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Business Papers; III. Legal Papers; IV.\n         Miscellaneous; V. Bound Volumes; and, VI. Oversize.","This collection of papers, 1650-1898, consists of ca. 710\n         items pertaining to the \n          Latane family of \n          Essex County, Virginia . Included are\n         correspondence, business and legal papers, papers re military\n         and religious matters, school notebooks, and certificates of\n         graduation from schools at the \n          University of Virginia .","Although little seems to be known or published about the\n         Latane family, valuable information may be found in \n          Parson Latane 1672-1732 by Lucy Temple Latane (Mss CS71.L347 1936); \n          Essex County, Virginia: Its Historic Homes,\n            Landmarks and Traditions edited by Essex County Woman's Club (F232.E7E7 1940);\n         and, \n          Settlers, Southerners, Americans: The History of\n            Essex County, Virginia 1608-1984 by James B. Slaughter (F232.E7S5 1985).","The early eighteenth century correspondence contains many\n         letters from \n          Henry Latane and his wife, \n          Anne Latane , London, England, to his\n         brother, \n          Lewis Latane (1672-1732) and his third\n         wife, \n          Mary (Deane) Latane (1685-1765), South\n         Farnham Parish, Essex County. Some of the letters are written\n         in French but the majority of them are in English. During the\n         1720s, Henry frequently advised Lewis to grow another crop\n         besides tobacco, saying that Europe could not consume all that\n         comes from America. In a letter of January 13, 1730, Henry is\n         \"impatient to know what the fate of Europe whether warr or\n         Peace everything seems to tend to a Crisis ...,\" possibly\n         referring to the trade conflict between England and Spain.","After her husband's death in 1732, Mary (Deane) Latane\n         managed the property that came to her and her children, with\n         the help of her cousin, \n          William Beverley (1698-1756). There are\n         several letters, 1733-1750, from Beverley discussing the\n         settlement of her husband's estate and the sale of her\n         tobacco. In addition, there are business correspondence, bills\n         of lading, invoices, and other papers concerning the sale of\n         tobacco.","Letters of interest include correspondence of \n          Spencer Roane (1762-1822), King and Queen\n         County, and \n          William Latane (1750-1811), Essex County,\n         July 1791-August 1792, concerning the deed and survey for the\n         \"Mount Clement Trail of Land,\" and another on July 25, 1804 re\n         the suit of Braxton vs Roane; letters on April 19, 1825, June\n         13, 1826, and November 18, 1826, from \n          James Montague , \n          Harden County, Kentucky , to friends in\n         Essex County, concerning various aspects of life in Kentucky\n         such as the conflict between anti-relief and relief parties,\n         tobacco sales, and prices of corn, flour, cotton, whiskey, et\n         al.; one on June 9, 1854, from Rev. \n          Henry W. L. Temple , Wayland, to \n          James Allen Latane , University of\n         Virginia, discussing Bishop \n          William Meade 's visit; and, several\n         letters, October 25, 1864, December 4, 1871, February 2 and\n         June 15, 1883, and June 13, 1885, from \n          Thomas S. Watson , Bracketts, chiefly to \n          Julia A. Holladay , \n          Botetourt County, Virginia , mentioning\n         news of family and friends, new dwellings built on Ionia, and\n         his being disqualified as a member of the legislature.","Letters pertaining to black history include one of December\n         10, 1772, from \n          Samuel Peachey, Jr. , \n          Occoquan Furnace , to William Latane,\n         Essex County, asking him to send a young black at Christmas\n         because the latter wants to learn the blacksmith trade; one of\n         November 10, 1788, from \n          Bartlett Williams , New Kent, to \n          William Latane , Essex County, complaining\n         about Latane's man Ephraim corrupting his blacks, and\n         requesting that he not be permitted to visit his plantation; a\n         circular, February 27, 1794, referring to the transportation\n         of slaves from Africa to the West-India islands; one of\n         February 28, 1809, from S. Chenault, Nelson County, Kentucky,\n         re the \"elopement\" of Franklin and his recovery by a Captain\n         Lafon who kept him in his possession for awhile;\n         correspondence between \n          Henry Waring Latane (1782-1860), Essex\n         County, and his brother-in-law, \n          John Temple ( -1812), Parkersburg, re the\n         death of Temple's father and the division of his slaves at\n         \"Goldberry,\" December 10, 1811 and January 8, 1812; and, one\n         of June 13, 1885, from \n          Thomas S. Watson , Bracketts, to \n          Julia A. Holladay , Botetourt County,\n         mentioning the poisoning of some children by a black\n         woman.","The business papers are comprised of accounts and\n         administrative and estate papers as well as general\n         correspondence and papers. The accounts are chiefly for\n         members of the Latane and Waring families, and, to a lesser\n         extent, for members of the \n          Allen family and \n          Temple family . The administrative and\n         estate papers concern the estates of \n          William Peachey ( -1700), \n          Lewis Latane (1672-1732), \n          Robert Payne Waring (-1799?), \n          William Latane (1750-1811), \n          John Temple ( -1812), \n          Lewis Dix ( -1815?), \n          James Allen ( -1820?), \n          Ann Latane ( -1820?), and \n          Henry Waring Latane (1782-1860). Also,\n         there are business papers pertaining to black history; and, a\n         separate itemized listing has been compiled.","The legal papers contain many indentures, land grants and\n         plats/surveys for lands in \n          Essex County , \n          King and Queen County , and \n          Rappahannock County . These papers are\n         helpful in determining ownership of lands held by the Latane\n         Family, \n          Roane Family , \n          Allen Family , and \n          Dix Family . In addition, there are copies\n         of wills for members of the Latane, Roane, Allen, and Dix\n         families. The wills also contain references to the division of\n         blacks among the families.","There are also genealogical, military, and religious\n         material. The military papers, 1814-1828, pertain chiefly to\n         James Allen's career as captain in the Virginia militia and\n         include abstracts of forage, regimental orders, receipt for\n         arms, detailed returns of arms accoutrements, and rosters of\n         officers and other personnel. Among the miscellaneous papers\n         is a small group of material concerning religious matters,\n         particularly having to do with \n          South Farnham Parish in Essex County.\n         Included are a letter, December 17, 1716, from \n          Alexander Spotswood to the vestry of the\n         parish re their decision to suspend \n          Lewis Latane from his ministerial office;\n         a hymn book belonging to \n          John Latane ; and, two letters about the\n         weakening of the Church in Virginia.","","University of Virginia. Library. Special\n            Collections Dept.","University of Virginia","South Farnham Parish","Jefferson Society","University of\n                  Virginia","Latane family","Allen family","Temple family","Roane Family","Allen Family","Dix Family","Henry Latane","Anne Latane","Lewis Latane","Mary (Deane) Latane","William Beverley","Spencer Roane","William Latane","James Montague","Henry W. L. 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Included are\n         correspondence, business and legal papers, papers re military\n         and religious matters, school notebooks, and certificates of\n         graduation from schools at the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eUniversity of Virginia\u003c/corpname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAlthough little seems to be known or published about the\n         Latane family, valuable information may be found in \n         \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eParson Latane 1672-1732\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003eby Lucy Temple Latane (Mss CS71.L347 1936); \n         \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eEssex County, Virginia: Its Historic Homes,\n            Landmarks and Traditions\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003eedited by Essex County Woman's Club (F232.E7E7 1940);\n         and, \n         \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eSettlers, Southerners, Americans: The History of\n            Essex County, Virginia 1608-1984\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003eby James B. 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In a letter of January 13, 1730, Henry is\n         \"impatient to know what the fate of Europe whether warr or\n         Peace everything seems to tend to a Crisis ...,\" possibly\n         referring to the trade conflict between England and Spain.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAfter her husband's death in 1732, Mary (Deane) Latane\n         managed the property that came to her and her children, with\n         the help of her cousin, \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Beverley\u003c/persname\u003e(1698-1756). There are\n         several letters, 1733-1750, from Beverley discussing the\n         settlement of her husband's estate and the sale of her\n         tobacco. 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Holladay\u003c/persname\u003e, \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eBotetourt County, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, mentioning\n         news of family and friends, new dwellings built on Ionia, and\n         his being disqualified as a member of the legislature.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters pertaining to black history include one of December\n         10, 1772, from \n         \u003cpersname\u003eSamuel Peachey, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e, \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eOccoquan Furnace\u003c/geogname\u003e, to William Latane,\n         Essex County, asking him to send a young black at Christmas\n         because the latter wants to learn the blacksmith trade; one of\n         November 10, 1788, from \n         \u003cpersname\u003eBartlett Williams\u003c/persname\u003e, New Kent, to \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Latane\u003c/persname\u003e, Essex County, complaining\n         about Latane's man Ephraim corrupting his blacks, and\n         requesting that he not be permitted to visit his plantation; a\n         circular, February 27, 1794, referring to the transportation\n         of slaves from Africa to the West-India islands; one of\n         February 28, 1809, from S. Chenault, Nelson County, Kentucky,\n         re the \"elopement\" of Franklin and his recovery by a Captain\n         Lafon who kept him in his possession for awhile;\n         correspondence between \n         \u003cpersname\u003eHenry Waring Latane\u003c/persname\u003e(1782-1860), Essex\n         County, and his brother-in-law, \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Temple\u003c/persname\u003e( -1812), Parkersburg, re the\n         death of Temple's father and the division of his slaves at\n         \"Goldberry,\" December 10, 1811 and January 8, 1812; and, one\n         of June 13, 1885, from \n         \u003cpersname\u003eThomas S. Watson\u003c/persname\u003e, Bracketts, to \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJulia A. Holladay\u003c/persname\u003e, Botetourt County,\n         mentioning the poisoning of some children by a black\n         woman.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe business papers are comprised of accounts and\n         administrative and estate papers as well as general\n         correspondence and papers. The accounts are chiefly for\n         members of the Latane and Waring families, and, to a lesser\n         extent, for members of the \n         \u003cfamname\u003eAllen family\u003c/famname\u003eand \n         \u003cfamname\u003eTemple family\u003c/famname\u003e. The administrative and\n         estate papers concern the estates of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Peachey\u003c/persname\u003e( -1700), \n         \u003cpersname\u003eLewis Latane\u003c/persname\u003e(1672-1732), \n         \u003cpersname\u003eRobert Payne Waring\u003c/persname\u003e(-1799?), \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Latane\u003c/persname\u003e(1750-1811), \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Temple\u003c/persname\u003e( -1812), \n         \u003cpersname\u003eLewis Dix\u003c/persname\u003e( -1815?), \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJames Allen\u003c/persname\u003e( -1820?), \n         \u003cpersname\u003eAnn Latane\u003c/persname\u003e( -1820?), and \n         \u003cpersname\u003eHenry Waring Latane\u003c/persname\u003e(1782-1860). Also,\n         there are business papers pertaining to black history; and, a\n         separate itemized listing has been compiled.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe legal papers contain many indentures, land grants and\n         plats/surveys for lands in \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eEssex County\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eKing and Queen County\u003c/geogname\u003e, and \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eRappahannock County\u003c/geogname\u003e. These papers are\n         helpful in determining ownership of lands held by the Latane\n         Family, \n         \u003cfamname\u003eRoane Family\u003c/famname\u003e, \n         \u003cfamname\u003eAllen Family\u003c/famname\u003e, and \n         \u003cfamname\u003eDix Family\u003c/famname\u003e. In addition, there are copies\n         of wills for members of the Latane, Roane, Allen, and Dix\n         families. The wills also contain references to the division of\n         blacks among the families.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThere are also genealogical, military, and religious\n         material. The military papers, 1814-1828, pertain chiefly to\n         James Allen's career as captain in the Virginia militia and\n         include abstracts of forage, regimental orders, receipt for\n         arms, detailed returns of arms accoutrements, and rosters of\n         officers and other personnel. Among the miscellaneous papers\n         is a small group of material concerning religious matters,\n         particularly having to do with \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eSouth Farnham Parish\u003c/corpname\u003ein Essex County.\n         Included are a letter, December 17, 1716, from \n         \u003cpersname\u003eAlexander Spotswood\u003c/persname\u003eto the vestry of the\n         parish re their decision to suspend \n         \u003cpersname\u003eLewis Latane\u003c/persname\u003efrom his ministerial office;\n         a hymn book belonging to \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Latane\u003c/persname\u003e; and, two letters about the\n         weakening of the Church in Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content"],"scopecontent_tesim":["This collection of papers, 1650-1898, consists of ca. 710\n         items pertaining to the \n          Latane family of \n          Essex County, Virginia . Included are\n         correspondence, business and legal papers, papers re military\n         and religious matters, school notebooks, and certificates of\n         graduation from schools at the \n          University of Virginia .","Although little seems to be known or published about the\n         Latane family, valuable information may be found in \n          Parson Latane 1672-1732 by Lucy Temple Latane (Mss CS71.L347 1936); \n          Essex County, Virginia: Its Historic Homes,\n            Landmarks and Traditions edited by Essex County Woman's Club (F232.E7E7 1940);\n         and, \n          Settlers, Southerners, Americans: The History of\n            Essex County, Virginia 1608-1984 by James B. Slaughter (F232.E7S5 1985).","The early eighteenth century correspondence contains many\n         letters from \n          Henry Latane and his wife, \n          Anne Latane , London, England, to his\n         brother, \n          Lewis Latane (1672-1732) and his third\n         wife, \n          Mary (Deane) Latane (1685-1765), South\n         Farnham Parish, Essex County. Some of the letters are written\n         in French but the majority of them are in English. During the\n         1720s, Henry frequently advised Lewis to grow another crop\n         besides tobacco, saying that Europe could not consume all that\n         comes from America. In a letter of January 13, 1730, Henry is\n         \"impatient to know what the fate of Europe whether warr or\n         Peace everything seems to tend to a Crisis ...,\" possibly\n         referring to the trade conflict between England and Spain.","After her husband's death in 1732, Mary (Deane) Latane\n         managed the property that came to her and her children, with\n         the help of her cousin, \n          William Beverley (1698-1756). There are\n         several letters, 1733-1750, from Beverley discussing the\n         settlement of her husband's estate and the sale of her\n         tobacco. In addition, there are business correspondence, bills\n         of lading, invoices, and other papers concerning the sale of\n         tobacco.","Letters of interest include correspondence of \n          Spencer Roane (1762-1822), King and Queen\n         County, and \n          William Latane (1750-1811), Essex County,\n         July 1791-August 1792, concerning the deed and survey for the\n         \"Mount Clement Trail of Land,\" and another on July 25, 1804 re\n         the suit of Braxton vs Roane; letters on April 19, 1825, June\n         13, 1826, and November 18, 1826, from \n          James Montague , \n          Harden County, Kentucky , to friends in\n         Essex County, concerning various aspects of life in Kentucky\n         such as the conflict between anti-relief and relief parties,\n         tobacco sales, and prices of corn, flour, cotton, whiskey, et\n         al.; one on June 9, 1854, from Rev. \n          Henry W. L. Temple , Wayland, to \n          James Allen Latane , University of\n         Virginia, discussing Bishop \n          William Meade 's visit; and, several\n         letters, October 25, 1864, December 4, 1871, February 2 and\n         June 15, 1883, and June 13, 1885, from \n          Thomas S. Watson , Bracketts, chiefly to \n          Julia A. Holladay , \n          Botetourt County, Virginia , mentioning\n         news of family and friends, new dwellings built on Ionia, and\n         his being disqualified as a member of the legislature.","Letters pertaining to black history include one of December\n         10, 1772, from \n          Samuel Peachey, Jr. , \n          Occoquan Furnace , to William Latane,\n         Essex County, asking him to send a young black at Christmas\n         because the latter wants to learn the blacksmith trade; one of\n         November 10, 1788, from \n          Bartlett Williams , New Kent, to \n          William Latane , Essex County, complaining\n         about Latane's man Ephraim corrupting his blacks, and\n         requesting that he not be permitted to visit his plantation; a\n         circular, February 27, 1794, referring to the transportation\n         of slaves from Africa to the West-India islands; one of\n         February 28, 1809, from S. Chenault, Nelson County, Kentucky,\n         re the \"elopement\" of Franklin and his recovery by a Captain\n         Lafon who kept him in his possession for awhile;\n         correspondence between \n          Henry Waring Latane (1782-1860), Essex\n         County, and his brother-in-law, \n          John Temple ( -1812), Parkersburg, re the\n         death of Temple's father and the division of his slaves at\n         \"Goldberry,\" December 10, 1811 and January 8, 1812; and, one\n         of June 13, 1885, from \n          Thomas S. Watson , Bracketts, to \n          Julia A. Holladay , Botetourt County,\n         mentioning the poisoning of some children by a black\n         woman.","The business papers are comprised of accounts and\n         administrative and estate papers as well as general\n         correspondence and papers. The accounts are chiefly for\n         members of the Latane and Waring families, and, to a lesser\n         extent, for members of the \n          Allen family and \n          Temple family . The administrative and\n         estate papers concern the estates of \n          William Peachey ( -1700), \n          Lewis Latane (1672-1732), \n          Robert Payne Waring (-1799?), \n          William Latane (1750-1811), \n          John Temple ( -1812), \n          Lewis Dix ( -1815?), \n          James Allen ( -1820?), \n          Ann Latane ( -1820?), and \n          Henry Waring Latane (1782-1860). Also,\n         there are business papers pertaining to black history; and, a\n         separate itemized listing has been compiled.","The legal papers contain many indentures, land grants and\n         plats/surveys for lands in \n          Essex County , \n          King and Queen County , and \n          Rappahannock County . These papers are\n         helpful in determining ownership of lands held by the Latane\n         Family, \n          Roane Family , \n          Allen Family , and \n          Dix Family . In addition, there are copies\n         of wills for members of the Latane, Roane, Allen, and Dix\n         families. The wills also contain references to the division of\n         blacks among the families.","There are also genealogical, military, and religious\n         material. The military papers, 1814-1828, pertain chiefly to\n         James Allen's career as captain in the Virginia militia and\n         include abstracts of forage, regimental orders, receipt for\n         arms, detailed returns of arms accoutrements, and rosters of\n         officers and other personnel. Among the miscellaneous papers\n         is a small group of material concerning religious matters,\n         particularly having to do with \n          South Farnham Parish in Essex County.\n         Included are a letter, December 17, 1716, from \n          Alexander Spotswood to the vestry of the\n         parish re their decision to suspend \n          Lewis Latane from his ministerial office;\n         a hymn book belonging to \n          John Latane ; and, two letters about the\n         weakening of the Church in Virginia."],"physloc_html_tesm":["\u003cphysloc/\u003e"],"physloc_tesim":[""],"names_ssim":["University of Virginia. Library. 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Large portions of the\n         correspondence belong to \n          William Watts and \n          Fleming Saunders . Included with the\n         correspondence is a letterbook, 1873-1880, of \n          Frank Prufer . The business papers include\n         accounts, bonds, correspondence, and notes and receipts,\n         chiefly pertaining to \n          William Watts and \n          Fleming Saunders , but also various\n         members of these families. The legal papers include court\n         dockets and memoranda of \n          William Watts , documents, and wills.\n         There are various legal papers of \n          William Watts pertaining to \n          Virginia counties including \n          Amelia County , \n          Amherst County , \n          Buckingham County , \n          Campbell County , \n          Cumberland County , \n          Prince Edward County . The miscellaneous\n         material includes advertisements, educational papers,\n         photographs, printed, religious papers, and fragments. The\n         bound volumes include day books, a blacksmith book, a farm\n         journal, memorandum books, and a township record. Folders are\n         arranged alphabetically within each series, with material\n         inside arranged chronologically.","Correspondence","From the correspondence of the \n          Davis Family , \n          Saunders Family , and related families,\n         1800-1856, there is a letter addressed to \"Sully,\" December\n         30, 1800, from \n          Louisa County , which advises the\n         recipient, who had asked for religious instruction, to seek\n         the \n          Kingdom of God . A letter dated April 2,\n         1812 from \n          James Rayland to his sister mentions that\n         his cousin is strapped for cash, and asks if the recipient can\n         help him. A rather unusual letter, dating July 24, 1836, from \n          Mount Pleasant , indicates that \"Mary\n         thinks a little Brandy would be of service to her,\" and\n         requests that some be sent to her. A letter written to Captain\n         Davis on January 9, 1844, mentions that \n          Pleasant Milkhill needs brandy, and asks\n         that it be sent with \n          David (probably a slave) for there is none\n         at \n          Bethel . A letter dating November 6, 1856\n         at \n          Bleak Hills makes a reference to \"Roanoke\"\n         [Roanoke County, or \n          John Randolph 's estate \"Roanoke\"?].","From their correspondence dating 1862-1904, there is a\n         letter to \n          Sam Tyree , Esq, July 17, 1870 from [his]\n         student: \n          [Sam L. Preston?] complaining that he can\n         not attend sunday school because of prostration. There is also\n         a letter dated April 8, 1901 from \n          Trinity and Ivy Chapel in \n          Boonsboro, Bedford County to a Mr.\n         Randolph inviting him to preach there every other Sunday.\n         There is also an undated fragment referring to a comet the\n         size of a full moon and a meteor shower which \"will be a sight\n         to see.\"","Among the families' undated correspondence, is a letter\n         dated November 17 to \n          \"Carter\" [Saunders?] , by a female who\n         mentions [her] children's Latin lessons. There is another\n         letter to a Miss Kerr which mentions a recipe for Tongue a la\n         Mode. There is also a letter, dated October 23, [1805?], from\n         a \n          Sam K. Jenny , probably a doctor of\n         medicine, which mentions that \n          William Green attended a man named\n         Barnhart to \n          Bedford so Jenny could prescribe to his\n         case and that he \"forbad the case of ardent spirits.\"","From the correspondence of \n          Eva (Smith) Saunders , dated 1868-1894,\n         there is a letter, February 24, 1889, from \n          The Grove which mentions that while Eva\n         passed her exams--her brother \n          Fleming Saunders III did not. A letter,\n         August 2, 1892, to \n          Eva Saunders from \n          M. Natalie Manson , at \n          Wintore , speaks of school and Latin.\n         There is an interesting letter, December 10, 1893, from \n          Florence, Italy to Eva, mentioning that\n         there is no silver in \n          Italy for the English and French are\n         buying it up, that \"Coppers are such a bother, and so heavy to\n         carry,\" seeing the works of \n          Donato and \n          Brunelleschi and the \n          Medici Chapel , and the \n          \"Brothers of Pity\" who wear black robes\n         and carry a corpse which \"made my blood turn cold.\" There is a\n         letter, January 13, 1894, to Eva, which mentions sending a\n         book to \n          May Begg , \"a literary courtship under the\n         auspices of \n          Pike's Peak . \" \n          Fleming Saunders III at \n          Randolph-Macon Academy in \n          Bedford writes to Eva on May 15, 1894,\n         saying he tried to get a tennis tournament for field day, and\n         congratulates Eva on her chicken raising and hopes his are\n         doing better.","Among the \n          Eva Saunders undated correspondence, there\n         is a fragment which notes that Miss Begg sent to its writer a\n         little book called \"The greatest thing in the World.\" A letter\n         dated November 26 to Eva contains drawings of women's blouses\n         and concerns her ordered blouses.","From the correspondence of \n          Fleming Saunders and \n          Mary (Gwathmey) Saunders , 1858-1879, a\n         letter dated September 5, 1871, from \n          Peter Saunders, Jr. , \n          Bleak Hill , says that his tobacco crop\n         has suffered. Another letter, April 17, 1874, from \n          Jeanie Edmond , \n          Hudson Lodge , makes a reference to the \n          Jubilee Singers traveling to raise money\n         for a \"slave college somewhere in the Northern States\"; to\n         acquaintances visiting \n          England , mentioning a \"public worship\n         bill\" in \n          Parliament , and one acquaintance having\n         an appointment with the Bishop of \n          Melbourne ; and to visiting \n          Australia . In a postcard dated August 21,\n         1879, \n          W. A. Alrich asks \n          Fleming Saunders ' opinion as to the next\n         \"services\" in \"regular course,\" and saying that it best not to\n         alter rotation as \"last service was omitted.\" He also mentions\n         that Mrs. \n          C[harles] Dabney has a fine little\n         daughter.","In the Fleming and Mary Saunders correspondence, 1880-1892,\n         there is a letter dated March 3, 1880 from M. Caden to\n         Saunders stating that he can not board a minister, but will\n         give the same salary as before. \n          Peter Saunders writes from \n          Bleak Hill on January 19, 1881 saying that\n         he has no specific desire to be a director on the \n          Virgina Midland [Rail] Road , and does not\n         think he could get the appointment anyway; he is still a\n         director on the \n          Franklin and Pittsylvania Railroad\n         Company , and fears a possible conflict of interest.\n          W. A. Alrich writes from \n          Emanuel Rectory , \n          Chatham, Virginia , on February 16, 1882,\n         saying he is glad that the \n          Saunders ' keep up the old St. Valentine's\n         Day tradition, by sending so practical a token of affection. \n          Ellen Boulder , a school teacher, writes\n         to \n          Mary Saunders from \n          Drake's Branch on March 18, 1889,\n         mentioning a five month school term ending on March 1st and a\n         June 23 to July 23 summer session. \n          [Peter Saunders] , \n          Bleak Hill , writes \n          Fleming Saunders , on October 26, 1891\n         mentioning Republican elements in the \"alliance\" [farmers'\n         alliance such as the \n          Grange ?].","In the Fleming and Mary Saunders correspondence, 1893-1900,\n          Fleming Saunders III writes to his parents\n         from \n          Randolph-Macon Academy in \n          Bedford on March 14, 1893, saying that he\n         is in the Baptist Church in the morning and the Methodist in\n         the afternoon, and tells of boys who spend more time with the\n         girls than studying. \n          James F. Plummer writes to Captain\n         Saunders on March 29, 1893, [from a theological seminary?],\n         saying that exams are beginning, and implying that knowledge\n         of Hebrew and Apologetics will be next among those things\n         tested. \n          Peter Saunders writes to Fleming from \n          Bleak Hill , on March 30, 1894, mentioning\n         the Bland Bill and the fear that its veto would cause discord\n         in the \n          Democratic Party , and discussing briefly\n         possible effects on the present financial situation.","In the Fleming and Mary Saunders correspondence, 1901-1910,\n         there is a letter, July 19, 1901, from \n          Edward Watts Saunders , while serving in\n         the \n          Virginia House of Delegates . \n          William W. Old writes to Fleming on\n         February 2, 1903 about a land sale and his agreement to sell\n         the land as a whole parcel to two black men, and suggesting a\n         method of finalizing the transaction. \n          E. W. Saunders writes to Fleming on\n         January 21, 1904 mentioning an inquiry about his land near\n         \"Vic. Muse.\" A letter, [March 1904], from \n          Alice [Saunders] at \n          Hollins, Virginia , to her aunt Saunders\n         refers to the Roman poet \n          Virgil . She writes to her mother on March\n         12, 1904 mentioning that John [ ] had failed in \n          Caesar and that he had been in the second\n         book of \n          Virgil .","In the undated Fleming and Mary Saunders correspondence, \n          D. Saunders writes to his mother from \n          Randolph-Macon Academy on February 10,\n         saying that he is learning German and is plagued by poor\n         spelling, and that the boys dance every night and were\n         previously boxing.","In the correspondence of \n          William Watts , 1754-1784, there is a\n         letter dated June 27, 1771 which summons Watts to the \n          General Assembly in \n          Williamsburg . \n          Samuel Dilworth writes on June 2, 1783\n         from \n          Blanford mentioning the problem of\n         collecting debts owed to the British. \n          Thomas Baldwin, Jr. writes on December 22,\n         1784 concerning the purchase of \"the Negro Fellow\" for\n         $18.","In the Watts correspondence, 1785-1789, a letter, December\n         16, 1785, from \n          William Roach informs Watts that while \n          Peter Kern is employing Watts in a matter\n         between Kern and Roach, Watts is to plead for Roach in all\n         matters, suggesting a conflict of interest. \n          Arthur Campbell , a candidate for the\n         senate from the Western Distict, writes, on March 24, 1788,\n         asking for Watts' support. \n          Edward Graham of \n          Bedford , writes on December 20, 1792,\n         mentioning that he saw the Watts' son reading \n          Horace and sending the boy a copy of \n          Cicero which would supply \"the means of\n         raising him as high in eminence as you could reasonably wish,\"\n         and adding that the boy will need to learn Greek as he will\n         soon be studying science.","In the Watts correspondence, 1793-1794, \n          Duncan Rose writes from \n          Petersburg , on July 8, 1794, stating that\n          Buchanan's Hartie and Company has been\n         doing business in \n          Great Britain and is waiting for a\n         successor to Hartie to be appointed before certain books could\n         be examined by Rose. Another letter pertains to relations with\n          France and \n          Britain at this time: \n          George Hancock writes to Watts in 1794\n         mentioning the rearing of a navy \"to repel the insult to our\n         ploy,\" referring to commerce restriction [on American goods]\n         by a nation which does not have a commerce treaty with the\n         U.S., and referring to Mr. \n          [James] Madison 's arguments whereas he\n         conducted himself in a manner worthy of himself. \n          Creed Taylor writes on May 11, 1795,\n         concerning some bonds. \n          William Vannerson writes, on October 30,\n         1795, from \n          Petersburg mentioning a British war sloop\n         in \n          Norfolk, Virginia and the order for\n         carrying American bottoms bound for \n          France into British ports with invoice\n         being revoked, revealing that some say that this retaliation\n         has been brought about by Americans invoicing their flour at\n         $27 per barrel.","In Watts' correspondence with \n          Edward Randolph , 1796-1797, Randolph\n         writes from \n          Richmond on February 21 and March 13, 1796\n         on the subject of British creditors. In Watts' correspondence\n         with \n          Thomas F. Scott , 1792-1798, Scott writes\n         on January 4, 1796 and December 18, 1798 on the subject of\n         British debts. In the correspondence of \n          William Watts with \n          John Watts , 1784-1800, John writes to\n         William in April 1784 from \n          Lincoln County, Virginia (now \n          Kentucky ), concerning apprehension about\n         a possible Indian war in the \n          Northwest Territories . John says that\n         while the lands in \n          Kentucky are good, the inconveniences are\n         many, and that the doomsayers will probably prevent the\n         surveying of lands on the northwest side of the Ohio.","Business Papers","There are general accounts, 1751-1899, n.d. An account,\n         beginning November 16, 1762, with \n          George Kippen \u0026 Co. at their store in \n          Goochland, Virginia , lists \n          John Gilliam as having ordered a dozen\n         flints, 3/4 yard of bearskin, and a dozen pipes. There is a\n         list, April 20, 1763, pertaining to the estate of \n          A. Watts , on which is listed a\n         £0.2.0 debt to \n          Mary Petillo , the only woman on the list,\n         and a £2.4.9 debt to Sir \n          William Skipwith . The account of \n          Thomas East with \n          Archelaus Austin from November 15, 1771,\n         consists of beer, wine, grog, and a gallon of corn, with one\n         entry \"to saging one night\" perhaps pertaining to the making\n         of moonshine. An account, beginning January 20, 1775, of N[ ]\n         Vaughn with \n          Edward Watts lists various quantities of\n         rum, molasses, and sugar. There are several accounts,\n         1779-1794, of the estate of \n          Nathaniel Davis , including an entry for\n         1784 for three yards of woollen for a Negro jacket, and May 9,\n         1784 for half of hire of \n          Jacob . There is a section, \"Accts\n         Overlooked,\" from 1784, which refers to tobacco being a share\n         and half share for \n          Jacob , and another for dinner at the\n         courthouse when on business. There is an account of \n          James Davis with \n          Daniel Warwick , dating 1799-1803, with\n         references to a variety of items including coffee, sewing\n         materials, dinner ware, alcohol, and accessories. Mrs. \n          Elizabeth Davis ' account beginning May\n         31, 1807, has an entries for coffee, condiments, and sewing\n         material. An account, March 26, 1810, of Capt. \n          James Davis with \n          Rowland P. Banks lists \"163 days tuition\n         at $8 p. ann. $5 cts 1 1/2.\" The account, beginning August 14,\n         1826, of Capt. \n          James Davis with \n          Thomas Pleasants , has lists orders for\n         cheese, mackerel, cotton, and whiskey. On October 31, 1832,\n         Judge Saunders, of \n          Lynchburg, Virginia , orders castor oil,\n         ointment, and a syringe. Accounts which mention tea are rare\n         but there is an undated fragment of Mr. \n          James Davis which contains an entry for\n         imperial tea. There is an undated \"memorandum of brandy\" taken\n         from Mrs. Eubank.","The accounts of \n          Williams Watts span 1752-1797. There is\n         also a hotel account with \n          Charles Williamson with entries dating\n         1763, 1773, and 1774. There are accounts for the boarding,\n         clothing, and feeding of Negro boys with Mrs. \n          Betty Tucker and \n          Betty Kirkland , both beginning September\n         10, 1767, and Capt. \n          Joseph Tucker , 1767-1769. Watts has\n         accounts, 1768, with \n          John Brittan for a waistcoat, shoes,\n         stockings, and a hat. There is a 1769 account for various\n         building supplies. Watts also has an account, beginning April\n         20, 1771, with \n          Miller Woodson with an entry of May 16,\n         1772 listing a \n          Patrick Henry . There is a document which\n         contains information on the estate of \n          William Randolph . There is another\n         lodging account, July 26, 1773 through December 3, 1776, of\n         Watts with \n          Charles Williams . There is an account\n         beginning March 9, 1778, with \n          William Kirkland which includes listings\n         for tuition and educational books. A January 10, 1780 account\n         with \n          Frederick Nance mentions a violin and a\n         set of strings. There is an account, beginning December 21,\n         1787, with \n          Robert Wilson ordering Hyson Tea, coffee,\n         and a bottle of snuff. From a 1791 account of \n          Edward McDonald with \n          William Watts , there is the note of the\n         hire of a Negro. From a 1792 account of \n          Charles Smith , there is a note for the\n         finding of a Negro woman and for the inspecting of tobacco.\n         There are two medical bills, one with \n          George Martin , beginning January 14,\n         1794, and one with Doctor \n          Graham , beginning November 3, 1795. In\n         October 1797, Watts had an account with \n          George Quille for the hire of a Negro.\n         There is an undated account of \n          W. Walter Spence with Watts for the hire\n         of a Negro for eight months.","Promissory notes and receipts range from 1754-1905, n.d.\n         There are several items concerned with the estate of \n          John Fleming and include an entry for\n         February 1764 for a Negro bought for $10. Between \n          George Martin and Watts there is an\n         agreement, October 3, 1794, mentioning the purchase of red\n         wheat and the hire of a Negro woman. \n          James Davis has a note dated 1803 with the\n         Sheriff of \n          Amherst County for tax on four Negroes,\n         four horses, and five tithes. \n          Elizabeth Davis has a note dated 1816 for\n         tax on three Negroes and one horse. There is a note from\n         December 6, 1827 pertaining to a $5 bond for the hire of a\n         Negro man by \n          James Davis from \n          J. Wright for \n          Lavinia Wright . There is a 1840 note from\n          Charles Davis to the Sheriff of \n          Amherst for tax on six Negroes and six\n         horses.","Legal Papers","There are a number of court memoranda, 1768-1786, n.d.,\n         kept by \n          William Watts in his capacity as a lawyer.\n         In a November 10, 1771 memo for the \n          Buckingham County court, there is an entry\n         for detinue for Negro woman named \n          Agge . From the memo for the April 1772\n         court at \n          Lunenburg County , \n          Thomas Taylor and his wife have a suit\n         against a Hurt for a Negro in \n          Amelia . There is also a list of debts\n         owed to Watts for the year 1794. Dating 1771 through 1782,\n         there are court dockets from \n          Amelia County and \n          Lunenburg County from 1771-1782. A number\n         of the entries have Watts as the litigant. There is a 1773 day\n         book with the signatures of William and \n          Edward Watts , which includes a record of \n          William Watts ' court expenses. There are\n         also legal day books, 1772-1773, of Watts, with entries for \n          Buckingham County , \n          Amelia , \n          Cumberland County , and \n          Prince Edward County as well as for \n          Williamsburg, Virginia . There is another\n         1773 memorandum book of Watts with entries for \n          Amelia County , \n          Cumberland County , and \n          Buckingham County .","The indentures date 1749-1788, n.d. From January 1, 1763,\n         there is an agreement between \n          Benjamin Tambro and \n          Ayres Hodnett of \n          Buckingham in regard to the former's son, \n          John Tambro , to be apprentice to the\n         latter for seven years. From March 28, 1774, there is an\n         indenture between Watts and \n          William Ford . From September 17, 1768,\n         there is an agreement between \n          Abraham West and \n          John Blankenship of \n          Prince Edward . On November 17, 1772,\n         there is an agreement between \n          John Lewallen of \n          Amelia County and \n          James and Robert Donalds and Company ,\n         Merchants of \n          Glasgow . On September 15, 1778, there is\n         an agreement between \n          David Wright of \n          Botetourt and \n          Alexander Paine of the same concerning a\n         land dispute in the area where the \n          Roanoke River and \n          Tinker Creek .","The will, December 25, 1745, of \n          Thomas Patterson of \n          Albemarle County , names his slaves and\n         divides them among his children and wife, and requests that\n         his land in \n          Goochland County be known as \n          \"Locust Thicket.\" Margery Hinshaw contested the will of \n          Samuel Hinshaw dated March 1758 with \n          [Cedw] Gibson on July 10, 1765. Hinshaw\n         had divided his slaves between his still living wife, his\n         daughter \n          Elizabeth Hinshaw , and the latter's\n         children. This situation involved a slave of Elizabeth. The\n         will of \n          Thomas Bottom of \n          Amelia dated May 10, 1760 divides his\n         slaves which are named between his three daughters.","A folder of general legal papers date 1765-1903, n.d. The\n         inventory and appraisal, 1826, of the estate of \n          John Eubank mentions prices for his\n         Negroes: £300 for a man named \n          Jacob , £200 for a man named \n          Joe , £10 for a woman named \n          Hannah , £20 for a girl named \n          Lolly , and £0 for a girl named\n          Caroline . There is also a list of tickets\n         of ommission paid by \n          William Watts , attorney. Among the legal\n         papers of \n          Amelia County , 1768 through 1789\n         including undated material, a document dated May 15, 1783\n         states that \n          Sarah Tinker on December 6, 1781 gave her\n         son-in-law \n          John Tucker an ailing Negro named \n          Ned until the latter gets well whereas he\n         will be returned to \n          Sarah Tucker . In an undated document, \n          George Vaughn yields up title/right of two\n         Negroes--named \n          Frank and \n          Phoebe --to son-in-law \n          John Norris --formerly given to grandson \n          John Norris by a deed dated October 2,\n         1796: \"said slaves will forever defend me from my heirs.\" The\n         son-in-law Norris will pay Vaughn or wife £10\n         annually for preformance of the aforesaid act. Among the \n          Campbell County papers, Justice \n          Adam Clement says that \n          Charles Gilbert of \n          Campbell on April 29, 1787 makes oath that\n         Negro slave \n          Jack --property of Watts of \n          Prince Edward County --ran away and was\n         found 50 miles thence. Among the legal papers of \n          Prince Edward , \n          Edward Watts sold to \n          William Watts eight Negro slaves: \n          True , \n          James , \n          Winnie , \n          Peter , \n          Sarah , \n          Betty , \n          Rachel , and \n          Doc on January 14, 1787. There is also a\n         account of Dr. \n          M. John King with the sheriff of \n          Lunenburg which has an entry dating 1769:\n         the former is in account with \n          [John] Epps for four lbs. of tobacco at\n         £0.5.1.","Miscellaneous","Among the Advertisements there is an advertisement dated\n         September 20, 1871 from the \n          Omaha, Nebraska Lottery for the building\n         of a public library in the city. A broadside from \n          Cox and Sons Church Furniture shows a\n         garish stained-glass window commemorating the late President \n          James Garfield . There is an undated\n         letter to Mrs. \n          Fleming Saunders asking for a subscription\n         to the \n          Graphic, a ladies society\n         magazine. There is an undated list of books from \n          George Munro, Publishers . There is also a\n         broadside for \"The World's Christmas Hymn\"--an analogy of\n         English poetry pertaining to \n          Christ 's birth dating from the medieval\n         period.","The church related papers include a letter, March 21, 1904,\n         from \n          Virginia Polytechnic Institute to the \n          Saunders asking for aid for the building of\n         an Episcopal parsonage at the university. The letter\n         enunciates a fear of the danger of Episcopal boys being weaned\n         from their faith by the compulsory attendance at the services\n         of other sects due to the absence of a Episcopal parsonage.\n         There is also an Episcopal \"Church Kalendar,\" 1882-1883,\n         listing holy days with information on the faith, church\n         service, and background of the Anglican/Episcopalian\n         faith.","Civil War papers range from 1861 to 1864. During 1862-1864,\n         there are a number of furloughs issued to \n          Confederate enlisted men in \n          Virginia , each with a physical\n         description of the bearer, and addressed \"to all whom it may\n         concern.\" On August 10, 1862, there is a provision return for\n         a company of the \n          13th Regiment of Pennsylvania volunteers .\n         There are also a number of CSA \"special requisitions\", chiefly\n         ordering clothing, shoes, and blankets, most signed by Captain\n          Fleming Saunders , assistant\n         quartermaster, of Company K, Virginia Regiment.","The educational papers range from 1848-1903, n.d. There is\n         a page from a 1848 French edition of the fables of La Fontaine\n         from the \"Academie de Norfolk.\" There is an \n          \"Educational Treatise on the Constitution\" ,\n         September 6, 1877, by \n          John Randolph Tucker of \n          Virginia . There is a 1892-1893 brochure\n         for the \n          Edgeworth School , a church-related\n         boarding and day school for females. There is the fall term\n         1895 grade report from \n          Virginia Polytechnic Institute (formerly \n          Virginia Agriculture and Mechanical\n         College ) for \n          Fleming Saunders, III . There is a fall\n         term 1902 grade report from \n          Hollins College for \n          Elsie Saunders . There is another VPI\n         grade report, from February 1903, for \n          Carter Temple Saunders . There is a report\n         from \n          St. Timothy's School of \n          Catonsville, Maryland . Another undated\n         piece is a \"rules for spelling\" sheet from a grammar book.\n         There are also undated fragments of Latin, French, and\n         algebra.","There are lectures, essays, and poems, 1794, 1818, 1843,\n         and n.d., including a scrap of a lecture dated September 6,\n         1794 from \n          Edward Watts ; another lecture on motive\n         dated September 16, 1794; and, a series of oral essays from\n         1843.","Miscellaneous material, 1887-1892, includes a note of the\n         marriage of Capt. \n          Fleming Saunders to \n          Mary Gwathmey on July 30.","The obituaries include a reprint of the 1858 obituary of \n          Fleming Saunders, Sr , a reprint of the\n         1867 obituary of Fleming, Sr.'s wife-- \n          Alice Fleming --and the 1904 obituary of \n          Peter Saunders . The obituaries of\n         Fleming, Sr. and Alice are panegyrics. The first two were\n         transcribed by \n          John Blair Dabney .","The photographs include an unidentified photograph of a\n         young member of the \n          Saunders family and undated photo cards of\n         liturgical furniture.","Bound Volumes","The Day Books include a day book from \n          Maple Creek Mills dating from 1842. There\n         is a 1867 day book with one page filled, made of a cut\n         agricultural crop ledger. There is also in the book a pasted\n         in notice from the Adjuctant Inspector's Office in \n          Richmond , July 29, 1863. Dating January\n         18, 1872 is a subscription book for the \n          Lee Monumental Association . Also present\n         is a $1 donation from \n          Alex Berkeley of \n          Yellow Branch, Virginia . There are also\n         farm journals dating 1855 through 1860.","A card game, 1846, called \"The Game of Kings made Easy\"\n         which is based on the kings of \n          England who reigned down to its date, is\n         also present. The card for Henry V is missing. Many of the\n         cards contain information of the kings of an antiquarian\n         nature.","The Memorandum books, 1873-1874 and 1881-1894, owned by \n          Fleming Saunders , includes employees,\n         supplies, and construction information in the first volume.\n         The latter has a note at its end which mentions survey\n         data.","The \n          Otter River Township Record Book dates\n         from 1870-1874. There are references to road building. An\n         entry for June 16, 1871 notes the ordering of \"tickets\" for\n         road tax and township levy. Also included are lists of\n         expenses for board members with lists of expenses for\n         materials bought. One entry notes that \n          B. H. Anthony , overseer of the poor,\n         sends three paupers--one white woman and two black woman--to\n         the poor house. Expenses for the poor house are noted. At 1874\n         and 1875 meetings, \n          Fleming Saunders is mentioned as road\n         overseer in certain districts.","University of Virginia. Library. Special\n            Collections Dept.","Kingdom of God","Pleasant Milkhill","Bethel","Bleak Hills","Trinity and Ivy Chapel","The Grove","Wintore","Medici Chapel","\"Brothers of Pity\"","Randolph-Macon Academy","Bleak Hill","Hudson Lodge","Jubilee Singers","Parliament","Virgina Midland [Rail] Road","Franklin and Pittsylvania Railroad\n         Company","Emanuel Rectory","Grange","Democratic Party","Virginia House of Delegates","General Assembly","Blanford","Buchanan's Hartie and Company","Norfolk, Virginia","Northwest Territories","George Kippen \u0026 Co.","James and Robert Donalds and Company","\"Locust Thicket.\"","Omaha, Nebraska Lottery","Cox and Sons Church Furniture","George Munro, Publishers","Virginia Polytechnic Institute","Confederate","13th Regiment of Pennsylvania volunteers","Edgeworth School","Virginia Agriculture and Mechanical\n         College","Hollins College","St. Timothy's School","Maple Creek Mills","Lee Monumental Association","Otter River Township","Internal Revenue\n                  Service","New York Public\n                  Library","University of Virginia\n                  Volunteers","Davis Family","Saunders Family","Watts Family","Saunders","Saunders family","William H. Irvine","William Watts","Fleming Saunders","Frank Prufer","James Rayland","David","John Randolph","Sam Tyree","[Sam L. Preston?]","\"Carter\" [Saunders?]","Sam K. Jenny","William Green","Eva (Smith) Saunders","Fleming Saunders III","Eva Saunders","M. Natalie Manson","Donato","Brunelleschi","May Begg","Mary (Gwathmey) Saunders","Peter Saunders, Jr.","Jeanie Edmond","W. A. Alrich","C[harles] Dabney","Peter Saunders","Ellen Boulder","Mary Saunders","[Peter Saunders]","James F. Plummer","Edward Watts Saunders","William W. Old","E. W. Saunders","Alice [Saunders]","Virgil","Caesar","D. Saunders","Samuel Dilworth","Thomas Baldwin, Jr.","William Roach","Peter Kern","Arthur Campbell","Edward Graham","Horace","Cicero","Duncan Rose","George Hancock","[James] Madison","Creed Taylor","William Vannerson","Edward Randolph","Thomas F. Scott","John Watts","John Gilliam","A. Watts","Mary Petillo","William Skipwith","Thomas East","Archelaus Austin","Edward Watts","Nathaniel Davis","Jacob","James Davis","Daniel Warwick","Elizabeth Davis","Rowland P. Banks","Thomas Pleasants","Williams Watts","Charles Williamson","Betty Tucker","Betty Kirkland","Joseph Tucker","John Brittan","Miller Woodson","Patrick Henry","William Randolph","Charles Williams","William Kirkland","Frederick Nance","Robert Wilson","Edward McDonald","Charles Smith","George Martin","Graham","George Quille","W. Walter Spence","John Fleming","J. Wright","Lavinia Wright","Charles Davis","Agge","Thomas Taylor","Benjamin Tambro","Ayres Hodnett","John Tambro","William Ford","Abraham West","John Blankenship","John Lewallen","David Wright","Alexander Paine","Thomas Patterson","Margery Hinshaw","Samuel Hinshaw","[Cedw] Gibson","Elizabeth Hinshaw","Thomas Bottom","John Eubank","Joe","Hannah","Lolly","Caroline","Sarah Tinker","John Tucker","Ned","Sarah Tucker","George Vaughn","Frank","Phoebe","John Norris","Adam Clement","Charles Gilbert","Jack","True","James","Winnie","Peter","Sarah","Betty","Rachel","Doc","M. John King","[John] Epps","James Garfield","Christ","John Randolph Tucker","Fleming Saunders, III","Elsie Saunders","Carter Temple Saunders","Mary Gwathmey","Fleming Saunders, Sr","Alice Fleming","John Blair Dabney","Alex Berkeley","B. H. Anthony","Cary H. Gwathmey","Eva (Smith)\n                  Saunders.","Mary (Gwathmey)\n                  Saunders.","John Tabb","Fleming Saunders, Sr.","Alice W. Saunders","William Cowper","Eugene M. Cox","John B. Webb","English"],"unitid_tesim":["Collection number 116"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Irvine-Saunders Family Papers \n          1745-1910 Inclusive"],"collection_title_tesim":["Irvine-Saunders Family Papers \n          1745-1910 Inclusive"],"collection_ssim":["Irvine-Saunders Family Papers \n          1745-1910 Inclusive"],"repository_ssm":["University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept."],"repository_ssim":["University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept."],"creator_ssm":["Collector: \n          William H. Irvine"],"creator_ssim":["Collector: \n          William H. Irvine"],"creator_persname_ssim":["William H. Irvine"],"creators_ssim":["William H. Irvine"],"acqinfo_ssim":["This collection (# \n             116 ) was loaned to the Library\n            by \n             William H. Irvine of \n             Evington, Virginia on September 15,\n            1938."],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"physdesc_tesim":["2100 items"],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThis collection, 1745-1910, n.d., of ca. 2100 items,\n         consists of correspondence, business and legal papers,\n         miscellaneous, and bound volumes, pertaining to the \n         \u003cfamname\u003eDavis Family\u003c/famname\u003e, \n         \u003cfamname\u003eSaunders Family\u003c/famname\u003e, and \n         \u003cfamname\u003eWatts Family\u003c/famname\u003e. Large portions of the\n         correspondence belong to \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Watts\u003c/persname\u003eand \n         \u003cpersname\u003eFleming Saunders\u003c/persname\u003e. Included with the\n         correspondence is a letterbook, 1873-1880, of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eFrank Prufer\u003c/persname\u003e. The business papers include\n         accounts, bonds, correspondence, and notes and receipts,\n         chiefly pertaining to \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Watts\u003c/persname\u003eand \n         \u003cpersname\u003eFleming Saunders\u003c/persname\u003e, but also various\n         members of these families. The legal papers include court\n         dockets and memoranda of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Watts\u003c/persname\u003e, documents, and wills.\n         There are various legal papers of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Watts\u003c/persname\u003epertaining to \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eVirginia\u003c/geogname\u003ecounties including \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eAmelia County\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eAmherst County\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eBuckingham County\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eCampbell County\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eCumberland County\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n         \u003cgeogname\u003ePrince Edward County\u003c/geogname\u003e. The miscellaneous\n         material includes advertisements, educational papers,\n         photographs, printed, religious papers, and fragments. The\n         bound volumes include day books, a blacksmith book, a farm\n         journal, memorandum books, and a township record. Folders are\n         arranged alphabetically within each series, with material\n         inside arranged chronologically.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFrom the correspondence of the \n         \u003cfamname\u003eDavis Family\u003c/famname\u003e, \n         \u003cfamname\u003eSaunders Family\u003c/famname\u003e, and related families,\n         1800-1856, there is a letter addressed to \"Sully,\" December\n         30, 1800, from \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003e, which advises the\n         recipient, who had asked for religious instruction, to seek\n         the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eKingdom of God\u003c/corpname\u003e. A letter dated April 2,\n         1812 from \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJames Rayland\u003c/persname\u003eto his sister mentions that\n         his cousin is strapped for cash, and asks if the recipient can\n         help him. A rather unusual letter, dating July 24, 1836, from \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eMount Pleasant\u003c/geogname\u003e, indicates that \"Mary\n         thinks a little Brandy would be of service to her,\" and\n         requests that some be sent to her. A letter written to Captain\n         Davis on January 9, 1844, mentions that \n         \u003ccorpname\u003ePleasant Milkhill\u003c/corpname\u003eneeds brandy, and asks\n         that it be sent with \n         \u003cpersname\u003eDavid\u003c/persname\u003e(probably a slave) for there is none\n         at \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eBethel\u003c/corpname\u003e. A letter dating November 6, 1856\n         at \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eBleak Hills\u003c/corpname\u003emakes a reference to \"Roanoke\"\n         [Roanoke County, or \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Randolph\u003c/persname\u003e's estate \"Roanoke\"?].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFrom their correspondence dating 1862-1904, there is a\n         letter to \n         \u003cpersname\u003eSam Tyree\u003c/persname\u003e, Esq, July 17, 1870 from [his]\n         student: \n         \u003cpersname\u003e[Sam L. Preston?]\u003c/persname\u003ecomplaining that he can\n         not attend sunday school because of prostration. There is also\n         a letter dated April 8, 1901 from \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eTrinity and Ivy Chapel\u003c/corpname\u003ein \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eBoonsboro, Bedford County\u003c/geogname\u003eto a Mr.\n         Randolph inviting him to preach there every other Sunday.\n         There is also an undated fragment referring to a comet the\n         size of a full moon and a meteor shower which \"will be a sight\n         to see.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAmong the families' undated correspondence, is a letter\n         dated November 17 to \n         \u003cpersname\u003e\"Carter\" [Saunders?]\u003c/persname\u003e, by a female who\n         mentions [her] children's Latin lessons. There is another\n         letter to a Miss Kerr which mentions a recipe for Tongue a la\n         Mode. There is also a letter, dated October 23, [1805?], from\n         a \n         \u003cpersname\u003eSam K. Jenny\u003c/persname\u003e, probably a doctor of\n         medicine, which mentions that \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Green\u003c/persname\u003eattended a man named\n         Barnhart to \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eBedford\u003c/geogname\u003eso Jenny could prescribe to his\n         case and that he \"forbad the case of ardent spirits.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFrom the correspondence of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eEva (Smith) Saunders\u003c/persname\u003e, dated 1868-1894,\n         there is a letter, February 24, 1889, from \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eThe Grove\u003c/corpname\u003ewhich mentions that while Eva\n         passed her exams--her brother \n         \u003cpersname\u003eFleming Saunders III\u003c/persname\u003edid not. A letter,\n         August 2, 1892, to \n         \u003cpersname\u003eEva Saunders\u003c/persname\u003efrom \n         \u003cpersname\u003eM. Natalie Manson\u003c/persname\u003e, at \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eWintore\u003c/corpname\u003e, speaks of school and Latin.\n         There is an interesting letter, December 10, 1893, from \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eFlorence, Italy\u003c/geogname\u003eto Eva, mentioning that\n         there is no silver in \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eItaly\u003c/geogname\u003efor the English and French are\n         buying it up, that \"Coppers are such a bother, and so heavy to\n         carry,\" seeing the works of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eDonato\u003c/persname\u003eand \n         \u003cpersname\u003eBrunelleschi\u003c/persname\u003eand the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eMedici Chapel\u003c/corpname\u003e, and the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003e\"Brothers of Pity\"\u003c/corpname\u003ewho wear black robes\n         and carry a corpse which \"made my blood turn cold.\" There is a\n         letter, January 13, 1894, to Eva, which mentions sending a\n         book to \n         \u003cpersname\u003eMay Begg\u003c/persname\u003e, \"a literary courtship under the\n         auspices of \n         \u003cgeogname\u003ePike's Peak\u003c/geogname\u003e. \" \n         \u003cpersname\u003eFleming Saunders III\u003c/persname\u003eat \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eRandolph-Macon Academy\u003c/corpname\u003ein \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eBedford\u003c/geogname\u003ewrites to Eva on May 15, 1894,\n         saying he tried to get a tennis tournament for field day, and\n         congratulates Eva on her chicken raising and hopes his are\n         doing better.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAmong the \n         \u003cpersname\u003eEva Saunders\u003c/persname\u003eundated correspondence, there\n         is a fragment which notes that Miss Begg sent to its writer a\n         little book called \"The greatest thing in the World.\" A letter\n         dated November 26 to Eva contains drawings of women's blouses\n         and concerns her ordered blouses.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFrom the correspondence of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eFleming Saunders\u003c/persname\u003eand \n         \u003cpersname\u003eMary (Gwathmey) Saunders\u003c/persname\u003e, 1858-1879, a\n         letter dated September 5, 1871, from \n         \u003cpersname\u003ePeter Saunders, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e, \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eBleak Hill\u003c/corpname\u003e, says that his tobacco crop\n         has suffered. Another letter, April 17, 1874, from \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJeanie Edmond\u003c/persname\u003e, \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eHudson Lodge\u003c/corpname\u003e, makes a reference to the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eJubilee Singers\u003c/corpname\u003etraveling to raise money\n         for a \"slave college somewhere in the Northern States\"; to\n         acquaintances visiting \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eEngland\u003c/geogname\u003e, mentioning a \"public worship\n         bill\" in \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eParliament\u003c/corpname\u003e, and one acquaintance having\n         an appointment with the Bishop of \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eMelbourne\u003c/geogname\u003e; and to visiting \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eAustralia\u003c/geogname\u003e. In a postcard dated August 21,\n         1879, \n         \u003cpersname\u003eW. A. Alrich\u003c/persname\u003easks \n         \u003cpersname\u003eFleming Saunders\u003c/persname\u003e' opinion as to the next\n         \"services\" in \"regular course,\" and saying that it best not to\n         alter rotation as \"last service was omitted.\" He also mentions\n         that Mrs. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eC[harles] Dabney\u003c/persname\u003ehas a fine little\n         daughter.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIn the Fleming and Mary Saunders correspondence, 1880-1892,\n         there is a letter dated March 3, 1880 from M. Caden to\n         Saunders stating that he can not board a minister, but will\n         give the same salary as before. \n         \u003cpersname\u003ePeter Saunders\u003c/persname\u003ewrites from \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eBleak Hill\u003c/corpname\u003eon January 19, 1881 saying that\n         he has no specific desire to be a director on the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eVirgina Midland [Rail] Road\u003c/corpname\u003e, and does not\n         think he could get the appointment anyway; he is still a\n         director on the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eFranklin and Pittsylvania Railroad\n         Company\u003c/corpname\u003e, and fears a possible conflict of interest.\n         \u003cpersname\u003eW. A. Alrich\u003c/persname\u003ewrites from \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eEmanuel Rectory\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eChatham, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, on February 16, 1882,\n         saying he is glad that the \n         \u003cfamname\u003eSaunders\u003c/famname\u003e' keep up the old St. Valentine's\n         Day tradition, by sending so practical a token of affection. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eEllen Boulder\u003c/persname\u003e, a school teacher, writes\n         to \n         \u003cpersname\u003eMary Saunders\u003c/persname\u003efrom \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eDrake's Branch\u003c/geogname\u003eon March 18, 1889,\n         mentioning a five month school term ending on March 1st and a\n         June 23 to July 23 summer session. \n         \u003cpersname\u003e[Peter Saunders]\u003c/persname\u003e, \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eBleak Hill\u003c/corpname\u003e, writes \n         \u003cpersname\u003eFleming Saunders\u003c/persname\u003e, on October 26, 1891\n         mentioning Republican elements in the \"alliance\" [farmers'\n         alliance such as the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eGrange\u003c/corpname\u003e?].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIn the Fleming and Mary Saunders correspondence, 1893-1900,\n         \u003cpersname\u003eFleming Saunders III\u003c/persname\u003ewrites to his parents\n         from \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eRandolph-Macon Academy\u003c/corpname\u003ein \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eBedford\u003c/geogname\u003eon March 14, 1893, saying that he\n         is in the Baptist Church in the morning and the Methodist in\n         the afternoon, and tells of boys who spend more time with the\n         girls than studying. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJames F. Plummer\u003c/persname\u003ewrites to Captain\n         Saunders on March 29, 1893, [from a theological seminary?],\n         saying that exams are beginning, and implying that knowledge\n         of Hebrew and Apologetics will be next among those things\n         tested. \n         \u003cpersname\u003ePeter Saunders\u003c/persname\u003ewrites to Fleming from \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eBleak Hill\u003c/corpname\u003e, on March 30, 1894, mentioning\n         the Bland Bill and the fear that its veto would cause discord\n         in the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eDemocratic Party\u003c/corpname\u003e, and discussing briefly\n         possible effects on the present financial situation.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIn the Fleming and Mary Saunders correspondence, 1901-1910,\n         there is a letter, July 19, 1901, from \n         \u003cpersname\u003eEdward Watts Saunders\u003c/persname\u003e, while serving in\n         the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eVirginia House of Delegates\u003c/corpname\u003e. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam W. Old\u003c/persname\u003ewrites to Fleming on\n         February 2, 1903 about a land sale and his agreement to sell\n         the land as a whole parcel to two black men, and suggesting a\n         method of finalizing the transaction. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eE. W. Saunders\u003c/persname\u003ewrites to Fleming on\n         January 21, 1904 mentioning an inquiry about his land near\n         \"Vic. Muse.\" A letter, [March 1904], from \n         \u003cpersname\u003eAlice [Saunders]\u003c/persname\u003eat \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eHollins, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, to her aunt Saunders\n         refers to the Roman poet \n         \u003cpersname\u003eVirgil\u003c/persname\u003e. She writes to her mother on March\n         12, 1904 mentioning that John [ ] had failed in \n         \u003cpersname\u003eCaesar\u003c/persname\u003eand that he had been in the second\n         book of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eVirgil\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIn the undated Fleming and Mary Saunders correspondence, \n         \u003cpersname\u003eD. Saunders\u003c/persname\u003ewrites to his mother from \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eRandolph-Macon Academy\u003c/corpname\u003eon February 10,\n         saying that he is learning German and is plagued by poor\n         spelling, and that the boys dance every night and were\n         previously boxing.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIn the correspondence of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Watts\u003c/persname\u003e, 1754-1784, there is a\n         letter dated June 27, 1771 which summons Watts to the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eGeneral Assembly\u003c/corpname\u003ein \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eWilliamsburg\u003c/geogname\u003e. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eSamuel Dilworth\u003c/persname\u003ewrites on June 2, 1783\n         from \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eBlanford\u003c/corpname\u003ementioning the problem of\n         collecting debts owed to the British. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eThomas Baldwin, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003ewrites on December 22,\n         1784 concerning the purchase of \"the Negro Fellow\" for\n         $18.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIn the Watts correspondence, 1785-1789, a letter, December\n         16, 1785, from \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Roach\u003c/persname\u003einforms Watts that while \n         \u003cpersname\u003ePeter Kern\u003c/persname\u003eis employing Watts in a matter\n         between Kern and Roach, Watts is to plead for Roach in all\n         matters, suggesting a conflict of interest. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eArthur Campbell\u003c/persname\u003e, a candidate for the\n         senate from the Western Distict, writes, on March 24, 1788,\n         asking for Watts' support. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eEdward Graham\u003c/persname\u003eof \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eBedford\u003c/geogname\u003e, writes on December 20, 1792,\n         mentioning that he saw the Watts' son reading \n         \u003cpersname\u003eHorace\u003c/persname\u003eand sending the boy a copy of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eCicero\u003c/persname\u003ewhich would supply \"the means of\n         raising him as high in eminence as you could reasonably wish,\"\n         and adding that the boy will need to learn Greek as he will\n         soon be studying science.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIn the Watts correspondence, 1793-1794, \n         \u003cpersname\u003eDuncan Rose\u003c/persname\u003ewrites from \n         \u003cgeogname\u003ePetersburg\u003c/geogname\u003e, on July 8, 1794, stating that\n         \u003ccorpname\u003eBuchanan's Hartie and Company\u003c/corpname\u003ehas been\n         doing business in \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eGreat Britain\u003c/geogname\u003eand is waiting for a\n         successor to Hartie to be appointed before certain books could\n         be examined by Rose. Another letter pertains to relations with\n         \u003cgeogname\u003eFrance\u003c/geogname\u003eand \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eBritain\u003c/geogname\u003eat this time: \n         \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge Hancock\u003c/persname\u003ewrites to Watts in 1794\n         mentioning the rearing of a navy \"to repel the insult to our\n         ploy,\" referring to commerce restriction [on American goods]\n         by a nation which does not have a commerce treaty with the\n         U.S., and referring to Mr. \n         \u003cpersname\u003e[James] Madison\u003c/persname\u003e's arguments whereas he\n         conducted himself in a manner worthy of himself. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eCreed Taylor\u003c/persname\u003ewrites on May 11, 1795,\n         concerning some bonds. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Vannerson\u003c/persname\u003ewrites, on October 30,\n         1795, from \n         \u003cgeogname\u003ePetersburg\u003c/geogname\u003ementioning a British war sloop\n         in \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eNorfolk, Virginia\u003c/corpname\u003eand the order for\n         carrying American bottoms bound for \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eFrance\u003c/geogname\u003einto British ports with invoice\n         being revoked, revealing that some say that this retaliation\n         has been brought about by Americans invoicing their flour at\n         $27 per barrel.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIn Watts' correspondence with \n         \u003cpersname\u003eEdward Randolph\u003c/persname\u003e, 1796-1797, Randolph\n         writes from \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eRichmond\u003c/geogname\u003eon February 21 and March 13, 1796\n         on the subject of British creditors. In Watts' correspondence\n         with \n         \u003cpersname\u003eThomas F. Scott\u003c/persname\u003e, 1792-1798, Scott writes\n         on January 4, 1796 and December 18, 1798 on the subject of\n         British debts. In the correspondence of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Watts\u003c/persname\u003ewith \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Watts\u003c/persname\u003e, 1784-1800, John writes to\n         William in April 1784 from \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eLincoln County, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e(now \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eKentucky\u003c/geogname\u003e), concerning apprehension about\n         a possible Indian war in the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eNorthwest Territories\u003c/corpname\u003e. John says that\n         while the lands in \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eKentucky\u003c/geogname\u003eare good, the inconveniences are\n         many, and that the doomsayers will probably prevent the\n         surveying of lands on the northwest side of the Ohio.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBusiness Papers\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThere are general accounts, 1751-1899, n.d. An account,\n         beginning November 16, 1762, with \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eGeorge Kippen \u0026amp; Co.\u003c/corpname\u003eat their store in \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eGoochland, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, lists \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Gilliam\u003c/persname\u003eas having ordered a dozen\n         flints, 3/4 yard of bearskin, and a dozen pipes. There is a\n         list, April 20, 1763, pertaining to the estate of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eA. Watts\u003c/persname\u003e, on which is listed a\n         £0.2.0 debt to \n         \u003cpersname\u003eMary Petillo\u003c/persname\u003e, the only woman on the list,\n         and a £2.4.9 debt to Sir \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Skipwith\u003c/persname\u003e. The account of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eThomas East\u003c/persname\u003ewith \n         \u003cpersname\u003eArchelaus Austin\u003c/persname\u003efrom November 15, 1771,\n         consists of beer, wine, grog, and a gallon of corn, with one\n         entry \"to saging one night\" perhaps pertaining to the making\n         of moonshine. An account, beginning January 20, 1775, of N[ ]\n         Vaughn with \n         \u003cpersname\u003eEdward Watts\u003c/persname\u003elists various quantities of\n         rum, molasses, and sugar. There are several accounts,\n         1779-1794, of the estate of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eNathaniel Davis\u003c/persname\u003e, including an entry for\n         1784 for three yards of woollen for a Negro jacket, and May 9,\n         1784 for half of hire of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJacob\u003c/persname\u003e. There is a section, \"Accts\n         Overlooked,\" from 1784, which refers to tobacco being a share\n         and half share for \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJacob\u003c/persname\u003e, and another for dinner at the\n         courthouse when on business. There is an account of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJames Davis\u003c/persname\u003ewith \n         \u003cpersname\u003eDaniel Warwick\u003c/persname\u003e, dating 1799-1803, with\n         references to a variety of items including coffee, sewing\n         materials, dinner ware, alcohol, and accessories. Mrs. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eElizabeth Davis\u003c/persname\u003e' account beginning May\n         31, 1807, has an entries for coffee, condiments, and sewing\n         material. An account, March 26, 1810, of Capt. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJames Davis\u003c/persname\u003ewith \n         \u003cpersname\u003eRowland P. Banks\u003c/persname\u003elists \"163 days tuition\n         at $8 p. ann. $5 cts 1 1/2.\" The account, beginning August 14,\n         1826, of Capt. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJames Davis\u003c/persname\u003ewith \n         \u003cpersname\u003eThomas Pleasants\u003c/persname\u003e, has lists orders for\n         cheese, mackerel, cotton, and whiskey. On October 31, 1832,\n         Judge Saunders, of \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eLynchburg, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, orders castor oil,\n         ointment, and a syringe. Accounts which mention tea are rare\n         but there is an undated fragment of Mr. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJames Davis\u003c/persname\u003ewhich contains an entry for\n         imperial tea. There is an undated \"memorandum of brandy\" taken\n         from Mrs. Eubank.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe accounts of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilliams Watts\u003c/persname\u003espan 1752-1797. There is\n         also a hotel account with \n         \u003cpersname\u003eCharles Williamson\u003c/persname\u003ewith entries dating\n         1763, 1773, and 1774. There are accounts for the boarding,\n         clothing, and feeding of Negro boys with Mrs. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eBetty Tucker\u003c/persname\u003eand \n         \u003cpersname\u003eBetty Kirkland\u003c/persname\u003e, both beginning September\n         10, 1767, and Capt. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJoseph Tucker\u003c/persname\u003e, 1767-1769. Watts has\n         accounts, 1768, with \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Brittan\u003c/persname\u003efor a waistcoat, shoes,\n         stockings, and a hat. There is a 1769 account for various\n         building supplies. Watts also has an account, beginning April\n         20, 1771, with \n         \u003cpersname\u003eMiller Woodson\u003c/persname\u003ewith an entry of May 16,\n         1772 listing a \n         \u003cpersname\u003ePatrick Henry\u003c/persname\u003e. There is a document which\n         contains information on the estate of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Randolph\u003c/persname\u003e. There is another\n         lodging account, July 26, 1773 through December 3, 1776, of\n         Watts with \n         \u003cpersname\u003eCharles Williams\u003c/persname\u003e. There is an account\n         beginning March 9, 1778, with \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Kirkland\u003c/persname\u003ewhich includes listings\n         for tuition and educational books. A January 10, 1780 account\n         with \n         \u003cpersname\u003eFrederick Nance\u003c/persname\u003ementions a violin and a\n         set of strings. There is an account, beginning December 21,\n         1787, with \n         \u003cpersname\u003eRobert Wilson\u003c/persname\u003eordering Hyson Tea, coffee,\n         and a bottle of snuff. From a 1791 account of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eEdward McDonald\u003c/persname\u003ewith \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Watts\u003c/persname\u003e, there is the note of the\n         hire of a Negro. From a 1792 account of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eCharles Smith\u003c/persname\u003e, there is a note for the\n         finding of a Negro woman and for the inspecting of tobacco.\n         There are two medical bills, one with \n         \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge Martin\u003c/persname\u003e, beginning January 14,\n         1794, and one with Doctor \n         \u003cpersname\u003eGraham\u003c/persname\u003e, beginning November 3, 1795. In\n         October 1797, Watts had an account with \n         \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge Quille\u003c/persname\u003efor the hire of a Negro.\n         There is an undated account of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eW. Walter Spence\u003c/persname\u003ewith Watts for the hire\n         of a Negro for eight months.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePromissory notes and receipts range from 1754-1905, n.d.\n         There are several items concerned with the estate of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Fleming\u003c/persname\u003eand include an entry for\n         February 1764 for a Negro bought for $10. Between \n         \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge Martin\u003c/persname\u003eand Watts there is an\n         agreement, October 3, 1794, mentioning the purchase of red\n         wheat and the hire of a Negro woman. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJames Davis\u003c/persname\u003ehas a note dated 1803 with the\n         Sheriff of \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eAmherst County\u003c/geogname\u003efor tax on four Negroes,\n         four horses, and five tithes. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eElizabeth Davis\u003c/persname\u003ehas a note dated 1816 for\n         tax on three Negroes and one horse. There is a note from\n         December 6, 1827 pertaining to a $5 bond for the hire of a\n         Negro man by \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJames Davis\u003c/persname\u003efrom \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJ. Wright\u003c/persname\u003efor \n         \u003cpersname\u003eLavinia Wright\u003c/persname\u003e. There is a 1840 note from\n         \u003cpersname\u003eCharles Davis\u003c/persname\u003eto the Sheriff of \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eAmherst\u003c/geogname\u003efor tax on six Negroes and six\n         horses.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLegal Papers\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThere are a number of court memoranda, 1768-1786, n.d.,\n         kept by \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Watts\u003c/persname\u003ein his capacity as a lawyer.\n         In a November 10, 1771 memo for the \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eBuckingham County\u003c/geogname\u003ecourt, there is an entry\n         for detinue for Negro woman named \n         \u003cpersname\u003eAgge\u003c/persname\u003e. From the memo for the April 1772\n         court at \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eLunenburg County\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n         \u003cpersname\u003eThomas Taylor\u003c/persname\u003eand his wife have a suit\n         against a Hurt for a Negro in \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eAmelia\u003c/geogname\u003e. There is also a list of debts\n         owed to Watts for the year 1794. Dating 1771 through 1782,\n         there are court dockets from \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eAmelia County\u003c/geogname\u003eand \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eLunenburg County\u003c/geogname\u003efrom 1771-1782. A number\n         of the entries have Watts as the litigant. There is a 1773 day\n         book with the signatures of William and \n         \u003cpersname\u003eEdward Watts\u003c/persname\u003e, which includes a record of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Watts\u003c/persname\u003e' court expenses. There are\n         also legal day books, 1772-1773, of Watts, with entries for \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eBuckingham County\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eAmelia\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eCumberland County\u003c/geogname\u003e, and \n         \u003cgeogname\u003ePrince Edward County\u003c/geogname\u003eas well as for \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eWilliamsburg, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e. There is another\n         1773 memorandum book of Watts with entries for \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eAmelia County\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eCumberland County\u003c/geogname\u003e, and \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eBuckingham County\u003c/geogname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe indentures date 1749-1788, n.d. From January 1, 1763,\n         there is an agreement between \n         \u003cpersname\u003eBenjamin Tambro\u003c/persname\u003eand \n         \u003cpersname\u003eAyres Hodnett\u003c/persname\u003eof \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eBuckingham\u003c/geogname\u003ein regard to the former's son, \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Tambro\u003c/persname\u003e, to be apprentice to the\n         latter for seven years. From March 28, 1774, there is an\n         indenture between Watts and \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Ford\u003c/persname\u003e. From September 17, 1768,\n         there is an agreement between \n         \u003cpersname\u003eAbraham West\u003c/persname\u003eand \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Blankenship\u003c/persname\u003eof \n         \u003cgeogname\u003ePrince Edward\u003c/geogname\u003e. On November 17, 1772,\n         there is an agreement between \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Lewallen\u003c/persname\u003eof \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eAmelia County\u003c/geogname\u003eand \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eJames and Robert Donalds and Company\u003c/corpname\u003e,\n         Merchants of \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eGlasgow\u003c/geogname\u003e. On September 15, 1778, there is\n         an agreement between \n         \u003cpersname\u003eDavid Wright\u003c/persname\u003eof \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eBotetourt\u003c/geogname\u003eand \n         \u003cpersname\u003eAlexander Paine\u003c/persname\u003eof the same concerning a\n         land dispute in the area where the \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eRoanoke River\u003c/geogname\u003eand \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eTinker Creek\u003c/geogname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe will, December 25, 1745, of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eThomas Patterson\u003c/persname\u003eof \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eAlbemarle County\u003c/geogname\u003e, names his slaves and\n         divides them among his children and wife, and requests that\n         his land in \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eGoochland County\u003c/geogname\u003ebe known as \n         \u003ccorpname\u003e\"Locust Thicket.\"\u003c/corpname\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eMargery Hinshaw\u003c/persname\u003econtested the will of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eSamuel Hinshaw\u003c/persname\u003edated March 1758 with \n         \u003cpersname\u003e[Cedw] Gibson\u003c/persname\u003eon July 10, 1765. Hinshaw\n         had divided his slaves between his still living wife, his\n         daughter \n         \u003cpersname\u003eElizabeth Hinshaw\u003c/persname\u003e, and the latter's\n         children. This situation involved a slave of Elizabeth. The\n         will of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eThomas Bottom\u003c/persname\u003eof \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eAmelia\u003c/geogname\u003edated May 10, 1760 divides his\n         slaves which are named between his three daughters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA folder of general legal papers date 1765-1903, n.d. The\n         inventory and appraisal, 1826, of the estate of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Eubank\u003c/persname\u003ementions prices for his\n         Negroes: £300 for a man named \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJacob\u003c/persname\u003e, £200 for a man named \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJoe\u003c/persname\u003e, £10 for a woman named \n         \u003cpersname\u003eHannah\u003c/persname\u003e, £20 for a girl named \n         \u003cpersname\u003eLolly\u003c/persname\u003e, and £0 for a girl named\n         \u003cpersname\u003eCaroline\u003c/persname\u003e. There is also a list of tickets\n         of ommission paid by \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Watts\u003c/persname\u003e, attorney. Among the legal\n         papers of \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eAmelia County\u003c/geogname\u003e, 1768 through 1789\n         including undated material, a document dated May 15, 1783\n         states that \n         \u003cpersname\u003eSarah Tinker\u003c/persname\u003eon December 6, 1781 gave her\n         son-in-law \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Tucker\u003c/persname\u003ean ailing Negro named \n         \u003cpersname\u003eNed\u003c/persname\u003euntil the latter gets well whereas he\n         will be returned to \n         \u003cpersname\u003eSarah Tucker\u003c/persname\u003e. In an undated document, \n         \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge Vaughn\u003c/persname\u003eyields up title/right of two\n         Negroes--named \n         \u003cpersname\u003eFrank\u003c/persname\u003eand \n         \u003cpersname\u003ePhoebe\u003c/persname\u003e--to son-in-law \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Norris\u003c/persname\u003e--formerly given to grandson \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Norris\u003c/persname\u003eby a deed dated October 2,\n         1796: \"said slaves will forever defend me from my heirs.\" The\n         son-in-law Norris will pay Vaughn or wife £10\n         annually for preformance of the aforesaid act. Among the \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eCampbell County\u003c/geogname\u003epapers, Justice \n         \u003cpersname\u003eAdam Clement\u003c/persname\u003esays that \n         \u003cpersname\u003eCharles Gilbert\u003c/persname\u003eof \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eCampbell\u003c/geogname\u003eon April 29, 1787 makes oath that\n         Negro slave \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJack\u003c/persname\u003e--property of Watts of \n         \u003cgeogname\u003ePrince Edward County\u003c/geogname\u003e--ran away and was\n         found 50 miles thence. Among the legal papers of \n         \u003cgeogname\u003ePrince Edward\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n         \u003cpersname\u003eEdward Watts\u003c/persname\u003esold to \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Watts\u003c/persname\u003eeight Negro slaves: \n         \u003cpersname\u003eTrue\u003c/persname\u003e, \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJames\u003c/persname\u003e, \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWinnie\u003c/persname\u003e, \n         \u003cpersname\u003ePeter\u003c/persname\u003e, \n         \u003cpersname\u003eSarah\u003c/persname\u003e, \n         \u003cpersname\u003eBetty\u003c/persname\u003e, \n         \u003cpersname\u003eRachel\u003c/persname\u003e, and \n         \u003cpersname\u003eDoc\u003c/persname\u003eon January 14, 1787. There is also a\n         account of Dr. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eM. John King\u003c/persname\u003ewith the sheriff of \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eLunenburg\u003c/geogname\u003ewhich has an entry dating 1769:\n         the former is in account with \n         \u003cpersname\u003e[John] Epps\u003c/persname\u003efor four lbs. of tobacco at\n         £0.5.1.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMiscellaneous\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAmong the Advertisements there is an advertisement dated\n         September 20, 1871 from the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eOmaha, Nebraska Lottery\u003c/corpname\u003efor the building\n         of a public library in the city. A broadside from \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eCox and Sons Church Furniture\u003c/corpname\u003eshows a\n         garish stained-glass window commemorating the late President \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJames Garfield\u003c/persname\u003e. There is an undated\n         letter to Mrs. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eFleming Saunders\u003c/persname\u003easking for a subscription\n         to the \n         \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eGraphic,\u003c/title\u003ea ladies society\n         magazine. There is an undated list of books from \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eGeorge Munro, Publishers\u003c/corpname\u003e. There is also a\n         broadside for \"The World's Christmas Hymn\"--an analogy of\n         English poetry pertaining to \n         \u003cpersname\u003eChrist\u003c/persname\u003e's birth dating from the medieval\n         period.