying over money matters; mentions his wife and daughter?","Concerns Lady Skipwith's inquiries as to the balance of payment in the Skipwith account.","Disposal and sale of wheat received from Cunningham and Lady Skipwith.","Statement of expenses and receipt for the building of a mill on Cox Creek.","Bond for $525.00. Reverse: receipt for $500.00 paid by Lady Skipwith on December 28, 1808.","Bond for $525.00. Reverse: March 22, 1808. William Marshall, attorney for Francis Lockett assigns bond to Walter Alver, Orange Co., North Carolina.","Business transactions concerning a \"draft of the oven\" and a note for $134.25.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Order of books for Lady Skipwith, including an invoice.","Scope and Contents","Books ordered and paid for by Lady Skipwith including invoice and receipt.","Whether or not Cunningham wanted the timber on a tract of land that Williamson wants to cultivate.","Scope and Contents","Patterned material that Lady Skipwith ordered, but which could not be had. Potts sends substitution.","Merchantile company of Alexander and James Fulton of Petersburg, and the late Sir Peyton's heirs.","Former business transactions between Maitland and Christian, and Sir Peyton Skipwith, deceased.","Notice of payment for an order of grain. Also references to the shortage of fine salt.","Each bond for $525.00 and due at Christmas, 1807.","Commanding him to present a summons to Jean Skipwith to appear before Mecklenburg County Court for negligence as proprietress of a ferry across the Roanoke River.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Receipt of two pounds and eight shillings and also six dollars for one year's subscription to the Portfolio.","Business transactions between Lady Skipwith, George Nicholas Skipwith and Peyton Skipwith. Bell claims money cannot be paid until the repeal of the embargo law.","Request that Lady Skipwith supply him with enough grape seeds to get him in stock.","Bell expresses his regrets that he cannot, due to the embargo, follow Lady Skipwith's wishes concerning the payment of his tobacco bond. Also mentions, in margin, the total lack of cotton to be had from Charleston or St. Mary's.","Scope and Contents","Concerning the receipt of Lady Skipwith's wheat, and the shipment of a quantity of salt to Prestwould, including invoice.","Receipt of a shipment of wheat from Lady Skipwith and the sale of butter sent earlier.","Receipt of a quantity of wheat and butter sent to Petersburg for sale.","Scope and Contents","Lady Skipwith's pending orders for tea, almonds, raisins, and china.","Memo of Lady Skipwith's renting for one year the land of Abraham Lockett, orphan.","Promissory note for $15000","Obligation to Lady Skipwith for $50.00 unless they can settle disputed title of ownership of land (2 1/2 acres) sold to her.","Shipment of an order of \"cotton cards\" to Lady Skipwith.","Lady Skipwith's tobacco crop. Including receipt.","Promissory note for $100.00.","Receipt of two loads of wheat from Lady Skipwith. Including invoice of goods purchased by Lady Skipwith.","Lady Skipwith's wheat account. including receipt.","invoice of items purchased, including hinges, screws, and glue.","Receipt of Lady Skipwith's shipment of wheat.","Hick's recollections of Sir Peyton Skipwith's mill. Offers to send deposition to aid Lady Skipwith in her court suit with the Young family.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Memo of Lady Skipwith's transactions with Barns to rent a portion of Lockett's lands.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Divison of Sir Peyton Skipwith's estate (d. 1805) among his living relatives.","Cunningham's orders for sugar and cloth, and the change in previous prices.","Writer's travels on the lower peninsula, visiting friends and relatives. Comments on Williamsburg and Hampton, also life in naval Norfolk.","Scope and Contents","Guardian of Abraham Lockett. Memo of agreement to rent from Barnes a tract of land. Made by Cunningham in Lady Skipwith's behalf.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Balance due Rowley? Grymes from the estate of Lady Skipwith's late husband, Sir Peyton Skipwith.","Promissory note for $50.00.","Bill and invoice of books purchased.","Goods purchased for Lady Skipwith. Reverse: invoice of goods purchased.","Suit against Lady Skipwith as executrix of her late husband's estates by Dinwiddie, Crawford and Co. of Petersburg.","Scope and Contents","Correction of a billing mistake on some books ordered by Lady Skipwith.","Apperson's proposed trip to Richmond and his promise to transact some business concerning Lady Skipwith.","Price of bar iron ordered by Lady Skipwith, including invoice.","Work done for Skipwith by Ogle, thanking Skipwith for his recommendations to others of Ogle's work.","Business transaction with Lady Skipwith, including list of bank notes.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Bill for books.","Bill for two \"stock locks\" of $2.00.","Bill for $10.00.","Promissory note for $50.00","Scope and Contents","Lady Skipwith's book order and contains information concerning the types of books binding available.","Agreement for the rental of a tract of land for $25.00.","Invoice and bill with receipt for goods purchased, including muslin, binding, thimbles, pins, nutmeg, and rice.","Business transactions concerning the receipt and payment for bacon and hogs sent to Puryear.","Scope and Contents","Bill for lodging and other services.","Bill and receipt for purchase of \"3 spades.\"","Bill and receipt for goods purchased.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Receipt for $180.00 for building and setting up a wheat machine upon Lady Skipwith's estate.","Invoice and bill with receipt for 11 books purchased.","Bill and receipt for one piece of web.","Invoice and bill with receipt for goods purchased, including plows.","Invoice and bill with receipt for purchases, including cutting knives and a saw.","Bill and receipt for items purchased, including saws.","Bill and receipt for goods purchased, including muslin and chest locks.","Scope and Contents","Receipt for $150.00 yearly rent on lands of Abner Lockett.","Scope and Contents","Invoice and bill with receipt for purchases, including calico, buttons, thimble, and morocco shoes.","Shipment of goods from England to Lady Skipwith. Including, James Maury, Liverpool, to Lady Jean Skipwith, June 27, 1816. Also including, James Maury and Latham, Liverpool, to Lady Jean Skipwith, Sept. 5, 1816.","Invoice and bill for Lady Skipwith's purchase of carpeting.","Concerns books which correspondent is sending Lady Skipwith.","Scope and Contents","Receipt for the rent of land from Thomas Lockett's orphans.","Acting as trustee for William M. Puryear, Boyd informs Skipwith of the depositing of $424.00 in the exchange bank of Va which is to be credited to a bond due Skipwith from Puryear.","Scope and Contents","Invoice and bill for goods purchased.","Invoice and bill for books purchased.","Humberstone Skipwith's account current with his mother and Selina? Skipwith for drafts and cash advanced.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Bill for cotillion party.","Receipt for the rent of Abner Lockett's land for the year 1818.","Receipt for purchase of dimity and fringe.","Scope and Contents","Receipt for purchases at the carpet and linen warehouse.","Receipt for payment on the purchase of one sofa.","Receipt for items purchased, i.e., damask draperies and napkins.","Scope and Contents","Receipt for purchase of 21 yards of curtain dimity.","Receipt for purchase of 21 yards of furniture dimity.","Bill for various purchases of nails, hinges, hooks, and staples.","Receipt for planking and scathing purchased.","Payment for shipping of one pair of snuffers.","Received of Captain Ferguson on account of glass service sent Mr. Skipwith at Norfolk.","Books purchased--Bachelor and Married Man, Women are Pour-et-Contre, Hawthorn Cottage, and New Tales…","Receipt for purchase of a quantity of nails.","Scope and Contents","Promissory note, Including note of receipt of payment by David Scott, May 14, 1819. Also including note of Humberstone Skipwith paying Mrs. Nivison, July 10, 1819.","Wickham's advice to Skipwith that he not bring suit against John Bell for a bond for $569.64 which was overdue","Bill for mending plastering round the doors.","Bill of sale for tobacco.","Receipt for purchase of goods, including broad top chairs.","Receipt for 12 1/4 yards of furniture dimity purchased.","Bill of sale for flower pots, a brass bell pull, and copper wire.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Asks for financial aid.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Lawsuit of Skipwith and Murray.","Will pay $1000.00 for Col. Green at Mecklenburg Court.","Purchase of wool.","Mr. Baily taking his slaves away.","Concerning settlement in the case of Skipwith v. Murray.","Scope and Contents","Request for a loan of $3000.00.","Request for a loan of $2000.00.","Scope and Contents","Death of Sarah (Nivison) Skipwith and the \"prevailing Epidemick;\" and returning some books.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Information on the price of oil, also asks him to visit.","Information on prices of goods and statement of his account for sugar, coffee, and salt.","Scope and Contents","Request for more time to arrange paying off his debt to Boyd.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Statement of money and bonds given John Buford.","Legal notices which have been sent to parties in a lawsuit; will bring copies of the judgement.","Purchase of land in Norfolk by Skipwith.","Farmer will manage Skipwith's Norfolk property.","Request for Cunningham to accept drafts written by John Buford on him.","Arrangements for loan to John Buford.","Wheat prices and wine prices.","Sale of Mr. Boyd's flour.","Sale of Mr. Boyd's flour.","Denies that Lady Skipwith plans to help Mr. Ravesncroft.","Loan for his brother; explains why Col. Green wrote Lady Skipwith about Mr. Ravenscroft.","Will release his property if he pays his debt; if he pays the whole debt Lady Skipwith will make a loan to his brother.","Asks Cunningham to pay off some on Buford's debts.","Cameron is lending money to Buford.","Scope and Contents","Concerning notices delivered.","Account of sales of flour.","Wants to buy crops.","Wants tobacco crop sent to Richmond; price not settled.","Returns accounts with transfer from Lady Skipwith to Cunningham's account.","Will deliver goods bought.","Skipwith's lease to Lyon of proprerty in Norfolk.","Scope and Contents","Will try to sell Lady Skipwith's tobacco.","Hopes to provide good security for his debts.","Sale of Lady Skipwith's tobacco crop.","Had a safe journey; Cunningham in Petersburg may be in financial trouble; Mrs. Tazewell is sick because of birth of her child; asks H. S. to send Franky to help Mrs. Tazewell.","Drought killed his crop; asks for loan of $500.00.","Scope and Contents","Financial problems.","Will supply him with a sulky.","Scope and Contents","Note for $7500.","Scope and Contents","Attempts to settle his mother's estate's accounts.","Asks for loan of $3500.","Data on tobacco sales.","Sends items from their store.","Scope and Contents","Wants to purchase corn.","Scope and Contents","Sale of cotton.","Visited Baltimore; sympathy at death of her child.","Asks for Humberstone Skipwith's papers for lawsuit in New Orleans.","Scope and Contents","Lawsuit.","Glad his wife and child are now well.","Asks to borrow $1000.","Scope and Contents","Her health better; hopes to have another child.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Asks to borrow $5000.00.","Asks to borrow $4000.00.","Scope and Contents","Skipwith's tax problems.","Scope and Contents","Organization of The Exchange Bank of Va.","National economic difficulties and how they kept their business going; asks for his patronage.","Scope and Contents","Asks to borrow $4000.00.","Asks to borrow $30,000.00.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Liquidation of Tredegar Iron Works.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Family news.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Helen's husband detained in Washington.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","County government.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents .","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Hopes to help him with his present troubles, i.e. bankruptcy and forced sale of his land.","Asks to buy his house.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Asks him to pay off his accounts.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Asks him to pay his bill.","Celia's divorce went through.","Virginia census of 1890.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Ferry","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Postcard.","Correspondence and other material concerning the history of the Skipwith pianoforte and its acquisition and subsequent care and use by the College of William and Mary; includes 2 8\" x 10\" black and white photographs (P1 and P2) of the pianoforte, and xerox copies from the Broadwood Porters books, 16 July 1816, indicating the original sale and delivery of the pianoforte; printed auction catalogue, 1946, listing \"English Harpsichord (beautiful)\"; and the Silvery Jubilee Catalogue, 1969, of the Colt Clavier Collection. Also includes the 2003 Conservation Report of the pianoforte by John R. Watson and Louis Dolive of the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. 48 items.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Includes one about a piano tuner from Cynthia Beverley (Tucker) Washington Coleman; and another from Lelia (Skipwith) Lee about their travels in Dresden and Berlin, Germany, and Paris, France.","Including a letter from \"cousin\" Mary Skipwith Roberts of New Orleans, a letter form Fulwar to his father, Humberstone Skipwith, and a memo on rebuilding the bridge across Bluestone Creek.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Mainly relating to farm and financial matters; including a letter from John W. Lewis on the estate of \"Major Nelson,\" and William B. R. on a mysterious door opening; financial matters of Lady Jean (Miller) Skipwith from William F. Wickham; and several from William Jeter and John B. Tunstall.","including a list of Negroes purchased at \"John? Bufords Sale,\" and an order for parts for a mill ?.","Scope and Contents","Including a letter to Sir Peyton Skipwith, one from Jean Feild inviting her to visit, a fragment of a poem in Lady Jean's handwriting, and an account.","Including letters from Peyton Short, Leila (Skipwith) Carter Tucker, Fulwar Skipwith (a cousin of Sir Peyton), and several from Richard Eggleston, as well as two letters from Sir Peyton to Lady Jean Skipwith.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Items with no obvious Skipwith connection.","Items with no obvious Skipwith connection.","Items with no obvious Skipwith connection.","See also Medium Oversize File.","\"Rates of Transportation on the Petersburg, Va. Rail Road\" with extracts from an act of the General Assembly, 3 January 1833.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","See Manuscripts Oversize Folder Map Case 40.6","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","See Manuscript Artifact Collection.","A visit; and letters of Claudia Stuart Coles to her uncle, Fulwar Skipwith, about a ferry.","Indexed.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Indexed.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Notebook No. 10 1873 was not with the collection when it was received.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","(Note: Map transferred to Map Collection).","Scope and Contents","250 pounds sent to Gray and an additional 200 pounds sent to Gray to serve as an allowance while he studies at Cambridge. He does not wish for Gray to borrow against his Newbold estate to finance his living, noting the dangers of becoming indebted and the value of a debt free life.","Confirms the sending of 200 pounds and expresses hope that the financial arrangements he established for Gray will be sufficient. Expresses desire for Gray to pursue a profession reflective of Gray's standing in society. He further suggests that Gray should study law as it might prove useful in the future for helping the family recover their ancestral lands in Leicestershire.","Scope and Contents Mentions that Gray did not receive earlier letter so he repeats the news he enclosed in previous letter. Notes the disastrous crop season this year. States that the weavils ruined the wheat crop and the tobacco plants were ruined by violent rains. Because he was unable to reap a profit from crop sales he recalls financial loans given to Peyton Short and Francis Ruffin. Informs Grey of the birth of a son named Humberston. Also mentions that Grey's sister, Leila has recently married St. George Tucker and that Grey's youngest sister, Maria, has died.","Begins letter with a complaint of unpaid debts and the fact that Virginia courts favor debtors over lenders. Notes that as a result, he will have to cancel Gray's allowance until finances improve.","Notes continuing financial difficulties and his success at surmounting them. Sending a letter of conveyance from Sir Thomas Skipwith to Gray, expresses the importance of the land conveyance to avoid the land from falling into a distant branch of the family.","His approaching voyage to England and his poor health. Believes that the sight of his son will give him great pleasure. His current financial condition and the sale of useless lands in Kentucky. Letter mentions a visit from one of Gray's old friends, Mr. Grymes Jr. of Brandon in Middlesex.","Discusses a meeting with Mr. Grymes and Edmund Randolph in Richmond. Also notes the state of his finances and his success with his tobacco and wheat crops. Notes that he cancelled his trip to England because he had regained his health.","Visit of William Bell to London. He notes that Mr. Bell will deliver this letter to him and take any letters from Grey and expresses hope that all is well. Also requests that Gray obtain a complete set of Sir Peyton's account from Rowles and Grymes to aid him in a financial dispute with Phillip Grymes of Brandon, Virginia. Mentions a visit from Wyndham Randolph, nephew of Edmund, and Wyndham's sisters. Also notes the purchase of Occoneechee, an estate for his brother, Peyton Jr. Further mentions the current state of his own home, Prestwould. He notes with pride that he has the most beautiful home in Virginia and also breeds the best horses in Virginia.","Begins with him expressing disappointment over Gray not writing him more often and for neglecting to tell him about his marriage and the birth of his grandchild. Informs Grey that there is no reason for letters not to reach him because there is now a post office in Marthasville from which he can send letters. Boasts about his financial lifestyle and his happiness with his life in Virginia. notes that Gray's sister Leila's children by Robert Carter stand to inherit equally from the Cortoman estate. Also mentions Peyton Jr., trip to Georgia and his engagement to Cornelia Greene, daughter of General Nathaniel Greene.","His hopes that Gray's wife, Harriet, has a son and that Gray choose him as grandchild's godfather. Birth of George Skipwith to Peyton Jr. and his wife. Selina's continuing studies in Baltimore.","Informs Gray of Sir Peyton's death after a long illness. Discusses finances with Gray, noting their father's estate was quite large and unencumbered at his death.","Responds to Gray's letter discussing outstanding debts of Sir Peyton in London. Lady Skipwith candidly details her discovery of Sir Peyton's poor financial condition prior to their marriage and his later struggle to pay off his debts. She notes the difficulty of collecting debts in America and the amount of labor that it takes to run a successful tobacco farm. Agrees to pay English debt which Gray mentioned in an earlier letter but inquires whether it is the only debt outstanding.","Informs Guy of the death of his brother, Peyton Jr. In addition to details of Peyton's death, she discusses the health of her children and the birth of Peyton's last child, Catharine. Comments on the distance between herself and Grey and speculates that she will never see him. Informs him of Humberton's, his half-brother, success at Princeton and his half-sisters, Selena and Helena's blossoming beauy. Also mentions that family friends of hers saw him in London. Concludes with her strong desire to keep in touch with him and his family. She uses the spelling \"Grey\" instead of \"Gray.\"","Brochures about the Virginia Women in History Awards, an oversize certificate given in honor of Lady Jean Skipwith, and a speech given by Susan Riggs about Lady Jean Skipwith.","Includes a poem written by Gray Skipwith and a letter written to Gray Skipwith by an unknown author.  Mss. Acc. 2011.438.","Acc. 2011.591 transferred from College Papers a 2-page letter from Kate Skipwith with Vellum Card Trick note and letter from EG Swem explaining the note.","A portion of the library of Lady Jean Skipwith is in the Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.","Before reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.","Special Collections Research Center","Skipwith Family","Skipwith, Fulwar, 1836-1900","Skipwith, Humberston, 1791-1863","Skipwith, Jean Miller, 1748-1826","English"],"unitid_tesim":["Mss. 65 Sk3","/repositories/2/resources/9004"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Skipwith Family papers"],"collection_title_tesim":["Skipwith Family papers"],"collection_ssim":["Skipwith Family papers"],"repository_ssm":["College of William and Mary"],"repository_ssim":["College of William and Mary"],"geogname_ssm":["Virginia--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775"],"geogname_ssim":["Virginia--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775"],"creator_ssm":["Skipwith Family","Skipwith, Fulwar, 1836-1900","Skipwith, Humberston, 1791-1863","Skipwith, Jean Miller, 1748-1826"],"creator_ssim":["Skipwith Family","Skipwith, Fulwar, 1836-1900","Skipwith, Humberston, 1791-1863","Skipwith, Jean Miller, 1748-1826"],"creator_persname_ssim":["Skipwith, Fulwar, 1836-1900","Skipwith, Humberston, 1791-1863","Skipwith, Jean Miller, 1748-1826"],"creator_famname_ssim":["Skipwith Family"],"creators_ssim":["Skipwith, Fulwar, 1836-1900","Skipwith, Humberston, 1791-1863","Skipwith, Jean Miller, 1748-1826","Skipwith Family"],"places_ssim":["Virginia--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775"],"access_terms_ssm":["Before reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library."],"acqinfo_ssim":["Donated to Special Collections Research Center in batches between 1947 and 1983 by Dr. and Mrs. John W. 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Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility.\u003c/p\u003e"],"accessrestrict_heading_ssm":["Conditions Governing Access:"],"accessrestrict_tesim":["Collection is open to all researchers. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eSkipwith Family Papers, Special Collections Research Center, William \u0026amp; Mary Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e"],"prefercite_tesim":["Skipwith Family Papers, Special Collections Research Center, William \u0026 Mary Libraries."],"processinfo_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eProcessed by Anne Lewis and Deborah W. Smith during 1977-1978.\u003c/p\u003e"],"processinfo_heading_ssm":["Processing Information:"],"processinfo_tesim":["Processed by Anne Lewis and Deborah W. Smith during 1977-1978."],"relatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eSee also the manuscript volume of Peyton Horatio Skipwith, Jr.  (Mss. MsV Skipwith); Robert Skipwith Papers (Mss. 74s Sk3); Robert Skipwith Diaries (Mss. 65 Sk4).  A picture of the Skipwith Pianoforte is in the University Archives Photograph Collection (P2000.49).\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e 2008.257 Lady Jean Skipwith Collection.\u003c/p\u003e"],"relatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Related Materials:"],"relatedmaterial_tesim":["See also the manuscript volume of Peyton Horatio Skipwith, Jr.  (Mss. MsV Skipwith); Robert Skipwith Papers (Mss. 74s Sk3); Robert Skipwith Diaries (Mss. 65 Sk4).  A picture of the Skipwith Pianoforte is in the University Archives Photograph Collection (P2000.49)."," 2008.257 Lady Jean Skipwith Collection."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe collection contains, business papers, correspondence, accounts and the farm notes of Sir Peyton Skipwith of Mecklenburg Co., Va., son Humberstone Skipwith and Humberstone Skipwith's wives and children, especially Fulwar Skipwith. Papers are primarily business in nature and reflect the management of \"Prestwould.\"\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Papers also concern the development of Lady Skipwith's library, the education of Fulwar Skipwith and his brother Grey Skipwith. Manuscript volumes concern farm accounts, gardening, the study of French and Fulwar Skipwith's lists of books.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eOversize Folder 1: Formerly Box VII, folder 5a oversize file: Feb 1, 1798 manuscript map entitled Sir Peyton Skipwith's land A.D. 1798, Joh Hill Cartographer.\nOBox XXI, Folder 33 medium oversize file, House Plans including photostat.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Skipwith Family Papers in Swem Library's microform area, 14 reels, call number HD 1471 .U5 R43 ser. L part 3\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSkipwith Correspondence, Manuscripts, Manuscript Volumes, Fulwar Skipwith Notebooks, dated and undated. Boxes I-XX.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIndenture for the sale of a slave.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDeed of conveyance for 390 acres of land in Lunenburg County\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePayment of twelve pounds to Mr. Sterling Thonton\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt for five pounds, nineteen shillings.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAccount for one pound, nineteen shillings, and eleven pence. Also some rough accounts.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt for the sale of a large, bay horse.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDeed.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDirections to pay Sterling Thornton five pounds, seven shillings, and four pence.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIndenture for the sale of slaves\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt for five pounds, ten shillings in payment for a pair of mill stones.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePayment of three pounds, twelve shillings which he is in need of. Letter was returned and endorsed by Harris as a receipt for the money, dated August 8, 1769.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDirections for the payment to Mr. James Yancey of eight pounds, seven shillings, and six pence. Letter endorsed on April 4, 1770 by James Yancey and returned as a receipt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt for eleven pounds for two years of mill stones.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePromissory note for sixty-seven pounds, six shillings, and nine pence.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt for two pair of shoes.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBond for seventy pounds.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAbout a horse.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBond for £200 for the building of three mills by September next.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePayment of some money.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSale of some bacon and other provisions. The people in Richmond are in great want.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt for nine guineas. 2 pages. Autograph document.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBond for eighty pounds.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBond for £130,000.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBreeding horses.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNotes on land deed and a deed of trust for 12 Negroes from Sir Peyton? Skipwith to? Ferril and? Ferril to ? Moss, and ? Holmes.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA blank indenture for payment of an unspecified account to Sir Peyton Skipwith.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe mating of several mares with his horse, Black and All Black.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDeed for title to some lands in consideration of £300.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt two pounds, two shillings, and two pence.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePrice of some tobacco, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBill for £795, fifteen shillings.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTransportation of some oats.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBarley.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInspection and sale of some tobacco.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInspection and sale of some tobacco.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePayment for some bacon sold to Sir Peyton Skipwith.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDelivery of 5000 pounds of tobacco to Mr. John C. Littlepage. Endorsed by J.C. Littlepage.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBreeding some horses.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDoes not intend to sell his mare.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePayment for horse breeding.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe purchase of some bacon.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAccount with Sir Peyton Skipwith, Slott?, and Donaldson, and Henry Sandifer.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDelivery of some bacon to Sir Peyton Skipwith.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Bacon.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLast delivery of some corn.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSupply of some sugar.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTobacco.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEntertaining expenses.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConveying the Brunswick District Court order to pay some money and tobacco to David Apperson.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSale of some tobacco. Confusion in Harwood's estate following the death of his father. A large sum of money \"for the purpose of raising a soldier.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEscape of a prisoner who has fled to the enemy.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBill for a wardrobe chest and a case.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBarley. Is anxious to meet Sir Peyton.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDelivery of sugar.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSugar.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt for two hundred and five pounds, ten shillings.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAbout Col. Eastleigh, Miss Skipwith, etc. \"This cursed invasion has thrown everything into confusion.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBond for 160,000 pounds of tobacco.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCopy of a bond for a hundred and sixty thousand pounds of crop tobacco between Robert Tucker of Sussex County and William Burge of Prince George County and Sir Peyton Skipwith.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAccount of estate of Dr. John Ravenscroft, Cairnsmoore, Scotland, with Lillias (Miller) Ravenscroft.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBond for £300.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNotations of a lease by Sir Peyton Skipwith.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eVarious bills. receipts, etc. for spices, wine, and mutton.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eStatement of their account for linens.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePayment of money with interest due since 1773.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eProcurement of two ship's carpenters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eStatement of his account for salt. signed in Beall's behalf by B. Holmes.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEnded the bargain he made with Mr. Smith.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRequests the return of his Negro Stewart.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePayment for 203 head of cattle delivered for the use of the French Army.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHas been ill, but will send him his money in a few days. Also the offer of an old dog - \"very slow,\" but \"is very true and good for a fox.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHas spent all his available money in the purchase of a horse, but will pay him shortly.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTwo cows which were left in her care. Both died, but she may keep the hides.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCannot attend his sale. Also requests payment for some bacon\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eImprisonment and sale of a person who was enslaved by Sir Peyton.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSurvey of land bought by Sir Peyton Skipwith from William Natchell, together with Armistead's fee for surveying the land.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eVarious bills, receipts, etc., for shingles, shoes, wool, and spices.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePayment of their joint bond.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOffer to defend him in his suit against Mr. Hooper.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHealth of the recipient.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDeath of thirty-five head of Sir Peyton's cattle, and recompense for looking after the remainder.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDisposal of some corn.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOrder for corn and meal. Hears news \"that there is a certain general peace--a happy event to us.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAbout credit for £300.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFailure to pay for some salt. Threatens to take him to court.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSome corn and paints.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSpare scythe stones.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eContract.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eImpending case for the settlement of a deed.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt for the payment of some bonds.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eForwarding of various letters and newspapers.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBond for the sale of some lands and Negro slaves in part settlement of a previous bond for tobacco. Also part of a fuller bond, dated October 9, 1786 entered into between Robert Turnbull, Petersburg, and Robert Tucker.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTobacco business. \"The great advances my late partnership is in for our friends abroad, has laid me under very great and disagreeable inconveniences.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eVarious accounts, receipts, etc., for spices, shoe boots, buttons, and hinges.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReestablishment of their correspondence, disrupted during \"the last unhappy war.\" Mr. Thomas Main will give further details in person.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIs sending his partner and nephew, Mr. Main, to settle their account, a more expedient method of settling their claims than by the use of attorneys.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOpening of correspondence with Messers. Berth and Sigrist, Amsterdam, for the consignment of tobacco.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eStray steer.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOrder to pay the expenses of two witnesses testifying at the suit of James Hooper.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTobacco.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAcquaints him of his arrival in America.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRequests the use of his surveying equipment.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMoney due to Sir Peyton.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHas inquired for reliable purchasers for his goods which many will fetch eighty guineas.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInvitation to stay at Beauford.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSale of some Negroes. All the three potential purchasers were of substance.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMr. Hutchinson and Colonel Skirving would like to see him in person.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBill of exchange for some cattle.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMr. Campbell wishes to settle the matter in an English court.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIntroducing himself on behalf of his firm Dawes, Stephenson, and Co., tobacco merchants.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePayment of their tobacco account. Hopes he will spare him any further trouble.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSale of his tobacco. Hopes to meet him before he returns to England.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSecurity for some tobacco.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBusiness matters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMr. Ruffin's bond.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMr. Ruffin's case to pay his bond. \"The most speedy and vigorous methods shall be pursued.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMr. Fiveash's affair. Appended a statement of his account with Thomas Fiveash.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMemorandum of a bargain entered into for some cattle.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThread and butter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eStatement of Sir Peyton's account with the General Court for various suits, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTax account.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eUnderstands he is a lenient creditor. Requests that he may pay part of the bond that he is security to for Robert Connell.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOffer to sell his land. Requests a quick determination.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from Mr. Nelson concerning the price of tobacco.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt for £1009..10..0.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNotifying him of his appointment as Surveyor of the road in place of Thomas Vaughan.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBankruptcy suit filed by Mr. Murray's executors. Major portion of his debt is Mr. Allen's rather than Sir Peyton's.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePurchase of his work horse.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA blank summons to call a witness to testify on behalf of Sir Peyton Skipwith in his dispute with J. Harmanson?\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePayment of his taxes and other business.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePayment for a Negro he has had since August 1782.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIs sorry but he has already sold the horse, but will try to procure him back. Thinks the horse is destined for New York. \"He is an excellent covering horse and well calculated to get colts for the turf.\" Remarks on the severity of the laws against racing in his state.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSome of his tobacco sold in 1775. Is glad to hear he wishes to renew his correspondence with their firm. Will do everything to protct his interests.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHis letter came too late; had already sold the horse. However he expects to buy it back next season when he will have first preference. Further details about some of its colts - \"I veryyly believe him to be as pure a blooded horse as any in America or England.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInformation regarding some cattle.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt for one large packing trunk purchased of Edmund Wells, trunk and case maker.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents The payment of one of his notes. Has sent Captain Matthew Gibb to see him and hopes he \"will consider the disadvantage I labour under by being so long kept out of the money.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDischarging his bond for a tract fo land he had bought of Mr. Machary?\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCannot undertake to prosecute his case.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMr. Ingram is doing his best to replevy his debt to him, but his scheme to do so must, by law, be approved by Sir Peyton his creditor. Also, the sale of some Negroes will not be permitted except with his approval.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFreight to England. Will remain in America till next spring.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHis dismissal as surveyor, but is wishing to survey their land as a private surveyor.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHis chartering of \"a fine British butt vessel\" to take his tobacco.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWill shortly be going to Richmond and desires to know what business, if any, he would like him to transact there for him.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePurchase of some cattle. 1 page. Autograph letter signed.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMust delay his visit to Richmond to attend the court where Mrs. Humphries, wife of John Humphries, is to be examined for the murder of one of her negro girls.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRequests the use of a small lumber cart to take home a box of glass.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePurchase of some cattle.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eShipment of his tobacco.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHis tobacco--no offers as yet. Mr. Main will obtain freight for the goods he has ordered.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDispatch of his notes to Colonel Joseph Green of Wayne County, N. C. for the purchase of his cattle.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHis tobacco which is now on board a ship ready to sail.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDeed for the sale of some land to Bigelow on the Roanoke River.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSurvey of some land and a court case pending.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAgreement to serve as overseer at Bugs Farm or on one of his plantations.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHis progress at school in England. Describes a visit with Mayor Grymes to see the palace of Windsor.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAccount of various legal costs.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCattle he expects for North Carolina.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIs pleased to hear of his intention to deal in tobacco with his friends Messrs. Dawes, Stephenson and Co., London. Presents low price of tobacco and how prospects for the present growing crop are--\"which added to the restless and uneasy situation of the Northern and Eastern states will probably cause some amendment in the European market.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHas plotted the mill pond.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Just arrived in London; bad season for visiting the city, as all fashionable people have left for \"watering places;\" will leave in a day or two for the Hague, then for Paris by way of Flanders; Eng. in a state of chaos; Irish propositions uncertain; necessity of learning French to do business not only in France but everywhere on the continent; his son Gray should learn French, and Italian too perhaps; Jefferson, already a year in France, is obliged to speak much English, so his French does not improve; Col. David Humphries, legation secretary, the same; have tried harder than any American ever to learn French; has heard of his possible visit to Europe; hopes to see him; can send letters to Col. Forrest or Fulwar Skipwith; hopes he received papers left for him in Virginia; Hog Island gave concern, and hopes he got rid of it; his kind offer of assistance may be taken up, as have not heard from Mr. Benjamin Harrison, who agreed to handle affairs; ask for a letter of credit, to be used only in an emergency; has written in this vein before, but think letters miscarried; sends this through Col. Forrest and Fulwar Skipwith.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIs loading a ship for Bristol and reminds him of his promise to send twenty hogshead of tobacco ?\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBusiness matters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScantling and plank.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGoods on board the ship Robert.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eShipment of goods to him, including various types of seeds.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOrder for some prunes, raisins and currants.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePrices of tobacco.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt for puchase of some books including four volumes of Rabelais' books--\"very scare.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLoading of his tobacco on board the vessel Tweed.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eVerdict and judgement of the General Court in favor of Skipwith in his suit against Ferrell. Damages of one penny plus cost.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInjunction granted to Pineas Ingram staying the proceedings in his suit with Sir Peyton over the sale of some Negroes.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIs willing to sell his land.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFifty-five pounds, Virginia money, received of Thomas Vaughan.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAcknowledges his letter of 10 October. He is now second boy at Mr. Cotton's school where Major Grymes proposes he stays until August when he can go to Eton. Has had a letter from Uncle Miller.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFinancial matters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBills, etc. on John Hyndman and Co.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eShoes, stockings, boots, salt, flour, spices, and bridles for horses.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eList of horses delivered to Sir Peyton Skipwith.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt of some money.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTo meet his commitments, he will sell some land, and hopes to be allowed to \"set up at your shop or mill.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHas been appointed by the Court as one of the gentlement to act as executor to an estate in which Hepburn has a third interest.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOffer of a horse for £45.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHis business in court and various other business matters. 2 pages.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDisposal of a South Carolina Negro, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOrder to impound part of the estate of Robert Harrison in payment for debts owed to Thomas Vaughan; Harrison being absconded.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSale of 3000 lbs. of sugar on behalf of Sir Peyton Skipwith.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eColonel Green will view the road next Thursday.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIngram's tobacco.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eForwarding of five grindstones.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBreaking in of his horse to harness before his journey to Richmond.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCollection of some apple and pear trees at Shrosburys.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter regarding Colonel Green's report on the road.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMany favors which he acknowledges he has done for him.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncluded are some for her brother, Hugh.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt for £12 and five barrels of Indian corn in payment for a dark bay horse.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWarrant in the case of Downes vs. Brown. The county of residence is left blank until it is found out \"where the (delinquent) does live.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBills of loading for three hogs heads of his tobacco.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePayment of some money to Sir Peyton Skipwith and other financial business.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeveral suits pending that day.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRequest for some rye grass seed. Also notice that the General Court is ready to take depositions in the recipients suit.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAccount of the sale of twenty hogs heads of tobacco.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSummoning of Sir Peyton Skipwith to appear as a witness on behalf of Hugh Miller in his suit with James Belsches.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHis invitation to settle in Liverpool where he will be pleased to settle tobacco or transact any other business for Skipwith.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLegal matters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt for seven shillings and six pence, and for fifteen shillings for seven tithes due in Surry County from Sir Peyton Skipwith.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eShipping costs to England. \"The late sales of tobacco in Britain are very far from being pleasant ones.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInvoice of goods shipped aboard the Helena by Hugh Miller, merchant. Insured to the value of £100 by Archibald Govan.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOverpayment of tax by Sir Peyton Skipwith for the year 1783.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSale of his tobacco.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSale of eighteen barrels of Indian corn to Thomas Vaughan. Sale of the Indian corn by Francis Lewis.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt for the payment of the certificate tax.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDispatch of some of his tobacco on board their vessel. \"It is said that a difference in Insurance of from 2 to 5 Guineas is made between British and American bottoms.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHis departure for England. Hopes he may see him there shortly.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAdvises him to make other arrangements for shipping his goods to England.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBad weather and its interruption of various projects.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIs sorry his letter caused him so much distress, especially at the time of his illness. In his suit against Wills, he was awarded only £5 as against £50-60 which he ought to have received. Testimony of Collin Wills was that he struck his father with a sword. The jury was biased and he thought it best to let the matter alone rather than order a new trial.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMr. Brown's ticket.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePayment of his debt. Had been made difficult by the \"blowing up\" of his mill.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt for payment for some linen and other household goods.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA suit; advises caution.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eProvision of shipping and freight rates for his tobacco.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eShipping of his tobacco.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDelivery of some clover and grass seed.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDelivery of turnip seeds, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Shipping and sale of his tobacco.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFreight for his tobacco.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eShipping and insurance arrangements for his tobacco.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSaddle for a horse.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRequests twenty dollars to balance his tax account.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSale of three hogsheads of tobacco.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eShipping some tobacco to Bristol.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSale of some lands in Lunenburg County belonging to Mr. Upshaw.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eExchange of some grass seeds.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOffers to act as overseer on Mr. Perier's plantation which he understands he intends to purchase.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCure of his \"fellow Sam.\" Hopes he can perform a reasonable cure on his jaw.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFreight rates for tobacco on board the British vessel, Mary.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCopy of the judgement in the case of Downes vs. Mr. Brown\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSubpoena served on Mr. Miles \"who I have some reason to think will be a very beneficial witness in your favour.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRequests that he will not insist on payment of his debt until his crop is harvested.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Business for the house of Dawes Stephenson, and Co., of London. There is a \"fine new British built vessel\" in the River.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHis \"agreeable passage\" back to England.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLack of comments from him or Messers. Donaldson and Stotts regarding his tobacco.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eState of twenty hogsheads of tobacco.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eState of their accounts.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTobacco and other business. \"Our crop this year will be uncommonly short and I fear but undifferent in quality, owing to the wet weather.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eApologizes for not seeing him regarding the indents, but was detained by the ill health of his family.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eShipment of his tobacco.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSale of some oxen. Not possible for the moment, since he does nto care to be paid in paper money, the only currency at present available in Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHas viewed the land belonging to Mr. Bigelow and values it at two hundred pounds, Va currency.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBill for the sale of twenty-one horses and colts.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDelivery of some letters, and his readiness to see him the following morning.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHis bond for fifteen hundred pounds for lands on the Roanoke River, Warren County, N. C. , and also for some dwellings on the south side of Old Street, Petersburg.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA bond for fifteen hundred pounds, Virginia currency, for the title of certain lands in Warren County, N. C. , and certain buildings and land in Petersburg,\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWill do all he can to raise the money and pay him that evening. Does not blame him. \"I acknowledge I have forfeited my trust.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHis expectation of a meeting between them. Hopes to be able to set out soon for America.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSettlement of a bond.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePayment of his account with Skipwith.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHis failure to see him.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWill be happy to see him when he comes down for the races.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBond for £1220-17 for the purchase of some lands.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInvoice and statement of Sir Peyton's account with Panock, Nicolson, and Skipwith.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMr. Taylor has been so busy that he has not had time to write.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConstruction of some ditches.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt and settlement of some debts.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eExpects soon to have a balance of £130 in favor of Messers. Pinnock and Skipwith.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHas measured the great ditch and finds it 2260 yards long. Also includes ? to ?. Regarding the purchase of some land.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIs making up a large shipment of tobacco with difficulty and would be glad to receive any tobacco collected on his account. Also includes George Craghead, to Sir Peyton Skipwith, Mill Farm. December 14, 1786. Explains why he has not yet collected any of his tobacco.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn Ballard, to Sir Peyton Skipwith. About the purchase of some tobacco.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePayment of some money outstanding to him, which he does not like to press for but now needs.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDebt to Colonel William Randolph.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScarcity of cash, the high discount on bills, and other business concerning the tobacco trade.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eVarious bills and receipts for clothing items, including a cap, bonnet, velvet, silk, and buttons, furnishings, including a skillet, spoons, fans, and forks, salt, sewing tools, and a wagon.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTestimony regarding his suit against Pines Ingram, William Smith, John Smith, Thomas Ingram, and John Ingram.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHis suit against Mattart. Unlikely to obtain judgement within less than two years; \"The evil is in the law.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePayment of the debt for the horse.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHis brother Henry's estate and debts which he has now taken responsibility for.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSettlement of his debt. Begs him to give him till July and not seize his securities.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eUsefulness of his tobacco.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInvoice of sundry goods shipped on board the Bridget.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTobacco sales, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAbout the purchase of some land.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIllness of Mr. Archibald who on doctor's advice is returning to Europe. In the future, his business in America will be confined to the collection of debts.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSuit against W. Pool. Has obtained a judgement against him, and also in his suit against John Cox.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInability to see him.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSale of some of Mr. Poole's property and the settlement of his debts.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eStatement of their account for mustard, thread, buttons, stockinette, and silk.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBond for thirty pounds for the construction of two chimneys and hearths.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePrice of lime.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSale of his tobacco. The proceeds to be entrusted to John R. Grymes who has the care and management of his son.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBill of his on J. Hyndman \u0026amp; Co. which has been returned to him.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInvoice of tobacco sales from the ship Montgomery.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTwo bonds which he took care of.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSale of some lime.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDebt for £8-2-6. Also includes Alexander Boyd, to Sir Peyton Skipwith, June 9, 1787.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA list of men using the ferry and the sums due from them.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLicense for a tavern and the purchase of some nails.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBusiness matters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRequest for some grass seed for his orchard.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAccount of the sale of his tobacco received by George Edward Henderson.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTobacco business. Is sorry that any part of his conduct could have caused ill feeling between them.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSuit by Skipwith against Royster. Also miscellaneous notes by Skipwith regarding some slaves and other items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt for settlement of debts owed to him by Jacob Mettart and James Swinton, of Petersburg.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePayment for his tobacco.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHis recent illness.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAccount of his tobacco sold in London.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eStatement of his account for a wagon and slaves.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRights and title to a bond. Also other jottings regarding business accounts, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAre sending him a hamper of London port wine.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHis attendance at the Court House.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHis borrowing money on his account.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEarly delivery of some tobacco.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSurvey of a plot of tobacco land.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDeed for the sale of some land.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePrice of tobacco in Petersburg, he requests to know.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSettlement of John Holt's estate and the provision of money for the education of his orphans--hopes he will befriend them.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBill for various goods.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLegal provisions of an ejectment, \"an action, commonly used for the trying of titles, and recovery of lands, etc., illegally withheld from the right owner.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDisposal of the Holt estate.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMoney for the purchase of corn. Had prevented the suit brought by Murray's prosecutors against him from being heard this court.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCourt matters. Advises him to discuss the suit against Billy Heale, because of the cost of witnesses, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSir Peyton Skipwith, Mecklenburg County, to Philip Moody. Bond for a hundred and twenty pounds, Virginia currency\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eStatement of his account since December 1785.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDelivery of some corn or money. \"I hope you will not fail to send me one or the other.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTobacco bond. Is to deliver it up to Colonel Penn.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSheep shearing and other farming matters. Has spoken to Major Boyce \"on account of your enormous tax in Surrey.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBond for thirty five pounds, ten shillings, the balance due on the purchase of two Negro slaves.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDelivery of some iron and a pair of gloves.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eStatement of his account.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTheir lack of several of the articles he ordered, including a weeding hoe.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBill for various goods, including a table cloth and drapes.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt of a packet.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTax account.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eStatement of his account.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBond for forty seven pounds, fifteen shillings.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBond for seven hundred pounds, seven shillings and eight pence. The bond endorsed on the back as having been discharged is signed, William Allen, 3 August 1789.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDelivery of some goods, including some osnaburg fabric and nails, and the state of their account.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBill for various goods, including thread, cloth, linen, buttons, buckles, and nails.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePurchase of some nails and buttons.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTobacco and the disposal of other goods of his.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe Reverend Mr. John Scot and his desire \"to complete a union on which my future happiness so much and so immediately depends.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCollection of some fees.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBond for two hundred pounds.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eArticles requested by him.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHis marriage, legal difficulties, in the laws of Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCourt matters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBond for some Negroes he made with Mr. Peyton? Short.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMiscellaneous bill receipts for slaves, clothing and spices, and other business documents.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePurchase of some land on Butchers Creek. The plantation is in bad repair.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDebt due to Colonel Edward Harwood, payment in money or tobacco as he pleases.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBond of one hundred pounds for the delivery of four slaves.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePurchase of some wine.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSum of money due from him to the esate of Colonel William Harwood.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHis illness since arriving in Louisville. \"Your land is started in a most growing part of the country...faster than any other part of Kentucky.\" High price of uncultivated land \"owing to the astonishing migration to the Western Country.\" General export of tobacco down the Mississippi.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBond for thirteen pounds, ten shillings, and nine pence.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAbout some money due to his wife.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePersonal matters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAbout the purchase of some land.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDoctor Olwer; wishes he could help \"but we seem quite full of gentlemen of his profession in this part of the country.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePresentation of some of hsi bills to Messers Stott and Donaldson.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAccepts their offer after school ends in April; mentions his mother's Lillias (Miller) Ravenscroft marriage to Mr. Patrick Steward in Scotland.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAccount of tobacco received and sold from on board the vessel Termagant.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHop roots.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInvoice for buttons, cambrick, flannel, pepper, ginger, mustard, nutmeg, cinnamon, raisins, and salt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePayment of thirteen pounds to Mr. William Richards. Also includes Sir Peyton Skipwith, to Thomas Vaughan,, 1789 April 20\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSupply of various goods.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt for two bonds on which he is bringing suits in the District Court of Petersburg.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLease for his storehouse and lumber house at the ferry.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInvoice of goods sent to him, including salt, wine, brass knobs, a hat, flannel, and diapers.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBond for 5,692 lbs. of tobacco.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInvoice of goods purchased.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSale of some land.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInvoice for goods purchased, including wine and butter.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNumber of his slaves.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eStatement of their account for buttons.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAsks about her pregnancy; gives news of relatives and friends in Scotland; discusses mental attitudes toward the loss of a child; is preparing to give a speech at the College on August 1.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTitle to a deed.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInvoice for goods purchased, including sugar and tea.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePurchase of a horse.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGoods purchased, including nails, and the state of his account.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eShipment of tobacco, and related business.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInvoice of goods purchased by him, including putty, knives, chalk, and shoes.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eStatement of their account.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTheir daughter Helen Skipwith, later Helen Coles and his need to attend to business.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePayment of the balance outstanding to him.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eShipment of his tobacco to London.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePay the bearer of this letter, Mr. Allison, thirty shillings.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAgreement regarding the purchase of some land in Mecklenburg County.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePurchase of a colt. Also included Colonel William Johnson to Sir Peyton Skipwith. Regrets that he has sold the animal.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLewis Payne, an \"industrious young man.\" Also would he pay the two hundred pounds oustanding to him.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTheir account.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePurchase of some land.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAccount of the sale of his tobacco received from on board the Lady St. John.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eState of his suit against Mr. Robinson.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDawes, Stephenson, \u0026amp; Co., London, to Sir Peyton Skipwith. About the sale of his tobacco received from on board the Hartley.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHis decision to be of service to him.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eProgress of his two suits in the Petersburg district court. Also enclosed is a receipt for two bonds dated March 10, 1790.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLegal matters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMerchandise contracted for, being ready.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHis title to some land.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSubpoenas for witnesses for his suits pending in the Brunswick district court.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTobacco sales and shipments, \"the markets in Europe are glutted with Tobaco...I think there must be a demand for France as soon as the Commotions have subsided.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBond for forty pounds.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBond for one hundred and eighty pounds.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe moving of rock from Mr. Ross's plantation.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSale of his tobacco. \"Our house does not possess the talent of flattery.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSale of his property. Demands secure terms and no bad or defective title.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOutstanding taxes for 1783.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTheir tobacco account.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFreight for his tobacco.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe payment of his Revenue lent to Mr. Thomas Vaughan.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt for some corn, Brown writing on behalf of Stott \u0026amp; Donaldson.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReport on the progress of the various tasks on the plantations.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence with Major P.L. Gryms. Has not heard from Sir Peyton's son since March when he was in good health.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBond for twenty-three pounds, four shillings and nine pence.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe delivery of a carriage and horses. Will pay him in bank notes which \"pass as specie in every state in the Union,\" there being a shortage of specie.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBusiness and family matters. Is endeavoring \"to get several sums due from Colonel Washington and others.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWill attend to his interests.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBond for seventy pounds with Thomas Greenwood, guardian to the orphans of Robert Greenwood.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePayment of Robert Atkinson for wagon freight.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePayment of some money to Robert Birchett. Receipt for payment on the back, signed Robert Birchett, dated1792 September 27.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses some bills of exchange which are in litigation, and some land Skipwith inquired about.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInvoice of goods purchased, including linen.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBill and receipt of varous expenses and services rendered, including some wine and ale.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA Christmas box and other small matters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe goods purchased by her.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe payment of some money\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSubpoenas and witnesses for his suits in the Brunswick District Court.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSurvey and plan of some land.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePort wine and Irish beef tongue.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDeclaration of his authority as a justice of the city of Charleston and a public notary.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eState of his account.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eState of his account.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eVarious business matters including his offer to purchase some land belonging to Mr. Price.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe sale of some land of Mr. Price in payment for taxes.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDomestic matters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eStatement and receipt for the balance of his account.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe disposal of some land in Kentucky belonging to the estate of John Hartwell\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe best time to ship his tobacco. Some apprehension that the market \"will be glutted with stemmed Tob.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHis lack of a cart and the delivery of some pork.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe disposal of some land in the district of Kentucky.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA receipt for some money.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBill \u0026amp; receipt for bridge tolls.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBill for some articles furnished for his daughter.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHis suits pending in the Brunswick district court.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBlank orders to summon a witness to testify on behalf of Sir Peyton Skipwith in his suit pending with the Executors for Edward Harward.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeveral small business matters. Also his pending trip to Georgia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSome Lusirn? Lucerne? seed.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMr. Ruffin's injunction to the suit brought against him.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe delivery of a desk, shoes, and buckles.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFreight on board a ship bound for London.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe bad condition of the road and the desirability of a bridge over the creek near his house. .\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMoney oustanding on his account.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInformation on the power of an attorney.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe construction of three stills.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eVarious business matters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHis consignment of tobacco.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe mill stone business.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJudgement and execution for debt against him.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe quantity of tobacco he wishes shipped.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eArrangements for shipping his tobacco.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe \"Futility of the Deed\" granted for some land in Kentucky.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTobacco business.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning legal business.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe construction of a mill; also the employment of \"Pling.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBlank Order to summon a witness to attend the suit pending in the Brunswick district court between Sir Peyton Skipwith and the Executors for William Harwood.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eVarious court and legal matters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses his ill health and doctor's remedies; Mrs. McMurdo expected to die after the premature birth of a daughter, and distrust of the \"Gentlemen accoucheurs\"; mentions defunct \"Jermyn Bakeres\" ?.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe inspection of his tobacco and other business matters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePayment of some cash.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHis account with Messrs. J. \u0026amp; A. Freeland.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe payment of rent for the blacksmith's shop.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHis collection of books.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePublic auction of the Lawson Price estate (land), in Mecklenburg County. March 1794. Document concerns in the court case of James Belsches, Jr. U.S. \"Lawson price and Company\" brought before the Prince George County Court.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDeal for the sale and possession of some land.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBills on Glasgow and London.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA visit to his sister to get her to make a pair of overalls.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePayment of the sum obtained in his suit against the Nicholas's.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBond for two hundred and sixty-two pounds.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNote on Captain Hay in favor of Mr. Baker which he wishes presented to Sir Peyton\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHis readiness to advocate his claim against H. Carlton. Explains the history of the suit which began over default on a bond.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe sale of his land in Halifax County .\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe settlement of their account. \"the war with France makes it necessary to prefer an American bottom,\" if payment is to be made in produce.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHis order for Imperial Tea.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRequest for a pair of shoes.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSome property near Washington and also business matters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe sale of his tobacco and the granting of credit thereon.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHis account.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHis request for his horse to visit \"Uncle Greenwood.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe sale of his horse and the balance owing on the negro.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eVarious court matters. Also his alarm at the price of tobacco and his intention to sow more wheat in the fall.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTax returns on his still.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe purchase of a horse.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe delivery of a letter.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSends some \"Books of amusement or entertainment\"; mentions Mr. R his wife?; has heard nothing from Britain for a long time.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe law concerning the possession of stills.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBusiness from his suit against Colonel William Harwood.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe payment of some money he owes him.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eVarious correspondence and other business matters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBond for three hundred and seventy-five pounds.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBond for one hundred and sixty-six pounds.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eVarious business matters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHis ague and fever; mentions his wife and Mr. Inge; the price of locally made goods is falling and the scarcity of money has affected the price of land.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCourt and other legal matters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCourt business.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eVarious business matters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAppointment of Short to be his attorney to sell lands claimed by him in the state of Kentucky.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe price of some pork.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePromissory note.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe Skipwith accounts; Sir Peyton's recent consignment of tobacco which did not get shipped to England; and a recent smallpox epidemic in Richmond.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMaury's receiving thirty-nine Hogs heads of Skipwith tobacco at what appeared to be an inconvenient time for market selling. Maury honors a draft of Skipwith for three hundred pounds.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWonders why Skipwith did not send answer in case of Holts errs.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNote for two pounds, twelve shillings, and eleven pence.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCaleb Johnston eight pounds.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerns Skipwith's court involvements with one Mr. Baird.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInforming him of the high water level of several ponds on his property. Including memo informing Sir Skipwith of the leveling off of the water near Robert Birchett's store, Sept. 26, 1794. Reverse, a listing of various salt orders placed by Sir. Peyton in 1793.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConsignment of wheat sent by Skipwith to Campbell of Petersburg. Campbell discusses both the fluctuating prices of wheat and tobacco, and suggets that Skipwith might find a more favorable market for tobacco abroad.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSkipwith's legal entanglements with V. Holloway.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCourt litigation involving tobacco, between Skipwith and W. Barberville.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eShalor's inability to pay a debt owed Skipwith.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTobacco and the disposal of promissory notes.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSkipwith's latest consignment of tobacco sent to England.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNotes concern various financial transanctions of Lady Jean Skipwith.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSkipwith's contract with Shalor for masonry work, and his desire to have said work suspended due to bad weather.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eImpending suit against Sir. Peyton Skipwith by Colonel Harwood. including: \"Fishing Days Here Disposed of, 1795\" and \"A list of the small boys that will be able to real tobacco down in the fall 1795.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDebts due from Jacob Bugg, holder of bond from Skipwith. Mentions intended removal to Kentucky, desires to make contacts via Skipwith among friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInvoice of goods to be shipped from Liverpool, including a diamond for cutting glass, putty, window glass, and salt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCourt litigation instituted by Clinch against Skipwith in the High Court of Chancery on behalf of the Holt heirs.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWarns Skipwith of the impending difficulties in the court proceedings instituted against him by the Holt heirs of Surry County.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJob that Robson was not able to perform as expected.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe disputed title of a Negro purchased fom the sheriff of Lunenburg County by Skipwith.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAs Skipwith's lawyer, Munford advised his client on actions that were to be taken in the \"Donald Affair\" in which Skipwith is defendant. Munford also advised Skipwith on matters pertaining to two other court cases involving Skipwith.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTransactions made through Mr. James Maury of London, for goods in exchange for tobacco crop.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTransactions made through Mr. James Maury of London, for goods in exchange for tobacco crop.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNotice of plan to take William Gray's disposition at Robert Armistead's Tavern, 1795 August 31, 1795.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eArrangements for the payment of taxes by Skipwith.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNotice of court proceeding against them. Concerns the confiscation of thirteen slaves from the Hardwood Estates for the nonpayment of bonds.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCourt litigation between Sir Peyton Skipwith and Robert Birchett over wheat.