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe church related papers include a letter, March 21, 1904,\n         from \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eVirginia Polytechnic Institute\u003c/corpname\u003eto the \n         \u003cfamname\u003eSaunders\u003c/famname\u003easking for aid for the building of\n         an Episcopal parsonage at the university. The letter\n         enunciates a fear of the danger of Episcopal boys being weaned\n         from their faith by the compulsory attendance at the services\n         of other sects due to the absence of a Episcopal parsonage.\n         There is also an Episcopal \"Church Kalendar,\" 1882-1883,\n         listing holy days with information on the faith, church\n         service, and background of the Anglican/Episcopalian\n         faith.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCivil War papers range from 1861 to 1864. During 1862-1864,\n         there are a number of furloughs issued to \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eConfederate\u003c/corpname\u003eenlisted men in \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eVirginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, each with a physical\n         description of the bearer, and addressed \"to all whom it may\n         concern.\" On August 10, 1862, there is a provision return for\n         a company of the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003e13th Regiment of Pennsylvania volunteers\u003c/corpname\u003e.\n         There are also a number of CSA \"special requisitions\", chiefly\n         ordering clothing, shoes, and blankets, most signed by Captain\n         \u003cpersname\u003eFleming Saunders\u003c/persname\u003e, assistant\n         quartermaster, of Company K, Virginia Regiment.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe educational papers range from 1848-1903, n.d. There is\n         a page from a 1848 French edition of the fables of La Fontaine\n         from the \"Academie de Norfolk.\" There is an \n         \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\"Educational Treatise on the Constitution\"\u003c/title\u003e,\n         September 6, 1877, by \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Randolph Tucker\u003c/persname\u003eof \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eVirginia\u003c/geogname\u003e. There is a 1892-1893 brochure\n         for the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eEdgeworth School\u003c/corpname\u003e, a church-related\n         boarding and day school for females. There is the fall term\n         1895 grade report from \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eVirginia Polytechnic Institute\u003c/corpname\u003e(formerly \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eVirginia Agriculture and Mechanical\n         College\u003c/corpname\u003e) for \n         \u003cpersname\u003eFleming Saunders, III\u003c/persname\u003e. There is a fall\n         term 1902 grade report from \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eHollins College\u003c/corpname\u003efor \n         \u003cpersname\u003eElsie Saunders\u003c/persname\u003e. There is another VPI\n         grade report, from February 1903, for \n         \u003cpersname\u003eCarter Temple Saunders\u003c/persname\u003e. There is a report\n         from \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eSt. Timothy's School\u003c/corpname\u003eof \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eCatonsville, Maryland\u003c/geogname\u003e. Another undated\n         piece is a \"rules for spelling\" sheet from a grammar book.\n         There are also undated fragments of Latin, French, and\n         algebra.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThere are lectures, essays, and poems, 1794, 1818, 1843,\n         and n.d., including a scrap of a lecture dated September 6,\n         1794 from \n         \u003cpersname\u003eEdward Watts\u003c/persname\u003e; another lecture on motive\n         dated September 16, 1794; and, a series of oral essays from\n         1843.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMiscellaneous material, 1887-1892, includes a note of the\n         marriage of Capt. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eFleming Saunders\u003c/persname\u003eto \n         \u003cpersname\u003eMary Gwathmey\u003c/persname\u003eon July 30.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe obituaries include a reprint of the 1858 obituary of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eFleming Saunders, Sr\u003c/persname\u003e, a reprint of the\n         1867 obituary of Fleming, Sr.'s wife-- \n         \u003cpersname\u003eAlice Fleming\u003c/persname\u003e--and the 1904 obituary of \n         \u003cpersname\u003ePeter Saunders\u003c/persname\u003e. The obituaries of\n         Fleming, Sr. and Alice are panegyrics. The first two were\n         transcribed by \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Blair Dabney\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe photographs include an unidentified photograph of a\n         young member of the \n         \u003cfamname\u003eSaunders family\u003c/famname\u003eand undated photo cards of\n         liturgical furniture.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBound Volumes\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe Day Books include a day book from \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eMaple Creek Mills\u003c/corpname\u003edating from 1842. There\n         is a 1867 day book with one page filled, made of a cut\n         agricultural crop ledger. There is also in the book a pasted\n         in notice from the Adjuctant Inspector's Office in \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eRichmond\u003c/geogname\u003e, July 29, 1863. Dating January\n         18, 1872 is a subscription book for the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eLee Monumental Association\u003c/corpname\u003e. Also present\n         is a $1 donation from \n         \u003cpersname\u003eAlex Berkeley\u003c/persname\u003eof \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eYellow Branch, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e. There are also\n         farm journals dating 1855 through 1860.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA card game, 1846, called \"The Game of Kings made Easy\"\n         which is based on the kings of \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eEngland\u003c/geogname\u003ewho reigned down to its date, is\n         also present. The card for Henry V is missing. Many of the\n         cards contain information of the kings of an antiquarian\n         nature.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe Memorandum books, 1873-1874 and 1881-1894, owned by \n         \u003cpersname\u003eFleming Saunders\u003c/persname\u003e, includes employees,\n         supplies, and construction information in the first volume.\n         The latter has a note at its end which mentions survey\n         data.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eOtter River Township\u003c/corpname\u003eRecord Book dates\n         from 1870-1874. There are references to road building. An\n         entry for June 16, 1871 notes the ordering of \"tickets\" for\n         road tax and township levy. Also included are lists of\n         expenses for board members with lists of expenses for\n         materials bought. One entry notes that \n         \u003cpersname\u003eB. H. Anthony\u003c/persname\u003e, overseer of the poor,\n         sends three paupers--one white woman and two black woman--to\n         the poor house. Expenses for the poor house are noted. At 1874\n         and 1875 meetings, \n         \u003cpersname\u003eFleming Saunders\u003c/persname\u003eis mentioned as road\n         overseer in certain districts.\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content"],"scopecontent_tesim":["This collection, 1745-1910, n.d., of ca. 2100 items,\n         consists of correspondence, business and legal papers,\n         miscellaneous, and bound volumes, pertaining to the \n          Davis Family , \n          Saunders Family , and \n          Watts Family . Large portions of the\n         correspondence belong to \n          William Watts and \n          Fleming Saunders . Included with the\n         correspondence is a letterbook, 1873-1880, of \n          Frank Prufer . The business papers include\n         accounts, bonds, correspondence, and notes and receipts,\n         chiefly pertaining to \n          William Watts and \n          Fleming Saunders , but also various\n         members of these families. The legal papers include court\n         dockets and memoranda of \n          William Watts , documents, and wills.\n         There are various legal papers of \n          William Watts pertaining to \n          Virginia counties including \n          Amelia County , \n          Amherst County , \n          Buckingham County , \n          Campbell County , \n          Cumberland County , \n          Prince Edward County . The miscellaneous\n         material includes advertisements, educational papers,\n         photographs, printed, religious papers, and fragments. The\n         bound volumes include day books, a blacksmith book, a farm\n         journal, memorandum books, and a township record. Folders are\n         arranged alphabetically within each series, with material\n         inside arranged chronologically.","Correspondence","From the correspondence of the \n          Davis Family , \n          Saunders Family , and related families,\n         1800-1856, there is a letter addressed to \"Sully,\" December\n         30, 1800, from \n          Louisa County , which advises the\n         recipient, who had asked for religious instruction, to seek\n         the \n          Kingdom of God . A letter dated April 2,\n         1812 from \n          James Rayland to his sister mentions that\n         his cousin is strapped for cash, and asks if the recipient can\n         help him. A rather unusual letter, dating July 24, 1836, from \n          Mount Pleasant , indicates that \"Mary\n         thinks a little Brandy would be of service to her,\" and\n         requests that some be sent to her. A letter written to Captain\n         Davis on January 9, 1844, mentions that \n          Pleasant Milkhill needs brandy, and asks\n         that it be sent with \n          David (probably a slave) for there is none\n         at \n          Bethel . A letter dating November 6, 1856\n         at \n          Bleak Hills makes a reference to \"Roanoke\"\n         [Roanoke County, or \n          John Randolph 's estate \"Roanoke\"?].","From their correspondence dating 1862-1904, there is a\n         letter to \n          Sam Tyree , Esq, July 17, 1870 from [his]\n         student: \n          [Sam L. Preston?] complaining that he can\n         not attend sunday school because of prostration. There is also\n         a letter dated April 8, 1901 from \n          Trinity and Ivy Chapel in \n          Boonsboro, Bedford County to a Mr.\n         Randolph inviting him to preach there every other Sunday.\n         There is also an undated fragment referring to a comet the\n         size of a full moon and a meteor shower which \"will be a sight\n         to see.\"","Among the families' undated correspondence, is a letter\n         dated November 17 to \n          \"Carter\" [Saunders?] , by a female who\n         mentions [her] children's Latin lessons. There is another\n         letter to a Miss Kerr which mentions a recipe for Tongue a la\n         Mode. There is also a letter, dated October 23, [1805?], from\n         a \n          Sam K. Jenny , probably a doctor of\n         medicine, which mentions that \n          William Green attended a man named\n         Barnhart to \n          Bedford so Jenny could prescribe to his\n         case and that he \"forbad the case of ardent spirits.\"","From the correspondence of \n          Eva (Smith) Saunders , dated 1868-1894,\n         there is a letter, February 24, 1889, from \n          The Grove which mentions that while Eva\n         passed her exams--her brother \n          Fleming Saunders III did not. A letter,\n         August 2, 1892, to \n          Eva Saunders from \n          M. Natalie Manson , at \n          Wintore , speaks of school and Latin.\n         There is an interesting letter, December 10, 1893, from \n          Florence, Italy to Eva, mentioning that\n         there is no silver in \n          Italy for the English and French are\n         buying it up, that \"Coppers are such a bother, and so heavy to\n         carry,\" seeing the works of \n          Donato and \n          Brunelleschi and the \n          Medici Chapel , and the \n          \"Brothers of Pity\" who wear black robes\n         and carry a corpse which \"made my blood turn cold.\" There is a\n         letter, January 13, 1894, to Eva, which mentions sending a\n         book to \n          May Begg , \"a literary courtship under the\n         auspices of \n          Pike's Peak . \" \n          Fleming Saunders III at \n          Randolph-Macon Academy in \n          Bedford writes to Eva on May 15, 1894,\n         saying he tried to get a tennis tournament for field day, and\n         congratulates Eva on her chicken raising and hopes his are\n         doing better.","Among the \n          Eva Saunders undated correspondence, there\n         is a fragment which notes that Miss Begg sent to its writer a\n         little book called \"The greatest thing in the World.\" A letter\n         dated November 26 to Eva contains drawings of women's blouses\n         and concerns her ordered blouses.","From the correspondence of \n          Fleming Saunders and \n          Mary (Gwathmey) Saunders , 1858-1879, a\n         letter dated September 5, 1871, from \n          Peter Saunders, Jr. , \n          Bleak Hill , says that his tobacco crop\n         has suffered. Another letter, April 17, 1874, from \n          Jeanie Edmond , \n          Hudson Lodge , makes a reference to the \n          Jubilee Singers traveling to raise money\n         for a \"slave college somewhere in the Northern States\"; to\n         acquaintances visiting \n          England , mentioning a \"public worship\n         bill\" in \n          Parliament , and one acquaintance having\n         an appointment with the Bishop of \n          Melbourne ; and to visiting \n          Australia . In a postcard dated August 21,\n         1879, \n          W. A. Alrich asks \n          Fleming Saunders ' opinion as to the next\n         \"services\" in \"regular course,\" and saying that it best not to\n         alter rotation as \"last service was omitted.\" He also mentions\n         that Mrs. \n          C[harles] Dabney has a fine little\n         daughter.","In the Fleming and Mary Saunders correspondence, 1880-1892,\n         there is a letter dated March 3, 1880 from M. Caden to\n         Saunders stating that he can not board a minister, but will\n         give the same salary as before. \n          Peter Saunders writes from \n          Bleak Hill on January 19, 1881 saying that\n         he has no specific desire to be a director on the \n          Virgina Midland [Rail] Road , and does not\n         think he could get the appointment anyway; he is still a\n         director on the \n          Franklin and Pittsylvania Railroad\n         Company , and fears a possible conflict of interest.\n          W. A. Alrich writes from \n          Emanuel Rectory , \n          Chatham, Virginia , on February 16, 1882,\n         saying he is glad that the \n          Saunders ' keep up the old St. Valentine's\n         Day tradition, by sending so practical a token of affection. \n          Ellen Boulder , a school teacher, writes\n         to \n          Mary Saunders from \n          Drake's Branch on March 18, 1889,\n         mentioning a five month school term ending on March 1st and a\n         June 23 to July 23 summer session. \n          [Peter Saunders] , \n          Bleak Hill , writes \n          Fleming Saunders , on October 26, 1891\n         mentioning Republican elements in the \"alliance\" [farmers'\n         alliance such as the \n          Grange ?].","In the Fleming and Mary Saunders correspondence, 1893-1900,\n          Fleming Saunders III writes to his parents\n         from \n          Randolph-Macon Academy in \n          Bedford on March 14, 1893, saying that he\n         is in the Baptist Church in the morning and the Methodist in\n         the afternoon, and tells of boys who spend more time with the\n         girls than studying. \n          James F. Plummer writes to Captain\n         Saunders on March 29, 1893, [from a theological seminary?],\n         saying that exams are beginning, and implying that knowledge\n         of Hebrew and Apologetics will be next among those things\n         tested. \n          Peter Saunders writes to Fleming from \n          Bleak Hill , on March 30, 1894, mentioning\n         the Bland Bill and the fear that its veto would cause discord\n         in the \n          Democratic Party , and discussing briefly\n         possible effects on the present financial situation.","In the Fleming and Mary Saunders correspondence, 1901-1910,\n         there is a letter, July 19, 1901, from \n          Edward Watts Saunders , while serving in\n         the \n          Virginia House of Delegates . \n          William W. Old writes to Fleming on\n         February 2, 1903 about a land sale and his agreement to sell\n         the land as a whole parcel to two black men, and suggesting a\n         method of finalizing the transaction. \n          E. W. Saunders writes to Fleming on\n         January 21, 1904 mentioning an inquiry about his land near\n         \"Vic. Muse.\" A letter, [March 1904], from \n          Alice [Saunders] at \n          Hollins, Virginia , to her aunt Saunders\n         refers to the Roman poet \n          Virgil . She writes to her mother on March\n         12, 1904 mentioning that John [ ] had failed in \n          Caesar and that he had been in the second\n         book of \n          Virgil .","In the undated Fleming and Mary Saunders correspondence, \n          D. Saunders writes to his mother from \n          Randolph-Macon Academy on February 10,\n         saying that he is learning German and is plagued by poor\n         spelling, and that the boys dance every night and were\n         previously boxing.","In the correspondence of \n          William Watts , 1754-1784, there is a\n         letter dated June 27, 1771 which summons Watts to the \n          General Assembly in \n          Williamsburg . \n          Samuel Dilworth writes on June 2, 1783\n         from \n          Blanford mentioning the problem of\n         collecting debts owed to the British. \n          Thomas Baldwin, Jr. writes on December 22,\n         1784 concerning the purchase of \"the Negro Fellow\" for\n         $18.","In the Watts correspondence, 1785-1789, a letter, December\n         16, 1785, from \n          William Roach informs Watts that while \n          Peter Kern is employing Watts in a matter\n         between Kern and Roach, Watts is to plead for Roach in all\n         matters, suggesting a conflict of interest. \n          Arthur Campbell , a candidate for the\n         senate from the Western Distict, writes, on March 24, 1788,\n         asking for Watts' support. \n          Edward Graham of \n          Bedford , writes on December 20, 1792,\n         mentioning that he saw the Watts' son reading \n          Horace and sending the boy a copy of \n          Cicero which would supply \"the means of\n         raising him as high in eminence as you could reasonably wish,\"\n         and adding that the boy will need to learn Greek as he will\n         soon be studying science.","In the Watts correspondence, 1793-1794, \n          Duncan Rose writes from \n          Petersburg , on July 8, 1794, stating that\n          Buchanan's Hartie and Company has been\n         doing business in \n          Great Britain and is waiting for a\n         successor to Hartie to be appointed before certain books could\n         be examined by Rose. Another letter pertains to relations with\n          France and \n          Britain at this time: \n          George Hancock writes to Watts in 1794\n         mentioning the rearing of a navy \"to repel the insult to our\n         ploy,\" referring to commerce restriction [on American goods]\n         by a nation which does not have a commerce treaty with the\n         U.S., and referring to Mr. \n          [James] Madison 's arguments whereas he\n         conducted himself in a manner worthy of himself. \n          Creed Taylor writes on May 11, 1795,\n         concerning some bonds. \n          William Vannerson writes, on October 30,\n         1795, from \n          Petersburg mentioning a British war sloop\n         in \n          Norfolk, Virginia and the order for\n         carrying American bottoms bound for \n          France into British ports with invoice\n         being revoked, revealing that some say that this retaliation\n         has been brought about by Americans invoicing their flour at\n         $27 per barrel.","In Watts' correspondence with \n          Edward Randolph , 1796-1797, Randolph\n         writes from \n          Richmond on February 21 and March 13, 1796\n         on the subject of British creditors. In Watts' correspondence\n         with \n          Thomas F. Scott , 1792-1798, Scott writes\n         on January 4, 1796 and December 18, 1798 on the subject of\n         British debts. In the correspondence of \n          William Watts with \n          John Watts , 1784-1800, John writes to\n         William in April 1784 from \n          Lincoln County, Virginia (now \n          Kentucky ), concerning apprehension about\n         a possible Indian war in the \n          Northwest Territories . John says that\n         while the lands in \n          Kentucky are good, the inconveniences are\n         many, and that the doomsayers will probably prevent the\n         surveying of lands on the northwest side of the Ohio.","Business Papers","There are general accounts, 1751-1899, n.d. An account,\n         beginning November 16, 1762, with \n          George Kippen \u0026 Co. at their store in \n          Goochland, Virginia , lists \n          John Gilliam as having ordered a dozen\n         flints, 3/4 yard of bearskin, and a dozen pipes. There is a\n         list, April 20, 1763, pertaining to the estate of \n          A. Watts , on which is listed a\n         £0.2.0 debt to \n          Mary Petillo , the only woman on the list,\n         and a £2.4.9 debt to Sir \n          William Skipwith . The account of \n          Thomas East with \n          Archelaus Austin from November 15, 1771,\n         consists of beer, wine, grog, and a gallon of corn, with one\n         entry \"to saging one night\" perhaps pertaining to the making\n         of moonshine. An account, beginning January 20, 1775, of N[ ]\n         Vaughn with \n          Edward Watts lists various quantities of\n         rum, molasses, and sugar. There are several accounts,\n         1779-1794, of the estate of \n          Nathaniel Davis , including an entry for\n         1784 for three yards of woollen for a Negro jacket, and May 9,\n         1784 for half of hire of \n          Jacob . There is a section, \"Accts\n         Overlooked,\" from 1784, which refers to tobacco being a share\n         and half share for \n          Jacob , and another for dinner at the\n         courthouse when on business. There is an account of \n          James Davis with \n          Daniel Warwick , dating 1799-1803, with\n         references to a variety of items including coffee, sewing\n         materials, dinner ware, alcohol, and accessories. Mrs. \n          Elizabeth Davis ' account beginning May\n         31, 1807, has an entries for coffee, condiments, and sewing\n         material. An account, March 26, 1810, of Capt. \n          James Davis with \n          Rowland P. Banks lists \"163 days tuition\n         at $8 p. ann. $5 cts 1 1/2.\" The account, beginning August 14,\n         1826, of Capt. \n          James Davis with \n          Thomas Pleasants , has lists orders for\n         cheese, mackerel, cotton, and whiskey. On October 31, 1832,\n         Judge Saunders, of \n          Lynchburg, Virginia , orders castor oil,\n         ointment, and a syringe. Accounts which mention tea are rare\n         but there is an undated fragment of Mr. \n          James Davis which contains an entry for\n         imperial tea. There is an undated \"memorandum of brandy\" taken\n         from Mrs. Eubank.","The accounts of \n          Williams Watts span 1752-1797. There is\n         also a hotel account with \n          Charles Williamson with entries dating\n         1763, 1773, and 1774. There are accounts for the boarding,\n         clothing, and feeding of Negro boys with Mrs. \n          Betty Tucker and \n          Betty Kirkland , both beginning September\n         10, 1767, and Capt. \n          Joseph Tucker , 1767-1769. Watts has\n         accounts, 1768, with \n          John Brittan for a waistcoat, shoes,\n         stockings, and a hat. There is a 1769 account for various\n         building supplies. Watts also has an account, beginning April\n         20, 1771, with \n          Miller Woodson with an entry of May 16,\n         1772 listing a \n          Patrick Henry . There is a document which\n         contains information on the estate of \n          William Randolph . There is another\n         lodging account, July 26, 1773 through December 3, 1776, of\n         Watts with \n          Charles Williams . There is an account\n         beginning March 9, 1778, with \n          William Kirkland which includes listings\n         for tuition and educational books. A January 10, 1780 account\n         with \n          Frederick Nance mentions a violin and a\n         set of strings. There is an account, beginning December 21,\n         1787, with \n          Robert Wilson ordering Hyson Tea, coffee,\n         and a bottle of snuff. From a 1791 account of \n          Edward McDonald with \n          William Watts , there is the note of the\n         hire of a Negro. From a 1792 account of \n          Charles Smith , there is a note for the\n         finding of a Negro woman and for the inspecting of tobacco.\n         There are two medical bills, one with \n          George Martin , beginning January 14,\n         1794, and one with Doctor \n          Graham , beginning November 3, 1795. In\n         October 1797, Watts had an account with \n          George Quille for the hire of a Negro.\n         There is an undated account of \n          W. Walter Spence with Watts for the hire\n         of a Negro for eight months.","Promissory notes and receipts range from 1754-1905, n.d.\n         There are several items concerned with the estate of \n          John Fleming and include an entry for\n         February 1764 for a Negro bought for $10. Between \n          George Martin and Watts there is an\n         agreement, October 3, 1794, mentioning the purchase of red\n         wheat and the hire of a Negro woman. \n          James Davis has a note dated 1803 with the\n         Sheriff of \n          Amherst County for tax on four Negroes,\n         four horses, and five tithes. \n          Elizabeth Davis has a note dated 1816 for\n         tax on three Negroes and one horse. There is a note from\n         December 6, 1827 pertaining to a $5 bond for the hire of a\n         Negro man by \n          James Davis from \n          J. Wright for \n          Lavinia Wright . There is a 1840 note from\n          Charles Davis to the Sheriff of \n          Amherst for tax on six Negroes and six\n         horses.","Legal Papers","There are a number of court memoranda, 1768-1786, n.d.,\n         kept by \n          William Watts in his capacity as a lawyer.\n         In a November 10, 1771 memo for the \n          Buckingham County court, there is an entry\n         for detinue for Negro woman named \n          Agge . From the memo for the April 1772\n         court at \n          Lunenburg County , \n          Thomas Taylor and his wife have a suit\n         against a Hurt for a Negro in \n          Amelia . There is also a list of debts\n         owed to Watts for the year 1794. Dating 1771 through 1782,\n         there are court dockets from \n          Amelia County and \n          Lunenburg County from 1771-1782. A number\n         of the entries have Watts as the litigant. There is a 1773 day\n         book with the signatures of William and \n          Edward Watts , which includes a record of \n          William Watts ' court expenses. There are\n         also legal day books, 1772-1773, of Watts, with entries for \n          Buckingham County , \n          Amelia , \n          Cumberland County , and \n          Prince Edward County as well as for \n          Williamsburg, Virginia . There is another\n         1773 memorandum book of Watts with entries for \n          Amelia County , \n          Cumberland County , and \n          Buckingham County .","The indentures date 1749-1788, n.d. From January 1, 1763,\n         there is an agreement between \n          Benjamin Tambro and \n          Ayres Hodnett of \n          Buckingham in regard to the former's son, \n          John Tambro , to be apprentice to the\n         latter for seven years. From March 28, 1774, there is an\n         indenture between Watts and \n          William Ford . From September 17, 1768,\n         there is an agreement between \n          Abraham West and \n          John Blankenship of \n          Prince Edward . On November 17, 1772,\n         there is an agreement between \n          John Lewallen of \n          Amelia County and \n          James and Robert Donalds and Company ,\n         Merchants of \n          Glasgow . On September 15, 1778, there is\n         an agreement between \n          David Wright of \n          Botetourt and \n          Alexander Paine of the same concerning a\n         land dispute in the area where the \n          Roanoke River and \n          Tinker Creek .","The will, December 25, 1745, of \n          Thomas Patterson of \n          Albemarle County , names his slaves and\n         divides them among his children and wife, and requests that\n         his land in \n          Goochland County be known as \n          \"Locust Thicket.\" Margery Hinshaw contested the will of \n          Samuel Hinshaw dated March 1758 with \n          [Cedw] Gibson on July 10, 1765. Hinshaw\n         had divided his slaves between his still living wife, his\n         daughter \n          Elizabeth Hinshaw , and the latter's\n         children. This situation involved a slave of Elizabeth. The\n         will of \n          Thomas Bottom of \n          Amelia dated May 10, 1760 divides his\n         slaves which are named between his three daughters.","A folder of general legal papers date 1765-1903, n.d. The\n         inventory and appraisal, 1826, of the estate of \n          John Eubank mentions prices for his\n         Negroes: £300 for a man named \n          Jacob , £200 for a man named \n          Joe , £10 for a woman named \n          Hannah , £20 for a girl named \n          Lolly , and £0 for a girl named\n          Caroline . There is also a list of tickets\n         of ommission paid by \n          William Watts , attorney. Among the legal\n         papers of \n          Amelia County , 1768 through 1789\n         including undated material, a document dated May 15, 1783\n         states that \n          Sarah Tinker on December 6, 1781 gave her\n         son-in-law \n          John Tucker an ailing Negro named \n          Ned until the latter gets well whereas he\n         will be returned to \n          Sarah Tucker . In an undated document, \n          George Vaughn yields up title/right of two\n         Negroes--named \n          Frank and \n          Phoebe --to son-in-law \n          John Norris --formerly given to grandson \n          John Norris by a deed dated October 2,\n         1796: \"said slaves will forever defend me from my heirs.\" The\n         son-in-law Norris will pay Vaughn or wife £10\n         annually for preformance of the aforesaid act. Among the \n          Campbell County papers, Justice \n          Adam Clement says that \n          Charles Gilbert of \n          Campbell on April 29, 1787 makes oath that\n         Negro slave \n          Jack --property of Watts of \n          Prince Edward County --ran away and was\n         found 50 miles thence. Among the legal papers of \n          Prince Edward , \n          Edward Watts sold to \n          William Watts eight Negro slaves: \n          True , \n          James , \n          Winnie , \n          Peter , \n          Sarah , \n          Betty , \n          Rachel , and \n          Doc on January 14, 1787. There is also a\n         account of Dr. \n          M. John King with the sheriff of \n          Lunenburg which has an entry dating 1769:\n         the former is in account with \n          [John] Epps for four lbs. of tobacco at\n         £0.5.1.","Miscellaneous","Among the Advertisements there is an advertisement dated\n         September 20, 1871 from the \n          Omaha, Nebraska Lottery for the building\n         of a public library in the city. A broadside from \n          Cox and Sons Church Furniture shows a\n         garish stained-glass window commemorating the late President \n          James Garfield . There is an undated\n         letter to Mrs. \n          Fleming Saunders asking for a subscription\n         to the \n          Graphic, a ladies society\n         magazine. There is an undated list of books from \n          George Munro, Publishers . There is also a\n         broadside for \"The World's Christmas Hymn\"--an analogy of\n         English poetry pertaining to \n          Christ 's birth dating from the medieval\n         period.","The church related papers include a letter, March 21, 1904,\n         from \n          Virginia Polytechnic Institute to the \n          Saunders asking for aid for the building of\n         an Episcopal parsonage at the university. The letter\n         enunciates a fear of the danger of Episcopal boys being weaned\n         from their faith by the compulsory attendance at the services\n         of other sects due to the absence of a Episcopal parsonage.\n         There is also an Episcopal \"Church Kalendar,\" 1882-1883,\n         listing holy days with information on the faith, church\n         service, and background of the Anglican/Episcopalian\n         faith.","Civil War papers range from 1861 to 1864. During 1862-1864,\n         there are a number of furloughs issued to \n          Confederate enlisted men in \n          Virginia , each with a physical\n         description of the bearer, and addressed \"to all whom it may\n         concern.\" On August 10, 1862, there is a provision return for\n         a company of the \n          13th Regiment of Pennsylvania volunteers .\n         There are also a number of CSA \"special requisitions\", chiefly\n         ordering clothing, shoes, and blankets, most signed by Captain\n          Fleming Saunders , assistant\n         quartermaster, of Company K, Virginia Regiment.","The educational papers range from 1848-1903, n.d. There is\n         a page from a 1848 French edition of the fables of La Fontaine\n         from the \"Academie de Norfolk.\" There is an \n          \"Educational Treatise on the Constitution\" ,\n         September 6, 1877, by \n          John Randolph Tucker of \n          Virginia . There is a 1892-1893 brochure\n         for the \n          Edgeworth School , a church-related\n         boarding and day school for females. There is the fall term\n         1895 grade report from \n          Virginia Polytechnic Institute (formerly \n          Virginia Agriculture and Mechanical\n         College ) for \n          Fleming Saunders, III . There is a fall\n         term 1902 grade report from \n          Hollins College for \n          Elsie Saunders . There is another VPI\n         grade report, from February 1903, for \n          Carter Temple Saunders . There is a report\n         from \n          St. Timothy's School of \n          Catonsville, Maryland . Another undated\n         piece is a \"rules for spelling\" sheet from a grammar book.\n         There are also undated fragments of Latin, French, and\n         algebra.","There are lectures, essays, and poems, 1794, 1818, 1843,\n         and n.d., including a scrap of a lecture dated September 6,\n         1794 from \n          Edward Watts ; another lecture on motive\n         dated September 16, 1794; and, a series of oral essays from\n         1843.","Miscellaneous material, 1887-1892, includes a note of the\n         marriage of Capt. \n          Fleming Saunders to \n          Mary Gwathmey on July 30.","The obituaries include a reprint of the 1858 obituary of \n          Fleming Saunders, Sr , a reprint of the\n         1867 obituary of Fleming, Sr.'s wife-- \n          Alice Fleming --and the 1904 obituary of \n          Peter Saunders . The obituaries of\n         Fleming, Sr. and Alice are panegyrics. The first two were\n         transcribed by \n          John Blair Dabney .","The photographs include an unidentified photograph of a\n         young member of the \n          Saunders family and undated photo cards of\n         liturgical furniture.","Bound Volumes","The Day Books include a day book from \n          Maple Creek Mills dating from 1842. There\n         is a 1867 day book with one page filled, made of a cut\n         agricultural crop ledger. There is also in the book a pasted\n         in notice from the Adjuctant Inspector's Office in \n          Richmond , July 29, 1863. Dating January\n         18, 1872 is a subscription book for the \n          Lee Monumental Association . Also present\n         is a $1 donation from \n          Alex Berkeley of \n          Yellow Branch, Virginia . There are also\n         farm journals dating 1855 through 1860.","A card game, 1846, called \"The Game of Kings made Easy\"\n         which is based on the kings of \n          England who reigned down to its date, is\n         also present. The card for Henry V is missing. Many of the\n         cards contain information of the kings of an antiquarian\n         nature.","The Memorandum books, 1873-1874 and 1881-1894, owned by \n          Fleming Saunders , includes employees,\n         supplies, and construction information in the first volume.\n         The latter has a note at its end which mentions survey\n         data.","The \n          Otter River Township Record Book dates\n         from 1870-1874. There are references to road building. An\n         entry for June 16, 1871 notes the ordering of \"tickets\" for\n         road tax and township levy. Also included are lists of\n         expenses for board members with lists of expenses for\n         materials bought. 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Correspondence (Box 1)","II. Legal and Financial Papers (Boxes 2-3)","III. Miscellaneous Papers (Box 4)","IV. Notebooks and Bound Volumes (Boxes 5-7)","V. Papers of \n          James B. Baylor and the \n          United States Coast \u0026 Geodetic\n         Survey (Boxes 8-11)","VI. Oversize Items \u0026 2M Volumes","\n             John Baylor 1 ( \n          1650 - \n          1720 ) resident of \n          Gloucester County, Virginia, and later \n          King and Queen County, Virginia, married \n          Lucy Todd O'Brien (ca.1681-?) of \n          New Kent County, Virginia, in \n          1698 . They were believed to have had three\n         offspring, \n          Frances Baylor, \n          Robert Baylor, and \n          John Baylor 2. The children of their son,\n         Colonel \n          John2 Baylor ( \n          1705 - \n          1772 ), and \n          Frances Walker (?- \n          1783 ) were as follows:","1) \n          Courtney Baylor m. Jasper Clayton of \n          Gloucester County \n         ","2) \n          Lucy Baylor m. \n          John Armistead \n         ","3) \n          Frances Baylor m. \n          John Nicholson \n         ","4) \n          Elizabeth Baylor unmarried","5) \n          John Baylor 3 ( \n          1750 - \n          1808 ) m. \n          Frances Norton ( \n          1760 - \n          1815 ) in \n          1778","6) \n          George Baylor ( \n          1752 - \n          1784 ) m. \n          Lucy Page in \n          1778","7) \n          Walker Baylor ( ? - \n          1823 ) m. \n          Jane Bledsoe \n         ","8) \n          Robert Baylor m. Miss Gwynne","The children of \n          John Baylor 3 and \n          Frances Norton were:","1) \n          Frances Courtney Baylor ( \n          1779 - \n          1780 )","2) \n          Courtney Orange Baylor ( \n          1781 -? ) m. _____ Fox","3) \n          Lucy Elizabeth Todd Baylor ( ? - \n          1823 ) m. [Sen. \n          John H. Upshaw ] in \n          1809","4) \n          Louisa Henrietta Baylor m. [ \n          William T. Upshaw ]","5) \n          Susanna Frances Baylor ( \n          1783 - \n          1837 ) m. \n          John Sutton \n         ","6) \n          John Baylor 4 m. \n          Maria Ann Roy ( \n          1790 - \n          1850 ) in \n          1819","7) Dr. \n          George Daniel Baylor m. Miss Lewis","The issue of \n          John Baylor 4 and \n          Maria Ann Roy was Dr. \n          John Roy Baylor \n         ","\n             John Baylor ( \n          1821 - \n          1897 ) who married \n          Anne Bowen of \n          Albemarle County and produced the\n         following offspring:","1) Captain \n          James Bowen Baylor ( \n          1849 - \n          1924 ) m. \n          Ellen Carter Bruce (died ca. \n          1899 ) in ca. \n          1881 , producing three children: \n          Evelyn Courtney Blackford Baylor, \n          Anne Baylor, and \n          John Baylor ( \n          1890 - \n          1968 ).","2) \n          Maria Roy Baylor \n         ","3) \n          John Roy Baylor, Jr. ( \n          1851 - \n          1926 ) m. \n          Julia Howard \n         ","Scope and Content The papers of the \n             Baylor family of \"Newmarket,\" \n             Bowling Green, Caroline County, Virginia, contain ca.\n            2000 items (11 Hollinger boxes, 4.5 linear feet),\n            1653-1915, and consist of correspondence, legal and\n            financial papers, ledgers, genealogical material, students\n            notebooks and bound volumes, scrapbooks, photographs, a\n            diary, literary compositions, military papers pertaining to\n            the Revolutionary War, newsclippings, the records of James Bowen Baylor and the \n             United States Coast and Geodetic Survey, and miscellaneous papers. These papers pertain to John Baylor (1650-1720) of \n             Gloucester County, and King and Queen County, Virginia, and his wife, \n             Lucy Todd O'Brien of New Kent County, Virginia, and four generations of their descendants. The \n             John Baylor ledgers, 1719-1755, reveal that John Baylor was a wealthy merchant,\n            planter, and shipowner. He also served as a burgess, representing Gloucester County in the 1693 General Assembly and King and Queen County in 1718. John Baylor's son, John Baylor (1705-1772), greatly increased the family landholdings when he received a royal\n            land grant in 1726 in what was to become Caroline County, Virginia. John Baylor was educated in \n             England, at the \n             Putney Grammer School and \n             Caius College, \n             Cambridge. While in \n             England, he developed a keen interest\n            in thoroughbred horses and horse racing, going so far as to\n            name his new home, \" \n             Newmarket, \" for the famous English\n            racing center. He became an important colonial horse\n            importer and breeder whose stables greatly contributed to\n            the development of American thoroughbreds. \n             John Baylor also rendered public\n            service to the newly formed county of \n             Caroline, as a colonel in the county\n            militia and a burgess in 1742-1749, and 1756-1765. All four of the sons of \n             John Baylor (1705-1772) contributed in\n            some way to the American effort during the Revolutionary\n            War. \n             John Baylor (1750-1808), the heir of \" \n             Newmarket, \" while unable to fight due\n            to a childhood injury, gave financial support to the war\n            effort. He later had difficulties in shedding his\n            reputation as a \"Tory\" because he had gone back to \n             England in 1778 to marry his cousin, \n             Frances Norton (1760-1815) and had to\n            live in \n             Europe until they could obtain a return\n            passage to \n             America. \n                George Baylor (1752-1784) was a member\n            of the \n             Caroline County Committee of Safety,\n            1775-1776, and from 1775-1777, he was aide-de-camp of\n            General \n             George Washington. He was commanding\n            officer of the \n             3rd Regiment Light Dragoons when he was\n            wounded and captured on September 28, 1778. He was\n            eventually exchanged and his regiment was consolidated with\n            the \n             First Continental Dragoons on November\n            9, 1782, which he commanded until the end of the war. On\n            September 30, 1783, he received his commission as a Brevet\n            Brigadier General. \n                Walker Baylor served as a lieutenant\n            and captain of the \n             3rd Regiment Light Dragoons during the\n            Revolution. He along with his other brother \n             Robert Baylor, who also served in the\n            Revolution, immigrated to \n             Kentucky. Later \n             Robert Baylor apparently settled in the\n             Pearl River area of the \n             Mississippi Territory. The estate of \n             John Baylor (1750-1808) was hopelessly\n            entangled when he inherited it from his father in 1772 and\n            much of it was lost through his own ineptitude as a\n            businessman and the dishonesty of others. However, the\n            house and two thousand acres were entailed and could not be\n            alienated; these were passed on to his son, \n             John Baylor ( ? ), who married \n             Maria Ann Roy and produced Dr. \n             John Roy Baylor (1821-1897). It was Dr.\n             John Roy Baylor's son, Captain \n             James Bowen Baylor (1848-1924), who was\n            a member of the \n             United States Coast and Geodetic\n            Survey team. The correspondence series contains the correspondence\n            from family members, friends, and business associates of\n            all the above generations of the \n             Baylor family, beginning with Colonel \n             John Baylor (1705-1772). Letters\n            pertaining to the sojourn of \n             John Baylor (1750-1808) in \n             England prior to and during the\n            Revolutionary War include the following: a reference to\n            Colonel \n             John Baylor's son at school in \n             Caius College, \n             Cambridge (August 12,1769); his\n            intentions of returning to the \n             United States (December 28, 1770); the\n            advice of \n             William Bond, a former teacher of \n             John Baylor, for him to seek further\n            educational opportunities upon the continent rather than to\n            return to college studies (July 15, 1773); \n             William Bond's request for \n             John Baylor to ignore \"national evils\"\n            and to visit \n             England (May 4, 1778); \n             John Baylor's trip to \n             England to wed his cousin, \n             Frances Norton (1778); a reference to\n            the Baylor's leaving \n             England, and comments concerning the\n            fashions and decadence of \n             England (May 4, 1779). Correspondence concerning events leading up to and\n            including the Revolutionary War includes: \n             Sam Waterman's support of the Stamp\n            Act repeal and the danger of shipping livestock from \n             London to \n             John Baylor (March 6, 1766); a Mr.\n            Grand's letter refusing to advise \n             John Baylor due to threat of prison\n            (March 28, [1772]): copies of \n             Committee of Correspondence letters to \n             John Norton asking him to keep them\n            informed regarding events in \n             England and Acts of \n             Parliament and his reply (April 6,\n            \u0026 July 6, 1773); a recommendation for the Baron of\n            [Bonstetten] who served in the Danish and Prussian Wars\n            (September 27,1777); \n             John Baylor as a prisoner aboard a\n            British ship, Thomas [Thortican], possibly due to suspicion\n            that he was reportedly carrying a treaty between \n             France and the \n             United States (February 5, 1778); the\n            birth of Colonel \n             George Baylor's son (May 6, 1779); \n             Walker Baylor asking his brother to\n            send him some money to cover his expenses incurred in\n            fighting in the Revolution (August 13, 1779); a statement\n            of \n             Edmund Pendleton, the Chairman of the \n             Caroline Committee of Correspondence,\n            regarding the loyalty of \n             John Baylor to the colonial cause,\n            relating that \n             John Baylor supported the actions of\n            the Americans at \n             Lexington, and returned to \n             England only to marry (October 13,\n            1779); the statement of \n             George Baylor regarding the loyalty of\n            his brother evidenced by his opinion of events at \n             Lexington, and his recommendation of\n            Baron de Wolfen in the service of the \n             American Army, and concluding with the\n            explanation that \n             John Baylor did not fight due to a\n            physical infirmity acquired in his youth (October 14,1779);\n             John Wormeley requests \n             John Baylor to use his influence to\n            give him an escort to visit his father in \n             Virginia (August 16, 1782); and a\n            request for \n             George Baylor to help recover money\n            form one of the officers of his regiment for Mr. Alexander\n            (September 3, 1783). Other subjects of note include: the tobacco growing and\n            export business (May 8, 1741; March 6, 1766; August 12,\n            1769; February 5, 1778; June 29, 1788; March 10, 1789; June\n            6, 1789; March 15, 1793; \u0026 February 5, 1790); iron and\n            forge business (October 11, 1771; \u0026 April 13, 1774);\n            horses and horse breeding (\"Sober John\"-October25, 1754;\n            \"Fearnought\"-March 21, 1771; October 30, 1756; March 6,\n            1766; and July 17, 1800); and a discussion about whether\n            the Spanish will allow free trade up the \n             Mississippi River and \n             Ohio River ([December 4], 1783). Several letters mention slaves and slavery. Among these\n            are: slaves for sale (April 14, 1770; March 21, 1771;\n            September 14, 1771; \u0026 June 19, 1811); mention of slave\n            passes, a slave detained on the road for lack of one, and a\n            visit of slaves with the family in \n             Gloucester County, Virginia (July 12,\n            1813); the prices of slaves in the \n             Pearl River area of the \n             Mississippi Territory and prices of\n            hire (November 28, 1816); and a letter from a Quaker, \n             George Boone, of \n             Berks County, Pennsylvania, attempting\n            to verify that \n             James Martin, a black man who claimed\n            to have been born to free parents and wrongly sold as part\n            of Colonel \n             John Baylor's estate, was indeed a\n            free black and not legally owned by \n             Thomas Adams of \n             Orange County, Virginia (August 12,\n            1818). There is a group of letters between \n             John Baylor, \n             John Frere, and \n             John Baylor's former teacher in \n             England, \n             William Bond, concerning education for\n            his two sons, \n             John Baylor and \n             George Daniel Baylor. This\n            correspondence sheds some light on the attempts of\n            Americans to educate their sons following the Revolution\n            and includes: a discussion of \n             Eton and \n             Rugby and changes that have occurred at\n             Cambridge (August 17, 1793); a\n            suggestion to try \n             Glasgow in \n             Scotland (March 1, 1796); the\n            possibility of using a tutor (February 27, 1797); terms to\n            secure a tutor from \n             England and his opinion of \n             Eton (October 2, 1797); and a\n            suggestion to use an American clergyman for a tutor (June\n            22, 1799 \u0026 June 30, 1800). Other subjects mentioned include: the French Revolution\n            (July 2, August 17, and [September 18], 1793); a\n            description of fashions ([September 18], 1793); a\n            description of \n             Warm Springs, \n             Bath County, Virginia (August 26,\n            1805); the career of \n             Napoleon Bonaparte (June 30 \u0026 July\n            17, 1800); the settlement of \n             John Baylor's estate (December 26,\n            1801; \u0026 January 3, 1804); the \n             Louisiana Purchase (September 17,\n            1803); a woman's viewpoint and thoughts (April 9, 1802);\n            the interdiction of His Majesty's ships from American ports\n            and the War of 1812 (August 29, 1808; March 25, 1812; and\n            July 18, 1813); an excellent discussion of social and\n            economic life in \n             Pearl River, \n             Mississippi Territory (November 28,\n            1816); the financial difficulties of the \n             Baylor family (September 1, 1819; \u0026\n            July 25, 1820); a meteorite falling in \n             Washington, D.C. (March 18, 1821); the\n            celebration in \n             Richmond of the French victory over the\n            Turkish Dey of \n             Algiers (September 13, 1830); the\n            medical studies of \n             John Roy Baylor (January 31, 1842);\n            discussion of \n             George Catlin's book about American\n            Indians and the explorations of \n             John C. Fremont and \n             Charles Wilkes (April 30, 1846); a\n            detailed description of \n             William P. Palmer's trip to \n             Europe (October 30, 1865); and the\n            voyage of Presbyterian missionary \n             E. Lanc[aster] to \n             Rio De Janeiro (August 26, 1869). Events during the Civil War period are represented by\n            the following: \n             William P. Palmer's comments\n            concerning \n             John Brown's raid at \n             Harper's Ferry and the preparations for\n            his hanging (November 22 \u0026 December 1, 1859); the\n            struggle for possession of the \n             Fredericksburg Water Power\n            Company (March 17 \u0026 November 3, 1863; \u0026\n            September 5, 1865); the building of \n             Confederate stables and cabins for a\n            camp in \n             Louisa near the gold mines of \n             Louisa County's \n             Walnut Grove and \n             Slate Grove, formerly owned by Yankee\n            speculators (December 30, 1863); requests for donations of\n            flour and foodstuffs for soldiers (February 25, 1865); and\n            the assassination of \n             Abraham Lincoln deplored (April 25,\n            1865). Related topics include the mention of seeing \n             Robert E. Lee at \n             White Sulpher Springs, West\n            Virginia (August 17, 1867) and a letter from \n             Henry Stephens Randall declining to\n            visit the Old Dominion until the scars of the Civil War are\n            healed (n.d.). Other post-Civil War subjects include: racial tensions\n            (August 11, 1878) and the \n             Richmond riots during which a white\n            policeman was killed in \n             Old Market Hall (March 20, 1870); \n             John Roy Baylor's assurances that his\n            black tenant farmers were not involved in the violence in \n             Caroline County (n.d.); life in \n             St. Louis, Missouri (September \u0026\n            July 3, 1873); a description of a shoot-out in \n             Uvalde County, Texas (May 10, 1881);\n            the black vote during Reconstruction in \n             Virginia (October 28, 1889); mention of\n             Micajah Woods, the \n             University of Virginia, and \n             Monticello (October 21, 1887); and the \n             Richmond, Fredericksburg, \u0026 Potomac Railroad\n            Company (March 21, 1873; \u0026 May 20, 1881). Letters containing genealogical information include the\n            following families: the \n             Norton family (June 22, 1828); \n             Robert Baylor's (August 14, 1828); the\n             Frere family (June 28, 1872 \u0026 n.d.);\n            the \n             Roy family (March 21, 1887 \u0026 January\n            8, 1885); the \n             Braxton family (April 20, 1810); the \n             Baylor family (February 20, 1895); and\n            the \n             Texas \n                Baylor family (April 28 \u0026 May 2,\n            1894). For a list of individual correspondents, please consult\n            the \n             Baylor family sliplist. The next series of papers contain the legal and\n            financial papers of the \n             Baylor family. These include: the\n            amnesty papers of Dr. \n             John Roy Baylor (1865); land plats and\n            surveys (1701-1841) of \n             Virginia lands in \n             King William County, \n             King and Queen County, \n             Spotsylvania County, \n             Caroline County, \n             Pocahontas County, and \n             Orange County, many of which were done\n            by surveyor, \n             James Taylor; and other legal\n            documents such as indentures, bonds, deeds, land grants,\n            and bills of complaint. Items of special note are: copies\n            of land grants signed by \n             Alexander Spotswood (July 20, 1722) and\n             Hugh Drysdale (July 16, 1726); a list\n            of named slaves sold to \n             John Baylor (December 12, 1751);\n            charges against \n             Philip Easter, overseer for \n             John Baylor, particularly for\n            \"constantly driving of the Negroes for which I paid a great\n            deal of tobacco,\" especially old \n             Sarah, a midwife (ca. 1757); agreement\n            of \n             John Hatley Norton to buy \n             John Baylor's tobacco (December 12,\n            1776); a water lot rental (June 12, 1794); articles of\n            agreement concerning a grist mill in \n             Caroline County (June 18, 1813); the\n            pardon of \n             John Crowley signed by \n             James Madison and \n             James Monroe (September 11, 1815); an\n            indenture of 1820 with named slaves; a schedule of property\n            with a named slave (December 17, 1822); an agreement\n            concerning a mill with \n             P. Harrison as the miller (1831); a\n            certificate of exemption from active service in the \n             Confederate Army as an agriculturalist\n            (November 10, 1864); and a copy of a receipt concerning\n            work done on a gravel pit for the \n             Richmond, Fredericksburg, \u0026 Potomac\n            Railroad (June 2, 1870). This series also contains copies of the wills of \n             John Baylor (1705-1772), dated February\n            19, 1770, and \n             Frances Baylor (1760-1815), dated June\n            12, 1815, both mentioning family slaves by name. The financial papers of the \n             Baylor family contain six small account\n            books, 1859-1870, listing payment to hired hands, one of\n            which contains the \n             Tiverton Farm Stockbook (1866); bank\n            statements; a farm book for the \n             Greenwood Farm; \n             John Baylor's receipt book, 1792-1795,\n            which mentions Negroes purchased (December 5, 1790), \n             George Baylor's estate (February 17,\n            1792), and Negroes sold (February 23, 1795); and other\n            miscellaneous financial papers. Topics in the financial papers include the following: an\n            account with \n             Donald Robertson for \n             Robert Baylor and \n             Walker Baylor's schooling (April 1,\n            1772); Colonel Braxton's smith works (April 1736); the \n             Rappahannock River Forge belonging to \n             James Hunter (March 31, 1784); tobacco\n            accounts (1775-1776; 1782; June \u0026 August 1782, October\n            2, 1789; February 24, 1784; March 19 \u0026 December 11,\n            1875; and n.d.); horses and racing (January 16, 1741; July\n            11, 1777, May 29, 1767; November 15, 1774; April 1, 1756;\n            and list of horses, n.d.); an account for carpenter and\n            house work [1726]; an account with the \n             Swan Tavern (September 23, 1815); the\n            settling of \n             John Baylor's estate (1750-1808)\n            (January 5, 1812; May 29, 1811; October 27, 1812; September\n            10, 1815; October 2, 1819; June 1, 1821; August 3, 1821;\n            and n.d.); medical accounts (April 12, 1830); corn and meal\n            from \n             John Baylor's mill (January 1, 1830);\n            and a blacksmith account (January 1, 1875). There are also accounts with the \n             Confederate government (November 14\n            \u0026 24, \u0026 December 12, 1863; March 24 \u0026 May 3,\n            1864; and February 4, 1865) and many concerning slaves and\n            slavery. These include: duty paid on Negroes (1742-1744); claim\n            for payment for capturing and placing \n             John Baylor's runaway slave in the \n             Spotsylvania goal (April 16, 1744); the\n            sale of \n             George Baylor's slaves (November 28,\n            1786); slaves for hire (December 26, 1805; June 15, 1814);\n            hire of \" \n             Ned \" as a mason (October 2, 1814);\n            clothing for Negroes (1814); grog for servants (September\n            23, 1815); bills of sale for unnamed slaves (June 11,\n            1847); \n             Mary and daughter \n             Elizabeth (September 4, 1848); \n             Miles (February 20, 1849); \n             Pompey (June 11, 1847); slave boy, \n             Frank (January 15, 1851); \n             Kitty Brook and \n             Fanny (December 28, 1853); \n             George Cooper (June 18, 1857); and\n            slave hire (April 30, 1859 \u0026 ca. 1854). The miscellaneous series contains a diary (1780) of \n             John Baylor 1750-1808) describing a\n            journey from \" \n             Newmarket \" to \n             Warm Springs, \n             Augusta County, Virginia, and\n            mentioning Dr. \n             [Thomas ?] Walker and his son, \n             Thomas Walker, of \n             Albemarle County, Virginia, and \n             John Baylor's \n             Orange plantations; genealogical\n            material pertaining to the \n             Roy family, \n             Baylor family, and \n             Norton family, and including\n            biographical sketches of \n             Mungo Roy and \n             John Baylor (1750-1808); a \"History of\n            the Early Church in Virginia\"; several literary\n            compositions by \n             Maria Roy Baylor; and a memorandum\n            book of \n             John Baylor (1750-1808) which describes\n            the beginning of his voyage on the Potomack (October 1775)\n            and furnishes a description of saltworks at \n             Portsmouth, [England] (1778). Other material in this series includes military papers,\n            miscellaneous papers, newsclippings, and loose photographs.\n            Thirteen of the items in the military papers pertain to\n            Colonel \n             John Baylor (1705-1772) and the \n             Caroline militia, who served under\n            Colonel \n             George Washington in the construction\n            of a fort at \n             Winchester, Virginia, during the\n            French and Indian War, 1756-1757, and consist of company\n            returns, orders for payment, and receipts for payment. The rest of the military papers consist of Revolutionary\n            War material, relating to \n             George Baylor, aide-de-camp to General\n             George Washington, 1775-1777, and\n            Commander of the \n             Third Regiment of Light Dragoons, and\n            the papers about clothing, arms, and other supplies,\n            regimental finances, roster of officers, and weekly returns\n            of the regiment. Among these papers are: a copy of a letter\n            from General Burgoyne to Colonel Phillipson concerning\n            military conditions and discussing his ill-fated \n             Saratoga campaign (October 20, 1777); a\n            mention of \n             George Baylor's upcoming marriage\n            (February 4, 1778); \n             B. Dade's request to be exchanged as a\n            prisoner of war (February 1779); monies owed for supplies\n            to \n             James Hunter with an itemized account\n            (October 12 \u0026 November 1, 1779); the problems and\n            arrangements involved in outfitting the regiment (February\n            4, June 6 \u0026 12, 1778; October 13, 1780; October 26,\n            1781 [2 letters]; November 2, 1781; April 3 \u0026 August\n            14, 1782); the difficulty of working with the \"financier \n             Robert Morris \" (October 13, 1780); an\n            outbreak of smallpox in the \n             Third Regiment at \n             Petersburg, Virginia (November 25,\n            1781); and an order for a review of the \n             Continental army for July 4, 1782. A\n            final item is a general order for a discharge from the \n             4th Regiment of \n             Virginia militia during the War of 1812\n            (April 10, 1814). For a list of individual correspondents,\n            please consult the original list in the control folder. The miscellaneous folder contains the following: a\n            printed score sheet for archery (July 4, 1771); a list of\n            books, probably from the library of \n             John Baylor [ca. 1800 ?]; notes\n            concerning Blackstone's law; a pamphlet, \"The Lewis and\n            Clark Expedition,\" by \n             Grace Flandrau (n.d.); an oath to \"our\n            Sovereign Lord King George\" (n.d.); and a parochial report,\n             Emmanuel Church, \n             Greenwood Parish, Reverend \n             W.M. Nelson, Rector (n.d.). The newsclippings, 1921-1933, concern \n             University of Virginia events, news of\n            the \n             Ivy area, the \n             Lewis Association of America, the \n             Lewis family, and historical\n            articles. The loose photographs, mostly unidentified, include:\n            Mrs. Rutherford's children, \n             Rosa Rutherford, \n             Charles Frere and \n             Douglas Frere, possible photographs of\n            \" \n             Newmarket, \" and \n             University of Virginia professors. The notebooks and bound volumes series contains the\n            following: a photograph album; school notebooks of \n             Maria Roy Baylor, \n             Frank Blackford, and \n             James B. Baylor; an expense book; two\n            scrapbooks of newsclippings; and the \n             Letters of Junius, hand\n            copied by \n             John Baylor (1769-1771). Those volumes belonging to Dr. \n             John Roy Baylor include: a genealogical\n            and historical notebook (1872); a medical notebook and farm\n            expense book which records a controversy with the \n             Clayton family over slaves (1847-1851); a\n            farm account book, 1856-1892, with accounts with the \n             Fredericksburg Water Power Company, a\n            servant's account (June-August, 1865), and reports of wheat\n            crops; an account book with grape expenses, sheep\n            memorandum, apple accounts, and a mill account (1868-1874);\n            and another farm book with an account with the \n             Bowling Green Tanning Yard, and slave\n            hire records with named slaves (1847-1868). The photograph album, apparently given to \n             John Roy Baylor by his granddaughter on\n            Christmas of 1887, contains photographs of the following: \n             Rosa Seddon Rutherford (1891 \u0026\n            n.d.); \n             Helen Rutherford Johnson; \n             James B. Baylor; \n             Frances Starke Bowen, of \" \n             Mirador, \" \n             Albemarle County (1886); \n             Fanny Courtenay Baylor (1886); the\n            mother of \n             Fanny Courtenay Baylor; a portrait of\n            Colonel \n             George Armistead; \n             Roy Ellerson Massie; General \n             Lewis Armistead (killed at \n             Gettysburg ); \n             Maria Roy Baylor; \n             Eloise Baylor (1885); \n             Julia Howard Baylor; and \n             John Roy Baylor. The series containing the papers of \n             James B. Baylor and the \n             United States Coast and Geodetic\n            Survey consists of the financial records of the\n            survey teams led by \n             John Baylor, circular letters from the\n            home office in \n             Washington, D.C., the official\n            correspondence and reports of \n             John Baylor, photographs, printed\n            material, \n             United States government property\n            inventories, and bound volumes. \n                James Bowen Baylor (1849-1924)\n            graduated with an engineering degree from the \n             University of Virginia in 1872 and was\n            appointed an aid in the \n             United States Coast and Geodetic Survey\n            Department in 1874, continuing to work as a field\n            agent throughout his career. His many assignments included:\n            the determination of the elements of earth's magnetism from\n             Canada to \n             Mexico; the survey of oyster grounds\n            in \n             Louisiana and \n             Virginia, 1889-1894; his appointment\n            as a Commissioner of the \n             United States Supreme Court to settle\n            the \n             Virginia - \n             Tennessee boundary line dispute,\n            establishing it in the middle of Main Street, \n             Bristol, 1900-1902; and also the\n            establishment of boundaries between \n             Virginia and \n             Maryland, \n             New York and \n             Pennsylvania, and the \n             United States and \n             Canada. The Oyster Industry Protection Correspondence contains\n            much correspondence from \n             William Ellinger of \n             Fox Island, Virginia, who describes\n            himself as an oyster planter. Printed material consists of\n            death notices for \n             United States Coast and Geodetic\n            Survey men, \n             Richard D. Cutts and \n             Benjamin Peirce (1880\u0026 1883), and\n            three pamphlets concerning the \n             United States and Canadian boundary,\n            the oyster laws of \n             Virginia, and a \n             Virginia Military Institute valedictory\n            address by \n             Edward Hutson Russell. Oversize items include a survey of the lands of \n             John Roy Baylor (June 1847),\n            photographs of the \n             United States Coast and Geodetic\n            Survey, and a printed plan of the fairgrounds of\n            the \n             Virginia State Agricultural Society, \n             Richmond, 1854. The three \n             Baylor family ledgers, 1719-1755, contain\n            many references to the purchase of slaves (see\n            addendum).","ADDENDUM RE THE BAYLOR LEDGERS The three \n             Baylor family ledgers contain many\n            references concerning tobacco exports, the purchase of\n            merchandise, work done on various ships, and slaves, which\n            at times had their place of origin noted, as in \" \n             Madigaschar woman,\" \"man of \n             Callabar, \" and \" \n             Barbadoes negro.\" The accounts of the\n            first two ledgers are indexed in the front of the\n            volumes. References to slavery occurring in volume one include\n            the following pages: 12, 13, 15, 17, 22-24, 26, 28, 35, 37,\n            39, 47, 49, 64-66, 68, 70-71, 77, 80-81, 83, 92-93,\n            101-102, 113-114, 127, 130, 134, 166, \u0026 175. References\n            to slavery in volume two include: 10, 16, 30, 34, 56,\n            63-64, 74, 86, 88, 102, 115, 123, 134, 183, \u0026 207.\n            Volume three pages include: 40, 71, 124, 130, 132, 135,\n            146, 148, 152-153, \u0026 155. Occasionally the names of the slave ships and other\n            vessels are recorded in the ledgers with notes on the\n            contents purchased from them. These, along with their\n            volume and page number, are listed below. \n                Ann \u0026 Sarah 1.96, 139, 150, \u0026\n            155 \n                Berkeley 1.38, 64, 71, 98, 121, 149,\n            \u0026 167; \u0026 2.50 \n                Betty 1.94 \n                Callabar 1.39, 68, \u0026 98; \u0026\n            2.96, 111, 136 \n                Greyhound 1.23, 37, 38, 65, 92, \u0026\n            96; \u0026 2.4, 54, \u0026 97 \n                Hunter 1.68 \n                Little John 1.9, 10, 12, 25, \u0026 75;\n            \u0026 2.116 \u0026 136 \n                Little York 2.124 \n                Lucy 1.94 \u0026 149 \n                Mattapony Pink 1.9, 33, 94, 99, 135,\n            145, 158, 180, \u0026 185 \n                Nassopenex Sloop 1.2, 5, 38, \u0026\n            75 \n                Parnel Galley 2.22 \n                Prince Eugene 1.139, 150, \u0026\n            162-164 \n                Twerton 1.15, 39, 103, \u0026 2.90 Other entries include: the Iron Mine Adventurers 1.1\n            \u0026 1.11; horses 1.28; the \n             Germana mines 2.188; \n             John Baylor's estate 2.73 \u0026 131;\n            quitrents for land in \n             Caroline County, \n             Spotsylvania County, \n             Orange County, and \n             King and Queen County 2.34 \u0026 79;\n            and doctor and midwife accounts 3.120-121, 142, \u0026 149.\n            Volume three also has many references to the manufacture\n            and repair of hardware, utensils, and agricultural\n            equipment. In addition, at the end of the last volume,\n            there is a list of memoranda concerning agreements and\n            contracts of \n             John Baylor, a memorandum of slaves\n            sold off \n             W. Lyde's plantation (November 30,\n            1742) and a list of all the Negroes belonging to Baylor in\n            1744.","","English"],"unitid_tesim":["2257"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Baylor Family Papers \n          1653-1915"],"collection_title_tesim":["Baylor Family Papers \n          1653-1915"],"collection_ssim":["Baylor Family Papers \n          1653-1915"],"repository_ssm":["University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept."],"repository_ssim":["University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept."],"creator_ssm":["\n             John Baylor and \n          James Baylor Blackford \n         "],"creator_ssim":["\n             John Baylor and \n          James Baylor Blackford \n         "],"acqinfo_ssim":["This collection was loaned to the Library by \n             John Baylor of Baltimore, Maryland, and \n             James Baylor Blackford of Richmond, Virginia, on \n             April 12, 1946 , and was made a gift on \n             August 31, 1954 ."],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"physdesc_tesim":["2000 items"],"arrangement_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe \n          Baylor Family Papers have been arranged in\n         the following six series:\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eI. Correspondence (Box 1)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eII. Legal and Financial Papers (Boxes 2-3)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIII. Miscellaneous Papers (Box 4)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIV. Notebooks and Bound Volumes (Boxes 5-7)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eV. Papers of \n          James B. Baylor and the \n          United States Coast \u0026amp; Geodetic\n         Survey (Boxes 8-11)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eVI. Oversize Items \u0026amp; 2M Volumes\u003c/p\u003e"],"arrangement_heading_ssm":["Organization"],"arrangement_tesim":["The \n          Baylor Family Papers have been arranged in\n         the following six series:","I. Correspondence (Box 1)","II. Legal and Financial Papers (Boxes 2-3)","III. Miscellaneous Papers (Box 4)","IV. Notebooks and Bound Volumes (Boxes 5-7)","V. Papers of \n          James B. Baylor and the \n          United States Coast \u0026 Geodetic\n         Survey (Boxes 8-11)","VI. Oversize Items \u0026 2M Volumes"],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e\n             John Baylor 1 ( \n         \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1650\u003c/date\u003e- \n         \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1720\u003c/date\u003e) resident of \n          Gloucester County, Virginia, and later \n          King and Queen County, Virginia, married \n          Lucy Todd O'Brien (ca.1681-?) of \n          New Kent County, Virginia, in \n         \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1698\u003c/date\u003e. They were believed to have had three\n         offspring, \n          Frances Baylor, \n          Robert Baylor, and \n          John Baylor 2. The children of their son,\n         Colonel \n          John2 Baylor ( \n         \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1705\u003c/date\u003e- \n         \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1772\u003c/date\u003e), and \n          Frances Walker (?- \n         \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1783\u003c/date\u003e) were as follows:\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1) \n          Courtney Baylor m. Jasper Clayton of \n          Gloucester County \n         \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2) \n          Lucy Baylor m. \n          John Armistead \n         \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e3) \n          Frances Baylor m. \n          John Nicholson \n         \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e4) \n          Elizabeth Baylor unmarried\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e5) \n          John Baylor 3 ( \n         \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1750\u003c/date\u003e- \n         \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1808\u003c/date\u003e) m. \n          Frances Norton ( \n         \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1760\u003c/date\u003e- \n         \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1815\u003c/date\u003e) in \n         \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1778\u003c/date\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e6) \n          George Baylor ( \n         \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1752\u003c/date\u003e- \n         \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1784\u003c/date\u003e) m. \n          Lucy Page in \n         \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1778\u003c/date\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e7) \n          Walker Baylor ( ? - \n         \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1823\u003c/date\u003e) m. \n          Jane Bledsoe \n         \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e8) \n          Robert Baylor m. Miss Gwynne\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe children of \n          John Baylor 3 and \n          Frances Norton were:\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1) \n          Frances Courtney Baylor ( \n         \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1779\u003c/date\u003e- \n         \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1780\u003c/date\u003e)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2) \n          Courtney Orange Baylor ( \n         \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1781\u003c/date\u003e-? ) m. _____ Fox\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e3) \n          Lucy Elizabeth Todd Baylor ( ? - \n         \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1823\u003c/date\u003e) m. [Sen. \n          John H. Upshaw ] in \n         \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1809\u003c/date\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e4) \n          Louisa Henrietta Baylor m. [ \n          William T. Upshaw ]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e5) \n          Susanna Frances Baylor ( \n         \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1783\u003c/date\u003e- \n         \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1837\u003c/date\u003e) m. \n          John Sutton \n         \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e6) \n          John Baylor 4 m. \n          Maria Ann Roy ( \n         \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1790\u003c/date\u003e- \n         \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1850\u003c/date\u003e) in \n         \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1819\u003c/date\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e7) Dr. \n          George Daniel Baylor m. Miss Lewis\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe issue of \n          John Baylor 4 and \n          Maria Ann Roy was Dr. \n          John Roy Baylor \n         \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\n             John Baylor ( \n         \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1821\u003c/date\u003e- \n         \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1897\u003c/date\u003e) who married \n          Anne Bowen of \n          Albemarle County and produced the\n         following offspring:\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1) Captain \n          James Bowen Baylor ( \n         \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1849\u003c/date\u003e- \n         \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1924\u003c/date\u003e) m. \n          Ellen Carter Bruce (died ca. \n         \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1899\u003c/date\u003e) in ca. \n         \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1881\u003c/date\u003e, producing three children: \n          Evelyn Courtney Blackford Baylor, \n          Anne Baylor, and \n          John Baylor ( \n         \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1890\u003c/date\u003e- \n         \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1968\u003c/date\u003e).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2) \n          Maria Roy Baylor \n         \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e3) \n          John Roy Baylor, Jr. ( \n         \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1851\u003c/date\u003e- \n         \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1926\u003c/date\u003e) m. \n          Julia Howard \n         \u003c/p\u003e"],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical/Historical Information "],"bioghist_tesim":["\n             John Baylor 1 ( \n          1650 - \n          1720 ) resident of \n          Gloucester County, Virginia, and later \n          King and Queen County, Virginia, married \n          Lucy Todd O'Brien (ca.1681-?) of \n          New Kent County, Virginia, in \n          1698 . They were believed to have had three\n         offspring, \n          Frances Baylor, \n          Robert Baylor, and \n          John Baylor 2. The children of their son,\n         Colonel \n          John2 Baylor ( \n          1705 - \n          1772 ), and \n          Frances Walker (?- \n          1783 ) were as follows:","1) \n          Courtney Baylor m. Jasper Clayton of \n          Gloucester County \n         ","2) \n          Lucy Baylor m. \n          John Armistead \n         ","3) \n          Frances Baylor m. \n          John Nicholson \n         ","4) \n          Elizabeth Baylor unmarried","5) \n          John Baylor 3 ( \n          1750 - \n          1808 ) m. \n          Frances Norton ( \n          1760 - \n          1815 ) in \n          1778","6) \n          George Baylor ( \n          1752 - \n          1784 ) m. \n          Lucy Page in \n          1778","7) \n          Walker Baylor ( ? - \n          1823 ) m. \n          Jane Bledsoe \n         ","8) \n          Robert Baylor m. Miss Gwynne","The children of \n          John Baylor 3 and \n          Frances Norton were:","1) \n          Frances Courtney Baylor ( \n          1779 - \n          1780 )","2) \n          Courtney Orange Baylor ( \n          1781 -? ) m. _____ Fox","3) \n          Lucy Elizabeth Todd Baylor ( ? - \n          1823 ) m. [Sen. \n          John H. Upshaw ] in \n          1809","4) \n          Louisa Henrietta Baylor m. [ \n          William T. Upshaw ]","5) \n          Susanna Frances Baylor ( \n          1783 - \n          1837 ) m. \n          John Sutton \n         ","6) \n          John Baylor 4 m. \n          Maria Ann Roy ( \n          1790 - \n          1850 ) in \n          1819","7) Dr. \n          George Daniel Baylor m. Miss Lewis","The issue of \n          John Baylor 4 and \n          Maria Ann Roy was Dr. \n          John Roy Baylor \n         ","\n             John Baylor ( \n          1821 - \n          1897 ) who married \n          Anne Bowen of \n          Albemarle County and produced the\n         following offspring:","1) Captain \n          James Bowen Baylor ( \n          1849 - \n          1924 ) m. \n          Ellen Carter Bruce (died ca. \n          1899 ) in ca. \n          1881 , producing three children: \n          Evelyn Courtney Blackford Baylor, \n          Anne Baylor, and \n          John Baylor ( \n          1890 - \n          1968 ).","2) \n          Maria Roy Baylor \n         ","3) \n          John Roy Baylor, Jr. ( \n          1851 - \n          1926 ) m. \n          Julia Howard \n         "],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content Information"],"scopecontent_tesim":["Scope and Content The papers of the \n             Baylor family of \"Newmarket,\" \n             Bowling Green, Caroline County, Virginia, contain ca.\n            2000 items (11 Hollinger boxes, 4.5 linear feet),\n            1653-1915, and consist of correspondence, legal and\n            financial papers, ledgers, genealogical material, students\n            notebooks and bound volumes, scrapbooks, photographs, a\n            diary, literary compositions, military papers pertaining to\n            the Revolutionary War, newsclippings, the records of James Bowen Baylor and the \n             United States Coast and Geodetic Survey, and miscellaneous papers. These papers pertain to John Baylor (1650-1720) of \n             Gloucester County, and King and Queen County, Virginia, and his wife, \n             Lucy Todd O'Brien of New Kent County, Virginia, and four generations of their descendants. The \n             John Baylor ledgers, 1719-1755, reveal that John Baylor was a wealthy merchant,\n            planter, and shipowner. He also served as a burgess, representing Gloucester County in the 1693 General Assembly and King and Queen County in 1718. John Baylor's son, John Baylor (1705-1772), greatly increased the family landholdings when he received a royal\n            land grant in 1726 in what was to become Caroline County, Virginia. John Baylor was educated in \n             England, at the \n             Putney Grammer School and \n             Caius College, \n             Cambridge. While in \n             England, he developed a keen interest\n            in thoroughbred horses and horse racing, going so far as to\n            name his new home, \" \n             Newmarket, \" for the famous English\n            racing center. He became an important colonial horse\n            importer and breeder whose stables greatly contributed to\n            the development of American thoroughbreds. \n             John Baylor also rendered public\n            service to the newly formed county of \n             Caroline, as a colonel in the county\n            militia and a burgess in 1742-1749, and 1756-1765. All four of the sons of \n             John Baylor (1705-1772) contributed in\n            some way to the American effort during the Revolutionary\n            War. \n             John Baylor (1750-1808), the heir of \" \n             Newmarket, \" while unable to fight due\n            to a childhood injury, gave financial support to the war\n            effort. He later had difficulties in shedding his\n            reputation as a \"Tory\" because he had gone back to \n             England in 1778 to marry his cousin, \n             Frances Norton (1760-1815) and had to\n            live in \n             Europe until they could obtain a return\n            passage to \n             America. \n                George Baylor (1752-1784) was a member\n            of the \n             Caroline County Committee of Safety,\n            1775-1776, and from 1775-1777, he was aide-de-camp of\n            General \n             George Washington. He was commanding\n            officer of the \n             3rd Regiment Light Dragoons when he was\n            wounded and captured on September 28, 1778. He was\n            eventually exchanged and his regiment was consolidated with\n            the \n             First Continental Dragoons on November\n            9, 1782, which he commanded until the end of the war. On\n            September 30, 1783, he received his commission as a Brevet\n            Brigadier General. \n                Walker Baylor served as a lieutenant\n            and captain of the \n             3rd Regiment Light Dragoons during the\n            Revolution. He along with his other brother \n             Robert Baylor, who also served in the\n            Revolution, immigrated to \n             Kentucky. Later \n             Robert Baylor apparently settled in the\n             Pearl River area of the \n             Mississippi Territory. The estate of \n             John Baylor (1750-1808) was hopelessly\n            entangled when he inherited it from his father in 1772 and\n            much of it was lost through his own ineptitude as a\n            businessman and the dishonesty of others. However, the\n            house and two thousand acres were entailed and could not be\n            alienated; these were passed on to his son, \n             John Baylor ( ? ), who married \n             Maria Ann Roy and produced Dr. \n             John Roy Baylor (1821-1897). It was Dr.\n             John Roy Baylor's son, Captain \n             James Bowen Baylor (1848-1924), who was\n            a member of the \n             United States Coast and Geodetic\n            Survey team. The correspondence series contains the correspondence\n            from family members, friends, and business associates of\n            all the above generations of the \n             Baylor family, beginning with Colonel \n             John Baylor (1705-1772). Letters\n            pertaining to the sojourn of \n             John Baylor (1750-1808) in \n             England prior to and during the\n            Revolutionary War include the following: a reference to\n            Colonel \n             John Baylor's son at school in \n             Caius College, \n             Cambridge (August 12,1769); his\n            intentions of returning to the \n             United States (December 28, 1770); the\n            advice of \n             William Bond, a former teacher of \n             John Baylor, for him to seek further\n            educational opportunities upon the continent rather than to\n            return to college studies (July 15, 1773); \n             William Bond's request for \n             John Baylor to ignore \"national evils\"\n            and to visit \n             England (May 4, 1778); \n             John Baylor's trip to \n             England to wed his cousin, \n             Frances Norton (1778); a reference to\n            the Baylor's leaving \n             England, and comments concerning the\n            fashions and decadence of \n             England (May 4, 1779). Correspondence concerning events leading up to and\n            including the Revolutionary War includes: \n             Sam Waterman's support of the Stamp\n            Act repeal and the danger of shipping livestock from \n             London to \n             John Baylor (March 6, 1766); a Mr.\n            Grand's letter refusing to advise \n             John Baylor due to threat of prison\n            (March 28, [1772]): copies of \n             Committee of Correspondence letters to \n             John Norton asking him to keep them\n            informed regarding events in \n             England and Acts of \n             Parliament and his reply (April 6,\n            \u0026 July 6, 1773); a recommendation for the Baron of\n            [Bonstetten] who served in the Danish and Prussian Wars\n            (September 27,1777); \n             John Baylor as a prisoner aboard a\n            British ship, Thomas [Thortican], possibly due to suspicion\n            that he was reportedly carrying a treaty between \n             France and the \n             United States (February 5, 1778); the\n            birth of Colonel \n             George Baylor's son (May 6, 1779); \n             Walker Baylor asking his brother to\n            send him some money to cover his expenses incurred in\n            fighting in the Revolution (August 13, 1779); a statement\n            of \n             Edmund Pendleton, the Chairman of the \n             Caroline Committee of Correspondence,\n            regarding the loyalty of \n             John Baylor to the colonial cause,\n            relating that \n             John Baylor supported the actions of\n            the Americans at \n             Lexington, and returned to \n             England only to marry (October 13,\n            1779); the statement of \n             George Baylor regarding the loyalty of\n            his brother evidenced by his opinion of events at \n             Lexington, and his recommendation of\n            Baron de Wolfen in the service of the \n             American Army, and concluding with the\n            explanation that \n             John Baylor did not fight due to a\n            physical infirmity acquired in his youth (October 14,1779);\n             John Wormeley requests \n             John Baylor to use his influence to\n            give him an escort to visit his father in \n             Virginia (August 16, 1782); and a\n            request for \n             George Baylor to help recover money\n            form one of the officers of his regiment for Mr. Alexander\n            (September 3, 1783). Other subjects of note include: the tobacco growing and\n            export business (May 8, 1741; March 6, 1766; August 12,\n            1769; February 5, 1778; June 29, 1788; March 10, 1789; June\n            6, 1789; March 15, 1793; \u0026 February 5, 1790); iron and\n            forge business (October 11, 1771; \u0026 April 13, 1774);\n            horses and horse breeding (\"Sober John\"-October25, 1754;\n            \"Fearnought\"-March 21, 1771; October 30, 1756; March 6,\n            1766; and July 17, 1800); and a discussion about whether\n            the Spanish will allow free trade up the \n             Mississippi River and \n             Ohio River ([December 4], 1783). Several letters mention slaves and slavery. Among these\n            are: slaves for sale (April 14, 1770; March 21, 1771;\n            September 14, 1771; \u0026 June 19, 1811); mention of slave\n            passes, a slave detained on the road for lack of one, and a\n            visit of slaves with the family in \n             Gloucester County, Virginia (July 12,\n            1813); the prices of slaves in the \n             Pearl River area of the \n             Mississippi Territory and prices of\n            hire (November 28, 1816); and a letter from a Quaker, \n             George Boone, of \n             Berks County, Pennsylvania, attempting\n            to verify that \n             James Martin, a black man who claimed\n            to have been born to free parents and wrongly sold as part\n            of Colonel \n             John Baylor's estate, was indeed a\n            free black and not legally owned by \n             Thomas Adams of \n             Orange County, Virginia (August 12,\n            1818). There is a group of letters between \n             John Baylor, \n             John Frere, and \n             John Baylor's former teacher in \n             England, \n             William Bond, concerning education for\n            his two sons, \n             John Baylor and \n             George Daniel Baylor. This\n            correspondence sheds some light on the attempts of\n            Americans to educate their sons following the Revolution\n            and includes: a discussion of \n             Eton and \n             Rugby and changes that have occurred at\n             Cambridge (August 17, 1793); a\n            suggestion to try \n             Glasgow in \n             Scotland (March 1, 1796); the\n            possibility of using a tutor (February 27, 1797); terms to\n            secure a tutor from \n             England and his opinion of \n             Eton (October 2, 1797); and a\n            suggestion to use an American clergyman for a tutor (June\n            22, 1799 \u0026 June 30, 1800). Other subjects mentioned include: the French Revolution\n            (July 2, August 17, and [September 18], 1793); a\n            description of fashions ([September 18], 1793); a\n            description of \n             Warm Springs, \n             Bath County, Virginia (August 26,\n            1805); the career of \n             Napoleon Bonaparte (June 30 \u0026 July\n            17, 1800); the settlement of \n             John Baylor's estate (December 26,\n            1801; \u0026 January 3, 1804); the \n             Louisiana Purchase (September 17,\n            1803); a woman's viewpoint and thoughts (April 9, 1802);\n            the interdiction of His Majesty's ships from American ports\n            and the War of 1812 (August 29, 1808; March 25, 1812; and\n            July 18, 1813); an excellent discussion of social and\n            economic life in \n             Pearl River, \n             Mississippi Territory (November 28,\n            1816); the financial difficulties of the \n             Baylor family (September 1, 1819; \u0026\n            July 25, 1820); a meteorite falling in \n             Washington, D.C. (March 18, 1821); the\n            celebration in \n             Richmond of the French victory over the\n            Turkish Dey of \n             Algiers (September 13, 1830); the\n            medical studies of \n             John Roy Baylor (January 31, 1842);\n            discussion of \n             George Catlin's book about American\n            Indians and the explorations of \n             John C. Fremont and \n             Charles Wilkes (April 30, 1846); a\n            detailed description of \n             William P. Palmer's trip to \n             Europe (October 30, 1865); and the\n            voyage of Presbyterian missionary \n             E. Lanc[aster] to \n             Rio De Janeiro (August 26, 1869). Events during the Civil War period are represented by\n            the following: \n             William P. Palmer's comments\n            concerning \n             John Brown's raid at \n             Harper's Ferry and the preparations for\n            his hanging (November 22 \u0026 December 1, 1859); the\n            struggle for possession of the \n             Fredericksburg Water Power\n            Company (March 17 \u0026 November 3, 1863; \u0026\n            September 5, 1865); the building of \n             Confederate stables and cabins for a\n            camp in \n             Louisa near the gold mines of \n             Louisa County's \n             Walnut Grove and \n             Slate Grove, formerly owned by Yankee\n            speculators (December 30, 1863); requests for donations of\n            flour and foodstuffs for soldiers (February 25, 1865); and\n            the assassination of \n             Abraham Lincoln deplored (April 25,\n            1865). Related topics include the mention of seeing \n             Robert E. Lee at \n             White Sulpher Springs, West\n            Virginia (August 17, 1867) and a letter from \n             Henry Stephens Randall declining to\n            visit the Old Dominion until the scars of the Civil War are\n            healed (n.d.). Other post-Civil War subjects include: racial tensions\n            (August 11, 1878) and the \n             Richmond riots during which a white\n            policeman was killed in \n             Old Market Hall (March 20, 1870); \n             John Roy Baylor's assurances that his\n            black tenant farmers were not involved in the violence in \n             Caroline County (n.d.); life in \n             St. Louis, Missouri (September \u0026\n            July 3, 1873); a description of a shoot-out in \n             Uvalde County, Texas (May 10, 1881);\n            the black vote during Reconstruction in \n             Virginia (October 28, 1889); mention of\n             Micajah Woods, the \n             University of Virginia, and \n             Monticello (October 21, 1887); and the \n             Richmond, Fredericksburg, \u0026 Potomac Railroad\n            Company (March 21, 1873; \u0026 May 20, 1881). Letters containing genealogical information include the\n            following families: the \n             Norton family (June 22, 1828); \n             Robert Baylor's (August 14, 1828); the\n             Frere family (June 28, 1872 \u0026 n.d.);\n            the \n             Roy family (March 21, 1887 \u0026 January\n            8, 1885); the \n             Braxton family (April 20, 1810); the \n             Baylor family (February 20, 1895); and\n            the \n             Texas \n                Baylor family (April 28 \u0026 May 2,\n            1894). For a list of individual correspondents, please consult\n            the \n             Baylor family sliplist. The next series of papers contain the legal and\n            financial papers of the \n             Baylor family. These include: the\n            amnesty papers of Dr. \n             John Roy Baylor (1865); land plats and\n            surveys (1701-1841) of \n             Virginia lands in \n             King William County, \n             King and Queen County, \n             Spotsylvania County, \n             Caroline County, \n             Pocahontas County, and \n             Orange County, many of which were done\n            by surveyor, \n             James Taylor; and other legal\n            documents such as indentures, bonds, deeds, land grants,\n            and bills of complaint. Items of special note are: copies\n            of land grants signed by \n             Alexander Spotswood (July 20, 1722) and\n             Hugh Drysdale (July 16, 1726); a list\n            of named slaves sold to \n             John Baylor (December 12, 1751);\n            charges against \n             Philip Easter, overseer for \n             John Baylor, particularly for\n            \"constantly driving of the Negroes for which I paid a great\n            deal of tobacco,\" especially old \n             Sarah, a midwife (ca. 1757); agreement\n            of \n             John Hatley Norton to buy \n             John Baylor's tobacco (December 12,\n            1776); a water lot rental (June 12, 1794); articles of\n            agreement concerning a grist mill in \n             Caroline County (June 18, 1813); the\n            pardon of \n             John Crowley signed by \n             James Madison and \n             James Monroe (September 11, 1815); an\n            indenture of 1820 with named slaves; a schedule of property\n            with a named slave (December 17, 1822); an agreement\n            concerning a mill with \n             P. Harrison as the miller (1831); a\n            certificate of exemption from active service in the \n             Confederate Army as an agriculturalist\n            (November 10, 1864); and a copy of a receipt concerning\n            work done on a gravel pit for the \n             Richmond, Fredericksburg, \u0026 Potomac\n            Railroad (June 2, 1870). This series also contains copies of the wills of \n             John Baylor (1705-1772), dated February\n            19, 1770, and \n             Frances Baylor (1760-1815), dated June\n            12, 1815, both mentioning family slaves by name. The financial papers of the \n             Baylor family contain six small account\n            books, 1859-1870, listing payment to hired hands, one of\n            which contains the \n             Tiverton Farm Stockbook (1866); bank\n            statements; a farm book for the \n             Greenwood Farm; \n             John Baylor's receipt book, 1792-1795,\n            which mentions Negroes purchased (December 5, 1790), \n             George Baylor's estate (February 17,\n            1792), and Negroes sold (February 23, 1795); and other\n            miscellaneous financial papers. Topics in the financial papers include the following: an\n            account with \n             Donald Robertson for \n             Robert Baylor and \n             Walker Baylor's schooling (April 1,\n            1772); Colonel Braxton's smith works (April 1736); the \n             Rappahannock River Forge belonging to \n             James Hunter (March 31, 1784); tobacco\n            accounts (1775-1776; 1782; June \u0026 August 1782, October\n            2, 1789; February 24, 1784; March 19 \u0026 December 11,\n            1875; and n.d.); horses and racing (January 16, 1741; July\n            11, 1777, May 29, 1767; November 15, 1774; April 1, 1756;\n            and list of horses, n.d.); an account for carpenter and\n            house work [1726]; an account with the \n             Swan Tavern (September 23, 1815); the\n            settling of \n             John Baylor's estate (1750-1808)\n            (January 5, 1812; May 29, 1811; October 27, 1812; September\n            10, 1815; October 2, 1819; June 1, 1821; August 3, 1821;\n            and n.d.); medical accounts (April 12, 1830); corn and meal\n            from \n             John Baylor's mill (January 1, 1830);\n            and a blacksmith account (January 1, 1875). There are also accounts with the \n             Confederate government (November 14\n            \u0026 24, \u0026 December 12, 1863; March 24 \u0026 May 3,\n            1864; and February 4, 1865) and many concerning slaves and\n            slavery. These include: duty paid on Negroes (1742-1744); claim\n            for payment for capturing and placing \n             John Baylor's runaway slave in the \n             Spotsylvania goal (April 16, 1744); the\n            sale of \n             George Baylor's slaves (November 28,\n            1786); slaves for hire (December 26, 1805; June 15, 1814);\n            hire of \" \n             Ned \" as a mason (October 2, 1814);\n            clothing for Negroes (1814); grog for servants (September\n            23, 1815); bills of sale for unnamed slaves (June 11,\n            1847); \n             Mary and daughter \n             Elizabeth (September 4, 1848); \n             Miles (February 20, 1849); \n             Pompey (June 11, 1847); slave boy, \n             Frank (January 15, 1851); \n             Kitty Brook and \n             Fanny (December 28, 1853); \n             George Cooper (June 18, 1857); and\n            slave hire (April 30, 1859 \u0026 ca. 1854). The miscellaneous series contains a diary (1780) of \n             John Baylor 1750-1808) describing a\n            journey from \" \n             Newmarket \" to \n             Warm Springs, \n             Augusta County, Virginia, and\n            mentioning Dr. \n             [Thomas ?] Walker and his son, \n             Thomas Walker, of \n             Albemarle County, Virginia, and \n             John Baylor's \n             Orange plantations; genealogical\n            material pertaining to the \n             Roy family, \n             Baylor family, and \n             Norton family, and including\n            biographical sketches of \n             Mungo Roy and \n             John Baylor (1750-1808); a \"History of\n            the Early Church in Virginia\"; several literary\n            compositions by \n             Maria Roy Baylor; and a memorandum\n            book of \n             John Baylor (1750-1808) which describes\n            the beginning of his voyage on the Potomack (October 1775)\n            and furnishes a description of saltworks at \n             Portsmouth, [England] (1778). Other material in this series includes military papers,\n            miscellaneous papers, newsclippings, and loose photographs.\n            Thirteen of the items in the military papers pertain to\n            Colonel \n             John Baylor (1705-1772) and the \n             Caroline militia, who served under\n            Colonel \n             George Washington in the construction\n            of a fort at \n             Winchester, Virginia, during the\n            French and Indian War, 1756-1757, and consist of company\n            returns, orders for payment, and receipts for payment. The rest of the military papers consist of Revolutionary\n            War material, relating to \n             George Baylor, aide-de-camp to General\n             George Washington, 1775-1777, and\n            Commander of the \n             Third Regiment of Light Dragoons, and\n            the papers about clothing, arms, and other supplies,\n            regimental finances, roster of officers, and weekly returns\n            of the regiment. Among these papers are: a copy of a letter\n            from General Burgoyne to Colonel Phillipson concerning\n            military conditions and discussing his ill-fated \n             Saratoga campaign (October 20, 1777); a\n            mention of \n             George Baylor's upcoming marriage\n            (February 4, 1778); \n             B. Dade's request to be exchanged as a\n            prisoner of war (February 1779); monies owed for supplies\n            to \n             James Hunter with an itemized account\n            (October 12 \u0026 November 1, 1779); the problems and\n            arrangements involved in outfitting the regiment (February\n            4, June 6 \u0026 12, 1778; October 13, 1780; October 26,\n            1781 [2 letters]; November 2, 1781; April 3 \u0026 August\n            14, 1782); the difficulty of working with the \"financier \n             Robert Morris \" (October 13, 1780); an\n            outbreak of smallpox in the \n             Third Regiment at \n             Petersburg, Virginia (November 25,\n            1781); and an order for a review of the \n             Continental army for July 4, 1782. A\n            final item is a general order for a discharge from the \n             4th Regiment of \n             Virginia militia during the War of 1812\n            (April 10, 1814). For a list of individual correspondents,\n            please consult the original list in the control folder. The miscellaneous folder contains the following: a\n            printed score sheet for archery (July 4, 1771); a list of\n            books, probably from the library of \n             John Baylor [ca. 1800 ?]; notes\n            concerning Blackstone's law; a pamphlet, \"The Lewis and\n            Clark Expedition,\" by \n             Grace Flandrau (n.d.); an oath to \"our\n            Sovereign Lord King George\" (n.d.); and a parochial report,\n             Emmanuel Church, \n             Greenwood Parish, Reverend \n             W.M. Nelson, Rector (n.d.). The newsclippings, 1921-1933, concern \n             University of Virginia events, news of\n            the \n             Ivy area, the \n             Lewis Association of America, the \n             Lewis family, and historical\n            articles. The loose photographs, mostly unidentified, include:\n            Mrs. Rutherford's children, \n             Rosa Rutherford, \n             Charles Frere and \n             Douglas Frere, possible photographs of\n            \" \n             Newmarket, \" and \n             University of Virginia professors. The notebooks and bound volumes series contains the\n            following: a photograph album; school notebooks of \n             Maria Roy Baylor, \n             Frank Blackford, and \n             James B. Baylor; an expense book; two\n            scrapbooks of newsclippings; and the \n             Letters of Junius, hand\n            copied by \n             John Baylor (1769-1771). Those volumes belonging to Dr. \n             John Roy Baylor include: a genealogical\n            and historical notebook (1872); a medical notebook and farm\n            expense book which records a controversy with the \n             Clayton family over slaves (1847-1851); a\n            farm account book, 1856-1892, with accounts with the \n             Fredericksburg Water Power Company, a\n            servant's account (June-August, 1865), and reports of wheat\n            crops; an account book with grape expenses, sheep\n            memorandum, apple accounts, and a mill account (1868-1874);\n            and another farm book with an account with the \n             Bowling Green Tanning Yard, and slave\n            hire records with named slaves (1847-1868). The photograph album, apparently given to \n             John Roy Baylor by his granddaughter on\n            Christmas of 1887, contains photographs of the following: \n             Rosa Seddon Rutherford (1891 \u0026\n            n.d.); \n             Helen Rutherford Johnson; \n             James B. Baylor; \n             Frances Starke Bowen, of \" \n             Mirador, \" \n             Albemarle County (1886); \n             Fanny Courtenay Baylor (1886); the\n            mother of \n             Fanny Courtenay Baylor; a portrait of\n            Colonel \n             George Armistead; \n             Roy Ellerson Massie; General \n             Lewis Armistead (killed at \n             Gettysburg ); \n             Maria Roy Baylor; \n             Eloise Baylor (1885); \n             Julia Howard Baylor; and \n             John Roy Baylor. The series containing the papers of \n             James B. Baylor and the \n             United States Coast and Geodetic\n            Survey consists of the financial records of the\n            survey teams led by \n             John Baylor, circular letters from the\n            home office in \n             Washington, D.C., the official\n            correspondence and reports of \n             John Baylor, photographs, printed\n            material, \n             United States government property\n            inventories, and bound volumes. \n                James Bowen Baylor (1849-1924)\n            graduated with an engineering degree from the \n             University of Virginia in 1872 and was\n            appointed an aid in the \n             United States Coast and Geodetic Survey\n            Department in 1874, continuing to work as a field\n            agent throughout his career. His many assignments included:\n            the determination of the elements of earth's magnetism from\n             Canada to \n             Mexico; the survey of oyster grounds\n            in \n             Louisiana and \n             Virginia, 1889-1894; his appointment\n            as a Commissioner of the \n             United States Supreme Court to settle\n            the \n             Virginia - \n             Tennessee boundary line dispute,\n            establishing it in the middle of Main Street, \n             Bristol, 1900-1902; and also the\n            establishment of boundaries between \n             Virginia and \n             Maryland, \n             New York and \n             Pennsylvania, and the \n             United States and \n             Canada. The Oyster Industry Protection Correspondence contains\n            much correspondence from \n             William Ellinger of \n             Fox Island, Virginia, who describes\n            himself as an oyster planter. Printed material consists of\n            death notices for \n             United States Coast and Geodetic\n            Survey men, \n             Richard D. Cutts and \n             Benjamin Peirce (1880\u0026 1883), and\n            three pamphlets concerning the \n             United States and Canadian boundary,\n            the oyster laws of \n             Virginia, and a \n             Virginia Military Institute valedictory\n            address by \n             Edward Hutson Russell. Oversize items include a survey of the lands of \n             John Roy Baylor (June 1847),\n            photographs of the \n             United States Coast and Geodetic\n            Survey, and a printed plan of the fairgrounds of\n            the \n             Virginia State Agricultural Society, \n             Richmond, 1854. The three \n             Baylor family ledgers, 1719-1755, contain\n            many references to the purchase of slaves (see\n            addendum).","ADDENDUM RE THE BAYLOR LEDGERS The three \n             Baylor family ledgers contain many\n            references concerning tobacco exports, the purchase of\n            merchandise, work done on various ships, and slaves, which\n            at times had their place of origin noted, as in \" \n             Madigaschar woman,\" \"man of \n             Callabar, \" and \" \n             Barbadoes negro.\" The accounts of the\n            first two ledgers are indexed in the front of the\n            volumes. References to slavery occurring in volume one include\n            the following pages: 12, 13, 15, 17, 22-24, 26, 28, 35, 37,\n            39, 47, 49, 64-66, 68, 70-71, 77, 80-81, 83, 92-93,\n            101-102, 113-114, 127, 130, 134, 166, \u0026 175. References\n            to slavery in volume two include: 10, 16, 30, 34, 56,\n            63-64, 74, 86, 88, 102, 115, 123, 134, 183, \u0026 207.\n            Volume three pages include: 40, 71, 124, 130, 132, 135,\n            146, 148, 152-153, \u0026 155. Occasionally the names of the slave ships and other\n            vessels are recorded in the ledgers with notes on the\n            contents purchased from them. These, along with their\n            volume and page number, are listed below. \n                Ann \u0026 Sarah 1.96, 139, 150, \u0026\n            155 \n                Berkeley 1.38, 64, 71, 98, 121, 149,\n            \u0026 167; \u0026 2.50 \n                Betty 1.94 \n                Callabar 1.39, 68, \u0026 98; \u0026\n            2.96, 111, 136 \n                Greyhound 1.23, 37, 38, 65, 92, \u0026\n            96; \u0026 2.4, 54, \u0026 97 \n                Hunter 1.68 \n                Little John 1.9, 10, 12, 25, \u0026 75;\n            \u0026 2.116 \u0026 136 \n                Little York 2.124 \n                Lucy 1.94 \u0026 149 \n                Mattapony Pink 1.9, 33, 94, 99, 135,\n            145, 158, 180, \u0026 185 \n                Nassopenex Sloop 1.2, 5, 38, \u0026\n            75 \n                Parnel Galley 2.22 \n                Prince Eugene 1.139, 150, \u0026\n            162-164 \n                Twerton 1.15, 39, 103, \u0026 2.90 Other entries include: the Iron Mine Adventurers 1.1\n            \u0026 1.11; horses 1.28; the \n             Germana mines 2.188; \n             John Baylor's estate 2.73 \u0026 131;\n            quitrents for land in \n             Caroline County, \n             Spotsylvania County, \n             Orange County, and \n             King and Queen County 2.34 \u0026 79;\n            and doctor and midwife accounts 3.120-121, 142, \u0026 149.\n            Volume three also has many references to the manufacture\n            and repair of hardware, utensils, and agricultural\n            equipment. In addition, at the end of the last volume,\n            there is a list of memoranda concerning agreements and\n            contracts of \n             John Baylor, a memorandum of slaves\n            sold off \n             W. Lyde's plantation (November 30,\n            1742) and a list of all the Negroes belonging to Baylor in\n            1744."],"physloc_html_tesm":["\u003cphysloc/\u003e"],"physloc_tesim":[""],"language_ssim":["English"],"total_component_count_is":66,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-05-01T02:16:17.771Z","scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cscopecontent\u003e\n        \u003chead\u003eScope and Content\u003c/head\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eThe papers of the \n             Baylor family of \"Newmarket,\" \n             Bowling Green, Caroline County, Virginia, contain ca.\n            2000 items (11 Hollinger boxes, 4.5 linear feet),\n            1653-1915, and consist of correspondence, legal and\n            financial papers, ledgers, genealogical material, students\n            notebooks and bound volumes, scrapbooks, photographs, a\n            diary, literary compositions, military papers pertaining to\n            the Revolutionary War, newsclippings, the records of James Bowen Baylor and the \n             United States Coast and Geodetic Survey, and miscellaneous papers.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eThese papers pertain to John Baylor (1650-1720) of \n             Gloucester County, and King and Queen County, Virginia, and his wife, \n             Lucy Todd O'Brien of New Kent County, Virginia, and four generations of their descendants. The \n             John Baylor ledgers, 1719-1755, reveal that John Baylor was a wealthy merchant,\n            planter, and shipowner. He also served as a burgess, representing Gloucester County in the 1693 General Assembly and King and Queen County in 1718.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eJohn Baylor's son, John Baylor (1705-1772), greatly increased the family landholdings when he received a royal\n            land grant in 1726 in what was to become Caroline County, Virginia. John Baylor was educated in \n             England, at the \n             Putney Grammer School and \n             Caius College, \n             Cambridge. While in \n             England, he developed a keen interest\n            in thoroughbred horses and horse racing, going so far as to\n            name his new home, \" \n             Newmarket, \" for the famous English\n            racing center. He became an important colonial horse\n            importer and breeder whose stables greatly contributed to\n            the development of American thoroughbreds. \n             John Baylor also rendered public\n            service to the newly formed county of \n             Caroline, as a colonel in the county\n            militia and a burgess in 1742-1749, and 1756-1765.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eAll four of the sons of \n             John Baylor (1705-1772) contributed in\n            some way to the American effort during the Revolutionary\n            War. \n             John Baylor (1750-1808), the heir of \" \n             Newmarket, \" while unable to fight due\n            to a childhood injury, gave financial support to the war\n            effort. He later had difficulties in shedding his\n            reputation as a \"Tory\" because he had gone back to \n             England in 1778 to marry his cousin, \n             Frances Norton (1760-1815) and had to\n            live in \n             Europe until they could obtain a return\n            passage to \n             America.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003e\n                George Baylor (1752-1784) was a member\n            of the \n             Caroline County Committee of Safety,\n            1775-1776, and from 1775-1777, he was aide-de-camp of\n            General \n             George Washington. He was commanding\n            officer of the \n             3rd Regiment Light Dragoons when he was\n            wounded and captured on September 28, 1778. He was\n            eventually exchanged and his regiment was consolidated with\n            the \n             First Continental Dragoons on November\n            9, 1782, which he commanded until the end of the war. On\n            September 30, 1783, he received his commission as a Brevet\n            Brigadier General.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003e\n                Walker Baylor served as a lieutenant\n            and captain of the \n             3rd Regiment Light Dragoons during the\n            Revolution. He along with his other brother \n             Robert Baylor, who also served in the\n            Revolution, immigrated to \n             Kentucky. Later \n             Robert Baylor apparently settled in the\n             Pearl River area of the \n             Mississippi Territory.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eThe estate of \n             John Baylor (1750-1808) was hopelessly\n            entangled when he inherited it from his father in 1772 and\n            much of it was lost through his own ineptitude as a\n            businessman and the dishonesty of others. However, the\n            house and two thousand acres were entailed and could not be\n            alienated; these were passed on to his son, \n             John Baylor ( ? ), who married \n             Maria Ann Roy and produced Dr. \n             John Roy Baylor (1821-1897). It was Dr.\n             John Roy Baylor's son, Captain \n             James Bowen Baylor (1848-1924), who was\n            a member of the \n             United States Coast and Geodetic\n            Survey team.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eThe correspondence series contains the correspondence\n            from family members, friends, and business associates of\n            all the above generations of the \n             Baylor family, beginning with Colonel \n             John Baylor (1705-1772). Letters\n            pertaining to the sojourn of \n             John Baylor (1750-1808) in \n             England prior to and during the\n            Revolutionary War include the following: a reference to\n            Colonel \n             John Baylor's son at school in \n             Caius College, \n             Cambridge (August 12,1769); his\n            intentions of returning to the \n             United States (December 28, 1770); the\n            advice of \n             William Bond, a former teacher of \n             John Baylor, for him to seek further\n            educational opportunities upon the continent rather than to\n            return to college studies (July 15, 1773); \n             William Bond's request for \n             John Baylor to ignore \"national evils\"\n            and to visit \n             England (May 4, 1778); \n             John Baylor's trip to \n             England to wed his cousin, \n             Frances Norton (1778); a reference to\n            the Baylor's leaving \n             England, and comments concerning the\n            fashions and decadence of \n             England (May 4, 1779).\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eCorrespondence concerning events leading up to and\n            including the Revolutionary War includes: \n             Sam Waterman's support of the Stamp\n            Act repeal and the danger of shipping livestock from \n             London to \n             John Baylor (March 6, 1766); a Mr.\n            Grand's letter refusing to advise \n             John Baylor due to threat of prison\n            (March 28, [1772]): copies of \n             Committee of Correspondence letters to \n             John Norton asking him to keep them\n            informed regarding events in \n             England and Acts of \n             Parliament and his reply (April 6,\n            \u0026amp; July 6, 1773); a recommendation for the Baron of\n            [Bonstetten] who served in the Danish and Prussian Wars\n            (September 27,1777); \n             John Baylor as a prisoner aboard a\n            British ship, Thomas [Thortican], possibly due to suspicion\n            that he was reportedly carrying a treaty between \n             France and the \n             United States (February 5, 1778); the\n            birth of Colonel \n             George Baylor's son (May 6, 1779); \n             Walker Baylor asking his brother to\n            send him some money to cover his expenses incurred in\n            fighting in the Revolution (August 13, 1779); a statement\n            of \n             Edmund Pendleton, the Chairman of the \n             Caroline Committee of Correspondence,\n            regarding the loyalty of \n             John Baylor to the colonial cause,\n            relating that \n             John Baylor supported the actions of\n            the Americans at \n             Lexington, and returned to \n             England only to marry (October 13,\n            1779); the statement of \n             George Baylor regarding the loyalty of\n            his brother evidenced by his opinion of events at \n             Lexington, and his recommendation of\n            Baron de Wolfen in the service of the \n             American Army, and concluding with the\n            explanation that \n             John Baylor did not fight due to a\n            physical infirmity acquired in his youth (October 14,1779);\n             John Wormeley requests \n             John Baylor to use his influence to\n            give him an escort to visit his father in \n             Virginia (August 16, 1782); and a\n            request for \n             George Baylor to help recover money\n            form one of the officers of his regiment for Mr. Alexander\n            (September 3, 1783).\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eOther subjects of note include: the tobacco growing and\n            export business (May 8, 1741; March 6, 1766; August 12,\n            1769; February 5, 1778; June 29, 1788; March 10, 1789; June\n            6, 1789; March 15, 1793; \u0026amp; February 5, 1790); iron and\n            forge business (October 11, 1771; \u0026amp; April 13, 1774);\n            horses and horse breeding (\"Sober John\"-October25, 1754;\n            \"Fearnought\"-March 21, 1771; October 30, 1756; March 6,\n            1766; and July 17, 1800); and a discussion about whether\n            the Spanish will allow free trade up the \n             Mississippi River and \n             Ohio River ([December 4], 1783).\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eSeveral letters mention slaves and slavery. Among these\n            are: slaves for sale (April 14, 1770; March 21, 1771;\n            September 14, 1771; \u0026amp; June 19, 1811); mention of slave\n            passes, a slave detained on the road for lack of one, and a\n            visit of slaves with the family in \n             Gloucester County, Virginia (July 12,\n            1813); the prices of slaves in the \n             Pearl River area of the \n             Mississippi Territory and prices of\n            hire (November 28, 1816); and a letter from a Quaker, \n             George Boone, of \n             Berks County, Pennsylvania, attempting\n            to verify that \n             James Martin, a black man who claimed\n            to have been born to free parents and wrongly sold as part\n            of Colonel \n             John Baylor's estate, was indeed a\n            free black and not legally owned by \n             Thomas Adams of \n             Orange County, Virginia (August 12,\n            1818).\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eThere is a group of letters between \n             John Baylor, \n             John Frere, and \n             John Baylor's former teacher in \n             England, \n             William Bond, concerning education for\n            his two sons, \n             John Baylor and \n             George Daniel Baylor. This\n            correspondence sheds some light on the attempts of\n            Americans to educate their sons following the Revolution\n            and includes: a discussion of \n             Eton and \n             Rugby and changes that have occurred at\n             Cambridge (August 17, 1793); a\n            suggestion to try \n             Glasgow in \n             Scotland (March 1, 1796); the\n            possibility of using a tutor (February 27, 1797); terms to\n            secure a tutor from \n             England and his opinion of \n             Eton (October 2, 1797); and a\n            suggestion to use an American clergyman for a tutor (June\n            22, 1799 \u0026amp; June 30, 1800).\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eOther subjects mentioned include: the French Revolution\n            (July 2, August 17, and [September 18], 1793); a\n            description of fashions ([September 18], 1793); a\n            description of \n             Warm Springs, \n             Bath County, Virginia (August 26,\n            1805); the career of \n             Napoleon Bonaparte (June 30 \u0026amp; July\n            17, 1800); the settlement of \n             John Baylor's estate (December 26,\n            1801; \u0026amp; January 3, 1804); the \n             Louisiana Purchase (September 17,\n            1803); a woman's viewpoint and thoughts (April 9, 1802);\n            the interdiction of His Majesty's ships from American ports\n            and the War of 1812 (August 29, 1808; March 25, 1812; and\n            July 18, 1813); an excellent discussion of social and\n            economic life in \n             Pearl River, \n             Mississippi Territory (November 28,\n            1816); the financial difficulties of the \n             Baylor family (September 1, 1819; \u0026amp;\n            July 25, 1820); a meteorite falling in \n             Washington, D.C. (March 18, 1821); the\n            celebration in \n             Richmond of the French victory over the\n            Turkish Dey of \n             Algiers (September 13, 1830); the\n            medical studies of \n             John Roy Baylor (January 31, 1842);\n            discussion of \n             George Catlin's book about American\n            Indians and the explorations of \n             John C. Fremont and \n             Charles Wilkes (April 30, 1846); a\n            detailed description of \n             William P. Palmer's trip to \n             Europe (October 30, 1865); and the\n            voyage of Presbyterian missionary \n             E. Lanc[aster] to \n             Rio De Janeiro (August 26, 1869).\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eEvents during the Civil War period are represented by\n            the following: \n             William P. Palmer's comments\n            concerning \n             John Brown's raid at \n             Harper's Ferry and the preparations for\n            his hanging (November 22 \u0026amp; December 1, 1859); the\n            struggle for possession of the \n             Fredericksburg Water Power\n            Company (March 17 \u0026amp; November 3, 1863; \u0026amp;\n            September 5, 1865); the building of \n             Confederate stables and cabins for a\n            camp in \n             Louisa near the gold mines of \n             Louisa County's \n             Walnut Grove and \n             Slate Grove, formerly owned by Yankee\n            speculators (December 30, 1863); requests for donations of\n            flour and foodstuffs for soldiers (February 25, 1865); and\n            the assassination of \n             Abraham Lincoln deplored (April 25,\n            1865). Related topics include the mention of seeing \n             Robert E. Lee at \n             White Sulpher Springs, West\n            Virginia (August 17, 1867) and a letter from \n             Henry Stephens Randall declining to\n            visit the Old Dominion until the scars of the Civil War are\n            healed (n.d.).\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eOther post-Civil War subjects include: racial tensions\n            (August 11, 1878) and the \n             Richmond riots during which a white\n            policeman was killed in \n             Old Market Hall (March 20, 1870); \n             John Roy Baylor's assurances that his\n            black tenant farmers were not involved in the violence in \n             Caroline County (n.d.); life in \n             St. Louis, Missouri (September \u0026amp;\n            July 3, 1873); a description of a shoot-out in \n             Uvalde County, Texas (May 10, 1881);\n            the black vote during Reconstruction in \n             Virginia (October 28, 1889); mention of\n             Micajah Woods, the \n             University of Virginia, and \n             Monticello (October 21, 1887); and the \n             Richmond, Fredericksburg, \u0026amp; Potomac Railroad\n            Company (March 21, 1873; \u0026amp; May 20, 1881).\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eLetters containing genealogical information include the\n            following families: the \n             Norton family (June 22, 1828); \n             Robert Baylor's (August 14, 1828); the\n             Frere family (June 28, 1872 \u0026amp; n.d.);\n            the \n             Roy family (March 21, 1887 \u0026amp; January\n            8, 1885); the \n             Braxton family (April 20, 1810); the \n             Baylor family (February 20, 1895); and\n            the \n             Texas \n                Baylor family (April 28 \u0026amp; May 2,\n            1894).\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eFor a list of individual correspondents, please consult\n            the \n             Baylor family sliplist.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eThe next series of papers contain the legal and\n            financial papers of the \n             Baylor family. These include: the\n            amnesty papers of Dr. \n             John Roy Baylor (1865); land plats and\n            surveys (1701-1841) of \n             Virginia lands in \n             King William County, \n             King and Queen County, \n             Spotsylvania County, \n             Caroline County, \n             Pocahontas County, and \n             Orange County, many of which were done\n            by surveyor, \n             James Taylor; and other legal\n            documents such as indentures, bonds, deeds, land grants,\n            and bills of complaint. Items of special note are: copies\n            of land grants signed by \n             Alexander Spotswood (July 20, 1722) and\n             Hugh Drysdale (July 16, 1726); a list\n            of named slaves sold to \n             John Baylor (December 12, 1751);\n            charges against \n             Philip Easter, overseer for \n             John Baylor, particularly for\n            \"constantly driving of the Negroes for which I paid a great\n            deal of tobacco,\" especially old \n             Sarah, a midwife (ca. 1757); agreement\n            of \n             John Hatley Norton to buy \n             John Baylor's tobacco (December 12,\n            1776); a water lot rental (June 12, 1794); articles of\n            agreement concerning a grist mill in \n             Caroline County (June 18, 1813); the\n            pardon of \n             John Crowley signed by \n             James Madison and \n             James Monroe (September 11, 1815); an\n            indenture of 1820 with named slaves; a schedule of property\n            with a named slave (December 17, 1822); an agreement\n            concerning a mill with \n             P. Harrison as the miller (1831); a\n            certificate of exemption from active service in the \n             Confederate Army as an agriculturalist\n            (November 10, 1864); and a copy of a receipt concerning\n            work done on a gravel pit for the \n             Richmond, Fredericksburg, \u0026amp; Potomac\n            Railroad (June 2, 1870).\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eThis series also contains copies of the wills of \n             John Baylor (1705-1772), dated February\n            19, 1770, and \n             Frances Baylor (1760-1815), dated June\n            12, 1815, both mentioning family slaves by name.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eThe financial papers of the \n             Baylor family contain six small account\n            books, 1859-1870, listing payment to hired hands, one of\n            which contains the \n             Tiverton Farm Stockbook (1866); bank\n            statements; a farm book for the \n             Greenwood Farm; \n             John Baylor's receipt book, 1792-1795,\n            which mentions Negroes purchased (December 5, 1790), \n             George Baylor's estate (February 17,\n            1792), and Negroes sold (February 23, 1795); and other\n            miscellaneous financial papers.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eTopics in the financial papers include the following: an\n            account with \n             Donald Robertson for \n             Robert Baylor and \n             Walker Baylor's schooling (April 1,\n            1772); Colonel Braxton's smith works (April 1736); the \n             Rappahannock River Forge belonging to \n             James Hunter (March 31, 1784); tobacco\n            accounts (1775-1776; 1782; June \u0026amp; August 1782, October\n            2, 1789; February 24, 1784; March 19 \u0026amp; December 11,\n            1875; and n.d.); horses and racing (January 16, 1741; July\n            11, 1777, May 29, 1767; November 15, 1774; April 1, 1756;\n            and list of horses, n.d.); an account for carpenter and\n            house work [1726]; an account with the \n             Swan Tavern (September 23, 1815); the\n            settling of \n             John Baylor's estate (1750-1808)\n            (January 5, 1812; May 29, 1811; October 27, 1812; September\n            10, 1815; October 2, 1819; June 1, 1821; August 3, 1821;\n            and n.d.); medical accounts (April 12, 1830); corn and meal\n            from \n             John Baylor's mill (January 1, 1830);\n            and a blacksmith account (January 1, 1875).\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eThere are also accounts with the \n             Confederate government (November 14\n            \u0026amp; 24, \u0026amp; December 12, 1863; March 24 \u0026amp; May 3,\n            1864; and February 4, 1865) and many concerning slaves and\n            slavery.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eThese include: duty paid on Negroes (1742-1744); claim\n            for payment for capturing and placing \n             John Baylor's runaway slave in the \n             Spotsylvania goal (April 16, 1744); the\n            sale of \n             George Baylor's slaves (November 28,\n            1786); slaves for hire (December 26, 1805; June 15, 1814);\n            hire of \" \n             Ned \" as a mason (October 2, 1814);\n            clothing for Negroes (1814); grog for servants (September\n            23, 1815); bills of sale for unnamed slaves (June 11,\n            1847); \n             Mary and daughter \n             Elizabeth (September 4, 1848); \n             Miles (February 20, 1849); \n             Pompey (June 11, 1847); slave boy, \n             Frank (January 15, 1851); \n             Kitty Brook and \n             Fanny (December 28, 1853); \n             George Cooper (June 18, 1857); and\n            slave hire (April 30, 1859 \u0026amp; ca. 1854).\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eThe miscellaneous series contains a diary (1780) of \n             John Baylor 1750-1808) describing a\n            journey from \" \n             Newmarket \" to \n             Warm Springs, \n             Augusta County, Virginia, and\n            mentioning Dr. \n             [Thomas ?] Walker and his son, \n             Thomas Walker, of \n             Albemarle County, Virginia, and \n             John Baylor's \n             Orange plantations; genealogical\n            material pertaining to the \n             Roy family, \n             Baylor family, and \n             Norton family, and including\n            biographical sketches of \n             Mungo Roy and \n             John Baylor (1750-1808); a \"History of\n            the Early Church in Virginia\"; several literary\n            compositions by \n             Maria Roy Baylor; and a memorandum\n            book of \n             John Baylor (1750-1808) which describes\n            the beginning of his voyage on the Potomack (October 1775)\n            and furnishes a description of saltworks at \n             Portsmouth, [England] (1778).\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eOther material in this series includes military papers,\n            miscellaneous papers, newsclippings, and loose photographs.\n            Thirteen of the items in the military papers pertain to\n            Colonel \n             John Baylor (1705-1772) and the \n             Caroline militia, who served under\n            Colonel \n             George Washington in the construction\n            of a fort at \n             Winchester, Virginia, during the\n            French and Indian War, 1756-1757, and consist of company\n            returns, orders for payment, and receipts for payment.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eThe rest of the military papers consist of Revolutionary\n            War material, relating to \n             George Baylor, aide-de-camp to General\n             George Washington, 1775-1777, and\n            Commander of the \n             Third Regiment of Light Dragoons, and\n            the papers about clothing, arms, and other supplies,\n            regimental finances, roster of officers, and weekly returns\n            of the regiment. Among these papers are: a copy of a letter\n            from General Burgoyne to Colonel Phillipson concerning\n            military conditions and discussing his ill-fated \n             Saratoga campaign (October 20, 1777); a\n            mention of \n             George Baylor's upcoming marriage\n            (February 4, 1778); \n             B. Dade's request to be exchanged as a\n            prisoner of war (February 1779); monies owed for supplies\n            to \n             James Hunter with an itemized account\n            (October 12 \u0026amp; November 1, 1779); the problems and\n            arrangements involved in outfitting the regiment (February\n            4, June 6 \u0026amp; 12, 1778; October 13, 1780; October 26,\n            1781 [2 letters]; November 2, 1781; April 3 \u0026amp; August\n            14, 1782); the difficulty of working with the \"financier \n             Robert Morris \" (October 13, 1780); an\n            outbreak of smallpox in the \n             Third Regiment at \n             Petersburg, Virginia (November 25,\n            1781); and an order for a review of the \n             Continental army for July 4, 1782. A\n            final item is a general order for a discharge from the \n             4th Regiment of \n             Virginia militia during the War of 1812\n            (April 10, 1814). For a list of individual correspondents,\n            please consult the original list in the control folder.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eThe miscellaneous folder contains the following: a\n            printed score sheet for archery (July 4, 1771); a list of\n            books, probably from the library of \n             John Baylor [ca. 1800 ?]; notes\n            concerning Blackstone's law; a pamphlet, \"The Lewis and\n            Clark Expedition,\" by \n             Grace Flandrau (n.d.); an oath to \"our\n            Sovereign Lord King George\" (n.d.); and a parochial report,\n             Emmanuel Church, \n             Greenwood Parish, Reverend \n             W.M. Nelson, Rector (n.d.).\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eThe newsclippings, 1921-1933, concern \n             University of Virginia events, news of\n            the \n             Ivy area, the \n             Lewis Association of America, the \n             Lewis family, and historical\n            articles.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eThe loose photographs, mostly unidentified, include:\n            Mrs. Rutherford's children, \n             Rosa Rutherford, \n             Charles Frere and \n             Douglas Frere, possible photographs of\n            \" \n             Newmarket, \" and \n             University of Virginia professors.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eThe notebooks and bound volumes series contains the\n            following: a photograph album; school notebooks of \n             Maria Roy Baylor, \n             Frank Blackford, and \n             James B. Baylor; an expense book; two\n            scrapbooks of newsclippings; and the \n            \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eLetters of Junius,\u003c/title\u003ehand\n            copied by \n             John Baylor (1769-1771).\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eThose volumes belonging to Dr. \n             John Roy Baylor include: a genealogical\n            and historical notebook (1872); a medical notebook and farm\n            expense book which records a controversy with the \n             Clayton family over slaves (1847-1851); a\n            farm account book, 1856-1892, with accounts with the \n             Fredericksburg Water Power Company, a\n            servant's account (June-August, 1865), and reports of wheat\n            crops; an account book with grape expenses, sheep\n            memorandum, apple accounts, and a mill account (1868-1874);\n            and another farm book with an account with the \n             Bowling Green Tanning Yard, and slave\n            hire records with named slaves (1847-1868).\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eThe photograph album, apparently given to \n             John Roy Baylor by his granddaughter on\n            Christmas of 1887, contains photographs of the following: \n             Rosa Seddon Rutherford (1891 \u0026amp;\n            n.d.); \n             Helen Rutherford Johnson; \n             James B. Baylor; \n             Frances Starke Bowen, of \" \n             Mirador, \" \n             Albemarle County (1886); \n             Fanny Courtenay Baylor (1886); the\n            mother of \n             Fanny Courtenay Baylor; a portrait of\n            Colonel \n             George Armistead; \n             Roy Ellerson Massie; General \n             Lewis Armistead (killed at \n             Gettysburg ); \n             Maria Roy Baylor; \n             Eloise Baylor (1885); \n             Julia Howard Baylor; and \n             John Roy Baylor.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eThe series containing the papers of \n             James B. Baylor and the \n             United States Coast and Geodetic\n            Survey consists of the financial records of the\n            survey teams led by \n             John Baylor, circular letters from the\n            home office in \n             Washington, D.C., the official\n            correspondence and reports of \n             John Baylor, photographs, printed\n            material, \n             United States government property\n            inventories, and bound volumes.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003e\n                James Bowen Baylor (1849-1924)\n            graduated with an engineering degree from the \n             University of Virginia in 1872 and was\n            appointed an aid in the \n             United States Coast and Geodetic Survey\n            Department in 1874, continuing to work as a field\n            agent throughout his career. His many assignments included:\n            the determination of the elements of earth's magnetism from\n             Canada to \n             Mexico; the survey of oyster grounds\n            in \n             Louisiana and \n             Virginia, 1889-1894; his appointment\n            as a Commissioner of the \n             United States Supreme Court to settle\n            the \n             Virginia - \n             Tennessee boundary line dispute,\n            establishing it in the middle of Main Street, \n             Bristol, 1900-1902; and also the\n            establishment of boundaries between \n             Virginia and \n             Maryland, \n             New York and \n             Pennsylvania, and the \n             United States and \n             Canada.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eThe Oyster Industry Protection Correspondence contains\n            much correspondence from \n             William Ellinger of \n             Fox Island, Virginia, who describes\n            himself as an oyster planter. Printed material consists of\n            death notices for \n             United States Coast and Geodetic\n            Survey men, \n             Richard D. Cutts and \n             Benjamin Peirce (1880\u0026amp; 1883), and\n            three pamphlets concerning the \n             United States and Canadian boundary,\n            the oyster laws of \n             Virginia, and a \n             Virginia Military Institute valedictory\n            address by \n             Edward Hutson Russell.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eOversize items include a survey of the lands of \n             John Roy Baylor (June 1847),\n            photographs of the \n             United States Coast and Geodetic\n            Survey, and a printed plan of the fairgrounds of\n            the \n             Virginia State Agricultural Society, \n             Richmond, 1854.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eThe three \n             Baylor family ledgers, 1719-1755, contain\n            many references to the purchase of slaves (see\n            addendum).\u003c/p\u003e\n      \u003c/scopecontent\u003e","\u003cscopecontent\u003e\n        \u003chead\u003eADDENDUM RE THE BAYLOR LEDGERS\u003c/head\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eThe three \n             Baylor family ledgers contain many\n            references concerning tobacco exports, the purchase of\n            merchandise, work done on various ships, and slaves, which\n            at times had their place of origin noted, as in \" \n             Madigaschar woman,\" \"man of \n             Callabar, \" and \" \n             Barbadoes negro.\" The accounts of the\n            first two ledgers are indexed in the front of the\n            volumes.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eReferences to slavery occurring in volume one include\n            the following pages: 12, 13, 15, 17, 22-24, 26, 28, 35, 37,\n            39, 47, 49, 64-66, 68, 70-71, 77, 80-81, 83, 92-93,\n            101-102, 113-114, 127, 130, 134, 166, \u0026amp; 175. References\n            to slavery in volume two include: 10, 16, 30, 34, 56,\n            63-64, 74, 86, 88, 102, 115, 123, 134, 183, \u0026amp; 207.\n            Volume three pages include: 40, 71, 124, 130, 132, 135,\n            146, 148, 152-153, \u0026amp; 155.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eOccasionally the names of the slave ships and other\n            vessels are recorded in the ledgers with notes on the\n            contents purchased from them. These, along with their\n            volume and page number, are listed below.\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003e\n                Ann \u0026amp; Sarah 1.96, 139, 150, \u0026amp;\n            155\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003e\n                Berkeley 1.38, 64, 71, 98, 121, 149,\n            \u0026amp; 167; \u0026amp; 2.50\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003e\n                Betty 1.94\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003e\n                Callabar 1.39, 68, \u0026amp; 98; \u0026amp;\n            2.96, 111, 136\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003e\n                Greyhound 1.23, 37, 38, 65, 92, \u0026amp;\n            96; \u0026amp; 2.4, 54, \u0026amp; 97\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003e\n                Hunter 1.68\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003e\n                Little John 1.9, 10, 12, 25, \u0026amp; 75;\n            \u0026amp; 2.116 \u0026amp; 136\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003e\n                Little York 2.124\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003e\n                Lucy 1.94 \u0026amp; 149\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003e\n                Mattapony Pink 1.9, 33, 94, 99, 135,\n            145, 158, 180, \u0026amp; 185\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003e\n                Nassopenex Sloop 1.2, 5, 38, \u0026amp;\n            75\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003e\n                Parnel Galley 2.22\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003e\n                Prince Eugene 1.139, 150, \u0026amp;\n            162-164\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003e\n                Twerton 1.15, 39, 103, \u0026amp; 2.90\u003c/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eOther entries include: the Iron Mine Adventurers 1.1\n            \u0026amp; 1.11; horses 1.28; the \n             Germana mines 2.188; \n             John Baylor's estate 2.73 \u0026amp; 131;\n            quitrents for land in \n             Caroline County, \n             Spotsylvania County, \n             Orange County, and \n             King and Queen County 2.34 \u0026amp; 79;\n            and doctor and midwife accounts 3.120-121, 142, \u0026amp; 149.\n            Volume three also has many references to the manufacture\n            and repair of hardware, utensils, and agricultural\n            equipment. In addition, at the end of the last volume,\n            there is a list of memoranda concerning agreements and\n            contracts of \n             John Baylor, a memorandum of slaves\n            sold off \n             W. Lyde's plantation (November 30,\n            1742) and a list of all the Negroes belonging to Baylor in\n            1744.\u003c/p\u003e\n      \u003c/scopecontent\u003e"]}]}},"label":"Breadcrumbs"}}},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog/viu_viu00032_c02_c03"}},{"id":"viu_viu00017_c03_c08","type":"Item","attributes":{"title":"Legal Papers of \n                   Amelia County,\n                  Virginia .","breadcrumbs":{"id":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog/viu_viu00017_c03_c08#breadcrumbs","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":{"ref_ssi":"viu_viu00017_c03_c08","ref_ssm":["viu_viu00017_c03_c08"],"id":"viu_viu00017_c03_c08","ead_ssi":"viu_viu00017","_root_":"viu_viu00017","_nest_parent_":"viu_viu00017_c03","parent_ssi":"viu_viu00017_c03","parent_ssim":["viu_viu00017","viu_viu00017_c03"],"parent_ids_ssim":["viu_viu00017","viu_viu00017_c03"],"parent_unittitles_ssm":["Irvine-Saunders Family Papers \n          1745-1910 Inclusive","Legal Papers"],"parent_unittitles_tesim":["Irvine-Saunders Family Papers \n          1745-1910 Inclusive","Legal Papers"],"text":["Irvine-Saunders Family Papers \n          1745-1910 Inclusive","Legal Papers","Legal Papers of \n                   Amelia County,\n                  Virginia .","Box Box 5"],"title_filing_ssi":"Legal Papers of \n                   Amelia County,\n                  Virginia .","title_ssm":["Legal Papers of \n                   Amelia County,\n                  Virginia ."],"title_tesim":["Legal Papers of \n                   Amelia County,\n                  Virginia ."],"unitdate_other_ssim":["1768-1789, n.d."],"normalized_date_ssm":["1768/1789"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Legal Papers of \n                   Amelia County,\n                  Virginia ."],"component_level_isim":[2],"repository_ssim":["University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept."],"collection_ssim":["Irvine-Saunders Family Papers \n          1745-1910 Inclusive"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"child_component_count_isi":0,"level_ssm":["Item"],"level_ssim":["Item"],"sort_isi":28,"date_range_isim":[1768,1769,1770,1771,1772,1773,1774,1775,1776,1777,1778,1779,1780,1781,1782,1783,1784,1785,1786,1787,1788,1789],"containers_ssim":["Box Box 5"],"_nest_path_":"/components#2/components#7","timestamp":"2026-05-01T02:43:21.644Z","collection":{"numFound":1,"start":0,"numFoundExact":true,"docs":[{"id":"viu_viu00017","ead_ssi":"viu_viu00017","_root_":"viu_viu00017","_nest_parent_":"viu_viu00017","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/uva-sc/viu00017.xml","title_ssm":["Irvine-Saunders Family Papers \n          1745-1910 Inclusive"],"title_tesim":["Irvine-Saunders Family Papers \n          1745-1910 Inclusive"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["Collection number 116"],"text":["Collection number 116","Irvine-Saunders Family Papers \n          1745-1910 Inclusive","2100 items","This collection, 1745-1910, n.d., of ca. 2100 items,\n         consists of correspondence, business and legal papers,\n         miscellaneous, and bound volumes, pertaining to the \n          Davis Family , \n          Saunders Family , and \n          Watts Family . Large portions of the\n         correspondence belong to \n          William Watts and \n          Fleming Saunders . Included with the\n         correspondence is a letterbook, 1873-1880, of \n          Frank Prufer . The business papers include\n         accounts, bonds, correspondence, and notes and receipts,\n         chiefly pertaining to \n          William Watts and \n          Fleming Saunders , but also various\n         members of these families. The legal papers include court\n         dockets and memoranda of \n          William Watts , documents, and wills.\n         There are various legal papers of \n          William Watts pertaining to \n          Virginia counties including \n          Amelia County , \n          Amherst County , \n          Buckingham County , \n          Campbell County , \n          Cumberland County , \n          Prince Edward County . The miscellaneous\n         material includes advertisements, educational papers,\n         photographs, printed, religious papers, and fragments. The\n         bound volumes include day books, a blacksmith book, a farm\n         journal, memorandum books, and a township record. Folders are\n         arranged alphabetically within each series, with material\n         inside arranged chronologically.","Correspondence","From the correspondence of the \n          Davis Family , \n          Saunders Family , and related families,\n         1800-1856, there is a letter addressed to \"Sully,\" December\n         30, 1800, from \n          Louisa County , which advises the\n         recipient, who had asked for religious instruction, to seek\n         the \n          Kingdom of God . A letter dated April 2,\n         1812 from \n          James Rayland to his sister mentions that\n         his cousin is strapped for cash, and asks if the recipient can\n         help him. A rather unusual letter, dating July 24, 1836, from \n          Mount Pleasant , indicates that \"Mary\n         thinks a little Brandy would be of service to her,\" and\n         requests that some be sent to her. A letter written to Captain\n         Davis on January 9, 1844, mentions that \n          Pleasant Milkhill needs brandy, and asks\n         that it be sent with \n          David (probably a slave) for there is none\n         at \n          Bethel . A letter dating November 6, 1856\n         at \n          Bleak Hills makes a reference to \"Roanoke\"\n         [Roanoke County, or \n          John Randolph 's estate \"Roanoke\"?].","From their correspondence dating 1862-1904, there is a\n         letter to \n          Sam Tyree , Esq, July 17, 1870 from [his]\n         student: \n          [Sam L. Preston?] complaining that he can\n         not attend sunday school because of prostration. There is also\n         a letter dated April 8, 1901 from \n          Trinity and Ivy Chapel in \n          Boonsboro, Bedford County to a Mr.\n         Randolph inviting him to preach there every other Sunday.\n         There is also an undated fragment referring to a comet the\n         size of a full moon and a meteor shower which \"will be a sight\n         to see.\"","Among the families' undated correspondence, is a letter\n         dated November 17 to \n          \"Carter\" [Saunders?] , by a female who\n         mentions [her] children's Latin lessons. There is another\n         letter to a Miss Kerr which mentions a recipe for Tongue a la\n         Mode. There is also a letter, dated October 23, [1805?], from\n         a \n          Sam K. Jenny , probably a doctor of\n         medicine, which mentions that \n          William Green attended a man named\n         Barnhart to \n          Bedford so Jenny could prescribe to his\n         case and that he \"forbad the case of ardent spirits.\"","From the correspondence of \n          Eva (Smith) Saunders , dated 1868-1894,\n         there is a letter, February 24, 1889, from \n          The Grove which mentions that while Eva\n         passed her exams--her brother \n          Fleming Saunders III did not. A letter,\n         August 2, 1892, to \n          Eva Saunders from \n          M. Natalie Manson , at \n          Wintore , speaks of school and Latin.\n         There is an interesting letter, December 10, 1893, from \n          Florence, Italy to Eva, mentioning that\n         there is no silver in \n          Italy for the English and French are\n         buying it up, that \"Coppers are such a bother, and so heavy to\n         carry,\" seeing the works of \n          Donato and \n          Brunelleschi and the \n          Medici Chapel , and the \n          \"Brothers of Pity\" who wear black robes\n         and carry a corpse which \"made my blood turn cold.\" There is a\n         letter, January 13, 1894, to Eva, which mentions sending a\n         book to \n          May Begg , \"a literary courtship under the\n         auspices of \n          Pike's Peak . \" \n          Fleming Saunders III at \n          Randolph-Macon Academy in \n          Bedford writes to Eva on May 15, 1894,\n         saying he tried to get a tennis tournament for field day, and\n         congratulates Eva on her chicken raising and hopes his are\n         doing better.","Among the \n          Eva Saunders undated correspondence, there\n         is a fragment which notes that Miss Begg sent to its writer a\n         little book called \"The greatest thing in the World.\" A letter\n         dated November 26 to Eva contains drawings of women's blouses\n         and concerns her ordered blouses.","From the correspondence of \n          Fleming Saunders and \n          Mary (Gwathmey) Saunders , 1858-1879, a\n         letter dated September 5, 1871, from \n          Peter Saunders, Jr. , \n          Bleak Hill , says that his tobacco crop\n         has suffered. Another letter, April 17, 1874, from \n          Jeanie Edmond , \n          Hudson Lodge , makes a reference to the \n          Jubilee Singers traveling to raise money\n         for a \"slave college somewhere in the Northern States\"; to\n         acquaintances visiting \n          England , mentioning a \"public worship\n         bill\" in \n          Parliament , and one acquaintance having\n         an appointment with the Bishop of \n          Melbourne ; and to visiting \n          Australia . In a postcard dated August 21,\n         1879, \n          W. A. Alrich asks \n          Fleming Saunders ' opinion as to the next\n         \"services\" in \"regular course,\" and saying that it best not to\n         alter rotation as \"last service was omitted.\" He also mentions\n         that Mrs. \n          C[harles] Dabney has a fine little\n         daughter.","In the Fleming and Mary Saunders correspondence, 1880-1892,\n         there is a letter dated March 3, 1880 from M. Caden to\n         Saunders stating that he can not board a minister, but will\n         give the same salary as before. \n          Peter Saunders writes from \n          Bleak Hill on January 19, 1881 saying that\n         he has no specific desire to be a director on the \n          Virgina Midland [Rail] Road , and does not\n         think he could get the appointment anyway; he is still a\n         director on the \n          Franklin and Pittsylvania Railroad\n         Company , and fears a possible conflict of interest.\n          W. A. Alrich writes from \n          Emanuel Rectory , \n          Chatham, Virginia , on February 16, 1882,\n         saying he is glad that the \n          Saunders ' keep up the old St. Valentine's\n         Day tradition, by sending so practical a token of affection. \n          Ellen Boulder , a school teacher, writes\n         to \n          Mary Saunders from \n          Drake's Branch on March 18, 1889,\n         mentioning a five month school term ending on March 1st and a\n         June 23 to July 23 summer session. \n          [Peter Saunders] , \n          Bleak Hill , writes \n          Fleming Saunders , on October 26, 1891\n         mentioning Republican elements in the \"alliance\" [farmers'\n         alliance such as the \n          Grange ?].","In the Fleming and Mary Saunders correspondence, 1893-1900,\n          Fleming Saunders III writes to his parents\n         from \n          Randolph-Macon Academy in \n          Bedford on March 14, 1893, saying that he\n         is in the Baptist Church in the morning and the Methodist in\n         the afternoon, and tells of boys who spend more time with the\n         girls than studying. \n          James F. Plummer writes to Captain\n         Saunders on March 29, 1893, [from a theological seminary?],\n         saying that exams are beginning, and implying that knowledge\n         of Hebrew and Apologetics will be next among those things\n         tested. \n          Peter Saunders writes to Fleming from \n          Bleak Hill , on March 30, 1894, mentioning\n         the Bland Bill and the fear that its veto would cause discord\n         in the \n          Democratic Party , and discussing briefly\n         possible effects on the present financial situation.","In the Fleming and Mary Saunders correspondence, 1901-1910,\n         there is a letter, July 19, 1901, from \n          Edward Watts Saunders , while serving in\n         the \n          Virginia House of Delegates . \n          William W. Old writes to Fleming on\n         February 2, 1903 about a land sale and his agreement to sell\n         the land as a whole parcel to two black men, and suggesting a\n         method of finalizing the transaction. \n          E. W. Saunders writes to Fleming on\n         January 21, 1904 mentioning an inquiry about his land near\n         \"Vic. Muse.\" A letter, [March 1904], from \n          Alice [Saunders] at \n          Hollins, Virginia , to her aunt Saunders\n         refers to the Roman poet \n          Virgil . She writes to her mother on March\n         12, 1904 mentioning that John [ ] had failed in \n          Caesar and that he had been in the second\n         book of \n          Virgil .","In the undated Fleming and Mary Saunders correspondence, \n          D. Saunders writes to his mother from \n          Randolph-Macon Academy on February 10,\n         saying that he is learning German and is plagued by poor\n         spelling, and that the boys dance every night and were\n         previously boxing.","In the correspondence of \n          William Watts , 1754-1784, there is a\n         letter dated June 27, 1771 which summons Watts to the \n          General Assembly in \n          Williamsburg . \n          Samuel Dilworth writes on June 2, 1783\n         from \n          Blanford mentioning the problem of\n         collecting debts owed to the British. \n          Thomas Baldwin, Jr. writes on December 22,\n         1784 concerning the purchase of \"the Negro Fellow\" for\n         $18.","In the Watts correspondence, 1785-1789, a letter, December\n         16, 1785, from \n          William Roach informs Watts that while \n          Peter Kern is employing Watts in a matter\n         between Kern and Roach, Watts is to plead for Roach in all\n         matters, suggesting a conflict of interest. \n          Arthur Campbell , a candidate for the\n         senate from the Western Distict, writes, on March 24, 1788,\n         asking for Watts' support. \n          Edward Graham of \n          Bedford , writes on December 20, 1792,\n         mentioning that he saw the Watts' son reading \n          Horace and sending the boy a copy of \n          Cicero which would supply \"the means of\n         raising him as high in eminence as you could reasonably wish,\"\n         and adding that the boy will need to learn Greek as he will\n         soon be studying science.","In the Watts correspondence, 1793-1794, \n          Duncan Rose writes from \n          Petersburg , on July 8, 1794, stating that\n          Buchanan's Hartie and Company has been\n         doing business in \n          Great Britain and is waiting for a\n         successor to Hartie to be appointed before certain books could\n         be examined by Rose. Another letter pertains to relations with\n          France and \n          Britain at this time: \n          George Hancock writes to Watts in 1794\n         mentioning the rearing of a navy \"to repel the insult to our\n         ploy,\" referring to commerce restriction [on American goods]\n         by a nation which does not have a commerce treaty with the\n         U.S., and referring to Mr. \n          [James] Madison 's arguments whereas he\n         conducted himself in a manner worthy of himself. \n          Creed Taylor writes on May 11, 1795,\n         concerning some bonds. \n          William Vannerson writes, on October 30,\n         1795, from \n          Petersburg mentioning a British war sloop\n         in \n          Norfolk, Virginia and the order for\n         carrying American bottoms bound for \n          France into British ports with invoice\n         being revoked, revealing that some say that this retaliation\n         has been brought about by Americans invoicing their flour at\n         $27 per barrel.","In Watts' correspondence with \n          Edward Randolph , 1796-1797, Randolph\n         writes from \n          Richmond on February 21 and March 13, 1796\n         on the subject of British creditors. In Watts' correspondence\n         with \n          Thomas F. Scott , 1792-1798, Scott writes\n         on January 4, 1796 and December 18, 1798 on the subject of\n         British debts. In the correspondence of \n          William Watts with \n          John Watts , 1784-1800, John writes to\n         William in April 1784 from \n          Lincoln County, Virginia (now \n          Kentucky ), concerning apprehension about\n         a possible Indian war in the \n          Northwest Territories . John says that\n         while the lands in \n          Kentucky are good, the inconveniences are\n         many, and that the doomsayers will probably prevent the\n         surveying of lands on the northwest side of the Ohio.","Business Papers","There are general accounts, 1751-1899, n.d. An account,\n         beginning November 16, 1762, with \n          George Kippen \u0026 Co. at their store in \n          Goochland, Virginia , lists \n          John Gilliam as having ordered a dozen\n         flints, 3/4 yard of bearskin, and a dozen pipes. There is a\n         list, April 20, 1763, pertaining to the estate of \n          A. Watts , on which is listed a\n         £0.2.0 debt to \n          Mary Petillo , the only woman on the list,\n         and a £2.4.9 debt to Sir \n          William Skipwith . The account of \n          Thomas East with \n          Archelaus Austin from November 15, 1771,\n         consists of beer, wine, grog, and a gallon of corn, with one\n         entry \"to saging one night\" perhaps pertaining to the making\n         of moonshine. An account, beginning January 20, 1775, of N[ ]\n         Vaughn with \n          Edward Watts lists various quantities of\n         rum, molasses, and sugar. There are several accounts,\n         1779-1794, of the estate of \n          Nathaniel Davis , including an entry for\n         1784 for three yards of woollen for a Negro jacket, and May 9,\n         1784 for half of hire of \n          Jacob . There is a section, \"Accts\n         Overlooked,\" from 1784, which refers to tobacco being a share\n         and half share for \n          Jacob , and another for dinner at the\n         courthouse when on business. There is an account of \n          James Davis with \n          Daniel Warwick , dating 1799-1803, with\n         references to a variety of items including coffee, sewing\n         materials, dinner ware, alcohol, and accessories. Mrs. \n          Elizabeth Davis ' account beginning May\n         31, 1807, has an entries for coffee, condiments, and sewing\n         material. An account, March 26, 1810, of Capt. \n          James Davis with \n          Rowland P. Banks lists \"163 days tuition\n         at $8 p. ann. $5 cts 1 1/2.\" The account, beginning August 14,\n         1826, of Capt. \n          James Davis with \n          Thomas Pleasants , has lists orders for\n         cheese, mackerel, cotton, and whiskey. On October 31, 1832,\n         Judge Saunders, of \n          Lynchburg, Virginia , orders castor oil,\n         ointment, and a syringe. Accounts which mention tea are rare\n         but there is an undated fragment of Mr. \n          James Davis which contains an entry for\n         imperial tea. There is an undated \"memorandum of brandy\" taken\n         from Mrs. Eubank.","The accounts of \n          Williams Watts span 1752-1797. There is\n         also a hotel account with \n          Charles Williamson with entries dating\n         1763, 1773, and 1774. There are accounts for the boarding,\n         clothing, and feeding of Negro boys with Mrs. \n          Betty Tucker and \n          Betty Kirkland , both beginning September\n         10, 1767, and Capt. \n          Joseph Tucker , 1767-1769. Watts has\n         accounts, 1768, with \n          John Brittan for a waistcoat, shoes,\n         stockings, and a hat. There is a 1769 account for various\n         building supplies. Watts also has an account, beginning April\n         20, 1771, with \n          Miller Woodson with an entry of May 16,\n         1772 listing a \n          Patrick Henry . There is a document which\n         contains information on the estate of \n          William Randolph . There is another\n         lodging account, July 26, 1773 through December 3, 1776, of\n         Watts with \n          Charles Williams . There is an account\n         beginning March 9, 1778, with \n          William Kirkland which includes listings\n         for tuition and educational books. A January 10, 1780 account\n         with \n          Frederick Nance mentions a violin and a\n         set of strings. There is an account, beginning December 21,\n         1787, with \n          Robert Wilson ordering Hyson Tea, coffee,\n         and a bottle of snuff. From a 1791 account of \n          Edward McDonald with \n          William Watts , there is the note of the\n         hire of a Negro. From a 1792 account of \n          Charles Smith , there is a note for the\n         finding of a Negro woman and for the inspecting of tobacco.\n         There are two medical bills, one with \n          George Martin , beginning January 14,\n         1794, and one with Doctor \n          Graham , beginning November 3, 1795. In\n         October 1797, Watts had an account with \n          George Quille for the hire of a Negro.\n         There is an undated account of \n          W. Walter Spence with Watts for the hire\n         of a Negro for eight months.","Promissory notes and receipts range from 1754-1905, n.d.\n         There are several items concerned with the estate of \n          John Fleming and include an entry for\n         February 1764 for a Negro bought for $10. Between \n          George Martin and Watts there is an\n         agreement, October 3, 1794, mentioning the purchase of red\n         wheat and the hire of a Negro woman. \n          James Davis has a note dated 1803 with the\n         Sheriff of \n          Amherst County for tax on four Negroes,\n         four horses, and five tithes. \n          Elizabeth Davis has a note dated 1816 for\n         tax on three Negroes and one horse. There is a note from\n         December 6, 1827 pertaining to a $5 bond for the hire of a\n         Negro man by \n          James Davis from \n          J. Wright for \n          Lavinia Wright . There is a 1840 note from\n          Charles Davis to the Sheriff of \n          Amherst for tax on six Negroes and six\n         horses.","Legal Papers","There are a number of court memoranda, 1768-1786, n.d.,\n         kept by \n          William Watts in his capacity as a lawyer.\n         In a November 10, 1771 memo for the \n          Buckingham County court, there is an entry\n         for detinue for Negro woman named \n          Agge . From the memo for the April 1772\n         court at \n          Lunenburg County , \n          Thomas Taylor and his wife have a suit\n         against a Hurt for a Negro in \n          Amelia . There is also a list of debts\n         owed to Watts for the year 1794. Dating 1771 through 1782,\n         there are court dockets from \n          Amelia County and \n          Lunenburg County from 1771-1782. A number\n         of the entries have Watts as the litigant. There is a 1773 day\n         book with the signatures of William and \n          Edward Watts , which includes a record of \n          William Watts ' court expenses. There are\n         also legal day books, 1772-1773, of Watts, with entries for \n          Buckingham County , \n          Amelia , \n          Cumberland County , and \n          Prince Edward County as well as for \n          Williamsburg, Virginia . There is another\n         1773 memorandum book of Watts with entries for \n          Amelia County , \n          Cumberland County , and \n          Buckingham County .","The indentures date 1749-1788, n.d. From January 1, 1763,\n         there is an agreement between \n          Benjamin Tambro and \n          Ayres Hodnett of \n          Buckingham in regard to the former's son, \n          John Tambro , to be apprentice to the\n         latter for seven years. From March 28, 1774, there is an\n         indenture between Watts and \n          William Ford . From September 17, 1768,\n         there is an agreement between \n          Abraham West and \n          John Blankenship of \n          Prince Edward . On November 17, 1772,\n         there is an agreement between \n          John Lewallen of \n          Amelia County and \n          James and Robert Donalds and Company ,\n         Merchants of \n          Glasgow . On September 15, 1778, there is\n         an agreement between \n          David Wright of \n          Botetourt and \n          Alexander Paine of the same concerning a\n         land dispute in the area where the \n          Roanoke River and \n          Tinker Creek .","The will, December 25, 1745, of \n          Thomas Patterson of \n          Albemarle County , names his slaves and\n         divides them among his children and wife, and requests that\n         his land in \n          Goochland County be known as \n          \"Locust Thicket.\" Margery Hinshaw contested the will of \n          Samuel Hinshaw dated March 1758 with \n          [Cedw] Gibson on July 10, 1765. Hinshaw\n         had divided his slaves between his still living wife, his\n         daughter \n          Elizabeth Hinshaw , and the latter's\n         children. This situation involved a slave of Elizabeth. The\n         will of \n          Thomas Bottom of \n          Amelia dated May 10, 1760 divides his\n         slaves which are named between his three daughters.","A folder of general legal papers date 1765-1903, n.d. The\n         inventory and appraisal, 1826, of the estate of \n          John Eubank mentions prices for his\n         Negroes: £300 for a man named \n          Jacob , £200 for a man named \n          Joe , £10 for a woman named \n          Hannah , £20 for a girl named \n          Lolly , and £0 for a girl named\n          Caroline . There is also a list of tickets\n         of ommission paid by \n          William Watts , attorney. Among the legal\n         papers of \n          Amelia County , 1768 through 1789\n         including undated material, a document dated May 15, 1783\n         states that \n          Sarah Tinker on December 6, 1781 gave her\n         son-in-law \n          John Tucker an ailing Negro named \n          Ned until the latter gets well whereas he\n         will be returned to \n          Sarah Tucker . In an undated document, \n          George Vaughn yields up title/right of two\n         Negroes--named \n          Frank and \n          Phoebe --to son-in-law \n          John Norris --formerly given to grandson \n          John Norris by a deed dated October 2,\n         1796: \"said slaves will forever defend me from my heirs.\" The\n         son-in-law Norris will pay Vaughn or wife £10\n         annually for preformance of the aforesaid act. Among the \n          Campbell County papers, Justice \n          Adam Clement says that \n          Charles Gilbert of \n          Campbell on April 29, 1787 makes oath that\n         Negro slave \n          Jack --property of Watts of \n          Prince Edward County --ran away and was\n         found 50 miles thence. Among the legal papers of \n          Prince Edward , \n          Edward Watts sold to \n          William Watts eight Negro slaves: \n          True , \n          James , \n          Winnie , \n          Peter , \n          Sarah , \n          Betty , \n          Rachel , and \n          Doc on January 14, 1787. There is also a\n         account of Dr. \n          M. John King with the sheriff of \n          Lunenburg which has an entry dating 1769:\n         the former is in account with \n          [John] Epps for four lbs. of tobacco at\n         £0.5.1.","Miscellaneous","Among the Advertisements there is an advertisement dated\n         September 20, 1871 from the \n          Omaha, Nebraska Lottery for the building\n         of a public library in the city. A broadside from \n          Cox and Sons Church Furniture shows a\n         garish stained-glass window commemorating the late President \n          James Garfield . There is an undated\n         letter to Mrs. \n          Fleming Saunders asking for a subscription\n         to the \n          Graphic, a ladies society\n         magazine. There is an undated list of books from \n          George Munro, Publishers . There is also a\n         broadside for \"The World's Christmas Hymn\"--an analogy of\n         English poetry pertaining to \n          Christ 's birth dating from the medieval\n         period.","The church related papers include a letter, March 21, 1904,\n         from \n          Virginia Polytechnic Institute to the \n          Saunders asking for aid for the building of\n         an Episcopal parsonage at the university. The letter\n         enunciates a fear of the danger of Episcopal boys being weaned\n         from their faith by the compulsory attendance at the services\n         of other sects due to the absence of a Episcopal parsonage.\n         There is also an Episcopal \"Church Kalendar,\" 1882-1883,\n         listing holy days with information on the faith, church\n         service, and background of the Anglican/Episcopalian\n         faith.","Civil War papers range from 1861 to 1864. During 1862-1864,\n         there are a number of furloughs issued to \n          Confederate enlisted men in \n          Virginia , each with a physical\n         description of the bearer, and addressed \"to all whom it may\n         concern.\" On August 10, 1862, there is a provision return for\n         a company of the \n          13th Regiment of Pennsylvania volunteers .\n         There are also a number of CSA \"special requisitions\", chiefly\n         ordering clothing, shoes, and blankets, most signed by Captain\n          Fleming Saunders , assistant\n         quartermaster, of Company K, Virginia Regiment.","The educational papers range from 1848-1903, n.d. There is\n         a page from a 1848 French edition of the fables of La Fontaine\n         from the \"Academie de Norfolk.\" There is an \n          \"Educational Treatise on the Constitution\" ,\n         September 6, 1877, by \n          John Randolph Tucker of \n          Virginia . There is a 1892-1893 brochure\n         for the \n          Edgeworth School , a church-related\n         boarding and day school for females. There is the fall term\n         1895 grade report from \n          Virginia Polytechnic Institute (formerly \n          Virginia Agriculture and Mechanical\n         College ) for \n          Fleming Saunders, III . There is a fall\n         term 1902 grade report from \n          Hollins College for \n          Elsie Saunders . There is another VPI\n         grade report, from February 1903, for \n          Carter Temple Saunders . There is a report\n         from \n          St. Timothy's School of \n          Catonsville, Maryland . Another undated\n         piece is a \"rules for spelling\" sheet from a grammar book.\n         There are also undated fragments of Latin, French, and\n         algebra.","There are lectures, essays, and poems, 1794, 1818, 1843,\n         and n.d., including a scrap of a lecture dated September 6,\n         1794 from \n          Edward Watts ; another lecture on motive\n         dated September 16, 1794; and, a series of oral essays from\n         1843.","Miscellaneous material, 1887-1892, includes a note of the\n         marriage of Capt. \n          Fleming Saunders to \n          Mary Gwathmey on July 30.","The obituaries include a reprint of the 1858 obituary of \n          Fleming Saunders, Sr , a reprint of the\n         1867 obituary of Fleming, Sr.'s wife-- \n          Alice Fleming --and the 1904 obituary of \n          Peter Saunders . The obituaries of\n         Fleming, Sr. and Alice are panegyrics. The first two were\n         transcribed by \n          John Blair Dabney .","The photographs include an unidentified photograph of a\n         young member of the \n          Saunders family and undated photo cards of\n         liturgical furniture.","Bound Volumes","The Day Books include a day book from \n          Maple Creek Mills dating from 1842. There\n         is a 1867 day book with one page filled, made of a cut\n         agricultural crop ledger. There is also in the book a pasted\n         in notice from the Adjuctant Inspector's Office in \n          Richmond , July 29, 1863. Dating January\n         18, 1872 is a subscription book for the \n          Lee Monumental Association . Also present\n         is a $1 donation from \n          Alex Berkeley of \n          Yellow Branch, Virginia . There are also\n         farm journals dating 1855 through 1860.","A card game, 1846, called \"The Game of Kings made Easy\"\n         which is based on the kings of \n          England who reigned down to its date, is\n         also present. The card for Henry V is missing. Many of the\n         cards contain information of the kings of an antiquarian\n         nature.","The Memorandum books, 1873-1874 and 1881-1894, owned by \n          Fleming Saunders , includes employees,\n         supplies, and construction information in the first volume.\n         The latter has a note at its end which mentions survey\n         data.","The \n          Otter River Township Record Book dates\n         from 1870-1874. There are references to road building. An\n         entry for June 16, 1871 notes the ordering of \"tickets\" for\n         road tax and township levy. Also included are lists of\n         expenses for board members with lists of expenses for\n         materials bought. One entry notes that \n          B. H. Anthony , overseer of the poor,\n         sends three paupers--one white woman and two black woman--to\n         the poor house. Expenses for the poor house are noted. At 1874\n         and 1875 meetings, \n          Fleming Saunders is mentioned as road\n         overseer in certain districts.","University of Virginia. Library. Special\n            Collections Dept.","Kingdom of God","Pleasant Milkhill","Bethel","Bleak Hills","Trinity and Ivy Chapel","The Grove","Wintore","Medici Chapel","\"Brothers of Pity\"","Randolph-Macon Academy","Bleak Hill","Hudson Lodge","Jubilee Singers","Parliament","Virgina Midland [Rail] Road","Franklin and Pittsylvania Railroad\n         Company","Emanuel Rectory","Grange","Democratic Party","Virginia House of Delegates","General Assembly","Blanford","Buchanan's Hartie and Company","Norfolk, Virginia","Northwest Territories","George Kippen \u0026 Co.","James and Robert Donalds and Company","\"Locust Thicket.\"","Omaha, Nebraska Lottery","Cox and Sons Church Furniture","George Munro, Publishers","Virginia Polytechnic Institute","Confederate","13th Regiment of Pennsylvania volunteers","Edgeworth School","Virginia Agriculture and Mechanical\n         College","Hollins College","St. Timothy's School","Maple Creek Mills","Lee Monumental Association","Otter River Township","Internal Revenue\n                  Service","New York Public\n                  Library","University of Virginia\n                  Volunteers","Davis Family","Saunders Family","Watts Family","Saunders","Saunders family","William H. Irvine","William Watts","Fleming Saunders","Frank Prufer","James Rayland","David","John Randolph","Sam Tyree","[Sam L. Preston?]","\"Carter\" [Saunders?]","Sam K. Jenny","William Green","Eva (Smith) Saunders","Fleming Saunders III","Eva Saunders","M. Natalie Manson","Donato","Brunelleschi","May Begg","Mary (Gwathmey) Saunders","Peter Saunders, Jr.","Jeanie Edmond","W. A. Alrich","C[harles] Dabney","Peter Saunders","Ellen Boulder","Mary Saunders","[Peter Saunders]","James F. Plummer","Edward Watts Saunders","William W. Old","E. W. Saunders","Alice [Saunders]","Virgil","Caesar","D. Saunders","Samuel Dilworth","Thomas Baldwin, Jr.","William Roach","Peter Kern","Arthur Campbell","Edward Graham","Horace","Cicero","Duncan Rose","George Hancock","[James] Madison","Creed Taylor","William Vannerson","Edward Randolph","Thomas F. Scott","John Watts","John Gilliam","A. Watts","Mary Petillo","William Skipwith","Thomas East","Archelaus Austin","Edward Watts","Nathaniel Davis","Jacob","James Davis","Daniel Warwick","Elizabeth Davis","Rowland P. Banks","Thomas Pleasants","Williams Watts","Charles Williamson","Betty Tucker","Betty Kirkland","Joseph Tucker","John Brittan","Miller Woodson","Patrick Henry","William Randolph","Charles Williams","William Kirkland","Frederick Nance","Robert Wilson","Edward McDonald","Charles Smith","George Martin","Graham","George Quille","W. Walter Spence","John Fleming","J. Wright","Lavinia Wright","Charles Davis","Agge","Thomas Taylor","Benjamin Tambro","Ayres Hodnett","John Tambro","William Ford","Abraham West","John Blankenship","John Lewallen","David Wright","Alexander Paine","Thomas Patterson","Margery Hinshaw","Samuel Hinshaw","[Cedw] Gibson","Elizabeth Hinshaw","Thomas Bottom","John Eubank","Joe","Hannah","Lolly","Caroline","Sarah Tinker","John Tucker","Ned","Sarah Tucker","George Vaughn","Frank","Phoebe","John Norris","Adam Clement","Charles Gilbert","Jack","True","James","Winnie","Peter","Sarah","Betty","Rachel","Doc","M. John King","[John] Epps","James Garfield","Christ","John Randolph Tucker","Fleming Saunders, III","Elsie Saunders","Carter Temple Saunders","Mary Gwathmey","Fleming Saunders, Sr","Alice Fleming","John Blair Dabney","Alex Berkeley","B. H. Anthony","Cary H. Gwathmey","Eva (Smith)\n                  Saunders.","Mary (Gwathmey)\n                  Saunders.","John Tabb","Fleming Saunders, Sr.","Alice W. 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Irvine of \n             Evington, Virginia on September 15,\n            1938."],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"physdesc_tesim":["2100 items"],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThis collection, 1745-1910, n.d., of ca. 2100 items,\n         consists of correspondence, business and legal papers,\n         miscellaneous, and bound volumes, pertaining to the \n         \u003cfamname\u003eDavis Family\u003c/famname\u003e, \n         \u003cfamname\u003eSaunders Family\u003c/famname\u003e, and \n         \u003cfamname\u003eWatts Family\u003c/famname\u003e. Large portions of the\n         correspondence belong to \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Watts\u003c/persname\u003eand \n         \u003cpersname\u003eFleming Saunders\u003c/persname\u003e. Included with the\n         correspondence is a letterbook, 1873-1880, of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eFrank Prufer\u003c/persname\u003e. The business papers include\n         accounts, bonds, correspondence, and notes and receipts,\n         chiefly pertaining to \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Watts\u003c/persname\u003eand \n         \u003cpersname\u003eFleming Saunders\u003c/persname\u003e, but also various\n         members of these families. The legal papers include court\n         dockets and memoranda of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Watts\u003c/persname\u003e, documents, and wills.\n         There are various legal papers of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Watts\u003c/persname\u003epertaining to \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eVirginia\u003c/geogname\u003ecounties including \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eAmelia County\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eAmherst County\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eBuckingham County\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eCampbell County\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eCumberland County\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n         \u003cgeogname\u003ePrince Edward County\u003c/geogname\u003e. The miscellaneous\n         material includes advertisements, educational papers,\n         photographs, printed, religious papers, and fragments. The\n         bound volumes include day books, a blacksmith book, a farm\n         journal, memorandum books, and a township record. Folders are\n         arranged alphabetically within each series, with material\n         inside arranged chronologically.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFrom the correspondence of the \n         \u003cfamname\u003eDavis Family\u003c/famname\u003e, \n         \u003cfamname\u003eSaunders Family\u003c/famname\u003e, and related families,\n         1800-1856, there is a letter addressed to \"Sully,\" December\n         30, 1800, from \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003e, which advises the\n         recipient, who had asked for religious instruction, to seek\n         the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eKingdom of God\u003c/corpname\u003e. A letter dated April 2,\n         1812 from \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJames Rayland\u003c/persname\u003eto his sister mentions that\n         his cousin is strapped for cash, and asks if the recipient can\n         help him. A rather unusual letter, dating July 24, 1836, from \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eMount Pleasant\u003c/geogname\u003e, indicates that \"Mary\n         thinks a little Brandy would be of service to her,\" and\n         requests that some be sent to her. A letter written to Captain\n         Davis on January 9, 1844, mentions that \n         \u003ccorpname\u003ePleasant Milkhill\u003c/corpname\u003eneeds brandy, and asks\n         that it be sent with \n         \u003cpersname\u003eDavid\u003c/persname\u003e(probably a slave) for there is none\n         at \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eBethel\u003c/corpname\u003e. A letter dating November 6, 1856\n         at \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eBleak Hills\u003c/corpname\u003emakes a reference to \"Roanoke\"\n         [Roanoke County, or \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Randolph\u003c/persname\u003e's estate \"Roanoke\"?].