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAs the Skipwith London agent, Maury encourages Sir Peyton to abandon further shipment of tobacco to London \"earlier than the summer following its growth.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCourt litigation in which Skipwith was plaintiff.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePetition regarding their suit against John Martin involving a debt and the assignment of a bond of Sir Peyton Skipwith's.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSkipwith's ferry operated by Hopkins and the necessity of improving roads leading to and from said ferry.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eProblem of shipping and receiving goods from England, especially tobacco.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGoods ordered by Lady Skipwith.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHis suit against Peter Holloway.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGoods shipped from Liverpool for Sir Peyton Skipwith and placed under the care of Mr. McCallum, including a leaf table.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eUsed as miscellaneous note paper.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePayment of taxes in gold by Skipwith.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSkipwith's involvement in court litigation with Robert Birchett over a wheat contract. Skipwith wants to retain McCrocy as his lawyer.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eStates that Skipwith was to call witnesses to refute the previous testimony of Birchett.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNotice left at Robert Birchett's house on 16 Sept. 1796 by John Hill.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt of payment for Baird Judgement.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAlso contains a penned reply by Thomas Vaughan, Deputy Sheriff of Mecklenburg County noting receipt of taxes.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDuties owed on goods delivered to Sir Peyton Skipwith.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCarleton's belated payment of debts to Skipwith.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncluding reply by Thomas Vaughan, Deputy Sheriff of Mecklenburg County, noting recipt of taxes.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMr. Carleton's repeated failure to pay a debt due in September and his desire to pay Skipwith in kind with horses and tobacco with an extension of the debt until December.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBusiness transactions between Peyton and Bell.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBond for 181 pounds, 9 shillings, and 4 pence.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePayment of a bond.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eComplaints by Skipwith over several grindstones purchased from Bell's brother.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNewspapers sent to Vaughan by Skipwith, and Skipwith's court litigation with Mssrs. Bugg and Birchett.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Stone lime sent to Skipwith and the most recent tobacco prices.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCourt litigations and the decrees of the court of appeals.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter of certification by John Holloway.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLand transaction, Singleton would like to pay with a horse.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTaxes due for previous year from various individuals, including William Davis, Sheriff of Mecklenburg.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eArticles purchased by Skipwith, such as nails, hooks, springs, and hoes, including an itemized list.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMoney owed Skipwith by Short and a request for Skipwith to procure \"about twenty likely negroes.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eState of Skipwith's tobacco crop, and the prices it should fetch once on the market.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEnumerated list of Skipwith's taxes for 1797.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Skipwith's account with them.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Including receipt of payment.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncluding receipt of payment.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNathaniel Moss's receipt - October 9, 1797.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBusiness transaction.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncluding receipt for payment.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAccount of Benjamin Harrison for taxes for the year 1792 with the Sheriff of Mecklenburg County.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMap caption: \"On the first day of February began, and on the 15th compleated a Survey of the within Tract of Sir Peyton Skipwith's Land A.D. 1798. Laid down by a Scale of 80 poles to an Inch by John Hill.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMr. Cunningham's transaction with Vaughan dealing with corn and its receipt and transportation, and other business.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMatters relating to Skipwith's court litigations with Robert Birchett ?\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSkipwith's financial and legal transactions.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\"Bag of money\" left at Mr. Vaughan's by Skipwith's agent, John Hill.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSkipwith's request of a 20 pound loan.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHome remedy and treatment for yellow fever.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMaterials sent to Lady Jean Skipwith.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBond for two thousand five hundred pounds.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003erequesting the use of a horse.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Concerning T. Burnett.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSkipwith's suit against King, Dinwiddie, Crawford, \u0026amp; Duncan.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSettling of accounts with Mr. Cunningham and Skipwith's future business.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBell's handling of a shipment of Skipwith's tobacco destined for London. including invoice for 60 hogs heads of tobacco.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncluding looking glasses and brass andirons.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInterests and payments on a bond. Also mention of Skipwith's trip to England for the coming summer.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBennett advises Skipwith not to ship his tobacco from Edenton to Norfolk for shipment to England. Instead he wants the tobacco brought to Petersburg, and placed in his care.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eShipment of Skipwith's tobacco to England\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Shipment of Skipwith's tobacco to England and some personal papers which Skipwith also wanted to send.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Asking him to host Sir Peyton Skipwith during his stay in Norfolk.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGracie agrees to dispose of Skipwith's bills on Messrs. Dawes \u0026amp; Stephenson \u0026amp; Co. of London.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReporting sales of tobacco and accounts of land offered for sale.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1801 wheat market, esp. with the West Indies and abroad in Europe. Mentions Mr. Dawson, Tom Payne, Mr. Jefferson, in addition to a pending treaty between U.S. and ?. Also speaks of rumor that England and France had concluded peace.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt to Alexander and James Fulton for Sir Peyton Skipwith, Esq.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSubject of court litigation between Skipwith and Samuel Bray of Hampshire County Ky.?\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSkipwith's business with Messrs. Dawes, Stephenson \u0026amp; Co. of London. Also contains comment on a fever epidemic which had suspended business throughout New York City.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRequesting that they advance George Nicholas Skipwith $1,883.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSkipwith's request for $4800.00\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInvoice and receipt for goods purchased.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFulwar Skipwith.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInforms Skipwith of the dissolving of Dawes, Stephenson \u0026amp; Co.'s partnership with John Grayson, and Grayson's venture into business for himself.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Seeks permission to carry a hogshead of tobacco across Skipwith's plantation to market.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eUnknown writer's daughter Margaret.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInformation relating to the dissolving of the business partnership of Dawes, Stephenson, Grayson \u0026amp; Co. Bennett informs Skipwith of his ship's departure for London via Falmouth.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eState of England during the war with France, esp. in terms of their not being able to get American consignments of tobacco to England. Makes personal arrangement with Skipwith for the receipt of his crop.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Skipwith's interests in purchasing mules.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePurchase of some slaves, and \"grazing\" as a business; describes the soil in his area, and his grasses it supports; comments on his method of crop rotation.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLady Skipwith's order for music books. Also contains information on the prices for tobacco in Europe \"notwithstanding the blockade of the Elbe \u0026amp; other restrictions on commerce.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNine hogsheads of tobacco being transported from Suffolk to Skipwith.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDirection along the main road to Richmond.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSkipwith's request in his market investments; also discusses the New York market for tobacco.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInforming Skipwith of his plans to charter an American ship for the customers of Grayson \u0026amp; Noble. Also requests that Skipwith send along 1 1/2 dozen of \"good bacon hams.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRequesting that Skipwith decide whether or not he wants to ship his tobacco to England aboard the ship Alexander at City Point Hopewell.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGiving additional information concerning the ship Alexander, such as freight rates for the transporting of Skipwith's tobacco.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDate of departure of a ship from City Point Hopewell for England.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBennet's receipt in Petersburg of 14 hogsheads of Rolla tobacco for shipment to Messrs. Grayson \u0026amp; Noble, London.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBennett's receipt of Skipwith's tobacco.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSale of 4 hogsheads of Potson tobacco sent by Skipwith. Grayson complains of the inability to sell an additional 74 hogsheads of Rolla tobacco because of Skipwith's faulty methods of packing tobacco for shipment.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSuit against Dinwiddie Crawford \u0026amp; Co.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents .\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSale of 71 hogsheads of Rolla tobacco for Skipwith and their receipt of samples of Dumfries tobacco.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGoods ordered by Skipwith now arrived in Petersburg on board the Protectress.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt and sale of four hogsheads of tobacco.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAvailability of ships sailing to Liverpool able to carry Skipwith's tobacco.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGoods purchased by Skipwith and being forwarded to him in the care of Thomas Bennett of Petersburg.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBills of loading for six hogsheads of tobacco shipped on the Good Intent for New York.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Two bills for 200 pounds and 300 pounds that Skipwith had deposited with them. Also discussion on the London tobacco market and the necessity of Skipwith's shipping only that tobacco fit for \"home consumption.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBusiness transactions including the purchasing of cotton materials for Skipwith and the prices of tobacco on the Liverpool market.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBaskervill's use of one of Skipwith's servants to transport some articles.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt of Skipwith's shipment of six hogsheads of tobacco.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSome bound volumes of music purchased by Lady Skipwith.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDisposal of two bills of exchange drawn upon Messrs. Grayson \u0026amp; Noble of London by Sir Peyton Skipwith for 200 pounds a piece.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTheir approval of transactions allowing James Maury of Liverpool to draw up the Skipwith account to cover purchases made in behalf of Sir Peyton. The high rate of insurance for shipping due to Spanish Privateers.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOrder for books, including an itemized list.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePurchases made by Skipwith and the tobacco market in Liverpool; including invoice.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTransportation of Skipwith's tobacco crop to London.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMare.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGoods purchased by Lady Skipwith, including shoemakers' pinchers and nippers, with an itemized list.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGoods purchased, including cloth.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDeath of Sir Peyton Skipwith on October 11, 1805 and the death of his youngest son. Lady Skipwith as sole executor of her husband's Virginia estates asks Short to settle a court suit that had been pending between Short and Sir Peyton over some bonds of M. Fulwar Skipwith's.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSkipwith's decision to sell his tobacco within the United States.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\"A tract of land near this place belonging to late Sir Peyton Skipwith.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCask of nails purchased by Lady Skipwith, including invoice.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLady Skipwith's payment for a cask of nails, including receipt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePayment for cask of nails, mentions the receipt of \"a bad dollar,\" including receipt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBalance of the account with the estate of the late Sir Peyton Skipwith.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eError in business transactions between Maury and Grayson \u0026amp; Noble of London involving the Skipwith account.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSir Peyton Skipwith's will in relation to a disagreement with Mr. ? Skipwith, and legacies to other children; warns her not to wear herself out in worrying over money matters; mentions his wife and daughter?\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerns Lady Skipwith's inquiries as to the balance of payment in the Skipwith account.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDisposal and sale of wheat received from Cunningham and Lady Skipwith.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eStatement of expenses and receipt for the building of a mill on Cox Creek.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBond for $525.00. Reverse: receipt for $500.00 paid by Lady Skipwith on December 28, 1808.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBond for $525.00. Reverse: March 22, 1808. William Marshall, attorney for Francis Lockett assigns bond to Walter Alver, Orange Co., North Carolina.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBusiness transactions concerning a \"draft of the oven\" and a note for $134.25.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOrder of books for Lady Skipwith, including an invoice.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBooks ordered and paid for by Lady Skipwith including invoice and receipt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWhether or not Cunningham wanted the timber on a tract of land that Williamson wants to cultivate.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePatterned material that Lady Skipwith ordered, but which could not be had. Potts sends substitution.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMerchantile company of Alexander and James Fulton of Petersburg, and the late Sir Peyton's heirs.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFormer business transactions between Maitland and Christian, and Sir Peyton Skipwith, deceased.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNotice of payment for an order of grain. Also references to the shortage of fine salt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEach bond for $525.00 and due at Christmas, 1807.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCommanding him to present a summons to Jean Skipwith to appear before Mecklenburg County Court for negligence as proprietress of a ferry across the Roanoke River.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt of two pounds and eight shillings and also six dollars for one year's subscription to the Portfolio.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBusiness transactions between Lady Skipwith, George Nicholas Skipwith and Peyton Skipwith. Bell claims money cannot be paid until the repeal of the embargo law.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRequest that Lady Skipwith supply him with enough grape seeds to get him in stock.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBell expresses his regrets that he cannot, due to the embargo, follow Lady Skipwith's wishes concerning the payment of his tobacco bond. Also mentions, in margin, the total lack of cotton to be had from Charleston or St. Mary's.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning the receipt of Lady Skipwith's wheat, and the shipment of a quantity of salt to Prestwould, including invoice.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt of a shipment of wheat from Lady Skipwith and the sale of butter sent earlier.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt of a quantity of wheat and butter sent to Petersburg for sale.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLady Skipwith's pending orders for tea, almonds, raisins, and china.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMemo of Lady Skipwith's renting for one year the land of Abraham Lockett, orphan.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePromissory note for $15000\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eObligation to Lady Skipwith for $50.00 unless they can settle disputed title of ownership of land (2 1/2 acres) sold to her.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eShipment of an order of \"cotton cards\" to Lady Skipwith.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLady Skipwith's tobacco crop. Including receipt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePromissory note for $100.00.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt of two loads of wheat from Lady Skipwith. Including invoice of goods purchased by Lady Skipwith.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLady Skipwith's wheat account. including receipt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003einvoice of items purchased, including hinges, screws, and glue.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt of Lady Skipwith's shipment of wheat.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHick's recollections of Sir Peyton Skipwith's mill. Offers to send deposition to aid Lady Skipwith in her court suit with the Young family.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMemo of Lady Skipwith's transactions with Barns to rent a portion of Lockett's lands.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDivison of Sir Peyton Skipwith's estate (d. 1805) among his living relatives.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCunningham's orders for sugar and cloth, and the change in previous prices.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWriter's travels on the lower peninsula, visiting friends and relatives. Comments on Williamsburg and Hampton, also life in naval Norfolk.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGuardian of Abraham Lockett. Memo of agreement to rent from Barnes a tract of land. Made by Cunningham in Lady Skipwith's behalf.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBalance due Rowley? Grymes from the estate of Lady Skipwith's late husband, Sir Peyton Skipwith.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePromissory note for $50.00.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBill and invoice of books purchased.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGoods purchased for Lady Skipwith. Reverse: invoice of goods purchased.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSuit against Lady Skipwith as executrix of her late husband's estates by Dinwiddie, Crawford and Co. of Petersburg.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrection of a billing mistake on some books ordered by Lady Skipwith.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eApperson's proposed trip to Richmond and his promise to transact some business concerning Lady Skipwith.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePrice of bar iron ordered by Lady Skipwith, including invoice.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWork done for Skipwith by Ogle, thanking Skipwith for his recommendations to others of Ogle's work.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBusiness transaction with Lady Skipwith, including list of bank notes.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBill for books.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBill for two \"stock locks\" of $2.00.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBill for $10.00.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePromissory note for $50.00\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLady Skipwith's book order and contains information concerning the types of books binding available.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAgreement for the rental of a tract of land for $25.00.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInvoice and bill with receipt for goods purchased, including muslin, binding, thimbles, pins, nutmeg, and rice.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBusiness transactions concerning the receipt and payment for bacon and hogs sent to Puryear.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBill for lodging and other services.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBill and receipt for purchase of \"3 spades.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBill and receipt for goods purchased.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt for $180.00 for building and setting up a wheat machine upon Lady Skipwith's estate.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInvoice and bill with receipt for 11 books purchased.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBill and receipt for one piece of web.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInvoice and bill with receipt for goods purchased, including plows.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInvoice and bill with receipt for purchases, including cutting knives and a saw.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBill and receipt for items purchased, including saws.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBill and receipt for goods purchased, including muslin and chest locks.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt for $150.00 yearly rent on lands of Abner Lockett.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInvoice and bill with receipt for purchases, including calico, buttons, thimble, and morocco shoes.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eShipment of goods from England to Lady Skipwith. Including, James Maury, Liverpool, to Lady Jean Skipwith, June 27, 1816. Also including, James Maury and Latham, Liverpool, to Lady Jean Skipwith, Sept. 5, 1816.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInvoice and bill for Lady Skipwith's purchase of carpeting.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerns books which correspondent is sending Lady Skipwith.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt for the rent of land from Thomas Lockett's orphans.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eActing as trustee for William M. Puryear, Boyd informs Skipwith of the depositing of $424.00 in the exchange bank of Va which is to be credited to a bond due Skipwith from Puryear.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInvoice and bill for goods purchased.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInvoice and bill for books purchased.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHumberstone Skipwith's account current with his mother and Selina? Skipwith for drafts and cash advanced.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBill for cotillion party.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt for the rent of Abner Lockett's land for the year 1818.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt for purchase of dimity and fringe.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt for purchases at the carpet and linen warehouse.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt for payment on the purchase of one sofa.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt for items purchased, i.e., damask draperies and napkins.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt for purchase of 21 yards of curtain dimity.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt for purchase of 21 yards of furniture dimity.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBill for various purchases of nails, hinges, hooks, and staples.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt for planking and scathing purchased.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePayment for shipping of one pair of snuffers.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceived of Captain Ferguson on account of glass service sent Mr. Skipwith at Norfolk.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBooks purchased--Bachelor and Married Man, Women are Pour-et-Contre, Hawthorn Cottage, and New Tales…\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt for purchase of a quantity of nails.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePromissory note, Including note of receipt of payment by David Scott, May 14, 1819. Also including note of Humberstone Skipwith paying Mrs. Nivison, July 10, 1819.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWickham's advice to Skipwith that he not bring suit against John Bell for a bond for $569.64 which was overdue\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBill for mending plastering round the doors.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBill of sale for tobacco.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt for purchase of goods, including broad top chairs.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt for 12 1/4 yards of furniture dimity purchased.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBill of sale for flower pots, a brass bell pull, and copper wire.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAsks for financial aid.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLawsuit of Skipwith and Murray.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWill pay $1000.00 for Col. Green at Mecklenburg Court.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePurchase of wool.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMr. Baily taking his slaves away.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning settlement in the case of Skipwith v. Murray.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRequest for a loan of $3000.00.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRequest for a loan of $2000.00.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDeath of Sarah (Nivison) Skipwith and the \"prevailing Epidemick;\" and returning some books.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInformation on the price of oil, also asks him to visit.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInformation on prices of goods and statement of his account for sugar, coffee, and salt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRequest for more time to arrange paying off his debt to Boyd.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eStatement of money and bonds given John Buford.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLegal notices which have been sent to parties in a lawsuit; will bring copies of the judgement.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePurchase of land in Norfolk by Skipwith.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFarmer will manage Skipwith's Norfolk property.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRequest for Cunningham to accept drafts written by John Buford on him.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eArrangements for loan to John Buford.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWheat prices and wine prices.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSale of Mr. Boyd's flour.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSale of Mr. Boyd's flour.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDenies that Lady Skipwith plans to help Mr. Ravesncroft.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLoan for his brother; explains why Col. Green wrote Lady Skipwith about Mr. Ravenscroft.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWill release his property if he pays his debt; if he pays the whole debt Lady Skipwith will make a loan to his brother.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAsks Cunningham to pay off some on Buford's debts.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCameron is lending money to Buford.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning notices delivered.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAccount of sales of flour.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWants to buy crops.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWants tobacco crop sent to Richmond; price not settled.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReturns accounts with transfer from Lady Skipwith to Cunningham's account.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWill deliver goods bought.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSkipwith's lease to Lyon of proprerty in Norfolk.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWill try to sell Lady Skipwith's tobacco.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHopes to provide good security for his debts.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSale of Lady Skipwith's tobacco crop.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHad a safe journey; Cunningham in Petersburg may be in financial trouble; Mrs. Tazewell is sick because of birth of her child; asks H. S. to send Franky to help Mrs. Tazewell.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDrought killed his crop; asks for loan of $500.00.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFinancial problems.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWill supply him with a sulky.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNote for $7500.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAttempts to settle his mother's estate's accounts.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAsks for loan of $3500.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eData on tobacco sales.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSends items from their store.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWants to purchase corn.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSale of cotton.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eVisited Baltimore; sympathy at death of her child.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAsks for Humberstone Skipwith's papers for lawsuit in New Orleans.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLawsuit.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGlad his wife and child are now well.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAsks to borrow $1000.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHer health better; hopes to have another child.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAsks to borrow $5000.00.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAsks to borrow $4000.00.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSkipwith's tax problems.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOrganization of The Exchange Bank of Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNational economic difficulties and how they kept their business going; asks for his patronage.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAsks to borrow $4000.00.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAsks to borrow $30,000.00.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLiquidation of Tredegar Iron Works.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and 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Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCounty government.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents .\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHopes to help him with his present troubles, i.e. bankruptcy and forced sale of his land.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAsks to buy his house.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAsks him to pay off his accounts.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAsks him to pay his bill.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCelia's divorce went through.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eVirginia census of 1890.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFerry\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePostcard.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence and other material concerning the history of the Skipwith pianoforte and its acquisition and subsequent care and use by the College of William and Mary; includes 2 8\" x 10\" black and white photographs (P1 and P2) of the pianoforte, and xerox copies from the Broadwood Porters books, 16 July 1816, indicating the original sale and delivery of the pianoforte; printed auction catalogue, 1946, listing \"English Harpsichord (beautiful)\"; and the Silvery Jubilee Catalogue, 1969, of the Colt Clavier Collection. Also includes the 2003 Conservation Report of the pianoforte by John R. Watson and Louis Dolive of the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. 48 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes one about a piano tuner from Cynthia Beverley (Tucker) Washington Coleman; and another from Lelia (Skipwith) Lee about their travels in Dresden and Berlin, Germany, and Paris, France.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncluding a letter from \"cousin\" Mary Skipwith Roberts of New Orleans, a letter form Fulwar to his father, Humberstone Skipwith, and a memo on rebuilding the bridge across Bluestone Creek.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMainly relating to farm and financial matters; including a letter from John W. Lewis on the estate of \"Major Nelson,\" and William B. R. on a mysterious door opening; financial matters of Lady Jean (Miller) Skipwith from William F. Wickham; and several from William Jeter and John B. Tunstall.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eincluding a list of Negroes purchased at \"John? Bufords Sale,\" and an order for parts for a mill ?.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncluding a letter to Sir Peyton Skipwith, one from Jean Feild inviting her to visit, a fragment of a poem in Lady Jean's handwriting, and an account.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncluding letters from Peyton Short, Leila (Skipwith) Carter Tucker, Fulwar Skipwith (a cousin of Sir Peyton), and several from Richard Eggleston, as well as two letters from Sir Peyton to Lady Jean Skipwith.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItems with no obvious Skipwith connection.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItems with no obvious Skipwith connection.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItems with no obvious Skipwith connection.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSee also Medium Oversize File.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\"Rates of Transportation on the Petersburg, Va. 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He does not wish for Gray to borrow against his Newbold estate to finance his living, noting the dangers of becoming indebted and the value of a debt free life.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConfirms the sending of 200 pounds and expresses hope that the financial arrangements he established for Gray will be sufficient. Expresses desire for Gray to pursue a profession reflective of Gray's standing in society. He further suggests that Gray should study law as it might prove useful in the future for helping the family recover their ancestral lands in Leicestershire.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Mentions that Gray did not receive earlier letter so he repeats the news he enclosed in previous letter. Notes the disastrous crop season this year. States that the weavils ruined the wheat crop and the tobacco plants were ruined by violent rains. Because he was unable to reap a profit from crop sales he recalls financial loans given to Peyton Short and Francis Ruffin. Informs Grey of the birth of a son named Humberston. Also mentions that Grey's sister, Leila has recently married St. George Tucker and that Grey's youngest sister, Maria, has died.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBegins letter with a complaint of unpaid debts and the fact that Virginia courts favor debtors over lenders. Notes that as a result, he will have to cancel Gray's allowance until finances improve.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNotes continuing financial difficulties and his success at surmounting them. Sending a letter of conveyance from Sir Thomas Skipwith to Gray, expresses the importance of the land conveyance to avoid the land from falling into a distant branch of the family.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHis approaching voyage to England and his poor health. Believes that the sight of his son will give him great pleasure. His current financial condition and the sale of useless lands in Kentucky. Letter mentions a visit from one of Gray's old friends, Mr. Grymes Jr. of Brandon in Middlesex.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses a meeting with Mr. Grymes and Edmund Randolph in Richmond. Also notes the state of his finances and his success with his tobacco and wheat crops. Notes that he cancelled his trip to England because he had regained his health.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eVisit of William Bell to London. He notes that Mr. Bell will deliver this letter to him and take any letters from Grey and expresses hope that all is well. Also requests that Gray obtain a complete set of Sir Peyton's account from Rowles and Grymes to aid him in a financial dispute with Phillip Grymes of Brandon, Virginia. Mentions a visit from Wyndham Randolph, nephew of Edmund, and Wyndham's sisters. Also notes the purchase of Occoneechee, an estate for his brother, Peyton Jr. Further mentions the current state of his own home, Prestwould. He notes with pride that he has the most beautiful home in Virginia and also breeds the best horses in Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBegins with him expressing disappointment over Gray not writing him more often and for neglecting to tell him about his marriage and the birth of his grandchild. Informs Grey that there is no reason for letters not to reach him because there is now a post office in Marthasville from which he can send letters. Boasts about his financial lifestyle and his happiness with his life in Virginia. notes that Gray's sister Leila's children by Robert Carter stand to inherit equally from the Cortoman estate. Also mentions Peyton Jr., trip to Georgia and his engagement to Cornelia Greene, daughter of General Nathaniel Greene.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHis hopes that Gray's wife, Harriet, has a son and that Gray choose him as grandchild's godfather. Birth of George Skipwith to Peyton Jr. and his wife. Selina's continuing studies in Baltimore.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInforms Gray of Sir Peyton's death after a long illness. Discusses finances with Gray, noting their father's estate was quite large and unencumbered at his death.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eResponds to Gray's letter discussing outstanding debts of Sir Peyton in London. Lady Skipwith candidly details her discovery of Sir Peyton's poor financial condition prior to their marriage and his later struggle to pay off his debts. She notes the difficulty of collecting debts in America and the amount of labor that it takes to run a successful tobacco farm. Agrees to pay English debt which Gray mentioned in an earlier letter but inquires whether it is the only debt outstanding.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInforms Guy of the death of his brother, Peyton Jr. In addition to details of Peyton's death, she discusses the health of her children and the birth of Peyton's last child, Catharine. 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Papers are primarily business in nature and reflect the management of \"Prestwould.\""," Papers also concern the development of Lady Skipwith's library, the education of Fulwar Skipwith and his brother Grey Skipwith. Manuscript volumes concern farm accounts, gardening, the study of French and Fulwar Skipwith's lists of books.","Oversize Folder 1: Formerly Box VII, folder 5a oversize file: Feb 1, 1798 manuscript map entitled Sir Peyton Skipwith's land A.D. 1798, Joh Hill Cartographer.\nOBox XXI, Folder 33 medium oversize file, House Plans including photostat."," Skipwith Family Papers in Swem Library's microform area, 14 reels, call number HD 1471 .U5 R43 ser. L part 3","Skipwith Correspondence, Manuscripts, Manuscript Volumes, Fulwar Skipwith Notebooks, dated and undated. Boxes I-XX.","Indenture for the sale of a slave.","Deed of conveyance for 390 acres of land in Lunenburg County","Payment of twelve pounds to Mr. Sterling Thonton","Receipt for five pounds, nineteen shillings.","Account for one pound, nineteen shillings, and eleven pence. Also some rough accounts.","Receipt for the sale of a large, bay horse.","Deed.","Directions to pay Sterling Thornton five pounds, seven shillings, and four pence.","Indenture for the sale of slaves","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Receipt for five pounds, ten shillings in payment for a pair of mill stones.","Payment of three pounds, twelve shillings which he is in need of. Letter was returned and endorsed by Harris as a receipt for the money, dated August 8, 1769.","Directions for the payment to Mr. James Yancey of eight pounds, seven shillings, and six pence. Letter endorsed on April 4, 1770 by James Yancey and returned as a receipt.","Receipt for eleven pounds for two years of mill stones.","Promissory note for sixty-seven pounds, six shillings, and nine pence.","Receipt for two pair of shoes.","Bond for seventy pounds.","About a horse.","Bond for £200 for the building of three mills by September next.","Payment of some money.","Scope and Contents","Sale of some bacon and other provisions. The people in Richmond are in great want.","Receipt for nine guineas. 2 pages. Autograph document.","Bond for eighty pounds.","Bond for £130,000.","Breeding horses.","Notes on land deed and a deed of trust for 12 Negroes from Sir Peyton? Skipwith to? Ferril and? Ferril to ? Moss, and ? Holmes.","A blank indenture for payment of an unspecified account to Sir Peyton Skipwith.","The mating of several mares with his horse, Black and All Black.","Deed for title to some lands in consideration of £300.","Receipt two pounds, two shillings, and two pence.","Price of some tobacco, etc.","Bill for £795, fifteen shillings.","Transportation of some oats.","Barley.","Inspection and sale of some tobacco.","Inspection and sale of some tobacco.","Payment for some bacon sold to Sir Peyton Skipwith.","Delivery of 5000 pounds of tobacco to Mr. John C. Littlepage. Endorsed by J.C. Littlepage.","Breeding some horses.","Does not intend to sell his mare.","Payment for horse breeding.","The purchase of some bacon.","Account with Sir Peyton Skipwith, Slott?, and Donaldson, and Henry Sandifer.","Delivery of some bacon to Sir Peyton Skipwith.","Scope and Contents Bacon.","Last delivery of some corn.","Supply of some sugar.","Tobacco.","Entertaining expenses.","Conveying the Brunswick District Court order to pay some money and tobacco to David Apperson.","Sale of some tobacco. Confusion in Harwood's estate following the death of his father. A large sum of money \"for the purpose of raising a soldier.\"","Escape of a prisoner who has fled to the enemy.","Bill for a wardrobe chest and a case.","Barley. Is anxious to meet Sir Peyton.","Delivery of sugar.","Sugar.","Receipt for two hundred and five pounds, ten shillings.","About Col. Eastleigh, Miss Skipwith, etc. \"This cursed invasion has thrown everything into confusion.\"","Bond for 160,000 pounds of tobacco.","Copy of a bond for a hundred and sixty thousand pounds of crop tobacco between Robert Tucker of Sussex County and William Burge of Prince George County and Sir Peyton Skipwith.","Receipt.","Account of estate of Dr. John Ravenscroft, Cairnsmoore, Scotland, with Lillias (Miller) Ravenscroft.","Bond for £300.","Notations of a lease by Sir Peyton Skipwith.","Various bills. receipts, etc. for spices, wine, and mutton.","Statement of their account for linens.","Payment of money with interest due since 1773.","Procurement of two ship's carpenters.","Statement of his account for salt. signed in Beall's behalf by B. Holmes.","Ended the bargain he made with Mr. Smith.","Requests the return of his Negro Stewart.","Payment for 203 head of cattle delivered for the use of the French Army.","Has been ill, but will send him his money in a few days. Also the offer of an old dog - \"very slow,\" but \"is very true and good for a fox.\"","Has spent all his available money in the purchase of a horse, but will pay him shortly.","Two cows which were left in her care. Both died, but she may keep the hides.","Cannot attend his sale. Also requests payment for some bacon","Imprisonment and sale of a person who was enslaved by Sir Peyton.","Survey of land bought by Sir Peyton Skipwith from William Natchell, together with Armistead's fee for surveying the land.","Various bills, receipts, etc., for shingles, shoes, wool, and spices.","Payment of their joint bond.","Offer to defend him in his suit against Mr. Hooper.","Health of the recipient.","Death of thirty-five head of Sir Peyton's cattle, and recompense for looking after the remainder.","Disposal of some corn.","Order for corn and meal. Hears news \"that there is a certain general peace--a happy event to us.\"","About credit for £300.","Failure to pay for some salt. Threatens to take him to court.","Some corn and paints.","Spare scythe stones.","Contract.","Impending case for the settlement of a deed.","Receipt for the payment of some bonds.","Forwarding of various letters and newspapers.","Bond for the sale of some lands and Negro slaves in part settlement of a previous bond for tobacco. Also part of a fuller bond, dated October 9, 1786 entered into between Robert Turnbull, Petersburg, and Robert Tucker.","Tobacco business. \"The great advances my late partnership is in for our friends abroad, has laid me under very great and disagreeable inconveniences.\"","Various accounts, receipts, etc., for spices, shoe boots, buttons, and hinges.","Reestablishment of their correspondence, disrupted during \"the last unhappy war.\" Mr. Thomas Main will give further details in person.","Is sending his partner and nephew, Mr. Main, to settle their account, a more expedient method of settling their claims than by the use of attorneys.","Opening of correspondence with Messers. Berth and Sigrist, Amsterdam, for the consignment of tobacco.","Stray steer.","Order to pay the expenses of two witnesses testifying at the suit of James Hooper.","Tobacco.","Acquaints him of his arrival in America.","Requests the use of his surveying equipment.","Money due to Sir Peyton.","Has inquired for reliable purchasers for his goods which many will fetch eighty guineas.","Invitation to stay at Beauford.","Sale of some Negroes. All the three potential purchasers were of substance.","Mr. Hutchinson and Colonel Skirving would like to see him in person.","Bill of exchange for some cattle.","Mr. Campbell wishes to settle the matter in an English court.","Introducing himself on behalf of his firm Dawes, Stephenson, and Co., tobacco merchants.","Payment of their tobacco account. Hopes he will spare him any further trouble.","Sale of his tobacco. Hopes to meet him before he returns to England.","Security for some tobacco.","Business matters.","Mr. Ruffin's bond.","Mr. Ruffin's case to pay his bond. \"The most speedy and vigorous methods shall be pursued.\"","Mr. Fiveash's affair. Appended a statement of his account with Thomas Fiveash.","Memorandum of a bargain entered into for some cattle.","Thread and butter","Statement of Sir Peyton's account with the General Court for various suits, etc.","Tax account.","Understands he is a lenient creditor. Requests that he may pay part of the bond that he is security to for Robert Connell.","Offer to sell his land. Requests a quick determination.","Letter from Mr. Nelson concerning the price of tobacco.","Receipt for £1009..10..0.","Notifying him of his appointment as Surveyor of the road in place of Thomas Vaughan.","Bankruptcy suit filed by Mr. Murray's executors. Major portion of his debt is Mr. Allen's rather than Sir Peyton's.","Purchase of his work horse.","A blank summons to call a witness to testify on behalf of Sir Peyton Skipwith in his dispute with J. Harmanson?","Payment of his taxes and other business.","Payment for a Negro he has had since August 1782.","Is sorry but he has already sold the horse, but will try to procure him back. Thinks the horse is destined for New York. \"He is an excellent covering horse and well calculated to get colts for the turf.\" Remarks on the severity of the laws against racing in his state.","Some of his tobacco sold in 1775. Is glad to hear he wishes to renew his correspondence with their firm. Will do everything to protct his interests.","His letter came too late; had already sold the horse. However he expects to buy it back next season when he will have first preference. Further details about some of its colts - \"I veryyly believe him to be as pure a blooded horse as any in America or England.\"","Information regarding some cattle.","Receipt for one large packing trunk purchased of Edmund Wells, trunk and case maker.","Scope and Contents The payment of one of his notes. Has sent Captain Matthew Gibb to see him and hopes he \"will consider the disadvantage I labour under by being so long kept out of the money.\"","Discharging his bond for a tract fo land he had bought of Mr. Machary?","Cannot undertake to prosecute his case.","Mr. Ingram is doing his best to replevy his debt to him, but his scheme to do so must, by law, be approved by Sir Peyton his creditor. Also, the sale of some Negroes will not be permitted except with his approval.","Freight to England. Will remain in America till next spring.","His dismissal as surveyor, but is wishing to survey their land as a private surveyor.","His chartering of \"a fine British butt vessel\" to take his tobacco.","Will shortly be going to Richmond and desires to know what business, if any, he would like him to transact there for him.","Purchase of some cattle. 1 page. Autograph letter signed.","Must delay his visit to Richmond to attend the court where Mrs. Humphries, wife of John Humphries, is to be examined for the murder of one of her negro girls.","Requests the use of a small lumber cart to take home a box of glass.","Purchase of some cattle.","Shipment of his tobacco.","His tobacco--no offers as yet. Mr. Main will obtain freight for the goods he has ordered.","Dispatch of his notes to Colonel Joseph Green of Wayne County, N. C. for the purchase of his cattle.","His tobacco which is now on board a ship ready to sail.","Deed for the sale of some land to Bigelow on the Roanoke River.","Survey of some land and a court case pending.","Agreement to serve as overseer at Bugs Farm or on one of his plantations.","His progress at school in England. Describes a visit with Mayor Grymes to see the palace of Windsor.","Account of various legal costs.","Cattle he expects for North Carolina.","Is pleased to hear of his intention to deal in tobacco with his friends Messrs. Dawes, Stephenson and Co., London. Presents low price of tobacco and how prospects for the present growing crop are--\"which added to the restless and uneasy situation of the Northern and Eastern states will probably cause some amendment in the European market.\"","Has plotted the mill pond.","Scope and Contents Just arrived in London; bad season for visiting the city, as all fashionable people have left for \"watering places;\" will leave in a day or two for the Hague, then for Paris by way of Flanders; Eng. in a state of chaos; Irish propositions uncertain; necessity of learning French to do business not only in France but everywhere on the continent; his son Gray should learn French, and Italian too perhaps; Jefferson, already a year in France, is obliged to speak much English, so his French does not improve; Col. David Humphries, legation secretary, the same; have tried harder than any American ever to learn French; has heard of his possible visit to Europe; hopes to see him; can send letters to Col. Forrest or Fulwar Skipwith; hopes he received papers left for him in Virginia; Hog Island gave concern, and hopes he got rid of it; his kind offer of assistance may be taken up, as have not heard from Mr. Benjamin Harrison, who agreed to handle affairs; ask for a letter of credit, to be used only in an emergency; has written in this vein before, but think letters miscarried; sends this through Col. Forrest and Fulwar Skipwith.","Is loading a ship for Bristol and reminds him of his promise to send twenty hogshead of tobacco ?","Business matters.","Scantling and plank.","Goods on board the ship Robert.","Shipment of goods to him, including various types of seeds.","Order for some prunes, raisins and currants.","Prices of tobacco.","Receipt for puchase of some books including four volumes of Rabelais' books--\"very scare.\"","Loading of his tobacco on board the vessel Tweed.","Verdict and judgement of the General Court in favor of Skipwith in his suit against Ferrell. Damages of one penny plus cost.","Injunction granted to Pineas Ingram staying the proceedings in his suit with Sir Peyton over the sale of some Negroes.","Is willing to sell his land.","Fifty-five pounds, Virginia money, received of Thomas Vaughan.","Acknowledges his letter of 10 October. He is now second boy at Mr. Cotton's school where Major Grymes proposes he stays until August when he can go to Eton. Has had a letter from Uncle Miller.","Financial matters.","Bills, etc. on John Hyndman and Co.","Shoes, stockings, boots, salt, flour, spices, and bridles for horses.","List of horses delivered to Sir Peyton Skipwith.","Receipt of some money.","To meet his commitments, he will sell some land, and hopes to be allowed to \"set up at your shop or mill.\"","Has been appointed by the Court as one of the gentlement to act as executor to an estate in which Hepburn has a third interest.","Offer of a horse for £45.","His business in court and various other business matters. 2 pages.","Disposal of a South Carolina Negro, etc.","Order to impound part of the estate of Robert Harrison in payment for debts owed to Thomas Vaughan; Harrison being absconded.","Sale of 3000 lbs. of sugar on behalf of Sir Peyton Skipwith.","Colonel Green will view the road next Thursday.","Ingram's tobacco.","Forwarding of five grindstones.","Breaking in of his horse to harness before his journey to Richmond.","Collection of some apple and pear trees at Shrosburys.","Letter regarding Colonel Green's report on the road.","Many favors which he acknowledges he has done for him.","Included are some for her brother, Hugh.","Receipt for £12 and five barrels of Indian corn in payment for a dark bay horse.","Warrant in the case of Downes vs. Brown. The county of residence is left blank until it is found out \"where the (delinquent) does live.\"","Bills of loading for three hogs heads of his tobacco.","Payment of some money to Sir Peyton Skipwith and other financial business.","Several suits pending that day.","Scope and Contents","Request for some rye grass seed. Also notice that the General Court is ready to take depositions in the recipients suit.","Account of the sale of twenty hogs heads of tobacco.","Summoning of Sir Peyton Skipwith to appear as a witness on behalf of Hugh Miller in his suit with James Belsches.","His invitation to settle in Liverpool where he will be pleased to settle tobacco or transact any other business for Skipwith.","Legal matters.","Receipt for seven shillings and six pence, and for fifteen shillings for seven tithes due in Surry County from Sir Peyton Skipwith.","Shipping costs to England. \"The late sales of tobacco in Britain are very far from being pleasant ones.\"","Invoice of goods shipped aboard the Helena by Hugh Miller, merchant. Insured to the value of £100 by Archibald Govan.","Overpayment of tax by Sir Peyton Skipwith for the year 1783.","Scope and Contents","Sale of his tobacco.","Sale of eighteen barrels of Indian corn to Thomas Vaughan. Sale of the Indian corn by Francis Lewis.","Receipt for the payment of the certificate tax.","Dispatch of some of his tobacco on board their vessel. \"It is said that a difference in Insurance of from 2 to 5 Guineas is made between British and American bottoms.\"","His departure for England. Hopes he may see him there shortly.","Advises him to make other arrangements for shipping his goods to England.","Bad weather and its interruption of various projects.","Is sorry his letter caused him so much distress, especially at the time of his illness. In his suit against Wills, he was awarded only £5 as against £50-60 which he ought to have received. Testimony of Collin Wills was that he struck his father with a sword. The jury was biased and he thought it best to let the matter alone rather than order a new trial.","Mr. Brown's ticket.","Payment of his debt. Had been made difficult by the \"blowing up\" of his mill.","Scope and Contents","Receipt for payment for some linen and other household goods.","A suit; advises caution.","Provision of shipping and freight rates for his tobacco.","Shipping of his tobacco.","Delivery of some clover and grass seed.","Delivery of turnip seeds, etc.","Scope and Contents Shipping and sale of his tobacco.","Freight for his tobacco.","Scope and Contents","Shipping and insurance arrangements for his tobacco.","Saddle for a horse.","Requests twenty dollars to balance his tax account.","Sale of three hogsheads of tobacco.","Shipping some tobacco to Bristol.","Sale of some lands in Lunenburg County belonging to Mr. Upshaw.","Exchange of some grass seeds.","Offers to act as overseer on Mr. Perier's plantation which he understands he intends to purchase.","Cure of his \"fellow Sam.\" Hopes he can perform a reasonable cure on his jaw.","Freight rates for tobacco on board the British vessel, Mary.","Copy of the judgement in the case of Downes vs. Mr. Brown","Subpoena served on Mr. Miles \"who I have some reason to think will be a very beneficial witness in your favour.\"","Requests that he will not insist on payment of his debt until his crop is harvested.","Scope and Contents Business for the house of Dawes Stephenson, and Co., of London. There is a \"fine new British built vessel\" in the River.","His \"agreeable passage\" back to England.","Lack of comments from him or Messers. Donaldson and Stotts regarding his tobacco.","State of twenty hogsheads of tobacco.","State of their accounts.","Tobacco and other business. \"Our crop this year will be uncommonly short and I fear but undifferent in quality, owing to the wet weather.\"","Apologizes for not seeing him regarding the indents, but was detained by the ill health of his family.","Shipment of his tobacco.","Sale of some oxen. Not possible for the moment, since he does nto care to be paid in paper money, the only currency at present available in Va.","Has viewed the land belonging to Mr. Bigelow and values it at two hundred pounds, Va currency.","Bill for the sale of twenty-one horses and colts.","Delivery of some letters, and his readiness to see him the following morning.","His bond for fifteen hundred pounds for lands on the Roanoke River, Warren County, N. C. , and also for some dwellings on the south side of Old Street, Petersburg.","A bond for fifteen hundred pounds, Virginia currency, for the title of certain lands in Warren County, N. C. , and certain buildings and land in Petersburg,","Will do all he can to raise the money and pay him that evening. Does not blame him. \"I acknowledge I have forfeited my trust.\"","His expectation of a meeting between them. Hopes to be able to set out soon for America.","Settlement of a bond.","Payment of his account with Skipwith.","His failure to see him.","Will be happy to see him when he comes down for the races.","Bond for £1220-17 for the purchase of some lands.","Invoice and statement of Sir Peyton's account with Panock, Nicolson, and Skipwith.","Mr. Taylor has been so busy that he has not had time to write.","Construction of some ditches.","Receipt and settlement of some debts.","Expects soon to have a balance of £130 in favor of Messers. Pinnock and Skipwith.","Has measured the great ditch and finds it 2260 yards long. Also includes ? to ?. Regarding the purchase of some land.","Is making up a large shipment of tobacco with difficulty and would be glad to receive any tobacco collected on his account. Also includes George Craghead, to Sir Peyton Skipwith, Mill Farm. December 14, 1786. Explains why he has not yet collected any of his tobacco.","John Ballard, to Sir Peyton Skipwith. About the purchase of some tobacco.","Payment of some money outstanding to him, which he does not like to press for but now needs.","Debt to Colonel William Randolph.","Scarcity of cash, the high discount on bills, and other business concerning the tobacco trade.","Various bills and receipts for clothing items, including a cap, bonnet, velvet, silk, and buttons, furnishings, including a skillet, spoons, fans, and forks, salt, sewing tools, and a wagon.","Scope and Contents","Testimony regarding his suit against Pines Ingram, William Smith, John Smith, Thomas Ingram, and John Ingram.","His suit against Mattart. Unlikely to obtain judgement within less than two years; \"The evil is in the law.\"","Payment of the debt for the horse.","His brother Henry's estate and debts which he has now taken responsibility for.","Settlement of his debt. Begs him to give him till July and not seize his securities.","Usefulness of his tobacco.","Invoice of sundry goods shipped on board the Bridget.","Tobacco sales, etc.","About the purchase of some land.","Illness of Mr. Archibald who on doctor's advice is returning to Europe. In the future, his business in America will be confined to the collection of debts.","Suit against W. Pool. Has obtained a judgement against him, and also in his suit against John Cox.","Inability to see him.","Sale of some of Mr. Poole's property and the settlement of his debts.","Statement of their account for mustard, thread, buttons, stockinette, and silk.","Bond for thirty pounds for the construction of two chimneys and hearths.","Price of lime.","Sale of his tobacco. The proceeds to be entrusted to John R. Grymes who has the care and management of his son.","Bill of his on J. Hyndman \u0026 Co. which has been returned to him.","Invoice of tobacco sales from the ship Montgomery.","Two bonds which he took care of.","Sale of some lime.","Debt for £8-2-6. Also includes Alexander Boyd, to Sir Peyton Skipwith, June 9, 1787.","A list of men using the ferry and the sums due from them.","License for a tavern and the purchase of some nails.","Business matters.","Request for some grass seed for his orchard.","Account of the sale of his tobacco received by George Edward Henderson.","Tobacco business. Is sorry that any part of his conduct could have caused ill feeling between them.","Suit by Skipwith against Royster. Also miscellaneous notes by Skipwith regarding some slaves and other items.","Receipt for settlement of debts owed to him by Jacob Mettart and James Swinton, of Petersburg.","Payment for his tobacco.","His recent illness.","Account of his tobacco sold in London.","Statement of his account for a wagon and slaves.","Rights and title to a bond. Also other jottings regarding business accounts, etc.","Are sending him a hamper of London port wine.","His attendance at the Court House.","His borrowing money on his account.","Scope and Contents","Early delivery of some tobacco.","Survey of a plot of tobacco land.","Deed for the sale of some land.","Price of tobacco in Petersburg, he requests to know.","Settlement of John Holt's estate and the provision of money for the education of his orphans--hopes he will befriend them.","Bill for various goods.","Legal provisions of an ejectment, \"an action, commonly used for the trying of titles, and recovery of lands, etc., illegally withheld from the right owner.\"","Disposal of the Holt estate.","Money for the purchase of corn. Had prevented the suit brought by Murray's prosecutors against him from being heard this court.","Court matters. Advises him to discuss the suit against Billy Heale, because of the cost of witnesses, etc.","Sir Peyton Skipwith, Mecklenburg County, to Philip Moody. Bond for a hundred and twenty pounds, Virginia currency","Scope and Contents","Statement of his account since December 1785.","Delivery of some corn or money. \"I hope you will not fail to send me one or the other.\"","Tobacco bond. Is to deliver it up to Colonel Penn.","Sheep shearing and other farming matters. Has spoken to Major Boyce \"on account of your enormous tax in Surrey.\"","Bond for thirty five pounds, ten shillings, the balance due on the purchase of two Negro slaves.","Delivery of some iron and a pair of gloves.","Statement of his account.","Their lack of several of the articles he ordered, including a weeding hoe.","Bill for various goods, including a table cloth and drapes.","Receipt of a packet.","Tax account.","Statement of his account.","Bond for forty seven pounds, fifteen shillings.","Bond for seven hundred pounds, seven shillings and eight pence. The bond endorsed on the back as having been discharged is signed, William Allen, 3 August 1789.","Delivery of some goods, including some osnaburg fabric and nails, and the state of their account.","Bill for various goods, including thread, cloth, linen, buttons, buckles, and nails.","Purchase of some nails and buttons.","Tobacco and the disposal of other goods of his.","The Reverend Mr. John Scot and his desire \"to complete a union on which my future happiness so much and so immediately depends.\"","Collection of some fees.","Bond for two hundred pounds.","Articles requested by him.","His marriage, legal difficulties, in the laws of Virginia.","Court matters.","Bond for some Negroes he made with Mr. Peyton? Short.","Miscellaneous bill receipts for slaves, clothing and spices, and other business documents.","Purchase of some land on Butchers Creek. The plantation is in bad repair.","Debt due to Colonel Edward Harwood, payment in money or tobacco as he pleases.","Bond of one hundred pounds for the delivery of four slaves.","Purchase of some wine.","Sum of money due from him to the esate of Colonel William Harwood.","His illness since arriving in Louisville. \"Your land is started in a most growing part of the country...faster than any other part of Kentucky.\" High price of uncultivated land \"owing to the astonishing migration to the Western Country.\" General export of tobacco down the Mississippi.","Bond for thirteen pounds, ten shillings, and nine pence.","About some money due to his wife.","Personal matters.","Scope and Contents","About the purchase of some land.","Doctor Olwer; wishes he could help \"but we seem quite full of gentlemen of his profession in this part of the country.\"","Presentation of some of hsi bills to Messers Stott and Donaldson.","Accepts their offer after school ends in April; mentions his mother's Lillias (Miller) Ravenscroft marriage to Mr. Patrick Steward in Scotland.","Account of tobacco received and sold from on board the vessel Termagant.","Hop roots.","Invoice for buttons, cambrick, flannel, pepper, ginger, mustard, nutmeg, cinnamon, raisins, and salt.","Payment of thirteen pounds to Mr. William Richards. Also includes Sir Peyton Skipwith, to Thomas Vaughan,, 1789 April 20","Supply of various goods.","Receipt for two bonds on which he is bringing suits in the District Court of Petersburg.","Lease for his storehouse and lumber house at the ferry.","Invoice of goods sent to him, including salt, wine, brass knobs, a hat, flannel, and diapers.","Bond for 5,692 lbs. of tobacco.","Invoice of goods purchased.","Sale of some land.","Invoice for goods purchased, including wine and butter.","Number of his slaves.","Statement of their account for buttons.","Asks about her pregnancy; gives news of relatives and friends in Scotland; discusses mental attitudes toward the loss of a child; is preparing to give a speech at the College on August 1.","Title to a deed.","Invoice for goods purchased, including sugar and tea.","Purchase of a horse.","Goods purchased, including nails, and the state of his account.","Shipment of tobacco, and related business.","Invoice of goods purchased by him, including putty, knives, chalk, and shoes.","Statement of their account.","Their daughter Helen Skipwith, later Helen Coles and his need to attend to business.","Payment of the balance outstanding to him.","Shipment of his tobacco to London.","Pay the bearer of this letter, Mr. Allison, thirty shillings.","Agreement regarding the purchase of some land in Mecklenburg County.","Scope and Contents","Purchase of a colt. Also included Colonel William Johnson to Sir Peyton Skipwith. Regrets that he has sold the animal.","Lewis Payne, an \"industrious young man.\" Also would he pay the two hundred pounds oustanding to him.","Their account.","Purchase of some land.","Account of the sale of his tobacco received from on board the Lady St. John.","State of his suit against Mr. Robinson.","Dawes, Stephenson, \u0026 Co., London, to Sir Peyton Skipwith. About the sale of his tobacco received from on board the Hartley.","His decision to be of service to him.","Progress of his two suits in the Petersburg district court. Also enclosed is a receipt for two bonds dated March 10, 1790.","Legal matters.","Merchandise contracted for, being ready.","His title to some land.","Subpoenas for witnesses for his suits pending in the Brunswick district court.","Tobacco sales and shipments, \"the markets in Europe are glutted with Tobaco...I think there must be a demand for France as soon as the Commotions have subsided.\"","Bond for forty pounds.","Bond for one hundred and eighty pounds.","The moving of rock from Mr. Ross's plantation.","Sale of his tobacco. \"Our house does not possess the talent of flattery.\"","Sale of his property. Demands secure terms and no bad or defective title.","Outstanding taxes for 1783.","Their tobacco account.","Freight for his tobacco.","The payment of his Revenue lent to Mr. Thomas Vaughan.","Receipt for some corn, Brown writing on behalf of Stott \u0026 Donaldson.","Report on the progress of the various tasks on the plantations.","Correspondence with Major P.L. Gryms. Has not heard from Sir Peyton's son since March when he was in good health.","Bond for twenty-three pounds, four shillings and nine pence.","Scope and Contents","The delivery of a carriage and horses. Will pay him in bank notes which \"pass as specie in every state in the Union,\" there being a shortage of specie.","Business and family matters. Is endeavoring \"to get several sums due from Colonel Washington and others.\"","Will attend to his interests.","Bond for seventy pounds with Thomas Greenwood, guardian to the orphans of Robert Greenwood.","Payment of Robert Atkinson for wagon freight.","Payment of some money to Robert Birchett. Receipt for payment on the back, signed Robert Birchett, dated1792 September 27.","Discusses some bills of exchange which are in litigation, and some land Skipwith inquired about.","Invoice of goods purchased, including linen.","Bill and receipt of varous expenses and services rendered, including some wine and ale.","A Christmas box and other small matters.","Scope and Contents","The goods purchased by her.","The payment of some money","Scope and Contents","Subpoenas and witnesses for his suits in the Brunswick District Court.","Survey and plan of some land.","Port wine and Irish beef tongue.","Declaration of his authority as a justice of the city of Charleston and a public notary.","State of his account.","State of his account.","Various business matters including his offer to purchase some land belonging to Mr. Price.","The sale of some land of Mr. Price in payment for taxes.","Domestic matters.","Scope and Contents","Statement and receipt for the balance of his account.","The disposal of some land in Kentucky belonging to the estate of John Hartwell","The best time to ship his tobacco. Some apprehension that the market \"will be glutted with stemmed Tob.\"","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","His lack of a cart and the delivery of some pork.","The disposal of some land in the district of Kentucky.","A receipt for some money.","Bill \u0026 receipt for bridge tolls.","Bill for some articles furnished for his daughter.","His suits pending in the Brunswick district court.","Blank orders to summon a witness to testify on behalf of Sir Peyton Skipwith in his suit pending with the Executors for Edward Harward.","Several small business matters. Also his pending trip to Georgia.","Some Lusirn? Lucerne? seed.","Mr. Ruffin's injunction to the suit brought against him.","The delivery of a desk, shoes, and buckles.","Freight on board a ship bound for London.","The bad condition of the road and the desirability of a bridge over the creek near his house. .","Money oustanding on his account.","Information on the power of an attorney.","The construction of three stills.","Various business matters.","His consignment of tobacco.","The mill stone business.","Judgement and execution for debt against him.","The quantity of tobacco he wishes shipped.","Arrangements for shipping his tobacco.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","The \"Futility of the Deed\" granted for some land in Kentucky.","Tobacco business.","Concerning legal business.","The construction of a mill; also the employment of \"Pling.\"","Blank Order to summon a witness to attend the suit pending in the Brunswick district court between Sir Peyton Skipwith and the Executors for William Harwood.","Various court and legal matters.","Discusses his ill health and doctor's remedies; Mrs. McMurdo expected to die after the premature birth of a daughter, and distrust of the \"Gentlemen accoucheurs\"; mentions defunct \"Jermyn Bakeres\" ?.","The inspection of his tobacco and other business matters.","Payment of some cash.","His account with Messrs. J. \u0026 A. Freeland.","The payment of rent for the blacksmith's shop.","His collection of books.","Public auction of the Lawson Price estate (land), in Mecklenburg County. March 1794. Document concerns in the court case of James Belsches, Jr. U.S. \"Lawson price and Company\" brought before the Prince George County Court.","Deal for the sale and possession of some land.","Scope and Contents","Bills on Glasgow and London.","A visit to his sister to get her to make a pair of overalls.","Scope and Contents","Payment of the sum obtained in his suit against the Nicholas's.","Bond for two hundred and sixty-two pounds.","Note on Captain Hay in favor of Mr. Baker which he wishes presented to Sir Peyton","His readiness to advocate his claim against H. Carlton. Explains the history of the suit which began over default on a bond.","Scope and Contents","The sale of his land in Halifax County .","The settlement of their account. \"the war with France makes it necessary to prefer an American bottom,\" if payment is to be made in produce.","His order for Imperial Tea.","Request for a pair of shoes.","Some property near Washington and also business matters.","The sale of his tobacco and the granting of credit thereon.","His account.","His request for his horse to visit \"Uncle Greenwood.\"","The sale of his horse and the balance owing on the negro.","Various court matters. Also his alarm at the price of tobacco and his intention to sow more wheat in the fall.","Tax returns on his still.","The purchase of a horse.","The delivery of a letter.","Sends some \"Books of amusement or entertainment\"; mentions Mr. R his wife?; has heard nothing from Britain for a long time.","The law concerning the possession of stills.","Business from his suit against Colonel William Harwood.","The payment of some money he owes him.","Various correspondence and other business matters.","Bond for three hundred and seventy-five pounds.","Bond for one hundred and sixty-six pounds.","Various business matters.","His ague and fever; mentions his wife and Mr. Inge; the price of locally made goods is falling and the scarcity of money has affected the price of land.","Court and other legal matters.","Court business.","Various business matters.","Appointment of Short to be his attorney to sell lands claimed by him in the state of Kentucky.","The price of some pork.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Promissory note.","Scope and Contents","The Skipwith accounts; Sir Peyton's recent consignment of tobacco which did not get shipped to England; and a recent smallpox epidemic in Richmond.","Scope and Contents","Maury's receiving thirty-nine Hogs heads of Skipwith tobacco at what appeared to be an inconvenient time for market selling. Maury honors a draft of Skipwith for three hundred pounds.","Wonders why Skipwith did not send answer in case of Holts errs.","Scope and Contents","Note for two pounds, twelve shillings, and eleven pence.","Caleb Johnston eight pounds.","Concerns Skipwith's court involvements with one Mr. Baird.","Informing him of the high water level of several ponds on his property. Including memo informing Sir Skipwith of the leveling off of the water near Robert Birchett's store, Sept. 26, 1794. Reverse, a listing of various salt orders placed by Sir. Peyton in 1793.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Consignment of wheat sent by Skipwith to Campbell of Petersburg. Campbell discusses both the fluctuating prices of wheat and tobacco, and suggets that Skipwith might find a more favorable market for tobacco abroad.","Skipwith's legal entanglements with V. Holloway.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Court litigation involving tobacco, between Skipwith and W. Barberville.","Shalor's inability to pay a debt owed Skipwith.","Tobacco and the disposal of promissory notes.","Skipwith's latest consignment of tobacco sent to England.","Notes concern various financial transanctions of Lady Jean Skipwith.","Skipwith's contract with Shalor for masonry work, and his desire to have said work suspended due to bad weather.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Impending suit against Sir. Peyton Skipwith by Colonel Harwood. including: \"Fishing Days Here Disposed of, 1795\" and \"A list of the small boys that will be able to real tobacco down in the fall 1795.\"","Scope and Contents","Debts due from Jacob Bugg, holder of bond from Skipwith. Mentions intended removal to Kentucky, desires to make contacts via Skipwith among friends.","Invoice of goods to be shipped from Liverpool, including a diamond for cutting glass, putty, window glass, and salt.","Court litigation instituted by Clinch against Skipwith in the High Court of Chancery on behalf of the Holt heirs.","Warns Skipwith of the impending difficulties in the court proceedings instituted against him by the Holt heirs of Surry County.","Job that Robson was not able to perform as expected.","The disputed title of a Negro purchased fom the sheriff of Lunenburg County by Skipwith.","Scope and Contents","As Skipwith's lawyer, Munford advised his client on actions that were to be taken in the \"Donald Affair\" in which Skipwith is defendant. Munford also advised Skipwith on matters pertaining to two other court cases involving Skipwith.","Transactions made through Mr. James Maury of London, for goods in exchange for tobacco crop.","Transactions made through Mr. James Maury of London, for goods in exchange for tobacco crop.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Notice of plan to take William Gray's disposition at Robert Armistead's Tavern, 1795 August 31, 1795.","Arrangements for the payment of taxes by Skipwith.","Notice of court proceeding against them. Concerns the confiscation of thirteen slaves from the Hardwood Estates for the nonpayment of bonds.","Scope and Contents","Court litigation between Sir Peyton Skipwith and Robert Birchett over wheat.","As the Skipwith London agent, Maury encourages Sir Peyton to abandon further shipment of tobacco to London \"earlier than the summer following its growth.\"","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Court litigation in which Skipwith was plaintiff.","Scope and Contents","Petition regarding their suit against John Martin involving a debt and the assignment of a bond of Sir Peyton Skipwith's.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Skipwith's ferry operated by Hopkins and the necessity of improving roads leading to and from said ferry.","Problem of shipping and receiving goods from England, especially tobacco.","Goods ordered by Lady Skipwith.","His suit against Peter Holloway.","Goods shipped from Liverpool for Sir Peyton Skipwith and placed under the care of Mr. McCallum, including a leaf table.","Used as miscellaneous note paper.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Payment of taxes in gold by Skipwith.","Skipwith's involvement in court litigation with Robert Birchett over a wheat contract. Skipwith wants to retain McCrocy as his lawyer.","Scope and Contents","States that Skipwith was to call witnesses to refute the previous testimony of Birchett.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Notice left at Robert Birchett's house on 16 Sept. 1796 by John Hill.","Receipt of payment for Baird Judgement.","Also contains a penned reply by Thomas Vaughan, Deputy Sheriff of Mecklenburg County noting receipt of taxes.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Duties owed on goods delivered to Sir Peyton Skipwith.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Carleton's belated payment of debts to Skipwith.","Including reply by Thomas Vaughan, Deputy Sheriff of Mecklenburg County, noting recipt of taxes.","Mr. Carleton's repeated failure to pay a debt due in September and his desire to pay Skipwith in kind with horses and tobacco with an extension of the debt until December.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Business transactions between Peyton and Bell.","Scope and Contents","Bond for 181 pounds, 9 shillings, and 4 pence.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Payment of a bond.","Complaints by Skipwith over several grindstones purchased from Bell's brother.","Newspapers sent to Vaughan by Skipwith, and Skipwith's court litigation with Mssrs. Bugg and Birchett.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents Stone lime sent to Skipwith and the most recent tobacco prices.","Court litigations and the decrees of the court of appeals.","Letter of certification by John Holloway.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Land transaction, Singleton would like to pay with a horse.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Taxes due for previous year from various individuals, including William Davis, Sheriff of Mecklenburg.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Articles purchased by Skipwith, such as nails, hooks, springs, and hoes, including an itemized list.","Money owed Skipwith by Short and a request for Skipwith to procure \"about twenty likely negroes.\"","State of Skipwith's tobacco crop, and the prices it should fetch once on the market.","Enumerated list of Skipwith's taxes for 1797.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents Skipwith's account with them.","Scope and Contents Including receipt of payment.","Including receipt of payment.","Nathaniel Moss's receipt - October 9, 1797.","Business transaction.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Including receipt for payment.","Scope and Contents","Account of Benjamin Harrison for taxes for the year 1792 with the Sheriff of Mecklenburg County.","Scope and Contents","Map caption: \"On the first day of February began, and on the 15th compleated a Survey of the within Tract of Sir Peyton Skipwith's Land A.D. 1798. Laid down by a Scale of 80 poles to an Inch by John Hill.\"","Mr. Cunningham's transaction with Vaughan dealing with corn and its receipt and transportation, and other business.","Scope and Contents","Matters relating to Skipwith's court litigations with Robert Birchett ?","Skipwith's financial and legal transactions.","Scope and Contents","\"Bag of money\" left at Mr. Vaughan's by Skipwith's agent, John Hill.","Skipwith's request of a 20 pound loan.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Home remedy and treatment for yellow fever.","Materials sent to Lady Jean Skipwith.","Bond for two thousand five hundred pounds.","requesting the use of a horse.","Scope and Contents Concerning T. Burnett.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Skipwith's suit against King, Dinwiddie, Crawford, \u0026 Duncan.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Settling of accounts with Mr. Cunningham and Skipwith's future business.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Bell's handling of a shipment of Skipwith's tobacco destined for London. including invoice for 60 hogs heads of tobacco.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Including looking glasses and brass andirons.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Interests and payments on a bond. Also mention of Skipwith's trip to England for the coming summer.","Bennett advises Skipwith not to ship his tobacco from Edenton to Norfolk for shipment to England. Instead he wants the tobacco brought to Petersburg, and placed in his care.","Shipment of Skipwith's tobacco to England","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents Shipment of Skipwith's tobacco to England and some personal papers which Skipwith also wanted to send.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents Asking him to host Sir Peyton Skipwith during his stay in Norfolk.","Scope and Contents","Gracie agrees to dispose of Skipwith's bills on Messrs. Dawes \u0026 Stephenson \u0026 Co. of London.","Reporting sales of tobacco and accounts of land offered for sale.","1801 wheat market, esp. with the West Indies and abroad in Europe. Mentions Mr. Dawson, Tom Payne, Mr. Jefferson, in addition to a pending treaty between U.S. and ?. Also speaks of rumor that England and France had concluded peace.","Receipt to Alexander and James Fulton for Sir Peyton Skipwith, Esq.","Subject of court litigation between Skipwith and Samuel Bray of Hampshire County Ky.?","Skipwith's business with Messrs. Dawes, Stephenson \u0026 Co. of London. Also contains comment on a fever epidemic which had suspended business throughout New York City.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Requesting that they advance George Nicholas Skipwith $1,883.","Scope and Contents","Skipwith's request for $4800.00","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Invoice and receipt for goods purchased.","Fulwar Skipwith.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Informs Skipwith of the dissolving of Dawes, Stephenson \u0026 Co.'s partnership with John Grayson, and Grayson's venture into business for himself.","Scope and Contents Seeks permission to carry a hogshead of tobacco across Skipwith's plantation to market.","Scope and Contents","Unknown writer's daughter Margaret.","Scope and Contents","Information relating to the dissolving of the business partnership of Dawes, Stephenson, Grayson \u0026 Co. Bennett informs Skipwith of his ship's departure for London via Falmouth.","State of England during the war with France, esp. in terms of their not being able to get American consignments of tobacco to England. Makes personal arrangement with Skipwith for the receipt of his crop.