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFrom their correspondence dating 1862-1904, there is a\n         letter to \n         \u003cpersname\u003eSam Tyree\u003c/persname\u003e, Esq, July 17, 1870 from [his]\n         student: \n         \u003cpersname\u003e[Sam L. Preston?]\u003c/persname\u003ecomplaining that he can\n         not attend sunday school because of prostration. There is also\n         a letter dated April 8, 1901 from \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eTrinity and Ivy Chapel\u003c/corpname\u003ein \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eBoonsboro, Bedford County\u003c/geogname\u003eto a Mr.\n         Randolph inviting him to preach there every other Sunday.\n         There is also an undated fragment referring to a comet the\n         size of a full moon and a meteor shower which \"will be a sight\n         to see.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAmong the families' undated correspondence, is a letter\n         dated November 17 to \n         \u003cpersname\u003e\"Carter\" [Saunders?]\u003c/persname\u003e, by a female who\n         mentions [her] children's Latin lessons. There is another\n         letter to a Miss Kerr which mentions a recipe for Tongue a la\n         Mode. There is also a letter, dated October 23, [1805?], from\n         a \n         \u003cpersname\u003eSam K. Jenny\u003c/persname\u003e, probably a doctor of\n         medicine, which mentions that \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Green\u003c/persname\u003eattended a man named\n         Barnhart to \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eBedford\u003c/geogname\u003eso Jenny could prescribe to his\n         case and that he \"forbad the case of ardent spirits.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFrom the correspondence of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eEva (Smith) Saunders\u003c/persname\u003e, dated 1868-1894,\n         there is a letter, February 24, 1889, from \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eThe Grove\u003c/corpname\u003ewhich mentions that while Eva\n         passed her exams--her brother \n         \u003cpersname\u003eFleming Saunders III\u003c/persname\u003edid not. A letter,\n         August 2, 1892, to \n         \u003cpersname\u003eEva Saunders\u003c/persname\u003efrom \n         \u003cpersname\u003eM. Natalie Manson\u003c/persname\u003e, at \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eWintore\u003c/corpname\u003e, speaks of school and Latin.\n         There is an interesting letter, December 10, 1893, from \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eFlorence, Italy\u003c/geogname\u003eto Eva, mentioning that\n         there is no silver in \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eItaly\u003c/geogname\u003efor the English and French are\n         buying it up, that \"Coppers are such a bother, and so heavy to\n         carry,\" seeing the works of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eDonato\u003c/persname\u003eand \n         \u003cpersname\u003eBrunelleschi\u003c/persname\u003eand the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eMedici Chapel\u003c/corpname\u003e, and the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003e\"Brothers of Pity\"\u003c/corpname\u003ewho wear black robes\n         and carry a corpse which \"made my blood turn cold.\" There is a\n         letter, January 13, 1894, to Eva, which mentions sending a\n         book to \n         \u003cpersname\u003eMay Begg\u003c/persname\u003e, \"a literary courtship under the\n         auspices of \n         \u003cgeogname\u003ePike's Peak\u003c/geogname\u003e. \" \n         \u003cpersname\u003eFleming Saunders III\u003c/persname\u003eat \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eRandolph-Macon Academy\u003c/corpname\u003ein \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eBedford\u003c/geogname\u003ewrites to Eva on May 15, 1894,\n         saying he tried to get a tennis tournament for field day, and\n         congratulates Eva on her chicken raising and hopes his are\n         doing better.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAmong the \n         \u003cpersname\u003eEva Saunders\u003c/persname\u003eundated correspondence, there\n         is a fragment which notes that Miss Begg sent to its writer a\n         little book called \"The greatest thing in the World.\" A letter\n         dated November 26 to Eva contains drawings of women's blouses\n         and concerns her ordered blouses.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFrom the correspondence of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eFleming Saunders\u003c/persname\u003eand \n         \u003cpersname\u003eMary (Gwathmey) Saunders\u003c/persname\u003e, 1858-1879, a\n         letter dated September 5, 1871, from \n         \u003cpersname\u003ePeter Saunders, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e, \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eBleak Hill\u003c/corpname\u003e, says that his tobacco crop\n         has suffered. Another letter, April 17, 1874, from \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJeanie Edmond\u003c/persname\u003e, \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eHudson Lodge\u003c/corpname\u003e, makes a reference to the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eJubilee Singers\u003c/corpname\u003etraveling to raise money\n         for a \"slave college somewhere in the Northern States\"; to\n         acquaintances visiting \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eEngland\u003c/geogname\u003e, mentioning a \"public worship\n         bill\" in \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eParliament\u003c/corpname\u003e, and one acquaintance having\n         an appointment with the Bishop of \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eMelbourne\u003c/geogname\u003e; and to visiting \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eAustralia\u003c/geogname\u003e. In a postcard dated August 21,\n         1879, \n         \u003cpersname\u003eW. A. Alrich\u003c/persname\u003easks \n         \u003cpersname\u003eFleming Saunders\u003c/persname\u003e' opinion as to the next\n         \"services\" in \"regular course,\" and saying that it best not to\n         alter rotation as \"last service was omitted.\" He also mentions\n         that Mrs. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eC[harles] Dabney\u003c/persname\u003ehas a fine little\n         daughter.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIn the Fleming and Mary Saunders correspondence, 1880-1892,\n         there is a letter dated March 3, 1880 from M. Caden to\n         Saunders stating that he can not board a minister, but will\n         give the same salary as before. \n         \u003cpersname\u003ePeter Saunders\u003c/persname\u003ewrites from \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eBleak Hill\u003c/corpname\u003eon January 19, 1881 saying that\n         he has no specific desire to be a director on the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eVirgina Midland [Rail] Road\u003c/corpname\u003e, and does not\n         think he could get the appointment anyway; he is still a\n         director on the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eFranklin and Pittsylvania Railroad\n         Company\u003c/corpname\u003e, and fears a possible conflict of interest.\n         \u003cpersname\u003eW. A. Alrich\u003c/persname\u003ewrites from \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eEmanuel Rectory\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eChatham, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, on February 16, 1882,\n         saying he is glad that the \n         \u003cfamname\u003eSaunders\u003c/famname\u003e' keep up the old St. Valentine's\n         Day tradition, by sending so practical a token of affection. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eEllen Boulder\u003c/persname\u003e, a school teacher, writes\n         to \n         \u003cpersname\u003eMary Saunders\u003c/persname\u003efrom \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eDrake's Branch\u003c/geogname\u003eon March 18, 1889,\n         mentioning a five month school term ending on March 1st and a\n         June 23 to July 23 summer session. \n         \u003cpersname\u003e[Peter Saunders]\u003c/persname\u003e, \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eBleak Hill\u003c/corpname\u003e, writes \n         \u003cpersname\u003eFleming Saunders\u003c/persname\u003e, on October 26, 1891\n         mentioning Republican elements in the \"alliance\" [farmers'\n         alliance such as the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eGrange\u003c/corpname\u003e?].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIn the Fleming and Mary Saunders correspondence, 1893-1900,\n         \u003cpersname\u003eFleming Saunders III\u003c/persname\u003ewrites to his parents\n         from \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eRandolph-Macon Academy\u003c/corpname\u003ein \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eBedford\u003c/geogname\u003eon March 14, 1893, saying that he\n         is in the Baptist Church in the morning and the Methodist in\n         the afternoon, and tells of boys who spend more time with the\n         girls than studying. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJames F. Plummer\u003c/persname\u003ewrites to Captain\n         Saunders on March 29, 1893, [from a theological seminary?],\n         saying that exams are beginning, and implying that knowledge\n         of Hebrew and Apologetics will be next among those things\n         tested. \n         \u003cpersname\u003ePeter Saunders\u003c/persname\u003ewrites to Fleming from \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eBleak Hill\u003c/corpname\u003e, on March 30, 1894, mentioning\n         the Bland Bill and the fear that its veto would cause discord\n         in the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eDemocratic Party\u003c/corpname\u003e, and discussing briefly\n         possible effects on the present financial situation.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIn the Fleming and Mary Saunders correspondence, 1901-1910,\n         there is a letter, July 19, 1901, from \n         \u003cpersname\u003eEdward Watts Saunders\u003c/persname\u003e, while serving in\n         the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eVirginia House of Delegates\u003c/corpname\u003e. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam W. Old\u003c/persname\u003ewrites to Fleming on\n         February 2, 1903 about a land sale and his agreement to sell\n         the land as a whole parcel to two black men, and suggesting a\n         method of finalizing the transaction. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eE. W. Saunders\u003c/persname\u003ewrites to Fleming on\n         January 21, 1904 mentioning an inquiry about his land near\n         \"Vic. Muse.\" A letter, [March 1904], from \n         \u003cpersname\u003eAlice [Saunders]\u003c/persname\u003eat \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eHollins, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, to her aunt Saunders\n         refers to the Roman poet \n         \u003cpersname\u003eVirgil\u003c/persname\u003e. She writes to her mother on March\n         12, 1904 mentioning that John [ ] had failed in \n         \u003cpersname\u003eCaesar\u003c/persname\u003eand that he had been in the second\n         book of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eVirgil\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIn the undated Fleming and Mary Saunders correspondence, \n         \u003cpersname\u003eD. Saunders\u003c/persname\u003ewrites to his mother from \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eRandolph-Macon Academy\u003c/corpname\u003eon February 10,\n         saying that he is learning German and is plagued by poor\n         spelling, and that the boys dance every night and were\n         previously boxing.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIn the correspondence of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Watts\u003c/persname\u003e, 1754-1784, there is a\n         letter dated June 27, 1771 which summons Watts to the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eGeneral Assembly\u003c/corpname\u003ein \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eWilliamsburg\u003c/geogname\u003e. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eSamuel Dilworth\u003c/persname\u003ewrites on June 2, 1783\n         from \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eBlanford\u003c/corpname\u003ementioning the problem of\n         collecting debts owed to the British. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eThomas Baldwin, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003ewrites on December 22,\n         1784 concerning the purchase of \"the Negro Fellow\" for\n         $18.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIn the Watts correspondence, 1785-1789, a letter, December\n         16, 1785, from \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Roach\u003c/persname\u003einforms Watts that while \n         \u003cpersname\u003ePeter Kern\u003c/persname\u003eis employing Watts in a matter\n         between Kern and Roach, Watts is to plead for Roach in all\n         matters, suggesting a conflict of interest. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eArthur Campbell\u003c/persname\u003e, a candidate for the\n         senate from the Western Distict, writes, on March 24, 1788,\n         asking for Watts' support. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eEdward Graham\u003c/persname\u003eof \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eBedford\u003c/geogname\u003e, writes on December 20, 1792,\n         mentioning that he saw the Watts' son reading \n         \u003cpersname\u003eHorace\u003c/persname\u003eand sending the boy a copy of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eCicero\u003c/persname\u003ewhich would supply \"the means of\n         raising him as high in eminence as you could reasonably wish,\"\n         and adding that the boy will need to learn Greek as he will\n         soon be studying science.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIn the Watts correspondence, 1793-1794, \n         \u003cpersname\u003eDuncan Rose\u003c/persname\u003ewrites from \n         \u003cgeogname\u003ePetersburg\u003c/geogname\u003e, on July 8, 1794, stating that\n         \u003ccorpname\u003eBuchanan's Hartie and Company\u003c/corpname\u003ehas been\n         doing business in \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eGreat Britain\u003c/geogname\u003eand is waiting for a\n         successor to Hartie to be appointed before certain books could\n         be examined by Rose. Another letter pertains to relations with\n         \u003cgeogname\u003eFrance\u003c/geogname\u003eand \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eBritain\u003c/geogname\u003eat this time: \n         \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge Hancock\u003c/persname\u003ewrites to Watts in 1794\n         mentioning the rearing of a navy \"to repel the insult to our\n         ploy,\" referring to commerce restriction [on American goods]\n         by a nation which does not have a commerce treaty with the\n         U.S., and referring to Mr. \n         \u003cpersname\u003e[James] Madison\u003c/persname\u003e's arguments whereas he\n         conducted himself in a manner worthy of himself. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eCreed Taylor\u003c/persname\u003ewrites on May 11, 1795,\n         concerning some bonds. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Vannerson\u003c/persname\u003ewrites, on October 30,\n         1795, from \n         \u003cgeogname\u003ePetersburg\u003c/geogname\u003ementioning a British war sloop\n         in \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eNorfolk, Virginia\u003c/corpname\u003eand the order for\n         carrying American bottoms bound for \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eFrance\u003c/geogname\u003einto British ports with invoice\n         being revoked, revealing that some say that this retaliation\n         has been brought about by Americans invoicing their flour at\n         $27 per barrel.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIn Watts' correspondence with \n         \u003cpersname\u003eEdward Randolph\u003c/persname\u003e, 1796-1797, Randolph\n         writes from \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eRichmond\u003c/geogname\u003eon February 21 and March 13, 1796\n         on the subject of British creditors. In Watts' correspondence\n         with \n         \u003cpersname\u003eThomas F. Scott\u003c/persname\u003e, 1792-1798, Scott writes\n         on January 4, 1796 and December 18, 1798 on the subject of\n         British debts. In the correspondence of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Watts\u003c/persname\u003ewith \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Watts\u003c/persname\u003e, 1784-1800, John writes to\n         William in April 1784 from \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eLincoln County, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e(now \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eKentucky\u003c/geogname\u003e), concerning apprehension about\n         a possible Indian war in the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eNorthwest Territories\u003c/corpname\u003e. John says that\n         while the lands in \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eKentucky\u003c/geogname\u003eare good, the inconveniences are\n         many, and that the doomsayers will probably prevent the\n         surveying of lands on the northwest side of the Ohio.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBusiness Papers\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThere are general accounts, 1751-1899, n.d. An account,\n         beginning November 16, 1762, with \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eGeorge Kippen \u0026amp; Co.\u003c/corpname\u003eat their store in \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eGoochland, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, lists \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Gilliam\u003c/persname\u003eas having ordered a dozen\n         flints, 3/4 yard of bearskin, and a dozen pipes. There is a\n         list, April 20, 1763, pertaining to the estate of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eA. Watts\u003c/persname\u003e, on which is listed a\n         £0.2.0 debt to \n         \u003cpersname\u003eMary Petillo\u003c/persname\u003e, the only woman on the list,\n         and a £2.4.9 debt to Sir \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Skipwith\u003c/persname\u003e. The account of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eThomas East\u003c/persname\u003ewith \n         \u003cpersname\u003eArchelaus Austin\u003c/persname\u003efrom November 15, 1771,\n         consists of beer, wine, grog, and a gallon of corn, with one\n         entry \"to saging one night\" perhaps pertaining to the making\n         of moonshine. An account, beginning January 20, 1775, of N[ ]\n         Vaughn with \n         \u003cpersname\u003eEdward Watts\u003c/persname\u003elists various quantities of\n         rum, molasses, and sugar. There are several accounts,\n         1779-1794, of the estate of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eNathaniel Davis\u003c/persname\u003e, including an entry for\n         1784 for three yards of woollen for a Negro jacket, and May 9,\n         1784 for half of hire of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJacob\u003c/persname\u003e. There is a section, \"Accts\n         Overlooked,\" from 1784, which refers to tobacco being a share\n         and half share for \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJacob\u003c/persname\u003e, and another for dinner at the\n         courthouse when on business. There is an account of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJames Davis\u003c/persname\u003ewith \n         \u003cpersname\u003eDaniel Warwick\u003c/persname\u003e, dating 1799-1803, with\n         references to a variety of items including coffee, sewing\n         materials, dinner ware, alcohol, and accessories. Mrs. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eElizabeth Davis\u003c/persname\u003e' account beginning May\n         31, 1807, has an entries for coffee, condiments, and sewing\n         material. An account, March 26, 1810, of Capt. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJames Davis\u003c/persname\u003ewith \n         \u003cpersname\u003eRowland P. Banks\u003c/persname\u003elists \"163 days tuition\n         at $8 p. ann. $5 cts 1 1/2.\" The account, beginning August 14,\n         1826, of Capt. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJames Davis\u003c/persname\u003ewith \n         \u003cpersname\u003eThomas Pleasants\u003c/persname\u003e, has lists orders for\n         cheese, mackerel, cotton, and whiskey. On October 31, 1832,\n         Judge Saunders, of \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eLynchburg, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, orders castor oil,\n         ointment, and a syringe. Accounts which mention tea are rare\n         but there is an undated fragment of Mr. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJames Davis\u003c/persname\u003ewhich contains an entry for\n         imperial tea. There is an undated \"memorandum of brandy\" taken\n         from Mrs. Eubank.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe accounts of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilliams Watts\u003c/persname\u003espan 1752-1797. There is\n         also a hotel account with \n         \u003cpersname\u003eCharles Williamson\u003c/persname\u003ewith entries dating\n         1763, 1773, and 1774. There are accounts for the boarding,\n         clothing, and feeding of Negro boys with Mrs. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eBetty Tucker\u003c/persname\u003eand \n         \u003cpersname\u003eBetty Kirkland\u003c/persname\u003e, both beginning September\n         10, 1767, and Capt. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJoseph Tucker\u003c/persname\u003e, 1767-1769. Watts has\n         accounts, 1768, with \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Brittan\u003c/persname\u003efor a waistcoat, shoes,\n         stockings, and a hat. There is a 1769 account for various\n         building supplies. Watts also has an account, beginning April\n         20, 1771, with \n         \u003cpersname\u003eMiller Woodson\u003c/persname\u003ewith an entry of May 16,\n         1772 listing a \n         \u003cpersname\u003ePatrick Henry\u003c/persname\u003e. There is a document which\n         contains information on the estate of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Randolph\u003c/persname\u003e. There is another\n         lodging account, July 26, 1773 through December 3, 1776, of\n         Watts with \n         \u003cpersname\u003eCharles Williams\u003c/persname\u003e. There is an account\n         beginning March 9, 1778, with \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Kirkland\u003c/persname\u003ewhich includes listings\n         for tuition and educational books. A January 10, 1780 account\n         with \n         \u003cpersname\u003eFrederick Nance\u003c/persname\u003ementions a violin and a\n         set of strings. There is an account, beginning December 21,\n         1787, with \n         \u003cpersname\u003eRobert Wilson\u003c/persname\u003eordering Hyson Tea, coffee,\n         and a bottle of snuff. From a 1791 account of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eEdward McDonald\u003c/persname\u003ewith \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Watts\u003c/persname\u003e, there is the note of the\n         hire of a Negro. From a 1792 account of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eCharles Smith\u003c/persname\u003e, there is a note for the\n         finding of a Negro woman and for the inspecting of tobacco.\n         There are two medical bills, one with \n         \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge Martin\u003c/persname\u003e, beginning January 14,\n         1794, and one with Doctor \n         \u003cpersname\u003eGraham\u003c/persname\u003e, beginning November 3, 1795. In\n         October 1797, Watts had an account with \n         \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge Quille\u003c/persname\u003efor the hire of a Negro.\n         There is an undated account of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eW. Walter Spence\u003c/persname\u003ewith Watts for the hire\n         of a Negro for eight months.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePromissory notes and receipts range from 1754-1905, n.d.\n         There are several items concerned with the estate of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Fleming\u003c/persname\u003eand include an entry for\n         February 1764 for a Negro bought for $10. Between \n         \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge Martin\u003c/persname\u003eand Watts there is an\n         agreement, October 3, 1794, mentioning the purchase of red\n         wheat and the hire of a Negro woman. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJames Davis\u003c/persname\u003ehas a note dated 1803 with the\n         Sheriff of \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eAmherst County\u003c/geogname\u003efor tax on four Negroes,\n         four horses, and five tithes. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eElizabeth Davis\u003c/persname\u003ehas a note dated 1816 for\n         tax on three Negroes and one horse. There is a note from\n         December 6, 1827 pertaining to a $5 bond for the hire of a\n         Negro man by \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJames Davis\u003c/persname\u003efrom \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJ. Wright\u003c/persname\u003efor \n         \u003cpersname\u003eLavinia Wright\u003c/persname\u003e. There is a 1840 note from\n         \u003cpersname\u003eCharles Davis\u003c/persname\u003eto the Sheriff of \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eAmherst\u003c/geogname\u003efor tax on six Negroes and six\n         horses.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLegal Papers\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThere are a number of court memoranda, 1768-1786, n.d.,\n         kept by \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Watts\u003c/persname\u003ein his capacity as a lawyer.\n         In a November 10, 1771 memo for the \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eBuckingham County\u003c/geogname\u003ecourt, there is an entry\n         for detinue for Negro woman named \n         \u003cpersname\u003eAgge\u003c/persname\u003e. From the memo for the April 1772\n         court at \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eLunenburg County\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n         \u003cpersname\u003eThomas Taylor\u003c/persname\u003eand his wife have a suit\n         against a Hurt for a Negro in \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eAmelia\u003c/geogname\u003e. There is also a list of debts\n         owed to Watts for the year 1794. Dating 1771 through 1782,\n         there are court dockets from \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eAmelia County\u003c/geogname\u003eand \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eLunenburg County\u003c/geogname\u003efrom 1771-1782. A number\n         of the entries have Watts as the litigant. There is a 1773 day\n         book with the signatures of William and \n         \u003cpersname\u003eEdward Watts\u003c/persname\u003e, which includes a record of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Watts\u003c/persname\u003e' court expenses. There are\n         also legal day books, 1772-1773, of Watts, with entries for \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eBuckingham County\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eAmelia\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eCumberland County\u003c/geogname\u003e, and \n         \u003cgeogname\u003ePrince Edward County\u003c/geogname\u003eas well as for \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eWilliamsburg, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e. There is another\n         1773 memorandum book of Watts with entries for \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eAmelia County\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eCumberland County\u003c/geogname\u003e, and \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eBuckingham County\u003c/geogname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe indentures date 1749-1788, n.d. From January 1, 1763,\n         there is an agreement between \n         \u003cpersname\u003eBenjamin Tambro\u003c/persname\u003eand \n         \u003cpersname\u003eAyres Hodnett\u003c/persname\u003eof \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eBuckingham\u003c/geogname\u003ein regard to the former's son, \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Tambro\u003c/persname\u003e, to be apprentice to the\n         latter for seven years. From March 28, 1774, there is an\n         indenture between Watts and \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Ford\u003c/persname\u003e. From September 17, 1768,\n         there is an agreement between \n         \u003cpersname\u003eAbraham West\u003c/persname\u003eand \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Blankenship\u003c/persname\u003eof \n         \u003cgeogname\u003ePrince Edward\u003c/geogname\u003e. On November 17, 1772,\n         there is an agreement between \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Lewallen\u003c/persname\u003eof \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eAmelia County\u003c/geogname\u003eand \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eJames and Robert Donalds and Company\u003c/corpname\u003e,\n         Merchants of \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eGlasgow\u003c/geogname\u003e. On September 15, 1778, there is\n         an agreement between \n         \u003cpersname\u003eDavid Wright\u003c/persname\u003eof \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eBotetourt\u003c/geogname\u003eand \n         \u003cpersname\u003eAlexander Paine\u003c/persname\u003eof the same concerning a\n         land dispute in the area where the \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eRoanoke River\u003c/geogname\u003eand \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eTinker Creek\u003c/geogname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe will, December 25, 1745, of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eThomas Patterson\u003c/persname\u003eof \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eAlbemarle County\u003c/geogname\u003e, names his slaves and\n         divides them among his children and wife, and requests that\n         his land in \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eGoochland County\u003c/geogname\u003ebe known as \n         \u003ccorpname\u003e\"Locust Thicket.\"\u003c/corpname\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eMargery Hinshaw\u003c/persname\u003econtested the will of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eSamuel Hinshaw\u003c/persname\u003edated March 1758 with \n         \u003cpersname\u003e[Cedw] Gibson\u003c/persname\u003eon July 10, 1765. Hinshaw\n         had divided his slaves between his still living wife, his\n         daughter \n         \u003cpersname\u003eElizabeth Hinshaw\u003c/persname\u003e, and the latter's\n         children. This situation involved a slave of Elizabeth. The\n         will of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eThomas Bottom\u003c/persname\u003eof \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eAmelia\u003c/geogname\u003edated May 10, 1760 divides his\n         slaves which are named between his three daughters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA folder of general legal papers date 1765-1903, n.d. The\n         inventory and appraisal, 1826, of the estate of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Eubank\u003c/persname\u003ementions prices for his\n         Negroes: £300 for a man named \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJacob\u003c/persname\u003e, £200 for a man named \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJoe\u003c/persname\u003e, £10 for a woman named \n         \u003cpersname\u003eHannah\u003c/persname\u003e, £20 for a girl named \n         \u003cpersname\u003eLolly\u003c/persname\u003e, and £0 for a girl named\n         \u003cpersname\u003eCaroline\u003c/persname\u003e. There is also a list of tickets\n         of ommission paid by \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Watts\u003c/persname\u003e, attorney. Among the legal\n         papers of \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eAmelia County\u003c/geogname\u003e, 1768 through 1789\n         including undated material, a document dated May 15, 1783\n         states that \n         \u003cpersname\u003eSarah Tinker\u003c/persname\u003eon December 6, 1781 gave her\n         son-in-law \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Tucker\u003c/persname\u003ean ailing Negro named \n         \u003cpersname\u003eNed\u003c/persname\u003euntil the latter gets well whereas he\n         will be returned to \n         \u003cpersname\u003eSarah Tucker\u003c/persname\u003e. In an undated document, \n         \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge Vaughn\u003c/persname\u003eyields up title/right of two\n         Negroes--named \n         \u003cpersname\u003eFrank\u003c/persname\u003eand \n         \u003cpersname\u003ePhoebe\u003c/persname\u003e--to son-in-law \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Norris\u003c/persname\u003e--formerly given to grandson \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Norris\u003c/persname\u003eby a deed dated October 2,\n         1796: \"said slaves will forever defend me from my heirs.\" The\n         son-in-law Norris will pay Vaughn or wife £10\n         annually for preformance of the aforesaid act. Among the \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eCampbell County\u003c/geogname\u003epapers, Justice \n         \u003cpersname\u003eAdam Clement\u003c/persname\u003esays that \n         \u003cpersname\u003eCharles Gilbert\u003c/persname\u003eof \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eCampbell\u003c/geogname\u003eon April 29, 1787 makes oath that\n         Negro slave \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJack\u003c/persname\u003e--property of Watts of \n         \u003cgeogname\u003ePrince Edward County\u003c/geogname\u003e--ran away and was\n         found 50 miles thence. Among the legal papers of \n         \u003cgeogname\u003ePrince Edward\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n         \u003cpersname\u003eEdward Watts\u003c/persname\u003esold to \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Watts\u003c/persname\u003eeight Negro slaves: \n         \u003cpersname\u003eTrue\u003c/persname\u003e, \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJames\u003c/persname\u003e, \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWinnie\u003c/persname\u003e, \n         \u003cpersname\u003ePeter\u003c/persname\u003e, \n         \u003cpersname\u003eSarah\u003c/persname\u003e, \n         \u003cpersname\u003eBetty\u003c/persname\u003e, \n         \u003cpersname\u003eRachel\u003c/persname\u003e, and \n         \u003cpersname\u003eDoc\u003c/persname\u003eon January 14, 1787. There is also a\n         account of Dr. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eM. John King\u003c/persname\u003ewith the sheriff of \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eLunenburg\u003c/geogname\u003ewhich has an entry dating 1769:\n         the former is in account with \n         \u003cpersname\u003e[John] Epps\u003c/persname\u003efor four lbs. of tobacco at\n         £0.5.1.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMiscellaneous\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAmong the Advertisements there is an advertisement dated\n         September 20, 1871 from the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eOmaha, Nebraska Lottery\u003c/corpname\u003efor the building\n         of a public library in the city. A broadside from \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eCox and Sons Church Furniture\u003c/corpname\u003eshows a\n         garish stained-glass window commemorating the late President \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJames Garfield\u003c/persname\u003e. There is an undated\n         letter to Mrs. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eFleming Saunders\u003c/persname\u003easking for a subscription\n         to the \n         \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eGraphic,\u003c/title\u003ea ladies society\n         magazine. There is an undated list of books from \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eGeorge Munro, Publishers\u003c/corpname\u003e. There is also a\n         broadside for \"The World's Christmas Hymn\"--an analogy of\n         English poetry pertaining to \n         \u003cpersname\u003eChrist\u003c/persname\u003e's birth dating from the medieval\n         period.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe church related papers include a letter, March 21, 1904,\n         from \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eVirginia Polytechnic Institute\u003c/corpname\u003eto the \n         \u003cfamname\u003eSaunders\u003c/famname\u003easking for aid for the building of\n         an Episcopal parsonage at the university. The letter\n         enunciates a fear of the danger of Episcopal boys being weaned\n         from their faith by the compulsory attendance at the services\n         of other sects due to the absence of a Episcopal parsonage.\n         There is also an Episcopal \"Church Kalendar,\" 1882-1883,\n         listing holy days with information on the faith, church\n         service, and background of the Anglican/Episcopalian\n         faith.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCivil War papers range from 1861 to 1864. During 1862-1864,\n         there are a number of furloughs issued to \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eConfederate\u003c/corpname\u003eenlisted men in \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eVirginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, each with a physical\n         description of the bearer, and addressed \"to all whom it may\n         concern.\" On August 10, 1862, there is a provision return for\n         a company of the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003e13th Regiment of Pennsylvania volunteers\u003c/corpname\u003e.\n         There are also a number of CSA \"special requisitions\", chiefly\n         ordering clothing, shoes, and blankets, most signed by Captain\n         \u003cpersname\u003eFleming Saunders\u003c/persname\u003e, assistant\n         quartermaster, of Company K, Virginia Regiment.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe educational papers range from 1848-1903, n.d. There is\n         a page from a 1848 French edition of the fables of La Fontaine\n         from the \"Academie de Norfolk.\" There is an \n         \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\"Educational Treatise on the Constitution\"\u003c/title\u003e,\n         September 6, 1877, by \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Randolph Tucker\u003c/persname\u003eof \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eVirginia\u003c/geogname\u003e. There is a 1892-1893 brochure\n         for the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eEdgeworth School\u003c/corpname\u003e, a church-related\n         boarding and day school for females. There is the fall term\n         1895 grade report from \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eVirginia Polytechnic Institute\u003c/corpname\u003e(formerly \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eVirginia Agriculture and Mechanical\n         College\u003c/corpname\u003e) for \n         \u003cpersname\u003eFleming Saunders, III\u003c/persname\u003e. There is a fall\n         term 1902 grade report from \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eHollins College\u003c/corpname\u003efor \n         \u003cpersname\u003eElsie Saunders\u003c/persname\u003e. There is another VPI\n         grade report, from February 1903, for \n         \u003cpersname\u003eCarter Temple Saunders\u003c/persname\u003e. There is a report\n         from \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eSt. Timothy's School\u003c/corpname\u003eof \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eCatonsville, Maryland\u003c/geogname\u003e. Another undated\n         piece is a \"rules for spelling\" sheet from a grammar book.\n         There are also undated fragments of Latin, French, and\n         algebra.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThere are lectures, essays, and poems, 1794, 1818, 1843,\n         and n.d., including a scrap of a lecture dated September 6,\n         1794 from \n         \u003cpersname\u003eEdward Watts\u003c/persname\u003e; another lecture on motive\n         dated September 16, 1794; and, a series of oral essays from\n         1843.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMiscellaneous material, 1887-1892, includes a note of the\n         marriage of Capt. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eFleming Saunders\u003c/persname\u003eto \n         \u003cpersname\u003eMary Gwathmey\u003c/persname\u003eon July 30.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe obituaries include a reprint of the 1858 obituary of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eFleming Saunders, Sr\u003c/persname\u003e, a reprint of the\n         1867 obituary of Fleming, Sr.'s wife-- \n         \u003cpersname\u003eAlice Fleming\u003c/persname\u003e--and the 1904 obituary of \n         \u003cpersname\u003ePeter Saunders\u003c/persname\u003e. The obituaries of\n         Fleming, Sr. and Alice are panegyrics. The first two were\n         transcribed by \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Blair Dabney\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe photographs include an unidentified photograph of a\n         young member of the \n         \u003cfamname\u003eSaunders family\u003c/famname\u003eand undated photo cards of\n         liturgical furniture.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBound Volumes\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe Day Books include a day book from \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eMaple Creek Mills\u003c/corpname\u003edating from 1842. There\n         is a 1867 day book with one page filled, made of a cut\n         agricultural crop ledger. There is also in the book a pasted\n         in notice from the Adjuctant Inspector's Office in \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eRichmond\u003c/geogname\u003e, July 29, 1863. Dating January\n         18, 1872 is a subscription book for the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eLee Monumental Association\u003c/corpname\u003e. Also present\n         is a $1 donation from \n         \u003cpersname\u003eAlex Berkeley\u003c/persname\u003eof \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eYellow Branch, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e. There are also\n         farm journals dating 1855 through 1860.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA card game, 1846, called \"The Game of Kings made Easy\"\n         which is based on the kings of \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eEngland\u003c/geogname\u003ewho reigned down to its date, is\n         also present. The card for Henry V is missing. Many of the\n         cards contain information of the kings of an antiquarian\n         nature.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe Memorandum books, 1873-1874 and 1881-1894, owned by \n         \u003cpersname\u003eFleming Saunders\u003c/persname\u003e, includes employees,\n         supplies, and construction information in the first volume.\n         The latter has a note at its end which mentions survey\n         data.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eOtter River Township\u003c/corpname\u003eRecord Book dates\n         from 1870-1874. There are references to road building. An\n         entry for June 16, 1871 notes the ordering of \"tickets\" for\n         road tax and township levy. Also included are lists of\n         expenses for board members with lists of expenses for\n         materials bought. One entry notes that \n         \u003cpersname\u003eB. H. Anthony\u003c/persname\u003e, overseer of the poor,\n         sends three paupers--one white woman and two black woman--to\n         the poor house. Expenses for the poor house are noted. At 1874\n         and 1875 meetings, \n         \u003cpersname\u003eFleming Saunders\u003c/persname\u003eis mentioned as road\n         overseer in certain districts.\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content"],"scopecontent_tesim":["This collection, 1745-1910, n.d., of ca. 2100 items,\n         consists of correspondence, business and legal papers,\n         miscellaneous, and bound volumes, pertaining to the \n          Davis Family , \n          Saunders Family , and \n          Watts Family . Large portions of the\n         correspondence belong to \n          William Watts and \n          Fleming Saunders . Included with the\n         correspondence is a letterbook, 1873-1880, of \n          Frank Prufer . The business papers include\n         accounts, bonds, correspondence, and notes and receipts,\n         chiefly pertaining to \n          William Watts and \n          Fleming Saunders , but also various\n         members of these families. The legal papers include court\n         dockets and memoranda of \n          William Watts , documents, and wills.\n         There are various legal papers of \n          William Watts pertaining to \n          Virginia counties including \n          Amelia County , \n          Amherst County , \n          Buckingham County , \n          Campbell County , \n          Cumberland County , \n          Prince Edward County . The miscellaneous\n         material includes advertisements, educational papers,\n         photographs, printed, religious papers, and fragments. The\n         bound volumes include day books, a blacksmith book, a farm\n         journal, memorandum books, and a township record. Folders are\n         arranged alphabetically within each series, with material\n         inside arranged chronologically.","Correspondence","From the correspondence of the \n          Davis Family , \n          Saunders Family , and related families,\n         1800-1856, there is a letter addressed to \"Sully,\" December\n         30, 1800, from \n          Louisa County , which advises the\n         recipient, who had asked for religious instruction, to seek\n         the \n          Kingdom of God . A letter dated April 2,\n         1812 from \n          James Rayland to his sister mentions that\n         his cousin is strapped for cash, and asks if the recipient can\n         help him. A rather unusual letter, dating July 24, 1836, from \n          Mount Pleasant , indicates that \"Mary\n         thinks a little Brandy would be of service to her,\" and\n         requests that some be sent to her. A letter written to Captain\n         Davis on January 9, 1844, mentions that \n          Pleasant Milkhill needs brandy, and asks\n         that it be sent with \n          David (probably a slave) for there is none\n         at \n          Bethel . A letter dating November 6, 1856\n         at \n          Bleak Hills makes a reference to \"Roanoke\"\n         [Roanoke County, or \n          John Randolph 's estate \"Roanoke\"?].","From their correspondence dating 1862-1904, there is a\n         letter to \n          Sam Tyree , Esq, July 17, 1870 from [his]\n         student: \n          [Sam L. Preston?] complaining that he can\n         not attend sunday school because of prostration. There is also\n         a letter dated April 8, 1901 from \n          Trinity and Ivy Chapel in \n          Boonsboro, Bedford County to a Mr.\n         Randolph inviting him to preach there every other Sunday.\n         There is also an undated fragment referring to a comet the\n         size of a full moon and a meteor shower which \"will be a sight\n         to see.\"","Among the families' undated correspondence, is a letter\n         dated November 17 to \n          \"Carter\" [Saunders?] , by a female who\n         mentions [her] children's Latin lessons. There is another\n         letter to a Miss Kerr which mentions a recipe for Tongue a la\n         Mode. There is also a letter, dated October 23, [1805?], from\n         a \n          Sam K. Jenny , probably a doctor of\n         medicine, which mentions that \n          William Green attended a man named\n         Barnhart to \n          Bedford so Jenny could prescribe to his\n         case and that he \"forbad the case of ardent spirits.\"","From the correspondence of \n          Eva (Smith) Saunders , dated 1868-1894,\n         there is a letter, February 24, 1889, from \n          The Grove which mentions that while Eva\n         passed her exams--her brother \n          Fleming Saunders III did not. A letter,\n         August 2, 1892, to \n          Eva Saunders from \n          M. Natalie Manson , at \n          Wintore , speaks of school and Latin.\n         There is an interesting letter, December 10, 1893, from \n          Florence, Italy to Eva, mentioning that\n         there is no silver in \n          Italy for the English and French are\n         buying it up, that \"Coppers are such a bother, and so heavy to\n         carry,\" seeing the works of \n          Donato and \n          Brunelleschi and the \n          Medici Chapel , and the \n          \"Brothers of Pity\" who wear black robes\n         and carry a corpse which \"made my blood turn cold.\" There is a\n         letter, January 13, 1894, to Eva, which mentions sending a\n         book to \n          May Begg , \"a literary courtship under the\n         auspices of \n          Pike's Peak . \" \n          Fleming Saunders III at \n          Randolph-Macon Academy in \n          Bedford writes to Eva on May 15, 1894,\n         saying he tried to get a tennis tournament for field day, and\n         congratulates Eva on her chicken raising and hopes his are\n         doing better.","Among the \n          Eva Saunders undated correspondence, there\n         is a fragment which notes that Miss Begg sent to its writer a\n         little book called \"The greatest thing in the World.\" A letter\n         dated November 26 to Eva contains drawings of women's blouses\n         and concerns her ordered blouses.","From the correspondence of \n          Fleming Saunders and \n          Mary (Gwathmey) Saunders , 1858-1879, a\n         letter dated September 5, 1871, from \n          Peter Saunders, Jr. , \n          Bleak Hill , says that his tobacco crop\n         has suffered. Another letter, April 17, 1874, from \n          Jeanie Edmond , \n          Hudson Lodge , makes a reference to the \n          Jubilee Singers traveling to raise money\n         for a \"slave college somewhere in the Northern States\"; to\n         acquaintances visiting \n          England , mentioning a \"public worship\n         bill\" in \n          Parliament , and one acquaintance having\n         an appointment with the Bishop of \n          Melbourne ; and to visiting \n          Australia . In a postcard dated August 21,\n         1879, \n          W. A. Alrich asks \n          Fleming Saunders ' opinion as to the next\n         \"services\" in \"regular course,\" and saying that it best not to\n         alter rotation as \"last service was omitted.\" He also mentions\n         that Mrs. \n          C[harles] Dabney has a fine little\n         daughter.","In the Fleming and Mary Saunders correspondence, 1880-1892,\n         there is a letter dated March 3, 1880 from M. Caden to\n         Saunders stating that he can not board a minister, but will\n         give the same salary as before. \n          Peter Saunders writes from \n          Bleak Hill on January 19, 1881 saying that\n         he has no specific desire to be a director on the \n          Virgina Midland [Rail] Road , and does not\n         think he could get the appointment anyway; he is still a\n         director on the \n          Franklin and Pittsylvania Railroad\n         Company , and fears a possible conflict of interest.\n          W. A. Alrich writes from \n          Emanuel Rectory , \n          Chatham, Virginia , on February 16, 1882,\n         saying he is glad that the \n          Saunders ' keep up the old St. Valentine's\n         Day tradition, by sending so practical a token of affection. \n          Ellen Boulder , a school teacher, writes\n         to \n          Mary Saunders from \n          Drake's Branch on March 18, 1889,\n         mentioning a five month school term ending on March 1st and a\n         June 23 to July 23 summer session. \n          [Peter Saunders] , \n          Bleak Hill , writes \n          Fleming Saunders , on October 26, 1891\n         mentioning Republican elements in the \"alliance\" [farmers'\n         alliance such as the \n          Grange ?].","In the Fleming and Mary Saunders correspondence, 1893-1900,\n          Fleming Saunders III writes to his parents\n         from \n          Randolph-Macon Academy in \n          Bedford on March 14, 1893, saying that he\n         is in the Baptist Church in the morning and the Methodist in\n         the afternoon, and tells of boys who spend more time with the\n         girls than studying. \n          James F. Plummer writes to Captain\n         Saunders on March 29, 1893, [from a theological seminary?],\n         saying that exams are beginning, and implying that knowledge\n         of Hebrew and Apologetics will be next among those things\n         tested. \n          Peter Saunders writes to Fleming from \n          Bleak Hill , on March 30, 1894, mentioning\n         the Bland Bill and the fear that its veto would cause discord\n         in the \n          Democratic Party , and discussing briefly\n         possible effects on the present financial situation.","In the Fleming and Mary Saunders correspondence, 1901-1910,\n         there is a letter, July 19, 1901, from \n          Edward Watts Saunders , while serving in\n         the \n          Virginia House of Delegates . \n          William W. Old writes to Fleming on\n         February 2, 1903 about a land sale and his agreement to sell\n         the land as a whole parcel to two black men, and suggesting a\n         method of finalizing the transaction. \n          E. W. Saunders writes to Fleming on\n         January 21, 1904 mentioning an inquiry about his land near\n         \"Vic. Muse.\" A letter, [March 1904], from \n          Alice [Saunders] at \n          Hollins, Virginia , to her aunt Saunders\n         refers to the Roman poet \n          Virgil . She writes to her mother on March\n         12, 1904 mentioning that John [ ] had failed in \n          Caesar and that he had been in the second\n         book of \n          Virgil .","In the undated Fleming and Mary Saunders correspondence, \n          D. Saunders writes to his mother from \n          Randolph-Macon Academy on February 10,\n         saying that he is learning German and is plagued by poor\n         spelling, and that the boys dance every night and were\n         previously boxing.","In the correspondence of \n          William Watts , 1754-1784, there is a\n         letter dated June 27, 1771 which summons Watts to the \n          General Assembly in \n          Williamsburg . \n          Samuel Dilworth writes on June 2, 1783\n         from \n          Blanford mentioning the problem of\n         collecting debts owed to the British. \n          Thomas Baldwin, Jr. writes on December 22,\n         1784 concerning the purchase of \"the Negro Fellow\" for\n         $18.","In the Watts correspondence, 1785-1789, a letter, December\n         16, 1785, from \n          William Roach informs Watts that while \n          Peter Kern is employing Watts in a matter\n         between Kern and Roach, Watts is to plead for Roach in all\n         matters, suggesting a conflict of interest. \n          Arthur Campbell , a candidate for the\n         senate from the Western Distict, writes, on March 24, 1788,\n         asking for Watts' support. \n          Edward Graham of \n          Bedford , writes on December 20, 1792,\n         mentioning that he saw the Watts' son reading \n          Horace and sending the boy a copy of \n          Cicero which would supply \"the means of\n         raising him as high in eminence as you could reasonably wish,\"\n         and adding that the boy will need to learn Greek as he will\n         soon be studying science.","In the Watts correspondence, 1793-1794, \n          Duncan Rose writes from \n          Petersburg , on July 8, 1794, stating that\n          Buchanan's Hartie and Company has been\n         doing business in \n          Great Britain and is waiting for a\n         successor to Hartie to be appointed before certain books could\n         be examined by Rose. Another letter pertains to relations with\n          France and \n          Britain at this time: \n          George Hancock writes to Watts in 1794\n         mentioning the rearing of a navy \"to repel the insult to our\n         ploy,\" referring to commerce restriction [on American goods]\n         by a nation which does not have a commerce treaty with the\n         U.S., and referring to Mr. \n          [James] Madison 's arguments whereas he\n         conducted himself in a manner worthy of himself. \n          Creed Taylor writes on May 11, 1795,\n         concerning some bonds. \n          William Vannerson writes, on October 30,\n         1795, from \n          Petersburg mentioning a British war sloop\n         in \n          Norfolk, Virginia and the order for\n         carrying American bottoms bound for \n          France into British ports with invoice\n         being revoked, revealing that some say that this retaliation\n         has been brought about by Americans invoicing their flour at\n         $27 per barrel.","In Watts' correspondence with \n          Edward Randolph , 1796-1797, Randolph\n         writes from \n          Richmond on February 21 and March 13, 1796\n         on the subject of British creditors. In Watts' correspondence\n         with \n          Thomas F. Scott , 1792-1798, Scott writes\n         on January 4, 1796 and December 18, 1798 on the subject of\n         British debts. In the correspondence of \n          William Watts with \n          John Watts , 1784-1800, John writes to\n         William in April 1784 from \n          Lincoln County, Virginia (now \n          Kentucky ), concerning apprehension about\n         a possible Indian war in the \n          Northwest Territories . John says that\n         while the lands in \n          Kentucky are good, the inconveniences are\n         many, and that the doomsayers will probably prevent the\n         surveying of lands on the northwest side of the Ohio.","Business Papers","There are general accounts, 1751-1899, n.d. An account,\n         beginning November 16, 1762, with \n          George Kippen \u0026 Co. at their store in \n          Goochland, Virginia , lists \n          John Gilliam as having ordered a dozen\n         flints, 3/4 yard of bearskin, and a dozen pipes. There is a\n         list, April 20, 1763, pertaining to the estate of \n          A. Watts , on which is listed a\n         £0.2.0 debt to \n          Mary Petillo , the only woman on the list,\n         and a £2.4.9 debt to Sir \n          William Skipwith . The account of \n          Thomas East with \n          Archelaus Austin from November 15, 1771,\n         consists of beer, wine, grog, and a gallon of corn, with one\n         entry \"to saging one night\" perhaps pertaining to the making\n         of moonshine. An account, beginning January 20, 1775, of N[ ]\n         Vaughn with \n          Edward Watts lists various quantities of\n         rum, molasses, and sugar. There are several accounts,\n         1779-1794, of the estate of \n          Nathaniel Davis , including an entry for\n         1784 for three yards of woollen for a Negro jacket, and May 9,\n         1784 for half of hire of \n          Jacob . There is a section, \"Accts\n         Overlooked,\" from 1784, which refers to tobacco being a share\n         and half share for \n          Jacob , and another for dinner at the\n         courthouse when on business. There is an account of \n          James Davis with \n          Daniel Warwick , dating 1799-1803, with\n         references to a variety of items including coffee, sewing\n         materials, dinner ware, alcohol, and accessories. Mrs. \n          Elizabeth Davis ' account beginning May\n         31, 1807, has an entries for coffee, condiments, and sewing\n         material. An account, March 26, 1810, of Capt. \n          James Davis with \n          Rowland P. Banks lists \"163 days tuition\n         at $8 p. ann. $5 cts 1 1/2.\" The account, beginning August 14,\n         1826, of Capt. \n          James Davis with \n          Thomas Pleasants , has lists orders for\n         cheese, mackerel, cotton, and whiskey. On October 31, 1832,\n         Judge Saunders, of \n          Lynchburg, Virginia , orders castor oil,\n         ointment, and a syringe. Accounts which mention tea are rare\n         but there is an undated fragment of Mr. \n          James Davis which contains an entry for\n         imperial tea. There is an undated \"memorandum of brandy\" taken\n         from Mrs. Eubank.","The accounts of \n          Williams Watts span 1752-1797. There is\n         also a hotel account with \n          Charles Williamson with entries dating\n         1763, 1773, and 1774. There are accounts for the boarding,\n         clothing, and feeding of Negro boys with Mrs. \n          Betty Tucker and \n          Betty Kirkland , both beginning September\n         10, 1767, and Capt. \n          Joseph Tucker , 1767-1769. Watts has\n         accounts, 1768, with \n          John Brittan for a waistcoat, shoes,\n         stockings, and a hat. There is a 1769 account for various\n         building supplies. Watts also has an account, beginning April\n         20, 1771, with \n          Miller Woodson with an entry of May 16,\n         1772 listing a \n          Patrick Henry . There is a document which\n         contains information on the estate of \n          William Randolph . There is another\n         lodging account, July 26, 1773 through December 3, 1776, of\n         Watts with \n          Charles Williams . There is an account\n         beginning March 9, 1778, with \n          William Kirkland which includes listings\n         for tuition and educational books. A January 10, 1780 account\n         with \n          Frederick Nance mentions a violin and a\n         set of strings. There is an account, beginning December 21,\n         1787, with \n          Robert Wilson ordering Hyson Tea, coffee,\n         and a bottle of snuff. From a 1791 account of \n          Edward McDonald with \n          William Watts , there is the note of the\n         hire of a Negro. From a 1792 account of \n          Charles Smith , there is a note for the\n         finding of a Negro woman and for the inspecting of tobacco.\n         There are two medical bills, one with \n          George Martin , beginning January 14,\n         1794, and one with Doctor \n          Graham , beginning November 3, 1795. In\n         October 1797, Watts had an account with \n          George Quille for the hire of a Negro.\n         There is an undated account of \n          W. Walter Spence with Watts for the hire\n         of a Negro for eight months.","Promissory notes and receipts range from 1754-1905, n.d.\n         There are several items concerned with the estate of \n          John Fleming and include an entry for\n         February 1764 for a Negro bought for $10. Between \n          George Martin and Watts there is an\n         agreement, October 3, 1794, mentioning the purchase of red\n         wheat and the hire of a Negro woman. \n          James Davis has a note dated 1803 with the\n         Sheriff of \n          Amherst County for tax on four Negroes,\n         four horses, and five tithes. \n          Elizabeth Davis has a note dated 1816 for\n         tax on three Negroes and one horse. There is a note from\n         December 6, 1827 pertaining to a $5 bond for the hire of a\n         Negro man by \n          James Davis from \n          J. Wright for \n          Lavinia Wright . There is a 1840 note from\n          Charles Davis to the Sheriff of \n          Amherst for tax on six Negroes and six\n         horses.","Legal Papers","There are a number of court memoranda, 1768-1786, n.d.,\n         kept by \n          William Watts in his capacity as a lawyer.\n         In a November 10, 1771 memo for the \n          Buckingham County court, there is an entry\n         for detinue for Negro woman named \n          Agge . From the memo for the April 1772\n         court at \n          Lunenburg County , \n          Thomas Taylor and his wife have a suit\n         against a Hurt for a Negro in \n          Amelia . There is also a list of debts\n         owed to Watts for the year 1794. Dating 1771 through 1782,\n         there are court dockets from \n          Amelia County and \n          Lunenburg County from 1771-1782. A number\n         of the entries have Watts as the litigant. There is a 1773 day\n         book with the signatures of William and \n          Edward Watts , which includes a record of \n          William Watts ' court expenses. There are\n         also legal day books, 1772-1773, of Watts, with entries for \n          Buckingham County , \n          Amelia , \n          Cumberland County , and \n          Prince Edward County as well as for \n          Williamsburg, Virginia . There is another\n         1773 memorandum book of Watts with entries for \n          Amelia County , \n          Cumberland County , and \n          Buckingham County .","The indentures date 1749-1788, n.d. From January 1, 1763,\n         there is an agreement between \n          Benjamin Tambro and \n          Ayres Hodnett of \n          Buckingham in regard to the former's son, \n          John Tambro , to be apprentice to the\n         latter for seven years. From March 28, 1774, there is an\n         indenture between Watts and \n          William Ford . From September 17, 1768,\n         there is an agreement between \n          Abraham West and \n          John Blankenship of \n          Prince Edward . On November 17, 1772,\n         there is an agreement between \n          John Lewallen of \n          Amelia County and \n          James and Robert Donalds and Company ,\n         Merchants of \n          Glasgow . On September 15, 1778, there is\n         an agreement between \n          David Wright of \n          Botetourt and \n          Alexander Paine of the same concerning a\n         land dispute in the area where the \n          Roanoke River and \n          Tinker Creek .","The will, December 25, 1745, of \n          Thomas Patterson of \n          Albemarle County , names his slaves and\n         divides them among his children and wife, and requests that\n         his land in \n          Goochland County be known as \n          \"Locust Thicket.\" Margery Hinshaw contested the will of \n          Samuel Hinshaw dated March 1758 with \n          [Cedw] Gibson on July 10, 1765. Hinshaw\n         had divided his slaves between his still living wife, his\n         daughter \n          Elizabeth Hinshaw , and the latter's\n         children. This situation involved a slave of Elizabeth. The\n         will of \n          Thomas Bottom of \n          Amelia dated May 10, 1760 divides his\n         slaves which are named between his three daughters.","A folder of general legal papers date 1765-1903, n.d. The\n         inventory and appraisal, 1826, of the estate of \n          John Eubank mentions prices for his\n         Negroes: £300 for a man named \n          Jacob , £200 for a man named \n          Joe , £10 for a woman named \n          Hannah , £20 for a girl named \n          Lolly , and £0 for a girl named\n          Caroline . There is also a list of tickets\n         of ommission paid by \n          William Watts , attorney. Among the legal\n         papers of \n          Amelia County , 1768 through 1789\n         including undated material, a document dated May 15, 1783\n         states that \n          Sarah Tinker on December 6, 1781 gave her\n         son-in-law \n          John Tucker an ailing Negro named \n          Ned until the latter gets well whereas he\n         will be returned to \n          Sarah Tucker . In an undated document, \n          George Vaughn yields up title/right of two\n         Negroes--named \n          Frank and \n          Phoebe --to son-in-law \n          John Norris --formerly given to grandson \n          John Norris by a deed dated October 2,\n         1796: \"said slaves will forever defend me from my heirs.\" The\n         son-in-law Norris will pay Vaughn or wife £10\n         annually for preformance of the aforesaid act. Among the \n          Campbell County papers, Justice \n          Adam Clement says that \n          Charles Gilbert of \n          Campbell on April 29, 1787 makes oath that\n         Negro slave \n          Jack --property of Watts of \n          Prince Edward County --ran away and was\n         found 50 miles thence. Among the legal papers of \n          Prince Edward , \n          Edward Watts sold to \n          William Watts eight Negro slaves: \n          True , \n          James , \n          Winnie , \n          Peter , \n          Sarah , \n          Betty , \n          Rachel , and \n          Doc on January 14, 1787. There is also a\n         account of Dr. \n          M. John King with the sheriff of \n          Lunenburg which has an entry dating 1769:\n         the former is in account with \n          [John] Epps for four lbs. of tobacco at\n         £0.5.1.","Miscellaneous","Among the Advertisements there is an advertisement dated\n         September 20, 1871 from the \n          Omaha, Nebraska Lottery for the building\n         of a public library in the city. A broadside from \n          Cox and Sons Church Furniture shows a\n         garish stained-glass window commemorating the late President \n          James Garfield . There is an undated\n         letter to Mrs. \n          Fleming Saunders asking for a subscription\n         to the \n          Graphic, a ladies society\n         magazine. There is an undated list of books from \n          George Munro, Publishers . There is also a\n         broadside for \"The World's Christmas Hymn\"--an analogy of\n         English poetry pertaining to \n          Christ 's birth dating from the medieval\n         period.","The church related papers include a letter, March 21, 1904,\n         from \n          Virginia Polytechnic Institute to the \n          Saunders asking for aid for the building of\n         an Episcopal parsonage at the university. The letter\n         enunciates a fear of the danger of Episcopal boys being weaned\n         from their faith by the compulsory attendance at the services\n         of other sects due to the absence of a Episcopal parsonage.\n         There is also an Episcopal \"Church Kalendar,\" 1882-1883,\n         listing holy days with information on the faith, church\n         service, and background of the Anglican/Episcopalian\n         faith.","Civil War papers range from 1861 to 1864. During 1862-1864,\n         there are a number of furloughs issued to \n          Confederate enlisted men in \n          Virginia , each with a physical\n         description of the bearer, and addressed \"to all whom it may\n         concern.\" On August 10, 1862, there is a provision return for\n         a company of the \n          13th Regiment of Pennsylvania volunteers .\n         There are also a number of CSA \"special requisitions\", chiefly\n         ordering clothing, shoes, and blankets, most signed by Captain\n          Fleming Saunders , assistant\n         quartermaster, of Company K, Virginia Regiment.","The educational papers range from 1848-1903, n.d. There is\n         a page from a 1848 French edition of the fables of La Fontaine\n         from the \"Academie de Norfolk.\" There is an \n          \"Educational Treatise on the Constitution\" ,\n         September 6, 1877, by \n          John Randolph Tucker of \n          Virginia . There is a 1892-1893 brochure\n         for the \n          Edgeworth School , a church-related\n         boarding and day school for females. There is the fall term\n         1895 grade report from \n          Virginia Polytechnic Institute (formerly \n          Virginia Agriculture and Mechanical\n         College ) for \n          Fleming Saunders, III . There is a fall\n         term 1902 grade report from \n          Hollins College for \n          Elsie Saunders . There is another VPI\n         grade report, from February 1903, for \n          Carter Temple Saunders . There is a report\n         from \n          St. Timothy's School of \n          Catonsville, Maryland . Another undated\n         piece is a \"rules for spelling\" sheet from a grammar book.\n         There are also undated fragments of Latin, French, and\n         algebra.","There are lectures, essays, and poems, 1794, 1818, 1843,\n         and n.d., including a scrap of a lecture dated September 6,\n         1794 from \n          Edward Watts ; another lecture on motive\n         dated September 16, 1794; and, a series of oral essays from\n         1843.","Miscellaneous material, 1887-1892, includes a note of the\n         marriage of Capt. \n          Fleming Saunders to \n          Mary Gwathmey on July 30.","The obituaries include a reprint of the 1858 obituary of \n          Fleming Saunders, Sr , a reprint of the\n         1867 obituary of Fleming, Sr.'s wife-- \n          Alice Fleming --and the 1904 obituary of \n          Peter Saunders . The obituaries of\n         Fleming, Sr. and Alice are panegyrics. The first two were\n         transcribed by \n          John Blair Dabney .","The photographs include an unidentified photograph of a\n         young member of the \n          Saunders family and undated photo cards of\n         liturgical furniture.","Bound Volumes","The Day Books include a day book from \n          Maple Creek Mills dating from 1842. There\n         is a 1867 day book with one page filled, made of a cut\n         agricultural crop ledger. There is also in the book a pasted\n         in notice from the Adjuctant Inspector's Office in \n          Richmond , July 29, 1863. Dating January\n         18, 1872 is a subscription book for the \n          Lee Monumental Association . Also present\n         is a $1 donation from \n          Alex Berkeley of \n          Yellow Branch, Virginia . There are also\n         farm journals dating 1855 through 1860.","A card game, 1846, called \"The Game of Kings made Easy\"\n         which is based on the kings of \n          England who reigned down to its date, is\n         also present. The card for Henry V is missing. Many of the\n         cards contain information of the kings of an antiquarian\n         nature.","The Memorandum books, 1873-1874 and 1881-1894, owned by \n          Fleming Saunders , includes employees,\n         supplies, and construction information in the first volume.\n         The latter has a note at its end which mentions survey\n         data.","The \n          Otter River Township Record Book dates\n         from 1870-1874. There are references to road building. An\n         entry for June 16, 1871 notes the ordering of \"tickets\" for\n         road tax and township levy. Also included are lists of\n         expenses for board members with lists of expenses for\n         materials bought. One entry notes that \n          B. H. Anthony , overseer of the poor,\n         sends three paupers--one white woman and two black woman--to\n         the poor house. Expenses for the poor house are noted. At 1874\n         and 1875 meetings, \n          Fleming Saunders is mentioned as road\n         overseer in certain districts."],"names_ssim":["University of Virginia. Library. 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Large portions of the\n         correspondence belong to \n          William Watts and \n          Fleming Saunders . Included with the\n         correspondence is a letterbook, 1873-1880, of \n          Frank Prufer . The business papers include\n         accounts, bonds, correspondence, and notes and receipts,\n         chiefly pertaining to \n          William Watts and \n          Fleming Saunders , but also various\n         members of these families. The legal papers include court\n         dockets and memoranda of \n          William Watts , documents, and wills.\n         There are various legal papers of \n          William Watts pertaining to \n          Virginia counties including \n          Amelia County , \n          Amherst County , \n          Buckingham County , \n          Campbell County , \n          Cumberland County , \n          Prince Edward County . The miscellaneous\n         material includes advertisements, educational papers,\n         photographs, printed, religious papers, and fragments. The\n         bound volumes include day books, a blacksmith book, a farm\n         journal, memorandum books, and a township record. Folders are\n         arranged alphabetically within each series, with material\n         inside arranged chronologically.","Correspondence","From the correspondence of the \n          Davis Family , \n          Saunders Family , and related families,\n         1800-1856, there is a letter addressed to \"Sully,\" December\n         30, 1800, from \n          Louisa County , which advises the\n         recipient, who had asked for religious instruction, to seek\n         the \n          Kingdom of God . A letter dated April 2,\n         1812 from \n          James Rayland to his sister mentions that\n         his cousin is strapped for cash, and asks if the recipient can\n         help him. A rather unusual letter, dating July 24, 1836, from \n          Mount Pleasant , indicates that \"Mary\n         thinks a little Brandy would be of service to her,\" and\n         requests that some be sent to her. A letter written to Captain\n         Davis on January 9, 1844, mentions that \n          Pleasant Milkhill needs brandy, and asks\n         that it be sent with \n          David (probably a slave) for there is none\n         at \n          Bethel . A letter dating November 6, 1856\n         at \n          Bleak Hills makes a reference to \"Roanoke\"\n         [Roanoke County, or \n          John Randolph 's estate \"Roanoke\"?].","From their correspondence dating 1862-1904, there is a\n         letter to \n          Sam Tyree , Esq, July 17, 1870 from [his]\n         student: \n          [Sam L. Preston?] complaining that he can\n         not attend sunday school because of prostration. There is also\n         a letter dated April 8, 1901 from \n          Trinity and Ivy Chapel in \n          Boonsboro, Bedford County to a Mr.\n         Randolph inviting him to preach there every other Sunday.\n         There is also an undated fragment referring to a comet the\n         size of a full moon and a meteor shower which \"will be a sight\n         to see.\"","Among the families' undated correspondence, is a letter\n         dated November 17 to \n          \"Carter\" [Saunders?] , by a female who\n         mentions [her] children's Latin lessons. There is another\n         letter to a Miss Kerr which mentions a recipe for Tongue a la\n         Mode. There is also a letter, dated October 23, [1805?], from\n         a \n          Sam K. Jenny , probably a doctor of\n         medicine, which mentions that \n          William Green attended a man named\n         Barnhart to \n          Bedford so Jenny could prescribe to his\n         case and that he \"forbad the case of ardent spirits.\"","From the correspondence of \n          Eva (Smith) Saunders , dated 1868-1894,\n         there is a letter, February 24, 1889, from \n          The Grove which mentions that while Eva\n         passed her exams--her brother \n          Fleming Saunders III did not. A letter,\n         August 2, 1892, to \n          Eva Saunders from \n          M. Natalie Manson , at \n          Wintore , speaks of school and Latin.\n         There is an interesting letter, December 10, 1893, from \n          Florence, Italy to Eva, mentioning that\n         there is no silver in \n          Italy for the English and French are\n         buying it up, that \"Coppers are such a bother, and so heavy to\n         carry,\" seeing the works of \n          Donato and \n          Brunelleschi and the \n          Medici Chapel , and the \n          \"Brothers of Pity\" who wear black robes\n         and carry a corpse which \"made my blood turn cold.\" There is a\n         letter, January 13, 1894, to Eva, which mentions sending a\n         book to \n          May Begg , \"a literary courtship under the\n         auspices of \n          Pike's Peak . \" \n          Fleming Saunders III at \n          Randolph-Macon Academy in \n          Bedford writes to Eva on May 15, 1894,\n         saying he tried to get a tennis tournament for field day, and\n         congratulates Eva on her chicken raising and hopes his are\n         doing better.","Among the \n          Eva Saunders undated correspondence, there\n         is a fragment which notes that Miss Begg sent to its writer a\n         little book called \"The greatest thing in the World.\" A letter\n         dated November 26 to Eva contains drawings of women's blouses\n         and concerns her ordered blouses.","From the correspondence of \n          Fleming Saunders and \n          Mary (Gwathmey) Saunders , 1858-1879, a\n         letter dated September 5, 1871, from \n          Peter Saunders, Jr. , \n          Bleak Hill , says that his tobacco crop\n         has suffered. Another letter, April 17, 1874, from \n          Jeanie Edmond , \n          Hudson Lodge , makes a reference to the \n          Jubilee Singers traveling to raise money\n         for a \"slave college somewhere in the Northern States\"; to\n         acquaintances visiting \n          England , mentioning a \"public worship\n         bill\" in \n          Parliament , and one acquaintance having\n         an appointment with the Bishop of \n          Melbourne ; and to visiting \n          Australia . In a postcard dated August 21,\n         1879, \n          W. A. Alrich asks \n          Fleming Saunders ' opinion as to the next\n         \"services\" in \"regular course,\" and saying that it best not to\n         alter rotation as \"last service was omitted.\" He also mentions\n         that Mrs. \n          C[harles] Dabney has a fine little\n         daughter.","In the Fleming and Mary Saunders correspondence, 1880-1892,\n         there is a letter dated March 3, 1880 from M. Caden to\n         Saunders stating that he can not board a minister, but will\n         give the same salary as before. \n          Peter Saunders writes from \n          Bleak Hill on January 19, 1881 saying that\n         he has no specific desire to be a director on the \n          Virgina Midland [Rail] Road , and does not\n         think he could get the appointment anyway; he is still a\n         director on the \n          Franklin and Pittsylvania Railroad\n         Company , and fears a possible conflict of interest.\n          W. A. Alrich writes from \n          Emanuel Rectory , \n          Chatham, Virginia , on February 16, 1882,\n         saying he is glad that the \n          Saunders ' keep up the old St. Valentine's\n         Day tradition, by sending so practical a token of affection. \n          Ellen Boulder , a school teacher, writes\n         to \n          Mary Saunders from \n          Drake's Branch on March 18, 1889,\n         mentioning a five month school term ending on March 1st and a\n         June 23 to July 23 summer session. \n          [Peter Saunders] , \n          Bleak Hill , writes \n          Fleming Saunders , on October 26, 1891\n         mentioning Republican elements in the \"alliance\" [farmers'\n         alliance such as the \n          Grange ?].","In the Fleming and Mary Saunders correspondence, 1893-1900,\n          Fleming Saunders III writes to his parents\n         from \n          Randolph-Macon Academy in \n          Bedford on March 14, 1893, saying that he\n         is in the Baptist Church in the morning and the Methodist in\n         the afternoon, and tells of boys who spend more time with the\n         girls than studying. \n          James F. Plummer writes to Captain\n         Saunders on March 29, 1893, [from a theological seminary?],\n         saying that exams are beginning, and implying that knowledge\n         of Hebrew and Apologetics will be next among those things\n         tested. \n          Peter Saunders writes to Fleming from \n          Bleak Hill , on March 30, 1894, mentioning\n         the Bland Bill and the fear that its veto would cause discord\n         in the \n          Democratic Party , and discussing briefly\n         possible effects on the present financial situation.","In the Fleming and Mary Saunders correspondence, 1901-1910,\n         there is a letter, July 19, 1901, from \n          Edward Watts Saunders , while serving in\n         the \n          Virginia House of Delegates . \n          William W. Old writes to Fleming on\n         February 2, 1903 about a land sale and his agreement to sell\n         the land as a whole parcel to two black men, and suggesting a\n         method of finalizing the transaction. \n          E. W. Saunders writes to Fleming on\n         January 21, 1904 mentioning an inquiry about his land near\n         \"Vic. Muse.\" A letter, [March 1904], from \n          Alice [Saunders] at \n          Hollins, Virginia , to her aunt Saunders\n         refers to the Roman poet \n          Virgil . She writes to her mother on March\n         12, 1904 mentioning that John [ ] had failed in \n          Caesar and that he had been in the second\n         book of \n          Virgil .","In the undated Fleming and Mary Saunders correspondence, \n          D. Saunders writes to his mother from \n          Randolph-Macon Academy on February 10,\n         saying that he is learning German and is plagued by poor\n         spelling, and that the boys dance every night and were\n         previously boxing.","In the correspondence of \n          William Watts , 1754-1784, there is a\n         letter dated June 27, 1771 which summons Watts to the \n          General Assembly in \n          Williamsburg . \n          Samuel Dilworth writes on June 2, 1783\n         from \n          Blanford mentioning the problem of\n         collecting debts owed to the British. \n          Thomas Baldwin, Jr. writes on December 22,\n         1784 concerning the purchase of \"the Negro Fellow\" for\n         $18.","In the Watts correspondence, 1785-1789, a letter, December\n         16, 1785, from \n          William Roach informs Watts that while \n          Peter Kern is employing Watts in a matter\n         between Kern and Roach, Watts is to plead for Roach in all\n         matters, suggesting a conflict of interest. \n          Arthur Campbell , a candidate for the\n         senate from the Western Distict, writes, on March 24, 1788,\n         asking for Watts' support. \n          Edward Graham of \n          Bedford , writes on December 20, 1792,\n         mentioning that he saw the Watts' son reading \n          Horace and sending the boy a copy of \n          Cicero which would supply \"the means of\n         raising him as high in eminence as you could reasonably wish,\"\n         and adding that the boy will need to learn Greek as he will\n         soon be studying science.","In the Watts correspondence, 1793-1794, \n          Duncan Rose writes from \n          Petersburg , on July 8, 1794, stating that\n          Buchanan's Hartie and Company has been\n         doing business in \n          Great Britain and is waiting for a\n         successor to Hartie to be appointed before certain books could\n         be examined by Rose. Another letter pertains to relations with\n          France and \n          Britain at this time: \n          George Hancock writes to Watts in 1794\n         mentioning the rearing of a navy \"to repel the insult to our\n         ploy,\" referring to commerce restriction [on American goods]\n         by a nation which does not have a commerce treaty with the\n         U.S., and referring to Mr. \n          [James] Madison 's arguments whereas he\n         conducted himself in a manner worthy of himself. \n          Creed Taylor writes on May 11, 1795,\n         concerning some bonds. \n          William Vannerson writes, on October 30,\n         1795, from \n          Petersburg mentioning a British war sloop\n         in \n          Norfolk, Virginia and the order for\n         carrying American bottoms bound for \n          France into British ports with invoice\n         being revoked, revealing that some say that this retaliation\n         has been brought about by Americans invoicing their flour at\n         $27 per barrel.","In Watts' correspondence with \n          Edward Randolph , 1796-1797, Randolph\n         writes from \n          Richmond on February 21 and March 13, 1796\n         on the subject of British creditors. In Watts' correspondence\n         with \n          Thomas F. Scott , 1792-1798, Scott writes\n         on January 4, 1796 and December 18, 1798 on the subject of\n         British debts. In the correspondence of \n          William Watts with \n          John Watts , 1784-1800, John writes to\n         William in April 1784 from \n          Lincoln County, Virginia (now \n          Kentucky ), concerning apprehension about\n         a possible Indian war in the \n          Northwest Territories . John says that\n         while the lands in \n          Kentucky are good, the inconveniences are\n         many, and that the doomsayers will probably prevent the\n         surveying of lands on the northwest side of the Ohio.","Business Papers","There are general accounts, 1751-1899, n.d. An account,\n         beginning November 16, 1762, with \n          George Kippen \u0026 Co. at their store in \n          Goochland, Virginia , lists \n          John Gilliam as having ordered a dozen\n         flints, 3/4 yard of bearskin, and a dozen pipes. There is a\n         list, April 20, 1763, pertaining to the estate of \n          A. Watts , on which is listed a\n         £0.2.0 debt to \n          Mary Petillo , the only woman on the list,\n         and a £2.4.9 debt to Sir \n          William Skipwith . The account of \n          Thomas East with \n          Archelaus Austin from November 15, 1771,\n         consists of beer, wine, grog, and a gallon of corn, with one\n         entry \"to saging one night\" perhaps pertaining to the making\n         of moonshine. An account, beginning January 20, 1775, of N[ ]\n         Vaughn with \n          Edward Watts lists various quantities of\n         rum, molasses, and sugar. There are several accounts,\n         1779-1794, of the estate of \n          Nathaniel Davis , including an entry for\n         1784 for three yards of woollen for a Negro jacket, and May 9,\n         1784 for half of hire of \n          Jacob . There is a section, \"Accts\n         Overlooked,\" from 1784, which refers to tobacco being a share\n         and half share for \n          Jacob , and another for dinner at the\n         courthouse when on business. There is an account of \n          James Davis with \n          Daniel Warwick , dating 1799-1803, with\n         references to a variety of items including coffee, sewing\n         materials, dinner ware, alcohol, and accessories. Mrs. \n          Elizabeth Davis ' account beginning May\n         31, 1807, has an entries for coffee, condiments, and sewing\n         material. An account, March 26, 1810, of Capt. \n          James Davis with \n          Rowland P. Banks lists \"163 days tuition\n         at $8 p. ann. $5 cts 1 1/2.\" The account, beginning August 14,\n         1826, of Capt. \n          James Davis with \n          Thomas Pleasants , has lists orders for\n         cheese, mackerel, cotton, and whiskey. On October 31, 1832,\n         Judge Saunders, of \n          Lynchburg, Virginia , orders castor oil,\n         ointment, and a syringe. Accounts which mention tea are rare\n         but there is an undated fragment of Mr. \n          James Davis which contains an entry for\n         imperial tea. There is an undated \"memorandum of brandy\" taken\n         from Mrs. Eubank.","The accounts of \n          Williams Watts span 1752-1797. There is\n         also a hotel account with \n          Charles Williamson with entries dating\n         1763, 1773, and 1774. There are accounts for the boarding,\n         clothing, and feeding of Negro boys with Mrs. \n          Betty Tucker and \n          Betty Kirkland , both beginning September\n         10, 1767, and Capt. \n          Joseph Tucker , 1767-1769. Watts has\n         accounts, 1768, with \n          John Brittan for a waistcoat, shoes,\n         stockings, and a hat. There is a 1769 account for various\n         building supplies. Watts also has an account, beginning April\n         20, 1771, with \n          Miller Woodson with an entry of May 16,\n         1772 listing a \n          Patrick Henry . There is a document which\n         contains information on the estate of \n          William Randolph . There is another\n         lodging account, July 26, 1773 through December 3, 1776, of\n         Watts with \n          Charles Williams . There is an account\n         beginning March 9, 1778, with \n          William Kirkland which includes listings\n         for tuition and educational books. A January 10, 1780 account\n         with \n          Frederick Nance mentions a violin and a\n         set of strings. There is an account, beginning December 21,\n         1787, with \n          Robert Wilson ordering Hyson Tea, coffee,\n         and a bottle of snuff. From a 1791 account of \n          Edward McDonald with \n          William Watts , there is the note of the\n         hire of a Negro. From a 1792 account of \n          Charles Smith , there is a note for the\n         finding of a Negro woman and for the inspecting of tobacco.\n         There are two medical bills, one with \n          George Martin , beginning January 14,\n         1794, and one with Doctor \n          Graham , beginning November 3, 1795. In\n         October 1797, Watts had an account with \n          George Quille for the hire of a Negro.\n         There is an undated account of \n          W. Walter Spence with Watts for the hire\n         of a Negro for eight months.","Promissory notes and receipts range from 1754-1905, n.d.\n         There are several items concerned with the estate of \n          John Fleming and include an entry for\n         February 1764 for a Negro bought for $10. Between \n          George Martin and Watts there is an\n         agreement, October 3, 1794, mentioning the purchase of red\n         wheat and the hire of a Negro woman. \n          James Davis has a note dated 1803 with the\n         Sheriff of \n          Amherst County for tax on four Negroes,\n         four horses, and five tithes. \n          Elizabeth Davis has a note dated 1816 for\n         tax on three Negroes and one horse. There is a note from\n         December 6, 1827 pertaining to a $5 bond for the hire of a\n         Negro man by \n          James Davis from \n          J. Wright for \n          Lavinia Wright . There is a 1840 note from\n          Charles Davis to the Sheriff of \n          Amherst for tax on six Negroes and six\n         horses.","Legal Papers","There are a number of court memoranda, 1768-1786, n.d.,\n         kept by \n          William Watts in his capacity as a lawyer.\n         In a November 10, 1771 memo for the \n          Buckingham County court, there is an entry\n         for detinue for Negro woman named \n          Agge . From the memo for the April 1772\n         court at \n          Lunenburg County , \n          Thomas Taylor and his wife have a suit\n         against a Hurt for a Negro in \n          Amelia . There is also a list of debts\n         owed to Watts for the year 1794. Dating 1771 through 1782,\n         there are court dockets from \n          Amelia County and \n          Lunenburg County from 1771-1782. A number\n         of the entries have Watts as the litigant. There is a 1773 day\n         book with the signatures of William and \n          Edward Watts , which includes a record of \n          William Watts ' court expenses. There are\n         also legal day books, 1772-1773, of Watts, with entries for \n          Buckingham County , \n          Amelia , \n          Cumberland County , and \n          Prince Edward County as well as for \n          Williamsburg, Virginia . There is another\n         1773 memorandum book of Watts with entries for \n          Amelia County , \n          Cumberland County , and \n          Buckingham County .","The indentures date 1749-1788, n.d. From January 1, 1763,\n         there is an agreement between \n          Benjamin Tambro and \n          Ayres Hodnett of \n          Buckingham in regard to the former's son, \n          John Tambro , to be apprentice to the\n         latter for seven years. From March 28, 1774, there is an\n         indenture between Watts and \n          William Ford . From September 17, 1768,\n         there is an agreement between \n          Abraham West and \n          John Blankenship of \n          Prince Edward . On November 17, 1772,\n         there is an agreement between \n          John Lewallen of \n          Amelia County and \n          James and Robert Donalds and Company ,\n         Merchants of \n          Glasgow . On September 15, 1778, there is\n         an agreement between \n          David Wright of \n          Botetourt and \n          Alexander Paine of the same concerning a\n         land dispute in the area where the \n          Roanoke River and \n          Tinker Creek .","The will, December 25, 1745, of \n          Thomas Patterson of \n          Albemarle County , names his slaves and\n         divides them among his children and wife, and requests that\n         his land in \n          Goochland County be known as \n          \"Locust Thicket.\" Margery Hinshaw contested the will of \n          Samuel Hinshaw dated March 1758 with \n          [Cedw] Gibson on July 10, 1765. Hinshaw\n         had divided his slaves between his still living wife, his\n         daughter \n          Elizabeth Hinshaw , and the latter's\n         children. This situation involved a slave of Elizabeth. The\n         will of \n          Thomas Bottom of \n          Amelia dated May 10, 1760 divides his\n         slaves which are named between his three daughters.","A folder of general legal papers date 1765-1903, n.d. The\n         inventory and appraisal, 1826, of the estate of \n          John Eubank mentions prices for his\n         Negroes: £300 for a man named \n          Jacob , £200 for a man named \n          Joe , £10 for a woman named \n          Hannah , £20 for a girl named \n          Lolly , and £0 for a girl named\n          Caroline . There is also a list of tickets\n         of ommission paid by \n          William Watts , attorney. Among the legal\n         papers of \n          Amelia County , 1768 through 1789\n         including undated material, a document dated May 15, 1783\n         states that \n          Sarah Tinker on December 6, 1781 gave her\n         son-in-law \n          John Tucker an ailing Negro named \n          Ned until the latter gets well whereas he\n         will be returned to \n          Sarah Tucker . In an undated document, \n          George Vaughn yields up title/right of two\n         Negroes--named \n          Frank and \n          Phoebe --to son-in-law \n          John Norris --formerly given to grandson \n          John Norris by a deed dated October 2,\n         1796: \"said slaves will forever defend me from my heirs.\" The\n         son-in-law Norris will pay Vaughn or wife £10\n         annually for preformance of the aforesaid act. Among the \n          Campbell County papers, Justice \n          Adam Clement says that \n          Charles Gilbert of \n          Campbell on April 29, 1787 makes oath that\n         Negro slave \n          Jack --property of Watts of \n          Prince Edward County --ran away and was\n         found 50 miles thence. Among the legal papers of \n          Prince Edward , \n          Edward Watts sold to \n          William Watts eight Negro slaves: \n          True , \n          James , \n          Winnie , \n          Peter , \n          Sarah , \n          Betty , \n          Rachel , and \n          Doc on January 14, 1787. There is also a\n         account of Dr. \n          M. John King with the sheriff of \n          Lunenburg which has an entry dating 1769:\n         the former is in account with \n          [John] Epps for four lbs. of tobacco at\n         £0.5.1.","Miscellaneous","Among the Advertisements there is an advertisement dated\n         September 20, 1871 from the \n          Omaha, Nebraska Lottery for the building\n         of a public library in the city. A broadside from \n          Cox and Sons Church Furniture shows a\n         garish stained-glass window commemorating the late President \n          James Garfield . There is an undated\n         letter to Mrs. \n          Fleming Saunders asking for a subscription\n         to the \n          Graphic, a ladies society\n         magazine. There is an undated list of books from \n          George Munro, Publishers . There is also a\n         broadside for \"The World's Christmas Hymn\"--an analogy of\n         English poetry pertaining to \n          Christ 's birth dating from the medieval\n         period.","The church related papers include a letter, March 21, 1904,\n         from \n          Virginia Polytechnic Institute to the \n          Saunders asking for aid for the building of\n         an Episcopal parsonage at the university. The letter\n         enunciates a fear of the danger of Episcopal boys being weaned\n         from their faith by the compulsory attendance at the services\n         of other sects due to the absence of a Episcopal parsonage.\n         There is also an Episcopal \"Church Kalendar,\" 1882-1883,\n         listing holy days with information on the faith, church\n         service, and background of the Anglican/Episcopalian\n         faith.","Civil War papers range from 1861 to 1864. During 1862-1864,\n         there are a number of furloughs issued to \n          Confederate enlisted men in \n          Virginia , each with a physical\n         description of the bearer, and addressed \"to all whom it may\n         concern.\" On August 10, 1862, there is a provision return for\n         a company of the \n          13th Regiment of Pennsylvania volunteers .\n         There are also a number of CSA \"special requisitions\", chiefly\n         ordering clothing, shoes, and blankets, most signed by Captain\n          Fleming Saunders , assistant\n         quartermaster, of Company K, Virginia Regiment.","The educational papers range from 1848-1903, n.d. There is\n         a page from a 1848 French edition of the fables of La Fontaine\n         from the \"Academie de Norfolk.\" There is an \n          \"Educational Treatise on the Constitution\" ,\n         September 6, 1877, by \n          John Randolph Tucker of \n          Virginia . There is a 1892-1893 brochure\n         for the \n          Edgeworth School , a church-related\n         boarding and day school for females. There is the fall term\n         1895 grade report from \n          Virginia Polytechnic Institute (formerly \n          Virginia Agriculture and Mechanical\n         College ) for \n          Fleming Saunders, III . There is a fall\n         term 1902 grade report from \n          Hollins College for \n          Elsie Saunders . There is another VPI\n         grade report, from February 1903, for \n          Carter Temple Saunders . There is a report\n         from \n          St. Timothy's School of \n          Catonsville, Maryland . Another undated\n         piece is a \"rules for spelling\" sheet from a grammar book.\n         There are also undated fragments of Latin, French, and\n         algebra.","There are lectures, essays, and poems, 1794, 1818, 1843,\n         and n.d., including a scrap of a lecture dated September 6,\n         1794 from \n          Edward Watts ; another lecture on motive\n         dated September 16, 1794; and, a series of oral essays from\n         1843.","Miscellaneous material, 1887-1892, includes a note of the\n         marriage of Capt. \n          Fleming Saunders to \n          Mary Gwathmey on July 30.","The obituaries include a reprint of the 1858 obituary of \n          Fleming Saunders, Sr , a reprint of the\n         1867 obituary of Fleming, Sr.'s wife-- \n          Alice Fleming --and the 1904 obituary of \n          Peter Saunders . The obituaries of\n         Fleming, Sr. and Alice are panegyrics. The first two were\n         transcribed by \n          John Blair Dabney .","The photographs include an unidentified photograph of a\n         young member of the \n          Saunders family and undated photo cards of\n         liturgical furniture.","Bound Volumes","The Day Books include a day book from \n          Maple Creek Mills dating from 1842. There\n         is a 1867 day book with one page filled, made of a cut\n         agricultural crop ledger. There is also in the book a pasted\n         in notice from the Adjuctant Inspector's Office in \n          Richmond , July 29, 1863. Dating January\n         18, 1872 is a subscription book for the \n          Lee Monumental Association . Also present\n         is a $1 donation from \n          Alex Berkeley of \n          Yellow Branch, Virginia . There are also\n         farm journals dating 1855 through 1860.","A card game, 1846, called \"The Game of Kings made Easy\"\n         which is based on the kings of \n          England who reigned down to its date, is\n         also present. The card for Henry V is missing. Many of the\n         cards contain information of the kings of an antiquarian\n         nature.","The Memorandum books, 1873-1874 and 1881-1894, owned by \n          Fleming Saunders , includes employees,\n         supplies, and construction information in the first volume.\n         The latter has a note at its end which mentions survey\n         data.","The \n          Otter River Township Record Book dates\n         from 1870-1874. There are references to road building. An\n         entry for June 16, 1871 notes the ordering of \"tickets\" for\n         road tax and township levy. Also included are lists of\n         expenses for board members with lists of expenses for\n         materials bought. One entry notes that \n          B. H. Anthony , overseer of the poor,\n         sends three paupers--one white woman and two black woman--to\n         the poor house. Expenses for the poor house are noted. At 1874\n         and 1875 meetings, \n          Fleming Saunders is mentioned as road\n         overseer in certain districts.","University of Virginia. Library. Special\n            Collections Dept.","Kingdom of God","Pleasant Milkhill","Bethel","Bleak Hills","Trinity and Ivy Chapel","The Grove","Wintore","Medici Chapel","\"Brothers of Pity\"","Randolph-Macon Academy","Bleak Hill","Hudson Lodge","Jubilee Singers","Parliament","Virgina Midland [Rail] Road","Franklin and Pittsylvania Railroad\n         Company","Emanuel Rectory","Grange","Democratic Party","Virginia House of Delegates","General Assembly","Blanford","Buchanan's Hartie and Company","Norfolk, Virginia","Northwest Territories","George Kippen \u0026 Co.","James and Robert Donalds and Company","\"Locust Thicket.\"","Omaha, Nebraska Lottery","Cox and Sons Church Furniture","George Munro, Publishers","Virginia Polytechnic Institute","Confederate","13th Regiment of Pennsylvania volunteers","Edgeworth School","Virginia Agriculture and Mechanical\n         College","Hollins College","St. Timothy's School","Maple Creek Mills","Lee Monumental Association","Otter River Township","Internal Revenue\n                  Service","New York Public\n                  Library","University of Virginia\n                  Volunteers","Davis Family","Saunders Family","Watts Family","Saunders","Saunders family","William H. Irvine","William Watts","Fleming Saunders","Frank Prufer","James Rayland","David","John Randolph","Sam Tyree","[Sam L. Preston?]","\"Carter\" [Saunders?]","Sam K. Jenny","William Green","Eva (Smith) Saunders","Fleming Saunders III","Eva Saunders","M. Natalie Manson","Donato","Brunelleschi","May Begg","Mary (Gwathmey) Saunders","Peter Saunders, Jr.","Jeanie Edmond","W. A. Alrich","C[harles] Dabney","Peter Saunders","Ellen Boulder","Mary Saunders","[Peter Saunders]","James F. Plummer","Edward Watts Saunders","William W. Old","E. W. Saunders","Alice [Saunders]","Virgil","Caesar","D. Saunders","Samuel Dilworth","Thomas Baldwin, Jr.","William Roach","Peter Kern","Arthur Campbell","Edward Graham","Horace","Cicero","Duncan Rose","George Hancock","[James] Madison","Creed Taylor","William Vannerson","Edward Randolph","Thomas F. Scott","John Watts","John Gilliam","A. Watts","Mary Petillo","William Skipwith","Thomas East","Archelaus Austin","Edward Watts","Nathaniel Davis","Jacob","James Davis","Daniel Warwick","Elizabeth Davis","Rowland P. Banks","Thomas Pleasants","Williams Watts","Charles Williamson","Betty Tucker","Betty Kirkland","Joseph Tucker","John Brittan","Miller Woodson","Patrick Henry","William Randolph","Charles Williams","William Kirkland","Frederick Nance","Robert Wilson","Edward McDonald","Charles Smith","George Martin","Graham","George Quille","W. Walter Spence","John Fleming","J. Wright","Lavinia Wright","Charles Davis","Agge","Thomas Taylor","Benjamin Tambro","Ayres Hodnett","John Tambro","William Ford","Abraham West","John Blankenship","John Lewallen","David Wright","Alexander Paine","Thomas Patterson","Margery Hinshaw","Samuel Hinshaw","[Cedw] Gibson","Elizabeth Hinshaw","Thomas Bottom","John Eubank","Joe","Hannah","Lolly","Caroline","Sarah Tinker","John Tucker","Ned","Sarah Tucker","George Vaughn","Frank","Phoebe","John Norris","Adam Clement","Charles Gilbert","Jack","True","James","Winnie","Peter","Sarah","Betty","Rachel","Doc","M. John King","[John] Epps","James Garfield","Christ","John Randolph Tucker","Fleming Saunders, III","Elsie Saunders","Carter Temple Saunders","Mary Gwathmey","Fleming Saunders, Sr","Alice Fleming","John Blair Dabney","Alex Berkeley","B. H. Anthony","Cary H. Gwathmey","Eva (Smith)\n                  Saunders.","Mary (Gwathmey)\n                  Saunders.","John Tabb","Fleming Saunders, Sr.","Alice W. Saunders","William Cowper","Eugene M. Cox","John B. Webb","English"],"unitid_tesim":["Collection number 116"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Irvine-Saunders Family Papers \n          1745-1910 Inclusive"],"collection_title_tesim":["Irvine-Saunders Family Papers \n          1745-1910 Inclusive"],"collection_ssim":["Irvine-Saunders Family Papers \n          1745-1910 Inclusive"],"repository_ssm":["University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept."],"repository_ssim":["University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept."],"creator_ssm":["Collector: \n          William H. Irvine"],"creator_ssim":["Collector: \n          William H. Irvine"],"creator_persname_ssim":["William H. Irvine"],"creators_ssim":["William H. Irvine"],"acqinfo_ssim":["This collection (# \n             116 ) was loaned to the Library\n            by \n             William H. Irvine of \n             Evington, Virginia on September 15,\n            1938."],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"physdesc_tesim":["2100 items"],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThis collection, 1745-1910, n.d., of ca. 2100 items,\n         consists of correspondence, business and legal papers,\n         miscellaneous, and bound volumes, pertaining to the \n         \u003cfamname\u003eDavis Family\u003c/famname\u003e, \n         \u003cfamname\u003eSaunders Family\u003c/famname\u003e, and \n         \u003cfamname\u003eWatts Family\u003c/famname\u003e. Large portions of the\n         correspondence belong to \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Watts\u003c/persname\u003eand \n         \u003cpersname\u003eFleming Saunders\u003c/persname\u003e. Included with the\n         correspondence is a letterbook, 1873-1880, of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eFrank Prufer\u003c/persname\u003e. The business papers include\n         accounts, bonds, correspondence, and notes and receipts,\n         chiefly pertaining to \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Watts\u003c/persname\u003eand \n         \u003cpersname\u003eFleming Saunders\u003c/persname\u003e, but also various\n         members of these families. The legal papers include court\n         dockets and memoranda of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Watts\u003c/persname\u003e, documents, and wills.\n         There are various legal papers of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Watts\u003c/persname\u003epertaining to \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eVirginia\u003c/geogname\u003ecounties including \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eAmelia County\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eAmherst County\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eBuckingham County\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eCampbell County\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eCumberland County\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n         \u003cgeogname\u003ePrince Edward County\u003c/geogname\u003e. The miscellaneous\n         material includes advertisements, educational papers,\n         photographs, printed, religious papers, and fragments. The\n         bound volumes include day books, a blacksmith book, a farm\n         journal, memorandum books, and a township record. Folders are\n         arranged alphabetically within each series, with material\n         inside arranged chronologically.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFrom the correspondence of the \n         \u003cfamname\u003eDavis Family\u003c/famname\u003e, \n         \u003cfamname\u003eSaunders Family\u003c/famname\u003e, and related families,\n         1800-1856, there is a letter addressed to \"Sully,\" December\n         30, 1800, from \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003e, which advises the\n         recipient, who had asked for religious instruction, to seek\n         the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eKingdom of God\u003c/corpname\u003e. A letter dated April 2,\n         1812 from \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJames Rayland\u003c/persname\u003eto his sister mentions that\n         his cousin is strapped for cash, and asks if the recipient can\n         help him. A rather unusual letter, dating July 24, 1836, from \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eMount Pleasant\u003c/geogname\u003e, indicates that \"Mary\n         thinks a little Brandy would be of service to her,\" and\n         requests that some be sent to her. A letter written to Captain\n         Davis on January 9, 1844, mentions that \n         \u003ccorpname\u003ePleasant Milkhill\u003c/corpname\u003eneeds brandy, and asks\n         that it be sent with \n         \u003cpersname\u003eDavid\u003c/persname\u003e(probably a slave) for there is none\n         at \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eBethel\u003c/corpname\u003e. A letter dating November 6, 1856\n         at \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eBleak Hills\u003c/corpname\u003emakes a reference to \"Roanoke\"\n         [Roanoke County, or \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Randolph\u003c/persname\u003e's estate \"Roanoke\"?].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFrom their correspondence dating 1862-1904, there is a\n         letter to \n         \u003cpersname\u003eSam Tyree\u003c/persname\u003e, Esq, July 17, 1870 from [his]\n         student: \n         \u003cpersname\u003e[Sam L. Preston?]\u003c/persname\u003ecomplaining that he can\n         not attend sunday school because of prostration. There is also\n         a letter dated April 8, 1901 from \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eTrinity and Ivy Chapel\u003c/corpname\u003ein \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eBoonsboro, Bedford County\u003c/geogname\u003eto a Mr.\n         Randolph inviting him to preach there every other Sunday.\n         There is also an undated fragment referring to a comet the\n         size of a full moon and a meteor shower which \"will be a sight\n         to see.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAmong the families' undated correspondence, is a letter\n         dated November 17 to \n         \u003cpersname\u003e\"Carter\" [Saunders?]\u003c/persname\u003e, by a female who\n         mentions [her] children's Latin lessons. There is another\n         letter to a Miss Kerr which mentions a recipe for Tongue a la\n         Mode. There is also a letter, dated October 23, [1805?], from\n         a \n         \u003cpersname\u003eSam K. Jenny\u003c/persname\u003e, probably a doctor of\n         medicine, which mentions that \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Green\u003c/persname\u003eattended a man named\n         Barnhart to \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eBedford\u003c/geogname\u003eso Jenny could prescribe to his\n         case and that he \"forbad the case of ardent spirits.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFrom the correspondence of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eEva (Smith) Saunders\u003c/persname\u003e, dated 1868-1894,\n         there is a letter, February 24, 1889, from \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eThe Grove\u003c/corpname\u003ewhich mentions that while Eva\n         passed her exams--her brother \n         \u003cpersname\u003eFleming Saunders III\u003c/persname\u003edid not. A letter,\n         August 2, 1892, to \n         \u003cpersname\u003eEva Saunders\u003c/persname\u003efrom \n         \u003cpersname\u003eM. Natalie Manson\u003c/persname\u003e, at \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eWintore\u003c/corpname\u003e, speaks of school and Latin.\n         There is an interesting letter, December 10, 1893, from \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eFlorence, Italy\u003c/geogname\u003eto Eva, mentioning that\n         there is no silver in \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eItaly\u003c/geogname\u003efor the English and French are\n         buying it up, that \"Coppers are such a bother, and so heavy to\n         carry,\" seeing the works of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eDonato\u003c/persname\u003eand \n         \u003cpersname\u003eBrunelleschi\u003c/persname\u003eand the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eMedici Chapel\u003c/corpname\u003e, and the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003e\"Brothers of Pity\"\u003c/corpname\u003ewho wear black robes\n         and carry a corpse which \"made my blood turn cold.\" There is a\n         letter, January 13, 1894, to Eva, which mentions sending a\n         book to \n         \u003cpersname\u003eMay Begg\u003c/persname\u003e, \"a literary courtship under the\n         auspices of \n         \u003cgeogname\u003ePike's Peak\u003c/geogname\u003e. \" \n         \u003cpersname\u003eFleming Saunders III\u003c/persname\u003eat \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eRandolph-Macon Academy\u003c/corpname\u003ein \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eBedford\u003c/geogname\u003ewrites to Eva on May 15, 1894,\n         saying he tried to get a tennis tournament for field day, and\n         congratulates Eva on her chicken raising and hopes his are\n         doing better.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAmong the \n         \u003cpersname\u003eEva Saunders\u003c/persname\u003eundated correspondence, there\n         is a fragment which notes that Miss Begg sent to its writer a\n         little book called \"The greatest thing in the World.\" A letter\n         dated November 26 to Eva contains drawings of women's blouses\n         and concerns her ordered blouses.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFrom the correspondence of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eFleming Saunders\u003c/persname\u003eand \n         \u003cpersname\u003eMary (Gwathmey) Saunders\u003c/persname\u003e, 1858-1879, a\n         letter dated September 5, 1871, from \n         \u003cpersname\u003ePeter Saunders, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e, \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eBleak Hill\u003c/corpname\u003e, says that his tobacco crop\n         has suffered. Another letter, April 17, 1874, from \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJeanie Edmond\u003c/persname\u003e, \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eHudson Lodge\u003c/corpname\u003e, makes a reference to the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eJubilee Singers\u003c/corpname\u003etraveling to raise money\n         for a \"slave college somewhere in the Northern States\"; to\n         acquaintances visiting \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eEngland\u003c/geogname\u003e, mentioning a \"public worship\n         bill\" in \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eParliament\u003c/corpname\u003e, and one acquaintance having\n         an appointment with the Bishop of \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eMelbourne\u003c/geogname\u003e; and to visiting \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eAustralia\u003c/geogname\u003e. In a postcard dated August 21,\n         1879, \n         \u003cpersname\u003eW. A. Alrich\u003c/persname\u003easks \n         \u003cpersname\u003eFleming Saunders\u003c/persname\u003e' opinion as to the next\n         \"services\" in \"regular course,\" and saying that it best not to\n         alter rotation as \"last service was omitted.\" He also mentions\n         that Mrs. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eC[harles] Dabney\u003c/persname\u003ehas a fine little\n         daughter.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIn the Fleming and Mary Saunders correspondence, 1880-1892,\n         there is a letter dated March 3, 1880 from M. Caden to\n         Saunders stating that he can not board a minister, but will\n         give the same salary as before. \n         \u003cpersname\u003ePeter Saunders\u003c/persname\u003ewrites from \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eBleak Hill\u003c/corpname\u003eon January 19, 1881 saying that\n         he has no specific desire to be a director on the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eVirgina Midland [Rail] Road\u003c/corpname\u003e, and does not\n         think he could get the appointment anyway; he is still a\n         director on the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eFranklin and Pittsylvania Railroad\n         Company\u003c/corpname\u003e, and fears a possible conflict of interest.\n         \u003cpersname\u003eW. A. Alrich\u003c/persname\u003ewrites from \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eEmanuel Rectory\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eChatham, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, on February 16, 1882,\n         saying he is glad that the \n         \u003cfamname\u003eSaunders\u003c/famname\u003e' keep up the old St. Valentine's\n         Day tradition, by sending so practical a token of affection. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eEllen Boulder\u003c/persname\u003e, a school teacher, writes\n         to \n         \u003cpersname\u003eMary Saunders\u003c/persname\u003efrom \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eDrake's Branch\u003c/geogname\u003eon March 18, 1889,\n         mentioning a five month school term ending on March 1st and a\n         June 23 to July 23 summer session. \n         \u003cpersname\u003e[Peter Saunders]\u003c/persname\u003e, \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eBleak Hill\u003c/corpname\u003e, writes \n         \u003cpersname\u003eFleming Saunders\u003c/persname\u003e, on October 26, 1891\n         mentioning Republican elements in the \"alliance\" [farmers'\n         alliance such as the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eGrange\u003c/corpname\u003e?].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIn the Fleming and Mary Saunders correspondence, 1893-1900,\n         \u003cpersname\u003eFleming Saunders III\u003c/persname\u003ewrites to his parents\n         from \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eRandolph-Macon Academy\u003c/corpname\u003ein \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eBedford\u003c/geogname\u003eon March 14, 1893, saying that he\n         is in the Baptist Church in the morning and the Methodist in\n         the afternoon, and tells of boys who spend more time with the\n         girls than studying. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJames F. Plummer\u003c/persname\u003ewrites to Captain\n         Saunders on March 29, 1893, [from a theological seminary?],\n         saying that exams are beginning, and implying that knowledge\n         of Hebrew and Apologetics will be next among those things\n         tested. \n         \u003cpersname\u003ePeter Saunders\u003c/persname\u003ewrites to Fleming from \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eBleak Hill\u003c/corpname\u003e, on March 30, 1894, mentioning\n         the Bland Bill and the fear that its veto would cause discord\n         in the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eDemocratic Party\u003c/corpname\u003e, and discussing briefly\n         possible effects on the present financial situation.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIn the Fleming and Mary Saunders correspondence, 1901-1910,\n         there is a letter, July 19, 1901, from \n         \u003cpersname\u003eEdward Watts Saunders\u003c/persname\u003e, while serving in\n         the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eVirginia House of Delegates\u003c/corpname\u003e. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam W. Old\u003c/persname\u003ewrites to Fleming on\n         February 2, 1903 about a land sale and his agreement to sell\n         the land as a whole parcel to two black men, and suggesting a\n         method of finalizing the transaction. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eE. W. Saunders\u003c/persname\u003ewrites to Fleming on\n         January 21, 1904 mentioning an inquiry about his land near\n         \"Vic. Muse.\" A letter, [March 1904], from \n         \u003cpersname\u003eAlice [Saunders]\u003c/persname\u003eat \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eHollins, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, to her aunt Saunders\n         refers to the Roman poet \n         \u003cpersname\u003eVirgil\u003c/persname\u003e. She writes to her mother on March\n         12, 1904 mentioning that John [ ] had failed in \n         \u003cpersname\u003eCaesar\u003c/persname\u003eand that he had been in the second\n         book of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eVirgil\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIn the undated Fleming and Mary Saunders correspondence, \n         \u003cpersname\u003eD. Saunders\u003c/persname\u003ewrites to his mother from \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eRandolph-Macon Academy\u003c/corpname\u003eon February 10,\n         saying that he is learning German and is plagued by poor\n         spelling, and that the boys dance every night and were\n         previously boxing.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIn the correspondence of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Watts\u003c/persname\u003e, 1754-1784, there is a\n         letter dated June 27, 1771 which summons Watts to the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eGeneral Assembly\u003c/corpname\u003ein \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eWilliamsburg\u003c/geogname\u003e. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eSamuel Dilworth\u003c/persname\u003ewrites on June 2, 1783\n         from \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eBlanford\u003c/corpname\u003ementioning the problem of\n         collecting debts owed to the British. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eThomas Baldwin, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003ewrites on December 22,\n         1784 concerning the purchase of \"the Negro Fellow\" for\n         $18.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIn the Watts correspondence, 1785-1789, a letter, December\n         16, 1785, from \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Roach\u003c/persname\u003einforms Watts that while \n         \u003cpersname\u003ePeter Kern\u003c/persname\u003eis employing Watts in a matter\n         between Kern and Roach, Watts is to plead for Roach in all\n         matters, suggesting a conflict of interest. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eArthur Campbell\u003c/persname\u003e, a candidate for the\n         senate from the Western Distict, writes, on March 24, 1788,\n         asking for Watts' support. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eEdward Graham\u003c/persname\u003eof \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eBedford\u003c/geogname\u003e, writes on December 20, 1792,\n         mentioning that he saw the Watts' son reading \n         \u003cpersname\u003eHorace\u003c/persname\u003eand sending the boy a copy of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eCicero\u003c/persname\u003ewhich would supply \"the means of\n         raising him as high in eminence as you could reasonably wish,\"\n         and adding that the boy will need to learn Greek as he will\n         soon be studying science.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIn the Watts correspondence, 1793-1794, \n         \u003cpersname\u003eDuncan Rose\u003c/persname\u003ewrites from \n         \u003cgeogname\u003ePetersburg\u003c/geogname\u003e, on July 8, 1794, stating that\n         \u003ccorpname\u003eBuchanan's Hartie and Company\u003c/corpname\u003ehas been\n         doing business in \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eGreat Britain\u003c/geogname\u003eand is waiting for a\n         successor to Hartie to be appointed before certain books could\n         be examined by Rose. Another letter pertains to relations with\n         \u003cgeogname\u003eFrance\u003c/geogname\u003eand \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eBritain\u003c/geogname\u003eat this time: \n         \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge Hancock\u003c/persname\u003ewrites to Watts in 1794\n         mentioning the rearing of a navy \"to repel the insult to our\n         ploy,\" referring to commerce restriction [on American goods]\n         by a nation which does not have a commerce treaty with the\n         U.S., and referring to Mr. \n         \u003cpersname\u003e[James] Madison\u003c/persname\u003e's arguments whereas he\n         conducted himself in a manner worthy of himself. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eCreed Taylor\u003c/persname\u003ewrites on May 11, 1795,\n         concerning some bonds. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Vannerson\u003c/persname\u003ewrites, on October 30,\n         1795, from \n         \u003cgeogname\u003ePetersburg\u003c/geogname\u003ementioning a British war sloop\n         in \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eNorfolk, Virginia\u003c/corpname\u003eand the order for\n         carrying American bottoms bound for \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eFrance\u003c/geogname\u003einto British ports with invoice\n         being revoked, revealing that some say that this retaliation\n         has been brought about by Americans invoicing their flour at\n         $27 per barrel.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIn Watts' correspondence with \n         \u003cpersname\u003eEdward Randolph\u003c/persname\u003e, 1796-1797, Randolph\n         writes from \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eRichmond\u003c/geogname\u003eon February 21 and March 13, 1796\n         on the subject of British creditors. In Watts' correspondence\n         with \n         \u003cpersname\u003eThomas F. Scott\u003c/persname\u003e, 1792-1798, Scott writes\n         on January 4, 1796 and December 18, 1798 on the subject of\n         British debts. In the correspondence of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Watts\u003c/persname\u003ewith \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Watts\u003c/persname\u003e, 1784-1800, John writes to\n         William in April 1784 from \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eLincoln County, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e(now \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eKentucky\u003c/geogname\u003e), concerning apprehension about\n         a possible Indian war in the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eNorthwest Territories\u003c/corpname\u003e. John says that\n         while the lands in \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eKentucky\u003c/geogname\u003eare good, the inconveniences are\n         many, and that the doomsayers will probably prevent the\n         surveying of lands on the northwest side of the Ohio.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBusiness Papers\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThere are general accounts, 1751-1899, n.d. An account,\n         beginning November 16, 1762, with \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eGeorge Kippen \u0026amp; Co.\u003c/corpname\u003eat their store in \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eGoochland, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, lists \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Gilliam\u003c/persname\u003eas having ordered a dozen\n         flints, 3/4 yard of bearskin, and a dozen pipes. There is a\n         list, April 20, 1763, pertaining to the estate of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eA. Watts\u003c/persname\u003e, on which is listed a\n         £0.2.0 debt to \n         \u003cpersname\u003eMary Petillo\u003c/persname\u003e, the only woman on the list,\n         and a £2.4.9 debt to Sir \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Skipwith\u003c/persname\u003e. The account of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eThomas East\u003c/persname\u003ewith \n         \u003cpersname\u003eArchelaus Austin\u003c/persname\u003efrom November 15, 1771,\n         consists of beer, wine, grog, and a gallon of corn, with one\n         entry \"to saging one night\" perhaps pertaining to the making\n         of moonshine. An account, beginning January 20, 1775, of N[ ]\n         Vaughn with \n         \u003cpersname\u003eEdward Watts\u003c/persname\u003elists various quantities of\n         rum, molasses, and sugar. There are several accounts,\n         1779-1794, of the estate of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eNathaniel Davis\u003c/persname\u003e, including an entry for\n         1784 for three yards of woollen for a Negro jacket, and May 9,\n         1784 for half of hire of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJacob\u003c/persname\u003e. There is a section, \"Accts\n         Overlooked,\" from 1784, which refers to tobacco being a share\n         and half share for \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJacob\u003c/persname\u003e, and another for dinner at the\n         courthouse when on business. There is an account of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJames Davis\u003c/persname\u003ewith \n         \u003cpersname\u003eDaniel Warwick\u003c/persname\u003e, dating 1799-1803, with\n         references to a variety of items including coffee, sewing\n         materials, dinner ware, alcohol, and accessories. Mrs. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eElizabeth Davis\u003c/persname\u003e' account beginning May\n         31, 1807, has an entries for coffee, condiments, and sewing\n         material. An account, March 26, 1810, of Capt. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJames Davis\u003c/persname\u003ewith \n         \u003cpersname\u003eRowland P. Banks\u003c/persname\u003elists \"163 days tuition\n         at $8 p. ann. $5 cts 1 1/2.\" The account, beginning August 14,\n         1826, of Capt. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJames Davis\u003c/persname\u003ewith \n         \u003cpersname\u003eThomas Pleasants\u003c/persname\u003e, has lists orders for\n         cheese, mackerel, cotton, and whiskey. On October 31, 1832,\n         Judge Saunders, of \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eLynchburg, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, orders castor oil,\n         ointment, and a syringe. Accounts which mention tea are rare\n         but there is an undated fragment of Mr. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJames Davis\u003c/persname\u003ewhich contains an entry for\n         imperial tea. There is an undated \"memorandum of brandy\" taken\n         from Mrs. Eubank.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe accounts of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilliams Watts\u003c/persname\u003espan 1752-1797. There is\n         also a hotel account with \n         \u003cpersname\u003eCharles Williamson\u003c/persname\u003ewith entries dating\n         1763, 1773, and 1774. There are accounts for the boarding,\n         clothing, and feeding of Negro boys with Mrs. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eBetty Tucker\u003c/persname\u003eand \n         \u003cpersname\u003eBetty Kirkland\u003c/persname\u003e, both beginning September\n         10, 1767, and Capt. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJoseph Tucker\u003c/persname\u003e, 1767-1769. Watts has\n         accounts, 1768, with \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Brittan\u003c/persname\u003efor a waistcoat, shoes,\n         stockings, and a hat. There is a 1769 account for various\n         building supplies. Watts also has an account, beginning April\n         20, 1771, with \n         \u003cpersname\u003eMiller Woodson\u003c/persname\u003ewith an entry of May 16,\n         1772 listing a \n         \u003cpersname\u003ePatrick Henry\u003c/persname\u003e. There is a document which\n         contains information on the estate of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Randolph\u003c/persname\u003e. There is another\n         lodging account, July 26, 1773 through December 3, 1776, of\n         Watts with \n         \u003cpersname\u003eCharles Williams\u003c/persname\u003e. There is an account\n         beginning March 9, 1778, with \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Kirkland\u003c/persname\u003ewhich includes listings\n         for tuition and educational books. A January 10, 1780 account\n         with \n         \u003cpersname\u003eFrederick Nance\u003c/persname\u003ementions a violin and a\n         set of strings. There is an account, beginning December 21,\n         1787, with \n         \u003cpersname\u003eRobert Wilson\u003c/persname\u003eordering Hyson Tea, coffee,\n         and a bottle of snuff. From a 1791 account of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eEdward McDonald\u003c/persname\u003ewith \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Watts\u003c/persname\u003e, there is the note of the\n         hire of a Negro. From a 1792 account of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eCharles Smith\u003c/persname\u003e, there is a note for the\n         finding of a Negro woman and for the inspecting of tobacco.\n         There are two medical bills, one with \n         \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge Martin\u003c/persname\u003e, beginning January 14,\n         1794, and one with Doctor \n         \u003cpersname\u003eGraham\u003c/persname\u003e, beginning November 3, 1795. In\n         October 1797, Watts had an account with \n         \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge Quille\u003c/persname\u003efor the hire of a Negro.\n         There is an undated account of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eW. Walter Spence\u003c/persname\u003ewith Watts for the hire\n         of a Negro for eight months.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePromissory notes and receipts range from 1754-1905, n.d.\n         There are several items concerned with the estate of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Fleming\u003c/persname\u003eand include an entry for\n         February 1764 for a Negro bought for $10. Between \n         \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge Martin\u003c/persname\u003eand Watts there is an\n         agreement, October 3, 1794, mentioning the purchase of red\n         wheat and the hire of a Negro woman. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJames Davis\u003c/persname\u003ehas a note dated 1803 with the\n         Sheriff of \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eAmherst County\u003c/geogname\u003efor tax on four Negroes,\n         four horses, and five tithes. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eElizabeth Davis\u003c/persname\u003ehas a note dated 1816 for\n         tax on three Negroes and one horse. There is a note from\n         December 6, 1827 pertaining to a $5 bond for the hire of a\n         Negro man by \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJames Davis\u003c/persname\u003efrom \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJ. Wright\u003c/persname\u003efor \n         \u003cpersname\u003eLavinia Wright\u003c/persname\u003e. There is a 1840 note from\n         \u003cpersname\u003eCharles Davis\u003c/persname\u003eto the Sheriff of \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eAmherst\u003c/geogname\u003efor tax on six Negroes and six\n         horses.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLegal Papers\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThere are a number of court memoranda, 1768-1786, n.d.,\n         kept by \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Watts\u003c/persname\u003ein his capacity as a lawyer.\n         In a November 10, 1771 memo for the \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eBuckingham County\u003c/geogname\u003ecourt, there is an entry\n         for detinue for Negro woman named \n         \u003cpersname\u003eAgge\u003c/persname\u003e. From the memo for the April 1772\n         court at \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eLunenburg County\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n         \u003cpersname\u003eThomas Taylor\u003c/persname\u003eand his wife have a suit\n         against a Hurt for a Negro in \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eAmelia\u003c/geogname\u003e. There is also a list of debts\n         owed to Watts for the year 1794. Dating 1771 through 1782,\n         there are court dockets from \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eAmelia County\u003c/geogname\u003eand \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eLunenburg County\u003c/geogname\u003efrom 1771-1782. A number\n         of the entries have Watts as the litigant. There is a 1773 day\n         book with the signatures of William and \n         \u003cpersname\u003eEdward Watts\u003c/persname\u003e, which includes a record of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Watts\u003c/persname\u003e' court expenses. There are\n         also legal day books, 1772-1773, of Watts, with entries for \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eBuckingham County\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eAmelia\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eCumberland County\u003c/geogname\u003e, and \n         \u003cgeogname\u003ePrince Edward County\u003c/geogname\u003eas well as for \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eWilliamsburg, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e. There is another\n         1773 memorandum book of Watts with entries for \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eAmelia County\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eCumberland County\u003c/geogname\u003e, and \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eBuckingham County\u003c/geogname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe indentures date 1749-1788, n.d. From January 1, 1763,\n         there is an agreement between \n         \u003cpersname\u003eBenjamin Tambro\u003c/persname\u003eand \n         \u003cpersname\u003eAyres Hodnett\u003c/persname\u003eof \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eBuckingham\u003c/geogname\u003ein regard to the former's son, \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Tambro\u003c/persname\u003e, to be apprentice to the\n         latter for seven years. From March 28, 1774, there is an\n         indenture between Watts and \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Ford\u003c/persname\u003e. From September 17, 1768,\n         there is an agreement between \n         \u003cpersname\u003eAbraham West\u003c/persname\u003eand \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Blankenship\u003c/persname\u003eof \n         \u003cgeogname\u003ePrince Edward\u003c/geogname\u003e. On November 17, 1772,\n         there is an agreement between \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Lewallen\u003c/persname\u003eof \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eAmelia County\u003c/geogname\u003eand \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eJames and Robert Donalds and Company\u003c/corpname\u003e,\n         Merchants of \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eGlasgow\u003c/geogname\u003e. On September 15, 1778, there is\n         an agreement between \n         \u003cpersname\u003eDavid Wright\u003c/persname\u003eof \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eBotetourt\u003c/geogname\u003eand \n         \u003cpersname\u003eAlexander Paine\u003c/persname\u003eof the same concerning a\n         land dispute in the area where the \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eRoanoke River\u003c/geogname\u003eand \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eTinker Creek\u003c/geogname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe will, December 25, 1745, of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eThomas Patterson\u003c/persname\u003eof \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eAlbemarle County\u003c/geogname\u003e, names his slaves and\n         divides them among his children and wife, and requests that\n         his land in \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eGoochland County\u003c/geogname\u003ebe known as \n         \u003ccorpname\u003e\"Locust Thicket.\"\u003c/corpname\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eMargery Hinshaw\u003c/persname\u003econtested the will of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eSamuel Hinshaw\u003c/persname\u003edated March 1758 with \n         \u003cpersname\u003e[Cedw] Gibson\u003c/persname\u003eon July 10, 1765. Hinshaw\n         had divided his slaves between his still living wife, his\n         daughter \n         \u003cpersname\u003eElizabeth Hinshaw\u003c/persname\u003e, and the latter's\n         children. This situation involved a slave of Elizabeth. The\n         will of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eThomas Bottom\u003c/persname\u003eof \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eAmelia\u003c/geogname\u003edated May 10, 1760 divides his\n         slaves which are named between his three daughters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA folder of general legal papers date 1765-1903, n.d. The\n         inventory and appraisal, 1826, of the estate of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Eubank\u003c/persname\u003ementions prices for his\n         Negroes: £300 for a man named \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJacob\u003c/persname\u003e, £200 for a man named \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJoe\u003c/persname\u003e, £10 for a woman named \n         \u003cpersname\u003eHannah\u003c/persname\u003e, £20 for a girl named \n         \u003cpersname\u003eLolly\u003c/persname\u003e, and £0 for a girl named\n         \u003cpersname\u003eCaroline\u003c/persname\u003e. There is also a list of tickets\n         of ommission paid by \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Watts\u003c/persname\u003e, attorney. Among the legal\n         papers of \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eAmelia County\u003c/geogname\u003e, 1768 through 1789\n         including undated material, a document dated May 15, 1783\n         states that \n         \u003cpersname\u003eSarah Tinker\u003c/persname\u003eon December 6, 1781 gave her\n         son-in-law \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Tucker\u003c/persname\u003ean ailing Negro named \n         \u003cpersname\u003eNed\u003c/persname\u003euntil the latter gets well whereas he\n         will be returned to \n         \u003cpersname\u003eSarah Tucker\u003c/persname\u003e. In an undated document, \n         \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge Vaughn\u003c/persname\u003eyields up title/right of two\n         Negroes--named \n         \u003cpersname\u003eFrank\u003c/persname\u003eand \n         \u003cpersname\u003ePhoebe\u003c/persname\u003e--to son-in-law \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Norris\u003c/persname\u003e--formerly given to grandson \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Norris\u003c/persname\u003eby a deed dated October 2,\n         1796: \"said slaves will forever defend me from my heirs.\" The\n         son-in-law Norris will pay Vaughn or wife £10\n         annually for preformance of the aforesaid act. Among the \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eCampbell County\u003c/geogname\u003epapers, Justice \n         \u003cpersname\u003eAdam Clement\u003c/persname\u003esays that \n         \u003cpersname\u003eCharles Gilbert\u003c/persname\u003eof \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eCampbell\u003c/geogname\u003eon April 29, 1787 makes oath that\n         Negro slave \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJack\u003c/persname\u003e--property of Watts of \n         \u003cgeogname\u003ePrince Edward County\u003c/geogname\u003e--ran away and was\n         found 50 miles thence. Among the legal papers of \n         \u003cgeogname\u003ePrince Edward\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n         \u003cpersname\u003eEdward Watts\u003c/persname\u003esold to \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Watts\u003c/persname\u003eeight Negro slaves: \n         \u003cpersname\u003eTrue\u003c/persname\u003e, \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJames\u003c/persname\u003e, \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWinnie\u003c/persname\u003e, \n         \u003cpersname\u003ePeter\u003c/persname\u003e, \n         \u003cpersname\u003eSarah\u003c/persname\u003e, \n         \u003cpersname\u003eBetty\u003c/persname\u003e, \n         \u003cpersname\u003eRachel\u003c/persname\u003e, and \n         \u003cpersname\u003eDoc\u003c/persname\u003eon January 14, 1787. There is also a\n         account of Dr. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eM. John King\u003c/persname\u003ewith the sheriff of \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eLunenburg\u003c/geogname\u003ewhich has an entry dating 1769:\n         the former is in account with \n         \u003cpersname\u003e[John] Epps\u003c/persname\u003efor four lbs. of tobacco at\n         £0.5.1.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMiscellaneous\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAmong the Advertisements there is an advertisement dated\n         September 20, 1871 from the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eOmaha, Nebraska Lottery\u003c/corpname\u003efor the building\n         of a public library in the city. A broadside from \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eCox and Sons Church Furniture\u003c/corpname\u003eshows a\n         garish stained-glass window commemorating the late President \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJames Garfield\u003c/persname\u003e. There is an undated\n         letter to Mrs. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eFleming Saunders\u003c/persname\u003easking for a subscription\n         to the \n         \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eGraphic,\u003c/title\u003ea ladies society\n         magazine. There is an undated list of books from \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eGeorge Munro, Publishers\u003c/corpname\u003e. There is also a\n         broadside for \"The World's Christmas Hymn\"--an analogy of\n         English poetry pertaining to \n         \u003cpersname\u003eChrist\u003c/persname\u003e's birth dating from the medieval\n         period.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe church related papers include a letter, March 21, 1904,\n         from \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eVirginia Polytechnic Institute\u003c/corpname\u003eto the \n         \u003cfamname\u003eSaunders\u003c/famname\u003easking for aid for the building of\n         an Episcopal parsonage at the university. The letter\n         enunciates a fear of the danger of Episcopal boys being weaned\n         from their faith by the compulsory attendance at the services\n         of other sects due to the absence of a Episcopal parsonage.\n         There is also an Episcopal \"Church Kalendar,\" 1882-1883,\n         listing holy days with information on the faith, church\n         service, and background of the Anglican/Episcopalian\n         faith.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCivil War papers range from 1861 to 1864. During 1862-1864,\n         there are a number of furloughs issued to \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eConfederate\u003c/corpname\u003eenlisted men in \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eVirginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, each with a physical\n         description of the bearer, and addressed \"to all whom it may\n         concern.\" On August 10, 1862, there is a provision return for\n         a company of the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003e13th Regiment of Pennsylvania volunteers\u003c/corpname\u003e.\n         There are also a number of CSA \"special requisitions\", chiefly\n         ordering clothing, shoes, and blankets, most signed by Captain\n         \u003cpersname\u003eFleming Saunders\u003c/persname\u003e, assistant\n         quartermaster, of Company K, Virginia Regiment.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe educational papers range from 1848-1903, n.d. There is\n         a page from a 1848 French edition of the fables of La Fontaine\n         from the \"Academie de Norfolk.\" There is an \n         \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\"Educational Treatise on the Constitution\"\u003c/title\u003e,\n         September 6, 1877, by \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Randolph Tucker\u003c/persname\u003eof \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eVirginia\u003c/geogname\u003e. There is a 1892-1893 brochure\n         for the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eEdgeworth School\u003c/corpname\u003e, a church-related\n         boarding and day school for females. There is the fall term\n         1895 grade report from \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eVirginia Polytechnic Institute\u003c/corpname\u003e(formerly \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eVirginia Agriculture and Mechanical\n         College\u003c/corpname\u003e) for \n         \u003cpersname\u003eFleming Saunders, III\u003c/persname\u003e. There is a fall\n         term 1902 grade report from \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eHollins College\u003c/corpname\u003efor \n         \u003cpersname\u003eElsie Saunders\u003c/persname\u003e. There is another VPI\n         grade report, from February 1903, for \n         \u003cpersname\u003eCarter Temple Saunders\u003c/persname\u003e. There is a report\n         from \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eSt. Timothy's School\u003c/corpname\u003eof \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eCatonsville, Maryland\u003c/geogname\u003e. Another undated\n         piece is a \"rules for spelling\" sheet from a grammar book.\n         There are also undated fragments of Latin, French, and\n         algebra.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThere are lectures, essays, and poems, 1794, 1818, 1843,\n         and n.d., including a scrap of a lecture dated September 6,\n         1794 from \n         \u003cpersname\u003eEdward Watts\u003c/persname\u003e; another lecture on motive\n         dated September 16, 1794; and, a series of oral essays from\n         1843.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMiscellaneous material, 1887-1892, includes a note of the\n         marriage of Capt. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eFleming Saunders\u003c/persname\u003eto \n         \u003cpersname\u003eMary Gwathmey\u003c/persname\u003eon July 30.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe obituaries include a reprint of the 1858 obituary of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eFleming Saunders, Sr\u003c/persname\u003e, a reprint of the\n         1867 obituary of Fleming, Sr.'s wife-- \n         \u003cpersname\u003eAlice Fleming\u003c/persname\u003e--and the 1904 obituary of \n         \u003cpersname\u003ePeter Saunders\u003c/persname\u003e. The obituaries of\n         Fleming, Sr. and Alice are panegyrics. The first two were\n         transcribed by \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Blair Dabney\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe photographs include an unidentified photograph of a\n         young member of the \n         \u003cfamname\u003eSaunders family\u003c/famname\u003eand undated photo cards of\n         liturgical furniture.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBound Volumes\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe Day Books include a day book from \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eMaple Creek Mills\u003c/corpname\u003edating from 1842. There\n         is a 1867 day book with one page filled, made of a cut\n         agricultural crop ledger. There is also in the book a pasted\n         in notice from the Adjuctant Inspector's Office in \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eRichmond\u003c/geogname\u003e, July 29, 1863. Dating January\n         18, 1872 is a subscription book for the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eLee Monumental Association\u003c/corpname\u003e. Also present\n         is a $1 donation from \n         \u003cpersname\u003eAlex Berkeley\u003c/persname\u003eof \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eYellow Branch, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e. There are also\n         farm journals dating 1855 through 1860.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA card game, 1846, called \"The Game of Kings made Easy\"\n         which is based on the kings of \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eEngland\u003c/geogname\u003ewho reigned down to its date, is\n         also present. The card for Henry V is missing. Many of the\n         cards contain information of the kings of an antiquarian\n         nature.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe Memorandum books, 1873-1874 and 1881-1894, owned by \n         \u003cpersname\u003eFleming Saunders\u003c/persname\u003e, includes employees,\n         supplies, and construction information in the first volume.\n         The latter has a note at its end which mentions survey\n         data.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eOtter River Township\u003c/corpname\u003eRecord Book dates\n         from 1870-1874. There are references to road building. An\n         entry for June 16, 1871 notes the ordering of \"tickets\" for\n         road tax and township levy. Also included are lists of\n         expenses for board members with lists of expenses for\n         materials bought. One entry notes that \n         \u003cpersname\u003eB. H. Anthony\u003c/persname\u003e, overseer of the poor,\n         sends three paupers--one white woman and two black woman--to\n         the poor house. Expenses for the poor house are noted. At 1874\n         and 1875 meetings, \n         \u003cpersname\u003eFleming Saunders\u003c/persname\u003eis mentioned as road\n         overseer in certain districts.\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content"],"scopecontent_tesim":["This collection, 1745-1910, n.d., of ca. 2100 items,\n         consists of correspondence, business and legal papers,\n         miscellaneous, and bound volumes, pertaining to the \n          Davis Family , \n          Saunders Family , and \n          Watts Family . Large portions of the\n         correspondence belong to \n          William Watts and \n          Fleming Saunders . Included with the\n         correspondence is a letterbook, 1873-1880, of \n          Frank Prufer . The business papers include\n         accounts, bonds, correspondence, and notes and receipts,\n         chiefly pertaining to \n          William Watts and \n          Fleming Saunders , but also various\n         members of these families. The legal papers include court\n         dockets and memoranda of \n          William Watts , documents, and wills.\n         There are various legal papers of \n          William Watts pertaining to \n          Virginia counties including \n          Amelia County , \n          Amherst County , \n          Buckingham County , \n          Campbell County , \n          Cumberland County , \n          Prince Edward County . The miscellaneous\n         material includes advertisements, educational papers,\n         photographs, printed, religious papers, and fragments. The\n         bound volumes include day books, a blacksmith book, a farm\n         journal, memorandum books, and a township record. Folders are\n         arranged alphabetically within each series, with material\n         inside arranged chronologically.","Correspondence","From the correspondence of the \n          Davis Family , \n          Saunders Family , and related families,\n         1800-1856, there is a letter addressed to \"Sully,\" December\n         30, 1800, from \n          Louisa County , which advises the\n         recipient, who had asked for religious instruction, to seek\n         the \n          Kingdom of God . A letter dated April 2,\n         1812 from \n          James Rayland to his sister mentions that\n         his cousin is strapped for cash, and asks if the recipient can\n         help him. A rather unusual letter, dating July 24, 1836, from \n          Mount Pleasant , indicates that \"Mary\n         thinks a little Brandy would be of service to her,\" and\n         requests that some be sent to her. A letter written to Captain\n         Davis on January 9, 1844, mentions that \n          Pleasant Milkhill needs brandy, and asks\n         that it be sent with \n          David (probably a slave) for there is none\n         at \n          Bethel . A letter dating November 6, 1856\n         at \n          Bleak Hills makes a reference to \"Roanoke\"\n         [Roanoke County, or \n          John Randolph 's estate \"Roanoke\"?].","From their correspondence dating 1862-1904, there is a\n         letter to \n          Sam Tyree , Esq, July 17, 1870 from [his]\n         student: \n          [Sam L. Preston?] complaining that he can\n         not attend sunday school because of prostration. There is also\n         a letter dated April 8, 1901 from \n          Trinity and Ivy Chapel in \n          Boonsboro, Bedford County to a Mr.\n         Randolph inviting him to preach there every other Sunday.\n         There is also an undated fragment referring to a comet the\n         size of a full moon and a meteor shower which \"will be a sight\n         to see.\"","Among the families' undated correspondence, is a letter\n         dated November 17 to \n          \"Carter\" [Saunders?] , by a female who\n         mentions [her] children's Latin lessons. There is another\n         letter to a Miss Kerr which mentions a recipe for Tongue a la\n         Mode. There is also a letter, dated October 23, [1805?], from\n         a \n          Sam K. Jenny , probably a doctor of\n         medicine, which mentions that \n          William Green attended a man named\n         Barnhart to \n          Bedford so Jenny could prescribe to his\n         case and that he \"forbad the case of ardent spirits.\"","From the correspondence of \n          Eva (Smith) Saunders , dated 1868-1894,\n         there is a letter, February 24, 1889, from \n          The Grove which mentions that while Eva\n         passed her exams--her brother \n          Fleming Saunders III did not. A letter,\n         August 2, 1892, to \n          Eva Saunders from \n          M. Natalie Manson , at \n          Wintore , speaks of school and Latin.\n         There is an interesting letter, December 10, 1893, from \n          Florence, Italy to Eva, mentioning that\n         there is no silver in \n          Italy for the English and French are\n         buying it up, that \"Coppers are such a bother, and so heavy to\n         carry,\" seeing the works of \n          Donato and \n          Brunelleschi and the \n          Medici Chapel , and the \n          \"Brothers of Pity\" who wear black robes\n         and carry a corpse which \"made my blood turn cold.\" There is a\n         letter, January 13, 1894, to Eva, which mentions sending a\n         book to \n          May Begg , \"a literary courtship under the\n         auspices of \n          Pike's Peak . \" \n          Fleming Saunders III at \n          Randolph-Macon Academy in \n          Bedford writes to Eva on May 15, 1894,\n         saying he tried to get a tennis tournament for field day, and\n         congratulates Eva on her chicken raising and hopes his are\n         doing better.","Among the \n          Eva Saunders undated correspondence, there\n         is a fragment which notes that Miss Begg sent to its writer a\n         little book called \"The greatest thing in the World.\" A letter\n         dated November 26 to Eva contains drawings of women's blouses\n         and concerns her ordered blouses.","From the correspondence of \n          Fleming Saunders and \n          Mary (Gwathmey) Saunders , 1858-1879, a\n         letter dated September 5, 1871, from \n          Peter Saunders, Jr. , \n          Bleak Hill , says that his tobacco crop\n         has suffered. Another letter, April 17, 1874, from \n          Jeanie Edmond , \n          Hudson Lodge , makes a reference to the \n          Jubilee Singers traveling to raise money\n         for a \"slave college somewhere in the Northern States\"; to\n         acquaintances visiting \n          England , mentioning a \"public worship\n         bill\" in \n          Parliament , and one acquaintance having\n         an appointment with the Bishop of \n          Melbourne ; and to visiting \n          Australia . In a postcard dated August 21,\n         1879, \n          W. A. Alrich asks \n          Fleming Saunders ' opinion as to the next\n         \"services\" in \"regular course,\" and saying that it best not to\n         alter rotation as \"last service was omitted.\" He also mentions\n         that Mrs. \n          C[harles] Dabney has a fine little\n         daughter.","In the Fleming and Mary Saunders correspondence, 1880-1892,\n         there is a letter dated March 3, 1880 from M. Caden to\n         Saunders stating that he can not board a minister, but will\n         give the same salary as before. \n          Peter Saunders writes from \n          Bleak Hill on January 19, 1881 saying that\n         he has no specific desire to be a director on the \n          Virgina Midland [Rail] Road , and does not\n         think he could get the appointment anyway; he is still a\n         director on the \n          Franklin and Pittsylvania Railroad\n         Company , and fears a possible conflict of interest.\n          W. A. Alrich writes from \n          Emanuel Rectory , \n          Chatham, Virginia , on February 16, 1882,\n         saying he is glad that the \n          Saunders ' keep up the old St. Valentine's\n         Day tradition, by sending so practical a token of affection. \n          Ellen Boulder , a school teacher, writes\n         to \n          Mary Saunders from \n          Drake's Branch on March 18, 1889,\n         mentioning a five month school term ending on March 1st and a\n         June 23 to July 23 summer session. \n          [Peter Saunders] , \n          Bleak Hill , writes \n          Fleming Saunders , on October 26, 1891\n         mentioning Republican elements in the \"alliance\" [farmers'\n         alliance such as the \n          Grange ?].","In the Fleming and Mary Saunders correspondence, 1893-1900,\n          Fleming Saunders III writes to his parents\n         from \n          Randolph-Macon Academy in \n          Bedford on March 14, 1893, saying that he\n         is in the Baptist Church in the morning and the Methodist in\n         the afternoon, and tells of boys who spend more time with the\n         girls than studying. \n          James F. Plummer writes to Captain\n         Saunders on March 29, 1893, [from a theological seminary?],\n         saying that exams are beginning, and implying that knowledge\n         of Hebrew and Apologetics will be next among those things\n         tested. \n          Peter Saunders writes to Fleming from \n          Bleak Hill , on March 30, 1894, mentioning\n         the Bland Bill and the fear that its veto would cause discord\n         in the \n          Democratic Party , and discussing briefly\n         possible effects on the present financial situation.","In the Fleming and Mary Saunders correspondence, 1901-1910,\n         there is a letter, July 19, 1901, from \n          Edward Watts Saunders , while serving in\n         the \n          Virginia House of Delegates . \n          William W. Old writes to Fleming on\n         February 2, 1903 about a land sale and his agreement to sell\n         the land as a whole parcel to two black men, and suggesting a\n         method of finalizing the transaction. \n          E. W. Saunders writes to Fleming on\n         January 21, 1904 mentioning an inquiry about his land near\n         \"Vic. Muse.\" A letter, [March 1904], from \n          Alice [Saunders] at \n          Hollins, Virginia , to her aunt Saunders\n         refers to the Roman poet \n          Virgil . She writes to her mother on March\n         12, 1904 mentioning that John [ ] had failed in \n          Caesar and that he had been in the second\n         book of \n          Virgil .","In the undated Fleming and Mary Saunders correspondence, \n          D. Saunders writes to his mother from \n          Randolph-Macon Academy on February 10,\n         saying that he is learning German and is plagued by poor\n         spelling, and that the boys dance every night and were\n         previously boxing.","In the correspondence of \n          William Watts , 1754-1784, there is a\n         letter dated June 27, 1771 which summons Watts to the \n          General Assembly in \n          Williamsburg . \n          Samuel Dilworth writes on June 2, 1783\n         from \n          Blanford mentioning the problem of\n         collecting debts owed to the British. \n          Thomas Baldwin, Jr. writes on December 22,\n         1784 concerning the purchase of \"the Negro Fellow\" for\n         $18.","In the Watts correspondence, 1785-1789, a letter, December\n         16, 1785, from \n          William Roach informs Watts that while \n          Peter Kern is employing Watts in a matter\n         between Kern and Roach, Watts is to plead for Roach in all\n         matters, suggesting a conflict of interest. \n          Arthur Campbell , a candidate for the\n         senate from the Western Distict, writes, on March 24, 1788,\n         asking for Watts' support. \n          Edward Graham of \n          Bedford , writes on December 20, 1792,\n         mentioning that he saw the Watts' son reading \n          Horace and sending the boy a copy of \n          Cicero which would supply \"the means of\n         raising him as high in eminence as you could reasonably wish,\"\n         and adding that the boy will need to learn Greek as he will\n         soon be studying science.","In the Watts correspondence, 1793-1794, \n          Duncan Rose writes from \n          Petersburg , on July 8, 1794, stating that\n          Buchanan's Hartie and Company has been\n         doing business in \n          Great Britain and is waiting for a\n         successor to Hartie to be appointed before certain books could\n         be examined by Rose. Another letter pertains to relations with\n          France and \n          Britain at this time: \n          George Hancock writes to Watts in 1794\n         mentioning the rearing of a navy \"to repel the insult to our\n         ploy,\" referring to commerce restriction [on American goods]\n         by a nation which does not have a commerce treaty with the\n         U.S., and referring to Mr. \n          [James] Madison 's arguments whereas he\n         conducted himself in a manner worthy of himself. \n          Creed Taylor writes on May 11, 1795,\n         concerning some bonds. \n          William Vannerson writes, on October 30,\n         1795, from \n          Petersburg mentioning a British war sloop\n         in \n          Norfolk, Virginia and the order for\n         carrying American bottoms bound for \n          France into British ports with invoice\n         being revoked, revealing that some say that this retaliation\n         has been brought about by Americans invoicing their flour at\n         $27 per barrel.","In Watts' correspondence with \n          Edward Randolph , 1796-1797, Randolph\n         writes from \n          Richmond on February 21 and March 13, 1796\n         on the subject of British creditors. In Watts' correspondence\n         with \n          Thomas F. Scott , 1792-1798, Scott writes\n         on January 4, 1796 and December 18, 1798 on the subject of\n         British debts. In the correspondence of \n          William Watts with \n          John Watts , 1784-1800, John writes to\n         William in April 1784 from \n          Lincoln County, Virginia (now \n          Kentucky ), concerning apprehension about\n         a possible Indian war in the \n          Northwest Territories . John says that\n         while the lands in \n          Kentucky are good, the inconveniences are\n         many, and that the doomsayers will probably prevent the\n         surveying of lands on the northwest side of the Ohio.","Business Papers","There are general accounts, 1751-1899, n.d. An account,\n         beginning November 16, 1762, with \n          George Kippen \u0026 Co. at their store in \n          Goochland, Virginia , lists \n          John Gilliam as having ordered a dozen\n         flints, 3/4 yard of bearskin, and a dozen pipes. There is a\n         list, April 20, 1763, pertaining to the estate of \n          A. Watts , on which is listed a\n         £0.2.0 debt to \n          Mary Petillo , the only woman on the list,\n         and a £2.4.9 debt to Sir \n          William Skipwith . The account of \n          Thomas East with \n          Archelaus Austin from November 15, 1771,\n         consists of beer, wine, grog, and a gallon of corn, with one\n         entry \"to saging one night\" perhaps pertaining to the making\n         of moonshine. An account, beginning January 20, 1775, of N[ ]\n         Vaughn with \n          Edward Watts lists various quantities of\n         rum, molasses, and sugar. There are several accounts,\n         1779-1794, of the estate of \n          Nathaniel Davis , including an entry for\n         1784 for three yards of woollen for a Negro jacket, and May 9,\n         1784 for half of hire of \n          Jacob . There is a section, \"Accts\n         Overlooked,\" from 1784, which refers to tobacco being a share\n         and half share for \n          Jacob , and another for dinner at the\n         courthouse when on business. There is an account of \n          James Davis with \n          Daniel Warwick , dating 1799-1803, with\n         references to a variety of items including coffee, sewing\n         materials, dinner ware, alcohol, and accessories. Mrs. \n          Elizabeth Davis ' account beginning May\n         31, 1807, has an entries for coffee, condiments, and sewing\n         material. An account, March 26, 1810, of Capt. \n          James Davis with \n          Rowland P. Banks lists \"163 days tuition\n         at $8 p. ann. $5 cts 1 1/2.\" The account, beginning August 14,\n         1826, of Capt. \n          James Davis with \n          Thomas Pleasants , has lists orders for\n         cheese, mackerel, cotton, and whiskey. On October 31, 1832,\n         Judge Saunders, of \n          Lynchburg, Virginia , orders castor oil,\n         ointment, and a syringe. Accounts which mention tea are rare\n         but there is an undated fragment of Mr. \n          James Davis which contains an entry for\n         imperial tea. There is an undated \"memorandum of brandy\" taken\n         from Mrs. Eubank.","The accounts of \n          Williams Watts span 1752-1797. There is\n         also a hotel account with \n          Charles Williamson with entries dating\n         1763, 1773, and 1774. There are accounts for the boarding,\n         clothing, and feeding of Negro boys with Mrs. \n          Betty Tucker and \n          Betty Kirkland , both beginning September\n         10, 1767, and Capt. \n          Joseph Tucker , 1767-1769. Watts has\n         accounts, 1768, with \n          John Brittan for a waistcoat, shoes,\n         stockings, and a hat. There is a 1769 account for various\n         building supplies. Watts also has an account, beginning April\n         20, 1771, with \n          Miller Woodson with an entry of May 16,\n         1772 listing a \n          Patrick Henry . There is a document which\n         contains information on the estate of \n          William Randolph . There is another\n         lodging account, July 26, 1773 through December 3, 1776, of\n         Watts with \n          Charles Williams . There is an account\n         beginning March 9, 1778, with \n          William Kirkland which includes listings\n         for tuition and educational books. A January 10, 1780 account\n         with \n          Frederick Nance mentions a violin and a\n         set of strings. There is an account, beginning December 21,\n         1787, with \n          Robert Wilson ordering Hyson Tea, coffee,\n         and a bottle of snuff. From a 1791 account of \n          Edward McDonald with \n          William Watts , there is the note of the\n         hire of a Negro. From a 1792 account of \n          Charles Smith , there is a note for the\n         finding of a Negro woman and for the inspecting of tobacco.\n         There are two medical bills, one with \n          George Martin , beginning January 14,\n         1794, and one with Doctor \n          Graham , beginning November 3, 1795. In\n         October 1797, Watts had an account with \n          George Quille for the hire of a Negro.\n         There is an undated account of \n          W. Walter Spence with Watts for the hire\n         of a Negro for eight months.","Promissory notes and receipts range from 1754-1905, n.d.\n         There are several items concerned with the estate of \n          John Fleming and include an entry for\n         February 1764 for a Negro bought for $10. Between \n          George Martin and Watts there is an\n         agreement, October 3, 1794, mentioning the purchase of red\n         wheat and the hire of a Negro woman. \n          James Davis has a note dated 1803 with the\n         Sheriff of \n          Amherst County for tax on four Negroes,\n         four horses, and five tithes. \n          Elizabeth Davis has a note dated 1816 for\n         tax on three Negroes and one horse. There is a note from\n         December 6, 1827 pertaining to a $5 bond for the hire of a\n         Negro man by \n          James Davis from \n          J. Wright for \n          Lavinia Wright . There is a 1840 note from\n          Charles Davis to the Sheriff of \n          Amherst for tax on six Negroes and six\n         horses.","Legal Papers","There are a number of court memoranda, 1768-1786, n.d.,\n         kept by \n          William Watts in his capacity as a lawyer.\n         In a November 10, 1771 memo for the \n          Buckingham County court, there is an entry\n         for detinue for Negro woman named \n          Agge . From the memo for the April 1772\n         court at \n          Lunenburg County , \n          Thomas Taylor and his wife have a suit\n         against a Hurt for a Negro in \n          Amelia . There is also a list of debts\n         owed to Watts for the year 1794. Dating 1771 through 1782,\n         there are court dockets from \n          Amelia County and \n          Lunenburg County from 1771-1782. A number\n         of the entries have Watts as the litigant. There is a 1773 day\n         book with the signatures of William and \n          Edward Watts , which includes a record of \n          William Watts ' court expenses. There are\n         also legal day books, 1772-1773, of Watts, with entries for \n          Buckingham County , \n          Amelia , \n          Cumberland County , and \n          Prince Edward County as well as for \n          Williamsburg, Virginia . There is another\n         1773 memorandum book of Watts with entries for \n          Amelia County , \n          Cumberland County , and \n          Buckingham County .","The indentures date 1749-1788, n.d. From January 1, 1763,\n         there is an agreement between \n          Benjamin Tambro and \n          Ayres Hodnett of \n          Buckingham in regard to the former's son, \n          John Tambro , to be apprentice to the\n         latter for seven years. From March 28, 1774, there is an\n         indenture between Watts and \n          William Ford . From September 17, 1768,\n         there is an agreement between \n          Abraham West and \n          John Blankenship of \n          Prince Edward . On November 17, 1772,\n         there is an agreement between \n          John Lewallen of \n          Amelia County and \n          James and Robert Donalds and Company ,\n         Merchants of \n          Glasgow . On September 15, 1778, there is\n         an agreement between \n          David Wright of \n          Botetourt and \n          Alexander Paine of the same concerning a\n         land dispute in the area where the \n          Roanoke River and \n          Tinker Creek .","The will, December 25, 1745, of \n          Thomas Patterson of \n          Albemarle County , names his slaves and\n         divides them among his children and wife, and requests that\n         his land in \n          Goochland County be known as \n          \"Locust Thicket.\" Margery Hinshaw contested the will of \n          Samuel Hinshaw dated March 1758 with \n          [Cedw] Gibson on July 10, 1765. Hinshaw\n         had divided his slaves between his still living wife, his\n         daughter \n          Elizabeth Hinshaw , and the latter's\n         children. This situation involved a slave of Elizabeth. The\n         will of \n          Thomas Bottom of \n          Amelia dated May 10, 1760 divides his\n         slaves which are named between his three daughters.","A folder of general legal papers date 1765-1903, n.d. The\n         inventory and appraisal, 1826, of the estate of \n          John Eubank mentions prices for his\n         Negroes: £300 for a man named \n          Jacob , £200 for a man named \n          Joe , £10 for a woman named \n          Hannah , £20 for a girl named \n          Lolly , and £0 for a girl named\n          Caroline . There is also a list of tickets\n         of ommission paid by \n          William Watts , attorney. Among the legal\n         papers of \n          Amelia County , 1768 through 1789\n         including undated material, a document dated May 15, 1783\n         states that \n          Sarah Tinker on December 6, 1781 gave her\n         son-in-law \n          John Tucker an ailing Negro named \n          Ned until the latter gets well whereas he\n         will be returned to \n          Sarah Tucker . In an undated document, \n          George Vaughn yields up title/right of two\n         Negroes--named \n          Frank and \n          Phoebe --to son-in-law \n          John Norris --formerly given to grandson \n          John Norris by a deed dated October 2,\n         1796: \"said slaves will forever defend me from my heirs.\" The\n         son-in-law Norris will pay Vaughn or wife £10\n         annually for preformance of the aforesaid act. Among the \n          Campbell County papers, Justice \n          Adam Clement says that \n          Charles Gilbert of \n          Campbell on April 29, 1787 makes oath that\n         Negro slave \n          Jack --property of Watts of \n          Prince Edward County --ran away and was\n         found 50 miles thence. Among the legal papers of \n          Prince Edward , \n          Edward Watts sold to \n          William Watts eight Negro slaves: \n          True , \n          James , \n          Winnie , \n          Peter , \n          Sarah , \n          Betty , \n          Rachel , and \n          Doc on January 14, 1787. There is also a\n         account of Dr. \n          M. John King with the sheriff of \n          Lunenburg which has an entry dating 1769:\n         the former is in account with \n          [John] Epps for four lbs. of tobacco at\n         £0.5.1.","Miscellaneous","Among the Advertisements there is an advertisement dated\n         September 20, 1871 from the \n          Omaha, Nebraska Lottery for the building\n         of a public library in the city. A broadside from \n          Cox and Sons Church Furniture shows a\n         garish stained-glass window commemorating the late President \n          James Garfield . There is an undated\n         letter to Mrs. \n          Fleming Saunders asking for a subscription\n         to the \n          Graphic, a ladies society\n         magazine. There is an undated list of books from \n          George Munro, Publishers . There is also a\n         broadside for \"The World's Christmas Hymn\"--an analogy of\n         English poetry pertaining to \n          Christ 's birth dating from the medieval\n         period.","The church related papers include a letter, March 21, 1904,\n         from \n          Virginia Polytechnic Institute to the \n          Saunders asking for aid for the building of\n         an Episcopal parsonage at the university. The letter\n         enunciates a fear of the danger of Episcopal boys being weaned\n         from their faith by the compulsory attendance at the services\n         of other sects due to the absence of a Episcopal parsonage.\n         There is also an Episcopal \"Church Kalendar,\" 1882-1883,\n         listing holy days with information on the faith, church\n         service, and background of the Anglican/Episcopalian\n         faith.","Civil War papers range from 1861 to 1864. During 1862-1864,\n         there are a number of furloughs issued to \n          Confederate enlisted men in \n          Virginia , each with a physical\n         description of the bearer, and addressed \"to all whom it may\n         concern.\" On August 10, 1862, there is a provision return for\n         a company of the \n          13th Regiment of Pennsylvania volunteers .\n         There are also a number of CSA \"special requisitions\", chiefly\n         ordering clothing, shoes, and blankets, most signed by Captain\n          Fleming Saunders , assistant\n         quartermaster, of Company K, Virginia Regiment.","The educational papers range from 1848-1903, n.d. There is\n         a page from a 1848 French edition of the fables of La Fontaine\n         from the \"Academie de Norfolk.\" There is an \n          \"Educational Treatise on the Constitution\" ,\n         September 6, 1877, by \n          John Randolph Tucker of \n          Virginia . There is a 1892-1893 brochure\n         for the \n          Edgeworth School , a church-related\n         boarding and day school for females. There is the fall term\n         1895 grade report from \n          Virginia Polytechnic Institute (formerly \n          Virginia Agriculture and Mechanical\n         College ) for \n          Fleming Saunders, III . There is a fall\n         term 1902 grade report from \n          Hollins College for \n          Elsie Saunders . There is another VPI\n         grade report, from February 1903, for \n          Carter Temple Saunders . There is a report\n         from \n          St. Timothy's School of \n          Catonsville, Maryland . Another undated\n         piece is a \"rules for spelling\" sheet from a grammar book.\n         There are also undated fragments of Latin, French, and\n         algebra.","There are lectures, essays, and poems, 1794, 1818, 1843,\n         and n.d., including a scrap of a lecture dated September 6,\n         1794 from \n          Edward Watts ; another lecture on motive\n         dated September 16, 1794; and, a series of oral essays from\n         1843.","Miscellaneous material, 1887-1892, includes a note of the\n         marriage of Capt. \n          Fleming Saunders to \n          Mary Gwathmey on July 30.","The obituaries include a reprint of the 1858 obituary of \n          Fleming Saunders, Sr , a reprint of the\n         1867 obituary of Fleming, Sr.'s wife-- \n          Alice Fleming --and the 1904 obituary of \n          Peter Saunders . The obituaries of\n         Fleming, Sr. and Alice are panegyrics. The first two were\n         transcribed by \n          John Blair Dabney .","The photographs include an unidentified photograph of a\n         young member of the \n          Saunders family and undated photo cards of\n         liturgical furniture.","Bound Volumes","The Day Books include a day book from \n          Maple Creek Mills dating from 1842. There\n         is a 1867 day book with one page filled, made of a cut\n         agricultural crop ledger. There is also in the book a pasted\n         in notice from the Adjuctant Inspector's Office in \n          Richmond , July 29, 1863. Dating January\n         18, 1872 is a subscription book for the \n          Lee Monumental Association . Also present\n         is a $1 donation from \n          Alex Berkeley of \n          Yellow Branch, Virginia . There are also\n         farm journals dating 1855 through 1860.","A card game, 1846, called \"The Game of Kings made Easy\"\n         which is based on the kings of \n          England who reigned down to its date, is\n         also present. The card for Henry V is missing. Many of the\n         cards contain information of the kings of an antiquarian\n         nature.","The Memorandum books, 1873-1874 and 1881-1894, owned by \n          Fleming Saunders , includes employees,\n         supplies, and construction information in the first volume.\n         The latter has a note at its end which mentions survey\n         data.","The \n          Otter River Township Record Book dates\n         from 1870-1874. There are references to road building. An\n         entry for June 16, 1871 notes the ordering of \"tickets\" for\n         road tax and township levy. Also included are lists of\n         expenses for board members with lists of expenses for\n         materials bought. One entry notes that \n          B. H. Anthony , overseer of the poor,\n         sends three paupers--one white woman and two black woman--to\n         the poor house. Expenses for the poor house are noted. At 1874\n         and 1875 meetings, \n          Fleming Saunders is mentioned as road\n         overseer in certain districts."],"names_ssim":["University of Virginia. Library. 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Large portions of the\n         correspondence belong to \n          William Watts and \n          Fleming Saunders . Included with the\n         correspondence is a letterbook, 1873-1880, of \n          Frank Prufer . The business papers include\n         accounts, bonds, correspondence, and notes and receipts,\n         chiefly pertaining to \n          William Watts and \n          Fleming Saunders , but also various\n         members of these families. The legal papers include court\n         dockets and memoranda of \n          William Watts , documents, and wills.\n         There are various legal papers of \n          William Watts pertaining to \n          Virginia counties including \n          Amelia County , \n          Amherst County , \n          Buckingham County , \n          Campbell County , \n          Cumberland County , \n          Prince Edward County . The miscellaneous\n         material includes advertisements, educational papers,\n         photographs, printed, religious papers, and fragments. The\n         bound volumes include day books, a blacksmith book, a farm\n         journal, memorandum books, and a township record. Folders are\n         arranged alphabetically within each series, with material\n         inside arranged chronologically.","Correspondence","From the correspondence of the \n          Davis Family , \n          Saunders Family , and related families,\n         1800-1856, there is a letter addressed to \"Sully,\" December\n         30, 1800, from \n          Louisa County , which advises the\n         recipient, who had asked for religious instruction, to seek\n         the \n          Kingdom of God . A letter dated April 2,\n         1812 from \n          James Rayland to his sister mentions that\n         his cousin is strapped for cash, and asks if the recipient can\n         help him. A rather unusual letter, dating July 24, 1836, from \n          Mount Pleasant , indicates that \"Mary\n         thinks a little Brandy would be of service to her,\" and\n         requests that some be sent to her. A letter written to Captain\n         Davis on January 9, 1844, mentions that \n          Pleasant Milkhill needs brandy, and asks\n         that it be sent with \n          David (probably a slave) for there is none\n         at \n          Bethel . A letter dating November 6, 1856\n         at \n          Bleak Hills makes a reference to \"Roanoke\"\n         [Roanoke County, or \n          John Randolph 's estate \"Roanoke\"?].","From their correspondence dating 1862-1904, there is a\n         letter to \n          Sam Tyree , Esq, July 17, 1870 from [his]\n         student: \n          [Sam L. Preston?] complaining that he can\n         not attend sunday school because of prostration. There is also\n         a letter dated April 8, 1901 from \n          Trinity and Ivy Chapel in \n          Boonsboro, Bedford County to a Mr.\n         Randolph inviting him to preach there every other Sunday.\n         There is also an undated fragment referring to a comet the\n         size of a full moon and a meteor shower which \"will be a sight\n         to see.\"","Among the families' undated correspondence, is a letter\n         dated November 17 to \n          \"Carter\" [Saunders?] , by a female who\n         mentions [her] children's Latin lessons. There is another\n         letter to a Miss Kerr which mentions a recipe for Tongue a la\n         Mode. There is also a letter, dated October 23, [1805?], from\n         a \n          Sam K. Jenny , probably a doctor of\n         medicine, which mentions that \n          William Green attended a man named\n         Barnhart to \n          Bedford so Jenny could prescribe to his\n         case and that he \"forbad the case of ardent spirits.\"","From the correspondence of \n          Eva (Smith) Saunders , dated 1868-1894,\n         there is a letter, February 24, 1889, from \n          The Grove which mentions that while Eva\n         passed her exams--her brother \n          Fleming Saunders III did not. A letter,\n         August 2, 1892, to \n          Eva Saunders from \n          M. Natalie Manson , at \n          Wintore , speaks of school and Latin.\n         There is an interesting letter, December 10, 1893, from \n          Florence, Italy to Eva, mentioning that\n         there is no silver in \n          Italy for the English and French are\n         buying it up, that \"Coppers are such a bother, and so heavy to\n         carry,\" seeing the works of \n          Donato and \n          Brunelleschi and the \n          Medici Chapel , and the \n          \"Brothers of Pity\" who wear black robes\n         and carry a corpse which \"made my blood turn cold.\" There is a\n         letter, January 13, 1894, to Eva, which mentions sending a\n         book to \n          May Begg , \"a literary courtship under the\n         auspices of \n          Pike's Peak . \" \n          Fleming Saunders III at \n          Randolph-Macon Academy in \n          Bedford writes to Eva on May 15, 1894,\n         saying he tried to get a tennis tournament for field day, and\n         congratulates Eva on her chicken raising and hopes his are\n         doing better.","Among the \n          Eva Saunders undated correspondence, there\n         is a fragment which notes that Miss Begg sent to its writer a\n         little book called \"The greatest thing in the World.\" A letter\n         dated November 26 to Eva contains drawings of women's blouses\n         and concerns her ordered blouses.","From the correspondence of \n          Fleming Saunders and \n          Mary (Gwathmey) Saunders , 1858-1879, a\n         letter dated September 5, 1871, from \n          Peter Saunders, Jr. , \n          Bleak Hill , says that his tobacco crop\n         has suffered. Another letter, April 17, 1874, from \n          Jeanie Edmond , \n          Hudson Lodge , makes a reference to the \n          Jubilee Singers traveling to raise money\n         for a \"slave college somewhere in the Northern States\"; to\n         acquaintances visiting \n          England , mentioning a \"public worship\n         bill\" in \n          Parliament , and one acquaintance having\n         an appointment with the Bishop of \n          Melbourne ; and to visiting \n          Australia . In a postcard dated August 21,\n         1879, \n          W. A. Alrich asks \n          Fleming Saunders ' opinion as to the next\n         \"services\" in \"regular course,\" and saying that it best not to\n         alter rotation as \"last service was omitted.\" He also mentions\n         that Mrs. \n          C[harles] Dabney has a fine little\n         daughter.","In the Fleming and Mary Saunders correspondence, 1880-1892,\n         there is a letter dated March 3, 1880 from M. Caden to\n         Saunders stating that he can not board a minister, but will\n         give the same salary as before. \n          Peter Saunders writes from \n          Bleak Hill on January 19, 1881 saying that\n         he has no specific desire to be a director on the \n          Virgina Midland [Rail] Road , and does not\n         think he could get the appointment anyway; he is still a\n         director on the \n          Franklin and Pittsylvania Railroad\n         Company , and fears a possible conflict of interest.