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents Skipwith's interests in purchasing mules.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Purchase of some slaves, and \"grazing\" as a business; describes the soil in his area, and his grasses it supports; comments on his method of crop rotation.","Lady Skipwith's order for music books. Also contains information on the prices for tobacco in Europe \"notwithstanding the blockade of the Elbe \u0026 other restrictions on commerce.\"","Nine hogsheads of tobacco being transported from Suffolk to Skipwith.","Scope and Contents","Direction along the main road to Richmond.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Skipwith's request in his market investments; also discusses the New York market for tobacco.","Informing Skipwith of his plans to charter an American ship for the customers of Grayson \u0026 Noble. Also requests that Skipwith send along 1 1/2 dozen of \"good bacon hams.\"","Requesting that Skipwith decide whether or not he wants to ship his tobacco to England aboard the ship Alexander at City Point Hopewell.","Giving additional information concerning the ship Alexander, such as freight rates for the transporting of Skipwith's tobacco.","Date of departure of a ship from City Point Hopewell for England.","Bennet's receipt in Petersburg of 14 hogsheads of Rolla tobacco for shipment to Messrs. Grayson \u0026 Noble, London.","Bennett's receipt of Skipwith's tobacco.","Sale of 4 hogsheads of Potson tobacco sent by Skipwith. Grayson complains of the inability to sell an additional 74 hogsheads of Rolla tobacco because of Skipwith's faulty methods of packing tobacco for shipment.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Suit against Dinwiddie Crawford \u0026 Co.","Scope and Contents .","Scope and Contents","Sale of 71 hogsheads of Rolla tobacco for Skipwith and their receipt of samples of Dumfries tobacco.","Goods ordered by Skipwith now arrived in Petersburg on board the Protectress.","Receipt and sale of four hogsheads of tobacco.","Availability of ships sailing to Liverpool able to carry Skipwith's tobacco.","Goods purchased by Skipwith and being forwarded to him in the care of Thomas Bennett of Petersburg.","Bills of loading for six hogsheads of tobacco shipped on the Good Intent for New York.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents Two bills for 200 pounds and 300 pounds that Skipwith had deposited with them. Also discussion on the London tobacco market and the necessity of Skipwith's shipping only that tobacco fit for \"home consumption.\"","Business transactions including the purchasing of cotton materials for Skipwith and the prices of tobacco on the Liverpool market.","Baskervill's use of one of Skipwith's servants to transport some articles.","Receipt of Skipwith's shipment of six hogsheads of tobacco.","Scope and Contents","Some bound volumes of music purchased by Lady Skipwith.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Disposal of two bills of exchange drawn upon Messrs. Grayson \u0026 Noble of London by Sir Peyton Skipwith for 200 pounds a piece.","Their approval of transactions allowing James Maury of Liverpool to draw up the Skipwith account to cover purchases made in behalf of Sir Peyton. The high rate of insurance for shipping due to Spanish Privateers.","Order for books, including an itemized list.","Purchases made by Skipwith and the tobacco market in Liverpool; including invoice.","Transportation of Skipwith's tobacco crop to London.","Mare.","Goods purchased by Lady Skipwith, including shoemakers' pinchers and nippers, with an itemized list.","Goods purchased, including cloth.","Death of Sir Peyton Skipwith on October 11, 1805 and the death of his youngest son. Lady Skipwith as sole executor of her husband's Virginia estates asks Short to settle a court suit that had been pending between Short and Sir Peyton over some bonds of M. Fulwar Skipwith's.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Skipwith's decision to sell his tobacco within the United States.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","\"A tract of land near this place belonging to late Sir Peyton Skipwith.\"","Cask of nails purchased by Lady Skipwith, including invoice.","Lady Skipwith's payment for a cask of nails, including receipt.","Payment for cask of nails, mentions the receipt of \"a bad dollar,\" including receipt.","Balance of the account with the estate of the late Sir Peyton Skipwith.","Error in business transactions between Maury and Grayson \u0026 Noble of London involving the Skipwith account.","Sir Peyton Skipwith's will in relation to a disagreement with Mr. ? Skipwith, and legacies to other children; warns her not to wear herself out in worrying over money matters; mentions his wife and daughter?","Concerns Lady Skipwith's inquiries as to the balance of payment in the Skipwith account.","Disposal and sale of wheat received from Cunningham and Lady Skipwith.","Statement of expenses and receipt for the building of a mill on Cox Creek.","Bond for $525.00. Reverse: receipt for $500.00 paid by Lady Skipwith on December 28, 1808.","Bond for $525.00. Reverse: March 22, 1808. William Marshall, attorney for Francis Lockett assigns bond to Walter Alver, Orange Co., North Carolina.","Business transactions concerning a \"draft of the oven\" and a note for $134.25.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Order of books for Lady Skipwith, including an invoice.","Scope and Contents","Books ordered and paid for by Lady Skipwith including invoice and receipt.","Whether or not Cunningham wanted the timber on a tract of land that Williamson wants to cultivate.","Scope and Contents","Patterned material that Lady Skipwith ordered, but which could not be had. Potts sends substitution.","Merchantile company of Alexander and James Fulton of Petersburg, and the late Sir Peyton's heirs.","Former business transactions between Maitland and Christian, and Sir Peyton Skipwith, deceased.","Notice of payment for an order of grain. Also references to the shortage of fine salt.","Each bond for $525.00 and due at Christmas, 1807.","Commanding him to present a summons to Jean Skipwith to appear before Mecklenburg County Court for negligence as proprietress of a ferry across the Roanoke River.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Receipt of two pounds and eight shillings and also six dollars for one year's subscription to the Portfolio.","Business transactions between Lady Skipwith, George Nicholas Skipwith and Peyton Skipwith. Bell claims money cannot be paid until the repeal of the embargo law.","Request that Lady Skipwith supply him with enough grape seeds to get him in stock.","Bell expresses his regrets that he cannot, due to the embargo, follow Lady Skipwith's wishes concerning the payment of his tobacco bond. Also mentions, in margin, the total lack of cotton to be had from Charleston or St. Mary's.","Scope and Contents","Concerning the receipt of Lady Skipwith's wheat, and the shipment of a quantity of salt to Prestwould, including invoice.","Receipt of a shipment of wheat from Lady Skipwith and the sale of butter sent earlier.","Receipt of a quantity of wheat and butter sent to Petersburg for sale.","Scope and Contents","Lady Skipwith's pending orders for tea, almonds, raisins, and china.","Memo of Lady Skipwith's renting for one year the land of Abraham Lockett, orphan.","Promissory note for $15000","Obligation to Lady Skipwith for $50.00 unless they can settle disputed title of ownership of land (2 1/2 acres) sold to her.","Shipment of an order of \"cotton cards\" to Lady Skipwith.","Lady Skipwith's tobacco crop. Including receipt.","Promissory note for $100.00.","Receipt of two loads of wheat from Lady Skipwith. Including invoice of goods purchased by Lady Skipwith.","Lady Skipwith's wheat account. including receipt.","invoice of items purchased, including hinges, screws, and glue.","Receipt of Lady Skipwith's shipment of wheat.","Hick's recollections of Sir Peyton Skipwith's mill. Offers to send deposition to aid Lady Skipwith in her court suit with the Young family.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Memo of Lady Skipwith's transactions with Barns to rent a portion of Lockett's lands.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Divison of Sir Peyton Skipwith's estate (d. 1805) among his living relatives.","Cunningham's orders for sugar and cloth, and the change in previous prices.","Writer's travels on the lower peninsula, visiting friends and relatives. Comments on Williamsburg and Hampton, also life in naval Norfolk.","Scope and Contents","Guardian of Abraham Lockett. Memo of agreement to rent from Barnes a tract of land. Made by Cunningham in Lady Skipwith's behalf.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Balance due Rowley? Grymes from the estate of Lady Skipwith's late husband, Sir Peyton Skipwith.","Promissory note for $50.00.","Bill and invoice of books purchased.","Goods purchased for Lady Skipwith. Reverse: invoice of goods purchased.","Suit against Lady Skipwith as executrix of her late husband's estates by Dinwiddie, Crawford and Co. of Petersburg.","Scope and Contents","Correction of a billing mistake on some books ordered by Lady Skipwith.","Apperson's proposed trip to Richmond and his promise to transact some business concerning Lady Skipwith.","Price of bar iron ordered by Lady Skipwith, including invoice.","Work done for Skipwith by Ogle, thanking Skipwith for his recommendations to others of Ogle's work.","Business transaction with Lady Skipwith, including list of bank notes.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Bill for books.","Bill for two \"stock locks\" of $2.00.","Bill for $10.00.","Promissory note for $50.00","Scope and Contents","Lady Skipwith's book order and contains information concerning the types of books binding available.","Agreement for the rental of a tract of land for $25.00.","Invoice and bill with receipt for goods purchased, including muslin, binding, thimbles, pins, nutmeg, and rice.","Business transactions concerning the receipt and payment for bacon and hogs sent to Puryear.","Scope and Contents","Bill for lodging and other services.","Bill and receipt for purchase of \"3 spades.\"","Bill and receipt for goods purchased.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Receipt for $180.00 for building and setting up a wheat machine upon Lady Skipwith's estate.","Invoice and bill with receipt for 11 books purchased.","Bill and receipt for one piece of web.","Invoice and bill with receipt for goods purchased, including plows.","Invoice and bill with receipt for purchases, including cutting knives and a saw.","Bill and receipt for items purchased, including saws.","Bill and receipt for goods purchased, including muslin and chest locks.","Scope and Contents","Receipt for $150.00 yearly rent on lands of Abner Lockett.","Scope and Contents","Invoice and bill with receipt for purchases, including calico, buttons, thimble, and morocco shoes.","Shipment of goods from England to Lady Skipwith. Including, James Maury, Liverpool, to Lady Jean Skipwith, June 27, 1816. Also including, James Maury and Latham, Liverpool, to Lady Jean Skipwith, Sept. 5, 1816.","Invoice and bill for Lady Skipwith's purchase of carpeting.","Concerns books which correspondent is sending Lady Skipwith.","Scope and Contents","Receipt for the rent of land from Thomas Lockett's orphans.","Acting as trustee for William M. Puryear, Boyd informs Skipwith of the depositing of $424.00 in the exchange bank of Va which is to be credited to a bond due Skipwith from Puryear.","Scope and Contents","Invoice and bill for goods purchased.","Invoice and bill for books purchased.","Humberstone Skipwith's account current with his mother and Selina? Skipwith for drafts and cash advanced.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Bill for cotillion party.","Receipt for the rent of Abner Lockett's land for the year 1818.","Receipt for purchase of dimity and fringe.","Scope and Contents","Receipt for purchases at the carpet and linen warehouse.","Receipt for payment on the purchase of one sofa.","Receipt for items purchased, i.e., damask draperies and napkins.","Scope and Contents","Receipt for purchase of 21 yards of curtain dimity.","Receipt for purchase of 21 yards of furniture dimity.","Bill for various purchases of nails, hinges, hooks, and staples.","Receipt for planking and scathing purchased.","Payment for shipping of one pair of snuffers.","Received of Captain Ferguson on account of glass service sent Mr. Skipwith at Norfolk.","Books purchased--Bachelor and Married Man, Women are Pour-et-Contre, Hawthorn Cottage, and New Tales…","Receipt for purchase of a quantity of nails.","Scope and Contents","Promissory note, Including note of receipt of payment by David Scott, May 14, 1819. Also including note of Humberstone Skipwith paying Mrs. Nivison, July 10, 1819.","Wickham's advice to Skipwith that he not bring suit against John Bell for a bond for $569.64 which was overdue","Bill for mending plastering round the doors.","Bill of sale for tobacco.","Receipt for purchase of goods, including broad top chairs.","Receipt for 12 1/4 yards of furniture dimity purchased.","Bill of sale for flower pots, a brass bell pull, and copper wire.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Asks for financial aid.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Lawsuit of Skipwith and Murray.","Will pay $1000.00 for Col. Green at Mecklenburg Court.","Purchase of wool.","Mr. Baily taking his slaves away.","Concerning settlement in the case of Skipwith v. Murray.","Scope and Contents","Request for a loan of $3000.00.","Request for a loan of $2000.00.","Scope and Contents","Death of Sarah (Nivison) Skipwith and the \"prevailing Epidemick;\" and returning some books.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Information on the price of oil, also asks him to visit.","Information on prices of goods and statement of his account for sugar, coffee, and salt.","Scope and Contents","Request for more time to arrange paying off his debt to Boyd.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Statement of money and bonds given John Buford.","Legal notices which have been sent to parties in a lawsuit; will bring copies of the judgement.","Purchase of land in Norfolk by Skipwith.","Farmer will manage Skipwith's Norfolk property.","Request for Cunningham to accept drafts written by John Buford on him.","Arrangements for loan to John Buford.","Wheat prices and wine prices.","Sale of Mr. Boyd's flour.","Sale of Mr. Boyd's flour.","Denies that Lady Skipwith plans to help Mr. Ravesncroft.","Loan for his brother; explains why Col. Green wrote Lady Skipwith about Mr. Ravenscroft.","Will release his property if he pays his debt; if he pays the whole debt Lady Skipwith will make a loan to his brother.","Asks Cunningham to pay off some on Buford's debts.","Cameron is lending money to Buford.","Scope and Contents","Concerning notices delivered.","Account of sales of flour.","Wants to buy crops.","Wants tobacco crop sent to Richmond; price not settled.","Returns accounts with transfer from Lady Skipwith to Cunningham's account.","Will deliver goods bought.","Skipwith's lease to Lyon of proprerty in Norfolk.","Scope and Contents","Will try to sell Lady Skipwith's tobacco.","Hopes to provide good security for his debts.","Sale of Lady Skipwith's tobacco crop.","Had a safe journey; Cunningham in Petersburg may be in financial trouble; Mrs. Tazewell is sick because of birth of her child; asks H. S. to send Franky to help Mrs. Tazewell.","Drought killed his crop; asks for loan of $500.00.","Scope and Contents","Financial problems.","Will supply him with a sulky.","Scope and Contents","Note for $7500.","Scope and Contents","Attempts to settle his mother's estate's accounts.","Asks for loan of $3500.","Data on tobacco sales.","Sends items from their store.","Scope and Contents","Wants to purchase corn.","Scope and Contents","Sale of cotton.","Visited Baltimore; sympathy at death of her child.","Asks for Humberstone Skipwith's papers for lawsuit in New Orleans.","Scope and Contents","Lawsuit.","Glad his wife and child are now well.","Asks to borrow $1000.","Scope and Contents","Her health better; hopes to have another child.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Asks to borrow $5000.00.","Asks to borrow $4000.00.","Scope and Contents","Skipwith's tax problems.","Scope and Contents","Organization of The Exchange Bank of Va.","National economic difficulties and how they kept their business going; asks for his patronage.","Scope and Contents","Asks to borrow $4000.00.","Asks to borrow $30,000.00.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Liquidation of Tredegar Iron Works.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Family news.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Helen's husband detained in Washington.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","County government.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents .","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Hopes to help him with his present troubles, i.e. bankruptcy and forced sale of his land.","Asks to buy his house.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Asks him to pay off his accounts.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Asks him to pay his bill.","Celia's divorce went through.","Virginia census of 1890.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Ferry","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Postcard.","Correspondence and other material concerning the history of the Skipwith pianoforte and its acquisition and subsequent care and use by the College of William and Mary; includes 2 8\" x 10\" black and white photographs (P1 and P2) of the pianoforte, and xerox copies from the Broadwood Porters books, 16 July 1816, indicating the original sale and delivery of the pianoforte; printed auction catalogue, 1946, listing \"English Harpsichord (beautiful)\"; and the Silvery Jubilee Catalogue, 1969, of the Colt Clavier Collection. Also includes the 2003 Conservation Report of the pianoforte by John R. Watson and Louis Dolive of the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. 48 items.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Includes one about a piano tuner from Cynthia Beverley (Tucker) Washington Coleman; and another from Lelia (Skipwith) Lee about their travels in Dresden and Berlin, Germany, and Paris, France.","Including a letter from \"cousin\" Mary Skipwith Roberts of New Orleans, a letter form Fulwar to his father, Humberstone Skipwith, and a memo on rebuilding the bridge across Bluestone Creek.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Mainly relating to farm and financial matters; including a letter from John W. Lewis on the estate of \"Major Nelson,\" and William B. R. on a mysterious door opening; financial matters of Lady Jean (Miller) Skipwith from William F. Wickham; and several from William Jeter and John B. Tunstall.","including a list of Negroes purchased at \"John? Bufords Sale,\" and an order for parts for a mill ?.","Scope and Contents","Including a letter to Sir Peyton Skipwith, one from Jean Feild inviting her to visit, a fragment of a poem in Lady Jean's handwriting, and an account.","Including letters from Peyton Short, Leila (Skipwith) Carter Tucker, Fulwar Skipwith (a cousin of Sir Peyton), and several from Richard Eggleston, as well as two letters from Sir Peyton to Lady Jean Skipwith.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Items with no obvious Skipwith connection.","Items with no obvious Skipwith connection.","Items with no obvious Skipwith connection.","See also Medium Oversize File.","\"Rates of Transportation on the Petersburg, Va. Rail Road\" with extracts from an act of the General Assembly, 3 January 1833.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","See Manuscripts Oversize Folder Map Case 40.6","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","See Manuscript Artifact Collection.","A visit; and letters of Claudia Stuart Coles to her uncle, Fulwar Skipwith, about a ferry.","Indexed.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Indexed.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Notebook No. 10 1873 was not with the collection when it was received.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","(Note: Map transferred to Map Collection).","Scope and Contents","250 pounds sent to Gray and an additional 200 pounds sent to Gray to serve as an allowance while he studies at Cambridge. He does not wish for Gray to borrow against his Newbold estate to finance his living, noting the dangers of becoming indebted and the value of a debt free life.","Confirms the sending of 200 pounds and expresses hope that the financial arrangements he established for Gray will be sufficient. Expresses desire for Gray to pursue a profession reflective of Gray's standing in society. He further suggests that Gray should study law as it might prove useful in the future for helping the family recover their ancestral lands in Leicestershire.","Scope and Contents Mentions that Gray did not receive earlier letter so he repeats the news he enclosed in previous letter. Notes the disastrous crop season this year. States that the weavils ruined the wheat crop and the tobacco plants were ruined by violent rains. Because he was unable to reap a profit from crop sales he recalls financial loans given to Peyton Short and Francis Ruffin. Informs Grey of the birth of a son named Humberston. Also mentions that Grey's sister, Leila has recently married St. George Tucker and that Grey's youngest sister, Maria, has died.","Begins letter with a complaint of unpaid debts and the fact that Virginia courts favor debtors over lenders. Notes that as a result, he will have to cancel Gray's allowance until finances improve.","Notes continuing financial difficulties and his success at surmounting them. Sending a letter of conveyance from Sir Thomas Skipwith to Gray, expresses the importance of the land conveyance to avoid the land from falling into a distant branch of the family.","His approaching voyage to England and his poor health. Believes that the sight of his son will give him great pleasure. His current financial condition and the sale of useless lands in Kentucky. Letter mentions a visit from one of Gray's old friends, Mr. Grymes Jr. of Brandon in Middlesex.","Discusses a meeting with Mr. Grymes and Edmund Randolph in Richmond. Also notes the state of his finances and his success with his tobacco and wheat crops. Notes that he cancelled his trip to England because he had regained his health.","Visit of William Bell to London. He notes that Mr. Bell will deliver this letter to him and take any letters from Grey and expresses hope that all is well. Also requests that Gray obtain a complete set of Sir Peyton's account from Rowles and Grymes to aid him in a financial dispute with Phillip Grymes of Brandon, Virginia. Mentions a visit from Wyndham Randolph, nephew of Edmund, and Wyndham's sisters. Also notes the purchase of Occoneechee, an estate for his brother, Peyton Jr. Further mentions the current state of his own home, Prestwould. He notes with pride that he has the most beautiful home in Virginia and also breeds the best horses in Virginia.","Begins with him expressing disappointment over Gray not writing him more often and for neglecting to tell him about his marriage and the birth of his grandchild. Informs Grey that there is no reason for letters not to reach him because there is now a post office in Marthasville from which he can send letters. Boasts about his financial lifestyle and his happiness with his life in Virginia. notes that Gray's sister Leila's children by Robert Carter stand to inherit equally from the Cortoman estate. Also mentions Peyton Jr., trip to Georgia and his engagement to Cornelia Greene, daughter of General Nathaniel Greene.","His hopes that Gray's wife, Harriet, has a son and that Gray choose him as grandchild's godfather. Birth of George Skipwith to Peyton Jr. and his wife. Selina's continuing studies in Baltimore.","Informs Gray of Sir Peyton's death after a long illness. Discusses finances with Gray, noting their father's estate was quite large and unencumbered at his death.","Responds to Gray's letter discussing outstanding debts of Sir Peyton in London. Lady Skipwith candidly details her discovery of Sir Peyton's poor financial condition prior to their marriage and his later struggle to pay off his debts. She notes the difficulty of collecting debts in America and the amount of labor that it takes to run a successful tobacco farm. Agrees to pay English debt which Gray mentioned in an earlier letter but inquires whether it is the only debt outstanding.","Informs Guy of the death of his brother, Peyton Jr. In addition to details of Peyton's death, she discusses the health of her children and the birth of Peyton's last child, Catharine. Comments on the distance between herself and Grey and speculates that she will never see him. Informs him of Humberton's, his half-brother, success at Princeton and his half-sisters, Selena and Helena's blossoming beauy. Also mentions that family friends of hers saw him in London. Concludes with her strong desire to keep in touch with him and his family. She uses the spelling \"Grey\" instead of \"Gray.\"","Brochures about the Virginia Women in History Awards, an oversize certificate given in honor of Lady Jean Skipwith, and a speech given by Susan Riggs about Lady Jean Skipwith.","Includes a poem written by Gray Skipwith and a letter written to Gray Skipwith by an unknown author.  Mss. Acc. 2011.438.","Acc. 2011.591 transferred from College Papers a 2-page letter from Kate Skipwith with Vellum Card Trick note and letter from EG Swem explaining the note."],"separatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eA portion of the library of Lady Jean Skipwith is in the Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.\u003c/p\u003e"],"separatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Separated Materials:"],"separatedmaterial_tesim":["A portion of the library of Lady Jean Skipwith is in the Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eBefore reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.\u003c/p\u003e"],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Conditions Governing Use:"],"userestrict_tesim":["Before reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library."],"names_ssim":["Special Collections Research Center","Skipwith Family","Skipwith, Fulwar, 1836-1900","Skipwith, Humberston, 1791-1863","Skipwith, Jean Miller, 1748-1826"],"corpname_ssim":["Special Collections Research Center"],"famname_ssim":["Skipwith Family"],"persname_ssim":["Skipwith, Fulwar, 1836-1900","Skipwith, Humberston, 1791-1863","Skipwith, Jean Miller, 1748-1826"],"language_ssim":["English"],"descrules_ssm":["Describing Archives: A Content Standard"],"total_component_count_is":1562,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-05-21T10:55:13.419Z"}]}},"label":"Breadcrumbs"}}},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog/viw_repositories_2_resources_9004"}},{"id":"viw_repositories_2_resources_8763","type":"collection","attributes":{"title":"Virginia Cities Collection","abstract_or_scope":{"id":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog/viw_repositories_2_resources_8763#abstract_or_scope","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":"\u003cp\u003eArtificial collection of papers relating to various cities in the Commonwealth of Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","label":"Abstract Or Scope"}},"breadcrumbs":{"id":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog/viw_repositories_2_resources_8763#breadcrumbs","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":{"id":"viw_repositories_2_resources_8763","ead_ssi":"viw_repositories_2_resources_8763","_root_":"viw_repositories_2_resources_8763","_nest_parent_":"viw_repositories_2_resources_8763","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/oai/WM/repositories_2_resources_8763.xml","title_filing_ssi":"Virginia Cities Collection","title_ssm":["Virginia Cities Collection"],"title_tesim":["Virginia Cities Collection"],"unitdate_ssm":["1663-1980"],"unitdate_inclusive_ssm":["1663-1980"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["Mss. 39.4 V82ci","/repositories/2/resources/8763"],"text":["Mss. 39.4 V82ci","/repositories/2/resources/8763","Virginia Cities Collection","Alexandria (Va.)--History","Blue Ridge Springs (Va.)","Charlottesville (Va.)--History","Danville (Va.)--History","Fredericksburg (Va.)--History","Hanover Courthouse (Va.)--History","Harrisonburg (Va.)--History","Hopewell (Va.)--History","James City County (Va.)--Tercentenary","Jamestown (Va.)--History--20th century","Lexington (Va.)--History","Norfolk (Va.)--History","Petersburg (Va.)--History","Providence Forge (Va.)--History","Strasburg (Va.)--History","Virginia--History--17th century","Virginia--History--18th century","Virginia--History--19th century","Virginia--History--20th century","Washington (Va.)--History","Williamsburg (Va.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865","Woodstock (Va.)--History","African Americans--Virginia--Williamsburg","College of William and Mary--History--20th century","College of William and Mary--History--Civil War, 1861-1865","College of William and Mary--Students","College theater--United States","Community theater","Education--Virginia--Williamsburg--19th century","Gardening--Virginia","Horticultural literature","Jamestown Exposition (1907)","Jamestown Festival (1957)","Jamestown Ter-centennial Exposition (1907)","Legal documents","Lynchburg (Va.)--History","United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865","United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Destruction and pillage","Williamsburg, Battle of, Williamsburg, Va., 1862","Physicians--Virginia--Williamsburg","African American physicians","Account books","Catalogs","Correspondence","Financial records","Petitions","Photographs","Receipts (financial records)","Surveys (documents)","Collection is open to all researchers. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility.","Alphabetical by name of city.","Reprocessed by Anne Johnson in 2011.","Added to collection in 2019 from backlog ephemera.","Mss. 39.4 V82co Virginia Counties Collection, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library"," Mss. 65 V82 Virginia Quitrents Collection, 1704-1705, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library"," Many other accessions relating to cities in the Commonwealth of Virginia are in the Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library.  Please check the subject index for the name of the city. Also, you can use the search box on the top right corner, being sure to check the \"Include Box Lists.\""," Artifacts tranferred to the Manuscripts Artifact Collection include: Presbyterian Student Choir Badge (39.4V82.A01.1), Presbyterian Junior Choir Badges (39.4V82.A01.2a-e), York River Ink Wash Drawing (39.4V82ci.02), Yorktown Sesquicentennial Commission Medal (39.4V82ci.03), Yorktown Sesquicentennial Commemorative Coin (39.4V82ci.04)","Artificial collection of papers relating to various cities in the Commonwealth of Virginia.","A newspaper clipping concerning dead towns in Virginia.  1 piece.","Scope and Contents History of Christ Church. 3 p. 15 1/2 cm. Christmas card from Old Presbyterian Meeting House from William Buckner and Mr. Croarty. undated. Letter to Earl Gregg Swem from Josephine Weeks about buying a newly made print from Colonel Gilpin's \"Plan of Alexandria, 1798.\" June 17,1944. Alexandria businesses papers: envelope from Garrett and Monroe, card from Gwin, Beckham and Company Commission Merchants and Andrews Studios. undated. List of names and inscriptions on gravestones at Christ Church, Old Presbyterian Meeting House and Bethlehem Cemetery by George Magruder Battey. Carbon Copy. June 1, 1944. History of St. Paul's Church, Fairfax Parish, 1810-1932 by Margery Arden Hall. Copy. \"Financial statement and report and list of subscribers and pewholders of Saint Paul's Protestant Episcopal Church in Fairfax","Bath is in present day Berkeley County, West Virginia.","Papers of Thomas Marshall Hunter, Morgantown, W.Va. Typed copy of an act for establishing a town at the Warm Springs in the county of Berkeley.  October 1776. 1 piece. A list of original purchasers of lots in Bath, Berkeley County.  1 piece.  Extracts from the minutes of the trustees of Bath.  1 piece. An excerpt from Thomas Jefferson's Notes of Virginia.  1793. 1 piece. Copies of newspaper advertisements of stores and boarding houses. 1781.  3 pieces.","Scope and Contents Advertisement card for travel from Lynchburg, Virginia. undated.","Scope and Contents Music festival 1931. Advertising folder. Letter inviting people to visit a new academy established at the Midway under Mr. Pike Powers, formerly professor of Mathematics at Hampton Sydney. Signed by the nine professors. July 17, 1838. Affidavit signed by the Librarian of the Library of the University of Virginia on July 10, 1848 that the letter was copied from the Richmond Enquirer collection on July 10, 1848. Brochure of photographs of the buildings at the University of Virginia. A 1\" x 3.5\" calendar for 1927 from President Alderman is attached. 1927. Prints of engravings: \"View of the University of Virginia\" and \"University of Virginia, Charlottesville.\" undated. Letter from W.W. Gilmer of Charlottesville to the Board of Visitors of the University of Virginia recommending A.P. Abell as Proctor of the University. Partial letter from an unknown person at the University about new professorships, lack of money, who might be retiring and the increase from 32 to 50 Virginia students. April 4, 1856. Letter from Edwin M. Mann of the Chambers of the Judge of the Hustings Court in Petersburg, Virginia to Capt. W. Roane Ruffin, Board of Visitors of the University of Virginia about recommending Mayor R.W. Jones for Chair of General and Applied Chemistry and Pharmacy. September 23, 1884. \"College Topics\", Volume VII, Number 4, a publication of the University of Virginia which gives and account of the burning of the Rotunda. November 4, 1895. Sent by John Stewart Bryan on February 10, 1936. Editorial to the Enquirer by W.A. Turner about a proposed bill to consolidate the medical department at the University of Virginia and the Medical College at Richmond. undated. Mimeograph copy of a letter to Miss Nannie from Sallie J. Doswell about the advertising costs in her new edition of the condensed history of the University. March 21, 1911. A small book of \"A Partial Roster of Eminent Alumni\" of the \"University of Virginia in the Service of the Republic.\" undated. University of Virginia Alumni News. December 1926. University of Virginia commencement programs. June 29, 1855, June 27, 1856 (2 copies), June 29,1857 (2 copies) and July 4, 1860 (2 copies).","Scope and Contents A historical and descriptive article. undated. 1 piece. Typed copy of an act incorporating the town, 1749. 1 piece. Typed copy of a list of residents of Dumfries found in the ledger of Daniel Payne, merchant. 1758-1761. 1 piece. Typed list of merchants residing in Dumfries. 1789. 1 piece. A Short historical sketch of the Dumfries lodge of Masons, 1797-1830, including a list of members in 1798. 1 piece.","Scope and Contents A print, \"Fortress Monroe, Va. and Its Vicinity\" with a numbered legend of places on the picture. undated.","Day book of the corporation of Fredericksbug, Virginia. 28 April 1802 -- 28 February 1812. 80 pages. 12 3/4 x 7 3/4 inches. List of voters and militia in the corporation of Fredericksburg, Virginia. 1855. 48 pages. 13 3/4 x 4 1/4 inches. An illustrated descriptive folder. 1 piece. An envelope printed with six views of buildings. 1 piece. 1787-1840 Fredericksburg District Court Records: See Mss. Acc. 2008.319 Fredericksburg, Virginia District Court.","Scope and Contents Fredericksburg Street lottery tickets signed by Beck (sic) Welford. Over 50 tickets. Some tickets have the name of purchaser on the reverse side. 1826. 1 lottery ticket from St. Louis, dated March 6, 1817. Pages with photographs of State Teachers College. (Mary Washington University). 4 pages. undated. Printed letter to the \"communicants of St. George's Church\" in Fredericksburg, Virginia, asking for funds. undated. Statement of current expenses of St. George's Church in Fredericksburg, Virginia. February 19, 1872. Advertisement for \"Johnston and Company, Druggists and Apothecaries\" in Fredericksburg, Virginia. undated.","Numerical list of blanks and prizes in the Fredericksburg Female Charity School Lottery.  1805.  48 pages.  15 1/2 x 10 inches.","July 5, 1953 Daily Press newspaper clipping \"Historical Approach Used in the Selection of New Names for Hampton City Streets.\" Annual reports for the Committee for the Fort Monroe Museum and its successor, the Casemate Museum. 1951-1974.","Engraving of Hanover Court-House, possibly removed from a book.","Two prints of Harper's Ferry by W.H. Bartlett, 1838, showing different views. One newspaper print reproduction, \"Gleason's Pictorial Drawing-Room Company.  1854. Three prints by G. Perkins, 1874, \"Harper's Ferry by Moonlight.\"","5 printed reproductions of photographs of buildings at the \"State Teacher's College\" in Harrisonburg, Virginia.","Scope and Contents Flyers advertising \"Gooch\" and \"Little Miss Spruce\" trees by Winslow L. Gooch of Hopewell, Virginia.","Related material: See the Jamestown Corporation Records, 1946-1979, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary; and the Jamestowne Society Papers, 1930-1966, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.","Papers, 1629-1952, relating to Jamestown, Va. Note: Items relating to Colonial National Historical Park and to Williamsburg, Jamestown, and Yorktown are filed under Williamsburg. See also: Map Collection.\n    Historical and descriptive articles, and general views of the town.  13 pieces.","    Landing at Jamestown.  An engraving.  1 piece. Print of \"The First Legislative Assembly in America.  James Town, Virginia, August, 1619.\"  (From Goodrich's History of the United States of America (New York, 1828).  2 items.","    Photostats of four pages from a court journal of James City.  1629.  4 pieces.","    Photostat of a portion of John Clayton's letter of August 17, 1688, containing a description and map of Jamestown Island.  4 photostats.","    Log houses at Jamestown.  By George C. Gregory.  Blueprint of a typed article.  1 piece. Deed given by John Page to William Sherwood, 6 February 1682.","    Photographs of buildings and foundations.  13 pieces. Undated. Panoramic photograph of Jamestown Island, photograph of a building foundation and an aerial photograph of Jamestown are filed in the Mapcase.","    Photograph of a section of the church yard.  Undated. 1 piece.","    Objects unearthed.  6 photographs and an illustrated article. Undated.","    Celebrations of the founding of Jamestown, 1895, 1932, 1935, 1952.  7 pieces.","    Monument.  Copy of architect's sketch.  1 piece.","    Philopena Album.  New York: Published by Leavitt \u0026 Allen, undated.  Includes engraving of Jamestown.","Photostat of Richmond TImes Dispatch, 1936 Jamestown Day\n        Photostat of newspaper clipping about the annual services commemorating Jamestown Day to be held May 13.  From the Richmond Times Dispatch, 1936. ","John Page to William Sherwood Deed. 1681/2.","Eight postcards from the Jamestown Exposition in 1907, showing:  Swiss village, harbor, view, lovers lane, Hotel Chamberlain, official seal of the Jamestown Exposition (1907), U.S. government Pier, and the winding trail.  (8 items).","Eight postcards from the Jamestown Exposition in 1907, showing:  Swiss village, harbor, view, lovers lane, Hotel Chamberlain, official seal of the Jamestown Exposition (1907), U.S. government Pier, and the winding trail.  (8 items).","Ephemera from the 1957 Jamestown Celebration. Includes pamphlets, invitations, program for \"An Historical Pageant: Opechancanough, the Last Chief of the Powhatans\" given at the site of Pamunkee in West Point, Virginia, schedules, tickets, flyers, press releases and the program of a luncheon in honor of Thomas B. Stanley, Governor of Virginia, at the Savoy Hotel in London, England on October 9, 1956.  Includes two copies of the Virginia Gazette Special Edition on the 1957 Jamestown Festival and a report to the Virginia 350th Anniversary Celebration, \"Planning Hospital Services for Williamsburg, Virginia.\"","Monument. Copy of architect's sketch. 1 piece.","Scope and Contents Postcard of rear view of Jamestown Church.  1930's newspaper article entitled \"National Memorial to the Progress of the Colored Race in America\" about Elder Lightfoot Solomon Michaux building a memorial at Jamestown.","Scope and Contents Historical and descriptive articles, and general views of the town. 13 pieces. Landing at Jamestown. An engraving. 1 piece. Print of \"The First Legislative Assembly in America. James Town, Virginia, August, 1619.\" (From Goodrich's History of the United States of America (New York, 1828). 2 items. Photostats of four pages from a court journal of James City. 1629. 4 pieces. Photostat of a portion of John Clayton's letter of August 17, 1688, containing a description and map of Jamestown Island. 4 photostats. Log houses at Jamestown. By George C. Gregory. Blueprint of a typed article. 1 piece. Deed given by John Page to William Sherwood, 6 February 1682. Photographs of buildings and foundations. 13 pieces. undated. Panoramic photograph of Jamestown Island, photograph of a building foundation and an aerial photograph of Jamestown are filed in the Mapcase. Photograph of a section of the church yard. undated. 1 piece. Objects unearthed. 6 photographs and an illustrated article. undated. Celebrations of the founding of Jamestown, 1895, 1932, 1935, 1952. 7 pieces. Monument. Copy of architect's sketch. 1 piece. Philopena Album. New York: Published by Leavitt \u0026 Allen, undated. Includes engraving of Jamestown.\nPhotostat of newspaper clipping about the annual services commemorating Jamestown Day to be held May 13. From the Richmond Times Dispatch, 1936.","Photostat copies: letter from Ellen M. Bagby of the Jamestown Committee of the APVA to Mr. Warner S. McCall of Gibson City, Illinois inviting him to Jamestown for the installation of the plaque honoring Edward Maria Wingfield; memo by Warner McCall read by Bishop Brown at the Annual meeting of the APVA and newspaper clippings of the event with picture of plaque.","Photostat copies of two early deeds from Jamestown from the Ambler Papers at the Library of Congress, \"Virginia:  Jamestown--Land Patents, Deeds, etc.\"         Four photographs from the National Park Service:         Plate 1:  Fragment of the Copeland or Chuckatuck Spoon Excavated at Jamestown,         Plate 2:  bowl fragment indentified as belonging to the handle of the type illustrated in Plate 1,         Plate 3:  fragment of pewter measure of the baluster type and         Plate 4:  drawing of drinking mug, restored.","Eight postcards from the Jamestown Exposition in 1907, showing:  Swiss village, harbor, view, lovers lane, Hotel Chamberlain, official seal of the Jamestown Exposition (1907), U.S. government Pier, and the winding trail.  (8 items).","Scope and Contents Ephemera from the 1957 Jamestown Celebration. Includes pamphlets, invitations, program for \"An Historical Pageant: Opechancanough, the Last Chief of the Powhatans\" given at the site of Pamunkee in West Point, Virginia, schedules, tickets, flyers, press releases and the program of a luncheon in honor of Thomas B. Stanley, Governor of Virginia, at the Savoy Hotel in London, England on October 9, 1956.  Includes two copies of the Virginia Gazette Special Edition on the 1957 Jamestown Festival and a report to the Virginia 350th Anniversary Celebration, \"Planning Hospital Services for Williamsburg, Virginia.\"","Four photographs from the National Park Service:","Plate 1:  Fragment of the Copeland or Chuckatuck Spoon Excavated at Jamestown,","Plate 2:  bowl fragment indentified as belonging to the handle of the type illustrated in Plate 1,","Plate 3:  fragment of pewter measure of the baluster type and","Plate 4:  drawing of drinking mug, restored.","Ephemera from the 350th Anniversary of Jamestown.  Includes the Virginia Department of Highways report on \"Traffic and the Jamestown Festival,\" \"Jamestown Festival Official Program,\" programs for the musical program at PBK in Williamsburg and the christening of the Susan Constant, Godspeed and Discovery, brochure entitled \"Souvenir of the Jamestown Festival 1957, Old World Heritage,\"Jamestown Festival brochure, brochure for \"The Founders,\" ticket stub for the festivities, and a Jamestown Anniversary Issue of the magazine \"Forth\".","Panoramic photograph of Jamestown Island, photograph of a building foundation and an aerial photograph of Jamestown, undated for probably early 20th century.  2 copies of the Supplement to the Virginia Gazette, dated June 28, 1957, about the Jamestown Festival.\nJohn Page to William Sherwood Deed, 1681/82.","Lexington Lottery Tickets, signed by Fisher and Jordan. 5 tickets.","Scope and Contents Lynchburg art club. Catalog of exhibition, 1929. 1 sheet. Flyer for \"Lynchburg Institute for Young Ladies\" conducted by Mr. And Mrs. Meany. undated. A flyer for the Morgantown Female Academy which is to be run by Mr. and Mrs. Meany, 1845, and a flyer for St. Mary's Female Seminary (Maryland) written by E.J. Meany, Principal. undated.","Scope and Contents Envelope from the business, Messrs. Lee Taylor and Co., Leaf Tobacco. undated. Receipt of William Turner and John F. Powell. August 22, 1795. Receipt of Capt. William Turner and John Poe, July 21, 1821. Receipt of Walter Irvine, Samuel Irvine and Proper Powell, July 11, 1796.","Program of the seventh annual assembly of the Virginia branch of the Huguenot Society of the founders of Manakin.  1937.  1 piece. Program of the seventh annual assembly of the Huguenot Society of the founders of Manakin.  1938.  1 piece. News letter of the seventh annual assembly of the Huguenot Society of the founders of Manakin.  1938.  1 piece.","A note giving the wording of the act of incorporation. 1799. 1 piece.","An airplane view. 1 piece.","To the pioneers of Newport News, Va. A historical sketch by George B. West. 1911. Typed copy. 1 piece. The Mariners' Museum. By Homer L. Ferguson. 9 p. illus. 28 cm. 1 piece. Advertising sheets and cards of merchants. 2 pieces.","Receipt for George [illegible] who lives at 453-21 Street, Newport News, Virginia.","Miscellaneous letters, broadsides, and pamphlets relating to Norfolk, Va., its history and people, including an 1804 letter describing a fire in Norfolk, an 1826 polling list, and an 1830 funeral invitation.","Scope and Contents Papers, 1804-1950, relating to Norfolk, Va. An artificial collection of letters, broadsides, and pamphlets relating to Norfolk, Va., its history and people. Includes letter, 1804, concerning fire in Norfolk; list, 1826, of votes for General Assembly election; funeral invitation, 1830; and printed material (Gray Lines Motor Tours schedule and advertisement, \"The Tidewater Trail,\" \"Norfolk's Historic Mace\" (1935), \"Christ Church Congregation\" by Robert Morton Hughes and program of \"Sesquicentennial Jubilee [of] Norfolk's Most Unusual Church [First Baptist]); broadside describing exhibitions and activities of Norfolk Museum of Arts and Science; and photograph of woodcut showing Market Square. 14 items.","Original, printed and miscellaneous material. W.B. Oliphant, Norfolk, Va., to Daniel Boehm, Philadelphia, Pa. Mention of the office of the Cashier of Dir[ection?] and Deposit in Norfolk; describes the fire which burned Norfolk, stating that \"its ravages [were more] than anything of the kind ever witnessed by me\"; requests two chests of Hyson Tea after reading of newly arrived shipments from India; also asks for candles and mustard in bottles, as well as a quarter cask of good Lisbon wine. 3 pp. ALS. March 24, 1804. Includes typescript. 1 p. List of voters casting their vote for either George Loyall of John S. Steed as the next delegate from Norfolk to the General Assembly. April 24, 1826 1 p. PD. Invitation to attend the funeral of Col. William Anderson, Norfolk, Va. June 13, 1830. 1 item. PC. Pamphlet entitled, \"Christ Church Congregation,\" by Robert Morton Hughes. 1937. 13 pp. PM. Program of the \"Sesquicentennial Jubilee [of] Norfolk's most Unusual Church, [First Baptist].\" 1950. 57 pp. PM. Schedule of Gray Line Motor Tours of the Norfolk and Virginia Beach area. 1929. 1 p. PM. \"The Tidewater Trail, a chronicle for Groups for Service Women in this Community,\" featuring an article about the Barton Myers home in Norfolk, Va. January 1, 1931. 16 pp. PM. A brief history and description of the Mace of Norfolk, entitled \"Norfolk's Historic Mace.\" 1935. 14 pp. PM. Advertising bill for Gray Line Motor Tours. n.d. 1 p. PM Advertisement of John B. Loughran, \"dealer in picture frames, looking glasses...and clocks,\" No. 182 Church St., Norfolk, Va. n.d. 1 p. PM. Handbill describing exhibitions and activities of the Norfolk Museum of Arts and Sciences. n.d. 1 p. PM. Black and white photograph, 8\" x 10\", of a woodcut of Market Square, Norfolk, Va. n.d. 1 item. Ph.","Scope and Contents S.W.B. Oliphant, Norfolk, Va., to Daniel Boehm, Philadelphia, Pa. Mention of the office of the Cashier of Dir[ection?] and Deposit in Norfolk; describes the fire which burned Norfolk, stating that \"its ravages [were more] than anything of the kind ever witnessed by me\"; requests two chests of Hyson Tea after reading of newly arrived shipments from India; also asks for candles and mustard in bottles, as well as a quarter cask of good Lisbon wine. 3 pp.  ALS.  Including typescript.  1 p.","Advertisement for subscription to the \"Day Book\" for Norfolk and Portsmouth residents. Ca. 1870. Note: Photographs from the 1907 Jamestown Exposition held in Norfolk, Virginia are filed under James City County, Virginia in the Virginia Counties Collection.","Scope and Contents Pocahontas Playbill. undated.","A letter from P.H. Drewry, 13 September 1922, regarding his proposed history of Petersburg. 1 piece. Tabb Street Presbyterian Church. List of members, 1867. Printed. 1 piece. Advertising sheets and cards of business houses. 3 pieces.","Scope and Contents Photographs of the Virginia State College for Negroes in Petersburg, Virginia. undated. Account book from the Petersburg area. Earliest legible date is 1765. Partial. Fragile. Some names legible. Fragments of invoices from the Petersburg area. Fragile. Legible names: Mr. Buchanan, John Smith, Charles Hudson, Littlebury White, Buckner Raney, Mrs. Elizabeth Randolph and William Hamlin. 1759-1789. 8 items. Advertising card form the Davis Carriage Company. undated. Article on Blandford's Church from \"The Commonwealth Magazine\". June 1954. Report by the Association Preservation Petersburg Antiquities on the Pride Family and Pride's Field. Includes newspaper articles and photographs. February 4, 1938. Copy of legal document about moving a road near Blandford. Includes plat and list of all tithables on the land of Bollingbrook Ward. May 1787.","History of Portsmouth. By Mildred M. Holladay. In the Portsmouth Star, 19 January 1936. 1 piece. A deed given by Tapley Webb and others conveying a tract of land in Portsmouth to Purnal Pitts. 1812. 1 piece.","Scope and Contents Six black and white photographs of the Providence Forge Mill showing inside and outside of mill. undated.","Papers, ca. 1793-1931, relating to Richmond, Va. Includes photographs, engravings, broadsides, programs of art exhibits, advertising cards, correspondence, and newspaper clippings.","Scope and Contents Newspaper clipping - \"Richmond, Virginia, in 1793, an unpublished manuscript of the Reverend Henry Toulmin, a visiting English clergyman (information obtained from Colonel Gamble, a merchant of Richmond). 1 item. [concluding article only]. Newspaper clipping of a letter, 17 April 1878, from S. Bassett French to John Letcher concerning the riot in Richmond, 2 April 1863. 1 item. Two copies of articles on the history of Richmond by Edward V. Valentine, William G. Stanard, Mary Newton Stanard, Douglas S. Freeman, H. J. Eckenrode and Sally Nelson Robbins, in the Richmond News-Leader, 29 December 1924. Advertising sheet of Richmond's business, enterprise and attractions. undated. 1 item. Prospectus of...Richmond, capital of Virginia [approaches to its history]...Whittet and Shepperson, 1937. 1 item. Photograph of an engraved view of Richmond. Engravings (2 copies) of \"Richmond from the James.\" New York: D. Appleton \u0026 Co., 1871. Engraving of Richmond, n.d.","Typescript (carbon copy) concerning Richmond Academy of Fine Arts. Printed card concerning Memorial Volume of Virginia Historical Portraiture, 1585-1830. Broadside, 1937, concerning exhibit of chapbooks and battledores at the Valentine Museum. Program, 1938, for Steuben Glass exhibit at Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. Program, 1939, of exhibit of watercolors by Edmund S. Campbell. Agreement (unexecuted carbon copy), 1918, between Manchester National Bank of Richmond and Bank of Commerce and Trusts. Photographs (printed) of Richmond buildings. Engravings of capitol building Richmond (London: Published 1831, I. T. Hinton \u0026 Simpkin and Marshall). Newspaper clipping, 1925, concerning Virginia House. Advertisement poster re: Virginia House [in Windsor Farms, owned by Va. Historical Society. Was home of Ambasador Weddell]. Filed in Mapcase. Advertising materials (cards, broadsides and blotters). 37 items. (One item, re: Dietz Publishing Company is filed in Mapcase).","Scope and Contents Broadside, 1 April 1875, of First Baptist Church, Richmond. Invitation, 1859, to Monumental Church. Invitation, 1865, to St. Paul's Church. Bulletin, 23 November 1930, of Second Baptist Church. Letter, 1846, concerning schooner, Caroline. Broadside (copies) concerning \"Civic Association\" and \"Committee on Charter Changes.\"","Scope and Contents 29 January 1882 J. A. Cantrell, [?] to Carrie Irwin, Grace Chapel. Impending visit of [?] Doggett and [?] Saunders. 1 p. ALS. 4 November 1890 Milton F. Paddock, Rector, St. Andrew's Church, Philadelphia, Pa., to Thomas Browder, Richmond, Va. Since Grace Church is to lose Dr. [?] Jackson, recommends Charles A. Rickseeker. 3 pp. ALS. 7 January 1895 Mary E. Warren [Richmond, Va.] to Dr. Jno. R. Wheat, [Richmond, Va.] Account of money spent fro Christmas decorations. 4 pp. ALS. 6 April 1895 Gynne A. Lyell, Richmond, Va., to President of the Ladies' Aid Society, Grace Church, Richmond, Va. Expiration of terms of members of musical committee. 8 April 1895 Virginia M. Robinson, [Richmond, Va.], to President, Ladies' Aid Society, Grace Church [Richmond, Va.] Music committee. 3 pp. ALS. 5 March 1917 Robert A. Goodwin, Richmond, Va., to Vestry of Grace Church, Richmond, Va. Resignation as assistant minister. 1 p. ALS. January 1918 Memorial to Lucy Ambler Mason by Vestry of Grace Church. 2 pp. TD. 15 March 1918 Alms Boxes Report. 1 p. D. 5 March 1918 Report of Junior Auxiliary. 2 pp. D. 16 January 1919 L. U. McCabe, The Chancel Chapter, Grace Church, Richmond, Va., to Mrs. E. O. McCabe et al. Solicitation for contributing members. 1 p. TL. Verso bears agenda for a meeting. 1 p. D. 25 March 1919 Report of Grace Church Auxiliary of the Red Cross. Signed Mary A. Randolph. 5 pp. DS. 28 March 1919 Report of Chancel Guild. By L. U. McCabe. 4 pp. on 1 leaf. DS. 28 March 1919 Report of Woman's Guild of Grace Episcopal Church. Lists donations to War Relief Fund, to Lucy Ambler Mason Leper Memorial Fund, to aid in Influenza Epidemic (soup and milk), to adopt French orphan, and given to Richmond charities. 3 pp. DS. 7 July 1919 William H. Palmer, Richmond, Va., to Austin Brockenbrough, Richmond, Va. Leaves town for a prolonged stay. 1 p. ALS. Encloses letter, 3 July 1919, of William H. Palmer, Richmond, Va., to Vestry, Grace Protestant Episcopal Church, Richmond, Va. Resigning as vestryman. 1 p. ALS. 4 August 1919 William H. Palmer, Blacksburg, Va., to Austin Brockenbrough, Richmond, Va. Prevented by ill-health from attending vestry meetings and unable to attend duties as senior warden. 1 p. ALS. 5 January 1920; 8 March 1920 Minutes of vestry meetings. 4 pp. D. undated Report of Junior Auxiliary, signed by Maude Cooke, treasurer. 1 p. DS. undated Report of Chancel Chapter. Signed Lily Urquhart McCabe. 4 pp. ADS. undated Report of Primary Department, Grace Church Sunday School. 1 p. TD. undated Report of Grace Church Chapter of the Brotherhood of St. Paul. Signed by Stuart Cooke. 2pp. DS.","Organizations Letters, 1883, concerning Amateur Dramatic Club. Reports, 1856-1857, of board of directresses of Female Humane Association. Invitation, 1847, of Home Club [to meet at home of Joseph R. Anderson]. Four letters, 1853-1854, to Richmond Athenaeum (from Philip Slaughter, James F. Field, and J. Wood Johns). Announcement, 1884, of meeting of Richmond Microscopic Society. Broadside, 1931, concerning Virginia Historical Society. Two letters, 1911, of Grace M. Dodge re: YMCA. Letter, 1911, of John D. Rockefeller, Jr., re: YMCA. Letter, 1911, of A. Beirne Blair re: YMCA. Letter, 1911, of L. S. Joffe re: YMCA. Program, 1903, of Academy of Music. Program, 3 February 1930, The Artists Series of Concerts (Boston Symphony Orchestra). Legal Petition, ca. 1887, of A. A. Branch, executrix of her husband Thomas Branch's estate to award his daughter her annuity in one lump sum. Deed, 1858, of confirmation between Francis J. Brand, Willie Graseser, and Mary Selle and Charles Selle for a lot in Richmond [Brand was trustee for Mary Selle]. Deed, 1880, of confirmation by Joseph Francis Beyer to Glaser. Deed, 1907, between Isaac Digges and Benj. Barret for Isaac Digges interest in Va. Corporation Digest. Memorandum, 1823, re: John Van Lew \u0026 Co. Petition, 1869, of James Duke for a re-hearing in case of John Van Lew v. Duke. Account, 1836, re: selling of Swan Tavern. Third person letter re: lot on 12th St. Judgement, 1833, in Crump vs. Wren administrator, etc. Judgement, 1833, in Cotton \u0026 Clark. Notice, 1870, of motion for injunction in Ruper v. Sedgewick. Order, 1807, to pay Peter Gordon for defense of Alexander Spotswood. Deed, 1807, from Samuel McCraw and Geo. Fisher, trustees and Margretta West to Samuel Myers for Quesnay's Academy ground. Lease, 1861, from Spiro Zetila to Alfred Paul. Negative photocopy of letter, 1784, of Turner [?] to Clerk of Henrico re: lots in Richmond. Notes, 1888, concerning correspondence concerning a house and lot in Richmond.","Administrator, executor or guardian, 1856-1870. 46 items. Commissioner of revenue for the city of Richmond, 1856-1860. 3 items. Inspector of tobacco in the city of Richmond, 1871-1873. 3 items. Minister, 1861-1888. 18 items. Notary public for the city of Richmond, Hanover and Henrico counties, 1856-1893. 125 items. Sergeant of the city of Richmond, 1888. 1 item. Sheriff of the city of Richmond, 1856. 2 items. Treasurer of the city of Richmond, 1888. 1 item. Fragments of bonds. 2 items.","Scope and Contents Advertisements Advertisement, n.d., for a lecture by A. Edward Newton. Filed in Mapcase. Advertisement, 1939, Musicians Club of Richmond. Advertisement for lectures at Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. Advertisement for the Cavalcade of the Cavaliers Pageant. Advertisement for \"Strange Interlude\" by Eugene O'Neill at Lyric Theater. Advertisement, 1931, for Westinghouse Salutes Richmond. Posters Poster for San Carlo Opera at the Mosque. Filed in Mapcase. Poster, 18-19 May 1928, for Adventure Days in Richmond. Filed in Mapcase. Richard Adams Papers Accounts, 1785-1811, of Richard Adams [probably two men, one of whom died in 1800]. Bond, 1787, of Richard Adams (executor of Thomas B. Adams). Letter, 1792, to Richard Adams. Order, 1811, of Richard Adams. Bond, 1805, of Cyrus Griffin to Richard Adams. Order, 1810, of Cyrus Griffin. Bonds Fidelity bond, 1867, of Samuel C. Greenhow and William H. Haxall to administer estate. Fidelity bond, 1868, of John Johns, Jr., and Bradley T. Johnson. Bond, 1802, of John Mayo with Edward Carrington, trustee for Elizabeth Anne Mayo. Bond, 1854, of J. B. Morton, Hugh W. Fry, Arthur A. Morson, and John M. Patton with Richmond and York River Railroad. Bond, 1816, of Richard E. Parker and William Foushee, Sr, with trustees of Richmond Academy. Correspondence Letter, 1841, of George Jones to Committee of the Marshall Theater Request, 1822, of L. W. Dandridge, J. E. Dandridge, and James Rawlings, attorney for Rob. F. Dandridge, trustee for S. A. Williams. Correspondence, 1912, of Ordway Puller to Samuel B. Dunstan and statement of Dunstan re: sale of property. Programs Program, n.d., of Academy of Music (Johann Strauss). Program, 1930, of Adventure Days. Program, n.d., of Academy of Music (\"The Newly-Weds and their Baby.\") Program, 1905, of \"Magda\" at Lyric Theatre. Program, 1929, \"Marco Millions\" and other plays. Photographic images of Richmond Schools.","Scope and Contents History of Richmond's Social Service Societies of the 19th and 20th Centuries by Elwood Street, Director of the Richmond Community Fun handwritten cover by J. Luther Kibler when radio addresses acquired. Copies of typed radio addresses, Numbers 1-11 and 17 to 56, given by Elwood Street from 1942 to 1948. Includes correspondence between Elwood Street, Director of the Richmond Community Fund, and J. Luther Kibler about Mr. Street's articles in Virginia's county courthouses. Business card for \"Moore \u0026 Scott, Commission Merchants\" located at Nos. 1316 and 1318 Cary Street, Richmond, Virginia.","Scope and Contents Numbers 1 - 31 of the radio addresses entitled \"Richmond's Home Fires\" given at radio station WMBG by Elwood Street, Director, the Richmond Community Council and the Richmond Community Fund. 1942 and 1943.","Scope and Contents Numbers 23 - 56 of the radio addresses entitled \"War and Community\" given at radio station WMBG by Elwood Street, Director, the Richmond Community Council and the Richmond Community Fund. 1943.","Scope and Contents Brochures \"A Tour of Historic Richmond\" arranged for the convenience of guests in Richmond by Hotel John Marshall.  1940. \"Picturesque Richmond, Richmond, VA and her Suburbs\", published by the J.L. Hill Printing Company.  1891. \"Footpaths in Historic Richmond.\"  1944. Cardboard placard, \"This Virginia State Flag,\" about a flag made at No. 1 West Franklin Street in the winter of 1864-1865 by Sallie Radford Munford.  Placed by the Richmond Chaper, United Daughters of the  Confederacy.  1941. Buildings and Scenes Small pamphlet on the Virginia House in Winsor Farms. Copies of engravings of scenes in Richmond by Margeret Dasheill, Episcopal Home in Richmond, Virginia.  1940. Note card of St. John's Church.  undated. Copy of a woodcut of the Virginia Capitol Building by Frieda Koontz.  1939. Account of stewardship at the Craig House.  1937. Newspaper article on the Old Mud House in Powhatan County.  undated. Businesses and Advertisements Blank checks from Office of the Greenwood Mining Company on the Farmer's Bank of Virginia in 1800's, Citizen's Bank of Richmond in the 1880's, Mechanics' Bank in New York in the 1830's and George D. Mayo on the First National Bank in Richmond, Virginia in 1910. Writing paper from Murphy's Hotel (3 sheets) and an advertisement or paper covering for \"Dove's Comp. Fluid\" by S.E. Dove of Richmond, Virginia.  undated. Broadside for a sideshow presented by George J. Johnson and Son, Richmond.  Acts are Gazzell, Mermaid and the Sea and Punch and Judy.  undated. Brochure advertising the sale of \"Richmond, Capital of Virginia (Approaches to its History) by Various Hands\" published by Whittet and Shepperson.  1937. Gary's Autographic Tablet advertisement, manufactured and sold by A.J. Gary, Richmond, Virginia.  undated. \"Catalogue of Mme. Demorest's reliable Patterns of the Fashion.\"  1875. \"Richmond Produce Price Current\"  of  W.D. Tompkins and Bro., General Commission Merchants.  June 18, 1868. Advertisement for the sale of books by Richmond Authors in Historic Linden Row.  Linden Corner Book Sellers.  1953. Advertisement for William C. West, Architect and Superintendent.  1892. WRVA Brochures on their daily radio programs.  May 1947 – March 1951.","Scope and Contents Museums and Historical Societies Pamphlet and cards from the Valentine Museum. 4 items. Ca 1940's. Invitations and other material from the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. Ca 1940's. Papers General Assembly of Virginia Resolution thanking people and businesses in Richmond for their courtesies during the 1924 General Assembly. February 29, 1924. Subscription to \"Hillyer's American Railroad Magazine\" from a subscriber in Richmond, Virginia. March 1, 1859. Legal Receipt from Thomas W. Doswell, Sheriff of Richmond. James L. and J.W. Richardson are mentioned. 1856. Religion Baptism certificate for Mary Latham Willis in the Broad Street Station in Richmond, Virginia by a member of the Virginia Conf. , M.E. Church, South. 1874. Card about \"A Popular Lecture by Rev. J.J. Lafferty\" at the Clay-Street Methodist Church. September 13. Back cover of a book from the Clay Street Sunday School Library. Social Miller and Rhoads announcement for a \"Book and Author Dinner.\" undated. Richmond Lodge, No. 10, request, \"Brother, You are requested to attend your Brethren at their Lodge Room, on Tuesday evening next, at 7 o'clock. By order of the Master. John Fox, Sec'y. Richmond, September 7, 1799. Memorial Bazaar flyer for bazaar to raise money for the Confederate Museum and monument. April 11, 1893. Invitation letter from the Junior League of Richmond for a Book and Author Dinner. March 26, 1948. Brochures from concerts and plays: \"A Streetcar named Desire,\" 1950; \"Carousel\"by the Astra Company of Richmond, undated; \"Annie Get Your Gun with Mary Martin,\" undated; \"The Howards of Virginia\", undated; newspaper review of La Argentina, undated; Boston Symphony Orchestra in 193 and T. Michaux Moody productions, \"Conchita Supervia\" in 1932, \"The Bluebird\" newspaper review and a brochure, \"Lawrence Tibbett\" in 1931. Proclamation by the Mayor of Richmond, J. Fulmer Bright, about the creation of \"The Virginia Capital Bicentennial Commission\" and proclaiming a Home-Coming Fortnight to be held September 12th, 1937. 2 copies. Brochure for \"Adventure Days\" conducted by Inter-Club Council. 1930. Brochure for \"Cavalcade of the Cavaliers\" at the Hotel John Marshall. September 13 to 25.","General Assembly of Virginia Resolution thanking certain people and businesses for their courtesies during the 1924 General Assembly.  February 29, 1924.","Scope and Contents Three programs for the Richmond Theatre, undated, but probably the late 19th century. 1881 price list for John Laird's Green-houses, located at Grace and Broad, between Henry and Smith Streets. Also called Grace Street Gardens. Front cover of \"Catalogue of the Southern Female Institute\" in Richmond, Virginia for Session 1866-1867. D. Lee Powell, A.M., was the principal.","Scope and Contents Removed from Folder 2 Advertisement poster re: Virginia House [in Windsor Farms, owned by Va. Historical Society. Was home of Ambasador Weddell] Certificate of Master Craftsman for August A. Dietz, Jr. Removed from Folder 6 Poster for E. Edward Newton Lecture Handwritten San Carlo Opera poster \"Adventure Days in Richmond, Va\" poster.","Deed given by George D. White and wife, 12 March 1895, conveying certain lots in the city of Roanoke to Mrs. E. C. Barksdale. 1 piece.","Scope and Contents Advertising card for \"Miss Millie Booz\" a \"fashionable Milliner and Mantuajaker.\" Found in 1830 Staunton Spectator. undated.","Contract with Isaac Sheetz to build the Strasburg Academy.","A note regarding the burning of Suffolk in 1779. 1 item.","Brochure on Washington, Virginia.","Scope and Contents An artificial grouping of papers, 1632-1973, relating to Williamsburg, Va. Includes maps, articles, drawings, letters, material concerning the Battle of Williamsburg, papers concerning the Black population, photographs of buildings, church bulletins, papers concerning civic organizations, deeds, leases, tax receipts, advertisements, papers concerning education and items relating to Colonial National Historical Park. The materials that comprise this collection were donated in batches to W\u0026M Special Collections Research Center by John D. Haskell, Jr., John Lawrence, Brian Blouet, Parke Rouse, and Staunton Aylor between the years of 1993 and 2001. Some materials in this collection were purchased by W\u0026M Special Collections Research Center. Related material: Material given by the Williamsburg Historic Records Association has been accessioned and filed individually. Enter \"Williamsburg Historic Records Association\" as \"Creator\" to see these accessions. Mss. 79 Sw4 Earl Gregg Swem Papers, 2008.364 addition: this group may originally have been part of folders 4 and 7 of the Williamsburg Papers. Mss. 1.09 Williamsburg (Va.) Ephemera Collection, 1892-[ongoing] Mss. 91 B38 Bruton Parish Church (Williamsburg, Va.) Records, 1662-[ongoing] Mss. Acc. 1991.43 Williamsburg, Yorktown, and Jamestown (Va.) Photographs, circa 1890-1930 Some newspaper runs were removed from this collection and added the newspaper collection.","Historical and descriptive articles, maps, and general views of the town (in chronological order). Includes transcripts from printed sources.","Pencil sketch of the view of Williamsburg from the south (about 1860) by Mary Wall Christian from original by J. A. Graham.","Watercolor view of Williamsburg from the south by Emily Sneed from original by J. A. Graham.","Scope and Contents Blueprints of maps of Williamsburg. \"Palisades 1632-83\" (Colonial Williamsburg Research and Development Office, 1 November 1933). \"Maps showing location of Palisades 1632-83 in relation to Bland's Survey of 1699 and the layout of the City of Williamsburg\" (Colonial Williamsburg Architectural Dept., February 1949). \"Map showing approximate location of the 17th century horse path which went through Williamsburg prior to 1699 when this are was known as Middle Plantation\" (Colonial Williamsburg Architectural Dept., 3 October 1942).","Transcript of Earl Dunmore's letter - a historical and general view of Williamsburg.","Transcript of letters to George Washington concerning defense of Williamsburg from Charles Lee, 1776.","List of arms removed from Governor's Palace on 24 June 1775, by American colonists after Lord Dunmore's escape.","Scope and Contents Various articles from \"The Virginia Argus\" in early 19th century.","Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, dated 15 October 1881, with an article and illustrations of Williamsburg at that time period.","Ordinances of the City of Williamsburg in effect 1 October 1895.","Historical and descriptive articles, maps, and general views of the town.","National Geographic articles about Colonial Williamsburg dated 1954 and 1968.","Several programs from services commemorating I-Day and victory of WWII.","Booklet entitled Facts about Williamsburg and vicinity, dated 1900.","Booklet entitled Richmond to Jamestown via America's most historic river, dated 1938.","The Journal of American History, 1919, includes several photographs of Colonial Williamsburg and the College of William and Mary.","Charter. 2 copies, including a 1722 Contemporary copy. Filed in Locked Section.","Pen and ink sketch, photgraphic copies and correspondence with Earl Gregg Swem concerning the seal.","Photostatic copy of ten pages from Cornwallis' orderly book when he was in Williamsburg in 1781. A note concerning Pennsylvania officers near Williamsburg in the summer of 1781. A sketch of Patrick Henry addressing the Virginia Assembly.","Scope and Contents Papers relating to the Civil War. See also, addition Mss. Acc. 1995.39. Diary: 1861 Photographic copy of a diary and memorandum book of Samuel E. Holt, surgeon in the Confederate Army, stationed at Williamsburg and Yorktown, 3 September - 23 October 1861. (The original is in the possession of Mrs. Eva Rosseau, Williamsburg, Va.) Typescripts of letters: 1862 Typescripts of letter of Gen. Philip Kearny to his wife, 7 May 1862, and 15 May 1862. (Originals in the Library of Congress.) Letter: 4 October 1862 Robert F. Cole, Williamsburg, Va., to [?], certifying that his iron grey mare was taken from him by order of Lt. Col. Smith. Letter: 7 October 1862 Major J. P. Wilson, Head Quarters 5th Penna. Cavalry, to Captain G. C. Johnston, A.A.G., Yorktown, Va. stating when he will make a report of all the horses taken from citizens of Williamsburg. Letter: November 19, 1862. Mrs. M.N. Munford, Williamsburg, to Gen. [Henry A.] Naglee requesting his aid against thefts by runaway negroes and soldiers, especially the use of a government wagon to haul fuel and his assistance, in obtaining medicine for herself. Letter: 16 May 1865 Sallie Munford, at Tazewell Hall, to Lizzie Ewell, describing conditions in Williamsburg. Letter: 8 April 1866 Robert M. West at North East P.O., Cecil County, Maryland, to Benjamin S. Ewell concerning the theft of valuables from the home of Miss Gabriella Galt and destruction at the College of William and Mary by Union troops. Engraving: Engraving of the \"Battle of Williamsburg\" from the original painting by Chappel in the possession of the publishers (Johnson, Fry \u0026 Co., Publishers, N.Y.) Correspondence and notes of Dr. Earl G. Swem about the Battle of Williamsburg.","Scope and Contents 1862 articles concerning the Battle of Williamsburg, 5 May 1862: New York Daily Tribune, 8 May 1862; New York Daily Tribune,10 May 1862, Pages 7-8; New York Tribune, 13 May 1862, Pages 1-2; New York Daily Tribune, 13 May 1862, Pages 11-12; New York Daily Tribune, 12 May 1862, Pages 3-4 and New York Daily Tribune, 12 May 1862, Pages 5-6. Brochure: \"Williamsburg in the Civil War\" published by the Williamsburg Civil War Committee. Photographs of drawings of Williamsburg and Fort Magruder and Other Confederate Earth-Works, 6 May 1862. Description of the Battle of Williamsburg, Comte De Paris. Article on Fall of Fort Magruder.","The Peninsula Guide, 1936; The Cradle of the Republic - Williamsburg, Jamestown, \u0026 Yorktown, 1924; The Cradle of the Nation, 1931 and a brochure, \"When Washington's Sweetheart Fainted.\"","Scope and Contents Advisory Committee of Historians of Colonial Williamsburg, Incorporated, June 1939-November 1941 Antiques Forum with an index of people, places, things, events and more. undated. Correspondence between Earl Gregg Swem and Dr. W.A.R. Goodwin between November 1928 and December 1929.","Correspondence between Earl Gregg Swem and Dr. W.A.R. Goodwin from January - March, 1930.","Correspondence between Earl Gregg Swem and Dr. W.A.R. Goodwin from April - June, 1930.","Correspondence between Earl Gregg Swem and Dr. W.A.R. Goodwin from July - December 1930.","Correspondence between Earl Gregg Swem and Dr. W.A.R. Goodwin between November 1931 and December 1932.","Correspondence between Earl Gregg Swem and Dr. W.A.R. Goodwin between January 1933 and July 1935.","Minutes of the Advisory Committee of Historians of Colonial Williamsburg, Incorporated.","Circulars, 1930-1939. Exhibition of American Folk Art bulletin","Scope and Contents September 1866 John Anderson, Claremont [?] to J. H. Crump, n.p. Asks him to reserve half his wages until 12 June 1868 V. C. Armstrong, Fort Monroe, Va., to Rev. A. Dunlop. Notification that repairs will be made to the church of which he is the pastor. 1 p. ALS. 26 May 1869 Appointment as Registering Officer for 3rd Registration Precinct for Alexander Dunlop. Signed by Edward [Richard Sprigg] Canby. 1 p. DS. 24 March 1874 Inventory of personal property of W. W. Cumber. Taken by Frank Smith, Norton Moses Weaver, \u0026 Samuel Smith. Appraised by County of York. 2 pp. D. undated Receipt for rent of school house to the Trustees of Public School No. 3 (A. Dunlop and F. S. Norton). 1 p. DS. debt to Alexander Dunlop [Williamsburg, Va.] is paid. 1 p. ALS. Obituary of Dr. James Blaine Blayton, Sr., a physician in Williamsburg, Virginia. December 18, 2002.","List to be sold by Dixon \u0026 Hunter, 11 February 1775 Dietz Press Listing","Photographs and descriptive material of buildings: Michel's drawing of Williamsburg buildings. 2 copies. Prints of buildings. Audrey House.","Capitol Court House (Old) Eastern Lunatic Asylum","Governor's Palace","Kerr-Vest Kitchen Market Square Tavern Masonic Hall Methodist Episcopal Church Powder Magazine Providence Hall","Data on the Public Prison compiled from original sources for The Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities by Elizabeth Schmucker Stubbs, 1929.","Raleigh Tavern Tazewell Hall Theater Travis House Tucker House Tyler House Benjamin Waller House Williamsburg Inn (Old) Williamsburg Inn (New) Wythe House Unidentified Buildings Williamsburg Property  Scrapbook of photographs of Williamsburg houses taken about 1921. Mounted photographs of Williamsburg houses.","Advertising sheets, brochures, cards, and newspaper accounts of banks and business houses.","Progress report.","Auction advertisements.","Factory catalog, 1991 (first catalog).","Controversy concerning sermon by the Rev. Cotesworth P. Lewis, 12 November 1967, before President Lyndon B. Johnson. Includes copy of sermon, newspaper clippings, statements from the Congressional Record. History of Bruton Parish Church. Poster \"Art Exhibit...by Mrs. T. Bonne-Millar...at Bruton Parish House. 1944. Filed in Box 19, Folder 5, Williamsburg (folder 13).","Organ recital programs, 1939-1941. One poster, 1943, filed in Box 19, Folder 5, Williamsburg (folder 14). Weekley bulletins, 1928-1945.","Booklets, 1947 \u0026 1949.","Poster, 1951. Announcements, 1944-1946. Filed in Box 19, Folder 5, Williamsburg. (folder 15a).","Announcements.","Bulletins, 1936-1938 \u0026 1942","Bulletins, 1943-1948","Bulletins, 1949-1953.","Announcements, brochures, bulletins, 1949. Brochure, Methodist Sites in Historic Williamsburg.","Bulletins.","Bulletins","Bulletins.","Epworth League program.  Winter 1924.","Scope and Contents Pamphlet for \"A Call to Prayer\" on the wsorld Day of Prayer sponsored by the United Council of Church Women. March 4, 1949. \"Bicentennial of Worship\" article from the Daily Press about the First Baptist Church formed by African Americans. 1996.","American Civic Association Correspondence. Cleaning up. n.d. Community Center, 1954. Community Christmas Events. Community Counvil. Community Fund, 1953. Community Sings. County Council of Women's Clubs. Youth Welfare Council.","American Association of University Women. Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities, Colonial Capitol Branch: List of members, 1916. Notice, 1939. Business Men's Association, 1901. Chautauqua Association. Exchange Club flyers. (filed in Box 19, Folder 5, Williamsburg (folder 17). Garden Club: Garden Week. Newspaper articles, 1973. Programs, 1935-1936. Brochures, 1950-1956. Yearbook, 1941-1942. Garden Symposium.","Lion's Club. Officers' Wives Club. Pulaski Club: Two letter heads and one newspaper clipping. Red Cross: One membership card, 1929. Soroptimist Club. Swimming Club. Tidewater Guidance Clinic. United Service Organizaitons Club. United World Federalists. Virginia Federation Home Demonstration Club. Williamsburg Film Study Group. Williamsburg Junior Chamber of Commerce. Williamsburg Regional Library Association. Young Women's Club.","Programs.","American Association of University Women: Program and ballot, 1930. Hampton Roads Chemists' Club: Circular, 1931. National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. Poetry Society: Programs, 1928-1936. Society of American Archivists. Southeastern Regional Conference of Law Teachers. Virginia Society, Sons of the American Revolution.","Scope and Contents Account of Williamsburg Resident, 1749 Account of John Dameron with Secretary Thomas Nelson, with account of certificate recorded by Benjamin Waller. 1 p. DS. Account of Williamsburg Resident, 1749 Castleton Harper and John Curd in account with Secretary Thomas Nelson, signed by Benjamin Waller. 1 p. DS. Account of Williamsburg Resident, 1749 Account of Colonel Joshua Fry with Secretary Nelson. Signed by Benjamin Waller. 1 p. DS. Account of Williamsburg Resident, April 1768 Account of Samuel Havistone, 1766, with the auditors with statement of account by Robert Prentis, Williamsburg. 1 p. DS. Account of Williamsburg Resident, 1768 Account of John \u0026 Gerry Smith with Secretary Thomas Nelson with account of recording certificate for probating Smith's bill, signed by Benjamin Waller. 1 p. DS. Bassett, William, 1717 Indenture given by trustees of the city of Williamsburg to William Bassett of New Kent County conveying six lots in the city. 14 October 1717. 2 pp. DS including photostatic copies of indenture. Berkeley (?), 1883 Photostatic copies of three letters from Frank to \"Berry\" and \"Monie\", 1883 and n.d. from the Berkeley Papers, University of Virginia Library. Custis, John, 1714 . (filed in Box 19, Folder 5, Williamsburg (folder 19). Photostatic copy of indenture, 1 February 1823, between Thomas Nelson, Jr., George Washington Nelson, William Meade, and Thomasia (Nelson) Meade, his wife, and Dr. Alexander Galt for the purchase of a house and lot by Dr. Galt. 2 pp. Cy of DS. John T. James, 1859 Flyer, 28 July 1859, advertising sale of farm three miles from Williamsburg. 1 p. PM. Mouzon, Samuel R., 9 January 1824 Advertised by John T. James. (Filed in Box 19, Folder 5, Williamsburg (folder 19). Receipt of Samuel R. Mouzon for his share of the estate of William Nelson of Williamsburg, $218.64 1/2. 1 p. DS. Tyler [ ], 1812 Typed copy of an advertisement by in the Richmond Enquirer, 2 October 1812, offering for rent a dwelling in Williamsburg, recently occupied by Chancellor Tyler.","Teterel, Francis: Policies and premium receipts. 1807-1925 Waters, Sarah: Policies and premium receipts. 1796-1799 Webb, Walter W.: Receipt for premium. 1825.","Wedding Announcement, 1939","Deed given by the trustees on the city of Williamsburg to John Custis conveying three lots in the city. Signed by John Clayton and William Robertson","Indenture given by trustees of the city of Williamsburg to William Bassett of New Kent County conveying six lots in the city. 14 October 1717. 2 pp. DS including photostatic copies of indenture. Berkeley (?), 1883","Anderson, Robert A contract for purchase of corn and fodder from John T. Marston. 1835. Cocke, Doctor Doctor Cocke of old Williamsburg. A printed article. Reprinted form the Medical Times, October 1936. Fresheau [Freneau], Peter Peter Fresheau [Freneau], Williamsburg, Virginia, to Mrs. Maryanne Scott, New York, 25 April 1749. Order to pay Charles Stewart the sum of five pounds sterling. Hundley, Jack \"They've sold the town.\" poem. 1929. Hunter, William Typed memoranda concerning William Hunter. Johnson, James James Johnson vs. Henry Wilson. Suit. 1842. Parks, Eleanor Typed copy of renunciation of benefit from will of William Parks. 1750. Parks, William Typed copy of will. 1750. Correspondence concerning a memorial to William Parks. 1922. Pelham, Ann Creese Silhouette of Ann Creese Pelham, wife of Peter Pelham. Richard, Milly Vicksburg, Miss., to Captain Thomas Russell, n.p., Va. 8 July 1868. A former slave who belonged to Scervant Jones inquires about her relations. She was Milly Armstrong. 2 pp. ALS. Rind, William Copy of inventory and appraisement of the estate of William Rind. 1773. Scott, Robert G. Typed copy of an advertisement of Robert G. Scott, attorney. In the Richmond Enquirer, 27 October 1812. Smith, Sydney Williamsburg, Va., to Henry Smith, 1/2 Way House, York Co., Va., 23 February 1854. Discusses local grassroots politics and his intention to run for Commonwealths attorney. 3 pp. ALS. Taliaferro, Charles Typescript about portrait. Warwick, Eliza Typed copies of correspondence of Eliza Warwick of Williamsburg, Va., 1801-1803. Originals in the Valentine Museum.","Affidavits denying that demonstrations were made against the United States by Williamsburg militia.  1872.","Announcements, newspaper clippings, etc.","Advertisements.","Advertisements.","Advertisements.","Advertisements.","Advertisements.","Advertisements.","Advertisements.","Advertisements.","Scope and Contents Advertisements and other written material for moving pictures. Poster for \"The Baker's Wife\" is filed in Box 19, Folder 5, Williamsburg (folder 29).","Garland of Spring Carols.","Receipt for the subscription to the Virginia Gazette., 1930 Outline of W. J. Johnston as editor of the Virginia Gazette.","Programs and posters.","Sheet of paper made by the Williamsburg Restoration illustrating the water mark of William Parks.","Barter Theater and Children's Theater Programs, announcements. Little Theater League., 1929-1938 Programs, announcements, and posters. Other Organizations, 1785, 1925-1930 Notes, programs, circulars, and posters.","Addresses and cards.  1875, 1924, 1931, 1948","Dedication program, 12 May 1962.","The Evening Press. Catalog of type specimens. The Williamsburg Bulletin (1945), Gardiners Virginia Gazette (1942) and The Evening Press (July 1942).  All of the above were edited and printed by Joseph Rowe Gardiner.","Scope and Contents Souvenir booklet of the Williamsburg Pre-Restoration Old-Timers reunion, November 1-2, 1980 (Samuel \"Billy\" D. Royall, printer).","Williamsburg Female Academy and Williamsburg Male Academy. Letters of application and recommendation for teaching position in the proposed male and female schools, 1849. Williamsburg Female Academy and Williamsburg Male Academy.","Photostats, 1811 Photostats from the Berkeley Papers, University of Virginia to Carter Berkeley, pertaining to schools in Williamsburg, 1811. Filed in Box 19, Folder 5, Williamsburg (folder 32). Advertisement, 1805 A newspaper advertisement concerning Mr. Anderson's school for young ladies. Photostatic copy. April 30, 1805, Richmond Enquirer. Letter, 1820 A letter from Margaret Page, at Williamsburg, to John Page, at Union Town, Monroe County, Virginia, 19 January 1820, mentioning the opening of Mr. Morse's school for young ladies. (See Page-Saunders Papers, Folder 1). Letter, 1849 William Hodges, Washington, D.C., to Robert McCandlish, Williamsburg, Va., concerning the rental of his house for the Female School. 10 June 1849. 2 pp. ALS Williamsburg Female Academy, 1849-1852, 1862 A circular letter from Hubert P. LeFebvre, at Richmond, 21 August 1849. Catalog. 1851-1852. Typescript of a letter application from John K. Noel for a teaching position, noting his experience as principal of both the Williamsburg Female and Male Academies. 1862. Williamsburg Male Academy, 1855 Printed circular. 1855. Williamsburg Military School (Morressett \u0026 Peyton), 1852-1853 Letter, 1840 A letter from E.G. and M.R. Gatliff, at Williamsburg, to James Baytop, at Springfield, Gloucester Court House, 7 April 1840, concerning a girls' school. (See Gloucester County Papers, Folder 3). Bills, 1848, 1868 Bills for school supplies and tuition. 1848 and 1868. Copies. Book List A list of school books. Copy from a paper of Judge Frank Armistead of Williamsburg, Virginia. Female Seminary, 1880 See Armistead Papers, Folder 1.","Matthew Whaley, 1923-1931, 1943, 1945 Circulars and programs. 1923-1931. (new MW opened 15 September 1930, per The Powder Horn, October 1930). Dramatic Club bulletins and poster. Graduation invitation, 1945. Programs, 1943. Program for the George Washington Bicentennial, 1932. The Powder Horn, the school newspaper, March 1928, October - December 1930. Bruton Heights School Commencement invitation, concert program. Miscellaneous Rawls Byrd, History of the Public Schools in Williamsburg. Facts on Public Schools brochures, 1972-1973. 1984. \"Pride in the Past,\" American Education Week, November 11-17. From the Virginia Gazette. Teachers' Guides \"Eighteenth Century Life in Williamsburg, Virginia.\" \"The War and Elementary School Instruction in American Colonial Life.\"","1 photograph.","List of paid Capitation Taxes for 1946, 1947 and 1948 on or before May 7, 1949 and for 1947, 1948 and 1949 on or before December 12, 1949.","Scope and Contents \"A Bibliography on the Restoration of Colonial Williamsburg\" by Elsie Alderson.","Scope and Contents Flyers, pamphlets and more on the Colonial National Monument, \"A Brief History of and Guide Book to Jamestown, Williamsburg and Yorktown\" by Rutherfoord Goodwin (signed by the author), \"A Historic Old Virginia Pilgrimage\" brochure for taking a cruise to the Williamsburg area on April 29 - May 1, 1930 and brochures and reprints about Williamsburg, Jamestown and Yorktown. Tourist hardback book, \"Historic Peninsula of Virginia,\" distributed by Stone and Webster, Inc. in 1928. Photostatic copy of newspaper account of Jamestown Day, May 13. Year unknown.","A Proposed Zoning Ordinance for the City of Williamsburg, 1945. Zoning Ordinance Adopted 1947.","Scope and Contents Oversized items removed from Mss. 39.4 V82ci Williamsburg Papers. Organized by the folder from which they were removed. Folder 3: Williamsburg Charter. 2 copies, including a 1722 Contemporary copy. Folder 13: Churches - Bruton Parish - Poster \"Art Exhibit...by Mrs. T. Bonne-Millar...at Bruton Parish House. 1944. Folder 14: Churches - Bruton Parish - Poster for \"Lecture Recital at Bruton Parish Church...Dr. David McK. Williams.\" 1943. Folder 15a: Churches - Christian Science Monitor, 1951 poster for a lecture by Claire Rauthe and 1944-45 free lecture announcements. Folder 17: Clubs and Organizations - The Exchange Club flyers, 1949-1954. Folder 19: Photostatic copies of three letters from Frank to \"Berry\" and \"Monie\", 1883 and n.d. from the Berkeley Papers, University of Virginia Library. Custis, John, 1714 . Flyer, 28 July 1859, advertising sale of farm three miles from Williamsburg. 1 p. PM. Mouzon, Samuel R., 9 January 1824 Advertised by John T. James. Folder 29: Moving Pictures - Large poster for \"The Baker's Wife\" to be held at the Williamsburg Theater. undated. Folder 32: Schools - Private Schools - Photostats from the Berkeley Papers, University of Virginia, to Carter Berkeley pertaining to schools in Williamsburg. 1811","Letter written by W. Fred Andrews of Gahanna, Ohio to Parke Rouse, Jr. reminiscing about his days as a student at the College of William and Mary. 3 pp. June 22, 1974.","ALS of C.P. Armistead, Williamsburg to the Hon. R. Taylor Scott, Richmond, Virginia, dated 27 May 1893 regarding his brother running for office, probably the Electoral Board of James City County.","Photocopies of newsclippings, journal articles, and Bruton Parish Bulletins about the 1991 dig by New Agers to search for evidence in the Bruton Parish Churchyard, Williamsburg, Virginia, to support the controversial claim that Sir Francis Bacon wrote Shakespeare's plays plus a formula for establishing world peace. August 20, 1992 photographs of Bruton Parish Churchyard digs with Marley Brown, archaelogist of Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. One photograph shows the Middleton Vault.","Scope and Contents Handwritten letter from Samuel Putnam, Union soldier and Orderly in the 25th Massachusetts Volunteers while at Camp West near Williamsburg to his father. Putnam writes about the occupation of Williamsburg by Union soldiers, the destruction of the College of William and Mary, the \"insane asylum\" and his theft from a Williamsburg home of several letters by Thomas Jefferson, several letters by \"revolutionary maidens\" and one letter by Richard H. Lee.","One page from Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper of March 10, 1887, entitled \"Virginia a day in a historic town--views of old Williamsburg.\"","Scope and Contents Fragment of a receipt signed by Abram. Loc[ke]tt and \"Wmsburg Dist\" noted on the bottom of the page. undated.","Signed Williamsburg Tricentennial poster, 1999.","Handwritten letter from O. F. Helner of the 33rd regiment, at a camp near Williamsburg to Mr. Abbott. He writes about the Battle of Williamsburg and a visit by General McClellan to the camp. May 1862. Transcript included.","Scope and Contents Playbills, 1891-1896 and undated, from plays staged at Cameron Hall at Eastern State Hospital with actors and actresses from the College of William and Mary and the local community. Some programs list \"The Virginia Comedians\" as the producer. Playbills, 1910 and 1916, from plays staged at the College of William and Mary.","Scope and Contents Union soldier's letter, \"John\" to his sweetheart \"Mary,\" 12 May (1862), regarding the occupation of Williamsburg by the North. Mention of Northern dead in Williamsburg after the battle and burying soldiers. Excerpt, \"...there are some very pretty girls here but I noticed that some of them were [wear] the rebel flag on their bosom.\" Stereoscopic card, \"War Views, View of Court House and Church, Hospital of the 2nd Corps, Yorktown, Va.\" No. 2374, published by E. \u0026 H.T. Anthony \u0026 Co. Negative by Brady \u0026 Co., Washington. Someone has crossed out \"Yorktown\" and written \"Williamsburg.\"","Four pamphlets: Catalogue of the Williamsburg Female Academy, 1851-1852; two copies of the catalogue of the Williamsburg Military School, Richmond, 1853; prospectus and catalogue of the Williamsburg Male Academy, 1852-1853.","Broadside dated December 14th, [1941], announcing a Citizen's Mass Meeting...at the Williamsburg Theatre.","Scope and Contents Photostat copies of newspaper articles about the Battle of Williamsburg from the New York Daily Tribune, May 10, 12 and 13, 1862, photostat copies of a map of the \"Lower Peninsula,\"  and \"Battle of Williamsburg\" and both a negative and a positive photocopies entitled \"Charge of Hancock's Brigade at Williamsburgh,\" \"Fort Magruder and Other Confederate Earth-works in front of Williamsburg from sketches made May 6, 1862,\" \"Williamsburg, Va.\"  These prints have notes on them and might be partial proofs for a publication.","Three photographs of the Dedication of Ft. Magruder, May 5, 1952 by Von Dubell Studio.    Publication of a letter by The Business Men's Association of the City of Williamsburg about \"taking early steps for the proper  celebration at Jamestown of the Tercentennial Anniversary...did on the September 7, 1900, in the name of the citizens of Williamsburg, pass resolutions for the appointment of a committee...\"  On inside of pamphlet, resolutions are listed.","G.W. Thorpe Plat, surveyed March 1916; Pine Grest Subdivision blue print plat, owned and developed by Ernest G. Vaughan and sold to Carrie V. Williams, surveyed November/December 1939; Capitol Heights property blueprint plat of Frank G. Linekin, June 26, 1930; W.L. Jones blueprint plat,May 1926; Bozarth Court blueprint plat, August 10, 1939; Bozarth Court blueprint plat, December 10, 1920; Powhatan Park blueprint plat, property of York Land Corporation, April 1916; blueprint plat of property conveyed by Celia Maxton to others,land between route 60 and the railroad, September 7, 1952; and plat of property of H.D. Bozarth between Clay and Harrison Streets, June 19, 1925.","Posters for performances at the Matthew Whaley Auditorium in 1936, poster for \"Middle Plantation Art \u0026 Handcraft Exhibition\" at Casey's Annex (undated), poster for exhibit of \"Walt Disney's Original Paintings used in Snow White\" at the Bruton Parish House (undated), Williamsburg Tricentennial Poster, Colonial Williamsburg concert posters, Williamsburg Theatre posters (undated, possibly 1930's), and other posters for entertainment at Williamsburg High School and the Presbyterian Church (undated, possibly 1930's).","Two aerial photographs of South Henry Street area of Williamsburg, Virginia.  Undated.","Photograph of a print \"Loudon-street, Winchester.\"","Scope and Contents Many of these papers appear to be from the Clerk of Court office in Winchester, Virginia. Clerk of Court signatures include John Peyton, Clerk of Hustings, Winchester, Virginia and Algernon R. Wood. Organized in date order. Account for Nicholas Scheren to David Michael Rutter. May 1786 Payment from Dr. Robert Colvin to Philip Bush. October 12, 1786 Accounts for Robert Sherrard to James Murry. 1787 Payment from Robert Sherrard to John Hamilton for waggonage from Philadelphia [Pennsylvania] to Winchester, Virginia. 1787 Document about refund of payment made by Tejamus ? Dowdall to Robert Colvin, who opened a school. April 12, 1787 Court summons for Josiah Jackson and Zebediah Hollingsworth for James Murray in case with Robert Sherrard, Defendant. August 9, 1787 Indenture. James and Eleanor Wood of Davidson, North Carolina and David Dedderick, for Lot 9 on West side of Loudon (Loudoun) Street in Borough of Winchester. September 22, 1789 Marriage Bond between Enos Roberts and Mary Kendrick. January 13, 1790 Marriage bond of Conrad House and Susannah Shusher. December 27, 1790 Bond for James Walls as executor of last Will and Testament of John Wynn. June 30, 1794 Charter between Shreve Lawson of Baltimore, Maryland and James Moseley, Merchant on freight on the ship Alexandria. July 4, 1796 Marriage license between James A. Nelson and Polly M. Donald. April 26, 1802 Manumission papers from Peter Lauck to Peter Bisick. March 14, 1806 Affidavit. Josiah Massy took oath of Lieutenant in 31st Regiment, 16th Brigade. Signed by A. (B.) Miller. May 2, 1812. Register of sale of Louisa Robinson (wife of Jonathan Robinson) to Doctor Daniel Conrad. August 3, 1818. Act \"to amend the Act incorporating the Town of Winchester.\" Complete handwritten text of the act as presented to the General Assembly in Richmond, Virginia. Copied by William Munford, Keeper of the Rolls. Document bound with string. Dated December 12, 1818 and passed January 9, 1819 Inquest. \"Inquisition on the body of Robert Cockerton (?) who died at the house of Elizabeth Pendleton, Innkeeper. November 1, 1820 Contract/letter of attorney between John Holland of Gosney Manor of Shenandoah County, Virginia, woolan manufacturer, and George Hadfield of Old Hall, County of Chester, in England to Hugh Shaw. June 8, 1827 Manumission papers where Margaret Galloway emancipates negro woman, Maria, wife of William Tuckrin, a free negro. October 17, 1827 Manumission papers or Certification of Freedom for Negro Lucy under the will of Alexander White of Woodville. June 13, 1832 Certificate of Freedom, or Manumission papers, signed by Phebe Coubourn that she raised Nancy Sabro, a \"dark Muluto\" who was born of free parents. September 21, 1835 Notice to Sergeant of the Corporation of Winchester for summons of Jonathan Cox, Davy Johnson, Thomas Pollard, James Pollard, Richard Strange, Lewis Smith, David Washington and Rose Williams for \"remaining within this corporation and Commonwealth more than 12 months of their right to freedom…\" May 5, 1846 Bill of sale to William H. Brown from George R. Long for sale of negro man, Abraham Washington. August 24, 1846 Court Case. Algernon R. Wood, prosecutor for Commonwealth of Virginia, against James Pollard, a free negro or mulatto who remained in Virginia after he was freed. October 3, 1846 Court summons for Sally Field for remaining in Winchester after being freed. June 23, 1848 Mary, negro slave of Joseph Baker, charged with trying to poison Nancy Lindsey with tea. June 1, 1849 Notarized statements of Amelia Ann Buck of Warren County, Virginia regarding copartnership with John R. Ricards, John N. Buck of Baltimore, Maryland and Thomas L. Blakemon of Warren County regarding hotel, Mountain House in Hampshire County, Virginia. John R. Buck sells his interest to his brother, William M. Buck. July 3, 1850 Letter from Baltimore, Maryland regarding his father's estate. Author unknown. February 20, 1851 Recording of last will and testament of Addison B. Riely in Baltimore, Maryland. Endorsed by Ann R. Riely. September 27, 1852 Certificate for R.B. Allen to sell wine at his store on Cameron Street.September 1, 1855 Court summons in case of Patrick Conner vs John H. Anderson, Conner's apprentice. October 8, 1856 Letter from John Quanten ? to Robert L. Brookings asking for servant woman Lucy who was part of the estate of Mrs. Emmets?. May 27, 1857 Indictment. John Howard, alias John Newman, a free negro, was accused of assault by Rachel Ann Holler, a white woman and jailed. Indictment against James W. Jones, the jailor, for allowing the prisoner to escape. March 17, 1860 Command to the Sergeant of the Corporation of Winchester to take \"…Maria Ball [Colored]…her safely keep…until May indictment … for remaining in the State of Virginia…without lawful permission. April 21, 1860 Notice to Sheriff of Berkeley County, Virginia to imprison Elizabeth Farrow if she is found in Berkeley County. She is charged with having a \"…house of ill fame for the purpose of prostitution and lewedness.\" April 17, 1861 Note from Clerk of Court in Winchester where he says he has been notified by a military order that he is no longer the Clerk. June 5, 1868 Court case with John Vilwig regarding two coffins. June 1886. Republican Ticket for Virginia. 1892. Letter from George S. Bowers of Laurell, Maryland, about \"Willie\" accepting Christ [in the Lutheran Church]. December 13, 1918 Instructions to lawyer or court about charges of larceny against a free negro. undated. Fragment. \"Twelve days have been expended in loading.\"","Circular for the Woodstock Male and Female Academy. July 21, 1866.","Papers, ca. 1824-1983, relating to Yorktown, Va. Includes articles concerning Yorktown; materials relating to the surrender of Cornwallis and to the celebrations [1824, 1881, 1930-1937 and 1981], documents concerning Yorktown National Military Park  [now Colonial National Historical Park] and the Navy Mine Depot [now Naval Weapons Station].","Historical and descriptive articles, maps, and general views of the town.  7 pieces.","Two facsimilies of the parole of Cornwallis. 2 pieces. Journal of the siege of York-Town...as recorded in the hand of Gaspard de Gallatin and translated by the French department of the College of William and Mary...Washington, United States Printing Office. 1931. 48 p. 24 cm. (71st Congress, 3rd Session. Senate. Document no. 322.) 1 piece. Un geste patriotique des Strasbourgeois au cours de la guerre d'Independence americaine. Printed. 1 piece. Ceux de Yorktown par Servan Malo, with English translation. 2 pieces. Memorandum on J.C. Louis, Baron von Closen. By Ruth E. Butler. 4 typed pages. 1 piece. Photographs showing restoration of French and American fortifications around Yorktown. About 1935. 3 pieces. Photographs of a painting of the siege of Yorktown. 3 copies. Also an enlargement. Map of the siege of Yorktown. 1 3/4 x 1 1/2 inches. 1 piece. An engraving of the surrender at Yorktown. 1 piece. List of Confederate Soldiers buried at Yorktown which includes Union soldiers killed at the Battle of Williamsburg. (Copy from the National Park Service. Original at the Yorktown Visitor Center).","Printed topographical map of the Colonial National monument, Yorktown Battlefield, Virginia. Made by the U.S. Geological Survey 1931. 30 1/4 x 29 1/4 inches. 1 piece. Three newspaper clippings concerning the siege of Yorktown. Other papers. 5 pieces. Walking stick made from the flag staff of the 80th British Regiment, Yorktown, 1781. Returned to donor (Nellie Deans Greaves) in either 1960's or 1970's. Printed announcement, dated at Montpellier, 9? December 1781, signed by Le Comte de Perigord, stating that the King has ordered a Te Deum sung in all the churches of France for the Yorktown victory. Purchased from Thomas L. Suter, 16 October 1952.","Buildings Photographs and prints: Customs House; Lord Cornwallis' Cave; Main Street; Monument Lodge (1 piece); Moore House (4 pieces--3 photographs in Mapcase); Shield House (oldest house) and Nelson House (1 piece); Yorktown wharf (1 piece). Monument Photographs. 1 piece. 2 newspapers with history of the building and opening of the George P. Coleman Bridge. Located in mapcase.","6 pieces including 1 photograph. See also Folders 6-8.","Scope and Contents Yorktown sesquicentennial celebration 1931: Mimeographed and printed material relating to the celebration. 20 items. Includes a photograph album entitled \"Views of The Yorktown Sesquicentennial Celebration, Yorktown, Virginia, October 16-17-18-19, 1931\" presented to The College of William and Mary in Virginia by the Yorktown Sesquicentenniail Association, Inc. Yorktown bicentennial celebration 1981: Official commemorative program. Official booklet: \"Miracles at Yorktown,\" written by Guy Friddell and produced by Tom Hale.","Views of the Yorktown Sesquicentennial Celebration, Yorktown, VA, October 16-19,1931 from the Yorktown Sesquicentennial Association, Inc","Yorktown sesquicentennial celebration 1931:  Mimeographed and printed material relating to the celebration.  20 items. Yorktown bicentennial celebration 1981:  Official commemorative program.  Official booklet:  \"Miracles at Yorktown,\" written by Guy Friddell and produced by Tom Hale.","Yorktown sesquicentennial celebration 1931: Mimeographed and printed material relating to the celebration. 20 items. Yorktown bicentennial celebration 1981: Official commemorative program. Official booklet: \"Miracles at Yorktown,\" written by Guy Friddell and produced by Tom Hale.","Yorktown National Military Park June 6, 1921 ...In the Senate of the United States.  June 6, 1921.. A bill declaring the battle field of Yorktown a national military park...7 p.  28 cm.  1 piece. 1921 Hearings before the subcommittee of the committee on appropriations United States Senate...on a bill declaring the battle field of Yorktown a national military park...Washington, Government printing office, 1921.  16 p.  23 1/2 cm.  1 piece. Navy Mine Depot Navy Mine Depot, Yorktown, Virginia By Commander A. H. Miles, U.S. Navy.  (Reprinted from the United States Naval Institute Proceedings v. 54, no. 4, whole no. 302.)  1 piece. In the matter of Naval Mine Depot, Yorktown, Virginia...Brief submitted on behalf of owners of property...Newport News, Franklin Printing Co.  21 p.  23 cm.  1 piece.","Material relating to the annual celebrations of Yorktown Day, sometimes called Yorktown Fete.","Fete in honor of General La Fayette.  Printed pamphlet by R.G. Scott on what happened during planning of the Yorktown Fete of 1824 and why he should not be responsible. 1827.","Centennial.  \"An Appeal to the Country for a National Centennial Celebration of the Surrender of Lord Cornwallis.\"  Printed by Virginian Print, Norfolk, Va. 1879. Special Communication of the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of Virginia at Yorktown 1881. Celebration of Yorktown Centennial- a pamphlet containing incidents and speeches from event. 10/19/1881. A History, Surrender of the British Forces to the Americans and French at Yorktown, Va., Program for the Centennial Anniversary Celebration on October 18th, 1881.","\"Admiral Francis Joseph Paul De Grasse, Hero of Yorktown\" by Louis A Culvillier 1931Invitation and tickets to Yorktown Celebration 1931List of European Guests at Yorktown Sesquicentennial Celebration 1931Newsletter on Yorktown Sesquicentennial Celebration 1931Official Program of Yorktown Celebration.  1931Some Old Yorktown Maps by K.W. Trimble.  Reprint from The Military Engineer, 1931Tentative Program of Yorktown Celebration byYorktown Sesquicentennial Association 1931Ticket Stubs-Yorktown 150 year Celebration 1931Yorktown Sesquicentennial Association 1931","Program of Celebration of 155th Anniversary of the Victory at Yorktown under the Joint Auspices…  10/19/1936","Program of Yorktown Celebration, October 18-19, 1934.","Letter from A.A. Folsone to Hon. Lyon G. Tyler enclosing engraving of a view of Yorktown, \"Yorktown Battlefield\" by John B. Chapman per Graham's Magazine, 1814.","Scope and Contents Photograph of House in Yorktown undatedPhotograph of Yorktown Battlefield and Moore House undatedSketch of Yorktown- View from the River (Copy) undatedYorktown Homes (6 photographs on cardboard) undatedGreeting Cards -Prints of Moore House and Nelson House  1934","Original ink wash drawing by a federal soldier in 1862. View of the York River waterfront. Transferred to artifact librarian in 2011.","Scope and Contents Plats of Yorktown, Photostats (2)  undated Sign - Guided Tour of Yorktown (10\"x7\" cardboard sign) 1941 \"Establishment of the American Army.\"  Photostat of May 27, 1778 Congressional Order.","Available online via the Library catalog for William and Mary users; alternate access is available via the Internet Archive: http://www.archive.org/details/journalofsiegeof00gall.","\"Yorktown Church Said Third Oldest in Virginia,\" Daily Press, Newport News, Virginia.  May 9, 1960.\"Historic Nelson House,\" January 31, 1973\"Battle Lines Will Be Reconstructed at Yorktown,\" Daily Press, Newport News, Virginia.  January 31, 1973.","Scope and Contents Christmas Dinner Menu, U.S. Naval Mine Depot, Yorktown, Virginia.  1950.Colonial National Historic Park brochure by US Department of Interior (2 Copies).  1940Old Yorktown and its History by Mrs. Sydney Smith.  1920Salvaging Relics from York River.  1939U.S. 17 George Washington Memorial Highway Map, Tidewater, Virginia, into Colonial National Historical Park.  undated.Views of Yorktown and Gloucester Town—Mariners Museum, Newport News, Virginia.  1946Virginia Gazette Supplement, The Public Observer, \"Yorktown Day of Yesteryear.\"  October 1972\"Yorktown-Climax of the Revolution,\" National Park Service, Source Book Series, Number 1 (2 copies).  1941","\"Henri de Saint-Simon at Yorktown; A French Prophet of Modern Industrialism in America,\" The Franco-American Review, Autumn 1937.\"A Neglected French Collaborator in the Victory of Yorktown\" by Harold A. Larrabee.  1932.","Yorktown Sesquicentennial medal commemorating the surrender of Lord Cornwallis in 1781. Transferred to Artifact Collection.","Eighteen early photographs of monuments in Yorktown, Virginia, many with descriptions written on the reverse side.","Photographs of: the Victory monument,  the monument on the spot where Cornwallis surrendered to Washington, Lafayette Coach at Bremo, Spring where Washington got his water, marker of French soldiers' graves (2), plaque for site of the Home of Nicolas Martiau,  plaque for \"Baron Gaspard de Gallatin,\" walk along top of old earthworks (3), where Washington had his tent, spot marked where a tablet once was, plaque for \"french soldiers and sailors,\" where Lafayette had his tent, plaque for Thomas Nelson, Jr. and artists conception of celebration (ships in harbour). 17 photographs.","Photograph of Battery; print of \"Reddotopm de L'armee du Lord Cornwallis; 3 photograph of inside and outside of the Moore House, 1911; two copies of the Gloucester-Mathews newspaper, May 7, 1952, with the history of the building of the George P. Coleman Bridge; and one copy of the Daily Press, May 7, 1952, about the Coleman Bridge.","Artifacts tranferred to the Manuscripts Artifact Collection include: Presbyterian Student Choir Badge (39.4V82.A01.1), Presbyterian Junior Choir Badges (39.4V82.A01.2a-e), York River Ink Wash Drawing (39.4V82ci.02), Yorktown Sesquicentennial Commission Medal (39.4V82ci.03), Yorktown Sesquicentennial Commemorative Coin (39.4V82ci.04)","Before reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.","Special Collections Research Center","Bruton Parish Church (Williamsburg, Va.)","Colonial Williamsburg Foundation","Grace Street Gardens (Richmond, Va.)","Richmond Theatre (Richmond, Va.)","The Virginia Comedians","United States. Army. 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Also, you can use the search box on the top right corner, being sure to check the \"Include Box Lists.\""," Artifacts tranferred to the Manuscripts Artifact Collection include: Presbyterian Student Choir Badge (39.4V82.A01.1), Presbyterian Junior Choir Badges (39.4V82.A01.2a-e), York River Ink Wash Drawing (39.4V82ci.02), Yorktown Sesquicentennial Commission Medal (39.4V82ci.03), Yorktown Sesquicentennial Commemorative Coin (39.4V82ci.04)"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and 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Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents"],"scopecontent_tesim":["Artificial collection of papers relating to various cities in the Commonwealth of Virginia.","A newspaper clipping concerning dead towns in Virginia.  1 piece.","Scope and Contents History of Christ Church. 3 p. 15 1/2 cm. Christmas card from Old Presbyterian Meeting House from William Buckner and Mr. Croarty. undated. Letter to Earl Gregg Swem from Josephine Weeks about buying a newly made print from Colonel Gilpin's \"Plan of Alexandria, 1798.\" June 17,1944. Alexandria businesses papers: envelope from Garrett and Monroe, card from Gwin, Beckham and Company Commission Merchants and Andrews Studios. undated. List of names and inscriptions on gravestones at Christ Church, Old Presbyterian Meeting House and Bethlehem Cemetery by George Magruder Battey. Carbon Copy. June 1, 1944. History of St. Paul's Church, Fairfax Parish, 1810-1932 by Margery Arden Hall. Copy. \"Financial statement and report and list of subscribers and pewholders of Saint Paul's Protestant Episcopal Church in Fairfax","Bath is in present day Berkeley County, West Virginia.","Papers of Thomas Marshall Hunter, Morgantown, W.Va. Typed copy of an act for establishing a town at the Warm Springs in the county of Berkeley.  October 1776. 1 piece. A list of original purchasers of lots in Bath, Berkeley County.  1 piece.  Extracts from the minutes of the trustees of Bath.  1 piece. An excerpt from Thomas Jefferson's Notes of Virginia.  1793. 1 piece. Copies of newspaper advertisements of stores and boarding houses. 1781.  3 pieces.","Scope and Contents Advertisement card for travel from Lynchburg, Virginia. undated.","Scope and Contents Music festival 1931. Advertising folder. Letter inviting people to visit a new academy established at the Midway under Mr. Pike Powers, formerly professor of Mathematics at Hampton Sydney. Signed by the nine professors. July 17, 1838. Affidavit signed by the Librarian of the Library of the University of Virginia on July 10, 1848 that the letter was copied from the Richmond Enquirer collection on July 10, 1848. Brochure of photographs of the buildings at the University of Virginia. A 1\" x 3.5\" calendar for 1927 from President Alderman is attached. 1927. Prints of engravings: \"View of the University of Virginia\" and \"University of Virginia, Charlottesville.\" undated. Letter from W.W. Gilmer of Charlottesville to the Board of Visitors of the University of Virginia recommending A.P. Abell as Proctor of the University. Partial letter from an unknown person at the University about new professorships, lack of money, who might be retiring and the increase from 32 to 50 Virginia students. April 4, 1856. Letter from Edwin M. Mann of the Chambers of the Judge of the Hustings Court in Petersburg, Virginia to Capt. W. Roane Ruffin, Board of Visitors of the University of Virginia about recommending Mayor R.W. Jones for Chair of General and Applied Chemistry and Pharmacy. September 23, 1884. \"College Topics\", Volume VII, Number 4, a publication of the University of Virginia which gives and account of the burning of the Rotunda. November 4, 1895. Sent by John Stewart Bryan on February 10, 1936. Editorial to the Enquirer by W.A. Turner about a proposed bill to consolidate the medical department at the University of Virginia and the Medical College at Richmond. undated. Mimeograph copy of a letter to Miss Nannie from Sallie J. Doswell about the advertising costs in her new edition of the condensed history of the University. March 21, 1911. A small book of \"A Partial Roster of Eminent Alumni\" of the \"University of Virginia in the Service of the Republic.\" undated. University of Virginia Alumni News. December 1926. University of Virginia commencement programs. June 29, 1855, June 27, 1856 (2 copies), June 29,1857 (2 copies) and July 4, 1860 (2 copies).","Scope and Contents A historical and descriptive article. undated. 1 piece. Typed copy of an act incorporating the town, 1749. 1 piece. Typed copy of a list of residents of Dumfries found in the ledger of Daniel Payne, merchant. 1758-1761. 1 piece. Typed list of merchants residing in Dumfries. 1789. 1 piece. A Short historical sketch of the Dumfries lodge of Masons, 1797-1830, including a list of members in 1798. 1 piece.","Scope and Contents A print, \"Fortress Monroe, Va. and Its Vicinity\" with a numbered legend of places on the picture. undated.","Day book of the corporation of Fredericksbug, Virginia. 28 April 1802 -- 28 February 1812. 80 pages. 12 3/4 x 7 3/4 inches. List of voters and militia in the corporation of Fredericksburg, Virginia. 1855. 48 pages. 13 3/4 x 4 1/4 inches. An illustrated descriptive folder. 1 piece. An envelope printed with six views of buildings. 1 piece. 1787-1840 Fredericksburg District Court Records: See Mss. Acc. 2008.319 Fredericksburg, Virginia District Court.","Scope and Contents Fredericksburg Street lottery tickets signed by Beck (sic) Welford. Over 50 tickets. Some tickets have the name of purchaser on the reverse side. 1826. 1 lottery ticket from St. Louis, dated March 6, 1817. Pages with photographs of State Teachers College. (Mary Washington University). 4 pages. undated. Printed letter to the \"communicants of St. George's Church\" in Fredericksburg, Virginia, asking for funds. undated. Statement of current expenses of St. George's Church in Fredericksburg, Virginia. February 19, 1872. Advertisement for \"Johnston and Company, Druggists and Apothecaries\" in Fredericksburg, Virginia. undated.","Numerical list of blanks and prizes in the Fredericksburg Female Charity School Lottery.  1805.  48 pages.  15 1/2 x 10 inches.","July 5, 1953 Daily Press newspaper clipping \"Historical Approach Used in the Selection of New Names for Hampton City Streets.\" Annual reports for the Committee for the Fort Monroe Museum and its successor, the Casemate Museum. 1951-1974.","Engraving of Hanover Court-House, possibly removed from a book.","Two prints of Harper's Ferry by W.H. Bartlett, 1838, showing different views. One newspaper print reproduction, \"Gleason's Pictorial Drawing-Room Company.  1854. Three prints by G. Perkins, 1874, \"Harper's Ferry by Moonlight.\"","5 printed reproductions of photographs of buildings at the \"State Teacher's College\" in Harrisonburg, Virginia.","Scope and Contents Flyers advertising \"Gooch\" and \"Little Miss Spruce\" trees by Winslow L. Gooch of Hopewell, Virginia.","Related material: See the Jamestown Corporation Records, 1946-1979, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary; and the Jamestowne Society Papers, 1930-1966, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.","Papers, 1629-1952, relating to Jamestown, Va. Note: Items relating to Colonial National Historical Park and to Williamsburg, Jamestown, and Yorktown are filed under Williamsburg. See also: Map Collection.\n    Historical and descriptive articles, and general views of the town.  13 pieces.","    Landing at Jamestown.  An engraving.  1 piece. Print of \"The First Legislative Assembly in America.  James Town, Virginia, August, 1619.\"  (From Goodrich's History of the United States of America (New York, 1828).  2 items.","    Photostats of four pages from a court journal of James City.  1629.  4 pieces.","    Photostat of a portion of John Clayton's letter of August 17, 1688, containing a description and map of Jamestown Island.  4 photostats.","    Log houses at Jamestown.  By George C. Gregory.  Blueprint of a typed article.  1 piece. Deed given by John Page to William Sherwood, 6 February 1682.","    Photographs of buildings and foundations.  13 pieces. Undated. Panoramic photograph of Jamestown Island, photograph of a building foundation and an aerial photograph of Jamestown are filed in the Mapcase.","    Photograph of a section of the church yard.  Undated. 1 piece.","    Objects unearthed.  6 photographs and an illustrated article. Undated.","    Celebrations of the founding of Jamestown, 1895, 1932, 1935, 1952.  7 pieces.","    Monument.  Copy of architect's sketch.  1 piece.","    Philopena Album.  New York: Published by Leavitt \u0026 Allen, undated.  Includes engraving of Jamestown.","Photostat of Richmond TImes Dispatch, 1936 Jamestown Day\n        Photostat of newspaper clipping about the annual services commemorating Jamestown Day to be held May 13.  From the Richmond Times Dispatch, 1936. ","John Page to William Sherwood Deed. 1681/2.","Eight postcards from the Jamestown Exposition in 1907, showing:  Swiss village, harbor, view, lovers lane, Hotel Chamberlain, official seal of the Jamestown Exposition (1907), U.S. government Pier, and the winding trail.  (8 items).","Eight postcards from the Jamestown Exposition in 1907, showing:  Swiss village, harbor, view, lovers lane, Hotel Chamberlain, official seal of the Jamestown Exposition (1907), U.S. government Pier, and the winding trail.  (8 items).","Ephemera from the 1957 Jamestown Celebration. Includes pamphlets, invitations, program for \"An Historical Pageant: Opechancanough, the Last Chief of the Powhatans\" given at the site of Pamunkee in West Point, Virginia, schedules, tickets, flyers, press releases and the program of a luncheon in honor of Thomas B. Stanley, Governor of Virginia, at the Savoy Hotel in London, England on October 9, 1956.  Includes two copies of the Virginia Gazette Special Edition on the 1957 Jamestown Festival and a report to the Virginia 350th Anniversary Celebration, \"Planning Hospital Services for Williamsburg, Virginia.\"","Monument. Copy of architect's sketch. 1 piece.","Scope and Contents Postcard of rear view of Jamestown Church.  1930's newspaper article entitled \"National Memorial to the Progress of the Colored Race in America\" about Elder Lightfoot Solomon Michaux building a memorial at Jamestown.","Scope and Contents Historical and descriptive articles, and general views of the town. 13 pieces. Landing at Jamestown. An engraving. 1 piece. Print of \"The First Legislative Assembly in America. James Town, Virginia, August, 1619.\" (From Goodrich's History of the United States of America (New York, 1828). 2 items. Photostats of four pages from a court journal of James City. 1629. 4 pieces. Photostat of a portion of John Clayton's letter of August 17, 1688, containing a description and map of Jamestown Island. 4 photostats. Log houses at Jamestown. By George C. Gregory. Blueprint of a typed article. 1 piece. Deed given by John Page to William Sherwood, 6 February 1682. Photographs of buildings and foundations. 13 pieces. undated. Panoramic photograph of Jamestown Island, photograph of a building foundation and an aerial photograph of Jamestown are filed in the Mapcase. Photograph of a section of the church yard. undated. 1 piece. Objects unearthed. 6 photographs and an illustrated article. undated. Celebrations of the founding of Jamestown, 1895, 1932, 1935, 1952. 7 pieces. Monument. Copy of architect's sketch. 1 piece. Philopena Album. New York: Published by Leavitt \u0026 Allen, undated. Includes engraving of Jamestown.\nPhotostat of newspaper clipping about the annual services commemorating Jamestown Day to be held May 13. From the Richmond Times Dispatch, 1936.","Photostat copies: letter from Ellen M. Bagby of the Jamestown Committee of the APVA to Mr. Warner S. McCall of Gibson City, Illinois inviting him to Jamestown for the installation of the plaque honoring Edward Maria Wingfield; memo by Warner McCall read by Bishop Brown at the Annual meeting of the APVA and newspaper clippings of the event with picture of plaque.","Photostat copies of two early deeds from Jamestown from the Ambler Papers at the Library of Congress, \"Virginia:  Jamestown--Land Patents, Deeds, etc.\"         Four photographs from the National Park Service:         Plate 1:  Fragment of the Copeland or Chuckatuck Spoon Excavated at Jamestown,         Plate 2:  bowl fragment indentified as belonging to the handle of the type illustrated in Plate 1,         Plate 3:  fragment of pewter measure of the baluster type and         Plate 4:  drawing of drinking mug, restored.","Eight postcards from the Jamestown Exposition in 1907, showing:  Swiss village, harbor, view, lovers lane, Hotel Chamberlain, official seal of the Jamestown Exposition (1907), U.S. government Pier, and the winding trail.  (8 items).","Scope and Contents Ephemera from the 1957 Jamestown Celebration. Includes pamphlets, invitations, program for \"An Historical Pageant: Opechancanough, the Last Chief of the Powhatans\" given at the site of Pamunkee in West Point, Virginia, schedules, tickets, flyers, press releases and the program of a luncheon in honor of Thomas B. Stanley, Governor of Virginia, at the Savoy Hotel in London, England on October 9, 1956.  Includes two copies of the Virginia Gazette Special Edition on the 1957 Jamestown Festival and a report to the Virginia 350th Anniversary Celebration, \"Planning Hospital Services for Williamsburg, Virginia.\"","Four photographs from the National Park Service:","Plate 1:  Fragment of the Copeland or Chuckatuck Spoon Excavated at Jamestown,","Plate 2:  bowl fragment indentified as belonging to the handle of the type illustrated in Plate 1,","Plate 3:  fragment of pewter measure of the baluster type and","Plate 4:  drawing of drinking mug, restored.","Ephemera from the 350th Anniversary of Jamestown.  Includes the Virginia Department of Highways report on \"Traffic and the Jamestown Festival,\" \"Jamestown Festival Official Program,\" programs for the musical program at PBK in Williamsburg and the christening of the Susan Constant, Godspeed and Discovery, brochure entitled \"Souvenir of the Jamestown Festival 1957, Old World Heritage,\"Jamestown Festival brochure, brochure for \"The Founders,\" ticket stub for the festivities, and a Jamestown Anniversary Issue of the magazine \"Forth\".","Panoramic photograph of Jamestown Island, photograph of a building foundation and an aerial photograph of Jamestown, undated for probably early 20th century.  2 copies of the Supplement to the Virginia Gazette, dated June 28, 1957, about the Jamestown Festival.\nJohn Page to William Sherwood Deed, 1681/82.","Lexington Lottery Tickets, signed by Fisher and Jordan. 5 tickets.","Scope and Contents Lynchburg art club. Catalog of exhibition, 1929. 1 sheet. Flyer for \"Lynchburg Institute for Young Ladies\" conducted by Mr. And Mrs. Meany. undated. A flyer for the Morgantown Female Academy which is to be run by Mr. and Mrs. Meany, 1845, and a flyer for St. Mary's Female Seminary (Maryland) written by E.J. Meany, Principal. undated.","Scope and Contents Envelope from the business, Messrs. Lee Taylor and Co., Leaf Tobacco. undated. Receipt of William Turner and John F. Powell. August 22, 1795. Receipt of Capt. William Turner and John Poe, July 21, 1821. Receipt of Walter Irvine, Samuel Irvine and Proper Powell, July 11, 1796.","Program of the seventh annual assembly of the Virginia branch of the Huguenot Society of the founders of Manakin.  1937.  1 piece. Program of the seventh annual assembly of the Huguenot Society of the founders of Manakin.  1938.  1 piece. News letter of the seventh annual assembly of the Huguenot Society of the founders of Manakin.  1938.  1 piece.","A note giving the wording of the act of incorporation. 1799. 1 piece.","An airplane view. 1 piece.","To the pioneers of Newport News, Va. A historical sketch by George B. West. 1911. Typed copy. 1 piece. The Mariners' Museum. By Homer L. Ferguson. 9 p. illus. 28 cm. 1 piece. Advertising sheets and cards of merchants. 2 pieces.","Receipt for George [illegible] who lives at 453-21 Street, Newport News, Virginia.","Miscellaneous letters, broadsides, and pamphlets relating to Norfolk, Va., its history and people, including an 1804 letter describing a fire in Norfolk, an 1826 polling list, and an 1830 funeral invitation.","Scope and Contents Papers, 1804-1950, relating to Norfolk, Va. An artificial collection of letters, broadsides, and pamphlets relating to Norfolk, Va., its history and people. Includes letter, 1804, concerning fire in Norfolk; list, 1826, of votes for General Assembly election; funeral invitation, 1830; and printed material (Gray Lines Motor Tours schedule and advertisement, \"The Tidewater Trail,\" \"Norfolk's Historic Mace\" (1935), \"Christ Church Congregation\" by Robert Morton Hughes and program of \"Sesquicentennial Jubilee [of] Norfolk's Most Unusual Church [First Baptist]); broadside describing exhibitions and activities of Norfolk Museum of Arts and Science; and photograph of woodcut showing Market Square. 14 items.","Original, printed and miscellaneous material. W.B. Oliphant, Norfolk, Va., to Daniel Boehm, Philadelphia, Pa. Mention of the office of the Cashier of Dir[ection?] and Deposit in Norfolk; describes the fire which burned Norfolk, stating that \"its ravages [were more] than anything of the kind ever witnessed by me\"; requests two chests of Hyson Tea after reading of newly arrived shipments from India; also asks for candles and mustard in bottles, as well as a quarter cask of good Lisbon wine. 3 pp. ALS. March 24, 1804. Includes typescript. 1 p. List of voters casting their vote for either George Loyall of John S. Steed as the next delegate from Norfolk to the General Assembly. April 24, 1826 1 p. PD. Invitation to attend the funeral of Col. William Anderson, Norfolk, Va. June 13, 1830. 1 item. PC. Pamphlet entitled, \"Christ Church Congregation,\" by Robert Morton Hughes. 1937. 13 pp. PM. Program of the \"Sesquicentennial Jubilee [of] Norfolk's most Unusual Church, [First Baptist].\" 1950. 57 pp. PM. Schedule of Gray Line Motor Tours of the Norfolk and Virginia Beach area. 1929. 1 p. PM. \"The Tidewater Trail, a chronicle for Groups for Service Women in this Community,\" featuring an article about the Barton Myers home in Norfolk, Va. January 1, 1931. 16 pp. PM. A brief history and description of the Mace of Norfolk, entitled \"Norfolk's Historic Mace.\" 1935. 14 pp. PM. Advertising bill for Gray Line Motor Tours. n.d. 1 p. PM Advertisement of John B. Loughran, \"dealer in picture frames, looking glasses...and clocks,\" No. 182 Church St., Norfolk, Va. n.d. 1 p. PM. Handbill describing exhibitions and activities of the Norfolk Museum of Arts and Sciences. n.d. 1 p. PM. Black and white photograph, 8\" x 10\", of a woodcut of Market Square, Norfolk, Va. n.d. 1 item. Ph.","Scope and Contents S.W.B. Oliphant, Norfolk, Va., to Daniel Boehm, Philadelphia, Pa. Mention of the office of the Cashier of Dir[ection?] and Deposit in Norfolk; describes the fire which burned Norfolk, stating that \"its ravages [were more] than anything of the kind ever witnessed by me\"; requests two chests of Hyson Tea after reading of newly arrived shipments from India; also asks for candles and mustard in bottles, as well as a quarter cask of good Lisbon wine. 3 pp.  ALS.  Including typescript.  1 p.","Advertisement for subscription to the \"Day Book\" for Norfolk and Portsmouth residents. Ca. 1870. Note: Photographs from the 1907 Jamestown Exposition held in Norfolk, Virginia are filed under James City County, Virginia in the Virginia Counties Collection.","Scope and Contents Pocahontas Playbill. undated.","A letter from P.H. Drewry, 13 September 1922, regarding his proposed history of Petersburg. 1 piece. Tabb Street Presbyterian Church. List of members, 1867. Printed. 1 piece. Advertising sheets and cards of business houses. 3 pieces.","Scope and Contents Photographs of the Virginia State College for Negroes in Petersburg, Virginia. undated. Account book from the Petersburg area. Earliest legible date is 1765. Partial. Fragile. Some names legible. Fragments of invoices from the Petersburg area. Fragile. Legible names: Mr. Buchanan, John Smith, Charles Hudson, Littlebury White, Buckner Raney, Mrs. Elizabeth Randolph and William Hamlin. 1759-1789. 8 items. Advertising card form the Davis Carriage Company. undated. Article on Blandford's Church from \"The Commonwealth Magazine\". June 1954. Report by the Association Preservation Petersburg Antiquities on the Pride Family and Pride's Field. Includes newspaper articles and photographs. February 4, 1938. Copy of legal document about moving a road near Blandford. Includes plat and list of all tithables on the land of Bollingbrook Ward. May 1787.","History of Portsmouth. By Mildred M. Holladay. In the Portsmouth Star, 19 January 1936. 1 piece. A deed given by Tapley Webb and others conveying a tract of land in Portsmouth to Purnal Pitts. 1812. 1 piece.","Scope and Contents Six black and white photographs of the Providence Forge Mill showing inside and outside of mill. undated.","Papers, ca. 1793-1931, relating to Richmond, Va. Includes photographs, engravings, broadsides, programs of art exhibits, advertising cards, correspondence, and newspaper clippings.","Scope and Contents Newspaper clipping - \"Richmond, Virginia, in 1793, an unpublished manuscript of the Reverend Henry Toulmin, a visiting English clergyman (information obtained from Colonel Gamble, a merchant of Richmond). 1 item. [concluding article only]. Newspaper clipping of a letter, 17 April 1878, from S. Bassett French to John Letcher concerning the riot in Richmond, 2 April 1863. 1 item. Two copies of articles on the history of Richmond by Edward V. Valentine, William G. Stanard, Mary Newton Stanard, Douglas S. Freeman, H. J. Eckenrode and Sally Nelson Robbins, in the Richmond News-Leader, 29 December 1924. Advertising sheet of Richmond's business, enterprise and attractions. undated. 1 item. Prospectus of...Richmond, capital of Virginia [approaches to its history]...Whittet and Shepperson, 1937. 1 item. Photograph of an engraved view of Richmond. Engravings (2 copies) of \"Richmond from the James.\" New York: D. Appleton \u0026 Co., 1871. Engraving of Richmond, n.d.","Typescript (carbon copy) concerning Richmond Academy of Fine Arts. Printed card concerning Memorial Volume of Virginia Historical Portraiture, 1585-1830. Broadside, 1937, concerning exhibit of chapbooks and battledores at the Valentine Museum. Program, 1938, for Steuben Glass exhibit at Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. Program, 1939, of exhibit of watercolors by Edmund S. Campbell. Agreement (unexecuted carbon copy), 1918, between Manchester National Bank of Richmond and Bank of Commerce and Trusts. Photographs (printed) of Richmond buildings. Engravings of capitol building Richmond (London: Published 1831, I. T. Hinton \u0026 Simpkin and Marshall). Newspaper clipping, 1925, concerning Virginia House. Advertisement poster re: Virginia House [in Windsor Farms, owned by Va. Historical Society. Was home of Ambasador Weddell]. Filed in Mapcase. Advertising materials (cards, broadsides and blotters). 37 items. (One item, re: Dietz Publishing Company is filed in Mapcase).","Scope and Contents Broadside, 1 April 1875, of First Baptist Church, Richmond. Invitation, 1859, to Monumental Church. Invitation, 1865, to St. Paul's Church. Bulletin, 23 November 1930, of Second Baptist Church. Letter, 1846, concerning schooner, Caroline. Broadside (copies) concerning \"Civic Association\" and \"Committee on Charter Changes.\"","Scope and Contents 29 January 1882 J. A. Cantrell, [?] to Carrie Irwin, Grace Chapel. Impending visit of [?] Doggett and [?] Saunders. 1 p. ALS. 4 November 1890 Milton F. Paddock, Rector, St. Andrew's Church, Philadelphia, Pa., to Thomas Browder, Richmond, Va. Since Grace Church is to lose Dr. [?] Jackson, recommends Charles A. Rickseeker. 3 pp. ALS. 7 January 1895 Mary E. Warren [Richmond, Va.] to Dr. Jno. R. Wheat, [Richmond, Va.] Account of money spent fro Christmas decorations. 4 pp. ALS. 6 April 1895 Gynne A. Lyell, Richmond, Va., to President of the Ladies' Aid Society, Grace Church, Richmond, Va. Expiration of terms of members of musical committee. 8 April 1895 Virginia M. Robinson, [Richmond, Va.], to President, Ladies' Aid Society, Grace Church [Richmond, Va.] Music committee. 3 pp. ALS. 5 March 1917 Robert A. Goodwin, Richmond, Va., to Vestry of Grace Church, Richmond, Va. Resignation as assistant minister. 1 p. ALS. January 1918 Memorial to Lucy Ambler Mason by Vestry of Grace Church. 2 pp. TD. 15 March 1918 Alms Boxes Report. 1 p. D. 5 March 1918 Report of Junior Auxiliary. 2 pp. D. 16 January 1919 L. U. McCabe, The Chancel Chapter, Grace Church, Richmond, Va., to Mrs. E. O. McCabe et al. Solicitation for contributing members. 1 p. TL. Verso bears agenda for a meeting. 1 p. D. 25 March 1919 Report of Grace Church Auxiliary of the Red Cross. Signed Mary A. Randolph. 5 pp. DS. 28 March 1919 Report of Chancel Guild. By L. U. McCabe. 4 pp. on 1 leaf. DS. 28 March 1919 Report of Woman's Guild of Grace Episcopal Church. Lists donations to War Relief Fund, to Lucy Ambler Mason Leper Memorial Fund, to aid in Influenza Epidemic (soup and milk), to adopt French orphan, and given to Richmond charities. 3 pp. DS. 7 July 1919 William H. Palmer, Richmond, Va., to Austin Brockenbrough, Richmond, Va. Leaves town for a prolonged stay. 1 p. ALS. Encloses letter, 3 July 1919, of William H. Palmer, Richmond, Va., to Vestry, Grace Protestant Episcopal Church, Richmond, Va. Resigning as vestryman. 1 p. ALS. 4 August 1919 William H. Palmer, Blacksburg, Va., to Austin Brockenbrough, Richmond, Va. Prevented by ill-health from attending vestry meetings and unable to attend duties as senior warden. 1 p. ALS. 5 January 1920; 8 March 1920 Minutes of vestry meetings. 4 pp. D. undated Report of Junior Auxiliary, signed by Maude Cooke, treasurer. 1 p. DS. undated Report of Chancel Chapter. Signed Lily Urquhart McCabe. 4 pp. ADS. undated Report of Primary Department, Grace Church Sunday School. 1 p. TD. undated Report of Grace Church Chapter of the Brotherhood of St. Paul. Signed by Stuart Cooke. 2pp. DS.","Organizations Letters, 1883, concerning Amateur Dramatic Club. Reports, 1856-1857, of board of directresses of Female Humane Association. Invitation, 1847, of Home Club [to meet at home of Joseph R. Anderson]. Four letters, 1853-1854, to Richmond Athenaeum (from Philip Slaughter, James F. Field, and J. Wood Johns). Announcement, 1884, of meeting of Richmond Microscopic Society. Broadside, 1931, concerning Virginia Historical Society. Two letters, 1911, of Grace M. Dodge re: YMCA. Letter, 1911, of John D. Rockefeller, Jr., re: YMCA. Letter, 1911, of A. Beirne Blair re: YMCA. Letter, 1911, of L. S. Joffe re: YMCA. Program, 1903, of Academy of Music. Program, 3 February 1930, The Artists Series of Concerts (Boston Symphony Orchestra). Legal Petition, ca. 1887, of A. A. Branch, executrix of her husband Thomas Branch's estate to award his daughter her annuity in one lump sum. Deed, 1858, of confirmation between Francis J. Brand, Willie Graseser, and Mary Selle and Charles Selle for a lot in Richmond [Brand was trustee for Mary Selle]. Deed, 1880, of confirmation by Joseph Francis Beyer to Glaser. Deed, 1907, between Isaac Digges and Benj. Barret for Isaac Digges interest in Va. Corporation Digest. Memorandum, 1823, re: John Van Lew \u0026 Co. Petition, 1869, of James Duke for a re-hearing in case of John Van Lew v. Duke. Account, 1836, re: selling of Swan Tavern. Third person letter re: lot on 12th St. Judgement, 1833, in Crump vs. Wren administrator, etc. Judgement, 1833, in Cotton \u0026 Clark. Notice, 1870, of motion for injunction in Ruper v. Sedgewick. Order, 1807, to pay Peter Gordon for defense of Alexander Spotswood. Deed, 1807, from Samuel McCraw and Geo. Fisher, trustees and Margretta West to Samuel Myers for Quesnay's Academy ground. Lease, 1861, from Spiro Zetila to Alfred Paul. Negative photocopy of letter, 1784, of Turner [?] to Clerk of Henrico re: lots in Richmond. Notes, 1888, concerning correspondence concerning a house and lot in Richmond.","Administrator, executor or guardian, 1856-1870. 46 items. Commissioner of revenue for the city of Richmond, 1856-1860. 3 items. Inspector of tobacco in the city of Richmond, 1871-1873. 3 items. Minister, 1861-1888. 18 items. Notary public for the city of Richmond, Hanover and Henrico counties, 1856-1893. 125 items. Sergeant of the city of Richmond, 1888. 1 item. Sheriff of the city of Richmond, 1856. 2 items. Treasurer of the city of Richmond, 1888. 1 item. Fragments of bonds. 2 items.","Scope and Contents Advertisements Advertisement, n.d., for a lecture by A. Edward Newton. Filed in Mapcase. Advertisement, 1939, Musicians Club of Richmond. Advertisement for lectures at Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. Advertisement for the Cavalcade of the Cavaliers Pageant. Advertisement for \"Strange Interlude\" by Eugene O'Neill at Lyric Theater. Advertisement, 1931, for Westinghouse Salutes Richmond. Posters Poster for San Carlo Opera at the Mosque. Filed in Mapcase. Poster, 18-19 May 1928, for Adventure Days in Richmond. Filed in Mapcase. Richard Adams Papers Accounts, 1785-1811, of Richard Adams [probably two men, one of whom died in 1800]. Bond, 1787, of Richard Adams (executor of Thomas B. Adams). Letter, 1792, to Richard Adams. Order, 1811, of Richard Adams. Bond, 1805, of Cyrus Griffin to Richard Adams. Order, 1810, of Cyrus Griffin. Bonds Fidelity bond, 1867, of Samuel C. Greenhow and William H. Haxall to administer estate. Fidelity bond, 1868, of John Johns, Jr., and Bradley T. Johnson. Bond, 1802, of John Mayo with Edward Carrington, trustee for Elizabeth Anne Mayo. Bond, 1854, of J. B. Morton, Hugh W. Fry, Arthur A. Morson, and John M. Patton with Richmond and York River Railroad. Bond, 1816, of Richard E. Parker and William Foushee, Sr, with trustees of Richmond Academy. Correspondence Letter, 1841, of George Jones to Committee of the Marshall Theater Request, 1822, of L. W. Dandridge, J. E. Dandridge, and James Rawlings, attorney for Rob. F. Dandridge, trustee for S. A. Williams. Correspondence, 1912, of Ordway Puller to Samuel B. Dunstan and statement of Dunstan re: sale of property. Programs Program, n.d., of Academy of Music (Johann Strauss). Program, 1930, of Adventure Days. Program, n.d., of Academy of Music (\"The Newly-Weds and their Baby.\") Program, 1905, of \"Magda\" at Lyric Theatre. Program, 1929, \"Marco Millions\" and other plays. Photographic images of Richmond Schools.","Scope and Contents History of Richmond's Social Service Societies of the 19th and 20th Centuries by Elwood Street, Director of the Richmond Community Fun handwritten cover by J. Luther Kibler when radio addresses acquired. Copies of typed radio addresses, Numbers 1-11 and 17 to 56, given by Elwood Street from 1942 to 1948. Includes correspondence between Elwood Street, Director of the Richmond Community Fund, and J. Luther Kibler about Mr. Street's articles in Virginia's county courthouses. Business card for \"Moore \u0026 Scott, Commission Merchants\" located at Nos. 1316 and 1318 Cary Street, Richmond, Virginia.","Scope and Contents Numbers 1 - 31 of the radio addresses entitled \"Richmond's Home Fires\" given at radio station WMBG by Elwood Street, Director, the Richmond Community Council and the Richmond Community Fund. 1942 and 1943.","Scope and Contents Numbers 23 - 56 of the radio addresses entitled \"War and Community\" given at radio station WMBG by Elwood Street, Director, the Richmond Community Council and the Richmond Community Fund. 1943.","Scope and Contents Brochures \"A Tour of Historic Richmond\" arranged for the convenience of guests in Richmond by Hotel John Marshall.  1940. \"Picturesque Richmond, Richmond, VA and her Suburbs\", published by the J.L. Hill Printing Company.  1891. \"Footpaths in Historic Richmond.\"  1944. Cardboard placard, \"This Virginia State Flag,\" about a flag made at No. 1 West Franklin Street in the winter of 1864-1865 by Sallie Radford Munford.  Placed by the Richmond Chaper, United Daughters of the  Confederacy.  1941. Buildings and Scenes Small pamphlet on the Virginia House in Winsor Farms. Copies of engravings of scenes in Richmond by Margeret Dasheill, Episcopal Home in Richmond, Virginia.  1940. Note card of St. John's Church.  undated. Copy of a woodcut of the Virginia Capitol Building by Frieda Koontz.  1939. Account of stewardship at the Craig House.  1937. Newspaper article on the Old Mud House in Powhatan County.  undated. Businesses and Advertisements Blank checks from Office of the Greenwood Mining Company on the Farmer's Bank of Virginia in 1800's, Citizen's Bank of Richmond in the 1880's, Mechanics' Bank in New York in the 1830's and George D. Mayo on the First National Bank in Richmond, Virginia in 1910. Writing paper from Murphy's Hotel (3 sheets) and an advertisement or paper covering for \"Dove's Comp. Fluid\" by S.E. Dove of Richmond, Virginia.  undated. Broadside for a sideshow presented by George J. Johnson and Son, Richmond.  Acts are Gazzell, Mermaid and the Sea and Punch and Judy.  undated. Brochure advertising the sale of \"Richmond, Capital of Virginia (Approaches to its History) by Various Hands\" published by Whittet and Shepperson.  1937. Gary's Autographic Tablet advertisement, manufactured and sold by A.J. Gary, Richmond, Virginia.  undated. \"Catalogue of Mme. Demorest's reliable Patterns of the Fashion.\"  1875. \"Richmond Produce Price Current\"  of  W.D. Tompkins and Bro., General Commission Merchants.  June 18, 1868. Advertisement for the sale of books by Richmond Authors in Historic Linden Row.  Linden Corner Book Sellers.  1953. Advertisement for William C. West, Architect and Superintendent.  1892. WRVA Brochures on their daily radio programs.  May 1947 – March 1951.","Scope and Contents Museums and Historical Societies Pamphlet and cards from the Valentine Museum. 4 items. Ca 1940's. Invitations and other material from the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. Ca 1940's. Papers General Assembly of Virginia Resolution thanking people and businesses in Richmond for their courtesies during the 1924 General Assembly. February 29, 1924. Subscription to \"Hillyer's American Railroad Magazine\" from a subscriber in Richmond, Virginia. March 1, 1859. Legal Receipt from Thomas W. Doswell, Sheriff of Richmond. James L. and J.W. Richardson are mentioned. 1856. Religion Baptism certificate for Mary Latham Willis in the Broad Street Station in Richmond, Virginia by a member of the Virginia Conf. , M.E. Church, South. 1874. Card about \"A Popular Lecture by Rev. J.J. Lafferty\" at the Clay-Street Methodist Church. September 13. Back cover of a book from the Clay Street Sunday School Library. Social Miller and Rhoads announcement for a \"Book and Author Dinner.\" undated. Richmond Lodge, No. 10, request, \"Brother, You are requested to attend your Brethren at their Lodge Room, on Tuesday evening next, at 7 o'clock. By order of the Master. John Fox, Sec'y. Richmond, September 7, 1799. Memorial Bazaar flyer for bazaar to raise money for the Confederate Museum and monument. April 11, 1893. Invitation letter from the Junior League of Richmond for a Book and Author Dinner. March 26, 1948. Brochures from concerts and plays: \"A Streetcar named Desire,\" 1950; \"Carousel\"by the Astra Company of Richmond, undated; \"Annie Get Your Gun with Mary Martin,\" undated; \"The Howards of Virginia\", undated; newspaper review of La Argentina, undated; Boston Symphony Orchestra in 193 and T. Michaux Moody productions, \"Conchita Supervia\" in 1932, \"The Bluebird\" newspaper review and a brochure, \"Lawrence Tibbett\" in 1931. Proclamation by the Mayor of Richmond, J. Fulmer Bright, about the creation of \"The Virginia Capital Bicentennial Commission\" and proclaiming a Home-Coming Fortnight to be held September 12th, 1937. 2 copies. Brochure for \"Adventure Days\" conducted by Inter-Club Council. 1930. Brochure for \"Cavalcade of the Cavaliers\" at the Hotel John Marshall. September 13 to 25.","General Assembly of Virginia Resolution thanking certain people and businesses for their courtesies during the 1924 General Assembly.  February 29, 1924.","Scope and Contents Three programs for the Richmond Theatre, undated, but probably the late 19th century. 1881 price list for John Laird's Green-houses, located at Grace and Broad, between Henry and Smith Streets. Also called Grace Street Gardens. Front cover of \"Catalogue of the Southern Female Institute\" in Richmond, Virginia for Session 1866-1867. D. Lee Powell, A.M., was the principal.","Scope and Contents Removed from Folder 2 Advertisement poster re: Virginia House [in Windsor Farms, owned by Va. Historical Society. Was home of Ambasador Weddell] Certificate of Master Craftsman for August A. Dietz, Jr. Removed from Folder 6 Poster for E. Edward Newton Lecture Handwritten San Carlo Opera poster \"Adventure Days in Richmond, Va\" poster.","Deed given by George D. White and wife, 12 March 1895, conveying certain lots in the city of Roanoke to Mrs. E. C. Barksdale. 1 piece.","Scope and Contents Advertising card for \"Miss Millie Booz\" a \"fashionable Milliner and Mantuajaker.\" Found in 1830 Staunton Spectator. undated.","Contract with Isaac Sheetz to build the Strasburg Academy.","A note regarding the burning of Suffolk in 1779. 1 item.","Brochure on Washington, Virginia.","Scope and Contents An artificial grouping of papers, 1632-1973, relating to Williamsburg, Va. Includes maps, articles, drawings, letters, material concerning the Battle of Williamsburg, papers concerning the Black population, photographs of buildings, church bulletins, papers concerning civic organizations, deeds, leases, tax receipts, advertisements, papers concerning education and items relating to Colonial National Historical Park. The materials that comprise this collection were donated in batches to W\u0026M Special Collections Research Center by John D. Haskell, Jr., John Lawrence, Brian Blouet, Parke Rouse, and Staunton Aylor between the years of 1993 and 2001. Some materials in this collection were purchased by W\u0026M Special Collections Research Center. Related material: Material given by the Williamsburg Historic Records Association has been accessioned and filed individually. Enter \"Williamsburg Historic Records Association\" as \"Creator\" to see these accessions. Mss. 79 Sw4 Earl Gregg Swem Papers, 2008.364 addition: this group may originally have been part of folders 4 and 7 of the Williamsburg Papers. Mss. 1.09 Williamsburg (Va.) Ephemera Collection, 1892-[ongoing] Mss. 91 B38 Bruton Parish Church (Williamsburg, Va.) Records, 1662-[ongoing] Mss. Acc. 1991.43 Williamsburg, Yorktown, and Jamestown (Va.) Photographs, circa 1890-1930 Some newspaper runs were removed from this collection and added the newspaper collection.","Historical and descriptive articles, maps, and general views of the town (in chronological order). Includes transcripts from printed sources.","Pencil sketch of the view of Williamsburg from the south (about 1860) by Mary Wall Christian from original by J. A. Graham.","Watercolor view of Williamsburg from the south by Emily Sneed from original by J. A. Graham.","Scope and Contents Blueprints of maps of Williamsburg. \"Palisades 1632-83\" (Colonial Williamsburg Research and Development Office, 1 November 1933). \"Maps showing location of Palisades 1632-83 in relation to Bland's Survey of 1699 and the layout of the City of Williamsburg\" (Colonial Williamsburg Architectural Dept., February 1949). \"Map showing approximate location of the 17th century horse path which went through Williamsburg prior to 1699 when this are was known as Middle Plantation\" (Colonial Williamsburg Architectural Dept., 3 October 1942).","Transcript of Earl Dunmore's letter - a historical and general view of Williamsburg.","Transcript of letters to George Washington concerning defense of Williamsburg from Charles Lee, 1776.","List of arms removed from Governor's Palace on 24 June 1775, by American colonists after Lord Dunmore's escape.","Scope and Contents Various articles from \"The Virginia Argus\" in early 19th century.","Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, dated 15 October 1881, with an article and illustrations of Williamsburg at that time period.","Ordinances of the City of Williamsburg in effect 1 October 1895.","Historical and descriptive articles, maps, and general views of the town.","National Geographic articles about Colonial Williamsburg dated 1954 and 1968.","Several programs from services commemorating I-Day and victory of WWII.","Booklet entitled Facts about Williamsburg and vicinity, dated 1900.","Booklet entitled Richmond to Jamestown via America's most historic river, dated 1938.","The Journal of American History, 1919, includes several photographs of Colonial Williamsburg and the College of William and Mary.","Charter. 2 copies, including a 1722 Contemporary copy. Filed in Locked Section.","Pen and ink sketch, photgraphic copies and correspondence with Earl Gregg Swem concerning the seal.","Photostatic copy of ten pages from Cornwallis' orderly book when he was in Williamsburg in 1781. A note concerning Pennsylvania officers near Williamsburg in the summer of 1781. A sketch of Patrick Henry addressing the Virginia Assembly.","Scope and Contents Papers relating to the Civil War. See also, addition Mss. Acc. 1995.39. Diary: 1861 Photographic copy of a diary and memorandum book of Samuel E. Holt, surgeon in the Confederate Army, stationed at Williamsburg and Yorktown, 3 September - 23 October 1861. (The original is in the possession of Mrs. Eva Rosseau, Williamsburg, Va.) Typescripts of letters: 1862 Typescripts of letter of Gen. Philip Kearny to his wife, 7 May 1862, and 15 May 1862. (Originals in the Library of Congress.) Letter: 4 October 1862 Robert F. Cole, Williamsburg, Va., to [?], certifying that his iron grey mare was taken from him by order of Lt. Col. Smith. Letter: 7 October 1862 Major J. P. Wilson, Head Quarters 5th Penna. Cavalry, to Captain G. C. Johnston, A.A.G., Yorktown, Va. stating when he will make a report of all the horses taken from citizens of Williamsburg. Letter: November 19, 1862. Mrs. M.N. Munford, Williamsburg, to Gen. [Henry A.] Naglee requesting his aid against thefts by runaway negroes and soldiers, especially the use of a government wagon to haul fuel and his assistance, in obtaining medicine for herself. Letter: 16 May 1865 Sallie Munford, at Tazewell Hall, to Lizzie Ewell, describing conditions in Williamsburg. Letter: 8 April 1866 Robert M. West at North East P.O., Cecil County, Maryland, to Benjamin S. Ewell concerning the theft of valuables from the home of Miss Gabriella Galt and destruction at the College of William and Mary by Union troops. Engraving: Engraving of the \"Battle of Williamsburg\" from the original painting by Chappel in the possession of the publishers (Johnson, Fry \u0026 Co., Publishers, N.Y.) Correspondence and notes of Dr. Earl G. Swem about the Battle of Williamsburg.","Scope and Contents 1862 articles concerning the Battle of Williamsburg, 5 May 1862: New York Daily Tribune, 8 May 1862; New York Daily Tribune,10 May 1862, Pages 7-8; New York Tribune, 13 May 1862, Pages 1-2; New York Daily Tribune, 13 May 1862, Pages 11-12; New York Daily Tribune, 12 May 1862, Pages 3-4 and New York Daily Tribune, 12 May 1862, Pages 5-6. Brochure: \"Williamsburg in the Civil War\" published by the Williamsburg Civil War Committee. Photographs of drawings of Williamsburg and Fort Magruder and Other Confederate Earth-Works, 6 May 1862. Description of the Battle of Williamsburg, Comte De Paris. Article on Fall of Fort Magruder.","The Peninsula Guide, 1936; The Cradle of the Republic - Williamsburg, Jamestown, \u0026 Yorktown, 1924; The Cradle of the Nation, 1931 and a brochure, \"When Washington's Sweetheart Fainted.\"","Scope and Contents Advisory Committee of Historians of Colonial Williamsburg, Incorporated, June 1939-November 1941 Antiques Forum with an index of people, places, things, events and more. undated. Correspondence between Earl Gregg Swem and Dr. W.A.R. Goodwin between November 1928 and December 1929.","Correspondence between Earl Gregg Swem and Dr. W.A.R. Goodwin from January - March, 1930.","Correspondence between Earl Gregg Swem and Dr. W.A.R. Goodwin from April - June, 1930.","Correspondence between Earl Gregg Swem and Dr. W.A.R. Goodwin from July - December 1930.","Correspondence between Earl Gregg Swem and Dr. W.A.R. Goodwin between November 1931 and December 1932.","Correspondence between Earl Gregg Swem and Dr. W.A.R. Goodwin between January 1933 and July 1935.","Minutes of the Advisory Committee of Historians of Colonial Williamsburg, Incorporated.","Circulars, 1930-1939. Exhibition of American Folk Art bulletin","Scope and Contents September 1866 John Anderson, Claremont [?] to J. H. Crump, n.p. Asks him to reserve half his wages until 12 June 1868 V. C. Armstrong, Fort Monroe, Va., to Rev. A. Dunlop. Notification that repairs will be made to the church of which he is the pastor. 1 p. ALS. 26 May 1869 Appointment as Registering Officer for 3rd Registration Precinct for Alexander Dunlop. Signed by Edward [Richard Sprigg] Canby. 1 p. DS. 24 March 1874 Inventory of personal property of W. W. Cumber. Taken by Frank Smith, Norton Moses Weaver, \u0026 Samuel Smith. Appraised by County of York. 2 pp. D. undated Receipt for rent of school house to the Trustees of Public School No. 3 (A. Dunlop and F. S. Norton). 1 p. DS. debt to Alexander Dunlop [Williamsburg, Va.] is paid. 1 p. ALS. Obituary of Dr. James Blaine Blayton, Sr., a physician in Williamsburg, Virginia. December 18, 2002.","List to be sold by Dixon \u0026 Hunter, 11 February 1775 Dietz Press Listing","Photographs and descriptive material of buildings: Michel's drawing of Williamsburg buildings. 2 copies. Prints of buildings. Audrey House.","Capitol Court House (Old) Eastern Lunatic Asylum","Governor's Palace","Kerr-Vest Kitchen Market Square Tavern Masonic Hall Methodist Episcopal Church Powder Magazine Providence Hall","Data on the Public Prison compiled from original sources for The Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities by Elizabeth Schmucker Stubbs, 1929.","Raleigh Tavern Tazewell Hall Theater Travis House Tucker House Tyler House Benjamin Waller House Williamsburg Inn (Old) Williamsburg Inn (New) Wythe House Unidentified Buildings Williamsburg Property  Scrapbook of photographs of Williamsburg houses taken about 1921. Mounted photographs of Williamsburg houses.","Advertising sheets, brochures, cards, and newspaper accounts of banks and business houses.","Progress report.","Auction advertisements.","Factory catalog, 1991 (first catalog).","Controversy concerning sermon by the Rev. Cotesworth P. Lewis, 12 November 1967, before President Lyndon B. Johnson. Includes copy of sermon, newspaper clippings, statements from the Congressional Record. History of Bruton Parish Church. Poster \"Art Exhibit...by Mrs. T. Bonne-Millar...at Bruton Parish House. 1944. Filed in Box 19, Folder 5, Williamsburg (folder 13).","Organ recital programs, 1939-1941. One poster, 1943, filed in Box 19, Folder 5, Williamsburg (folder 14). Weekley bulletins, 1928-1945.","Booklets, 1947 \u0026 1949.","Poster, 1951. Announcements, 1944-1946. Filed in Box 19, Folder 5, Williamsburg. (folder 15a).","Announcements.","Bulletins, 1936-1938 \u0026 1942","Bulletins, 1943-1948","Bulletins, 1949-1953.","Announcements, brochures, bulletins, 1949. Brochure, Methodist Sites in Historic Williamsburg.","Bulletins.","Bulletins","Bulletins.","Epworth League program.  Winter 1924.","Scope and Contents Pamphlet for \"A Call to Prayer\" on the wsorld Day of Prayer sponsored by the United Council of Church Women. March 4, 1949. \"Bicentennial of Worship\" article from the Daily Press about the First Baptist Church formed by African Americans. 1996.","American Civic Association Correspondence. Cleaning up. n.d. Community Center, 1954. Community Christmas Events. Community Counvil. Community Fund, 1953. Community Sings. County Council of Women's Clubs. Youth Welfare Council.","American Association of University Women. Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities, Colonial Capitol Branch: List of members, 1916. Notice, 1939. Business Men's Association, 1901. Chautauqua Association. Exchange Club flyers. (filed in Box 19, Folder 5, Williamsburg (folder 17). Garden Club: Garden Week. Newspaper articles, 1973. Programs, 1935-1936. Brochures, 1950-1956. Yearbook, 1941-1942. Garden Symposium.","Lion's Club. Officers' Wives Club. Pulaski Club: Two letter heads and one newspaper clipping. Red Cross: One membership card, 1929. Soroptimist Club. Swimming Club. Tidewater Guidance Clinic. United Service Organizaitons Club. United World Federalists. Virginia Federation Home Demonstration Club. Williamsburg Film Study Group. Williamsburg Junior Chamber of Commerce. Williamsburg Regional Library Association. Young Women's Club.","Programs.","American Association of University Women: Program and ballot, 1930. Hampton Roads Chemists' Club: Circular, 1931. National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. Poetry Society: Programs, 1928-1936. Society of American Archivists. Southeastern Regional Conference of Law Teachers. Virginia Society, Sons of the American Revolution.","Scope and Contents Account of Williamsburg Resident, 1749 Account of John Dameron with Secretary Thomas Nelson, with account of certificate recorded by Benjamin Waller. 1 p. DS. Account of Williamsburg Resident, 1749 Castleton Harper and John Curd in account with Secretary Thomas Nelson, signed by Benjamin Waller. 1 p. DS. Account of Williamsburg Resident, 1749 Account of Colonel Joshua Fry with Secretary Nelson. Signed by Benjamin Waller. 1 p. DS. Account of Williamsburg Resident, April 1768 Account of Samuel Havistone, 1766, with the auditors with statement of account by Robert Prentis, Williamsburg. 1 p. DS. Account of Williamsburg Resident, 1768 Account of John \u0026 Gerry Smith with Secretary Thomas Nelson with account of recording certificate for probating Smith's bill, signed by Benjamin Waller. 1 p. DS. Bassett, William, 1717 Indenture given by trustees of the city of Williamsburg to William Bassett of New Kent County conveying six lots in the city. 14 October 1717. 2 pp. DS including photostatic copies of indenture. Berkeley (?), 1883 Photostatic copies of three letters from Frank to \"Berry\" and \"Monie\", 1883 and n.d. from the Berkeley Papers, University of Virginia Library. Custis, John, 1714 . (filed in Box 19, Folder 5, Williamsburg (folder 19). Photostatic copy of indenture, 1 February 1823, between Thomas Nelson, Jr., George Washington Nelson, William Meade, and Thomasia (Nelson) Meade, his wife, and Dr. Alexander Galt for the purchase of a house and lot by Dr. Galt. 2 pp. Cy of DS. John T. James, 1859 Flyer, 28 July 1859, advertising sale of farm three miles from Williamsburg. 1 p. PM. Mouzon, Samuel R., 9 January 1824 Advertised by John T. James. (Filed in Box 19, Folder 5, Williamsburg (folder 19). Receipt of Samuel R. Mouzon for his share of the estate of William Nelson of Williamsburg, $218.64 1/2. 1 p. DS. Tyler [ ], 1812 Typed copy of an advertisement by in the Richmond Enquirer, 2 October 1812, offering for rent a dwelling in Williamsburg, recently occupied by Chancellor Tyler.","Teterel, Francis: Policies and premium receipts. 1807-1925 Waters, Sarah: Policies and premium receipts. 1796-1799 Webb, Walter W.: Receipt for premium. 1825.","Wedding Announcement, 1939","Deed given by the trustees on the city of Williamsburg to John Custis conveying three lots in the city. Signed by John Clayton and William Robertson","Indenture given by trustees of the city of Williamsburg to William Bassett of New Kent County conveying six lots in the city. 14 October 1717. 2 pp. DS including photostatic copies of indenture. Berkeley (?), 1883","Anderson, Robert A contract for purchase of corn and fodder from John T. Marston. 1835. Cocke, Doctor Doctor Cocke of old Williamsburg. A printed article. Reprinted form the Medical Times, October 1936. Fresheau [Freneau], Peter Peter Fresheau [Freneau], Williamsburg, Virginia, to Mrs. Maryanne Scott, New York, 25 April 1749. Order to pay Charles Stewart the sum of five pounds sterling. Hundley, Jack \"They've sold the town.\" poem. 1929. Hunter, William Typed memoranda concerning William Hunter. Johnson, James James Johnson vs. Henry Wilson. Suit. 1842. Parks, Eleanor Typed copy of renunciation of benefit from will of William Parks. 1750. Parks, William Typed copy of will. 1750. Correspondence concerning a memorial to William Parks. 1922. Pelham, Ann Creese Silhouette of Ann Creese Pelham, wife of Peter Pelham. Richard, Milly Vicksburg, Miss., to Captain Thomas Russell, n.p., Va. 8 July 1868. A former slave who belonged to Scervant Jones inquires about her relations. She was Milly Armstrong. 2 pp. ALS. Rind, William Copy of inventory and appraisement of the estate of William Rind. 1773. Scott, Robert G. Typed copy of an advertisement of Robert G. Scott, attorney. In the Richmond Enquirer, 27 October 1812. Smith, Sydney Williamsburg, Va., to Henry Smith, 1/2 Way House, York Co., Va., 23 February 1854. Discusses local grassroots politics and his intention to run for Commonwealths attorney. 3 pp. ALS. Taliaferro, Charles Typescript about portrait. Warwick, Eliza Typed copies of correspondence of Eliza Warwick of Williamsburg, Va., 1801-1803. Originals in the Valentine Museum.","Affidavits denying that demonstrations were made against the United States by Williamsburg militia.  1872.","Announcements, newspaper clippings, etc.","Advertisements.","Advertisements.","Advertisements.","Advertisements.","Advertisements.","Advertisements.","Advertisements.","Advertisements.","Scope and Contents Advertisements and other written material for moving pictures. Poster for \"The Baker's Wife\" is filed in Box 19, Folder 5, Williamsburg (folder 29).","Garland of Spring Carols.","Receipt for the subscription to the Virginia Gazette., 1930 Outline of W. J. Johnston as editor of the Virginia Gazette.","Programs and posters.","Sheet of paper made by the Williamsburg Restoration illustrating the water mark of William Parks.","Barter Theater and Children's Theater Programs, announcements. Little Theater League., 1929-1938 Programs, announcements, and posters. Other Organizations, 1785, 1925-1930 Notes, programs, circulars, and posters.","Addresses and cards.  1875, 1924, 1931, 1948","Dedication program, 12 May 1962.","The Evening Press. Catalog of type specimens. The Williamsburg Bulletin (1945), Gardiners Virginia Gazette (1942) and The Evening Press (July 1942).  All of the above were edited and printed by Joseph Rowe Gardiner.","Scope and Contents Souvenir booklet of the Williamsburg Pre-Restoration Old-Timers reunion, November 1-2, 1980 (Samuel \"Billy\" D. Royall, printer).","Williamsburg Female Academy and Williamsburg Male Academy. Letters of application and recommendation for teaching position in the proposed male and female schools, 1849. Williamsburg Female Academy and Williamsburg Male Academy.","Photostats, 1811 Photostats from the Berkeley Papers, University of Virginia to Carter Berkeley, pertaining to schools in Williamsburg, 1811. Filed in Box 19, Folder 5, Williamsburg (folder 32). Advertisement, 1805 A newspaper advertisement concerning Mr. Anderson's school for young ladies. Photostatic copy. April 30, 1805, Richmond Enquirer. Letter, 1820 A letter from Margaret Page, at Williamsburg, to John Page, at Union Town, Monroe County, Virginia, 19 January 1820, mentioning the opening of Mr. Morse's school for young ladies. (See Page-Saunders Papers, Folder 1). Letter, 1849 William Hodges, Washington, D.C., to Robert McCandlish, Williamsburg, Va., concerning the rental of his house for the Female School. 10 June 1849. 2 pp. ALS Williamsburg Female Academy, 1849-1852, 1862 A circular letter from Hubert P. LeFebvre, at Richmond, 21 August 1849. Catalog. 1851-1852. Typescript of a letter application from John K. Noel for a teaching position, noting his experience as principal of both the Williamsburg Female and Male Academies. 1862. Williamsburg Male Academy, 1855 Printed circular. 1855. Williamsburg Military School (Morressett \u0026 Peyton), 1852-1853 Letter, 1840 A letter from E.G. and M.R. Gatliff, at Williamsburg, to James Baytop, at Springfield, Gloucester Court House, 7 April 1840, concerning a girls' school. (See Gloucester County Papers, Folder 3). Bills, 1848, 1868 Bills for school supplies and tuition. 1848 and 1868. Copies. Book List A list of school books. Copy from a paper of Judge Frank Armistead of Williamsburg, Virginia. Female Seminary, 1880 See Armistead Papers, Folder 1.","Matthew Whaley, 1923-1931, 1943, 1945 Circulars and programs. 1923-1931. (new MW opened 15 September 1930, per The Powder Horn, October 1930). Dramatic Club bulletins and poster. Graduation invitation, 1945. Programs, 1943. Program for the George Washington Bicentennial, 1932. The Powder Horn, the school newspaper, March 1928, October - December 1930. Bruton Heights School Commencement invitation, concert program. Miscellaneous Rawls Byrd, History of the Public Schools in Williamsburg. Facts on Public Schools brochures, 1972-1973. 1984. \"Pride in the Past,\" American Education Week, November 11-17. From the Virginia Gazette. Teachers' Guides \"Eighteenth Century Life in Williamsburg, Virginia.\" \"The War and Elementary School Instruction in American Colonial Life.\"","1 photograph.","List of paid Capitation Taxes for 1946, 1947 and 1948 on or before May 7, 1949 and for 1947, 1948 and 1949 on or before December 12, 1949.","Scope and Contents \"A Bibliography on the Restoration of Colonial Williamsburg\" by Elsie Alderson.","Scope and Contents Flyers, pamphlets and more on the Colonial National Monument, \"A Brief History of and Guide Book to Jamestown, Williamsburg and Yorktown\" by Rutherfoord Goodwin (signed by the author), \"A Historic Old Virginia Pilgrimage\" brochure for taking a cruise to the Williamsburg area on April 29 - May 1, 1930 and brochures and reprints about Williamsburg, Jamestown and Yorktown. Tourist hardback book, \"Historic Peninsula of Virginia,\" distributed by Stone and Webster, Inc. in 1928. Photostatic copy of newspaper account of Jamestown Day, May 13. Year unknown.","A Proposed Zoning Ordinance for the City of Williamsburg, 1945. Zoning Ordinance Adopted 1947.","Scope and Contents Oversized items removed from Mss. 39.4 V82ci Williamsburg Papers. Organized by the folder from which they were removed. Folder 3: Williamsburg Charter. 2 copies, including a 1722 Contemporary copy. Folder 13: Churches - Bruton Parish - Poster \"Art Exhibit...by Mrs. T. Bonne-Millar...at Bruton Parish House. 1944. Folder 14: Churches - Bruton Parish - Poster for \"Lecture Recital at Bruton Parish Church...Dr. David McK. Williams.\" 1943. Folder 15a: Churches - Christian Science Monitor, 1951 poster for a lecture by Claire Rauthe and 1944-45 free lecture announcements. Folder 17: Clubs and Organizations - The Exchange Club flyers, 1949-1954. Folder 19: Photostatic copies of three letters from Frank to \"Berry\" and \"Monie\", 1883 and n.d. from the Berkeley Papers, University of Virginia Library. Custis, John, 1714 . Flyer, 28 July 1859, advertising sale of farm three miles from Williamsburg. 1 p. PM. Mouzon, Samuel R., 9 January 1824 Advertised by John T. James. Folder 29: Moving Pictures - Large poster for \"The Baker's Wife\" to be held at the Williamsburg Theater. undated. Folder 32: Schools - Private Schools - Photostats from the Berkeley Papers, University of Virginia, to Carter Berkeley pertaining to schools in Williamsburg. 1811","Letter written by W. Fred Andrews of Gahanna, Ohio to Parke Rouse, Jr. reminiscing about his days as a student at the College of William and Mary. 3 pp. June 22, 1974.","ALS of C.P. Armistead, Williamsburg to the Hon. R. Taylor Scott, Richmond, Virginia, dated 27 May 1893 regarding his brother running for office, probably the Electoral Board of James City County.","Photocopies of newsclippings, journal articles, and Bruton Parish Bulletins about the 1991 dig by New Agers to search for evidence in the Bruton Parish Churchyard, Williamsburg, Virginia, to support the controversial claim that Sir Francis Bacon wrote Shakespeare's plays plus a formula for establishing world peace. August 20, 1992 photographs of Bruton Parish Churchyard digs with Marley Brown, archaelogist of Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. One photograph shows the Middleton Vault.","Scope and Contents Handwritten letter from Samuel Putnam, Union soldier and Orderly in the 25th Massachusetts Volunteers while at Camp West near Williamsburg to his father. Putnam writes about the occupation of Williamsburg by Union soldiers, the destruction of the College of William and Mary, the \"insane asylum\" and his theft from a Williamsburg home of several letters by Thomas Jefferson, several letters by \"revolutionary maidens\" and one letter by Richard H. Lee.","One page from Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper of March 10, 1887, entitled \"Virginia a day in a historic town--views of old Williamsburg.\"","Scope and Contents Fragment of a receipt signed by Abram. Loc[ke]tt and \"Wmsburg Dist\" noted on the bottom of the page. undated.","Signed Williamsburg Tricentennial poster, 1999.","Handwritten letter from O. F. Helner of the 33rd regiment, at a camp near Williamsburg to Mr. Abbott. He writes about the Battle of Williamsburg and a visit by General McClellan to the camp. May 1862. Transcript included.","Scope and Contents Playbills, 1891-1896 and undated, from plays staged at Cameron Hall at Eastern State Hospital with actors and actresses from the College of William and Mary and the local community. Some programs list \"The Virginia Comedians\" as the producer. Playbills, 1910 and 1916, from plays staged at the College of William and Mary.","Scope and Contents Union soldier's letter, \"John\" to his sweetheart \"Mary,\" 12 May (1862), regarding the occupation of Williamsburg by the North. Mention of Northern dead in Williamsburg after the battle and burying soldiers. Excerpt, \"...there are some very pretty girls here but I noticed that some of them were [wear] the rebel flag on their bosom.\" Stereoscopic card, \"War Views, View of Court House and Church, Hospital of the 2nd Corps, Yorktown, Va.\" No. 2374, published by E. \u0026 H.T. Anthony \u0026 Co. Negative by Brady \u0026 Co., Washington. Someone has crossed out \"Yorktown\" and written \"Williamsburg.\"","Four pamphlets: Catalogue of the Williamsburg Female Academy, 1851-1852; two copies of the catalogue of the Williamsburg Military School, Richmond, 1853; prospectus and catalogue of the Williamsburg Male Academy, 1852-1853.","Broadside dated December 14th, [1941], announcing a Citizen's Mass Meeting...at the Williamsburg Theatre.","Scope and Contents Photostat copies of newspaper articles about the Battle of Williamsburg from the New York Daily Tribune, May 10, 12 and 13, 1862, photostat copies of a map of the \"Lower Peninsula,\"  and \"Battle of Williamsburg\" and both a negative and a positive photocopies entitled \"Charge of Hancock's Brigade at Williamsburgh,\" \"Fort Magruder and Other Confederate Earth-works in front of Williamsburg from sketches made May 6, 1862,\" \"Williamsburg, Va.\"  These prints have notes on them and might be partial proofs for a publication.","Three photographs of the Dedication of Ft. Magruder, May 5, 1952 by Von Dubell Studio.    Publication of a letter by The Business Men's Association of the City of Williamsburg about \"taking early steps for the proper  celebration at Jamestown of the Tercentennial Anniversary...did on the September 7, 1900, in the name of the citizens of Williamsburg, pass resolutions for the appointment of a committee...\"  On inside of pamphlet, resolutions are listed.","G.W. Thorpe Plat, surveyed March 1916; Pine Grest Subdivision blue print plat, owned and developed by Ernest G. Vaughan and sold to Carrie V. Williams, surveyed November/December 1939; Capitol Heights property blueprint plat of Frank G. Linekin, June 26, 1930; W.L. Jones blueprint plat,May 1926; Bozarth Court blueprint plat, August 10, 1939; Bozarth Court blueprint plat, December 10, 1920; Powhatan Park blueprint plat, property of York Land Corporation, April 1916; blueprint plat of property conveyed by Celia Maxton to others,land between route 60 and the railroad, September 7, 1952; and plat of property of H.D. Bozarth between Clay and Harrison Streets, June 19, 1925.","Posters for performances at the Matthew Whaley Auditorium in 1936, poster for \"Middle Plantation Art \u0026 Handcraft Exhibition\" at Casey's Annex (undated), poster for exhibit of \"Walt Disney's Original Paintings used in Snow White\" at the Bruton Parish House (undated), Williamsburg Tricentennial Poster, Colonial Williamsburg concert posters, Williamsburg Theatre posters (undated, possibly 1930's), and other posters for entertainment at Williamsburg High School and the Presbyterian Church (undated, possibly 1930's).","Two aerial photographs of South Henry Street area of Williamsburg, Virginia.  Undated.","Photograph of a print \"Loudon-street, Winchester.\"","Scope and Contents Many of these papers appear to be from the Clerk of Court office in Winchester, Virginia. Clerk of Court signatures include John Peyton, Clerk of Hustings, Winchester, Virginia and Algernon R. Wood. Organized in date order. Account for Nicholas Scheren to David Michael Rutter. May 1786 Payment from Dr. Robert Colvin to Philip Bush. October 12, 1786 Accounts for Robert Sherrard to James Murry. 1787 Payment from Robert Sherrard to John Hamilton for waggonage from Philadelphia [Pennsylvania] to Winchester, Virginia. 1787 Document about refund of payment made by Tejamus ? Dowdall to Robert Colvin, who opened a school. April 12, 1787 Court summons for Josiah Jackson and Zebediah Hollingsworth for James Murray in case with Robert Sherrard, Defendant. August 9, 1787 Indenture. James and Eleanor Wood of Davidson, North Carolina and David Dedderick, for Lot 9 on West side of Loudon (Loudoun) Street in Borough of Winchester. September 22, 1789 Marriage Bond between Enos Roberts and Mary Kendrick. January 13, 1790 Marriage bond of Conrad House and Susannah Shusher. December 27, 1790 Bond for James Walls as executor of last Will and Testament of John Wynn. June 30, 1794 Charter between Shreve Lawson of Baltimore, Maryland and James Moseley, Merchant on freight on the ship Alexandria. July 4, 1796 Marriage license between James A. Nelson and Polly M. Donald. April 26, 1802 Manumission papers from Peter Lauck to Peter Bisick. March 14, 1806 Affidavit. Josiah Massy took oath of Lieutenant in 31st Regiment, 16th Brigade. Signed by A. (B.) Miller. May 2, 1812. Register of sale of Louisa Robinson (wife of Jonathan Robinson) to Doctor Daniel Conrad. August 3, 1818. Act \"to amend the Act incorporating the Town of Winchester.\" Complete handwritten text of the act as presented to the General Assembly in Richmond, Virginia. Copied by William Munford, Keeper of the Rolls. Document bound with string. Dated December 12, 1818 and passed January 9, 1819 Inquest. \"Inquisition on the body of Robert Cockerton (?) who died at the house of Elizabeth Pendleton, Innkeeper. November 1, 1820 Contract/letter of attorney between John Holland of Gosney Manor of Shenandoah County, Virginia, woolan manufacturer, and George Hadfield of Old Hall, County of Chester, in England to Hugh Shaw. June 8, 1827 Manumission papers where Margaret Galloway emancipates negro woman, Maria, wife of William Tuckrin, a free negro. October 17, 1827 Manumission papers or Certification of Freedom for Negro Lucy under the will of Alexander White of Woodville. June 13, 1832 Certificate of Freedom, or Manumission papers, signed by Phebe Coubourn that she raised Nancy Sabro, a \"dark Muluto\" who was born of free parents. September 21, 1835 Notice to Sergeant of the Corporation of Winchester for summons of Jonathan Cox, Davy Johnson, Thomas Pollard, James Pollard, Richard Strange, Lewis Smith, David Washington and Rose Williams for \"remaining within this corporation and Commonwealth more than 12 months of their right to freedom…\" May 5, 1846 Bill of sale to William H. Brown from George R. Long for sale of negro man, Abraham Washington. August 24, 1846 Court Case. Algernon R. Wood, prosecutor for Commonwealth of Virginia, against James Pollard, a free negro or mulatto who remained in Virginia after he was freed. October 3, 1846 Court summons for Sally Field for remaining in Winchester after being freed. June 23, 1848 Mary, negro slave of Joseph Baker, charged with trying to poison Nancy Lindsey with tea. June 1, 1849 Notarized statements of Amelia Ann Buck of Warren County, Virginia regarding copartnership with John R. Ricards, John N. Buck of Baltimore, Maryland and Thomas L. Blakemon of Warren County regarding hotel, Mountain House in Hampshire County, Virginia. John R. Buck sells his interest to his brother, William M. Buck. July 3, 1850 Letter from Baltimore, Maryland regarding his father's estate. Author unknown. February 20, 1851 Recording of last will and testament of Addison B. Riely in Baltimore, Maryland. Endorsed by Ann R. Riely. September 27, 1852 Certificate for R.B. Allen to sell wine at his store on Cameron Street.September 1, 1855 Court summons in case of Patrick Conner vs John H. Anderson, Conner's apprentice. October 8, 1856 Letter from John Quanten ? to Robert L. Brookings asking for servant woman Lucy who was part of the estate of Mrs. Emmets?. May 27, 1857 Indictment. John Howard, alias John Newman, a free negro, was accused of assault by Rachel Ann Holler, a white woman and jailed. Indictment against James W. Jones, the jailor, for allowing the prisoner to escape. March 17, 1860 Command to the Sergeant of the Corporation of Winchester to take \"…Maria Ball [Colored]…her safely keep…until May indictment … for remaining in the State of Virginia…without lawful permission. April 21, 1860 Notice to Sheriff of Berkeley County, Virginia to imprison Elizabeth Farrow if she is found in Berkeley County. She is charged with having a \"…house of ill fame for the purpose of prostitution and lewedness.