\n          W. A. Alrich writes from \n          Emanuel Rectory , \n          Chatham, Virginia , on February 16, 1882,\n         saying he is glad that the \n          Saunders ' keep up the old St. Valentine's\n         Day tradition, by sending so practical a token of affection. \n          Ellen Boulder , a school teacher, writes\n         to \n          Mary Saunders from \n          Drake's Branch on March 18, 1889,\n         mentioning a five month school term ending on March 1st and a\n         June 23 to July 23 summer session. \n          [Peter Saunders] , \n          Bleak Hill , writes \n          Fleming Saunders , on October 26, 1891\n         mentioning Republican elements in the \"alliance\" [farmers'\n         alliance such as the \n          Grange ?].","In the Fleming and Mary Saunders correspondence, 1893-1900,\n          Fleming Saunders III writes to his parents\n         from \n          Randolph-Macon Academy in \n          Bedford on March 14, 1893, saying that he\n         is in the Baptist Church in the morning and the Methodist in\n         the afternoon, and tells of boys who spend more time with the\n         girls than studying. \n          James F. Plummer writes to Captain\n         Saunders on March 29, 1893, [from a theological seminary?],\n         saying that exams are beginning, and implying that knowledge\n         of Hebrew and Apologetics will be next among those things\n         tested. \n          Peter Saunders writes to Fleming from \n          Bleak Hill , on March 30, 1894, mentioning\n         the Bland Bill and the fear that its veto would cause discord\n         in the \n          Democratic Party , and discussing briefly\n         possible effects on the present financial situation.","In the Fleming and Mary Saunders correspondence, 1901-1910,\n         there is a letter, July 19, 1901, from \n          Edward Watts Saunders , while serving in\n         the \n          Virginia House of Delegates . \n          William W. Old writes to Fleming on\n         February 2, 1903 about a land sale and his agreement to sell\n         the land as a whole parcel to two black men, and suggesting a\n         method of finalizing the transaction. \n          E. W. Saunders writes to Fleming on\n         January 21, 1904 mentioning an inquiry about his land near\n         \"Vic. Muse.\" A letter, [March 1904], from \n          Alice [Saunders] at \n          Hollins, Virginia , to her aunt Saunders\n         refers to the Roman poet \n          Virgil . She writes to her mother on March\n         12, 1904 mentioning that John [ ] had failed in \n          Caesar and that he had been in the second\n         book of \n          Virgil .","In the undated Fleming and Mary Saunders correspondence, \n          D. Saunders writes to his mother from \n          Randolph-Macon Academy on February 10,\n         saying that he is learning German and is plagued by poor\n         spelling, and that the boys dance every night and were\n         previously boxing.","In the correspondence of \n          William Watts , 1754-1784, there is a\n         letter dated June 27, 1771 which summons Watts to the \n          General Assembly in \n          Williamsburg . \n          Samuel Dilworth writes on June 2, 1783\n         from \n          Blanford mentioning the problem of\n         collecting debts owed to the British. \n          Thomas Baldwin, Jr. writes on December 22,\n         1784 concerning the purchase of \"the Negro Fellow\" for\n         $18.","In the Watts correspondence, 1785-1789, a letter, December\n         16, 1785, from \n          William Roach informs Watts that while \n          Peter Kern is employing Watts in a matter\n         between Kern and Roach, Watts is to plead for Roach in all\n         matters, suggesting a conflict of interest. \n          Arthur Campbell , a candidate for the\n         senate from the Western Distict, writes, on March 24, 1788,\n         asking for Watts' support. \n          Edward Graham of \n          Bedford , writes on December 20, 1792,\n         mentioning that he saw the Watts' son reading \n          Horace and sending the boy a copy of \n          Cicero which would supply \"the means of\n         raising him as high in eminence as you could reasonably wish,\"\n         and adding that the boy will need to learn Greek as he will\n         soon be studying science.","In the Watts correspondence, 1793-1794, \n          Duncan Rose writes from \n          Petersburg , on July 8, 1794, stating that\n          Buchanan's Hartie and Company has been\n         doing business in \n          Great Britain and is waiting for a\n         successor to Hartie to be appointed before certain books could\n         be examined by Rose. Another letter pertains to relations with\n          France and \n          Britain at this time: \n          George Hancock writes to Watts in 1794\n         mentioning the rearing of a navy \"to repel the insult to our\n         ploy,\" referring to commerce restriction [on American goods]\n         by a nation which does not have a commerce treaty with the\n         U.S., and referring to Mr. \n          [James] Madison 's arguments whereas he\n         conducted himself in a manner worthy of himself. \n          Creed Taylor writes on May 11, 1795,\n         concerning some bonds. \n          William Vannerson writes, on October 30,\n         1795, from \n          Petersburg mentioning a British war sloop\n         in \n          Norfolk, Virginia and the order for\n         carrying American bottoms bound for \n          France into British ports with invoice\n         being revoked, revealing that some say that this retaliation\n         has been brought about by Americans invoicing their flour at\n         $27 per barrel.","In Watts' correspondence with \n          Edward Randolph , 1796-1797, Randolph\n         writes from \n          Richmond on February 21 and March 13, 1796\n         on the subject of British creditors. In Watts' correspondence\n         with \n          Thomas F. Scott , 1792-1798, Scott writes\n         on January 4, 1796 and December 18, 1798 on the subject of\n         British debts. In the correspondence of \n          William Watts with \n          John Watts , 1784-1800, John writes to\n         William in April 1784 from \n          Lincoln County, Virginia (now \n          Kentucky ), concerning apprehension about\n         a possible Indian war in the \n          Northwest Territories . John says that\n         while the lands in \n          Kentucky are good, the inconveniences are\n         many, and that the doomsayers will probably prevent the\n         surveying of lands on the northwest side of the Ohio.","Business Papers","There are general accounts, 1751-1899, n.d. An account,\n         beginning November 16, 1762, with \n          George Kippen \u0026 Co. at their store in \n          Goochland, Virginia , lists \n          John Gilliam as having ordered a dozen\n         flints, 3/4 yard of bearskin, and a dozen pipes. There is a\n         list, April 20, 1763, pertaining to the estate of \n          A. Watts , on which is listed a\n         £0.2.0 debt to \n          Mary Petillo , the only woman on the list,\n         and a £2.4.9 debt to Sir \n          William Skipwith . The account of \n          Thomas East with \n          Archelaus Austin from November 15, 1771,\n         consists of beer, wine, grog, and a gallon of corn, with one\n         entry \"to saging one night\" perhaps pertaining to the making\n         of moonshine. An account, beginning January 20, 1775, of N[ ]\n         Vaughn with \n          Edward Watts lists various quantities of\n         rum, molasses, and sugar. There are several accounts,\n         1779-1794, of the estate of \n          Nathaniel Davis , including an entry for\n         1784 for three yards of woollen for a Negro jacket, and May 9,\n         1784 for half of hire of \n          Jacob . There is a section, \"Accts\n         Overlooked,\" from 1784, which refers to tobacco being a share\n         and half share for \n          Jacob , and another for dinner at the\n         courthouse when on business. There is an account of \n          James Davis with \n          Daniel Warwick , dating 1799-1803, with\n         references to a variety of items including coffee, sewing\n         materials, dinner ware, alcohol, and accessories. Mrs. \n          Elizabeth Davis ' account beginning May\n         31, 1807, has an entries for coffee, condiments, and sewing\n         material. An account, March 26, 1810, of Capt. \n          James Davis with \n          Rowland P. Banks lists \"163 days tuition\n         at $8 p. ann. $5 cts 1 1/2.\" The account, beginning August 14,\n         1826, of Capt. \n          James Davis with \n          Thomas Pleasants , has lists orders for\n         cheese, mackerel, cotton, and whiskey. On October 31, 1832,\n         Judge Saunders, of \n          Lynchburg, Virginia , orders castor oil,\n         ointment, and a syringe. Accounts which mention tea are rare\n         but there is an undated fragment of Mr. \n          James Davis which contains an entry for\n         imperial tea. There is an undated \"memorandum of brandy\" taken\n         from Mrs. Eubank.","The accounts of \n          Williams Watts span 1752-1797. There is\n         also a hotel account with \n          Charles Williamson with entries dating\n         1763, 1773, and 1774. There are accounts for the boarding,\n         clothing, and feeding of Negro boys with Mrs. \n          Betty Tucker and \n          Betty Kirkland , both beginning September\n         10, 1767, and Capt. \n          Joseph Tucker , 1767-1769. Watts has\n         accounts, 1768, with \n          John Brittan for a waistcoat, shoes,\n         stockings, and a hat. There is a 1769 account for various\n         building supplies. Watts also has an account, beginning April\n         20, 1771, with \n          Miller Woodson with an entry of May 16,\n         1772 listing a \n          Patrick Henry . There is a document which\n         contains information on the estate of \n          William Randolph . There is another\n         lodging account, July 26, 1773 through December 3, 1776, of\n         Watts with \n          Charles Williams . There is an account\n         beginning March 9, 1778, with \n          William Kirkland which includes listings\n         for tuition and educational books. A January 10, 1780 account\n         with \n          Frederick Nance mentions a violin and a\n         set of strings. There is an account, beginning December 21,\n         1787, with \n          Robert Wilson ordering Hyson Tea, coffee,\n         and a bottle of snuff. From a 1791 account of \n          Edward McDonald with \n          William Watts , there is the note of the\n         hire of a Negro. From a 1792 account of \n          Charles Smith , there is a note for the\n         finding of a Negro woman and for the inspecting of tobacco.\n         There are two medical bills, one with \n          George Martin , beginning January 14,\n         1794, and one with Doctor \n          Graham , beginning November 3, 1795. In\n         October 1797, Watts had an account with \n          George Quille for the hire of a Negro.\n         There is an undated account of \n          W. Walter Spence with Watts for the hire\n         of a Negro for eight months.","Promissory notes and receipts range from 1754-1905, n.d.\n         There are several items concerned with the estate of \n          John Fleming and include an entry for\n         February 1764 for a Negro bought for $10. Between \n          George Martin and Watts there is an\n         agreement, October 3, 1794, mentioning the purchase of red\n         wheat and the hire of a Negro woman. \n          James Davis has a note dated 1803 with the\n         Sheriff of \n          Amherst County for tax on four Negroes,\n         four horses, and five tithes. \n          Elizabeth Davis has a note dated 1816 for\n         tax on three Negroes and one horse. There is a note from\n         December 6, 1827 pertaining to a $5 bond for the hire of a\n         Negro man by \n          James Davis from \n          J. Wright for \n          Lavinia Wright . There is a 1840 note from\n          Charles Davis to the Sheriff of \n          Amherst for tax on six Negroes and six\n         horses.","Legal Papers","There are a number of court memoranda, 1768-1786, n.d.,\n         kept by \n          William Watts in his capacity as a lawyer.\n         In a November 10, 1771 memo for the \n          Buckingham County court, there is an entry\n         for detinue for Negro woman named \n          Agge . From the memo for the April 1772\n         court at \n          Lunenburg County , \n          Thomas Taylor and his wife have a suit\n         against a Hurt for a Negro in \n          Amelia . There is also a list of debts\n         owed to Watts for the year 1794. Dating 1771 through 1782,\n         there are court dockets from \n          Amelia County and \n          Lunenburg County from 1771-1782. A number\n         of the entries have Watts as the litigant. There is a 1773 day\n         book with the signatures of William and \n          Edward Watts , which includes a record of \n          William Watts ' court expenses. There are\n         also legal day books, 1772-1773, of Watts, with entries for \n          Buckingham County , \n          Amelia , \n          Cumberland County , and \n          Prince Edward County as well as for \n          Williamsburg, Virginia . There is another\n         1773 memorandum book of Watts with entries for \n          Amelia County , \n          Cumberland County , and \n          Buckingham County .","The indentures date 1749-1788, n.d. From January 1, 1763,\n         there is an agreement between \n          Benjamin Tambro and \n          Ayres Hodnett of \n          Buckingham in regard to the former's son, \n          John Tambro , to be apprentice to the\n         latter for seven years. From March 28, 1774, there is an\n         indenture between Watts and \n          William Ford . From September 17, 1768,\n         there is an agreement between \n          Abraham West and \n          John Blankenship of \n          Prince Edward . On November 17, 1772,\n         there is an agreement between \n          John Lewallen of \n          Amelia County and \n          James and Robert Donalds and Company ,\n         Merchants of \n          Glasgow . On September 15, 1778, there is\n         an agreement between \n          David Wright of \n          Botetourt and \n          Alexander Paine of the same concerning a\n         land dispute in the area where the \n          Roanoke River and \n          Tinker Creek .","The will, December 25, 1745, of \n          Thomas Patterson of \n          Albemarle County , names his slaves and\n         divides them among his children and wife, and requests that\n         his land in \n          Goochland County be known as \n          \"Locust Thicket.\" Margery Hinshaw contested the will of \n          Samuel Hinshaw dated March 1758 with \n          [Cedw] Gibson on July 10, 1765. Hinshaw\n         had divided his slaves between his still living wife, his\n         daughter \n          Elizabeth Hinshaw , and the latter's\n         children. This situation involved a slave of Elizabeth. The\n         will of \n          Thomas Bottom of \n          Amelia dated May 10, 1760 divides his\n         slaves which are named between his three daughters.","A folder of general legal papers date 1765-1903, n.d. The\n         inventory and appraisal, 1826, of the estate of \n          John Eubank mentions prices for his\n         Negroes: £300 for a man named \n          Jacob , £200 for a man named \n          Joe , £10 for a woman named \n          Hannah , £20 for a girl named \n          Lolly , and £0 for a girl named\n          Caroline . There is also a list of tickets\n         of ommission paid by \n          William Watts , attorney. Among the legal\n         papers of \n          Amelia County , 1768 through 1789\n         including undated material, a document dated May 15, 1783\n         states that \n          Sarah Tinker on December 6, 1781 gave her\n         son-in-law \n          John Tucker an ailing Negro named \n          Ned until the latter gets well whereas he\n         will be returned to \n          Sarah Tucker . In an undated document, \n          George Vaughn yields up title/right of two\n         Negroes--named \n          Frank and \n          Phoebe --to son-in-law \n          John Norris --formerly given to grandson \n          John Norris by a deed dated October 2,\n         1796: \"said slaves will forever defend me from my heirs.\" The\n         son-in-law Norris will pay Vaughn or wife £10\n         annually for preformance of the aforesaid act. Among the \n          Campbell County papers, Justice \n          Adam Clement says that \n          Charles Gilbert of \n          Campbell on April 29, 1787 makes oath that\n         Negro slave \n          Jack --property of Watts of \n          Prince Edward County --ran away and was\n         found 50 miles thence. Among the legal papers of \n          Prince Edward , \n          Edward Watts sold to \n          William Watts eight Negro slaves: \n          True , \n          James , \n          Winnie , \n          Peter , \n          Sarah , \n          Betty , \n          Rachel , and \n          Doc on January 14, 1787. There is also a\n         account of Dr. \n          M. John King with the sheriff of \n          Lunenburg which has an entry dating 1769:\n         the former is in account with \n          [John] Epps for four lbs. of tobacco at\n         £0.5.1.","Miscellaneous","Among the Advertisements there is an advertisement dated\n         September 20, 1871 from the \n          Omaha, Nebraska Lottery for the building\n         of a public library in the city. A broadside from \n          Cox and Sons Church Furniture shows a\n         garish stained-glass window commemorating the late President \n          James Garfield . There is an undated\n         letter to Mrs. \n          Fleming Saunders asking for a subscription\n         to the \n          Graphic, a ladies society\n         magazine. There is an undated list of books from \n          George Munro, Publishers . There is also a\n         broadside for \"The World's Christmas Hymn\"--an analogy of\n         English poetry pertaining to \n          Christ 's birth dating from the medieval\n         period.","The church related papers include a letter, March 21, 1904,\n         from \n          Virginia Polytechnic Institute to the \n          Saunders asking for aid for the building of\n         an Episcopal parsonage at the university. The letter\n         enunciates a fear of the danger of Episcopal boys being weaned\n         from their faith by the compulsory attendance at the services\n         of other sects due to the absence of a Episcopal parsonage.\n         There is also an Episcopal \"Church Kalendar,\" 1882-1883,\n         listing holy days with information on the faith, church\n         service, and background of the Anglican/Episcopalian\n         faith.","Civil War papers range from 1861 to 1864. During 1862-1864,\n         there are a number of furloughs issued to \n          Confederate enlisted men in \n          Virginia , each with a physical\n         description of the bearer, and addressed \"to all whom it may\n         concern.\" On August 10, 1862, there is a provision return for\n         a company of the \n          13th Regiment of Pennsylvania volunteers .\n         There are also a number of CSA \"special requisitions\", chiefly\n         ordering clothing, shoes, and blankets, most signed by Captain\n          Fleming Saunders , assistant\n         quartermaster, of Company K, Virginia Regiment.","The educational papers range from 1848-1903, n.d. There is\n         a page from a 1848 French edition of the fables of La Fontaine\n         from the \"Academie de Norfolk.\" There is an \n          \"Educational Treatise on the Constitution\" ,\n         September 6, 1877, by \n          John Randolph Tucker of \n          Virginia . There is a 1892-1893 brochure\n         for the \n          Edgeworth School , a church-related\n         boarding and day school for females. There is the fall term\n         1895 grade report from \n          Virginia Polytechnic Institute (formerly \n          Virginia Agriculture and Mechanical\n         College ) for \n          Fleming Saunders, III . There is a fall\n         term 1902 grade report from \n          Hollins College for \n          Elsie Saunders . There is another VPI\n         grade report, from February 1903, for \n          Carter Temple Saunders . There is a report\n         from \n          St. Timothy's School of \n          Catonsville, Maryland . Another undated\n         piece is a \"rules for spelling\" sheet from a grammar book.\n         There are also undated fragments of Latin, French, and\n         algebra.","There are lectures, essays, and poems, 1794, 1818, 1843,\n         and n.d., including a scrap of a lecture dated September 6,\n         1794 from \n          Edward Watts ; another lecture on motive\n         dated September 16, 1794; and, a series of oral essays from\n         1843.","Miscellaneous material, 1887-1892, includes a note of the\n         marriage of Capt. \n          Fleming Saunders to \n          Mary Gwathmey on July 30.","The obituaries include a reprint of the 1858 obituary of \n          Fleming Saunders, Sr , a reprint of the\n         1867 obituary of Fleming, Sr.'s wife-- \n          Alice Fleming --and the 1904 obituary of \n          Peter Saunders . The obituaries of\n         Fleming, Sr. and Alice are panegyrics. The first two were\n         transcribed by \n          John Blair Dabney .","The photographs include an unidentified photograph of a\n         young member of the \n          Saunders family and undated photo cards of\n         liturgical furniture.","Bound Volumes","The Day Books include a day book from \n          Maple Creek Mills dating from 1842. There\n         is a 1867 day book with one page filled, made of a cut\n         agricultural crop ledger. There is also in the book a pasted\n         in notice from the Adjuctant Inspector's Office in \n          Richmond , July 29, 1863. Dating January\n         18, 1872 is a subscription book for the \n          Lee Monumental Association . Also present\n         is a $1 donation from \n          Alex Berkeley of \n          Yellow Branch, Virginia . There are also\n         farm journals dating 1855 through 1860.","A card game, 1846, called \"The Game of Kings made Easy\"\n         which is based on the kings of \n          England who reigned down to its date, is\n         also present. The card for Henry V is missing. Many of the\n         cards contain information of the kings of an antiquarian\n         nature.","The Memorandum books, 1873-1874 and 1881-1894, owned by \n          Fleming Saunders , includes employees,\n         supplies, and construction information in the first volume.\n         The latter has a note at its end which mentions survey\n         data.","The \n          Otter River Township Record Book dates\n         from 1870-1874. There are references to road building. An\n         entry for June 16, 1871 notes the ordering of \"tickets\" for\n         road tax and township levy. Also included are lists of\n         expenses for board members with lists of expenses for\n         materials bought. One entry notes that \n          B. H. Anthony , overseer of the poor,\n         sends three paupers--one white woman and two black woman--to\n         the poor house. Expenses for the poor house are noted. At 1874\n         and 1875 meetings, \n          Fleming Saunders is mentioned as road\n         overseer in certain districts.","University of Virginia. Library. Special\n            Collections Dept.","Kingdom of God","Pleasant Milkhill","Bethel","Bleak Hills","Trinity and Ivy Chapel","The Grove","Wintore","Medici Chapel","\"Brothers of Pity\"","Randolph-Macon Academy","Bleak Hill","Hudson Lodge","Jubilee Singers","Parliament","Virgina Midland [Rail] Road","Franklin and Pittsylvania Railroad\n         Company","Emanuel Rectory","Grange","Democratic Party","Virginia House of Delegates","General Assembly","Blanford","Buchanan's Hartie and Company","Norfolk, Virginia","Northwest Territories","George Kippen \u0026 Co.","James and Robert Donalds and Company","\"Locust Thicket.\"","Omaha, Nebraska Lottery","Cox and Sons Church Furniture","George Munro, Publishers","Virginia Polytechnic Institute","Confederate","13th Regiment of Pennsylvania volunteers","Edgeworth School","Virginia Agriculture and Mechanical\n         College","Hollins College","St. Timothy's School","Maple Creek Mills","Lee Monumental Association","Otter River Township","Internal Revenue\n                  Service","New York Public\n                  Library","University of Virginia\n                  Volunteers","Davis Family","Saunders Family","Watts Family","Saunders","Saunders family","William H. Irvine","William Watts","Fleming Saunders","Frank Prufer","James Rayland","David","John Randolph","Sam Tyree","[Sam L. Preston?]","\"Carter\" [Saunders?]","Sam K. Jenny","William Green","Eva (Smith) Saunders","Fleming Saunders III","Eva Saunders","M. Natalie Manson","Donato","Brunelleschi","May Begg","Mary (Gwathmey) Saunders","Peter Saunders, Jr.","Jeanie Edmond","W. A. Alrich","C[harles] Dabney","Peter Saunders","Ellen Boulder","Mary Saunders","[Peter Saunders]","James F. Plummer","Edward Watts Saunders","William W. Old","E. W. Saunders","Alice [Saunders]","Virgil","Caesar","D. Saunders","Samuel Dilworth","Thomas Baldwin, Jr.","William Roach","Peter Kern","Arthur Campbell","Edward Graham","Horace","Cicero","Duncan Rose","George Hancock","[James] Madison","Creed Taylor","William Vannerson","Edward Randolph","Thomas F. Scott","John Watts","John Gilliam","A. Watts","Mary Petillo","William Skipwith","Thomas East","Archelaus Austin","Edward Watts","Nathaniel Davis","Jacob","James Davis","Daniel Warwick","Elizabeth Davis","Rowland P. Banks","Thomas Pleasants","Williams Watts","Charles Williamson","Betty Tucker","Betty Kirkland","Joseph Tucker","John Brittan","Miller Woodson","Patrick Henry","William Randolph","Charles Williams","William Kirkland","Frederick Nance","Robert Wilson","Edward McDonald","Charles Smith","George Martin","Graham","George Quille","W. Walter Spence","John Fleming","J. Wright","Lavinia Wright","Charles Davis","Agge","Thomas Taylor","Benjamin Tambro","Ayres Hodnett","John Tambro","William Ford","Abraham West","John Blankenship","John Lewallen","David Wright","Alexander Paine","Thomas Patterson","Margery Hinshaw","Samuel Hinshaw","[Cedw] Gibson","Elizabeth Hinshaw","Thomas Bottom","John Eubank","Joe","Hannah","Lolly","Caroline","Sarah Tinker","John Tucker","Ned","Sarah Tucker","George Vaughn","Frank","Phoebe","John Norris","Adam Clement","Charles Gilbert","Jack","True","James","Winnie","Peter","Sarah","Betty","Rachel","Doc","M. John King","[John] Epps","James Garfield","Christ","John Randolph Tucker","Fleming Saunders, III","Elsie Saunders","Carter Temple Saunders","Mary Gwathmey","Fleming Saunders, Sr","Alice Fleming","John Blair Dabney","Alex Berkeley","B. H. Anthony","Cary H. Gwathmey","Eva (Smith)\n                  Saunders.","Mary (Gwathmey)\n                  Saunders.","John Tabb","Fleming Saunders, Sr.","Alice W. Saunders","William Cowper","Eugene M. Cox","John B. Webb","English"],"unitid_tesim":["Collection number 116"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Irvine-Saunders Family Papers \n          1745-1910 Inclusive"],"collection_title_tesim":["Irvine-Saunders Family Papers \n          1745-1910 Inclusive"],"collection_ssim":["Irvine-Saunders Family Papers \n          1745-1910 Inclusive"],"repository_ssm":["University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept."],"repository_ssim":["University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept."],"creator_ssm":["Collector: \n          William H. Irvine"],"creator_ssim":["Collector: \n          William H. Irvine"],"creator_persname_ssim":["William H. Irvine"],"creators_ssim":["William H. Irvine"],"acqinfo_ssim":["This collection (# \n             116 ) was loaned to the Library\n            by \n             William H. Irvine of \n             Evington, Virginia on September 15,\n            1938."],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"physdesc_tesim":["2100 items"],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThis collection, 1745-1910, n.d., of ca. 2100 items,\n         consists of correspondence, business and legal papers,\n         miscellaneous, and bound volumes, pertaining to the \n         \u003cfamname\u003eDavis Family\u003c/famname\u003e, \n         \u003cfamname\u003eSaunders Family\u003c/famname\u003e, and \n         \u003cfamname\u003eWatts Family\u003c/famname\u003e. Large portions of the\n         correspondence belong to \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Watts\u003c/persname\u003eand \n         \u003cpersname\u003eFleming Saunders\u003c/persname\u003e. Included with the\n         correspondence is a letterbook, 1873-1880, of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eFrank Prufer\u003c/persname\u003e. The business papers include\n         accounts, bonds, correspondence, and notes and receipts,\n         chiefly pertaining to \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Watts\u003c/persname\u003eand \n         \u003cpersname\u003eFleming Saunders\u003c/persname\u003e, but also various\n         members of these families. The legal papers include court\n         dockets and memoranda of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Watts\u003c/persname\u003e, documents, and wills.\n         There are various legal papers of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Watts\u003c/persname\u003epertaining to \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eVirginia\u003c/geogname\u003ecounties including \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eAmelia County\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eAmherst County\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eBuckingham County\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eCampbell County\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eCumberland County\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n         \u003cgeogname\u003ePrince Edward County\u003c/geogname\u003e. The miscellaneous\n         material includes advertisements, educational papers,\n         photographs, printed, religious papers, and fragments. The\n         bound volumes include day books, a blacksmith book, a farm\n         journal, memorandum books, and a township record. Folders are\n         arranged alphabetically within each series, with material\n         inside arranged chronologically.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFrom the correspondence of the \n         \u003cfamname\u003eDavis Family\u003c/famname\u003e, \n         \u003cfamname\u003eSaunders Family\u003c/famname\u003e, and related families,\n         1800-1856, there is a letter addressed to \"Sully,\" December\n         30, 1800, from \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003e, which advises the\n         recipient, who had asked for religious instruction, to seek\n         the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eKingdom of God\u003c/corpname\u003e. A letter dated April 2,\n         1812 from \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJames Rayland\u003c/persname\u003eto his sister mentions that\n         his cousin is strapped for cash, and asks if the recipient can\n         help him. A rather unusual letter, dating July 24, 1836, from \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eMount Pleasant\u003c/geogname\u003e, indicates that \"Mary\n         thinks a little Brandy would be of service to her,\" and\n         requests that some be sent to her. A letter written to Captain\n         Davis on January 9, 1844, mentions that \n         \u003ccorpname\u003ePleasant Milkhill\u003c/corpname\u003eneeds brandy, and asks\n         that it be sent with \n         \u003cpersname\u003eDavid\u003c/persname\u003e(probably a slave) for there is none\n         at \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eBethel\u003c/corpname\u003e. A letter dating November 6, 1856\n         at \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eBleak Hills\u003c/corpname\u003emakes a reference to \"Roanoke\"\n         [Roanoke County, or \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Randolph\u003c/persname\u003e's estate \"Roanoke\"?].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFrom their correspondence dating 1862-1904, there is a\n         letter to \n         \u003cpersname\u003eSam Tyree\u003c/persname\u003e, Esq, July 17, 1870 from [his]\n         student: \n         \u003cpersname\u003e[Sam L. Preston?]\u003c/persname\u003ecomplaining that he can\n         not attend sunday school because of prostration. There is also\n         a letter dated April 8, 1901 from \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eTrinity and Ivy Chapel\u003c/corpname\u003ein \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eBoonsboro, Bedford County\u003c/geogname\u003eto a Mr.\n         Randolph inviting him to preach there every other Sunday.\n         There is also an undated fragment referring to a comet the\n         size of a full moon and a meteor shower which \"will be a sight\n         to see.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAmong the families' undated correspondence, is a letter\n         dated November 17 to \n         \u003cpersname\u003e\"Carter\" [Saunders?]\u003c/persname\u003e, by a female who\n         mentions [her] children's Latin lessons. There is another\n         letter to a Miss Kerr which mentions a recipe for Tongue a la\n         Mode. There is also a letter, dated October 23, [1805?], from\n         a \n         \u003cpersname\u003eSam K. Jenny\u003c/persname\u003e, probably a doctor of\n         medicine, which mentions that \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Green\u003c/persname\u003eattended a man named\n         Barnhart to \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eBedford\u003c/geogname\u003eso Jenny could prescribe to his\n         case and that he \"forbad the case of ardent spirits.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFrom the correspondence of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eEva (Smith) Saunders\u003c/persname\u003e, dated 1868-1894,\n         there is a letter, February 24, 1889, from \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eThe Grove\u003c/corpname\u003ewhich mentions that while Eva\n         passed her exams--her brother \n         \u003cpersname\u003eFleming Saunders III\u003c/persname\u003edid not. A letter,\n         August 2, 1892, to \n         \u003cpersname\u003eEva Saunders\u003c/persname\u003efrom \n         \u003cpersname\u003eM. Natalie Manson\u003c/persname\u003e, at \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eWintore\u003c/corpname\u003e, speaks of school and Latin.\n         There is an interesting letter, December 10, 1893, from \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eFlorence, Italy\u003c/geogname\u003eto Eva, mentioning that\n         there is no silver in \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eItaly\u003c/geogname\u003efor the English and French are\n         buying it up, that \"Coppers are such a bother, and so heavy to\n         carry,\" seeing the works of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eDonato\u003c/persname\u003eand \n         \u003cpersname\u003eBrunelleschi\u003c/persname\u003eand the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eMedici Chapel\u003c/corpname\u003e, and the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003e\"Brothers of Pity\"\u003c/corpname\u003ewho wear black robes\n         and carry a corpse which \"made my blood turn cold.\" There is a\n         letter, January 13, 1894, to Eva, which mentions sending a\n         book to \n         \u003cpersname\u003eMay Begg\u003c/persname\u003e, \"a literary courtship under the\n         auspices of \n         \u003cgeogname\u003ePike's Peak\u003c/geogname\u003e. \" \n         \u003cpersname\u003eFleming Saunders III\u003c/persname\u003eat \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eRandolph-Macon Academy\u003c/corpname\u003ein \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eBedford\u003c/geogname\u003ewrites to Eva on May 15, 1894,\n         saying he tried to get a tennis tournament for field day, and\n         congratulates Eva on her chicken raising and hopes his are\n         doing better.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAmong the \n         \u003cpersname\u003eEva Saunders\u003c/persname\u003eundated correspondence, there\n         is a fragment which notes that Miss Begg sent to its writer a\n         little book called \"The greatest thing in the World.\" A letter\n         dated November 26 to Eva contains drawings of women's blouses\n         and concerns her ordered blouses.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFrom the correspondence of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eFleming Saunders\u003c/persname\u003eand \n         \u003cpersname\u003eMary (Gwathmey) Saunders\u003c/persname\u003e, 1858-1879, a\n         letter dated September 5, 1871, from \n         \u003cpersname\u003ePeter Saunders, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e, \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eBleak Hill\u003c/corpname\u003e, says that his tobacco crop\n         has suffered. Another letter, April 17, 1874, from \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJeanie Edmond\u003c/persname\u003e, \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eHudson Lodge\u003c/corpname\u003e, makes a reference to the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eJubilee Singers\u003c/corpname\u003etraveling to raise money\n         for a \"slave college somewhere in the Northern States\"; to\n         acquaintances visiting \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eEngland\u003c/geogname\u003e, mentioning a \"public worship\n         bill\" in \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eParliament\u003c/corpname\u003e, and one acquaintance having\n         an appointment with the Bishop of \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eMelbourne\u003c/geogname\u003e; and to visiting \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eAustralia\u003c/geogname\u003e. In a postcard dated August 21,\n         1879, \n         \u003cpersname\u003eW. A. Alrich\u003c/persname\u003easks \n         \u003cpersname\u003eFleming Saunders\u003c/persname\u003e' opinion as to the next\n         \"services\" in \"regular course,\" and saying that it best not to\n         alter rotation as \"last service was omitted.\" He also mentions\n         that Mrs. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eC[harles] Dabney\u003c/persname\u003ehas a fine little\n         daughter.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIn the Fleming and Mary Saunders correspondence, 1880-1892,\n         there is a letter dated March 3, 1880 from M. Caden to\n         Saunders stating that he can not board a minister, but will\n         give the same salary as before. \n         \u003cpersname\u003ePeter Saunders\u003c/persname\u003ewrites from \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eBleak Hill\u003c/corpname\u003eon January 19, 1881 saying that\n         he has no specific desire to be a director on the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eVirgina Midland [Rail] Road\u003c/corpname\u003e, and does not\n         think he could get the appointment anyway; he is still a\n         director on the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eFranklin and Pittsylvania Railroad\n         Company\u003c/corpname\u003e, and fears a possible conflict of interest.\n         \u003cpersname\u003eW. A. Alrich\u003c/persname\u003ewrites from \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eEmanuel Rectory\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eChatham, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, on February 16, 1882,\n         saying he is glad that the \n         \u003cfamname\u003eSaunders\u003c/famname\u003e' keep up the old St. Valentine's\n         Day tradition, by sending so practical a token of affection. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eEllen Boulder\u003c/persname\u003e, a school teacher, writes\n         to \n         \u003cpersname\u003eMary Saunders\u003c/persname\u003efrom \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eDrake's Branch\u003c/geogname\u003eon March 18, 1889,\n         mentioning a five month school term ending on March 1st and a\n         June 23 to July 23 summer session. \n         \u003cpersname\u003e[Peter Saunders]\u003c/persname\u003e, \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eBleak Hill\u003c/corpname\u003e, writes \n         \u003cpersname\u003eFleming Saunders\u003c/persname\u003e, on October 26, 1891\n         mentioning Republican elements in the \"alliance\" [farmers'\n         alliance such as the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eGrange\u003c/corpname\u003e?].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIn the Fleming and Mary Saunders correspondence, 1893-1900,\n         \u003cpersname\u003eFleming Saunders III\u003c/persname\u003ewrites to his parents\n         from \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eRandolph-Macon Academy\u003c/corpname\u003ein \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eBedford\u003c/geogname\u003eon March 14, 1893, saying that he\n         is in the Baptist Church in the morning and the Methodist in\n         the afternoon, and tells of boys who spend more time with the\n         girls than studying. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJames F. Plummer\u003c/persname\u003ewrites to Captain\n         Saunders on March 29, 1893, [from a theological seminary?],\n         saying that exams are beginning, and implying that knowledge\n         of Hebrew and Apologetics will be next among those things\n         tested. \n         \u003cpersname\u003ePeter Saunders\u003c/persname\u003ewrites to Fleming from \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eBleak Hill\u003c/corpname\u003e, on March 30, 1894, mentioning\n         the Bland Bill and the fear that its veto would cause discord\n         in the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eDemocratic Party\u003c/corpname\u003e, and discussing briefly\n         possible effects on the present financial situation.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIn the Fleming and Mary Saunders correspondence, 1901-1910,\n         there is a letter, July 19, 1901, from \n         \u003cpersname\u003eEdward Watts Saunders\u003c/persname\u003e, while serving in\n         the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eVirginia House of Delegates\u003c/corpname\u003e. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam W. Old\u003c/persname\u003ewrites to Fleming on\n         February 2, 1903 about a land sale and his agreement to sell\n         the land as a whole parcel to two black men, and suggesting a\n         method of finalizing the transaction. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eE. W. Saunders\u003c/persname\u003ewrites to Fleming on\n         January 21, 1904 mentioning an inquiry about his land near\n         \"Vic. Muse.\" A letter, [March 1904], from \n         \u003cpersname\u003eAlice [Saunders]\u003c/persname\u003eat \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eHollins, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, to her aunt Saunders\n         refers to the Roman poet \n         \u003cpersname\u003eVirgil\u003c/persname\u003e. She writes to her mother on March\n         12, 1904 mentioning that John [ ] had failed in \n         \u003cpersname\u003eCaesar\u003c/persname\u003eand that he had been in the second\n         book of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eVirgil\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIn the undated Fleming and Mary Saunders correspondence, \n         \u003cpersname\u003eD. Saunders\u003c/persname\u003ewrites to his mother from \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eRandolph-Macon Academy\u003c/corpname\u003eon February 10,\n         saying that he is learning German and is plagued by poor\n         spelling, and that the boys dance every night and were\n         previously boxing.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIn the correspondence of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Watts\u003c/persname\u003e, 1754-1784, there is a\n         letter dated June 27, 1771 which summons Watts to the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eGeneral Assembly\u003c/corpname\u003ein \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eWilliamsburg\u003c/geogname\u003e. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eSamuel Dilworth\u003c/persname\u003ewrites on June 2, 1783\n         from \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eBlanford\u003c/corpname\u003ementioning the problem of\n         collecting debts owed to the British. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eThomas Baldwin, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003ewrites on December 22,\n         1784 concerning the purchase of \"the Negro Fellow\" for\n         $18.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIn the Watts correspondence, 1785-1789, a letter, December\n         16, 1785, from \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Roach\u003c/persname\u003einforms Watts that while \n         \u003cpersname\u003ePeter Kern\u003c/persname\u003eis employing Watts in a matter\n         between Kern and Roach, Watts is to plead for Roach in all\n         matters, suggesting a conflict of interest. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eArthur Campbell\u003c/persname\u003e, a candidate for the\n         senate from the Western Distict, writes, on March 24, 1788,\n         asking for Watts' support. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eEdward Graham\u003c/persname\u003eof \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eBedford\u003c/geogname\u003e, writes on December 20, 1792,\n         mentioning that he saw the Watts' son reading \n         \u003cpersname\u003eHorace\u003c/persname\u003eand sending the boy a copy of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eCicero\u003c/persname\u003ewhich would supply \"the means of\n         raising him as high in eminence as you could reasonably wish,\"\n         and adding that the boy will need to learn Greek as he will\n         soon be studying science.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIn the Watts correspondence, 1793-1794, \n         \u003cpersname\u003eDuncan Rose\u003c/persname\u003ewrites from \n         \u003cgeogname\u003ePetersburg\u003c/geogname\u003e, on July 8, 1794, stating that\n         \u003ccorpname\u003eBuchanan's Hartie and Company\u003c/corpname\u003ehas been\n         doing business in \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eGreat Britain\u003c/geogname\u003eand is waiting for a\n         successor to Hartie to be appointed before certain books could\n         be examined by Rose. Another letter pertains to relations with\n         \u003cgeogname\u003eFrance\u003c/geogname\u003eand \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eBritain\u003c/geogname\u003eat this time: \n         \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge Hancock\u003c/persname\u003ewrites to Watts in 1794\n         mentioning the rearing of a navy \"to repel the insult to our\n         ploy,\" referring to commerce restriction [on American goods]\n         by a nation which does not have a commerce treaty with the\n         U.S., and referring to Mr. \n         \u003cpersname\u003e[James] Madison\u003c/persname\u003e's arguments whereas he\n         conducted himself in a manner worthy of himself. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eCreed Taylor\u003c/persname\u003ewrites on May 11, 1795,\n         concerning some bonds. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Vannerson\u003c/persname\u003ewrites, on October 30,\n         1795, from \n         \u003cgeogname\u003ePetersburg\u003c/geogname\u003ementioning a British war sloop\n         in \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eNorfolk, Virginia\u003c/corpname\u003eand the order for\n         carrying American bottoms bound for \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eFrance\u003c/geogname\u003einto British ports with invoice\n         being revoked, revealing that some say that this retaliation\n         has been brought about by Americans invoicing their flour at\n         $27 per barrel.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIn Watts' correspondence with \n         \u003cpersname\u003eEdward Randolph\u003c/persname\u003e, 1796-1797, Randolph\n         writes from \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eRichmond\u003c/geogname\u003eon February 21 and March 13, 1796\n         on the subject of British creditors. In Watts' correspondence\n         with \n         \u003cpersname\u003eThomas F. Scott\u003c/persname\u003e, 1792-1798, Scott writes\n         on January 4, 1796 and December 18, 1798 on the subject of\n         British debts. In the correspondence of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Watts\u003c/persname\u003ewith \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Watts\u003c/persname\u003e, 1784-1800, John writes to\n         William in April 1784 from \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eLincoln County, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e(now \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eKentucky\u003c/geogname\u003e), concerning apprehension about\n         a possible Indian war in the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eNorthwest Territories\u003c/corpname\u003e. John says that\n         while the lands in \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eKentucky\u003c/geogname\u003eare good, the inconveniences are\n         many, and that the doomsayers will probably prevent the\n         surveying of lands on the northwest side of the Ohio.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBusiness Papers\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThere are general accounts, 1751-1899, n.d. An account,\n         beginning November 16, 1762, with \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eGeorge Kippen \u0026amp; Co.\u003c/corpname\u003eat their store in \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eGoochland, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, lists \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Gilliam\u003c/persname\u003eas having ordered a dozen\n         flints, 3/4 yard of bearskin, and a dozen pipes. There is a\n         list, April 20, 1763, pertaining to the estate of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eA. Watts\u003c/persname\u003e, on which is listed a\n         £0.2.0 debt to \n         \u003cpersname\u003eMary Petillo\u003c/persname\u003e, the only woman on the list,\n         and a £2.4.9 debt to Sir \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Skipwith\u003c/persname\u003e. The account of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eThomas East\u003c/persname\u003ewith \n         \u003cpersname\u003eArchelaus Austin\u003c/persname\u003efrom November 15, 1771,\n         consists of beer, wine, grog, and a gallon of corn, with one\n         entry \"to saging one night\" perhaps pertaining to the making\n         of moonshine. An account, beginning January 20, 1775, of N[ ]\n         Vaughn with \n         \u003cpersname\u003eEdward Watts\u003c/persname\u003elists various quantities of\n         rum, molasses, and sugar. There are several accounts,\n         1779-1794, of the estate of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eNathaniel Davis\u003c/persname\u003e, including an entry for\n         1784 for three yards of woollen for a Negro jacket, and May 9,\n         1784 for half of hire of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJacob\u003c/persname\u003e. There is a section, \"Accts\n         Overlooked,\" from 1784, which refers to tobacco being a share\n         and half share for \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJacob\u003c/persname\u003e, and another for dinner at the\n         courthouse when on business. There is an account of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJames Davis\u003c/persname\u003ewith \n         \u003cpersname\u003eDaniel Warwick\u003c/persname\u003e, dating 1799-1803, with\n         references to a variety of items including coffee, sewing\n         materials, dinner ware, alcohol, and accessories. Mrs. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eElizabeth Davis\u003c/persname\u003e' account beginning May\n         31, 1807, has an entries for coffee, condiments, and sewing\n         material. An account, March 26, 1810, of Capt. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJames Davis\u003c/persname\u003ewith \n         \u003cpersname\u003eRowland P. Banks\u003c/persname\u003elists \"163 days tuition\n         at $8 p. ann. $5 cts 1 1/2.\" The account, beginning August 14,\n         1826, of Capt. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJames Davis\u003c/persname\u003ewith \n         \u003cpersname\u003eThomas Pleasants\u003c/persname\u003e, has lists orders for\n         cheese, mackerel, cotton, and whiskey. On October 31, 1832,\n         Judge Saunders, of \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eLynchburg, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, orders castor oil,\n         ointment, and a syringe. Accounts which mention tea are rare\n         but there is an undated fragment of Mr. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJames Davis\u003c/persname\u003ewhich contains an entry for\n         imperial tea. There is an undated \"memorandum of brandy\" taken\n         from Mrs. Eubank.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe accounts of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilliams Watts\u003c/persname\u003espan 1752-1797. There is\n         also a hotel account with \n         \u003cpersname\u003eCharles Williamson\u003c/persname\u003ewith entries dating\n         1763, 1773, and 1774. There are accounts for the boarding,\n         clothing, and feeding of Negro boys with Mrs. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eBetty Tucker\u003c/persname\u003eand \n         \u003cpersname\u003eBetty Kirkland\u003c/persname\u003e, both beginning September\n         10, 1767, and Capt. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJoseph Tucker\u003c/persname\u003e, 1767-1769. Watts has\n         accounts, 1768, with \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Brittan\u003c/persname\u003efor a waistcoat, shoes,\n         stockings, and a hat. There is a 1769 account for various\n         building supplies. Watts also has an account, beginning April\n         20, 1771, with \n         \u003cpersname\u003eMiller Woodson\u003c/persname\u003ewith an entry of May 16,\n         1772 listing a \n         \u003cpersname\u003ePatrick Henry\u003c/persname\u003e. There is a document which\n         contains information on the estate of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Randolph\u003c/persname\u003e. There is another\n         lodging account, July 26, 1773 through December 3, 1776, of\n         Watts with \n         \u003cpersname\u003eCharles Williams\u003c/persname\u003e. There is an account\n         beginning March 9, 1778, with \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Kirkland\u003c/persname\u003ewhich includes listings\n         for tuition and educational books. A January 10, 1780 account\n         with \n         \u003cpersname\u003eFrederick Nance\u003c/persname\u003ementions a violin and a\n         set of strings. There is an account, beginning December 21,\n         1787, with \n         \u003cpersname\u003eRobert Wilson\u003c/persname\u003eordering Hyson Tea, coffee,\n         and a bottle of snuff. From a 1791 account of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eEdward McDonald\u003c/persname\u003ewith \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Watts\u003c/persname\u003e, there is the note of the\n         hire of a Negro. From a 1792 account of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eCharles Smith\u003c/persname\u003e, there is a note for the\n         finding of a Negro woman and for the inspecting of tobacco.\n         There are two medical bills, one with \n         \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge Martin\u003c/persname\u003e, beginning January 14,\n         1794, and one with Doctor \n         \u003cpersname\u003eGraham\u003c/persname\u003e, beginning November 3, 1795. In\n         October 1797, Watts had an account with \n         \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge Quille\u003c/persname\u003efor the hire of a Negro.\n         There is an undated account of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eW. Walter Spence\u003c/persname\u003ewith Watts for the hire\n         of a Negro for eight months.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePromissory notes and receipts range from 1754-1905, n.d.\n         There are several items concerned with the estate of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Fleming\u003c/persname\u003eand include an entry for\n         February 1764 for a Negro bought for $10. Between \n         \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge Martin\u003c/persname\u003eand Watts there is an\n         agreement, October 3, 1794, mentioning the purchase of red\n         wheat and the hire of a Negro woman. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJames Davis\u003c/persname\u003ehas a note dated 1803 with the\n         Sheriff of \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eAmherst County\u003c/geogname\u003efor tax on four Negroes,\n         four horses, and five tithes. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eElizabeth Davis\u003c/persname\u003ehas a note dated 1816 for\n         tax on three Negroes and one horse. There is a note from\n         December 6, 1827 pertaining to a $5 bond for the hire of a\n         Negro man by \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJames Davis\u003c/persname\u003efrom \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJ. Wright\u003c/persname\u003efor \n         \u003cpersname\u003eLavinia Wright\u003c/persname\u003e. There is a 1840 note from\n         \u003cpersname\u003eCharles Davis\u003c/persname\u003eto the Sheriff of \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eAmherst\u003c/geogname\u003efor tax on six Negroes and six\n         horses.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLegal Papers\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThere are a number of court memoranda, 1768-1786, n.d.,\n         kept by \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Watts\u003c/persname\u003ein his capacity as a lawyer.\n         In a November 10, 1771 memo for the \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eBuckingham County\u003c/geogname\u003ecourt, there is an entry\n         for detinue for Negro woman named \n         \u003cpersname\u003eAgge\u003c/persname\u003e. From the memo for the April 1772\n         court at \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eLunenburg County\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n         \u003cpersname\u003eThomas Taylor\u003c/persname\u003eand his wife have a suit\n         against a Hurt for a Negro in \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eAmelia\u003c/geogname\u003e. There is also a list of debts\n         owed to Watts for the year 1794. Dating 1771 through 1782,\n         there are court dockets from \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eAmelia County\u003c/geogname\u003eand \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eLunenburg County\u003c/geogname\u003efrom 1771-1782. A number\n         of the entries have Watts as the litigant. There is a 1773 day\n         book with the signatures of William and \n         \u003cpersname\u003eEdward Watts\u003c/persname\u003e, which includes a record of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Watts\u003c/persname\u003e' court expenses. There are\n         also legal day books, 1772-1773, of Watts, with entries for \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eBuckingham County\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eAmelia\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eCumberland County\u003c/geogname\u003e, and \n         \u003cgeogname\u003ePrince Edward County\u003c/geogname\u003eas well as for \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eWilliamsburg, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e. There is another\n         1773 memorandum book of Watts with entries for \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eAmelia County\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eCumberland County\u003c/geogname\u003e, and \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eBuckingham County\u003c/geogname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe indentures date 1749-1788, n.d. From January 1, 1763,\n         there is an agreement between \n         \u003cpersname\u003eBenjamin Tambro\u003c/persname\u003eand \n         \u003cpersname\u003eAyres Hodnett\u003c/persname\u003eof \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eBuckingham\u003c/geogname\u003ein regard to the former's son, \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Tambro\u003c/persname\u003e, to be apprentice to the\n         latter for seven years. From March 28, 1774, there is an\n         indenture between Watts and \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Ford\u003c/persname\u003e. From September 17, 1768,\n         there is an agreement between \n         \u003cpersname\u003eAbraham West\u003c/persname\u003eand \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Blankenship\u003c/persname\u003eof \n         \u003cgeogname\u003ePrince Edward\u003c/geogname\u003e. On November 17, 1772,\n         there is an agreement between \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Lewallen\u003c/persname\u003eof \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eAmelia County\u003c/geogname\u003eand \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eJames and Robert Donalds and Company\u003c/corpname\u003e,\n         Merchants of \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eGlasgow\u003c/geogname\u003e. On September 15, 1778, there is\n         an agreement between \n         \u003cpersname\u003eDavid Wright\u003c/persname\u003eof \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eBotetourt\u003c/geogname\u003eand \n         \u003cpersname\u003eAlexander Paine\u003c/persname\u003eof the same concerning a\n         land dispute in the area where the \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eRoanoke River\u003c/geogname\u003eand \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eTinker Creek\u003c/geogname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe will, December 25, 1745, of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eThomas Patterson\u003c/persname\u003eof \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eAlbemarle County\u003c/geogname\u003e, names his slaves and\n         divides them among his children and wife, and requests that\n         his land in \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eGoochland County\u003c/geogname\u003ebe known as \n         \u003ccorpname\u003e\"Locust Thicket.\"\u003c/corpname\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eMargery Hinshaw\u003c/persname\u003econtested the will of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eSamuel Hinshaw\u003c/persname\u003edated March 1758 with \n         \u003cpersname\u003e[Cedw] Gibson\u003c/persname\u003eon July 10, 1765. Hinshaw\n         had divided his slaves between his still living wife, his\n         daughter \n         \u003cpersname\u003eElizabeth Hinshaw\u003c/persname\u003e, and the latter's\n         children. This situation involved a slave of Elizabeth. The\n         will of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eThomas Bottom\u003c/persname\u003eof \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eAmelia\u003c/geogname\u003edated May 10, 1760 divides his\n         slaves which are named between his three daughters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA folder of general legal papers date 1765-1903, n.d. The\n         inventory and appraisal, 1826, of the estate of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Eubank\u003c/persname\u003ementions prices for his\n         Negroes: £300 for a man named \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJacob\u003c/persname\u003e, £200 for a man named \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJoe\u003c/persname\u003e, £10 for a woman named \n         \u003cpersname\u003eHannah\u003c/persname\u003e, £20 for a girl named \n         \u003cpersname\u003eLolly\u003c/persname\u003e, and £0 for a girl named\n         \u003cpersname\u003eCaroline\u003c/persname\u003e. There is also a list of tickets\n         of ommission paid by \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Watts\u003c/persname\u003e, attorney. Among the legal\n         papers of \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eAmelia County\u003c/geogname\u003e, 1768 through 1789\n         including undated material, a document dated May 15, 1783\n         states that \n         \u003cpersname\u003eSarah Tinker\u003c/persname\u003eon December 6, 1781 gave her\n         son-in-law \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Tucker\u003c/persname\u003ean ailing Negro named \n         \u003cpersname\u003eNed\u003c/persname\u003euntil the latter gets well whereas he\n         will be returned to \n         \u003cpersname\u003eSarah Tucker\u003c/persname\u003e. In an undated document, \n         \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge Vaughn\u003c/persname\u003eyields up title/right of two\n         Negroes--named \n         \u003cpersname\u003eFrank\u003c/persname\u003eand \n         \u003cpersname\u003ePhoebe\u003c/persname\u003e--to son-in-law \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Norris\u003c/persname\u003e--formerly given to grandson \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Norris\u003c/persname\u003eby a deed dated October 2,\n         1796: \"said slaves will forever defend me from my heirs.\" The\n         son-in-law Norris will pay Vaughn or wife £10\n         annually for preformance of the aforesaid act. Among the \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eCampbell County\u003c/geogname\u003epapers, Justice \n         \u003cpersname\u003eAdam Clement\u003c/persname\u003esays that \n         \u003cpersname\u003eCharles Gilbert\u003c/persname\u003eof \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eCampbell\u003c/geogname\u003eon April 29, 1787 makes oath that\n         Negro slave \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJack\u003c/persname\u003e--property of Watts of \n         \u003cgeogname\u003ePrince Edward County\u003c/geogname\u003e--ran away and was\n         found 50 miles thence. Among the legal papers of \n         \u003cgeogname\u003ePrince Edward\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n         \u003cpersname\u003eEdward Watts\u003c/persname\u003esold to \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Watts\u003c/persname\u003eeight Negro slaves: \n         \u003cpersname\u003eTrue\u003c/persname\u003e, \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJames\u003c/persname\u003e, \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWinnie\u003c/persname\u003e, \n         \u003cpersname\u003ePeter\u003c/persname\u003e, \n         \u003cpersname\u003eSarah\u003c/persname\u003e, \n         \u003cpersname\u003eBetty\u003c/persname\u003e, \n         \u003cpersname\u003eRachel\u003c/persname\u003e, and \n         \u003cpersname\u003eDoc\u003c/persname\u003eon January 14, 1787. There is also a\n         account of Dr. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eM. John King\u003c/persname\u003ewith the sheriff of \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eLunenburg\u003c/geogname\u003ewhich has an entry dating 1769:\n         the former is in account with \n         \u003cpersname\u003e[John] Epps\u003c/persname\u003efor four lbs. of tobacco at\n         £0.5.1.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMiscellaneous\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAmong the Advertisements there is an advertisement dated\n         September 20, 1871 from the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eOmaha, Nebraska Lottery\u003c/corpname\u003efor the building\n         of a public library in the city. A broadside from \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eCox and Sons Church Furniture\u003c/corpname\u003eshows a\n         garish stained-glass window commemorating the late President \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJames Garfield\u003c/persname\u003e. There is an undated\n         letter to Mrs. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eFleming Saunders\u003c/persname\u003easking for a subscription\n         to the \n         \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eGraphic,\u003c/title\u003ea ladies society\n         magazine. There is an undated list of books from \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eGeorge Munro, Publishers\u003c/corpname\u003e. There is also a\n         broadside for \"The World's Christmas Hymn\"--an analogy of\n         English poetry pertaining to \n         \u003cpersname\u003eChrist\u003c/persname\u003e's birth dating from the medieval\n         period.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe church related papers include a letter, March 21, 1904,\n         from \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eVirginia Polytechnic Institute\u003c/corpname\u003eto the \n         \u003cfamname\u003eSaunders\u003c/famname\u003easking for aid for the building of\n         an Episcopal parsonage at the university. The letter\n         enunciates a fear of the danger of Episcopal boys being weaned\n         from their faith by the compulsory attendance at the services\n         of other sects due to the absence of a Episcopal parsonage.\n         There is also an Episcopal \"Church Kalendar,\" 1882-1883,\n         listing holy days with information on the faith, church\n         service, and background of the Anglican/Episcopalian\n         faith.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCivil War papers range from 1861 to 1864. During 1862-1864,\n         there are a number of furloughs issued to \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eConfederate\u003c/corpname\u003eenlisted men in \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eVirginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, each with a physical\n         description of the bearer, and addressed \"to all whom it may\n         concern.\" On August 10, 1862, there is a provision return for\n         a company of the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003e13th Regiment of Pennsylvania volunteers\u003c/corpname\u003e.\n         There are also a number of CSA \"special requisitions\", chiefly\n         ordering clothing, shoes, and blankets, most signed by Captain\n         \u003cpersname\u003eFleming Saunders\u003c/persname\u003e, assistant\n         quartermaster, of Company K, Virginia Regiment.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe educational papers range from 1848-1903, n.d. There is\n         a page from a 1848 French edition of the fables of La Fontaine\n         from the \"Academie de Norfolk.\" There is an \n         \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\"Educational Treatise on the Constitution\"\u003c/title\u003e,\n         September 6, 1877, by \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Randolph Tucker\u003c/persname\u003eof \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eVirginia\u003c/geogname\u003e. There is a 1892-1893 brochure\n         for the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eEdgeworth School\u003c/corpname\u003e, a church-related\n         boarding and day school for females. There is the fall term\n         1895 grade report from \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eVirginia Polytechnic Institute\u003c/corpname\u003e(formerly \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eVirginia Agriculture and Mechanical\n         College\u003c/corpname\u003e) for \n         \u003cpersname\u003eFleming Saunders, III\u003c/persname\u003e. There is a fall\n         term 1902 grade report from \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eHollins College\u003c/corpname\u003efor \n         \u003cpersname\u003eElsie Saunders\u003c/persname\u003e. There is another VPI\n         grade report, from February 1903, for \n         \u003cpersname\u003eCarter Temple Saunders\u003c/persname\u003e. There is a report\n         from \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eSt. Timothy's School\u003c/corpname\u003eof \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eCatonsville, Maryland\u003c/geogname\u003e. Another undated\n         piece is a \"rules for spelling\" sheet from a grammar book.\n         There are also undated fragments of Latin, French, and\n         algebra.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThere are lectures, essays, and poems, 1794, 1818, 1843,\n         and n.d., including a scrap of a lecture dated September 6,\n         1794 from \n         \u003cpersname\u003eEdward Watts\u003c/persname\u003e; another lecture on motive\n         dated September 16, 1794; and, a series of oral essays from\n         1843.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMiscellaneous material, 1887-1892, includes a note of the\n         marriage of Capt. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eFleming Saunders\u003c/persname\u003eto \n         \u003cpersname\u003eMary Gwathmey\u003c/persname\u003eon July 30.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe obituaries include a reprint of the 1858 obituary of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eFleming Saunders, Sr\u003c/persname\u003e, a reprint of the\n         1867 obituary of Fleming, Sr.'s wife-- \n         \u003cpersname\u003eAlice Fleming\u003c/persname\u003e--and the 1904 obituary of \n         \u003cpersname\u003ePeter Saunders\u003c/persname\u003e. The obituaries of\n         Fleming, Sr. and Alice are panegyrics. The first two were\n         transcribed by \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Blair Dabney\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe photographs include an unidentified photograph of a\n         young member of the \n         \u003cfamname\u003eSaunders family\u003c/famname\u003eand undated photo cards of\n         liturgical furniture.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBound Volumes\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe Day Books include a day book from \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eMaple Creek Mills\u003c/corpname\u003edating from 1842. There\n         is a 1867 day book with one page filled, made of a cut\n         agricultural crop ledger. There is also in the book a pasted\n         in notice from the Adjuctant Inspector's Office in \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eRichmond\u003c/geogname\u003e, July 29, 1863. Dating January\n         18, 1872 is a subscription book for the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eLee Monumental Association\u003c/corpname\u003e. Also present\n         is a $1 donation from \n         \u003cpersname\u003eAlex Berkeley\u003c/persname\u003eof \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eYellow Branch, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e. There are also\n         farm journals dating 1855 through 1860.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA card game, 1846, called \"The Game of Kings made Easy\"\n         which is based on the kings of \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eEngland\u003c/geogname\u003ewho reigned down to its date, is\n         also present. The card for Henry V is missing. Many of the\n         cards contain information of the kings of an antiquarian\n         nature.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe Memorandum books, 1873-1874 and 1881-1894, owned by \n         \u003cpersname\u003eFleming Saunders\u003c/persname\u003e, includes employees,\n         supplies, and construction information in the first volume.\n         The latter has a note at its end which mentions survey\n         data.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eOtter River Township\u003c/corpname\u003eRecord Book dates\n         from 1870-1874. There are references to road building. An\n         entry for June 16, 1871 notes the ordering of \"tickets\" for\n         road tax and township levy. Also included are lists of\n         expenses for board members with lists of expenses for\n         materials bought. One entry notes that \n         \u003cpersname\u003eB. H. Anthony\u003c/persname\u003e, overseer of the poor,\n         sends three paupers--one white woman and two black woman--to\n         the poor house. Expenses for the poor house are noted. At 1874\n         and 1875 meetings, \n         \u003cpersname\u003eFleming Saunders\u003c/persname\u003eis mentioned as road\n         overseer in certain districts.\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content"],"scopecontent_tesim":["This collection, 1745-1910, n.d., of ca. 2100 items,\n         consists of correspondence, business and legal papers,\n         miscellaneous, and bound volumes, pertaining to the \n          Davis Family , \n          Saunders Family , and \n          Watts Family . Large portions of the\n         correspondence belong to \n          William Watts and \n          Fleming Saunders . Included with the\n         correspondence is a letterbook, 1873-1880, of \n          Frank Prufer . The business papers include\n         accounts, bonds, correspondence, and notes and receipts,\n         chiefly pertaining to \n          William Watts and \n          Fleming Saunders , but also various\n         members of these families. The legal papers include court\n         dockets and memoranda of \n          William Watts , documents, and wills.\n         There are various legal papers of \n          William Watts pertaining to \n          Virginia counties including \n          Amelia County , \n          Amherst County , \n          Buckingham County , \n          Campbell County , \n          Cumberland County , \n          Prince Edward County . The miscellaneous\n         material includes advertisements, educational papers,\n         photographs, printed, religious papers, and fragments. The\n         bound volumes include day books, a blacksmith book, a farm\n         journal, memorandum books, and a township record. Folders are\n         arranged alphabetically within each series, with material\n         inside arranged chronologically.","Correspondence","From the correspondence of the \n          Davis Family , \n          Saunders Family , and related families,\n         1800-1856, there is a letter addressed to \"Sully,\" December\n         30, 1800, from \n          Louisa County , which advises the\n         recipient, who had asked for religious instruction, to seek\n         the \n          Kingdom of God . A letter dated April 2,\n         1812 from \n          James Rayland to his sister mentions that\n         his cousin is strapped for cash, and asks if the recipient can\n         help him. A rather unusual letter, dating July 24, 1836, from \n          Mount Pleasant , indicates that \"Mary\n         thinks a little Brandy would be of service to her,\" and\n         requests that some be sent to her. A letter written to Captain\n         Davis on January 9, 1844, mentions that \n          Pleasant Milkhill needs brandy, and asks\n         that it be sent with \n          David (probably a slave) for there is none\n         at \n          Bethel . A letter dating November 6, 1856\n         at \n          Bleak Hills makes a reference to \"Roanoke\"\n         [Roanoke County, or \n          John Randolph 's estate \"Roanoke\"?].","From their correspondence dating 1862-1904, there is a\n         letter to \n          Sam Tyree , Esq, July 17, 1870 from [his]\n         student: \n          [Sam L. Preston?] complaining that he can\n         not attend sunday school because of prostration. There is also\n         a letter dated April 8, 1901 from \n          Trinity and Ivy Chapel in \n          Boonsboro, Bedford County to a Mr.\n         Randolph inviting him to preach there every other Sunday.\n         There is also an undated fragment referring to a comet the\n         size of a full moon and a meteor shower which \"will be a sight\n         to see.\"","Among the families' undated correspondence, is a letter\n         dated November 17 to \n          \"Carter\" [Saunders?] , by a female who\n         mentions [her] children's Latin lessons. There is another\n         letter to a Miss Kerr which mentions a recipe for Tongue a la\n         Mode. There is also a letter, dated October 23, [1805?], from\n         a \n          Sam K. Jenny , probably a doctor of\n         medicine, which mentions that \n          William Green attended a man named\n         Barnhart to \n          Bedford so Jenny could prescribe to his\n         case and that he \"forbad the case of ardent spirits.\"","From the correspondence of \n          Eva (Smith) Saunders , dated 1868-1894,\n         there is a letter, February 24, 1889, from \n          The Grove which mentions that while Eva\n         passed her exams--her brother \n          Fleming Saunders III did not. A letter,\n         August 2, 1892, to \n          Eva Saunders from \n          M. Natalie Manson , at \n          Wintore , speaks of school and Latin.\n         There is an interesting letter, December 10, 1893, from \n          Florence, Italy to Eva, mentioning that\n         there is no silver in \n          Italy for the English and French are\n         buying it up, that \"Coppers are such a bother, and so heavy to\n         carry,\" seeing the works of \n          Donato and \n          Brunelleschi and the \n          Medici Chapel , and the \n          \"Brothers of Pity\" who wear black robes\n         and carry a corpse which \"made my blood turn cold.\" There is a\n         letter, January 13, 1894, to Eva, which mentions sending a\n         book to \n          May Begg , \"a literary courtship under the\n         auspices of \n          Pike's Peak . \" \n          Fleming Saunders III at \n          Randolph-Macon Academy in \n          Bedford writes to Eva on May 15, 1894,\n         saying he tried to get a tennis tournament for field day, and\n         congratulates Eva on her chicken raising and hopes his are\n         doing better.","Among the \n          Eva Saunders undated correspondence, there\n         is a fragment which notes that Miss Begg sent to its writer a\n         little book called \"The greatest thing in the World.\" A letter\n         dated November 26 to Eva contains drawings of women's blouses\n         and concerns her ordered blouses.","From the correspondence of \n          Fleming Saunders and \n          Mary (Gwathmey) Saunders , 1858-1879, a\n         letter dated September 5, 1871, from \n          Peter Saunders, Jr. , \n          Bleak Hill , says that his tobacco crop\n         has suffered. Another letter, April 17, 1874, from \n          Jeanie Edmond , \n          Hudson Lodge , makes a reference to the \n          Jubilee Singers traveling to raise money\n         for a \"slave college somewhere in the Northern States\"; to\n         acquaintances visiting \n          England , mentioning a \"public worship\n         bill\" in \n          Parliament , and one acquaintance having\n         an appointment with the Bishop of \n          Melbourne ; and to visiting \n          Australia . In a postcard dated August 21,\n         1879, \n          W. A. Alrich asks \n          Fleming Saunders ' opinion as to the next\n         \"services\" in \"regular course,\" and saying that it best not to\n         alter rotation as \"last service was omitted.\" He also mentions\n         that Mrs. \n          C[harles] Dabney has a fine little\n         daughter.","In the Fleming and Mary Saunders correspondence, 1880-1892,\n         there is a letter dated March 3, 1880 from M. Caden to\n         Saunders stating that he can not board a minister, but will\n         give the same salary as before. \n          Peter Saunders writes from \n          Bleak Hill on January 19, 1881 saying that\n         he has no specific desire to be a director on the \n          Virgina Midland [Rail] Road , and does not\n         think he could get the appointment anyway; he is still a\n         director on the \n          Franklin and Pittsylvania Railroad\n         Company , and fears a possible conflict of interest.\n          W. A. Alrich writes from \n          Emanuel Rectory , \n          Chatham, Virginia , on February 16, 1882,\n         saying he is glad that the \n          Saunders ' keep up the old St. Valentine's\n         Day tradition, by sending so practical a token of affection. \n          Ellen Boulder , a school teacher, writes\n         to \n          Mary Saunders from \n          Drake's Branch on March 18, 1889,\n         mentioning a five month school term ending on March 1st and a\n         June 23 to July 23 summer session. \n          [Peter Saunders] , \n          Bleak Hill , writes \n          Fleming Saunders , on October 26, 1891\n         mentioning Republican elements in the \"alliance\" [farmers'\n         alliance such as the \n          Grange ?].","In the Fleming and Mary Saunders correspondence, 1893-1900,\n          Fleming Saunders III writes to his parents\n         from \n          Randolph-Macon Academy in \n          Bedford on March 14, 1893, saying that he\n         is in the Baptist Church in the morning and the Methodist in\n         the afternoon, and tells of boys who spend more time with the\n         girls than studying. \n          James F. Plummer writes to Captain\n         Saunders on March 29, 1893, [from a theological seminary?],\n         saying that exams are beginning, and implying that knowledge\n         of Hebrew and Apologetics will be next among those things\n         tested. \n          Peter Saunders writes to Fleming from \n          Bleak Hill , on March 30, 1894, mentioning\n         the Bland Bill and the fear that its veto would cause discord\n         in the \n          Democratic Party , and discussing briefly\n         possible effects on the present financial situation.","In the Fleming and Mary Saunders correspondence, 1901-1910,\n         there is a letter, July 19, 1901, from \n          Edward Watts Saunders , while serving in\n         the \n          Virginia House of Delegates . \n          William W. Old writes to Fleming on\n         February 2, 1903 about a land sale and his agreement to sell\n         the land as a whole parcel to two black men, and suggesting a\n         method of finalizing the transaction. \n          E. W. Saunders writes to Fleming on\n         January 21, 1904 mentioning an inquiry about his land near\n         \"Vic. Muse.\" A letter, [March 1904], from \n          Alice [Saunders] at \n          Hollins, Virginia , to her aunt Saunders\n         refers to the Roman poet \n          Virgil . She writes to her mother on March\n         12, 1904 mentioning that John [ ] had failed in \n          Caesar and that he had been in the second\n         book of \n          Virgil .","In the undated Fleming and Mary Saunders correspondence, \n          D. Saunders writes to his mother from \n          Randolph-Macon Academy on February 10,\n         saying that he is learning German and is plagued by poor\n         spelling, and that the boys dance every night and were\n         previously boxing.","In the correspondence of \n          William Watts , 1754-1784, there is a\n         letter dated June 27, 1771 which summons Watts to the \n          General Assembly in \n          Williamsburg . \n          Samuel Dilworth writes on June 2, 1783\n         from \n          Blanford mentioning the problem of\n         collecting debts owed to the British. \n          Thomas Baldwin, Jr. writes on December 22,\n         1784 concerning the purchase of \"the Negro Fellow\" for\n         $18.","In the Watts correspondence, 1785-1789, a letter, December\n         16, 1785, from \n          William Roach informs Watts that while \n          Peter Kern is employing Watts in a matter\n         between Kern and Roach, Watts is to plead for Roach in all\n         matters, suggesting a conflict of interest. \n          Arthur Campbell , a candidate for the\n         senate from the Western Distict, writes, on March 24, 1788,\n         asking for Watts' support. \n          Edward Graham of \n          Bedford , writes on December 20, 1792,\n         mentioning that he saw the Watts' son reading \n          Horace and sending the boy a copy of \n          Cicero which would supply \"the means of\n         raising him as high in eminence as you could reasonably wish,\"\n         and adding that the boy will need to learn Greek as he will\n         soon be studying science.","In the Watts correspondence, 1793-1794, \n          Duncan Rose writes from \n          Petersburg , on July 8, 1794, stating that\n          Buchanan's Hartie and Company has been\n         doing business in \n          Great Britain and is waiting for a\n         successor to Hartie to be appointed before certain books could\n         be examined by Rose. Another letter pertains to relations with\n          France and \n          Britain at this time: \n          George Hancock writes to Watts in 1794\n         mentioning the rearing of a navy \"to repel the insult to our\n         ploy,\" referring to commerce restriction [on American goods]\n         by a nation which does not have a commerce treaty with the\n         U.S., and referring to Mr. \n          [James] Madison 's arguments whereas he\n         conducted himself in a manner worthy of himself. \n          Creed Taylor writes on May 11, 1795,\n         concerning some bonds. \n          William Vannerson writes, on October 30,\n         1795, from \n          Petersburg mentioning a British war sloop\n         in \n          Norfolk, Virginia and the order for\n         carrying American bottoms bound for \n          France into British ports with invoice\n         being revoked, revealing that some say that this retaliation\n         has been brought about by Americans invoicing their flour at\n         $27 per barrel.","In Watts' correspondence with \n          Edward Randolph , 1796-1797, Randolph\n         writes from \n          Richmond on February 21 and March 13, 1796\n         on the subject of British creditors. In Watts' correspondence\n         with \n          Thomas F. Scott , 1792-1798, Scott writes\n         on January 4, 1796 and December 18, 1798 on the subject of\n         British debts. In the correspondence of \n          William Watts with \n          John Watts , 1784-1800, John writes to\n         William in April 1784 from \n          Lincoln County, Virginia (now \n          Kentucky ), concerning apprehension about\n         a possible Indian war in the \n          Northwest Territories . John says that\n         while the lands in \n          Kentucky are good, the inconveniences are\n         many, and that the doomsayers will probably prevent the\n         surveying of lands on the northwest side of the Ohio.","Business Papers","There are general accounts, 1751-1899, n.d. An account,\n         beginning November 16, 1762, with \n          George Kippen \u0026 Co. at their store in \n          Goochland, Virginia , lists \n          John Gilliam as having ordered a dozen\n         flints, 3/4 yard of bearskin, and a dozen pipes. There is a\n         list, April 20, 1763, pertaining to the estate of \n          A. Watts , on which is listed a\n         £0.2.0 debt to \n          Mary Petillo , the only woman on the list,\n         and a £2.4.9 debt to Sir \n          William Skipwith . The account of \n          Thomas East with \n          Archelaus Austin from November 15, 1771,\n         consists of beer, wine, grog, and a gallon of corn, with one\n         entry \"to saging one night\" perhaps pertaining to the making\n         of moonshine. An account, beginning January 20, 1775, of N[ ]\n         Vaughn with \n          Edward Watts lists various quantities of\n         rum, molasses, and sugar. There are several accounts,\n         1779-1794, of the estate of \n          Nathaniel Davis , including an entry for\n         1784 for three yards of woollen for a Negro jacket, and May 9,\n         1784 for half of hire of \n          Jacob . There is a section, \"Accts\n         Overlooked,\" from 1784, which refers to tobacco being a share\n         and half share for \n          Jacob , and another for dinner at the\n         courthouse when on business. There is an account of \n          James Davis with \n          Daniel Warwick , dating 1799-1803, with\n         references to a variety of items including coffee, sewing\n         materials, dinner ware, alcohol, and accessories. Mrs. \n          Elizabeth Davis ' account beginning May\n         31, 1807, has an entries for coffee, condiments, and sewing\n         material. An account, March 26, 1810, of Capt. \n          James Davis with \n          Rowland P. Banks lists \"163 days tuition\n         at $8 p. ann. $5 cts 1 1/2.\" The account, beginning August 14,\n         1826, of Capt. \n          James Davis with \n          Thomas Pleasants , has lists orders for\n         cheese, mackerel, cotton, and whiskey. On October 31, 1832,\n         Judge Saunders, of \n          Lynchburg, Virginia , orders castor oil,\n         ointment, and a syringe. Accounts which mention tea are rare\n         but there is an undated fragment of Mr. \n          James Davis which contains an entry for\n         imperial tea. There is an undated \"memorandum of brandy\" taken\n         from Mrs. Eubank.","The accounts of \n          Williams Watts span 1752-1797. There is\n         also a hotel account with \n          Charles Williamson with entries dating\n         1763, 1773, and 1774. There are accounts for the boarding,\n         clothing, and feeding of Negro boys with Mrs. \n          Betty Tucker and \n          Betty Kirkland , both beginning September\n         10, 1767, and Capt. \n          Joseph Tucker , 1767-1769. Watts has\n         accounts, 1768, with \n          John Brittan for a waistcoat, shoes,\n         stockings, and a hat. There is a 1769 account for various\n         building supplies. Watts also has an account, beginning April\n         20, 1771, with \n          Miller Woodson with an entry of May 16,\n         1772 listing a \n          Patrick Henry . There is a document which\n         contains information on the estate of \n          William Randolph . There is another\n         lodging account, July 26, 1773 through December 3, 1776, of\n         Watts with \n          Charles Williams . There is an account\n         beginning March 9, 1778, with \n          William Kirkland which includes listings\n         for tuition and educational books. A January 10, 1780 account\n         with \n          Frederick Nance mentions a violin and a\n         set of strings. There is an account, beginning December 21,\n         1787, with \n          Robert Wilson ordering Hyson Tea, coffee,\n         and a bottle of snuff. From a 1791 account of \n          Edward McDonald with \n          William Watts , there is the note of the\n         hire of a Negro. From a 1792 account of \n          Charles Smith , there is a note for the\n         finding of a Negro woman and for the inspecting of tobacco.\n         There are two medical bills, one with \n          George Martin , beginning January 14,\n         1794, and one with Doctor \n          Graham , beginning November 3, 1795. In\n         October 1797, Watts had an account with \n          George Quille for the hire of a Negro.\n         There is an undated account of \n          W. Walter Spence with Watts for the hire\n         of a Negro for eight months.","Promissory notes and receipts range from 1754-1905, n.d.\n         There are several items concerned with the estate of \n          John Fleming and include an entry for\n         February 1764 for a Negro bought for $10. Between \n          George Martin and Watts there is an\n         agreement, October 3, 1794, mentioning the purchase of red\n         wheat and the hire of a Negro woman. \n          James Davis has a note dated 1803 with the\n         Sheriff of \n          Amherst County for tax on four Negroes,\n         four horses, and five tithes. \n          Elizabeth Davis has a note dated 1816 for\n         tax on three Negroes and one horse. There is a note from\n         December 6, 1827 pertaining to a $5 bond for the hire of a\n         Negro man by \n          James Davis from \n          J. Wright for \n          Lavinia Wright . There is a 1840 note from\n          Charles Davis to the Sheriff of \n          Amherst for tax on six Negroes and six\n         horses.","Legal Papers","There are a number of court memoranda, 1768-1786, n.d.,\n         kept by \n          William Watts in his capacity as a lawyer.\n         In a November 10, 1771 memo for the \n          Buckingham County court, there is an entry\n         for detinue for Negro woman named \n          Agge . From the memo for the April 1772\n         court at \n          Lunenburg County , \n          Thomas Taylor and his wife have a suit\n         against a Hurt for a Negro in \n          Amelia . There is also a list of debts\n         owed to Watts for the year 1794. Dating 1771 through 1782,\n         there are court dockets from \n          Amelia County and \n          Lunenburg County from 1771-1782. A number\n         of the entries have Watts as the litigant. There is a 1773 day\n         book with the signatures of William and \n          Edward Watts , which includes a record of \n          William Watts ' court expenses. There are\n         also legal day books, 1772-1773, of Watts, with entries for \n          Buckingham County , \n          Amelia , \n          Cumberland County , and \n          Prince Edward County as well as for \n          Williamsburg, Virginia . There is another\n         1773 memorandum book of Watts with entries for \n          Amelia County , \n          Cumberland County , and \n          Buckingham County .","The indentures date 1749-1788, n.d. From January 1, 1763,\n         there is an agreement between \n          Benjamin Tambro and \n          Ayres Hodnett of \n          Buckingham in regard to the former's son, \n          John Tambro , to be apprentice to the\n         latter for seven years. From March 28, 1774, there is an\n         indenture between Watts and \n          William Ford . From September 17, 1768,\n         there is an agreement between \n          Abraham West and \n          John Blankenship of \n          Prince Edward . On November 17, 1772,\n         there is an agreement between \n          John Lewallen of \n          Amelia County and \n          James and Robert Donalds and Company ,\n         Merchants of \n          Glasgow . On September 15, 1778, there is\n         an agreement between \n          David Wright of \n          Botetourt and \n          Alexander Paine of the same concerning a\n         land dispute in the area where the \n          Roanoke River and \n          Tinker Creek .","The will, December 25, 1745, of \n          Thomas Patterson of \n          Albemarle County , names his slaves and\n         divides them among his children and wife, and requests that\n         his land in \n          Goochland County be known as \n          \"Locust Thicket.