\" April 17, 1861 Note from Clerk of Court in Winchester where he says he has been notified by a military order that he is no longer the Clerk. June 5, 1868 Court case with John Vilwig regarding two coffins. June 1886. Republican Ticket for Virginia. 1892. Letter from George S. Bowers of Laurell, Maryland, about \"Willie\" accepting Christ [in the Lutheran Church]. December 13, 1918 Instructions to lawyer or court about charges of larceny against a free negro. undated. Fragment. \"Twelve days have been expended in loading.\"","Circular for the Woodstock Male and Female Academy. July 21, 1866.","Papers, ca. 1824-1983, relating to Yorktown, Va. Includes articles concerning Yorktown; materials relating to the surrender of Cornwallis and to the celebrations [1824, 1881, 1930-1937 and 1981], documents concerning Yorktown National Military Park  [now Colonial National Historical Park] and the Navy Mine Depot [now Naval Weapons Station].","Historical and descriptive articles, maps, and general views of the town.  7 pieces.","Two facsimilies of the parole of Cornwallis. 2 pieces. Journal of the siege of York-Town...as recorded in the hand of Gaspard de Gallatin and translated by the French department of the College of William and Mary...Washington, United States Printing Office. 1931. 48 p. 24 cm. (71st Congress, 3rd Session. Senate. Document no. 322.) 1 piece. Un geste patriotique des Strasbourgeois au cours de la guerre d'Independence americaine. Printed. 1 piece. Ceux de Yorktown par Servan Malo, with English translation. 2 pieces. Memorandum on J.C. Louis, Baron von Closen. By Ruth E. Butler. 4 typed pages. 1 piece. Photographs showing restoration of French and American fortifications around Yorktown. About 1935. 3 pieces. Photographs of a painting of the siege of Yorktown. 3 copies. Also an enlargement. Map of the siege of Yorktown. 1 3/4 x 1 1/2 inches. 1 piece. An engraving of the surrender at Yorktown. 1 piece. List of Confederate Soldiers buried at Yorktown which includes Union soldiers killed at the Battle of Williamsburg. (Copy from the National Park Service. Original at the Yorktown Visitor Center).","Printed topographical map of the Colonial National monument, Yorktown Battlefield, Virginia. Made by the U.S. Geological Survey 1931. 30 1/4 x 29 1/4 inches. 1 piece. Three newspaper clippings concerning the siege of Yorktown. Other papers. 5 pieces. Walking stick made from the flag staff of the 80th British Regiment, Yorktown, 1781. Returned to donor (Nellie Deans Greaves) in either 1960's or 1970's. Printed announcement, dated at Montpellier, 9? December 1781, signed by Le Comte de Perigord, stating that the King has ordered a Te Deum sung in all the churches of France for the Yorktown victory. Purchased from Thomas L. Suter, 16 October 1952.","Buildings Photographs and prints: Customs House; Lord Cornwallis' Cave; Main Street; Monument Lodge (1 piece); Moore House (4 pieces--3 photographs in Mapcase); Shield House (oldest house) and Nelson House (1 piece); Yorktown wharf (1 piece). Monument Photographs. 1 piece. 2 newspapers with history of the building and opening of the George P. Coleman Bridge. Located in mapcase.","6 pieces including 1 photograph. See also Folders 6-8.","Scope and Contents Yorktown sesquicentennial celebration 1931: Mimeographed and printed material relating to the celebration. 20 items. Includes a photograph album entitled \"Views of The Yorktown Sesquicentennial Celebration, Yorktown, Virginia, October 16-17-18-19, 1931\" presented to The College of William and Mary in Virginia by the Yorktown Sesquicentenniail Association, Inc. Yorktown bicentennial celebration 1981: Official commemorative program. Official booklet: \"Miracles at Yorktown,\" written by Guy Friddell and produced by Tom Hale.","Views of the Yorktown Sesquicentennial Celebration, Yorktown, VA, October 16-19,1931 from the Yorktown Sesquicentennial Association, Inc","Yorktown sesquicentennial celebration 1931:  Mimeographed and printed material relating to the celebration.  20 items. Yorktown bicentennial celebration 1981:  Official commemorative program.  Official booklet:  \"Miracles at Yorktown,\" written by Guy Friddell and produced by Tom Hale.","Yorktown sesquicentennial celebration 1931: Mimeographed and printed material relating to the celebration. 20 items. Yorktown bicentennial celebration 1981: Official commemorative program. Official booklet: \"Miracles at Yorktown,\" written by Guy Friddell and produced by Tom Hale.","Yorktown National Military Park June 6, 1921 ...In the Senate of the United States.  June 6, 1921.. A bill declaring the battle field of Yorktown a national military park...7 p.  28 cm.  1 piece. 1921 Hearings before the subcommittee of the committee on appropriations United States Senate...on a bill declaring the battle field of Yorktown a national military park...Washington, Government printing office, 1921.  16 p.  23 1/2 cm.  1 piece. Navy Mine Depot Navy Mine Depot, Yorktown, Virginia By Commander A. H. Miles, U.S. Navy.  (Reprinted from the United States Naval Institute Proceedings v. 54, no. 4, whole no. 302.)  1 piece. In the matter of Naval Mine Depot, Yorktown, Virginia...Brief submitted on behalf of owners of property...Newport News, Franklin Printing Co.  21 p.  23 cm.  1 piece.","Material relating to the annual celebrations of Yorktown Day, sometimes called Yorktown Fete.","Fete in honor of General La Fayette.  Printed pamphlet by R.G. Scott on what happened during planning of the Yorktown Fete of 1824 and why he should not be responsible. 1827.","Centennial.  \"An Appeal to the Country for a National Centennial Celebration of the Surrender of Lord Cornwallis.\"  Printed by Virginian Print, Norfolk, Va. 1879. Special Communication of the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of Virginia at Yorktown 1881. Celebration of Yorktown Centennial- a pamphlet containing incidents and speeches from event. 10/19/1881. A History, Surrender of the British Forces to the Americans and French at Yorktown, Va., Program for the Centennial Anniversary Celebration on October 18th, 1881.","\"Admiral Francis Joseph Paul De Grasse, Hero of Yorktown\" by Louis A Culvillier 1931Invitation and tickets to Yorktown Celebration 1931List of European Guests at Yorktown Sesquicentennial Celebration 1931Newsletter on Yorktown Sesquicentennial Celebration 1931Official Program of Yorktown Celebration.  1931Some Old Yorktown Maps by K.W. Trimble.  Reprint from The Military Engineer, 1931Tentative Program of Yorktown Celebration byYorktown Sesquicentennial Association 1931Ticket Stubs-Yorktown 150 year Celebration 1931Yorktown Sesquicentennial Association 1931","Program of Celebration of 155th Anniversary of the Victory at Yorktown under the Joint Auspices…  10/19/1936","Program of Yorktown Celebration, October 18-19, 1934.","Letter from A.A. Folsone to Hon. Lyon G. Tyler enclosing engraving of a view of Yorktown, \"Yorktown Battlefield\" by John B. Chapman per Graham's Magazine, 1814.","Scope and Contents Photograph of House in Yorktown undatedPhotograph of Yorktown Battlefield and Moore House undatedSketch of Yorktown- View from the River (Copy) undatedYorktown Homes (6 photographs on cardboard) undatedGreeting Cards -Prints of Moore House and Nelson House  1934","Original ink wash drawing by a federal soldier in 1862. View of the York River waterfront. Transferred to artifact librarian in 2011.","Scope and Contents Plats of Yorktown, Photostats (2)  undated Sign - Guided Tour of Yorktown (10\"x7\" cardboard sign) 1941 \"Establishment of the American Army.\"  Photostat of May 27, 1778 Congressional Order.","Available online via the Library catalog for William and Mary users; alternate access is available via the Internet Archive: http://www.archive.org/details/journalofsiegeof00gall.","\"Yorktown Church Said Third Oldest in Virginia,\" Daily Press, Newport News, Virginia.  May 9, 1960.\"Historic Nelson House,\" January 31, 1973\"Battle Lines Will Be Reconstructed at Yorktown,\" Daily Press, Newport News, Virginia.  January 31, 1973.","Scope and Contents Christmas Dinner Menu, U.S. Naval Mine Depot, Yorktown, Virginia.  1950.Colonial National Historic Park brochure by US Department of Interior (2 Copies).  1940Old Yorktown and its History by Mrs. Sydney Smith.  1920Salvaging Relics from York River.  1939U.S. 17 George Washington Memorial Highway Map, Tidewater, Virginia, into Colonial National Historical Park.  undated.Views of Yorktown and Gloucester Town—Mariners Museum, Newport News, Virginia.  1946Virginia Gazette Supplement, The Public Observer, \"Yorktown Day of Yesteryear.\"  October 1972\"Yorktown-Climax of the Revolution,\" National Park Service, Source Book Series, Number 1 (2 copies).  1941","\"Henri de Saint-Simon at Yorktown; A French Prophet of Modern Industrialism in America,\" The Franco-American Review, Autumn 1937.\"A Neglected French Collaborator in the Victory of Yorktown\" by Harold A. Larrabee.  1932.","Yorktown Sesquicentennial medal commemorating the surrender of Lord Cornwallis in 1781. Transferred to Artifact Collection.","Eighteen early photographs of monuments in Yorktown, Virginia, many with descriptions written on the reverse side.","Photographs of: the Victory monument,  the monument on the spot where Cornwallis surrendered to Washington, Lafayette Coach at Bremo, Spring where Washington got his water, marker of French soldiers' graves (2), plaque for site of the Home of Nicolas Martiau,  plaque for \"Baron Gaspard de Gallatin,\" walk along top of old earthworks (3), where Washington had his tent, spot marked where a tablet once was, plaque for \"french soldiers and sailors,\" where Lafayette had his tent, plaque for Thomas Nelson, Jr. and artists conception of celebration (ships in harbour). 17 photographs.","Photograph of Battery; print of \"Reddotopm de L'armee du Lord Cornwallis; 3 photograph of inside and outside of the Moore House, 1911; two copies of the Gloucester-Mathews newspaper, May 7, 1952, with the history of the building of the George P. Coleman Bridge; and one copy of the Daily Press, May 7, 1952, about the Coleman Bridge."],"separatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eArtifacts tranferred to the Manuscripts Artifact Collection include: Presbyterian Student Choir Badge (39.4V82.A01.1), Presbyterian Junior Choir Badges (39.4V82.A01.2a-e), York River Ink Wash Drawing (39.4V82ci.02), Yorktown Sesquicentennial Commission Medal (39.4V82ci.03), Yorktown Sesquicentennial Commemorative Coin (39.4V82ci.04)\u003c/p\u003e"],"separatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Separated Materials:"],"separatedmaterial_tesim":["Artifacts tranferred to the Manuscripts Artifact Collection include: Presbyterian Student Choir Badge (39.4V82.A01.1), Presbyterian Junior Choir Badges (39.4V82.A01.2a-e), York River Ink Wash Drawing (39.4V82ci.02), Yorktown Sesquicentennial Commission Medal (39.4V82ci.03), Yorktown Sesquicentennial Commemorative Coin (39.4V82ci.04)"],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eBefore reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.\u003c/p\u003e"],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Conditions Governing Use:"],"userestrict_tesim":["Before reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library."],"names_coll_ssim":["Bruton Parish Church (Williamsburg, Va.)","Colonial Williamsburg Foundation","Grace Street Gardens (Richmond, Va.)","Richmond Theatre (Richmond, Va.)","The Virginia Comedians","United States. Army. Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment, 25th","Williamsburg Businessmen's Association (Va.)","Williamsburg Female Academy (Williamsburg, Va)","Williamsburg Male Academy (Williamsburg, Va)","Williamsburg Military School (Williamsburg, Va)","Crump family","Dunlop family","Blayton, James Blaine, Sr., (Dr.)","Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826","Michaux, Lightfoot Solomon"],"names_ssim":["Special Collections Research Center","Bruton Parish Church (Williamsburg, Va.)","Colonial Williamsburg Foundation","Grace Street Gardens (Richmond, Va.)","Richmond Theatre (Richmond, Va.)","The Virginia Comedians","United States. Army. Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment, 25th","Williamsburg Businessmen's Association (Va.)","Williamsburg Female Academy (Williamsburg, Va)","Williamsburg Male Academy (Williamsburg, Va)","Williamsburg Military School (Williamsburg, Va)","Crump family","Dunlop family","Blayton, James Blaine, Sr., (Dr.)","Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826","Michaux, Lightfoot Solomon"],"corpname_ssim":["Special Collections Research Center","Bruton Parish Church (Williamsburg, Va.)","Colonial Williamsburg Foundation","Grace Street Gardens (Richmond, Va.)","Richmond Theatre (Richmond, Va.)","The Virginia Comedians","United States. Army. Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment, 25th","Williamsburg Businessmen's Association (Va.)","Williamsburg Female Academy (Williamsburg, Va)","Williamsburg Male Academy (Williamsburg, Va)","Williamsburg Military School (Williamsburg, Va)"],"famname_ssim":["Crump family","Dunlop family"],"persname_ssim":["Blayton, James Blaine, Sr., (Dr.)","Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826","Michaux, Lightfoot Solomon"],"language_ssim":["English"],"total_component_count_is":390,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-05-21T12:52:45.001Z","scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eArtificial collection of papers relating to various cities in the Commonwealth of Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA newspaper clipping concerning dead towns in Virginia.  1 piece.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents History of Christ Church. 3 p. 15 1/2 cm. Christmas card from Old Presbyterian Meeting House from William Buckner and Mr. Croarty. undated. Letter to Earl Gregg Swem from Josephine Weeks about buying a newly made print from Colonel Gilpin's \"Plan of Alexandria, 1798.\" June 17,1944. Alexandria businesses papers: envelope from Garrett and Monroe, card from Gwin, Beckham and Company Commission Merchants and Andrews Studios. undated. List of names and inscriptions on gravestones at Christ Church, Old Presbyterian Meeting House and Bethlehem Cemetery by George Magruder Battey. Carbon Copy. June 1, 1944. History of St. Paul's Church, Fairfax Parish, 1810-1932 by Margery Arden Hall. Copy. \"Financial statement and report and list of subscribers and pewholders of Saint Paul's Protestant Episcopal Church in Fairfax\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBath is in present day Berkeley County, West Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePapers of Thomas Marshall Hunter, Morgantown, W.Va. Typed copy of an act for establishing a town at the Warm Springs in the county of Berkeley.  October 1776. 1 piece. A list of original purchasers of lots in Bath, Berkeley County.  1 piece.  Extracts from the minutes of the trustees of Bath.  1 piece. An excerpt from Thomas Jefferson's Notes of Virginia.  1793. 1 piece. Copies of newspaper advertisements of stores and boarding houses. 1781.  3 pieces.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Advertisement card for travel from Lynchburg, Virginia. undated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Music festival 1931. Advertising folder. Letter inviting people to visit a new academy established at the Midway under Mr. Pike Powers, formerly professor of Mathematics at Hampton Sydney. Signed by the nine professors. July 17, 1838. Affidavit signed by the Librarian of the Library of the University of Virginia on July 10, 1848 that the letter was copied from the Richmond Enquirer collection on July 10, 1848. Brochure of photographs of the buildings at the University of Virginia. A 1\" x 3.5\" calendar for 1927 from President Alderman is attached. 1927. Prints of engravings: \"View of the University of Virginia\" and \"University of Virginia, Charlottesville.\" undated. Letter from W.W. Gilmer of Charlottesville to the Board of Visitors of the University of Virginia recommending A.P. Abell as Proctor of the University. Partial letter from an unknown person at the University about new professorships, lack of money, who might be retiring and the increase from 32 to 50 Virginia students. April 4, 1856. Letter from Edwin M. Mann of the Chambers of the Judge of the Hustings Court in Petersburg, Virginia to Capt. W. Roane Ruffin, Board of Visitors of the University of Virginia about recommending Mayor R.W. Jones for Chair of General and Applied Chemistry and Pharmacy. September 23, 1884. \"College Topics\", Volume VII, Number 4, a publication of the University of Virginia which gives and account of the burning of the Rotunda. November 4, 1895. Sent by John Stewart Bryan on February 10, 1936. Editorial to the Enquirer by W.A. Turner about a proposed bill to consolidate the medical department at the University of Virginia and the Medical College at Richmond. undated. Mimeograph copy of a letter to Miss Nannie from Sallie J. Doswell about the advertising costs in her new edition of the condensed history of the University. March 21, 1911. A small book of \"A Partial Roster of Eminent Alumni\" of the \"University of Virginia in the Service of the Republic.\" undated. University of Virginia Alumni News. December 1926. University of Virginia commencement programs. June 29, 1855, June 27, 1856 (2 copies), June 29,1857 (2 copies) and July 4, 1860 (2 copies).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents A historical and descriptive article. undated. 1 piece. Typed copy of an act incorporating the town, 1749. 1 piece. Typed copy of a list of residents of Dumfries found in the ledger of Daniel Payne, merchant. 1758-1761. 1 piece. Typed list of merchants residing in Dumfries. 1789. 1 piece. A Short historical sketch of the Dumfries lodge of Masons, 1797-1830, including a list of members in 1798. 1 piece.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents A print, \"Fortress Monroe, Va. and Its Vicinity\" with a numbered legend of places on the picture. undated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDay book of the corporation of Fredericksbug, Virginia. 28 April 1802 -- 28 February 1812. 80 pages. 12 3/4 x 7 3/4 inches. List of voters and militia in the corporation of Fredericksburg, Virginia. 1855. 48 pages. 13 3/4 x 4 1/4 inches. An illustrated descriptive folder. 1 piece. An envelope printed with six views of buildings. 1 piece. 1787-1840 Fredericksburg District Court Records: See Mss. Acc. 2008.319 Fredericksburg, Virginia District Court.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Fredericksburg Street lottery tickets signed by Beck (sic) Welford. Over 50 tickets. Some tickets have the name of purchaser on the reverse side. 1826. 1 lottery ticket from St. Louis, dated March 6, 1817. Pages with photographs of State Teachers College. (Mary Washington University). 4 pages. undated. Printed letter to the \"communicants of St. George's Church\" in Fredericksburg, Virginia, asking for funds. undated. Statement of current expenses of St. George's Church in Fredericksburg, Virginia. February 19, 1872. Advertisement for \"Johnston and Company, Druggists and Apothecaries\" in Fredericksburg, Virginia. undated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNumerical list of blanks and prizes in the Fredericksburg Female Charity School Lottery.  1805.  48 pages.  15 1/2 x 10 inches.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJuly 5, 1953 Daily Press newspaper clipping \"Historical Approach Used in the Selection of New Names for Hampton City Streets.\" Annual reports for the Committee for the Fort Monroe Museum and its successor, the Casemate Museum. 1951-1974.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEngraving of Hanover Court-House, possibly removed from a book.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTwo prints of Harper's Ferry by W.H. Bartlett, 1838, showing different views. One newspaper print reproduction, \"Gleason's Pictorial Drawing-Room Company.  1854. Three prints by G. Perkins, 1874, \"Harper's Ferry by Moonlight.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e5 printed reproductions of photographs of buildings at the \"State Teacher's College\" in Harrisonburg, Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Flyers advertising \"Gooch\" and \"Little Miss Spruce\" trees by Winslow L. Gooch of Hopewell, Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRelated material: See the Jamestown Corporation Records, 1946-1979, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary; and the Jamestowne Society Papers, 1930-1966, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePapers, 1629-1952, relating to Jamestown, Va. Note: Items relating to Colonial National Historical Park and to Williamsburg, Jamestown, and Yorktown are filed under Williamsburg. See also: Map Collection.\n    Historical and descriptive articles, and general views of the town.  13 pieces.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e    Landing at Jamestown.  An engraving.  1 piece. Print of \"The First Legislative Assembly in America.  James Town, Virginia, August, 1619.\"  (From Goodrich's History of the United States of America (New York, 1828).  2 items.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e    Photostats of four pages from a court journal of James City.  1629.  4 pieces.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e    Photostat of a portion of John Clayton's letter of August 17, 1688, containing a description and map of Jamestown Island.  4 photostats.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e    Log houses at Jamestown.  By George C. Gregory.  Blueprint of a typed article.  1 piece. Deed given by John Page to William Sherwood, 6 February 1682.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e    Photographs of buildings and foundations.  13 pieces. Undated. Panoramic photograph of Jamestown Island, photograph of a building foundation and an aerial photograph of Jamestown are filed in the Mapcase.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e    Photograph of a section of the church yard.  Undated. 1 piece.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e    Objects unearthed.  6 photographs and an illustrated article. Undated.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e    Celebrations of the founding of Jamestown, 1895, 1932, 1935, 1952.  7 pieces.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e    Monument.  Copy of architect's sketch.  1 piece.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e    Philopena Album.  New York: Published by Leavitt \u0026amp; Allen, undated.  Includes engraving of Jamestown.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003ePhotostat of Richmond TImes Dispatch, 1936 Jamestown Day\n        Photostat of newspaper clipping about the annual services commemorating Jamestown Day to be held May 13.  From the Richmond Times Dispatch, 1936. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn Page to William Sherwood Deed. 1681/2.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEight postcards from the Jamestown Exposition in 1907, showing:  Swiss village, harbor, view, lovers lane, Hotel Chamberlain, official seal of the Jamestown Exposition (1907), U.S. government Pier, and the winding trail.  (8 items).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEight postcards from the Jamestown Exposition in 1907, showing:  Swiss village, harbor, view, lovers lane, Hotel Chamberlain, official seal of the Jamestown Exposition (1907), U.S. government Pier, and the winding trail.  (8 items).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEphemera from the 1957 Jamestown Celebration. Includes pamphlets, invitations, program for \"An Historical Pageant: Opechancanough, the Last Chief of the Powhatans\" given at the site of Pamunkee in West Point, Virginia, schedules, tickets, flyers, press releases and the program of a luncheon in honor of Thomas B. Stanley, Governor of Virginia, at the Savoy Hotel in London, England on October 9, 1956.  Includes two copies of the Virginia Gazette Special Edition on the 1957 Jamestown Festival and a report to the Virginia 350th Anniversary Celebration, \"Planning Hospital Services for Williamsburg, Virginia.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMonument. Copy of architect's sketch. 1 piece.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Postcard of rear view of Jamestown Church.  1930's newspaper article entitled \"National Memorial to the Progress of the Colored Race in America\" about Elder Lightfoot Solomon Michaux building a memorial at Jamestown.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Historical and descriptive articles, and general views of the town. 13 pieces. Landing at Jamestown. An engraving. 1 piece. Print of \"The First Legislative Assembly in America. James Town, Virginia, August, 1619.\" (From Goodrich's History of the United States of America (New York, 1828). 2 items. Photostats of four pages from a court journal of James City. 1629. 4 pieces. Photostat of a portion of John Clayton's letter of August 17, 1688, containing a description and map of Jamestown Island. 4 photostats. Log houses at Jamestown. By George C. Gregory. Blueprint of a typed article. 1 piece. Deed given by John Page to William Sherwood, 6 February 1682. Photographs of buildings and foundations. 13 pieces. undated. Panoramic photograph of Jamestown Island, photograph of a building foundation and an aerial photograph of Jamestown are filed in the Mapcase. Photograph of a section of the church yard. undated. 1 piece. Objects unearthed. 6 photographs and an illustrated article. undated. Celebrations of the founding of Jamestown, 1895, 1932, 1935, 1952. 7 pieces. Monument. Copy of architect's sketch. 1 piece. Philopena Album. New York: Published by Leavitt \u0026amp; Allen, undated. Includes engraving of Jamestown.\nPhotostat of newspaper clipping about the annual services commemorating Jamestown Day to be held May 13. From the Richmond Times Dispatch, 1936.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePhotostat copies: letter from Ellen M. Bagby of the Jamestown Committee of the APVA to Mr. Warner S. McCall of Gibson City, Illinois inviting him to Jamestown for the installation of the plaque honoring Edward Maria Wingfield; memo by Warner McCall read by Bishop Brown at the Annual meeting of the APVA and newspaper clippings of the event with picture of plaque.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePhotostat copies of two early deeds from Jamestown from the Ambler Papers at the Library of Congress, \"Virginia:  Jamestown--Land Patents, Deeds, etc.\"         Four photographs from the National Park Service:         Plate 1:  Fragment of the Copeland or Chuckatuck Spoon Excavated at Jamestown,         Plate 2:  bowl fragment indentified as belonging to the handle of the type illustrated in Plate 1,         Plate 3:  fragment of pewter measure of the baluster type and         Plate 4:  drawing of drinking mug, restored.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEight postcards from the Jamestown Exposition in 1907, showing:  Swiss village, harbor, view, lovers lane, Hotel Chamberlain, official seal of the Jamestown Exposition (1907), U.S. government Pier, and the winding trail.  (8 items).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Ephemera from the 1957 Jamestown Celebration. Includes pamphlets, invitations, program for \"An Historical Pageant: Opechancanough, the Last Chief of the Powhatans\" given at the site of Pamunkee in West Point, Virginia, schedules, tickets, flyers, press releases and the program of a luncheon in honor of Thomas B. Stanley, Governor of Virginia, at the Savoy Hotel in London, England on October 9, 1956.  Includes two copies of the Virginia Gazette Special Edition on the 1957 Jamestown Festival and a report to the Virginia 350th Anniversary Celebration, \"Planning Hospital Services for Williamsburg, Virginia.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFour photographs from the National Park Service:\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003ePlate 1:  Fragment of the Copeland or Chuckatuck Spoon Excavated at Jamestown,\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003ePlate 2:  bowl fragment indentified as belonging to the handle of the type illustrated in Plate 1,\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003ePlate 3:  fragment of pewter measure of the baluster type and\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003ePlate 4:  drawing of drinking mug, restored.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEphemera from the 350th Anniversary of Jamestown.  Includes the Virginia Department of Highways report on \"Traffic and the Jamestown Festival,\" \"Jamestown Festival Official Program,\" programs for the musical program at PBK in Williamsburg and the christening of the Susan Constant, Godspeed and Discovery, brochure entitled \"Souvenir of the Jamestown Festival 1957, Old World Heritage,\"Jamestown Festival brochure, brochure for \"The Founders,\" ticket stub for the festivities, and a Jamestown Anniversary Issue of the magazine \"Forth\".\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePanoramic photograph of Jamestown Island, photograph of a building foundation and an aerial photograph of Jamestown, undated for probably early 20th century.  2 copies of the Supplement to the Virginia Gazette, dated June 28, 1957, about the Jamestown Festival.\nJohn Page to William Sherwood Deed, 1681/82.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLexington Lottery Tickets, signed by Fisher and Jordan. 5 tickets.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Lynchburg art club. Catalog of exhibition, 1929. 1 sheet. Flyer for \"Lynchburg Institute for Young Ladies\" conducted by Mr. And Mrs. Meany. undated. A flyer for the Morgantown Female Academy which is to be run by Mr. and Mrs. Meany, 1845, and a flyer for St. Mary's Female Seminary (Maryland) written by E.J. Meany, Principal. undated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Envelope from the business, Messrs. Lee Taylor and Co., Leaf Tobacco. undated. Receipt of William Turner and John F. Powell. August 22, 1795. Receipt of Capt. William Turner and John Poe, July 21, 1821. Receipt of Walter Irvine, Samuel Irvine and Proper Powell, July 11, 1796.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eProgram of the seventh annual assembly of the Virginia branch of the Huguenot Society of the founders of Manakin.  1937.  1 piece. Program of the seventh annual assembly of the Huguenot Society of the founders of Manakin.  1938.  1 piece. News letter of the seventh annual assembly of the Huguenot Society of the founders of Manakin.  1938.  1 piece.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA note giving the wording of the act of incorporation. 1799. 1 piece.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAn airplane view. 1 piece.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTo the pioneers of Newport News, Va. A historical sketch by George B. West. 1911. Typed copy. 1 piece. The Mariners' Museum. By Homer L. Ferguson. 9 p. illus. 28 cm. 1 piece. Advertising sheets and cards of merchants. 2 pieces.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt for George [illegible] who lives at 453-21 Street, Newport News, Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMiscellaneous letters, broadsides, and pamphlets relating to Norfolk, Va., its history and people, including an 1804 letter describing a fire in Norfolk, an 1826 polling list, and an 1830 funeral invitation.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Papers, 1804-1950, relating to Norfolk, Va. An artificial collection of letters, broadsides, and pamphlets relating to Norfolk, Va., its history and people. Includes letter, 1804, concerning fire in Norfolk; list, 1826, of votes for General Assembly election; funeral invitation, 1830; and printed material (Gray Lines Motor Tours schedule and advertisement, \"The Tidewater Trail,\" \"Norfolk's Historic Mace\" (1935), \"Christ Church Congregation\" by Robert Morton Hughes and program of \"Sesquicentennial Jubilee [of] Norfolk's Most Unusual Church [First Baptist]); broadside describing exhibitions and activities of Norfolk Museum of Arts and Science; and photograph of woodcut showing Market Square. 14 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOriginal, printed and miscellaneous material. W.B. Oliphant, Norfolk, Va., to Daniel Boehm, Philadelphia, Pa. Mention of the office of the Cashier of Dir[ection?] and Deposit in Norfolk; describes the fire which burned Norfolk, stating that \"its ravages [were more] than anything of the kind ever witnessed by me\"; requests two chests of Hyson Tea after reading of newly arrived shipments from India; also asks for candles and mustard in bottles, as well as a quarter cask of good Lisbon wine. 3 pp. ALS. March 24, 1804. Includes typescript. 1 p. List of voters casting their vote for either George Loyall of John S. Steed as the next delegate from Norfolk to the General Assembly. April 24, 1826 1 p. PD. Invitation to attend the funeral of Col. William Anderson, Norfolk, Va. June 13, 1830. 1 item. PC. Pamphlet entitled, \"Christ Church Congregation,\" by Robert Morton Hughes. 1937. 13 pp. PM. Program of the \"Sesquicentennial Jubilee [of] Norfolk's most Unusual Church, [First Baptist].\" 1950. 57 pp. PM. Schedule of Gray Line Motor Tours of the Norfolk and Virginia Beach area. 1929. 1 p. PM. \"The Tidewater Trail, a chronicle for Groups for Service Women in this Community,\" featuring an article about the Barton Myers home in Norfolk, Va. January 1, 1931. 16 pp. PM. A brief history and description of the Mace of Norfolk, entitled \"Norfolk's Historic Mace.\" 1935. 14 pp. PM. Advertising bill for Gray Line Motor Tours. n.d. 1 p. PM Advertisement of John B. Loughran, \"dealer in picture frames, looking glasses...and clocks,\" No. 182 Church St., Norfolk, Va. n.d. 1 p. PM. Handbill describing exhibitions and activities of the Norfolk Museum of Arts and Sciences. n.d. 1 p. PM. Black and white photograph, 8\" x 10\", of a woodcut of Market Square, Norfolk, Va. n.d. 1 item. Ph.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents S.W.B. Oliphant, Norfolk, Va., to Daniel Boehm, Philadelphia, Pa. Mention of the office of the Cashier of Dir[ection?] and Deposit in Norfolk; describes the fire which burned Norfolk, stating that \"its ravages [were more] than anything of the kind ever witnessed by me\"; requests two chests of Hyson Tea after reading of newly arrived shipments from India; also asks for candles and mustard in bottles, as well as a quarter cask of good Lisbon wine. 3 pp.  ALS.  Including typescript.  1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAdvertisement for subscription to the \"Day Book\" for Norfolk and Portsmouth residents. Ca. 1870. Note: Photographs from the 1907 Jamestown Exposition held in Norfolk, Virginia are filed under James City County, Virginia in the Virginia Counties Collection.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Pocahontas Playbill. undated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA letter from P.H. Drewry, 13 September 1922, regarding his proposed history of Petersburg. 1 piece. Tabb Street Presbyterian Church. List of members, 1867. Printed. 1 piece. Advertising sheets and cards of business houses. 3 pieces.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Photographs of the Virginia State College for Negroes in Petersburg, Virginia. undated. Account book from the Petersburg area. Earliest legible date is 1765. Partial. Fragile. Some names legible. Fragments of invoices from the Petersburg area. Fragile. Legible names: Mr. Buchanan, John Smith, Charles Hudson, Littlebury White, Buckner Raney, Mrs. Elizabeth Randolph and William Hamlin. 1759-1789. 8 items. Advertising card form the Davis Carriage Company. undated. Article on Blandford's Church from \"The Commonwealth Magazine\". June 1954. Report by the Association Preservation Petersburg Antiquities on the Pride Family and Pride's Field. Includes newspaper articles and photographs. February 4, 1938. Copy of legal document about moving a road near Blandford. Includes plat and list of all tithables on the land of Bollingbrook Ward. May 1787.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHistory of Portsmouth. By Mildred M. Holladay. In the Portsmouth Star, 19 January 1936. 1 piece. A deed given by Tapley Webb and others conveying a tract of land in Portsmouth to Purnal Pitts. 1812. 1 piece.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Six black and white photographs of the Providence Forge Mill showing inside and outside of mill. undated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePapers, ca. 1793-1931, relating to Richmond, Va. Includes photographs, engravings, broadsides, programs of art exhibits, advertising cards, correspondence, and newspaper clippings.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Newspaper clipping - \"Richmond, Virginia, in 1793, an unpublished manuscript of the Reverend Henry Toulmin, a visiting English clergyman (information obtained from Colonel Gamble, a merchant of Richmond). 1 item. [concluding article only]. Newspaper clipping of a letter, 17 April 1878, from S. Bassett French to John Letcher concerning the riot in Richmond, 2 April 1863. 1 item. Two copies of articles on the history of Richmond by Edward V. Valentine, William G. Stanard, Mary Newton Stanard, Douglas S. Freeman, H. J. Eckenrode and Sally Nelson Robbins, in the Richmond News-Leader, 29 December 1924. Advertising sheet of Richmond's business, enterprise and attractions. undated. 1 item. Prospectus of...Richmond, capital of Virginia [approaches to its history]...Whittet and Shepperson, 1937. 1 item. Photograph of an engraved view of Richmond. Engravings (2 copies) of \"Richmond from the James.\" New York: D. Appleton \u0026amp; Co., 1871. Engraving of Richmond, n.d.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTypescript (carbon copy) concerning Richmond Academy of Fine Arts. Printed card concerning Memorial Volume of Virginia Historical Portraiture, 1585-1830. Broadside, 1937, concerning exhibit of chapbooks and battledores at the Valentine Museum. Program, 1938, for Steuben Glass exhibit at Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. Program, 1939, of exhibit of watercolors by Edmund S. Campbell. Agreement (unexecuted carbon copy), 1918, between Manchester National Bank of Richmond and Bank of Commerce and Trusts. Photographs (printed) of Richmond buildings. Engravings of capitol building Richmond (London: Published 1831, I. T. Hinton \u0026amp; Simpkin and Marshall). Newspaper clipping, 1925, concerning Virginia House. Advertisement poster re: Virginia House [in Windsor Farms, owned by Va. Historical Society. Was home of Ambasador Weddell]. Filed in Mapcase. Advertising materials (cards, broadsides and blotters). 37 items. (One item, re: Dietz Publishing Company is filed in Mapcase).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Broadside, 1 April 1875, of First Baptist Church, Richmond. Invitation, 1859, to Monumental Church. Invitation, 1865, to St. Paul's Church. Bulletin, 23 November 1930, of Second Baptist Church. Letter, 1846, concerning schooner, Caroline. Broadside (copies) concerning \"Civic Association\" and \"Committee on Charter Changes.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents 29 January 1882 J. A. Cantrell, [?] to Carrie Irwin, Grace Chapel. Impending visit of [?] Doggett and [?] Saunders. 1 p. ALS. 4 November 1890 Milton F. Paddock, Rector, St. Andrew's Church, Philadelphia, Pa., to Thomas Browder, Richmond, Va. Since Grace Church is to lose Dr. [?] Jackson, recommends Charles A. Rickseeker. 3 pp. ALS. 7 January 1895 Mary E. Warren [Richmond, Va.] to Dr. Jno. R. Wheat, [Richmond, Va.] Account of money spent fro Christmas decorations. 4 pp. ALS. 6 April 1895 Gynne A. Lyell, Richmond, Va., to President of the Ladies' Aid Society, Grace Church, Richmond, Va. Expiration of terms of members of musical committee. 8 April 1895 Virginia M. Robinson, [Richmond, Va.], to President, Ladies' Aid Society, Grace Church [Richmond, Va.] Music committee. 3 pp. ALS. 5 March 1917 Robert A. Goodwin, Richmond, Va., to Vestry of Grace Church, Richmond, Va. Resignation as assistant minister. 1 p. ALS. January 1918 Memorial to Lucy Ambler Mason by Vestry of Grace Church. 2 pp. TD. 15 March 1918 Alms Boxes Report. 1 p. D. 5 March 1918 Report of Junior Auxiliary. 2 pp. D. 16 January 1919 L. U. McCabe, The Chancel Chapter, Grace Church, Richmond, Va., to Mrs. E. O. McCabe et al. Solicitation for contributing members. 1 p. TL. Verso bears agenda for a meeting. 1 p. D. 25 March 1919 Report of Grace Church Auxiliary of the Red Cross. Signed Mary A. Randolph. 5 pp. DS. 28 March 1919 Report of Chancel Guild. By L. U. McCabe. 4 pp. on 1 leaf. DS. 28 March 1919 Report of Woman's Guild of Grace Episcopal Church. Lists donations to War Relief Fund, to Lucy Ambler Mason Leper Memorial Fund, to aid in Influenza Epidemic (soup and milk), to adopt French orphan, and given to Richmond charities. 3 pp. DS. 7 July 1919 William H. Palmer, Richmond, Va., to Austin Brockenbrough, Richmond, Va. Leaves town for a prolonged stay. 1 p. ALS. Encloses letter, 3 July 1919, of William H. Palmer, Richmond, Va., to Vestry, Grace Protestant Episcopal Church, Richmond, Va. Resigning as vestryman. 1 p. ALS. 4 August 1919 William H. Palmer, Blacksburg, Va., to Austin Brockenbrough, Richmond, Va. Prevented by ill-health from attending vestry meetings and unable to attend duties as senior warden. 1 p. ALS. 5 January 1920; 8 March 1920 Minutes of vestry meetings. 4 pp. D. undated Report of Junior Auxiliary, signed by Maude Cooke, treasurer. 1 p. DS. undated Report of Chancel Chapter. Signed Lily Urquhart McCabe. 4 pp. ADS. undated Report of Primary Department, Grace Church Sunday School. 1 p. TD. undated Report of Grace Church Chapter of the Brotherhood of St. Paul. Signed by Stuart Cooke. 2pp. DS.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOrganizations Letters, 1883, concerning Amateur Dramatic Club. Reports, 1856-1857, of board of directresses of Female Humane Association. Invitation, 1847, of Home Club [to meet at home of Joseph R. Anderson]. Four letters, 1853-1854, to Richmond Athenaeum (from Philip Slaughter, James F. Field, and J. Wood Johns). Announcement, 1884, of meeting of Richmond Microscopic Society. Broadside, 1931, concerning Virginia Historical Society. Two letters, 1911, of Grace M. Dodge re: YMCA. Letter, 1911, of John D. Rockefeller, Jr., re: YMCA. Letter, 1911, of A. Beirne Blair re: YMCA. Letter, 1911, of L. S. Joffe re: YMCA. Program, 1903, of Academy of Music. Program, 3 February 1930, The Artists Series of Concerts (Boston Symphony Orchestra). Legal Petition, ca. 1887, of A. A. Branch, executrix of her husband Thomas Branch's estate to award his daughter her annuity in one lump sum. Deed, 1858, of confirmation between Francis J. Brand, Willie Graseser, and Mary Selle and Charles Selle for a lot in Richmond [Brand was trustee for Mary Selle]. Deed, 1880, of confirmation by Joseph Francis Beyer to Glaser. Deed, 1907, between Isaac Digges and Benj. Barret for Isaac Digges interest in Va. Corporation Digest. Memorandum, 1823, re: John Van Lew \u0026amp; Co. Petition, 1869, of James Duke for a re-hearing in case of John Van Lew v. Duke. Account, 1836, re: selling of Swan Tavern. Third person letter re: lot on 12th St. Judgement, 1833, in Crump vs. Wren administrator, etc. Judgement, 1833, in Cotton \u0026amp; Clark. Notice, 1870, of motion for injunction in Ruper v. Sedgewick. Order, 1807, to pay Peter Gordon for defense of Alexander Spotswood. Deed, 1807, from Samuel McCraw and Geo. Fisher, trustees and Margretta West to Samuel Myers for Quesnay's Academy ground. Lease, 1861, from Spiro Zetila to Alfred Paul. Negative photocopy of letter, 1784, of Turner [?] to Clerk of Henrico re: lots in Richmond. Notes, 1888, concerning correspondence concerning a house and lot in Richmond.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAdministrator, executor or guardian, 1856-1870. 46 items. Commissioner of revenue for the city of Richmond, 1856-1860. 3 items. Inspector of tobacco in the city of Richmond, 1871-1873. 3 items. Minister, 1861-1888. 18 items. Notary public for the city of Richmond, Hanover and Henrico counties, 1856-1893. 125 items. Sergeant of the city of Richmond, 1888. 1 item. Sheriff of the city of Richmond, 1856. 2 items. Treasurer of the city of Richmond, 1888. 1 item. Fragments of bonds. 2 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Advertisements Advertisement, n.d., for a lecture by A. Edward Newton. Filed in Mapcase. Advertisement, 1939, Musicians Club of Richmond. Advertisement for lectures at Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. Advertisement for the Cavalcade of the Cavaliers Pageant. Advertisement for \"Strange Interlude\" by Eugene O'Neill at Lyric Theater. Advertisement, 1931, for Westinghouse Salutes Richmond. Posters Poster for San Carlo Opera at the Mosque. Filed in Mapcase. Poster, 18-19 May 1928, for Adventure Days in Richmond. Filed in Mapcase. Richard Adams Papers Accounts, 1785-1811, of Richard Adams [probably two men, one of whom died in 1800]. Bond, 1787, of Richard Adams (executor of Thomas B. Adams). Letter, 1792, to Richard Adams. Order, 1811, of Richard Adams. Bond, 1805, of Cyrus Griffin to Richard Adams. Order, 1810, of Cyrus Griffin. Bonds Fidelity bond, 1867, of Samuel C. Greenhow and William H. Haxall to administer estate. Fidelity bond, 1868, of John Johns, Jr., and Bradley T. Johnson. Bond, 1802, of John Mayo with Edward Carrington, trustee for Elizabeth Anne Mayo. Bond, 1854, of J. B. Morton, Hugh W. Fry, Arthur A. Morson, and John M. Patton with Richmond and York River Railroad. Bond, 1816, of Richard E. Parker and William Foushee, Sr, with trustees of Richmond Academy. Correspondence Letter, 1841, of George Jones to Committee of the Marshall Theater Request, 1822, of L. W. Dandridge, J. E. Dandridge, and James Rawlings, attorney for Rob. F. Dandridge, trustee for S. A. Williams. Correspondence, 1912, of Ordway Puller to Samuel B. Dunstan and statement of Dunstan re: sale of property. Programs Program, n.d., of Academy of Music (Johann Strauss). Program, 1930, of Adventure Days. Program, n.d., of Academy of Music (\"The Newly-Weds and their Baby.\") Program, 1905, of \"Magda\" at Lyric Theatre. Program, 1929, \"Marco Millions\" and other plays. Photographic images of Richmond Schools.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents History of Richmond's Social Service Societies of the 19th and 20th Centuries by Elwood Street, Director of the Richmond Community Fun handwritten cover by J. Luther Kibler when radio addresses acquired. Copies of typed radio addresses, Numbers 1-11 and 17 to 56, given by Elwood Street from 1942 to 1948. Includes correspondence between Elwood Street, Director of the Richmond Community Fund, and J. Luther Kibler about Mr. Street's articles in Virginia's county courthouses. Business card for \"Moore \u0026amp; Scott, Commission Merchants\" located at Nos. 1316 and 1318 Cary Street, Richmond, Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Numbers 1 - 31 of the radio addresses entitled \"Richmond's Home Fires\" given at radio station WMBG by Elwood Street, Director, the Richmond Community Council and the Richmond Community Fund. 1942 and 1943.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Numbers 23 - 56 of the radio addresses entitled \"War and Community\" given at radio station WMBG by Elwood Street, Director, the Richmond Community Council and the Richmond Community Fund. 1943.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Brochures \"A Tour of Historic Richmond\" arranged for the convenience of guests in Richmond by Hotel John Marshall.  1940. \"Picturesque Richmond, Richmond, VA and her Suburbs\", published by the J.L. Hill Printing Company.  1891. \"Footpaths in Historic Richmond.\"  1944. Cardboard placard, \"This Virginia State Flag,\" about a flag made at No. 1 West Franklin Street in the winter of 1864-1865 by Sallie Radford Munford.  Placed by the Richmond Chaper, United Daughters of the  Confederacy.  1941. Buildings and Scenes Small pamphlet on the Virginia House in Winsor Farms. Copies of engravings of scenes in Richmond by Margeret Dasheill, Episcopal Home in Richmond, Virginia.  1940. Note card of St. John's Church.  undated. Copy of a woodcut of the Virginia Capitol Building by Frieda Koontz.  1939. Account of stewardship at the Craig House.  1937. Newspaper article on the Old Mud House in Powhatan County.  undated. Businesses and Advertisements Blank checks from Office of the Greenwood Mining Company on the Farmer's Bank of Virginia in 1800's, Citizen's Bank of Richmond in the 1880's, Mechanics' Bank in New York in the 1830's and George D. Mayo on the First National Bank in Richmond, Virginia in 1910. Writing paper from Murphy's Hotel (3 sheets) and an advertisement or paper covering for \"Dove's Comp. Fluid\" by S.E. Dove of Richmond, Virginia.  undated. Broadside for a sideshow presented by George J. Johnson and Son, Richmond.  Acts are Gazzell, Mermaid and the Sea and Punch and Judy.  undated. Brochure advertising the sale of \"Richmond, Capital of Virginia (Approaches to its History) by Various Hands\" published by Whittet and Shepperson.  1937. Gary's Autographic Tablet advertisement, manufactured and sold by A.J. Gary, Richmond, Virginia.  undated. \"Catalogue of Mme. Demorest's reliable Patterns of the Fashion.\"  1875. \"Richmond Produce Price Current\"  of  W.D. Tompkins and Bro., General Commission Merchants.  June 18, 1868. Advertisement for the sale of books by Richmond Authors in Historic Linden Row.  Linden Corner Book Sellers.  1953. Advertisement for William C. West, Architect and Superintendent.  1892. WRVA Brochures on their daily radio programs.  May 1947 – March 1951.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Museums and Historical Societies Pamphlet and cards from the Valentine Museum. 4 items. Ca 1940's. Invitations and other material from the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. Ca 1940's. Papers General Assembly of Virginia Resolution thanking people and businesses in Richmond for their courtesies during the 1924 General Assembly. February 29, 1924. Subscription to \"Hillyer's American Railroad Magazine\" from a subscriber in Richmond, Virginia. March 1, 1859. Legal Receipt from Thomas W. Doswell, Sheriff of Richmond. James L. and J.W. Richardson are mentioned. 1856. Religion Baptism certificate for Mary Latham Willis in the Broad Street Station in Richmond, Virginia by a member of the Virginia Conf. , M.E. Church, South. 1874. Card about \"A Popular Lecture by Rev. J.J. Lafferty\" at the Clay-Street Methodist Church. September 13. Back cover of a book from the Clay Street Sunday School Library. Social Miller and Rhoads announcement for a \"Book and Author Dinner.\" undated. Richmond Lodge, No. 10, request, \"Brother, You are requested to attend your Brethren at their Lodge Room, on Tuesday evening next, at 7 o'clock. By order of the Master. John Fox, Sec'y. Richmond, September 7, 1799. Memorial Bazaar flyer for bazaar to raise money for the Confederate Museum and monument. April 11, 1893. Invitation letter from the Junior League of Richmond for a Book and Author Dinner. March 26, 1948. Brochures from concerts and plays: \"A Streetcar named Desire,\" 1950; \"Carousel\"by the Astra Company of Richmond, undated; \"Annie Get Your Gun with Mary Martin,\" undated; \"The Howards of Virginia\", undated; newspaper review of La Argentina, undated; Boston Symphony Orchestra in 193 and T. Michaux Moody productions, \"Conchita Supervia\" in 1932, \"The Bluebird\" newspaper review and a brochure, \"Lawrence Tibbett\" in 1931. Proclamation by the Mayor of Richmond, J. Fulmer Bright, about the creation of \"The Virginia Capital Bicentennial Commission\" and proclaiming a Home-Coming Fortnight to be held September 12th, 1937. 2 copies. Brochure for \"Adventure Days\" conducted by Inter-Club Council. 1930. Brochure for \"Cavalcade of the Cavaliers\" at the Hotel John Marshall. September 13 to 25.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGeneral Assembly of Virginia Resolution thanking certain people and businesses for their courtesies during the 1924 General Assembly.  February 29, 1924.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Three programs for the Richmond Theatre, undated, but probably the late 19th century. 1881 price list for John Laird's Green-houses, located at Grace and Broad, between Henry and Smith Streets. Also called Grace Street Gardens. Front cover of \"Catalogue of the Southern Female Institute\" in Richmond, Virginia for Session 1866-1867. D. Lee Powell, A.M., was the principal.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Removed from Folder 2 Advertisement poster re: Virginia House [in Windsor Farms, owned by Va. Historical Society. Was home of Ambasador Weddell] Certificate of Master Craftsman for August A. Dietz, Jr. Removed from Folder 6 Poster for E. Edward Newton Lecture Handwritten San Carlo Opera poster \"Adventure Days in Richmond, Va\" poster.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDeed given by George D. White and wife, 12 March 1895, conveying certain lots in the city of Roanoke to Mrs. E. C. Barksdale. 1 piece.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Advertising card for \"Miss Millie Booz\" a \"fashionable Milliner and Mantuajaker.\" Found in 1830 Staunton Spectator. undated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eContract with Isaac Sheetz to build the Strasburg Academy.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA note regarding the burning of Suffolk in 1779. 1 item.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBrochure on Washington, Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents An artificial grouping of papers, 1632-1973, relating to Williamsburg, Va. Includes maps, articles, drawings, letters, material concerning the Battle of Williamsburg, papers concerning the Black population, photographs of buildings, church bulletins, papers concerning civic organizations, deeds, leases, tax receipts, advertisements, papers concerning education and items relating to Colonial National Historical Park. The materials that comprise this collection were donated in batches to W\u0026amp;M Special Collections Research Center by John D. Haskell, Jr., John Lawrence, Brian Blouet, Parke Rouse, and Staunton Aylor between the years of 1993 and 2001. Some materials in this collection were purchased by W\u0026amp;M Special Collections Research Center. Related material: Material given by the Williamsburg Historic Records Association has been accessioned and filed individually. Enter \"Williamsburg Historic Records Association\" as \"Creator\" to see these accessions. Mss. 79 Sw4 Earl Gregg Swem Papers, 2008.364 addition: this group may originally have been part of folders 4 and 7 of the Williamsburg Papers. Mss. 1.09 Williamsburg (Va.) Ephemera Collection, 1892-[ongoing] Mss. 91 B38 Bruton Parish Church (Williamsburg, Va.) Records, 1662-[ongoing] Mss. Acc. 1991.43 Williamsburg, Yorktown, and Jamestown (Va.) Photographs, circa 1890-1930 Some newspaper runs were removed from this collection and added the newspaper collection.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHistorical and descriptive articles, maps, and general views of the town (in chronological order). Includes transcripts from printed sources.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePencil sketch of the view of Williamsburg from the south (about 1860) by Mary Wall Christian from original by J. A. Graham.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWatercolor view of Williamsburg from the south by Emily Sneed from original by J. A. Graham.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Blueprints of maps of Williamsburg. \"Palisades 1632-83\" (Colonial Williamsburg Research and Development Office, 1 November 1933). \"Maps showing location of Palisades 1632-83 in relation to Bland's Survey of 1699 and the layout of the City of Williamsburg\" (Colonial Williamsburg Architectural Dept., February 1949). \"Map showing approximate location of the 17th century horse path which went through Williamsburg prior to 1699 when this are was known as Middle Plantation\" (Colonial Williamsburg Architectural Dept., 3 October 1942).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTranscript of Earl Dunmore's letter - a historical and general view of Williamsburg.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTranscript of letters to George Washington concerning defense of Williamsburg from Charles Lee, 1776.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eList of arms removed from Governor's Palace on 24 June 1775, by American colonists after Lord Dunmore's escape.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Various articles from \"The Virginia Argus\" in early 19th century.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFrank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, dated 15 October 1881, with an article and illustrations of Williamsburg at that time period.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOrdinances of the City of Williamsburg in effect 1 October 1895.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHistorical and descriptive articles, maps, and general views of the town.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNational Geographic articles about Colonial Williamsburg dated 1954 and 1968.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeveral programs from services commemorating I-Day and victory of WWII.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBooklet entitled Facts about Williamsburg and vicinity, dated 1900.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBooklet entitled Richmond to Jamestown via America's most historic river, dated 1938.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe Journal of American History, 1919, includes several photographs of Colonial Williamsburg and the College of William and Mary.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCharter. 2 copies, including a 1722 Contemporary copy. Filed in Locked Section.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePen and ink sketch, photgraphic copies and correspondence with Earl Gregg Swem concerning the seal.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePhotostatic copy of ten pages from Cornwallis' orderly book when he was in Williamsburg in 1781. A note concerning Pennsylvania officers near Williamsburg in the summer of 1781. A sketch of Patrick Henry addressing the Virginia Assembly.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Papers relating to the Civil War. See also, addition Mss. Acc. 1995.39. Diary: 1861 Photographic copy of a diary and memorandum book of Samuel E. Holt, surgeon in the Confederate Army, stationed at Williamsburg and Yorktown, 3 September - 23 October 1861. (The original is in the possession of Mrs. Eva Rosseau, Williamsburg, Va.) Typescripts of letters: 1862 Typescripts of letter of Gen. Philip Kearny to his wife, 7 May 1862, and 15 May 1862. (Originals in the Library of Congress.) Letter: 4 October 1862 Robert F. Cole, Williamsburg, Va., to [?], certifying that his iron grey mare was taken from him by order of Lt. Col. Smith. Letter: 7 October 1862 Major J. P. Wilson, Head Quarters 5th Penna. Cavalry, to Captain G. C. Johnston, A.A.G., Yorktown, Va. stating when he will make a report of all the horses taken from citizens of Williamsburg. Letter: November 19, 1862. Mrs. M.N. Munford, Williamsburg, to Gen. [Henry A.] Naglee requesting his aid against thefts by runaway negroes and soldiers, especially the use of a government wagon to haul fuel and his assistance, in obtaining medicine for herself. Letter: 16 May 1865 Sallie Munford, at Tazewell Hall, to Lizzie Ewell, describing conditions in Williamsburg. Letter: 8 April 1866 Robert M. West at North East P.O., Cecil County, Maryland, to Benjamin S. Ewell concerning the theft of valuables from the home of Miss Gabriella Galt and destruction at the College of William and Mary by Union troops. Engraving: Engraving of the \"Battle of Williamsburg\" from the original painting by Chappel in the possession of the publishers (Johnson, Fry \u0026amp; Co., Publishers, N.Y.) Correspondence and notes of Dr. Earl G. Swem about the Battle of Williamsburg.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents 1862 articles concerning the Battle of Williamsburg, 5 May 1862: New York Daily Tribune, 8 May 1862; New York Daily Tribune,10 May 1862, Pages 7-8; New York Tribune, 13 May 1862, Pages 1-2; New York Daily Tribune, 13 May 1862, Pages 11-12; New York Daily Tribune, 12 May 1862, Pages 3-4 and New York Daily Tribune, 12 May 1862, Pages 5-6. Brochure: \"Williamsburg in the Civil War\" published by the Williamsburg Civil War Committee. Photographs of drawings of Williamsburg and Fort Magruder and Other Confederate Earth-Works, 6 May 1862. Description of the Battle of Williamsburg, Comte De Paris. Article on Fall of Fort Magruder.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe Peninsula Guide, 1936; The Cradle of the Republic - Williamsburg, Jamestown, \u0026amp; Yorktown, 1924; The Cradle of the Nation, 1931 and a brochure, \"When Washington's Sweetheart Fainted.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Advisory Committee of Historians of Colonial Williamsburg, Incorporated, June 1939-November 1941 Antiques Forum with an index of people, places, things, events and more. undated. Correspondence between Earl Gregg Swem and Dr. W.A.R. Goodwin between November 1928 and December 1929.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence between Earl Gregg Swem and Dr. W.A.R. Goodwin from January - March, 1930.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence between Earl Gregg Swem and Dr. W.A.R. Goodwin from April - June, 1930.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence between Earl Gregg Swem and Dr. W.A.R. Goodwin from July - December 1930.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence between Earl Gregg Swem and Dr. W.A.R. Goodwin between November 1931 and December 1932.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence between Earl Gregg Swem and Dr. W.A.R. Goodwin between January 1933 and July 1935.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMinutes of the Advisory Committee of Historians of Colonial Williamsburg, Incorporated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCirculars, 1930-1939. Exhibition of American Folk Art bulletin\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents September 1866 John Anderson, Claremont [?] to J. H. Crump, n.p. Asks him to reserve half his wages until 12 June 1868 V. C. Armstrong, Fort Monroe, Va., to Rev. A. Dunlop. Notification that repairs will be made to the church of which he is the pastor. 1 p. ALS. 26 May 1869 Appointment as Registering Officer for 3rd Registration Precinct for Alexander Dunlop. Signed by Edward [Richard Sprigg] Canby. 1 p. DS. 24 March 1874 Inventory of personal property of W. W. Cumber. Taken by Frank Smith, Norton Moses Weaver, \u0026amp; Samuel Smith. Appraised by County of York. 2 pp. D. undated Receipt for rent of school house to the Trustees of Public School No. 3 (A. Dunlop and F. S. Norton). 1 p. DS. debt to Alexander Dunlop [Williamsburg, Va.] is paid. 1 p. ALS. Obituary of Dr. James Blaine Blayton, Sr., a physician in Williamsburg, Virginia. December 18, 2002.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eList to be sold by Dixon \u0026amp; Hunter, 11 February 1775 Dietz Press Listing\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePhotographs and descriptive material of buildings: Michel's drawing of Williamsburg buildings. 2 copies. Prints of buildings. Audrey House.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCapitol Court House (Old) Eastern Lunatic Asylum\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGovernor's Palace\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eKerr-Vest Kitchen Market Square Tavern Masonic Hall Methodist Episcopal Church Powder Magazine Providence Hall\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eData on the Public Prison compiled from original sources for The Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities by Elizabeth Schmucker Stubbs, 1929.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRaleigh Tavern Tazewell Hall Theater Travis House Tucker House Tyler House Benjamin Waller House Williamsburg Inn (Old) Williamsburg Inn (New) Wythe House Unidentified Buildings Williamsburg Property  Scrapbook of photographs of Williamsburg houses taken about 1921. Mounted photographs of Williamsburg houses.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAdvertising sheets, brochures, cards, and newspaper accounts of banks and business houses.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eProgress report.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAuction advertisements.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFactory catalog, 1991 (first catalog).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eControversy concerning sermon by the Rev. Cotesworth P. Lewis, 12 November 1967, before President Lyndon B. Johnson. Includes copy of sermon, newspaper clippings, statements from the Congressional Record. History of Bruton Parish Church. Poster \"Art Exhibit...by Mrs. T. Bonne-Millar...at Bruton Parish House. 1944. Filed in Box 19, Folder 5, Williamsburg (folder 13).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOrgan recital programs, 1939-1941. One poster, 1943, filed in Box 19, Folder 5, Williamsburg (folder 14). Weekley bulletins, 1928-1945.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBooklets, 1947 \u0026amp; 1949.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePoster, 1951. Announcements, 1944-1946. Filed in Box 19, Folder 5, Williamsburg. (folder 15a).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAnnouncements.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBulletins, 1936-1938 \u0026amp; 1942\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBulletins, 1943-1948\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBulletins, 1949-1953.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAnnouncements, brochures, bulletins, 1949. Brochure, Methodist Sites in Historic Williamsburg.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBulletins.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBulletins\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBulletins.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEpworth League program.  Winter 1924.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Pamphlet for \"A Call to Prayer\" on the wsorld Day of Prayer sponsored by the United Council of Church Women. March 4, 1949. \"Bicentennial of Worship\" article from the Daily Press about the First Baptist Church formed by African Americans. 1996.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAmerican Civic Association Correspondence. Cleaning up. n.d. Community Center, 1954. Community Christmas Events. Community Counvil. Community Fund, 1953. Community Sings. County Council of Women's Clubs. Youth Welfare Council.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAmerican Association of University Women. Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities, Colonial Capitol Branch: List of members, 1916. Notice, 1939. Business Men's Association, 1901. Chautauqua Association. Exchange Club flyers. (filed in Box 19, Folder 5, Williamsburg (folder 17). Garden Club: Garden Week. Newspaper articles, 1973. Programs, 1935-1936. Brochures, 1950-1956. Yearbook, 1941-1942. Garden Symposium.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLion's Club. Officers' Wives Club. Pulaski Club: Two letter heads and one newspaper clipping. Red Cross: One membership card, 1929. Soroptimist Club. Swimming Club. Tidewater Guidance Clinic. United Service Organizaitons Club. United World Federalists. Virginia Federation Home Demonstration Club. Williamsburg Film Study Group. Williamsburg Junior Chamber of Commerce. Williamsburg Regional Library Association. Young Women's Club.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePrograms.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAmerican Association of University Women: Program and ballot, 1930. Hampton Roads Chemists' Club: Circular, 1931. National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. Poetry Society: Programs, 1928-1936. Society of American Archivists. Southeastern Regional Conference of Law Teachers. Virginia Society, Sons of the American Revolution.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Account of Williamsburg Resident, 1749 Account of John Dameron with Secretary Thomas Nelson, with account of certificate recorded by Benjamin Waller. 1 p. DS. Account of Williamsburg Resident, 1749 Castleton Harper and John Curd in account with Secretary Thomas Nelson, signed by Benjamin Waller. 1 p. DS. Account of Williamsburg Resident, 1749 Account of Colonel Joshua Fry with Secretary Nelson. Signed by Benjamin Waller. 1 p. DS. Account of Williamsburg Resident, April 1768 Account of Samuel Havistone, 1766, with the auditors with statement of account by Robert Prentis, Williamsburg. 1 p. DS. Account of Williamsburg Resident, 1768 Account of John \u0026amp; Gerry Smith with Secretary Thomas Nelson with account of recording certificate for probating Smith's bill, signed by Benjamin Waller. 1 p. DS. Bassett, William, 1717 Indenture given by trustees of the city of Williamsburg to William Bassett of New Kent County conveying six lots in the city. 14 October 1717. 2 pp. DS including photostatic copies of indenture. Berkeley (?), 1883 Photostatic copies of three letters from Frank to \"Berry\" and \"Monie\", 1883 and n.d. from the Berkeley Papers, University of Virginia Library. Custis, John, 1714 . (filed in Box 19, Folder 5, Williamsburg (folder 19). Photostatic copy of indenture, 1 February 1823, between Thomas Nelson, Jr., George Washington Nelson, William Meade, and Thomasia (Nelson) Meade, his wife, and Dr. Alexander Galt for the purchase of a house and lot by Dr. Galt. 2 pp. Cy of DS. John T. James, 1859 Flyer, 28 July 1859, advertising sale of farm three miles from Williamsburg. 1 p. PM. Mouzon, Samuel R., 9 January 1824 Advertised by John T. James. (Filed in Box 19, Folder 5, Williamsburg (folder 19). Receipt of Samuel R. Mouzon for his share of the estate of William Nelson of Williamsburg, $218.64 1/2. 1 p. DS. Tyler [ ], 1812 Typed copy of an advertisement by in the Richmond Enquirer, 2 October 1812, offering for rent a dwelling in Williamsburg, recently occupied by Chancellor Tyler.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTeterel, Francis: Policies and premium receipts. 1807-1925 Waters, Sarah: Policies and premium receipts. 1796-1799 Webb, Walter W.: Receipt for premium. 1825.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWedding Announcement, 1939\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDeed given by the trustees on the city of Williamsburg to John Custis conveying three lots in the city. Signed by John Clayton and William Robertson\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIndenture given by trustees of the city of Williamsburg to William Bassett of New Kent County conveying six lots in the city. 14 October 1717. 2 pp. DS including photostatic copies of indenture. Berkeley (?), 1883\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAnderson, Robert A contract for purchase of corn and fodder from John T. Marston. 1835. Cocke, Doctor Doctor Cocke of old Williamsburg. A printed article. Reprinted form the Medical Times, October 1936. Fresheau [Freneau], Peter Peter Fresheau [Freneau], Williamsburg, Virginia, to Mrs. Maryanne Scott, New York, 25 April 1749. Order to pay Charles Stewart the sum of five pounds sterling. Hundley, Jack \"They've sold the town.\" poem. 1929. Hunter, William Typed memoranda concerning William Hunter. Johnson, James James Johnson vs. Henry Wilson. Suit. 1842. Parks, Eleanor Typed copy of renunciation of benefit from will of William Parks. 1750. Parks, William Typed copy of will. 1750. Correspondence concerning a memorial to William Parks. 1922. Pelham, Ann Creese Silhouette of Ann Creese Pelham, wife of Peter Pelham. Richard, Milly Vicksburg, Miss., to Captain Thomas Russell, n.p., Va. 8 July 1868. A former slave who belonged to Scervant Jones inquires about her relations. She was Milly Armstrong. 2 pp. ALS. Rind, William Copy of inventory and appraisement of the estate of William Rind. 1773. Scott, Robert G. Typed copy of an advertisement of Robert G. Scott, attorney. In the Richmond Enquirer, 27 October 1812. Smith, Sydney Williamsburg, Va., to Henry Smith, 1/2 Way House, York Co., Va., 23 February 1854. Discusses local grassroots politics and his intention to run for Commonwealths attorney. 3 pp. ALS. Taliaferro, Charles Typescript about portrait. Warwick, Eliza Typed copies of correspondence of Eliza Warwick of Williamsburg, Va., 1801-1803. Originals in the Valentine Museum.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAffidavits denying that demonstrations were made against the United States by Williamsburg militia.  1872.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAnnouncements, newspaper clippings, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAdvertisements.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAdvertisements.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAdvertisements.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAdvertisements.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAdvertisements.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAdvertisements.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAdvertisements.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAdvertisements.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Advertisements and other written material for moving pictures. Poster for \"The Baker's Wife\" is filed in Box 19, Folder 5, Williamsburg (folder 29).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGarland of Spring Carols.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt for the subscription to the Virginia Gazette., 1930 Outline of W. J. Johnston as editor of the Virginia Gazette.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePrograms and posters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSheet of paper made by the Williamsburg Restoration illustrating the water mark of William Parks.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBarter Theater and Children's Theater Programs, announcements. Little Theater League., 1929-1938 Programs, announcements, and posters. Other Organizations, 1785, 1925-1930 Notes, programs, circulars, and posters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAddresses and cards.  1875, 1924, 1931, 1948\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDedication program, 12 May 1962.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe Evening Press. Catalog of type specimens. The Williamsburg Bulletin (1945), Gardiners Virginia Gazette (1942) and The Evening Press (July 1942).  All of the above were edited and printed by Joseph Rowe Gardiner.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Souvenir booklet of the Williamsburg Pre-Restoration Old-Timers reunion, November 1-2, 1980 (Samuel \"Billy\" D. Royall, printer).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliamsburg Female Academy and Williamsburg Male Academy. Letters of application and recommendation for teaching position in the proposed male and female schools, 1849. Williamsburg Female Academy and Williamsburg Male Academy.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePhotostats, 1811 Photostats from the Berkeley Papers, University of Virginia to Carter Berkeley, pertaining to schools in Williamsburg, 1811. Filed in Box 19, Folder 5, Williamsburg (folder 32). Advertisement, 1805 A newspaper advertisement concerning Mr. Anderson's school for young ladies. Photostatic copy. April 30, 1805, Richmond Enquirer. Letter, 1820 A letter from Margaret Page, at Williamsburg, to John Page, at Union Town, Monroe County, Virginia, 19 January 1820, mentioning the opening of Mr. Morse's school for young ladies. (See Page-Saunders Papers, Folder 1). Letter, 1849 William Hodges, Washington, D.C., to Robert McCandlish, Williamsburg, Va., concerning the rental of his house for the Female School. 10 June 1849. 2 pp. ALS Williamsburg Female Academy, 1849-1852, 1862 A circular letter from Hubert P. LeFebvre, at Richmond, 21 August 1849. Catalog. 1851-1852. Typescript of a letter application from John K. Noel for a teaching position, noting his experience as principal of both the Williamsburg Female and Male Academies. 1862. Williamsburg Male Academy, 1855 Printed circular. 1855. Williamsburg Military School (Morressett \u0026amp; Peyton), 1852-1853 Letter, 1840 A letter from E.G. and M.R. Gatliff, at Williamsburg, to James Baytop, at Springfield, Gloucester Court House, 7 April 1840, concerning a girls' school. (See Gloucester County Papers, Folder 3). Bills, 1848, 1868 Bills for school supplies and tuition. 1848 and 1868. Copies. Book List A list of school books. Copy from a paper of Judge Frank Armistead of Williamsburg, Virginia. Female Seminary, 1880 See Armistead Papers, Folder 1.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMatthew Whaley, 1923-1931, 1943, 1945 Circulars and programs. 1923-1931. (new MW opened 15 September 1930, per The Powder Horn, October 1930). Dramatic Club bulletins and poster. Graduation invitation, 1945. Programs, 1943. Program for the George Washington Bicentennial, 1932. The Powder Horn, the school newspaper, March 1928, October - December 1930. Bruton Heights School Commencement invitation, concert program. Miscellaneous Rawls Byrd, History of the Public Schools in Williamsburg. Facts on Public Schools brochures, 1972-1973. 1984. \"Pride in the Past,\" American Education Week, November 11-17. From the Virginia Gazette. Teachers' Guides \"Eighteenth Century Life in Williamsburg, Virginia.\" \"The War and Elementary School Instruction in American Colonial Life.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 photograph.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eList of paid Capitation Taxes for 1946, 1947 and 1948 on or before May 7, 1949 and for 1947, 1948 and 1949 on or before December 12, 1949.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents \"A Bibliography on the Restoration of Colonial Williamsburg\" by Elsie Alderson.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Flyers, pamphlets and more on the Colonial National Monument, \"A Brief History of and Guide Book to Jamestown, Williamsburg and Yorktown\" by Rutherfoord Goodwin (signed by the author), \"A Historic Old Virginia Pilgrimage\" brochure for taking a cruise to the Williamsburg area on April 29 - May 1, 1930 and brochures and reprints about Williamsburg, Jamestown and Yorktown. Tourist hardback book, \"Historic Peninsula of Virginia,\" distributed by Stone and Webster, Inc. in 1928. Photostatic copy of newspaper account of Jamestown Day, May 13. Year unknown.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA Proposed Zoning Ordinance for the City of Williamsburg, 1945. Zoning Ordinance Adopted 1947.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Oversized items removed from Mss. 39.4 V82ci Williamsburg Papers. Organized by the folder from which they were removed. Folder 3: Williamsburg Charter. 2 copies, including a 1722 Contemporary copy. Folder 13: Churches - Bruton Parish - Poster \"Art Exhibit...by Mrs. T. Bonne-Millar...at Bruton Parish House. 1944. Folder 14: Churches - Bruton Parish - Poster for \"Lecture Recital at Bruton Parish Church...Dr. David McK. Williams.\" 1943. Folder 15a: Churches - Christian Science Monitor, 1951 poster for a lecture by Claire Rauthe and 1944-45 free lecture announcements. Folder 17: Clubs and Organizations - The Exchange Club flyers, 1949-1954. Folder 19: Photostatic copies of three letters from Frank to \"Berry\" and \"Monie\", 1883 and n.d. from the Berkeley Papers, University of Virginia Library. Custis, John, 1714 . Flyer, 28 July 1859, advertising sale of farm three miles from Williamsburg. 1 p. PM. Mouzon, Samuel R., 9 January 1824 Advertised by John T. James. Folder 29: Moving Pictures - Large poster for \"The Baker's Wife\" to be held at the Williamsburg Theater. undated. Folder 32: Schools - Private Schools - Photostats from the Berkeley Papers, University of Virginia, to Carter Berkeley pertaining to schools in Williamsburg. 1811\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter written by W. Fred Andrews of Gahanna, Ohio to Parke Rouse, Jr. reminiscing about his days as a student at the College of William and Mary. 3 pp. June 22, 1974.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eALS of C.P. Armistead, Williamsburg to the Hon. R. Taylor Scott, Richmond, Virginia, dated 27 May 1893 regarding his brother running for office, probably the Electoral Board of James City County.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePhotocopies of newsclippings, journal articles, and Bruton Parish Bulletins about the 1991 dig by New Agers to search for evidence in the Bruton Parish Churchyard, Williamsburg, Virginia, to support the controversial claim that Sir Francis Bacon wrote Shakespeare's plays plus a formula for establishing world peace. August 20, 1992 photographs of Bruton Parish Churchyard digs with Marley Brown, archaelogist of Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. One photograph shows the Middleton Vault.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Handwritten letter from Samuel Putnam, Union soldier and Orderly in the 25th Massachusetts Volunteers while at Camp West near Williamsburg to his father. Putnam writes about the occupation of Williamsburg by Union soldiers, the destruction of the College of William and Mary, the \"insane asylum\" and his theft from a Williamsburg home of several letters by Thomas Jefferson, several letters by \"revolutionary maidens\" and one letter by Richard H. Lee.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOne page from Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper of March 10, 1887, entitled \"Virginia a day in a historic town--views of old Williamsburg.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Fragment of a receipt signed by Abram. Loc[ke]tt and \"Wmsburg Dist\" noted on the bottom of the page. undated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSigned Williamsburg Tricentennial poster, 1999.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHandwritten letter from O. F. Helner of the 33rd regiment, at a camp near Williamsburg to Mr. Abbott. He writes about the Battle of Williamsburg and a visit by General McClellan to the camp. May 1862. Transcript included.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Playbills, 1891-1896 and undated, from plays staged at Cameron Hall at Eastern State Hospital with actors and actresses from the College of William and Mary and the local community. Some programs list \"The Virginia Comedians\" as the producer. Playbills, 1910 and 1916, from plays staged at the College of William and Mary.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Union soldier's letter, \"John\" to his sweetheart \"Mary,\" 12 May (1862), regarding the occupation of Williamsburg by the North. Mention of Northern dead in Williamsburg after the battle and burying soldiers. Excerpt, \"...there are some very pretty girls here but I noticed that some of them were [wear] the rebel flag on their bosom.\" Stereoscopic card, \"War Views, View of Court House and Church, Hospital of the 2nd Corps, Yorktown, Va.\" No. 2374, published by E. \u0026amp; H.T. Anthony \u0026amp; Co. Negative by Brady \u0026amp; Co., Washington. Someone has crossed out \"Yorktown\" and written \"Williamsburg.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFour pamphlets: Catalogue of the Williamsburg Female Academy, 1851-1852; two copies of the catalogue of the Williamsburg Military School, Richmond, 1853; prospectus and catalogue of the Williamsburg Male Academy, 1852-1853.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBroadside dated December 14th, [1941], announcing a Citizen's Mass Meeting...at the Williamsburg Theatre.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Photostat copies of newspaper articles about the Battle of Williamsburg from the New York Daily Tribune, May 10, 12 and 13, 1862, photostat copies of a map of the \"Lower Peninsula,\"  and \"Battle of Williamsburg\" and both a negative and a positive photocopies entitled \"Charge of Hancock's Brigade at Williamsburgh,\" \"Fort Magruder and Other Confederate Earth-works in front of Williamsburg from sketches made May 6, 1862,\" \"Williamsburg, Va.\"  These prints have notes on them and might be partial proofs for a publication.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThree photographs of the Dedication of Ft. Magruder, May 5, 1952 by Von Dubell Studio.    Publication of a letter by The Business Men's Association of the City of Williamsburg about \"taking early steps for the proper  celebration at Jamestown of the Tercentennial Anniversary...did on the September 7, 1900, in the name of the citizens of Williamsburg, pass resolutions for the appointment of a committee...\"  On inside of pamphlet, resolutions are listed.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eG.W. Thorpe Plat, surveyed March 1916; Pine Grest Subdivision blue print plat, owned and developed by Ernest G. Vaughan and sold to Carrie V. Williams, surveyed November/December 1939; Capitol Heights property blueprint plat of Frank G. Linekin, June 26, 1930; W.L. Jones blueprint plat,May 1926; Bozarth Court blueprint plat, August 10, 1939; Bozarth Court blueprint plat, December 10, 1920; Powhatan Park blueprint plat, property of York Land Corporation, April 1916; blueprint plat of property conveyed by Celia Maxton to others,land between route 60 and the railroad, September 7, 1952; and plat of property of H.D. Bozarth between Clay and Harrison Streets, June 19, 1925.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePosters for performances at the Matthew Whaley Auditorium in 1936, poster for \"Middle Plantation Art \u0026amp; Handcraft Exhibition\" at Casey's Annex (undated), poster for exhibit of \"Walt Disney's Original Paintings used in Snow White\" at the Bruton Parish House (undated), Williamsburg Tricentennial Poster, Colonial Williamsburg concert posters, Williamsburg Theatre posters (undated, possibly 1930's), and other posters for entertainment at Williamsburg High School and the Presbyterian Church (undated, possibly 1930's).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTwo aerial photographs of South Henry Street area of Williamsburg, Virginia.  Undated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePhotograph of a print \"Loudon-street, Winchester.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Many of these papers appear to be from the Clerk of Court office in Winchester, Virginia. Clerk of Court signatures include John Peyton, Clerk of Hustings, Winchester, Virginia and Algernon R. Wood. Organized in date order. Account for Nicholas Scheren to David Michael Rutter. May 1786 Payment from Dr. Robert Colvin to Philip Bush. October 12, 1786 Accounts for Robert Sherrard to James Murry. 1787 Payment from Robert Sherrard to John Hamilton for waggonage from Philadelphia [Pennsylvania] to Winchester, Virginia. 1787 Document about refund of payment made by Tejamus ? Dowdall to Robert Colvin, who opened a school. April 12, 1787 Court summons for Josiah Jackson and Zebediah Hollingsworth for James Murray in case with Robert Sherrard, Defendant. August 9, 1787 Indenture. James and Eleanor Wood of Davidson, North Carolina and David Dedderick, for Lot 9 on West side of Loudon (Loudoun) Street in Borough of Winchester. September 22, 1789 Marriage Bond between Enos Roberts and Mary Kendrick. January 13, 1790 Marriage bond of Conrad House and Susannah Shusher. December 27, 1790 Bond for James Walls as executor of last Will and Testament of John Wynn. June 30, 1794 Charter between Shreve Lawson of Baltimore, Maryland and James Moseley, Merchant on freight on the ship Alexandria. July 4, 1796 Marriage license between James A. Nelson and Polly M. Donald. April 26, 1802 Manumission papers from Peter Lauck to Peter Bisick. March 14, 1806 Affidavit. Josiah Massy took oath of Lieutenant in 31st Regiment, 16th Brigade. Signed by A. (B.) Miller. May 2, 1812. Register of sale of Louisa Robinson (wife of Jonathan Robinson) to Doctor Daniel Conrad. August 3, 1818. Act \"to amend the Act incorporating the Town of Winchester.\" Complete handwritten text of the act as presented to the General Assembly in Richmond, Virginia. Copied by William Munford, Keeper of the Rolls. Document bound with string. Dated December 12, 1818 and passed January 9, 1819 Inquest. \"Inquisition on the body of Robert Cockerton (?) who died at the house of Elizabeth Pendleton, Innkeeper. November 1, 1820 Contract/letter of attorney between John Holland of Gosney Manor of Shenandoah County, Virginia, woolan manufacturer, and George Hadfield of Old Hall, County of Chester, in England to Hugh Shaw. June 8, 1827 Manumission papers where Margaret Galloway emancipates negro woman, Maria, wife of William Tuckrin, a free negro. October 17, 1827 Manumission papers or Certification of Freedom for Negro Lucy under the will of Alexander White of Woodville. June 13, 1832 Certificate of Freedom, or Manumission papers, signed by Phebe Coubourn that she raised Nancy Sabro, a \"dark Muluto\" who was born of free parents. September 21, 1835 Notice to Sergeant of the Corporation of Winchester for summons of Jonathan Cox, Davy Johnson, Thomas Pollard, James Pollard, Richard Strange, Lewis Smith, David Washington and Rose Williams for \"remaining within this corporation and Commonwealth more than 12 months of their right to freedom…\" May 5, 1846 Bill of sale to William H. Brown from George R. Long for sale of negro man, Abraham Washington. August 24, 1846 Court Case. Algernon R. Wood, prosecutor for Commonwealth of Virginia, against James Pollard, a free negro or mulatto who remained in Virginia after he was freed. October 3, 1846 Court summons for Sally Field for remaining in Winchester after being freed. June 23, 1848 Mary, negro slave of Joseph Baker, charged with trying to poison Nancy Lindsey with tea. June 1, 1849 Notarized statements of Amelia Ann Buck of Warren County, Virginia regarding copartnership with John R. Ricards, John N. Buck of Baltimore, Maryland and Thomas L. Blakemon of Warren County regarding hotel, Mountain House in Hampshire County, Virginia. John R. Buck sells his interest to his brother, William M. Buck. July 3, 1850 Letter from Baltimore, Maryland regarding his father's estate. Author unknown. February 20, 1851 Recording of last will and testament of Addison B. Riely in Baltimore, Maryland. Endorsed by Ann R. Riely. September 27, 1852 Certificate for R.B. Allen to sell wine at his store on Cameron Street.September 1, 1855 Court summons in case of Patrick Conner vs John H. Anderson, Conner's apprentice. October 8, 1856 Letter from John Quanten ? to Robert L. Brookings asking for servant woman Lucy who was part of the estate of Mrs. Emmets?. May 27, 1857 Indictment. John Howard, alias John Newman, a free negro, was accused of assault by Rachel Ann Holler, a white woman and jailed. Indictment against James W. Jones, the jailor, for allowing the prisoner to escape. March 17, 1860 Command to the Sergeant of the Corporation of Winchester to take \"…Maria Ball [Colored]…her safely keep…until May indictment … for remaining in the State of Virginia…without lawful permission. April 21, 1860 Notice to Sheriff of Berkeley County, Virginia to imprison Elizabeth Farrow if she is found in Berkeley County. She is charged with having a \"…house of ill fame for the purpose of prostitution and lewedness.\" April 17, 1861 Note from Clerk of Court in Winchester where he says he has been notified by a military order that he is no longer the Clerk. June 5, 1868 Court case with John Vilwig regarding two coffins. June 1886. Republican Ticket for Virginia. 1892. Letter from George S. Bowers of Laurell, Maryland, about \"Willie\" accepting Christ [in the Lutheran Church]. December 13, 1918 Instructions to lawyer or court about charges of larceny against a free negro. undated. Fragment. \"Twelve days have been expended in loading.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCircular for the Woodstock Male and Female Academy. July 21, 1866.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePapers, ca. 1824-1983, relating to Yorktown, Va. Includes articles concerning Yorktown; materials relating to the surrender of Cornwallis and to the celebrations [1824, 1881, 1930-1937 and 1981], documents concerning Yorktown National Military Park  [now Colonial National Historical Park] and the Navy Mine Depot [now Naval Weapons Station].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHistorical and descriptive articles, maps, and general views of the town.  7 pieces.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTwo facsimilies of the parole of Cornwallis. 2 pieces. Journal of the siege of York-Town...as recorded in the hand of Gaspard de Gallatin and translated by the French department of the College of William and Mary...Washington, United States Printing Office. 1931. 48 p. 24 cm. (71st Congress, 3rd Session. Senate. Document no. 322.) 1 piece. Un geste patriotique des Strasbourgeois au cours de la guerre d'Independence americaine. Printed. 1 piece. Ceux de Yorktown par Servan Malo, with English translation. 2 pieces. Memorandum on J.C. Louis, Baron von Closen. By Ruth E. Butler. 4 typed pages. 1 piece. Photographs showing restoration of French and American fortifications around Yorktown. About 1935. 3 pieces. Photographs of a painting of the siege of Yorktown. 3 copies. Also an enlargement. Map of the siege of Yorktown. 1 3/4 x 1 1/2 inches. 1 piece. An engraving of the surrender at Yorktown. 1 piece. List of Confederate Soldiers buried at Yorktown which includes Union soldiers killed at the Battle of Williamsburg. (Copy from the National Park Service. Original at the Yorktown Visitor Center).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePrinted topographical map of the Colonial National monument, Yorktown Battlefield, Virginia. Made by the U.S. Geological Survey 1931. 30 1/4 x 29 1/4 inches. 1 piece. Three newspaper clippings concerning the siege of Yorktown. Other papers. 5 pieces. Walking stick made from the flag staff of the 80th British Regiment, Yorktown, 1781. Returned to donor (Nellie Deans Greaves) in either 1960's or 1970's. Printed announcement, dated at Montpellier, 9? December 1781, signed by Le Comte de Perigord, stating that the King has ordered a Te Deum sung in all the churches of France for the Yorktown victory. Purchased from Thomas L. Suter, 16 October 1952.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBuildings Photographs and prints: Customs House; Lord Cornwallis' Cave; Main Street; Monument Lodge (1 piece); Moore House (4 pieces--3 photographs in Mapcase); Shield House (oldest house) and Nelson House (1 piece); Yorktown wharf (1 piece). Monument Photographs. 1 piece. 2 newspapers with history of the building and opening of the George P. Coleman Bridge. Located in mapcase.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e6 pieces including 1 photograph. See also Folders 6-8.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Yorktown sesquicentennial celebration 1931: Mimeographed and printed material relating to the celebration. 20 items. Includes a photograph album entitled \"Views of The Yorktown Sesquicentennial Celebration, Yorktown, Virginia, October 16-17-18-19, 1931\" presented to The College of William and Mary in Virginia by the Yorktown Sesquicentenniail Association, Inc. Yorktown bicentennial celebration 1981: Official commemorative program. Official booklet: \"Miracles at Yorktown,\" written by Guy Friddell and produced by Tom Hale.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eViews of the Yorktown Sesquicentennial Celebration, Yorktown, VA, October 16-19,1931 from the Yorktown Sesquicentennial Association, Inc\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eYorktown sesquicentennial celebration 1931:  Mimeographed and printed material relating to the celebration.  20 items. Yorktown bicentennial celebration 1981:  Official commemorative program.  Official booklet:  \"Miracles at Yorktown,\" written by Guy Friddell and produced by Tom Hale.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eYorktown sesquicentennial celebration 1931: Mimeographed and printed material relating to the celebration. 20 items. Yorktown bicentennial celebration 1981: Official commemorative program. Official booklet: \"Miracles at Yorktown,\" written by Guy Friddell and produced by Tom Hale.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eYorktown National Military Park June 6, 1921 ...In the Senate of the United States.  June 6, 1921.. A bill declaring the battle field of Yorktown a national military park...7 p.  28 cm.  1 piece. 1921 Hearings before the subcommittee of the committee on appropriations United States Senate...on a bill declaring the battle field of Yorktown a national military park...Washington, Government printing office, 1921.  16 p.  23 1/2 cm.  1 piece. Navy Mine Depot Navy Mine Depot, Yorktown, Virginia By Commander A. H. Miles, U.S. Navy.  (Reprinted from the United States Naval Institute Proceedings v. 54, no. 4, whole no. 302.)  1 piece. In the matter of Naval Mine Depot, Yorktown, Virginia...Brief submitted on behalf of owners of property...Newport News, Franklin Printing Co.  21 p.  23 cm.  1 piece.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMaterial relating to the annual celebrations of Yorktown Day, sometimes called Yorktown Fete.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFete in honor of General La Fayette.  Printed pamphlet by R.G. Scott on what happened during planning of the Yorktown Fete of 1824 and why he should not be responsible. 1827.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCentennial.  \"An Appeal to the Country for a National Centennial Celebration of the Surrender of Lord Cornwallis.\"  Printed by Virginian Print, Norfolk, Va. 1879. Special Communication of the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of Virginia at Yorktown 1881. Celebration of Yorktown Centennial- a pamphlet containing incidents and speeches from event. 10/19/1881. A History, Surrender of the British Forces to the Americans and French at Yorktown, Va., Program for the Centennial Anniversary Celebration on October 18th, 1881.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\"Admiral Francis Joseph Paul De Grasse, Hero of Yorktown\" by Louis A Culvillier 1931Invitation and tickets to Yorktown Celebration 1931List of European Guests at Yorktown Sesquicentennial Celebration 1931Newsletter on Yorktown Sesquicentennial Celebration 1931Official Program of Yorktown Celebration.  1931Some Old Yorktown Maps by K.W. Trimble.  Reprint from The Military Engineer, 1931Tentative Program of Yorktown Celebration byYorktown Sesquicentennial Association 1931Ticket Stubs-Yorktown 150 year Celebration 1931Yorktown Sesquicentennial Association 1931\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eProgram of Celebration of 155th Anniversary of the Victory at Yorktown under the Joint Auspices…  10/19/1936\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eProgram of Yorktown Celebration, October 18-19, 1934.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from A.A. Folsone to Hon. Lyon G. Tyler enclosing engraving of a view of Yorktown, \"Yorktown Battlefield\" by John B. Chapman per Graham's Magazine, 1814.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Photograph of House in Yorktown undatedPhotograph of Yorktown Battlefield and Moore House undatedSketch of Yorktown- View from the River (Copy) undatedYorktown Homes (6 photographs on cardboard) undatedGreeting Cards -Prints of Moore House and Nelson House  1934\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOriginal ink wash drawing by a federal soldier in 1862. View of the York River waterfront. Transferred to artifact librarian in 2011.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Plats of Yorktown, Photostats (2)  undated Sign - Guided Tour of Yorktown (10\"x7\" cardboard sign) 1941 \"Establishment of the American Army.\"  Photostat of May 27, 1778 Congressional Order.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAvailable online via the Library catalog for William and Mary users; alternate access is available via the Internet Archive: http://www.archive.org/details/journalofsiegeof00gall.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\"Yorktown Church Said Third Oldest in Virginia,\" Daily Press, Newport News, Virginia.  May 9, 1960.\"Historic Nelson House,\" January 31, 1973\"Battle Lines Will Be Reconstructed at Yorktown,\" Daily Press, Newport News, Virginia.  January 31, 1973.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Christmas Dinner Menu, U.S. Naval Mine Depot, Yorktown, Virginia.  1950.Colonial National Historic Park brochure by US Department of Interior (2 Copies).  1940Old Yorktown and its History by Mrs. Sydney Smith.  1920Salvaging Relics from York River.  1939U.S. 17 George Washington Memorial Highway Map, Tidewater, Virginia, into Colonial National Historical Park.  undated.Views of Yorktown and Gloucester Town—Mariners Museum, Newport News, Virginia.  1946Virginia Gazette Supplement, The Public Observer, \"Yorktown Day of Yesteryear.\"  October 1972\"Yorktown-Climax of the Revolution,\" National Park Service, Source Book Series, Number 1 (2 copies).  1941\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\"Henri de Saint-Simon at Yorktown; A French Prophet of Modern Industrialism in America,\" The Franco-American Review, Autumn 1937.\"A Neglected French Collaborator in the Victory of Yorktown\" by Harold A. Larrabee.  1932.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eYorktown Sesquicentennial medal commemorating the surrender of Lord Cornwallis in 1781. Transferred to Artifact Collection.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEighteen early photographs of monuments in Yorktown, Virginia, many with descriptions written on the reverse side.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePhotographs of: the Victory monument,  the monument on the spot where Cornwallis surrendered to Washington, Lafayette Coach at Bremo, Spring where Washington got his water, marker of French soldiers' graves (2), plaque for site of the Home of Nicolas Martiau,  plaque for \"Baron Gaspard de Gallatin,\" walk along top of old earthworks (3), where Washington had his tent, spot marked where a tablet once was, plaque for \"french soldiers and sailors,\" where Lafayette had his tent, plaque for Thomas Nelson, Jr. and artists conception of celebration (ships in harbour). 17 photographs.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePhotograph of Battery; print of \"Reddotopm de L'armee du Lord Cornwallis; 3 photograph of inside and outside of the Moore House, 1911; two copies of the Gloucester-Mathews newspaper, May 7, 1952, with the history of the building of the George P. Coleman Bridge; and one copy of the Daily Press, May 7, 1952, about the Coleman Bridge.\u003c/p\u003e"],"collection":{"numFound":1,"start":0,"numFoundExact":true,"docs":[{"id":"viw_repositories_2_resources_8763","ead_ssi":"viw_repositories_2_resources_8763","_root_":"viw_repositories_2_resources_8763","_nest_parent_":"viw_repositories_2_resources_8763","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/oai/WM/repositories_2_resources_8763.xml","title_filing_ssi":"Virginia Cities Collection","title_ssm":["Virginia Cities Collection"],"title_tesim":["Virginia Cities Collection"],"unitdate_ssm":["1663-1980"],"unitdate_inclusive_ssm":["1663-1980"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["Mss. 39.4 V82ci","/repositories/2/resources/8763"],"text":["Mss. 39.4 V82ci","/repositories/2/resources/8763","Virginia Cities Collection","Alexandria (Va.)--History","Blue Ridge Springs (Va.)","Charlottesville (Va.)--History","Danville (Va.)--History","Fredericksburg (Va.)--History","Hanover Courthouse (Va.)--History","Harrisonburg (Va.)--History","Hopewell (Va.)--History","James City County (Va.)--Tercentenary","Jamestown (Va.)--History--20th century","Lexington (Va.)--History","Norfolk (Va.)--History","Petersburg (Va.)--History","Providence Forge (Va.)--History","Strasburg (Va.)--History","Virginia--History--17th century","Virginia--History--18th century","Virginia--History--19th century","Virginia--History--20th century","Washington (Va.)--History","Williamsburg (Va.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865","Woodstock (Va.)--History","African Americans--Virginia--Williamsburg","College of William and Mary--History--20th century","College of William and Mary--History--Civil War, 1861-1865","College of William and Mary--Students","College theater--United States","Community theater","Education--Virginia--Williamsburg--19th century","Gardening--Virginia","Horticultural literature","Jamestown Exposition (1907)","Jamestown Festival (1957)","Jamestown Ter-centennial Exposition (1907)","Legal documents","Lynchburg (Va.)--History","United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865","United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Destruction and pillage","Williamsburg, Battle of, Williamsburg, Va., 1862","Physicians--Virginia--Williamsburg","African American physicians","Account books","Catalogs","Correspondence","Financial records","Petitions","Photographs","Receipts (financial records)","Surveys (documents)","Collection is open to all researchers. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility.","Alphabetical by name of city.","Reprocessed by Anne Johnson in 2011.","Added to collection in 2019 from backlog ephemera.","Mss. 39.4 V82co Virginia Counties Collection, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library"," Mss. 65 V82 Virginia Quitrents Collection, 1704-1705, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library"," Many other accessions relating to cities in the Commonwealth of Virginia are in the Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library.  Please check the subject index for the name of the city. Also, you can use the search box on the top right corner, being sure to check the \"Include Box Lists.\""," Artifacts tranferred to the Manuscripts Artifact Collection include: Presbyterian Student Choir Badge (39.4V82.A01.1), Presbyterian Junior Choir Badges (39.4V82.A01.2a-e), York River Ink Wash Drawing (39.4V82ci.02), Yorktown Sesquicentennial Commission Medal (39.4V82ci.03), Yorktown Sesquicentennial Commemorative Coin (39.4V82ci.04)","Artificial collection of papers relating to various cities in the Commonwealth of Virginia.","A newspaper clipping concerning dead towns in Virginia.  1 piece.","Scope and Contents History of Christ Church. 3 p. 15 1/2 cm. Christmas card from Old Presbyterian Meeting House from William Buckner and Mr. Croarty. undated. Letter to Earl Gregg Swem from Josephine Weeks about buying a newly made print from Colonel Gilpin's \"Plan of Alexandria, 1798.\" June 17,1944. Alexandria businesses papers: envelope from Garrett and Monroe, card from Gwin, Beckham and Company Commission Merchants and Andrews Studios. undated. List of names and inscriptions on gravestones at Christ Church, Old Presbyterian Meeting House and Bethlehem Cemetery by George Magruder Battey. Carbon Copy. June 1, 1944. History of St. Paul's Church, Fairfax Parish, 1810-1932 by Margery Arden Hall. Copy. \"Financial statement and report and list of subscribers and pewholders of Saint Paul's Protestant Episcopal Church in Fairfax","Bath is in present day Berkeley County, West Virginia.","Papers of Thomas Marshall Hunter, Morgantown, W.Va. Typed copy of an act for establishing a town at the Warm Springs in the county of Berkeley.  October 1776. 1 piece. A list of original purchasers of lots in Bath, Berkeley County.  1 piece.  Extracts from the minutes of the trustees of Bath.  1 piece. An excerpt from Thomas Jefferson's Notes of Virginia.  1793. 1 piece. Copies of newspaper advertisements of stores and boarding houses. 1781.  3 pieces.","Scope and Contents Advertisement card for travel from Lynchburg, Virginia. undated.","Scope and Contents Music festival 1931. Advertising folder. Letter inviting people to visit a new academy established at the Midway under Mr. Pike Powers, formerly professor of Mathematics at Hampton Sydney. Signed by the nine professors. July 17, 1838. Affidavit signed by the Librarian of the Library of the University of Virginia on July 10, 1848 that the letter was copied from the Richmond Enquirer collection on July 10, 1848. Brochure of photographs of the buildings at the University of Virginia. A 1\" x 3.5\" calendar for 1927 from President Alderman is attached. 1927. Prints of engravings: \"View of the University of Virginia\" and \"University of Virginia, Charlottesville.\" undated. Letter from W.W. Gilmer of Charlottesville to the Board of Visitors of the University of Virginia recommending A.P. Abell as Proctor of the University. Partial letter from an unknown person at the University about new professorships, lack of money, who might be retiring and the increase from 32 to 50 Virginia students. April 4, 1856. Letter from Edwin M. Mann of the Chambers of the Judge of the Hustings Court in Petersburg, Virginia to Capt. W. Roane Ruffin, Board of Visitors of the University of Virginia about recommending Mayor R.W. Jones for Chair of General and Applied Chemistry and Pharmacy. September 23, 1884. \"College Topics\", Volume VII, Number 4, a publication of the University of Virginia which gives and account of the burning of the Rotunda. November 4, 1895. Sent by John Stewart Bryan on February 10, 1936. Editorial to the Enquirer by W.A. Turner about a proposed bill to consolidate the medical department at the University of Virginia and the Medical College at Richmond. undated. Mimeograph copy of a letter to Miss Nannie from Sallie J. Doswell about the advertising costs in her new edition of the condensed history of the University. March 21, 1911. A small book of \"A Partial Roster of Eminent Alumni\" of the \"University of Virginia in the Service of the Republic.\" undated. University of Virginia Alumni News. December 1926. University of Virginia commencement programs. June 29, 1855, June 27, 1856 (2 copies), June 29,1857 (2 copies) and July 4, 1860 (2 copies).","Scope and Contents A historical and descriptive article. undated. 1 piece. Typed copy of an act incorporating the town, 1749. 1 piece. Typed copy of a list of residents of Dumfries found in the ledger of Daniel Payne, merchant. 1758-1761. 1 piece. Typed list of merchants residing in Dumfries. 1789. 1 piece. A Short historical sketch of the Dumfries lodge of Masons, 1797-1830, including a list of members in 1798. 1 piece.","Scope and Contents A print, \"Fortress Monroe, Va. and Its Vicinity\" with a numbered legend of places on the picture. undated.","Day book of the corporation of Fredericksbug, Virginia. 28 April 1802 -- 28 February 1812. 80 pages. 12 3/4 x 7 3/4 inches. List of voters and militia in the corporation of Fredericksburg, Virginia. 1855. 48 pages. 13 3/4 x 4 1/4 inches. An illustrated descriptive folder. 1 piece. An envelope printed with six views of buildings. 1 piece. 1787-1840 Fredericksburg District Court Records: See Mss. Acc. 2008.319 Fredericksburg, Virginia District Court.","Scope and Contents Fredericksburg Street lottery tickets signed by Beck (sic) Welford. Over 50 tickets. Some tickets have the name of purchaser on the reverse side. 1826. 1 lottery ticket from St. Louis, dated March 6, 1817. Pages with photographs of State Teachers College. (Mary Washington University). 4 pages. undated. Printed letter to the \"communicants of St. George's Church\" in Fredericksburg, Virginia, asking for funds. undated. Statement of current expenses of St. George's Church in Fredericksburg, Virginia. February 19, 1872. Advertisement for \"Johnston and Company, Druggists and Apothecaries\" in Fredericksburg, Virginia. undated.","Numerical list of blanks and prizes in the Fredericksburg Female Charity School Lottery.  1805.  48 pages.  15 1/2 x 10 inches.","July 5, 1953 Daily Press newspaper clipping \"Historical Approach Used in the Selection of New Names for Hampton City Streets.\" Annual reports for the Committee for the Fort Monroe Museum and its successor, the Casemate Museum. 1951-1974.","Engraving of Hanover Court-House, possibly removed from a book.","Two prints of Harper's Ferry by W.H. Bartlett, 1838, showing different views. One newspaper print reproduction, \"Gleason's Pictorial Drawing-Room Company.  1854. Three prints by G. Perkins, 1874, \"Harper's Ferry by Moonlight.\"","5 printed reproductions of photographs of buildings at the \"State Teacher's College\" in Harrisonburg, Virginia.","Scope and Contents Flyers advertising \"Gooch\" and \"Little Miss Spruce\" trees by Winslow L. Gooch of Hopewell, Virginia.","Related material: See the Jamestown Corporation Records, 1946-1979, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary; and the Jamestowne Society Papers, 1930-1966, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.","Papers, 1629-1952, relating to Jamestown, Va. Note: Items relating to Colonial National Historical Park and to Williamsburg, Jamestown, and Yorktown are filed under Williamsburg. See also: Map Collection.\n    Historical and descriptive articles, and general views of the town.  13 pieces.","    Landing at Jamestown.  An engraving.  1 piece. Print of \"The First Legislative Assembly in America.  James Town, Virginia, August, 1619.\"  (From Goodrich's History of the United States of America (New York, 1828).  2 items.","    Photostats of four pages from a court journal of James City.  1629.  4 pieces.","    Photostat of a portion of John Clayton's letter of August 17, 1688, containing a description and map of Jamestown Island.  4 photostats.","    Log houses at Jamestown.  By George C. Gregory.  Blueprint of a typed article.  1 piece. Deed given by John Page to William Sherwood, 6 February 1682.","    Photographs of buildings and foundations.  13 pieces. Undated. Panoramic photograph of Jamestown Island, photograph of a building foundation and an aerial photograph of Jamestown are filed in the Mapcase.","    Photograph of a section of the church yard.  Undated. 1 piece.","    Objects unearthed.  6 photographs and an illustrated article. Undated.","    Celebrations of the founding of Jamestown, 1895, 1932, 1935, 1952.  7 pieces.","    Monument.  Copy of architect's sketch.  1 piece.","    Philopena Album.  New York: Published by Leavitt \u0026 Allen, undated.  Includes engraving of Jamestown.","Photostat of Richmond TImes Dispatch, 1936 Jamestown Day\n        Photostat of newspaper clipping about the annual services commemorating Jamestown Day to be held May 13.  From the Richmond Times Dispatch, 1936. ","John Page to William Sherwood Deed. 1681/2.","Eight postcards from the Jamestown Exposition in 1907, showing:  Swiss village, harbor, view, lovers lane, Hotel Chamberlain, official seal of the Jamestown Exposition (1907), U.S. government Pier, and the winding trail.  (8 items).","Eight postcards from the Jamestown Exposition in 1907, showing:  Swiss village, harbor, view, lovers lane, Hotel Chamberlain, official seal of the Jamestown Exposition (1907), U.S. government Pier, and the winding trail.  (8 items).","Ephemera from the 1957 Jamestown Celebration. Includes pamphlets, invitations, program for \"An Historical Pageant: Opechancanough, the Last Chief of the Powhatans\" given at the site of Pamunkee in West Point, Virginia, schedules, tickets, flyers, press releases and the program of a luncheon in honor of Thomas B. Stanley, Governor of Virginia, at the Savoy Hotel in London, England on October 9, 1956.  Includes two copies of the Virginia Gazette Special Edition on the 1957 Jamestown Festival and a report to the Virginia 350th Anniversary Celebration, \"Planning Hospital Services for Williamsburg, Virginia.\"","Monument. Copy of architect's sketch. 1 piece.","Scope and Contents Postcard of rear view of Jamestown Church.  1930's newspaper article entitled \"National Memorial to the Progress of the Colored Race in America\" about Elder Lightfoot Solomon Michaux building a memorial at Jamestown.","Scope and Contents Historical and descriptive articles, and general views of the town. 13 pieces. Landing at Jamestown. An engraving. 1 piece. Print of \"The First Legislative Assembly in America. James Town, Virginia, August, 1619.\" (From Goodrich's History of the United States of America (New York, 1828). 2 items. Photostats of four pages from a court journal of James City. 1629. 4 pieces. Photostat of a portion of John Clayton's letter of August 17, 1688, containing a description and map of Jamestown Island. 4 photostats. Log houses at Jamestown. By George C. Gregory. Blueprint of a typed article. 1 piece. Deed given by John Page to William Sherwood, 6 February 1682. Photographs of buildings and foundations. 13 pieces. undated. Panoramic photograph of Jamestown Island, photograph of a building foundation and an aerial photograph of Jamestown are filed in the Mapcase. Photograph of a section of the church yard. undated. 1 piece. Objects unearthed. 6 photographs and an illustrated article. undated. Celebrations of the founding of Jamestown, 1895, 1932, 1935, 1952. 7 pieces. Monument. Copy of architect's sketch. 1 piece. Philopena Album. New York: Published by Leavitt \u0026 Allen, undated. Includes engraving of Jamestown.\nPhotostat of newspaper clipping about the annual services commemorating Jamestown Day to be held May 13. From the Richmond Times Dispatch, 1936.","Photostat copies: letter from Ellen M. Bagby of the Jamestown Committee of the APVA to Mr. Warner S. McCall of Gibson City, Illinois inviting him to Jamestown for the installation of the plaque honoring Edward Maria Wingfield; memo by Warner McCall read by Bishop Brown at the Annual meeting of the APVA and newspaper clippings of the event with picture of plaque.","Photostat copies of two early deeds from Jamestown from the Ambler Papers at the Library of Congress, \"Virginia:  Jamestown--Land Patents, Deeds, etc.\"         Four photographs from the National Park Service:         Plate 1:  Fragment of the Copeland or Chuckatuck Spoon Excavated at Jamestown,         Plate 2:  bowl fragment indentified as belonging to the handle of the type illustrated in Plate 1,         Plate 3:  fragment of pewter measure of the baluster type and         Plate 4:  drawing of drinking mug, restored.","Eight postcards from the Jamestown Exposition in 1907, showing:  Swiss village, harbor, view, lovers lane, Hotel Chamberlain, official seal of the Jamestown Exposition (1907), U.S. government Pier, and the winding trail.  (8 items).","Scope and Contents Ephemera from the 1957 Jamestown Celebration. Includes pamphlets, invitations, program for \"An Historical Pageant: Opechancanough, the Last Chief of the Powhatans\" given at the site of Pamunkee in West Point, Virginia, schedules, tickets, flyers, press releases and the program of a luncheon in honor of Thomas B. Stanley, Governor of Virginia, at the Savoy Hotel in London, England on October 9, 1956.  Includes two copies of the Virginia Gazette Special Edition on the 1957 Jamestown Festival and a report to the Virginia 350th Anniversary Celebration, \"Planning Hospital Services for Williamsburg, Virginia.\"","Four photographs from the National Park Service:","Plate 1:  Fragment of the Copeland or Chuckatuck Spoon Excavated at Jamestown,","Plate 2:  bowl fragment indentified as belonging to the handle of the type illustrated in Plate 1,","Plate 3:  fragment of pewter measure of the baluster type and","Plate 4:  drawing of drinking mug, restored.","Ephemera from the 350th Anniversary of Jamestown.  Includes the Virginia Department of Highways report on \"Traffic and the Jamestown Festival,\" \"Jamestown Festival Official Program,\" programs for the musical program at PBK in Williamsburg and the christening of the Susan Constant, Godspeed and Discovery, brochure entitled \"Souvenir of the Jamestown Festival 1957, Old World Heritage,\"Jamestown Festival brochure, brochure for \"The Founders,\" ticket stub for the festivities, and a Jamestown Anniversary Issue of the magazine \"Forth\".","Panoramic photograph of Jamestown Island, photograph of a building foundation and an aerial photograph of Jamestown, undated for probably early 20th century.  2 copies of the Supplement to the Virginia Gazette, dated June 28, 1957, about the Jamestown Festival.\nJohn Page to William Sherwood Deed, 1681/82.","Lexington Lottery Tickets, signed by Fisher and Jordan. 5 tickets.","Scope and Contents Lynchburg art club. Catalog of exhibition, 1929. 1 sheet. Flyer for \"Lynchburg Institute for Young Ladies\" conducted by Mr. And Mrs. Meany. undated. A flyer for the Morgantown Female Academy which is to be run by Mr. and Mrs. Meany, 1845, and a flyer for St. Mary's Female Seminary (Maryland) written by E.J. Meany, Principal. undated.","Scope and Contents Envelope from the business, Messrs. Lee Taylor and Co., Leaf Tobacco. undated. Receipt of William Turner and John F. Powell. August 22, 1795. Receipt of Capt. William Turner and John Poe, July 21, 1821. Receipt of Walter Irvine, Samuel Irvine and Proper Powell, July 11, 1796.","Program of the seventh annual assembly of the Virginia branch of the Huguenot Society of the founders of Manakin.  1937.  1 piece. Program of the seventh annual assembly of the Huguenot Society of the founders of Manakin.  1938.  1 piece. News letter of the seventh annual assembly of the Huguenot Society of the founders of Manakin.  1938.  1 piece.","A note giving the wording of the act of incorporation. 1799. 1 piece.","An airplane view. 1 piece.","To the pioneers of Newport News, Va. A historical sketch by George B. West. 1911. Typed copy. 1 piece. The Mariners' Museum. By Homer L. Ferguson. 9 p. illus. 28 cm. 1 piece. Advertising sheets and cards of merchants. 2 pieces.","Receipt for George [illegible] who lives at 453-21 Street, Newport News, Virginia.","Miscellaneous letters, broadsides, and pamphlets relating to Norfolk, Va., its history and people, including an 1804 letter describing a fire in Norfolk, an 1826 polling list, and an 1830 funeral invitation.","Scope and Contents Papers, 1804-1950, relating to Norfolk, Va. An artificial collection of letters, broadsides, and pamphlets relating to Norfolk, Va., its history and people. Includes letter, 1804, concerning fire in Norfolk; list, 1826, of votes for General Assembly election; funeral invitation, 1830; and printed material (Gray Lines Motor Tours schedule and advertisement, \"The Tidewater Trail,\" \"Norfolk's Historic Mace\" (1935), \"Christ Church Congregation\" by Robert Morton Hughes and program of \"Sesquicentennial Jubilee [of] Norfolk's Most Unusual Church [First Baptist]); broadside describing exhibitions and activities of Norfolk Museum of Arts and Science; and photograph of woodcut showing Market Square. 14 items.","Original, printed and miscellaneous material. W.B. Oliphant, Norfolk, Va., to Daniel Boehm, Philadelphia, Pa. Mention of the office of the Cashier of Dir[ection?] and Deposit in Norfolk; describes the fire which burned Norfolk, stating that \"its ravages [were more] than anything of the kind ever witnessed by me\"; requests two chests of Hyson Tea after reading of newly arrived shipments from India; also asks for candles and mustard in bottles, as well as a quarter cask of good Lisbon wine. 3 pp. ALS. March 24, 1804. Includes typescript. 1 p. List of voters casting their vote for either George Loyall of John S. Steed as the next delegate from Norfolk to the General Assembly. April 24, 1826 1 p. PD. Invitation to attend the funeral of Col. William Anderson, Norfolk, Va. June 13, 1830. 1 item. PC. Pamphlet entitled, \"Christ Church Congregation,\" by Robert Morton Hughes. 1937. 13 pp. PM. Program of the \"Sesquicentennial Jubilee [of] Norfolk's most Unusual Church, [First Baptist].\" 1950. 57 pp. PM. Schedule of Gray Line Motor Tours of the Norfolk and Virginia Beach area. 1929. 1 p. PM. \"The Tidewater Trail, a chronicle for Groups for Service Women in this Community,\" featuring an article about the Barton Myers home in Norfolk, Va. January 1, 1931. 16 pp. PM. A brief history and description of the Mace of Norfolk, entitled \"Norfolk's Historic Mace.\" 1935. 14 pp. PM. Advertising bill for Gray Line Motor Tours. n.d. 1 p. PM Advertisement of John B. Loughran, \"dealer in picture frames, looking glasses...and clocks,\" No. 182 Church St., Norfolk, Va. n.d. 1 p. PM. Handbill describing exhibitions and activities of the Norfolk Museum of Arts and Sciences. n.d. 1 p. PM. Black and white photograph, 8\" x 10\", of a woodcut of Market Square, Norfolk, Va. n.d. 1 item. Ph.","Scope and Contents S.W.B. Oliphant, Norfolk, Va., to Daniel Boehm, Philadelphia, Pa. Mention of the office of the Cashier of Dir[ection?] and Deposit in Norfolk; describes the fire which burned Norfolk, stating that \"its ravages [were more] than anything of the kind ever witnessed by me\"; requests two chests of Hyson Tea after reading of newly arrived shipments from India; also asks for candles and mustard in bottles, as well as a quarter cask of good Lisbon wine. 3 pp.  ALS.  Including typescript.  1 p.","Advertisement for subscription to the \"Day Book\" for Norfolk and Portsmouth residents. Ca. 1870. Note: Photographs from the 1907 Jamestown Exposition held in Norfolk, Virginia are filed under James City County, Virginia in the Virginia Counties Collection.","Scope and Contents Pocahontas Playbill. undated.","A letter from P.H. Drewry, 13 September 1922, regarding his proposed history of Petersburg. 1 piece. Tabb Street Presbyterian Church. List of members, 1867. Printed. 1 piece. Advertising sheets and cards of business houses. 3 pieces.","Scope and Contents Photographs of the Virginia State College for Negroes in Petersburg, Virginia. undated. Account book from the Petersburg area. Earliest legible date is 1765. Partial. Fragile. Some names legible. Fragments of invoices from the Petersburg area. Fragile. Legible names: Mr. Buchanan, John Smith, Charles Hudson, Littlebury White, Buckner Raney, Mrs. Elizabeth Randolph and William Hamlin. 1759-1789. 8 items. Advertising card form the Davis Carriage Company. undated. Article on Blandford's Church from \"The Commonwealth Magazine\". June 1954. Report by the Association Preservation Petersburg Antiquities on the Pride Family and Pride's Field. Includes newspaper articles and photographs. February 4, 1938. Copy of legal document about moving a road near Blandford. Includes plat and list of all tithables on the land of Bollingbrook Ward. May 1787.","History of Portsmouth. By Mildred M. Holladay. In the Portsmouth Star, 19 January 1936. 1 piece. A deed given by Tapley Webb and others conveying a tract of land in Portsmouth to Purnal Pitts. 1812. 1 piece.","Scope and Contents Six black and white photographs of the Providence Forge Mill showing inside and outside of mill. undated.","Papers, ca. 1793-1931, relating to Richmond, Va. Includes photographs, engravings, broadsides, programs of art exhibits, advertising cards, correspondence, and newspaper clippings.","Scope and Contents Newspaper clipping - \"Richmond, Virginia, in 1793, an unpublished manuscript of the Reverend Henry Toulmin, a visiting English clergyman (information obtained from Colonel Gamble, a merchant of Richmond). 1 item. [concluding article only]. Newspaper clipping of a letter, 17 April 1878, from S. Bassett French to John Letcher concerning the riot in Richmond, 2 April 1863. 1 item. Two copies of articles on the history of Richmond by Edward V. Valentine, William G. Stanard, Mary Newton Stanard, Douglas S. Freeman, H. J. Eckenrode and Sally Nelson Robbins, in the Richmond News-Leader, 29 December 1924. Advertising sheet of Richmond's business, enterprise and attractions. undated. 1 item. Prospectus of...Richmond, capital of Virginia [approaches to its history]...Whittet and Shepperson, 1937. 1 item. Photograph of an engraved view of Richmond. Engravings (2 copies) of \"Richmond from the James.\" New York: D. Appleton \u0026 Co., 1871. Engraving of Richmond, n.d.","Typescript (carbon copy) concerning Richmond Academy of Fine Arts. Printed card concerning Memorial Volume of Virginia Historical Portraiture, 1585-1830. Broadside, 1937, concerning exhibit of chapbooks and battledores at the Valentine Museum. Program, 1938, for Steuben Glass exhibit at Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. Program, 1939, of exhibit of watercolors by Edmund S. Campbell. Agreement (unexecuted carbon copy), 1918, between Manchester National Bank of Richmond and Bank of Commerce and Trusts. Photographs (printed) of Richmond buildings. Engravings of capitol building Richmond (London: Published 1831, I. T. Hinton \u0026 Simpkin and Marshall). Newspaper clipping, 1925, concerning Virginia House. Advertisement poster re: Virginia House [in Windsor Farms, owned by Va. Historical Society. Was home of Ambasador Weddell]. Filed in Mapcase. Advertising materials (cards, broadsides and blotters). 37 items. (One item, re: Dietz Publishing Company is filed in Mapcase).","Scope and Contents Broadside, 1 April 1875, of First Baptist Church, Richmond. Invitation, 1859, to Monumental Church. Invitation, 1865, to St. Paul's Church. Bulletin, 23 November 1930, of Second Baptist Church. Letter, 1846, concerning schooner, Caroline. Broadside (copies) concerning \"Civic Association\" and \"Committee on Charter Changes.\"","Scope and Contents 29 January 1882 J. A. Cantrell, [?] to Carrie Irwin, Grace Chapel. Impending visit of [?] Doggett and [?] Saunders. 1 p. ALS. 4 November 1890 Milton F. Paddock, Rector, St. Andrew's Church, Philadelphia, Pa., to Thomas Browder, Richmond, Va. Since Grace Church is to lose Dr. [?] Jackson, recommends Charles A. Rickseeker. 3 pp. ALS. 7 January 1895 Mary E. Warren [Richmond, Va.] to Dr. Jno. R. Wheat, [Richmond, Va.] Account of money spent fro Christmas decorations. 4 pp. ALS. 6 April 1895 Gynne A. Lyell, Richmond, Va., to President of the Ladies' Aid Society, Grace Church, Richmond, Va. Expiration of terms of members of musical committee. 8 April 1895 Virginia M. Robinson, [Richmond, Va.], to President, Ladies' Aid Society, Grace Church [Richmond, Va.] Music committee. 3 pp. ALS. 5 March 1917 Robert A. Goodwin, Richmond, Va., to Vestry of Grace Church, Richmond, Va. Resignation as assistant minister. 1 p. ALS. January 1918 Memorial to Lucy Ambler Mason by Vestry of Grace Church. 2 pp. TD. 15 March 1918 Alms Boxes Report. 1 p. D. 5 March 1918 Report of Junior Auxiliary. 2 pp. D. 16 January 1919 L. U. McCabe, The Chancel Chapter, Grace Church, Richmond, Va., to Mrs. E. O. McCabe et al. Solicitation for contributing members. 1 p. TL. Verso bears agenda for a meeting. 1 p. D. 25 March 1919 Report of Grace Church Auxiliary of the Red Cross. Signed Mary A. Randolph. 5 pp. DS. 28 March 1919 Report of Chancel Guild. By L. U. McCabe. 4 pp. on 1 leaf. DS. 28 March 1919 Report of Woman's Guild of Grace Episcopal Church. Lists donations to War Relief Fund, to Lucy Ambler Mason Leper Memorial Fund, to aid in Influenza Epidemic (soup and milk), to adopt French orphan, and given to Richmond charities. 3 pp. DS. 7 July 1919 William H. Palmer, Richmond, Va., to Austin Brockenbrough, Richmond, Va. Leaves town for a prolonged stay. 1 p. ALS. Encloses letter, 3 July 1919, of William H. Palmer, Richmond, Va., to Vestry, Grace Protestant Episcopal Church, Richmond, Va. Resigning as vestryman. 1 p. ALS. 4 August 1919 William H. Palmer, Blacksburg, Va., to Austin Brockenbrough, Richmond, Va. Prevented by ill-health from attending vestry meetings and unable to attend duties as senior warden. 1 p. ALS. 5 January 1920; 8 March 1920 Minutes of vestry meetings. 4 pp. D. undated Report of Junior Auxiliary, signed by Maude Cooke, treasurer. 1 p. DS. undated Report of Chancel Chapter. Signed Lily Urquhart McCabe. 4 pp. ADS. undated Report of Primary Department, Grace Church Sunday School. 1 p. TD. undated Report of Grace Church Chapter of the Brotherhood of St. Paul. Signed by Stuart Cooke. 2pp. DS.","Organizations Letters, 1883, concerning Amateur Dramatic Club. Reports, 1856-1857, of board of directresses of Female Humane Association. Invitation, 1847, of Home Club [to meet at home of Joseph R. Anderson]. Four letters, 1853-1854, to Richmond Athenaeum (from Philip Slaughter, James F. Field, and J. Wood Johns). Announcement, 1884, of meeting of Richmond Microscopic Society. Broadside, 1931, concerning Virginia Historical Society. Two letters, 1911, of Grace M. Dodge re: YMCA. Letter, 1911, of John D. Rockefeller, Jr., re: YMCA. Letter, 1911, of A. Beirne Blair re: YMCA. Letter, 1911, of L. S. Joffe re: YMCA. Program, 1903, of Academy of Music. Program, 3 February 1930, The Artists Series of Concerts (Boston Symphony Orchestra). Legal Petition, ca. 1887, of A. A. Branch, executrix of her husband Thomas Branch's estate to award his daughter her annuity in one lump sum. Deed, 1858, of confirmation between Francis J. Brand, Willie Graseser, and Mary Selle and Charles Selle for a lot in Richmond [Brand was trustee for Mary Selle]. Deed, 1880, of confirmation by Joseph Francis Beyer to Glaser. Deed, 1907, between Isaac Digges and Benj. Barret for Isaac Digges interest in Va. Corporation Digest. Memorandum, 1823, re: John Van Lew \u0026 Co. Petition, 1869, of James Duke for a re-hearing in case of John Van Lew v. Duke. Account, 1836, re: selling of Swan Tavern. Third person letter re: lot on 12th St. Judgement, 1833, in Crump vs. Wren administrator, etc. Judgement, 1833, in Cotton \u0026 Clark. Notice, 1870, of motion for injunction in Ruper v. Sedgewick. Order, 1807, to pay Peter Gordon for defense of Alexander Spotswood. Deed, 1807, from Samuel McCraw and Geo. Fisher, trustees and Margretta West to Samuel Myers for Quesnay's Academy ground. Lease, 1861, from Spiro Zetila to Alfred Paul. Negative photocopy of letter, 1784, of Turner [?] to Clerk of Henrico re: lots in Richmond. Notes, 1888, concerning correspondence concerning a house and lot in Richmond.","Administrator, executor or guardian, 1856-1870. 46 items. Commissioner of revenue for the city of Richmond, 1856-1860. 3 items. Inspector of tobacco in the city of Richmond, 1871-1873. 3 items. Minister, 1861-1888. 18 items. Notary public for the city of Richmond, Hanover and Henrico counties, 1856-1893. 125 items. Sergeant of the city of Richmond, 1888. 1 item. Sheriff of the city of Richmond, 1856. 2 items. Treasurer of the city of Richmond, 1888. 1 item. Fragments of bonds. 2 items.","Scope and Contents Advertisements Advertisement, n.d., for a lecture by A. Edward Newton. Filed in Mapcase. Advertisement, 1939, Musicians Club of Richmond. Advertisement for lectures at Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. Advertisement for the Cavalcade of the Cavaliers Pageant. Advertisement for \"Strange Interlude\" by Eugene O'Neill at Lyric Theater. Advertisement, 1931, for Westinghouse Salutes Richmond. Posters Poster for San Carlo Opera at the Mosque. Filed in Mapcase. Poster, 18-19 May 1928, for Adventure Days in Richmond. Filed in Mapcase. Richard Adams Papers Accounts, 1785-1811, of Richard Adams [probably two men, one of whom died in 1800]. Bond, 1787, of Richard Adams (executor of Thomas B. Adams). Letter, 1792, to Richard Adams. Order, 1811, of Richard Adams. Bond, 1805, of Cyrus Griffin to Richard Adams. Order, 1810, of Cyrus Griffin. Bonds Fidelity bond, 1867, of Samuel C. Greenhow and William H. Haxall to administer estate. Fidelity bond, 1868, of John Johns, Jr., and Bradley T. Johnson. Bond, 1802, of John Mayo with Edward Carrington, trustee for Elizabeth Anne Mayo. Bond, 1854, of J. B. Morton, Hugh W. Fry, Arthur A. Morson, and John M. Patton with Richmond and York River Railroad. Bond, 1816, of Richard E. Parker and William Foushee, Sr, with trustees of Richmond Academy. Correspondence Letter, 1841, of George Jones to Committee of the Marshall Theater Request, 1822, of L. W. Dandridge, J. E. Dandridge, and James Rawlings, attorney for Rob. F. Dandridge, trustee for S. A. Williams. Correspondence, 1912, of Ordway Puller to Samuel B. Dunstan and statement of Dunstan re: sale of property. Programs Program, n.d., of Academy of Music (Johann Strauss). Program, 1930, of Adventure Days. Program, n.d., of Academy of Music (\"The Newly-Weds and their Baby.\") Program, 1905, of \"Magda\" at Lyric Theatre. Program, 1929, \"Marco Millions\" and other plays. Photographic images of Richmond Schools.","Scope and Contents History of Richmond's Social Service Societies of the 19th and 20th Centuries by Elwood Street, Director of the Richmond Community Fun handwritten cover by J. Luther Kibler when radio addresses acquired. Copies of typed radio addresses, Numbers 1-11 and 17 to 56, given by Elwood Street from 1942 to 1948. Includes correspondence between Elwood Street, Director of the Richmond Community Fund, and J. Luther Kibler about Mr. Street's articles in Virginia's county courthouses. Business card for \"Moore \u0026 Scott, Commission Merchants\" located at Nos. 1316 and 1318 Cary Street, Richmond, Virginia.","Scope and Contents Numbers 1 - 31 of the radio addresses entitled \"Richmond's Home Fires\" given at radio station WMBG by Elwood Street, Director, the Richmond Community Council and the Richmond Community Fund. 1942 and 1943.","Scope and Contents Numbers 23 - 56 of the radio addresses entitled \"War and Community\" given at radio station WMBG by Elwood Street, Director, the Richmond Community Council and the Richmond Community Fund. 1943.","Scope and Contents Brochures \"A Tour of Historic Richmond\" arranged for the convenience of guests in Richmond by Hotel John Marshall.  1940. \"Picturesque Richmond, Richmond, VA and her Suburbs\", published by the J.L. Hill Printing Company.  1891. \"Footpaths in Historic Richmond.\"  1944. Cardboard placard, \"This Virginia State Flag,\" about a flag made at No. 1 West Franklin Street in the winter of 1864-1865 by Sallie Radford Munford.  Placed by the Richmond Chaper, United Daughters of the  Confederacy.  1941. Buildings and Scenes Small pamphlet on the Virginia House in Winsor Farms. Copies of engravings of scenes in Richmond by Margeret Dasheill, Episcopal Home in Richmond, Virginia.  1940. Note card of St. John's Church.  undated. Copy of a woodcut of the Virginia Capitol Building by Frieda Koontz.  1939. Account of stewardship at the Craig House.  1937. Newspaper article on the Old Mud House in Powhatan County.  undated. Businesses and Advertisements Blank checks from Office of the Greenwood Mining Company on the Farmer's Bank of Virginia in 1800's, Citizen's Bank of Richmond in the 1880's, Mechanics' Bank in New York in the 1830's and George D. Mayo on the First National Bank in Richmond, Virginia in 1910. Writing paper from Murphy's Hotel (3 sheets) and an advertisement or paper covering for \"Dove's Comp. Fluid\" by S.E. Dove of Richmond, Virginia.  undated. Broadside for a sideshow presented by George J. Johnson and Son, Richmond.  Acts are Gazzell, Mermaid and the Sea and Punch and Judy.  undated. Brochure advertising the sale of \"Richmond, Capital of Virginia (Approaches to its History) by Various Hands\" published by Whittet and Shepperson.  1937. Gary's Autographic Tablet advertisement, manufactured and sold by A.J. Gary, Richmond, Virginia.  undated. \"Catalogue of Mme. Demorest's reliable Patterns of the Fashion.\"  1875. \"Richmond Produce Price Current\"  of  W.D. Tompkins and Bro., General Commission Merchants.  June 18, 1868. Advertisement for the sale of books by Richmond Authors in Historic Linden Row.  Linden Corner Book Sellers.  1953. Advertisement for William C. West, Architect and Superintendent.  1892. WRVA Brochures on their daily radio programs.  May 1947 – March 1951.","Scope and Contents Museums and Historical Societies Pamphlet and cards from the Valentine Museum. 4 items. Ca 1940's. Invitations and other material from the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. Ca 1940's. Papers General Assembly of Virginia Resolution thanking people and businesses in Richmond for their courtesies during the 1924 General Assembly. February 29, 1924. Subscription to \"Hillyer's American Railroad Magazine\" from a subscriber in Richmond, Virginia. March 1, 1859. Legal Receipt from Thomas W. Doswell, Sheriff of Richmond. James L. and J.W. Richardson are mentioned. 1856. Religion Baptism certificate for Mary Latham Willis in the Broad Street Station in Richmond, Virginia by a member of the Virginia Conf. , M.E. Church, South. 1874. Card about \"A Popular Lecture by Rev. J.J. Lafferty\" at the Clay-Street Methodist Church. September 13. Back cover of a book from the Clay Street Sunday School Library. Social Miller and Rhoads announcement for a \"Book and Author Dinner.\" undated. Richmond Lodge, No. 10, request, \"Brother, You are requested to attend your Brethren at their Lodge Room, on Tuesday evening next, at 7 o'clock. By order of the Master. John Fox, Sec'y. Richmond, September 7, 1799. Memorial Bazaar flyer for bazaar to raise money for the Confederate Museum and monument. April 11, 1893. Invitation letter from the Junior League of Richmond for a Book and Author Dinner. March 26, 1948. Brochures from concerts and plays: \"A Streetcar named Desire,\" 1950; \"Carousel\"by the Astra Company of Richmond, undated; \"Annie Get Your Gun with Mary Martin,\" undated; \"The Howards of Virginia\", undated; newspaper review of La Argentina, undated; Boston Symphony Orchestra in 193 and T. Michaux Moody productions, \"Conchita Supervia\" in 1932, \"The Bluebird\" newspaper review and a brochure, \"Lawrence Tibbett\" in 1931. Proclamation by the Mayor of Richmond, J. Fulmer Bright, about the creation of \"The Virginia Capital Bicentennial Commission\" and proclaiming a Home-Coming Fortnight to be held September 12th, 1937. 2 copies. Brochure for \"Adventure Days\" conducted by Inter-Club Council. 1930. Brochure for \"Cavalcade of the Cavaliers\" at the Hotel John Marshall. September 13 to 25.","General Assembly of Virginia Resolution thanking certain people and businesses for their courtesies during the 1924 General Assembly.  February 29, 1924.","Scope and Contents Three programs for the Richmond Theatre, undated, but probably the late 19th century. 1881 price list for John Laird's Green-houses, located at Grace and Broad, between Henry and Smith Streets. Also called Grace Street Gardens. Front cover of \"Catalogue of the Southern Female Institute\" in Richmond, Virginia for Session 1866-1867. D. Lee Powell, A.M., was the principal.","Scope and Contents Removed from Folder 2 Advertisement poster re: Virginia House [in Windsor Farms, owned by Va. Historical Society. Was home of Ambasador Weddell] Certificate of Master Craftsman for August A. Dietz, Jr. Removed from Folder 6 Poster for E. Edward Newton Lecture Handwritten San Carlo Opera poster \"Adventure Days in Richmond, Va\" poster.","Deed given by George D. White and wife, 12 March 1895, conveying certain lots in the city of Roanoke to Mrs. E. C. Barksdale. 1 piece.","Scope and Contents Advertising card for \"Miss Millie Booz\" a \"fashionable Milliner and Mantuajaker.\" Found in 1830 Staunton Spectator. undated.","Contract with Isaac Sheetz to build the Strasburg Academy.","A note regarding the burning of Suffolk in 1779. 1 item.","Brochure on Washington, Virginia.","Scope and Contents An artificial grouping of papers, 1632-1973, relating to Williamsburg, Va. Includes maps, articles, drawings, letters, material concerning the Battle of Williamsburg, papers concerning the Black population, photographs of buildings, church bulletins, papers concerning civic organizations, deeds, leases, tax receipts, advertisements, papers concerning education and items relating to Colonial National Historical Park. The materials that comprise this collection were donated in batches to W\u0026M Special Collections Research Center by John D. Haskell, Jr., John Lawrence, Brian Blouet, Parke Rouse, and Staunton Aylor between the years of 1993 and 2001. Some materials in this collection were purchased by W\u0026M Special Collections Research Center. Related material: Material given by the Williamsburg Historic Records Association has been accessioned and filed individually. Enter \"Williamsburg Historic Records Association\" as \"Creator\" to see these accessions. Mss. 79 Sw4 Earl Gregg Swem Papers, 2008.364 addition: this group may originally have been part of folders 4 and 7 of the Williamsburg Papers. Mss. 1.09 Williamsburg (Va.) Ephemera Collection, 1892-[ongoing] Mss. 91 B38 Bruton Parish Church (Williamsburg, Va.) Records, 1662-[ongoing] Mss. Acc. 1991.43 Williamsburg, Yorktown, and Jamestown (Va.) Photographs, circa 1890-1930 Some newspaper runs were removed from this collection and added the newspaper collection.","Historical and descriptive articles, maps, and general views of the town (in chronological order). Includes transcripts from printed sources.","Pencil sketch of the view of Williamsburg from the south (about 1860) by Mary Wall Christian from original by J. A. Graham.","Watercolor view of Williamsburg from the south by Emily Sneed from original by J. A. Graham.","Scope and Contents Blueprints of maps of Williamsburg. \"Palisades 1632-83\" (Colonial Williamsburg Research and Development Office, 1 November 1933). \"Maps showing location of Palisades 1632-83 in relation to Bland's Survey of 1699 and the layout of the City of Williamsburg\" (Colonial Williamsburg Architectural Dept., February 1949). \"Map showing approximate location of the 17th century horse path which went through Williamsburg prior to 1699 when this are was known as Middle Plantation\" (Colonial Williamsburg Architectural Dept., 3 October 1942).","Transcript of Earl Dunmore's letter - a historical and general view of Williamsburg.","Transcript of letters to George Washington concerning defense of Williamsburg from Charles Lee, 1776.","List of arms removed from Governor's Palace on 24 June 1775, by American colonists after Lord Dunmore's escape.","Scope and Contents Various articles from \"The Virginia Argus\" in early 19th century.","Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, dated 15 October 1881, with an article and illustrations of Williamsburg at that time period.","Ordinances of the City of Williamsburg in effect 1 October 1895.","Historical and descriptive articles, maps, and general views of the town.","National Geographic articles about Colonial Williamsburg dated 1954 and 1968.","Several programs from services commemorating I-Day and victory of WWII.","Booklet entitled Facts about Williamsburg and vicinity, dated 1900.","Booklet entitled Richmond to Jamestown via America's most historic river, dated 1938.","The Journal of American History, 1919, includes several photographs of Colonial Williamsburg and the College of William and Mary.","Charter. 2 copies, including a 1722 Contemporary copy. Filed in Locked Section.","Pen and ink sketch, photgraphic copies and correspondence with Earl Gregg Swem concerning the seal.","Photostatic copy of ten pages from Cornwallis' orderly book when he was in Williamsburg in 1781. A note concerning Pennsylvania officers near Williamsburg in the summer of 1781. A sketch of Patrick Henry addressing the Virginia Assembly.","Scope and Contents Papers relating to the Civil War. See also, addition Mss. Acc. 1995.39. Diary: 1861 Photographic copy of a diary and memorandum book of Samuel E. Holt, surgeon in the Confederate Army, stationed at Williamsburg and Yorktown, 3 September - 23 October 1861. (The original is in the possession of Mrs. Eva Rosseau, Williamsburg, Va.) Typescripts of letters: 1862 Typescripts of letter of Gen. Philip Kearny to his wife, 7 May 1862, and 15 May 1862. (Originals in the Library of Congress.) Letter: 4 October 1862 Robert F. Cole, Williamsburg, Va., to [?], certifying that his iron grey mare was taken from him by order of Lt. Col. Smith. Letter: 7 October 1862 Major J. P. Wilson, Head Quarters 5th Penna. Cavalry, to Captain G. C. Johnston, A.A.G., Yorktown, Va. stating when he will make a report of all the horses taken from citizens of Williamsburg. Letter: November 19, 1862. Mrs. M.N. Munford, Williamsburg, to Gen. [Henry A.] Naglee requesting his aid against thefts by runaway negroes and soldiers, especially the use of a government wagon to haul fuel and his assistance, in obtaining medicine for herself. Letter: 16 May 1865 Sallie Munford, at Tazewell Hall, to Lizzie Ewell, describing conditions in Williamsburg. Letter: 8 April 1866 Robert M. West at North East P.O., Cecil County, Maryland, to Benjamin S. Ewell concerning the theft of valuables from the home of Miss Gabriella Galt and destruction at the College of William and Mary by Union troops. Engraving: Engraving of the \"Battle of Williamsburg\" from the original painting by Chappel in the possession of the publishers (Johnson, Fry \u0026 Co., Publishers, N.Y.) Correspondence and notes of Dr. Earl G. Swem about the Battle of Williamsburg.","Scope and Contents 1862 articles concerning the Battle of Williamsburg, 5 May 1862: New York Daily Tribune, 8 May 1862; New York Daily Tribune,10 May 1862, Pages 7-8; New York Tribune, 13 May 1862, Pages 1-2; New York Daily Tribune, 13 May 1862, Pages 11-12; New York Daily Tribune, 12 May 1862, Pages 3-4 and New York Daily Tribune, 12 May 1862, Pages 5-6. Brochure: \"Williamsburg in the Civil War\" published by the Williamsburg Civil War Committee. Photographs of drawings of Williamsburg and Fort Magruder and Other Confederate Earth-Works, 6 May 1862. Description of the Battle of Williamsburg, Comte De Paris. Article on Fall of Fort Magruder.","The Peninsula Guide, 1936; The Cradle of the Republic - Williamsburg, Jamestown, \u0026 Yorktown, 1924; The Cradle of the Nation, 1931 and a brochure, \"When Washington's Sweetheart Fainted.\"","Scope and Contents Advisory Committee of Historians of Colonial Williamsburg, Incorporated, June 1939-November 1941 Antiques Forum with an index of people, places, things, events and more. undated. Correspondence between Earl Gregg Swem and Dr. W.A.R. Goodwin between November 1928 and December 1929.","Correspondence between Earl Gregg Swem and Dr. W.A.R. Goodwin from January - March, 1930.","Correspondence between Earl Gregg Swem and Dr. W.A.R. Goodwin from April - June, 1930.","Correspondence between Earl Gregg Swem and Dr. W.A.R. Goodwin from July - December 1930.","Correspondence between Earl Gregg Swem and Dr. W.A.R. Goodwin between November 1931 and December 1932.","Correspondence between Earl Gregg Swem and Dr. W.A.R. Goodwin between January 1933 and July 1935.","Minutes of the Advisory Committee of Historians of Colonial Williamsburg, Incorporated.","Circulars, 1930-1939. Exhibition of American Folk Art bulletin","Scope and Contents September 1866 John Anderson, Claremont [?] to J. H. Crump, n.p. Asks him to reserve half his wages until 12 June 1868 V. C. Armstrong, Fort Monroe, Va., to Rev. A. Dunlop. Notification that repairs will be made to the church of which he is the pastor. 1 p. ALS. 26 May 1869 Appointment as Registering Officer for 3rd Registration Precinct for Alexander Dunlop. Signed by Edward [Richard Sprigg] Canby. 1 p. DS. 24 March 1874 Inventory of personal property of W. W. Cumber. Taken by Frank Smith, Norton Moses Weaver, \u0026 Samuel Smith. Appraised by County of York. 2 pp. D. undated Receipt for rent of school house to the Trustees of Public School No. 3 (A. Dunlop and F. S. Norton). 1 p. DS. debt to Alexander Dunlop [Williamsburg, Va.] is paid. 1 p. ALS. Obituary of Dr. James Blaine Blayton, Sr., a physician in Williamsburg, Virginia. December 18, 2002.","List to be sold by Dixon \u0026 Hunter, 11 February 1775 Dietz Press Listing","Photographs and descriptive material of buildings: Michel's drawing of Williamsburg buildings. 2 copies. Prints of buildings. Audrey House.","Capitol Court House (Old) Eastern Lunatic Asylum","Governor's Palace","Kerr-Vest Kitchen Market Square Tavern Masonic Hall Methodist Episcopal Church Powder Magazine Providence Hall","Data on the Public Prison compiled from original sources for The Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities by Elizabeth Schmucker Stubbs, 1929.","Raleigh Tavern Tazewell Hall Theater Travis House Tucker House Tyler House Benjamin Waller House Williamsburg Inn (Old) Williamsburg Inn (New) Wythe House Unidentified Buildings Williamsburg Property  Scrapbook of photographs of Williamsburg houses taken about 1921. Mounted photographs of Williamsburg houses.","Advertising sheets, brochures, cards, and newspaper accounts of banks and business houses.","Progress report.","Auction advertisements.","Factory catalog, 1991 (first catalog).","Controversy concerning sermon by the Rev. Cotesworth P. Lewis, 12 November 1967, before President Lyndon B. Johnson. Includes copy of sermon, newspaper clippings, statements from the Congressional Record. History of Bruton Parish Church. Poster \"Art Exhibit...by Mrs. T. Bonne-Millar...at Bruton Parish House. 1944. Filed in Box 19, Folder 5, Williamsburg (folder 13).","Organ recital programs, 1939-1941. One poster, 1943, filed in Box 19, Folder 5, Williamsburg (folder 14). Weekley bulletins, 1928-1945.","Booklets, 1947 \u0026 1949.","Poster, 1951. Announcements, 1944-1946. Filed in Box 19, Folder 5, Williamsburg. (folder 15a).","Announcements.","Bulletins, 1936-1938 \u0026 1942","Bulletins, 1943-1948","Bulletins, 1949-1953.","Announcements, brochures, bulletins, 1949. Brochure, Methodist Sites in Historic Williamsburg.","Bulletins.","Bulletins","Bulletins.","Epworth League program.  Winter 1924.","Scope and Contents Pamphlet for \"A Call to Prayer\" on the wsorld Day of Prayer sponsored by the United Council of Church Women. March 4, 1949. \"Bicentennial of Worship\" article from the Daily Press about the First Baptist Church formed by African Americans. 1996.","American Civic Association Correspondence. Cleaning up. n.d. Community Center, 1954. Community Christmas Events. Community Counvil. Community Fund, 1953. Community Sings. County Council of Women's Clubs. Youth Welfare Council.","American Association of University Women. Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities, Colonial Capitol Branch: List of members, 1916. Notice, 1939. Business Men's Association, 1901. Chautauqua Association. Exchange Club flyers. (filed in Box 19, Folder 5, Williamsburg (folder 17). Garden Club: Garden Week. Newspaper articles, 1973. Programs, 1935-1936. Brochures, 1950-1956. Yearbook, 1941-1942. Garden Symposium.","Lion's Club. Officers' Wives Club. Pulaski Club: Two letter heads and one newspaper clipping. Red Cross: One membership card, 1929. Soroptimist Club. Swimming Club. Tidewater Guidance Clinic. United Service Organizaitons Club. United World Federalists. Virginia Federation Home Demonstration Club. Williamsburg Film Study Group. Williamsburg Junior Chamber of Commerce. Williamsburg Regional Library Association. Young Women's Club.","Programs.","American Association of University Women: Program and ballot, 1930. Hampton Roads Chemists' Club: Circular, 1931. National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. Poetry Society: Programs, 1928-1936. Society of American Archivists. Southeastern Regional Conference of Law Teachers. Virginia Society, Sons of the American Revolution.","Scope and Contents Account of Williamsburg Resident, 1749 Account of John Dameron with Secretary Thomas Nelson, with account of certificate recorded by Benjamin Waller. 1 p. DS. Account of Williamsburg Resident, 1749 Castleton Harper and John Curd in account with Secretary Thomas Nelson, signed by Benjamin Waller. 1 p. DS. Account of Williamsburg Resident, 1749 Account of Colonel Joshua Fry with Secretary Nelson. Signed by Benjamin Waller. 1 p. DS. Account of Williamsburg Resident, April 1768 Account of Samuel Havistone, 1766, with the auditors with statement of account by Robert Prentis, Williamsburg. 1 p. DS. Account of Williamsburg Resident, 1768 Account of John \u0026 Gerry Smith with Secretary Thomas Nelson with account of recording certificate for probating Smith's bill, signed by Benjamin Waller. 1 p. DS. Bassett, William, 1717 Indenture given by trustees of the city of Williamsburg to William Bassett of New Kent County conveying six lots in the city. 14 October 1717. 2 pp. DS including photostatic copies of indenture. Berkeley (?), 1883 Photostatic copies of three letters from Frank to \"Berry\" and \"Monie\", 1883 and n.d. from the Berkeley Papers, University of Virginia Library. Custis, John, 1714 . (filed in Box 19, Folder 5, Williamsburg (folder 19). Photostatic copy of indenture, 1 February 1823, between Thomas Nelson, Jr., George Washington Nelson, William Meade, and Thomasia (Nelson) Meade, his wife, and Dr. Alexander Galt for the purchase of a house and lot by Dr. Galt. 2 pp. Cy of DS. John T. James, 1859 Flyer, 28 July 1859, advertising sale of farm three miles from Williamsburg. 1 p. PM. Mouzon, Samuel R., 9 January 1824 Advertised by John T. James. (Filed in Box 19, Folder 5, Williamsburg (folder 19). Receipt of Samuel R. Mouzon for his share of the estate of William Nelson of Williamsburg, $218.64 1/2. 1 p. DS. Tyler [ ], 1812 Typed copy of an advertisement by in the Richmond Enquirer, 2 October 1812, offering for rent a dwelling in Williamsburg, recently occupied by Chancellor Tyler.","Teterel, Francis: Policies and premium receipts. 1807-1925 Waters, Sarah: Policies and premium receipts. 1796-1799 Webb, Walter W.: Receipt for premium. 1825.","Wedding Announcement, 1939","Deed given by the trustees on the city of Williamsburg to John Custis conveying three lots in the city. Signed by John Clayton and William Robertson","Indenture given by trustees of the city of Williamsburg to William Bassett of New Kent County conveying six lots in the city. 14 October 1717. 2 pp. DS including photostatic copies of indenture. Berkeley (?), 1883","Anderson, Robert A contract for purchase of corn and fodder from John T. Marston. 1835. Cocke, Doctor Doctor Cocke of old Williamsburg. A printed article. Reprinted form the Medical Times, October 1936. Fresheau [Freneau], Peter Peter Fresheau [Freneau], Williamsburg, Virginia, to Mrs. Maryanne Scott, New York, 25 April 1749. Order to pay Charles Stewart the sum of five pounds sterling. Hundley, Jack \"They've sold the town.\" poem. 1929. Hunter, William Typed memoranda concerning William Hunter. Johnson, James James Johnson vs. Henry Wilson. Suit. 1842. Parks, Eleanor Typed copy of renunciation of benefit from will of William Parks. 1750. Parks, William Typed copy of will. 1750. Correspondence concerning a memorial to William Parks. 1922. Pelham, Ann Creese Silhouette of Ann Creese Pelham, wife of Peter Pelham. Richard, Milly Vicksburg, Miss., to Captain Thomas Russell, n.p., Va. 8 July 1868. A former slave who belonged to Scervant Jones inquires about her relations. She was Milly Armstrong. 2 pp. ALS. Rind, William Copy of inventory and appraisement of the estate of William Rind. 1773. Scott, Robert G. Typed copy of an advertisement of Robert G. Scott, attorney. In the Richmond Enquirer, 27 October 1812. Smith, Sydney Williamsburg, Va., to Henry Smith, 1/2 Way House, York Co., Va., 23 February 1854. Discusses local grassroots politics and his intention to run for Commonwealths attorney. 3 pp. ALS. Taliaferro, Charles Typescript about portrait. Warwick, Eliza Typed copies of correspondence of Eliza Warwick of Williamsburg, Va., 1801-1803. Originals in the Valentine Museum.","Affidavits denying that demonstrations were made against the United States by Williamsburg militia.  1872.","Announcements, newspaper clippings, etc.","Advertisements.","Advertisements.","Advertisements.","Advertisements.","Advertisements.","Advertisements.","Advertisements.","Advertisements.","Scope and Contents Advertisements and other written material for moving pictures. Poster for \"The Baker's Wife\" is filed in Box 19, Folder 5, Williamsburg (folder 29).","Garland of Spring Carols.","Receipt for the subscription to the Virginia Gazette., 1930 Outline of W. J. Johnston as editor of the Virginia Gazette.","Programs and posters.","Sheet of paper made by the Williamsburg Restoration illustrating the water mark of William Parks.","Barter Theater and Children's Theater Programs, announcements. Little Theater League., 1929-1938 Programs, announcements, and posters. Other Organizations, 1785, 1925-1930 Notes, programs, circulars, and posters.","Addresses and cards.  1875, 1924, 1931, 1948","Dedication program, 12 May 1962.","The Evening Press. Catalog of type specimens. The Williamsburg Bulletin (1945), Gardiners Virginia Gazette (1942) and The Evening Press (July 1942).  All of the above were edited and printed by Joseph Rowe Gardiner.","Scope and Contents Souvenir booklet of the Williamsburg Pre-Restoration Old-Timers reunion, November 1-2, 1980 (Samuel \"Billy\" D. Royall, printer).","Williamsburg Female Academy and Williamsburg Male Academy. Letters of application and recommendation for teaching position in the proposed male and female schools, 1849. Williamsburg Female Academy and Williamsburg Male Academy.","Photostats, 1811 Photostats from the Berkeley Papers, University of Virginia to Carter Berkeley, pertaining to schools in Williamsburg, 1811. Filed in Box 19, Folder 5, Williamsburg (folder 32). Advertisement, 1805 A newspaper advertisement concerning Mr. Anderson's school for young ladies. Photostatic copy. April 30, 1805, Richmond Enquirer. Letter, 1820 A letter from Margaret Page, at Williamsburg, to John Page, at Union Town, Monroe County, Virginia, 19 January 1820, mentioning the opening of Mr. Morse's school for young ladies. (See Page-Saunders Papers, Folder 1). Letter, 1849 William Hodges, Washington, D.C., to Robert McCandlish, Williamsburg, Va., concerning the rental of his house for the Female School. 10 June 1849. 2 pp. ALS Williamsburg Female Academy, 1849-1852, 1862 A circular letter from Hubert P. LeFebvre, at Richmond, 21 August 1849. Catalog. 1851-1852. Typescript of a letter application from John K. Noel for a teaching position, noting his experience as principal of both the Williamsburg Female and Male Academies. 1862. Williamsburg Male Academy, 1855 Printed circular. 1855. Williamsburg Military School (Morressett \u0026 Peyton), 1852-1853 Letter, 1840 A letter from E.G. and M.R. Gatliff, at Williamsburg, to James Baytop, at Springfield, Gloucester Court House, 7 April 1840, concerning a girls' school. (See Gloucester County Papers, Folder 3). Bills, 1848, 1868 Bills for school supplies and tuition. 1848 and 1868. Copies. Book List A list of school books. Copy from a paper of Judge Frank Armistead of Williamsburg, Virginia. Female Seminary, 1880 See Armistead Papers, Folder 1.","Matthew Whaley, 1923-1931, 1943, 1945 Circulars and programs. 1923-1931. (new MW opened 15 September 1930, per The Powder Horn, October 1930). Dramatic Club bulletins and poster. Graduation invitation, 1945. Programs, 1943. Program for the George Washington Bicentennial, 1932. The Powder Horn, the school newspaper, March 1928, October - December 1930. Bruton Heights School Commencement invitation, concert program. Miscellaneous Rawls Byrd, History of the Public Schools in Williamsburg. Facts on Public Schools brochures, 1972-1973. 1984. \"Pride in the Past,\" American Education Week, November 11-17. From the Virginia Gazette. Teachers' Guides \"Eighteenth Century Life in Williamsburg, Virginia.\" \"The War and Elementary School Instruction in American Colonial Life.\"","1 photograph.","List of paid Capitation Taxes for 1946, 1947 and 1948 on or before May 7, 1949 and for 1947, 1948 and 1949 on or before December 12, 1949.","Scope and Contents \"A Bibliography on the Restoration of Colonial Williamsburg\" by Elsie Alderson.","Scope and Contents Flyers, pamphlets and more on the Colonial National Monument, \"A Brief History of and Guide Book to Jamestown, Williamsburg and Yorktown\" by Rutherfoord Goodwin (signed by the author), \"A Historic Old Virginia Pilgrimage\" brochure for taking a cruise to the Williamsburg area on April 29 - May 1, 1930 and brochures and reprints about Williamsburg, Jamestown and Yorktown. Tourist hardback book, \"Historic Peninsula of Virginia,\" distributed by Stone and Webster, Inc. in 1928. Photostatic copy of newspaper account of Jamestown Day, May 13. Year unknown.","A Proposed Zoning Ordinance for the City of Williamsburg, 1945. Zoning Ordinance Adopted 1947.","Scope and Contents Oversized items removed from Mss. 39.4 V82ci Williamsburg Papers. Organized by the folder from which they were removed. Folder 3: Williamsburg Charter. 2 copies, including a 1722 Contemporary copy. Folder 13: Churches - Bruton Parish - Poster \"Art Exhibit...by Mrs. T. Bonne-Millar...at Bruton Parish House. 1944. Folder 14: Churches - Bruton Parish - Poster for \"Lecture Recital at Bruton Parish Church...Dr. David McK. Williams.\" 1943. Folder 15a: Churches - Christian Science Monitor, 1951 poster for a lecture by Claire Rauthe and 1944-45 free lecture announcements. Folder 17: Clubs and Organizations - The Exchange Club flyers, 1949-1954. Folder 19: Photostatic copies of three letters from Frank to \"Berry\" and \"Monie\", 1883 and n.d. from the Berkeley Papers, University of Virginia Library. Custis, John, 1714 . Flyer, 28 July 1859, advertising sale of farm three miles from Williamsburg. 1 p. PM. Mouzon, Samuel R., 9 January 1824 Advertised by John T. James. Folder 29: Moving Pictures - Large poster for \"The Baker's Wife\" to be held at the Williamsburg Theater. undated. Folder 32: Schools - Private Schools - Photostats from the Berkeley Papers, University of Virginia, to Carter Berkeley pertaining to schools in Williamsburg. 1811","Letter written by W. Fred Andrews of Gahanna, Ohio to Parke Rouse, Jr. reminiscing about his days as a student at the College of William and Mary. 3 pp. June 22, 1974.","ALS of C.P. Armistead, Williamsburg to the Hon. R. Taylor Scott, Richmond, Virginia, dated 27 May 1893 regarding his brother running for office, probably the Electoral Board of James City County.","Photocopies of newsclippings, journal articles, and Bruton Parish Bulletins about the 1991 dig by New Agers to search for evidence in the Bruton Parish Churchyard, Williamsburg, Virginia, to support the controversial claim that Sir Francis Bacon wrote Shakespeare's plays plus a formula for establishing world peace. August 20, 1992 photographs of Bruton Parish Churchyard digs with Marley Brown, archaelogist of Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. One photograph shows the Middleton Vault.","Scope and Contents Handwritten letter from Samuel Putnam, Union soldier and Orderly in the 25th Massachusetts Volunteers while at Camp West near Williamsburg to his father. Putnam writes about the occupation of Williamsburg by Union soldiers, the destruction of the College of William and Mary, the \"insane asylum\" and his theft from a Williamsburg home of several letters by Thomas Jefferson, several letters by \"revolutionary maidens\" and one letter by Richard H. Lee.","One page from Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper of March 10, 1887, entitled \"Virginia a day in a historic town--views of old Williamsburg.\"","Scope and Contents Fragment of a receipt signed by Abram. Loc[ke]tt and \"Wmsburg Dist\" noted on the bottom of the page. undated.","Signed Williamsburg Tricentennial poster, 1999.","Handwritten letter from O. F. Helner of the 33rd regiment, at a camp near Williamsburg to Mr. Abbott. He writes about the Battle of Williamsburg and a visit by General McClellan to the camp. May 1862. Transcript included.","Scope and Contents Playbills, 1891-1896 and undated, from plays staged at Cameron Hall at Eastern State Hospital with actors and actresses from the College of William and Mary and the local community. Some programs list \"The Virginia Comedians\" as the producer. Playbills, 1910 and 1916, from plays staged at the College of William and Mary.","Scope and Contents Union soldier's letter, \"John\" to his sweetheart \"Mary,\" 12 May (1862), regarding the occupation of Williamsburg by the North. Mention of Northern dead in Williamsburg after the battle and burying soldiers. Excerpt, \"...there are some very pretty girls here but I noticed that some of them were [wear] the rebel flag on their bosom.\" Stereoscopic card, \"War Views, View of Court House and Church, Hospital of the 2nd Corps, Yorktown, Va.\" No. 2374, published by E. \u0026 H.T. Anthony \u0026 Co. Negative by Brady \u0026 Co., Washington. Someone has crossed out \"Yorktown\" and written \"Williamsburg.\"","Four pamphlets: Catalogue of the Williamsburg Female Academy, 1851-1852; two copies of the catalogue of the Williamsburg Military School, Richmond, 1853; prospectus and catalogue of the Williamsburg Male Academy, 1852-1853.","Broadside dated December 14th, [1941], announcing a Citizen's Mass Meeting...at the Williamsburg Theatre.","Scope and Contents Photostat copies of newspaper articles about the Battle of Williamsburg from the New York Daily Tribune, May 10, 12 and 13, 1862, photostat copies of a map of the \"Lower Peninsula,\"  and \"Battle of Williamsburg\" and both a negative and a positive photocopies entitled \"Charge of Hancock's Brigade at Williamsburgh,\" \"Fort Magruder and Other Confederate Earth-works in front of Williamsburg from sketches made May 6, 1862,\" \"Williamsburg, Va.\"  These prints have notes on them and might be partial proofs for a publication.","Three photographs of the Dedication of Ft. Magruder, May 5, 1952 by Von Dubell Studio.    Publication of a letter by The Business Men's Association of the City of Williamsburg about \"taking early steps for the proper  celebration at Jamestown of the Tercentennial Anniversary...did on the September 7, 1900, in the name of the citizens of Williamsburg, pass resolutions for the appointment of a committee...\"  On inside of pamphlet, resolutions are listed.","G.W. Thorpe Plat, surveyed March 1916; Pine Grest Subdivision blue print plat, owned and developed by Ernest G. Vaughan and sold to Carrie V. Williams, surveyed November/December 1939; Capitol Heights property blueprint plat of Frank G. Linekin, June 26, 1930; W.L. Jones blueprint plat,May 1926; Bozarth Court blueprint plat, August 10, 1939; Bozarth Court blueprint plat, December 10, 1920; Powhatan Park blueprint plat, property of York Land Corporation, April 1916; blueprint plat of property conveyed by Celia Maxton to others,land between route 60 and the railroad, September 7, 1952; and plat of property of H.D. Bozarth between Clay and Harrison Streets, June 19, 1925.","Posters for performances at the Matthew Whaley Auditorium in 1936, poster for \"Middle Plantation Art \u0026 Handcraft Exhibition\" at Casey's Annex (undated), poster for exhibit of \"Walt Disney's Original Paintings used in Snow White\" at the Bruton Parish House (undated), Williamsburg Tricentennial Poster, Colonial Williamsburg concert posters, Williamsburg Theatre posters (undated, possibly 1930's), and other posters for entertainment at Williamsburg High School and the Presbyterian Church (undated, possibly 1930's).","Two aerial photographs of South Henry Street area of Williamsburg, Virginia.  Undated.","Photograph of a print \"Loudon-street, Winchester.\"","Scope and Contents Many of these papers appear to be from the Clerk of Court office in Winchester, Virginia. Clerk of Court signatures include John Peyton, Clerk of Hustings, Winchester, Virginia and Algernon R. Wood. Organized in date order. Account for Nicholas Scheren to David Michael Rutter. May 1786 Payment from Dr. Robert Colvin to Philip Bush. October 12, 1786 Accounts for Robert Sherrard to James Murry. 1787 Payment from Robert Sherrard to John Hamilton for waggonage from Philadelphia [Pennsylvania] to Winchester, Virginia. 1787 Document about refund of payment made by Tejamus ? Dowdall to Robert Colvin, who opened a school. April 12, 1787 Court summons for Josiah Jackson and Zebediah Hollingsworth for James Murray in case with Robert Sherrard, Defendant. August 9, 1787 Indenture. James and Eleanor Wood of Davidson, North Carolina and David Dedderick, for Lot 9 on West side of Loudon (Loudoun) Street in Borough of Winchester. September 22, 1789 Marriage Bond between Enos Roberts and Mary Kendrick. January 13, 1790 Marriage bond of Conrad House and Susannah Shusher. December 27, 1790 Bond for James Walls as executor of last Will and Testament of John Wynn. June 30, 1794 Charter between Shreve Lawson of Baltimore, Maryland and James Moseley, Merchant on freight on the ship Alexandria. July 4, 1796 Marriage license between James A. Nelson and Polly M. Donald. April 26, 1802 Manumission papers from Peter Lauck to Peter Bisick. March 14, 1806 Affidavit. Josiah Massy took oath of Lieutenant in 31st Regiment, 16th Brigade. Signed by A. (B.) Miller. May 2, 1812. Register of sale of Louisa Robinson (wife of Jonathan Robinson) to Doctor Daniel Conrad. August 3, 1818. Act \"to amend the Act incorporating the Town of Winchester.\" Complete handwritten text of the act as presented to the General Assembly in Richmond, Virginia. Copied by William Munford, Keeper of the Rolls. Document bound with string. Dated December 12, 1818 and passed January 9, 1819 Inquest. \"Inquisition on the body of Robert Cockerton (?) who died at the house of Elizabeth Pendleton, Innkeeper. November 1, 1820 Contract/letter of attorney between John Holland of Gosney Manor of Shenandoah County, Virginia, woolan manufacturer, and George Hadfield of Old Hall, County of Chester, in England to Hugh Shaw. June 8, 1827 Manumission papers where Margaret Galloway emancipates negro woman, Maria, wife of William Tuckrin, a free negro. October 17, 1827 Manumission papers or Certification of Freedom for Negro Lucy under the will of Alexander White of Woodville. June 13, 1832 Certificate of Freedom, or Manumission papers, signed by Phebe Coubourn that she raised Nancy Sabro, a \"dark Muluto\" who was born of free parents. September 21, 1835 Notice to Sergeant of the Corporation of Winchester for summons of Jonathan Cox, Davy Johnson, Thomas Pollard, James Pollard, Richard Strange, Lewis Smith, David Washington and Rose Williams for \"remaining within this corporation and Commonwealth more than 12 months of their right to freedom…\" May 5, 1846 Bill of sale to William H. Brown from George R. Long for sale of negro man, Abraham Washington. August 24, 1846 Court Case. Algernon R. Wood, prosecutor for Commonwealth of Virginia, against James Pollard, a free negro or mulatto who remained in Virginia after he was freed. October 3, 1846 Court summons for Sally Field for remaining in Winchester after being freed. June 23, 1848 Mary, negro slave of Joseph Baker, charged with trying to poison Nancy Lindsey with tea. June 1, 1849 Notarized statements of Amelia Ann Buck of Warren County, Virginia regarding copartnership with John R. Ricards, John N. Buck of Baltimore, Maryland and Thomas L. Blakemon of Warren County regarding hotel, Mountain House in Hampshire County, Virginia. John R. Buck sells his interest to his brother, William M. Buck. July 3, 1850 Letter from Baltimore, Maryland regarding his father's estate. Author unknown. February 20, 1851 Recording of last will and testament of Addison B. Riely in Baltimore, Maryland. Endorsed by Ann R. Riely. September 27, 1852 Certificate for R.B. Allen to sell wine at his store on Cameron Street.September 1, 1855 Court summons in case of Patrick Conner vs John H. Anderson, Conner's apprentice. October 8, 1856 Letter from John Quanten ? to Robert L. Brookings asking for servant woman Lucy who was part of the estate of Mrs. Emmets?. May 27, 1857 Indictment. John Howard, alias John Newman, a free negro, was accused of assault by Rachel Ann Holler, a white woman and jailed. Indictment against James W. Jones, the jailor, for allowing the prisoner to escape. March 17, 1860 Command to the Sergeant of the Corporation of Winchester to take \"…Maria Ball [Colored]…her safely keep…until May indictment … for remaining in the State of Virginia…without lawful permission. April 21, 1860 Notice to Sheriff of Berkeley County, Virginia to imprison Elizabeth Farrow if she is found in Berkeley County. She is charged with having a \"…house of ill fame for the purpose of prostitution and lewedness.\" April 17, 1861 Note from Clerk of Court in Winchester where he says he has been notified by a military order that he is no longer the Clerk. June 5, 1868 Court case with John Vilwig regarding two coffins. June 1886. Republican Ticket for Virginia. 1892. Letter from George S. Bowers of Laurell, Maryland, about \"Willie\" accepting Christ [in the Lutheran Church]. December 13, 1918 Instructions to lawyer or court about charges of larceny against a free negro. undated. Fragment. \"Twelve days have been expended in loading.\"","Circular for the Woodstock Male and Female Academy. July 21, 1866.","Papers, ca. 1824-1983, relating to Yorktown, Va. Includes articles concerning Yorktown; materials relating to the surrender of Cornwallis and to the celebrations [1824, 1881, 1930-1937 and 1981], documents concerning Yorktown National Military Park  [now Colonial National Historical Park] and the Navy Mine Depot [now Naval Weapons Station].","Historical and descriptive articles, maps, and general views of the town.  7 pieces.","Two facsimilies of the parole of Cornwallis. 2 pieces. Journal of the siege of York-Town...as recorded in the hand of Gaspard de Gallatin and translated by the French department of the College of William and Mary...Washington, United States Printing Office. 1931. 48 p. 24 cm. (71st Congress, 3rd Session. Senate. Document no. 322.) 1 piece. Un geste patriotique des Strasbourgeois au cours de la guerre d'Independence americaine. Printed. 1 piece. Ceux de Yorktown par Servan Malo, with English translation. 2 pieces. Memorandum on J.C. Louis, Baron von Closen. By Ruth E. Butler. 4 typed pages. 1 piece. Photographs showing restoration of French and American fortifications around Yorktown. About 1935. 3 pieces. Photographs of a painting of the siege of Yorktown. 3 copies. Also an enlargement. Map of the siege of Yorktown. 1 3/4 x 1 1/2 inches. 1 piece. An engraving of the surrender at Yorktown. 1 piece. List of Confederate Soldiers buried at Yorktown which includes Union soldiers killed at the Battle of Williamsburg. (Copy from the National Park Service. Original at the Yorktown Visitor Center).","Printed topographical map of the Colonial National monument, Yorktown Battlefield, Virginia. Made by the U.S. Geological Survey 1931. 30 1/4 x 29 1/4 inches. 1 piece. Three newspaper clippings concerning the siege of Yorktown. Other papers. 5 pieces. Walking stick made from the flag staff of the 80th British Regiment, Yorktown, 1781. Returned to donor (Nellie Deans Greaves) in either 1960's or 1970's. Printed announcement, dated at Montpellier, 9? December 1781, signed by Le Comte de Perigord, stating that the King has ordered a Te Deum sung in all the churches of France for the Yorktown victory. Purchased from Thomas L. Suter, 16 October 1952.","Buildings Photographs and prints: Customs House; Lord Cornwallis' Cave; Main Street; Monument Lodge (1 piece); Moore House (4 pieces--3 photographs in Mapcase); Shield House (oldest house) and Nelson House (1 piece); Yorktown wharf (1 piece). Monument Photographs. 1 piece. 