\" Margery Hinshaw contested the will of \n          Samuel Hinshaw dated March 1758 with \n          [Cedw] Gibson on July 10, 1765. Hinshaw\n         had divided his slaves between his still living wife, his\n         daughter \n          Elizabeth Hinshaw , and the latter's\n         children. This situation involved a slave of Elizabeth. The\n         will of \n          Thomas Bottom of \n          Amelia dated May 10, 1760 divides his\n         slaves which are named between his three daughters.","A folder of general legal papers date 1765-1903, n.d. The\n         inventory and appraisal, 1826, of the estate of \n          John Eubank mentions prices for his\n         Negroes: £300 for a man named \n          Jacob , £200 for a man named \n          Joe , £10 for a woman named \n          Hannah , £20 for a girl named \n          Lolly , and £0 for a girl named\n          Caroline . There is also a list of tickets\n         of ommission paid by \n          William Watts , attorney. Among the legal\n         papers of \n          Amelia County , 1768 through 1789\n         including undated material, a document dated May 15, 1783\n         states that \n          Sarah Tinker on December 6, 1781 gave her\n         son-in-law \n          John Tucker an ailing Negro named \n          Ned until the latter gets well whereas he\n         will be returned to \n          Sarah Tucker . In an undated document, \n          George Vaughn yields up title/right of two\n         Negroes--named \n          Frank and \n          Phoebe --to son-in-law \n          John Norris --formerly given to grandson \n          John Norris by a deed dated October 2,\n         1796: \"said slaves will forever defend me from my heirs.\" The\n         son-in-law Norris will pay Vaughn or wife £10\n         annually for preformance of the aforesaid act. Among the \n          Campbell County papers, Justice \n          Adam Clement says that \n          Charles Gilbert of \n          Campbell on April 29, 1787 makes oath that\n         Negro slave \n          Jack --property of Watts of \n          Prince Edward County --ran away and was\n         found 50 miles thence. Among the legal papers of \n          Prince Edward , \n          Edward Watts sold to \n          William Watts eight Negro slaves: \n          True , \n          James , \n          Winnie , \n          Peter , \n          Sarah , \n          Betty , \n          Rachel , and \n          Doc on January 14, 1787. There is also a\n         account of Dr. \n          M. John King with the sheriff of \n          Lunenburg which has an entry dating 1769:\n         the former is in account with \n          [John] Epps for four lbs. of tobacco at\n         £0.5.1.","Miscellaneous","Among the Advertisements there is an advertisement dated\n         September 20, 1871 from the \n          Omaha, Nebraska Lottery for the building\n         of a public library in the city. A broadside from \n          Cox and Sons Church Furniture shows a\n         garish stained-glass window commemorating the late President \n          James Garfield . There is an undated\n         letter to Mrs. \n          Fleming Saunders asking for a subscription\n         to the \n          Graphic, a ladies society\n         magazine. There is an undated list of books from \n          George Munro, Publishers . There is also a\n         broadside for \"The World's Christmas Hymn\"--an analogy of\n         English poetry pertaining to \n          Christ 's birth dating from the medieval\n         period.","The church related papers include a letter, March 21, 1904,\n         from \n          Virginia Polytechnic Institute to the \n          Saunders asking for aid for the building of\n         an Episcopal parsonage at the university. The letter\n         enunciates a fear of the danger of Episcopal boys being weaned\n         from their faith by the compulsory attendance at the services\n         of other sects due to the absence of a Episcopal parsonage.\n         There is also an Episcopal \"Church Kalendar,\" 1882-1883,\n         listing holy days with information on the faith, church\n         service, and background of the Anglican/Episcopalian\n         faith.","Civil War papers range from 1861 to 1864. During 1862-1864,\n         there are a number of furloughs issued to \n          Confederate enlisted men in \n          Virginia , each with a physical\n         description of the bearer, and addressed \"to all whom it may\n         concern.\" On August 10, 1862, there is a provision return for\n         a company of the \n          13th Regiment of Pennsylvania volunteers .\n         There are also a number of CSA \"special requisitions\", chiefly\n         ordering clothing, shoes, and blankets, most signed by Captain\n          Fleming Saunders , assistant\n         quartermaster, of Company K, Virginia Regiment.","The educational papers range from 1848-1903, n.d. There is\n         a page from a 1848 French edition of the fables of La Fontaine\n         from the \"Academie de Norfolk.\" There is an \n          \"Educational Treatise on the Constitution\" ,\n         September 6, 1877, by \n          John Randolph Tucker of \n          Virginia . There is a 1892-1893 brochure\n         for the \n          Edgeworth School , a church-related\n         boarding and day school for females. There is the fall term\n         1895 grade report from \n          Virginia Polytechnic Institute (formerly \n          Virginia Agriculture and Mechanical\n         College ) for \n          Fleming Saunders, III . There is a fall\n         term 1902 grade report from \n          Hollins College for \n          Elsie Saunders . There is another VPI\n         grade report, from February 1903, for \n          Carter Temple Saunders . There is a report\n         from \n          St. Timothy's School of \n          Catonsville, Maryland . Another undated\n         piece is a \"rules for spelling\" sheet from a grammar book.\n         There are also undated fragments of Latin, French, and\n         algebra.","There are lectures, essays, and poems, 1794, 1818, 1843,\n         and n.d., including a scrap of a lecture dated September 6,\n         1794 from \n          Edward Watts ; another lecture on motive\n         dated September 16, 1794; and, a series of oral essays from\n         1843.","Miscellaneous material, 1887-1892, includes a note of the\n         marriage of Capt. \n          Fleming Saunders to \n          Mary Gwathmey on July 30.","The obituaries include a reprint of the 1858 obituary of \n          Fleming Saunders, Sr , a reprint of the\n         1867 obituary of Fleming, Sr.'s wife-- \n          Alice Fleming --and the 1904 obituary of \n          Peter Saunders . The obituaries of\n         Fleming, Sr. and Alice are panegyrics. The first two were\n         transcribed by \n          John Blair Dabney .","The photographs include an unidentified photograph of a\n         young member of the \n          Saunders family and undated photo cards of\n         liturgical furniture.","Bound Volumes","The Day Books include a day book from \n          Maple Creek Mills dating from 1842. There\n         is a 1867 day book with one page filled, made of a cut\n         agricultural crop ledger. There is also in the book a pasted\n         in notice from the Adjuctant Inspector's Office in \n          Richmond , July 29, 1863. Dating January\n         18, 1872 is a subscription book for the \n          Lee Monumental Association . Also present\n         is a $1 donation from \n          Alex Berkeley of \n          Yellow Branch, Virginia . There are also\n         farm journals dating 1855 through 1860.","A card game, 1846, called \"The Game of Kings made Easy\"\n         which is based on the kings of \n          England who reigned down to its date, is\n         also present. The card for Henry V is missing. Many of the\n         cards contain information of the kings of an antiquarian\n         nature.","The Memorandum books, 1873-1874 and 1881-1894, owned by \n          Fleming Saunders , includes employees,\n         supplies, and construction information in the first volume.\n         The latter has a note at its end which mentions survey\n         data.","The \n          Otter River Township Record Book dates\n         from 1870-1874. There are references to road building. An\n         entry for June 16, 1871 notes the ordering of \"tickets\" for\n         road tax and township levy. Also included are lists of\n         expenses for board members with lists of expenses for\n         materials bought. One entry notes that \n          B. H. Anthony , overseer of the poor,\n         sends three paupers--one white woman and two black woman--to\n         the poor house. Expenses for the poor house are noted. At 1874\n         and 1875 meetings, \n          Fleming Saunders is mentioned as road\n         overseer in certain districts."],"names_ssim":["University of Virginia. Library. 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These include: I)\n         Correspondence; II) Manuscripts and Miscellaneous Papers; III)\n         Photographs; IV) Bound Volumes and Notebooks; V) Postcards;\n         VI) Papers from the Duke and Duke law firm; and VII) Oversize\n         Items.","Due to the large amount of correspondence present in this\n         collection, the correspondence series has been further broken\n         down into seven subseries: A) Letters to \n          R. T. W. Duke, Jr. (boxes 1-9); B) Letters\n         to \n          Edith Duke (boxes 10-11); C) Letters from \n          R. T. W. Duke, Jr. and \n          Edith Duke (box 12); D) Letters to and\n         from the children of \n          R. T. W. Duke, Jr. (boxes 13-20); E) \n          Slaughter Family Correspondence (boxes\n         20-22); F) Miscellaneous Correspondence (box 23); G) Topical\n         Correspondence (box 24)","\n         Slaughter Family \n      "," Edith Ridgeway married \n          Charles M. Harker (d. 1876), and their\n         daughter \n          Mary Haines Harker (d. 1897) married\n         (1853) \n          John Flavel Slaughter, Sr. (1828-1893),\n         son of \n          Robert Harrison Slaughter , and \n          Mary Rice Garland , whom he married in\n         1818. Seven of \n          Mary Harker and \n          John Flavel Slaughter 's children survived\n         to adulthood. The following genealogical information is\n         incomplete.","A. \n                Charles Slaughter , M.D. \n                m. (1) \n                   Mary Willoughby Duke (1857-1883) \n                   a. \n                      Mary Willoughby m. \n                      Claude Marshall Lee  m. (2) \n                   Hattie Gray  a \n                      Charles Slaughter,\n                     Jr. (1887-1953) b. \n                      John\n                     Slaughter (1888-1889) c. \n                      Susan Gray\n                     Slaughter (1890-?) B. \n                John Flavel Slaughter,\n               Jr. (1856-?) C. \n                Robert Slaughter m. 1890 \n                Augusta Bannister  a. \n                   Robert Slaughter,\n                  Jr. (1890-?) b. \n                   M. Bannister (1895-?) D. \n                Samuel Garland Slaughter m. 1890 \n                Mary Wall Richardson (\"Maymee\") \n                a. \n                   Rosalie Slaughter (1892-?) m. \n                   William Dulaney Anderson  b. \n                   Lillas (?) Richardson\n                  Slaughter (1895-?) c. \n                   Samuel Garland Slaughter, Jr. m. \n                   Rhoda Howard  E. \n                William Austin\n               Slaughter (1873-?) F. \n                Blanche Rosalie Slaughter (1871-?)\n               m. 1905 \n                George Baxter Morton, Jr. (?\n               -1912) G. \n                Edith Ridgeway Slaughter (1863-1921)\n               m. 1884 \n                Richard Thomas Walker Duke,\n               Jr. (1853-1926) (For children see under \n                Duke family )","\n         Duke Family \n      "," Richard Thomas Walker Duke,\n         Sr. (1822-1898), son of \n          Richard Duke and \n          Maria Walker , married (1846) \n          Elizabeth Scott Eskridge (1820-1896),\n         daughter of \n          William Scott Eskridge and \n          Margaret Frances Brown . Their children\n         were:","A. \n                William Richard Duke (1848-1929) m.\n               (1894) \n                Edith May Colemann (1873-1943) \n                a. \n                   Elizabeth Eskridge\n                  Duke (1898-1899) b. \n                   Cammann Coleman Duke (1900-?) m.\n                  (1933) \n                   Mary Perrin\n                  White (1904-1984) c. \n                   William Richard Duke,\n                  Jr. (1902-?) m. (1933) \n                   Nancy Montgomery\n                  Wood (1902-?) B. \n                Margaret Brown\n               Duke (1850-1851) C. \n                Richard Thomas Walker Duke,\n               Jr. (1853-1926) \n                m. (1884) (1) \n                   Edith Ridgeway\n                  Slaughter (1863-1921) \n                   a. \n                      Mary Willoughby\n                     Duke (1885-1966) b. \n                      Richard Thomas Walker Duke\n                     III (1887-1960) \n                      m. (1917) \n                         Myrtle Judson (?\n                        -1941) m. (1942) \n                         Cecile Grotta  (1947) \n                         Florence\n                        Watts (\"Jeri\") c. \n                      John Flavel Slaughter\n                     Duke (1889-1933) m. \n                      Kathleen Timmons (?\n                     -1940) d. \n                      William Eskridge\n                     Duke (1893-1959) m. (1923) \n                      Lucy Marshall Lee  (i) \n                         R.T.W. Duke\n                        IV (1924-1926) (ii) \n                         William Eskridge Duke,\n                        Jr. , (\"Bill\") (1927-) m. \n                         Frances Armistead\n                        Marston  (iii) \n                         Lucy Marshall Duke (1931-)\n                        m. \n                         Gerald Kinne  e. \n                      Helen Risdon\n                     Duke (1895-1984) f. \n                      Edwin Ellicott\n                     Duke (1899-1900) m. (1923) (2) \n                   Mary Richardson\n                  Slaughter (\"Maymee\") D. \n                Maria Walker Duke (1855-1856) E. \n                Mary Willoughby Duke (1857-1883) m.\n               (1882) Dr. \n                Charles Slaughter  a. \n                   Mary Willoughby\n                  Slaughter (1883-?) m. (1905) \n                   Claude Marshall Lee (1882-?) \n                   (i) \n                      Martha Eskridge Lee\n                     Poston (1906-?) (ii) \n                      Mary Willoughby\n                     Lee (1908-1918) (iii) \n                      Lucy Ambler Lee\n                     Roberts (1910-) (iv) \n                      Claude Marshall Lee,\n                     Jr. (1911-) (v) \n                      Charlotte Slaughter Lee\n                     Lauck (1913-) (vi) \n                      Elizabeth Duke Lee\n                     Kopper (1919-) (vii) \n                      Mary Cary Lee (1926-)","This addition to the \n          Duke family papers contains ca. 10,400 items\n         (38 Hollinger boxes, 12 linear shelf feet), 1764-1983, chiefly\n         personal and topical correspondence, business papers, and\n         legal papers of this prominent \n          Charlottesville family, and the related \n          Slaughter family of \n          Lynchburg, Virginia . The collection also\n         has genealogical material, invitations (arranged by year),\n         literary manuscripts and poetry by \n          R. T. W. Duke, Jr. (1853-1926),\n         miscellaneous papers, printed material, school records and\n         papers, photographs, diaries, account books, notebooks and\n         other bound volumes, postcards and papers concerning a few\n         legal clients of the \n          Duke and Duke law firm.","The overwhelming bulk of the correspondence consists of\n         letters to and from \n          R. T. W. Duke, Jr. , \n          Edith Slaughter Duke (1863-1921), his\n         wife, and their children, \n          Mary Willoughby Duke (1885-1966); \n          Richard Thomas Walker Duke,\n         III (1887-1960); \n          John Flavel Slaughter Duke , \"Jack\"\n         (1889-1933); \n          William Eskridge Duke (1893-1959); and \n          Helen Risdon Duke (1895-1984).","The correspondence subseries devoted to letters written to \n          R. T. W. Duke, Jr. contains three\n         different groups of material: 1) letters from his wife, \n          Edith Slaughter Duke ; 2) an\n         alphabetically arranged group of miscellaneous correspondents;\n         and 3) a group of individual correspondents, each with his own\n         folder.","The letters from Edith to \n          Tom Duke , 1882-1921, were written\n         whenever they were separated during their courtship, family\n         visits, vacations, and business trips. As could be expected,\n         most of these letters contain plans for furnishing their new\n         home, family news, and personal messages, all of which\n         chronicles the growth of the \n          Duke family .","The alphabetical miscellaneous correspondence file has\n         letters from college, fraternity and Masonic friends, business\n         associates, and other acquaintances and includes merchandise\n         orders, requests for speaking engagements, business matters,\n         literary concerns, letters of sympathy and personal news.","Letters of note in this group include the following\n         correspondents and topics: \n          S. A. Duke (Dec. 9, 1908) re\n         reconstruction and \"the great negro question;\" \n          A. Ranken Ford (Nov.23, 1914) re America's\n         Civil War, \n          England 's preparation for World War I and\n          Germany 's spying activities prior to the\n         war; \n          George Gilmer (Jul. 28, 1918) re the\n         important role of the \n          Y.M.C.A. in keeping up the morale of the\n         American soldier in \n          Europe ; \n          T. H. Harrison (Apr. 21 and Jun. 25, 1916)\n         re Canadian involvement in World War I; \n          H. C. Marchant (Sep.[15], 1895) re vestry\n         records of \n          Christ Episcopal Church ; and \n          Jessie Uppleby (Apr. 18, Jul. 5, Aug. 19,\n         Nov. 22, 1917, and Aug. 29 [n.y.]) re World War I war news\n         from \n          Scotland .","The group of individual correspondents to \n          R. T. W. Duke, Jr. include the following\n         people: \n          B. Johnson Barbour , \n          Mary Carey , \n          J. E. Creary , \n          John Singleton Diggs , \n          Elizabeth Eskridge Duke , \n          Maymee R. Slaughter Duke , \n          Myrtle Judson Duke , \n          R. T. W. Duke, Sr. , \n          William R. Duke , \n          Eugene Ellicott , fraternity brothers, \n          Kate Gunther , \n          Lizzie Gunther , and \n          Maude Gunther , \n          Paul Jones and \n          Peter Tudor Jones , \n          Luther Kountze , \n          Nancy Leary , \n          Thomas Nelson Page , \n          Thomas D. Ransom , \n          Schele De Vere , \n          John F. Slaughter, Sr. , \n          John F. Slaughter, Jr. , \n          Mary Harker Slaughter and \n          Mary Willoughby Duke Slaughter .","The letters to \n          Edith Duke include correspondence from \n          Myrtle Judson Duke , \n          R. T. W. Duke, Jr. , \n          Susan Harker Risdon and miscellaneous\n         letters from friends and family, excluding her children.","A third subseries of correspondence consists of letters\n         from \n          R. T. W. Duke, Jr. and \n          Edith Duke to their children, Mr. and Mrs.\n          R. T. W. Duke, Sr. and miscellaneous\n         correspondents. Of note in this group is a volume of \n          R. T. W. Duke, Jr. 's letters from \n          Europe which contains transcripts of his\n         letters home during his European tour of 1882. Duke describes\n         his voyage over on a ship \"Egypt,\" his companions and\n         acquaintances, his itinerary in \n          England , \n          Holland , \n          Germany , \n          Switzerland , and \n          France , and the many museums, historic\n         sites, and towns which he visited.","The fourth subseries contains letters to and from the\n         children of \n          R. T. W. Duke, Jr. , including\n         correspondence with their parents and with each other. The\n         sons of \n          R. T. W. Duke, Jr. , Walker, Jack, and\n         Eskridge, were all in the armed forces during World War I, and\n         their letters that decribe camp life and their war experiences\n         are in the correspondence to their parents, 1917-1919.","Jack \n          (John Flavel) Duke was an Air Service\n         officer stationed at \n          Post Field, Sill, Oklahoma , and at \n          Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas , and his\n         correspondence, 1917-1919, and no date, describes his flying\n         experiences. Although \n          Eskridge Duke attended the \n          U.S. Naval Academy preparatory school at \n          Annapolis, Maryland and sailed as a\n         midshipman on the U.S.S. Illinois from 1911-1913, he served\n         during World War I in \n          France as an army officer with the \n          American Expeditionary Forces , from\n         September of 1918 until May of 1919."," R. T. Walker Duke 's letters to his\n         parents from 1908-1911 describe his experiences in \n          Montana as a cowboy, his interest in\n         homesteading, bronco riding, and his work as a printer. In\n         1917, Walker was assigned to the \n          5th Illinois Company , \n          Ft. Sheridan, Illinois . His letters\n         written during his service in \n          Europe run from October 1918 to March\n         1919. After the conclusion of the war, Walker served with the \n          Judge Advocate General Department in \n          Washington, D.C. (letters to his parents,\n         1920-1925)."," Mary Duke 's letters to her parents,\n         1918-1926, and no date, describe her nursing experiences and\n         other charitable work in the \n          Archdeaconry of Southwest Virginia with\n         Mrs. \n          Hugh F. Binns at \n          Nora, Dickinson County, Virginia .","Another interesting group of letters in this subseries are\n         those of \n          William Eskridge Duke, Jr. to his family\n         and to his aunts, \n          Mary Duke and \n          Helen Duke . \n          Bill Duke served in the navy during the\n         Korean War and his letters describe the places which he\n         visited on his tours of duty, such as \n          Naples , \n          Athens , \n          Marseilles , \n          Guam , and \n          Yokosuka, Japan , 1949-1951.","The correspondence of the Duke brothers and sisters to each\n         other consists almost entirely of carbons or originals of\n         letters concerning the personal business transactions of the\n         family. It also reveals the financial difficulties of various\n         family members during the Depression years.","The \n          Slaughter family correspondence comprises\n         the fifth subseries of correspondence and contains letters to\n         and from members of \n          Edith Slaughter Duke 's family, including\n         her parents, \n          Mary Harker and \n          John Flavel Slaughter, Sr. , and her\n         brothers and sisters. The letters from Dr. \n          Blanche Rosalie Slaughter Morton , a\n         graduate of the \n          Women's Medical College of\n         Pennsylvania (1897) and practicing surgeon, form one\n         of the most interesting sections of this correspondence. She\n         describes her travels in \n          Europe (May 11, September 19, and 24,\n         1899); her concern for the \n          Lee family in \n          China during the struggle of the\n         Kuomintang with the warlords for political supremacy (March\n         29, 1927); her trip to \n          Mexico (July 25, 1928) and the \n          Middle East (November 4, 1935).","Most of the Slaughter correspondence concerns either\n         business matters or family news with a few exceptions. \n          Charles Slaughter, Sr. writes concerning a\n         strike and riot in \n          Duluth, Minnesota (July 7, 1889); \n          Charles M. Harker, Sr. describes the\n         meeting of the American Convention ( \n          Know-Nothing Party ) in \n          Philadelphia (June 10, 1855); Mary B[?]\n         R[?]'s letters, 1861-1862, provide a woman's view of the Civil\n         War; and \n          Samuel Slaughter describes his trip to \n          Ireland , \n          Scotland , and \n          England (July 24, August 1 \u0026 5, 1889).\n         Members of the \n          Garland family write concerning family news,\n         Dr. \n          [Erasmus] Darwin 's theory of the earth,\n         and the significance of fossils, and General Hull's activities\n         at \n          Sandwich in \n          Canada during the beginning of the War of\n         1812 (August 4, 1812); and a trip to \n          Boston and \n          Montreal (August 1 \u0026 11, 1851).","Of note among the miscellaneous correspondence are two\n         letters from \n          John Singleton Mosby , one to \n          R. T. W. Duke, Jr. (September 27, 1915)\n         acknowledging Duke's letter of sympathy on the loss of Mosby's\n         son, and another to Captain \n          Sam Chapman (September 30, 1919)\n         concerning the manifesto of the \"Stonewall Jackson Camp\" at \n          Staunton about the role of Southern\n         soldiers in the Civil War.","Also of interest are the letters, 1895-1954, from \n          Mary Lee and \n          Claude Lee , an Episcopal medical\n         missionary family in \n          Wisuh, China . They ran a hospital and\n         dispensary from 1908 until ca. 1947. Although their letters\n         reveal various aspects of missionary life and personal family\n         news, they contain little of Chinese events. One letter by \n          Claude Lee (October 13, 1918) speaks of\n         the participation of the \n          8th Czecho-Slovak Regiment in a battle\n         against the Bolsheviks in the \n          Ural Mountains near \n          [Tagelove ?], Russia , during World War\n         I.","The last subseries of correspondence consists of topical\n         files concerning the American Legion and World War I; business\n         correspondence of \n          R. T. W. Duke, Jr. ; the publication of\n         the poetry of \n          R. T. W. Duke, Jr. ; the rental of the\n         Duke's Park Street house; the will of \n          R. T. W. Duke, Jr. ; and the \n          St. Paul's Memorial Building Fund .","The other six non-correspondence series comprise about a\n         third of the collection and include: manuscripts and\n         miscellaneous papers, photographs, bound volumes and\n         notebooks, postcards, papers from the \n          Duke and Duke law firm and oversize\n         items.","The manuscripts and miscellaneous papers series contain the\n         personal business papers of the \n          Duke and related families, especially the \n          Slaughter family . There is also a sizeable\n         amount of family financial material in the Papers of the \n          Duke and Duke Law Firm at the \n          University of Virginia Law Library .","Other types of material in this series include;\n         genealogical material, with a typescript about \n          Mary Harker Slaughter by her son, \n          William A. Slaughter ; invitations; legal\n         papers, including indentures, deeds, agreements, land surveys,\n         etc.; manuscripts by \n          R. T. W. Duke, Jr. , both poetry and\n         prose, including \"Albemarle County and the City of\n         Charlottesville in War Time,\" \"Libraries and Their Contents,\"\n         \"Pearls and Pebbles,\" typescripts of portions of his\n         \"Recollections,\" (the whole five volumes of Duke's\n         \"Recollections\" of his life can be found in 9521-i); printed\n         material, including Masonic items and an undated political\n         pamphlet entitled \"Mahoneism Unveiled!\"; and Duke family\n         school records and papers.","The photographic series consists of both identified and\n         unidentified photographs. Identified photographs contain the\n         following categories: Judge \n          R. T. W. Duke, Jr. , \n          R. T. W. Duke, Sr. , men and women in the \n          Duke and related families, \n          Rosalie Slaughter Morton , miscellaneous\n         men and women, European scenes, places, photographs of a trip,\n          University of Virginia , and \n          Zeta Psi Brothers and \n          University of Virginia friends.\n         Unidentified photographs have been placed in the following\n         groups: animals, children, groups and families, men, places,\n         and women.","Series four, consisting of bound volumes and notebooks,\n         contains primarily diaries and notebooks of the immediate \n          Duke family members. The fifth series has \n          United States , foreign, and topical\n         postcards. The \n          United States postcards are separated\n         first by state and then by city or county; the foreign by\n         country only, and the topicals are grouped together.","The papers of the \n          Duke and Duke law firm contain incomplete\n         case files handled by the family law firm. Among these are \n          Maria Carter v. \n          Roy Brown ; \n          J. E. Costan v. \n          Downing L. Smith ; Dr. Funsten v. \n          W. Ed. Pickering ; \n          Insurance Company of Charlottesville v. \n          V. W. F. Carter, Jr. ; the \n          Kentucky Coal Company , \n          Pike County Coal Company , and \n          Ohio and Big Sandy Coal Company ; \n          Jefferson M. Levy Legal Papers; \n          Piedmont Gas and Oil Corporation v. \n          R. S. Duncan ; and Snyder v. \n          University of Virginia . Most of the law\n         firm's papers are located in the \n          University of Virginia Law Library .","The last series consists of oversize documents and\n         photographs.","","English"],"unitid_tesim":["9521-h"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Duke Family Papers \n          1764-1983"],"collection_title_tesim":["Duke Family Papers \n          1764-1983"],"collection_ssim":["Duke Family Papers \n          1764-1983"],"repository_ssm":["University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept."],"repository_ssim":["University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept."],"acqinfo_ssim":["The Duke family papers were given to the Library by Mrs. Gerald Kinne of Setauket, New York, and Mr. William E. Duke\n            of Richmond, Virginia, on August 20, 1985."],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"physdesc_tesim":["ca. 10,400 items"],"arrangement_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eBecause this collection was not received by the Library in\n         any discernible order, the material has been arbitrarily\n         placed into seven different series. These include: I)\n         Correspondence; II) Manuscripts and Miscellaneous Papers; III)\n         Photographs; IV) Bound Volumes and Notebooks; V) Postcards;\n         VI) Papers from the Duke and Duke law firm; and VII) Oversize\n         Items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDue to the large amount of correspondence present in this\n         collection, the correspondence series has been further broken\n         down into seven subseries: A) Letters to \n          R. T. W. Duke, Jr. (boxes 1-9); B) Letters\n         to \n          Edith Duke (boxes 10-11); C) Letters from \n          R. T. W. Duke, Jr. and \n          Edith Duke (box 12); D) Letters to and\n         from the children of \n          R. T. W. Duke, Jr. (boxes 13-20); E) \n          Slaughter Family Correspondence (boxes\n         20-22); F) Miscellaneous Correspondence (box 23); G) Topical\n         Correspondence (box 24)\u003c/p\u003e"],"arrangement_heading_ssm":["Organization"],"arrangement_tesim":["Because this collection was not received by the Library in\n         any discernible order, the material has been arbitrarily\n         placed into seven different series. These include: I)\n         Correspondence; II) Manuscripts and Miscellaneous Papers; III)\n         Photographs; IV) Bound Volumes and Notebooks; V) Postcards;\n         VI) Papers from the Duke and Duke law firm; and VII) Oversize\n         Items.","Due to the large amount of correspondence present in this\n         collection, the correspondence series has been further broken\n         down into seven subseries: A) Letters to \n          R. T. W. Duke, Jr. (boxes 1-9); B) Letters\n         to \n          Edith Duke (boxes 10-11); C) Letters from \n          R. T. W. Duke, Jr. and \n          Edith Duke (box 12); D) Letters to and\n         from the children of \n          R. T. W. Duke, Jr. (boxes 13-20); E) \n          Slaughter Family Correspondence (boxes\n         20-22); F) Miscellaneous Correspondence (box 23); G) Topical\n         Correspondence (box 24)"],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e\n         Slaughter Family \n      \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Edith Ridgeway married \n          Charles M. Harker (d. 1876), and their\n         daughter \n          Mary Haines Harker (d. 1897) married\n         (1853) \n          John Flavel Slaughter, Sr. (1828-1893),\n         son of \n          Robert Harrison Slaughter , and \n          Mary Rice Garland , whom he married in\n         1818. Seven of \n          Mary Harker and \n          John Flavel Slaughter 's children survived\n         to adulthood. The following genealogical information is\n         incomplete.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\n        \u003clist type=\"simple\"\u003e\n          \u003citem\u003eA. \n                Charles Slaughter , M.D. \n               \u003clist type=\"simple\"\u003e\u003citem\u003em. (1) \n                   Mary Willoughby Duke (1857-1883) \n                  \u003clist type=\"simple\"\u003e\u003citem\u003ea. \n                      Mary Willoughby m. \n                      Claude Marshall Lee \u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003em. (2) \n                   Hattie Gray \u003clist type=\"simple\"\u003e\u003citem\u003ea \n                      Charles Slaughter,\n                     Jr. (1887-1953)\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eb. \n                      John\n                     Slaughter (1888-1889)\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003ec. \n                      Susan Gray\n                     Slaughter (1890-?)\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e\u003c/item\u003e\n          \u003citem\u003eB. \n                John Flavel Slaughter,\n               Jr. (1856-?)\u003c/item\u003e\n          \u003citem\u003eC. \n                Robert Slaughter m. 1890 \n                Augusta Bannister \u003clist type=\"simple\"\u003e\u003citem\u003ea. \n                   Robert Slaughter,\n                  Jr. (1890-?)\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eb. \n                   M. Bannister (1895-?)\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e\u003c/item\u003e\n          \u003citem\u003eD. \n                Samuel Garland Slaughter m. 1890 \n                Mary Wall Richardson (\"Maymee\") \n               \u003clist type=\"simple\"\u003e\u003citem\u003ea. \n                   Rosalie Slaughter (1892-?) m. \n                   William Dulaney Anderson \u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eb. \n                   Lillas (?) Richardson\n                  Slaughter (1895-?)\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003ec. \n                   Samuel Garland Slaughter, Jr. m. \n                   Rhoda Howard \u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e\u003c/item\u003e\n          \u003citem\u003eE. \n                William Austin\n               Slaughter (1873-?)\u003c/item\u003e\n          \u003citem\u003eF. \n                Blanche Rosalie Slaughter (1871-?)\n               m. 1905 \n                George Baxter Morton, Jr. (?\n               -1912)\u003c/item\u003e\n          \u003citem\u003eG. \n                Edith Ridgeway Slaughter (1863-1921)\n               m. 1884 \n                Richard Thomas Walker Duke,\n               Jr. (1853-1926) (For children see under \n                Duke family )\u003c/item\u003e\n        \u003c/list\u003e\n      \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\n         Duke Family \n      \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Richard Thomas Walker Duke,\n         Sr. (1822-1898), son of \n          Richard Duke and \n          Maria Walker , married (1846) \n          Elizabeth Scott Eskridge (1820-1896),\n         daughter of \n          William Scott Eskridge and \n          Margaret Frances Brown . Their children\n         were:\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\n        \u003clist type=\"simple\"\u003e\n          \u003citem\u003eA. \n                William Richard Duke (1848-1929) m.\n               (1894) \n                Edith May Colemann (1873-1943) \n               \u003clist type=\"simple\"\u003e\u003citem\u003ea. \n                   Elizabeth Eskridge\n                  Duke (1898-1899)\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eb. \n                   Cammann Coleman Duke (1900-?) m.\n                  (1933) \n                   Mary Perrin\n                  White (1904-1984)\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003ec. \n                   William Richard Duke,\n                  Jr. (1902-?) m. (1933) \n                   Nancy Montgomery\n                  Wood (1902-?)\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e\u003c/item\u003e\n          \u003citem\u003eB. \n                Margaret Brown\n               Duke (1850-1851)\u003c/item\u003e\n          \u003citem\u003eC. \n                Richard Thomas Walker Duke,\n               Jr. (1853-1926) \n               \u003clist type=\"simple\"\u003e\u003citem\u003em. (1884) (1) \n                   Edith Ridgeway\n                  Slaughter (1863-1921) \n                  \u003clist type=\"simple\"\u003e\u003citem\u003ea. \n                      Mary Willoughby\n                     Duke (1885-1966)\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eb. \n                      Richard Thomas Walker Duke\n                     III (1887-1960) \n                     \u003clist type=\"simple\"\u003e\u003citem\u003em. (1917) \n                         Myrtle Judson (?\n                        -1941)\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003em. (1942) \n                         Cecile Grotta \u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e(1947) \n                         Florence\n                        Watts (\"Jeri\")\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003ec. \n                      John Flavel Slaughter\n                     Duke (1889-1933) m. \n                      Kathleen Timmons (?\n                     -1940)\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003ed. \n                      William Eskridge\n                     Duke (1893-1959) m. (1923) \n                      Lucy Marshall Lee \u003clist type=\"simple\"\u003e\u003citem\u003e(i) \n                         R.T.W. Duke\n                        IV (1924-1926)\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e(ii) \n                         William Eskridge Duke,\n                        Jr. , (\"Bill\") (1927-) m. \n                         Frances Armistead\n                        Marston \u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e(iii) \n                         Lucy Marshall Duke (1931-)\n                        m. \n                         Gerald Kinne \u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003ee. \n                      Helen Risdon\n                     Duke (1895-1984)\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003ef. \n                      Edwin Ellicott\n                     Duke (1899-1900)\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003em. (1923) (2) \n                   Mary Richardson\n                  Slaughter (\"Maymee\")\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e\u003c/item\u003e\n          \u003citem\u003eD. \n                Maria Walker Duke (1855-1856)\u003c/item\u003e\n          \u003citem\u003eE. \n                Mary Willoughby Duke (1857-1883) m.\n               (1882) Dr. \n                Charles Slaughter \u003clist type=\"simple\"\u003e\u003citem\u003ea. \n                   Mary Willoughby\n                  Slaughter (1883-?) m. (1905) \n                   Claude Marshall Lee (1882-?) \n                  \u003clist type=\"simple\"\u003e\u003citem\u003e(i) \n                      Martha Eskridge Lee\n                     Poston (1906-?)\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e(ii) \n                      Mary Willoughby\n                     Lee (1908-1918)\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e(iii) \n                      Lucy Ambler Lee\n                     Roberts (1910-)\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e(iv) \n                      Claude Marshall Lee,\n                     Jr. (1911-)\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e(v) \n                      Charlotte Slaughter Lee\n                     Lauck (1913-)\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e(vi) \n                      Elizabeth Duke Lee\n                     Kopper (1919-)\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e(vii) \n                      Mary Cary Lee (1926-)\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e\u003c/item\u003e\n        \u003c/list\u003e\n      \u003c/p\u003e"],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Genealogical Information"],"bioghist_tesim":["\n         Slaughter Family \n      "," Edith Ridgeway married \n          Charles M. Harker (d. 1876), and their\n         daughter \n          Mary Haines Harker (d. 1897) married\n         (1853) \n          John Flavel Slaughter, Sr. (1828-1893),\n         son of \n          Robert Harrison Slaughter , and \n          Mary Rice Garland , whom he married in\n         1818. Seven of \n          Mary Harker and \n          John Flavel Slaughter 's children survived\n         to adulthood. The following genealogical information is\n         incomplete.","A. \n                Charles Slaughter , M.D. \n                m. (1) \n                   Mary Willoughby Duke (1857-1883) \n                   a. \n                      Mary Willoughby m. \n                      Claude Marshall Lee  m. (2) \n                   Hattie Gray  a \n                      Charles Slaughter,\n                     Jr. (1887-1953) b. \n                      John\n                     Slaughter (1888-1889) c. \n                      Susan Gray\n                     Slaughter (1890-?) B. \n                John Flavel Slaughter,\n               Jr. (1856-?) C. \n                Robert Slaughter m. 1890 \n                Augusta Bannister  a. \n                   Robert Slaughter,\n                  Jr. (1890-?) b. \n                   M. Bannister (1895-?) D. \n                Samuel Garland Slaughter m. 1890 \n                Mary Wall Richardson (\"Maymee\") \n                a. \n                   Rosalie Slaughter (1892-?) m. \n                   William Dulaney Anderson  b. \n                   Lillas (?) Richardson\n                  Slaughter (1895-?) c. \n                   Samuel Garland Slaughter, Jr. m. \n                   Rhoda Howard  E. \n                William Austin\n               Slaughter (1873-?) F. \n                Blanche Rosalie Slaughter (1871-?)\n               m. 1905 \n                George Baxter Morton, Jr. (?\n               -1912) G. \n                Edith Ridgeway Slaughter (1863-1921)\n               m. 1884 \n                Richard Thomas Walker Duke,\n               Jr. (1853-1926) (For children see under \n                Duke family )","\n         Duke Family \n      "," Richard Thomas Walker Duke,\n         Sr. (1822-1898), son of \n          Richard Duke and \n          Maria Walker , married (1846) \n          Elizabeth Scott Eskridge (1820-1896),\n         daughter of \n          William Scott Eskridge and \n          Margaret Frances Brown . Their children\n         were:","A. \n                William Richard Duke (1848-1929) m.\n               (1894) \n                Edith May Colemann (1873-1943) \n                a. \n                   Elizabeth Eskridge\n                  Duke (1898-1899) b. \n                   Cammann Coleman Duke (1900-?) m.\n                  (1933) \n                   Mary Perrin\n                  White (1904-1984) c. \n                   William Richard Duke,\n                  Jr. (1902-?) m. (1933) \n                   Nancy Montgomery\n                  Wood (1902-?) B. \n                Margaret Brown\n               Duke (1850-1851) C. \n                Richard Thomas Walker Duke,\n               Jr. (1853-1926) \n                m. (1884) (1) \n                   Edith Ridgeway\n                  Slaughter (1863-1921) \n                   a. \n                      Mary Willoughby\n                     Duke (1885-1966) b. \n                      Richard Thomas Walker Duke\n                     III (1887-1960) \n                      m. (1917) \n                         Myrtle Judson (?\n                        -1941) m. (1942) \n                         Cecile Grotta  (1947) \n                         Florence\n                        Watts (\"Jeri\") c. \n                      John Flavel Slaughter\n                     Duke (1889-1933) m. \n                      Kathleen Timmons (?\n                     -1940) d. \n                      William Eskridge\n                     Duke (1893-1959) m. (1923) \n                      Lucy Marshall Lee  (i) \n                         R.T.W. Duke\n                        IV (1924-1926) (ii) \n                         William Eskridge Duke,\n                        Jr. , (\"Bill\") (1927-) m. \n                         Frances Armistead\n                        Marston  (iii) \n                         Lucy Marshall Duke (1931-)\n                        m. \n                         Gerald Kinne  e. \n                      Helen Risdon\n                     Duke (1895-1984) f. \n                      Edwin Ellicott\n                     Duke (1899-1900) m. (1923) (2) \n                   Mary Richardson\n                  Slaughter (\"Maymee\") D. \n                Maria Walker Duke (1855-1856) E. \n                Mary Willoughby Duke (1857-1883) m.\n               (1882) Dr. \n                Charles Slaughter  a. \n                   Mary Willoughby\n                  Slaughter (1883-?) m. (1905) \n                   Claude Marshall Lee (1882-?) \n                   (i) \n                      Martha Eskridge Lee\n                     Poston (1906-?) (ii) \n                      Mary Willoughby\n                     Lee (1908-1918) (iii) \n                      Lucy Ambler Lee\n                     Roberts (1910-) (iv) \n                      Claude Marshall Lee,\n                     Jr. (1911-) (v) \n                      Charlotte Slaughter Lee\n                     Lauck (1913-) (vi) \n                      Elizabeth Duke Lee\n                     Kopper (1919-) (vii) \n                      Mary Cary Lee (1926-)"],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThis addition to the \n          Duke family papers contains ca. 10,400 items\n         (38 Hollinger boxes, 12 linear shelf feet), 1764-1983, chiefly\n         personal and topical correspondence, business papers, and\n         legal papers of this prominent \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eCharlottesville\u003c/geogname\u003efamily, and the related \n          Slaughter family of \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eLynchburg, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e. The collection also\n         has genealogical material, invitations (arranged by year),\n         literary manuscripts and poetry by \n          R. T. W. Duke, Jr. (1853-1926),\n         miscellaneous papers, printed material, school records and\n         papers, photographs, diaries, account books, notebooks and\n         other bound volumes, postcards and papers concerning a few\n         legal clients of the \n          Duke and Duke law firm.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe overwhelming bulk of the correspondence consists of\n         letters to and from \n          R. T. W. Duke, Jr. , \n          Edith Slaughter Duke (1863-1921), his\n         wife, and their children, \n          Mary Willoughby Duke (1885-1966); \n          Richard Thomas Walker Duke,\n         III (1887-1960); \n          John Flavel Slaughter Duke , \"Jack\"\n         (1889-1933); \n          William Eskridge Duke (1893-1959); and \n          Helen Risdon Duke (1895-1984).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe correspondence subseries devoted to letters written to \n          R. T. W. Duke, Jr. contains three\n         different groups of material: 1) letters from his wife, \n          Edith Slaughter Duke ; 2) an\n         alphabetically arranged group of miscellaneous correspondents;\n         and 3) a group of individual correspondents, each with his own\n         folder.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe letters from Edith to \n          Tom Duke , 1882-1921, were written\n         whenever they were separated during their courtship, family\n         visits, vacations, and business trips. As could be expected,\n         most of these letters contain plans for furnishing their new\n         home, family news, and personal messages, all of which\n         chronicles the growth of the \n          Duke family .\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe alphabetical miscellaneous correspondence file has\n         letters from college, fraternity and Masonic friends, business\n         associates, and other acquaintances and includes merchandise\n         orders, requests for speaking engagements, business matters,\n         literary concerns, letters of sympathy and personal news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters of note in this group include the following\n         correspondents and topics: \n          S. A. Duke (Dec. 9, 1908) re\n         reconstruction and \"the great negro question;\" \n          A. Ranken Ford (Nov.23, 1914) re America's\n         Civil War, \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eEngland\u003c/geogname\u003e's preparation for World War I and\n         \u003cgeogname\u003eGermany\u003c/geogname\u003e's spying activities prior to the\n         war; \n          George Gilmer (Jul. 28, 1918) re the\n         important role of the \n          Y.M.C.A. in keeping up the morale of the\n         American soldier in \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eEurope\u003c/geogname\u003e; \n          T. H. Harrison (Apr. 21 and Jun. 25, 1916)\n         re Canadian involvement in World War I; \n          H. C. Marchant (Sep.[15], 1895) re vestry\n         records of \n          Christ Episcopal Church ; and \n          Jessie Uppleby (Apr. 18, Jul. 5, Aug. 19,\n         Nov. 22, 1917, and Aug. 29 [n.y.]) re World War I war news\n         from \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eScotland\u003c/geogname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe group of individual correspondents to \n          R. T. W. Duke, Jr. include the following\n         people: \n          B. Johnson Barbour , \n          Mary Carey , \n          J. E. Creary , \n          John Singleton Diggs , \n          Elizabeth Eskridge Duke , \n          Maymee R. Slaughter Duke , \n          Myrtle Judson Duke , \n          R. T. W. Duke, Sr. , \n          William R. Duke , \n          Eugene Ellicott , fraternity brothers, \n          Kate Gunther , \n          Lizzie Gunther , and \n          Maude Gunther , \n          Paul Jones and \n          Peter Tudor Jones , \n          Luther Kountze , \n          Nancy Leary , \n          Thomas Nelson Page , \n          Thomas D. Ransom , \n          Schele De Vere , \n          John F. Slaughter, Sr. , \n          John F. Slaughter, Jr. , \n          Mary Harker Slaughter and \n          Mary Willoughby Duke Slaughter .\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe letters to \n          Edith Duke include correspondence from \n          Myrtle Judson Duke , \n          R. T. W. Duke, Jr. , \n          Susan Harker Risdon and miscellaneous\n         letters from friends and family, excluding her children.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA third subseries of correspondence consists of letters\n         from \n          R. T. W. Duke, Jr. and \n          Edith Duke to their children, Mr. and Mrs.\n          R. T. W. Duke, Sr. and miscellaneous\n         correspondents. Of note in this group is a volume of \n          R. T. W. Duke, Jr. 's letters from \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eEurope\u003c/geogname\u003ewhich contains transcripts of his\n         letters home during his European tour of 1882. Duke describes\n         his voyage over on a ship \"Egypt,\" his companions and\n         acquaintances, his itinerary in \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eEngland\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eHolland\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eGermany\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eSwitzerland\u003c/geogname\u003e, and \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eFrance\u003c/geogname\u003e, and the many museums, historic\n         sites, and towns which he visited.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe fourth subseries contains letters to and from the\n         children of \n          R. T. W. Duke, Jr. , including\n         correspondence with their parents and with each other. The\n         sons of \n          R. T. W. Duke, Jr. , Walker, Jack, and\n         Eskridge, were all in the armed forces during World War I, and\n         their letters that decribe camp life and their war experiences\n         are in the correspondence to their parents, 1917-1919.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJack \n          (John Flavel) Duke was an Air Service\n         officer stationed at \n         \u003cgeogname\u003ePost Field, Sill, Oklahoma\u003c/geogname\u003e, and at \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eFt. Leavenworth, Kansas\u003c/geogname\u003e, and his\n         correspondence, 1917-1919, and no date, describes his flying\n         experiences. Although \n          Eskridge Duke attended the \n          U.S. Naval Academy preparatory school at \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eAnnapolis, Maryland\u003c/geogname\u003eand sailed as a\n         midshipman on the U.S.S. Illinois from 1911-1913, he served\n         during World War I in \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eFrance\u003c/geogname\u003eas an army officer with the \n          American Expeditionary Forces , from\n         September of 1918 until May of 1919.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e R. T. Walker Duke 's letters to his\n         parents from 1908-1911 describe his experiences in \n          Montana as a cowboy, his interest in\n         homesteading, bronco riding, and his work as a printer. In\n         1917, Walker was assigned to the \n          5th Illinois Company , \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eFt. Sheridan, Illinois\u003c/geogname\u003e. His letters\n         written during his service in \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eEurope\u003c/geogname\u003erun from October 1918 to March\n         1919. After the conclusion of the war, Walker served with the \n          Judge Advocate General Department in \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eWashington, D.C.\u003c/geogname\u003e(letters to his parents,\n         1920-1925).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Mary Duke 's letters to her parents,\n         1918-1926, and no date, describe her nursing experiences and\n         other charitable work in the \n          Archdeaconry of Southwest Virginia with\n         Mrs. \n          Hugh F. Binns at \n          Nora, Dickinson County, Virginia .\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAnother interesting group of letters in this subseries are\n         those of \n          William Eskridge Duke, Jr. to his family\n         and to his aunts, \n          Mary Duke and \n          Helen Duke . \n          Bill Duke served in the navy during the\n         Korean War and his letters describe the places which he\n         visited on his tours of duty, such as \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eNaples\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eAthens\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eMarseilles\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eGuam\u003c/geogname\u003e, and \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eYokosuka, Japan\u003c/geogname\u003e, 1949-1951.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe correspondence of the Duke brothers and sisters to each\n         other consists almost entirely of carbons or originals of\n         letters concerning the personal business transactions of the\n         family. It also reveals the financial difficulties of various\n         family members during the Depression years.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe \n          Slaughter family correspondence comprises\n         the fifth subseries of correspondence and contains letters to\n         and from members of \n          Edith Slaughter Duke 's family, including\n         her parents, \n          Mary Harker and \n          John Flavel Slaughter, Sr. , and her\n         brothers and sisters. The letters from Dr. \n          Blanche Rosalie Slaughter Morton , a\n         graduate of the \n          Women's Medical College of\n         Pennsylvania (1897) and practicing surgeon, form one\n         of the most interesting sections of this correspondence. She\n         describes her travels in \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eEurope\u003c/geogname\u003e(May 11, September 19, and 24,\n         1899); her concern for the \n          Lee family in \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eChina\u003c/geogname\u003eduring the struggle of the\n         Kuomintang with the warlords for political supremacy (March\n         29, 1927); her trip to \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eMexico\u003c/geogname\u003e(July 25, 1928) and the \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eMiddle East\u003c/geogname\u003e(November 4, 1935).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMost of the Slaughter correspondence concerns either\n         business matters or family news with a few exceptions. \n          Charles Slaughter, Sr. writes concerning a\n         strike and riot in \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eDuluth, Minnesota\u003c/geogname\u003e(July 7, 1889); \n          Charles M. Harker, Sr. describes the\n         meeting of the American Convention ( \n          Know-Nothing Party ) in \n         \u003cgeogname\u003ePhiladelphia\u003c/geogname\u003e(June 10, 1855); Mary B[?]\n         R[?]'s letters, 1861-1862, provide a woman's view of the Civil\n         War; and \n          Samuel Slaughter describes his trip to \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eIreland\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eScotland\u003c/geogname\u003e, and \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eEngland\u003c/geogname\u003e(July 24, August 1 \u0026amp; 5, 1889).\n         Members of the \n          Garland family write concerning family news,\n         Dr. \n          [Erasmus] Darwin 's theory of the earth,\n         and the significance of fossils, and General Hull's activities\n         at \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eSandwich\u003c/geogname\u003ein \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eCanada\u003c/geogname\u003eduring the beginning of the War of\n         1812 (August 4, 1812); and a trip to \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eBoston\u003c/geogname\u003eand \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eMontreal\u003c/geogname\u003e(August 1 \u0026amp; 11, 1851).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOf note among the miscellaneous correspondence are two\n         letters from \n          John Singleton Mosby , one to \n          R. T. W. Duke, Jr. (September 27, 1915)\n         acknowledging Duke's letter of sympathy on the loss of Mosby's\n         son, and another to Captain \n          Sam Chapman (September 30, 1919)\n         concerning the manifesto of the \"Stonewall Jackson Camp\" at \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eStaunton\u003c/geogname\u003eabout the role of Southern\n         soldiers in the Civil War.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAlso of interest are the letters, 1895-1954, from \n          Mary Lee and \n          Claude Lee , an Episcopal medical\n         missionary family in \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eWisuh, China\u003c/geogname\u003e. They ran a hospital and\n         dispensary from 1908 until ca. 1947. Although their letters\n         reveal various aspects of missionary life and personal family\n         news, they contain little of Chinese events. One letter by \n          Claude Lee (October 13, 1918) speaks of\n         the participation of the \n          8th Czecho-Slovak Regiment in a battle\n         against the Bolsheviks in the \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eUral Mountains\u003c/geogname\u003enear \n         \u003cgeogname\u003e[Tagelove ?], Russia\u003c/geogname\u003e, during World War\n         I.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe last subseries of correspondence consists of topical\n         files concerning the American Legion and World War I; business\n         correspondence of \n          R. T. W. Duke, Jr. ; the publication of\n         the poetry of \n          R. T. W. Duke, Jr. ; the rental of the\n         Duke's Park Street house; the will of \n          R. T. W. Duke, Jr. ; and the \n          St. Paul's Memorial Building Fund .\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe other six non-correspondence series comprise about a\n         third of the collection and include: manuscripts and\n         miscellaneous papers, photographs, bound volumes and\n         notebooks, postcards, papers from the \n          Duke and Duke law firm and oversize\n         items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe manuscripts and miscellaneous papers series contain the\n         personal business papers of the \n          Duke and related families, especially the \n          Slaughter family . There is also a sizeable\n         amount of family financial material in the Papers of the \n          Duke and Duke Law Firm at the \n          University of Virginia Law Library .\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOther types of material in this series include;\n         genealogical material, with a typescript about \n          Mary Harker Slaughter by her son, \n          William A. Slaughter ; invitations; legal\n         papers, including indentures, deeds, agreements, land surveys,\n         etc.; manuscripts by \n          R. T. W. Duke, Jr. , both poetry and\n         prose, including \"Albemarle County and the City of\n         Charlottesville in War Time,\" \"Libraries and Their Contents,\"\n         \"Pearls and Pebbles,\" typescripts of portions of his\n         \"Recollections,\" (the whole five volumes of Duke's\n         \"Recollections\" of his life can be found in 9521-i); printed\n         material, including Masonic items and an undated political\n         pamphlet entitled \"Mahoneism Unveiled!\"; and Duke family\n         school records and papers.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe photographic series consists of both identified and\n         unidentified photographs. Identified photographs contain the\n         following categories: Judge \n          R. T. W. Duke, Jr. , \n          R. T. W. Duke, Sr. , men and women in the \n          Duke and related families, \n          Rosalie Slaughter Morton , miscellaneous\n         men and women, European scenes, places, photographs of a trip,\n          University of Virginia , and \n          Zeta Psi Brothers and \n          University of Virginia friends.\n         Unidentified photographs have been placed in the following\n         groups: animals, children, groups and families, men, places,\n         and women.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries four, consisting of bound volumes and notebooks,\n         contains primarily diaries and notebooks of the immediate \n          Duke family members. The fifth series has \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eUnited States\u003c/geogname\u003e, foreign, and topical\n         postcards. The \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eUnited States\u003c/geogname\u003epostcards are separated\n         first by state and then by city or county; the foreign by\n         country only, and the topicals are grouped together.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe papers of the \n          Duke and Duke law firm contain incomplete\n         case files handled by the family law firm. Among these are \n          Maria Carter v. \n          Roy Brown ; \n          J. E. Costan v. \n          Downing L. Smith ; Dr. Funsten v. \n          W. Ed. Pickering ; \n          Insurance Company of Charlottesville v. \n          V. W. F. Carter, Jr. ; the \n          Kentucky Coal Company , \n          Pike County Coal Company , and \n          Ohio and Big Sandy Coal Company ; \n          Jefferson M. Levy Legal Papers; \n          Piedmont Gas and Oil Corporation v. \n          R. S. Duncan ; and Snyder v. \n          University of Virginia . Most of the law\n         firm's papers are located in the \n          University of Virginia Law Library .\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe last series consists of oversize documents and\n         photographs.\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content"],"scopecontent_tesim":["This addition to the \n          Duke family papers contains ca. 10,400 items\n         (38 Hollinger boxes, 12 linear shelf feet), 1764-1983, chiefly\n         personal and topical correspondence, business papers, and\n         legal papers of this prominent \n          Charlottesville family, and the related \n          Slaughter family of \n          Lynchburg, Virginia . The collection also\n         has genealogical material, invitations (arranged by year),\n         literary manuscripts and poetry by \n          R. T. W. Duke, Jr. (1853-1926),\n         miscellaneous papers, printed material, school records and\n         papers, photographs, diaries, account books, notebooks and\n         other bound volumes, postcards and papers concerning a few\n         legal clients of the \n          Duke and Duke law firm.","The overwhelming bulk of the correspondence consists of\n         letters to and from \n          R. T. W. Duke, Jr. , \n          Edith Slaughter Duke (1863-1921), his\n         wife, and their children, \n          Mary Willoughby Duke (1885-1966); \n          Richard Thomas Walker Duke,\n         III (1887-1960); \n          John Flavel Slaughter Duke , \"Jack\"\n         (1889-1933); \n          William Eskridge Duke (1893-1959); and \n          Helen Risdon Duke (1895-1984).","The correspondence subseries devoted to letters written to \n          R. T. W. Duke, Jr. contains three\n         different groups of material: 1) letters from his wife, \n          Edith Slaughter Duke ; 2) an\n         alphabetically arranged group of miscellaneous correspondents;\n         and 3) a group of individual correspondents, each with his own\n         folder.","The letters from Edith to \n          Tom Duke , 1882-1921, were written\n         whenever they were separated during their courtship, family\n         visits, vacations, and business trips. As could be expected,\n         most of these letters contain plans for furnishing their new\n         home, family news, and personal messages, all of which\n         chronicles the growth of the \n          Duke family .","The alphabetical miscellaneous correspondence file has\n         letters from college, fraternity and Masonic friends, business\n         associates, and other acquaintances and includes merchandise\n         orders, requests for speaking engagements, business matters,\n         literary concerns, letters of sympathy and personal news.","Letters of note in this group include the following\n         correspondents and topics: \n          S. A. Duke (Dec. 9, 1908) re\n         reconstruction and \"the great negro question;\" \n          A. Ranken Ford (Nov.23, 1914) re America's\n         Civil War, \n          England 's preparation for World War I and\n          Germany 's spying activities prior to the\n         war; \n          George Gilmer (Jul. 28, 1918) re the\n         important role of the \n          Y.M.C.A. in keeping up the morale of the\n         American soldier in \n          Europe ; \n          T. H. Harrison (Apr. 21 and Jun. 25, 1916)\n         re Canadian involvement in World War I; \n          H. C. Marchant (Sep.[15], 1895) re vestry\n         records of \n          Christ Episcopal Church ; and \n          Jessie Uppleby (Apr. 18, Jul. 5, Aug. 19,\n         Nov. 22, 1917, and Aug. 29 [n.y.]) re World War I war news\n         from \n          Scotland .","The group of individual correspondents to \n          R. T. W. Duke, Jr. include the following\n         people: \n          B. Johnson Barbour , \n          Mary Carey , \n          J. E. Creary , \n          John Singleton Diggs , \n          Elizabeth Eskridge Duke , \n          Maymee R. Slaughter Duke , \n          Myrtle Judson Duke , \n          R. T. W. Duke, Sr. , \n          William R. Duke , \n          Eugene Ellicott , fraternity brothers, \n          Kate Gunther , \n          Lizzie Gunther , and \n          Maude Gunther , \n          Paul Jones and \n          Peter Tudor Jones , \n          Luther Kountze , \n          Nancy Leary , \n          Thomas Nelson Page , \n          Thomas D. Ransom , \n          Schele De Vere , \n          John F. Slaughter, Sr. , \n          John F. Slaughter, Jr. , \n          Mary Harker Slaughter and \n          Mary Willoughby Duke Slaughter .","The letters to \n          Edith Duke include correspondence from \n          Myrtle Judson Duke , \n          R. T. W. Duke, Jr. , \n          Susan Harker Risdon and miscellaneous\n         letters from friends and family, excluding her children.","A third subseries of correspondence consists of letters\n         from \n          R. T. W. Duke, Jr. and \n          Edith Duke to their children, Mr. and Mrs.\n          R. T. W. Duke, Sr. and miscellaneous\n         correspondents. Of note in this group is a volume of \n          R. T. W. Duke, Jr. 's letters from \n          Europe which contains transcripts of his\n         letters home during his European tour of 1882. Duke describes\n         his voyage over on a ship \"Egypt,\" his companions and\n         acquaintances, his itinerary in \n          England , \n          Holland , \n          Germany , \n          Switzerland , and \n          France , and the many museums, historic\n         sites, and towns which he visited.","The fourth subseries contains letters to and from the\n         children of \n          R. T. W. Duke, Jr. , including\n         correspondence with their parents and with each other. The\n         sons of \n          R. T. W. Duke, Jr. , Walker, Jack, and\n         Eskridge, were all in the armed forces during World War I, and\n         their letters that decribe camp life and their war experiences\n         are in the correspondence to their parents, 1917-1919.","Jack \n          (John Flavel) Duke was an Air Service\n         officer stationed at \n          Post Field, Sill, Oklahoma , and at \n          Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas , and his\n         correspondence, 1917-1919, and no date, describes his flying\n         experiences. Although \n          Eskridge Duke attended the \n          U.S. Naval Academy preparatory school at \n          Annapolis, Maryland and sailed as a\n         midshipman on the U.S.S. Illinois from 1911-1913, he served\n         during World War I in \n          France as an army officer with the \n          American Expeditionary Forces , from\n         September of 1918 until May of 1919."," R. T. Walker Duke 's letters to his\n         parents from 1908-1911 describe his experiences in \n          Montana as a cowboy, his interest in\n         homesteading, bronco riding, and his work as a printer. In\n         1917, Walker was assigned to the \n          5th Illinois Company , \n          Ft. Sheridan, Illinois . His letters\n         written during his service in \n          Europe run from October 1918 to March\n         1919. After the conclusion of the war, Walker served with the \n          Judge Advocate General Department in \n          Washington, D.C. (letters to his parents,\n         1920-1925)."," Mary Duke 's letters to her parents,\n         1918-1926, and no date, describe her nursing experiences and\n         other charitable work in the \n          Archdeaconry of Southwest Virginia with\n         Mrs. \n          Hugh F. Binns at \n          Nora, Dickinson County, Virginia .","Another interesting group of letters in this subseries are\n         those of \n          William Eskridge Duke, Jr. to his family\n         and to his aunts, \n          Mary Duke and \n          Helen Duke . \n          Bill Duke served in the navy during the\n         Korean War and his letters describe the places which he\n         visited on his tours of duty, such as \n          Naples , \n          Athens , \n          Marseilles , \n          Guam , and \n          Yokosuka, Japan , 1949-1951.","The correspondence of the Duke brothers and sisters to each\n         other consists almost entirely of carbons or originals of\n         letters concerning the personal business transactions of the\n         family. It also reveals the financial difficulties of various\n         family members during the Depression years.","The \n          Slaughter family correspondence comprises\n         the fifth subseries of correspondence and contains letters to\n         and from members of \n          Edith Slaughter Duke 's family, including\n         her parents, \n          Mary Harker and \n          John Flavel Slaughter, Sr. , and her\n         brothers and sisters. The letters from Dr. \n          Blanche Rosalie Slaughter Morton , a\n         graduate of the \n          Women's Medical College of\n         Pennsylvania (1897) and practicing surgeon, form one\n         of the most interesting sections of this correspondence. She\n         describes her travels in \n          Europe (May 11, September 19, and 24,\n         1899); her concern for the \n          Lee family in \n          China during the struggle of the\n         Kuomintang with the warlords for political supremacy (March\n         29, 1927); her trip to \n          Mexico (July 25, 1928) and the \n          Middle East (November 4, 1935).","Most of the Slaughter correspondence concerns either\n         business matters or family news with a few exceptions. \n          Charles Slaughter, Sr. writes concerning a\n         strike and riot in \n          Duluth, Minnesota (July 7, 1889); \n          Charles M. Harker, Sr. describes the\n         meeting of the American Convention ( \n          Know-Nothing Party ) in \n          Philadelphia (June 10, 1855); Mary B[?]\n         R[?]'s letters, 1861-1862, provide a woman's view of the Civil\n         War; and \n          Samuel Slaughter describes his trip to \n          Ireland , \n          Scotland , and \n          England (July 24, August 1 \u0026 5, 1889).\n         Members of the \n          Garland family write concerning family news,\n         Dr. \n          [Erasmus] Darwin 's theory of the earth,\n         and the significance of fossils, and General Hull's activities\n         at \n          Sandwich in \n          Canada during the beginning of the War of\n         1812 (August 4, 1812); and a trip to \n          Boston and \n          Montreal (August 1 \u0026 11, 1851).","Of note among the miscellaneous correspondence are two\n         letters from \n          John Singleton Mosby , one to \n          R. T. W. Duke, Jr. (September 27, 1915)\n         acknowledging Duke's letter of sympathy on the loss of Mosby's\n         son, and another to Captain \n          Sam Chapman (September 30, 1919)\n         concerning the manifesto of the \"Stonewall Jackson Camp\" at \n          Staunton about the role of Southern\n         soldiers in the Civil War.","Also of interest are the letters, 1895-1954, from \n          Mary Lee and \n          Claude Lee , an Episcopal medical\n         missionary family in \n          Wisuh, China . They ran a hospital and\n         dispensary from 1908 until ca. 1947. Although their letters\n         reveal various aspects of missionary life and personal family\n         news, they contain little of Chinese events. One letter by \n          Claude Lee (October 13, 1918) speaks of\n         the participation of the \n          8th Czecho-Slovak Regiment in a battle\n         against the Bolsheviks in the \n          Ural Mountains near \n          [Tagelove ?], Russia , during World War\n         I.","The last subseries of correspondence consists of topical\n         files concerning the American Legion and World War I; business\n         correspondence of \n          R. T. W. Duke, Jr. ; the publication of\n         the poetry of \n          R. T. W. Duke, Jr. ; the rental of the\n         Duke's Park Street house; the will of \n          R. T. W. Duke, Jr. ; and the \n          St. Paul's Memorial Building Fund .","The other six non-correspondence series comprise about a\n         third of the collection and include: manuscripts and\n         miscellaneous papers, photographs, bound volumes and\n         notebooks, postcards, papers from the \n          Duke and Duke law firm and oversize\n         items.","The manuscripts and miscellaneous papers series contain the\n         personal business papers of the \n          Duke and related families, especially the \n          Slaughter family . There is also a sizeable\n         amount of family financial material in the Papers of the \n          Duke and Duke Law Firm at the \n          University of Virginia Law Library .","Other types of material in this series include;\n         genealogical material, with a typescript about \n          Mary Harker Slaughter by her son, \n          William A. Slaughter ; invitations; legal\n         papers, including indentures, deeds, agreements, land surveys,\n         etc.; manuscripts by \n          R. T. W. Duke, Jr. , both poetry and\n         prose, including \"Albemarle County and the City of\n         Charlottesville in War Time,\" \"Libraries and Their Contents,\"\n         \"Pearls and Pebbles,\" typescripts of portions of his\n         \"Recollections,\" (the whole five volumes of Duke's\n         \"Recollections\" of his life can be found in 9521-i); printed\n         material, including Masonic items and an undated political\n         pamphlet entitled \"Mahoneism Unveiled!\"; and Duke family\n         school records and papers.","The photographic series consists of both identified and\n         unidentified photographs. Identified photographs contain the\n         following categories: Judge \n          R. T. W. Duke, Jr. , \n          R. T. W. Duke, Sr. , men and women in the \n          Duke and related families, \n          Rosalie Slaughter Morton , miscellaneous\n         men and women, European scenes, places, photographs of a trip,\n          University of Virginia , and \n          Zeta Psi Brothers and \n          University of Virginia friends.\n         Unidentified photographs have been placed in the following\n         groups: animals, children, groups and families, men, places,\n         and women.","Series four, consisting of bound volumes and notebooks,\n         contains primarily diaries and notebooks of the immediate \n          Duke family members. The fifth series has \n          United States , foreign, and topical\n         postcards. The \n          United States postcards are separated\n         first by state and then by city or county; the foreign by\n         country only, and the topicals are grouped together.","The papers of the \n          Duke and Duke law firm contain incomplete\n         case files handled by the family law firm. Among these are \n          Maria Carter v. \n          Roy Brown ; \n          J. E. Costan v. \n          Downing L. Smith ; Dr. Funsten v. \n          W. Ed. Pickering ; \n          Insurance Company of Charlottesville v. \n          V. W. F. Carter, Jr. ; the \n          Kentucky Coal Company , \n          Pike County Coal Company , and \n          Ohio and Big Sandy Coal Company ; \n          Jefferson M. Levy Legal Papers; \n          Piedmont Gas and Oil Corporation v. \n          R. S. Duncan ; and Snyder v. \n          University of Virginia . Most of the law\n         firm's papers are located in the \n          University of Virginia Law Library .","The last series consists of oversize documents and\n         photographs."],"physloc_html_tesm":["\u003cphysloc/\u003e"],"physloc_tesim":[""],"language_ssim":["English"],"total_component_count_is":229,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-05-01T02:42:07.383Z"}]}},"label":"Breadcrumbs"}}},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog/viu_viu00187_c02_c04"}},{"id":"viu_viu00017_c03_c14","type":"Item","attributes":{"title":"Legal Papers of Virginia\n                  Counties.","breadcrumbs":{"id":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog/viu_viu00017_c03_c14#breadcrumbs","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":{"ref_ssi":"viu_viu00017_c03_c14","ref_ssm":["viu_viu00017_c03_c14"],"id":"viu_viu00017_c03_c14","ead_ssi":"viu_viu00017","_root_":"viu_viu00017","_nest_parent_":"viu_viu00017_c03","parent_ssi":"viu_viu00017_c03","parent_ssim":["viu_viu00017","viu_viu00017_c03"],"parent_ids_ssim":["viu_viu00017","viu_viu00017_c03"],"parent_unittitles_ssm":["Irvine-Saunders Family Papers \n          1745-1910 Inclusive","Legal Papers"],"parent_unittitles_tesim":["Irvine-Saunders Family Papers \n          1745-1910 Inclusive","Legal Papers"],"text":["Irvine-Saunders Family Papers \n          1745-1910 Inclusive","Legal Papers","Legal Papers of Virginia\n                  Counties.","Box Box 5"],"title_filing_ssi":"Legal Papers of Virginia\n                  Counties.","title_ssm":["Legal Papers of Virginia\n                  Counties."],"title_tesim":["Legal Papers of Virginia\n                  Counties."],"unitdate_other_ssim":["1755-1796"],"normalized_date_ssm":["1755/1796"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Legal Papers of Virginia\n                  Counties."],"component_level_isim":[2],"repository_ssim":["University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept."],"collection_ssim":["Irvine-Saunders Family Papers \n          1745-1910 Inclusive"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"child_component_count_isi":0,"level_ssm":["Item"],"level_ssim":["Item"],"sort_isi":34,"date_range_isim":[1755,1756,1757,1758,1759,1760,1761,1762,1763,1764,1765,1766,1767,1768,1769,1770,1771,1772,1773,1774,1775,1776,1777,1778,1779,1780,1781,1782,1783,1784,1785,1786,1787,1788,1789,1790,1791,1792,1793,1794,1795,1796],"containers_ssim":["Box Box 5"],"_nest_path_":"/components#2/components#13","timestamp":"2026-05-01T02:43:21.644Z","collection":{"numFound":1,"start":0,"numFoundExact":true,"docs":[{"id":"viu_viu00017","ead_ssi":"viu_viu00017","_root_":"viu_viu00017","_nest_parent_":"viu_viu00017","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/uva-sc/viu00017.xml","title_ssm":["Irvine-Saunders Family Papers \n          1745-1910 Inclusive"],"title_tesim":["Irvine-Saunders Family Papers \n          1745-1910 Inclusive"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["Collection number 116"],"text":["Collection number 116","Irvine-Saunders Family Papers \n          1745-1910 Inclusive","2100 items","This collection, 1745-1910, n.d., of ca. 2100 items,\n         consists of correspondence, business and legal papers,\n         miscellaneous, and bound volumes, pertaining to the \n          Davis Family , \n          Saunders Family , and \n          Watts Family . Large portions of the\n         correspondence belong to \n          William Watts and \n          Fleming Saunders . Included with the\n         correspondence is a letterbook, 1873-1880, of \n          Frank Prufer . The business papers include\n         accounts, bonds, correspondence, and notes and receipts,\n         chiefly pertaining to \n          William Watts and \n          Fleming Saunders , but also various\n         members of these families. The legal papers include court\n         dockets and memoranda of \n          William Watts , documents, and wills.\n         There are various legal papers of \n          William Watts pertaining to \n          Virginia counties including \n          Amelia County , \n          Amherst County , \n          Buckingham County , \n          Campbell County , \n          Cumberland County , \n          Prince Edward County . The miscellaneous\n         material includes advertisements, educational papers,\n         photographs, printed, religious papers, and fragments. The\n         bound volumes include day books, a blacksmith book, a farm\n         journal, memorandum books, and a township record. Folders are\n         arranged alphabetically within each series, with material\n         inside arranged chronologically.","Correspondence","From the correspondence of the \n          Davis Family , \n          Saunders Family , and related families,\n         1800-1856, there is a letter addressed to \"Sully,\" December\n         30, 1800, from \n          Louisa County , which advises the\n         recipient, who had asked for religious instruction, to seek\n         the \n          Kingdom of God . A letter dated April 2,\n         1812 from \n          James Rayland to his sister mentions that\n         his cousin is strapped for cash, and asks if the recipient can\n         help him. A rather unusual letter, dating July 24, 1836, from \n          Mount Pleasant , indicates that \"Mary\n         thinks a little Brandy would be of service to her,\" and\n         requests that some be sent to her. A letter written to Captain\n         Davis on January 9, 1844, mentions that \n          Pleasant Milkhill needs brandy, and asks\n         that it be sent with \n          David (probably a slave) for there is none\n         at \n          Bethel . A letter dating November 6, 1856\n         at \n          Bleak Hills makes a reference to \"Roanoke\"\n         [Roanoke County, or \n          John Randolph 's estate \"Roanoke\"?].","From their correspondence dating 1862-1904, there is a\n         letter to \n          Sam Tyree , Esq, July 17, 1870 from [his]\n         student: \n          [Sam L. Preston?] complaining that he can\n         not attend sunday school because of prostration. There is also\n         a letter dated April 8, 1901 from \n          Trinity and Ivy Chapel in \n          Boonsboro, Bedford County to a Mr.\n         Randolph inviting him to preach there every other Sunday.\n         There is also an undated fragment referring to a comet the\n         size of a full moon and a meteor shower which \"will be a sight\n         to see.\"","Among the families' undated correspondence, is a letter\n         dated November 17 to \n          \"Carter\" [Saunders?] , by a female who\n         mentions [her] children's Latin lessons. There is another\n         letter to a Miss Kerr which mentions a recipe for Tongue a la\n         Mode. There is also a letter, dated October 23, [1805?], from\n         a \n          Sam K. Jenny , probably a doctor of\n         medicine, which mentions that \n          William Green attended a man named\n         Barnhart to \n          Bedford so Jenny could prescribe to his\n         case and that he \"forbad the case of ardent spirits.\"","From the correspondence of \n          Eva (Smith) Saunders , dated 1868-1894,\n         there is a letter, February 24, 1889, from \n          The Grove which mentions that while Eva\n         passed her exams--her brother \n          Fleming Saunders III did not. A letter,\n         August 2, 1892, to \n          Eva Saunders from \n          M. Natalie Manson , at \n          Wintore , speaks of school and Latin.\n         There is an interesting letter, December 10, 1893, from \n          Florence, Italy to Eva, mentioning that\n         there is no silver in \n          Italy for the English and French are\n         buying it up, that \"Coppers are such a bother, and so heavy to\n         carry,\" seeing the works of \n          Donato and \n          Brunelleschi and the \n          Medici Chapel , and the \n          \"Brothers of Pity\" who wear black robes\n         and carry a corpse which \"made my blood turn cold.\" There is a\n         letter, January 13, 1894, to Eva, which mentions sending a\n         book to \n          May Begg , \"a literary courtship under the\n         auspices of \n          Pike's Peak . \" \n          Fleming Saunders III at \n          Randolph-Macon Academy in \n          Bedford writes to Eva on May 15, 1894,\n         saying he tried to get a tennis tournament for field day, and\n         congratulates Eva on her chicken raising and hopes his are\n         doing better.","Among the \n          Eva Saunders undated correspondence, there\n         is a fragment which notes that Miss Begg sent to its writer a\n         little book called \"The greatest thing in the World.\" A letter\n         dated November 26 to Eva contains drawings of women's blouses\n         and concerns her ordered blouses.","From the correspondence of \n          Fleming Saunders and \n          Mary (Gwathmey) Saunders , 1858-1879, a\n         letter dated September 5, 1871, from \n          Peter Saunders, Jr. , \n          Bleak Hill , says that his tobacco crop\n         has suffered. Another letter, April 17, 1874, from \n          Jeanie Edmond , \n          Hudson Lodge , makes a reference to the \n          Jubilee Singers traveling to raise money\n         for a \"slave college somewhere in the Northern States\"; to\n         acquaintances visiting \n          England , mentioning a \"public worship\n         bill\" in \n          Parliament , and one acquaintance having\n         an appointment with the Bishop of \n          Melbourne ; and to visiting \n          Australia . In a postcard dated August 21,\n         1879, \n          W. A. Alrich asks \n          Fleming Saunders ' opinion as to the next\n         \"services\" in \"regular course,\" and saying that it best not to\n         alter rotation as \"last service was omitted.\" He also mentions\n         that Mrs. \n          C[harles] Dabney has a fine little\n         daughter.","In the Fleming and Mary Saunders correspondence, 1880-1892,\n         there is a letter dated March 3, 1880 from M. Caden to\n         Saunders stating that he can not board a minister, but will\n         give the same salary as before. \n          Peter Saunders writes from \n          Bleak Hill on January 19, 1881 saying that\n         he has no specific desire to be a director on the \n          Virgina Midland [Rail] Road , and does not\n         think he could get the appointment anyway; he is still a\n         director on the \n          Franklin and Pittsylvania Railroad\n         Company , and fears a possible conflict of interest.\n          W. A. Alrich writes from \n          Emanuel Rectory , \n          Chatham, Virginia , on February 16, 1882,\n         saying he is glad that the \n          Saunders ' keep up the old St. Valentine's\n         Day tradition, by sending so practical a token of affection. \n          Ellen Boulder , a school teacher, writes\n         to \n          Mary Saunders from \n          Drake's Branch on March 18, 1889,\n         mentioning a five month school term ending on March 1st and a\n         June 23 to July 23 summer session. \n          [Peter Saunders] , \n          Bleak Hill , writes \n          Fleming Saunders , on October 26, 1891\n         mentioning Republican elements in the \"alliance\" [farmers'\n         alliance such as the \n          Grange ?].","In the Fleming and Mary Saunders correspondence, 1893-1900,\n          Fleming Saunders III writes to his parents\n         from \n          Randolph-Macon Academy in \n          Bedford on March 14, 1893, saying that he\n         is in the Baptist Church in the morning and the Methodist in\n         the afternoon, and tells of boys who spend more time with the\n         girls than studying. \n          James F. Plummer writes to Captain\n         Saunders on March 29, 1893, [from a theological seminary?],\n         saying that exams are beginning, and implying that knowledge\n         of Hebrew and Apologetics will be next among those things\n         tested. \n          Peter Saunders writes to Fleming from \n          Bleak Hill , on March 30, 1894, mentioning\n         the Bland Bill and the fear that its veto would cause discord\n         in the \n          Democratic Party , and discussing briefly\n         possible effects on the present financial situation.","In the Fleming and Mary Saunders correspondence, 1901-1910,\n         there is a letter, July 19, 1901, from \n          Edward Watts Saunders , while serving in\n         the \n          Virginia House of Delegates . \n          William W. Old writes to Fleming on\n         February 2, 1903 about a land sale and his agreement to sell\n         the land as a whole parcel to two black men, and suggesting a\n         method of finalizing the transaction. \n          E. W. Saunders writes to Fleming on\n         January 21, 1904 mentioning an inquiry about his land near\n         \"Vic. Muse.\" A letter, [March 1904], from \n          Alice [Saunders] at \n          Hollins, Virginia , to her aunt Saunders\n         refers to the Roman poet \n          Virgil . She writes to her mother on March\n         12, 1904 mentioning that John [ ] had failed in \n          Caesar and that he had been in the second\n         book of \n          Virgil .","In the undated Fleming and Mary Saunders correspondence, \n          D. Saunders writes to his mother from \n          Randolph-Macon Academy on February 10,\n         saying that he is learning German and is plagued by poor\n         spelling, and that the boys dance every night and were\n         previously boxing.","In the correspondence of \n          William Watts , 1754-1784, there is a\n         letter dated June 27, 1771 which summons Watts to the \n          General Assembly in \n          Williamsburg . \n          Samuel Dilworth writes on June 2, 1783\n         from \n          Blanford mentioning the problem of\n         collecting debts owed to the British. \n          Thomas Baldwin, Jr. writes on December 22,\n         1784 concerning the purchase of \"the Negro Fellow\" for\n         $18.","In the Watts correspondence, 1785-1789, a letter, December\n         16, 1785, from \n          William Roach informs Watts that while \n          Peter Kern is employing Watts in a matter\n         between Kern and Roach, Watts is to plead for Roach in all\n         matters, suggesting a conflict of interest. \n          Arthur Campbell , a candidate for the\n         senate from the Western Distict, writes, on March 24, 1788,\n         asking for Watts' support. \n          Edward Graham of \n          Bedford , writes on December 20, 1792,\n         mentioning that he saw the Watts' son reading \n          Horace and sending the boy a copy of \n          Cicero which would supply \"the means of\n         raising him as high in eminence as you could reasonably wish,\"\n         and adding that the boy will need to learn Greek as he will\n         soon be studying science.","In the Watts correspondence, 1793-1794, \n          Duncan Rose writes from \n          Petersburg , on July 8, 1794, stating that\n          Buchanan's Hartie and Company has been\n         doing business in \n          Great Britain and is waiting for a\n         successor to Hartie to be appointed before certain books could\n         be examined by Rose. Another letter pertains to relations with\n          France and \n          Britain at this time: \n          George Hancock writes to Watts in 1794\n         mentioning the rearing of a navy \"to repel the insult to our\n         ploy,\" referring to commerce restriction [on American goods]\n         by a nation which does not have a commerce treaty with the\n         U.S., and referring to Mr. \n          [James] Madison 's arguments whereas he\n         conducted himself in a manner worthy of himself. \n          Creed Taylor writes on May 11, 1795,\n         concerning some bonds. \n          William Vannerson writes, on October 30,\n         1795, from \n          Petersburg mentioning a British war sloop\n         in \n          Norfolk, Virginia and the order for\n         carrying American bottoms bound for \n          France into British ports with invoice\n         being revoked, revealing that some say that this retaliation\n         has been brought about by Americans invoicing their flour at\n         $27 per barrel.","In Watts' correspondence with \n          Edward Randolph , 1796-1797, Randolph\n         writes from \n          Richmond on February 21 and March 13, 1796\n         on the subject of British creditors. In Watts' correspondence\n         with \n          Thomas F. Scott , 1792-1798, Scott writes\n         on January 4, 1796 and December 18, 1798 on the subject of\n         British debts. In the correspondence of \n          William Watts with \n          John Watts , 1784-1800, John writes to\n         William in April 1784 from \n          Lincoln County, Virginia (now \n          Kentucky ), concerning apprehension about\n         a possible Indian war in the \n          Northwest Territories . John says that\n         while the lands in \n          Kentucky are good, the inconveniences are\n         many, and that the doomsayers will probably prevent the\n         surveying of lands on the northwest side of the Ohio.","Business Papers","There are general accounts, 1751-1899, n.d. An account,\n         beginning November 16, 1762, with \n          George Kippen \u0026 Co. at their store in \n          Goochland, Virginia , lists \n          John Gilliam as having ordered a dozen\n         flints, 3/4 yard of bearskin, and a dozen pipes. There is a\n         list, April 20, 1763, pertaining to the estate of \n          A. Watts , on which is listed a\n         £0.2.0 debt to \n          Mary Petillo , the only woman on the list,\n         and a £2.4.9 debt to Sir \n          William Skipwith . The account of \n          Thomas East with \n          Archelaus Austin from November 15, 1771,\n         consists of beer, wine, grog, and a gallon of corn, with one\n         entry \"to saging one night\" perhaps pertaining to the making\n         of moonshine. An account, beginning January 20, 1775, of N[ ]\n         Vaughn with \n          Edward Watts lists various quantities of\n         rum, molasses, and sugar. There are several accounts,\n         1779-1794, of the estate of \n          Nathaniel Davis , including an entry for\n         1784 for three yards of woollen for a Negro jacket, and May 9,\n         1784 for half of hire of \n          Jacob . There is a section, \"Accts\n         Overlooked,\" from 1784, which refers to tobacco being a share\n         and half share for \n          Jacob , and another for dinner at the\n         courthouse when on business. There is an account of \n          James Davis with \n          Daniel Warwick , dating 1799-1803, with\n         references to a variety of items including coffee, sewing\n         materials, dinner ware, alcohol, and accessories. Mrs. \n          Elizabeth Davis ' account beginning May\n         31, 1807, has an entries for coffee, condiments, and sewing\n         material. An account, March 26, 1810, of Capt. \n          James Davis with \n          Rowland P. Banks lists \"163 days tuition\n         at $8 p. ann. $5 cts 1 1/2.\" The account, beginning August 14,\n         1826, of Capt. \n          James Davis with \n          Thomas Pleasants , has lists orders for\n         cheese, mackerel, cotton, and whiskey. On October 31, 1832,\n         Judge Saunders, of \n          Lynchburg, Virginia , orders castor oil,\n         ointment, and a syringe. Accounts which mention tea are rare\n         but there is an undated fragment of Mr. \n          James Davis which contains an entry for\n         imperial tea. There is an undated \"memorandum of brandy\" taken\n         from Mrs. Eubank.","The accounts of \n          Williams Watts span 1752-1797. There is\n         also a hotel account with \n          Charles Williamson with entries dating\n         1763, 1773, and 1774. There are accounts for the boarding,\n         clothing, and feeding of Negro boys with Mrs. \n          Betty Tucker and \n          Betty Kirkland , both beginning September\n         10, 1767, and Capt. \n          Joseph Tucker , 1767-1769. Watts has\n         accounts, 1768, with \n          John Brittan for a waistcoat, shoes,\n         stockings, and a hat. There is a 1769 account for various\n         building supplies. Watts also has an account, beginning April\n         20, 1771, with \n          Miller Woodson with an entry of May 16,\n         1772 listing a \n          Patrick Henry . There is a document which\n         contains information on the estate of \n          William Randolph . There is another\n         lodging account, July 26, 1773 through December 3, 1776, of\n         Watts with \n          Charles Williams . There is an account\n         beginning March 9, 1778, with \n          William Kirkland which includes listings\n         for tuition and educational books. A January 10, 1780 account\n         with \n          Frederick Nance mentions a violin and a\n         set of strings. There is an account, beginning December 21,\n         1787, with \n          Robert Wilson ordering Hyson Tea, coffee,\n         and a bottle of snuff. From a 1791 account of \n          Edward McDonald with \n          William Watts , there is the note of the\n         hire of a Negro. From a 1792 account of \n          Charles Smith , there is a note for the\n         finding of a Negro woman and for the inspecting of tobacco.\n         There are two medical bills, one with \n          George Martin , beginning January 14,\n         1794, and one with Doctor \n          Graham , beginning November 3, 1795. In\n         October 1797, Watts had an account with \n          George Quille for the hire of a Negro.\n         There is an undated account of \n          W. Walter Spence with Watts for the hire\n         of a Negro for eight months.","Promissory notes and receipts range from 1754-1905, n.d.\n         There are several items concerned with the estate of \n          John Fleming and include an entry for\n         February 1764 for a Negro bought for $10. Between \n          George Martin and Watts there is an\n         agreement, October 3, 1794, mentioning the purchase of red\n         wheat and the hire of a Negro woman. \n          James Davis has a note dated 1803 with the\n         Sheriff of \n          Amherst County for tax on four Negroes,\n         four horses, and five tithes. \n          Elizabeth Davis has a note dated 1816 for\n         tax on three Negroes and one horse. There is a note from\n         December 6, 1827 pertaining to a $5 bond for the hire of a\n         Negro man by \n          James Davis from \n          J. Wright for \n          Lavinia Wright . There is a 1840 note from\n          Charles Davis to the Sheriff of \n          Amherst for tax on six Negroes and six\n         horses.","Legal Papers","There are a number of court memoranda, 1768-1786, n.d.,\n         kept by \n          William Watts in his capacity as a lawyer.\n         In a November 10, 1771 memo for the \n          Buckingham County court, there is an entry\n         for detinue for Negro woman named \n          Agge . From the memo for the April 1772\n         court at \n          Lunenburg County , \n          Thomas Taylor and his wife have a suit\n         against a Hurt for a Negro in \n          Amelia . There is also a list of debts\n         owed to Watts for the year 1794. Dating 1771 through 1782,\n         there are court dockets from \n          Amelia County and \n          Lunenburg County from 1771-1782. A number\n         of the entries have Watts as the litigant. There is a 1773 day\n         book with the signatures of William and \n          Edward Watts , which includes a record of \n          William Watts ' court expenses. There are\n         also legal day books, 1772-1773, of Watts, with entries for \n          Buckingham County , \n          Amelia , \n          Cumberland County , and \n          Prince Edward County as well as for \n          Williamsburg, Virginia . There is another\n         1773 memorandum book of Watts with entries for \n          Amelia County , \n          Cumberland County , and \n          Buckingham County .","The indentures date 1749-1788, n.d. From January 1, 1763,\n         there is an agreement between \n          Benjamin Tambro and \n          Ayres Hodnett of \n          Buckingham in regard to the former's son, \n          John Tambro , to be apprentice to the\n         latter for seven years. From March 28, 1774, there is an\n         indenture between Watts and \n          William Ford . From September 17, 1768,\n         there is an agreement between \n          Abraham West and \n          John Blankenship of \n          Prince Edward . On November 17, 1772,\n         there is an agreement between \n          John Lewallen of \n          Amelia County and \n          James and Robert Donalds and Company ,\n         Merchants of \n          Glasgow . On September 15, 1778, there is\n         an agreement between \n          David Wright of \n          Botetourt and \n          Alexander Paine of the same concerning a\n         land dispute in the area where the \n          Roanoke River and \n          Tinker Creek .","The will, December 25, 1745, of \n          Thomas Patterson of \n          Albemarle County , names his slaves and\n         divides them among his children and wife, and requests that\n         his land in \n          Goochland County be known as \n          \"Locust Thicket.\" Margery Hinshaw contested the will of \n          Samuel Hinshaw dated March 1758 with \n          [Cedw] Gibson on July 10, 1765. Hinshaw\n         had divided his slaves between his still living wife, his\n         daughter \n          Elizabeth Hinshaw , and the latter's\n         children. This situation involved a slave of Elizabeth. The\n         will of \n          Thomas Bottom of \n          Amelia dated May 10, 1760 divides his\n         slaves which are named between his three daughters.","A folder of general legal papers date 1765-1903, n.d. The\n         inventory and appraisal, 1826, of the estate of \n          John Eubank mentions prices for his\n         Negroes: £300 for a man named \n          Jacob , £200 for a man named \n          Joe , £10 for a woman named \n          Hannah , £20 for a girl named \n          Lolly , and £0 for a girl named\n          Caroline . There is also a list of tickets\n         of ommission paid by \n          William Watts , attorney. Among the legal\n         papers of \n          Amelia County , 1768 through 1789\n         including undated material, a document dated May 15, 1783\n         states that \n          Sarah Tinker on December 6, 1781 gave her\n         son-in-law \n          John Tucker an ailing Negro named \n          Ned until the latter gets well whereas he\n         will be returned to \n          Sarah Tucker . In an undated document, \n          George Vaughn yields up title/right of two\n         Negroes--named \n          Frank and \n          Phoebe --to son-in-law \n          John Norris --formerly given to grandson \n          John Norris by a deed dated October 2,\n         1796: \"said slaves will forever defend me from my heirs.\" The\n         son-in-law Norris will pay Vaughn or wife £10\n         annually for preformance of the aforesaid act. Among the \n          Campbell County papers, Justice \n          Adam Clement says that \n          Charles Gilbert of \n          Campbell on April 29, 1787 makes oath that\n         Negro slave \n          Jack --property of Watts of \n          Prince Edward County --ran away and was\n         found 50 miles thence. Among the legal papers of \n          Prince Edward , \n          Edward Watts sold to \n          William Watts eight Negro slaves: \n          True , \n          James , \n          Winnie , \n          Peter , \n          Sarah , \n          Betty , \n          Rachel , and \n          Doc on January 14, 1787. There is also a\n         account of Dr. \n          M. John King with the sheriff of \n          Lunenburg which has an entry dating 1769:\n         the former is in account with \n          [John] Epps for four lbs. of tobacco at\n         £0.5.1.","Miscellaneous","Among the Advertisements there is an advertisement dated\n         September 20, 1871 from the \n          Omaha, Nebraska Lottery for the building\n         of a public library in the city. A broadside from \n          Cox and Sons Church Furniture shows a\n         garish stained-glass window commemorating the late President \n          James Garfield . There is an undated\n         letter to Mrs. \n          Fleming Saunders asking for a subscription\n         to the \n          Graphic, a ladies society\n         magazine. There is an undated list of books from \n          George Munro, Publishers . There is also a\n         broadside for \"The World's Christmas Hymn\"--an analogy of\n         English poetry pertaining to \n          Christ 's birth dating from the medieval\n         period.","The church related papers include a letter, March 21, 1904,\n         from \n          Virginia Polytechnic Institute to the \n          Saunders asking for aid for the building of\n         an Episcopal parsonage at the university. The letter\n         enunciates a fear of the danger of Episcopal boys being weaned\n         from their faith by the compulsory attendance at the services\n         of other sects due to the absence of a Episcopal parsonage.\n         There is also an Episcopal \"Church Kalendar,\" 1882-1883,\n         listing holy days with information on the faith, church\n         service, and background of the Anglican/Episcopalian\n         faith.","Civil War papers range from 1861 to 1864. During 1862-1864,\n         there are a number of furloughs issued to \n          Confederate enlisted men in \n          Virginia , each with a physical\n         description of the bearer, and addressed \"to all whom it may\n         concern.\" On August 10, 1862, there is a provision return for\n         a company of the \n          13th Regiment of Pennsylvania volunteers .\n         There are also a number of CSA \"special requisitions\", chiefly\n         ordering clothing, shoes, and blankets, most signed by Captain\n          Fleming Saunders , assistant\n         quartermaster, of Company K, Virginia Regiment.","The educational papers range from 1848-1903, n.d. There is\n         a page from a 1848 French edition of the fables of La Fontaine\n         from the \"Academie de Norfolk.\" There is an \n          \"Educational Treatise on the Constitution\" ,\n         September 6, 1877, by \n          John Randolph Tucker of \n          Virginia . There is a 1892-1893 brochure\n         for the \n          Edgeworth School , a church-related\n         boarding and day school for females. There is the fall term\n         1895 grade report from \n          Virginia Polytechnic Institute (formerly \n          Virginia Agriculture and Mechanical\n         College ) for \n          Fleming Saunders, III . There is a fall\n         term 1902 grade report from \n          Hollins College for \n          Elsie Saunders . There is another VPI\n         grade report, from February 1903, for \n          Carter Temple Saunders . There is a report\n         from \n          St. Timothy's School of \n          Catonsville, Maryland . Another undated\n         piece is a \"rules for spelling\" sheet from a grammar book.\n         There are also undated fragments of Latin, French, and\n         algebra.","There are lectures, essays, and poems, 1794, 1818, 1843,\n         and n.d., including a scrap of a lecture dated September 6,\n         1794 from \n          Edward Watts ; another lecture on motive\n         dated September 16, 1794; and, a series of oral essays from\n         1843.","Miscellaneous material, 1887-1892, includes a note of the\n         marriage of Capt. \n          Fleming Saunders to \n          Mary Gwathmey on July 30.","The obituaries include a reprint of the 1858 obituary of \n          Fleming Saunders, Sr , a reprint of the\n         1867 obituary of Fleming, Sr.'s wife-- \n          Alice Fleming --and the 1904 obituary of \n          Peter Saunders . The obituaries of\n         Fleming, Sr. and Alice are panegyrics. The first two were\n         transcribed by \n          John Blair Dabney .","The photographs include an unidentified photograph of a\n         young member of the \n          Saunders family and undated photo cards of\n         liturgical furniture.","Bound Volumes","The Day Books include a day book from \n          Maple Creek Mills dating from 1842. There\n         is a 1867 day book with one page filled, made of a cut\n         agricultural crop ledger. There is also in the book a pasted\n         in notice from the Adjuctant Inspector's Office in \n          Richmond , July 29, 1863. Dating January\n         18, 1872 is a subscription book for the \n          Lee Monumental Association . Also present\n         is a $1 donation from \n          Alex Berkeley of \n          Yellow Branch, Virginia . There are also\n         farm journals dating 1855 through 1860.","A card game, 1846, called \"The Game of Kings made Easy\"\n         which is based on the kings of \n          England who reigned down to its date, is\n         also present. The card for Henry V is missing. Many of the\n         cards contain information of the kings of an antiquarian\n         nature.","The Memorandum books, 1873-1874 and 1881-1894, owned by \n          Fleming Saunders , includes employees,\n         supplies, and construction information in the first volume.\n         The latter has a note at its end which mentions survey\n         data.","The \n          Otter River Township Record Book dates\n         from 1870-1874. There are references to road building. An\n         entry for June 16, 1871 notes the ordering of \"tickets\" for\n         road tax and township levy. Also included are lists of\n         expenses for board members with lists of expenses for\n         materials bought. One entry notes that \n          B. H. Anthony , overseer of the poor,\n         sends three paupers--one white woman and two black woman--to\n         the poor house. Expenses for the poor house are noted. At 1874\n         and 1875 meetings, \n          Fleming Saunders is mentioned as road\n         overseer in certain districts.","University of Virginia. Library. Special\n            Collections Dept.","Kingdom of God","Pleasant Milkhill","Bethel","Bleak Hills","Trinity and Ivy Chapel","The Grove","Wintore","Medici Chapel","\"Brothers of Pity\"","Randolph-Macon Academy","Bleak Hill","Hudson Lodge","Jubilee Singers","Parliament","Virgina Midland [Rail] Road","Franklin and Pittsylvania Railroad\n         Company","Emanuel Rectory","Grange","Democratic Party","Virginia House of Delegates","General Assembly","Blanford","Buchanan's Hartie and Company","Norfolk, Virginia","Northwest Territories","George Kippen \u0026 Co.","James and Robert Donalds and Company","\"Locust Thicket.\"","Omaha, Nebraska Lottery","Cox and Sons Church Furniture","George Munro, Publishers","Virginia Polytechnic Institute","Confederate","13th Regiment of Pennsylvania volunteers","Edgeworth School","Virginia Agriculture and Mechanical\n         College","Hollins College","St. Timothy's School","Maple Creek Mills","Lee Monumental Association","Otter River Township","Internal Revenue\n                  Service","New York Public\n                  Library","University of Virginia\n                  Volunteers","Davis Family","Saunders Family","Watts Family","Saunders","Saunders family","William H. Irvine","William Watts","Fleming Saunders","Frank Prufer","James Rayland","David","John Randolph","Sam Tyree","[Sam L. Preston?]","\"Carter\" [Saunders?]","Sam K. Jenny","William Green","Eva (Smith) Saunders","Fleming Saunders III","Eva Saunders","M. Natalie Manson","Donato","Brunelleschi","May Begg","Mary (Gwathmey) Saunders","Peter Saunders, Jr.","Jeanie Edmond","W. A. Alrich","C[harles] Dabney","Peter Saunders","Ellen Boulder","Mary Saunders","[Peter Saunders]","James F. Plummer","Edward Watts Saunders","William W. Old","E. W. Saunders","Alice [Saunders]","Virgil","Caesar","D. Saunders","Samuel Dilworth","Thomas Baldwin, Jr.","William Roach","Peter Kern","Arthur Campbell","Edward Graham","Horace","Cicero","Duncan Rose","George Hancock","[James] Madison","Creed Taylor","William Vannerson","Edward Randolph","Thomas F. Scott","John Watts","John Gilliam","A. Watts","Mary Petillo","William Skipwith","Thomas East","Archelaus Austin","Edward Watts","Nathaniel Davis","Jacob","James Davis","Daniel Warwick","Elizabeth Davis","Rowland P. Banks","Thomas Pleasants","Williams Watts","Charles Williamson","Betty Tucker","Betty Kirkland","Joseph Tucker","John Brittan","Miller Woodson","Patrick Henry","William Randolph","Charles Williams","William Kirkland","Frederick Nance","Robert Wilson","Edward McDonald","Charles Smith","George Martin","Graham","George Quille","W. Walter Spence","John Fleming","J. Wright","Lavinia Wright","Charles Davis","Agge","Thomas Taylor","Benjamin Tambro","Ayres Hodnett","John Tambro","William Ford","Abraham West","John Blankenship","John Lewallen","David Wright","Alexander Paine","Thomas Patterson","Margery Hinshaw","Samuel Hinshaw","[Cedw] Gibson","Elizabeth Hinshaw","Thomas Bottom","John Eubank","Joe","Hannah","Lolly","Caroline","Sarah Tinker","John Tucker","Ned","Sarah Tucker","George Vaughn","Frank","Phoebe","John Norris","Adam Clement","Charles Gilbert","Jack","True","James","Winnie","Peter","Sarah","Betty","Rachel","Doc","M. John King","[John] Epps","James Garfield","Christ","John Randolph Tucker","Fleming Saunders, III","Elsie Saunders","Carter Temple Saunders","Mary Gwathmey","Fleming Saunders, Sr","Alice Fleming","John Blair Dabney","Alex Berkeley","B. H. Anthony","Cary H. Gwathmey","Eva (Smith)\n                  Saunders.","Mary (Gwathmey)\n                  Saunders.","John Tabb","Fleming Saunders, Sr.","Alice W. Saunders","William Cowper","Eugene M. Cox","John B. Webb","English"],"unitid_tesim":["Collection number 116"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Irvine-Saunders Family Papers \n          1745-1910 Inclusive"],"collection_title_tesim":["Irvine-Saunders Family Papers \n          1745-1910 Inclusive"],"collection_ssim":["Irvine-Saunders Family Papers \n          1745-1910 Inclusive"],"repository_ssm":["University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept."],"repository_ssim":["University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept."],"creator_ssm":["Collector: \n          William H. Irvine"],"creator_ssim":["Collector: \n          William H. Irvine"],"creator_persname_ssim":["William H. Irvine"],"creators_ssim":["William H. Irvine"],"acqinfo_ssim":["This collection (# \n             116 ) was loaned to the Library\n            by \n             William H. Irvine of \n             Evington, Virginia on September 15,\n            1938."],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"physdesc_tesim":["2100 items"],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThis collection, 1745-1910, n.d., of ca. 2100 items,\n         consists of correspondence, business and legal papers,\n         miscellaneous, and bound volumes, pertaining to the \n         \u003cfamname\u003eDavis Family\u003c/famname\u003e, \n         \u003cfamname\u003eSaunders Family\u003c/famname\u003e, and \n         \u003cfamname\u003eWatts Family\u003c/famname\u003e. Large portions of the\n         correspondence belong to \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Watts\u003c/persname\u003eand \n         \u003cpersname\u003eFleming Saunders\u003c/persname\u003e. Included with the\n         correspondence is a letterbook, 1873-1880, of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eFrank Prufer\u003c/persname\u003e. The business papers include\n         accounts, bonds, correspondence, and notes and receipts,\n         chiefly pertaining to \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Watts\u003c/persname\u003eand \n         \u003cpersname\u003eFleming Saunders\u003c/persname\u003e, but also various\n         members of these families. The legal papers include court\n         dockets and memoranda of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Watts\u003c/persname\u003e, documents, and wills.\n         There are various legal papers of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Watts\u003c/persname\u003epertaining to \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eVirginia\u003c/geogname\u003ecounties including \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eAmelia County\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eAmherst County\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eBuckingham County\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eCampbell County\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eCumberland County\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n         \u003cgeogname\u003ePrince Edward County\u003c/geogname\u003e. The miscellaneous\n         material includes advertisements, educational papers,\n         photographs, printed, religious papers, and fragments. The\n         bound volumes include day books, a blacksmith book, a farm\n         journal, memorandum books, and a township record. Folders are\n         arranged alphabetically within each series, with material\n         inside arranged chronologically.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFrom the correspondence of the \n         \u003cfamname\u003eDavis Family\u003c/famname\u003e, \n         \u003cfamname\u003eSaunders Family\u003c/famname\u003e, and related families,\n         1800-1856, there is a letter addressed to \"Sully,\" December\n         30, 1800, from \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eLouisa County\u003c/geogname\u003e, which advises the\n         recipient, who had asked for religious instruction, to seek\n         the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eKingdom of God\u003c/corpname\u003e. A letter dated April 2,\n         1812 from \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJames Rayland\u003c/persname\u003eto his sister mentions that\n         his cousin is strapped for cash, and asks if the recipient can\n         help him. A rather unusual letter, dating July 24, 1836, from \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eMount Pleasant\u003c/geogname\u003e, indicates that \"Mary\n         thinks a little Brandy would be of service to her,\" and\n         requests that some be sent to her. A letter written to Captain\n         Davis on January 9, 1844, mentions that \n         \u003ccorpname\u003ePleasant Milkhill\u003c/corpname\u003eneeds brandy, and asks\n         that it be sent with \n         \u003cpersname\u003eDavid\u003c/persname\u003e(probably a slave) for there is none\n         at \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eBethel\u003c/corpname\u003e. A letter dating November 6, 1856\n         at \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eBleak Hills\u003c/corpname\u003emakes a reference to \"Roanoke\"\n         [Roanoke County, or \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Randolph\u003c/persname\u003e's estate \"Roanoke\"?].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFrom their correspondence dating 1862-1904, there is a\n         letter to \n         \u003cpersname\u003eSam Tyree\u003c/persname\u003e, Esq, July 17, 1870 from [his]\n         student: \n         \u003cpersname\u003e[Sam L. Preston?]\u003c/persname\u003ecomplaining that he can\n         not attend sunday school because of prostration. There is also\n         a letter dated April 8, 1901 from \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eTrinity and Ivy Chapel\u003c/corpname\u003ein \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eBoonsboro, Bedford County\u003c/geogname\u003eto a Mr.\n         Randolph inviting him to preach there every other Sunday.\n         There is also an undated fragment referring to a comet the\n         size of a full moon and a meteor shower which \"will be a sight\n         to see.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAmong the families' undated correspondence, is a letter\n         dated November 17 to \n         \u003cpersname\u003e\"Carter\" [Saunders?]\u003c/persname\u003e, by a female who\n         mentions [her] children's Latin lessons. There is another\n         letter to a Miss Kerr which mentions a recipe for Tongue a la\n         Mode. There is also a letter, dated October 23, [1805?], from\n         a \n         \u003cpersname\u003eSam K. Jenny\u003c/persname\u003e, probably a doctor of\n         medicine, which mentions that \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Green\u003c/persname\u003eattended a man named\n         Barnhart to \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eBedford\u003c/geogname\u003eso Jenny could prescribe to his\n         case and that he \"forbad the case of ardent spirits.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFrom the correspondence of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eEva (Smith) Saunders\u003c/persname\u003e, dated 1868-1894,\n         there is a letter, February 24, 1889, from \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eThe Grove\u003c/corpname\u003ewhich mentions that while Eva\n         passed her exams--her brother \n         \u003cpersname\u003eFleming Saunders III\u003c/persname\u003edid not. A letter,\n         August 2, 1892, to \n         \u003cpersname\u003eEva Saunders\u003c/persname\u003efrom \n         \u003cpersname\u003eM. Natalie Manson\u003c/persname\u003e, at \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eWintore\u003c/corpname\u003e, speaks of school and Latin.\n         There is an interesting letter, December 10, 1893, from \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eFlorence, Italy\u003c/geogname\u003eto Eva, mentioning that\n         there is no silver in \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eItaly\u003c/geogname\u003efor the English and French are\n         buying it up, that \"Coppers are such a bother, and so heavy to\n         carry,\" seeing the works of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eDonato\u003c/persname\u003eand \n         \u003cpersname\u003eBrunelleschi\u003c/persname\u003eand the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eMedici Chapel\u003c/corpname\u003e, and the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003e\"Brothers of Pity\"\u003c/corpname\u003ewho wear black robes\n         and carry a corpse which \"made my blood turn cold.\" There is a\n         letter, January 13, 1894, to Eva, which mentions sending a\n         book to \n         \u003cpersname\u003eMay Begg\u003c/persname\u003e, \"a literary courtship under the\n         auspices of \n         \u003cgeogname\u003ePike's Peak\u003c/geogname\u003e. \" \n         \u003cpersname\u003eFleming Saunders III\u003c/persname\u003eat \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eRandolph-Macon Academy\u003c/corpname\u003ein \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eBedford\u003c/geogname\u003ewrites to Eva on May 15, 1894,\n         saying he tried to get a tennis tournament for field day, and\n         congratulates Eva on her chicken raising and hopes his are\n         doing better.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAmong the \n         \u003cpersname\u003eEva Saunders\u003c/persname\u003eundated correspondence, there\n         is a fragment which notes that Miss Begg sent to its writer a\n         little book called \"The greatest thing in the World.\" A letter\n         dated November 26 to Eva contains drawings of women's blouses\n         and concerns her ordered blouses.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFrom the correspondence of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eFleming Saunders\u003c/persname\u003eand \n         \u003cpersname\u003eMary (Gwathmey) Saunders\u003c/persname\u003e, 1858-1879, a\n         letter dated September 5, 1871, from \n         \u003cpersname\u003ePeter Saunders, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e, \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eBleak Hill\u003c/corpname\u003e, says that his tobacco crop\n         has suffered. Another letter, April 17, 1874, from \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJeanie Edmond\u003c/persname\u003e, \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eHudson Lodge\u003c/corpname\u003e, makes a reference to the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eJubilee Singers\u003c/corpname\u003etraveling to raise money\n         for a \"slave college somewhere in the Northern States\"; to\n         acquaintances visiting \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eEngland\u003c/geogname\u003e, mentioning a \"public worship\n         bill\" in \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eParliament\u003c/corpname\u003e, and one acquaintance having\n         an appointment with the Bishop of \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eMelbourne\u003c/geogname\u003e; and to visiting \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eAustralia\u003c/geogname\u003e. In a postcard dated August 21,\n         1879, \n         \u003cpersname\u003eW. A. Alrich\u003c/persname\u003easks \n         \u003cpersname\u003eFleming Saunders\u003c/persname\u003e' opinion as to the next\n         \"services\" in \"regular course,\" and saying that it best not to\n         alter rotation as \"last service was omitted.\" He also mentions\n         that Mrs. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eC[harles] Dabney\u003c/persname\u003ehas a fine little\n         daughter.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIn the Fleming and Mary Saunders correspondence, 1880-1892,\n         there is a letter dated March 3, 1880 from M. Caden to\n         Saunders stating that he can not board a minister, but will\n         give the same salary as before. \n         \u003cpersname\u003ePeter Saunders\u003c/persname\u003ewrites from \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eBleak Hill\u003c/corpname\u003eon January 19, 1881 saying that\n         he has no specific desire to be a director on the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eVirgina Midland [Rail] Road\u003c/corpname\u003e, and does not\n         think he could get the appointment anyway; he is still a\n         director on the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eFranklin and Pittsylvania Railroad\n         Company\u003c/corpname\u003e, and fears a possible conflict of interest.\n         \u003cpersname\u003eW. A. Alrich\u003c/persname\u003ewrites from \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eEmanuel Rectory\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eChatham, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, on February 16, 1882,\n         saying he is glad that the \n         \u003cfamname\u003eSaunders\u003c/famname\u003e' keep up the old St. Valentine's\n         Day tradition, by sending so practical a token of affection. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eEllen Boulder\u003c/persname\u003e, a school teacher, writes\n         to \n         \u003cpersname\u003eMary Saunders\u003c/persname\u003efrom \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eDrake's Branch\u003c/geogname\u003eon March 18, 1889,\n         mentioning a five month school term ending on March 1st and a\n         June 23 to July 23 summer session. \n         \u003cpersname\u003e[Peter Saunders]\u003c/persname\u003e, \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eBleak Hill\u003c/corpname\u003e, writes \n         \u003cpersname\u003eFleming Saunders\u003c/persname\u003e, on October 26, 1891\n         mentioning Republican elements in the \"alliance\" [farmers'\n         alliance such as the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eGrange\u003c/corpname\u003e?].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIn the Fleming and Mary Saunders correspondence, 1893-1900,\n         \u003cpersname\u003eFleming Saunders III\u003c/persname\u003ewrites to his parents\n         from \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eRandolph-Macon Academy\u003c/corpname\u003ein \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eBedford\u003c/geogname\u003eon March 14, 1893, saying that he\n         is in the Baptist Church in the morning and the Methodist in\n         the afternoon, and tells of boys who spend more time with the\n         girls than studying. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJames F. Plummer\u003c/persname\u003ewrites to Captain\n         Saunders on March 29, 1893, [from a theological seminary?],\n         saying that exams are beginning, and implying that knowledge\n         of Hebrew and Apologetics will be next among those things\n         tested. \n         \u003cpersname\u003ePeter Saunders\u003c/persname\u003ewrites to Fleming from \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eBleak Hill\u003c/corpname\u003e, on March 30, 1894, mentioning\n         the Bland Bill and the fear that its veto would cause discord\n         in the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eDemocratic Party\u003c/corpname\u003e, and discussing briefly\n         possible effects on the present financial situation.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIn the Fleming and Mary Saunders correspondence, 1901-1910,\n         there is a letter, July 19, 1901, from \n         \u003cpersname\u003eEdward Watts Saunders\u003c/persname\u003e, while serving in\n         the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eVirginia House of Delegates\u003c/corpname\u003e. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam W. Old\u003c/persname\u003ewrites to Fleming on\n         February 2, 1903 about a land sale and his agreement to sell\n         the land as a whole parcel to two black men, and suggesting a\n         method of finalizing the transaction. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eE. W. Saunders\u003c/persname\u003ewrites to Fleming on\n         January 21, 1904 mentioning an inquiry about his land near\n         \"Vic. Muse.\" A letter, [March 1904], from \n         \u003cpersname\u003eAlice [Saunders]\u003c/persname\u003eat \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eHollins, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, to her aunt Saunders\n         refers to the Roman poet \n         \u003cpersname\u003eVirgil\u003c/persname\u003e. She writes to her mother on March\n         12, 1904 mentioning that John [ ] had failed in \n         \u003cpersname\u003eCaesar\u003c/persname\u003eand that he had been in the second\n         book of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eVirgil\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIn the undated Fleming and Mary Saunders correspondence, \n         \u003cpersname\u003eD. Saunders\u003c/persname\u003ewrites to his mother from \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eRandolph-Macon Academy\u003c/corpname\u003eon February 10,\n         saying that he is learning German and is plagued by poor\n         spelling, and that the boys dance every night and were\n         previously boxing.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIn the correspondence of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Watts\u003c/persname\u003e, 1754-1784, there is a\n         letter dated June 27, 1771 which summons Watts to the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eGeneral Assembly\u003c/corpname\u003ein \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eWilliamsburg\u003c/geogname\u003e. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eSamuel Dilworth\u003c/persname\u003ewrites on June 2, 1783\n         from \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eBlanford\u003c/corpname\u003ementioning the problem of\n         collecting debts owed to the British. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eThomas Baldwin, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003ewrites on December 22,\n         1784 concerning the purchase of \"the Negro Fellow\" for\n         $18.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIn the Watts correspondence, 1785-1789, a letter, December\n         16, 1785, from \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Roach\u003c/persname\u003einforms Watts that while \n         \u003cpersname\u003ePeter Kern\u003c/persname\u003eis employing Watts in a matter\n         between Kern and Roach, Watts is to plead for Roach in all\n         matters, suggesting a conflict of interest. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eArthur Campbell\u003c/persname\u003e, a candidate for the\n         senate from the Western Distict, writes, on March 24, 1788,\n         asking for Watts' support. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eEdward Graham\u003c/persname\u003eof \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eBedford\u003c/geogname\u003e, writes on December 20, 1792,\n         mentioning that he saw the Watts' son reading \n         \u003cpersname\u003eHorace\u003c/persname\u003eand sending the boy a copy of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eCicero\u003c/persname\u003ewhich would supply \"the means of\n         raising him as high in eminence as you could reasonably wish,\"\n         and adding that the boy will need to learn Greek as he will\n         soon be studying science.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIn the Watts correspondence, 1793-1794, \n         \u003cpersname\u003eDuncan Rose\u003c/persname\u003ewrites from \n         \u003cgeogname\u003ePetersburg\u003c/geogname\u003e, on July 8, 1794, stating that\n         \u003ccorpname\u003eBuchanan's Hartie and Company\u003c/corpname\u003ehas been\n         doing business in \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eGreat Britain\u003c/geogname\u003eand is waiting for a\n         successor to Hartie to be appointed before certain books could\n         be examined by Rose. Another letter pertains to relations with\n         \u003cgeogname\u003eFrance\u003c/geogname\u003eand \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eBritain\u003c/geogname\u003eat this time: \n         \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge Hancock\u003c/persname\u003ewrites to Watts in 1794\n         mentioning the rearing of a navy \"to repel the insult to our\n         ploy,\" referring to commerce restriction [on American goods]\n         by a nation which does not have a commerce treaty with the\n         U.S., and referring to Mr. \n         \u003cpersname\u003e[James] Madison\u003c/persname\u003e's arguments whereas he\n         conducted himself in a manner worthy of himself. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eCreed Taylor\u003c/persname\u003ewrites on May 11, 1795,\n         concerning some bonds. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Vannerson\u003c/persname\u003ewrites, on October 30,\n         1795, from \n         \u003cgeogname\u003ePetersburg\u003c/geogname\u003ementioning a British war sloop\n         in \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eNorfolk, Virginia\u003c/corpname\u003eand the order for\n         carrying American bottoms bound for \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eFrance\u003c/geogname\u003einto British ports with invoice\n         being revoked, revealing that some say that this retaliation\n         has been brought about by Americans invoicing their flour at\n         $27 per barrel.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIn Watts' correspondence with \n         \u003cpersname\u003eEdward Randolph\u003c/persname\u003e, 1796-1797, Randolph\n         writes from \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eRichmond\u003c/geogname\u003eon February 21 and March 13, 1796\n         on the subject of British creditors. In Watts' correspondence\n         with \n         \u003cpersname\u003eThomas F. Scott\u003c/persname\u003e, 1792-1798, Scott writes\n         on January 4, 1796 and December 18, 1798 on the subject of\n         British debts. In the correspondence of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Watts\u003c/persname\u003ewith \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Watts\u003c/persname\u003e, 1784-1800, John writes to\n         William in April 1784 from \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eLincoln County, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e(now \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eKentucky\u003c/geogname\u003e), concerning apprehension about\n         a possible Indian war in the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eNorthwest Territories\u003c/corpname\u003e. John says that\n         while the lands in \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eKentucky\u003c/geogname\u003eare good, the inconveniences are\n         many, and that the doomsayers will probably prevent the\n         surveying of lands on the northwest side of the Ohio.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBusiness Papers\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThere are general accounts, 1751-1899, n.d. An account,\n         beginning November 16, 1762, with \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eGeorge Kippen \u0026amp; Co.\u003c/corpname\u003eat their store in \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eGoochland, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, lists \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Gilliam\u003c/persname\u003eas having ordered a dozen\n         flints, 3/4 yard of bearskin, and a dozen pipes. There is a\n         list, April 20, 1763, pertaining to the estate of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eA. Watts\u003c/persname\u003e, on which is listed a\n         £0.2.0 debt to \n         \u003cpersname\u003eMary Petillo\u003c/persname\u003e, the only woman on the list,\n         and a £2.4.9 debt to Sir \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Skipwith\u003c/persname\u003e. The account of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eThomas East\u003c/persname\u003ewith \n         \u003cpersname\u003eArchelaus Austin\u003c/persname\u003efrom November 15, 1771,\n         consists of beer, wine, grog, and a gallon of corn, with one\n         entry \"to saging one night\" perhaps pertaining to the making\n         of moonshine. An account, beginning January 20, 1775, of N[ ]\n         Vaughn with \n         \u003cpersname\u003eEdward Watts\u003c/persname\u003elists various quantities of\n         rum, molasses, and sugar. There are several accounts,\n         1779-1794, of the estate of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eNathaniel Davis\u003c/persname\u003e, including an entry for\n         1784 for three yards of woollen for a Negro jacket, and May 9,\n         1784 for half of hire of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJacob\u003c/persname\u003e. There is a section, \"Accts\n         Overlooked,\" from 1784, which refers to tobacco being a share\n         and half share for \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJacob\u003c/persname\u003e, and another for dinner at the\n         courthouse when on business. There is an account of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJames Davis\u003c/persname\u003ewith \n         \u003cpersname\u003eDaniel Warwick\u003c/persname\u003e, dating 1799-1803, with\n         references to a variety of items including coffee, sewing\n         materials, dinner ware, alcohol, and accessories. Mrs. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eElizabeth Davis\u003c/persname\u003e' account beginning May\n         31, 1807, has an entries for coffee, condiments, and sewing\n         material. An account, March 26, 1810, of Capt. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJames Davis\u003c/persname\u003ewith \n         \u003cpersname\u003eRowland P. Banks\u003c/persname\u003elists \"163 days tuition\n         at $8 p. ann. $5 cts 1 1/2.\" The account, beginning August 14,\n         1826, of Capt. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJames Davis\u003c/persname\u003ewith \n         \u003cpersname\u003eThomas Pleasants\u003c/persname\u003e, has lists orders for\n         cheese, mackerel, cotton, and whiskey. On October 31, 1832,\n         Judge Saunders, of \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eLynchburg, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, orders castor oil,\n         ointment, and a syringe. Accounts which mention tea are rare\n         but there is an undated fragment of Mr. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJames Davis\u003c/persname\u003ewhich contains an entry for\n         imperial tea. There is an undated \"memorandum of brandy\" taken\n         from Mrs. Eubank.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe accounts of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilliams Watts\u003c/persname\u003espan 1752-1797. There is\n         also a hotel account with \n         \u003cpersname\u003eCharles Williamson\u003c/persname\u003ewith entries dating\n         1763, 1773, and 1774. There are accounts for the boarding,\n         clothing, and feeding of Negro boys with Mrs. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eBetty Tucker\u003c/persname\u003eand \n         \u003cpersname\u003eBetty Kirkland\u003c/persname\u003e, both beginning September\n         10, 1767, and Capt. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJoseph Tucker\u003c/persname\u003e, 1767-1769. Watts has\n         accounts, 1768, with \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Brittan\u003c/persname\u003efor a waistcoat, shoes,\n         stockings, and a hat. There is a 1769 account for various\n         building supplies. Watts also has an account, beginning April\n         20, 1771, with \n         \u003cpersname\u003eMiller Woodson\u003c/persname\u003ewith an entry of May 16,\n         1772 listing a \n         \u003cpersname\u003ePatrick Henry\u003c/persname\u003e. There is a document which\n         contains information on the estate of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Randolph\u003c/persname\u003e. There is another\n         lodging account, July 26, 1773 through December 3, 1776, of\n         Watts with \n         \u003cpersname\u003eCharles Williams\u003c/persname\u003e. There is an account\n         beginning March 9, 1778, with \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Kirkland\u003c/persname\u003ewhich includes listings\n         for tuition and educational books. A January 10, 1780 account\n         with \n         \u003cpersname\u003eFrederick Nance\u003c/persname\u003ementions a violin and a\n         set of strings. There is an account, beginning December 21,\n         1787, with \n         \u003cpersname\u003eRobert Wilson\u003c/persname\u003eordering Hyson Tea, coffee,\n         and a bottle of snuff. From a 1791 account of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eEdward McDonald\u003c/persname\u003ewith \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Watts\u003c/persname\u003e, there is the note of the\n         hire of a Negro. From a 1792 account of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eCharles Smith\u003c/persname\u003e, there is a note for the\n         finding of a Negro woman and for the inspecting of tobacco.\n         There are two medical bills, one with \n         \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge Martin\u003c/persname\u003e, beginning January 14,\n         1794, and one with Doctor \n         \u003cpersname\u003eGraham\u003c/persname\u003e, beginning November 3, 1795. In\n         October 1797, Watts had an account with \n         \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge Quille\u003c/persname\u003efor the hire of a Negro.\n         There is an undated account of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eW. Walter Spence\u003c/persname\u003ewith Watts for the hire\n         of a Negro for eight months.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePromissory notes and receipts range from 1754-1905, n.d.\n         There are several items concerned with the estate of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Fleming\u003c/persname\u003eand include an entry for\n         February 1764 for a Negro bought for $10. Between \n         \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge Martin\u003c/persname\u003eand Watts there is an\n         agreement, October 3, 1794, mentioning the purchase of red\n         wheat and the hire of a Negro woman. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJames Davis\u003c/persname\u003ehas a note dated 1803 with the\n         Sheriff of \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eAmherst County\u003c/geogname\u003efor tax on four Negroes,\n         four horses, and five tithes. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eElizabeth Davis\u003c/persname\u003ehas a note dated 1816 for\n         tax on three Negroes and one horse. There is a note from\n         December 6, 1827 pertaining to a $5 bond for the hire of a\n         Negro man by \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJames Davis\u003c/persname\u003efrom \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJ. Wright\u003c/persname\u003efor \n         \u003cpersname\u003eLavinia Wright\u003c/persname\u003e. There is a 1840 note from\n         \u003cpersname\u003eCharles Davis\u003c/persname\u003eto the Sheriff of \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eAmherst\u003c/geogname\u003efor tax on six Negroes and six\n         horses.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLegal Papers\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThere are a number of court memoranda, 1768-1786, n.d.,\n         kept by \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Watts\u003c/persname\u003ein his capacity as a lawyer.\n         In a November 10, 1771 memo for the \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eBuckingham County\u003c/geogname\u003ecourt, there is an entry\n         for detinue for Negro woman named \n         \u003cpersname\u003eAgge\u003c/persname\u003e. From the memo for the April 1772\n         court at \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eLunenburg County\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n         \u003cpersname\u003eThomas Taylor\u003c/persname\u003eand his wife have a suit\n         against a Hurt for a Negro in \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eAmelia\u003c/geogname\u003e. There is also a list of debts\n         owed to Watts for the year 1794. Dating 1771 through 1782,\n         there are court dockets from \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eAmelia County\u003c/geogname\u003eand \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eLunenburg County\u003c/geogname\u003efrom 1771-1782. A number\n         of the entries have Watts as the litigant. There is a 1773 day\n         book with the signatures of William and \n         \u003cpersname\u003eEdward Watts\u003c/persname\u003e, which includes a record of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Watts\u003c/persname\u003e' court expenses. There are\n         also legal day books, 1772-1773, of Watts, with entries for \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eBuckingham County\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eAmelia\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eCumberland County\u003c/geogname\u003e, and \n         \u003cgeogname\u003ePrince Edward County\u003c/geogname\u003eas well as for \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eWilliamsburg, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e. There is another\n         1773 memorandum book of Watts with entries for \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eAmelia County\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eCumberland County\u003c/geogname\u003e, and \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eBuckingham County\u003c/geogname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe indentures date 1749-1788, n.d. From January 1, 1763,\n         there is an agreement between \n         \u003cpersname\u003eBenjamin Tambro\u003c/persname\u003eand \n         \u003cpersname\u003eAyres Hodnett\u003c/persname\u003eof \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eBuckingham\u003c/geogname\u003ein regard to the former's son, \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Tambro\u003c/persname\u003e, to be apprentice to the\n         latter for seven years. From March 28, 1774, there is an\n         indenture between Watts and \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Ford\u003c/persname\u003e. From September 17, 1768,\n         there is an agreement between \n         \u003cpersname\u003eAbraham West\u003c/persname\u003eand \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Blankenship\u003c/persname\u003eof \n         \u003cgeogname\u003ePrince Edward\u003c/geogname\u003e. On November 17, 1772,\n         there is an agreement between \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Lewallen\u003c/persname\u003eof \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eAmelia County\u003c/geogname\u003eand \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eJames and Robert Donalds and Company\u003c/corpname\u003e,\n         Merchants of \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eGlasgow\u003c/geogname\u003e. On September 15, 1778, there is\n         an agreement between \n         \u003cpersname\u003eDavid Wright\u003c/persname\u003eof \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eBotetourt\u003c/geogname\u003eand \n         \u003cpersname\u003eAlexander Paine\u003c/persname\u003eof the same concerning a\n         land dispute in the area where the \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eRoanoke River\u003c/geogname\u003eand \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eTinker Creek\u003c/geogname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe will, December 25, 1745, of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eThomas Patterson\u003c/persname\u003eof \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eAlbemarle County\u003c/geogname\u003e, names his slaves and\n         divides them among his children and wife, and requests that\n         his land in \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eGoochland County\u003c/geogname\u003ebe known as \n         \u003ccorpname\u003e\"Locust Thicket.\"\u003c/corpname\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eMargery Hinshaw\u003c/persname\u003econtested the will of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eSamuel Hinshaw\u003c/persname\u003edated March 1758 with \n         \u003cpersname\u003e[Cedw] Gibson\u003c/persname\u003eon July 10, 1765. Hinshaw\n         had divided his slaves between his still living wife, his\n         daughter \n         \u003cpersname\u003eElizabeth Hinshaw\u003c/persname\u003e, and the latter's\n         children. This situation involved a slave of Elizabeth. The\n         will of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eThomas Bottom\u003c/persname\u003eof \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eAmelia\u003c/geogname\u003edated May 10, 1760 divides his\n         slaves which are named between his three daughters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA folder of general legal papers date 1765-1903, n.d. The\n         inventory and appraisal, 1826, of the estate of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Eubank\u003c/persname\u003ementions prices for his\n         Negroes: £300 for a man named \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJacob\u003c/persname\u003e, £200 for a man named \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJoe\u003c/persname\u003e, £10 for a woman named \n         \u003cpersname\u003eHannah\u003c/persname\u003e, £20 for a girl named \n         \u003cpersname\u003eLolly\u003c/persname\u003e, and £0 for a girl named\n         \u003cpersname\u003eCaroline\u003c/persname\u003e. There is also a list of tickets\n         of ommission paid by \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Watts\u003c/persname\u003e, attorney. Among the legal\n         papers of \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eAmelia County\u003c/geogname\u003e, 1768 through 1789\n         including undated material, a document dated May 15, 1783\n         states that \n         \u003cpersname\u003eSarah Tinker\u003c/persname\u003eon December 6, 1781 gave her\n         son-in-law \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Tucker\u003c/persname\u003ean ailing Negro named \n         \u003cpersname\u003eNed\u003c/persname\u003euntil the latter gets well whereas he\n         will be returned to \n         \u003cpersname\u003eSarah Tucker\u003c/persname\u003e. In an undated document, \n         \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge Vaughn\u003c/persname\u003eyields up title/right of two\n         Negroes--named \n         \u003cpersname\u003eFrank\u003c/persname\u003eand \n         \u003cpersname\u003ePhoebe\u003c/persname\u003e--to son-in-law \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Norris\u003c/persname\u003e--formerly given to grandson \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Norris\u003c/persname\u003eby a deed dated October 2,\n         1796: \"said slaves will forever defend me from my heirs.\" The\n         son-in-law Norris will pay Vaughn or wife £10\n         annually for preformance of the aforesaid act. Among the \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eCampbell County\u003c/geogname\u003epapers, Justice \n         \u003cpersname\u003eAdam Clement\u003c/persname\u003esays that \n         \u003cpersname\u003eCharles Gilbert\u003c/persname\u003eof \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eCampbell\u003c/geogname\u003eon April 29, 1787 makes oath that\n         Negro slave \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJack\u003c/persname\u003e--property of Watts of \n         \u003cgeogname\u003ePrince Edward County\u003c/geogname\u003e--ran away and was\n         found 50 miles thence. Among the legal papers of \n         \u003cgeogname\u003ePrince Edward\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n         \u003cpersname\u003eEdward Watts\u003c/persname\u003esold to \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Watts\u003c/persname\u003eeight Negro slaves: \n         \u003cpersname\u003eTrue\u003c/persname\u003e, \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJames\u003c/persname\u003e, \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWinnie\u003c/persname\u003e, \n         \u003cpersname\u003ePeter\u003c/persname\u003e, \n         \u003cpersname\u003eSarah\u003c/persname\u003e, \n         \u003cpersname\u003eBetty\u003c/persname\u003e, \n         \u003cpersname\u003eRachel\u003c/persname\u003e, and \n         \u003cpersname\u003eDoc\u003c/persname\u003eon January 14, 1787. There is also a\n         account of Dr. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eM. John King\u003c/persname\u003ewith the sheriff of \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eLunenburg\u003c/geogname\u003ewhich has an entry dating 1769:\n         the former is in account with \n         \u003cpersname\u003e[John] Epps\u003c/persname\u003efor four lbs. of tobacco at\n         £0.5.1.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMiscellaneous\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAmong the Advertisements there is an advertisement dated\n         September 20, 1871 from the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eOmaha, Nebraska Lottery\u003c/corpname\u003efor the building\n         of a public library in the city. A broadside from \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eCox and Sons Church Furniture\u003c/corpname\u003eshows a\n         garish stained-glass window commemorating the late President \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJames Garfield\u003c/persname\u003e. There is an undated\n         letter to Mrs. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eFleming Saunders\u003c/persname\u003easking for a subscription\n         to the \n         \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eGraphic,\u003c/title\u003ea ladies society\n         magazine. There is an undated list of books from \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eGeorge Munro, Publishers\u003c/corpname\u003e. There is also a\n         broadside for \"The World's Christmas Hymn\"--an analogy of\n         English poetry pertaining to \n         \u003cpersname\u003eChrist\u003c/persname\u003e's birth dating from the medieval\n         period.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe church related papers include a letter, March 21, 1904,\n         from \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eVirginia Polytechnic Institute\u003c/corpname\u003eto the \n         \u003cfamname\u003eSaunders\u003c/famname\u003easking for aid for the building of\n         an Episcopal parsonage at the university. The letter\n         enunciates a fear of the danger of Episcopal boys being weaned\n         from their faith by the compulsory attendance at the services\n         of other sects due to the absence of a Episcopal parsonage.\n         There is also an Episcopal \"Church Kalendar,\" 1882-1883,\n         listing holy days with information on the faith, church\n         service, and background of the Anglican/Episcopalian\n         faith.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCivil War papers range from 1861 to 1864. During 1862-1864,\n         there are a number of furloughs issued to \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eConfederate\u003c/corpname\u003eenlisted men in \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eVirginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, each with a physical\n         description of the bearer, and addressed \"to all whom it may\n         concern.\" On August 10, 1862, there is a provision return for\n         a company of the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003e13th Regiment of Pennsylvania volunteers\u003c/corpname\u003e.\n         There are also a number of CSA \"special requisitions\", chiefly\n         ordering clothing, shoes, and blankets, most signed by Captain\n         \u003cpersname\u003eFleming Saunders\u003c/persname\u003e, assistant\n         quartermaster, of Company K, Virginia Regiment.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe educational papers range from 1848-1903, n.d. There is\n         a page from a 1848 French edition of the fables of La Fontaine\n         from the \"Academie de Norfolk.\" There is an \n         \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\"Educational Treatise on the Constitution\"\u003c/title\u003e,\n         September 6, 1877, by \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Randolph Tucker\u003c/persname\u003eof \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eVirginia\u003c/geogname\u003e. There is a 1892-1893 brochure\n         for the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eEdgeworth School\u003c/corpname\u003e, a church-related\n         boarding and day school for females. There is the fall term\n         1895 grade report from \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eVirginia Polytechnic Institute\u003c/corpname\u003e(formerly \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eVirginia Agriculture and Mechanical\n         College\u003c/corpname\u003e) for \n         \u003cpersname\u003eFleming Saunders, III\u003c/persname\u003e. There is a fall\n         term 1902 grade report from \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eHollins College\u003c/corpname\u003efor \n         \u003cpersname\u003eElsie Saunders\u003c/persname\u003e. There is another VPI\n         grade report, from February 1903, for \n         \u003cpersname\u003eCarter Temple Saunders\u003c/persname\u003e. There is a report\n         from \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eSt. Timothy's School\u003c/corpname\u003eof \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eCatonsville, Maryland\u003c/geogname\u003e. Another undated\n         piece is a \"rules for spelling\" sheet from a grammar book.\n         There are also undated fragments of Latin, French, and\n         algebra.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThere are lectures, essays, and poems, 1794, 1818, 1843,\n         and n.d., including a scrap of a lecture dated September 6,\n         1794 from \n         \u003cpersname\u003eEdward Watts\u003c/persname\u003e; another lecture on motive\n         dated September 16, 1794; and, a series of oral essays from\n         1843.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMiscellaneous material, 1887-1892, includes a note of the\n         marriage of Capt. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eFleming Saunders\u003c/persname\u003eto \n         \u003cpersname\u003eMary Gwathmey\u003c/persname\u003eon July 30.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe obituaries include a reprint of the 1858 obituary of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eFleming Saunders, Sr\u003c/persname\u003e, a reprint of the\n         1867 obituary of Fleming, Sr.'s wife-- \n         \u003cpersname\u003eAlice Fleming\u003c/persname\u003e--and the 1904 obituary of \n         \u003cpersname\u003ePeter Saunders\u003c/persname\u003e. The obituaries of\n         Fleming, Sr. and Alice are panegyrics. The first two were\n         transcribed by \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Blair Dabney\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe photographs include an unidentified photograph of a\n         young member of the \n         \u003cfamname\u003eSaunders family\u003c/famname\u003eand undated photo cards of\n         liturgical furniture.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBound Volumes\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe Day Books include a day book from \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eMaple Creek Mills\u003c/corpname\u003edating from 1842. There\n         is a 1867 day book with one page filled, made of a cut\n         agricultural crop ledger. There is also in the book a pasted\n         in notice from the Adjuctant Inspector's Office in \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eRichmond\u003c/geogname\u003e, July 29, 1863. Dating January\n         18, 1872 is a subscription book for the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eLee Monumental Association\u003c/corpname\u003e. Also present\n         is a $1 donation from \n         \u003cpersname\u003eAlex Berkeley\u003c/persname\u003eof \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eYellow Branch, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e. There are also\n         farm journals dating 1855 through 1860.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA card game, 1846, called \"The Game of Kings made Easy\"\n         which is based on the kings of \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eEngland\u003c/geogname\u003ewho reigned down to its date, is\n         also present. The card for Henry V is missing. Many of the\n         cards contain information of the kings of an antiquarian\n         nature.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe Memorandum books, 1873-1874 and 1881-1894, owned by \n         \u003cpersname\u003eFleming Saunders\u003c/persname\u003e, includes employees,\n         supplies, and construction information in the first volume.\n         The latter has a note at its end which mentions survey\n         data.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eOtter River Township\u003c/corpname\u003eRecord Book dates\n         from 1870-1874. There are references to road building. An\n         entry for June 16, 1871 notes the ordering of \"tickets\" for\n         road tax and township levy. Also included are lists of\n         expenses for board members with lists of expenses for\n         materials bought. One entry notes that \n         \u003cpersname\u003eB. H. Anthony\u003c/persname\u003e, overseer of the poor,\n         sends three paupers--one white woman and two black woman--to\n         the poor house. Expenses for the poor house are noted. At 1874\n         and 1875 meetings, \n         \u003cpersname\u003eFleming Saunders\u003c/persname\u003eis mentioned as road\n         overseer in certain districts.\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content"],"scopecontent_tesim":["This collection, 1745-1910, n.d., of ca. 2100 items,\n         consists of correspondence, business and legal papers,\n         miscellaneous, and bound volumes, pertaining to the \n          Davis Family , \n          Saunders Family , and \n          Watts Family . Large portions of the\n         correspondence belong to \n          William Watts and \n          Fleming Saunders . Included with the\n         correspondence is a letterbook, 1873-1880, of \n          Frank Prufer . The business papers include\n         accounts, bonds, correspondence, and notes and receipts,\n         chiefly pertaining to \n          William Watts and \n          Fleming Saunders , but also various\n         members of these families. The legal papers include court\n         dockets and memoranda of \n          William Watts , documents, and wills.\n         There are various legal papers of \n          William Watts pertaining to \n          Virginia counties including \n          Amelia County , \n          Amherst County , \n          Buckingham County , \n          Campbell County , \n          Cumberland County , \n          Prince Edward County . The miscellaneous\n         material includes advertisements, educational papers,\n         photographs, printed, religious papers, and fragments. The\n         bound volumes include day books, a blacksmith book, a farm\n         journal, memorandum books, and a township record. Folders are\n         arranged alphabetically within each series, with material\n         inside arranged chronologically.","Correspondence","From the correspondence of the \n          Davis Family , \n          Saunders Family , and related families,\n         1800-1856, there is a letter addressed to \"Sully,\" December\n         30, 1800, from \n          Louisa County , which advises the\n         recipient, who had asked for religious instruction, to seek\n         the \n          Kingdom of God . A letter dated April 2,\n         1812 from \n          James Rayland to his sister mentions that\n         his cousin is strapped for cash, and asks if the recipient can\n         help him. A rather unusual letter, dating July 24, 1836, from \n          Mount Pleasant , indicates that \"Mary\n         thinks a little Brandy would be of service to her,\" and\n         requests that some be sent to her. A letter written to Captain\n         Davis on January 9, 1844, mentions that \n          Pleasant Milkhill needs brandy, and asks\n         that it be sent with \n          David (probably a slave) for there is none\n         at \n          Bethel . A letter dating November 6, 1856\n         at \n          Bleak Hills makes a reference to \"Roanoke\"\n         [Roanoke County, or \n          John Randolph 's estate \"Roanoke\"?].","From their correspondence dating 1862-1904, there is a\n         letter to \n          Sam Tyree , Esq, July 17, 1870 from [his]\n         student: \n          [Sam L. Preston?] complaining that he can\n         not attend sunday school because of prostration. There is also\n         a letter dated April 8, 1901 from \n          Trinity and Ivy Chapel in \n          Boonsboro, Bedford County to a Mr.\n         Randolph inviting him to preach there every other Sunday.\n         There is also an undated fragment referring to a comet the\n         size of a full moon and a meteor shower which \"will be a sight\n         to see.\"","Among the families' undated correspondence, is a letter\n         dated November 17 to \n          \"Carter\" [Saunders?] , by a female who\n         mentions [her] children's Latin lessons. There is another\n         letter to a Miss Kerr which mentions a recipe for Tongue a la\n         Mode. There is also a letter, dated October 23, [1805?], from\n         a \n          Sam K. Jenny , probably a doctor of\n         medicine, which mentions that \n          William Green attended a man named\n         Barnhart to \n          Bedford so Jenny could prescribe to his\n         case and that he \"forbad the case of ardent spirits.\"","From the correspondence of \n          Eva (Smith) Saunders , dated 1868-1894,\n         there is a letter, February 24, 1889, from \n          The Grove which mentions that while Eva\n         passed her exams--her brother \n          Fleming Saunders III did not. A letter,\n         August 2, 1892, to \n          Eva Saunders from \n          M. Natalie Manson , at \n          Wintore , speaks of school and Latin.\n         There is an interesting letter, December 10, 1893, from \n          Florence, Italy to Eva, mentioning that\n         there is no silver in \n          Italy for the English and French are\n         buying it up, that \"Coppers are such a bother, and so heavy to\n         carry,\" seeing the works of \n          Donato and \n          Brunelleschi and the \n          Medici Chapel , and the \n          \"Brothers of Pity\" who wear black robes\n         and carry a corpse which \"made my blood turn cold.\" There is a\n         letter, January 13, 1894, to Eva, which mentions sending a\n         book to \n          May Begg , \"a literary courtship under the\n         auspices of \n          Pike's Peak . \" \n          Fleming Saunders III at \n          Randolph-Macon Academy in \n          Bedford writes to Eva on May 15, 1894,\n         saying he tried to get a tennis tournament for field day, and\n         congratulates Eva on her chicken raising and hopes his are\n         doing better.","Among the \n          Eva Saunders undated correspondence, there\n         is a fragment which notes that Miss Begg sent to its writer a\n         little book called \"The greatest thing in the World.\" A letter\n         dated November 26 to Eva contains drawings of women's blouses\n         and concerns her ordered blouses.","From the correspondence of \n          Fleming Saunders and \n          Mary (Gwathmey) Saunders , 1858-1879, a\n         letter dated September 5, 1871, from \n          Peter Saunders, Jr. , \n          Bleak Hill , says that his tobacco crop\n         has suffered. Another letter, April 17, 1874, from \n          Jeanie Edmond , \n          Hudson Lodge , makes a reference to the \n          Jubilee Singers traveling to raise money\n         for a \"slave college somewhere in the Northern States\"; to\n         acquaintances visiting \n          England , mentioning a \"public worship\n         bill\" in \n          Parliament , and one acquaintance having\n         an appointment with the Bishop of \n          Melbourne ; and to visiting \n          Australia . In a postcard dated August 21,\n         1879, \n          W. A. Alrich asks \n          Fleming Saunders ' opinion as to the next\n         \"services\" in \"regular course,\" and saying that it best not to\n         alter rotation as \"last service was omitted.\" He also mentions\n         that Mrs. \n          C[harles] Dabney has a fine little\n         daughter.","In the Fleming and Mary Saunders correspondence, 1880-1892,\n         there is a letter dated March 3, 1880 from M. Caden to\n         Saunders stating that he can not board a minister, but will\n         give the same salary as before. \n          Peter Saunders writes from \n          Bleak Hill on January 19, 1881 saying that\n         he has no specific desire to be a director on the \n          Virgina Midland [Rail] Road , and does not\n         think he could get the appointment anyway; he is still a\n         director on the \n          Franklin and Pittsylvania Railroad\n         Company , and fears a possible conflict of interest.\n          W. A. Alrich writes from \n          Emanuel Rectory , \n          Chatham, Virginia , on February 16, 1882,\n         saying he is glad that the \n          Saunders ' keep up the old St. Valentine's\n         Day tradition, by sending so practical a token of affection. \n          Ellen Boulder , a school teacher, writes\n         to \n          Mary Saunders from \n          Drake's Branch on March 18, 1889,\n         mentioning a five month school term ending on March 1st and a\n         June 23 to July 23 summer session. \n          [Peter Saunders] , \n          Bleak Hill , writes \n          Fleming Saunders , on October 26, 1891\n         mentioning Republican elements in the \"alliance\" [farmers'\n         alliance such as the \n          Grange ?].","In the Fleming and Mary Saunders correspondence, 1893-1900,\n          Fleming Saunders III writes to his parents\n         from \n          Randolph-Macon Academy in \n          Bedford on March 14, 1893, saying that he\n         is in the Baptist Church in the morning and the Methodist in\n         the afternoon, and tells of boys who spend more time with the\n         girls than studying. \n          James F. Plummer writes to Captain\n         Saunders on March 29, 1893, [from a theological seminary?],\n         saying that exams are beginning, and implying that knowledge\n         of Hebrew and Apologetics will be next among those things\n         tested. \n          Peter Saunders writes to Fleming from \n          Bleak Hill , on March 30, 1894, mentioning\n         the Bland Bill and the fear that its veto would cause discord\n         in the \n          Democratic Party , and discussing briefly\n         possible effects on the present financial situation.","In the Fleming and Mary Saunders correspondence, 1901-1910,\n         there is a letter, July 19, 1901, from \n          Edward Watts Saunders , while serving in\n         the \n          Virginia House of Delegates . \n          William W. Old writes to Fleming on\n         February 2, 1903 about a land sale and his agreement to sell\n         the land as a whole parcel to two black men, and suggesting a\n         method of finalizing the transaction. \n          E. W. Saunders writes to Fleming on\n         January 21, 1904 mentioning an inquiry about his land near\n         \"Vic. Muse.\" A letter, [March 1904], from \n          Alice [Saunders] at \n          Hollins, Virginia , to her aunt Saunders\n         refers to the Roman poet \n          Virgil . She writes to her mother on March\n         12, 1904 mentioning that John [ ] had failed in \n          Caesar and that he had been in the second\n         book of \n          Virgil .","In the undated Fleming and Mary Saunders correspondence, \n          D. Saunders writes to his mother from \n          Randolph-Macon Academy on February 10,\n         saying that he is learning German and is plagued by poor\n         spelling, and that the boys dance every night and were\n         previously boxing.","In the correspondence of \n          William Watts , 1754-1784, there is a\n         letter dated June 27, 1771 which summons Watts to the \n          General Assembly in \n          Williamsburg . \n          Samuel Dilworth writes on June 2, 1783\n         from \n          Blanford mentioning the problem of\n         collecting debts owed to the British. \n          Thomas Baldwin, Jr. writes on December 22,\n         1784 concerning the purchase of \"the Negro Fellow\" for\n         $18.","In the Watts correspondence, 1785-1789, a letter, December\n         16, 1785, from \n          William Roach informs Watts that while \n          Peter Kern is employing Watts in a matter\n         between Kern and Roach, Watts is to plead for Roach in all\n         matters, suggesting a conflict of interest. \n          Arthur Campbell , a candidate for the\n         senate from the Western Distict, writes, on March 24, 1788,\n         asking for Watts' support. \n          Edward Graham of \n          Bedford , writes on December 20, 1792,\n         mentioning that he saw the Watts' son reading \n          Horace and sending the boy a copy of \n          Cicero which would supply \"the means of\n         raising him as high in eminence as you could reasonably wish,\"\n         and adding that the boy will need to learn Greek as he will\n         soon be studying science.","In the Watts correspondence, 1793-1794, \n          Duncan Rose writes from \n          Petersburg , on July 8, 1794, stating that\n          Buchanan's Hartie and Company has been\n         doing business in \n          Great Britain and is waiting for a\n         successor to Hartie to be appointed before certain books could\n         be examined by Rose. Another letter pertains to relations with\n          France and \n          Britain at this time: \n          George Hancock writes to Watts in 1794\n         mentioning the rearing of a navy \"to repel the insult to our\n         ploy,\" referring to commerce restriction [on American goods]\n         by a nation which does not have a commerce treaty with the\n         U.S., and referring to Mr. \n          [James] Madison 's arguments whereas he\n         conducted himself in a manner worthy of himself. \n          Creed Taylor writes on May 11, 1795,\n         concerning some bonds. \n          William Vannerson writes, on October 30,\n         1795, from \n          Petersburg mentioning a British war sloop\n         in \n          Norfolk, Virginia and the order for\n         carrying American bottoms bound for \n          France into British ports with invoice\n         being revoked, revealing that some say that this retaliation\n         has been brought about by Americans invoicing their flour at\n         $27 per barrel.","In Watts' correspondence with \n          Edward Randolph , 1796-1797, Randolph\n         writes from \n          Richmond on February 21 and March 13, 1796\n         on the subject of British creditors. In Watts' correspondence\n         with \n          Thomas F. Scott , 1792-1798, Scott writes\n         on January 4, 1796 and December 18, 1798 on the subject of\n         British debts. In the correspondence of \n          William Watts with \n          John Watts , 1784-1800, John writes to\n         William in April 1784 from \n          Lincoln County, Virginia (now \n          Kentucky ), concerning apprehension about\n         a possible Indian war in the \n          Northwest Territories . John says that\n         while the lands in \n          Kentucky are good, the inconveniences are\n         many, and that the doomsayers will probably prevent the\n         surveying of lands on the northwest side of the Ohio.","Business Papers","There are general accounts, 1751-1899, n.d. An account,\n         beginning November 16, 1762, with \n          George Kippen \u0026 Co. at their store in \n          Goochland, Virginia , lists \n          John Gilliam as having ordered a dozen\n         flints, 3/4 yard of bearskin, and a dozen pipes. There is a\n         list, April 20, 1763, pertaining to the estate of \n          A. Watts , on which is listed a\n         £0.2.0 debt to \n          Mary Petillo , the only woman on the list,\n         and a £2.4.9 debt to Sir \n          William Skipwith . The account of \n          Thomas East with \n          Archelaus Austin from November 15, 1771,\n         consists of beer, wine, grog, and a gallon of corn, with one\n         entry \"to saging one night\" perhaps pertaining to the making\n         of moonshine. An account, beginning January 20, 1775, of N[ ]\n         Vaughn with \n          Edward Watts lists various quantities of\n         rum, molasses, and sugar. There are several accounts,\n         1779-1794, of the estate of \n          Nathaniel Davis , including an entry for\n         1784 for three yards of woollen for a Negro jacket, and May 9,\n         1784 for half of hire of \n          Jacob . There is a section, \"Accts\n         Overlooked,\" from 1784, which refers to tobacco being a share\n         and half share for \n          Jacob , and another for dinner at the\n         courthouse when on business. There is an account of \n          James Davis with \n          Daniel Warwick , dating 1799-1803, with\n         references to a variety of items including coffee, sewing\n         materials, dinner ware, alcohol, and accessories. Mrs. \n          Elizabeth Davis ' account beginning May\n         31, 1807, has an entries for coffee, condiments, and sewing\n         material. An account, March 26, 1810, of Capt. \n          James Davis with \n          Rowland P. Banks lists \"163 days tuition\n         at $8 p. ann. $5 cts 1 1/2.\" The account, beginning August 14,\n         1826, of Capt. \n          James Davis with \n          Thomas Pleasants , has lists orders for\n         cheese, mackerel, cotton, and whiskey. On October 31, 1832,\n         Judge Saunders, of \n          Lynchburg, Virginia , orders castor oil,\n         ointment, and a syringe. Accounts which mention tea are rare\n         but there is an undated fragment of Mr. \n          James Davis which contains an entry for\n         imperial tea. There is an undated \"memorandum of brandy\" taken\n         from Mrs. Eubank.","The accounts of \n          Williams Watts span 1752-1797. There is\n         also a hotel account with \n          Charles Williamson with entries dating\n         1763, 1773, and 1774. There are accounts for the boarding,\n         clothing, and feeding of Negro boys with Mrs. \n          Betty Tucker and \n          Betty Kirkland , both beginning September\n         10, 1767, and Capt. \n          Joseph Tucker , 1767-1769. Watts has\n         accounts, 1768, with \n          John Brittan for a waistcoat, shoes,\n         stockings, and a hat. There is a 1769 account for various\n         building supplies. Watts also has an account, beginning April\n         20, 1771, with \n          Miller Woodson with an entry of May 16,\n         1772 listing a \n          Patrick Henry . There is a document which\n         contains information on the estate of \n          William Randolph . There is another\n         lodging account, July 26, 1773 through December 3, 1776, of\n         Watts with \n          Charles Williams . There is an account\n         beginning March 9, 1778, with \n          William Kirkland which includes listings\n         for tuition and educational books. A January 10, 1780 account\n         with \n          Frederick Nance mentions a violin and a\n         set of strings. There is an account, beginning December 21,\n         1787, with \n          Robert Wilson ordering Hyson Tea, coffee,\n         and a bottle of snuff. From a 1791 account of \n          Edward McDonald with \n          William Watts , there is the note of the\n         hire of a Negro. From a 1792 account of \n          Charles Smith , there is a note for the\n         finding of a Negro woman and for the inspecting of tobacco.\n         There are two medical bills, one with \n          George Martin , beginning January 14,\n         1794, and one with Doctor \n          Graham , beginning November 3, 1795. In\n         October 1797, Watts had an account with \n          George Quille for the hire of a Negro.\n         There is an undated account of \n          W. Walter Spence with Watts for the hire\n         of a Negro for eight months.","Promissory notes and receipts range from 1754-1905, n.d.\n         There are several items concerned with the estate of \n          John Fleming and include an entry for\n         February 1764 for a Negro bought for $10. Between \n          George Martin and Watts there is an\n         agreement, October 3, 1794, mentioning the purchase of red\n         wheat and the hire of a Negro woman. \n          James Davis has a note dated 1803 with the\n         Sheriff of \n          Amherst County for tax on four Negroes,\n         four horses, and five tithes. \n          Elizabeth Davis has a note dated 1816 for\n         tax on three Negroes and one horse. There is a note from\n         December 6, 1827 pertaining to a $5 bond for the hire of a\n         Negro man by \n          James Davis from \n          J. Wright for \n          Lavinia Wright . There is a 1840 note from\n          Charles Davis to the Sheriff of \n          Amherst for tax on six Negroes and six\n         horses.","Legal Papers","There are a number of court memoranda, 1768-1786, n.d.,\n         kept by \n          William Watts in his capacity as a lawyer.\n         In a November 10, 1771 memo for the \n          Buckingham County court, there is an entry\n         for detinue for Negro woman named \n          Agge . From the memo for the April 1772\n         court at \n          Lunenburg County , \n          Thomas Taylor and his wife have a suit\n         against a Hurt for a Negro in \n          Amelia . There is also a list of debts\n         owed to Watts for the year 1794. Dating 1771 through 1782,\n         there are court dockets from \n          Amelia County and \n          Lunenburg County from 1771-1782. A number\n         of the entries have Watts as the litigant. There is a 1773 day\n         book with the signatures of William and \n          Edward Watts , which includes a record of \n          William Watts ' court expenses. There are\n         also legal day books, 1772-1773, of Watts, with entries for \n          Buckingham County , \n          Amelia , \n          Cumberland County , and \n          Prince Edward County as well as for \n          Williamsburg, Virginia . There is another\n         1773 memorandum book of Watts with entries for \n          Amelia County , \n          Cumberland County , and \n          Buckingham County .","The indentures date 1749-1788, n.d. From January 1, 1763,\n         there is an agreement between \n          Benjamin Tambro and \n          Ayres Hodnett of \n          Buckingham in regard to the former's son, \n          John Tambro , to be apprentice to the\n         latter for seven years. From March 28, 1774, there is an\n         indenture between Watts and \n          William Ford . From September 17, 1768,\n         there is an agreement between \n          Abraham West and \n          John Blankenship of \n          Prince Edward . On November 17, 1772,\n         there is an agreement between \n          John Lewallen of \n          Amelia County and \n          James and Robert Donalds and Company ,\n         Merchants of \n          Glasgow . On September 15, 1778, there is\n         an agreement between \n          David Wright of \n          Botetourt and \n          Alexander Paine of the same concerning a\n         land dispute in the area where the \n          Roanoke River and \n          Tinker Creek .","The will, December 25, 1745, of \n          Thomas Patterson of \n          Albemarle County , names his slaves and\n         divides them among his children and wife, and requests that\n         his land in \n          Goochland County be known as \n          \"Locust Thicket.\" Margery Hinshaw contested the will of \n          Samuel Hinshaw dated March 1758 with \n          [Cedw] Gibson on July 10, 1765. Hinshaw\n         had divided his slaves between his still living wife, his\n         daughter \n          Elizabeth Hinshaw , and the latter's\n         children. This situation involved a slave of Elizabeth. The\n         will of \n          Thomas Bottom of \n          Amelia dated May 10, 1760 divides his\n         slaves which are named between his three daughters.","A folder of general legal papers date 1765-1903, n.d. The\n         inventory and appraisal, 1826, of the estate of \n          John Eubank mentions prices for his\n         Negroes: £300 for a man named \n          Jacob , £200 for a man named \n          Joe , £10 for a woman named \n          Hannah , £20 for a girl named \n          Lolly , and £0 for a girl named\n          Caroline . There is also a list of tickets\n         of ommission paid by \n          William Watts , attorney. Among the legal\n         papers of \n          Amelia County , 1768 through 1789\n         including undated material, a document dated May 15, 1783\n         states that \n          Sarah Tinker on December 6, 1781 gave her\n         son-in-law \n          John Tucker an ailing Negro named \n          Ned until the latter gets well whereas he\n         will be returned to \n          Sarah Tucker . In an undated document, \n          George Vaughn yields up title/right of two\n         Negroes--named \n          Frank and \n          Phoebe --to son-in-law \n          John Norris --formerly given to grandson \n          John Norris by a deed dated October 2,\n         1796: \"said slaves will forever defend me from my heirs.\" The\n         son-in-law Norris will pay Vaughn or wife £10\n         annually for preformance of the aforesaid act. Among the \n          Campbell County papers, Justice \n          Adam Clement says that \n          Charles Gilbert of \n          Campbell on April 29, 1787 makes oath that\n         Negro slave \n          Jack --property of Watts of \n          Prince Edward County --ran away and was\n         found 50 miles thence. Among the legal papers of \n          Prince Edward , \n          Edward Watts sold to \n          William Watts eight Negro slaves: \n          True , \n          James , \n          Winnie , \n          Peter , \n          Sarah , \n          Betty , \n          Rachel , and \n          Doc on January 14, 1787. There is also a\n         account of Dr. \n          M. John King with the sheriff of \n          Lunenburg which has an entry dating 1769:\n         the former is in account with \n          [John] Epps for four lbs. of tobacco at\n         £0.5.1.","Miscellaneous","Among the Advertisements there is an advertisement dated\n         September 20, 1871 from the \n          Omaha, Nebraska Lottery for the building\n         of a public library in the city. A broadside from \n          Cox and Sons Church Furniture shows a\n         garish stained-glass window commemorating the late President \n          James Garfield . There is an undated\n         letter to Mrs. \n          Fleming Saunders asking for a subscription\n         to the \n          Graphic, a ladies society\n         magazine. There is an undated list of books from \n          George Munro, Publishers . There is also a\n         broadside for \"The World's Christmas Hymn\"--an analogy of\n         English poetry pertaining to \n          Christ 's birth dating from the medieval\n         period.","The church related papers include a letter, March 21, 1904,\n         from \n          Virginia Polytechnic Institute to the \n          Saunders asking for aid for the building of\n         an Episcopal parsonage at the university. The letter\n         enunciates a fear of the danger of Episcopal boys being weaned\n         from their faith by the compulsory attendance at the services\n         of other sects due to the absence of a Episcopal parsonage.\n         There is also an Episcopal \"Church Kalendar,\" 1882-1883,\n         listing holy days with information on the faith, church\n         service, and background of the Anglican/Episcopalian\n         faith.","Civil War papers range from 1861 to 1864. During 1862-1864,\n         there are a number of furloughs issued to \n          Confederate enlisted men in \n          Virginia , each with a physical\n         description of the bearer, and addressed \"to all whom it may\n         concern.\" On August 10, 1862, there is a provision return for\n         a company of the \n          13th Regiment of Pennsylvania volunteers .\n         There are also a number of CSA \"special requisitions\", chiefly\n         ordering clothing, shoes, and blankets, most signed by Captain\n          Fleming Saunders , assistant\n         quartermaster, of Company K, Virginia Regiment.","The educational papers range from 1848-1903, n.d. There is\n         a page from a 1848 French edition of the fables of La Fontaine\n         from the \"Academie de Norfolk.\" There is an \n          \"Educational Treatise on the Constitution\" ,\n         September 6, 1877, by \n          John Randolph Tucker of \n          Virginia . There is a 1892-1893 brochure\n         for the \n          Edgeworth School , a church-related\n         boarding and day school for females. There is the fall term\n         1895 grade report from \n          Virginia Polytechnic Institute (formerly \n          Virginia Agriculture and Mechanical\n         College ) for \n          Fleming Saunders, III . There is a fall\n         term 1902 grade report from \n          Hollins College for \n          Elsie Saunders . There is another VPI\n         grade report, from February 1903, for \n          Carter Temple Saunders . There is a report\n         from \n          St. Timothy's School of \n          Catonsville, Maryland . Another undated\n         piece is a \"rules for spelling\" sheet from a grammar book.\n         There are also undated fragments of Latin, French, and\n         algebra.","There are lectures, essays, and poems, 1794, 1818, 1843,\n         and n.d., including a scrap of a lecture dated September 6,\n         1794 from \n          Edward Watts ; another lecture on motive\n         dated September 16, 1794; and, a series of oral essays from\n         1843.","Miscellaneous material, 1887-1892, includes a note of the\n         marriage of Capt. \n          Fleming Saunders to \n          Mary Gwathmey on July 30.","The obituaries include a reprint of the 1858 obituary of \n          Fleming Saunders, Sr , a reprint of the\n         1867 obituary of Fleming, Sr.'s wife-- \n          Alice Fleming --and the 1904 obituary of \n          Peter Saunders . The obituaries of\n         Fleming, Sr. and Alice are panegyrics. The first two were\n         transcribed by \n          John Blair Dabney .","The photographs include an unidentified photograph of a\n         young member of the \n          Saunders family and undated photo cards of\n         liturgical furniture.","Bound Volumes","The Day Books include a day book from \n          Maple Creek Mills dating from 1842. There\n         is a 1867 day book with one page filled, made of a cut\n         agricultural crop ledger. There is also in the book a pasted\n         in notice from the Adjuctant Inspector's Office in \n          Richmond , July 29, 1863. Dating January\n         18, 1872 is a subscription book for the \n          Lee Monumental Association . Also present\n         is a $1 donation from \n          Alex Berkeley of \n          Yellow Branch, Virginia . There are also\n         farm journals dating 1855 through 1860.","A card game, 1846, called \"The Game of Kings made Easy\"\n         which is based on the kings of \n          England who reigned down to its date, is\n         also present. The card for Henry V is missing. Many of the\n         cards contain information of the kings of an antiquarian\n         nature.","The Memorandum books, 1873-1874 and 1881-1894, owned by \n          Fleming Saunders , includes employees,\n         supplies, and construction information in the first volume.\n         The latter has a note at its end which mentions survey\n         data.","The \n          Otter River Township Record Book dates\n         from 1870-1874. There are references to road building. An\n         entry for June 16, 1871 notes the ordering of \"tickets\" for\n         road tax and township levy. Also included are lists of\n         expenses for board members with lists of expenses for\n         materials bought. 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