2 newspapers with history of the building and opening of the George P. Coleman Bridge. Located in mapcase.","6 pieces including 1 photograph. See also Folders 6-8.","Scope and Contents Yorktown sesquicentennial celebration 1931: Mimeographed and printed material relating to the celebration. 20 items. Includes a photograph album entitled \"Views of The Yorktown Sesquicentennial Celebration, Yorktown, Virginia, October 16-17-18-19, 1931\" presented to The College of William and Mary in Virginia by the Yorktown Sesquicentenniail Association, Inc. Yorktown bicentennial celebration 1981: Official commemorative program. Official booklet: \"Miracles at Yorktown,\" written by Guy Friddell and produced by Tom Hale.","Views of the Yorktown Sesquicentennial Celebration, Yorktown, VA, October 16-19,1931 from the Yorktown Sesquicentennial Association, Inc","Yorktown sesquicentennial celebration 1931:  Mimeographed and printed material relating to the celebration.  20 items. Yorktown bicentennial celebration 1981:  Official commemorative program.  Official booklet:  \"Miracles at Yorktown,\" written by Guy Friddell and produced by Tom Hale.","Yorktown sesquicentennial celebration 1931: Mimeographed and printed material relating to the celebration. 20 items. Yorktown bicentennial celebration 1981: Official commemorative program. Official booklet: \"Miracles at Yorktown,\" written by Guy Friddell and produced by Tom Hale.","Yorktown National Military Park June 6, 1921 ...In the Senate of the United States.  June 6, 1921.. A bill declaring the battle field of Yorktown a national military park...7 p.  28 cm.  1 piece. 1921 Hearings before the subcommittee of the committee on appropriations United States Senate...on a bill declaring the battle field of Yorktown a national military park...Washington, Government printing office, 1921.  16 p.  23 1/2 cm.  1 piece. Navy Mine Depot Navy Mine Depot, Yorktown, Virginia By Commander A. H. Miles, U.S. Navy.  (Reprinted from the United States Naval Institute Proceedings v. 54, no. 4, whole no. 302.)  1 piece. In the matter of Naval Mine Depot, Yorktown, Virginia...Brief submitted on behalf of owners of property...Newport News, Franklin Printing Co.  21 p.  23 cm.  1 piece.","Material relating to the annual celebrations of Yorktown Day, sometimes called Yorktown Fete.","Fete in honor of General La Fayette.  Printed pamphlet by R.G. Scott on what happened during planning of the Yorktown Fete of 1824 and why he should not be responsible. 1827.","Centennial.  \"An Appeal to the Country for a National Centennial Celebration of the Surrender of Lord Cornwallis.\"  Printed by Virginian Print, Norfolk, Va. 1879. Special Communication of the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of Virginia at Yorktown 1881. Celebration of Yorktown Centennial- a pamphlet containing incidents and speeches from event. 10/19/1881. A History, Surrender of the British Forces to the Americans and French at Yorktown, Va., Program for the Centennial Anniversary Celebration on October 18th, 1881.","\"Admiral Francis Joseph Paul De Grasse, Hero of Yorktown\" by Louis A Culvillier 1931Invitation and tickets to Yorktown Celebration 1931List of European Guests at Yorktown Sesquicentennial Celebration 1931Newsletter on Yorktown Sesquicentennial Celebration 1931Official Program of Yorktown Celebration.  1931Some Old Yorktown Maps by K.W. Trimble.  Reprint from The Military Engineer, 1931Tentative Program of Yorktown Celebration byYorktown Sesquicentennial Association 1931Ticket Stubs-Yorktown 150 year Celebration 1931Yorktown Sesquicentennial Association 1931","Program of Celebration of 155th Anniversary of the Victory at Yorktown under the Joint Auspices…  10/19/1936","Program of Yorktown Celebration, October 18-19, 1934.","Letter from A.A. Folsone to Hon. Lyon G. Tyler enclosing engraving of a view of Yorktown, \"Yorktown Battlefield\" by John B. Chapman per Graham's Magazine, 1814.","Scope and Contents Photograph of House in Yorktown undatedPhotograph of Yorktown Battlefield and Moore House undatedSketch of Yorktown- View from the River (Copy) undatedYorktown Homes (6 photographs on cardboard) undatedGreeting Cards -Prints of Moore House and Nelson House  1934","Original ink wash drawing by a federal soldier in 1862. View of the York River waterfront. Transferred to artifact librarian in 2011.","Scope and Contents Plats of Yorktown, Photostats (2)  undated Sign - Guided Tour of Yorktown (10\"x7\" cardboard sign) 1941 \"Establishment of the American Army.\"  Photostat of May 27, 1778 Congressional Order.","Available online via the Library catalog for William and Mary users; alternate access is available via the Internet Archive: http://www.archive.org/details/journalofsiegeof00gall.","\"Yorktown Church Said Third Oldest in Virginia,\" Daily Press, Newport News, Virginia.  May 9, 1960.\"Historic Nelson House,\" January 31, 1973\"Battle Lines Will Be Reconstructed at Yorktown,\" Daily Press, Newport News, Virginia.  January 31, 1973.","Scope and Contents Christmas Dinner Menu, U.S. Naval Mine Depot, Yorktown, Virginia.  1950.Colonial National Historic Park brochure by US Department of Interior (2 Copies).  1940Old Yorktown and its History by Mrs. Sydney Smith.  1920Salvaging Relics from York River.  1939U.S. 17 George Washington Memorial Highway Map, Tidewater, Virginia, into Colonial National Historical Park.  undated.Views of Yorktown and Gloucester Town—Mariners Museum, Newport News, Virginia.  1946Virginia Gazette Supplement, The Public Observer, \"Yorktown Day of Yesteryear.\"  October 1972\"Yorktown-Climax of the Revolution,\" National Park Service, Source Book Series, Number 1 (2 copies).  1941","\"Henri de Saint-Simon at Yorktown; A French Prophet of Modern Industrialism in America,\" The Franco-American Review, Autumn 1937.\"A Neglected French Collaborator in the Victory of Yorktown\" by Harold A. Larrabee.  1932.","Yorktown Sesquicentennial medal commemorating the surrender of Lord Cornwallis in 1781. Transferred to Artifact Collection.","Eighteen early photographs of monuments in Yorktown, Virginia, many with descriptions written on the reverse side.","Photographs of: the Victory monument,  the monument on the spot where Cornwallis surrendered to Washington, Lafayette Coach at Bremo, Spring where Washington got his water, marker of French soldiers' graves (2), plaque for site of the Home of Nicolas Martiau,  plaque for \"Baron Gaspard de Gallatin,\" walk along top of old earthworks (3), where Washington had his tent, spot marked where a tablet once was, plaque for \"french soldiers and sailors,\" where Lafayette had his tent, plaque for Thomas Nelson, Jr. and artists conception of celebration (ships in harbour). 17 photographs.","Photograph of Battery; print of \"Reddotopm de L'armee du Lord Cornwallis; 3 photograph of inside and outside of the Moore House, 1911; two copies of the Gloucester-Mathews newspaper, May 7, 1952, with the history of the building of the George P. Coleman Bridge; and one copy of the Daily Press, May 7, 1952, about the Coleman Bridge.","Artifacts tranferred to the Manuscripts Artifact Collection include: Presbyterian Student Choir Badge (39.4V82.A01.1), Presbyterian Junior Choir Badges (39.4V82.A01.2a-e), York River Ink Wash Drawing (39.4V82ci.02), Yorktown Sesquicentennial Commission Medal (39.4V82ci.03), Yorktown Sesquicentennial Commemorative Coin (39.4V82ci.04)","Before reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.","Special Collections Research Center","Bruton Parish Church (Williamsburg, Va.)","Colonial Williamsburg Foundation","Grace Street Gardens (Richmond, Va.)","Richmond Theatre (Richmond, Va.)","The Virginia Comedians","United States. Army. 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Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents"],"scopecontent_tesim":["Artificial collection of papers relating to various cities in the Commonwealth of Virginia.","A newspaper clipping concerning dead towns in Virginia.  1 piece.","Scope and Contents History of Christ Church. 3 p. 15 1/2 cm. Christmas card from Old Presbyterian Meeting House from William Buckner and Mr. Croarty. undated. Letter to Earl Gregg Swem from Josephine Weeks about buying a newly made print from Colonel Gilpin's \"Plan of Alexandria, 1798.\" June 17,1944. Alexandria businesses papers: envelope from Garrett and Monroe, card from Gwin, Beckham and Company Commission Merchants and Andrews Studios. undated. List of names and inscriptions on gravestones at Christ Church, Old Presbyterian Meeting House and Bethlehem Cemetery by George Magruder Battey. Carbon Copy. June 1, 1944. History of St. Paul's Church, Fairfax Parish, 1810-1932 by Margery Arden Hall. Copy. \"Financial statement and report and list of subscribers and pewholders of Saint Paul's Protestant Episcopal Church in Fairfax","Bath is in present day Berkeley County, West Virginia.","Papers of Thomas Marshall Hunter, Morgantown, W.Va. Typed copy of an act for establishing a town at the Warm Springs in the county of Berkeley.  October 1776. 1 piece. A list of original purchasers of lots in Bath, Berkeley County.  1 piece.  Extracts from the minutes of the trustees of Bath.  1 piece. An excerpt from Thomas Jefferson's Notes of Virginia.  1793. 1 piece. Copies of newspaper advertisements of stores and boarding houses. 1781.  3 pieces.","Scope and Contents Advertisement card for travel from Lynchburg, Virginia. undated.","Scope and Contents Music festival 1931. Advertising folder. Letter inviting people to visit a new academy established at the Midway under Mr. Pike Powers, formerly professor of Mathematics at Hampton Sydney. Signed by the nine professors. July 17, 1838. Affidavit signed by the Librarian of the Library of the University of Virginia on July 10, 1848 that the letter was copied from the Richmond Enquirer collection on July 10, 1848. Brochure of photographs of the buildings at the University of Virginia. A 1\" x 3.5\" calendar for 1927 from President Alderman is attached. 1927. Prints of engravings: \"View of the University of Virginia\" and \"University of Virginia, Charlottesville.\" undated. Letter from W.W. Gilmer of Charlottesville to the Board of Visitors of the University of Virginia recommending A.P. Abell as Proctor of the University. Partial letter from an unknown person at the University about new professorships, lack of money, who might be retiring and the increase from 32 to 50 Virginia students. April 4, 1856. Letter from Edwin M. Mann of the Chambers of the Judge of the Hustings Court in Petersburg, Virginia to Capt. W. Roane Ruffin, Board of Visitors of the University of Virginia about recommending Mayor R.W. Jones for Chair of General and Applied Chemistry and Pharmacy. September 23, 1884. \"College Topics\", Volume VII, Number 4, a publication of the University of Virginia which gives and account of the burning of the Rotunda. November 4, 1895. Sent by John Stewart Bryan on February 10, 1936. Editorial to the Enquirer by W.A. Turner about a proposed bill to consolidate the medical department at the University of Virginia and the Medical College at Richmond. undated. Mimeograph copy of a letter to Miss Nannie from Sallie J. Doswell about the advertising costs in her new edition of the condensed history of the University. March 21, 1911. A small book of \"A Partial Roster of Eminent Alumni\" of the \"University of Virginia in the Service of the Republic.\" undated. University of Virginia Alumni News. December 1926. University of Virginia commencement programs. June 29, 1855, June 27, 1856 (2 copies), June 29,1857 (2 copies) and July 4, 1860 (2 copies).","Scope and Contents A historical and descriptive article. undated. 1 piece. Typed copy of an act incorporating the town, 1749. 1 piece. Typed copy of a list of residents of Dumfries found in the ledger of Daniel Payne, merchant. 1758-1761. 1 piece. Typed list of merchants residing in Dumfries. 1789. 1 piece. A Short historical sketch of the Dumfries lodge of Masons, 1797-1830, including a list of members in 1798. 1 piece.","Scope and Contents A print, \"Fortress Monroe, Va. and Its Vicinity\" with a numbered legend of places on the picture. undated.","Day book of the corporation of Fredericksbug, Virginia. 28 April 1802 -- 28 February 1812. 80 pages. 12 3/4 x 7 3/4 inches. List of voters and militia in the corporation of Fredericksburg, Virginia. 1855. 48 pages. 13 3/4 x 4 1/4 inches. An illustrated descriptive folder. 1 piece. An envelope printed with six views of buildings. 1 piece. 1787-1840 Fredericksburg District Court Records: See Mss. Acc. 2008.319 Fredericksburg, Virginia District Court.","Scope and Contents Fredericksburg Street lottery tickets signed by Beck (sic) Welford. Over 50 tickets. Some tickets have the name of purchaser on the reverse side. 1826. 1 lottery ticket from St. Louis, dated March 6, 1817. Pages with photographs of State Teachers College. (Mary Washington University). 4 pages. undated. Printed letter to the \"communicants of St. George's Church\" in Fredericksburg, Virginia, asking for funds. undated. Statement of current expenses of St. George's Church in Fredericksburg, Virginia. February 19, 1872. Advertisement for \"Johnston and Company, Druggists and Apothecaries\" in Fredericksburg, Virginia. undated.","Numerical list of blanks and prizes in the Fredericksburg Female Charity School Lottery.  1805.  48 pages.  15 1/2 x 10 inches.","July 5, 1953 Daily Press newspaper clipping \"Historical Approach Used in the Selection of New Names for Hampton City Streets.\" Annual reports for the Committee for the Fort Monroe Museum and its successor, the Casemate Museum. 1951-1974.","Engraving of Hanover Court-House, possibly removed from a book.","Two prints of Harper's Ferry by W.H. Bartlett, 1838, showing different views. One newspaper print reproduction, \"Gleason's Pictorial Drawing-Room Company.  1854. Three prints by G. Perkins, 1874, \"Harper's Ferry by Moonlight.\"","5 printed reproductions of photographs of buildings at the \"State Teacher's College\" in Harrisonburg, Virginia.","Scope and Contents Flyers advertising \"Gooch\" and \"Little Miss Spruce\" trees by Winslow L. Gooch of Hopewell, Virginia.","Related material: See the Jamestown Corporation Records, 1946-1979, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary; and the Jamestowne Society Papers, 1930-1966, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.","Papers, 1629-1952, relating to Jamestown, Va. Note: Items relating to Colonial National Historical Park and to Williamsburg, Jamestown, and Yorktown are filed under Williamsburg. See also: Map Collection.\n    Historical and descriptive articles, and general views of the town.  13 pieces.","    Landing at Jamestown.  An engraving.  1 piece. Print of \"The First Legislative Assembly in America.  James Town, Virginia, August, 1619.\"  (From Goodrich's History of the United States of America (New York, 1828).  2 items.","    Photostats of four pages from a court journal of James City.  1629.  4 pieces.","    Photostat of a portion of John Clayton's letter of August 17, 1688, containing a description and map of Jamestown Island.  4 photostats.","    Log houses at Jamestown.  By George C. Gregory.  Blueprint of a typed article.  1 piece. Deed given by John Page to William Sherwood, 6 February 1682.","    Photographs of buildings and foundations.  13 pieces. Undated. Panoramic photograph of Jamestown Island, photograph of a building foundation and an aerial photograph of Jamestown are filed in the Mapcase.","    Photograph of a section of the church yard.  Undated. 1 piece.","    Objects unearthed.  6 photographs and an illustrated article. Undated.","    Celebrations of the founding of Jamestown, 1895, 1932, 1935, 1952.  7 pieces.","    Monument.  Copy of architect's sketch.  1 piece.","    Philopena Album.  New York: Published by Leavitt \u0026 Allen, undated.  Includes engraving of Jamestown.","Photostat of Richmond TImes Dispatch, 1936 Jamestown Day\n        Photostat of newspaper clipping about the annual services commemorating Jamestown Day to be held May 13.  From the Richmond Times Dispatch, 1936. ","John Page to William Sherwood Deed. 1681/2.","Eight postcards from the Jamestown Exposition in 1907, showing:  Swiss village, harbor, view, lovers lane, Hotel Chamberlain, official seal of the Jamestown Exposition (1907), U.S. government Pier, and the winding trail.  (8 items).","Eight postcards from the Jamestown Exposition in 1907, showing:  Swiss village, harbor, view, lovers lane, Hotel Chamberlain, official seal of the Jamestown Exposition (1907), U.S. government Pier, and the winding trail.  (8 items).","Ephemera from the 1957 Jamestown Celebration. Includes pamphlets, invitations, program for \"An Historical Pageant: Opechancanough, the Last Chief of the Powhatans\" given at the site of Pamunkee in West Point, Virginia, schedules, tickets, flyers, press releases and the program of a luncheon in honor of Thomas B. Stanley, Governor of Virginia, at the Savoy Hotel in London, England on October 9, 1956.  Includes two copies of the Virginia Gazette Special Edition on the 1957 Jamestown Festival and a report to the Virginia 350th Anniversary Celebration, \"Planning Hospital Services for Williamsburg, Virginia.\"","Monument. Copy of architect's sketch. 1 piece.","Scope and Contents Postcard of rear view of Jamestown Church.  1930's newspaper article entitled \"National Memorial to the Progress of the Colored Race in America\" about Elder Lightfoot Solomon Michaux building a memorial at Jamestown.","Scope and Contents Historical and descriptive articles, and general views of the town. 13 pieces. Landing at Jamestown. An engraving. 1 piece. Print of \"The First Legislative Assembly in America. James Town, Virginia, August, 1619.\" (From Goodrich's History of the United States of America (New York, 1828). 2 items. Photostats of four pages from a court journal of James City. 1629. 4 pieces. Photostat of a portion of John Clayton's letter of August 17, 1688, containing a description and map of Jamestown Island. 4 photostats. Log houses at Jamestown. By George C. Gregory. Blueprint of a typed article. 1 piece. Deed given by John Page to William Sherwood, 6 February 1682. Photographs of buildings and foundations. 13 pieces. undated. Panoramic photograph of Jamestown Island, photograph of a building foundation and an aerial photograph of Jamestown are filed in the Mapcase. Photograph of a section of the church yard. undated. 1 piece. Objects unearthed. 6 photographs and an illustrated article. undated. Celebrations of the founding of Jamestown, 1895, 1932, 1935, 1952. 7 pieces. Monument. Copy of architect's sketch. 1 piece. Philopena Album. New York: Published by Leavitt \u0026 Allen, undated. Includes engraving of Jamestown.\nPhotostat of newspaper clipping about the annual services commemorating Jamestown Day to be held May 13. From the Richmond Times Dispatch, 1936.","Photostat copies: letter from Ellen M. Bagby of the Jamestown Committee of the APVA to Mr. Warner S. McCall of Gibson City, Illinois inviting him to Jamestown for the installation of the plaque honoring Edward Maria Wingfield; memo by Warner McCall read by Bishop Brown at the Annual meeting of the APVA and newspaper clippings of the event with picture of plaque.","Photostat copies of two early deeds from Jamestown from the Ambler Papers at the Library of Congress, \"Virginia:  Jamestown--Land Patents, Deeds, etc.\"         Four photographs from the National Park Service:         Plate 1:  Fragment of the Copeland or Chuckatuck Spoon Excavated at Jamestown,         Plate 2:  bowl fragment indentified as belonging to the handle of the type illustrated in Plate 1,         Plate 3:  fragment of pewter measure of the baluster type and         Plate 4:  drawing of drinking mug, restored.","Eight postcards from the Jamestown Exposition in 1907, showing:  Swiss village, harbor, view, lovers lane, Hotel Chamberlain, official seal of the Jamestown Exposition (1907), U.S. government Pier, and the winding trail.  (8 items).","Scope and Contents Ephemera from the 1957 Jamestown Celebration. Includes pamphlets, invitations, program for \"An Historical Pageant: Opechancanough, the Last Chief of the Powhatans\" given at the site of Pamunkee in West Point, Virginia, schedules, tickets, flyers, press releases and the program of a luncheon in honor of Thomas B. Stanley, Governor of Virginia, at the Savoy Hotel in London, England on October 9, 1956.  Includes two copies of the Virginia Gazette Special Edition on the 1957 Jamestown Festival and a report to the Virginia 350th Anniversary Celebration, \"Planning Hospital Services for Williamsburg, Virginia.\"","Four photographs from the National Park Service:","Plate 1:  Fragment of the Copeland or Chuckatuck Spoon Excavated at Jamestown,","Plate 2:  bowl fragment indentified as belonging to the handle of the type illustrated in Plate 1,","Plate 3:  fragment of pewter measure of the baluster type and","Plate 4:  drawing of drinking mug, restored.","Ephemera from the 350th Anniversary of Jamestown.  Includes the Virginia Department of Highways report on \"Traffic and the Jamestown Festival,\" \"Jamestown Festival Official Program,\" programs for the musical program at PBK in Williamsburg and the christening of the Susan Constant, Godspeed and Discovery, brochure entitled \"Souvenir of the Jamestown Festival 1957, Old World Heritage,\"Jamestown Festival brochure, brochure for \"The Founders,\" ticket stub for the festivities, and a Jamestown Anniversary Issue of the magazine \"Forth\".","Panoramic photograph of Jamestown Island, photograph of a building foundation and an aerial photograph of Jamestown, undated for probably early 20th century.  2 copies of the Supplement to the Virginia Gazette, dated June 28, 1957, about the Jamestown Festival.\nJohn Page to William Sherwood Deed, 1681/82.","Lexington Lottery Tickets, signed by Fisher and Jordan. 5 tickets.","Scope and Contents Lynchburg art club. Catalog of exhibition, 1929. 1 sheet. Flyer for \"Lynchburg Institute for Young Ladies\" conducted by Mr. And Mrs. Meany. undated. A flyer for the Morgantown Female Academy which is to be run by Mr. and Mrs. Meany, 1845, and a flyer for St. Mary's Female Seminary (Maryland) written by E.J. Meany, Principal. undated.","Scope and Contents Envelope from the business, Messrs. Lee Taylor and Co., Leaf Tobacco. undated. Receipt of William Turner and John F. Powell. August 22, 1795. Receipt of Capt. William Turner and John Poe, July 21, 1821. Receipt of Walter Irvine, Samuel Irvine and Proper Powell, July 11, 1796.","Program of the seventh annual assembly of the Virginia branch of the Huguenot Society of the founders of Manakin.  1937.  1 piece. Program of the seventh annual assembly of the Huguenot Society of the founders of Manakin.  1938.  1 piece. News letter of the seventh annual assembly of the Huguenot Society of the founders of Manakin.  1938.  1 piece.","A note giving the wording of the act of incorporation. 1799. 1 piece.","An airplane view. 1 piece.","To the pioneers of Newport News, Va. A historical sketch by George B. West. 1911. Typed copy. 1 piece. The Mariners' Museum. By Homer L. Ferguson. 9 p. illus. 28 cm. 1 piece. Advertising sheets and cards of merchants. 2 pieces.","Receipt for George [illegible] who lives at 453-21 Street, Newport News, Virginia.","Miscellaneous letters, broadsides, and pamphlets relating to Norfolk, Va., its history and people, including an 1804 letter describing a fire in Norfolk, an 1826 polling list, and an 1830 funeral invitation.","Scope and Contents Papers, 1804-1950, relating to Norfolk, Va. An artificial collection of letters, broadsides, and pamphlets relating to Norfolk, Va., its history and people. Includes letter, 1804, concerning fire in Norfolk; list, 1826, of votes for General Assembly election; funeral invitation, 1830; and printed material (Gray Lines Motor Tours schedule and advertisement, \"The Tidewater Trail,\" \"Norfolk's Historic Mace\" (1935), \"Christ Church Congregation\" by Robert Morton Hughes and program of \"Sesquicentennial Jubilee [of] Norfolk's Most Unusual Church [First Baptist]); broadside describing exhibitions and activities of Norfolk Museum of Arts and Science; and photograph of woodcut showing Market Square. 14 items.","Original, printed and miscellaneous material. W.B. Oliphant, Norfolk, Va., to Daniel Boehm, Philadelphia, Pa. Mention of the office of the Cashier of Dir[ection?] and Deposit in Norfolk; describes the fire which burned Norfolk, stating that \"its ravages [were more] than anything of the kind ever witnessed by me\"; requests two chests of Hyson Tea after reading of newly arrived shipments from India; also asks for candles and mustard in bottles, as well as a quarter cask of good Lisbon wine. 3 pp. ALS. March 24, 1804. Includes typescript. 1 p. List of voters casting their vote for either George Loyall of John S. Steed as the next delegate from Norfolk to the General Assembly. April 24, 1826 1 p. PD. Invitation to attend the funeral of Col. William Anderson, Norfolk, Va. June 13, 1830. 1 item. PC. Pamphlet entitled, \"Christ Church Congregation,\" by Robert Morton Hughes. 1937. 13 pp. PM. Program of the \"Sesquicentennial Jubilee [of] Norfolk's most Unusual Church, [First Baptist].\" 1950. 57 pp. PM. Schedule of Gray Line Motor Tours of the Norfolk and Virginia Beach area. 1929. 1 p. PM. \"The Tidewater Trail, a chronicle for Groups for Service Women in this Community,\" featuring an article about the Barton Myers home in Norfolk, Va. January 1, 1931. 16 pp. PM. A brief history and description of the Mace of Norfolk, entitled \"Norfolk's Historic Mace.\" 1935. 14 pp. PM. Advertising bill for Gray Line Motor Tours. n.d. 1 p. PM Advertisement of John B. Loughran, \"dealer in picture frames, looking glasses...and clocks,\" No. 182 Church St., Norfolk, Va. n.d. 1 p. PM. Handbill describing exhibitions and activities of the Norfolk Museum of Arts and Sciences. n.d. 1 p. PM. Black and white photograph, 8\" x 10\", of a woodcut of Market Square, Norfolk, Va. n.d. 1 item. Ph.","Scope and Contents S.W.B. Oliphant, Norfolk, Va., to Daniel Boehm, Philadelphia, Pa. Mention of the office of the Cashier of Dir[ection?] and Deposit in Norfolk; describes the fire which burned Norfolk, stating that \"its ravages [were more] than anything of the kind ever witnessed by me\"; requests two chests of Hyson Tea after reading of newly arrived shipments from India; also asks for candles and mustard in bottles, as well as a quarter cask of good Lisbon wine. 3 pp.  ALS.  Including typescript.  1 p.","Advertisement for subscription to the \"Day Book\" for Norfolk and Portsmouth residents. Ca. 1870. Note: Photographs from the 1907 Jamestown Exposition held in Norfolk, Virginia are filed under James City County, Virginia in the Virginia Counties Collection.","Scope and Contents Pocahontas Playbill. undated.","A letter from P.H. Drewry, 13 September 1922, regarding his proposed history of Petersburg. 1 piece. Tabb Street Presbyterian Church. List of members, 1867. Printed. 1 piece. Advertising sheets and cards of business houses. 3 pieces.","Scope and Contents Photographs of the Virginia State College for Negroes in Petersburg, Virginia. undated. Account book from the Petersburg area. Earliest legible date is 1765. Partial. Fragile. Some names legible. Fragments of invoices from the Petersburg area. Fragile. Legible names: Mr. Buchanan, John Smith, Charles Hudson, Littlebury White, Buckner Raney, Mrs. Elizabeth Randolph and William Hamlin. 1759-1789. 8 items. Advertising card form the Davis Carriage Company. undated. Article on Blandford's Church from \"The Commonwealth Magazine\". June 1954. Report by the Association Preservation Petersburg Antiquities on the Pride Family and Pride's Field. Includes newspaper articles and photographs. February 4, 1938. Copy of legal document about moving a road near Blandford. Includes plat and list of all tithables on the land of Bollingbrook Ward. May 1787.","History of Portsmouth. By Mildred M. Holladay. In the Portsmouth Star, 19 January 1936. 1 piece. A deed given by Tapley Webb and others conveying a tract of land in Portsmouth to Purnal Pitts. 1812. 1 piece.","Scope and Contents Six black and white photographs of the Providence Forge Mill showing inside and outside of mill. undated.","Papers, ca. 1793-1931, relating to Richmond, Va. Includes photographs, engravings, broadsides, programs of art exhibits, advertising cards, correspondence, and newspaper clippings.","Scope and Contents Newspaper clipping - \"Richmond, Virginia, in 1793, an unpublished manuscript of the Reverend Henry Toulmin, a visiting English clergyman (information obtained from Colonel Gamble, a merchant of Richmond). 1 item. [concluding article only]. Newspaper clipping of a letter, 17 April 1878, from S. Bassett French to John Letcher concerning the riot in Richmond, 2 April 1863. 1 item. Two copies of articles on the history of Richmond by Edward V. Valentine, William G. Stanard, Mary Newton Stanard, Douglas S. Freeman, H. J. Eckenrode and Sally Nelson Robbins, in the Richmond News-Leader, 29 December 1924. Advertising sheet of Richmond's business, enterprise and attractions. undated. 1 item. Prospectus of...Richmond, capital of Virginia [approaches to its history]...Whittet and Shepperson, 1937. 1 item. Photograph of an engraved view of Richmond. Engravings (2 copies) of \"Richmond from the James.\" New York: D. Appleton \u0026 Co., 1871. Engraving of Richmond, n.d.","Typescript (carbon copy) concerning Richmond Academy of Fine Arts. Printed card concerning Memorial Volume of Virginia Historical Portraiture, 1585-1830. Broadside, 1937, concerning exhibit of chapbooks and battledores at the Valentine Museum. Program, 1938, for Steuben Glass exhibit at Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. Program, 1939, of exhibit of watercolors by Edmund S. Campbell. Agreement (unexecuted carbon copy), 1918, between Manchester National Bank of Richmond and Bank of Commerce and Trusts. Photographs (printed) of Richmond buildings. Engravings of capitol building Richmond (London: Published 1831, I. T. Hinton \u0026 Simpkin and Marshall). Newspaper clipping, 1925, concerning Virginia House. Advertisement poster re: Virginia House [in Windsor Farms, owned by Va. Historical Society. Was home of Ambasador Weddell]. Filed in Mapcase. Advertising materials (cards, broadsides and blotters). 37 items. (One item, re: Dietz Publishing Company is filed in Mapcase).","Scope and Contents Broadside, 1 April 1875, of First Baptist Church, Richmond. Invitation, 1859, to Monumental Church. Invitation, 1865, to St. Paul's Church. Bulletin, 23 November 1930, of Second Baptist Church. Letter, 1846, concerning schooner, Caroline. Broadside (copies) concerning \"Civic Association\" and \"Committee on Charter Changes.\"","Scope and Contents 29 January 1882 J. A. Cantrell, [?] to Carrie Irwin, Grace Chapel. Impending visit of [?] Doggett and [?] Saunders. 1 p. ALS. 4 November 1890 Milton F. Paddock, Rector, St. Andrew's Church, Philadelphia, Pa., to Thomas Browder, Richmond, Va. Since Grace Church is to lose Dr. [?] Jackson, recommends Charles A. Rickseeker. 3 pp. ALS. 7 January 1895 Mary E. Warren [Richmond, Va.] to Dr. Jno. R. Wheat, [Richmond, Va.] Account of money spent fro Christmas decorations. 4 pp. ALS. 6 April 1895 Gynne A. Lyell, Richmond, Va., to President of the Ladies' Aid Society, Grace Church, Richmond, Va. Expiration of terms of members of musical committee. 8 April 1895 Virginia M. Robinson, [Richmond, Va.], to President, Ladies' Aid Society, Grace Church [Richmond, Va.] Music committee. 3 pp. ALS. 5 March 1917 Robert A. Goodwin, Richmond, Va., to Vestry of Grace Church, Richmond, Va. Resignation as assistant minister. 1 p. ALS. January 1918 Memorial to Lucy Ambler Mason by Vestry of Grace Church. 2 pp. TD. 15 March 1918 Alms Boxes Report. 1 p. D. 5 March 1918 Report of Junior Auxiliary. 2 pp. D. 16 January 1919 L. U. McCabe, The Chancel Chapter, Grace Church, Richmond, Va., to Mrs. E. O. McCabe et al. Solicitation for contributing members. 1 p. TL. Verso bears agenda for a meeting. 1 p. D. 25 March 1919 Report of Grace Church Auxiliary of the Red Cross. Signed Mary A. Randolph. 5 pp. DS. 28 March 1919 Report of Chancel Guild. By L. U. McCabe. 4 pp. on 1 leaf. DS. 28 March 1919 Report of Woman's Guild of Grace Episcopal Church. Lists donations to War Relief Fund, to Lucy Ambler Mason Leper Memorial Fund, to aid in Influenza Epidemic (soup and milk), to adopt French orphan, and given to Richmond charities. 3 pp. DS. 7 July 1919 William H. Palmer, Richmond, Va., to Austin Brockenbrough, Richmond, Va. Leaves town for a prolonged stay. 1 p. ALS. Encloses letter, 3 July 1919, of William H. Palmer, Richmond, Va., to Vestry, Grace Protestant Episcopal Church, Richmond, Va. Resigning as vestryman. 1 p. ALS. 4 August 1919 William H. Palmer, Blacksburg, Va., to Austin Brockenbrough, Richmond, Va. Prevented by ill-health from attending vestry meetings and unable to attend duties as senior warden. 1 p. ALS. 5 January 1920; 8 March 1920 Minutes of vestry meetings. 4 pp. D. undated Report of Junior Auxiliary, signed by Maude Cooke, treasurer. 1 p. DS. undated Report of Chancel Chapter. Signed Lily Urquhart McCabe. 4 pp. ADS. undated Report of Primary Department, Grace Church Sunday School. 1 p. TD. undated Report of Grace Church Chapter of the Brotherhood of St. Paul. Signed by Stuart Cooke. 2pp. DS.","Organizations Letters, 1883, concerning Amateur Dramatic Club. Reports, 1856-1857, of board of directresses of Female Humane Association. Invitation, 1847, of Home Club [to meet at home of Joseph R. Anderson]. Four letters, 1853-1854, to Richmond Athenaeum (from Philip Slaughter, James F. Field, and J. Wood Johns). Announcement, 1884, of meeting of Richmond Microscopic Society. Broadside, 1931, concerning Virginia Historical Society. Two letters, 1911, of Grace M. Dodge re: YMCA. Letter, 1911, of John D. Rockefeller, Jr., re: YMCA. Letter, 1911, of A. Beirne Blair re: YMCA. Letter, 1911, of L. S. Joffe re: YMCA. Program, 1903, of Academy of Music. Program, 3 February 1930, The Artists Series of Concerts (Boston Symphony Orchestra). Legal Petition, ca. 1887, of A. A. Branch, executrix of her husband Thomas Branch's estate to award his daughter her annuity in one lump sum. Deed, 1858, of confirmation between Francis J. Brand, Willie Graseser, and Mary Selle and Charles Selle for a lot in Richmond [Brand was trustee for Mary Selle]. Deed, 1880, of confirmation by Joseph Francis Beyer to Glaser. Deed, 1907, between Isaac Digges and Benj. Barret for Isaac Digges interest in Va. Corporation Digest. Memorandum, 1823, re: John Van Lew \u0026 Co. Petition, 1869, of James Duke for a re-hearing in case of John Van Lew v. Duke. Account, 1836, re: selling of Swan Tavern. Third person letter re: lot on 12th St. Judgement, 1833, in Crump vs. Wren administrator, etc. Judgement, 1833, in Cotton \u0026 Clark. Notice, 1870, of motion for injunction in Ruper v. Sedgewick. Order, 1807, to pay Peter Gordon for defense of Alexander Spotswood. Deed, 1807, from Samuel McCraw and Geo. Fisher, trustees and Margretta West to Samuel Myers for Quesnay's Academy ground. Lease, 1861, from Spiro Zetila to Alfred Paul. Negative photocopy of letter, 1784, of Turner [?] to Clerk of Henrico re: lots in Richmond. Notes, 1888, concerning correspondence concerning a house and lot in Richmond.","Administrator, executor or guardian, 1856-1870. 46 items. Commissioner of revenue for the city of Richmond, 1856-1860. 3 items. Inspector of tobacco in the city of Richmond, 1871-1873. 3 items. Minister, 1861-1888. 18 items. Notary public for the city of Richmond, Hanover and Henrico counties, 1856-1893. 125 items. Sergeant of the city of Richmond, 1888. 1 item. Sheriff of the city of Richmond, 1856. 2 items. Treasurer of the city of Richmond, 1888. 1 item. Fragments of bonds. 2 items.","Scope and Contents Advertisements Advertisement, n.d., for a lecture by A. Edward Newton. Filed in Mapcase. Advertisement, 1939, Musicians Club of Richmond. Advertisement for lectures at Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. Advertisement for the Cavalcade of the Cavaliers Pageant. Advertisement for \"Strange Interlude\" by Eugene O'Neill at Lyric Theater. Advertisement, 1931, for Westinghouse Salutes Richmond. Posters Poster for San Carlo Opera at the Mosque. Filed in Mapcase. Poster, 18-19 May 1928, for Adventure Days in Richmond. Filed in Mapcase. Richard Adams Papers Accounts, 1785-1811, of Richard Adams [probably two men, one of whom died in 1800]. Bond, 1787, of Richard Adams (executor of Thomas B. Adams). Letter, 1792, to Richard Adams. Order, 1811, of Richard Adams. Bond, 1805, of Cyrus Griffin to Richard Adams. Order, 1810, of Cyrus Griffin. Bonds Fidelity bond, 1867, of Samuel C. Greenhow and William H. Haxall to administer estate. Fidelity bond, 1868, of John Johns, Jr., and Bradley T. Johnson. Bond, 1802, of John Mayo with Edward Carrington, trustee for Elizabeth Anne Mayo. Bond, 1854, of J. B. Morton, Hugh W. Fry, Arthur A. Morson, and John M. Patton with Richmond and York River Railroad. Bond, 1816, of Richard E. Parker and William Foushee, Sr, with trustees of Richmond Academy. Correspondence Letter, 1841, of George Jones to Committee of the Marshall Theater Request, 1822, of L. W. Dandridge, J. E. Dandridge, and James Rawlings, attorney for Rob. F. Dandridge, trustee for S. A. Williams. Correspondence, 1912, of Ordway Puller to Samuel B. Dunstan and statement of Dunstan re: sale of property. Programs Program, n.d., of Academy of Music (Johann Strauss). Program, 1930, of Adventure Days. Program, n.d., of Academy of Music (\"The Newly-Weds and their Baby.\") Program, 1905, of \"Magda\" at Lyric Theatre. Program, 1929, \"Marco Millions\" and other plays. Photographic images of Richmond Schools.","Scope and Contents History of Richmond's Social Service Societies of the 19th and 20th Centuries by Elwood Street, Director of the Richmond Community Fun handwritten cover by J. Luther Kibler when radio addresses acquired. Copies of typed radio addresses, Numbers 1-11 and 17 to 56, given by Elwood Street from 1942 to 1948. Includes correspondence between Elwood Street, Director of the Richmond Community Fund, and J. Luther Kibler about Mr. Street's articles in Virginia's county courthouses. Business card for \"Moore \u0026 Scott, Commission Merchants\" located at Nos. 1316 and 1318 Cary Street, Richmond, Virginia.","Scope and Contents Numbers 1 - 31 of the radio addresses entitled \"Richmond's Home Fires\" given at radio station WMBG by Elwood Street, Director, the Richmond Community Council and the Richmond Community Fund. 1942 and 1943.","Scope and Contents Numbers 23 - 56 of the radio addresses entitled \"War and Community\" given at radio station WMBG by Elwood Street, Director, the Richmond Community Council and the Richmond Community Fund. 1943.","Scope and Contents Brochures \"A Tour of Historic Richmond\" arranged for the convenience of guests in Richmond by Hotel John Marshall.  1940. \"Picturesque Richmond, Richmond, VA and her Suburbs\", published by the J.L. Hill Printing Company.  1891. \"Footpaths in Historic Richmond.\"  1944. Cardboard placard, \"This Virginia State Flag,\" about a flag made at No. 1 West Franklin Street in the winter of 1864-1865 by Sallie Radford Munford.  Placed by the Richmond Chaper, United Daughters of the  Confederacy.  1941. Buildings and Scenes Small pamphlet on the Virginia House in Winsor Farms. Copies of engravings of scenes in Richmond by Margeret Dasheill, Episcopal Home in Richmond, Virginia.  1940. Note card of St. John's Church.  undated. Copy of a woodcut of the Virginia Capitol Building by Frieda Koontz.  1939. Account of stewardship at the Craig House.  1937. Newspaper article on the Old Mud House in Powhatan County.  undated. Businesses and Advertisements Blank checks from Office of the Greenwood Mining Company on the Farmer's Bank of Virginia in 1800's, Citizen's Bank of Richmond in the 1880's, Mechanics' Bank in New York in the 1830's and George D. Mayo on the First National Bank in Richmond, Virginia in 1910. Writing paper from Murphy's Hotel (3 sheets) and an advertisement or paper covering for \"Dove's Comp. Fluid\" by S.E. Dove of Richmond, Virginia.  undated. Broadside for a sideshow presented by George J. Johnson and Son, Richmond.  Acts are Gazzell, Mermaid and the Sea and Punch and Judy.  undated. Brochure advertising the sale of \"Richmond, Capital of Virginia (Approaches to its History) by Various Hands\" published by Whittet and Shepperson.  1937. Gary's Autographic Tablet advertisement, manufactured and sold by A.J. Gary, Richmond, Virginia.  undated. \"Catalogue of Mme. Demorest's reliable Patterns of the Fashion.\"  1875. \"Richmond Produce Price Current\"  of  W.D. Tompkins and Bro., General Commission Merchants.  June 18, 1868. Advertisement for the sale of books by Richmond Authors in Historic Linden Row.  Linden Corner Book Sellers.  1953. Advertisement for William C. West, Architect and Superintendent.  1892. WRVA Brochures on their daily radio programs.  May 1947 – March 1951.","Scope and Contents Museums and Historical Societies Pamphlet and cards from the Valentine Museum. 4 items. Ca 1940's. Invitations and other material from the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. Ca 1940's. Papers General Assembly of Virginia Resolution thanking people and businesses in Richmond for their courtesies during the 1924 General Assembly. February 29, 1924. Subscription to \"Hillyer's American Railroad Magazine\" from a subscriber in Richmond, Virginia. March 1, 1859. Legal Receipt from Thomas W. Doswell, Sheriff of Richmond. James L. and J.W. Richardson are mentioned. 1856. Religion Baptism certificate for Mary Latham Willis in the Broad Street Station in Richmond, Virginia by a member of the Virginia Conf. , M.E. Church, South. 1874. Card about \"A Popular Lecture by Rev. J.J. Lafferty\" at the Clay-Street Methodist Church. September 13. Back cover of a book from the Clay Street Sunday School Library. Social Miller and Rhoads announcement for a \"Book and Author Dinner.\" undated. Richmond Lodge, No. 10, request, \"Brother, You are requested to attend your Brethren at their Lodge Room, on Tuesday evening next, at 7 o'clock. By order of the Master. John Fox, Sec'y. Richmond, September 7, 1799. Memorial Bazaar flyer for bazaar to raise money for the Confederate Museum and monument. April 11, 1893. Invitation letter from the Junior League of Richmond for a Book and Author Dinner. March 26, 1948. Brochures from concerts and plays: \"A Streetcar named Desire,\" 1950; \"Carousel\"by the Astra Company of Richmond, undated; \"Annie Get Your Gun with Mary Martin,\" undated; \"The Howards of Virginia\", undated; newspaper review of La Argentina, undated; Boston Symphony Orchestra in 193 and T. Michaux Moody productions, \"Conchita Supervia\" in 1932, \"The Bluebird\" newspaper review and a brochure, \"Lawrence Tibbett\" in 1931. Proclamation by the Mayor of Richmond, J. Fulmer Bright, about the creation of \"The Virginia Capital Bicentennial Commission\" and proclaiming a Home-Coming Fortnight to be held September 12th, 1937. 2 copies. Brochure for \"Adventure Days\" conducted by Inter-Club Council. 1930. Brochure for \"Cavalcade of the Cavaliers\" at the Hotel John Marshall. September 13 to 25.","General Assembly of Virginia Resolution thanking certain people and businesses for their courtesies during the 1924 General Assembly.  February 29, 1924.","Scope and Contents Three programs for the Richmond Theatre, undated, but probably the late 19th century. 1881 price list for John Laird's Green-houses, located at Grace and Broad, between Henry and Smith Streets. Also called Grace Street Gardens. Front cover of \"Catalogue of the Southern Female Institute\" in Richmond, Virginia for Session 1866-1867. D. Lee Powell, A.M., was the principal.","Scope and Contents Removed from Folder 2 Advertisement poster re: Virginia House [in Windsor Farms, owned by Va. Historical Society. Was home of Ambasador Weddell] Certificate of Master Craftsman for August A. Dietz, Jr. Removed from Folder 6 Poster for E. Edward Newton Lecture Handwritten San Carlo Opera poster \"Adventure Days in Richmond, Va\" poster.","Deed given by George D. White and wife, 12 March 1895, conveying certain lots in the city of Roanoke to Mrs. E. C. Barksdale. 1 piece.","Scope and Contents Advertising card for \"Miss Millie Booz\" a \"fashionable Milliner and Mantuajaker.\" Found in 1830 Staunton Spectator. undated.","Contract with Isaac Sheetz to build the Strasburg Academy.","A note regarding the burning of Suffolk in 1779. 1 item.","Brochure on Washington, Virginia.","Scope and Contents An artificial grouping of papers, 1632-1973, relating to Williamsburg, Va. Includes maps, articles, drawings, letters, material concerning the Battle of Williamsburg, papers concerning the Black population, photographs of buildings, church bulletins, papers concerning civic organizations, deeds, leases, tax receipts, advertisements, papers concerning education and items relating to Colonial National Historical Park. The materials that comprise this collection were donated in batches to W\u0026M Special Collections Research Center by John D. Haskell, Jr., John Lawrence, Brian Blouet, Parke Rouse, and Staunton Aylor between the years of 1993 and 2001. Some materials in this collection were purchased by W\u0026M Special Collections Research Center. Related material: Material given by the Williamsburg Historic Records Association has been accessioned and filed individually. Enter \"Williamsburg Historic Records Association\" as \"Creator\" to see these accessions. Mss. 79 Sw4 Earl Gregg Swem Papers, 2008.364 addition: this group may originally have been part of folders 4 and 7 of the Williamsburg Papers. Mss. 1.09 Williamsburg (Va.) Ephemera Collection, 1892-[ongoing] Mss. 91 B38 Bruton Parish Church (Williamsburg, Va.) Records, 1662-[ongoing] Mss. Acc. 1991.43 Williamsburg, Yorktown, and Jamestown (Va.) Photographs, circa 1890-1930 Some newspaper runs were removed from this collection and added the newspaper collection.","Historical and descriptive articles, maps, and general views of the town (in chronological order). Includes transcripts from printed sources.","Pencil sketch of the view of Williamsburg from the south (about 1860) by Mary Wall Christian from original by J. A. Graham.","Watercolor view of Williamsburg from the south by Emily Sneed from original by J. A. Graham.","Scope and Contents Blueprints of maps of Williamsburg. \"Palisades 1632-83\" (Colonial Williamsburg Research and Development Office, 1 November 1933). \"Maps showing location of Palisades 1632-83 in relation to Bland's Survey of 1699 and the layout of the City of Williamsburg\" (Colonial Williamsburg Architectural Dept., February 1949). \"Map showing approximate location of the 17th century horse path which went through Williamsburg prior to 1699 when this are was known as Middle Plantation\" (Colonial Williamsburg Architectural Dept., 3 October 1942).","Transcript of Earl Dunmore's letter - a historical and general view of Williamsburg.","Transcript of letters to George Washington concerning defense of Williamsburg from Charles Lee, 1776.","List of arms removed from Governor's Palace on 24 June 1775, by American colonists after Lord Dunmore's escape.","Scope and Contents Various articles from \"The Virginia Argus\" in early 19th century.","Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, dated 15 October 1881, with an article and illustrations of Williamsburg at that time period.","Ordinances of the City of Williamsburg in effect 1 October 1895.","Historical and descriptive articles, maps, and general views of the town.","National Geographic articles about Colonial Williamsburg dated 1954 and 1968.","Several programs from services commemorating I-Day and victory of WWII.","Booklet entitled Facts about Williamsburg and vicinity, dated 1900.","Booklet entitled Richmond to Jamestown via America's most historic river, dated 1938.","The Journal of American History, 1919, includes several photographs of Colonial Williamsburg and the College of William and Mary.","Charter. 2 copies, including a 1722 Contemporary copy. Filed in Locked Section.","Pen and ink sketch, photgraphic copies and correspondence with Earl Gregg Swem concerning the seal.","Photostatic copy of ten pages from Cornwallis' orderly book when he was in Williamsburg in 1781. A note concerning Pennsylvania officers near Williamsburg in the summer of 1781. A sketch of Patrick Henry addressing the Virginia Assembly.","Scope and Contents Papers relating to the Civil War. See also, addition Mss. Acc. 1995.39. Diary: 1861 Photographic copy of a diary and memorandum book of Samuel E. Holt, surgeon in the Confederate Army, stationed at Williamsburg and Yorktown, 3 September - 23 October 1861. (The original is in the possession of Mrs. Eva Rosseau, Williamsburg, Va.) Typescripts of letters: 1862 Typescripts of letter of Gen. Philip Kearny to his wife, 7 May 1862, and 15 May 1862. (Originals in the Library of Congress.) Letter: 4 October 1862 Robert F. Cole, Williamsburg, Va., to [?], certifying that his iron grey mare was taken from him by order of Lt. Col. Smith. Letter: 7 October 1862 Major J. P. Wilson, Head Quarters 5th Penna. Cavalry, to Captain G. C. Johnston, A.A.G., Yorktown, Va. stating when he will make a report of all the horses taken from citizens of Williamsburg. Letter: November 19, 1862. Mrs. M.N. Munford, Williamsburg, to Gen. [Henry A.] Naglee requesting his aid against thefts by runaway negroes and soldiers, especially the use of a government wagon to haul fuel and his assistance, in obtaining medicine for herself. Letter: 16 May 1865 Sallie Munford, at Tazewell Hall, to Lizzie Ewell, describing conditions in Williamsburg. Letter: 8 April 1866 Robert M. West at North East P.O., Cecil County, Maryland, to Benjamin S. Ewell concerning the theft of valuables from the home of Miss Gabriella Galt and destruction at the College of William and Mary by Union troops. Engraving: Engraving of the \"Battle of Williamsburg\" from the original painting by Chappel in the possession of the publishers (Johnson, Fry \u0026 Co., Publishers, N.Y.) Correspondence and notes of Dr. Earl G. Swem about the Battle of Williamsburg.","Scope and Contents 1862 articles concerning the Battle of Williamsburg, 5 May 1862: New York Daily Tribune, 8 May 1862; New York Daily Tribune,10 May 1862, Pages 7-8; New York Tribune, 13 May 1862, Pages 1-2; New York Daily Tribune, 13 May 1862, Pages 11-12; New York Daily Tribune, 12 May 1862, Pages 3-4 and New York Daily Tribune, 12 May 1862, Pages 5-6. Brochure: \"Williamsburg in the Civil War\" published by the Williamsburg Civil War Committee. Photographs of drawings of Williamsburg and Fort Magruder and Other Confederate Earth-Works, 6 May 1862. Description of the Battle of Williamsburg, Comte De Paris. Article on Fall of Fort Magruder.","The Peninsula Guide, 1936; The Cradle of the Republic - Williamsburg, Jamestown, \u0026 Yorktown, 1924; The Cradle of the Nation, 1931 and a brochure, \"When Washington's Sweetheart Fainted.\"","Scope and Contents Advisory Committee of Historians of Colonial Williamsburg, Incorporated, June 1939-November 1941 Antiques Forum with an index of people, places, things, events and more. undated. Correspondence between Earl Gregg Swem and Dr. W.A.R. Goodwin between November 1928 and December 1929.","Correspondence between Earl Gregg Swem and Dr. W.A.R. Goodwin from January - March, 1930.","Correspondence between Earl Gregg Swem and Dr. W.A.R. Goodwin from April - June, 1930.","Correspondence between Earl Gregg Swem and Dr. W.A.R. Goodwin from July - December 1930.","Correspondence between Earl Gregg Swem and Dr. W.A.R. Goodwin between November 1931 and December 1932.","Correspondence between Earl Gregg Swem and Dr. W.A.R. Goodwin between January 1933 and July 1935.","Minutes of the Advisory Committee of Historians of Colonial Williamsburg, Incorporated.","Circulars, 1930-1939. Exhibition of American Folk Art bulletin","Scope and Contents September 1866 John Anderson, Claremont [?] to J. H. Crump, n.p. Asks him to reserve half his wages until 12 June 1868 V. C. Armstrong, Fort Monroe, Va., to Rev. A. Dunlop. Notification that repairs will be made to the church of which he is the pastor. 1 p. ALS. 26 May 1869 Appointment as Registering Officer for 3rd Registration Precinct for Alexander Dunlop. Signed by Edward [Richard Sprigg] Canby. 1 p. DS. 24 March 1874 Inventory of personal property of W. W. Cumber. Taken by Frank Smith, Norton Moses Weaver, \u0026 Samuel Smith. Appraised by County of York. 2 pp. D. undated Receipt for rent of school house to the Trustees of Public School No. 3 (A. Dunlop and F. S. Norton). 1 p. DS. debt to Alexander Dunlop [Williamsburg, Va.] is paid. 1 p. ALS. Obituary of Dr. James Blaine Blayton, Sr., a physician in Williamsburg, Virginia. December 18, 2002.","List to be sold by Dixon \u0026 Hunter, 11 February 1775 Dietz Press Listing","Photographs and descriptive material of buildings: Michel's drawing of Williamsburg buildings. 2 copies. Prints of buildings. Audrey House.","Capitol Court House (Old) Eastern Lunatic Asylum","Governor's Palace","Kerr-Vest Kitchen Market Square Tavern Masonic Hall Methodist Episcopal Church Powder Magazine Providence Hall","Data on the Public Prison compiled from original sources for The Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities by Elizabeth Schmucker Stubbs, 1929.","Raleigh Tavern Tazewell Hall Theater Travis House Tucker House Tyler House Benjamin Waller House Williamsburg Inn (Old) Williamsburg Inn (New) Wythe House Unidentified Buildings Williamsburg Property  Scrapbook of photographs of Williamsburg houses taken about 1921. Mounted photographs of Williamsburg houses.","Advertising sheets, brochures, cards, and newspaper accounts of banks and business houses.","Progress report.","Auction advertisements.","Factory catalog, 1991 (first catalog).","Controversy concerning sermon by the Rev. Cotesworth P. Lewis, 12 November 1967, before President Lyndon B. Johnson. Includes copy of sermon, newspaper clippings, statements from the Congressional Record. History of Bruton Parish Church. Poster \"Art Exhibit...by Mrs. T. Bonne-Millar...at Bruton Parish House. 1944. Filed in Box 19, Folder 5, Williamsburg (folder 13).","Organ recital programs, 1939-1941. One poster, 1943, filed in Box 19, Folder 5, Williamsburg (folder 14). Weekley bulletins, 1928-1945.","Booklets, 1947 \u0026 1949.","Poster, 1951. Announcements, 1944-1946. Filed in Box 19, Folder 5, Williamsburg. (folder 15a).","Announcements.","Bulletins, 1936-1938 \u0026 1942","Bulletins, 1943-1948","Bulletins, 1949-1953.","Announcements, brochures, bulletins, 1949. Brochure, Methodist Sites in Historic Williamsburg.","Bulletins.","Bulletins","Bulletins.","Epworth League program.  Winter 1924.","Scope and Contents Pamphlet for \"A Call to Prayer\" on the wsorld Day of Prayer sponsored by the United Council of Church Women. March 4, 1949. \"Bicentennial of Worship\" article from the Daily Press about the First Baptist Church formed by African Americans. 1996.","American Civic Association Correspondence. Cleaning up. n.d. Community Center, 1954. Community Christmas Events. Community Counvil. Community Fund, 1953. Community Sings. County Council of Women's Clubs. Youth Welfare Council.","American Association of University Women. Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities, Colonial Capitol Branch: List of members, 1916. Notice, 1939. Business Men's Association, 1901. Chautauqua Association. Exchange Club flyers. (filed in Box 19, Folder 5, Williamsburg (folder 17). Garden Club: Garden Week. Newspaper articles, 1973. Programs, 1935-1936. Brochures, 1950-1956. Yearbook, 1941-1942. Garden Symposium.","Lion's Club. Officers' Wives Club. Pulaski Club: Two letter heads and one newspaper clipping. Red Cross: One membership card, 1929. Soroptimist Club. Swimming Club. Tidewater Guidance Clinic. United Service Organizaitons Club. United World Federalists. Virginia Federation Home Demonstration Club. Williamsburg Film Study Group. Williamsburg Junior Chamber of Commerce. Williamsburg Regional Library Association. Young Women's Club.","Programs.","American Association of University Women: Program and ballot, 1930. Hampton Roads Chemists' Club: Circular, 1931. National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. Poetry Society: Programs, 1928-1936. Society of American Archivists. Southeastern Regional Conference of Law Teachers. Virginia Society, Sons of the American Revolution.","Scope and Contents Account of Williamsburg Resident, 1749 Account of John Dameron with Secretary Thomas Nelson, with account of certificate recorded by Benjamin Waller. 1 p. DS. Account of Williamsburg Resident, 1749 Castleton Harper and John Curd in account with Secretary Thomas Nelson, signed by Benjamin Waller. 1 p. DS. Account of Williamsburg Resident, 1749 Account of Colonel Joshua Fry with Secretary Nelson. Signed by Benjamin Waller. 1 p. DS. Account of Williamsburg Resident, April 1768 Account of Samuel Havistone, 1766, with the auditors with statement of account by Robert Prentis, Williamsburg. 1 p. DS. Account of Williamsburg Resident, 1768 Account of John \u0026 Gerry Smith with Secretary Thomas Nelson with account of recording certificate for probating Smith's bill, signed by Benjamin Waller. 1 p. DS. Bassett, William, 1717 Indenture given by trustees of the city of Williamsburg to William Bassett of New Kent County conveying six lots in the city. 14 October 1717. 2 pp. DS including photostatic copies of indenture. Berkeley (?), 1883 Photostatic copies of three letters from Frank to \"Berry\" and \"Monie\", 1883 and n.d. from the Berkeley Papers, University of Virginia Library. Custis, John, 1714 . (filed in Box 19, Folder 5, Williamsburg (folder 19). Photostatic copy of indenture, 1 February 1823, between Thomas Nelson, Jr., George Washington Nelson, William Meade, and Thomasia (Nelson) Meade, his wife, and Dr. Alexander Galt for the purchase of a house and lot by Dr. Galt. 2 pp. Cy of DS. John T. James, 1859 Flyer, 28 July 1859, advertising sale of farm three miles from Williamsburg. 1 p. PM. Mouzon, Samuel R., 9 January 1824 Advertised by John T. James. (Filed in Box 19, Folder 5, Williamsburg (folder 19). Receipt of Samuel R. Mouzon for his share of the estate of William Nelson of Williamsburg, $218.64 1/2. 1 p. DS. Tyler [ ], 1812 Typed copy of an advertisement by in the Richmond Enquirer, 2 October 1812, offering for rent a dwelling in Williamsburg, recently occupied by Chancellor Tyler.","Teterel, Francis: Policies and premium receipts. 1807-1925 Waters, Sarah: Policies and premium receipts. 1796-1799 Webb, Walter W.: Receipt for premium. 1825.","Wedding Announcement, 1939","Deed given by the trustees on the city of Williamsburg to John Custis conveying three lots in the city. Signed by John Clayton and William Robertson","Indenture given by trustees of the city of Williamsburg to William Bassett of New Kent County conveying six lots in the city. 14 October 1717. 2 pp. DS including photostatic copies of indenture. Berkeley (?), 1883","Anderson, Robert A contract for purchase of corn and fodder from John T. Marston. 1835. Cocke, Doctor Doctor Cocke of old Williamsburg. A printed article. Reprinted form the Medical Times, October 1936. Fresheau [Freneau], Peter Peter Fresheau [Freneau], Williamsburg, Virginia, to Mrs. Maryanne Scott, New York, 25 April 1749. Order to pay Charles Stewart the sum of five pounds sterling. Hundley, Jack \"They've sold the town.\" poem. 1929. Hunter, William Typed memoranda concerning William Hunter. Johnson, James James Johnson vs. Henry Wilson. Suit. 1842. Parks, Eleanor Typed copy of renunciation of benefit from will of William Parks. 1750. Parks, William Typed copy of will. 1750. Correspondence concerning a memorial to William Parks. 1922. Pelham, Ann Creese Silhouette of Ann Creese Pelham, wife of Peter Pelham. Richard, Milly Vicksburg, Miss., to Captain Thomas Russell, n.p., Va. 8 July 1868. A former slave who belonged to Scervant Jones inquires about her relations. She was Milly Armstrong. 2 pp. ALS. Rind, William Copy of inventory and appraisement of the estate of William Rind. 1773. Scott, Robert G. Typed copy of an advertisement of Robert G. Scott, attorney. In the Richmond Enquirer, 27 October 1812. Smith, Sydney Williamsburg, Va., to Henry Smith, 1/2 Way House, York Co., Va., 23 February 1854. Discusses local grassroots politics and his intention to run for Commonwealths attorney. 3 pp. ALS. Taliaferro, Charles Typescript about portrait. Warwick, Eliza Typed copies of correspondence of Eliza Warwick of Williamsburg, Va., 1801-1803. Originals in the Valentine Museum.","Affidavits denying that demonstrations were made against the United States by Williamsburg militia.  1872.","Announcements, newspaper clippings, etc.","Advertisements.","Advertisements.","Advertisements.","Advertisements.","Advertisements.","Advertisements.","Advertisements.","Advertisements.","Scope and Contents Advertisements and other written material for moving pictures. Poster for \"The Baker's Wife\" is filed in Box 19, Folder 5, Williamsburg (folder 29).","Garland of Spring Carols.","Receipt for the subscription to the Virginia Gazette., 1930 Outline of W. J. Johnston as editor of the Virginia Gazette.","Programs and posters.","Sheet of paper made by the Williamsburg Restoration illustrating the water mark of William Parks.","Barter Theater and Children's Theater Programs, announcements. Little Theater League., 1929-1938 Programs, announcements, and posters. Other Organizations, 1785, 1925-1930 Notes, programs, circulars, and posters.","Addresses and cards.  1875, 1924, 1931, 1948","Dedication program, 12 May 1962.","The Evening Press. Catalog of type specimens. The Williamsburg Bulletin (1945), Gardiners Virginia Gazette (1942) and The Evening Press (July 1942).  All of the above were edited and printed by Joseph Rowe Gardiner.","Scope and Contents Souvenir booklet of the Williamsburg Pre-Restoration Old-Timers reunion, November 1-2, 1980 (Samuel \"Billy\" D. Royall, printer).","Williamsburg Female Academy and Williamsburg Male Academy. Letters of application and recommendation for teaching position in the proposed male and female schools, 1849. Williamsburg Female Academy and Williamsburg Male Academy.","Photostats, 1811 Photostats from the Berkeley Papers, University of Virginia to Carter Berkeley, pertaining to schools in Williamsburg, 1811. Filed in Box 19, Folder 5, Williamsburg (folder 32). Advertisement, 1805 A newspaper advertisement concerning Mr. Anderson's school for young ladies. Photostatic copy. April 30, 1805, Richmond Enquirer. Letter, 1820 A letter from Margaret Page, at Williamsburg, to John Page, at Union Town, Monroe County, Virginia, 19 January 1820, mentioning the opening of Mr. Morse's school for young ladies. (See Page-Saunders Papers, Folder 1). Letter, 1849 William Hodges, Washington, D.C., to Robert McCandlish, Williamsburg, Va., concerning the rental of his house for the Female School. 10 June 1849. 2 pp. ALS Williamsburg Female Academy, 1849-1852, 1862 A circular letter from Hubert P. LeFebvre, at Richmond, 21 August 1849. Catalog. 1851-1852. Typescript of a letter application from John K. Noel for a teaching position, noting his experience as principal of both the Williamsburg Female and Male Academies. 1862. Williamsburg Male Academy, 1855 Printed circular. 1855. Williamsburg Military School (Morressett \u0026 Peyton), 1852-1853 Letter, 1840 A letter from E.G. and M.R. Gatliff, at Williamsburg, to James Baytop, at Springfield, Gloucester Court House, 7 April 1840, concerning a girls' school. (See Gloucester County Papers, Folder 3). Bills, 1848, 1868 Bills for school supplies and tuition. 1848 and 1868. Copies. Book List A list of school books. Copy from a paper of Judge Frank Armistead of Williamsburg, Virginia. Female Seminary, 1880 See Armistead Papers, Folder 1.","Matthew Whaley, 1923-1931, 1943, 1945 Circulars and programs. 1923-1931. (new MW opened 15 September 1930, per The Powder Horn, October 1930). Dramatic Club bulletins and poster. Graduation invitation, 1945. Programs, 1943. Program for the George Washington Bicentennial, 1932. The Powder Horn, the school newspaper, March 1928, October - December 1930. Bruton Heights School Commencement invitation, concert program. Miscellaneous Rawls Byrd, History of the Public Schools in Williamsburg. Facts on Public Schools brochures, 1972-1973. 1984. \"Pride in the Past,\" American Education Week, November 11-17. From the Virginia Gazette. Teachers' Guides \"Eighteenth Century Life in Williamsburg, Virginia.\" \"The War and Elementary School Instruction in American Colonial Life.\"","1 photograph.","List of paid Capitation Taxes for 1946, 1947 and 1948 on or before May 7, 1949 and for 1947, 1948 and 1949 on or before December 12, 1949.","Scope and Contents \"A Bibliography on the Restoration of Colonial Williamsburg\" by Elsie Alderson.","Scope and Contents Flyers, pamphlets and more on the Colonial National Monument, \"A Brief History of and Guide Book to Jamestown, Williamsburg and Yorktown\" by Rutherfoord Goodwin (signed by the author), \"A Historic Old Virginia Pilgrimage\" brochure for taking a cruise to the Williamsburg area on April 29 - May 1, 1930 and brochures and reprints about Williamsburg, Jamestown and Yorktown. Tourist hardback book, \"Historic Peninsula of Virginia,\" distributed by Stone and Webster, Inc. in 1928. Photostatic copy of newspaper account of Jamestown Day, May 13. Year unknown.","A Proposed Zoning Ordinance for the City of Williamsburg, 1945. Zoning Ordinance Adopted 1947.","Scope and Contents Oversized items removed from Mss. 39.4 V82ci Williamsburg Papers. Organized by the folder from which they were removed. Folder 3: Williamsburg Charter. 2 copies, including a 1722 Contemporary copy. Folder 13: Churches - Bruton Parish - Poster \"Art Exhibit...by Mrs. T. Bonne-Millar...at Bruton Parish House. 1944. Folder 14: Churches - Bruton Parish - Poster for \"Lecture Recital at Bruton Parish Church...Dr. David McK. Williams.\" 1943. Folder 15a: Churches - Christian Science Monitor, 1951 poster for a lecture by Claire Rauthe and 1944-45 free lecture announcements. Folder 17: Clubs and Organizations - The Exchange Club flyers, 1949-1954. Folder 19: Photostatic copies of three letters from Frank to \"Berry\" and \"Monie\", 1883 and n.d. from the Berkeley Papers, University of Virginia Library. Custis, John, 1714 . Flyer, 28 July 1859, advertising sale of farm three miles from Williamsburg. 1 p. PM. Mouzon, Samuel R., 9 January 1824 Advertised by John T. James. Folder 29: Moving Pictures - Large poster for \"The Baker's Wife\" to be held at the Williamsburg Theater. undated. Folder 32: Schools - Private Schools - Photostats from the Berkeley Papers, University of Virginia, to Carter Berkeley pertaining to schools in Williamsburg. 1811","Letter written by W. Fred Andrews of Gahanna, Ohio to Parke Rouse, Jr. reminiscing about his days as a student at the College of William and Mary. 3 pp. June 22, 1974.","ALS of C.P. Armistead, Williamsburg to the Hon. R. Taylor Scott, Richmond, Virginia, dated 27 May 1893 regarding his brother running for office, probably the Electoral Board of James City County.","Photocopies of newsclippings, journal articles, and Bruton Parish Bulletins about the 1991 dig by New Agers to search for evidence in the Bruton Parish Churchyard, Williamsburg, Virginia, to support the controversial claim that Sir Francis Bacon wrote Shakespeare's plays plus a formula for establishing world peace. August 20, 1992 photographs of Bruton Parish Churchyard digs with Marley Brown, archaelogist of Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. One photograph shows the Middleton Vault.","Scope and Contents Handwritten letter from Samuel Putnam, Union soldier and Orderly in the 25th Massachusetts Volunteers while at Camp West near Williamsburg to his father. Putnam writes about the occupation of Williamsburg by Union soldiers, the destruction of the College of William and Mary, the \"insane asylum\" and his theft from a Williamsburg home of several letters by Thomas Jefferson, several letters by \"revolutionary maidens\" and one letter by Richard H. Lee.","One page from Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper of March 10, 1887, entitled \"Virginia a day in a historic town--views of old Williamsburg.\"","Scope and Contents Fragment of a receipt signed by Abram. Loc[ke]tt and \"Wmsburg Dist\" noted on the bottom of the page. undated.","Signed Williamsburg Tricentennial poster, 1999.","Handwritten letter from O. F. Helner of the 33rd regiment, at a camp near Williamsburg to Mr. Abbott. He writes about the Battle of Williamsburg and a visit by General McClellan to the camp. May 1862. Transcript included.","Scope and Contents Playbills, 1891-1896 and undated, from plays staged at Cameron Hall at Eastern State Hospital with actors and actresses from the College of William and Mary and the local community. Some programs list \"The Virginia Comedians\" as the producer. Playbills, 1910 and 1916, from plays staged at the College of William and Mary.","Scope and Contents Union soldier's letter, \"John\" to his sweetheart \"Mary,\" 12 May (1862), regarding the occupation of Williamsburg by the North. Mention of Northern dead in Williamsburg after the battle and burying soldiers. Excerpt, \"...there are some very pretty girls here but I noticed that some of them were [wear] the rebel flag on their bosom.\" Stereoscopic card, \"War Views, View of Court House and Church, Hospital of the 2nd Corps, Yorktown, Va.\" No. 2374, published by E. \u0026 H.T. Anthony \u0026 Co. Negative by Brady \u0026 Co., Washington. Someone has crossed out \"Yorktown\" and written \"Williamsburg.\"","Four pamphlets: Catalogue of the Williamsburg Female Academy, 1851-1852; two copies of the catalogue of the Williamsburg Military School, Richmond, 1853; prospectus and catalogue of the Williamsburg Male Academy, 1852-1853.","Broadside dated December 14th, [1941], announcing a Citizen's Mass Meeting...at the Williamsburg Theatre.","Scope and Contents Photostat copies of newspaper articles about the Battle of Williamsburg from the New York Daily Tribune, May 10, 12 and 13, 1862, photostat copies of a map of the \"Lower Peninsula,\"  and \"Battle of Williamsburg\" and both a negative and a positive photocopies entitled \"Charge of Hancock's Brigade at Williamsburgh,\" \"Fort Magruder and Other Confederate Earth-works in front of Williamsburg from sketches made May 6, 1862,\" \"Williamsburg, Va.\"  These prints have notes on them and might be partial proofs for a publication.","Three photographs of the Dedication of Ft. Magruder, May 5, 1952 by Von Dubell Studio.    Publication of a letter by The Business Men's Association of the City of Williamsburg about \"taking early steps for the proper  celebration at Jamestown of the Tercentennial Anniversary...did on the September 7, 1900, in the name of the citizens of Williamsburg, pass resolutions for the appointment of a committee...\"  On inside of pamphlet, resolutions are listed.","G.W. Thorpe Plat, surveyed March 1916; Pine Grest Subdivision blue print plat, owned and developed by Ernest G. Vaughan and sold to Carrie V. Williams, surveyed November/December 1939; Capitol Heights property blueprint plat of Frank G. Linekin, June 26, 1930; W.L. Jones blueprint plat,May 1926; Bozarth Court blueprint plat, August 10, 1939; Bozarth Court blueprint plat, December 10, 1920; Powhatan Park blueprint plat, property of York Land Corporation, April 1916; blueprint plat of property conveyed by Celia Maxton to others,land between route 60 and the railroad, September 7, 1952; and plat of property of H.D. Bozarth between Clay and Harrison Streets, June 19, 1925.","Posters for performances at the Matthew Whaley Auditorium in 1936, poster for \"Middle Plantation Art \u0026 Handcraft Exhibition\" at Casey's Annex (undated), poster for exhibit of \"Walt Disney's Original Paintings used in Snow White\" at the Bruton Parish House (undated), Williamsburg Tricentennial Poster, Colonial Williamsburg concert posters, Williamsburg Theatre posters (undated, possibly 1930's), and other posters for entertainment at Williamsburg High School and the Presbyterian Church (undated, possibly 1930's).","Two aerial photographs of South Henry Street area of Williamsburg, Virginia.  Undated.","Photograph of a print \"Loudon-street, Winchester.\"","Scope and Contents Many of these papers appear to be from the Clerk of Court office in Winchester, Virginia. Clerk of Court signatures include John Peyton, Clerk of Hustings, Winchester, Virginia and Algernon R. Wood. Organized in date order. Account for Nicholas Scheren to David Michael Rutter. May 1786 Payment from Dr. Robert Colvin to Philip Bush. October 12, 1786 Accounts for Robert Sherrard to James Murry. 1787 Payment from Robert Sherrard to John Hamilton for waggonage from Philadelphia [Pennsylvania] to Winchester, Virginia. 1787 Document about refund of payment made by Tejamus ? Dowdall to Robert Colvin, who opened a school. April 12, 1787 Court summons for Josiah Jackson and Zebediah Hollingsworth for James Murray in case with Robert Sherrard, Defendant. August 9, 1787 Indenture. James and Eleanor Wood of Davidson, North Carolina and David Dedderick, for Lot 9 on West side of Loudon (Loudoun) Street in Borough of Winchester. September 22, 1789 Marriage Bond between Enos Roberts and Mary Kendrick. January 13, 1790 Marriage bond of Conrad House and Susannah Shusher. December 27, 1790 Bond for James Walls as executor of last Will and Testament of John Wynn. June 30, 1794 Charter between Shreve Lawson of Baltimore, Maryland and James Moseley, Merchant on freight on the ship Alexandria. July 4, 1796 Marriage license between James A. Nelson and Polly M. Donald. April 26, 1802 Manumission papers from Peter Lauck to Peter Bisick. March 14, 1806 Affidavit. Josiah Massy took oath of Lieutenant in 31st Regiment, 16th Brigade. Signed by A. (B.) Miller. May 2, 1812. Register of sale of Louisa Robinson (wife of Jonathan Robinson) to Doctor Daniel Conrad. August 3, 1818. Act \"to amend the Act incorporating the Town of Winchester.\" Complete handwritten text of the act as presented to the General Assembly in Richmond, Virginia. Copied by William Munford, Keeper of the Rolls. Document bound with string. Dated December 12, 1818 and passed January 9, 1819 Inquest. \"Inquisition on the body of Robert Cockerton (?) who died at the house of Elizabeth Pendleton, Innkeeper. November 1, 1820 Contract/letter of attorney between John Holland of Gosney Manor of Shenandoah County, Virginia, woolan manufacturer, and George Hadfield of Old Hall, County of Chester, in England to Hugh Shaw. June 8, 1827 Manumission papers where Margaret Galloway emancipates negro woman, Maria, wife of William Tuckrin, a free negro. October 17, 1827 Manumission papers or Certification of Freedom for Negro Lucy under the will of Alexander White of Woodville. June 13, 1832 Certificate of Freedom, or Manumission papers, signed by Phebe Coubourn that she raised Nancy Sabro, a \"dark Muluto\" who was born of free parents. September 21, 1835 Notice to Sergeant of the Corporation of Winchester for summons of Jonathan Cox, Davy Johnson, Thomas Pollard, James Pollard, Richard Strange, Lewis Smith, David Washington and Rose Williams for \"remaining within this corporation and Commonwealth more than 12 months of their right to freedom…\" May 5, 1846 Bill of sale to William H. Brown from George R. Long for sale of negro man, Abraham Washington. August 24, 1846 Court Case. Algernon R. Wood, prosecutor for Commonwealth of Virginia, against James Pollard, a free negro or mulatto who remained in Virginia after he was freed. October 3, 1846 Court summons for Sally Field for remaining in Winchester after being freed. June 23, 1848 Mary, negro slave of Joseph Baker, charged with trying to poison Nancy Lindsey with tea. June 1, 1849 Notarized statements of Amelia Ann Buck of Warren County, Virginia regarding copartnership with John R. Ricards, John N. Buck of Baltimore, Maryland and Thomas L. Blakemon of Warren County regarding hotel, Mountain House in Hampshire County, Virginia. John R. Buck sells his interest to his brother, William M. Buck. July 3, 1850 Letter from Baltimore, Maryland regarding his father's estate. Author unknown. February 20, 1851 Recording of last will and testament of Addison B. Riely in Baltimore, Maryland. Endorsed by Ann R. Riely. September 27, 1852 Certificate for R.B. Allen to sell wine at his store on Cameron Street.September 1, 1855 Court summons in case of Patrick Conner vs John H. Anderson, Conner's apprentice. October 8, 1856 Letter from John Quanten ? to Robert L. Brookings asking for servant woman Lucy who was part of the estate of Mrs. Emmets?. May 27, 1857 Indictment. John Howard, alias John Newman, a free negro, was accused of assault by Rachel Ann Holler, a white woman and jailed. Indictment against James W. Jones, the jailor, for allowing the prisoner to escape. March 17, 1860 Command to the Sergeant of the Corporation of Winchester to take \"…Maria Ball [Colored]…her safely keep…until May indictment … for remaining in the State of Virginia…without lawful permission. April 21, 1860 Notice to Sheriff of Berkeley County, Virginia to imprison Elizabeth Farrow if she is found in Berkeley County. She is charged with having a \"…house of ill fame for the purpose of prostitution and lewedness.\" April 17, 1861 Note from Clerk of Court in Winchester where he says he has been notified by a military order that he is no longer the Clerk. June 5, 1868 Court case with John Vilwig regarding two coffins. June 1886. Republican Ticket for Virginia. 1892. Letter from George S. Bowers of Laurell, Maryland, about \"Willie\" accepting Christ [in the Lutheran Church]. December 13, 1918 Instructions to lawyer or court about charges of larceny against a free negro. undated. Fragment. \"Twelve days have been expended in loading.\"","Circular for the Woodstock Male and Female Academy. July 21, 1866.","Papers, ca. 1824-1983, relating to Yorktown, Va. Includes articles concerning Yorktown; materials relating to the surrender of Cornwallis and to the celebrations [1824, 1881, 1930-1937 and 1981], documents concerning Yorktown National Military Park  [now Colonial National Historical Park] and the Navy Mine Depot [now Naval Weapons Station].","Historical and descriptive articles, maps, and general views of the town.  7 pieces.","Two facsimilies of the parole of Cornwallis. 2 pieces. Journal of the siege of York-Town...as recorded in the hand of Gaspard de Gallatin and translated by the French department of the College of William and Mary...Washington, United States Printing Office. 1931. 48 p. 24 cm. (71st Congress, 3rd Session. Senate. Document no. 322.) 1 piece. Un geste patriotique des Strasbourgeois au cours de la guerre d'Independence americaine. Printed. 1 piece. Ceux de Yorktown par Servan Malo, with English translation. 2 pieces. Memorandum on J.C. Louis, Baron von Closen. By Ruth E. Butler. 4 typed pages. 1 piece. Photographs showing restoration of French and American fortifications around Yorktown. About 1935. 3 pieces. Photographs of a painting of the siege of Yorktown. 3 copies. Also an enlargement. Map of the siege of Yorktown. 1 3/4 x 1 1/2 inches. 1 piece. An engraving of the surrender at Yorktown. 1 piece. List of Confederate Soldiers buried at Yorktown which includes Union soldiers killed at the Battle of Williamsburg. (Copy from the National Park Service. Original at the Yorktown Visitor Center).","Printed topographical map of the Colonial National monument, Yorktown Battlefield, Virginia. Made by the U.S. Geological Survey 1931. 30 1/4 x 29 1/4 inches. 1 piece. Three newspaper clippings concerning the siege of Yorktown. Other papers. 5 pieces. Walking stick made from the flag staff of the 80th British Regiment, Yorktown, 1781. Returned to donor (Nellie Deans Greaves) in either 1960's or 1970's. Printed announcement, dated at Montpellier, 9? December 1781, signed by Le Comte de Perigord, stating that the King has ordered a Te Deum sung in all the churches of France for the Yorktown victory. Purchased from Thomas L. Suter, 16 October 1952.","Buildings Photographs and prints: Customs House; Lord Cornwallis' Cave; Main Street; Monument Lodge (1 piece); Moore House (4 pieces--3 photographs in Mapcase); Shield House (oldest house) and Nelson House (1 piece); Yorktown wharf (1 piece). Monument Photographs. 1 piece. 2 newspapers with history of the building and opening of the George P. Coleman Bridge. Located in mapcase.","6 pieces including 1 photograph. See also Folders 6-8.","Scope and Contents Yorktown sesquicentennial celebration 1931: Mimeographed and printed material relating to the celebration. 20 items. Includes a photograph album entitled \"Views of The Yorktown Sesquicentennial Celebration, Yorktown, Virginia, October 16-17-18-19, 1931\" presented to The College of William and Mary in Virginia by the Yorktown Sesquicentenniail Association, Inc. Yorktown bicentennial celebration 1981: Official commemorative program. Official booklet: \"Miracles at Yorktown,\" written by Guy Friddell and produced by Tom Hale.","Views of the Yorktown Sesquicentennial Celebration, Yorktown, VA, October 16-19,1931 from the Yorktown Sesquicentennial Association, Inc","Yorktown sesquicentennial celebration 1931:  Mimeographed and printed material relating to the celebration.  20 items. Yorktown bicentennial celebration 1981:  Official commemorative program.  Official booklet:  \"Miracles at Yorktown,\" written by Guy Friddell and produced by Tom Hale.","Yorktown sesquicentennial celebration 1931: Mimeographed and printed material relating to the celebration. 20 items. Yorktown bicentennial celebration 1981: Official commemorative program. Official booklet: \"Miracles at Yorktown,\" written by Guy Friddell and produced by Tom Hale.","Yorktown National Military Park June 6, 1921 ...In the Senate of the United States.  June 6, 1921.. A bill declaring the battle field of Yorktown a national military park...7 p.  28 cm.  1 piece. 1921 Hearings before the subcommittee of the committee on appropriations United States Senate...on a bill declaring the battle field of Yorktown a national military park...Washington, Government printing office, 1921.  16 p.  23 1/2 cm.  1 piece. Navy Mine Depot Navy Mine Depot, Yorktown, Virginia By Commander A. H. Miles, U.S. Navy.  (Reprinted from the United States Naval Institute Proceedings v. 54, no. 4, whole no. 302.)  1 piece. In the matter of Naval Mine Depot, Yorktown, Virginia...Brief submitted on behalf of owners of property...Newport News, Franklin Printing Co.  21 p.  23 cm.  1 piece.","Material relating to the annual celebrations of Yorktown Day, sometimes called Yorktown Fete.","Fete in honor of General La Fayette.  Printed pamphlet by R.G. Scott on what happened during planning of the Yorktown Fete of 1824 and why he should not be responsible. 1827.","Centennial.  \"An Appeal to the Country for a National Centennial Celebration of the Surrender of Lord Cornwallis.\"  Printed by Virginian Print, Norfolk, Va. 1879. Special Communication of the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of Virginia at Yorktown 1881. Celebration of Yorktown Centennial- a pamphlet containing incidents and speeches from event. 10/19/1881. A History, Surrender of the British Forces to the Americans and French at Yorktown, Va., Program for the Centennial Anniversary Celebration on October 18th, 1881.","\"Admiral Francis Joseph Paul De Grasse, Hero of Yorktown\" by Louis A Culvillier 1931Invitation and tickets to Yorktown Celebration 1931List of European Guests at Yorktown Sesquicentennial Celebration 1931Newsletter on Yorktown Sesquicentennial Celebration 1931Official Program of Yorktown Celebration.  1931Some Old Yorktown Maps by K.W. Trimble.  Reprint from The Military Engineer, 1931Tentative Program of Yorktown Celebration byYorktown Sesquicentennial Association 1931Ticket Stubs-Yorktown 150 year Celebration 1931Yorktown Sesquicentennial Association 1931","Program of Celebration of 155th Anniversary of the Victory at Yorktown under the Joint Auspices…  10/19/1936","Program of Yorktown Celebration, October 18-19, 1934.","Letter from A.A. Folsone to Hon. Lyon G. Tyler enclosing engraving of a view of Yorktown, \"Yorktown Battlefield\" by John B. Chapman per Graham's Magazine, 1814.","Scope and Contents Photograph of House in Yorktown undatedPhotograph of Yorktown Battlefield and Moore House undatedSketch of Yorktown- View from the River (Copy) undatedYorktown Homes (6 photographs on cardboard) undatedGreeting Cards -Prints of Moore House and Nelson House  1934","Original ink wash drawing by a federal soldier in 1862. View of the York River waterfront. Transferred to artifact librarian in 2011.","Scope and Contents Plats of Yorktown, Photostats (2)  undated Sign - Guided Tour of Yorktown (10\"x7\" cardboard sign) 1941 \"Establishment of the American Army.\"  Photostat of May 27, 1778 Congressional Order.","Available online via the Library catalog for William and Mary users; alternate access is available via the Internet Archive: http://www.archive.org/details/journalofsiegeof00gall.","\"Yorktown Church Said Third Oldest in Virginia,\" Daily Press, Newport News, Virginia.  May 9, 1960.\"Historic Nelson House,\" January 31, 1973\"Battle Lines Will Be Reconstructed at Yorktown,\" Daily Press, Newport News, Virginia.  January 31, 1973.","Scope and Contents Christmas Dinner Menu, U.S. Naval Mine Depot, Yorktown, Virginia.  1950.Colonial National Historic Park brochure by US Department of Interior (2 Copies).  1940Old Yorktown and its History by Mrs. Sydney Smith.  1920Salvaging Relics from York River.  1939U.S. 17 George Washington Memorial Highway Map, Tidewater, Virginia, into Colonial National Historical Park.  undated.Views of Yorktown and Gloucester Town—Mariners Museum, Newport News, Virginia.  1946Virginia Gazette Supplement, The Public Observer, \"Yorktown Day of Yesteryear.\"  October 1972\"Yorktown-Climax of the Revolution,\" National Park Service, Source Book Series, Number 1 (2 copies).  1941","\"Henri de Saint-Simon at Yorktown; A French Prophet of Modern Industrialism in America,\" The Franco-American Review, Autumn 1937.\"A Neglected French Collaborator in the Victory of Yorktown\" by Harold A. Larrabee.  1932.","Yorktown Sesquicentennial medal commemorating the surrender of Lord Cornwallis in 1781. Transferred to Artifact Collection.","Eighteen early photographs of monuments in Yorktown, Virginia, many with descriptions written on the reverse side.","Photographs of: the Victory monument,  the monument on the spot where Cornwallis surrendered to Washington, Lafayette Coach at Bremo, Spring where Washington got his water, marker of French soldiers' graves (2), plaque for site of the Home of Nicolas Martiau,  plaque for \"Baron Gaspard de Gallatin,\" walk along top of old earthworks (3), where Washington had his tent, spot marked where a tablet once was, plaque for \"french soldiers and sailors,\" where Lafayette had his tent, plaque for Thomas Nelson, Jr. and artists conception of celebration (ships in harbour). 17 photographs.","Photograph of Battery; print of \"Reddotopm de L'armee du Lord Cornwallis; 3 photograph of inside and outside of the Moore House, 1911; two copies of the Gloucester-Mathews newspaper, May 7, 1952, with the history of the building of the George P. Coleman Bridge; and one copy of the Daily Press, May 7, 1952, about the Coleman Bridge."],"separatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eArtifacts tranferred to the Manuscripts Artifact Collection include: Presbyterian Student Choir Badge (39.4V82.A01.1), Presbyterian Junior Choir Badges (39.4V82.A01.2a-e), York River Ink Wash Drawing (39.4V82ci.02), Yorktown Sesquicentennial Commission Medal (39.4V82ci.03), Yorktown Sesquicentennial Commemorative Coin (39.4V82ci.04)\u003c/p\u003e"],"separatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Separated Materials:"],"separatedmaterial_tesim":["Artifacts tranferred to the Manuscripts Artifact Collection include: Presbyterian Student Choir Badge (39.4V82.A01.1), Presbyterian Junior Choir Badges (39.4V82.A01.2a-e), York River Ink Wash Drawing (39.4V82ci.02), Yorktown Sesquicentennial Commission Medal (39.4V82ci.03), Yorktown Sesquicentennial Commemorative Coin (39.4V82ci.04)"],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eBefore reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.\u003c/p\u003e"],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Conditions Governing Use:"],"userestrict_tesim":["Before reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library."],"names_coll_ssim":["Bruton Parish Church (Williamsburg, Va.)","Colonial Williamsburg Foundation","Grace Street Gardens (Richmond, Va.)","Richmond Theatre (Richmond, Va.)","The Virginia Comedians","United States. Army. Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment, 25th","Williamsburg Businessmen's Association (Va.)","Williamsburg Female Academy (Williamsburg, Va)","Williamsburg Male Academy (Williamsburg, Va)","Williamsburg Military School (Williamsburg, Va)","Crump family","Dunlop family","Blayton, James Blaine, Sr., (Dr.)","Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826","Michaux, Lightfoot Solomon"],"names_ssim":["Special Collections Research Center","Bruton Parish Church (Williamsburg, Va.)","Colonial Williamsburg Foundation","Grace Street Gardens (Richmond, Va.)","Richmond Theatre (Richmond, Va.)","The Virginia Comedians","United States. Army. Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment, 25th","Williamsburg Businessmen's Association (Va.)","Williamsburg Female Academy (Williamsburg, Va)","Williamsburg Male Academy (Williamsburg, Va)","Williamsburg Military School (Williamsburg, Va)","Crump family","Dunlop family","Blayton, James Blaine, Sr., (Dr.)","Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826","Michaux, Lightfoot Solomon"],"corpname_ssim":["Special Collections Research Center","Bruton Parish Church (Williamsburg, Va.)","Colonial Williamsburg Foundation","Grace Street Gardens (Richmond, Va.)","Richmond Theatre (Richmond, Va.)","The Virginia Comedians","United States. Army. Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment, 25th","Williamsburg Businessmen's Association (Va.)","Williamsburg Female Academy (Williamsburg, Va)","Williamsburg Male Academy (Williamsburg, Va)","Williamsburg Military School (Williamsburg, Va)"],"famname_ssim":["Crump family","Dunlop family"],"persname_ssim":["Blayton, James Blaine, Sr., (Dr.)","Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826","Michaux, Lightfoot Solomon"],"language_ssim":["English"],"total_component_count_is":390,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-05-21T12:52:45.001Z","scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eArtificial collection of papers relating to various cities in the Commonwealth of Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA newspaper clipping concerning dead towns in Virginia.  1 piece.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents History of Christ Church. 3 p. 15 1/2 cm. Christmas card from Old Presbyterian Meeting House from William Buckner and Mr. Croarty. undated. Letter to Earl Gregg Swem from Josephine Weeks about buying a newly made print from Colonel Gilpin's \"Plan of Alexandria, 1798.\" June 17,1944. Alexandria businesses papers: envelope from Garrett and Monroe, card from Gwin, Beckham and Company Commission Merchants and Andrews Studios. undated. List of names and inscriptions on gravestones at Christ Church, Old Presbyterian Meeting House and Bethlehem Cemetery by George Magruder Battey. Carbon Copy. June 1, 1944. History of St. Paul's Church, Fairfax Parish, 1810-1932 by Margery Arden Hall. Copy. \"Financial statement and report and list of subscribers and pewholders of Saint Paul's Protestant Episcopal Church in Fairfax\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBath is in present day Berkeley County, West Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePapers of Thomas Marshall Hunter, Morgantown, W.Va. Typed copy of an act for establishing a town at the Warm Springs in the county of Berkeley.  October 1776. 1 piece. A list of original purchasers of lots in Bath, Berkeley County.  1 piece.  Extracts from the minutes of the trustees of Bath.  1 piece. An excerpt from Thomas Jefferson's Notes of Virginia.  1793. 1 piece. Copies of newspaper advertisements of stores and boarding houses. 1781.  3 pieces.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Advertisement card for travel from Lynchburg, Virginia. undated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Music festival 1931. Advertising folder. Letter inviting people to visit a new academy established at the Midway under Mr. Pike Powers, formerly professor of Mathematics at Hampton Sydney. Signed by the nine professors. July 17, 1838. Affidavit signed by the Librarian of the Library of the University of Virginia on July 10, 1848 that the letter was copied from the Richmond Enquirer collection on July 10, 1848. Brochure of photographs of the buildings at the University of Virginia. A 1\" x 3.5\" calendar for 1927 from President Alderman is attached. 1927. Prints of engravings: \"View of the University of Virginia\" and \"University of Virginia, Charlottesville.\" undated. Letter from W.W. Gilmer of Charlottesville to the Board of Visitors of the University of Virginia recommending A.P. Abell as Proctor of the University. Partial letter from an unknown person at the University about new professorships, lack of money, who might be retiring and the increase from 32 to 50 Virginia students. April 4, 1856. Letter from Edwin M. Mann of the Chambers of the Judge of the Hustings Court in Petersburg, Virginia to Capt. W. Roane Ruffin, Board of Visitors of the University of Virginia about recommending Mayor R.W. Jones for Chair of General and Applied Chemistry and Pharmacy. September 23, 1884. \"College Topics\", Volume VII, Number 4, a publication of the University of Virginia which gives and account of the burning of the Rotunda. November 4, 1895. Sent by John Stewart Bryan on February 10, 1936. Editorial to the Enquirer by W.A. Turner about a proposed bill to consolidate the medical department at the University of Virginia and the Medical College at Richmond. undated. Mimeograph copy of a letter to Miss Nannie from Sallie J. Doswell about the advertising costs in her new edition of the condensed history of the University. March 21, 1911. A small book of \"A Partial Roster of Eminent Alumni\" of the \"University of Virginia in the Service of the Republic.\" undated. University of Virginia Alumni News. December 1926. University of Virginia commencement programs. June 29, 1855, June 27, 1856 (2 copies), June 29,1857 (2 copies) and July 4, 1860 (2 copies).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents A historical and descriptive article. undated. 1 piece. Typed copy of an act incorporating the town, 1749. 1 piece. Typed copy of a list of residents of Dumfries found in the ledger of Daniel Payne, merchant. 1758-1761. 1 piece. Typed list of merchants residing in Dumfries. 1789. 1 piece. A Short historical sketch of the Dumfries lodge of Masons, 1797-1830, including a list of members in 1798. 1 piece.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents A print, \"Fortress Monroe, Va. and Its Vicinity\" with a numbered legend of places on the picture. undated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDay book of the corporation of Fredericksbug, Virginia. 28 April 1802 -- 28 February 1812. 80 pages. 12 3/4 x 7 3/4 inches. List of voters and militia in the corporation of Fredericksburg, Virginia. 1855. 48 pages. 13 3/4 x 4 1/4 inches. An illustrated descriptive folder. 1 piece. An envelope printed with six views of buildings. 1 piece. 1787-1840 Fredericksburg District Court Records: See Mss. Acc. 2008.319 Fredericksburg, Virginia District Court.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Fredericksburg Street lottery tickets signed by Beck (sic) Welford. Over 50 tickets. Some tickets have the name of purchaser on the reverse side. 1826. 1 lottery ticket from St. Louis, dated March 6, 1817. Pages with photographs of State Teachers College. (Mary Washington University). 4 pages. undated. Printed letter to the \"communicants of St. George's Church\" in Fredericksburg, Virginia, asking for funds. undated. Statement of current expenses of St. George's Church in Fredericksburg, Virginia. February 19, 1872. Advertisement for \"Johnston and Company, Druggists and Apothecaries\" in Fredericksburg, Virginia. undated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNumerical list of blanks and prizes in the Fredericksburg Female Charity School Lottery.  1805.  48 pages.  15 1/2 x 10 inches.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJuly 5, 1953 Daily Press newspaper clipping \"Historical Approach Used in the Selection of New Names for Hampton City Streets.\" Annual reports for the Committee for the Fort Monroe Museum and its successor, the Casemate Museum. 1951-1974.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEngraving of Hanover Court-House, possibly removed from a book.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTwo prints of Harper's Ferry by W.H. Bartlett, 1838, showing different views. One newspaper print reproduction, \"Gleason's Pictorial Drawing-Room Company.  1854. Three prints by G. Perkins, 1874, \"Harper's Ferry by Moonlight.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e5 printed reproductions of photographs of buildings at the \"State Teacher's College\" in Harrisonburg, Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Flyers advertising \"Gooch\" and \"Little Miss Spruce\" trees by Winslow L. Gooch of Hopewell, Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRelated material: See the Jamestown Corporation Records, 1946-1979, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary; and the Jamestowne Society Papers, 1930-1966, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePapers, 1629-1952, relating to Jamestown, Va. Note: Items relating to Colonial National Historical Park and to Williamsburg, Jamestown, and Yorktown are filed under Williamsburg. See also: Map Collection.\n    Historical and descriptive articles, and general views of the town.  13 pieces.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e    Landing at Jamestown.  An engraving.  1 piece. Print of \"The First Legislative Assembly in America.  James Town, Virginia, August, 1619.\"  (From Goodrich's History of the United States of America (New York, 1828).  2 items.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e    Photostats of four pages from a court journal of James City.  1629.  4 pieces.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e    Photostat of a portion of John Clayton's letter of August 17, 1688, containing a description and map of Jamestown Island.  4 photostats.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e    Log houses at Jamestown.  By George C. Gregory.  Blueprint of a typed article.  1 piece. Deed given by John Page to William Sherwood, 6 February 1682.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e    Photographs of buildings and foundations.  13 pieces. Undated. Panoramic photograph of Jamestown Island, photograph of a building foundation and an aerial photograph of Jamestown are filed in the Mapcase.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e    Photograph of a section of the church yard.  Undated. 1 piece.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e    Objects unearthed.  6 photographs and an illustrated article. Undated.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e    Celebrations of the founding of Jamestown, 1895, 1932, 1935, 1952.  7 pieces.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e    Monument.  Copy of architect's sketch.  1 piece.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e    Philopena Album.  New York: Published by Leavitt \u0026amp; Allen, undated.  Includes engraving of Jamestown.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003ePhotostat of Richmond TImes Dispatch, 1936 Jamestown Day\n        Photostat of newspaper clipping about the annual services commemorating Jamestown Day to be held May 13.  From the Richmond Times Dispatch, 1936. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn Page to William Sherwood Deed. 1681/2.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEight postcards from the Jamestown Exposition in 1907, showing:  Swiss village, harbor, view, lovers lane, Hotel Chamberlain, official seal of the Jamestown Exposition (1907), U.S. government Pier, and the winding trail.  (8 items).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEight postcards from the Jamestown Exposition in 1907, showing:  Swiss village, harbor, view, lovers lane, Hotel Chamberlain, official seal of the Jamestown Exposition (1907), U.S. government Pier, and the winding trail.  (8 items).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEphemera from the 1957 Jamestown Celebration. Includes pamphlets, invitations, program for \"An Historical Pageant: Opechancanough, the Last Chief of the Powhatans\" given at the site of Pamunkee in West Point, Virginia, schedules, tickets, flyers, press releases and the program of a luncheon in honor of Thomas B. Stanley, Governor of Virginia, at the Savoy Hotel in London, England on October 9, 1956.  Includes two copies of the Virginia Gazette Special Edition on the 1957 Jamestown Festival and a report to the Virginia 350th Anniversary Celebration, \"Planning Hospital Services for Williamsburg, Virginia.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMonument. Copy of architect's sketch. 1 piece.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Postcard of rear view of Jamestown Church.  1930's newspaper article entitled \"National Memorial to the Progress of the Colored Race in America\" about Elder Lightfoot Solomon Michaux building a memorial at Jamestown.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Historical and descriptive articles, and general views of the town. 13 pieces. Landing at Jamestown. An engraving. 1 piece. Print of \"The First Legislative Assembly in America. James Town, Virginia, August, 1619.\" (From Goodrich's History of the United States of America (New York, 1828). 2 items. Photostats of four pages from a court journal of James City. 1629. 4 pieces. Photostat of a portion of John Clayton's letter of August 17, 1688, containing a description and map of Jamestown Island. 4 photostats. Log houses at Jamestown. By George C. Gregory. Blueprint of a typed article. 1 piece. Deed given by John Page to William Sherwood, 6 February 1682. Photographs of buildings and foundations. 13 pieces. undated. Panoramic photograph of Jamestown Island, photograph of a building foundation and an aerial photograph of Jamestown are filed in the Mapcase. Photograph of a section of the church yard. undated. 1 piece. Objects unearthed. 6 photographs and an illustrated article. undated. Celebrations of the founding of Jamestown, 1895, 1932, 1935, 1952. 7 pieces. Monument. Copy of architect's sketch. 1 piece. Philopena Album. New York: Published by Leavitt \u0026amp; Allen, undated. Includes engraving of Jamestown.\nPhotostat of newspaper clipping about the annual services commemorating Jamestown Day to be held May 13. From the Richmond Times Dispatch, 1936.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePhotostat copies: letter from Ellen M. Bagby of the Jamestown Committee of the APVA to Mr. Warner S. McCall of Gibson City, Illinois inviting him to Jamestown for the installation of the plaque honoring Edward Maria Wingfield; memo by Warner McCall read by Bishop Brown at the Annual meeting of the APVA and newspaper clippings of the event with picture of plaque.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePhotostat copies of two early deeds from Jamestown from the Ambler Papers at the Library of Congress, \"Virginia:  Jamestown--Land Patents, Deeds, etc.\"         Four photographs from the National Park Service:         Plate 1:  Fragment of the Copeland or Chuckatuck Spoon Excavated at Jamestown,         Plate 2:  bowl fragment indentified as belonging to the handle of the type illustrated in Plate 1,         Plate 3:  fragment of pewter measure of the baluster type and         Plate 4:  drawing of drinking mug, restored.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEight postcards from the Jamestown Exposition in 1907, showing:  Swiss village, harbor, view, lovers lane, Hotel Chamberlain, official seal of the Jamestown Exposition (1907), U.S. government Pier, and the winding trail.  (8 items).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Ephemera from the 1957 Jamestown Celebration. Includes pamphlets, invitations, program for \"An Historical Pageant: Opechancanough, the Last Chief of the Powhatans\" given at the site of Pamunkee in West Point, Virginia, schedules, tickets, flyers, press releases and the program of a luncheon in honor of Thomas B. Stanley, Governor of Virginia, at the Savoy Hotel in London, England on October 9, 1956.  Includes two copies of the Virginia Gazette Special Edition on the 1957 Jamestown Festival and a report to the Virginia 350th Anniversary Celebration, \"Planning Hospital Services for Williamsburg, Virginia.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFour photographs from the National Park Service:\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003ePlate 1:  Fragment of the Copeland or Chuckatuck Spoon Excavated at Jamestown,\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003ePlate 2:  bowl fragment indentified as belonging to the handle of the type illustrated in Plate 1,\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003ePlate 3:  fragment of pewter measure of the baluster type and\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003ePlate 4:  drawing of drinking mug, restored.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEphemera from the 350th Anniversary of Jamestown.  Includes the Virginia Department of Highways report on \"Traffic and the Jamestown Festival,\" \"Jamestown Festival Official Program,\" programs for the musical program at PBK in Williamsburg and the christening of the Susan Constant, Godspeed and Discovery, brochure entitled \"Souvenir of the Jamestown Festival 1957, Old World Heritage,\"Jamestown Festival brochure, brochure for \"The Founders,\" ticket stub for the festivities, and a Jamestown Anniversary Issue of the magazine \"Forth\".\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePanoramic photograph of Jamestown Island, photograph of a building foundation and an aerial photograph of Jamestown, undated for probably early 20th century.  2 copies of the Supplement to the Virginia Gazette, dated June 28, 1957, about the Jamestown Festival.\nJohn Page to William Sherwood Deed, 1681/82.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLexington Lottery Tickets, signed by Fisher and Jordan. 5 tickets.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Lynchburg art club. Catalog of exhibition, 1929. 1 sheet. Flyer for \"Lynchburg Institute for Young Ladies\" conducted by Mr. And Mrs. Meany. undated. A flyer for the Morgantown Female Academy which is to be run by Mr. and Mrs. Meany, 1845, and a flyer for St. Mary's Female Seminary (Maryland) written by E.J. Meany, Principal. undated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Envelope from the business, Messrs. Lee Taylor and Co., Leaf Tobacco. undated. Receipt of William Turner and John F. Powell. August 22, 1795. Receipt of Capt. William Turner and John Poe, July 21, 1821. Receipt of Walter Irvine, Samuel Irvine and Proper Powell, July 11, 1796.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eProgram of the seventh annual assembly of the Virginia branch of the Huguenot Society of the founders of Manakin.  1937.  1 piece. Program of the seventh annual assembly of the Huguenot Society of the founders of Manakin.  1938.  1 piece. News letter of the seventh annual assembly of the Huguenot Society of the founders of Manakin.  1938.  1 piece.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA note giving the wording of the act of incorporation. 1799. 1 piece.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAn airplane view. 1 piece.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTo the pioneers of Newport News, Va. A historical sketch by George B. West. 1911. Typed copy. 1 piece. The Mariners' Museum. By Homer L. Ferguson. 9 p. illus. 28 cm. 1 piece. Advertising sheets and cards of merchants. 2 pieces.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt for George [illegible] who lives at 453-21 Street, Newport News, Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMiscellaneous letters, broadsides, and pamphlets relating to Norfolk, Va., its history and people, including an 1804 letter describing a fire in Norfolk, an 1826 polling list, and an 1830 funeral invitation.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Papers, 1804-1950, relating to Norfolk, Va. An artificial collection of letters, broadsides, and pamphlets relating to Norfolk, Va., its history and people. Includes letter, 1804, concerning fire in Norfolk; list, 1826, of votes for General Assembly election; funeral invitation, 1830; and printed material (Gray Lines Motor Tours schedule and advertisement, \"The Tidewater Trail,\" \"Norfolk's Historic Mace\" (1935), \"Christ Church Congregation\" by Robert Morton Hughes and program of \"Sesquicentennial Jubilee [of] Norfolk's Most Unusual Church [First Baptist]); broadside describing exhibitions and activities of Norfolk Museum of Arts and Science; and photograph of woodcut showing Market Square. 14 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOriginal, printed and miscellaneous material. W.B. Oliphant, Norfolk, Va., to Daniel Boehm, Philadelphia, Pa. Mention of the office of the Cashier of Dir[ection?] and Deposit in Norfolk; describes the fire which burned Norfolk, stating that \"its ravages [were more] than anything of the kind ever witnessed by me\"; requests two chests of Hyson Tea after reading of newly arrived shipments from India; also asks for candles and mustard in bottles, as well as a quarter cask of good Lisbon wine. 3 pp. ALS. March 24, 1804. Includes typescript. 1 p. List of voters casting their vote for either George Loyall of John S. Steed as the next delegate from Norfolk to the General Assembly. April 24, 1826 1 p. PD. Invitation to attend the funeral of Col. William Anderson, Norfolk, Va. June 13, 1830. 1 item. PC. Pamphlet entitled, \"Christ Church Congregation,\" by Robert Morton Hughes. 1937. 13 pp. PM. Program of the \"Sesquicentennial Jubilee [of] Norfolk's most Unusual Church, [First Baptist].\" 1950. 57 pp. PM. Schedule of Gray Line Motor Tours of the Norfolk and Virginia Beach area. 1929. 1 p. PM. \"The Tidewater Trail, a chronicle for Groups for Service Women in this Community,\" featuring an article about the Barton Myers home in Norfolk, Va. January 1, 1931. 16 pp. PM. A brief history and description of the Mace of Norfolk, entitled \"Norfolk's Historic Mace.\" 1935. 14 pp. PM. Advertising bill for Gray Line Motor Tours. n.d. 1 p. PM Advertisement of John B. Loughran, \"dealer in picture frames, looking glasses...and clocks,\" No. 182 Church St., Norfolk, Va. n.d. 1 p. PM. Handbill describing exhibitions and activities of the Norfolk Museum of Arts and Sciences. n.d. 1 p. PM. Black and white photograph, 8\" x 10\", of a woodcut of Market Square, Norfolk, Va. n.d. 1 item. Ph.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents S.W.B. Oliphant, Norfolk, Va., to Daniel Boehm, Philadelphia, Pa. Mention of the office of the Cashier of Dir[ection?] and Deposit in Norfolk; describes the fire which burned Norfolk, stating that \"its ravages [were more] than anything of the kind ever witnessed by me\"; requests two chests of Hyson Tea after reading of newly arrived shipments from India; also asks for candles and mustard in bottles, as well as a quarter cask of good Lisbon wine. 3 pp.  ALS.  Including typescript.  1 p.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAdvertisement for subscription to the \"Day Book\" for Norfolk and Portsmouth residents. Ca. 1870. Note: Photographs from the 1907 Jamestown Exposition held in Norfolk, Virginia are filed under James City County, Virginia in the Virginia Counties Collection.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Pocahontas Playbill. undated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA letter from P.H. Drewry, 13 September 1922, regarding his proposed history of Petersburg. 1 piece. Tabb Street Presbyterian Church. List of members, 1867. Printed. 1 piece. Advertising sheets and cards of business houses. 3 pieces.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Photographs of the Virginia State College for Negroes in Petersburg, Virginia. undated. Account book from the Petersburg area. Earliest legible date is 1765. Partial. Fragile. Some names legible. Fragments of invoices from the Petersburg area. Fragile. Legible names: Mr. Buchanan, John Smith, Charles Hudson, Littlebury White, Buckner Raney, Mrs. Elizabeth Randolph and William Hamlin. 1759-1789. 8 items. Advertising card form the Davis Carriage Company. undated. Article on Blandford's Church from \"The Commonwealth Magazine\". June 1954. Report by the Association Preservation Petersburg Antiquities on the Pride Family and Pride's Field. Includes newspaper articles and photographs. February 4, 1938. Copy of legal document about moving a road near Blandford. Includes plat and list of all tithables on the land of Bollingbrook Ward. May 1787.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHistory of Portsmouth. By Mildred M. Holladay. In the Portsmouth Star, 19 January 1936. 1 piece. A deed given by Tapley Webb and others conveying a tract of land in Portsmouth to Purnal Pitts. 1812. 1 piece.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Six black and white photographs of the Providence Forge Mill showing inside and outside of mill. undated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePapers, ca. 1793-1931, relating to Richmond, Va. Includes photographs, engravings, broadsides, programs of art exhibits, advertising cards, correspondence, and newspaper clippings.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Newspaper clipping - \"Richmond, Virginia, in 1793, an unpublished manuscript of the Reverend Henry Toulmin, a visiting English clergyman (information obtained from Colonel Gamble, a merchant of Richmond). 1 item. [concluding article only]. Newspaper clipping of a letter, 17 April 1878, from S. Bassett French to John Letcher concerning the riot in Richmond, 2 April 1863. 1 item. Two copies of articles on the history of Richmond by Edward V. Valentine, William G. Stanard, Mary Newton Stanard, Douglas S. Freeman, H. J. Eckenrode and Sally Nelson Robbins, in the Richmond News-Leader, 29 December 1924. Advertising sheet of Richmond's business, enterprise and attractions. undated. 1 item. Prospectus of...Richmond, capital of Virginia [approaches to its history]...Whittet and Shepperson, 1937. 1 item. Photograph of an engraved view of Richmond. Engravings (2 copies) of \"Richmond from the James.\" New York: D. Appleton \u0026amp; Co., 1871. Engraving of Richmond, n.d.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTypescript (carbon copy) concerning Richmond Academy of Fine Arts. Printed card concerning Memorial Volume of Virginia Historical Portraiture, 1585-1830. Broadside, 1937, concerning exhibit of chapbooks and battledores at the Valentine Museum. Program, 1938, for Steuben Glass exhibit at Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. Program, 1939, of exhibit of watercolors by Edmund S. Campbell. Agreement (unexecuted carbon copy), 1918, between Manchester National Bank of Richmond and Bank of Commerce and Trusts. Photographs (printed) of Richmond buildings. Engravings of capitol building Richmond (London: Published 1831, I. T. Hinton \u0026amp; Simpkin and Marshall). Newspaper clipping, 1925, concerning Virginia House. Advertisement poster re: Virginia House [in Windsor Farms, owned by Va. Historical Society. Was home of Ambasador Weddell]. Filed in Mapcase. Advertising materials (cards, broadsides and blotters). 37 items. (One item, re: Dietz Publishing Company is filed in Mapcase).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Broadside, 1 April 1875, of First Baptist Church, Richmond. Invitation, 1859, to Monumental Church. Invitation, 1865, to St. Paul's Church. Bulletin, 23 November 1930, of Second Baptist Church. Letter, 1846, concerning schooner, Caroline. Broadside (copies) concerning \"Civic Association\" and \"Committee on Charter Changes.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents 29 January 1882 J. A. Cantrell, [?] to Carrie Irwin, Grace Chapel. Impending visit of [?] Doggett and [?] Saunders. 1 p. ALS. 4 November 1890 Milton F. Paddock, Rector, St. Andrew's Church, Philadelphia, Pa., to Thomas Browder, Richmond, Va. Since Grace Church is to lose Dr. [?] Jackson, recommends Charles A. Rickseeker. 3 pp. ALS. 7 January 1895 Mary E. Warren [Richmond, Va.] to Dr. Jno. R. Wheat, [Richmond, Va.] Account of money spent fro Christmas decorations. 4 pp. ALS. 6 April 1895 Gynne A. Lyell, Richmond, Va., to President of the Ladies' Aid Society, Grace Church, Richmond, Va. Expiration of terms of members of musical committee. 8 April 1895 Virginia M. Robinson, [Richmond, Va.], to President, Ladies' Aid Society, Grace Church [Richmond, Va.] Music committee. 3 pp. ALS. 5 March 1917 Robert A. Goodwin, Richmond, Va., to Vestry of Grace Church, Richmond, Va. Resignation as assistant minister. 1 p. ALS. January 1918 Memorial to Lucy Ambler Mason by Vestry of Grace Church. 2 pp. TD. 15 March 1918 Alms Boxes Report. 1 p. D. 5 March 1918 Report of Junior Auxiliary. 2 pp. D. 16 January 1919 L. U. McCabe, The Chancel Chapter, Grace Church, Richmond, Va., to Mrs. E. O. McCabe et al. Solicitation for contributing members. 1 p. TL. Verso bears agenda for a meeting. 1 p. D. 25 March 1919 Report of Grace Church Auxiliary of the Red Cross. Signed Mary A. Randolph. 5 pp. DS. 28 March 1919 Report of Chancel Guild. By L. U. McCabe. 4 pp. on 1 leaf. DS. 28 March 1919 Report of Woman's Guild of Grace Episcopal Church. Lists donations to War Relief Fund, to Lucy Ambler Mason Leper Memorial Fund, to aid in Influenza Epidemic (soup and milk), to adopt French orphan, and given to Richmond charities. 3 pp. DS. 7 July 1919 William H. Palmer, Richmond, Va., to Austin Brockenbrough, Richmond, Va. Leaves town for a prolonged stay. 1 p. ALS. Encloses letter, 3 July 1919, of William H. Palmer, Richmond, Va., to Vestry, Grace Protestant Episcopal Church, Richmond, Va. Resigning as vestryman. 1 p. ALS. 4 August 1919 William H. Palmer, Blacksburg, Va., to Austin Brockenbrough, Richmond, Va. Prevented by ill-health from attending vestry meetings and unable to attend duties as senior warden. 1 p. ALS. 5 January 1920; 8 March 1920 Minutes of vestry meetings. 4 pp. D. undated Report of Junior Auxiliary, signed by Maude Cooke, treasurer. 1 p. DS. undated Report of Chancel Chapter. Signed Lily Urquhart McCabe. 4 pp. ADS. undated Report of Primary Department, Grace Church Sunday School. 1 p. TD. undated Report of Grace Church Chapter of the Brotherhood of St. Paul. Signed by Stuart Cooke. 2pp. DS.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOrganizations Letters, 1883, concerning Amateur Dramatic Club. Reports, 1856-1857, of board of directresses of Female Humane Association. Invitation, 1847, of Home Club [to meet at home of Joseph R. Anderson]. Four letters, 1853-1854, to Richmond Athenaeum (from Philip Slaughter, James F. Field, and J. Wood Johns). Announcement, 1884, of meeting of Richmond Microscopic Society. Broadside, 1931, concerning Virginia Historical Society. Two letters, 1911, of Grace M. Dodge re: YMCA. Letter, 1911, of John D. Rockefeller, Jr., re: YMCA. Letter, 1911, of A. Beirne Blair re: YMCA. Letter, 1911, of L. S. Joffe re: YMCA. Program, 1903, of Academy of Music. Program, 3 February 1930, The Artists Series of Concerts (Boston Symphony Orchestra). Legal Petition, ca. 1887, of A. A. Branch, executrix of her husband Thomas Branch's estate to award his daughter her annuity in one lump sum. Deed, 1858, of confirmation between Francis J. Brand, Willie Graseser, and Mary Selle and Charles Selle for a lot in Richmond [Brand was trustee for Mary Selle]. Deed, 1880, of confirmation by Joseph Francis Beyer to Glaser. Deed, 1907, between Isaac Digges and Benj. Barret for Isaac Digges interest in Va. Corporation Digest. Memorandum, 1823, re: John Van Lew \u0026amp; Co. Petition, 1869, of James Duke for a re-hearing in case of John Van Lew v. Duke. Account, 1836, re: selling of Swan Tavern. Third person letter re: lot on 12th St. Judgement, 1833, in Crump vs. Wren administrator, etc. Judgement, 1833, in Cotton \u0026amp; Clark. Notice, 1870, of motion for injunction in Ruper v. Sedgewick. Order, 1807, to pay Peter Gordon for defense of Alexander Spotswood. Deed, 1807, from Samuel McCraw and Geo. Fisher, trustees and Margretta West to Samuel Myers for Quesnay's Academy ground. Lease, 1861, from Spiro Zetila to Alfred Paul. Negative photocopy of letter, 1784, of Turner [?] to Clerk of Henrico re: lots in Richmond. Notes, 1888, concerning correspondence concerning a house and lot in Richmond.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAdministrator, executor or guardian, 1856-1870. 46 items. Commissioner of revenue for the city of Richmond, 1856-1860. 3 items. Inspector of tobacco in the city of Richmond, 1871-1873. 3 items. Minister, 1861-1888. 18 items. Notary public for the city of Richmond, Hanover and Henrico counties, 1856-1893. 125 items. Sergeant of the city of Richmond, 1888. 1 item. Sheriff of the city of Richmond, 1856. 2 items. Treasurer of the city of Richmond, 1888. 1 item. Fragments of bonds. 2 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Advertisements Advertisement, n.d., for a lecture by A. Edward Newton. Filed in Mapcase. Advertisement, 1939, Musicians Club of Richmond. Advertisement for lectures at Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. Advertisement for the Cavalcade of the Cavaliers Pageant. Advertisement for \"Strange Interlude\" by Eugene O'Neill at Lyric Theater. Advertisement, 1931, for Westinghouse Salutes Richmond. Posters Poster for San Carlo Opera at the Mosque. Filed in Mapcase. Poster, 18-19 May 1928, for Adventure Days in Richmond. Filed in Mapcase. Richard Adams Papers Accounts, 1785-1811, of Richard Adams [probably two men, one of whom died in 1800]. Bond, 1787, of Richard Adams (executor of Thomas B. Adams). Letter, 1792, to Richard Adams. Order, 1811, of Richard Adams. Bond, 1805, of Cyrus Griffin to Richard Adams. Order, 1810, of Cyrus Griffin. Bonds Fidelity bond, 1867, of Samuel C. Greenhow and William H. Haxall to administer estate. Fidelity bond, 1868, of John Johns, Jr., and Bradley T. Johnson. Bond, 1802, of John Mayo with Edward Carrington, trustee for Elizabeth Anne Mayo. Bond, 1854, of J. B. Morton, Hugh W. Fry, Arthur A. Morson, and John M. Patton with Richmond and York River Railroad. Bond, 1816, of Richard E. Parker and William Foushee, Sr, with trustees of Richmond Academy. Correspondence Letter, 1841, of George Jones to Committee of the Marshall Theater Request, 1822, of L. W. Dandridge, J. E. Dandridge, and James Rawlings, attorney for Rob. F. Dandridge, trustee for S. A. Williams. Correspondence, 1912, of Ordway Puller to Samuel B. Dunstan and statement of Dunstan re: sale of property. Programs Program, n.d., of Academy of Music (Johann Strauss). Program, 1930, of Adventure Days. Program, n.d., of Academy of Music (\"The Newly-Weds and their Baby.\") Program, 1905, of \"Magda\" at Lyric Theatre. Program, 1929, \"Marco Millions\" and other plays. Photographic images of Richmond Schools.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents History of Richmond's Social Service Societies of the 19th and 20th Centuries by Elwood Street, Director of the Richmond Community Fun handwritten cover by J. Luther Kibler when radio addresses acquired. Copies of typed radio addresses, Numbers 1-11 and 17 to 56, given by Elwood Street from 1942 to 1948. Includes correspondence between Elwood Street, Director of the Richmond Community Fund, and J. Luther Kibler about Mr. Street's articles in Virginia's county courthouses. Business card for \"Moore \u0026amp; Scott, Commission Merchants\" located at Nos. 1316 and 1318 Cary Street, Richmond, Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Numbers 1 - 31 of the radio addresses entitled \"Richmond's Home Fires\" given at radio station WMBG by Elwood Street, Director, the Richmond Community Council and the Richmond Community Fund. 1942 and 1943.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Numbers 23 - 56 of the radio addresses entitled \"War and Community\" given at radio station WMBG by Elwood Street, Director, the Richmond Community Council and the Richmond Community Fund. 1943.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Brochures \"A Tour of Historic Richmond\" arranged for the convenience of guests in Richmond by Hotel John Marshall.  1940. \"Picturesque Richmond, Richmond, VA and her Suburbs\", published by the J.L. Hill Printing Company.  1891. \"Footpaths in Historic Richmond.\"  1944. Cardboard placard, \"This Virginia State Flag,\" about a flag made at No. 1 West Franklin Street in the winter of 1864-1865 by Sallie Radford Munford.  Placed by the Richmond Chaper, United Daughters of the  Confederacy.  1941. Buildings and Scenes Small pamphlet on the Virginia House in Winsor Farms. Copies of engravings of scenes in Richmond by Margeret Dasheill, Episcopal Home in Richmond, Virginia.  1940. Note card of St. John's Church.  undated. Copy of a woodcut of the Virginia Capitol Building by Frieda Koontz.  1939. Account of stewardship at the Craig House.  1937. Newspaper article on the Old Mud House in Powhatan County.  undated. Businesses and Advertisements Blank checks from Office of the Greenwood Mining Company on the Farmer's Bank of Virginia in 1800's, Citizen's Bank of Richmond in the 1880's, Mechanics' Bank in New York in the 1830's and George D. Mayo on the First National Bank in Richmond, Virginia in 1910. Writing paper from Murphy's Hotel (3 sheets) and an advertisement or paper covering for \"Dove's Comp. Fluid\" by S.E. Dove of Richmond, Virginia.  undated. Broadside for a sideshow presented by George J. Johnson and Son, Richmond.  Acts are Gazzell, Mermaid and the Sea and Punch and Judy.  undated. Brochure advertising the sale of \"Richmond, Capital of Virginia (Approaches to its History) by Various Hands\" published by Whittet and Shepperson.  1937. Gary's Autographic Tablet advertisement, manufactured and sold by A.J. Gary, Richmond, Virginia.  undated. \"Catalogue of Mme. Demorest's reliable Patterns of the Fashion.\"  1875. \"Richmond Produce Price Current\"  of  W.D. Tompkins and Bro., General Commission Merchants.  June 18, 1868. Advertisement for the sale of books by Richmond Authors in Historic Linden Row.  Linden Corner Book Sellers.  1953. Advertisement for William C. West, Architect and Superintendent.  1892. WRVA Brochures on their daily radio programs.  May 1947 – March 1951.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Museums and Historical Societies Pamphlet and cards from the Valentine Museum. 4 items. Ca 1940's. Invitations and other material from the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. Ca 1940's. Papers General Assembly of Virginia Resolution thanking people and businesses in Richmond for their courtesies during the 1924 General Assembly. February 29, 1924. Subscription to \"Hillyer's American Railroad Magazine\" from a subscriber in Richmond, Virginia. March 1, 1859. Legal Receipt from Thomas W. Doswell, Sheriff of Richmond. James L. and J.W. Richardson are mentioned. 1856. Religion Baptism certificate for Mary Latham Willis in the Broad Street Station in Richmond, Virginia by a member of the Virginia Conf. , M.E. Church, South. 1874. Card about \"A Popular Lecture by Rev. J.J. Lafferty\" at the Clay-Street Methodist Church. September 13. Back cover of a book from the Clay Street Sunday School Library. Social Miller and Rhoads announcement for a \"Book and Author Dinner.\" undated. Richmond Lodge, No. 10, request, \"Brother, You are requested to attend your Brethren at their Lodge Room, on Tuesday evening next, at 7 o'clock. By order of the Master. John Fox, Sec'y. Richmond, September 7, 1799. Memorial Bazaar flyer for bazaar to raise money for the Confederate Museum and monument. April 11, 1893. Invitation letter from the Junior League of Richmond for a Book and Author Dinner. March 26, 1948. Brochures from concerts and plays: \"A Streetcar named Desire,\" 1950; \"Carousel\"by the Astra Company of Richmond, undated; \"Annie Get Your Gun with Mary Martin,\" undated; \"The Howards of Virginia\", undated; newspaper review of La Argentina, undated; Boston Symphony Orchestra in 193 and T. Michaux Moody productions, \"Conchita Supervia\" in 1932, \"The Bluebird\" newspaper review and a brochure, \"Lawrence Tibbett\" in 1931. Proclamation by the Mayor of Richmond, J. Fulmer Bright, about the creation of \"The Virginia Capital Bicentennial Commission\" and proclaiming a Home-Coming Fortnight to be held September 12th, 1937. 2 copies. Brochure for \"Adventure Days\" conducted by Inter-Club Council. 1930. Brochure for \"Cavalcade of the Cavaliers\" at the Hotel John Marshall. September 13 to 25.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGeneral Assembly of Virginia Resolution thanking certain people and businesses for their courtesies during the 1924 General Assembly.  February 29, 1924.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Three programs for the Richmond Theatre, undated, but probably the late 19th century. 1881 price list for John Laird's Green-houses, located at Grace and Broad, between Henry and Smith Streets. Also called Grace Street Gardens. Front cover of \"Catalogue of the Southern Female Institute\" in Richmond, Virginia for Session 1866-1867. D. Lee Powell, A.M., was the principal.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Removed from Folder 2 Advertisement poster re: Virginia House [in Windsor Farms, owned by Va. Historical Society. Was home of Ambasador Weddell] Certificate of Master Craftsman for August A. Dietz, Jr. Removed from Folder 6 Poster for E. Edward Newton Lecture Handwritten San Carlo Opera poster \"Adventure Days in Richmond, Va\" poster.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDeed given by George D. White and wife, 12 March 1895, conveying certain lots in the city of Roanoke to Mrs. E. C. Barksdale. 1 piece.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Advertising card for \"Miss Millie Booz\" a \"fashionable Milliner and Mantuajaker.\" Found in 1830 Staunton Spectator. undated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eContract with Isaac Sheetz to build the Strasburg Academy.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA note regarding the burning of Suffolk in 1779. 1 item.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBrochure on Washington, Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents An artificial grouping of papers, 1632-1973, relating to Williamsburg, Va. Includes maps, articles, drawings, letters, material concerning the Battle of Williamsburg, papers concerning the Black population, photographs of buildings, church bulletins, papers concerning civic organizations, deeds, leases, tax receipts, advertisements, papers concerning education and items relating to Colonial National Historical Park. The materials that comprise this collection were donated in batches to W\u0026amp;M Special Collections Research Center by John D. Haskell, Jr., John Lawrence, Brian Blouet, Parke Rouse, and Staunton Aylor between the years of 1993 and 2001. Some materials in this collection were purchased by W\u0026amp;M Special Collections Research Center. Related material: Material given by the Williamsburg Historic Records Association has been accessioned and filed individually. Enter \"Williamsburg Historic Records Association\" as \"Creator\" to see these accessions. Mss. 79 Sw4 Earl Gregg Swem Papers, 2008.364 addition: this group may originally have been part of folders 4 and 7 of the Williamsburg Papers. Mss. 1.09 Williamsburg (Va.) Ephemera Collection, 1892-[ongoing] Mss. 91 B38 Bruton Parish Church (Williamsburg, Va.) Records, 1662-[ongoing] Mss. Acc. 1991.43 Williamsburg, Yorktown, and Jamestown (Va.) Photographs, circa 1890-1930 Some newspaper runs were removed from this collection and added the newspaper collection.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHistorical and descriptive articles, maps, and general views of the town (in chronological order). Includes transcripts from printed sources.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePencil sketch of the view of Williamsburg from the south (about 1860) by Mary Wall Christian from original by J. A. Graham.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWatercolor view of Williamsburg from the south by Emily Sneed from original by J. A. Graham.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Blueprints of maps of Williamsburg. \"Palisades 1632-83\" (Colonial Williamsburg Research and Development Office, 1 November 1933). \"Maps showing location of Palisades 1632-83 in relation to Bland's Survey of 1699 and the layout of the City of Williamsburg\" (Colonial Williamsburg Architectural Dept., February 1949). \"Map showing approximate location of the 17th century horse path which went through Williamsburg prior to 1699 when this are was known as Middle Plantation\" (Colonial Williamsburg Architectural Dept., 3 October 1942).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTranscript of Earl Dunmore's letter - a historical and general view of Williamsburg.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTranscript of letters to George Washington concerning defense of Williamsburg from Charles Lee, 1776.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eList of arms removed from Governor's Palace on 24 June 1775, by American colonists after Lord Dunmore's escape.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Various articles from \"The Virginia Argus\" in early 19th century.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFrank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, dated 15 October 1881, with an article and illustrations of Williamsburg at that time period.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOrdinances of the City of Williamsburg in effect 1 October 1895.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHistorical and descriptive articles, maps, and general views of the town.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNational Geographic articles about Colonial Williamsburg dated 1954 and 1968.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeveral programs from services commemorating I-Day and victory of WWII.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBooklet entitled Facts about Williamsburg and vicinity, dated 1900.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBooklet entitled Richmond to Jamestown via America's most historic river, dated 1938.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe Journal of American History, 1919, includes several photographs of Colonial Williamsburg and the College of William and Mary.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCharter. 2 copies, including a 1722 Contemporary copy. Filed in Locked Section.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePen and ink sketch, photgraphic copies and correspondence with Earl Gregg Swem concerning the seal.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePhotostatic copy of ten pages from Cornwallis' orderly book when he was in Williamsburg in 1781. A note concerning Pennsylvania officers near Williamsburg in the summer of 1781. A sketch of Patrick Henry addressing the Virginia Assembly.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Papers relating to the Civil War. See also, addition Mss. Acc. 1995.39. Diary: 1861 Photographic copy of a diary and memorandum book of Samuel E. Holt, surgeon in the Confederate Army, stationed at Williamsburg and Yorktown, 3 September - 23 October 1861. (The original is in the possession of Mrs. Eva Rosseau, Williamsburg, Va.) Typescripts of letters: 1862 Typescripts of letter of Gen. Philip Kearny to his wife, 7 May 1862, and 15 May 1862. (Originals in the Library of Congress.) Letter: 4 October 1862 Robert F. Cole, Williamsburg, Va., to [?], certifying that his iron grey mare was taken from him by order of Lt. Col. Smith. Letter: 7 October 1862 Major J. P. Wilson, Head Quarters 5th Penna. Cavalry, to Captain G. C. Johnston, A.A.G., Yorktown, Va. stating when he will make a report of all the horses taken from citizens of Williamsburg. Letter: November 19, 1862. Mrs. M.N. Munford, Williamsburg, to Gen. [Henry A.] Naglee requesting his aid against thefts by runaway negroes and soldiers, especially the use of a government wagon to haul fuel and his assistance, in obtaining medicine for herself. Letter: 16 May 1865 Sallie Munford, at Tazewell Hall, to Lizzie Ewell, describing conditions in Williamsburg. Letter: 8 April 1866 Robert M. West at North East P.O., Cecil County, Maryland, to Benjamin S. Ewell concerning the theft of valuables from the home of Miss Gabriella Galt and destruction at the College of William and Mary by Union troops. Engraving: Engraving of the \"Battle of Williamsburg\" from the original painting by Chappel in the possession of the publishers (Johnson, Fry \u0026amp; Co., Publishers, N.Y.) Correspondence and notes of Dr. Earl G. Swem about the Battle of Williamsburg.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents 1862 articles concerning the Battle of Williamsburg, 5 May 1862: New York Daily Tribune, 8 May 1862; New York Daily Tribune,10 May 1862, Pages 7-8; New York Tribune, 13 May 1862, Pages 1-2; New York Daily Tribune, 13 May 1862, Pages 11-12; New York Daily Tribune, 12 May 1862, Pages 3-4 and New York Daily Tribune, 12 May 1862, Pages 5-6. Brochure: \"Williamsburg in the Civil War\" published by the Williamsburg Civil War Committee. Photographs of drawings of Williamsburg and Fort Magruder and Other Confederate Earth-Works, 6 May 1862. Description of the Battle of Williamsburg, Comte De Paris. Article on Fall of Fort Magruder.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe Peninsula Guide, 1936; The Cradle of the Republic - Williamsburg, Jamestown, \u0026amp; Yorktown, 1924; The Cradle of the Nation, 1931 and a brochure, \"When Washington's Sweetheart Fainted.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Advisory Committee of Historians of Colonial Williamsburg, Incorporated, June 1939-November 1941 Antiques Forum with an index of people, places, things, events and more. undated. Correspondence between Earl Gregg Swem and Dr. W.A.R. Goodwin between November 1928 and December 1929.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence between Earl Gregg Swem and Dr. W.A.R. Goodwin from January - March, 1930.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence between Earl Gregg Swem and Dr. W.A.R. Goodwin from April - June, 1930.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence between Earl Gregg Swem and Dr. W.A.R. Goodwin from July - December 1930.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence between Earl Gregg Swem and Dr. W.A.R. Goodwin between November 1931 and December 1932.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence between Earl Gregg Swem and Dr. W.A.R. Goodwin between January 1933 and July 1935.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMinutes of the Advisory Committee of Historians of Colonial Williamsburg, Incorporated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCirculars, 1930-1939. Exhibition of American Folk Art bulletin\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents September 1866 John Anderson, Claremont [?] to J. H. Crump, n.p. Asks him to reserve half his wages until 12 June 1868 V. C. Armstrong, Fort Monroe, Va., to Rev. A. Dunlop. Notification that repairs will be made to the church of which he is the pastor. 1 p. ALS. 26 May 1869 Appointment as Registering Officer for 3rd Registration Precinct for Alexander Dunlop. Signed by Edward [Richard Sprigg] Canby. 1 p. DS. 24 March 1874 Inventory of personal property of W. W. Cumber. Taken by Frank Smith, Norton Moses Weaver, \u0026amp; Samuel Smith. Appraised by County of York. 2 pp. D. undated Receipt for rent of school house to the Trustees of Public School No. 3 (A. Dunlop and F. S. Norton). 1 p. DS. debt to Alexander Dunlop [Williamsburg, Va.] is paid. 1 p. ALS. Obituary of Dr. James Blaine Blayton, Sr., a physician in Williamsburg, Virginia. December 18, 2002.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eList to be sold by Dixon \u0026amp; Hunter, 11 February 1775 Dietz Press Listing\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePhotographs and descriptive material of buildings: Michel's drawing of Williamsburg buildings. 2 copies. Prints of buildings. Audrey House.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCapitol Court House (Old) Eastern Lunatic Asylum\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGovernor's Palace\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eKerr-Vest Kitchen Market Square Tavern Masonic Hall Methodist Episcopal Church Powder Magazine Providence Hall\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eData on the Public Prison compiled from original sources for The Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities by Elizabeth Schmucker Stubbs, 1929.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRaleigh Tavern Tazewell Hall Theater Travis House Tucker House Tyler House Benjamin Waller House Williamsburg Inn (Old) Williamsburg Inn (New) Wythe House Unidentified Buildings Williamsburg Property  Scrapbook of photographs of Williamsburg houses taken about 1921. Mounted photographs of Williamsburg houses.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAdvertising sheets, brochures, cards, and newspaper accounts of banks and business houses.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eProgress report.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAuction advertisements.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFactory catalog, 1991 (first catalog).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eControversy concerning sermon by the Rev. Cotesworth P. Lewis, 12 November 1967, before President Lyndon B. Johnson. Includes copy of sermon, newspaper clippings, statements from the Congressional Record. History of Bruton Parish Church. Poster \"Art Exhibit...by Mrs. T. Bonne-Millar...at Bruton Parish House. 1944. Filed in Box 19, Folder 5, Williamsburg (folder 13).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOrgan recital programs, 1939-1941. One poster, 1943, filed in Box 19, Folder 5, Williamsburg (folder 14). Weekley bulletins, 1928-1945.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBooklets, 1947 \u0026amp; 1949.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePoster, 1951. Announcements, 1944-1946. Filed in Box 19, Folder 5, Williamsburg. (folder 15a).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAnnouncements.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBulletins, 1936-1938 \u0026amp; 1942\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBulletins, 1943-1948\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBulletins, 1949-1953.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAnnouncements, brochures, bulletins, 1949. Brochure, Methodist Sites in Historic Williamsburg.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBulletins.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBulletins\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBulletins.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEpworth League program.  Winter 1924.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Pamphlet for \"A Call to Prayer\" on the wsorld Day of Prayer sponsored by the United Council of Church Women. March 4, 1949. \"Bicentennial of Worship\" article from the Daily Press about the First Baptist Church formed by African Americans. 1996.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAmerican Civic Association Correspondence. Cleaning up. n.d. Community Center, 1954. Community Christmas Events. Community Counvil. Community Fund, 1953. Community Sings. County Council of Women's Clubs. Youth Welfare Council.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAmerican Association of University Women. Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities, Colonial Capitol Branch: List of members, 1916. Notice, 1939. Business Men's Association, 1901. Chautauqua Association. Exchange Club flyers. (filed in Box 19, Folder 5, Williamsburg (folder 17). Garden Club: Garden Week. Newspaper articles, 1973. Programs, 1935-1936. Brochures, 1950-1956. Yearbook, 1941-1942. Garden Symposium.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLion's Club. Officers' Wives Club. Pulaski Club: Two letter heads and one newspaper clipping. Red Cross: One membership card, 1929. Soroptimist Club. Swimming Club. Tidewater Guidance Clinic. United Service Organizaitons Club. United World Federalists. Virginia Federation Home Demonstration Club. Williamsburg Film Study Group. Williamsburg Junior Chamber of Commerce. Williamsburg Regional Library Association. Young Women's Club.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePrograms.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAmerican Association of University Women: Program and ballot, 1930. Hampton Roads Chemists' Club: Circular, 1931. National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. Poetry Society: Programs, 1928-1936. Society of American Archivists. Southeastern Regional Conference of Law Teachers. Virginia Society, Sons of the American Revolution.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Account of Williamsburg Resident, 1749 Account of John Dameron with Secretary Thomas Nelson, with account of certificate recorded by Benjamin Waller. 1 p. DS. Account of Williamsburg Resident, 1749 Castleton Harper and John Curd in account with Secretary Thomas Nelson, signed by Benjamin Waller. 1 p. DS. Account of Williamsburg Resident, 1749 Account of Colonel Joshua Fry with Secretary Nelson. Signed by Benjamin Waller. 1 p. DS. Account of Williamsburg Resident, April 1768 Account of Samuel Havistone, 1766, with the auditors with statement of account by Robert Prentis, Williamsburg. 1 p. DS. Account of Williamsburg Resident, 1768 Account of John \u0026amp; Gerry Smith with Secretary Thomas Nelson with account of recording certificate for probating Smith's bill, signed by Benjamin Waller. 1 p. DS. Bassett, William, 1717 Indenture given by trustees of the city of Williamsburg to William Bassett of New Kent County conveying six lots in the city. 14 October 1717. 2 pp. DS including photostatic copies of indenture. Berkeley (?), 1883 Photostatic copies of three letters from Frank to \"Berry\" and \"Monie\", 1883 and n.d. from the Berkeley Papers, University of Virginia Library. Custis, John, 1714 . (filed in Box 19, Folder 5, Williamsburg (folder 19). Photostatic copy of indenture, 1 February 1823, between Thomas Nelson, Jr., George Washington Nelson, William Meade, and Thomasia (Nelson) Meade, his wife, and Dr. Alexander Galt for the purchase of a house and lot by Dr. Galt. 2 pp. Cy of DS. John T. James, 1859 Flyer, 28 July 1859, advertising sale of farm three miles from Williamsburg. 1 p. PM. Mouzon, Samuel R., 9 January 1824 Advertised by John T. James. (Filed in Box 19, Folder 5, Williamsburg (folder 19). Receipt of Samuel R. Mouzon for his share of the estate of William Nelson of Williamsburg, $218.64 1/2. 1 p. DS. Tyler [ ], 1812 Typed copy of an advertisement by in the Richmond Enquirer, 2 October 1812, offering for rent a dwelling in Williamsburg, recently occupied by Chancellor Tyler.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTeterel, Francis: Policies and premium receipts. 1807-1925 Waters, Sarah: Policies and premium receipts. 1796-1799 Webb, Walter W.: Receipt for premium. 1825.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWedding Announcement, 1939\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDeed given by the trustees on the city of Williamsburg to John Custis conveying three lots in the city. Signed by John Clayton and William Robertson\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIndenture given by trustees of the city of Williamsburg to William Bassett of New Kent County conveying six lots in the city. 14 October 1717. 2 pp. DS including photostatic copies of indenture. Berkeley (?), 1883\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAnderson, Robert A contract for purchase of corn and fodder from John T. Marston. 1835. Cocke, Doctor Doctor Cocke of old Williamsburg. A printed article. Reprinted form the Medical Times, October 1936. Fresheau [Freneau], Peter Peter Fresheau [Freneau], Williamsburg, Virginia, to Mrs. Maryanne Scott, New York, 25 April 1749. Order to pay Charles Stewart the sum of five pounds sterling. Hundley, Jack \"They've sold the town.\" poem. 1929. Hunter, William Typed memoranda concerning William Hunter. Johnson, James James Johnson vs. Henry Wilson. Suit. 1842. Parks, Eleanor Typed copy of renunciation of benefit from will of William Parks. 1750. Parks, William Typed copy of will. 1750. Correspondence concerning a memorial to William Parks. 1922. Pelham, Ann Creese Silhouette of Ann Creese Pelham, wife of Peter Pelham. Richard, Milly Vicksburg, Miss., to Captain Thomas Russell, n.p., Va. 8 July 1868. A former slave who belonged to Scervant Jones inquires about her relations. She was Milly Armstrong. 2 pp. ALS. Rind, William Copy of inventory and appraisement of the estate of William Rind. 1773. Scott, Robert G. Typed copy of an advertisement of Robert G. Scott, attorney. In the Richmond Enquirer, 27 October 1812. Smith, Sydney Williamsburg, Va., to Henry Smith, 1/2 Way House, York Co., Va., 23 February 1854. Discusses local grassroots politics and his intention to run for Commonwealths attorney. 3 pp. ALS. Taliaferro, Charles Typescript about portrait. Warwick, Eliza Typed copies of correspondence of Eliza Warwick of Williamsburg, Va., 1801-1803. Originals in the Valentine Museum.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAffidavits denying that demonstrations were made against the United States by Williamsburg militia.  1872.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAnnouncements, newspaper clippings, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAdvertisements.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAdvertisements.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAdvertisements.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAdvertisements.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAdvertisements.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAdvertisements.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAdvertisements.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAdvertisements.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Advertisements and other written material for moving pictures. Poster for \"The Baker's Wife\" is filed in Box 19, Folder 5, Williamsburg (folder 29).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGarland of Spring Carols.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt for the subscription to the Virginia Gazette., 1930 Outline of W. J. Johnston as editor of the Virginia Gazette.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePrograms and posters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSheet of paper made by the Williamsburg Restoration illustrating the water mark of William Parks.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBarter Theater and Children's Theater Programs, announcements. Little Theater League., 1929-1938 Programs, announcements, and posters. Other Organizations, 1785, 1925-1930 Notes, programs, circulars, and posters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAddresses and cards.  1875, 1924, 1931, 1948\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDedication program, 12 May 1962.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe Evening Press. Catalog of type specimens. The Williamsburg Bulletin (1945), Gardiners Virginia Gazette (1942) and The Evening Press (July 1942).  All of the above were edited and printed by Joseph Rowe Gardiner.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Souvenir booklet of the Williamsburg Pre-Restoration Old-Timers reunion, November 1-2, 1980 (Samuel \"Billy\" D. Royall, printer).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliamsburg Female Academy and Williamsburg Male Academy. Letters of application and recommendation for teaching position in the proposed male and female schools, 1849. Williamsburg Female Academy and Williamsburg Male Academy.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePhotostats, 1811 Photostats from the Berkeley Papers, University of Virginia to Carter Berkeley, pertaining to schools in Williamsburg, 1811. Filed in Box 19, Folder 5, Williamsburg (folder 32). Advertisement, 1805 A newspaper advertisement concerning Mr. Anderson's school for young ladies. Photostatic copy. April 30, 1805, Richmond Enquirer. Letter, 1820 A letter from Margaret Page, at Williamsburg, to John Page, at Union Town, Monroe County, Virginia, 19 January 1820, mentioning the opening of Mr. Morse's school for young ladies. (See Page-Saunders Papers, Folder 1). Letter, 1849 William Hodges, Washington, D.C., to Robert McCandlish, Williamsburg, Va., concerning the rental of his house for the Female School. 10 June 1849. 2 pp. ALS Williamsburg Female Academy, 1849-1852, 1862 A circular letter from Hubert P. LeFebvre, at Richmond, 21 August 1849. Catalog. 1851-1852. Typescript of a letter application from John K. Noel for a teaching position, noting his experience as principal of both the Williamsburg Female and Male Academies. 1862. Williamsburg Male Academy, 1855 Printed circular. 1855. Williamsburg Military School (Morressett \u0026amp; Peyton), 1852-1853 Letter, 1840 A letter from E.G. and M.R. Gatliff, at Williamsburg, to James Baytop, at Springfield, Gloucester Court House, 7 April 1840, concerning a girls' school. (See Gloucester County Papers, Folder 3). Bills, 1848, 1868 Bills for school supplies and tuition. 1848 and 1868. Copies. Book List A list of school books. Copy from a paper of Judge Frank Armistead of Williamsburg, Virginia. Female Seminary, 1880 See Armistead Papers, Folder 1.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMatthew Whaley, 1923-1931, 1943, 1945 Circulars and programs. 1923-1931. (new MW opened 15 September 1930, per The Powder Horn, October 1930). Dramatic Club bulletins and poster. Graduation invitation, 1945. Programs, 1943. Program for the George Washington Bicentennial, 1932. The Powder Horn, the school newspaper, March 1928, October - December 1930. Bruton Heights School Commencement invitation, concert program. Miscellaneous Rawls Byrd, History of the Public Schools in Williamsburg. Facts on Public Schools brochures, 1972-1973. 1984. \"Pride in the Past,\" American Education Week, November 11-17. From the Virginia Gazette. Teachers' Guides \"Eighteenth Century Life in Williamsburg, Virginia.\" \"The War and Elementary School Instruction in American Colonial Life.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 photograph.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eList of paid Capitation Taxes for 1946, 1947 and 1948 on or before May 7, 1949 and for 1947, 1948 and 1949 on or before December 12, 1949.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents \"A Bibliography on the Restoration of Colonial Williamsburg\" by Elsie Alderson.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Flyers, pamphlets and more on the Colonial National Monument, \"A Brief History of and Guide Book to Jamestown, Williamsburg and Yorktown\" by Rutherfoord Goodwin (signed by the author), \"A Historic Old Virginia Pilgrimage\" brochure for taking a cruise to the Williamsburg area on April 29 - May 1, 1930 and brochures and reprints about Williamsburg, Jamestown and Yorktown. Tourist hardback book, \"Historic Peninsula of Virginia,\" distributed by Stone and Webster, Inc. in 1928. Photostatic copy of newspaper account of Jamestown Day, May 13. Year unknown.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA Proposed Zoning Ordinance for the City of Williamsburg, 1945. Zoning Ordinance Adopted 1947.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Oversized items removed from Mss. 39.4 V82ci Williamsburg Papers. Organized by the folder from which they were removed. Folder 3: Williamsburg Charter. 2 copies, including a 1722 Contemporary copy. Folder 13: Churches - Bruton Parish - Poster \"Art Exhibit...by Mrs. T. Bonne-Millar...at Bruton Parish House. 1944. Folder 14: Churches - Bruton Parish - Poster for \"Lecture Recital at Bruton Parish Church...Dr. David McK. Williams.\" 1943. Folder 15a: Churches - Christian Science Monitor, 1951 poster for a lecture by Claire Rauthe and 1944-45 free lecture announcements. Folder 17: Clubs and Organizations - The Exchange Club flyers, 1949-1954. Folder 19: Photostatic copies of three letters from Frank to \"Berry\" and \"Monie\", 1883 and n.d. from the Berkeley Papers, University of Virginia Library. Custis, John, 1714 . Flyer, 28 July 1859, advertising sale of farm three miles from Williamsburg. 1 p. PM. Mouzon, Samuel R., 9 January 1824 Advertised by John T. James. Folder 29: Moving Pictures - Large poster for \"The Baker's Wife\" to be held at the Williamsburg Theater. undated. Folder 32: Schools - Private Schools - Photostats from the Berkeley Papers, University of Virginia, to Carter Berkeley pertaining to schools in Williamsburg. 1811\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter written by W. Fred Andrews of Gahanna, Ohio to Parke Rouse, Jr. reminiscing about his days as a student at the College of William and Mary. 3 pp. June 22, 1974.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eALS of C.P. Armistead, Williamsburg to the Hon. R. Taylor Scott, Richmond, Virginia, dated 27 May 1893 regarding his brother running for office, probably the Electoral Board of James City County.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePhotocopies of newsclippings, journal articles, and Bruton Parish Bulletins about the 1991 dig by New Agers to search for evidence in the Bruton Parish Churchyard, Williamsburg, Virginia, to support the controversial claim that Sir Francis Bacon wrote Shakespeare's plays plus a formula for establishing world peace. August 20, 1992 photographs of Bruton Parish Churchyard digs with Marley Brown, archaelogist of Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. One photograph shows the Middleton Vault.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Handwritten letter from Samuel Putnam, Union soldier and Orderly in the 25th Massachusetts Volunteers while at Camp West near Williamsburg to his father. Putnam writes about the occupation of Williamsburg by Union soldiers, the destruction of the College of William and Mary, the \"insane asylum\" and his theft from a Williamsburg home of several letters by Thomas Jefferson, several letters by \"revolutionary maidens\" and one letter by Richard H. Lee.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOne page from Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper of March 10, 1887, entitled \"Virginia a day in a historic town--views of old Williamsburg.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Fragment of a receipt signed by Abram. Loc[ke]tt and \"Wmsburg Dist\" noted on the bottom of the page. undated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSigned Williamsburg Tricentennial poster, 1999.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHandwritten letter from O. F. Helner of the 33rd regiment, at a camp near Williamsburg to Mr. Abbott. He writes about the Battle of Williamsburg and a visit by General McClellan to the camp. May 1862. Transcript included.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Playbills, 1891-1896 and undated, from plays staged at Cameron Hall at Eastern State Hospital with actors and actresses from the College of William and Mary and the local community. Some programs list \"The Virginia Comedians\" as the producer. Playbills, 1910 and 1916, from plays staged at the College of William and Mary.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Union soldier's letter, \"John\" to his sweetheart \"Mary,\" 12 May (1862), regarding the occupation of Williamsburg by the North. Mention of Northern dead in Williamsburg after the battle and burying soldiers. Excerpt, \"...there are some very pretty girls here but I noticed that some of them were [wear] the rebel flag on their bosom.\" Stereoscopic card, \"War Views, View of Court House and Church, Hospital of the 2nd Corps, Yorktown, Va.\" No. 2374, published by E. \u0026amp; H.T. Anthony \u0026amp; Co. Negative by Brady \u0026amp; Co., Washington. Someone has crossed out \"Yorktown\" and written \"Williamsburg.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFour pamphlets: Catalogue of the Williamsburg Female Academy, 1851-1852; two copies of the catalogue of the Williamsburg Military School, Richmond, 1853; prospectus and catalogue of the Williamsburg Male Academy, 1852-1853.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBroadside dated December 14th, [1941], announcing a Citizen's Mass Meeting...at the Williamsburg Theatre.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Photostat copies of newspaper articles about the Battle of Williamsburg from the New York Daily Tribune, May 10, 12 and 13, 1862, photostat copies of a map of the \"Lower Peninsula,\"  and \"Battle of Williamsburg\" and both a negative and a positive photocopies entitled \"Charge of Hancock's Brigade at Williamsburgh,\" \"Fort Magruder and Other Confederate Earth-works in front of Williamsburg from sketches made May 6, 1862,\" \"Williamsburg, Va.\"  These prints have notes on them and might be partial proofs for a publication.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThree photographs of the Dedication of Ft. Magruder, May 5, 1952 by Von Dubell Studio.    Publication of a letter by The Business Men's Association of the City of Williamsburg about \"taking early steps for the proper  celebration at Jamestown of the Tercentennial Anniversary...did on the September 7, 1900, in the name of the citizens of Williamsburg, pass resolutions for the appointment of a committee...\"  On inside of pamphlet, resolutions are listed.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eG.W. Thorpe Plat, surveyed March 1916; Pine Grest Subdivision blue print plat, owned and developed by Ernest G. Vaughan and sold to Carrie V. Williams, surveyed November/December 1939; Capitol Heights property blueprint plat of Frank G. Linekin, June 26, 1930; W.L. Jones blueprint plat,May 1926; Bozarth Court blueprint plat, August 10, 1939; Bozarth Court blueprint plat, December 10, 1920; Powhatan Park blueprint plat, property of York Land Corporation, April 1916; blueprint plat of property conveyed by Celia Maxton to others,land between route 60 and the railroad, September 7, 1952; and plat of property of H.D. Bozarth between Clay and Harrison Streets, June 19, 1925.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePosters for performances at the Matthew Whaley Auditorium in 1936, poster for \"Middle Plantation Art \u0026amp; Handcraft Exhibition\" at Casey's Annex (undated), poster for exhibit of \"Walt Disney's Original Paintings used in Snow White\" at the Bruton Parish House (undated), Williamsburg Tricentennial Poster, Colonial Williamsburg concert posters, Williamsburg Theatre posters (undated, possibly 1930's), and other posters for entertainment at Williamsburg High School and the Presbyterian Church (undated, possibly 1930's).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTwo aerial photographs of South Henry Street area of Williamsburg, Virginia.  Undated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePhotograph of a print \"Loudon-street, Winchester.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Many of these papers appear to be from the Clerk of Court office in Winchester, Virginia. Clerk of Court signatures include John Peyton, Clerk of Hustings, Winchester, Virginia and Algernon R. Wood. Organized in date order. Account for Nicholas Scheren to David Michael Rutter. May 1786 Payment from Dr. Robert Colvin to Philip Bush. October 12, 1786 Accounts for Robert Sherrard to James Murry. 1787 Payment from Robert Sherrard to John Hamilton for waggonage from Philadelphia [Pennsylvania] to Winchester, Virginia. 1787 Document about refund of payment made by Tejamus ? Dowdall to Robert Colvin, who opened a school. April 12, 1787 Court summons for Josiah Jackson and Zebediah Hollingsworth for James Murray in case with Robert Sherrard, Defendant. August 9, 1787 Indenture. James and Eleanor Wood of Davidson, North Carolina and David Dedderick, for Lot 9 on West side of Loudon (Loudoun) Street in Borough of Winchester. September 22, 1789 Marriage Bond between Enos Roberts and Mary Kendrick. January 13, 1790 Marriage bond of Conrad House and Susannah Shusher. December 27, 1790 Bond for James Walls as executor of last Will and Testament of John Wynn. June 30, 1794 Charter between Shreve Lawson of Baltimore, Maryland and James Moseley, Merchant on freight on the ship Alexandria. July 4, 1796 Marriage license between James A. Nelson and Polly M. Donald. April 26, 1802 Manumission papers from Peter Lauck to Peter Bisick. March 14, 1806 Affidavit. Josiah Massy took oath of Lieutenant in 31st Regiment, 16th Brigade. Signed by A. (B.) Miller. May 2, 1812. Register of sale of Louisa Robinson (wife of Jonathan Robinson) to Doctor Daniel Conrad. August 3, 1818. Act \"to amend the Act incorporating the Town of Winchester.\" Complete handwritten text of the act as presented to the General Assembly in Richmond, Virginia. Copied by William Munford, Keeper of the Rolls. Document bound with string. Dated December 12, 1818 and passed January 9, 1819 Inquest. \"Inquisition on the body of Robert Cockerton (?) who died at the house of Elizabeth Pendleton, Innkeeper. November 1, 1820 Contract/letter of attorney between John Holland of Gosney Manor of Shenandoah County, Virginia, woolan manufacturer, and George Hadfield of Old Hall, County of Chester, in England to Hugh Shaw. June 8, 1827 Manumission papers where Margaret Galloway emancipates negro woman, Maria, wife of William Tuckrin, a free negro. October 17, 1827 Manumission papers or Certification of Freedom for Negro Lucy under the will of Alexander White of Woodville. June 13, 1832 Certificate of Freedom, or Manumission papers, signed by Phebe Coubourn that she raised Nancy Sabro, a \"dark Muluto\" who was born of free parents. September 21, 1835 Notice to Sergeant of the Corporation of Winchester for summons of Jonathan Cox, Davy Johnson, Thomas Pollard, James Pollard, Richard Strange, Lewis Smith, David Washington and Rose Williams for \"remaining within this corporation and Commonwealth more than 12 months of their right to freedom…\" May 5, 1846 Bill of sale to William H. Brown from George R. Long for sale of negro man, Abraham Washington. August 24, 1846 Court Case. Algernon R. Wood, prosecutor for Commonwealth of Virginia, against James Pollard, a free negro or mulatto who remained in Virginia after he was freed. October 3, 1846 Court summons for Sally Field for remaining in Winchester after being freed. June 23, 1848 Mary, negro slave of Joseph Baker, charged with trying to poison Nancy Lindsey with tea. June 1, 1849 Notarized statements of Amelia Ann Buck of Warren County, Virginia regarding copartnership with John R. Ricards, John N. Buck of Baltimore, Maryland and Thomas L. Blakemon of Warren County regarding hotel, Mountain House in Hampshire County, Virginia. John R. Buck sells his interest to his brother, William M. Buck. July 3, 1850 Letter from Baltimore, Maryland regarding his father's estate. Author unknown. February 20, 1851 Recording of last will and testament of Addison B. Riely in Baltimore, Maryland. Endorsed by Ann R. Riely. September 27, 1852 Certificate for R.B. Allen to sell wine at his store on Cameron Street.September 1, 1855 Court summons in case of Patrick Conner vs John H. Anderson, Conner's apprentice. October 8, 1856 Letter from John Quanten ? to Robert L. Brookings asking for servant woman Lucy who was part of the estate of Mrs. Emmets?. May 27, 1857 Indictment. John Howard, alias John Newman, a free negro, was accused of assault by Rachel Ann Holler, a white woman and jailed. Indictment against James W. Jones, the jailor, for allowing the prisoner to escape. March 17, 1860 Command to the Sergeant of the Corporation of Winchester to take \"…Maria Ball [Colored]…her safely keep…until May indictment … for remaining in the State of Virginia…without lawful permission. April 21, 1860 Notice to Sheriff of Berkeley County, Virginia to imprison Elizabeth Farrow if she is found in Berkeley County. She is charged with having a \"…house of ill fame for the purpose of prostitution and lewedness.\" April 17, 1861 Note from Clerk of Court in Winchester where he says he has been notified by a military order that he is no longer the Clerk. June 5, 1868 Court case with John Vilwig regarding two coffins. June 1886. Republican Ticket for Virginia. 1892. Letter from George S. Bowers of Laurell, Maryland, about \"Willie\" accepting Christ [in the Lutheran Church]. December 13, 1918 Instructions to lawyer or court about charges of larceny against a free negro. undated. Fragment. \"Twelve days have been expended in loading.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCircular for the Woodstock Male and Female Academy. July 21, 1866.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePapers, ca. 1824-1983, relating to Yorktown, Va. Includes articles concerning Yorktown; materials relating to the surrender of Cornwallis and to the celebrations [1824, 1881, 1930-1937 and 1981], documents concerning Yorktown National Military Park  [now Colonial National Historical Park] and the Navy Mine Depot [now Naval Weapons Station].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHistorical and descriptive articles, maps, and general views of the town.  7 pieces.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTwo facsimilies of the parole of Cornwallis. 2 pieces. Journal of the siege of York-Town...as recorded in the hand of Gaspard de Gallatin and translated by the French department of the College of William and Mary...Washington, United States Printing Office. 1931. 48 p. 24 cm. (71st Congress, 3rd Session. Senate. Document no. 322.) 1 piece. Un geste patriotique des Strasbourgeois au cours de la guerre d'Independence americaine. Printed. 1 piece. Ceux de Yorktown par Servan Malo, with English translation. 2 pieces. Memorandum on J.C. Louis, Baron von Closen. By Ruth E. Butler. 4 typed pages. 1 piece. Photographs showing restoration of French and American fortifications around Yorktown. About 1935. 3 pieces. Photographs of a painting of the siege of Yorktown. 3 copies. Also an enlargement. Map of the siege of Yorktown. 1 3/4 x 1 1/2 inches. 1 piece. An engraving of the surrender at Yorktown. 1 piece. List of Confederate Soldiers buried at Yorktown which includes Union soldiers killed at the Battle of Williamsburg. (Copy from the National Park Service. Original at the Yorktown Visitor Center).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePrinted topographical map of the Colonial National monument, Yorktown Battlefield, Virginia. Made by the U.S. Geological Survey 1931. 30 1/4 x 29 1/4 inches. 1 piece. Three newspaper clippings concerning the siege of Yorktown. Other papers. 5 pieces. Walking stick made from the flag staff of the 80th British Regiment, Yorktown, 1781. Returned to donor (Nellie Deans Greaves) in either 1960's or 1970's. Printed announcement, dated at Montpellier, 9? December 1781, signed by Le Comte de Perigord, stating that the King has ordered a Te Deum sung in all the churches of France for the Yorktown victory. Purchased from Thomas L. Suter, 16 October 1952.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBuildings Photographs and prints: Customs House; Lord Cornwallis' Cave; Main Street; Monument Lodge (1 piece); Moore House (4 pieces--3 photographs in Mapcase); Shield House (oldest house) and Nelson House (1 piece); Yorktown wharf (1 piece). Monument Photographs. 1 piece. 2 newspapers with history of the building and opening of the George P. Coleman Bridge. Located in mapcase.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e6 pieces including 1 photograph. See also Folders 6-8.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Yorktown sesquicentennial celebration 1931: Mimeographed and printed material relating to the celebration. 20 items. Includes a photograph album entitled \"Views of The Yorktown Sesquicentennial Celebration, Yorktown, Virginia, October 16-17-18-19, 1931\" presented to The College of William and Mary in Virginia by the Yorktown Sesquicentenniail Association, Inc. Yorktown bicentennial celebration 1981: Official commemorative program. Official booklet: \"Miracles at Yorktown,\" written by Guy Friddell and produced by Tom Hale.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eViews of the Yorktown Sesquicentennial Celebration, Yorktown, VA, October 16-19,1931 from the Yorktown Sesquicentennial Association, Inc\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eYorktown sesquicentennial celebration 1931:  Mimeographed and printed material relating to the celebration.  20 items. Yorktown bicentennial celebration 1981:  Official commemorative program.  Official booklet:  \"Miracles at Yorktown,\" written by Guy Friddell and produced by Tom Hale.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eYorktown sesquicentennial celebration 1931: Mimeographed and printed material relating to the celebration. 20 items. Yorktown bicentennial celebration 1981: Official commemorative program. Official booklet: \"Miracles at Yorktown,\" written by Guy Friddell and produced by Tom Hale.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eYorktown National Military Park June 6, 1921 ...In the Senate of the United States.  June 6, 1921.. A bill declaring the battle field of Yorktown a national military park...7 p.  28 cm.  1 piece. 1921 Hearings before the subcommittee of the committee on appropriations United States Senate...on a bill declaring the battle field of Yorktown a national military park...Washington, Government printing office, 1921.  16 p.  23 1/2 cm.  1 piece. Navy Mine Depot Navy Mine Depot, Yorktown, Virginia By Commander A. H. Miles, U.S. Navy.  (Reprinted from the United States Naval Institute Proceedings v. 54, no. 4, whole no. 302.)  1 piece. In the matter of Naval Mine Depot, Yorktown, Virginia...Brief submitted on behalf of owners of property...Newport News, Franklin Printing Co.  21 p.  23 cm.  1 piece.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMaterial relating to the annual celebrations of Yorktown Day, sometimes called Yorktown Fete.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFete in honor of General La Fayette.  Printed pamphlet by R.G. Scott on what happened during planning of the Yorktown Fete of 1824 and why he should not be responsible. 1827.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCentennial.  \"An Appeal to the Country for a National Centennial Celebration of the Surrender of Lord Cornwallis.\"  Printed by Virginian Print, Norfolk, Va. 1879. Special Communication of the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of Virginia at Yorktown 1881. Celebration of Yorktown Centennial- a pamphlet containing incidents and speeches from event. 10/19/1881. A History, Surrender of the British Forces to the Americans and French at Yorktown, Va., Program for the Centennial Anniversary Celebration on October 18th, 1881.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\"Admiral Francis Joseph Paul De Grasse, Hero of Yorktown\" by Louis A Culvillier 1931Invitation and tickets to Yorktown Celebration 1931List of European Guests at Yorktown Sesquicentennial Celebration 1931Newsletter on Yorktown Sesquicentennial Celebration 1931Official Program of Yorktown Celebration.  1931Some Old Yorktown Maps by K.W. Trimble.  Reprint from The Military Engineer, 1931Tentative Program of Yorktown Celebration byYorktown Sesquicentennial Association 1931Ticket Stubs-Yorktown 150 year Celebration 1931Yorktown Sesquicentennial Association 1931\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eProgram of Celebration of 155th Anniversary of the Victory at Yorktown under the Joint Auspices…  10/19/1936\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eProgram of Yorktown Celebration, October 18-19, 1934.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from A.A. Folsone to Hon. Lyon G. Tyler enclosing engraving of a view of Yorktown, \"Yorktown Battlefield\" by John B. Chapman per Graham's Magazine, 1814.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Photograph of House in Yorktown undatedPhotograph of Yorktown Battlefield and Moore House undatedSketch of Yorktown- View from the River (Copy) undatedYorktown Homes (6 photographs on cardboard) undatedGreeting Cards -Prints of Moore House and Nelson House  1934\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOriginal ink wash drawing by a federal soldier in 1862. View of the York River waterfront. Transferred to artifact librarian in 2011.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Plats of Yorktown, Photostats (2)  undated Sign - Guided Tour of Yorktown (10\"x7\" cardboard sign) 1941 \"Establishment of the American Army.\"  Photostat of May 27, 1778 Congressional Order.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAvailable online via the Library catalog for William and Mary users; alternate access is available via the Internet Archive: http://www.archive.org/details/journalofsiegeof00gall.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\"Yorktown Church Said Third Oldest in Virginia,\" Daily Press, Newport News, Virginia.  May 9, 1960.\"Historic Nelson House,\" January 31, 1973\"Battle Lines Will Be Reconstructed at Yorktown,\" Daily Press, Newport News, Virginia.  January 31, 1973.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Christmas Dinner Menu, U.S. Naval Mine Depot, Yorktown, Virginia.  1950.Colonial National Historic Park brochure by US Department of Interior (2 Copies).  1940Old Yorktown and its History by Mrs. Sydney Smith.  1920Salvaging Relics from York River.  1939U.S. 17 George Washington Memorial Highway Map, Tidewater, Virginia, into Colonial National Historical Park.  undated.Views of Yorktown and Gloucester Town—Mariners Museum, Newport News, Virginia.  1946Virginia Gazette Supplement, The Public Observer, \"Yorktown Day of Yesteryear.\"  October 1972\"Yorktown-Climax of the Revolution,\" National Park Service, Source Book Series, Number 1 (2 copies).  1941\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\"Henri de Saint-Simon at Yorktown; A French Prophet of Modern Industrialism in America,\" The Franco-American Review, Autumn 1937.\"A Neglected French Collaborator in the Victory of Yorktown\" by Harold A. Larrabee.  1932.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eYorktown Sesquicentennial medal commemorating the surrender of Lord Cornwallis in 1781. Transferred to Artifact Collection.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEighteen early photographs of monuments in Yorktown, Virginia, many with descriptions written on the reverse side.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePhotographs of: the Victory monument,  the monument on the spot where Cornwallis surrendered to Washington, Lafayette Coach at Bremo, Spring where Washington got his water, marker of French soldiers' graves (2), plaque for site of the Home of Nicolas Martiau,  plaque for \"Baron Gaspard de Gallatin,\" walk along top of old earthworks (3), where Washington had his tent, spot marked where a tablet once was, plaque for \"french soldiers and sailors,\" where Lafayette had his tent, plaque for Thomas Nelson, Jr. and artists conception of celebration (ships in harbour). 17 photographs.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePhotograph of Battery; print of \"Reddotopm de L'armee du Lord Cornwallis; 3 photograph of inside and outside of the Moore House, 1911; two copies of the Gloucester-Mathews newspaper, May 7, 1952, with the history of the building of the George P. 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